pep guardiola was praising- -- and _ they'd like to be. pep guardiola was praising...pep guardiola was praising. .. and talking arsenal- they'd like to be. pep guardiola was praising... and talking arsenal up, | praising... and talking arsenal up, so with_ praising... and talking arsenal up, so with them slipping up over the weekend — so with them slipping up over the weekend against everton and arsenal dropping _ weekend against everton and arsenal dropping points against newcastle, this is_ dropping points against newcastle, this is a _ dropping points against newcastle, this is a chance to close that gap to five _ this is a chance to close that gap to five points. i think city are the favourites — to five points. i think city are the favourites— to five points. i think city are the favourites. �* , ., ., ., favourites. but chelsea are nowhere where they want _ favourites. but chelsea are nowhere where they want to _ favourites. but chelsea are nowhere where they want to be. _ favourites. but chelsea are nowhere where they want to be. they've - favourites. but chelse

pep guardiola would not— else? for me, it is... pep guardiola would not be _ else? for me, it is... so i think manchester city will miss him.— city will miss him. testament to mm: city will miss him. testament to young rico _ city will miss him. testament to young rico lewis, _ city will miss him. testament to young rico lewis, though, - city will miss him. testament to young rico lewis, though, whol city will miss him. testament to i young rico lewis, though, who has stepped _ young rico lewis, though, who has stepped into that position. but it is more of _ stepped into that position. but it is more of the _ stepped into that position. but it is more of the left-back, - stepped into that position. but it is more of the left-back, he - stepped into that position. but it is more of the left-back, he has| is more of the left—back, he has decided on nathan ake ahead ofjoao cancelo and lewis ahead of kyle walker. he cancelo and lewis ahead of kyle walker. ii i i cancelo and lewis ahead of kyle walker. .i i i , ._ cancelo and lewis ahead of kyle walker. ii i i , ._ ~ , i walker. he has b

it seems guardiola was always aware of his prodigee's ambitions. the team, his club, you know, the team he dreams of. so he's, i think, a supporter for arsenal, for the fact he played there, was a captain there and he loves the club. i remember... i remember that when we were together here, when we scored a lot of goals with our opponents, always hejumped and celebrates, except one team. the one team every time i scored a goal, ijump, come back, he was sitting there. it was arsenal. so in that moment i said, "that guy, that guy likes arsenal." england's cricketers have fought back with the ball in their the first of their three one day internationals against south africa in bloemfontein. the host got off to a rapid start after winning the toss and batting, but moeen ali got the breakthrough and england took three more wickets. no joy though so far forjofra archer, who's playing for england for the first time in almost two years. when england eventually get around to chasing a target, batter harry brook will hope to make an impact. he's making his i

sure that he did the absolutely right thing , at least this way because he is no longer a plus , guardiola's brother, in short, the relationship with manchester city, we understand that if he proves himself in girona and the spanish championship is watched by everyone, viktor tsygankov has every reason to continue playing in a top club of any top championship, he is only 25 years old and in his whole career is ahead of him, he has all the data and intelligence, football intelligence, he also has speed, technique, and i think there is every reason to say that tsygankov has a good future ahead, just here. the fact is that shakhtar sells and leaves for because of the sale of the wise man, for example, the fact that he will still have rights and he can still receive additional bonuses, just like the bonuses we are talking about, and zinc is free . if roma sells him to manchester city for 60 million, he will receive all the pieces and so it would be kyiv dynamo, for example, could get half of it, in addition to selling it, and then get resale bonuses for the next resale of its football player. if

i think that he made sure that he did the absolutely right thing, at least because geron and guardiola'ser have a shorter relationship with manchester city, we understand that if he shows himself in girona and the spanish championship is being watched by everyone, then all the reasons are in viktor tsygankov will continue to play in a top club of any top championship, he is only 25 years old and has his entire career ahead of him. he has all the data and intelligence, football intelligence, he has speed, technique, and i i think there is every reason to say that tsygankov has a good future ahead of him. it 's simple here. the fact is that shakhtar sells and keeps there because of the sale of a wise man, for example, that he will still have rights and he can still receive additional just the bonuses we are talking about, and zinkovi will go for free. if the group sells it to manchester city for 60 million, all the groups will receive them. and for example , dynamo kyiv could receive half of it, in addition to selling , and then receive bonuses for resale for the next resale of your footba

city have reduced the gap to arsenal to five points, but guardiola says there's no chance of catchingy have been. i want iwanta i want a reaction. i want a reaction from all the club, notjust the players, the staff and everyone. i don't want to be happy. if we are playing that way, arsenal will destroy us. meanwhile, spurs boss antonio conte has called on his players to be "a bit more nasty" if they are to fulfil his "dream" of playing champions league football next season. i think that we are making progress in some aspects. in other aspects i think that we have to combat like last season and be a bit more solid, a bit more focused, a bit more nasty. west ham have signed aston villa striker danny ings in a deal worth up to £15 million. he leaves villa park as their top scorer so far this season with seven and has been signed in time to play for west ham in their game against everton tomorrow, with both teams in the bottom three. the 30—year—old has signed a contract until the summer of 2025. championship side sheffield united have been placed under a transfer embargo by the football

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it seems guardiola always knew where his protegee�*s heart lay.ent to the team, his club that he dreams of and i think it's important for the fact that he played there is a captain and she loved the club, i remember that we were together here, when we scored a lot of goals with celebrating, he thought of and i was sitting there and it arsenal. that guy, that guy likes arsenal. marcelo bielsa is in london for further talks with the everton hierarchy as they search for a manager after sacking frank lampard. bielsa, the former leeds united boss, is the favoured choice for owner farhad moshiri with the hope of finalising an appointment before the weekend. sean dyche is the other main contender to take over at goodison park. lampard released a statement tonight saying he's �*disappointed' that he couldn't achieve more at everton but wished and everyone at the club the very best for the future the former everton and scotland striker duncan ferguson is off to gloucestershire — he's been appointed as head coach of forest green rovers. it's his first manag

gunners boss mikel arteta up against his mentor pep guardiola, at the etihad.en their fine run of form so far. i always hoped that was going to be the case one day. and it's happening this season. obviously, that's not going to change any friendships, the moments that we have, how important he is in my life, how important he is in my profession. we are both willing to win and defend our clubs in the best possible way. and that's always been the case since day one. sean dyche looks set to be named as everton's new manager — after frank lampard was sacked this week. he's a familiarface to the premier league. in a decade at burnley, dyche guided them to two promotions from the championship — and two top—half premier league finishes... and faces the task of saving everton's season. they're second from bottom — after picking up just 15 points from 20 games. nine time champion novak djokovic is on course for his tenth australian open title. after beating american tommy paul in straight sets. djokovic had raced through the previous rounds without any major incident. a

play not the main boyma during the break and in the course of the second installment of the pep guardiolathe entire striking squad of the erlenholand armor team on the field and the rotri went to the cinema fields, but even they did not affect the final as a result, the flowers kept the winning score and stepped into the semi-finals ; eighteenth tour of the french ligue 1 lionel messi scored a goal. in the first match. as i returned from the triumphant world cup for his native argentina, i will note before the game messi and neymar entered the football field, both with the image of pele, who later, both in brazil and in argentina, lionel scored the second goal against angelo for free from the penalty area. however, the goal was not immediately defended, only after watching var as a result of 2.0 and sure. the first position in the championship table is an outsider, a local sensation on apnins milan finished the performance at the 1/8 stage the final defeat in extra time took place at the san siro home arena. where, in the 114th minute , michel dari adaptap won a ticket for the taryns to t

we investigated the matters and sent these couples behind bar city on guardiola. despite the challenge is the community faces, or they and bar to remain optimistic. they see the fridge. sions have brought the issue into focus. in a country, what algebra d q. identity is still largely at eval lawyer and he had a guy. karen's iowa represents the capitol in our report. i asked her about the reports of groups rating hotels and putting gay couples behind bars for having sex . you know, been, 1st thing that strikes me is that your legal on one beach is, are you reading these hotels? there is a supreme court sanctified right to privacy in this country. and there has been a d criminalization of homosexuality. so if anyone is reading what else, i'm getting a lesson for what they are doing, privacy and then frankly, badges against the law. and i think investigations ought to be made into people who are openly flouting that they are violating the laws and the police that seem to be a now, how are they sending people to whether or not the supreme court does hand down a ruling, a lot of this comes

en los deportes el fÚtbol inglÉs el united le da un duro golpe a del city de guardiola, y remonta all primer tanto 46, el 2—0 al 46 y al 81 pondrÍa el marcador final victoria sobre el liverpool. viajamosy el wolverhampton recibiendo el west han, al 48 raÚl jimÉnez rodÉ cambiÓ el 64 los de wolverhampton llegaron a 17 puntos. jornada18 de la serie a de italia el elche ante el milÁn, hernÁndez, adoptÓ gol y victoria en este momento para los locales. a los 23 colocarÍa el 2—0 y rafael leão 2—1 para el milan. y para cerrar con el 2—2 elche y milan. el Único tanto del partido el minuto 47 obra de aimar aroz triunfa de los osuna 1—0 elian: regresamos con coloridas imÁgenes de un carnaval milenario en europa. >> han esperado mÁs de 25 aÑos para que el asesino de su hija cumpla su condena. ahora, estÁn en una carrera contra el tiempo porque en pocos meses la sentencia podrÍa prescribir son inmigrantes hispanos que viajan de desastre en desastre su misiÓn es ayudar y tambiÉn reciben desprecio y amenaza. grupo de mujeres indÍgenas mayas le apuesta al deporte, el softbol deha convertido en una p

despuÉs el 2—2 martÍnez y en el 89 3—2 ahora estamos para ver el conjunto de guardiola, mÁnchester city en saludarlos. [mÚsica] ramÓn: esta noche a los 11 noticias univisiÓn 14 las cosechas daÑadas por las inundaciones dejaron a miles de trabajadores , del campo sin empleo y con pÉrdidas econÓmicas nos dimos a la tarea de averiguar, cÓmo harÁn para salir adelante. se acerca la fecha lÍmite para escribirse un seguro mÉdico poco bajo el plan estatal de california quienes no cuenten a cobertura de salud podrÍa estar sujeto, a multas de miles de dÓlares por familia le tendremos los detalles de estas historia esta noche a las 11. le recuerdo que se puede comunicar con nuestro equipo travÉs de whatsapp, estamos preparados si tiene alguna inquietud. adelante por favor repÓrtelo, hay tienen el whatsapp en pantalla. recuerde que estamos para servirle de esta forma llegamos al final de esta ediciÓn vespertina gracias por habernos acompaÑado, siga en sintonÍa viene ♪ felix:domingo, 22 de enero y estas son las principales noticias. 10 personas muertas y 10 heridas dejÓ un mortal rodeo en monterrey,

a la premier donde hubo un partidazo en londres entre el chelsea el sitio donde el equipo de pep guardiolado algo similar a lo que le vamos a mostrar es que después de la tormenta dicen que viene la calma >> esos arcoiris nos tienen a todos emocionados. fue visto en varias ciudades de la bahía >> después de estas intensas lluvias y cuando parece ligeramente el sol la luz se separa en sus (inaudible) formándose esta linda vista >> así nos llega este espectáculo alcanzado y visto por varios residentes de nuestra comunidad >> entre eso y las montañas montes que se pintan de verde, se ve alentador el panorama para el año >> en color verde que se ve en todas las (inaudible) que se ve reseco, y ahora ya ese verde, seguirá lloviendo, hay que tener cuidado >> seguiremos viendo arcoiris, porque todo el mes de enero >> aparte sí, por supuesto, dicen que ahora que viene el (inaudible) muy fuerte que ♪. ♪. >>> esta tarde en noticias telemundo. recapturado, esta es la pri ministra imagen de ovidio guzmÁn el darÍo milenio publica la fot gray del hijo del chapo detenido. se ve con barba y con chaleco nar

can pep guardiola become the most successful manager in the competition's history?o coming up in the programme — one of britain's rising tennis stars has told the bbc how the sport saved him as he dealt with "loneliness and anxiety". and formula 1's first and only black driver, lewis hamilton, discusses the lack of diversity within motorsport. good evening and welcome to the programme. england's three—match series againstjamaica gets under way in the next hour. the series is part of both sides�* preparations for the world cup in south africa this summer. england enjoyed their first series win overjamaica for eight years when the sides last met in 2021, and will be looking for more of the same against the sunshine girls tonight. jo currie is at manchester's a0 arena for us. jo, a big yearahead for england's netballers? it's a big game without world cup in south africa this summer. both teams have travelled that tournament hoping to medal, and all about the preparation and doing everything they can do to book their place in that squad. jamaica will prove a real test f

derby ante el united, el arsenal tenÍa una oportunidad de oro para sacarle 8 puntos a los de pep guardiola de los gunners, le sacan 8 puntos al manchester city, podemos decir que este arsenal tiene argumentos para soÑar con el tÍtulo de la premier. ♪(mÚsica)♪ para cerrar nos vamos a arabia saudita, supercopa de espaÑa, gran final entre el real madrid y el barcelona, vean esta joya, pedry, lewandowski, gaby y el uno a cero para el equipo de xavi que mostrÓ una gran versiÓn, gaby le iba a devolver el favor a lewandowski, el 2 a 0 para los culÉs, y el tercero, un retazo el equipo catalÁn para un real madrid que no vive un gran momento, el equipo de ancelotti se tuvo que conformar con el tanto del descuento de benzema. el fÚtbol club barcelona gana la supercopa, gana en confianza, es lÍder de la liga y son momentos id dificultad para el real id dificultad para el real madr. serárá que un raratón pupuede cambiaiar el mundod. ...que e elefantes p pueden v. si una pririncesa se p puede parecer r a mí. si los c cuentos.... .....pueden cocobrar vida.. si p puedo ver a a héroes salvar e el día... y

the head coach of the english manchester city became the spaniard hasep guardiola third place and 40f the moroccan national team validre, grage, who last season led the moroccan screw ancelotti in the 21-22 season, led real to victory in the spanish championship of the champions league and also real won spanish super cup and uefa super cup antilote won the champions league. as a coach for the fourth time. what is an absolute record? world champion 2018, record holder for the number of matches for the french national team in football, goalkeeper coal lawyer has announced the completion of teams career in the national team 36 years since 2012. he plays in england for tottenham hotspur previously, the goalkeeper played for the french lyons. nice in the league he stopped the cup and super cups of france in the twelfth year with the french team liris spent 145 games in the 22 world cup. in the frame, he overtook the number of appearances for the national team of former lawyer leonard 143 such games. five-time champions league winner, bale says he's retired bale player 33 years old, 2022 h

245 points, the second forty-five points became the head coach english manchester city spaniard guardiola and 40 points in this matter. at the head coach of the moroca walid , who last season led the modest american look ancelotti in the 21-22 season, real madrid was sentenced to victory in the spanish champions league and real won the uefa super cup lord antelopes in the champions league from below. as coaches , i am glad that this is a record. world champion 2018 and record holder for the number of matches for the french national football team, goalkeeper coal juris announced his retirement from the national team of a lawyer 36 years old since the twelfth year he has been advancing for the english tottenham and previously the goalkeeper played for the french leonite and as part of leon he won the french cup and super cup in 2012 for the french team lyris played 145 matches at the world cup 22 of the year. in the frame, he overtook former record holder actor five-time champions football league overlord gareth bale announced his retirement for the national team in 33 years since 2022 play

who scored his fourth hat—trick of the season, taking his tally to 31 in all competitons as pep guardiola'smain fourth from bottom. juventus boss max allegri had urged his team to "do their duty" on the pitch, after they were docked 15 points. after they were docked 15 points, after an investigation into their past transfer dealings. the penalty has moved them from third place down into 10th. it's been a dramatic game so far against atalanta in serie a. ademola lookman had put the visitors ahead after just four minutes, but a penalty from angel di maria and goal from arkadiusz milik put juventus 2—1 ahead at half time. atalanta then went 3—2 ahead, butjuventus have now equalised through danilo. around 15 minutes to go in that game. elsewhere in europe, la liga leaders barcelona beat getafe 1—0, pedri with the goal. real madrid looking to reduce the gap — they are currently 1—0 up at athletic bilbao — karim benzema with the goal. and a crazy game in the german bundesliga where borussia dortmund return from a two—month winter break to win 4—3 over augsburg — which moves them up to sixth in th

the emergence of teenager rico lewis and nathan ake's form have improved pep guardiola's defence. to be looking for a loan deal with the option to buy. rory mcilroy admits it was mentally tough but was happy he didn't let his emotions get in the way as he beat his rival patrick reed to win the dubai desert classic today. the american, seen here, is part of the rebel liv golf tour which mcilroy has repeatedly spoken out against. reed called the northern irishman an "immature little child," mcilroy says reed "isn't living in reality." it all added to the drama on the final day. mcilroy began it with a three—shot lead, but reed found himself level heading into the 18th. mcilroy needed this to win it, and made the putt, describing the victory as "emotional". i knew that i had the chances coming up, ten, 13, 17, 18, but when you see the person right in front of you birdie those holes or eagles or whatever it is, so i felt the pressure of having to answer and for the most part i did answer but i always felt like it with the way the back nine is here, my legs would give me a bit of an ad

delight than for pat guardiola as his team bounce back from that loss at the weekend to the darby to continues on experience, and their boss with just one win in their last five. boss with “ust one win in their last five. �* ., ., , _ ., ., boss with “ust one win in their last five. �* ., ., ., five. i'm not happy, and i have said this, we five. i'm not happy, and i have said this. we are — five. i'm not happy, and i have said this, we are close, _ five. i'm not happy, and i have said this, we are close, we _ five. i'm not happy, and i have said this, we are close, we should - five. i'm not happy, and i have said this, we are close, we should be i this, we are close, we should be good for next year and the champions league, but if we want to win something or compete in something real with the way we are competing and not complaining because of this or the other, complain, and not complaining because of this orthe other, complain, complain, there is no chance to win anything. more than half of the world's richest football clubs by revenue are from the premier league, that's according

can pep guardiola become the most successful manager in the competition's history?ow the sport saved him as he dealt with "loneliness and anxiety". and formula 1's first and only black driver, lewis hamilton, discusses the lack of diversity within motorsport.

if city win the league cup, it would make their boss pep guardiola the most successful manager in theinho and brian clough with four wins. we wa nt we want to win it but to really change my love, they have been amazing, the competition. to produce something special to have the same as brain, so alex. people say it is a less important competition but we tried to do our best. the opening leg of the first spanish super cup semi—final will be played in saudi arabia later as real madrid go up against valencia. real coach carlo ancelotti goes up against a former player of his at ac milan in gennaro gattuso, the now manager of valencia. the other last four tie also takes place in riyadh as real betis face barcelona on thursday. barry hawkins thrashed uk champion mark allen 6—0 to reach the last eight at the masters in london's alexandra palace. hawkins dominating the match throughout. allen is one of the form players this season but this is the the fifth year in a row he's lost at the first—round stage. hawkins will now face either judd trump or ryan day on friday. wales's mark williams has

although guardiola and jurgen. bug. go. which of them coached borussia dortmund second?ow absolutely, she also worked in the bundesliga, but he coached in an accident. we continue. who has won the champions league more often? that's right, on his account there are two victories at yurga, for a bug there is only one victory with liverpool. we continue, which of them, while still a player, played for barcelona, ​​skip this question let it be the second that's right, jurgen, bug, he worked as an analyst during the 2006 fifa world cup in germany, even received an award for the best sports show, but not very good with football, but excellent with sports intuition, let's move on to the second block of comparisons. it’s probably not very clear from the pictures, let me explain, we are comparing basketball and 3x3 basketball. go. what kind of basketball was presented at the second european games in minsk, 13 basketball, 3 of course, the men's women's team was called bronze in this discipline. let's go further. in what form of basketball is the playing time divided into four quar

lewis and nathan -- nathan rk's rico lewis and nathan —— nathan rk's improved form has given pep guardiola open champion novak djokovic says he is focused on making more history in the sport after winning his 22nd grand slam title, which brought him level with rafael nadal. the 35—year—old world number one has been showing off the trophy he has now won ten times. djokovic admits this year's tournament in melbourne took a huge mental toll on him due to off court controversies and fears about how the crowd would respond to him after he was deported from australia last year due to his covid vaccine status. djokovic says he was delighted by how he was welcomed in melbourne and is already planning his return next year, iamas i am as fierce competitor is anybody there, really. ilove i am as fierce competitor is anybody there, really. i love to go out, weather it is a grand slam or any other category of any event in the world i always give my best. i don't like to lose. i do everything i possibly can to wind every match i play. i think there is still a lot of that fire inside of me that is burnin

coming up on the bbc news channel — guardiola wants his players to fight until the end as city face chelseas of thousands of mourners have gathered at the vatican for the funeral of the former pope benedict, who died on new year's eve. benedict had been the first pontiff to retire since the middle ages. the service, in st peter's square, was attended by roman catholic clergy and members of european royalfamilies. it was conducted by the current pope, francis. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool reports from the vatican. before the largest church in all christendom, in front of a crowd of 50,000, he was brought for one final time, to spontaneous applause. applause. it was the last occasion the two popes were together. 0ne presiding over the funeral of the other. during his homily, pope francis used biblical references in which he appeared to compare benedict tojesus. translation: we want to do this with the same wisdom, _ tenderness and devotion that he bestowed on us over the years. together we want to say, father, into your hands we commend his spirit. in the crowd were an estimated 4000 mem

pep guardiola's side hoping to close the gap at the top, but could spurs see out the win. there's growing pressure on nato countries to agree to send more tanks to ukraine to help in the fight against russia. pledges of military aid have increased, after kyiv warned that russia was preparing a new assault. nine countries, including britain, have promised to urgently step up supplies of heavy weaponry and the uk has committed to sending about a dozen challenger tanks — but the ukrainians say they need more. their western allies will meet in germany tomorrow to discuss further help, as the war approaches its first year. we'll have more on the prospects for that meeting in a moment. but first, our correspondent andrew harding reports from one area where weaponry is needed — around the town of soledar, where some of the fiercest fighting of the war has been taking place. it's seen as key to capturing the strategic city of bakhmut. incoming artillery fire as we arrive close to the front line. a lot of incoming. a quick run for cover. we're in an area where russian and ukrainian

it seems guardiola always knew where his protege's heart lay.in there and he loves the club. i remember... i remember that when we were together here, when we scored a lot of goals with our opponents, always hejumped and celebrates, except one team. the one team every time i scored a goal, ijump, come back, he was sitting there. it was arsenal. so in that moment i said, "that guy, that guy likes arsenal." arteta says he would prefer not to be competing against his friend, guardiola, but does relish how arsenal are now fighting city for trophies. i always hoped that was going to be the case one day. and it's happening this season. 0bviously, that's not going to change any friendships, the moments that we have, how important he is in my life, how important he is in my profession. we are both willing to win and defend our clubs in the best possible way. and that's always been the case since day one. now the father of novak djockovic says he had no intention of causing any disruption, at the australian open by posing for pictures, with supporters of

manchester city and pep guardiola have the chance seal their spot in the last four of the league cup in california have had to leave their homes after extreme storms brought heavy rain and flooding to large parts of the state. here in the los angeles neighbourhood of chatsworth, two vehicles plunged into this huge sinkhole that opened in the road. two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries. at least 17 people have died since the storms began, with officials warning the conditions could bring more landslides. 0ur north america correspondent james clayton reports. this is supposed to be a picturesque beach, but it's absolutely covered in detritus, wood, even entire trees, that have been swept into the sea by swollen rivers. a state of emergency has been declared here, and it isn'tjust the coast that's been hit. up in the mountains, the small town of felton has been under water as the local river burst its banks. karen hendrick realised the water was coming up to her house too late. she couldn't get out, stuck above the water as it rose around her home. is it scary when you'r

city, meanwhile, failed to manage a single shot on target and guardiola knows they'll have to play better need at this summer's world cup in their victory overjamaica in the first of their 3—match series. england recovered from a slow start to win 73—52 in front of a bumper crowd of more than 6,500 at the ao arena in manchester. they scored 24 goals in the final quarter alone, to win comprehensively. the second match of the series takes place at the copperbox in london on saturday. the masters snooker gets back underway at alexandra palace at lunchtime with mark williams taking on ronnie o'sullivan in the quarterfinals. judd trump plays his last eight match tomorrow after surviving a big scare against wales' ryan day. but trump says going 5—3 down in the best of 11 contest was actually the best thing to happen, because it took all the pressure off him and he could relax. and it worked as he fought back to win the last three frames. he'll now face former finalist barry hawkins. and here's another tale of succeeding in the face of adversity. stuart bingham beat kyeran wilson by 6 frames to

channel — after they were knocked out of the league cup last night by a rejuvenated southampton, pep guardiolamanchester derby. new figures show some of britain's biggest retailers had a bumper christmas despite the cost of living crisis. tesco has reported a 7.2% increase in sales over the festive period. marks & spencer sales for quarter including christmas were also up, by nearly 10%. here's our business correspondent emma simpson. christmas, it feels like a long time ago. for retailers, it's about shifting end of year stock now. so how did it go? some of us were tightening our belts. i was spending a lot less on each person for christmas because everything's so expensive. but others didn't hold back. spent a lot. we gave the kids budgets and we're like, no. and then we went above and beyond that. l this christmas, i did spend a bit. more because we didn't have covid, so i actually got time to see my friends. i so you splashed out a bit then? yeah, a little bit, yeah. here at bluewater mall in kent, the christmas story was all about people returning to shops. we've seen a really positive de

pep guardiola says manchester city are comfortable and too relaxed after winning the premiere league hgppy players, the staff, and everyone. happy flowers team. happy flowers is good, no, idon't happy flowers team. happy flowers is good, no, i don't want to be happy flowers, i want to beat arsenal. but if we play in that way, arsenal will destroy us. chris eubankjunior and liam smith have apologised for their pre—fight press conference in which both boxers launched personal attacks on each other. the two meet in a middleweight contest in manchester tomorrow night and hurled insults about sexuality and social class at each other. the promoter says they didn't condone the behaviour of either eubankjunior or smith. despite a conference that eubankjunior admitted �*escalated quickly�*, the customary face—off at the end passed without incident. after three years, the nba returned to europe last night with the chicago bulls beating the detroit pistons in paris. both teams are struggling in the eastern conference but there's a huge rivarly between them that stretches back to the 1980s. the

as you say, first against second in the premier league title race, and of course pep guardiola againstwo managers who know each other very well indeed, because before he went to arsenal, arteta of first was an assistance to court he will hear at city for three years, three very successful years during which city won two premier league titles, two league cops and an fa cup, so there is a lot of history between the managers but a lot of respect as well. i know he went to the team, his club, you know, the team he dreams of. so he's, i think, a supporter for arsenal, for the fact he played there, was a captain there and he loves the club. iremember... i rememberthat when we were together here, when we scored a lot of goals with our opponents, always he jumped and celebrates, except one team. the one team every time i scored a goal, ijump, come back, he was sitting there. it was arsenal. so in that moment i said, "that guy, that guy likes arsenal." i always hoped that was going to be the case one day. - and it's happening this season. obviously, that's not— going to change any friendships,

if city make it to the final and win, it would make their boss pep guardiola the most successful managery. he's currently level with alex ferguson, jose mourinho and brian clough with four wins. we wa nt we want to win it but it will not change my life if we do. it doesn't produce anything special for me to have the same as brian or alex. people say it's a list important competition, but we try to do our best in it. chelsea have signed atletico madrid strikerjoao felix on loan for the rest of the season. arsenal and manchester united had been linked with the 23—year—old but he favoured a move to the blues. he's the forth player to sign with the club during the january transfer window. they're currently 10th in the premier league, 10 points adrift of a top—four spot. the australian open starts next week, but britain's katie boulter has lost out in qualification, to polina kudermetova, defeated her second round of qualifying today. cameron norrie will be there though, the world number 12 prevailed in his second—round match at the auckland open, which stretched to almost six hours because o

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accomplice will try to approach the traffickers pretending he's a cocoa from their la, but renika to some guardiola. and i got my say a lovely to put on a. busy actually guy, if you guys could spell it, it is exemplified, wow little. okay, so to send one. mm hm. we hide that camera on our end, g o friend at the station, he comes across 2 chunks. they are waiting for the children to arrive from bouquet . now, they can easily spot the most vulnerable who are willing to work for food only. they also mentioned there is a man at the head of this traffic, but anyway, we got you back. no, no, no, no, let me find them. also be real good game while he sat on them. don't you see compatibility gowns, you sure, mariana, if you are in a way that may tell you, he only knew he merely knew anybody from it. it is not the way it shows up in the way the way home grow rocker work over long yankee, just human jeff. i run my human logic book bag. i am flush with fellows. what got asian leave you also do from global intervals, or do i, should you find that i refunded each other bunch if you fairly well, i know you're one

but pep guardiola again starting to feel the pressure, denying that he cares that much really about weterhaps a little bit early to say that the title is out of sight and city loses. but if they do, the momentum is really going against them and heading all the way up to them and heading all the way up to the mikel arteta's side. the rugby football union has made one of its biggest rule changes in the sport's history — reducing the height allowed for tackles next season to waist—level, in a bid to improve player safety. now importantly, this won't apply to elite level rugby union — it's only for the game below the championship. but the announcement comes on a day where more than 55 former amateur players have claimed that playing rugby has led to brain injuries. so what does all this mean for the sport? well, our rugby union correspondent chrisjonesjoins me now. the concussion crisis around rugby union has been here probably for around the last ten years, but it's picked up hugely in the last couple of years. we've seen over 200 former professional players declared their intention to sue

as they both ran towards the bull, said his manager pip, guardiola was left me and insisted rash red had interfered with play. that's where there is a sight. on the side, dental tens of sight made that intervene. every st. intervene here the easy st. 9 to ring and is a steady edge. ok, we're dead to do. we are going to make her complaint they know. so going to lation dead from times happy in our sight. shantay then does eunice, they didn't believe bradford was intervening detection when it happened. so thinking of the saying it is, is a tough not to play much better or tough like his own elsewhere, liverpool was soundly beaten by brighton. some flick policy in midfield led to the opening goal of the game early in the 2nd hall march. the man of the moment watch was then at the end of this fence listening move double the advantage from the home side. and then you really shouldn't concede directly from a throw in, but that's exactly what liverpool did here any well back saying thank you very much to complete a 3 nowhere. more problem for able to ne manager frank lam, part of the last 2

the norwegian super striker, now has 30 goals in all competitions for pick guardiola seen. maybe not all of them have come as easy as the courtesy of a goal, keeping howler from joe's a saw for manchester, united star christiana. rinaldo has made his debut in the saudi pro league. the 5 time bell on door winner is captaining his new club. i'll nasir, as they take on o, 80 fac, in riyadh. fans had already caught a glimpse of rinaldo earlier in the week when he led an all star 11 who lost a friendly 2 lea, a mile. macy's p. s g. as also where he got that black eye by the way, rinaldo school twice in that match, but so far he has stayed off with school sheet. another lead one mill in the 2nd half a mother of renelle, those former teens rail madrid, play later. they look to narrow the gap on spanish tabletop as barcelona. a bossa are one mile up against cut off a pedigree with the gone. if it stays like that, they'll be 6 points in france. by the time a rail kickoff had him playing on the lead. well, he put them to we were wrong because he provides a big shock to tell you about

pep guardiola that's what guardiola says that's what happens sometimes when you win four in four premierdo kind of take things for granted a little and that's the fixture you want that's not the fixture you want to today. having said to go and see today. having said that, not old that, i'm not lost to old trafford since 16. one of the big that city did when big things that city did when the came in, they would the big came in, they would address problem going address that problem of going old trafford and winning. they won since 1974 and won there once since 1974 and all time suddenly the big all that time suddenly the big money they get better money comes in, they get better players. won players. i think they've won there down. is there a nine times down. is a big, big psychological barrier overcome. other overcome. yeah. what other action seeing? stage action are we seeing? stage today? decent today? some decent games. everton the bottom everton signs from the bottom two. game in. you two. huge, huge game in. you know lampard said know frank lampard said last week he didn't a vote of w

if they make it to the final and win, it would make their boss, pep guardiola, the most successful managerwant to do it, but it will not change my life. this competition has been amazing, so it's not. nothing special to have the same with —— special to have the same with brian, alex, but less important that we try to... joao felix has said he's �*very excited' to have joined chelsea on loan for the rest of the season from spanish side atletico madrid. the portugal forward trained with the squad earlier today. arsenal and manchester united had been linked with the 23—year—old, but he favoured a move to the blues. he's the fourth player to sign for the club during the january transfer window. they're currently 10th in the premier league, ten points adrift of a top—four spot. i look at him and i see a confident person. _ i look at him and i see a confident person. a — i look at him and i see a confident person, a confident player. a player that's able _ person, a confident player. a player that's able to impose himself in the game _ that's able to impose himself in the game his— that's able t

of their team when in manager of their team when in manager of the year i think the likes of pep guardiolaset a mailbox for eddie, my manager of my newcastle the mix. i my team, newcastle the mix. i would jumping and down would be jumping up and down what's going on and this is much more serious than football. this is sovereignty , it's is about our sovereignty, it's about the fairness of the realm. it's border and it's control of the border and all the things you've just all of the things you've just described, clear with the described, what clear with the honour system, by the way is that needs to be reformed. it that it needs to be reformed. it is a black box at the moment. it's in transfer. when someone gets an honour needs to happen is we need to publish the criteria by which they've been given an honour and who actually nominated that because the less privileged welcome in this amazing society what on earth can this guy's criteria be ? can this guy's criteria be? matthew ratcliffe. sir matthew ratcliffe. right so he's going to end up with this criteria of, well, did you absolutely kn

of their team when in manager of their team when in manager of the year i think the likes of pep guardiolaset a mailbox for eddie, my manager of my newcastle the mix. i my team, newcastle the mix. i would jumping and down would be jumping up and down what's going on and this is much more serious than football. this is sovereignty , it's is about our sovereignty, it's about the fairness of the realm. it's border and it's control of the border and all the things you've just all of the things you've just described, clear with the described, what clear with the honour system, by the way is that needs to be reformed. it that it needs to be reformed. it is a black box at the moment. it's in transfer. when someone gets an honour needs to happen is we need to publish the criteria by which they've been given an honour and who actually nominated that because the less privileged welcome in this amazing society what on earth can this guy's criteria be ? can this guy's criteria be? matthew ratcliffe. sir matthew ratcliffe. right so he's going to end up with this criteria of, well, did you absolutely kn

guardiola sent on kevin de bruyne and erling haaland during the second half.ix premier league games but are still unbeaten in both cups. they and their fans will be hoping this surprise success can be a catalyst in their battle to stay in the top flight. nick parrott, bbc news. southampton arejoined, in the semis by nottingham forest, who beat wolves on penalties. the game finished 1—1 after 90 minutes, with forest keeper dean henderson saving joe hodge's spot kick in the shoot out. forest will now face manchester united in the last four. now to tennis and what a chance great britain's jack draper will have to be the headline maker in the first round of the australian open on monday. the draw was made earlier this morning, and the 21—year—old, draper, faces the top seed, rafael nadal, who is the defending champion, but at 36, could be vulnerable if draper, can repeat the form he showed in his overnight victory at the adelaide open. a tough draw for andy murray, who faces the 13th seed matteo berrettini, while emma raducanu, who has been struggling with an ankl

pep guardiola wants his players to put in a good performance and keep the pressure on.we can fight for in the _ last chance, the last drop of water we can fight for in the premier i we can fight for in the premier league. at the moment we don't have a table to win on the premier league, they have to be ready. as is when the teams are really good in the squads, when we try to do it. chelsea have lost the last three of their matches against man city — and need a result tonight to keep their chances for a champions league spot alive. the blues are ten points off manchester united in fourth and have only one once in seven matches. speaking after the disappointing 1—1 draw against nottingham forest on new year's day — boss graham potter said he's looking for improvements. we see manchester city as an opportunity to play against one of the best teams in the world. completely different game to what we have faced just now. but very complicated and tough, but we need those ones as much as the good ones, and we want to win. i don't know i want to sound like it's acceptable to los

it seems guardiola always knew where his protegee's heart lay. wednesday. he does have a pretty big task on his hands — the club are bottom of league one, and have had just five wins in 28 matches this season. ferguson made 273 appearances at everton and also had two spells as their caretaker manager in 2019 and last year. he said he's ready for the challenge at forest green. there are talks within the everton hierarchy as they search for a replacement for frank lampard. the hope is to finalise an appointment before the weekend. sean daich is the other favourite to take over. wimbledon champion elena rybakina has another shot at winning a grand slam — this time in melbourne. she's through to the australian open final, where she'll play play aryna sabalenka. rybakina had a dominant performance in her semifinal, beating two—time champion victoria azarenka in straight sets. i got igota i got a lot of experience from wimbledon and, to be honest, ijust want to come on court and really enjoy the moment, enjoy the atmosphere because it's really amazing

it was terrific stuff and you what pep you know, it's what pep guardiola spoken in guardiola has spokeny've got plenty do. i mean, they've got plenty to but they are one club to prove, but they are one club stuck manager. now he stuck with their manager. now he got the beginning got some time at the beginning but point because he but just his point because he won and you know it's won the fa cup and you know it's interesting if our chatter had gone at the start of the season, the last season, he might the end of last season, he might be contention the everton job be in contention the everton job now was a very now because he was a very stellar everton former as a midfielder for a of years. but that's all by by that's so that's all by the by however in here in the now he has made that i mean last has made that score i mean last season the end that was season at the end that that was a that was a chastening a real that was a chastening blow to be overhauled by tottenham. there were serious questions over mentality temperament and the psychological temperament and the psycto logical temper

but guardiola says there's no chance of catching the leaders if they play like they have been.s players to be a bit more nasty if they�* re to on his players to be a bit more nasty if they're to fulfil his dream of playing champions league football next season. t of playing champions league football next season. ., . of playing champions league football next season-— next season. i think that we are doinu next season. i think that we are doing progress. _ next season. i think that we are doing progress, and _ next season. i think that we are doing progress, and in - next season. i think that we are doing progress, and in my - next season. i think that we are | doing progress, and in my mind, next season. i think that we are . doing progress, and in my mind, in some aspects. in other aspects i think that we have to come back like last season and to be a bit more solid, a bit more focused, a bit more nasty. west ham have signed aston villa striker danny ings in a deal worth up to £15 million. he leaves villa park as their top scorer so far this season with seven. he has been sign