ralph hassenhuttl continues, they won 3—1 at huddersfield, redmond, ings and 0bafemi with their goalsreelagation zone. huddersfield are well and truly in it let's show you the table on what has been a very good day for liverpool. they started it 4 points clear after last nights win at wolves and that's hpow the lead will stand at christmas. after city slipped up at palace, tottenham will hope to keep pace tomorrow. they are at everton. arsenal are now level on points with chelsea after that surpising defeat for the blues. big drop to watford who won at west ham today. bournemouth still going well, they won at home to brighton this is the bottom of the table, fulham kept their first clean sheet of the season, a goaless draw at newcastle but they remain bottom . huddersfield also on ten points, they are beginnning to be cut adrift of safety, they play each other next weekend that's all the football for now, we'll have the scottish premiership and championship results coming up later in the programme, let's get some other sport now, jeanette. to rugby union's premiership, where the top t

huddersfield stay fourth bottom for now.ge performance for us it wasn't a vintage performance for us you're thinking hopefully we can go on and make it a memorable night but it wasn't they did well in past very well and created chances. but we did defend her ugly a second half, and we managed to avoid conceding and get a big win for us. brighton beat crystal palace at home despite being down to ten men for more than an hour of the game. a glenn murray penalty had put them ahead before shane duffy was sent off. but two more first half goals, from leon balogun and florin andone — made it three nil at the break. palace pulled one back from the spot through luka milivojevic but it finished 3—1 to the home side. we we re we were outstanding today, i thought from start to finish, 11—11 we were better side, and certainly will we we nt better side, and certainly will we went down to ten men, it becomes a different game you'll have to defend more they have good footballers than defensive players, you have to defend well and for me it

huddersfield let down again by their inability to score, they stay in the relegation zone.very game for newcastle now is a final. this is what he said after the match. isaid so i said so many times this group of player they deserve a lot of credit. come today they worked really hard in the first half we gave the ball away but in the second half we were much better organised and stronger and scored one goal and then you have to create i2 and scored one goal and then you have to create 12 more players against a team that was pushing and pushing from the beginning. the most important thing is to except to be is appointed and to be a little frustrated as well but the most important thing is this is what you do. we played 17 games and we do not have enough points so far but it is in the middle of the competition. middle of the competition but they need to start winning. and another teen that needs to start winning our fallam. fulham are still firmly rooted to the bottom of the table — they lost again — this time 2—0 to the in—form west ham in the late kick off. it's west ham's f

huddersfield let down again by their inability to score. they stay in the relegation zone. game for newcastle now is a final. first let's hear from the huddersfield manager. the most important thing is to except to be disappointed, to be a little frustrated as well but the most important thing is you have to believe and that is what we do, we played games and we do not have enough points so far but it is in the middle of the competition. isaid so i said so many times, the players deserve a lot of credit and today they worked really hard, and they give the ball away in the first half but in the second half we were much better organised, stronger and we scored one goal and we have another. and our players were pushing and pushing from the beginning. we will see where that leads them in the table ina see where that leads them in the table in a moment. so a quick look at all of today's results. crystal palace had a rare victory without wilfried zaha, beating leicester 1—0. watford held off a late cardiff comeback to win 3—2. we got the tables and we will talk about those in a m

at the bottom, fulham and huddersfield. out for either team at the end of the season? looking doubtful. this can certainly be called a relegation six pointer. i tried to stay away from that one! they've shown fallibility especially in terms of conceding so many goals. huddersfield winning the reverse fixture earlier in the season. reverse fixture earlier in the season. if they were to do that again they would leap two places with bernie. playing until sunday. the problem for huddersfield is they losing game after game. if they lose this one, a seventh in a row, a record going back to 1955, and they have burnley at cardiff to come and they are missing aaron morley, their talisman, then this is a dogfight. using all the cliches! thanks for 110w. i cannot do anything for their performances on the pitch. paul has done it himself. players have done their performances. my chats with anthony and romelu and alexis, i'm here to guide them and help them on the path and then it's up to them to do it on the pitch. arsenal's former long

he hopes his players can show more attacking flair against huddersfield.thony martial and jesse lingard and rashford up top, with paul supporting them, it‘s exhilarating to watch. as long as they keep that standard up, we will pick up points. fulham played wolves in the early kick—off. manchester city will be looking to bounce back against leicester after their defeat at home to crystal palace. celtic will aim to stay top of the tree in the scottish premiership when they travel to aberdeen later. brendan rodgers‘ team are currently one point ahead at the top. if celtic fail to win, rangers could leapfrog them with victory over hibernian at ibrox. australia opening batsmen cameron ba ncroft australia opening batsmen cameron bancroft has confirmed david warner was the one to suggest the judge tamper with the ball during australia‘s test match in south africa earlier this year. bancroft was caught on camera trying to manipulate the ball with sandpaper and suspended for nine months. he told adam gilchrist on fox sports that warner had asked him to manipulate t

brighton won 2—1 at 10—man huddersfield. wilshere made his first appearance in exactly 3 months in west ham's very comfortble win away at newcastle. and we'll have more details on the remaining games a little later on in the programme. well kilmarnock shone in the scottish premiership as they moved up to second but they weren't helped by two separate floodlight failures at rugby park... as they beat hibs 3—0 and moving up to second in the table. as they beat hibernian 3—0... eamon brophy scored two of the goals, including this one in the sixth minute... and a penalty half an hour later.. it was all wrapped up by a greg stewart goal in the final minute... elsewhere in scotland, livingston scored for the first time in 5 games to beat motherwell and move up to sixth, and hamilton won 3—1at10—man motherwell to move 5 points clear of their relegation threatened hosts. that's all from here for now. more details on the premier league results and the stories from the championship, coming up in a few minutes' time. karthi... well we'

huddersfield slip to last place. give them the lead at watford. that was his 100th goal but watford equalised just two minutes later. there was also a full programme of matches in the scottish premiership. scott sinclair scored a hat—trick as leaders celtic beat aberdeen 4—3. that result extends celtic‘s lead at the top of the table to three points. that's because second—placed rangers dropped points with a 1—1 draw against hibernian at ibrox. there were also wins today for hearts, kilmarnock and stjohnstone. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on our website, including another win for trainer paul nicholls in the king george at kempton park. 16—1 shot clan des 0beaux victorious earlier on. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. more for you in the next hour. and, thank you very much indeed. see you later on. sister wendy beckett — the nun whose passion for art made her an unexpected television star — has died at the age of 88. her broadcasting career began in the early 1990s and she went to appear in several bbc series

in the night's other games bournemouth are up to sixth after beating huddersfield while ten man brightonf a stunning 3—1win at home to crystal palace. shane duffy sent offjust before the half hour mark. and three goals in 12 minutes means west ham are up to 12th after beating cardiff. the liverpool managerjurgen klopp has accepted a charge of misconduct for running on to the pitch after his side's 96th minute winner against everton at anfield on sunday. he was fined over $10,000 by the english football association and was warned about his future behaviour after he ran on to hug goalkeeper alisson after divock 0rigi's goal in sunday's merseyside derby. the german had already apologised for the incident and has now stressed it won't happen again. ido i do think that anybody thought it's massively wrong or whatever. but even the referee, they were surprised themselves, probably, that somebody was running in that direction. so it is quite difficult. there is nothing to say about it. it happened. no problem with that. it's fine. let's carry on. russian athletes will remain banned from interna

the england midfielder ruptured a ligament in his knee during bournemouth‘s 2—1win over huddersfieldwill be out for between six and nine months. and west ham will be without striker marko arnautovic for the busy christmas period. he's been ruled out for a month, after suffering a hamstring injury in tuesday's 3—1win over cardiff. championship side reading have sacked paul clement after nine months as manager. clement took over in time to help them secure their place in the second tier at the end of last season. but now the club are just outside the relegation zone on goal difference, and former reading player ady williams says the manager's paid the price for bad form. the results were poor, ultimately it isa the results were poor, ultimately it is a result of four wayans, on the back end of last season, on last day, that the preseason was poor as well. and if you want a good preseason under your belt, the performance is ultimately been below par. there's been a couple of surprise exits at the uk snooker championship in york. former champion judd trump has been knocked out. the world

fulham beat bottom of the table huddersfield 1—0, to leave the klatter langusihing at the bottom, aleksanderth a stoppage time winner securing a priceless winner, after fulham's aboubaker kamara had earlier had his spot kick saved. it was unbelievable because he had to dream about this match and say it's important to score at the last second of the match, we score the last minutes. it was very important for us, for the victory. to give everybody more confidence, and we have to continue this way. so liverpool could move nine points clear if they can beat arsenal in the late kick off. arsenal took the lead at anfield but two goals in as many minutes by liverpool striker roberto firmino has but the leaders in front, before mo salah scored from the penalty spot. in the days other games brighton beat everton, cardiff beat leicester, while watford drew with newcastle. not long under way in the second half. in rugby union's premiership harlequins and wasps met with both clubs closer to the bottom of the table than the top. that didn't stop the crowds making the trip to twickenham, jim lumsden was w

tottenham hosting wolves at wembley, and the bottom two face off at craven cottage as fulham take on huddersfieldsays it might not help rangers to have restricted the amount of celtic fans at tomorrow's old firm derby at ibrox. the scottish premiership leaders will have just 750 fans after their allocation was cut from the normal 7,000, but rodgers claims that could backfire on their rivals. it can work for and against you as a home team, in that situation. i think that when you have predominantly the support in the ground, like i say, it can add something to the players, either a positive or a negative. but we just have to approach the game how we always do, which is look at our own way of working. respect that rangers are a good team. some very good results this year. like i say, we'll give them the respect they deserve and look to focus on our own game and look to play well and get the win. 0n the eve of the edinburgh derby, the two women in charge of hibs and hearts say they're confident there won't be a repeat of the scenes that marred the last match. ann budge and leann dempster have been s

there was a battle at the bottom, fulham coming out on top against huddersfield one nil, that keeps thetom. aleksander mitrovic with a stoppage time winner securing a priceless winner, after fulham's aboubaker kamara had earlier had his spot kick saved. it was unbelievable because if we had to dream about this match and say it's important to score at the last second of the match. we score the last minutes of the match, it was very very important for us. for the victory, and in order to give everybody more confidence, we need to continue this way. the rest of the results. not good days for everton, leicester or spurs, who were beaten by brighton, cardiff and wolves. while watford drew with newcastle. they play southampton tomorrow. celtic‘s old firm dominance was ended by steven gerrard's rangers side as they clinched a one nil win at ibrox. it's a first league triumph in six years against their fierce rivals and leaves them level on points with the champions. as alisdair lamont can tell us. a typically feverish art rocks atmospheres set the tone as rangers sought recent domination of th

former right hand man at dortmund david wagner's won plaudits last season by keeping an unfenced huddersfield side in the division in the short term hasn't hurt will hopes to emulate wagner's achievements with southampton. i know that there are no guarantees for winning so the only chance we have is to work on on chances to rise if we want to have guarantees you have to buy a washing machine. not not in football there are no guarantees anymore pozen hurtles high intensity coaching style and a passion for developing young players could make him a good fit at struggling southampton who pushed one of the country's best you to categorize i know you're watching news still to come on the program more products made in germany we'll see what's bringing a production line back. we'll have that story for you coming right up and this. takes it personally. with all the wonderful people that make the game so special. for all true fans. because more than football online climate change. waste. pollution.

gunnar solskjaer‘s first home game as manchester united caretaker boss ended in a 3—1 win over huddersfieldable. catch all the goals on match of the day on bbc one now. there was also a full programme of matches in the scottish premiership — it was quite a game at pittodrie with leaders celtic beating aberdeen 4—3. scott sinclair scoring a hat—trick — this was his second to give brendan rodgers side a 2—1 lead with fifteen minutes to go. the home side levelled to make it 2—2 from the spot thanks to sam cosgrove — that was to be first of four goals in seven minutes. celtic retook the lead before sinclair got his third to make the points safe. lewis ferguson's late consolation wasn't enough for aberdeen — who drop to fourth. well that result extends celtic‘s lead at the top of the table. that's because second placed rangers could only 1—1 with hibs. there were also wins today for saintjohnstone, hearts and kilmarnock. leeds united scored twice in injury time to beat blackburn 3—2 and stay top of the championship — and move three points ahead of norwich who were held by nottingham forest. shef

the article goes on to talk about other hospitals and other places, shropshire, huddersfield, kent, perthr, downgrading or merging. there was a news a few years back to create these very large centres of excellence which were quite unpopular with people even though medically it might be a safer thing to do. people were very, very attached to their local hospital. of course. assuming of course that theirfunctioning course. assuming of course that their functioning decently. as a local news reporter for various different papers in the north of england and nhs restructures and a&e closers or a&e downgrading of the really emotive issue for people. it does really matter. if you live in a rural area where these hospitals maybe 40 minutes away, and into the move maybe another ten minute journey away. they can be the matter of life or death for people. that is why people find it so angering when they see that their a&e services are being restructured probably for about the tenth time. we know the ambulance services have been under pressure too and if they have got to travel even further to collec

the 3—1 defeat sees huddersfield slip to the bottom. the latest from the amex.rgen locadia equalised ten minutes before the break. 9 away games without a clean sheet now for the gunners. and this is how all of that shakes out at the top of the table. liverpool clear of tottenham in second. city down to third — a point further back. as things stand, arsenal would move above chelsea for an hour or so at least. everton have climbed into the top half of the table with that win at turf moor. you're up to date with everything that's happened and happening so far. better than battling the sales today i reckon. but still not done yet. that's right. a lot more to come today and we're not talking about the sales. we are talking about the football. it goes on tonight. watford take on chelsea. there for us, will be the slive commentary team of pat nevin and conor mcnamara. an exciting day of football on boxing day. we are —— we hope you're keeping the best for last here at big cass vicarage road. tilting to bounce back after the weekend. they do. a pressure game for them. t

huddersfield had 7496 against cardiff.re sent on to cloud nine. kilmarnock aren't giving up their surprise challenge for the scottish premiership title. they're back on top of the table this morning after a 3—1win over dundee. steve clarke's side go a point clear of celtic but the scottish champions have three games in hand, starting away at hibernian this lunchtime. elsewhere yesterday there were wins for motherwell and aberdeen. norwich city have been knocked off the top of the championship despite coming from behind to draw 2—2 at bristol city. leeds 1—0 win over bolton means they move to the summit. promotions chasers middlesbrough slipped to a 2—1 defeat at qpr while aston villa drew 2—2 against stoke. still glasgow warriors and saracens are both still on course for a place still rse for a place in the knockouts of rugby union's champions cup. they both won their pool matches in dreadful conditions yesterday, but saracens' win over cardiff means they are out already, as patrick gearey reports. cardiff's champions cup

huddersfield stay in the relegation zone, newcastle move up a place to 14th.they come today and it worked really ha rd credit. they come today and it worked really hard and in the first half we were suffering at the beginning while they wait but the second half we were much better organised and stronger and we score on goal. and then you have players against a team that was pushing from the beginning. so a quick look at all of today's results... crystal palace had a rare victory without wilfried zaha, beating leicester 1—0. watford held off a late cardiff comeback to win 3—2. wolves beat bournmeouth 2—0 to climb above them into seventh and fulham v west ham is just kicking off. it is goalless after six minutes so far. so here is the top of the table, manchester city back on top but if liverpool beat manchester united tomorrow they'll go back in front. chelsea and arsenal are also in action tomorow. the bottom of the table is largely unchanged, southampton play arsenal tomorrow. fulham are playing now. in the scottish premiershipjohnston was playing motherwell

the england midfielder ruptured a ligament in his knee during bournemouth‘s 2—1win over huddersfieldll be out for between six and nine months. it's thought he will be out for between six and nine months. reading have sacked paul clement after nine months as their manager. he took over at the end of last season — but now the club are just outside the relegation zone on goal difference, having managed only five wins from 22 league and cup games so far. australia are playing their first home test since last year's ball tampering scandal. they're facing india, and it's all eyes on the conduct of the team, as much as the result. cheteshwar pujara hit a century as india finished the first day on 250—9. a new report from sport england has revealed the activity levels in children for the very first time, showing over 40% of youngsters lead active lives. the report is based on responses from over 130— thousand children aged between five and 16 in england.. over the past academic year... and found girls are still not doing as much sport as boys... jack ranson has more.... by by night, stacy co

here's lucas torreira's bicycle kick, which gave arsenal victory over huddersfield.ck it out says "yet another great day of football has been damaged by prejudice". the metropolitan police and chelsea are investigating an incident of alleged racist abuse during the match with manchester city. a group of men in the home end hurled abuse at raheem sterling as he went to collect the ball for a corner. it's alleged that the abuse was racist. no arrests have been made. the police say they will review footage, it was widely shared on social media. chelsea say they will take the strongest possible action where necessary. kilmarnock‘s stay at the top of the scottish premiership was all too brief. celtic are there now after beating them 5—1, although rangers can take over if they get a big win at bottom club dundee later. there were also wins for stjohnstone, hibs, and hearts yesterday. and for livingston, who beat st mirren 3—1 — ryan hardie helping them on their way with his first goal of the season. livingstone are back in the top six. england and scotland have been drawn

and now he's hoping his players can show more attacking swagger against struggling huddersfield.artial and jesse lingard down either side, you've got rashford up top, with paul supporting them, it's exhilarating to watch, and as long as they keep that standard up, we'll pick up points. elsewhere today, bottom side fulham play wolves in the early kick—off. manchester city are at leicester and will be looking to bounce back from that shock home defeat to crystal palace. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s first home game as manchester united boss will be against struggling huddersfield. celtic will be aiming to stay top of the scottish premiership, when they travel to aberdeen later. brendan rodgers's side are currently one point clear at the top, but a win for the dons would take them level on points. if celtic fail to win, second—placed rangers could leapfrog them with victory over hibernian at ibrox. bottom side dundee will be looking for a big three points when they meet livingston. rarely has a horse been more suitably named than waiting patiently. the seven—year—old is making his comeback

elsewhere, everton lead at burnley, manchester united are beating huddersfield and spurs lead bournemouthtonight on bbc1. there's also a full programme of matches in the scottish premiership. quite a game at pittodrie with leaders celtic beating aberdeen 4—3. scott sinclair scored a hat—trick in the victory — this was his second to give brendan rodgers side a 2—1 lead with fifteen minutes to go. the home side levelled to make it 2—2 from the spot thanks to sam cosgrove — that was to be first of four goals in seven minutes. celtic retook the lead before sinclair got his third to make the points safe. aberdeen had time to get another but not enough to see the reigning champions go back to glasgow with all three points. (gfx) well that results cements celtic‘s place at the top of the table. second placed rangers are also in action and lead hibernian one—nil at ibrox. you can follow all of those matches on the bbc sport website. australia opening batsman cameron bancroft has told fox sports it was david warner who told him to tamper with the ball during the test between australia and south af

game in charge, 5—1 at cardiff, he's hoping his players can show more attacking flair against huddersfield single one of them. it is a thread with rashford. it is exhilarating to watch and as long as they keep up that standard we will pick up points. the first game of the day is already underway at craven cottage where bottom side fulham are taking on wolves — the score is 0—0 at half—time. elsewhere, liverpool will aim to keep their li—point lead at the top of the premier league with a win over newcastle at anfield. second—placed manchester city are at leicester looking to bounce back from that shock home defeat to crystal palace, while third—placed tottenham host bournemouth. highlights of all the games will be on match of the day at 10:20pm on bbc one. celtic will be aiming to stay top of the scottish premiership, when they travel to aberdeen this afternoon. brendan rodgers's side are currently one point clear but a win for the dons would take them level on points. if celtic fail to win, second—placed rangers could go above them with victory over hibernian at ibrox. australia opening ba

at bournemouth on saturday leicester will host a talk now who are third with huddersfield travelling to arsenal who are currently in fourth position on their table now a huge police operation is underway in madrid ahead of sunday's limited orders final fans of argentina's two biggest football clubs river plate and juniors have started arriving in the spanish capital for the match it was relocated from when outsiders after the second leg had to be postponed two weeks ago when river supporters attacked buckers team as it made its way to the el monumental stadium it's now been nearly a month since the teams played out a two two draw in the first leg of the final. but what if you know that's an awesome out but if we had to leave almost one week before playing the final we played the first leg one month ago that's a long time in between matches to be honest this is not what i'm used to and this is not what i have chosen as a coach even this trip to europe but i understand river plate are in the same situation as us and i understand that things just got out of hand no matter what the playe

huddersfield striker steve mounie was suspended for their match against arsenal, so he watched the matchinue the christmas spirit here on sportsday. this is glen kirkham who has taken 119 footballers names and put them to the tune of ‘do they know it's christmas'. very catchy. silver bells, i'm going to stop. i was trying to think of which i could, boughs bend the next are doing that. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more at half past seven. good evening. it's been an unsettling spell of weather. tomorrow will be a better day, i can hear you all shouting hooray. it'll be cooler, before that would give willie had before today. a rush showers, pictures being sent in by weather watchers we started the day ona weather watchers we started the day on a relatively quiet note will be gathering in intensity as the day progressed, fairly widespread to northern ireland in parts of england and these are still yet to clear through the night tonight, on top of that, we are still going to see some gusts of wind. strongest gusts are likely to be in parts of wells in southwest england, 50 to 60 mph,

or the norwegian made more than six hundred appearances for the club as a player united beating huddersfield three one thanks for goal from the new matic from paul pogba united of the sixth in the table is special walking out there here in the crowd again saying in singing my song you just normally they started up there scored a goal or something but now this that you win the game a game began or other walked out it's home doing really makes you really proud hopefully my family was proud and probably the ones my family back home in norway as well sitting watching on telly. a ha trick from scott sinclair help celtic states in the scottish premiership because god seen beating and beating all three south a game for an eight straight league sides aware that three points clear of city rivals rangers they drew one one with. so many m.b.a.'s from cirrhosis ended the man hits five game winning streak the raptors beating them why six to one of four in miami in los angeles the clippers beat the sacramento kings but not before almost squandered a twenty seven point lead which as a herald scored twenty

season given plops main at bournemouth on saturday leicester will host tottenham who are third with huddersfield travelling to arsenal who are currently in fifth position on their table now a huge police operation is underway in madrid ahead of sunday's copper limited or its final fans of argentina's two biggest football club river plate and baka juniors have started arriving in the spanish capital for the mash it was relocated from when outsiders of the second leg had to be postponed two weeks ago when river supporters attacked buckers team as it made its way to the el monumental stadium it's now been nearly a month since the teams played out a two two draw in the first leg of the final. but what if you know that question as i'm out but if we had to leave almost one week before playing the final we played the first leg one month ago that's a long time in between matches to be honest this is not what i'm used to and this is not what i have chosen as a coach even this trip to europe but i understand river plate are in the same situation as us and i understand that things just got out of hand no m

that result takes fulham off the bottom of the table, three points from safety, before huddersfield facee currently under way... elsewhere, liverpool are aiming to keep their 4—point lead at the top with a win over newcastle at anfield. they lead 1—0 thanks to dejan lovren.. second—placed manchester city are at leicester, looking to bounce back from that shock home defeat to crystal palace, while 3rd—placed tottenham host bournemouth. highlights of all the games will be on match of the day at 10:20 tonight on bbc1. there's a full programme of matches in the scottish premiership. leaders celtic are away to aberdeen. apologies, it is 1—1 there. if the result stays that way that means could go top with victory at home to hibernian. that kicked off around 15 minutes ago. australia opening batsman cameron bancroft has told fox sports it was david warner who told him to tamper with the ball during the test between australia and south africa in march. bancroft was later banned for nine months for attempting to manipulate the ball with sandpaper. warner and then captain steve smith were both ban

helped in ole gunnar solskjaer‘s first home game in charge of manchester united. 3—1winners of huddersfieldgoals for chelsea as they lead 2—1 at watford. just a couple of minutes of stoppage time to play at vicarage boxing day football's never been a thing in italy. until 2018, that is. a busy day of games in serie a where, for only the second time this season, juventus dropped points. they're still unbeaten but needed cristiano ronaldo's header 12 minutes from time to earnjuve a 2—2 draw with atalanta. ronaldo had come off the bench. ac milan struggled against lowly frosinone. in the late game, it's inter 0, napoli 0. napoli down to ten men. australia opening batsman cameron bancroft has told fox sports it was david warner who told him to tamper with the ball during the test between australia and south africa in march. bancroft was later banned for nine months for attempting to manipulate the ball with sandpaper. warner and then captain steve smith were both banned for a year. bancroft was speaking to former australia wicketkeeper adam gilchrist. definitely, i was asked to do it. i guess i

caretaker manager, ole gunnar solskjaer, with paul pogba scoring twice in the 3—1 victory over huddersfieldrton also won while there were draws betwen brighton and arsenal, fulham and wolves, and crystal palace and cardiff. in the scottish premiership, leaders celtic are now three points clear of rangers at the top after a 4—3 win at aberdeen. scott sinclair completed his hat—trick amid a spell of four goals in the final seven minutes as celtic secured a fifth successive win at pittodrie. clan des obeaux was the surprise winner of the big christmas race, the king george vi chase at kempton. the 2016 winner, thistlecrack, finished second, as jo currie reports. boxing day at kempton always brings the crowds. this isjump racing christmas blockbuster featured a glittering line—up, including the defending champion and favourite might bite. but the former gold cup winner showed the early promise. a fall at the start of lap number to bringing down the second favourite waiting patiently in the process. but it wasn't enough to put the front runners off as might bite, thistlecrack and clan des obeaux

to cheer about there this season, so when they were awarded a penalty against fellow strugglers huddersfieldke it. aboubakar kamara won that row. he might wish he hadn't. so aleksandar mitrovic had a point to prove. three points for fulham was his final word on the matter. perhaps the goal of the day came from cardiff's victor camarasa. it came late against leicester, but worth waiting for, as they end their year in spectacular style. manchester city could overtake spurs with victory on the south coast, they take on southampton. burnley host west ham. manchester united ta ke host west ham. manchester united take on bournemouth in the late kick—off but before that, crystal palace and chelsea as at midday with live text commentary from the bbc news website. rangers moved level on points with scottish premiership leaders celtic after beating them 1—0 at ibrox. brendan rodgers's first defeat in 13 games. hearts beat hibs1—0 at easter road in the edinburgh derby. olly lee scored the only goal there. however, the match was overshadowed by alleged racial abuse against hearts player clevid dikamona.

and ole gunnar solskjaer‘s first home game as manchester united boss will be against struggling huddersfieldbe on match of the day at 10:20pm on bbc one. celtic will be aiming to stay top of the scottish premiership, when they travel to aberdeen this afternoon. brendan rodgers's side are currently one point clear at the top but a win for the dons would take them level on points. if celtic fail to win, second—placed rangers could go above them with victory over hibernian at ibrox. australia opening batsman cameron bancroft has david warner was the one to suggest he should tamper with the ball, during australia's test match in south africa. bancroft was caught on camera trying to manipulate the ball, with sandpaper, and was later suspended for 9 months. now he's told former australia wicketkeeper adam gilchrist on fox sports that warner had asked him to manipulate the ball and he had readily agreed. bancroft says he did not know any better, and just wanted to fit in, and feel valued. warner and australia test captain steve smith received 12 month suspensions. as for the current christmas test

to cheer about there this season, so when they were awarded a penalty against fellow strugglers huddersfieldeded was a squabble about who would take it. aboubakar kamara won that row. he might wish he hadn't. so aleksandar mitrovic had a point to prove. three points for fulham was his final word on the matter. perhaps the goal of the day came from cardiff's victor camarasa. it came late against leicester, but worth waiting for, as they end their year in spectacular style. well, manchester city could overtake spurs with victory on the south coast — they take on southampton at 2:15, while burnley host west ham. manchester united take on bournemouth in the late kick—off, but before that, crystal palace and chelsea is at midday, with live text commntary on the bbc sport website. rangers moved level on points with scottish premiership leaders celtic after beating them 1—0 at ibrox. ryan jack scored after half an hour in a match that was dominated by the hosts. it was brendan rodgers‘ first defeat in 13 old firm games. hearts beat hibs1—0 at easter road in the edinburgh derby. olly lee scored the

can plops maine or at bournemouth on saturday leicester will host tottenham who are third with huddersfield travelling to arsenal who are currently in fourth position on their table now a huge police operation is underway in madrid ahead of sunday's copper limited or a spinal fans of argentina's two biggest football club river plate and pocket juniors have started arriving in the spanish capital for the match it was relocated from when our sides of the second leg had to be postponed two weeks ago when river supporters attacked bachmann's team as it made its way to the el monumental stadium it's now been nearly a month since the teams played out a two two draw in the first leg of the final. but what if you know that person as a man but we had to leave almost one week before playing the final we played the first leg one month ago that's a long time in between matches to be honest this is not what i'm used to and this is not what i have chosen as a coach even this trip to europe but i understand river plate are in the same situation as us and i understand that things just got out of hand no ma

england manchester united got a much needed win over bottom of the table following arsenal beat huddersfield at home and tottenham one app list. in italy the goals are flowing for napoli as they tighten their grip on second spot in city our lot in the insignia and adam onassis at the back of the net for the home side with the other car you should merely netting a brace in a comprehensive fono when the no name napoli eight points behind leaders event is but six ahead of into the day on friday. but also nerves are meant to be a place at the top of the spanish stoplight after a four no win though the local rivals espanyol it's pretty close in the league or the severe just three points behind a bar they drew with valencia on saturday atlético madrid are on the same points after they beat. real madrid or behind they face wesker on sunday but the two biggest rivals in argentina and football they will play the copper limited or as final in madrid on sunday after the court of arbitration for sport rejected barca jr's appeal against the match taking place barca felt they should be awarded the trophy

fulham came out on top in a battle at the bottom as they beat huddersfield 1—0.aten by cardiff. watford newcastle ended 1—1. rangers moved level on points with scottish premiership leaders celtic after a 1—0 at ibrox. ryanjack scored the goal to inflict a first defeat for celtic manager brendan rodgers is 13 auld firm games. hearts beat hibs1—0 at easter road in the edinburgh derby, 0lly lee with the goal. the result moves hearts up a place to fifth. scottish police hibs say they will do everything they can to identify a supporter who appeared to racially abuse hearts' clevid dikamona during the match. tv pictures caught a home fan apparently shouting at the frenchman. alex dombrandt scored the fastest premiership try of the season so far as harlequins beat wasps by 20 points to 13 at twickenham. dombrandt crossed the line after just 50 seconds. quins' victory ensured they'll finish the year in the top four. wasps have now won just once in 13 matches. after exeter‘s surprise defeat on friday to northampton, second placed saracens have trimmed the gap at the top t

i came from huddersfield to here, so i was going to use it as a satnav but i couldn't do it.days, when we expect to be connected to the internet 21w, even when we're out and about, any interruption can be really frustrating, but there are all sorts of services that are now dependent on mobile networks, and they too are affected. the london bus arrival screen uses 02 and was out of action. as the hours went by without a restoration of service, 02 revealed that this was a global problem with equipment supplied by the telecoms firm ericsson. we know it's a software issue. it's impacted an ericsson component, which has impacted networks across the globe — injapan, in china, and, of course, here in the uk. we are slowly but surely starting the restoration of our network. ericsson's statement seemed to indicate it had made a basic error. an initial root cause analysis indicates that the main issue was an expired certificate in the software. it's a digital catastrophe of the 21st century. we are out of internet, out of services, out of our loved ones nearby, out of capacity of payme

they won 3—1 at huddersfield. newcastle and fulham drew 0—0, while watford won 2—0 at west ham.ship after a comfortable 3—0 win at home to dundee. aberdeen are up to second after a 2—0 win at home to hearts. kilmarnock drop down to fourth after being held 1—1 at hamilton. struggling st mirren had a welcome win at motherwell. rangers play at st johnstone tomorrow. hibernian and livingston shared the spoils at easter road. livingston took the lead through ryan hardie. hibs had a penalty saved before ryan porteous headed an equaliser. the result means livingston stay sixth — one point ahead of hibs. in rugby union, exeter beat saracens and replaced them at the top of the premiership. saracens had been on a 22 match unbeaten run but exeter were too good for them at sandy park running out 31—13 winners. elsewhere today there was a big win for leicester over harlequins, whilst sale comfortably beat bristol. in the pro 1a leinster produced a stunning comeback to beat connacht and establish a 16 point lead at the top of conference b leinster scored 21 points in a dramatic closing ten mi

bournemouth are up to sixth after beating huddersfield 2—1.beat cardiff 3—1. kenya‘s marathon runner eliud kipchoge has been named male athlete of the year at the iaaf awards in monaco. here he is winning the london marathon in april, where he finished well clear of a strong field. then five months later in berlin, he broke the world record, winning in a time of 2 hours, 1 minute and 39 second, 78 seconds faster than the previous world record, which was the biggest single improvement on a men‘s marathon world record since 1967. britain‘s dina asher—smith lost out on the female award to caterine ibarguen from colombia. the olympic champion triple jumper was unbeaten in all eight competitions this season. she was consistently top in the long jump too, winning titles in both disciplines at the central american and?caribbean games, the continental cup and the diamond league finals. in snooker‘s uk championship, judd trump has qualified for the fourth round. the world numberfive made an impressive start, leading 3—1 over mark king in only 50 minute

also premier league wins for burnley, cardiff, west ham and arsenal, they left it late at home to huddersfield very far out but well executed. get the 1-0 very far out but well executed. get the 1—0 win. very far out but well executed. get the1—0 win. in very far out but well executed. get the 1—0 win. in the 83rd minute, taking their unbeaten run in all competitions to 21. kill my next day at the top of the scottish premiership was all too brief, celtic are leaders again after beating them 5—1, rangers go back to the top if they get a big win at bottom the top if they get a big win at botto m clu b the top if they get a big win at bottom club dundee later this afternoon. there were also wins for saintjohnstone, hibs and hearts. and livingston. the beta marine 3—1. brian hardy helping them on their way. some snooker, ronnie 0‘sullivan is going to face mark allen in the final of the uk championship in york this afternoon at the barbican theatre. 0‘sullivan breezed past tom ford 6—1. allenby stuart bingham in the other semifinal. 0‘sullivan is in his fourth final in a row and he is on course for

to cheer about there this season, so when they were awarded a penalty against fellow strugglers huddersfieldabout who would take it. aboubakar kamara won that row. he might wish he hadn't. so aleksandar mitrovic had a point to prove. three points for fulham was his final word on the matter. perhaps the goal of the day came from cardiff's victor camarasa. it came late against leicester, but worth waiting for, as they end their year in spectacular style. so that game between chelsea and crystal palace gets under way in around 40 minutes. then it's that all important match for manchester city against southampton. can they end their run of defeats? manchester united are at home against bournemouth. as always, there will be live text commentary on the bbc sport website. cameron norrie has been beaten by roger federer in the first match of great britain's latest hopman cup group tie against switzerland. norrie had the unenviable task of trying to defeat the man who's won 20 grand slam titles and was swept away 6—1, 6—1. norrie is teamed up with katie boulter, who plays belinda bencic in her single

huddersfield, meanwhile, had 74% possession against newcastle but such numbers mean nothing if you don'tomon rondon did, sending the fans onto cloud nine. james burford, bbc news. so, liverpool kick off against manchester united hoping to reclaim that top spot at four o'clock this afternoon. kilmarnock aren't giving up their surprise challenge for the scottish premiership title. they're back on top of the table this morning after a 3—1win over dundee. steve clarke's side go a point clear of celtic but the scottish champions have three games in hand, starting away at hibernian this lunchtime. elsewhere yesterday there were wins for motherwell and aberdeen. norwich city have been knocked off the top of the championship despite coming from behind to draw 2—2 at bristol city. leeds 1—0 win over bolton means they move to the summit. promotions chasers middlesbrough slipped to a 2—1 defeat at qpr while aston villa drew 2—2 against stoke. now little more on the manchester united liverpool match. manchester united travel to anfield to face liverpool later. united go into this match in 6th and 16

ole gunnar solskjaer‘s first home game as manchester united boss will be against struggling huddersfieldp when they travel to aberdeen later. brendan rodgers' team are currently one point ahead at the top. if celtic fail to win, rangers could lea pfrog celtic fail to win, rangers could leapfrog them with victory over hibernian at ibrox. and bottom side dundee will be looking for a big three points when they meet livingston. in cricket, india took early control of the third test against australia in melbourne. the tourists decided to bat first. australia only took two wickets. india made a couple of half centuries. at the close pujara was not out on 68. the series is tied at one test all. it has been a year dominated down under by the ball—tampering scandal. now cameron ba ncroft ball—tampering scandal. now cameron bancroft has revealed that david warner was the one to suggest he should tamper with the ball during australia's test match in south africa. in an interview with adam gilchrist, bancroft said he didn't know any better, he just wanted to fit in and felt valued. bancroft was caug

and ole gunnar solskjaer‘s first home game as manchester united boss, will be against struggling huddersfield wolves, brighton v arsenal and chelsea v watford all on bbc radio 5 live today. celtic will be aiming to stay top of the scottish premiership, when they travel to aberdeen this afternoon. brendan rodgers's side are currently one point clear at the top but a win for the dons would take them level on points. if celtic fail to win, second—placed rangers could go above them with victory over hibernian at ibrox. india took early control of the third test against australia in melbourne. the tourists won the toss and decided to bat first. australia only took two wickets, both thanks to pat cummins. debuta nt mayank agarwal and cheteshwar pujara both made half centuries to take india's total to 215—2 at the close with pujara not out on 68. the series is tied at one test all. it's been a year dominated down under by the ball tampering scandal and now cameron bancroft has revealed that david warner was the one to suggest he should tamper with the ball, during australia's test match in south afr

gunnar solskjaer‘s first home game as manchester united caretaker boss ended in a 3—1 win over huddersfield of the day on bbc one now. there was also a full programme of matches in the scottish premiership — scott sinclair scored a hat—trick as leaders celtic beat aberdeen 4—3. that result extends celtic‘s lead at the top of the table. that's because second placed rangers drew at home to hibernian. there were also wins today for kilmarnock, who climb to third, hearts and stjohnstone. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including clan des obeaux's win in the king george at kempton and the third test between india and australia. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. and that is all for now. thank you so and that is all for now. thank you so much. see you later on. sister wendy beckett, the nun whose passion for art made her an unexpected television star, has died at the age of 88. her broadcasting career began in the early 1990s and she went on to appear in several bbc series. but she always returned to her life as a hermit at the carmelite monaste

brighton won 2—1 at 10—man huddersfield. leicester city came past watford 2—0.over newcastle. afc wimbledon are through to the third round of the fa cup for the third season in a row after a 3—1win over non—league halifax. halifax started well but the visitors scored just before half time then ran away with it in the second half. anthony wordsworth curled in their second and joe pigott with the third when he hit home from 10 yards after halifax failed to clear a free kick. a 3—1 win to afc wimbledon. in the scottish premiership — the match between kilmarnock and hibernian was affected by the floodlights failing twice at rugby park. but killie went on to win 3—nil to move up to second. livingston scored for the first time in five games to beat motherwell 2—nil — they're now sixth place in the table.. hamilton came past 10—man st mirren by 3 goals to 1 — the win takes them 5 points clear of st mirren, who are second from bottom in the table. john higgins has hinted that he might retire from snooker, after losing to fellow scot alan mcmanus in the third round of th

united in sixth have closed the gap on the top four after their back—to—back wins over cardiff and huddersfieldey tried to have their league game against inter milan suspended because of alleged racist chanting. the former chelsea manager says they asked three times for the game to be stopped at the san siro yesterday due to the abuse aimed at his defender kalidou koulibaly, who was sent off with nine minutes to go. he said the senegalese player was put on edge by the crowd's behaviour and that his red card influenced the outcome of the match, which inter won 1—0. ancelotti says next time his team will leave the pitch, even if they have to forfeit the match. cricket, and india remain in a strong position after day two of the third test against australia in melbourne. the tourists resumed on 215—2. cheteshwar pujara hit 106, while skipper virat kohli added 82 to maintain their control of the match. however, the australians fought back to take five wickets after lunch before india declared on 443—7. australia faced six overs before the close and made eight runs without loss. the series is current

i came from huddersfield to here, so i was going to use it as a satnav but i couldn't do it.ct to be connected to the internet 21w, even when we're out and about, any interruption can be really frustrating, but there are all sorts of services that are now dependent on mobile networks, and they too are affected. the london bus arrival screen uses 02 and was out of action. as the hours went by without a restoration of service, 02 revealed that this was a global problem with equipment supplied by the telecoms firm ericsson. we know it's a software issue. it's impacted an ericsson component, which has impacted networks across the globe — injapan, in china, and, of course, here in the uk. we are slowly but surely starting the restoration of our network. ericsson's statement seemed to indicate it had made a basic error. an initial root cause analysis indicates that the main issue was an expired certificate in the software. it's a digital catastrophe of the 21st century. we are out of internet, out of services, out of our loved ones nearby, out of capacity of payments. 02 says erics