i'm hugh ferris.ralia after a fiery first day in the final test against india in sydney, one that while ending with an indian bowler in the faces of his opponents, was dominated by those of australia. india need a win at the scg to tie the series and were without captain rohit sharma, who dropped himself after poor form. after batting first, they were immediately in trouble. scott boland picking up three of the first five wickets as india slumped to 120—5. he would finish with figures of 11—31, while mitchell starc got three of his own. india bowled out forjust 185. there was a moment of joy for the tourists. an angryjasprit bumrah removing usman khawaja with the final ball of the day. australia closing on 9—1, 176 runs behind. liverpool manager arne slot says trent alexander arnold remains fully committed to the club despite a recent approach by real madrid being rebuffed with the player's contract expiring at the end of the season. slot wouldn't rule out alexander arnold being sold in the january tr

i'm hugh ferris.tegui is out at west ham, who have already zeroed in on his replacement, with graham potter heading to east london. spurs turn to a teenager to take the lead in their english league cup semifinal against liverpool. and — going solo — the rower looking to break records for her transatlantic crossing. hello again. welcome along. west ham have acted swiftly to replace the man they took a little longer than some expected to sack. julen lopetegui is gone afterjust six months at the london stadium, where the premier league club's next manager graham potter will speak to the media on thursday morning. ben croucher has the story on how the spaniards short tenure in east london came to an end. the final act before the axe fell on a hammer. commentator: manchester city beating west ham 4-1. _

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. our headlines this evening... not many gave manchester united a chance at anfield, but amad is on hand to hold liverpool to a 2—2 draw in the premier league. a hat—trick for hamza igamane, but he couldn't give rangers a win as celtic�*s lead in the scottish premiership grows again. and australia seal a series win in sydney, beating india for the first time in a decade. hello again. there's barely been a wider gap between two of english football's fiercest rivals, but the game has a habit of confounding expectations. it finished liverpool 2, manchester united 2 at anfield in the premier league this evening with the leaders held by a team who started the day 13 places below them in the table. nick parrott reports. snow brings joy to many, but this fixture was in doubt up until 4.5 hours before kick—off, the conditions outside anfield saw two safety inspections, and inside a team effort to get the pitch ready, but the weather was far from conducive to good football. despite 60,000 fans and a raucous atmosphere, this

i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: the angriest he's ever been in his career.ou ended spurs' defeat to newcastle so furious and how he got that message across. have manchester city turned the corner? four goals, their striker firing, and the champions have won two in a row. and his five—a—side team. critchlow and dirk, van dango at the back, sat in the middle, because hello again. welcome seven games in the premier league today, and despite very little movement in the table, plenty of talking points. are manchester city back? chelsea drop more points. and are southampton too far adrift even now? meanwhile, at the tottenham hotspur stadium, an encounter that ended up confirming pre—match form and feelings. spurs' poor run has continued at the hands of newcastle, whose 2—1win was a fifth in a row. patrick gearey has more. thomas tuchel shows this is the first match he would watch as england manager, safe in the knowledge that there would be goals, ideally dominic solanki obliged inside four minutes for tottenham, a side struck in by injury and soon cursing the ha

now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. hello from the bbc sport centre.nder threat because of the weather in the north west of england... will go ahead as planned at anfield injust over two hours' time. the club held two safety meetings with liverpool council to assess the stadium and travel conditions for fans. the game will kick off at 4.30 local time. that follows fulham against ipswich... which is about 15 minutes old at craven cottage. those two yet to provide us with a goal. they have much better players in my opinion in the league table shows. it's going to take a while for him to bring his other players. but they will definitely go up and they are much, much, much betterthan the league table shows at the moment. they are anxious and sometimes afraid on the pitch so we have to cope with that. we need the leaders to step up to help the other guys and i am the most responsible person here to improve the performance. so, this is a difficult moment and that will help the players to be better. south africa have enforced the follow on against pakistan on

now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. it now includes a first world title won by beating the three time champion michael van gerwen in the final at london's alexandra palace. having fallen at the final hurdle in his extraordinary breakthrough tournament a year ago this result never appeared to be in doubt. he raced to a 4—0 lead with seven needed for the win... and despite eventually getting three sets of his own van gerwen wasn't really threatening a comeback. the dutchman was the previous youngest champion when he won the first of his world titles in 2014 at the age of 24 it's been crazy. i said previously, just looking up at all the kids with my shirt on and obviously the 180 cards that they want signed. it's good to see and ally pally this year was absolutely rocking. it might go down as one of the best i have been involved with with michael but to get a win over the player who michael is, he's been around for years and years, and obviously he was hoping for his fourth title. but i so wanted my first and i got it. tot

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hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. our headlines this evening...gamane, but he couldn't give rangers a win as celtic�*s lead in the scottish premiership grows again. and australia seal a series win in sydney, beating india for the first time in a decade.

before that, it is time for a sports round—up, and from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh ferris.ello to you. liverpool's attempts to retain the english league cup continue with the first leg of their semifinal against tottenham. they got under way around half an hour ago at the spurs stadium. it was delayed after an incident involving dispersant filter rodrigo bentancur, receiving a significant amount of substitution delete mac medical attention. —— amount of substitution. no goals. newcastle beat arsenal 2—0 in the first leg of the other semifinal on tuesday. afterjust six months in charge, julen lopetegui has been sacked by west ham and will be replaced by former chelsea boss graham potter. the spanish manager won just seven of his 22 matches in charge and leaves a club in 14th, just seven points above the premier league relegation zone. saturday's 4—1 defeat by manchester city was a ninth loss in 20 league games so far this season. it has been quite an interesting day, really. i think that the writing has been on the wall for a while for julen lopetegui. i think that we though