serie a leaders inter milan host roma later in a match which has been overshadowed by this headline in an italian newspaper. corriere dello sport showed inter‘s romelu lukaku and roma defender chris smalling with the words ‘black friday'. lukaku's called it one of the dumbest headlines he's seen — and one that fuels negativity and racism. both clubs say they won't be doing interviews with the publication until the end of the year. the paper says the headline was innocent and meant to celebrate diversity. the countdown continues to saturday's huge fight in saudi arabia as former heavyweight world champion anthonyjoshua attempts to win back his belts from andy ruiz junior. the mexican‘s victory injune was one the biggest upsets in the sport's history. both men will weigh—in later on friday — joshua's been shedding the pounds for his must—win re—match but not everybody thinks that's a positive. i believe he may have lost too much muscle and i believe that could be a detrimental effect on him, like have a detrimental effect on him and he

borussia dortmund have to better inter milan's scoreline against barcelona but eventer milan beat barcelona. that sends difficult on paper, playing against barcelona but this is inter—preparing. but they have rested players to stop it is a bit like when tottenham beat them in the final group match to go through there might be a that borussia dortmund or out and that jayden goes out of the champions league as well. watch this space when it comes to his future. i am sure a lot of clubs will be watching and seeing what happens. thank you very much indeed. there's live commentary of liverpool's match of liverpool's match against saltzburg on bbc radio five live right now, and it's followed by chelsea against lille. still to come on sportsday... we speak to gold medal hopeful for toyko 2020 freya anderson, as she reflects on her success at the european short course championship. and we take a look at the paintings that have hooked boxing's biggest names. the american golfer patrick reed has denied he's a cheat after being penalised for breaking the rules in a tournament last week. last year's ma

they'll now visit inter milan in the next round. parma beat frosinone — also 2—i.toppage time penalty. parma will be away to roma in the last 16. next to golf and play is well under way in the second round of the australian open golf. 0ur reporter chris mitchell is in sydney with the latest: things are looking better than they did on wednesday? i'm not sure how much you can see with this picture but we are outside the australian golf club right now in the heart of suburban sydney. we are not by the sea here nor are we surfing. this is right in the city. in the cloud behind me is getting darker and more orange but so far a southerly breeze blowing across me now from the sea is keeping the worst of the smoke away from us. benign conditions behind me down there on those 18 holes and i tell you what, the cream has risen to the surface. what a leaderboard we have now because paul casey's six underpar for the day. the englishman, the leading golfer here, the highest ranked golfer here is nine under parfor the tournament. 0ne shot ahead of the pga tour ‘s cameron and eigh

corriere dello sport newspaper headlined their coverage as "black friday", showing photographs of inter milan lukaku and roma defender chris smalling. both players have themselves criticised the newspaper and the manager of their former club, manchester united, said he was shocked to see it. when you see that paper, you say, wow, really, is that possible? it is the worst front page i have ever seen. of course, we have been in touch with chrisjust seen. of course, we have been in touch with chris just so he knows that we will back him and support him, roma do as well. but, yeah... i don't work in your line of business but wow, that is incredible. at least we do not see that here, you see least we do not see that here, you see lots of different things but we don't see that. that has to be stamped out. we're counting down to the big world title fight between british boxer anthonyjoshua and andy ruiz junior. the fight — which is a rematch of course — takes place tomorrow at the diriyah arena in saudi arabia. this lunchtime the weight in is taking place and these are the live pictures. the underca

we have lost inter milan, they are out of the champions league. it was in their hands. dortmund had to score more points but inter lost to score more points but inter lost toa to score more points but inter lost to a week in barcelona aside. fati the youngest scorer. they will be really relieved. enter drop the ball. antonia conti their manager has never been passed the eight in the champions league and this is anotherfailure. the champions league and this is another failure. elsewhere in europe, ajax also out. valencia ended up topping this group. chelsea also going through. it was rodrigo who scored the only goal in the first part. ajax had plenty of ball. valencia had a player sent out. ajax out, chelsea going through. cesar azpilicueta on the score sheet. the drummer here, between leon but horrible scenes between the fans and players. across the days with some of their leon fans. a wonderful comeback and entered the last 16. excitement is building in rawalpindi on wednesday morning. we are under three hours away from the return of test cricket to pakistan. 10 years

inter milan striker romelu lukaku says the ‘black friday‘ headline used by an italian newspaper is "onend insensitive". both players were pictured alongside it. and we are live in saudi arabia ahead of one of the biggest fights of the year. anthonyjoshua says he has changed up his training routine ahead of his rematch against andy ruiz ahead of his rematch against andy ruinunior. the english football league is to meet with macclesfield town players to talk through the situation at the club. player and staff wages remain unpaid after last month's late payments. and players say they will not play in saturday's league two game against crewe alexandra as their emotional and mental wellbeing is at "rock bottom". our reporterjane dougall is here. what more can you tell us about this? notjust emotional and mental well—being — they haven't even been able to train as a squad since last thursday because they don't have training facilities at the moment. the squad have put in writing their intention to not play this weekend's match against crewe alexander. that's after they issued an ultimatum to

a big night in europe ahead on tuesday where the likes of liverpool, chelsea and inter milan are allplace in the last 16. the maths is a little complicated but they can take any mental gymnastics out of the equation by winning their final group games. paul frostick has the details. as the champions league group stages reach their conclusion, there are still plenty of teams yet to seal themselves a place in the next round. for the second season in a row, liverpool's hopes of making the last 16 in the new year have gone down to the final game. salzburg gave them a major scare with a 3—goal comeback in the reverse fixture, those strikes at anfield means there is still a small chance the austrians team could win the group ahead ofjuergen klopp‘s side. this club has fought for so long to get to this stage in this moment and for us to be in position to potentially move on is something that we all hope for, but we didn't necessarily expect. and so in the moment my heart and my mind is with the people in the city and the people in this club and esteem. into malign are yet to secure their pla

condemnation from inter milan and roma for this headline — as an italian newspaper defends its frontup an all chinese quarter—final at the uk championship. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. there was no fairytale first home game in charge for freddie ljungerg — the arsenal interim boss has seen his side beaten 2—1 at home by brighton in the english premier league. nine games without a win is arsenal's worst run since 1977 and they remain ten points off the top four. alistair bruce ball was watching at the emirates: triton celebrated the first ever away against arsenal and it is abundantly clear that this will not bea abundantly clear that this will not be a quick fix for whoever gets this job full—time. visitors deserve their half—time

however there is some really good quality in the competition this year... that's because the likes of inter milaneague last year — are all in the competition — so there could be some big ties to come as the competition progresses. of, course you can see the entire draw on the bbc sport website. both competitions resume at the end of feburary — lots to look forward to, jane. chelsea manager emma hayes has apologised for calling

it was used to set up tomorrow's match between inter milan and roma.have condemned it. corriere dello sport says it's innocent and a way to celebrate diversity. ido i do not think they have used good words, that is what i think. we need to be careful about the words that we use when talking about racism and iam sure we use when talking about racism and i am sure they did not want to say anything wrong on the subject of racism, but i think the words they chose were wrong. also making the headlines on thursday... the english football league have said macclesfield will be punished if they don't play crewe on saturday. the players say they're not going to turn out having not been paid with morale at rock bottom britain 5 max litchfield claimed the first major international title of his career with victory in the 400m individual medley at the european short course championships in glasgow. there were medals too for duncan scott and georgia davies. toxic smoke haze from bushfires has been affecting play and conditions at golf‘s australian open, with players

however there is some really good quality in the competition this year... that's because the likes of inter milansevilla and ajax — semi—finalits in the champions league last year — are all in the competition — so there could be some big ties to come as the competition progresses. of, course you can see the entire draw on the bbc sport website. both competitions resume at the end of feburary — lots to look forward to, jane. chelsea manager emma hayes has apologised for calling since then, hayes has apologised on social media. fifa has initiated legal action against former president sepp blatter and former vice president michel platini, to recover 2 million swiss francs. fifa banned platini in 2015 over the payment he received from blatter. the organisation says it will channel the money back into football development. manchester united midfielder laurenjames has signed herfirst professional contract with the club. james joined united when the team was formed back in 2018 and has scored 2a goals in 39 appearences. the former wales assistant coach rob howley has been suspended from all involvement

the corriere dello sport went with "black friday" to tee up the meeting of inter milan and roma tomorrowlu lukaku and chris smalling facing each other. roma say the headline is "terrible", but that the article itself was positive. the paper has defended its "innocent" headline. well, footballjournalist nicky bandini. it's something that's really not easy to address when you talk about the fact that even after having sort of being told by the protagonist, the people on this front page that this language isn't good, the editors still didn't see what they had done wrong, and said they were wrong. that is something that goes way beyond football. in terms of football since we had lukaku and donatelli getting abused, we've seen clu bs donatelli getting abused, we've seen clubs trying to make initiatives to do things. i would argue they are strongly not enough being done on a consolidated level. but at least they are saying that this is bad and we should try and address this. but this is different, this is someone saying they don't believe this is wrong and flat—out disagreeing. and thatis wron

attacking options, mason greenwood's breakthrough season compensating for the loss of romelu lukaku to inter milanlayers fit. and if the right ones become available we do have the resources. and i do have the backing from the board but it is also about getting the right ones, it has to be, there is no point suddenly thinking, bringing someone else in nowjust for the sake of three orfour months. if that can disrupt any... not good feeling in the group, but the chemistry in the group because the chemistry is really good. rhys webb has signed a two—year deal to rejoin the 0spreys from next season which could see him back in the wales side. the scrum half has been at toulon who have agreed to release him from the final year of his contract forfamily reasons. he left 0spreys last year to join the french side for three years which ruled him out of international test selection but his return makes him available to new wales coach wayne pivac. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. let's get more now on how the devastating bushfires across large part

attacking options, mason greenwood's development compensating for the loss of romelu lukaku to inter milani am optimistic we can keep players fit. if the right ones become available we do have the resources. and i do have the backing from the board but it is also about getting the right ones, it has to be, there is no point suddenly thinking, bringing someone else in there just for the sake of three or four months. if that can disrupt any... not good feeling in the group, but the chemistry in the group because the chemistry in the group because the chemistry in the group because the chemistry is really good. peter wright was labelled ‘out of order‘ by gerywyn thomas, the man he beat in the semi finals of the pdc world darts championship. ‘snakebite' wright took the first set of this heated contest at ally pally, and seemed to revel in reminding his opponent who was on top. but price got his own back winning the second set. the pair almost coming together. it was wright though who kept his cool to win it. no handshakes at the end as he booked his spot in the final. he will face the reigning

inter milan can return to the head of the table if they get a point in the late kick off. t's1—0 to inter. tiger woods led the united states side to a 16 points to 1a victory in the presidents cup in melbourne. his team had trailed 10—8 going into the final day's play but turned it round to win an eighth successive trophy. this week, as the captain and player, it was a juggling act but the guys understood that, we do that, we communicated that going in there, there were a lot of different plans that could happen. i trust all of them, from all 11 players. it was trust in each other, and that is what ultimately won us the cup. england cricketer ben stokes has been voted the 2019 bbc sports personality of the year. the british public chose him ahead of lewis hamilton and dina asher smith following his heroics in the ashes and helping england win the cricket world cup for the first time at lord's. stokes delayed flying out for their upcoming tour of south africa to attend the awards in aberdeen. obviously it is an individual award but her playing a team sport and the best thing

on the back of corriere dello sport with pictures of romelu lukaku and chris smalling ahead of inter milan's friday. roma say the intention of the article was positive but it has been ruined by a "terrible" headline. the paper itself says it's an innocent headline that is being "turned into poison by those who have poison inside themselves". anthonyjoshua says he's punching like a kicking horse ahead of his re—match against andy ruinunior. they fight in saudi arabia on saturday night, withjoshua looking to win back the heavyweight title belts he lost to ruiz in that shock defeat in june. joshua says he's had to re—assess they way he prepares for this fight. i tell you, i am punching like a horse kicking back right now. my kinetic chain, my rhythm, there's no tension in my body. we say loose and heavy, loose and heavy. rhythm and flow. that is what boxing is about. we're going back to the ‘70s. that is what the afro is out. ‘70s fighters. i've just been studying his game. rather than doing weights and stuff like that, i'm just going tojust box, man. 0ur reporter ade adedoyin is in saudi arabi

attacking options, mason greenwood's breakthrough season compensating for the loss of romelu lukaku to inter milan fit. if the right ones become available we do have the resources. and i do have the backing from the board but it is also about getting the right ones, it has to be, there is no point suddenly thinking, bringing someone else in there just for the sake of three orfour months. if that can disrupt any... not good feeling in the group, but the chemistry in the group because the chemistry is really good. gerwyn price has apologised for not shaking peter wright's hand after losing their pdc world darts championship semi—final. ‘snakebite' wright took the first set of this heated contest at ally pally, and seemed to revel in reminding his opponent who was on top. but price, the third seed, got his own back winning the second set, the pair almost coming together as things ramped up a little, with emotions threatening to spill over. wright kept his cool to win it 6—3, price took to social media today to "i've had time to reflect on last night's game, i overreacted to what peter did after set o

meanwhile in italy, the leaders juventus are three points clear of inter milan after a 2—1win over sampdoriaions. his towering header on the stroke of half—time was his 12th goal of the season and sixth in his last five games. in germany, borussia monchengladbach beat paderborn — to move level on points with the leaders rb leipzig at the top of the bundesliga table. after a goalless first half, monchengladbach took the lead within seconds of the restart. french striker alassane plea with the goal. lars stindl made it 2—0 from the penalty spot mid—way through the second half. leipzig and monchengladbach are four points clear of the chasing pack. the russian anti—doping agency is set to decide whether to appeal against the country's four—year ban from all major sporting events. the supervisory board of rusada are meeting to discuss the sanctions handed down by the world anti—doping agency earlier this month. it was declared non—compliant for manipulating laboratory data handed over to investigators in january. the force was strong in london's leicester square with the european premiere of the

the front page of corriere dello sport showed photographs of inter milan forward romelu lukaku and romajoshua is looking to re—claim three of the heavyweight world titles that he lost to ruiz. but he's faced criticism for the fight being staged in the country. campaigners have claimed the fight is being used to "sportswash" human rights abuses in the kingdom. here'sjoshua's take on it. if that was the case i would be bothered by it. my only focus is the boxing. i feel like taking boxing ifeel like taking boxing globally is what a world champion or a challenger should be doing. because you fight around the world. well, the weigh—in for the fight takes place later today and we can talk to bbc radio 5 live boxing pundit steve bunce who's in riyadh for us and will be commentating on the fight for radio 5 live tomorrow evening. steve, we heard joshua address that issue of "sportswashing" there, how much of a distraction has the choice of venue been in the build—up? forjoshua, i would say not at all. he has locked himself away in sheffield, he has gone through his training routines, he has ar

it features chris smalling ahead of the game against inter milan on friday.ndy ruiz weight in five years after his rematch against andy ruinr. he has been focusing on his speed and his training camp having been caught out by ruiz training camp having been caught out by ruinr injune. health campaigners say that "hidden" waiting lists are causing delays for thousands of mental health patients in england. nine out of ten people referred to the improving access to psychological therapies service are seen within six weeks. but bbc research has discovered that nearly 95,000 people had to wait more than 90 days for a follow—up appointment. let's hear more on this now from the bristol—based mental health charity director of many minds, 0livia ware. thank you for coming along to our studio in bristol to speak to us today. firstly, how important is it from the people that you work with that have been using the service, how important is it that once they have that initial appointment that they actually then get to follow up on that pretty quickly? well, we know how diff

inter milan have gone top above eventers in italy said they are on goal difference romelu lukaku scored twice in a 4 no win agenda and in the german bonus league or by munich needed late goals from teenager joshua 0 c. and serge gnabry to get past wolfsburg to no leipzig the top of the table team heading into the winter break off to beating out 31 pakistan's cricketers have given themselves a great chance of winning their 1st test series on home soil for a decade they lead sri lanka by 315 runs after the food day's play in karachi. with 174 and sean massoud so 135 have put them in control pakistan reaching 395 for 2 at the close in the deciding match of this sea. world number one rafa nadal has ended 2900 fine style by taking the trophy at the world tennis championship in abu dhabi for the 4th time on saturday he was up against greece to stephanus city past the greek world number 6 had eliminated 16 time grand slam champion ever job which is the same 5 the dubbo held these nerve and passed the test 677-5762 the spain. 50 means a lot to me so happy to. finish the 2010 season. have been i

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and anthony joshua ahead of inter milan playing rome tomorrow.t to the same fight in june. training camp having lost to the same fight injune. more to come on all those stories later. more on that news from france. police have fired tear gas at protestors in the french city of nantes during the biggest strike in decades which has brought large parts of the country to a standstill. rail and metro services are deserted, flights have been grounded and about half of eurostar services between paris and london have been cancelled. many schools are also affected. the strike is against plans to create a universal retirement system which unions say will force millions of people to retire later or live on a reduced pension. let's speak to hugh schofield who's in paris for us. first of all, we know that french people are often quite resistant to political and economic change but is this another example? you would have to say yes, i guess. the thing about this reform is that it is something, when people are asked in principle if they are for or against, they

recent racist incidents in italian football, in september, cagliari fans made monkey noises at inter milan's earlier this month, the italian newspaper corriere dello sport was criticised for the headline ‘black friday‘ alongside images of roma defender chris smalling and inter striker lukaku prior to a match between the sides. welljoining me now is former chairman of the professional footballers association, anti—racism and mental health campaigner clarke ca rlisle. listening to the artist there, the intent seem to be benign but what misfired? art can be very abstract and like they said, it can be very powerful but what i believe that this piece has done is highlighted the chasm that there is between the majority in the minority and their understanding of the images that carry so understanding of the images that carry so much weight. and do you think that this is a particular problem in italian football? racism isa problem in italian football? racism is a problem in the game and perhaps this is a problem in the game and processes the response. lead us not be hoodwinked that it is solely a pr

corriere dello sport newspaper headlined their coverage as "black friday", showing photographs of inter milanaper and sokskjaer said he was shocked. when you see that paper, you say, wow, really, is that possible? it is the worst front page i have ever seen. of course, we have been in touch with chris just so he knows that we will back him and support him, roma do as well. but, yeah... i don't work in your line of business but wow, that is incredible. at least we do not see that here, you see lots of different things but we don't see that. that has to be stamped out. we're at the quarter final stage of the uk snooker championship. fresh from knocking out ronnie o'sullivan yesterday. two time winner ding junhui is taking on compatriot liang wenbo. ding took the first couple of frames. you can follow this on the bbc red button. on the other table, john higgins, looking for his first win in the tournament since 2010 and his first win in york. he's playing yan bingtao. and caroline wozniacki hasjust announced that she will retire from tennis after the australian open early next year. the former w