well james anderson and david warner where the key players of the day. the contrast in emotions.e spoke about being cautious of the horizontal cut shots and making sure of communicating. and we had two of them in the same over, one potentially dismissing me. quite annoyed. and then getting recalled was fantastic. but yes, a bit of a roller—coaster of emotions between those two deliveries. we did not start very well, we did not adjust quickly adapt to conditions of the picture above and when you bowl at someone picture above and when you bowl at someone like shane warne, on a pitch like that, you do not bowl to your best and he will hurt you. so we regrouped at lunch and decided it was a really slow pitch, really try and slow so we thought just try and bowl straight. we went slightly wide. and the second session i thought we dragged it back really well. we stuck to our plan much better. and i thought we deserved the couple of wickets that we got. we could have got more throughout the day, but no pace in the pitch and it was really difficult to create the chances. whether it's slow

the women's team won more silverware and james anderson cemented his legacy.to australia didn't start as well as expected with vice captain, ben stokes, missing the action. england's sights on retaining the famous urn quickly vanished, despite a positive start to the first test, but australia simply do not lose in brisbane. or in adelaide. an ashes first, a day night test match, but under the floodlights, no joy for england. another win in perth and the famous urn was once again in aussie hands. it's bitterly disappointing. i think one of the most frustrating things is we haven't been blown away, we've not been completely outplayed. we've put up some really good performances, just not for long enough. simple as that really. that came after a summer of success for england's cricketers. james anderson became the first english player to take 500 test wickets and take his place among the greats. joe root took over from alastair cooke as test captain and guided the team successfully through two tricky series with south africa and west indies. security was on high a

james anderson was dismissed by the first ball of the day, leaving alastair cook unbeaten on 244.stent rain in the afternoon session, still 61 runs behind and stil in trouble. any time there is a bit of rain and you are on top in the game, it is frustrating. but we have an opportunity tomorrow to win. so that's the attitude we have to take into tomorrow. we showed in the first innings that we can take a number wickets quickly. 98 overs tomorrow is more than enough time, if we play well, to force a result. ona on a wicket like this, the game moves a lot slower. as a batsman, you have to be prepared to that a long period of time to get your runs. there are a lot of fielders in front of you on a wicket like this. so you have to be prepared to bat for long periods of time. there was a controversial note to the end of play when australian media suggested james anderson had used his thumb to tamper with the ball. the england camp angrily denied the claims, and have been told by the umpires that they aren't looking into the matter. trevor bayliss described the accusations as "pommie—bash

warner did goes into james anderson, caught behind, and after tea , james anderson, caught behind, and 400 deliveries. he nearly got another with his next, shaun marsh given not out lbw, the review went with the umpire's call. a key moment, and from there, marsh and steve smith stabilised things. smith remained unbeaten, and england must worry perhaps unbeatable. people want to see exciting cricket. we did our best. we didn't bowl great first session. we didn't add to that excitement, unless you are a david warner fan. but second session, we did all we could on that pitch, i know it wasn't exciting to watch, it wasn't exciting to play m, watch, it wasn't exciting to play in, to be honest, when it is that attritional, but that is the pitch that we have got for the next five days, and we have to got to put up with it. football's festive fixtures continue with eight games today — leaders manchester city play newcastle tomorrow but in this afternoon's early kick—off, tottenham meet southampton with harry kane looking to break a record held by alan shearer. kane's hat—trick in saturday's wi

james anderson caught behind, and... james anderson caught behind, and after...ith the umpire's call. a key moment, and from there, marsh and the smiths dougal as being. smith remained unbeaten. all derbies in limerick, four—time champions leinster, got off the top of pool b, but it was leinster‘s but when i confess celtic rivals. there were wins also for cardiff blues, while ospreys wins also for cardiff blues, while os preys lea d wins also for cardiff blues, while ospreys lead the scarlet 9.2 five, with just a minute left on the clock. and, that is all be sport and now, back to you, simon. thank you very much. mrweirwon mr weir won the first round, but did not secure the 50% needed for an outright victory. both candidates that they are confident that they would win. syria's armed forces say one of their militaryjets has been downed by insurgents in northern hama province, killing the pilot. the area has seen intense aerial strikes by the russian and syrian air forces in the country's civil war. rescue workers say dozens of civilians have been killed in the bom

up and generate reverse swing but some unease telemedia and more serious accusations against james andersoned the head coach what he thought. as soon as i saw the headlines i rushed into the umpire and the words was it was nothing to worry about. that is as much as i know. i am assured that beat up as a still uniform made up and this is an example of england bashing so one element of spice greater intriguing final day. everton manager sam alla rdyce admitted today that his club are in desperate need of a new striker — his comments come in the midst of stories linking the club with a host of names, including the turkish forward, chenk tosun of besiktas. allardyce refused to be drawn on names at his press conference before tomorow‘s match with bournemouth but says his side aren't as sharp as they need to be up front. we will be actively looking for a front man in this window because i need more goals. if we are to just maintain our position because we have started to struggle to create chances and scored goals and recent matches so it is still one of the major problems we have. novak djokovic

the ending is only lasted one ball before james anderson was out, alastair cook 244 not out, battingch. england took to gillian wickets, and then they got the crucial period of play, bombing to david warner and steve smith the best australian batsmen. the tactic was to dry up the runs and that was effective but neither of them were out so they will be there on the final day of play as there on the final day of play as the biggest obstacles to an england victory. there was one other line to emerge from the play, both sides had been warned about throwing the ball back deliberately into the pits to scuff it and generate reverse swing at some money are still in media made more serious accusations againstjames made more serious accusations against james anderson and made more serious accusations againstjames anderson and his treatment of the ball. england refugee is about his accusations and i asked trevor bayliss what he thought. as soon as i saw the headlines i rushed into the umpires and they said there was nothing to worry about, it was a beat up. and they said there was nothing to wo

earlier england's bowlers skittled australia for just one hundred thirty eight in a second innings james anderson finally found his rhythm taking five wickets for just forty three runs it left australia holding a three hundred fifty three run lead but england chipped away at that caps and joe root is unbeaten after a half century england needed another one hundred seventy eight runs with six wickets in hand to win on the final day. thank you very much for that we're going to take you back to calling it now and the g.c.c. summit let's listening to the chairman of the g.c.c. . committed themselves to the g c c. to mobilize. the capabilities to face all the charities and to be able to face them. to meet the challenge the ambitions of jesus see. what's going on today stress the importance of how the agencies see leaders trying to keep in mind this g.c.c. council where the started of these. corporations cardin ation and then to gratian between the members states in all the mains to reach their unity and to boost types of cooperation between their peoples in fears the genie c.d.c. has taken so many imp

big day for the england bowlers, james anderson and stuart broad, the most experienced and successfulip. there will be some attention on the english use of the ball. they were born for deliberately throwing the ball into the ground when fielding in order to scuff it up and generate reverse swing. england have angrily denied any accusations in the australian media of serious interference in the ball. the umpires have assured them of that. if england can get one of these batsmen early they are right in this test match. it could be an exciting day's cricket. coverage on test match special. staying with cricket — a number of england's women feature in the new years honours list, which has just been announced. skipper heather knight receives an 0be. her team—mates tammy beaumont and bowler anya shrubsole are awarded mbes. it turns out that shrubsole wasn't even the first person in her family to find out the good news! i had ihada i had a letter through the post, my mum gave me when i came back. she accidentally opened it, because it did not say the name you could just see the address. i th

james anderson says england failed at the key moments against australia.peaking on the radio 5live podcast tailenders — which is available now to download. in those key moments that test matches sort of pivot on, we've been way off the mark. dave dealt with those moments better. the pressurised situations, we've just not been at the races, really. in a big series like this, that's what you need. the frustration is we know we are a good enough team. player for player, we know we've got enough to compete with australia, but those pressurised situations, those key moments... when we were 370—4, to only get 400 from there was a massive failure on our part, and you can't win a series if you perform like that. one positive in the england camp is the form of dawid malan on his first ashes tour. he's top scored for them with the bat with an average over 50. he's looking for every player to step up for the rest of the series. we all have our places to play for. we all have our places to play for. we all have our places to play for. we all have our legacy to leave.

if james anderson, giving australia 141—3.ave been toasting england's world cup draw, because all of their games in russia will be played at 7pm in the evening or sunday afternoon, so people don't have to take time off work. they can all get together to watch, perhaps in a pub. diego maradona was the man who pulled england's name out of the pot in the kremlin. gareth southgate's side are in a group with belgium, tunisia and panama, but he says a good draw on paper doesn't mean anything, given england's recent world cup record. we've been good at writing teams off and then getting beaten, so we have to make sure that we're prepared for all of those games. it's fantastically exciting to be here for the draw with every other coach. it's been a great experience and really looking forward to getting on with it. the big game in the premier league today is the evening kick—off between arsenal and manchester united. celtic play motherwell in scotland, and the fa cup continues. last night, non—league afc fylde, earned a replay with wig

a 50 from usman khawaja settled down the hosts, but under the floodlights, james anderson sent him backcraig 0verton getting a huge wicket for england on his test debut. australia will start day two on 209 for four... we are happy. without that we bowled well all day, we didn't get the rewards but that's a shame. we cup we will come back tomorrow with a new ball and get a couple of early ones and hopefully be on top. to rugby union and there was a nailbiter in wales' final test of the year. they almost threw it away against south africa in cardiff, but ended their autumn series with a narrow win. two tries by hadleigh parkes on his debut helpes wales lead 21—3 after 30 minutes. warrick ga—lant‘s try before half—time changed the momentum warrick galant‘s try before half—time changed the momentum and handre pollard and jesse kreel‘s touchdowns after the break edged the springboks ahead by a point but leigh halfpenny's 66th—minute penalty clinched a nervy 211—22 win for wales, just their fourth over south africa. there's been a major shock at the uk championship snooker in york. where worl

he did go to james anderson caught behind and stuart broad got his next wicket.all. a key moment and from there, marsh and steve smith stabilise things. smith remained unbeaten and england must worry unbeatable. i don't think we started very well, we didn't adjust to the conditions of the pitch quickly enough. when you bowl at someone quickly enough. when you bowl at someone like david warner, one of the best players in the world on a pitch like that, you don't bolt to your bus, he will hurt you. the second session, i thought we dragged it back well. we stuck to our plan much better and i thought we deserved those two wickets. there are three boxing day matches in the by are three boxing day matches in the rugby union pro 14 league. cardiff blues have the upper hand against the dragons at rodney parade. the blues with 15 points ahead. aled summerhill had put them ahead. that is all the sports now, to, julian. police have released cctv footage images — of three suspects, following a theft at a shopping centre in ilford, east london injuly this year. it's the first

james anderson finished with five wickets as australia were bowled out for 138 in their second inningsfrom captainjoe root helped his side to 176 for four at the end of day four — so they need 178 more runs to win and level the series. england bowler, toby roland—jones, who would have been out in australia playing had it not been for injury, says going down 2—0 would leave a mountain to climb. i wouldn't say impossible, but certainly heading over there and going 2—0 down in a five match series is tricky to come back from. so those guys have fought today with bat and ball and it certainly set up tomorrow to be pretty interesting. they will know in the back of their minds how important tomorrow will be. you mentioned 2—0 down has a daunting feel, so it adds pressure to the guys but they have risen to that today. fingers crossed, there is more to come tomorrow. interesting, talking about the conditions, what difference is it that the floodlights make? the games i have played in and watched, it seems to bring a bit of surface moisture to the wicked. and mix that with, i guess, moisture to

james anderson sent him back to the pavilion where he was joined by steve smith. craig overton getting a huge wicket for england on his test debut. pretty happy. we felt like we bowled well all day. quite a lot of misses, so we well all day. quite a lot of misses, so we will come back tomorrow and get a couple of early ones, and then we will be right on top. england's suspended all—rounder ben stokes has practiced with his new team—mates in new zealand. he's joined the club side canterbury and he's set to play for them tomorrow. stokes is unavailable for england selection until a decision has been made on whether he'll be charged following his arrest on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm in september. that's unlikely to be for several weeks, and in the mean—time he's free to play domestic cricket in any country. are you looking forward to tomorrow? yes, excited. looking forward to getting back out and playing some cricket. looking forward to playing for canterbury. i had been working hard back home so good to get some practice. is your bowling going well? yea

a 50 from usman khawaja settled down the hosts but under the floodlights, james anderson sent him backton getting a huge wicket for england on his test debut. australia will start day two 209/4. to rugby union, and there was a nail—biter in wales‘ final test of the year. they almost threw it away against south africa in cardiff but ended their autumn series with a narrow win. two tries by hadleigh parkes on his debut helped wales lead 21—3 after 30 minutes. warrick gelant‘s try before half—time changed the momentum and handre pollard and jesse kriel‘s touchdowns after the break edged the springboks ahead by a point but leigh halfpenny's 66th—minute penalty clinched a nervy 2a—22 win for wales — just their fourth over south africa. there's been a major shock at the uk championship snooker in york, where world champion and top seed mark selby has been knocked out by world number 66 scott donaldson. donaldson, who came into the tournament on a 10 match losing streak, made breaks of 90, 87 and 77 to go 5—3 up. the scot then kept his composure in the ninth frame with a break of 84 to advanc

their ashes tour, ben duckett, has paid the price for pouring a drink, over the head of teamate james anderson's. the 23 year old, has been suspended pending an investigation, and so misses his chance to push for a test match call up in a tour match today against a cricket australia eleven. it is fairly trivial but in the current climate it isn't acceptable. everyone has been warned about how small things can be blown into all proportion. the ecb have been quite strict to the boys with their message. it is unacceptable. west ham manager david moyes has decided david moyes will be hoping to secure his first win since taking charge of west ham united as they take on chelsea at the first premier league fixture of the day. the reigning champions have conceded just four goals in their last seven in all competitions. but found themselves a goal down at the london stadium in just the sixth minute. marko arnautovic sparking delirium, and picking up a booking for his celebration. less than three months ago british aerials skier lloyd wallace suffered as a severe head injury and was placed in an induced c

and that it has been suspended after pouring a drink over the head of james anderson in a bar.g the outcome of an investigation. just when you thought it couldn't get any worse. ben ducat is one of english‘s cricket most promising batsmen but dropped for a remarkable reason. pouring a drink overjimmy anderson's head. was this the moment england's faltering ashes tour turn two farce ? england's faltering ashes tour turn two farce? it has emerged ben ducat, anderson and a group of players were out in perth on the early hours of friday morning when this bizarre incident happened. why it happened is unclear, the ecb say no members of public were involved and neither we re of public were involved and neither were the police. but this is another embarrassment to an already beleaguered squad. to be honest, it is fairly trivial, but in the current climate, it is not acceptable. everyone is being warned about even small things that can be blown out of all proportion. the ecb have also been quite strict to the boys with their message. it is unacceptable. this tour has been dogged by disc

james anderson sent him back to the pavilion where he was joined by steve smith.ans are currently 207—4. england's suspended all—rounder ben stokes has practiced with his new team—mates in new zealand. he's joined the club side canterbury and he's set to play for them tomorrow. stokes is unavailable for england selection until a decision has been made on whether he'll be charged following his arrest on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm in september. that's unlikely to be for several weeks, and in the mean—time he's free to play domestic cricket in any country. are you looking forward to tomorrow? yes, excited. looking forward to getting back out and playing some cricket. looking forward to playing for category. i had been working ha rd for category. i had been working hard back home for sabitzer is good to get some practice. is your bowling going well? yes. hopefully i can do well and contribute to canterbury winning. thank you very much. the big game in the premiership today is arsenal against manchester united in the late kick—off — arsenal have won their

dropped from today's ashes tour game in australia after pouring a drink over the head of team—mate james andersonhe senior team against a cricket australia xi. the england coach, trevor bayliss, has called the behaviour "trivial but unacceptable". sir bradley wiggins is a five time olympic cycling champion, a tour de france winner, but after retiring from cycling he's changed! wiggins has swapped the saddle for a rowing seat but made what he described as a "schoolboy error" on his competitive debut. he mistakenly thought there had been a false start at the british indoor championships. he finished in 21st place over 2km, won by adam neil. you can find more of the day's action on the bbc sport website, including ronnie o'sullivan reaching the final of the uk snooker championship. reeta. hundreds of thousands of people have filled the streets of paris for the funeral of the singer johnny hallyday, who died on wednesday at the age of 7a. his coffin was driven in a cortege down the champs—elysees, followed by several hundred bikers clad in leather. from paris, hugh schofield sent this report. for nea

warner did go soon, to james anderson, caught behind, and after tea, stuart broad got his first wickete, so much given not out lbw. the review went with the umpire's call. a key moment, from there, marsh, two hours but steve smith, they blow things. england must worry, perhaps unbeatable. lot of derbies. four times champions, leinster have gone top of pool b beating munster by... it has led the's fifth win in six games, give their celtic rivals, and they sealed it with this try. as, cardiff move came up on top. finally, mike white held on in an exciting finish to win the chase at captain park. had to work hard on the running, double shuffle came second, while 3a2 was third for jockey lizzie kelly. that gave trainer anderson a double. that is all your sport, for now. you can find more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website. that is bbc .co uk passport. we will have more free you at top six. kane had already matched alan shearer‘s previous record with his hat—trick on saturday, but today, he went one better, and three better, by scoring another hat—trick against at hampton at r

pictures and insinuations in the australian media of a potential ball—tampering story involving james anderson denied by english conditions in melbourne. they took two australian wickets before the rain came down, and showers turned to storms after three o'clock and we got no more play. but england will be consoled by the faact they are the only side with a realistic chance of winning the test and will avoid an ashes whitewash. the innings lasted one ball this morning before anderson was out. alastair cook 244 not out, batting all the way through the england innings undefeated, the first to do it since 1997 for england. and a record score for anyone who has done that in a test match. england took two australian second innings wickets. bancroft bowled and khawaja edged behind. then england bowling to david warner and steve smith, the two best australian batsmen and the england tactic was to dry up the runs, which was effective, but they did not get them out and they will be there on the final day of play as the biggest obstacles to an england victory. both sides in this match have been warned a

james anderson finished with five wickets as australia were bowled out for 138. they now a new 350 forward level the ashes series. they started well, 53 for the first wicket but lbw here. i—run later, mark stoneman was also out, after—dinnerjames vince was caught in the slips. england currently on three, victoria. do they realistically have a chance? england have never chased this many i’u ns england have never chased this many runs ina england have never chased this many runs in a test match before. 0ther teams have so it's not impossible but it is very unlikely. captainjoe root is at the crease at the moment and how big the moment is this in his career? a chance to write his name into history if he leads england towards that record chase. think back to how pivotal the australian captain steve smith's unbeaten century was in the first test, that is exactly what england need now. joe root is currently on 33. and nine years late but kelly sotherton will be getting a bronze medalfrom the beijing 0lympics? yes, quite incredible, the fall out from the russian doping

cricketer, ben duckett has today been suspended from their tour of australia for pouring a drink over james andersoner his conduct. yesterday england coach trevor bayliss described the incident as "trivial" but team management were left furious at another off—field misdemeanour. 0n the field, tom curran has boosted his chances of a place in the england team ahead of the third ashes test starting in perth on thursday with five wickets in england's latest tour match. he also scored an unbeaten 77 with the bat yesterday. captain moeen ali didn't bowl but did find a bit of form with the bat, scoring a second—innings, a7 in england's drawn match against a cricket australia 11. that's all the sport for now. i'm sure for is hoping that the third ashes test, everything will change. the sun will come out, everyone will behave immaculately, and england will win! thank you very much. there have been more protests in the arab and muslim world against president trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. clashes broke out in the lebanese capital beirut where protesters threw stones and set

warner did goes into james anderson caught behind and after t stuart broad got his first wicket for moremarsh given not out lbw. the review went to the umpire. a key moment. from there marsh and who else but steve smith stabilised things. smith remained unbeaten and england may worry he is unbeatable. there are three boxing day matches in rugby union's pro 14 league — all derbies, and cardiff blues have the upper hand in the first of them. they beat the dragons 22—17. they still had to withstand a second—half fightback. this try proved to be the winner. 18 games since the dragons lost a welsh derby. lei nster leinster leader monster, 97—5 in front and are set to go top of their role. —— —— 57—5. might bite held on in an exciting finish to win the king george the sixth chase at kempton park. nico de boinville's mount led the way throughout the race. leading going into the final fence, the 6—4 favourite had to work hard on the run—in. 50—1 shot double shuffle came second while tea for two was third for jockey lizzie kelly. the win gave trainer nicky henderson a big—race kempton double afte

then james anderson got a wicket. indeed steve smith has just gone for 40.actised with his new team—mates in new zealand. he hasjoined canterbury and is set to play for them tomorrow. he is unavailable for them tomorrow. he is unavailable for the england selection until a decision is made on whether or not he will be charged following his arrest on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm in september. in the meantime, he is free to play domestic cricket in any country.|j am excited, looking forward to getting back out and playing some cricket. looking forward to playing for canterbury. it is good to get outdoor practice there. is the bowling going well? yellow map yes. hopefully i can get out there and do well and contribute to canterbury winning. thank you very much. thank you very much. the big game is arsenal against manchester united. arsenal have won their last home game is, but they are eight points behind. sam allardyce takes charge of everton for the first time later when they face huddersfield at goodison park. allardyce was presented to the media y

duckett has been dropped from england's tour match today for pouring a drink over the head of james andersonbatting. instead he has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation. to be honest i think it is fairly trivial. but in the current climate it is just not acceptable. you know, everybody has been warned about even small things blowing out of proportion. the ecb have also been quite strict for the boys, with their message. quite simply it is unacceptable. it doesn't matter how trivial it is. in this environment, what we have had to go through already with some of these small problems, as i said, it just isn't right. not acceptable. the warmup match was intended to give england's batsmen the chance to press their case for inclusion in the remainder of the series. keaton jennings made 80, tom curren, 77. still, nobody registered the big score which england have missed so far in the series. england declared on 3111—9, while a cricket australia 11 was 62— one at the close of play on the first day. ronnie o'sullivan is closing in on a sixth uk championship title after a 6—4 victory

warner went soon to james anderson, caught behind.aja. he nearly got another with his next, shaun marsh given not out lbw. the review went with the umpire's call, a key moment. from there, marsh and steve smith — who else — stabilised things. smith unbeaten. and england worry he might perhaps be unbeatable. i don't think we started very well, didn't adjust to the conditions of the pitch quick enough. when you bowl at somebody like warner, one of the best players in the world on a pitch like that, and you don't bowl to your best, he will hurt you. in the second session at 40—2, i thought we dragged it back really well. we stuck to our plan better and i thought we deserved the two wickets we got. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and follow all the action from today's premier league games on there as well. plenty more on the bbc news channel throughout the day. out of all the photographers waiting to snap a picture of the royal family at the christmas day service in sandringha

there is james anderson bouncing back after falling for england to dismiss bancroft there for 5—1.all out for 227, 215 behind and of course if england slip toa behind and of course if england slip to a 2—0 loss in the series so far, that puts the ashes within touching distance for australia, the next testis distance for australia, the next test is in perth, england haven't w011 test is in perth, england haven't won at the waka since 1978. that is almost a0 years so eight days into the ashes series and it looks like the ashes series and it looks like the urn may already be lost. stop. stop. stop! 0k. ronnie 0'sullivan, he isa stop. stop! 0k. ronnie 0'sullivan, he is a star, does he want to take pa rt he is a star, does he want to take part any he is a star, does he want to take partany i'm he is a star, does he want to take part any i'm a celebrity? he is full of surprises. you will know he is. an unconventional approach to his sport. he has a love hate relationship, deciding one minute he loves snooker, the next he hates it. his current approach he doesn't want to become too emotio

james anderson and took five wickets in the australian second innings. adelaide.“ began a peaceful adelaide tuesday but turned into a tense ashes nailbiter. england needed early wickets and found them. jimmy anderson was inspired is taking five wickets in total as his team—mates clung on to the catches. australia's lead was growing all the time ago. england caps chipping away, if only they had bowled like this in the first innings. england's target was still a massive one stop 354. they would need a record run chase. but as mark stoneman and alastair cook eats them past the 50 mark, england dared to dream. then a reality check. both went in quick succession and james vince soon followed. not for the occasion called for. but under floodlights and the feast the press, dawid malan and joe root hang on in there. australia kept appealing and england kept surviving, just. root reached a gutsy half century as the pair rekindled england's hope. but ten minutes from the end, a final twist. dawid malan one. australia are still favourites but england are only a hun

james anderson, five wickets, back to his best.tal in their entire test history. they began well. mark stoneman, alistair cook putting on 50 for the first wicket. those two wickets going in quick succession, alistair cook on 16, mark stoneman out for 36. england need something very special. at least they can take some hard and encouragement from that performance. lots of criticism of steve smith for putting his batsmen in under the floodlights. england will have to bat shortly. what difference will that make? it will be very interesting. the next three hours could be key if england have any hope of winning this test match. the pink ball has a habit of swinging more under the floodlights. it makes it difficult for the batsmen. it ta kes a it difficult for the batsmen. it takes a while for the batsman's thy sight to adjust and we saw that for australia yesterday. australia will look at whatjimmy anderson did and they will be confident mitchell sta rc ca n they will be confident mitchell starc can hoop it around under the floodlights

a 50 from usman khawaja settled down the hosts but under the floodlights, james anderson sent him backsmith, craig 0verton getting a huge wicket for england on his test debut. australia will start day two 209/4. to rugby union, and there was a nail—biter in wales' final test of the year. they almost threw it away against south africa in cardiff but ended their autumn series with a narrow win. two tries by hadleigh parkes on his debut helped wales lead 21—3 after 30 minutes. warrick gelant's try before half—time changed the momentum and handre pollard and jesse kriel‘s touchdowns after the break edged the springboks ahead by a point but leigh halfpenny's 66th—minute penalty clinched a nervy 211—22 win for wales, just their fourth over south africa. there's been a major shock at the uk championship snooker in york, where world champion and top seed mark selby has been knocked out by world number 66 scott donaldson. donaldson, who came into the tournament on a 10 match losing streak, made breaks of 90, 87 and 77 to go 5—3 up. the scot then kept his composure in the ninth frame with a brea

they have done themselves a chance at least. james anderson finished with five wickets as australia werek was given out lbw after australia reviewed the umpire's decision. 1—run later, mark stoneman was also out. after dinner, james vince was caught in the slips. dawid malan then went late on, with 67 not out from captain joe then went late on, with 67 not out from captainjoe root helping b—side to 176-4 at from captainjoe root helping b—side to 176—4 at the end of day 4—macro, so they need 178 more runs to win. here is the scorecard going into the final day tomorrow. england bowler toby roland—jones, who would have been playing but for injury, says going down 2—0 in the series will leave a mountain to climb. i wouldn't say impossible, but they are certainly heading over there and going 2—0 down in a five match series, it is tricky to come back from. certainly, the way those guys have fought today with a bat and ball, is certainly set up tomorrow to be pretty interesting, and i think they will know in the back of their minds how important tomorrow will be. you mentioned 2—0 down has a da

james anderson striking early to remove cameron bancroft.th. australia finishing the day 53 forfour, their lead 268. still a long way back for england, though. england manager gareth southgate has been told his job is safe, even if his side loses every game at next year's world cup in russia. southgate signed a four—year deal 12 months ago and the fa say he'll be in charge for the "next few tournaments". they say they have a long—term plan and they're already seeing results, with world cup successes for the under—17 and under—20 sides. manchester city are eight points clear at the top of the premier league, thanks to a record—equalling 13th win in a row. their visitors west ham put up a realfight, though — angelo 0gbonna firing them ahead. but after city levelled, david silva put away the winner seven minutes from time. in the second half, i thought we we re in the second half, i thought we were going to score. it shows they're going to do it, they can do it. i've been pleased with them at training. very good and i have no complaints. i want

the follow on and they may be regretting that now but if slumped to forty to fifty for three james andersonremoved both cameron bancroft and as my co-author australia now fifty four three and they still lead by two hundred and sixty five runs. now the golden state warriors took on the miami heat in the n.b.a. on sunday and steph curry was once again on fire he's called thirty points in the thirty minutes while kevin durant added twenty four as the warriors had a big third quarter neither played in the fourth and the worries still pulled off a one hundred twenty three to ninety five we win. over in the n.h.l. the l.a. kings grabbed their fifth straight win on sunday they beat the chicago blackhawks to tighten their grip on the top spot in the pacific division jonathan quick made twenty four saves before the kings scored three third period goals to into an empty net to secure a three one win. and in the other end of the pacific standings arizona suffered another defeat to keep the bottom of the table this time it was the last vegas golden knights who inflicted an overtime defeat on mckay ots

bowlers managed to get the hosts all out for one hundred thirty eight in their second innings james anderson finally found his rhythm taking five wickets for just forty three runs but australia's lead is still significant their advantage has been cut down a little bit to one hundred eighty five runs now in england continued to chip away at that now one hundred sixty three captain joe root's unbeaten after making his half century while mitchell starc taken to a kid's so far. but at least they're not having to play in for a small six as the sri lankan players have for the second day in three days in delhi have reached twelve times the world health organization safe limit on tuesday as a field against india in the third test one of the bowlers came off briefly after vomiting the indian medical association had previously urged cricket's governing body to stop much is being played in such conditions defending n.b.a. champions the golden state warriors came from behind to defeat the new orleans pelicans one hundred twenty five two hundred fifteen on monday despite star steph curry suffering an ank

of the fourth test and will be replaced by jackson bird poked fun at england's bowlers after james andersonsuggested australia's bowling attack lacked depth not quite humorous actually them taking twenty wickets in the series so. we have been and they have the cricket out at dieppe side now it certainly wouldn't walk by saying i don't watch my son jack in the nets. forward to seeing what he can do to the english batters throughout this test match everyone's working hard to try and win this test match. you wouldn't expect anything different from from the group but they will go on as bunch of of players you know they're willing to do whatever it takes to try and get a couple of wins out here which you know put a hell of a lot of hard work i know we haven't got much for it but you know we really really hoping that we can come away with something and broad as a christmas day is one of the most anticipated days in the n.b.a. regular season that's because it usually features are highly anticipated match often a showdown between the previous seasons finalists and this year is no different as champ

adelaide they both skate australia for just one hundred thirty eight in a second innings fast bowler james anderson finding its rhythm at last with five wickets for forty three runs the home side still held and intimidating lead of three hundred fifty three but in glynn chipped away at that captain joe root is unbeaten on sixty seven with his team leading a further one hundred seventy eight runs with six wickets in hand for what seemed an unlikely victory at the start of the day's play. the grueling marathon the sob has come to an end with emphatic victories for the men's and women's favorites this was the first time the marathon the. being run in peru and stage six was the shortest of all the stages at just nineteen point six kilometers still that is not easy when you're running through the days it overall means leader rashid beattie of morocco went on to take a third consecutive victory in madison the sadler's win one county sahara triumphs as well on the women's side and natalie moore clare was a victorious you wouldn't usually associate the color bronze with you saying bolt but to mark the jama

and they may be regretting that now they slumped to fifty three for four by the close of play james anderson and chris woakes took two wickets each they'll need to keep that momentum going into day four if they are to save this test you know i mean actually i think we if we fought back well you know we've pushed to show you back tonight which is obviously good to say you can take some positive stuff from that. actually we're behind in the game. but signs aren't really good the fact that we fought back and show isn't a good character to get you know back in the game we bowled really well tonight as a unit and put some pressure back on the show tiger woods says he's looking forward to the twenty eighteen golf season after returning to the game for the first time in ten months the fourteen time major champion wasn't quite back to his best in the tournament in the bahamas but he put in a solid performance to please golf fans and he's fellow professionals as helen gleason reports. it's a sight that golf fans have missed tiger woods wearing red and making buddies on the final day of the tournament

of the fourth test and will be replaced by jackson bird poked fun at england's bowlers after james anderson suggested australia's bowling attack lack depth not quite humorous actually. twenty we could see in the series. and we have been and they have the cricket out at. all it's certainly wouldn't walk by saying oh i don't watch i suggest giving the nets. forward to seeing what it can do to the english that is throughout this test match if one's working hard to try and win this test match. you wouldn't expect anything different from from the group of honest bunches of players you know they're willing to do whatever it takes to try and get it which you know put a hell of a lot hard work i know we haven't got much for it but you know we really really hoping that we can come away with some sin and show some pride as. twenty three time tennis grand slam champion serena williams is set to make a return to competition b. thirty six year old announced she will play in the exhibition tournaments in abu dhabi beginning december thirtieth the match will be the former world number one spurs since givi

on and they may be regretting that now by some to fifty three four four by the close of play james anderson and chris works took two weeks each they'll need to keep that momentum going into day four if they are to save this test match tiger woods says he's looking forward to the twenty eighteen goeth season after returning to the game for the first time in ten months the fourteen time major champion wasn't quite back to its best in the tournament in the bahamas but he did put in a solid performance to please go fans and his fellow professionals helen gleason reports. it's a sight that gulf fans have missed tiger woods wearing red and making birdies on the final day of the tournament. but that's what they were treated to at the albany golf club on sunday as the american made it through the front nine in thirty one shots and if the last few days are anything to go by it could become the norm again what's briefly lead this tournament on saturday and was just five shots off the lead heading into day three before a disappointing round of seventy five left him out of contention not bad though for

as that england were forced to deny allegations of ball tampering as footage emerged of bowler james anderson a pairing to dig his nail into the ball england's australian born coach have a bailiff hit back calling the allegations pommy bashing. you know you'd like to get them to do it in front of the employees so they can see said there is nothing untoward going on. if you know she said there is a bit of money at the action it does get on the ball and in some of the seams and you are led to clean it off now ahead of the winter olympic games the wild best men's alpine ski is the been in action at the world cup combined events in italy frenchman alexis panta rhei way excelled in the solomon also to his advantage fast run lead a dominant power that if he had some trouble himself losing control about ten days from the finish line this is the sixth year in a row that the frenchman enjoys a victory in an alpine combined with a vent for good measure he also moved to the top of the disciplines while the cop standing that's also his twenty first career win across all disciplines. the winter olympic ga