katie gornall reports. they say the apple never falls far from the tree.is skills in this video. now, the 11—year—old has signed for manchester united's academy. he's been working hard. continuing with his footballing. he went in on a trial with manchester united, and he's impressed them. yeah, he signed his form yesterday. he's following in big footsteps. wayne rooney is united's record goal—scorer. he'd spent 13 years at the club's following everton. during his career, the former english record scored 253 times. he's been brought up scored 253 times. he's been brought up in scored 253 times. he's been brought upina scored 253 times. he's been brought up in a football environment, so even though he's still extremely young, i think it was kind of inevitable that he was always going to be in this situation of having the opportunity to join to be in this situation of having the opportunity tojoin united. rooney's four sons grew up seeing what success in football can bring, but heading down the same path as your parents has its challenges. michael is a premie

katie gornall, bbc news. fantastic achievement. that's it.e with newsnight later hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the uk political editor for politico, jack blanchard and the ecomonics correspondent at the spectator, kate andrews. let's see what is i the i leads with the news that borisjohnson will head to brussels in a bid to break a deadlock in talks over a brexit trade deal. the papers say the pm will try to end the impasse in face—to—face talks with the president of the european commision, ursula von der leyen. it is not quite clear when he will be going, though. the telegraph... we are completely out of sync, i think. i'm not sure i'm going to try and read the rate through now. that's the metro. i'm just looking at what is on screen. the metro, first to get the jab, that is the main story for the metro, but above that, she's scott to be joking. picking up on the comments of nicola sturgeon about william and kate breaking into, or travelling into scotland, arriving at wave

katie gornall, bbc news. in 600 vehicles are stuck on a major road, nearly two days after it became impassable because of record snowfall. one driver said he'd been in his carfor a0 hours. another said he'd run out of supplies and was having to eat the snow.

katie gornall reports.0th minute this happened. pierre weibo, istanbul basaksehir‘s assistant manager, accused the romanian fourth official, sebastian coltescu, of using racist language to identify him as he was shown a red card. tensions rose in paris before demba ba, a substitute for istanbul, confronted coltescu. when you mention a white guy, you never say, "this white guy," you say, "this guy," so why when you mention... listen to me! why when you mention a black guy, you have to say, "this black guy"? in the 23rd minute, the players walked off in protest — a rare act in football — and the match was suspended. uefa initially said the match would restart with a different fourth official, but after a long delay that attempt was abandoned when istanbul refused to return to the pitch. the match will now resume tonight with an all—new refereeing team. the significance can't really be underwritten. the importance of the match in the most watched club competition in the world. many black players are now saying

here's our sports correspondent, katie gornall.. kevin sinfield had just run seven marathons in seven days to support the motor neurone disease association, and his former team—mate, rob burrow. made up, overwhelmed. that was unbelievable. we never knew it'd turn into anything like this. it was just six mates trying to raise a bit of money for rob. and my wife said to me this morning, "if someone offered to double it, would you do it again?", and in an instant, i said, "yeah, absolutely. " i'd do it because that's what mates do, don't they? probably the best week of my life. and then, in a couple of years, we'll look back hopefully with a great deal of pride on being able to help people. as a player for leeds rhinos, burrow constantly defied the odds. this is a sensational try! there aren't many in super league that could do that! small in stature, but with enormous ability, sinfield — his captain and close friend — was neverfarfrom his side. when burrow‘s diagnosis became public last year, his team—mates rallied round. sinfield's

club's star players — past and present — have paid their own tributes. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornallerpool managers, gerard houllier is often overlooked, and yet the former schoolteacher transformed the club's fortunes and modernised their approach to the game. i came but i didn't make a revolution. ijust wanted to have a sort of evolution of things and to convince people we could do things differently and be more performant. having managed psg and the french national team, houllier arrived at anfield in 1998, initially as a joint manager with roy evans, before taking sole charge just four months later. he oversaw a major rebuilding of the squad and brought through young players such as steven gerrard. the high point of his six years with liverpool came in the 2000—2001 campaign, when he guided them to an unprecedented league cup, uefa cup and fa cup treble. yes! 0h, he's done it! today, those at anfield and around the world of football paid tribute. what he did at liverpool at that time was definitely the foundation and the platform for what they're going on to achieve now. football

i'll bring you the latest score from paris in a moment, but first, here's katie gornall on the eventsast night. at first, it was like any other champions league tyi. but then in the 14th minute, this happened. pierre webo, istanbul basaksehir‘s assistant, accused the romanian for the official sebastian coltescu of using racist language to identify him as he was shown a red card. temperatures rose in paris before demba ba a substitute confronted sebastian coltescu. you would never say a white guy, this white guy, so why when you... listen to me! why when you say a black guy, you say this black guy? the match was suspended after the players for both teams walked off. you may foot attempted to restart the match but that attempt was abandoned after istanbul basa ksehir walked off that attempt was abandoned after istanbul basaksehir walked off the pitch. the significance cannot be understated. the most important club contest in the world with many black players saying we may have put up with this in the past we will now ta ke with this in the past we will now take the power we have and wal

here's our sports correspondent katie gornall.. kevin sinfield had just run seven marathons in seven days to support the motor neurone disease association, and his former team—mate, rob burrow. made up, overwhelmed. that was unbelievable. we never knew it'd turn into anything like this. it was just six mates trying to raise a bit of money for rob. and my wife said to me this morning, "if someone offered to double it, would you do it again?", and in an instant, i said, "yeah, absolutely. " i'd do it because that's what mates do, don't they? probably the best week of my life. and then, in a couple of years, we'll look back hopefully with a great deal of pride on being able to help people. as a player for leeds rhinos, burrow constantly defied the odds. this is a sensational try! there aren't many in super league that could do that! small in stature, but with enormous ability, sinfield — his captain and close friend — was neverfarfrom his side. when burrow‘s diagnosis became public last year, his team—mates rallied round. sinfield's

here's our sports correspondent katie gornall cheering.o support the motor neurone disease association, and his former team—mate, rob burrow. made up, overwhelmed. that was unbelievable. we never knew it'd turn into anything like this. it was just six mates trying to raise a bit of money for rob. and my wife said to me this morning, "if someone offered to double it, would you do it again?", and in an instant, i said, "yeah, absolutely. " i'd do it because that's what mates do, don't they? probably the best week of my life. and then, in a couple of years, we'll look back hopefully with a great deal of pride on being able to help people. as a player for leeds rhinos, burrow constantly defied the odds. this is a sensational try! there aren't many in super league that could do that! small in stature, but with enormous ability, sinfield — his captain and close friend — was neverfarfrom his side. when burrow‘s diagnosis became public last year, his team—mates rallied round. sinfield's initial aim was to raise around £77,000. that target was soon

katie gornall, bbc news. if you're dreaming of a white christmas, spare a thought for these travellers injapan. more than 1,000 people in 600 vehicles are stuck on a major road, nearly two days after it became impassable because of record snowfall. 0ne driver said he'd been in his carfor1i0 hours. another said he'd run out of supplies and was having to eat the snow. time for a look at the weather. here's darren. terrier could not be more different at the moment. for some parts of the country it could be very wet. in cumbria could be turning later this afternoon. the main area of concern is across south wales and south—west england. we have this amber weather warning for the met office, with more flooding expected, and some travel disruption. the heaviest of the rain today will be over the hills. dartmoor, the brecon beacons. by hills. dartmoor, the brecon beacons. by the end of the day, around four inches of rain. the radar picture shows it has been turning wetter in the south—west of england and widely into

kevin raised far more than anyone expected, as our sports correspondent katie gornall reports.ed its final strides. kevin sinfield had just run seven marathons in seven days to support the motor neurone disease association, and his former team—mate, rob burrow. made up, overwhelmed. that was unbelievable. we never knew it'd turn into anything like this. it was just six mates trying to raise a bit of money for rob. and my wife said to me this morning, "if someone offered to double it, would you do it again?", and in an instant, i said, "yeah, absolutely. " i'd do it because that's what mates do, don't they? probably the best week of my life. and in a couple of years, we'll look back, hopefully with a great deal of pride on being able to help people. as a player for leeds rhinos, burrow constantly defied the odds. this is a sensational try! there aren't many in super league that could do that! small in stature, but with enormous ability, sinfield —

katie gornall reports.en overlooked and yet the former schoolteacher transformed the club's fortu nes schoolteacher transformed the club's fortunes and modernise their approach to the game.|j fortunes and modernise their approach to the game. i came but i didn't makea approach to the game. i came but i didn't make a revolution. ijust wa nted didn't make a revolution. ijust wanted to have a sort of revolution of things and to convince people you could do things differently and be more performing. having managed psg in the french national team, houlier arrived at anfield in 1998 as a joint manager with roy evans then taking sole charge. he sought a major change in the squad. his best year came major change in the squad. his best yearcame in the major change in the squad. his best year came in the 2000, 2001 campaign where he guided them to an unprecedented league cup, uefa cup and fa cup treble. cheering michael owen was the mini to pay tribute, describing him as a great manager and a genuinely caring man wil

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but he left in 2011 afterjust nine months, following health problems. 0ur sports correspondent, katie gornallised their approach to the game. i came but i didn't make a revolution. ijust wanted to have a sort of evolution of things and to convince people you could do things differently and be more performant. having managed psg and the french national team, houllier arrived at anfield in 1998, initially as a joint manager with roy evans before taking sole charge just four months later. he oversaw a major rebuilding of the squad and brought through young players such as steven gerrard. the high point of his six years with liverpool came in the 2000—2001 campaign, when he guided them to an unprecedented league cup, uefa cup and fa cup treble. yes! no, he's done it! today, those at anfield and around the world of football paid tribute. what he did at liverpool at that time was definitely the foundation and the platform for what they've gone on to achieve now. football took a heavy toll on houllier‘s health. in 2001, he nearly died after suffering from chest pains during a match against leeds. in

katie gornall, bbc news.s match at aston villa was postponed last friday because of several cases which affected the team. but with players returning to full group training on wednesday afternoon, there are enough players who have tested negative to fulfil this weekend‘s game at st james‘ park. it‘s been confirmed england‘s cricketers will play sri lanka in two test matches behind closed doors in galle next month. the first test will start on 14th january with the second match beginning on the 26th, with the party due to fly out on the 2nd. england were originally meant to tour last march but the trip was postponed due to the covid—19 pandemic. and south africa have confirmed they‘ll tour pakistan for the first time in 11; years after agreeing to play two tests and three t20 internationals in january and february. finally, after missing last weekend‘s grand prix in bahrain, lewis hamilton says he‘s finally feeling better after testing positive for coronavirus. the seven time world champion is hopeful of being