leicester city's james maddison is named in gareth southgate‘s england squad.won an olympic gold medal as a man, now that reality star caitlin jenner is living as a woman, what does she think about tra nsgender athletes? people that are dealing with trans issues and stuff like that, i think they deserve an opportunity to play sports. also coming up in the programme... you've nothing to lose except the match. after kyle walker's performance in goal for manchester city, we speak to a striker who had to go in goal and face a penalty. and, it's one of the new urban sports in the next olympics. one of britain's medal hopes for freestyle bmx shows us a few tricks. hello and welcome to sportsday. it's started with a bang — more than 1,400 athletes from 122 countries have travelled to dubai for the first day of the world para athletics championships. and the first day has gone well for britain. goalfor paul goal for paul blake goalfor paul blake in goal for paul blake in the 800 metres... and that is in hot temperatures. it's the first time that the united arab emirite

brendan rodgers' leicester city are up to third in the league, just only two points behind manchesterat crystal palace. jamie vardy was on the scoresheet again as his side made it seven wins from eleven. inevitably it's leading to talk of another title charge coming off the back of their 9—0 league win at southampton last week. bayern munich have parted company with niko kovac a day after his side were beaten 5—1 at eintracht frankfurt for their worst leage defeat in 10 years. a statement from the german giants said kovac had gone with "mutual agreement" between him and the club, with president karl—heinz rummenigge saying the performance of the team in recent weeks and the results have shown that there was "need for action." australia's ashleigh barty has hit the jackpot after beating elina svitolina to win the wta finals title. the world number one took the season ending crown in shenzhen in straight sets, bagging $4.42 million in the process. that's the most prize money ever offered in tennis. sanjeev shetty reports. in 2016, ashleigh barty did not have a ranking on the wta tour. s

as normal this morning and now looks set to be in charge for sunday's premier league visit to leicester cityva is fighting for his job after defeat to norwich city left them 16th in the premier league table. new zealand captain kane williamson plans to apologise in person tojofra archer for the "horrific" racist abuse the england bowler received from a fan during the first test on monday. williamson says the incident is "against everything that we as kiwis are about". the 0val will host the opening game of the hundred — english cricket's new competition. the 0val invincibles will face the welsh fire live on the bbc injuly next year. there's been a few comings and goings in rugby union today, adam wild can tell us more... busy day in rugby union today, three developing stories to bring you up to date with. here they are, starting with this man here. allen clarke. he has today left his role as head coach of pro 1a side ospreys, after a really very dismal start to the season both in that competition and in the champions cup. he only signed a three year deal last year but his reign has come to e

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in the day's early kick off, leicester city continue their fine run of form under brendan rodgers.ime out, and today they travelled to crystal palace — michael redford was watching. after the record—breaking nine will win the foxes arrived knowing that this will bring them into top three. the eagles have been flying her themselves with one defeat in the last five matches. despite had been just around the corner, this match struggle to find any spike. jamie vardy with the best chance and if the opportunities. the second half began with a bang. a late challenge from jonny evans and he was perhaps fortu nate from jonny evans and he was perhaps fortunate only to get given illegal card. it was evans's depends a partner who finally lit up proceedings. —— given a yellow card. most are silky when my time with a much more familiar name and that is ten now for the season forjamie vardy. ten now for the season forjamie va rdy. lester ten now for the season forjamie vardy. lester almost scored a third late on. the last time leicester won at this park was in march 2016. they went on to win the

as normal this morning and now looks set to be in charge for sunday's premier league visit to leicester cityhe premier league table. russia will be able to compete at euro 2020, even if a four—year ban from sporting events comes into effect. the ban has been recommended by the world anti—doping agency, after inconsistencies in russian laboratory data. st petersburg will also remain as a host city at next summer's euros. england head coach chris silverwood will travel back to britain after day two of the second test against new zealand. it's following a family bereavement. the test starts on thursday. silverwood's assistants graham thorpe and paul collingwood will take over management of the team, alongside test captainjoe root, for the remainder of the tour. meanwhile, the head of new zealand cricket says the spectator who racially abused england bowler jofra archer will be banned from future matches and referred to the police. the incident happened as archer was walking off the field during england's first test defeat in mount maunganui. there's been a big boost today for women's european g

gareth southgate has taken a gamble on including leicester city's james maddison in his squad for theirkosovo and montenegro. he had to pull out of their last set of matches due to illness, but was then spotted in a casino during the international break. this is also the first time that southgate has spoken since bulgaria were given a punishment of having to playjust one game behind closed doors for the racial abuse that england players suffered during their qualifier. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson was at wembley. they might be relieved to talk about squad tactics, formation even qualification ahead of this international, southgate impressed with the way they have returned from serious injury and he is back in the fall squad. reassurance to see johnstone's name in there. in many ways, still the source of deep disappointment, southgate is still very proud with the way his players dealt with that situation and having seen the players come through such a challenging set of circumstances whether that has intensified team identity and that england dressing room. the best thing that we

christmas is started earlier for leicester city. players dressed as disney characters spotted in copenhagen for their annual christmas party. they beat brighton on saturday so they could celebrate. they are second in the premier league. just to let you know, the last time that they have their christmas party in copenhagen, they won the premier league title. may be don't tell any liverpool fans. great costu mes don't tell any liverpool fans. great costumes there! that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. uber is not been granted a new licence to operate in london. transport for london said uber was not fit and proper as a licence holder despite having made a number of positive changes to its operations. the company tweeted an e—mail to all customers this morning saying it felt the decision is wrong and that it will appeal. bbc london's transport correspondent has this report. the uber app is used by thousands of londoners to get around. but today, again, the regulator transport for london intervened and refus

leicester city are flying high in the premier league after a fine win at crystal palace.rld title in texas tonight. and great britain's women will defend their 0lympic hockey title next year after safely coming through their qualifying tie against chile. also coming up in the programme... a hiccup for england's cricketers in their second t20 match in new zealand. and as south africa celebrate winning their third rugby world cup, a legendary springbok captain calls at their most significant ever. for the first time since 1995 again at this country is nowjust celebrating. something that is as extraordinary and that has the power of sport. hello and welcome to sportsday. lots to come with lewis hamilton expected to win his sixth formula one world title in the next few hours, but we start with the premier league, as leicester city continue their fine run of form under brendan rodgers. they, of course, thumped southampton 9—0 last time out, and today they travelled to crystal palace. michael redford was watching. after their record—breaking nine an you'll win a grand the foxes

so if we look at the table, leicester city now up to second there. big game against leaders liverpool tomorrow. and the bottom makes interesting reading too. aston villa are there who haven't played today but we keep coming back to southampton. you feel that something has to change at st marys quickly or they could be a shake—up. michael o'neill made the perfect start to life as stoke city manager as they moved off the bottom of the championship with a 4—2 victory over barnsley. meanwhile nottingham forest are up to fourth after beating local rivals derby i—o. lewis grabban pouncing on a mistake to get the only goal in a fiery game at the city ground. elsewhere in the championship leaders west brom were 1—0 winners at hull, second place preston beat huddersfield 3—1, there were also wins for leeds and fulham whilst swansea scored a 94th minute equaliser in a two all draw at sheffield wednesday. in the scottish premiership managerless hearts claimed their first home win in seven months beating st mirren 5—2. hamilton academical held on for over an hou

leicester city fans could be starting to dream again, the 2016 champions are up to third in the premier palace, the goals came in the second half at selhurst park, jamie vardy, who scored a hat—trick in the nine you'll win. it's now up to ten goals for the season. england's cricketers have lost the latest t20 on their tour of new zealand, going down by 21 runs, in the five match series, it is now all square. they call the ground in wellington the cake tin, and here was an england team bringing with them their own raw ingredients. on his england debut, unproven, taking a little time to warm up. pat brown began his england career on friday. it was the fielding that was letting england down, this was one of five catches drop. it was lewis gregory's first ball in international cricket. by first ball in international cricket. by the time new zealand were done, they had 176 on the board, now, how would english batsmen respond? when jonny bairstow fell with the very first ball, and james vincent followed him, just moments later, it was a little hard to see the positives. chris jordan was a lit

liverpool are eight points clear of leicester city, who beat brighton 2—0.rnemouth. arsenal drew 2—2 with southampton. and there were wins for norwich, manchester city and burnley. in the scottish premiership, celtic beat livingstone 4—0 and are three points clear at the top. while st mirren moved off the bottom of the table thanks to a late sam foley strike, as they beat ross county 2—1. there were also wins for hibernian and kilmarnock. one of the most anticipated showdowns in recent years in racing saw surname winning the christy 1965 chase at ascot. surname, ridden by harry cobden and trained by paul nicholls, finished ahead of altior, who was previously unbeaten. there could be a repeat of the rivalry at christmas in the king george vi chase at kempton. great britain and spain are currently playing the decisive doubles match of their davis cup semifinal tie in madrid. kyle edmund beat feliciano lopez in the opening singles, but dan evans lost to world number one rafael nadal in straight sets to leave the tie level at 1—1. nadal then teamed up with lopez

elsewhere there were wins for wolves, leicester city, and burnley.d the top of the scottish premiership. leigh griffiths made his return for celtic. the scotland striker played the final 22 minutes, three months on from his last appearance having ta ken time away from the sport struggling with depression. elsewhere hibernian beat motherwell 3—1. st mirren moved off the bottom of the table with a 2—1 win against ross county. and struggling hearts were beaten by kilmarnock 3—0. great britain have won the first rubber of their davis cup semi final against spain. kyle edmund beating felicaino lopez in straight sets. with captain leon smith, deciding to rest andy murray again, edmund, the british number 3 played a storming first set taking it 6-3. the second set went all the way to a tie break. edmund winning 7 points to 3 — and taking the match. british number one dan evans' is facing world number one rafa nadal in the second singles match. nadal has won the first set in that match. nadal currently leads 3—0 in the second. to rugby union's european champ

leicester city can move up to third in the table if they beat crystal palace.second half at selhurst park. leicester half at selhurst park. have just scored. england have lost the second t20 international on their tour of new zealand. the black caps won by 21 runs in wellington. it's now 1—1 in the five match series. lewis hamilton should win his sixth formula one world championship this evening. he'll start from fifth on the grid and needs a top eight finish to guarantee the title. i'll be back with more on those stories later... airbnb, which allows people to rent property online, says it's banning bookings for so—called party houses. it follows the death of five people in a shooting in san francisco on halloween night. here's our north america correspondent chris buckler. parties have been a big issue for the company for a very long time, but what has led them to act was a party thrown at a home in 0rinda, which is an affluent suburb in san francisco last week. now a woman rented that house, claiming she wanted to find a place to allow her asthmatic family t

leicester city meanwhile are up to third in the premier league after a 2—0 win at crystal palace.s leading to talk of another title charge and comes on the back of their 9—0 league win at southampton. to italy next, where the former inter milan and manchester city striker mario balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch after suffering racial abuse. balotelli, who now plays for his home town club brescia, picked up the ball, kicked it into the stands and tried to leave during their game at hellas verona. the referee suspended play as part of uefa's anti—racism protocol, and after being persuaded to stay on the pitch by his team—mates, balotelli then scored his team's only goal in a 2—1 defeat, and it was an absolute stunner. her calm. —— here it comes. right into the top corner. brilliant goal. rory mcilroy beat defending champion xander schauffele to win the world golf championship in shanghai. mcilroy had a chance to win on the 18th, but missed this birdie putt as schauffele forced a playoff with both players at nineteen—under. the northern irishman then hit a birdie to win it —

in the english premier league, leicester city are up to second on the table after beating arsenal 2—0but the inform side on their way. and then they doubled the lead thanks to james maddison, clinching victory, a fourth consecutive league win for leicester. a great victory for us against players that can really hurt you, lacazette, aubameyang, top players who can find the pass. but we were able to manage that threat and play some great football also. chelsea are third after beating crystal palace 2—0, tony abraham scored his tenth league goal of the season in the 52nd minute before pulisic sealed all four points. it is their sixth consecutive premier league win, moving them above manchester city, who play the leaders, liverpool, on sunday. there were wins for burnley, everton and newcastle. and sheffield united are fifth after draw at spurs. a record attendance of 77,768 watched england's women at wembley stadium this evening. but they couldn't give their fans the victory over germany they came to see. it was 1—1 going into the final minute of normal time when klara buhl got the winne

england manager gareth southgate has named the leicester city midfielder, james maddison in his squad matches due to illness, but he was then spotted in a casino during the international break. nonetheless, southgate has decided to give him another chance. great britain have theirfirst gold medal of the world para athletics championships — and it was a fourth world title for paul blake. he won the t36 800—metres on day one in dubai, in a season's best time. and he goes again later in the week, in his main event, the 400—metres. the former england and northampton hooker, dylan hartley has announced he's retiring from professional rugby, after failing to recover from a long—standing knee injury. he hasn't played since december, missing england's rugby world cup run. he's northampton's longest serving player with 251 appearances in 14 seasons. hartley said the last few months had been difficult "physically and mentally" and, while his career wasn't "perfect he wouldn't have had it any other way". batsmanjonny bairstow has been added to england's test squad six for the two—match series ag

leicester city are up to third in the premier league after a 2—0 win at crystal palace. balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch after suffering racial abuse. mario balotelli, who now plays for his hometown club breschia picked up the ball and kicked it into the stands. he then tried to leave, during the game at hellas verona. his own teammates and the opposition trying to stop him from leaving. the referee suspended players part uefa's antiracism protocol, and after being persuaded to stay on the pitch, balotelli scored his team's only goal in a 2—1 defeat. it was an absolute stunner. great britain's women will defend their 0lympic hockey title in tokyo next year after coming through their two—legged qualification tie against chile. and the british men have also qualified after beating malaysia. the women, were already 3—0 up on aggregate after yesterday's match at lee valley in london, and they won 2—1 today. this was their last chance to secure a place at next summer's games. joining them will be island's women who have qualified for the olympics for the first time.

and coming up: leicester city are flying high in the premier league after a fine win at crystal palaceaction to that result and more in sportdsay. good evening. the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he won't be standing as a candidate in the coming general election. he says he'll focus instead on touring the country to support his party's candidates. it comes days after his offer of an electoral pact with the conservatives was rejected by borisjohnson. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. love him or hate him, nigel farage has been a key face in british politics for years. it's like sponsored drinking! there might be fewer pints these days, more chats with us presidents, but after years of trying, seven elections, to be precise, he will not be standing to be an mp. i don't want to be in politics for the rest of my life. do i find a seat, try to get myself in the parliament, or do i serve the cause better, traversing the length and breadth of the united kingdom, supporting 600 candidates? and i have decided that the latter course is the right one. will

leicester city are up to third in the premier league after a 2—0 win at crystal palace. goals for the season. next month's scottish league cup final will be an old firm affair. rangers beat hearts 3—0 in their semifinal at hampden park. alfredo morelos scored twice to set up a meeting with celtic, who have won the league cup for the past three years. great britain's women will defend their olympic hockey title in tokyo next year after coming through their two—legged qualification tie against chile. and the british men have also qualified after beating malaysia. the women were already 3—0 up on aggregate after yesterday's match at lee valley in london, and they won 2—1 today. this was their last chance to secure a place at next summer's games. we knew after the euros, we were disappointed not to win a medal and we had to put in a tough few weeks. we didn't have a break, we were working on our fitness so we could put on a solid block of training and 110w put on a solid block of training and now you can see the results and we are through to the olympics. england's cricketer

elsewhere there were wins for wolves, leicester city, and burnley.mund won his match earlier but then rafael nadal beat dan evans to level the scores at 1—1. that left jame murray and neal skupski with the challenge of beating nadal and felciano lopez in the doubles. they lost the first set in the tie—break and i just starting the second set. -- and arejust starting. the winners play canada in the final tomorrow. england perhaps have a mountain to climb if they are to get anything back from that match there. and in rugby union's european champions cup, and holders, saracens, returned to winning ways with a bonus—point victory over 0spreys, they won 411—3. sarries were beaten by racing 92, in their opening game. but two tries from rotimi segun including this, secured a bonus point victory over the welsh region. exeter, northampton and harlequins also won. england's women scored ten tries as they crushed italy 60—3 in bedford to complete a clean sweep of victories from their autumn internationals. world player of the year, emily scarratt, was on the sc

leicester city have moved up to third in the premier league table after they beat crystal palace 2—0southampton 9—nil in their last league game. it was goaless at half—time, but the foxes took the lead from a corner inside the hour mark. caglar soyuncu with a header and jamie vardy, his tenth goal of the season, were the goal—scorers. rangers are through to the final of the scottish league cup after they beat hearts at hampden park. filip helander scored the first goal of the game just before half—time. alfredo morelos added a second early in the second half, before sealing the victory with his second of the game here to make it 3—0. rangers will face their glasgow rivals celtic in next month's final. it's been a great day for british hockey. both the men's and the women's teams have qualified for next year's olympic games in tokyo. they did it by winning the second legs of their qualifying matches today. the men beat malaysia. whilst the women comfortably beat chile 5—1. it means that they will now defend the olympic title they won in rio at the tokyo games next year. lewis hamilton

he enjoyed most success with leicester city and will be looking to roll back the years with non—leagueand try, try and give a bit of what i went through in my career, with rejection, rehabilitation, the mental side of football so i‘m delighted. and we are delighted as well, can‘t wait to see him in action. plenty more coming up over the course of the day. we‘ll round up the day‘s sports news in sportsday and also have the latest from villa park ahead of tonight‘s premier league game between aston villa and newcastle and we‘ll be revealing the nominees for this year‘s sports personality of the year across the bbc thoughout the day. iam i am saying no more than that. that‘s all the sport for now. holly, thank you. some some sombre figures coming in from danny shaw on domestic abuse figures, the number of crimes recorded in england and wales has increased by almost a quarter. the office for national statistics says there were 746,000 offences in the 12 months to the end offences in the 12 months to the end of march. 24% up on the previous year. the 0ns says the rise may reflect improved r

leicester are two points behind second—place manchester city.gue cup semifinal at hampden park. rangers are facing hearts for the right to face celtic in next months final and rangers have the lead, filip helander, who scored his first for the club last weekend, with the first goal of the game just before half—time. alfredo morelos has added a second early in the second half. 2—0 with around 30 minutes to play. england's cricketers have lost the second t20 on tour in new zealand. the black caps won by 21 runs in wellington it's now 1—1 in the five match series michael redford reports. under bright sunshine in wellington, a moment to rememberfor this bowler. an international debut and he will remember his first over. new zealand started brightly. brown had impressed on his england debut but not today. it was not helped by some poor fielding. there were five it dropped catches in total, three by vince. new zealand making hundred and 76 from their 20 overs. from poor fielding to poor batting. james vince followed in after. captain eoin morgan went

secod placed, leicester city beat brighton 2—nil.ttom of the table. celtic trashed livingstone a—nil at celtic park to extend their lead the top of the scottish premiership. leigh griffiths made his return for celtic. the scotland striker played the final 22 minutes, three months on from his last appearance having ta ken time away from the sport struggling with depression. elsewhere hibernian beat motherwell 3—1, st mirren moved off the bottom of the table with a 2—1 win against ross county and struggling hearts were beaten by kilmarnock 3—nil — all three kimarnock goals were scored in the first 16 minutes. in spain, barcelona scored late as they had to come from behind to beat bottom club leganes. the spanish champions trailed at half time but goals from luis suarez and arturo vidal put the leaders three points clear of rivals real madrid, who play real sociedad later. it was a tough day for england's cricketers with their bowlers only taking two wickets on day three of the first test again new zealand. an unbeaten century from bj w

leicester city midfielderjames madison gets the nod.during the international break, so southgate has given him a second chance while manchester city'sjohn stones returns as does alex 0xlade—chamberlain and callum hudson a doi, but no play sport dele alli 01’ a doi, but no play sport dele alli or everton defender michael keane, so or everton defender michael keane, so england just need a point to secure their place in next summers final. another story to tell you about. reports in germany suggesting that former arsenal boss arsene wenger is the favourite to be the new manager at bayern munich. he has not ruled out saying he would never refuse to talk to buy in munich. niko kovac was sacked at the weekend. wenger has just turned 70, and hasn't had a coaching job since leaving arsenal 18 months ago after 22 years in charge. would be quite a valedictory round, another coaching job and a former england rugby captain saying goodbye to his career and not really free choice. no, it wasn't through choice and we are talking about nicola adams ret

england manager gareth southgate has named the leicester city midfielder, james maddison in his squadmonth. maddison had to pull out of their last set of matches due to illness, but he was then spotted in a casino during the international break. however, southgate has decided to give him another chance. there's no place for dele alli but alex 0xlade—chamberlain and callum hudson—0doi are both included. also returning to the squad is manchester city'sjohn stones, who replaces everton's michael keane. this squad announcement is actually the first time we've heard from gareth southgate since bulgaria were told that they had to play one game behind closed doors as punishment for the racial abuse that england players suffered during their qualifier. here's what southgate had to say about that. still very proud of the players the way they dealt with all about. and the ongoing issue is one of education across the world, really. i've spoken about that, yeah, probably more than i should've needed to over the last few years, but that's the situation we are still in, sadly. so, ithink but that's

england manager gareth southgate has named the leicester city midfielder, james maddison in his squadpotted in a casino during the international break. however, southgate has decided to give him another chance. also returning to the squad is manchester city'sjohn stones, who replaces everton's michael keane. there's no place for dele alli but alex 0xlade—chamberlain and callum hudson—0doi are both included. this squad announcement is actually the first time we've heard from gareth southgate since bulgaria were told that they had to play one game behind closed doors as punishment for the racial abuse that england players suffered during their qualifier. here's what southgate had to say about that. still very proud of the players and the way they dealt with all of that. and the ongoing issue is one of education across the world, really. i have spoken about that probably more than i should have needed to over the last few years, but that is a situation we are still in sadly. so i think we still have work to do, and we have to start that work here ahead of anywhere else. it seems incredib

city manager at pep guardiola. he has hailed them as the best team in the world right now. 8 points clear at the top of the table from leicestern the hope of ending that 30 year wait for the title, city, are the defending champions. the man who captained them to that title last season — vincent kompa ny still thinks they can win. they have been crowned champions twice now, back to back, and i don't see why the game yesterday would give them any doubt. if i was in the dressing room yesterday i would be thinking we created a lot of chances against a very strong liverpool, more chances than in previous years when we went to anfield, and nine points is something you can overcome. with a busy winter period coming, i would still believe. i'm sure the leicester city and chelsea fans will also be believing. when it comes to var, some people would like a replay... we don't want to continue talking about it, but we still are. plenty of debate over the last 12 weeks and it will continue, there was more on sunday. city could have had a penalty before liverpool scored their opening goal — trent alexander arnold looked to have handled the b

as a player, he enjoyed most success with leicester city, and will be looking to roll back the yearsfit. he is really good. i think we will be surprised. he could talk himself out of any trouble anyway. always been able to do that. we promised you can deliver the goods. there is a cloudy picture behind you. it is a cloudy start of the day today, quite misty and murky with some hill fog and we have some rain. in the first half of this week, it will remain unsettled with rain and gusty winds that time. towards the end of the week things settle down. it will turn colder but drier with a bit more sunshine. today is cloudy and mild to start with. it will be a mild day generally but we do have the rain. the rain has been falling across northern ireland, wales, into the midlands and down towards the isle of wight as we go through this morning and it will continue to push north—east. ahead of it, a lot of cloud and dank conditions. behind it, the next band showery rain follows hot on its heels. even into the afternoon, if you are just stepping up the front door, wack an umbrella in your bag.

elsewhere leicester beat brighton to nil for their 5th premier league victory in a row manchester city are back to winning ways with a 21 defeat against chelsea and liverpool left it late but managed a 21 win at crystal palace to go 8 points clear at the top of the table you have to be had we have to do by the challenges and so they'll do pretty much everybody and their dogs that. they come from so many different national teams back so that today absolute no problem if you go on a brilliant because in a game like this your chance to make sure that you are ready to fight for the result of the road that from the 1st minute football teams across the netherlands are using silence to raise their voices against racism on the pitch. players of this match between i extend heraclius a meadow didn't kick the ball in the 1st minute of this match in protest against racism and said they stood together and clapped this comes after excelsiors ahmed

city 9 points adrift afterjust 12 games. leicester chelsea in between them and leaders liverpool. in the premier league era, only manchester united 26 years ago have had a bigger lead at this stage of the season. cristiano ronaldo didn't look like a happy man after being subbed off for the second game running forjuventus. it worked on sunday though, as, his replacement ended up scoring the winning goal against milan in serie a. after a subdued display, ronaldo headed straight down the tunnel after being taken off early in the second half. paulo dybala came on in his place and fired juve back to the top of the table. parma have climbed up to eighth by beating roma 2—0 at stadio ennio tardini. mattia sprocati scored the first of the goals in the 68th minute. elsewhere calgiari are up to fourth after being fiorentina. ateltico madrid are third in la liga, butjust a point behind barcelona and real madrid after a 3—1 win over espanyol. bilbao are up to 6th after beating levante whilst in the late game, sevilla beat real betis 2—1. over in

frank lampard side went down one never at home to west ham then now for 3 points behind man city and leicesterbut as i mentioned it's liverpool who lead the way his that manager can clap. brought on a. frozen goalkeeper pretty much. everybody sitting in years probably are not really born yet and then imagine you go there in shorts and read it the insured and some gloves which are not made for keeping you warm. and then. some people lead to freaky can't and like that when you have to run you look a little bit silly in that moment that's what you have to accept but we had to be kept on fighting and drawn especially. how does a lot with 2 really really good saves and crosses he catches and stuff like this but it is called feet obvious he could shoot a ball as far as he wanted. in spain or in madrid have gone to the top of la leggo they were say one way knows that out of as captain sergio ramos and danny carver held the score of their now 3 points ahead of barcelona in 2nd are at atletico madrid on sunday now one of the surprise 1st one is that the arabian gulf cup in qatar have lost their 2nd enc

city are fourth, a point behind leicester and chelsea, they have been crowned champions twice now, backthe defeat yesterday would cast any doubt. i know if i was in the middle of the dressing room i would have been thinking, we created a lot of chances against a very strong liverpool, more chances probably than in previous years when we went to anfield. and nine points is really — it's something you can overcome. but with a busy winter period coming, i would still believe. the video assistant referee was again under the spotlight yesterday, with that early penalty appeal. neil swarbrick is head of implementation for var in the premier league. he told me that it could take two or three years before they are completely happy with how the system is used. we have officiated 70 games in the caribou cup, fa cup for the last two seasons trying to get experience. caribou cup, fa cup for the last two seasons trying to get experiencem is nothing like ten premier league games every weekend. we know there are going to be people looking at our every move. but i am comfortable with where we are and n

city now fourth. nine points behind leaders liverpool. leicester and chelsea make up the top four.ton wanderers rise to eighth after beating aston villa. the season—ending atp tour finals are under way. world number two novak djokovic made a winning start. he beats matteo berrettini of italy in straight sets in just 49 minutes. roger federer is in action against dominic thiem. but the six time champion, lost the first set 5—7. it's currently 3—3 in the second set. the four player, djokovic, berretini, federer and thiem are in the same group, in the round robin phase of the competition. great britain's wheelchair racer hannah cockroft set a new world record to win her fifth consecutive t34100m title at the world pa ra—athletics championships. from dubai, our reporter kate grey rounds up sunday's action. the world records continue to fall here in dubai on day four of these championships and earlier today, we saw great britain's hannah break the record beating her team—mate who had beaten her at the european championships last year and also stole her world record. but she put that rig

city are now 4th, 9 points behind leaders liverpool. leicester and chelsea make up the top four. villa. it‘s still neck and neck at the top of the scottish premiership after celtic and rangers both won. rangers beat livingston 2—0, while celtic beat motherwell by the same scoreline. 0dsonne edouard with celtic‘s first to keep them in first place on goal difference. novak djokovic has made a winning start at the season—ending atp world tour tennis finals. he beat matteo berrettini 6—2, 6—1 in his first match. not such a good opening match for roger federer, who lost to dominic thiem, the austrian winning the first set 7—5. and the world number five won the second set by the same scoreline. it‘s the third time this year that thiem has beaten federer. great britain have won two silvers on the final day of the track cycling world cup in glasgow. katie archibald and elinor barker came second in the madison event, australia took gold, while mark stewart finished second in the men‘s omnium. after golds for hannah cockroft and maria lyle at the world pa ra—athletics championships in duba

sadio mane rounded off the scoring at anfield — the win takes liverpool nine points clear of city and leicester and rangers are still only separated by goal difference at the top of the scottish premier league — both sides won 2—0 yesterday. celtic sit top. alex davies won a fourth gold medalfor great britain at the word para—athletics championships in dubai. he took the title in the f63 shot put. and roger federer was beaten on the first day of the season—ending atp finals at the o2 arena in london — the fifth seed dominic thiem won in straight sets. we'll be hearing a lot more from roger, and a few of his friends, later here on breakfast. what was that interview? it was because it was notjust them. we had the top eight who will all be playing. all of them on a boat? the joke was that if the boat went down, tennis would be in real trouble. joke was that if the boat went down, tennis would be in realtrouble. and we had them cornered. they could not get anywhere. sometimes when you get people like that, they have something else to go to. you cannot leave abode. they could —— you cannot leave a b

their closest challenges are leicester, who won their fifth successive game at brighton. jamie vardy on the scoresheet once again. manchester cityut had riyad mahrez to thank for a crucial three points. the gap to liverpool back down to nine. at the emirates, arsenal needed an injury time equaliser to scrape a draw against southampton. a result that will do little to ease the pressure on unai emery. another manager feeling the heat will be everton's marco silva. norwich getting their first away win of the season and leaving the toffees in a sticky situation. gavin ranjaun, bbc news. celtic are three points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after beating livingston 4—0, but rangers can move level again this afternoon — they're away to hamilton academical. st mirren moved off the bottom of the table, thanks to victory at home to ross county — sam foley with a late winner after they'd gone behind. despite the lta boosting the crowd with 900 free tickets for british fans, the gb team were knocked out of the semifinals of the davis cup, losing to the hosts spain in madrid. after winning one singles match each, the tie came

city are fourth, one point behind leicester and chelsea. here is their captain.he defeat yesterday would cast any doubt. i know if i was in the middle of the dressing room i would have been thinking, we created a lot of chances against a very strong liverpool, more chance probably than in previous years when we went to anfield. and nine points is really, it's something you can overcome. but with a busy winter period coming, i would still believe. manchester united are up to seventh, with a 3—1 victory over brighton. it's united's fifth win in six games. manager 0le gunnar solskjaer thinks things are, finally, coming together. sir alex ferguson approved. elsewhere, wolves beat aston villa. twelve games into the scottish premiership, celtic and rangers are still neck and neck. both won 2—0 yesterday — rangers victors at livingston, while celtic beat motherwell. both have 31 points, but celtic are on top by virtue of a better goal difference, just the one goal better. arsene wenger appears to have ruled himself out of taking over at bayern munich. the german champio

leicester and third placed chelsea. and nine points ahead of champions manchester city.me. lewis dunk pulled one back for brighton, but united hit back straightaway, marcus rashford restoring their two—goal advantage. the victory moves them up to seventh, just one point behind arsenal in sixth. excellent performance by the lads. i thought they were on the front foot, attacking. when you see these boys going forward, as we did today, it is a joy to watch. we need to keep on improving, keep on winning games, and see where it takes us. wolves have moved into the top half of the table for the first time since the opening weekend after beating aston villa 2—1 in the west midlands derby. it was their first victory over villa in the top flight for more than a0 years. jim lumsden reports. wolves were unbeaten in six league games and on the verge of qualification for the knockout stages of the europa league, evidence of fatigue would be understandable. but the energy levels seemed unaffected. villa were constantly on the back foot, and as the half hour approached, diogojota shoul

city. both vying for the title this season, but could there be a third contender? leicesterl 2—0 at the king power stadium. jamie vardy‘s 11th goal of the season put them in front, and james maddison secured the win as he added a second. that's a fourth consecutive league win for leicester, and it's a better start to their season than in 2015/16, when they went on to win the league. chelsea are also well in the mix. they're up to third after their sixth league win in a row, beating crystal palace 2—0. tammy abraham and christian pulisic with the goals. however, tottenham's poor run of form continues after they drew 1—1 with sheffield united, and there was controversy at white hart lane because of, you've guessed it, var! son heung—min put tottenham ahead in the second half. george baldock equalised for sheffield united with this fortuitous goal. but united could have won it, because they had a goal very controversially ruled out by var, which judged this to be offside. just look at the margin. ifjohn lundstram's boots were one size smaller he might have got away with it. the

leicester did not so long ago, so it is certainly not over. liverpool have been a drug or not this season, but they will have a blip at some point. what cityip at some point. what city have done is put massive pressure on themselves. they went 16 games on themselves. they went 16 games on the spin winning everyone last season, so the spin winning everyone last season, so that told you that they are capable, but there is no margin for error any more. chris sutton speaking to me earlier. much more from him on five live. pep guardiola will not be sanctioned by the fa for those animated, some might say sarcastic thank youse to the officials on the pitch yesterday. let's have a quick look a few other of the day's football stories. neil warnock has left his job as manager of cardiff city by mutual agreement with the club. he took over three years ago and led them to promotion to the premier league in 2018, but they went straight back down again last season and they're currently 14th in the championship. liam cooper has been forced to withdraw from the scotland squad for their upcoming euro 2020 qualifiers. the leeds united captain suffered a mus

leicester have won seven of their last nine league matches and arejust two points behind manchester cityl face celtic. the former manchester city and liverpool striker mario balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch after suffering racial abuse in a match in italy. balotelli, who now plays for brescia, kicked the ball into the stands and tried to leave during their game against hellas verona. the referee suspended play as part of uefa‘s protocol. he went on to score after being persuaded to play on by his team—mates. there was a brilliant performance from kenya‘s joyciline jepkosgei at the new york marathon. she won the women‘s event in what was her first ever competitive race at that distance. she almost broke the course record as well. not too shabby. coming up today we‘ll keep you up to date with all the latest sports news. we‘ll round everything up in sportsday when we‘ll also be hearing from former f1 driver jolyon palmer on lewis hamilton‘s latest title success. that‘s all the sport for now. we look forward to later. thank you, sally. new research has revealed the financial challe

city at anfield. there are six games today, chelsea have just kicked off against crystal palace at stamford bridge. in the late kick off, brendan rodgers‘ leicestere been mightily impressive in rising to third in the table, are at home to arsenal. in scotland, leaders celtic and second place rangers play motherwell and livingston respectively tomorrow, but there are four matches today. you can keep up to date with all the latest on the bbc sport website. it's set to be a record breaking day at wembley this afternoon close to 90,000 fans expected to watch england's women take on germany in their friendy at 5:30 in what is another landmark moment in women's football. lots of former players who never got the chance to play here will take to the pitch at half—time in front of that record crowd. england will be be hoping for a change in fortunes in what will be the 26th match between the two sides.. this type of challenge is what the players need. coming off the back of the world cup where we all reached a massive emotional high. we have public all found it a bit difficult to get back up to that high, mentally, physically. but this is the type of game

leicester and arsenal. earlier though, chelsea made it six wins in a row and move above manchester city to second in the tbalee wins in a row for chelsea left them in good shape heading into this fixture with crystal palace. and after an incredible midweek champions league comeback, they were full of confidence. despite a first half full of attacking threat, it would prove to be a goalless one. chelsea began at the second half on a front foot again and they got their breakthrough. the palace defence finally unlocked tammy abraham finishing the move. with only a single goal between the sides, crystal palace upped their efforts and started to trouble the chelsea backline. but as the game approached the final stages, christian pulisic got the second. we certainly deserve to win the game and the first half, if it was frustrating it was because we had chances but not enough clear ones. as soon as we had chances but not enough clear ones. as 50011 as we we had chances but not enough clear ones. as soon as we picked it up in the second half then i thought we got our deserve to win with a clean sheet. it was one of t

city at anfield. there are six games today, chelsea have just kicked off against crystal palace at stamford bridge. in the late kick off, brendan rodgers' leicesterd in the table,

city versus shakhtar donetsk in the champions league. there will updates from tottenham hotspur v 0lympiacos. both games kick off at 8pm. 0nto what's catching our eye on social media and the leicester and the last time they had their christmas party in the city, they won the premier league title. does that bode well for them? they we re does that bode well for them? they were all in fancy dress, i don't know why they needed to hide their faces because i could barely recognise anybody. a bit like our own christmas party! an entire christmas party weekend! they know how to do it in style, sally! black friday sales start this week and are full of hype but they offer few real deals — that's according to consumer group which? the group found only one in 20 offers are cheaper during this annual sale and goods can be found either cheaper or available at the same price at other times of the year. joining me now in the studio is adam french — consumer rights editor of which? very good to have you here. to work out prices, you looked at black friday last year, 83 products, comparing prices they were sold out for the six months before and the six months after after black friday. tell us about