ross barkley clattered into liverpool captain jordan henderson.dfielder only saw yellow when many might have felt it should have been red. in the end it didn't matter. liverpool got what they came for. they had to wait until injury time. substitute daniel sturridge‘s effort falling nicely for to win the match. it was far from pretty but liverpool manager jurgen klopp and the team won't care, neither will be visiting fans, who left with the bragging rights. we could have scored earlier. not a lot of chances. most importantly we didn't give chances away. so it was quite difficult against an opponent who only wants to disturb your game, so, yeah... not the hardest, i would say, but hard enough, and thankfully he could finish the situation. wonderful feeling, he could finish the situation. wonderfulfeeling, i he could finish the situation. wonderful feeling, i have he could finish the situation. wonderfulfeeling, i have to he could finish the situation. wonderful feeling, i have to say, really good. everything good.|j wonderful feeling, i have to say,

all assessing liverpool's title credentials.r, some have questioned those credentials. simon mignolet could not preventjon walters giving stoke the lead. peter crouch used to delight the cop with his goal—scoring. he frustrated them with his goal stopping today. liverpool got help. glenjohnson's error gifted adam lalla na a deserved equaliser. roberto firmino made it 2—1. they continued to get some help putting the ball in the goal. there was little imbula could do but deflect the ball into his own net. ryan shawcross continued the charity. sturridge had not scored all season, he had been on for 55 seconds when he scored in front of an important crowd. six points behind chelsea, and their title credentials looked in fine shape. they did brilliant night. in our difficult moments, he really fought against the two centre—halves, and brilliant passes. he created a lot of moans tonight. he was very important. we need all of them —— moments. in four days, there is another game, and hopefully they will stay fit. two days later, another

the liverpool a landmark win which keeps chelsea just within the horizon.r united came from behind against middlesbrough to win 2—1 at old trafford. paul pogba scored in the 86th minute. it came a minute after anthony martial had equalised. grant leadbitter had given boro a second half lead. manchester united are still sixth, but level on points with spurs in fifth. it's fantastic. one goal down, when you try to win, then you go, then you gamble a lot to play with one defender against negredo. two against two is gambling. the players accepted it with courage, that situation of the game. then we scored and when we scored, i felt the stadium was going down. i thought everybody was coming to the pitch, a fantastic feeling, obviously. the other results, andre grey scored a hat—trick for burnley as they beat struggling sunderland 4—1. leicester had a much—needed win against west ham 1—0, islam slimani with the headed goal. hal—robson kanu scored a brilliant winner for west brom at st marys as they beat southampton 2—1 to move up to eighth. managerless swansea we

chelsea are currently nine points clear of liverpool, who are playing third—placed manchester city.ate you on that match in a moment. first, reaction from the winning manager. to win 13 games in a row in this league is very difficult. today is another example. stoke played very well. but i'm pleased because my players showed me that they are very good to adapt it in a different type of games that we face. we did really well, in fairness. we showed great courage in getting back on level terms. i thought we were good value to get a draw out of the game. we can't afford to keep on making mistakes as we are at the moment. it's hurting us. manchester united came from behind against middlesbrough to win 2—1 at old trafford. paul pogba scored in the 86th minute. it came a minute after anthony martial had equalised. grant leadbitter had given boro a second half lead. manchester united are still sixth, but level on points with spurs in fifth. it's fantastic. 0ne it's fantastic. one goal down, when you try to win, then you go, then you try to win, then you go, then you gamble a lot to play wi

the 1—0 win moves liverpool above manchester city, but they're six points behind leaders, chelsea.nk we deserved to win. there we re i think we deserved to win. there were some close situations. this was one of them. we were still awake and wa nted one of them. we were still awake and wanted to win. with the changes we made i think we gave the side some kind of stability and some experienced striker with daniel. so it was good. of course, a bit lucky. we are really disappointed. we conceded a goal in extra time. eight minutes, that is difficult. it was already difficult to keep one point

he's set to appear at liverpool city magistrates' court on january 31st, the same day as liverpool faceistol rugby have their first win of the season — beating worcester 28 points to 20. the issue of head injuries was once again a talking point in the 13th minute — with bristol's tusi pisi sent off for this challenge on fly half jamie shillcock. despite being reduced to 1a men, tom varndell‘s hat trick gave bristol the victory — but they remain bottom of the premiership, two points behind worcester all three matches in the pro 12 were derbies. glasgow beat scottish rivals edinburgh 25—12 at murrayfield in the pick of the day's pro12 games. that ends a run of three straight defeats. these two contest the annual 1872 cup across the two matches they play in the domestic season, and glasgow went ahead towards the end of the first half whenjosh strauss bundled over. and the visitors sealed the victory with their third try of the game after the break, finished off byjosh dunbar. no bonus point for glasgow though so they remain in sixth in the table and end a run of three straight defeats. edi

liverpool look to close the gap on chelsea in the premier league as they take on stoke at anfield.ton go top of the championship with a 3—0 win over qpr. and it's a second win in two days for trainer colin tizzard as native river wins the welsh grand national. good evening and welcome to sportsday. we start in anfield. stoke took a surprise lead at anfield whenjonathan walters — born on merseyside — nodded thomas pieters crossed past simon minolet in the liverpool goal. that sparked the reds into action and roberto fermino thought he'd equalised only to find peter crouch‘s outstretched leg in the way. the goal did come through adam lallana — capitalising on glenjohnson‘s error to fire home from an acute angle. and fermino had his goal just before half time, allowed space to turn in the box before striking an inch perfect effort to putjurgen klopp‘s side 2—1 up at half time. liverpool then extended their lead on the hour mark with 65 minutes gone, leading 3—1 at the minute. so as liverpool hope to close the gap on chelsea tonight, tottenham will be looking to keep in touch with the

and plymouth will face liverpool in teh fa cup third round after a long night at newport is settled by penlaty. —— penalty. george north should not have been allowed to play on against leicester earlier this month after he appeared to briefly lose conciousness. that is the conclusion of the concussion management review group but they have been criticised for failing to sanction northampton. ‘s they say that the saints‘ medical team hadn't intentionally ignored the player's best interests but have made nine reccomendations to improve the current pitchside protocols. the rugby players association have given their response this evening. 0ur reporterjames burridge has spent time with saints medical team and was at franklins gardens today when it was announced that they wouldn't be punished. a year or $0 a year or so ago, we spent some time filming behind the scenes with the club's medical team and they, like the other teams, top—flight premiership rugby teams around the world, it is a bad player welfare and concussion is the hot topic.” cannot believe they would have put george north's fut

coming up on this programme: late drama as sadio mane scores in the 94th minute to hand liverpool a 1—0 win over everton. karun nair writes his name into the history books with a triple century as india take control of the fifth and final test against england. and mo farah says he wants to master the marathon when he steps off the running track. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with news from the english premier league where the merseyside derby between everton and liverpool finished with late drama on monday. liverpool's sadio mane scored in the 94th minute to hand jurgen klopp‘s side a 1—0 victory taking them second six points behind leaders chelsea. everton‘s ross barkley was arguably lucky not to be given a red card for his second half challenge onjordan henderson but it mattered little in the end as senegal striker mane put the ball in the net, much to the delight of his manager. we could have scored only. we had a lot of chances but the most important thing is we didn't give one chance away i think. so it's quite difficult against an opponent who only want to d

coming up on this programme: late drama as sadio mane scores in the 9ath minute to hand liverpool a 1 history books with a triple century as india take control of the fifth and final test against england. and mo farah says he wants to master the marathon when he steps off the running track. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with news from the english premier league where the merseyside derby between everton and liverpool finished with late drama on monday. liverpool's sadio mane scored in the 9ath minute to hand jurgen klopp's side a 1—0 victory taking them second six points behind leaders chelsea. everton's ross barkley was arguably lucky not to be given a red card for his second half challenge onjordan henderson but it mattered

it means liverpool stay second — now 6 points behind leaders chelsea.spondent andy swiss reports. it remains one of football's fiercest and noisiest rivalries. amid the customary cacophony, though, a minute's silence in memory of the 66 fans who died in a crush at ibrox in 1971. after that reflection, time for the action. celtic, the runaway league leaders, but thanks to kenny miller's perfect timing, it was rangers that seized the initiative. celtic soon responded, though, and in thunderous fashion. mousa dembele's blistering volley levelling it up at the break. and just after it, celtic should have been ahead. dembele denied by the bar, scott sinclair the side netting. would it be one of those days? with barely 20 minutes left, finally their pressure paid off. for sinclair this time unmissable, celtic seemingly unstoppable. rangers did nearly equalise, miller agonisingly close, but celtic are now 19 points clear. it might not even be january, but the title is already surely theirs. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, but for n

liverpool got help from another former red. the one—two punch was delivered. liverpool 2—1.y. sturridge hadn't scored all season. he had been on all for 55 seconds to open his account in front of an important crowd. the club boss will have been impressed too. six points behind chelsea, those title credentials look in fine shape. brilliant tonight, in our difficult moments he really fight against two centre—halves and brilliant passes, he created a lot of the moments tonight, it's very important. we need all of them and especially daniel, of course, but in four days there's another game. hopefully they all stay healthy and fit and it days later another game and a few days later. so we have enough opportunities for everybody, who is fit. hopefully they are all fit. i thought we gave a decent enough account of ourselves. our record here isn't great, thought we would try something different. key moments in the game you have to defend correctly and we gave too many easy goals today. there will be no fa investigation into watford mascot harry the hornet after his alleged mocking d

his time at liverpool was a frustration for him, it's clear to see.asn't playing week in, week out that we had an opportunity of bringing him here. it was on the back of an outstanding european championships as well, so i have to say we were quite surprised that, after the european championships, liverpool was still prepared to allow him to leave, because i thought there was worried that maybe his performances in the europeans well have made possibly liverpool think again. tottenham goalkeeper hugo lloris has signed a new deal to keep him at the club until 2022. the club captain becomes the latest member of the first team to commit his long—term future to the club. he follows the likes of harry kane, delle alli and christian eriksen who recently signed new deals. champions manchester city women have made their first signing of the transfer window. they've completed a deal with birmingham for england under—23 midfielder melissa lawley, for an undisclosed fee. alastair cook has been named captain of the international cricket council's test team of the y

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this unit is in manchester, leeds, london, oxford and liverpool and we get professional chefs, we get we get incredible presents and we provide a full day of love in action for those care leavers, which is basically making sure they have an incredible time and they're not alone. it's not a charity, it's an incredible time and they're not alone. it's not a charity, its run by the community and the people of britain. that's the most exciting thing about it for me. the key lever is being cared for by us. —— cheer lever —— care leaver. is being cared for by us. —— cheer lever -- care leaver. how do you get people involved? in oxford for example, the producer of tracy beaker has been wrapping presents and has given his office over so that all the presents can be held in liverpool, the arts school restau ra nt liverpool, the arts school restaurant have done all the food and donated the cherokees. in london, we've got a brilliant stylist called sabrina who was the stylus forjennifer hudson, she is holding a salon at the christmas dinner. the idea is that the light standards for the care leav

that win means they leapfrog their opponents and liverpool to go second, seven points behind leaderslsea. but there was some controversy surrounding their winner which was scored by raheem sterling. earlier, theo walcott opened the scoring for the visitors five minutes into a first half they dominated. leroy sane equalised for city just after the break. arsenal stay third but have lost their last two league games, 2—1, despite taking the lead in both matches. they were lucky in the first half. it was a premier league game. it was a good game for everybody. of course, it was quite similar to chelsea. with chelsea, we didn't win, and today we did. we dominated. we created chances. we have players that are not there for long time. so, soi that are not there for long time. so, so i am happy. we conceded two offside goals. that is very difficult to accept in a game like that. i believe there is a lot going on the moment that is not serious at the pgmo. it is unbelievable, but every time the decisions go against you, and only unilaterally. danny rose scored the winner as tottenham hotspur

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but can liverpool respond to that message?nd reduce the gap, if they beat stoke in today's only premier league game. liverpool bossjurgen klopp is hoping his team and supporters are recharged after waiting an extra day for their christmas football. atmosphere changes everything. so hopefully all our supporters are recharged after the 25th and 26th, full of good food and in the best mood for this game. and, erm, give everything you can. stoke beat liverpool at anfield last january in the league cup but they don't have a great record at the ground, manager mark hughes says that doesn't weigh on his mind though. it took us 40 years to get a win there, so we hope it's not going to be as long next time. i don't think there is any pressure on us, we're going there with the intention of getting a positive result like we always do. we never go there with the intention of protecting what we have got. we always think at some point in the game we will have opportunities so at about staying in the game and taking them when they come. it m

david lowe, former counterterrorism detective in liverpool.hristmas market in berlin here on bbc news and you can also keep up to date with the latest developments online on the bbc news website. the rest of the news. the queen and prince philip have cancelled plans to travel by train today to their estate in sandringham, norfolk, for christmas, after coming down with heavy colds. this was announced by buckingham palace in the last hour oi’ so. buckingham palace in the last hour or so. royal correspondent nicholas witchell gave me all the latest details. buckingham palace has now said, officially on the record, the queen and the duke of edinburgh have heavy colds. heavy colds. and so have decided not to travel to sandringham today. the queen was, as you mentioned, due to catch a train from london to king ‘s lynn this morning, to travel to sandringham to begin the christmas break. she normally catches the 11:01am from liverpool street. but she didn't catch it. that's what started the questions being asked about what was the cause for this depar

defence, if you can walk through liverpool, for example everybody will speak about that game. players, and then it is about tactical questions, about controlled emotions because it is always a big part in a game, don't make stupid faults, don't make stupid reactions and stay with 11 on the pitch. next year's bobsleigh and skeleton world championships will be held in the german resort of konigssee. it's after the original venue — the 2014 winter olympic city of sochi was stripped of the rights to stage it following allegations surrounding russian state sponsored doping. the event takes place from february 13th. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. c0. uk/sport, and i'll have more in the next hour. let's get more on the news that mps are holding an enquiry into combating doping in sport this morning. the culture, media and sport committee will have evidence sessions with team sky, british cycling and the world anti—doping agency. at the moment team sky have asked sir david brailsford, their boss, defence questions

an own goal pushed liverpool further in—front before daniel sturridge added a fourth, which was liverpool'ser, the important thing is keeping his players energised during the busy festive period. we need all of them, and especially daniel, of course. in four days, there is another game, hopefully they will all stay healthy and fit and two days later, another game, a few days later, another game. we have enough at the tune it is for everybody who is fit, so hopefully, they are all fit. —— we have enough opportunities for everybody who is fit, so hopefully, they are all fit. tottenham have the chance to keep the pace with the top four, with a win away at southampton this evening. their captain hugo lloris believes the club need to ‘keep the focus' over the busy festive period. at this period of the year it is too early to know what is going to happen, you just need to carry on, we know that the christmas period, boxing day, it is a period where you can lose points, so it is important to stay focused and be ready for the battles that we will have. in rugby union's premiership, harlequins survi

league two leaders plymouth argyle have set up a third round tie against liverpool in the fa cup. night‘s replay to penalties, but the match was decided bya penalties, but the match was decided by a penalty in extra time. leicester title enjoy an occasion like this, at the prospect of a trip to liverpool and a half million pound payday will always be a bit of a distraction. plymouth argyle‘s leading goalscorer, green carey, had his mind on thejob. but both sides struggled on a sticky pitch. the best plan was to move the ball quickly and see what happened. the home side was close, but not exactly vintage fair was served up. as full—time approached and the fog descended, the football league‘s what team saw their opportunity. —— bottom team. it had not been much to savour. joe davis‘ saved from kerry ensured the match was still goalless after 180 minutes of fa cup or all. extra time, and a rushed handball gave paul arnold morita the opportunity to take argyle ‘s and feel. so often in matches like this, you feel. so often in matches like this, y°u pay feel. so often in matches like th

an own goal pushed liverpool further in—front before daniel sturridge added a fourth, which was liverpool'sgue leaders chelsea but for the manager, the important thing is keeping his players energised during the busy festive period. we need all of them, and especially daniel, of course. in four days, there is another game, hopefully they will all stay healthy and fit, and two days later, another game, a few days later, another game. we have enough opportunities for everybody who is fit, so hopefully, they are all fit. the fifa president gianni infantino says the world's football federations are "overwhelmingly in favou r" of federations are "overwhelmingly in favour" of plans for a 48—team world cup. earlier this month, the head of the sport's governing body outlined his vision for an expanded tournament comprising of 16 groups of three teams. the top two in each group would progress to the knockout stages. a decision is expected in january but even if approved is unlikely to take effect before 2026. a century from david warner has helped australia close the gap on pakistan in the second te

liverpool are up to 2nd liverpool are up to second in the premier league after a a—1 win over stoke atng queen's park rangers. their final goal was a poignant moment for french winger antony knockaert. he dedicated it to the memory of his late father by kissing a picture of him. he later tweeted ‘nothing better than scoring for the main man in my life. love you daddy.‘ ian cathro has won his first match in charge of hearts. they beat kilmarnock a—0 and stay fourth in the scottish premiership. aberdeen stay a place above them in third, they beat hamilton academical 2—1. russian officials have admitted for the first time the existence of a doping operation which affected some of the world's major competitions. a report earlier this month claimed more than a thousand russians benefited from a doping cover—up between 2011—2015. in interviews with the new york times, officials acknowledged the programme but denied it was state—sponsored. the acting director general of russia's anti—doping agency is quoted as saying it was an "international conspiracy". what a christmas it's been for racing

his time at liverpool was a frustration for him, it's clear to fig.standing european championships as well, so i have to say we were quite surprised after the european championships that liverpool were still prepared to allow him to leave, because i thought there was a worry that maybe his performance in the europeans may well have made possibly liverpool think again. tottenham captain hugo lloris is still to commit his long term future to the club. spurs have moved quickly to tie down first team regulars such as harry kane and delle alli to new deals. but the french goalkeeper, who's current contract runs until 2019, is yet to do so. let's see what will happen. i used to repeat that i feel very proud to be part of this project and kramaric pochettino, to be proud to be captain of this team. i'm really enjoying my time this club and i have a big relation with the fans. i try to do my best, try to achieve some good things, and that's my motivation every day. league two plymouth argyle will face liverpool in the third round of the fa cup, after beating

this win sets up liverpool's new year's chines. —— talents.t is time for the news for you are. happy new year. hello. now reporters. hello. welcome to reporters. in this special edition of the programme, we're looking back at some of the best reports from this year from our network of correspondents around the world. coming up: i'm a heroin addict. i've overdosed four times. we report on the epidemic of heroin and pain killers creating a generation of users and killing tens of thousands of people. the drug they call the devil has hit hardest in small town america, already ravaged by years of economic decline. we're hearing outgoing fire. the troops are trying to gauge how much resistance is in these villages. we join the kurdish forces on the frontline, as mosul awaits from deliverance from so—called islamic state. also before and after — the pioneering surgery without scalpels. i'm in antarctica. and a year in the life of the penguin caught on camera. victoria gilljoins scientists as they track how the birds are adapting to climate change. am

a 33-year-old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. >> i think it was good. >> just good? >> no, fantastic. >> that's better. kasia: you are watching "bbc world news." i am kasia madera. the latest headlines for you -- president-elect donald trump has praised president putin for rejecting a call to expel u.s. diplomats in retaliation for a similar move by washington. and the guns fall silent as the syrian cease-fire is generally holding after 24 hours. we are going to return to our top story, donald trump praising russian president vladimir putin for his response to america expelling 35 russian diplomats. mr. putin said he would not expel any americans in return and trump has described that as a great move which proved the russian leader is, in his words, smart. earlier we brought you the view from moscow. now let's hear from the united states. a homeland security consultant joined me from chicago a short time ago. i began by asking him for his thoughts on the future of cyber conflict. >> i think that we are coming to a changed world wher

you, peter postlethwa ite, bill theatre in liverpool. you, peter postlethwaite, bill nye. —— eddie redmayne, tom hiddleston, they all went to eton. is that an issue for you? they are wonderful actors. i've worked with tom. they are all fantastic. it's not the fact that they are all doing brilliantly, it's the fact that it is very hard for working—class kids, like, it's the fact that it is very hard forworking—class kids, like, in it's the fact that it is very hard for working—class kids, like, in my day, all of us, victoria, we came through subsidised theatre and we got grants. these days, you can't get a got grants. these days, you can't geta grant got grants. these days, you can't get a grant for drama school at all. so that's a worry, then. where is the next generation of working—class actors going to come from?” the next generation of working—class actors going to come from? i don't know. presumably not through drama school, obviously. buti know. presumably not through drama school, obviously. but i think things go in cycles, i really do believe that. i was lucky to be

liverpool can cut chelsea's lead at the top of the premier league to six points this evening if theyans, are well prepared after the extra day off before their festive football. atmosphere changes everything, so hopefully all our supporters are recharged after the 25th and the 26th, full of good food and in the best mood for this game, and give everything you can! stoke beat liverpool injanuary in the league cup, but otherwise don't have a great record at anfield — although their manager doesn't consider history a factor. it took us a0 years to get a win there. so we hope it's not going to be as long next time. no, i don't think there is any pressure on us. we are going with the intention of getting a positive result. we never go there with the intention of protecting what we have got. at some point in the game we will have opportunities ourselves. it is about staying in the game and taking our opportunities when they present themselves. brighton are back on top of the championship after an emphatic 3—0 win over qpr in the first of two games today. they were looking to capitalise on

liverpool bossjurgen klopp is hoping his team and supporters are recharged after waiting an extra day, so hopefully all our supporters are recharged after the 25th and the 26th, full of good food and in the best mood for this game, and give everything you can! it might be summer in australia, but the weather is not helping their cricketers take on pakistan in the second test in melbourne. 0pening batsman azhar ali scored an unbeaten century to lead pakistan to 310—6 as rain wiped out the entire middle session. australia's bowlers could only manage two wickets before the bad weather curtailed the day's play. azhar is 139 not out with mohammad amir on 28. england batsman ian bell could only manage 21 runs for perth scorchers as they set sydney sixers a target of 131 in australia's big bash league. in reply his compatriot sam billings is currently on 32 runs with the sixers 50—1 after five overs. that's all sport for now. don't forget you can keep up to date with all the day's sports news on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport i'll have more for you in the next hour. thanks, hu

stoke beat liverpool injanuary in the league cup but otherwise don't have a great record at anfield, doesn't consider history a factor. it took us 40 years to get a win there, so we hope it's not going to be as long next time. i don't think there is any pressure on us, we're going there with the intention of getting a positive result like we always do. we never go there with the intention of protecting what we have got. we always think at some point in the game we will have opportunities so it's about staying in the game and taking them when they come. in the championship, brighton are on course to return to the top of the table. they're taking on qpr in the lunchtime game. and lead 1—0 through a sam baldock goal. victory would take brighton two points clear of newcastle. struggling qpr are looking to end a five—game losing run in the league. in the 3 o'clock game, derby are targeting a club record seventh consecutive home clean—sheet when they face birmingham. lancashire director of cricket and head coach ashley giles has been released from his contract to allow him to rejoin warwic

and, liverpool keep up the pressure on chelsea in the race for the premier league title.round the world celebrate the start of a new year, many cities have modified security plans following the lorry attacks in berlin and nice. concrete barriers have been placed in central london to stop any potential attack and thousands of extra police are on duty as our correspondent helena lee reports. sydney, australia, one of the first major cities to welcome in 2017. the harbour bridge the focus of their spectacular display. soon after, it was hong kong's turn and this was their party. # should auld... in london, they're preparing for tonight's celebrations. the met police says it has not had any specific intelligence to point to an attack, but they've looked at what happened in berlin and nice and adjusted their plans. as in the past, there'll be officers with firearms, but the key thing is to strike the balance, and none of us wants to disrupt the enjoyment all of us want to have on new year's eve. we can't allow the bad guys to spoil our way of life. in other european cities, in

liverpool bossjurgen klopp‘s hoping his team and supporters are recharged after waiting an extra dayur supporters are recharged after the 25th and the 26th, full of good food and in the best mood for this game, and give everything you can! it took them until boxing day, but bristol rugby have their first win of the season, beating worcester by 28—20. the premiership‘s bottom side played much of the match with 1a men but a hat—trick from tom varndell helped them close the gap on their opponents at the foot of the table to just two points. there were three derby matches in the pro12. glasgow ended a run of three straight defeats by beating edinburgh 25—12 at murrayfield. cardiff blues beat newport and munster beat leinster in the day‘s other games. that‘s all the sport for now. you can keep up—to—date with all of the day‘s sports news on the bbc sport website. i will have more in the next hour. i will see you soon. see you later, thanks, hugh. japan‘s prime minister, shinzo abe, is in hawaii, for an historic visit to the us naval base at pearl harbour, where 75 years ago, an attack by

they're nine points clear of liverpool, who play manchester city in the next 20 minutes or so.d against middlesbrough to win at old trafford. pogba scored in the 86th. a minute after martial had equalised. manchester united still sixth, but level with spurs. they play tomorrow. the other results there for you. swa nsea we nt swansea went down 3—0 at home to bournemouth. chelsea's lead will be cut, because it is second against third in that tea time kick off, liverpool against manchester city. celtic have signed off for 2016 with victory in the old firm match, beating rangers 2—1 at ibrox. their 15th premiership win in a row. it is one of football's noisiest rivalries. but a minute's silence in memory of the 66 fans who died in a crush at ibrox in 1971. after that reflection, time for the action. celtic the runaway league leaders, but thanks to miller, rangers seized the initiative. celtic soon responded though and in thunderous fashion. dembele's volley levelling it at the break. and after it, celtic should have been ahead. dembele denied by the bar, sinclair the side netting.

stoke beat liverpool injanuary in the league cup, but otherwise don't have a great record at anfieldt took us a0 years to get a win there. so we hope it's not going to be as long next time. no, i don't think there is any pressure on us. we are going with the intention of getting a positive result. we never go there with the intention of protecting what we have got. at some point in the game we will have opportunities ourselves. it is about staying in the game and taking our opportunities when they present themselves. brighton are back on top of the championship after their 3—0 win over qpr. they were looking to capitalise on newcastle's slip—up at home last night. they went ahead thanks to this cracker from sam baldock. brighton with then awarded a penalty in the second half for this foul on dale stephens. glenn murray stepped up to make it two. it was all going wrong for qpr, who had defender nedum 0nuoha sent off. brighton added a third. 3—0 how it finished. brighton lead newcastle by two points. they are under way in the other game in the championship. it is currently scoreless be

the hillsborough independent panel was chaired by the former bishop of liverpool, jamesjones.usly great pride, but mixed with sadness because of that enduring sadness of the families, who have continued to feel the loss of their loved ones at hillsborough. he's one of hundreds being recognised for their contributions to their communities across the uk. joining me now from her home in nuneaton is annie zaidi, who has been award a british empire medal for services to football coaching. congratulations. when did you find it? about two weeks ago. it was on my return trip to malaysia, so i phoned it when a court on my post. how much of a shock was it? initially, i was a bit apprehensive opening the letter because i thought it was a speeding ticket or some sort bad news letter. it was a speeding ticket or some sort bad news letterlj it was a speeding ticket or some sort bad news letter. i hope it was in better quality paper than that would be! it was all great. it looked official. tell us about your journey. he wanted to be a football coachin journey. he wanted to be a football coac

liverpool bossjurgen klopp‘s hoping his team and supporters are recharged after waiting an extra day football. atmosphere changes everything, so hopefully all our supporters are recharged after the 25th and the 26th, full of good food and in the best mood for this game, and give everything you can! it took them until boxing day, but bristol rugby have their first win of the season, beating worcester by 28—20. it took them until boxing day, but bristol rugby have their first win of the season, beating worcester by 28—20. the premiership‘s bottom side played much of the match with 1a men but a hat—trick from tom varndell helped them close the gap on their opponents at the foot of the table to just two points. there were three derby matches in the pro12. glasgow ended a run of three straight defeats by beating edinburgh 25—12 at murrayfield. cardiff blues beat newport and munster beat leinster in the day's other games. and favourite thistlecrack won the big boxing day race at kempton park, the king george vi chase. it beat stablemate cue card by three lengths. a great result for jockey

liverpool are second, six points behind the leaders chelsea. everton are in ninth place.them away, i think. it was quite difficult when your game is disturbed and, yeah... not the ha rd est disturbed and, yeah... not the hardest shot but hard enough. enough to finish the situation. a wonderful feeling, actually. surgeons have described a new treatment for early—stage prostate cancer as "truly transformative". the approach which uses lasers and a drug made from deep sea bacteria, can eliminate tumours without causing severe side effects that commonly occur with surgery. more than 400 men took part in the trial. here's our health and science reporter, james gallagher. gerald is now free from prostate cancer and feeling good. but when he was diagnosed with a stick and under— treat the tumour but develop long—term side—effects like impotence or ink on to incontinence or let him go. gerald's surgeon offered him something pioneering. i was looking onwards with my life and wa nted was looking onwards with my life and wanted to have the same quality of living, as it were, as i ha

actress patricia routledge, she has been made a dame. of liverpool, james jones.rough. he is one of hundreds being recognised for their contributions to their communities across the uk. the bbc understands that the queen will decide tomorrow whether she feels well enough to attend a new year's day church service at sandringham. a spokeswomen for buckingham palace said the queen is still recovering from a heavy cold. the queen also had to miss the christmas day church service, which other members of the royal family attended. it is expected a decision will be made tomorrow morning. so—called islamic state has said it carried out two bombings at a busy market in the iraqi capital, baghdad, this morning, killing at least 28 people. more than 50 other people were wounded. the attack was carried out by two militants wearing suicide vests. the united nations security council has unanimously welcomed efforts to end the fighting in syria's civil war. the resolution calls for rapid access for the delivery of humanitarian aid. russia and turkey have helped broker a truce. i

all assessing liverpool's title credentials. those credentials. simon mignolet could not prevent jon those credentials. simon mignolet could not preventjon walters giving stoke the lead. peter crouch used to delight the cop with his goal—scoring. he frustrated them with his goal stopping today. glen johnson's error gifted adam lallana it deserved equaliser. roberto firmino made it 2—1. they continued to get some help putting the ball in the goal. there was little imbula could do but deflect the ball into his own net. ryan shawcross continued the charity. sturridge had not scored all season, he had been on 55 seconds when he scored. six points behind chelsea and their title credentials looked in fine shape. they were brilliant tonight. in our difficult moments he fought against the two centre halves. he created a lot of moments. we need all of them, and especially daniel, of course. in four days there is another game. hopefully they'll stay healthy and fit. two days later there is another game. definitely enough opportunities for

the former bishop of liverpool, james jones, chaired the hillsborough independent panel, set up in 2009at being knighted for his services to bereaved families and justice. it is mixed with sadness because of the enduring sadness for the families who have continued to feel the loss of their loved ones at hillsborough. he's one of hundreds recognised for their contribution across the uk. air passengers are facing delays and cancellations out of heathrow and gatwick airports today, after heavy fog overnight and yesterday. 45 flights have been cancelled at heathrow airport and there are delays at gatwick airport. yesterday more than 150 flights were cancelled. the met office says driving conditions will be difficult in many areas of central, eastern and south—east england until lunchtime, although conditions are improving. our correspondent, angus crawford, is at heathrow airport. it looks better today, angus? it looks better today, angus7m certainly does. today is really a question of the morning after the fog the night before. we know that yesterday something like 20,000 passengers were a

jurgen klopp has named an unchanged liverpool side for the third game running. in goal — danny sturridge and emre can amongst the substitutes. stoke'sjoe allen lines up against his former club for the first time since leaving in the summer. they are just underway and they have played 70 seconds. it is scoreless. brighton are back on top of the championship after an emphatic 3—0 win over qpr. newcastle's slip—up at home last night presented brighton with the opportunity, and they went ahead thanks to that wonderful sam baldock strike. not so sure about the celebration! brighton were then awarded a penalty early in the second half for this foul on dale stephens, and baldock‘s strike partner glenn murray stepped up to make it 2—0. it was all going wrong for rangers who had defender nedum onouha sent off shortly before anthony knockaert rounded off the scoring for the seagulls — dedicating the goal to his late father who passed away earlier this year. so brighton two points clear at the top — but it's a sixth straight defeat for qpr. it's about getting better, becau

he's chaired by the former bishop of liverpool, jamesjones. he's now been nielted. that enduring sadness of the families who have continued to feel the loss of their loved ones. he's one of hundreds being recognised for their contribution across the uk. to syria now and it's now more than 24 to syria now and it's now more than 21! hours since a nationwide cease—fire began across the country, and while it appears to be holding in most areas, it's emerged that not all rebel forces consider themselves to be involved. in particular, one islamist group, which has links to al-anda, has insisted it will continue to fight against the syrian government. our middle east correspondent alan johnston reports. there is a ceasefire, but many on the front lines won't put aside their guns just yet, they'll watch and wait, suspicious after years of war. translation: as fsa, we are committed to the ceasefire to keep civilian people safe, but we are here on the frontline ready in case the regime try to break the ceasefire at any time. we think this ceasefire is a game but we are commit

the hillsborough independent panel was chaired by the former bishop of liverpool, jamesjones.e, but mixed with sadness because of that enduring sadness of the families, who have continued to feel the loss of their loved ones at hillsborough. he's one of hundreds being recognised for their contribution across the uk. lizo mzimba, bbc news. at least 25 people have been killed and more than 50 injured after two bomb attacks at a busy market in central baghdad. a roadside bomb exploded near a shop, then a suicide bomber detonated his device among the crowd that had gathered. so—called islamic state says it was behind the attacks. jonny dymond reports. a packed market — shoppers and traders hemmed in. two bombs. one in a car parts shop, then another when a crowd had formed around the first. both suicide bombers. they took more than two dozen with them. fathers, and sisters, and mothers, and brothers. translation: when we heard the explosion, we found many people killed and wounded who we rescued and sent to the hospital. why does this happen in iraq? why to the iraqi people? to the

the hillsborough independent panel was chaired by the former bishop of liverpool, james jones.e's now been knighted. obviously great pride, but mixed with sadness, because of that enduring sadness of the families who have continued to feel the loss of their loved ones. he is one of hundreds being recognised for their contribution across the uk. lizo mzimba, bbc news. there's a warning that heavy fog could cause further travel disruption today. yesterday the uk's biggest airports, heathrow and gatwick, cancelled more than 150 flights. the met office says driving conditions will be difficult in many areas of central, eastern and south—east england. simon calder, travel editor of the independent, is at heathrow this morning. simon, i understand you have an update on what is happening. i'm afraid things are getting worse, it isa afraid things are getting worse, it is a pretty bleak day, as you can see, the fog is actually clearing a little. at seven o'clock this morning you couldn't see anything, merely hear the old plane arriving. while there was all sorts of hi—tech stuff to get

a busy day in the premier league with top billing going to liverpool against manchester city who are return of sergio aguero. he is back from a four match ban. he is ready. he came back again from argentina. finally came back after seven games, three games plus four, and we are happy he is back. three and a half weeks of somewhere nice weather, argentina is good at the moment, so he can only score goals if somebody gets him the ball. we have to avoid the easy passes, i would say. the easy ones we should avoid and we can defend. here are the other premier league fixtures for your enjoyment of this afternoon. manchester united will close the gap on tottenham with a win over middlesbrough. chelsea face stoke while bottom side swansea take on bournemouth. andy murray has been made a knight in the new year ‘s honours list. he is celebrating by playing in the play—offs in abu dhabi. he suffered a defeat to david goffin yesterday having won their previous five meetings, but he is a set against milos raonic of canada today and serving for the much as i speak as he prepares for the first gran

liverpool managerjurgen klopp has dismissed claims he wants to sign arsenal's alex oxlade—chamberlainanything about tra nsfer usually, i don't say anything about transfer rumours but i can make an exception, no problem. nonsense! if we think that we had to do something, if there is a player which can help us, not only in january but in february, march, april, may, and the season after... then we would do something. but if not, then not. argentine striker carlos tevez appears to have become one of the highest paid sportsmen in the world after moving to the chinese super league. the former west ham, manchester united and manchester city striker has joined shanghai shenhua, who are coached by ex—brighton boss gus poyet. they've agreed a 71.6 million pound deal with argentine club boca juniors — including a salary for tevez of over 600,000 pounds a week. tevez joins a growing list of high—profile players to head to china, including graziano pelle, ezequiel lavezzi, jackson martinez and oscar. rafael nadal has made a winning start to his latest comeback from injury. it was an emphatic vict

liverpool can go back to second in the premier league tonight but they‘ll need to beat everton in theger than it after the game than it is. especially if you win it. if you win it, everything is good, but it causes you a lot of problems if you lose it. it‘s not that you talk five weeks about it when you win it, but very often it is like this when you lose it. so it‘s pressure, of course, but i like these situations. no worries. the pressure. if you walk through liverpool for example for players and everybody will speak about that game and it is easy motivation to bring to the players and then it's about technical questions, about control, emotions, because that's always a big part in the game. don't make stupid faults and don't make stupid reactions and stay with 11 on the pitch. i‘m looking forward to that game later. team sky boss sir dave brailsford has told a house of commons select committee that a package delivered to them at the 2011 criterium du dauphine contained a decongestant. the race was won by sir bradley wiggins. an allegation from the daily mail had put them under pres