they can only do better we spoke to side them on actually and it was interesting we were at liverpool in liverpool and he said that generation of players in two thousand and two were vitally important in his love of the game so i guess again from an african perspective it's important for all of those nations to inspire the next generation of african football as well and beside that we have also. it within. europe and best to many african players so it's normal that when they come back home to play for their country that they do much the same level of commitment with their club that with a country so i have no doubt that and i really hope that that will be the case that african teams will be really going very far in this competition and i wish them good luck for the door tomorrow is a huge football an organization where you have attempted to play do you ever get invited to five a side much is eleven a side match is what i used to play when i was younger but i think that after fifty five i think maybe not the right thing to do but definitely supporting the young players supporting my daughter who is

they can only do better we spoke to saddam on actually and it was interesting we were at liverpool in liverpool and he said that generation of players in two thousand and two were volatile important in his love of the game so i guess again from an african perspective it's important for all of those nations to inspire the next generation of african football as well and beside that we have also. it within . europe and best to many african players so it's normal that when they come back home to play for their country that they do much the same level of commitment with their club that with a country so i have no doubt that and i really hope that that will be the case that african teams will be really going very far in this competition and i wish them good luck for the draw tomorrow is a huge footballing organization you have attempted to play do you ever get invited to five a side much is eleven a side much as i used to play when i was younger but i think that after fifty five i think maybe not the right thing to do but definitely supporting the young players supporting my daughter who is now also

he has scored 23 goals in all competitions since signing for liverpool and the only other liverpool playerhunt in 1961. a 2—1wind, jamie vardy gave leicester the lead, but there was a fightback from liverpool. liverpool had lots of chances, salah missed two or three other chances. he was taken off with a slight injury butjurgen klopp is delighted. we dominated the game and the squad were fantastic, two fantastic goals. it is a very deserved win. mentality wise, outstanding performance and i am really happy. we are going to take a look at chelsea, a great win for them but maybe keeps the pressure more on mark hughes. a 5-0 win without really getting out of third gear. brilliant performance by chelsea, danny drinkwater was one of the scorers. a bit of squad rotation. mark uses under real pressure. a big game coming up against newcastle and they only had one shot during the game. big win and danny drinkwater, watch match of the date for his goal. huge game coming upfor the date for his goal. huge game coming up for stoke. let us look at the other results. big win for swa nsea, the other resul

and voting hasjust opened for the sports personality of the year awards in liverpool, where 12 the year awards in liverpool, where i2 nominees are waiting to find out who will be crowned the 2017 winner. and guest editor of radio four‘s the today programme prince harry has interviewed the former us president barack obama. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show... we travel to georgia to pay a visit to a town that's the birthplace of one of the 20th century's most controversial figures. rajan meets an artist in dubai creating a unique fusion of traditional arabic calligraphy and street—style graffiti. i always try to bring a message of peace and tolerance and try to bring people together. we are all connected, and this is what i'm trying to do with arabic calligraphy, to connect people. yeah, baby! and i discover that santa makes it look easy when i hop on a sleigh for an early slice of christmas in finnish lapland. let's go, son, let's go! but first this week, we're going to georgia. with its black sea coastline, forested landscape and world—famous wine, it's not hard to see why to

rooney scored his first g wayne rooney scored his first goal in the liverpool derby. liverpool—1 draw in the merseyside derby with everton at anfield. in the merseyside derby as natalie pirks reports. in the merseyside derby the in the merseyside derby weather may have been fr but the weather may have been freezing, but this fixture is always enough to get pulses racing. everton were on the ropes from the start and just before half—time, mohamed salah got the goal liverpool deserved. absolutely magnificent. it was a superb strike on his derby debbie. things were just starting to heat up and it nearly got worse for everton before the break. or at least it would have, had mane had not gone for glory. and everton attack handed them a lifeline. when lovren went for a push, the penalty was given. wayne rooney put the ball on the spot. almost 13 years since his last merseyside derby, he revelled in his role as party pooper. everton snatched a point and big sam left with a smile. unlike a protesting liverpool. also, liverpool. 85 minutes separated the goals at also, 85 minutes separat

an upset after reminiscing about their last big cup win when they beat liverpool in the fa cup in big cup win when they beat liverpool19911. big cup win when they beat liverpool in the fa cup in 1994. it's a fantastic game. manchester united come to town, i think it always brings that feeling of it's a big tie. this club hasn't had it for a long time, probably back to certainly the footage i have seen. it's a goal, they've done it! bristol city score. the mrirs have to feel somebody could be a hero. it's a great test for us, also off the pitch, it's the first sellout in the pitch, it's the first sellout in the newly renovated stadium. the australian bowler who has done the most damage to england on the ashes tour could miss the fourth test. mitchell starc has a bruised heel and will be reassessed before the traditional boxing day test in melbourne. he has taken 19 wickets so melbourne. he has taken 19 wickets so far in the series which has gone a long way to giving them an unbeatable 3—0 lead. a dismal ashes so far already, lost the series and lots of talk about ill—discipline within the squad. ben duckett was one of

rooney scored for the first time in a merseyside derby, his penalty conversion making sure of a point for everton as they drew 1—1withjurgen klopp‘s liverpool. liverpoollead at the top of the table to 11 points, a huge blow to their title rivals. and southampton and arsenal drew 1—1 today after a late olivier giroud header salvaged a point for arsenal, who are in fifth place. in the scottish premiership, hibernian scored twice in the final 15 minutes to come back from two goals down to draw 2—2 with celtic, who are now unbeaten in 68 domestic games. in rugby union's european champions cup, exeter‘s year long unbeaten run at home came to an end with defeat to leinster. harlequins' hopes of reaching the quarter finals are over after defeat to ulster. while wasps lost for the second time in theircampaign, beaten by an impressive la rochelle side by 49—29. adam wild rounds up the action. la rochelle may be a new name amongst europe's rugby elite, but theirs is a side fast catching the eye and turning the heads of the game's more established order. teams like wasps, history, tradition on their side, still rob miller's early try was something of a surprise.

in liverpool. which is of a fire that has broken out at the liverpool echo arena, which is staging the liverpool internationalthat has broken out in the multistorey car park there. on the line is someone inside the arena. good evening and thank you to joining us on bbc news. tell us what is going on and exactly where you are? we had actuallyjust left the arena and i'll outrank to walk over to the train station. we are told we can't take any cars out of the car at alternet. —— at all tonight. and i think all events have been cancelled. so your car is inside the car cancelled. so your car is inside the cancelled. so your car is inside the car park? yeah, i think the fire broke out around floor three and we are wrong floor for. we can't even see if our car is damaged or not. what are you able to see? we have just got outside now and we're not allowed to go anywhere near the car park at the moment. there are lots of flashing lights and a big chord in and we are not allowed anywhere near it. use and quite shaken? i am rushing for the train! you are in a hurry, it is good to you to talk to us hurry, it is good to y

in the summer. liverpool thought they were going to sign in summer. southampton weren't too keen on the way liverpool liverpool more money. but yes, they've got their man. he gets the number four shirt previously won by mark lawrenson and phil thompson. if he has half the success they did, you have done very well. liverpool have said he will sign on the ist of january, you actually sign on the second. the first day you can sign. it means the first game he is available for is the fa cup tie against everton. the following weekend. what about southampton losing van dijk on that pretty poor run of one win in ii losing van dijk on that pretty poor run of one win in 11 games? a big blow for them. it is, but a blow cushioned by £75 million, which gives them some money to go into the tra nsfer gives them some money to go into the transfer market injanuary themselves to try and buy some players, maybe not central defenders. they have a lot of central defenders. van dyck injured for a lot of last season. he's not played the last couple of games. southampton do have options, but they are deficient in other area

in liverpool. i come from liverpool. we know how to enjoy ourselves. i say fine, just be safe. h us. headlines coming up. hello. this is breakfast with rogerjohnson. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the president of the philippines is to visit victims of a tropical storm that's claimed nearly 200 lives. a relief operation is under way following flash flooding and mudslides. a state of emergency has been declared in several locations across the region, where tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes. the storm is now heading west towards vietnam. north korea has described the latest un sanctions imposed on the country as an "act of war". on friday, the united nations voted for measures that include limiting the country's petrol imports by up to 90%. the sanctions were in response to pyongyang's ballistic missile tests. four people are being treated in hospital after a serious collision involving several vehicles on the m40 motorway in 0xfordshire. it happened between junctions 10 and 11 of the northbound carriageway, whi

in liverpool. from there correspondent joe wilson sent this report. the world's superbike champion arriving in liverpoolbest entrants. the toughest question was for the champion cyclist. chris froome, how did he explain testing above the allowed threshold for an asthma drug? i am an asthmatic, i have been since i was a child and i use a puffer to help me manage my asthma but i've never ta ken puffer to help me manage my asthma but i've never taken more puffs than i'm allowed. so this really is quite a horrible situation. this man was the overwhelming bookies' favourite to win sports personality. well, anthony joshua stood on the red carpet among so many other famous sports men and women as a reigning world heavyweight champion but remember, this award is to acknowledge the sports person that most captures the public imagination. mo farah was with his children in london trying to do an interview before the vote began. young hussain thought sunday evening was family time. daddy! win you jonnie peacock was third, jonathan ray second, now kenny dalglish revealed the winner. stand by. mo farah! cheering me?

a big game tonight in football, the last to arsenal and liverpool met on a friday night was in 1989 liverpool the season in 1989 and was the final of the season and the gunnersjuan mata claim the league title in dramatic circumstances. with both clubs languishing behind manchester city, jurgen klopp's liverpool don't want to head home for christmas with a defeat tonight. we have to be ready for a different challenge on friday, it is arsenal and they have quite a talented group. and they can create chances as well. and we need to be spot on football the players need to be spot—on in this specific part of the game. rangers have appointed graeme murty as manager until the end of the season. he's been in temporary charge since the sacking of pedro caixinha and had been given thejob until the end of the year at least after the club failed in their attempts to talk to aberdeen boss derek mcinnes about taking over. rangers are currently third in the scottish premiership. the ashes might be lost but england still have selection issues to consider with the fourth test starting on boxing day. with crai

in manchester. just before sunday's manchester game, liverpool take on everton at anfield in the lunchtime kick—off. liverpoolls in their last two games, and sit fourth in the table compared with everton's tenth. now, a few weeks ago, liverpool would have been odds—on favourites. but enter new boss sam allardyce, and everton could be a much tougher proposition. when we meet on sunday, i've played him in three different clubs already and i'm only two years here. at each clu b and i'm only two years here. at each club he did thejob. so obviously he's very successful, and you know what you get, if you want. that doesn't make it easier, to be honest. because all sam allardyce teams are difficult to play, that's no secret. so, that's sunday wrapped up. let's look at saturday's fixtures. champions chelsea gets things under way in the early game at west ham. another huge game for new manager david moyes. tottenham need to improve their league form generally, but particularly at home. they need to look for more consistency. they're playing stoke at wembley. and there's a real six—pointer at the bottom end of the tabl

liverpool. i have just had a message manchester, glasgow and liverpool. i havejust had a message in manchester, glasgow and liverpoolinutes to say that we do now have the all clear. those repairs have the all clear. those repairs have been finished. that does not mean disruption will end. a lot of services have been cancelled or they are being delayed and people are being told they can use their tickets to travel tomorrow. but i have been told that they expect there will be no cancellations or problems for the rush hour in the morning. but still, this is a busy weekend. around 40,000 passengers go through this station every day, and coming up to christmas there are a lot of shoppers. they say there will bea lot of shoppers. they say there will be a knock—on effect. there will be problems coming on later today but services will be back to normal tomorrow morning. thank you very much. children will be able to get access to mental health support at schools or colleges in england under plans announced by the government. £300 million of funding will be made available in a joint initiative between the departments of healt

in the sunday telegraph. the return of king cotton looms large. it is an important story for this whole area. manchester and liverpool once had the cotton industry and in liverpoolyl, and that is a mechanical industry making a comeback. here we have a combining of the two worlds. we have the physical, botanical industry of the mills, that computer technology is allowing not only the bisto industry to happen, so this is in the article, you can have a one—off and it can be affordable and it is 100 send british made because all around the world varies a love and fight as a nation —— fascination for these goods that have the heritage of this area. there was always the problem that there are lower labour costs in the far east so they could make things cheaper. i think people have less goal learned lessons because manufacturers in the far east have the leading edge technology, for insta nce the leading edge technology, for instance in electric guitar manufacturing, every millimetre of what is precious, so when they cut a model, it is specifically not wasteful. here we have the same kind of technology used for this. so if someone of technology used for this. so if some

in the champions league knockout stages. manchester united, manchester city, chelsea, tottenham and liverpool will all be in the draw on monday as the final round of group games was played this evening and liverpooloid defeat to qualify and they beat spartak moscow 7—0 to top their group. we have seen anfield on european nights numerous times but not five english teams progressing in the champions league. yet liverpool quickly had a foot in the last 16, mohamed salah fouled and philippe coutinho scored from the spot. while the home side cannot stop scoring at the moment, they started against spartak moscow sensationally as a second was followed by a third inside 18 minutes. another of the liverpool front four getting in on the act and while there was no self—destruction like in seville, there were tears which had nothing to do with the result. the same story in the second half and a perfect finish from sadio mane. if that was not enough, a fifth with more fantastic bubble and coutinho had his hat—trick. mane was getting close as well with his second soon following an all liverpool needed was salah discord and of course he did. the 5—11? fab and of course he did. the 5—11? fab and liverpool make i

in liverpool. a warning, the report contains some flash photography. the world superbike champion arriving in liverpoolampion cyclist. i have been an asthmatic since i was a child. i have never taken more of the drug than i am allowed and this is quite a horrible situation. anthonyjoshua allowed and this is quite a horrible situation. anthony joshua stood allowed and this is quite a horrible situation. anthonyjoshua stood on the red carpet amongst so many other sporting champions but this award is to acknowledge the spokesperson who most captures the public imagination. my farrah was with his children in london trying to do an interview. but his young son thought it was family time. we knewjohnny peacock was first and jonathan rio second. standby the winner. mo farrah. me, really? with his youngest daughter, his reaction was wonderfully sweet but sadly short with the line at the london lost. in 2017 mo farrah was the outstanding individual athlete. world champion again. he said he expected to miss out as sports personality. you can bet yourself to other athletes and you think you could finish in the to

liverpool where the winner will be decided by public vote. 0ur sports correspondentjoe wilson is in liverpool ahead of tonight's awards. it's another exciting night, talk us through the runners and riders. we have 11,000 seats at the echo arena in liverpoolully employed for a few sound checks ahead of the musical entertainment. hopefully if there's any noise from there it will only enhance the next minute. the nominees i think represent a great sense of diversity in sporting coverage on the bbc and across british media. bianca walkden is one of the 12. elise christie, speed skater, will be at the winter 0lympics. she's a triple world champion. jonnie peacock is there. you may have seen him quite a lot and saturday evenings. along with them, some sports men and women who maybe have typically a higher profile, for example lewis hamilton. he became for time formula 1 champion. mo farah, gold and silver in the war championship as he retired from track athletics. harry kane, premier league top goal—scorer at once more. adam peaty the swimmer has dominated his distance, double world champion. jonathan rea of northern ireland has dominated world superbikes and became world champion for the third time this year in 2017. johanna konta reached the

a major operation under way here in liverpool, on the waterfront close to albert dock. the liverpoolernational horse show was taking place at the echo arena. the horses we re place at the echo arena. the horses were led to safety and taken inside the arena while the owners of the horses ran to the car park to move the horse boxes that were parked on ground floor. merseyside fire the ground floor. merseyside fire and rescue have said that this is one of the worst fires that merseyside has ever had to deal with. this operation will continue for some time. it began at quarter to six and several hours later it shows no sign of coming to an end. you can hear car tyres exploding mixed in with the sounds of new year celebrations. a number of neighbouring apartments have been evacuated as a safety precaution. the mayor of liverpool has appealed for help tonight. they are looking for help tonight. they are looking for people to come forward who may be able to offer transport or accommodation for up to 4000 people who have been left stranded here in the city centre. new year's eve is not the b

liverpool where the winner will be decided by public vote. our sports correspondent adam wild is in liverpool ahead of tonight's awards. it is going to be a busy night, lots of options the public can vote for. absolutely, good afternoon. welcome to the banks of the river mersey in liverpoolr. 11,000 people are expected here over the next few hours for that ceremony that begins around about 6:a5 p:m.. you can see behind me the red carpet ready for those sporting stars to arrive. 0ver ready for those sporting stars to arrive. over the next few hours. eight awards in total, including tea m eight awards in total, including team of the year, coach of the year, and of course, the big one, sports personality of the year. expecting that to be announced around about nine o'clock on bbc one. as you say, it isa nine o'clock on bbc one. as you say, it is a public vote. everybody‘s vote matters. i'll just it is a public vote. everybody‘s vote matters. i'lljust talk you through some of those in contention. 12 in total. bianca walker, first tae kwon do fighter to be short listed for the award. securing her fourth successive global title, heavyweight gold at the world championship ‘s. elise christie, short track speed skater. recovering from a very difficult 201a winter 0lympics, she is

in so far. liverpool had a scare with their shoddy defending but came from behind against leicester. jamie vardy scored for leicester city after some bad defending byjoel matip but they fought back well, liverpoolas mohamed salah, 23 goals he has scored in all competitions, equalling a club record. liverpool deserved it. they had so many chances, salah had three good chances, salah had three good chances but jurgen chances, salah had three good chances butjurgen klopp, big celebrations, this is an important win. mortgages for liverpool, watching in the stance was their new star, virgil van dijk, signed from southampton, £75 million, a club record for a defender, he would've enjoyed the victory and so did jurgen klopp. we the game. two fantastic goals. it was a deserved win. mentality wise, it was an outstanding performance and i am really happy. the biggest win of the day was at stamford bridge. chelsea beat stoke back in september and they went one better today. they we re they went one better today. they were superb. but they did not get out of their gear. a good performance, but stoke were awful, the only had one shot. the pressure is on mark hughes? yes, they play newcastle next and if they

good morning from the jacob's cream cracker factory in liverpool, good morning from the jacob's cream crackerfactory in liverpoolrrow, the fog is going to be a problem for some people on the move. the details in 15 minutes... good morning. first, our main story. police in beirut investigating the murder of a british woman whose body was found by the side of a motorway say they have arrested a man who had been working as a taxi driver. that news has come into us in the last hour. rebecca dykes was working at the uk embassy in the lebanese capital city for the department for international development. it's thought she had been abducted and strangled after leaving a party. our middle east correspondent martin patience joins us from beirut. martin, good morning. the state of the investigation, we have heard in the investigation, we have heard in the last hour, you told us about this arrest? that's right, it does appear that there has been a big breakthrough in this case. lebanese police have told us that they arrested a suspect in the early hours of this morning. it is believed that man had been working asa believed

personality of the year will be announced in liverpool. 12 are on the short list, with the public choosing the winner. our sports correspondentjoe wilson is in liverpoolrse yourself in the voices and memories. 2017 has seen media coverage of a expanding diversity of sport. this evening we will be guided through achievements from grassroots to the top. there are 11,000 seats, but voters at home will decide. at least andy murray had a less successful year, so someone else can have a chance to win. the nominees offer something for everyone. speed skater, runner, cyclist, f1 champion, heavyweight boxer, football goal—scorer, paris sprinter, wimbledon semifinalist, superbike, and tae kwon do fighter. there will be special memory of bradley lowery, his parents will collect the ward. his six years filled with devotion to football. and sports personality of the year is taking place right now over on bbc one. but i will bring you the announcement as soon as we have it. we expect the announcementjust before 9pm. prince harry has interviewed barack obama, for bbc radio 4's today programme. if you start using long pauses between the answers, you will probably get

surrounding area who have come to celebrate new year in liverpool will be having trouble getting to their vehicle. if people are visiting liverpoole hotels will be full. so, where are they going to stay? you can imagine there will be busy scenes in liverpool city centre tonight. but as far as we know, every person and every horse at the arena have been accounted for, and the organisers have said all people and horses are safe and secure, and they would like to thank spectators, riders and support teams for their understanding and co—operation. there is a possibility of rescheduling the show for tomorrow, but that is currently under review. nina warhurst, many thanks. lets code back now tojenny kirkhan, reporter at the liverpool echo, who is at the scene. we were having some trouble hearing due before, i think the line is better now, tell us what you can see? at the minute the fire can be seen coming out of a number of flaws in the multistorey car park. there's around five or six appliances here are attempting to stop it from spreading to a nearby apartment block. you can hear in the background alarms going from the cars and horns

make it 3-2 but they scored three goals to make it 3—2 but firmino has got liverpool backin 3—2 but firmino has got liverpool back inthe emirates. real madrid against barcelona is or was a huge game but while barcelona are six points clear at the top their rivals real madrid are long way behind them —— is always. this weekend of‘s el clasico is as much about the political situation in spain as it is about the football. they are the superstars who define their era, the players on each side of football's rate is going, with lionel messi and ronaldo fans tend to divide but now there are greater divisions in spain. this is the first el clasico since the band independence referendum in october and it comes days since catalonia went to the polls again and amongst the voters was gerard pique a barcelona, a prized asset for his region and his country. translation: to be able to vote historically has not always been possible in this country and 110w been possible in this country and now it is, we have to defend it. this isn't a rival use to bring sides together but football sometimes can heal some of the wounds. this comes a

personality of the year will be announced in liverpool. 12 are on the shortlist, with the public choosing the winner. our sports correspondentjoe wilson is in liverpool in the voices and memories. 2017 has seen media coverage of an expanding diversity of sport. with stories of governance and ethics as well as goals and wickets. this evening we will be guided through achievements from grassroots to the top. there are 11,000 seats here, but voters at home will decide. at least andy murray had a less successful year, so someone else can have a chance to win. the list of nominees offers something for everyone. the speed skater, the runner, the cyclist, the f1 champion, the heavyweight boxer, the football goal—scorer, the wimbledon semifinalist, the paris sprinter, the star swimmer, the superbiker, the cricketer and the tae kwon do fighter. there will be special memory of bradley lowery, his parents will collect an award. his six years were filled with connection to football. the point of sport is to provoke every emotion. tonight's programme is likely to touch most of them. and sports personality of the year is taking place right now over on bbc one. let

also in english premier league — liverpool were held to a 1—1 draw by everton, in the merseyside derby. mohammed salah opened the scoring for liverpool at southampton, thanks to a late 0livier giroud equaliser. elsewhere — in la liga — barcelona remain top of the table. they are 1—0 they are1—0 up they are 1—0 up at villa real in the late kick off there. atletico madrid move into third, jumping above city rivals real. atletico beat betis1—0. malaga are off the foot of the table — they beat real sociedad 2—0. in italy — napoli missed the chance to go top again. they were held to a 0—0 draw at home to fiorentina. roma stay fourth, after their goalless draw with chievo. and in the late game — ac milan versus bologna. they are leading 2—1, ac milan. they are mid—table at the moment. dutch eredivisie league leaders psv eindhoven were beaten 3—0 by arch—rivals ajax on sunday. david neres opened the scoring. just three minutes later, lasse schoene doubled ajax's lead. and donny van de beek later made it 3—0. psv‘s lead over az alkmaar has been trimmed to five points. third placed ajax are now seven points adrift of psv. in the german bundes

they beat liverpool in the third round of the fa cup in 1994.m they beat liverpool in the third round brings that feeling, it is a big tie. this club has not had it for a long time. probably back to the footage i have seen, the players have too feel somebody could be that hero. a great test for us on the pitch. the first seller in the newly renovated ashton gate. fantastic. the other ties sees chelsea play bournemouth. at sta mford chelsea play bournemouth. at stamford bridge. expect a lot of changes to antonio conte's side. but he knows the cherries will be dangerous. it is not simple. we must have trepidation. bournemouth wants to ta ke have trepidation. bournemouth wants to take revenge. to try and create problems. leicester centre manager elenchi is free to play against saracens on christmas eve. after his sighting for a dangerous tackle at the weekend was dismissed. he was making his first appearance since the opening day of the season. he was cited for a low tackle during european champ cup defeat. the disciplinary committee did not think it warranted a red card. that's all the

in liverpool. —— hosting. the festive run of fixtures in the premier league kicks off tonight at the emirates, where arsenal welcome, jurgen klopp's liverpoolhe adjusts, to his new clubs style of play. it is on the pitch, he needs to be involved in these situations as well. the moment, it is fine, i am all good. but i see space for as well. milk was thrown and it all turned sour, guardiola took the points, mourinho got the pint. but both manchester clubs have escaped punishment after the tunnel bust up at old trafford, folowing city's recent 2—1 derby win. separately, mourinho has also escaped with a warning about his pre—match comments, regarding match officials. now, how about this for a christmas present? huddersfield town defender mathias yorgensen has offered to buy a pint, for every fan who makes the 500 mile round trip to southampton on saturday. (tx 00v) it's payback for their amazing support, he says, but that's a round that could end up costing the defender, who's nicknamed "zanka", over 8 thousand pounds. . .. it easy to say yes, this is football, they get a lot of money, drive flashy cars but we are all people, we all just drive

seventy million dollars which meant city paid for benjamin meant in july the liverpool manager will hope the signing can result liverpool's defensive weaknesses while their conceded twenty three goals in twenty e.p.l. games and sit fourth in the table. there was just one game in the english premier league on wednesday a table top has to city. one a nail not only does that result take them a fifteen points clear but they're also extended their record of consecutive a.p.l. wins to eighteen games and despite it being being a festive season it hasn't stopped arsenal manager arsene vega taking a dig at his old rival jos a moreno the manchester united boss has complained that nobody can compete with the spending power of league leaders manchester city telling his old foe who's spent over four hundred million dollars since taking over as united boss in two thousand and sixteen to just deal with it. look i've been in that position for twenty one years so i would not start to complain no i don't resign on chemo at least sometimes for will reach of an i was or three teams who were rich of and i was so. learned to cope and and to ge

liverpool, on a friday night, since the since the title decider, back in 1989. and what a match it turned out to be — liverpool took a 2—0 lead. the premier league's top scorer, mo salah with this one. but arsenal hit back with an incredible three goals in five minutes. what a spectacle for the home fans. liverpooleep out — 3—3 it finished. we didn't give up and the spirit in the team is absolutely fantastic. you have to acknowledge that and on that front i am quite proud of the players, the way they responded shows a strong mentality. usually at arsenal, if we get a point it's an ok result for most teams. it's pretty unlikely to get it and we deserved more, we only got one, but that's how it is and it feels not too good at the moment. all the other sides are playing today. manchester city take their 11—point lead at the top of the table, into a home match against bournemouth, who're dangerously close to the relegation zone. and who could have envisaged at the start of the season that at christmas, burnley would be above tottenham in the table? well, that's exactly how things stand ahead of the two teams meeting at turf moor this evening. burnley boss shaun dyche says he wants to calm expectations. we're not getting overly carried away. we're enjoying it and the fans are certainly enjoying it bu

liverpool came from behind to hold onto fourth place — jamie vardy had given leicester a first half lead but liverpool's saviour came in the form of, who else, but mo salah as he scored after the break. his second, and his 17th league goal of the season, came fifteen minutes from time to hand liverpoolittle guy sleeps a nice big striker. he wants to score, he's strong how he comes into these situations. he misses chances but he wants to score all the time so that's good. i saw him limping afterwards, we have to check it. then we try to change as quickly as possible now. there was a winning start for new swansea manager carlos ca rvalhal — his side came from behind to beat watford 2—1. they were trailing 1—0 in the 86th minute — but scored two in quick succession. it lifts swansea off the foot of the table and carvalhal says their belief is now stronger. the bbc understands that nottingham forest have sacked their manager mark warburton. it follows forest's 1—0 defeat to sunderland yesterday, forest are currently 14th in the championship table. it's understood director of football frank mcparland has also been sacked. gary brazil is to take over as caretaker manager while forest look to appoint a replacement. england's cricketers have arrived in sydney ahead of the fifth and final as

the liverpool and egypt striker is the second liverpool player to win it, following el hadji diouf in let's find out who it ism is right! congratulations. well deserved. thank you. it is a fantastic prize for a pretty good player. thank you. what does it feel like winning this award?” player. thank you. what does it feel like winning this award? i am very happy to win this award. it is a special feeling for me.” happy to win this award. it is a special feeling for me. i would like to win it also next year. there are always a bunch of people behind you who helped you to get there, who would you like to thank?” who helped you to get there, who would you like to thank? i have to thank everyone, my team—mates, the people i work with, i am very happy here at the club. i had a very good start with the team. last season i had a good season, so i have to thank my team—mates in the national team also. also the people i work with are very professional and i am happy. his success is also partly due to you, word is he rank amongst the players you have coached?” due to you, word is he rank amongst

in the premier league and other competitions. while liverpool are up to fourth in the table after their comfortable 4—0 victory over bournemouth. coutinho, lovren, salah and firmino all on the scoresheet. leaving the liverpoolhe game. i like that the most. at half—time, everybody thought... i really pleased. and to the bbc sports personality of the year... drum roll please... the 2017 sports personality of the year is mo farah. cheering and applause. yes, sir mo farah — winner of gold and silver at the world athletics championships this year, took a surprise win ahead of world superbike champion jonathan rae and world pa ra—athletics champion jonnie peacock. favourite anthonyjoshua only finished 11th in the public vote. time to see what's been catching your eye on social media. and staying with sports personality of the year, it could be all about awards — but sometimes its just about having fun. here's 0lympic diver tom daley finding himself up in the air once again, but this time courtesy of the world's strongest man eddie hall — he lands safely once again you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me marc edwards and the rest of the team, thats your monday spor

liverpool and everton at anfield. the two sides last met in the competition in the semi finals at wembley back in 2012 when liverpool wonmpetition, will play leicester if they win their second round replay against fleetwood town tomorrow night. here are are some of the other matches to whet your appetite. the matches will be played on the weekend of 6—7 january. an all premier league clash at the amex where brighton host crystal palace — no love lost betwen those two sides. another all top flight match with high flying manchester city at home to burnley. 12 times winners manchester united play derby. and premier league side newcastle could face a tricky tie against league two leaders luton. there are three non—league sides left in the competition — woking, filed, and hereford. non—league side are now out, after being swept aside by rochdale in this evening‘s second round match. matty doan scored in injury time to complete a 4—0 win. rochdale are away to doncaster rovers next in the third round. wolves have re—established their four—point lead at the top of the championship. they beat birmingham city at st andrew‘s for t

the show comes live from liverpool where the winner will be decided by public vote. our sports correspondent adam wild is in liverpool backing with the logo. this goes back many, many decades. this goes back many, many decades. this has been one of the key publicly voted awards for several yea rs ? publicly voted awards for several years? yeah, indeed. voted for by the public. that makes it really more specialfor the public. that makes it really more special for many of those involved deceiving. you are right, the red carpet is behind me. preparation is getting under way apace in the last hour or so. we're expecting the first of the contenders to arrive in the next few hours for what is always one of those glamorous, glitzy evenings in the sporting calendar. it is a huge event. come along way since that first ceremony back in 195a. 11,000 people expected here for this event this evening. performances from the likes of noel gallagher, rag and bone man. the final culmination of the evening is sports personality of the evening is sports personality of the year 2017. bianca walkden, first tae kwon do fighter to be short

liverpool and arsenal. it was the first time, arsenal had played liverpool, on a friday night, since the since the title decider, back in 1989, she and what a match it turned out to be. liverpoolor most teams in the world it's pretty unlikely to get it. we deserved more, we got only one, but that's how it is and, yeah, it feels not too good at the moment. dan walker is with us for a look ahead to the christmas edition of football focus. i have to say, the most tasteful christmas jumper i‘ve seen. usually they are hard to look at but thatis usually they are hard to look at but that is subtle. just gently bringing it in but not too much. i can add the glitter later. it's the glitter later. it‘s easy on the eye. thank you. i‘m glad i got the triple seal of approval. let me tell you what‘s happening and football focus. we have all the action from liverpool and arsenal and then we will get some analysis on that and the positive and negative is both teams. i think a clear indication of why they are both not at the top of the table because they are illegally at the back. we also have the burnley manager on, they have had a great start to the season. but he still lives in the midlands

in the premier league but these days that fourth champions league spot is all—important. liverpool with philippe coutinho determined to grab it, arsenal booed off at half—time, liverpool shoulde had more, mo salah put them two up have had more, mo salah put them two up but they could've had three or four. the atmosphere changed, first alexis sanchez rose to the occasion. no celebrations at this stage, arsenal or business. now arsenal began to celebrate, and we re now arsenal began to celebrate, and were leading a less than five minutes thanks to mesut ozil. great entertainment for the neutrals but both teams will be embarrassed by the mistakes, petr cech could not keep out feminism regrets on both sides, the draw 3—3 not much help to other‘s european hopes but for many european treatment different reasons but for different reasons, and night to remember. one point is an ok result for most teams, we deserved more and got only one but that is how it is. it feels not too good at the moment. in the first half we were frozen with fear, not at our level. we could see the impact of the man united start here was there, in second half we played at our level. i must say both teams wer

in the premier league. on merseyside, it finished one all between liverpool and everton. wayne rooney scored a penalty 14 minutes from time, to cancel out mohammed salah's first half opener. liverpooljurgen klopp was not impressed by the penalty decision. it is not important what i think. i realise it already. can i put words in your mouth, you don't think it was a penalty? right. we could not create 500 chances. it was an intense game from our side. my boys did everything to win the game. now it feels really, really average. it isa it is a penalty. he probably thinks it isn't. if you put somebody in the box, we have got our player goal side in possession of the ball, going to the goal to try to score, so going to the goal to try to score, so if he is not going to be touched is not going to go over. if he is going to be touched and loses his balance and the referee gives his right decision. like i said, it was an extremely brave decision. and in the other premier league game on sunday, arsenal drew 1—1 at southampton. charlie austin puts the saints ahead in the third minute. olivier giroud rescued a point for arsenal late on. the result moves arsenal up to fifth. we paid a heavy pr

minute penalty was the only goal of that game in the english premier league all snow and liverpool played out an entertaining three or draw on friday liverpool when turned up at the emirates thanks to goals from philippe catania and mohamed salah but just office last goal also scored three in four minutes message briefly putting them ahead or better familiar than level to rescue a draw for liverpool i mean cup side stay fourth in the table a point above also but we gave them the open goal for them in these five minutes and i. respect them i took the chance and. the strange game for us everybody thought probably this is the little night and everybody thought of this five minutes most of the night. and we struck back and that's the point. i'm frustrated after the treatment but you can keep. the result but when we went to new say it. was a fantastic game. score two and going forward and to cite a small only company shoots the moon on some test you can try a titan pace and that's when it was always an interesting game. all the other eighteen premier league teams are an action later on saturday first place chelsea are already underway against eve

liverpool have taken the lead through coutinho. liverpool has looked the most dangerous before that. the last time they met earlier in the season arsenal lost 4—0. two of the world's most powerful former football officials have been found guilty of corruption in a us court this evening. they're the first verdicts from an american led probe into the sport's world governing body fifa. our sports news correspondent richard conway is following the trial in new york. a partial verdict delivered, involving three of the most powerful men in world football once upon a time, the former head of the brazilian football federation has been found guilty on six out of the seven accounts he faced for fraud and bribery charges, and the former head of the confederation which ran football in south america, guilty on three out of five of the similar charges that he faced, and the head of the peruvian fa faced one charge of the peruvian fa faced one charge of racketeering conspiracy and that is still undecided and the jury will go away for the weekend and the christmas and come back on tuesday and continue their deliberations on that, but this is a big test for the american prosecutors. they started his progress in may 2015 with those dramatic dawn raids in switzerland, fifa officials being arrested, and since then they have tried to pursue this investigation which has been in court for the last five weeks and now we know the jury has come back, delivering those guilty verdicts, partially against two of them, with one can still be next week. rangers have appointed graeme murty as manager until the end of the season. he's been in temporary charge since the sacking of pedro caixinha. and has been given thejob until the end of the year at least after the club failed in their attempts to talk to aberdeen boss derek mcinnes about taking over. rangers are currently third in the scottish premiership. the ashes might be lost. but england still have selection issues to consider with the fourth test starting on boxing day. with bowler craig 0verton expected to miss the game through injury, they're likely to decide between two potential debuta nts in melbourne. if they pick mason crane the 20—year—old would become the youngest specialist spinner to make his debut for england since 1927. and he'd be playing at the home of the greatest leg spinner in history shane warne. i had ihada i had a couple of chats with him in the mornings, and i will catch up with him as the tour goes on i want pick his brain. what has he said? nothing about bowling just yet. wait until you see me up close and personal but hope i will get a game in the next couple of games and then he can let me know what he thinks. meanwhile rohit sharma has equalled the fastest century in t20 international history this afternoon in india's match against sri lanka. he reached three figures injust 35 balls. the same as south africa's david miller. rohit was eventually out for 118. a record high score for india. that is all the sports an hour. we have more in an hour. —— all the sport for now. a group of mps has called for a deposit scheme for plastic bottles, to try to reduce pollution in the oceans. the commons environmental audit committee suggested a deposit of between ten and 20 pence per bottle, which would be refunded when the bottle is returned. it's also called for more public water fountains, so that people can top up refillable bottles. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. the uk uses around 13 billion plastic bottles every year. nearly half are put into landfill, incinerated or left as litter. many ultimately find their way into the sea. the mps are urging the government to introduce a deposit—and—return scheme for bottles as soon as possible. they want a new rule obliging all cafes, pubs and restaurants to provide free tap water so people can top up their own refillable bottles. and they want many more public water fountains. we want people to think before they leave the house, will i be needing water? to re—use the bottles they've got. we want people to be able to fill up for free in cafes and restaurants. and we want then to capture the bottles that we do use, so we have a sustainable, resource—efficient economy. but crucially, so that we end up with far fewer of these bottles in our streets and on our beaches and in the sea. the mps also propose a sliding scale of charges on plastic packaging — so firms using easy—to—recycle materials pay least, and those using complex materials pay most. ministers say they're consulting with firms to find the best solutions to what they acknowledge is a serious problem with plastic waste. roger harrabin, bbc news. ten members of a moped gang from london have beenjailed for between seven and 18 years for a series of smash and grab raids on mobile phone shops. the judge at blackfriars crown court said the robberies had been meticulously planned — and that nothing and no one was allowed to stand in the gangs way. two men have been injured in an explosion at a house in leeds. west yorkshire police say the blast happened just before three o'clock this afternoon at a house on silk mill drive in tinshill, just north of the city centre. the men's injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. a witness described the damage as "like a war zone". british passport covers are to revert to blue once britain leaves the european union in 2019. the current burgundy passports will continue to be issued until then, but without the eu insignia. the home office says the new blue passport will be more high—tech and secure to prevent fraud and forgery. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. the great british passport — shortly to be available not in european burgundy because, it turns out, brexit means blue. 0n the passport, the eu word is nowhere to be seen. some will rejoice. but i passport proclaims the reality of what we are, where we feel we belong, and for some people pocket sized burgundy simply isn't british. the passport is something that so many people still have fond memories of, their british passport, the blue companion on your travels for many years and i'm pleased to be able to let people know that we're going back—to—back classic blue and gold design. not quite. the classic 19805 gold design. not quite. the classic 1980s passport was bigger, hardback, the eu one was definitely easier to slip into a shirt pocket, and the new british passport will be broadly of the same design. the government says the new colour won't cost any more, passports are redesigning regularly to make them harder to forge. the blue one will start appearing in 2019 as passports are renewed. tom symonds, bbc news. following the manchester arena bomb — poet tony walsh found words were there were no words. his poem — this is the place — caught the mood and the defiance of a city which refused to be cowed. as 2017 comes to an end — and we look ahead to the new year — north west tonight asked tony to write a new poem. something which marks the events of the year gone by — but also celebrates the spirit of the region. it's called up ‘ere. from up ‘ere you can see it all, in here and here you can. cheshire, liverpooland west. for lots of reasons, what a region, great by any test. historic here, magnificent and wonderfully wild, an iconic here. elegant and so stunning. how its styled. wheels turning here, real burning here, rewriting the rules. such learning here, much yearning here, for cutting edge and cool. 0ur engineering, architecture, ancient with the modern, ourfinest minds, theirfine designs, once seen but not forgotten. such scenery, much greenery, machinery and science. i'll never walk a loneliness, our love shown as defiance. oh, but what a year, here. what a year. 0ur passion and our pride, we fought and grafted, longed and laughed. we partied and we've cried. 0ur victories and our memories and the history we've made. the way we've loved and lost and soared and sang and hurt and prayed. with such stories. and much glory. but our flowers and our pain. we got muddied, bloodied, flooded, but we got back up again. still making changes, making progress, making history still. but we've never

liverpool r: n.. they be good enough goods of the former liverpool r:n.. they have just scored five at brighton and seven inrecord of six uk snooker championship titles when he faces shaun murphy in this year's final later today. o'sullivan beat stephen maguire while murphy saw off ryan day. hazel irvine and guests look ahead. the 40th anniversary of the championship will be contested in the final by two of the great entertainers, ronnie o'sullivan, a five—time winner, and shaun murphy, a previous winner himself. sean, a win of this evening and it was a good win, showed what murphy is capable of and the prospect for tomorrow. i can't wait. capable of and the prospect for tomorrow. ican't wait. both capable of and the prospect for tomorrow. i can't wait. both players playing at the top of their game, great break, great long porters and it will be a quick game of snooker. it will be quick firing stuff, brilliant. what difference does it make that for the first time in a longer match, just a few years ago —— days ago, last month, how does that factor into the equation? it is an immense that shaun murphy's opin

wants has to be respected in the english premier league liverpool will look to continue that fine form of to spending when they take on austin later on friday but although liverpoolhave conceded just four goals in nine games manager you are going to cop a still taking a cautious approach i don't know if there will be a lot of goals again but. we go there to do before we go there to to get as much as we can and. we know that difficult but in this moment i feel as well that it's possible we should try in the n.b.a. the boston celtics poor on a form continues that they thought another loss this time at the hands of the new york knicks one hundred two to ninety three was the final score meanwhile the toronto raptors had to come from a twenty two point deficit at one point to be the philadelphia seventy six is on birthdays demobbed arisan thing has scored a career high forty five points during the game to leave the toronto raptors to the win this is the fifth straight and eleventh in twelve games. around the world athletes are continuing their preparations for the olympics freestyle skiing will play a big part in pyongyang with ten events taking place including fifty

liverpool have bought one of the world's best centre—backs. one of the best defenders in the world and he has other quality to become the best. this is, i think, fantastic, a very good possibility for liverpoolfferent quick teams. phil "the power" taylor has breezed into the quarterfinals of the pdc world championship with a 4-0 of the pdc world championship with a 4—0 win over keegan brown. the 16—time world champion is playing in his farewell event and made light work of the 2014 world youth champion, dispatching him with a 106 check out to the approval of the ally pally crowd. he will play either former champion gary anderson or steve west in the last eight. taylor avoided being on the wrong end of an upset, but the likes of peter wright and adrian lewis have already fallen and today fifth seed mensur suljovic of austria has been knocked out. suljovic was beaten four sets to nil by the world youth champion dmitri van den bergh from belgium in the last 16 — van den bergh was in brilliant form and suljovic hardly had an opportunity. and in the last eight van den bergh will face one of the sport's rising stars, england's rob cross. the bbc understands that a heavyweight unification fight bet

liverpool was hard, but i wanted to show faith, but in honesty i should have had a couple of fresh pairs of legs in. we looked a bit leggy. the energy wasn't there that we had at liverpool. i'm going to have to accept some of that blame. i was also disappointed in our conviction in what we were doing. england forward fran kirby hit a hat—trick for chelsea ladies as they reached the semi—finals of the fa wsl cup. thrashing liverpoolde the last four with a 2—0 win at bristol city. and beth mead scored against her former club to help arsenal beat sunderland 3—1. england's fight to save the ashes will go to a final day in the third test after rain stopped play in perth. england are 132—11, still 127 short of making australia bat again. the day witnessed what some have described "as the wicket of the century" from mitchell starc. andy swiss reports. a day when english cricket was rescued by some very english weather, but for how long? it had started out a damage limitation exercise to restrict australia's gargantuan total. the video umpire helped, finally dislodging steve smith. but some hefty lower order hitting took australia's total way out of sight. for england's batsmen, it was now all about survival. josh hazlewood's brilliance did for alastair cook and worse was to follow. joe root, the captain, remember, what was he thinking? but as his team—mates fell around him, james vince stood tall, a fluent 50 starting

in the premier league tomorrow. liverpool face leicester. they don't have their new their £75 million defender available. virgil van dijk won'tjoin from southampton until the transfer window opens at the start of the new year. liverpool paying £75 million for the southampton defender virgil van dijk, but there was little choice. it doesn't mean that all transfers will now be in this category, but it's the same like it was before. half a year ago, i think it was a big transfer for an offensive player. now we have a big transfer for a defensive player and it's around about a third of it as it always was. and that's it. it's not nice, not nice, but that's the market, that's the world and we have to adapt. that's how it is. andy murray has made his long awaited comeback from a hip injury, playing a one set exhibition match in abu dhabi against spain's roberto bautista agut. the briton was a last minute replacement for novak djokovic who has had to delay his return from an elbow problem. murray lost the first four games, never looked at his physical best and ended up losing the set 6—2. this was murray's first competitive match since wimbledon. djokovic meanwhile could be a doubt for the australian open. europe's number o