could manchester city's advantage could be nine after tonight's games?well be playing tonight, but we hear from manchester city's raheem sterling about england. and how gareth southgate has made the international experience one to savour. the last couple of years, you can see the steps that we've been making as a team on the field off the field, but, of course, the most important is on the field. and the darts goes on despite another covid withdrawal and the defending champion claiming the tournament should be delayed. hello again. not only is the festive period a much—loved tradition in the premier league hidden amongst it is the half way point of the season. and manchester city have arrived there on the back of nine straight wins. if things go their way tonight, they could be nine points clear. they play at brentford and then again at arsenal on new year's day, as they attempt to negotiate this crucial part of the season, one that's become even more fraught with complications brought about by covid and injuries. we have long weeks, but now we have 29 a

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manchester city will lead the way at christmas.lead the way — victory at newcastle means they are clear at the top of the league. and it was notjoe root�*s day as the england captain falls in the final over in adelaide and faces a second ashes defeat. hello and welcome to sportsday. celtic are celebrating a first trophy under new manager ange postecoglu. they came from behind to beat hibs 2—1 in the scottish league cup at hampden park this afternoon. theirjapanese striker, kyogo furuhashi, returned from injury to score both goals, to extend celtic�*s unbeaten record at hampden to 18 games. adam wild reports. it has been sometime since scottish football had a full house for a cup final. the noise at hamden suggested those there were making the most of it. on the field, well, perhaps a little less so. in the first half, chances were few and fleeting. the occasion deserve more. after the break, it arrived, the game flashing into life, paul hanlon heading her bony and in front, with a determination matched only by his jubilation. it wa

so ground dropped for liverpool — but it's 8 wins in a row for leaders manchester city.at st james park. it means pep guardiola's side will now spend christmas day top of the table — the struggles continue for newcastle, as they remain 19th in the table, with only goal difference keeping them above bottom club norwich city. joe lynskey watched the action. for newcastle, the focus isn't christmas but january, when they hope to spend money on a new image for the squad, but before that, the blues. man city are top of the league. to have a chance of beating them, you can't make mistakes. a misunderstanding, calamitous defending... ruben diaz headed in less than five minutes played. plenty of time for city to hit their stride, and canselo has a habit of scoring stunning goals. this run and strike made it 2—0. this match was already drifting beyond newcastle. a comeback might have started with a penalty, but ederson's slide here was deemed not a foul. instead, city got the run of the decisions. riyad mahrez hit the net but was flagged offside until the video assistant checked

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after going top of the premier league last week, it is full steam ahead for manchester city.would be sixth victory in a row. a drab first half. just before the break, the game sparked into life in a crazy 48 seconds for him and his. first booked for this, then he did this. two yellow cards in less than a minute and wolves were down to ten. this was the last line of defence here, but it was only delaying the inevitable. the breakthrough was controversial. this was deemed a handball by va art. 100 premier league goals for stirling. minutes later, jack greenish still wondering how he missed. he was nearly made to ny- how he missed. he was nearly made to pay. city held on and continue to lead from the front in this thrilling premier league title race. we played really good. they have ten players _ we played really good. they have ten players in _ we played really good. they have ten players in the 15 metres in the box so the _ players in the 15 metres in the box so the striker dropped and they are close _ so the striker dropped and they are close and _ so the striker dropped and

manchester city are the premier league champions. one of those involved was manchester city.won the league cup, they added a premier league title. celebrations. they dreamed of more. as did chelsea women after they had to wait to the last day of the season to clinch the domestic prize. chelsea are the champions of england! still very little could match the scenes of jubilation in glasgow. in one side of it, at least. it's a big moment. we are right at the top. the cups belong to stjohnston. still no fans in scotland. that is what partly made the fa cup final so extraordinary. 21,000 inside wembley to witness one of the great cup final goals. what a shot! fa cup winners for the very first time. one of the year's most poignant sporting moments. chelsea women's champions league final was played behind closed doors. fans back home may well have watched through their fingers, beaten 4— 0 by barcelona. for some, it was time to get reacquainted. manchester united were in gdansk for a europa league final. beaten dramatically on penalties by villareal. porto was the venue for the cham

manchester city premier league champions at the last kick of the year. gue goals, but one made him an icon of english football. aguero got his city sendoff in the summer, but still the sport looked to barcelona for the epilogue. he moved there on a free and it may come affected afterjust five games, he announced he is retiring. no one here hopes the end would be like this. in october, aguero went off in a match with chest pains. he was diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia. i’ee chest pains. he was diagnosed with a cardiac arrhythmia.— cardiac arrhythmia. i've made this decision for _ cardiac arrhythmia. i've made this decision for my _ cardiac arrhythmia. i've made this decision for my health, _ cardiac arrhythmia. i've made this decision for my health, that's - cardiac arrhythmia. i've made this decision for my health, that's the | decision for my health, that's the main reason, because the problem that i had a month and a half ago, i did everything possible to have some hope, but there wasn't very much. i'm proud of the career i've had come a very heavy,

manchester city, things have not changed too much but particularly chelsea on the need to be exactly that were unseated and get on both occasions in the floor draw and then we'll draw in the afternoon both times they do the weaker side of the teams and that was in france and that was a massive result and all the chelsea supporters and for manchester city instead of that reality have thoughts ia so a trip to lisbon and portugal and we would expect pep guardiola side to progress into the last state. mi progress into the last state. all four english teams will be better to be happy with that draw in the first bags of all of those ties will take place on the 15th, 16th, 22nd or the 23rd of february and for the first time in a champions league knockout stage they would be no illegals rules land that has been scrapped within year. that's only one of three draws at uefa hq today... the others didn't have any of the same problems.... this is the one for the europa league knockout round play offs. involving teams that finished third in their champions league groups and those that were runners

manchester city stretching their lead at the top of the table to 6 points. were a—nil up at halftime, kevin de bruyne scoring in the fifth minute and the goals

so manchester city second half onslaught. the inevitable. other the breakthrough was controversial with the ar doing this to be handball. 100 premier league goals for this player. he was nearly made to pay, too. close to snatching a stoppage time equaliser for city held on and continued to lead from the front in this thrilling premier league title race. plenty more to come. three more games are under way. liverpool against liverpool at the moment. it is currently goalless at anfield at the moment. arsenal are two goals up against southampton. it is looking good at the emirates and chelsea are one goal down against leeds. a penalty for them. norwich city host manchester united in the late kick—off. a shock defeat for last week's fa cup winners chelsea. they lost 1—0 away. chelsea could have gone top of the league for the first time this season but the royals went ahead afterjust time this season but the royals went ahead after just four time this season but the royals went ahead afterjust four minutes. they scored from their o

after it leads mac took the lead, they sealed the win later on behind manchester city.o and the league bounced back with a convincing victory over southampton. the wind moves them a plaint off the top four. now, there was a shock defeat for last week's fa cup winners, chelsea in the women's super league this afternoon. they lost 1—nil away to reading. chelsea could have gone top of the league for the first time this season but it was the royals that went ahead after four minutes deanne rose breaking away and combining with emma harries to score from their only shot on target. chelsea domiated the game but failed to score leaving them a point adirft of arsenal at the top of the wsl. reading move up to fifth. rangers and celtic both have matches tomorrow and the scottish premier shipping today's games, back—to—back wins now. a1 —— they won. a vital victory for them. aberdeen one for a third time in a row getting the better of bottom side saint johnston, and drying one l with saint aaron. if the first ashes test is anything to go by, england have long few weeks ahead of th

not long ago, gritter palace had seen off manchester city but they had since been on the slide, losingast three. everton today were sluggish, creating little, almost inviting palace to attack with an obvious outcome, crystal palace but passes together and conor gallagher capitalised. after an hour, they had another, james tomkins stealing in behind the everton defender is, to make it 2—0. an early christmas present for some. no team in the league had won more points from losing positions than everton this season, and salomon rondon got them back into the match. but they were swiftly finished off by the goal of the game, a superb shot from conor gallagher. palace go up to 12th and everton slip to 14th. jimmy lumsden, bbc news. ~ .., . bbc news. when we conceded the goal, it was challenging _ bbc news. when we conceded the goal, it was challenging for _ bbc news. when we conceded the goal, it was challenging for us. _ bbc news. when we conceded the goal, it was challenging for us. i _ bbc news. when we conceded the goal, it was challenging for us. i was - it was challenging for us. i was

no more premier league games were called off today, there were plenty of goals at the etihad , manchester cityeir lead at the top of the table to six points. they beat leicester city 6—3. pep guardiola's side were 4—0 up at half—time, kevin de bruyne scoring in the fifth minute and the goals followed from riyad mahrez, ilkay gundogan and raheem sterling. leicester threatened an extaraordinary turnaround after the break — maddison, lookman, and ihaenacho with three goals in the space of ten minutes, but laporte and sterling got city over the line. one or two, what happened? the we could win the game, we thought, against leicester, which is always difficult man city with one of the very few weeks with obviously we play liverpool incredible when less we will not get the vial inside, you look at the squad and you see what that it makes a huge difference for us but the players are not available on the players that are will give everything and wish should have spread like today. tottenham's fixtures have been badly hit by covid over the past fortnight. crystal palace tried to have today's game calle

chelsea started the day top, liverpool then climbed to the summit, but in the last half hour, manchester cityp guardiola's side in control from the off. raheem sterling scored just four minutes in. bernardo silva added a second and a third goal either side of the break for the visitors. despite a late goal for watford, city won easily to go one point clear at the top of the table. earlier in the day liverpool had gone top of table after a late, late goal clinched a 1—0 victory at wolves. liverpool had been frustrated all afternoon, they've been used to scoring for fun this season — but then with just seconds remaining divock origi latched onto a mohamed salah pass to score the winner at molineaux. tough for wolves, they had defended heroically for the game, they were just 60 seconds away from becoming the first team to stop liverpool scoring this season. wolves remain 8th — liverpool are second. the longer the game goes and it's still 0—0 then, of course, you feel the pressure because we want this result so badly. that we got it is really good. does it make it feel, in a way, almost bigger? i

manchester city leapfrogging chelsea manchester city lea pfrogging chelsea in the manchester city leapfrogging at vicarage road. pep guardiola very happy with this. bernardo silva scoring twice and the city boss was happy with another dominant performance from his side. the game could be over after 10, 15 minutes. and in the premier league after 2—0, even 3—0, never is over. but the most important thing, of course, we won, three more points, but the most important thing is that again we played in a consistent way that made us controlled and played a good game again. liverpool are just a point behind city, they moved ahead of chelsea thanks to a 94th minute

liverpool will play inter milan, manchester city against sporting lisbon, while manchester united arence knockout draws, head to the bbc sport website. to formula 1, where the dust is settling on one of the most controversial endings to a season for years. today, it emerged that lewis hamilton said over his team radio at the end of the abu dhabi grand prix that the race had been "manipulated". hamilton, however, was magnanimous speaking after the race, and max verstappen says he was congratulated by hamilton and mercedes team boss toto wolff. the new world champion was speaking earlier today, so was he upset by how the title became his? it just sums up itjust sums up the whole season in general. it has been pretty crazy and intense. so both teams, we gave it all to the end it. and i think it wasjust an amazing it all to the end it. and i think it was just an amazing battle. after things like this you are to look into what can we do or what should have been done. it's a big part of the whole season, this contest, so it is what it is. that's racing sometimes as well. and for me nothing

up in the premier league title race last night, losing at leicester to stay six points behind manchester citytford later. mo salah, top scorer in the league, missed a penalty — and then the follow up — that would've given liverpool the lead. and leicester substitute ademola lookman scored what proved to be the winner. so often these boys gave me an opportunity to stand here and say, wow, what a game! but it went the other way, so how did that happen? and so i will watch it back and hopefully will understand it slightly better. but it didn't look good. it didn't look good. it didn't look like us and that is obviously the main thing we have to think about and change immediately. and the england and manchester city footballer raheem sterling has said society must never let its guard down over racism in the game. sterling, who's guest editing radio 4's today programme, said the country tended to address racist abuse when it happened, but then "brushed it under the carpet". he's also been speaking to the england manager gareth southgate about how they dealt with the abuse suffered by some england

in a club statement, manchester city said...'s game against arsenal on new year's day. former england all—rounder adam hollioake has been draughted into england's coaching team for the fourth test which starts in sydney, on tuesday evening uk time. england are without four coaches who are isolating, including head coach chris silverwood. australia batter travis head has tested positive for covid and will miss the test. he'll remain in melbourne and isolate for seven days in line with health requirements. head is australia's leading run—scorer in the series with 248 runs at an average of 62. there are doubts about whether cricket's twenty20 big bash league in australia can continue following multiple positive covid cases. today's adelaide strikers versus sydney thunder game did go ahead despite four thunder players testing positive. thunder made 187—3 after winning the toss and batting. the strikers were never really in the hunt and eventually lost by 22 runs. away from that match, seven players and eight support staff at the mel

an evening when manchester city strengthened their grip, although it hardly seemed that way at first.e. this wasn't in the script, but moments later it was very much business as usual. the crispest of moves and a finish to match from phil foden, city in front and proving once again just why they're top of the table. after the break, though, they couldn't quite find a second. kevin de bruyne hit the post. and even when aymeric laporte finally found the net in the closing minutes, var ruled it out for offside. still a 1—0 victory for city and it wasn't the only result that went their way. their closest rivals, chelsea, are now some eight points adrift after a dramatic night at stamford bridge. romelu lukaku put them ahead against brighton. so far, so good. but the visitors came roaring back. adam lallana went close before the break. after it, neil maupay went even closer. chance after chance for the visitors but that equaliser seemed just out of reach. until the first minute of stoppage time when the pressure finally paid off. and it's welbeck! danny welbeck sparking last—gasp delight f

manchester city remain a point behind chelsea after a 2—1 win over aston villa.f by bernardo silva to give them a two—goal lead. ollie watkins pulled one backjust after the break for villa but pep guardiola's side hung on to take the three points and condemn steven gerard to a first defeat with villa. despite a long delay for a medical emergency in the crowd at vicarage road chelsea beat watford 2—1 — mason mount opening the scoring for the blues. emmanuelle dennis gave the home fans hope though with a goaljust a couple of minutes before the half—time break but hakem ziyech got the winner to keep the londoners a point ahead of manchester city. west ham's hopes of staying in the top four suffered a setback despite tomas soucek putting them ahead against brighton after just five minutes. neal maupay�*s spectacular strike in the 89th minute earned brighton a point at london stadium, moving them up to seventh. leicester city had to come from behind twice against southampton. james maddison's goal saw the match end two all at st mary's but it was enough to move the fo

england and manchester city footballer, raheem sterling, says society must never let its guard down overism in the game. we tend to address it for that period, you know, that five days of that week and then normally we brush it up under the carpet, things are all fine now. we will be looking at life after brexit. claims of sleaze and rule breaking in westminster and the significance of peppa pig. that is the year in politics. welcome if you are watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister borisjohnson has defended the decision not to impose restrictions to tackle the current spike in coronavirus infections in england saying that the omicron variant is "obviously" milder than the delta strain. he also has reiterated his call for people in the uk to come forward and get their boosterjab saying people are far more likely to get seriously ill if they've not been boosted. speaking at a vaccination centre in milton keynes in the last hour the pm said that the "overwhelming majority" of patients in intensive care had not received a booster shot. the omicron variants continues to c

it comes just 18 months after he left valencia for manchester city.t abuse within and around football hashtag her gametoo was launched in may this year with a promotional film that trended on social media in the build—up to the fa cup final and gained over a million views... we are delighted that everything has come on board with us and get in the next few weeks and months we will be helping content around women in football and everything funds and they will be potentially doing and day around her name to and promoting the women on the club and they have cut the funds as well who are really got that hate campaign already out there so yes, i think it would be a long—term partnership which we are keen about and we are pleased about and he already had the reporting system in place for a long time so they will help to help fans know where it is so we are delighted to thank everton football club and the engagement team for the support. that's all from sportsday. stay with us on bbc news — coming up next is: living with obesity — stories of stigma. goodnigh

manager here can clock says he's doubtful his side will be able to catch premier league leaders. manchester city, especially after performances like the one on tuesday. liverpool were defeated away at lester city, slipping to just their 2nd leave loss of the season. mohammed salam missed a 1st have penalty, and lester took the lead after the break through through admiral i looked with and finished one l to lester. if we play like tonight, we don't have to think about catching up with city, but if you plan on football, become in football games and we have to see, oh, how often, how many points we can get. and then we will see what that means. but how said i don't have a proper explanation full tonight, but to find his explanation is my main concern and not in this moment the gap to city unfair torres is drawing barcelona from manchester city and a 60 $1000000.00 deal bar. so say the 21 year old forward has signed a contracts until june 20, 27900 hoping to buy the spanish international. during that term, we'll have to pay a release clause, an access to $1000000000.00. okay. and that is all your sp

manchester city play tonight. the gap could be nine points to manchester city.t lose one match at the moment. manchester city are so good. can you see them dropping points? it could've been very different for liverpool. how often do you see this — mo salah, the league's leading goal—scorer, missing a penalty and then the follow—up? that was before substitute ademola lookman came on to score what would be the winner. definitely an off day for liverpool who lose ground in the title race — six points adrift of manchester city. i said to everybody from the leicester team after the game, "well deserved", because in the situation they are, they had to play two days ago, they had to fight through this really intense period and they did well, they did really well. if we play better, if we play like we're able to play, i think we would have been still the winner. west ham are up to fifth. they were helped by some dire watford defending as they won 4—1, ending a run of two defeats and perhaps starting to think about champions league qualification. to be talked about, you

so i'm from manchester city and a $60000000.00 deal boss. to say that 21 year old for us on a contract. and so 2027. any team hoping to buy these spanish international during that? so we'll have to pay a release course in excess of $1000000000.00. i never sucka has signaled her incense or since the top level tennis she's rocked in melbourne ahead of next month . frustrating open. she's the defending champion with a hasn't played since september after taking a break from the sport to focus on her mental health. no sony had of last year's men's champion of a joke, of which he still hasn't confirmed if he's vaccinated only though. he's had coven 19 jobs, or have a medical exemption are allowed to compete. ok, that is just for let's get back to barbara in london. and the thank you and that is it for this news? our do that with us though, going to be back in just a few minutes with more of the days for watching as soon a ah january. and i just need 20 years ago, the euro was brought into circulation. we investigate, have a year ago and benefited

one of manchester cities is. don names is heading for the tournament. more on that coming up in spoke with jemma. ah, power defines our wow. the lawns knew babies were dying. i did it, nothing about people empower, investigates. expose is and questions they use and abuse of power around the globe are now to get back in 2002 coins and bank notes. mark the launch of the euro today is the official currency of 19 of the 27 member states of the european union. on the 20th anniversary of the euro entering circulation, al jazeera investigates how the eurozone benefited from having unofficial currency . from the al jazeera london broadcast into 2 people in thoughtful conversation with no host and no limitations this decade is the most consequential decade events is for too many companies that are doing bad things on the front. in part 2 of human rights activists. q mean i do and environmental it when own entity, the systems are not working, but the longer that you fight them, the more that things change studio be unscripted on out his era. ah, mother nature's g

when i had on sunday league leaders, manchester city crush, new castle away. 40 or men running out for nail winters. ruben diaz. jo, it can cello rack morrison when he sterling scores. when means they finish the weekend, top of the table says city also made some history. this was their 34th when of 2021 . many names broke in the record for most english top flight winds and a calendar year. the more big system is getting games, the when games with games and we games and this is a more precious value of the steam. so, but you have to renew for enough to build again and build again and to avoid the performance either for the house you know to, to do it better. so, so, but the compliment one day with the breaker. like we have 100 points. it was a frustrating day for liverpool. they were held to a draw by taught them a moment of madness. from reds, keeper allison, letting his son his minute level at to to with about 15 minutes left a result mean 2nd place liverpool trail leaders, manchester city. by 3 point chelsea drop points away the walls, they were held to renew mill drawn blues while o

well, beck won won the final school all good news. manchester city, you have a chance. tightened their grip on the title, rice, the writing champions, buying brentford, aiming for a 10 straight league when that game heading towards the final whistle late to school. brent had no $61.00 if they win 50 will be 8 points clear at the top. now famed national football, the coach and broadcast john madden has died. at the age of $85.00, the league said it would be forever indebted for old madame had done to make football and the nfl what it is today. so malik reports, john madden wasn't simply a legendary american football coach. he was one of the sports greatest personalities. born in minnesota, he went on to be inducted into the nfl hall of fame. for his decade long stint in charge of the oakland raiders. he guided them to 7 f c. title games and masterminded the super bowl triumph in 1977. for many, however, maddened will be remembered for his exploits in the broadcast booth. he had a 3 decade long television career, during which he won praise for his ponder tree and energy he fused into gam

but if brighton win, that'll give manchester city the chance to extend their lead to nine points. against arsenal, who will be without their manager. mikel arteta has tested positive for covid for a second time, having first contracted the virus in march 2020, which prompted the shutdown of football at the start of the pandemic. he's now isolating but is still expected to undertake media duties ahead of the game. chris woakes has given his backing to england captainjoe root after their hopes of winning back the urn ended in melbourne. both root and coach chris silverwood are thought to be under pressure after the abject display in australia, for which woakes has admitted the side were underprepared. england are 3—0 down in the series with two to play, and woakes says now is not the time to feel sorry for themselves. as a group of players, we have to take pride in what we do. obviously, no—one means to perform badly, no—one means to lose the way we have. we're trying extremely hard to put things right. but i think that's test cricket. it's called test cricket for a reason. it's real

phil foden gave manchester city the lead after 16 minutes. ght is on new year's day against arsenal, who will be without their manager. mikel arteta has tested positive for covid for a second time, having first contracted the virus in march 2020, which prompted the shutdown of football at the start of the pandemic. he's now isolating, but is still expected to undertake his media duties ahead of the game. covid also causing problems in the championship and in leagues one and two. four games postponed tonight. just three matches under way. blackburn rovers lead barnsley 2—1, ben brereton diaz with his 20th league goal of the season. elsewhere, middlesbrough 1—0 up at blackpool and millwall1—0 up at coventry. england cricket coach chris silverwood will miss the fourth ashes test in sydney after being forced to isolate for ten days after a member of the touring party tested positive for covid—19. silverwood will isolate with his family in melbourne as the england squad travel to sydney via a chartered flight later in the week. the touring party ha

manchester city leapfrogging chelsea manchester city lea pfrogging chelsea in the manchester city leapfrogging chelsea in the table getting their seventh win in all competitions in a row as they beat watford by 3—1 at vicarage road. pep guardiola very happy with this. bernardo silva scoring twice and the city boss was happy with another dominant performance from his side. the game could be over after 10, 15 minutes. and in the premier league after 2—0, even 3—0, never is over. but the most important thing, of course, we won, three more points, but the most important thing is that again we played in a consistent way that made us controlled and played a good game again. liverpool are just a point behind city, they moved ahead of chelsea thanks to a 94th minute winner from divock origi. further cementing his cult hero status with another crucial goal. the longer the game goes and it's still 0—0, then of course you feel the pressure because we wanted this result so badly. that we got it feels really good at the moment. does it make it, in a way, make it feel even bigger the way the win came? absol

england and manchester city footballer raheem sterling tells the bbc that society must never let down guard over racism in the game. you address it for that week, and any brush — you address it for that week, and any brush it— you address it for that week, and any brush it under the carpet, and then_ any brush it under the carpet, and then things — any brush it under the carpet, and then things are all fine now. and why the tequila fish is back — once declared extinct it is now being re—introduced to the rivers of mexico. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. pharmacists are warning of patchy supplies of rapid covid tests. demand hasjumped recently, because people are being advised to test themselves before going to events or to see family and friends, and also because of changes allowing those with covid in england to end isolation after seven days — if they test negative. the government says more kits are being made available. meanwhile a record number of daily cases were reported yesterday in england, but the total number of patients in hospital is still below january'

they're eight points behind leaders manchester city, after a draw at brighton last night. in stoppage time, substitute danny welbeck found the equaliser. tuchel was exasperated, explaining that they'd had seven covid cases, and the players were bound to be tired. sure they are tired, if you have beenin sure they are tired, if you have been in bed for ten days and then you played a premier league match after that, you would look pretty tired after that. imilli after that, you would look pretty tired after that.— tired after that. will you be speaking — tired after that. will you be speaking to _ tired after that. will you be speaking to the _ tired after that. will you be speaking to the authorities | tired after that. will you be - speaking to the authorities about it again? _ speaking to the authorities about it a . ain? ., speaking to the authorities about it auain? ., ., in contrast, manchester city manager pep guardiola says the title race is farfrom over, despite that healthy lead at the top of the table. phil foden gave them a 1—nil win at brentford last night and gu

how they're going to respond to this demand from the world leaks for manchester. cities or rad marez is one of the biggest stars competing at the tournament. he's been named in algeria squad and will capture the defending champions. morrison wasn't part of jerry aside, who on the fif carbon car last week. as i was 19, it continues to impact world sports. the n h l is decided to delay the return of the regular season. the holiday break started 2 days early after a rise in cases and the season was choose to begin again on monday. but this is now being pushed back by a day to allow the lead more time to analyze testing results and to assess if clubs are ready to resume playing. it means all 14 games scheduled for december 27th, have been cooled off. now a total of $64.00 statements so far this season is been a pretty incredible 2021 of her british sprint. cyclists mach having issues described it as a fairytale after tea absence from the sports most prestigious race with 36 year old. one full stage is that this is a total from the equal the also record held by $80.00. his achievements ma

leave millions of families struggling in 2022 — according to a leading think tank england and manchester cityaller raheem sterling says society must never let its guard down over racism in the game now on bbc news, review 2021, the media year. hello. i hope the year has been kind to you. the media industry is defining a new normal, and coming to terms with the second year of a global pandemic. print and distribution costs are growing pretty much everywhere. but so too are online subscriptions and targeted advertising. big tech is more dominant than ever, but governments and regulators around the world, including here in the uk, are waking up to new ways to shape these giants of global media. or at least squaring up for a fight with them. nevertheless, many of the biggest headlines this year came from more traditional media. presenter piers morgan left itv�*s good morning britain after saying that he didn't believe a word that meghan said in that interview with oprah winfrey. concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born. ..what? from race to mental health, progre

and as the row about releasing players for the africa cup of nations rumbles on, one of manchester cities store names is heading to the tournament more last coming up in sport after the break. ah, a. ready while to one week listen, design is are making serious effort in order to, to turn them with a with ah, here's drama. thank you to rain out the well, it's help bullies that raise concerns about releasing players the africa cup of nations, french wild cup when ad austin legend, patrick vieira says the tournament deserves more respect. the crystal palace manager who was born in central things. the competition is as important as the european championship european clubs, the threatening not to send players to cameras for the tournaments after raising doubts about the current of our protocols in place. but the ever says you would never stop any of his polished squad members from competing. his comments come off of the organization, presenting at the world's leading domestic leagues right to fever and the confederation of african football to say that teams shouldn't have to release place unti

and brian have also had outbreaks and their squads. manchester city manager, pat ordeal is urging all his players and staff to get their coven 19 booster vaccination cities game at leads. later on, she was a is set to kick off as plans with. but with the play as almost every day. be careful. be careful. see safe stay healthy mask social distance. because now in the christmas time is the tendency to organize parties to go out and do something extra to normal. and unfortunately, the vitals is still here. the new varian and ovarian, so hopefully 95 percent of the people is already by sitting here and delivery. you know, you can get it, but i think they don't allow you to suffer much andrea, but of course i am concerned with the said you still are suffering it was so in tennis champion m erotic hannah, who has withdrawn from a tournament in abu dhabi after testing positive for the virus. the 19 year old was due to play belinda bennett church on thursday. exhibition event also features likes of andy murray, and raphael and the dow. ah. close to half a 1000000 tickets have been sold at the

it comes just 18 months after torres left valencia for manchester city. website. that starts from ten to three this afternoon. but that is the sport for now. i will be back later. ben. the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, is due to hold emergency talks with some of the uk's energy providers, who warned last week that household bills would rise by another 50% next year unless the treasury intervened. ahead of the meetings, the boss of the country's third largest supplier, ovo energy, told bbc news ministers were showing "nowhere near enough urgency", and needed to step in to protect customers. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it's been a constant worry for households for the past three months — rising prices of gas and electricity around the world have meant we've all been paying more to heat our homes and cook our meals. 26 energy companies have gone bust since september, and more casualties are expected in the industry, as there's no sign of prices falling. our number—one ask going into the meeting is that the government and the

in a club statement, manchester city said... into england's coaching team for the first test which starts in sydney on tuesday evening uk time. england are without four coaches who are isolating, including head coach, chris silverwood. australian batter, travis head, has tested positive for covid and he will also miss the test. he will remain in melbourne and isolate for seven days in line with health requirements. that is the sport for now. happy new year. this is bbc news, the headlines. countries around the world are seeing in the new year with a bang — but some are holding scaled back celebrations — to try to stop covid spreading. the nhs warns of significant pressure in the coming weeks, as covid infections in the uk reach a new high. entire neighbourhoods in the us state of colorado have been engulfed by flames as wildfires force tens of thousands to leave their homes. and goodbye to a golden girl — the american actress and comedian, betty white, has died, just weeks before her one hundreth birthday. now on bbc news. nine—

as assistant takes charge of next week's champions, league match against manchester city of the football in the united states and the portland timbers have made it into the am alice cup final. the 2015 champions beat rel salt lake to nail and the western conference finals. now love these the, the philadelphia union or new york city f. c. it's rusty here at the era kappa host. cats are play iraq on monday, but they're already into the quarter finals. the raining asian champions are unique because the majority of the squad grew up playing together. joanna gasha roscoe visited aspire academy in doha, where the team was built in 2019 counties. young football team gave the country it's greatest moments on the pitch winning their 1st asian title. catholic sudden arrival in the world scene was a shock to many, but it came up to years of hard work. and it all started here. this is catalyst, aspire academy. it takes them the best rule talent from the region and trains them in these well cause facilities. graduates from spy a form, the backbone of the cattle national team. and many of them have pa

it means he'll miss the new year's day match against manchester city. the shutdown of football at the start of the pandemic. he's now isolating but is still expected to undertake media duties tomorrow ahead of the game. the england manager gareth southgate says it's vitally important that he and his squad use their platform to make a difference as they continue to fight against racism. england players began taking the knee during the euros in the summer, and southgate says he knew things had to change during england's 5—1win against montenegro in march 2019. southgate's comments came during an interview with raheem sterling while the forward was guest editing for radio 4's today programme. i wasn't aware until close to the end of the game when danny rose got booked and there was a reaction from the crowd. i didn't realise earlier in the game that from the other side of the pitch there had been racist abuse going on. when we got back into the changing room and i am having a go at danny forgetting booked. i had to apologise on the plane because it suddenl

in a club statement manchester city said...quad for the african nations, the reason for his absence hasn't been confirmed, he is one of four changes to the original 28 man squad and that kicks off in cameroon on sunday, 9th of january after being delayed by a year due to coronavirus. thomas tuchel has spoken out on striker romelu lukaku after he gave an interview in which he said he was "not happy" with his situation at chelsea. the interview is understood to have taken place three weeks ago but did not go down well with tuchel, who's been speaking ahead of his side's home game against liverpool on sunday. i don't like it. of course, because it brings noise that we don't need and it is not helpful. 0n the other side, we don't want to make more out of it than actually is. you know very well how it is. it is very easy to take lines out of context, it is very easy to shorten lines, make headlines and then later realised that it headlines and then later realised thatitis headlines and then later realised that it is not so bad. and

in a club statement, manchester city said... hing team for the fourth test, which starts in sydney on tuesday evening uk time. england are without four coaches who are isolating, including head coach chris silverwood. australia batter travis head has tested positive for covid and will miss the test. he'll remain in melbourne and isolate for seven days in line with health requirements. head is australia's leading run—scorer in the series, with 248 runs at an average of 62. there are doubts about whether cricket's big bash league in australia can continue following multiple positive covid cases. today's game between adelaide strikers and sydney thunder did go ahead despite four thunder players testing positive. thunder made 187—3 after winning the toss and batting. the strikers were never really in the hunt and eventually lost by 22 runs. away from that match, seven players and eight support staff at the melbourne stars have tested positive, putting their next match onjanuary 2nd in serious doubt. we'll have more sport for you late

one of those involved was manchester city.dded the premiership title, celebrations but they dreamt of more, as the chelsea women but not before they had to wait for the very last day of the season to clinch the big domestic prize. chelsea are the champions of england! still very little could match the scenes ofjubilation in glasgow. in one side of it, at least. for every rangers fan, all players all over— for every rangers fan, all players all over the — for every rangers fan, all players all over the world, _ for every rangers fan, all players all over the world, it's _ for every rangers fan, all players all over the world, it's a - for every rangers fan, all players all over the world, it's a big - all over the world, it's a big moment _ all over the world, it's a big moment-— all over the world, it's a big moment. ~ ., ~ ., , ., moment. we worked our way up from the bottom and _ moment. we worked our way up from the bottom and now _ moment. we worked our way up from the bottom and now we _ moment. we worked our way up from

side are away at wolves while manchester city are at watford.aid one month ago, is that we are playing on a good level. on a high level in many aspects but we have to prove again, so i know how difficult it is and we drop points, everything will be difficult. what's important is the way that we are going to play. rangers will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the scottish premiership to seven points. they host dundee in one of four 3pm kick offs. second place celtic are away at dundee united tomorrow there's live football on the bbc at the moment. buxton are hoping to continue their fa cup dream. they're the lowest ranked side left in the competiton. these are live pictures from the silverlands ground... latest score 1—0 to the visitors. it's live on bbc1 right now. later, national league side yeovil host league two stevenage at 5.30pm and you can watch that on bbc two and the iplayer. there are eleven more ties that kick off at 3pm. full details on the bbc sport website. forjust the third time in the history of test cricket, a bowle

it comes just 18 months after torres left valencia for manchester city.n at twickenham, 70,000 tickets sold for that, and the welsh grand national is at 2.50. all the build—up on the bbc sport website. thank you very much, jane. west mercia police has issued a written apology to the family of the former premier league footballer dalian atkinson, who died from injuries he suffered while being arrested in telford in 2016. the ex—aston villa striker was kicked in the head and tasered by pc benjamin monk, who is now serving eight years for manslaughter. in a letter, the force's new chief constable, pippa mills, said a uniform doesn't "grant officers immunity" from the law. three men in their 20s have died in a crash in northern ireland. it happened in county tyrone near omagh shortly before two o'clock this morning. the police say the three men died at the scene and a fourth man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries. the cost of global shipping has risen dramatically this year, as supply chains around the world battle with the impact of the covid p