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well, jose mourinho�*s gone with spurs seventh in england. another desk cleared, the ex—manager, home with his belongings, and no clear next destination. no comment, either. you are losing your time. english football has witnessed the various ages of mourinho. special and cheerful at chelsea, at first. more mature at manchester united. his time at spurs, quite short, pretty sour. lovely touch into richarlison. well, spurs conceded five against everton in the fa cup. a 3—0 defeat to dinamo zagreb in the europa league. after a recent draw with newcastle, mourinho explained the decline — same coach, different players, he stated. it couldn't be his fault. classic mourinho? he doesn't call himself the special one for nothing. so he's either good or bad. there's no balance, there's no middle way. so, i think, from what i've heard, he was getting out of hand in the dressing room. this coming weekend, spurs actually have their biggest game of the season, the league cup final. they clearly think they've got more chance of winning that trophy withoutjo

well, jose mourinho�*s gone with spurs seventh in england. another desk cleared, the ex—manager, home with his belongings, and no clear next destination. no comment, either. you are losing your time. english football has witnessed the various ages of mourinho. special and cheerful at chelsea, at first. more mature at manchester united. his time at spurs, quite short, pretty sour. lovely touch into richarlison. well, spurs conceded five against everton in the fa cup. a 3—0 defeat to dinamo zagreb in the europa league. after a recent draw with newcastle, mourinho explained the decline — same coach, different players, he stated. classic mourinho? he doesn't call himself the special one for nothing. so he's either good or bad. there's no balance, there's no middle way. so, i think, from what i've heard, he was getting out of hand in the dressing room. this coming weekend, spurs actually have their biggest game of the season, the league cup final. they clearly think they've got more chance of winning that trophy withoutjose mourinho. grand ambitio

the club have sacked manager jose mourinho just six days before their league cup final.pur stadium and our senior sports news reporter, laura scott, where news is still sinking of mourinho's departure. yes, absolutely. i have been speaking to fans outside the stadium this morning. they aren't really sure which piece of news to be more shocked by, but also which to digest more. last night they heard about this european super league, this morning came the news thatjose mourinho had been sacked afterjust 17 months in charge. tottenham are currently seventh in the premier league table. as things stand, they are unlikely to get champions league football next season. the club has been knocked out of the europa league. they are in a final, the caribou cup final this weekend, but for the fans i spoke to they always thought that mourinho's days were numbered, and they didn't he adapted his style to fit the club, and the talk that harry kane might leave the club. i think they were surprised by the timing of it in a week of such a big match for the club, and also after this news ab

the comments come just a week after united beat mourinho's tottenham side to increase the pressure onrmer manchester united team—mate chris smalling and his family have been the victims of an armed robbery at their home in rome, where he now plays. three armed men entered the premises and forced the former united and england defender to hand overjewellery and precious items before leaving. there's a setback for scotland ahead of this summer's euro 2020 after rangers midfielder ryanjack was ruled out due to a calf injury. he played a big part in the play—off win over serbia, but rangers manager steven gerrard has confirmed jack needs an operation which will see him miss scotland's first major men's tournament in 23 years which includes a group game against england at wembley. the world 100 metres champion christian coleman has had his two—year ban for missing three drug tests reduced by six months, following an appeal to the court of arbitration for sport. the 25—year—old american will still miss the tokyo olympics starting injuly, as the ban runs until the middle of november. thereaft

mourinho had been in charge at spurs since november 2019, replacing mauricio pochettino, and signed an taking training today. spurs play southampton on wednesday in the league — their opposition manager can understand the nature of the job. spurs frontman harry kane has spoken out on twitter, saying, "thank you for everything, boss. a pleasure to have worked together. i wish you all the best for your next chapter." at the world snooker championship, john higgins is through to the second round, but needed an impressive comeback to reach the last 16. the four—time champion was trailing 7—a to qualifier tian pengfei at one stage, but higgins won six frames in a row, including a final break of 135 to secure the victory. and that's all the sport for now. hello, there. april showers have been in short supply. it's been a very dry month so far. and for most places, tuesday will be another dry day with some sunny spells. but across the north of the uk, we can expect some patchy rain, courtesy of a weather front — you can see it here on the chart — drifting in from the northwest, moving slowly

jose mourinho is sacked as manager of tottenham after 17 months in charge, just six days before theirp final. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there's been a chorus of condemnation across football and from the government at a proposal that six top english clubs join six clubs from europe to form a new super league, from which they cannot be relegated. borisjohnson said the proposed european super league was not "good news for fans" and he would work with the football authorities "to make sure this doesn't go ahead in the way that it's currently being proposed". under the plans, arsenal, chelsea, liverpool, manchester united, manchester city, and tottenham would be part of a new midweek competition, whilst continuing to compete in their national leagues. the idea has been widely criticised as being anti—competitive, and driven by money. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. they correspondent andy swiss. are six of england's big clu bs they are six of england's biggest clubs in one of football's biggest shake—ups. forming a new super league with some of europe's

and brought in theirformer week, tottenham saxjose mourinho and brought in their former player, ryanoday be a fairy tale? 29 is a tender age to lead troops to the front line, but from the off, his side were under siege. until half—time, it was one—way traffic. but where city were wasteful, hugo lloris were keeping spurs in it. for all of city's passing and possession it was a set piece that ended tottenham's dream. 0h, piece that ended tottenham's dream. oh, and it is put away.— oh, and it is put away. some thought a meric oh, and it is put away. some thought aymeric laporte _ oh, and it is put away. some thought aymeric laporte was _ oh, and it is put away. some thought aymeric laporte was lucky _ oh, and it is put away. some thought aymeric laporte was lucky to - oh, and it is put away. some thought aymeric laporte was lucky to still- aymeric laporte was lucky to still be on the pitch after some cynical tackling, but the defenders were static while aymeric laporte was statuesque. spurs's 13 year wait for a trophy goes on, but in the week that the city owners made a huge misstep, on

mourinho had been in charge at spurs since november 2019, replacing mauricio pochettino, and signed au for everything, boss. a pleasure to have worked together. i wish you all the best for your next chapter." at the world snooker championship, john higgins is through to the second round, but needed an impressive comeback to reach the last 16. the four—time champion was trailing 7—4 to qualifier tian pengfei at one stage, but higgins won six frames in a row, including a final break of 135 to secure the victory. for that and everything else, head to the bbc sport website. but that's all the sport for now. hello there. april showers have been in short supply. it's been a very dry month so far. and for most places, tuesday will be another dry day with some sunny spells. but across the north of the uk, we can expect some patchy rain, courtesy of a weather front — you can see it here on the chart — drifting in from the northwest, moving slowly southeastward through the day and weakening all the while. for much of england and wales, we're starting off the day dry with some spells of sunshine

one match in the premier league tonight as asjose mourinho takes his spurs side to everton.was fastest in second practice at the emilia romagna grand prix. the mercedes driver was just 0.01 seconds faster than his team—mate lewis hamilton, with pierre gasly in third. charles leclerc, meanwhile, had set the fastest lap, only to lose it for exceeding track limits. things got worse when he ended up crashing in the closing seconds. and disappointment for red bull's max verstappen too, who suffered a mechanical failure early in the session. that's all the sport for now. i will have more for you in the next hour. hospitals in india are reporting severe shortages of beds and oxygen, as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise across the country. more than 200,000 cases were reported in the latest 24—hour period — a new record — and there are fears a dangerous new variant could be circulating. the government has been criticised for allowing large crowds to gather for the important hindu festival, the kumbh mela, as sima kotecha reports. this is india over the last 2a hours.

jose mourinho outs, ryan mason in. him to retire. on sunday, he will be leading tottenham out at wembley, aged just 29. this leading tottenham out at wembley, aged just 29-_ aged just 29. this isn't so much about me. _ aged just 29. this isn't so much about me. it — aged just 29. this isn't so much about me, it is— aged just 29. this isn't so much about me, it is about _ aged just 29. this isn't so much about me, it is about the - aged just 29. this isn't so much i about me, it is about the football club, it is about tottenham hotspur being involved in these big matches,

21 international, they will be desperate to keep hold of him next season, depending on what jose mourinhoe conscious that some of these players may leave. the same could happen as last summer, when some players left. they do have a couple of departures, they will feel some of their players can slip comfortably into the team. many clubs change _ comfortably into the team. many clubs change manager _ comfortably into the team. many clubs change manager when - comfortably into the team. many clubs change manager when they go down, they kept their trust with him. he will be a man many clubs will be watching.— will be watching. absolutely. i s - oke will be watching. absolutely. i soke to will be watching. absolutely. i spoke to him _ will be watching. absolutely. i spoke to him about _ will be watching. absolutely. i spoke to him about his - will be watching. absolutely. i l spoke to him about his position will be watching. absolutely. i i spoke to him about his position a few weeks ago, and he is keen to stress he was eager to stick with norwich as much as they were sticking with him when th

jose mourinho's side took the lead in the first half through harry kane.well taken goalfrom gilfi sigurdsson. but a moments confusion amongst the everton defenders let in harry kane for a second. two goals for him but a worrying moment right at the end when he appeared to turn his ankle before being forced to hobble off. bad news for spurs with just a week to go before the league cup final. for harry took off the way they did a couple of minutes ago with a game open trying to win it for him to come out is not because he's he something. but today is friday, next match is wednesday. the other one is sunday so let's say eight, six days to try to recover. let's see, let's be positive. elswhere, england under 21 manager aidy boothroyd is stepping down after four years in the role, just two weeks after the side finished bottom of their group at the european championship. england were one of the favourites for the tournament with a host of big name players to pick from, but went out following defeats to portugal and switzerland. this week just gets better weekjus

tottenham managerjose mourinho blamed his players for the draw at newcastle that kept them out of theurinho was unimpressed with his side. it is a bad result. i am not being disrespectful with newcastle, but i think that is a match to win, so the result is not a good one. we had chances to kill the game, but we create instability to ourselves with the mistakes that we made defensively. fulham manager scott parker was also left to rue a missed opportunity. they were on their way to escaping the relegation zone, leading at aston villa until the 78th minute, before villa scored three late goals. parker said his side was "sloppy" but he believes they can still get out of trouble. we are in with a fighting chance. we need to improve, we need to understand where today we failed and where we went wrong, and understand, be brutally honest with ourselves, that was not good enough. was not good enough individually, as a team, at times. there are seven games left, we have put ourselves in a great position, we will keep going from there. in spain, valencia captainjose gaya claims the referee gave

two days after the sacking ofjose mourinho, tottenham moved to within two points of the premier league's saints, spurs fans were clear who they see as a sinner. since they last played, chairman daniel levy's joined and left a new leak as well as sacked a manager. the special one's and replaced by the young one, ryan mason the first premier league boss under 30 spurs skipper hugo lloris's five years older than his manager that showed his agility to somehow keep out southampton early on. the visitors could not be denied for long, james ward—prowse delivering the corner, danny ings supplying the finish. levy's week was not getting any better. thought no more second—best until the second half. a touch of magic from gareth bale got them level and his old club were suddenly under siege. son hueng—min thought he had scored, but a var review caught lucas moura just off—site. in a final minute though, the video referee came to spurs aid, judging the style to be just inside the area. without the injured harry kane, his strike partner was willing and able to convert the penalty. they will be no spo

the media today, following his appointment until the end of the season, after the sacking of jose mourinhoad inury curtailed his career. he steps up from his role as head of player development and will lead out his boyhood club in their game with southampton tomorrow and in this weekend's league cup final against manchester city. many different emotions going through my body at the moment. probably the most important one is pride. i been associated with this club over 20 years, a very long time of my life. ifelt club over 20 years, a very long time of my life. i felt very proud, like i have excellent connection with the fans. ifeel that is important. there is a lot of pride in being given this opportunity to help this great club. two of scotland s top female great club. for britain at this summer s olympics despite their own association not supporting teamgb. caroline weir and erin cuthbert come face to face this week in a potential title decider between manchester city and chelsea but hope to be tokyo teammates later in the year. kheredine idessane reports. for whether it is for club... l

tottenham are playing right now at home to southampton, it's their first match since manager jose mourinhoour sports news reporter laura scott is there for us... laura, what's the feeling like from fans who've gathered at the stadium? what is the feeling from philistines gathered outside the ground today? —— what is the feeling from the fines. i -- what is the feeling from the fines. ., ., -- what is the feeling from the fines. . ., ,, a .,' -- what is the feeling from the fines. . ., ,, , fines. i had a kick-off between the and southampton, _ fines. i had a kick-off between the and southampton, they _ fines. i had a kick-off between the and southampton, they have - fines. i had a kick-off between the and southampton, they have nowl and southampton, they have now dissipated. when they were here, they were chanting we want our time them back and they held signs saying they want the club owners and the chairman out. they also had up —— held up signs saying power to the fans and we say no to the super league. that is all despite a statement from the club last night in which club chairman said

one of those proposed super league clubs tottenham confirmed they have sacked their manager jose mourinho earlier took over tottenham in november 29 t. despite a strong start to this season the team have been struggling of late currently languishing in 7th place in the premier league and were recently knocked out of the europa league by. have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world has expelled 20 checks diplomats day off the prague ordered out 18 russian officials who had said were military spies russia promised to retaliate saying the czech republic was trying to please the united states. so does in egypt say at least 11 people have died and nearly 100 are injured after a passenger train derails near cairo on sunday the train was traveling from the egyptian capital to the now delta city of months egypt has seen several well wait tragedies in recent years. emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire in south africa's table mountain the blaze started on sunday and reached parts of the university of cape town burning the historic campus library and forcin

tottenham don't i have jose mourinho, will not see him havejose mourinho, will not see him pitting hisly is at the cup final common records on the line, fans are back in the stadium, the esl fallout, how well the fans react to that. so much to enjoy this afternoon, i can't wait to watch that one. it is time to say goodbye to chris, you're going to read the for andrew marr. i am indeed. read the for andrew marr. i am indeed- i _ read the for andrew marr. i am indeed. i will— read the for andrew marr. i am indeed. i will leave _ read the for andrew marr. i am indeed. i will leave you - read the for andrew marr. i am indeed. i will leave you in - read the for andrew marr. i —n indeed. i will leave you in the company of chris with the weather. plenty of sunshine once again in the forecast. it is a beautiful start. through to mostly sunny but slightly cooler for some especial across england and wales. high pressure still firmly in charge but the winds flow in a clockwise direction and thatis flow in a clockwise direction and that is bringing the slightly cooler air from the east across engl

jose mourinho outs, ryan mason in. the former midfielder made 70 appearances for his hometown club before a serious head injury forced him to retire. 0n before a serious head injury forced him to retire. on sunday, he will be leading tottenham out at wembley, aged just 29. this leading tottenham out at wembley, aged just 29-_ aged just 29. this isn't so much about me. _ aged just 29. this isn't so much about me. it — aged just 29. this isn't so much about me, it is— aged just 29. this isn't so much about me, it is about _ aged just 29. this isn't so much about me, it is about the - aged just 29. this isn't so much i about me, it is about the football club, it is about tottenham hotspur being involved in these big matches, ourfans being involved in these big matches, our fans getting dizzy is being involved in these big matches, ourfans getting dizzy is in being involved in these big matches, our fans getting dizzy is in these big matches, and my mind and my focus is fully on the match and maybe one day once the season

one of those clubs involved, tottenham, parted company with managerjose mourinho yesterday.mason has been named interim manager until the end of the season. he's only 29. a nasty head inury curtailed his career. he steps up from his role as head of player development and will lead out his boyhood club in their game with southampton tomorrow and in this weekend's league cup final against manchester city. to the world snooker championship, where we can bring you a final frame decider in the first round. at the crucible theatre in sheffield, where two—time finalist ali carter is up against jack lisowski. it's currently nine frames all. you can watch the conclusion right now on bbc two and the bbc sport website. i'll have more for you in the next hour. ple nty plenty more reaction to the super league _ plenty more reaction to the super league proposals. simonjack, our simon jack, our business simonjack, our business editor, has just told us that the european super league has filed injunctions to stop player and club bands. he goes on to say that the european super league has mov

it's true, tottenham's head coach, jose mourinho, is under pressure.ship deal help them become top dog? i know you are a fan of dogs. do you like the new sheepdog sponsor? what was that? i know you are a fan of dogs. their logo is a sheepdog. the new paint sponsor. have you seen it? what is that? the sponsor, sarah. don't worry about it, then! well, what? 0k. thanks, gary. we'll go to george? and, by george, with a sheepish dulux now in the doghouse, they said they deeply sorry. with their social media team presumably left with eggshell on theirfaces. an initially bemused tottenham said they have brushed off the row with their newest sponsor, insisting that this time the club will gloss over it. mark lobel, bbc news. that is it from me for now. i will be back with the latest headlines soon. hello there. under clear, starry skies, temperatures have once again been dropping. it means a cold, frosty start for most on friday morning but a mainly dry day ahead, with some spells of sunshine once any early fog has cleared. high pressure stilljust about in cha

late penalty by heung—min son gives tottenham victory over southampton in their first game post—mourinhoning. within hours of the conviction of a former us police officerfor the murder of an african—american man a full federal investigation has been launched into policing practices in the city of minneapolis. the justice department will look at whether there has been a pattern of unconstitutional or unlawful policing. it follows national outrage over the killing of george floyd by derek chauvin. the former officer was convicted of all charges against him yesterday. president biden has described the conviction as "a giant step forward in the march toward justice in america". our north america correspondent nick bryant has the latest. guilty! cheering. guilty! there was joy in the moment ofjustice, a verdict heard around the world. unintentional second—degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. so now it was derek chauvin who was put in cuffs, a one—time police officer leaving the court a convicted murderer, who's since swapped his suit for prison clothing. it was

let's not forget, withoutjose mourinho, the interim head coach ray mason is replacing him.he tomb are important competitions and wheels have an eye on this competition. i know that this commitment will be incredibly tough, i know it. the quality of the players are outstanding and extraordinary, like the last five or ten years. the team will take a look, but of course, it is the final. once we are there, every player will want to win it. you have dreams, player will want to win it. you have dreams. you _ player will want to win it. you have dreams, you know? _ player will want to win it. you have dreams, you know? you _ player will want to win it. you have dreams, you know? you have - player will want to win it. you have dreams, you know? you have to i player will want to win it. you have - dreams, you know? you have to dream. every— dreams, you know? you have to dream. every day. _ dreams, you know? you have to dream. every day, where you wake up you have _ every day, where you wake up you have your — every day, where you wake up you have your dreams in front of you that yo

not only were they part of the esl proposals but they also sacked managerjose mourinho., son heung—min scoring the winning goal from the penalty spot in the 90th minute. in la liga, real madrid moved level on points at the top with atletico madrid after a 3—0 win in cadiz. as you can see though the home fans were far from happy about their opponents attempt to join the european super league. they protested as the madrid team bus made it's way to the stadium prior to the game. inter milan have moved 10 points clear at the top of italy's serie a, despite being held to a 1—1 draw at spezia. that's because neighbours ac milan, who are in second place, lost 2—1 against sassuolo. milan took the lead but two second half goals from giacomo raspadori sealed all three points. juventus moved into third with a 3—1 against parma — alex sandro grabbed two before matthijs de ligt rounded off the scoring. in the bundesliga, borussia dortmund kept their hopes of qualifying for next season champions league alive with 2—0 win against union berlin. their goals came from marco reus and this

jose mourinho sacked as tottenham boss less than a week before the league cup final at wembley.ening. plans to create a new football superleague have been widely condemned and sparked outrage from fans, officials and politicians. the prime minister has pledged to do everything possible to make sure it doesn't go ahead. the president of european football's governing body uefa has vowed to ban any player involved in the superleague from representing their country in major tournaments. there were protests tonight as liverpool — one of the breakaway teams — took on leeds at elland road. arsenal, chelsea, liverpool, manchester united, manchester city and tottenham are all planning to be part of a new midweek competition in what would be the biggest shake up in football in a generation. they would join spanish clubs atletico madrid, real madrid and barcelona, and italy's ac milan, inter milan and juventus. but why are they doing it? our sports editor dan roan reports. for decades, it has provided the game with some of its most iconic and enduring images, but european football's premie

spurs ahead, joe willock scored a late equaliser for newcastle in a 2—2 draw, and it's fair to say mourinhohad chances to kill the game, but we created instability to ourselves with the mistakes that we made defensively. meanwhile, fulham missed the chance to get out of the relegation zone — they led at aston villa until the 78th minute, but villa scored three late goals — england forward 0llie watkins making it 3—1. fulham manager scott parker said his side was "sloppy" but they can still get out of trouble. we are in with a fighting chance. we need to improve, we need to understand where we failed today, and where we went wrong, and understand and be brutally honest with ourselves that we weren't good enough. we weren't good enough individually, as a team at times. there are seven games left, we've put ourselves in a great position and we'll keep going from there. and, on a day of comebacks, southampton recovered from 2—0 down at home to burnley, to win 3—2 and take an important three points in the battle for premier league survival. there will be a meeting of the old firm in the last 16

spurs, in the middle of all of that sacked josie mourinho and bought in ryan mason temporarily untilnjury at hull. people are happy to have him. ibig injury at hull. people are happy to have him. �* , ., ., have him. big question on the fitness of _ have him. big question on the fitness of harry _ have him. big question on the fitness of harry kane, - have him. big question on the fitness of harry kane, but - have him. big question on the fitness of harry kane, but the | fitness of harry kane, but the tottenham, harry kane against the might of manchester. that is a good standard. , , ., , ,., ~ standard. every single fan i spoken to wanted to _ standard. every single fan i spoken to wanted to talk _ standard. every single fan i spoken to wanted to talk about _ standard. every single fan i spoken to wanted to talk about harry - standard. every single fan i spoken| to wanted to talk about harry kane. they wanted to know if he was starting. they said they would take it by an hour by hour basis, now is a huge boost especially given the team put out by manchester city. we know they have p

the result means that jose mourinho's team are fifth. we made mistakes. we made defensive mistakes that led to instability. in the first half, we were — to instability. in the first half, we were always in control, even in the second — we were always in control, even in the second half when we have the ball, the second half when we have the bail. we _ the second half when we have the ball, we didn't have any problems. we scored — ball, we didn't have any problems. we scored goals, we could score a couple _ we scored goals, we could score a couple of — we scored goals, we could score a couple of more, when we got in defensive — couple of more, when we got in defensive situations, we created instability with our mistakes. and instability— instability with our mistakes. and instability brings hope to the opponent. earler, aston villa came from a goal down to beat fulham, who stay in the relegation zone. southampton also came from behind to beat burnley 3—2. valencia's players left the pitch in protest during their la liga match at cadiz aft

newcastle against tottenham kicks off just after two — with spurs bossjose mourinho believing his sideter every match, the ambition and the confidence to win the match, the next match, to reach the championship position, i don't think we depend on anything but ourselves, and results from other teams. i'm not going to say we are going to do it or we are not going to do it. we have to go one game at a time. there are five games in the women's super league this afternoon. chelsea have a two point lead at the top of the table and they're playing in the early kick—off against birmingham city. they lead 2—0 at half—time, sam kerr with the opener after erin cuthbert�*s shot was saved. everton against aston villa is also under way — that's goalless at the moment. the league cup final later this month at wembley has been approved as an official crowd test event. it's been confirmed that the clash between tottenham hotspur and manchester city will be played in front of 8,000 spectators. a number of tickets will be allocated to fans from both clubs for the tie in three weeks time. there will also

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of those proposed super league clubs tottenham of confirmed they have sacked their manager jose mourinho or a new took over us top moment nov 29th team despite a strong start of this season the team in struggling of late currently languishing in the 7th place in the premier league and were recently knocked out of the europa league by dinamo zagreb. now let's have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today moscow has expelled 20 checks diplomats a day off the prague ordered out 18 russian officials who it said were military spies russia has promised to retaliate saying the czech republic was trying to please the united states. authorities in egypt say at least 11 people have died and nearly 100 are injured after a passenger train derailed near cairo on sunday train was traveling from the egyptian capital to the now delta city of months egypt has seen several railway tragedies in recent weeks. emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire in south africa's table mount the blaze started on sunday and reached parts of the university of cape town burning th

channel: tottenham appoint former player ryan mason as interim manager after the sacking ofjose mourinhoesterday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. downing street has said it will explore every possibility, including legislation, to stop plans for a european super league. following a meeting with officials from two of the sport's governing bodies, borisjohnson said they had the government's full backing to take whatever action was necessary to put a stop to the proposals. the idea, which would see six top english clubs join european sides in a new competition, has drawn widespread condemnation. but the president of real madrid, one of the breakaway clubs, has defended the move, saying that dwindling audiences and major losses meant something had to change. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. the message was clear, protest outside elland road last night and even above it as leeds faced liverpool, one of the teams involved in the proposed super league. fans are so often divided by football now united in fury. are so often divided by football now united infury. i’m

meanwhile tottenham have sacked their managerjose mourinho.cked out of the europa league last month. borisjohnson cancels his trade trip to india amid rising covid cases in the country. the prime minister has cancelled his upcoming trade visit to india after it was announced that delhi is imposing a strict six—day coronavirus lockdown. the trip was billed as boris johnson's first major overseas visit since taking office — aimed at boosting trade and investment ties. rajini vaidyanathan is in delhi. it was seen as a significant visit with both prime ministers wanting to flesh out a trade deal, but delhi is heading into a week long lockdown. coronavirus cases are spiralling out of control here. the health care infrastructure is buckling under pressure. icu beds are running out. one theory behind this surge in cases is the detection of a new variant. they're still looking into it, but some experts believe it is more transmissible and more deadly. we know that the indian variant has been detected in the uk, where you are, but plane loads of travel

old, ryan mason, will manage the team in only his second match in the job after the sacking ofjose mourinhousual position for him to be in. in a row after beating france at twickenham stoop. there was only one try in the 10—6 victory which was scored by poppy cleall just before half—time. it was the championships first ever final after the format was changed and it's england's fourth title in five years. ireland finished third after beating italy while scotland beat wales. in rugby league's super league, there was a big win for warrington wolves. they beat the catalans dragons 2a—8 in perpignan. the wolves did trail 8—0 at one stage, but they ran in four tries to secure victory, which leaves them sixth in the table, a point behind their opponents. the second round of the world snooker contiunues this morning with stuart bingham taking onjamiejones, and judd trump facing david gilbert in around 20 minutes�* time. in the battle of former champions yesterday, it was mark williams who came out on top. the three time champion beat john higgins 13—7 at the crucible theatre in sheffield. williams

mourinho accused his side of creating instability, as they lost their advantage.nutes. england new boy 0llie watkins making it 3—1. fulham manager scott parker said his side was "sloppy" but they can still get out of trouble. we are in with a fighting chance. we need to improve, we need to understand where we fail today, and where we went wrong, and understand and be brutally honest with ourselves. we weren't good enough as a team at times. there are seven games left, we will put ourselves in a big grey position and keep going from that. —— we will put ourselves in a great position. and on a day of comebacks, southampton recovered from 2—0 down at home to burnley, to win 3—2 and take an important three points in the battle for premier league survival. there will be a meeting of the old firm in the last 16 of the scottish cup after rangers beat cove rangers 4—0. the new premiership champions eased past the league one part—timers with kemar roofe scoring twice. rangers will host rivals celtic in the fourth round later this month. in spain, the valencia team walked o

about one of those proposed to believe clubs tottenham confirmed to have sacked them manager jose mourinho bring you took over tottenham in november 29 seen this find a strong start of this season the team have been struggling of late currently languishing in 7th place in the premier league and were recently knocked out of the europa league by dinamo zagreb. time not to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world russia's prison service says it is transferring the jailed opposition leader alexander valley to a medical facility about his doctors say he is on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the united states and the european union have warned of consequences if he dies in prison the kremlin says nirvana's health should not interest the west. moscow housing spells 20 czech diplomats a day after prague ordered out 18 russian officials who it said were military spies russia promised to retaliate saying the czech republic was trying to please the united states. emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire in south africa's table mountain the bla

spurs were 6—1winners at old trafford earlier this season, butjose mourinho believes that result wasat 6—1, it doesn't reflect the reality. it can happen, of course it can happen. sometimes between two big clubs, these crazy results, they can happen. but they happen in an isolated way. japan's hideki matsuyama is the man to catch heading into the final round of the masters at augusta. he's a superstar in his home country, looking to win his first major and shot a very impressive bogey free round of 65 to move four shots clear at the top of the leaderboard. justin rose had led at the start of play but an even par round of 72 means he'll start the round tied for second. ididn't i didn't play well enough today. simple as that, really. i think all in all, to have a shot, i'm delighted. i have been playing within the lead all the week, and there has been an hour of golf when he hideki matsuyama has moved out in front. all of the guys are capable of the little run that he has had so it is all up for grabs. britain's sam bird continues to lead the formula e world championship but couldn't a

english football has witnessed the various ages of mourinho.nho explained the decline. "same coach, different players," he stated. well, couldn't be his fault. classic mourinho? he doesn't call himself the special one for nothing. so he's either good or bad. there is no balance, there is no middle way. so i think, what i've heard, it was a bit like he was getting out of hand in the dressing room, within the dressing room, so they had to change him. this coming weekend spurs actually have their biggest game of the season, the league cup final. they clearly think they've got more chance of winning that trophy withoutjose mourinho. grand ambitions here. the stadium is super. but tottenham's perception and their current situation seem, well, leagues apart. joe wilson, bbc news, north london. interesting timing of that announcement yesterday. of course, joe mourinho being sacked would have been a big story, but slightly overshadowed by the european super league proposals. overshadowed by the european super league proposals-— league proposals. absolu

of those proposed super league clubs tottenham have confirmed they have sacked their manager jose mourinho when you know took over at tottenham in november 21000 despite a strong start to to the season the team have been struggling of late they're currently languishing in 7th place in the premier league and were recently knocked out of the europa league by mossad grab. nasa says its mars exploration helicopter ingenuity has successfully flown on the red planet to the delight of its handlers back on earth a flight controllers in california confirmed ingenuities brief op after receiving data via the perseverence rover which stood watch around 65 meters away while the $85000000.00 helicopter demonstration was considered high risk high reward. for warding indeed here's a rundown the top story that we're tracking for you this hour for the 1st time in the party's history germans greens germany's greens have a chance of taking control of the chelsea party leaders have picked their box to leap the left leaning greens into the september 26th election. all right stick with us the news continues here

two days after the sacking ofjose mourinho, tottenham moved to within two points of the premier league'sss under 30. spurs skipper hugo lloris is five years older than his manager but showed his agility to somehow keep out southampton early on. yet the visitors couldn't be denied for long — james ward—prowse delivering the corner, danny ings supplying the finish. levy's week wasn't getting any better. tottenham were second—best until the second half. a touch of magic from gareth bale got them level and his old club were suddenly under siege. son hueng—min thought he'd scored, but a var review caught lucas moura just offside. in the final minute, though, the video referee came to spurs' aid, judging this foul to bejust inside the area. without the injured harry kane, his strike partner was willing and able to convert the penalty. there will be no spot in a european super league, but a place in the champions league for tottenham, well, that's still a possibility. stuart pollitt, bbc news. there were seven games in the championship this evening as the race for the play—off spots and to avoi

jose mourinho's side took the lead in the first half through harry kane.his ankle before being forced to hobble off. bad news for spurs with just a week to go before the league cup final. for harry going off the way he did a couple of minutes ago with a game open trying to win it for him to come out is not because he's nothing. he's something. but today is friday, next match is wednesday. the other one is sunday so let's say eight, ten days to try to recover. let's see, let's be positive. elswhere, england under 21 manager aidy boothroyd is stepping down after four years in the role, just two weeks after the side finished bottom of their group at the european championship. england were one of the favourites for the tournament with a host of big name players to pick from, but went out following defeats to portugal and switzerland. this weekjust gets better and betterfor dan evans. the british number one — who beat novak djokovic yesterday — is now through to the semi finals of the monte carlo masters, after coming from a set down to beat the world number 15

and now pogba has criticised mourinho's man management style — accusing him of "going against playersland men's first major tournament for 23 years which includes a group game against england at wembley. valtteri bottas was fastest in the first practice session ahead of the emilia romagna grand prix. bottas finished four hundreths of a second ahead of mercedes team mate lewis hamilton. but haas's nikita mazepin had a session to forget. he spun near the start, and did so again later on, the second time having to climb out of his car. elsewhere alpine's esteban ocon came into contact with the red bull of sergio perez. second practice begins at one—thirty. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in india have been identified in the uk. 73 cases have been confirmed in england as well as four cases in scotland. so, how concerned should we be? let's ask paul hunter, who's a professor in medicine at the university of east anglia. thank you forjoining us. how concerned are you?— thank you forjoining us. how conc

team — when he takes charge of their game at home to southampton — following the sacking ofjose mourinhohing i can guarantee is i will give my all in the next seven games to prepare this group of players doing football matches and the pride i feel is amazing. it's one of those where i live probably won't be able to take it fully until the season is done but of course at the moment i feel immense pride. well one not involved today's game — is harry kane... the spurs frontman missing from the squad, with an ankle injury — questions over whether he'll be fit for sunday's league cup final. he tweeted his support for mason earlier today — they played in the team's academy together. 'we'll give it everything we've got, for these next 7 games', kane said. let's catch up with the latest from the crucible now — as the world snooker championship first round continues. world number onejudd trump got the better of liam highfield... trump winning 10 frames to it, to progress to the second round. it was a dominant performance from trump — with the win sealing his place at the top of the world rankings

statement apologising for any "upset or anxiety caused". 0n the pitch, after the club sacked jose mourinhohe youngest manager to take charge of a premier league match, and they next play in the league cup final on sunday. we've got a massive game on sunday now, and i we're full of energy, we'll go into preparing for that, and once that one's out of the way, we'll be on to the next one. but most importantly for us tonight, i thought the performance, the attitude of the boys, was absolutely outstanding. manchester city manager pep guardiola said the failed esl was now a closed chapter, and hadn't been a distraction. his side came from behind to beat aston villa 2—1 and now need just eight points to win the title. england's phil foden continued his brilliant form. before rodri then headed city ahead. but city had to survive the second half with ten men after a var check on this challenge. john stones was sent off and will now miss sunday's efl cup final. so manchester city well on the way to the title. that's already been decided in scotland, with rangers way ahead of the chasing pack. they c

one of those clubs involved, tottenham, parted company with managerjose mourinho yesterday.ki. it“s carter who has had the better of the first mini—session. he“s won three of the first four to now lead by seven frames to six. you can watch live coverage on bbc two and the bbc sport website and app, with the first to ten making the second round. we will be following all the reaction and latest developments with regards to that plan european super league throughout the day. more now on that backlash to form a breakaway european super league —— european super league. many fans of post the glazer takeover of manchester united back in 2005 and some decided to set up their own club, fc united of manchester. it is now the biggest fan owned club in the uk by the number of members. lets speak to the chair of their board of directors, adrian seddon. good to have you with this, adrian. could you tell us more about the beginnings of your club? yes. could you tell us more about the beginnings of your club?- could you tell us more about the beginnings of your club? yes, so in 2005 there —

league team when he takes charge of tottenham at home to southampton, following the sacking ofjose mourinhoe seasonis able to take it fully in until the season is done. but, of course, the moment, ifeel immense pride. team gb will face canada, chile, and the hosts japan in their women�*s football tournament group, at this summer�*s tokyo olympics. the side will led by interim england coach hege riise — after phil neville departed for the mls in america earlier this year. it�*ll be gb�*s second appearance at the tournament and will begin with japan against canada at the sapporo dome on the 21stjuly. world championjulian alaphilppe has won the one—day classic fleche—wallonne race in belgium. primoz roglic, who�*s one of the favourites for this year�*s tour de france, launched himself clear of the pack on the final climb. but alaphilippe, wearing the rainbow stripes of the world champion, managed to catch and pass him, to win fleche—wallonne for the third time. britain�*s tom pidcock was sixth. just to remind you of the latest from the crucible, as the snooker world championship first round co

after the club sacked jose mourinho this week, ryan mason took charge, and after his side, went behinde of a premier league match, and they next play in the league cup final on sunday. so now, a swift and dramatic collapse over the last couple of days has seen the proposed european super league go from 12 teams involved to just three. spanish giants barcelona and real madrid, along with the italian side, juventus, have yet to formally pull out. so why have they not followed in the footsteps, of the other clubs, and distanced themselves from it? spanish football writer, guillem balague, joins me now. morning, so what's going on at barca and real. they must have seen the condemnation of these plans around the football world. so why haven't they pulled out too? it's like a party that the lights are on. — it's like a party that the lights are on, and there are three guys they're _ are on, and there are three guys they're hoping for more people to come _ they're hoping for more people to come in — they're hoping for more people to come in but to be honest it's a party— come in but to be hon

media after his appointment as tottenham interim manager yesterday following the sacking ofjose mourinhop from his role as head of player development and will lead out his boyhood club in their game with southampton tomorrow and in this weekend's league cup final against manchester city. there are many different emotions going through my body at the moment, probably the most important is pride. i have been associated with this club over 20 years, a very long time of my life. i feel very proud, i feel time of my life. i feel very proud, ifeel i time of my life. i feel very proud, i feel i have an excellent collection with the fans, which ideal is important, there is a lot of pride in being given this opportunity to help this great football. aha, opportunity to help this great football. �* , , ~ . moment for him. plenty more reaction later with regard to the breakaway super league but, for now, this is it. jurors in the us city of minneapolis are preparing for a second day of deliberation in the trial of derek chauvin, the former police officer accused of murdering george floyd. their verd