nico kovacs has been feeling the heat lately with byron off the pace in the league so it was hardly the ideal time for a trip to his former club frankfurt i'm trying to have the best phone record in the league going into the game and just 9 minutes in by and we're already in trouble consolo past the n.c.r. head through and drew a foul from 0 but saying the veteran sense about it was the last man so the referee had no choice but to show him a red card a man down and in the 25th minute by and were a goal down thanks to phillip cost it. the serbian winger pounced on a deflection and placed a perfect 1st time finish past month while neuer. about 10 minutes later it was 2 nil when a stunning move ended with djibril so firing into the back post. thanks again profited from a deflection but sorry finish was clinical that word almost always applies to robert leaven dusty 2 and by and 0 got them back in the game the poll showed phenomenal skill and strength to continue his record of scoring in every bundesliga game this season and half the deficit before half time. but after the break frankfurt m

clad back on top head of dortmund by 3 points leipsic a 3rd with by a now down to 4th as coach nico kovacs feels the pressure front for up to 6 little movement in the bottom half with basement side apart a bone already adrift. you know the 2 teams from. across town darby west who have been a familiar presence in the top flight for decades pay a visit to east berlin. playing in their 1st ever season in the bundesliga making this showdown something truly special for the german capital. training ground has been abuzz with activity the newly promoted team is ready for the showdown with cross-town rivals hair. fribourg in the german cup on tuesday and now it's time for the darby. b. is a dumpy but the city is a bit more special i'm expecting an awesome encounter. speed i think it's important to find the right balance between being aggressive and staying cool. 30 years ago just days after the fall of the berlin wall thousands of fans from the east made the pilgrimage to a lympics stadium to see 2nd division side among them many only on supporters at the time it was a special east west fan friend

champions pilot unit take a 5 to one rushing to construct for the worst loss in 10 years leaves coach nico kovacs under pressure. i'm from gayle welcome to the program. south africa have won the men's rugby world cup in japan the springboks sprang a surprise by defeating favorites anglin 3212 in the final and yokohama sparking celebrations across south africa this was the scene in johannesburg as people celebrated the country's the so welcome. thanks. joy and so as our township where the victory has special significance have to see a committee became the 1st black captain to lift the men's trophy for south africa springboks and the game was underdogs but 100 palatka kicked full penalties to give them a phones need a subdued england cap themselves in the contest but to try south africa in the 2nd sealed the way. the w. correspondent i dream creech spoke with fans in cape town after the match. what a performance all the springboks during that waltz cup and what a clear victory in the final in the end of the day and kept on but also throughout the country the celebrations have now started because th

tight situations this season but i mean it's easy to forget the fact that even last season after nico kovacs won the double they were already talking about firing him and so there's always this kind of tension around biron where you don't really. you know what to expect or even when they're doing well they have a criticism so it's hard to know exactly where they're at right now right you know if you know under the regime will obviously was left out now he's getting his opportunity to shy can't they were publicly shopping for coaches now they say haji flick he's all good for the time being should he be the solution well i mean we got a hold of horses a little bit with a flick i mean 2 great results i fall they say in the champions league and then demolition against dortmund but you've got to see more than one a couple of games to become the buying coach this is by and munich we're talking about coaches that they've had in recent years the likes of columbine chillout say you know your point is obviously have had the flick would be a kind of outlier in the run of things and you know i think we

nico kovacs has been feeling the heat lately with by an off the pace in the league so it was hardly the ideal time for a trip to his former club frankfurt and try to have the best time record in the league going into the game and just 9 minutes in by and we're already in trouble gonzalo past the n.c.i. head through and drew a foul from 0 but saying the veteran sense about it was the last man so the referee had no choice but to show him a red card a man down and in the 25th minute by and word goal down to thanks to philip cost it . the serbian wing of pounced on a deflection and placed a perfect 1st time finish past month while neuer. about 10 minutes later it was 2 nil when a stunning move ended with gibril sort of firing into the back post. frank but again profited from a deflection but so is finish was clinical that was almost always applies to robert leaven dusky 2 and buy ins hero got them back in the guy the poll showed phenomenal skill and strength to continue his record of scoring in every bundesliga game this season and half the deficit before half time. but after the break fran

that broke the camel's back now we're going to we're going to hear from 2 people right now one is nico kovacs the man of the moment he spoke off the game about how disappointed he is and then we're going to hear from our more noir and i think this really shows that kovacs had lost the dressing room after that defeat. any of those a man unless we shouldn't be losing $51.00 what we have to grasp is that sure it was a man less it's going to be more difficult to win. something like that should never happen you know this is what has happened is no fluke if you saw the cup game in bochum last week and what has happened isn't really a big surprise to me it's kind of reasonable rational but it can't just be blamed on getting a red card early in the game. you want to come out to nothing worked out. so now we are in a situation which we have to confront a woman joins us on and we will have to analyze things and talk about it but of course we have to change something. it sounds like you know the responses has been made with the change in place last season when they struggled you didn't really hear playe

program we start with big news from the world of sports german champions byer munich have fired coach nico kovacs the team is sitting 4th in the bundesliga despite leading byron munich to the league title and lifting the german cup laughs last season a 51 loss to frankfurt on saturday appears to have been the final straw for byron's board. mark meadows from dubai. sports joins us now to tell us more mark it couldn't have just been this 51 lost in frankfurt what else is going on here yeah there's definitely something more underlying i mean they were in the same situation last season when he 1st took over the results of very poor people calling for his sacking and he managed to turn that around but i think nick and i think a deja vu here we have the same problem last season ok the money's to to win the title in the german cup but is this really happening all over again and it's not just the results i think it's also maybe that you get on very well with the club chairman karl has room in the game is going to be quite open about a bit of frost in those days he's big supporter of the club is the presi

s line from berlin german football champions byron munich fired a coach nico kovacs after the club suffers its worst defeat for more than a decade we'll look at the reasons behind this surprise decision also on the program opponents and supporters of lebanon's present time michel aoun staged mass rallies of thousands of anti-government protesters converge on monster square in the capital beirut calling for the removal of the country's elite and it ends to corruption. saudi arabia's giant state all company are on coke it stops its initial public offering announcing plans to float on the job stock exchange it could be the world's biggest ever stop listing as the kingdom seeks to diversify its economy. i'm filled welcome to the program we start with breaking news from the world of sports a german champions by munich a 5 that coach and the cocoa gotch with the side sitting 4th in the bundesliga the croatian won the league and cup double last season substates 51 thrashing out on track from 1st seems to have been the final straw for the club's board. and see what's going on then without mark man

former byron coach nico kovacs was a big fan of his. and he did use it in the tribute to the shall i show just with ability of a win for the bundesliga a sensational player who helped take our team to the next level and then level heading there said he's very happy he and his family got a warm welcome and everyone's enjoying a nice day with that piece of mind he can play his best football. given what you fought away from the spotlight one i wish for him is that he remains the man he's always been. a source of pride the trust family and a sporting idol in brazil. the way a footballer should be really only a lion out on the pitch almost invisible quite often if you google i. think i'm. i mean by myself this year i'm hoping for a great season with my teammates there's a lot that can happen in about this subject i am in it next time for a little more magic on kickoff the be. an . hour of play. great for the mind body and soul. but fewer kids spend their time doing it. developmental psychologists are concerned. these planes thrilling now pla

former byron coach nico kovacs was a big fan of his. music which i should get this issue and show with the blues to have it for the bundesliga a sensational player who will help take our team to the next level and then level him there said he's very happy he and his family got a warm welcome and everyone's enjoying life there with that piece of mind he can play his best football. in the world you for away from the spotlight one i wish for him is that he remains the man he's always been. a source of pride trust family and a sporting idol in brazil. the way a footballer should be when you only have a lion out on the pitch almost invisible while for. me i'm. clime myself this year i'm hoping for a great season with my teammates there's a lot that can happen if this. misses the big c. you need next time for a little more magic on kickoff. to . see venice and be glad that you still can. do other cities seem so close to her. premises survived industrialisation traffic and crowds are tourists but it may not survive climate change. under stress

in disarray last week's 51 loss to frank for nico kovacs fired and interim coach hines a flick thrown into the deep end with an uninspiring to no champions league win over olympiakos. left technical wizards giago and coaching yo out of the lineup instead he chose to build around thomas millar personified. sutton hit up and since i've been here i'm constantly fascinated by how talented the squad is we just have to show it on the pitch again since he's on my side which is just what 4th placed by and dates from the start they've been focusing on patching up the defense that was so leaky on the coach but by and shaun most up front. they put on the pressure with a dizzy passing. exposed and out of sorts dortmund could not keep up. which is how by and took the lead after. 70 thanks to the high court reliable but given dusty. he stored it every week back as the season and again did it with eve's against his former club. patsy flake has by and playing with freedom and self assurance. from average by and fans to the club's top brass this high level clash was at a lightening experience. on the

the final blow for nico kovacs was a 51 loss to his former club frankfurt which feels like a cruel twist of fate but not a surprise you can yeah we know how these things work so everyone can relax but the 24 hours after the debacle in frankfurt were likely anything but relaxing for the buyer and bosses they brought in coach because of his pedigree he won the league and cup as a player and brian as munich's coach he won the double in his 1st season his brother robert was always by his side as an assistant. even after the loss in frankfurt coverts kept looking forward when we think we have to focus mentally we've got to forget this quickly because on wednesday we've got the chance to settle the group in the champions league but 4th in the league after 10 matches just isn't up to snuff o'brian. mini's world cup winning assistant coach pansy flick will take over is pat sega we wish them both good luck up to a. cut. taxes. come to come. to keep. fucking going to. cut. cut. cut cut. cut cut cut cut. cut cut. cut. to 2019 tokyo motor show. small city cars and lightning fast race cars the design

right nico kovacs certainly won't forget a visit to france any time soon and especially not what happened in the white house that much. it's time to say good bye to the cocoa such after by and scratching defeat in frankfurt's he knew what was coming down here we know how these things work so everyone can relax so i went relax probably isn't the right word we need a defense after the gang relations with the top brass were already tense before the match a match that others will have happy memories of. that she'd been under pressure for weeks with growing calls for his removal from fans on social media. many believe kovacs wasn't up to leading the referee champions. somewhat hoping that she'll conquers would return to the body and bench the colts foliage above the focus moments is led by and barely scraped spite with results a few times one foot in front for things will be intense from the 1st minute and then there's we've got to be wide awake and if we start of the way we have done in the last few weeks we can end up trailing early on and kind of. i could start slow many things not being a

season now now there have been reports that heads would ideally like a permanent replacement to be nico kovacs who has until recently of course by munich coach you know heads is a club with a lot of ambition and a lot of kind of unexploded potential in the capital city you know they could be a really big name is kind of big brand but they haven't been it so far there's been a lot of investment in the club recently and you know klinsmann was initially going to be an advisor on the board helping to try and bring the club forward in a long term capacity now he's going to be doing it in the capacity of a coach. of course conceivable that he will stay longer than just the season he said at the press conference today even 2 days ago he hadn't expected to find himself in the position that he's in now and you know when changes happen that quickly it's hard to see past the end of the season yet time will tell time going to a date of useful thank you. journalists often have to contend with unwelcome distractions when they're broadcasting live in the field was the case for this greek reporter who like th

things have been strained between byron bosses call hines room a nigger and the owners and coach nico kovacsfor some time the burning born coach had not been their 1st pick for the job to begin with despite winning a league and cup double in his 1st season in charge kovacs was often criticised for a lack of tactical flexibility clumsy statements to the press had also made him vulnerable it was increasingly evident coverts lacked a game plan. as it's unacceptable what's going on at the moment we need to sit down together and talk things through. we speak about it and analyze it can we see an improvement. about his assistant hanzi flick will take the reins for now possible long term replacements include current i.x. 1st team coach erik 10 hogg top rb like boss ralph rang nick all former you venters coach max alegria. a difficult task lies ahead for by munich a solution must be found in the midst of great evil at the club. solutions the question is who's going to take over or in the short term hands the flick he's going to take over the next 2 games binds assistance assistance code that shows y

now there have been reports that heads would ideally like a permanent replacement to be nico kovacs who has until recently of course by munich coach you know heads is a club with a lot of ambition and a lot of kind of unexploded potential in the capital city you know they could be a really big name this kind of big brand but they haven't seen it so far there's been a lot of investment in the club recently though and you know klinsmann was initially going to be an advisor on the board helping to try and bring the club forward in a long term capacity now he's going to be doing it in the capacity of a coach. of course conceivable that he will stay longer than just the season he said at the press conference today even 2 days ago he hadn't expected to find himself in the position that he's in now and you know when changes happen that quickly it's hard to see past the end of the season yet time will tell time going to. thank you. this is d.w. news the top stories european lawmakers approved a new team of commissioners taking over the executive branch of the you. will formally take charge of t

never easy but by and have to get over the departure of their former coach immediately life after nico kovacs starts today against olympiacos. and great useful woman football player the australian football federation has announced an equal pay dearly for male and female football players it's being hailed as a landmark moment in closing the gender pay gap the agreement ensures that female stars like striker sam kerr will be on the same pay scale as the male counterparts they will also receive the same cut of prize money as the men steen australia is the 3rd country to introduce an equal pay for football players after norway and new zealand. and good on them here's a recap of the top stories that we're following for you china and france have reaffirmed their commitment to the paris climate accord president xi jinping in amman in mccrone declared the agreement irreversible it came a day after the u.s. began officially pulling out of the accord. and democrats in the us a celebrated wins in a couple of closely watched th contests ahead of next year's presidential election analysts say the results

never easy like by and have to get over the departure of their former coach immediately life after nico kovacs starts today against olympiakos. so chris huntington hunza flick not only has to face an n.p.r. host of the champions league tonight but also day classic and in the broadest league at the weekend against bruce you don't win so is he the right man to oversee this delicate match is he the right man no but he's the man right now philip don't have any other options really you know and it's all about momentum going into the day classic to face dortmund you know i think they'll have that momentum in defeating olympiacos tonight but dog is going to be a very tall order and they feel like they have an s on their chest right now because they overturned a very important fixture they've just won 3 on the bounce 3 in a row right now and pretty viable opponents defeated the german cup gave of the wolves of wolfsburg their 1st league defeat and then they lead in the standings by one point and this game is in munich buyers' already lost in munich you know but i do think byron have a crown to defend

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is here to talk us through to our welcome thank you so by and playing the 1st game since coach nico kovacs was sacked what do you think of that chances i think they're good you know it's an opportunity for byron to hit the reset button that's exactly what they need to do because their former coach nico boche lost the locker room weeks ago criticized a living legend by a music in thomas the captain manuel neuer the goalkeeper criticized. after the last defeat to frankfurt so hard he flicked the caretaker's getting his opportunity to make since he's a mere me a former player. if he came out to say he doesn't want to talk to players he wants him to go out and show their qualities show how good they are olympiakos should be a cake walk we have a preview for that important him is the match fit let's take a look. dyan need to leave the past behind this man is supposed to help them move on interim coach hanzi flake is fine and short term solution and he wants to team to step up against greeks hype and in p.r. cost to one's on for what's important for us now is to look ahead what happened we have

the german champions sacked nico kovac last week, after a poor run of results. i'm out of this. candidate. i had been approached. and i'm not in the running for thejob. you were neither approached nor are you running for the job? i was approached. but you never felt you were a candidate for the job? i am not a candidate for thejob. there's been another medalfor great britain in at the world para—atheletics in dubai this morning. jo butterfield has won silver in club throw. yesterday, aled davies won in the shot put. after the arrival of his baby girl just seven weeks ago, davies says he's found a new inspiration. i have always kind of struggled for motivation because i have won everything. so i have always put pressure on myself to throw further. but, to be honest, it is not about me anymore. it is about this little one. and if i can show her what i do on the big stage then i can retire a happy man. let's hope that this is the start of a few more titles to come. the atp tennis finals at london's 02 arena continue today, with live coverage of the match between stefanos tsitsipas

live from berlin a soccer bombshell as german football champions fired munich fire their coach nico kovacsafter the club suffers its worst league defeat in more than a decade a look at the reasons behind this surprise decision also on the program saudi arabia is calling it an historic milestone and a move that will transform the economy.

reports in germany suggest he's the favourite to take over from nico kovac, who was sacked at the weekendologise over comments made in relation to typhoon hagibis, which threatened to cancel their match against japan at the rugby world cup. more on that on our website. that's all the sport for now. the liberal democrats have agreed a general election pact with the greens and plaid cymru designed to maximise support for candidates who want to stay in the european union. layla moran is the liberal democrat candidate for oxford west and abingdon — shejoins us now. 2017, there were just 350 votes between you and the member in second place, so how key is this for you? this is fantastic, and i'm grateful to the green party for standing aside for me in this election, and thatis aside for me in this election, and that is what they did in 2017 when i overturned a nearly 10,000 conservative majority to take the seat, and am equally delighted that this is happening in 60 seats across the whole of the country. it made the whole of the country. it made the difference for me in 2017, it worked, and i r

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have eased defeat in a decade credible witnesses leave coach nico that is his job on the line well yeah the pressure is definitely rising on kovacs and he was asked that question yesterday he said look you have to watch the people who employ me who make that decision that scott has room to go on only one is the boss is a bar in munich but they haven't really. expressed any response to this question at the moment they're keeping fairly silent now there had been a public training session planned by munich today that was cancelled after yesterday's result we can certainly expect that this is going to be a bit of a rocky week for by munich and you know the questions about his future will keep coming especially if next weekend he doesn't get the result that he needs at dortmund that's going to be a really really stiff test now that's has withstood kind of tough times before by munich and come through you know smelling of roses and everything's been ok in the end yeah this is as critical a time as is as he's really have to enjoy replying so you know the bundesliga action we had something of a historic event here in berlin yesterday can

nick have fired their coach nico co batch he led barnes to you german league title last season after the team lost 5 to one to frankfurt on saturday byron's board gave kovacs the pink slip this season the team has dropped to 4th place in the bundesliga. we are joined now by lima tuckey from sport. i thought sports was win some lose some he's fired after one game. and spoilt sports has tipping points and the 51 humiliating loss against frank foote was a tipping point it was the last straw for nico but we've been building up to this moment for some time now there were signs. in their performances against welcome in the german cup just slightly edging by the side in the champions league against an impi cause and of course by and dropping points to smaller teams. like in the bundesliga and at the main argument against kovacs was that he really wasn't improving this team so the same problems as saskia we saw this year and they remained unresolved like the lack of stability the lack of an identity that he often doesn't have a plan b. he doesn't have a solution when the going gets tough and of course it also doesn't help that we have one of best buy and nick have

nico. stepping down in just a few weeks and. is then going to be a power broker and it's kind of well documented that he doesn't have a great working relationship with kovacs so that could make things difficult for the croatian on the plus side for him he was in exactly the same situation this time last season. everyone thing always going to be fired oh are all over the place and at the end of the season he won a league and cup double which was pretty nifty in his 1st season in charge so he can say look i got a mess last season i can do it again this campaign and also what is kind of going for him is that things are going well in europe they've won all 3 games so far and they'd be illin p.r. course on wednesday they will qualify for the last 16 of the champions league booked if that game goes badly then the pressure will intensify and if we go back to the blunders they got the probably has is that he's 3 main rivals for the title one today we can actually bring up the results now to see how the of the teams did in the blunders they get and the glass back on top and they got a tight win overlay because in their dortmund most of those with books 1st defeat a

about their coach nico i mean is his job going to be on the line over this it was pretty humiliating yeah it was pretty humiliating and this doesn't happen very often the bottom unit now kovacs was asked that question yesterday and he said you have to watch the people who make that decision that scott has reneged on you when is that when they're asked that keeping them out was quite tightly shut now that i've been supposed to be a public training session today out by munich back has been spontaneously cancelled off to yesterday's results so it's going to be a rough time for the club. i mean the next the next fixture pardon me in the bundesliga they face dortmund and that's really going to be a crucial result now that has come through difficult you know sticky periods in his time that by munich in the past and come out doing fairly well but yet this is going to be another tough on him all right there is another remarkable match in them going as they go last night a historic one for the city of berlanti tell us about the absolutely yeah now this was the 1st in dalby in the blues the 40 years. the 1st time ever that these 2 teams when you. and i have to have met in the top flig