nottingham forest have named steve cooper as their new head coach to take overfrom chris hughton, who cooper's former club swansea city. forest are bottom of the championship, and he's the 14th manager they've appointed in the last ten years. angela rafferty reports. if he is up for a challenge, steve cooper certainly has come to the right place. there is a list of managers who have arrived here at the city ground hoping to revive the red fortunes and fans hoping kubrick succeeds were so many others have failed. i succeeds were so many others have failed. ~ , succeeds were so many others have failed. ~' , . ., ., succeeds were so many others have failed. ~' , . .,, failed. i think he is in a good 'ob at swansea so �* failed. i think he is in a good 'ob at swansea so hope i failed. i think he is in a good 'ob at swansea so hope he i failed. i think he is in a good 'ob at swansea so hope he does h failed. i think he is in a good job at swansea so hope he does a l failed. i think he is in a good job i at swansea so hope he does a good job here but i hope we can stop changing managers and

elsewhere, caretaker manager steven reid led nottingham forest to their first league win of the seasonfinal score. swansea came from 3—0 down to draw 3 all at luton. bournemouth moved to the top of the table as philip billing's second—half strike gave them a 1—0 win over cardiff city, they replace fulham who drop to second after losing 2—1 to reading. derby, who announced yesterday they're going into administration, ended a miserable week with a 2—1 win over stoke. and in scotland, hibernian blew the chance of going clear at the top of the premiership as st mirren snatched an equaliser two minutes from time to draw 2—2. stephen kingsley�*s superb second—half free—kick ensured hearts maintained their unbeaten start as they drew 2—2 at ross county. stevie may's late goal gave stjohnstone a first league win of the season as they beat aberdeen 1—0. to cricket, and it's finals day in the t20 blast at edgbaston — and somerset are taking on kent spitfires right now... somerset won the toss and put kent into bat. and daniel bell—drummond initially continued his brilliant form with this six — h

in the championship, nottingham forest's miserable season continues, as their winless start stretched forest did lead, but two goals from rubin colwill sealed the win for the away side — his first senior goals. the win takes cardiff up to eighth. forest stay bottom. there was just one game in the scottish premiership today as hearts took on hibernian in the edinburgh derby. either side could have gone top of the league with a win, but instead played out a goalless draw. both sides maintain their unbeaten start to the season and remain level on points. in the wsl, reigning champions chelsea made up for their opening day loss with a 4—0 thrashing of everton. fran kirby opened the scoring before two goals from sam kerr gave the blues a 3—0 lead. beth england then rounded off the match after erin cuthbert�*s chance rebounded off the post. a second 4—0 defeat for everton, but a massive improvement for emma hayes' side. i think we should have scored more goals. if you think about the balance of play, for us to come in at 1—0 at half—time was disappointing but i thought it was composed. i am

a busy night in a gym teacher at nottingham forest and now unbeaten in their first wind under new managersansea 31 at craven condor ridge. scoring a hat trick. it's 10— ten games for him to keep them full them in third and bournemouth in second at the drawing neo— mill. five months after the previous round the women's fa cup returned to the right of the having to pause because of the pandemic. arsenal easing into the pandemic. arsenal easing into the semifinals of the 5— one wind katzman hotspur. spurs are second in super league season after winning their first super league season after winning theirfirst three super league season after winning their first three matches they generally lead with that stunning goal from williams. generally lead with that stunning goalfrom williams. not generally lead with that stunning goal from williams. not too long to get back into it. equalising with another beauty from the edge of the box. floodgates arsenal opened up the trash and for the second of the game. elsewhere manchester city, chelsea and brighton will meet. elsewhere manchester city, chelsea a

we may only be seven games into the new championship season, but nottingham forest are now looking for charge. forest are bottom of the league, with just one point from their first seven games, their worst start to a season for 108 years. the chelsea and england star reece james has appealed to fans to help find his playing medals after they were stolen on tuesday. james was involved in chelsea's game against zenit st petersburg in the champions league when he says thieves broke into his home and stole his champions league and super cup winners medals and his runners—up medalfrom euro 2020. england's men are up to third in fifa's world rankings, equalling their highest ever position since rankings were introduced in 1992. they made it to the final of the euros injuly and beat hungary and andorra in world cup qualifying earlier this month before drawing with poland. belgium are still top, with brazil second. wales are 19th, scotland 45th and northern ireland 47th. alberto salazar�*s four—year doping ban has been upheld by the court of arbitration for sport. he had appealed against the s

we may only be seven games into the new championship season, but nottingham forest are now looking for. afterjust 11 months in charge, manager chris hughton has been sacked this morning. forest are bottom of the league, with just one point from their first seven games — their worst start to a season for 108 years. west ham manager david moyes says he hopes his side can still be competing in europe after the new year. the hammers begin their first ever europa league group stage campaign with an away match against croatian champions dinamo zagreb at 5.45 this afternoon. it's a proud moment for club captain mark noble who is beginning his 18th and final season at the club. it's been three or four months of excitement, of looking forward to who we drew in the group stages. we are here now and as the boss said we have a full squad, no injuries, everyone ready to go and play, we have four or five new signings that i could say are used to this part of the world, used to this football, so we are well prepared and we are really excited about everything. the other english club in europa league a

chelsea's last game that season was at home to nottingham forest.immy was chaired off and he scored four goals in that game as well. unbelievable. i think something that we need to point out is thatjimmy greaves was an english centre forward, he wasn't 6'2", greaves was an english centre forward, he wasn't 62", he wasn't physically impose, what was interesting about this man was the way he revolutionised what it meant to be an english striker, it was about positioning, it wasn't about just getting the high ball in the middle of the box and heading it in, he was an agile, skillful player. well, yes and also, remember he often played with a centre forward, certainly in chelsea in his early days he did, he did at tottenham, spurs fans will remember that. brian clou~h. spurs fans will remember that. brian clough- jimmy _ spurs fans will remember that. brian clough- jimmy was — spurs fans will remember that. brian clough. jimmy was the _ spurs fans will remember that. brian clough. jimmy was the goal - spurs fans will remember that. brian j clough. jimmy

chelsea's last game that season was at home to nottingham forest. centre forward, but he wasn't 6'2", he wasn't strapping, he wasn't physically imposing, what was interesting about this man was the way he revolutionised what it meant to be an english striker. it was about positioning, it was about ghosting into positions. it wasn't about just getting the high ball in the middle of the box and then heading it in, he was an agile, skillful player. well, yes, and also, remember he often played with a centre forward, certainly in chelsea in his early days he did. he did at tottenham, with alan gilzean, spurs fans will certainly remember that. brian clough, england. jimmy was the goal poacher, he played alongside the main striker, but if you saw some ofjimmy�*s goals, he could go past, three, four, five defenders and his finishing was absolutely faultless, and i always remember the great bill nicholson, the tottenham manager, trying to tell another player who was with him at that time, how to finish, and bill nicholson said jimmy greaves passed the ball

a busy night as a —— at nottingham forest and now unbeaten in their first wind under new managers 3—emic. arsenal easing into the semifinals of the 5— one win katzman hotspur. spurs are second in super league season after winning their first three matches they generally lead with that stunning goalfrom williams. not too long to get back into it. equalising with another beauty from the edge of the box. floodgates arsenal opened up the thrash and for the second of the game. elsewhere manchester city, chelsea and brighton will meet. athletes who aren't fully vaccinated against covid 19, will have to spend 21 days in quarantine before competing at next year's winter olympics and paralympics in beijing, the organisers have confirmed. the games begin on february 4th next year and last for 16 days. the international olympic committee has said that any athlete who can provide a justified medical exemption will have their cases considered. tickets will also only be sold to spectators from mainland china. moeen ali says he probably would have pulled out of the ashes tour even if he hadn't reti

in the championship, nottingham forest's miserable season continues as their winless start stretched away side — his first senior goals. the win takes cardiff up to 8th. forest stay bottom. there was just one game in the scottish premiership today as hearts took on hibernian in the edinburgh derby. either side could have gone top of the league with a win but insteadplayed out a goalless draw. both sides maintain their unbeaten start to the season and remain level on points. in the wsl, reigning champions chelsea made up for their opening day loss with a 4—0 thrashing of everton. fran kirby opened the scoring before two goals from sam kerr gave the blues a 3—0 lead. beth england then rounded off the match after erin cuthbert�*s chance rebounded off the post. a second 4—0 defeat for everton but a massive improvement for emma hayes' side. i think we should have scored more goals. if you think about the balance of play, for us to come in at 1-0 balance of play, for us to come in at 1—0 at half—time was disappointing but i thought it was composed. i am delighted we kept a clean sheet and

nottingham forest are now looking for a new manager, just seven weeks into the season, christian hases, league with just one point from their first seven games, their worst start to the season 108 years. four times world champion sebastian vettel and canadian lance stroll, son of the owner, will race for aston martin again next season in an unchanged driver line—up, vettel won four formula one championships in a row with red bull between 2010 and 2013. executive chairman lawrence stroll said that he was "delighted to be continuing with such an excellent blend of youthful talent and experienced expertise. " the world's most high—profile gymnast, simone biles, has given an emotional testimony before the senate, about abuse she suffered at the hands of disgraced former team doctor, larry nassar. former teammates, also appeared before the committee, along with fbi director christopher wray. the hearing is examining shortcomings in the fbi's investigation into nassar, who was later convicted of sexually abusing girls, and sentenced to life in prison. i don't want another young gymnast, ol

we may only be seven games into the new championship season, but nottingham forest are now looking forspain, both also ranked in fifa s top ten — with the fourth competing nation to be announced soon. there'll be three double—header matches played across seven days in a round—robin format. four—time world champion sebastian vettel and canadian lance stroll, son of the owner, will race for aston martin again next season in an unchanged driver line—up. vettel won four formula one championships in a row with red bull between 2010 and 2013. executive chairman lawrence stroll said that he was "delighted to be continuing with such an excellent blend of youthful talent and experienced expertise. " mo farah's former coach alberto salazar will have to serve the whole of his four—year ban after losing his appeal, in the court of arbitration for sport. salazar was banned for a series of doping violations, by the us anti doping agency two years ago, and appealed the decision. salazar ran the nike oregon project, the training base of mo farah. farah has not been accused of doping, and left the set

we may only be seven games into the new championship season, but nottingham forest are now looking fort one point from their first seven games — their worst start to a season for 108 years. england's women are batting after being put in by new zealand in the first one day international in bristol. it's the first of five matches, and england have made a solid start. a few moments ago they were 109—1 in the 24th over. they lost lauren winfield—hill after she was caught by katey martin, but heather knight and tammy beaumont keeping the scoreboard ticking along nicely. you can follow that on the bbc sport website but that is all the support for now. back to you, martin. changes to periods and unexpected vaginal bleeding after having a covid vaccine should be investigated to reassure women. writing in the bmj, dr victoria male, from imperial college london, said the body's immune response was the likely cause, not something in the vaccines. there's no evidence they have any impact on pregnancy or fertility. the uk's regulator has received more than 30,000 reports of period problems. i'm now