i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre.ager arsene wenger says he can understand how the manchester derby on sunday ended in a fracas outside the old trafford dressing rooms following city's win. a carton of milk was thrown and city coach mikel arteta also suffered a cut head. that brought back memories of 2004, when united beat wengers arsenal and sir alex ferguson was hit by a slice of pizza thrown by cesc fabregas in an altercation between those teams. sometimes it can happen, in fact you are always very good, the press, you build these things up like its life oi’ build these things up like its life or death and if something happens after you were surprised, it's part of the intensity of the game, i game can goa of the intensity of the game, i game can go a bit overboard. it happened to worse, it happened to them and it's unfortunate but ideally you would commit 200% on the pitch and the injured after but it is not a lwa ys the injured after but it is not always the case. manchester city and manchester united are holding

hello i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up on sportsday tonight — decision time for the international committee, will russia be banned from the winter games? we'll be live in lausanne shortly. england are right back in the ashes — root is leading the run—chase in adelaide as they look to square the series. we are delighted to have any sort of chance of winning the game which we did not think we would have after the first couple of days. and it's a champions league night in europe, manchester united need a point at home to cska to reach the knock—out stages. good evening, the international olympic committee have been meeting at their headquarters in lausanne ahead of one of the most important decisions in their history. whether or not to ban russia from the winter games in pyongchang next february. they are a super—power in winter sport and topped the medal table when they hosted the games in sochi in 2014. the ioc stopped short of a blanket ban on russia at the summer game in rio last year. but two separate investigations coimissioned by the ioc have reported back with their findings

i'm olly foster. these are our sportsday headlines tonight.al — birmingham will be the 2022 host. but they were the only city on the commonwealth games shortlist. manchester city and manchester united are free her, the fa have no to charge them over milkgate. the six nations is some months away, but two of england's stars might miss the tournament. good evening. there is another major sports event event coming to the uk, and it will be the most expensive since the london olympics five years ago. birmingham has convinced the commonwealth games federation that they can afford the £750 million that they have budgeted for the 2022 games. in return, the city has been praised for its dynamism and diversity. not that that gave it the edge over it's rivals. because there weren't any. birmingham was the only bidding city. phil mackie was at today's announcement. it hardly came as a surprise, birmingham was the only bidder, but there was genuine joy when the announcement was made. it is my great pleasure to announce that the host of the 2022 commonwealt

i'm olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight.ester united are undone by another city. bristol city knock the holders out of the league cup. a sixth sacking of ther premier league season. paul clement is given the push by swansea. and birmingham's bid gets the green light. they'll host the commonwealth games in 2022. good evening. bristol city are into the league cup semi—finals after stunning the holders manchester united with an injury time winner at ashton gate. the championship side will now play manchester city for a place in the final. a chance to bend the ear of the special one and try to find that edge. jose mourinho was not feeling overly generous despite ten changes. ibrahimovic was back alongside marcus rashford. their hosts were finding their range. nothing seemed to worryjose mourinho for now but that soon changed after the break. joe bryan, bristol born and bred, did something spectacular. the championship side holding their own. that man zlatan ibrahimovic could not be held back the long and united we re not be held

hello, i'm olly foster. these are our sportsday headlines tonight... point for city, but the winning run is over. wenger sets a record at the hawthornes, as sanchez steals the points for the gunners. but they are held by west bromwich albion. and exeter stretch their lead in the rugby union premiership with victory against leicester. good evening. manchester city couldn't take their unbeaten run into the new year. after 18 league victories in a row, city were held to a goaless draw at crystal palace. and they might have lost had it not been for a late penalty save. city were also hit by injuries to gabrieljesus and kevin de bruyne. but the point still sees them 14 points clear at the top of the table. adam wild reports. however far back your memory stretches, it's hard to remember a team quite like this manchester city. never has a side been so far ahead at the end of the year. to their ambition — well, there seems no end. victory at crystal palace would have equalled the european record. the target, then, was clear. hitting it, less so. palace had the

hello, i'm olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight.n for england's cricketers but no whitewash either. joe root says he's proud of his players after their melbourne draw. there's also a draw in the old firm match, but not for want of trying... and there's an injury scare for manchester united in the last of today's premier league matches. lu ka ku is stretchered off at old trafford. good evening, we'll have a close look at the football in just a moment and also today's rugby union results but we'll start with a a chnage in fortune for england's cricketers. victory may have been beyond them but they have avoided an ashes whitewash. they had hope heading into the final day but another century from the australia captain steve smith saw the 4th test peter out into a draw. patrick gearey reports from melbourne. england fans were the noisiest and most visible element today. they we re most visible element today. they were hoping to see a first dramatic victory of this ashes series. in the end steve smith got in the way, batting australia thr

hello there, i'm olly foster. these are our sportsday headlines tonight.cial — birmingham will be the 2022 host. but they were the only city on the commonwealth games shortlist. and united and city won't cry over spilled milk. the fa will take no action after that tunnel incident at old trafford. dreams do come true — we hearfrom the ball boy who was caught up in bristol city celebrations. also coming up in the programme. what next for the world champion billyjoe saunders after another successful title defence. good evening. there is another major sports event event coming to the uk, and it will be the most expensive since the london olympics five years ago. birmingham has convinced the commonwealth games federation that they can afford the £750 million that they have budgeted for the 2022 games. in return, the city has been praised for its dynamism and diversity. not that that gave it the edge over it's rivals. . . because there weren't any. birmingham was the only bidding city. phil mackie was at todays announcement. it hardly came as a surprise, but the

studio: srumo: olly studio: olly foster, thank you.k with decades of american policy on the middle east by recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel. mr trump is expected to authorise the process of moving the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. the announcement is expected to be happening in the next 30 minutes or so. joining me now is avi shlaim, emeritus fellow of st antony‘s college and emeritus professor of international relations at the university of oxford. it is so good to have you with us, thank you for your expertise on this today. what is the background to this? this is an extremely irresponsible move on the part of president trump. irresponsible, and reckless. it amounts to a total reversal and an abrupt reversal of american policy towards the conflict, since 1967. because after the 1967 war, israel annexed east jerusalem. they are a part of jerusalem. they are a part of jerusalem. but the security council declared the israeli annexation null and void, and america was part of that. american policy, since 1967, has b

olly foster has more details on that and who awaits our two british sides in the europa league.le of years for british sides in the champions league, leicester reaching the quarterfinals last year, but with a record five sides in the last 16, there is a chance that some will reach the quarterfinals this season. let us show you which teams, those five english clubs will face. fairly kind to them, for manchester city, they will face basle, liverpool face porto, manchester united face similar, each of the clubs who win their grips will expect to get through to the quarterfinals. spurs did better than any other team in the group stages, but they have got juventus, the runners up. the away leg will come first, that is a tough tie. they would have hoped for something a little bit easier. when it comes to tough draws, chelsea who finished as runners—up in their group, they were running the risk of getting one of the big guns and they have certainly got that. barcelona, the five times champions, they are clear at the top of la liga at the moment and that is who chelsea will be facing. a

hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and jessica creighton. hello there.hese are our main stories today. england are narrowly beaten by australia in their first rugby league world cup finalfor 22 years. it's an england debut to remember for craig overton, but australia have edged the opening day of the second ashes test. with city playing tomorrow, manchester united can narrow the gap, and they're doing just that at arsenal right now. also coming up in the programme... wales hold on... just. their autumn international series comes to winning close against south africa as debutant hadleigh parkes scores twice. and it's no laughing matter for thejester from leicester — defending champion mark selby is out of snooker‘s uk championship. good evening. such a busy day. but over the next half an hour we'll have all the most important results. we‘ [i start with the one in brisbane. the outcome was perhaps predictable, but not the score. it was the lowest scoring rugby league world cup final in history. australia are world champions for the 11th time but they score

olly foster is with me and watched the draw. some exciting match ups there.ave to say handed the toughest draw against barcelona. they were looking to avoid paris saint—germain or barcelona but they have barcelona, a couple of comfort for them is the last time they met barcelona, two fantastic legs, that was in 2012. they came out on top and went there and got a draw over there, and they went on the become european champions then, chelsea, so they will know the last time they met they did get the better of bars rhona but it is messi and their press c0 nfe re nce rhona but it is messi and their press conference is going on right 110w press conference is going on right now chile. the manager is speaking to them, he is talking about hazard matching himself against messi. he says it is a good chance for every player to show the right value, to show what he has in the right way, thatis show what he has in the right way, that is a tie we will be looking forward to. i cannot wait for that. the rest of the english teams you would say handed easier draws if there is o

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hello i'm olly foster at the bbc sports centre, here's what's coming up on sportsday this evening.estive fixtures are upon us, who'll be top of the tree and who's next for the sack? it's not always the season of goodwill. it's a blue christmas for england's cricketer‘s but one player could be ready to make his mark in melbourne. and driving home for christmas, and hooking and slogging. records tumble in india's t20 win against sri lanka. good evening, for many of you, your christmas break has started but if you can call it work, this is the busiest time of the year for a professional footballer. for the next fortnight, most teams in the top five divisions will be cramming in five matches. averaging a game every three or four days, and it all starts tonight at the emirates, arsenal against liverpool, and there for us is conor mcnamara withjermainejenas. we are looking forward to arsenal versus liverpool tonight, were the last time these sides play each other on a friday night was 1989, the title up for grabs but it's not up the title up for grabs but it's not up the the title up for

now the sport with olly foster. it's been another difficult day for england's cricketers.hes series, they may struggle to save the second test. they'll resume on 29—1 on the third day, over 400 runs behind australia's first innings total. our sports correspondent andy swiss is in adelaide. for england, a demoralising day. for the ashes, a potentially defining one. and yet, the visitors began it so brightly. third ball, peter handscomb, leg before. stuart broad quite enjoyed that. but england didn't enjoy what followed. tim payne and shaun marsh both given out, both reprieved by the video umpire with match—changing results. payne went on to 50, marsh an outstanding hundred. he had seemed a strange selection to many people, not any more. when he did finally offer up a chance, this moment pretty much summed up england's day. alastair cook and james vince's calamitous collision a symbol of their struggles. and marsh simply piled on the misery. australia declaring on 442—8. england, remember, had put them in to bat. now they had a mountain to climb under floodlights and the fie

hello — i'm olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight: different league, but bristol cityis a big feeling, and the town has not have that kind of tie. a man who racially abused and assaulted raheem sterling at the weekeknd has been sent to prison. birmingham win a one horse race to host the commonwealth games in 2022. i have been talking to the man who wa nts to ta ke i have been talking to the man who wants to take the world cup to united states in 2026. good evening, the league cup semifinal line up will be complete in the next few hours. manchester city and arsenal are already in the hat for the draw that follows tonights two ties. chelsea against bournemouth and championship side bristol city face the holders manchester united at ashton gate . alistair durden reports... the 1909 fa cup final, this much they cost 1p. city played in blue shirts that day. and what is described on the team sheet is white knickers. the game was played at crystal palace as wembley had not been built yet. bristol city lost 1-0. been built yet. bristol city lost 1—0. still city coming forward

coming up on afternoon live all the sport — olly foster.t was the worst kept secret in sport, who will host the commonwealth games in 2022. yes the race is on to get ready for 202 when birmingham will be the third uk city to stage the commonwealth games. thank you. and sarah has all of the weather. and this mild run of weather. and this mild run of weather continues? that's right. it may be the winter solstice, but temperatures are above average. pretty grey, but i will keep you up—to—date this afternoon. also coming up — howa up—to—date this afternoon. also coming up — how a daily serving of kale can protect your brain. the sacking of damian green — one of theresa may's closest allies — has prompted a furious backlash from some conservative mps who are angry about how confidential material gathered during a police investigation nine years ago came into the public domain. the first secretary of state was dismissed from the cabinet last night after a government inquiry found he made "inaccurate and misleading" statements about the pornograph

sport now, with olly foster, and no crying over spilt milk in manchester? absolutely not. there was an altercation outside the dressing rooms, lots of claims and counterclaims and speculation about what actually happened. the manchester city coach mikel arteta got a cut to his head, milk was thrown, apparently, from the manchester city dressing room towards jose mourinho, the manchester city dressing room towardsjose mourinho, who took umbrage at the apparently excessive celebrations from the away dressing room. the fa stepped in and asked both clubs for their observations, as they put it jack gave received the observations at the fa have decided, probably because neither clu b decided, probably because neither club gave that much information, to ta ke club gave that much information, to take no action whatsoever. so, it's never happened to of course not! but we will keep referring to it, no doubt! finally, birmingham being given the nod for the commonwealth games? yeah, they were the only bidders, though. they saw off liverpool, that was the most competitive part of his b

sport now on afternoon live with olly foster.competition but it wasjust birmingham on others might enter the competition but it was just birmingham on the table. they got stung by durban who ran out of money despite being awarded the games two years ago, they pulled the plug on it back in march so the commonwealth games federation did not want to get into another situation like that. £750 million, 75% coming from the government, which has been promised, wondering if birmingham city council can come up with 25%, apparently they can and have given the guarantees so there will be an all singing and all dancing news conference tomorrow saying it is all systems go. winter olympics are not far away and news today of russian involvement7 far away and news today of russian involvement? less than a couple of months, a couple of things today regarding russia and their involvement, firstly the ipc, international power the committee who are putting on the winter paralympics, they say they are upholding the blanket ban on russia, the band rus

let's have a look at the sport with olly foster. good morning. afford to lose. there has been criticism of their performances. they have also dealt with fielded a plenary issues. this is then training overnight, remember that bar room incident. they have been described as acting like student and needing to step up. alistair cook gave his ideas on the influence. i don't think we are being painted fairly in the media. there are a couple of things in the media which have been brought up, but the world has changed after the september incidents and it is up to us september incidents and it is up to us to adjust for that and quickly. we can't afford to any more mistakes. trying to make kids play cricket is ultimately what we want to do. a little bit earlier, i spoke to do. a little bit earlier, i spoke to anotherformer to do. a little bit earlier, i spoke to another former england captain david gower who was heavily fined along withjohn david gower who was heavily fined along with john morris david gower who was heavily fined along withjohn morris for

coming up on afternoon live all the sport with olly foster. more on the rumble in the tunnel. we have heard from the manchester city manager in the last few minutes. he says their celebrations at manchester united weren't over the top but he's not saying what sparked that post—match melee between the players. darren bett has all the weather. just how cold did it get last night? minus 13 last night. that was in shropshire where the temperature at the moment is around minus four. so it's risen a little bit but it's still cold out there. not as cold tonight as it was last night but there's still a threat of some icy roads. also coming up. a new system of presumed consent for organ donation in england is being considered. the radical change is designed to make more organs available for transplant to save more lines. hello everyone. this is afternoon live. inflation is running at its highest rate for nearly six years. it rose to 3.1% last month. the office for national statistics says airfares and computer games contributed to the increase, and the cost of food was also up. the mos