alan pardew stands. alan pa rdew is stands. alan pardew is also back in the game.e says he will take west bromwich albion to the next level. the investigation into the ben stokes nightclub brawl has conclduded and the cps will decide whether or not to charge the england all rounder. goals everywhere into night's six premier league matches. sam alla rdyce was premier league matches. sam allardyce was at goodison park watching everton. he spent the day at the club finalising the deal to become their next manager. he will replace ronald koeman who was sacked a month ago. his first impressions will have been good. wayne rooney scored his first hat—trick in six yea rs scored his first hat—trick in six years as they thumped fellow strugglers west ham 4—0. our correspondent reports:, the hour, sam. the ball‘s troubleshooter, here to see his new players. he had been looking for a bit of heart and so was the referee, he spotted joe hart trip up the striker. sam allardyce may have wondered what the problem was. at this team only won one in 12? ten minutes later, wayne rooney

alan pardew has signed a deal at the hawthornes through to 2020. december, with allardyce taking over. pardew replaces tony pulis who lost his job last week after a run of 10 league games without a win. there are six premier league matches tonight. no doubt sam allardyce will be spotted in the stands at goodiuson park as everton face fellow strugglers west ham. manchester city will be looking to go 8 points clear at the top again, if they beat southamton, it will be a club record 12 league victories in a row. and you can keep upto date with all the build—up and action from this evening's football in 5live final score on the bbc sport website and app or by pressing your red button from 7pm. england supporters will be able to start making their travel plans when the world cup draw takes place in moscow on friday. supporters' groups have already expressed fears over safety following the ugly scenes of disorder involving russia fans at euro 2016 in france. the man who'll be leading the english policing unit in russia next summer has spoken to the bbc.

pardew replaces tony pulis who lost his job last week after a run of 10 league games without a win. point lead at the top of the premier league pep guardiola's side are at home against southampto, it's one of 6 games tonight. city have another landmark in their sight. victory will see them set a club record of 12 league wins in a row good recovery again, to prepare mentally for the game against southampton. we will anticipate many things about the records and many things. that can confuses and we have to be focused on what we have to do. chris froome says he will target victory at next may's giro d'italia where he will attempt to seal a hat—trick of successive grand tour wins. the four time tour de france winner won the vuelta a espana for the first time this year after winning the tour de france for a fourth time. he will attempt to become only the third rider in history to hold all three grand tour titles at the same time. froome has only raced in the giro twice before, the last time was in 2010 when he was disqualified. john hardie has been given a three—month suspension followin

a two under half year deal for alan pardew. we will see if he can keep them up.nded their right to host the world cup. pressure is growing on fifa to do more to investigate russia after the mclaren report revealed more than 30 footballers were among the athletes whose positive tests were covered up. samoura is in moscow ahead of the world cup draw on friday. normal procedure is that we're calibrating every time we are asked to send the samples with water but definitely whenever the report comes up definitely whenever the report comes up with a positive result we have to ta ke up with a positive result we have to take action. could ben stokes be coming to england's rescue in the ashes? he has landed in new zealand, and itjust so happens he's brought his kit with him. he says he's there to visit his mum and dad, but he's spoken to canterbury knights over a possible appearance for them. it's fuelling rumours he could be in line for an ashes appearance despite not being picked for the squad while under investigation by police after an incident outside a bristol night

and alan pardew is back in the premier league?hanks indeed, way to finalise terms with everton... many thanks indeed, we will bejoining queue for a everton... many thanks indeed, we will be joining queue for a full update at just after will be joining queue for a full update atjust after half past and tomasz schafernaker has all of the weather for us... it will stay cold for the next few days and a night in the countryside it could even dipped as low as —6 or 7 degrees... the countryside it could even dipped as low as -6 or 7 degrees... tomasz, thank you. also coming up — how to stop millions of tonnes of perfectly good food being needlessly thrown away... hello, and welcome to the programme. iam ben hello, and welcome to the programme. i am ben brown. what will be the final price of the brexit divorce bill? the haggling has gone on for months but now it's understood the government's offered a significant increase in what it's prepared to pay — between 40 and 50 billion euros, we understand. the hope is that a deal on this brexit

the bbc understands that alan pardew will be confirmed as west brom's new manager on wednesday.s results. it finished 0—0 at brighton. roy hodgson‘s crystal palace side have now failed to score in each of their opening seven away league games of the season. so that win sees leicester into the top half of the table. united close the gap on city, who have a game in hand, while tottenham miss out on the chance to climb back into the top four. there was action in spain on tuesday. it was the fourth round of the copa del rey, and real madrid had gareth bale to thank, as they avoided what would have been a humiliating exit at the hands of fuenlabrada. the welsh forward set up both goals for the reigning european champions, who were unable to beat the third—tier side, drawing 2—2, although it did mean they manage to go through 4—2 on aggregate. no such luck for malaga, though, who were knocked out by second—division numancia, after being held to a 1—1 draw at home. and there was a shock result in italy, as well. in the coppa italia fourth round, serie a side cagliari lost 2—1 to porden

west brom are reportedly close to appointing alan pardew as the permanent replacement to tony pulis,that'll take... absolutely no idea. they will make their mind up on who they want to be their mind up on who they want to be the candidate, i am just their mind up on who they want to be the for|didate, i am just f‘ig this. their mind up on who they want to be the for|dii long i am just f‘ig this. e am sure the will take am sure they will take the that. i am sure they will take the time, get the person that they want and like everybody else you make decisions and there are consequences to them. it is for other people to judge, not myself. manchester united striker romelu lukaku will face no action for allegedly kicking out at brighton defender gaetan bong. referee neil swarbrick missed the incident during united's 1—0 win on saturday. the fa referred it to three ex—premier league referees to independently review today, and they all agreed that no further action needed to be taken. some sad news from birmingham city today after it was revealed goalkeeper ann—katrin berger has been diagn

alan pardew. he could be in the frame.o set the ground work that led to leicester winning the premier league title. he could be in the frame. west brom a clu b could be in the frame. west brom a club that were known as an up—and—down team. when they do the recruitment male looking for a coach that will keep them up but in the back of their minds, if they go down, they need a manager who can bring them back up. they have totte n ha m bring them back up. they have tottenham at wembley on saturday. notan unfamiliar tottenham at wembley on saturday. not an unfamiliar feeling for west brom fans, their six permanent manager they are looking for in six yea rs. manager they are looking for in six years. other clubs at the bottom, crystal palace, swansea, do they have enough to stay safe, west brom? this is why i say perhaps overachievement from tony pulis who last season said the club had not signed players he wanted but they finished in the top ten and they made a big deal of it in the midlands. clearly the players were good enou

pardew replaces tony pulis who lost a job last week after a run of ten league games without a win. talk about myself, play on the front foot. we try and put teams under pressure. sometimes we get a bloody nose in doing that, and that is what i would live here at west brom. ultimately, hopefully, somewhere along the line, we can get up somewhere along the line, we can get up to1.5, 1.7 somewhere along the line, we can get up to 1.5, 1.7 points a game. i have achieved that in the past at certain times at clubs. that is what i will hope to do here. a couple of games of the scottish premiership tonight. a repeat of the scottish league cup final, motherwell and celtic, goalless at the moment. rangers have made a great start at home to second placed aberdeen. james tavernier scored an early penalty, and carlos pena has now made it 2—0 at ibrox. if they win that, they will move to within a point of aberdeen. there is confirmation of no goals at fir park. detectives investigating the fight outside a bristol nightclub that involved the england all—rounder ben stokes have passed their file t

meanwhile, reports suggest that west bromwich albion are close to appointing alan pardew as their newed last week. gary megson has been told that he will still be in charge of their match against newcastle on tuesday evening. gareth bale is expected to return to action later on tuesday after two months out. real madrid host third—tier fuenlabrada in the copa del rey on tuesday, but zinedine zidane has pleaded for patience with the welshman's fitness. bale's four—year spell in the spanish capital has been dogged by injuries. in the past year, as he has completed 90 minutes just four times. next stop adelaide. the england cricket squad are due to arrive there shortly ahead of the second ashes test against australia. former england captain michael vaughan has warned the wheels are in danger of coming off england's ashes tour if they don't win the second test at the adelaide oval. that match, which starts on saturday, will be the first ashes day—night test played under floodlights and with a pink ball. now, in case you missed it, milan are now looking for a new manager. the club sacked vi

coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, allardyce and pardew are back in the game.seasons. the highest paid university vice chancellor in the uk, who's announced she's stepping down after her pay was described as "outrageous," has defended her salary. professor dame glynis breakwell at bath university insists she's not embarrassed by her £a68,000 annual pay packet and insists the university hasn't been damaged by the controversy. she's been speaking to our education editor, branwen jeffries. cold winter sun on the campus. the university of bath hoping to move on. the vice chancellor, in herfirst interview, told me her pay was justified. you seem unembarrassed by the controversy. i think that the controversy has been something that i would have wished to avoid, but i'm not embarrassed by the fact that those people who actually have determined my salary did so in the way that they did. professor dame glynis brea kwell will be paid £a68,000 a year until february, 2019. she'll stay in the university flat in bath until august, 2018. and a car loan of £31,000 will be writ

west brom sit 17th in the table and are reported to be close to appointing alan pardew as the permanentd get the person that they want and then like everybody else you make decisions and there are consequences to your decision and it‘s for other people tojudge, not decision and it‘s for other people to judge, not myself. sam alla rdyce could sam allardyce could be back in contention for a certainjob sam allardyce could be back in contention for a certain job at everton. there is more on website. romelu lukaku will face no further punishment from the fa, for an apparent kick at brighton defender gayton bong. the alleged incident wasn‘t seen by the referee at the time but retrospective action could have meant the striker was banned for three games. a panel of three former premier league referees failed to all agree it was deemed worthy of a red card. wales‘ ross moriarty willjoin dragons from gloucester, for the start of next season. the british and irish lion has never played his club rugby in wales, but the move was made necessary by their new selection policy and follows team—mate geor

west brom sit 17th in the table and are reported to be close to appointing alan pardew as the permanenteir mind up on who they want to be the candidate. i am just doing this job for as long as i am told and then you will see what happens after that. i am sure they will take the time, get the person they want and like everybody else you decisions and there are consequences to them. it is for other people to judge, not myself. and some more manager news — sam allardyce is the leading contender for the everton manager‘s job. the former england manager is back in frame for the job after everton suffered a 4—1 defeat at southampton. romelu lukaku will face no further punishment from the fa, for an apparent kick at brighton defender gayton bong. the alleged incident wasn‘t seen by the referee at the time but retrospective action could have meant the striker was banned for three games. a panel of three former premier league referees failed to all agree it was deemed worthy of a red card. wales‘ ross moriarty willjoin dragons from gloucester, for the start of next season the british and irish l

alan pardew is set to be announced as the new man in charge at the hawthorns later today.lf on her full debut. before england turned it on after the break scoring four goals in 12 minutes. substitute fran kirby grabbed a penalty, before setting up nikita parris for her first and england's third. there was a process, an application process on the 17th. that's when the time was when i first did it. i agreed to put the cv in and we said we would have a look at it. i think now it is about letting the players enjoy it. hopefully the players are pleased with their own performances and we will sit down and have a look and we will sit down and have a look and see what's right for the team moving forward. england second in group 1. that's after wa les' england second in group 1. that's after wales' victory last night. a win too for northern ireland. that's all the sport for now, victoria, i will have more later in the hour. the government has offered a larger potential divorce bill to the european union. it's reported that the uk could pay up to 50 billion euros to cover its liabil

alan pardew alan pa rdew is alan pardew is going to speak to the media in around an hour's time.ve the club said about his appointment? the board reached a unanimous to sit in appointing alan pa rd ew unanimous to sit in appointing alan pardew and the chairman speaks of an exciting new era at the club. that is exactly what they need because they are in a lot of trouble at the moment. no