some other games, everton against fulham and port vale are - against fulham and port vale are playingough. the worlds best male cricketers are going on to the hammer as teams finalise their squads for next year's competition and two australian world cup winners attracted the biggest bids, and pat cummings has been bought by hyderabad and his record didn't last long. that's because his aussie team—mate mitchell starc was then bought by kolkata knight riders for $4.42 million, making him the most expensive player in ipl history. that much is the ninth over and you can follow it on the bbc sport website. the british prime minister has faced one final grilling from mps before christmas, as he answered questions from the liaison committee of senior mps. the liaison committee who quizzed rishi sunak is a group made up of the chairs of all other committees, and its job is to scrutinise the prime minister's work. it's been a testing couple of weeks for mr sunak, and the pressure will continue to build next year as the general election looms. rishi sunak will ask voters tojudge him on his reco

penalties after it finished 1—1 at full—time, while championship side middlesbrough beat league one's port valest ham in the last quarterfinal on wednesday. manchester city beat urawa red diamonds ofjapan to set up a meeting with south american champions fluminense in the final of the club world cup on friday. pep guardiola's side dominated throughout and went ahead through an own goal. mateo kovacic added city's second before portugal midfielder bernardo silva added city's third before the hour mark. brazil's fluminense had beaten al ahly 2—0 in the first semifinal played on monday and city's victory ensures the 13th meeting between the champions of europe and their south american counterparts in the showpiece match since 2005. to play this final, you have to do incredible things, mainly to win the champions league. once we are here, it's a trophy that maybe you play once in a lifetime. so, against fluminense, the brazilian team, south american, so a lot of experience and quality. yesterday they showed how good they are. but yes, we are there and tomorrow we start to see fluminense, try to see

maidstone, of the national league south, look forward to a home tie against either stevenage or port valeuary. leicester tigers scored seven tries as they thrashed newcastle falcons in the gallagher premiership. the tigers moved up to seventh in the table as they condemned newcastle to their heaviest defeat of the season. leicester's wales international flanker tommy reffell scored a hat—trick to help his side record a third successive win. newcastle sit bottom of the table, eight points adrift. the uk championship snooker final is back underway at york barbican with ronnie 0'sullivan aiming for a record extending eighth title and china's ding jun—hui hoping to win it for a fourth time. in the afternoon session 0'sullivan rocketed into a 4—1 lead. but then this foul by the englishman proved to be a turning point in the match, prompting a remarkable comeback by ding who went on to draw level at four all at the end of the session. these are live pictures from the evening session in york. and the rocket has delivered with a great start to the session. he's won the first frame so it is now 5—

maidstone, of the national league south, look forward to a home tie against either stevenage or port valendies playing the first of three 0dis in antigua. it's the first game forjoss buttler�*s white—ball side afterfailing to defend their world cup title in india. england have set the windies a target of 326 to chase asjoe wilson reports. december in antigua, serious business. seriously, rememberthe business. seriously, remember the world business. seriously, rememberthe world cup did not plan to consult, he wasn't there. robert 45 did not begin and it's the younger squad in the caribbean experience still counts and playing lots of shots like that and it should be effective in this format. not quite there. done for 20, they didn't even qualify for the last road cup. suggesting england is seeking a clear direction and have a look at this run out. zach entering the team out for 48 and josh buttler looking confused and then continued and gone for three. just as england faltered, hairy prick started hitting sixes and 71 on the brink of a decisive score but no more. england totals 300 and west

league one port vale facing middlesbrough from the championship.nour in their history. as for vale, this is the first time they have appeared in any quarterfinal. carole shanahan, the club's chair, is at vale park. could be a very special night. it could be, and even at this point, it's historic because it's the furthest we've ever gotten. everybody at the club is very excited about that. when kevin and i took the club in 2019, we said that we really wanted the club to build more memories of vail fans. we really wanted the club to build more memories of vailfans. we've been to man city, we've been to wembley and today is the next one. it's wonderful and i'm so pleased for ourfans. they it's wonderful and i'm so pleased for our fans. they deserve it's wonderful and i'm so pleased for ourfans. they deserve it. this for our fans. they deserve it. this time last week, _ for our fans. they deserve it. this time last week, you _ for our fans. they deserve it. this time last week, you mentioned memories. you had an incredible cup tie. replay against steve

elsewhere, championship side middlesbrough beat port vale 3—0. this format. and england making 267, their highest t20 score in internationals. west indies never got close. bowled out for 192, as england won by 75 runs, drawing the series level at 2—2. the decider is on thursday. and three—time champion michael van gerwen has eased into the third round of this year's world darts championship. he wasted no time in beating ireland's keane barry — winning 3—0 injust under half an hour — with barry only winning 2 of the 11 legs played. such a formidable competitor. there was though the first big shock of the tournament, as former semi finalist and 13th seed james wade was knocked out, losing 3—2 to canada's matt campbell — a player ranked 44 places below him. i will tell you what, if sports personality didn't get you in the mood for christmas, the crowds at alexandra palace always do. we will see more santa costumes and outfits than anywhere else. it does feel proper christmassy now. you think that is christmassy. weight to lucy where karen is this mo

port vale take on middlesbrough in the other. the possibility to be closer to winning a title. we finish with a different set _ winning a title. we finish with a different set of _ winning a title. we finish with a different set of runners - winning a title. we finish with a different set of runners and i winning a title. we finish with a i different set of runners and riders this morning. it leaves the shetland p°ny this morning. it leaves the shetland pony grand national. a firm festive fixture at the london international horse show, which drew to a close yesterday. it's something of an institution at the london international horse show, as the ponies are put through their paces by young aspiring riders. first over the line was sophie moore, with myla coppins not far behind, and in third, rosie twiston davies — and if you recognise that surname, she's the daughter of the famous racehorse trainer nigel twiston davies. they absolutely fly around. love it. almost too fast for the pictures. that was my dream when i was little, to b

. >> paul should be well , there's >> paul should be well, there's quite a few port vale versus middlesbroughlham. chelsea newcastle. fulham. chelsea and newcastle. now dubravka , who plays now martin dubravka, who plays in goal for newcastle and also was at manchester united on loan. interesting story with him with the carabao cup because last year he was playing at newcastle and then went over to manchester united and played there on loan , played two games there on loan, played two games for united , then ended up going for united, then ended up going back to newcastle and as we know it was a manchester united newcastle final . he was cup newcastle final. he was cup tied, yes. so couldn't play for newcastle, although , so he got a newcastle, although, so he got a medal. he did and he hadn't really said too much about it and it was thinking, well does he get a medal for whoever he plays for. but he ended up getting a medal as a manchester united he's united player, although he's truly newcastle and he wanted newcastle to win because he was back only got back at the club and he only got the

you've got maidstone against stevenage and manchester city or port vale, i should say manchester cityre's always why not? why not now? have you ever driven forklift? >> i haven't, but i do have a friend that sells them. is that any helpful whatsoever? >> apparently it's quite difficult get forklift difficult to get a forklift license. >> is it really? they look a lot of fun to drive. >> we imagine. yeah. yeah >> we can imagine. yeah. yeah well, says well, look, nothing says the euros than forklifts. and euros to me than forklifts. and i'm sure you'll agree. >> well, quite right. >> well, quite right. >> a look at here we >> have a look at this. here we go.the >> have a look at this. here we go. the draw for the euro finals happened on saturday. it's forklift what it is. forklift ballet is what it is. so containers that have so there's containers that have all all the flags all the countries, all the flags of all the countries. so the forklifts put the flags in forklifts then put the flags in order of the groups. england have got serbia, denmark and slovenia, scotland have got germany,

yeah port vale uh should we talk vale is. so uh should we talk sport. yes. please do. so yeah.er at the top of the premier league. rare that. league. it's very rare that. quotes jurgen klopp that quotes from jurgen klopp that don't game would don't concern that game would make been make the headlines. he's been talking european super talking about the european super league. recap what league. let me recap what happened this week. european happened this week. the european courts over in courts of justice over in luxembourg uefa luxembourg decided that uefa and fifa, years ago fifa, two and a half years ago were operating. their words , were operating. in their words, they a dominant position. they abused a dominant position. i say, because they i should say, because they didn't league to didn't allow the super league to happen. the super league, happen. so the super league, a company called a22, launched their idea for their own new revised idea for their own new revised idea for the super league. and this is all about clubs breaking away , all about clubs breaking away, maximis