we are very active in that, and every time we meet the premier league referees before the game, we premieres before the game, we are premier league referees before the game, we are told to report if any incident happens. after the red card, it happened. antonio came to me and told me that he was listening to monkey noises in the crowd, and pa rt to monkey noises in the crowd, and part of myjob as captain is to report it to the ref. there is an investigation now, and we have to work towards the eradication of the problem. it is an issue in life and in football, unfortunately, and we need to keep working on it. he followed the protocol. somebody told him about something. i don't know if it was a player, him that listens to something. we followed the protocol, stop the game, spoke to the captains and the coaches. tottenham hotspur football club is a very proud club in relation to the situation, and we will leave it at that, but i think the protocol was followed. well the allegation of racism will overshadow what was a dominant performance from chelsea. they took the lead thanks to this brilli

coming up: chelsea's premier league win over tottenham is marred by an allegation of racist abuse froms. a howlerfrom de gea costs man united — who are beaten by the bottom side watford. and liverpool fly back to focus on winning the premier league, after victory in the club world cup final. also coming up in the programme... fallon sherrock marches on at ally pally — so what next for the new superstar of darts? hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. we should be starting tonight by talking about a brilliant away win for chelsea over spurs in the premier league, but instead all the headlines will be about racism — after an allegation of abuse by some spurs fans. this is the chelsea defender antonio rudiger suggesting that he's heard monkey chants from the crowd at the tottenham hotspur stadium. there were then three announcements made to the crowd asking for the abuse to stop — this is part of uefa's anti—racism protocols. an item was also thrown from the crowd at the chelsea keeper kepa ariza balaga. it all happened after a controversial red card was given to spurs‘ son hy

the most important overseas market for premier league in recent yea rs. market for premier league int years. other clubs go there on preseason tours. the television deal in the state run broadcaster has the premier league is worth more than half billion pounds. every premier league club get £7 million as a result of that and so the fact that cctv boa rd result of that and so the fact that cctv board that scheduled broadcasts between them this weekend will cause concern, it is fair to say, and we spoke to professor simon chadwick was a business of sport expert. i feel they misled the situation, but we you do business in china, you're either with them or against them and by trying to position themselves like this, they're never going to win with that one. so as far as arsenal is concerned. it is a case of hold your breath and if you wa nt to case of hold your breath and if you want to continue doing business in china, do lots of things that influence the market place positively, you represent yourself ina way positively, you represent yourself in a way that appeals to chinese fa ns in

they are chasing to be a premier league clu b are chasing to be a premier league club because that is to get as high up the packing order they can. the challenge is to ensure chasing that dream does not become a financial nightmare. so worrying times for football in the country. well, earlier, iwasjoined by football finance expert kieran maguire from liverpool university, he told me that some clubs gambling with there very futures. what is happen to simply the losses have got bigger in the most recent season, have got bigger in the most recent season, compared have got bigger in the most recent season, compared to where they were five years ago. we have seen a steady rise in championship clubs making losses on the back of club owners being attracted to the rewards and glamour of the premier league itself. of course it is a massive gamble, because the core objective is to get the premier league and if you do not you do not even get into the play of places, but are you left with? does that mean clubs are injeopardy if but are you left with? does that mean clubs are in jeopardy if they t

looking back at this season they won the premier league a few years ago, they just played and the premierth that. now it is a different system, more football involved, but they have clearly got away that they love playing and they have got guys who want to be out there and are running around. you look at someone like arsenal and you compare it to lister, a group of players who are so together and playing so well, they love playing for that manager. jonny evans has been incredible, or experienced player, people doubted whether he still had it. he has been amazing. someone like jamie vardy, retired from international football, and someone like jamie vardy, retired from internationalfootball, and the last six months has really come on again. that sort of attitude, chemistry with a dressing room, you cannot buy that. it is great to watch because they play such good football. rodgers? it is just it isjust a it is just a surprise that he has not had a chance at this is no disrespect, he went to celtic and did so well, but you say, what would arsenal go for someone like him now? to galvanise the

all the day's premier league football to come.thampton saints return to the top of rugby union's premiership — hanging on to win a thriller at franklin's gardens. and no jackpot for adrian lewis at the world darts championship, knocked out in the last 16. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm ben croucher. it's not been much fun for england for most of the first test against south africa. half the squad have been hit by illness, a batting collapse in the first innings and scarce success for the bowlers this morning. but a fine rearguard in the evening session has setup a fascinating final couple of days in centurion, led by opener rory burns. adam wild reports. wherever england travel, their barmy army follows. on this centurion morning, what they found was frustration, the england squad ravaged by sickness, south africa unsympathetic, extending their lead further and further. archer eventually found a way through but it felt more like a blip. quintin de kock getting to grips with the best bowling england has to offer. tempers fraye

top of the premier league table. take some catching from here now after restoring their 13 points advantage with a 1—nil win over wolves. not for the first time this season — the video assistant referee had a big influence. nick parrott has the details. with the festive fixtures coming thick and fast it is hard for teams to stay on form. both liverpool and wolves are thrilled in their last games but with such a short turn around anfield was unlikely to see a classic. weary of the threat posed by the world champions, the visitors brace themselves for an onslaught. kept it at bay until half—time when the report went up to one goal. sally alana got through for a goal. it was initially ruled out by the referee but the video assistant referee said it is in. hurt by that, the wolves could be struck back and got level. that wasn't until var had a look and said it was knocked it all. it took until the second half for wolves to get over that but they could get past alison becker. the report often needed late goals to win the

well, little the top of the premier league by 13 points.ny points and not one the premier league. now, liverpool have never won the premier league. the last time they won the league. the last time they won the league was 1990. all of their fans are saying, it isn't done yet, everything could still go wrong, but they have not lost since january three in the league. they have only drawn one game since then, against manchester united in october. it is impressive whatjurgen klopp cosmic side are doing. last night they were faced with leicester city, who went and they thrashed them a—0. is it done and dusted? probably? would level down say that? probably not. it might be unlucky for some, but liverpool are 13 points clear at the top of the premier league after that win at leicester. patrick gearey was watching. music, hypes, light, this was mr‘s big night. a chance to look liveable's in the eyes, to keep them on their side of the horizon. it is so difficult to watch them all. one marauding red always escapes. ears was roberto fermina. 0n maraudi

thanks to you know who, jamie vardy, he's scored 13 goals already, more than anyone else in the premier league in 2019. he's right up there with the best in world football only lionel messi and robert lewandowski have scored more league goals than him this year. so jane it's no surprise that vardy‘s become the first person to be captained more than two million times in fantasy football this season. that is some claim to fame, isn't it? and john terry returns to stamford bridge tonight for the first time, austin, "leader, legend" he'll get a good reception i would assume? he definitely welcome i'm sure, it's the first time that he will be plotting chelsea's downful for the first time in his career but there's no doubt that he'll get a good reception after leading the club to so many titles over the years. frank lampard was alongside him for most of them. they went head—to—head three times last season, when lampard was manager of derby, and he's looking forward to seeing his old team—mate back at the bridge. i think it's more aboutjohn, the reception quite rightly get from chelsea fans. he'sa ch

what everybody is getting here with me is a experienced premier league manager.e premier league. i will probably get the biggest win rate out of a certain amount of managers as well. if you are putting it that way, that is what i do, i win and i'm coming here to west ham initially to try and get us to west ham initially to try and get us winds and away from the wrong end of the table. but my bigger picture is to have a strong team, a really good footballing team attacking team and all those things i had to bring to the table and i hope to do so. football's law—makers say var shouldn't be "too forensic" when it comes to offsides — and should only be used to reverse "clear and obvious" errors. lukas brud, general secretary of ifab, which sets out the laws said, "with var we see some things that are going in a direction that we may need to re—adjust." five goals in the premier league were ruled out at the weekend for marginal offsides, leading some managers and players to criticise the system. brighton manager graham potter weighed in today — suggesting referees and

calls for a government inquiry into racism in football after a premier league match is stopped for theirst time because of allegations of abuse from the stands. as australia's bushfire crisis continues, the country's prime minister defends the coal industry and defies calls for new carbon targets. there is no argument about the links between, in my view and the government's view, and any government's view, and any government in this country about the mix between broader issues of climate change and weather around the world. a comeback for islamic state in iraq... a kurdish intelligence chief tells the bbc the jihadist group's reorganising and getting stronger. dozens of former thomas cook employees say they're struggling to access benefits and pay bills three months after the travel chain collapsed. also this hour, catch up on all the latest gadgets, games and computer industry news with click. there are calls for a government inquiry into racism within football after the chelsea player antonio rudiger complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterday's premier league

at the turn of the year. point lead at the top of the premier league at the turn of the yearlj know it was a good year because there were a lot of great moments but we don't count years, we count the seasons. this is only half way through. and maybe he is correct to be apprehensive. it is the fourth time that the ripple have been top of the table that the state of the season. of the table that the state of the season. but they have never been top come the month of may. teams have blown it here before, newcastle had a similar lead back in 1996. but it was manchester united who won the title that year. and what of the

programme by talking about a brilliant away 2—0 win for chelsea over tottenham in the english premier leaguet instead all the headlines will be about racism, after an allegation of abuse by some spurs fans. our sports correspondent andy swiss explained what happened. this all happened around one hour into the match, after tottenham had a player sent off for a challenge on chelsea's antonio rudiger. shortly afterwards rudiger gestured he had been the subject of racist abuse from the crowd. he told his captain, who then told the referee, anthony taylor. an object was also thrown onto the pitch. the referee then spoke to both of the managers after that, and there was an announcement over the public address system, saying that racist behaviour from spectators was interfering with the game. that announcement over the public address system was repeated with about five minutes left of the match, and then again during injury time. now, under uefa protocol, games can be abandoned if fans have already been warned twice before. what has emerged is that although there were three warnings, they were not

this happened in the premier league but as yet no reaction from the premier league. the pressure will be on them to make a reaction today and be seen them to make a reaction today and be seen to be dealing with the issue because we've seen seen to be dealing with the issue because we've seen several incidents of racism in crowds this season alone, so many are calling for top first a nswers alone, so many are calling for top first answers from the premier league —— i assume. —— tougher sta nces. league —— i assume. —— tougher stances. jane will have the rest of the sport later and more reaction to that. we'll be speaking to iffy onuora from the professional footballers' association at around 7:10am this morning. they are the body calling for the government enquiry. a small town in australia, home to 400 people, has been almost entirely destroyed by fire. balmoral in new south wales has been engulfed by flames, as emergency crews struggle to contain what's been described as catastrophic bushfires. from there shaimaa khalil reports. it feels like a deserted war zone, bu

calls for a government inquiry into racism in football after a premier league match is stopped for the first time because of allegations of abuse from the stands. as australia's bushfire crisis continues, the country's prime minister defends the coal industry and defies calls for new carbon targets. we need to take action. you don't run government on sentiment, you run the government on facts. dozens of former thomas cook employees say they're struggling to access benefits and pay bills three months after the travel chain collapsed. five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. we will bring you some of the highlights of the victoria derbyshire programme over the last year, including election highlights and an interview with the new zealand prime minister lucinda ahern. in the last half hour, five people have been sentenced to death by a court in saudi arabia for the murder of government critic jamal khashoggi in istanbul last year. three more have been givenjail sentences totalling 2a years. the prosecutor said saoud al qahtani, a

and the premier league match between tottenham and chelsea has been marred by allegations of racist behaviour. chelsea defender antonio rudiger said he was targeted by monkey chanting. tottenham have said they will conduct a thorough investigation. that's all. stay with bbc world news. there's more on our website — bbc.co.uk/news — and the news app. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. the supermarket giant halts production at a chinese factory over claim prisoners were full to to work against their will will. why india is becoming a stop off for major artists like u2 when they go on tour. good morning and welcome to this monday edition of asia business report, live from singapore with me, mariko oi. let's begin with allegations of falsely labour because british supermarket chain, tesco, has decided to suspend production at a factory in china after a six—year—old girl from south london found a message inside a christmas card, allegedly written by prisoners in shanghai. the message said, "please help us and notify human rights organisation" dobbie katie preston has more

arsenal's premier league match against manchester city, yesterday, was watched around the world. except in china. coverage of the game there cancelled, after comments by mesut ozil about the plight of fellow muslims in the country sparked what could prove a damaging dispute. in a social media post to his millions of followers, arsenal's german midfielder criticised the treatment of china's uigher population, referring to persecutors and details of an alleged crackdown. but if ozil, who was substituted during his teen‘s 3—0 defeat at the emirates, thought he would have the backing of his club, he was mistaken. in a statement, arsenal distancing themselves from what they called their player's personal opinion. "as a football club, arsenal has always adhered to the principle of not involving itself in politics." human rights groups say1 million people, mostly from the uigher community, are thought to have been detained without trial in high security prison camps. china has denied mistreatment, insisting these people are being educated in vocational training centres to combat extremi

of tonight, the players and the non—playing staff still haven't been paid and — these aren't premier leagueith mortgages, bills to pay and christmas is coming up. i spoke to the chairman of the club's supporters trust who gave me some examples of the predicaments players and non—playing staff are finding themselves in. we had a situation where the groundsman couldn't come into work basically because he didn't have enough petrol to be able to get him to work from where he lived, about eight miles from the

the headlines at 2: calls for a government inquiry into racism in football, after a premier league match is stopped for the first time because of allegations of abuse from the stands. the message we sent then, while hosting the london olympics was tolerance, inclusivity and respect and all those values that i think are the best of us. that was eight years ago, we're in a different political context, climate, brexit is part of that. the prince of wales visits fishlake in south yorkshire, where hundreds face chrstimas out of their homes after last month's flooding. five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the former love island presenter caroline flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. i will be looking back on a year when protecting berwick scolded world leaders for inaction on climate change, and we saw the first picture of a black hole. that is the year of science. good afternoon. the professional footballers‘ assocation has called for a government inquiry into racism in the sport — after

the latest racist incident in the premier league chelsea defender antonio grew to go faced monkey chants by some spurs fans after cashing with son one min who received direct caught for the fallen and eluded a complaint about the verbal abuse the referee briefly stop play during the 2nd half and a public announcement was made in the stadium warning that racist behavior was interfering with the game chelsea eventually went on to win the match but the incident overshadowed the victory i hate racism in. racing and in football and there's a point in the. series i like that too can happen i don't know who's getting better or worse but if it is fight it is true nothing that needs to be dealt with and punishment needs to be strong. is hopeful that the fans will be identified i really hope that the offenders will be found and in a modern football ground like tottenham stadium with dozens of t.v. and security cameras it must be possible to find and punish them. but this is not an isolated incident in the premier league earlier this month at manchester united matilda fred was targeted by a manches

the centre of a row with china that could have far reaching implications for his club and the premier leaguenchester city face a tough tie as the draw‘s made for the last 16 of the champions league. good evening. a row between mezut ozil and china intensified after the forward criticised the country's persecution of muslim minorities. evidence suggests up to a million weegur muslims are being detained in high security camps in a region of the country — their foreign ministry said today ozil was deceived by "fake news". chinese state tv pulled arsenal's game with manchester city yesterday as arsenal distanced themselves from ozil's comments. china remains a highly lucrative market for both the premier league and the clubs who compete in it. simon chadwick is a football finance expert. i think arsenal misread the situation, because when you do business in china, there is no middle ground. you are either with china or against china. by trying to position themselves somewhere between beijing and ozil, they were never going to limit that one. as far as they're concerned now, it's a case of hold y

can anybody halt liverpool's march to the premier league?er city look the most likely right now. they've closed the gap at the top back to eight points after another impressive victory. aston villa the latest to be on the receiving end of jamie vardy and the foxes. 4—1 it finished. rhia chohan has more. leicester were bidding for a record eighth straight league win. aston villa, the latest to try and hault that incredible momentum. but villa were about to be held up in a storm. jamie vardy is the premier league's top scorer. the first half showed why. not many can match his pace so it is best not to give him any chances. a striker on great form. leicester's best were delivering the goods today. this player proving his worth and making it a comfortable second. jack grealish clawed one back before the half—time whistle but it was quickly forgotten when leicester city restored that cushion in the second half. jonny evans, 3—1. some want to convince vardy out of international retirement, and here is why. that's now 16 for him this season. he has

the gap grows wider at the top of the premier league as super salah flicks liverpool past watford.s a bad day for chelsea, who are beaten at home by bournemouth, while second placed leicester lose ground at the top with a draw against norwich. and saracens show their strength as mako vunipola helps them to victory against munster in the european champions cup. also coming up on sportsday. former scotland international doddie weir is to be presented with the helen rolleson award at tomorrow's sports personality of the year for his courage in his battle against motor neurone disease. plenty to get through and we will be looking ahead to tomorrow's sports personality of the year later, but we will start with liverpool because they are continuing to impress in the premier league. they are 10 points clear at the top of the table after a 2—0 win over watford. the liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, admitted that it wasn't the "prettiest" game of football but mohamed salah scored two fantastic goals as liverpool remain unbeaten in the league this season. patrick gearey reports. having just s

television rights have been at the heart of the premier league ever since it sold its first package tobroadcaster bskyb with £300 million back in 1992 for 20 years later bt sport entered the ring and the value shot up to £3 billion. the price per match decline slightly when rights went out last year but adding more games but they still raised £5 billion and now amazon are on board. but not everyone is happy, fans groups say there's too much like football on tv and those who stay at home have taken up three broadcast subscriptions and those who go to games must contend with ever kick—off times. games must contend with ever kick-off times. i will always attend but there will come a time when people will say enough is enough. then if you become an armchair fan are you going to be able to afford subscriptions to bt sport, amazon, sky and whoever else enters the market? that whoever else could be interesting, might the premier league for the nfl and launch its own subscription service and might all top—flight games be one day available live in the uk? this amazon journey could change the la

the top two are currently in action in the premier league.earlier chelsea lost consecutive home games for the first time in the premier league since 2011 as southampton moved three points clear of the relegation zone with a 2—0 win at stamford bridge. chelsea never got going — and it was the visitors who took the lead with this brilliant strike from michael obafemi just after the half hour mark. and then, with 20 minutes remaining, a superb team move saw the ball break for nathan redmond who wrapped up the win. it moves southampton up to 14th. and aston villa beat norwich city 1—nil to get their first win in six games. conor hourihane scored an hour into the game, just 8 minutes after coming on the pitch. norwich have now gone six games without a win, and are bottom of the table. elsewhere, jordan ayew scored a last minute winner as crystal palace beat west ham 2—1. sheffield united stay sixth, behind tottenham, after being held to a 1—1 draw by bottom place watford. in the 5.30pm kick—off manchester united have come from behind to beat newca

calls for a government inquiry into racism in football, after a premier league match is stopped for theirst time because of allegations of abuse from the stands. the message we sent then, hosting the london olympics, was tolerance, inclusivity, respect and all those values that i think are the best of us. roll on, eight years, completely different political context, climate, brexit is part of that. the prince of wales visits fishlake in south yorkshire, where hundreds face chrstimas out of their homes after last month's flooding. five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the former love island presenter caroline flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. boeing has announced that its chief executive dennis muilenburg is stepping down. mr muilenburg has faced serious criticism in the aftermath of two major accidents involving boeing's new 737 max planes in which a total of 346 people died. last week the company announced it was halting production of the aircraft. in a statement the company said

wilfried za ha rescued a point for crystal palace against rivals brighton in the premier league tonight. and that point takes palace above arsenal in the prmeier league. brighton dominated most of the game, neal maupay with a brilliant opener to give them a deserved lead. palace found their feet with around 20 minutes remaining. and not to be outdone, zaha scored a brilliant equaliser, and what a way to reward manager roy hodgson in what was his 100th game for the club. place positively, you represent yourself in we have been playing so well as of late, third goal, i think in four games. we always knew he could do that, working very hard and trying to improve that side of things, shooting off a lot more now than perhaps he did at one stage in his career. he wants to score goals, but there is no doubt that when you have a player like him with the guts and determination, this team shows every week, you have always got a bit of a chance to get results. i couldn't be happier. with the spotlight firmly focussed on the way italian football's been dealing with racist incidents, it finds itself

there are millions of football fans in china who follow the uk premier league and the teams in the premierays trying to expand its presence there. so the club has a mandarin language website, which by the way, featured mesut ozil and other plays in a video celebrating chinese new year not so long ago. it has a chain of restaurants and sponsorship with chinese companies, and it has ties with state media. it offers coaching carried out by arsenal coaches or coaches in the chinese football league itself. so what is going on there and football fans in china will pay for the privilege via subscription deals. so the company, the football team, wants to look after its profits. staying in the english premier league, liverpool's win over watford — combined with leicester dropping points against norwich — has given the reds a ten point lead at the top. it finished 2—0 at anfield, with mo salah grabbing both goals. watford are now six points adrift of safety at the bottom. liverpool remain unbeaten in the premier league since early january and have a comfortable cushion before heading out for their w

manchester city's defence of their premier league crown is dangling by a thread.nces pep guardiola would probably prefer a different opponent tonight, particularly when you bear in mind the last time these two sides met in october at the etihad and wolves beat manchester city 2—0, the raw speed was deployed to perfection that day, scoring both goals on the counterattack, and manchester city's defenders will not look forward to seeing him again today. i was here at molineux for wolves last home game, they were beaten by tottenham, the first time they lost at home in the premier league since september, they will wa nt to league since september, they will want to make amends tonight, there will be a great atmosphere here tonight, and a force can get three points they will leapfrog at the table, moving up ahead of manchester united and tottenham and could be in the premier league's top by tonight. former manchester united and sweden striker zlatan ibrahimovic has returned to ac milan on a short—term deal until the end of the season. ibrahimovic was a free agent after

arsenal's mezut ozil finds himself at the centre of a row with china, which could hurt the english premier league they take on atletico, in the draw for the champions league knockouts. and there's a late late winnerfor lazio, as they come from behind to stun cagliari in serie a. welcome to the programme. arsenal forward mesut ozil has thrown his club and the english premier leauge, into a confrontation with china, following his social media posts on the treatment of uigher muslims. the german claimed they were persecuted, prompting a chinese broadcaster to drop arsenal's match with manchester city from its schedule. and that could have damaging implications in the lucrative chinese market. here's our sports editor, dan roan. arsenal's premier league match against manchester city, yesterday, was watched around the world. except in china. coverage of the game there cancelled, after comments by mesut ozil about the plight of fellow muslims in the country sparked what could prove a damaging dispute. in a social media post to his millions of followers, arsenal's german midfielder criticised the treatm

calls for a government inquiry into racism in football, after a premier league match is stopped for the first time because of allegations of abuse from the stands. there are always things you can do better but they have the opportunity to use football as a vehicle to look closely about what society is doing. boeing's chief executive, dennis muilenberg, resigns after serious criticism following two major accidents in which 346 people died. five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. the former love island presenter, caroline flack, has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. the prince of wales visits fishlake in south yorkshire, where hundreds face chrstimas out of their homes after last month's flooding. the professional footballers‘ assocation has called for a government inquiry into racism in the sport, after the chelsea player, antonio rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterday's premier league match at tottenham. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, is at tottenh

three premier league managers sacked in 12 days and that might be more to come.agerial merry—go—round is in full swing. quique sanchez flores was the most recent dismissal. leaving bottom of the table watford. now looking for their third managerfor the season, watford will head to leicester hoping the only way is up. leicester are very much on the up as though mount a surprise title challenge. they have a manager problem of their own, though. their boss is in demand. arsenal reportedly want brendan rogers. he insists not going anywhere the state he is going nowhere. so if not rogers then perhaps nuno espirito santo. he is apparently on arsenal's radar as well. after they sacked unai emery. for now though, santo appears happy at wolves. and they host west ham on wednesday, who are far from happy. a weekend win at chelsea may have brought manuel pellegrini time but his west ham bubble mightjust be close to bursting. mauricio pochettino‘s bubble burst at tottenham almost two weeks ago and he's already been replaced. jose mourinho back for a third spell in english fo

it isn't the only all—premier league tie, though — wolves will face manchester united at home, while leeds at the emirates. holders manchester city are at home to league two side port vale. chelsea are at home to nottingham forest, whilejose mourinho's spurs travel to championship middlesbrough. full details of all the ties are over on the bbc sport website. meanwhile, there was a shock in tonight's tie in the fa cup second round. solihull moors looked like they were cruising, 3—0 up with less than half an hour to go against rotherham. but the league one side staged an incredible comeback — michael smith with the equaliser and then the winner in stoppage time. 4—3, it finished to rotherham. they'll face hull city next. after a controversial 1—0 win over preston north end at deepdale. the game looked destined for a draw, until kyle edwards went down in the box in the 89th minute. substitute charlie austin made no mistake from the spot, sending goalkeeper declan rudd the wrong way to seal the win. it's a fifth successive victory for west brom — and sends them back to the top of the cham

they beat west ham in the premier league. and can the defending champions reach the last 16 of the champions league? we'll tell you what liverpool and a few others need to do on tuesday. golfing news involving rory mcilroy on the way, but first, to the scandal that has rocked global sport for years and is still rumbling on. russia have been banned from all major global sporting competition for the next four years. the world anti—doping agency handed out the punishment after an investigation found russian officials had tampered with data from an anti—doping lab. as with now, those russian sportspeople who can prove they are clean can still compete, but only as neutrals. our sports editor dan roan has more. it's a sporting superpower, as both host and competitor. but today, russia found itself out in the cold. ever since hosting the winter games in 2014, the country's been mired in an unprecedented doping scandal and now it faces an unprecedented punishment. this morning at a meeting in lausanne, russia hit with a four—year ban

liverpool have now won 15 of 16 premier league games this season.ut because it's liverpool's first in 1a games. it was, professionally, controlled, scoring wonderful goals. we did not wa nt to scoring wonderful goals. we did not want to do it of an exciting again, so had to really control the game. it was not really that were insecure. last two players with an injury, doesn't help, it was pressure not a good day for bournemouth and we had to bring over the line. and the boys are now saying they must used word in the dressing room is a sheet, finally. and five goals have put tottenham up to fifth in the table after a victory over burnley. captain harry kane got the first after just seven minutes with a stunning strike outside the box. lucas moura with the second, but then a fantastic individual effort from heung min son... he ran amost the full length of the pitch to score their third. kane got his second and then moussa sissoko scored their fifth. it was goalless in the only other three o'clock kick—off today between the premier league's lowest—scor

he's their third this season and faces a fight to save the premier league's bottom club. she's accomplished everything. former world number one caroline wozniacki announces she's retiring from tennis injanuary. hello and welcome to sportsday. it's less than 2a hours until anthonyjoshua gets the chance to reap revenge on andy ruinunior — the mexican american who stunned the boxing world world earlier in the year when he took all 3 ofjoshua's heavyweight belts in a shock victory in new york. but before the pair climb into the ring in riyadh on saturday the headlines today have been about the huge difference in their weight. ade adedoyin was at the weigh—in in the saudi capital. 20 kilos heavier than anthonyjoshua but that is only half the story he told us in the build—up to this fight that he was going to be his latest in his last nine professional fights. an indication of the strategy that he intends to employ. and ruiz announced the rematch, they wa nted and ruiz announced the rematch, they wanted him to come in later this time as well. three months to prepare it he came

everton are currently 15th in the premier league table.on, the history and ambition this club has, the tradition. the atmosphere of the supporters, so, these are all the reasons. also, the fact that this club, we want to improve, want to bea this club, we want to improve, want to be a better team, we want to compete. and so this is the reason i decided to come here. images of everton‘s final design for their new stadium at bramley moore dock on liverpool‘s waterfront have been made available to fans. the club will submit a detailed planning application for the 52,000 capacity venue today, which will cost an estimated £500 million. everton hope to move to the new stadium by 2023, and plan to re—develop their current goodison park home for the community. england netball has announced record ticket sales for a new international competition to be hosted in london, nottingham and birmingham next month. the netball nations cup will see the roses play world champions new zealand, south africa and jamaica. the squad has been announced and george f

two 5:30 kick—offs in the premier league.ch went ahead against spurs thanks to mario vranic. currently 1—1. demari grey had a first half penalty saved for leicester at west ham. kalechi ihaenacho put them ahead before pablo fornals equalised. 1-1. burnley against manchester united is underway at 7:45. no fixtures in the scottish premiership today but a full programme tomorrow. the final round of games before the winter break. and what a way to round out 2019. the old firm derby, celtic and rangers. first versus second. a win for celtic would be a 12th league victory in a row and take them eight points clear. i'm really delighted. no matter who we play, no matter what the context has been, conditions, it's been a heavy month. they played absolutely brilliantly at times and they are the spotlight all the time. everyone is looking for a chink in the armour but in the main, they have won the games really well which is a big plus for the players. let's have a look at some of the other stories catching our eye today. the big race o

that's the most they've made in a premier league game all decade.urnalist patrick boyland sums it up here for the fans... and another tweet here. so that mood has certainly been lifted, for the time being. onto the 3pm kick—offs now, and liverpool have moved 11 points clear at the top of the premier league with a 3—0 win over bournemouth. alex oxlade—chamberlain, who was one of seven changes for the reds, started off the scoring. naby keita made it 2—0 before the break after mo salah set him up with a sublime backheel. and keita was sure to return the favour. he set up salah for liverpool's third goal. it extends their club record unbeaten run to 33 league games this and they've now won 15 of 16 premier league games this season. jurgen klopp was happy about keeping that clean sheet because it's liverpool's first in 11! games. it was, professionally, controlled, scoring wonderful goals. we did not wa nt scoring wonderful goals. we did not want to do of an exciting again, so we had to control the game and it was not really. it felt more and more insec

on friday night it's winning the premier league. and then on wednesday when the germans league then on sunday said that they will hear from a leak to use the hearing visitors league and then set of the after that or sunday i think when the premier league so. becoming a decision we have to play our best football in each game but if you are some people that's. very. obvious on some form of people it would be winning the league winning have we made waiting for the last yeah but is it the kind of question people around us i just need to ask people around the stadium if you the prize for winning the league this year would be that you never ever can watch a liverpool game anymore in the stadium or would you say. there's my ticket. like 40 years going each home game and field road what's a game that shows how much it means so easy easy answer and. but what can we do now we're on in terms of semifinal i think we should still try. last year you work with very close to winning the tempest. do you think. this game have. already forgotten or is

con siete dentro de la premier league.e padeciÓ gripa este viernes. sentenciÓ el encuentro el 63 luego de que en fallera un tiro penal y el semilla llegÓ a 30 y cuatro puntos para asegurar su lugar. julio cÉsar chÁvez justificÓ a su hijo junior luego de que eran anotado por daniel jacob's y decidiera no salir en el epicentro del combate. >> cuando tienes una fractura en la nariz no se puede pelear asÍ. hubo una fractura vamos al hospital ahorita entiÉndelo, por favor. >>en una jugada espectacular tomÓ la pelota y salto por encima para llegar al aro pero fallÓ en la definición. ya casi termina mi carrera como profesional con esta abultada ese chico es algo especial escribiÓ el basquetbolista en su cuenta de twitter. >>la final de fÚtbol mexicano va estar en plenas fiestas. regreso contigo. >>gracias por esta informaciÓn. quÉdate para ver estas imÁgenes fantÁsticas. porque nos despedimos con un espectÁculo lleno de luz, magiay color en la plaza bolÍvar de la capital colombiana. el edificio del zÓcalo se convirtiÓ en un lienz

these are the nine premier league fixtures tomorrow.illa. matches at newcastle, southampton and watford kick off at 3. more on that west ham game against bournemouth in moment. arsenal against manchester united round things off — 8 o'clock kick—off at the emirates. and then there's the liverpool game at home to sheffield united on thursday. when former premier league referee bobby madley stopped officiating in august 2018, the reason given was that he was re—locating. in a lenghty post online today, the 34—year—old has revealed that he was sacked for filming and mocking a disabled person at his daughter's sportsday. he says he had previously joked about not taking part in the parents race and talked about being fat—shamed in a national newspaper. he filmed the disabled parent and sent it to a friend, joking that he finally "had a chance of winning the race that year". madley said he was dismissed for "gross misconduct on grounds of discrimination". gerwen price and peter wright have both apologised for their conduct in their ill—tempere

what anybody is getting here with me is a very experienced premier league manager.ount of managers as well. so i think if you are putting in that way, that's what i do, i win. moyes made his name in the top flight at everton, where he spent 11 years. but then went on to only last ten months at manchester united in 2013, before being let go after a year with real sociedad, and relegated with sunderland. but after the failed appointment of manuel pellegrini, west ham have come calling once again. david moyes never wanted to leave west ham in the first place. despite guiding them to safety in 2018, the club's owners decided not to renew his contract, instead opting for the high calibre manager of manuel pellegrini. now moyes returns with a point to prove. you got rid of them at the end of the season, why bring him back 18 months later? i'm surprised as everyone else, but if he can do thejob, then good on him. new manager, new start, let's get behind him and support west ham like we should. and the hard work starts now for moyes, with west ham hovering one point above t

there was an upset in the premier league this afternoon when bottom of the table watford beat manchester2—0. a mistake by united's goalkeeper, david de gea, helped watford to only their second league win of the season, with their second goal coming from a penalty a few minutes after de gea's error. tributes have been paid to the actor tony britton, who's died at the age of 95. iam i am perfectly happy to move into a hotel if i am inconveniencing you... he starred alongside nigel havers in the bbc sitcom don't wait up, and was also know for his role in itv‘s robin's nest. his daughter, tv presenter fern britton, said her father was a great actor, director and charmer. tom hanks' next film, a beautiful day in the neighbourhood, sees him play the legendary american children's tv presenter mr rogers, as a reporter tries to uncover the man behind the on—screen persona. tom hanks himself is known for his wholesome image. he's been talking to our arts editor, will gompertz, about being the "nice guy" of film and what he's really like. # it's a beautiful day in this neighbourhood. # a beautiful

player antonio rudiger complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterday's premier league match at tottenham. our sports correspondentjoe wilson is at tottenham's stadium for us this lunchtime. joe. the stadium behind me is a gleaming addition to the british sporting landscape and itself is an advertisement for the strength and power of the premier league. but far from futuristic, what happened here yesterday seems to be another worrying indication that in fact things are going backwards. a professional footballer telling the referee, telling the world, that he has heard monkey chants. not on a distant football pitch in eastern europe. this was chelsea's antonio rudiger at tottenham hotspur, in england's capital city, famed, theoretically, for its diversity. rudiger himself posted several tweets expressing his dismay at the incident, but also stressing the importance of talking publicly about racism, so that it's notjust forgotten about, as he suggests always happens. rudiger also points out that in a modern ground like tottenham hotspur‘s, with so many cameras in place, i

norwich are now six points from safety in the premier league.th. a good win for southampton though, who beat aston villa 3—1. danny ings with the first two goals. villa's consolotaion goal was a stunner from jack grealish. he may have lost his job at spurs last month, but mauricio pochettino certainly hasn't lost his magic touch. take a look at this. he's got a lot of time on his hands at the moment, he's currently in qatar for the club world cup as a guest of fifa's supreme committee, but he found time for a game of footgolf. and as you can see, nailed a hole—in—one. that's all the sport for now. thank you. the duke of edinburgh is continuing to be treated at the king edward vii hospital in london after being admitted on friday for a pre—existing condition. prince philip — who's 98 — was taken there from the sandringham estate in norfolk. buckingham palace officials said the admission was a precautionary measure. he's expected to remain there for a few days. the man who fought off the london bridge attacker using a narwhal tusk has given a dram

let‘s go to austin halewood for the rest of today‘s action in the premier league.and the biggest of all was between aston villa and southmpton. a huge game for these two managers. for dean smith and his villa side it was the start of a really important christmas. three teams were below them before the game today nd they play all three in a row. but the game couldn‘t have gone much worse... 3—1 they were comfortably beaten by southampton at villa park. the game got off to the worst possible start for them with talismanjohn mcginn taken off with an ankle injury in the first 5 minutes. and not long after, southampton were ahead. danny ings with his 5th goal in 6 games. villa‘s defence all at sea and it‘s largely because of this moment at the start of the month. when tyrone mings went down with an injury. they‘ve been without him ever since (swipe) and back they‘ve been without him ever since and back to the action today... they missed his presence in the box. southampton doubling their lead through jack stephens. before ings got his second goal of the match to seal a