and i think that's continued, i think rafa benitez has been caught in between it. results haven't been good enough for everton. the fans never really wanted him — the ones who are prepared to get behind him lost that very, very quickly. but in my heart, i would love to see someone who is and evertonian come back and be the manager of everton. because they are the only people who seem to win trophies and understand what the fans want. and when we are unified, i think we are a much stronger force — and we need unity right now because everton fans are in a very precarious situation in the premier league. —— because everton find themselves. on to action on the pitch — leeds united have moved above everton in the premier league today and are now nine points clear of the relegation zone after a thrilling 3—2 win at west ham. ben croucher reports. they've been floating on a wave of wins in the new year, but today, that revival went pop. leeds named a 15—year—old and six other teenagers on the bench. fortunately, one of the starters was bang in form. the owner was rebuffed

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rafa's out — everton sack benitez after fewer than seven months in charge.hit. and australia wrap up a 4—0 ashes win, as england's miserable tour ends with one last batting fail. welcome along, thank you forjoining. we start tonight with an all too familiar story — not england's batting collapse, that's to come — but everton, who yet again are searching for a new manager after sacking rafa benitez. it comes after their disappointing 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city yesterday. there were angry scenes from travelling fans.

rafa's out — everton sack benitez after fewer than seven months in charge. leeds�* hat—trick hero, as west ham's top—four hopes take a hit. and australia wrap up a 4—0 ashes win, as england's miserable tour ends with one last batting fail. welcome along, thank you forjoining. we start tonight with an all—too familiar story. not england's batting collapse — that's to come — but everton, who yet again are searching for a new manager after sacking rafa benitez. it comes after their disappointing 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city yesterday. there were angry scenes from travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their past 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table at the start to where they are currently — which is six points off the bottom three. the club released a statement this afternoon, saying... ped mcpartland is an everton fan. he's been telling us what the supporters think of the decision to get rid of rafa — and who they'd like to replace him. the appointment in the first place was obviously against the wishes of a lot of fans. that

but he faces a challenge to turn things round for everton, who sacked rafa benitez afterjust one win above the relegation zone. the draw for the fifth round of the women's fa cup has taken place, and we have a manchester derby to look forward to. united will host the three—time winners city. elsewhere, holders chelsea will welcome leicester to london. the current women's super league leader and ia—time fa cup winners, arsenal, will travel to championship table—toppers liverpool. the games will be played at the end of the month. formula 1 is to make covid—19 vaccines mandatory for all personnel this year. no—one will be able to work within the paddock without being fullyjabbed. the policy will apply to all personnel — which includes drivers — although that shouldn't affect their ability to compete as all are understood to be vaccinated already. and that's all the sport for now. from me, marc edwards and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello. the week got off to a stormy start thanks to corrie. the winds have become a little lighter out there now, but for the rest of the week, it will s

in many evertonians' imaginations, this is rafa benitez — liverpool's manager for six years. of january, but it seems as though the pantomime season never really ends at everton. and i think most of this ultimately leads back to farhad moshiri. i think this is probably one appointment too far now, in terms of fans questioning him roundly for every single element of his input. in one sense, moshiri knows where he wants to take everton — to this site on liverpool docks, where their new stadium will be built. and he's spent big on the footballing side too, but here, the direction is less clear. should they now appoint an old boy like wayne rooney or an old boss like roberto martinez? there may be no right answer. it's not going to be an easy gig at this moment in time for anyone who gets it, but the simple thing that they know now which previous managers hadn't had the pleasure of knowing was that the season is about survival. whoever it is that comes in, if they survive this season and then start to build again and then be given time, then they've got a chance. martinez is the

there was no winning start to the post rafa benitez era at everton.re beaten 1—0 by aston villa, as duncan ferguson's second reign as interim manager began. emi buendia scored the only goal from a cornerjust before half time. but as villa celebrated the goal, two players were struck by objects thrown from the crowd — merseyside police later identifed and arrested the person responsible from cctv footage. elsewhere, newcastle earned a huge victory at leeds in their fight to avoid relegation. jonjo shelvey with the only goal of the game. eddie howe's side had only won once all season prior to this. ruben neves got the winner for wolves at brentford. that game heavily disprupted — stopped for over 25 minutes in the first half due to a clash of heads and a drone hovering above the ground. celtic have been drawn at home to raith rovers in the last 16 of the scottish cup after winning 2—1 at championship side alloa today. celtic took an early lead. liam scales' cross turned in at the near post by greek striker giorgos giakoumakis in front of a packed crowd.

held on to win 2—1 and are just a point from safety whilst the pressure grows on everton boss rafa benitezt southampton 3—1 at molineaux. goals from rauljimenez and captain conor coady helped create a comfortable cushion, and adama traore scored his first of the season in stoppage time to stifle the visitors' late challenge by way of a james ward—prowse goal. and there's one premier league game remaining — it's early in the second half at villa park where steven gerrard's side are taking on manchester united. no ronaldo in the united squad, phillipe coutinho starting on the bench for villa. having lost the fa cup game villa are hoping for better but they're trailing 1—0 after a howler from their keeper allowed bruno fernandez to score. and tomorrow's north london derby has been postponed after the premier league accepted arsenal's request to call the match off. at the tottenham hotspur stadium. arsenal say it's because of positive covid—19 cases, injuries and players away at the africa cup of nations. spurs say they're extremely surprised that arsenal's application was approved. talking of

we start with some breaking news in the last half an hour, everton have sacked manager rafa benitez afteres after their disappointing 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city yesterday. there were angry scenes from travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their past 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table at the start to where they are currently — which is six points off the bottom three. the club released a statement a short while ago. rafa was not the supporter�*s choice for the everton job when he got it — in part having managed their rivals liverpool. who are currently in action in the premier league. liverpool started the day 1a points behind the leaders manchester city — with two games in hand. they finally made the breakthrough against brentford just before half time, fabinho with the goal. plenty of goals at west ham. 2—2 for the moment. the referee was the centre of attention once again in the africa cup of nations with two late var penalties in a 1—1 draw between gambia and mali. first up, mali took the lead when brighton's yves bissouma went to ground inside th

everton have sacked manager rafa benitez after fewer than seven months in charge.here were angry scenes from travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their past 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table at the start to where they are currently, which is six points off the bottom three. the club released a statement a short while ago. leeds united have moved above everton in the premier league and are now nine points clear of the relegation zone after a brilliant 3—2 win at west ham. after being beaten in the fa cup here last weekend, leeds took a deserved lead through jack harrison. west ham equalised with their first shot on target with jarred bowen's fourth goal in three games. harrison was on target again to give leeds the advantage at half—time, but the second half was barely six minutes old when pablo fornals levelled the match. harrison won it for a depleted leeds side, sealing his first hattrick in the process. west ham remain in the top four but missed the chance to put distance between themselves and arsenal, whose north london derby at t

as for liverpool's rivals everton — the pressure is really beginning to mount on their manager rafa benitezon. defeat leaves everton 15th — with their worst points tally after 18 games for 16 years. it's been plain sailing for real madrid at the top of la liga this season, but they've suffered a shock 1—0 defeat away to lowly getafe. enes unal scored the game's only goal afterjust nine minutes and it means carlo ancelotti's side have missed the chance to open up an 11—point gap at the top of the league. it's been a day of action at the atp cup in sydney, with a number of fascinating encounters. the usa have made a winning start to their campaign with a 3—0 win in their clash with canada. while great britain's tie against germany went to a decider with the doubles team of dan evans and jamie murray beating kevin krawietz and alexander zverev in straight sets. great britain are next in action against canada on tuesday. and there was a big shock as australia beat the much—fancied italian team. the tie was decided in the doubles match — asjohn peers and luke saville came out on top to delight t

norwich move up to 18th, adding to the pressure on the everton boss, rafa benitez.son in injury time to give wolves�* their third win in four premier league games. robert lewandowski scored his 300th bundesliga goal on saturday by scoring a hat—trick in bayern munich�*s 4—0 thrashing of koln, the reigning champions restoring their six point lead at the top of the table. also on saturday, union berlin were 2—1 winners over hoffenhaim. and there were victories for rb leipzig, mainz and bayer leverkusen. to italy next where torino beat sampdoria 2—i. dennis praet with the winner for the visitors. lazio beat salernitana 3—0. and in the late gamejuventus are leading udinese 1—0 with around 20 minutes remaining. at the africa cup of nations, nigeria made it two wins out of two as they sealed their place in the knockout stages by beating sudan 3—1. thanks to goals from samuel chukwueze, taiwo awoniyi and moses simon. walieldin khedr pulled a goal back for sudan from the penalty spot. and in the day's other game mo salah's 69th minute strike gave egypt their first win of th

lampard faces a challenge to turn things round for everton, who sacked rafa benitez afterjust one win. everton lie 16th in the premier league, four points above the relegation zone. formula 1 is to make covid—19 vaccines mandatory for all personnel this year. no—one will be able to work within the paddock. f1's inner sanctum where the teams operate without being fully vaccinated. the policy will apply to all personnel working within f1, including drivers, teams, media, hospitality workers and any guests who attend the races. all current drivers are understood to be vaccinated. the sport will also follow the vaccine and wider covid policies of each national government of the countries it visits, although there remain uncertainties over whether genuine medical exemptions will be permitted. now some cricket news and the former england all—rounder tim bresnan has retired at the age of 36. bresnan played 23 tests and was twice part of an ashes winning squad. he also helped england win the t20 world cup in 2010. bresnan was part of warwickshire's county championship winning side last season

the pressure's increased on everton manager rafa benitez after his side were beaten 3—2 at home by brightonn just three places above the relegation zone. brentford boss thomas frank called his side "incredible" after they came from behind to beat aston villa 2—1 — mads roerslev with the late winner. and leeds united ended a three—game losing run with a 3—1win over burnley. danieljames scored the third. burnley remain third from bottom, two points from safety. leicester tigers' brilliant season continues. they thrashed newcastle falcons 31—0 in rugby union's premiership. harry potter with the bonus point winning fourth try. the tigers have won all 11 of their premiership games so far. third placed harlequins won 20—17 at gloucester. danny care marked his 35th birthday by scoring one of quins' two tries. elsewhere saracens, who are second, won at northampton. england all—rounder ben stokes has backed test skipperjoe root and told reporters in sydney that he has no ambition to take on the captaincy in the future. the fourth test starts tuesday evening uk time and there's been plenty of specula

and coming up on the bbc news channel, the search for a new manager at everton has begun after rafa benitezd. it comes after their defeat to norwich, which leaves them 16th in the table. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. two teenagers have been arrested in manchester after a british man took four people hostage in a synagogue in texas on saturday. greater manchester police said the teenagers are being questioned as "part of the ongoing investigation into the attack." 44—year—old malik faisal akram from blackburn was shot dead by police after a ten—hour stand—off in dallas. the four hostages, who included a rabbi, were unharmed. downing street has described the incident as a "terrible and anti—semitic act of terrorism". our correspondent sophie long has this report. this is the moment the three final hostages ran for their lives, more than ten hours after their ordeal began. a successful but nonetheless terrifying end to the delicate, day—long operation involving negotiators and heavily armed police. the man, now identified as malik faisal akram, a 44—year—old british citize

rafa benitez was sacked yesterday after fewer than seven months in charge. roberto martinez have all been linked with the job. benitez�*s dismissal came after everton's 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city, prompting angry scenes from travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their previous 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table to sixteenth. after a bitterly disappointing ashes tour in australia, england head coach chris silverwood says the packed schedule and lack of time to prepare impacted their performance. it comes after australia won the series 4—0, despite the humiliating loss, captainjoe root wants to stay on, which silverwood says it the right decision. the schedule as mad as well, if you look at how close the test matches we played, we had no opportunity to play any first—class games in between. it's all been compounded, and so potentially, the schedule needs to ease off a little bit as well and give these guys some breathing space to actually keep them fit to perform. more details of that interview on the bbc sport website. t

pressure continues to mount on everton pressure continues manager rafa benitez — they're losing 2—0 atentford — but have been pegged back so it's i—i there. and leeds are beating burnley i—0 — jack harrison with the opener. they have just equalised. after those games, there's a huge battle at the top of the table as second place chelsea face liverpool, who are third — with both sides looking to make up ground on leaders manchester city. there'll be two noticeable absences from the game though — chelsea are expected to leave striker romelu lukaku out of the squad after telling italian media he wasn't happy with the part he was playing under thomas tuchel. liverpool will be without their managerjurgen klopp after he tested positive for covid—i9 but before he caught the virus he spoke about the importance of the game. the only chance to catch anybody who is ahead of you is to win football games and that's not so easy when we play against chelsea, they are a pro football team, might have similar issues like we have. i'm not sure what the executive decision as at chelsea but that's probably

after sacking rafa benitez, the club have approached the belgian fa.ming up in the programme, what next for england's test team after another humiliation in the ashes in australia? and as organisers confirm there will be no winter olympics tickets on sale to the public in china, we get the thoughts of one of the best chances at a medal. hello and you're very welcome along to sportsday. the australian open is finally under way after a build—up like no other. we'll be in belgrade shortly with novak djokovic landing back in serbia — but on court in melbourne, it wasn't a good start for british hopes. cameron norrie was knocked out in the first round. the british men's number one, who was seeded 12th, lost in straight sets to american rising star sebastian korda. norrie looked a shadow of the player who enjoyed a steady rise up the rankings in 2021. he lost in straight sets. joe wilson reports. time to focus on who's actually playing in melbourne. albeit in the case of cameron norrie, all too briefly. the top—ranked british man is at the top of the picture

but he faces a challenge to turn things round for everton, who sacked rafa benitez afterjust one winrrent women's super league leader and 14—time fa cup winners, arsenal, will travel to championship table—toppers liverpool. the games will be played at the end of the month. formula 1 is to make covid—19 vaccines mandatory for all personnel this year. no—one will be able to work within the paddock without being fullyjabbed. the policy will apply to all personnel — which includes drivers — although that shouldn't affect their ability to compete as all are understood to be vaccinated already. and that's all the sport for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello. the week got off to a stormy start thanks to corrie. the winds won't be quite as strong in the days ahead, but overall, this week will still see things staying pretty windy. for tuesday, there'll be area of low pressure to the north of the uk, keeping things windy, especially across northern scotland — gusts perhaps up to 80 mph. what we are doing, though, is it switching to some milder atlantic air fo

and there's increasing speculation that everton manager rafa benitez may be on the verge of leaving the—1 at norwich. it's their 9th defeat in 12 premier league games, and sparked angry scenes from fans. englands netballers take on the world champions new zealand today at london's copper box arena. it's the roses second game in 2a hours after a commanding 71—47 victory over south africa yesterday. new zealand lost their opening match of the quad series to australia. it's the final of the masters snooker later — with barry hawkins taking on neil robertson at alexandra palace this afternoon. there was plenty of drama in the semis — where hawkins beat the 2019 champion judd trump 6—5. he'd taken a 11—2 lead in the match only for trump to win the next 3 frames to take the match to a decider. he came through though and will meet robertson after the 2012 champion fought back from 4—1 down to win a dramatic final—frame decider against mark williams. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow

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another premier league weekend and another managerial casualty — this was not too surprising, rafa benitezne of their past 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table to 16th. after he was sacked, he said he didn't realise the magnitude of the task. liverpool are up to second in the premier league with a 3—0 win over brentford at anfield. it's a crucial three points forjurgen klopp's side. fabinho, alex 0xlade—chamberlain and takumi minamino here with the goals. the victory moves liverpool above chelsea, 11 points behind the leaders manchester city, but with a game in hand. west ham boss david moyes was unhappy with the premier league after his side lost 3—2 at home to leeds. west ham played in midweek to fit in a rearranged match but despite leeds having two postponed games they had the week off to prepare. west ham scored a late equaliser to draw 1—1 with tottenham in the women's super league. kate longhurst headed home in stoppage time to give the 10—player irons a point. spurs are fourth, west ham 8th. earlier leicester beat brighton 1—0. having beaten south africa on sat

following the sacking of rafa benitez, the club have approached the belgian fa, he's head coach of the final last season. it was a chelsea double with thomas tuchel picking up the men's award. robert lewandowski was named men's best player for the second successive year with barcelona's alexia putellas the best women's player. england and wales announce their six nations squads this morning, more to come later. that's all the sport for now. labour say the government is "in chaos" after the prime minister's former adviser, dominic cummings, said borisjohnson lied to parliament about a gathering at the height of the first lockdown. mr cummings said he was prepared to "swear under oath" that mrjohnson knew a drinks party was being held — a claim denied by number ten. i'm joined now byjonathan ashworth, shadow work and pensions secretary. good morning to you. hello. do you believe mr cummings? _ good morning to you. hello. do you believe mr cummings? he's - good morning to you. hello. do you believe mr cummings? he's made l believe mr cummings? he's made exlosive believe mr cummings? he's

and there's increasing speculation that everton manager rafa benitez may be on the verge of leaving ther the future, bringing players, improving players, the reality we have to win on the pitch so we have two games in hand but it doesn't change too much if we don't learn and make less mistakes. returning to tennis then and while the build up to the first grand slam of the year has, of course, been dominated by djokovic — there is plenty of other big stories at the australian open. not least of which, emma raducanu who is looking to follow up her victory at the us open in september. so does being a grand slam winner make everyone up their game? may be, yeah... i think that my opponents have been playing some great tennis when i have played them and that is i was going to happen. it could be extra motivation and when you see someone like, young and you want to play them and put them in their place a little maybe. it is all part of it and i'm just taking it in my stride and it will happen, i'll get my chances again. in rugby union, wasps picked up another notable scalp as they beat holders

this was not too surprising — rafa benitez, who was sacked yesterday after less than seven months in— there's a lot of analysis about what went wrong in this ashes series. they were hammered 4—0 in australia after england crumbled to another batting collapse to lose the fifth test in hobart. joe root has led england in 61 tests — more than any other man — but has not won any of his three ashes series in charge. but he insists he wants to stay on as captain. ten years after first lifting the trophy, neil robertson has won his second masters championship. the australian beat england's barry hawkins by 10 frames to 4 in the final at alexandra palace in london. he pockets a cheque for a quarter of a million pounds. his little daughter, two years old... thankfully it was a straightforward victory because it was way past her bedtime. there is a lovely photo ten years ago with his son alexander, who was about the same age, two years old when he won last time and he said last night it is lovely now has a photo of him with his little girl, as well, at two years old. with his little girl, as w

the pressure's increased on everton manager rafa benitez after his side were beaten 3—2 at home by brighton called his side "incredible" after they came from behind to beat aston villa 2—1 — mads roerslev with the late winner. and leeds united ended a three—game losing run with a 3—1 win over burnley. danieljames scored the third. burnley remain third from bottom, two points from safety. leicester tigers' brilliant season continues. they thrashed newcastle falcons 31 nil in rugby union's premiership. harry potter with the bonus point winning fourth try. the tigers have won all 11 of their premiership games so far. elsewhere there were wins for harlequins and saracens. i avoided any mention of magic there! peter wright is through to tonight's world darts championship final. he beat two—time winner gary anderson 6—4 in a thrilling semi—final. the match was closer than the score suggested, with both playing high—quality darts. this will be wright's third final appearance. and wright's opponent tonight at alexandra palace will be michael smith, who beat james wade by six sets to three in their

rafa benitez was sacked yesterday after fewer than seven months in charge.scenes from travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their previous 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table to 16th. after a bitterly disappointing ashes tour in australia, england head coach chris silverwood says the packed schedule and lack of time to prepare impacted their performance. it comes after australia won the series 4—0. despite the humiliating loss, captainjoe root wants to stay on, which silverwood says is the right decision. the hunger is definitely there, the determination is certainly then you can see that in his eyes. i mean, he wants to see this team do well and he wants to lead them and when the team is doing well i think she is the right man to lead this team and i think we need to give the guys the opportunity to have him back to the structure again. we need to give him the opportunity to learn the skills we need so that you can eat them well on this field as well. equally, well on this field as well. equally, we have talked a lot about the str

rafa benitez was sacked yesterday after fewer than seven months in charge.the premier league after his side lost 3—2 at home to leeds. west ham played midweek to fit in a re—scheduled match but, despite leeds having two postponed games, they had the week off to prepare. having beaten south africa on saturday, england made it two wins from two in netball�*s quad series yesterday with victory over new zealand. they came back from eight points down at london's copper box arena against the silver ferns, to win their second group game by 49 points to 46. they'll play australia in their final group game tomorrow. and ten years after first lifting the trophy, neil robertson has won his second masters championship. the australian beat england's barry hawkins by 10 frames to 4 in the final at alexandra palace in london. his winning cheque was for a quarter of a million pounds. not bad! that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. yes, thank you, jane. let's return to the news that the number of families in england struggling to pay their ene

rafa on the rocks. the pressure continues to mount on benitez as everton are beaten by brighton.the ashes, england's head coach chris silverwood tests positive for covid—19, but his squad remain positive on the field of play. we are coming away 3—2. obviously, we have lost the series, but we are keeping our head up that we did not let them walk all over us and we pushed back a little bit. also coming up in the programme... great britain start 2022 with a win at the atp cup, but onlyjust, after getting past germany. and how cold is too cold for sport? we'll tell you why this winter classic really lived up to its name. hello and welcome to sportsday. sometimes, the games that we give the big billing to don't quite live up to the hype. not so for chelsea against liverpool in the premier league today. it was second against third in the table and they gave us a thrilling encounter at stamford bridge. the final score was 2—2, which doesn't help either side's title hopes — but that doesn't tell half of the story. so with a full match report, here's craig templeton. remain here's craig t

everton owner farhad moshiri when he took over — could be reappointed following the sacking of rafa benitezplanted defibrillator he had fitted following his cardiac arrest at euro 2020. he's made it his aim to play for his country at the world cup. chelsea's emma hayes was named coach of the year at the fifa best awards. she led chelsea's women to the league title and the champions league final last season. it was a chelsea double, with thomas tuchel picking up the men's award. robert lewandowski was named men's best player for the second successive year with barcelona's alexia putellas the best women's player. testa m e nt, testament, i think, testament, ithink, to testament, i think, to the hard work she has done. testament, i think, to the hard work she has done-— testament, i think, to the hard work i she has done._ we she has done. very much deserved. we will keep an _ she has done. very much deserved. we will keep an eye — she has done. very much deserved. we will keep an eye on _ she has done. very much deserved. we will keep an eye on all— she has done. very much deserved. we will k

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