mourinho questioned why manchester city's raheem sterling was allowed to miss england's dead rubber withrling is now likely to feature against spurs on sunday in the league. i would like him to say which are the coaches that put pressure on the players to go. when eric left the national team, injured in the previous month, he didn't play two matches for tottenham. he needed a couple of weeks to recover and he is going to play tomorrow so these are the little details i think he should explain to us all. well ahead of that game — the city manager pep guardiola — who signed a new two year deal at the club yesterday — has been speaking about this man. lionel messi. the forward has again been linked with a move to city — after almostjoining in the summer. his barcelona contract is up at the end of the season but guardiola says he wants him to stay in spain. he isa he is a playerfrom barcelona. if you ask me my opinion, is a person like, i have a huge quit attitude for what breslin has done to me as an academy, as a football player, they gave me absolutely everything. i want they gave me absol

england will be without jordan henderson and raheem sterling for their nations league game against icelandnderson was taken off at half—time in the defeat to belgium with tightness in his leg. he adds his name to a growing list of injury concerns at his club, liverpool. sterling has returned to manchester city after not making an appearance at all during the current international break because of a calf problem. the premier league reported there were 16 positive cases of coronavirus in the latest round of testing. it's the most returned since the season started in september. the results don't include those who have tested positive while on international duty. those including spurs defender matt doherty, who was with the ireland squad that lost in wales last night and tested positive before their return to dublin. arsenal's egypt international mohamed elneny will also enter isolation. both will miss their clubs next premier league game. world number one novak djokovic has made a winning start at the atp finals in london. djokovic eased his way to victory at what is, of course, an empty 02 a

mourinho has questioned why manchester city's raheem sterling was allowed to miss england's dead rubber month he didn't play two matches for tottenham. he needed a couple of weeks to recover and raheem is going to play tomorrow so these are the little details i think gareth should explain to us all. rugby union now and scotland's final autumn nations cup pool match against fiji at murrayfield next weekend is off. it's because there have been 29 cases of covid among the fiji staff. their games against france and italy had already been postponed following the outbreak. organisers say the decision was "unavoidable". scotland face france on sunday in a pool b decider. head coach gregor townsend has made five changes for that game with blair kinghorn, jamie ritchie, matt fagerson, fraser brown among those who come in from the team that beat italy. jamie bhatti and sean maitland are also back in the squad. former two—weight ufc champion conor mcgregor will return to the sport injanuary. he retired for a third time injune, but the 32 year—old says he'll be back in the octagon to fight dustin p

england will be without jordan henderson and raheem sterling for their nations league game against icelandhas returned to manchester city after not making an appearance at all during the current international break. you can see rob michael henne and ryan reynolds, the new owners of wrexham, the news breaking yesterday afternoon, the supporters trust voting overwhelmingly for the hollywood stars to take over. more on that story on the bbc website. let's move on. the england and wales cricket board has been accused by two former umpires of "institutionalised racism", in the latest allegations to surface in the sport. iam afraid i am afraid we are having real problems with our pictures this morning. those were the new owners of wrexham, again. moving on to cricket? although it does look like cricket? although it does look like cricket —— tennis. there is cricket! aargh. worrying allegations surfacing in the cricket world this morning. john holder said it looked "more than suspicious" he had not received a reply from the ecb when offering to be a mentor. ismail dawood, meanwhile, said he had h

england will be without jordan henderson and raheem sterling for their nations league game against icelandth tightness in his leg, and adds his name to a growing list of injury concerns at his club liverpool — while sterling has returned to manchester city after not making an appearance at all during the current international break. world number one novak djokovic has made a winning start at the atp finals in london. djokovic eased his way to victory at an empty o2 arena in straight sets against diego schwartzmann of argentina. the victory puts djokovic top of his group as he looks to win the event for a record equalling sixth time. we don't get to experience this format in any other tournament throughout the season, so, even if you lose a match or even two matches ina group, you lose a match or even two matches in a group, you still have an opportunity to qualify for the semi finals. so, you know, i have been playing the finals in this arena for many years, and you know, i've been blessed to experience some incredible matches and atmospheres. you know, i must say that it feels very strang

england will be without jordan henderson and raheem sterling for their nations league game against icelandpool. sterling has returned to manchester city after not making an appearance at all during the current international break. the england and wales cricket board has been accused by two former umpires of "institutionalised racism", in the latest allegations to surface in the sport. john holder said it looked "more than suspicious" he had not received a reply from the ecb when offering to be a mentor. ismail dawood, meanwhile, said he had heard racist language used in front of senior ecb staff, which went unchallenged. the pair have asked for an independent investigation from the equality and human rights commission "to challenge organisations like the ecb". world number one novak djokovic made a winning start at the atp finals in london. djokovic eased to a straight sets victory against diego schwartzmann of argentina. the serb is aiming to win the event for a record equalling sixth time. sadly there would be no fans there to see it. i've been playing the atp finals in this arena for ma

and manchester city and england forward raheem sterling said "always been very humbled in your presenceictory in the emilia—romagna grand prix at imola left him on the brink of a record—equalling seventh world title and helped mercedes break yet another formula one record. they won a seventh constructors' championship in a row when he finished just ahead of his team—mate valtteri bottas. hamilton can win the drivers' title in turkey in two weeks' time, moving level with michael schumacher. we really worked hard to figure out where we wanted to go, every year, even though we've won multiple championships, every year, we continue to do the same with the same approach. and i believe we could continue for a long time if we wanted to. i know there will be multiple obstacles ahead but i'm definitely looking forward to that. manchester united's paul pogba admitted he made a "stupid mistake", and it gave arsenal victory at old trafford. he gave away a penallty with a needless challenge on hector bellerin, he said perhaps he was "out of breath". pierre emerik aubameyang scored from the spot. uni

mourinho also believes manchester city's raheem sterling will be fit enough to face spurs today, despiteier left the national team injured in the previous month when he didn't play two matches for tottenham. he needed a couple of weeks to recover. and he is going to play tomorrow. these are the little details that i think should explain to us all. less than a month after winning a domestic and european double, exeter chiefs kicked off the defence of their premiership title with a comfortable 33—3 win at harlequins. ‘quins led through an early penalty before sam simmonds here helped exeter to victory. that the first of his three tries at twickenham. dave ewers and stuart townsend also went over in a bonus—point win. elsewhere, sale beat northampton saints 32—23. switching codes, and defending champions st helens eased into the super league grand final. there was a brilliant solo try from kevin naiqama. he nicks the ball from the catalans dragons and sets off in a race up the field — catch me if you can, and they couldn't, and he scored a hat—trick too. 48—2 it finished, and saints will fa