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could a return to everton be on the cards for roberto martinez?acking rafa benitez, the club have approached the belgian fa. also coming 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

should they now appoint an old boy like wayne rooney or an old boss like roberto martinez?t. since leaving the club, he's been coaching belgium, ranked as the best national team in the world. but remember how it ended last time — sacked by moshiri. at everton, even new stars can have an echo of the past. patrick gearey, bbc news. staying with the premier league and burnley�*s match against watford tomorrow has been postponed. sean dyche's side don't have the required number of players due to injuries, africa cup of nations commitments and covid—19 issues. to bring a true competitive element to a league, that's why the rules are there. you need to put out a team that feel they can be a competitive team. when you get to a point where you can't feel you can and the league sees that you can't, then that has to be looked at. and the health and welfare, which everyone talks about. the hardest thing of all, don't forget, and to give you a view of the covid situation, because everyone has to isolate, they can't train. and therefore, when they come back in, you've got two days to ge

everton's bid to bring back roberto martinez as manager ended in frustration.has been linked with an emotional return to his first club. also in the frame is frank lampard, who's been out of work since being sacked by chelsea a year ago. england's first meeting with australia on the netball court in three years ended in a dramatic draw in theirfinal group game of the quad series in london. both teams came into the match with two wins over south africa and new zealand. the roses trailed for long periods, but helen housby levelled with seconds left on the clock. they won't have long to wait for another crack at each other — they meet again tomorrow night in the grand final. there are six uncapped players included in eddiejones' 36—man england squad for next month's six nations. in—form wasps back row alfie barbeary is called up after scoring four tries in seven games for his club this season after returning from injury. there is no space for bath back row sam underhill, centre manu tuilagi and george ford, but owen farrell remains as captain. jones was asked toda

back to the future, everton contact the belgian fa as they make a move for theirformer manager roberto martinezng. two days after the hostage—taking incident at a synagogue in texas, two teenagers have been arrested today in greater manchester. the attacker was a british man — named as malik faisal akram from blackburn — who was shot dead by police at the scene after a 10—hour stand—off. he'd taken four people hostage, including a rabbi, who all survived unharmed. friends of akram said he'd suffered from mental health problems and they expressed surprise that he'd been able to travel to the us. greater manchester police said the teenagers detained today, whose identities have not been released, are both being questioned as "part of the ongoing investigation", as our special correspondent ed thomas reports. what made malik faisal akram leave blackburn, the place he called home, to travel to texas, arm himself with a gun and hold people hostage inside a synagogue? there was a tense ten—hour stand—off. as an fbi swat team moved in, the 44—year—old spoke to his family back home. his words were reco

everton's bid to bring back roberto martinez ended in frustration.s first club. also in the frame is frank lampard, who's been out of work since being sacked by chelsea a year ago. the final games in group b of the african cup of nations are under way. this one is pretty tight with senegal and guinea both on four points from two games and malawi on three. the top two teams automatically qualify along with the four best third placed teams across the six groups. malawai v senegal is goalless, but bottom side zimbabwe lead 2—0 against guinea — although that doesn't change the standings at this stage. at the moment, it would be senegal and guinea. there are six uncapped players included in eddiejones's 36—man england squad for next month's six nations. in—form wasps back row alfie barbeary is called up. the 21—year—old has scored four tries in seven games for his club this season after returning from injury. there is no space for bath back row sam underhill, centre manu tuilagi and george ford. 0wen farrell remains as captain, while fly—half dan biggar w

wayne rooney, graham potter and former boss roberto martinez have all been linked with the job.—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. the international olympic committee has announced that tickets will not go on general sale in chi

everton's bid to bring back roberto martinez as manager ended in frustration.the netball court in three years ended in a dramatic draw in theirfinal group game of the quad series in london. both teams came into the match with two wins over south africa and new zealand. the roses trailed for long periods, but helen housby levelled with seconds left on the clock. they won't have long to wait for another crack at each other — they meet again tomorrow night in the grand final. there are six uncapped players included in eddiejones' 36—man england squad for next month's six nations. in—form wasps back row alfie barbeary is called up after scoring four tries in seven games for his club this season after returning from injury. there is no space for bath back row sam underhill, centre manu tuilagi and george ford, but owen farrell remains as captain. jones was asked today if farrell is still the right man to lead the team on the pitch. at the moment, he's the right guy for thejob, mate. and you talk about marcus — he's going to be an important player for marcus. marcus

up, from the bbc sport centre, everton are interested in bringing back their former manager roberto martinezn fa. martinez took over as the belgium national manager in 2016 and they're currently the top ranked team in the men's game. he managed everton from 2013 until he departed goodison park in 2016, but is high on the club's list of contenders to succeed rafael benitez, who was sacked on sunday. however, with the world cup later this year in qatar, the belgian fa are expected to be reluctant to let him go. former tottenham midfielder christian eriksen could return to the premier league. brentford have confirmed that they've spoken to the danish international about the possibility of signing him. eriksen�*s contract was cancelled by inter milan last month, as he's not allowed to play in serie a with the implanted defibrillator he had fitted, following his cardiac arrest at euro 2020. no such regulation exists in the premier league and a number of clubs are said to be keen to sign him. there's a full capacity crowd at celtic park as the scottish government lifted restrictions on sporting ev

could roberto martinez be heading back to everton. he spent three years at everton, before being dismissed. 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. 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?

everton's bid to bring back roberto martinez as manager ended in frustration. been out of work since being sacked by chelsea a year ago. despite only scoring one goal in their three matches, senegal have qualified top of group b at the africa cup of nations after playing out a goalless draw with malawi. and remarkably, guinea still snatched second place despite losing 2—1 to zimbabwe. they scored both their goals before half—time. knobby kate took for the report grabbed the only goal for guinea after the interval but he will mask the last 16 match after being booked for second time in the tournament. the good bond hopes of finishing top looked good as they leave the current leaders morocco one have a zero. ghana could be on their way out as they are ludi —— losing to comoros. emma raducanu says she "loves the energy" at the australian open after earning her first win at the opening grand slam of the season. the us open champion beat american sloane stephens in three sets. herform hasn't been ideal since that win in new york, but she got off to a brilliant start

evereton are interested in bringing back theirformer manager roberto martinez and have confirmed thatverton from 2013 until he was sacked in 2016, but is high on the club's list of contenders to succeed rafael benitez, who was sacked on sunday. with the men's world cup later this year in qatar, the belgian fa are expected to be reluctant to let him go. former tottenham midfielder christian eriksen could return to the premier league. brentford have confirmed that they've spoken to the danish international about the possibility of signing him. eriksen's contract was cancelled by inter milan last month, as he is not allowed to play in serie a with the implanted defib—rillator he had fitted, following his cardiac arrest defibrillator he had fitted, following his cardiac arrest at euro 2020. no such regulation exists in the premier league and a number of clubs are said to be keen to sign him. speaking of health issues, pierre—emerick aubameyang has been released from gabon's africa cup of nations squad and will return to arsenal, because the striker has heart lesions. the 32—year—old misse

are looking at other options in their quest for a new manager after their bid to bring back roberto martinez— the 21—year—old has scored four tries in seven games for his club this season after returning from injury. there is no space for bath back row sam underhill, centre manu tuilagi and george ford. owen farrell remains as captain. while fly—half dan biggar will captain wales, with regular skipper alun wynjones out injured. wales are stuggling with injuries, seven other key players are unavailable. three uncapped players have been included. ospreys hooker dewi lake, flankerjac morgan and cardiff forward james ratti. that�*s all the sport for now. i�*ll have more for you in the next hour. let�*s return to the news that borisjohnson has rejected a claim by his former chief advisor that he was warned in advance about a drinks party in the downing street garden during lockdown in may 2020. dominic cummings says the prime minister was told the gathering would breach covid rules but "waved aside" the concerns. let�*s hear more of what borisjohnson had to say. we will have to see what she says

wayne rooney, graham potter and former boss roberto martinez have all been linked with the job.inking 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 structure but equally the schedule is mad as well. if you look at how closely the test matches are

wayne rooney, graham potter and former boss roberto martinez have all been linked with the job. 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 energy bills is set to treble in april, according to new analysis by the resolution foundation. tha

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