moses is joined on the shortlist by pierre—emerick aubameyang, naby keita, sadio mane and mohamed salahyou can vote for your favourite at the bbc sport website. now, it's ourjob as journalists to ask the right questions and hold people to account. you have to be pretty thick—skinned when interviewing football managers. but when you get on the wrong side of someone, you need a thick skin to be prepared for the backlash. algeria head coach rabah madjer lost his temper with a journalist and decided to answer for riyad mahrez instead. the journalist in question only asked about the team's performance after a 3—0 win. i don't know what the next question was. itjust shows, you have to be thick—skinned. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. more than 20 countries attending climate change talks in germany have forged an alliance to try to move from burning coal to clean up our sources, the first time the international community has met to discuss climate change since president trump pulled the united states out of the paris agreement. roger harrabin has more. we hav

for a third consecutive year, senegal‘s sadio mane is a nominee for the bbc african footballer of thehoping to emulate his compatriot el hadji diouf in winning the bbc award. he has got lots of pace. he works very hard. he is arguably their most important player. always important for a striker to score goals for the team. scoring against everton will always win over the liverpool fans. one thingl always win over the liverpool fans. one thing i like as he has great height. i am very happy to be nominated for the bbc player of the year. iam nominated for the bbc player of the year. i am happy to nominated for the bbc player of the year. iam happy to be nominated for the bbc player of the year. i am happy to be part of them. if he left liverpool i would be gutted. i play for liverpool. mane is joined on the short list by pierre—emerick aubameyang, naby keita, victor moses and mohamed salah. you can vote for your favourite at the bbc sport website.

aubameyang is joined on the shortlist by naby keita, sadio mane, victor moses and mohamed salah — youbsite. let me update you on the football. still 0-0. let me update you on the football. still 0—0. northern ireland need to score. the swiss havejust still 0—0. northern ireland need to score. the swiss have just cleared the ball. agonisingly close for northern ireland. we will have the results for you later. an old man with great power — he runs a media empire — sees his influence crumbling away. he's losing his grip, his family, perhaps even his sanity. what becomes of him? edward st aubyn‘s novel, dunbar, is a retelling of the story of king lear, as a contemporary novel. funny and melancholy by turns, the author of the celebrated series of novels about patrick melrose, is back on his favourite territory, dealing with a life touched and changed by tragedy. welcome. the inspiration for this story, the start of the novel in a way, was the idea that you should take the king lear story and do something with it. now, is it easy to leave the thought of that fundamental story behind, and ta

sadio mane. victor moses. do you think an african team will win the world cup for england does? england, i have to say egypt! maybe nigeria! maybe in africa... i play for liverpool. please vote for me... they won't vote anyway! please vote for me for the bbc footballer of the year. one more time, african footballer... african footballer of the year. crazy! please vote for me... for the bbc african footballer of the year. running a marathon is hard enough, but some people like yoasha zakrefsky like to push the boundaries all the way — running several marathons, over several days, in the sweltering desert. the 41 year old doctor from scotland was the second woman to finish the 0man desert marathon earlier today. the race covers 104 miles over six days, starting inland and finishing on the coast of the arabian sea. they had to carry everything they needed on their backs, except for water, making the run even more gruelling. in around fourand in around four and a half hours' time, the second day of the first ashes test will get underway. i can't wait. england start the day on 196-4

pierre—emerick aubameyang, naby keita, sadio mane, victor moses and mohamed salah are those in the runningtion, and celebrations are continuing in brisbane after australia won the first ashes test against england. the hosts won the match by ten wickets but the damage was done on day four, when england's batting collapsed losing their last six wickets for just a0 runs. the second test, which is the first ever ashes day—night match, starts in adelaide on saturday. who's going to stop manchester city? pep guardiola's team are flying in the english premier league. a 2—1win at huddersfield means they're eight points clear of neighbours united. city equalled the club record, set in 2015, with their 11th premier league victory in a row. raheem sterling scored the winner with six minutes remaining. premier league is so tough, especially when the winter has come. and we knew that they are so aggressive. they are so strong. we are so happy for the way we won again. a controversial stoppage time penalty from alexis sanchez handed arsenal a 1—0 victory against burnley at turf moor. the win moves the g

they were 3—0 up after half an hour thanks to roberto firmino and sadio mane.pp's side through. 2/2 times, two different half times, fantastic first half from us, from my side, from my team, in the second half we made a mistake and we didn't carry on playing football. it's normal that you try to control the game but a team like we are, we have to control the game with the ball and we didn't play football any more. tottenham ensured they'll finish top of their group after they came from behind to beat borussia dortmund. harry kane equalised and then dele alli set up heung min son as spurs won 2—1. it means they'll definitely finish above champions real madrid whatever happens in the last round of games. and manchester city know they'll also be top of their group, though they left it late to beat feyenoord. raheem sterling's goal won it for them at the etihad. england strikerjodie taylor will leave arsenal women and sign for australian side melbourne city for six weeks before moving to seattle reign in the us on a permanent basis. taylor was the top goalscorer at

sadio mane has scored the liverpool. you are up—to—date.stal palace man as well, alan pardew, a signed a deal at the hawthorns through to 2024 study has been out of a job since he was sacked at palace in december, when alla rdyce actually sacked at palace in december, when allardyce actually took over. pardew replaces tony pulis who lost a job last week after a run of ten league games without a win. my best team, andi games without a win. my best team, and i can only talk about myself, play on the front foot. we try and put teams under pressure. sometimes we get a bloody nose in doing that, and that is what i would live here at west brom. ultimately, hopefully, somewhere along the line, we can get up somewhere along the line, we can get up to1.5, 1.7 somewhere along the line, we can get up to 1.5, 1.7 points a game. i have achieved that in the past at certain times at clubs. that is what i will hope to do here. a couple of games of the scottish premiership tonight. a repeat of the scottish league cup final, motherwell and celtic, goalless a