now on bbc news — sport today.ort today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: simply the best. real madrid and croatia superstar luka modric wins the ballon dor to cap a remarkable year for the midfielder. var's coming early to the champions league. we'll give you all the details from uefa's decision day in dublin. how's about that? some sunshine australia — an aussie teenager smashes six sixes in an over on his way to a double century. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. it's official, luka modric is the best football player on the planet, having been crowned the best fifa men's player back in september, he won the 63rd edition of the ballon d'or at a glitzy ceremony in paris on monday, where jo curry was watching. you have to go all the way back to 2007 for the last time there was a winner of the ballon d'or who was called cristiano ronaldo or lionel murphy. now luka modric has broken that a decade of dominance. and after his performances in 2018 it is easy to see why he was th

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. the hornets to go five points clear at the top of the english premier league. it's still a no for russia. athletics' governing body demands access to drugs test samples before talk of lifting the ban. aand australia get ready for their first test on home soil — nine months after the ball tampering scandal. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. another day another victory for manchester city, they beat watford 2—1 at vicarage road to stretch their lead at the top of the english premier league to five points. goals from leroy sane and riyad mahrez had given the league leaders a comfortable 2—0 lead, but a scrappy abdoulaye doucoure goal with five minutes to go made for a tense finale. in the end though pep guardiola's side holding on for a win that maintains their five—point gap over second placed liverpool. my feeling is after five minutes or ten minutes later the game was really good, so aggressive, some incredible saves, but after that we forget to win the position and our

hello, i'm sarah stone and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ut for 250. how will australia's batsmen respond in the first test? kane williamson hits out to overshadow yasir shah's day. and more than 2,500 police officers will be delpoyed on the streets of madrid ahead of the copa libertadores final. on the streets of madrid ahead of the copa libertadores final. hello and welcome along to the programme. we start with cricket, and they're approaching lunch on day two of the first test between australia and india in adelaide. cheteshwar pujara's century helping india recover on day one, before they were all out for 250 in the morning session on day two. it's a test now for australia's new—look top order. chris mitchell is there for us live at the adelaide oval. chris, how is it all going over there, how's it looking? well, in the last few moments, india have got a much—needed wicket. 45—2, australia, as it stands. debutant marcus harris, one of the openers, out, caught off the bowling of ravi ashwin. i say it's a much—needed wicket because harris

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ntion turns to who's next in the old trafford hotseat. hosts al ain shock south american champions river plate to make the final of the club world cup in the uae. and australia name an unchanged team for the final two tests against india after levelling the series at 1—1. hello and welcome to the programme where it's been a day full of drama in manchester, as united sacked manager jose mourinho two and a half years into his tenure at old trafford. the club are 19 points off the league leaders liverpool and 11 points away from even securing a champions league place next season. the 55—year—old portuguese started by winning the league and europa cups in his first season, but since then it's been something of a roller coaster ride. our sports correspondent andy swiss has this report on where things went wrong. the

now on bbc news sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ty move into the last 16 of the champions league as group winners. al—ain win their opening game at the fifa club world cup, as they come from three goals down to beat team wellington. and cycling's most successful team of recent years will need a new sponsor, after team sky's decision to withdraw from the sport at the end of 2019. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that we now know the make up for the last 16 of the champions league. only one group was left to be decided heading into wednesday night's final round of games and that was in group f. manchester city had already qualified but lyon needed a draw or better away to shakhtar donetsk and it took a second half goal from world cup winner nabil fekir that saw them equalise to snatch the point and finish second. in england, hoffenheim struck first against manchester city courtesy of an andrej kramaric penalty with the hosts needing at least one goal, but they scored twice through leroy sane

hello, i'm sarah stone and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. suspended four people from attending matches while an investigation into the alleged racial abuse of raheem sterling takes place. barcelona have abandoned plans to play a la liga fixture against girona in miami that was scheduled for the 26th of january. and liverpool go into their final champions league group game against napoli needing a win on tuesday. hello there and welcome along to the programme. we start with football, where chelsea have suspended four people from attending matches, whilst an investigation into the alleged racial abuse of manchester city forward raheem sterling takes place. it comes on the day the professional footballer‘s association in the uk says clubs must take ‘the strongest possible action' if fans are found to racially abuse players. sterling was the victim of alleged abuse at chelsea over the weekend, and the pfa back sterling's criticism of some press coverage, saying they are in no doubt that ‘negative narrative, influences public opinion and embolden

hello, i'm sarah stone, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: river plate will be joining real madrid at the club world cup in abu dhabi after they beat boca juniors in the copa libertadores final. newcastle boss rafa benitez says the premier league needs video assistant referees immediately as his side lose to wolves and have a player sent off. and louis oosthuizen won his first south african open by a record—equalling six shots. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. we start with football, and the final of the copa libetardores. it was an incredible end to the match, in a game that took so long to finally take place and went through so much on the way. river plate beat boca juniors 3—1 on the night and 5—3 on aggregate. boca's breakthrough came two minutes before half time with a brilliant individual goal from dario benedetto. the equaliser came in the 68th minute from lucas pratto, and locked at 1—1. the no away goals rule meant extra time. then the turning point — boca had wilmar barrios sent off for a

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. another day another victory for manchester city, they beat watford 2—1 at vicarage road to stretch their lead at the top of the english premier league to five points. goals from leroy sane and riyad mahrez had given the league leaders a comfortable 2—0 lead, but a scrappy abdoulaye doucoure goal with five minutes to go made for a tense finale. in the end though pep guardiola's side holding on for a win that maintains their five—point gap over second placed liverpool. my feeling is after five minutes or ten minutes later the game was really good, so aggressive, some incredible saves, but after that we forget to win the position and our buildup was not quicker than normal and our chances that we had, we missed it, and, like, we didn't score the third goal and they scored, 2—1, so in the last minute everything happened, so in the last minute if they scored 2—2 it would have been a surprise. in the night's other games bournemouth are up to sixth after beating huddersfield while ten man br

now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today. n this programme: former player 0le gunnar solksjaer is confirmed as the manchester united caretaker manager until the end of the season gareth bale scores a hatrick to send real madrid through to the club world cup final where they'll face hosts al ain. and major league baseball have agreed a deal with their cuban counterparts that will see players able to freely sign for north american teams. hello and welcome to the programme where just a day after sacking jose mourinho — manchester united have named former player 0le gunnar solskjaer as caretaker manager until the end of the season. solskjaer spent 11 seasons at old trafford, scoring the winning goal in the 1999 champions league final — and takes over with united sixth in the premier league. our sports correspondent andy swiss has more. it girls

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today.t's official, luka modric is the best football player on the planet, having been crowned the best fifa men's player back in september, he won the 63rd edition of the ballon d'or at a glitzy ceremony in paris on monday, where jo curry was watching. you have to go all the way back to 2007 for the last time there was a winner of the ballon d'or who was called cristiano ronaldo or lionel murphy. now luka modric has broken that a decade of dominance. and after his performances in 2018 it is easy to see why he was the wind still in that stage earlier clutching the trophy. at the summer's lock up the lead croatia all the way to the final before being named player of the tournament —— lead up to the world cup. he led real madrid to an unprecedented third colmslie title. he adds this to the fiva —— seve trophy he won earlier this year. this is that we have achieved is for such a small country as croatia it is something amazing, but like i told you, i would change all of this for a world cup. bu

hello, i'm sarah stone, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ning real madrid at the club world cup in abu dhabi after they beat boca juniors in the copa libertadores final. newcastle boss rafa benitez says the premier league needs video assistant referees immediately as his side lose to wolves and have a player sent off. and louis 0osthuizen won his first south african 0pen by a record—equalling six shots. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. we start with football, and the final of the copa libetardores. it was an incredible end to the match, in a game that took so long to finally take place and went through so much on the way.

hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.sophia floersch tells the bbc she remembers every bit of her almost 300km an hour crash at the macau grand prix. ole 6unnar solskjaer has offically taken charge as manchester united's caretaker manager. and marcel hirscher claims world cup win number 63, to extend his lead in the slalom and overall standings. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with that terrifying formula 3 crash last month. driver sophia floersch says she didn't realise just how bad her more than 270km an hour crash was at the macau grand prix until she saw it back. the 18—year—old suffered a fractured spine when her carflew through the air before smashing into a fence. but she told the bbc it didn't feel as scary as it looked. i remember everything from the crash.

i'm @babitabbc now on bbc news, sport today.sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: european football's finest, discover their fate in the draw for the last 16 of the champions league. al ain look to become the first ever side from the uae to reach the club world cup final, but they'll have to get past river plate. and the clash of the captains, kohli and payne face off as australia close in on victory against india in the second test. —— paine. thanks forjoining us. welcome to the programme. real madrid will have to beat ajax if they're to keep alive their hopes of winning a record fourth champions league title in a row. the draw for the last 16 was made on monday, with plenty of intriguing ties alongside that one. cristiano ronaldo will head back to spain whenjuventus take on atletico madrid. he'll no doubt be looking forward to it, having scored 22 goals against atletico during his time with real. the spanish champions barcelona need to get past lyon,

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.clubs in the champions league, as liverpool and tottenham both pick up results that see them into the knockout stages. an incredible human being — pep guardiola praises his player raheem sterling for confronting the issue of racism in football. and australia look to level their series against india when the second test gets underway in perth on friday. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that premier league clubs liverpool and tottenham have both picked up the required results that take them through to the knockout stage of the champions league. at anfield, jurgen klopp's side needed a victory with a clean sheet or by two clear goals to make the last 16. and mohamed salah‘s first—half goal proved the difference

now on bbc news, sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.stralia are underway in the first test since the ball—tampering scandal. jose mourinho praises united's heart and soul but counts the costs of his side's mistakes against arsenal. and firmino scores as liverpool's uneaten run rolls on. australia are underway in teh first test since the tampering australia are underway in the first test since the tampering scandal last year that led to david warner, steve smith and cameron bancroft being banned from international cricket. the first match in their three—test series with the world number one ranked side india is udneray in adelaide. chris mitchell is there. we will talk about what this means to the country, but what a start on the first day. absolute dream start. a few moments ago, india were 41—4, 15 minutes before lunch in adelaide. it is blisteringly hot and australia have got off to a very warm

this is sport today, live from the bbc sports centre. dumbing up from the bbc sports centre.e past manchester united to go back to the top of the premier league. francesco molinari wraps up a record—breaking 2018 by being named the bbc world sports star of the year. and this right virat kohli's century, australia remain in the driving seat going into day four of the second test against india. —— and despite. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin with the english premier league leaders, liverpool's unbeaten start continuing to 17 matches after a 3—1 win over manchester united at anfield. shadow security came off the bench to score the two crucial goals that took his side a point clear of manchester city in second. football correspondentjohn murray was at anfield. liverpool thoroughly deserved what is their

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today. live from the bbc sport centre.ck 0rigi sees liverpool beat everton in the merseyside derby. spot on from kolarov as roma twice come from behind to draw 2—2 with inter milan. fans call for a rematch as the judges cant split wilder and fury in their world heavyweight showdown. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. there was a thrilling finish to the merseyside derby this sunday as liverpool scored in the last seconds of the game to beat everton 1—nil at anfield and preserve their unbeaten start to the season.. divock 0rigi scoring a dramatic 96th minute winner on his first premier league appearance since august 2017. it sent liverpool manager jurgen klopp sprinting onto the pitch as the fans went wild. it was a afternoon to forget though for everton keeperjordan pickford whose calamitous mistake spilling a routine catch handed liverpool all 3 points. it was very long, a very open game and i think in the last few minutes we deserved the three points, a bit more.

here is the team with sports today. hello and welcome to sports day. i am today. d welcome to sports day. iam holly today. hello and welcome to sports day. i am holly hamilton with your boxing day headlines. liverpool go six points clear at the top of the premier league with a rampant display over newcastle. while manchester city's unhappy christmas continues as another defeat sees them slip to third. a scott sinclair hat—trick takes celtic past aberdeen in a seven—goal thriller at pittodrie. and in a dramatic race at kempton, clan des obeaux wins a 10th king george the sixth chase for paul nicholls. hello and welcome to the programme on this boxing day evening — where it's been a busy day in the premier league as we reach the halfway stage this season. liverpool remain unbeaten with another victory this afternoon to stretch their lead at the top — and as for manchester city? well, the reigning champions have slipped to third. ben croucher is here to take us through all today's action. many thanks indeed. they say you don't win the title at christmas, but the last

. —— bbc sport today team —— world sports star. hello there. strong winds on the way to scotland. severe gales here could cause some problems. and as well as the very strong winds on friday in scotland, we'll also have some heavy rain around, particularly across south—west england, over the next few hours, and that could bring some localised surface water flooding. the troublemaker is this developing area of low pressure. pressure continues to fall and the low pressure deepens, and that continues to strengthen the winds. now, the strongest winds will be going into the north of the uk, and you can see some of the heaviest rain will be trailing back across wales into south—west england. here, 40 millimetres of rain, and that could cause a few issues first thing friday morning. certainly, some big puddles on your morning commute across this part of the world. the winds will continue to strengthen as we go on through the next few hours. and there is a good chance if you're going out in the next couple of hours of seeing some pretty heavy rain aroun

here is the team with sports today. hello and welcome to sports day. i am today. ur boxing day headlines. liverpool go six points clear at the top of the premier league with a rampant display over newcastle. while manchester city's unhappy christmas continues as another defeat sees them slip to third.

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a great night for english clubs in the champions league, as liverpool and tottenham both pick up results that see them into the knockout stages. an incredible human being — pep guardiola praises his player raheem sterling for confronting the issue of racism in football. and australia look to level their series against india when the second test gets underway in perth on friday. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that premier league clubs liverpool and tottenham have both picked up the required results that take them through to the knockout stage of the champions league. at anfield, jurgen klopp‘s side needed a victory with a clean sheet or by two clear goals to make the last 16. and mohamed salah‘s first—half goal proved the difference asjurgen klopp‘s side, who were beaten finalists last year, secured second place in group c despite finishing level on points with the italians, as paris st—germain topped the group, winning 4—1

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. there was a thrilling finish to the merseyside derby this sunday as liverpool scored in the last seconds of the game to beat everton 1—nil at anfield and preserve their unbeaten start to the season.. divock origi scoring a dramatic 96th minute winner on his first premier league appearance since august 2017. it sent liverpool manager jurgen klopp sprinting onto the pitch as the fans went wild. it was a afternoon to forget though for everton keeperjordan pickford whose calamitous mistake spilling a routine catch handed liverpool all 3 points. it was very long, a very open game and i think in the last few minutes we deserved the three points, a bit more. the idea was clear, we wanted to bring to the last second. another strike to bring fresh legs. it was very long, very open game and i think in the last few minutes we deserved the three points, a bit more. they have their moment still, to be honest. alice said, my respect couldn't be bigger for them. tough match, top result for us. "the result we deserved. we came here to challenge them, t

but from me, sarah stone, and the rest of the sport today team, it‘s goodbye for now. hello.around thursday, friday, that‘s when things will start to change, it‘ll turn bit colder and the weekend is also looking interesting. at the moment, we‘ve a lot of cloud across the uk. this is the satellite image from monday into the early hours of tuesday. a lot of cloud across the uk. there are storms in the atlantic trying to come our way, but they can‘t because of high pressure building to the east of us, and that prevents from the weather heading our way. so effectively we‘ve got a little mild air in western parts of the uk, the colder air is in the east here, so first thing on tuesday morning we‘ve got a touch of frost anywhere from norwich all the way up to eastern scotland. belfast and plymouth will be quite a bit milder, around 5—6 degrees. the weather on tuesday, as i said, not much happens, quite a lot of cloud across the country, especially these central areas. not absolutely everywhere. some sunshine in scotland, the clouds may break up a little bit further south too and th

but from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye for now.'re looking at a spell of wet and windy weather today across the western side of the country. the heaviest rain and strongest winds are always across the western parts, that's close to this area of low pressure. weather fronts here, it's not one of those fronts that's going to come along in a dead straight line. there are pulses of energy running along the front and that brings uncertainty with the timings of our band of rain. nevertheless, if you're heading outside over the next few hours, the winds will be picking up and we'll see the rain getting into many western areas. in east, though, probably a dry start to the day but it is that bit cooler. the big pressure chart shows this area of low pressure quite nicely just to the north—west of the uk, with tightly—packed isobars telling you it is going to be windy. we've already seen there will be gales around across western parts. the winds could gust to 65mph across parts of wales and south—west england, particularly around the coasts a

hello, i‘m this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.ple of days. not only will the air be cold, we have strong winds to contend with, which will exacerbate the chilly feel during the day ahead. it should be dry for most, but not quite for all. a frontal system lingering in western areas bringing some outbreaks of rain here. that front making very little progress, though, because it's running up against this big block of high pressure, and the squeeze between the two will be driving brisk south—easterly winds across the country. it will not feel warm by any stretch of the imagination. now, we're starting off thursday on a largely dry note. a fair amount of cloud around and a few showers peppering north sea coasts. and our weatherfront bringing cloud and some patchy rain for northern ireland, the far south—west of wales, the far south—west of england. elsewhere, we will develop some long spells of sunshine. however, we will have the wind to contend with, particularly gusty for some west western coastal areas. so, put a thermometer outside

hello and thanks forjoining us on sport today...ague with a 3—1win over fierce rivals manchester united. swiss international xerdan shaquiri came on as a sub for liverpool and scored two deflected goals to take his tally to five in seven league appearances. sadio mane had given the home side the lead in the first half before jesse lingard equalised for united, but shaquiri's goals mean that jurgen klopp's side are a point above manchester city, and 19 points ahead of united who stay sixth. a fantastic game. the whole 93, 95 minutes, our boys were in charge of the game and dominated it. playing football against a physically unbelievably strong side. we had to stay in the game, which is what we did, and in the second half, be kind of annoying. do it, and do it. then shaqiri came and scored these two goals. it was just brilliant. everyone of their players is fast. is aggressive. their transitions are phenomenal. we had difficulties in coping with it but we managed to balance the game after 1—1. in the second half, that was when the gam

and we'll have more on that in sport today in about half an hour's time.bility, according to the world health organisation. it's a huge figure, roughly fifteen percent of the global population. and it's having a profound effect on how society responds. monday the third of december is designated by the united nations as the international day of disabled persons. daryl barrett is the techincal lead for disabilities and rehabilitation in the world health organisation's western pacific region. first off, an estimated i billion people live with disabilities. what exactly counts as a disability? good morning and banks feel time. it is a really great question. disability is complex and evolving. it really is about the lack of participation if they have a health condition or impairment. those barriers could be legislative or policy barriers, the built environment. it's really about participation. when people can't participate, they experience disability. you mentioned those barriers. tell us exactly, how can we ove i’co m e barriers. tell us exactly, how can we ov

and we'll have more on that in sport today in about half an hour's time.holic drinks, but it seems that claim might not be rooted in reality. at least not if you look at officialfigures, which suggest consumption has fallen to their lowest levels in decades. according to the research, the average australian will, each year, knock back 224 cans of beer and 38 bottles of wine. they'll also get through 17 bottles of cider and polish off 4 bottles of spirits. but the same statistics also suggest that one fifth of the australian population are tee—total, meaning they never drink any alcohol at all. phil mercer has the story. believe it or not, alcohol consumption in fun loving australia is at its lowest since the early 19605. is at its lowest since the early 1960s. beer, wine and spirits are still a big part of life here, but ina land still a big part of life here, but in a land with a busy reputation, it is young people who are drinking less. i think it is really interesting, i think we have turned the corner. over the last decade we have recently seen an impr

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today.r beating arsenal 5—1 at anfield, leaving jurgen klopp's side firmly in control in the title race — arsenal took the lead but liverpool equalised almost immediately thanks to roberto firminho who went on to score a hat trick. sadio mane and mo salah were also on the score sheet in the comprehensive win whioch sees liverpool end the year on a high not too bad. i'm not sure how many points we have got over the whole year. we have won a few games, obviously, and the champions league run in the first part of the season, we have been pretty successful, winning a lot of games there, so the boys have made a big step. it is important to show the process, a positive process, and for 2018, i have nothing to moan about any more. tottenham manager mauricio pochettino had claimed his side were intruders in the title race after impressive wins against everton and bournemouth, but second placed tottenham slipped to a surprise 3—1 defeat to wolves as their own title ambitions suffered a set back. indi

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sports like wheelchair rugby, badminton, fencing and archery were among the 1a sports handed cash todaygames like skateboarding and surfing also came away with money, these figures are a drop in the ocean compared to the kinds of cash handed out to british powerhouses like rowing, almost 37 million in total ahead of the tokyo olympics and paralympics. this is about specific athletes on a specific journey to tokyo, about specific athletes on a specificjourney to tokyo, so, the co re specificjourney to tokyo, so, the core investment in medal success in the other sports, where millions of pounds are invested, is about long—term sustainable pathway for athletes, supported to be the very best they can be, notjust at athletes, supported to be the very best they can be, not just at the next games but at future games as well. not much cash but it is a boost to those who have dayjobs, for example, or those who have to travel to far—flung places around the globe. carla is on britain's karate team, also a new sport for tokyo, before today, she was having to crowdfund her way through qualifying. it

let‘s take a look at some of the other stories we‘ve been covering at the bbc sport centre today... from york to durham. he appeared in court today and pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual assault by touching. david silva has been ruled out for a few weeks with a hamstring injury. he‘s the latest manchester city player to pick up a problem. wtih pep guardiola saying he has only 15 fit players for their champions league match agaist hoffenheim tomorrow. and world rugby‘s player of the year johnny sexton has signed a new contract with irish rugby which means he will continue to play for leinster and ireland until 2021. british cycling and the former 0lympian jess varnish are once again at loggerheads, this time at an employment tribunal. varnish has claimed unfair dismissalfrom being part of the elite programme, and has begun her attempts to prove it. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein was at the tribunal today. david, this is stage one of whatjess varnish hopes is at least two? it is and it relates back to her being dropped from the olympic programme in 2016. she intends to

sports like wheelchair rugby, badminton, fencing and archery when only 14 sports handicap today afterso got money, but these figures are you got an auction bed to the kind of cash handed out to powerhouse is, like rolling. this is about specific athletes on a specific journey to tokyo. about specific athletes on a specificjourney to tokyo. 0ur about specific athletes on a specificjourney to tokyo. our core investment in medal success in the other sports where millions of pounds are invested is about long—term sustainable pathway for our fleece to be supported the very best light can be. notjust at the next games, but in future games as well. so, it's not much cash but it isa well. so, it's not much cash but it is a bit to those who have dayjobs, for example. they will have to travel too far from places around the globe. , birkett is on britain's karate team, or also a new sport for tokyo. before today, she had to crowdfu nd tokyo. before today, she had to crowdfund to pay the way. people here are fully funded athletes, and are full—time. we work, so it is a struggle. not only to find

[laughs] >> he liked to play about five sports today!: even on the campaign trail, i'm sure that helped her was on full display. >> he liked to turn everything to gain pretty to be playing horseshoes with him, he could be playing cards on air forced to, later air force one. anything, he liked to have a little competition. he was going to win the little mini game. he had all kinds of great little nicknames for people, and fun competitions all the time. at the white house and elsewher elsewhere. >> harris: bob grady, former advisor for the former president. the 1988 presidential campaign predicts that history lesson on august 1st. we have forgotten that huge gap that he had, losing at the time to michael dukakis. don't hang those drapes too soon, he says. great to see you today. thank you for your memories. >> thinks, harris. thanks for having me. >> harris: sure. we'll have more on the life and legacy of the former president, george h.w. bush. plus, former fbi director james comey is set for that closed-door hearing with the house judicia

. >>> sports, you covered all the sports yesterday. >> today it's football.ama on both sides of the bay. coming up, by george, he's got it. the records george kittles set. the curse of the black hole lives on for big ben and the steelers. highlights from a wild finish at highlights from a wild finish at the california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program visit right now or call during business hours. >>> george kittle had a game for the history books. >>> the most receiving yards in the first half by any nfl player since 1991. he set the record for most yards by a tight end in a single game for the 49ers on his way to becoming the first tight end to have more than 1,000 yards receiving in a single season. he had 94 receiving yards in the

and there's a lot of controversy in the world of sport today — so we thought we'd show you this.n antidote to all the stuff that's been going on over the stuff that's been going on over the weekend, nice note to end on, i think! back to you, rita, so! the mayor of london sadiq khan has warned the number of met police officers will drop to its lowest level since 2002 unless hundreds of millions of pounds in new funding can be secured. the mayor's office claims as things stand, scotland yard is required to make a further £335 million of savings over the next three years. that's ten million more than previous forecasts. the mayor's call for more funding for police has been mirrored in other regions. i'm nowjoined by detective inspector warren hines, west midlands police federation spokesperson. thank you for adjoining us. what is the situation in the west midlands, we have had that morning from the mayor of london, what is it like where you are? well, i think sir, can is right to highlight the issue that they face in terms of police numbers in london. but in the west midlands, we ar

all right let's take a look at what people are talking about in sports today if far hasn't thank you so much the latest and somewhat bizarre chapter in boxer floyd mayweather is career will unfold on new year's eve the unbeaten fighter is taking on a japanese kick boxer mayweather who's forty one is facing kickboxing world champion tension now despite the twenty year old's background no kicking will be allowed mayweather hasn't fought since he beat kronenberg record more than a year ago but says he's not worried about anything but i'm pretty sure he's taking the fight extremely serious and though i know he's probably working hard to jim there's not a day i don't i don't have to work hard in the gym for three rounds i can basically do three rounds in my sleep so i don't worry about that earlier i spoke to boxing and m.m.a. writer gareth a davies he told us why he things mayweather greed to do the fight and what his chances are against the young kick boxer. well it's almost m.m.a. a mixed martial arts college but as we found in november when he first announced he was going to take part

all right it's going to look at what people talk about in sports today as far as and thank you so much a hot topic on social media that's been trending a dramatic football match in italy chris john and all the break another record becoming the highest scoring portuguese player in syria history or know the score two goals to give the side eventis a two one win over sampdoria he has fourteen goals in the italian league a league he has just joined this season he finishes twenty eighteen with forty nine goals. now you would have seen washington state in iowa state trending on saturday that's because the two teams were playing in this year's alamo bowl just one of the many bowl games played and college football the washington state cougars beat the iowa state cyclons twenty eight to twenty six for their eleventh win this season sixty thousand fans watched this in the stadium in san antonio and many more of you were following it on social media for various reasons for one take a look at the cougars quarterback gardner minshew who was named m.v.p. nicknamed the mississippi mustache he turned

well again let's find out what people are talking about in sport today is full house thank you very much well the president of football's world governing body fifa is ending a three day visit to cattle with its hosting of the twenty twenty two world cup very high on the agenda gianni infancy and i has been piling up the am models with trips to die of lights having toured the stadiums under construction back in october conversations with the catteries might not be without the odd awkward moments in front suggesting recently the tournament be extended to forty eight teams one catalyst planning for thirty two and pushing for them to share it with their neighbors some of whom are currently blockading the country while we're joined by our correspondent on the richardson from outside the summit and di holloway he's been posing in front some questions it's a press conference or on the so what's the whole deal with the summit and anything illuminating in infancy nice reply steve. yeah it's the phaethon executive football summits to sort of try and translate jenny often seen as soon as he became

sport website and app. let's have a run through some of today's other sports stories.enham with failing to control their players in the north london derby following eric dier‘s goal celebrations at the emirates yesterday. arsenal went on to win 4—2. jurgen klopp has also been charged by the fa after running on the pitch to celebrate liverpool's late win over everton in the merseyside derby. he has to answer a charge of misconduct. england will stage the 2021 uefa womens european championship. 16 teams will take part with group matches played at eight venues across the country with the final held at wembley. ronnie o'sullivan‘s desire to form a "champions league—style" breakaway series of snooker events is "nonsensical", according to world snooker chairman barry hearn. o'sullivan said yesterday he was unhappy with the number of events and the travelling required. it suits the players who lose early, but it doesn't suit the other players who get to the finals, it is not just one trip players who get to the finals, it is notjust one trip to china for four tournaments, it

now let's find out what people are talking about in sports today here's joe elizabeth thank you well boxing and i'm a m.m.a. fans waited hours and stayed out all night in some cases to watch floyd money mayweather is much anticipated it's a little bizarre return to the ring and it was all over before the end of the first of three scheduled three minute rounds in that time forty one year old mayweather is opponent japanese kickboxer tension nesa cowell was not down three times before his corner threw in the towel at the exhibition flights inside tama and as the car was haul from a web as age and with entities in the results he threw plenty of punches but was stunned by may where this power before entering the ring mayweather boasted of earning nine million dollars for what could have been a nine minute fight not bad for relatively little effort earlier we spoke to john morgan he's the lead reporter for and i'm a junkie he says both find his will benefit from the exposure. yeah it's interesting right nine million dollars as opposed to like that much money for floyd mayweather but you g

i'll spend it with folks are talking about and sport today richelle thank you very much well we are just hours away from kickoff and the second leg of the copper limited or its final game between two of argentina as biggest teams baka juniors and river plate was postponed and of them but because of from violence now it's going to be played in madrid where our correspondent lee wellings is standing by lady so many argentinians on social media unhappy with this switch do they have a point oh it's madrid that the best place for it whether understandable criticism from the many many thousands of supporters of buyers club so you couldn't be here couldn't afford it couldn't get a ticket because of the five thousand were vital to buy the clubs but of course the starting point for the trouble was the knowledge and so you know it was the it's hard on the block a junior is boss five apply funds it needed to be played safely what can be put forward is why wasn't it played behind closed doors in argentina will power go on why wasn't there a situation the hum three years earlier where it was talk of

we meet again and i find out what people are talking about in sport today joe human rights groups campaigning for a ya bahraini footballer of the moment that's right has and yes came out a.b. is a political refugee from bahrain who is now professional football in australia he arrived with his wife for their honeymoon in thailand only to be a respite at the airports he's now facing extradition to bahrain where he says he's likely to be tortured and possibly killed ab fled to australia four years ago after being arrested and tortured by authorities and behind he was granted political asylum in place for pascoe vale football club in melbourne but when he arrived in bangkok last month he was detained until on the interpol's red notice issued on behind request he's wanted for vandalizing a police station something he denies the hash tag save came and freaking aqim are being used online and at protests like this one outside the thai consulate in melbourne on friday. just. to see what the middle east and i mean again we've got to go because the very bottom line. alarie be recorded that video from hi

the raiders will have played their final game in oakland, it might be the worst stadium in pro sports but todayn put some lipstick on that pig. >> it's a real football stadium, dirt, grass, it's got tradition, some of the best games have been played, i get excited, i get emotional about it. hopefully we get it all resolved. or we can continue to play here. next question. i get excited, not going to start crying about a stadium. >> it's a dump. drew brees and the saints looking to keep hold of the number 1 seed, under two minutes left, 12-9, tommylee lewis dives in, but instead he fumbled it out of the end zone. that's a touchback. panthers have life. 40 seconds left, needs a field goal but cam newton got pounded, incomplete, saints go marching out with a 12-9 when improving to 12-2, the best record in the nfc. >>> "the late show with stephen colbert" is next. >> our next newscast is at 4:30 tomorrow morning. >> anybody seen my goat? >> is that yours? >> right there. >> a couple of kids really.

or it's going to look at what people are talking about in sport today as far as and thank you so much well we want to update you want to story we told you about last week it's about former bahrain international footballer and now australian refugee hockey. he's been detained in thailand for over a month now and is facing extradition to bahrain where our r.v. says he will be tortured if sent back the campaign hashtag save hakim has been gaining traction and while it started by australia its community of which hakim is part of it's now grown into a worldwide call for justice a footballer fled to australia in two thousand and fourteen where he was given political asylum last year he now plays for melbourne football club pascoe a veil in absentia b. was sentenced in bahrain to ten years in prison for vandalizing a police station he denies all allegations he was on a holiday in thailand with his wife at the end of november when authorities detained him at a bangkok airports and one of the people spearheading the campaign hashtag save him is former socceroos captain craig foster he believes

or a scale of what people are talking about a sport today is thank you very much well on tuesday's grid we looked at one of the most iconic basketball partnerships of the past lebron james and dwyane wade now a wrenching ourselves firmly back to the present and also a team that's quite possibly the future reigning champions the golden state warriors and eastern conference leaders the toronto raptors are two of the favorites to feature in this year's finals and later on wednesday the two will face off tron i have never want to championship and they're coming up against the golden state same but have been champions three of the last four seasons all right there's no i in team as we know but there are some players who are more likely the most to make a difference for the wrap says quite a line it is killing it this season and house the all time highest win percentage of seventy six point six there's a chance he could be our injured though steph curry that is back for the war is he was out with a groin injury once runs i'd be golden state last month as well as fellow all-star drayman green

now let's catch up on some other sports stories around today.open will allow final set tie—breaks for the first time next month. it means if the match reaches 6—6 in the final set, the winner will be the first to 10 by two clear points. the decision means that the french 0pen is now the only grand slam not to allow final—set tie—breaks in singles matches. the football association's new technical director is les reed. the 66—year—old will be in charge of england's elite men's and women's teams, as well as the development sides — and fa education and coaching. it's his second time in the role. and six—time olympic sprint champion allyson felix has revealed her new baby was born eight weeks prematurely. the american sprinter says her daughter camryn has been in a neo—natal intensive care unit since her birth at the end of november but she's "doing well". there was an angry confrontation between dillian whyte and dereck chisora as they weighed in ahead of their heavyweight fight on saturday. both fighters came in atjust over 17 and a half stone, but

he's become an obe after receiving an order of the british empire for services to sport from prince charles todaywas made mbe. there'll be no three letters on offer on saturday, but plenty at stake when dillian whyte faces british rival dereck chisora in a long—awaited rematch in london. it's two years on from a brutal encounter in manchester, which whyte narrowly won on points. whyte says he's a "different animal" now but he still expects it to be close, because both he and chisora are risk takers. when two fighters clash, they either put each other out and just enrage into a massive flame. and that's what's going to happen. the fact it will be round 13, 1a, 15,16, i do not think it will be a round one rematch. i think it picks up in the same place. i am fitter, stronger, and he will be as well. there will be a little bit of separation that will start showing, maybe as soon as the first bell. i will bring a different level to this fight and he will know that he is fighting a more mature, solid, strongerfighter. better balance, better everything this time around. phoebe schecter only began playin