ajax left stamford bridge with a point. rhia chohan, bbc news.r group. craig templeton watched this one for us. it's ref or a european on field not to be the biggest one that week. they had an ion manchester city on sunday. jurgen klopp insisted it was for fresh sunday. jurgen klopp insisted it was forfresh ideas sunday. jurgen klopp insisted it was for fresh ideas and fresh legs. but it was two old hands who made the opening goal. 1—0. they continued to create an mozela was just inches away from making it two, but those missed chances sparked genk into life. and mbwana samatta was second for heading the equaliser. liverpool said —— started the second half reinvigorated. as oxlade—chamberlain scored twice in belgium and with a pivot on strike he had done it again. genk look to level the scores was more, but this time he was there to make this a. and that was how it finished, farfrom to make this a. and that was how it finished, far from flawless, to make this a. and that was how it finished, farfrom flawless, but they are top of the group and can

it was an incredible match at stamford bridge.helsea staging a comeback to level it four all — while the visiting side were reduced to nine men. an eventful game, as our football reporterjohn bennett explains. this game had everything, two red cards, va are decisions going against the home team, changing the atmosphere on the ground, and eight goals as well. what a comeback by chelsea. they are very unlucky to find themselves 4— wandown. ajax did not play much better than them. two own goals, the ball bounced back on him and into the back of the net and suddenly ajax were in complete control. the likes of quincy promise and donny van de beek playing so well. ajax looking to continue their brilliant away from any champions league, but chelsea didn't give up. they fought back and the big moment, really, was two sending self in same sequence really, was two sending self in same sequence of playing, daily blend and velleman. and that really gave chelsea the chance to get back into them. rees jones chelsea the chance to get back into t

under of condensing it all for us. the lights of stamford b they under the lights of stamford bridgeo go three points clear of ajax, but it started badly with the faintest of touches when he put his side behind after just two minutes. it looked to be getting much worse when they hit this beauty and went three up thanks the most part. if you that the first half was frantic, it was nothing on the second, ajax had two then sent off and the momentum turned. hitting off and the momentum turned. hitting off the balance, sending stanford into a frenzy. what could have been an amazing bounce back win for chelsea was not to be after the goal was ruled out for a handball and it may only be the group stages, but this tournament delivers an ajax left sa nford this tournament delivers an ajax left sanford bridge with the point. far more straight forward for liverpool — the defending champions beating genk 2—1 at anfield to top their group. craig templeton watched this one for us. it is rare for the entire field not to be the biggest game there that week but liverpool's line—up had an eye on manch

it was an incredible match at stamford bridge. the visiting side were reduced to nine men. an eventful game, as our football reporterjohn bennett explains. this game had everything, two red cards, va are decisions going against the home team, changing the atmosphere on the ground, and eight goals as well. what a comeback by chelsea. they are very unlucky to find themselves 4— wandown. ajax did not play

reece james hit back on the bounce to level, sending stamford bridge into a frenzy.nament delivers, and ajax left stamford bridge with a point. rhia chohan, bbc news. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages. the mirror called it a draw. the guardian has a picture of the youngest scorer guardian has a picture of the youngest scorer in the competition. elsewhere, liverpool beat genk 2—1 at anfield. jurgen klopp's side weren't at their free—flowing best, but this goal from alex 0xlade—chamberlain sealed the win which sees them top their group. granit xhaka has been stripped of the arsenal captaincy. he was only given the job at the beginning of the season. but he swore at booing fans and took off his shirt as he stormed off whilst being substituted in a game against crystal palace last month. striker pierre—emerick aubameyang's taking over as captain, and there are now serious doubts over xhaka's future at the club. there's a call for saracens to be relegated from rugby union's premiership, after they broke salary cap rules. the european and premiership c

victory at stamford bridge would see chelsea go three points clear of ajax and put them in a strong positionst valencia remaining. but manager frank lampard knows it is not going to be an easy feat. i felt it would be tight, and that has proved to be correct. but another good result would be great. two games left but we must understand even though we are at home, the quality of ajax and the danger is as much if not more than the game we played away. they are such a good technical team. and keep in mind ajax had never lost an away champions league match in england. they are top and unbeaten in the dutch league and will pose problems in attack so there is expected to be some fireworks. looking forward to that and you can listen to that on bbc radio 5 live. the winter might be here but you can still count on an england batting collapse. they're playing new zealand in a five match t20 international series right now. you were probably asleep when the third match was being played. you'd have missed england losing 5 wickets for 10 runs on their way to a 1k run defeat. it leaves them needing to win

it was an absolute thriller at stamford bridge in the champions league.e back brilliantly to salvage a 4—1; draw. they thought they had won it, but had a goal ruled out by var. ajax had two players sent off in the space of a few seconds, as well. elsewhere, liverpool beat genk 2—1. granit xhaka has been stripped of the arsenal captaincy. he swore at fans who were booing him as he was substituted during a match last month. there are now big questions over his future at the club. huge story in rugby union — the european and premiership champions, saracens, have been given a £5 million fine and docked 35 points for breaching salary cap rules. they have appealed, but there is such anger within the games that there are calls for them to be relegated. and south africa's world cup—winning side have arrived home to a rapturous welcome. captain siya kolisi paraded the william webb ellis trophy in front of hundreds of fans in the airport injohannesburg. we saw the scene at the airport before that, and it was totally empty. i love that we can see those pictures now,

up next, another london derby — chelsea at stamford bridge on saturday.e of those premier league manager under pressure. let's stick with football, and more injury problems for manchester city. striker sergio aguero is going to be out for a few weeks, that's according to manager pep guardiola, who's been speaking today ahead of their champions league game against shakhtar donetsk tomorrow night. he picked up a thigh strain in their win over chelsea at the weekend. guardiola says aguero will "need a miracle" to be fit for the manchester derby on 7 december. jose mourinho's also been talking today. he takes charge of spurs in the champions league for the first time since taking over from mauricio pochettino last wednesday. he was asked if he would sign zlatan ibrahimovic for spurs given that he's out of contract and they've worked together before. he says that would make no sense because he has the "best striker in england" in harry kane. kane himself has tipped mourinho to bring silverware to spurs. 0ne game in the premier league tonight as aston villa hos

so it is to— one that ajax lead chelsea at sta mford it is to— one that ajax lead chelsea at stamford bridge'll have more for you in sportsday at 10.30pm. wonderful, thank you very much. jacob rees—mogg, the leader of the commons, has been accused of insulting the memory of the victims of the grenfell tower fire after he appeared to suggest that people should have used common sense on the night of the fire two years ago and fled the tower block. in an interview with lbc radio, mr rees—mogg said that — having read the recent report on the fire — he would now ignore the fire brigade's advice to stay put. he has offered a profound apology, saying he would hate to upset the people of grenfell. 72 people died in the blaze on 1a june 2017. our special corrspondent lucy manning reports. if there's one tragedy it's easy to show sympathy with and be sensitive about, it's grenfell. the inquiry finding just last week residents shouldn't have been told to stay put in their flats for so long. yet one government minister has managed to upset the survivors. the more one's read over the weekend about the re

there are six games today, chelsea have just kicked off against crystal palace at stamford bridge.late kick off, brendan rodgers‘ leicester — who have been mightily impressive in rising to third in the table, are at home to arsenal. in scotland, leaders celtic and second place rangers play motherwell and livingston respectively tomorrow, but there are four matches today. you can keep up to date with all the latest on the bbc sport website. it's set to be a record breaking day at wembley this afternoon close to 90,000 fans expected to watch england's women take on germany in their friendy at 5:30 in what is another landmark moment in women's football. lots of former players who never got the chance to play here will take to the pitch at half—time in front of that record crowd. england will be be hoping for a change in fortunes in what will be the 26th match between the two sides.. this type of challenge is what the players need. coming off the back of the world cup where we all reached a massive emotional high. we have public all found it a bit difficult to get back up to that high,

but the drama was at stamford bridge. chelsea came back from 4—1 down, to draw with ajax.a keeper kepa. ajax then had two men sent off. the home side made them pay. they got their equaliser thanks to youngester reece james — who becomes chelsea's youngest ever champions league scorer. five and for the school. we needed to lift the stadium "4— five and for the school. we needed to lift the stadium ——4— for the school. i'm delighted with that part of it and we were disappointed in the last ten minutes not doing it but with a 3—1 down, 4—1 down. so it was a good result. —— 4—4. dortmund came two goals down, to beat inter milan in group f. two goals from full back aschraf hakimi helped them to a 3—2 win. dortmund are now three points clear of inter in 2nd, in the race to qualify. barca top the group, but drew 0—0 at home to slavia prague. european rugby champions saracens have been deducted 35 points, and fined nearly $7 million after being found in breach of salary cap regulations. nine of their players were in the england squad, just back from the world cup in japan. an inde

headlines this evening: charging up the table, chelsea go second after beating crystal palace at stamford bridge. can england's women beat germany on home soil for the first time at a sold out wembley stadium? another medal for great britain on day three of the world para—athletics championships in dubai. also coming up in the programme: the kiwis inflict a third tour defeat on the great britain rugby league lions in christchurch. and saracens silence the gloucester fans with victory at kingsholm and move second in the premiership. good evening, welcome to tonight's programme. we start with the premier league where chelsea's 2—0 win over crystal palace has moved them above manchester city and into second in the table. it was their sixth league win in a row, the first time they've done that since they won the title. they move within five points of leaders liverpool who play city tomorrow. paul frostick was watching. five premier league wins in a row for chelsea left them in good shape heading into this fixture with crystal palace. and after an incredible midweek champions league comeback, they we

there was an astonishing match at stamford bridge, where chelsea played ajax.orld cup winners, south africa, have arrived back in johannesburg from japan, where they‘ve been greeted by thousands of springbok fans, keen to welcome home the victorious players. with more on the celebrations, here‘s our correspondent nomsa maseko. the moment springbok supporters had been waiting for. thousands came to welcome home the best rugby team in the world. a team that not only broughtjoy to the nation, but also inspired a deeply divided country. cheering. but, for now, united by south africa‘s first black captain, siya kolisi, and his journey from poverty to national hero. he‘s an icon towards all young black south africans that anything is possible. so, thatjust really inspires me about him and he‘s everything a person could ever want to be. i mean, he‘s got the support of his whole country. the rainbow nation, actually, that mandela was fighting for. i think we've done a change in the world. i think that freedom is actually here and i think this rugby game, with a black m

beating manchester united at stamford bridge.nd beating hull 2—0. blues, getting off to a flying start and beating hull2—0. he blues, getting off to a flying start and beating hull 2—0. he beat bournemouth 3—1 in his first match, a good omen for the tottenham fans on what is to come today. fulham had their striker to thank for their win over qpr. scoring twice as they fought back from a goal down to win 2-1. it's fought back from a goal down to win 2—1. it's his second start for the clu b 2—1. it's his second start for the club having been brought into the side to replace aleksandar mitrovic, who was suspended. caretaker coaches lee miller and david mccracken have made the perfect start at falkirk, beating the lithgow rose 4—1 in the scottish cup. paul dixon finished the amateur side, to book their place in tomorrow's fourth round draw. the manager ray mckinnon was sacked last saturday. it turns out ben stokes is human after all, dropping new zealand batsmen bj watling on 41 before he went on to make an unbeaten century in the fi

there are six games today, chelsea have just kicked off against crystal palace at stamford bridge.o have been mightily impressive in rising to third in the table,

approaching half time at stamford bridge...e lions were in action in the latest match of their tour of new zealand, tonga and papua new guinea. they were without some key players for their match against new zealand in christchurch this morning. they play papua new guinea in their final match next weekend. you can catch all the hightlights following the news here on bbc one. that's all the sport for now. that's all from us. the next news on bbc one is at twenty to six —— bye for now. hello, you're watching the bbc news channel. it is1.12pm. the conservative peer, lady warsi, has accused the health secretary, matt hancock, of "whitesplaining", after he said that others in the party "take a more balanced approach" on islamophobia than her. lady warsi — who's led criticism of the tory hierarchy‘s response to islamophobia within the party — tweeted that she was "glad" to have colleagues, such as mr hancock, educate her on the issue, even after her "30 years of experience of work in race relations". mr hancock made the comments in an

they'll do well to match the drama at stamford bridge last night with eight goals, two red cards, laterate chelsea and ajax. after going 4—1 down, chelsea fought back to draw 4—1; after the dutch side had two players sent off. teenager reece james — who was playing for wigan last season — scored the equaliser. manager frank lampard described it as madness. a little calmer at anfield where reigning champions liverpool beat genk 2—1. alex 0xlaide chamberlain scored his third goal in two games against the belgian champions. wednesday is a champions league night but arsenal will be in action later in the europa league. it's to avoid a fixture clash for opponents vitoria guimaraes and another portuguese side. arsenal will be without granit xha ka. the midfielder has been left out of their squad having been stripped on the captaincy. he swore atjeering fans, took off his shirt and stormed off against crystal palace last month. pierre—emerick aubameyang will take over as captain — he's also been left at home for the trip to portugal. that's all from me. katie will take you through all the spo

we'll have the latest as well from both anfield and stamford bridge ahead of tonight's important championsy parts of the world — not just the uk. the threat of a no—deal lead to a general election in gibraltar last month with the aim to bring more stability to the british overseas territory. well i'm joined by the man who called that election — gibraltar‘s chief minister and leader of the gslp liberals. thank you so much forjoining us. tell us about first of all the timing of that election, just a couple of weeks before the october 31 brexit deadline? good morning, i'm very pleased that you have the man here who won that election because i thought it was important gibraltar should have a government at the time the 31st of october came around. the election was due, it would have been four years on the 26th of november and i couldn't imagine being out of the stump and hustings as we left potentially without a deal on the morning of the 1st of november, i thought it was important that whoever the people of gibraltar chose to take us through that period should be imposed and should be ready by

another london club chelsea his former captain that path to check is now a technical advisor at stamford bridge and he's welcome the return of his former boss on the time will tell but i think it's great for the premier league good to have the personality of yours in where you are and one of the most successful coaches in past 15 years back in the independently you can just leave him well but . you know we have our targets and we hope to concentrate on on our goals doing using deceit and you know i can't help but only when i don't know what hearing it without anyone trust me it's done you know in our. sauna i need a friend and you know. i can we came out on the best to many people to. write about you know you up with memories. mavericks look at dawn teaches the red hope in the n.b.a. at the moment he's now up to 7 shuttle doubles for the season and after a 42 point triple against san antonio on monday the 20 year old slovenian followed it up with another one against the golden state warriors $35.00 points this time around remarkably $33.00 of them were in the 1st half and he is the 1st player i

there was a surprise result at stamford bridge. 11th placed chelsea lost to 1—0 to west ham aaron creswell win at chelsea for 17 years. tottenham's and dele alli's revival underjose mourinho continues, they breat bournemouth 3—2 at home. dele scored twice, he also scored against 0lympiacos in the champions league a few days ago. he should have scored a hatrick. moussa sissoko also scored his first goal in over two years. they went 3—0 up but there was a nervy finish as harry wilson scored twice fro the visitors, but spurs hung on and it's 3 wins out of three for mourinho. he was very impressed with what proved to be a match—winning performance. to play in a position where it feels happier and he feels very co mforta ble, happier and he feels very comfortable, to give him some principle, collective principles of the game, barry adapted to his qualities the same time to give him also some space for his creativity that he always has. and that's it. i think, three matches since i arrived in three phenomenal matches for him. one other premier league result and a really good win for crystal pala

opening match, that was 19 years ago as a fresh faced iii—year—old, beating manchester united at stamford bridge 3—1 in his first match. so a good omen for spurs. in the championship, fulham fought back from a goal down against qpr to move up to fourth. abu—bakar kamara, scored twice in a 2—1win on only his second start for the club — they're four points off the top. caretaker coaches lee miller and david mccracken have made the perfect start at falkirk beating linlithgow rose 4—1 in the scottish cup. paul dixon finished off the amateur side to book falkirk‘s place in tomorrow's fourth round draw. manager ray mckinnon was sacked last saturday. scotland have been drawn against israel in their euro 2020 play—off semi—final. the game will be at hampden on march 26th. the winners face a trip to norway or serbia, for a place in the finals. if northern ireland beat bosnia they'll be at home for their final against the republic of ireland or slovakia. former england striker eni aluko will leavejuventus next month, to return to england and consider the next step in her career. she helped juve retain the

one man hoping to make another positive impact for chelsea at stamford bridge is mason mount. genk, in what's the start of a huge week for them. the premier league leaders also face manchester city on sunday, but despite that, game manager jurgen klopp says his side are fully focused on tonight's match. nobody has to tell the boys that city's on sunday, tomorrow's genk. we have a lot invested and it is still open crew, we have to be 100% spot on tomorrow night. we have two create an incredible atmosphere again and make life as uncomfortable as possible for genk. everton midfielder andre gomes is "expected to make a full recovery" after he had surgery to repair a fracture dislocation to his right ankle. gomes suffered the horrific injury on sunday, during their draw with tottenham hotspur. everton announced that the surgery had went extremely well and have said that the midfielder is recovering well in hospital. west bromwich albion have returned to the top of the championship after they won away at manager—less stoke city. matt philips opened the scoring early on with his sixt