and to, to restart our engine after the international breaks for liverpool and england council, steven gerard is making his managerial w in the leak is aston villa team playing brighten austell. they could move into that. so for the, when over liverpool, liverpool, they were beaten by west ham in their last game before the international break. the national team say they train pretty much through all this because her coaches one to a, for their own targets and on again then they wanna very often think that they have to physically work with them as well and, and not, i don't like it. and so it was not helpful in the ambiguity. my me hates, have one that falls straight game. they did it by beating the visiting washington wizards. jimmy valez start on the night with 33 points to leave the heat by 112 to 97. when this is a 2nd straight last full time, our washington author read it, butler, we'll throw it down. and the japanese prime minister has congratulated baseball's thought show, hey o tony, for winning the most valuable player award in the american league, the la angel sensation was the unani

the premier league returns today with steven gerard taking charge of aston villa for the first time.ng a routine test on friday, meaning that he won't be at the match that he was hoping would be his first in charge of newcastle. instead, assistant head coaches jason tindall and graemejones will take charge of the team at st james' park. manchester city's kevin de bruyne, is also missing after he tested positive for covid after returning from international duty with belgium. he'll isolate for 10 days, which means that he'll miss city's next three games, including their key champions league tie with paris saint—germain on wednesday. it's the grand finale of the golf season and rory mcilroy is still in contention at the dp world tour championship. he starts his third round injust a couple of hours' time. a double bogey on the 18th yesterday saw him slip back to nine under par, one shot off the lead. england's sam horsfield, john catlin of the usa and ireland's shane lowry are all on 10 under. it's the season—ending event on the women's tour, too, at the group tour championship in florid

in the last few minutes, the new aston villa head coach, steven gerard has been speaking to the mediasin. i will give thisjob everything it needs for it to be a success. i will be 100% committed. i don't think there's anything wrong in football to have dreams and aspirations but as i say, liverpool have got a world—class coach they are very happy with. if he was to sign a lifetime deal right now i would be very happy for them and him. . would be very happy for them and him. , :, ., , :, ., :, him. there is more details on all of those stories _ him. there is more details on all of those stories on _ him. there is more details on all of those stories on the _ him. there is more details on all of those stories on the bbc— him. there is more details on all of those stories on the bbc sport - those stories on the bbc sport website. that's it for now. thank you very much. the prime minister has admitted to conservative backbenchers that he — as he put it — "crashed the car" in his handling of the row about the former conservative mp, owen paterson. he spent much of yesterday under pressure

gerard at the helm. the money they'll be able to offer steven - they'll be able to offer steven gerrard, and i don't mean to work with the best players, will be something he'll want to test himself with to see if he can get players in the clubs and work them, and improve them. gerard's last match with against rangers was a—2 on saturday. his legacy there though was sealed last season when an empty stands at ibrox, rangers won the lead. it was though his only trophy — nine were possible in scotland is three years in charge, and stjohnstone one more. but the nature of that title was extraordinary — his team lead in just 13 goals, they were unbeaten and stopped rivals celtic winning ten in a row. gerrard went to rangers with something to prove. but england's top—flight knows all about him. england's top-flight knows all about him. �* , england's top-flight knows all about him. �*, . ., england's top-flight knows all about him. ., ., him. he's always had fantastic leadership _ him. he's always had fantastic leadership qualities. - him. he's always had fantastic leadership qualities. i - him. he's always had