, city and tammy abraham, chelsea forward, abused on social media.lower league games as well. unfortunately it's a problem that is still around and very visible. benedicte, we spoke to an eloquent contributor this evening who attended that game and he took this wider. he said it's notjust about football, this is perhaps also reflecting what's going on in society. what do you think of that? of course, a football audience will be made up of people, as all corporations and organisations are, but is it a particular small group of individuals who are completely out of touch and not realising the consequences, not just of touch and not realising the consequences, notjust for them personally but for their clubs, clu bs personally but for their clubs, clubs that they adore. i think it is good it gets this kind of national prominence, because it could be drowned out and it's important it gets the prominence and there needs to bea gets the prominence and there needs to be a comprehensive attitude to it and it is good it is called out and matches are halted and

tammy abraham and mason mount scored for chelsea in a 2—1win over aston villa. chelsea remain 4th. said, are 8 points behind the leaders liverpool as they beat watford 2—nil, jamie vardy again on the scoresheet. southampton made it back to back wins as they beat norwich 2—1, and wolves were 2—0 winners over west ham as they moved up to 5th in the table. first round of the australian open golf is underway in sydney. there are some high profile names including sergio garcia and ernie els in action at the australian golf club, but there have been worries about the haze caused by nearby bushfires. our reporter chris mitchell is there, how are the conditions looking? touch of bernard lang are looking for my ball in the tree stopping the conditions are much better than they we re conditions are much better than they were yesterday. sydney is still enveloped in a circle of smoke haze, there are 100 bushfires raging right 110w there are 100 bushfires raging right now in new south wales. the air quality hair is the worst it has ever been for a prolonged period, but today there is a pleasant

frank lampard has made chelsea a youth club, trusting the likes of tammy abraham. abraham!helsea had to beat lille and with azpilicueta's header it seemed settled, except that 2—0 became 2—1. let nerves a manager could do without. late nerves a manager could do without. but chelsea are through too. phew! joe wilson, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson, i'm john watson, the headlines tonight. sensational salah: liverpool beat salzburg to reach the last 16 of the champions league. chelsea join them, as four british teams reach the knockout stage. and we've seen some cheating scandals in sport. find out why patrick read is at the centre of the most recent one. will come along. it was a defining night for the defending champions, liverpool defeating salzburg 2—0 to keep their hopes of defending the champions league title alive. defeat would have seen them phase out of the group phase, heading into the final round of matches. flashing red lights meant tangible to liverpool,

level, after goalkeeper bernd leno misjudged a free kick, to allowjorginho to equalise, before tammy abrahamlondon for frank lampard's side. iam i am really disappointed with the results and the way the considered the cause and timing. i am pleased with a lot of things we have seen. i have seen a lot of things we trained happening in the game. i am disappointed to lose the game obviously. and yes, we have to move on. third—placed manchester city beat sheffield united 2—0 at the etihad stadium. the goals came from sergio aguero and kevin de bruyne. city are 3rd in the table — 1a points behind liverpool and have played a game more. david moyes has been confirmed as west ham united managerjust 2a hours after the club sacked manuel pellegrini. moyes returns just 18 months after being replaced by the chilean at the london stadium. he takes over a side one place and one point above the relegation zone. one of the hottest prospects in world football is on his way to the german bundesliga. norway international erling haaland is joining borussia dortmund — despite being heavily linked with manchester

just as he did the last time, tammy abraham put chelsea ahead early on. applied pressure. one goal would have knocked chelsea out. the la ke would have knocked chelsea out. the lake come back a little too late. chelsea joined liverpool in the last 16. the former chelsea manager ancelotti has been sacked as manager of napoli despite his side reaching the knockout stages. a statement confirming his departure after their win. he has been linked to arsenal and everton. jim smith, who has died at the age of 79. he took charge of nine clubs but will be best remembered for spells in charge of oxford, and derby leading the latter to promotion in 1996. we managed a total of nine clubs across the legs ina career total of nine clubs across the legs in a career which spanned 49 years asa in a career which spanned 49 years as a player and manager. rovers and natalie are well has died at the age of 29. she was one of the club's longest serving players. in a statement they said they thoughts are with her young daughter and family at this sad time stop pakistan cricket c

it has resurfaced in the last two or three years in different ways and another incident where tammy abrahamlty and was abused on social media, which is a whole different i55ue media, which is a whole different issue in itself so it seems dreadful that we are getting this back but maybe there's an increased awareness and people are standing and doing something now but clearly, the fan who abused the arsenal player was convicted in a court and banned for life and hopefully somebody who has done this will have the same sort of sentence and so done this will have the same sort of sentence and so on. done this will have the same sort of sentence and so on. probably the message is getting through to most people. it's a small number but they are doing terrible things. people. it's a small number but they are doing terrible thingsm people. it's a small number but they are doing terrible things. it might be an aspect of what you have said, martin comics coming back and it's probably a case of scene and not heard but people are raising their voices and wanting to be heard. a lot of racism, people bru

tammy abraham put chelsea ahead against aston villa. now 1—all.fixtures in scotland too. rangers can go top if they can better celtic‘s result tonight by two goals. they‘re currently 2—nil up against aberdeen. scott arfield and ryan jack on the scoresheet. celtic took the lead at home to hamilton through ryan christie. all of those games are 7:45 kick offs. anthonyjoshua says he‘s not travelled to saudi arabia for entertainment — just to win back the three world titles he lost to andy ruinunior earlier this year. the two faced off at the pre fight press conference ahead of their eagerly awaited heavyweight rematch. joshua has been talking about the ‘challenger mindset‘ that he‘s needed to prepare for the fight. he isa he is a respected heavy in the end ofa he is a respected heavy in the end of a challenge or mindset. all these quotes that we come up with this reality. challenges a mindset. when at the boat around my waist and now this is the challenge of the mindset. going back to my 16th fight, hungry, determined and ready to go. taking the lead,

1—0 up with less than ten minutes to go at the emirates when chelsea struck throuthorginho and tammy abrahaming appointed to manage the club for a second time. moyes kept the hammers in the premier league during six months as caretaker manager at the club two years ago. he's replaced manuel pellegrini who was sacked after saturday's home defeat by leicester. rangers won at celtic for the first time since 2010, beating them 2—1 at celtic park in the scottish nikola katic scored the winner in the second half of a typically explosive match. rangers are now 2 points behind celtic and have a game in hand. stephen gerrard's side haven't lost in the league since celtic beat them in september. you can see how much it meant to him. michael van gerwen is a step closer to successfully defending his title at the world darts championship. he's through to the semi finals at alexandra palace after beating darius labanauskas 5 sets to 2. van gerwen now faces england's nathan aspinall. peter wright plays gerwyn price in today's other semi. and after her success at the world championships, fallon sherrock wil

bernd leno's howler gifted jorginho the equaliser, before tammy abraham scored the winner three minutese. manchester city host sheffield united at 6pm. that's all the sport for now. more later in the afternoon. at least five people have been killed by an explosion at a military cctv footage which appears to show a missing firefighter on the night he disappeared has been released by police. 33—year—old anthony knott went missing during a work night out in lewes in east sussex, on the 20th of december. sussex police are hoping the footage — showing his distinctive walk — may help them to track his movements before he disappeared. iran has said a british—australian woman who's reported to have gone on hunger strike in prison must serve her sentence. kylie moore—gilbert, who was jailed for spying, is being held in the same prison as the british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe and two french academics. a group of former labour mps who lost their seats in the election have called for "fundamental change" at the top of the party. in a letter to the observer, the group — which includes

lampard has had to rely on bringing through some of his younger talent, the likes of this pair here tammy abrahamlayers like reece james, fikayo tomori, the list goes on and on and they have done very well — chelsea currently fourth in the premier league. would those players have had the same chances if frank lampard had been able to bring in players over the summer? we might never know, but we will see is what he does next when the transfer window reopens — here's what he has been saying today. i think we have to give credit to the group that are working now to get to where we got to. i still want more. i still think we could be having more points and be high up on the table. that's my feeling. as we go forward, of course, if i feel or we feel as a clu b course, if i feel or we feel as a club that our position has been constrained, then we would obviously look at it. as big clubs do. that's why people expect of us of us this season, because lots of clubs around us were season, because lots of clubs around us were spending hundreds of millions, or 150 us were spending hundreds of millions, or150

1—0 up with less than ten minutes to go at the emirates when chelsea struck throuthorginho and tammy abrahamr being appointed to manage the club for a second time. moyes kept the hammers in the premier league during six months as caretaker manager at the club two years ago. he's replaced manuel pellegrini who was sacked after saturday's home defeat by leicester. rangers won at celtic for the first time since 2010, beating them 2—1 at celtic park in the scottish premiership. nikola katic scored the winner in the second half of a typically explosive match. rangers are now 2 points behind celtic and have a game in hand. stephen gerrard's side haven't lost in the league since celtic beat them in september. you can see how much it meant to him. england's test cricketers finished off a dismal 2019 with another defeat. they lost by 107 runs to south africa in the first test at centruion. chasing a total of 376 for victory, england were bowled out for 268. in the year that the one day team won their first world cup, the test side have lost 6 of their 12 test matches — winning just a. they'd played t

1—0 up with less than ten minutes to go at the emirates when chelsea struck throuthorginho and tammy abrahamier league last season during six months as caretaker manager at the club. he‘s replaced manuel pellegrini who was sacked after saturday‘s home defeat to leicester. rangers won at celtic for the first time since 2010, beating them 2—1 at celtic park in the scottish premiership. nikola katic scored the winner in the second half of a typically explosive match. rangers are now two points behind celtic and have a game in hand. stephen gerrard‘s side haven‘t lost in the league since celtic beat them in september. watch this. you can see how much it meant to him. michael van gerwen is a step closer to successfully defending his title at the world darts championship. he‘s through to the semifinals at alexandra palace after beating darius labanauskas 5 sets to 2. van gerwen now face england‘s nathan aspinall. peter wright plays gerwyn price in today‘s other semi. and after her success at the world championships, fallon sherrock will be the first women to play in the world series of darts next

goals from tammy abraham and cesar azpilicueta.stan — more than ten years after the deadly bus attack which led international teams not to travel there, sri lanka are playing in a two test series. i'll be back with more on those stories later. the nobel peace prize laureate, aung san suu kyi, has has been leading myanmar‘s defence against accusations of genocide at the un's top court. she blamed the killings and mass displacement of more than 700,000 rohingya muslims on militants seeking independence. speaking at the international court ofjustice, aung san suu kyi firmly denied accusations of genocide. she said the situation in rakhine state was complex and not easy to fathom. she admitted that it could not be ruled out that disporportionate force may have been used by myanmar‘s defence forces. here's what suu kyi had to say. mr president, it cannot be ruled out that disproportionate force was used by members of the defence services. in some cases, in disregard of international humanitarian law. or that they did not distinguish cle

against chelsea through america about a young 2 goals in the last 7 minutes from georgina and tammy abraham snatched the points it leaves arsenal down in 12 place in the table the final premier league game of 29000 was won by the champions manchester city goals from sergio aguero and kevin the brainer giving them to no victory over sheffield united city or 14 points behind liverpool and they've played one game more than it has taken rangers the home of this decade but they'll head into the new year in buoyant mood after their 1st win at glasgow rival celtic's and 28 when they collect catechize grabbing the decisive goal as rangers beat the champions 21 at celtic park. the german bundesliga is enjoying its 4 week winter break but parisienne dortmund's push for a 1st title since 2012 will be helped in the new year by the arrival of the highly rated teenager early in the hall and the club announced on sunday they have signed him from rb salzburg the norwegian striker impressed in the champions league group stages and has scored a prolific 28 goals in 22 games this season. australia's cricketer

tammy abraham with the winner there, in what was a disappointing first home game for new gunners boss his first grand slam singles event since melbourne 12 months ago. it means murray will not play a match until february at the earliest. exeter returned to the top of the english premiership with a comfortable victory over saracens. two converted tries either side of the break — including this from nic white who won the race to the line in the first half — gave the hosts an early advantage. sarries were awarded a penalty try in the final moments of the game to finish 14—7, a result that moves exeter back above northampton. there's more on the bbc sport website, including the pdc world championship quarter finals. but that's your sport for now. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. officers say they are treating the incident as ‘a racially motivated hate crime.‘ a synagogue and several shops were among the places targeted. james waterhouse reports. this time on why the world is... climate change really hit

his manager that he will not hide from the abuse and is set to play again southampton teammate tammy abrahamwas also abused online after a game in august a sold chinese social media post the well it was from the hall and the summit was he feels very strongly about we had a similar situation the timing think it was pretty savvy about that i would like to think the plan is not on with them on anything like this 2 major cricket tests got underway this thursday england took a wicket with the 1st ball of the series for the 1st time since 2007 but south africa's quinten dick cock has been staging a one man recovery and australia are on top after day one of the boxing day test at melbourne 2 $57.00 for 4 wickets down against new zealand the iconic sydney to hobart yacht race has started down under on boxing day the french design super maxi . made up for a tardy start by taking an early lead through sydney heads organizers have banned satellite phones for race checkpoints amid concerns that smoke from nearby fires could actually affect marine radio signals the race is more than a 1000 kilometers lon

tammy abraham on the scoresheet again, his 13th goal this season in all competitions.we can get better. that is a good achievement for the group that we are in the next eight but once you get to the next stage, and how cut—throat it will be, the opposition we are up against, we cannot afford to miss chances or to give chances away. tottenham and manchester city both play tonight. city are away to dinamo zagreb having secured top spot in their group. spurs will finish second and there's regardless of their result away to bayern munich. the german champions hammered them 72 in london before jose mourinho champions hammered them 72 in london beforejose mourinho took over. has he sat through that match with the players? i watch it. i watch it he sat through that match with the players? iwatch it. iwatch it a couple of times, me and my staff, the analysts, we tried to go through every detail of that match but not one single image for the boys. not at all. we are going to focus more on us than on bayern munich. we will try to develop our model of play. of course, with differ

told his manager that he will not hide from abuse and is set to play against southampton teammate tammy abrahamalso abused online after a game in august sold chinese social media post the well it was from the hall and the summit was he feels very strongly about we had a similar situation with tommy i think i was pretty sad about that i would like to think the point is not with them on anything like this. the iconic sydney to hobart yacht race has started down under on boxing day the french designed super max made for a tardy start made up for a tardy start by taking an early lead through sydney heads of the shots their organizers have banned satellite phones actually for race checkpoints amid concerns that smoke from nearby bushfires could affect marine radio signals the race is more than a 1000 kilometers long takes more than a day to finish and is considered one of the most difficult races in the world and finally many politicians find themselves on thin ice throughout the year but that was not the case for this up and coming hockey star you wouldn't know it but number 11 there with all those

tammy abraham on the score sheet again.g his napoli side into the champions league knockout stages, the italians sacked their manager, carlo ancelotti. the former chelsea boss has been linked with the vacant roles at arsenal and everton. and ronnie o'sullivan says he'll carry on taking risks — that's after a trick shot almost cost him victory at the scottish open. he appeared to have a simple pot to win the frame, but caused the white ball to jump off the table. that is a kind of shot i would do. he won the match which is all that matters. let's see it again. he missed! you have lost the news! sorry, everyone. i pressed the wrong button. thank you. see you later. we will try that again later. shall i have another go? yes! no, later. thank you very much. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. how is it looking? you look lovely from that picture. good morning, everyone. it looks unsettled today once again and it will feel colder thanit once again and it will feel colder than it did yesterday. yesterday, it reache