it followed recent comments that were critical of manager thomas tuchel�*s tactics. to go for wednesday, that is the decision, if it is not, it is not but i cannot tell you right now because we need to talk and understand the situation better and from there we go and once the situation is clear, there was no doubt we will stay our player and we will protect our player. the january transfer window is open and the rumor mill is back up and running. at manchester united, edison cavani is out of contract at the end of this season and has been linked with barcelona and juventus. however, interim manager ralph rangnick says that the uruguyan striker is highly important to him and that united will definitely need him for the coming months. his professionalism, his work ethic is just amazing and i told him that i desperately want him to stay and stay until the end of the season, and he knows that, he also knows how highly irate him and how highly i respect him. britain's four—time tour de france champion chris froome has suffered a setback in his preparations for the 2022 se

it followed recent comments that were critical of manager thomas tuchel�*s tactics. ke this, first we need to evaluate the situation, and not listen to the media, not listen to the pressure, but understand what he said, why he said it and this is the meeting tomorrow and from there we will take the decision. if the decision is, he is good to go for wednesday, this is the decision. if it's not that, i cannot tell you right now, because we need to talk and understand the situation better and from there, on we go. and then once the situation is clear, it's no doubt that he will stay our player and we will also protect our player. the pressure's increased on everton manager rafa benitez after his side were beaten 3—2 at home by brighton. alexis macallister scored twice. brighton are up to eighth with everton just three places above the relegation zone. brentford boss thomas frank called his side "incredible" after they came from behind to beat aston villa 2—1 — mads roerslev with the late winner. and leeds united ended a three—game losing run with a 3—1win over burnley. d

romelu lukaku was on the banners but not in the squad, dropped for an explosive interview which thomas tucheld created "noise we don't need." part of the noise they did need came from a section of standing fans, allowed at a top—flight game for the first time in a quarter of a century. soon, they would be silenced atfter sadio mane spotted a mistake, and rounded the man on the line, 1—0. the stand—in manager celebrated with similar gusto. it wasn't long before he celebrated again as mo salah found a gap only he seems capable of finding. a gift before he departs for the africa cup of nations. chelsea were far from beaten, and their start back came in style. n'golo kante found pulisic. 2—2 in a breathless half of premier league football. after conceding two apiece, they second half saw the goalkeepers come to the fore. mendy kept out salah, and the opposing team and the opposing team stopped pulisic. it finished 2—2, a result that doesn't do much for either side's title hopes, but again was a joy to watch. well, as craig mentioned in his report, there so, missed opportunity for both sides as le

romelu lukaku was on the banners but not in the squad, dropped for an explosive interview which thomas tuchelht game for the first time in a quarter of a century. soon, they would be silenced atfter sadio mane spotted a mistake, and rounded the man on the line, i—o.

against liverpool at the weekend, after saying in an interview that he was "not happy" under manager thomas tucheleves it's now time to move on. for me, the most important thing was to understand and clearly understand and believe it was not intentional. he did not do this intentionally to create this kind of noise in front of a big game, and the second one was at the very first time. there was never the slightest behaviour against the team and these are very important points to stay calm and understand it is not that big as may be people want it to be or you wanted to be. it's also not small, but it's small enough to stay, to accept an apology, and to move on forward. liverpool have requested that their league cup semifinal first leg against arsenal on thursday at the emirates be postponed. the club says it's due to further covid—19 cases and player availability issues since their draw with chelsea at the weekend. liverpool have had to cancel training today. southampton have been taken over by a company backed by serbian media mogul, dragan solak. the telecoms magnate's sport republic business is

chelsea's head coach thomas tuchel has suggested city have been lucky not to have been as heavily impactedu're in manchester, we are the smartest that omicron does not like to come here to visit us? we had a lot of cases. and a lot of injuries. so, we play in aston villa with 11 plays. so, the last a56 to seven games, they're in the back and there in the same situation as all other clubs. well on sunday — all eyes will be on the north london derby — or will they? because arsenal have asked if they can postpone the game against tottenham citing a lack of available players. they say it's due to covid, injuries and players away on international duty at the africa cup of nations. the premier league is expected to make a decision tomorrow. here's ourfootball reporter simon stone. the big argument, is over players who were away at african nations with players there who could be available for arsenal but are not available for arsenal but are not available because they are playing in international tournament. and whether or not those players should be counted as first—team are unable to play in fo

with liverpool at the weekend after saying in an interview that he was not happy under manager thomas tucheltuchel said any pair had a canned meeting and it was time to move on. for me, the most important thing was to understand and clearly understand and believe it was not intentional. he did not do this intentionally to create this kind of noise in front of a big game, create this kind of noise in front ofa big game, and create this kind of noise in front of a big game, and the second one was at the very first time. there was at the very first time. there was never the slightest behaviour against the team and these are very important points to stay calm and understand it is not that big as may be people want it to be or you wanted to be. it's also not small, but it's small enough to stay, to accept an apology, and to move on forward. bbc sport understands southampton are set to be taken over by a company backed by serbian media mogul dragan solak. the telecoms magnate is buying chinese businessman gaojisheng's 80% stake in the club. gao took over at st mary's in august 2017. the former maj

weekend's clash with liverpool, over an interview where he was saying he wasn't happy under manager thomas tuchele the most important thing was to understand and to clearly understand and believe that it was not intentional, he did not do this intentionally to create this kind of noise in front of a big game and it was the very first time. there was never the slightest behaviour against the team and these are very important points to understand, to stay calm and to understand, to stay calm and to understand that it's not that big. liverpool have requested that their league cup semi—final first leg against arsenal this thursday at the emirates be postponed. the club says that is due to further covid—19 cases and player availability issues since their draw with chelsea at the weekend. liverpool had to cancel training on tuesday. newcastle united have agreed a $16 million fee with atletico madrid for england full—back kieran trippier. trippier is set to be newcastle's first signing under their new saudi owners, and the first for new manager eddie howe since he took charge in november. trippier will

both goals came in a first half in which thomas tuchel�*s side were in full control of scoring afterdium next wednesday. a severe outbreak at liverpool has led to the first leg of their league cup semi final against arsenal being postponed. the two teams were set to meet at the emirates on thursday, but that's now been resheduled for the middle ofjanuary. the outbreak, which has seen both managerjurgen klopp and assistant manager pep ljinders forced to isolate, and has also led to liverpool closing their first—team training centre. real madrid are through to the last 16 of the copa del rey after a 3—1win away to third tier alcoyano. it comes as a slice of revenge for carlo ancelotti's side after the same side knocked them out at the same stage last season. meanwhile the holders, barcelona, had to come from behind to beat another third tier side, linares deportivo, 2—1 in andalucia. second half goals from ousmane dembele and ferranjutgla saw the catalans into the last 16. world number onejohn rahm says he's refreshed and ready to compete again, starting with this week's tournament of

thursday, the belgium striker lukaku said he was "not happy" with his bit—part role under manager thomas tuchel brought the club "noise we don't need". some fans at the match will be legally standing, which is part of a trial at stamford bridge. all—seater stadiums became the law following the 1989 hillsborough disaster but several premier league clubs are now trialling safe standing. i think it's a significant moment forfootball. as you trailed, these were part of the measures brought in after the hillsborough tragedy and the taylor report. those measures have served to keep football safe for 30 years. anything we do to alter those measures is really significant. i think we are saying it is the start of the pilot today. this is a misnomer. it has been in since the start of the season. clubs have had to put in engineering work. we have seen some positive experience and challenging experiences. from our perspective in policing we think there is an opportunity to implement this but do it in a way that's really safe, meets the needs of fans but equally keeps everyone safe. here's a check on all of

out of the squad after telling italian media he wasn't happy with the part he was playing under thomas tuchel tested positive for covid—i9 but before he caught the virus he spoke about the importance of the game. the only chance to catch anybody who is ahead of you is to win football games and that's not so easy when we play against chelsea, they are a pro football team, might have similar issues like we have. i'm not sure what the executive decision as at chelsea but that's probably the case. we go there, we try everything and it's a tricky place to go anyway. you don't win there with an average performance so we should be concerned about how good we can be to play the best football game we are able to play. it's hard because we are so ambitious and it's hard for the team to take _ ambitious and it's hard for the team to take these results and stay positive — to take these results and stay positive because we are so ambitious and we _ positive because we are so ambitious and we know what we can deliver and we know _ and we know what we can deliver and we know we — and we know what we can del

against liverpool at the weekend after saying in an interview that he wasn't happy under manager thomas tuchelthe most important thing was to understand and clearly understand and believe it was not intentional. he did not do this intentionally to create this kind of noise in front of a big game, and the second one was at the very first time. there was never the slightest behaviour against the team and these are very important points to stay calm and understand it is not that big as may be people want it to be or you wanted to be. it's also not small, but it's small enough to stay, to accept an apology, and to move on forward. novak djokovic will defend his australian open title later this month after being given a medical exemption to compete. because of the strict covid protocols in australia, tournament chiefs had ruled that only vaccinated players could take part in melbourne , but the world number one has been given dispensation on medical grounds. let's speak to our tennis correspondent russell fuller, russell, so he hasn't beenjabbed, which we could have probably guessed by some of his

squad after telling italian media he wasn't happy with the part he was playing under head coach thomas tuchelickly. it's hard because we are so ambitious and it's hard for the team to take these results and stay positive because we are so ambitious and we know what we can deliver and we know that we can play better and everybody is fully aware, but everybody is trying hard and it's not a matter of one click. it's tough. so while chelsea will be without lukaku, liverpool will be without their manager. jurgen klopp will miss the game after he tested positive for covid—19. that game gets under in less than ten minutes. there'll also be a moment of history at stamford bridge — as some fans will be legally standing — as part of a trial. all—seater stadiums became the law following the 1989 hillsborough disaster but several premier league clubs are now trialling safe standing. the ashes resumes on tuesday evening uk time but ahead of the match, it's been confirmed that england's head coach chris silverwood has tested positive for covid—19. silverwood has been isolating in melbourne since late decem

it followed recent comments that were critical of manager thomas tuchel�*s tactics. edia, not listen to the pressure, but understand what he said, why he said it and this is the meeting tomorrow and from there we will take the decision. if the decision is, he is good to go for wednesday, this is the decision. if it's not that, i cannot tell you right now, because we need to talk and understand the situation better and from there on we go. and then once the situation is clear, it's no doubt that he will stay our player and we will also protect our player. the pressure's increased on everton manager rafa benitez after his side were beaten 3—2 at home by brighton. alexis macallister scored twice. brighton are up to eighth with everton just three places above the relegation zone. brentford boss thomas frank called his side "incredible" after they came from behind to beat aston villa 2—1 — mads roerslev with the late winner. and leeds united ended a three—game losing run with a 3—1 win over burnley. danieljames scored the third. burnley remain third from bottom, two points

against liverpool at the weekend, after saying in an interview that he was "not happy" under manager thomas tuchell. he did not do this intentionally to create this kind of noise in front of a big game, and the second one was at the very first time. there was never the slightest behaviour against the team, and these are very important points to stay calm and understand it is not as big as maybe people want it to be, or you wanted to be. it's also not small, but it's small enough to stay calm, to accept an apology, and to move on forward. liverpool have requested that their league cup semifinal first leg against arsenal on thursday at the emirates be postponed. the club says it's due to further covid—19 cases and player availability issues since their draw with chelsea at the weekend. liverpool have had to cancel training today. southampton have been taken over by a company backed by serbian media mogul, dragan solak. the telecoms magnate's sport republic business is buying chinese businessman gaojisheng 80% stake in the club. gao took over at st mary's in august 2017. the former majority owner, ka

thomas tuchel said if there was a new trend, we should act together to stop it as soon as possible tof this game and the atmosphere that is absolutely unique in england. more strong reaction from jermaine jenas, speaking on bt sport. he said it is going back to old times, the dark ages of football, bottles and coins being thrown onto the pitch. the dark ages, is that the reality for supporters owing to matches today? there is malcolm clarke. nobody is comfortable and increase incidences — nobody is comfortable and increase incidences of this kind. we would obviously— incidences of this kind. we would obviously not support anybody throwing anything at a player or any of those _ throwing anything at a player or any of those other things. but i think it is a _ of those other things. but i think it is a considerable exaggeration to say that_ it is a considerable exaggeration to say that we are going back to the dark days — say that we are going back to the dark days. football remains a safer and more _ dark days. football remains a safer and more enjoyable environment than it was_ and mor

it was a chelsea double with thomas tuchel picking up the men's award.r. that's all the sport for now. labour say the government is "in chaos" after the prime minister's former adviser, dominic cummings, said borisjohnson lied to parliament about a gathering at the height of the first lockdown. mr cummings said he was prepared to "swear under oath" that mrjohnson knew a drinks party was being held — a claim denied by number ten. i'm joined now byjonathan ashworth, shadow work and pensions secretary. good morning to you. hello. do you believe mr cummings? _ good morning to you. hello. do you believe mr cummings? he's - good morning to you. hello. do you believe mr cummings? he's made l believe mr cummings? he's made exlosive believe mr cummings? he's made explosive allegations _ believe mr cummings? he's made explosive allegations and - believe mr cummings? he's made explosive allegations and i - believe mr cummings? he's made explosive allegations and i think l explosive allegations and i think he's saying there proof of photos and proof of e—mails. the

there was a superb goal in chelsea�*s win over tottenham as thomas tuchel�*s side made it three winsd the belief. that�*s why i�*m very happy, because we played the game that we deserve. we deserved to win it. the fa have said they�*re investigating a number of incidents involving fans at matches in the premier league over the weekend. a man has been charged for throwing a bottle at aston villa�*s matty cash and lucas digne after they celebrated a goal at goodison park on saturday. three fans got on to the pitch at southampton following their game with manchester city, while a drone halted play at brentford for 20 minutes. then yesterday, in chelsea�*s game with tottenham, chelsea defender antonio rudiger was targeted by objects thrown from the away stand. jermainejenas had said it�*s like a return to the dark old days of football. following those incidents on saturday and then on sunday. as i say, the fa are now investigating. in the women�*s super league, arsenal left it late to salvage a point against manchester city. they were 1—0 down in injury time before tobin heath equalised

manager thomas tuchel says a tough schedule is taking its toll.lised for brighton. tuchel said his side was weary. of course we are tired — mentally tired and physically tired — and you can see it in our performance. er... it's as easy as that. look at our last week and then you know what we are talking about — in seven days, three away games — and, you know, it's not only about playing, it's about travelling, it's about not sleeping. so we arrive in a game where we don't reach our full potential — 0k, welcome to reality! rangers saw their lead in the scottish premiership cut to four points, after a 1—1 draw with aberdeen. a fantastic delivery from ryan kent left iannis hagi with a tap—in, to put rangers ahead, and they were on their way to extending their winning run to ten games, when lewis ferguson equalised from the penalty spot in the 73rd minute. there was incredible drama in netball�*s quad series in london, with england snatching a late draw with australia in their first meeting for nearly three years. how about this for keeping cool. hele

chelsea manager thomas tuchel, said his side were "playing with fire", despite their comfortable wineither arsenal or liverpool, who play the first leg, of their semi—final tonight. west ham manager david moyes said jarrod bowen is knocking on the door of the england team, after he scored both goals in their 2—0 win over bottom side norwich. a result that took the hammers back into the top four of the premier league — not that that counts for much, according to their manager. i don't think being forced this moment is time has got any real importance except that shows you have been a good, consistent site for half of the season. we have picked up some good wins, the business end starts probably once you get to march, april, so as long as we can get into the mix for the european places that will be very good but obviously we always want to look up and if we can hang onto the coat—tails of the ones above us, we will try and do that. there were chaotic scenes, at the africa cup of nations where mali beat tunisia 1—0. ibrahima kone, scored mali's goal from the penalty spot early in the se

chelsea's record signing said he wasn't happy with his role under manager thomas tuchel and suggestederpool at the weekend, but is back in the squad for their efl cup semifinal tonight having straightened things out with the boss. the most important thing was to understand it was not intentional. he did not do this intentionally to create this kind of noise in front of a big game. and the second one, it was the very first time. there was never the slightest behaviour against the team. and these are very important points, to stay calm and understand it is not that big as may be people want it to be or you want it to be. it is also not small, but it to be. it is also not small, but it is small enough to stay calm, to accept an apology, and to move forward. be accept an apology, and to move forward. �* ., i. accept an apology, and to move forward. �* ., ., forward. be careful what you say and who ou forward. be careful what you say and who you say — forward. be careful what you say and who you say it _ forward. be careful what you say and who you say it too. _ tomorrow's second semifinal

manager thomas tuchel says his team are mentally and physically tired.ele. he was asked how he manages to keep in perfect shape at his age and he said playing golf. —— rafa nadal. he says he is not a gym quy- rafa nadal. he says he is not a gym guy. there is hope for us all. he thinks it a great way to relax. t thinks it a great way to relax. i don't believe him for a thinks it a great way to relax. t don't believe him for a minute. i think they are all in the gym a lot. he has got quite an agricultural golf swing as well. t he has got quite an agricultural golf swing as well.— golf swing as well. i love that. agricultural. _ golf swing as well. i love that. agricultural. are _ golf swing as well. i love that. agricultural. are you - golf swing as well. i love that. agricultural. are you ready i golf swing as well. i love that. agricultural. are you ready for possibly the most exciting part of the morning? it was probably a big part of your childhood if you grew up in the 805. and if you want to relive some of that nostalgia, then good news — because fra

chelsea are ten points behind city, and pep guardiola took exception to thomas tuchel�*s suggestion thaturies and they dealt better with injuries and they dealt better with the covid situation. maybe it is unlucky, maybe they do it better or whatever, but they have less injuries from key players, less weeks where they miss them, they did not suffer from players, less weeks where they miss them, they did not sufferfrom covid as we did. are you saying that here in manchester we are martyrs, but omicron — manchester we are martyrs, but omicron doesn't like to come here to visit us? _ omicron doesn't like to come here to visit us? we — omicron doesn't like to come here to visit us? we had a lot of cases and a lot— visit us? we had a lot of cases and a lot of— visit us? we had a lot of cases and a lot of injuries. so the last four, five, _ a lot of injuries. so the last four, five. six — a lot of injuries. so the last four, five. six or— a lot of injuries. so the last four, five, six or seven games, so that we are in— five, six or seven games, so that we are in the _ five, six or seven games,

hakim ziyech's impressive goal was the talking point in chelsea's win over tottenham as thomas tuchelult means arsenal sit two points clear at the top after champions chelsea were held to a goalless draw at brighton. and in rugby union, george ford is set to replaced injured captain owen farrell in england's six nations squad. with farrell out of the opener against scotland, head coach eddiejones will turn to ford after leaving him out of the initial 36—man squad. despite his outstanding club form, ford has been overlooked since the autumn with marcus smith starring at number 10. that's all the sport for now. if you've been to the supermarket lately, you've probably noticed the amount you pay at the checkout is going up. prices in general are at their highest in 30 years, so how does this affect our weekly shop? nina warhurst has been looking at what's going on. what is going on with prices at the supermarket? we are looking at the numbers. all inflation figure. the official rate that prices are rising has hit 5.a%. that is the highest it has hit 5.a%. that is the highest it has been

chelsea boss thomas tuchel�*s called city a winning machine.must hope their luck improves in 2022. referees cannot afford to be bleary eyed for soon stuart had a decision to make. no penalty he said and on reflection, va are confirmed. not without question. arsenal did not dwell on that. no time, no need. they extended the new year's celebrations. only the manager missed out, he is in covid isolation. that search was in the second half. a handful of shirt enough to manchester city to get a penalty and thanks to marius, an equaliser. another game into a chaotic fast forward and a mistake somehow cities that can is saved a goal and somehow martinelli missed one. second later the other gabriel was sent off. arsenal's party was now a lockout. could they stop city? stoppage time the league leaders advanced and for those who came from manchester it was worth waking up for. they left it late, but tottenham managed to beat watford1—0. davinson sanchez heading home deep into injury time. it means that antonio conte is still unbeaten in the league as spu

chelsea's head coach thomas tuchel has suggested city have been lucky not to have been as heavily impactedndrew strongly denies the allegations. our royal correspondent, sarah campbell, is outside windsor castle. indeed. i think the developments over the last 2a hours have really shown that. it was here yesterday, we understood, by mutual consent, that that agreement was made that prince andrew would return his military affiliations, his royal patronages, back to the queen and they will be redistributed permanently amongst other members of the royal family. he will no longer be styled his royal highness, his birthright, and will defend the case against him in the us as a private citizen. it was a pretty blunt, short statement that was released by buckingham palace just after five o'clock yesterday evening and was as close to the queen could come to basically saying to prince andrew, "you are on your own." meanwhile, his accuser, virginia giuffre, took to social media this morning. she told twitter that she was pleased withjudge kaplan's ruling that allows her case with prince andrew to go

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