i do want to also thank the kids of pierce's class and the kids of united players. we came together in may last year. you know, these kids have all been affected by gun violence. and what we did is we had a dog competition and these kids faced the pain that they had from losing their their friend at nine years old, and they wrote to their friends and said, we're raising money for a gun buyback for the united players, gun buyback. and jointly, these two kids planned this dog race. they came up with the idea of the race. they came up with team names. they came together as a group of kids from two different places in san francisco, all affected by gun violence, and they raised $82,000. yeah, you. have to pay to get these guns off the street, guns out of people's hands so that those guns can't hurt another person again. so i'm so grateful to them. these kids are 12 years old now. they're powerful. they're amazing. they're changing their pain into advocacy, just like everybody here. and so i'm very grateful to rudy, to united players, to maddie for saying that we have to

well, you look at the name we're uniting players, right? and all players is people who are coming together who are doing something positive, productive for their people in the hood. right. you got united players and you got united haters. some people don't want to connect and get together and that's cool too. that's a part of life. yeah. but we choose man to live. we'd rather live than die. see, our whole thing is based on making it fashionable, making peace fashionable. right. and as vanessa was speaking, you know, most of us filipinos, we grow up right. i'm first generation, our parents, the way they show us, they love us is they out there grinding? most of them don't tell us they love us. they just do it. and you don't understand that. you know what i mean? till, like you said, you get older, then you realize why they was doing what they was doing. because my mom and dad, you know, they grow up. they ain't never told me to this day. and they both of them, you know, passed away. they didn't say it out loud. right. and so you won't love if

but coming to find the united players, what they're doing, i'm so grateful they have been fighting thishey are led by rudy corpus, born and raised in san francisco. >> what you see here are all unsolved murders in san francisco. >> reporter: for the united players, preventing more of these posters means fighting gun violence. the non-profit is made up of reformed gang members and former prisoners with one motto. it takes the hood to save the hood. man wearing it on his back is everett butler. >> how are you guys doing, man? all right, all right. >> reporter: butler doesn't take any step for granted. he was a teenage gang member, who got a life sentence for a deadly shooting. and then he got a second chance. >> i do this work to help save lives. i used to promote taking lives. however, today, you could find me in the parking lots, grocery stores, even up and down these streets of san francisco. putting up flyers for the gun buyback that we're going to have. >> reporter: the buyback event allows anyone to turn in guns for money. aimed at getting firearms off the streets. sfpd melts most o

well, you look at the name we're uniting players, right? and all players is people who are coming together who are doing something positive, productive for their people in the hood. right. you got united players and you got united haters. some people don't want to connect and get together and that's cool too. that's a part of life. yeah. but we choose man to live. we'd rather live than die. see, our whole thing is based on making it fashionable, making peace fashionable. right. and as vanessa was speaking, you know, most of us filipinos, we grow up right. i'm first generation, our parents, the way they show us, they love us is they out there grinding? most of them don't tell us they love us. they just do it. and you don't understand that. you know what i mean? till, like you said, you get older, then you realize why they was doing what they was doing. because my mom and dad, you know, they grow up. they ain't never told me to this day. and they both of them, you know, passed away. they didn't say it out loud. right. and so you won't love if

they want to build their building on is named united players.ut you're not willing to meet with us and give any type of space where there's no value for our community. you talk about the travesty in san francisco. we stand here in solidarity with our brothers from urban alchemy, who's downstairs just fighting to get some money to keep this city safe. and so when you talk about community, you talk about preserving a historical organization. we've been doing this for 30 years, saving hundreds and thousands of kids lives. you got west bay, who's in solidarity with us? the oldest filipino organization in the south of market, 56 years, has these filipino organizations you mentioned that wants to get space in there. talk to them? no. have they talk to us? they don't want to talk to us. we are the natives. we are the people from the community. you see us standing here. and so we're all we're here just to share what you guys, that this project is not community. we want a thriving community that has businesses, that has stores. we want to bring education

the buyback comes as united players says san francisco is on track to have the lowest number of homicides in more than 60 years. the founder of the group tells us what happens after police collect the firearms. >> they melt some down and then some of the parts that they have, the metal and the wood, who cannot be put together back to make any guns. they give them to us. we put them out to artists and artists, get them, and they make art out of the gun pieces that were dismantled. >> you can find this no questions asked. buyback on howard street tomorrow from 8 a.m. to noon. handguns can be turned in for $100 cash and assault style weapons for $200. >> bay area weather the second storm of the week is coming on board right now. we are expecting significant rainfall. as you can see, the big rain here about three quarters of an inch in some of the inland valleys, upwards of four inches in the north bay for the coastal hills, winds picking up already gusting to over 40 miles an hour. and we do have a high surf advisory just offshore that linked up with the king tides. we could have some big sp

well, you look at the name we're uniting players, right? are coming together who are doing something positive, productive for their people in the hood. right. you got united players and you got united haters. some people don't want to connect and get together and that's cool too. that's a part of life. yeah. but we choose man to live. we'd rather live than die. see, our whole thing is based on making it fashionable, making peace fashionable. right. and as vanessa was speaking, you know, most of us filipinos, we grow up right. i'm first generation, our parents, the way they show us, they love us is they out there grinding? most of them don't tell us they love us. they just do it. and you don't understand that. you know what i mean? till, like you said, you get older, then you realize why they was doing what they was doing. because my mom and dad, you know, they grow up. they ain't never told me to this day. and they both of them, you know, passed away. they didn't say it out loud. right. and so you won't love if you ain't hearing it. you goin

the united players event will be held tomorrow from 8:00 a.m. to noon.eadquarters. >> pierce, we speak your name and honor your purpose. >>> san francisco has the green light from the state to turn the great highway into a full-time park. the california coastal commission unanimously approved that permit thursday. this comes after voters passed proposition k that bans cars along that two mile stretch between lincoln way and sloat boulevard. transforming it into beach front recreational space. >>> we are learning this morning more about that man accused of shooting and killing a unitedhealthcare insurance ceo in new york city. so investigators say there's no indication that that suspect luigi mangione was even ever insured by unitedhealthcare. he may have targeted that company and its ceo brian thompson because united is the nation's biggest health insurer. authorities also found evidence that mangione was hosting its investor conference in new york and he is now behind bars locked up in pennsylvania at a maximum security prison fighting extradition to ne

so what it basically is, is united players is a violence prevention organization.nd a part of what we do is and the senseless gun violence. i'm going to be real clear, heather. i am not against the second amendment, but i'm against senseless gun violence. and so the way it works is it's an anniversary of sandy hook, numerous partners, private sector, private, you know, public sector, sfpd mothers who lost their kids at gun violence, lifers, community based organizations, cbos all come together under one umbrella. and we do a gun buyback where people come turn in their guns, we give them cash, they drive up, no questions asked, and we get their guns and we dismantle them, destroy them. >> okay. i'm going to ask you about what happens to those guns in a moment. but why is the aspect of no questions asked so important for an event like this? >> it's important because, you know, some people want to be anonymous. you never know where you know that. who had that gun or what has done. and some people are very, very uncomfortable when they are involved in giving guns. you

the united players buy back event will be saturday at noon on 1038 howard street. >>> after six full days of jury deliberation we still don't have a verdict in the trial of nima momeni for the murder of bob lee. jurors have been dismissed today with plans to pick up on monday at 9:30. the lead defense attorney talked to us saying there have been questions about the jury including one he found surprising at this stage of deliberations. his client and all parties in the case are anxiously awaiting any kind of closure. >> when you have other people deciding your fate, waiting an hour is an eternity. i am sure all of the parties, including the lees, i know i may of bumped heads with them during the case but i feel for them, everybody in a case like this. you know, especially this time when you are waiting, right? not an easy thing. a gut-wrenching thing. as someone who has gone through a lot of these, you sit around, they ask questions, sometimes you they ask i question and it means something but it doesn't. >> we know no jurors withdrawn participation in the jury even though they have t

the violence prevention and youth leadership organization united players is hosting its annual gun buybackorrow in san francisco. starts at eight in the morning there at united place building on howard street. earlier today on the four, i spoke with rudy corpus. he's the founder of the group. and he says guns can be turned in for cash, no questions asked. police then confiscate them, and eventually those guns are used for various works of art. >> they dismantle them, they melt them down, and then some of the parts that they have, the metal and the wood, who cannot be put together back to make any guns. they give them to us. we put them out to artists and artists, get them, and they make art out of the gun pieces that were dismantled. >> that gun buyback ends at noon. handguns can be turned in for $100 each and assault weapons for $200. well, tomorrow it is the day when santa and a lot of them take over san francisco. we talk with those help g - man, i need some serious help with this health insurance stuff. - check out covered california. it's a free service from the state that helps you g

we begin with news of wayne rooney — the former manchester united player now manager — who has been sackedading the side for 25 matches, only oversaw five wins. it was his third stint managing a side in english football�*s second tier following spells with derby and birmingham city and one which has come to a disappointing conclusion. the club are currently rooted to the bottom of the table and facing relegation. there�*s been a warning from the current manchester united manager ruben amorim that the club could face relegation from the premier league this season. the portuguese coach has overseen five league defeats since joining the club with in form newcastle united inflicting their most recent, winning 2—0 at old trafford. it means manchester united will end the year 14th, seven points above the relegation zone, with a warning things could get even worse for the club. the worst moments in the history of our club. and we have to accept that. another loss in front of our supporters, and newcastle were better. looking at the table, it does not look at all pretty. you are edging ever closer

difficult is it to balance that, given those entities and relationships with international players like the unitednk it is very difficult. there i it is very difficult. there have been a widespread sort of, i would say, reasonably accurate supporting suggesting that... and if that is the case, well, you would think that he might have some sort of control over the outcome of what happens and what kind of state does it become. do not necessarily sure he is in a position to control that because hts may have different goals of sort of aspirations as to what they do with the states next. as far as the syrian kurds are concerned, that is very difficult. they are backed by the united states and right now the pentagon announced date is carried out of 70 air against islamic state targets which seem to has begun the process of resurgence and if it is targeted by turkey, as it has been over the past several years, that is going to cause a problem. and all eyes are essentially on what turkey does in its positioning towards kurds and how the code sort of position themselves against sort of hts, other rebels. t

until noon at the headquarters of the violence prevention and youth development organization united players on howard street. turning in a handgun will get you $100. as for assault weapons, $200 will be given out. well, let's turn things back over to that weather coverage for you thisorning. you know, snow, it's on its way in the sierra. a winter storm warning has been issued. now. yesterda the snow was causing major delays along i-80. chp posted the video you saw there showing those long lines on the road. a lot of those big rigs and cars stopping to put the chains on near truckee. we know one driver said that it the roads were unsafe. it was really going slow, was kind of getting irritated at how slow she was going. to be honest with you. but i seen like, okay, now i understand why you were going real slow, but now it's like, man, it's not, it's not safe. yeah. don't get mad. no. all right. meteorologist kari hall here is here with us. so when you look at that, i mean, you're like. whoa. and when it comes to the thing, to me is, like, i'm always surprised at how surprised people are when

this is a united players. i'm sorry. that's on howard street. $100. and for assault weapons, $200 will be given out. well, let's turn back now to our weather coverage. that snow on its way to the sierra and the winter storm turning this right here, the road there into a standstill for a lot of those vehicles tomorrow. the snow, i mean, sorry, yesterday i should say that snow was causing some major delays along i-80. chp posted this video you saw there of those long lines, big rigs and cars stopping to put the chains on near truckee. one driver said that the roads just were unsafe. it was really going slow, was kind of getting irritated how slow she was going. to be honest with you. but i seen like, okay, now i understand why you were going real slow, but now it's like, man, it's not, it's not safe. okay, so take a live look for you right now. this is highway 50 at meyers, just outside of south lake tahoe. and you can see that snow there on the ground right now. chains are required on both i-80 and highway 50. i have never put chains on the car,

this is a player whose whole career has been with manchester united.ord broke into the first team eight years ago, ruben amorim's been coach for less than eight weeks. this was his reaction. i don't talk about the future, i just talk about the present. ijust want to win in and to help the team to be better so we are better with marcus rashford and that's simple and we try different things to push marcus to the best level that he's shown in the past so this kind of club needs big talent and he is a big talent. rashford signed that huge contract 18 months ago. that came after a season where he had scored 30 goals. but since then, he's lost form and been caught out off the pitch. he missed a match last season after a night out in belfast. on sunday, he was dropped for the manchester derby. amorim said that has downed his performance in training and it's notjust a coach who's notice the change. his body language as a player, to me, seems very disinterested. he doesn't strike me as somebody who is acting like he really wants to be there. even when he scores

manchester united have already brought in a young player into the squad for the defeat against wolveslost two to suspension for this game this evening against newcastle. i think if marcus rashford was missing tonight there would be major questions over his future. but it is more likely he will be involved tonight than any other games that have previously taken place that he has missed. it is have previously taken place that he has missed-— has missed. it is going to be a difficult task _ has missed. it is going to be a difficult task tonight _ has missed. it is going to be a difficult task tonight because i has missed. it is going to be a i difficult task tonight because you have this in form newcastle united team and they are scoring for fun. it's going to be a tricky night? it is and manchester united are facing a pretty and comfortable record. it is almost 50 years since they last lost three home games, top flight home games in a row. that is what they are facing tonight. on the plus side, they are facing a team that traditionally they beat or don't lose too at home. it is over 50

new players are turkey, the united states will be an important player. d through united states, israel could put pressure on the new syrian leadership. these are the main powers. european union and nato will also be an important element. they will all be on a negotiation table at the moment to recognize the new leadership. these countries will put some conditions. lizzy: mehmet ozalp, professor at the center for islamic studies and civilization a n charles sturt university. we will speak to richard teng, ceo of binance. we will discuss bitcoin's recent rally and the impact of a trump presidency on the crypto industry. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ lizzy: some other stories making use around the world. ukraine's president says 43,000 ukrainian soldiers have died since russia began its invasion in 2022. volodymyr zelenskyy posted the figure on x after donald trump claimed on truth social that ukraine had lost 400,000 soldiers. the pair met in paris on the weekend with solesky stressing the need for effective peace guarantees from kyiv's allies. presiden

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beneficiaries of these revolutions the topple aside regime and on the other end as united states, another major player when it comes to celia and the whole region. so the united states and donkey both are the major airlines. however, they have different approaches to syria for turkey, the prior one of the main priority is not to see any code despite this being equal to any territory in syria on the then making sure that the news the decision is having an international recognition and see as a similar transition for the usa usa is still cautious. they're not labeled in the new buttons, vision in city as a kind of i've gotten the sense that i'm not saying that they'll be less than that having a so far, based on the culture of savings coming from the united states. they're not given the full list embassy as well. on the other hand, if you have the golf companies that these are the economy power, houses of the region, they're also there. i want to have a say if news hear me. yeah. i'm originally the neighboring companies like the doors and like you box like egypt. so there's a lot of extremely concerns. s

and ahead of his side's premier league clash tomorrow against newcastle united, liverpool manager arne slot insists his playerst stay grounded despite being nine points clear at the top of the league and beating real madrid and manchester city last week. they also have experienced this, that they competed for a long time, and then in the end they could not manage to win it. they also know that it is a long season, and to win the league against the likes of chelsea, arsenal and manchester city, because i see those three is the main competitors at the moment, they all know that we have to be for ten months on top of our game because if you let down for a second, these clubs show up. briton daniel dubois will defend his world heavyweight title against former champion joseph parker in saudi arabia on the 22nd of february. 27 year old dubois sensationally beat former two time world champion anthonyjoshua inside five rounds in september at wembley stadium, in his first defence of his ibf belt. new zealand's parker, who's five years dubois�* senior, held the wbo title between 2016 and 2018 before losing it to joshua.

netherlands with psv eindhoven before he scored 150 goals in five years at manchester united where he became the first playero score in ten successive premier league matches, a record that stood until the current leicester strikerjamie vardy broke it in 2016. it is a problem of course that he broke my record so that is what i told him straightaway. i said, we have a big issue here, we have to get out of the way before we can even start together. it is weird how things go sometimes, but good stories. a great striker and great to have him in the squad. he has had only one full season as a manager. the new leicester boss is aware only premier league survival will suffice as he gets to work in the east midlands. ruben amorim expects "special talent" leny yoro to be in the manchester united squad for the first time against arsenal on wednesday in the premier league. united signed yoro from lille in the summer, but the frenchman underwent surgery on a foot injury suffered during preseason in the united states. we have one more training session to see it, maybe when yoro will be in the squad. he is in a good moment

and if we look at the two big players, it's novo nordisk in denmark, isn't it, now europe's biggest company... yeah. ..and eli lilly in the unitedplayers in this game. just how dominant are they here? how much of a lead have they got? we think that they're, you know, miles ahead of the competition for a couple of reasons. the first of which is that, you know, obesity obviously is a huge space and we all know it now, but it was a little bit of a pharmaceutical graveyard in that, you know, either drugsjust didn't work well enough or they had side effects such that they were too dangerous for people to use. so a lot of companies abandoned the field, whereas novo and lilly continued to pursue drugs for diabetes and obesity. and so they're really far ahead in terms of the innovation gap, just because this is their bread and butter, they've been working on it for a long time. and then secondly, for now, all of the drugs that work the best come in an injectable pen. so that is a pretty complex manufacturing process as opposed to making a pill. so both novo and lilly have invested billions and billions of dollars in building out their m

yes, but you know, again, if they remain vulnerable, if the, the biggest player the united states is going to look into, well, is this company that's exporting x to the united states? is this owned by chinese interest or chinese interest that that shifted their uh, production from mainland china to mexico and then exclude them. i mean, that's already on the radar screen of the united states legislators. and indeed, there is legislation in the united states that that will probably be revived in the next congress that would withdrawal permanent normal trade relations with, from china, which will have not just an effect on the us in china. well, i have an effect globally and inflationary effect decides. so, i mean, the rules of, of what terrace are and what tears do. don't change just because donald trump says these, it's a beautiful word. and you know, he wants to use them as a tool to get people to the negotiating table doesn't. it doesn't change the fact that if you impose these does, it's not the country that you're trying to punish or the couple from or at the risk from or exclude,

as manchester united caught the train to london, one player wasn't there.for now, missing. absent from the platform with a career now at a junction. he still has four years left on his contract but he's told his club it's time to leave. marcus rashford said this in an interview with henry winter. this is a player whose whole career has been with

services and maybe some new ones, you know, someone, some some organizations with some fresh ideas, united players come up to mind, some other ones come up to mind. that might be a conflict of interest. so we'll talk about that offline. but having that type of resource inside the jail and it and it may not come at any cost to the jail whatsoever. you know. but there is from some of the foundations that they receive money from, there is money to, to help in that situation. an incarcerated coach would keep people calm, would keep most of the problems down. and the jail would run a lot more smoother. so it's a win win for the residents as well as the staff that supervises the jail. and i like the idea of the survey. i hope that is in conjunction with an app that allows them to directly set an appointment with the ig office, you know, so they can say what they have to say and say. and i would also like to see you and, and that's, that's that's about it, i think i think overall everything was good. i think my comments here today was just to emphasize what we should be asking the sheriff's office to, to

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on the other hand, united states and other external players want to see progress on the ground. yes h t s has done as well as telling people what they want to hear. their model rating that tone. they using the language of inclusiveness. but the words has to be backed by action, and once again, only time will tell that has to be that orderly transition has to be marked once again, not just the represent. it has to be just not inclusive in tone, but has to be incorrect presented if in reality it has to do an outreach to the broad political spectrum to all different parties across the political extraction. members here is it is a mosaic of a country of different groups. it's a diabetic diversity. how do you use like that their versity, the, the asset or liability and in the past, people have exploited internally ex model. those differences as a liability that diversity needs to be used as an asset or a time sheet ability is necessary, but also in the long term that needs to be a new national compact. what i mean by that is a social contract, usually expressed in the form of a const

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that is what i want for every player on the team. >> low moment for united.ase for their neighbors, too. manchester city are at home to everton in the early kickoff. the 2-1 loss to aston villa was their ninth defeat in 12 matches in all competitions. the manager says their poor run of form is not just down to one player, and has defended the form of their stryker eerling ha aland. >> in the past we scored goals, so prolific, helping us, because of the team. when you have problems in the back, the middle, it is for everyone. it is a team, not one player. it would be easy for just one player. it is not about that. eerling is so important, has been so important for us. trying to do things better, to use them better. >> not just football to come on boxing day. australia play india in their boxing day test. the series currently tied 1-1 with two matches to go after the third test was drawn. sam constance is set to become the youngest male batting debutante at the age of 19, and his coach is looking forward to see what he can do. >> playing in the summer, we said

on the other hand, united states and other external players want to see progress on the ground. yes, h t s has done as much as telling people what they want to hear. their model rating that tone. they using the language of inclusiveness, but the words has to be backed by action. and once again, only time will tell that has to be that orderly transition has to be marked once again, not just the represent. it has to be just not inclusive in tone, but has to be incorrect presented if in reality it has to do an outreach to the broad political spectrum to all different parties across a political attraction. members here as a mosaic of a country of different groups. it's a di, that diversity. how do you use like that their versity, you the asset or liability the, the civilian death told in gaza is rising. is israel carries out it's indiscriminate bombing campaign garza city and the north was targeted by that is really military. just a short while ago is really forces killed at least 7 palestinians across the strips and strong on friday. these are the military has killed more than 4500

so there are all these different players including the united states that are taking a look at what is happening in syria. some of them like the united states, trying to stay out of the fighting, others are very much involved either through monetary means or through weapons transfers. and that's the kind of thing that we're seeing here omar, and that makes this a very difficult thing to analyze and a very difficult thing to watch because the things that we have come used to seeing, the things that we've taken for granted are now basically over after 50 plus years of ruled by both assad and his father colonel cedric leighton really appreciate the perspective. >> stay close will likely come back to you as we continue to follow this developing situation. i want to bring in former u.s. envoy to syria james jeffrey, who joins us now. he's the chair of the wilson center's middle east program. really appreciate you being here. i want to start a little bit of where we left off with the colonel there, because some watching from the outside might say, okay, the rebels essentially are capitalizin

was a great summer, the players really did an incredible job to take on everything that i asked of them. ruben amorim says he wants marcus rashford to stay at manchester united "ready for a new challenge" and that he wants to help rashford get back to his best. rashford is a home—grown player and has scored 138 goals since making his debut in 2016. but he played no part in united's win against rivals manchester city at the weekend and has said should he leave old trafford, he would do so with "no hard feelings". but amorim has called rashford a "big talent" who he'd rather keep as part of his squad. if you want to win a one—off cup final, then you need your big players to turn up and the milwaukee bucks had just that with giannis antetokounmpo in the nba cup. his triple double helped his team to a win over the oklahoma city thunder in the final as the bucks claimed the second edition of the in—season tournament. giannis was their star man on offence with 26 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists while he also contributed to a stunning defensively display that limited oklahoma city to just 31 points in the second half. 97—81 was the final score as the bucks follo

, from the doctors that bill you paying the bills and that's weighing on a couple of key players including united health like premier remember the dow jones industrial selling off right now that's where host of other big names cigna, cvs, healthcare the first and the president-elect cited a big reason for the problem are those insurance companies and those decide whether to pay the bills that you have to take. that did not go well with people looking at the investment ramifications of all that. david nicholas is following knock i'm wondering what you made of that in the quick impact that this man has not assumed office yet but he can move markets sincerely has since his election in the comments on insurance companies exchanges if you will that was immediate within seconds of him saying that they were taking. >> the power that president trump holds when he says something markets move there's a lot of anger on health insurance and profit and there needs to be a real discussion what role do we want health insurance to play in our lives this is a for-profit model these companies have to make a profit

this is a player whose whole career has been with manchester united.oke into the first team eight years ago. ruben amorim's being coached for less than eight weeks. today, this was his reaction. i don't thing about the future, just the present. ijust want to win in to help _ the present. ijust want to win in to help the — the present. ijust want to win in to help the team to be better, so we are better_ to help the team to be better, so we are better with marcus rashford. and that is_ are better with marcus rashford. and that is simple. we will try different things to push marcus to the hest— different things to push marcus to the best level he has shown in the past _ the best level he has shown in the past this — the best level he has shown in the past. this kind of club needs big talent. — past. this kind of club needs big talent, and he is a big talent. marcus— talent, and he is a big talent. marcus rashford son that use coentrao i8 marcus rashford son that use coentrao 18 months ago. that came after a season where he had scored 30 goals, but since

united states. the world's top ranked chess player, magnus carlsen, has quit a major tournament in new york after being trousers for the next day — but was fined and told to change immediately. patrick gearey has the story. even by magnus carlsen�*s standards, this was an unorthodox move. the world's best chess player summoned to see the ref. a man widely admired for his mind was now condemned for his jeans. organisers told him he was breaking the dress code. he wouldn't change and, instead, quit the tournament. honestly, my patience with them was not very big to begin with, and it's. . . it's ok. like, they can enforce their rules — that's fine by me — and my response is that, fine, then i'm out. like... bleep you. there are, of course always two sides in chess, and fide, who organise the world rapid and blitz chess championships, say the rules are fair and were drawn up in consultation with players. carlsen, they add, was given time to find a new outfit. in round number eight, we gave him the chance to change out of the jeans, into something else. he didn't take that chance and he wore jeans again. i

player on the team. a low moment for manchester united and manchester city. manchester city also play on thursday.heir 2—1 loss at aston villa was their ninth defeat in 12 matches in all competitions. manager, pep guardiola, says their poor run of form isn'tjust down to one player, and has defended the form of their star striker, erling haaland. in the past we scored goals and everyone was so prolific in helping us it was the team. when you have problems me back, in the middle it is for everyone. it is a team, not about one player. it would be easy if it were just one player. it would be easy but it is not about that. we will try to do all of the things better... australia play india in the boxing day test on thursday. the series currently tied 1—1 with two matches to go. after the third test was drawn. 0pener sam konstas is set to become australia's youngest male test batting debutant in over 70 years at the age of 19, and his coach is looking forward to seeing what he can do. we said from the get—go going into the summer we wouldn't shy away and age was no barrier, and what he has shown is an ar