coming up on this programme — vincenzo montella sacked by milan as former player gennaro gattuso takesttom of allegations of doping in football. and tiger woods gets set to return to competitive golf for the first time since february. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that milan have sacked vincenzo montella as manager. the club are seventh in serie a, 18 behind leaders napoli, with just two league victories in their past nine games. on sunday, they played out a goalless draw with torino at home. montella lasted just 17 months in charge with the former milan and italy midfielder, gennaro gattuso now taking charge. italian football journalist daniele verri says the pressure to perform for montella was enormous. i think the expectation was very high.

hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that milan have sacked vincenzo montella as manager. the club are seventh in serie a, 18 behind leaders napoli, with just two league victories in their past nine games. on sunday, they played out a goalless draw with torino at home. montella lasted just 17 months in charge with the former milan and italy midfielder, gennaro gattuso now taking charge. italian football journalist daniele verri says the pressure to perform for montella was enormous. i think the expectation was very high. malan —— they paid so much in summer high. malan —— they paid so much in summer signings and that leads to a certain hope. and a certain expectation among fans. it was not as important nor as good as satisfying as people expected. so that led to him being sacked. it is a shame for him, obviously. he could not deliver what the club and the people were expecting. august football is something. september, october, november, december, it tells a different story. staying with italy's serie a and benevento have lost their 14th consecutive match and re

ac milan have sacked vincenzo montella as manager and placed former italian international gennaro gattusothe club are seventh in the league after a run of only two league victories in their past nine games. eddie jones has been named coach of the year at the world rugby awards in monaco. the australian guided england to a second successive six nations title in 2017, before an unbeaten summer tour of argentina and three wins out of three this autumn. wales' ross moriarty willjoin dragons from gloucester next season. the british and irish lion has never played his club rugby in wales, but the move was made necessary by their new selection policy and follows team—mate george north's return back to his home country. england's women made it to the last four of the rugby league world cup last week, and with the inaugural women's super league season finishing only last month, the rfl has already turned its attention to next year and how participation can be increased. eight teams will compete in super league in the season ahead, with wigan warriors putting a team together in just a couple of mon

the club sacked vincenzo montella on monday. just two league victories in their past nine games. on sunday, they drew 0—0 with torino at home. gennaro gattuso, former milan midfielder, has been put in temporary charge. he has returned more than once to the sport he once dominated, but could this time be different for tiger woods? fans will hope so. this is the former world number one in practice on monday. he will play competitive golf this week when he features in the hero world challenge in the bahamas. social media is awash with reaction to prince harry's engagement to meghan markle, and there are lots of sporting stars having their say. england rugby say congratulations to rfu and ipf patron prince harry and meghan markle on their engagement, and best wishes for your future together. former tennis player boris becker said: british paralympic swimmer jessica—jane applegate tweeted this. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but, from me, that is your tuesday sport briefing. stay with me