the former west ham, manchester united and manchester city striker has joined shanghai shenhua.oss gus poyet, have agreed a £71.6 million deal with argentine club boca juniors, including a salary for tevez of £615,000 a week. tevez joins a growing list of high—profile players to head to china, including graziano pelle, ezequiel lavezzi, jackson martinez and oscar. sir bradley wiggins may have retired yesterday, but mps on the culture, media and sport select committee say that british cycling hasn't shown proof that a package delivered to him in france in 2011 contained a legal decongestant. wiggins and team sky have denied any wrongdoing. and while one of wiggins' former team—mates says his achievements in cycling won't be repeated, he agrees that the questions over his use of certain drugs via theraputic use exemptions have cast a shadow. it's a real shame that all this tue has come right at the end of his career and there is a cloud and it's understandable. in terms of the rules of the sport, he has broken none. the uci, the world governing body, wada have said there is nothin

the former west ham, manchester united and manchester city striker has joined shanghai shenhua who are poyet. they've agreed a 71.6 million pound deal with argentine club boca juniors — including a salary for tevez of over 600 thousand pounds a week. tevezjoins a growing list of high—profile players to head to china, including graziano pelle, ezequiel lavezzi, jackson martinez and oscar. rafael nadal has made a winning start to his latest comeback from injury. it was an emphatic victory too — against tomas berdych at an exhibition tournament in abu dhabi. a wrist injury had troubled nadal throughout 2016, but there were no signs of rustiness — this was the first point back on court. it set the spaniard on course to take the first set 6—0, and he completed the job in the second. nadal will play milos raonic in the semi—finals. earlier, david goffin beatjo—wilfried tsonga in straight sets too. the belgian will now face andy murray tomorrow lunchtime. murray has his sights set on success in the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, which begins in mid—january. murray has lo

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but hull was the better team, and i west ham away, 1—0.e betterteam, and i think west ham away, 1—0. but hull was the better team, and i think they had four five posts. times on the posts. and that means that don't focus about positions on the table. it's a tough one, it's a difficult one and we need to be at our best to get a good result. when middlesbrough play manchester united tomorrow, it'll be a first return to old trafford for the brazil defender fabio da silva. he and his twin brother rafael both played under sir alex ferguson — they spoke to our reporter steve crossman about what kind of reception fabio might expect. it's hard. i try stuff, and i go think about what it's going to be, how it will be, a thousand things in my head, like how can it be? how are they going to reaction, like, how i'm going to react? but think it's going to be nice. i think it might be strange for you, because you have to decide who you will support. well, well, i love all the support. all the supporters. but i have to support my brother in this time! to

bradley departed after the boxing day defeat to west ham afterjust 11 games and 85 days in charge.oesn't believe that was fair on the american. having been under pressure himself, he certainly has sympathy for bradley: it is such a short amount of time. basically, you depend totally on luck. if the people are expecting you to make something in a couple of months‘ time, this is like you have a game in two days and then you have a game in two days and then you have a game in five days. he didn‘t have any chance, to be fair. he was lucky to wina any chance, to be fair. he was lucky to win a few games. i should warn you that we have some eye—watering figures on the way for you. argentine striker carlos tevez appears to have become one of the highest paid sportsmen in the world, after moving to the chinese super league. the former west ham, manchester united and manchester city striker has joined shanghai shenhua, who are coached by ex—brighton boss gus poyet. they have agreed a £71.6 million deal with argentine club boca juniors — including a salary for tevez of £615,000 a week. tevez

leicester had a much—needed win against west ham 1—0, islam slimani with the headed goal. ed a brilliant winner for west brom at st marys as they beat southampton 2—1 to move up to eighth. managerless swansea went down 3—0 at home to bournemouth and are still bottom. that's how the top of the table looks. arsenal and spurs can both move above manchester city tomorrow if they win their matches. arsenal play palace tomorrow. spurs face watford. sunderland's heavy defeat means they are still in trouble. big win for leicester, now six points off the relegation zone. burnley, back to back wins and they are up to 11th. but paul clement is set to become their third manager of the season in the next 48 hours. he's currently assistant to carlo ancelotti at bayern munich and was previously with the italian at chelsea, paris st—germain and real madrid. he was sacked by derby earlier this year with the club fifth in the championship, despite having lost only seven of his 33 games in charge. it's understood he will become the next swa nsea it's understood he will become the next swansea

as swansea city continue their search for a new manager, west ham boss slaven bilic says bob bradley the american was in charge forjust 11 games and 85 days, before he was sacked after swa nsea's boxing day defeat to west ham. bilic has felt the pressure of speculation over his own job, so has sympathy for bradley. andy murray is in abu dhabi for his first event of the new season — he'll face the winner of the match between david goffin and jo—wilfried tsonga, which is underway now. the first grand slam is only a couple of weeks away too — the australian open — and while murray has lost in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well there in the past and it hasn't happened for me, so i need to do something a little bit different this year. but i love the conditions there, i enjoy the tournament a lot. i'll be going in hopefully playing well with a lot of confidence, because of the way i finished 2016. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more in the next

west ham boss slaven bilic says bob bradley wasn't given a fair chance.ys before he was sacked after swansea's boxing day defeat to west ham. slaven bilic has felt the pressure of speculation over his ownjob has felt the pressure of speculation over his own job and has sympathy for bradley. how can you suggest this is so short amount of time? you depend totally on luck. the people are expecting from you to make something in a couple of months‘ time. and that‘s not through the preseason, that‘s like, straight, you have a game in two days, then in five days, you know? he didn‘t have any chance, to be fair. apart from he was lucky to win a few games. daryl gurney is through to the pdc world darts championship quarterfinals after a tense 11—3 win over mark webster at the ally pally. the northern irishman who has never been beyond the last 32, led 3—1 at one stage, missing five darts of the match only for webster to level at 3-3. match only for webster to level at 3—3. gurney prevailed in the deciding set and could meet world number one michael van gerwen in t

west ham are preparing to fend off transfer enquiries next month.fficult season and their captain mark noble admits he‘s concerned that they could lose some important players, like dimitri payet, once the january transfer window opens. yes, being honest. but there‘s a general concern that we could lose anyone in this window. that is the way football is. there‘s always surprises getting chucked up but someone surprises getting chucked up but someone who‘s played as well as he will always be linked with all the big clubs it‘s going to take a really big beard and something that the club can‘t, sort of, refuse, to get him away from the football club. —— big get him away from the football club. -- big bid. around this time of year, you‘ll see footballers doing their bit in the community. a hospital visit is always popular, and whipps cross isn‘t too far from white hart lane chris slegg has more. of 0f tottenham. of tottenham. we are bringing you some presence. that‘s for you, for christmas. there is no safer pair of hands to entrust the precious delivery

he'll now miss the premier league champions' games against everton, west ham and middlesbrough.—term deal until the end of the season. barton was named championship player of the year in his previous stint with the club. he left rangers last month after having his contract terminated. newcastle united midfielder jonjo shelvey has been banned for five games and fined £100,000 after being found guilty of using racially abusive language. shelvey was charged following an incident with wolves midfielder romain saiss in a 2—0 defeat in september. he has also been ordered to attend an fa education course. valtteri bottas' move to mercedes as lewis hamilton's team—mate and felipe massa's return to replace him at williams are close to completion. williams have agreed with massa for him to postpone his retirement for at least another year after mercedes made a pitch for bottas to replace nico rosberg. a deal for bottas to leave williams and join mercedes is also lined up and is set to be completed in the new year. team sky say they are confident uk anti—doping will find no wrongdoing when

the american was appointed in october, but after a heavy defeat to west ham yesterday, and with the clubecond—bottom of the premier league, swansea are now in search of their fourth manager of 2016. ben croucher looks back at bradley's reign at the liberty stadium. booing it sounded his final act of swansea city manager. after 70 feet in ii games bob bradley was given the sack just two days after christmas —— seven defeats. his appointment in october was a surprising as it was seismic. the first american to be handed a top job seismic. the first american to be handed a topjob in england's top—flight. handed a topjob in england's top-flight. i'm not an american manager, i'm a football manager. i'm here to give everything i have for the fans, the club, and i couldn't be more excited about the chance. the intrigue and optimism around the new man was short lived, ticking over 18 short on experience, bereft of confidence and it took him until the end of november to win a game. —— bereft of confidence. this lead to rock bottom. a 4—1 humiliation proved one defeat to many of the fenceis proved

the former newcastle and west ham boss had guided palace to the fa cup final earlier this year.lace and one point above the relegation zone. here's our football reporter david ornstein. one win in 11, in that sequence was a run of six straight defeat. they sit one point above the relegation. this time last year, crystal palace were six in the premier league, outside the champions league places by goal difference. it's really has been a sorry story. remember how strong their defence was under tony pulis and it has gone the opposite way. people at the club saying they have been unlucky with refereeing decisions and that the spirit is still high and whoever comes in as manager would like to continue the spirit but improve results. they reclaimed number one spot in the test rankings, and now india have the icc cricketer of the year. ravi ashwin has become the third player from his country to win the prestigious sir garfield sobers trophy. the spinner is the highest ranked bowler in the longer test format of the game. he's also the number one all—rounder. during the voting period, wh

after another humiliating defeat to west ham here on boxing day, fans were chanting for bradley to beeague season remaining. last night, the swans did just that. in a statement, chairman hquenkins said, with the club going through such a tough time, they would have to try and find the answers and get ourselves out of trouble. bradley himself believes the contentious way the new american owners took over control of the club, angering some supporters, did not help his situation. the way things were done left a bad taste. in that regard, i knew i was going to be caught between a rock and a hard place. but, in life, you've got to be willing to take chances and go for it. at the liberty stadium fan shop, there was approval for his sacking. i think they've done the right thing. although he's a nice guy, and this and that, but i think he's a bit out of his depth. it was about time he left. he doesn't know enough about, you know, football in this country, i don't think. one early favourite to take over is ryan giggs, the former wales and manchester united captain, who missed out to bradley af

they lost west ham away. 1—0. that, for five times they hit the post. it means you don't focus on positions in the table, it is tough and difficult, we need to be at our best to get a good result. championship leaders brighton and hove albion‘s game against strugglers cardiff city is off tonight. a blanket of fog has descended on the amex stadium over the course of the day forcing the referee to call the game off. there are three other fixtures in the championship with second place newcastle also in action against nottingham forest. when middlesbrough play manchester united tomorrow, it'll be a first return to old trafford for the brazil defender fabio da silva. he and his twin brother — rafael — both played under sir alex ferguson, winning the premier league title three times. and the brothers spoke to our reporter steve crossman about what kind of reception fabio might expect. i try and stop work, and i think about how it's going to be, but there are 1000 things in my head, like what it will be like, the reactio

he'll now miss the premier league champions' games with everton, west ham and middlesbrough.ton will re—sign at burnley on a short—term deal. he was named championship player of the season last year, and left to join championship player of the season last year, and left tojoin rangers. his contract there was terminated. newcastle united midfielder jonjo shelvey has been banned for five games and fined £100,000 after being found guilty of using racially abusive language towrds an opponent. shelvey was charged following an incident with wolves midfielder romain saiss in a 2—0 defeat in september. he's also been ordered to attend an fa education course. ona poor on a poor run of form, embroiled in a legal battle over their latest signing, these are tough times for sale sharks, sitting tenth and apprenticeship after losing the last five matches. another big—name signing could be in the offing. we have sat down with steve diamond. sale's players are struggling to see the wood from the trees. six defeats on the spin, albeit one of them to saracens, has turned the pressure on the sh

leicester had a much—needed win against west ham 1—0, islam slimani with the headed goal. iant winner for west brom at st marys as they beat southampton 2—1 to move up to eighth. managerless swansea went down 3—0 at home to bournemouth and are still bottom. that's how the top of the table looks. arsenal play palace tomorrow. spurs face watford. it could change, they could overhaul manchester city. it could change, they could overhaul manchester city. another defeat for swansea sees them stay at the bottom. sunderland's heavy defeat means they are still in trouble. big win for leicester, now six points off the relegation zone. burnley, back to back wins and they are up to 11th. celtic have signed off for 2016 with victory in the old firm match. they beat rangers 2—1 at ibrox, their 15th premiership win in a row. 0ur scotland football reporter chris mclaughlin was at the match. 0ne one of the noisiest derbies in the world started with silence. in memory of the 66 fans who lost their lives in the new year ibrox disaster over 45 years ago. as the new year approached it was an o

west ham are up to 11th in the table after they beat swansea 4—1. swansea forward andre ayew put the visitors ahead. goals from winston reid, michail antonio and andy carroll ensured the win. swansea are currently second bottom of the table. it was all good. we defended with numbers, with aggression. we were close to each other. when we had the ball we looked from the beginning of the game, even before we scored the first one, we had a couple of attacks that were really promising, so attacks that were really promising, so it looked like we would hurt them. it was like that throughout them. it was like that throughout the whole game. we are our own worst enemy right now, we are in such a rut. no matter how we start a game we seem to find a way to go down immediately. you feel that it takes confidence away. you try to hang in there, we speak about that at half—time, we start the second half with a repeat. we have to find an ability to be stronger, turn fortunes around. not easy when you feel like everything is coming against us in the moment. here are

and west ham are up to 11th after a 4—1 win over swansea.t bristol rugby have their first win of the season, beating worcester 28—20. the issue of head injuries was once again a talking point in the 13th minute with bristol's tusi pisi sent off for this challenge on fly half jamie shillcock. despite being reduced to 14—men tom varndell‘s hattrick gave bristol the victory but they remain bottom of the premiership, two points behind worcester. all three matches in the pro12 on boxing day were derbies. glasgow beat scottish rivals edinburgh 25—12 at murrayfield to end a run of three straight defeats. these two contest the annual 1872 cup across the two matches they play in the domestic season, and glasgow went ahead towards the end of the first half whenjosh strauss bundled over. and the visitors sealed the victory with their third try of the game after the break, finished off byjosh dunbar. no bonus point for glasgow though so they remain in sixth in the table, a point behind ulster and scarlets. edinburgh stay third from bottom. cardiff blues

sam allardyce has spent much of his career on unforgiving terrain during spells at bolton, west ham,land. he has always played the pragmatic man for a crisis. he has good experience. he has been successful and he knows the game and how to set his teams up. he did a greatjob at sunderland. the way he saved sunderland. the way he saved sunderland from relegation last season sunderland from relegation last season will be the template for palace. their new boss can tell them there is always a way back. patrick geary, bbc news. aberdeen have moved to within three points of second placed rangers in the scottish premiership thanks to a 3—1win over motherwell at fir park. both sides were awarded penalties in an incident filled first half, but motherwell missed theirs and niall mcginn put the game beyond them in the final minutes. there were four games this evening. fourth placed hearts were beaten 3—2 at dundee. they threw away a two—goal lead. stjohnstone won at kilmarnock 1—0 and partick thistle ended a seven—game run without a win and move off the bottom of the table after a 3—1win at ros

new line west ham are preparing to fend off transfer enquiries next month. season. captain mark noble admits he is concerned that they could lose some key players like dimitri payet once the january window opens. yes, if i‘m being honest. at there is a general concern that we could lose anybody in this window. that is the way football is. there are always surprises being chucked up. somebody who has played as well as him is a lwa ys who has played as well as him is always going to be linked with the big clubs. i think it is always going to take a big bid, something that the club cannot sort of refuse, to get him away from the football club. around this time of year, like mark noble, you will see footballers doing their bit in the community. he was at a children‘s hospital, ropes crossing or, not too far from tottenham‘s white hart lane. we have bought you some presence. that is for you, for christmas. there is no safer pair of hands to entrust the precious delivery of christmas presents to than those of totte n ha m christmas presents to than those of totten

on unforgiving to rain, during spells at bolton wanderers, blackburn rovers and sunderland, and west hamas always played a pragmatic, the man for a crisis, the way he saved sunderland from relegation last season will be the template. there are new boss can tell them there is always a way back. studio: "big" sam allardyce, a new challenge, and joining us, leon osman, former everton still walk. we are going to look ahead to a busy time in football across christmas but let's start with the top story, sam alla rdyce but let's start with the top story, sam allardyce at crystal palace, they have moved quickly after sacking alan pa rdew. they have moved quickly after sacking alan pardew. they have, it is good from the club, to know they wa nt is good from the club, to know they want to get rid of the manager and already have one in place. and one of sam allardyce's statue is fantastic. tailor-made, he has this brilliant record in keeping clubs with their heads above water, above the relegation zone. if you are going to go out and get a manager to keep you in the premier league, look fio keep yo

cash as swansea city continue their search for a new manager, west ham boss slaven bilic says bob bradley11 games and 85 days, before he was sacked after swa nsea's boxing day defeat to west ham. bilic has felt the pressure of speculation over his own job, so has sympathy for bradley. it isa it is a short amount of time. basically, it depends totally on luck. what people are expecting from you to make something in a couple of months' time. and that is not preseason, that is straight, you have a game in two days and you have a game in five days, you know? he did not have any chance, to be fair. but i think he was lucky to win a few games, and all that. daryl gurney is through to the pdc world darts championship quarterfinals after a tense 11—3 win over mark webster at the ally pally. the northern irishman, who had never been beyond the last 32, led 3—1 at one stage and missed five darts for the match — only for webster to level at 3—all. gurney prevailed in the deciding set and could meet world number one michael van gerwen in the next round. that's all the sport for now. keep up—to—date w

a 4—1 humiliation to west ham proved one defeat too many with the fans as unhappy with bradley as withcrimonious. towards those who make the decisions at boardroom level. it was a big punt bringing him with his lack of experience of players in the premier league, lack of experience of our league and it was always going to be a big ask for him to keep swansea up. that task will fall to a man destined to become the 5th man to fill the swansea hot seat since last december. the popular gary monk was dismissed before last christmas, long serving deputy alan curtis filled in before the club turned to an italian. after six games without a win he was sacked in 0ctober. before bradley's ill—fated 85—day spell at the liberty. the clu b 85—day spell at the liberty. the club entered 2017 searching if for a successoi’, club entered 2017 searching if for a successor, still desperate for success. liverpool scored their 100th league goal under managerjurgen klopp in a 4—1win over stoke at anfield this evening. the win takes liverpool back to second in the premier league — six points behind leaders che

the former west ham, manchester united and manchester city striker has joined shanghai shenhua, who areof high—profile players to head to china, including graziano pelle, ezequiel lavezzi, jackson martinez and oscar. rafael nadal has made a winning start to his latest comeback from injury. it was an emphatic victory too — against tomas berdych at an exhibition tournament in abu dhabi. a wrist injury had troubled nadal throughout 2016, but there were no signs of rustiness — this was the first point back on court. it set the spaniard on course to take the first set 6—0, and he completed the job in the second. nadal will play milos raonic in the semi—finals. earlier, david goffin beatjo—wilfried tsonga in straight sets too. the belgian will now face andy murray tomorrow lunchtime. murray has his sights set on success in the the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, which begins in mid—january. murray has lost there in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well there in the past and it has not happened for me. i need to do something a

champions leicester had a much needed win against west ham. t southampton 2—1 to move up to 8th. swansea went down 3—0 at home to bournemouth. swa nsea swansea are managerless at the moment after they sacked the american bob bradley last tuesday but paul clement is set to become their third manager of the season. he's currently the assistant to carlo ancelotti at bayern munich and was previously at chelsea, paris st germain and real madrid. he was sacked by derby earlier this year with the club fifth in the championship. he is expected to take over in the next 48 hours. the celtic manager brendan rodgers says today's old firm match was a great advert for scottish football. they beat rangers 2—1 at ibrox to move 19 points clear in the table. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. he remains —— it remains one of football's fiercest and noisiest rifleries, amid the noise a minute's silence in memory of the 66 fan who is died in a crush at ibrox in 1971. after that reflection, time for the action. celtic, the runaway league leaders, but thanks

leciester beat west ham 1—0. southampton 2—1 to move up to 11th. managerless swansea went down 3—0 at home to bournemouth. but paul clement is set to become their third manager of the season in the next 48 hours. he's currently assistant to carlo ancelotti at bayern munich and was previously with the italian at chelsea, paris st—germain and real madrid. he was sacked by derby earlier this year with the club fifth in the championship, despite having lost only seven of his 33 games in charge. there was one match in the aviva rugby union premiership. exeter have jumped above bath into third in the table after a stunning second half comeback at the rec. they were 11—0 down at half time, but two tries from james short in the final 10 minutes saw them win17—11. in the pro 12 munster won 16—9 against connacht to strengthen their position at the top of the table. leinster beat ulster to move into second place. 22—7 the final score. glasgow and edinburgh were both given tough matches in italy agaoinst treviso and zebre, b

and west ham won away at relegation—threatened swansea a—1.st game in charge of crystal palace ended in a 1—1 draw at watford. later today, liverpool take on stoke. the favourite thistlecrack claimed an impressive win in the big boxing day race at kempton park — the king george vi chase. ridden by tom scudamore, thistlecrack charged clear on the final circuit to ease to victory ahead of cue card and silviniaco conti. it was only thistlecrack‘s fourth race over fences. it took them until boxing day, but bristol rugby have their first win of the premiership season, beating worcester 28—20. the table's bottom side played much of the match with ten men, but a hat—trick from tom varndell helped them close the gap on their opponents at the foot of the table to just two points. there were three derby matches in the pro12. glasgow ended a run of three straight defeats by beating rivals edinburgh 25—12 at murrayfield. cardiff blues beat newport and munster beat leinster in the day's other games. that is all of the sport for now. i'll be back at 0700, b

they lost our way to west ham, 0— one, but they we re way to west ham, 0— one, but they were the bettertions in the table, it is a tough one, a difficult one, and we must be at our best to get a good result. middlesbrough play manchester united tomorrow it will be a first return tomorrow it will be a first return to old trafford for the brazilian defender, fabio da silva. he and his twin brother, raphael, played under sir alex ferguson, winning the premier league title three times, the brothers spoke to our reporter about the kind of reception he expect. it is hard. ithink about the kind of reception he expect. it is hard. i think about in my head how it is going to be, but there are a thousand things in my head, like, how will it be? how will be the reaction? but i think it will be the reaction? but i think it will be nice. it might even be stranger for you, raphael be nice. it might even be stranger foryou, raphaeljacquelin be nice. it might even be stranger for you, raphaeljacquelin deciding who to support? well, i love all the supporters but i must support my brother this time. so t

take on middlesbrough champions leicester are at home to everton relegation—threatened swansea host west hamwho are currently bottom of the table. as you saw there, chelsea, who have a six—point lead at the top of the premier league, are at home to bournemouth. victory would mean a new club record, of 12 straight league wins, although they'll have to do it without the influential diego costa and n'golo kante, who are both suspended. we are working very well this week to find a solution to play good football and to continue to win. to ta ke football and to continue to win. to take the extra points. we know that against bournemouth it won't be easy because it is a very good team with great organisation. there are ten games in the championship today — the lunchtime kick off — sees brentford take on cardiff — cardiff have won just one of their last five championship games. they've played a quarter of an hour. it's currently goalless. england bowler stuart broad, has taken his first wickets in australia's big bash tournament, but couldn't stop his hobart hurricanes side, from losing to melbourne

swansea have been on a poor run and yesterday lost 4—1 to west ham.ue, level on points with bottom place hull after just three wins in 18 games this season. liverpool are up to second after a 4—1win at home to stoke. they're now six points behind chelsea. jack skelton reports. there was just one ticket in town today, the england manager had his. the manchester city boss had his. all assessing liverpool's title credentials. without a world—class goalkeeper some have questioned those credentials. simon mignolet could not prevent jon those credentials. simon mignolet could not preventjon walters giving stoke the lead. peter crouch used to delight the cop with his goal—scoring. he frustrated them with his goal stopping today. glen johnson's error gifted adam lallana it deserved equaliser. roberto firmino made it 2—1. they continued to get some help putting the ball in the goal. there was little imbula could do but deflect the ball into his own net. ryan shawcross continued the charity. sturridge had not scored all season, he had been on 55 seconds when he

keeping teams in the top division, in a career that spans periods in charge of bolton, blackburn, west hame flirting with relegation, the club's new american owners have been forced to take action. an attempt this season to play a more expansive style of football looks likely to be an abandoned. the focus now will be doing whatever it takes to stay in the premier league. i think any team who gets big sam will tell you he's never got a team relegated, so it's a great record and i'm sure palace will have that in the back of their mind. for sam allardyce there's unfinished business to attend to, after his briefest of stints with england. crystal palace will settle for survival for now, that's it. big sam ‘s back. crystal palace bank on allard ice to get them out of trouble. aberdeen stayed third in the table but there are still a long way to go behind celtic and rangers. and after a difficult week for saints, they beat sale, to move up to sixth in the rugby union premiership. good evening. some allard ice is the new manager at crystal palace. and sounded two and a half year deal at the premie

west ham won away at relegation—threatened swansea, 4—1.ce's first game in charge of crystal palace ended in a 1—1 draw at watford. liverpool could move into second and close the gap on chelsea to six points if they beat stoke in today's only premier league match. liverpool bossjurgen klopp‘s hoping his team and supporters are recharged after waiting an extra day for their christmas football. atmosphere changes everything, so hopefully all our supporters are recharged after the 25th and the 26th, full of good food and in the best mood for this game, and give everything you can! it took them until boxing day, but bristol rugby have their first win of the season, beating worcester by 28—20. it took them until boxing day, but bristol rugby have their first win of the season, beating worcester by 28—20. the premiership‘s bottom side played much of the match with 1a men but a hat—trick from tom varndell helped them close the gap on their opponents at the foot of the table to just two points. there were three derby matches in the pro12. glasgow e

keeping teams in the top division, in a career that spans periods in charge of bolton, blackburn, west hams new american owners have been forced to take action. an attempt this season to play a more expansive style of football looks likely to be an abandoned. the focus now will be doing whatever it takes to stay in the premier league. i think any team who gets big sam will tell you he's never got a team relegated, so it's a great record and i'm sure palace will have that in the back of their mind. for sam allardyce there's unfinished business to attend to, after his briefest of stints with england. crystal palace will settle for survival for now, but this ambitious club hope in time he'll do much more thanjust keep them up. richard conway, bbc news, selhurst park. and now for the weather forecast. it has been fairly bleak for some parts of the country. hello. ‘ and hello. looking at a dry and bright start with some sunshine. 0ne looking at a dry and bright start with some sunshine. one or two passing showers for the west of england and across wales. be further south and east you are, the b

west ham won at swansea, a—1 and sam allardyce‘s first draw in charge at crystal palace ended in a draws if they beat stoke in today‘s only premier league match. liverpool bossjurgen klopp‘s hoping his team and supporters are recharged after waiting an extra day for their christmas football. atmosphere changes everything, so hopefully all our supporters are recharged after the 25th and the 26th, full of good food and in the best mood for this game, and give everything you can! it took them until boxing day, but bristol rugby have their first win of the season, beating worcester by 28—20. the premiership‘s bottom side played much of the match with 1a men but a hat—trick from tom varndell helped them close the gap on their opponents at the foot of the table to just two points. there were three derby matches in the pro12. glasgow ended a run of three straight defeats by beating edinburgh 25—12 at murrayfield. cardiff blues beat newport and munster beat leinster in the day‘s other games. that‘s all the sport for now. you can keep up—to—date with all of the day‘s sports news on the bbc sport

he'll now miss the premier league champions' games against everton, west ham and middlesbrough.ntil the end of the season. barton was named championship player of the year in his previous stint with the club. he left rangers last month after having his contract terminated. newcastle united midfielder jonjo shelvey has been banned for five games and fined £100,000 after being found guilty of using racially abusive language. shelvey was charged following an incident with wolves midfielder romain saiss in a 2—0 defeat in september. he has also been ordered to attend an fa education course. valtteri bottas' move to mercedes as lewis hamilton's team—mate and felipe massa's return to replace him at williams are close to completion. williams have agreed with massa for him to postpone his retirement for at least another year after mercedes made a pitch for bottas to replace nico rosberg. a deal for bottas to leave williams and join mercedes is also lined up and is set to be completed in the new year. team sky say they are confident uk anti—doping will find no wrongdoing when it publishe

middlesbrough, champions leicester are at home to everton, relegation—threatened swansea are at home to west hamaway at hull city. you can keep right up to date with the action on final score on the red button, as well as on five live and the bbc sport website. the first day of the second test between australia and pakistan in melbourne has been abandoned due to rain — pakistan are 142—4. the half century saw this player moved past the mark for this year. she helped pakistan reach 142—4. to make up to the time, data will get up make up to the time, data will get up on the go earlier than planned. play will start on day two at 11:00pm ourtime. australia won the first test. and it's one of the highlights of the racing calendar, steeplechasing's mid—season championship, the king george vi chase at kempton. last year's winner, cue card, one of the sport's long—term stars, faces his up and coming stablemate thistlecrack for the first time. i love the way you've built up to that. oh, yes. it's like this time of year. thistlecrack. this kind of makes you. there are only five horses in this race. those

keeping teams in the top division, in a career that spans periods in charge of bolton, blackburn, west hamwith relegation, the club's new american owners have been forced to take action. an attempt this season to play a more expansive style of football looks likely to be an abandoned. the focus now will be doing whatever it takes to stay in the premier league. i think any team who gets big sam will tell you he's never got a team relegated, so it's a great record and i'm sure palace will have that in the back of their mind. for sam allardyce there's unfinished business to attend to, after his briefest of stints with england. crystal palace will settle for survival for now, but this ambitious club hope in time he'll do much more thanjust keep them up. richard conway, bbc news, selhurst park. let's have a quick look at some of the christmas eve front pages. the headline in the i newspaper: it adds that europe's open border policy has been blamed for allowing the suspect to flee more than 1,000 miles across three countries. the telegraph also leads on that story. it says counter—terrorism expe

west ham won away at relegation—threatened swansea 4—1.e ended in a 1—1 draw at watford. liverpool could move into second and close the gap on chelsea to six points if they beat stoke in today's only premier league match. liverpool bossjurgen klopp is hoping his team and supporters are recharged after waiting an extra day for their christmas football. atmosphere changes everything, so hopefully all our supporters are recharged after the 25th and the 26th, full of good food and in the best mood for this game, and give everything you can! it might be summer in australia, but the weather is not helping their cricketers take on pakistan in the second test in melbourne. 0pening batsman azhar ali scored an unbeaten century to lead pakistan to 310—6 as rain wiped out the entire middle session. australia's bowlers could only manage two wickets before the bad weather curtailed the day's play. azhar is 139 not out with mohammad amir on 28. england batsman ian bell could only manage 21 runs for perth scorchers as they set sydney sixers a target of 13

absolutely come he has never been relegated from the new glass, bolton, west ham, sunderland last, the charge of england before getting the sack in thatjob after some advice comments to an undercover reporter investigating corruption in the game but the bookies making 4—1 on and another interesting thing steve parish said is they have to wind back the dial. they were looking for the sixth out of style of play on depardieu, they have admitted that hasn't worked and we know that sam alla rdyce hasn't worked and we know that sam allardyce does not play an expansive style he will be very direct it into selhurst park at the dugout and look to get crystal palace out of what is deep trouble just now. thank you, will see a big sand gets the job, interesting if he does. that's begin with international could get council which has announced a host of pics for the year, the player of the year is the indian spinner ravichandran ashwin, i don't think we would quibble with that, he has also been named test player of the year. taken over a young captain and we actually fell on the right track and we h

champions leicester are at home leicester are at home to everton relegation—threatened swansea host west hams manchester city go to a hull side who are currently bottom of the table. they all have quality, the difference is a personality, how they react in the bad moments. i don't have any doubts. frenchman toma coville, has knocked 12 days off the world record, for singlehandedly sailing around the planet, without stopping. it took him, 49 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 38 seconds. the previous record was set by fellow frenchman francis joyon, who took it from britain's ellen macarthur in 2008. coville set off from brest in france on, the 6th november, and will rarely have slept for more than three hours at a time. that is all the sport for now. we will be back in the next hour. 50,000 people in england at risk of type—2 diabetes could be helped by an nhs programme that's being extended from today. the advice on better nutrition and exercise has already helped 20,000 people. it forms part of a package of new measures to curb type—2 diabetes, including funding for more specialist nurses. milli

keeping teams in the top division, in a career that spans periods in charge of bolton, blackburn, west hamrting with relegation, the club's new american owners have been forced to take action. an attempt this season to play a more expansive style of football looks likely to be abandoned. the focus now will be doing whatever it takes to stay in the premier league. we look at sunderland last season, he did a greatjob there. and that was based really on being strong defensively. so if it is sam, then that would be one of his strengths that he would certainly bring to us. for sam allardyce, there is unfinished business to attend to after his briefest of stints with england. crystal palace will settle for survival for now. but this ambitious club hope in time he'll do much more than just keep them up. richard conway, bbc news, selhurst park. storm barbara has paid the uk a visit, with the north west of scotland bearing the brunt of the heavy rain and winds — but it's also blown through parts of northern england, wales and northern ireland. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, has more. sto

middlesbrough, champions leicester are at home to everton, relegation—threatened swansea are at home to west ham score on the red button, as well as on five live and the bbc sport website. rain cut short the opening day of the second test between australia and pakistan in melbourne. before the weather intervened, a milestone for azhar ali. a half century saw him past the 1000 run mark for the year. his unbeaten 66 helped pakistan to reach 142—4. to make up for time lost to the rain, day two will get under way earlier than planned at 11 o'clock tonight our time. australia won the first test. and it's one of the highlights of the racing calendar — steeplechasing's mid—season championship, the king george vi chase at kempton. last year's winner, cue card, one of the sport's long—term stars, faces his up—and—coming stablemate thistlecrack for the first time. that's all the sport for now. thank you. just to say, i've tweeted a link to that clip that we couldn't play with james corden. if you are on twitter, you can get it via my page. if you are not on twitter, we will be playing it in the next hour.

middlesbrough, champions leicester are at home to everton and relegation—threatened swansea are at home to west hamcore on the red button, as well as on five live and the bbc sport website. and of course it is also one of the highlights of the racing calendar. the mid—season championship, the king george v race. what a matchup. we have the defending champion against the young contender, thistlecrack. the young horse to watch out for. he has won all three races he has been in, unbeaten. and of course a big contender for the cheltenham gold cup. is it unusual there are only five? i think that is quite a low number, yes. it is a keenly contested race. iam yes. it is a keenly contested race. i am watching out for the stars of nxt! 0nly i am watching out for the stars of nxt! only one week away. thanks very much. train travellers are facing significant disruptions this week as 200 sets of engineering works planned by network rail take place. many people will be travelling by coach instead. graham satchell is at victoria coach station this morning, they imagine it is getting very busy day? hgppy day? hap

leicester are at home to everton and relegation—threatened swansea are at home to west ham. the red button, as well as on five live and the bbc sport website. the first day of the second test between australia and pakistan in melbourne has been abandoned due to rain. pakistan were 142—4. look at them! play will resume on day two at 11pm, ourtime. them! play will resume on day two at 11pm, our time. remember australia on the first test. and its one of the highlights of the racing calendar — steeple chasing's mid—season championship, the king george the sixth chase, at kempton. the big showdown. last year's winner, cue card, one of the sport's long—term stars, faces his up and coming stablemate thistlecrack for the first time. that is such a good name! thistlecrack, it sparkles off the name. you couldn't say it if you were a bit tired. it doesn't work. thistlecrack! well said, keeping me up. time now for a look at the newspapers. the broadcaster rob mccloughlin is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning. good morning, merry christmas. happy boxing day. we will ta k

andre ayew on the scoresheet, as west ham are leading relegation threatened swansea.se racing, the highly—anticipated first meeting between the colin tizzard—trained stars cue card and thistlecrack took place in the big race of the christmas period, the king george vi chase at kempton. it was the younger of the two, the 11—10 favourite thistlecrack, with jockey tom scudamore on board, who took it, ahead of last year's winner cue card. john hunt describes the closing stages. he is over safely. a brilliant hurdler. a brilliant chaser. what a win! tom scudamore waving at the crowd. meanwhile, the other top—class horses in behind him, fighting desperately for second. fantastic win for tom scudamore. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. russia has recovered some fragments of a military plane, which crashed in the black sea with 92 people on board. a huge search operation has been taking place near sochi where the aircraft had taken off from. the first of the bodies have this morning been airlifted to the russian capital. 0ur moscow correspondent, stev

they lost to west ham away 1—0 but hull were the better team and had four or five times on the post andtough one, it's a difficult one and we need to be at our best to get a good result. the team just above hull, swansea city's search for a new manager continues today. with ryan giggs and chris coleman ruled out two new favourites have emerge. gary rowett, who has been out of the game since he was sacked by birmingham earlier this month. he was fired to make way for gianfranco zola. the second man is former derby cou nty zola. the second man is former derby county boss paul clement, currently assistant boss at bayern munich. swa nsea assistant boss at bayern munich. swansea currently one place above hull, second from bottom in the premier league. stuart broad took an early wicket for his australian big bash side hobart hurricanes but still lost against brisbane heat by seven wickets. broad removed the opener with his first ball of the match. but after that, former new zealand captain brendon mccullum and chris lynn made light work of the run chase. look at that six. brisbane heat cruise

they lost to west ham away 1—0. but who was the better team?he table. it is tough and difficult, we need to be at our best to get a good result. swansea city's search for a new manager continues today. and with ryan giggs and chris coleman already ruled out, two new favourites have emerged. the first is gary rowett, who's been out of the game since he was sacked by birmingham this month. much to the anger of many fans, and after leading them to the verge of the play—offs, rowett was fired to make way for gianfranco zola. and the second man is former derby county boss paul clement — who's currently assistant manager at bayern munich. he's believed to have impressed the swansea hierarchy when interviewed for the job in the autumn, before bob bradley took over. swansea are currently second from bottom in the premier league. the arrows have been flying at alexandra palace. i'm of course talking about the pdc world darts championship in north london. peter "sna kebite" wright has booked his place in the semi—finals. he saw off the challenge of james