a win over manchester united had west ham up to fifth.w down to 16th. up next, another london derby — chelsea at stamford bridge on saturday. no doubt the speculation is going to continue on all three of those premier league manager under pressure. let's stick with football, and more injury problems for manchester city. striker sergio aguero is going to be out for a few weeks, that's according to manager pep guardiola, who's been speaking today ahead of their champions league game against shakhtar donetsk tomorrow night. he picked up a thigh strain in their win over chelsea at the weekend. guardiola says aguero will "need a miracle" to be fit for the manchester derby on 7 december. jose mourinho's also been talking today. he takes charge of spurs in the champions league for the first time since taking over from mauricio pochettino last wednesday. he was asked if he would sign zlatan ibrahimovic for spurs given that he's out of contract and they've worked together before. he says that would make no sense because he has the "best striker in

i had a great career at west ham playing with bobby moore. ifi west ham playing with bobby moore.day what is more significant in terms of the plane, you would want to be seen playing for your country. strangely for me, it may seem strange to say this, i never dreamt i would play for england at all. but looking back 50 years, i think i should have been playing for england three years earlier. when i look back at what i was doing three years before that, we st was doing three years before that, west ham are winning trophies, i was scoring goals regularly, in 1962 and 1963 and those two combinations, thinking i should have been picked three years early and they should have got my 50th cap and said of the 409i have got my 50th cap and said of the 4091 have got. it still remains england's only major tournament when, what do you make of what gareth is building?” when, what do you make of what gareth is building? i am very pleased with what he is doing. it is evident, the way they are performing asa team. evident, the way they are performing as a team. i spoke to a couple of players and

and coming up a winning return to the premiership forjose mourinho as spurs beat west ham. let's start in hong kong where elections are getting underway in a just couple of hours time. the authorities have threatened to suspend voting in sunday's local elections if there's serious trouble at polling stations. pro—democracy campaigners have told their supporters not to cause any disruption. this vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. so it will be a test of support for pro—democrcay and pro—bejing candidates. let's take a look at these elections. the poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. more than a thousand candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the city's 18 districts. a number of seats currently held by pro—beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro—democracy candidates, butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for self—determination for hong kong. rupert wingfield—hayes has spoken to some of the candi

despite a late fight back from west ham, spurs held on for a 3—2 victory. is not about me.thout a victory and too much pressure on the boys, also in relationship to that, it is very important. three points, we had a little jump in the table and more important for that is for the play staff that smile, for them to go to the dressing room with the music on and happy and that is very important. liverpool won a thrilling game against crystal palace. 2—1 the final score. an 85th minute goal from roberto firmino means the league leaders maintain their eight point advantage at the top of the table. crsystal palace had looked like coming away with a point after wilfred zaha had equalised a few minutes earlier. liverpool's victory means they have now gone 30 games unbeaten in the premier league. we won it, and that is absolutely 0k, we won it, and that is absolutely ok, you don't have to go so far if you just want that. i liked a lot of the performance, not everything, but some things are not there and we see the more often, the good things at least. norwich city beat everton 2—nil

as for west ham they're without a win in six league games now.ster and arsenal into the second half at the king power. that is still 0—0. in the top half it's burnely who are the big movers into ninth... but it's the bottom today that makes interesting reading... spurs down in 12th. level on points with everton. west ham nowjust 5 clear of the bottom three. and oouthampton still just 8 points in 19th. you feel somethings got to change quickly at saint mary's, or their could be a shake—up on the way. i can't help but think that those fa ns i can't help but think that those fans might regret throwing their scarves away, it is freezing out there. next to the championship. michael o'neill made the perfect start to life as stoke city manager as they moved off the bottom of the championship with a 4—2 victory over barnsley. meanwhile nottingham forest are up to fourth after beating local rivals derby i—o. lewis grabban pouncing on a mistake to get the only goal in a fiery game at the city ground. elsewhere in the championship leaders west brom were 1—0

roberto, west ham's goalkeeper was just a witness. just what tottenham needed, and mourinho had it.g for the ball, tearing forwards, mourinho picked lucas for this game and there he was. energy, teamwork, when harry kane headed in the third, that was the game. but spurs tired and conceded two late goals as west ham revived themselves, too late to change the fate of the match but enough to show the spurs manager his challengers. so would he smile? just about. remember, he is humble. challengers. so would he smile? just about. remember, he is humblem challengers. so would he smile? just about. remember, he is humble. it is not about me, it is about the players and the club. very important, too long without a victory. i will hate if somebody says that mourinho made an impact, i did not make an impact, ijust helped them a little bit to win this match. get the people mourinho really needs to win over or his players so from what we saw, so far so players so from what we saw, so far so good. mourinho off to the best possible start at spurs and there's been drama across all the other games

the west ham players going over to the keeper.remier league debut at the age of 33. the son of west ham legend and a very proud moment for him. struggling to fight back the tears. i real day to remember. he was what he has been saying in the press conference. he said, my dad not so much. i think they were both in tears. my dad play for the club for 21 years and to see me make my debut keep a clear sheet to get a win for the boys, it is so pleasing. it was remarkable day for him. there's hearfrom the manager. he never played before in the premier league but i think that he did very well. the personality to play and i think a complete team and our defenders helped him not to keep that. eight earth model where crystal palace beat burnley 2— nil. it was pallas's first trip outside of london since august. having seen manchester city getjust a point at newcastle at lucnhtime, just one more 3 o'clock kick off to tell you about. it was at turf moor where crystal palace beat burnley 2—0. it was in fact, by some quirk of the schedules, pala

up on sportsday at 7.30 — jose mourinho‘s first game in charge at tottenham, ends in a 3—2 win at west hamo reduce visits to patients‘ homes, saying they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees yesterday. but — the health secretary, matt hancock, said the idea of taking home visits out of gps‘ contracts was a "complete non—starter". jenny kumah reports. family doctors say their workload is on the rise and this, coupled with falling gp numbers, mean something has to give. at his surgery in leeds this doctor is well aware of the challenges facing surgeries like his. one of the daily pressures that gp practices are under is the obligation to do home visits. what would be much better is if we had a dedicated home visiting team with people with the time to be able to do this throughout the day, rather than gps having to squeeze it in. under the proposals home visits would not be scrapped completely but delivered by a separate service. similar to the way out—of—hours care has been contracted out. sometimes a gp

after they beat west ham in the day's early premier league game.through son heung min, lucas moura added a second goal before harry kane got their third. despite a late fight back from west ham, spurs held on for a 3—2 victory. it is not about me, it is that the players in the club. very important. victory away. too long without a victory. i think too much pressure on the boys or so, in relation to that. it is very important, three points. we have a littlejump on the table and it is more important than thatis table and it is more important than that is for the players to have that smile, for the place to go to the dressing room, music on, smiling, happiness, and that is very, very important. liverpool won a thrilling game against crystal palace. 2—1 the final score. an 85th minute goal from roberto firmino means the league leaders maintain their eight point advantage at the top of the table. crsystal palace had looked like coming away with a point after wilfred zaha had equalised a few minutes earlier. liverpool's victory means they have now gone 3

after threee straight defeats they thrashed west ham 3—0 at turf moore. wood made it two. just moments before socring that, he'd actually had a goal ruled out by var, of course. so he decided to make some fun of the process with his celebration. but there was no doubt about that one. before an own goal from keeper roberto jiminez sealed the three points for burnley — as for west ham they're without a win in six league games now. so if we look at the table, leicester city now up to second there. ahead of chelsea and manchester, before their big game against leaders liverpool tomorrow. and the bottom makes interesting reading too. aston villa are there who haven't played today but we keep coming back to southampton. you feel that something has to change at st marys quickly or they could be a shake—up. michael o'neill made the perfect start to life as stoke city manager as they moved off the bottom of the championship with a 4—2 victory over barnsley. meanwhile nottingham forest are up to fourth after beating local rivals derby i—o. lewis grabban pouncing on

despite a late fight back from west ham, spurs held on for a 3—2 victory.without a victory, i think there is too much pressure on the boys also in relation to that. it's very important, three points, we have a champion in the table and it's more important than that, it's for the players never smile, go home with the music on, smile on their faces, happiness and that is very, very important. liverpool won a thrilling match against crystal palace. 2—1, the final score there. but they needed an 85th minute goal from roberto firmino for the win — it means the league leaders maintain their eight point advantage at the top. palace looked like coming away with a point after wilfred zaha had equalised a few minutes earlier. but liverpool's victory means they have now gone 30 games unbeaten in the premier league. we wanted, and i think that is absolutely 0k, we wanted, and i think that is absolutely ok, you cannot have two run the boys' had survived you only run the boys' had survived you only run in the brilliant games. i liked a lot of the performance, not everyth

his first assignment was to take his tottenham side to west ham.ng—min just over half—an—hour to open the scoring at the london stadium. harry kane put them three up and after holding off a late hammers' fight back, it was another debut win for mourinho. it is a very important three points. we have a little jump in the table and it is important for that for the place to have that smile. for the players to go to the dressing room, away from home music on, smile on theirfaces, happiness, and that is very, very important. liverpool's first title run in 30 years shows no signs of letting up. they needed another late goal though, this time from roberto firmino to get past crystal palace. that's now 12 wins out of 13 forjurgen klopp's side. we won it and i think that is absolutely 0k. we won it and i think that is absolutely ok. you cannot have the run their heads off if you only when brilliant games. i like a lot of the performance, not everything. some things were not there, and we see them more often, the good things. their closest challenges are leic

his tottenham side beat west ham 3—2 at london stadium.oals, mourinho said ‘the most important thing was to win, no matter how". it was a tough day for england's cricketers with their bowlers only taking two wickets on day three of the first test again new zealand. an unbeaten century from bj watling helped put new zealand in control as they closed on 394—6 — 41 runs ahead. and in rugby union's european champions cup, defending champions saracens had a bonus—point victory over ospreys winning by 44 points to three. and by 44 points to three. the sign finals of the tennis davis and the sign finals of the tennis davis cup tie between great britain and spain starts at 430. listen to that on five live sports extra. a group of orphaned british children caught up in the war in syria are said to be in good spirits, after they were brought back to the uk. they're the first to be repatriated from an area in the north east of the country, which was formally controlled by the group that called itself islamic state. orla minogue is from the charity sa

with mauricio pochettino sacked at spurs, there's now pressure on everton‘s marco silva, west ham boss unai emery, at arsenal. fans at the emirates have now released a statement, calling for urgent action, following their lacklustre draw with southampton. patrick gearey reports. crowd booing this is not the sound ofa this is not the sound of a club in harmony. only two minutes earlier, arsenal had snatched a late equaliser against southampton but such was the performance, the mood at the emirates was not one of celebration. it is not a good result for us. obviously, we played at home so we obviously, we played at home so we have to win games at home. i understand now the supporters they can be frustrated and they can be angry with us. the grumbling has been slowly rising. arsenal did not make the champions league last season and there is concern they will miss out again this time. on monday, i supporters group issued a statement critical of arsenal's american owner, stan kroenke. they said... fans certainly see the kroenkes as foreign owners who have come over here and look like making

the west ham co—chairman, david gold, says that the video assistant referee is "alive and kicking" threeent view to many others, who have been unhappy with how it's being used. the referee's chief, mike riley, was there at the meeting where they agreed that there would be no major changes.however the premier league will lead a consultation into how well var is working. we have had a very robust discussion m essa 9 es we have had a very robust discussion messages got through to the league into the referee association the fa ns into the referee association the fans are unhappy in many of the stakeholders in the game think you have to do a whole lot better and i expect to see real improvement in the speed of decisions, consistency which is whatever one craves in for others, we want much better communication with what is going on before, during and after. and into look a whole lot better in a few months' time. to the 02 arena in london next, where roger federer put in a strong performance to beat novak djokovic. it was a match that was a straight shoot—out for a place in the semi—finals. nic

mauricio pochettino's already lost his job at tottenham while everton‘s marco silva and west ham's manuele both thought to be under pressure. there's also attention on arsenal's unai emery, after his side's 2—2 draw with southampton left them eighth in the premier league. a group of fans have released a statement calling for "urgent action". patrick gearey reports on what's going wrong at the emirates. this is not the sound of a club in harmony, only two minutes early arsenal had snatched a late equaliser against southampton. but such was the performance they made at the emirates was not one of celebration. it is not a good result for us. obviously we play at home, survey have to win games at home. the supporters can be frustrated, they can be angry with us. they gambling has been slowly rising. arsenal did not make the champions league last season and there is concerned able miss out again this time. monday supporters group issued a statement critical of the owner. they said... they found sony see these years as foreign owners who have come over, look to make a lot of money, they have ma

manchester united beat brighton 4—0 whilst reading won 3—2 winners at west ham and continuing with women'sish cup final in a seven goal thriller. it was clare shine who got the winner in the 90th minute with a stunning solo effort. look at this. the victory means that they finish the season with a league and cup double. england's cricketers are in a battle to save the first test against new zealand after bj watling scored a sensational double century on day four in mount maunganui. the hosts declared on 615 for 9. england will have to bat for the whole of the final day with just seven wickets in hand if they're to force a draw. joe lynskey reports. it is cricket's postcard venue but this test match for england now has a worrying picture. on day four they would need four wickets to bowl new zealand out. instead they were stopped by patient batting. an approach that brought new zealand new records. mitchell sa ntner started his earnings slowly, now playing shots to get the crowd interested. he made a century, his first in test cricket, but even that contribution would be just the support act

manchester city enjoyed the biggest win of the day, beating west ham 5—0 at their usual academy stadiumnational georgia stanway scored two first half goals but was later sent off. ellen white also got her first in the league for city — who stay second. i thought it was a good performance. i thought we asked the players to be clinical. i thought in the birmingham game before the international break we probably had the same performance, but the game was 1—0, up until70 minutes, so to be 4—0 up at half—time and to have created and took the chances, i thought the performance was excellent, but then the effort and endeavour at 5—0 to continue to make sure we didn't concede was really pleasing. chelsea remain top of the superleague after a marin mjelde penalty gave them a 1—0 win at home to manchester united. nearly 5,000 watched them at kingsmeadow — a record for a women's ground. brighton beat birmingham 3—0. reading drew with bristol city whilst at anfield everton won the merseyside derby i—0. into the second set now in the atp world tour finals between stefanos tsitsipas and dominic thiem

reading came away as 3—2 winners over west ham.beaten hibernian in a seven goal thriller. claire schein got the winner in the 90th minute, and a stunning effort at that, this solo effort getting the job done. victory means they finish the season with a league and cup double. england's cricketers are in a battle to save the first test against new zealand after bj watling scored a sensational double century on day four in mount maunganui. the hosts declared on 615 for nine. england will have to bat for the whole of the final day with just seven wickets in hand if they're to force a draw. michael redford reports. england fans in fine voice at the start of day four but on the field of play it was new zealand who were hitting all the right notes, most notably bj watling as he enjoyed another day of frustrating england's bowlers. resuming on 119 he soon moved past 150 and then 200, a maiden double test century. but it was not a solo performance. he was supported by mitchell santner. a first test 100 for him. they would eventually both le

and it took son heung—minjust side to west ham.ay we went for mino. it is a very important three points. we have a little jump in the table and it is important for that for the place to have that smile. for the players to go to the dressing room, a wave of home music on, smile on theirfaces, happiness, and that is very, very important. liveable'sjudged firstly title in 30 years shows no of letting up. they needed another late goal though, this time from roberto firmino to get past crystal palace. that's now 12 wins out of 13 for game clock‘s side. that's now 12 wins out of 13 for game clock's side. we wanted it and they think that is absolutely 0k. you cannot run the boys heads off if you only windy brilliant games. i like a lot of performance. but in no why some things were not there. we see them more often. the good things, at least. their closest challenges were lester, who won their fifth successive game at brighton. jamie vardy on the scoresheet once again. manchester city fell behind to chelsea, but had riyad mahrez to think

earlier, manchester city briefly moved top of the table after hammering west ham 5—0.half. ellen white got her first in the league for city — with lauren hemp and tessa wullaert completing the scoring. so city back on track with this win, but for west ham this was their third defeat in their past four games. strom and we asked the players for clinical. in the birmingham game before the international break we probably had the same performance but the game was 1—0 until 70 minutes so to be 4-0 was 1—0 until 70 minutes so to be 4—0 up and took the chance, i thought the performance was excellent but the effort and the endeavour at 5—0 to make sure we didn't concede was pleasing. endeavour at 5—0 to make sure we didn't concede was pleasing. well, let's take a look at the other matches today. chelsea moved back on top of the women's super league courtesy of a 1—0 win over manchester united. maren mjelde's second half penalty the difference. in the merseyside derby, anfield hosted a wsl match for the first time, but it was the away side who took the points. lucy graham with t

the loyalty shown by football fans say academics can't parker and trish stewart in their study the west ham syndrome. usually starts early according to them 58 percent of males have made their choice by the age of 11 and it's not just. by the way the genome but that only. shut down nasa systems of a full of comic books issued a sudden leap david has completed ok action hero to say that i work my son. and it's not just true of mental illness for me. that somebody from the past that shit . more than half of children whose parents supported the team went on to support the same one statistics say a 3rd of all fans follow the closest option to local t.v. now that's exactly what's happening here in seattle only a few people came out to see a 5th division game but so what the local fans and the visiting supporters don't care their loyalty is not about glitz and glamour and they're not alone. so there's a lot of the dream up as it was largely playing between my learned new location stars don't matter too much and loyalty starts early dr fabio capello took a closer look at reasons for supporting a f

city back on track with this win over west ham. for west ham, this was the third defeat in four.. maren mjelde's second half penalty the difference. we're into the second half — in the big derbies. in north london — tottenham 0—0 arsenal. and the merseyside derby at anfield — everton had the lead at half time against livepool. lucy graham with the goal, currently still 1—0. and it finished 3—3 between reading and bristol city and brighton beat birmingham 3—0. northampton saints held off the challenge of french league leaders lyon, to win their opening champions cup game. saints led 19—0 at half—time through rory hutchinson's converted try and four dan biggar penalties. the french side fought back in the second half — but northampton had enough to see off the challenge — 25—14 it finished. the win puts them second in pool1 behind leinster. and all eyes on the defending champions saracens, they're losing to racing 92 in paris. 18—3 the latest score. the pre—match headlines were all about their pending domestic points deduction and huge fine for breaching the premiership‘s salary ca

united boss held his 1st training session as taught a manager i had of their primarily clash against west ham on saturday. of course we begin the hour in washington d.c. the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. has told the impeachment inquiry that president donald trump did want a quid pro quo deal called and solomon told members of the call of congress there was a campaign led by the president himself to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden said it was communicated to him through trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani the ambassador went on to say that he believed u.s. military aid to ukraine was dependent on the inquiries demanded by trump by the castro is live from capitol hill in washington what's been the reaction so far to this testimony that we've heard today that the most explosive so far in this impeachment hearing. that's right and arguably it's really energize and change the tone of this impeachment inquiry we saw was in the hearing room and we saw the democratic chairman of these proceedings adam schiff call the testimony of gordon some land of quote seminal moment

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west ham in the lunchtime kick—off, 12:30pm. his team and their performances. we will see. won't we? we will be watching. fulham had their stand—in striker abu—bakar kamara to thank for their win over qpr last night. he scored twice as they fought back from a goal down to win 2—1 and move up to fourth. it was only abu—bakar kamara's second start for the club — he was brought in to replace suspended top—scorer aleksandar mitrovic. caretaker coaches lee miller and david mccracken have made the perfect start at falkirk beating linlithgow rose 4—1 in the scottish cup. paul dixon finished off the amateur side to book falkirk‘s place in tomorrow's fourth round draw. manager ray mckinnon was sacked last saturday. scotland have been drawn against israel in their euro 2020 play—off semi—final. the game will be at hampden on march 26th. the winners face a trip to norway or serbia, for a place in the finals. if northern ireland beat bosnia they'll be at home for their final against the republic of ireland or slovakia. former england strike

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mourinho's new side got off to a winning start against west ham on saturday.group b. to another spurs side now — this time the nba's san antonio spurs. they get set to host lebron james and his in—form la lakers team. lebron scored 30 points to help the lakers keep up their 7—game winning streak, by the finest of margins, beating the memphis grizzlies by a point. 109—108 the score, with anthony davis adding 22 points. san antonio go into the game having stopped their 8 match losing streak with their win over the new york knicks. finally to an emotional post on social media, from spain's roberto bautista agut, who returned to their side to help them win the davis cup. agut had missed matches in the knockout phase of the competition following the death of his father. he won in straight sets against felix auger aliassime of canada. you can see what it means to him, and the team. world number 9 agut later posted this on social media, with a simple caption pointing to the sky, with a kiss as a tribute. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's

beat manchester city, today he was in the dugout at the london stadium watching his new side beat west hamorts. silver hair, you know who it is before he turns around. mourinho is world—famous, before he turns around. mourinho is world —famous, but he's before he turns around. mourinho is world—famous, but he's starting again and he was much loved that spurs. what is he got. give 35 minutes. it owes much to his skill, but the goalkeeper was just a witness. just what tottenham needed, and mourinho had it. upon the battling for the ball, tearing forwards, mourinho picked lucas for this game and there he was. energy, teamwork, when harry headed into the third, that was the game. but spurs tired and conceited to late goals, too late to change the fate of the match but enough to shove the spurs manager his challenge. so would he smile because mikejust manager his challenge. so would he smile because mike just about. remember, he is humble. it is not about me, it is about the players and the club. very important, too long without a victory. i will hate if someone says thatjose made an impact, ij

four other results on a fascinating day in the premier league, newcastle 3—2 away at west ham, sheffieldy 3—0. arsenal meanwhile threw away the lead again, they drew 1—1 at home with wolves. while chelsea move up to third with a win over watford. there were a couple of shock defeats elsewhere in europe today — perhaps the biggest in germany, where the reigning bundesliga champions, bayern munich, were thumped 5—1 by eintracht frankfurt. bayern had jerome boateng sent off afterjust nine minutes, and it was all downhill from there. they're fourth in the league. borussia monchengladbach are top after beating bayer leverkusen. and in spain, barcelona were beaten 3—1 by levante, who scored all of their goals in the space of seven second—half minutes. barca could be overtaken at the top of the league by real madrid if they beat real betis. and it could be a huge weekend for lewis hamilton at the us grand prix. he's odds—on to win his sixth formula 1 world title in texas, where he's got a very good record, having won five times in the seven races that have been held there. qualifying is under w

tottenham play west ham. he has made three changes to the team that played under the previous manager who was sacked this week. he cuts a relaxed figure and says he won't be making huge changes but will be expected to improve the fortunes of a clubfinding expected to improve the fortunes of a club finding itself down in 14th place in the premier league table. new zealand have taken control of the first test against england, asjoe root‘s side toiled in the field on day three. ben stokes will rue his dropped catch of watling, spurning the chance to remove the batsmen on 31. how costly that would prove. things were looking good for england when henry nicholls went in the morning, but that was one of only two wickets to fall today. as watling went on to hold the black caps innings together, unbeaten on 119 as new zealand closed on 394 for 6, a lead of 41 runs. jofra archer struggling for pace on a pitch offering england very little. i think in hindsight he has been used in the wrong way. i think he is notjust som

presence felt — asjose mourinho wins his first match as tottenham's new manager with victory over west ham

manchester city women hammered west ham five it now to go top of the league, including two goals andn campaign off toa hat and get their european campaign off to a winning start, beating lyon. attention now turns to saracens as they play any part of this. victory for tommy fleetwood. a witnesses and close the gap at the top of the standings ahead of next week's season finale. i will be back in the next hour with more on the stories. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, says he has concerns about the use of any sort of cladding on buildings after a fire at a block of student flats in bolton on friday. the fire service has confirmed that the material on the building is not the same type as used on grenfell tower in london, but mr burnham says it raises issues that need to be addressed. kevin fitzpatrick reports. it was a fire that spread rapidly and ripped through the top three floors of this building in the town centre. people were panicking and coming out because there was a real fire and there was a lot of smoke. so, people were panicking and everyone ran out. heard, like,

a crucial win too for newcastle united who survived a late fightback to beat west ham 3—2 — jonjo shelvey from the bottom three and things are starting to come together for steve bruce. yelling at you know, the first half in particular was the best we've played at the club. we looked rock—solid, and on the counterattack, we looked very dangerous. but the thing is that with the real chances we've got, if we wa nt with the real chances we've got, if we want to be... if we hadn't taken them, it could have been 4—5. the match ongoing right now is at vicarage road where watford play chelsea. they have just taken a 2—0 lead. elsewhere, brighton were winners over norwich. and this is what it means for the table, with liverpool retaining that big lead at the top. sheffield united you can see up there gate—crashing the big six, with bournemouth alongside them on points. at the bottom, newcastle have moved four points clear of the relegation zone, while norwich and watford will start to feel the need for urgent points soon. we'll have the goals from that watford match in sportsday at 7.30pm. many t

mourinho's new side won their opening game, beating west ham 3—2 at london stadium.since january, mourinho said "it's not about me, it's about the players and the club." and liverpool have now gone 30 games unbeaten in the premier league after they won 2—1 at crystal palace. liverpool needed an 85th minute winnerfrom roberto firmino and some var help to secure the three points. liverpool are eight points clear of leicester city, who beat brighton 2—0. wolverhampton wanderers are up to fifth place, after a 2—1win over bournemouth. arsenal drew 2—2 with southampton. and there were wins for norwich, manchester city and burnley. in the scottish premiership, celtic beat livingstone 4—0 and are three points clear at the top. while st mirren moved off the bottom of the table thanks to a late sam foley strike, as they beat ross county 2—1. there were also wins for hibernian and kilmarnock. one of the most anticipated showdowns in recent years in racing saw surname winning the christy 1965 chase at ascot. surname, ridden by harry cobden and trained by paul nicholls, finished

there were also wins for crystal palace, west ham and southampton.cottish premiership. they beat st mirren 2—1. there were draws at hibernian and livingston. motherwell beat stjohnstone 4—0. celtic and rangers both have matches tomorrow. lewis hamilton will be on pole for the final formula one race of the year, the abu dhabi grand prix. he has already secured a sixth world title, but hasn't been on pole forfour months, nine races. his mercedes team—mate valterri bottas was second quickest but an engine change saw him demoted to the back of the grid. wayne pivac‘s first match in charge of the wales rugby union team saw them beat the barbarians 114—33 in cardiff. they scored six tries at the principality stadium, josh adams with two of them. the babas were being coached by former wales boss warren gatland, who stood down after the world cup. england's netballers have won their series against south africa with a game to spare. the roses, who are ranked third in the world, won 59—53 in cape town to go two up with the third and final test tomorrow. englan

it is west ham at the weekend for mourinho and then olympiakos in the champions league on tuesday.rst home game. one supporter i spoke to said the most sought—after manager, the real young up and coming forth clu bs the real young up and coming forth clubs will want to management is in fa ct clubs will want to management is in fact the guy that spurs have just sacked. i went there were pochettino will go next. the other big news is that wales have reached next year's european championship, after beating hungary 2—0 in cardiff. both goals came from aaron ramsey, on his return from injury. manager ryan giggs said it was one of the greatest nights of his life and a bright new start for the wales side, after the disappointment of failing to make it to the last world cup. a special, special night. you know, after what happened in the summer, to come back and to qualify, the lads have shown great determination, quality, a never give up attitude. they deserve all the plaudits they are going to get because even though we had games to make up, there was no real room for error so concentrati

a crucial win too for newcastle united who survived a late fightback to beat west ham 3—2 — jonjo shelveyttom three and things are starting to come together for steve bruce. you know, the first half in particular was the best we've played at the club. we looked rock—solid, and on the counterattack, we looked very dangerous. but the thing is that with the real chances we've got, if we want to be ultra—critical... if we hadn't taken them, it could have been 4—5. elsewhere, brighton were winners over norwich, while in the day's late game, chelsea have gone up to third with a 2—1win over watford, a result which keeps the hornets rooted to the bottom of the table. nick parrott reports. the premier league's top two teams had to come from behind to win their matches, but there was no danger of that happening to chelsea. watford we re that happening to chelsea. watford were up at the table because they struggled to clear goals. the striker has more than their whole tea m striker has more than their whole team put together. and added to his tally injust team put together. and added to his tally in

they beat west ham. mourinho said the most important thing was to win no matter how.keters with their bowlers only taking two wickets on the first test against new zealand. a century from watling helped put new zealand in control as they closed on 394—6. and in rugby union's european champion cup saracens have a bonus point over ospreys. and semifinals of tennis davis cup tie between great britain and spain sta rts tie between great britain and spain starts in round 15 minutes. i will have more millions of people in hong kong are preparing to vote in local elections on sunday. it's being seen as a gauge of public sentiment, after almost six months of pro—democracy protests and violent clashes between demonstrators and police. if there's more violence, the authorities have threatened to suspend voting. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonnell gave us this update. it is pretty quiet in hong kong this weekend apart from that truck, as people prepare to go to the ballot box rather than the barricades. candidates and their supporters are still out in the streets asking for peop

and they are being rewarded with huge fun numbers with the likes of manchester city, chelsea and west hamliverpool who are hosting the women‘s team here in a league fixture for the first time for supper and it‘s a big one, against everton in the merseyside derby. we wa nt to everton in the merseyside derby. we want to embrace the occasion and enjoy it, and i think that‘s something we will do. we want to put ona something we will do. we want to put on a performance. especially for a merseyside derby, i think you‘ve a lwa ys merseyside derby, i think you‘ve always got that bit of fire in your belly, a bit more, than a usual game is obviously its a big occasion. this weekend are set to be a wonderful occasion for liverpool‘s women but it comes at a critical point in their season. currently bottom of the women‘s super league table, having gained just one point from their opening five matches. however the manager insists there is a calm atmosphere in the dressing room ahead of what will be their biggest game of the season, so far. i think it doesn't matter what age you are, whether you're i th

well, jose mourinho begins with an away game at west ham on saturday but will he appear before home supportersis there. joe, how much does mourinho have to prove? when i think a lot cheaper because he is following such a popular manager and mauricio pochettino. on tuesday at 8pm mourinho will be here in charge of its first home game in the champions league against the greek side olympia cross. the team i think tottenham would expect to beat whoever is in charge but they stayed in behind me is an architectural statement of intent. tottenham now expect not just to statement of intent. tottenham now expect notjust to compete with the best teams in europe but to beat them and if mourinho is to do better than mauricio pochettino in the champions league, he has to win the trophy, simple as that. because mauricio pochettino gotten the to the final and this is not 2004, this is not mourinho slipping in as a positive force of energy into english football, in recent years he seems to have soured. he doesn't bring harmony but he does bring the trophies and that is the currency that tottenham hotspur is a

they're beating west ham 4—0 at half time. georgia stanway has scored twice.ens begin their european champions cup title defence today when they take on racing 92 in paris. but still the pre—match headlines are all about their pending domestic points deduction and huge fine for breaching the premiership's salary—cap regulations. saracens are not challenging a story in a newspaper today which claims they won't be contesting the sanctions. the deadline is midnight tomorrow. so that saracen's game kicks off at 3:15 in paris. in today's other fixtures, northampton are playing lyon. currently 6—0 to northampton. joss butler hit a century in england's final warm—up game — ahead of their two—test series in new zealand. but the game ended in a draw in whangarei. butler's 110 runs helped england make 405 in reply to the new zealand a side's 302—6 declared. and despite 3 wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england couldn't bowl them out in time so it was drawn. the first test is on wednesday in tauranga. stefanos tsitsipas will face dominic thiem in the final o

tottenham play west ham. this week. he cuts a relaxed figure and says he won't be making huge changes but will be expected to improve the fortunes of a clubfinding expected to improve the fortunes of a club finding itself down in 14th place in the premier league table. new zealand have taken control of the first test against england, asjoe root‘s side toiled in the field on day three. ben stokes will rue his dropped catch of watling, spurning the chance to remove the batsmen on 31. how costly that would prove. things were looking good for england when henry nicholls went in the morning, but that was one of only two wickets to fall today. as watling went on to hold the black caps innings together, unbeaten on 119 as new zealand closed on 394 for 6, a lead of 41 runs. jofra archer struggling for pace on a pitch

they are taking on west ham in the london derby in the lunchtime kick—off today, he has made winningpremier league clu b starts with every premier league club he has managed in the past and turning tottenham's fortunes around isa turning tottenham's fortunes around is a challenge that he says he is embracing. i'm relaxed, motivated and ready. i think the players, they felt that in today. that i am ready, and i'm ready to support. this is not about me. lets have a look at that record. he won his opening match with chelsea 15 years ago. slightly more fres hfa ced chelsea 15 years ago. slightly more freshfaced at the age of 41! beating manchester united at stamford bridge. his second stint with the blues, getting off to a flying start and beating hull 2—0. blues, getting off to a flying start and beating hull2—0. he blues, getting off to a flying start and beating hull 2—0. he beat bournemouth 3—1 in his first match, a good omen for the tottenham fans on what is to come today. fulham had their striker to thank for their win over qpr. scoring twice as they fought back from a goal down to

newcastle 3—2 away at west ham, brighton beat norwich 2—0, and sheffield united are up to ninth after lead again. they drew 1—1 at home with wolves. chelsea move up to third with a win over watford. celtic are into the scottish league cup final after beating hibs at hampden park. the scottish champions have won the league cup for the last three seasons, and they were 3—1 up at half—time before the captain scott brown got a second half brace to seal a 5—2 win. they'll face the winners of tomorrow's other semi between rangers and hearts in the final. we're just over half an hour away from qualifying at the us grand prix, and lewis hamilton should win his sixth world title tomorrow. hamilton was quickest in second practise, but fifth fastest in the final session. he's got a good record in austin, he's won five times in the seven races that have been held there. and you can follow qualifying on the bbc sport website and bbc radio 5live sports thra, that gets under way at 8.55. after wins today for both great britain's hockey teams, it's ireland's women's first leg of their olympic qualifi

london stadium a few moments ago, where he was in relaxed mood, ahead of their london derby with west hamturning tottenham's fortunes around is a challenge he's embracing. i am relaxed, i am motivated, i am ready and i think the players have felt that in two days. i think they have felt that i am ready, i am ready to support them, this is not about me. they kick off at 12:30pm. new zealand have taken control of the first test against england, asjoe root‘s side toiled in the field on day three. ben stokes will rue his dropped catch of watling, spurning the chance to remove the batsmen on 31. how costly that would prove. things were looking good for england when henry nicholls went in the morning, but that was one of only two wickets to fall today. as watling went on to hold the black caps innings together, unbeaten on 119 as new zealand closed on 394 for 6, a lead of 41 runs. jofra archer struggling for pace on a pitch offering england very little. i think ithink in i think in hindsight he has been used in the wrong way. i think he is not just someone who used in the wrong way. i think he

it's tottenham who lead at the london stadium against west ham. 1—0, the score.ith improving the fortunes of a club which finds itself down in 14th place in the premier league. the lawn tennis association has given away almost 1,000 tickets for great britain's davis cup semifinal against spain this evening. it's in madrid, so they were attempting to even up the crowd. andy murray urged fans to make as much noise as possible, but he may not be playing later. it's not like it used to be, he has to play. it's not like that now and that's a good thing to be in. i think you can see, you can see today, look how andy is supporting those guys out there. he is standing up those guys out there. he is standing up at every point but getting behind them. i said at the start, the squad is really strong now. this weekend, the new international swimming league arrived in britain for the first time, as teams bid for places in next month's grand final in las vegas. olympic champion, adam peaty, is among those competing for home team london roar and he believes this new event is he