our correspondent, katie gornall, is at old trafford for us now. katie, with both sides looking out of the premier league title race, do you think there is added significance on winning the league cup for united and city? i think city in particular know that barring a monumental collapse from liverpool the premier league title is out of reach for them so that place has greater importance on the cup competition so this is a tournament they have brilliant for men, they have not lost a game in the efl cup for over three years, they have won at the last two years, so they have won at the last two years, so they very much of the team to beat. the manchester united as well this tournament is significant because it offers a realistic prospect of a first piece of silverware, and what a sign of progress that would be for the manager and his side. progress that would be for the managerand his side. united progress that would be for the manager and his side. united have not had a great january so manager and his side. united have not had a greatjanuary so far

manchester city were entitled to 7000 tickets here at old trafford but the last time the two sides met, there were a number of incidents including the alleged racist abuse of midfielder fred by a city supporter and because of that, both clubs got together and decided to dramatically reduce their occasion. officially, just 3000 city supporters were inside old trafford and before long they were the ones making all the noise. according to united's manager, city have raised the bar under pep guardiola. and here they were at their brilliant best. bernardo silver with a derby classic after only 16 minutes. city had no out and out striker in their starting 11 but it turns out they didn't need one. goal number two. united were anything but. once more in the first half, their defence was overwhelmed by a dizzying swell of blue. in old trafford, this was difficult to watch for some but this city defence will always give you a chance and marcus rashford, captain for the first time, seized his. another goal could change everything but city held out. they may be getting light —— left behind in

for the majority at old trafford, this was difficult for watch. but this city defence will always give you a chance. and marcus rashford, captain for the first time, seized his. another goal could change everything, but city held out. they may be getting left behind in the title race, but in the semifinal, they've surged ahead — and it's only half—time. katie gornall, bbc news, manchester. next to cricket, where south africa went into the final day of the second test against england needing to bat out the day to rescue a draw. england needed eight wickets. it went down to the last hour of the final session and guess who england turned to? ben stokes, with three wickets, to help england win in cape town for the first time since 1957 and level the four test series at 1—1. south africa looked to be frustrating england for much of the day with pieter malan batting for almost six hours in the second innings before he fell for 8h.

a famous win for burnley, their first at old trafford since 1962, to inflict a damaging defeat on manchester united. a painful night. predictable as they toiled in the second half lacking creativity against a well—organised only. united created opportunities that fell behind with woods taken goal after 39 minutes. rodriguez made two, 11 minutes into the second half. manchester united were desperate and they lacked ideas. on a night when the pressure increased both on and off pitch. at one point early on it felt like we we re at one point early on it felt like we were creating openings and chances we did not take them. so now it is one of... well, disappointment. hold our hands up, it was not good enough. the club is working behind the scenes to do deals and if they are right, it is a difficult time as well to do things injanuary difficult time as well to do things in january but for us, difficult time as well to do things injanuary but for us, i know difficult time as well to do things in january but for us, i know the clu b in january but for us, i know the club is working hard to get pla

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remember, it's 3—1 to city after the first leg at old trafford. you can listen to full match commentary on bbc radio 5 live from seven o'clock. well, there's some good news for manchester united fans in terms of transfers. after months of speculation, bruno fernandes is finally set to become a united player. negotiations between the club and sporting lisbon have been ongoing for several weeks, but he's set to undergo a medical and complete his move before friday's deadline. arsenal meanwhile have completed the loan signing of pablo mari from flamengo, with a fee of £4 million. the defender‘s six—month move will be made permanent in the summer, with further add ons. and, tottenham have signed netherlands forward, steven bergwijn, for £27 million from psv eindhoven, on a contract that will run until 2025. we've got one premier league match to look forward to tonight — a game that could see league leaders liverpool go 19 points clear with a win at west ham, who are teetering dangerously close to the relegation zone. conor mcnamara is there fo

one in, one out at old trafford. defender marcos rojo hasjoined argentinian side estudiantes on loan until the end of the season. it's believed he wants to boost his chances of making argentina's copa america squad. sheffield united have broken their transfer record to sign norwegian midfielder sander berge from genk for more than £20 million. the 21—year—old played twice against liverpool in the champions league earlier this season. there's huge excitement surrounding the new super league season — that kicks off tonight. the arrival of a couple of the southern hemisphere's biggest names has raised eyebrows. we wait to see how toronto will fair in theirfirst season. and we want to know if st helens can do something they've not done in 20 years. retain the title. adam wild joins me now. so many talking points adam yes, this really is the most highly anticipated rugby league season i can remember. so often had to find recognition but there is a real buzz around the game that's getting new kind of attention it ha

man united booed off at old trafford as they lost at home to burnley. their first win at old trafford since 1962 and this brilliant strike from jay rodriguez sealed it. united manager has now lost more premier league games than he has won since becoming their permanent boss. the players are giving everything they have got, they have done absolutely fa ntastically they have done absolutely fantastically so far this season. but they know today it was not good enough. i know. buti but they know today it was not good enough. i know. but i am the one responsible for this. we have been stretched lately, really stretched. the boys looked mentally tired towards the end. we just didn't find that creativity that we hoped for. there was a big blow for leicester as they lost the premier league's top scorerjamie vardy to an injury. they are waiting to find out how long he could be out for. they did not miss him too much. another scored twice as they won 4—1. celtic are still just about scored twice as they won 4—1. celtic are stilljust about managing to hold off

manchester city were entitled to 7,000 tickets here at old trafford, but the last time the two sides met there were a number of incidents, including the alleged racist abuse of united midfielder fred by a city supporter and because of that both clubs got together and decided to dramatically reduce the away allocation. officiallyjust 3,000 city supporters were inside old trafford and before long, they were the ones making all the noise. according to united's manager, city have raised the bar under pep guardiola, and here they were at their brilliant best. bernardo silva with a derby classic after only 16 minutes. city had no out—and—out striker in their starting xi. turns out they didn't need one as da silva sent riyad mahrez on his way for goal number two. united were anything but, as once more in the first half their defence was overwhelmed by a dizzying swell of blue. for the majority in old trafford, this was difficult to watch, but this city defence will always give you a chance and marcus rashford, captain for the first time, seized his. another goal could change everything,

chris would's smart effort got them started at old trafford. j would regress's goal was brilliant. j rodriguez's goal. and they have seen enough this season to know when they have seen enough. a famous win for burnley and united's frustration goes on. tottenham won their first league game of the year, by beating bottom of the table norwich 2—1 at tottenham hotspur stadium. goals from dele alli and heung min—son sealing the three points. celtic still hold a slender lead over rangers at the top of the scottish premiership. both glasgow sides were in action this evening and both of them won. celtic were 3—1 winners at kilmarnock. a neat spin and finish from odson edward broke the deadlock. before leigh griffths and this towering header from christopherjullian made it three and secured the victory for the champions. and the latest on the saracens saga is that premiership rugby will release the report into the clubs breaches of the salary cap. the north london club were given a £5 millon fine and were told last week that they would be relegated from the premiership as a result. a

chris wood's smart effort got them started at old trafford. if that was well taken, jay rodriguez's goal was quite brilliant. perfect precision. manchester united supporters have seen enough this season to know when they have seen enough... a famous victory for burnley, united's frustration goes on. adam wild, bbc news. as for tottenham, they won their first league news. as for tottenham, they won theirfirst league game news. as for tottenham, they won their first league game of the year by beating norwich 2—1 at the totte n ha m by beating norwich 2—1 at the tottenham hotspur

trafford— is at old trafford, what's the latest katie? this has been quite a distressing escalation in the tension between manchester united's fans and the club's hierarchy. we have known for sometime are unhappy with how the clu b sometime are unhappy with how the club is being run, perceived failures in the transfer market and the fact manchester united have fallen behind their premier league rifles. 35 points off the title race at the moment. we have heard that in the stands, that toxic atmosphere has spilled into the terraces, songs at recent gains celebrating the death of ed woodward and calling for the american owners to leave 0ld trafford but things escalated last night with the news that emerged that a group attacked the homes of ed woodward in that video on social media that you mentioned of someone throwing a red flare towards the house and also red paint was daubed on the gate as well. we understand ed woodward two has a young family we re ed woodward two has a young family were not at home at the time but united have condemned

trafford, and watching was the bbc‘s football correspondentjohn murray. after 45 minutes it look like this semi—final was nearly over. now, at the midway point of the tie, united are clinging on after marcus rashford scored the only goal. but city, tactical for rashford scored the only goal. but city, tacticalfor pep rashford scored the only goal. but city, tactical for pep guardiola. make united were all over the place as there was an own goal. they are still in it but onlyjust. manchester city manager pep guardiola expected his side's opponents to fight back despite being 3—0 down at half time. a good result tonight for us. very dangerous. hopefully our people, they can support us like manchester united and qualify again in the final. will let them play and our heads dropped. we make decisions we shouldn't and that half—time and i thought the half is a good response thought the half is a good response though it is a steep mountain to climb we have to climate. senegal‘s sadio mane has been named the confederation of african football's player of t

for the majority at old trafford, this was difficult for watch. but this city defence will always give you a chance. and marcus rashford, captain for the first time, seized his. another goal could change everything, but city held out. they may be getting left behind in the title race, but in the semifinal, they've surged ahead — and it's only half—time. katie gornall, bbc news, manchester. next to cricket, where south africa went into the final day of the second test against england needing to bat out the day to rescue a draw. england needed eight wickets. it went down to the last hour of the final session and guess who england turned to? ben stokes, with three wickets, to help england win in cape town for the first time since 1957 and level the four test series at 1—1. south africa looked to be frustrating england for much of the day with pieter malan batting for almost six hours in the second innings before he fell for 8h. quiton de kock resisted for 3h overs too before he clipped joe denly‘s part time leg spin to mid—wicket. zac crawl

chris wood's smart effort got them started at old trafford. if that was well taken, jay rodriguez's goal was quite brilliant. perfect precision. manchester united supporters have seen enough this season to know when they have seen enough... a famous victory for burnley, united's frustration goes on. adam wild, bbc news. as for tottenham, they won their first league news. as for tottenham, they won theirfirst league game news. as for tottenham, they won their first league game of the year by beating norwich 2—1 at the totte n ha m by beating norwich 2—1 at the tottenham hotspur stadium. norwich were hoping to snatch a point after equalising but son struck ten minutes from time to be jose mourinho‘s side into sixth place. celtic still hold the slender lead over rangers at the top of the scottish premiership — both glasgow sides were in action this evening and both of them won. celtic were 3—1 winners at kilmarnock. there were goals for odsonne edouard in the first half before leigh griffths and then christopherjullien added to the scor

the men are not home or playing at that we can we met see at old trafford. we will have to wait and see. the captain said she is not keen on playing in the background, but we will see. 11110 champions arsenal will be travelling to west ham. all will be taking place on the 26th of january until details are ham. all will be taking place on the 26th ofjanuary until details are on the bbc sports website. when italy became's biggest shocks, locket of crystal palace. michael oliver was the first referee to go to the var. it cannot be a coincidence that has not happened in the premier league. we have started in august, now not ones reverie has been to the pitch side. we are not saying that the referee should go there five or six times a referee should go there five or six timesa game, referee should go there five or six times a game, but in terms of making and getting the correct decision, and getting the correct decision, and his on field decision from the referee, i think it is key and hopefully that is the first of many. let's round up some of the day's other sp

they'll have live commentary of manchester united's fa cup third round replay against wolves at old trafford. all the build up from seven. we'll have the latest throughout the evening too. a full round up again with austin at 10.30. hope you can join us then. goodbye. you will be aware that we have been dipping into the house of representatives in washington as they have been debating that impeachment legislation. there has never been a vote on what will become of that impeachment legislation. you can probably see the figures they which indicate very, very strongly partisan voting on both sides of the house. the figures when you break them down our two to eight to 193 in favour of authorising two articles of impeachment against president trump to be transmitted to the senate. that clears the way for a trial in the senate, the house approves seven house candidates who will be serving as managers. preliminary actions in the senate trial are expected to commence later this week. the trial will be the third over of a us president to reach that stage. as we have been emphasising, when it gets to

trafford, and watching was the bbc‘s football correspondentjohn murray. after 45 minutes it look like this semi—final was nearly over. now, at the midway point

a glance at old trafford's stanz indicated that this wasn't the hottest ticket in town, but four wolves fa ns hottest ticket in town, but four wolves fans it was the most expensive. some paid £55 to get in, too much in the words of their manager. at lese—majesty united were holding a giveaway at the back. this somehow ended up with pedro netto at checkout. the teenager's guilty look was telling. in the va rm they spotted enough to take the colback. the next is a civil split was there keeper. out to deny diane james. a clearing united chance than they created in the first half of the game. like the glorious goal at molineux, this was meandering until the will stevens made it interesting. what juan the will stevens made it interesting. whatjuan mata lacks in he makes up in share quality. it was a concern for england as well as united. marcus rashford was soon off again, an injury that will be watched closely. wolves couldn't give them much else to talk about. the road to wembley takes an early exit. united march on, despite the detail. the boston red sox are the latest major league bas

booed off at old trafford. they lost to burnley. it was burnley's first win at old trafford since 1962. let's look at his brilliant strike. ole gunnar solskjaer has lost more premier league games in his one. the players are given every thing they've got. they've done fantastic so far this season but they know today wasn't good enough. i know but i'm the one that's responsible for this and we have been stretched, really stretched lately. the boys, they look mentally tired towards the end. we just look mentally tired towards the end. wejust didn't look mentally tired towards the end. we just didn't find that creativity that we hoped for. as charlie just said, huge microphone. spurs are now level on points with united after beating bottom side norwich city 2—1. son heung min nodded in the winner with ten minutes to go. it was spurs' first goals and first win in the league since december. they'll be hoping they've turned a corner after this result. norwich are still six points off safety. there was a blow to lester. they lostjamie the

before the men's and women's finals at old trafford. so that was the men's draw... what were some of the standout ties in the women's and wheelchair tournaments? well starting with the women's draw... in football terms this tie would be huge. not as much in rugby league but england will start off against brazil of all teams. they've also been drawn with papua new guinea and canada. while holders australia are in the other group with new zealand, france and the cook islands. and england captain emily rudge says running the competition alongside the men's and wheelchair events will be huge for the sport. this will be the first time that it will cup has lined up all three competitions. i think that is an amazing. —— the world cup. it is amazing. —— the world cup. it is amazing for women in the wheelchair to be put on the same platform as the man. it builds for a really great competition. it is great that we have been treated equally throughout the build up and i know it will be exactly the same with the prize money being equalfor the man and the women in wheelc

trafford. danny rose has joined newcastle from spurs, also on loan until the end of the season. the defender is newcastle's third signing of the january window — and steve bruce has called it a "big coup" for his club. and sheffield united have broken their transfer record to sign norwegian midfielder sander berge from genk for £22 million. the 21—year—old played twice against liverpool in the champions league earlier this season. new wales coach wayne pivac has picked his first six nations team. they face italy in cardiff on saturday and the new coach of the reigning champions has selected george north at outside centre, with wales struggling with injuries in midfield. uncapped scarlets wing jonny mcnicoll will take north's usual place on the wing. scotland coach gregor townsend will give edinburgh number eight nick haining his international debut against ireland on saturday. there are ten changes to the starting 15 that faced japan in theirfinal match of the rugby world cup. and englan

manchester united have agreed a deal to sell the defender after eight years at old trafford. you undergo a medical tomorrow. chipper chip side derby cou nty tomorrow. chipper chip side derby county could face a points deduction after being charged by the football league for breach of spending. it relates to losses up tojune 2018 for some and chelsea defender rhys james has signed a new 5.5 —— 5.5 year project with the club. he's made 18 appearances this season. there are health concerns over the quality of the air in australia following the bushfires. but organisers of next week's australian open say they're confident the tournament will start and finish on time in melbourne. the draw‘s been made for the opening round with the most eye—catching tie seeing 15—year—old coco gauff take on venus williams six months after she famously knocked her out on the opening day at wimbledon. alex gulrajani reports. this is what they have been waiting for in melbourne. a break from the smoke. the scene only a few days ago and australia second biggest city, a scene that threatens

manchester city were entitled to 7000 tickets here at old trafford, but the last time the two sides met there were a number of incidents, including the alleged racist abuse of united midfielder fred by a city reporter and because of that both clu bs got reporter and because of that both clubs got together and decided to dramatically reduce the away allocation —— city supporter. officially just 3000 allocation —— city supporter. officiallyjust 3000 city allocation —— city supporter. officially just 3000 city supporters we re officially just 3000 city supporters were inside old trafford and before long, they were the ones making all the noise. according to united's manager, city have raised the bar under pep guardiola, and here they we re under pep guardiola, and here they were at their brilliant best. bernardo silva with a derby classic after only 16 minutes. siti aisyah had no out and out striker in their starting xi. turns out they didn't need one as luiz inacio lula da silva send riyad mahrez on his way for goal number two. united were anything but, as once more in the fir

trafford during their league cup semi—final tonight. both clubs have agreed to limit the number of tickets available for away fans in both matches as a security measure. but the match isn't a sell out, and there are concerns that city fans could buy tickets in the home ends because they're on general sale. organisers of this month's australian open say they don't expect any delays to the start of the tournament despite the ongoing bush fires. reigning men's champion novak djokovic had suggested that the start could be put back because of the air—quality in melbourne, which has been rated as very unhealthy. tournament officials say the health of fans, players and staff is their priority at all times, and the weather forecast is good. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. let's ta ke you are watching bbc news. let's take a little more of an in—depth look at some of the main stories here this lunchtime. we start with the increasing tensions between the us and iran. the

manchester united scored four at old trafford against the league's bottom side norwich, while wolves and newcastle drew. in the women's super league, manchester city have moved joint top after they beat everton. a brace from germany's pauline bremer gave them a 3—0 win to move level with arsenal for the moment. they play brighton and hove albion tomorrow. as the race for the final eight continues in rugby union's european champions cup, ulster suffered a set—back, while gloucester kept their quarterfinal hopes alive with victory over montpellier. but for exeter chiefs, a draw in glasgow was enough, while defending champions saracens overcame adversity once again to beat ospreys 22—15. patrick gearey reports. it has been a season of punishment for saracens, find and docked points for saracens, find and docked points for breaching the salary cap, their squad may soon be scattered. after five minutes against ospreys they we re five minutes against ospreys they were in trouble again. the shoulder met the head, and it was a red card offence for rhys carre. saracens had only 13 on th

trafford. goals from bernardo silva and riyad mahrez were added to by an own goal from andreas pereira leading up to half time and despite an improved performace from the home side in the second half where they scored the only goal through marcus rashford it wasn't enough. they know, after what happened in the second half, they are a dangerous team but hopefully now, in front of our people, they can support us like man united support his team, and qualify again for the final. england pulled off a dramatic late win over south africa in the second test at cape town to level their four match series at one apiece. with just 8 and a half overs left ben stokes took the final wicket as the tourists won by 189 runs. it's england's first victory at newlands since 1957 and levels the four match series at 1—all but fast bowlerjames anderson could be an injury doubt for the third test in port elizabeth real madrid will take on valencia in saudi arabia later as a revamped version of the spanish super cup

trafford for their fa cup 3rd round replay. with united off the pace in the english premier league and needing to overturn a 3—1 first—leg deficit to rivals manchester city in league cup — the fa cup is perhaps the one real prospect they have of domestic silverware this season. we wa nt we want to make sure that we go through. i'm sure that they want to go through as well because this tournament is one that we all dream about winning when you are young. i have loved my time in the finals and lifting the trophies. we want to go first. —— through. also later on wednesday — the three—time world champion mark williams is in action at the alexandra palace in london. the welshman has won this competition twice before and he'll be hoping to add to his trophy cabinet when he takes on the 2015 world champion stuart bingham in theirfirst round matchup. the invitational event features the world's top 16 players. and finally — she packed my bags last night pre flight. the first line of course to eltonjohn‘s smash hit rock

i have lived through the 40 years of deindustrialisation that we have seen and that child from old trafford who watched her family struggle is angry. her life was nearly shattered and now she is here to shatter the tory majority. and we do that through our movement, we do that to our community and we do that through ambition of principles and aspirational socialist governments that will drive through democratic reform, democratise our economy, make sure that we have an economy that shares out and breeches and make sure that prosperity reaches every corner of the community that we choose to represent.” every corner of the community that we choose to represent. i think have managed to take on borisjohnson from the backbenches on a number of occasions. so would be more than capable of doing it from the front and what i think about some of the things that have been said about how we have taken on boris and used details and our leadership is that borisjohnson has a majority of 80 so borisjohnson has a majority of 80 soiam borisjohnson has a majority of 80 so i am not entirely sure how successf

august 1989, old trafford, michael mountain and itself to manchester united man's any unique way —— michael knighton. i don't keep yuppies in front of the stretford end —— i doing keepie uppies. i media bobber too. iwas never richard branson a rupert murdoch, but i made enough to buy manchester united and when that opportunity came along it was a no—brainer. opportunity came along it was a no-brainer. manchester had woken to more newspapers and regulation that the deal was in rents. more newspapers and regulation that the dealwas in rents. later more newspapers and regulation that the deal was in rents. later he pulled out of the deal. why did it not happen? the negative press became too much. i did not need to own the football club to initiate my blueprint. 19's blueprint which against united has proved prophetic. he predicted huge growth in tv rights, dominance of satellite broadcasting and untold commercial opportunities. so you could regret pulling out of it now?” opportunities. so you could regret pulling out of it now? i have changed my view on this. for the first few years, p

a brilliant goal from juan mata was the highlight of their 1—0 win against wolves at old trafford. but their place in the next round may have come at a cost with a potential injury to forward marcus rashford. patrick gearey watched the action. a glance at old trafford‘s stands indicated this wasn‘t the hottest ticket in town but for wolves fans it was one the most extensive, some paid £55 to get in but too much in the words of their manager. at least manchester united were holding a giveaway at the back with this ending up with pedro netto at checkout with no queue. teenager‘s guilty look was telling and in va are they said the ball hit the arm in the buildup and that was enough to disallow. the next decisive wolves arm was their goalkeeper‘s, amber rudd out to deny danjames, the clearest manchester united pla nts the clearest manchester united plants in the whole two games but like the goalless draw at molineux, this was meandering until the wolves defence made it interesting and into the vacuum when one matter. what he lacks in velocity makes up ensure quality. those mom

trafford. you can find all the days results and goals on the bbc sport website and app. england's bowlers came to the rescue again, leading the fightback on day two of the second test in cape town. having been bowled out for 269, james anderson and stuart broad took five wickets between them while be stokes produced some specatuclar catches as south africa were reduced to 215 for eight at the close of play. —— ben stokes. adam wild reports. in cape town, a beautiful warm day, watching on, english knights were heating up too. into battle once more, jimmy anderson, but after yesterday's batting problems, today's opening stand was england's last. and anderson didn't, not for long anyway. all out for 269. now it may be one of the world's most picturesque grounds, but right then for england, things were not looking great. that was until stuart broad found the edge of peter milan's bat. the ball, the game suddenly moved quite some place. time then to get a grip of it. ben stokes and another brill

one bit of transfer news, and ashley young is to leave manchester united after nine years at old trafford. the winger—turned full back willjoin inter milan when his contract expires in the summer although he could still leave in january. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — including all the latest transfer stories. john watson will have more in afternoon live. buckingham palace says it understands the desire of the duke and duchess of sussex to take what it describes as a "different approach" in future. the palace was responding to the couple's statement last night in which they said they intended to carve out a "progressive new role" within the institution. viscountess of hinchingbrooke — julie montagu says she predicted this would happen months ago. speaking to anita mcveigh on bbc news a short time ago, she said the british press has been ruthless with meghan markle. i kept saying they are being pushed away, they can go to america any time and that is what is happening and there's nothing here that has to hold them here,

trafford during tonight's league cup semifinal. nearly 2000 homes are now known to have been destroyed in australia's months—long bushfires. the human toll has again been laid bare, as firefighters held a memorial in sydney for andrew 0'dwyer, who died battling fires in late december. at the moment, firefighters are taking advantage of milder weather to create fire breaks while they can — but temperatures are forecast to soar again later this week, and there are concerns that two fires could merge to form a new mega blaze. 0ur correspondent katy watson has been meeting residents in the town of buchan in victoria. out to pasture but unable to graze. farmer scott has had to rely on donated feed to keep his animals alive after 80% of his land was destroyed by fire. and when you see pictures like this, it's amazing they did survive. this was his town of buchan, where the fires swept through just before new year's eve. farmland burnt out, buildings were destroyed and a community is now isolated. scott's family chose to stay and defe

he only turned pro in october, this is the week before that, scoring at old trafford. now, wolverhampton wanderers have come in for him a £1 million deal, then he will be loaned back to the ligue one cloud. but what a win for him, a very humble young man as well. i think a lot of people were pleased to see that he has a breakthrough deal to go to wilkes. brilliant for him. finally, any other names to keep and i on? manchester united still looking for a striker. merrimack still scrambling, still looking around. aston villa are going to sign bastogne. that looks like that will be done between now and 11 o'clock. watford are still looking for a defender, they had been heavily with burnley boss mike ben gibson. there really has it been a great deal today. now, this is the last transfer window where premier league and scottish premiership clubs will be operating inside the european union. now, historically, players moving to the uk from outside the eu have had to get a work permit to play domestically. so how will that change after brexit? earlier i asked the sports lawyer

trafford. new wales coach wayne pivac has picked his first six nations team. they face italy in cardiff on saturday, and the new coach of the reigning champions has selected george north at outside centre, with wales struggling with injuries in midfield. uncapped scarlets wing johnny mcnicholl will take north's usual place on the wing. scotland coach gregor townsend will give edinburgh number eight nick haining his international debut against ireland on saturday. there are ten changes to the starting 15 that faced japan in theirfinal match of the rugby world cup. and england will be without anthony watson for the third game of the opening weekend. it is on sunday against france in paris. the wing has been ruled out with a calf injury. that's all the sport for now. hello there. thursday was a windy day across extremely windy across northern england, southern scotland, with damaging gusts of wind. the strongest of the winds easing down, but friday is another breezy or even windy day, and what you

trafford. you have to look forward to these games, it is a great challenge for our players again to play against the leaders of the league. we have done well against them the last couple of times, but has you say, away at anfield is another matter. it is a game that you... you can make sure you enjoy it, but it can also be an intimidating place. manchester city have gone top of the woemn's superlegaue after beating birmingham 2—0. they've moved above arsenal on goal difference, after they were thrashed 4—1 at home to chelsea. australian star sam kerr scored her first goals for the club sincejoining at the end of december. she scored chelsea's fourth of the afternoon to consign arsenal to only their second defeat of the season, chelsea are i point behind but have a game in hand that's all the sport for now. the sneakers final is under way, 4—3 the moment. —— the snooker is final. ijust want i just want to take you to live now to beirut in lebanon because anti—government protesters ar

trafford. the fee for the former england international is around £1.3 million, and includes add—ons should inter win serie this season. he'll have a medical in milan tomorrow. hull kr coach tony smith has confirmed that forward mossy masoy‘s serious spinal injury is "career—ending", he had to undergo emergency surgery after suffering the injury in a preseason game against wakefield on sunday, with smith saying today it'd be a success if the 30—year—old is able to walk again. team ineos boss sir dave bra ilsford says chris froome is "craving" a fifth tour de france title as he continues his comeback from serious injury. froome suffered multiple broken bones following a crash on a training ride last year but is now back in training. brailsford has also confirmed 2018 winner geraint thomas and defending champion egan bernal will both ride in this year's tour. that's all the sport for now. hello there. after all the rough weather the wet and windy weather we have had to contend with this

coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we will be live at old trafford ahead of the league cup semifinal first leg between manchester united and manchester city. in australia, firefighters are taking advantage of milder weather and some rain to create fire—breaks while they can. but temperatures are forecast to soar again later this week. in new south wales the rural fire service said an area larger than denmark has been destoyed in the state. clive myrie is in new south wales in the town of cobargo. it is little more than a week now since that huge fireball blew through this area. the 19th century timberframes through this area. the 19th century timber frames in much through this area. the 19th century timberframes in much of the village, they didn't stand a chance. 0ften village, they didn't stand a chance. often it is this chimney stacks that made it. but this is a community pulling together and determined to get through this. they have set up their own relief centre over at the showground providing food, clothing and feel with contributions as far afield as western australia. they

they were completely out—played for large parts of the game at old trafford. city won 3—1. from their goal to half—time, yeah, it is the worst they have ever played. before then, it could have gone either way, you know, but that doesn't matter now. we have just got to focus on saturday, norwich. after that second half, we have got something that we can believe in. leicester play aston villa in the other league cup semi—final tonight. there's full coverage of the first leg on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o'clock tonight. you know you're in trouble when both your parents are angry with you. have a look at stefanos tsitsipas. he's absolutely furious with himself at the atp cup in australia. he smashed his racket, but caught his dad, who's also his coach. and then got a telling off from his mum who was in the crowd. he laterjoked that he'll probably now be grounded. great britain play in the quarter finals of the competition tonight. johanna konta has pulled out of next week s adelaide international as she prepares for this month's australian open. konta's been managing a knee p

our correspondent, katie gornall, is at old trafford. there is a toxic atmosphere around manchester united and there has been for some time and a5 manchester united and there has been for some time and as you say the fa n5 for some time and as you say the fans are unhappy with how the club i5 fans are unhappy with how the club is being run at the moment. there are unhappy with perceived failings in the transfer market and unhappy with how far manchester united have fallen behind their premier league rivals. and mr woodward a5 fallen behind their premier league rivals. and mr woodward as the executive vice chair has increasingly been a target of their angen increasingly been a target of their anger. we have heard songs of recent games from the stands with supporters singing, celebrating the death of ed woodward and calling for the american owner5 death of ed woodward and calling for the american owners to leave the clu b the american owners to leave the club as well. but last night a group attacked the home of mr woodward in cheshire and

i grew up in a working—class family in old trafford and i learned my politics sitting at the top of our stairs, listening to my dad talk about pay disputes, the union and redundancies. i learned my politics working in a pawn shop and that was after 18 years of tory rule and you could see what it really means when the government washes its hands of its people, when it talks about living within our means and rather than invest, allows debts on the backs of the purse. i also my politics in may 19—7 when just walking down the street, you could literally see people with spring in their step, with help for the future again. when i studied politics at manchester met, it wasn't like getting an instruction manualfor winning power and changing the world. as learning about something distant, something that had always been there and something that was not about to change anytime soon. i might as well have been studying the himalayas by the milky way for all it had to do with me and my life and thatis it had to do with me and my life and that is why i never expected to be here because where i grew

juan mata scored the only goal of the game as they beat wolves 1—0 at old trafford. the win may have come at a cost though with striker marcus rashford coming off injured. he didn't manage to play that many minutes. we know he's been struggling with a back injury and he is so important to them. the third test between england and south africa gets under way in the next couple of hours. it looks likejoe root‘s side will be withoutjofra archer who is injured. and stuart bingham is through to the quarter—finals of the masters. he beat the two—time winner mark williams 6—2 at alexandra palace. an incredible result for ireland's cricket team. they beat t20 world champions the west indies by four runs in a high—scoring international in grenada. 0ne one of the reasons to watch cricket at this time of year. the sunshine. looked so nice! something i have missed! i wonder if there is more coming our way? very good! you have been here before! for many years! but you say that but look at what mrs is delivering, barely a rainbow and loads of grey clouds! there is a bit o

trafford. and india has proposed that they host the shooting and archery for birmingham‘s 2022 commonwealth games. the events were withdrawn with india threatening to boycott. those are your sports headlines. a teenager has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a police officer who was dragged along a road by a van in berkshire last summer. pc andrew harper, who was 28, was responding to reports of a break—in at the time. 0ur correspondent daniella relph was at the old bailey. 18—year—old henry long from mortimer in reading appeared in court 12 at the old bailey via video link from belmarsh prison, where he is in custody. he was asked for his plea to the charge of manslaughter to which he replied, "i plead guilty, guilty." the death of pc andrew harper last august caused this outpouring of public sympathy. he died just four weeks after marrying his childhood sweetheart and shortly before the couple were due to go on honeymoon. he was called out with another colleague to a call for repor

it is old trafford today. —— it is old trafford today. —— it is old trafford tomorrow. doesn't have a serious bearing on the result was mike —— mike does that have a serious bearing on the result?m mike —— mike does that have a serious bearing on the result? it is going to be interesting. it's never decides the season, but there is... often the build—up is better than the game itself. they've often been a damp squid. fingers crossed it won‘t go that way. a damp squid. fingers crossed it won't go that way. hopefully after all this talk it won't be nil— nil. they call phil foden the stockport iniesta. he has a similar style to iniesta. he has a similar style to iniesta. you can't just iniesta. he has a similar style to iniesta. you can'tjust be a good footballer, you have to be compared to somebody else who used to play football. we put him together with a stockport man and this is what happened. i was on the park of the other day and john stones came on with his little girl and she probably don‘t know my name and that, but he says, my little girl loves do

trafford for the 1st time in nearly 60 years bernie with 2 no winners thanks to a goal in each off from chris wood and jade rodriguez elsewhere and scored a late goal to beat bottom side nor reach to one and a 41 win is over west ham. olympic qualifiers in women's football have been moved away from the chinese city of blue hand due to the coronavirus outbreak of stray near taiwan thailand and china were all due to play a round robin tournament for tokyo 2020 the matches will now be played some 500 kilometers away in nanjing at the start of february. 2 of the biggest young stars in women's tennis or said to me to the australian open defending champion me osaka showed some frustration in round 2 but he moved victorious to set up a 3rd round match with 15 year old coco got off david stokes reports niamey a sucker was cruising in her 2nd round match the defending champion quickly going a set up against chinese shanks i say. but she went to break down early in the 2nd set and lost her cool i i a rare moment of anger from a player who usually appears pretty calm she managed to compose herself

trafford united want to wait city in the league in december 10th game in a month but are going to sole show believes his players will still find the strength to perform. the games give you energy gives you. the urge to go. to the next level and above and beyond what you might be capable of. in your head but sometimes you can you surprise yourself it's counterpart headquarter you're rolling out of a switching jobs coach united saying is more chance of finding him on a beach in the malise have to train sitting there we train it it's like oh no it's to madrid. definitely not whatever happens in the future it was the only offer. i will be mulled lives you know they'll have offers. and it was a rare defeat for the league leading milwaukee bucks in the n.b.a. they were aiming for their 6 straight victory against the salmon signing our spurs but star johnny and include part showing what he can do it was the spurs are at the edge especially the moderates and racked up 25 points is to make having males also chips in with 21 as the spurs ran away with it however the bucs still have the best over

trafford united one away at city in the league in december it's their 10th game in a month but only got there still sure believes his players will find the strength to perform big games give you energy gives you. the urge to go. to the next level. above and beyond what you might be capable of. in your head but sometimes you can if you surprise yourself a city manager pep guardiola ruled out ever switching jobs to coach united saying there's more chance of finding him on a beach in the maldivians have to train she. is like oh no it's in madrid. definitely not whatever happens in the future. it was the only offer. of the motives for the hubble for. england's cricketers have levelled their series against south africa one all by winning the 2nd test in cape town ben stokes was the star on day 5 the all rounder took 3 late wickets to clean up the home sides tale to seal a 189 run when it's england's 1st win that new lens since 1967 the 3rd test begins on january 16th in port elizabeth keep the ready when asked chances came as they were excellent in the field and pretty much everything th

of their english league cup semi final so show watched his team concede 3 goals in the 1st half at old trafford defending champion city going on so when $31.00 it's natural that you had goals down when you when you don't feel you performing but we got to get out of the quicker we got to get to the 2nd half mentality quicker it can't be common in the halftime rules half time so that the learning in this team. in the n.b.a. the l.a. lakers are going top of the western conference after their 6 victory in a row lebron james again the standout player with 31 points as they thrashed the new york knicks by 30 not all good news for l.a. though. second best player anthony davis leaving the game after falling heavily on his back he has had an x. ray with the extensive that injury still not yet clear and another lakers player can save his cold war pope while he was roughed up a bit while attempting a dunk he was taken out by the knicks bobby portis sue not surprisingly was ejected from the game. defending champions the toronto raptors loss to the portland trailblazers the school's level carmarthe