Confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a long time. He went off injured in city s 2 2 draw with arsenal on sunday and went to spain for further tests on monday. The full extent of the injury is not yet known, but there have been reports he could be out for the rest of the season. The confirmation of rodri s injury came after city booked their place in the fourth round of the english league cup. They overcame championship side watford 2 1. Jeremy doku gave city an early lead before matheus nunes doubled it before half time. Watford did get one back late on through tom ince, but the eight time champions hung on to progress. Will be out for a long time, a while, but there are some opinions and it maybe will be less than we expect, but unfortunately he was injured. Right now, still i cannot tell you because we are awaiting the last phone calls from him and the doctors, to know exactly what definitely he has and the type of surgery that he has to get. City were one of
Across into North East England in partiCular, especially for the north York Moors as we had to thursday, stretching further west into Northern Ireland. To the North And South of that front, a lot of dry weather, but it is Feeling Cold across scotland. We draw down a northerly wind and cold air spreads everywhere on friday, with possibly a widespread frost on friday night. Thanks, elizabeth. And thats Bbc News at six. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. Are england on course for an embarrassing defeat to australia . Theyre struggling to save the series and their blushes, well be live to durham for the latest. Its rumoured to be serious, but will rodri be out for the rest of the season . And how much of a dent will that put in manchester Citys Title Challenge . Plus, the pitch that looks more like a golf course. Fans have been fundraising after flooding at Afc Wimbledon wrecked their Home Fixtures for th
Yeah, players getting injured, its almost unaffordable. There is getting injured from the overload of so many games. From the red to the blue side of manchester and a potential big Problem Brewing for the defending Premier League champions. Manchester citys influential Midfielder Rodri will have further tests on the Knee Injury that he suffered during their 2 2 draw with arsenal on sunday. Rodri travelled to spain on monday for initial tests and Manager Pep Guardiola has admitted hell be out for a while. Well, Rodris Team mates are in Action Tonight as they try to reach the fourth round of the English League cup. City are up against watford who play in the division below. They are 2 0 up with Matheus Nunes getting a second, Jeremy Doku with the opener. Chelsea leading in their game against barrow, and goalless in the other two games. Premier league teams all in action there. Its a busy night of football around europe, too. In italys Serie A atalanta are taking on Como Atalanta leading
With my guests shortly. First, the latest headlines. Lebanons Health Ministry says israeli Air Strikes are now known to have killed over 560 people including 50 children with hospitals struggling to cope with the number of casualties. Israel says it has killed a Hezbollah Commander in an Air Strike in beirut. In a direct address to lebanese civilians, Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, our war is not with you, our war is with hezbollah. President biden has told the United Nations General Assembly that the world cannot grow weary and look away from supporting ukraine in its defence against russias invasion. The president said vladimir Putins War had failed in its core aim of destroying ukraine, but support must be sustained. Meanwhile the Ukrainian President , volodymyr zelensky, has told a Special Session of the un Security Council, that the war with russia cannot be calmed by talks. Mr zelensky said russia could only be forced into peace by united, international action. He described Ir
With big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and of course look at what the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Good evening. Sir Keir Starmer has promised National Renewal in his first speech to the Labour Party Conference as Prime Minister, but he warned of tough choices ahead. The Prime Minister insisted that keeping a Cool Head during challenging times would be better in the long term than easy answers. And he pledged to stabilise the economy, but made it clear that some of his decisions would be unpopular. From liverpool, our political editor, chris mason, sent this report conference, please welcome Keir Starmer prime Minister And Leader of the labour party. Cheering and applause little wonder the audience in here are whooping, theyve waited 15 years to hear a sentence like that at their conference. A party so, so often crushed by defeat, basking in winning. Take pride that labour won in every single region in england. Take pride that labour won in wales. Take pr