manager steve cooper. the club are 17th in the table, five points ahead of third bottom luton and have picked upjust one point from their past six games. cooper was a popular figure among forest fans having brought the club up from the championship in 2022 and he kept them in the premier league last season. but he has gone and this is the man who is favourite to replace cooper, the former wolves and tottenham boss who has spoken to nottingham forest about the job and he was sacked by saudi pro league club al etihad last month having won the league title there the previous season and more reaction to this breaking news on the bbc sport website. the english and european champions manchester city are hoping to add the club world cup to their impressive trophy haul in 2023. they re playing japanese side urawa red diamonds injeddah on tuesday for a place in the final against the copa libertadores winners fluminese. city are boosted by the return of key player kevin de bruyne, fina
manchester united move to within a point of the champions league places after marcus rashford sent them on their way to a convincing win over nottingham forest. we have heavy rain sweeping in from the south west, pushing north east through the day. behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers but wherever you are, it will be windy. good morning, everybody. it s wednesday the 28th of december. our main story: relatives of a 23 year old man stabbed to death on the dance floor of a birmingham nightclub have described him as their best friend . cody fisher, a non league footballer and school sport coach, was fatally injured on boxing day, as greg mackenzie reports. 23 year old cody fisher was in the prime of his life, but his life was cut short, stabbed to death on a dance floor ofa birmingham nightclub on boxing day. described by his family as a best friend, the semi professional footballer and sports coach was fatally injured at the crane nightclub in digbeth. police beli
the first that lester was one of the places, the first place are made subject to affairs the first place are made subject to affairs local lockdown. and later manchester. evidence has been given to the manchester. evidence has been given to the inquiry by the mayor, mr rotherham, that he believes manchester. it wasn t mr rotherham. andy burnham said manchester was treated appallingly. not necessarily in terms of their being not necessarily in terms of their being a not necessarily in terms of their being a public health need for this intervention, but in terms of the process intervention, but in terms of the process by intervention, but in terms of the process by which manchester was placed process by which manchester was placed under restrictions, the debate placed under restrictions, the debate about the fiscal support given debate about the fiscal support given and the speed at which it was done given and the speed at which it was done in given and the
hiroshi sasaki, suggested comedian naomi wattanabi, who is a plus size model, should wear pig ears, at the opening ceremony. he later apologised, admitting it was a huge insult . rule that the doctor richard friedman fitness to practice is impaired by reason of its misconduct. it would not consider what sanction if any to impose. the ioc has ruled that the doctor. next to the all england championships in badminton where all of indonesia s players and a turkish competitor have been withdrawn, following a positive covid case involving a passenger on their inbound flight to the uk. the sport s international federation and badminton england say they made impassioned attempts to gain exemptions, but they found the uk government s legislation was non negotiable . paul frostick reports. then a further example showing the difficulties of hosting a multi nation sporting event in the pandemic, all 12 players from indonesia will not be taking any further part in the all england c
football now. couple of big transfers have gone through in the premier league. tottenham have signed james maddison from leicester city. he hasjoined on five year deal with spurs paying somewhere in the region of £40 million, that sjust over $50.5 million, for the england midfielder. he had five years at leicester, helping them win the fa cup in 2021, but his ten goals last season couldn t stop them getting relegated. arsenal have completed the signing of chelsea s kai havertz. the 24 year old german forward has signed a long term contract with the gunners with the transfer fee believed to be in the region of 65 million, that s just over $82 million. he had three seasons at chelsea, scoring the winner against manchester city in the 2021 champions league final. the gunners also appear to be closing in on declan rice. a deal worth £105 million, which isjust under $133 million, has now been agreed with west ham for the england midfielder, withjust some payment details to be ironed out.