liverpool should outcome i think. more football tonight as west ham host brighton this evening. david moyes side have had a great festive period, beating both manchester united and arsenal. brighton though will overtake them and move into sixth place with a win. brighton have always been a big hoodoo club for us. we broke it at the start of this season. over the years it has been an incredibly difficult game for us against brighton, for whatever reason i don t really know. it will not be any easier because they have got a very good team, very good manager. like us, they are in the last 16 of europe and they are in a really strong league position. it s been a big couple of days for tennis stars returning to the court. after naomi osaka made her comeback after 15 months out from the sport yesterday, two big stars have done the same today. we ll hear about rafa nadal in a moment, but first british star emma raducanu made her long awaited return after injury with a win at the auckland cla
after nine defeats in just 15 games raducanu returns! after nine defeats in just 15 games after eight months out, emma raducanu wins herfirst match back at the auckland open. teenage darts sensation luke littler plays for a place in the final of the pdc world darts championship later ths evening. hello and welcome to the programme. birmingham city have sacked manager wayne rooney after just 83 days in charge of the championship club. the former england striker was appointed on 11th october following the controversial decision to dismissjohn eustace when they were sixth in the table. since then, birmingham have slipped to 20th, with last night s 3 0 defeat at leeds being rooney s ninth loss in 15 games. well, we can speak now
things considered, and those things are nearly nine months away from the tour and three minor operations, one on each hand and one on a left ankle. it took 2.5 hours to beat elena gabriela ruse, but emma raducanu came through very strongly in the end. and that deciding set she played really well to move 5 2 in front, then she dropped her serve and had a couple of match points that were saved, then she dropped her serve again. that is no huge surprise because after being off the tour, it is hard to close out match close out matches. but she took the deciding set 7 5. we will see where her story goes next, but it was certainly a very good start after so long away. was certainly a very good start after so long away. after nearly a year away from tennis, rafa nadal marked his singles return with a very convincing win over dominic thiem in the first round of the brisbane international. nadal hadn t competed since suffering a hip injury at the 2023 australian open last
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with the rules that applied to workplaces. a plea for urgent supplies in the philippines, as the number of people killed by super typhoon rai rises to more than 200. chile picks a left wing candidate as its youngest ever leader, beating a far right rival in an incredibly polarising election. 19 year old tennis star emma raducanu has been named bbc sports personality of the year following an incredible year that saw her become britain s first women s grand slam singles champion in 44 years. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson is facing calls to bring in tighter measures over the christmas period to stem the rapid rise in cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus.