leie hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. emma hayes isn't giving anything away on the usa job, but says the time's right to leave women's super league side chelsea. it's women's super league side chelsea. not actually a do, it's not actually an easy thing to do, to leave at the top. we it's not actually an easy thing to do, to leave at the top.- it's not actually an easy thing to do, to leave at the top. i've had a world-class team. _ do, to leave at the top. i've had a world-class team. but _ do, to leave at the top. i've had a world-class team. but it's - world—class team. but it's something i always made a promise to myself i would do. it's over for afghanistan — their world cup semifinal dreams officially over at the hands of south africa. and success for britain's women in tumbling, on the opening day of the world trampoline championships in birmingham. also coming up on sportsday... boxing returns to brighton — and it's the eubanks topping the bill, as harlem prepares for centre stage with uncle chris. he's there to give me advice and help me. i've trained with him out in vegas. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. she said she's taken them to top, and said wanted to leave at the top. chelsea women's boss emma hayes has been speaking for the first time today, since announcing she'd be leaving the wsl champions at the end of the season. hayes has won 13 major trophies in more than a decade at the club — and said it was a day she never really wanted to come. reports this week suggested that chelsea hadn't prioritised contract negotiations with hayes, which had contributed to her decision to leave — as speculation continues to grow over whether she's close to being named manager of the usa women's national team. jo currie spoke to me earlier, from chelsea's training ground. well ever since the club announced on saturday after chelsea beat villa that hayes was leaving the club, almost a map that automatically she was being linked with the us women's team job. was being linked with the us women's teamjob. but was being linked with the us women's team job. but hayes wouldn't be pushed on it, saying the only contract he has in place is with chelsea and that runs until the end of the season. she won't really be pushed on where she was going next, despite the club saying it wouldn't be in club football or the w a cell. at one point she joked she may become a pilot. in the last year, hayes has said the spanish women's national team job was a dream for her, and i asked her if that was something that excited her. $5 a something that excited her. as a little uirl, something that excited her. as a little girl. i _ something that excited her. as a little girl, i always _ something that excited her. as a little girl, i always thought that maybe — little girl, i always thought that maybe one day, that would come. but i always _ maybe one day, that would come. but i always say— maybe one day, that would come. but i always say this, you know, for most _ i always say this, you know, for most of— i always say this, you know, for most of us, _ i always say this, you know, for most of us, we don't necessarily always— most of us, we don't necessarily always fulfil every dream that we have~ _ always fulfil every dream that we have~ 50. — always fulfil every dream that we have. so, while that... ithink always fulfil every dream that we have. so, while that... i think i would — have. so, while that... i think i would probably say that might always be an ambition of mine, to do that. so how— be an ambition of mine, to do that. so how was— be an ambition of mine, to do that. so how was the coordination of the announcement been handled? it seems announcement been handled? it seems a bit disjointed from all parties involved. ~ �* , . involved. gavin, ithink it's fair to say that _ involved. gavin, ithink it's fair to say that the _ involved. gavin, ithink it's fair to say that the announcement | to say that the announcement actually took many people by surprise, including us in the media. my surprise, including us in the media. my understanding is actually the players found out about the same time that everyone else did, they were in the changing room after that result on saturday. now hayes says her only focus going forward is working on a succession plan and who will take overfrom here here working on a succession plan and who will take over from here here at chelsea, and also make sure the team now keep performing between now and when she leaves in may. we now keep performing between now and when she leaves in may.— when she leaves in may. i've taken this team to _ when she leaves in may. i've taken this team to the _ when she leaves in may. i've taken this team to the top, _ when she leaves in may. i've taken this team to the top, and - when she leaves in may. i've taken this team to the top, and i - when she leaves in may. i've taken this team to the top, and i always | this team to the 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off in the best possible way in may with at least one more trophy in the cabinet. if hayes does end up in the job, she won't have megan rapinoe in the ranks. the usa legend, already retired from the national side, plays her last domestic game this weekend for her club 0l reign, and has the chance to win the league trophy for the first time. rapinoe has played for 0l reign since 2013, but they — and she — have never won the nwsl championship. they play gotham in the final on saturday where rapinoe could lift the silverware that has eluded her. ifeel like, i'm just so proud of, you know, my generation and all the players that have worked so hard to put us in this position. we obviously would have never had this a few years ago. so, ifeel like it is the perfect way to go out and, you know, to be able to play my last game and a championship game, like, whatever happens, happens. tottenham boss ange postocoglou has been named premier league manager of the month again, becoming the first to win the award three times in his first three months. spurs won every match last month, but lost to chelsea this week after being reduced nine men. another blow for them — james maddison, arguably their key player this season, injuring his ankle in that game — has been ruled out tilljanuary, with several others missing, including centre—back micky van de ven. tottenham take on wolves in the lunchtime kick off tomorrow. all the absences kind of have an effect on the team. i guess the unusual one for us, and again, i've known many times in my career where we've had such disruption in one game, we've lost 4—5 starters in one game. so that's kind of where we get affected more than anything else. if it was just mickey, and you would miss it because of the qualities he has, it wouldn't affect us as much, but we have three players from the back for, and that's a real challenge for us. more headlines around manchester united today, too — with sirjim ratcliffe's £1.25 billion bid for a 25% stake in the club expected to be agreed during this month's international break, or possibly as early as next week. united are under some pressure this season — their patchy league form has seen them slip to eighth in the premier league table. and they lost, courtesy of a dramatic late goal in copenhagen in the champions league this week, a match in which marcus rashford was sent off. but manager erik ten hag is confident the england striker, who's only scored one goal for united this season, will come good. he's not in his best form, but i know we will be back. i know when the team is playing better. he will play better, he will go and score goals, i'm confident of that. also this season, he will improve. he's totally in the team and totally aware of everything. so i think he will be back. united take on luton this weekend — a club with some confidence at the moment, given they're managed to pull themselves out of the relegation zone. they managed to hold liverpool to a draw in their last match, but it was overshadowed from their perspective by some home fans taking part in tragedy—chanting towards the opposition. luton have launched an investigation and, along with manager rob edwards, have apologised and sent this message to their fans. we wa nt we want to bring the noise, we want to have a fantastic occasion, and our fans have been to have a fantastic occasion, and ourfans have been brilliant at making the noise and making a brilliant atmosphere. but let's do it with respect to the remembrance sunday. we are going to old trafford at an sunday. we are going to old trafford atan important sunday. we are going to old trafford at an important time, so bring the noise and make it an amazing occasion, but do it with respect. and all eyes will be at stamford bridge this weekend, as chelsea host champions manchester city. mauricio pochettino got that much needed victory over spurs, which eased the pressure on him ahead of a tough run of games. his chelsea are down in tenth, with just four wins so far this season. his opposite number on sunday feels patience is required. every manager needs his time, so new club, new players. but sooner or later, i guess sooner than later, we be top, we will be a contender, because the quality is there —— quality in our departments are there. the feeling always is you are chelsea _ the feeling always is you are chelsea. it's impossible, the history— chelsea. it's impossible, the history as _ chelsea. it's impossible, the history as they are. no, i think we cannot— history as they are. no, i think we cannot go— history as they are. no, i think we cannot go and say, "we are the victim _ cannot go and say, "we are the victim of— cannot go and say, "we are the victim of the day on sunday." no, we need _ victim of the day on sunday." no, we need to— victim of the day on sunday." no, we need to go— victim of the day on sunday." no, we need to go there with her personality and character. and that game is the main focus on today's edition of the football news show. ben croucher has all the details. it should be a fascinating game this one. manchester city normally hit their stride come the new year, but top of the table and enjoying their best start to a season in five years, the former mid—city dutch city midfielder michael brown tells us why things are looking ominous for the league. we also ask who starts out of jack dealers desk release. tom over and from the chelsea social says there chances on sunday, we will also look at other couple of under pressure managers. we chat var and the unwritten rules of swapping shirts with your opponent. find us on the bbc iplayer after the sport. afghanistan's fairy tale at the cricket world cup is officially over, after defeat to south africa today. they came into the match in ahmedabad with an unlikely chance of making the top four, courtesy of their four wins, including one over england. but not to be for them this year — as patrick geary reports. and so, afghanistan's remarkable world cup came down to this. the target, a huge win over south africa to get a chance into the semis. that soon became tricky. the south africans bowled well and took their chances wherever they came, however they could be claimed. he's got it in the end! afghanistan clung to the last rays of hope. he wasn't giving this up, and neither were they. the afghans reached an unlikely 244 all out. they knew already that they didn't have enough to advance, so a chance for a grand finale — bring on the magician. rasheed khan, international man of mystery. at five wickets down, south africa were under pressure — or if they would be if they weren't already into the semifinals. this though was a useful training exercise, and dele lifted them over the line with 50 balls spanned. so afghanistan leave with credit, south africa dance on with purpose. patrick gearey, bbc news. yes, much credit for this afghanistan side, led by the former england batsman jonathan trott. the team have achieved their best finish at a world cup — which them beat england, pakistan, sri lanka, and the netherlands. it's a chance for them to build for the future, according to their head coach. we arrived on the shores and pretty ambitious. if you said we won four games, you probably would've taken it. but still a case today thinking there were a few games we left that we could have one. so as a coach and a partner, a member of the team, we are disappointed with that. but you can't have everything, you can't win always. but i see some good improvement, i see a lot of confidence in players and their abilities. england take on pakistan tomorrow morning, in their final group game. there's still a chance for pakistan to make the semi—finals, at the expense of new zealand. it's been a poor campaign for the cricket world cup holders, something which the players are reflecting on. i think they're stiffly a sense of regret, and the fact that we've not gone as well as we can. but we've prepared as well as we could have gone that we just haven't been able to get the numbers on the board and take the wickets when we need it. but yeah, to some extent we still review every game, we are still trying to work out why we've let ourselves down as much as we have, but we still can't find any answers, apart from the fact that we haven't scored as many runs as we needed to or taken the wickets we needed to, whether that's because when the pressure was on, we couldn't stay with the other teams as budgets we use to, and we are so used to other teams not being able to stick with us and our intensity, and maybe we weren't able to stick with that as long as possibly could. bangladesh have a tough task this weekend when they take on australia. also tomorrow morning before the english match, steve smith is expected to return for australia's final group match whilst glenn maxwell should also be available despite the cramps and muscle spasms we saw in mumbai. and more bad news for sri lanka, who failed to progress in india, now the international cricket council have suspended them due to government interference after sri lanka's ministry of sport sector the national board due to the team pulse make poor performances. that's being challenged in the court and the icc's challenged in the court and the icc�*s next meeting will discuss the matter further. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories in the headlines today. britain's jack draper has reached his first final on the atp tour. he beat the world number 28, jan lennard struff, in straight sets in sofia. aged 21, draper becomes the youngest man to reach a tour final since andy murray in 2014. andy murray has split from his coach, ivan lendl, for a third time. they started working together again from march last year — a partnership which saw murray move back into the world's top 50. all three of murray's grand slam titles came when lendl was his coach. and six months after giving birth, former world number one naomi osaka will return to the court this winter. she's set to play in the brisbane invitational, which starts on 31 december. osaka has not played on the wta tour since september last year. great britain's women musn't underestimate sweden in the billiejean king cup play—offs, despite being the heavy favourites, according to their head coach, anne keothavong. the best of five match series begins tomorrow at london's copper box arena — and our tennis correspondent russell fuller is there for us. the win over keswick stunts took them back to the legal level of the women's team... they need to win this tie this weekend to stay at that level and have a chance to compete for the title in 2024. britain's chances have been increased even further by the absence of sweden pulse make top two players, which means katie boulter and jodie burrage, who play singles for britain on saturday, will face players outside the top 350 in the world. the gb captain is anne keothavong, who was in charge four years ago, 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