where you are expecting riyad mahrez to move to manchester city? it does not surprise me, when you look at the figures that are being bandied about. they have got millions of pounds, manchester city, but they have to put down a mark. i am surprised that riyad mahrez has pulled out of the game for a second time. he needs to be careful how he handles these situations. i think you should have played for leicester tonight, do the deal was good to ta ke tonight, do the deal was good to take place tonight, it would have looked after itself. why go public to push the move? i think it is a bit naive on his part. but he will be desperately disappointed, and again, a second window where he has failed to push through the movie is desperately wanted. as a player, it is very difficult, isn't it? you need to put yourself out there and make the club aware of how interested you are. but do you go so public with it? some people will say, what will be leicester city supporters think now? the second time he has done it. what will his team—mates belike? he is a fant

but they are always worried about riyad mahrez and he never goes and i'm amazed. looking at the other results, the one we have not mentioned is bournemouth. west ham against bournemouth. west ham against bournemouth. it was an even game but the funny thing is, it was two goals in two minutes, bournemouth took the lead with fraser and thenjavier hernandez equalised for west ham, again, pretty fair reflection, even david moyes admitted it. let's see how the results have affected the top of the table. united close the gap and then they didn't because city were the winners but i suppose today's big winners are leicester. yes, left up to seventh. liverpool play on monday and spurs tomorrow so the pressure is on them, the race for the top four will be really close but it is the race to stay up at the bottom which will keep us interested towards the end of the season. stoke out of the relegation zone which is crucial for them. southampton going in, they play spurs and they lost 5—2 against them on boxing day. they have been struggling a lot recently. swansea play liver

yes but riyad mahrez is the one who will possibly go. let's look at how this affects the tables and as i said, we talked about united but who are the movers and shakers? leicester up to seventh. yes, really good wins for chelsea, arsenal, manchester city winning, manchester united winners as well and liverpool against swa nsea as well and liverpool against swansea on monday. what of the table, the game we did not mention, west ham against bournemouth, 1—1, two goals in two minutes, ryan fraser and have you hernandez. very big game for swansea on monday. stoke out of the relegation zone, 2-0, stoke out of the relegation zone, 2—0, paul lambert‘s first game in charge. thanks to john 2—0, paul lambert‘s first game in charge. thanks tojohn for his wonderful round—up as always. cardiff will look to maintain their push for automatic promotion with victory over sheffield wednesday in the late kick—off in the championship. victory and they will pull level with second placed derby who trail the league leaders wolves. at the moment t

riyad mahrez. request amid interest from manchester city. manchester city. he went to an airport in paris. wonder if he will make the move from leicester city. they will fight this. but this will not be cheap either. either. addressed that and says he understands the criticism. understands the criticism. they spent £300 million on six players. spent £300 million on six players. lot of older players out of contract. and we need to spend to compete. others might disagree. a lot tomorrow i think but also arsenal. arsenal. that is one of the things that we are watching. that we are watching. aubameyang, we watched as closely all day. any further on? in for a medical on wednesday morning. morning. david weinstein has been following this. following this. you can get updates on his twitter page. on his twitter page. depends on whether brassiere dortmund can get a replacement. dortmund can get a replacement. they want the chelsea player batshuayi. want the chelsea player batshuayi. it comes down to olivier giroud in many ways. many ways. but we're

mahrez starring. the algerian broke the deadlock in the second half, and then set up islam slimani for their second. huddersfield rarely threatened, and marc albrighton made it three for the hosts in stoppage time. there was an entertaining 2—2 draw between brighton and bournemouth with the hosts twice leading through goals from anthony knockaert and glenn murray. but the cherries struck back both times, with callum wilson earning a point that lifts them three clear of the relegation zone. at the hopman cup, in australia, japan and usa get the second round of group matches under way shortly. on monday, in group a, germany's angelique kerber overcame belgium's elise mertens, 7—6, 7—6 in a thrilling match at the annual team event in perth. the german, on her hopman cup debut, won the first set on a tie—break before racing to a 4—1 lead in the second. but mertens, who has always been a tough opponent, staged a thrilling comeback, including this defence of a kerber match—point, to eventually t

thomas lemar has been mentioned, riyad mahrez as well. the money is there. will they spend? it will have a big impact on the transfer window. thank you. rounding up all the fa cup and making speedy patentee and —— that breaking liverpool news as well. the series is already lost 3—0, and england's hopes of signing off from the ashes with a win now look to be futile. australia closed the third third day on 479 for 4, a lead of 133 runs with 6 first—innings wickets in hand. patrick gearey is in sydney for us. this wasn't the day england wanted. they hoped their spinners might run through australia and even preserve some sort of first innings lead. as it was, they had to toil in the heat on what was a special day here in sydney. after a series of fiercely partisan colours, a shared shade. syd ney partisan colours, a shared shade. sydney has worn pink one speedier for a decade in honour of the breast cancer charity co—founded by jay mcgraw, the late wife of the great glen. steve smith was the uncrackable code. but moeen ali's eureka moment came. smith left a void and ma

all the goals came in the second half — riyad mahrez scored the first before setting up islam slimani for the second, marc albrighton then adding the third in injury time. leicester stay 8th. the first game of the day was an entertaining derby which ended in a 2—all draw between brighton and bournemouth. it was watched by maz farookhi. waiting in the new year on the south coast. for many 2018 offers a clean slate. for these sides their resolutions are as they wear, premier league survival. but after festive workload players were feeling the strain. anthony lockhart had to receive treatment in the warm up had to receive treatment in the warm up and minutes later finished sharply. brighton had a great start, bournemouth equaliser against the run of play but partially finished by steve cook. still the home side continued to dominate. they start the second half as they did the first, glenn murray this time on the end of the path. brighton ahead again. the win should have been secured by izquierdo 20 seconds from time. bournemouth hope to salvage something but it was such an entertaining

riyad mahrez and jamie vardy left on the bench, kelechi iheanacho also scored twicepeterborough had pulled it back to 3—1, but the result was never in doubt with wilfred ndidi also getting on the scoresheet here'a a look at the 10 results so far, championship birmingham drew at huddersfieold, hull and brighton are staright through to the last 16. millwall and rochdale will have to play again, coventry, sheffield united and southampton also won today. two late kick—offs, spurs have kicked off at league 2 newport liverpool face west brom at anfield later this evening celtic are still 11 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership, after they and aberdeen both won the dons beat kilmarnock 3—1 at home to move 3 poinst clear of rangers who face ross county tomorrow. leigh griffiths scored the only goal for celtic in their win against his former club hibs. dundee got a 98th minute winner at hamilton. hearts drew with motherwell and partick beat stjohnstone caroline wozniacki has finally won a grand slam title. the dane beat the world number one simona halep in three sets in melbour

manchester city have walked away from a proposed deal for leicester city's riyad mahrez after refusing to sanction a transfer package that would have cost £95 million. city do not view themselves as having made an offer after leicester city came to them with a proposal that would have also included a player. mahrez handed in a transfer request on tuesday. the algerian international was player of the year as they won the premier league back in 2016. everton have agreed a deal to sign eliaquim mangala on loan from manchester city until the end of the season. it's not confirmed as gone through yet but should it happen he would become the third january acquisition for sam allardyce. and for all the latest deals happening on transfer deadline day head over to the bbc sport website or use the bbc sport app. in the meantime, though, the show must go on — seven premier league games in action tonight, and alexis sanchez makes and alexis sanchez makes his debut for manchester united as they take on west brom this evening. not the best start. 11 seconds into their game against tottenham, chris

his second goal provided the slice of history. 0riginally ruled out for offside after riyad mahrez had played him in. the video assistant referee thought it was worth checking on. it was the right choice, the decision rightly overturned, and it helped leicester city moving to the fourth round. historic moment at the king power stadium. joined by another premier league side, west ham united, who needed 120 minutes to get past shrewsbury town of league 1. reece burke scoring his first west ham goal. no real shocks in terms of results — cardiff, sheffield wednesday and reading from the championship all winners last night as well... the tennis, australian open in melbourne. what's the latest there? well i'm sure there's a little bit of disappointment not to see andy murray at the australian open but so far british number 2 kyle edmund is making it look like he's the former grand slam winner. he's reached round 3 for the first time in melbourne — barely giving denis istomin a chance with in the 6—2 6—2 6—4 victory overnight to back up that win over the number 11 seed in the openin