martinez— then they have got a chance. martinez is the man they've approached first. since leaving the club, he has been coaching belgium, ranked as the best... sacked by the owner. at everton, even stars can have an echo of the past. patrick gearey, bbc news. staying with the premier league and burnley�*s match against watford tomorrow has been postponed. sean dyche's side don't have the required number of players due to injuries, africa cup of nations commitments and covid—19 issues. when you get to the point you feel you cannot add leaks that you cannot, that has to be looked at. and they have welfare, and the hardest thing of all, because we are asked to isolate, they can to train, and therefore when they come back in, you've got two days to get ready and they can't play, and that's very difficult. celtic were 2—0 winners over hibernian as a full capacity crowd was allowed following the lifting of scottish government restrictions. fans are back for the first time in 2022 and came in their droves. new signing daizen maeda ofjapan scored for the glaswegians af

everton's bid to bring back roberto martinez as manager ended in frustration. they approached the belgian fa, but they've not been persuaded to let their national team boss leave. derby county manager wayne rooney has been linked with an emotional return to his first club. also in the frame is frank lampard, who's been out of work since being sacked by chelsea a year ago. england's first meeting with australia on the netball court in three years ended in a dramatic draw in theirfinal group game of the quad series in london. both teams came into the match with two wins over south africa and new zealand. the roses trailed for long periods, but helen housby levelled with seconds left on the clock. they won't have long to wait for another crack at each other — they meet again tomorrow night in the grand final. there are six uncapped players included in eddiejones' 36—man england squad for next month's six nations. in—form wasps back row alfie barbeary is called up after scoring four tries in seven games for his club this season after returning from injury. th

fred's ball into the box seeing scott mctominay gettting on the end of it to head it past emiliano martinez. villa had their chances when ollie watkins hit the bar when through on goal on a night that saw steven gerrard's side with plenty of opportunities, and this one that danny ings put in the net was disallowed for an earlier foul when var became involved as united set up a lith round clash at home to middlesbrough. new figures from the premier league show the number of positive covid—i9 tests among players and staff have fallen for the second successive week. in the seven days up to and including the 9th of january, there were 72 new positive cases out of almost 13,000 tests. 94 new cases were recorded in the previous seven days. covid is still impacting on the league though — everton's premier league home match with leicester city on tuesday has been postponed because the foxes don't have enough players to fulfil the fixture. at the africa cup of nations it was a big day for the comoros, playing in the competition for the first time. the archipelago is one of football's youngest na

everton's bid to bring back roberto martinez ended in frustration. they've not been persuaded to let their national team boss leave. derby county boss wayne rooney has been linked with an emotional return to his first club. also in the frame is frank lampard, who's been out of work since being sacked by chelsea a year ago. the final games in group b of the african cup of nations are under way. this one is pretty tight with senegal and guinea both on four points from two games and malawi on three. the top two teams automatically qualify along with the four best third placed teams across the six groups. malawai v senegal is goalless, but bottom side zimbabwe lead 2—0 against guinea — although that doesn't change the standings at this stage. at the moment, it would be senegal and guinea. there are six uncapped players included in eddiejones's 36—man england squad for next month's six nations. in—form wasps back row alfie barbeary is called up. the 21—year—old has scored four tries in seven games for his club this season after returning from

defensive errors by the villa goalkeeper emiliano martinez and midfielder morgan sanson helped bruno fernandes score twice to give united a 2—0 lead. villa boss steven gerrard sent on his former liverpool team mate immediately after united's second and the brazilian did no disappoint, setting upjacob ramsey and then scoring the equaliser. the result moves villa up a place to 13th. united are in 7th. at the other end of the table, newcastle drew 1—1 with watford. joao pedro's equaliser keeping the visitors clear of the bottom three. the club that had been bottom of the table, norwich ended a six—game losing run with a 2—1 win over everton. norwich move up to 18th, adding to the pressure on the everton boss, rafa benitez. adama traore scored his first goal of the season in injury time to give wolves�* their third win in four premier league games. robert lewandowski scored his 300th bundesliga goal on saturday by scoring a hat—trick in bayern munich�*s 4—0 thrashing of koln, the reigning champions restoring their six point lead at the top of the table. also on saturday,

martinez took over as the belgium national manager in 2016 and they're currently the top ranked team in the men's game. he managed everton from 2013 until he departed goodison park in 2016, but is high on the club's list of contenders to succeed rafael benitez, who was sacked on sunday. however, with the world cup later this year in qatar, the belgian fa are expected to be reluctant to let him go. former tottenham midfielder christian eriksen could return to the premier league. brentford have confirmed that they've spoken to the danish international about the possibility of signing him. eriksen�*s contract was cancelled by inter milan last month, as he's not allowed to play in serie a with the implanted defibrillator he had fitted, following his cardiac arrest at euro 2020. no such regulation exists in the premier league and a number of clubs are said to be keen to sign him. there's a full capacity crowd at celtic park as the scottish government lifted restrictions on sporting events. celtic are hosting hibernian and are already 1—0 up after japan's daizen maeda scored just five

wayne rooney, graham potter and former boss roberto martinez have all been linked with the job. benitez�*s dismissal came after everton's 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city, prompting angry scenes from travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their previous 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table to sixteenth. after a bitterly disappointing ashes tour in australia, england head coach chris silverwood says the packed schedule and lack of time to prepare impacted their performance. it comes after australia won the series 4—0, despite the humiliating loss, captainjoe root wants to stay on, which silverwood says it the right decision. the schedule as mad as well, if you look at how close the test matches we played, we had no opportunity to play any first—class games in between. it's all been compounded, and so potentially, the schedule needs to ease off a little bit as well and give these guys some breathing space to actually keep them fit to perform. more details of that interview on the bbc sport website. the international olympic committee has annou

is also through — he continued his winning start to 2022 with a straight sets win over spain's pedro martinez. he'll be looking to carry that form into the australian open, where he's not made it past the second round for five years. some transfer news for you — and aston villa have agreed a fee rising to £25 million with everton, for france defender lucas digne. he hasn't played for everton since the merseyside derby defeat at goodison six weeks ago. he's due to have a medial at villa before becoming steven gerrard's second signing. new zealand striker chris wood is having a medical at newcastle to finalise his move from burnley. manager eddie howe needed a forward after callum wilson was ruled out for eight weeks with a calf injury, but it leaves sean dyche with a hole in the burnley squad. you can follow the latest developments in the transfer marked on the bbc sport website. it's the opening fixture in group f at the africa cup of nations england captainjoe root says, despite england's poor performance in the ashes, it's great that a five—match series is going to be completed for the

everton approached the belgian fa about the possibility of a return for martinez, who managed the club from 2013 to 2016. but they have not been persuaded to let him leave. wayne rooney — currently manager of championship side derby county — has been linked with an emotional return to his first club. also in the frame is frank lampard, who�*s been out of work since being sacked by chelsea a year ago. there are six uncapped players included in eddiejones�* 36 man england squad for next month�*s six nations. in—form wasps back row alfie barbeary is called up — the 21—year—old has scored four tries in seven games for his club this season after returning from injury. there is no space for bath back row sam underhill, centre manu tuilagi and george ford. owen farrell remains as captain. while fly—half dan biggar will captain wales, with regular skipper alun wynjones out injured. wales are stuggling with injuries, seven other key players are unavailable. three uncapped players have been included. ospreys hooker dewi lake, flankerjac morgan and cardiff forward james ratti.

back to the future, everton contact the belgian fa as they make a move for theirformer manager roberto martinez. good evening. two days after the hostage—taking incident at a synagogue in texas, two teenagers have been arrested today in greater manchester. the attacker was a british man — named as malik faisal akram from blackburn — who was shot dead by police at the scene after a 10—hour stand—off. he'd taken four people hostage, including a rabbi, who all survived unharmed. friends of akram said he'd suffered from mental health problems and they expressed surprise that he'd been able to travel to the us. greater manchester police said the teenagers detained today, whose identities have not been released, are both being questioned as "part of the ongoing investigation", as our special correspondent ed thomas reports. what made malik faisal akram leave blackburn, the place he called home, to travel to texas, arm himself with a gun and hold people hostage inside a synagogue? there was a tense ten—hour stand—off. as an fbi swat team moved in, the 44—year—old spoke to his family

fred's bought into the box and seeing tom and tom and i get to the end of it to head past emiliano martinez. these are live pictures now on bbc one, there are about 22 minutes played. philip coutinho who signed from barcelona on loan from aston villa for the remainder of the season is going to be eligible to play in the premier league game against the same opponents on saturday. new figures from the premier league show the number of positive covid—i9 tests among players and staff have fallen for the second successive week. in the seven days up to and including the 9th of january, there were 72 new positive cases out of almost 13,000 tests. 94 new cases were recorded in the previous seven days. covid is still impacting on the league though — everton's premier league home match with leicester city on tuesday has been postponed because the foxes don't have enough players to fulfil the fixture. heartbreakfor zimbabwe in their opening africa cup of nations match — they were beaten by one of the tournament favourites, senegal, deep into stoppage time. senegal were awarded a late penalty aft

could roberto martinez be heading back to everton. sacked by the owner farhad moshiri when he took over, suggestions now though, he wants him back. following the sacking of rafa benitez, the club have approached the belgian fa, he's head coach of the international team. he spent three years at everton, before being dismissed. chelsea's emma hayes was named coach of the year at the fifa best awards. she led chelsea's women to the league title and the champions league final last season. it was a chelsea double with thomas tuchel picking up the men's award. robert lewandowski was named men's best player for the second successive year with barcelona's alexia putellas the best women's player. england and wales announce their six nations squads this morning, more to come later. that's all the sport for now. labour say the government is "in chaos" after the prime minister's former adviser, dominic cummings, said borisjohnson lied to parliament about a gathering at the height of the first lockdown. mr cummings said he was prepared to "swear u

everton's bid to bring back roberto martinez as manager ended in frustration. they approached the belgian fa, but they've not been persuaded to let their national team boss leave. derby county manager wayne rooney has been linked with an emotional return to his first club. also in the frame is frank lampard, who's been out of work since being sacked by chelsea a year ago. despite only scoring one goal in their three matches, senegal have qualified top of group b at the africa cup of nations after playing out a goalless draw with malawi. and remarkably, guinea still snatched second place despite losing 2—1 to zimbabwe. they scored both their goals before half—time. knobby kate took for the report grabbed the only goal for guinea after the interval but he will mask the last 16 match after being booked for second time in the tournament. the good bond hopes of finishing top looked good as they leave the current leaders morocco one have a zero. ghana could be on their way out as they are ludi —— losing to comoros. emma raducanu says she "loves the energy" at

wayne rooney, graham potter and former boss roberto martinez have all been linked with the job. benitez�*s dismissal came after everton's 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city, prompting angry scenes from travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their previous 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table to 16th. after a bitterly disappointing ashes tour in australia, england head coach chris silverwood says the packed schedule and lack of time to prepare impacted their performance. it comes after australia won the series 4—0. despite the humiliating loss, captainjoe root wants to stay on, which silverwood says is the right decision. the hunger is definitely there, the determination is certainly then you can see that in his eyes. i mean, he wants to see this team do well and he wants to lead them and when the team is doing well i think she is the right man to lead this team and i think we need to give the guys the opportunity to have him back to the structure again. we need to give him the opportunity to learn the skills we need so that you can eat them well

wayne rooney, graham potter and former boss roberto martinez have all been linked with the job. benitez�*s dismissal came after everton's 2—1 defeat at strugglers norwich city, prompting angry scenes from travelling fans. everton have lost nine of their previous 12 premier league games, sinking from fourth in the table to sixteenth. their rivals liverpool are up to second in the premier league after a 3—0 win over brentford at anfield. it's a crucial three points forjurgen klopp's side. fabinho, alex oxlade—chamberlain and takumi minamino here with the goals. the victory moves liverpool above chelsea, 11 points behind leaders manchester city, but with a game in hand. west ham manager david moyes was unhappy with the premier league after his side lost 3—2 at home to leeds. west ham played midweek to fit in a re—scheduled match but, despite leeds having two postponed games, they had the week off to prepare. having beaten south africa on saturday, england made it two wins from two in netball�*s quad series yesterday with victory over new zealand. they came back from e