on the programme tonight a horrific injury to everton‘s andre gomes marrs their 1—1 draw with spurs in the premier league. lewis hamilton has a date with destiny... he's on the brink of securing his sixth formula one world title in texas tonight. and great britain's women will defend their olympic hockey title next year after safely coming through their qualifying tie against chile. also coming up in the programme.. a hiccup for england's cricketers in their second t20 match in new zealand. and as south africa celebrate winning their third rugby world cup, a legendary springbok captain calls it their most significant ever. for the first time since 1995, again this country now is just celebrating something that is extraordinary and that has the power of sport. good evening — lots to come with lewis hamilton expected to win his sixth formula one world title in the next few hours, but we start with the premier league, and some distressing scenes at goodison park where there was a horrific injury to everton‘s andre gomes. there was a long delay as the midfielder received treatment on t

everton's andre gomes will have surgery today after fracturing his ankle during his sides one—all draw with tottenham. a distressed son heung—min of spurs was sent off for his tackle on the midfielder. mario balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch after suffering racial abuse in a match in italy. the incident came whilst playing for his latest club brescia against hellas verona. the referee suspended play as part of uefa's protocol. more on those stories in about 20 minutes. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has warned that tension between russia and the west is putting the world in "colossal danger", because of the threat of nuclear weapons. he was speaking with our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. these days it is rare to see mikael gorbachev in front of a camera. at 88 years old, he avoids the limelight. "i'm slowing down," he tells me. "i can barely stand up." but the man who helped to end the cold war has a message for the world. that his achievements are at risk. and one of his greatest achieveme

everton midfielder andre gomes has been discharged from hospital after successful surgery on a fracture dislocation of his right ankle. after being sent off for the tackle causing gomes‘ injury, son heung—min has had his red card overturned. gareth bale has been named in the welsh squad for their upcoming euro 2020 qualifiers, despite missing real madrid's last four matches with a calf injury. ryan giggs‘ side need to win their remaining matches against azerbaijan and hungary to stand a chance of automatic qualification. it's the biggest punishment in english rugby history. saracens have been docked 35 points and handed a 5 million pound fine for breaching salary cap regulations. premiership rugby has suspended the punishment pending a saracens appeal. our sport correspondent, katie gornall, spoke to me earlier. this is a huge story, so the saracens, the dominant force in by, saracens, the dominant force in rugby, they have 17 major in the past decade and they have a squad like no other and they are full of recognisable names and the likes of the england captain, the brothers, and

everton midfielder andre gomes has been discharged from hospital after successful surgery on a fracture dislocation of his right ankle. after being sent off for the tackle causing gomes‘ injury, son heung—min has had his red card overturned. meanwhile... liverpool will need to field two different teams in as many days, because the date of their league cup quarter—final with aston villa will not be changed. the match, on the 17th of december, is less than 2a hours before club world cup semi—final in qatar. the champions league is back tonight. a couple of early kick offs already underway — including barcelona — but liverpool and chelsea will be our focus for the next couple of minutes on sportsday. rhia chohan has been looking at how they're fairing at the halfway point. starting with liverpool then rhia. ben, it's another big night of champions league football at anfield. liverpool lost their first game against napoli back in september but they have managed to get back on track in these group stages. so, how does tonight's game look? well, klopp's side beat genk 4—1 when t

gomes. the incident leaving tottenham's son heung—min in tears. the south korean was sent off for his tackle, but gomes appeared to be injured by the awkward way he fell rather than the challenge. both teams picking up a point after cenk tosun‘s header in the 97th minute cancelled out dele alli's earlier effort. there was 12 minutes of injury time after medics had tended to gomes before he was taken off on a stretcher. the result almost inconsequential with the gomes incident weighing heavily on the players' minds. it is difficult to see. obviously everybody at tottenham since our best wishes to the player. it is difficult to see. going into the changing room after the game and seeing how upset seung is, you know, he is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. he would never want to hurt anybody. i don't know how involved he was. he couldn't even pick his head up. it was sad to ct is everywhere. but i think we have to try to pick each other up. everybody at tottenham since our best.

tottenham's son heung—min was in tears as everton midfielder andre gomes suffered a fractured ankle. i was thrilled when i said mr disney, i would love to, but i have to tell you i am pregnant. he said well, that's ok, we will wait. and i've been speaking to the woman who kept walt disney waiting, the practically perfectjulie andrews. and we are not flying a kite, but flying a flag for lewis hamilton's victory at silverstone this morning. i will be basking in the sunshine of this victory but when you more news for rain, especially for eastern scotland. full details coming up on brea kfast. it is monday 4 november. our top story: lewis hamilton is celebrating his sixth formula one world title after clinching the 2019 championships in the united states grand prix. his second—place finish means he is now the second most successful fi driver of all time, just one title behind michael schumacher‘s record. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports from texas. everything in his view could be chaos. it didn't matter. all lewis hamilton had to see was the end of this grand prix. to win

everton midfielder andre gomes has undergone surgery on the broken ankle he suffered during their 1—1 draw with tottenham. the club say the procedure went very well. with just one win in the scottish premiership this season, hibernian have sacked manager paul heckinbotham. the club are tenth in the table and were beaten 5—2 in the league cup semifinal by celtic on saturday. ellen white has been recalled to the england lionnesses squad. she's barely played since the summer's world cup owing to an knee injury. england play germany at wembley on saturday and czech republic away next tuesday. reanne evans has made snooker history by becoming the first woman to play men in a televised ranking event. facing shaun murphy at the champion of champions tournament, evans fought back from 3—0 down to force a deciding frame, before an eventual loss to the former world champion. england head coach eddiejones said they players would be hurting for the next four years after their world cup final defeat to south africa on saturday. the players looked pretty dejected then and their moods hadn't imp

everton say surgery to repair andre gomes's ankle injury went extremely well today. the midfielder suffered a fracture dislocation in a challenge with tottenhams son heung min during their 1—all draw at goodison park. players from both sides were visibly distraught a club statement went on to say gomes will spend some time in hospital and expect him to make a full recovery. with just one win in the scottish premiership this season, hibernian have sacked manager paul heckinbotham after almost nine months in charge of the club. hibs are currently 10th in the table and were beaten 5—2 in the league cup semi final by celtic on saturday. and reanne evans has made snooker history by becoming the first woman to play men in a televised ranking event. she was facing shaun murphy at the champion of champions tournament, evans fought back from 3—0 down to force a deciding frame, before an eventual loss to the former world champion. that's all the sport for now. so far has been a pretty unsettled start to november, quite a bit of rain in places and also strong winds. over

to the premier league, where there was a horrific injury to everton's andre gomes in their 1—1 draw with spurs. the portugese midfielder was injured after being tripped by son hyeung—min — who was in tears when he realised what had happened. he was subsequently sent off. tottenham were 1—0 up at the time, and everton managed to grab their equaliser through cenc tosun in the 12th minute of stoppage time. it was difficult to see. we send them our best wishes to be player. it is difficult to see. but in the change room after the game in seeing how upset they are, he is one of the nicest people you'll see, he would never wish to hurt anybody. i don't know how involved he was but he can't even pick his head up. it was have to see. tears everywhere. but i think we have to try and pick each other up think we have to try and pick each otherup in think we have to try and pick each other up in the whole of tottenham since there bested him. —— send their best to him. leicester city meanwhile are up to third in the premier league after a 2—0 win at crystal palace. jamie vardy was on the

finally — everton midfielder andre gomes has gone on social media to thank fans for their support after his serious injury, during the 1—1 draw against tottenham hotspur on sunday. the portuguese midfielder fractured his ankle during a challenge and faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines. hi, everyone. as you know, everything went well. i am at home with my family and i would like to thank you all for the support and m essa 9 es thank you all for the support and messages and the positive energy. thank you. you can get all the latest at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, that's your thursday sport briefing. don't blink or you'll miss it, because a british team are increasingly confident they have a car capable of breaking the land speed record. their arrow—shaped vehicle, known as bloodhound, has been getting progressively faster and faster during trials in south africa. they plan to test their car to approximately 965kms/hour this week — ahead of a full attempt next year at 1600kms/hour. 0ur africa correspondent, andre

the game was overshadowed by a serious leg injury sustained by the everton midfielder andre gomes. he had been tripped by son heung—min, the spurs forward, who was visibly distraught, and was sent off for the incident. leicester city are up to third in the premier league after a 2—0 win at crystal palace. jamie vardy was on the scoresheet again. he's now up to ten goals for the season. next month's scottish league cup final will be an old firm affair. rangers beat hearts 3—0 in their semifinal at hampden park. alfredo morelos scored twice to set up a meeting with celtic, who have won the league cup for the past three years. great britain's women will defend their olympic hockey title in tokyo next year after coming through their two—legged qualification tie against chile. and the british men have also qualified after beating malaysia. the women were already 3—0 up on aggregate after yesterday's match at lee valley in london, and they won 2—1 today. this was their last chance to secure a place at next summer's games. we knew after the euros, we were disappointed not to w

coming up on bbc news, everton's portuguese midfielder andre gomes is to undergo surgery today after a horrific ankle break during their draw with tottenham hotspur yesterday in the premier league. the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev has warned that the current tensions between russia and the west are endangering the world. speaking to the bbc in an interview to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, mr gorbachev called for all countries to declare that nuclear weapons should be destroyed. he was speaking to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. these days, it's rare to see mikhail gorbachev in front of a camera. aged 88, he avoids the limelight. i'm slowing down, he tells me. i can barely stand up! but the man who helped to end the cold war has a message for the world. that his achievements are at risk. and one of his greatest achievements was ending the arms race between the soviet union and america. his diplomatic double act with ronald reagan slashed the two superpowers nuclear arsenals. but the arms race has reignited. there is a new tension. and fi

gomes, who suffered a broken ankle. dele alli picked up on a mistake to give spurs file. there was a long stoppage as vr looked at a penalty to everton, which was not given. it is the injury to gomes which will make the headlines for all the wrong reasons. he was tripped by son heung—min, who tripped awkwardly. everton, would the man advantage, snatched an equaliser. it means spurs are still without a league win at home since january. leicester city are up to third in the premier league after a 2—0 win at crystal palace. jamie vardy was on the scoresheet again, he's now up to 10 goals for the season. mario balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch after suffering racial abuse. mario balotelli, who now plays for his hometown club breschia picked up the ball and kicked it into the stands. he then tried to leave, during the game at hellas verona. his own teammates and the opposition trying to stop him from leaving. the referee suspended players part uefa's antiracism protocol, and after being persuaded to stay on the

gomes. everton and spurs drew the game one all. joe lynskey reports. even the premier league superstars are only human. everything's ijust seen his team—mate suffer a horrific leg injury. this match had finished ina leg injury. this match had finished in a drawer, and truth the score line was a sideshow. the spurs had not went away in the league since january. they started this match in 13th place. but with delle ali opener, they hope their season was kick—starting. like a steam, his personal form has been kick—starting. like a steam, his personalform has been slow kick—starting. like a steam, his personal form has been slow to get going. the england midfielder then almost gave away a penalty. it took the va are 0fficials three minutes to decide this wasn't handball. but $0011 to decide this wasn't handball. but soon the argument was put in perspective, every ten supports against midfielder andre gomez fell to the ground, goodison park and 0utlook. there were these first players invo

after his sickening injury against tottenham yesterday, everton‘s andre gomes will undergo surgery today. the portuguese midfielder was hacked down by son hueng min in everton‘s 1—1 draw at goodison park and suffered a fractured dislocation of his ankle. son was sent off for the tackle with players and supporters near the incident clearly shocked by his injury. tottenham are expected to appeal against the red card. i was in the changing room after the game and seeing how upset sonny is, one of the nicest people you could ever meet, who would never wish to hurt anyone. obviously i don‘t know how involved he was but he can‘t even pick his head up. it was sad to see. tea rs everywhere. i think we have to try and pick each other up and the whole of tottenham sends our best. there was another incident of racist abuse making the headlines this weekend — this time directed at former manchester city and liverpool striker mario balotelli at a match in italy. he threatened to walk off the pitch after kicking the ball into the stands during brescia‘s match against hellas verona. the ref

premier league team everton say they expect their portuguese international andre gomes to make a full recovery after ankle surgery early this monday gomes suffered a horrific fractured dislocation of his right ankle during a game against tottenham on sunday what i can tell you in there we have all the support in needs of ourselves you know so it is insured but we were in when it was insured and it will become stronger as a football player and then the money because it's fantastic and that's professional and all the support you will need from ourselves. and celebrations have been continuing in washington d.c. following the nationals world series triumph the major league baseball champions have been honored by the washington capitals hockey team ahead of their game against the calgary flames capsule for number one the stanley cup just over a year ago. i came or for me throughout the night but that is it found out that he really thinks the that's it from the team here in doha barbara sarah and the team would love them pick up the baton next. yep so oldest muslim undertakers working here

gomes could play again this season the portuguese international suffered a dislocated fracture of his own cholesterol tackle by tottenham's son young men on sunday everson manager mark are silver also said sun had texted his apologies to gomes after that match the feedback. i heard from our medical staff and is that possible they are playing again this season. of course you know when. or 1st we saw that in that moment and these are really serious injuries and looks who is serious of course after after the surgery and after all the exams the everything went really well russia sports minister has denied that any of the data handed to the world anti-doping agency was manipulated russia faces a fresh ban ahead of next year's tokyo olympics if water finds the information from moscow's anti doping lab had been edited. it was his thought process that the experts consider that there were no deletions at all there it's a purely technical issues related to how the system itself works at the next meeting between experts from wada the lowes and laboratory and from outside all of these issues will

gomes. after a really poor first half, dele alli picked up on a mistake to give spurs the lead. there was then a long stoppage as var looked at a penalty appeal from everton which wasn't given. but it's the injury to gomes which will make the headlines for all the wrong reason. he was tripped by son and fell awkwardly. son clearly very distressed by what happened. he was given a red card too. those long stoppages brought 12 additional minutes of play, where everton, with their man advantage snatched an equaliser. it means spurs are still without a league win away from home since january. rangers are through to the final of the scottish league cup after they beat hearts at hampden park. filip helander scored the first goal of the game just before half—time. alfredo morelos added a second early in the second half, before sealing the victory with his second of the game here to make it 3—0. rangers will face their glasgow rivals celtic in next month's final. the former manchester city and li

ever since portuguese international andre gomes is undergoing surgery after the horrific leg injury he suffered during his side's premier league game against tottenham on sunday gammas suffered a fractured dislocation of his right ankle following a tackle by one in sudden and subsequent collision with surgery i was a 6 minute stoppages medics attended to the 26 year old what i can tell you and there were all the support he needs from ourselves nor were seriously injured but we were and when it was insured and it will become stronger as a football player than that as a man because he's a fantastic fantastic professional and all the support you in the real are from ourselves. or bron james is l.a. lakers are looking at that same debate in the n.b.a. this season they just won their 5th straight game and top the western conference now le bron himself and anthony davis with a key player is going to be sentenced on your spurs 3 time be a champion starter 30 assists and 21 points next they've got a game high 25 points play the knights who are going to call charisma with his buzzer l.a. winnin

it seems incredible, but everton manager marco silva says that andre gomes could be back in the everton side before the end of the season. gomes suffered an horrific ankle injury after a challenge by tottenham forward heung—min son during their 1—all draw in the premier league on sunday. surgery to repair the fractured dislocation has apparently gone well. the former england and northampton hooker, dylan hartley has announced he's retiring from professional rugby, after failing to recover from a long—standing knee injury. he hasn't played since december, missing england's rugby world cup run. he's northampton's longest serving player with 251 appearances in 1a seasons. hartley said the last few months had been difficult "physically and mentally" and, while his career wasn't "perfect he wouldn't have had it any other way". 0ur reporterjames burridge has more. let's look at the plus points first of all, it's their second most capped player committee took england on that astonishing run after the humiliation of the 2015 world cup, where they went on a team match unbeaten run, they ba

gomes. the tackle led to the everton midfielder‘s horrific ankle injury. son was originally given a yellow for the challenge but it was changed to a red. gomes had a succesful operation on his ankle and left hospital this afternoon. after missing last month‘s matches through injury — juventus midfielder aaron ramsey is back in the wales squad for the upcoming games against azerbaijan and hungary. gareth bale is also included in the squad. he hasn‘t played for his club real madrid since picking up a calf injury in wales‘ draw with croatia in mid october. manager ryan giggs admits bale‘s lack of match fitness is a concern. we‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. more now on the day‘s election campaigning. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said if labour wins he‘ll get brexit done in six months — promising to secure a better deal with the eu and then put it to the public in another referendum next year. the conservatives insist they are the party to deliver brexi

not least for son, who had been distraught on the pitch for his part in an injury to andre gomes at the weekend. his goal was a sort of therapy, this celebration a sort of apology. belgrade went strangely quiet, its menace faded. son strolled in a third, then christian eriksen squeezed home a fourth. spurs had made the chaotic routine and conquered the cauldron. in italy, manchester city made a predictably precise start against atalanta, plotting a perfect path to the opening goal, scored, as so often these days, by raheem sterling. before the break, a chance at a second, but gabrieljesus was considerably less accurate. it was a miss that would matter. not long after half—time, atalanta levelled. game on. but with ten minutes to go, city's goalkeeper off. claudio bravo's red card meant kyle walker, a defender, would have to go in goal. walker didn't falter, but a draw means manchester city haven't reached the next round just yet. and kyle walker's appearance in goal sparked a lot of chat on social media, and if he was pleased with his performance, you can always rely on a team—mate

the mirror focuses on that terrible injury to everton's andre gomes. he had successful surgery yestrday but it's claimed that tottenham's son has been offered councelling. that tottenham's son has been offered counselling. and picture of the day is in the telegraph — joe marler touching down with england with a not so subtle travel pillow. i definitely want one of those! there was a big game in the championship last might with west bromwich albion returning to the top with a 2—0 win at managerless stoke city. matt philips opened the scoring early on with his sixth goal of the season — before hal robson kanu scored the second to pile more misery on stoke who are bottom of the table. he may not be featuring for real madrid at the moment but that hasn't stopped gareth bale being picked for the wales squad for their final two euro 2020 qualifiers. juventus midfielder aaron ramsey has also been picked again by ryan giggs after missing last month's matches through injury. wales wrap up their qualification campaign with games against azerbaijan and hung

it seems incredible, but everton manager marco silva says that andre gomes could be back in the everton side before the end of the season. gomes suffered an horrific ankle injury after a challenge by tottenham forward heung—min son during their one—all draw in the premier league on sunday. surgery to repair the fractured dislocation has apparently gone well. the former arsenal manager arsene wenger says he hasn't spoken to the german champions bayern munich about taking their vacant managers job but he hasn't ruled himself out either. wenger said he knew the club well and would "never refuse" to talk to them. he's 70 years old now, and hasn't had a coaching job since leaving arsenal at the end of last season. bayern sacked niko kovac on sunday. the former england and northampton hooker, dylan hartley has announced he's retiring from professional rugby, afterfailing to recover from a long—standing knee injury. he hasn't played since december, missing england's rugby world cup run. he's northampton's longest serving player with 251 appearances in 1a seasons. hartley said the last fe

not least for son, who had been distraught on the pitch for his part against andre gomes at the weekend. this goal was a sort of therapy, this celebration a sort of apology. belgrade went strangely quiet, its menace faded. son strolled in a third, then christian eriksen squeezed home a fourth. spurs had made the chaotic routine and conquered the cauldron. in italy, manchester city made a predictably precise start against atalanta, plotting a perfect path to the opening goal, scored as so often these days by raheem sterling. before the break, a chance at a second, but gabrieljesus was considerably less accurate. it was a miss that would matter. not long after halftime, atalanta levelled. game on. but, with ten minutes to go, city's goalkeeper off. claudio bravo's red card meant kyle walker, a defender, would have to go in goal. walker didn't falter, but a draw means manchester city haven't reached the next round just yet. more wobbles for arsenal as they let another lead slip, this time in the europa league. they had taken the lead against vitoria guimaraes in portugal, but conceeded an

the everton midfielder andre gomes has undergone surgery today to repair the horrific injury he sustained in their 1—1 draw with tottenham. everton have confirmed the operation on a fracture dislocation to his right ankle went well, and he is recovering in hospital. the portuguese midfielder was fouled by son hueng min before colliding with serge aurier. son was sent off for his role in the incident that left him, players, and supporters visibly distressed. his manager, marco silva, has backed him to come back stronger, whilst spurs are expected to appeal son‘s red card. ellen white has been called up to phil neville‘s squad for the first time since the world cup. the manchester city player only came back to club football last week after knee surgery. it means the striker, who won bronze in the golden boot award, will be available to face germany at wembley on the 9th of november in front of what‘s expected to be a sell out crowd. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. we are keeping an eye on what is happening at westminste

andre gomes looked absolutely awful. apparently surgery to repair his dislocated fracture has gone really well. and marco silva has said today that he could pulling on that everton shirt before the end of the season. gomes was hurt after a challenge by tottenham forward heung—min son during their 1—1 draw in the premier league. it also left son really affected after seeing what had happened, so i‘m sure he‘ll be relieved to also see andre gomes back on the pitch. another football story catching our eye today, is that the former arsenal boss, arsene wenger hasn‘t ruled out being the new manager of bayern munich. wenger himself says he hasn‘t spoken to the club, but has been quite coy about the links being made saying that he would "never refuse to talk" to bayern. niko kovac was sacked as manager of the german side last weekend. as for wenger, he‘s just turned 70, and hasn‘t had a coaching job since leaving arsenal. now, the former england and northampton hooker dylan hartley has announced that he‘s step

everton midfielder andre gomes is "expected to make a full recovery" after he had surgery to repair a fracture dislocation to his right ankle. gomes suffered the horrific injury on sunday, during their draw with tottenham hotspur. everton announced that the surgery had went extremely well and have said that the midfielder is recovering well in hospital. west bromwich albion have returned to the top of the championship after they won away at manager—less stoke city. matt philips opened the scoring early on with his sixth goal of the season before hal robson kanu scored the second to pile more misery on stoke who are bottom of the table. world anti—doping agency president sir craig reedie has said wada will investigate all athletes who have trained with banned coach alberto salazar. salazar is the former coach of mo farah, and was found guilty of doping violations after a 4—year investigation by wada. farah himself has neverfailed a drugs test and has always strongly denied breaking any rules. england have arrived back in the uk after their rugby world cup final defeat to south af