Summary

  • League Cup quarter-final: Southampton v Liverpool build-up

  • Lord Coe appears before DCMS committee over athletics doping scandal

  • Wladimir Klitschko takes up contractual option to fight Tyson Fury again

  • VOTE: Who will win the rematch?

  • Gary Neville to coach Valencia until end of season

  1. boxing

    Klitschko takes rematch optionpublished at 15:20

    Boxing

    Wladimir KlitschkoImage source, Getty Images

    More on the news that Wladimir Klitschko has decided to exercise the option of a rematch against Tyson Fury.

    Klitschko says: "I couldn't show my potential at any time [in Saturday's fight]. This is what I want to change in the rematch - and I will. Failure is not a option."

    There is no indication of a date for the prospective rematch, and Fury's camp are yet to comment.

  2. boxing

    Klitschko takes rematch optionpublished at 15:17
    Breaking

    Boxing

    Wladimir Klitschko has decided to exercise the rematch clause in his contract for the fight against Tyson Fury.

    Klitschko was dethroned as world champion on Saturday, but says: "I want to show that I am much better than my performance on Saturday."

  3. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2015

    Athletics

    Asked about how much the IAAF spends on catching cheats, Lord Coe says it is about four million dollars (£2.67m)

    "I'll do whatever it takes to make sure we have systems in place," says Lord Coe. 

    "The integrity unit will come with more cost, we'll double it if we have to."

    Lord CoeImage source, BBC Sport
  4. athletics

    Coe grilledpublished at 15:16

    Athletics

    MP Christian Matheson now takes his turn to grill Lord Coe. 

    He asks what he's done to improve governance of the IAAF since taking over as president. 

    "I've brought in an independent chaired audit committee to make sure that contracts and procurement is done appropriately. I've amended ethics code - the fact insiders can now discuss in more detail investigations is because I lifted confidentiality clauses. I created a platform for whistleblowers."

  5. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 15:12

    Athletics

    Lord Coe is asked again on his role as IAAF president and how much he knew.

    "I am happy to conceded there was too much power invested in too few people," he answers.

    "Can those structures be changed, yes. We have to lower the walls. Will I put the systems in place, yes. Can I put in systems quickly, yes. 

    "Can i regain trust, that will take longer."

    You can watch Lord Coe's appearance by clicking 'live coverage' above. 

  6. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 15:09

    Athletics

    Lord Coe speaks about what he has done since becoming IAAF president and says: "Every thing I have done since becoming president is bringing in more internal and external scrutiny."

    Asked why he thinks he is the right man to clean up the sport, he says: "I have the experience to do that and I have the support of the sport. Have there been failures? Yes. Will I fix them? Yes.

    "If I don't do that I know there will be no tomorrows in our sport. 

    "I want a responsible and accountable sport. I want a sport people can trust."

  7. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 15:08

  8. football

    Hughes wants regular semi-finalspublished at 15:07

    Football

    Mark HughesImage source, PA

    Stoke City boss Mark Hughes says he wants reaching cup semi-finals to become "the norm" for the club.

    They reached the last four of the League Cup by beating Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday - a trophy they won back in 1972.

    "We're very much in the mix and whoever gets us will understand it'll be difficult for them to get to the final," the Welshman told BBC Radio Stoke.

  9. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 15:05

    Athletics

    Lord Coe is asked the same question many times by Labour MP Ian Lucas, and then followed up the head of the committee Jesse Norman MP

    "Has action been taken fast enough following you going into the IAAF as Vice President in 2007 to deal with doping?"

    Coe concedes that more could have been done in the past, and that there were failures, but the right work is being done. 

    Lord CoeImage source, BBC Sport
  10. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 15:01

    Athletics

    Ian Lucas MP asks Lord Coe what he knew on doping in his role as IAAF vice-president.

    "I was aware that we had a problem but not the specific numbers," says Coe.

    "If you're asking specifically about names and numbers, I would not have known that."

    "Every six months the anti-doping unit would deliver its progress, that was the extent of information we were given. Was I aware the problem was escalating? Yes."

    You can watch Lord Coe's appearance by clicking 'live coverage' above.

  11. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 14:56

    What is the significance of this committee hearing?

    Patrick Cowling
    BBC News, Westminster

    MPs on the committee collect evidence from witnesses in sessions like this or in written form from interested and relevant parties in the inquiry - all of which goes towards a report setting out the committee's findings and recommendations to the government.

    The government must respond to each of the report's recommendations within two months of publication.

    Whether or not this will result in direct action by the government is hard to tell until we see the committee's report and recommendations.

    Committee hearingImage source, BBC Sport
  12. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 14:47

    Athletics

    Asked if more could have been done to follow up on suspicions of doping, Lord Coe says: "Is one to many? Yes. 

    "It would be wrong to say we did not follow up on these, we have. I'm dragging these out from the back of my head but I think there have been about 80 prosecutions from biological passports."

    You can watch Lord Coe's appearance by clicking 'live coverage' above.

  13. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 14:41

    Athletics

    MP Damian Collins commends Lord Coe for taking questions from the committee and then asks if he regrets using the term 'declaration of war' when referring to allegations of widespread doping in athletics.

    "It probably expressed my frustration and anger at the time," said Coe. "I was being contacted by clean athletes and coaches at how they were having their reputations imperiled. 

    "Paula Radcliffe is a very good example of that."

    Lord CoeImage source, BBC Sport

    "We welcomed press intrusion. This was never about a attack on the media. It was specifically aimed at my frustration.

    "I stick by the sentiments, but I might have chosen other language."

    You can watch Lord Coe's appearance by clicking 'live coverage' above.

  14. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 14:37

    Athletics

    For anyone wondering why the committee room is so full while Parliament debates whether or not to extend UK aerial bombing to Syria, MPs who were present at the start of the debate at 11:30 GMT this morning are allowed to leave the Commons chamber for committee meetings and other important engagements.

    MPs in this committee room can return to the Syria debate later.

    Culture, Media and Sport Committee
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    Culture, Media and Sport Committee

    You can watch Lord Coe's appearance by clicking 'live coverage' above. 

  15. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 14:34

    Athletics

    Lord Coe is asked about his comments that anti-doping allegations were a "declaration of war". Was he wrong?

    Coe says he was talking about the "selective use of data to imperil the reputation of clean athletes", not the media in general.

    "What I took exception to was the way that clean athletes were being traduced, and Wada themselves described that as improper use of data," he says.

    Lord CoeImage source, Getty Images
  16. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 14:26

    Athletics

    Coe is asked if doping defrauds clean athletes.

    He says: "If there are failures in the anti-doping protocols, the biggest losers are the clean athletes. They may well be having medals taken off them. 

    "But I have a concern about criminalising the athletes, because I have a concern about putting a civil system alongside a criminal system. I think it's best for it to be a sporting sanction."

  17. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 14:24

    Athletics

    An easy one for Lord Coe first up. He's asked what his view is on blood doping.

    He says: "That's a very simple concept for me. I joined an athletics club at the age of 11 and have competed at pretty much every level. It is a non-negotiable concept that athletes must compete with integrity. 

    "This is about trust - the trust that spectators have in what they're watching taking place at the stadium. If a sport shows any ambivalence at all towards doping, people will find other sports. It is the cornerstone of all my beliefs."

    Lord CoeImage source, Getty Images
  18. athletics

    Doping in athleticspublished at 14:21

    The Culture Media and Sport Committee is taking evidence this afternoon from Lord Coe, President of the IAAF and Thomas Capdevielle, the Federation's Anti-Doping Senior Manager/Acting Operations Director.

    This is part of the committee's inquiry into blood doping in athletics.

    The committee is able to undertake inquiries into areas of current interest that come under its remit.

    The committee's inquiry page and evidence collected so far can be found here, external.

  19. athletics

    Coe grilled on dopingpublished at 14:17

    Athletics

    Lord Coe is just about to appear in front of a committee of MPs, who will question him over the doping in athletics scandal. 

    We'll bring you the latest, or you can watch by clicking 'live coverage' above.

    Sebastian CoeImage source, Getty Images
  20. football

    Would Guardiola exit be good for Bundesliga?published at 14:11

    Football

    Bayern Munich manager Pep GuardiolaImage source, Getty Images

    Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola's future is the source of plenty of debate with his contract with the German club expiring next summer and the Spaniard being linked with Manchester City.

    Former Arsenal keeper Jens Lehman believes that, while it would be good for Bayern if Guardiola extended his spell with them, it would not be great for the rest of the Bundesliga. 

    "It would be good for Bayern, because finding an adequate successor would be tricky," Lehmann told German daily Bild.

    "For the rest of the league it would be better when he goes and perhaps it will become a bit more exciting."