england manager gareth southgate will be among the guests. with the transfer window closing tomorrow, sunderland have had a busy day, bringing in bryan 0viedo and darron gibson. the pair team up with manager david moyes once again, after working together at everton. 0viedo has signed until 2020, while gibson's is an i8—month contract. moyes has brought them in a day before they face tottenham in the league, which is also transfer deadline day. ido i do not think it is great planning by the premier league, i think it is pretty poor, the weird has worked out. i think they could either have shut the window tonight or kept it open another day but i do not think it is ideal, because we have a programme but that is the way it is. and earlier, sunderland sold patrick van aanholt to crystal palace for an undisclosed fee. the dutch left—back has signed a four and a half year contract. the 26—year—old will be reunited with sam allardyce, having previously worked with the manager at the stadium of light. hopefully his impact is instant. he was i

so in came gareth southgate, england's third manager in as many matches for england. and as the football association continued to recover, above them, fifa were trying to start afresh with a new man in charge of rescuing the damaged reputation of the organisation. danny willett was not even supposed to be at the us masters, let alone win it, but the early arrival of his baby son allowed him to take part. his round finished, he watched on from the clubhouse asjordan spieth collapsed. a quick call to tell his new family that he would be bringing home a very special souvenir. the 2016 us masters champion, danny willett. .. there was a first major winner too at royal troon in the open championship, an astonishing final round from henrik stenson earned him the claretjug. in the woman's british open, thailand's first major champion. this was a year of maiden major winners, dustin johnson taking the us open andjimmy walker securing the pga. all this made for one of the most eagerly anticipated ryder cups in recent memory. raucous, emotionally charged, as we have come to expe

he says he wants to turn england, gareth southgate, into the greatest tea m gareth southgate, into the greatest team in world football which is quite some are given their performance at the recent european championships. but they are drawing inspiration from the rugby team, bit ofa inspiration from the rugby team, bit of a crossover there. the most popular video on the bbc website for the whole year with the panda at toronto zoo, i have two bird and animal stories this morning. this is from the inside pages of the times. the red footed booby, the western swampen, and exotic birds arriving in the uk have been blamed on tropical hurricanes, high winds giving them a boost. a little helping hand. and you can't start the year without a madcap story. beware of the cat, bloodthirsty devil that lives posties wounded. this is hunter, who has been gripped by the back of the cranium. the clause in the face, if i was being gripped like that you might see a similar face gripped like that you might see a similarface from me. gripped like that you might see a similar face from me. that would send me

gareth southgate said england's mental state needs to change going into major tournaments to have success. speaking to the bbc he says it is something the national side have struggled with. during the yea rs, have struggled with. during the years, when i was playing, we went in as genuinely one of the play brits —— one of the favourites, in recent yea rs brits —— one of the favourites, in recent years we have gone in with hope, rather than one of the top—ranked teams. we have to go in as one of the top—ranked teams, because our results in qualifying and against big teams have been outstanding. the physical side is different, but the mental thing is key, i think. 70,000 people watched the big bash match between the two melbourne science, the renegades and the stars. the renegades winning by nine runs on the duckworth—lewis method. kevin pietersen made this terrific catch, despite declaring he was rubbish in the field. this one suggest otherwise. the renegades reaching 171—4. cameron white with a hefty 64 off 43 balls. after rain interrupted play, the stars were set 159 to w