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England’s fans are having a proper pop at Thomas Tuchel after he criticised the Wembley atmosphere during the Wales friendly on Thursday. 

Tunes include: “Our support is f***ing s**t”. “Thomas Tuchel, we’ll sing when we want.” And “Are we loud enough for you?”

There is also a predictable ping for Gary Neville who is accused of one-in-a-bed romps. 

Latvia 0-0 England

17. England come piling forward once again.

Once the ball is lost, Latvia look to hit the visitors on the counter.

Lewis-Skelly with a blatant tug back to prevent that from happening and is shown a yellow card as a result.

Latvia 0-0 England

15. Gordon rolls the ball into the path of Lewis-Skelly.

He looks to get a first-time cross in but the delivery is poor.

The cross heads straight out for a goal-kick, who he was aiming for only he will know.

Latvia 0-0 England

13. Saka picks the ball up wide in the penalty area.

He looks to fashion a shooting chance but three players crowd him out.

The winger plays a lofted pass into Lewis-Skelly but as he pulls it out of the air, Latvia step in to win it.

Latvia 0-0 England

11. Saka checks onto his left-foot and tries a shot from distance.

It is well blocked by a sliding challenge from the defender.

Moments later Anderson tries a half-volley from just outside the box but he shanks it high and wide of the goal.

Latvia 0-0 England

9. Kane will regard that one as a bad miss.

It was great play from Gordon and the Bayern striker had all the time in the world to pick his spot.

His volley had the keeper beaten but was the wrong side of the post.

How Humphries got here

Cool Hand has lost just five sets on his way to tonight’s final.

• Luke Humphries 2-0 Nathan Aspinall (first round)
• Luke Humphries 3-1 Krzysztof Ratajski (second round)
• Luke Humphries 3-1 Cameron Menzies (quarter-final)
• Luke Humphries 5-3 Danny Noppert (semi-final)

Elite company

Luke Humphries has joined an exclusive club by making tonight’s final.

The world No1 has reached the final of the World Grand Prix three times in a row!

Only Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen have done that before.

Humphries beat Gerwyn Price two years ago and lost to Mike De Decker 12 months ago.

Head-to-head record

Luke Littler edges this match-up after 24 meetings.

‘I get too relaxed’

Luke Humphries came through a tense battle with Danny Noppert in the semi-final last night.

Cool Hand raced into the lead before the Dutchman staged a comeback.

Humphries held him off and has explained how he managed to re-find his range after a mid-match blip.

He said: “I just splashed my face with a bit of water and said, I’ve got to fire myself up.

“Sometimes the body gets a little bit too relaxed and I’m kind of just pushing the darts. I said to myself, ‘Now or never — you really have to show Danny you still want to win this.’

“Because if I come out 4–3 down thinking, ‘I’ve still got two sets, I can afford to lose this one,’ that’s the wrong mindset.

“I didn’t want to lose that set.

“I came out a bit more aggressive — come on, get my head on, get the energy level up and it seemed to work.”

Out for revenge

The last time Luke Littler played Luke Humphries, the teenage star won the New Zealand Masters final 8-4 in August.

But that was not enough to count as revenge for Littler as he brought up the 11-8 Premier League final defeat he suffered to Humphries in May.

He said: “That’s the last big one we met in, apart from New Zealand.

“But on the major stage, I owe him one tomorrow night.

“When it’s Luke Humphries in the opposite corner in a final, it feels even bigger.

“We’ve both beaten each other in major finals.

“But this one’s very different — double start.

“Whoever gets off first tomorrow probably wins.”

‘Biggest clash in darts’

We are nearly ready for the latest chapter of the two Luke rivalry.

And Littler knows it is the final everyone hoped for at the beginning of the week, saying: “I think me and Luke is the biggest game in darts.

“Whether it’s a final, a first round, or a semi-final, we bring the best out of each other.

“Another Luke vs Luke final doesn’t get boring.”

The Nuke’s comment comes after he labelled his match with last year’s champ Mike De Decker as “boring” due to the Belgian not playing his best.

Liverpool ace injured on international duty

Away from the legends game, news broke earlier today that Ibrahima Konate has pulled out the France squad.

The centre-back has a right quadriceps injury and has been receiving “treatment and following protocol” since joining up with his international team-mates.

Kalou’s new venture

Salomon Kalou has a surprising way of keeping busy in retirement.

The Ivory Coast star played in the match today, which means he had some time off from running his chocolate company Oume.

Kalou hopes to see it on the shelves of UK shops soon.

Garden of Eden

Roberto Di Matteo was delighted to be reunited with icon Eden Hazard this afternoon.

The former boss said: “He was a special player. I think from the first minute he wore the Chelsea shirt, everybody fell in love with him.

“You could see the talent he had, even though he was only 19 back then. 

“He showed his capabilities and his qualities over the years and had a very successful stint here with us. 

“Thank you to him that he came today and showed again some of his qualities.

“I think the people absolutely loved seeing him on the pitch for Chelsea today.”

‘Connected for life’

Roberto Di Matteo spoke about his iconic Chelsea squad which won the 2012 Champions League as he returned to the dugout today.

Di Matteo said: “When you win a competition, a trophy, it connects you for the rest of your life.

“Every time we get together, it’s a great feeling and a lot of emotions to see these players again that managed to lift the trophy with the big ears!

“They always turn up when we call them for these sort of games.

“They love to come back and put the blue shirt on.

“We’ve created a lot of memories for the players and for the supporters as well.

“Overall, it’s a wonderful day today to see all these guys again. I wish them all good health.”

Friends again?

Diego Costa has just took to Instagram to post this snap alongside his rival Martin Skrtel.

The tough guys appear to be mates… for now!

Hazard’s return

Fans were delighted to see Eden Hazard glide across the pitch one again.”

One supporter said: “Eden Hazard is not just a footballer, he’s an entertainer!”

A second reacted: “Hazard strolling around on the Stamford Bridge turf. I’m not crying, you are.”

A third wrote: “He’s been superb, Diego Costa has been a menace to the Liverpool back line….these guys still got it in them.”

Littler wants £1m Saudi nine-darter

Darts is heading to Saudi Arabia for the first time on January 19 and 20 next year.

When the snooker headed to the kingdom, entertainment chief Turki Alalshikh added a golden ball to the table to open up the possibility of a 167 super-maximum and a £1milion reward for players that achieve it.

Littler is hoping a new lucrative concept is added to darts like rewarding a nine-darter with a massive cheque.

Littler a ‘different animal’

Luke Littler’s semi-final opponent Jonny Clayton knows how big his task is tonight.

The Welshman said: “An honest answer is you have to be scared of him.

“The two Lukes, they’re both pushing the bar and the rest of us are following.

“Gezzy’s been putting in some awesome performances, and we’re all trying to keep up.

“But Luke [Littler] is the hottest player on the planet right now.

“He’s class, the world can see it. He’s a different animal.

“But we can all play darts. My first game on stage against Luke, I beat him. So you never know.”

Van Gerwen the inspiration

Danny Noppert is trying to emulate his compatriot Michael van Gerwen.

Ahead of his semi-final against Luke Humphries tonight, the world No13 revealed his admiration for MVG.

He said: “I try to be as good as Michael. But of course he’s the best player there’s ever been. I try to be like him, but not yet.”

Van Gerwen suffered a shock defeat to Dirk van Duijvenbode is round one.

De Decker responds to ‘boring’ claim

Luke Littler was not challenged in his round two victory over Mike De Decker and claimed the clash was “boring”.

The world champion said: “Mike didn’t play his best there and I just had to play along.

“It was a bit boring at times, obviously I expected something from the reigning champion, but he just couldn’t get those doubles to get him going on the scoring most of the time.

De Decker has now responded, saying: “That he found the match ‘boring’? Well, if that’s what he thinks… Good for him. That’s his opinion.”

Littler ‘definitely beatable’

Defending champion Mike De Decker was knocked out in the second round 3-0 by Luke Littler.

The Belgian struggled to land doubles at the start and it allowed The Nuke to cruise to a routine win.

Reflecting on his performance, De Decker said: “I was incredibly disappointed. Look at my average. After the second set, I saw on the screen that I’d thrown 8 out of 42 doubles or something.

“It doesn’t matter who you’re playing against. That way, you’ll have problems against anyone.

“It was just a bad match for me. He wasn’t great either, but it just didn’t fly.

“Those doubles just wouldn’t work. When you do that with this format it becomes difficult.

De Decker went on to add: “So Littler was definitely beatable. Everyone’s always beatable, sometimes it’s just harder than others.”

Rollercoaster of emotions

Luke Littler felt every emotion during last night’s quarter-final clash with Gerwyn Price.

Belter of a day

It’s sweltering here at Stamford Bridge!

The sun is shining and planes are flying over the place that so many of these legends would still call home.

Eden Hazard and Diego Costa have come out on the pitch with the rest of the squad for a team photo, and Petr Cech even stays to sign autographs and take pictures with fans.

That’s what it’s all about!

Liverpool squad

Former Blue Yossi Benayoun will be returning to Stamford Bridge, but in the red of Liverpool.

The club’s all-time top scorer, Ian Rush, will return in the dugout, with the likes of Steven Gerrard and Peter Crouch not included in this one:

• Ian Rush – manager
• John Aldridge – manager
• Phil Thompson – manager
• Sammy Lee – manager
• Pepe Reina
• Sander Westerveld
• Fabio Aurelio
• Martin Kelly
• Ragnar Klavan
• Martin Skrtel
• Yossi Benayoun
• Momo Sissoko
• Jay Spearing
• Ryan Babel
• Natasha Dowie
• Robbie Keane
• Gregory Vignal
• Igor Biscan
• Stephane Henchoz
• Mark Gonzalez
• Florent Siname-Pongolle

Chelsea squad

Roberto Di Matteo, the man who guided Chelsea to their first Champions League title in 2011/12, will return to the dugout as manager.

Five-time Premier League-winning captain John Terry will also be back for action.

Fan favourites at Stamford Bridge like Joe Cole, Eden Hazard and Diego Costa will also return:

• Eden Hazard
• Ramires
• John Terry
• Joe Cole
• Katie Chapman
• Gemma Davison
• William Gallas
• Carlo Cudicini
• Marcel Desailly
• Petr Cech
• Eidur Gudjohnsen
• Salomon Kalou
• Diego Costa
• Jon Harley
• Jody Morris
• Loic Remy
• Florent Malouda
• Tiago Mendes
• Claude Makelele
• John-Obi Mikel
• Gary Cahill

*Gianfranco Zola has withdrawn due to injury

Good afternoon and welcome to SunSport’s live blog of Chelsea vs Liverpool legends!

A star-studded Chelsea line-up will be looking to get revenge on Liverpool after losing the previous legends clash between the two in March.

Peter Crouch bagged a double in a 2-0 win for the Reds last time out, but the legendary forward will not be playing in today’s match – to the delight of Chelsea.

Roberto Di Matteo returns to the Stamford Bridge dugout while the likes of Eden Hazard, John Terry and Diego Costa will pull on the iconic Blue shirt once again.

Robbie Keane, Martin Skrtel and Ryan Babel are among the legends representing Liverpool in the capital this afternoon.

SunSport will bring you minute-by-minute updates from this afternoon’s huge clash!

Jonny Clayton* 1-0 Andrew Gilding

Clayton hits a double with his first dart to score 110.

Gilding takes five darts to find his and The Ferret opens a lead.

A trebless visit from Gilding is matched by the Welshman.

With 148 remaining, Clayton can only chip away at it.

He gets another visit, needing 90, going for double/double on the 18s but missing the last one.

The Ferret returns and takes out double 9 for the hold of throw.

Jonny Clayton vs Andrew Gilding

We have another former winner of the World Grand Prix next.

Jonny Clayton got his hands on the trophy in 2021.

He will come into this match against Andrew Gilding as the firm favourite.

Ross Smith 1-3 *Daryl Gurney (Set: 0-2)

A closely fought leg with only 40 points separating the pair.

However, a trebless visit from Gurney leaves the door open.

Smith scores 100 to leave him on a finish.

With 150 required, Gurney lays up for a double.

Smudger needs 149 but cannot get it started.

With 16 remaining, Gurney takes out double 8 for the match.

Ross Smith* 1-2 Daryl Gurney (Set: 0-1)

Gurney steals the darts despite Smith being the first to a double.

Both players then have trebless visits but neither takes advantage.

A superb visit of 174 piles the pressure on Superchin.

Smith steals the darts and gets to a finish first.

With ‘Shanghai’ needed, Smith wildly misses double tops, almost missing the board in the process.

Gurney needs 95, hitting double/double on 19s to take the leg.

He is just one hold away from victory here.

Ross Smith 1-1 *Daryl Gurney (Set: 0-1)

Gurney is the first away with the double in this one.

It makes such a difference as he opens a 200 point lead.

With 167 required, he is happy to look to lay up.

Superchin needs 73 and takes out double 8 with his first attempt.

Hindsight

Keegan Bradley reveals what he would have done differently having seen how the weekend played out.

He told Sky Sports: “I would have set the course up a little differently – but Europe played better than us and deserved to win. They are a great team.

“In my eyes, Luke Donald is the best European captain of all time.

“I’ve got a real weird relationship with this tournament. A lot of heartbreak. But I still love it, and I love the guys.

“I love being out here again. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to do this again. I will remember this for the rest of my life.”

Tyrrell talks

The man that clinched the half point which secured Europe’s victory, Tyrrell Hatton told Sky Sports: “To be honest, it’s been one of the hardest days I’ve ever experienced on the golf course.

“Going out number 10 of 11 matches, you’re hoping that everything is wrapped up but still want to pride in your individual record.

“The U.S. lads put up an incredible fight — it was to be expected, they’re amazing players. Selfishly, I was hoping it wouldn’t come down to me.

“The last five, six, seven holes were horrible but I’m so happy that we’ve managed to win.”

The Fairytale in New York – report

Europe have WON the Ryder Cup over Team USA on a dramatic day at Bethpage Black.

Luke Donald’s men needed just two points to keep their trophy won in Rome in 2023.

They had completely outplayed their rivals across the first two days in New York.

And they kept the famous gold trophy during the single’s action on Sunday afternoon.

It wasn’t without drama though, as the US stormed to a comeback.

Rahm reacts

Jon Rahm said: “It’s about as intense a rollercoaster of emotions I’ve ever had. for sure on the golf course, maybe in my life. The intensity out there was incredible. The U.S. team did nothing short of amazing.

“What they almost pulled off was amazing. Luckily we had a big enough lead and we had the right people at the back to get it done. Hard to describe. What an atmosphere it’s been all week, it’s been so tough for us and I couldn’t be prouder of everyone in this team.

“We came together as a team and did what a lot of people thought was impossible in New York. It feels very special. That’s golf, that’s sport. That’s why you play 12 points on Sunday, a lot of things can change.

“Great putts on 18 by Cam and JT, once the echoes of the cheers happen you can hear it on the golf course.”

More from Bradley

While Europe were celebrating on 18, Keegan Bradley told the press conference the rule regarding injury and ‘the envelope’ has to change.

Viktor Hovland’s absence meant Harris English had to sit out and in doing so, their match was tied and put down for a half each.

He said: “The rule has to change.

“I think it’s obvious to everyone in the sports world, everyone in this room.”

Fan discussion

Clearly, the New York fans did their best to try and ruin a fantastic Ryder Cup.

Clearly, the fans in Ireland in two years time are going to be a heck of a lot better behaved too.

Lowry told Sky Sports: “Luke is the greatest captain that has ever lived. He’s the most amazing man in the world.

“He’s done the best job. I don’t know what to say.”

On a home Ryder Cup for him in two years, he added: “It will be a little bit nicer than playing here, I know that!”

Heavy Metal turns on the style

Ryan Searle met Niels Zonneveld in a second round match that seemed to be well-matched.

The match was finely poised before Searle got an all-important break to change the course of the match.

Heavy Metal then turned the screw and ran out a 6-3 winner.

Swiss Darts Trophy results

Here are how the matches panned out this afternoon:

Ryan Searle 6-3 Niels Zonneveld

Dave Chisnall 2-6 Luke Woodhouse

Peter Wright 3-6 Cor Dekker

Mike De Decker 5-6 Krystof Ratajski

Rob Cross 6-2 Richard Veenstra

Gian van Veen 6-0 Dirk Van Duijvenbode

Danny Noppert 6-5 William O’Connor

Danny Noppert* 6-5 William O’Connor

It is all to play for in this final leg.

Noppert hits a maximum to open up a 300 point lead.

With 87 required, he takes out double 18 for the match.

Danny Noppert 5-5 *William O’Connor

O’Connor hits a maximum to take control here.

He gets down to a finish with Noppert in the high 200s.

The Irishman takes out double 10 for the hold of throw.

We are heading into a deciding leg.

Danny Noppert* 5-4 William O’Connor

A dart bouncing off the wire costs O’Connor.

With 93 remaining, Noppert opts to lay up with his opponent on 221.

The Dutchman returns and hits double 10 to move within one leg of victory.

England team news

Starting: 1 Hannah Botterman, 2 Amy Cokayne, 3 Maud Muir; 4 Morwenna Talling, 5 Abbie Ward; 6 Zoe Aldcroft (capt.), 7 Sadia Kabeya, 8 Alex Matthews; 9 Natasha ‘Mo’ Hunt, 10 Zoe Harrison; 11 Jess Breach, 12 Tatyana Heard, 13 Meg Jones, 14 Abby Dow; 15 Ellie Kildunne.

Replacements: 16 Lark Atkin-Davies, 17 Kelsey Clifford, 18 Sarah Bern, 19 Rosie Galligan, 20 Maddie Feaunati; 21 Lucy Packer, 22 Holly Aitchison, 23 Helena Rowland.

England vs Canada

Welcome to SunSport’s LIVE coverage of the Women’s Rugby World Cup final.

England take on Canada in front of a sell out 82,000 crowd at Twickenham, which breaks an attendance record for women’s rugby.

The Red Roses are on a remarkable 32-match winning streak and are in their seventh consecutive final.

But they come up against a Canada side that is the second best in the world and have caught the eye so far in this tournament.

DeChambeau/Young vs Fitzpatrick/Aberg

All square in match one now too as Fitzpatrick and Aberg get one back!

DeChambeau’s approach on the 4th was short and in the bunker and the Americans didn’t recover.

Superb touch from Fitzpatrick meant Aberg doesn’t need to putt and the last remaining red on the board early doors, disappears.

English/Morikawa vs McIlroy/Fleetwood – A/S

What a response from Team Europe!

McIlroy’s approach finds the green, while English’s doesn’t quite. Morikawa can’t convert his chip and Fleetwood DRAINS his 15ft putt!

All square.

From Joshua Jones at Bethpage

Well, this is the dream start for Keegan Bradley. 

Young’s chip in following English’s clutch putt – after Rory horseshoed one – sees the Americans 1up in both matches. 

Xander and No Hat Pat – now wearing a cap – vs Rahm and Hatton could be blockbuster match play foursomes golf…

Bradley’s morning isn’t quite perfect, though, as he whizzes down the 1st fairway in a buggy – only for the vehicle to get stuck up against a rope. Doh! 

Scottie Scheffler will be hoping for a better day today – he hasn’t won any of his last six Ryder Cup matches now – well, it couldn’t get much worse… 

Schauffele/Cantlay vs Rahm/Hatton

Cantlay chops out the rough and finds the green, leaving it 14ft from the pin and another look at a birdie for the US.

How can Hatton respond? The answer is SUPERBLY, leaving it no more than 1ft from the hole. That should be conceded, fantastic.

Match one – Hole One

Hatton takes the first approach shot, with a delightful chip onto the green, fortunate to get a lucky bounce just over the lip of the bunker.

Thomas has an easier job cut out for him, does not quite hit it hard enough but plays safe and Americans stay ahead.

DeChambeau/Thomas vs Rahm/Hatton

Jon Rahm opts to tee off for Europe.

His stroke veers off to the right side and lands in the rough, met with huge cheers from the American crowd.

Dechambeau steps up for America and hits a brilliant shot onto the fairway, a few yards from the green.

America starting strong.

First pairings ready for tee off

Team USA’s pairing of Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas are introduced to cheers on the first tee

The same can’t be said for Tyrell Hatton and Jon Rahm.

Both teams arrive at the Tee

Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas take on Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton for the first hole today.

DeChambeau and Thomas welcomed with huge cheers of ‘USA, USA, USA’, from the home crowd, the Europeans are met with boos.

Anticipation has been building since Rome and the gallery is alive with around 8,000 supporters in Bethpage Black.

Atmosphere is bubbling now, its game time!

RESULT – Noppon Saengkham 3-4 Chang Bingyu

Just five minutes before the ideal time for prime, professional sport of 1am, Chang Bingyu sees out his advantage in the deciding frame to sneak by Noppon Saengkham.

Saengkham needed a perfect ending and snookers but missed a pot on the pink which left him needing too much so offered the concede with a handshake.

The dozen people still here broke into minimum applause.

He’s into the next round!

Latest scores

He misses a simple red off the rest. The lead is 60 with 59 remaining, so Noppon needs snookers.

• Noppon Saengkham 3-3 Chang Bingyu (0-60)

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The Bingyu lead grows and with 74 remaining, he’s only a few pots away from victory.

• Noppon Saengkham 3-3 Chang Bingyu (0-52)

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The opening Bingyu break is 31. 107 points remain on the table.

• Noppon Saengkham 3-3 Chang Bingyu (0-31)

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Incredible clearance from Saengkham and he takes the sixth frame!

We’re headed to a decider after a sensational pink pot saw him get the black back into play off the cushion and leaves a simple roll into the left middle pocket to win the frame by 10 points.

One frame shoot-out!

• Noppon Saengkham 3-3 Chang Bingyu

Zhou Yuelong 8-8 Mark Allen (0-0)

Yeah, nothing left on.

So Allen plays safe to get the cue ball to baulk and actually hits the jaws of the yellow pocket and just stays aboard!

Zhou Yuelong 8-8 Mark Allen (0-0)

On the stretch, Zhou gets a simple pot all wrong and misses into the right corner pocket.

The cue ball remains around the reds too but not sure if he’s gotten away with it and not left anything on.

Zhou Yuelong 8-8 Mark Allen (0-0)

Safety exchange to start the frame as you might probably expect.

Every shot carefully thought out as an error could spell the end.

Zhou Yuelong 8-8 Mark Allen

An enormous cheers greets both men as they return to the floor.

Zhou Yuelong to break in the decider.

Zhou Yuelong 8-8 Mark Allen

We’re heading to a decider!

Allen sinks the remaining balls after Zhou potted the cue ball and we’re going to have a 17th and final frame to decide our English Open winner.

And that decider will start after midnight, when they kicked things off at 1pm this afternoon. It’s been said so many times this week but that’s a completely absurd situation to expect sports stars to operate at their best in. Genuinely ridiculous.

But never mind. A one-frame shoot-out for £100,000!

Zhou Yuelong 8-7 Mark Allen (59-75)

Allen flukes a snooker when he hits the green this time.

Zhou makes contact with the green too but it sends the cue ball into the pocket after doing so!

Errors galore and four points to Allen!

Elliot Slessor 4-4 Mark Allen (19-0)

Maybe it was the reset for Slessor, who gets to 19 points in this break without much concern.

Elliot Slessor 4-4 Mark Allen

We’re headed for a decider!

And if you’ve been here for the last couple of hours, that absolutely won’t surprise you.

Slessor pots the pink before the pair have a couple of shots at putting the black safe.

That was, until Slessor leaves Allen the straightest pot he could hope for into the yellow pocket which he smashes away.

Only one winner from here but hopefully, for Slessor’s sake, the fact it’s a one-frame shoot-out will reset him. As the last hour and a bit has been pretty desperate to say the least.

Elliot Slessor 4-3 Mark Allen (46-59)

Oooooh, Allen misses the pink for the frame!

A routine pot too and the pink bounces away to safety and he takes a 13-point lead with 13 on the table!

Elliot Slessor 4-3 Mark Allen (46-0)

It WAS the big opportunity and again it goes begging for Elliot Slessor.

It’s actually getting tough to watch now as we tick into Saturday morning.

Mark Allen returns to the table once more.

Elliot Slessor 4-3 Mark Allen (33-0)

The Slessor break continues as he takes his time over each shot knowing this is his opportunity.

From Martin Lipton at Tottenham

Still feels odd to see the list of Spurs executives on page 5 of the match programme and not reading “Daniel Levy”.

He hasn’t been completely air-brushed. Chief executive Vinai Venkatesham’s notes start by him paying “tribute” to the ousted man.

Venkatesham adds: “The club has come a long way over the last 25 years and that is down to Daniel’s vision, passion and commitment.

“He has played a huge part in the transformation of the club and his contribution to where Tottenham Hotspur is today is quite immense.”

Athletic Bilbao 0-2 Arsenal

90+2. Into stoppage time now, six minutes added on.

The Gunners have managed this match brilliantly, controlling the tempo and closing out the game with composure.

That crucial second goal from Trossard looks to have sealed all three points for the travelling side.

Athletic Bilbao 0-2 Arsenal

88. Again, it’s the Arsenal substitutes linking up again as it’s Trossard who makes it two goals to the good!

Another driving run from Martinelli, he uses his pace to breeze past the tiring Bilbao fullback and lifts his head to pick a pass.

He finds Trossard, who swivels smartly before firing a shot that takes a deflection off Vivian and nestles into the back of the net.

From Martin Lipton at Tottenham

Hope is in the air in N17. 

For the majority of the fans, this will be the first game they’ve attended since the forced exit of Daniel Levy.

Many of them have chanted against the former chairman for a long time. Now he is part of Tottenham history.

His legacy, though, is here. A giant concrete, glass and plastic monument to commercial ambition. And, maybe, now, football ambition too.

Thomas Frank and his players will not be immune to the change in mood, either. Any grumblings, for now, will be directed at them, not the board.

Getting off the Champions League mark at the expense of the side that finished fifth in Spain last term would be a good way to kick off the future.

Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Arsenal

82. Bilbao struggling to get back into this game now.

Arsenal are seemingly happy to soak up this pressure from Bilbao, and they’re not creating much from their attacking threats.

Their earlier sub Unai Gomez has had to come off with an injury, he’s replaced by Nico Serrano.

Arsenal play the ball into Trossard, he wins a corner for the Gunners, it’s just their second corner of the evening.

Arrivals

The World Legends squad has arrived.

Roberto Carlos needed a heads up on which dressing room he was in…

Good evening and welcome to SunSport’s live blog of the Legends Charity Game!

This year’s edition marks the start of the series, with the match scheduled to be held at Sporting‘s home annually until 2030, when Portugal co-hosts the World Cup.

Portugal and the World legends will go head-to-head in the star-studded charity match.

Luis Figo, Pepe, Nani, Deco and Ricard Carvalho are among the Portuguese legends taking part.

While the likes of John Terry, Kaka, Michael Owen, Alessandro Del Piero and Edwin van der Sar will represent the World Legends in the Portuguese capital.

Undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk swaps the ring for the pitch as he ties up his boots to feature in the event.

SunSport will bring you minute-by-minute coverage of tonight’s huge clash!

147!!

Sensational MAXIMUM break from Aaron Hill – what a start to his second round tie!

The Irishman with a perfect frame, leaving Yao Pengcheng in his seat.

I did want to write we were on 147 watch, but last time I did so it was halted before the colours.

No jinx this time and Hill knocks in the 147 to lead 1-0!

Ready for a start

A ripple of applause as the eight players arrive at their tables for this evening session.

Coin tosses across the board deciding who breaks first and we’re now underway on all four tables.

A reminder – we’re first to 4 for a spot in round three!

One more to go!

Four matches remain today in the final session of the second round at the English Open.

Here’s what we have left, getting underway around 7pm:

• Ishpreet Singh Chadha vs Ben Mertens
• Jamie Jones vs Iulian Boiko
• Aaron Hill vs Yao Pengcheng
• Scott Donaldson vs Allan Taylor

Session three

The four results from the 4pm games in the penultimate session of round three.

• Ben Woollaston 4-2 Alexander Ursenbacher
• Ricky Walden 4-1 Bai Yulu
• Michael Holt 4-0 Mink Nutcharut
• Anthony McGill 4-1 Mateusz Baranowski

RESULT – Ben Woollaston 4-2 Alexander Ursenbacher

That, indeed, was that as Woollaston cleared up – missing the black actually for a 69 break – and secured victory.

He didn’t have it all his own way at times and Alexander Ursenbacher put up more than a fight to keep things interesting.

Just one mistake too many and Woollaston capitalised to book a round three spot.

He sets up a Yuan Sijun in the third round on Tuesday.

Ben Woollaston 3-2 Alexander Ursenbacher (43-18)

A current break ongoing of 31 for Woollaston has him 30 with just 43 remaining.

This could be it.