24/02/2017 Newsround

Good morning, and welcome to Newsround this Friday morning.

First, we're talking about the shock news that Leicester City football

club have sacked their manager, Claudio Ranieri, just nine

months after he led them to Premier League victory.

Leicester City - the most unlikely of Premier League champions.

And it was Claudio Ranieri who led one of sport's greatest miracles.

He was even named BBC Sports Personality's Coach of the Year.

It was amazing, amazing story. It is incredible what happened, but it is

true, that is important. But less than a year after that

unbelievable dream - The club's only won five out of 25

Premier League games this season - and are just one point

above the relegation zone. Last night, Ranieri was sacked

by the club's bosses. The club said in a statement

that it was the "most difficult decision" but "we are duty-bound

to the club's long-term interests above all sense

of personal sentiment." No word from Ranieri yet,

but Match Of The Day presenter, and former Leicester star,

Gary Lineker has called the decision "unforgivable"

and "gut-wrenchingly sad". Ranieri's last game in charge

was Wednesday night's 2-1 defeat to Sevilla -

in the last 16 of He appeared unaware

of what was about to happen. We know, we know they are better

than us, very high quality team. High experienced team come

everything. But we have very big heart.

But it was Leciester's poor performance in the Premier League

And we want to know what you think about the decision -

Bad news for Tottenham, who have been knocked out

of the Europa League competition after a 2-2 draw with Belgian

Spurs striker Harry Kane scored this own goal in the first half,

and then Dele Alli was sent off for a dangerous tackle.

More than 80,000 fans - a record turnout for

a Europa League match - watched Tottenham crash out

And England captain Wayne Rooney says he's staying

It's after talk that he could be moving to a club in China.

His agent travelled out there to look into a transfer deal.

But Rooney says he hopes to "play a full part" in the rest

Talking of "premier" - it was the Beauty And The Beast

We sent ten-year-old budding actress Emily to meet the stars.

Hello, I'm on the blue carpet, ready to meet the stars from Beauty

I used to watch that after school a lot when I was your age.

How was riding a horse in a ball gown?

Riding a horse in a ball gown was hard.

And it's why I designed a very specific pair of bloomers, which I

don't know if you saw, but I wear them underneath my skirt so that

when I tried to throw my leg over the horse, I sort of keep my dignity

Have you really read every one of these books?

I'd rather talk to you than anyone else.

But do you know what, I was actually born in France, funnily

And there's actually a song Belle sings in the movie, which is

called This Is The Paris Of My Childhood.

And I couldn't believe it when I was singing it, because I was

What was the best thing about playing the Beast?

The best thing about playing the Beast

was getting to step into one of my favourite fairy tales of all time.

What was the worst thing about playing the Beast?

The worst thing about playing the beast was the

Hands down, the stilts, the stilts, the stilts.

I did a whole waltz with Emma wearing those stilts, and

I loved interviewing all of the cast, it was so

That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.