this is bbc news, the headlines... there are widespread weather warnings as storm isha sweeps into the uk and ireland. winds of up to 90 mph are felling trees, majorairports are cancelling or delaying flights. train services in scotland are suspended and the met office is warning people to sleep away from windows. a deadly blast rocks a market in the occupied city of donetsk in eastern ukraine. kremlin officials say at least 25 people are dead. more than 25,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the war with israel began — according to the hamas—run health ministry. uk defence secretary grant shapps described comments by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejecting a two—state solution as "disappointing". and fifa's president calls for stadium bans forfans —

and automatic forfeits for teams — whose supporters shout racist abuse. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. here's the best of what's coming up on the programme four goals. five points clear. liverpool extend their lead at the top of the premier league with victory at bournemouth. chelsea do the same in the wsl. a laurenjames hattrick provides the leaders with a win over manchester united. and no chance against novak. the ten—time champion hits top form as he heads to the quarter finals of the australian open. also coming up on sportsday... sale sharks slip out of the champions cup after being blown away by holders la rochelle. we'll have the results from the competition's final group stage games. and england will be without harry brook for their test seires in india — the batter�*s heading home

for personal reasons. hello again. with a game to go of the premier league's staggered winter break, liverpool are going to end it five points clear at the top of the table. a 4—0 win at bournemouth extends their unbeaten run to 14 games. following a goalless first half, liverpool broke the deadlock three minutes after the restart — curtis jones to diogo jota to darwin nunez, who netted his sixth league goal of the season. no mo salah, currently injured at the africa cup of nations, no problem, as cody gakpo fed jota who made it 2—0 with just over 20 minutes remaining. and it was the portuguese international who made sure of the victory — eventually — making light of his miskick to fire home his second and liverpool's third. nunez would take his tally to seven

in the premier league in second half stoppage time, converting joe gomez�*s cross to complete a comfortable afternoon on the south coast. everything was better. the counter press was better, and so we put them really under pressure and scored wonderful goals. we all know, sometimes the ball rolls in the corner and goes in the post, but it was well played anyway. impact from the bench again as well. it turned into a pretty good evening. i think we were really _ into a pretty good evening. i think we were really good. _ into a pretty good evening. i think we were really good. to _ into a pretty good evening. i think we were really good. to keep - into a pretty good evening. i think we were really good. to keep the | we were really good. to keep the game _ we were really good. to keep the game more or less level in 45 minutes, _ game more or less level in 45 minutes, i_ game more or less level in 45 minutes, i would say even we have more _ minutes, i would say even we have more chances in the first half. at the end. — more chances in the first half. at the end, you need to beat this kind of opposition some moments of inspiration, and they have that in the second — inspiration, and they have that in the second half and we did not.

sheffield united taking on west ham united isn't usually a fixture that would grab the neutrals, but they served up 104 minutes of drama at bramall lane this afternoon. four goals, two sendings off and two penalties, including the latest premier league goal on record, all meant the teams shared the points in a 2—2 draw, as nick parrott reports. chris wilder has added some steel since he returned to manage sheffield united. before his arrival, they might have crumbled in arrival, they might have crumbled in a match like this. goalfor arrival, they might have crumbled in a match like this. goal for west ham gave them the lead against the run of play. ben brereton hasjust arrived from the loreal, and equalised with his first goal since lastjune. it looked like it brought relief rather than confidence, as he lacked the cutting—edge to give the blade the lead. danny ings won a penalty, and james ward price restored the advantage. ten minutes later, they had a man advantage, as substitute rhian brewster was

eventually sure a red card for this. vladimir kaurfell, who eventually sure a red card for this. vladimir kaur fell, who was eventually sure a red card for this. vladimir kaurfell, who was booked for demanding the sending off, then followed. it was contagious, as a foul on 0llie mcburney saw the frenchman injured as he conceded a penalty. his replacement, lucas fabienne ski, was unable to stop the level. there is still time for a final twist. claims for another penalty were turned down, sending the manager in search of an answer from the referee after the final whistle. disappointed in the end, because we should have easily, not easily, but should have comfortably got ourselves three points today. i see it as two points dropped. i'm not going to come out and say too much, because we are the ones who get in trouble. i would like to, but we are getting to a stage now where we are seeing a level of officiating where we are alljust shrugging our shoulders and saying, this is what we're getting now.

despite scoring their late equaliser, sheffield united are still bottom and seven points from safety. no team has ever survived with fewer points in the premier league at this stage of the season, but still their boss chris wilder cut a very different figure to that of the manager we've just seen. i've been a sheffield united supporter for 35, 40 years. it's never any different, whether it is a game, the bulk of games, or the season. it is interesting, because we stay with it, and we give it a go. it isn't just about the effort and the application and the competitive aspects of it. i thought we played well. chelsea have some breathing space at the top of the women's super league thanks to laurenjames. the england international�*s hattrick took her team three points clear as they beat manchester united 3—1 at stamford bridge. 0ur correspondent natalie pirks has more. the countdown is on, both to the end of the season and the end of emma hayes�*s iran. she is looking to

finish on a high, and as united dallied in the box, chelsea found lauren james dallied in the box, chelsea found laurenjames with her trademark lauren james with her trademark cool laurenjames with her trademark cool. the former manchester united player enjoyed that one. to retain their title, chelsea will have to cope without their injured talisman, sam care. someone will need to step up. commentator:_ up. commentator: lovely ball over the to - , it up. commentator: lovely ball over the tap. it is — up. commentator: lovely ball over the top, it is james! _ up. commentator: lovely ball over the top, it isjames! never— up. commentator: lovely ball over the top, it is james! never in - the top, it isjames! never in doubt — the top, it isjames! never in doubt. ., . , the top, it isjames! never in doubt. ., ., , ., the top, it isjames! never in doubt. ., . �* , doubt. fortunately for the blues, the have doubt. fortunately for the blues, they have lauren _ doubt. fortunately for the blues, they have lauren james, - doubt. fortunately for the blues, they have lauren james, who - doubt. fortunately for the blues, - they have lauren james, who doesn't they have laurenjames, who doesn't miss from there. the world's best goalkeeper was not impressed with their team—mates, who couldn't get a grip. they were listening to her. some excellent work from geyse find its way to ladd, and gave united a lifeline before half—time. was that the spark they needed? with ella toone bearing down on goal, ashley laurence had to make a crucial intervention. momentum had swung united's way, but with big chances missed, laurenjames grabbed the

rains, and confirm victory for chelsea. a standing ovation for the hat—trick heroine, who keeps chelsea on track. with united marooned ten points behind them, bear dream is slipping away. first half, we were absolutely superb. we were so disappointed to concede a goal, because i thought we were so dominant. credit to manchester united. just such a strong start. the players have been speaking about chelsea standards, and i thought we had that in abundance. chelsea can take one player off and add another 100—cap international. they can do that. we have to be better at understanding that. we are a growing team, we need to continue to invest in order to catch up with these and consistently be there. but we can match them and go above them. that is my frustration today. there are moments in the game that

have got away from us, but also moments we can control better and help us out with decisions on the field. manchester city won 5—1 at home to but it was the visitors who scored first, as taylor hinds spotted city goalkeeper khiara keating off her line. the home side equalised through a gemma booner own goal before liverpool goalie teagan micah's weak pass was intercepted by khadija shaw who made it 2—1 in the seventh minute of first half injury time, shaw outjumping the liverpool defence to score her second and city's third. and more city pressing led to shaw's hat—trick — the jamaican international following up her own shot, and showing a lot persistence and a bit of inspiration. manchester city's fifth came from the penalty spot — that puts them second in the league, three points behind chelsesa. three points behind chelsea. elsewhere, elisabeth terland scored a 95th minute winnerfor brighton, one of two goals she got in a 3—2 victory over bristol city and west ham against spurs

is a 6:45 kick off. west ham trail spurs 2—1 at half time in the late kick off. leeds kept themselves in the hunt for promotion in the championship, beating preston 2—1 with an injury time winner. the visitors took a surprise early lead at elland road — after a free kick in the second minute, will keane was quickest to react to put preston ahead. but leeds drew leveljust four minutes later — danjames, unmarked at the far post, headed the equaliser. and in the third minute of injury time, preston's andrew ledsom handled. joel piroe scored from the penalty spot to send leeds fans home happy, and that'll include world darts champion luke humphreys, who's a leeds supporter — he showed off his trophy at half time. there was to be no fairy tale at parkhead for highland league side buckie thistle as they were brushed aside by celtic, who won 5—0 to reach the last 16 of the scottish cup. it took brendan rodgers' side 24 minutes to break buckie's resistance, and they did so through paulo bernardo's cooly taken finish. eight minutes later

and celtic made it 2—0. 0din holm with his first ever goalfor the club. the fifth—tier side from the north east of scotland were cheered on by around 2,500 travelling supporters, but after kyogo furuhashi made it three before half—time, buckie were 4—0 down after luis palma struck spectacularly from outside the penalty area. rocco vata netted celtic�*s 5th — they also had four goals disallowed — as rodgers maintained his 100% record in the competition. police have launched an investigation into alleged racial abuse at yesterday's championship match between sheffield wednesday and coventry. the game at hillsborough was stopped briefly after a coventry player said fans had made racist gestures towards him. the fifa president called that and a similar incident at a match in italy "abhorrent", and called for an automatic forfeit of games for teams whose fans commit racist abuse. here's patrick gearey. the final minutes of a match in

england's championship. coventry city's kasey palmer approaches the referee to tell him he's just been subjected to a racist gesture from the sheffield wednesday crowd. the match is stopped for several minutes. the pain caused will last far longer. kasey palmer posted later... meanwhile, in italy, another game was suspended because of racism towards the ac milan goalkeeper, maignan. after speaking to the referee, he and his team—mates left the field. he said it was not the first time it'd to him. translation:- first time it'd to him. translation: , ., , translation: this thing of racism cannot be allowed _ translation: this thing of racism cannot be allowed to _ translation: this thing of racism cannot be allowed to reach - translation: this thing of racism cannot be allowed to reach this - cannot be allowed to reach this level. with all the cameras and the sanctions for these things, something must be done to change things. something must be done to change thins. ., ., something must be done to change thins. ., ._ ., something must be done to change thins. ., . . ., something must be done to change thins. ., ., . ., ., things. today, the man in charge of ulobal things. today, the man in charge of global football _ things. today, the man in charge of global football said _ things. today, the man in charge of global football said punishment - things. today, the man in charge of. global football said punishment must be globalfootball said punishment must be stronger than the current policy

of suspending matches. jenny infantino posted on x formerly twitter, we have to implement a automatic forfeit to the team whose fans have committed racism and because the match to be abandoned, as well as worldwide stadium bans on communal charges for races. kick it out have been fighting racism in england for 30 years. i out have been fighting racism in england for 30 years.— out have been fighting racism in england for 30 years. i hope what it does is provide _ england for 30 years. i hope what it does is provide further _ england for 30 years. i hope what it does is provide further information | does is provide further information bind what he means by forfeit. we have been an advocate of walking off the field for players, and an advocate of deducting points. otherwise, we willjust be walking round in circles time and time again. round in circles time and time aaain. ., . ., , ., again. police are investigating the incident at sheffield _ again. police are investigating the incident at sheffield wednesday. | again. police are investigating the i incident at sheffield wednesday. the italian club say they will help the

authorities punish those responsible for racism. despite cameras and potential consequences, this is a problem that isn't going away. we'll return to football before the end of the but after a series of shocks yesterday at the austrlaian open normal service was pretty much resumed in melbourne today, certainly in the case of novak djokovic who barely broke sweat as he cruised into the quarter finals. reigning women's champion aryna sabalenka is also safely through. tennis correspondent russell fuller joined me at the end of the day's play to relfect on what he'd seen, including djokovic appearing to reach top gear. yes, mannarino lost the first 13 games against novak djokovic. we were desperately checking how many times a triple bagel had been inflicted, and it is not very many, but it is academic because mannarino won the 14th game of the match and took three games in total in that third set. this was djokovic's best performance of the championship so

far. the viral infection he had suffered from seems to be out of his system, and he is playing better and better the tougher challenges that are going to come later in the week. taylor fritz for him in the quarterfinals. perhaps the one upset, although it was probably a 50-50 upset, although it was probably a 50—50 match, he beat stefanos tsitsipas who was last year's runner—up. aryna sabalenka continues her dominant form. she was a straight sets win. coco gauff had an even easier when today, also looking very impressive in the first four rounds. ., , ., , �* , rounds. two stories we've been followin: rounds. two stories we've been following with _ rounds. two stories we've been following with particular - rounds. two stories we've been i following with particular interest, as have the home crowd, over the last few days, have been that of mirra andreeva and alex de minaur. but the stories came to an end today. the comic yes, mirra andreeva won the first set against barbora krejcikova who was the champion in 2021 at the french— 2021 at the french open, and it looked like _ 2021 at the french open, and it looked like she _ 2021 at the french open, and it looked like she might - 2021 at the french open, and it looked like she might be - 2021 at the french open, and it looked like she might be able l 2021 at the french open, and it| looked like she might be able to take her place in a first ever grand slam quarterfinal at the age of 16,

but she hired, understandably, after that. barbora krejcikova one after three sets. she has reached the third round of the french open and now the fourth round of the australian open, she is already in the top 50 of the world. great disappointment at night for the australian crowd as alex de minaur, the last train in the singles, first time in the forefront of the austrian open, light andre rublev by two sets to one, but lost the decider he has had a good summer, but he is out in the fourth round. bud out in the fourth round. and attention — out in the fourth round. and attention turns _ out in the fourth round. and attention turns to _ out in the fourth round. and attention turns to an - out in the fourth round. and attention turns to an ungodly hour when cameron norrie will take to the court. he managed to beat a player he had never beaten before, but now a similar challenge awaits in the fourth round?— fourth round? yes, he has not managed _ fourth round? yes, he has not managed to — fourth round? yes, he has not managed to beat _ fourth round? yes, he has not managed to beat alex - fourth round? yes, he has not managed to beat alex zverevl fourth round? yes, he has not. managed to beat alex zverev in fourth round? yes, he has not - managed to beat alex zverev in four matches they previously played, and this is another step up from casper

ruud. casper ruud had been in three grand slam finals, zverev has been at the top of the game for a longer period of time. it is a 5am start in the uk, so it could be quite a bit worse, and norrie played with such freedom and aggression, coming forward regularly to the net, not something we associate with him, but it is another step up in class against alex meret. he will have to be aggressive. i'm sure he will come forward as much as they can, but zverev will know what to expect, because he was watching the match against casper ruud, and he talked about how familiar it looks. they were practising together in monte carlo in december, and even then he was struck by how norrie was determined to play in a different way and come forward to the net. russell fuller there. if you're up for cameron norrie's match in the morning, it appears you'll be in good company. andy murray's now home after losing in the first round in melbourne, and this was him on social

media this morning, saying one of the advantages is getting to play harry potter dress up at 5:30am with his daughters. "dumbledad , " he says. do that again tomorrow and it'd be perfect timing for his british team—mate. you're watching sportsday. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today.. rory mcilroy successfully defended his title at the dubai desert classic — shooting a final round of 70 to clinch a record fourth win in the tournament. it's 15 years since he first lifted that trophy back in 2009 which was his first win as a professional. judd trump leads ronnie o'sullivan by six frames to five in the final of the world grand prix in leicester. they're playing to a finish this evening with ten the target for victory. welsh cyclist steve williams has claimed the biggest victory of his career — not only breaking away to win the final stage of the first major race of the world tour season, the tour down but that also ensured he won the race overall.

——the tour down under. and another record—extending day for american skiier mikaela shiffrin — she already holds the record for the most world cup race wins and that's now up to 95, after her latest victory — in the slalom in yasna, in slovakia. it was also a landmark 150th appearance on the podium for shiffrin. surrey�*s dan lawrence has been draughted into the england's test drafted into the england's test squad for their tour of india that begins this week after batter harry brook withdrew for personal reasons. his family have aksed for privacy. brook was expected to be in england's 11 for the opening test in hyderabad on thursday but has left the squad's training camp in dubai with immediate effect. he's scored four centuries in his 12 test matches for england including three in the historic series victory in pakistan in 2022, and isn't expected to travel to india during the five match series. with a spot at the paris olympics already confirmed, great britain's

men completed their qualifying campaign with a 1—0 defeat to germany in the tournament's final. it was scoreless through three quarters until germany finally broke the deadlock from a penalty corner four minutes from time. martin zwicker with the all important final touch. team gb had a series of penalty corners at the death but were unable to find the equaliser. to netball, and england, hoping to build on a narrow victory against uganda yesterday, have been taking on their old rivals australia once again as the nations cup continues at wembley arena. this a repeat of last year's world cup final when it was australia who got the better of the red roses, and england couldn't avoid another defeat, losing by 61 goals to 59. their next match will be against new zealand in leeds on saturday. sale sharks are out of rugby union's champions cup after losing a winner—takes—all encounter with la rochelle 37—24 in pool 4. victory for ronan o'gara's defending champions means they will play an away tie in the last 16 and progress alongside

leicester tigers. sale drop into the challenge cup despite a spirited effort in the blustery conditions. there was also defeat for bath away at toulouse. adam cottier was watching. need a victory to go through, but up against the la rochelle side hoping to win a champions cup for the third year running. a sizeable challenge for sale sharks and so it proved. they were left chasing their tails from the moment la rochelle benefited from some fortune to run clear. the razor—sharp kicking meant an unanswered 16 point lead for the french team at half—time. the kicker had 20 points on own, scoring the pick of the tries just after half—time stop any doubts were blown away by further tries, one seizing upon an errorfrom

away by further tries, one seizing upon an error from england fly—half george ford to score the bonus point try. that sealed la rochelle's la 16 qualification. amidst the ruthlessness, sale managed four tries them sell for a bonus point, but la rochelle, coached by former ireland fly—half ronan o'gara, were too strong, winning by 14 point margin in greater manchester. better weather conditions in southern france, where bath also produced a valiant effort, but lost out to toulouse 31—19. toulouse will be the top seeds in the last 16 after winning pool two. thomas ramos scored two of their tries. bath, who had already qualified for the next round managed three tries. it wasn't enough for a losing bonus point, as toulouse rallied in the final 20 minutes. toulouse will have home advantage until the final, and like la rochelle, may take some stopping.

exeter, meanwhile, were thrashed in theirfinal pool game. it finished 40—17 in favour of the french team bayonne. exeter were one of the six english sides to have already qualified before today, but nonetheless this was a pretty heavy loss in away from home. that's despite the fact exeter scored three tries, including this one from dan frost. exeter will play bath in the last 16. newcastle falcons' run of 14 successive defeats is over after they beat perpignan in the challenge cup. teenager ben redshaw scored the best of the newcastle tries as they ended their european campaign on a high. forwards coach micky ward was in interim charge of the team after head coach alex codling stepped down on friday. newcastle had lost all 11 of their of their premiership matches and three european games prior to this win by 32—23. elsewhere, ospreys scored three late tries to edge past the lions in south africa. ospreys were 28—17 down with 10 minutes to but tries for keelan giles, cameronjones and this one from morgan morse saw them run out 38—28 winners.

ospreys had already booked their place in the challenge cup knockout phase. they did lose wales centre george north to a shoulder injury. staying with rugby union, and scotland have named rory darge and finn russell as their co—captains for the six nations replacing jamie ritchie. darge, who made his international debut in 2022, captained scotland to victory over italy in the summer. russell won his 75th cap for scotland during the world cup and also captained scotland to victory over france last year. and so, as promised, we'll return to football and later the second round of group games at the africa cup of nations will finish, with 1996 champions south africa against namibia, who were surprise winners against tunisia in their opening fixture. that's the third of three games today. in the first, dr congo came from a goal down to draw with morocco. stuttgart forward silas katompa grabbed the equaliser in the second half, cancelling out

achraf hakimi's sixth—minute opener. in the second match of the day, tanzania are currently being held 1—1 by10—man zambia. simon msuva put his side ahead in the 11th minute as they seek in the 11th minute as they saught a first ever afcon win. roderick kabwe was sent off before half time before leicester's patson daka grabbed an equaliser in the 88th minute. and at the asian cup — saudi arabia are through to the last 16 with a game to spare — they won 2—0 against kyrgyzstan who had two men sent off. the saudis�* last group match will be against thailand, who are second in the group on 4 points after drawing 0—0 with oman — whose goalkeeper ibrahim al mukhaini made a great save in the first half. this was oman's best chance which came after half time. they secured their first point of the tournament, and play kyrgyzstan next.

lots more on the bbc sport website, including more reaction to the liverpool game which has left them five points clear at the top of the premier league. for arsenal, sometime in the sun seems to have helped. makes all bitjealous, doesn't it? a that's all from sportsday. hello there. storm isha looks to be one of the strongest storms we've seen this �*23—24 season. met office amber weather warnings have been issued for the vast majority of the uk — typical gusts 60—70mph, but we are going to see some stronger gusts than that. we've already had a gust of 90mph in capel curig, in snowdonia, and the winds will continue to strengthen here. the strongest winds generally, though, are going to form around this hook in the cloud — you can see just to the west of the republic of ireland — that's where the most damaging winds are generally going to be. take a look at the different gusts, then, we'll see around the country.

60—70 quite widely. i think into snowdonia, we'll probably get some gusts of wind of 100mph or so. further north, generally, this is where the strongest winds will go. for northern ireland, 60—70 is very likely, but we could see some stronger winds go across northern counties. 80—90mph gusts are possible here, some 90mph gusts possible for western and northern areas of scotland. winds this strong will blow down some trees, so we're talking about transport disruption. power networks are likely to be damaged, so power cuts are very likely. and, as well as all that, those stronger gusts of wind could result in structural damage, with some roofs getting ripped off buildings. by the time we get to monday, the weather will be calming down. it's a blustery day, a day of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will have hail and thunder mixed in across northern areas and it will be cold enough for a bit of snow up over the tops of the scottish mountains. a colder—feeling day for many of us. on into tuesday, we've got another area of low pressure that'll be racing in off the atlantic. this one bringing a return of heavy rain widely — so we are likely to see some further

flood warnings get issued across england and scotland in particular. still an ongoing thaw of the lying snow here, given the mild weather conditions. and, as the rain band clears through, we'll see showers follow. gusty winds for the northern half of the uk, as well. gusts on tuesday reaching around 60—70mph. we can breathe a sigh of relief as we head into wednesday, thanks to this ridge of high pressure building in from the west. ok, there'll be a few showers around across northwestern areas — otherwise it's a dry day with some spells of sunshine. the winds certainly a lot calmer. still on the mild side, temperatures 10—12 celsius. beyond that, high pressure often staying close by across england and wales. so a dryer spelljust around the corner, but rain never far away from scotland and northern ireland. in the short term, though, it's all about storm isha.

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widespread weather warnings are in place across the uk. storm isha is sweeping in, bringing winds of up to 90 miles per hour. all the emergency services are warning those right across the uk of problems on the roads, problems with trains and we've already seen some problems with planes. a deadly blast rocks a market in the occupied city of donetsk in eastern ukraine. the kremlin says at least least 25 people are dead. and more than 25,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the war with israel began — according to the hamas—run health ministry. and a fireball over berlin. a small asteroid lights up the skies in the german capital, breaking up in the atmosphere. an amber warning for wind has come into force, as storm isha moves in — affecting most of the uk.