sebastien haller was the hero as they came from behind to beat nigeria 2—1 in the final on home soil. piers edwards reports. after their disastrous group stage display, the prospect of ivory coast lifting the nations cup trophy was simply improbable. but ever since, the miracles have just kept coming, squeezing through as a best third place side into the knockout rounds, where the elephants came alive under a new coach. despite trailing in the final for a third time in the knockout rounds, as captain william troost—ekong gave nigeria a first half lead. the elephants bounced back yet again, first through franck kessie before sebastien hallerfired home the winner nine minutes from time. cue huge celebrations in abidjan as the ivorians moved level with nigeria on three titles apiece. now, well, here's more reaction from the former ivory coast international kolo

toure and the former manchester city defender nedum onuoha, who were both watching the game for the bbc. and i think as you look at it from a perspective standpoint, the biggest players for nigeria on this day, they're all defenders, you know, whereas for ivory coast, you're talking about dhingra. you're talking about haller, they're scoring that goal. what an incredible goal that was as well. and you're seeing kessie driving from midfield and is a sense of excitement because they're very much on the front foot. and i think as a consequence, like, you want them to step up in those big occasions, give the crowd something to get behind. and they did do that. you know, ivory coast football is about dominating the ball and it's about attacking. we always have really good wingers. i think it was fantastic. he's the one who bring the goal. but one thing i have to say is one moment, i saw ali limping a little bit in. and on the break, i saw the manager speaking with his assistant and ali was talking, looked like ali wanted to go out. and i think the manager kept him in, you know, he make the difference.

he definitely makes a difference. you know, so, so happy for for ali. he went through some tough time, but he prepared and he came and done unbelievable for the team today. he really did. and they're going to have a national holiday today in the ivory coast to celebrate that famous win. now to football here in the united kingdom. there was a record breaking score for arsenal today as they thrashed west ham 6—0 for their biggest away win in the premier league. well, amongst the scorers were england's bukayo saka. he got two, taking him past his half century goal tally for the club. the former west ham star declan rice ignored earlier boos and scored arsenal's sixth, although he didn't celebrate. the result leaves arsenal still in third place butjust two points behind leaders liverpool, while the pressure is mounting on west ham, who are winless in six matches in all competitions. it shows the consistency that that we have to hit and we have to remind ourselves. and today we've done it.

and going to do it again against burnley. i'm really pleased the way we performed, the way we played, the approach that we had right from the beginning, and the team wanted more. showed a lot of aggression and a lot of quality as well in the right moments because it's not easy to do what they've done against this team. it was only a month ago we won at the emirates 2—0. miss — the penalty in the last minute to make it 3—0. so today they've come here. we beat them here in the league cup. so we've got two really good results against arsenal this year. if you give me that at the start of the season i'd have shook your hand and said, fine, look, it's what we're doing next is the most important thing. whatever happened today is gone. we have to try and pick up the pieces from it and get back on the horse again and show everybody what we can do. well, in the other game in the premier league, manchester united boosted their chances of qualifying for a champions league place with a 2—1 win at aston villa. rasmus hoyland's first half strike was cancelled out by douglas louise.

but a late winner from scott mctominay means united have narrowed the gap to villa in fifth in the table to just five points. it cost them a lot of power to get the equaliser and they dropped also after the equaliser back. and that gave us some space and some breathe. and after that point, i think we could control the game and we get more possession. and from one of such attacks, we scored a great goal. they are content more than has to be in the position we are now. we have five point difference between them. of course, this is short, the distance now, but we have to try to do that quick. at the same time, they're trying to to be strong in our mind and don't lose our mind. now in spain, barcelona missed the chance to close the gap on second placed girona after being held to a 3—3 draw at second from bottom side granada. barca were spared by their 16—year—old winger lamine jamal, who scored twice to help them come from behind to claim a point. barca now ten points behind

leaders real madrid. let's move on to rugby union now and the six nations, because ireland are still on for back to back grand slams after an easy win over italy. they scored six tries in the home match in dublin, and despite italy's impressive performance against england last week, they failed to score a single point in this one. it finished 36 points to nil. we got what we wanted from the game. obviously a bonus point win and keeping them to zero always is very pleasing. and, you know, some nice tries, some nice performances by individuals, etc. got a bit clunky in part, you know, but the tricky enough to play against, you know, they've changed the way that they play and a little bit more pragmatic. so you've got to find different ways of getting the ball back. now some very sad news from the world of athletics. kelvin kiptum, the marathon record holder, has been killed in a car accident. the 24—year—old kenyan is said to have been with his coach,

who also died in the crash on a road in a high altitude region of western kenya, where there's a training base for long distance runners. the news comes only five days after the world governing body world athletics ratified his record time from his win at the chicago marathon last october. he smashed the world record by more than half a minute, running it in a time of two hours and 35 seconds. kiptum also won the london marathon last year. well, there's been reaction, as you would imagine, from the world of athletics. lord sebastian coe, who runs world athletics, said on x... well, the london marathon also tweeted. ..

well, let's move on to cricket now, and england have lost their most experienced spin bowlerfor the remainder of their test tour of india. jack leach is still suffering with the knee problem that ruled him out of the second test. he'll fly home and england have no plans to call up a replacement. the third test starts on thursday with the series level at 1—1 and three games to play. nowjapan�*s ruka hirano has won the world cup snowboard half pipe title for the second year in a row. a second place finish at the season finale in calgary was enough for the overall prize. australia's valentino gisele won the event — his first world cup victory — and he did it on his second run. he was the only one to earn more than 90 points from thejudges, and he celebrated on the podium by drinking from his boot. well, it was a double

forjapan. teenager mizuki ohno also clinched the women's overall title after her third straight world cup win. we're staying with snow sports because there have been protests on the streets of milan where the 2026 winter olympics will be held. around 150 people gathered in the pouring rain outside the construction site for the olympic village in northern italy to protest against rising construction costs and environmental damage. and finally, we're finishing with some surfing. and hawaii's baron put his home knowledge to good effect to see off the two time world championjothohn florence at the pro pipe event in oahu. it's mumia's first world surf league victory at the pipeline venue, and he claimed a perfect ten score, an achievement he said he will neverforget for the rest of his life. well, meanwhile, the teenager caitlin simmers underlined her status of one of the rising

stars of the sport with her third championship tour victory edging out australia's molly pickham in the final. these are the days you dream of, she says. well, that's about it. butjust a reminder of our top stories. firstly, the ivory coast are the new champions of africa. they came back from a goal down to beat nigeria, 2—1 on home soil. sebastien haller the hero two years after he was treated for cancer. and also the terrible news from the world of athletics this evening that kelvin kiptum, the world marathon record holder, has been killed in a car accident near his training base in western kenya. well, as always, there's much more on that story and all of the news here from the bbc sports centre on the bbc sport app or the bbc sport website. but from me and the team here, it's goodnight from us. hello there.

sunday was a drier day for many of us, but we've still got a number of flood warnings on rivers in scotland and england together with saturated ground. and there's more rain to come over the week ahead. but we start the week with a mixture of sunshine and showers and we've got some showers around at the moment. they're moving their way eastwards, particularly around that area of low pressure, some heavier ones in the north. and it's colder air that we're seeing, so temperatures are close to freezing in quite a number of places. the heavier showers to begin with in scotland and northern england, one or two further south but they're fading away in the morning, moving out of the way, and then it gets dry for a while with some sunshine. but then the showers return and they're focused across northern ireland and western scotland with some snow over the higher parts of scotland, stronger winds here, the odd shower possible for western parts of england and wales, but many places will be dry with some sunshine, and seven to ten degrees. that's near normal, really, for this time of the year. showers will continue on monday night, close to that low in the north. and if we look to the southwest for shrove tuesday,

this is where the next change in the weather is going to come from. heading into tuesday, though, those heavier showers continue in scotland, particularly in the north. some sunshine, but perhaps only briefly because the cloud is going to increase quickly. and with that weather front coming in, we've got these outbreaks of rain and drizzle moving into england and wales, perhaps towards northern ireland as well. but if anything, temperatures could be a little bit higher on tuesday, so around 9 to 11 degrees. but there are higher temperatures to come by the middle part of the week. now, this weather front coming in from the southwest heads northwards, takes rain northwards overnight and into wednesday. and then following on from that, we trace the winds all the way back down to the south, drawing in some mild air, some higher temperatures, but bringing in a lot of cloud. and we've got showers or longer spells of rain. so wetter weather through northern ireland and scotland, some wetter weather in southern parts of england and wales. and whilst there may be a bit of sunshine in other areas, we're going to see some showers. so rain's never too far away, but those temperatures are continuing to rise. could make 13 degrees in belfast on wednesday

and 14 in norwich. very mild for this time of the year. we start the week on a chillier note, though, with some sunshine but also some showers. and then from the middle part of the week, we see thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain and those temperatures will be rising.

live from washington, this is bbc news. dozens of people are killed by israeli strikes on rafah after us president biden cautioned israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu over plans for a ground offensive. there's a growing response to former us president trump's suggestion he'd abandon nato allies if they don't pay more to defend themselves.

and we'll go to the super bowl where the kansas city chiefs just minutes ago beat the san francisco 49ers. we'll recap some of the biggest moments. hello, i'm helena humphrey. witnesses in rafah say israeli forces have launched dozens of air raids on the city, where one and a half million palestinians are sheltering. the israeli military confirmed it conducted a series of strikes. two hostages were rescued by israeli special forces in an operation in rafah. the israel defence forces says fernando simon marman and louis harare in good physical condition. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says more than 50 people were killed in the overnight assault. it comes after us

presidentjoe biden urged israel's prime minister to ensure troops prioritise