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now on bbc news, its the time for sports roundup. hello and welcome to sportsday with me gavin ramjaun. liverpool win the league cup — after the game with chelsea goes all the way to extra time. could it be the first of four trophies for them this season? in the premier league — wolves move a point behind seventh, which could be good enough for a european place next season. and on day three of the fourth test in ranchi — england's hopes of a series decider faded dramatically, in the face of a thrilling india fightback. and a thriller in the six nations — italy miss a dramatic last minute kick that would have seen them beat france.

hello there and welcome along to the programme. it was an entertaining spectacle at wembley, in the league cup final between two familiar foes, but in the end it was liverpool who won the first major piece of domestic silverware this season. they beat chelsea in extra time, and had their captain to thank — who rose to head home when it mattered. 0ur correspondent joe wilson reports. this red versus blue, nothing new. cup finalists again, this red versus blue, nothing new. cup finalists a-ain, but this red versus blue, nothing new. cup finalists again, this red versus blue, nothing new. cup finalists a-ain, but this this red versus blue, nothing new. cup finalists again, this red versus blue, nothing new. cup finalists a-ain, but this time cup finalists again, but this time different significance. wimbley, a venue onlyjuergen klopp farewell to her. —— klopp. remember, chelsea are trying to build a new identity with their manager. if moritz he approached tina looked up, he could see the liverpool players not involved. many injuries. liverpool's

goal cup leader... propelling chelsea after 20 minutes, then liverpool lost another player. injury after this challenge, no card for chelsea. klopp was not impressed. 59 minutes, and here comes virgil van dijk�*s header. goal, simple. it never is any more. watched liverpool's offside blocking a chelsea player, the referee eventually decided. the ar rule that out. for chelsea, more than once it seemed that conor gallagher would, could she score. somehow, officially goalless. liverpool had teenage substitutes on the pitch, extra time was almost done when van dijk headed again. and this time know ar. just thejoy, just the again. and this time know ar. just the joy, just the cop. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbley.

——joe wilson, bbc news, wembley. so cracking final at wembley — let's get some more now from joe who's at wembley for us. you could see how much this means to liverpool, and tojurgen klopp with the first of what they hope will be four trophies this year. what could this mean for them and the rest of the season? absolutely. i think at the _ the rest of the season? absolutely. i think at the end _ the rest of the season? absolutely. i think at the end of _ the rest of the season? absolutely. i think at the end of that _ the rest of the season? absolutely. i think at the end of that match, . the rest of the season? absolutely. i think at the end of that match, he j i think at the end of that match, he was as elated, klopp, and as animated as i think we have ever seen him and you can understand why. to win a final as tight as that, thatis to win a final as tight as that, that is one thing to celebrate, but four of the players, i've written their names here who ended that match on the pitch for liverpool, bobby clark, james mcconnell, jerrell carranza. jurgen klopp surely would not have begun the season thinking i'm going to get to wimbley and have those four teenage players on the pitch to help me when the final. but all very new comers to the team. to win in that matter

with those players must be exciting for those trophies to come. it will be a fight not least in the premier league but i think the energy they can bring in from this final, from that performance is going to be so beneficial to them. we are thinking about it, yeah, what isjurgen klopp going to finish with with liverpool this season? but thinking about those young players coming through, maybe there is a glimpse of liverpool's future even beyond jurgen klopp. yes liverpool's future even beyond jurgen klem— liverpool's future even beyond juruen klou. , ~ jurgen klopp. yes indeed. we turn our attention _ jurgen klopp. yes indeed. we turn our attention to _ jurgen klopp. yes indeed. we turn our attention to chelsea _ jurgen klopp. yes indeed. we turn our attention to chelsea as - jurgen klopp. yes indeed. we turn our attention to chelsea as well. l our attention to chelsea as well. with all the money spent on their team, nothing to show for it, still, really. team, nothing to show for it, still, reall . ~ , team, nothing to show for it, still, reall. , �* , ,., really. absolutely. i'm sure chelsea fans, we really. absolutely. i'm sure chelsea fans. we spent _ really. absolutely. i'm sure chelsea fans, we spent every _ really. absolutely. i'm sure chelsea fans, we spent every time - really. absolutely. i'm sure chelsea fans, we spent every time we - really. absolutely. i'm sure chelsea fans, we spent every time we talk. really. absolutely. i'm sure chelsea| fans, we spent every time we talk to chelsea. and to see chelsea really improving. connor gallagher in particular had a pretty good chances. his energy was there in the

best moments this season. in extra time and they needed that extra energy, they faded. it wasn't what we expected. i think i will be disappointing and alarming for chelsea fans. there were perhaps two or three chelsea players i think in this final who cost a lot of money but didn't really look like a game changers. you know, you can talk about confidence and new identity but really that needs to be proved with trophies. i think in the drizzle this evening around north london, chelsea fans will surely be brewing a mist opportunity. jae brewing a mist opportunity. joe wilson with the arch and red, a notice. just one game in the premier league this afternoon — sheffield united remain rooted at the bottom of the table — after losing to wolves. pablo sarabia with the only goal of the game for the home side, in the first half, the win lifting wolves up to 8th in the table, with their eyes on a european place at the end of the season. sheffield united might feel hard

done by, given they played well — but failed to score for the second game in a row. real big crack from corners. the way the lad stood up to that stuff was excellent. the way they kept going, even when we made mistakes, there was no disappointment there was a team that was together, desperate to make up for it, desperate to make a goal. loads of different ways you need to win with premier the games and we were below our best and managed to get three points, which is very important to us. it is managed to get three points, which is very important to us.— is very important to us. it is a new team that — is very important to us. it is a new team that has _ is very important to us. it is a new team that has been _ is very important to us. it is a new team that has been assembled - is very important to us. it is a new| team that has been assembled this year. it finds itself in a difficult situation but they gave me in the football club everything today, especially with the amount of ball we had second—half, we need to find that better moments, more calm moment and that quality that they found for their first goal and we unfortunately couldn't find for the majority of the second half.

to scottish premiership where title race is sitll very much alive after celtic came from behind to beat motherwell 3—1. starting 5 points behind leaders rangers, celtic desperately needed the win, but they got off to a dreadful start as blair spittal�*s goal put them behind in the 43rd minute. second—half substitute adam idah was on the scoresheet twice — his second in stoppage time — to make it 2—1. luis palma capped off the victory with a tap—in two minutes later, to move them back to two points behind the top spot. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. defending champion cameron norrie lost in straight sets to argentine qualifier mariano navone in the semi—finals of the rio 0pen. norrie was aiming to win back—to—back titles at the brazilian clay court tournament after defeating carlos alcaraz in last year's final. britain's kye whyte claimed gold at the bmx racing world cup in brisbane. the 24—year—old beat switzerland's cedric butti by less than two hundredths of a second

to win his first gold medal since 2019. in cycling, another win forjumbo—visma, as belgium's wout van aert won in his kuurne—brussel—kuurne debut, he finished ahead of his compatriot tim wellens and spain's 0ier lazkano. and joe dean, golf�*s world number 2,930 and part—time supermarker delivery driver, has won a prize of 170 thousand pounds by finishing runner—up at the kenya 0pen. the englishman, who scraped on to the dp world tour through qualifying, finished joint second behind darius van driel in nairobi. england cricketers are heading towards defeat in the test series against india. they were bowled out forjust 145 in their second innings, in their must win 11th test, and the hosts now need just 152 more runs for victory with two more days to play. here's our sports correspondent laura scott. day three, but the cracks on the pitch widening, the momentum didn't just swing, it's seaside. the first

five atoll in test cricket for 20—year—old bashir lifting england's mood, but the defiantjerrell was the man of the morning to my making 90 and pushing india passed 300. in the and's batters entered. and swiftly exited. ben duckett gone for 15. then with the very next ball, 0llie pope out for zero again. zak crawley steadied the ship, gave england hope. at the visitors headway was stalled, joe root dismissed and dismayed after a controversial call. crawley made it to 60 but india's spinners were about to wreak havoc, and prompted a collapse. ben stokes beaten, the ball coming off his leg, through his legs and rolling cruelly onto the stumps. the first ball after tea johnny heading straight back inside out for 30. india sealing a

compelling come back with a kiss. betting again to book end the day, their a0 rounds without loss means england will be shooting the moon tomorrow as they try to keep this series alive. it's been strong comeback from india, after losing the first test — but england have squandered opportunities that have come their way in the series. i spoke to our chief cricket writer stephan shemilt in ranchi earlier, he told me whether their approach has been justified. england have ta ken england have taken so much criticism for being too aggressive, actually come in the second and third tests where the situation may be didn't demand it. in the first innings when the pitch was difficult, england buckled down, they got themselves to the 353 thanks tojoe root�*s century. i do wonder if they could have been slightly more aggressive against india's spinners on the sunday afternoon. if there was ever a time for baz bolling, this was it.

you're quite right to say that england's run rate of 2.69 was their slowest across an innings since ben stokes took over captain alongside the coach brendan mccallum. in some of england's dismissals were a little bit tentative. ben duckett cast a short leg. and stokes trying to defend and play into... it was barry stowe who was most aggressive, the players who made the runs. so you do wonder if on this occasion england wherejust a you do wonder if on this occasion england where just a little bit tentative, if they were a little bit nervous. it's strange, isn't it, damned if they do, damned if they don't. they may take some criticism for that or be questioned for that. i think ultimately, where the wasteful nature of their defeat in the second and third test, and did not mitigate for the fact that india could take quite in the third day of the fourth test and it shows how

quickly things can in this part of the world and now england are staying at that series defeat. haw staying at that series defeat. how would ou staying at that series defeat. how would you assess _ staying at that series defeat. how would you assess it _ staying at that series defeat. how would you assess it from the sense of where the series stands, really? is a case of india taking their chances and being given credit for that after fighting back from that first test defeat, or is it the case mist opportunities for england not taking the opportunities and they've come around. we taking the opportunities and they've come around-— taking the opportunities and they've come around. ~ ., ., , ., come around. we have to remember how incredible it is- — come around. we have to remember how incredible it is. one _ come around. we have to remember how incredible it is. one test _ come around. we have to remember how incredible it is. one test match _ come around. we have to remember how incredible it is. one test match in - incredible it is. one test match in india let alone an entire series. it is 12 years since india lost a home test series, and yes this is a team in transition without some of its big stars, but a new generation of players have come in and stood up. the wicketkeeper, but, of course committee have got that old firm bowling attack, the spinners... the

pacer, even though he has been arrested for it this fourth test match. if it does turn out to be 3-1, match. if it does turn out to be 3—1, if you had said england would be 3—1 down after four tests at the beginning of the series can be made if but actually that's not too bad an effort for any visiting team coming to india. the regret comes from the opportunities that england have had for this going to be much closer than that, level at 2—2 or even england in front. we will see if they comply something remarkable on the fourth day. england have got farm for five backs. on the fourth day. england have got farm forfive backs. if on the fourth day. england have got farm for five backs. if they can't, they would look back at these four tests and wonder what might have been met and they will go to the fifth test thinking that a—1, if they were to lose there, but not be a fair reflection of the series. to rugby union now — and a thrilling match to cap off the weekend — with italyjust a whisker away from a famous victory over france in lille. the french looked dominant in the first half — but had a man sent off, and were pegged back by a resurgent italian team,

who missed the crucial kick to win it in the dying seconds. the teams settling for a draw. joe lynsky was watching. for italy, agony. a post with the way from one of the sport's greatest upsets. this was meant to be that they french rugby relaunched. the six nations rematch in lille, and 50,000 into see a fixture. france had won these teams last 1a meetings and put 60 points on italy at last year's world cup. a first try was meant to open the floodgates, instead, this match drifted. and when jonathan instead, this match drifted. and whenjonathan and t launched into a tackle, a referee's review put this came up for grabs. at half—time, a yellow bikini red card, so for italy, opportunity, they stayed in touch with the boot then with ten minutes left, moved the ball to the flanks. , , ., ., , ,

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indeed. 0nto rugby league — two former winners of the challenge cup have been in action this afternoon — widnes vikings beat bradford bulls 26—12 in the fourth—round. the bulls kept in touch up to half time, trailing only 8—6 — kieran gill with one of two tries for them. but widnes hit back with four tries of their own. joe edge rounding off the win, bradford go out but widnes move through to the next round. just one game in super league today — with salford red devils getting their first win of the season, with victory over castleford tigers. he home side were off to a flyer, thanks to sam stone, he got two tries, with amir bourouh also going over and marc sneyd kicking five goals from five... with nene mcdonald also among the scorers on his home debut. castleford fought to close the gap to four points but the home side clung on, to win 26—22. a recap on our top story — virgil van dijk headed home deep into extra time to win the league cup forjurgen klopp's

liverpool side in the final against chelsea at wembley. plenty more reaction and analysis on our website at bbc.co.uk slash sport. 0ver there you'll find plenty more of the days sports news as well. that's it from sportsday, butjust before we go — future of kylian mbappe will reportedly see him continue his career with real madrid. the 25—year—old s contract with paris saint—germain expires injune and the frenchman will be free to sign with the spanish giants as a free agent. it has been the subject of the football news show this week. welcome to the best bit of football news show. just for you on bbc news. now, if advise decade or so has been all about ronaldo and missy, is this man now football's biggest and brightest global superstar? already the world's most expensive teenager, he scored into world cup finals, but after seven years at paris st

germain, he's told the club he is leaving. 2aa goals at the time of recording, including aa in a champions league alone and has won 13 trophies along the way. it looks like he has that man. he ultimately signed a new contract after they promised he would be the central part of their project and even the french president intervened. so could that signal the end of his dream, here is what he said at the time. ., , ., time. never over. i signed a new contract, — time. never over. i signed a new contract. three — time. never over. i signed a new contract, three years _ time. never over. i signed a new contract, three years more. - time. never over. i signed a new contract, three years more. and | time. never over. i signed a new. contract, three years more. and you never know what can happen in the future. i give up to think about the future, i think only in the present. 0r two more years as it appears to have turned out. french football journalistjoins me know. tell us how we got here. tell us where we are with this all right now stop but i think we start where we are now in

a real madrid and killian in bombay, and these people are negotiating, the latest details of the contract and i think he was always beat somewhere —— written somewhere in the stars that at some point kylian mbape would play for madrid. i think he wants to where the famous white shirt, etc, etc. they tried many times, when he was 11, when he was 1a, when he was 17. —— kylian mbappe. when he was 18, two years ago, three years ago, and he never happened for different reasons. at this time this is the moment to where it will finally happen. why is he leaving and why now? it’s where it will finally happen. why is he leaving and why now?— he leaving and why now? it's been seven years _ he leaving and why now? it's been seven years at _ he leaving and why now? it's been seven years at p56. _ he leaving and why now? it's been seven years at p56. eight - he leaving and why now? it's been seven years at p56. eight years i he leaving and why now? it's been seven years at p56. eight years if| seven years at psg. eight years if you count the year he had before where he won everything domestically that you can win, the league, the french cup, the league cup when it still existed. he broke all the records in terms of how precocious he was in monaco, then paris

becoming the all—time top goal scorer in the club's history. i don't think there's more he could have done unless, of course, winning the champions league and winning the champions league in paris for the first time ever. i think it's too big for psg, and at 25 years old, they finally make that move to real madrid. he's very excited about it. i think will always love psg because he's a paris born and bred kid, so this is his city, this is his club. but he felt that this is the right time for him to go. tell but he felt that this is the right time for him to go.— time for him to go. tell us about the role that _ time for him to go. tell us about the role that his _ time for him to go. tell us about the role that his mother- time for him to go. tell us about the role that his mother is - the role that his mother is likely to play in all of this, because rumour has it that she is quite a hard negotiator.— rumour has it that she is quite a hard negotiator. yeah, i don't know if she will listen _ hard negotiator. yeah, i don't know if she will listen to _ hard negotiator. yeah, i don't know if she will listen to us, _ hard negotiator. yeah, i don't know if she will listen to us, but - hard negotiator. yeah, i don't know if she will listen to us, but she - if she will listen to us, but she won't mind me saying it's come at the heart of it is the family. she doesn't only deal with his transfers and his career as a player, but also all the sponsors, all the deals that he's getting where he got, all the

attention, there's a lawyer, of course, who is very tough as well and negotiations. she does all of that. she must be one of the busiest times ever. but she is the key. you just don't mess with her. she's the toughest negotiator, the smartest one. i've got a lot of time for her, who isjust fantastic, and i think kylian mbappe has had the career he has had because of that. he wouldn't be the first player — has had because of that. he wouldn't be the first player at _ has had because of that. he wouldn't be the first player at the _ has had because of that. he wouldn't be the first player at the peak - has had because of that. he wouldn't be the first player at the peak of - be the first player at the peak of their powers to move to madrid. think back to the collective coast, think louis biko, beckham, christiana ronaldo, you can maybe throwjudy bailing him into the modern mix. big players, it big reputations. i watering sums of money. such as to what is the allure ofjoining the site who don't have enough a monopoly and could argue aren't the best team in europe, delighted to welcome the former real president to the football news show.

why is real madrid so appealing? i think that real madrid has given the players a big opportunity to get not on the money because that is what those players can get from any other team, but also the glory, the titles, the personalities. the image of them can be very important to the rest of the world. i know in this case he's already well known, but much more in my opinion. i signed him in 2008. it is clear that real madrid, there are many, many big clubs in the world. real madrid has

been given something special to the players. now we have an incredible stadium, ourfans support players. now we have an incredible stadium, our fans support the club, the team, but they are very demanding. the way we build legends. what about on the pitch? what impact do you think kylian mbappe would have a real madrid, because we have seenin have a real madrid, because we have seen in the past big names, big players, the best in the world, it doesn't always equal success. for sure. doesn't always equal success. for sure- that — doesn't always equal success. for sure- that is _ doesn't always equal success. fr?" sure. that is something i told my players when i came to real madrid. we came from the collective coast area and it didn't get any tighter in two years. something that hadn't happened in our history. so that the moment we change the idea of not only having collective close really big players, but to instill in them

the idea that the sacrifice the effort, the training hard is also very important. effort, the training hard is also very important-— effort, the training hard is also very important. given the financial state of some _ very important. given the financial state of some of _ very important. given the financial state of some of the _ very important. given the financial state of some of the clubs - very important. given the financial state of some of the clubs in - very important. given the financialj state of some of the clubs in spain right now, particularly barcelona, would kylian mbappe's arrival make real madrid an unstoppable force for years to come?— years to come? maybe. there is no doubt one of— years to come? maybe. there is no doubt one of the _ years to come? maybe. there is no doubt one of the players _ years to come? maybe. there is no doubt one of the players will- years to come? maybe. there is no doubt one of the players will have i doubt one of the players will have on his side is an amazing player, very powerful. he's very fast, he is, as a set, one of those players that anyone would like to have on his side. and now we have very young players. he willjoin players like bellingham, all of them, i think we have now a very, very strong team. that's why we are leading our at la liga and also all the matches in the

champions league. so for him it would be fantastic, and i think every fan of real madrid would like to see him play a game and that stadium. ~ ,,., , to see him play a game and that stadium. ~ , , ., ,, i. , stadium. absolutely. thank you very much forjoining _ stadium. absolutely. thank you very much forjoining us _ stadium. absolutely. thank you very much forjoining us on _ stadium. absolutely. thank you very much forjoining us on the _ stadium. absolutely. thank you very much forjoining us on the football. much forjoining us on the football news show. that's all we have time for. if you enjoy this programme, this loads more to be found on the bbc iplayer. thanks for watching, see you again soon. goodbye. hello, there. much of the country enjoying a fine and dry part two of the weekend, with quite a bit of sunshine around after that cold, frosty and in places foggy start. so, much of the country will remain dry with sunny spells. however, low pressure to the south of the uk will continue to bring wet and windy weather to south wales, south—west england, increasingly so across the south and south—east of england through this

evening and overnight. we'll see some showers driving into central northern scotland, a few across north sea coasts of england, as well, wintry in nature. but further north, where we have the clearer skies, a ridge of high pressure toppling in. it's going to be cold and frosty, less cold in the south and east because of the cloud, the wind and rain from this feature which will eventually pull out into the near continent for monday, taking the rain with it, but it will remain quite windy across england and wales. we remain in the colder air mass with this ridge of high pressure which will bring much of the country a lot of dry and sunny weather throughout the day on monday before it turns wet and windy in the far north—west later on. so, quite a windy day to come across southern and eastern areas, the rain eventually clears from sussex and from kent. a few showers across north sea coasts, otherwise mostly dry with some sunshine thanks to that ridge of high pressure. winds lighter in the north compared to the south and east, that will really take the edge off the temperatures, very windy for the northern isles later on ahead of this weather front. so temperatures on the face of it 6—9, it will feel colder than that in the south—east when you factor in that strong

north—easterly breeze. as we head through monday night, clearer skies for england and wales with the breeze tending to die down. it turns wetter, windier and cloudier for scotland and northern ireland, so here less cold than it will be across england and wales, where we will have again a frost, perhaps even a few mist and fog patches around to start the day. tuesday, we see this weather front pushing southwards and eastwards across the country, it will be weakening as it pushes into that ridge of high pressure. some heavy rain likely across scotland and northern ireland for a time, maybe some snow on the hills, that weather front weakens as it pushes into england and wales, so a rather cloudy afternoon here. brighter for scotland and northern ireland into the afternoon, but there will be some blustery showers and these will have a wintry element to them, temperatures range from 7—10. looks like it remains unsettled for the rest of february, could turn a bit milder midweek but then it turns colder as we head into the first few days of march.

live from london, this is bbc news. a party under pressure. conservatives are criticised after suspending an mp over claims of racism.

but the deputy prime minister won't say whether the comments were islamophobic. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells us television they are "weeks" away from "total victory" in gaza. if we have a deal, it will be delayed. we will do it anyway. total victory is our goal and within reach. president zelensky reveals 31,000 ukrainian troops have been killed in the two—years of war with russia. supporters of jair bolsonaro rally in sao paulo, as the former brazilian president faces claims he plotted a coup to stay in power. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga — welcome to the programme.

we start in the uk, where the conservative party