balancing being a mother — and playing in the wsl. it's tough, you know, you miss parents evening. you miss shows that she's doing and that's when you start to question, what are you doing? hello and thanks forjoing us where we start wuith the news that arsenal have moved back to the top of the premier league, above liverpool, after a 2—0 win at home to relegation threatened luton town. gunners captain martin odegaard opened the scoring in the 24th minute and an own goal from the visitors just before half time was enough to earn the hosts all three points. we started the game well.

i think the first start we have unreal moments and concede nothing and score two very, very good goals. and in the second half, yeah, credit to them. they had a really good side. they are really difficult to play against and we like to generate more moments and more control. but overall, yeah, winning again, clean sheet and going another three days, another game. phil foden scored a hat trick for manchester city as they beat aston villa 4—1 at the etihad stadium. it's 21 goals for the season now for foden, his three goals coming after rodri opened the scoring for pep guardiola's side who now move level on points with liverpool for 2h hours at least, while villa remain 4th. every game now is a must win for us. it's almost like a cup final every game. so yeah, i'm delighted with the outcome today. i'm happy to help the team with three goals and i feel the performance was very high against a quality side. so i'm delighted. i scored quite, quite a few this year and i'm delighted with that. like i said before, i do see

myself as a goal scorer and i want to keep growing and continuing to continue to score more goals because i believe i can do it. it's tight at the top with the first three separated byjust one point as we head towards the business end of the season. pep guardiola was asked afterwards for his thoughts on not playing the likes of kevin de bruyne and erling haaland. we prepared the game with the players they have to win it, notjust to, you know. so the priority was yes or yes it was today. at the same time, i know the energy with spain against us and against arsenal, and we need the fresh, fresh legs. so i don't know if the other teams have done the same, but we did it with this schedule in the future. so three days, three days, three days, three days. so we need to rest. while 15th placed brentford held 9th placed brighton to a goalless draw in west london, danny wellbeck who came on as a late sub failed to capitalise in stoppage time for the seagulls as brentford move six above the drop zone. bayer leverkusen remaining

unbeaten this season and are through to the german cup final after a convincing 4—0 win over second tier fortuna duuseldorf. xabi alonso�*s side were ahead by three at the break and built on that in the second half with a second on the night for florian wirtz and leverkusen will now play second tier kaiserslauten in next month's decider. fiorentina will take a slender one goal lead into the second leg of their coppa italia semifinal in bergamo later this month. they saw off atalanta i—o thanks to a rolando mandragora goaljust over half an hour in. while in the coupe de france 14 time winners paris saint—germain saw a kylian mbappe penalty miss overcome by a goal shortly after by the french captain, as they advanced to the final 1—0 against rennes. it was mbappe�*s 39th goal of the season that proved decisive and ps6 will face lyon in next month's final. to the] league where thiago santana scored a stunning goal of urawa red diamonds but couldn't prevent them slumping to defeat to fc tokyo. with the scores level,

the brazilian produced this moment of magic from just inside the fc tokyo half to break the deadlock. the ball sailing over the head of stranded goalkeeper taishi nozawa. but it proved in vain as fc tokyo stormed back in the second half. ryotaro araki equalised before kuryu matsuki earned his side the three points. chelsea have condemned abuse received by their captain conor gallagher as completely unacceptable, and say a video clip with a young black mascot has been taken considerably out of context. the clip emerged after chelsea's 2—2 draw with burnley on saturday, it showed gallagher not acknowledging a high five from the child in the tunnel, the captain and the mascot then walked out onto the field together. how is it possible to believe that the intention of conor is to know a mascot.

come on! it's make me very, very sad because i know conor and not deserve to be abused. no one deserve to be abused. but conor is a great, great kid and always is caring about the everything i hate with the people. feel free to abuse in social media and things like this is upset me so much. luis rubiales, the former president of the spanish football federation, has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation. he was detained on his arrival in madrid from the dominican republic. he is suspected of receiving illegal commissions when negotiating a lucrative deal to stage the spanish super cup competition in saudi arabia. prosecutors are seeking a two—and—a—half—yearjail term for mr rubiales, who denies any wrongdoing. separately, he's also due to go on trial for sexual assault for kissing player jenni hermoso on the mouth after last summer's world cup final. motherhood and a career in football were, until recently, considered incompatible — with many players retiring early in order to start a family.

but now, there's a growing number of mothers returning to the women's super league. attitudes are changing and support is increasing — but there are still challenges, as our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. you may know carla ward as aston villa women's manager. whl history! but she has another, more importantjob. what did you do at school today? mum to four year old hartley. are you going to sing to me? wednesday's are special for ward. it's the only day she makes it home to sheffield in time for the school run. you are getting an incredible mum. thank you so much. i feel old. thank you. what does hartley think of yourjob? she's very proud. she loves myjob. yes. she loves telling everyone that i'm a football manager. ward co—parents hartley

with her former partner. butjuggling the demands of motherhood and management is a struggle. it was just before christmas, hartley said to me, "why do we never have a day off together?" because naturally i work on the weekends. it's mum guilt. it's tough, you know. you miss parents�* evening. you miss shows that she's doing. and that's when you start to question, what are you doing? why are you doing it? and is there longevity in it? it's a heavy heart, constant battle. there's not many female managers at the top of the game. but do you think the struggle of balancing football and family life is a factor in all of that? 100%. ward says she feels supported at villa. she is, though, one of only two mums managing in the top flight. herfriend emma hayes is the other, but the chelsea boss will soon leave for the usajob. a better work life balance was part of the appeal. while mothers in management are a rarity, more top players are choosing to have children during their careers. west ham's katrina gorrie is one of them. a mum to two—year—old harper. for as long as i knew, i kind of thought, you know, i'd have to hang up the boots before i started a family.

it's all i thought about. i dreamt about it. i just knew that there was something missing. and i went to an ivf clinic and four weeks later, i was pregnant. and then after i had it, all i thought about is getting back to the game. i felt like i loved it more than i ever had before. and having harper on the sideline, just it made me become more proud. gorry was back playing three months after giving birth and last summer walked out for australia at the world cup. she was one of the players of the tournament. but life's not been without its challenges. the amount of things to do before you got out of the house just to get to training was insane. you just didn't think that you'd be able to get through it. and i was breast—feeding her until she was about a year old, so that was hard trying to juggle that as well. but i had no doubt in my body, that definitely was a challenge for me. i knew i could, you know, i went through birth so i knew i could do anything. now that clubs are more supportive, football and family are coming together. it's taken baby steps, but the sport is changing.

four—time world champion sebastian vettel has hinted he could be tempted to make a formula one comeback after revealing he has been talking to the boss of a major team. vettel, who won his four drivers�* titles with red bull between 2010 and 2013, left fi at the end of the 2022 campaign after six years at ferrari and two with aston martin. not really. i mean, people ask and keep asking, but, you know, i've obviously retired not to set a date on the comeback, but i also said that you never know what happens. so at the minute i'm thinking i'm still sane, i'm happy. life is good, but you never know with an opportunity. opening up might be appealing and something to consider or think about. so obviously lots of stuff is happening for next year. still early and obviously it does cross my mind eventually. but yeah, not a priority with it.

but yeah, not a priority. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. areas of low pressure are forming an orderly queue in the atlantic, heading our way over the next few days bringing further bouts of rain. there will be some drier, sunnier interludes and then by the weekend, two things will happen. it will turn warmer, but it will also turn windier. now, the area of low pressure heading our way for the weekend is just starting to take shape behind me. not much to see just yet, but that low is set to deepen. in the shorter term, you can see a couple of different low pressure systems working through. thursday morning, starting with some pretty heavy rain actually across parts

of england and wales. that will tends to pull away eastwards as the day wears on. then we'll see some sunny spells, scattered showers. then later on, more rain will push across the south—west of england and into wales. for northern ireland and scotland, expect largely cloudy skies, some bits and pieces of light, rain and drizzle, but also a bit of snow mixing in over high ground in scotland. temperatures in the north of scotland only up to around five or six degrees — 16 in the south—east of england. and then through thursday night, we'll see outbreaks of heavy rain driving northwards once again. still the chance for some snow, even to relatively low levels across the northern half of scotland where it will be a cold start to friday. further south, a very different story starting today at 11 or 12 degrees in much of england and wales. and then through friday, that rain and hill snow continues to journey northwards across scotland. behind it, we get into a mix of sunny spells and heavy, blustery showers turning quite windy through friday, particularly out towards the west. but temperatures will be climbing — still cold in the north of scotland, but for northern ireland,

england and wales, 15 to 18 degrees. and then into the start of the weekend, this deep area of low pressure with lots of isobars squeezing together is set to pass to the west of the uk. now that is going to bring some very strong winds. we'll see rain clearing the north of scotland. clearing to a mix of sunny spells and showers, probably not too many showers — there will be a decent amount of dry weather around, but the winds are very brisk indeed. particularly for some of these western coasts, 60 mile per hour gusts or more. with those winds coming from the south, though, feeling pretty warm. could be the warmest day of the year so far, particularly in eastern england. highs of 20, maybe 21 degrees, not quite as warm on sunday, but temperatures still well up into the teens. some showers, some sunshine too.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm steve lai. these are our top stories. rescue efforts continue in taiwan, after the strongest earthquake to hit the island for 25 years, killing nine people and injuring more than a thousand others. international pressure mounts on israel, after its air strike killed seven aid workers in gaza. the world central kitchen

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