7 people have been killed in russian drone attacks on ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv. the mayor claims residential buildings and a children's nursery were struck. pop sensation taylor swift will be performing her eras tour in the uk soon. but police and consumer groups are warning fans to be vigilant to ticket scams. now, it is time for sports day. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm ollie foster. here is what is coming up... it's a century of manchester city goals for kevin de bruyne as his double at crystal palace keeps them in the title race. there have been many good memories, and it's a nice milestone to score that many for the club. itjust means that i've

been here a long time. luton are still dreaming of another season at the top, after their late winner against bournemouth. it's been 22 years since ipswich were last in the premier league, defeat to norwich has dented their promotion hopes. the chiefs are into the european champions cup quarterfinals, fighting back against bath. also coming up on sportsday... the king of qualifying, max verstappen — it's another pole for the world champion. good evening. we are waiting to see who is going to blink first in the premier league title race. not arsenal, they have beaten brighton in the last few

moments. we will show you their goals. nor manchester city. they were first up today at selhurst park in the lunchtime kick—off, and though they went behind to crystal palace, the return of kevin de bruyne and erling haaland to the side was key as they won 4—2 to move level on points with leaders liverpool. ben croucher reports. this is the face of a man whose team haven't lost since december. pep guardiola and manchester city, though, know the title race can be fraught with danger, as crystal palace soon demonstrated. guardiola left the in—form phil foden out. they still had kevin de bruyne. oh, that's outstanding! goal number 99 for the club. that's an electrifying finish from kevin de bruyne! it was the spark city needed, although they had to wait until the second half to take charge. goals are a rare thing for rico lewis. they have been for erling haaland of late too, if you can call five games a drought anyway. there's the haaland goal. drought over, floodgates now open. de bruyne brought up his century and city's fourth to put

the game beyond doubt. maybe just as well, given odsonne edouard's late goal at the other end. still, 4—2, level with liverpool, job done, delight all round. probably. ben croucher, bbc news. he was certainly cheerier after the final whistle. pep guardiola says kevin de bruyne is "one of the best players "in the history of manchester city" after another dazzling performance, although the belgian was typically modest. he reached the milestone of 100 city goals. you know, itjust means i have been here a long time, and there have been many good memories. it's a nice milestone to score that many for the club, and itjust means that i've been here a long time. the first one, did you have a little look, or did you always know where you were going to plant it? i got the ball from jack and created some space, and there's only a small

space you can score. when i hit the ball, i knew i hit it good, but you don't see the ball flying, and then you see it went in. it was a good goal. city will hope he can add to his tally on tuesday night, when their focus will switch to tuesday night to champions league action at real madrid in the first leg of their quarterfinal. the manager was understandably glowing in his praise of kevin de bruyne. today kevin, kevin won the game. his first goal, the assist for the third, the goal in the fourth. kevin, for many years in man city, one of the best players for our club. what is done in england, in terms of goals, consistency... you no to terms of goals, consistency... you go to another— terms of goals, consistency... you go to another pressurised game against — go to another pressurised game against real madrid, they are all pressurised games, but is it any different— pressurised games, but is it any different now you have done it last seasonmike is there any difference in the _

seasonmike is there any difference in the size — seasonmike is there any difference in the size of pressure? the opening is massive- — in the size of pressure? the opening is massive. the _ in the size of pressure? the opening is massive. the opening _ in the size of pressure? the opening is massive. the opening is _ in the size of pressure? the opening is massive. the opening is massive. | is massive. the opening is massive. we can't deny it. all year as a club, as people involved, the fact that we did it, but we won the champions league, it helped us a lot stop but this time we cannot go relaxed, we cannot go, we are done, it doesn't matter stop they are too good. we have to be our best, we don't have any close will be available, especially in the back four. but we will try to win. so, city now level on points with liverpool. the leaders are at manchester united tomorrow. but arsenal are back on top at the premier league. they won 3—0. brighton gave away a penalty, getting some of the bar, but more of

gabrieljesus, and bukayo saka kept his cool from the spot. kai havertz doubled the lead just after the hour mark, lovely build—up. his finish was the easy bit, really. and inside the last five minutes of the game, leandro trossa rd the last five minutes of the game, leandro trossard beat the offside trap and scored the third with a lovely pink finish. 3—0, arsenal move top. they are just by a point. we will see if you can bring you a reaction from the alnwick stadium later in the programme. let's run through the results from the 3 o'clock kick—offs in the premier league. aston villa have slipped up in their pursuit of a top four finish. they led 2—0 at home to brentford but ended up drawing 3—3. 0llie watkins scored twice on his return from injury, including the equaliser in the 80th minute. brentford had flipped the game on its head with three goals in the space of nine second half minutes, but watkins came to villa's rescue. they remain fourth, but spurs are three points behind with two games in hand.

obviously it is tight, there's a lot of it possible to be played, we are battling _ of it possible to be played, we are battling with tottenham who have a -ood battling with tottenham who have a good squad. we designed a focus on ourselves, _ good squad. we designed a focus on ourselves, winning the next six games, — ourselves, winning the next six games, we _ ourselves, winning the next six games, we will be there. it is a simple — games, we will be there. it is a simple as— games, we will be there. it is a simple as that. another good performance, - and we have seriously consistent good performances in a row. three difficult games, getting points. - i would love if one or two of them had given us three points, - but being unbeaten is not a bad thing, and i know it is more - important if you choose to win one, lose one, and then a draw, - it would have been more points, i understand that maths, - and we always want to go for the win. _ it's tight in the battle for 7th, what could be the final european spot. west ham are there at the moment after coming from behind

to win 2—1 at wolves. james ward—prowse scored the winner direct from a corner inside the final 10 minutes at molineux. wolves absolutely irate at full—time. they felt they had a perfectly good goal disallowed in the ninth minute of stoppage time. terrible, terrible decision. i can't understand it at all. i spoke to david, and to be fair to david, he said the same. . it is never offside. fabianski the same, he didn't think it was offside. - it is crazy a premier league referee can stand in front of the screen, - having been sent to it, - and get it that badly wrong. we spoke about hitting the target from corners, and it is difficult for keepers to defend. there's a lot of bodies in the way.

if nobody touches it, hopefully it goes in, and that was the case today. i will take it. newcastle kept up their chase of west ham with a hard fought win at fulham. they are just a point behind with a game in hand. bruno guimaraes got the only goal of the game in his 100th appearance for the club. it's the third time the magpies have beaten fulham this season. unbelievable, what a day for me to make my 100th game for the club as well. scoring in this game is always special, in front of the fans it was unbelievable. we all work hard, especially in the second half in the first 20 minutes in the game, we were not good enough, but i think for the second game in the second half, we deserved to win the game. it feels like a big three points off the back of the week we had. we have a small squad, everybody knows that. we are really stretched, but the players are fighting for the cause, and that was a very difficult game today. fulham started very well, we didn't. we were on the back foot, and it took a huge effort

from the lads to get the win in the end. relief at goodison park. everton have their first league win in 1a. they beat burnley at home, their last win was also against the clarets back in december. dominic calvert—lewin scored the only goal of the game just on the stroke of half—time, capitalising on a goalkeeping error, aro muric�*s clearance hitting the everton striker, and looping back over his head into the net. that gives the toffees a four point cushion above the relegation zone. brownlee had dara o'shea sent off in the middle of the second half. —— burnley. the middle of the second half. -- burnle . ~ . the middle of the second half. -- burnle . ~ , ., , burnley. we designed an ugly when, and it worked. _ burnley. we designed an ugly when, and it worked. i _ burnley. we designed an ugly when, and it worked. i spoken _ burnley. we designed an ugly when, and it worked. i spoken to _ burnley. we designed an ugly when, and it worked. i spoken to the - and it worked. i spoken to the players about finding that winning mentality. we put it on the back line as many times as possible, and give or take, the lads said they should have a second one sent off, and we should have a penalty. it was

identical to don's last week. i could kill that game off, and it doesn't. we worked very hard to make sure that we see the game through, and in the end they had one shot on target, so i'm pleased with the defensive side of things as well. look, it is our own doing. i don't think— look, it is our own doing. i don't think you — look, it is our own doing. i don't think you need to overanalyse it. the red — think you need to overanalyse it. the red card, the letter of the law says it _ the red card, the letter of the law says it needs to be a goal—scoring opportunity. you need to have some control— opportunity. you need to have some control of— opportunity. you need to have some control of the ball to have a goal—scoring opportunity, but i won't _ goal—scoring opportunity, but i won't go — goal—scoring opportunity, but i won't go into that again. the main thing _ won't go into that again. the main thing for— won't go into that again. the main thing for us — won't go into that again. the main thing for us is i think we played realty— thing for us is i think we played really well again, and yeah, it is unfortunate.— unfortunate. how big was this fullerton? — unfortunate. how big was this fullerton? -- _ unfortunate. how big was this fullerton? -- for— unfortunate. how big was this fullerton? -- for luton. - at kenilworth road, carlton morris' 90th minute winner boosted

their survival hopes, as they came from behind to beat bournemouth 2—1. they still in the relegation zone but only on goal difference behind nottingham forest. you can't guarantee at any level of football it when stop you can try the organise and carry out a game plan, but you can guarantee the win, and it has been really hard this season, that is why we are in the situation we are in. the character we showed, we find the result today when it was really important to do so. we have had one and a half really difficult games against bournemouth this year, for obvious reasons. tom's situation the first time, are meant to be 3—0 up and lose the game, it is a nice feeling to be able to turn that round today and somehow grind out that win. this is how the bottom looks. sheffield united, 10 points adrift and seemingly destined for the championship even with games in hand. they face chelsea tomorrow. burnley not looking great either after another defeat. but luton are still believing,

and they'll be hoping for forest to lose at spurs tomorrow. brentford and everton still have work to do, and so too crystal palace. fulham and above should all be safe now. and here is the top. arsenal looking to move a point clear by beating brighton. —— arsenal are a point clear after beating brighton. they have a really healthy goal difference. liverpool are at manchester united tomorrow. they need to win to go back above the gunners. tottenham will move up to fourth if they beat forest tomorrow. and that would leave united still a long way off 5th, which might still carry a champions league spot. to the race for promotion to the premier league, a bad day for ipswich, losing the east anglian derby and also top spot in the championship.

norwich's1—0 win at carrow road keeps them on course for the play—offs. alex fletcher reports. old or young, few have seen in east anglia in are they worth this much at stake. ipswich topped the table at kick—off, with norwich pushing for the play—offs. marcelino nunes with the first meaningful effort after half an hour. take two was much more effective. commentator: it is norwich who land the first! _ enough swerve and dip to wrong—foot the goalkeeper. norwich moved into a first—half lead. josh sargent looked to extend that advantage seizing on a mistake, but as the two tangled on the edge of the box, the referee let play continue. it had been 1a league games since the visitors had failed to score. conor chaplin at the best chance

to extend that record. one he didn't take. and all too familiar derby day feeling in the away end, as norwich held on for a crucial victory. a huge boost to their hopes of achieving a play—off place. a head—scratcher for the title—chasing ipswich. leicester city took advantage of that ipswich defeat to move back to the top. stephy mavididi scored their late winner against birmingham city, who have dropped into the relegation zone. hull have kept themselves in touch of the play—offs, winning at cardiff. so too coventry, with their win at home to leeds, who could have gone top with a win but they slip to third. huge win for sheffield wednesday, stopping the qpr revival, and they are only a point off safety. huddersfield are out of the bottom three. they beat millwall. we've had another relegation in the football league. bottom side carlisle lost 2—0 at northampton in league one, they are 13 points off safety with only 4 games left to play, so it's back to league 2 afterjust one season in the third tier.

they cannot survive. it's the last round of fixtures before the scottish premiership splits for the final five games. the top two, rangers and celtic, meet at ibrox tomorrow. celtic a point ahead having played a game more. motherwell came from two down to win at dundee. stjohnstone won at hibs. kilmarnock beat ross county 1—0. livingston and aberdeen was goalless. hearts came away from st mirren with a 2—1victory. big game coming up in spain in the next couple of hours — athletic bilbao take on mallorca in the copa del rey final which is again being held in seville. athletic are looking for a first major trophy in a0 years. mallorca, who won the cup in 2003, will come into this one as the underdogs. when you go into the game with the same mentality and the right mentality to try

and win the game, we know it is an important game for everybody, and everyone isjust preparing. bilbao have quality players too, so it is just preparing for them, and making sure we go on and give our best. you are up—to—date with all the football. to some cricket history. in the county championship, glamorgan captain sam northeast hit the highest first—class score at lord's, an unbeaten 335 against middlesex. northeast hit 36 fours and six sixes on his way to the record. the total surpassing graham gooch's 333 for england against india in1990. glamorgan have since declared on 620—3.

middlesex a82 runs behind at the end of day two. what a feat from sam north—east. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. in the ipl, virat kohli scored the first hundred of the 2024 edition — his eighth in ipl cricket — as his unbeaten 113 saw royal challengers bengaluru post 183 for 3. but it was in vain as another century was coming along. just butler hitting a set to —— hitting a six to make it four wins out of four for his team. lotte kopecky sprinted to a sensational victory at paris—roubaix femmes, as she sped over the line ahead of rivals marianne vos and elisa balsamo in the famous roubaix velodrome. the world champion claimed the first title in the race for her team, sd—worx protime. the tour of the basque country was won byjuan ayuso of uae team emirates.

he followed his fellow spaniard carlos rodriguez over the line. the ineos grenadiers rider taking the stage win with ayuso picking up the biggest title of his career. mark williams was at his very best to win all eight frames against mark allen in the afternoon session of their semifinal of the tour championship. is this a comeback? allen has taken the first two frames of the evening session. the welshman leads 8—2 in the encounter. first of ten —— first to ten in that semifinal. a busy day of european rugby. in the champions cup last 16, there was a west country derby at sandy park. exeter chiefs booked their place in the quarterfinals beating bath by 21 points to 15. bath coped the best with the blustery conditions in the first half and ted hill's try helped them

to a 12—7 lead at the break. exeter fought back with tries from greg fisilua and ethan roots to reach the last 8 where they'll face toulouse or racing. saracens are out. they have been thrashed by bordeaux. three players scored two tries. bordeaux will play harlequins in the last eight. four other games today. bulls thrashed lyon. reigning champions la rochelle are through — just. 22—21 against stormers in cape town. the south africans missed a penalty to win it a conversion to win it with the last kick of the game. leinster and leicester tigers kick off at eight o'clock. in super league, adam swift scored a hat—trick of tries as huddersfield giants thumped hull fc by 56 points to 22.

the giants overpowered hull in the first half with swift claiming all three of his tries before the break. hull are having a terrible season. more of the same followed from huddersfield. they are one place off the bottom. they ran in ten tries in total with jake bibby completing the drubbing, that moves them up to sixth. one more game later and its live on the bbc. catalans dragons are hosting st helens in perpignan. kick off is eight o'clock, it's on bbc three and the bbc sport website and iplayer. the winners will go top of the table. last season finished for us as a club a bit disappointing, but since then we've had time to relax and have a good pre—season, building into the season, and as expected, catalans are going very well, we know it is going to be our fantastic game in a hostile environment,

like it always is here. like you say, i think the memories of that game will feel like they will linger in the back of our minds, and hopefully we can get payback. max verstappen has maintained his perfect qualifying record this season. he'll be on pole for tomorrow's japanese grand prix. there were mixed fortunes though for the british drivers on the grid, as nick parrott reports. the only obvious difference in moving the japanese grand prix from autumn to spring is that the circuit is now adorned with cherry blossom. no change in who was at the front, with world champion max verstappen claiming pole here. george russell's camping got off to a bad start. that cost mercedes more than £4000 after race stewards fined them. salt in the wounds after russell's

worst qualifying this year, seeing him start in ninth. lewis hamilton was feeling chipper, though, after his best qualifying of the season saw him in seventh. i hope where i put the car is going to be good in the race tomorrow, and it will be about management and strategy. pit stops, maximising everything along the way, and hoping we can ship off and leapfrog some guys up ahead. i'm excited, definitely more amped. i know we are seventh, it is not the greatest, but we can work from here. the honour of being the best british driver went to lando norris. he will start in third, and will be hoping he can at least match a second—place finish last year. we can be tough, and i don't think we were expecting p3, we knew it can be tough, and i don't think we were expecting p3, and to be only two tenths off red bull, so i think that is a good thing. hgppy happy with the result.

with team—mate sergio perez alongside him, only a mechanical issue is likely to stop verstappen from claiming victory. so here's how they'll line up for tomorrow's race. ferrari's carlos sainz, who won the last race in australia, is in the second row with norris. it was a disappointing day for charles leclerc only managing ninth ahead of george russell, with japanese driver yuki tsunoda completing the top ten. nico hulkenberg and kevin magnussen both finished in the points last time out in australia, but it was a day of mixed fortunes for haas with the german 12th and the dane way down in 18th. you'll be able to follow tomorrow's race on radio 5 live, bbc sounds and the bbc sport website from quarter to six in the morning. iam i am unlikely to do that. and finally scotland's men, the reigning champions, have been beaten by canada in the semi—finals of the world curling championship in switzerland. the scots saw off the united states

earlier today to set up the semi but lost 9—4 to the canadians. canada will play sweden in the final tomorrow. scotland will play italy in the bronze medal match. you will be able to watch that on the iplayer on the bbc sport website in the morning. also on the iplayer and the bbc sport website right now, it is aquatics gb swimming championships. there is live coverage of the men's 50 metres freestyle and the women's 200 metres individual medley there. they are ones to watch out for later. these are live pictures. james wilby has just won the 200 breaststroke. i believe. that is him giving his reaction. you will get more reaction to all the racing on the bbc sport website. we are unable to bring you anything from that arsenal went down at brighton, with mikel arteta not speaking yet, but go to the bbc

sport website and all the reaction to arsenal's win against brighton, 3-0, to arsenal's win against brighton, 3—0, and going back to the top of the premier league by one point from liverpool and manchester city. that is where you will find it. for me and the rest of the sports day team, good mate. —— good night. windy and warm has been the two main characteristics of the weekend's weather so far, and storm kathleen has brought winds along the west coast of 60 to 70 miles an hour, and at the tops of mountains in scotland, just shy of 100 miles an hour was recorded. it was warm with it. a south—westerly wind across south east anglia and england, with the warmest day of the year so far, temperature is widely getting up to 21 degrees. low pressure still the dominant

feature into the second half of the weekend, and this weather front could bring more persistent out rings of showery rain as we go through the day. closest to the low will see a frequent rash of showers here, and by the middle part of the afternoon, we will have a line of showers developing across south—west england, driven on by that south—westerly wind. there will be heavy bursts as it pushes its way into wales and the midlands. east anglia and south—east england largely dry and sunny, not as warm, but nevertheless 17 degrees, still above average for the time of year. a few showers into northern england, a scattering of showers for scotland and northern ireland, with top temperatures of ten to 13 degrees. in comparison to where you were a few days ago, that is still better. as you move out of sunday into monday, another low starts to push in from the south—west. we start off the new working week on a pretty unsubtle note. still relatively mild, not a cold start to monday. five to 10 degrees first thing. it will be a bright

and sunny one to begin with, but clouding over from the west of that rain arriving. showery outbreaks of rain, heavier bursts through northern ireland and northern england. it says largely dry into scotland and the midlands, east anglia, south—east england dry with some sunshine and still relatively warm, 17 degrees the overall high. as we move through the middle part of the week, it's likely to stay unsettled. a ridge of high pressure for a time, another low moving in, bringing gale force gusts of wind is perhaps to the south—west,s perhaps to the south—west, and endless high pressure that is sitting across europe. and then this high pressure that is sitting across europe. that mightjust keep things a little bit quieter down towards the south by the end of the week, but looking ahead and unsettled start, shows are longer spells of rain, and temperatures back to where they should be for this time of year. take care.

live from london, this is bbc news. the israeli military confirms it's recovered the body of hostage, elad katzir, from khan younis nearly six months after being abducted by hamas. but israel is facing renewed international concern over its ground strategy in the gaza strip. seven people die in russian drone attacks on ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv. the mayor claims residential buildings and a children's nursery were struck. voters in slovakia are deciding on a new president —

in a contest between a pro—western, former diplomat — and a candidate from the nationalist government. pop sensation taylor swift will perform her eras tour in the uk soon. but police warn it will be a �*cruel summer�* if fans are conned by ticketing scams. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the israeli military has recovered the body of a hostage in gaza, during an overnight operation. it accused the �*islamichhad' group of murdering the man, who's been identified as a7—year—old, elad katzir. israel said its mission to search for hostages, and return them to israel, would continue. from jerusalem, hugo bachega reports. elad katzir kidnapped in southern israel six months ago,