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burnley, then.very programme. he tried to stay grounded despite many people tipping him to be a future manchester city manager. my goal is to get better. i think city should always _ have the best manager in the world, nobody else, and that is not me. my focus is burnley getting better, and we'll see, maybe you only get| shown how far i am from being that guy, but eventually i work- as i can to get better every time. not getting carried away with himself, but it has not clicked in the premier league this season. overhaul of players in the summer is one factor, but that's the game, isn't it? it is. they have bought for the future, when they have spent the money. it is difficult, when you want to play the style that vincent kompany does, play out from the back, goalkeeper, big signings still being criticised, still throwing it into midfield, why not? if it is not working, why is he not going to change? the point was, how does he change? i have this group of players who play now here to play football i

burnley have never lost this many home league games in a single season.game safe late in the second, meaning vincent kompany�*s side are yet to win this year, and are second from bottom still — 11 points from safety with 11 games remaining. what do i want from my team? i want the team to show the energy that they did today, to show that they are willing to fight and do everything for what is a wonderful opportunity, being in the premier league with burnley. that's it. in the end, winning, losing, i've been in the game long enough to know that you are not always in control of that final ball to put it in the back of the net, and you have got to rely on your players to turn the corner. that's really important. we were in a good moment, i think we were playing well lately but not getting the wins. probably we need a game like this, where probably we didn't play so well. but you know how to win it, you finish with a clean sheet. i think it will give us some confidence for the next games, so very important for us. so, let's take a look at how things stand in t

burnley are off the bottom with the point but still 10 points off safety.gh to the first fa cup as they attempt to win it. the only goal in a 1—0 win over everton. the usa international has only just returned from a long—term knee injury but has scored in both games since. spurs join chelsea in their last four after their win on penalties over manchester city. leverkusen took a step towards a first ever bundesliga victory in germany with a win over wolfsburg. it was helped thanks to an early wolfsburg red card. alonso's side ten points ahead of bayern munich. still unbeaten in all competitions this season. the destination of title in italy is nailed on. inter started 18 points clear but the places below them still very much up for grabs. milan won thanks to a goal. they have gone second afterjuventus couldn't then beat atalanta. that game finished 2—2 as it did in florence where roma had a last minute equaliser to stay fifth. in spain, real madrid's advantage at the top of la liga is back after winning celta vigo at the bernabeu. 25 u na nswered 25 unanswer

burnley had been 2—nil up through david fofana burnley are off the bottom with the point but still 10re through to the first fa _ chelsea are through to the first fa cup as they attempt to win it — win it. the only goal win it. - the only goal in win it. — the only goal in a win ii. — the only goal in a 1—0 win over everton. the usa international has onlyjust returned from a long—term knee injury but has scored in both games since. spursjoin scored in both games since. spurs join chelsea scored in both games since. spursjoin chelsea in scored in both games since. spurs join chelsea in their last four after their win on penalties over manchester city. leverkusen took a step towards a first ever bundesliga victory in germany with a win over wolfsburg. it was helped thanks to an early wolfsburg red card. alonso's side ten points ahead of bayern munich. still unbeaten in all competitions this season. the destination of title in italy is nailed on. inter started 18 points clear but the places below them still very much up for grabs. milan won thanks to a goal. they have gone second afterju

burnley had been 2—0 up, but west ham hit back to leave burnley 10 points from safety, although the pointtable. holders chelsea are through to the semifinals of the women's fa cup as they attempt to win the trophy for a fourth—straight season. catarina macario got the only goal in a 1—0 win over everton. the usa international has only just returned from a long—term knee injury, but has scored in both games since. spurs join chelsea in the last four after their win on penalties over manchester city. bayer leverkusen took another step towards a first ever bundesliga title in germany with a 2—0 win over wolfsburg. leverkusen's cause was helped thanks to an early wolfsburg red card. but after goals from nathan tella 11 minutes later, and then florian wirtz, xabi alonso's side are 10 points ahead of bayern munich with nine games left. and they're still unbeaten in all competitions this season. the destination of the title in italy is pretty much nailed on. inter started the day 18 points clear but the places below them are still up for grabs. milan beat empoli thanks to a goalfrom cristian pul

burnley had been 2—0 up but west ham hit back to leave burnley ten points from safety.e them off the bottom of the table. holders chelsea are through to the semi finals of the women's fa cup as they attempt to win the trophy for a fourth straight season. catarina macario got the only goal in a 1—0 win over everton. the usa international has onlyjust returned from a long term knee injury. but has scored in both games since. spurs join chelsea in the last four after their win on penalties over manchester city. bayer leverkusen took another step towards a first ever bundesliga title in germany with a 2—0 win over wolfsburg. leverkusen�*s cause was helped thanks to an early wolfsburg red card. but after goals from nathan tella 11 minutes later. and then florian wirtz. xabi alonso's side are ten points ahead of bayern munich with nine games left. and they're still unbeaten in all competitions this season. the destination of the title in italy is pretty much nailed on. inter started the day 18 points clear, but the places below them are still up for grabs. milan beat empoli t

that's how the bottom looks, draws for sheffield united and burnley but both are still cut adrift.ow forest. everton are still in danger falling to that late defeat at bournemouth. rangers are back on top of the scottish premiership after a 3—1 win over hibernian at ibrox. james tavernier, cyriel dessers and rabbi matondo the scorers. celtic can replace them at the top with a win at bottom club livingston tomorrow. here are the rest of the days results aberdeen beat ross county 2—1. the games between hearts and kilmarnock and motherwell and st mirren both finished one all, while dundee won 2—1 at stjohnstone. it's the old firm derby next sunday manchester city have moved three points clear of chelsea at the top of the women's super league. they beat liverpool 4—1 at prenton park. lauren hemp and jess park both scored before the league's top scorer khadija shaw made it 3—0 in eight first—half minutes. shaw got another early in the second half before liverpool got a late consolation through an own goal. elsewhere aston villa drew 2—2 against leicester. chelsea play in the league cup

vincent kompany�*s burnley remain joint bottom of the premier league, 11 points from safety, after defeato bournemouth. andoni iraola's side were 2—0 winners at turf moor with antoine semenyo getting their second goal. the victory moves them 11 points clear of the bottom three. what do i want for my team? i want my team to show the energy they did today. i want my team to show they are willing to fight and do everything for what is a wonderful opportunity, being in the premier league with burnley. that is it in the end, winning, losing, in the game long enough to know that you don't always control that output, the final ball that puts it in the back of the net and you have got to rely on your players to turn a corner, that is really important. we are in a good moment, we are playing well, but we didn't get the win. probably we need a game like this, we probably didn't play so well. you know how to win it and you finish with a clean sheet and think it will be some confidence for the next games. very important for us. bayer leverkusen are ten points clear at the top of the german bundesliga

and thatis premier league with burnley. and that is it.en in the game long enough to know that you don't always control that output, that final ball that puts it in the back of the neck and you've got to rely on your place to turn the corner. that and you've got to rely on your place to turn the corner.— to turn the corner. that is really important _ to turn the corner. that is really important we _ to turn the corner. that is really important. we are _ to turn the corner. that is really important. we are in _ to turn the corner. that is really important. we are in a - to turn the corner. that is really important. we are in a good - to turn the corner. that is really - important. we are in a good moment. ithihk— important. we are in a good moment. i think we _ important. we are in a good moment. iihinkwe are — important. we are in a good moment. i think we are playing well lately, we were — i think we are playing well lately, we were not getting the wins. probably— we were not getting the wins. probably we need a game like this were probab

vincent kompany�*s burnley remain joint bottom of the premier league, 11 points from safety, after defeaturnemouth. andoni iraola's side were 2—0 winners at turf moor with antoine semenyo getting their second goal. the victory moves them 11 points clear of the bottom three. what do i want for my team? i want my team to show the energy they did today. i want my team to show they are willing to fight and do everything for what is a wonderful opportunity, being in the premier league with burnley. that is it in the end, winning, losing, a in the game long enough to know that you don't always control that output, the final ball that puts it in the back of the net and you have got to rely on your players to turn a corner, that is really important. we are in a good moment, we are playing well, but we didn't get the win. probably we need a game like this, we probably didn't play so well. you know how to win it and you finish with a clean sheet and think it will be some confidence for the next games. very important for us. bayer leverkusen are ten points clear at the top of the german bundesliga,

that's how the bottom looks, draws for sheffield united and burnley but both are still cut adrift.t bournemouth. rangers are back on top of the scottish premiership after a 3—1 win over hibernian at ibrox. james tavernier, cyriel dessers and rabbi matondo the scorers. celtic can replace them at the top with a win at bottom club livingston tomorrow. here are the rest of the day's results aberdeen beat ross county 2—1. the games between hearts and kilmarnock and motherwell and st mirren both finished i—i, while dundee won 2—1 at stjohnstone. confirmation of rangers result there. it's the old firm derby next sunday. manchester city have moved three points clear of chelsea at the top of the women's super league. they beat liverpool 4—1 at prenton park. lauren hemp and jess park both scored before the league's top scorer khadija shaw made it 3—0 in eight first—half minutes. shaw got another early in the second half before liverpool got a late consolation through an own goal. elsewhere aston villa drew 2—2 against leicester. chelsea play in the league cup final against arsenal tomorrow.

burnley have never lost this many home league games in a single season.nd are second from bottom still — 11 points from safety with 11 games remaining. what do i want from my team? i want the team to show the energy that they did today, to show that they are willing to fight and do everything for what is a wonderful opportunity, being in the premier league with burnley. that is it, in the end, winning, losing, i've been in the game long enough to know that you are not always in control of that final ball to put it in the back of the net, and you have got to rely on your players to turn the corner. that's really important. we were in a good moment, i think we were playing well lately but not getting the wins. probably we need a game like this, probably we didn't play so well. but you know how to win it, you finish with a clean sheet. i think it will give us some confidence for the next games, so very important for us. so, let's take a look at how things stand in the table. at the top, manchester city close the gap to liverpool to just a point, with arsenal

point, — opportunity to at least get one point, but also the win was possible _ vincent kompany�*s burnleypremier league, 11 points from safety, after defeat at home to bournemouth. andoni iraola's side were 2—0 winners at turf moor with antoine semenyo getting their second goal. the victory moves them 11 points clear of the bottom three. what do i want for my team? i want them to show the energy they did today. i want the team to show that they're willing to fight and do everything for what is a wonderful opportunity — being in the premier league with burnley. in the end, winning or losing, i've been in the game long enough to know that you don't always control that you don't always control that output, the final bowl. you have to rely on trust to turn a corner. that's really important. we we re we were in a good moment. i think— we were in a good moment. i think we _ we were in a good moment. i think we are playing well. we weren't getting the wins. we need _ we weren't getting the wins. we need a _ we weren't getting the wins. we need a game like this where we didrfl— need a game like th

burnley are now eight points away from safety after they won 2—1 at home to brentford.e it two for burnley before kristoffer ajer pulled one back for brenford late on. i think we started well. we didn't wait for the game to happen, we forced them to make a mistake early doors. i think we won duels and challenges on many occasions and we created big chances today again. maybe the thing if we sharpen our tools a little bit more, we can have more goals but in the end, a team that hasn't won for a while with ten minutes to go, if the result is not already to bed then that's always something where you have to grind it out but we did that and got the result. very, very proud of the players, of the effort, mentality. i really hope the fans are as well. it is an incredible shift of the players put in, to stay in the game 100 minutes with injury time over the two halves and getting very close, probably should could get a point, incredibly proud of that. celtic have retaken the lead in the scottish premiership — winning today, before rangers play tomorrow. celtic beat stjohnstone

afc bournemouth 0 everton 0.chelsea 0 burnley 0nottingham forest burnley are equalised at stamford bridgeoal. i—i after going behind against luton. a luton own goal. 1—1 at the tottenham hotspur stadium. a couple of matches coming up later, at villa and bedford. bayern leverkusen can stretch their lead in the bundesliga to 13 points. xabi alonso's side were a goal down against hoffenheim but they have equalised in the 89th minute through robert andrich. later, der klassiker, bayern munich against borrussia dortmund, harry kane's back for bayern after missing the international break with an ankle knock. their hopes of retaining the title are fading fast but a match of this magnitude should give them plenty of motivation translation: the positions in the | table are obviously what they are. | we cannot change them. we can obviously win this game. by the time we arrive at the stadium it will feel normal, like always. it is an emotional match and a charged match and a very important match in the bundesliga, with a great rivalry and history. there is no difference there. the women's final at t

burnley remain second from bottom, and yet to win a game this year.is suarez scored two goals each. to take inter miami to the top of the standings in major league soccer. it was a thumping win over local rivals orlando city, suarez started off the scoring afterjust three minutes. the uruguayan might be 37, but he certainly hasn't lost his ability to finish. suarez got a second, before messi's two goals rounded off a 5—0 win. the last one was set up by suarez, as he did many times before, when the two played together at barcelona. and take a look at these scenes, at real salt lake city. as heavy snow caused problems in their win over los angeles fc. a match descibed by the lafc manager as an 'absolute joke'. hugo lloris, the former france goalkeeper, among those feeling the chill as lafc lost 3—0, andres gomez with two, and cristian arrango with their third. it's the final day of competition at the world athletics indoor championships, with medals decided in the 800m, the 1500, and heptathlon events in glasgow later. thea lafond won gold in the women'

burnley are now eight points away from safety after they won 2—1 at home to brentford.ff. david fofana made it two for burnley before kristoffer ajer pulled one back for brenford late on. i think we started well. we didn't wait for the game to happen, we forced them to make a mistake early doors. i think we won jewels and challenges on many occasions and we created big chances today again. maybe the thing if we sharpen our tools a little bit more, we can have more goals but in the end, a team that hasn't won for a while with ten minutes to go, if the result is not already to bed then that's always something where you have to grind it out but we did that and got the result. , , , ., ., result. very, very proud of the -la ers, result. very, very proud of the players. of _ result. very, very proud of the players. of the _ result. very, very proud of the players, of the effort, - result. very, very proud of the i players, of the effort, mentality. result. very, very proud of the - players, of the effort, mentality. i really— players, of the effort, mentality. i really hope

vincent kompany�*s burnley remain joint bottom of the premier league, 11 points from safety, after defeat 2—0 winners at turf moor with antoine semenyo getting their second goal. the victory moves them 11 points clear of the bottom three. what do i want for my team? i want my team to show the energy they did today. i want my team to show they are willing to fight and do everything for what is a wonderful opportunity, being in the premier league with bernie. that is it in the end, winning, losing, a in the game long enough to know that you don't always control that output, the final ball that puts it in the back of the net and you have got to rely on your players to turn a corner, thatis that is really important. we are in a good _ that is really important. we are in a good moment, iwe that is really important. we are in a good moment, i we were playing _ are in a good moment, i we were playing well let lee. we went gelling — playing well let lee. we went getting the winds, probably we need _ getting the winds, probably we need a — getting the winds, probably we need a game like this, we p

the ao—year—old became the first woman to referee a premier league fixture when she took charge of burnley december. welch was also the first woman to referee a men's game in the championship injanuary 2023. it's international women's day today and netball has been playing its part in helping female refugees and asylum seekers settle in. england netball, the sport's governing body, are backing a scheme which is giving women who've fled countries a purpose. jane dougall reports. forgetting about everything forjust a moment. all the women here are refugees or asylum seekers from countries like afghanistan, iran or botswana. many have lost family members, all have escaped dangerous situations. but playing sport has done something incredible. ianthem situations. but playing sport has done something incredible. when we are at the hotel, _ done something incredible. when we are at the hotel, when _ done something incredible. when we are at the hotel, when we _ done something incredible. when we are at the hotel, when we come - done something incredible. when we | are at the hotel, when we come h

today is also a great step forward for you he won and vashem drew 2 at home against burnley. i would like to correct one point about the premier league table. arsenal, i said that the top 64 goal difference table is better than liverpool. liverpool has 64 points and city is in the third place with 63 points . let's go to the spanish la liga. alas bilbao and real won in the matches. today and tonight in the framework of the 28th week of this athletic build competition. today, alaos beat raivicano at home with a goal, and real madrid met celta vigo a few minutes ago. it ended with the advantage of madrid four to zero. rial betis from a few minutes ago acceptable or realistic. german bundesliga victory. the equalizer comes from robbing as well pulled back afteruma had to fall back into the defensive three good shot brilliant. milan and verona won the italian serie a and juve stopped in today's and tonight's games in the framework of the 228th week of these games. tonight in sensiro, milan barely passed empoli's hundred with christian pulisic's goal in the 41st minute and with 59

joining me now chad wolf, former acting dhs secretary under trump and jim burnley former transportationretary under president reagan and my former boss. good to see both of you. now, we're told this was a freak accident, chad, but i always thought bridges were hard targets. the force of this ship didn't seem so hard to collapse. >> yeah. unfortunately i think that's right. and, look, i think this is a tragic incident. i have not heard or seen anything that says otherwise. so let me just say that upfront. i think what this does point to is the nation's critical infrastructure and how vulnerability it can be and so you not only look at everything from healthcare systems, to not only our transportation system, our artillery systems. and look at the risk. you look at the vulnerability but you also look at the critical cattle this bridge being in the i-59 corridor obviously serving the port of baltimore. hazardous materials being transported you must look at the criticality. make sure resilience is built into it as well. there is a a lot of lessons to be learned here. and a lot of questions

but in today's other premier league game, burnley , the 19th team in redhundi's table , lost with two goals to its guest, bernmos. at the vando metropolitano, club atlético madrid overcame their guest real betis by 1/2 and finished fourth in the table with 55 points. in another game this week, this evening. he scored a goal against granada and with 32 points he temporarily took the place of alaves in the twelfth place of the ranking table. also, the match between girona, the second team in the table, and mallorca ended 1-0 in favor of mallorca. bilbao to the meeting of barcelona has gone to follow up the series of the twenty -seventh week and stop. frosinone and the victory of verona, cagliari and bologna in the framework of this week's games, today frosinone's meeting with lecce was a draw , hellas verona passed the barrier of sassuolo with a goal at home , cagliari won with a goal at empoli, and bologna won with a score of 21 against atalanta. in this context , napoli has been hosting yoh for a few minutes. from the last round of the hesfi cup, tomorrow , monday, will be held in raf

a few minutes ago, west ham and burnley and brighton and nottingham forest faced each other. but in the most sensitive game of the week tonight, liverpool and manchester city team. the second and third teams of the table are away from 19:15 at anfield they go too. if both teams win , they will go to the top of the table and pass one of their most important rivals on the way to the championship. within the framework of the 28th week of the spanish league, alaves and rayo an hour ago. cano will go to the same distance in the continuation of las palmas with athletic bilbao, real madrid will be at the top of the table with celta vigo and real betis with v arrowi. in the continuation of the 28th week of the italian serie a today, lecce will lose to verona at home with a goal from milan. they will face empoli in sensiro, then juventus will meet atlanta and fiorentina will meet rome. and in the last today, the matches of the 25th week of the german bundesliga are buchon and freiburg, eittracht frankfurt and hoffenheim, and bayer leverkusen, who are cold , will play against wallolsbu

this midfielder scored an exceptional goal in the match against burnley.ammad amin hizbabi is one of these players, who played 19 times in the heart of the defense line for hundred qatar, and 22-year-old mohammad ghorbani, who joined russia's ornemag from sepahan , is another one of these players. this player also scored a goal in his second official game for this team. apart from these, there were also players whose islam prevented them from acting. alireza jahanbakhsh in the feyenoord ali gholizadeh team in zorkhane sport last year. it was faced with challenges and now the officials of this field are trying to make this sport the best in the world with the support of domestic institutions. may it be accepted by hazrat haq , god willing, since we are in the holy month , i think that the market of zurkhanehs will be hot during the holy month of ramadan. yes, this is the custom, on the night of ramadan, after breaking the fast, slowly the lights of the mosques are turned on and the programs continue until late and sometimes until almost dawn according to th

the 29th week of the english premier league starts today with three matches in a few minutes, and burnleyrandford, luton, nottingham forest and tottenham. they will face each other with fulham in the quarter-final stage of the english cup . the competition started an hour ago with the meeting of wolverhampton against coventry in the other game of this stage, manchester city. from 21:00, he will travel to newcastle, the 26th week of the german bundesliga will be followed tonight, and bayern munich will play second place against darmstadt, hodenheim, munich , gladbach, mainz, berlin, werder bremen, wersburg, eisburg, and in the last game , stuttgart, the third place, will face hoffenheim. last night, at the beginning of this week's game, laicish 5 took a colonel from the front. and in the continuation of the twenty-first week 9th italian serie a minutes ago, monsa played against cagliari and udinese played against torino . tonight, salerno will play against lecce and frosinone will play against lazio. last night, bologna won against empoli by one goal. our country's national futsal team is

vincent kompany�*s burnley remain joint bottom of the premier league, 11 points from safety, after defeatyo with their second goal. the victory moves them 11 points clear of the bottom three. what do i want from my team? i want the team to show the energy that they did today, to show that they are willing to fight and do everything for what is a wonderful opportunity, being in the premier league with burnley. that is in the end. winning, losing, i've been in the game long enough to know that you are not all is in control of that final ball to put in the back of the net, and you have got to rely on yourselves to return at the corner. ~ ., ., ., on yourselves to return at the corner. ~ ., ., ., ., corner. we were in a good moment, i think we were — corner. we were in a good moment, i think we were playing _ corner. we were in a good moment, i think we were playing well— corner. we were in a good moment, i think we were playing well lately - think we were playing well lately but not — think we were playing well lately but not getting the wins. probably we need _ but not getting the wins. pro

burnley are going to climb off the bottom of the table if it stays like that at west ham. an hour, it's liverpool against manchester city. no ruben diaz for manchester city. john stones in his hybrid role. a win for either will send them top — if it's a draw, then arsenal will still lead the premier league, they went top after beating brentford yesterday. it's a tough one to call, will home advantage make the difference? the liverpool manager certainly thinks that it will help. am i allowed to say that second to none, or is anybody offended by that? it's really good, huh? and energising. massive. these are the games you want to play, these are the games you want to get to take in the stadium. these are the games you want to watch. this is a very special game. and, yes, anfield is, for us, a massive, massive factor. it would be a bit embarrassing if i would say today, please help us. people will. the shape they attack is easily a bit different than the previous seasons. the quality of some new players make the game a little bit different. the main patterns are the same, so

it was made to for burnley before brentford pulled one back late on.er inla in la liga, the top two are playing on saturday. the top two are bothplaying on saturday. real madrid have a seven point lead over girona and they play first at 05asuna where they lead 2—1. girona have a trip to getafe later. the woman in the christian horner controversy has lodged an official complaint about his behaviour with formula 1's governing body the fia. bbc sport has learned the complainant — who accused red bull's team principal of inappropriate behaviour — has registered a grievance with the fia's ethics committee. horner has always denied the accusations made against him. belgian sprinterjasper phillipsen has won cycling's first major one—day race of the season — milan—san remo. britain's tom pidcock had broken away to lead in the closing stages but was caught by the peloton with 200 metres to go. and in the sprint that resulted phillipsen won it by centimetres from australia's michael matthews in a photo finish for the biggest one—day race victory of his career. s

there are the three results from sunday, brighton beat nottingham forest 1—0, burnley threw away a two—goalualiser against his former club in injury time. nottingham forest remain three points above the reelgation zone after losing at brighton 1—0. and there was a huge win for spurs, 4—0 at aston villa. this was all about the battle for a top four finish, it was goalless at half—time. spurs struck twice in the space of three minutes early in the second half throuthames maddison and brennanjohnson. villa didn�*t help their cause whan john mcginn was sent off for a nasty chalenge on destiny udogie. spurs captain heung—min son and substitute timo werner both scored in injury time. they stay fifth but are just two points behind villa with a game in hand. 0utstanding. the first half, we made them work really hard, we were confident that would bear fruit in the second half and we maintained that tempo and intensity with our pressing and the quality of our football in the second half was outstanding. they are strong at home and it was a big game of significance so for us to perform like that, it�*

vincent kompany�*s burnley remain joint bottom of the premier league, 11 points from safety, after defeataola's side 2—0 winners at turf moor with antoine semenyo with their second goal. the victory moves them 11 points clear of the bottom three. we were in a good moment, i think we were playing well lately but not getting the wins. probably we need a game like this, probably we didn't play so well. but you know how to win it, you finish with a clean sheet. i think it will give us some confidence for the next games, so very important for us. bayer leverkusen are ten points clear at the top of the german bundesliga, after victory in their derby at cologne. jeremie frimpong and alex grimaldo scored the goals in a 2—0 win which makes it 2a games unbeaten in the league for xabi alonso's side. in the days other game, hoffenheim have beaten werder bremen 2—0 — both goals for max beier in the first half in spain, girona have lost more ground in the title race after being beaten 1—0 in mallorca — seven points behind the leaders real madrid they remain. barcelona can go second if they beat athleti

the main focus will be on the relegation places though — burnley away at chelsea and sheffield united game since being docked four points for breaching premier league profitability and sustainability rules. they are appealing against that punishment. a win today at home to crystal palace could see them move out of the bottom three but the manager is confident they will stay up. 0ur message is clear. it is clear, forget about and focus on what we have to do what we have to do is stick together, everybody at the club stick together. the back—up of our friends is going to be huge for us and starting on saturday at city ground. like forest, everton have had points deducted this season, ten reduced to six on appeal, and and are waiting for news on a second breach that could see them further punished. i think the last one jolted everyone in football. i think really, we're just waiting now. i don't think anyone has concrete proof of which way these things will go, and particularly after the first one. we have given every bit of information that we can give. so therefore we will hope that it

who was relatively local, not quite a local candidate from here but a councilly from up the road in burnleysomehow israel had allowed the october 7 attacks as a premise to go on for what it has donein premise to go on for what it has done in gaza. he apologised for that. labour initially stood by him. but then another recording emerged of him making comments that were widely alleged to be anti—semitic and so he was dropped by the party. and that meant that there was no campaign effort behind him really. there was some school of thought perhaps that because a lot of the postal votes had started to come in when it happened, and also shah that some of the campaign material had gone out, that he might still do well. butjudging by what activists are saying here this evening, it seems like labour and their candidate are quite a long way behind the leader in george galloway. and, yeah, for labour this is the nightmare scenario, really, of this individual in george galloway, you know, who has stood very much in a platform in opposition to his foremaner party, returning to parliament. what oppositio

parts of the west midlands, in north west england, in the towns around rochdale, oldham, blackburn, burnley and we will either win or we will make sure that keir starmer doesn't win. ~ , ., .,, win. we will 'ust leave those comments— win. we willjust leave those comments there. _ win. we willjust leave those comments there. that - win. we willjust leave those comments there. that is - win. we willjust leave those - comments there. that is george galloway, who hasjust been comments there. that is george galloway, who has just been sworn in as the member of parliament here in the uk for the constituency of rochdale. he was sworn in earlier today. we can show you some of those images there. just to remind viewers, george galloway has a career spanning four decades. he has been hailed as a hero of the anti—war left. he has been ridiculed as reality tv contestant, and he has been elected to parliament seven times for three different parties, including the uk's labour party. he has been sworn back into day as the new workers party mp for rochdale. it was a by—election in which the issues around t

and burnley could move off the foot of the table, if they can get a result at west ham.als, as bayern munich reduced bayer leverkusen�*s bundesliga lead to seven points, with an 8—1 thrashing of mainz on saturday. but leverkusen can continue their charge towards a maiden bundesliga title when they welcome wolfsburg to the bayarena later on sunday. xabi alonso's men can restore their ten—point lead with a win, but kane is hoping they slip up. realistically, of course they are favourites to win the league. i think everyone knows that. but all we can do is do what we have done today, just win our games. there may be around ten games left, we have to try and win all of them and see what they do. they've had a fantastic season, credit to them for that, but this is always the business end, this is always the business end, this is always the business end, this is always the hardest part. so we can do is try and win their games and hopefully drop points. after three matches in this year's six nations, wales are yet to win, and welcome france to cardiff this afternoon live on bbc

elsewhere, burnley let a 2—nil lead slip to draw 2—all at west ham, with their former striker danny ings. the destination of the title in italy is pretty much nailed on, inter started the day 18 points clear, but the places below them are still up for grabs. milan beat empoli, thanks to a goal from cristian pulisic, and they've gone second, after juventus couldn't beat atalanta. that game finished 2—all. while la liga leaders real madrid have extended their advantage at the top back to seven points, after beating celta vigo a—nil at the bernabeu. thomas ramos kicked 20 points to extend france's six nations win streak over wales to five, with a bonus—point 16—24 victory in cardiff — five tries and 25 unanswered points in the final 20 minutes of the match ensured the french a second victory in the tournament and third place in the table, ahead of the final weekend's fixtures, while wales have now lost 13 of their last 15 matches in the six nations. it is massive, but you can't hide away from it, you have got to embrace the challenge. england is a must win game and there will be a lot of ex

nottingham forest are three points above the relegation zone, they could do with a win at brighton and burnley defeat at west ham. and then there is the stand—out match at anfield. kick—off 90 minutes away bewteen liverpool and manchester city. a win for either will send them top — if it's a draw, then arsenal will still lead the premier league, they went top after beating brentford yestersay. it's a tough one to call, will home advantage make the difference? the liverpool manager certainly thinks that it will help. am i allowed to say that second to none, or is anybody offended by that? it's really good, huh? and energising. massive. these are the games you want to play, these are the games you want to get to take in the stadium. these are the games you want to watch. this is a very special game. and, yes, anfield is, for us, a massive, massive factor. it would be a bit embarrassing if i would say today, please help us. people will. the shape they attack is easily a bit different than the previous seasons. the quality of some new players make the game a little bit different. the main patterns

burnley gave their hopes of survival a boost as they beat brentford 2—1 at turf moor, with brentforde into the top four after they lost 3—0 at fulham. in spain's la liga, real madrid moved a step closer to winning the title, as they beat osasuna 4—2, vinicius junior scoring twice. whilst in germany's bundesliga, harry kane has become the first player to score 31 goals in a debut season in germany's top division, as bayerrn munich beat darmstadt 5—2. division, as bayern munich beat darmstadt 5—2. that leaves bayern seven points behind leaders bayer leverkusen, who play freiburg on sunday. and golf's players' championship at sawgrass is being dominated by american players — with four of them in the top five. the current us open champion, wyndham clark, is top of the leaderboard on 15—under par through five holes on day three in florida. xander schauffele is in second place. rory mcilroy currently tied in tenth. and that's all the sport for now. the former us president donald trump is in ohio to support the controversial republican senate candidate, bernie moreno, ahead of this thursday

we start with the english premier league and one game is under way it's currently burnley 0—1 bournemouthe. later, manchester city will host derby rivals manchester united with the home side looking to close the gap on leaders liverpool after their win over nottingham forest on saturday. despite being 6th, united manager erik ten hag thinks his side are in good form and city boss pep guardiola says they would never underestimate their rivals. what i learned in my experience in these type of games, more calm, relax, don't talk much about many, many things, just focus on tactical issues and what you have to do to beat them, not about the emotional because the emotional will be there. always i expect the best from our opponents, always. the best performance from them is always what i expect. we are also in a good run and the spirit is very good, we are united. we learned togetherness and how to make a good game plan. the players are ready for it, the players are looking forward to it, i can smell it. really enjoyable, looking forward, excited. lionel messi and luis suarez scored two goals ea

chelsea have taken the lead against burnley at stamford bridge in the premier league.il following the news that the leader of the democratic unionist party, sirjeffrey donaldson, has resigned after being charged with rape and other historical sexual offences. he was arrested on thursday along with a 57—year—old woman who's been charged with aiding and abetting additional offences. they'll both appear in court next month. sirjeffrey is northern ireland's longest serving mp at westminster. he says he'll strenously contest the charges. we can cross live to belfast and our correspondent there, dan johnson. people are still absorbing this shocking news from yesterday which took everybody by surprise. people are trying to get their heads around what it may all mean for politics here. we had a statement on the last couple of hours from emma little pengelly, deputy first minister here at stormont in the power—sharing executive stop she represents the party that sirjeffrey donaldson was the leader of until yesterday, indeed she was nominated to herjob just last month by him as

elsehwere, burnley came from behind twice to get a 2—2 draw at chelsea, while fulham were 3—1 down butd. and notingham forest's point against crystal palace takes them out of the relegation zone. aston villa stayed above spurs in fourth with a 2—0 win over wolves, while brentford manchester united. that game is 16 or 17 minutes old and it is still goalless. england scored eight tries to beat wales in bristol in their second match in the women's six nations championship. john mitchell's side scored four first—half tries in a dominant opening period through maud muir, zoe aldcroft, hannah botterman and lark atkin—davies. after the break ellie kildunne and abby dow scored tries for england before keira bevan finally got over for wales. england remain on track to secure a third successive grand slam and a sixth successive six nations title. france beat scotland in the day's other game. for the second year running, cambridge have completed the double over oxford in the boat race. there were straightforward victroies for their men's and women's crews. but with warnings about the state of the

the main focus will be on the relegation places though, burnley away at chelsea and sheffield unitedughout the day. nottingham forest's game with crystal palace is another of those crunch games in the battle to stay up. it's forest's first game since being docked four points for breaching premier league profitability and sustainability rules. they are appealing against that punishment. a win today could see them move out of the bottom but the manager is confident they will stay up. 0ur message is clear. it is clear, forget about and focus on what we have to do what we have to do is stick together, everybody at the club stick together. the back—up of our friends is going club stick together. the back—up of ourfriends is going to be huge for us and starting on saturday at city ground. like forest, everton have had points deducted this season, 10 reduced to six on appeal and and are waiting for news on a second breach that could see them further punished. i think the last one jolted everyone in football. i think really, we're just waiting now. i don't think anyone has concrete proof of

and burnley will move off the foot of the table if they avoid defeat at west ham.eekend. wales willjust be hoping that they don't pick up the wooden spoon. that they don't pick they face france in cardiff this afternoon, still looking for their first win, and they've lost their last five at home in the competition. we desperately want to win and we feel we'll be ok. we want to try and put a complete performance together. there have been parts of our game that we've been really happy with and a number of things that we need to fix up as well. so, we know we're on a journey, but we're trying to fast—track things as quickly as we possibly can. and a win on sunday will be a good stepping stone for that. australian open champion aryna sabalenka saved four match points and needed four of her own to earn a three—set victory over payton stearns at indian wells. the world number two was pushed to the limit in her opening match by the american outsider, who's ranked 6ath. the match became a struggle from the start for sabalenka, who was coming off an opening—match loss in du

burnley started their match against brentford ten points from safety, but they are beating them by ad of bayern's game at darmstad, where harry kane has put bayern 4—1 up at half—time. leverkusen play on sunday. while in spain's la liga, the top two are both playing on saturday. real madrid have a seven point lead over girona, girona have a trip to getafe later. the woman in the christian horner controversy has lodged an official complaint about his behaviour with formula 1's governing body, the fia. bbc sport has learned the complainant, who accused red bull's team principal of inappropriate behaviour, has registered a grievance with the fia's ethics committee. horner has always denied the accusations made against him. belgian sprinterjasper phillipsen has won cycling's first major one—day race of the season — milan—san remo. britain's tom pidcock had broken away to lead in the closing stages but was caught by the peloton with 200 metres to go, and in the sprint that resulted, phillipsen won it by centimetres from australia's michael matthews in a photo finish. the biggest one—day r

burnley level on points with bottom club sheffield united.e final day — herfirst senior medal. gold in the balance on the final lap, but reekie didn't quite have enough to get the better of ethiopia's tsigay duguma, a big result though, five months out from the paris games. it puts her in the makes for further success to come at the paris games in five months. and the other medal yesterday came in the women's lixaoom relay. jessie knight anchored home the british quartet in a new national record to take bronze behind the netherlands and the united states of america. sebastian kehl said, we are heading to paris with the most exciting crop of young athletes we have seen in a few generations, which is pretty high praise from the man who knows what it may xxx what it takes to win a medal or two. setting those expectations are very high. you do well, but you have a target on your back as far as it goes heading into the inner peace. thank you. nice and pretty nippy temperatures outside this morning. carol has all of the details. good morninu. carol

it is still 1—0 to burnley.n one up at half term. —— time. real madrid have a seven point lead over girona. two goals there. italy have now scored a second try and they lead wales 18—0. you can see all the results on our website. india, the world's largest democracy, has announced the date of its national elections. polls to be held over several weeks from 19th april. the hindu—nationalist and incumbant prime minister, narendra modi, is strongly favoured to win a third term. there are around 968 million eligible voters in india. here's the chief election commissioner making the announcement. india is the world's largest democracy and there are 968 million eligible voters. in order for all of those people to be able to cast their ballots, voting will take place over several weeks. it is going to be broken down into seven different phases, and the results of the elections are expected on during the elections are expected on during the fourth. 0n the one hand, you will have the prime minister and his party and they

but can't dispatch but when they can't dispatch burnley home yesterday burnley at home yesterday and games to go now, steve and leaving it very late and they're leaving it very late to do anything. got to the to do anything. they got to the to do anything. they got to the to capital one cup final of to the capital one cup final of course. but beyond it's course. but beyond there it's been season for been another dismal season for them would argue. and them really i would argue. and i wouldn't surprised he wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't beyond this summer. wasn't there beyond this summer. >> anything that >> oh, chelsea was anything that cheered yesterday , cheered me up yesterday, frankly, be honest with you. frankly, to be honest with you. >> . >> oh dear. >> oh dear. >> well, mean, it's sad, >> well, i mean, it's sad, i know, we've got liverpool today, facing luton . facing luton. >> is this enough? do you think this is a sorry, brighton? is it? i don't know why that's not your fault. no this would be the note you wrote, is it? >> no. no, it wasn't me. it wasn't me. no i won't

parts of the west midlands, in north west england, in the towns around rochdale — 0ldham, blackburn, burnley win or we will make sure that keir starmer doesn't win. for more on this we can go straight to westminster and join my colleague, ben wright. george galloway is often a fly in the ointment for the british labour party. what we heard there sounds like he is planning to shake up the next general election.— next general election. yeah, he wants to cause _ next general election. yeah, he wants to cause electoral - next general election. yeah, he l wants to cause electoral trouble, next general election. yeah, he - wants to cause electoral trouble, no doubt about it, and he said to the journalists assembled outside parliament, quite a crowd, i should say, for a solo mp with no other parliamentary colleagues. he is the sole representative of the workers party of britain. he said the next election will cause trouble for labour, and he intends his party to put up candidates in seats from the midlands to london, the north west of england, he said areas with large muslim populations where he th

. —— burnley. it does look like there are matches that can get them out of trouble.m out of trouble. u, , , ,, matches that can get them out of trouble. _, , , ,, u, matches that can get them out of trouble. , , trouble. of course but you can look at any premier— trouble. of course but you can look at any premier league _ trouble. of course but you can look at any premier league on - trouble. of course but you can look at any premier league on paper. i trouble. of course but you can look. at any premier league on paper. we sit and we plot, who to be things get to go down and who do we think skid when the premier league? 99 it never works out how you think it's going to do. you are correct in terms of the games they got left a lot are winnable. six out of nine of those games are at home. previously they've had a good record here at city ground. this fans are exceptional to get them over the line they definitely think they've got that and for them to stay out. i think these next two games are crucial. lujan have got spurs and arsenal. luton are the next team nearest to

it's also made a team like burnley after their win at the weekend look and see we can catch them.layers, the coach, everybody at forrest, as to work and get us over the line like they did last season. the scottish professional football league are going to investigate after rangers premiership game at dundee was postponed 90 minutes before kick? off. rangers were left "extremely disappointed and angered" after the referee deemed a number of areas on the pitch to be unsafe after heavy rainfall. it's the fourth time this season that a match at dens park has been postponed following heavy rainfall. britain's most successful female olympian, dame laura kenny says the time was right for her to step away from cycling. the 31—year—old who has won five olympic golds and seven world championship titles announced her retirement earlier today — ruling her out of a fourth olympic appearance in paris this summer. with the olympic qualification coming around, you have to be qualified, the last opportunity is the end of april. i would have had to compete by then and the pressure of that was makin