we're with a local audience and a panel of politicians and commentators and we'll ask whether cities like this have been let down by governments in london. join us now on bbc two. here on, bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. on the way tonight: jamie vardy keeps leicester's european dream alive. mikatrayan scores to send manchester united into the last 16 of the europa league. and england dropjonathanjoseph for their six nations clash with italy. good evening.

jamie vardy scored a crucial away goal to keep leicester's hopes of reaching the quarter finals of the champions league alive. their 2—1 defeat to sevilla in spain leaves them with a chance of progressing with the second leg to come. but perhaps more importantly, his goal might kick start leicester's season with the champions struggling in the premier league. patrick gearey reports. in the season that has gone to pieces, leicester city needed some escapism in spain. but the present keeps catching up with them. wes morgan, sauron liable, —— sauron rash. liable, but correa was kicked out. for the most part, the goal was going to be innovative. sarabia. ranieri tried to steer his side from the rocks. but sevilla chasing

barcelona and real madrid, correa making things 2—0. are just as it seemed that it was going to fall apart, it was a flashback to attack, almost retro for vardy. that we goal was precious but the value was going to collapse if sevilla could score again. they could not. juventus have one foot in the quarter—finals after beating porto 2—0 in portugal. porto went down to ten men after half an hour but it wasn't until the 72nd minute thatjuve substitute marko pjaca put the italian league leaders ahead. another substitute, another goal — this time dani alves finding the net two minutes after coming on. 2—0 juventus. manchester united are into the last 16 of the europa league with a comfortable 4—0 aggregate win over st ettiene. 3—0 up from the first leg of the tie, henrik mikatarayan

scored the only goal in france to reach the next stage of the tournament. jim lumsden reports. 3—0 up from the first leg thanks to zlatan ibrahimovic‘s hat trick, the former psg striker has scored more against st etienne than any other team. but henrikh mkhitaryan effectively brought the tie to an end afterjust a quarter of an hour. he limped off ten minutes later. the french side were now faced with an almost impossible task, needing to score five times to win. chances were few, this was the only one on target in the first half. one stain on the native victory was a red card for a second yellow by eric bailly, he will miss the next game. this competition is becoming less of a hindrance for the clubs, with possible champions league qualification to the winners. man utd sixth in the pl. and they have a league cup final to look forward

to on sunday, it could be quite a season for the fans. wayne rooney was left out of united's squad for tonight's match. but as for the player's future, it looks to lie away from old trafford. the bbc understands the striker will leave in the summer. it follows talks over a possible move to china. the league's transfer window closes at the end of the month and whilst it's unlikely a deal will be done before then, as our reporter simon stone explains, unless rooney is given more game time it's likely he will leave in the summer. the simple fact is that wayne rooney is not playing enough football. since he scored that goal against stoke that made him manchester united's record goal—scorer, he has only played three times in a month. his stats this season, he has started eight premier league games. if you compare that to zlatan ibrahimovic, who has played 2a times, and even people like marcus rashford, henrikh mkhitaryan and anthony martial, they have started more games than wayne rooney. he wants to play. allied to the fact that clubs in china are keen to get

wayne rooney, he would be a marquee signing, that is why these stories have emerged. the scottish cup holders hibernian knocked out their edinburgh rivals hearts in theirfifth round replay at easter road, just as they did last season. jason cummings gave the home side the lead before grant holt added a second in the first half. andre shinnie scored a third, then hearts grabbed a late consolation. hibs beat their city rivals at this stage of the competition last year, on the way to lifting the title. liverpool are planning to leave their training base at melwood, which has been their home for more than 60 years. the premier league side is looking to invest £50 million in their academy site in kirby on the outskirts of the city and will move the first team training facilities there. they have been at their current base since the 1950s. and it's been confirmed in the last hour that liverpool midfielder adam lallana has agreed a new deal with the club which

will run until 2020. he's scored ten goals for club and country so far this season. blackburn rovers have appointed tony mowbray as their new head coach. mowbray‘s been out of the game since the summer, when he left coventry. he moves to the championship side succeeding owen coyle, who left the club yesterday. blackburn are currently second bottom of the championship, three points from safety. rugby union's six nations championship returns this weekend. one player who won't be seeing any action is the england centre jonathan joseph, who's been left out of the squad preparing to face italy on sunday. he's played in all 15 matches under eddiejones but has returned to his club after being cut from the 2a man squad as the head coach rings the changes. elliot daly is favourite to start at outside centre, with ben te‘o also pushing for a starting berth. england will confirm their starting 15 on friday morning. one man who is in and making a return is the wales wing george north.

after recovering from a thigh injury he's set to start his side's match with scotland on saturday. the 24—year—old will replace alex cuthbert, in what is the only change to rob howley‘s side who lost to england in a thrilling match in cardiff a little under two weeks ago. budapest is to withdraw its bid to host the 2024 summer olympics, leaving only los angeles and paris as the only two cities in the running. more than a quarter of a million hungarians had signed a petition against hosting the games, with opponents saying the money would be better spent elsewhere. the international olympic committee will announce the winning bid in peru in september. force india are the latest fi team to reveal their car for the new season and say their aim is to break into the top three in the constructors championship. they were fourth last season behind mercedes, red bull and ferrari. their new car was unveiled to the media by their drivers sergio perez and rookie

frenchman esteban ocon. the first race of the season is in australia on the 26th march. iam i am excited. this is the first generation of car that has got these regulations, it is more or less going to be a level playing field. i would back them. i am just hoping that one of the top three has made a mistake and we can capitalise. former england bowler ryan sidebottom has announced he's retiring from cricket at the end of the upcoming season. the 39—year—old, who plays for yorkshire, says he's surrounded by teammates playing "in nappies"! one of them is 26—year old joe root, who has recently been named as the england test captain. despite his age, sidebottom says root is the right choice. joe, great player. he has achieved

so joe, great player. he has achieved so much in such a short period of time. this england team are exciting. still youthful, learning every day and getting better. getting stronger as a team and i give it. i think underjoe, it is going to be more exciting cricket because the way that he plays he is more mature and he knows the game inside out. i am looking forward to joe's tenure. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers.