live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: we're live in atlanta where the new england patriots are looking for a record equalling sixth superbowl win against the la rams, and they‘ re on track to get it. aguero hits a hat—trick against arsenal as manchester city close the gap at the top of the english premier league. and banned for the final test — west indies captainjason holder punished by the icc for a slow—over rate against england. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. it's one of the most watched sporting events in the world. and after all the build—up, though, we've had the lowest scoring first half at the super bowl in 44 years. the new england patriots are in atlanta bidding

for a record—equalling sixth win, the la rams are out to stop them. what is going on, seth bennett? all we have is a field goal so far and we're into the second half? yeah, one wag on social media said maroon five, new england three, los angeles nothing. that seems to be the case at the moment. it is interesting when you look at this game, it was a great quarterback matchup going into it, but it has been a great coaching match. bill balla cheque for the new england patriots, he has been there and seen it and done it in every capacity since 2002 when he won his first super bowl with the new england patriots. on the other side of things, shaun mcveigh hasn't done it. he has just things, shaun mcveigh hasn't done it. he hasjust turned things, shaun mcveigh hasn't done it. he has just turned 33 and he things, shaun mcveigh hasn't done it. he hasjust turned 33 and he has to try to figure out his way in these big games with his young quarterback, jarrod gough, who has found it tough going so far. i think we are in from or entertaining

second half. ostensibly, it is unlikely to be worse. let's go back through the story of this game, it started with the national anthem. a big question about how long it would be. it was a legend. gladys knight in her hometown the national anthem. then a pretty tepid first couple of drives. new england found themselves into is that do very, very early on. —— intercepted very, very early. eventually they got the chance to ta ke eventually they got the chance to take the lead when stephen was able to convert on his second field goal of the game. as for the rest of the half, julian element of the patriots was probably the star of the show. he has now taken everton receptions for 120 yards. he looks most likely for 120 yards. he looks most likely for mdp at this stage. it is just that three points that separates the two. of course, half—time has been and gone, the entertainment, maroon five, did their thing on the outfield before eventually everybody was cleared. the coaches now have to

make the adjustments in the second half, and it will be a question of who makes the biggest difference. what does shaun mcveigh need to do? the los angeles rams are the team to be shut out in the first half of the super bowl, only one as the then gone on to win it. there is plenty for him to do. he has to find a way of getting the rams back to what they were doing in the regular season. they were doing in the regular season. nobody scored more points in the nfl than the rams. if he can find a way to settle down his quarterback, and the big question is, when you do look at what they are seeing out there, they are not getting the looks they want, they are not able to get the drives, the time with the ball in hand that they need. it means their defence is starting to get tired. so far on every single forth down, a big play, when they have needed to stop, they have been able to do it. you can't keep giving tom brady these chances. for me, they need to find a way to keep hold of that ball and get a sustained bit of pressure. if they

can establish their running game it could be a big change. seth, thank you. things have got a lot closer at the top of the english premier league after manchester city beat arsenal by 3 goals to 1 to move within two points of leaders liverpool. sergio aguero scored inside the first minute before going on to complete his 14th hat—trick for city. he had raheem sterling to thank for assisting his second and third goals which took the game away from arsenal. they were level after 11 minutes thanks to laurent kocielny‘s header but had no morejoy, as they slip to sixth in the table. city will now wait to see how liverpool respond at west ham on monday night as the title race intensifies. many things have to happen to the end of the season. the important thing is to recognise that playing in that way, we can be there. that is important. and never, never doubt with my manchester city players.

manchester united moved above arsenal into fifth place after a 1—0 win at leicester city. this takes ole gunnar solskjaer‘s unbeaten run to 10 matches since he took charge. paul pogba put in a man—of—the—match performance but it was marcus rashford who got the winning goal inside ten minutes which leaves united within just two points of chelsea and the champions league places. a few rate saves, if you great blocks, and some headers. —— great saves. i thought maybe we could have defended better higher up the pitch, but when they put us under pressure we put everything that we had in front of that goal and we deserved the three points, i thought. a lot of this happened at the end, because the second half, we show day lots of things with more desire, more quality in our players, to play full—forwards. then we are starting the game. without the intensity. the

first control, the first passes, literally, forward. it was a shame. real madrid are eight points away from barcelona at the top of la liga after a 3—0 win over deportivo alaves. karim benzema scored one of their three goals. they're now only two points behind their city rivals atletico in second. that's after they were beaten by real betis, sergio canales scoring a 65th minute penalty. paris st germain have lost for the first time in the league this season. goals from moussa dembele and a penalty from nabil fekir helped lyon to a 2—1win. despite that defeat though, psg are still 10 points clear of lille at the top of the table with two games in hand. lyon are a further three points back in third place. in the bundesliga, augsburg moved further away from the relegation zone as alfred finnbogason‘s hat—trick, gave them a 3—0 victory over 11th—placed mainz in icy conditions. finnbogason‘s three goals included two penalties before he sealed his hat—trick. meanwhile a stoppage—time

equaliser denied 10—man stuttgart their first win since mid—december as they drew 2—2 with freiburg. psv eindhoven thrashed 10—man fortuna sittard 5—0 on sunday to re—establish their five—point lead at the top of the dutch eredivisie. luuk dejong hit a second half hat—trick, this the pick of his three goals. west indies captain jason holder will miss the final test against england after being banned by the international cricket council. the all—rounder will serve a one—match suspension for his side's slow over—rate in their 10—wicket win in the second test in antigua. holder took 4/32 to help bowl england out for 132 in antigua on saturday before west indies sealed victory with two days to spare. a sensational 90 from babar azam still wasn't enough for pakistan to continue their long streak of series wins in t20 cricket as south africa took an unaissable 2—0 lead in their three match series in johannesberg.

chasing 189, pakistan were well on track for victory until azam was out off the first ball of the 17th over. it started a collapse in which six wickets fell for 3h runs and the game was gone. earlier david miller top scored for the hosts with an unbeaten 65 and they went on to win by seven runs. it's pakistan's first t20 series defeat since 2016. rickie fowler birdied two of his final four holes and overcame a bizarre triple bogey on the 11th hole at tpc scottsdale to win the phoenix open on sunday. leading by five, fowler took a seven on the par—4 11th after a chip shot skipped across the green and into the water and a second ball rolled into the water on its own. the american then had two—putt birdies on the 15th and 17th, then got up—and—down on the 18th for par. it's his fifth pga tour victory and second in seven tournaments. kiki bertens won her third title in six months on sunday

after beating donna vekic 7—6, 6—4 in the final of the st petersburg trophy. second—seeded bertens came back from 5—2 down in the first set a couple of bad things and bad breaks. you have to roll with the punches and i think we did a good job of that today and are putting things behind us. we keep moving forward. glad it wasn't like this. i'm happy with how we just moving forward today. nundah 11 could have turned this tournament the complete opposite way. —— number 11. kiki bertens won her third title in six months on sunday after beating donna vekic 7—6, 6—4 in the final of the st petersburg trophy. second—seeded bertens came back from 5—2 down in the first set to win four straight games and force a tiebreak. eighth—seeded vekic saved three match points in the second set before bertens closed out the match for her eighth career title.

bertens' current ranking of eighth is the highest for a dutch woman since betty stove, who reached number five in 1977. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. right now, the new england patriots lead the los angeles rams 3—0. from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. after the coldest, snowiest week of the winter so far, there was only a gradual thaw over the weekend, but that is going to pick up pace in the coming days. but this is going to be disappearing away from the higher hills and mountains, as temperatures are heading up across the uk. but monday still starting on a chilly note across northern scotland, where there's some snow around. several centimetres into the hills here, above 150 metres or so, but a bit to even lower levels than that. it could be icy in places around this area of low pressure, which has also pushed this band of rain east across the uk

through the night, though lingering for a time in the morning, particularly across east anglia and south—east england. so the snowfall in northern scotland could be causing a few problems as the day begins. that's slowly going to fizzle during the day. it's quite windy for a time in scotland, as well. the rain pulls away from the south—east. it's going to drag its heels, certainly, in kent. a lot of cloud behind this weather system, so we're not going to see much in the way of sunshine for east anglia and south—east england. elsewhere, though, some sunny spells, one or two showers around, and already temperatures are going up, and towards parts of wales and south—west england, in particular, as high as 12 celsius. but, with the wind easing further under clear skies, there's another frost on the way on monday night and into tuesday morning. now, there could well be some fog developing, particularly through parts of monday evening, which could be quite dense as tuesday begins. so here the temperature may not fall too far. but elsewhere, yes, there is that widespread frost, and we haven't had one of those for a while. so a frosty and in places foggy start to tuesday, but some sunshine around, before the next atlantic system start to feed in the cloud and outbreaks of rain moving north—east during the day, with a freshening south—westerly wind.

it will be, the further north—east you are, you'll hold onto the drier, sunny conditions for longest on tuesday. so we will see outbreaks of rain spreading further east on tuesday night, and into wednesday, most of that clears. but this weather front mayjust linger close to parts of east anglia and south—east england. still something to play for in the detail, but if it does, expect further outbreaks of rain. a few days to come of sunshine and showers on a brisk breeze, but you'll notice the temperatures. they are at or even above normal for the time of year. and that is the big weather change for this week. it's the feel of the weather. as temperatures recover, it'll be much milder. still unsettled, with low pressure close by, so some rain at times, not all the time. there'll be some sunshine occasionally, too. often windy, but mild south—westerlies. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad.

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