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manchester united are through to the quarter finals of the fa cup, after knocking out rivals chelsea in the fifth round with a 2—0 win at stamford bridge, piling more pressure on blue's manager maurizio sarri. katie gornall was watching the action. yes, i had of the game we were talking about the futures of both managers here who are under scrutiny for very different reasons. maurizio sarri needed a morale boosting win for his side, whilst on goodness oscar is the caretaker manager of his side. when could do his chances of keeping thejob his side. when could do his chances of keeping the job long term no harm at all. it was a game that was open for the first 20 minutes and it turned in half an hour a wonderful ball from paul pogba picked out ander herrera, who timed his run
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beautifully, to put manchester united ahead. chelsea's struggled to cope with the movement of manchester united and particularly paul pogba who has spearheaded the manchester united revival. he scored eight goals coming into this and made it nine goals here tonight at stamford bridge. it was a powerful header, just too much for the chelsea goalkeeper to handle. it was game over at half—time because chelsea offered little in the second half and it was difficult for maurizio sarri to watch. he is under pressure no. manchester united are into the quarterfinals and the play wolves, and they have avoided manchester city. newsnight is getting underway on bbc2. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday —
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i'm sarah mulkerrins — your headlines tonight... paul pogba drives manchester united into the quarterfinals of the fa cup as the pressure mounts at chelsea. fighting for her right to run — why caster semenya faces the biggest battle of her career. and the 80 million pound broadcast deal that could put the brakes on the boxing rematch everyone wants to see. hello and welcome to sportsday.
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good evening, welcome along to sport today. let's start at stamford bridge — as manchester united have dumped holders chelsea out of the fa cup with a 2—0 win in their fifth round tie this evening. that result heaping even more pressure on blues boss maurizio sarri. his side have now lost 4 of their last 5 games — and the home fans vented their frustrations throughout the game this evening. let's get more from our sports correspondent katie gornall who is at stamford bridge for us. after a great start at the club for sarri — it's going from bad to worse now, katie. you are right. they have seen to wrap upa you are right. they have seen to wrap up a little bit since the return of the year. they have been so return of the year. they have been so inconsistent, they have had some damaging defeats and the leak. they came and said this really needing a performance from their chelsea site
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to boost morale to secure his future. that was not what he got here, a brutal defeat for chelsea. it was manchester united that turned again after half an hour, wonderful from paul, and timed his run to perfection to put united 1—0 up. it did not take much longer before they we re did not take much longer before they were further ahead and again it was paul who was i had at that. he had a terrific game. he spearheaded and he scored his ninth goal in the rain, before half—time, a great time to score. it was game over at half—time. chelsea did not offer anything after the break. many chelsea fans left before the final was self. difficult, we hear what
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both managers have to say about this match now. an absolute massive result. we have honestly had some criticism after the last game, we did not create a lot. tonight was a tough, tough game, and i have to say that everyone, down to a t, did absolutely will be asked about them. i think that tonight we were like because we played very good first half, and by the end of the first half, we have to work and we have to speak, and we have to find the more aggressive, more determination to the situation in both boxes. manchester united progressed. a
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great way for them to dance back at the champions league at psg last week. yet, it was that was the one defeat for manchester united, that is the one blip, and there is no shame to lose it to ps6 given how well find that they are, the types of plays they have a better team. you'll be looking for a response from manchester coming into this game but by then it eats my pressure on them. you wonder how much time sarri has here if results do not improve quickly. thank you very much. and here's the full list of quarterfinals match ups... confirmation that manchester united travel to wolves. premier league leaders manchester city travel to swansea city. watford face crystal palace, while championship side millwall host brighton.
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those games due to take place in just under a months time. the draw for the women's fa cup quarter finals has also taken place and holders chelsea, after knocking out arsenal yesterday, will travel to championship side durham, while women's super league leaders manchester city will face liverpool. manchester united will play reading and aston villa host west ham. leeds united have been fined 200,000 pounds by the english football league for spying on opponents' training sessions before matches. they said leeds' conduct "fell significantly short of the standards expected" and it "must not be repeated". a member of staff from the championship side was found acting suspiciously outside derby's training ground before the fixture between the two sides last month. boss marcelo bielsa later admitted that he had sent someone to watch every team they had played train. it was a crucial opening day for caster semenya at the court
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of arbitaration for sport. athletics governing body the iaaf is attempting to limit the levels of testosterone in her body, which they claim gives her an unfair advantage. lose, and it will have a huge impact notjust on her career but the sport as a whole. our sports news correspondent richard conway reports from low—zan. you have to walk before you can run. a two—time olympic champion, caster semenya's journey has brought her to the highest courts. she is challenging new regulations to require female athletes with naturally high testosterone level to ta ke naturally high testosterone level to take medication to lower their hormone prior to competing. the lawyers claimed that that is discriminatory. obviously, the evidence will be evaluated and assessed at the end of the process this week. they argue that that
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condition of higher values of the sex hormone happens naturally. they say that blended with higher testosterone will dominate the league stop. league they testosterone will dominate the league they introduce event in 2018 -- 2015, league they introduce event in 2018 —— 2015, they were a challenge. now armed with new research into the effects of testosterone, the iaaf said that medication to lower hormone levels is the best way to lower the playing field. several sports bodies are watching this case with great interest. that is because they also are trying to determine how they will classify athletes but differences in sexual developments. it is an issue that goes to the hearts of gender and identity and
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elitist parts. the un has stepped in to make a statement that they are very concerned that these kinds of regulations violate bodily autonomy and dignity and foster discrimination against women. judgement in this case is expected by late march and the outcome will have far—reaching implications that will potentially go beyond caster semenya's competitive feature. now for a look at some of the other stories making the headlines... england defence coachjohn mitchell says that maro itoje could be back in contention to play against wales this weekend. the lock picked up a knee injury in england's six nations opener against ireland in dublin, but england say he's recovering quicker than expected. dan purvis — the bronze medal winning gymnast from london 2012 has announced his retirement. he won 16 major international medals in a ten year career. sebastian vettel topped the time sheets as formula one preseason testing got under way in barcelona. world champion lewis hamilton was one of the slowest in his mercedes, while new british
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driver george russell's williams car isn't even ready yet. tyson fury has signed a multi million pound broadcast deal with espn, which will see his next five fights aired on bt here in the uk and with the american network in the usa. there remains no fixed date for a rematch with deontay wilder who has his own broadcast deal with showtime, which could prove a stumbling block in negotiations. i have already beat some people. the matchups, it is but it is. i have already beaten in america. let's make it up on the biggest television station in the wild. —— world. heather watson is still waiting for herfirst main tour win of the year after losing at the hungarian open.
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the briton was leading the final set 5—3, but russian teenager anastasia potapova won the next three games, before claiming victory in a tie break. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political correspondent at the guardianjessica elgot and broadcaster david davies. we have the right team tonight. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in, and there are two
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stories dominating. and the financial times leads with a picture of former labour mps ann coffey and chuka umunna as they — along with five others — announced their resignation from the party. the times reports that the seven mps claim the labour party had been "hijacked by the machine politics of the hard left was facilitating brexit and had become "institutionally antisemitic". the daily telegraph leads with a picture of what it calls the "gang of seven", saying it understands that at least seven more labour mps, a conservative minister and three tory mps could be considering joining the independent group too. the daily mail has a picture of the jeremy corbyn on his allotment on sunday, and claims labour sources are expecting a "steady trickle" of departures. and that story makes the front of the guardian with a warning from labour's deputy leader tom watson, urging the labour leader to change direction or face a worsening split. the metro leads on the announcement expected tomorrow of the closure of the honda plant in swindon, putting 3,500 jobs at risk. des quinn from the unite trade union says the closure would be a shattering body blow at the heart of uk manufacturing.
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the sun leads on the case of the london teenager who fled the uk to join isis four years ago, surrounding her picture with the faces of the 22 victims of the manchester bombing. jessica and david, let us begin with that gained a seven story on the front of the telegraph. jessica, you have been covering this story today. what do you make of that? yes, it was quite a moment in the room was not even though it was long rumoured that bell on friday in the guardian that bell on friday in the guardian that the was eminent. these needs one of them, not a total surprise, coffey a nd one of them, not a total surprise, coffey and another was not talked about as much. one of them started
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off, at least yet saying that i and the leader of that labour party. and we knew what exactly was coming next. you knew it was coming, to see it happen has had an effect and a profound effect on westminster as well. fit that headline, the gang of seven, attempted to about the spirit of the gate of four, nearly a0 years ago now. i am in a nostalgic mood tonight because it was 38 years ago that all of that happened, and jenkins talked about the aeroplane being the start of the runway and when it was going to take off, and it was taking off when he won

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