welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america coming up on this programme: brendan rodgers has been appointed and around the globe. leicester city's new manager, after leaving his job at celtic. my name's mike embley. our top stories: all to play for. once more with feeling — real madrid host barcelona donald trump and kim jong—un arrive in the second leg of their copa del in vietnam ahead of rey semi final on wednesday, their second summit. theresa may admits britain's departure from the eu could be delayed, as her government warns with the first leg finishing 1—1. of a severe impact if the uk leaves without a brexit deal. and former sri lanka captain donald trump's former fixer sanath jayasuriya has been banned from cricket for two years. testifies in washington. hello and welcome to the programme, already jailed for lying to congress, he says he welcomes where we start with the big the chance to tell the truth. footballing story of the day, and the news that brendan rodgers is returning to the premier league. pakistan warns india, the former liverpool manager has "we will act at a time left scottish champions celtic of our choosing," as tensions rise. to take charge of leicester city, who were victorious over brighton and hove albion on tuesday, where rodgers watched from the stands. we will get the view from leicester and celtic shortly. but first, here isjoe lynskey on the northern irishman‘s return. brendan rodgers is the manager whose

style pointed the way forward. the way he sets up teams to play took him to the club he supported as a boy, and that celtic, just like swa nsea boy, and that celtic, just like swansea city, success has come through that football philosophy. at, at liverpool, it almost brought the ultimate. in 2014, two games and two points cost liverpool the league title. the summer that followed saw luis suarez then depart, and brendan rodgers star striker with some expensive mistakes. they finished six that next season but steven gerrard still calls rodgers the best motivator in the game. it was those tra nsfer failures motivator in the game. it was those transfer failures that brought decline. 2013-14 were some of the most exhilarating football liverpool have played. it was quite a journey, it was enjoyable. but his faults we re it was enjoyable. but his faults were in the collaborative elements of the game, i.e., were in the collaborative elements of the game, i.e. , like recruitment. and when i look back at his time at liverpool, i feel that

was his big downfall. and it was quite unfortunate because i think he had a lot of things going for him. in 2016, rodgers‘s route back came with celtic, a team he says defined his youth growing up in northern ireland. he took them to the longest unbeaten run in their history. but now, with the club on course for the treble for a third straight season, he is walking away. brendan rodgers has certainly left a legacy, not just with the first team, but from an inter— structure point of view with that football club, obviously everything will be quite raw to the celtic fans but the achievement that he did achieve within his time here, it is remarkable. from a reputation forged in the championship, rodgers so forged in the championship, rodgers so nearly carved a premier league legacy. now one of football's fast moving careers has a new chapter. 0ur scotland sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin has been at parkhead, in glasgow, gauging reaction to the news of the departure.

there's been quite a number of fans around this stadium all day, milling around, asking various members of the media, in shock, is it true? is brendan rodgers really going midway through the season, all with just a few months to go until perhaps securing a travel travel? he has of course led this club already to a historic double treble. he had this amazing affinity with the fans. he became the biggest name, managerial name at this club since the legendaryjock stein back in the 19605. legendaryjock stein back in the 1960s. so there is a real shock, a real disappointment, and some anger from some celtic fans as to why ramdin rogers has jumped from some celtic fans as to why ramdin rogers hasjumped ship now. he has often spoken in the past about the fact that he has never been happier than at his time here in glasgow and with celtic, so that i think is quite difficult for the celtic fans to take. well, the 46—year—old was in the stands watching his new team beat brighton 2—1 at home. it means this is now the fourth

consecutive time the foxes have won a match after a new manager has been announced, although rodgers won't be able to claim much, having not been involved. but goals from demarai gray and jamie vardy lifts his new side up to 11th. he hasjust spoke he has just spoke to the lads. the lads were in all, were listening to them, and he said i have only come here, i have only left to come here for one reason, and that is to work with this group of players. as that is what he sees in these players, andi is what he sees in these players, and i think that speaks volumes for the young players we have got here. elsewhere, a late, late huddersfield goal to steve mounie saw them beat wolves for the second time this season. but the terriers remain bottom, while wolves miss the chance to go seventh. cardiff city remain just above the drop zone after everton beat them 3—0 in wales, gylfi sigurdsson grabbing two to take him past eidur gudjohnsen, to become the highest icelandic premier league scorer. and newcastle united move up a place to 15th following a 2—0 win at home to burnley.

in the coppa italia semi—final between lazio and milan, the first leg finished goalless at the stadio 0limpico in rome. despite the draw, it is now nine games unbeaten for gennaro gattuso's milan, and they will head back to the san siro for the second leg on 24 april confident of progressing. paris st—germain remain on course for a fifth consecutive coupe de france title, after angel di maria scored twice in their 3—0 quarter—final win over dijon. real madrid host barcelona in the second leg of their copa del rey semi—final on wednesday, with the first leg finishing 1—1. it is the second time in four days the clasico will be played, with the two sides again meeting at the the bernabeu on saturday in la liga. santiago solari's side are looking to stop the catalans from continuing their bid for a fifth successive trophy in this competition, but they are not bothered about lionel messi potentially being their undoing. translation: that word, scared,

doesn't exist in football for those who compete. asked who compete enjoy the competition. we know what the competition means. we get there every day, pouring our hearts out. the players pour their bodies as well, aware that there are three possible results, but always fighting to win every game. the perspective of the player is always ofjoy, of enjoying the competition. the norway coach, martin sjogren, has ruled out any chance of the ballon d'or winner ada hegerberg playing at the women's world cup in france this year. the lyon striker has declined to play for her country since they were knocked out of the women's euros in 2017 without scoring a goal. hegerberg has taken a stand against what she describes as a lack of respect for female players in norway. sjogren spoke to the bbc about it. after the euros, everyone was very, very disappointed, and of course ada as well, and she... she announced that she didn't want to play for norway any more. we tried to solve it. we had meetings, but she... yes,

she decided not to play. and from that on, i think as a coach you need to focus on the players that want to bea to focus on the players that want to be a part of the team. and ada, she doesn't, so we respect that, and we have been working hard with the other players, and they've been doing a greatjob. netherlands' lieke martens believes that playing in the algarve cup is a key part of their preparations for the world cup. the european champions open their campaign against spain on wednesday, and martens says it is a great opportunity for all the players to show what they can do. we have some goals in the team, and we wa nt we have some goals in the team, and we want to improve that. and if we succeeded in that, i think we would be satisfied. we are working to the world cup, we have some goals, like, what we want to improve on the pitch and we are working to that. and if we have a good result, because we can play well and win, i am happy with it, but of course we want to do

it in our style. and we are working on that every single day in practice and we want to show that when we play. former sri lanka captain sanath jayasuriya has been banned from cricket for two years, that is after admitting two breaches of the international cricket council's anti—corru ption code. he admitted failing to co—operate with an investigation, and concealing, tampering with, or destroying evidence. here is cricketjournalist saroj pathirana. it is very, very important this sends a very strong message to everybody who is accused or who is being suspicious of any corrupt activity. but then again, it is againa activity. but then again, it is again a very big blow to sanath jayasuriya, who has been regarded as a hero for many millions of cricket fa ns a hero for many millions of cricket fans all over the world. as well as it isa fans all over the world. as well as it is a big low, it is damaging, for cricket in general insurer —— in sri lanka. top seed kei nishikori moved through to the second round after a tough match against france's benoit paire at the dubai tennis championships on tuesday.

playing at the tournament for the first time, japan's world number six was given a stern test and forced to save eight break points in the first set alone, on his way to an eventual 6—4, 6—3 victory. and he will now take on poland's hubert hurkacz for a place in the quarter—finals. horse racing in city centres could move a step closer by the end of next month, when the location for the first street race is announced. the races will be held on a special artificial surface which you can see here being installed at aintree in england. it could allow races to take place in iconic venues like on sydney harbour bridge or new york's fifth avenue. in the nba, three matches taking place, the new york knicks home to 0rlando. 66—59, 0rlando leave that one and in the eastern conference the boston celtics are at toronto,

43-34, the the boston celtics are at toronto, 43—34, the raptors leading heading into half—time. in the big one taking place, 0klahoma city thunder at the denver nuggets in the western conference. hello there. this unusually warm weather isn't going to last forever, and as we change the month, so we're going to change the weather quite significantly. over the past few days we've seen the temperatures creeping up day by day, culminating in 21.2 celcius at kew gardens yesterday. but our weather is changing because the position of the jet stream is going to change. we've been on the warm side of it for a long time now, but look what happens out in the atlantic. a strengthening westerly jet is heading our way. that's going to bring cooler air, and it will bring more changeable weather as well. so today, make the most of the sunshine. today is probably the last of the warm and sunny days.

and it will be a lovely day, but it's a bit of a chilly start out there. we've got temperatures close to freezing in one or two places, and there's a bit more mist and fog around as well in the morning, across southern england, parts of the midlands, the vale of york, and around the moray firth too. but it will tend to lift, and we should see the sunshine coming out far and wide. a bit more cloud coming into northern ireland at times, western and most parts of scotland and the irish sea. there is lots of sunshine around and more warmth as well, with the higher temperatures again around the london area, around 19 or 20 celsius. so a lovely day to come for many of us. 0ur persistent area of high pressure, though, is retreating. it's getting sucked away down towards iberia and the azores, which is where it should be, really, at this time of year. it allows these weather fronts to come in from the atlantic. and you'll notice much, much more cloud around on thursday. it will be rather dull and misty and murky,

and we could see some bursts of rain coming in to wales, perhaps north—west england, through the midlands and southern england. a limited amount of sunshine in the south—west. most places will be cloudy. nine degrees in scotland, a few spots of rain in northern scotland. 12 or 13 further south at best, significantly lower than we've seen over the past few days or so. may find a little ridge of high pressure coming in behind, drying things off on friday, ahead of the next weather front arriving from the atlantic. this is where all our weather is going to be coming from. it'll start off dull, misty, with some patchy fog again on friday. may stay quite cloudy for eastern areas. further west, there may be some sunshine ahead of this rain, which holds off until late in the day. but those temperatures are back down to 11 or 12 celsius, still slightly above average for the time of year, but quite different from what we've been used to. it is not really going to get an awful lot warmer over the weekend, either. we'll see bands of rain coming in from the atlantic followed by sunshine and showers. and it could be quite windy, as well. there's quite a deep area of low

pressure coming across the north of the uk. some very windy weather for southern scotland, northern ireland, and also across northern england.