hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: teenage kicks for liverpool as curtisjones scores a brilliant goal to beat everton in the fa cup. brescia's mario balotelli slams lazio fans after alleged racist abuse in serie a. and fernando alonso gets his first ever dakar rally campaign off to a solid start in saudi arabia. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the fa cup. the merseyside derby between premier league leaders liverpool and near neighbours everton on sunday was arguably the biggest. jurgen klopp started a younger side as he rotated his players making nine changes from their last game against sheffield united. with all the details including a wonder goal from curtis jones, here's alex gulrajani.

they are one of the most decorated clu bs they are one of the most decorated clubs in world foot tall, when liverpool have their eyes on a price slightly bigger than the fa cup this season. slightly bigger than the fa cup this season. city rivals everton, this condition may just season. city rivals everton, this condition mayjust matter that little bit more. and they made their ‘s intentions clear from the off. adrian in the liverpool goal open up to the early efforts. with some of the more established players taking a break, juergen klopp turned to his squad, a champions league when i showing no matter who was on the pitch liverpool would still be a threat. and that continued into the second half when a moment of brilliance won the game. curtis jones, a teenagerfrom liverpool, with a goal he won't forget in a hurry. some way to open your account, too. it was enough for victory. and hopefully enough to catch his manager's i. beyond the bench, getting a bit of a taste, and then on the bench again. —— dean on

then on the bench again. —— dean on the bench. having time to have been begging to basically come on. i'd tried to go out there and show them am capable of doing it. over the i have top it off with a good performance and a great goal. while their eyes remain on the present at enfield, the future is looking bright, too. here's more reaction to that win for liverpool from their manager jurgen klopp, who was delighted with the performance of his young side. the game was so intense for the kids, unbelievable stop it was for sure the most intense game they have had so far in their career, in a derby, incredible. incredible. how's that? we took a little bit of a risk but we wanted to have a team who was really excited about the opportunity to play tonight and these boys showed exactly that. so i'm not surprised. tottenham are still in the competition, but they'll need a replay to reach the 4th round after being held to a 1—1 draw at second tier middlesbrough. jose mourinho's spurs fell behind in the north east of england with ashley fletcher putting

the championship side 1—0 up. but relief for tottenham as they snatched a draw and earned themselves a replay in north london, thanks to a header from lucas moura. if one team has to win, it has to be asked, because we had so many, i don't want to say huge chances, but, come on, just a simple pass to tap in and we missed easy assists from easy positions. but it is a mixed feeling. we want to win, of course we wa nt feeling. we want to win, of course we want it, and we believe that, but sometime in the match we knew it would be hard and difficult. we managed to bring the game to our stadium. this team was in the european cup final last year and have got a manager who was unbelievable. so for us manager who was unbelievable. so for us to go toe to toe with them, which i thought we did at times, ok they

had a lot of possession and pinned us had a lot of possession and pinned us back, but they are an exceptional team. my players are exceptional, they took the lead. we got a replay. and you never know in this game. i've says happen every year in the fa cup and that is what it is such a good competition. meanwhile, it was job done for the eight—time winners chelsea, who beat nottingham forest 2—0. callum hudson odoi scored one and set up another in a comfortable win for frank lampard's side. elsewhere, sheffield united beat non—league fylde, west ham were 2—0 winners over third tier gillingham but one premier league side is out after crystal palace lost at home to derby county. racism has again reared it's head in italy's serie a with mario ballotelli accusing lazio supporters of racially abusing him during brescia's 2—1 loss. the 29—year—old scored the home side's only goal of the game to put them ahead but later a stadium announcement was made urging fans not to sing discriminatory songs. it comes less than a month after italian authorities launched a campaign against racism in the country's football stadiums.

balotelli took to social media afterwards writing: "is a lost that hurt but we will come back stronger and we are on the right way! lazio fans that were today at the stadium shame on you!" elsewhere, fourth—placed roma lost ground on their city rivals after losing 2—0 at home against torino. two goals from andrea belotti sealing the victory. there were also wins for hellas verona and genoa climb off the bottom of the league after beating sassuolo 2—1 at home. in portugal, porto kept pace with leaders benfica after a 2—1 win at sporting lisbon. moussa marega gave the away side the lead inside the opening ten minutes after a brilliant long pass. sporting responded before half—time, marcos acunya with the goal. but porto managed to get all three points after tiquinho soares' header found the bottom corner. the result means porto remain four points behind benfica. australian women's captain sam kerr made her chelsea debut in the women's super league

on sunday helping her side to a 3—1 win over reading. after going behind early the 26—year—old set up the hosts' equaliser with the victory extending their unbeaten women's super league run to 10 matches. they remain third, four points behind leaders arsenal and just one adrift of second placed manchester city who've both played a game more. day 4 of the third and final test between australia and new zealand is into the second hour, with the hosts in a commanding position looking for a 3—0 series whitewash. they started the day a0 without loss and a lead of 215 in their second innings in sydney with david warner and joe burns at the crease. david warner is on 89. marnus labuschagne is looking for a fifth test century in five matches. the lead currently 375. dom sibley will resume on 85 when england return to the crease

on day 4 of the second test against south africa in cape town. the tourists took control on day 3 as the opener brought up his maiden test 50 to help the tourists close on 218 for 4, a lead of 264 runs. england captain joe root, hit 61 before he and nightwatchman, dom bess fell late on at newlands. england now have two days to force victory and level the four—test series at 1—1. here's our cricket correspondent, jonathan agnew. well, i thought england were ruthless today. sometimes you see a tea m ruthless today. sometimes you see a team ina ruthless today. sometimes you see a team in a field eating a couple of workers, unable to finish them off and you lose the initiative. but withjimmy and you lose the initiative. but with jimmy anderson taking and you lose the initiative. but withjimmy anderson taking his 2005 wicket hall, five kachess for ben stokes as well, they left the field with the initiative. obviously feeling despondent about the situation. however they still had to bat themselves into position of that advantage and, credited to don sibley, it wasn't pretty. it is exactly what he had to do, one or two wickets fell along the way. for

sibley to pay as patiently, methodically, and calmly as he did, to end upis methodically, and calmly as he did, to end up 15 runs short of his first century, was outstanding. how long will they go on for? , lead to a lead of 400 or thereabouts. the most important thing is they should in the game from here and level the series. it's appearing likely england opener rory burns will miss the sri lanka series in march. the 29—year—old suffered ligament damage to his left ankle while playing football during practice before the ongoing second test in cape town and will see a specialist next week to determine if he needs surgery. england have banned football from practice as a result of the injury. the nfl's path to superbowl 54 continued on sunday with the final two wild card games and it was an enthralling opener as the minnesota vikings won in overtime against the new orleans saints. the saints kicked a field goal in the final 10 seconds of regulation play in louisiana to send it to sudden death, but kyle rudolph took a pass in the end zone to claim the win and they'll face the san francisco 49ers, while the seattle seahawks beat the philadelphia eagles 17—9 and will now take on the green bay packers, both those in next weekend's nfc divisional round.

the atp cup is under way on day 4 in australia with world number one rafael nadal set to take to the court when spain face uruguay. nadal made his first appearance of 2020 in perth on saturday and he came through 6—3, 7—5 which gave his nation an unassailable lead over georgia. on monday nadal will come up against pablo cuevas. double formula i world champion fernando alonso finished 11th after the first stage of the dakar rally in saudi arabia on sunday. the 38—year—old spaniard ended 15 minutes 27 seconds off the pace on his first—ever dakar stage. defending champion nasser al—attiyah, who led for more than 200km, finished fourth after late mechanical problems with his toyota. monday's second stage is a 393km drive from al wajh to neom.

that is all we have time for. we have more on the fa cup. curtis jones with a wonderful strike, a 1—0 win. from me and the rest of the team, goodbye for now. hello. red sky for some on sunday night but not a huge amount of delight for the shepherds or indeed the rest of us for the weather over the next few days. quite a turbulent spell with the potential for disruption from notjust heavy rain at times but more especially but gales or severe gales, particularly to the north and west. it will bring with it, during the next few days, some very mild conditions before things turn chillier later in the week. first spell of turbulent weather comes from this area of low pressure, it's to

the south of iceland. heavy snow here. but gales and heavy rain push to the west of ireland by the end of the night. most, though into the morning rush hour, cloudy, a few spots of rain or drizzle and frost free. but through the morning rush hour itself, northern ireland, some heavy bursts of rain and gale force winds, spreading across scotland from mid—morning onwards. not too much rain in the east. as for wales and western england it's really from lunchtime onwards we will see that heavy rain before sunshine returns to the west later on. it's to the north and west where we'll see the strongest of the winds, potential for gales, maybe 50 mile—per—hour gusts or more for some. not quite as windy for east anglia and the south—east. but the breeze will pick up by the end of the afternoon and into the evening rush hour we will see this band of narrower but quite heavy rain spread its way eastwards. it does mean we finish the day in south—west england, wales, northern england with a greater potential for some sunshine. a few showers in northern england hotels in scotland, northern ireland, maybe wintry over the tops of the scottish mountains. temperatures drop away a little bit through the afternoon but not as windy for the evening rush hour as it will be for the morning one. as we go into the evening, that rain spreads across east anglia

and the south—east, clear skies for a time, a brief dip in temperature. roll out a touch of frost and there but temperatures rise late as more wet and windy weather spreads its way in from the west. and that's this area of low pressure. the next one, a deeper bigger area of low pressure, winds are stronger, extent further away from the centre, which will still be around iceland, producing snow here, but for us dragging an exactly mild air from the mid atlantic, rocketing temperatures from what will have been a chilly start for some in the south—east. here though it should stay dry and bright through much of the day. it is northern england, scotland, northern ireland, at times, the biggest disruption could come from the winds. widespread gales, winds north and west of scotland, is only five — 80 mile—per—hour dust not out of the question. those winds coming over from the mid atlantic and will bring some exceptionally mild weather to the north—east of high ground, north of northern ireland and the north—east of scotland we could see 15—16 degrees. that milder air swept away as we go through the night and into wednesday

and into wednesday morning. a chilly start on wednesday morning with a touch of frost around. rain returns from the south—west later. more wet and windy weather around on thursday before a quieter but a colder end to the week.

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