it is involving occasion. as long as it is involving football, we have all dreamed of the fa cup and playing it and after playing it and creating special memories, this will be a memory that the sport of the players will rememberfor a long the sport of the players will remember for a long time. that was the one upset, both premier league sides involved this evening are through, spurs will face southampton after beating championship side middlesbrough 2—1. patrick gearey reports. this is an evening spurs could've done without, squeezed and after a run of games. they put on the mood lighting to set out a strong team. middlesboro came with the gift, and the perfect chance for giovanni to settle their early nerves. there's been criticism for her lack of energy, for not doing often enough which he did here. his recent career has been punctuated by injury,

frustration evident in his celebration. there really should have been more, what a moment this would've been for him. his first goalflash would've been for him. his first goal flash before his eyes, would've been for him. his first goalflash before his eyes, maybe next time. a centre back by trade but here he did everything to set up ryan who will never have been more thankful that he was off—site. middlesboro still in the they have not lost a game in a month and you concede that in george, 2—1 with seven minutes to go, they have given themselves too much to do. tottenham added another to the remarkable chances spurned but for now, the evening is over and thejob is done. newcastle were the other premier league side in action, they were held 1—all at rochdale just over a week ago but victory was never in doubt at stjames this evening, they were 3—nil up whenjoelinton broke hsi long goal drought, only his second for the club and hsi first since august. they won a—a and will play another league one side in the fourth round, oxford united

coventry city are going to play their landlords birmingham after beating bristol rovers — max biamou with a couple of goals in a 3—0 win. reading stretched their unbeaten run to nine games with a 2—0 win over blackpool at bloomfield road. they will play the winner of carlisle and cardiff's replay, which takes place tomorrow night. there should have been six ties tonight, but tranmere's replay against watford was called off because of a waterlogged pitch, they'll try again next thursday the first tennis grand slam of the year, the australian open that starts next week, is under threat beacuse of the wildfire crisis that continues to grip the country. qualification in melbourne has already been affected by the air quality that has been rated as hazardous. one player had to retire with breathing difficulties. here's our sports correspondent katie gornall

the air was heavy and polluted in melbourne, but it was decided that the show must go on. she was looking to qualify for the main draw but she was struggling and it had nothing to do with her opponent. gasping for breath, she was forced to retire and afterwards she had been scared. she was not the only one in distress, the australian had to call a medical timeout for his match only in the east of the city, the roll number one maria sharapova said heavy smoke had to call off the classic. smoke from bushfires has led to

melbourne becoming one of the most polluted cities. organisers of the australian open decided to delay qualifiers by an hour due to the poorair qualifiers by an hour due to the poor air quality. it comes time to play safety, this the advice of the medical staff that we had on site as to whether it's safer players or fa ns to whether it's safer players or fans and staff as well, as to whether it's safe to play. for the period that we have been doing this, there was an improvement of the conditions and also we took the advice, the medical advice as well as the scientists advice in meteorology and made the decision to continue with play. and by the players were allowed out on court, the residents were advised to stay inside and close the windows. the residents were advised to stay inside and close the windowslj the residents were advised to stay inside and close the windows. i was more worried, you can smell the smoke of the fire stop below when we go into melbourne, the air is clear and today it is very misty, is

presented a major challenge ahead of the first grand slam, the precious building but for some, the tournament was over before it began. the top seeds continue to fall at the masters snooker, the world number one and reigning championjudd trump is out. he was beaten 6 frames to 3 by shaun murphy at alexandra palace. murphy won four frames in a row to move through to the quarterfinals where he'llfacejoe perry. the two—times masters champion john higgins breezed through his first round match against barry hawkins. 6frames toi. the scot will play ali carter in the quarterfinals let's have a look at some of the day's other headlines england spinnerjack leach is heading home from the tour of south africa to recover fully from the illnesses he's had over the last few weeks. the team's medical staff don't think he'll be fit enough to play in the final two tests tyson fury says he'll knock out deontay wilder in the second round of their world heavyweigth title rematch in las vegas next month. their 2018 fight ended in a draw.

qique setien says taking charge of barcelona is beyond his wildest dreams. the former real betis manager takes over at the spanish champions after ernesto valverde was sacked yesterday on sunday, wayne warren became the oldest world darts champion at 57, but he's still not been paid. players at the bdo tournament had been warned that poor ticket sales would see a reduction in prize money... and though they will get some...organisers won't say how much. tomos dafydd has more. back into herbert having achieved a lifetime ambition, the row champion still has not sunk in. it is, i think this is what most people do when they play the game as long as they have and it is what you achieve

doing andi they have and it is what you achieve doing and i wanted and that is my main thing. i know i've got it and they cannot take it off of me now. celebrations on stage but no winners check, the players are torturous days the tournament started that the prize money would be slashed, just 1596 prize money would be slashed, just 15% of tickets sold ahead of the tournaments the tournaments the main reason given. he had been expecting to park at £100,000, but is waiting to park at £100,000, but is waiting to see what you'll receive. in the bank andi to see what you'll receive. in the bank and i think about the time. i am disappointed that i'm not going to get what everyone else is had in the past and i think now, where is the past and i think now, where is the money. i do think about it and it isa the money. i do think about it and it is a little bit heartbreaking. breeding ground of the stars of the

sport that once attracted big crowds but it seems to have lost its appeal with spectators staying away the change of venue that has been criticised by some that the woman's prize was cut from 20 to £8,000 and the men did not even know they're playing for. sometimes goes like this not looking down and i do not think i was actually looking at the board when he hit the winning double. a dark player herself -- darts player. parts of me feels sorry for him and he should be getting with everybody else received previously and he is not getting what he should be getting. he does not want to get involved in the politics of the sport. for him, sunday was a career highlight but a moment tarnished by problems at the top of the sport. this pro—champion just wants it resolved.

andrew strauss was awarded his knighthood at buckingham palace today. the former england cricket captain led the side to two ashes series wins and also took the side to number one in the test rankings. he was also credited with helping lay the foundations englands world cup win last summer in his former role as director of cricket at the ecb 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 sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer and the political commentator and former head of press under david cameron, giles kenningham. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the financial times leads with london, paris and berlin stepping closer to scrapping the 2015 muclear agreement with iran. the metro has a story about a love island contestant who has reportedly left the show after three days. the guardian leads with an exclusive report accusing the government of a cover—up, claiming it failed to pass on the details of thousands of foreign criminal convictions to their home eu countries. the mirror calls for a ban on trophy hunting, with stars including sir david jason and liam gallagher backing its campaign. the daily express leads on borisjohnson's plea for a public fundraising campaign to allow big ben to chime as britain leaves the eu.

and the times says borisjohnson plans to restore the conservatives reputation as the party of law and order by setting up a cross—whitehall taskforce. and his bbc interview on breakfast. let us get straight to it. check us off, talking about that rescue that we've had announced this evening. quite controversial because yes, it is good news for passengers and staff but environmentalists are saying that this is not the movie should going. i think it is the largest operator of uk domestic routes and very different connect tivoli because it goes to places where the trends are not going to and it seems to be incredibly efficient and had to be bailed out

and just a short—term measure we've already seen thomas cook staving off the inevitable but it is part at the forefront will be due about regional connectivity in this country. huge debate raging on, should we have it 01’ debate raging on, should we have it or should we. boris johnson, debate raging on, should we have it orshould we. borisjohnson, one central planks of his agency was that we need to rebalance the economy and things like this are incredibly important. the infrastructure in this country needs to catch up in the thing is probably one of the parts of breaks that you do feel disconnected me go outside london. it is that the passenger duties are being removed to help the airline, to help flybe, but that is making flying more effective and thatis making flying more effective and that is the last thing that the environment say we should be doing ina environment say we should be doing in a climate emergency. the climate is struck with, they're trying to put off paying their bill that they just cannot afford to pay. in the

air passenger duty is about £13 on top of each flight it takes. for the government has said is that they're going to do a review of passenger duties in the short to medium term and consider whether to domestic, it should be lessened or have to general. there up in because it seemed to be a very important symbolic green tax and we know that flying is absolutely dreadful for the environment and the climate and you just need to look at the fires that are ravaging australia to see some of the consequences of catastrophic global heating. so rightly, they're very anxious at what is essentially a debate about regional connectivity that does not lead to a lessening of apd and air passenger duty, green taxes on air travel in general and i think there's a balance of the government

to strike and i agree with the regional connectivity. someone from the northern island tweeting, that could only leave belfast with only four routes so it's really quite striking. and how would extent, for those routes for business and business connectivity. not for kind of tourism and also what other measures can we take. rail lines are very expensive but the rail line is very expensive but the rail line is very slow and also the real problems of broadband in some areas of the country, it is really hard to run a business and to do skype meetings. some may be other measures. let us talk about iran. the european, the e3, britain france and germany. and it was interesting in that boris

johnson interview this morning was suggesting that president trump needs to come up with an alternative to that deal with iran if he doesn't wa nt to to that deal with iran if he doesn't want to be part of it, may come with a new deal with the wrong. yet seen them try to lower the temperature and we were caught off guard that borisjohnson, and we were caught off guard that boris johnson, they've and we were caught off guard that borisjohnson, they've been trying to rope back since then saying that yeah, the e3 are getting closer to ditching this deal. but they say it is that the stage where they think all is lost but an incredibly precarious time for the world of the moment. we are going through this huge disruption i have to wonder because we have not had a consistent a nswer because we have not had a consistent answer the us on what happened and why they did it. were the implications... and it looks like no 1's going to lien anyway. implications... and it looks like no 1's going to lien anywaylj implications... and it looks like no 1's going to lien anyway. i think there are a lot of sighs of relief towards the end of last week and