hello, i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up on sportsday... after marcus rashford reveals he's been targetted, what more can be done to protect footballers from online racist abuse? a strike of genius from mo salah. the champions liverpool are too good for west ham. and breaking his title drought in the desert. paul casey is now targetting a ryder cup spot. hello, there. we'll start with those renewed calls across football to combat online racial abuse. prince william, who is president

of the football association, says social media platforms have a responsibility to create safe environments and to hold people accountable. a number of players have been targeted this week with just one arrest being made so far. manchester united's marcus rashford described the messages he has received as "humanity and social media at its worst". nesta mcgregor reports. taking the knee, a unified protest for racial equality. it's a gesture we've become accustomed to and, last night, the latest example of why players continue to do so. manchester united striker marcus rashford, having to respond to racial abuse he had received hours after a goalless draw away to arsenal. he posted, "i am a black man and proud that i am. "no comment is going to make me feel any different". it comes in a week where several other players have also been victims of online discrimination. there's no fear at the moment, is there? if you look at the amount of abuse that is on our platforms

at the moment, there's no fear of reprisal. people are doing it almost knowing that it's a one in how many chance of being caught? accountability is probably the biggest thing here, being accountable for the users on your platform. facebook, which owns instagram, says it is committed to tackling online abuse and it's already removed accounts from its site, but could they do more? the problem is that the reporting systems they've got in place at the moment require a player to receive and then report the abuse themselves and, by that point, the damage has already been done. but they've got other issues to deal with as well. terrorism globally is a problem that facebook has to deal with. disinformation is a problem that facebook has to deal with. earlier this week, the government held talks with footballers including liverpool captain jordan henderson with new laws set to be introduced to stop online abuse. racism is a societal issue where football is seen as a key battleground. those committed to the fight

vow to continue to take a stand as well as a knee. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. let's get to today's premier league fixtures — mo salah put west ham to the sword, two brilliant goals from him as liverpool won 3—1. the champions are up to third, jumping above leicester after they lost 3—1 at home to leeds united. adam wild was watching both games. lurking just behind the leaders is leicester city. their game against leeds united billed as two of the premier league's top entertainers. it took a little over 12 minutes to see just why. the surging run and then the finish from lester's harvey barnes. it was a lead that lasted mere moments. leeds with a excellent team goal of their own. stuart dallas levelling the scores. narrow offside decisions ruled out

goes for both sides the break. but leeds did eventually find a way through again, and when it came it was quite brilliant. patrick bamford with an unstoppable finish. having scored that, he then found space and opportunity for another, choosing instead to offer jack harris an empty net. leicester could have gone second. today, though, just second best. that left liverpool with an opportunity to overtake them, but against west ham taking that opportunity took some time. until the second half, mo salah with the individual effort. if that was good, his second was outstanding. liverpool taking the ball from one end of the pitch to the other. perfect passing. again, the finish sublime. although west ham did pull one back, in this title race the champions are looking like challengers once more.

earlier, chelsea won for the first time under their new manager, thomas tuchel, beating burnley 2—0 at stamford bridge. their goals came from two unlikely sources — fullback cesar azpilicueta firing in for chelsea's opener in the first half. there was also first appearance since september for marcos alonso, who got their second inside the last ten minutes. so that's four points and no goals conceded in the two games since tuchel took charge. the last premier league game of the day is approaching half—time down on the south coast — brighton taking on tottenham. gareth bale has been given only his second league start since rejoining the club. it's brighton with the lead, leandro trossard finding the bottom cornerfrom inside the box. there was a heavy 4—0 defeat for tottenham's women as chelsea stayed top of the super league. german midfielder melanie leupolz opened the scoring with the pick of the goals — she also scored a penalty.

they've now gone 33 games unbeaten! manchester united are level on points with chelsea but second on goal difference. they beat everton 2—0 thanks to goals from ella toone and christen press. in the day's other game, manchester city beat west ham 4—0. paul casey has won the dubai desert classic — his first tour title in m months. the englishman finished four shots ahead of the south african brandon stone after a two—under—par final round took him to 17 under. the four—time ryder cup player has now put himself in contention for another call—up when europe face the united states later this year at whistling straits. it's casey's 15th victory on tour. 15 wins is pretty cool. i wanted 15. 2019 was the last. i just wanted at 15. it is one of the coolest trophies in the golf, isn't it?

it's one of the iconic trophies without a doubt. i am very thankful to be able to do what i do and still be out here playing golf. we had some fans this week, so to have something like this happen, hopefully that can bring happiness to other people as well. evening, ian. he says he fell out of love with golf last year. yes, and i think that was expressed in the way that he played. this was a big win for him, his 15th on the european tour. he was full of emotion by the end of it, and it clearly meant an awful lot to him. they were a scattering of spectators there, so by no means the usual level of atmosphere at a golf course. but more than has been the norm throughout the pandemic period. maybe that helped him, because he has spoken about how difficult it has been to motivate

himself without the galleries at tournaments. but this was casey back to his absolute best, back to the player who got to number three in the world a dozen years ago, and he is still in the world's top 20. and he showed us why, really, with a very composed performance. he still has a bit of work to do to get into that ryder cup team? yes, he is playing catch—up. he is a world top 20 player. he is guaranteed to play in all of the big events. if he sustains this kind of form, he will be an absolute no—brainer for the team. i think that the big onus on him is to get there as a right. he mentioned the fact that he won't have to do rely on the pick if he can play himself into an automatic spot, and that would be hugely beneficial to the european courts. an awful lot for him to still play for. then all the big events in america.

many thanks indeed. let's have a look at some of the day's other headlines. there was another win for dina asher smith over 60 metres in germany. her win in dusseldorf was just a fraction off the world—leading time she posted on friday in karlsruhe. the 200—metre world champion hasn't raced indoors for three years. heptahlon world champion katarina johnson thompson has revealed that she is recovering from an achille�*s injury that she sustained at the end of last year. she says it won't impact her plans to compete at the olympics and will start training again in march. leicester's damari gray has joined bayer leverkusen on an 18—month deal. he won the premier league with the foxes in 2016 but has only made one appearance this season. palmeiras have won the copa libertdores for the second time in their history. they beat their sao paulo rivals, santos, 1—0 thanks to this goal in the ninth minute of injury time. newcastle falcons could have moved up to second in the rugby union premiership but lost at london irish.

the exiles outscored them 11—3 in their first league win since november, curtis rona with the pick of them as they move up to eighth, ten points clear of bottom side gloucester. there was a surpising bonus point win for harlequins at wasps, who had won their last five. five different quins try—scorers inclduing this breakaway from james lang and a penalty try as they won 49—17 at the ricoh arena. let's stay with rugby union because australia could step in to host the british and irish lions series against the springboks. this summer's tour is in serious doubt because of the covid situation in south africa. i asked our rugby union correspondent, chrisjones, about how serious the offer is from rugby australia. up up until this weekend, we all thought the two realistic contingency plans were to play in south africa behind closed doors or with very limited crowds. or to have it appear in the uk and ireland, either to have it behind closed

doors or with limited crowds. as we know, australia have been hosting a big sporting events over the course of the covid crisis, and are preparing to welcome 30,000 spectators for the australian open, so they are looking to use this. they have offered to step in and toast the lion series against south africa. it is a fascinating one. there are major obstacles, both logistic and financial. but there are major pros, the fact that it will continue the lion's touring ethos and they can have test matches in front of crowds. before this became an option, that looked very unlikely. the cyclo—cross world championships have been taking place this weekend in belgium. british rider tom pidcock was talking up his chances yesterday, navigating the beaches and mud along the flanders coast. the 21—year—old from leeds won silver last year and was looking good for the podium with two laps

to go but slipped to fourth by the finish in ostend. dutchman mathieu van der poel recovered from an early crash to overhaul beglium's wout van art to claim his fourth world title. still 1— nil to brighton, approaching half—time. our top story, more to be done about the online racial abuse against footballers, prince william adding his voice as president of the football association. that's all from sportsday. hello. we've seen a bit more snow around today across parts of wales from the sleet and snow showers in scotland for the far north and northern isles. overnight, we'll keep plenty of cloud across wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england and northern ireland. a bit of patchy rain and sleet, a little bit of hill snow,

not amounting to very much, very misty and murky. wintry showers continue into the far north of scotland and down some eastern parts as well, making it icy for some, but it's northern england and scotland seeing the lion's share of the clear spells. this is where temperatures will be at their lowest overnight, though not as cold as it was last night. plenty of cloud hanging on across the southern half of england, for wales and northern ireland tomorrow. a bit of patchy rain and drizzle, some outbreaks of rain developing again into northern ireland through the afternoon and, for northern england and scotland, some sunny spells here, still a few wintry showers towards the north and east of scotland — not quite as cold tomorrow. a significant weather system moving in monday night and into tuesday, some heavy rain, some heavy snow around as it moves its way northwards. for some of us, turning milder and then colder again at the end of the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. the number of coronavirus jabs hits a daily record of nearly 600,000, but there's a fresh warning from medics on easing the lockdown. any releases that we have will have to happen very slowly, very cautiously, watching and waiting as we go. captain sir tom moore, the second world war veteran who raised millions of pounds for the nhs, is in hospital sunday night with covid—19. manchester united player, marcus rashford, says he's been subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after receiving racist abuse on saturday. man yelling excuse me, i do beg your pardon.