of the premier league. back from the brink — london irish produce an astonishing comeback to hold rugby union premiership leaders bristol bears. and novak djokovic says his ninth australian open title came after one of the toughest tournaments of his career. welcome along to sportsday this sunday evening. it has been a busy day of action for the top teams in the premier league, and manchester city show no sign of stopping their march towards the title. their winning run has moved to 18 games following a 1—0 victory at arsenal. while leicester are up to second after their win at aston villa. joe lynskey reports.

manchester city's form is extraordinary. they have now won 18 games in a row. they are well clear at the top and playing brilliant football. they even score adders with their five foot seven forward. in action here straightaway! m0 in action here straightaway! no arsenal defender tracked the rise of raheem sterling and in situ minutes, city were ahead. on this when he run, they have taken some teams apartment city were made to wait for more goals. he sterling credit out as he went to the second and goodwin credit out as he went for the second. it should have been to have been zero when this target was missed. but city are doing what champions do, winning at any cost even when it's not pretty. they are ten points ahead of the top. 50 ten points ahead of the top. so difficult to play against us but especially sing half we were so good — especially sing half we were so

good. not easy to play and we played with such _ good. not easy to play and we played with such common intelligence and it was a _ with such common intelligence and it was a good _ with such common intelligence and it was a good game. with such common intelligence and it was a good game-— was a good game. leicester city are t in: to was a good game. leicester city are trying to keep _ was a good game. leicester city are trying to keep uo- — was a good game. leicester city are trying to keep up. they _ was a good game. leicester city are trying to keep up. they are - was a good game. leicester city are i trying to keep up. they are powered by young players building a profile. it is madison!— by young players building a profile. it is madison! . , , it is madison! james madison grew up in coventry and _ it is madison! james madison grew up in coventry and said _ it is madison! james madison grew up in coventry and said he _ it is madison! james madison grew up in coventry and said he enjoyed - in coventry and said he enjoyed scoring against aston villa. he is keen to show off what he can do at number ten and he wants with her for england. in harvey barnes might will join him as he is part of a team now at nine points clear of the champions. this was his 13th goal of the season. villa did pull one back through bertrand traore but it came with less celebration and more confrontation. he did eventually shift kasper schmeichel�*s presents but villa could not shake off leicester. with 13 to go, the foxes will not give up the hot but every week now the evidence grows that in this season, there is only one winner. elsewhere, west ham boss david moyes says his side "haven't hit top gear yet"

despite them moving up to fourth on the table following a 2—1win against tottenham at the london stadium. it was their seventh win in nine league games as they push for a champions league spot. patrick gearey reports. few saw west ham coming. the assumption was the pressure would tell, the bubble would burst, and yet they keep rising. surprising. and tottenham's defence are easily shocked. not five minutes in, they couldn't keep out michail antonio. west ham a step closer to the top four place spurs crave. so, at half—time, jose mourinho sent gareth bale on for a bail—out. the problem is they hadn't fixed the leak. in poured jesse lingard to score. as he celebrated, the video officials deliberated, was it offside? pablo fornals not interfering, they said. goal given. tottenham needed something fast. over to bale and lucas moura. 2-1. just under half an hour for spurs to turn around the match and perhaps their season. they had kane and bale. they didn't have luck.

it never returned. the hammers held on through a scrambling stoppage time, sometimes only by a matter of inches. in the table now, the gap is clearer. west ham go fourth, tottenham continue to go south. i think for a long, long, long time, that we have problems in the team that i cannot resolve by myself as a coach. and no coach can. but our potential is higher than where we are, so of course frustration. i think we can play much better. that's_ i think we can play much better. that's a — i think we can play much better. that's a bit_ i think we can play much better. that's a bit what i'm saying. i look forward _ that's a bit what i'm saying. i look forward to— that's a bit what i'm saying. i look forward to us hitting top gear. i don't _ forward to us hitting top gear. i don't think_ forward to us hitting top gear. i don't think we have hit top gear yet. don't think we have hit top gear yet we — don't think we have hit top gear yet. we have a couple of years ago. but i _ yet. we have a couple of years ago. but i have _ yet. we have a couple of years ago. but i have to — yet. we have a couple of years ago. but i have to say that even not in top gear, — but i have to say that even not in top gear, the players tried to find a way— top gear, the players tried to find a way to— top gear, the players tried to find a way to get part of the game off the opposition in the players and a brilliant _ the opposition in the players and a brilliantjob, they really

the opposition in the players and a brilliant job, they really have. the final game of the day is under way, manchester united hosting newcastle. it's half—time at old trafford. currently 1—1. marcus rashford had put manchester united ahead before allan saint—maximin levelled the score for newcastle. you can follow that right across the bbc. rangers need just ten more points to win the scottish premiership after beating dundee united 4—1 at ibrox today. their nearest rivals, celtic, are some 18 points off the pace in second, although they could narrow that gap to 15 points with a win at bottom side ross county. latest there after about 20 minutes, still goalless. there was a remarkable comeback from london irish in rugby union's premiership this afternoon. they were trailing the league leaders bristol by 31 points to six shortly before half—time before turning things around to clinch a 34—34 draw. imran sidat was watching.

sitting pretty at the top, bristol looking to pull for the clear of the chasing pack and they were in a rapid mood in west london. four tries in the first step in the match looked to be done and dusted in the blink of an eye. butjust before the break, a glimmer of hope for the home side. steve mackey coming over to conclude a breathless first half. would they build on that? the interval seemed to rejuvenate london irish. sean o'brien�*s try going some way to cutting the 25 point sit. they could not, could they? remarkably another soon after with nick finch going to the end and the belief growing. with minutes remaining him of the complex was complete. this converted try bringing the score level. amazingly they were not finish there. one final chance in the dying seconds just went astray and one of the most enthralling matches in recent memory ended with the points shared.

to the six nations now, as five of the french side who started the match against ireland last weekend will miss the game with scotland next sunday after testing positive for covid—19. centre arthur vincent and hooker julien marchand are the latest to return positive test results. gabin villiere, mohamed haouas and star scrum—half antoine dupont are also in isolation after catching the virus. france insist they will fulfil the fixture. well, scotland head coach gregor townsend has named his squad ahead of that game next sunday. and fly—half adam hastings is back in after suffering a shoulder injury. centre cameron redpath is still out, though. and bath back rowjosh bayliss has been called up to the squad for the first time. novak djokovic says his journey to a ninth australian open title and an 18th overall grand slam trophy was an "emotional

roller—coaster". he beat daniil medvedev in straight—sets to continue his rule on the rod laver arena in melbourne, as adam wild reports. there are few players in the history of tennis that have dominated one tournament quite like novak djokovic in melbourne. eight times a winner before today. there is a slight sense, though, that times in tennis may be changing. daniil medvedev at the forefront of the sport's next generation, but djokovic is not the type to let up nor let go. the mark of a great champion, always the hunger for more. set one hard —fought. for djokovic, hard—won. medvedev giving everything, getting nothing, the feeling of so many players before him when faced with djokovic. things now beginning to fall apart for medvedev,

his racket here included. in truth djokovic remains too good, at times unplayable, the complete player, drawing himself onward to yet another title, winning in emphatic style. i would like to thank rod labour arena. i love you each year more and more. a love affair that keeps going, thank you so much stop. the greatest the australian open has ever known. the next generation willjust have to wait. well, our tennis correspondent russell fullerjoined me earlier to rank where this title sits for novak djokovic. he said this is one of the most emotionally challenging grand slam a try it's of his career not because he had into quarantine like everybody else but also because he had a stomach muscle injury which he said was a tear. during the third round match and he did not know until two hours before the fourth round match with milos raonic when he took the practice court that he definitely will be able to play on in the tournament. he got better and

better and he was just phenomenally good from the word go against medvedev. we sweated it to be close and to be a long match but it is so hard to beat djokovic on the rod labour arena. hard to beat djokovic on the rod labourarena. nine hard to beat djokovic on the rod labour arena. nine titles from nine finals and now also eighteens titles to his name for grand slam. i wonder what this means _ to his name for grand slam. i wonder what this means as _ to his name for grand slam. i wonder what this means as well _ to his name for grand slam. i wonder what this means as well for _ to his name for grand slam. i wonder what this means as well for the - what this means as well for the continue debate we have about the next generation of tennis players coming on in the men's game and what medvedev will take from today. he has medvedev will take from today. he: has had the most amazing three months. he won 20 matches in a row and over half of those were against top ten players since november. he had been in a grand slam final before. i thought this was going to before. i thought this was going to be incredibly close and i think mentally he showed the fragility he showed in the earlier part of his career. but i thought that was behind him and ifeel that even though he was driven to distraction by djokovic of the other end of the court that he was demonstrating regularly with this coach and wife

in the players box and mentally he zoned out and that was critical. that is issued to all these players have. dominic team won the us open and not taking anything away from him for that achievement but he did not need to beat djokovic, raphael kandra doll or roger federer on the way. i have no doubt he could but it shows how hard it is for the likes of and sits a pass in these to be especially raffaella djokovic right and when i meet them in a grand slam final because their records just for themselves. ben ainslie's efforts to lead great britain to a first america's cup are over again after they were soundly beaten in the qualifiers by italian team luna rossa. he says the dream does not end here though as ben croucher reports. aboard a boat called britannia, ben ainslie had hoped to rule the waves in auckland. in reality, his team barely made a splash. sorry, guys.

in the first—to—seven prada cup, the british group lost the first race meaning they could not afford any more slip ups. the boats cost tens of millions of dollars, designed by f1 engineers. for all that, the problem for ineos, it wasn't windy enough. luna rossa had the advantage. it kept growing and growing. beaten 7—1, this was never close. no british crew has ever won the america's cup. ainslie isn't going to stop trying. that's a huge motivator for the team and myself included. we set out to achieve a target. we will keep going until we get there. despite comments accusing the italians of machiavellian behaviour for refusing to push back racing due to a local lockdown, there was mutual respect on show. 21 years after losing their first america's cup, luna rossa will face new zealand next month, hoping the tides and winds have

turned in their favour. now before we go a reminder that the welsh open snooker final is reaching its climax at celtic manor. ronnie o'sullivan is aiming to win the title for the fifth time. you can watch it live right now on the red button, iplayer and the bbc sport website. jordan brown lead by five frames to three after the early session. ronnie has pulled it back so now he leads their 6—5 and he could follow it on bbc. that's all from sportsday. thank you very much for watching and have a lovely evening and bye—bye. hello, it's been a fine day to day for scotland and northern ireland and it will be again tomorrow, whereas there is a weather front in parts of england and wales, which will continue to bring some

rain, as it will through the evening and overnight. northern england, wales, the west midlands and the southwest in particular, eastern parts of england staying dry. a mild night across england and wales but temperatures close to freezing in the coldest parts of scotland and northern ireland. under largely skies. bar the odd shower approach in north—west scotland tomorrow, most here again will have a fine day. the weather system in england and wales nudges a bit further east. away from wales, northern and western parts of england, as it brightens up a bit but increasingly light and patchy rain edging back towards east anglia and the south—east of england. on another mild day. some very wet weather to come as we go through into tuesday. this is the weather system approaching from the west, especially to northern ireland, into scotland, where there is a risk of flooding, too, affecting wales and western parts of england. the eastern side of england stays dry and becomes very mild.

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