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taking so long to arrive! maybe next year, maybe next year. anyway, that's it for the shortcut of click for this week, go to the iplayer if you'd like to see the full length cut, it's really well worth it. and as ever, you can find the team on social media — on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. thank you for watching and we'll see you soon. bye— bye. hello and welcome to sunday sportsday — i'm chetan pathak, coming up on tonight's programme... the champions of scotland again — rangers�* ten year wait
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for the title is over. it might take a miracle for manchester city to be caught at the top in england — but united have hope — after winning the derby. fulham's survival hopes are boosted as liverpool lose at anfield yet again — making it 6 straight defeats for the champions at home. and we'll tell you about the teenager who's become britain's youngest athlete to win european gold since 1970 at the indoor championships. welcome along, thanks forjoining us. it's been a tumultuous ten years but glasgow rangers are back at the top of scottish football after winning their first premiership title since 2011. celtic�*s failure to beat dundee united earlier sealed the title for steven gerrard's side. he now has his first piece
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of silverware as a manager, and it's the earliest the championships been won in scotland in 118 years. jane dougall reports. anticipation for this title win has been building for a decade. fans ofjubilation saw hundreds ignore covid rose ——fans ofjubilation saw hundreds ignore covid rules to gather outside ibrox, and confirmation came from over 100 miles away. the wait is over. rangers are champions of scotland. bitter rivals celtic could not beat dundee united, handing rangers the title. and the players knew it. the ibrox side did theirjob yesterday, getting all three points with a 3—0 win. no fans inside, but the rangers players knew where they were. rangers have halted celtic�*s attempt to win ten titles in a row. they will lift the trophy
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here at some point, but it will not be in front of fans, and it will be behind closed doors. it has been ten years since rangers last lifted the top tier trophy. financial turmoil meant the club was liquidated. during those final years, celtic capitalised. celtic capitalised — winning 9 trophies. in 2018, steven gerrard took over, guiding them to their 55th title and his first as a manager. we have waited a long time for this. absolutely delighted for myself and every rangers fan. all players all over the world. it is a big moment. we worked our way up. we are right at the top, and we are going to enjoy every single minute of it. we are champions. it has been one fantasticjourney.
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it's ironic... just feel grateful. the best is still to come, i think. winning so early in the season has many benefits. rangers very next match is at celtic park, where they will be welcomed as champions of scotland. jane dougall, bbc news. it's manchester city that have been dominating the title race in england this season, but their 21 match winning run in all competitions is over tonight. manchester united have narrowed the gap at the top to 11 points after a 2—0 win in the derby at the etihad. adam wild reports. there may only be a few miles between them, but here was manchester united doing their best to stay in touch with their neighbours. city may be chasing records. first, the penalty was the decision. within two minutes, bruno fernandes scored the quickest goal that has ever been considered at the end he had. not at the end he had. the record they were aiming for
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the not the record they were aiming for. the game is what they were now chasing. before half—time, they couldn't quite get there. after the break, closer still. against the crossbar. farfrom sitting back, this was united's surging forward. the ball eventually coming to luke shaw. 2—0, no more than united deserved. there could've been more moments later, the excellent antony could and probably should have done better. city had chances, none better than this one. but this is where there extraordinary winning run comes to an end. it won't do much to damage their title chase. but for united, a derby victory is always one to savour. adam wild, bbc news. it was this time last year that the champions liverpool went 22 points clear at the top of the premier league. tonight — they're 22 points behind the leaders city after losing for the sixth game in a row at anfield. this time it was fulham who left with all three points to boost their hopes of survival
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as ben croucher reports. all around anfield, a reminder of better times gone by, hope for better times to come. how times change. like burnley, brighton, chelsea, manchester city and everton before them, travelling to liverpool holds little fear for fulham now, a little magic they might have been ahead and no deflection could have had a different result. liverpool were here from the taking, the fulham manager it. ——liverpool were here from the taking, the fulham manager knew it. stealing a march on the champions, great scot, he's feeling better. liverpool lack confidence and quality, they kept the relegation struggles and front but having lost five at home and the league, jurgen klopp had seen it all before it didn't make it any easier to watch, chasing an equaliser, he went
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closer still, watch, chasing an equaliser, he went closerstill, posts. watch, chasing an equaliser, he went closer still, posts. all over. before this wretched run, liverpool still hoped to retain their title, yet more anfield anguish means they're closer to fulham in the relegation zone. strange times indeed. ben crouch bbc news. jurgen klopp�*s side have now scored just one league goal at anfield this year, and the top four is looking ever more distant. after the game he spoke to martin fisher. is this one of the lowest periods in your managerial spell?— is this one of the lowest periods in your managerial spell? yeah, i would wish to say no. _ your managerial spell? yeah, i would wish to say no, but, _ your managerial spell? yeah, i would wish to say no, but, yes. _ your managerial spell? yeah, i would wish to say no, but, yes. it _ your managerial spell? yeah, i would wish to say no, but, yes. it is. - your managerial spell? yeah, i would wish to say no, but, yes. it is. but. wish to say no, but, yes. it is. but thars— wish to say no, but, yes. it is. but that's not— wish to say no, but, yes. it is. but that's not a — wish to say no, but, yes. it is. but that's not a problem. i don't have to always — that's not a problem. i don't have to always have the best times of all, to always have the best times of all. and — to always have the best times of all, and that's it. the team is obviously— all, and that's it. the team is obviously an extreme team, if you want, _ obviously an extreme team, if you want. they— obviously an extreme team, if you want, they are extremely it successful, and i we have an extreme situation _ successful, and i we have an extreme situation as _ successful, and i we have an extreme situation as well. but we will fight — one result from earlier to tell you about, second from bottom west brom are now eight points behind both fulham and brighton
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above them after a 0—0 draw with newcastle, who are just a point above the drop zone. tottenham can move up to sixth if they beat crystal palace in the late game. they lead the game by a goal with 38 minutes, gareth bale with that goal. in the women's super league, sam kerr and beth england both scored as the leaders chelsea won 2—0 at west ham, ensuring they're two points clear of manchester city in second. keira walsh scored a late winner for them as they beat everton1—0, third placed manchester united were 3—0 winners over aston villa and remain four points behind city. there were also good wins for arsenal and brighton. there's a new name to watch out for in british athletics — teenager keeley hodgkinson is the new european indoor champion in the 800 metres. she was racing in herfirst major senior championships, and only turned 19 this week making her britain's youngest athlete to win european gold since 1970. hodgkinson beat off competition from two polish athletes to win the title in a reduced field of six in the final.
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i'm only 19 and i am still learning. and there are still things i'm going to learn. ijust i just wanted to ijust wanted to keep my same relaxed state that i had in the semi, you know? we talked about that, don't change anything in the final. you don't want to make a mistake. i really believed in myself, because if i don't, who else is going to? britain's andy pozzi just missed out on gold in the 60 metres hurdles. pozzi's won this title before but he was beaten by a hundredth of a second on the line by france's vil—hem bel—oss—ion. it wasn't all bad for pozzi though — his time of 7.43 seconds equalled his personal best and he's looked in good form this week as he builds towards the tokyo 0lympics still scheduled for the summer. in the women's race two sisters won two medals for great britain. cindy sember and tiffany porter finished second and third respecitively behind the gold winning nadine visser from the netherlands. sember took silver — she's porter's younger sister.
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and in the last half hour, britain have another silver medal — in the women's 4 by a00m relay. the british quartet of zoe clark, jodie williams, ama pipi and jessie knight came in second just behind the netherlands. the men's quartet took bronze in the same event. two golds across the week for british athletes mean they finish third in the overall medal table. in cricket, england's women have continued their run of fine form, completing a clean sweep over new zealand in the t20 series, to add to their one—day triumph last month. after setting the home side a victory target of 129, they bowled them out forjust 96. mady villiers took a career best 3—10, and nat sciver wrapped up a 32—run win in wellington. it's brilliant to be able to come out here and play as a group again. we haven't played 0dis for a year before we did over here, so it's
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brilliant to get over here before the world cup next year and to set us up for the season ahead as well. we've, yeah, a couple of series and the hundred as well, so, yeah, we've got a big 12 months coming up. harlequins are up to third place in rugby union's premiership after beating northampton 37—19 at the stoop. quins ran in 4 tries to northampton�*s 3 with brett herron crossing the line late on to pick up the bonus point. northampton remain fifth in the table. in cycling, ireland's sam bennett won the opening stage of the week long paris—nice race. after 103 miles bennett powered over the line ahead of frenchman arnaud demare to claim his fourth career stage win in the race. ineos grenadiers�* team has been weakened with richie porte retiring following a crash in the closing stages. britain's mark cavendish achieved his best finish sincejune 2018 as he crossed the line in second place in the gp monsere one—day race in belgium. all the more impressive when you think that last october
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the 35 year old said he felt his career could be over. great stuff from him. just a reminder, plenty of reaction to rangers winning the scottish premiership title on the bbc sport website but from all of us here, for now, goodnight. hello there. the weather's been fine and settled, albeit rather cold over the time of year this weekend. and as we start the new week, we should stay fine, certainly monday and tuesday, before things really change mid week onwards. a powerfuljet is going to spin up some very deep areas of low pressure, likely to see widespread rain and gales, with even the possibility of severe gales from wednesday into thursday. but in the short term, we've still got high pressure dominating the scene across the southern half of the country, some weather fronts further north. so through tonight, we will have
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some showery bursts of rain for northern ireland, parts of scotland, northern england, whereas further south with light winds, clear skies, it's going to be another cold one, a frosty one with some mist and fog, but less cold, though, further north underneath the cloud and the rain. so for monday, then, it is a north—south divide. we start off with some showery rain across scotland, northern ireland, northern england. some of that rain just getting into the east midlands at times, but for much of wales, the midlands, southern england, after a cold start, we should stay dry through the day with light winds and some sunshine. those temperatures will be up a degree right across the board.
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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight. hopes for nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, as she's released from house arrest in iran. but a new court case against her is scheduled for next week. it's not the release we wanted. it is not that ticket home and the passport back and her coming home to us. schools in england re—open to all pupils tomorrow — the first step to easing the coronavirus lockdown. the queen stresses the importance of staying in touch with friends and family — in a message to mark commonwealth day, coming just hours before the duke and duchess of sussex�*s interview with oprah winfrey. pope francis on the final day of his visit to iraq, greeted by thousands for an outdoor mass in irbil.
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