this is bbc world news, the headlines: ukraine says at least 35 people have been killed in a missile attack on a military base near the polish border. dozens more were injured. foreign instructors have worked there in the past — it's not known if any are currently there. the ukrainian president has visited a hospital in kyiv where he met staff and wounded soldiers. earlier, he said the country has lost 1300 soldiers in battle. the russians have killed an american journalist outside kyiv. brent renaud's car was targeted as he was on his way to film civilians fleeing the russian invaders. here the government has announced more details of a scheme to allow those fleeing the war to come to the uk, offering

£350 a month for taking in ukrainian refugees. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm louisa pilbeam. coming up on the program... issues aplenty off the field for chelsea — and late drama on it — as kai havertz snatches victory against newcastle. rangers roar into the scottish cup semi finals — to move one step closer to their first cup title since 2009. tries galore in the rugby's english premiership — but it's northampton who come out on top in a thriller against wasps. also coming up in the programme. there's tears at indian wells —

as a heckle from the crowd leaves naomi 0saka visably upset. and it's bye—bye beijing as the winter paralympic games draws to a close. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm louisa pilbeam. but we start in the premier league where chelsea played at home for the first time since the government sanctions froze the assets of their russian owner roman abramovich. the club is said to only have weeks before it runs out of money — with a sale needed as soon as possible. 0n the pitch though it was all smiles — eventually as chelsea snatched a late winner against newcastle. nesta mcgregor reports.

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half. it wasn't until the 89th minute chelsea fans had something to cheer. carry habits' brilliant first touch and then the finish. the 22—year—old is a key role in chelsea's recent successful run. the search of who will run the club goes on. so a vital win for chelsea — and a moment ofjoy for the club in what's been a turbulent week. manager thomas tuchel says the fans will always be the priority — and it's vital his team keep performing to keep them happy. 0ur situation, to give this pleasure and excitement to our fans 0ur situation, to give this pleasure and excitement to ourfans means 0ur situation, to give this pleasure and excitement to our fans means a lot to us. it changes everything. we demand a lot from the players because we are in a situation that we cannot influence and couldn't influence. so it gives us on one hand, not so nice because you feel a bit like... that you have no

control. but on the other hand, it allows us to say, ok, let's focus on what we can influence and that is our performance and spirit. that is what we showed today and we know in football you need a bit of luck, especially in games like this. well because of the sanctions in place, chelsea are currently unable to sell tickets to their fans for upcoming matches. tim rolls is part of the chelsea supporters trust — and he admits the club's future is unclear. it's a shock to the club, it shocked us because it happened so quickly. because it happened so quickly no one knows what goes on. we have a cup game at middlesbrough and nobody knows how many tickets we can sell. we cannot sell tickets for the next home game against brentford. i would hate to be working at the club at the moment because they don't know what they can do and what they cannot. well chelsea has fans all around the world of course— including plenty of support in ukraine. alex dobrushkin and alex yefremov are both from ukraine

and both support chelsea — they say they're grateful for the success roman abramovich has brought to the club but he has to move on now as quickly as possible. he has been a smart person, smart enough not to show off his connections to vladimir putin. well, whatever is happening right now i hope our club will go through this with them flying high because the squad is bigger than abramovich, bigger than us, bigger than everyone. bigger than us, bigger than everyone-— bigger than us, bigger than eve one. . , ., . ., everyone. the team is about certain ersons. i everyone. the team is about certain persons- iwill— everyone. the team is about certain persons. i will be _ everyone. the team is about certain persons. i will be supporting - everyone. the team is about certain persons. i will be supporting the - persons. i will be supporting the learn _ persons. i will be supporting the learn in— persons. i will be supporting the team in the next game, in the next years _ team in the next game, in the next years. nothing changes for me as my support— years. nothing changes for me as my soppori for— years. nothing changes for me as my support for the team. well away from chelsea there were five other games in the premier league today including at arsenal as they took on leicester.

thomas partey put the gunners ahead after ten minutes from this corner, before alexandre lacazette doubled that lead from the penalty spot after var ruled caglar soyuncu handled the ball. 2—0 the final score, that victory moves arsenal into fourth, one point above manchester united. west ham are just behind arsenal in sixth — after they beat aston villa 2—1. the victory was particularly emotionalfor ukrainian international, andriy yarmolenko. in his first game since russia invaded his home country, he was given a warm reception by both sets of fans after coming on as a substitute and then yarmolenko scored west ham's opener — and had tears in his eyes as he dropped to his knees in celebration. i think we win deservedly so. an emotional moment because yarmolenko

comes on, we gave him some time off, he was ill when we travel to seville mid week. he comes on today and gets his first goal. it was great. at the opposite end of the table, watford gave themselves a huge boost in their battle to stay in the premier league. cucho hernandez scored twice to give roy hodson's side a 2—1win at southampton. the victory sees them bounce back from their 4—0 thrashing at wolves in midweek — and is their first win in five attempts. let's be fair, we are not top of the table with loads of wins behind us. we are near the bottom and when you are 3—0 down away from home, players have got to show enormous character to get back from that. i am pleased with the performance today in any respect. and watford's win leaves them level on points with everton — who are just outside the bottom three. they lost 1—0 at home to wolves, conor coady with the goal. it's four straight league defeats

now for frank lampard's side. a better afternoon for leeds as new manager jesse marsch got his first win since taking charge. they beat norwich 2—1 but they left it late — joe gelhardt with the winner in the 95th minute. leeds four points clear of the relegation zone, norwich stay bottom, five points from safety. i felt the potential of the club from every perspective since i stepped foot into the city. you know, i know there has been a tough stage here and the club are so happy to be back in the premier league and i am trying to help take all of the energy pieces and put them together in a way we can continue to build a foundation where we can become better and better and have bigger and bigger dreams. in the championship, there was a crucial win

for queens park rangers — as they moved back into the play—off places. they beat promotion rivals luton town 2—1 — rob dickie with the winner in the 83rd minute. it's luton's first home defeat since november — and it means they drop out of the top six. rangers eased into their first scottish cup semifinal for four years with a dominant 3—0 win at dundee. connor goldson and captain james tavernier both scored in the first half before fashion sakkala wrapped up the tie late on. craig templeton was watching. rangers fans still with a spring in their step after another big european win. now time for a trip to dens park as the scottish cup took centre stage. it is a competition that rangers have not won for over a decade, something they clearly want to change. a great clearance kept them out at first, but first two it was conor goldson for the opening goal. unfortunately for dundee, ryan

cini also had a spring in his step. james tavernier broke down and a chance for them another. fortunately for rangers, he is one of the best set piece takers. corner found. for rangers, he is one of the best set piece takers. cornerfound. it looks like harry sharp saved shortly to save a third. perhaps not quite as much as a 30 macro defeat. this, the final goal as rangers leap into the final goal as rangers leap into the final goal as rangers leap into the finalfour. craig the final goal as rangers leap into the final four. craig templeton, the final goal as rangers leap into the finalfour. craig templeton, bbc news. rangers arejoined by hibernian in the final four — after a day to remember for teenager elias melkersen. on his full debut, the 19 year—old scored twice to help his side beat motherwell 2—1 as hibs reached the semi finals for a third successive season. a day to forget for motherwell, who had to play 89 minutes with ten men. manchester city's women have boosted their champions league qualification hopes — after beating tottenham hotspur in the women's super league.

it finished 1—0 at the hive stadium, caroline weir with the only goal. the win leaves city two points behind spurs in fourth — and five behind third placed manchester united. elsewhere there were wins for chelsea and west ham. arsenal play brighton shortly. at indian wells in california — former world number one naomi 0saka was brought to tears by a heckler in her defeat to veronika kudermetova. during the first set, someone in the crowd said �*naomi, you suck�* — leaving her visably upset. 0saka, who's spoken publicly about her struggles with mental health, went on to to lose her second round match 6—0, 6—4. well on the court tonight at indian wells — there's a number of british players in action, including andy murray and harriet dart. emma raducanu is in action right now. she's playing the croatian petra

martic in her third round tie. she leads 4—3. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. britain's simon yates won the final stage of paris—nice, but not by a big enough margin to take the overall victory. that went to slovenia's primoz roglic who was third on the day, but won the race by 29 seconds. simon's twin brother adam finished fourth overall. in italy's tour de france champion tadej poga ar retained his tirreno tirreno—adriatico title. the slovenian finished in the main group behind germany's phil bau—haus who won the final stage. barrow raiders will be hoping for a big glamour tie in the sixth round of rugby league's challenge cup after they beat cumbrian rivals workington town 32—18. 11 super league clubs enter the draw in round six, so barrow could be drawn against a huge club next. over to rugby union now

and northampton saints claimed victory over wasps in a thrilling premiership match. it was an end to end game with seven tries scored in total — but when paolo 0dogwu scored here — to make it 15—15, it looked as though wasps would seize control. back came northampton though — a late try from south african winger cortnall skosan sealing a 27—22 win for the home side. the winter paralympics have come to an end with a closing ceremony in beijing. against the odds, ukraine's team managed a record medal haul, winning 29 in total, 11 of them gold. that saw them finish second in the table behind hosts china. great britain ended the games with six medals, finishing in 14th place. andy swiss rounds up the best of the action on the final day. britain's hopes of the perfect ending in beijing didn't realise.

neil simpson, visually impaired, that mistake when he and his brother andrew, also his guide, had to settle for ninth in the slalom. britain finishing with a total of six medals. the team of this games has been ukraine. simply getting to beijing was a miracle, but gold in the cross country meant they finished a remarkable second in the medals table. president zelensky said the team had shown the world what strength ukrainians have. the war has overshadowed these games but as they drew to a close, the head of the paralympics described the athletes a champions piece. humankind hopes to live in a world of where dialogue prevails. 0ur movement, the paralympic movement hopes are world leaders be inspired by the actions of paralympians. find by the actions of paralympians. and with that, beijing's flame was finally extinguished. a colourful

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