hello, i'm olly foster here's what's coming up on sportsday. .. jamie vardy rescues a point for leicester at leeds, but they both needed more than a draw. we've reached the quarterfinals at the world snooker championship and io'sullivan holds a fourframe lead against brecel. and though their wimbledon bans have been lifted, russian and belarussian players have been given strict guidelines for the grand slam tournament. hello there, welcome along, there's a full

round of fixtures in the premier league this week. the picture at the top and bottom will become much clearer. leeds and leicesterfaced each other at elland road on tuesday, looking to pull clear of the bottom three, but the 1—all draw does neither side much good. substitute jamie vardy came on midway through the second half and scored the equaliser in the 80th minute. leeds had taken the lead with a thumping luis sinisterra header in the first half and created more chances. patrick bamford should have won it for leeds in the final minute, he had an open goaljust a couple of yeards out but scuffed his shot wide from a corner. leeds are now 2 points above the bottom three, a point ahead of leicester. a real bed dominated first 20 minutes and then we gave a soft goal away. you know, the resort in general, probably a tad

disappointed. we had dominance at times and the chances we created, two cycles, but also we could lost it as well as the end. chances we have from set pieces, that concentration has to be better. we have to take the positives in this— we have to take the positives in this moment. of course, we need _ in this moment. of course, we need to— in this moment. of course, we need to improve many things, but now— need to improve many things, but now is_ need to improve many things, but now is the moment where we have _ but now is the moment where we have to _ but now is the moment where we have to be — but now is the moment where we have to be strong to have a good — have to be strong to have a good mentality and try to be optimistic and positive as welt _ aston villa's push for the european places continues, they are up to fifth after beating fulham 1—nil at villa park. tyrone mings scored their winner, a first half header, his first league goal in 18 months. villa are now unbeaten in 10. they last played in europe 13 years ago. so are unai emery�*s men now strong contenders for one of those european spots? they are still being, liverpool

are still being as well. brighton, and we are going to fight with them, but, of course, each match we are winning, last summer, we were very good in branford. it's giving us confidence as well and giving us chances to get there. and wolves have pulled further clear of the bottom three beating crystal palace 2—nil. yoachim andersen scored an own goal early on and ruben neves added a penalty in injury time. they have drawn level on points with palace and are nine points clear of danger. looks like being a tough week for tottenham, manchester united on thursday night before a trip to liverpool on sunday. that's off back of that 6—1 thrashing at newcastle 2 days ago. and the spurs players have offered to reimburse the costs of their supporters tickets who were at st james park the result saw spurs sack interim manager cristian stellini yesterday. he said he took responsibility because of the tactics he employed, that saw them concede 5 goals in the first 20 minutes.

tottenham are six points off the top four. ryan mason is now the acting head coach there are four more premier league games on wednesday with most of the attention on the etihad stadium and a match that will have a huge say in where the title will end up. leaders arsenal are at second placed manchester city, the gunners five points clear but they have played two games more than city. we knew from the beginning that city were the team to beat. they fully deserve that credit. we wanted to close that gap as much as we could. we knew that we had to go to the etihad. we know that after that, we are going _

we know that after that, we are going to — we know that after that, we are going to have another five very difficult games. that game is going to be really important. the answer is no. it's really important, not decisive, because there's still many tough game for both sides. we have more games to play good but we cannot deny how important it is. we know exactly what we're playing for. it took many months to arrive at this side of the league. if they win, it depends on them. the destiny will be in their hands, but if you win, the destiny will be in our hands? real madrid could have trimmed barcelona's lead in la liga but lost 4—2 at girona. valentin castellanos scored all four for the home side. real remain 11 poinst behind barcelona and have played a game more. 0sasuna are still chasing a european place beating strugglers cadiz 1—nil. real betis and real sociedad played out a goaless draw. a better result for sociedad

who are 4th, still six points ahead of betis in 5th. defending champion ronnie o' sullivan is 10 frames to 6 up against luca brecel in their world snooker championship quarter—final in sheffield. he led 6—2 after the morning session and although the belgian narrowed the rocket's lead to two frames at one stage, 0'sullivan won the last two frames of the evening. it's the first to 13, they'll be back to play to a finish on wednesday afternoon. northern ireland's mark allen and welshmanjakjones are neck and neck. their match is tied at 8 frames all. mark selby fought back afterjohn higgins raced into a 3 frames to nil lead. selby made it 4—4, ending the session with a century break, his 99th at the crucible. the two former champions will return on wednesday. and there was a similar story on the other table 20 year

old chinese debutant si ja—hui led anthony mcgill 3—1 before the scotsman recovered to end the day all with it all square at a—all. wimbledon will donate more than half a million pounds to ukraine relief after what the all england club says was a "difficult decision" to lift its ban on russian and belarusians. they have though laid down guidelines for those players, who will have to declare their neutrality before taking part. the chief exexecutive of the all england club has been speaking to our tennis correspondent russell fuller so they are three parts of the declaration, signing up to say that they will compete as neutrals, so with no flag or a name next to their name representing russia or belarus. they are signing up not to make positive statements about either of the two regimes or the war in ukraine, and finally they are signing up to say that they are signing up to say that they are not in receipt of any funds from either of those two

states are for many companies very closely linked to those two states.— two states. and does any checking _ two states. and does any checking go _ two states. and does any checking go i'm? - two states. and does any checking go i'm? at - two states. and does any checking go i'm? at this | checking go i'm? at this declaration and say, yes, that's fine, will the england club carry out out any investigations to make sure they are notjust investigations to make sure they are not just taking a investigations to make sure they are notjust taking a box to gain entry into the tournament?- to gain entry into the tournament? ~ ., , . tournament? we are very much expecting the — tournament? we are very much expecting the players _ tournament? we are very much expecting the players to - tournament? we are very much expecting the players to sign i expecting the players to sign and in good faith. we worked hard with them to explain exactly what they are signing up exactly what they are signing up to in the context for doing that. we are not expected to investigate and we do have measures in place to address any breach. we have altered our player terms and conditions for every other player beyond the russian and belarusian athletes to incorporate a piece around not supporting the war in ukraine or either of those two regimes. 0therthan ukraine or either of those two regimes. other than that the spare entry conditions remain the same. this spare entry conditions remain the same-— the same. as far as the ukrainian _ the same. as far as the ukrainian players - the same. as far as the ukrainian players are i ukrainian players are concerned, what are you able to do as a championship for them? well, we will always look at ways in which we can support players to compete, particularly very ukrainian players this year. we are helping them to the grass great season by providing accommodation for them and their teams, working with the

lta across the whole grass great season.— lta across the whole grass great season. staying with a stomach the _ great season. staying with a stomach the neck— great season. staying with a stomach the neck this. .. - lucy frazer says russian and belarusian athletes who receive state funding must remain excluded from international sport — because they can't be considered neutral. it comes after the international olympic committee recommended that russian and belarusian athletes should be allowed to compete under a neutralflag, though the ioc is yet to make a final decision on next year's paris games. frazer has been speaking at a council of europe hearing today into russian participation in international sport. this is not about punishing individual athletes. these have dedicated their lives to sport. what we stand against his athletes competing to represent the state of russia and belarus. there is a fundamental difference. ireland's cricketers are in a strong position in the second and final test in sri lanka and broken a record in the process. on day 2 they posted their highest test score of a92 as paul stirling

and curtis campher became the second and third irishmen to hit test centuries. sri lanka reached 81 without loss in reply before rain stopped play in galle, ireland lost the first test. defending ipl champions gujarat titans made it five wins out of seven with a comfortable 55 run victory over mumbai indians in ahmedabad. shubman gill made a half century and some big hitting from abhinav manohar in the middle order helped lift gujarat to 207 for 6. mumbai were never in the hunt, losing wickets regularly and ending on 152 for 9. spinner noor ahmad took three wickets for gujarat who are up to second in the table. mumbai are back in 7th. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello there. here in the uk, spring warmth is in short supply at the moment. another rather chilly day lies ahead, but it's a very different story in spain and portugal. in fact, a concerning early season heat wave building here, temperatures over the next couple of days could well climb to 38, maybe 39 celsius. that heat has been building to the south of the jet stream. we find ourselves to the north of the jet stream, and so we remain in this rather chilly air mass, at least for the time being. and a really cold start to the day, particularly in the north of scotland, not as cold further south, because here, there is more cloud in the mix. and for many of us, it is going to be a rather cloudy day, particularly across the south of england, into southern wales

and also northern ireland. extensive cloud producing some bits and pieces of rain at times. now, through north wales, the north midlands, northern england, southern scotland, it's a mix of patchy cloud, some sunny spells and the odd shower. the best of the sunshine will be found in northern scotland. but, again, the odd shower here, temperatures of 7—13 celsius, so a little disappointing for the time of year. now, through wednesday night, we'll tend to keep large amounts of cloud. we'll see some rain getting close to northern ireland, into the western side of scotland, some pushing towards the south west of england as well. another rather chilly night, particularly in the north of the uk, not as cold further south. but as we head into thursday, well, this is a rather messy weather chart. there are a couple of different weather systems, one here, one here, likely to bring some outbreaks of rain. this first band of rain is likely to be pushing northwards across scotland. could be some snow over the highest ground for a time, and then outbreaks of rain pushing northwards across parts of england and wales. there may be a drier slot in between those two rain bands. temperatures, if anything, starting to climb a little.

a sign of things to come, because as we head towards the end of the week, we will start to pull in some slightly warmer air. now, we're not talking about spanish or portuguese heat wave here, but we are talking about something a little bit less chilly. and, actually, on friday, while there will be some showers around and perhaps some more persistent rain in northern scotland, we should actually start to see a little bit more in the way of sunshine for many of us. and those temperatures climbing just a touch, and into the weekend, it is going to feeljust a little bit warmer. there will be some dry spells, a bit of sunshine around, but still some showers.

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