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 o'sullivan holds a four—frame lead against brecel. and though their wimbledon bans have been lifted, russian and belarusian players have been given strict guidelines for the grand slam tournament. hello and thanks

forjoining us. we are here at the bbc sport centre. there's a full round of fixtures in the premier league this week. the picture at the top and bottom will become much clearer. elland road on tuesday, looking to pull clear of the bottom three, but the 1—1 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 two points above the bottom three, a point ahead of leicester. it was a real good dominant first 20 minutes and we gave a soft goal away, so the result in general and properly a tad disappointed with the dominance we had at times and the chances

we had at times and the chances we created and two offside goals but also with the foster at the end of the two chances in such cases where a concentration it should have been better. we concentration it should have been better.— concentration it should have been better. we have to take the positives _ been better. we have to take the positives in _ been better. we have to take the positives in this - been better. we have to takei the positives in this moment. of the positives in this moment. of course _ the positives in this moment. of course we need to improve of course we need to improve many— of course we need to improve many things but now is the moment_ many things but now is the moment where we have to be strong, — moment where we have to be strong, to— moment where we 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 fulham1—0 at villa park. tyrone mings scored their winner, a first—half header, his first league goal in 18 months. villa are now unbeaten in ten. 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 beating liverpool, beating tottenham and brighton. we'll fight with them. each match we are winning stopped last summer we had a very good draw in bradford, giving us confidence as well and giving us chances to get better. and wolves have pulled further clear of the bottom three, beating crystal palace 2—0. joachim 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 it will be 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 two 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 five 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 where the team to breach dell might be a problem with liveable because what they've donein liveable because what they've done in the last six and seven years and they fully deserve the credit. and to be at the top. we were the ones that want top. we were the ones that want to be closing the gap as much as we possibly could and we had as we possibly could and we had a toto with them. we knew that we had to go to the etihad stadium and they'd have another five very difficult games, and

that game is going to be really important, it will define the season. i am serious. important, it will define the season. iam serious. is important, it will define the season. i am serious. is really important. — season. i am serious. is really important, decisive, _ season. i am serious. is really important, decisive, becausel important, decisive, because there — important, decisive, because there are _ important, decisive, because there are many tough games of both_ there are many tough games of both sides, we have more games to play— both sides, we have more games to play but— both sides, we have more games to play but we cannot deny how important it is. now i know exactly— important it is. now i know exactly what we are playing for since _ exactly what we are playing for since many years, many months to arrive — since many years, many months to arrive in — since many years, many months to arrive in this part of the decisively, to have the chance and now — decisively, to have the chance and now has, of course they have — and now has, of course they have the _ and now has, of course they have the chance in their hands as well— have the chance in their hands as well because if they when it will depend on them, the destiny— will depend on them, the destiny will be in their hands, but if— destiny will be in their hands, but if you win, definitely, the destiny— but if you win, definitely, 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 ii poinst behind barcelona and have played a game more. 0sasuna are still chasing a european place, beating strugglers cadiz i—0. real betis and real sociedad played out a goaless draw. a better result for sociedad

who are fourth, still six points ahead of betis in 5th defending champion ronnie 0'sullivan is ten frames to six 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. so here's three away. they'll be back to play to a finish on wednesday. northern ireland's mark allen and welshmanjakjones are neck and neck. their match is tied at eight frames all. mark selby fought back afterjohn higgins raced into a three 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 4—4. wimbledon will donate more than 500,000 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. there are three parts of the declaration, signing up to say they'll complete neutral, so with no flag or name next to their name representing russia or belarus, making positive statements about either regime or the war in ukraine, and sign up or the war in ukraine, and sign up to say they are not in the receiving end of funds from either state or any company is

closely linked to the two states. does any checking go on, if they signed this declaration and say yes, that's fine, with the all england club carrier investigations to ensure they are notjust carrier investigations to ensure they are not just taking a box to enter the tournament? we are very much expecting place to sign declarations of good faith and we worked hard with them to explain exactly what they are signing up to and a contact with doing that. not expected to investigate and we do have measures in place to address any breaches. we have altered our player terms and conditions of every other player beyond the russian and belarusian athletes to incorporate appeaser not supporting the war in ukraine or either of the two regimes other than that the player entry terms and conditions remain the same. this entry terms and conditions remain the same.- entry terms and conditions remain the same. as far as the ukrainian _ remain the same. as far as the ukrainian players _ remain the same. as far as the ukrainian players are _ ukrainian players are concerned, what are you able to do as a championship to support them? we do as a championship to support them? ~ . ., do as a championship to support them? ~ ., , ., do as a championship to support them? ., , ., , ., them? we always look at ways to su- ort them? we always look at ways to support players to _ them? we always look at ways to support players to compete - support players to compete particularly for the ukrainian players this year. helping them with the glass court season i provided accommodation for them and their teams, working with the lta across the whole

passport season. —— grasp court. the uk culture secretary 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 managing individual russian and belarusian athletes. these individuals have dedicated their lives to sport. what we stand against is 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 two 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 six. big score. mumbai were never in the hunt, losing wickets regularly and ending on 152—9. spinner noor ahmad took three wickets for gujarat who are up to second in the table. mumbai are back in seventh. lots of cricket news and more on the bbc sport website but from me, 0lly foster, and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, that's all for

now. 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 heatwave 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.

live from washington, this is bbc news. welcome to viewers on pbs in america. us officials claim the taliban have killed the is leader behind the kabul airport bombing. it is time to finish the job, finish thejob. joe biden announces he'll run for re—election next year — and will be the oldest president to do it. and a shaky ceasefire allows thousands of people to flee sudan. hello. i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show. the islamic state mastermind believed to have been responsible for the 2021 bombing that killed dozens

at kabul�*s airport has been killed by the taliban,