hello, i'm qasa alom, from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme... manchester city overwhelm premier league leaders arsenal to take the charge in the title race. inter milan beatjuventus to make the final of the coppa italia. and a huge scalp taken in the world snooker championship — seven time winner ronnie o'sullivan is out.

only one place to start — the confrontation billed as a potential title decider was a one—sided affair as manchester city dominated premier league leaders arsenal to strike a psychological blow at the etihad stadium. pep guardiola's side, now two points behind arsenal with two games in hand, were inspired by the partnership of this man kevin de bruyne and erling haaland. de bruyne got city's opener after seven minutes and then the belgian crossed forjohn stones to double city's lead before half time — de bruyne capped off a vintage performance with his second after the break before who else but haaland scored his side's fourth. gunners defender rob holding scored arsenal's goal, 4—1 the final score. city can now go top with victory at fulham on sunday. a really good game from both

aspects. the pieces defensively, how were to create a good environment, and after the we start really well, we were much, much better, and we make the openers that we face, fantastic performance. we lost a game after 11 games, think_ we lost a game after 11 games, think we — we lost a game after 11 games, think we lost one. so we have to be — think we lost one. so we have to be there. in the way to be different spas helping our players, because they had a really — players, because they had a really difficult night. and it was — really difficult night. and it was a _ really difficult night. and it was a shock, and they needed the best— was a shock, and they needed the best out of me, the best out of— the best out of me, the best out of the staff to help them and go again on tuesday with a different— and go again on tuesday with a different performance. another team in need of a lift is chelsea — who've lost their fifth successive game since the return of frank lampard as brentford won 2—nil at stamford bridge to strengthen their position in the premier league's top half. bryan mbuemo scored his sixth goal of the season for the bees in the second half to secure

all three points for the visitors after club captain cesar azpilucueta had scored an own goal in the first half. the defeat leaves chelsea in the bottom half of the table as they sit 11th. i replied back there in the first after my really secure, really in general, and maybe not as much as we want. then the counterattack, so, for me it is much more of a sign, because the mentality wasn't wrong, they want to win games, we've all got pride. sometimes after weight to small defections for the two goals _ weight to small defections for the two goals against - the two goals against wolverhampton, two defections going _ wolverhampton, two defections going the other way, and that is football, but in general, very— is football, but in general, very pleased with the performance, going away to chelsea, _ performance, going away to chelsea, and i know they are

not chelsea, and i know they are hot in — chelsea, and i know they are hot in the _ chelsea, and i know they are not in the best run—up form but, — not in the best run—up form but. stilt, _ not in the best run—up form but, still, the players, stamford bridge, we are brentford. i think it is unbelievably impressive what we are doing. liverpool came from a goal down to win 2—1 at west ham and boost their hopes of securing european football next season. joel matip scored what proved to be the winner in the 67th minute. this win takes them sixth and above tottenham on goal difference. the first half, the best we paid for ages we played football, people say, they cannot play football. , but cannot play football. , but cannot be the same team like last year, tonight we showed that it last year, tonight we showed thatitis last year, tonight we showed that it is still in us and i am really pleased with that. the medically deserved to get something out of the game, and we played well. disappointedly gave a couple of sloppy goals.

i thought that performance oriented edge, and at the end against a liverpool side to improved commitment that we made it through a penalty kick. and nottingham forest have moved out of the relegation zone with a 3—1win against brighton at the city ground — danilo putting them ahead in the second half after they were 1—0 down. morgan gibbs white added a third late in the game to secure forest's first win in 12 matches. barcelona wasted the chance to effectively end the title race in spain after a 2—1 defeat away to rayo vallecano on wednesday night in madrid. they remain 11 points clear of real madrid at the top of the la liga table with seven games remaining despite the loss — losing to a rayo side that deserved the victory in front of their home fans. also in the spanish capital atletico madrid came from behind to take a comfortable 3—1win against mallorca bringing them just two points behind city rivals real madrid in second.

there were also wins for celta vigo and almeria. inter milan are into the coppa italia final after beating juventus 1—0 in a closely fought match at the san siro. the two sides drew the first leg 1—1 at thejuventus stadium and had it all to play for in a repeat of last years final that inter won 4—2 after extra time. not as many goals this time round federico di marco's first half effort enough to put the milanese side into the final where they'll face either fiorentina or cremonese. a shock result at the crucible as ronnie o'sullivan was knocked out of the world snooker championship in sheffield after a sensational session from his opponent luca brecel — in their quarterfinal. defending champion o'sullivan was 10 frames to 6 ahead, but brecel was on fire, a century break got him back in it, and it was one—way traffic after that, with all the frames

on wednesday, 7 frames in a row to win13—10, for a memorable win and wrecking the dreams of record 8th world title for the rocket. he played unbelievable, he's such a good player, i love watching him play. he gets through the ball so well, it's incredible, the width he gets, the topspin, the thought he hits the ball with. just such a dynamic player, full of talent, probably the most talented snooker player i've ever seen. i'd love to see him when itjust for snooker, because that's how snooker should be played. i hope people get inspired, but there's many other players to be inspired by, as well. so ijust hope people, how do i say it, get to know snooker better now, because it's such a great sport, you know?

it's such a fantastic game to watch. mark selby set up a semi—final with mark allen after comfortably advancing past fellow four—time champion john higgins 13—7. higgins made a superb break of 102 but selby hit a 67 as he sealed victory. a half—century from jason roy helped kolkata knight riders to a 21 run—win over royal challengers bangalore in the ipl on wednesday. jason roy's 56 — his second successive half—century — and 48 from captain nitish rana helped kkr set the home side 201 to win. although rcb got off to a flyer with a virat kohli half century —they could only manage 179 for 8 in their 20 overs. the win meants the kolkata knight riders move up to 7th in the league after breaking a four match winning streak — and are still in with a chance of making the play—offs. to tennis and ahead of his title defence — carlos alcaraz has been reflecting on his momentous run to glory at last year's madrid 0pen. the 19—year—old caused a stir

in the spanish capital after beating his idol rafa nadal in the quarter—finals, a player he first faced in 2021 and the teenager admits he was nervous before the match. 2021, on my 18th birthday, my first time playing against him, so it was really tough for me to play against my idle, yeah, i was scared and 2022, last year, it was totally different. i played a couple of times against him. so it was so different, you know, itried against him. so it was so different, you know, i tried to focus on my game, you know, try to be relaxed, being myself, it was one of my best matches on to her.

aaron rodgers has revealed his belief in the new yorkjets�* super bowl chances were a primary factor in his desire to play for the franchise. rodgers spoke to the media just minutes after his trade from green bay packers was ratified. the four—time nfl mvp spent his first 18 seasons in green bay, helping the packers win one super bowl while establishing himself as one of the game's greatest quarterbacks. when you get older, it's fun to go out and prove it each year that you can still do it, and thatis that you can still do it, and that is enough motivation, but this was a big draw because of the people you see on stage here, coach hackett, the opportunity to be a part of the city that is hungry, a team, an incredible fan base that is hungry to win again. 12 years without a playoff. not a super well wins in super bowl iii. it's been a long time. the opportunity to be part of something special here is different. it's similar to green bay in that way, when you

win in a city like green bay, i assume for a team like the new yorkjets, you go down in history, you are something special about adding that to your legacy. special about adding that to your legacy-— your legacy. that's all for it our your legacy. that's all for it your support- _ your legacy. that's all for it your support. goodbye. - ——that�*s all for it your sport. hello there. we've started this week off on a rather settled note. quite chilly for the time of year, mind you, with variable cloud. some sunshine as well, but it's all change for the end of the week. low pressure starts to take over, it becomes much milder, with the air source coming from the south, and there will be some rain at times, some places could be quite wet on thursday, particularly in the south. we've got low pressure moving in, two fronts, top and tail of the uk. milder air starting to work its way in, particularly noticeable across southern and western areas, but still, cold air looms across

the northern half of scotland. so the rain across scotland — it's likely to be mostly of rain, but there will be some snow over the mountains, as it pushes into the cold air. drier through central areas, and then this weather front will bring some very wet weather to large parts of england and wales, and this rain heavy and thundery through the afternoon. temperatures lifting a little bit in the south, despite the rain, close to the mid—teens. further north, though, it still stays quite cold and thursday night much milder across southern areas, and less cold across scotland as well, with very few places seeing any frost, but perhaps the very far north of the highlands. so, low pressure clears away from england and wales for friday, this weather front weakens across northern scotland, though it continues to bring some rain in here. stays cold for the northern isles. a slow improvement for england and wales, that low clears into the north sea, we should see some sunshine — northern ireland, wales, the midlands, southern england, if that happens with the milder air mass, it's going to feel very mild indeed, up to around 18, 17 or 18 degrees at best in the south, even, milderthrough the central belt of scotland, 15 degrees. the bank holiday weekend, then, looks very mild, quite warm, in fact, in places, many of us

but there will be further scattered showers around. now, it's a very slack pressure chart for saturday, very little wind around to move the atmosphere, so it will be quite static weather throughout saturday, but we're into that milder air mass, as you can see here. there will be some sunshine around on saturday, probably the best of it across england and wales, the cloud tending to build through the day. we could see a scattering of showers, some of which could be quite heavy, maybe thundery. and we could be close to 20 celsius in the warmest spots towards the south, but again, northern scotland still poking out in the cold air there. and then for sunday, it looks like we'll see more weak weather fronts across the uk, so that means it will be a little bit more unsettled, probably more cloud around, generally. given some sunshine, we could showers being set off, some heavy and thundery, merging together to produce longer spells of rain, so i think at the weekend, sunday could see the most showers around. and temperatures still on the mild side but a few degrees

down on saturday's values. bank holiday monday, i think fewer showers around, most of them towards the south and east of the uk. again, they could be heavy and thundery, with light winds around. variable cloud particularly in the north of the uk, the best of the sunshine towards the south. and again, those temperatures close to the seasonal norm, maybe just a touch below, around the low to mid—teens. and then as we move beyond — so, after the bank holiday monday, from tuesday onwards, it looks like much of next week will be dominated by a stronger area of high pressure, and the centre of it will start to shift towards the near continent, and that will bring us initially east and then south—easterly winds. so it looks like, once we move away from the bank holiday monday and the showers ease down, as that area of high pressure builds in next week, it could turn drier and, even, sunnier for many of us, it will feel quite mild at times, too. just the chance of it turning more unsettled by the end of next week, but that's a long way off from now.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines — the first two flights, bringing hundreds of british nationals from sudan, via cyprus, have landed in the uk. there was overwhelming relief among the reunited families, and there'll be more flights in the days to come. first direct contact since the ukraine invasion — president zelensky says he had a "long and meaningful" conversation with the chinese leader, xijinping. and britain's king and queen consort set foot on liverpool's eurovision stage, as it's revealed for the first time.