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 very good game from both

aspect. defensive, the concentration, how aggressive we were to create moments and our buildup was much better. and we made contributions. you can't throw it away because you lost — you can't throw it away because you lost a — you can't throw it away because you lost a game. after 11 games i think_ you lost a game. after 11 games i think we — you lost a game. after 11 games i think we have lost once we have — i think we have lost once we have to _ i think we have lost once we have to be there on the way to be there — have to be there on the way to be there is_ have to be there on the way to be there is to lead them. we had — be there is to lead them. we had a — be there is to lead them. we had a difficult night and there was shot_ had a difficult night and there was shot and we have to go again— was shot and we have to go again on_ was shot and we have to go again on tuesday. 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—0 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. today we play about three in the first half, very secure maybe not as much of a threat as we wanted. the back was more of a threat so for me it is much more of a sign of mentality. the mentality was not wrong. they want to win games. we all have pride but when things do not go the way you want them to, the important things to fighting and keep working. two small deflections for the two goals got two deflections going the other way and that is football. but, in general, very pleased with the performance. a

goal away to chelsea and i know they are not in the best run of form still, look at the players, it is stanford bridge. we are brentford. i think it is unbelievably impressive stop 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 was the best we have played for ages. it was convincing, we played football and people saw that we could. it cannot be the same team as last year and we showed it is still in us and i am pleased with that. we deserved to get something from _ we deserved to get something from the game tonight because we played hard and played well. disappointed we gave away a

couple — disappointed we gave away a couple of sloppy goals, i felt, but i — couple of sloppy goals, i felt, but i thought the performers wanted — but i thought the performers wanted something and at the end against _ wanted something and at the end against a — wanted something and at the end against a liverpool side who is improving. 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 year's final that inter won 11—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 is such a good player and i love watching him play. he gets through the ball so well. the top spin, the width, depth, the way he hits the ball it is just such a dynamic player. a full talent, probably the most talent, probably the most talent i have ever seen and i would love to see him win because for snooker. that is how snooker should be played. i hope people can be inspired but there are other inspiring players. i hope people, as i

say, people get to know snooker better now because it is such a great sport. 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 was my first time playing roughly on the dial so difficult for me that i was about to play against him, my idol. i was scared and last year was totally different. i played a few times against him and it was so different, you know? i tried to focus on my game, tried to focus on my game, tried to focus on my game, tried to relax and be myself on court and it was one of my best

matches on tour. 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 is fun to go out and prove that you can still do it each year and that is the motivation i think i need. but this was a big draw because of the people you see on stage here. the opportunity to play for a city that is hungry, a team with an incredible fan base that is hungry to win again. 12 years without a play—off, no super bowl win since super bowl iii. so the opportunity for something special here. it is

similar to green bay in that way when you win in a city like green bay for a team like new yorkjets you go down in history there is something special about adding that to your legacy. special about adding that to your legacy-— your legacy. that is all the sort your legacy. that is all the sport for — your legacy. that is all the sport for now. _ your legacy. that is all the sport for now. bye. - hello, there. sunshine as well but it is all change for the end of the week. low pressure starts to take over and becomes much milder with the sl is coming from the south and there be rain at times. some places could be quite wet on thursday, particularly in the south. low pressure is moving in, two fronts, top and tail of the uk, motorist starting to work its way in particular across southern and western areas the cold wind across the northern half of scotland so the rain

across scotland will have snow over the mountains as it pushes into cold air. drive—through central areas and then wet weather to large parts of england and wales, heavy and thundering through the afternoon. temperatures lived a little on the south by the rain and we are close to the mid— teens. further north it is still quite cold and thursday night much milder across southern areas and less cold across scotland as well with very few places seeing any frost. �* , ., , frost. but the very final is behind us. _ frost. but the very final is behind us. low— frost. but the very final is behind us. low pressure l frost. but the very final is - behind us. low pressure clues away from england and wales for friday the weather front weakens across scotland bringing some rain here so cold for the northern isles. slow improvement for england and wales a certain low clears. northern ireland wales the midlands, that happens with a milder air mass and that will feel very mild indeed, around 18, 17 or 18 feel very mild indeed, around 18,17 or 18 degrees, even milder through the central belt of scotland. the bank holiday weekend looks very mild and

warm in places for many of this but there will be further scattered showers around. there is a slack pressure chart for saturday, very little wind around to move the atmosphere so it will be quite static weather throughout saturday but that milder air masses you can see, there will be sunshine around on saturday, the best of it across england and wales, building through the day we could see a scattering of showers some of which may be heavy and sundry and it could be close to 20 celsius in the warmer spots towards the south but again northern scotland still has cold air there. and for sunday it looks like we will see more weak weather fronts across the uk meaning there will be a little more unsettled, probably more cloud around generally, showers set off some heavy and sundry merging togetherfor off some heavy and sundry merging together for longer spells of rain so after the weekend, sunday could see the most showers around. temperatures are still in the mild side but still a few

degrees down on saturday. bank holiday monday, fewer showers around, most of them towards the south and east of the uk and again they could be heavy and again they could be heavy and sundry with light wind around. variable cloud particularly in the north of the uk with the best of the sunshine towards the south. those temperatures close to the seasonal norm, maybe a touch around the low— mid teens. as we move beyond, after the bank holiday, monday through tuesday onwards it looks like much of next week will be dominated by stronger area of high pressure in the centre of it will start to shift towards the new continent and that will bring us initially eased and then south—easterly wind. it looks like we have moved away from bank holiday monday in the showers these now is the area of high pressure builds in next week we could turn drier and even sunnier. a chance of it settling by the end of next week. that is a long way from now.

live from washington, this is bbc news. welcome to viewers on pbs in america. fighting is continuing in parts of sudan, despite a 72—hour ceasefire largely holding. the south korean and the us presidents have vowed that any north korean use of nuclear weapons will prompt an overwhelming joint response. and ukraine's president zelensky holds his first phone call with his chinese counterpart since the war began. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show. we start in sudan, where renewed fighting is threatening a fragile three—day ceasefire. the violence broke out

on the western outskirts