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show the two men. hello and welcome to sportsday. the magic of the fa cup not appearing at anfield as liverpool thrash lith tier accrington stanley. celtic strolling to the scottish premiership title. they're 18 points clear now at the top with a win at a freezing cold ross county english clubs hammered in the champions cup as both sale and exeter are thrashed by at least a0 points. also coming up on sportsday... can england's women end a decade—long wait for the ashes? we'll be down under ahead of the first one day international starting this evening. and as the nfl playoffs get underway, who can dethrone the kansas city chiefs and win the super bowl? efe obada is confident in his washington commanders.

my my prediction is definitely going to be biased. we are going to be biased. we are going to be biased. we are going to win the win. it is no question. hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday. we're going to start with football. it's a full fixture list in the fa cup third round, and we've had our first shock result of the weekend. more on that story injust a moment. we're going to turn our attentions to the earlier kick off where there was no fairytale upset for lith tier accrington stanley easily beaten by liverpool at anfield asjoe linskey reports. a third round fa cup tight across the premier league leaders. the chancellor showed just who they are. the team from dixie are 86 places below

liverpool. at anfield, they held on for 29 minutes but then the home side found the gap. undeliverable's left awake was a rear, 16 years old, the club's youngest fa cup starter and though his shot was touched down, said to the tone for his team—mates. 2—0 at half—time was where the magic ended. donald love's head that was where the... he scored twice here last season and now do so again. at 3—0, it was simple that this was a chance to milk it. this shows their connection to liverpool. on the pitch, this match showed how these clouds are way apart. —— clouds are way apart.

liverpool's summer signing federico chiesa has struggled for fitness and playing time sincejoining from juventus in the summer, but head coach arne slot is hopeful this is the start of him being regularly available for the club. he is getting fitter and for touch. today, was a good first step. all they do not get carried away. we paid to vts which i liked, the way they played but it's a good first step to him. —— we played two teams that i like. it is a good next step for him. so as we mentioned at the top of the show.. the shock of the third round so far came in west london — as premier league brentford were knocked out of the fa cup by championship strugglers plymouth argyle. morgan whittaker scored 20 goals last season but hasn't had the same impact so far this campaign. but this beauty booked their place in the fourth round. it comes little under two weeks after they sacked former england striker wayne rooney as manager. what are the odds on an upset at the etihad 7 league two side salford city have travelled across town to play manchester city.

salford's ownership model features several famous former united faces and the club are third in the table having won their last six games. city have won their last two games after a recent dismal run of form, and jeremy doku put them ahead after 7 minutes. salford struggled to get out of their own half and divine mubama put city 2 nil up on his debut after 20 minutes. still time for another before the break. it was 3—0 at half—time. here are some of the other results today in what's been a relatively straight forward day for sides in the premier league aside from brentford. wins for wolves, leicester, bournemouth, chelsea, brighton and nottingham forest.

leeds and harrogate is currently no— nil. you can see this is currently on the bbc sport website now. —— — leeson harrogate is currently 0—0. the fourth round of the women's fa cup is also underway, but brighton's tie with durham was postponed due to a frozen pitch, despite kick off being moved back an hour and a half in an attempt to help the fixture take place. that's one of five women's fa cup postponements this weekend. the day's other game has gone ahead, between manchester united and west brom. it is currently 0—0 there. 01— zero there. there's a host of fixtures to come tomorrow, including fulham against london city lionesses, live on the bbc sport website from midday. a late burst of goals saw celtic stretch their lead at the top of the scottish premiership to a whopping18 points, after they beat ross county 4—1 in dingwall. brendan rodgers praised

his side's performance, which came in below freezing temperatures, as dan ogunshakin now reports. as ross county and celtic prepared to meet, this amounts —— thermometer read a frosty -9. —— thermometer read a frosty —9. due to freezing cabbages, perhaps, it excels at a while to come to the ball, but when they did,... the glove the goal would not last, was county were thrown a lifeline and upstate jordan white, an ice cold finish. celtic had cold in front of goal in until they had once again made a telling contribution. with the lead was doubled, the visitors applied to meat which produced a chaotic climax. penalty awarded in stoppage time was initially missed butjordan had strayed from his line. ali said in a tent, he got his angle right and celtic led by two back. yes it was time for a fourth. in a crowded box, new kind of heads as celtics march on the goes on.

two other games to tell you about from the scottish premiership today — hibernian recorded their fifth win in seven games, beating motherwel13—1 to move into the top six. meanwhile, st mirren missed a stoppage time penalty against dundee united, who won 1—0 to move third in the table, thanks to an outrageous overhead kick from lewis moult. david moyes' return to everton has been confirmed. the scotsman has signed a two—year deal to take charge of the club for a second time... moyes lead everton for more than 500 games between 2002 and 2013, guiding the club to four european campaigns and the 2009 fa cup final before taking over from alex ferguson at manchester united. his immediate task will be to keep the club in the premier league — they are 16th and just a point seperates them from ipswich and wolves below them. my my personal feeling is that it would have been nice until the end of the season but he is the

perfect option. when you look at rand, who else is going to keep us disease and who cares about everton? just literally no one else. seamus did an all right shop the other night, they do not have the experience but does. he is the right care for now and for the rest of the season. the first thing is... at the moment, people are talking about potter and things like that but there are two jobs, this first one which is the fixerfor the jobs, this first one which is the fixer for the rest of this season and once we move to ballymore, it is a different manager to kick us on and give us betterfor it manager to kick us on and give us better for it will take us to the new level is whether thatis to the new level is whether that is moyes, i am not sure. as a night quite harsh, before he has even started if people are wondering that is out of him but when we do, i would like a brand—new shiny thing?

moyes loves everything, he was there for everything. he did a lot of things to us, he cold us the people's club. —— —— did a lot of things for us. you could go upstairs to become the new director of football. for the long term, the aspirations and the family have been let down for such a long time, we didn't need something a bit better. we should be pushing the top six with the money that we have had over the years and the club has obviously been poorly run, but thatis obviously been poorly run, but that is a hope moving forward. its been a very disappointing and chastening day so far for english sides in rugby union's champions cup as both sale and exeter were humiliated in their respectives matches. sale nilled in south africa while shipping 6 tries and exeter absolutely smashed by bordeaux—begles at sandy park. ben croucher rounds

up the action for us. south africa can often be a happy habitat for sharks. sales was byjd, in his 50s storm of the gear with the opening try. finding space behind the sale defence was proving far too easy. one man for money, slip ups here. this afternoon, it was a bit away from the sale, these cheap fleeting chances were there and all too often sliding through their grasp. not helped when robert became one of two bend in the second half, not one tisane or ceremony or sympathy, he sailed at the bonus point. hugo powered in the storm, a six try to leapfrog the sharks into the qualifications but. points from sales are final game to— one are a must. even that, that is not likely to be enough for premiership strugglers, three

games and three defeats despite a rapid start at sandy park. it went rapidly downhill from there and by half—time, last season's with the had racked up five tries of their own. he had got his second not long after his restart. 11 tries and 69 points. this is on an afternoon which shows the champions cup is not a happy hunting ground for two in the lease size at least. set forward to english sides at least. premiership champions northampton saints raced into a 21—0 lead at stade francais with two tries from henry pollock. by half time, the french outfit were level, with yoan tanga barging over with the clock into the red. the saints only need a point to seal a spot in the knockouts.

into the second half, you can see it's currently all stade francais — 26 northampton — 28. also ongoing right now is saracens at munster. six it is currently six — three to the saracens. follow along all the latest on the bbc sport website. later, leicester tigers host ulster at welford road. in the challenge cup cardiff were edged out by perpignan 23—20 but edinburgh with a good win in brittany against top 1a side vannes. later this evening, england's women will bid to regain a trophy that has alluded them for a decade — the women's ashes. the last series in 2023 was drawn, leading to australia retaining the trophy. one theory it all begins tonight with the start of a three—match one day series in sydney. our reporter henry moeran sent

us this report earlier. here in sydney, the weather is thankfully a lot better for the warm up match that it was a few days ago. the first of a few international matches to be played, sunday local time and we're almost ready to go. we have with the 2017 winner. i am so excited _ have with the 2017 winner. i am so excited for _ have with the 2017 winner. i am so excited for this. _ have with the 2017 winner. i am so excited for this. you've - have with the 2017 winner. i —n so excited for this. you've got the england team training behind us. even in some group of flooding such as can really feel that buyers of the women say was about to start. england has not had _ say was about to start. england has not had their— say was about to start. england has not had their hands - say was about to start. england has not had their hands on - say was about to start. england has not had their hands on the | has not had their hands on the treasury for over a decade, how they doing this time? it is simle they doing this time? it is simple they've _ they doing this time? it is simple they've got - they doing this time? it is simple they've got to - they doing this time? it 3 simple they've got to win more games in australia, haven't they? they are going to probably be relying on sophie, but not reliant on these players like they have been in the blood. the team have been grouped so much over the last 18 months. —— not like they have been in the past. australia do not lose many games of cricket, we know that. they have been knocked out surprisingly in the world cup.

australia are only in the series on home soil, it is ridiculous. they have been so strong for so long. they had the ashes for over a decade. from the england point of view, they are under underdogs, they can go out and play the game is by the next generation and be entertaining. when you are playing against the world's best, you'vejust playing against the world's best, you've just got to go out and do your best. it sounds so simple but the competitiveness between these duties are close has ever been over the 15 years. has ever been over the 15 ears. . ~' , , has ever been over the 15 ears. , , , years. take us inside the camp. what are now _ years. take us inside the camp. what are now is _ years. take us inside the camp. what are now is like _ years. take us inside the camp. what are now is like before - years. take us inside the camp. what are now is like before a i what are now is like before a big sea was like these are. some of them are really service, socks —— some of them are really nervous, especially the girls who have never played in scenes like these. in the youtube channels, it has really been entertaining to see behind the scenes and what they are up to. ~ , ~ the scenes and what they are up to. ~ , . , ., , , the scenes and what they are up

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