swa nsea swansea lost today.l clement was going to rescue swa nsea paul clement was going to rescue swansea because they have that fantastic win earlier this season but since then five losses in six, etienne capoue's goal made the difference for watford, five defeats in 64 swansea, watford stay tenth, paul clement's swansea just points from safety, a lot of work to do but he's in defiant mood. the supporters have been fantastic. they travelled in their numbers today. they really got behind the team from the first whistle until the last, we are sad for them that we could not get a better result today but we also need them to stick behind us, because with the three home games back at the liberty stadium that can give us the little advantage that can help us get important results. in the last five games. if anything was going to make them smile it would be the result from stoke city because hull city rivals to swansea at the bottom and they lost 3—1. marcus silver hasn't got an away win since taking over at hull. ma

swansea two points from safety at the moment.ety at the moment. theirfifth defeat swansea two points from safety at the moment. their fifth defeat in six games, and for watford they are tenth in the premier league table. swa nsea tenth in the premier league table. swansea in a poor run of form, five of six defeats, manager paul cle m e nts of six defeats, manager paul clements is still giving positive of surviving the drop, we can hear from him now. the supporters have been fantastic. they travelled in their numbers today. they really got behind the team from the first whistle and the last, we are sad for them that we could not get a better result today but we also need them to stick behind us, because with the three home games back at the liberty stadium that can give us the little advantage that can help us get important results. the good news for him and swansea fans is that their main rivals lost. hull city were beaten 3—1 at stoke. still waiting for his first away win, the manager since arriving at hull. marko arnautovic giv

they need to beat relegation—threatened swansea city if there's a chance of that happening.e wilson is at the liberty stadium for us. this liberty stadium is the stage for a game that directly influences the top and bottom of the league. the visitors, tottenham hotspur come they need to put pressure on chelsea, the only team above them. swa nsea chelsea, the only team above them. swansea need to keep answering the questions are being put to them by the clubs below them, most of all hull city who are only one point behind. swansea have had a good week, opening a new training ground and the american owners are in town but they have never beaten tottenham in the premier league and they were beaten 5—0 at white hart lane earlier this season. it does not mean to say that is how it will go tonight. what a period it's been for arsene wenger and arsenal. with a debate over his future ongoing, there have been protests inside and out of the emirates stadium, with more expected this evening. and after four straight defeats, there's pressure too on his counterpart this evening, slaven b

the point leaves swansea 17th, a point clear of the relegation zone.nd bottom, five points from safety. any points you get are valuable, but we are disappointed we have not won the game. that was the objective. i think we created enough opportunities to win that. we had a big chance at the end which i think would have been very harsh. but the fa ct would have been very harsh. but the fact is they did not have any attempt on target the whole game. swansea have been in the premier league seven years and it is our first time in. they have got good players and the set plays were very dangerous, but the back five defended terrifically well. coventry city have beaten oxford united 2—1 to win the efl trophy final at wembley. this is the competition for leagues one and two and this season 16 b teams from the premier league and the championship also took part. coventry went 1—0 up after 11 minutes when gael bigirimana capitalised on this rebound to poke the sky blues ahead. early into the second half, george thomas fired in a fine strike from the edge of the bo

swansea and hull city will fight it out to the end of the city. i think those two. game. there were also the injuries were manchester united. ibrahim vitch and ron paul, both cruciate knee ligament injuries. united not confirming how long that will be out, but they will miss the last of the season. crowe will be out and united are short at the back will stop real problems for them at the back. they don‘t know the extent of the injury or when the bid back, but mourinho said they are in trouble. there were some really important matches in the championship that have made a difference at both ends of the table. here are all the scores. bristol city and burton should both be safe from relegation after home wins. fulham‘s 4—1 win at huddersfield boosts their play off chances and virtually ended huddersfield‘s hopes of automatic promotion. nottingham forest moved three points clear of the drop zone with victory at home to reading. sheffield wednesday strengthened their hold on a play off spot by beating derby. wigan and blackburn were both involved in goalless draws which

he has won 15 points for swansea this term and without him they would have already been relegated.w felt like a win. united rewrote the record books as they extended their unbeaten run to 25 matches, but with the top four out of their own hands, it will have felt more like a defeat. what can you do? in this moment we can walk from the bed to the toilet and break a leg in five metres! we are in trouble. the boys are very, very tired and obviously the levels of fatigue are more than normal, but we fight, that is for sure. so, there you go. i am very pleased with the overall performance. we showed a lot of qualities and characteristics right throughout the game. we played well in the first—half, created some chances. having gone behind, we didn't let us affect us and we got on with it. we might have had all three points at the end. bolton wanderers have been promoted back to the championship. their 3—0 win over peterborough meant they pipped fleetwood to the second automatic promotion place on the final day of the league one season. phil parkinson's side have been a model of consisten

sunshine around on swansea. very rumoured possibility ofa swansea.or very long because those weather systems brush rain across. for monday, different complexion to the weather. it should reach eastern scotland, sunshine for cardiff and london. more on the website. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: britain promises to stand up for gibraltar after the territory accuses spain of using brexit to forward its territorial aims. a teenage asylum seeker is fighting for his life after being attacked in south london in what police are treating as a hate crime. we believe it is a hate crime. prior to the attack being taken place the young person was asked whether from, when they said they were and asylum seeker, that is when the frenzied attack took place. nearly half of people who used the government's help—to—buy scheme to purchase a house did not need it, according to new research. a pay rise for two million people says the government as the uk's national living wage goes up.

they have to keep on fighting, because swansea are keeping on fighting.alty. really for apollo then it got even better just a minute really for apollo then it got even betterjust a minute later, because carroll made it 2—0 to swansea and it was a comfortable win for them. they stated points away from hull city. they are back to lawyers after five defeats in the last six games. i believed it was a must win game today. the fact that hull city have one as well, just showed it was absolutely right, because five points, at the gap of one to 5.4 games to go, i think the task would have been very difficult. we have got some momentum now. we played terrifically well. overall, i think we would deserve to win now we can move forward and look forward to our next game. manchester united not playing until tomorrow. everton could‘ve gone up to this today, but by all accounts, this was an absolute stinker. let‘s have a look at the top of the table. chelsea and spires are still 2-2 in table. chelsea and spires are still 2—2 in the fa cup semifinal. they‘re not playing to

spurs left it late to come from behind and beat swansea 3-1 come from behind and beat swansea 3—1 andse for second. dele alli equalised in the 88th minute for spurs before injury time goals from heung—min son and christian eriksen guaranteed the victory. there was relief for boss arsene wenger as arsenal eased to a 3—nil win over west ham, who have 110w 3—nil win over west ham, who have now lost their last five league games. second half goals from mesut ozil, theo walcott and olivier giroud mean arsenal are four points off the champions league spots in fifth, with a game in hand. it is a game where we needed to build results slowly and with patience. in the first—half, west ham defended very well and we needed to find the solution in the second half. it was much more convincing and we created many chances that won the game with a convincing performance. elsewhere, hull city are now out of the relegation zone thanks to a 4—2 win over fellow strugglers middlesbrough josh king‘s late equaliser gave bournemouth a draw away at liverpool and southampton moved into the top half with a win ov

swa nsea swansea city came to old trafford fighting to stay in the premier league.o they fit enough to challenge for qualification for the champions league. before there was even a shot on target the home side were having to make planned changes. when luke shaw has been fit he is often been out of favour with jose mourinho shaw has been fit he is often been out of favour withjose mourinho and with less than ten minutes gone another spell on the sidelines beckoned. it was another man who has been on the fringes this season that turn things around just before the interval. after neil swore brick aborted marcus rashford a penalty for this, wayne rooney stepped up to score only his fourth premier league goal of the season. the joy was short—lived as a challenge by eric lie led forth —— led to the ivory coast defender limping off. wayne rooney got involved or perhaps he shouldn't have and gylfi sigurdsson made them pay from the resulting free kick. the iceland midfielder clearly claiming the man of the match award for his ninth goal of the season. he has won the 15 point

swansea remain 17th and middlesbrough stay second bottom. the semi—finals of rugby union's champions cup after they beat glasgow 38—13 at allianz park. they ran in four tries, two from former england wing chris ashton. they'll now travel to dublin to play munster. clermont auvergne beat toulon to set up a last four tie against leinster. it was dramatic day on the thames at the annual boat races. 0xford's men were victorious, and that made up for their women's crew who handed cambridge victory from the very start of their race. 0rganisers were just thankful that there was any racing at all. kate grey reports. when an unexploded one world war two bomb exploded near the start of the yea r‘s bomb exploded near the start of the year's boat race, there were fears it would be cancelled. emergency services were called in and worked all night to safely remove the device. racing was given the go—ahead. despite the uncertainty surrounding this event, the crowd have turned out in their thousands, desperate to catch a glimpse of this historic head—to—hea

it ended goalless between swansea and middlesbrough.uldn't find a way through. rudy gestede perhaps should have won it for boro in stoppage time but his header went wide of the post. swansea remain 17th and middlesbrough stay second bottom. oxford have won the 173rd boat race beating cambridge byjust over oxford have won the 163rd boat race beating cambridge byjust over a length on the thames this evening. after defeat last yea r, oxford pulled away in the opening couple of minutes, and whilst cambridge never lost touch, the advantage proved insurmountable. it's oxford's fourth win in the last five years and their 80th overall. the women's race was effectively over after the very first stroke, when oxford's rebecca esseltein got her oar stuck — and as she battled to regain control, cambridge sprinted off to win with ease. it's the first time since 2012 that the light blues have won the race — and comes a year after they almost sank. defending champions saracens will be the only british side in the semifinals of rugby union's champions c

they are currently trailing swansea 1-0 at they are currently trailing swansea 1—0 at the liberty stadiums level at 1—1 between hull and middlesbrough in a crucial game at the bottom. —— middlesbrough lead 2—1. and bournemouth have the lead with their first goal at anfield since 1968. southampton trailer towed to crystal palace and, as we see, spurs really need to turn things around against swa nsea need to turn things around against swansea city. —— southampton trail at home to crystal palace. newcastle can go top of the championship if they beat burton. huddersfield are hoping to use their game in hand to go back to third in the table but that is also goalless. champions celtic are looking to continue their unbeaten run. after winning the title at the weekend, scottish premiership champions celtic are looking to continue their unbeaten run. it is currently goalless at home to partick thistle. all the games in scotla nd partick thistle. all the games in scotland are currently goalless. olympic showjumping champion nick skelton has announced his retirement from the sport. he recovered fro

the point leaves swansea 17th — a point clear of the relegation zone.. the day's other match is underway at the emirates. arsenal could climb to fifth if they beat manchester city. city could move above liverpool into third. liverpool into third and leyroy sane has given city a very early lead. it's the football trophy final at wembley. this is the competition for leagues one and two and this season 16 b'teams from the premier league and the championship also took part. coventry and oxford from league one are the finallists they are approaching full—time and coventry are in control. saracens will be the only british side in the european champions cup semi—finals. that's after they beat glasgow warriors 38—13 at home. the reigning european champions will face munster in the last four. maz farookhi reports. saracens are the most impenetrable tea m saracens are the most impenetrable team in europe. they have made a fortress at their home stadium. some task ahead for glasgow then, and this team is fleet of foot and travel fast. but despite the flowing by tr

bad news for swansea, who lost at west ham. as the pressure on?. it wasn't the best performances but a great goal. things seem to be going against them again but kouyate scored. it was a much needed win. big pressure 011 us. it was a much needed win. big pressure on us. i'm not talking about myself but the players. we gave everything and they recognised it. a much—needed three points. middlesbrough had a goalless draw with burnley. they needed those three points. he wasted opportunity. you can see how disappointed the likes of stewart downing are. they are no addressed. the problem as always was addressed. the problem as always was a lack of goals. they had chances including a goal—line clearance and tom heaton played well but i don't think it will be enough. southampton and their opponents were on the beach already, weren't they? not the best of games. clasie scored a wonderful goal. a good win for our southampton. let's hear from a wonderful goal. a good win for our southampton. let's hearfrom tony pulis who will not want his players to go on ho

swansea's slump in form continues.w after they were beaten 1—0 at watford. etienne capoue scored the only goal. swansea remain two points from safety. hull city are one place above them still in 17th, beaten 3—1 at stoke. shaqiri's goal definitely worth watching on match of the day later. crystal palace moved a little bit closer to safety. they came from 2—0 down against leicester to draw 2—2. palace have only lost once in their last seven league games and are now seven points clear of the bottom three. and plenty of emotion at goodison park today. merseyside remembered the 28th anniversary of the hillsborough disaster before everton's match against burnley. it was a game everton won 3—1. romelu lukaku scoring his 2a league goal to stay the league's top goal—scorer. everton move ahead of both manchester united and arsenal into fifth place in the league and manager ronald koeman praised ross barkley‘s response to a testing week. i am really pleased. there were difficulties in the beginning of the game, but he was showin

swansea middlesbrough could really affect the bottom of the table.at with bated breath. what is really important is the present and the future. really good numbers. this is work, the secret is work. it is important. until now, you do not wa nt important. until now, you do not want nothing. we need to continue to do our work and to keep this because it is important. good progress for hull. sunderland's mystery continues. they looked lost, they look like they are drowning, another defeat today the watford, and the mystery continues at sunderland for david noyes. we knew it was a game to get the results and points we need, we have to try and win. the players gave everything they could and we will try to do it again on tuesday night. do you have the belief you can keep up still? of course we can. let's take a look at the table. we start at the bottom. sunderland drowning. it is really tight. it is, apart from sunderland. we say the magic a0 points keeps you up. they have only got nine games left. i do not think that will happen unfortunately the whole's

swansea have come close. bottom middlesbrough host fourth place manchester city. tottenham could close the gap on chelsea to just one point, but they'll need to beat arsenal to do it, and hope chelsea lose at everton. the north london derby kicks off at 11:30. if spurs win, they'll finish above arsenal for the first time since 1995. let's be honest. i answered that question about shift, 18 consecutive yea rs. question about shift, 18 consecutive years. nothing has changed. you cannot say that the weight of one year has the weight of 20. mark selby and john higgins will meet in the final of the world snooker championship in sheffield this afternoon in a repeat of their 2007 match up. selby narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15, to reach the final, as he aims for back to back titles. scotland's higgins overcame barry hawkins to book his place, and he's looking for a fifth world title to match ronnie 0'sullivan. it is going to be a fantastic occasion. the first final, ten years ago was against higgins. here we

bournemouth league middlesbrough, swa nsea bournemouth league middlesbrough, swansea have bournemouthn bournemouth league middlesbrough, swansea have taken the lead against stoke and don't forget the first of the fa cup semifinals at 5pm. spurs against chelsea. i will have an update in the next hour. clashes have broken out in the german city of cologne as tens of thousands of demonstrators picket a hall where the anti—immigration afd party is holding a conference. a huge police operation is being mounted, with up to 50 , 000 protesters expected in cologne. two officers have already been entered. our correspondent reports. what you can see behind me as cologne's response to germany's most controversial political party. police are expecting up to 50,000 people to demonstrate at various parts of the city over the course of the day. this is one of the protests. as you can see, this is pretty peaceful, if rather musical. one chap has come along with his own grand piano. but as you say, there have been a number of skirmishes this morning and during one of those, a police officer was injure

the point leaves swansea 17th, a point clear of the reelagtion zone.ed 2—1 to win the football trophy final at wembley. this is the competition for leagues one and two and this season 16 b teams from the premier league and the championship also took part. coventry went 1—0 up after 11 minutes when gael bigirimana capitalised on this rebound to poke the sky blues ahead. early into the second half, george thomas fired in a fine strike from the edge of the box to double coventry‘s lead. oxford did set up a tense finale when liam sercombe's shot squeezed its way through a sea of legs but coventry held on to put a bright note on their season. coventry a re currently bottom of league one, 13 points adrift of safety. shelley kerr will become the new manager of the scotland women's team. kerr twice led arsenal ladies to fa cup success and has also managed hibs, kilmarnock and spartans. she'll take over from anna signeul who will step down after this year's european championships. saracens will be the only british side in the european champions cup semi—finals.

but it is great for swansea harriers.m yesterday singer that this isjosh griffiths, 23 years old. two hours and iii minutes and 5a seconds. he is going to qualify for the world championships. we will hopefully hear from championships. we will hopefully hearfrom him at ten championships. we will hopefully hear from him at ten o'clock. i have texted him to see if he will come and have a chat. i don't know how anybody wants a marathon! amazing if anyone —— for anyone who got to the end. as the country faces a care crisis, several charities have told this programme they want social care to be a top priority in the election campaign. alzheimer's society, independent age and uk homecare association are calling for political parties to feature the issue high up on their manifestos, with betterfunding a key area they want the next government to focus on. the government says it's investing an extra £2 billion in social care, but critics say this isn't enough. this morning, we're going to bring you an insight into caring for a rela

the early kick off was the relegation battle between swansea and middlesbrough which ended in a 0—0 drawwin and they missed the best chance of the game at the end through rudi gestede who put his header wide meaning they remain in the relegation zone five points adrift of safety. in spain's primera division real madrid are two points clear of barcelona at top of the table after a 3—0 win over alaves at the bernabeu. barcelona who have played a game more were 4—1winners at granada with both luis suarez and neymar on the scoresheet, while elsewhere sevilla and sporting gijon drew 0—0 all and valencia beat deportivo la coru na. while in italy's serie a leaders juventus saw their margin at the top cut to six points after a 1—1 draw away to third placed napoli. earlier milan drew at pescara, fiorentina beat bologna, and fifth placed atalanta thrashed genoa 5—0 with alejandro gomez notching a hatrick. celtic have won the scottish premiership title with eight games to spare equalling the record their glasgow rivals rangers set 88 years ago. brendan rogers‘ side moved 25 points clear of second p

the match between swansea and middlesbrough was goaless.at races. oxford's men were victorious, and that made up for their women's crew who handed cambridge victory from the very start of their race. let's speak to our reporter kate grey on the course, kate, some dramatic racing and also a fairly dramatic start to the day. yes, iam yes, i am sure the race organisers had a sleepless night and the emergency services were overnight to remove a world war ii unexploded bomb which had washed up along the shore is a little bit behind me. but it was removed and the race was given the go—ahead and it was the women's race up first and the race was over before it began as one of the oxford crew got there or is stuck in the water, the boat lost its rhythm and was not able to catch up its rhythm and was not able to catch up with the cambridge boat which capitalised and crossed the finish line victorious in a new course record. the men's race followed which was much more of a battle, but it was the oxford team that managed to put away in the latter stage

if swansea beat spurs they'll be 11 poinst adrift of safety.d three places to 12th and will be feeling very confident of staying out of trouble. the title race is done and dusted in scotland with celtic already crowned premiership champions. and aberdeen are strong favourites to finish second — they're now 13 points clear of rangers after beating inverness i—o. ross county have jumped above dundee to eighth after beating them 2—1. just returning to the premier league, before toniught‘s defeat sunderland released a statement to say they fully support their manager despite last month's exchange in which he threatened to slap a bbc reporter after disagreeing with her line of questioning in a tv interview. they say they dealt with the matter appropriately at the time. the fa are still investigating. here's our sports news correspondent richard conway. they say that it was unacceptable, the exchange between david moyes and the exchange between david moyes and the bbc reporter, vicki sparkes. they say his actions are not condoned or excused, but they

sunshine in swansea, the remote possibility of a shower as arsenal take on man city.h pressure is building in but it doesn't last for the west for very long because the weather systems are brushing rain across northern ireland and western parts of scotland. monday has a different complexion to the weather. sunshine for cardiff and london. more on the website. hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. britain says that gibraltar cannot be used as a bargaining chip in brexit negotiations. spain insists it will have a direct say on the territory once it leaves the eu. translation: on gibraltar, no agreement between the european union and the uk will apply without the consent of spain. a hate crime investigation is launched after a teenage asylum seeker was attacked by a gang of youths at a bus stop in south london and left in a critical condition. we believe it is a hate crime. prior to the attack taking place, the young person was asked where they we re young person was asked where they were from an w

spurs who are second continue their chase of chelsea but left it late to come from behind and beat swanseain the 88th minute for spurs before injury time goals from heung—min son and christian eriksen guaranteed the victory. in the end, the goals, in the last minutes, it's crazy but i think we push and we play better, we create chance enough to win. and it's a good example that that is how the tea m good example that that is how the team feels, never give up, push till the end, try, believe, have faith thatis the end, try, believe, have faith that is important. a big credit to the players because today was a difficult game, difficult situations happened before and the team showed big character. liverpool remain third despite allowing bournemouth to score a late equaliser at anfield. arsenal have moved fifth thanks to three goals in the second half that swept them to victory over west ham. southampton returned to ninth beating crystal palace 3—1, while hull city who were bottom when marco silva took over as manager injanuary secured a fifth win under the portuguese that takes them out of th

some sunshine for the premier league matches taking place over in swansea and london.ight on sunday, the cloud should melt away under the area of high pressure, so again a chilly start on monday morning. but we have the advancing weather fronts in northern ireland and scotland. so there could be a bit of mist and fog around for your return to work on monday, but england and wales set fairand quite warm, despite the breeze picking up in the west. the rain holds off. mainly for northern ireland and western parts of scotland. but then we have the rain staggering southwards and eastwards, eventually clearing from the south—east later into wednesday, with the high—pressure returning. it means for monday there's rain in the north and west. tuesday, more cloud across the country. welcome to bbc news. i'm tom donkin. our top stories: the desperate search for survivors in colombia — bad weather hampers efforts after a landslide kills more than 250 people. power politics in venezuela — president maduro claims the credit as protestors call on the supreme court to reinstate the au

some sunshine for the premier league tomorrow in swansea and london.oon. the cloud will potentially melt away under the high pressure tomorrow evening and overnight. again it will turn chilly and again we could have mist and fog for the morning rush—hour. but it is all change in the west for monday. for northern ireland and western scotla nd for northern ireland and western scotland we have rain and strong winds, looks like england and wales will have the best of the sunshine. palo, welcome to bbc news. our top stories: a landslide kills more than 150 people in southern colombia. many others are missing or injured. the supreme court in venezuela has done a u—turn on its decision to strip the congress of its powers. britain says it will protect gibraltar from britain says it will protect gibraltarfrom any britain says it will protect gibraltar from any sovereignty claims by spain during brexit negotiations. and find out why hundreds of yellow cars have flooded this english village.

thanks they've offered to pay for matt rees's race entry, hotel and first class train travel from swanseanews at 6 — the headlines: the french president, francois hollande has called on voters to reject the far—right candidate marine le pen and back emmanuel macron to succeed him. a 21 year—old man is being questioned by police investigating the death of a former royal navy officer outside his home in manchester. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has told trade unionists in scotland about his plans to strengthen workers' rights, if he wins the general election. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. it is all green. the dax is up almost 3.5 points. the dowjones and the nasdaq are both in positive territory, as well. a 21 year—old man is being questioned by police after a former royal navy officer died tackling burglars outside his home in manchester. mike samwell — who was 35 — is thought to have been run over by his own car which was stolen in the early hours of yesterday morning. we can speak to dave guest in chorlton now. there has been

tom from arizona and tom swansea of new york. we are bringing to tom's into this. i came to washington promising to work across the aisle. to make sure that we in congress never flinch when it comes to asking the difficult questions about what it takes to ensure our national security. i believe we will do an excellent job working together in the spirit and in the bipartisan tradition of the committee. in the united states are policymakers and service members rely on intelligence analysis to make critical strategic operational and tactical decisions every day. some life or death. so it is imperative that we have adequate safeguards in place to ensure they receive objective, satirically based reporting on which is ground truth. for that reason, when allegations arose last year about manipulation of intelligence at united states central command, congress encouraged the dod inspector general to conduct a thorough investigation and report back with recommendations. the inspector general conducted an exhaustive investigation according 120 witnesses and 425,000 documents.

nice, sunny skies for swansea, but a little bit more cloud around further east in london.ovely day for england and wales. however, we've got the weather front coming into the west which means that northern ireland, we will seem rain. try in edinburghafine ireland, we will seem rain. try in edinburgh a fine day and continues finality stint at hughes day across southern and eastern areas. —— until tuesday. this is bbc world news, broadcasting in the uk and around the world. i'm alpa patel. the headlines: landslides kill more than 150 people in southern colombia — many others are missing or injured. the supreme court in venezuela does a u—turn and reverses its decision to strip the congress of its powers. britain says it will protect gibraltar from any sovereignty claims by spain during brexit negotiations. and find out why hundreds of yellow cars have flooded this english village.

swansea have now lost five of their last six and two points from safety after losing 1—0 at watford.al of the game was in the first half, from etienne capoue. more pressure on swansea manageable clement, the boost he brought to them injanuary is a distant memory now and they are fighting to stay in the premier league. the supporters have been fantastic. they travelled in the numbers today and really got behind the team from the first whistle until the last. we are very sad for them that we couldn't get a better result today but we need them to stick with us because with the three home games getting back to the liberty stadium, that can give us that little advantage that hopefully can help us get important results in the last five games. blank bo stoke city made sure of three points today thanks to an excellent performance from xherdan shaqiri and a 3—1win over hull city. he's got an excellent goal from 30 yards to get the win, stokes third. hull still two points above the relegation zone, only thanks to results elsewhere. when i feel like we start a game like we stop sometimes it's n

he has won 15 points for swansea this term and without him they would have already been relegated.o 25 matches, but with the top four out of their own hands, it will have felt more like a defeat. what can you do? in this moment we can walk from the bed to the toilet and break a leg in five metres! we are in trouble. the boys are very, very tired and obviously the levels of fatigue are more than normal, but we fight, that is for sure. so, there you go. i am very pleased with the overall performance. we showed a lot of qualities and characteristics right throughout the game. we played well in the first—half, created some chances. having gone behind, we didn't let us affect us and we got on with it. we might have had all three points at the end. bolton wanderers have been promoted back to the championship. their 3—0 win over peterborough meant they pipped fleetwood to the second automatic promotion place on the final day of the league one season. phil parkinson's side have been a model of consistency this season as they haven't been out of the top four since october. their opening goa

manchester united could go above liverpool and into the top four of the premier league today if they beat swanseay are on their way to doing that at old trafford thanks to marcus rashford and wayne rooney. marcus rashford went down towcester lukas fabianski in the first half injury time. —— went down due to lukas fabianski in the first half injury time. it is still 1—0 to manchester united. tono could close the gap on chelsea to just tono could close the gap on chelsea tojust one point, but tono could close the gap on chelsea to just one point, but they will need to beat arsenal to do it and hope chelsea lose at everton. —— totte n ha m hope chelsea lose at everton. —— tottenham could close the gap on chelsea. if spurs when they will finish above arsenal for the first time since 1995. let's be honest, i asked that question 18 consecutive yea rs. asked that question 18 consecutive years. —— answered that question 18 consecutive years. things have not changed. you cannot say that the weight of one year has the weight of 20. mark selby and john higgins will meet in the final of the world championshi

some sunshine for the premier league matches taking place over in swansea and london. the cloud should melt away under the area of high pressure, so again a chilly start on monday morning. but we have the advancing weather fronts in northern ireland and scotland. so there could be a bit of mist and fog around for your return to work on monday, but england and wales set fairand quite warm, despite the breeze picking up in the west. the rain holds off. mainly for northern ireland and western parts of scotland. but then we have the rain staggering southwards and eastwards, eventually clearing from the south—east later into wednesday, with the high—pressure returning. it means for monday there's rain in the north and west. tuesday, more cloud across the country. that's when high—pressure returns. still quite a bit of cloud mid—week. welcome to bbc news. i'm tom donkin. our top stories: the desperate search for survivors in colombia. bad weather hampers efforts after a landslide kills more than 250 people. power politics in venezuela: president maduro claims the credit as p

some sunshine for the premier league matches taking place over in swansea and london.ound. again, through the night on sunday, the cloud should melt away under the area of high pressure, so again a chilly start on monday morning. but we have the advancing weather fronts in northern ireland and scotland. so there could be a bit of mist and fog around for your return to work on monday, but england and wales set fairand quite warm, despite the breeze picking up the west. the rain holds off. mainly for northern ireland and western parts of scotland. but then we have the rain staggering southwards and eastwards, eventually clearing from the south—east later into wednesday, with the high—pressure returning. it means for monday there's rain in the north and west. tuesday, more cloud across the country. that's when high—pressure returns. still quite a bit of cloud mid—week. welcome to bbc news, i'm tom donkin. our top stories: a desperate search and rescue effort in colombia — bad weather hampers efforts after a landslide kills more than 200. power politics in venezuela — pres

some sunshine for the premier league matches taking place over in swansea and london.he night on sunday, the cloud should melt away under the area of high pressure, so again a chilly start on monday morning. but we have the advancing weather fronts in northern ireland and scotland. so there could be a bit of mist and fog around for your return to work on monday, but england and wales set fairand quite warm, despite the breeze picking up in the west. the rain holds off. mainly for northern ireland and western parts of scotland. but then we have the rain staggering southwards and eastwards, eventually clearing from the south—east later into wednesday, with the high—pressure returning. it means for monday there's rain in the north and west. tuesday, more cloud across the country. that's when high—pressure returns. still quite a bit of cloud mid—week. welcome to bbc news, i'm tom donkin. our top stories: the desperate search welcome to bbc news, i'm tom donkin. our top stories: the desperate search for survivors in colombia. bad weather hampers efforts after a landslide ki

swansea, they certainly did, defeated by this goal they remain in some trouble as do hull city.oke thanks to a very special goal. 0h, brilliant! what an outstanding goal! crystal palace improved their hopes of survival, coming back from 2—0 down to draw against leicester. and after a troubled week for barkly, he managed to focus his mind back onto football matters. his deflected shot helping everton two or 3—1 win against burnley. they now go above manchester united who play chelsea this afternoon. chelsea have the chance to regain their seven point lead at the top when they face manchester united at old trafford this afternoon. antonio conte‘s side were 4—0 winners when the teams met in the league earlier this season. they are a good team, strong physically and technically and for this reason we must pay them good attention because united also want to play to find a place for the next champions league and to arrive in the best form on the table. and they have the possibility to do this. they have a certain style of play, they stick to it, they do it very well, they do it very w

swansea and middlesbrough ended goalless. that does not help either side as they fight relegation.it finished 2—2. arsene wenger says that he wants to stay in management next season, even though he has yet to reveal whether it will be with arsenal. for old people, retirement is dying, he declared before the match with manchester city. well the frenchman is very much alive, his side were lacking inch wide vivre. for a while, manchester city looked like they might get another tier. theo walcott worked ha rd they might get another tier. theo walcott worked hard to draw them level. u nfortu nately for walcott worked hard to draw them level. unfortunately for him it took just two minutes and 11 seconds for his efforts to be undone. sergio aguero found himself on the sidelines at city until gabriele —— gabriele who is this was injured. arsenal were brought back into the game early in the second—half. but a bit like arsene wenger‘s future, there was no way of knowing which way this would go. so it was perhaps unsurprising that it ended in stalemate, leaving arsenal fans hoping for a more

middlesbrough and swansea play tomorrow.ess at selhurst park. meanwhile brighton can win the championship if they beat bristol city. has just kicked off. hasjust kicked off. brighton has just kicked off. brighton are already promoted, along with newcastle. they would love to be champions, though. blackburn won to keep alive their hope of survival. there were wins for sheffield wednesday and derby. here are the rest of the results. a hugely important win for harry redknapp's birmingham city, improving their hopes of staying up. nottingham forest are in real danger after their defeat at qpr. wigan are definitely relegated after their loss at reading. scottish premiership champions celtic embarrassed their rivals rangers with a 5—1win in the old firm derby. it's the first time celtic have scored five goals away at ibrox in the fixture's 129 year history. tim hague has more. the managers might be friendly, but an old firm derby is not. take a look at this early foul, for example. it also happen to be in the box, giving celtic th

city and manchester united could both go above liverpool. jose mourinho's side host struggling swanseae either through suspension or injury. then my career, i had one in 17 yea rs. then my career, i had one in 17 years. one cruciate. 17 years. and against anderlecht, two in one match. very unlucky. that is the only thing that we can say. pogba, valencia last week... those injuries, fatigue. mark selby and john higgins will meet in the final of the world snooker championship in sheffield this afternoon in a repeat of their 2007 match up. selby narrowly beat china's ding junhui 17—15, to reach the final, as he aims for back to back titles. scotland's higgins overcame barry hawkins to book his place, and he's looking for a fifth world title to match ronnie 0'sullivan. great britain have won their first ice hockey world championship gold in 2a years, as they beat japan a—0 to clinch promotion in belfast. both sides had won their first four matches in division one group b, and promotion came down to the final game of the tournament. it was gb who ended the tournament unbeaten and having spe

manchester united remain fifth, a point behind city after a 1—1 draw with swansea city.trafford, after marcus rashford was awarded a controversial penalty, converted by wayne rooney. the draw means united are still outside the champions league qualification places. valterri bottas says it's "amazing" to become only the fifth finnish driver to win a formula one grand prix, after taking the chequered flag in the russian grand prix in sochi. there was an aborted start after fernando alonso's mclaren suffered an engine failure. then, seconds into the restart, romain grosjean and jolyn palmer crashed out. mercedes bottas started from second on the grid, but overtook pole sitter sebastian vettel and kept the lead from there. vettel came in second. ferrari team mate kimmi raikonnen was third, lewis hamilton fourth. rafa nadal produced another ten—out—of—ten performance on the red dirt of barcelona to win his tenth title in the city. the king of clay beat the austrain dominic thiem in straight sets with a masterclass on sunday afternoon. it finished 6—4, 6—1, giving him a 51st c

it's a big day of football — swansea held manchester united to a 1—1 draw at old trafford.g at middlesbrough and it's goalless between chelsea and everton. valtteri bottas wins the russian grand prix to take his first victory in formula one. his mercedes team mate — lewis hamilton could only finish fourth. those are the sporting headlines. we will have more freely in the next hour. donald trump has marked the 100th day of his presidency with a speech defending his record and attacking the media. addressing thousands of cheering supporters in pennsylvania, he insisted he's delivering his election promises "every single day" and dismissed criticism of him as "fake news". our correspondent laura bicker sent this report from the rally. american political analyst eric ham joins me now from washington. they came to support their champion, to celebrate 100 days of a president who calls them "the forgotten of america." i think his first 100 days have been outstanding, myself. he hasn't got enough credit for what he has done. i support him 100%. in the nation's capital, the delibera

today, with sore legs, the manchester it manager and the bankerfrom swansea talked through their lasth, it was really desperate. his legs were completely jelly, but he said he was determined to finish. and i helped him up and then his legs went again, and i realised i was going to have to stay with him to make sure he did get to the finish line. when someone's in need, you want to help them out. i couldn't let him lie on the ground there. what did you actually say to him? i was shouting in his ear, saying, "come on, you can do this, it's 200 metres, we will finish — i'll stay with you". maybe i was a bit overzealous with my support. no, it was wonderful. it was needed! it was needed to kind of hit home. matthew was clear in knowing that if he leaves me, there's a chance they will whisk me off and not let me get to the finish. and that'sjust, so nice. such a gentleman for doing that. if roles were reversed, would you have done the same thing? oh my goodness. that is... you are the first person to ask me that and that's such a good question. i have not given that a moment's thought. i w

they needed to win as swansea who are in 17th also won, 2—nil at home to stoke.ritain's fed cup tie in romania. and the host's captain, former grand slam winner ilie nastase, has been banned from tomorrow's play as a result. during johanna konta's match, nastase was sent out of the stadium after swearing at the umpire and shouting abuse at konta and her captain anne keothavong. konta was visibly upset by the incident and after some confusion the match was halted for 25 minutes. when play resumed konta had recovered her composure and took the match two sets to love. the tie is level at 1—1. heather watson had lost her rubber earlier on. saracens remain on course to retain their european champions cup title. they beat munster by 26 points to 10 in dublin to reach their third final in four years. they'll face clermont auvergne or leinster in the final, that second semi—final takes place tomorrow. ronnie 0'sullivan is comfortably through to the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship. he only needed three frames to complete victory when he resumed this morni

watford play swansea, and the tea—time match is between southampton and manchester city — city coulde liverpool into third with a win. i think it has been an exceptional season, they have a good manager and a really good team. i was really impressed when they came here at the beginning of the season. in that moment, we came back from barcelona and a lot of games, but they are a good team. it will be a good test for us. snooker‘s world championship is under way in sheffield. five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan is in action against fellow englishman gary wilson, in the afternoon session. the crucible has played host to the tournament for a0 years, and o'sullivan is in the mood, to lift the famous trophy again. it was a great event, it's a good tournament and we have been looking forward to going on for years. should be a great tournament again, whether the 40th or 215t or 215t or 140th. great tournament. you get to pick the trivia at the end, it's an amazing feeling. —— the trophy. so there are two first round matches already under way. mark selby begins the defence of his world title

swansea and whole —— hull city both lost.lost 47th match in a row. they were beaten 2—0 at home. they now occupy the relegation play—off position. also, it wins for rangers and aberdeen. england's ben youngs scored this crucial try ten minutes from time to ensure his side ran out emphatic winners, 30— three. leicester are now in pole position to secure the last play—off spot after bath were beaten. munster have moved to the pro12 and ensuring fair play in the play—offs. mercedes drivers on pole position for tomorrow's byram grand prix. but it isn't lewis hamilton. —— bahrain. hamilton will start from second on the grid, with sebastian vettel third. very happy. it is the first pole position in my career. it took a few races, but i got it. hopefully it is the first of many. i was losing quite a bit and this was my weak point. i will work on a per tomorrow. but they have found some great pace through the per sector. the second and third were quite good. but overall, a little bit down. but a great battle, and that is how close i

we have a couple of football games going on, with sunshine in swansea. building in, but it doesn‘t last long in the west because those weather systems are brushing when across northern ireland and western parts of scotland. so on monday, we have different weather for northern ireland. the latest headlines from bbc news: 150 people have been killed in a landslide in southern colombia. many more are injured or missing. the country‘s president has declared a state of emergency and deployed troops to the area. the supreme court in venezuela has reversed its decision to strip the opposition—led congress of its powers, following president nicolas maduro‘s intervention. the decision follows an outcry both inside and out of venezuela. gibraltar‘s chief minister has insisted spain has no say in the future of the british overseas territory. the eu says any brexit deal won‘t cover gibraltar unless there‘s a separate agreement with spain. the personal wealth of president trump‘s team has been revealed by the white house. the disclosures, which are a legal requiremen

meanwhile, tottenham scored three times in the last six minutes, as they came from behind to win 3—1 at swanseare up to fifth, after beating west ham 3—0. there were also wins for hull and southampton. and the top two both won in spain. alvaro morata scored twice, as real madrid won 11—2 at leganes. they remain three points clear of barcelona, who beat sevilla 3—0, with lionel messi scoring two for the home side. real madrid also have a game in hand. a series of devastating floods in peru have left 100 people dead and tens of thousands homeless since the start of the year. entire roads and bridges have been swept away. peru's air force has deployed planes to airlift thousands of people. now, satellite images collected by conservation groups show how the floodwaters have changed the landscape in north—west peru. sarah corker reports. maria hasjust been rescued by troops from her flooded village of north—west peru. but, while on board the helicopter, she goes into labour. a military doctor manages to deliver her baby girl midflight. this is the look of relief and exhaustion, a mother and child no