thank you, natalie pirks at anfield. now the news hello and welcome to sportsday.n pathak. coming up, liverpool are knocked out of the champions league by atletico madrid. go through behind closed doors because it concerns of the car motor up doors because it concerns of the car motorup —— doors because it concerns of the car motor up —— coronavirus. political log winds the champion chase at cheltenham, giving paul nichols his first win at this year ‘s festival. liverpool's defence of their champions league title is over. they've been knocked out in the last few minutes by a letter to go madrid following extra time drama at anfield. natalie pirks was watching and joins me now. remarkable stuff because liverpool scored first and scored extra time, but they're out. we're so used to being here under the lights. it's an amazing atmosphere and in so many occasions in the past, there's absolutely spur of the moment. no one will forget what happened against barcelona, but this time to get spanish opposition, it was very different. books, atletico madrid are known for bein

the liverpool advices for fa ns to anfield.ces for fans to practice good hygiene, no handshakes before the match. none of the mascots will be holding hands with the players and all those kinds of things. what is interesting is that liverpool fans congregate from all over the world as well so it is not just atletico madrid, all over the world as well so it is notjust atletico madrid, they all over the world as well so it is not just atletico madrid, they are flying in from scandinavia or ireland, and we caught up with a few fa ns ireland, and we caught up with a few fans earlier on. you may be able to hear from them now. if you don't get within a certain proximity i cannot see what the problem is. i think there is a bit of overreaction to there is a bit of overreaction to the whole coronavirus. football is nothing without supporters, you cannot play games behind closed doors. i have been at that level and you do not see and hear anything and thatis you do not see and hear anything and that is rubbish. came off at dublin and they

anfield found its roar again.oing to win a league title you need everyone to play their part. step forward james milner, leading by example. the home side pushed for a third, mane came close. firmino should have done better. in the end two goals were enough, a record—breaking 22nd home league win in a row. three more will bring the title home. their manager is taking it game by game. we have 82 points which is really nice, and, so now we have to fight, carry on fighting, tuesday, and monday, and saturday, i think, so and monday, and saturday, i think, so that is how it is now, so, yeah, we will, we have to give everybody who wants the point from us a proper fight and that is what we did today and that is it. before we go to the football. in the ruing by tuilagi has been sent off for england. although they have a big lead it doesn't take long to make up those points so interesting for england they are down to 13 players. austin, while that was going on, spurs have scored a penalty. dele alli. so it is 1—1. i can se

anfield found its roar once again.ir part. step forward james milner, leading by example. the home side pushed for a third. mane came close. firm know should have done better. in the end two goals were enough, a record—breaking 2o two goals were enough, a record—breaking 20 home win in a row. three more will bring the title home. liverpool get the victory that takes them that step closer to the title. much to the relief of their manager jurgen klopp who has a busy week ahead of im. we have 82 points which is nice, so now we have to fight, carry on fighting, tuesday, and monday, and saturday, i think, that is how it is now, so, we have to give everybody who wants the points from us, a properfight, and that is what we did today, and, yes, that is it. now, sheffield united are closing in on the european places after beating relegation threatened norwich 1—0. billy sharpe heading in his third goal in four games to help move them up goal in four games to help move them up to sixth. level on points with wolves while norwich

firmino hadn't scored at anfield all season, he picked the perfect time.a second and then a third. so often the home of memorable comebacks, anfied could only mourn a night to forget. a—2 the final score, the champions out before the quarter—finals. natalie pirks, bbc news, anfied. the night's other last—16 tie in the champions league was played behind closed doors in france due to concerns over the coronavirus. neymar helped paris st germain to a 2—0 win, overturning borussia dortmund's 2—1 advantage from the first leg to reach the quarter—finals. despite fans not being allowed into the stadium, that didn't stop them from gathering in their thousands outside the parc des princes. the psg players celebrated from a balcony as fans held flares and flags. england women's manager phil neville admits questions over his future are acceptable after a seventh defeat in eleven games. they lost 1—0 to spain in the shebeleives cup in texas. alexia putellas with the goal in the 83rd minute. it means they failed to defend their title, with the usa winning the tournamen

still goalless in anfield over the last few minutes. that's all the sport for now.ek, the truth about the truth about coronavirus. can ai help to treat it? can it predict its spread? could quantum computers find a cure? also, self driving wheelchair departing now from terminal seven. ifeel like the queen. hello. this week marks three months since the world first heard about a newly identified disease. i am of of course talking about covid—i9, which is caused by a new type of coronavirus. to date, there have been over 3000 deaths from nearly 100,000 confirmed cases and 81 countries. and this is how i know that. this is thejohn hopkins university covid—i9 dashboard. since it went live injanuary, it has gone viral and in a good way by demystifying the stats and the numbers behind the spread of this disease. it is amalgamation data from many of the world's health agencies and so for example right now i can see the total number of confirmed cases isjust over 93,000, these are the countries where they have confirmed cases by numbers, and just as importantly i think, this

the match moved into extra time at anfield after the hosts were 1—0 up at the end of 90 minutes, leavinginutes into extra time, two marcos llorente goals and then a late alvaro morata score meant that the spanish side move into the last eight. we know how good they are defending and we have a good attitude. i think sincejuly or august, it's incredible, from training, you know you see it's like this in training. so it all really feeds off him. world champions usa have won the shebelieves cup beating japan 3—1 in texas and handing them a third consecutive win in this season's tournament. megan rapinoe notched the first goal of the game with a wonderful free kick to send her team on their way to victory, while in the earlier match, spain scored late on to beat england 1—0. only six of the scheduled eight europa league last 16 ties will go ahead later on thursday. roma's match away to sevilla and inter‘s match against getafe have both been called off due to sporting restrictions in both spain and italy because of the coronavirus. one match that will go ahead — but with a reduced crowd — is m

as he watched his side secure a league win at anfield. callu m side secure a league win at anfield.ore mohamed salah and sadio mane secured the victory. we have 82 points which is really nice and now we have to fight, carry on fighting, tuesday, on monday and saturday i think, that is how it is now. we have to give everyone who wa nts now. we have to give everyone who wants the points from us a proper fight and that is what we did today and that is it. in the other games arsenal beat west ham, watford are still in trouble after losing to crystal palace who are surely safe now on 39 points. newcastle also moved closer to safety with the win at southampton while wolves against brighton ended goalless and in the late game burnley and tottenham also drew one all. barcelona have gone top of la liga thanks to a 1—0 victory over real sociedad. lionel messi scored a penalty to put his side two points clear of real madrid. zinedine zidane's side can regain the top with victory over real betis on sunday night. sporting events around the world continue to be cancelled or postponed because of t

city are 25 points behind leaders liverpool after they came from behind to beat bournemouth 2—1 at anfields equaliser on his 100th premier league appearance. before sadio mane sealed victory with his 17th goal of the season. liverpool nowjust need three more wins to secure their first league title in 30 years. in the scottish premiership second placed rangers are away to ross county. yesterday leigh griffiths scored a hat—trick as celtic extended their lead at the top to 16 points. that's after a 5—0 thrashing of st mirren. there were also wins for aberdeen, hamilton and saintjohnstone. hearts drew 1—1 with motherwell and remain bottom. england have the chance to get their tournament back on track later today when they play japan in the she believes cup. phil neville's side lost their opening game to the usa. our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. games between the usa and england were close in the past but, three days ago, phil neville's side were no match for the world champions. the 2—0 defeat in orlando led many to believe whether england are going in the right direction. the

. —— anfield. jurgen klopp put out a pretty league title. —— anfield.n their way to the title, but people are dying. we will see what they are going to do about the title, what happens there. reading around the various sports pages that were dropping tonight, it does seem as though they are already talking about the premier league being finished for the season. there are going to be people disappointed, it plays a big part in people's lives, sport, however, ithink that at the right decision today. lives, sport, however, ithink that at the right decision todaym lives, sport, however, ithink that at the right decision today. it is a combination of the duty of care to spectators and fans, having them all in the same place where they may be transmitting infections. there is the pressure it might put on emergency services you the pressure it might put on emergency services you have to have police and ambulances at the grounds for the sort of thing. and there is also the fact that he found some spectators are not turning up, you are not making the money on th

defeat to atletico madrid three weeks ago that the fa ns madrid three weeks ago that the fans at anfield match. he will be happy that again later is not being played behind closed doors, but he is aware that such restrictions could be implement it in the uk in the near future. the problem with football games is if you are not in the stadium, then you are enclosed rooms and watching it there, maybe together. i am not sure what is better in this case, to be honest. i need us. but whatever will be decided, we will respect. because we all have families, we are all pa rents, have families, we are all parents, we have families, we are all pa rents, we have have families, we are all parents, we have kids, we have pa rents parents, we have kids, we have parents and friends which we wa nt to parents and friends which we want to do well and format it is clear that we will accept that. i don‘t know how much senseit that. i don‘t know how much sense it will make. wednesday's other champions league match between paris st—germain and borussia dortmund will be played behind closed doors in the french c

usual, just like the football match tonight between atletico madrid and liverpool, 60,000 people at anfieldhich has had 1000 cases. no problems, no restrictions, and they flew in. a mixed message here. escalating while business as usual. does that mean we're going to suspend major gatherings of more than 1000 people if we move through these gears? the next big race day, is that going to be abandoned? more delays, manchester city and arsenal were meant to be playing, that's been postponed. it's going to be important and interesting to see how consistent and coherent the policy is because at the moment it is a bit crazy. one of the issues is the economic damage of all of this, because nothing is more important than the health of the nation, we fully understand that, but there is serious consequences of moving to the next phase on an economic basis. i don't mean a load of million per week footballers who are all blessed, saying it will hurt them, i'm thinking about a taxidriver down the road who has this horrible choice between putting food on the table for their family or going to work, or se

cup this week by chelsea and will look to bounce back against relegation threatened bournemouth at anfield22 points clear at the top of the table. winning gives you confidence, losing costs you confidence. that is completely normal. you start thinking about different things. one defeat feels like two defeats, it's not a massive difference. it's just how you get back on track immediately. you can do that only by hoping that things are going to be good, you have to fight back. tiger woods has pulled out of next week's played championship due to back problems. the —— he missed this week's arnold palmer invitational complaining of back stiffness. he won it for the first time last year. british number onejohanna first time last year. british number one johanna konta first time last year. british number onejohanna konta is through to the semifinals of the majri open in mexico. —— of the monterey open. she will next face the check number 57 in the last four. that's all this water now. the la la kers the la lakers has said they would refuse to play if they had to stage games wind to close doors. a

city are 25 points behind leaders liverpool after they came from behind to beat bournemouth 2—1 at anfieldust his third defeat in his a5 career. more on the beep is for web cycling build—up to this afternoon's i should se six nations match between scotland france. can helmet jonathan blake can helmetjonathan blake is here. it is difficult when you thrust into thejob. how has rishi sunak signalled what he is planning without telling us? he is not allowed to tell sa ntelli without telling us? he is not allowed to tell santelli over says budget box or wednesday afternoon. he has stuck firmly to that long established tradition and a savoury little other than a view leaks or announcements beforehand until he stands up in the house of commons on wednesday. we didn't learn a huge amount as to the contents of the budget this morning, but rishi sunak has been out and about, early in the job for theories, the budget we were due to get was delayed because of the general election, and add to all that pressure on top of that the coronavirus, which i would imagine has meant that they had to an extent ri

here at anfield they'll be desperate to resume.he sport fear that they may prove impossible and the season is abandoned. that would be cruel on clubs like this and hugely damaging to the game as a whole. but it's notjust football, the pandemic sending world sport into meltdown. this afternoon, next month's london marathon was postponed until october. the start of the formula i season won't start until may, with four races now cancelled. in golf, the prestigious masters tournament was postponed. and on a chaotic day, tomorrow's six nations rugby between wales and scotland was first declared on and then off. for us to be the only sporting event to be going on when other people were mindful of the seriousness of the situation. i think we just took into account supporters, players, our staff. was it really essential to maybe subject them to that risk? and what of the biggest show of all? today the symbolic greek leg of the olympic torch relay cancelled over mounting concern over tokyo 2020. despite controversy over the government's sup

sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, as sport deals with coronavirus cancellations, we head to anfieldmpions league tie goes ahead, and they have to win it. good evening, welcome to the bbc news at six. the chancellor rishi sunak called it a budget a for new era, delivered in challenging times. he was referring, of course, to the coronavirus outbreak and there were a raft of measures designed to help both the nhs, business and its workers get through the emergency. he's set aside £12 billion to tackle the disease and its effect on our lives and the economy — there are changes to sick pay rules and access to benefits for the self—employed. he said the nhs would get "whatever it needs, whatever it costs". this is the first budget since britain left the eu, and the chancellor outlined a five—year public spending boost for infrastructure on a scale not seen for nearly 30 years. hundreds of billions will be spent on roads, rail, broadband and housing. the budget followed an emergency cut in interest rates this morning. the bank of england earlier today, cut from 0.75% down to 0.25%, taking

football, and in the premier league early kick—off leaders liverpool play bournemouth at anfield.er three defeats in four, earlier they we re three defeats in four, earlier they were behind again, this time to struggling bournemouth, callum wilson with the early goal, but the home side's nerves have been can't buy a mo salah equaliser and sadio mane has put them ahead. there are doubts that tiger woods will be able to defend his masters title next month after pulling out of next because my players due to ongoing back problems. he missed the arnold palmer invitational this week, complaining of back stiffness. the masters begins in just complaining of back stiffness. the masters begins injust over a month. tiger woods won it for a fifth time last year. british number onejo konta is safely through to the semifinals of the monterey open in mexico, going really well. she saved two match points before beating the russian opponent, anastasia potapova, and will play a czech player in the last four. studio: thank you, mike. the next news on bbc one is at 5:40pm. bye for now. you're watchin

cup this week by chelsea and will look to bounce back against relegation threatened bournemouth at anfieldlear at the top of the table. winning gives you confidence, losing costs you confidence. that's completely normal, you start thinking about different things. 0ne defeat feels like to defeats, it's not a massive difference. it's just about how you get back on track immediately on the result track, if you want, and you can do that not by hoping that things are now clicking even better than the game before, we have to just work really hard. you have to fight back. there are doubts that tiger woods will be able to defend his masters title, next month after he pulled out of next week's players championship due to back problems. he missed this week's arnold palmer invitational, complaining of back stiffness. the masters begins injust over a month's time. woods won it for a fifth time last year. meanwhile, england's tyrell hatton is joint leader after the second round of that arnold palmer invitational in florida — he's 7 under par, after a round of 69. northern ireland's rory mcilroy is two

at what it means to yergin club as he watched his side secure their 22nd successive league win at anfieldls from mohammed saleh and sadio mane secured the victory. we have 82 points which is really nice and so now we have two fight as we are currently fighting on tuesday and monday and saturday, i think. so thatis monday and saturday, i think. so that is how it is now. so, yeah, we will have to give everybody who wa nts will have to give everybody who wants the points from us a proper, properfight wants the points from us a proper, proper fight and that is what we did today and yeah, that's it. in the day's other games, arsenal beat west ham. watford are still in trouble after losing to crystal palace. they are surely safe now and 39 points. newcastle also moved close to safety with a win at southampton while wolves beat brighton, burnley and totte n ha m wolves beat brighton, burnley and tottenham drew 1—1. meanwhile, the scottish premiership, lee griffiths scored a hat—trick as celtic extended their lead at the top —— lead at the top to 16 points. neil and his side have now won 12 of th

see just what it meant tojurgen klopp as he watched his side secure a 22nd successive league win at anfieldthe visitors before goals from mohamed salah and sadio mane secured the victory. we have 82 points which is really nice and now we have to fight, carry on fighting on tuesday and monday and saturday i think. that is how it is now. yes. we have to give everybody who wants the points from us a properfight and that is what we did today and thatis and that is what we did today and that is it. any other games today arsenal beat west ham, watford are still in trouble after losing to crystal palace who are surely safe now and 39 points. newcastle also moved closer to safety with a win at southampton, wills against brighton ended goalless and in the late game burnley and tottenham drew one all. league gruffydd scored a hat—trick as celtic extended their lead at the top of the scottish premiership to 16 points with a 5—0 thrashing. neil lennon ‘s ‘s side have now won 12 of the 13 domestic games this year and they were also wins for aberdeen, hamilton and stjohnstone and hearts drew one all with

here at anfield, they will be desperate for the campaign to resume, but seniorfigures within the sport impossible, and the season is abandoned. that would be cruel on clubs like this and hugely damaging to the game as a whole, but it's notjust football, the pandemic is sending world sport into meltdown. this afternoon, next month's london marathon was postponed until october. the start of the formula i season will not be until may, with four races now cancelled. in golf, the prestigious masters tournament was postponed, and on a chaotic day, tomorrow's six nations rugby between wales and scotland was first declared on, and then off. it was supposed to be the only sporting event going on, for us to be the only sporting event going on, when other people were mindful of the obviously seriousness of the situation, and i think we just took into account supporters, players, staff, was it really essential to maybe subject them to that risk? and what of the biggest show of all? today, the symbolic greek leg of the olympic torch relay cancelled over mounting concern over tokyo 2020. despite con

and in the champions league, liverpool are taken to extra time by atletico madrid at anfield.g up, the queen mother champion chase at cheltenham giving trainer paul nicholls his first win at this yea r‘s nicholls his first win at this year's festival. good evening. the newly—appointed chancellor, rishi sunak, has unveiled the biggest—spending budget in over 25 years, which includes a £12 billion package to cushion the economy against the impact of coronavirus. the chancellor warned that the spread of the virus would have ‘a significant financial impact in the short term'. the £12 billion plan is aimed at supporting jobs and businesses as the impact of coronavirus intensifies. and there's a promise to give the nhs ‘whatever it needs, whatever it costs‘ to deal with the crisis, including a £5 billion injection. sick pay for the self—employed and support for the leisure and hospitality industry are also on offer. the chancellor's overall spending plans over five years come to £175 billion. everything from roads and rail to broadband and housing and paying for extra nurses and pol

well, the bbc‘s sports editor dan roan is at anfield for us.been an unprecendented 2 days in sport around the world. absolutely, yes. sport has never seen anything quite like this. what you have seen over the last 48 hours 01’ so you have seen over the last 48 hours orso in you have seen over the last 48 hours or so in effect is the collapse of the global sporting calendar, and just within today, let us recap what has been cancelled or postponed. overseas, formula 1. two more races falling by the wayside. that is for 110w falling by the wayside. that is for now that have been postponed. it means that the season won't start now until the beginning of may. the dutch grand prix, the first one, perhaps when the season will begin. the prestigious masters golf tournament will also be postponed. here in britain, six nations rugby. first, wales versus scotland we were told was on, and then later on in the afternoon we were told it was off. that was also cancelled. the six nations of course will have to resume now in the autumn. the other two matches in

dan roan live at anfield.ntific adviser says the coronavirus is here to stay and more deaths are still to come. the number of people who've died worldwide has now reached 5,000. but is the uk government taking the right approach, to tackle the virus? here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. this is italy, one of the most advanced health care systems in the world. in the northern city of brashear, they are reduced to treating patients in warehouses and tents because of coronavirus. italy has the worst outbreak by far in europe, but other countries are catching up. europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic. with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from china. the uk government is hoping to avoid scenes like this by trying to change the course of the outbreak here. so what is the science behind the government's delay strategy? well, if no action was taken, there would be a huge peak of cases crammed into a few weeks, well above the capacity of nhs intensive c

the defending champions are one nil down, he is also counting on the anfield atmosphere to rattle thethe defending side is one, but it makes it even more difficult with them on the other side, not a lot of them played before in a stadium like enfield, and that is something what we wa nt enfield, and that is something what we want to use, and hopefully we can. manchester united's europa league last—16 first leg at austrian side lask this thursday is also to be played behind closed doors. for the people, like an actor go to the theatre and go there, there is nobody in the theatre, for who act this night? it's for the people, it makes no sense. we are here for the people, of course it is one game or two games, i can understand it, but if longer, the journalists are to write for the people. i play, we play for the people. if the people cannot be there, what sense? the cheltenham festival takes place over four days and traditionally over 60 thousand punters head through the gates every day. we all know it is a year's effort from everybody's and these other four days that count more than an

liverpool on top an soon in front, anfield found its roar once again.itle you need everyone to play their part. step forward captainjames milner, leading by example. the home side pushed for a third. mane came close. firmino should have done better. in the end two goals were enough, a record—breaking 22nd home league win in a row. three more will bring the title home. so just three bring the title home. sojust three more bring the title home. so just three more wins needed for lip to take their first premier league title and their first for 30 year, their manager as you would expect is taking it game by game we have 82 points which is nice, we have to carry on fighting, tuesday, then monday, and saturday, i think, so that is how it is now, so, yeah, we will, we have to give everyone who wants the points from us, a proper properfight who wants the points from us, a proper proper fight hand who wants the points from us, a proper properfight hand is who wants the points from us, a proper proper fight hand is what we did today, and yeah, that's it. there th

dan roan live at anfield.uk's chief scientific adviser says that coronavirus is here to stay and more deaths are still to come the number of people who have died worldwide has now reached 5000. but is the uk government taking the right approach to tackle the virus? here is our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. —— because of coronavirus. italy has the worst outbreak by far in europe, but other countries are catching up. europe has now become the epicentre of the pandemic. with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from china. the uk government is hoping to avoid scenes like this by trying to avoid scenes like this by trying to change the course of the outbreak here. so what is the science behind the government's delay strategy? well, if no action was taken, there would be a huge peak of cases crammed into a few weeks, well above the capacity of nhs intensive care units. the government's aim is to flatten that peak, and have more of the cases towards the summer, when the ca

brink of the quarterfinals i and around $3000.00 athletes go madrid fans when a crowd of $54000.00 at anfield for their game against liverpool in spain also level matches are being played behind closed doors as yet no restrictions on sporting events in the u.k. this one's until extra time 11 on aggregate. wednesday's english premier league game between manchester city and asked or was postponed asked our players came into contact with the olympiacos team owner at last week's europa league game and he's since tested positive for corona virus the club confirmed some squad members who haven't been identified have gone into self isolation somewhat ironically olympiacos are still being allowed supply english seem walls like just arrived in greece to take them on in the europa league on thursday no fans will be allowed at the match in athens and football's not the most of course it's cause what makes everything in seems of the supports in the ground that's what we play for that's what we play to do too and things opposed to make sure that they're right so that's the biggest disappointment book at t

liverpool's hosting of let's come adrift in the champions league shortly at let's go fans being escorted to anfield in their thousands back home in spain schools are closed amid a major spike in the virus liverpool manager at your good club where he's been repeatedly asked coronavirus in recent days vented his frustration at a journalist who travels to england from madrid. we are not to society we are part of the society and we should all be worried in the same time and that's exactly the thing i don't like that you sit here and ask me this question but fly from madrid to here to stay there to close schools and universities but by the end would you opus because that's that's a question but you think no football is worth it to treble or whatever so that's the situation that's our problem our common problem we cannot solve it with football people play football that's our part of what we have to do your job is to transport information and i hope it would better than you ask questions to be honest wednesday's game in paris between paris chamber sure the men will be played with non-fans needs i would se

city are 25 points behind leaders liverpool after they came from behind to beat bournemouth 2—1 at anfieldof the season. liverpool nowjust need three more wins to secure their first league title in 30 years. we are humans, the boys are human, so losing three of the last four and being confronted with that is just something that, how i said, human beings from time to time think and not always the right thing, but still they do it, and you could see that. we never thought we have to be today brilliant. we wanted to really fight. sheffield united are closing in on the european places after beating relegation threatened norwich 1—0. billy sharp scored in his third goal in four games to help move united up to sixth, level on points with wolves, while norwich stay bottom of the table. dean henderson was brilliant in goal again, prompting more calls for an england call—up. he actually got man of the match, although his manager didn't agree with that one. how has he got man of the match, by the way? he only made a couple of saves. he didn't have to run around the 90 minutes. he stands in the goal

were no restrictions in england where around 3000 athletico madrid fans were in a crowd of 54000 at anfield to watch holders liverpool get knocked out of the champions league they were beaten 32 in extra time back in spain all top level games are being played behind closed doors right now all sporting events carry on as normal in the u.k. including the cheltenham horseracing festival already 2 days into the event with around 260000 fans expected to attend overall across the week. tennis tours are also on the verge of being shut down until may the miami masters was suspended on choose a making it the 3rd major thomas event to be cancelled following the indian wells in the fed cup which was due to be played in hungary in april. the fed cup is also an olympic qualification events of this impacts on athletes aiming for tokyo 2020 but yet again despite growing chaos across the sporting world organizers of the olympics in japan insist it's business as usual that their plans not changed. it can't be kenya and the buckeye basically the plan is still going to hold the games from july the 24th as the

past 4 matches in all competitions as they hosted bournemouth on saturday there was a goal down at anfield too but the reds did come back for a 21 win that means their 25 points clear at the top of the table and there's nothing good in losing football games but it makes. you aware of how special it is to win football games it's not always for us especially not always possible to play our best football but to give everybody a proper fight should be always possible and that's what the boys did very often the n.b.a. is asking teams to make plans for games without basketball fans because of coronavirus but there's a high profile opponent to that idea los angeles lakers superstar le bron james he says he won't play without support james made his mark on the showdown between the leading teams from the east and the west the lakers getting the better of the milwaukee bucks by 10 points to guarantee a place in the playoffs change with 37 points and in front of his home crowd at least for now. if you play games with other fans. i am fine. going to frantically. of my teammates play. that's what it's

in england around 3000 outlets going to dread fans when a crowd of 54000 at anfield for their match against liverpool back in spain all top level games are being played behind closed doors as yet there are no restrictions on sporting events in the u.k. athletico going through in this one after extra time wednesday's english premier league game between manchester city and also was postponed also players came into contact with the olympiacos team owner at last week's iran pertly game and he's since tested positive for corona virus the club confirmed some squad members who haven't been identified have gone into self isolation somewhat ironically olympiacos all still being on supply english team walls like just arrived in greece to take them on in the europa league on thursday no fines will be allowed at the match in athens. if it was not the most of course it's cause what makes everything consumes of being supports in the ground us what we play for that's what we play to do too and things opposed to make sure that their votes are thus the biggest disappointment book at the same time a sort of

liverpool trail 1—0 going into the second leg at anfield.tonight on the bbc news channel. that's all the sport for now. we brought you the news that the labourmp we brought you the news that the labour mp rachel maskell was advised to self—isolate after she had a meeting with nadine dorries, the health minister who has tested positive for coronavirus. thankfully, she says she is asymptomatic so far and we can join rachel now, the mp for york central —— rachel. tell us about what has been happening over the last few days, when did you meet nadine dorries last? i met with nadine dorries to represent my constituents last thursday to discuss issues with mental health in york. on learning she has tested positive for coronavirus, i contacted nhs111 to seek advice as to what actions i should take. when did you speak to nhs should take. when did you speak to nh5111? should take. when did you speak to nhs111? overnight on hearing the news. i have been placed in self isolation until the 19th of march following that meeting and the public health advice

charge of two first—team games this season including the fa cup win against shrewsbury last month at anfieldt of the senior squad were in qatar. coronavirus continues to have an impact on sport around the the world. the opening motogp race in qatar has been cancelled, while football in italy remains seriously affected. juventus have now confirmed that the coppa italia match this week against ac milan will go ahead. fans will be able to attend, unless they have a membership address affected by the outbreak. lecce against atalanta was one of only five serie a games to take place over the weekend. visiting fans from the northern based team were tested for symptoms of the coronavirus on their way in to the ground. meanwhle organisers of the six nations will meet later today to discuss plans for the remainder of the tournament. ireland's match against italy in dublin — scheduled for this weekend has already been called off, while there are still doubts over other matches, including england's visit to rome on the final weekend. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour.

on that point, let me go back to you, professor pennington, 52,000 people at anfield watched liverpool the sense that there is no expectation there will be much virus spread there. let's hope they are right. but the big problem about football matches is that if you played in behind closed doors, and there has been a lot of talk about that, well, people go to the pub and watch it in a pub and you are much more likely to catch a virus if somebody is there excreted it in a pub than you would be on the terraces. there will be a bit of wind blowing outside. what do you think of the official number of uk cases? i am pretty confident that thatis uk cases? i am pretty confident that that is a good estimate. it is not... 100% accurate. we know that for all infectious diseases, there is underreporting, not everybody who falls ill goes to see the doctor, traditionally, with things like food poisoning, we know a gross underestimation. but i think this virus is different. have extremely good tests, and it is very sensitive. we are not missing people because the test when it is being doneis because

we allowed 3000 people to come from madrid and go to anfield on wednesday night and spent the night drinkingon't know where the viruses because when you haven't put the capacity in place to do extensive testing. thank you ever so much for your time, both of you. i'm grateful. interesting you spoke about football, we will speak about that in a moment. when boris johnson announced the government's change of stance on the coronavirus outbreak yesterday, he said there was not yet any need to cancel sporting fixtures. but — this morning, the premier league is holding an emergency meeting about what to do, after the arsenal manager mikel arteta and the chelsea player callum hudson—odoi tested positive for the virus — meaning both clu bs‘ entire first—team squads are now in self—isolation. the league's bosses will now have to consider postponing matches and possibly even suspending the whole season. our sports reporter laura scott is outside the premier league hq in london for us now. but first, in the last few minutes, u efa but first, in the last few minutes, uefa said all club competition matche

well, there will be a packed crowd at anfield tonight as the holders liverpool take on atletico madrid so manager jurgen klopp says he wants an exceptional performance from his players. he'll be without keeper alisson due to a hip injury, but captainjordan henderson returns to the squad after suffering a hamstring injury in the first game. klopp's anticpating one of the toughest games of their season so far. we have to produce a performance on the pitch which has to be exceptional in all departments because playing against a deep defending side is one thing but with the counterattacking threat on the other side it makes it more difficult. staying with coronavirus, three team members preparing for the weekend's f1 season opener in australia are in self—isolation one person from the mclaren team and two from american team haas have been tested... and are keeping away from colleagues. the race is still set to go ahead with fans watching — despite the next grand prix in bahrain taking place behind closed doors and the chinese race being postponed. 6—1 shot politologue was the surprise winn

cup this week by chelsea and will look to bounce back against relegation threatened bournemouth at anfieldou confidence. that's com pletely costs you confidence. that's completely normal, you start thinking about different things. one defeat feels like to defeats, it's not a massive difference. it's just about how you get back on track immediately on the result track, if you want, and you can do that not by hoping that things are now clicking even better than the game before, we have to just work really hard. you have to just work really hard. you have to just work really hard. you have to fight back. tottenham bossjose mourinho insists eric dier will be ready to face burnley in the premier league today. it follows his altercation with a fan after spurs' fa cup exit to norwich on wednesday. it's alleged an individual insulted dier with his family hearing the abuse but mourinho says he's in the right frame of mind. the player played so well and i think what happened is nothing to be afraid of, nothing to be ashamed of. the football world is behind and understands completely the circumstance

this year is neither feasible nor desirable, well, earlier i asked our tokyo correspondent rupert anfieldaid 69% think the games should be postponed by a year. most people obviously do not wa nt year. most people obviously do not want it to be cancelled completely. soa want it to be cancelled completely. so a postponement is the thing. i spoke to an athlete training, server training for the pics here last week. she said very much the same. she said the olympics is a dream for all of us but we want that dream to ta ke all of us but we want that dream to take place in an atmosphere that is fun and exciting, safe for everybody and at the moment that is not the case and she was also saying postponement is probably the best thing to do. the former footballers gary neville and ryan giggs were already pretty popular with one half of manchester. now they're going to be popular with the other half — and the rest of the country — after opening their two hotels in the city — for free — to nhs workers as they deal with the coronavirus crisis. earlier, i asked gary how nhs staff go about getting a roo