as city run out of landmarks, aston villa ran out of landmarks, aston villa ran out of landmarks, astonlla's fight against relegation wasn't helped by watford today who leapfrogged both them and bournemouth with a crushing 3—0 win on the south coast. it lifts them out of the drop zone for the first time all season but for bournemouth — they're heading in the wrong way. patrick gearey watched this one glance at the league table and you will see bournemouth started this one point above watford. look closer and you will find them facing in opposite directions. lately, bournemouth have been sinking. they were met by watford's fast rising tide. the hornets swarmed before abdoulaye doucoure provided the sting. watford picked up ten points from five games before this, a renaissance built around two men, the new manager, nigel pearson, and the old reliable captain, troy deeney. here, a finish that was an extension of his personality, a bullish certainty that is essential in relegation fights. contrast that to what bournemouth are offering. games like these can decide seasons, but they seem to s

we'll start at villa park where manchester city smashed six past aston villa in the premier league. o grabbed half of them — breaking a couple of records in the process. for villa — now in the relegation zone with manager dean smith saying they were embarrassed. joe lynskey has the story. there are brave faces at villa park, but at the foot of the premier league, things get bleak quickly. to climb up the table, aston villa have turned to new signings. this week, they brought in danny drinkwater on loan. a man who four years ago won the title with leicester, and knows what riyad mahrez can do. the former team—mates are now at opposite ends of the league. and mahrez at city is the one who's played on. drinkwater has played just one league match in two years. you could see his demise in city's second goal. here, losing the ball inside the box, mahrez, 2—0. he wasn't the only aston villa player responsible. sergio aguero had the space for shooting practice. just 28 minutes in, the optimism had run out. by half—time, the champions had made another. kevin de bruyne‘s perfect cross finished

and manchester city are back up to second in the english premier league table, after thrashing aston villasunday. sergio aguero scored a hat—trick as the reigning champions won 6—1 at villa park. john murray reports. the champions inflicted aston villa's heaviest defeat since they returned to the premier league, sergio aguero leading the way as he overtook terry henry to become the record foreign goalscorer in english top—flight football. —— thierry henry sub some of aston villa's defending was feeble, but the visitors were irresistible, with mahrez scoring the first term, sergio aguero and jesus the others. aguero reached a personal total of 177 premier league goals, and villa's own goal was barely a crumb of comfort for them. when these kinds of things happen because of how tricks or goals, it is not season to season, it is a long, long time. that is a real value when you are consistent for a long, long time, and sergio has scored goals for a long time, with us scored goals for a long time, with us right now and in the future. in the day's other game, watford won 3—0 at bournemouth, to m

and manchester city are back up to second in the english premier league table, after thrashing aston villaports. the champions inflicted aston villa's heaviest defeat since they returned to the

aston villa. the villains have just signed danny drinkwater. he can play tonight. is fit and is available to play this evening. brendan rodgers expected to name a strong side as he tried to take the upper hand going into the reverse side which takes place at villa park at the end of this month. full coverage of the match is on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o'clock tonight. a criminal investigation has been launched after a russian ice skater was criticially injured when she fell during rehersals for the opening ceremony of the youth olympic games in switzerland. police say the 35—year—old "suddenly lost her balance" and fell on to the ice. our olympic reporter nick hope has more. youth olympic games are a celebration of sport which bring together thousands of athletes for two weeks of intense competition. but the celebrations ahead of the large of lausanne 2020 have taken a sombre time in the last few hours. it follows the news that a 35—year—old russian ice skater is in a life—threatening condition after an injury following a fall during rehearsals ahead of the opening

congratulations to aston villa, they won, they are through so for us, bitterly disappointed.enough opportunities and chances and like i said, we just switched off right at the end there on a cross. in spain — atheltic bilbao are into the copa del rey quarter—finals after winning 11—2 on penalties against second tier tenerife. the canary islands side looked as though they were heading into the last eight before a late yuri berchiche goal sent it to spot kicks. just enough time to let you know that simona halep is already through to the finals with a win over kontaveit. you can head across to the website. but from all of us, goodbye. hello there. temperatures are set to climb over the next few days, after what has been for some of us a brief taste of winter. there's still enough snow and indeed moisture lying on the ground to give the potentialfor some icy stretches through wednesday morning, which could cause some travel problems. temperatures as we start the day around about freezing, dropping below freezing across parts of scotland. probably not quite as cold as it was on tu

sarah, let's have a closer look at one of those teams in the last 16, brighton women, they beat aston villar the weekend. brighton are managed by the former england lionesses head—coach hope powell. here'sjuliette parkin. tea m team worked on the pitch and off it. it women's game is now faster... more physical... and more professional than ever before. there isa professional than ever before. there is a whole team behind the team making success happen. they are professional athletes, full—time, we have the capacity to do itand full—time, we have the capacity to do it and make sure that you eat right, sleep right, regenerate, do all the right things, it helps you in games like this. over 2a hours of meticulous preparation. just got off the couch and that is what we do, recovery, after this we get in the pool and stretch. meeting then food and the game tomorrow. dinner. breakfast. everything carefully selected for its nutritional value. we have some consult a nutritionist and worked alongside them to provide the best menus we can do the tales and make sure the players are ready. —— menus to t

leicester city come from behind to draw the first leg of their league cup semi final with aston villaa with a broken rib. and the government wants the fa to end a deal that allows betting companies to broadcast fa cup matches. hello. after last night's league cup semi final between manchester city and manchester united was very one sided — tonight — the teams couldn't be split. leicester city and aston villa played out a 1—1 draw in the first leg at the king power stadium to setup an intriguing second tie in three weeks' time. adam wild was watching. leicester city have for many been one of the surprises of the season, second in the lake, two games from the league cup final. brendan roger spoke this week of creating a new history. from the beginning, they seemed in a rush to get it started. backin seemed in a rush to get it started. back in the side with jamie vardy but when he scored at this chance, things might not go their way. aston villa may have sensed that especially when frederick got his footin especially when frederick got his foot in the cross to pride in the opening goal.

aston villa are heading to wembley with victory over leicester. the return of israel folau.ormer australia international has switched codes nine months on from making homophobic comments on social media. and the great escape — roger federer saves seven match points to reach the australian open semi—finals. hello and welcome to the programme. after five day‘s of fa cup games— tonight was the turn of the league cup. and what a night it was at villa park. the second leg of their semi—final with leicester city. poised going into tonight's match at 1—1, it was matt targett on targett for the home side opening the scoring early into the first half to take them a step closer to wembley. but leicester weren't letting this go that easily. kelechi ihea nacho, just as he did in the first leg, made it 1—1, and just when it looked like it would be going to penalties... three minutes into injury time, trezeguet volleying a first—time beauty into the bottom right corner, putting aston villa into their first league cup final in ten years. look at what it means to the fans there. they'll fac

aston villa back into their first cup final aston villa back into their first cupfinal in aston villacity in the final at wembley on the 1st of march. more scottish cup action, the fourth round replay between hibs and dundee utd, and christian deutch hat—trick helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting up helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting upa helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting up a last helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting upa last16 helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting up a last 16 tie with bse glasgow. elsewhere ligue one side falkirk will face hearts after beating chime ship visitors are 2—0. a former by ship visitors are 2—0. a former rugby union star, is your full eye who, who was sacked by rugby australia for making homophobic comments, has signed a one—year deal with super league side catalan dragons. the league say it was a difficult decision to allow him to play, but they cannot prevent him because he has not been found guilty of any because he has not been found guilty ofany criminal because he has not been found guilty of any criminal offence. super league boss says he is di

at the turn of the last decade, aston villa were on their way to a sixth—placed finish in the premierhe relegation zone in need of a new year boost. jack grealish thought he had found it ten minutes in but var had its own say. wesley offside in the build—up. but the brazilian made amends soon after, driving home through nick pope to give villa a deserved lead. and thenjack grealish did get his goal. no var intervention this time. villa have been known to surrender leads this season and a chris wood header ten minutes before the end set up a nervy ending. but they did manage to hold on and have leapt out of the relegation zone for now. i could see from the players' eyes today when they went out there that they were ready for this today. this is a tough place to come, they make it hard and they know how to stay in this league. but we felt that we could go and compete with them today. if we completed, then with the players we have got, we are really good footballers and we showed that in the first half. in brighton, cesar azpilicueta gave chelsea the lead with a bundled finish. and it lo

jack grealish thought he‘d scored for aston villa.uld only be used to correct clear and obvious errors. well, try finding one here. commentator: it's been ruled out. 0ffside given. grealish was at the heart of everything for villa, and there was no keeping him out for long. commentator: wow! 2—0 here, and although burnley would get one back, villa held on for a win that lifts them out of the relegation zone. leicester are currently the closest challengers to liverpool. they faced newcastle united, who were in a generous mood. commentator: ayoze perez! minutes later, united were scrambling again and when the ball landed at james maddison‘s feet, there was no way back. commentator: how about that?! 3—0 it finished. leicester starting the year as they mean to go on. there were also important wins for southampton and watford, while the wait is nearly over for david moyes, who will take charge of his first game since returning to west ham against fellow strugglers bournemouth. both club and manager hoping the new year brings a change of fo

from the beginning against aston villa they sent in a rush to get it started. paris coming close. ay have sense that also. especially after the opening goal. a lead they we re after the opening goal. a lead they were unlucky not to extend. a header ruffling back of the crossbow. much has been discussed about the future ofjames has been discussed about the future of james madison, he has been discussed about the future ofjames madison, he was has been discussed about the future of james madison, he was with has been discussed about the future ofjames madison, he was with a big chance to change the course of leicester city's future instead that was left to his teammate. the equaliser, finally, the first leg and level. leicester city's new history will have to wait. james anderson says he's frustrated to be missing the rest of england's tour of south africa with a broken rib. he picked up the injury during their second test win in cape town and is expected to be out for 6 to eight weeks. he's onlyjust returned after five months out with a calf problem but former england seamer ryan si

former liverpool goalkeeper pepe reina is having a medical at aston villa ahead of a loan move from acormer spanish international after tom heaton was ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. the deal is expected to be completed later on today. after a 16 year career that included 81 caps for wales, james hook will retire from rugby union at the end of the season. the 3a year old, who plays predominantly at fly—half, is at 0spreys at the moment and also had spells at perpignan and gloucester. he wants to move into coaching but he's also written a series of childrens books, with a rugby theme that will be published later this year. the corruption trial of former world athletics president lamine diack gets underway in paris today. the 86—year—old, whose son papa massata has also been charged, has been under house arrest in senegal since november 2015. diack has been investigated over allegations he took payments diack senior has been investigated over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against russian drugs cheats. they both deny all the charges. rob bur

aston villa have also been eliminated — after losing 2—1 at championship side fulham.nd, after a dramatic late winner. tom eaves completing his hat—trick in stoppage time to snatch a 3—2 win at league one side rotherham — who played over an hour with ten men. league one shrewsbury town earned a replay with championship side bristol city after a 1—1 draw, thanks to sean goss‘ second—half equaliser. you can find all the goals and rest of the results on the bbc sport website and app. five games kicked off at 5.31pm. holders manchester city are hosting league two side port vale it's 2—1 at the etihad. tom pope heading home to equalise for lower league side but sergio aguero has restored the lead for city. second in the premier league, leicester are 2—0 with 2018 winners wigan, wolves beat manchester united in the quarterfinals of last seasons cup — it's 0—0 there. i have my eye on that one at the moment. england's bowlers came to the rescue again, leading the fightback on day two of the second test in cape town. having been bowled out for 269, james anderson and stuart bro

aston villa have also been eliminated after losing 2—1 at championship side fulham.y were given a bit of a first half scare by league two side, port vale, but pep guardiola's side went in to cruise control in the second half. city won 4—1 to continue their attempt to retain the cup as alex gulrajani reports. believe it or not, there are some manchester city fans out there who haven't yet seen them win a trophy. the fa cup was part of a famous trouble for pep guardiola last season. trouble for pep guardiola last season. its value more important this year as their elite title defence stutters. alex and janco getting this defence off in style. devon silva meanwhile was having less luck. leak to port vale knew this would be a tricky evening. a little bit of luck on their side, and a moment of class, too. he's looking to attack it, and he scores! that's the moment for port vale, anton pope! all of a sudden they we re anton pope! all of a sudden they were leveled against the premier league champions. how long could they hold out? the answer — not too long. sergio aguero po

at the turn of the last decade, aston villa were on their way to a sixth placed finish in the premier in need of a new year boost. jack grealish thought he had founded ten minutes in but var had its own sake. wesley oxide in the build—up. but the brazilian made amends soon after, driving home through nick hope to give villa a deserved lead. and thenjack grealish did get his goal. no var intervention this time. villa have been known to surrender leeds this season and a chris wood header ten minutes before the end set upa header ten minutes before the end set up a nervy ending. but they did manage to hold on and have leapt out of the relegation zone for now. in brighton, cesar azpilicueta gave chelsea the lead with a bundled finish. and it looked like that would be enough for lampard's men untilan would be enough for lampard's men until an early contender for goal of the decade from alireza jahanbakhsh, forcing chelsea to share the points. so three games underway right now southampton have just ta ken southampton have just taken the lead, and watford are enjoying a resurgence under nige

it's manchester city who will meet aston villa in the final of the league cup.it's manchester city who will meet aston villa in the final of the league cup. pep guardiola's side failed to score in the second leg of their semi—final against manchester united — but progressed 3—2 on aggregate. the first leg demonstrated in 90 minutes what's been obvious for several years, that city have stepped decisively ahead of united. theiraim stepped decisively ahead of united. their aim now, to move fully out of reach. the problem, david dahir‘s reach. the problem, david dahir‘s reach. he denied aguero. edward, as chief executive, had his house vandalised last night but suddenly a thunderbolt. the semi—final smashed open. things became but was. finally, sterling found himself through time. games still not over but in chasing this, matic was too keen on they would be shortstaffed for their final keen on they would be shortstaffed for theirfinal push. too much of an ask against the city team and agero might have asked for the full stoppage. city's was the bigger the tree and t

wales and british lions playerjames hook aston villa.ish lions playerjames hook has announced he will retire from rugby at the end of the season, he wants to focus on writing rugby themed children's books and a career in coaching. and the kansas city chiefs came from 24-0 the kansas city chiefs came from 211—0 down to beat the houston texans to advance to the afc championship game. more on all those stories in 20 minutes, iwill see game. more on all those stories in 20 minutes, i will see you then. the airline flybe has refused to comment on reports that it's trying to secure emergency funding to prevent its collapse. flybe was bought by connect airways, a consortium created by virgin atlantic, stoba rt group and investment adviser cyrus capital last year. our business presenter dominic o'connell is here. they are not commenting on media reports on crisis talks being under way, what do you understand? certainly not denying. they say they are focused on passenger service and not focusing on speculation but they are not saying this is the

the aston villa supporters weren't staying for the encore.hrough relentless consistency. when these kinds of things happen, how many hat tricks and how many goals, it is because it's not just one season, two seasons or a short moment, it is a long, long time. and that is a real value, when you are consistent for a long, long time and sergio has done that. i'm so happy, i want to say thanks to my teammates because they helped me these nine years. so i'm very proud of them. what comes next for aguero rests on how long he stays. there's 18 months left on his city contract but even as a club as rich as this one, the landmarks, the volume of goals, are impossible to replace. joe lynskey, bbc news. watford's resurgence continues after they climbed out of the relegation zone for the first time this season with a 3—0 win at bournemouth. captain troy deeney was among the goalscorers for nigel pearson's side. the defeat sees bournemouth drop to second bottom. wales and british lions player james hook has announced that he will retire from rugby at the

waiting for them are aston villa, who beat leicester 3—2 with a very late winner. manchester united have signed bruno fernandez from sporting lisbon, despite barcelona trying to tempt him away. the express go with "heroes and villans", after that late winner from trezeguet gave aston villa a trip to wembley for the league cup final. and that‘s the main feature in the guardian, who report that malcolm arnold, uk athletics‘ former performance director, says the legacy of london 2012 has been squandered and athletics in this country is in a dreadful state. an online petition to honour kobe bryant is really taking off. it‘s calling for the logo of the nba — the basketball league in the united states — to be changed to feature an outline of bryant. the petition has been signed over 2.5 million times. that‘s all from me but don‘t forget sportsday here on bbc news at 6.30 for a full round—up of the day‘s events. hope you can join us then, but for now, it‘s back to you. thank but for now, it‘s back to you. you. the headlines on bbc news. british airways suspends all but es

aston villa have taken the lead tonight.n aggregate around ten minutes left of the first half. aston villa 50 minutes of play away from wembley. the former rugby union star israel folau, who was sacked by rugby australia for making homophobic comments, has signed a one year deal with the super league side catalans dragons. the rugby football league say that it was a difficult decision to allow him to play but they can't prevent him because he hasn't been found guilty of any criminal offence. super league boss robert elstone says he's disppointed and deplores his comments. folau says he will keep his religious beliefs private. in response to the signing, wigan warriors say that their match against dragons will be a pride day in support of lgbt groups. keegan hirst, who plays for championship side halifax, the first openly gay rugby league player, posted this on social media. i'm shocked and disappointed at the signing of folau. our great game is tasked with fighting against homophobia and standing up for the values it puts su

they're through to the final to face aston villa — despite losing at home to manchester united in ther city are back at wembley but in reality their passages should have been passed far easier. too early saves and another in a second—half for a from walker. city also had two goals disallowed while they were guilty of wasted opportunities. stirling and david silver who passed rather than shoot. united rarely troubled bravo bittersweet strike from matic gave them hope. he was sent off 14 minutes from the end and harder for united. city lost the second leg and deserved to go through better only the third team to reach three successive league finals in a row. it was good we could sit as usual, so it was good we could sit as usual, so if you, so the ball was in centrepiece but the first time they should on target and the second half they should once, no more than that but i'm really pleased for them. this 100 minutes we played, in both games were better. i'm pleased, very pleased to be of course again three yea rs pleased to be of course again three years ina pleased to be of course again

top of the half of the table for the first time this season after a 2—0 win at crystal palace, aston villaome to watford meaning the hornets slip back into the bottom three. and that's because bournemouth won for the first time since the 2nd of november as they put three past brighton, while the drama continued because newcastle united somehow managed to score two stoppage time goals at everton to sneak a 2—2 draw. we have to stay on the game until the last second and, honestly, i have nothing to say to my players. they did really well all the time, all the time. carlo ancelotti used to be in charge of napoli until last month but there was more joy for his old team in naples. as a lorenzo insigne goal after two minutes took them into the semi—finals of the coppa italia after they accounted for lazio. each side had a player sent off in the first half but it's gennaro gatuso's side who advance to the last four. to spain and in the copa del rey. sevilla beat levante 3—1 as they move through to the last 16. osasuna are also through despite being taken to extra time by third tier recreativo hue

it's manchester city who will meet aston villa in the final of the league cup.ep guardiola's side failed to score in the second leg of their semifinal against neighbours manchester united, a 1—0 defeat on the night. but they progressed 3—2 on aggregate. patrick gearey has the details. the first leg demonstrated in 90 minutes what has been obvious for several years that city have stepped aside and flee ahead of united. they are now fully out of ridge but the promised evidence fonseca reaches extensive. he denies surgery required to keep the tie alive. turban times at united. the chief executive had his house vandalized last night. but ahead of the gathering gloom, thunderbolt... now 3-2 gathering gloom, thunderbolt... now 3—2 on and get, it became breakfast raheem sterling found himself a time, fartoo raheem sterling found himself a time, far too much time. game still not over but in chasing this, matic was too keep us up a second go kart, united would be short for their final push. too much to ask against his city team and oak world may have added the full stop

aston villa and leicester are all square at 1—1 going into tonight's match at villa park. to a major domestic cup final, my first full season, would be magnificent. i know, just feeling how it was last season, the play—off final, what a great place it can be to go and what to feel good factor you can lift and that last—minute winner against watford last—minute winner against watford last week has given everyone a bit ofa last week has given everyone a bit of a lift spring in their step and the players are certainly looking forward to it. you've just got to stay calm. i think there are lots of emotions around these games but you have to play with emotion, of course, but then you have to play with that calmness and not overthink it as well so it will be a great occasion to perform well and hopefully get the result we want. those the maangers ahead of tonight's match, there's commentary on radio 5live, former villa defender is there. i think, obviously, ithink, obviously, the i think, obviously, the first leg will have to be quite defensive to try and bring the results back s

football line, ac milan's spanish goalkeeper pepe reina hasjoined the english premier league side aston villauntil the end of the season. reina watched from the stands on sunday as villa were thrashed 6—1 at home by manchester city, and dropped into the relegation zone as a result. it'll be reina's second spell in english football, having played nearly 400 games for liverpool where he won the fa cup and league cup. south africa's rugby world cup—winning captain has told the bbc that he may consider offers to play in europe, but only when his work back home is complete. siya kolisi, the first black man to lead the springboks, says that in addition to funding schools with equipment, and providing safe clean places for children to learn, he also plans to build rugby, football and cricket pitches in the most deprived parts of the country. i noted feels like to not have proper rugby field, and facilities, so proper rugby field, and facilities, so my goal is to make sure that one day people gets a fair opportunity and of the schools get to play against each other. they can now compete. now we going

aston villa climbed out of the bottom three winning 2—1 away to burnley, while watford made it a thirdager nigel pearson, beating wolves 2—1. and bottom of the table norwich city held crystal palace to a 1—1 draw at carrow road. david stern, the man who spent 30 years shaping the nba has died at the age of 77 after suffering a brain haemorrhage last month. stern was the nba's longest—serving commissioner after he took over in 1984 and oversaw its growth into a global power. by the time he left his position in 2014, a league that had struggled for a foothold had grown into a more than $5 billion a year industry with worldwide popularity to match. nba commissioner adam silver, who you saw next to stern said: "because of david, the nba is a truly global brand, making him not only one of the greatest sports commissioners of all time but also one of the most influential business leaders of his generation." "every member of the nba family is the beneficiary of david's vision, generosity and inspiration." and from some of the players, dywane wade refers to how his dreams were made by meeting

former liverpool and spanish international keeper pepe reina is set to join aston villa on loan untilthe season. he's currently with ac milan but was at villa park yesterday as they were thrashed by manchester city. manchester united have held talks with sporting lisbon over the transfer of bruno fernandes. the 25 year old midfielder, who scored twice at the weekend, is valued at around £60 million. tottenham are close to signing the benfica midfielder gedson fernandes. the 21 year old is set to sign an initial 18 month loan deal. fernandes could be a long—term replacement for spurs christian eriksen who can leave for free in the summer when his contract comes to an end. the dane, whojoined spurs in 2013, could be an inter milan player by the end of the month, but is set to play against middlesbrough tomorrow night in their fa cup 3rd round replay. if you ask me if i think this is the best christian eriksen, i have to be honest and say no. if you ask me if i know the reasons, i am not an idiot. iam not i know the reasons, i am not an idiot. i am not blooming the player, iam not idiot.

england, it's all—square after the first leg of the league cup semi—final between leicester city and aston villalla in front after 28 minutes, with kelechi ianacho equalising for leicester late in the second—half. the second leg is in three weeks time. even though we were dominating in the first half, give away a soft goal but in second half we had a different mentality, they made some great saves, very good locks, but we eventually hit the goal which was at least what we deserved. meanwhile, mauro icardi scored a hat—trick as paris saint—germain thrashed saint—etienne to reach the semi—finals of the french league cup. neymar and mbappe were also among the scorers as psg won 6—1. in the night's other games, lille beat amiens 2—nil. and lyon beat brest 3—1. to cricket, and england will be without fast bowlerjames anderson for the rest of their test series in south africa. england's all—time leading wicket—taker, broke a rib during the 2nd test in cape town, which england won, to level the series, with two matches to play. the bbc‘s adam mountford reports from south africa. this is a huge blow for

unplayable and the replay has been rescheduled for the 23rd of january, just two days after watford play aston villaleague while tranmere will have to squeeze three games into six days. no such problems at the spurs stadium. you'd hope not considering it cost a billion pounds to build so their replay against middlesbrough goes ahead. it's on bbc one. and former chelsea and middlesbrough strikerjimmy floyd hasselbaink is a studio guest. he told me how much a cup run would mean to jose mourinho. he told me how much a cup run would mean to jose mourinho. he is playing at home. he needs to try and get the supporters back on board. he needs a win. it is a cup game, it is against a championship team, everybody expects him to win but i think totte n ha m expects him to win but i think tottenham needs a good run in the fa cup no. —— now. it has been a long time and this has to be the start of it. quite a long time indeed, 2008 was the last trophy for spurs and two of those players who won that i know in the opposing dugout. yes, well, i know everything about that match. i was in the stadium at the time. jon

minutes and then straight to penalties if it is still level and there is going to be a debut for aston villak recap on oui’ their new signing. a quick recap on our top story. israel folau has which backed to rugby league. he was sacked by rugby austria for making homophobic comments. he will be playing for catalan dragons in the new super league season that starts this week. for me and the rest of the team it is goodbye for now. it has been a chilly day but today a contest. many were greeted by a dust of snow, even several centimetres to higher ground as you can see in this weather watcher picture in the island. further east, fewer showers, plenty of sunny spells, it was a beautiful afternoon in leicester. most of the show were out along the west facing coast with a bit of exposure to the wind and then continue through the night tonight. elsewhere we will see some clearer skies and temperatures are likely to follow a set temperature is get down to just below freezing in the north. again, we could see further snow showers around. if you get some showers around. if you get some shower through

aston villa have completed the signing of pepe reina on loan from ac milan until the end of the seasonformer liverpool player was in the stands as villa were thrashed 6—1 by manchester city yesterday. as was their first choice keeper tom heaton who's been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. kick it out say greater action needs to be taken following reports of anti—irish and sectarian abuse aimed at stoke city's james mcclean over the weekend. mcclean was allegedly the victim of abuse during stoke‘s match with millwall on saturday, that comes after similar recent incidents reported at huddersfield and barnsley. and england lionesses will start the defence of the shebelieves cup title against the hosts and world champions the united states. the lionesses won this event for the first time last year and will also playjapan and spain in the march tournament. the man responsible for racially abusing england cricketerjofra archer has been banned from attending international and domestic fixtures in new zealand for two years. the fast bowler was subjected to racist abuse b

aston villa are out of the relegation zone after a 2—1 win over burnley.oring one there. watford's revival continues — 2—1 they beat wolves, that's ten points from a possible 12 for nigel pearson since he took over. and crystal palace sub connor wickham scored a late equaliser awarded by var to get a draw against norwich. it wasn't the only var intervention today but — match of the day on bbc one shortly for the rest. a quick look at the table. liverpool can extend their advantage once again tomorrow. down at the bottom, norwich could really have done with hanging on for that win today. watford, though, their fortune looks to be changing. they have got a good run of form, they have had a fantastic christmas. adam wild, thank you very much indeed. we are going to stay with the football. there was a huge game in the championship, leeds are still top of the table on goal difference from west bromwich albion after a 1—1 draw at the hawthornes. and it was a bittersweet afternoon for west brom's semi ajayi, he scored both goals. he gave the baggies the lead in t

aston villa may have sensed that especially when frederick got his footin especially when frederick got his foot in the cross to pride in the opening goal. a lead they were unlucky not to extend as this had it rattled back off of the crossbar. much has been discussed of late about the future of james minutes and come here he was with a big chance to change the course of leicester city future. instead, that was left. this is the equaliser. finally to seize the first leg and level. leicester city new history will have to wait. england's leading wicket james anderson has been ruled out of the final two test matches against south africa with a broken rib. having onlyjust recovered from a calf problem last year, the seamer could miss up to two months. he said it was frustrating to be missing the rest of the series but he'll still be supporting the likes of ben stokes, joe root and stuart broad from home. earlier, i gauged the reaction from former england bowler ryan sidebottom look at him and how bride and how bit they are in the amount of balls what they have done and what they have achieve

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extraordinary scenes at aston villa where they came from and go down to beat watford.r in the fifth minute of stoppage time. south him to be palace 2—0 and an incredible finish at goodison, everything were two hyphens are up going into the fourth minute of injury time. newcastle somehow managing to score twice in the last minute, the last 120 seconds of the game to rescue a point, 2—2 at finish there. killian and mbappe pots my performance in the 2018 world cup final cemented him in sporting history. he has come a long way in the future it will yea rs a long way in the future it will years since he was first signed by monaco age 1a and is now considered one of the best players in the world. the psg striker has since been transports correspondent natalie perks. the world did not know his name before russia, they certainly knew it after. and pepe with a shooting chance, he has done it again! he became only the second teenager in history to score any world cup final but first, pele. bonjour! all his short life he has been touted as the new star, but he has proved he is as

the argentinian striker bagged a hat—trick, as manchester city thrashed aston villa 6—1.e game, also a record. the win lifts city to second and leaves villa in the relegation zone. when these kinds of things happen, for how many hat tricks and how many goals, it is not because of the season to season moment. it is a long, long time. and that is a real value, when you are consistent for a long time. when you can score goals all the time with us, right now, before and then in the future. villa are now in the bottom three after watford beat bournemouth 3—0. they've climbed up to 17th. bournemouth are second bottom. manager eddie howe says they must come back stronger. arsenal women have gone three points clear at the top of the wsl after thrashing brighton 4—0. arsenal controlled the game from start to finish. beth mead's late goal completed the scoring. they stay clear of second—placed manchester city and four points in front of chelsea who beat bristol city 6—1. after a three—year wait, serena williams is a winner again — taking the title at the auckland classic. the 6—3,

leicester play aston villa in the first leg at the king power stadium — 20 years since they last won ng with a 4—1win over villa in the league, leicester manager brendan rodgers believe his team are still full of energy... when you get to the final, you have to suffer. there will be periods over the two games where we have two suffer but this team have shown over the course of the season, the mentality hasn't changed, we have shown we can suffer, keep clean sheets, score goals, play fast, dynamic football, play counter attack football and we want to bring all of that into the games to get us to the final. the government says fa needs to immediately reconsider its decision to sell fa cup broadcast rights via a third party to a gambling website.since the start of last season, bookmaker bet365 has had rights to show games on its website and app.the fa plan to review their broadcast deals, while bet365 say "there is no obligation on customers to place a bet on any fa cup match to enjoy the live streams." natelie pirks reports... this weekend all fa cup matches kicked off one minute late.

manchester city will be aston villa in the league cup final despite losing 1—0 to manchester united inaggregate. unlivable's relentless march to the premier league title continued. they are now 19 points clear of manchester city at the top of the table manchester city at the top of the ta ble after manchester city at the top of the table after beating west ham 2—0. more for you on all of those stories after half past. new figures from france suggest that the number of british people owning property there has fallen since the brexit refendum in 2016 but in some pockets of the country, estate agents have reported a ‘brexit boost‘, with uk buyers in a race to find a home there before britain leaves the eu. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson, reports from the dordogne. karen and her husband came to europe to find a lifestyle they say britain has lost. the kennels they run in the dordogne have been home for the family since april. now they say they will stay here no matter what happens following brexit, even if it needs becoming french. quite a change for a couple, who, back in 2016 v

could fall today if sergio aguero scores twice for manchester city in the late kick off against aston villa, the argentine would become the highest foreign goalscorer in the premier league. thierry henry is the current record—holder, with 175 goals — aguero isjust one behind. arsenal are set to go clear again at the top of the women's super league — they're playing brighton and they lead 2—nil at half time, jill roord with their second. it's tight at the top with manchester city winning yestreday to pull level. this match is live on the bbc sport website. where you can also follow the build up to the lunchtime kick off in the premier league, bournemouth taking on watford, both sides in the relegation zone. that's all the sport for now. time for the weather forecast with sarah. after a fair bit of fine and dry weather on sunday, stormy weather on the cards. strong, disruptive winds on monday and into tuesday and some heavy rain around at times as well. as we head through the rest of sunday, largely clear skies with a few showers in scotland. into this evening and overnight, some rain showers

brendan rodgers' side could drop to third if manchester city avoid defeat at aston villa on sunday.castle played out a 1—1 draw, as did crystal palace and arsenal. inter milan are on course to extend their lead at the top of serie a. they're currently i—i up against atalanta. zlatan ibrahimovic scored his first goal for ac milan since rejoining the club. he said it made him feel alive as he grabbed the second in a 2—0 win at cagliari. it was milan's first since december. it'll be novak against nadal in the final of the atp cup as djokovic's serbia face rafa's spain. serbia saw off russia whilst nadal won the second singles rubber as they ended australia's run at their home tournament. serena williams is warming up nicely for the australian open in just over a week too. she's into the final of the auckland international with a 6—1, 6—1 win over amanda anisimova. she'll play unseeded american jessica pegula in a bid to end a long wait for a piece of silverware. meanwhile, us open champion bianca andreescu will miss the aussie open as she recovers from a knee injury. the world no 6 sai

some other results for you, brighton drew 1—1 at home chelsea aston villa are a point above the relegation palace. tottenham went down 1—0 at southampton. watford beat wolves 2—1. there was a huge game in the championship, leeds are still top of the table on goal difference from west bromwich albion after a 1—1 draw at the hawthornes. and it was a bittersweet afternoon for west brom's semi ajayi, he scored both goals. he gave the baggies the lead in the second minute of the match after some head—tennis in the leeds box, the ball just crossing the line. and it was ajayi's own goal after the break that saw leeds come away with a point, he unwittingly deflected patrick ba mfords header past his own keeper. leeds stay top then and both sides are nine points clear of brentford and nottingham forest. england's cricketer‘s are having a tough time of it, jofra archer is a doubt for the second test against south africa which starts in cape town on friday. the fast bowler bowler has a right elbow injury. he took six wickets in the first test which england lost — he was also one of the 11 players aff

and aston villa are also out — an absolute cracker from harry arter giving fulham a 2—1 victory at cravening fight back at watford. they were 3—0 down until the 65th minute when connorjennings pulled a goal back, it was initally disallowed for offside but var overturned that decision and paul mullin completed the comeback from the penalty spot in the final minutes of the game. all the goals from today's games are on the bbc sport website and app. england have the edge over south africa after day two of the second test in cape town. the hosts slipped from 157—3 to 215—8 at the close of play and it was ben stokes again who was the star of the show with four superb catches. adam wild reports. in cape town, a beautiful warm day, watching on, english knights were heating up too. into battle once more, jimmy anderson, but after yesterday's batting problems, today's opening stand was england's last. and anderson didn't — not for long anyway. all out for 269. now, it may be one of the world's most picturesque grounds, but right then for england, things were not looking great. that was until stuar

aguero's now two clear of that, as manchester city thrashed aston villa 6—1 to move ahead of leicesterare 16 points behind the leaders liverpool, having played a game more. novak djokovic says winning the inaugural atp cup is ‘definitely one of the nicest moments of his career‘. the world number two inspired serbia to a 2—1win over spain in sydney. after the serbs lost their opening singles match, djokovic beat rafael nadal in straight sets to level the tie. he took control of a second set tie—break at the crucial moment to seal the win. he was then back for the deciding doubles with victor troicki. fittingly it was left to djokovic — the player of the tournament — to get serbia over the line. the corruption trial of former world athletics president lamine diack gets under way in paris on monday. the 86—year—old, whose son papa has also been charged, has been under house arrest in senegal since november 2015. diack senior has been investigated over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against russian drugs cheats. they both deny all the charges. the boston celtics‘ figh

admitting his side started slowly, leicester city boss brendan rodgers felt they deserved to beat aston villaer stadium, with frederic guilbert prodding the premier league strugglers ahead. leicester levelled the match when they capitalised on some villa indecision in midfield, setting up kelechi iheanacho for his sixth goal of the season. the return leg is at villa park in just under three weeks' time. meanwhile the manchester united captain ashley young's on his way out of the club. he's agreed to join the italian side inter milan when his current contract expires in the summer, but he could still move injanuary if united allow him to go. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's get more now on the decision by prince harry and meghan markle's decision to ‘step back‘ as senior members of the royal family duncan larcombe is the author of prince harry: the inside story — and he is the former royal editor of the sun. he joins us live now from kent. do you think this was a hasty decision to announce this move? they have been unhappy for a while but it seems qu

sergio aguero scored a hat—trick as manchester city thrashed aston villa 6—1 to move back to second ints. meanwhile, watford have moved out of the relegation zone for the first time this season after beating fellow strugglers bournemouth 3—0. and in the championship, cardiff city and swansea city had to settle for a goalless draw. arsenal women moved three points clear at the top of the wsl with a straightforward victory at brighton. jordan nobbs one of the four names on the score sheet in a 4—0 win. iran's only female olympic medallist, kimia alizadeh, says she's defected because she didn't want to be part of "hypocrisy, lies, injustice and flattery". she made history for iran in 2016 when she won a bronze medal in taekwondo at the rio olympics. in a post on instagram, alizadeh, who has not revealed where she is, said authorities in the islamic republic had used her success as a propaganda tool. the rugby league community gathered together at headingley stadium in honour of leeds rhinos legend rob burrow who's been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. burrow held back tears as he too

england, it's all—square after the first leg of the league cup semi—final between leicester city and aston villa with kelechi ianacho equalising for leicester late in the second—half. the second leg is in three weeks time. real madrid are through to the final of the re—vamped spanish super cup after beating valencia 3—1. the competition, which used to be played pre—season between the spanish champions and copa del rey winners — is now a four—team tournament. and, this year's edition, is being played in saudi arabia for the first time. real madrid took the lead after only 15 minutes thanks to german midfielder, toni krose, who scored directly from a corner. isco and looka modric both scored either side of the break, before valencia got a late consolation goal. real madrid will now face barcelona or atletico madrid in sunday's super cup final. their semi—final gets underway in jeddah later. atletico madrid, who were runners up in la liga last year, last won the cup in its previous format back in 2014. the revamped competition has had its fair share of criticism. spain's public broadcaster refused

leicester city host aston villa in their english league cup semi—final first leg later. go back to 1996 when villa last lifted the trophy. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the team that is your wednesday sport briefing. let's see the pictures of where a ukraine airliner crashed shortly after ta keoff ukraine airliner crashed shortly after takeoff stopping there were at least 170 or more assumed dead stopping you can't really see much from this footage but you do get a sense of the crash site which is quite hard to get to. with me is our news reporter gareth barlow. what more are we hearing about this? it isa what more are we hearing about this? it is a developing story, but the headline is according to state media that everyone on board this 737 flight that everyone on board this 737 flight operated by ukraine international airlines has died in this incident. it was heading towards kyiv and crashed very shortly after landing stopping the head of a run's emergency services told state tel