brendan rodgers has done a marvellousjob and brendan rodgers has done a marvellous job and i brendan ousjob and i hope he is here to help you get ten in a row, do you know what you mean? fantastic! manchester city, already premier league champions, show no signs of slowing down as the end of the season approaches. they won 4—1 at west ham — a result which leaves the hammers only three points above the relegation zone. city were dominant throughout. after leroy sane scored city's first after 13 minutes, an own goal gave city put the visitors 2—0 up. aaron cresswell did give west ham some hopejust before half—time but that was shortlived. city scored two more in the second half. the final one of the afternoon, scored by fernandinho, was their 102nd of the season — one short of chelsea's premier league record. records always sooner or later will be broken, but the guys who want to break those records, they have to play good and fight a lot. but the way we have played this season, and all must all games, was fantastic, so that is why it is a big compliment to the team, to focus, playing g

a victory now in the scottish cup final will see brendan rodgers's side complete the double treble. of securing steven gerrard as their latest manager. a penny for his thoughts, if he was watching today but for celtic, more celebrations, something they are getting very used to. brilliant, best feeling in the world. come on the celtic! dreams come true, i couldn't sleep last night, always get nervous for these games but no need to be nervous, absolutely magical. absolutely incredible, my third old firm at celtic park. brendan rodgers has done a marvellousjob and i hope he is here to help you get ten in a row, do you know what you mean? fantastic! it isa it is a tough job it is a toughjob if it is a tough job if steven gerrard go to rangers. manchester city, already premier league champions, show no signs of slowing down as the end of the season approaches. they won 4—1 at west ham — a result which leaves the hammers only three points above the relegation zone. city were dominant throughout. after leroy sane scored city's first after 13 minutes, an own goal put the visitors 2—0 up. aa

it all down of course to brendan rodgers.o the night this evening. for rangers, it is more disappointment for them of course. the club believe they are on the verge of securing the former liverpool and england captain, steven gerrard as their new manager. a penny for his thoughts, if he was watching this game today here in the east end of glasgow. hopefully, in the next couple of days we will hear if he has agreed to take on the role, but it is all about celtic here in glasgow today. they are celebrating and it's something they are getting very, very used to. any sign of anyone, any team who can challenge this dominance, chris? no, in all honesty, absolutely not. it's been seven consecutive titles and at the moment the gap between celtic and rangers is pretty much as big as it has ever been. it's all about finance in football these days. of course, celtic‘s finances dwarf that of their great rivals at the moment, so rangers have been trying desperately to claw back some ground on celtic, but there is a feeling here in scotlan

it is all down to brendan rodgers, many of the celtic fans believe they will party into the night.m. the club believe they are on the brink of securing steven gerard as their new manager. a penny for his thoughts if he was watching today. we will find out, hopefully, in the next few days whether he has agreed to take on that new role. but it is all about celtic, today, here in glasgow. any sign ofany celtic, today, here in glasgow. any sign of any team who can challenge this dominance? no. absolutely not. at the moment, the gap between celtic and rangers is pretty much as big as it has ever been. it is all about finance and football these days. celtic‘s finances dwarf their rivals. rangers have been trying desperately to claw back some ground on celtic. there is a feeling that here in scotland that as long as brendan rodgers remains in charge, rangers are going to struggle. the headlines on bbc news: labour's david lammy leads 200 mps who've signed a letter calling for government promises to windrush migrants to be written into law. south korea says kimjong—un has promised to close

manager brendan rodgers on the verge of the second successive treble on another day of celtic celebrationdon't want to know the premier league results. match of the day to two follows. the game ended in a 2—1 defeat for arsenal. arsene wenger received a little memento from sir alex ferguson ahead of what was wenger‘s last game at old trafford as the arsenal manager. at old trafford as the arsenal but the game ended in a 2—1 defeat for arsenal. manchester city are already champions which means their attention can turn to chasing records. their manager pep guardiola praised the "incredible numbers" being produced by his side as they beat west ham 4—1 meaning city have now scored 102 league goals during their title winning campaign. scored 102 league goals manchester city women and chelsea ladies both failed in their attempt to become the first english club since 2007 to reach the women's champions league final. english club since 2007 to reach city were beaten by defending champions, lyon, with the winning goal coming from a former city player, lucy bronze. while wolfsburg defeated chelsea

now brendan rodgers is happy but already thinking ahead.is happy but already thinking ahead. it was an emotional game, these games a lwa ys an emotional game, these games always are, so i was very pleased with the calmness and controlling the game. as well as the intensity. we will improve again next year, we have two. this group of players have been outstanding over these last couple of seasons but there's still aof couple of seasons but there's still a of work for us to do and that's something we will hopefully do over the summer. steven gerrard could face his former liverpool manager if he is appointed as the new boss of rangers. he is currently in charge of the liverpool under 18's with talks ongoing, alan shearer said taking thejob talks ongoing, alan shearer said taking the job would be a no—brainer but others have warned steven gerrard he will be setting himself up gerrard he will be setting himself up againsta gerrard he will be setting himself up against a separate site dominating scottish football. just two days before the second

on the brink of winning back to back trebles, having already won the league cup under manager brendan rodgerse. holders lyon are into the final of the women's uefa champions league after a 1—0 victory over manchester city ,where they will play wolfsburg in a repeat of the 2016 final. former city player lucy bronze scored the only goal of the game for the french side the winner coming after 17 minutes. lyon are aiming for a third consecutive women's champions league triumph. but will have to overcome the german side, who knocked out chelsea 5—1 on aggregate. world champion lewis hamilton has won the azerbaijan grand prix, his first win of the formula i season in an incident packed race in baku. hamilton benefiting from the misfortune of his team—mate valteri bottas and some self inflicted drama from red bull drivers max verstappen and daniel riccardio. joe lynskey reports. the waters are calm, but the streets are chaotic. behind the leaders at the start line, a congestion fight. when it is this narrows light touch is cause big problems. trying to dodge the debris left a few cars in a mess. awa

odsonne edouard with a couple of goals for brendan rodgers‘ side. sure how rangers manager—in—waiting steven gerrard will be feeling. bbc scotland understands rangers are confident gerrard will take over in the next few days, with talks between the club and the former liverpool and england captain said to have gone well. it's another big day in the premier league, as champions manchester city travel to west ham with a record points haul in their sights. pep guardiola's side are currently on 90, and with four games left to play, chelsea's record total of 95 is well within their reach. as for west ham, they're not yet safe from relegation. steve wilson is at the london stadium for match of the day two. ‘sand ‘s and every person listed football fan, most football fans are pessimistic will be able to work out a scenario where west ham go down. i think they will be ok, but i think the two manchester clubs are yet to play, they will not feel comfortable until they can get one more point, certainly three on the board. in today's other match, arsene wenger

minutes left at celtic park they are leading 5—0. 0dsonne edouard with a couple of goals for brendan rodgersgerrard will take over in the next few days, with talks between the club and the former liverpool and england captain said to have gone well. it's another big day in the premier league, as champions manchester city travel to west ham with a record points haul in their sights. pep guardiola's side are currently on 90, and with four games left to play, chelsea's record total of 95 is well within their reach. as for west ham, they're not yet safe from relegation. steve wilson is at the london stadium for match of the day two.

in the scottish premiership, celtic beat ross county to keep brendan rodgers' side on course for a seventhhile, rangers came from two goals down to rescue a draw with motherwell at fir park. the home side had gone in front with two early goals, but rangers scored twice in three second—half minutes to draw level. aberdeen stayed in touch with rangers in the hunt for second place with a 4—1 win over st johnstone. there were also wins for kilmarnock and hibs. england's cricketer‘s are on top after day three of the second and final test against new zealand in christchurch. james anderson and stuart broad got all new zealand's ten wickets between them as they removed the remaining batsman at the start of the day to give the visitors a 29 run first innings lead. 0pening batsman alastair cook fell cheaply again but the rest of england's top order steadied the ship as england lead by 231 runs. the masters at augusta is less than a week away and britain's ian poulter knows he has to win this weekend's houston 0pen poulter knows he has to win this weekend's houston open to qualify for the first golf

brendan rodgers brought on leigh griffiths at the start of the second half and he scored the winner withinl clinch their seventh title in a row with one more win from their remaining five matches. sebastien battled made it back to back grand prix wins with victory at the rain grand prix. lewis hamilton, who started down a night, made to the podium in third. to be the world champion you need to keep your cool. stranded down in ninth on the great things the penalty for changing his gearbox, it was going to be a day for damage limitation per lewis hamilton. an action packed starts some lose their way. hamilton took a more careful approach and even when he was challenged at the start of the second lap it was max verstappen who off worst. the race was briefly neutralised and agree started lewis hamilton jumped three places neutralised and agree started lewis hamiltonjumped three places in one go. he briefly lead before sebastien bethell got back in front. a problem with his pit stop sought kimi raikkonen retire, handing hamilton third place. the briton could not catch file to read but as for th

brendan rodgers' side are now looking to make even more history with back—to—back troubles, they willant to win the league, that's important, and you're playing against what is your big rivals, you wa nt to against what is your big rivals, you want to go and show that you can play. i think what i was really pleased with, they are very emotional games, celtic and rangers, soi emotional games, celtic and rangers, so i was very pleased with their commerce and control in the game. as well as the intensity. they will improve again next year, we have to do. this group of players have been outstanding over these last couple of seasons, but there is still a lot of seasons, but there is still a lot of work for us to do. premier league champions manchester city so no signs of slowing down at the end of the season. they won 4—1 at west ham, leaving the hammers only three points above the relegation zone. city were dominant throughout, an own goal put the visitors 2—0 up. creswell gave them some hope but it was short lived. in the second half city were in control. they scored two more. the final

here are four other contenders, you have brendan rodgers and maxell agree.isjob at dennis bergkamp, arsenal legend, lost his job at ajax. and patrick vieira, and arsenal legend. we'll arsenal take the gamble by appointing the former captain of their football club? the fans love him, currently in charge of new york city fc in the mls. they are top of the eastern conference and he's doing a really good job. would it be a gamble to take him to the premier league, when he will be under all sorts of pressure at the emirates stadium? the fans would like to see him back. those are the contenders to ta ke him back. those are the contenders to take over at arsenal. the club say they want to make an appointment as soon say they want to make an appointment as soon as say they want to make an appointment as soon as possible. well arsenal won't be successfully defending their fa cup title this season as they didn't make it anywhere near this weekend's semi—finals. butjose mourinho and mauricio pochettino must be sniffing an opportunity for silverware. their respective ma

mouthwatering prospect that if he moved to rangers, he would go head—to—head with old manager brendan rodgersy well at celtic at the moment! mouthwatering prospect he is on the shortlist at rangers.” wonder if you would be a popular appointment. we will be back with you later. arsene wenger will have mesut ozil, jack wilshere and better check available for the first leg of arsenal's semifinal against atletico madrid, they all missed the 4—1win on sunday with west ham united, with minor injuries. —— petr cech. it is the final european home match in charge for arsene wenger at the arsenal, atletico madrid are second in spain, they have a very good recent record in europe so it will be difficult. eddie hearn has asked wbc champion deontay wilder to show us wbc champion deontay wilder to show us the money after deontay wilder claimed he had $50 million in the bag for a unification fight. the american holds the only one of the four main belt that eddie hearn's anthonyjoshua does four main belt that eddie hearn's anthony joshua does not four main belt that eddie hearn's anthonyjoshua does not in th

brendan rodgers's side are now looking to make history by winning back—to—back trebles. scottish cup final to make history. celtic, champions for the seventh time. city already premier league champions, and they now have in their sights. after leroy sane scored city's first after 13 minutes, it was a declan risse own goal that gave city a 2—0 lead, continuing a bad afternoon for david moyes's side, although they did get one back. a cracking goalfrom arron swell, to give them some kind of hope. but city continued scoring, fernandinho adding their fourth of the day, and that was their 102nd league goal of the campaign. west ham are now, though, just three points above the relegation zone. united take on arsenal a little later on. chris como has been released from his contract as the sunderland manager. coleman joined the club last november but was unable to stop them going down to league 1. a second successive relegation. owner ellis short has also confirmed he has agreed a deal to sell the club to an international consortium of football investors, led by the ec chairman s

brendan rodgers is mentioned.y successor. he certainly has the connection. my goodness. go ahead, keep talking, because we can hear you. 0k. keep talking, because we can hear you. ok. my video went out of air. don't worry, we can hear you, keep going. perfect. in patrick vieira's case, when he has been asked about lesser jobs case, when he has been asked about lesserjobs in the past, he has a lwa ys lesserjobs in the past, he has always said, well, i'm not ready for that yet. i am happy where i am. but this time, when he was asked about thejob, even this time, when he was asked about the job, even though this time, when he was asked about thejob, even though he this time, when he was asked about the job, even though he says, this time, when he was asked about thejob, even though he says, well, we will see, i am happy where i am, we will see, i am happy where i am, we will see what happens in the next few years, we will see what happens in the next few yea rs, you we will see what happens in the next few years, you

brendan rodgers' side are now looking to make history by winning back to back trebles. the scottish cup final. manchester city have taken their premier league goal tally for the season to 102, just one short of chelsea's record, after winning 4—1 at west ham. it's a result that leaves the hammers just three points clear of the relegation zone. in the day's other match marouane fellaini scored an injury time winner as manchester united won 2—1 at home to arsenal. it was arsene wenger‘s final visit to old trafford as arsenal manager, and his former rival sir alex ferguson made a special presentation to him on the pitch before the match. manchester city's have been knocked out of the women's champions league in the semi—finals by lyon. they lost 1—0 on aggregate. having kept a clean sheet in the home first leg, city were hopeful of causing an upset, but the tie was settled by a wonder goal by former city player lucy bronze. an equaliser would still have seen city through on the away goals rule, but they never really created any significant chances. lyon dominated throughou

it means that steven gerrard could face up to brendan rodgers next season if he ta kes brendan rodgersd also win back—to—back trebles. while he is happy with the performance, brendan rodgers says he has already thinking ahead to next season. brendan rodgers says he has already thinking ahead to next seasonm was very emotional, the games, against rangers and celtic. i was very pleased with that, the cameras, and controlling the game, as well as the intensity. we will improve again next year, we have to. this group of players has been outstanding over the last couple of seasons. there is still a lot of work for us to do now is something that we will hopefully do over the summer. rugby and zach hardacre will be free to return to the sport after a backdated 1a hardacre will be free to return to the sport after a backdated14 month ban forfailing the sport after a backdated14 month ban for failing a the sport after a backdated14 month ban forfailing a drugs the sport after a backdated14 month ban for failing a drugs test. he tested positive for cocaine in september last year. dave woods told

brendan rodgers, he's done a marvellousjob.r sights, after winning 4—1 at west ham. that took their total for the season so far to 102 goals — just one short of chelsea‘s record. they‘re also closing in on the most points in a season, amongs other things. manager pep guardiola said the numbers were "incredible". i have spoken about these two men fears. these two men don't get on at all. the welcome was unusually warm for arsene wenger as he took his arsenal side to old trafford for the last time, former united boss sir alex ferguson putting old rivalries aside. but there was no room for sentiment on the pitch, as marouaine fellaini scored in stoppage time to give united a 2—1victory. manchester city women are out of the champions league after being outclassed by lyon in the second leg of their semi—final. and it was the former city player, england‘s lucy bronze, who scored the winner for the french side, who‘re going for their third straight title. chelsea are also out, after losing to wolfsburg. lewis hamilton came through a d

they'll play motherwell as brendan rodgers side look to win a domestic treble for a second consecutivehe gold coast. they were officially handed over at the closing ceremony to birmingham, who host the next games in 2022. after these big events, we talk about who was the star of the games. we will talk about netball with the women $0011. we will talk about netball with the women soon. we will talk about another star, mike bushell falling in the pool. lovely to see sally back, i couldn't agree more. this morning as a cloudy start to the day for some of us. some patchy light rain and drizzle and as we go through the coming week will turn warmer. much warmerfor some. we will see some rain in the west at times it will be windy, especially later tonight and also tomorrow. let's focus on the temperature is first of all. either time you to wednesday and thursday, some in the south—east could hit 25 or 26. earning around 2a, the same with norwich, edinburgh 19, belfast around 18 or 19 as well. the blue vanishes, and the amber and yellow comes across us. by vanishes, and the amber and yellow co

brendan rodgers‘ side are 10 points clear after aberdeen moved second by beating partick.pton wanderers have sealed the championship title and done so in the most convincing way, thrashing bolton wanderers 4—0 at the macron stadium. the win takes them 13 points clear of fulham but crucially 15 clear of cardiff in third who have a couple of games in hand but now cannot catch wolves regardless of their results. at the bottom, sunderland have suffered a second straight relegation after losing at home to burton. they‘ll be replaced by wigan athletic promoted from league one. the wait for a welsh winner of the european champions cup will continue for another year after pro 14 champions scarlets were convincingly beaten by leinster in the semi final. nick parrott reports. despite a dragon on their shirts they were underdogs against leinster. the irish have won this competition three times since the welsh last reached a semi final. that did not bother them. the only man in red from eight winners medal was cool and composed. the defence was cool and composed. the defence was not.

in the scottish premiership celtic beat ross county to keep brendan rodgers' side on course for a seventh touch with rangers in the hunt for second place with a 4—1win over stjohnstone. there were also wins for kilmarnock and hibs. england's cricketer‘s are on top after day 3 of the 2nd and final test against new zealand in christchurch. james anderson and stuart broad got all new zealand's 10 wickets between them as they removed the remaining batsman at the start of the day to give the visitors a 29—run first innings lead. 0pening batsman alastair cook fell cheaply again, but the rest of england's top order steadied the ship as england lead by 231 runs. the masters at augusta is less than a week away now and britain's ian poulter knows he has to win this weekend's houston open to qualify for that first golfing major of the year. and poulter is rising to the challenge in texas — he has a share of the lead going into the final round later today. a brilliant third round featuring seven birdies means he's 14 under par, tied with american beau hossler. they're two shots clear of the field. mu

celtic pull one back, but brendan rodger made to wait.with a points win over former four—weight world champion nonito donaire in belfast. the victory means he looks certain this summer to fulfil his long—cherished ambition of an outdoor world title fight at windsor park in his native city. someone who wasn't hanging around was amir khan in his comeback fight. 40 seconds it took him to beat phil lo greco in liverpool as he came out swinging from the start in his first fight just under two years. you can see how pleased he is to be back, and winning as well! leinster produced a knock out of their own, dumping the welsh side scarlets out of the champions cup 38—16 in their semifinal in dublin. yet to lose in the competition this season, they knocked out the holders saracens to reach the last four and their form continued as they ran in five tries. johnny sexton scoring 18 of leinster‘s points, rounding off his flawless kicking with their final try. great britain are one match away from securing promotion to the fed cup world group two afterj

brendan rodgers brought on leigh griffiths at the start of the second half and he scored the winner within has been a clean sweep of golds for the home nations on day four of the commonwealth games. 18—year—old gymnast rhys mcclenaghan of northern ireland produced one of the big shocks, beating the olympic champion max whitlock to gold on the pommell horse. with a round up of today's gold medallists, here'sjoe lynskey. no way! i can't believe it. it takes a special touch to raise a teenage champion. this is northern ireland's first gold of these games. rhys mcclenaghan called it his proudest day, and at 18 he'll hope it's just the start. his poise on the pommel was enough to beat his idol, max whitlock settling for silver. i honestly have no words. i know that is very cliched to say that i have got no words, but now, the sensational of feeling i have at the minute is unbelievable. though whitlock missed out, his england team—mates made up for it. there was gold on the rings for courtney tulloch, while georgia—mae fenton won the uneven bars. they will hope it lifts them to olympic glory. wh

manager brendan rodgers says it creates a better atmosphere.the 4—0 scottish cup semifinal defeat against celtic. they have been called in to a meeting this morning. ben stokes says he lived every moment of the winter ashes tour. he missed england's 4—0 drubbing in australia because of an ongoing court case for his alleged involvement in an incident outside a bristol nightclub last september. he told the guardian he was just gutted with the results, just as gutted as his england team—mates were. world number 51 gerald donaldson confronted the umpire astor, i think it is fairto confronted the umpire astor, i think it is fair to say, more than disagreeing —— jared donaldson. it is fair to say, more than disagreeing ——jared donaldson. it came in his first—round defeat at the monte carlo masters. he was losing to albert ramos—vinolas when he saw red. look at this. there is a mark right here! there is a mark right here! there is not a reason to talk like this. stop this. why are you doing this? you are not showing the one mark. called the supervisor

bookmakers this afternoon is celtic boss brendan rogers who's previously been in charge of liverpool and swansea. celtic have said today they won't stand in rodgers york city fc. other names in the frame are former dortmund boss thomas tuchel, germany coach joachim low and former chelsea manager carlo ancelloti. rafael nadal has thrashed austria's dominic thiem to reach a record 14th monte carlo masters semi—final. the world number one is bidding for his 11th victory at the clay court event. he won 6—0 6—2 injust over an hour. thiem beat former world number 1 novak djokovic in the last 16 yesterday. nadal will play grigor dimitrov tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. a reminder of our breaking news this hour — president donald trump's election campaign said a lawsuit launched by the democratic party on friday "completely without merit and will be dismissed in due time." the lawsuit alleges a conspiracy by the trump campaign, wikileaks and russia to carry out a wide—ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 us presidential election. president trump's administration have dismissed that lawsuit as com pletely have dismissed that lawsuit as complet

bookmakers this afternoon is celtic boss brendan rogers who's previously been in charge of liverpool and swansea. celtic have said today they won't stand in rodgersck viera is also linked to succeed wenger. he's currently manager of new york city fc. other names in the frame are former dortmund boss thomas tuchel, germany coach joachim low and former chelsea manager carlo ancelloti. important match at the top of the championship this evening, fulham against millwall, hoping to stay in the hunt for the second qualification place. victory would ta ke qualification place. victory would take them into second, but millwall have had the better start. goalless at the moment. millwall thought they had scored but this was disallowed. m illwa ll had scored but this was disallowed. millwall are in terrific form, keen to make sure they stated in the play—offs. it is a wonderful game —— is keen to make sure they stay. gloucester are taking on newcastle falcons in a european challenge cup semi—final at kingsholm. it is 8-5 it is 8—5 at the moment to gloucester. newcastle took the lead but tom marshall levelled with this speedy try. billy twelvetrees missed the

coming up on bbc news, celtic manager brendan rodgers says there's more work to do if they are to continue era of dominance in scottish football, despite winning a seventh consecutive title yesterday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. sajid javid is the new home secretary, following amber rudd's resignation. mrjavid, who was communities secretary, is the son a pakistani bus driver and said only yesterday that the windrush scandal was personal for him because he and his family could have faced threats of deportation. amber rudd resigned last night saying she had "inadvertently misled" mps over targets for removing illegal immigrants. ourfirst report is from our political correspondent, chris mason. meet the new home secretary. will you be able to get a grip on the home office? this is sajid javid, with a smile and a newjob. one of the biggest in government. a few minutes later, around the corner, the home office, a bedraggled collection of rather damp reporters awaited his arrival. a few minutes after that, well, he drives straight past them. but, once inside his new office

where he played under the now celtic manager brendan rodgers.e to be a manager. and this might be the rightjob at the right time foran might be the rightjob at the right time for an ambitious young coach. and liverpool are playing their second leg in rome, what precautions are they taking for fans? liverpool have sent representatives to the italian capital for what is described as an extraordinaire meeting with the governing body uefa. it comes ahead of the second leg of a champoins league semifinal between them at roma. more from our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. hoping to ensure it doesn‘t happen again. club officials have taken the exceptional measure of travelling to rome to discuss security measures in the light of tuesday‘s events. but still their most immediate concern remains the injured liverpool fan sean cox, still in a critical condition in hospital. this morning, the manager said the team‘s thoughts were very much with him. when i heard the first time about it, i cannot describe my emotions in english, to be honest. it was