brendan rodgers says he hopes celtic fans will forgive him for leaving glasgow for leicester... lose their opening match in the algarve cup — after a late penalty against canada. also coming up in the programme... after widnes vikings are saved from liquidation, we find out what it really means for one of rugby league's most famous clubs. and kristina vogel tells sir chris hoy about life after the accident which left her paralysed. so lots of great sport to talk about tonight, and we're starting with athletics because glasgow is hosting the european indoor championships this weekend. plenty of british medal hopes and none more — so than for katarina johnson—thompson. she's leading the pentathlon after three of the five events — looking to add a european title to the world indoor gold she won last year. adam wild rounds—up the action so far. weights under the roof in glasgow, it is this guy that seems the limit for katarina johnson—thompson. no hopes could scarcely have been higherfor her hopes could scarcely have been higher for her in the pentathlon, recording the second fastes

well brendan rodgers decision to quit his job with scottish football champion celtic and psycho over as manager of leicester city in the english premier league has provoked a huge social media reaction very little of it positive base from a celtic perspective when rodgers arrived at celtic he declared himself a fan of the club and was insights of guarding them to a third straight league title but the season nearing its finale he took the decision to go south of the border for a club sitting eleventh in the premier league he takes charge of his first leicester game on sunday. obviously seen some of what's been said. but. this insulting supporters will hurt. you know i will understand how they feel. their hurt their maybe a little bit worried. in terms of what what would maybe how often but with me leaving but also give me the confort to make the move results from knowing that what we put in place there in the nearly three use was going to stabilise the club moving forward well in celtic's first game post rogers the message from the fans was pretty clear as you can see here the banner

brendan rodgers took his leicester city side to watford.r was in charge at fulham, for a derby with chelsea. andy swiss watched the action. new manager, same old problems. if brandon rogers had any doubt, they did not last long. i had over troy. leicester estate it themselves. the hornets had a stake in detail. andre grey found a last—gasp winner. the lights for them, rogers anything but, as leicester's woes continue. i was pleased despite not getting the result. refuse to be substituted, not that he was too busy at face, gave his team an early lead. the host hit back. chambers with acres of space and the coolest finish. sumptuous strike making it to— one at the break. they held onto the break thanks to a safe, after last week's controversy. i understand on the way huff and puff, but the foundation and the platform, that has been the message the last two days. the boys did that andi the last two days. the boys did that and i am proud of them. in the scottish cup, aberdeen and rangers will need a quarter—final replay, after a i—all draw at p

and his afternoon was similar to that of brendan rodgers as fulham were beaten at home by chelsea.ea's lead before half—time, and despite having a couple of good chances, fulham couldn't drag themselves back into it and remain second bottom of the league. one more premier league game taking place today. the merseyside derby has just kicked off at goodison park. liverpool will go back top of the league if they beat everton. ther score is 0—0. follow it live on the bbc sport wesbite and app. live commentary too on bbc radio 5 live. aberdeen and rangers will meet again in a replay of their scottish cup quarterfinal after a 1—1 draw at pittodrie. aberdeen went in front inside the opening ten minutes when gary mackay—steven was taken down in the box and sam cosgrove converted the resulting penalty. but rangers got their equaliser two minutes into the second half, joe worral poking in from the back post at this corner. it means a replay at ibrox in nine days' time. the european indoor athletics is into its final day, and there's plenty of british interest this evening, particularly from

brendan rodgers took his new leicester city side to watford.e at fulham, for a derby with chelsea. andy swiss watched the action... new manager, same old problems. four minutes and, i head through the thought after the wobbly start. jamie seems to have secured them a point. the hornets had a stink in detail. andre grey found, a gas winner. they're both continue. detail. andre grey found, a gas winner. they're both continuem detail. andre grey found, a gas winner. they're both continue. it is going to take time to get - we going to take time to get what we want. there are some good signs and i was pleased that that despite my getting the results. chelsea, they keep back, last weekend refused to be substituted. and that he was too busy at first, and then they had a lead. the host hit back. callum with acres of space and the coolest of the finishes. chelsea restored their lead, and how, the strike making it to— one by the break. they held on to— one by the break. they held on to victory only thanks to the safe. at the last week's controversy for h

the later games while earlier watford saw an andre gray injury time goal deny leicester manager brendan rodgersas his first match in charge of the foxes since taking over earlier in the week. in spain atletico madrid have piled more misery on their near rivals real after los blancos lost to barcelona on saturday. diego simeone's side were 2—0 winners at real sociedad, less than 2a hours later meaning they move five points clear in second place, but are seven points behind barcelona still. in germany there was a big win for stuttgart in the bundesliga as they thrashed fellow relegation strugglers hannover 5—1. steven zuber scored a hat—trick and the win leaves them just two points away from safety. wonderful celebrations. celebrations in the netherlands as well. the dutch eredivisie a robin van persie hat trick helped feyenoord to a 4—0 win over fc emmen keeping them in third place. the former manchester united and netherlands international struck his first leading up to the half time interval. the 35 year—old who's now past 200 career league goals adding a second just after half time before his

new leicester city manager, brendan rodgers, says he hopes celtic fans can forgive him after he withgue earlier this week. scotland's women begin their cup this week. scotland's women begin theircup campaign this week. scotland's women begin their cup campaign with a defeat by canada. and, in great britain's katarina johnson thompson has had it bounced out to her heptathlon title at the european indoor championships. she will lead events. georgia's prosecutor has told the bbc they've received the request to extradite jack shepherd, who was convicted of killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the river thames. shepherd handed himself into police in georgia in january after months on the run. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has been given exclusive access to the prison in the capital tbilisi where he's being held. 0n the edge of placement, this is potentially at number eight. 0ne 0n the edge of placement, this is potentially at number eight. one of the inmates as jack shepherd. after months on the run, he is behind bars in georgia, pending extradition proceedings. we are the f

the metro reports intruders ransacked the house of football manager brendan rodgers, while his family police calls for more funding the mirror also goes with knife crime, carrying news of another murder in east london. the telegraph says the cabinet thinks the government will lose next weeks important vote on theresa may's brexit deal. city am lead with the us trade deficit hitting a ten year high — despite president trump's reduction plan. and the times has an investigation into the use of tax havens by billionaires. so a varied set of front pages tonight — let's take a look at a few of them in a bit more detail. not happy reading fight teresa may. what the arrow it to my real‘s paper is that there is a sense of between some government messages wetland that concept by the bed next to me, that concept by the bed next to me, thatis that concept by the bed next to me, that is a chance that she may to lose it by 100 votes. that is not as bad. it is not good shall be say and that they seem to be between 60 and 100, which is a massive defeat. in normal times, that would be kind of really t

because in the background there was a picture of brendan rodgers on his wedding day.glars. i rather hope this picture brings this idiotic burglar to justice. do you think there is enough with his eye on what you see? everybody now, we have our eye tests. police are quick on this and the technology i think will help identify him which is what they are saying. we should encourage more burglars to take selfies. and encourage people to do less burglary. good to see you. thank you. this is breakfast. we‘re on bbc one until ten o‘clock this morning, when matt tebbutt takes over in the saturday kitchen. matt — what‘s on the menu for us? good morning. 0ur good morning. our special guest will be hungry as she has recently climbed kilimanjaro for comic relief. it is nice to sit down. you had fun? it was incredible, life changing. i had fun? it was incredible, life changing. lam had fun? it was incredible, life changing. i am glad had fun? it was incredible, life changing. lam glad i have had fun? it was incredible, life changing. i am glad i have done had fun? it was incredible

caretaker manager neil lennon, having returned to celtic following the departure of brendan rodgers,till favourites to lift the title. portsmouth and sunderland are expected to be backed by a sell—out crowd in the checkatrade trophy final at wembley today. the attendance set to be the biggest for any final in the competition's history. the two league one sides with a chance to win some silverware, both also in contention for promotion to the championship. it is not a normal game, it is a one—off game, cup competition and it is a final, so for us, we have recently been playing in the league in that format, and as we know, this is a cup competition and it changes slightly. with such a big prize of winning it anyway, myjob is to make sure that we can separate the two and really focus on the football. to get to the stage of this competition, you have got to win a lot of games, it is a long competition through the group stage and in the knockout stages and lots of different challenges within it, so hard work and effort goes into it. it was satisfying to get to this point, and the truth is

leicester's resurgence under brendan rodgers continues. 0le gunnar solksjaer celebrated his first gamed. and everton won at west ham. hearts are guaranteed a top six finish in the scottish premiership after beating aberdeen. kilmarnock thumped hamilton to move up to third. motherwell beat stjohnstone. and st mirren are off the bottom of the table after victory over dundee. ferrari's young driver charles leclarc is making a name for himself at the bahrain grand prix. the 21—year—old took his first f1 pole in only his second race for ferrari, out—pacing not only his team mate, sebastien vettel, but also the reigning world champion lewis hamilton. tiger woods has beaten rory mcilroy to a place in the quarterfinals of the world golf matchplay. in their first ever matchplay meeting, the three time champion woods, held his nerve in texas, while mcilroy‘s putting fell apart. that's it from me but there's much more on the bbc sport website including how a british heavyweight boxing fight ending in disqualification for biting. back to you, kate. and before we go, landmarks around the world have

much else they are now two points off the champions league places after beating for them and brendan rodgers has lost his first game in charge of leicester city they conceded late to lose two one at watford. to lose it was just a piece of good movies that probably get better you know we were a point away from home he would have been a good job just to be a good place to come. to to lose it was obviously. shows a marina says he's flattered by report of a possible return to his former club real madrid president have yet about says that he would welcome morning you're back in the spanish top flight we'll have just been beaten twice by fierce rivals barcelona and less than a week. in relation to the words of mr tabor the league president i think is very flattering the fact that the names me has somebody that could bring something to is the leader is doing amazing work in spain and told to mention me. is very is very threatening. former manchester united and arsenal star robin van persie has passed two hundred career goals and he did it in a spectacular fashion percy scored a hat trick of a fine

premier league when they face fierce rivals everton later it's one of three matches on sunday brendan rodgers has lost his first game in charge of leicester they lost two one against what fired the host chelsea in just a few minutes time and then it's that huge match between liverpool and everton. that the fans. doesn't want us to win anything and probably all events for them it's the same on the other side so that's how it is but in the game you know it's only very emotional very very passionate and all that stuff and all that would be like that's that's all football should be the event has boss max alegria has warned his team that they've still got plenty of work to do to seal this area title the turin club are looking to win their eighth consecutive skitt at zero later on sunday they face their closest rival second place napoli the gap between them is huge they leave them by thirteen points with only thirteen games left to play. and there will be some of them i said i've got it on sunday we have an amazing match to play and we have not won the title yet we still need seven to eight wins ev

brendan rodgers' leicester were beaten 2—1 by watford, while scott parker's first game at fulham endedeplay their scottish cup quarterfinal after today's tie ended in a draw at pittodrie. inverness are through to the semis — they beat dundee united. there's more on the bbc sport website, including a round—up of what's been a disappointing display from britain at the world track cycling championships in poland. but from me, that's all the sport. that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, but now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. the foreign secretary has expressed pessimism about the chances of peace in yemen on a visit to the country. jeremy hunt warned that a peace deal agreed in december could be dead within weeks unless the yemeni government and houthi rebels abide by commitments they've made. the un—brokered plan, signed in the swedish capital stockholm, includes the redeployment of forces around the key port of hodeda and the release of thousands of prisoners, neither of which has happened. ten million people are one

chelsea are now two points off the champions league places that are beating full on and brendan rodgers has lost his first game in charge of leicester they conceded late who lose two one at what ford. to lose it it's just a piece of good movies that probably get better you know we were point away from home here would be a good use of the boost. to lose it was obviously. joe's amory neo's says he is flattered by rumors that he may one day return to his former club brown madrid but the portuguese isn't confirming anything the fifty six year old who managed rail from two thousand and ten to twenty thirteen was responding to league president have yet to bass's comments that he would welcome a return to the spanish top flight was speaking to be in sports after barcelona is one nil league victory over reale on saturday in relation to the words of missed that there was the league presidents i think is very flattering. that the names me has somebody that could bring something to is the leader is doing an amazing new work in spain and to have to mention me. is very is very threatening event his

chelsea are now two points off of the champions league places after beating solemn and brendan rodgers has lost his first game in charge of leicester they can see that late two least two one at watford. to lose it was just a piece of good movies that probably get better we were a point away from home he would have been a good use of the debate as to. who to lose it was obviously. jos a marine you know says he's flattered by reports of a possible return to his former club real madrid well eager presents have your tables says he would welcome radio back to the spanish top flight real have been beaten twice by fierce rivals barcelona in the us in a week in relation to the words of missed that there was a league president i think is very flattering the fact that the names me has somebody that could bring something to is a leader is doing an amazing work in spain and to to mention me. is very is very threatening. former manchester united and arsenal star robin van persie has two hundred career goals and he did it in spectacular fashion then percy scored a hat trick for a flyer no one proble

watford denied new leicester city manager brendan rodgers a point.inute of it, a great week. i sent to the players, whatever the result was going to be today, i wanted to see that intensity. we've onlyjust come together. i've seen that. it's a great opportunity to go forward now and build on some of the good points from today. poland have finished top of the medals table at the european indoor athletics championship. closely followed by great britain, who've secured their best ever medal haul at the event. laura muir picked up theirfourth and final gold in glasgow. she dominated the 1500m, leading from start to finish to add that title to the 3000m she won on friday. poland's sofia ennaoui finished second. ireland's ciara mageean took the bronze. great britain also picked up a gold in the women's 800 metres. shelena oskan—clarke led from gun to tape. they finished second overall in the medals table, with 12. netherlands topped the medal standings after the final day of competition at the cycling track world championships in poland. harrie lavreysen w

the metro reports intruders ransacked the house of football manager brendan rodgers, while his familye guardian goes with the home secretary backing police calls for more funding. the mirror also goes with knife crime, carrying news of another murder in east london. the telegraph says the cabinet thinks the government will lose next weeks important vote on theresa may's brexit deal. city am lead with the us trade deficit hitting a ten year high — despite president trump's reduction plan. and the times has an investigation into the use of tax havens by billionaires. it is usually a sign it has been a quiet newsday when you have a mixed selection of front pages. nonetheless, we cannot quite escape it, can we, dia, brexit on the front page again. this story again is going back to the prime minister's deal, which suffered a massive defeat in january. deal, which suffered a massive defeat injanuary. it deal, which suffered a massive defeat in january. it was deal, which suffered a massive defeat injanuary. it was an historic defeat, the deal was voted down by 230 votes. that same deal, a h

brendan rodgers says he hopes celtic fans will forgive him as he begins life back in the premier leagueo go before the uk is due to leave the european union, and there are still plenty of unanswered questions. so today, we've been finding out what you want to know about brexit and trying to analyse how all our lives might change. we've been giving viewers the opportunity to contribute to our coverage. our business correspondent, emma simpson, has been we do audience with some questions on brexit. how could brexit affect the food i buy? i think a lot of people want to know about this. here isa thing, people want to know about this. here is a thing, a third of our food imports come from the eu. if there is no deal, it is possible we might see delays at the ports, which could cause disruption for lorries delivering food. right now our food supply chain is really efficient, any added friction i doing customs checks and paperwork, will mean extra costs. the government's impact assessments released this week warned that some food prices are likely to increase. for instance, fresh produce like

brendan rodgers saw his new leicester side lose 2—1 at watford, andre grey with the winner at vicarageter—final replay, after a 1—1 draw at pittodrie. the home side went in front inside the opening ten minutes when gary mackay—steven was taken down in the box. there's the replay. sam cosgrove converted the resulting spot—kick. but rangers got their equaliser two minutes into the second half. joe worral poking in from the back post at this corner. they'll go again at ibrox in nine days' time. inverness beat dundee united in the day's other game. in rugby union's premiership, newcastle falcons held on for a vital win over worcester warriors to keep their survival hopes alive. the league's bottom side took the lead early on thanks to some quick thinking from zack kiberigee at the base of a ruck. the winger‘s fifth try in eight premiership matches. man of the match toby flood scored the only other try and the rest of newcastle's points in a 17—6 win. in the pro14, ulster beat dragons 28—15, sealing a convincing bonus point victory and returning to third place. captain alan o'connor scored

it's brendan rodgers' first game in charge at leicester since his return to england following a record—breakinge former liverpool manager is back at another of his old clubs. but so far it hasn't been the return to the premier league that rodgers would have hoped for. leicester still trail to troy deeney‘s early goal at vicarage road. and with a few minutes in the second half gone, watford still lead by 1-0. we've got a couple of derbies to look forward to later on. new fulham caretaker manager scott parker will be hoping to inspire his side to an upturn in fortunes against west london neighbours chelsea. fulham are ten points from safety while chelsea are looking to keep up their push for a top four finish. and parker says he hopes to make an instant impact at craven cottage. i hope i can bring an energy over, i can transmit my passion, my passion to the team, and yeah, like i said, i think there is more to the game than just i think there is more to the game thanjust passion i think there is more to the game than just passion and drive, i think there is more to the game thanjust passion and d

and in sport, it is defeat for brendan rodgers on his return to the premier league as a stoppage timewatford victory over leicester. britten‘s andy pozzi is through to the final of the 60 metre hurdles in the indoor athletics at glasgow as he aims to defend his title, and nicky rios says he wentjet skiing just hours before beating alex zverev in the mexican open in acapulco —— nick kyrgios. new reserach suggests that 150 young men have died after going missing on a night out over the last nine years. that's according to figures analysed by bbc 5 live investigates. campaigners are calling for more patrols around waterways and for men to look after each other on nights out. megan paterson reports. growing up, charlie and daisy pope were partners in crime. always together, always up to mischief. as they got older, that bond continued. we would always be talking, literally sat in the kitchen for hours, talking about everything. i pretty much know everything from him. he has taught us everything. he was proper clever and he basically taught me everything i know. charlie was in his first ye

win at home to bournemouth, their third in a row, continuing their impressive turn—around since brendan rodgers there was a thrilling all—irish game as ulster went to leinster. it was one try each by half—time. leinster then scored another before luke marshall answered back for ulster. but then a limping ross byrne kicked leinster back into the lead, and the defending champions hung on to book their place in the semi—finals, winning 21 points to 18. saracens are the only british side left in the cup. they thrashed glasgow warriors, with a dominant seven—try victory. two tries apiece there for liam williams and david strettle. sarries will face munster next, who came from behind at murrayfield to edge past edinburgh. keith earls went over with 10 minutes remaining as the two—timewinners squeezed through. a british heavyweight boxing contest has ended in controversy this evening, after one of the fighters was disqualified for biting his opponent. this happened in the fifth round of the bout between david price and kash ali, in liverpool. you'll have to watch closely here. after price landed a big

there was a first win for brendan rodgers as leicester manager — they beat fulham 3—1. to bournemouth today — they remain bottom — 16 points from safety. relegation all but certain. as it is, you feel, for fulham. but you can see how compact it is, 16 is within six points of each other at the bottom of the table. —— six teams. at the top, manchester city extending their lead over second place. liverpool of course play tomorrow against burnley. tottenham will be looking nervously over their shoulders because manchester united as i was saying could pull level if they win tomorrow. a huge match to come. and arsenal and chelsea in action as well. it's getting very tight, of the exciting, and if it's tight at the exciting, and if it's tight at the bottom of the premier league it certainly getting very tight at the top of the championship as well. very interesting at the top of the championship! leeds are back up to second. patrick bamford with the only goal of the game against bristol city. sheffield united were briefly second after beating rotherham in the day's early kick

top spot when they take on everton in the merseyside derby later but first up their former boss brendan rodgerscharge is at watford, who he managed early in his career. it will be a tough game for us, because one, they are a very good side, good players, good physicality. and also, i know the manager well, because it was my firstjob and it was difficult for any team to go there. so we will expect a tough game, but i am looking forward to it. the european indoor athletics is into its final day with plenty of british medal hopes later on. multi—eventer tim duckworth led going into day two of the heptathlon. second place in the hurdles has seen him slip into second behind spain'sjorge urena. they're taking part in the pole vault right now before the 1000 metres this evening. in the men's 60 metre hurdles event proper — defending champion andrew pozzi went in the second semi final. he finished second behind the favourite 0rlando 0rtega. he did run a season's best though. the final is at 6.10. england s women will be looking to bounce back from defeat in the one day series against india, as they tur

it's brendan rodgers' first game in charge at leicester since his return to england following a record—breaking is back at another of his old clubs. rodgers managed the hornets early in his career. and so far it hasn't been the return to the premier league that rodger‘s would have hoped for because leicester fell behind within just five minutes at vicarage road — troy deeney giving watford the lead. 1—0 after around 15 minutes. two derbies are coming up later. new fulham caretaker manager scott parker will be hoping to inspire his side to an upturn in fortunes against west london neighbours chelsea. fulham are ten points from safety. and after that liverpool have the chance to regain top spot when they take on everton in the merseyside derby. england have given themselves a great chance of winning the shebelieves cup after a thrilling draw against the usa. phil neville‘s side drew 2—2 against the world champions in nashville, to set up a winner—takes—all match against japan on tuesday. the lionesses scored two excellent goals through manchester city pair steph houghton and nikita parris. jo cur

there was a first win for brendan rodgers as leicester manager — they beat fulham 3—1. back to the championship. they've been brilliant since i've arrived here, and like i say, it's nice to start with a win. and of course, they received me very well. at what was important was their support for the team. i think they've seen the intent of what we've tried to do and that connection between them and the players was going to be very important, so a very good win for us. i know it's been a difficult place at home this season. he will be pleased to get that first win under his belt since taking on fulham after the sacking of claude puel. this is the bottom of the table tonight. and huddersfield lost to bournemouth today — they remain bottom — 16 points from safety. relegation all but certain. as it is, you think, for fulham. but look how tight it is. six teams separated by six points. at the top, city have extended their lead following that 3—1 win over watford. the ripple of course play burnley tomorrow. —— liverpool. united could pull level with spurs if they win at arsenal

new leicester manager brendan rodgers has been speaking about the reasons by why he decided to leaveee years on the trot. he says he understand celtic fan's frustration that he decided to leave for the premier league. it all happened very quickly. i was presented an opportunity that came to me and, obviously, of course, emotionally you have to take that out. and my decision was that i felt after nearly three years at celtic, with everything that we have achieved and the success we had on the beach and improvements we'd made off the pitch, that i felt it was probably then be time to move on to my next challenge. bristol bears recorded their first win over gloucester in 11 years with a 28—2a win in the premiership at ashton gate. andy uren finished off the best try of the night for bristol early in the second half and lifts the bears up to ninth. they are now 13 points above bottom of the table newcastle in the fight for survival. and it was an unhappy homecoming for leeds rhinos in superleague. their first match at headingley this season ended in a 35—18 defeat by wakefield. it is a f

brendan rodgers saw his new leicester side lose 2—1 at watford, andre grey with the winner in stoppagenships this evening. they've gone top of the medals table on the final night of action in glasgow. shelena oskan—clarke took gold in the women's 800m a little earlier. the britain led from gun to tape to seal great britatin's third gold of the championships. and they've added a fourth gold in the last few minutes. laura muir has won her second gold medal of these games. she absolutely dominated the 1500m, leading from start to finish to add that title to the 3000m she won on friday. a medal too in the men's 800. jamie webb, who's actually a chemistry teacher by day. he took the silver here, with a really strong run. mark english, of ireland, took the bronze having made the final after an appeal. sticking with silvers, holly bradshaw finished second in the women's pole vault with this jump of 4.75m. a real boost for her having been dropped by her sponsor at the beginning of the year. and tim duckworth has won silver in the men's heptathalon in the last half an hour. he was second in the

when it to bournemouth as their third in a row and continues their impressive turnaround since brendan rodgersory mcilroy has been beaten to a place in the world match play quarterfinals by tiger woods. this was the first time we had played each other in matchplay. woods kept his nerve in austin, texas to win by 2-1 his nerve in austin, texas to win by 2—1 after 17 holes. he will play lucas next. world number twojustin rose was beaten by a given. the american will face open champion francesco, who defeated britain's paul casey by 5—4. congratulations to barty, who has won the biggest title of her career so far in miami for the australian beat pliskova in straight sets. the first came through a tie—break and then 6—3 in the second. in formula 1, formula ferrari —— ferrari seem to have put their disappointments behind them. 21—year—old charles became the second youngest driver to claim pole position, beating ferrari team—mate and 14 world champion sebastian vettel by almost three gents of a second. world champion lewis hamilton starts from third in his mercedes. that is of the sport for now. see

brendan rodgers's return to the premier league didn't go too well.ry—time by andre gray, although rodgers wasn't too concerned. yes, i loved every minute of it. it has been a great week working with the players, and i said to them, whatever the result was going to be today, of course, for i want to be able to see that spur and intensity, because we have onlyjust come together. and i have seen that, and it isa together. and i have seen that, and it is a great opportunity now to go forward and build on some of the good points from today. chelsea won 2—1 at fulham, jorginho with the winner. fulham are still second from bottom. in the scottish cup, rangers and aberdeen will need a replay to settle their quarter—final tie after it finished 1—1. but inverness caledonian thistle are through, aaron doran with an injury—time winner at dundee united to make it 2—1. the funeral of the former england goalkeeper gordon banks will take place today. the world cup winner died at the age of 81 last month. amongst the speakers at stoke minster this afternoon will be h

jamie vardy with a couple of goals helpng brendan rodgers to his first win as leicester boss. in the prmeier league. they were 2—0 down, but two quick goals in four minutes from ayoze perez leaves them six points clear. what a way for benitez to mark his third year anniversary at the club. the day's early kick off saw crystal palace host brighton in what is one of the premier league's newest derbies, but it's always a fesity one, and it lived up to it's billing with the fastest premier league yellow card in a decade. there was plenty of quality on show too at selhurt park, as rhia chohan reports. some question whether the 50 miles that separate these two clubs can really be called a derby, but whatever you call it, there's an undeniable rivalry. especially when you're bidding for premier league survival. three points separated the seagulls from the eagles and tension was spilling onto the pitch early on. brighton had the chance to move level with their rivals and it seems the fates were in their favour. len murray had initially been named as a sub —— glenn murray, and after an

caretaker manager neil lennon yet to taste defeat since replacing brendan rodgers.remains. portsmouth and sunderland are expected to be backed by a sell—out crowd in the checkatrade trophy final at wembley today. the attendance set to be the biggest for any final in the competition‘s history. the two league one sides will have their eyes on a chance to win some silverware, but both are also firmly in contention for promotion to the championship. it is not a normal game, it is a one—off game, cup competition and it isa one—off game, cup competition and it is a final, so for us, we have recently been playing in the league in that format, and as we know, this isa cup in that format, and as we know, this is a cup competition and it changes slightly. with such a big prize of winning it anyway, myjob is to make sure that we can separate the two and really focus on the football. to get to the stage of this competition, you have got to win a lot of games, it is a long competition through the group stage in the knockout stages and lots of different challenges within it, so h

brendan rodgers says he hopes celtic fans will forgive him after leaving the club to become the new managerson it had been for the club since the death of their chairman in october. it all happened very quickly. i was presented an opportunity that came to me, and obviously, of course, then emotionally you're having to take that out. and my decision was that i felt that, after nearly three years at celtic, with everything that we'd achieved and the success we had on the pitch and improvements we'd made off the pitch, that i felt it was probably then the time to move on to my next challenge. rodgers has to wait until sunday for his first game at home to watford. manchester city can go top of the premier league for 24 hours by beating bournemouth later, while it is also the north london derby. two straight defeats have seen spurs slip out of title contention, but manager mauricio pochettino says his players won't need any help getting up for the lunchtime kick—off. of course they have to motivate the player for this type of game. i think we know very well what it means to play against arsenal,

brendan rodgers, says he hopes celtic fans, will forgive him, after leaving the club, to become the newckly. i was presented an opportunity that came to me, and obviously, of course, then emotionally you're having to take that out. and my decision was that i felt that, after nearly three years at celtic, with everything that we'd achieved and the success we had on the pitch and improvements we'd made off the pitch, that i felt it was probably then the time to move on to my next challenge. quick look at today's fixtures and manchester city can go top, of the premier league, for 24 hours by beating bournemouth later. while, it's also the north london derby. two straight defeats have seen spurs slip out of title contention. scotland, women's coach, shelley kerr, says her side must learn to overcome higher ranked sides, after slipping to a late defeat to canada in the algarve cup. a late penalty, dashed dreams of a draw against the world number five side. scotland must beat iceland on monday, to avoid finishing bottom of their group it doesn't get much tougher, for england tonight, as they

brendan rodgers says he hopes celtic fans will forgive him, after leaving the club to become the newpened very quickly. i was presented an opportunity that came to me, and obviously, of course, then emotionally you're having to take that out. and my decision was that i felt that, after nearly three years at celtic, with everything that we'd achieved and the success we had on the pitch and the improvements we'd made off the pitch, that i felt it was probably then the time to move on to my next challenge. quick look at today's fixtures, and manchester city can go top of the premier league for 2h hours by beating bournemouth later, while it is also the north london derby. two straight defeats have seen spurs slip out of title contention, but manager mauricio pochettino says his players won't need any help getting up for the lunchtime kick—off. scotland women's coach shelley kerr says her side must learn to overcome higher—ranked sides, after slipping to a late defeat to canada in the algarve cup. a late penalty dashed dreams of a draw against the world number five side. scotland must be

their third win in a row and continuing their impressive turn—around since brendan rodgers took overfromma with the goal after just five minutes. in the scottish premiership... hearts are back—up to fifth after a second—half comeback against aberdeen. craig levein‘s men are just two points and one place behind the dons now. st mirren also came from a goal down against fellow strugglers dundee to move off the bottom of the table. they were winds as well for kilmarnock and motherwell. celtic and rangers meet tomorrow in the old firm. live commentary of that match on bbc radio five live sport from midday. leeds moved up to second in the championship and back in line for automatic promotion with a 3—2 home win against strugglers millwall. leaders norwich have just kicked off, but the pick of the other results are aston villa's win over blackburn which gifts them a play off position, and derby are also top six after a huge win over third from bottom rotherham. sheffield united stay third despite losing to bristol city, and another defeat for bottom club ipswich. saracens breezed into the semi

one man who will be in the dugout is brendan rodgers, as he takes charge for the first time at leicester's, up against west ham and bournemouth respectively. rangers's hopes of preventing an eighth successive title heading across glasgow to their old firm rivals celtic appear to have drifted further away. they could only draw 1—1 at mid—table hibernian. rangers took the lead thanks to daniel candayas, but after the break, birthday boy florian kamberi equalised for hibernian. meanwhile, police in scotland have confirmed a 21—year—old man was arrested following a confrontation between a hibs fan and rangers captain, james tavernier. norwich city have taken another giant step towards the premier league. it seems they are in touching distance now. it was tight against swansea, and it took an unstoppable strike from emi buendia to take norwich five points clear at the top of the championship. 1—0 the final score. johanna konta is through to the third round at indian wells after an impressive win over hsieh su—wei of taiwan. konta won 6—0, 6—2, so perhaps showing signs that the wobbles at the st

league a police investigation in under way after the home of the new leicester city manager, brendan rodgersin. the burglars took family possessions, and medals that rodgers won during his time as the manager of celtic. andy murray says he's now pain free after having hip surgery for a second time, but he still has no idea if he'll be able to play competitive tennis again. he's been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. to play singles at wimbledon, i would say it would be less than 50% chance of playing, you know, doubles, maybe possibly. but beyond wimbledon, there is a realistic chance, that you could get back into serious senior men's tennis as a singles player? well... i think it is possible. but i don't want to say it is highly likely, because it has not been done before. so i can't look at another tennis player and say, yeah, that i did it, so why not? i have been told by the surgeons and stuff that you can try that there are certainly no guarantees. johanna konta, meanwhile, is through to the second round at indian wells. the british number one beat france's pauline parmentier in

former leicester city and celtic striker went to brendan rodgers first conference. from football for 12 months so these, the mental health problems he has had since then, he's now back playing football and. how are you going to fit all of that into an hour? no time to see anything. celtic, life without brendan rodgers, a huge game today. neil lennon back to his former spot. you mentioned sparkly shoes. we like a spy you mentioned sparkly shoes. we like a spy cliche. but what you call them? shoes. we are now about to meet some of the most daring writers in the country, yet some of the tigers are as young as five. doing stu nts o n tigers are as young as five. doing stunts on motorbikes. the oldest writers are still under 17 and helping to keep the sports going after the last of the adults all broke up. i've been down tojoin after the last of the adults all broke up. i've been down to join the tigers in training. revving up for the new season, the boys and girls who tour the country performing stunts on motorbikes, including kenny, who isjust six. i like doing the fir

brendan rodgers is back in the premier league with leicester city.hree years on the bounce. he says he understands the frustration of the celtic fans that he decided to leave for the premier league. all happen very quickly, i was presented with an opportunity that came to me, and of course, then, emotionally, you have to take the emotion out of the decision. after nearly three years, with everything we had achieved, the success we have had. time to move on to my next challenge. we don't know yet if manchester united interim manager ole gunnar solskjaer will still be at the club next season but he is already making plans for it's future. he's heaped praise on goalkeeper david de gea who's contract expires next summer, reminding the spaniard of the support they gave him during his difficult early years at the club. however, injured club captain antonio valencia looks set to leave the club soon with a contract extension deadline about to expire. i'm not sure if man united and antonia will agree on the next year. the next few months... antonio is the cap

brendan rodgers' return to the premier league didn't go too well.point. but it was snatched away in injury time by andre gray, although rodgers wasn't too concerned. yes, i loved every minute of it. it's been a great week working with the players. and i said to them, whatever the result was going to be today, of course, i want to be able to see that spur and intensity, because we've onlyjust come together. and i've seen that, and it's a great opportunity now to go forward and build on some of the good points from today. chelsea won 2—1 at fulham, jorginho with the winner. fulham are still second from bottom. in the scottish cup, aberdeen and rangers will need a replay to settle their quarterfinal tie after it finished 1—1. but inverness caley thistle are through — aaron doran with an injury—time winner at dundee united to make it 2—1. the merseyside derby dominates the back pages, and most of the opinion that liverpool should've done better. "gone with the wind" is the mirror headline, making reference to the blustery conditions. "blown it", says th

listed just in the bottom half, brendan rodgers declared himself happy with his side's performance despiteafter a 1—1 result but inverness are through after a winner against dundee united to make it 2—1. england's women's cricketers outclassed india to win their first t20 match. cricketers outclassed india to win theirfirst t20 match. beaumont cricketers outclassed india to win their first t20 match. beaumont was their first t20 match. beaumont was the top scorer, with 62, as they set a target of 161. lindsey smith took two wickets in the indian innings and they could only manage 119—6. england winning by 41 runs after losing the one—day series, england will have the opportunity to seal the series on thursday.” will have the opportunity to seal the series on thursday. i thought at half time, maybe 15 short but the way the bowlers came out and bowled so way the bowlers came out and bowled so well on that wicket, brilliant team performance. everyone stuck their hands up and this has been a challenging 48 hours. great britain enjoyed a brilliant finish to the european athletics championships