in the day's early kick off, leicester city continue their fine run of form under brendan rodgers.ime out, and today they travelled to crystal palace — michael redford was watching. after the record—breaking nine will win the foxes arrived knowing that this will bring them into top three. the eagles have been flying her themselves with one defeat in the last five matches. despite had been just around the corner, this match struggle to find any spike. jamie vardy with the best chance and if the opportunities. the second half began with a bang. a late challenge from jonny evans and he was perhaps fortu nate from jonny evans and he was perhaps fortunate only to get given illegal card. it was evans's depends a partner who finally lit up proceedings. —— given a yellow card. most are silky when my time with a much more familiar name and that is ten now for the season forjamie vardy. ten now for the season forjamie va rdy. lester ten now for the season forjamie vardy. lester almost scored a third late on. the last time leicester won at this park was in march 2016. they went on to win the

brendan rodgers' leicester city are up to third in the league, just only two points behind manchesterat crystal palace. jamie vardy was on the scoresheet again as his side made it seven wins from eleven. inevitably it's leading to talk of another title charge coming off the back of their 9—0 league win at southampton last week. bayern munich have parted company with niko kovac a day after his side were beaten 5—1 at eintracht frankfurt for their worst leage defeat in 10 years. a statement from the german giants said kovac had gone with "mutual agreement" between him and the club, with president karl—heinz rummenigge saying the performance of the team in recent weeks and the results have shown that there was "need for action." australia's ashleigh barty has hit the jackpot after beating elina svitolina to win the wta finals title. the world number one took the season ending crown in shenzhen in straight sets, bagging $4.42 million in the process. that's the most prize money ever offered in tennis. sanjeev shetty reports. in 2016, ashleigh barty did not have a ranking on the wta tour. s

there may be fireworks again for brendan rodgers's site.‘ games in and we have made a very good start are enjoying watching the team, which is great. and getting them is good victories, but we're certainly not getting carried away and it has a long season carried away and it has a long season but we have made a good start. in the day's later kick off a 1—all draw between spurs and everton was marred by a horrific injury to the everton midfielder andre gomes. after a really poor first half, dele alli picked up on a mistake to give spurs the lead. there was then a long stoppage as var looked at a penalty appeal from everton which wasn't given. but it's the injury to gomes which will make the headlines for all the wrong reason. he was tripped by son and fell awkwardly. son clearly very distressed by what happened. he was given a red card too. those long stoppages brought 12 additional minutes of play, where everton, with their man advantage snatched an equaliser. it means spurs are still without a league win away from home since january. rangers are through to the final of the scottish l

brendan rodgers‘ side were in complete control and james maddison doubled their lead...2—0 to leicesterfourth consecutive premier league victory. well chelsea were briefly second themselves earlier this afternoon, after their 2—0 win over crystal palace. they're now 3rd. it was their sixth league win in a row— the first time they've done that since they won the title. they move to within five points of leaders liverpool who play city tomorrow. paul frostick reports: five premier league wins in a row for chelsea left them in good shape heading into this fixture with crystal palace. and after an incredible midweek champions league comeback, they were full of confidence. despite a first half full of attacking threat, it would prove to be a goalless one. chelsea began the second half on the front foot again and they got their breakthrough. the palace defence finally unlocked tammy abraham finishing the move. with only a single goal between the sides, crystal palace upped their efforts and started to trouble the chelsea backline. but as the game approached the final stages, christian pulisic

in the late kick off, brendan rodgers‘ leicester — who have been mightily impressive in rising to thirde, are at home to arsenal. in scotland, leaders celtic and second place rangers play motherwell and livingston respectively tomorrow, but there are four matches today. you can keep up to date with all the latest on the bbc sport website. it's set to be a record breaking day at wembley this afternoon close to 90,000 fans expected to watch england's women take on germany in their friendy at 5:30 in what is another landmark moment in women's football. lots of former players who never got the chance to play here will take to the pitch at half—time in front of that record crowd. england will be be hoping for a change in fortunes in what will be the 26th match between the two sides.. this type of challenge is what the players need. coming off the back of the world cup where we all reached a massive emotional high. we have public all found it a bit difficult to get back up to that high, mentally, physically. but this is the type of game where there are no excuses. it is the biggest game in en

brendan rodgers picked the same side that beat southampton 9—nil in their last league game.ner inside the hour mark. caglar soyuncu with a header and jamie vardy, his tenth goal of the season, were the goal—scorers. rangers are through to the final of the scottish league cup after they beat hearts at hampden park. filip helander scored the first goal of the game just before half—time. alfredo morelos added a second early in the second half, before sealing the victory with his second of the game here to make it 3—0. rangers will face their glasgow rivals celtic in next month's final. it's been a great day for british hockey. both the men's and the women's teams have qualified for next year's olympic games in tokyo. they did it by winning the second legs of their qualifying matches today. the men beat malaysia. whilst the women comfortably beat chile 5—1. it means that they will now defend the olympic title they won in rio at the tokyo games next year. lewis hamilton is leading the us grand prix with just 16 laps ago. good luck to him. that's all the sport for now. thank you.

in the late kick off, brendan rodgers' leicester — who have been mightily impressive in rising to third

leicester continue their fine run of form under brendan rodgers.ough to the final of the scottish league cup after they beat hearts at hampden park. alfredo morelos scored twice in the 3—0 win which took steven gerrard to his first final in charge of rangers where they‘ll face celtic. the former manchester city and liverpool striker mario balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch after suffering racial abuse in a match in italy. balotelli, who now plays for brescia, kicked the ball into the stands and tried to leave during their game against hellas verona. the referee suspended play as part of uefa‘s protocol. he went on to score after being persuaded to play on by his team—mates. there was a brilliant performance from kenya‘s joyciline jepkosgei at the new york marathon. she won the women‘s event in what was her first ever competitive race at that distance. she almost broke the course record as well. not too shabby. coming up today we‘ll keep you up to date with all the latest sports news. we‘ll round everything up in sportsday when we‘ll also be

brendan rodgers picked the same side that beat southampton 9—0 in their last league game.er, and jamie vardy, his tenth goal of the season, the goal—scorers. everton and spurs are playing in the later kick—off. and at half—time at goodison park it's 0—0. rangers are through to the final of the scottish league cup after they beat hearts at hampden park. filip helander scored the first goal of the game just before half—time. alfredo morelos added a second early in the second half, before sealing the victory with his second of the game to make it 3—0. rangers will face their glasgow rivals celtic in next month's final. england's cricketers have lost the second t20 on tour in new zealand. the black caps won by 21 runs in wellington — it's now 1—1 in the five match series. michael redford reports. under bright sunshine in wellington, a moment to remember for bowler mahmoud. an england debut and he will remember his first over. new zealand started brightly. pat brown had impressed on his england debut, but not today. hit for 17, not helped by some poorfielding. there were five d

brendan rodgers named an unchanged side to the one that beat southampton 9—0 in their last league gametime but the foxes took the lead from a corner inside the hour mark. caglar soyuncu with the header and jamie vardy scored his tenth of the season with a crisp finish. leicester are two points behind second—place manchester city. it's the second scottish league cup semifinal at hampden park. rangers are facing hearts for the right to face celtic in next months final and rangers have the lead, filip helander, who scored his first for the club last weekend, with the first goal of the game just before half—time. alfredo morelos has added a second early in the second half. 2—0 with around 30 minutes to play. england's cricketers have lost the second t20 on tour in new zealand. the black caps won by 21 runs in wellington it's now 1—1 in the five match series michael redford reports. under bright sunshine in wellington, a moment to rememberfor this bowler. an international debut and he will remember his first over. new zealand started brightly. brown had impressed on his england debut but no

leicester continue their fine run of form under brendan rodgers.ue matches, and are just two points behind manchester city. rangers are through to the final of the scottish league cup after they beat hearts at hampden park. alfredo morelos scored twice in the 3—0 win, which took steven gerrard to his first final in charge of rangers, where they will face rivals celtic. the former manchester city and liverpool striker mario balotelli threatened to walk off the pitch after suffering racial abuse in a match in italy. balotelli, who now plays for brescia, kicked the ball into the stands and tried to leave during their game against hellas verona. the referee suspended play as part of uefa's protocol. he went on to score after being persuaded to play on by his team—mates. it was a great weekend for british hockey. both the women's and men's teams have qualified for next year's tokyo olympics. gb women will now have the chance to defend their title after beating chile. after a 3—0 win in saturday's first leg, they secured a 2—1victory yesterday to claim t