burnley pretty much safe in the premier league.he last time they were in the premier league, they were in the premier league, they went straight down. this time it looks like they will stay up. leicester won at west brom and got the magic a0 points. who would have thought all that time ago? nine weeks ago, five premier league defeats in a row. they made a controversial change, clave leg craig shakespeare take you over. you can see the fans chanting we are staying up. it shows what shakespeare has done since take you over. i would love to know what he said. i would love to be a fly on the wall. what did he do to turn it around with james vardy and the rest of the players? it seems they have gone back to basics. west brom, five games without scoring, the first time in their history. let's hear from craig shakespeare, former west brom player, celebrating a win for leicester. i am pleased with the performance today. i say performance, we had to show different aspects. we had to defend. a gutsy performance, pleased with the three points

burnley have eased their relegation fears as well.d scored the only goal of the match as they beat stoke at turf moor to end their seven—game winless run. watford survived for half an hour with ten men as they beat west brom to earn back—to—back league victories. m'baye niang and troy deeney had put them two up before miguel britos was sent off for a second booking. west brom couldn't take advantage though and it finished 2—0. there are six more matches tomorrow, we should see a bit more movement then. no change in the top eight places but watford and leicester are both up into the top half of the table after their wins tonight. the top four are all in action tomorrow night. chelsea against manchester city is the big one. sunderland are in all sorts of toruble. if swansea beat spurs they'll be 11 poinst adrift of safety. burnley have jumped three places to 12th and will be feeling very confident of staying out of trouble. the title race is done and dusted in scotland with celtic already crowned premiership champions. and aberdeen are

and against burnley on sunday, burnley are ina against burnley on sunday, burnley are in a position wherech will not be easy. we all saw zlatan ibrahimovic‘s injury yesterday which doesn't help. you mentioned there draw. ajax will play lyon in the other. jose mourinho says they are in trouble with injuries. zlatan ibrahimovic and marcos rojo. they had a lot of injuries, especially in the back with marcos rojo, and jones. a lot of injuries, and now, with zlatan being injured, scoring so many goals for manchester united, the other players need to step up to the plate. they had a rocky couple of seasons after sir alex ferguson with david moyes, and louis van gaal, maybe a bit unlucky. whatjose mourinho louis van gaal, maybe a bit unlucky. what jose mourinho now louis van gaal, maybe a bit unlucky. whatjose mourinho now be the man to gel what is an astonishingly fantastic and enormous beast of a club, to get them back where they feel they belong? they cannot afford to be out of the champions league for a third season in a row?|j to be out of the champions league for a third season in a row? i

in 2004 and 2011 he also bet on burnley to lose. these are matches he wasn't involved with.those bets purely out of frustration at not being able to play and not being selected for the first team. this doesn't relate to match fixing. in a statement he contests the length of the ban but says his integrity has been questioned. he says, i never placed a bet against my own team when ina placed a bet against my own team when in a position to influence the game and i'm pleased that my integrity on that point hasn't been called into question. he's 34, where does this leave his footballing career? that's the question. joey barton, following the news of this ban, he said this could force him into an early retirement. he's 34 now, when he returns he could be 36 and he plans to contest the length of the ban. we'll will wait to see whether that will have any bearing on what the fa choose to do. he fills it is excessive and he made the point, in quite a long statement on his website, that 18 months is longer than several bans handed the players who played in matches where they bet for th

we will hear from the burnley boss in a moment. let's hear from ronald koeman first.kley. am really pleased, and difficulties in the beginning that quality, scoring the 2—1 was an important goal in the game. the boy was focused on the football side. and not about all the stuff that came out after last sunday. it is a big compliment to still a young boy by everton. we got punished with a bubbly first one bouncing off everyone, a bubbly second and then a good goal from a top striker in real form. frustrating but a much better performance on the road, it suggests that we will get there in the end, we have to, of course. what does that mean for the table? manchester city have taken the lead through vincent kompa ny. bad city have taken the lead through vincent kompany. bad result isn't on the table at the moment because the game isn't finished. let's look at the bottom of the table. bournemouth are moving a little closer to trouble but you would think that sunderland and middlesbrough are deepin sunderland and middlesbrough are deep in it and swansea and hull still compet

the comments came after the bottom club drew with burnley on the 18th of march.more, here's our sports news correspondent richard conway. it was a routine post match question and answer following sunderland's draw against burnley. and the hona ellis short was here today, does it put extra pressure on you as a manager when the owner is in the stands? not at all. brilliant things jo, stands? not at all. brilliant things jo, thanks very much. just getting a bit naughty at the end, you still might geta bit naughty at the end, you still might get a slap even though you're a woman! careful the next time you come in! today david moyes apologised or having already said sorry to the bbc reporter vicki sparkes, who did not make a complaint and sparkes, who did not make a complaintand did sparkes, who did not make a complaint and did not want to speak further about the incident. complaint and did not want to speak further about the incidentm complaint and did not want to speak further about the incident. it was in the heat of the moment and i deeply regret the comments i ma

burnley without a win now since the 3ist burnley without a win now since the 31st of january, started it, but bournemouth edging back towards the top half. that top four looks like it is starting to take shape. really crucially tomorrow, arsenal against manchester city. a really big game, and a really big game that will affect four or five teams. that might be in the everton. liverpool keeping tabs with tottenham but it is tottenham now who will sense blood because chelsea, perhaps they lost their aura, especially at sta mford lost their aura, especially at stamford bridge. very interesting, as ever. newcastle a re still top of the championship after they beat wigan 2—1. they are ten points clear of third. two of the teams in the play—offs were playing each other this evening. reading havejumped above leeds into fourth after beating them 1—0 at the madejski stadium. yaan kermorgant with the first—half winner. these are the rest of the championship results. sheffield wednesday's play—off push stuttered with a draw at barnsley. ipswich—birminghman was also 1—1. bristol city are a point

it happened in the middle of march, david moores talking to the reporter after the game against burnleyt the cameras had stopped rolling, and he said she might get a slap even though she is a woman, in response to the tone of her last question about whether he felt under pressure given that the sunderland owner ellis short was watching from the stands. he also said she should be careful the next time she visited. the fa wanted david moyes to give his observations on that matter, and they will now have to decide whether to charge him for using those words. he apologised when the video footage came to light and he apologised at the time according to the club, but there has been another development? it is important to say that in the context of that apology, he spoke about how such words and behaviour was not part of his character and he said that you all know his character. what we now understand is that in december 2012, there was an incident following a game between everton and stoke city, he was the everton and stoke city, he was the everton manager at the time, and this is an angry ex

the 18—month ban given to burnley midfielderjoey barton, for breaching gambling rules has come underhe football association says it's the shortest possible suspension it could have given to the player under its current rules but his club manager says the punishment handed down to barton, who has admitted he is addicted to gambling, is too harsh. 0ne one of the things i thought of was eric cantona kicking someone. but we must make it clear, we all know the rules, don't gamble on football, and he knows that. but when you think that the fa made it clear there was no intent for anything other than his own personal gambling, and they made that clear, nothing about trying to change games or any of that or can sort, nothing like that, 18 months seems a long time to be in lieu some of the things i have seen in game. sepp blatter, the former president of fifa has been questioned as part of ongoing investigations into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cups. french prosecutors have been speaking to blatter, as they look into the awarding of the world cups to russia and qatar. le m

he damaged ankle ligaments during their win against burnley on saturday.s been winks' breakthrough season, the 21—year—old midfielder has made 33 appearances in all competitions. the republic of ireland women's football team have threatened to go on strike. compaining about conditions they have to endure in turning out for their country. lets get more from our sports correspondent katie gornall. i remember all those years ago the football association of ireland having to deal with roy —— roy keane complaining, this seems more serious from the women. yes, they made it clear these are issues that have been building for some years. they made complaints about a lack of pay, a lack of proper kit which they say they have to hand back at the end of internationals, forcing them to get changed in public toilets. this morning in dublin, they gathered together for a press conference to talk about some of these grievances publicly, but one of the issues has been that the football association of ireland apparently don't want to deal with the players union, they wa nt t

george boyd scored the only goal as burnley beat stoke at turf moor to end their seven—game winless runsees them moves eight points clear of the relegation zone and up to 12th, one place below stoke. watford made it back to back league wins after they beat west bromwich albion 2—0 at vicarage road. troy deeney was among the scorers, returning to the team following illness as the hornets played half an hour with ten men after miguel britos was sent off for a second yellow card. in spain's primera division, atletico madrid have moved to within five points of second placed barcelona after a felipe luis goal gave them all three points at home to real sociedad. that makes it five successive wins for diego simeone's side and means that both villareal and athletic bilbao both move ahead of sociedad into fifth and sixth place respectively after their wins. in the german bundesliga bayern munich were beaten at hoffenheim forjust their second league defeat of the season. andrej kramaric with the only goal for the hosts who move to within a point of second placed leipzig, while borrussia dortmund

in the late kick—off, crystal palace are playing burnley. game is, neither of those teams are safe. both sides are needing to climb further away from relegation danger. what has been happening? and early chance from christian benteke. he didn't manage to put it away. here is the only goal of the game so far. it was ashley barnes with the goal. burnley are still not safe. they have not won away all season. the last time they went a whole season without winning away was 1903. it will be huge, if they hold on. west brom against leicester, a mid—table battle, i suppose. leicester, the magic a0 points? significant for leicester city and jamie vardy. you can see the fans celebrating. who would have thought, when claudio ranieri was sacked, they would make it do that? nine weeks ago, five straight defeats in the premier league. it looked like they were going down. the owners made the controversial decision to sack him. craig shakespeare came in. he has turned things around. jamie vardy, scoring. he is on a great run of goals since craig shakespeare

the comments came after the bottom club drew with burnley on the 18th of march. was a routine post match question and answer, following sunderland's draw against burnley. and the owner, ellis short, was here today. does it put any extra pressure on you as a manager, when you know the owner's in the stands, watching on? no, none at all. that's brilliant, thank you very much. but then came this... just getting a wee bit naughty at the end there, so just watch yourself. you still might get a slap, even though you're a woman. careful the next time you come in. today, david moyes apologised, having already said sorry to the bbc‘s reporter vicki sparkes, who did not make a complaint and did not want to speak further about the incident. it was in the heat of the moment, and i deeply regret the comments i made. it's certainly not the person who i am, and i accept it was a mistake. david moyes had hoped his apology would mark the end of this matter, but the fa here at wembley say they are going to write to him to ask for his observations, and it comes amidst calls for act

the burnley midfielder was fined £30,000 and warned about its future conduct.all footballing activity. the 34—year—old joined burnley in january as a free agent until the end of the season and has made 18 appearances. he intends to appeal. a new twenty20 cricket competition will start in the summer of the year 2020, after the ecb voted heavily in favour of a change in the governing body's constitution. 0ur reporter patrick gearey told me it was an historic moment for english cricket. ever since victorian times the game has been based around counties, after this vote of 41 ecb members, 38 supported a change allowing the creation of eight non—county teams to ta ke creation of eight non—county teams to take part in a new t20 competition which, as you said, sta rts competition which, as you said, starts in the summer of 2020. it will be specifically aimed at young people and families, groups the ecb feels it is not reaching and who are important for the future of the game. county cricket and the existing t20 blast will continue around it but this new competition wi

burnley are up to 14th place while palace slip back to 16th. relegation zone though. celtic registered their biggest ever away win over old firm rivals rangers with a 5—1 thrashing at ibrox. celtic are still unbeaten in domestic football this season. elsewhere there were wins for stjohnstone, kilmarnock, and dundee. hearts drew with partick. lewis hamilton's weekend has been a struggle so far. he'll start 11th on the grid for tomorrow's russian grand prix, behind his teammate valtteri bottas. ferrari's return to form has continued though. championship leader sebastian vettel is on pole, closely followed by his teammate kimi raikkonen. it feels fantastic. i'm glad i got it back. it's a team effort. it's a great result for us to have both ca i’s great result for us to have both cars in the front row. the mainjob is to model but for now, it is an important step and we managed to improve a little bit and the circuit came oui’ improve a little bit and the circuit came our way as well. it's a very good result and i'm sure everyone is very happy and v

they remembered the 20th anniversary of the hillsborough disaster before play burnley.on 3—1. romelu lukaku stayed the league goalscorer could do me. the major praised ross barkley‘s response to a testing week. i am really pleased. difficulties at the beginning of the game, but he did well in the second half. the 2—1 goal was an important goal. he was focus of the football side are not about all the stuff after last sunday. it is a big government for a young boy for everton. elsewhere in the premier league today, a point the sunderland at home to west ham. swansea and whole —— hull city both lost. in a scottish premiership, dundee's problems at escalating prickly. they lost 47th match in a row. they were beaten 2—0 at home. they now occupy the relegation play—off position. also, it wins for rangers and aberdeen. england's ben youngs scored this crucial try ten minutes from time to ensure his side ran out emphatic winners, 30— three. leicester are now in pole position to secure the last play—off spot after bath were beaten. munster have moved to the pro12 and ensuring fa

second placed tottenham are nowjust seven points behind after they won away at burnley.re ahead afterjust four minutes. an early lead against women crystal palace and it looked like a saturday stroll for chelsea. in 91 first—half seconds that stroll became all the more gruelling as wilfried zaha and christian mentor kate left antonio co nte christian mentor kate left antonio conte staring at only a fourth league conte staring at only a fourth lea g u e loss conte staring at only a fourth league loss this season and sparked some intrigue in what looked like a one—sided title race to talk spurs made up ground with victory at burnley. two players scored in a win to narrow the gap at the top of the table. what's important for us is to be there if chelsea fail and we are there. we are there fighting for the premier league.

second placed tottenham are nowjust seven points behind after they won away at burnley.t is the near post, and the leaders are ahead after just it is the near post, and the leaders are ahead afterjust four minutes. an early lead against women crystal palace and it looked like a saturday stroll for chelsea. in 91 first—half seconds that stroll became all the more gruelling as wilfried zaha and christian mentor kate left antonio co nte christian mentor kate left antonio conte staring at only a fourth league conte staring at only a fourth lea g u e loss conte staring at only a fourth league loss this season and sparked some intrigue in what looked like a one—sided title race to talk spurs made up ground with victory at burnley. two players scored in a win to narrow the gap at the top of the table. what's important for us is to be there if chelsea fail and we are there. we are there fighting for the premier league. behind those are liverpool, who didn't need any help from 007 because they had all they neededin from 007 because they had all they needed in the number ten. phil

burnley are up to 14th place while palace slip back to 16th., though. celtic registered their biggest ever away win over old firm rivals rangers with a 5—1 thrashing at ibrox. leigh griffiths' spectacular effort put them two up inside 20 minutes, and they dominated this one throughout. mikael lustig curled in the champions' fifth late on. celtic are still unbeaten in the league this season. elsewhere, there were wins for stjohnstone, kilmarnock and dundee. hearts drew with partick. lewis hamilton could be in for a tough sunday at the russian grand prix after qualifying well off the pace in fourth. championship leader sebastian vettel qualified on pole position in sochi alongside kimi raikkonen. hamilton, for the second race running, was outqualfied by his teammate, valterri bottas. world number one andy murray has been knocked out of the barcelona 0pen at the semi—final stage. murray was broken three times in the opening set by the austrian world number 9 dominic thiem. despite recovering to win the second, murray lost the deciding set on a tie

burnley are up to 14th place, while palace slip back to 16th.ion zone though. stoke and west ham played out a goalless draw, while jamie vardy scored just before half time to give leicester victory at west brom. celtic registered their biggest ever away win over old firm rivals rangers with a 5—1 thrashing at ibrox. celtic are still unbeaten in domestic football this season. elsewhere, there were wins for stjohnstone, kilmarnock and dundee. hearts drew with partick. world number one andy murray has been knocked out of the barcelona open at the semi—final stage. despite recovering to win the second set, murray lost the decider on a tie break to austrian dominic thiem, who moves on to face rafa nadal in sunday's final. exeter moved level on points with leaders wasps in rugby union's premiership with a 36—12 win over northampton saints. they ran in six tries in front of their home fans at sandy park. elsewhere, leicester took a big step to securing a top—four finish with a bonus—point win against sale. saracens are close to securing a home semi fin

that's where bullet —— burnley have really stabilised. a fantastic story.stle were denied a victory, at home to leeds. they went ahead when jamaal lascelles header was deemed to have crossed the line. and they held on to that lead, until the fifth minute of injury time when chris wood snatched an equaliser. 1—1 it finished in front of more than 52,000 at stjames park, and leeds are up to fourth. with premier league leaders chelsea, not playing until tomorrow, tottenham have the opportunity, to narrow the gap at the top, to four points. they host mid table bournemouth. with manager, mauricio pochettino, not letting his players think about the title race. i think it's important to try to be ready saturday. try to give our best and try to win and then, and then happen what happen in different games. it is true that can provide us the opportunity to close the gap. there are six other games in the premier league today, crystal palace host leicester with burnley off to everton. stoke face hull, and sunderland , ten points from safety at the bottom of the table, t

burnley midfielderjoey barton has been banned from all football activity for 18 months after admittingt said, "it was alleged that between 26 march 2006 and 13 may 2016, he placed 1,260 bets on the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of, or occurrence in, football matches or competitions in breach of fa rule e8." barton has also been fined £30,000 and warned as to his future conduct. he says it is a harsh sanction for an addiction that he sought medical help for. the number of senior bbc managers earning more than £150,000 a year has risen despite assurances that it would fall. the national audit office says the total went up from 89 to 98 during the past four years. but overall the number of managers fell from 540 to 319. next week will be the tenth anniversary of the disappearance of madeleine mccann. detectives say they are still pursuing what they describe as a "critical lead" in the case. the little girl was three when she vanished during a family holiday in portugal. her parents kate and gerry say the tenth anniversary is a "horrible marker of stolen time". and they've

exception to her line of questioning about whether he was feeling the pressure after their match against burnleye remarks were made after their tv interview had finished. just getting a wee bit naughty at the end there. just watch yourself. you still might a get a slap even though you're a woman. careful the next time you come in. moyes spoke today about the incident at a scheduled news conference ahead of their match against leicester tomorrow. it was in the heat of the moment and i deeply regret the comments i made. it's certainly not the person who i am. i accept it was a mistake. i spoke to the bbc reporter who accepted my apology and hopefully we will all move on. that apology may not be enough, with reaction to the comments from the group women in football urging more action. he should certainly think about his position as manager because he has a big responsibility not only to his clu b big responsibility not only to his club into football in general. we already —— we are always being told eve ryo ne already —— we are always being told everyone in football is an ambassador. i'm not sure w

the 18—month ban given to burnley midfielderjoey barton for breaching gambling rules has come under scrutinyll association says it's the shortest—possible suspension it could have given to the player under its current rules, but his club manager says the punishment handed down to barton, who has admitted he is addicted to gambling, is too harsh. one of the most obvious that springs to mind when i was a younger man was the legend that is eric cantona kung fu kicking someone, he got a nine—month ban. we know the rules, don't gamble on football when you are in football, i make that clear, and he knows that, but the fa made clear that there is no intent on anything other than his own personal gambling, his integrity is intact, nothing about trying to change games orany of nothing about trying to change games or any of that or consulting, just his own personal situation, so 18 months seems a long time to me. anthony joshua says his heavyweight unification bout with wladimir klitschko is a "stepping stone to greatness", as he prepares to fight in front of 90,000 at wembley. he's been facing the tw

burnley away in the premier league on sunday then the manchester derby a week today.tjose mourinho has been talking about, about balancing all that in the lead up to this game. difficult season. lots of matches, fighting in every competition, trying to build a team trying to recover certain mentality to finish the season by playing the european final in spite of the second european competition would be the perfect finale for us, full majesty united. history is very much on united's side, they played them and beat them in ten — zero. they've also beaten on three occasions at 0ld also beaten on three occasions at old trafford and and left have never won a match here. we shall see what happens. kick—off is at five past eight. also commentary on radio five live. the former aston villa and england defender ugo ehiogu is in hospital after collapsing at ther tottenham training centre. ehiogu, seen here winning the league cup with villa in 1996, coaches totenham's under 23's side. spurs say the 44—year—old received immediate treatment on site from their medical staff before b

league since january, as manchester united kept up the chase for the top four, with a 2—0 victory at burnley of the year was one of eight changes made by united managerjose mourinho after thursday's europa league win over anderlecht. the england captain also started the impressive counter—attack which led to anthony martial‘s opening goal. we were in control, i will not say for 90 minutes, but for most of the time. and that is very difficult to do. i think we understood well the way they play. umm, we played against their strength and used our strength to try to put the ball in and to be dangerous and be effective. so i think it is a great result. i think we totally deserved it. christian benteke scored twice against his former club liverpool as crystal palace secured a vital2—1win at anfield. phillip coutinho had given the home side a first half lead with his brilliant free kick only for the belgian benteke who liverpool sold at the end of last season to help sam allarcyce's side to a sixth win in their last eight played in the league, putting the home side's top four hopes in jeopardy. he

yes, this came after sunderland drew against burnley in the middle of march and it was a routine presse. the last question seems to have annoyed him slightly and the tape stops rolling on the interview and then we hear this exchange. have and then we hear this exchange. have a listen. just getting a wee bit naughty at the end. just watch yourself. you might get a slap, even though you are a woman. careful the next time you come in. understandably a lot of reaction to those comments and we have— david morris as well today. that was quite a bit of reaction on social media and from public figures. doctor alan khan, the shadow sports minister said it was a disgrace the comments we re said it was a disgrace the comments were made. she has labelled them sexist threats towards vicki sparkes who, we should point out, david moyes apologise to subsequently. vicki sparkes not wanting to make any complaint about this or speak further on the incident. the fa have been called on to take action. gary lineker tweeting seng the demeanour of premier league managers towards interviewers wasn't good enoug

burnley midfielderjoey barton says his 18 month ban from all aspects of football "effectively forcesnt". barton's admitted an fa misconduct charge relating to betting. between march and may last year, the 34—year—old placed 1,260 bets on football matches or competitions — which is in breach of fa rules. he's also been fined £30,000 and warned about his future conduct. barton plans to appeal against the length of the suspension. fifa president gianni infantino has confirmed that next year's world cup in russia will have video refereeing. infantino says fifa have had nothing but positive feedback since trials of video assistance began in their competitions last december. it was also trialled at the recent france versus spain friendly in paris where a goal by france's antoine griezmann was disallowed by the video ref. plenty of goals tonight in the race for the la liga title in spain with leaders barcelona thrashing osasuna 7—1 at the nou camp to stay top. after their win in sunday's epic el clasico match against real madrid. this was a far more gentle affair but unsurprisingly lionel m

intrugue because second—placed spurs made up ground with victory at burnley.a fail and we are there fighting for the premier league. behind spurs are liverpool. they didn't need any help from 007, they had all the help they needed in number ten. philip continuo scored one and a hand in the other two as liverpool won the merseyside derby 3-1. with a chance to close in to the top four, jose mourinho had every reason to be cheering ahead of the match against west brom but despite having three quarters of the possession, he had to be content with an even share of the points in a goalless draw. craig shakespeare may not be the special one but he's masterminded son turned around at leicester. it helps when your players can do that. commentator: feast your eyes on that! it was a pretty pretty sight. pretty easy, boss. in a goalless draw against southampton and bournemouth, is this the worst penalty in premier league history? commentator: harry archer has missed it by a mile! at least you have not got far to go home, hey harry? elsewhere hull city got a crucial three

today we had a couple of games at home recently, burnley at home when i have to get three points butce when it was 2-1 but we had a great chance when it was 2—1 but when we got back to 2—2, we do everything we can to get the winning goal but it wasn't to be. but the players have done well today. swansea have now lost five of their last six and two points from safety after losing 1—0 at watford. the result all but confirms another season in the premier league for watford, the only goal of the game was in the first half, from etienne capoue. more pressure on swansea manageable clement, the boost he brought to them injanuary is a distant memory now and they are fighting to stay in the premier league. the supporters have been fantastic. they travelled in the numbers today and really got behind the team from the first whistle until the last. we are very sad for them that we couldn't get a better result today but we need them to stick with us because with the three home games getting back to the liberty stadium, that can give us that little advantage that hopefully can help us get importan

burnley midfielderjoey barton has been banned from all football activity for 18 months after admittingfa statement said: "it was alleged that between 26 march 2006 and 13 may 2016, he placed 1,260 bets on the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of, or occurrence in, football matches or competitions in breach of fa rule e8." barton has also been fined £30,000 and warned as to his future conduct. we will pause and look at the later weather prospects. matt can tell us how it is looking how weather prospects. matt can tell us how it is looking am a little chilly. a northerly air flow with us at the moment making it feel cooler. nice enough in the sunshine, coolness where you have the showers. let's look where the showers are. they are across mainly central and eastern parts of england. one or two dotted around elsewhere but for many of you, a drier day than yesterday but you can see it is across east midlands, east anglia towards the south—east, the darker the colours, indicating the heaviest of the showers. some rumbles of thunder here, hail, sleet and snow. and temperatures str

says he deeply regrets the remarks made following a tv interview after last month's match against burnleyed for the women's european championship in the netherlands. and the american golfer lexi thompson says she didn't intend to break tournament rules. a four—stroke penalty incurred after a tv viewer spotted an infringement cost her her first major of the year. more in 15 minutes. ten people have been killed in the explosion between two underground stations in st petersburg. let's go to our correspondent who is in moscow. is there any clearer picture as to what has happened here? not so far. there's lots of information flying around, most of it is coming via sources. the national anti—terror committee said a second explosive package has been found and "neutralised" in the language of the anti—terror committee at another central st petersburg station. if that is true then perhaps there is a scenario of a double attack which has been used so far in other european cities. this happening on the day president putin was in the city for a meeting with the belarus president? well, mr putin was f

made moyes feel as if he we re burnley made moyes feel as if he were under pressure.. just getting a wee bit naughty at the end. watch yourself what you might get a slap, even though you are a woman. careful the next time you come in. he has since offered an apology, which was accepted. this is what he said at lunchtime. it was in the heat of the moment and i deeply regret the comments i made. certainly not the person who i am. i accept it was a mistake. i spoke to the bbc reporter who accepted my apology and hopefully we can all move on. also in football, luke shaw has been told to put his finger out if you want to save his manchester united career. that was said by the former defender, phil neville. his future is in doubt after itjose morinho said the england international isn't even deserving a place on the bench, claiming he lacks commitment, focus and ambition. i cannot compare him with other players, i cannot compare the way he trains, the way he commits, the focus, the ambition. i cannot compare. it is a long way behind. mark sampson has named his squad for the

middlesbrough had a goalless draw with burnley. they needed those three points.wart downing are. they are no addressed. the problem as always was addressed. the problem as always was a lack of goals. they had chances including a goal—line clearance and tom heaton played well but i don't think it will be enough. southampton and their opponents were on the beach already, weren't they? not the best of games. clasie scored a wonderful goal. a good win for our southampton. let's hear from a wonderful goal. a good win for our southampton. let's hearfrom tony pulis who will not want his players to go on holiday yet. we need to have more composure and steadiness in front of goals. you cannot fault the players. the last 20 or 25 minutes they really show their mettle. they kept going. we needed a break and didn't get it. let's see where this leaves us with the table. do you see those places reversing? arsenal have a massive game on monday. manchester united play tomorrow. manchester city and liverpool have put those teams under pressure. it looks like a0 points would be ne

his deflected shot helping everton two or 3—1 win against burnley.ter united who play chelsea this afternoon. chelsea have the chance to regain their seven point lead at the top when they face manchester united at old trafford this afternoon. antonio conte‘s side were 4—0 winners when the teams met in the league earlier this season. they are a good team, strong physically and technically and for this reason we must pay them good attention because united also want to play to find a place for the next champions league and to arrive in the best form on the table. and they have the possibility to do this. they have a certain style of play, they stick to it, they do it very well, they do it very well. not every team defence with 11 players, they defend with 11 players and not every team is so objective in their counter—attacks. they are very objective in their counter—attacks. and they have individual players out of the context of the game who can also resolve problems. so they are very strong team. there are just two matches in the premier league today.

second placed tottenham are keeping up the pressure, they won away at burnley.s ahead after just four commentator: 1—0 chelsea, leaders ahead afterjust four minutes. commentator: early lead against struggling crystal palace, looks like another saturday stroll for chelsea, in 91 first half seconds, that stroll became all the more gruelling, first williams aha and then christian benteke left antonio co nte then christian benteke left antonio conte staring at only a fourth league conte staring at only a fourth lea g u e loss conte staring at only a fourth league loss this season, and sparked some injury in what looked like a one—sided title race. in trade because spurs, second place, made up ground with victory at burnley, eric dier and son scoring in a 2—0 win, to narrow the gap. what is important for us is for us to be there if chelsea slip up. then we will be there, we are there fighting, for the premier league show. behind spurs, liverpool, they didn't need any help from 007, they had all they neededin any help from 007, they had all they needed in their number

tottenham made the most of chelsea's slip up with a 2—0 win at burnley.victor wanyama and harry winks to injury, but a much brighter second half saw them make a deserved breakthrough. eric dier stabbed home the opener inside the last 25 minutes and heung min son came off the bench and made sure of the points with a tap—in. that's four league wins a row now for mauricio pochettino's side, but the injuries are beginning to stack up. look what happened after the game. chelsea lost. we reduced the gap. we are seven points now. it was always important for us to be there if chelsea fail, and we are there, we are the fighting for the premier league, we are fighting to be as high as possible. the day began with liverpool maintaining their impressive record in the merseyside derby as they beat everton 3—1 at home. they haven't lost this fixture for over six years and 1999 was the last time everton won at anfield. after scoring the winner at goodison park in december, sadio mane gave liverpool the lead this afternoon. matthew pennington‘s first goalfor everton in f

another talking point, tomorrow manchester united play away at burnley, those injuries they picked up because they didn‘t know what he was going to do next season. it was a one—year contract, no extension signed, so a way to find out. the europa league final is in his home country of sweden. rojo is a blow as well. terrible injuries. many thanks for now. you up—to—date with the premier league. there were some really important matches in the championship that have made a difference at both ends of the table. here are all the scores. bristol city and burton should both be safe from relegation after home wins. fulham‘s 4—1win at huddersfield boosts their play off chances and virtually ended huddersfield‘s hopes of automatic promotion. nottingham forest moved three points clear of the drop zone with victory at home to reading. sheffield wednesday strengthened their hold on a play—off spot by beating derby. wigan and blackburn were both involved in goalless draws which were little help to their chances of avoiding relegation. leyton orient have been relegated from football league after 112

burnley have just kicked off against crystal palace. it is goalless at selhurst park.hton are already promoted, along with newcastle. they would love to be champions, though. blackburn won to keep alive their hope of survival. there were wins for sheffield wednesday and derby. here are the rest of the results. a hugely important win for harry redknapp's birmingham city, improving their hopes of staying up. nottingham forest are in real danger after their defeat at qpr. wigan are definitely relegated after their loss at reading. scottish premiership champions celtic embarrassed their rivals rangers with a 5—1win in the old firm derby. it's the first time celtic have scored five goals away at ibrox in the fixture's 129 year history. tim hague has more. the managers might be friendly, but an old firm derby is not. take a look at this early foul, for example. it also happen to be in the box, giving celtic the chance to ta ke box, giving celtic the chance to take another step towards an invincible season, with scott sinclair. much like their scottish cup semifinal a week ag

5live reporter vicki sparks, who'd asked if owner ellis short‘s presence at the their match with burnleyhe was under more pressure — to which he responded "no". but after the interview he warned her to "be careful". it was in the heat of the moment. deeply regret the comments. that is certainly not the person i am. it was a mistake. i have spoken to the bbc reporter, who has accepted the apology. hopefully we move on. luke shaw has been told to "pull his finger out" to save his manchester united career by former defender phil neville. his future is in doubt after his managerjose mourinho said the england international isn't even deserving of a place on the bench, claiming he lacks commitment, focus and ambition... i cannot compare him with ashley young, darmian, blind, the way he trains... focus. be the ambition. a long way behind. mark sampson has named his england squad for this summer's women's european championship in the netherlands, with few real surprises... the top scorer from last season is left out though... our correspondent katie gornall, is at st georges park for us. katie,

burnley midfielderjoey barton has been banned from football for 18 months after admitting a footballnd of his career and has also admitted that he's addicted to gambling. 0ur senior football reporter ian dennis has more on the story. it was alleged that between the 26th of march 2006 and the 13th of may 2016, joey barton placed 1260 bets on the result, progress or conduct of any other match or competition thatis of any other match or competition that is in breach of fa rules. he was fined £30,000. his 18 month suspension is with immediate effect. the 34—year—old joined burnley in january as a free agent until the end of the season and has made 18 appearances. barton plans to appeal the length of his suspension. 0nto the world snooker championship and five—times champion ronnie 0'sullivan is out — beaten 13 frames to ten in the quarter—finals by last year's runner—up ding junhui. a fantastic match was settled by a century from ding — after 0'sullivan had made a tournament best break of 146 earlier in the session. 0'sullivan warmly congratulated ding at the end who now goes on to met m

united at burnley tomorrow. there, it is so tight.e gone, middlesbrough nearly gone. swansea and hull city will fight it out to the end of the city. i think those two. it is all about the home form. swa nsea two. it is all about the home form. swansea have manchester united, tough game. there were also the injuries were manchester united. ibrahim vitch and ron paul, both cruciate knee ligament injuries. united not confirming how long that will be out, but they will miss the last of the season. crowe will be out and united are short at the back will stop real problems for them at the back. they don‘t know the extent of the injury or when the bid back, but mourinho said they are in trouble. there were some really important matches in the championship that have made a difference at both ends of the table. here are all the scores. bristol city and burton should both be safe from relegation after home wins. fulham‘s 4—1 win at huddersfield boosts their play off chances and virtually ended huddersfield‘s hopes of automatic promotion. nottin

that's after they lost 2—1 at home to crystal palace and second—placed tottenham beat burnley.. jurgen klopp's liverpool are up to third after victory in the merseyside derby. they beat everton 3—1 at anfield. there were also wins for hull, leicester and watford. manchester united drew at home to west brom, southampton against bournemouth was also goalless. celtic will win the scottish premiership title tomorrow, that's if they beat hearts. today's matches saw some movement at the other end of the table. hamilton are on the up after beating nine—man stjohnstone with two of their players sent off for fighting each other. inverness are now bottom after a 1—1 draw with kilmarnock. partick thistle beat ross county 2—1 and rangers drew with motherwell. wasps have been knocked out of rugby union's european champion's cup. the two—time winners were outclasssed by the three—time champions leinster in dublin, the home side scoring four tries in their quarterfinal. 32—17 the final score at the aviva stadium. and on a good day for the irish sides, munster also knocked out toulouse. 41—16

burnley have taken a huge step towards safety with a 2—0 win at crystal palace.their first away win in the league this season. they're up to 4th place while palace slip back to 16th. brighton missed the chance to clinch the championship title, after a surprise defeat at home to bristol city. they lost 1—0, and now must better newcastle's result next weekend to finish top. brighton are already promoted of course. celtic continue to impress this season. and theyjust got their biggest away win over old firm rivals rangers yesterday, 5—1 they thrashed them. take a look at this from leigh griffiths. that put them 2—0 ahead after only 20 minutes, and they dominated this one throughout. celtic are still unbeaten in the league this season. elsewhere there were wins for stjohnstone, kilmarnock, and dundee. hearts drew with partick. lewis hamilton could be in for a tough afternoon at the russian grand prix after qualifying well off the pace in fourth. championship leader sebastian vettel qualified on pole position in sochi, alongside kimi raikkonen. hamilton — for the seco

manchester united won 2—0 at burnley.nited are nowjust a point behind fourth placed manchester city. the two meet on thursday. in the london marathon, kenya's mary keitany has broken the world record for a women's only race that was previously held by paula radcliffe. keitany won it in two hours and 17 minutes. this was her third victory in the london marathon, and she beat ethiopian track great, tirunesh dibaba, by almost a minute. aly dixon was the fastest british runner. jo pavey dropped out of the race at around 16 miles, so she won't be selected for the world championships in london this summer. kenya were victorious in the men's race as well, dan wanjiru crossed the line first, for the biggest win of his career, beating the favourite kenenisa bekele. the winning time was two hours, five minutes, and 48 seconds. david weir has won a record seventh london marathon. he won his first way back in 2002. he beat his great rival, marcel hoog, from switzerland in a sprint finish to move ahead of dame tanni grey—thompson in t

merseyside remembered the 28th anniversary of the hillsborough disaster before everton's match against burnleycoring his 2a league goal to stay the league's top goal—scorer. everton move ahead of both manchester united and arsenal into fifth place in the league and manager ronald koeman praised ross barkley‘s response to a testing week. i am really pleased. there were difficulties in the beginning of the game, but he was showing those qualities, he created difficulty in the second half and scoring 2—1 was very important. the boy was focused on the football. and not about all of the stuff that came out after last sunday, and that is a big compliment for the young boy. in the scottish premiership the title was of course wrapped up by celtic a couple of weeks ago. still plenty of interest though for the teams below them. dundee are falling deeper in trouble after a 2—0 defeat at home to hamilton. they are now two points from safety. motherwell leapfrogged them by beating inverness 4—2, rangers were 2—0 winners over partick and second placed aberdeen were 2—1 winners at saintjohnstone. while hiber

scored twice against his former club and manchester united are still fifth after winning 2—0 away at burnleypean gymnastics championships. ellie downie won four of their six medals in romania. the 17—year—old, who won all around gold earlier in the competition, finishing with a silver on the floor. and also in romania, great britain lost their fed cup tie. johanna konta was defeated in the decisive rubber. that's it. now it's time for all the news where you are. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. more coverage now on the first round of the presidential elections in france. speaking at a rally after the preliminary results we re rally after the preliminary results were announced, the centrist en marche party leader emmanuel macron said a new page had been turned in the history of the country and the party had changed the political face of france. translation: my fellow citizens, today, sunday, 23rd of april, the people of france expressed its views and its voice. while our country is living through a very unexpected part of its history, characterised by terrorism, social difficulties, tec

so united will have to manage without their top goalscorer ibrahimovic in today's game at burnley.ague match, liverpool are at crystal palace. it's that time of the year where teams start moving up and down the leagues. swindon town were relegated from league one, and leyton orient have dropped out of the football league after 112 years. they'll be replaced by lincoln city. they're back after a six year absence, following their 2—1 win over macclesfield. the victory also secured the national league title, in front of their home supporters. promotion caps off a remarkable season for the lincoln, as they also became the first non—league side to reach the fa cup quarter—finals in more than a century. manchester city women have it all to do in their champions league semi—final. they lost to the holders lyon, 3—1 yesterday. the second leg is next saturday. great britain's fed cup tie against romania has resumed this morning withjohanna konta taking on simona halep in the first of the day's singles ties. konta came onto court, followed by her captain anne keothavong. both women were insu

it was a routine post match question and answer, following sunderland's draw against burnley.n you as a manager, when you know the owner's in the stands, watching on? no, none at all. that's brilliant, thank you very much. but then came this... just getting a wee bit naughty at the end there, so just watch yourself. you still might get a slap, even though you're a woman. careful the next time you come in. today, david moyes apologised, having already said sorry to the bbc‘s reporter vicki sparkes, who did not make a complaint and did not want to speak further about the incident. it was in the heat of the moment, and i deeply regret the comments i made. it's certainly not the person who i am, and i accept it was a mistake. david moyes had hoped his apology would mark the end of this matter, but the fa here at wembley say they are going to write to him to ask for his observations, and it comes amidst calls for action to be taken. someone has to step in and take some action. i'd like to think it was the fa. of course, football's very passionate, but people have to learn that this

there are six other games in the premier league today, crystal palace host leicester with burnley offeverton. stoke face hull, and sunderland , ten points from safety at the bottom of the table, take on west ham. watford play swansea, and the tea—time match is between southampton and manchester city — city could go above liverpool into third with a win. i think it has been an exceptional season, they have a good manager and a really good team. i was really impressed when they came here at the beginning of the season. in that moment, we came back from barcelona and a lot of games, but they are a good team. it will be a good test for us. snooker‘s world championship is under way in sheffield. five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan is in action against fellow englishman gary wilson, in the afternoon session. the crucible has played host to the tournament for a0 years, and o'sullivan is in the mood, to lift the famous trophy again. it was a great event, it's a good tournament and we have been looking forward to going on for years. should be a great tournament again, whether the 40th or 215t