a much—needed victory, things suddenly feeling a little brighter around burnley.

a much—needed victory, things suddenly feeling a little brighter around burnley.l learn from their mistakes and look to rebuild trust after accepting their relegation from the premiership at the end of the season for breaking salary cap regulations. they have qualified for the quarterfinals of the champions cup though, with a tense win over racing 92 today — but an injury to billy vunipola means he could now miss the six nations. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss, was there. from champions to outcasts. saracen fans arrived with the news of their premiership relegation still raw, and many feeling that the club had only itself to blame. if you're going to break the salary cap and get caught, you have to pay the consequences. very sad and angry and frustrated. a lot of crying. it's our club. what must they be thinking? saracens's star—studded squad, soon to be dismantled. well, today at least, they were together and the fans behind them but their week soon got even worse as a suspected broken arm for billy vunipola and a red card for this dangerous tackle. somehow

a much—needed victory, things suddenly feeling a little brighter around burnley.osing in on victory in the third test against south africa. they need four more wickets on the final day in port elizabeth. patrick gearey reports. port elizabeth, sunday morning. things settle down early. stuart broad and sam curran shattered south africa's resistance. the rest of their innings knocked sideways. four wickets forjust one run. so much fun, joe root asked them to bat again but england soon ran into a more stubborn opponent. the rain hung around most are then the south african batsmen could. when it cleared after lunch, they had to face mark wood at nearly 90 mph. fast enough to blow dean elgar away. but when progress slowed slightly, england's captain grabbed the ball himself. ajoe root masterstroke. he's a part—time spinner, doing over time and he was helped by brilliance from ollie pope. here, almost bending over backwards for his boss. six wickets left and more than a day to survive, south africa needed to drop anchor but quentin de kock couldn't be their rock. root a

, their first at burnley recorded a 2—1victory, theirfirst at old burnley recorded a 2—1victory, theirin the season —— leicester city. west ham at home it would seem a promising chance, especially with ashley barnes opening the scoring. injury to jamie vardy could not even dampen the mood especially when ricardo pereira smashed in a second before half—time and it was no more than they deserved. west ham just really needed something to go their way, and it came immediately after the break. this was deemed a foul. and var eventually agreed and mark noble ended the argument, but leicester had the final word. it almost came from james maddison, but eventually peres finished things are, first with a penalty and then a measured finish. leicester backed their best. with their top four place looking more secure, manchester united's remains injeopardy. burnley had beaten leicester at the weekend and here they were looking to continue their good form. chris wood's smart effort got them started at old trafford. if that was well taken, jay rodriguez's goal was quite brilliant. perfect precision. m

manchester united lose at home to burnley, hurting their chances of a top four finish. and injust under two hours, zion williamson is set to make his nba debut for the new orleans pelicans. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis at the year's first grand slam in melbourne. the australian open has moved into day four and there for us as always isjohn watson. there's been a bit of an issue with the outside courts in the morning, john, what's the situation? what has happened? organisers and many people are saying this could be the first time this has happened in grand slam history. essentially, play on the outside courts has been delayed here for three hours because of dust and mud and a lot of dirty sediment which has built up on the outside courts. the reason being, there were rain showers last night that got mixed with dust storms brought across melbourne park by the strong wind. that has left a dirty sediment all over the outside courts and the organisers are having to clea n and the organisers are having to clean that up now because the courts a

the italian who had overseen victories against both burnley and newcastle united in his first two games a gabrieljesus double in the 15 minutes after the half time interval put his side on the back foot. richarlison gave the toffees hope withjust under 20 minutes remaining but pep guardiola's side held on to remain third while everton drop to 11th. we have to keep going. we are going to have a very difficult game also against liverpool, so we don't have to lose confidence. i think we are going well and we have to keep on going. david moyes made a winning return to west ham as they thrashed bournemouth 4—0 in london, taking them out of the relegation zone. moyes replaced the sacked manuel pellegrini on sunday, returning to the club he led to premier league safety at the end of the 2017—18 season. three first—half goals, including a double to captain mark noble, means bournemouth drop in to the bottom three. tottenham slipped up in their pursuit of a top—four finish, losing 1—0 at southampton as ralph hassenhuttl‘s side made it ten points from four matches over the festive period. danny i

a famous victory for burnley, united's frustration goes on. adam wild, bbc news. as for tottenham, they won their first league news. as for tottenham, they won theirfirst league game news. as for tottenham, they won their first league game of the year by beating norwich 2—1 at the totte n ha m by beating norwich 2—1 at the tottenham hotspur stadium. norwich were hoping to snatch a point after equalising but son struck ten minutes from time to be jose mourinho‘s side into sixth place. celtic still hold the slender lead over rangers at the top of the scottish premiership — both glasgow sides were in action this evening and both of them won. celtic were 3—1 winners at kilmarnock. there were goals for odsonne edouard in the first half before leigh griffths and then christopherjullien added to the scoreline for the champions in the second half. rangers won 1—0 at home to st mirren — they have a game in hand over celtic and are stilljust two points behind. premiership rugby will release the report into the club's breaches of the salary cap. saracens were given a five—mi

a famous win for burnley and united's frustration goes on.table norwich 2—1 at tottenham hotspur stadium. goals from dele alli and heung min—son sealing the three points. celtic still hold a slender lead over rangers at the top of the scottish premiership. both glasgow sides were in action this evening and both of them won. celtic were 3—1 winners at kilmarnock. a neat spin and finish from odson edward broke the deadlock. before leigh griffths and this towering header from christopherjullian made it three and secured the victory for the champions. and the latest on the saracens saga is that premiership rugby will release the report into the clubs breaches of the salary cap. the north london club were given a £5 millon fine and were told last week that they would be relegated from the premiership as a result. after initally objecting — sarries now say they are keen for the full report to be published. well, seven members of the england squad play for saracens with the six nations starting next week. one of them is the captain, owen farrell, wh

today, leicester could have drawn level with second placed manchester city, but lost 2—1 at burnley.hrough harvey barnes, who picked up the ball from halfway and had only one thing on his mind. burnley got themselves back into the game after kaspar schmeichel could only palm ben mee's header into the path of chris wood. mee then conceded a penalty, giving jamie vardy the chance to put leicester back in front, but nick pope saved his effort and it was burnley that took the points. ashley westwood with an unstoppable finish that moves them up to 14th, 5 points above the relegation zone. the main event in the premier league this weekend kicks off at anfield in the next 10 minutes. leaders liverpool have named the same team that beat spurs last weekend, manchester united are without their top scorer, marcus rashford, who was injured in the week against wolves in the fa cup. jurgen klopp's side will move 16 points clear at the top with a victory, and they also have a game in hand. it's the first time solskjaer has taken his side to anfield, and they are the only team to take points off li

burnley had made five points clear at the premier league's relegation.ce christmas, son should know that time was ticking to turn things around. the site of leicester bearing down on goal was when he could do without. in nick pope, but only have a key grip on who they can rely, an excellent save stopping thing getting even worse. at the other end, they have a player with inside knowledge, chris wood in exactly the right place to equalise against his former side. but all that may have meant nothing when barnes was brought down in the box, penalty, time for a burnley to pin hopes on taube once more. jamie vardy could not beat him. in at the final act, a final twist, ashley westwood smashing in a in a winner. a much—needed victory, things suddenly feeling a little brighter around burnley. leicester defeat and manchester city boss matt dodd is the date means liverpool can go 16 points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand, if they beat manchester united at anfield, which they currently are, the job and i got a goal in a first harvest up var disal

and this lunchtime he's returning to face his former club burnley where he made more than 100 appearanceshe premier league team and his league one side. it will be nice, the kids and family are going to come and watch and when the draw was happening, it was the one we wanted, to go back to burnley. i thoroughly enjoyed my three years there and it will be nice to see some old faces and hopefully we go there and get the win. he's a man used to the limelight and it hasn't taken zlatan ibrahimovic, to get back on the scoresheet at ac milan. the former man united striker re—signed for the italian side on thursday and yesterday he was playing in a friendly. ac milan won the game 9—0, with ibrahimovic scoring one goal and providing an assist. the 38—year—old could make his serie a return against sampdoria at the san siro on monday. sale sharks are up to third in rugby union's premiership after scoring six tries in a 48—10 bonus point win over harlequins. sam james took advantage of a hamstring injury to quins' tom lawday to score, as he pulled up trying to block him at the line. it was a feisty

put to manager ole gunnar solskjaer today but he wanted to concentrate on tomorrow's match against burnley that are fantastic, and we have been in the game until the last kick of the ball. of course we are disappointed losing the game behind them in the league. but there are signs we are on the right track definitely, and for me now i think we are looking towards the next game against burnley. we are always looking to improve the squad and the club. but from my mind now is not the time to start that discussion. south africa captain faf du plessis has been left out of the squad next month. quinton de kok will lead. england lead to the test series between the two sides to— one with one game left to play following victory in port elizabeth yesterday. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website including preview of tonight's six premier league games. sarah will have more after two in afternoon live. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you, let's take a look at some of the main stories this lunchtime. we start at that world leaders su

there was blackburn and a few others, but it was the one we wanted as a family to watch, go back to burnleythree great years. i thoroughly enjoyed it. it will be nice to see some old faces but i hope to go there and get the win. he's a man used to the limelight and it hasn't taken zlatan ibrahimovic long to get back on the scoresheet at ac milan. the former man united striker re—signed for the italian side on thursday and yesterday he was playing in a friendly. ac milan won the game 9—0, with ibrahimovic scoring one goal and providing an assist. the 38—year—old could make his serie a return against sampdoria at the san siro on monday. that's all the sport for now. plenty more on the bbc sport website including all the latest fa cup news. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. next on bbc news it's time for click. click in 2019, the finest tech. including a drag race and recognising a face. hello, welcome and a very happy new year. 2020 always sounded like the future, didn't it? where is now that it is here i guess it's not. we are going to get stuck into the new year next week but first we are going to ta

they lost to burnley. it was burnley's first win at old trafford since 1962.ve got. they've done fantastic so far this season but they know today wasn't good enough. i know but i'm the one that's responsible for this and we have been stretched, really stretched lately. the boys, they look mentally tired towards the end. we just look mentally tired towards the end. wejust didn't look mentally tired towards the end. we just didn't find that creativity that we hoped for. as charlie just said, huge microphone. spurs are now level on points with united after beating bottom side norwich city 2—1. son heung min nodded in the winner with ten minutes to go. it was spurs' first goals and first win in the league since december. they'll be hoping they've turned a corner after this result. norwich are still six points off safety. there was a blow to lester. they lostjamie there was a blow to lester. they lost jamie va rdy there was a blow to lester. they lost jamie vardy in there was a blow to lester. they lostjamie vardy in there when to west ham. rendon rogers says they

they still have a five point cushion on united in fifth thanks to a 3—0 win over burnley.aham got pretty lucky to make it 2—0, the ball from this position somehow found its way past nick pope in the burnley goal. it was a pretty tame header. another goalfor tammy it was a pretty tame header. another goal for tammy abraham keeping it was a pretty tame header. another goalfor tammy abraham keeping up it was a pretty tame header. another goal for tammy abraham keeping up a hot streak he has had this season. and in the second half callum hudson odoi got his first goal in the premier league to make it three. the young englishman. chelsea's youngsters are still doing the business. very convincing. the scoreline is convincing but not as much as it should have been. there was great football throughout the game, great passages with chances at the end of them which would have been really good goals to watch back. we did not quite get that but the all—around performance was superb football. so the other results still to mention, newcastle lost two players to injury inside the first h

manchester united lose at home to burnley, hurting their chances of a top four finish.williamson is set to make his nba debut for the new orleans pelicans. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis at the year's first grand slam in melbourne. the australian open has moved into day four and there for us as always isjohn watson. there's been a bit of an issue with the outside courts in the morning, john, what's the situation? what has happened? organisers and many people are saying this could be the first time this has happened in grand slam history. essentially, play on the outside courts has been delayed here for three hours because of dust and mud and a lot

they beat burnley. number eight. redding. number eight. redding. number 13.ill now be replayed the sunday between southampton women's fc and crystal palace, on sunday that will be replayed. playing number 16. replayed. playing number16. brighton. number two. manchester city. are we going to get a big tie here? defending champions, manchester city will play number 11. ipswich town. the lowest ranked team at the moment left in the tournament, but what a brilliant time for them. number one. that is arsenal, record titleholders, 1a titles in the fa cup. we'll play number three. number three is lewes. forced all the way to penalties by billericay yesterday. billericay were the lowest ranked team in the tournament but they pushed hard. number 1a. that is sunderland. will play... number seven. birmingham city. will play... numberseven. birmingham city. of the women's super league. sunderland in the third division, essentially, in the third division, essentially, in the north. the final tie, number four. this is chelsea. will play... last but not least, number 15. nu

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

after that 2—0 defeat to burnley last night, ole gunnar solskjaer still retains the support of the manchesterscenes have come in for fierce criticism from many fans, though. england's hopes of winning the under 19 world cup are over. they lost their second group game to australia, who knocked off a0 runs in the last three overs to deny england off the final ball. and british paralympic 400—metre champion paul blake has retired from athletics at the age of 30. he said his career had been a whirlwind but that he enjoyed every step of the way. so the australian open and six nations taken care of. let's keep the great competitions coming on sportsday — the fa cup, to be exact. we're gearing up for the fourth round this weekend, but we still have one more third round tie to be played. take two — and prenton park for the replay between tranmere and watford. pride is huge. and it is immediate. as soon as this coming sunday, the winner of this third run time will host manchester united in the fourth round. he the third time they've tried to get a decision between tranmere and watford and the original

2—0 here, and although burnley would get one back, villa held on for a win that lifts them out of there scrambling again and when the ball landed at james maddison‘s feet, there was no way back. commentator: how about that?! 3—0 it finished. leicester starting the year as they mean to go on. there were also important wins for southampton and watford, while the wait is nearly over for david moyes, who will take charge of his first game since returning to west ham against fellow strugglers bournemouth. both club and manager hoping the new year brings a change of fortune. katie gornall, bbc news. for the first time, more than 100 billion music tracks have been streamed online in the uk, in a single year. it comes at the end of a decade that saw many more of us abandoning the cd, and embracing the digital streaming and downloads. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has more details. # these are the moments that i‘m going to remember most, yeah. oh, how a decade has changed how we consume music. 2010 started withjoe mcelderry‘s the climb at number one. at that stage, cd singles

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

man united booed off at old trafford as they lost at home to burnley.united manager has now lost more premier league games than he has won since becoming their permanent boss. the players are giving everything they have got, they have done absolutely fa ntastically they have done absolutely fantastically so far this season. but they know today it was not good enough. i know. buti but they know today it was not good enough. i know. but i am the one responsible for this. we have been stretched lately, really stretched. the boys looked mentally tired towards the end. we just didn't find that creativity that we hoped for. there was a big blow for leicester as they lost the premier league's top scorerjamie vardy to an injury. they are waiting to find out how long he could be out for. they did not miss him too much. another scored twice as they won 4—1. celtic are still just about scored twice as they won 4—1. celtic are stilljust about managing to hold off rangers at the top of the scottish premiership. they won 3—1 at kilmarnock last night. rangers beat st

league on wednesday beating manchester united at old trafford for the 1st time in nearly 60 years burnley were 2 no winners thanks to a goal in each off from chris wood and jay rodriguez elsewhere tottenham scored a late goal to be bottom side norrish 21 and leicester were 41 winners over west ham olympic qualifiers in women's football have been moved away from the chinese city of blue hand due to the corona virus outbreak australia taiwan thailand and china were all due to play a round robin tournament for tokyo 2020 the matches will now be played some 500 kilometers away in nanjing at the start of february. 2 of the biggest young stars in women's tennis or said to me to the australian open defending champion know me osaka showed some frustration in round 2 but he moved victorious to set up a 3rd round match with 15 year old coco got off david stokes reports niamey a sucker was cruising in her 2nd round match the defending champion quickly going a set up against chinese shanks i say i but she went to break down early in the 2nd set and lost her cool i i a rare moment of anger from a play

chelsea eased to victory over burnley and everton beat brighton.om side norwich, while wolves and newcastle drew. in the women's super league, manchester city have moved joint top after they beat everton. a brace from germany's pauline bremer gave them a 3—0 win to move level with arsenal for the moment. they play brighton and hove albion tomorrow. as the race for the final eight continues in rugby union's european champions cup, ulster suffered a set—back, while gloucester kept their quarterfinal hopes alive with victory over montpellier. but for exeter chiefs, a draw in glasgow was enough, while defending champions saracens overcame adversity once again to beat ospreys 22—15. patrick gearey reports. it has been a season of punishment for saracens, find and docked points for saracens, find and docked points for breaching the salary cap, their squad may soon be scattered. after five minutes against ospreys they we re five minutes against ospreys they were in trouble again. the shoulder met the head, and it was a red card offence for rhys carre. sar

and this lunchtime he's returning to face his former club burnley where he made more than a hundred appearancese team and his league one side. yeah, it would be nice.

peterborough of league one, not faring too well against premier league burnley, though. down at turf moor. erik pieters with the second there, from long range. they're just coming up to half—time. the other premier league team involved in a lunchtime kick off is newcastle united. miguel almiron has given them the lead at rochdale, also of league one. almiron has now scored two in his last five games after failing to find the back of the net in his first 23 games for newcastle. so let's take a look at the rest of lunchtime games under way. there's an all championship affair, between birmingham and blackburn. birmingham arei—0 up. bristol, shrewsbury i—0. away at millwall — millwall with the lead there — 1-0. in—form rotherham are up against hull city 1—1. and previews from all of the day's fa cup ties. but from me, bye for now. that's it from me. the next news on bbc one is at 5:10pm. bye for now. they are already facing crippling sanctions. hello, you're watching the bbc news channel. let's get more on our top story. thousands of people have gathered on the streets of ba

in the day's other match, burnley beat leicester 2—1. that's your sport. coming up hello. this is bbc news. the prime minister has said he will raise the ‘driving habits' of us military personnel with the secretary of state, mike pompeo, after video footage emerged of another incident of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road, near the army base where harry dunn died. police also revealed details of a third incident in which a police vehicle was struck by a car being driven on the wrong side of the road in october. we are certainly raising all those issues about the driving habits of us personnel at the base and we are continuing to work forjustice for harry dunn and for his family. the areas of australia worst hit by bushfires are now at risk of flash flooding and power cuts as a result of rainstorms. in the state of victoria many fires have been put out by the storms but giant hailstones have also damaged property. john donnison reports. in a year of extreme weather, for australians, it doesn't just rain, it pours. hailstones the size of golf b

grealish scored a goal to remember for aston villa, which proved the difference in their win over burnleyast decade, aston villa were on their way to a sixth—placed finish in the premier league. now they lie in the relegation zone in need of a new year boost. jack grealish thought he had founded ten minutes in but var had its own say. wesley offside in the build—up. but the brazilian made amends soon after, driving home through nick pope to give villa a deserved lead. and thenjack grealish did get his goal. no var intervention this time. villa have been known to surrender leads this season and a chris wood header ten minutes before the end set up a nervy ending. but they did manage to hold on and have leapt out of the relegation zone for now. in brighton, cesar azpilicueta gave chelsea the lead with a bundled finish. and it looked like that would be enough for lampard's men until an early contender for goal of the decade from alireza jahanbakhsh, forcing chelsea to share the points. three matches into the second half in the premier league. newcastle a re newcastle are losing at home to le

leicester travel to burnley before runaway leaders liverpool welcome old rivals manchester united tode will move 16 points clear with a victory. it's the first time solskjaer has taken his side to liverpool as manager and both he and klopp say they're well aware of how important this game is. you have to look forward to these games, it is a great challenge for ever players again to play against the leaders of the league. we have done well against in the last couple of times but has you say, away at anfield is another matter. it is a game that you... you can make sure you enjoy it but it can also be an intimidating place. it isa it is a very important football game. very important. like games against much all opponents. that is how it is. i think we have to learn. dealing with games like this, in the right manner, so we have none not been bad in the past but we can still improve. after more than a year out, conor mcgregor made his return to the ufc and it lasted all of forty seconds. it was one of the most highly anticipated comebacks with the irishman fighting donald cowboy cerrone i

watford are still looking for a defender, they had been heavily with burnley boss mike ben gibson.last transfer window where premier league and scottish premiership clubs will be operating inside the european union. now, historically, players moving to the uk from outside the eu have had to get a work permit to play domestically. so how will that change after brexit? earlier i asked the sports lawyer, daniel gee. probably one of the most significant elements is going to be what the work permit restrictions are going to be. at present, this applies to non—european football is coming into the uk, which will presumably apply to all non—uk workers. that's a significant period of time going forward. the current criteria for non—eu players playing in the premier league is, effectively, usually to do with the country and that they play for, obviously, the higher wages, the more likely you will be able to demonstrate that the player is an exceptional talent and should therefore be granted the work permit. that is a query as to what the football association is going to do in association wit

and aston villa are 2—0 up against burnley. jack grealish had the second.enal versus manchester united at 8pm. it is all from us for now, you can get more on the bbc sport website, including all the games from the premier league, the latest scores, when the kick—off, they up to the darts final this evening. peter wright, not they up to the darts final this evening. peterwright, not steve! had to the website for that one. i would love to see steve wright play darts, i know what you're thinking. thank you, gavin. police in hong kong have clashed with pro—democracy protesters during a new year's day march. 0rganisers of the demonstration say that more than a million people took part. police fired tear gas and some protestors responded by throwing petrol bombs. today's demonstations follow clashes with riot police as the new decade began. human chains were formed at major sites across the territory, as people chanted "liberate hong kong, revolution now!" pro—democracy demonstrations gripped hong kong for much of last year. a little earlier, i spoke to my collea

leicester are still third in the table after they lost 2—1 at burnley.ley westwood with the winner for the home side. that's your sport. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. high—pressure brought very different weather to weekend. high pressure brought very different weather to our shores this weekend. a lot of dry weather with sunshine, but it was cold with frost and fog during the mornings. monday, we start the new working week with high pressure and it will stay mainly dry with a good deal of sunshine, particularly gci’oss southern areas. further north, we've got these weatherfronts and more isobars bringing in more cloud and breeze. we start monday on a less cold note across the north and west of scotland than much of central, southern portions of the uk. a hard frost out of town across central and southern england, with some mist and fog likely, too. a big, strong area of high pressure holding on throughout monday. these weather fronts continue to bring in thicker cloud across

and this lunch time he's returning to face his former club burnley where he made more than a hundred to stay in with a chance of winning the 2nd test against south africa, with play just underway in cape town. they're1—0 down in the series, and the second day on 262 for 9. so not the best performance with the bat. they are currently 266 for nine. ollie pope the main man for them yesterday — he top scored with 56. one man definitely missing out on the magic of the fa cup is harry kane. the tottenham striker tore his hamstring during the defeat at southampton on wednesday. he'll miss the trip to middlesbrough tomorrow and will face at least four weeks out. kane tweeted "head up. tough times don t last, tough people do". and there is of course full coverage of the fa cup across the bbc sport website. sale sharks scored six tries in their win over harlequins in rugby union's premiership — and one of them was really u nfortu nate. sam james took advantage of a hamstring injury to quins' tom lawday, as he tried to block him at the line. it was a feisty game, with three players sin binned,

goalkeeper tom heaton damanged his knee ligaments during their win against burnley on wednesday.nov in three sets in sydney. the tournament is a 24—nations event with two singles and a doubles tie — similar to the fed cup. dan evans has got an early couple of breaks against grigor dimitrov. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more this afternoon. let's return to our main story. the most powerful military commander in iran has been killed in a us airstrike in baghdad. the pentagon said general qassem soleimani, who was the head of the iranian revolutionary guards' elite quds force, had been planning attacks against americans in iraq. the iranian supreme leader has promised vengeance and the us has told its citizens in iraq to leave immediately. let's take a look at how we got to this point. on 27th december, more than 30 rockets were fired at an iraqi military base in the northern city of kirkuk. a us contractor was killed and four american and two iraqi servicemen wounded. us officials blamed an iranian—backed militia, kataib hezbollah — although they denied responsibility.

we are a lwa ys next game against burnley. announced steve borthwick as their new head coach. the former england captain, who currently works under eddiejones as england skills coach, willjoin the tigers after the six nations. leicester are cu rently 11th in the premiership, with only alread—relegated saracens below them. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. terrorists could be made to take a lie detector test to prove they have reformed and are not planning to carry out another attack as part of a new wave of measures from the government. terror offenders will face more time injail thanks government. terror offenders will face more time in jail thanks to the bill introduced after the attack in london in november. jack merritt as our schedules were killed on london bridge last year after a man who was released on licence halfway through a16 released on licence halfway through a 16 year sentence. at the time of his death, jack's father said he would be livid if his death was used to perpetuate

when they travel to wolves later wanderers meanwhile are pushing for a top 4 finish on wednesday burnley sprung a major upset in the league beating manchester united the 2 male defeat means you know they are now 6 points short of champions league places. but it's the 1st time since august we've lost at home in the league and the players need to remember that as well make sure it's going to be a long time that until we lose these types of games you can you can lose to teams that i'll play you. know should have been a game that we should want. well a new era for rugby league begins next week when canadian side toronto wolfpack makes its debut in the english super league just 4 years after they were formed sonny bill williams is trying his big name signing for the new season he has switched codes and is returning to league after 5 years. to not just experience you know the way of life and to be usable to further legitimacy who you are what experience came because he gave it a fair and sometimes it will be one of the exactly what's going on but they were pretty colorful when i played in chic

aston villa want to want burnley then 2nd place leicester are beating newcastle southampton and what 3rd both up in their games later champions manchester city host everton struggling arsenal take on manchester united leaders liverpool play sheffield united on thursday liverpool manager has been weighing into the v.a.r. video review debate saying that marginal decisions such as a player's armpits being offside are not being handled well the only problem is it takes like feels like half an hour until you see if he told me to is there or not but that's of sides but is there opportunity to change a little bit i think the thicker line where the only clue that's tolerance so and goal that we all have to adjust to that of. the new national stadium in tokyo built for the olympics in july has staged its 1st sports event 60000 football fans watched this whole kobe beat and players in the emperor's cup final organizers of the 2020 games are still looking to make improvements for spectators at the $1400000000.00 venue. other than are saying so we need to consider more about the signage and abou

frank lampard's chelsea consolodated fourth spot with a comfortable 3—0 win over struggling burnley.tage over manchester united. ole gunnar solksjaer‘s men picked up their first win of the year by seeing off bottom side norwich 3—0. by seeing off bottom side norwich 4—0. two from marcus rashford and one from anthony martial and mason greenwood have taken them back up to fifth. everton are up to 11th after a 1—0 win over brighton. wolves and newcastle drew 1—1. currently goalless in the late kick—off between spurs and liverpool. a liverpool win will send them 16 points clear at the top. exeter chiefs have qualified for the quarterfinals of the european champions cup after an incredible game with glasgow with a remarkable finish. it finished 31—31. glasgow started the strongest at scotstoun with scottish internationals tommy seymour and hquones scoring. the premiership leaders capitalised on glasgow's ill—discpline to take a 22—17 lead whilst the warriors were shorthanded. glasgow twice levelled the match to create a tense finale. exeter almost won it when former glasgow fullback stuar

aston villa moved out of the relegation zone, with a win over burnley.eaten in their last four matches after overcoming wolves, despite going down to ten men. there were no changes at the top of the table. second—placed leicester beat newcastle, 3—0, with james maddison and hamza choudhury scoring spectacular goals to stay a point ahead of manchester city. they beat everton thanks to two strikes from gabrieljesus. this contender for goal of the month earned brighton a point at home to chelsea. commentator: alireza jahanbakhsh! it is a stunner. he went with the spectacular and the fans cannot quite believe what they have just seen. arsenal beat manchester united, 2—0, to give michael arteta his first win since replacing unai emery. that moved the gunners back into the top half of the table. today was perfect, new year, new opportunity against a big club, night—time, behind our fans. we are delighted to get a win. and tottenham's hopes of champions league football next season suffered a blow as they lost 1—0 at southampton and striker, harry kane, limped o

here's the day's other results and norwich came out on top in the all—premier league tie — they beat burnleyat millwall. newcastle were held to a goalless draw at st james's park by league one 0xford. portsmouth beat barnsley 4—2; while reading and cardiff will have to do it all over again. hull city against chelsea is just getting under way. it was a five goal thriller in the women's manchester derby, with city the victors and through to the fifth round of the fa cup. a double from lioness ellen white helped her side to a 3—2 victory, but united were unhappy at a goal that wasn't, as rhia chohan reports. in the season's third manchester derby, both rivals marched in with a win apiece, but this tie would decide who would be ousted out of the fa cup. it was a first half of m ista kes the fa cup. it was a first half of mistakes and some prove more costly than others. of all players to get it to, ellen white! you can't beat gifting goals like that he won at the top goal—scorers in the league,. ellen white looking for a second! united needed their substitute to make an impact and 18—year—old lau

for me now, i think we are looking towards the next game against burnley. mind, now is not the time to start discussion, gary. one of the world's best footballers kylian mbappe has told the bbc that he's not considering a move to the premier league not until the end of the season at least. the french world cup winner is currently at paris saint germain and on course to win a third straight league title. despite being linked with moves to real madrid and liverpool he feels he owes some loyalty to the french giants. you know, it's not the moment. you know, we are injanuary. it's the main time in the season. imagine i say something, everyone will talk about it and it's not good for psg. i think about the club. the club helped me, because i came here at 18 years, i was a talent but i was not a superstar, but now i'm superstar thanks to paris st—germain and the french national team. so i have to stay calm and focused on p56 100%. at the end of the season, we will see, but now i'm focused on my game. superstar indeed, only 21! more on at the impeachment of donald

solskjaer‘s verdict after manchester united are booed off following their two nil defeat at home to burnley of those stories a little later. the horrors of the holocaust are being remembered at a ceremony in jerusalem today ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp in nazi occupied poland. it's the biggest international gathering ever held in israel, with more than a0 presidents, monarchs or premiers in attendance. more than 1 million people, mostlyjews, were murdered there by the nazis at auschwitz during world war two. the event at the yad vashem holocaust memorial will include speeches by the russian and french presidents, as well as by the prince of wales. this is a live shot from jerusalem as we wait for the beginning of this event where we will hear those speeches. this is the first of five days of events leading up to the actual anniversary, the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz which falls on monday. some controversy there with polish representatives not taking part, boycotting the event, because they we re boycotting the event, becaus

chelsea 1—32 burnley. dead pan delivery! his religions as run deep.quoirin, the vulnerable teenager who was found dead while on a family holiday in malaysia in august. the family vow to fight on as they search for answers over nora‘s death. journalist and broadcaster tim walker is here to tell us what‘s caught his eye. this is all about darren frost. many will not know the name but they were not the actions. some interesting comments from him. he was a civil servant who took on london bridge terrace. he feels donald trump is my decision to assassinate the un in general will result in further terrorist attacks and will radicalise a generation of young people. he says what feeds terror is actions like this where people in power act asjudge, jury actions like this where people in power act as judge, jury and executioner across borders and jurisdictions. who is he that he can have that impact on our lives? he is setting up an organisation called extinguish hate to essentially build bridges, make people think more about their actions and in the tabloid pre

burnley have moved five points clear of the premier league's bottom three, after coming from behind to of the year — the australian open — focused on the playing conditions given the bush fires that are ravaging the country. but the weather has changed dramatically — much to the relief of tournament organisers. john watson is in melbourne for us and what a first round match taking place right? would morning from a very wet melbourne park. it is coco gauff up against venus williams. remember when coco gauff came through and eat williams back in the summer. she is on the cusp of doing it again. she has put in a brilliant performance, taken the first set. remember, she has become the first person to make it to the —— the youngest person to make it through the first round last year. it would be a remarkable story if she could go and and replicate that run again. we will talk to you again throughout the morning. lee westwood survived a nervy finish at golf‘s abu dhabi championship, to win his first title for 1a months. he needed a par at the last to win — and he birdied it to make sure... f

your point is right, joe, yes, burnley play well in the trio of rust belt states a lot of us this couldelection. and donald trump says represent to americans he does not represent americans values. their talking point. michael bloomberg. the game plan. the idea the first four states scrambled with winners or someone like a either bernie sanders or elizabeth warren emerging winner and bloomberg becomes as this sort of moderate choice. if the democratic party sort of panics saying we can't nominate someone that far left, biden looks mortal wounded, bloomberg is the answer with his untold fortunes and if he makes a couple states on super tuesday, john heilemann he becomes someone who's formidable potentially going into a brokered convention. >> yeah. i agree with all that. i think the car crash in the first four states is one scenario for bloomberg. there's nobody who's clear and dominant and in particular joe biden not the clear, dominant front-runn front-runner. one scenario, second scenario, as joe said in first hour and you just did, which is bernie sanders, now increasingly plausible,

aston villa moved out of the relegation zone, with a win over burnley.s contender for goal of the month earned brighton a point at home to chelsea. commentator: alireza jahanbakhsh! it is a stunner. he went with the spectacular and the fans cannot quite believe what they have just seen. arsenal beat manchester united, 2—0, to give michael arteta his first win since replacing unai emery. that moved the gunners back into the top half of the table. today was perfect, new year, new opportunity against a big club, night—time, behind our fans. we are delighted to get a win. and tottenham's hopes of champions league football next season suffered a blow as they lost 1—0 at southampton and striker, harry kane, limped off injured. nick parrot, bbc news. so bad news for spurs, and their managerjose mourinho was booked after remonstrating with southampton's goalkeeping coach. look at these pictures. don't look at the players. that isjose mourinho going down to the southampton bench. he said they were time wasting. and that is him being booked. you have to stay in yo

going back to wheatfield and burnley, the next election is quite a way away, so we would be foolish tot for the first time in decades that is actually willing to do stuff, invest money in these places, all i'm saying is that could well have an impact on how voters see this government of. confidence and power goes a long way. thank you both very much. is the deadline you're looking at, or the football tra nsfer you're looking at, or the football transfer deadline? the transfer deadline is meaningless because we haven't bought anyone. you and me both secular. take a look at this. austria had commissioned a stamp to commemorate britain's exit from the european union. this looks like a ghost. it looks like it did earlier. they crossed out brexit day, 29 march, 2019, which was supposed to be the date, and they put the new one underneath. it also looks like from that stamp, we just stopped existing, it also looks like from that stamp, wejust stopped existing, right? it is white on white background, i can't see us any more. we've just sunk into the bottom. that is persona non grata , sunk int

goalkeeper tom heaton damanged his knee ligaments during their win against burnley on wednesday.that any player with fewer than 60 caps opting to play outside the country couldn't be considered for selection. welsh rugby union said they'd accepted an appeal from webb — who has 31 caps — to be picked by wayne pivac for their title defence opener against italy on february 1st. england still going 48—9 in the cricket. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's return to the news that the us has killed iran's most senior general. let's get some more analysis on all of this. sir william patey was the former british ambassador to iraq. he also served as the uk's ambassador to afghanistan and saudi arabia, so knows the region wel. and hejoins me from his home in twickenham. this looks like escalation.” this looks like escalation. i think the iranians will take this very badly. qasem soleimani was the head of the irg sea, one of the most powerful organisations in iran. he was the mastermind of iranian involvement in lebanon, syria and iraq. basically has