despite playing in one of europe's smaller leagues average attendance at celtic park is almost 60000. there traveling funds break all records. in 2003 celtic reached the new way for cup final in seville spain they were allocated just 15000 tickets some 80000 fans made the journey. celtic lost after taking it to extra time. but the boys one fair play awards for their exemplary conduct. opposing fans sometimes bring hostility in october 29 t. visiting lots of fans marched through glasgow right times raised and fascist salutes. the green brigade responded with banners celebrating the execution of mosul eenie italy's fascist world war 2 leader. trouble seemed likely when the 2nd leg was played in rome. nov 29th rome has been invaded by 15000 celtic fans. the boys are in party movement boisterous and noisy but there's no sign of trouble . lots of fans haven't forgotten the mussolini banners at parkhead. for celtic supporters have been stopped here by. celtic has taught me and to fascism and to racism and to welcome immigrants which i am being from an irish background. and it has taught me

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our sports correspondent chris mclaughlin is at celtic park.of surprises. no, i think that's right, _ not the hugest of surprises. no, i think that's right, simon. - not the hugest of surprises. no, i think that's right, simon. i - not the hugest of surprises. iirr, i think that's right, simon. i think the biggest surprise is that it has actually taken this long. neil lennon is a manager who has been limping on, really, but the last couple of months without the support of the majority of the club's fans. it has been a season to forget the celtic football club, no qualification for the champions league and currently 18 points behind great rivals rangers, who are just a few games away from ending celtic�*s dominance of domestic football here with regards to the scottish premiership title. now, today's statement from celtic said that neil lennon resigned. i think it's safe to assume that some kind of agreement was reached between both parties to make sure the word sacked wasn't used this morning. he is still a great here at this football club. as

manager is in the dugout at celtic park. bournemouth. arnold scored the only game in the second half to give bournemouth the when. there were ugly scenes as a full time with both teams finishing the game with ten men. he was kicked out atjefferson lerma and in the after mac martha, jack welch was shown a second yellow card for his part in the melee. tour de france champion who writes for team united emirates has beaten british�*s adam yates. yates began the day in second place, after winning last year, but this crash were 24 miles to go jeopardise his possession. however, he managed to finish mainly and safely in the central bunch. keenan built to built the stage seven. nothing for archer who confirmed the victory in his home race. more details on all those stories on the bbc sport website, but that is all from now. the latest vaccination figures which the government data has been provided in the last few minutes. it runs up until the end of friday and it shows thatjust until the end of friday and it shows that just over unt

the assistant manager is in the dugout at celtic park.e nil at bonner. both got the win. but there were ugly scenes at the end of the match where both sides finished the game with ten men. watford's pedro was sent off for kicking off and in the aftermath, �*for his part shown his second yellow for his part in the melee. rugby now and the first of this afternoo's six nations matches is under way, with ireland versus rome. —— ireland versus italy in rome. it is 27—10 at half—time. jonny sexton kicking the majority of the points for them. injust jonny sexton kicking the majority of the points for them. in just under an hour's time, there is a huge match in cardiff as wales take on england. a game which was usually played on a raucous atmosphere at the principality stadium. at played on a raucous atmosphere at the principality stadium.— the principality stadium. at the moment it _ the principality stadium. at the moment it is _ the principality stadium. at the moment it is difficult _ the principality stadium. at the moment it is difficult fo

park at half—time. two goals in two minutes saw celtic come from behind to win 2—1 win at stjohnstone in the scottish premiershiph as they got a fourth straight league win. celtic though are still 18 points adrift of the leaders rangers with a game in hand. chelsea have a five—point lead at the top of the women's super league after they won 5—0 at bottom of the table bristol city. fran kirby scored twice, pernille harder, sam kerr and bethany england with the other goals. earlier, everton came from behind to draw 1—1 at reading. aston villa against arsenal was been postponed because of a frozen pitch at the banks�*s stadium. some of tennis�* biggest names made it through to the quarterfinals of the australian open today including serena williams, simona halep and naomi osaka. in the men's draw, there was a shock for one of the favourites though, whilst the world number one novak djokovic had to dig deep to reach the last eight. with the best of the action here's joe lynskey. novak djokovic strains and stretches for every ball which is why he wins so many titles, but it can be his downfall. he said he would have

park. in the premiership, interim celtic bossjohn kennedy got what he wanted in his first game since the resignationill way behind the leaders rangers but odsonne eduoard's deflected strike was enough to beat aberdeen. motherwell and st mirren were saturday's other winners. to cricket — and england's women played their third one—dayer against new zealand in dunedin behind closed doors, after a snap lockdown in the country and the home side restored some pride with a seven—wicket victory. england had already won the series — and tammy beaumont top—scored with 88, as they made 220 but amelia kerr took four wickets before new zealand easily reached their victory target. they now play three t20 games, with wednesday's opener moved to wellington from auckland, where the tightest restrictions are in place. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's ben with the papers. hello and welcome to our look at what the the papers are bringing us today. with me are sian griffiths, education editor of the sunday times, and political commentator james millar. many of the papers are looking ahead to wednesd

park. saint johnston of the first site other than celtic to win a major scottish trophy for four seasons. thanophy forfour seasons. now, as tiger woods continues to receive treatment after his serious car accident, lastly, players including rory mcelroy have showed their support of the world 12 championship by wearing his trademark sunday, final day red and black for their last rounds. mcelroy is currently seven shots behind the leader,: power, who is at 17 under par. that's all the sport for now. lizzie, thanks very much. just a reminder, we are waiting to hearfrom donald trump. he is expected to give a speech shortly in orlando. this is the scene live there now at the conservative political action conference, known as c pack. he was expected to take to the stage some 40 minutes or so ago —— cpac. we are not sure what the delay is, but this will be his first speech from a political speech since leaving office back at the beginning ofjanuary. so we will keep an eye on that and try to bring it to you when he does take to the stage. in the meantime, you can reach me on twitter. now it's time for

park. in the premiership, interim celtic bossjohn kennedy got what he wanted in his first game since the resignationd in dunedin behind closed doors, after a snap lockdown in the country and the homeside restored some pride with a seven—wicket victory. england had already won the series and tammy beaumont top—scored with 88, as they made 220. amelia kerr taking four wickets before new zealand easily reached their victory target. they now play three t20 games, with wednesday's opener moved to wellington from auckland, where the tightest restrictions are in place. and rory mcilroy described his game as a "workin progress", after an eventful round of 66 at the world golf championship in florida. he started with a birdie, followed up with a double bogey and on the back nine, he picked up five shots in his last seven holes, including an eagle. he's 11 under par, four shots behind leader collin morikawa, going into the final round. a work awork in a work in progress and we are looking to the masters. that one major still evading rory mcilroy. a slice of the great and the not so great. i slice of the great

park service for. some. time. how does the team from a smaller league draw the biggest crowds. why does the ibis flags fly hawley's i discuss these clubs and what is it about celtic that has the world over sealing them all politics and football pools on the whole will stomach the oppressed and the enjoy. the fun to make football fun i'll just say. there is no channel the coverage of world news like legion the scale of this camp is like nothing you've ever seen no matter what we want to know is how do these things affect people we revisit mates of state even when they're no international headlines. really invests in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. about to blast leaves millions without power in the u.s. state of texas with freezing temperatures set to last for days. hello i'm down in jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up. facebook was wrong. facebook sections were unnecessary thumbs down from the australian government as facebook blocks news.

park. shaun rooney's powerful header the only goal of the game. stjohnstone are the first side, other than celticthan 1,000 winners including, tiger roll, the winner of the past two nationals. the image hasn't been verified and the irish horse racing board say their investigation is ongoing. the british horse racing authority called the picture shocking. england's women cricketers' ten—game unbeaten run is over. they lost their final one—day international against new zealand. the world one—day champions were beaten by seven wickets in dunedin. kiwi captain amy satterthwaite hitting a century as her side won with 20 balls to spare. england take the series 2—1. there's more on the bbc sport website but that's it from me. that's it, there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. as more than 20 million people in the uk have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, there has been some hesitancy in ethnic minority communities. but nhs officials say uptake is very

park. 0llie watkins with his 10th premier league goal of the season. newcastle also won, while burnley drew with brighton and fulham drew with west ham. celticth a game in hand. rangers are at hamilton in a midday kick off later. british number one dan evans has won his first atp title, he beat canadian felix auger—aliassime in straight sets in the final of the murray river 0pen. it's one of the warm up tournaments for the australian open, which finally gets under way tomorrow. it's perhaps the most ambitious sporting event since the beginning of the covid—19 pandemic — running over two weeks with players from all over the world — in front of hundreds of thousands of fans. this event is only able to happen because australia has controlled the spread of the virus. but not everyone is thrilled that it is happening. 0ur australia correspondent shaimaa khalil reports from melbourne. it's been a bumpy ride for the australian open, but the stage is set now. ~ .,, , ., set now. with the most unusual of buildu s, set now. with the most unusual of buildups, it's finally ready - set now. with the most unusual of buildups, it's finally ready to i set n