colin bell, who has died at the age of 74.rough to the league cup final after beating championship side brentford 2—0. spurs went in front afterjust 12 minutes — moussa sissoko with this excellent header. but brentford, who had knocked out four premier league sides on their way to the semis, thought they had got back into the game in the second half through ivan toney here. but the goal was eventually ruled out for offside, following a lengthy var check. tottenham made the most of that, and they put the result beyond doubt with a goal by son heung—min. brentford finished the game with ten men afterjosh dasilva was sent off following that reckless challenge on pierre—emile hojbjerg. spurs will face either manchester city or manchester united in the final. they play tomorrow. the premier league has confirmed that 40 players and staff tested positive for coronavirus between the 28th of december and the 3rd ofjanuary — that's the highest number since testing began. tests are now twice a week across the 20 clubs. meanwhile, scotlan

colin bell was simply the complete footballer. early 70s, he was one of the stars of the english game and it is without doubt one of manchester cities all—time greats. it is 13 years, he helped them win the league cup, and fa cup in the first division title alongside fellow greats francis lee and mike somerby. we talk about manchester city and those day, many will say it was a team and it was a team that worked together in the one outstanding player when it came to that was him. he was the one that other teams were afraid of. bell helped manchester city become a force to be reckoned with for a serious injury cut his career short, held in such high regard, they want to name one of the stands at the stadium in his honour, and currency players are just some of them to pay tribute. they said rest in peace legend while saying the king was someone legend while saying the king was someone he... arsenal women have asked for saturday's super league match against aston villa to be postponed. one of their players has tested positive for covi

colin bell.mer manchester city and england midfielder colin bell has died aged 7a, after a short illness. widely regarded as one of the finest players of his generation, he made almost 500 appearances for the club between 1966 and 1979. he scored loads of goals, and won plenty of titles too. manchester city have said that few players have left such an indelible mark on the club. such a humble guy. i mean, this is a man who‘s known as the king. and for that to be the case is a testament to how loved and respected he was. i mean, looking at a team today that‘s awash with world class footballers, and if colin bell was around now he would be in pep guardiola‘s team, there‘s no question. he was known as nijinsky. he had incredible stamina. he could play in any position and he would be better than the players that played in that position. he was incredible. i mentioned the influence he had on the generations that followed him. lots of tributes being paid on social media. current city and england player

some rather poignant scenes too, as the club paid tribute to their former player, colin bell, who diedirst home game since his passing. but as i say, some really excellent goals, this was the first from bernardo silva. a brilliant finish, well worth a second look. really wonderful control! he got the second as well after some lovely passing from his teammates. and then a very well taken third came from phil foden. all the goals in the first half, so man city into the fourth round to go with their efl cup final. just one extra line from the etihad — pep guardiola confirming that sergio aguero wasn't involved because he is isolating after coming into contact with someone with covid. eight games in total today, wins this afternoon for barnsley, bristol city and cheltenham. newport county take on brighton this evening. all the results are over on the bbc sport website bbc.co.uk/sport — where you'll also find in—play highlights, the final game where you'll also find in—play highlights. thank you very much and we look forward to the draw for the fourth and fifth rounds tomorrow as well. rang

the former manchester city and england midfielder colin bell has died at the age of 7a from a short,od to the most boystrous stand at city's old maine road stadium. he made almost 500 appearances for the club between 1966 and 1979, scored loads of goals, and won the league title as well. manchester city have said that "few players have left such an indelible mark" on the club. such a humble guy. i mean, this is a man who's known as the king. and for that to be the case is a testament to how loved and respected he was. i mean, looking at a team today that's awash with world—class footballers, and if colin bell was around now, he would be in pep guardiola's team, there's no question. he was known as nijinsky. he had incredible stamina. he could play in any position and he would be better than the players that played in that position. he was incredible. well, manchester city will wear special shirts in tribute to colin bell when they walk out to play manchester united in their league cup semi—final tonight. the winner will take on tottenham in the final, afterjose mourinho's side beat t

before the game there was a minute's silence in memory of city legend colin bell who died this week. nho secured the win. they'll now meet spurs in the final which will be played in april. todayis today is quite remarkable what we have achieved but it is an honour for us today to dedicate this victory for all our group of people, the players, the backroom staff, to colin bell and his family, for our manchester city fans that miss him a lot and it is a great night for us and especially for colin and his family. certainly a fitting tribute. the coronavirus pandemic has started to have an impact on this weekend's fa cup ties. the interim derby manager wayne rooney and his entire first team squad will miss their third round game at chorley. a number of players and staff have tested positive for the virus and their training ground has been closed. derby are going to use players from their under—23 and under—18 squads for the game instead. and phil neville's role as the boss of great britain's women team for the tokyo olympics is in doubt. that's because he's in talks to become manager of i

city players wearing the number eight of club legend colin bell, who died earlier this week.e been in impressive form recently, but neither could make a first breakthrough, although kevin de bruyne came close. just after the interval, though, city struck. john stones bundling it home, the first goal for his club since 2017. not a bad time to score it. united had their own chances but bruno fernandes's waywardness summed up their night. yet another semifinal defeat for them, as fernandinho sealed city's victory in clinical fashion. through to their fourth league cup final in a row. another trophy is now in their sights. andy swiss, bbc news. today is quite remarkable, what we achieve, but today is an honour for us to dedicate this victory for all our groups of people, the players, the backroom staff, to colin bell and his family, for our manchester city fans. we miss him a lot. it's a great night for us, and especially for colin and his family. the coronavirus pandemic has started to have an impact on this weekend's fa cup ties. the interim derby manager, wayne rooney, and his

in sport on bbc news, tributes paid to colin bell, one of manchester city's all—time great players whoyers who has died at the age of 76 from a short, non—coronavirus related illness. it is the election which will decide who controls the us senate, which will enablejoe who controls the us senate, which will enable joe biden to who controls the us senate, which will enablejoe biden to advance his agenda. it is looking good for the democratic party. both of the democratic candidates have declared victory. another long night of counting in a state that has done little else for the last two months was up georgia's seismic shift seems to have continued, first electing joe biden as president and now possibly two macro senators from the same democratic party. giving mr biden a narrow edge in congress, but a vital one. one look set to become the state's first black senator. that in itself a moment of history, here in america's deep south. tonight, we prove that with hope, hard work and people by outside, anything is possible. for legions of newly energised african—american voters, it is a mome

sport on bbc news, tributes are pouring in for the former manchester city and england midfielder colin bell died at the age of 7a following a short illness. good evening. every part of the united kingdom is now in lockdown with people being urged to stay at home as the scale of the public health emergency becomes even more daunting. such is the depth of the covid crisis that the lockdown measures are widely expected to remain in force until march. today's figures tell their own story. the number of new cases reported in the uk in the last 24—hour period is more than 60,000 for the first time since the pandemic started. in england, more than one million people are currently infected. that figure is based on one in 50 people living in private households. but there is some progress as more than 1.3 million people in the uk have been given the first dose of a covid vaccine including a quarter of all people over 80 in england. record numbers of people are in hospital with covid putting huge strain on the nhs. and the government's advisers say some restrictions may still be needed next winter to

city players wearing the number eight of club legend colin bell, who died earlier this week.'s waywardness summed up their night. yet another semifinal defeat for them, as fernandinho sealed city's victory in clinical fashion. through to their fourth league cup final in a row. another trophy is now in their sights. andy swiss, bbc news. games in the nba went ahead as planned in the united states last night, despite the violence in washington dc. a joint statement by players at the boston celtics and miami heat said that they decided to go ahead with their game "with heavy hearts". as we've seen in the news this morning four people died when the us capitol building was stormed by hundreds of supporters of outgoing president donald trump. i will say it because i don't think a lot of people want to, could you imagine today, if those were black people storming the capital and what would have happened? that to me is a picture that was a thousand words or all of us to see, and probably something for us to reckon with again. the england women's cricket team are going to tour pakista