they were well beaten by crystal palace at selhurst park.to ease their relegation worries. arsenal's incredible run of consecutive seasons finishing in the top four, 20, looks like it's definitely coming to an end now. arsene wenger says he's still not ready to speak about his future. former striker ian wright has been damning on social media of arsenal's performance this evening. he said, at least i tried. that dressing room is lost. ben croucher reports. just when arsene wenger thought it couldn't get any worse, along came crystal palace. after a weekend where all those at the top, finger andros townsend put crystal palace ahead. abject arsenal were thankful to their third choice keeperfor making sure the damage was worse by half—time. surely a pep talk, a reminder of what's at stake would galvanise gunners. no. all be attacking came from crystal palace, as did the goals, yohan cabaye with an unstoppable effort. as easy as that, sam. a torrid night ten terrible when townsend tumbled. along came milivojevic, a first goal for the club, with

any hope of that happening started a selhurst park crystal palace were farfrom selhurst park crystal far from welcoming hosts as totte n ha m far from welcoming hosts as tottenham toiled in front of goal. pochettino needed to change things up, on pochettino needed to change things up, on came pochettino needed to change things up, on came son and sissoko but there was an unfortunate injury which made the presence felt. dele alli has made a habit scoring recently, not tonight. with their slim chances of catching chelsea slipping away, the moment they needed, finally spurs found a way through. christian eriksen delivering when no one expected it, not least wayne hennessey in the palace goal. the dream continues for 110w. palace goal. the dream continues for now. in the second half we completely dominated the game, i think they didn't shoot and it was fantastic, very pleased and congratulating began the players and think three points that we got, we are reducing the gap with chelsea and always believe, fighting ahead. arsenal's hopes of reaching the champions league are still alive — but

i will be back later and i will be keeping a close eye on crystal palace against arsenal. top stories. foreign ministers from the g7 nations, are meeting to find a unified approach to tackling the syria conflict, after last week's suspected chemical weapons attack. the chief executive of barclays, jes staley,could lose his annual bonus after two regulators opened an investigation, into his conduct in a whistleblowing case. the funeral of pc keith palmer, who was murdered in last month's westminster terror attack, has taken place at southwark cathedral. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. it isa it is a mixed picture. but there is a more positive outlook in the united states. several videos from america have been posted online, of a man apparently being violently dragged off a united airlines flight, that was overbooked. the footage shows him being pulled out of his seat and dragged down the aisle, as passengers prepared to take off from chicago to louisville on sunday evening. 0ne passenger said the man had refused to

crystal palace will hope to build on that win at chelsea when they travel to southampton, while it's scotland, champions celtic may have wrapped up the title at the weekend but they face partick at home as they aim to stay on course to remain unbeaten this season. rangers are away to kilmarnock, second bottom hamilton are away to motherwll and it's stjohnstone against hearts. britain's 0lympic show jumping champion, nick skelton, has announced his retirement from the sport. skelton captured the public imagination when he won gold in rio, aged 59, with his horse big star. his announcement brings the curtain down on a career which has spanned a3 years. the win in rio was the icing on the cake, i don't think it can get better than that. big star has had a few problems but he is fine now and in good order. just last week i rode him and jumped him and he felt really good. i think it is time now for him, he is still young at 1a and has a good career at stud. i will be 60 this year so i think now is a good time to stop. it's the most popular race in britain. millions of pounds will be wager

the blues are beaten at home by crystal palace. wasps are stung in dublin.r are the first side through to the european champions cup semifinals. and can konta keep climbing up the rankings? she's taken the first set in the miami 0pen final. good evening, lots coming up over the next half an hour but the premier league is back after the international break. we've had eight matches today, the main headline. defeat for the leaders, chelsea. we'll have a close look at crystal palace's shock win at stamford bridge injust a moment, but that is a result that will give hope to the chasing pack. that includes liverpool, who have maintained their stranglehold on the merseyside derby. they beat everton 3—1 at anfield. patrick gearey reports. difficult to imagine now, but this corner of liverpool was once everton‘s. they were anfield's original occupants in the 19th century. in the 21st, they have become overly obliging guests. no one in blue interrupted sadio mane until he delivered his punch line. it brought the house down. liverpool's problems lie at the other end. t

i remember three years ago, we won the title and i thought the same penalty against crystal palace soho are second continue their chase of chelsea but left it late to come from behind and beat swansea 3—1. dele alli equalised in the 88th minute for spurs before injury time goals from heung—min son and christian eriksen guaranteed the victory. in the end, the goals, in the last minutes, it's crazy but i think we push and we play better, we create chance enough to win. and it's a good example that that is how the tea m good example that that is how the team feels, never give up, push till the end, try, believe, have faith thatis the end, try, believe, have faith that is important. a big credit to the players because today was a difficult game, difficult situations happened before and the team showed big character. liverpool remain third despite allowing bournemouth to score a late equaliser at anfield. arsenal have moved fifth thanks to three goals in the second half that swept them to victory over west ham. southampton returned to ninth beating crystal palace 3—1, while hull city who w

spurs have kept their title aspirations alive with a hard fought 1—0 win against crystal palace at selhurstark. tottenham cutting chelsea's lead at the top of the english premier league to four points with five matches remaining. in a game of few clear cut chances, christian eriksen provided the moment of magic needed by spurs. a stunning dipping strike from 30 yards with just over ten minutes left. the win means tottenham move on to 7a points, surpassing their previous best ever premier league total of 72. we completely dominated the game. we created the chances. i think they didn't shoot. and it was fantastic. very pleased. congratulate the players. and i think the three points we got and we have again reduced the gap to four points with chelsea. elsewhere, arsenal beat leicester 1—0, with an own goal from robert huth. arsenal are now back up to sixth four points off the champions league places. and in the battle of the bottom two, middlesbrough recorded their first victory of 2017 by beating sunderland i—o. the black cats on the brink of relegation which could come as early as this weeke

the pressure builds on arsene wenger as his arsenal side are beaten 3—0 at crystal palace.lus the usa, canada and mexico announce a joint bid for the 2026 world cup. argentina's football association has sacked edgardo bauza as coach of the national side as they struggle to qualify for next year's world cup. argentina are currently fifth in south america's qualification table and only the top four are guaranteed a place in russia. this has happened in the past our. i'm joined now by the bbc‘s south american football expert tim vickery. he was given a vote of confidence a few days ago? it's been a very messy time in argentina with the rumour mill is saying he's going to be sacked, but officials saying his job is safe. he got the job last year because of chaos in the argentinian fa —— rumour mills. lionel messi briefly retired in protest from international football and the previous coach retired in protest. they had an election for argentinian fa president last year, 75 institutions eligible to vote, it ended up 38 each, do the maths. rail chaos in the argentinian fa. that all

spurs have kept their title aspirations alive with a hard fought 1—0 win against crystal palace at selhurstlsea's lead at the top of the english premier league to four points with five matches remaining. in a game of few clear cut chances, christian eriksen provided the moment of magic needed by spurs. a stunning dipping strike from 30 yards with just over

three years ago we won the title and they scored similarly against crystal palace of this is a good signr for me to have these amazing players. that is all i can say. i am happier than the game with arsenal when we had a draw. and to come here to stamford bridge but the best team in the premiership and play like we did, but the problems we had, we have, and with huge personality, i am a lucky man. spurs left it late to come from behind and beat swansea 3-1 come from behind and beat swansea 3—1 and keep up their chase for second. dele alli equalised in the 88th minute for spurs before injury time goals from heung—min son and christian eriksen guaranteed the victory. there was relief for boss arsene wenger as arsenal eased to a 3—nil win over west ham, who have 110w 3—nil win over west ham, who have now lost their last five league games. second half goals from mesut ozil, theo walcott and olivier giroud mean arsenal are four points off the champions league spots in fifth, with a game in hand. it is a game where we needed to build results slowly and with patience. in the first—half, west ha

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they face crystal palace tonight. iam back face crystal palace tonight.ate at which banks lend to each other, and that directly affects how much we all pay for our mortgages and loans. now the bbc has uncovered a secret recording that implicates the bank of england in the rigging of the libor rate. the 2008 recording adds to evidence that the central bank repeatedly pressured commercial banks during the financial crisis to push their libor interest rates down. it was obtained by our economics correspondent andy verity for a panorama investigation. the libor scandal first blew up scandal blew up in 2012 in 2012, in 2012, when barclays boss bob diamond was forced to resign. until recently, libor used to be set by a member of staff at the biggest banks, called a submitter, saying what interest rate they thought they'd have to pay to borrow money. an average was taken, called the london inter—bank 0ffered rate, or liborfor short. it helped determine how much the banks pay to get hold of funds to lend, and therefore what we pay on mortgages and loans. it also

there has been a goal in the match at selhurst park between crystal palace and arsenal. given palace the lead. 1- 02 spurs man has given palace the lead. 1— 02 very early stages. the former arsenal and england captain tony adams has been made head coach of the spanish side granada until the end of the season. he's been working as an advisor there, but takes over after the manager lucas alcaraz was a sacked. they are second bottom of la liga — seven points from safety with seven games remaining. adams had previous spells at wycombe and portsmouth and also a stint in the azarbaijan league. the usa, canada and mexico have confirmed they will launch a three—country bid to host the 2026 world cup — if successful it will be the first time a trio of nations has hosted the tournament. it will be the first world cup to feature 48 teams in the new expanded format that has recently been agreed. the usa held the competition in 1994 — when it had the highest average attendance in its history. mexico hosted it in 1970 and also 86. there's a statue of keiron cunningham outside the hele

a big point for crystal palace after being 2—0 down to leicester city.e file and i think this will go to the final day of the season. flickr the top, a difficult day for chelsea tomorrow and manchester united. it could be a turning point, the gap has been closed to four points by tottenham hotspur, a tough match for chelsea away to manchester united tomorrow so away to manchester united tomorrow so perhaps some pressure on chelsea. a big win for spurs season up to second place. nothing much has been decided in the premier league but some other things have been decided around the uk. away from the premier league there has been one promotion spot settled today. sheffield united are back in the championship without even kicking a ball, that's because nearest rivals bolton lost 1—0 to oldham athletic. these were the scenes in the dressing room at the club's training ground as the players celebrated returning to the championship after a six—year absence. i , this will dedicate to all our supporters because they have had a tough six years of being in this divi

in sport, the pressure mounts on arsene wenger as arsenal are beaten 3—0 by crystal palace in the premiereague. indistinctive speech... if mumbling in television dramas really annoys you, we'll put different acting styles to the test to see which ones you find acceptable. and carol has the weather. always perfectly clear is carol with the weather. good morning. eight chilly start to the day, for some a touch of frost around but for most it will be dry with sunny spells, variable amounts of cloud, except for the north and west of scotland where there is more rain around and later we will see some gales. further details in 15 minutes. thank you, carol. lovely there this morning. good morning. first, our main story. donald trump and theresa may have discussed what they call a window of opportunity to persuade russia to drop its support for syria's president assad in the wake of last week's chemical attack. the prime minister and the us president spoke on the phone last night as foreign ministers from the g7 group of countries meet in italy to try to co—ordinate their response. greg dawson re

they went down numeric 2— on to crystal palace. second placed tottenham are 110w palace.nts behind after they won away at burnley. it 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.

they went down numeric 2— on to crystal palace. second placed tottenham are now just seven palace.econd placed tottenham are nowjust seven points behind after they won away at burnley. it 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

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

burnley beat crystal palace 2—0 to climb further away from relegation danger.etty much safe. ashley barnes with the goal after eight minutes. 1903 was the last time they went a whole season without winning away. an unsavoury moment, when what looks like a lighter was thrown at one of the burnley players. then it was 2—0, right at the end, a lovely through ball by george boyd. look at this finish from andre gray, tenth goal of the season. burnley pretty much safe in the premier league. excellent for them, the 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

swa nsea need to turn things around against swansea city. —— southampton trail at home to crystal palace. huddersfield are hoping to use their game in hand to go back to third in the table but that is also goalless. champions celtic are looking to continue their unbeaten run. after winning the title at the weekend, scottish premiership champions celtic are looking to continue their unbeaten run. it is currently goalless at home to partick thistle. all the games in scotla nd partick thistle. all the games in scotland are currently goalless. olympic showjumping champion nick skelton has announced his retirement from the sport. he recovered from a broken neck in 2000, returning to the saddle two years later. at london 2012 he helped great britain to a team gold medal before the 59—year—old achieved his number one ambition of olympic individual gold at the rio games last summer on his horse, big star. the win in rio was the icing on the cake, i don't think it can get better than that. big star has had a few problems but he is fine now and in good order. just last week i road—macro him and ju

their lead is cut to seven points after a 2—1 defeat to crystal palace at stamford bridge.s the weather. it promises to be a nice day today. lots of sunshine on the way. yesterday we had to dodge a few showers but not today. good morning. first, our main story. four men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a young asylum seeker was attacked in south london. police say they're treating it as a hate crime. the 17—year—old victim suffered severe head injuries but his life is not now believed to be at risk. andy moore reports. the young man believed to be kurdish iranian was waiting at a bus stop late on friday night with two friends when he was approached by a group of about eight people. he was attacked after telling them where he came from. we believe it's a hate crime. prior to the attack taking place, the young person was asked where they were from and when they said they were an asylum seeker, that is when the frenzied attack took place. police say the gang chased the man round the corner and into this street where they kicked him in the

and of course all the other months, crystal palace, watford... all the other months, crystal palace,e, try to win points. and qualify for champions league next season. we are above them. if they finished third and we finish fourth, they are above us and we finish fourth, they are above us but it means a lot. this is not about pep guardiola or about city, it is about objectives. and we want to try to play football and we still have two doors open. and johanna konta is playing her second match against anastasia sevastova in the quarterfinals. she went on to lose that first set 6—3. compton was up in the second set although that is on sei’ve. in the second set although that is on serve. ireland have moved closer to receiving test status in cricket, the icc have been discussing allowing the country to compete in a longerfor the game allowing the country to compete in a longer for the game at a meeting in dubai today. patrick geary told us more. four in the past, he want to be regarded as it nation, you need to be proposed to by other icc full members. the icc have not got rid of that bar

the pressure builds on arsene wenger as his arsenal side are beaten 3—0 at crystal palace.a joint bid for the 2026 world cup. argentina's football association has sacked edgardo bauza as coach of the national side as they struggle to qualify for next year's world cup. argentina are currently fifth in south america's qualification table and only the top four are guaranteed a place in russia.

good things from crystal palace at the other end of the townsend. —— the table. they also scored a late penalty, arsenalfans performance. they also scored a late penalty, arsenal fans vocal, chanting that the players are not fit to where the shirt, and crystal palace while bath—macro fans having a lot of fun. they were chanting for the manager to stay. palace now 6 points clear of relegation is, 5 wins out of 6, sam allardyce never relegated with any club, assen wenger has never finished relegated with any club, assen wenger has neverfinished outside the top four with the gunners. member some weeks ago he said he decided about his future, still keeping it to himself although he says that uncertainty about his future, his contract is up at the end of the season, isn't affecting his players. —— arsene wenger. end of the season, isn't affecting his players. —— arsene wengerlj end of the season, isn't affecting his players. -- arsene wenger. i am ina his players. -- arsene wenger. i am in a difficult position, the game tonight doesn't help. do you think it would have

we saw the last game, crystal palace have become here. it was good at sta mford have become here.t stamford bridge, anfield, at home against arsenal. it will be difficult and of course for everyone we have to play. game by game, try to win the points and of course, get into the champions league next season. if we finish fifth and they finish sixth, we are above them but it means nothing. if they finish third and we finish fourth, they are above us and we finish fourth, they are above us and it means a lot. this is not about city, this is about objectives and fighting for objectives. we want to try to play champions league foot ball to try to play champions league football and we still have two doors open. united are in an impressive run of form you have to say, unbeaten in the last 23 league games. they have won the last three league games including against burnley at the weekend but they have a lot of injuries. zlatan ibrahimovic out for the rest of the season, marcos rojo and paul pogba injured. as far as city are concerned, they will be hoping to bounce back from the fa cup sem

tottenham beat crystal palace and keep the heat on leaders chelsea. a boom for books as the publishing industry has a surge in sales and a record year. and carol has the weather. a chilly start in southern areas, with a touch of frost. but here we've got early sunshine. most of the uk will be cloudy, with showers and a few sunny spells in between. more in about 15 minutes. thank you amcu bend. —— see you then. tensions are rising in north korea, as the u—5 call for more pressure to force the country to give up its nuclear weapons programmes. last night, president trump briefed all 100 members of the senate, revealing a strategy of economic sanctions and diplomacy. but washington also said they were prepared to defend themselves and their allies, as our correspondent laura bicker reports. the us is piling on the pressure. this is a military exercise just north of the north korean border. a message that the us is ready if diplomatic efforts fail. this is how the head of the us pacific command put it to the house in washington. all options are on the tab

christian benteke scored twice against his former club liverpool as crystal palace secured a vital2—1winven 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 has been in great goalscoring form since he came back from international duty. he scored two at russia. he did well at that trip. and now, for us, he has been our leading goalscorerfor a and now, for us, he has been our leading goalscorer for a while. and now, for us, he has been our leading goalscorerfor a while. he is adding to that tally more and more. and he is one of those key elements as to why we crawled our way out of a very difficult position. lam not i am not positive at the moment, but gives it a few hours and i will be again. we have tried to squeeze everything out of this season. we can use everything out of this season. we can use it. the plan is to use it. in the german bundesliga, timo werner‘s

they proved when they went to crystal palace and scored four they are capable side.nk any team withjermaine defoe in it to make sure you not only keep him quiet but you are aware of his goal threat. we are aware of the opposition and respect the opposition and respect the opposition but we are a good place at moment. here are all tonight's fixtures: a win for burnley against stoke would see them move eight points clear of the bottom three. watford are at home to west brom. and let's get the latest from manchester united from our senior football reporter ian dennis as they face everton. welcome to old trafford ahead of manchester united against everton andi manchester united against everton and i have beenjoined by mark lawrenson. we have just and i have beenjoined by mark lawrenson. we havejust been hearing aboutjose mourinho and maybe he might start to prioritise the europa league instead of the premier league, does that place extra emphasis on getting three points tonight? yes, i was here on saturday and there's no doubt west brom did a job on them. i think he said

tottenham are looking to narrow the gap on leaders chelsea to four points, when they take on crystal palace storyjust coming in, fifa president gianni infantino has confirmed that next year's world cup will have video technology. infantino says fifa have had nothing but positive feedback since trials of video assistance began in their competitions last december. 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 has the details. this is an historic day 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 which will allow the creation of eight non—county teams to take part in a new t20 competition, which starts in the summer of 2020. it is inspired by the ipl in india and the big bash in australia. the ecb hopes to attract some of the best players in the world to this competition but it doesn't have universal support. we know ethics and middlesex both voted aga

paul clement‘s side are two points behind hull while as we‘ve mentioned, crystal palace face arsenala dundee bottom side inverness were well beaten at home by stjohnstone and partick were 1—0 winners at home to motherwell. great britain are out of the davis cup. they were beaten in the quarterfinals by france with a day to spare. after losing both singles rubbers in rouen yesterday it was left to doubles partners jamie murray and dom inglot to keep the tie alive. but nicolas mahut and julien benneteau took the first set in a tie—break. the brits did manage to win the next set — keeping their slim hopes alive. however, it proved to be britain‘s only set of the weekend. the french then made their dominance count — winning the next two sets to guarantee a 3—0 overall victory. it‘s britain‘s first davis cup whitewash since 2009. lewis hamilton will start tomorrow‘s chinese grand prix on pole after a record breaking lap in qualifying today. the three time world champion was almost two tenths of a second faster than sebastian vettel — who won the opening race of the season in australia two

crystal palace's record signing just wide. philippe coutinho got the game's first goal.ght on half—time, sam alla rdyce's minute. and then, right on half—time, sam allardyce's side got the equaliser. benteke it was again, the equaliser. benteke it was again, the goal he wanted so badly. liverpool going for that top four place but crystal palace still have some relegation concerns. a0 minutes or so to those still at anfield. 50,000 runners, 750,000 bottles of water, and a couple running the racejust moments after tying the knot. this year's london marathon has had it all — including a new world record. our correspondent joe wilson was there. the journey of 26 miles begins with a single hooped, but whose? heads together, the starters and the masses. record participation in the london marathon. it remained a shared sporting experience like no other, everyone inspires each other. taking pictures of the royals. by 10:30am we had a thrilling finish. david weir in the pale blue top was desperately seeking a seventh london marathon victory. if his best years, we feared, were beh

crystal palace improved their hopes of survival, coming back from 2—0 down to draw against leicester.ek for barkly, he managed to focus his mind back onto football matters. his deflected shot helping everton two or 3—1 win against burnley. they now go above manchester 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 ind

they went down 3—0 at crystal palace and still lie seven points off the top four.der wenger in 20 seasons. former arsenal striker ian wright criticised the players last night on social media, questioning their commitment and also claiming that wenger had lost the dressing room. another former player says that the frenchman's time is up. i worked under arsene wenger and i've always sort of been in the camp of you know, arsene wenger‘s great, yes, he has done fantastic, another champions league qualification and the money he brings in to the club, but i just the money he brings in to the club, but ijust think now, i think it's time for him to go. i really do. it hurts me to say that, because i like arsene wenger, and whenever sigh him we have conversations and i played under him and i think last night you would call that performance an inept performance. an inept performance. it's a champions league week, leicester are off to madrid for the first leg of their quarterfinal tomorrow against atletico. tonight borussia dortmund face manchester city's victors monaco and b

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

the english premier league, tottenham hotspur kept their title hopes alive with a 1—0 win at crystal palaced by spurs. he hit a stunning dipping strike from 30 yards with just over ten minutes left. the victory leaves tottenham four points behind leaders chelsea with five matches remaining. elsewhere, arsenal beat the champions, leicester, 1—0. while at the bottom, middlesbrough won for the first time this year against near neighbours, sunderland, a result that means they could be relegated this weekend. in spain, barcelona and real madrid remain level on points at the top, after they both won and scored 13 goals between them. lionel messi scored twice as barca thrashed 0sasuna, 7—1. no surprise there, but a goal forjavier mascherano was. it's his first for barcelona in 319 games. and real madrid won 6—2 at deportivo la coruna where james rodriguez scored twice. the former world tennis number one, maria sharapova, has won herfirst competitive tennis match since she was banned for doping 15 months ago. the five—time grand slam champion beat italy's roberta vinci in straight sets in the stutt

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

perhaps crystal palace, with the extra couple of games in hand, that might serve them well. 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. nottingham forest moved three points clear of the drop zone with victory at home to reading. sheff

matches in the premier league today and a shock defeat for leaders chelsea, who lost 2—1 at home to crystal palace all the goals came in the first 15 minutes. the blues with a great start from cesc fabregas but palace hit back straight away through wilfrid za ha and a lovely dinked finish from christian benteke. it's only the eagles' third premier league win against cheslea and lifts them four points above the relegation zone. it is a very sweet three points to come to the champions of the premier league for me. and actually win. of course, for everybody, this is what the premier league is about, there can be a shock anywhere, any time, and we have made everyone sit up and go, wow, what result that is. and from the players' point of view, it is a well earned and well—deserved victory. now it is important to rest and prepare for the next game. but there isa prepare for the next game. but there is a bit of disappointment for the final result. we deserved at least a draw, but this is football. we must acce pt draw, but this is football. we must accept this result. tottenham made the most of chelsea's

there were two games in the premier league today. third—placed liverpool lost at home to crystal palaceteke gave palace the victory and eases their relegation worries considerably. they are now eight points above the relegation zone. manchester united won 2—0 at burnley. anthony martial and wayne rooney, who was making just his second premier league start since december, provided the goals. united 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 favou

the gunners face crystal palace tonight.tists say rising water temperatures have stripped the colour from around two thirds of it and it's in danger of being destroyed. mass bleaching happens when the coral gets stressed — it makes it fragile and can kill it. the reef is home to more than 130 species of shark and 1,600 varieties of fish. our science editor, david shukman, reports. a world of brilliant colour, teeming with life. this is the great barrier reef at its best. the largest single biological structure on earth. but vulnerable to the slightest change. this is how part of reefs look — a ghostly white. the corals more like a graveyard. a new survey has found long stretches of reef have turned pale. for the second year running. giving the corals no chance to recover and the scientist in charge says he is worried. it seems likely between this event and last event, roughly 50% of coral will have died ina roughly 50% of coral will have died in a period of less than 18 months. that binding measure is a huge blow to the reef

crystal palace moved a little bit closer to safety.o draw 2—2. palace have only lost once in their last seven league games and are now seven points clear of the bottom three. and plenty of emotion at goodison park today. merseyside remembered the 28th anniversary of the hillsborough disaster before everton's match against burnley. it was a game everton won 3—1. romelu lukaku scoring 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 plen

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

league this saturday and there was a shock defeat for leaders chelsea, who lost 2—1 at home to crystal palacell the goals came in the first 15 minutes. the blues with a great start from cesc fabregas, but palace hit back straight away through wilfrid za ha and christian benteke. it's only the eagles‘ third premier league win against chelsea and lifts them four points above the relegation zone. it's a very sweet three points to come to the champions of the premier league and actually win. for everybody, this is what the premier league is about. there can be a shock anywhere, any time, and we are the ones who have made everybody sit up the ones who have made everybody sit up this weekend and gone, wow, whatever is that is. from the players‘ point of view, it a well—deserved victory. tottenham made the most of chelsea‘s slip—up with a 2—0 win at burnley. it was goalless at halftime and they also lost victor wanyama and harry winks to injury. but a much brighter second half saw them make the breakthrough. eric dier stabbed home the opener inside the last 25 minutes and heung min son came off the

five days later, we had a bad game at crystal palace.that. manchester city's women beat liverpool ladies 1—0 in their semifinal of the women's fa cup. kyle edmund has beaten his davis cup teammate dan evans in straight sets in the first round of the monte carlo masters. andy murray, who plays his first round match on wednesday, was courtside to watch the british number two and three in action. it's the first time the pair have met on the atp tour. edmund recovered from a slow start to take the first set 7—5. he's ranked one place below evans at 45 in the world, but eased through the second set 6—1, to set up a second round match against nine—time monte carlo champion rafa nadal. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. at least 12 people have suffered burns after a suspected acid attack at a nightclub in london. around 600 people were at the venue in hackney, which had to be evacuated. our reporter sarah corker is outside the club. it was just after 1am this morning when police say acid was sprayed inside this club in e

seven points clear of arsenal, but arsene wenger‘s side have those two games in hand and play crystal palacentil tomorrow. middlesbrough and swansea make up the bottom three. and time running out to secure their premier league survival. let's take a look at today's scottish premiership results. champions celtic eased past kilmarnock 3—1. hamilton drew with ross county, hearts beat dundee bottom side inverness were well beaten at home by stjohnstone and partick were 1—0 winners at home to motherwell. the third round of the masters is under way. and it's tight at the top of the leaderboard. with a four way tie for the lead. and plenty of players in contention. including rory mcilroy and justin rose. the lead is shared by americans rickie fowler and charley hoffman, belgium's ryder cup player thomas peters and spain's sergio garcia — who is searching for his first major title. sometimes looks can be deceiving. charley hoffman blew his four shot advantage. a complete misshit. we've all done that, haven't we? whether gales or grass are to blame... the american knoche shares the lead with three ot

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