crystal palace footballer lee - negative place to be. crystal i palace footballer lee nicholls.ned here in liverpool, england — and without masks or social distancing. it's all part of a uk government pilot programme to establish whether large crowds can safely gather without spreading covid. 6,000 people are attending a two—day event in liverpool today and tomorrow. dan johnson reports. the masks are off and the volume is rising. # you're free to do what you want to do... finally, we are free to do what we wanted to do. embracing music and each other. anywhere else, this would be illegal tonight. i think it's really going to be like a magical moment in history, to be honest. and look what it means, being back in front of a crowd. i think it's going to be electric. i think everyone is going to be absolutely buzzing. people are literally walking into the venue and going, "oh my god!", just screaming their heads off, like, so excited. and this city is leading the way. i have literally spent about three weeks l preparing for this outfit. oh, so long. genuinely, yeah. deciding what

ij think you look at a game on the weekend against crystal palace. that had two games in mind.then that one. .,, ., �*, then that one. rob, en'oy tonight's match. many * then that one. rob, en'oy tonight's match. many thanks _ then that one. rob, enjoy tonight's match. many thanks indeed. - the other quarterfinal tonight is in paris, where thomas tuchel�*s former side psg, now under mauricio pochettino, are 3—2 up against bayern munich. earlier, i spoke to the french footballjournalist sara menai. that

everton had energy against crystal palace, what they needed was accuracy.n turned to those he left out. find turned to those he left out. and here is the _ turned to those he left out. and here is the moment, and he takes it! and his _ here is the moment, and he takes it! and his impact was almost instant. palace had taken their biggest chance while everton continue to waste theirs. you're up for now feels a little more distant. was to take advantage at molineux are west ham and they set off any blistering pace. few players have the swagger ofjesse lingard right now, five minutes in and he had already stolen the show. lynn gard would have more tricks up his sleeve as they chris to a second. to have his or her after 40 minutes, soon it would be three as lynn gard set upjared bowen. three as lynn gard set up jared bowen. �* . bowen. and but when will get there first. bowen. and but when will get there first- wolves _ bowen. and but when will get there first. wolves seemed _ bowen. and but when will get there first. wolves seemed as _ bowen. and but when will g

everton had energy against crystal palace, but what they needed was accuracy.h, and how they have missed him. as the minutes ticked down, roy hodgson turned to those he had left out. here is the moment for batshuayi. and his impact was almost instant. palace had taken the biggest chance while everton continue to weigh spares. europe and now feels a little more distant. poised to take advantage at molineux were west ham, and they set off at a blistering pace. few players have the swagger ofjesse lingard right now, five minutes in and he had already stolen the show. he would have more tricks up the show. he would have more tricks up his sleeve as west ham cruised to a second through fornals. soon it would be three asjesse lingard set “p would be three asjesse lingard set up jarrod bowen. would be three asjesse lingard set upjarrod bowen. wolves seemed as if they had lost their fight, but this frantic game just kept on giving as they clawed their way back and fabio silva made it 3—2 after the break. nervous? sure, but somehow west ham held on. they are back in the

chelsea have replaced them after an impressive 4—1 at crystal palace. after eight minutes. thomas tuchal�*s side, beaten by west brom last weekend, were three—up within half an hour. christian pulisic and kurt zouma on the scoresheet. palace did pull one back through benteke before pulisic�*s second. swansea city hope to be in the premier league next season — they've boosted their hopes of promotion from the championship, with a 3—0 win at millwall. steve cooper's side had lost four games in a row, but an excellent goal by andre ayew put them ahead just before half time. and swansea took control in the second half — excellent work from jamal lowe as he scored his first goal in 18 games. and, having rediscovered his shooting boots, lowe made it 3—0 in the 85th minute — swansea fourth in the table and looking good for a play—off place. elsewhere in the championship, leaders norwich need just two more points for promotion after a 1—0 win at derby county. third—placed brentford returned to winning ways with a 5—0 victory at preston, while bournemouth are up

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with a 1—0 lead for crystal palace with wilford saha with the goal.ers have not been consulted on plans to add more games to an already busy schedule. the number of teams participating in the group stage of the champions league will increase from 32 to 36. it comes after the collapse of plans for a european super league. all these discussions about super league made forget that we have now a new form of the champions league very soon. did they ask any coach about this? i don't think so. they did not ask me. did they ask any player? i don't think so, it's just more games, it is not more quality, just more games. and who will play these games? at the same time, we had three substitutes here in the premier league in the toughest competitions. no, i am not happy about this format, not at all. just days after signing a one—year contract extension at ac milan, zlatan ibrahimovic is being investigated over an "alleged financial interest in a betting company". it's being reported in sweden that the 39—year—old has broken the rules after becoming a partner, wi

crystal palace is katie going all reports.s accuracy. here is where rodriguez comes in. the colombian has been out for more than a month, how they have missed him. as the minutes ticked down, he turned to those who left out. band as the minutes ticked down, he turned to those who left out. and he takes it. almost _ turned to those who left out. and he takes it. almost instant, _ turned to those who left out. and he takes it. almost instant, while - takes it. almost instant, while everton continued _ takes it. almost instant, while everton continued with - takes it. almost instant, while everton continued with theirs. | takes it. almost instant, while - everton continued with theirs. boyce to take advantage at west ham, the move at a blistering pace. and already stolen the show. they would have more tricks of this leave us west him soon it would be three asjesse lingard set up jarrod bowen. wolves seemed as if they had lost their fight, but this frantic game just kept on giving as they clawed their way back and fabio silva made

and finally leicester city defender wesley fofana has thanked the premier league, crystal palace andast during their game last night. like millions of muslims observing the month of ramadan, fofana's abstaining from food and drink in daylight hours. and the opposition keeper guaita waited to take a goal—kickjust after the half—hour mark which allowed fofana to break his fast and take on some liquids on the touchline before returning to play. the short delay — for when there was a natural break in play was agreed in the captain's meeting prior to the game and fofana tweeted afterwards "that's what makes football wonderful." he was no doubt equally happy to see leicester win that game 2—1 in the end. they're looking good to be in the champions league next season — which is where chelsea are playing tonight against real madrid. we will keep you updated on the bbc news channel. that is all for now. good night. good evening. there's been a lot of dry weather around this april, and at times some sunshine, but the real weather feature has certainly been the frost. april 2021 is going to be

is your sports news where we start with football and leicester city came from behind to beat crystal palaceld that advantage until the half time break. five minutes after the interval timothy castagne levelled matters and then a wonder strike from the in form kelechi iheanacho put the foxes in front for his 14th goal in his last 14 games. and here is confirmation of the top of the table. leicester have strengthened their hold on a top four finish finish with that win, they are now seven points clear of west ham in fifth. reading and former england player fara williams has announced she'll retire from professional football at the end of the season. the 37—year—old is england's most capped player with 172 appearances for the lionesses. williams said on social media that it had been a pleasure and a privilege to have had a career of more than 20 years within the women's game. it's been confirmed that former arsenal players thierry henry, dennis bergkamp and patrick vieira are joining spotify co—founder and lifelong gunners supporter daniel ek in a bid to buy the club. fans have become disconte

and follow it on the bbc sport website, where you'll also find updates from leicester against crystal palaced there's commentary of that game on radio 5 live. but that's all from sportsday. we'll see you again soon. bye. what is that on the screen behind me? you can be forgiven for forgetting what it looks like it is rain. finally we do have some rain in the forecast working its way south. there is a low working its way towards the south—west, coming to the south—west for thursday, will bring showers, so somewhat hit and miss, some areas could get some heavy downpours, some areas are mainstay essentially dry, but the chance of getting some arena certainly looks much higher this week than in recent weeks. the low to the north of the uk means overnight showers spreading into northern england and wales by don't. the cloud, rain and wind means a milder start the dutiful stock to the south, risk of overnight frost, a lot of early sunshine, will stay dry for the most of tuesday. ali north, some showers to contend with. gray and chilly down the north sea coast. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utsid

have i listen to this man steve, the chair of crystal palace fc, a not one of the double esl clubs.l be easy-— not think building those bridges will be eas . , ., ., ., , will be easy. it is extraordinary in the background _ will be easy. it is extraordinary in the background what _ will be easy. it is extraordinary in the background what we - will be easy. it is extraordinary in the background what we have - will be easy. it is extraordinary in i the background what we have been living _ the background what we have been living through. it's patronising and of course — living through. it's patronising and of course some of those relationships will be difficult to repair— relationships will be difficult to repair because people have lied to us. they have not told the truth _ lied to us. they have not told the truth and — lied to us. they have not told the truth and they have not come clean and they— truth and they have not come clean and they have been off in a zouma paradise, — and they have been off in a zouma paradise, a — and they have been off in a zouma paradise, a bubble block

ii think you look at a game on the weekend against crystal palace. that had two games in mind.ve got that extra day to recover before playing manchester city. it's a big ask against manchester city and many moment in time, including the fa cup. get past this hurdle first, then that one.— cup. get past this hurdle first, then that one. .,, ., �*, then that one. rob, en'oy tonight's match. many * then that one. rob, en'oy tonight's match. many thanks _ then that one. rob, enjoy tonight's match. many thanks indeed. - the other quarterfinal tonight is in paris, where thomas tuchel�*s former side psg, now under mauricio pochettino, are 3—2 up against bayern munich. earlier, i spoke to the french footballjournalist sara menai. that would be an amazing performance. if they go through it, they beat_ performance. if they go through it, they beat bayern munich again, it's a bl- they beat bayern munich again, it's a big accomplishment for paris. as they said. — a big accomplishment for paris. as they said, they last in the final last summer against bayern munich. if they— last summer agai

despite contrition shown by some of the owners of six clubs, who signed up to the super league the crystal palaceparish is surprised that none of them have stepped down steve parish is surprised that none this steve parish is surprised that none was an attempt and this was an attempted coup to try and steal football and what happened was which was fascinating was the fans and players and staff said we are going to fight for the right to lose. we don't want to be in some kind of leak where there is no jeopardy or risk, winning is nothing without all of that coming. the best banner i saw was we want a rainy cold nights and stoke and the miscalculation of this is quite spectacular and i see this morning some of them still have not stood down which is extraordinary. the withdrawal by the english side from the proposed super league has been hailed by many a result of fan power but the former liverpool and england playerjohn barnes, believes stopping the super league won't necessarily end the dominance of the richest clubs in the top flight. this has been going on since 1992. after that what football w

everton had energy against crystal palace — what they needed was accuracy.t out. here is the moment for batshuayi. and he takes it! and michy batshuayi's impact was almost instant. palace had taken their biggest chance while everton continued to waste theirs. europe, for now, feels a little more distant. poised to take advantage at molineux were west ham, and they set off at a blistering pace. few players have the swagger ofjesse lingard right now. five minutes in and he had already stolen the show. lingard would have more tricks up his sleeve as west ham, through fornals, cruised to a second. 2—0 afer ia minutes. soon it would be three, as lingard — who else? — set upjarrod bowen. bowen will get there first! wolves seemed as if they had lost their fight, but this frantic game just kept on giving as they clawed their way back and fabio silva made it 3—2 after the break. nervous? sure, but, somehow, west ham held on. they are back in the top four with eight games remaining, hoping to end the season in style. katie gornall, bbc news. so the question now is, ca

city moved closer to european champions league qualification as they came from behind to beat crystal palace gone behind early. the result leaves leicester third in the premier league, but takes them seven points clear of fifth—placed west ham with five matches left, leaving the manager in awe of his nigerian forward. we have had to change him about with injuries he has had and he has come in and been exceptional. just in his goal and his overall play and linkup play. his work rate, he is so happy to work hard for the team. in nuc has quality, it is phenomenal. —— and you see. the opening leg of the champions league semi—final between real madrid and chelsea will be played in spain later on tuesday. chelsea visit the 13 time winners high on confidence after a revival under thomas tuchel who joined the blues in late january. and after the european super league upheaval last week the german believes his team don't deserve to be penalised because of it. we deserve to be in the semi—finaljust like real madrid deserve to be there and not because of political decisions or influence or size or nice

and chelsea are back in the top four after their 4—1 victory over crystal palace.h championship title after nearest rivals, raith rovers and dundee both drew today. in the scottish premiership today, second placed celtic thrashed livingston 6—0. there were also wins for aberdeen, dundee united and motherwell. kilmarnock and ross county drew. england's women are through to rugby union's six nations final after beating italy by 67 points to 3. the nine try win puts the defending champions into the final of the tournament which has a new one—off format for this year. and ireland had a 45—0 win over wales. in rugby league's challenge cup, last year's beaten finalists, salford beat championship side, widnes 68—4 to reach the quarter—finals. holders leeds are out after they were defeated 26 points to 18 by st helens. there were also wins today for catalans dragons and hull fc european champions cup results and the latest from the third round of golf�*s masters at augusta national is on the bbc sport website. let's return to our main story, and tributes to the duke of edi

everton are pushing for a place in europe next season — they take on crystal palace at 6 o'clock, withves and the relegation zone. and later on, west ham can move up to fourth with a win at wolves, who are also precariously close to the bottom three. rookie patty tavatanakit has won the first women's golf major of the season — the ana inspiration in california. she made a fantastic start to the final day — an eagle here at the second hole — and a closing round of 68 left tavatanakit two shots clear of a charging lydia ko, for herfirst win on the american tour. she's come a long way since she finished as top amateur in this event three years ago. it's a dream come true every time i play here. i remember exactly, i was on this green, receiving my low amateur award and i saw they were jumping and i actually took a snapchat and the caption was, "one day." it has been crazy. here's a blast from the past for snooker fans. seven—time world champion stephen hendry will play fellow legend jimmy white in world championship qualifying later today. hendry made his professional comeback last month.

well earlier i spoke to crystal palace s leigh nicol, who's been subjected to vile abuse since her phone her career back on track she's now campaigning for social media companies to take more responsibility. i feared for my safety and i hated going out of the house and i would suffer from anxiety and it took the best part of being an getting over that and knowing there are keyboard warriors that will speak a lot more volume of them than it does, and it's just people who are unhappy in their own lives. it took a lot of work for me to get to that point to be like the only people that matter and the opinions is yourfamily, friends and professionals around you. those of the categories that i place myself and and nothing gets me down, outside of those three people. what about taking on the social media giants with another social media giants with another social media platform that doesn't allow the vitriol in the vile abuse? i the vitriol in the vile abuse? i think it would be something that we would all be more than happy tojump across to because we are making enough noise right now that if

with a setback for everton and their hopes of finishing in the premier league's top four after crystal palaceour, until a scramble in the box. after a goalless first half it was james rodriguez who got the opener. he arrived late in the box after a bit of a scramble and it looked like that cool finish from the colombian would be enough. but there was a late palace equaliser from michy batshuayi. the belgian had onlyjust come on as a sub when he made it 1—1. everton stay eighth, four points off fourth placed chelsea. wolves and west ham have just kicked off. the hammers will go into fourth and a champions league spot if they win. they are missing declan rice, who got injured on england duty and will be out for around four weeks. goalless that with nearly three minutes played. ten matches in the championship today — second—placed watford dropped points forjust the second time in 12 games as they were held to a one all draw at middlesborough. watford took the lead when philip zinckernagel�*s shot was deflected beyond the keeper by ismayla sarr, but the home side equalised with just 12 minutes to

paul mortimer is a former professional footabller who played for charlton athletic and crystal palaceations in place to deal with the perpetrators of abuse at this moment in time, i control you and terrorise you and verbally abuse you to within an inch of your life and social media and have no recourse and actually get away with it. although we are looking at racism and racist behaviour, there are kids losing their own lives from online bullying. this is not a new thing, but football is so it might shines a spotlight on this and it is challenging the social media owners. they must have kids and people within their own lives who have suffered. they must want to do something morally. they must know this is wrong. if they don't do anything, we should have a blackout, but we should have it for a month, two months, whatever it is, to make them sit up and actually pay attention. i'm not so sure four days will do that. bomb disposal experts have been called after a car was stopped on the m25 in kent. after a police chase, a car was stopped using tactical contact. a spokesman said an army tea

we can talk now to the former charlton athletic, crystal palace and aston villa player, paul mortimeru were about your experiences when you were a player in terms of racist abuse. by, a player in terms of racist abuse. lot of things. it was abuse, verbal abuse, it was also violence, physical abuse. there was a lot of things being thrown at you, you know, fruit, coins and batteries and things like that. it was quite intimidating really. the safest place was on the pitch, funnily enough. it was not great, not very good, and to see that kind of thing rearing its head again, and to see that they found another forum to be able to, you know, voice this vitriol, it's very disappointing. but it is now being challenged. players, former players and many other people in the game really challenging this, particularly the social media companies, for allowing kind of online racist abuse. do you think that this boycott, this four day boycott announced for next friday, is that the sort of thing that will make a difference? for me, the bi est that will make a difference? for me, the biggest concern _

she's a footballer for crystal palace fc women. thank you very much for talking to us.i will get to that. first, just your thoughts on this boycott. i think it's very much — thoughts on this boycott. i think it's very much necessary, - thoughts on this boycott. i think- it's very much necessary, especially for the sporting world to come together to show their support for each other. now, do i think it's going to be effective? i'm not sure. i don't have those answers. but i think it's very important that we all stand by each other, because we are all going through it in some form, no matter how big or how little it is. form, no matter how big or how little it is— little it is. and when you say we all no little it is. and when you say we all go through — little it is. and when you say we all go through it, _ little it is. and when you say we all go through it, just _ little it is. and when you say we all go through it, just tell - little it is. and when you say we all go through it, just tell us - little it is. and when you say we all go through it, just tell us a l all g

we start with football, and leicester city came from behind to beat crystal palace 2—1 in the premierters, and then a wonder strike from the in—form kelechi iheanacho put the foxes in front for his 14th goal in his last 14 games. and here is confirmation of the top of the table. leicester have strengthened their hold on a top—four finish finish with that win — they are now seven points clear of west ham in fifth. reading and former england player fara williams has announced she'll retire from professional football at the end of the season. the 37—year—old is england's most—capped player with 172 appearances for the lionesses. williams said on social media that it had been a pleasure and a privilege to have had a career of more than 20 years within the women's game. it's been confirmed that former arsenal players thierry henry, dennis bergkamp, and patrick vieira are joining spotify co—founder and lifelong gunners supporter daniel ek in a bid to buy the club. fans have become discontented after arsenal's involvement in the failed european super league, with many calling for owner stan

more result, chelsea are back up to fourth in the english premier league after a a—1win over crystal palace centre. —— golf section. a reminder of our news this hour. the duke of edinburgh's funeral will take place next saturday. earlier today, forty—one gun salutes have honoured queen elizabeth's husband, the duke of edinburgh, who died on friday. buckingham palace has announced that the duke will be laid to rest next saturday at st george's chapel in windsor castle. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good evening. it was a cold and frosty start for many this morning, but there was some lovely sunshine around early on. however, as the day progressed, we quite literally had four seasons in one day. a frosty start, some sunshine, then some showers. and the showers turning increasingly wintry with some hail and snow mixed in there as well. this has been the story through the day today. the shower clouds developed as we went through the morning and then became quite widespread into the afternoon. the only exception is down to the south—east where we had some fairly dense

it includes the game at selhurst park where crystal palace are playing chelsea.welcome to sportsday. i'm chetan pathak. tributes have been paid across sport today to prince philip, following his death at the age of 99. there was a two minute silence before this afternoon's grand national at aintree, whilst football games in england, scotland and wales observed a period of silence including at manchester city's game against leeds where players and officials wore black armbands. a two—minute silence was observed before the start of the women's six nations game too between italy and england. it started as a day of reflection at aintree — it ended with one of the great sporting stories of all time. today, rachael blackmore has made history after becoming the first female jockey to win the grand national. the irish rider rode the 11 to 1 shot minella times to victory as andy swiss reports. a day when racing paid its respects, the jockeys playing the macro wearing black

chelsea have moved into the top four after a comprehensive 4—1 win over crystal palace, christian pulisicool are two points behind chelsea in fifth. trent alexander—arnold with an stunning injury time winner as liverpool beat aston villa 2—1, to secure their first league win this year. celtic recorded their biggest scottish premiership win of the season as they thrashed livingston 6—0 at home. there were wins too for motherwell, dundee united and aberdeen. and, although they didn't play yesterday results elsewhere ensured hearts will be playing top flight football at tynecastle next season. they're winners of the scottish championship title after relegation from the premiership a year ago. england remain on course for a third straight women's six nations title. they're into the final in this year's shortened tournament. after scoring eight tries against scotland last week, england went one better against italy — running in nine tries in a 67—3 win. ireland also thrashed wales 45—0 in their first pool game. english interest in this year's european champions cup is over after exeter and sal

before liverpool's a $21.00 win over aston villa and there was also 2 minute silence ahead of crystal palace his match with chelsea as well which they lost for one next saturday's 3 o'clock kick offs will be moved to avoid crashing with the funeral of prince philip but meaning lead at the top of the german league has been cut to 5 points after they let in a lake goal against union berlin by and were missing 9 cries including at the top striker robert levin dusky but they did manage to go in front in the 2nd half and threw jim on the c.r. however with 5 minutes to go union berlin equalized as it finished one or brian's never challenges rb leipsic 141 to keep in touch in the title race now just over 100 days to go until the olympics and one of the gold medal favorites says she's right where she wants to be a 5 time in fixing champion a decade when the $200.00 metres freestyle at an event in california and she did it with this 2nd fastest time of her career equaling at the u.s. open records are held by allison schmidt who finished 2nd to other athletes are looking in great form as they for past

here�*s the chairman of premier league club crystal palace, which wasn�*t involved.adium on tuesday. they made it clear how unhappy they were — with signs saying "greed" and other things we can�*t show you on tv. within hours of this, chelsea became the first club to signal its intent to pull out. the others soon followed suit. much to many fans delight — including these guys who wrote a song. singing sandy bay, the beautiful. more accusations of greed. but it�*s worth pointing out the situation in european football without the super league. here�*s matthew syed writing in the times saying "uefa and fifa s hypocrisy is astonishing ? their greed ruined this game long ago". he points out that the champions league already gives the most money to top clubs, and that many of them are "the projects of billionaire capitalists". and here�*s tom mctague from the atlantic pointing out that european football is already dominated by a handful of clubs. bayern munich has won the german league 9 times in a row — the same forjuventus in italy. it�*s a similar picture in france, spa

now across much of the a middle east but some places of cloud want to see showers set chiefly crystal palace of the regions that if you could catch fish i would say but otherwise as you can see it's pretty much wall to wall sunshine lots of hazy sunshine coming through when it's warm sunshine as well into the forty's to kuwait for baghdad getting into the mid thirty's for damascus and i think we'll see the levant just picking up on those temperatures as we go on through the next couple of days further south will be getting up to 38 here in the eighty's 100 in found so the temperatures picking up here as well just much as the possibility of wanted to show was just around the southern end of the red sea through southern parts of saudi arabia just was it western side of yemen join up and show us that we have across the ethiopian harlen some showers there too into somalia and of course we keeping a close eye on our tropical system making its way towards tanzania already filtering some rather wet weather in across the east coast of thailand and the possibility of some flash flooding coming throug

filled with locals at $21.00 win over aston villa and there was also a 2 minute silence ahead of crystal palacehis match with chelsea which they lost for one next saturday's 3 pm kick offs will be moved to avoid cashing with the funeral of prince philip by minutes lead at the top of the german league has been cut to 5 points after they let in a late goal against union berlin by and were missing and 9 players including a top striker. but they did manage to go front in the 2nd half through jamal let me see allah however with 5 minutes to go union equalized as it finished one or buy ins there is challenges on one for one to keep in touch in the title race slaton abraham of it was sent off as a parma in syria before that happens even him of it sure provided the assist from the 1st go which was scored by and save it as they went into the break its who no luck but on 60 minutes of the strike it was showing a red for dissent after saying something to the referee. they still won the match 31 who changed them 8 points behind me just into play sunday. just over $100.00 days to go until the olympics and o

contrast, everton's champions league aspirations suffered a set—back as they drew i—all with crystal palacerogate in league two — and the match went without any major controversy, barring two first—half penalty appeals, which she turned down. the resumption of one of snooker's greatest rivalries ended in victory for stephen hendry. the seven—time world champion beatjimmy white 6—3 in the first round of qualifying for this year's event. it was only hendry�*s second match since he came out of retirement, with the goal of reaching the crucible once again. he beat white there in four world finals. and he posted on twitter — "wasn't pretty, hoped it would be a better match but happy to win". "wasn't pretty, hoped it would be it's masters week, and the countdown is on to the first men's major of the year, which begins on thursday. it's only five months since dustinjohnson won the green jacket back in november in a tournament delayed because of the pandemic. this time there will be a limited number of fans — or patrons as they're known — at augusta national. leading british contenders include matt

leicester have strengthened their hold on a top four spot in the premier league after a 2—1 win over crystal palace with injuries we have had. he has come in and been exceptional, notjust with his goals, but his overall play, his skills, he is so happy to work hard for the team, and then you see his quality and his quality is phenomenal. chelsea are in spain to take on real madrid tonight in their first leg of their champions league semi—final. it's the first time in seven years that the blues have been this far in the competition but last week they were facing calls from across football for them to be banned because of their involvement in the european super league. chelsea boss thomas tuchel naturally disagrees with that sort of punishment. we deserve to be in the semifinal like real madrid deserve to be in the semifinal, and we do not deserve it because of political decisions because of our logo. we deserve it because of our logo. we deserve it because we came a long way. of course we deserve to play a semifinal and if problems exist on a sports political level, then it has to be solved on this

chelsea have moved into the top four after a comprehensive 4—1 win over crystal palace.r relegation from the premiership a year ago. there could be a new owner of the famous green jacket later today if hideki matsuyama can hold his nerve. he leads the masters by four shots heading into the final day. a stunning bogey—free round of 65 saw him overtakejustin rose at the top of the leaderboard, leaving the englishman with work to do at augusta. michael redford reports. day three is moving day at the masters — a chance for the players to climb up the leaderboard, or perhaps hope they don't fall down it. justin rose was aiming to simply stay put. the englishman had a i—shot lead heading into his penultimate round. time to get back into the swing of things. something he managed to do quickly. back—to—back birdies on the opening two holes saw him extend his advantage. but augusta isn't that easy. back—to—back bogeys soon followed. commentator: and that's another one gone. - there was, though, no immediate threat from any rival — at least not on the course. above him, though, a

leicester have strengthened their hold on a top—four spot in the premier league after a 2—1 win over crystal palacehey beat kilmarnock on penalties after a thrilling 3—3 draw after extra time. they'll play stjohnstone in the last four. hibernian play dundee united in the other match. three—time world champion mark selby is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship after easing past mark allen. he won by 13 frames to seven, winning four of the five frames in the evening session, and will play mark williams for a place in the last four. england's most—capped footballer, fara williams, has announced that she is retiring from football at the end of the season. in a career that has spanned two decades, williams represented england 172 times. she has won the wsl twice with liverpool, alongside winning the fa cup with everton and arsenal. former england team mate karen carney says that williams is one of the best. for me, it was probably the most technical player i've ever played with and i think... how she saw the game and was actually too quick for her own good at times. and i think

despite contrition shown by some of the owners of six clubs who signed up to the super league the crystal palaceing without that. the best banner i saw was we want our rainy, cold nights in stoke. on the miscalculation of this is quite spectacular. and i see this morning, some of them still haven�*t stood down, which is extraordinary. two of those premier league clubs who pulled out last night are involved in the premier league this evening. in the late kick off, manchester city go to aston villa looking to pull further away at the top of the table. before that, ryan mason will become the youngest person to lead a premier league team when he takes charge of tottenham at home to southampton, following the sacking ofjose mourinho. the 29—year—old is the interim manager and will also be the first person under 30 to manage a club in the division. one thing! one thing i can guarantee is that i will give my all in the next seven games to prepare this group of players to win football matches. the pride i feel is amazing. it�*s one of those where i will probably won�*t be able to take it fully in until

crystal palace chairman steve parish joins us now. joins us officially, because eclipse of the earliern living with this since i have been involved in football and people tell me longer, this constant threat that if we do not toe the line and accept that their position in football needs to be gilded, needs to be special, that they would all go off and do this. let's face it, this was and do this. let's face it, this was an attempted coup, this was a coup to try and steal football. and what happened was, which was fascinating, the fans, the players, the staff said, we are going to fight for the right to lose. we don't want to be in some kind of elite where there is no jeopardy and no in some kind of elite where there is nojeopardy and no risk. that winning is nothing without all of that coming. the best banner i saw is, we want our rainy cold nights in stoke. the miscalculation of this is quite spectacular. i see this morning, some of them still haven't stood down which is extraordinary. the reason they have done that is they still want to pressure the head of uefa. behind this, last we

. — when i was at crystal palace, i would still go to the park and play.ows. interesting to hear if the logistical operation going on at the crucible. they have got to put on the event itself. interesting that barry hearn has been speaking to andrew lloyd webber. it will make a massive difference is way out of the atmosphere stop. from james bond to harry potter, peaky blinders and doctor who, the actor helen mccrory lit up some of the biggest films and tv series of the last 20 years — as well as having a highly acclaimed stage career. yesterday, she died at the age ofjust 52. our arts correspondent david sillito looks back at her life. never as prime minister. it is as if you insist you still love — it is as if you insist you still love any— it is as if you insist you still love any golden age of espionage. through— love any golden age of espionage. through others we saw silence. and the end of all things. are you ardent?- very sad news that we heard yesterday. such a shock. so few people knew she was ill. she had been on tv doing interviews. the real sho