david ornstein reports.tenham are used to seeing their hopes fade. but this year seems different. if chelsea falter, spurs are waiting in the wings. where once the gap at the top looked insurmountable, there is a glimmer of light. that light shone brighter when mousa dembele drilled them ahead against bournemouth. in the recent absence of harry kane through injury, son heung—min proved an able deputy. reunited, they combined for tottenham to make it two. spurs have turned white hart lane into a fortress, no premiership team has a better home record and kane, as he showed again, is one of the main reasons why, 25 goals in all competitions. goals could prove crucial if tottenham do push chelsea all the way. the gloss was provided by vincent jansen. the importance of this win all too clear to manager mauricio pochettino. david ornstein, bbc news. manchester city have moved up to third place after a 3—0 win over southampton. everton are now in fifth place after beating burnley. sunderland drew with west ham but

david ornstein reports.is point of the season that spurs usually see their hopes dashed at this year it could be different, where once the gap the top looked insurmountable it's a glimmer of light. that light shone even brighter when moussa dembele put them ahead against bournemouth. in the recent absence of harry kane through injury son heung—min proved an able deputy. reunited they combined for spurs to make it two. spurs have turned white hart lane into something of a fortress, no premier league team has a better home record and kane as he showed again is one of the main reasons why. that's 25 goals in all competitions. and goals could prove crucial if tottenham put chelsea all the way. the gloss was provided by vincentjanssen, the importance of this win all too clear to the manager, mauricio pochettino. david ornstein, bbc news. i'm so happy and proud of the players, how they should their belief, in the manner that they play, it's fantastic, now ourjob is done, now we're waiting for the result tomorrow.

david ornstein reports from wembley.be no looking back. for arsenal and manchester city, the fa cup is their route to glory. because glory is how these managers will be judged and it was city who initially looked the more convincing. sergio aguero, denied when the cross to him was ruled to have gone out of play. replays possibly suggested otherwise. after half—time, there would be no stopping aguero. a precise finish putting city on course for the final. arsenal, though, had other ideas. and within ten minutes, they were level. nacho monreal, timing his run and finish to perfection, giving the gunners a lifeline. soon, they were saved again, now by the post, while city also hit the bar. before, at the other end, danny welbeck went within inches of winning it. arsenal carried that momentum into extra time and capitalised when alexis sanchez put them ahead with his 24th, and perhaps most important, goal of the campaign. it proved decisive. so, arsenaland, in particular, their manager, arsene wenger, have responded to their

david ornstein was watching.ose mourinho, responsible for summer jose mourinho, responsible for summer to chelsea's success, now charged with stopping it. perhaps the last major test for antonio conde‘s blues, manchester united we re conde‘s blues, manchester united were desperate to ensure that that test would not be passed. ander herrera to marcus rashford, the 19—year—old with a clinical finish. replays showed a handball in the build—up, but the goal stood. cue the celebrations. the form of champions, this was not. diego costa with chelsea's best effort as antonio conde reached for his thinking cap. but after half—time, herrera went from provider to scorer, with the hope —— help of a deflection, he put united on course for a first win against chelsea in five years. the visitors pressed, but were repelled. as they know, mourinho teams are nothing if not resilient, a result that keeps the title race alive. liverpool have moved back up to third place after a 1—0 win over west bromwich albion. at the end of the fi

david ornstein reports.e mourinho, responsible for so much of chelsea's success, now charged with stopping it, perhaps the last major test for antonio conte‘s blues, manchester united we re conte‘s blues, manchester united were desperate to ensure that test would not be passed. ander herrera to marcus rashford and the 19—year—old with a clinical finish. replays showed a handball but the goal stood. celebrations. this was not the form of champions. diego costa with chelsea's best effort, as antonio conte reached for his thinking cap. after half—time, ander herrera went from provider to score. with a deflection, he put united on course for a first victory over chelsea in five years. the visitors pressed but were repelled. as they well know, mourinho teams are nothing if not brazilian, a result that keeps the title race alive. we beat the leaders, we were deserved winners. it was totally convincing. i do not think anyone can doubt the performance. we deserved to win the game. this is my pleasure. and after manc

and as david ornstein reports, there are now calls for the huge pay—outs to be capped.ver been so wealthy. as income has risen, it's not only the clubs and players who have profited. new figures for england show that payments to agents have hitan show that payments to agents have hit an all—time high. one of them is jonathan barnett, responsible for some of the game ‘s biggest deals. including gareth bale ‘s move to row madrid. we won hundred percent deserve what we get. we paid for what we are worth. if we do a good job, we get paid. there are plenty of agents that don't earn a living. the fact is, i am not employed to be in the game of football. i am employed to look after a player. that's what it is. it's not highway robbery. over the past 12 months, £220 million was spent on agents in the premier league nfl. a 38% increase. £174 million came from top division teams and manchester city led the way, paying out 26 million. it is unacceptable for me, that's kind of money going out of the game and that could easily be used for grassroots football. non—league football. ju

david ornstein, bbc news.le position for tomorrow's bahrain grand prix, but it isn't lewis hamilton. his new team—mate this season, valtteri bottas of finland, snatched the front spot in the dying seconds of qualifying this afternoon. it's bottas's first pole position of his career. hamilton will start from second on the grid. more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we will be back with more later this evening. good evening, this is bbc news. let's get more on the attack in syria, the car bomb that has hit a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from government—held towns in syria, killing at least 43 people. ourarab affairs our arab affairs editor told me what was known about the attack. this was a convoy of coaches, 70 coaches, and the pictures bodies lying on the side of the road, children among them, presumably many bodies inside. we may see a much higher level of casualties than we are already hearing. these were people coming from two villages, mainly shia villages in idlib province, which is

our football reporter david ornstein has more. these issues have been building for some years.ngs from their dayjob. also being forced to change in public toilets. last year the players approached their union to help resolve this issue and yesterday morning they gathered in dublin for a press conference to talk publicly about their grievances. the governing body the fai do not want to deal with the union, that is the issue, they want to deal with the players directly, but the players want their union to mediate and that is why we have reached this point of a possible strike that could threaten that match against slovakia on monday. the players will wait to see how this 6pm meeting goes before deciding whether they want to resume training. final practice has been suspended in augusta ahead of the masters which, weather—permitting, will get underway tomorrow, because of severe thunderstorms on the way. rory mcilroy has already put in the hours though. the world number two has played more than 99 practice holes, as he aims for his first masters win, which would complete an histori