drew savage, bbc news.a gallant effort from worcester, who played almost the whole match with 1a men. 22—19, it finished. meanwhile, saracens moved to the top of the women's premier 15s table after a comprehensive 104—0 win over bottom side dmp durham sharks. in a completely one—sided affair, sarries ran in 18 tries with hat—tricks for england pair marlie packer and poppy cleall. snooker�*s masters is back at its familar home of alexandra palace. the first round got under way today — and the defending champion yan bingtao is out. he lost to veteran mark williams, who produced a vintage display. yan had led 3—1 at the interval, but williams staged a great comeback, finishing with a break of 85, and he'll face either john higgins or zhao xintong in thursday's quarterfinal. neil robertson is currently taking on anthony mcgill. you can watch that via the red button and on the bbc sport website and app. that is all from us here on sportsday. thanks very much for watching. we'll have more throughout the evening.

drew savage, bbc news.merseyside police had made an arrest, after they and everton security staff used cctv footage to had identify a supporter throwing a plastic bottle. away from that, many everton fans stayed behind after the match to protest against owner farhad moshiri and chairman bill kenwright. everton have won just once in their last 1a league games. there were chants of "sack the board" and a plane had flown above the ground before the match with a message demanding the removal of kenwright. a heated game and another big win for villa boss and former liverpool captain steven gerrard, who was happy to overcome a hostile atmosphere. we aren't too quiet in this crowd, and to— we aren't too quiet in this crowd, and to be — we aren't too quiet in this crowd, and to be fair to duncan, he's got everything — and to be fair to duncan, he's got everything out of the players today. we were _ everything out of the players today. we were the first team to come on the hack— we were the first team to come on the

drew savage, bbc news. what a win for them.men. 22—19, it finished. meanwhile, saracens moved to the top of the women's premier 15s table after a comprehensive 104—0 win over bottom side dmp durham sharks. in a completely one—sided affair, sarries ran in 18 tries, with hat—tricks for england pair marlie packer and poppy cleall. snooker�*s masters is back at its familiar home of alexandra palace. the first round got under way today — and the defending champion yan bingtao is out. he lost to veteran mark williams, who produced a vintage display. yan had led 3—1 at the interval, but williams staged a great comeback, finishing with a break of 85, and he'll face either john higgins or zhao xintong in thursday's quarterfinal. neil robertson takes on anthony mcgill at 7pm this evening. finally, great britain's charlotte bankes has won her second snowboard cross event at the world cup in russia. after an impressive victory yesterday, she followed that performance with another win today. bankes currently leads the the overall world cup

drew savage reports. everton were hoping would put the smiles back on fans' faces — at least in the short—term. duncan ferguson stepping up again from coach to caretaker manager. his team showed the hunger that big duncan would doubtless have demanded. but not quite the quality. lucas digne, a recent transfer to villa, a renewed man but it was from the frenchman's corner that the visitors took the lead just before half—time. but as they celebrated, they were struck by an object thrown from the crowd. villa had the better chances in the first half but after the break, it was all about men in blue shirts throwing themselves at everything that came their way. ben godfrey's efforts scrambled away before dominic calvert—lewin regretted not making better contact with the cross. everton kept plugging away but couldn't find the breakthrough that they and ferguson would have hoped for. steven gerrard ending up on the winning side will not have helped moods. some supporters not happy with things behind—the—scenes a

drew savage, bbc news.r way without the men's world's number one. novak djokovic was deported from australia after losing a visa battle that centred on the fact he is unvaccinated. so, what did the fans in melbourne think about djokovic's absence? it's unfortunate that he had his visa cancel for what i don't think is appropriate, but he probably shouldn't been allowed in the first place. shouldn't been allowed in the first lace. �* . ., ., shouldn't been allowed in the first lace. v ., ., ., shouldn't been allowed in the first lace. v ., . ., ., shouldn't been allowed in the first lace. �*, ., ., ., ., ., place. it's unfortunate to have an athlete not _ place. it's unfortunate to have an athlete not compete, _ place. it's unfortunate to have an athlete not compete, but - place. it's unfortunate to have an athlete not compete, but under. place. it's unfortunate to have an i athlete not compete, but under the circumstances, i think the decision has been _ circumstances, i think the decision has been made appr

drew savage reports. for some cyclists this could be a career defining image. out at night he took it leaving the field trailing in his wake. a man for all disciplines, olympic mountain bike gold and impressive results on the road last year and made his name in cyclo—cross, junior world champion five years ago, world under 23 champion in 2019 and once he does establish a 32nd lead they can catch them. pidcock is dismantling the fields with up it was to see the former champions but no doubt about it, this was an impressive ride from the young yorkshire men who had time to celebrate. it’s the young yorkshire men who had time to celebrate-— to celebrate. it's going to be, he came in with _ to celebrate. it's going to be, he came in with a — to celebrate. it's going to be, he came in with a plan _ to celebrate. it's going to be, he came in with a plan and - to celebrate. it's going to be, he came in with a plan and we - to celebrate. it's going to be, he came in with a plan and we had i to celebrate. it's going to be, he | came in with a plan and we had a process i