aberdeen missed the chance to move within striking distance of celtic with a goalless draw against dundee unitedn academical are off the bottom of the table with a 3—0 win against motherwell. livingstone beat hibs by the same scoreline. while kilmarnock versus st mirren, and ross county against stjohnstone both ended 1 goal a piece. tottenham pulled themselves back in the hunt for the premier league title — with a 3—0 win over leeds, the victory moving them up to third, nowjust four points off the top. it was theirfirst league win in nearly a month, as ben croucher reports. the end of tottenham's bleak midwinter, as the frosty winter blown them down the table. a change of direction. steven bergwijn was too fast for ezgjan alioski. penalty, was it outside on the line? referee and var said penalty. harry kane said, thank you very much. and, a pinpoint pass, he and son heung—min are a potent combination. that deserves a hug. there is a prize if tottenham is third. it wasn't that it scored, more that it came from toby alderweireld. just. but watch, and the replays showed that his header had crossed

dundee united striker lawrence shankland scored a stunning goal to earn his side a 2—2 draw against stjohnstonein the table, whilst stjohnstone remain in ninth, but only three points better off than bottom side ross county. the new formula one season will start later than planned after the first race — the australian grand prix — was postponed because of covid restrictions in the country. it means bahrain will host the opening race on 26 march and, despite the disruption to the calendar, organisers are still planning on staging more races than in any other season — as our formula one reporter jennie gow explains. 23—race season is what they came out with provisionally, and even with this revised calendar, they are sticking to it. this season will start a week later, so no australia opener. a little break before we head to italy, which is a race that we were not expecting — that has taken a spot. then china looks as if it will not happen at the moment because of covid, so we're expecting portimao to be announced at some point, and australia shuffled back eight months — now a november race. will

now — and the weather has caused havoc to games there. 12 scottish cup ties were postponed and dundee united's to a frozen pitch. two games did go ahead today in the top flight, though — kilmarnock beat hamilton 2—0, hamilton just a point off the bottom, and st mirren drew 1—1 with motherwell. top—of—the—table rangers are away at aberdeen tomorrow, with celtic in action against hibs on monday. bristol bears have gone top of rugby union's premiership after a close—fought win over the exeter chiefs at sandy park. the two sides were level at the top of the table at the start of the day, but it was the visitors bristol who took the lead early on in devon. harry randall at the bottom of the pile for their first try. before semi radradra made sure of bristol's win over the defending champions by 20 points to 7. meanwhile, newcastle falcons continued their good run of form with their fifth win of the season. they comfortably saw off struggling gloucester 22—10 at kingston park, george mcguigan burrowing over for their third and final try. australia appear on course to win the third test against india

hamilton drew with dundee united, elsewhere there were wins for hibernian ross county and stjohnstone ozil still has half a season left on his arsenal contract but both parties are in advanced talks to terminate it. ozil has not played for arsenal since last march. ben ainslie�*s, in—eos team uk, continue to make solid progress in their bid to qualify for the americas cup... they've now won their opening three races of the challenger series in auckland. and 20—year—old yan bingtao from china has knocked out the defending champion stuart bingham 6—5 to reach the final of snooker�*s masters. yan will face the winner of tonight's semi between john higgins and david gilbert. that's live on the bbc at seven o'clock. the leading women's basketball team in the country, the sevenoaks suns, have announced they will pull out of all their matches until the middle of next month at the earliest due to the covid pandemic. despite being allowed to continue playing during the lockdown they now feel it's not safe to do so —meaning they'll miss out on defending their title at the wbbl cup final this mo

hamilton drew with dundee united, elsewhere there were wins for hibernian and stjohnstone ross countys county off the bottom of the premiership table and was their first home league win since the opening day of the season. 0li shaw scored twice for county — the first of them in less than a minute. aberdeen drop down to fourth. arsenal midfielder mesut 0zil is close to completing a move to turkish club fenerbahce. 0zil still has half a season left on his arsenal contract but both parties are in advanced talks to terminate it. 0zil has not played for arsenal since last march.. manchester city women have added a third world cup winner to their squad — they've signed abby dahlkemper until 2023. she joins her her usa team—mates sam mewis and rose lavelle, who both signed for the women's super league club in august last year. glasgow warriors beat edinburgh by 23 points to 22 in rugby union's pro 14. the game was also the second in the 1872 cup series between the two sides. and 20—year—old yan bingtao from china has knocked out the defending champion stuart bingham 6—5 to reach the final of

hibernian also won at dundee united and third placed aberdeen drew 0—0 at livingston.er league. bristol city are still bottom of the table but they have their first win. 3—0 against brighton. they took the lead with a long range effort from yana daniels. ebony salmon also scored before the break and added a second from the spot. brighton had kayleigh green sent off on the hour mark but bristol fully deserved the win and are nowjust two points from safety. in rugby union, european club competition has been frozen for the past two weekends, but the premiership is back in the swing. champions exeter got themselves a much needed win, 21—17 at worcester and gloucester pushed northampton close but could only come away with a losing bonus point. that finished 31—26 to saints ben croucher reports. the waiting was finally over after a rare pause, things are tightly packed and again. having lost their last two, he breaks into the extra grid. he and the ball and under there. in the backs and wings where stuart hogg is best. the move started by him was finished by ian whitten and

dundee united striker lawrence shankland scored a stunning goal to earn his side a 2—2 draw against stjohnstoneformula one season will start later than planned after the first race — the australian grand prix — was postponed because of covid restrictions in the country. it means bahrain will host the opening race on 26 march and, despite the disruption to the calendar, organisers are still planning on staging more races than in any other season — as our formula one reporter jennie gow explains. 23—race season is what they came out with provisionally, and even with this revised calendar, they are sticking to it. this season will start a week later, so no australia opener. a little break before we head to italy, which is a race that we were not expecting — that has taken a spot. then china looks as if it will not happen at the moment because of covid, so we‘re expecting portimao to be announced at some point, and australia shuffled back eight months — now a november race. will f1 get those races away? that is the big question. they managed 17 last year to great plaudits. so, fingers crossed they‘

it was the same score for hamilton and dundee united.gby union and with all european pool matches postponed, the only game to be played in the uk today was, thankfully, a pro 1a thriller with glasgow warriors beating edinburgh 23—22, as adam wild reports. they called this the oldest intercity rugby match in the world. since 1872, glasgow have been taking on edinburgh, but whilst age and tradition still count for plenty, youth also has its place, this was a young ross thompson putting glasgow in front, the penalties were all either side had to show until shortly before the break, jamie farndale giving edinburgh the lead. it took until the second half for glasgow to wrestle back control, george turner powering over. even without the fans it is clear this is a match that matters and back came edinburgh, storming through for christine to reduce the gap with a stunning try. —— chris dean. there won't be many finishes as dramatic as what followed, as eroni sau brought edinburgh to within a single point, so a kick, then, to win it... but a miss

hamilton drew with dundee united, elsewhere there were wins for hibernian ross county and stjohnstone of 130, after a stunning double century from captainjoe root. joe wilson reports: watch carefully as joe root finally makes a mistake. by then he had made 228, a monumental innings. it felt like a match—winning performance. not yet, up the stairs lunch prepared to borrow. the home side batted 286 behind with plenty to prove. there's more to still than ducks. for notes in the first innings a strong start, angled had a problem for the first time how to dismiss those who stubbornly remain. sometimes the luck is with you. one court and one dropped and the captain, still a lovely view from up there. the sri lanka fightback continued as the skies darken. angled needed something before the close. sri lanka will resume still 138 behind, it is a contest, it is a test match. britain's heather watson is among almost 50 tennis players who will be confined to their hotel rooms for the next two weeks — ahead of the australian open. it's after positive coronavirus tests on two charter flights bringi

this is dundee united's lawrence shankland having a go from a very, very long way out — 53 yards, we'reood condition which affects his hips, and he spent 18 months in a wheelchair. his parents were told that he might not walk again, never mind play football. no wonder his dad lee had a bit of a cry. he called me and just told me how proud he was and stuff. and then, obviously my mum and grandad, they all called me and pretty much said the exact same, really. my grandad's took me to every single game, so like, repaying him by going round to his house — i went round to his house on sunday, and i took my shirt round and i gave him my shirt. he's not really expressed emotions in front of me, but i could tell that i'd made him proud and that were, like, one of the best parts for me. isn't that lovely? e is a lifelong sheffield united —— sheffield wednesday fan as well. being told you will never walk again, let alone play football, and to sign for your boyhood club, a fairy tale. you can understand — boyhood club, a fairy tale. you can understand why — boyhood club, a fairy tale. you can unde

a former manchester united and scotla nd former manchester united and scotland manager who sadly passed away this week, and a legendary dundeet was at at the beginning of the season — could we find european football ain? there are other teams that will be better than us, that's an honest answer, but what we will always do is we will always work to bridge that gap and we're not there yet but we are looking to get closer and closer to that and be really, really competitive and i think over the course of the season we've shown that but we still have so much work to do. that's brendan rogers in conversation with my colleague, that will be on football focus i mentioned liverpool plate manchester on monday. if you are into your fifa, james ward prowse has the highest free kick starts on fifa so he knows how to hit a dead ball and we will also look back at the year in women's football, a lovely piece looking back at highlights from the last 12 months so all that from midday on football focus, and we have dion dublin is and michael richards for company. good stuff, look forward to that and i wonder if dan like me needs a bit of toni