newcastle are two points clear of the drop zone, and just a point behind everton.anwhile, at the opposite end of the table derby county beat hull city 3—1. festy ebosele with the third goal. great finish. derby are four points from safety but have played more games than the teams around them. england manager sarina wiegman says she's "really disappointed" not to be able to select defender steph houghton for the upcoming games against canada, spain and germany — because of injury. manchester city goalkeeper ellie roebuck has returned though and makes the squad — so does team—mate lucy bronze. both players will be playing under wiegman for the first time. she's won all six games since taking charge. houghton will miss out though after aggravated the achilles injury she sustained in september — with weigman saying she needs more time to recover. always disappointed when you can't bring in a player who you really want to bring in. so, not available either but the step it's really disappointing because they have been out for a long time already. she came in september an

non—league boreham wood, if they can hang on, will play everton.games unbeaten for celtic — who have kept hold of top spot in the scottish premiership after another impressive win — this time at motherwell. they were 4 nil winners at fir park with abada opening the scoring. before tom rogic added a couple including this brilliant effort from outside the box and then daizen mayda wraped up the win with this rather fortunate effort late on so four for celtic, but five goals for rangers who've bounced back from their old firm defeat after thrashing hearths at ibrox. alfredo morelos scored twice to put them 2—0 up before fashion sakala added a fifth late on to wrap up a comfortable 5—0 win. rangers are a point behind celtic. in the women's super league, chelsea have cut arsenal's lead at the top of the table to two points, after they beat manchester city. emma hayes�* side took the lead early on, jess carter's cross was headed in by norweigan international guro reiten — and that proved to be the only goal of the game. chelsea play arsenal on friday nig

the incident caused outrage for all associated with everton — including manager frank lampard — afterred to handle the ball. the incident is part of a formal complaint made the everton�*s chief executive's denise barrett baxendale — about the standard of refereeing in recent matches. for the first time since november 2016, tennis has a new world number one today. russia's daniil medvedev now tops the rankings — replacing novak djokovic — who has held top spot for a record 361 weeks in total. it's also the first time since 2004 — that the world number one hasn't been one of djokovic, roger federer, rafael nadal or andy murray. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's return to our top story. delegates from ukraine and russia have begun their first talks since vladimir putin ordered his troops to invade last week. the two sides are meeting at the border with belarus, but hopes for progress are not high, with the ukrainian president calling for an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of russian forces. fierce fighting has continued in many areas. ukraine's president zolodomyr zel

elsewhere, reading won at everton, strugglers leicester beat bottom club birmingham 2—1, spurs beat brightons, 51 games and some dramatic matches, the africa cup of nations reaches its climax this evening. we're less than half an hour away from the final which sees senegal, who start as favourites, looking for their first afcon title against egypt, who are the most successful team in the tournaments history winning seven it times previously. we canjoin our reporter mimi fawaz who's in yaounde in cameroon for us. we have seen the closing ceremony there. plenty of lights and fireworks. the atmosphere building. what is the myth like there between the fans? ., ., , ,, the fans? you actually miss the fireworks just _ the fans? you actually miss the fireworks just a _ the fans? you actually miss the fireworks just a few _ the fans? you actually miss the fireworksjust a few minutes - the fans? you actually miss the | fireworksjust a few minutes ago the fans? you actually miss the - fireworksjust a few minutes ago but fireworks just a few minutes ago but the mood has been great between the fans. i h

new everton manager frank lampard has called on his squad to prove they're good enough to win matchesg only won five matches all season. lampard believes the players are up to the task. the job will be the players. what i found _ the job will be the players. what i found in_ the job will be the players. what i found in the — the job will be the players. what i found in the last _ the job will be the players. what i found in the last three _ the job will be the players. what i found in the last three days - the job will be the players. what i found in the last three days is - the job will be the players. what ij found in the last three days is that there are — found in the last three days is that there are very. _ found in the last three days is that there are very, very— found in the last three days is that there are very, very good - found in the last three days is that there are very, very good group i found in the last three days is that there are very, very good group inj there are very, very good group in terms _ there are very, very good group in terms ofm — there are very, very

the everton manager frank lampard says he doesn't care what dele alli does or what he wears, as long like he'd been "dragged off the street" as he was unveiled as everton's new signing during saturday's fa cup tie with brentford. alli has moved to goodison park from tottenham hotspur, and lampard has defended his new recruit. i don't care what car he drives, what clothes he wears, as long as i get a lab that comes to training every day, wants to improve every day, respects the club, his team—mates and pretties and give everything to produce. everyone has their own individual personality to try and handcuff that or restrict that i think would be detrimental, so as i say, as long as players have the right behaviours when it comes to football and doing the right things, i've got no worries. british men's number one, cameron norrie, has bounced back from his australian open first round exit with a victory over france's ugo humbert in rotterdam. the 26—year—old had a phenomenal 2021, unexpectedly climbing to the verge of the top ten and winning indian wells but incredibly that is his firs

newcastle are two points clear of the drop zone, and just a point behind everton.ender steph houghton for the upcoming games against canada, spain and germany — because of injury. manchester city goalkeeper ellie roebuck has returned though and makes the squad — so does team—mate lucy bronze. both players will be playing under wiegman for the first time. she�*s won all six games since taking charge. houghton will miss out though after aggravated the achilles injury she sustained in september — with weigman saying she needs more time to recover. always disappointed when you can�*t bring in a player who you really want to bring in. so, not available either but the step it�*s really disappointing because they have been out for a long time already. she came in september and she had to leave and she did well when she came out of the winter break and she played well and she needs a bit more time to get fit again. so, yes, that was disappointing. so this is the squad — which has arsenal�*s leah williamson, who captained england last year. she returns after missing novembe

everton next, how's that to feel? ., ~ end there. everton next, how's that to feel?er on thejob is done have huge respect for scott parker on the job is done at bournemouth, huge respect for frank lampard, i will be watching them in all. hopefully we can keep under ten. if we keep a clean sheet at goodison, who knows? it we keep a clean sheet at goodison, who knows?— we keep a clean sheet at goodison, who knows? .. . . ., , ., , ., who knows? it has been a pleasure to have ou who knows? it has been a pleasure to have you won- — who knows? it has been a pleasure to have you won. enjoy _ who knows? it has been a pleasure to have you won. enjoy every _ who knows? it has been a pleasure to have you won. enjoy every moment. i that wasn't the only shock of the weekend — the reigning champions were knocked out... leicester city were well beaten by nottingham forest, who are currently eighth in the championship. they really deserved their 4—1 win and a huge moment for the fans beating their east midlands rivals to land a fifth—round tie at home to huddersfield town. liverpoo

non—league boreham wood have a huge tie when they travel to goodison park to take on frank lampard's evertonand egypt finished goalless after 90 minutes. they're now in the second half of extra time heading towards penalties. to the winter olympics where team gb�*s makayla gerken schofield became the first british skier to reach a moguls finals. in herfirst olympic games, the 22—year—old finished in eighth place. and it was a family affair, with her sister leonie also competeing — but failing to make the final. to rugby union's six nations next, and the favourites france rounded off the opening weekend of the tournament with a big win over italy. it finished 37—10 in wet conditions in paris. gabin villiere scored a hat—trick tries as the french secured a bonus point win to top the table from second—placed ireland on points difference. france are aiming to win the six nations for the first time since 2010. that's all the sport for now. the king of morocco has expressed his condolences to the parents of a five—year—old boy who died after being trapped in a well since tuesday. a huge rescue eff

frank lampard looking for his first league win with everton. seamus coleman. keane with the second.osing 0—1 against brighton. later the leaders manchester city are at norwich. next to the winter olympics, where there's still no medal for team gb but they've kept their play off hopes on track in the women's curling after the british team won an important match against the united states. the americans went into this unbeaten but despite losing two of their three matches so far — eve muirhead here, vicky wright, jen dodds and hailey duff held off a fightback to win10—5. that means they're back on track in the round robin phase and return to the ice against denmark tomorrow. job done. an impressive win for the scottish quartet. team gb, though, have missed out on a skeleton medal for the first time since 2002 as laura deas finished second to last in the final, despite recording herfastest time when she went first in heat four. germany's hannah neise took gold with the last run of the heat. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. ac

frank lampard looking for his first league win with everton. they've got a girl.or the same with watford, they're also fighting for survival. there was a terrific game at headingley in rugby league's superleague, with warrington coming from behind late in the game to beat i2—man leeds rhinos by 22 points to 20. warrington trailed for much of the match but drew level when connor wrench crossed the line with six minutes left on the clock. stefan ratchford's conversion secured wolves victory. next to the winter olympics, where there's still no medal for team gb but they've kept their play off hopes on track in the women's curling after the british team won an important match against the united states. the americans went into this unbeaten but despite losing two of their three matches so far — eve muirhead here, vicky wright, jen dodds and hailey duff held off a fightback to win10—5. that means they're back on track in the round robin phase and return to the ice against denmark tomorrow. job done. an impressive win for the scottish quartet. team gb though, have missed

they beat brentford 4—1 to progress to the 5th round. —— no such drama at everton where frank lampardrst time since being appointed manager. there's been more diappointment for england down under. their hopes of drawing the ashes series are ove, as australia claimed a five wicket win in their second 0ne—day international. england were bowled out for 129, elysse perry and tahlia mcgrath both getting three wickets. ellyse perry top—scored with a0. to the winter olympics where great britain's mixed curling team remain on course for a place in the semi finals. jen dodds and bruce mouat picked up a narrow 6—5 win over china this morning — theirfifth win in seven games so far. they're back in action again at lunchtime against norway. you're obviously fighting for the olympic medal so i think every time you're stepping onto the ice, we will give 100% and give everything we've got, and we've got another event on but right now this is the focus and we will fight for everything we have. team gb�*s andrew musgrave finished a respectable 17th in the men's skiathlon. he couldn't improve on the 7th

_ with 17,000 fans, or liverpool or everton with 40,000 fans. and the medical fraternity have to play a part. there — fraternity have to play a part. there is — fraternity have to play a part. there is a _ fraternity have to play a part. there is a part in terms of protecting people, but the medical fraternity has to also look— medical fraternity has to also took at — medical fraternity has to also look at protecting economy and livelihood which isjust look at protecting economy and livelihood which is just as important. livelihood which is 'ust as important livelihood which is 'ust as imortant. . important. what is your message to asian governments _ important. what is your message to asian governments right - important. what is your message to asian governments right now? we should open. there is no reason — we should open. there is no reason to— we should open. there is no reason to keep or disclose any more — reason to keep or disclose any more. omicron is in, in society~ _ more. omicron is in, in society. to me, opening borders means— socie

everton have ended a run of six league games without a win, as they beat leeds 3—0. lampard took over, and it moves them five points clear of the relegation zone. captain seamus coleman put them ahead from donny van de beek�*s cross. michael keane headed in the second, and anthony gordon added the third after half time. elsewhere, brentford drew 0—0 with crystal palace, goals from neal maupay and alex webster gave brighton a 2—0 win at watford that leaves roy hodgson's side deep in relegation trouble. in scotland, aaron ramsey made his first start for rangers as they beat annan athletic 3—0 in the fifth round of the scottish cup. fashion sakala scored rangers' third with this effort, which caught the annan keeper by surprise but was it a cross or a shot? filip helander and kemar roofe the other scorers for rangers as their bid to win 34th scottish cup continues. earlier, hearts and livingston was goalless after extra time, with the hosts going through on penalties. motherwell, st mirren, and dundee united are also through to the last eight. to the winter olympics in

well, everton emerge draped in the flag of ukraine. sissy's ukrainian player on exxon doesn't jenko was visibly moved by the support having early embraced his fellow countrymen, vitaly, mccolan code. who plays for everton. poland his national mattie cache replaced the aston villa and the english primarily got in trouble for reeling a message to one of his national teammates of to scoring for villa cache lifted his shirt to send support to thomas can yada who stuck in ukraine with his family cache was given a yellow card for removing his shirts. all right, that is old sport for now. it is back to barbara. joe, thank you. that's it for the news. our, i do look at our website for more information. there it is. and of course, that news that 150000 people have already fled to ukraine. and unfortunately many thousands more are expected to do that to more than or other developments from ukraine in just a few minutes they were ah mm hm. and americans are increasingly say authoritarianism might not be so bad. there were several steps along the way where the chain of command it's you like tried t

everton have ended a run of six league games without a win, as they beat leeds 3—0. lampard took over. it moves them five points clear of the relegation zone. captain seamus coleman put them ahead from donny van de beek�*s beek�*s cross. michael keane headed in the second, and anthony gordon added the third after half time. elsewhere, brentford drew 0—0 with crystal palace, goals from neal maupay and alex webster gave brighton a 2—0 win at watford that leaves the roy hodgson�*s side deep in relegation trouble, and in the evening kick—off league leaders manchester city are two goals up at norwich, thanks to raheem sterling and phil foden. in scotland, aaron ramsey is making his first start for rangers against annan athletic in the fifth round of the scottish cup. and it's fair to say that he is being eased into life in scotland with rangers 3—0 up early in the second half against their league two opponents. earlier, hearts and livingston was goalless after extra time, with the hosts going through on penalties. motherwell, st mirren and dundee united are also through t

work to do for frank lampard at everton, they went down 2—0 at southampton.lsea, scored by hakim ziyech gave them three points at crystal palace. and a crucial win for watford, as they look to get out of the relegation zone. they beat aston villa 1—0. storm eunice has seen off seven games in the football league today, but there was a big win, for sheffield united earlier, they beat swansea 4—0, to move into the playoff spots. fulham missed the chance to extend their lead at the top of the championship, they lost 2—1 to huddersfield. the terriers opened the scoring after half an hour at craven cottage thanks to danny ward. duane holmes doubled their advantage after marek rodak was judged to have fouled sorba thomas. bobby decordova—reid pulled one back, but fulham couldn't rescue a point. paul ince has returned to football management with reading, it's the first time since 2014 ince has been in the dugout. ince will take charge alonsgide academy director michael gilkes, after veljko paunovic was sacked today, despite their first win in 13 games. reading are cu

it has been fantastic, especially from everton and this man going from tottenham to everton.for the club six times since antonio conte took over as manager. barcelona have agreed a deal to sign arsenal striker pierre emerick aubameyang. he's only scored four goals in 1a games this season. there's no fee involved, but the transfer is likely to save arsenal around £15 milion a year in wages. —— £25 million. juventus and wales midfielder aaron ramsey has joined scottish premiership champions rangers. he could make his debut tomorrow in the old firm match. that is a baptism of fire, isn't it? he's at ibrox on loan until the end of the season. manchester city confirmed the £14 million signing of julian alvarez from river plate. the 22—year—old will remain at the argentine champions until the end ofjuly. after signing a six—month contract with brentford, christian eriksen will become one of the few professional athetes to return to sport after suffering a cardiac arrest. it happened while he was playing for denmark at last year's euros. erikson's been fitted with an implantable car

new everton manager frank lampard has called on his squad to prove they're good enough to win matchesn i found of the last three days is that they— when i found of the last three days is that they are _ when i found of the last three days is that they are a _ when i found of the last three days is that they are a very, _ when i found of the last three days is that they are a very, very- when i found of the last three days is that they are a very, very good . is that they are a very, very good group _ it's written all over their faces, to perform at their best. - west bromwich albion have appointed steve bruce as their new manager on an 18—month deal. bruce replaces valerien ismael, who was sacked yesterday, afterjust one win in west brom's last seven games. bruce left premier league newcastle in october after their saudi arabia—backed takeover. tom curry has been named england captain for their six nations opener against scotland this weekend. with owen farrell out of the tournament injured and courtney lawes suffering concussion, the sale back row will lead england for the first time

meanwhile, everton have sacked their women's manager jean—luc vasseur afterjust 10 games in thejob.t he's failed to make an impression at everton, overseeing just one league victory, leaving the side third from bottom in the table. before we move away from football, just a line on the manchester united striker mason greenwood. he remains suspended by the club, following his release on bail today. he was arrested on suspicion of rape, assault and threats to kill. let's take a look at some of the other sport news stories making the headlines... us open tennis champion emma raducanu is one of six uk nominees for the laureus world sports awards, after becoming the first tennis player to win a grand slam title as a qualifier. she's in good company, with sky brown, tom daley, bethany shriever, dame sarah storey and mark cavendish also nominated. the winners will be announced in april. belgium's remco evenepoel won the opening stage of the tour of valencia in spain as cycling's road racing season gets underway. tayo hart was the highest placed british rider crossing the line in sixteenth p

frank lampard won his opening match as everton manager, his side producing an impressive performanceez on monday he was given a warm welcome as he came out at goodison park. and that good feeling continued as they scored four goals. yerry mina, richarlson, mason holgate and andros townsend all on the scoresheet. and there was another fourth round game that went to extra time, southampton needed it to get past coventry. there were also wins for crystal palace, manchester city and norwich over wolves. the hard work starts now for roy hodgson, who�*s taking charge of his first match as watford manager since succeeding claudio ranieri. it is the only game in the premier league today, and a big one as they take on fellow relegation strugglers burnley. dundee remain rooted to the bottom of the scottish premiership after they lost to ross county. hibernian�*s wait for their first top—flight win this year goes on, losing at home to st mirren. celtic, who moved above rangers with victory over their rivals this week, both play tomorrow. in the wsl today, arsenal missed the chance to extend the

the everton manager frank lampard says he doesn't care what dele alli does or what he wears, as longecruit. i don't care what car he drives, what clothes he wears, as long as i get a lad that comes to training every day, wants to improve every day, respects the club, his team—mates and produces and give everything to produce. everyone has their own individual personality to try and handcuff that or restrict that i think would be detrimental, so as i say, as long as players have the right behaviours when it comes to football and doing the right things, i've got no worries. british men's number one, cameron norrie, has bounced back from his australian open first round exit with a victory over france's ugo humbert in rotterdam. the 26—year—old had a phenomenal 2021, unexpectedly climbing to the verge of the top ten and winning indian wells but incredibly that is his first win of 2022. he came through in straight sets seeing off the world number 41, 6—2 6—4. paul collingwood has been appointed the england men's cricket team interim head coach. he'll take charge for the three—match test s

everton doing some good business, including donny van der beek on loan from manchester united and oneed 37 times for england, but his career has stalled at spurs in recent years, and he's only played for the club six times since antonio conte took over as manager. new everton boss frank lampard is clearly building his team and fans see the signings as a good start to his tenure at goodison. i hope he's going to be delivering the patience, i think he's going to bring a fairly different style of football to what we've had under benitez. benitez would like to sit back, play defensively, hit on the counter. lampard kind of almost the opposite, likes to play on the front foot, likes to play more of a high pressing game. so from the fans, i think he'll be given patience, from the board, i also hope he'll be given patience because we can'tjust keep having this constant turnover of managers, and there's been constant talk of, we want to get a manager who's going to take us to the new stadium, build more of a long term project. that hasn't materialised so far. but look, he's a young, hungry ma

frank lampard won his opening match as everton manager, beating fellow premier league side brentford.h over wolves. one more match to play today which is tottenham against brighton. that kicks off at eight o'clock tonight. dundee remain rooted to the bottom of the scottish premiership after they lost to ross county. hibernian's wait for their first top flight win this year goes on, losing at hope to st mirren. celtic who moved above rangers with victory over their rivals this week, both play tomorrow. in the wsl today, arsenal missed the chance to extend their lead at the top of the table as their game with manchester united ended one all. alessio russo's header gave united the lead after ten minutes. in the second half, arsenal's kate mccabe was sent off for a second yellow but that didn't stop the home side from grabbing an equaliser. a brilliant vivianne miedema pass found stina blackstenius who scored her first arsenal goal, and on her 26th birthday too. the result leaves arsenal five points clear of united and chelsea, whose games against manchester city is live on bbc two tomorr

putin is willing to compromise over ukraine and european security, even if he doesn't get anything -- evertonnts, like an end to nato enlargement, whether he is willing to reach a deal or continuing with coercive diplomacy. bbc news, moscow. jane: let's bring in the former director for european and russian affairs at the national security council. colonel, thank you very much for joining me. the drums of war appear to be getting louder. where does this leave the diplomatic efforts of the german chancellor visiting moscow tomorrow? >> unfortunately, those meetings are not likely to yield any significant results. at one point there was speculation that angela merkel, the previous chancellor, carried a lot of weight and potentially had a significant amount of rapport with vladimir putin and might be able to, at that point could have achieved some sort of breakthrough. everything russia says is that they want concessions from the u.s., ukraine, nato in the european union, even prominent states like germany and france are not going to be what ultimately resolves the situation. i think your opening

while everton emerged that draped in the flank of ukraine, cities, ukrainian player, all exam that is in shank oh, was visibly moved by the display. having earlier embraced his countrymen, vitale, milenko who plays for every and and now the top stories on al jazeera, russia is closing in on ukraine's capital. keith, it's miss al serra residential apartment block overnight a curfew is now in place. many people are spending another night in shelters present in philadelphia. zalinski says that he will stay in the city and fight to defend it. the u. k. and usa, the largest part of russia's military, is 30 kilometers from the center. and another large conway of russian trucks has crossed the border into ukraine. moscow says it's not targeting residential areas, but says it's using precision weapons to hit military targets. or restrictions are in force in the capital and other areas of the bill, a meters in the city of me pro in eastern ukraine. there is a curfew place from 8 pm to 8 am here in new pro. and the reason stated is because of possible saboteurs going around. so anyone on the st

don't even beat online from manchester, united everton. we'll be hoping the changes help lift them from that current position just for points clay of the relegation zone. the m b a now and steph curry, once again was the star for the golden state warriors and their latest victory. he scored a game high, 40 points against the houston rockets with 21 of them coming in puerto warriors, securing the when 122 to one. 08. it's this thick, thick tree in a row of the rocket. that's now 11 straight home defeats from a golf. well, number one greg norman is announced a multi $1000000.00 revamp of the asian tool and it moved, designed to disrupt the global game. the australian, backed by saudi arabia, has set up a new 10 tournament international series set to take place across asia and europe. the 1st 2 events are in thailand and then the u. k. $300000000.00 will be invested over the next decade in the project, as it looks to rival the pga and european tolls. the winter limits we get in just 3 days time, but games organized to say that 24 new cove in

impression sincejoining from atletico madrid injanuary, scoring free—kicks in successive wins over evertondoned world cup qualifier against brazil last september. the fixture was sensationally stopped by brazilian health officials walking onto the pitch afterjust five minutes of play, covid rules at the time stated that any person who had been in uk within14 days of arriving in brazil had to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival. tottenham's cristian romero and giovani lo celso — who joined villarreal on loan in january and aston villa pair emiliano martinez and emiliano buendia were accused of giving false information on their covid—19 declarations when entering brazil for the game. european football's governing body uefa says it'll give away 30 thousand free tickets to fans of the teams involved in this season's major european club finals this year's champions league final is at the gazprom stadium in russia and each finalist will receive 5,000 tickets per club, with 4,000 going to both sides in the europa league final. finalists in the europa conference league and the women's champions

coming on for that first game for everton, you really are just a child, aren't you? football, to play, and i felt i was good enough obviously to play. but for everything else around it, i was nowhere near prepared. rememberthe name! wayne rooney! and what do you regret the most? a lot. i think there's a lot. but i also think that sometimes when things happen that you've got to learn from it. wayne, thanks very much indeed. thank you. and u can watch rooney�* the documentary on prime video from tomorrow. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. we have seen snow at low levels in scotland and northern ireland and in northern england. we scotland and northern ireland and in northern england.— scotland and northern ireland and in northern england. we have had rain, thunder and — northern england. we have had rain, thunder and lightning _ northern england. we have had rain, thunder and lightning and _ northern england. we have had rain, thunder and lightning and hail - northern england. we have had rain, thunder and lightning and hail and i thunder and lightnin

everton are 16th in the table with just one league win in the last 14. to play for, half a season is of course - for, half a season is of course nobody would be happy with a run denied in terms of points over the first half of the season, but i have to also bringing an element of calm to also bringing an element of calm to the players and to the club and also an element of looking at ourselves and saying there is huge amount of talent. if i didn't believe in that, if i didn't think i was the man to come and bring that out and harness it and i wouldn't be here, so i'm not concerned about that. ijust want here, so i'm not concerned about that. i just want to come and here, so i'm not concerned about that. ijust want to come and make sure that i get to work very quickly the players respond that quickly and i believe once we do that we can go in the right direction. his first match in charge is likely going to be at home to brentford in the fa cup. touch and go whether thomas frank is going to be there because he has got covid and christian eriksen definitel

and finally there was a rare show of unity between footballers in the premier league on saturday. everton and manchester city showed their support for ukraine before the match if you want t shirts for the ukranian flag while everson, they emerged that draped in the flight of ukraine. cities, ukrainian player, all exam jenko was visibly moved by the display, having earlier embraced his countrymen. vitale, nicholas ankle. who plays forever? ah, another top stories all al jazeera, russia is closing in on ukraine's capital. keith. heavy gunfire has been heard and night after miss isles hit a residential apartment. a curfew is now in place. many people are spending another night in shelters, and president vladimir zalinski says he will stay in the city and fight to defend it. the u. k. in the usa, the largest part of russia's military is 30 kilometers from the center. restrictions are in force in the capital and other areas of the bill. hamid ease in denise pro, which is an eastern ukraine. there is a curfew.

in frank lampard's first premier league game as everton boss.in keeps them fourth. england women manager sarina wiegman's named her squad for the arnold clark cup later this month. captain steph houghton won't play a part though because of injury. manchester city goalkeeper ellie roebuck has returned from injury and makes the squad — so has team—mate lucy bronze. both players will be playing under wiegman for the first time. houghton will miss the tournament, which features spain, germany and canada, after another injury setback. it's a blow for wiegman, who's won all six matches since taking charge. always disappointed when you can't bring in a player who you really want to bring in. so, not available in either but the step it's really disappointing because they have been out for a long time already. she came in september and she had to leave and she did well when she came out of the winter break and she played well and she needs a bit more time to get fit again. so, yes, that was disappointing. so, this is the squad — which has arsenal's leah

she everton is alive for said the nation. so those comments from griffith follow a special emergency session of the un general assembly. why was that can be not emergency a special session of the young j still and away convenes using a mechanism that is designed to move forward when the un security council is deadlock, as it was on friday, june a veto from a permanent member. we are speaking number 38 right now, grease there are a 113 on the list of speakers. we expect list to continue for some days with it. maybe wednesday will be when the speaker list is exhausted and a vote is taken on a un general assembly non binding resolution. which in the current wording will deplore in the strongest terms, the russian, federations, aggression against ukraine, and calls for unconditional spar and withdrawal of russian forces. it has over 80 co sponsor so far. and you can see that the, the base drop this resolution, the u. s. ukraine are very hopeful that there will be a sizable number of those very sick in favor who are from the non a

work to do for frank lampard at everton. they went down 2—0 at southampton.nts at crystal palace. and a crucial win for watford, as they look to get out of the relegation zone. they beat aston villa 1—0. now to the winter olympics, where there's just one day to go in beijing and on the penultimate first medal. they were pipped to gold by sweden in the men's curling. sweden went one better than in 2018, where they won silver. it went to an extra end in a tense affair but britain couldn't find the winning moment, leaving them agonising close to ending their 98—year wait for gold in the men's event. new zealand's nico porteous, meanwhile, won gold in a thrilling men's skiing halfpipe final to cap off their most successful ever games. so this is how the medal table looks with one more day of action and five more golds to be won. norway lead the way with fifteen gold medals, 25 in total ahead of germany and the home nation china who have 11 and 9 golds respectively. and, shortly, a long—standing feud in british boxing will be settled in the ring between two former

city war t shirts with the ukrainian flag while everton emerged drape draped in the flag of ukraine. cities ukrainian player alexander's jenko was visibly moved by that display, having earlier embraced his countrymen vitale, michel ankle. who plays for evert, ah, and our reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, russia is closing in on ukraine's capital cave. it's missiles here to residential apartment block overnight, while people are preparing to spend another night in shelters. the president followed me. zalinski says he'll stay in the city and fight to defend it. the u. k . and usa, the largest part of russia's military, is 30 kilometers from the center. while another large convoy of russian trucks has crossed the border into ukraine. moscow says it's not targeting residential areas but says it's using precision.

everton completed the signings of donny van der beek on loan from manchester united, and one of the bigdele alli who'll go to goodison from tottenham on a 2.5 year deal — for a fee that could reach £40 million. ali has played 37 times for england, but his career has stalled at spurs in recent years, and he's only played for the club six times since antonio conte took over as manager. and barcelona have agreed a deal to sign arsenal striker pierre emerick aubameyang. he wasn't on the greatest of terms with manager mikel arteta and he's only scored four goals in 14 games this season. there's no fee involved, but the transfer will reportedly save arsenal around £25 million a year in wages. golf's saudi arabian—funded asian tour will stage its first event in england this year. the centurion club in hertfordshire is set to host the £i.5 million tournament. from the ninth to i2thjune — one of ten international events. the asian tour season starts on thursday. the tour recently revealed it'd been boosted by a £148 million investment from the saudi arabia government's private investment fund. t

championship side out of the fa cup and their reward is a fifth round tie against the premier league's evertoneltic from extending their one point lead at the top of the table. celtic displayed their own attacking skills earlier in the afternoon by defeating motherwell 4—0 to hold on to their slim advantage in the league. celtic had moved to the top of the scottish premiership after their midweek win over rivals, rangers. in the last few minutes, there has been a dramatic end to the final of the africa cup of nations after it remained goalless between senegal and egypt through 120 minutes of football. the title was decided on penalties and it was liverpool's sadio mane who scored the winning spot kick to give senegal a 11—2 win over egypt and their first africa cup of nations trophy. chelsea had an important 1—0 win over arsenal in the women's super league. the goalfrom norway's guro reiten puts chelsea just two points behind league leaders, arsenal, with the chelsea manager emma hayes calling it a "champion like performance". after two fascinating matches on the opening day of rugby union's s

everton beat leeds 3—0 at goodsion park to move five points clear of the relegation zone, that's franken brentford and crystal palace was goalless. it's the fifth round of the scottish cup this weekend. no upsets in the five ties today. hearts needed penalties to get past livingstone, motherwell, dundee united and st mirren are into the quarterfinals, as are rangers, who eased past fourth—tier annan athletic. warrington wolves have started their super league season with a win over leeds rhinos at headingley. they came from behind against i2—man leeds to win by 22—20. connor wrench's late converted try sealed the win. in the day's other game, huddersfield beat toulouse. it was a big race day at newbury, with a surprise winner in europe's richest handicap hurdle. there was a photo finish, with victory in the betfair hurdle given to the 20—1 shot "glory and fortune", ridden by stan sheppard. trainer tom lacey is now targetring the champion hurdle at next trainer tom lacey is now targetting the champion hurdle at next month's cheltenham festival. we are halfway through the winter olympics

elsewhere, aston villa won 2—0 away at everton. the other three are into the second half.nd leicester city have commanding leads in the game so far hibernian beat arbroath 3—1 to become the sixth premiership side into the scottish cup quarter—finals. hibs came from 1 nil down to beat the championship leaders with chris mueller the scoring the third. the win ends their five game wait for a victory. to the winter olympics, where heavy snow in beijing has caused havoc to the ski schedule with a number of events delayed or cancelled on day 9. it means team gb�*s katie summerhayes and kirsty muir will go tomorrow in the ski slopestyle qualification instead. but things haven't been affected inside the ice cube, where it's been a good day so far for britian's curlers. eve muirhead and her rink beat denmark and are now third in the table having won three of theirfive round robin matches. the top four go through to the semifinals. and things are going even betterfor the men. bruce mouat and his side made light work of the danes as they won 8—2. earlier, they beat hosts china 7—6. t

everton manager frank lampard said their performance made him "really happy", after they beat leeds 3 over. captain seamus coleman set them on their way to victory, which moves them five points clear of the relegation zone. roy hodgson is yet to see watford score in his three games in charge— they were comfortably beaten by brighton yesterday — neal maupay�*s excellent finish helping the seagulls to a 2—nil win. watford remain second from bottom. rangers had little trouble in reaching the last eight of the scottish cup, beating annan athletic 3-0. fashion sakala scored the third — catching the league two keeper by surprise not sure whether that was a cross or a shot! details of all the day's games are on the bbc sport website. there was a terrific game in the super league, with warrington coming from behind late on to beat i2—man leeds rhinos by 22 points to 20. they drew level with six minutes left on the clock, when connor wrench crossed the line. that was converted, to secure warrington�*s victory. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's a look at the papers. hello an

though everton have been active bringing in delhi alley on a permanent deal, the bulk of that spendingand have brought in five new players to try and get them out of it using cash from their saudi backed owners. the difference from the last transfer windows is like black—and—white. the last transfer windows is like black-and-white._ the last transfer windows is like black-and-white. ~ �* , , ., ., black-and-white. we've spent more on ar in this black-and-white. we've spent more on par in this january _ black-and-white. we've spent more on par in this january transfer _ black-and-white. we've spent more on par in this january transfer window - par in this january transfer window then actually all that january transfer _ then actually all that january transfer windows combined since they owed us _ transfer windows combined since they owed us in _ transfer windows combined since they owed us in 2007. it's a massive departure. _ owed us in 2007. it's a massive departure, totally surreal to be linked — departure, totally surreal to be linked with all these players and actually — linked with

everton have ended a run of six league games without a win.d round of matches and rugby union's six nations championship this weekend, france are top of the table. they beat ireland, a pulsating game in paris, they outscored them by three tries to two. the french fullback punished irish's ill disciplined and kicked five penalties the french winning 30 points to 24. ireland at least securing what could be a very useful losing bonus point. wales are up useful losing bonus point. wales are up and running after defeat to ireland last week and from the edge past scotland 2017 in cardiff. both teams scored a try each. that's all your support for now. thank you. we will see a little later. canadian police have started clearing protesters blocking a bridge linking canada and the us — after a court ordered an end to the blockade. the self—styled "freedom convoy" movement was started by canadian truckers opposed to a vaccinate—or—quarantine order for drivers crossing the border. the blockade has affected trade and supply chains. the motor industry says

signs of support were visible when everton hosted manchester city on saturday.h teams wore ukrainian flags. in germany, bayern munich traveled to frankfurt where the stadium was lit up with the ukrainian flag colors. the message "stop it, putin" displayed on the jumbotron. in leverkusen, teams joined in solidarity and fans held a moment of silence before the game. a high-profile ukrainian athlete is urging an end to the war. former boxing heavyweight wladimir klitschko posted this sobering message. >> you need to act now to stop russian aggression. with anything you can have now. an hour or by tomorrow or going to be too late. please get into action now. don't wait. act now. stop this war. >> the boxing legend's brother, vitaly, is the mayor of ukraine's capital, kyiv. he's also a former boxing champion. >>> "saturday night live" is also showing its solidarity with ukraine. the program replaced its typical opening comedy sketch with this. ♪ ♪ >> that's the ukrainian chorus of new york singing "prayer for ukraine." afterwards, cast members returned to say the sho

these were the emotional scenes before manchester city's 1—0 victory at everton.ian people, russian people, they don't want to kill each other. and still right now it is happening, and that is why when the people are, you know, here, and i think all around the world, can say what are they doing. so there is no sense. distance must be the money, always for sure, always there is a reason why, is that. but it is not necessary to kill people for that reason, innocent people, thousands, thousands. we've seen in the last few days, in many— we've seen in the last few days, in many ways, — we've seen in the last few days, in many ways, i— we've seen in the last few days, in many ways, i know how much this club, _ many ways, i know how much this club, the — many ways, i know how much this club, the heart in this club, from owner_ club, the heart in this club, from owner to— club, the heart in this club, from owner to chairman to fans and players. — owner to chairman to fans and players, and we wanted to show that and then_ players, and we wanted to show that and then obvio

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impression sincejoining from atletico madrid injanuary, scoring free—kicks in successive wins over everton person who had been in uk within 1a days of arriving in brazil had to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival. tottenham's cristian romero and giovani lo celso — who joined villarreal on loan in january and aston villa pair emiliano martinez and emiliano buendia were accused of giving false information on their covid—19 declarations when entering brazil for the game. european football's governing body uefa says it'll give away 30 thousand free tickets to fans of the teams involved in this season's major european club finals. this year's champions league final is at the gazprom stadium in russia and each finalist will receive 5,000 tickets per club, with a,000 going to both sides in the europa league final. finalists in the europa conference league and the women's champions league will get three thousand tickets each. uefa says the offer is a reward for support during the pandemic. mark cavendish said he was lucky to escape with only grazes and bruises, after a nasty fall during the penu