chelsea manager frank lampard wants his players to take more responsibilty as they look to close in on. they host already relegated norwich in the premier league later. and after losing last time out, lampard says he wants to hear more from his players on the pitch this evening. england's joe launchbury is among 15 players to sign new long—term deals with wasps. head coach lee blackett said he was "delighted to see so many players committing their futures to the club".

frank lampard's side will go to germany 3—0 down on aggregate.ill conclude in an unprecedented knockout format in lisbon. the winners at city against real will play either lyon orjuventus in the quarterfinals. chelsea or bayern will play napoli or barcelona. the other fixtures you can see our paris st germain playing atalanta, the italian side resuming in european football having been at the heart of the initial coronavirus outbreak. while rb leipzig play atletico madrid. it is though, city who are most in the spotlight, not least because as it stands they're banned from this competition for the next two seasons, pending an appeal an the court of arbritration for sport. these are the sides they may have to face in that short form knockout competition. their manager was asked what he thought about that potential draw today, but this is what he said: we played against real madrid. if we think about about the next step, the king of this competition real madrid out. maybe this club, in this organisation, there is no one person who knows real madrid b

lifting the premier league trophy with a thrilling 5—3 win over chelsea at anfield, which leaves frank lampard'sague football. trent alexander arnold scored a stunning free—kick in the first half — it was 3—0 before chelsea pulled a goal back late in the first half, and they were right in it when christian pulisic made it 4—3 with over a quarter of an hour to play. but alex oxlaide chamberlain wrapped up all three points for liverpool.

frank lampard's side soon took control at wembley but it wasn't untiljust before half—time that oliviergave the ball away to mason mount who made it 2—0 when david de gea fumbled his shot into the goal. united's defence continued to crumble with harry maguire scoring an own goal to make it 3—0. bruno fernandes pulled one back from the penalty spot but the game was effectively over. chelsea will play arsenal in the final. that would have been a brilliant performance but sometimes a bit of an edge around the place is not the worst. this season, after a win, but it has been like that and to change the situation we had a lot of information and work done in the last two weeks and you're only as good as the players in that sense and they all deserve huge credit. so on the phone that they are in, i am proud for the players. it is the semifinal, another game to go, but i am very proud to be there. it is going to be another big game against arsenal. it will be special personally for me. but we are very happy with the team performance today. now we need to focus on the championship. and the premi

frank lampard's side soon took control at wembley, but it wasn't untiljust before half—time that 0livierams gave the ball away to mason mount, who made it 2—0 when david de gea fumbled his shot into the goal. united's defence continued to crumble, harry maguire scoring an own goal. bruno hernandez pulled one back from the penalty spot, but the game was effectively over. chelsea will play arsenal in the final. bournemouth look likely to end their five—year stay in the premier league — they lost 2—0 to southampton. defeat means they could be relegated before theirfinal game, if watford take a point from their match on tuesday. danny ings put southampton ahead in the first half with his 21st goal of the season. bournemouth then thought they had a vital equaliser deep in injury time, only for it to be ruled out by var because callum wilson was offside. and to really rub salt into the wound, che adams made it 2—0 to southampton moments later. leicester's bid to cling onto a top four spot suffered another setback as they were beaten 3—0 at spurs. it leaves them level on points with manchester

chelsea manager frank lampard wants his players to take more repsonsibilty as they look to close in ongue spot. they host already relegated norwich later — and following a 3—0 loss to sheffield united — lampard says he wants to hear more from his players on the pitch this evening. chelsea are third, one point ahead of leicester with three games to go. the washington redskins american football team are dropping their name and logo, which have both been criticised over the years for being racist. the redskins name was given to the team in 1933. but they said they would retire it after a review that was demanded by their sponsors, who had threatened to withdraw their support if the name wasn't changed. and there's live tennis going on right now. it's the return of competitive women's tennis for the first time since the start of lockdown at the progress tour championships in roehampton. you can watch it all live via the bbc sport website and app. that's all from us, more for you in the next hour. and you can keep across this and thatis and you can keep across this and that is all for now.

it could represent frank lampard's first piece of silverware since taking charge at stamford bridge bute wilson reports, the game is likely to be remembered for the performance on manchester united's goalkeeper. the biggest venues seem the emptiest without supporters. a wembley semifinal must be proper, committed. when a chelsea cross had to be defended, eric bailly was there. he needed treatment then, and again soon after another clash of heads. he stood, briefly, before being stretchered away, finally. head injuries must be treated seriously, above anything else. but even in a reorganised defence, there are expectations of a goalkeeper. the finish from giroud had too much for david de gea. at the start of the second half, mason mount‘s finish also had too much for him. and it has gone right through david de gea! and harder to explain. chelsea were so dominant, a third goal seemed appropriate. rudiger celebrated it, although it came off maguire‘s boot. hudson—odoi's foul on anthony martial was a clumsy footnote. bruno fernandes popped in a consolation, but the real surprise was just ho

chelsea manager frank lampard says he was not happy following the 3—2 defeat to west ham last night,with still plenty of work to do if they're to qualify for the champions league next season. substitute andriy yarmolenko got the winner for west ham in the last few minutes. he finished off this counter attack to earn his side the win and move david moyes‘ side three points clear of the relegation zone. lampa rd wasn't happy though with the nature of his sides late loss... we have a lot of hard work to do to get to where we want to be, and the reason the rest of us are choosing liverpool and man city is because of the consistency they have developed. that is what we have to work towards, so it is obviously frustrating, but if we are in that position, it is how you bounce back, and we have watford at the weekend and we have watford at the weekend and get after that to try and carry on. we have to realise the position that we are in and try to fight for the champions league places and move forward. there are now 12 parties potentially interested in buying wigan athletic — that's accordin

chelsea manager frank lampard wants his players to take more responsibilty as they look to close in on. and after their 3—0 loss to sheffield united last time out, lampard says he wants to hear more from his players on the pitch this evening. chelsea are third, one point ahead of leicester with three games to go. we have a few games now that we want to win and see if we get the european champions league, i was never pending my hopes on it being may be an extra team god and are not. we worried about ourselves and now we can get into the champions league. west brom and fulham are in action right now. it's a key game in the battle for promotion from the championship to the premier league. a win for fulham would put them within two points of second placed west brom with two games to go. half an hour in it. some key games down at the bottom later. hull and luton need wins to climb out of the relegation zone. former great britain cyclist jess varnish has lost her employment tribunal appeal against british cycling. varnish has spent years in a legal battle since being dropped from team gb in

it could represent frank lampard's first piece of silverware since taking charge at stamford bridge but the mts without the supporters, but a wembley semi—final must be proper, committed. when a chelsea cross had to be defended, he was there. we needed treatment there and then another after a clash of heads. he stood briefly before being stretchered away finally. head injuries need to be treated seriously above anything else. even ina seriously above anything else. even in a reorganised defence, there are expectations for the goalkeeper. it was too much from accuracy. at the start of the second half, anotherfinish also had too much for him. it has gone right for de gea! even harder to explain. chelsea was so dominant, a third goal seems appropriate stop he celebrated it even that came off a manchester united boot. the foul on martial was a clumsy footnote and the consolation was popped in. the real surprise was just how emphatically the day belonged to chelsea. joe wilson, bbc news. don't forget there's lots more on our website — that's bbc.com/news — or you can download the bbc news ap

games coming up in the premier league later on including chelsea versus west ham chelsea manager frank lampard says he's team are still adjusting to playing games in empty stadiums. it's different less the felt most different for us because i think it was a moment where in a fast i didn't have an energy and then i switch kind of as a reflection the fact that i when i found in the study shows you with the in the audience you can get. it you can inject edge and say without finds out. that's when i ask what's. the chinese superleague that has finally got a confirmed a start date of the season that will begin on july the 25th that with all matches to be played in 2 hub cities well no fans will be allowed to attend games the competition was originally due to begin in february. major league soccer is on course to resume a season on july the 8th venue's within the disney world resort in florida the tournament it will be held without fans teams will be playing competitively for the 1st time in 4 months western conference leading l.a. lakers that will be without a every bradley when the n.b.a. restarts

remaining 2 spots including manchester united 2 are about to kick off against southampton and also frank lampard chelsea. and you know tony really i don't know much about the case and in a day. i've just listened. to this morning and i was never pinned in my hopes on on it in maine in annexing go in or not we. we can we're not going to now we can gain . finally tennis well done before a dominant take has apologized for his and other players' behavior at the novak djokovic exhibition talking about last month for the players involved tested positive for the corner virus including jack of which in itself there was little social distancing the fans allowed to attend players hugging at the net playing basketball with each other and partying together as well. not do it wasn't. doesn't feel it was naturally a mistake you can't argue against that we went there after lockdown and suddenly we were in a normal situation again there was no breaking of rules everything was permitted by the government but still we lost touch with reality somewhat and we were fooled into forgetting the distancing rules that we

and chelsea boss frank lampard admits he was concerned by their 3—0 defeat at sheffield united who aree top four. before every match yesterday, there was a minute's silence held forjack charlton. the 1966 world cup winner and former republic of ireland manager was remembered up and down the country after passing away aged 85. a great north—east man, and i have had the privilege, i have had many beers with him over the year. on days like today where you lose somebody as great in the game as wattie was to all football people, great buyer, great manager, great sense of humour, you can only obviously pass all our condolences to his brother, of course, and of course his immediate family. now, on to cricket. england have a lot of work to do today if they're to salvage a victory in their first test against the west indies. the hosts will resume on 284/8, that's a lead ofjust 170. now, england batted with more determination than in their first innings and zak crawley top—scored with 76. but they lost five wickets for just 30 runs late in the day to leave the west indies favourites to go one up

spot in the champions league next season and they face west ham in a little while with manager frank lampard admitting his team are still adjusting to playing games in empty stadiums it's different less the felt most different for us because i think it was a one performance where on the 1st i didn't have an energy and then i didn't see it bounce which kind of was a reflection the fact that i when i find the study shows you with the in the obvious you can get. it you can inject as you say without fans. that's not what. the chinese superleague has finally got a confirmed start date this is it will begin on july the 25th that with all matches to be played in 2 hub cities no fans that will be allowed to attend games the competition was originally due to begin in february and major league soccer is on course to resume its season on july the 8th at the news within the disney world resort in florida the tournament will be held without fans teams that will be playing competitively for the 1st time in the 4 months that strike vivian has been named a football right as player of the get in england the

was unable to deal with missing mounds long range shot up michael rigorous score chelsea's 3rd frank lampardteam going on to secure a green one which. we have had some good performances this season we are progressing and we are again better out there always going to be some but today was a performance of huge carrots on personality work ethic quality and i'm very happy to goals from here and that the bombing and saw arsenal beat man city to mail in saturday's semi final to get any striker has less than 12 months remaining on his current contract and his manager hopes results like this will convince him to sign a deal. when i speak with him he sounds said critical means but obviously if you can see that suit shares and in that direction i would say can use it i want and i think he will be more positive about us. and italy's area napoli scored a last minute winner to stay on track for europa league qualification with the game poised at 11 napoli rode their luck in the closing minutes and then added time a tale paula tanno scored a spectacular winner big dream in the 6. in major league soccer's

bruno fernandes' penalty did little to improve his manager's mood, for this was chelsea's and frank lampard'se made as a team collectively, but of course we want top four and we want to try and win that final. and we're at the business end, so let's see, let's try and replicate today. they'll have the chance against arsenal a week on saturday. will blue be the colour again? ben croucher, bbc news. the former watford manager nigel pearson has responded to his sacking by the club. he has just posted on social media to say he's overwhelmed by the support he has received since being dismissed yesterday. pearson joined in december when watford were bottom of the table — he's since guided them out of the relegation zone, and although they still can go down, his dismissal was a bit of a shock. watford are the first premier league team to sack three managers in the same season. let's stay at the bottom of the table because bournemouth now need a miracle to stay in the premier league. they lost 2—0 at southampton yesterday. that leaves them three points off safety, but they've only got one game left t

the penalty did little to improve his manager's mood but this was chelsea's and frank lampard's day.ctively but of course we want to win top four and we want to win the final. we are at the business said. let's try and replicate today. they will have the chance against our could —— arsenal a week on saturday. will blue peter colour again? a week on saturday. will blue peter colouragain? —— a week on saturday. will blue peter colour again? —— will blue be the colour again? —— will blue be the colour again? watford have sacked their manager nigel pearson with the club on the brink of premier league survival. pearson joined in december when watford were bottom of the table — he's since guided them out of the relegation zone, and although they still can go down his dismissal was a bit of a surprise. watford are the first premier league team to sack three managers in the same season. let's stay at the bottom of the table because bournemouth now need a miracle to stay in the premier league. they lost 2—1 at southampton yesterday. that leaves them three points off safety, but they've only g