hit the fulham squad.l their fixture with spurs tomorrow, fulham were asked to play instead. the premier league says discussions with them began on saturday. the spurs manager, jose mourinho, says postponents due to covid are giving the league little choice but to play games when they can. the biggest impact is to have meshes postponed. that is the biggest impact. dust the impact. dust matches postponed. the the impact changing of the matches, the impact is also minimal. you only have to play 19 meshes at home and i9 matches away. you have to play two matches away. you have to play two matches against every team. if this is to help the premier league to go enhance properly, i think this is a solution we all have to accept. dundee united striker lawrence shankland scored a stunning goal to earn his side a 2—2 draw against stjohnstone. the result leaves united sixth in the table, whilst stjohnstone remain in ninth, but only three points better off than bottom side ross county. the new formula one season will

the fulham squad.h tottenham tomorrow, saw the premier league fill it with fulham instead. the spurs managerjose mourinho says the postponements due to covid are giving the premier league little choice but to play the fixtures when they can. the biggest impact is to have matches postponed. that is the biggest impact. the changing of the order of the matches, the impact is i would say minimal. in the end, you have to play 19 matches at home and 19 matches away, you have - if two matches against every team. if it is to help the premier league to go into handle properly, i think is a solution we all have to accept. let's ta ke let's take a quick round up of some of the day's other sports storeys. liverpool women's manager vickyjepson has left the club afterjust over two years in charge. liverpool were relegated from the women's super league last season and are eight points adrift of the leaders in the championship this season. jepson has been at the club in various roles for 12 years. organisers of the to

the win takes frank lampard's side up to seventh, while fulham are third from bottom and still in theabove the relegation zone after winning i nil at leeds....their goal came after a quarter of an hour — the result of some neat passing, with neal maupee finishing off the move. leeds made a better fist of it in the second half but failed to find a way through... west ham moved into the top eight of the table after a 1—0 win over burnley. michailantonio, returning to the premier league after injury put the hosts ahead early on. and despite an attempt at a distanced goal celebration, some hugs and high fives snuck in there... confirmation of those results. leicester take on southampton in the late kick—off, that gets under way shortly. celtic dropped more points today and are still 20 points behind their old firm rivals rangers at the top of the scottish premiership. neil lennon's side drew nil nil at home to livingston. rangers are at motherwell tomorrow. hamilton drew with dundee united, elsewhere there were wins for hibernian and stjohnstone ross county beat an out of sorts aberdeen 4

so that means spurs will play fulham on wednesday in a fixture reshuffle and fulham's scheduled homelace on saturday. villa, who were due to host everton on saturday, now host carlo ancelotti's side the following day. the pandemic has also had a major impact on rugby union with the announcement in the last hour that european cup competitions have been suspended. it comes after french authorities said it was too great a public health risk for their clubs to participate. for more, let's bring in our correspondent chrisjones. there were rumblings about this. now it's confirmed, so what's the immediate impact? hi there. as you say this was a story that has been rumbling for a few days. it was inevitable that this decision would come today. the french government have driven this and have advised their clubs not to play. concerns over rising coronavirus cases especially in light of the new strain in the uk. what it means now is a very good question. the french have moved very quickly. they will play some league matches over the next two weekends that had been scheduled for european action.

fulham are furious they we re building. fulham are furious they were givenjust building.ulham are furious they were given just two days notice ahead of a rearranged match against spurs tomorrow. this is the premier league, one of the best leagues in the world, to confirm that at 9:30am on monday is scandalous, really. for me, this is not acceptable. today, grimsby town became the first english club to be fined for a breach of covid rules. safety protocols and testing regimes has been deemed a success but some now wa nt been deemed a success but some now want the season to stop. halting foot ball want the season to stop. halting football at the moment would send out the right message to the public, especially as footballers are role models so maybe some people seeing that will actually come if the season stops, the government stops the season, it might make the severity of what is going on be more apparent to some people. but for now, the action continues and tonight, finally, a first win of the season tonight, finally, a first win of the season for sheffield united, thank

hit the fulham squad. began on saturday. the spurs manager, jose mourinho, says postponents due to covid are giving the league little choice but to play games when they can. the biggest impact is to have meshes postponed. that is the biggest impact. ——have matches postponed. the changing of the matches, the impact is also minimal. you only have to play 19 matches at home and 19 matches away. you have to play two matches against every team. if this is to help the premier league to go enhance properly, i think this is a solution we all have to accept. dundee united striker lawrence shankland scored a stunning goal to earn his side a 2—2 draw against stjohnstone. the result leaves united sixth in 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 r

well, at 8:15pm, fulham host tottenham.hristmas because of a covid outbreak in the fulham squad then. and now, with an outbreak in the aston villa squad, who were due to play spurs tonight, the premier league confirmed on monday that fulham would fulfill this fixture. the decision led to some frustration from manager scott parker. totte n ha m tottenham new they had the fixture in. that team selection of the weekend suggested that he planned for the next however many games he has got and i got a lot of games. granted so yes, that's exactly where i see it. do i see that this would happen if this was a top of the title clash with two of biggest themes and managers what are probably confident here speaking? no, probably not. do we want to finish the season or not? _ do we want to finish the season or not? do— do we want to finish the season or not? do we — do we want to finish the season or not? do we want football to keep going _ not? do we want football to keep going or— not? do we want football to keep going or not? do we w

chelsea ended a run of three premier league games without a win with a 1—0 victory at fulham.smissed just before half time. chelsea had several chances, but it was mason mount who finally broke fulham�*s resistance in the 78th minute. the 1—0 win moves frank lampard�*s side up to seventh place, while fulham are still in the relegation zone. a month ago when we had been flying hi-h, a month ago when we had been flying high, top _ a month ago when we had been flying high, top scorers in the premier league. — high, top scorers in the premier league. we _ high, top scorers in the premier league, we were scoring goals but in the months _ league, we were scoring goals but in the months since we have struggled to get— the months since we have struggled to get goals, for different reasons. individuals — to get goals, for different reasons. individuals are not getting the numbers— individuals are not getting the numbers we want and that can affect confidence _ numbers we want and that can affect confidence but it is a challenge even _ confidence but it is a challenge even against a man

fulham are leading i—0. pull clear of the relegation zone. fulham are leading 1—0.ester city have the leaders manchester city have the lead thanks tojesus. four games in the scottish premiership. rangers have the weekend off. celtic are trying to eat into the 23 point lead. early stages in scotland in those four games. police have arrested a man on suspicion of racially abusing the west bromich albion midfielder romaine sawyers. the club contacted the police after their player was targeted online. a 49—year—old man is being questioned as many as 30,000 tennis fans will be allowed to attend next month's australian open. the minister for sport in the state of victoria says that will be the daily limit for the first eight days in melbourne before being reduced to 25,000 from the quarter finals onwards. that's about 50% capacity. the tournament starts on the 8th of february. it will not be the same as the last few years but it will be the most significant international event with crowds we've seen for many months. there'll be no fans in india for england's cricket tour.

hours before kick off on wednesday by the premier league after an outbreak of coronavirus in the fulhameak to much about it. just to say that i felt... unprofessional. we didn't play. and thatis unprofessional. we didn't play. and that is disrupted a week of work. not to play and not to train like we would like the days before. of course doesn't help. let's take a quick look at some other stories making the news. in the last couple of hours two of tomorrow's championship fixtures have been postponed due to coronavirus concerns. luton will no longer host queens park rangers after the hatters recorded positive tests amongst players and staff. and bristol city's game at brentford is off over fears of a possible outbreak among robins players. al boum photo remains on course to seek a third cheltenham gold cup victory after a winning return at tramore. the nine—year—old, ridden by paul townend for trainer willie mullins, won the new year's day chase for the third year running. england's alex hales scored 45 off 19 balls for sydney thunder in the big bash league, as his side beat the melbourn

the fulham manager scott parker says it's scandalous his side are being made to play their rearrangedt month, but the match was postponed at short notice after covid hit the fulham squad. tottenham were set to play aston villa on wednesday but that game is off because of coronavirus cases in the villa camp, so the premier league says fulham will have to play spurs instead. tottenham managerjose mourinho says he has no complaints: the biggest impact is to have matches postponed. that is the biggest impact. the changing of the order of the matches, the impact is i would say minimum. you have to play 19 matches at home and 19 matches away, you have to play two matches against every team. if this will help the plan mia league to grow properly i think it is a solution that we all have two, we'll have to accept. aryna sabalenka will play her fourth wta final in twelve months on wednesday when she faces veronika kudermetova in abu dhabi. sabalenka made it to through with a 6—3, 6—2 win over maria sakkari of greece. kudermetova will be appearing in her first title match on the wta tour. the t

fulham are into the second half against chelsea.alless. later leicester take on southampton celtic dropped more points today and are still 20 points behind their old firm rivals rangers at the top of the scottish premiership. neil lennon's side drew nil nil at home to livingston. rangers are at motherwell tomorrow. hamilton drew with dundee united, elsewhere there were wins for hibernian ross county and stjohnstone arsenal midfielder mesut ozil is close to completing a move to turkish club fenerbahce. 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 bet

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it was 19th against 18th as west bromwich albion and fulham met at the hawthornes.esn't really help either side as they look to get out of the relegation zone. it was a good game though, this was live on bbc one this afternoon. the baggies were trailing at half—time but turned it around and went 2—1 up through matheus pereira scored. but fulham, who are something of the draw specialists in the premier league, found an equaliser through two of their substitutes, a harrison reed cross headed in by ivan cavaleiro. manchester city extended their lead at the top of the table, for the time being at least, with victory of bottom side sheffield united. it wasn't as one sided though as the league positions might suggest though — only one goal sperating the sides. good work from ferran torres setting up gabrieljesus. they are too deep at points clear. from my point of view, committee manager said it and there are 30 managers scratching their head and i'm scratching my head at the position we are in. we i'm scratching my head at the position we are in.— i'm scratching my head

it was 19th against 18th as west bromwich albion and fulham met at the hawthornes, a 2—2 draw doesn�*as they look to get out of the relegation zone. it was a good game though, this was live on bbc one this afternoon. the baggies were trailing at half—time but turned it around and went 2—1 up through matheus pereira scored. but fulham, who are something of the draw specialists in the premier league, found an equaliser through two of their substitutes, a harrison reed cross headed in by ivan cavaleiro. one other result so far in the premier league and crystal palace have their first win in five. it came against a wolves side that haven�*t won in eight now. eberechi eze scored the only goal of the game on the hour mark. it�*s his third goal of the season sincejoining from qpr. there is all of your results. one other game this evening — an 8 o�*clock kick—off between southampton and aston villa. big upset in the scottish premiership with st mirren winning at celtic for the first time in 31 years. it finished 2—1, which means that rangers lead remains at 23 points. rangers�* lead remains a

premier league strugglers west brom and fulham played out an entertaining draw that'll satisfy neithereaves them second from bottom — while fulham are two points above them in 18th place in the table. my riding factor is we have just fallen a little bit short in the key areas, the margins that win games, falling short of big chances that need to go in and i realise at this time that is where we are. massive improvement over a short space of time i think was that we have lost three out of 11 and three were against very top teams in this division, but there is no hiding from the fact that we need to turn some of those draws into wins and today that should've been the case. manchester united — who are second in the table — played out a goalless draw against arsenal. crystal palace beat wolves 1—0, and in the last match of the day southampton lost 1—0 at home to aston villa after having an injury time equaliser ruled off—side. the biggest club game in south america — the copa libertadores final, has been won by palmeiras. they beat santos 1—0 with a goal late into injury time — it was only

due to be held at burnley, it has been postponed because of a fresh outbreak of covid—i9 cases at fulham the club, which is a west london based football team, it doesn't say how many cases are involved but it has certainly been enough for them to make the decision to scrap their travel plans for burnley and, as a result, the match will be postponed. india has begun a nation—wide mock drill to test its preparedness for mass immunisation against covid—i9. the drill is intended to plug any gaps in logistics, facilities and training. it also comes as the indian government has approved the oxford astrazeneca vaccine for emergency use. dr lipika nanda is the vice president of multi—sectoral planning in public health from the public health foundation of india. i asked herjust how useful this drill will be for the vaccination rollout. it is going to be extremely useful and important for a country as large as india and also as diverse as india, with very different levels of public health infrastructure. in the different states. so, i think the drills are going to be extremely useful and i think i

there are two more games tonight, including fulham's game against tottenham.y re—arranged after being postponed at the end of december because of the pandemic. fulham boss scott parker said it was "scandalous" that the game was only confirmed on monday, but there's little sympathy from his opposite number tonight. do we want to finish the season or no? do we want football to keep going or no? do we want to be the only country in europe without football or no? do we want the end of the season with a champion, with relegations, with cup winners, or do we not? that is the main question. sor) the masters snooker continues in milton keynes today, the three time world champion mark selby is out one of the pre tournament favourites he failed to get out of this snooker as he lost to stephen maguire. selby has also been talking about his own mental health, and the effect that his father's death had on him at the age of 16. ijust had a friend of the family who was sort of my coach as well for a period of time when i was younger who took me under his wing when my father

fulham's game at tottenham on wednesday was also called off.tion right now — more in a moment — but the club have condemned three of their players who were pictured at a large party over christmas, breaking coronavirus restrictions. erik lamela, sergio reguilon and giovani lo celso will all face disciplinary action. spurs are involved in today's early premier league game, and they are 1—0 up against leeds — harry kane scoring from the penalty spot. this is the first meeting between the sides, in any competition, for eight years. tottenham can go back into the top four with a win. the old firm derby is under way at ibrox, 50 years to the day since the stadium disaster in which 66 people lost their lives. our sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin is there. the rangers manager steven gerrard asked fans to stay away from the ground due to the covid—i9 pandemic but the clubs are paying tribute. what's been going on there today? yes, a beautiful winter, crisp day here on the south side of glasgow, perfect for a football match, ongoing behind me

they were held to a 1—1 draw by fulham.ther ideas. ivan cavaleiro scored a late header to earn them a point, in their fifth successive league draw. concerns about the spread of coronavirus in the uk continue to dog the premier league, here's the spurs boss, jose mourinho. do we want to finish the season or... do we want football to — to keep going or not? do we want to be the only country in europe without football or not? do we want the end of the season with a champion, with a cup winner, with relegation, with europe, or, we don't? that's the main — that's the main question. to tennis now, and aryna sabalenka won her third straight tour title and 15th straight match, beating veronika kudermetova in straight sets to take the title in abu dhabi. the fourth—seeded belarusian was last defeated in the fourth round of the french open in october, and her win will move her up three places to seventh in the world rankings. sabalenka and kudermetova will now travel to australia, where they will spend time in quarantine, with limite

hit the fulham squad.o fulfil their fixture with spurs tomorrow, fulham were asked to play instead. the premier league claim discussions with fulham began on saturday. the spurs managerjose mourinho says postponements due to covid are giving the premier league little choice but to play the fixtures when they can. the biggest impact is to have much is postponed. that is the biggest impact. the changing of, let's say the order of the matches, the impact is minimal, i would say, and in the end you would have to played 19 matches at home and 19 matches away. you have to play two matches against every tea m. you have to play two matches against every team. if it is to help the premier league to go and to help properly, i think it is a solution that we all have to accept. it is certainly not that what is the only sport that has been effective. —— affected. the new formula one season will start later than planned after the first race — the australian grand prix — was postponed beacuse of covid restrictions in the

burnley were in a happy place after a 3—0 win over top—flight opponents fulham.homejack cork�*s cross. he got his second from the penalty spot — before kevin long got the third, in the final ten minutes. they'll face either bournemouth or crawley town in the next round. manchester united have gone to the top of the women's superleague thanks to a 2—0 win over birmingham city. leah galton put united ahead in the opening minute of the second half. ella toone sealed the win with ten minutes left. united are now three points clear of second—placed chelsea, whose match was postponed because of the weather. in the day's other game manchester city thrashed brighton 7—1. it's the second league game in a row they've scored that many. caroline weir and steph haughton both struck twice. city are up to third because arsenal's game was also called off because of the weather. livingston have secured a place in the scottish league cup final after beating st mirren one nil. scott robinson's early header ultimately made it 11 games unbeaten under boss david martindale. the club r

fulham were yet another premier league side who were taken right to the wire by a side lower down therby. goalless after the regulation 90 minutes, so it went to extra time — scott parker's side taking control from then on. bobby decordova—reid finally finding the net, and then just a few moments later neeskens kebano smashing in a second. so, 2—0 it finished there. earlier on, in one of the lunchtime kick offs, everton were also taken to extra time by lower league opposition. they were up against rotherham, who have their own battles in the league, of course, they're down to 23rd in the championship. everton, though, went ahead very early on, tosun giving them the lead with a very neat finish. that was in the first ten minutes. rotherham though managed an equaliser, the american matthew olasunde with the turn and finish to level things up. it went to extra time, but abdoulaye doucoure got the decisive goal so 2—1 it finished after extra time. that was just a couple of minutes into extra time. lots of games today — all the results are over on the bbc sport website, including a first w

west bromwich albion taking on fulham — 19th against 18th.tion zone this afternoon. fulham took the lead early on in the first half though bobby decordova—read. he also hit a post but within a couple of minutes of the restart, kyle bartley pulled west brom back into it, latching onto a deflected cross. it is currently 1—1. here are the other games... four games in the scottish premiership today. leaders rangers have the weekend off. celtic can try and eat into that 23— point lead but they are losing at home to st mirren. hibs are winning at dundee, kilmarnock 2—0 up against stjohnstone. livingstone — 0 aberdeen — 0. police have arrested a man on suspicion of racially abusing the west bromich albion midfielder romaine sawyers, who has started on the bench at the hawthornes this afternoon. the club contacted the police after their player was targetted online. a 49—year—old man is being questioned. as many as 30,000 tennis fans will be allowed to attend next month's australian open. the minister for sport in the state of victoria says that will

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so chelsea push on, west london derby on friday night for them against fulham.manchester city, they beat birmingham city by 3—0. some terrific performances at the etihad. some rather poignant scenes too, as the club paid tribute to their former player, colin bell, who died earlier this week. this, theirfirst home game since his passing. but as i say, some really excellent goals, this was the first from bernardo silva. a brilliant finish, well worth a second look. really wonderful control! he got the second as well after some lovely passing from his teammates. and then a very well taken third came from phil foden. all the goals in the first half, so man city into the fourth round to go with their efl cup final. just one extra line from the etihad — pep guardiola confirming that sergio aguero wasn't involved because he is isolating after coming into contact with someone with covid. eight games in total today, wins this afternoon for barnsley, bristol city and cheltenham. newport county take on brighton this evening. all the results are over on the bbc sport websit

but fulham players certainly didn't hide theirjoy after ivan cavaleiro brought them level in the secondament back until later in the year. there's no confirmed start date as yet. england were grand slam champions but as the only professional side, france seen here — semi professional and with others amateur, it creates problems around testing and bubbles for the other nations. april or may are now the most likely dates. here's our sports reporterjo currie. this is very much an announcement that we were expecting. many would have hope that rather than stated tournament then postponed to spring or summer there would be marvin garrity is when this tournament will take place. it is happening for safety reasons and hard to argue against because of the six nations that takes part in the women's technician tournament only england are the full—time professional set up. it means all the other players from all the other sites have jobs to go to and they cannot commit to bile secure bubbles and testing is impossible at this time. at the moment it is understandable why it is moved but it is a shame

hit the fulham squad.ay. you have to pay those matches against every team. —— 19 matches. to go and to have probably i think isa to go and to have probably i think is a solution that we all have two to accept. —— we are to accept. 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 march the 26th 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 and are expecting portimao to

a late equaliser for fulham from either . equaliser for fulham from either caballero, the climax of a who won 2—0. callum wilson with both goals, a victory that could not have come soon enough. adam wild, bbc news. celtic manager neil lennon described their defeat to st mirren yesterday as a low point. they could be as many as 26 points behind rangers by this afternoon. st mirren won at celtic park for the first time in 31 years, with ilkay durmus scoring the winner. elsewhere kilmarnock parted company with manager alex dyer after losing to stjohnstone. the two—week break in the premiership seemed to do the exeter chiefs good. they ended a run of two straight defeats by beating worcester. director of rugby rob baxter described that run as an emotional wobble but they looked more sturdy, running in three tries at sixway. elsewhere, gloucester stay bottom after losing to northampton. it was a bad night for scarlets in the pro—14, hammered 52—25 by reigning champions leinster. both teams were missing large chunks of their squad due to the six nations, which starts next weekend. it's ryde

extra time, too, in west london as premier league fulham survived a scare — two late goals securing victory problems for manchester united against their championship opposition, they beat watford i—o. now, around four awaits. holders arsenal will also be in the hat for monday's draw, two goals in extra time saw them beat newcastle and moved a step closer to defending their trophy. michael redford, bbc news. you can see highlights from all of yesterday's matches on the bbc sport website. among today's ties, marine are taking on the eight—time winners tottenham. they are separated by seven divisions and there's a gulf in the standard of the facilities too. it isa it is a tight little ground, they will come in off the road and get changed in the bar area, because of covid restrictions. it is three—sided, very tight ground, houses on two sides, big stand behind one of the goals. it is a proper non—league ground, which most non—league grounds at our level are like. and that match is live on match of the day — kick off at 5 o'clock — and before that on bbc1, it's crawley town against leeds united

fulham's match with burnley tomorrow is off due to the ongoing outbreak in the squad. of the season losing 3a points to five, while gloucester are bottom of rugby union's premiership, a match marred by a brawl in the final minute. ben croucher reports. with the dawn to 2021, a refreshing twist to a familiar tale where last year exeter barged past all before them, including wasps. you typically had to look really hard for weaknesses in their game. keep looking and wasps found one. james gaskell was hidden at the bottom of that bundle but even in plain sight, the reigning champions still couldn't stop him. a job well done with three more tries following to inflict exeter‘s first defeat of the season on them, but not enough to knock them from top spot. at the other end, gloucester‘s hopes of climbing off the bottom looked promising for 77 minutes. in the 78th, sale'sjosh beaumont, back after 1a months out, put paid to that. from ten points down, it was quite the comeback and a frustrating finish for gloucester. billy twelvetrees took it out on the water carrier, achieving

as a result of the rescheduling, tottenham will now play their postponed home match against fulham inters had already said they were becoming increasingly concerned about apparent breaches of social distancing protocols in football. they've examined incidents in fa cup games this weekend, in particular the victory celebrations at lower league clubs such as chorley. the fear is that it will become difficult to justify the continuation of elite sport during the third national lockdown. chorley are in tonight's draw for the fourth and fifth rounds of the fa cup — you can watch that at 7 o'clock on bbc two. and at 8 o'clock, it's the last of the games in round three — stockport against west ham — with commentary on radio 5 live. former australia captain steve smith has been branded "childish", after an incident during the final day of the third test against india in sydney. he appeared to scuff away india batsman rishabh pant‘s guard mark — which tells him where to stand in front of the wicket. it didn't help though as india salvaged an unlikely draw. they needed to bat out the final day,

there are just two games today, after fulham's match at burnley was postponed due to a fresh covid—i9castle united has not long finished. leicester won 2—1 at stjames park, and move above spurs into third in the english premier league table. all the goals coming in the second half — youri tielemans and james maddison putting leicester 2 up, before andy carroll gave newcastle some hope. so, confirmation of that results. and kicking off in the next 15 minutes or so it's chelsea against manchester city — a big game for both sides as they look to break into the top four. city will be investigating a breach of coronavirus rules by benjamin mendy, who hosted a new year's eve dinner party. we are less in touch, the players are not in the locker room any more right now and... just... we see us in the training, on the pitch, and it is what it is. so we will have another squad to go there and try to compete against a tough opening, you know, with chelsea, how it is. and we are going there to play our game. football's world governing body fifa has announced that kieran trippier‘s io—week ban for

chelsea beat fulham to move up to seventh place.e had his first win with west brom beating wolves 3—2. in the scottish premiership, second placed celtic drew 0—0 with livingstone. it was the same score for hamilton and dundee united. while there were wins for hibernian, ross county and stjohnstone. to rugby 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

burnley were in a happy place after a 3—0 win over top—flight opponents fulham.spot before kevin long got the third in the final ten minutes. they'll face either bournemouth or crawley town. england had their captainjoe root to thank, for another sensational innings in sri lanka. his 186 on day three of the second test keeps them in contention. root was dismissed on the final ball of the day in galle. his heroics, helping his side to 339—9. just 42 runs behind the hosts. jos buttler reached his half century in england's innings, and said the captain led by example. quite amazing innings. to back up his double hundred in the first test very physically and mental to show the application and do it again to a master class in betting against men. it's been a great education for all of us. we've thoroughly enjoyed watching him. manchester united have gone to the top of the women's superleague thanks to a 2—0 win over birmingham city. leah galton put united ahead in the opening minute of the second half. ella toone sealed the win with ten minutes left. united are now th

if manchester united fail to beat fulham on wednesday — manchester city could end the day top of theetihad. pep guardiola's side are looking for their sixth successive league win in a row. their opponents could be short of match practice though — villa's first team haven't played in nearly three weeks, after a coronavirus outbreak at the club. however, guardiola says he's still taking the match seriously. i don't know the situation, only i wish they are healthy, they recover well, the players and the backroom staff, that got covid, they come back. this is the most important thing, and expect the best. real madrid will be looking to progress in the copa del rey — against lower league spanish side alcoyano — they're in action for the first leg of their last 32 tie on wednesday. zinedine zidane is resting several big names — no ramos, varane or modric for this one. they're currently 2nd in la liga, behind city rivals atletico and under pressure for silverware this season having lost in the semi—finals of the spanish super cup. and take a look at this 12 year old nigerian boy who's set a

in the other games, championship side brentford trail leicester, fulham are losing at home to burnleyn the fa cup here on bbc one from 4.30. leah galton scored a crucial goal for manchester united in a 2—0 win over birmingham which returns them to the summit of the women's super league. tyrrell hatton overturned rory mcilroy�*s overnight lead to win the abu dhabi championship for the first time. hatton was trailing mcilroy, a four—time runner—up in the tournament, by one shot heading into the final day. but the englishman's bogey—free round saw him win by four shots. mcilroy was third. there's more on the bbc sport website. but that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. good afternoon. bbc london and bbc south east today are joining forces to keep you up to date with the latest on coronavirus in our area. our top story: medical staff running vaccination centres say they could double welcome back to bbc news. in the past few minutes, the uk government has reported a further 30,004 daily covid infection rates,

totte n ha m tottenham playful fulham this week. i don't even celebrate goals. because of the var. players can do a little bit more of the same. organsiers of the tokyo olympics say they will make a decision on whether to admit fans to events in february or march. in february or march. the games have been delayed for a year because of the pandemic, and are scheduled to take place at the end ofjuly. a state of emergency has been called in tokyo amid ecent rising infection rates. the british olympic association have said british athletes should notjump the queue in receiving vaccinations. the australian cricket captain, tim payne, has defended steve smith over claims that he deliberately scuffed up the crease duing scuffed up the crease during the third test match with india. smith was seen on the stump camera scraping the crease with his boot during the drinks break — something that the former england captain michael vaughan said was very, very poor. smith, remember, was banned over his part in australia's sandpaper scandal, but his captain says he's done nothing wrong. it is someth

we didn't play against fulham of course.you are not very happy with what you see. these three points, even with one match in hand, puts us in a position where we are happier to look at the screen, and of course, important points. bottom club sheffield united are still without a premier league win this season. they lost 2—0 at crystal palace, who themselves were five premier league games without a win, goals from jeffrey schlupp and an excellent individual effort from ebere eze secured them the points, to leave sheffield united deep in relegation trouble. elsewhere... brighton and wolves drew 3—3 in a cracking game on the south coast. brighton went ahead early but they were 3—1 down at the break. romain saiss heading in the first of wolves three goals. but the home side were much better in the second half... an equaliser from the brighton captain lewis dunk enough to share the points. finally, arsenal are playing west brom with mikel arteta looking for his third win in a row after a poor run of form. they're leading 2—0, kier

and the relegation clash between west brom and fulham ended in a draw.ps celtic 23 points behind premiership leaders rangers who play in the week. there were also wins for hibs and stjohnstone. english premiership rugby union is back this weekend after an enforced break due to the pandemic. champions exeter overcame a gutsy worcester side 21—17 to move—up to second in the table. while gloucester stay bottom after a 31—26 defeat by northampton. nesta mcgregor has the details. exeter started the season with four straight victories, two defeats in a row was described as a rebel, steady hands were needed to prevent another loss, step forward jonny gray, barely visible beneath a pile of bodies, and two self seems to have both teams. worcester got stronger as the half went on, morris slicing through the defence, and they traded one more try each, exeter held on for the win, but still five points behind leaders bristol. at the other end of the table bottom side gloucester hosted northampton, the saints had been out of action for an extra fortnight, because of a

covid—19 has caused another postponement — fulham's match at burnley this lunchtime is off, after a further the london club. four matches did go ahead yesterday in the premier league, some great goals coming up, especially from arsenal as their recovery continues, plus tottenham move up to third in the table. austin halewood reports. so a new year, a fresh start and for tottenham renewed hope. their eyes are firmly set on a first premier league title and, after a disappointing end to 2020, this was a welcome start to their first game back against leeds. harry kane from the penalty spot, 1—0. and usually for spurs, if it is not kane then it is often son heung—min. commentator: the double act are at it again. son with his 100th goalfor the club. a shaky start, then, to the new year for leeds, but for spurs things are looking up. well, meanwhile, across london, arsenal had been looking over their shoulder. after the bleakest of mid—winters, the gunners are 14th but recently they've found their spark, and at west brom it came from the left wing. commentator: brilliant play from kieren tierney.

there are just two games today, after fulham's match at burnley was postponed due to a fresh covid—19ester will go third if they beat newcastle, and it's a big one laterfor chelsea and manchester city, who're both in a congested top 10. city will be investigating a breach of coronavirus rules by benjamin mendy, who's reported to have hosted a new year's eve gathering. bournemouth‘s chief executive, neill blake, has condemned the racial abuse suffered byjunior stanislas, after yesterday's win at stoke in the championship. stanislas scored the only goal of the game — and was later targetted on twitter by an individual, who sent racist slurs and insults about the player's family. blake said it was "disgusting and completely intolerable", and the club has vowed to do all they can to identify the perpetrator and take the strongest possible action against them. british boxer luke campbell said he was "heartbroken" after his hopes of another world title shot suffered a severe blow. campbell was beaten by the rising american star ryan garcia, in a gripping lightweight fight in dallas. campbel

fulham's premier league match against burnley at turf moor tomorrow has been postponed, after furtherd off hours before kick—off on wednesday, with the club reporting several positive coronavirus tests. an outbreak at manchester city caused their game at everton on monday to be called off. the former india captain sourav ganguly is in a stable condition after suffering a mild heart attack. he was admitted to hospital in kolkata with chest pains and he's said to be responding well to treatment. ganguly, who's a8, is now the president of the indian cricket board. that's all the sport for now. you can, of course, get all the latest sports news on the latest sport website. we will see you soon. gavin, thank you very much indeed for all of that. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. good afternoon. it looks as if the cold weather is with us for a few days yet, which means that the showers, when they come along, are falling as snow. mostly over the hills, but at lower levels as well. and ice becomes more of an issue, of course, after dark and when the