the result of those tests ca m e gabrieljesus.e back this morning and there were more positives within that, city are not saying who, but there was enough within them for manchester city to go to the premier league to request a postponement. to matters on the pitch and leicester have moved up to second in the premier league table, but they dropped points in their pursuit of leaders liverpool, following a 1—1 draw at crystal palace. jo currie reports. not a fortress of late, last time here crystal palace conceded seven to liverpool but hot on the pull‘s hillsborough leicester with a chance to move second in the table. giving away a penalty less than ideal for the hosts. a starter and a stall from iheanacho, the hosts. a starter and a stall from ihea nacho, with the hosts. a starter and a stall from iheanacho, with guaita saving. then this warning shot sent from zaha. then andros townsend with her ina zaha. then andros townsend with her in a cross and zaha found the net at the near post, palace ahead. but lest or not i head. a chanc

and even when gabrieljesus did find the net, it was offside.draw for city, but the fact they'll now qualify as group winners should be ample consolation. andy swiss, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. good evening. i'm riz lateef. as we've been hearing, mps have voted through the government's hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are olivia utley, deputy leader writer for the sun, and broadcaster and author john kampfner. welcome to you both. it's been a busy past few hours, hasn't it? let's kick off with everything that's been coming in. let's start with the financial times. it leads on the news that debenhams stores are set to close, after the failure of last—ditch efforts to rescue the ailing store chain. the guardian focuses on the vote in the past few hours. the prime minister suffered a rebellion in the house of commons, after 55 of his own mps voted against his plan for a new tougher tier system for england. the same story ma

and even when gabrieljesus did find the net, it was offside.be ample consolation. andy swiss, bbc news. well, earlier in the night, there was a shock defeat for the is—time european champions real madrid, as they were beaten 2—0 away at shakhtar donetsk. brazilian dentinho got the opener on 57 minutes, before manor solomon wrapped up the win late on. real drop to third in the group with one game to go. and northern ireland have made history and secured a playoff place for the women's euro 2022 finals after coming from behind to thrash the faroe islands 5—1 at seaview. the pick of the goals was this one, the third of the night of the night for the hosts. for the hosts. it was scored by chloe mccarron. the result gives northern ireland a great chance now to qualify for a first major women's tournament. and that win means that wales have no chance of reaching the tournament now. they beat belarus 3—0 tonight, a great goal from rachel rowe, but it proved to be a bittersweet result as they finish third in theirgroup behind northern ireland. and scot

languishing 15th in the premier league, arsenal were quickly behind against the defending champions when gabrieljesusom of the six yard box. alexandre lacazette equalised to make it 1—all at half time before a howler from the arsenal keeper alex runnarson allowed riyad mahrez to restore city's lead. phil foden and aymeric laporte put the result beyond doubt and keep city on track for a fourth straight league cup. for arsenal their last domestic win was on the 1st of november. there was a great story in the evening's other league cup game as brentford reached a major semi—finalfor the first time in their history. josh dasilva scored the only goal — as newcastle became brentford's fourth premier league scalp in the competition this year. disappointing because we missed a wonderful opportunity of taking the clu b wonderful opportunity of taking the club into a semi final where it has not been for a0 odd years or wherever it is. i have to accept what's coming my way and accept the criticism which is fullyjustified, because we certainly have not played well enough tonight. to win the tyre which is a big d

and even when gabrieljesus did find the net, it was offside.as group winners should be ample consolation. andy swiss, bbc news. well, earlier in the night, there was a shock defeat for the 13—time european champions real madrid, as they were beaten 2—0 away at shakhtar donetsk. brazilian dentinho got the opener on 57 minutes, before manor solomon wrapped up the win late on. real drop to third in the group with one game to go. and northern ireland have made history and secured a playoff place for the women's euro 2022 finals after coming from behind to thrash the faroe islands 5—1 at seaview. the pick of the goals was this one, the third of the night of the night for the hosts. it was scored by chloe mccarron. the result gives northern ireland a great chance now to qualify for a first major women's tournament. and that win means that wales have no chance of reaching the tournament now. they beat belarus 3—0 tonight, a great goal from rachel rowe, but it proved to be a bittersweet result as they finish third in theirgroup behind northern ireland.

it follows earlier confirmed cases for gabrieljesus and kyle walker. up to second in the premier league table, but they dropped points in their pursuit of leaders liverpool, following a 1—1 draw at crystal palace. jo currie reports. selhurst park hasn't been much of a fortress lately. last time hair crystal palace conceded seven to liverpool but are hot on the hills, leicester with a chance to move to second. giving away a penalty, less than idealfor the second. giving away a penalty, less than ideal for the hosts. second. giving away a penalty, less than idealfor the hosts. the simplest of vowels. kelechi iheanacho stalled, keita with the save. after the break, the hosts finally found some festive form. first wilfried zaha sent this one a shot, his frustration clearly to see. in andros townsend whipped in a cross on the pinpoint timing and accuracy, zaha cross on the pinpoint timing and accuracy, za ha found cross on the pinpoint timing and accuracy, zaha found the net. palace ahead. but leicester were not done. harvey barnes created a chance out of s

gabrieljesus and kyle walker had already tested positive on christmas day, and city have now shut theirground. the southampton manager, ralph hasenhuttl, will miss tonight's match against west ham. a member of his family has tested positive for coronavirus so he is having to self—isolate. the club say he will watch from home and will remain in contact with the team and coaching staff at st mary's throughout the game via a video and audio link. that's one of five premier league games this evening. manchester united will move up to second in the table if they beat wolves. edinson cavani could be involved from the start for only the second time in a league game since joining the club. definitely a starter. you don't classify a player of that quality is anything else. we have got plenty of starters. more than 11 starters. and that's the thing when you're at man united. you should believe in yourself, trust yourself. i trust him, i trust my players, and we have got good competition for places. and he will probably start more games than he will not start. welsh forward jake ball will leave sc

gabrieljesus and kyle walker had already tested positive on christmas day.ham. a member of his family has tested positive for coronavirus so he is having to self—isolate. the club say he will watch from home and will remain in contact with the team and coaching staff at st mary's throughout the game via a video and audio link. that's one of five premier league games this evening. manchester united will move up to second in the table if they beat wolves. edinson cavani could be involved from the start for only the second time in a league game since joining the club. definitely a starter, you don't classify a player of that quality as anything else. we've got plenty of starters, more than 11 starters, and that's the thing when you're at man united. you should believe in yourself, trust yourself. i trust them, i trust my players. we've got good competition for places and he will probably start more games than he will not start. india thrashed australia by eight wickets in melbourne with a day to spare to level their test series at 1—1 with two to play. after bo

gabrieljesus and kyle walker had already tested positive on christmas day and city have now shut theiry a number of outbreaks. league one doncaster have postponed their next three games, rochdale their next two and their club doctor has questioned whether the season should be paused. having that period where people could go and see their family probably wasn't the wisest thing, not just for football but probably wasn't the wisest thing, notjust for football but in general. deep down, they may have serious concerns, they have young kids and family members or elderly relatives, and it sometimes begs the question of should the season still be going on? we've got these tear for places where people cannot travel but footballers are able to go in and out of —— tier 4. it's probably not the wisest thing at the moment. there are five more premier league matches this evening. with teams around them all dropping points, manchester united could move up to second in the table if they beat wolves. edinson cavani could be involved from the start for only the second time in a league game since joinin

players gabrieljesus and kyle walker had already tested positive on christmas day.next two games, doncaster their next three, with the football league also affected. two premier league matches did go ahead last night though. and despite a huge investment in their squad chelsea's indifferent form continues as they missed the chance to move into the top four. they drew 1—1 with aston villa at stamford bridge — 0livier giroud putting chelsea ahead. but villa grabbed a point when anwar el ghazi scored — that keeps villa fifth — just ahead of chelsea on goal difference. leicester are up to second after a 1—1 draw with crystal palace. wilfried za ha putting palace in front. before harvey barnes rescued a point for leicester seven minutes from time. the draw leaves leicester three points behind leaders liverpool. sheffield wednesday are looking for a new manager after sacking tony pulis. he only took over last month, and nowjust ten games in, the man who's never been relegated, won't get the chance to keep them up. they've already been hit with a six point point deduction

languishing 15th in the premier league, arsenal were quickly behind against the defending champions when gabrieljesussenal keeper alex runnarson allowed riyad mahrez to restore city's lead. phil foden and aymeric laporte put the result beyond doubt and keep city on track for a fourth straight league cup. for arsenal their last domestic win was on the 1st of november. there was a great story in the evening's other league cup game as brentford reached a major semi—finalfor the first time in their history. josh dasilva scored the only goal — as newcastle became brentford's fourth premier league scalp in the competition this year. disappointing because we missed a wonderful opportunity of taking the club into a semifinal where it has not been for 40 odd years or wherever it is. i have to accept what's coming my way and accept the criticism which is fully justified, because we certainly have not played well enough tonight. to win the tie which is a big disappointment. premier league players at clubs in tier 4 areas will soon be tested for coronavirus twice a week. top flight players have only been tested

players gabrieljesus and kyle walker had already tested positive on christmas day.a doubt, they could rely on the in form edinson cavani to start. definitely a starter. you don't... ..classify a player of that quality as anything else. we've got plenty of starters, more than 11 starters and that's the thing when you're at man united, you should believe in yourself, trust yourself. i trust him, i trust my players and we've got good competition for places. and he'll probably start more games than he will not start. sheffield wednesday are looking for a new manager after sacking tony pulis. he only took over last month, and nowjust ten games in, the man who's never been relegated, won't get the chance to keep them up. they've already been hit with a six point point deduction for breaching spending rules and are second bottom of the championship. not what the aussie cricket fans will have hoped for from the boxing day test, a heavy defeat to india, in the second match which levels the series at one all, they only needed to chase down a target of 70. captain tim paine wi

manchester city will be without gabrieljesus and kyle walker for their match at home to newcastle — thee all isolating. and scott parker will be absent from the fulham dugout when they play southampton this afternoon, after a member of his household tested positive for covid—19. parker himself was negative but has been forced to self isolate. there's also a full round of fixtures in scotland. rangers will be looking to extend their 16 point lead at the top when they welcome hibernian to ibrox in the lunch time game. celtic are away at hamilton. cricket is mourning the passing of two former england internationals which were also sorry teeming. john edrich scored more than 101st—class centuries and in its contribution to sorry was marked by the naming of the edrich gates at the oval. he has died at the age of 83. and robinjackman has passed away at the age of 75. he played 19 times in total for england and took more than 1401st—class wickets before becoming a much loved commentator in his home of south africa. and it is notjust the football in the uk. the melbourne test in australia alway