meanwhile, manchester united's new striker 0dion ighalo has been training away from the club, followinganghai shenua. united have kept him away from the squad as a precautionary measure because of the small risk posed by the coronavirus. ighalo also missed united's training camp in spain, because of fears he might struggle to get back into the country. and looking ahead now, the olympics are, of course, on the horizon. they get underway in 5 months time, injuly in tokyo, but organisers of the games say that they haven't even considered cancelling or postponing. translation: at tokyo 2020 we have set up counter measures and we are sharing information with the national institute of infectious diseases. also at the prime minister's head office, countermeasures for a minister's head office, countermeasures fora new coronavirus have been established by the japanese government and border control actions are being taken. so organisers in tokyo are confident that the olympics will go ahead. the most high—profile event to be postponed so far was the chinese grand prix in shanghai, that was due t

next ighalo was set up crying out for. next ighalo was set upfor crying out for.nited goal on his first start. united went three before halftime through scott it did feel like the glory days were back. for once, united fans could relax in the second half. time for fred to step up and add some gloss to the proceedings. two for him, five for united, the time that has happened in europe forfour years. wolves are through to the last 16 despite losing the second leg of their tie against espanyol 3—2 , and this miss. pedro neto the guilty party. jonathan calleri scoring the winner for espanyol to complete his hat trick. the uae tour cycling race has been abandoned after officials said two italian cyclists had tested positive for the coronavirus. britain's adam yates had been leading the race, with chris froome among the riders to give his reaction on twitter. froome is riding in the event for team ineos, and said that it's a shame that the uae tour has been cancelled but public health must come first. organisers said that all the participants in the race will be tested

however, united are concerned about tightening restrictions that may stop ighalo getting back into the and women were back in action in hockey‘s pro league earlier. the men could only a manage a 1—1 draw with new zealand, while the women recorded their first win of the competition after beating the black sticks 3—0 in auckland. shona mccallin scoring herfirst goal in gb colours added the third in the final quarter for the olympic champions. afterwards she said it had been coming after leaving australia with no points last weekend. that's all the sport for now. hello. the weather is set to bring some disruption through the course of the weekend as storm ciara is approaching. there is an amber warning from the met office across the south—east of england on sunday, but widely across the uk severe gales are likely to cause significant disruption. storm ciara already brought severe storms across the eastern united states and is now moving across the atlantic on a strong jet stream, so strengthening all the time. we had some rain earlier across the south—east of england and that is now clear

manchester united's new striker 0dion ighalo will miss the club's training camp in spain, over fearsy back into the the uk due to the coronavirus outbreak. ighalo, a nigeria international, flew from china last weekend afterjoining united from a club in shanghai on a loan deal — but united are concerned about the possible tightening of border restrictions. great britain's men and women were back in action in hockey‘s pro league earlier. the men could only a manage a 1—1 draw with new zealand but the women recorded their first win of the competition after beating the black sticks 3—0 in auckland, shona mccallin scoring the third for the olympic champions — her first goal in gb colours. there's more on the bbc sport website, including the latest from today's matches in the premier league and scottish cup. but that's all from me. thanks very much. that's it from us. the next news on bbc one is at 3:40pm, bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. let's get more on our breaking news. thai media is reporting that at least 12 people have been killed and others injured in a ma

january signing odion ighalo also made his debut for united off the bench. they are up to fifth.s to nil. diogojota scored twice and rauljimenez got the other. celtic have moved 12 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership with a 3—1win over kilmarnock. they recovered from conceeding an early goal — kristoffer ajer‘s equaliser was soon followed up by odsounne edouard who put celtic ahead before the break. the third came in the second half courtesy of leigh griffiths. well that leaves rangers with a huge task to reel them in after they dropped another two points after drawing 2—2 at stjohnstone. stevie may with the equaliser in the 80th minute there was a thrilling 3—3 draw in the women's super league as chelsea faced manchester city at the academy stadium. the top two teams battled it out end to end, when beth england scored this stunning 30—yard strike to give chelsea a brief lead just moments before lauren hemp rescued a point for the hosts. city are a point above chelsea at the top of the table, but chelsea do have a game in hand. arsenal beat lewes 2—0 to reach the

ighalo, who spent two and half seasons at watford, also missed united's training camp in spain.t he might have trouble getting back into the uk because of tighter border controls for those who have recently been in china. he should be available to play against chelsea next monday night. ajax winger hakin ziyech willjoin chelsea in the summer. the 26—year—old is frank lampard's first signing since chelsea had their transfer ban lifted. the moroccan international has joined for a fee somewhere in the region of £38 million. the blues had wanted to sign him during the january transfer window but the dutch didn't want to lose him as they look to retain their title. fallon sherrock will make more history tonight when she becomes the first woman to compete in the darts premier league. she reached the third round at the world championship in december, becoming the first woman to beat a man in that tournament. she'll face glen durant in nottingham this evening as one of nine challengers in the first phase of this season's competiton. she won't collect league points but can earn prize mon

just before half—time, it was a moment to remember for 0dion ighalo, who scored his first goal for then. scott mctominay then made it 3—0 on the night — with fred scoring twice in the second—half as united completed a 6—1 aggregate win. very happy tonight. 0bviously very happy tonight. obviously we are ina very happy tonight. obviously we are in a moment now where we rotate players a bit and players are given games but when you score a goal and you play like this you will have more confidence. it is brilliant to see the start of the game i thought they had the right intent, created a lot of chances and when they got down to ten men the game was more or less over. however some big name teams are out. ajax came from a goal down to beat getafe in the 2nd leg of their tie in amsterdam. but the spanish side go through 3—2 on aggregate. arsenal are also out after losing 2—1 at home to 0lympiakos. the greeks scored their winner in extra—time, to go through on away goals. benfica shared a six—goal thriller with shakhtar donetsk. but the ukrainian champions won 5—4 on aggregate. and two—time wi

odion ighalo scored his first goal for his new team as they cruised into last 16 at the expense of clubs. rob heath watched both games. celtic had not won a postscript station knockout tie in europe since beating the mighty barcelona way backin beating the mighty barcelona way back in 200a. a win would see them joint archrivals rangers in the last 16 but in a waco gave them a slender advantage before this match. alas the defending in glasgow put them at a distinct disadvantage. just say would see him get a second chance, copenhagen ahead. celtic true level in the time when copenhagen tried to match them for defensive stupidity. he put the penalty away with nonchalance but in a price it was all over. celtic‘s defence on an away game with the second for copenhagen. shortly afterwards they made it three over and out for celtic at the last 32 stage again. many of manchester united's faithful have seen this tournament as a means to an end, a trophy that would get them back into europe's type table and possibly top up their finances. united were denied by this diving say but it was by their d

and, odion ighalo says he was so intent on moving to manchester united that he took a pay cut.watford striker joined united on loan on transfer deadline day from chinese club shanghai shenua. mark williams has limped his way into the second round of snooker‘s world grand prix. williams was given permission to wear a slipper—style soft shoe on his left foot because he's suffering from gout. the three time world champion still beat barry hawkins 4—2. meanwhile ronnie o'sullivan is through to he quarter finals. now to some worrying news coming out of shanghai as their sports authorities have recommended to suspend all sporting events in the city — as a result of the coronavirus. the number of cases in china has now jumped to more than 2a,300 with almost 500 deaths so far. the move casts even more doubt on the chinese grand prix, that's in shanghai on 19th april. well here is the shanghai circuit, where it's believed that the race will have to at least be postponed. but with a record of 22 races this season, finding a new date could be tricky. and it's not the only race that's bein

odion ighalo also missed the training camp in spain.om those who have been recently in china. you should been recently in china. you should be available to play against chelsea next monday night. chelsea have reached an agreement to sign the iraq's winger hakim ziyech. the moroccan as chelsea's first signing since —— to sign ajax winger hakim ziyech. the deal is worth around £33 million. reaching the third round of the world championship in december, becoming the first woman to beat a man in the tournament. you will face another opponent tonight is one of nine challenges in the first phase of this is an's competition, she will not collect league points that can earn prize money based on a result. it's definitely been different from what i'm normally used to. i've had a lot of exhibition work, a lot of interviews. it's been very, very busy. i get recognised a lot more now. i love every minute of it. the fa ct now. i love every minute of it. the fact i get to play in the premier league is awesome because i've been watching on tv the past

bruno fernandes scored his first goal for united as they beat watford 3—0 and january signing odion ighaloy are up to fifth. elsewhere wolves beat norwich again by 3 goals to nil. diogojota scored twice and rauljimenez got the other. celtic have moved 12 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership with a 3—1win over kilmarnock. they recovered from losing an early killie goal, as kristoffer ajer equalised for the hosts and was soon followed up by odsounne edouard to put celtic ahead before the break. the third came in the second half courtesy of leigh griffiths, his fifth in eight games. the champions have now won 15 of their last 16 home games, with 32 goals scored since the winter break. well that leaves rangers with a huge task to reel them in after they dropped another two points after drawing 2—2 at stjohnstone. stevie may with the equaliser in the 80th minute to put steven gerrard's side twelve points behind celtic. there was a thrilling 3—3 draw in the women's super league as chelsea faced manchester city at the academy stadium. the top two teams battled it out end to end, wh

and 0dion ighalo says he was so intent on moving to manchester united, that he took a pay cut.d striker joined united on loan on transfer deadline day from chinese club shanghai shenhua. from shanghai to manchester, now foshan to belgrade, yes, the olympic basketball qualifiers were due to take place in china this week, but have been moved due to the coronavirus outbreak. great britain women are hoping to create some history by qualifying for the olympics for the first time. they'll face china tomorrow in the first of three matches, and one win could be enough for a place at tokyo 2020. 0ur 0lympic sports reporter nick hope is in serbia for us. eight a few years ago, not even the british women fought that 0lympic qualification would be possible because they simply had no support. gone were the days of receiving over £7 million in the lead up to london 2012. all that support for uk sport disappeared after those games. they have had to survive on a shoestring budget ever since, but despite that they have achieved the near impossible, winning commonwealth silver in 2018, their amb

indeed, ighalo features on most of this morning's back pages.ho died suddenly in december and has always wanted him to play for united. the times have picked fernandes, for their lead picture. he scored united's first goal last night. and the guardian have picked the game's other scorers, fred and mctominay. and they say the euros will start in rome, as planned this june, despite the spread of the coronavirus. the coronavirus is though affecting sport across the world. the latest event to be cancelled is cycling's uae tour, after two italian staff members were found to have the virus. britain's adam yates was leading at the time. he's being tested, along with mark cavendish and chris froome, who tweeted... "it's a shame that the #uaetour has been cancelled but public health must come first. we are all awaiting testing and will remain at the hotel until further notice. i hope those affected make a speedy recovery and there aren't any further cases #coronavirus." there's concern too in berlin, where the track cycling world championships are taking

manchester united's new striker odion ighalo will miss the club's training camp in spain, over fears flew from china last weekend afterjoining united from a club in shanghai on a loan deal — but united are concerned about the possible tightening of border restrictions. preston have maintained their championship promotion push with a 2—1 win at struggling wigan. an early goal from tom barkhazen followed by this second half strike from danieljohnson put alex neil's side 2—0 in front. chey dunkley pulled a goal back for wigan, but preston hung on for the three points. elsewhere in the championship it's still incredibly tight at the top. third placed fulham have gone level on points with leeds in second after beating blackburn 1—0, while brentford arejust two points further back after beating middlesbrough 3—2. at the bottom of the table there were big wins for stoke and huddersfield. rangers are through to the quarterfinals of the scottish cup after thrashing hamilton 4—1. a wave of second half goals quickly ended the tie, alfredo morelos with this injury time winner to secure a spot in

manchester united's new striker, odion ighalo will miss the club's training camp in spain. due to the into the the uk, due to the coronavirus outbreak. the nigerian international joined united on loan from a club in shanghai. the sydney sixers have won the big bash league, they beat melbourne stars by 19 runs. the match had been reduced to 12 overs due to rain. but the sixers wrapped up the final with some spectacular bowling. melbourne have now lost all three of their big bash finals toronto wolfpack are still to win a game in super league. the canadian side — starring all black legend sonny bill williams — lost by 2a points to 16 to salford red devils in their second appearance in the divison. still to come on sportsday... a stunning last five minutes from great britain's women's basketballers — but was it enough to secure them a place in at the olympics? and we meet the former armed forces personnel finding help for their past, and hope for their future, on the golf course... great britain's fed cup team have lost their qualifier against slovakia. they started the day two nil down

january signing 0dion ighalo also made his debut for united off the bench.ogojota got a couple of goals and rauljimenez got the other. arsenal play everton at az30pm. that's all the sport for now. much more on the bbc sport website, celtic are beating kilmarnock 2—1 as they look to move 12 points clear in the scottish prmiership. that's more reaction on our website to tyson fury‘s victory. but another update in the next hour. 0lly foster, thank you. let me bring you some more on the breaking news that catherine da costa, our correspondent in milton keynes filed this morning. she is with me. this is the news of further cases? yes, in the last half an hour we have had an update from the government from the chief medical officer who said their are four new cases of covid—19. bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the uk to 13. the virus was passed on board the diamond princess crew ship, the ship that had been injapan. passengers, more than 3700 passengers had already been in quarantine on the ship for a fortnight. their patients had been transferred f

just before half—time, odion ighalo scored his first goal for the club to give united a two—goal cushionthe second half as united completed a 6—1 aggregate win. very happy tonight. obviously we're in a moment now that we rotate a bit. players are given games. but when you score a goal and you play like this, you will have more confidence. it is brilliant to see the start of the game. i thought they had the right intent, created loads of chances, and when they got down to ten men, of course, the game was more or less over. cycling's tour of the uae had to be abandoned on wednesday with two stages of this year's race still go to. officials took the decision after two staff members from one of the teams tested positive for the coronavirus. great britain's adam yates of mitchelton—scott was leading the race when the remaining stages were cancelled. chris froome of team ineos said on twitter that it's a shame the uae tour has been cancelled, but public health must come first. we are all awaiting testing and will remain at the hotel until further notice. there have been 650 cases of coronaviru

odion ighalo is made to train away from the manchester united squad as a precautionary measure becausee coronavirus. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister's government reshuffle took a dramatic turn this morning, as the chancellor sajid javid resigned from the cabinet. it's understood he was offered the opportunity to stay on, but only on condition that he fire all his advisers, which he refused to do. he'll be replaced by another treasury minister, rishi sunak. the shock resignation has dominated boris johnson's first reshuffle since his election victory in december. a string of other senior ministers have gone, including the northern ireland secretaryjulian smith, who oversaw the restoration of devolved government in stormont. so have the business secretary andrea leadsom, and the environment secretary, theresa villiers. the attorney general, geoffrey cox, who attended cabinet has resigned. the foreign secretary dominic raab remains in place, as does the home secretary priti patel. our political correspondent chris mason has this report on the morning'

january signing 0dion ighalo also made his debut for united off the bench. they are up to fifth.ed twice and rauljimenez got the other. tyson fury says his boxing career would be complete if he faces anthonyjoshua, after becoming two—time heavyweight world champion. it follows his stunning win over deontay wilder in las vegas last night. he made his entrance to the ring on a throne, having promised to knock wilder out early, who himself was adding to the occason in an equally extravagant outfit. fury made a blistering start, knocking him down in the third and the fifth before the fight was stopped in the seventh — wilder's camp throwing in the towel as fury underlined his status as the leading heavyweight in the division, to cap a remarkable comeback from drink, drugs and depression, following a two—year period away from the sport. i am my own worst critic and even though it was a fantastic performance and i got a great win, i know i can do better. i have only just started with the style. we have had seven weeks to perfect a style that takes years at the kronk gym. i am a quick l

strengthened their ranks in the january transfer window with the signing of nigerian striker 0dion ighalosolkskjaer hasn't confirmed if he'll play a part on monday. i never said he was going to be ready to play on monday, he will be involved with us and he will be involved with us and he will travel down with us, and we have... obviously now he is out of that two—week period of precaution, it isjust out of that two—week period of precaution, it is just a precaution, it is just a precaution we made so he will travel with us and let's see if he is involved or not. and before we go, have a look at this. referees often get plenty of criticism on social media, but here's one who's gone viral for all the right reasons after making a diving save to catch a knocked—out fighter before his head hit the ground. the referee was officiating a muay thai fight in bangkok when one of the fighters received a knockout blow, but the referee saw it all the way and made a diving save to protect his head from the canvas. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me,

odion ighalo scored his first goal for his new team as they cruised into last 16 at the expense of clubng the mighty barcelona way backin beating the mighty barcelona way back in 200a. a win would see them joint archrivals rangers in the last 16 but in a waco gave them a slender advantage before this match. alas the defending in glasgow put them

ighalo also missed united's training camp in spain.en in china. he should be available to play against chelsea next monday night. rangers manager steven gerrard really laid into his players last night after their 2—1 defeat at kilmarnock in the scottish premiership. he questioned their mentality, saying he was wrong to think they had the mindset to challenge for the title. they dropped points for the third time in five league games, as they conceded two late goals in the 2—1 defeat. the loss means rangers are now ten points behind leaders celtic but do have a game in hand and two old firm matches to play. fallon sherrock will make more history tonight when she becomes the first woman to compete in the darts premier league. she reached the third round at the world championship in december, becoming the first woman to beat a man in that tournament. she'll face glen durant in nottingham this evening as one of nine "challengers" in the first phase of this season's competiton. she won't collect league points but can earn prize money based o

january signing odion ighalo also made his debut for united off the bench. they are up to fifth.coreline. diogojota scored twice and rauljimenez got the other. they've moved up the table to keep in contention for european places. tyson fury declared that "the king has returned to the top!" 15 months after their first fight which was a draw he's taken the wbc world heavyweight title from deontay wilder. the american has the option of another rematch, but the boxing world will now be clamouring for a unification fight with anthonyjoshua. our sports editor dan roan was at the fight in las vegas. never one for understatement, tyson fury was carried to the ring on a throne. would tonight give his career its crowning moment? clad in armour and his trademark mask, however, deontay wilder was a menacing presence. but in a defining performance, it was the british fighter who seized the initiative, fury knocking down his american opponent in the third round and then again in the fifth. vaunted for his punching power, the bewildered and battered wilder had no response. his corner eventually

manchester united meanwhile should be able to call upon loanee odion ighalo for monday's premier league china. the former watford striker moved on deadline day from chinese side shanhai shenua but missed their winter break to spain forfears he might have trouble getting back into the country. a chelsea player to look out for soon will be moroccan winger hakim ziyech. the club have agreed a deal with ajax believed to be in the region of 33 million pounds. he was a target for frank lampard during the january transfer window but subject to personal terms, should complete the move to stamford bridge in the summer. former premier league referee bobby madley is to return to english football — just under two years after being sacked for a video mocking a disabled person. he'll return to referee in leagues one and two next season. he's also agreed to attend an fa discrimination workshop and thanked those in charge of match officials in england for giving him a second chance. england hookerjamie george says he plans to stay with saracens next season, despite their relegation to the championship.

in contrast, manchester united absolutely romped home against club bruges, 0dion ighalo with his first yates are among those being tested for the coronavirus after cycling's uae tour was cancelled when two italian staff members were found to have the virus. yates was leading after the fifth stage before the decision was taken to end the race. froome was back racing for the first time since breaking his leg in a race injune last year. he tweeted that it was a shame, but public health must come first, and they were staying at their hotel until further notice. lewis hamilton only managed a handful of laps on the penultimate day of f1 preseason testing in barcelona. his mercedes suffered engine failure and he couldn't get back out on the track, as he prepares to challenge for a seventh world title. now, it's the fight everybody wants to see between two giants of british boxing, tyson fury against anthonyjoshua. fury beat deontay wilder to claim the wbc titl in las vegas on saturday, and joshua's promoter, eddie hearn, is now working to set up the fight that would unify the heavyweight divi

win last night were manchester united — thrashing bruges 5—0 to go through 6—1 on aggregate. 0dion ighaloanned handshakes at their training ground, in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. head coach steve bruce said the morning ritual of all the players and staff shaking hands had been stopped on the advice of the team doctor. there's concern too in berlin, where the track cycling world championships are taking place — and that's because at least one rider travelled to germany from the uae tour, which has since been cancelled. it was stopped after five stages — with two to go — when two italian staff members, were found to have the virus. chris froome, mark cavendish and adam yates — who was leading the race at the time — are among those being tested. all the riders are being kept at their hotel until the results are known. in tennis — british number two heather watson is through to the semi—finals of the mexican 0pen, after beating christina mchale. she's the highest ranked player left in the draw. kyle edmund's run in acapulco is over though. he went down in straight sets to