tottenham will enjoy playing on the counterattack with jose mourinho short full—backs this evening with down. so we will see how it plays down. kick—off is at 8pm. evidence perhaps you can't predict anything in this unpredictable season. lizzie doyle joins us from the anfield wrap liverpool podcast, along with abbi simmonds from the spurs web blog. great to speak to you both this evening. a blip, ali, for liverpool, or signs of something more worrying? i think it's a blip, a lot of this is to do with the fact that we haven't got a centre off and we are struggling to keep our centre half. the only centre half we've got is expected to play tonight, asjurgen klopp said in the press conference, but there's rumours stewing around that robinho might be out. itjust feels like it never ends because liverpool are using our best defence, which has a knock on effect on everyone else. you can make any excuses but it will have an effect on the team. but it still the same team that won the league last season by a mile. but i think they need some confidence, and i think one thing at the first and, the

and jose mourinho some of the concerns are pretty well when he said it is impossible for a club to haveme against aston villa next week could be in doubt, and he is saying with the euros injune, it is saying with the euros injune, it is just such is saying with the euros injune, it isjust such a is saying with the euros injune, it is just such a tight season and it is just such a tight season and it is not the premier league, 52 efl games already off the season. issues with the women's super league in the women's fa cup come uncertainty there. professional sport really does know it cannot be complacent over the next two weeks and that is what we have seen this strengthening of protocols. lauren, more postponement will make it difficult. thank you, lauren. football is continuing, for some it's an escape from what's happening. the fa cup third round weekend is one often full of magic and intrigue and potential giant killings. our reporterjoe lynskey is here to look ahead to the big games which lie ahead — and we have to start at marine. some mouthwatering ties but we have to start at mari

elsewhere today, the tottenham boss jose mourinho has said the handling of his side's late postponementofessional". the match was called off less than three hours before kick off on wednesday by the premier league after an outbreak of coronavirus in the fulham camp. i don't want to speak 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

jose mourinho is going to be in for a massive eye—opener when he comes to marine on sunday.eighbours if he wants to. if the ball goes over the fence on our side, you just wait for a crash, in case it's gone through to their greenhouse or something like that! there is a sense of sadness that, for this biggest match in their history, the neighbours will have to keep their distance on this occasion and no fans will be allowed at the game. and to recoup some of the £100,000 the club could potentially have made, they are selling virtual tickets for a tenner, as a souvenir perhaps? spurs fans have been buying these as well. while one of marine's most famous footballing neighbours this week chipped in himself to sponsor the dugouts after the previous one pulled out. i'm glad to be involved. i think it's going to a unique occasion for marine, the most famous game in their history. so, as a local supporter, i was glad to help. the club will also get money from the song, which, in keeping with fa tradition, has a rousing finale. # oh, oh, oh!# brilliant stuff! good luck, bbc one, sund

the spurs manager, jose mourinho, says postponents due to covid are giving the league little choice buthe 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 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 26 march and, despite the disruption to the calendar, organisers are still planning on

two league titles and three cups couldn't save jose mourinho. avram grant and big phil scolari who followed. guus hiddink won the cup in his seven months as caretaker. a league and cup double for ancelotti but a barren second season did for him. andre vilas boas couldn't see out a full campaign. roberto di mateo came in and won the fa cup and the champions league. he was gone six months later, rafa benitez finished off that season with the europa league. welcome back, jose, another league title and league cup. hiddink picked up the pieces again in an interim role. before things picked up under antonio conte, another league and cup, maurizio sarri the only manager not to get the boot. and cup, maurizio sarri, the only manager not to get the boot. he won the europa league in his one season and then went home to italy. frank lampard won all his trophies under some of those managers, but his management didn't cut it so tuchel it is for the owner. joe lynskey reports. roman abramovich goes for coaches who have one major title that the biggest clubs.

the spurs manager, jose mourinho, says postponents due to covid are giving the league little choice butthe 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 race on 26 march 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 revise

kane is a real blow for spurs — he was taken off at half time with injuries to both ankles and jose mourinhoiss the next few weeks. he was substituted at half—time and has a history of problems with his ankle. it looked to be a knock on his left leg. liverpool took the lead just before the break. that was their first in the league this year, on the way to their first win of 2021. that injury for spurs is worrying. two a n kles. the first was a bad tackle. i think was thiago, then the second one, i didn't know well. but two injuries in both ankles, the second one worse than the first one. and a few weeks. how many? i don't know. west ham have signed benrahma on a permanent basis. he's signed a contract until 2026 which paves the way forjesse lingaard's loan move to manchester united. hejoined from brentford on deadline day back in october. west ham are fifth in the premier league, six points behind leaders manchester city. gareth southgate is taking part of a study research links between football and dementia. now he's 50 he says he's allowed to be part of the heading study which is at the sc

jose mourinho is going to be in for a massive eye—opener when he comes to marine on sunday.n case it's gone through their greenhouse or something like that! there is a sense of sadness that, for this biggest match in their history, the neighbours will have to keep their distance on this occasion and no fans will be allowed at the game. and to recoup some of the £100,000 the club could potentially have made, they are selling virtual tickets for a tenner, while one of marine's most famous footballing neighbours this week chipped in himself to sponsor the dugouts. i'm glad to be involved. i think it's going to a unique occasion for marine, the most famous game in their history. so, as a local supporter, i was glad to help. the club will also get money from the song, which, in keeping with fa tradition, has a rousing finale. # oh, oh, oh!# mike bushell with such reports. and you can watch marine take on spurs live on bbc one on sunday, from a.30pm. —— mike bushell with that report. time for a look at the weather. another very cold day with further sleet and snow forecast, it is

in fact, the gulf with jose mourinho's team is the biggest in fa cup history.

jose mourinho is going to be in for a massive eye—opener when he comes to marine on sunday.r a crash, in case it's gone through to their greenhouse or something like that! there is a sense of sadness that, for this biggest match in their history, the neighbours will have to keep their distance on this occasion and no fans will be allowed at the game. and to recoup some of the £100,000 the club could potentially have made, they are selling virtual tickets for a tenner, as a souvenir perhaps? spurs fans have been buying these as well. while one of marine's most famous footballing neighbours this week chipped in himself to sponsor the dugouts after the previous one pulled out. i'm glad to be involved. i think it's going to a unique occasion for marine, the most famous game in their history. so, as a local supporter, i was glad to help. the club will also get money from the song, which, in keeping with fa tradition, has a rousing finale. # oh, oh, oh!# brilliant stuff! good luck, bbc one, sunday. five o'clock to be precise. around the perimeter fence at marine they have numbers

could we see our first upset, jose mourinho will be hoping that is not the case, when he takes his tottenhamrs wycombe wanderers. i would like to make some _ wycombe wanderers. i would like to make some changes. _ wycombe wanderers. i would like to make some changes. but - wycombe wanderers. i would like to make some changes. but yes, | to make some changes. but yes, we go with the whole group, because we know that we have a difficult match, and we don't want to throw away any competition, if we lose the competition, if we lose the competition, if we are knocked out of some competition, it has to be because we were not good enough, not because we didn't face the game with respect. find face the game with respect. and finall to face the game with respect. and finally to some _ face the game with respect. and finally to some remarkable pictures from the cross—country skiing world cup meeting in finland. an extraordinary conclusion to the men's four x 7.5 kilometre relay. russia's alexander balch and i've took exception to the skiing of finland'sjohnny making in finland's johnny making in their

the spread of coronavirus in the uk continue to dog the premier league, here's the spurs boss, jose mourinhory 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 limited practice opportunities ahead of the australian open and its warm—up events. the spanish super cup holders real madrid play their semi—final later against athletic bilbao. they've been in training in malaga, where the match is taking place. real can extend their unbeaten run across all competitions to nine matches, the winner will play barcelona i

stricter coronavirus protocols were introduced by the premier league today as the tottenham manager jose mourinhotches have been called off, with doubts now hanging over spurs next league game with aston villa. mourinho fears fixture congestion could prove detrimental to their title ambitions. i think it is a moment for the premier league to show leadership and to make decisions, decisions we re and to make decisions, decisions were of course a club like us that is trying everything to him every day to follow the rules, we cannot be punished if we don't play against aston villa, we will have three matches postponed and that is impossible because after the season, we have the euros and of course the euros are not going to be moved. manchester city women's continental cup tie against chelsea on wednesday has been postponed because of the outbreak in city's squad. four players at city tested positive for covid—19 earlier in the week, following a festive trip to dubai, with tomorrow's wsl match against west ham already called off. arsenal's game tomorrow is also off. there have been cause for the pla

kane is a real blow for spurs — he was taken off at half time with injuries to both ankles and jose mourinhonjuries in both ankles, the second one worse than the first one. and a few weeks. how many? i don't know. football clubs are stepping up their efforts to help their fans in need during this latest lockdown. at wolves, nuno espirito santo has donated £250,000 to help tackle food poverty in the area. nuno said he wanted to give something back to people who are struggling through the pandemic. it's part of the wolves foundation's half—a—million pound, feed our pack, project. scottish golfer robert macintyre, has taken the lead at the dubai desert classic. he's been impressing, a lot of people recently, including europe's ryder cup captain padraig harrington, who'll have enjoyed macintyre's second round of 68. that took him to 9—under—par, two shots clear of the field. tennis fans were allowed back for the first time in almost a year for an exhibition event in adelaide, where some players have been in quarantine ahead of the australian open. let's just appreciate the sound of a 4000 strong

jose mourinho knows what it's like to be sacked by chelsea — twice.s. about half an hour gone and we could have a shock on our hands. wycombe have just taken the lead in the last ten minutes. fred 0nyedinma putting wycombe ahead. you can listen to commentary right now on bbc radio 5 live. england captainjoe root has urged his side to continue chasing improvements after an impressive victory in the second test against sri lanka in galle. their six wicket win wrapped up the series 2—0 on a fourth day where england's spinners turned the game in their favour. joe wilson reports. all around galle, between every coast, the world turns. the cricket spins. first, sri lanka were bowled out, partly by donbass. partly by jack leach. there were some fine shots and catches, he was under that one? relax, it is james anderson. great reactions here by jack crawley, the catcher. great reactions from the bowler. but watch this, embuldeniya hit a0 precious runs to rescue his team's precious total. england would need 16a to win which demanded serious attention. embuldeni

tottenham manager jose mourinho may have been happy with their win over leeds but he was definitely notat a party, in breach of coronavirus rules. the club are investigating. they said they were "extremely disappointed". i believe that we do everything to keep our players safe. i believe that every club also tries to do the same but we are not in control 2a hours a day and i think i told you enough and i told you everything. in the scottish premiership, rangers and celtic marked the 50th anniversary of the ibrox stadium disaster, which cost 66 fans their lives. both teams laid wreaths before the old firm derby, in memory of the supporters who were killed in a crush on a stairway. almost half of those who perished were under the age of 20. to the match itself where victory went to rangers. celtic had been the better side until their defender nir bitton was sent off for that foul on alfredo morelos. then a deflection off callum mcgregor was enough to give rangers their third derby win in a row and a 19—point lead at the top of the table. there was a real shock in rugby union's premiership

jose prediction? will be there an upset? i can seejose mourinhoperformers on and off the pitch, chorley are making a habit of hitting all the right notes in this season's fa cup. another tie, another cup upset. this time it was derby who were knocked out, chorley on top from the very start. derby normally play four divisions higher than chorley, but a covid—19 outbreak meant they were forced to name a starting 11 with an average age ofjust 19. and in the end the lack of experience showed. non—league chorley into round four of the fa cup! chorley‘s fairytale run goes on. just a real proud moment. i feel really emotional, to be honest with you. you know, we've been on a journey, this football club, over the last 10—15 years, we've made lots of progress, and today is probably the pinnacle of that. there was a fairytale return for the backpool goalkeeper chris maxwell. after being out for ten days with covid, he saved three out of five penaties to help blackpool beat premier league side west brom. cameronjerome's goal had mk dons dreaming of round fou

kane is a real blow for spurs — he was taken off at half time with injuries to both ankles and jose mourinhoas their first in the league this year, on the way to their first win of 2021. and that was the goal of the game so liverpool were seen through. that injury for spurs is worrying. two a n kles. the first was a bad tackle. i think was thiago, then the second one, i didn't know well. but two injuries in both ankles, the second one worse than the first one. and a few weeks. how many? i don't know. west ham have signed ben rama on a permanent basis. he's signed a contract until 2026 which paves the way for lingard loan moved to united. good news the six nations rugby with progress on the quarantine situation in france. the french government has approved the protocols that have been put forward although exemptions for travel into the country have yet to be finalised. it's a positive step. francis first game is against scotland on the 20th of february. robert mcintyre has taken the lead in the desert to buy classic. staying with golf, rory mcavoy is trying to become the next chairman of the

someone who knows how that feels is jose mourinho.essure is steve bruce. the newcastle _ two... another man under pressure is steve bruce. the newcastle manager| steve bruce. the newcastle manager did not allow questions from the written press at his press conference yesterday. he knows he needs to stop his side's slump in form, they haven't won in ten games and at home in the league tonight. we have been on a poor run, i understand _ we have been on a poor run, i understand how they feel. all i can do is _ understand how they feel. all i can do is try— understand how they feel. all i can do is try and get the team in as good _ do is try and get the team in as good a — do is try and get the team in as good a shape as i possibly can. sometimes you have to draw on experience. if i'm on it before, it's my— experience. if i'm on it before, it's myjob— experience. if i'm on it before, it's myjob to take care of training, _ it's myjob to take care of training, be involved with training, io training, be involved with training, do to— trainin

and jose mourinho says his captain is likely to miss the next few weeks. two a n kles.'t know. 0n the other side of the world, suddenly we are seeing crowds. a flashback to how things used to be and how things are in australia. the sunshine pouring in. tennis fans were allowed back for the first time in almost a year for an exhibition event in adelaide, where some players have been in quarantine ahead of the australian open. we can also appreciate this and the crowd makes. so rare. haven't we missed that sound?! world number one novak djokovic pulled out with a blistered hand but then appeared in the second set, taking overfrom filip krajinovic. he said he was sorry he didn't play from the start but he hoped everyone enjoyed the show. we can dream. we can hope. as soon as we can. we're being asked to count the birds in our gardens orfrom our balconies this weekend. it's part of an annual survey by the rspb. and with most of us locked down at home, there's likely to be an even bigger response than usual. breakfast�*sjohn maguire can tell us more. it isa it is a little da

the thing is is that this is a competition at jose thing is is that this is a competition atjose mourinhond his managerial career and he's got to the stage of the competition and got on to reach the competition and got on to reach the final and gone on to win the final ladder and front —— finds little hope this is the case as well. as far as this year is concerned bearing in mind they are looking for their first trophy since 2008. you are right, they are the favourites but i would not underestimate the bra nford favourites but i would not underestimate the branford side. they have knocked out there for premier league teams to get this far. they will be highly motivated as well. they wear. i suspect they will very strong in terms of their tea m will very strong in terms of their team selection as well. it is their first ever major semifinal in the competition in their history sell 13a year history. of course they are playing in a big occasion as well. they are playing in their playoff final. consider what that is worth that the football club, that's worth £170 million. they know about the