. —— against kilmarnock.spended flights from the uk because of the new variant of coronavirus. that has emerged in the south—east of england in particular, and is driving up infections in the south—east of england and london. italy is now the latest country to announce the suspension of flights to and from the uk. the italian foreign minister had said —— has said that they are suspending those flight after the news about the coronavirus variant. italy nowjoins news about the coronavirus variant. italy now joins belgium news about the coronavirus variant. italy nowjoins belgium and benevolence as european countries that have now and flights —— the netherlands, because of that coronavirus variant. as we've been hearing, millions of people across parts of england are now living under the toughest coronavirus restrictions — tier 4 — as the government looks to contain the rapid spread of the new variant of the virus. similar measures have been introduced in wales, which has some of the highest infection rates acro

aberdeen are up to third in the scottish premiership, after they won 2—0 at ten—man kilmarnock.t of fortune about aberdeen‘s first goal, early in the second half — ryan hedges‘ shot took a deflection on its way in. kilmarnock had brandon haunstrup sent off in injury time for this profession foul on sam cosgrove, and cosgrove got up and did this from the resulting free—kick. aberdeen level on points with second—placed celtic but they've played two games more. leicester are up to second in the premier league. they beat tottenham two—nil at white hart lane. that's just one point in three games forjose mourinho‘s side. jo currie watched the game. this had all the hallmarks of an early festive thriller. sadly, the first 35 minutes didn't exactly deliver —— 45 minutes. with only seconds before the half—time whistle, a moment of recklessness. with no real danger imminent, a penalty awarded. leicester headed the break. james madison thought he doubled the lead with this finish, only for va are to rule it out. but a second goal was coming. a perfect bowl for vardy, who won the header. no

champions celtic beat kilmarnock 2—0 to ease the pressure on manager neil lennon.t some of the other stories making the headlines today. manchester united remain top of the women's super league after they beat reading 2—i. hayley ladd heading in a late winner for united, who are unbeaten in the league this season. caroline weir scored her first goal of the season in injury time to help manchester city come from behind to beat arsenal 2—1. they remain fourth in the table a point behind the gunners. tottenham, west ham and chelsea also won. limerick have won their second all—ireland hurling title in three years, their ninth in total — as they beat waterford by 30 points to 19 at croke park in dublin. waterford have not won an all—ireland title since 1959. the championship unusually finishing in december with no fans present due to the coronavirus pandemic. dangerous weather suspended play at the us women's open in houston. the final round will now resume on monday. the leader, japan's hinako shibuno, had yet to tee off. she is one clear of the field, on four under. e

hamilton secured their first home league win of the season as they beat kilmarnock i—0 — the win liftstart to the wsl continues — they scored a goal in each half to beat aston villa. leah galton scored the first — but it took until the 89th minute for ella toone to chip in for the second. united now four points above arsenal at the top of the table. rugby union's autumn nations cup comes to a close this weekend — england and france play in the final tomorrow. today ireland claimed 3rd place by beating scotland 31 points to 16. ben croucher reports... ina yearlike in a year like no other, a familiar finish. it's been ten months and one pandemic since ireland won this fixture to kick of the six nations. since then, there's been something ofa since then, there's been something of a scottish rugby revival. it lasted about 30 minutes in dublin— three swings of this boot put them ahead. one swing of duncan taylor's and set them back. deliberate, said the referee. yellow card. scotland one man and soon two points down following the quick reaction to keep the's fast in mind, fleet of foot, and

all six oc‘lock kick offs except motherwell aberdeen, that got going at 615 and dundee united v kilmarnocknow for some of the day's other sport stories. england and atletico madrid defender kieran trippier has been banned for ten weeks and fined £70,000 for breaking the fa's betting rules. tripper denied seven alleged breaches, but four were found proven. he'll now miss 12 games for la liga leaders atletico, including their champions league last—i6 first leg tie at home to chelsea. england's cricketers will be allowed to fly to sri lanka for next month's test series, despite the country's ban on commercial flights from the uk. players will spend ten days in a bio—secure training bubble on arrival their before the first of two matches in galle starting on arrival before the first of two matches in galle starting on the 14th of january. two—time champion gary anderson is through to the third round of the world darts championship. he beat latvia's madars razma 3—1 at alexandra palace. it's so often one of the most spectacular moments of any 0lympic or paralympic games — the opening ceremony.

ross county leading hibernian by one heavens and currently goalless between motherwell and kilmarnockollow them on the sport website. let's take a quick look at some other sport making the news today. sports fans will once again be banned from attending matches as more areas of england are to be placed under tougher coronavirus restrictions. the area of liverpool will be moved into tier 3 at midnight, meaning there will be no premier league grounds which are allowed fans in. harlequins' premiership game against worcester due to take place on new year's day has been cancelled, due to a number of quins players self—isolating. one player was found to have the virus in the latest testing, while a further six players have been ruled out following contact tracing. difficult to say. the wet weather has put paid to the new year's day race meeting at cheltenham which has been abandoned. organisers say the track is waterlogged and unraceable. the seven—race card was due to feature the grade two relkeel hurdle. the event had been set to be held behind closed doors. and leeds rhinos have inducted

the motherwell manager stephen robinson has resigned following last night's defeat to kilmarnock.f the scottish premiership. robinson had been in charge for three years. assistant keith lasley will take the team for saturday's trip to hamilton. andy murray has pulled out of a tournament in florida next week because he wants to minimise the risks ahead of the australian 0pen that starts on february eighth. players have to pass a series of covid tests during a 14—day quarantine in melbourne. and england's jason roy was in good form in the australian big bash league. roy helped perth scorchers to their first win of the season, hitting 49 as they beat the adelaide strikers by seven wickets. so many sports events were wiped out this year — the olympics, the european championship, wimbledon, the ryder cup. we've got everything crossed that 2021 will make up for it, rather than look back at a fairly miserbale year, joe lynskey is here with some reasons to be cheerful about the next 12 months of sport. those major sporting offence of 2021 are the ones that have been pushed back from 2020.

aberdeen are up to third in the scottish premiership, after a 2—0 win at kilmarnock.home side had brandon haunstrup sent off in injury time for this professionalfoul on sam cosgrove, and cosgrove got up and did this from the resulting free—kick — aberdeen level on points with second—placed celtic but they've played two games more. a late danny welbeck equaliser denied sheffield united theirfirst league win of the season as they drew 1—1 at brighton. united'sjob was made even harder whenjohn lundstram was sent off for this challenge, after the referee had checked the var monitor. but against the odds they went in front — jayden bogle scoring a deflected effort on his premier league debut. sheffield united couldn't hold on as welbeck came off the bench to score in the 87th minute. chris wilder's side are still rooted to the bottom of the league onjust two points. leicester are a goal up at tottenham thanks to a penalty from jamie vardy. the second half is just getting under way. manchester united take on leeds at 4.30 and sam allardyce takes charge of west brom for the

aberdeen are up to third in the scottish premiership, after a 2—0 at kilmarnock.ide had brandon haunstrup sent off in injury time for this professional foul on sam cosgrove, and cosgrove got up and did this from the resulting free—kick — aberdeen level on points with second—placed celtic but they've played two games more. leicester are up to second in the premier league after winning 2—0 at tottenham. ajamie vardy penalty in the first half put them on their way. and he was involved in their second on the hour mark, when his header was turned into his own net by toby alderweireld, and they held on for all three points. theyjump above spurs and third placed everton and narrow the gap to leaders liverpool to four points. a late danny welbeck equaliser denied sheffield united theirfirst league win of the season as they drew 1—1 at brighton. united'sjob was made even harder whenjohn lundstram was sent off for this challenge, after the referee had checked the var monitor. but against the odds they went in front, jayden bogle scoring a deflected effort on his premier lea

champions celtic are currently taking on kilmarnock. it is still goalless early on in that match.er league with four matches currently under way including manchester city against second placed arsenal. arsenal 1—0 up at the moment. -- it is —— it is currently one — one piece today. —— it is currently one — one piece today. earlier, leaders manchester united scored a late winner at reading to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. haylay ladd got the decisive goal at the madejski stadium. lead every lap of the race, and on the day mclaren announced new investment in their team they clinched third in the constructors championship. lewis hamilton didn't seem to mind too much though about finishing second and third. mclaren claimed third in the constructor‘s championship on the day they sold offa championship on the day they sold off a third of their team. there's been a thrilling finish to golf‘s european tour season this afternoon. all weekend it looked like patrick reed would become the first american to win the race to dubai title, but he was overhauled in the final round by

while later on it's eighth versus ninth as kilmarnock travel to motherwell.te and app. new zealand wrapped up a dramatic win in the first test against pakistan to boost their hopes of reaching next year's world test championship final. new zealand had been favourites to win the game as the final day started with the tourists on 71—3 — but a century from fawad alam, 11 years after his last his last century, gave the tourists hope of a draw. he was eventually removed on 102, setting up a thrilling end with the hosts needing four wickets from the final 22 overs to secure victory. despite resistance from paksitan, new zealand finally got the last wicket with less than five overs remaining. the wet weather has put paid to friday's new year racing meeting at cheltenham, which has been abandoned. 0rganisers say the track is waterlogged and unraceable. the seven—race card was due to feature the grade two relkeel hurdle. the event had been set to be held behind closed doors after gloucestershire entered tier 3 for coronavirus restrcitions. that's all the sport for now

champions celtic are currently taking on kilmarnock. 1—0 to celtic in that one.including manchester city against second placed arsenal. ican i can tell you that manchester city have just scored so they lead to— one there. earlier, leaders manchester united scored a late winner at reading to maintain their unbeaten start to the season. haylay ladd got the decisive goal at the madejski stadium. chelsea, west ham and tottenham have also won today. max verstappen has won the final formula one race of the season in abu dhabi. the dutchman started from pole and his red bull lead every lap of the race to win for only the second time this season. mercedes valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton didn't seem to mind too much about finishing second and third. and mclaren claimed third in the constructors' championship on the day they sold off a third of their team. there was a thrilling finish to golf‘s european tour season. all weekend it looked like patrick reed would become the first american to win the race to dubai title, but he was overhauled in the final round by lee west

it follows last night's defeat to kilmarnock that has left them third bottom of the scottish premiershipears but says that he's taken the club as far as he can. assistant keith lasley will take the team for saturday's trip to hamilton. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. including tennis news, andy murray has opted out of the open in florida next month, worried about jeopardising his chances of getting to participate in the australian open pushed back to the beginning of february. worried about not being eligible for the quarantine hoops they have to jump through to get into australia. an update in the next hour. thank you very much. the highly anticipated oxford—astrazeneca vaccine was approved for use yesterday, bringing with it a change in strategy in how the uk aims to innoculate the population. like the pfizerjab, the oxford vaccine is most effective after two doses, but protection is provided after the first dose. the medicines regulator has changed its advice that people should have their second dos

scottish premiership, leaders rangers travel to dundee this lunchtime, whilst celtic are at home to kilmarnockcond in the table after a thumping 4—0 win at hamilton. paul mcginn scoring the pick of the goals for hibs. there were wins, too, yesterday for aberdeen, st mirren and livingstone. lewis hamilton says he's still feeling the after—effects of coronavirus as he prepares for the final race of the formula 1 season. he'll start the abu dhabi grand prix in third after qualifying behind his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas and max verstappen who claimed pole for red bull., it's definitely been a difficult weekend, i would say, just getting back into a rhythm. even though it's only a couple of weeks off, itjust felt like you've lost that momentum, and i've really struggled so far with the balance this weekend, but still, i gave it my all, and congratulations to max. less than two months after winning the trophy, exeter will begin the defence of their champions cup title when they face glasgow warriors today. that's one of four matches. yesterday, after 12 years away, bristol made their return

they did beat kilmarnock 2—0 though, to ease the pressure a little on manager neil lennon. ladd with the winner. they're three points clear of chelsea at the top of the table. lewis hamilton said he was "destroyed" after the abu dhabi grand prix, the final race of the season. he finished third but he was still suffering from the after—effects of coronavirus. red bull's max verstappen led from start to finish, taking the flag ahead of mercedes‘ valtteri bottas and then hamilton, who said he was looking forward to a rest. rob also really hard race for me. physically. still. all year, physically all year fine, but today, i wasn't so i'm glad it's over. there was an extraordinary finish to the european golf season, with lee westwood winning the race to dubai — that's the title given to the best player on the tour. another englishman, matt fitzpatrick, won the final tournament — but westwood did what he needed to do, finishing second to take the prize for the third time — 20 years after he first won it. and the us women's open will be played to a finish today, after round four w

they did beat kilmarnock 2—0 though, to ease the pressure a little on manager neil lennon.helsea at the top of the table. elsewhere, manchester city beat arsenal. exeter showed no mercy as they began their defence of rugby union's european champions cup. they beat glasgow warriors 42—nil. fans were back in the stadium for the first time and they saw their team score six tries, including this brilliant finish from 0lly woodburn. chasing the ball through, quick cap and over the line, look at that. lewis hamilton said he was "destroyed" after the abu dhabi grand prix, the final race of the season. he finished third but he was still suffering from the after—effects of coronavirus. red bull's max verstappen led from start to finish, taking the flag ahead of mercedes' valtteri bottas and then hamilton, who said he was looking forward to a rest. that was a really hard race for me, physically. all year physically i've been fine but today it wasn't. so i'm just glad it's over. ronnie 0'sullivan said he had no complaints, after being well beaten by mark selby in the final of the scot

scottish premiership, leaders rangers travel to dundee this lunchtime, whilst celtic are at home to kilmarnock there were wins, too, yesterday for aberdeen, st mirren and livingstone. lewis hamilton says he's still feeling the after effects of coronavirus as he prepares for the final race of the formula 1 season. he'll start the abu dhabi grand prix in third, after qualifying third behind his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas and max verstappen, who claimed pole for red bull. it's definitely been a difficult weekend, i would say, just getting back into a rhythm, even though it is only a couple of weeks off, i feel like i have lost the momentum andi feel like i have lost the momentum and i really struggled so far with the balance this weekend but still i gaveit the balance this weekend but still i gave it my all and congratulations to max. and silverstone is renaming its main straight in honour lewis hamilton's of lewis hamilton's seventh world championship win. the section of the circuit where the starting grid and finish line are for formula 1 will become the ‘hamilton straight‘ and is the o