they've beaten leicester 2—1.more good news for liverpool, their closest title rivals beaten at home. beaten for just the second time beaten forjust the second time this season. leicester had taken the lead but southampton pegged them back through stuart armstrong and in the second half there was then var contention when leicester thought they had a penalty, but the decision was overruled because of offside. that would have possibly put them 2-1 that would have possibly put them 2—1 up. one of those excruciatingly close offside calls we've seen a lot this season since var was introduced. brendan rodgers had no complaints at full—time. it got even worse for leicester when danny ings scored for southampton to make it 2—1 with ten minutes to go. fantastic scenes for the away supporters who saw so much suffering when they lost 9—0 at home. well, the nine leicester goals from october were being played on the big screens at the king power before kick—off. but this result completes the manager hassenhutl‘s revival. yes,

perhaps he had forgotten the spaniard joined leicester last summer.ve learned from that schoolboy error. but less than three minutes later he gave leicester the ball again and this timejames maddison punished him in spectacular style. and leicester's perfect start to the year was rounded off when hamza choudhury claimed the first senior goal of his career. we concentrated on developing our game, increasing our performance level and how we play and the ability to play and improving ourgame how we play and the ability to play and improving our game idea. and for that, that's my only focus. after yea rs of that, that's my only focus. after years of injury misery, southampton's danny ings is on course for the most prolific season of his career. his 13th premier league goal of the campaign was enough to beat tottenham i—o. league goal of the campaign was enough to beat tottenham 1-0. to start the new year like that was brilliant. i feel like the last few weeks has just clicked. brilliant. i feel like the last few weeks hasjust clicked. we have brilliant. i

after coming from behind to beat leicester city 2—1 at turf moor.t's back to back defeats now for brendan rodgers side. adam wild reports. without a win since christmas, sean dyche know that time was ticking to turn things around. the sight of leicester bearing down on goal was one he could have done without. in nick pope, burnley have a key grip on who they can rely, an excellent save stopping thing getting even worse. at the other end, they have a player with inside knowledge, chris wood in exactly the right place to equalise against his former side. but all that may have meant nothing when barnes was brought down in the box, penalty, time for burnley to pin hopes on pope once more. jamie vardy could not beat him. in at the final act, a final twist, ashley westwood smashing in a in a winner. a much—needed victory, things suddenly feeling a little brighter around burnley.

remember southampton‘s 9—0 defeat to leicester last year?y got revenge by winning at the king power stadium. 200 manchester united games for marcus rashford and he celebrated with two goals as they eased past norwich. also coming up in the programme: it'll be rafa against novak, but not as we know it in the final of the atp cup in australia. and it's a massive weekend in the nfl. eight teams still in with a chance of making it to super bowl liv, we'll look ahead to the play—offs. hello. a very good evening to you. all the day's rugby to come too and the very latest from the tottenham hotspur stadium asjose mourinho becomes the latest boss to try and stop the juggernaut that is the premier league leaders, liverpool, but we start tonight with a london derby. it was north vs south as arsenal travelled to crystal palace looking to continue their upturn in form under new boss mikel arteta. and it was a feisty affair at selhurst park, as patrick gearey reports. nestling in south london's streets, selhurst park's a reminder of football as it was —

leicester backed their best.had beaten leicester at the weekend and here they were looking to continue their good form. chris wood's smart effort got them started at old trafford. if that was well taken, jay rodriguez's goal was quite brilliant. perfect precision. manchester united supporters have seen enough this season to know when they have seen enough... a famous victory for burnley, united's frustration goes on. adam wild, bbc news. as for tottenham, they won their first league news. as for tottenham, they won theirfirst league game news. as for tottenham, they won their first league game of the year by beating norwich 2—1 at the totte n ha m by beating norwich 2—1 at the tottenham hotspur

leicester, back to their best.jeopardy. burnley beat leicester at the weekend and here they were looking to continue their good form. chris would's smart effort got them started at old trafford. j would regress's goal was brilliant. j rodriguez's goal. and they have seen enough this season to know when they have seen enough. a famous win for burnley and united's frustration goes on. tottenham won their first league game of the year, by beating bottom of the table norwich 2—1 at tottenham hotspur stadium. goals from dele alli and heung min—son sealing the three points. celtic still hold a slender lead over rangers at the top of the scottish premiership. both glasgow sides were in action this evening and both of them won. celtic were 3—1 winners at kilmarnock. a neat spin and finish from odson edward broke the deadlock. before leigh griffths and this towering header from christopherjullian made it three and secured the victory for the champions. and the latest on the saracens saga is that premiership rugby will relea

leicester city's new history will have to wait.nd's tour of south africa with a broken rib. he picked up the injury during their second test win in cape town and is expected to be out for 6 to eight weeks. he's onlyjust returned after five months out with a calf problem but former england seamer ryan sidebottom has backed england's leading wicket taker to come back from the latest setback. the older you get, those little niggles take a fraction longer to heal. injuries start creeping in that he will be determined. he is very driven, he offers so much and let's not just very driven, he offers so much and let's notjust writing. as you get older, you need to keep the body going and bowl as much as you can and it is difficult for him, as a bowler, when you stop, when you have a weeks break, it is difficult to then get into a rhythm but he will come back stronger, absolutely no doubt and he still has so much to offer england. british number one johanna konta will not play again before the first major of the tennis calendar — the austral

perhaps he had forgotten the spaniard joined leicester last summer.oy error. but less than three minutes later, he gave leicester the ball again, and this timejames maddison punished him in spectacular style. and leicester's perfect start to the year was rounded off when hamza choudhury claimed the first senior goal of his career. we concentrated on developing our game, increasing our performance level and how we play and the ability to play and improving our game idea. and for that, that's my only focus. after years of injury misery, southampton‘s danny ings is on course for the most prolific season of his career. his 13th premier league goal of the campaign was enough to beat tottenham 1—0. to start the new year like that was brilliant. i feel like the last few weeks has just clicked. we have set ourselves the demands. we are putting more pressure on ourselves to be better, and i feel like we've done that, looking up the points we have picked up, so we should be proud of ourselves. watford's resurgence continues. they beat wolves 2—1 at vicarage roa

leicester backed their best. with their top four place looking more secure, manchester united's remains injeopardy. burnley had beaten leicester at the weekend and here they were looking to continue their good form. chris wood's smart effort got them started at old trafford. if that was well taken, jay rodriguez's goal was quite brilliant. perfect precision. manchester united supporters have seen enough this season to know when they have seen enough... a famous victory for burnley, united's frustration goes on. adam wild, bbc news. as for tottenham, they won their first league news. as for tottenham, they won theirfirst league game news. as for tottenham, they won their first league game of the year by beating norwich 2—1 at the totte n ha m by beating norwich 2—1 at the tottenham hotspur stadium. norwich were hoping to snatch a point after equalising but son struck ten minutes from time to be jose mourinho‘s side into sixth place. celtic still hold the slender lead over rangers at the top of the scottish premier

but leicester weren't letting this go that easily.o, just as he did in the first leg, made it 1—1, and just when it looked like it would be going to penalties... three minutes into injury time, trezeguet volleying a first—time beauty into the bottom right corner, putting aston villa into their first league cup final in ten years. look at what it means to the fans there. they'll face either manchester united or manchester city in the final at wembley on the ist of march. more scottish cup action tonight too. the fourth round replay between hibs and dundee united and christian doidge‘s hat—trick helped hibs to that 4—2 win. setting up a last—16 tie with lowland league side bsc glasgow. elsewhere league one side falkirk will face hearts after beating championship visitors arbroath 2—0 in their replay. in the championship tonight, wayne rooney scored his first goal for derby county his first in english football in more than two years. it had been goaless until rooney gave derby the lead midway thorugh the second half. four more goals foll

leicester city new history will have to wait. england's leading wicket james anderson has been ruled out of the final two test matches against south africa with a broken rib. having onlyjust recovered from a calf problem last year, the seamer could miss up to two months. he said it was frustrating to be missing the rest of the series but he'll still be supporting the likes of ben stokes, joe root and stuart broad from home. earlier, i gauged the reaction from former england bowler ryan sidebottom look at him and how bride and how bit they are in the amount of balls what they have done and what they have achieved as a duo. but of course, as the older you get, those little nicks take a fraction longer to heal stop injuries, they start creeping again but he will be determined. he is very driven. he is a fantastic bowler and offer so much. let's not just a fantastic bowler and offer so much. let's notjust write him off. i think the thing forjimmy is that conundrum where how much the wide bowl, how must i rest my body, when i have got

chiefly, leicester city. no problems at all for them today.incing 3—0 victory over newcastle united. some terrific goals as well. the first came from ayoze perez, before james maddison scored this absolute cracker for the second. with just a few minutes to go, they got a third, hamza choudhury with a lovely finish, almost passing the ball into the top corner. leicester then reducing the gap at the top to ten points, but they have played two games more than liverpool. brendan rodgers insists, the title race isn't in his thoughts. we are not thinking about it, to be honest, i think probably everyone else is thinking about it more than ourselves. we just concentrate on developing our game, increasing our performance level, increasing how we play and the ability to play and improving our game idea. and for that, that's my only focus. so that's brendan rodgers. two of europe's most revered managers were up against each other at the etihad. pep guardiola's manchester city and carlo ancelotti's everton. it was guardiola's side though, that had the ed

leicester city come from behind to draw the first leg of their league cup semi final with aston villaa with a broken rib. and the government wants the fa to end a deal that allows betting companies to broadcast fa cup matches. hello. after last night's league cup semi final between manchester city and manchester united was very one sided — tonight — the teams couldn't be split. leicester city and aston villa played out a 1—1 draw in the first leg at the king power stadium to setup an intriguing second tie in three weeks' time. adam wild was watching. leicester city have for many been one of the surprises of the season, second in the lake, two games from the league cup final. brendan roger spoke this week of creating a new history. from the beginning, they seemed in a rush to get it started. backin seemed in a rush to get it started. back in the side with jamie vardy but when he scored at this chance, things might not go their way. aston villa may have sensed that especially when frederick got his footin especially when frederick got his foot in the cross to pride in the opening goal.

leicester won 3—0 away at newcastle.t half, and hamza choudhary added a late third that keeps the foxes in second place behind the leaders, liverpool, who play on thursday. the gap, though, is ten points, so are leicester in the title race? we are not thinking about it, to be honest, i think probably everyone else is thinking about it more than ourselves. we just concentrate on developing our game, increasing our performance level, how we play and the ability to play and improving our game idea. and for that, that's my only focus. the champions, manchester city, are a point behind leicester after they beat everton 2—1 at home. gabrieljesus scored both city's goals before ricarlison pulled one back. that's carlo ancelotti's first defeat as everton manager. david moyes' second spell in charge of west ham has started with a 4—0 win at home to fellow strugglers bournemouth. captain mark noble scored twice, sebastien haller and felipe anderson also scored. moyes kept west ham up in 2018 before being replaced by manuel pellegr

are leicester really in the title race? >> we are not thinking about it. we just concentrate on developing our game and increasing our performance level and increasing how we pla the ability play, and improve our game, and for that, that is my only focus. reporter: champions manchesterty are behind leicester after they won at home. that is: july the's-- tt hais the manager's first you'd as manager for the west hastarted with a thumping 4-0 win at home. sebastiany halep for eba anderson -- ip and felanderson also on the score sheets. they kept moreham up in the premier league for being replaced by el greaney, who was sacked on saturday. >> i'm not at any time to work with the players. not even been able to do set pieces, really, because of the thme, a little bit to organize the team and giv an idea of what we wanted. the credit goes to the players for their attitude, determation, and nobody of the demise that more than one noble. --epitomized that more than martin noble. reporter: taught m slipped up in their pursuit of a top four finish. saints have picked

the sight of leicester bearing down on goal was one he could have done without.nley have a key grip on who they can rely, an excellent save stopping thing getting even worse. at the other end, they have a player with inside knowledge, chris wood in exactly the right place to equalise against his former side. but all that may have meant nothing when barnes was brought down in the box, penalty, time for burnley to pin hopes on pope once more. jamie vardy could not beat him. in the final act, a final twist, ashley westwood smashing in a winner. a much—needed victory, things suddenly feeling a little brighter around burnley. saracens say they'll learn from their mistakes and look to rebuild trust after accepting their relegation from the premiership at the end of the season for breaking salary cap regulations. they have qualified for the quarterfinals of the champions cup though, with a tense win over racing 92 today — but an injury to billy vunipola means he could now miss the six nations. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss, was there. from champions to outcasts.

the last time that leicester had a semi—final it was in this competition.beat them, they went on to wembley and they won feebly league cup. brendan rodgers and that remarkable 30 game win strea k and that remarkable 30 game win streak he has got in domestic cup competitions. he is not lost in 30 going. the last team to beat them? aston villa. the villains have just signed danny drinkwater. he can play tonight. as for the foxes, jamie vardy is back, is fit and is available to play this evening. brendan rodgers expected to name a strong side as he tried to take the upper hand going into the reverse side which takes place at villa park at the end of this month. full coverage of the match is on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o'clock tonight. a criminal investigation has been launched after a russian ice skater was criticially injured when she fell during rehersals for the opening ceremony of the youth olympic games in switzerland. police say the 35—year—old "suddenly lost her balance" and fell on to the ice. our olympic reporter nick hope has more. youth olympic games

frederic gilbaire put villa in front after 28 minutes, with kelechi ianacho equalising for leicesterthe second leg is in three weeks time. even though we were dominating in the first half, give away a soft goal but in second half we had a different mentality, they made some great saves, very good locks, but we eventually hit the goal which was at least what we deserved. meanwhile, mauro icardi scored a hat—trick as paris saint—germain thrashed saint—etienne to reach the semi—finals of the french league cup. neymar and mbappe were also among the scorers as psg won 6—1. in the night's other games, lille beat amiens 2—nil. and lyon beat brest 3—1. to cricket, and england will be without fast bowlerjames anderson for the rest of their test series in south africa. england's all—time leading wicket—taker, broke a rib during the 2nd test in cape town, which england won, to level the series, with two matches to play. the bbc‘s adam mountford reports from south africa. this is a huge blow for england but it isa this is a huge blow for england but it is a major setback forjames anderson after

some quick news for the villa leicester game. jamie vardy is on the bench.o penalties if it is still level and there is going to be a debut for aston villa up front, their new signing. a quick recap on oui’ their new signing. a quick recap on our top story. israel folau has which backed to rugby league. he was sacked by rugby austria for making homophobic comments. he will be playing for catalan dragons in the new super league season that starts this week. for me and the rest of the team it is goodbye for now. it has been a chilly day but today a contest. many were greeted by a dust of snow, even several centimetres to higher ground as you can see in this weather watcher picture in the island. further east, fewer showers, plenty of sunny spells, it was a beautiful afternoon in leicester. most of the show were out along the west facing coast with a bit of exposure to the wind and then continue through the night tonight. elsewhere we will see some clearer skies and temperatures are likely to follow a set temperature is get down to just below freezing in the no

it was branford leicester have been beaten 1—0. it was bra nford ‘s leicester have been beaten 1—0.fore they move to a new ground next season. and after beating karen, nick kyrgios will play top—seeded rafael nadal in the australian open. it will be an interesting match as the two famously don‘t see eye to eye. i'll two famously don‘t see eye to eye. i‘ll be back with more on all of those tories after az30pm. —— stories. the uk‘s leading mental health charity for military veterans, combat stress, has said it is unable to deal with new cases, because of cuts in funding. from monday, former service personnel in england and wales will be re—directed to the nhs for treatment. the nhs said in a statement its "number one priority is providing the best ca re for vetera ns". but veterans‘ minister johnny mercer said he will hold an "urgent meeting" over the charity‘s problems. 0ur correspondent, chi chi izundu reports. they‘re known as tough and resilient, but being in the military can be an incredibly stressful job. report after report have shown the impact it can have on the mental health

aston villa and leicester are all square at 1—1 going into tonight's match at villa park. to a major domestic cup final, my first full season, would be magnificent. i know, just feeling how it was last season, the play—off final, what a great place it can be to go and what to feel good factor you can lift and that last—minute winner against watford last—minute winner against watford last week has given everyone a bit ofa last week has given everyone a bit of a lift spring in their step and the players are certainly looking forward to it. you've just got to stay calm. i think there are lots of emotions around these games but you have to play with emotion, of course, but then you have to play with that calmness and not overthink it as well so it will be a great occasion to perform well and hopefully get the result we want. those the maangers ahead of tonight's match, there's commentary on radio 5live, former villa defender is there. i think, obviously, ithink, obviously, the i think, obviously, the first leg will have to be quite defensive to try and bring the results back s

leicester starting the year as they mean to go on.rugglers bournemouth. both club and manager hoping the new year brings a change of fortune. katie gornall, bbc news. for the first time, more than 100 billion music tracks have been streamed online in the uk, in a single year. it comes at the end of a decade that saw many more of us abandoning the cd, and embracing the digital streaming and downloads. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has more details. # these are the moments that i‘m going to remember most, yeah. oh, how a decade has changed how we consume music. 2010 started withjoe mcelderry‘s the climb at number one. at that stage, cd singles were being phased out, as paid—for downloads dominated. # there‘s always going to be another mountain # i‘m always gonna wanna make it move... fast forward to the end of the decade. 2019, the first year in uk history when more than 100 billion tracks were streamed. # i was getting kind of used to being someone you loved... the most listened—to song, lewis capaldi‘s someone you lov

saracens — who are of course were deducted 35 points — are chasing leicester.e on —7. glasgow warriors ran in six tries to see off benetton in an enthralling contest. george horne touched down twice, as the warriors won by 38—19 to stay in touch of the pro14 play—off places. there were also wins for dragons and zebre. let's have a quick look at some of the days other sports stories... despite a lack of sponsor and reduced prize money, the bdo world darts championships is under way at it's new home of the indigo at the 02, the first time it has been held away from lakeside since 1986. and amongst the winners on day one was chris landman who beat the number four seed, dave pa rletti. the world number one, rafael nadal, got his year off to the perfect start by winning spain's opening match of the atp cup against georgia. novak djokovic was also a winner as he beat south africa's kevin anderson to seal victory for serbia. and real madrid have gone back to the top of la liga after a 3—0 win over getafe. rafael varane and luka modric amongst the scorers. barcelona wi

leicester were not letting go of this easily.oing to penalties, three minutes into injury time, trace a gay peals of the leicester defence, first—time beauty into the bottom right corner. aston villa back into their first cup final aston villa back into their first cupfinal in aston villa back into their first cup final in ten years. they will now face manchester united or manchester city in the final at wembley on the 1st of march. more scottish cup action, the fourth round replay between hibs and dundee utd, and christian deutch hat—trick helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting up helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting upa helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting up a last helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting upa last16 helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting up a last 16 tie with bse glasgow. elsewhere ligue one side falkirk will face hearts after beating chime ship visitors are 2—0. a former by ship visitors are 2—0. a former rugby union star, is your full eye who, who was sacked by rugby australia for making homophobic comments, has sig

it is back to back defeat for brendan rodgers side, leicester.ngs around. the site of leicester bearing down on goal was when he could do without. in nick pope, but only have a key grip on who they can rely, an excellent save stopping thing getting even worse. at the other end, they have a player with inside knowledge, chris wood in exactly the right place to equalise against his former side. but all that may have meant nothing when barnes was brought down in the box, penalty, time for a burnley to pin hopes on taube once more. jamie vardy could not beat him. in at the final act, a final twist, ashley westwood smashing in a in a winner. a much—needed victory, things suddenly feeling a little brighter around burnley. leicester defeat and manchester city boss matt dodd is the date means liverpool can go 16 points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand, if they beat manchester united at anfield, which they currently are, the job and i got a goal in a first harvest up var disallowed a second liverpool goal. leading 1—0. manchester city are

and leicester city drew i—i champions tie—break. and leicester city drew 1—1 with aston villa.cal of their slow start. i will have the full update in15 start. i will have the full update in 15 minutes. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says talks in washington with his us counterpart about how to deal with iran have been "positive and constructive". the meeting with secretary of state mike pompeo came after tehran fired missiles at air bases housing american troops in iraq. the attack was in retaliation for the killing of the top iranian military commander, general soleimani. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. another tense night. foreign government buildings, including the us embassy, are based in baghdad's green zone, where several rockets fell. the iraqi military said there were no casualties. on tuesday night, the pentagon says iran launched 16 short—range ballistic missiles against two us bases. again, there were no casualties. but it was a gesture of retaliation that met with strong support on the streets of tehran. donald trump's response was measure

the champions manchester city are still third, a point behind leicester.ack but that was the first defeat for carlo ancellotti as everton boss. it's a very happy new year for david moyes, he's started his second spell in charge of west ham with a 4—0 win over bournemouth. captain mark noble scored twice but the pick of their goals came from sebastien haller as they went into the break 3—0 up. felipe anderson also scored. moyes kept west ham up in 2018 before being replaced by manuel pellegrini who was sacked on saturday. mikel arteta has his first win as arsenal head coach, they beat manchester united 2—0 in the evening kick—off at the emirates stadium, nicolas pepe gave them the lead inside ten minutes after some good work from kolasinac. and their second came before the break, sokratis reacting quickest when the ball fell to him in the box. that was the gunners' first win in six matches. some other results for you, brighton drew 1—1 at home chelsea aston villa are a point above the relegation zone following their 2—1 win at burnleynorwich are still botto

frederic gilbaire put villa in front after 28 minutes, with kelechi ianacho equalising for leicesterks time. real madrid are through to the final of the re—vamped spanish super cup after beating valencia 3—1. the competition, which used to be played pre—season between the spanish champions and copa del rey winners — is now a four—team tournament. and, this year's edition, is being played in saudi arabia for the first time. real madrid took the lead after only 15 minutes thanks to german midfielder, toni krose, who scored directly from a corner. isco and looka modric both scored either side of the break, before valencia got a late consolation goal. real madrid will now face barcelona or atletico madrid in sunday's super cup final. their semi—final gets underway in jeddah later. atletico madrid, who were runners up in la liga last year, last won the cup in its previous format back in 2014. the revamped competition has had its fair share of criticism. spain's public broadcaster refused to bid for the rights, because of concerns over saudi arabia's human rights record. oklahoma host hous

that lead was helped by the result at the king power stadium, where second—placed leicester city weres saints avenged the 9—0 thrashing they suffered to leicester earlier this season. elsewhere, crystal palace and arsenal drew 1—1 in their london derby. chelsea eased to victory over burnley and everton beat brighton. manchester united scored four at old trafford against the league's bottom side norwich, while wolves and newcastle drew. in the women's super league, manchester city have moved joint top after they beat everton. a brace from germany's pauline bremer gave them a 3—0 win to move level with arsenal for the moment. they play brighton and hove albion tomorrow. as the race for the final eight continues in rugby union's european champions cup, ulster suffered a set—back, while gloucester kept their quarterfinal hopes alive with victory over montpellier. but for exeter chiefs, a draw in glasgow was enough, while defending champions saracens overcame adversity once again to beat ospreys 22—15. patrick gearey reports. it has been a season of punishment for saracens, find and docked

leicester city host aston villa in their english league cup semi—final first leg later. go back to 1996 when villa last lifted the trophy. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the team that is your wednesday sport briefing. let's see the pictures of where a ukraine airliner crashed shortly after ta keoff ukraine airliner crashed shortly after takeoff stopping there were at least 170 or more assumed dead stopping you can't really see much from this footage but you do get a sense of the crash site which is quite hard to get to. with me is our news reporter gareth barlow. what more are we hearing about this? it isa what more are we hearing about this? it is a developing story, but the headline is according to state media that everyone on board this 737 flight that everyone on board this 737 flight operated by ukraine international airlines has died in this incident. it was heading towards kyiv and crashed very shortly after landing stopping the head of a run's emergency services told state tel

leicester are still leading 1—0.e and app. and on the iplayer and online — women's fa cup action with the manchester derby. city are the defending champions. they are leading 1—0, abbie mcmanus gifting alan whiteley opener. you can watch that on the red button. that's all for now. plenty more throughout the afternoon. football is too dependent on money from gambling sponsorships, according to the sports minister, nigel adams. his warning comes amid mounting scrutiny of the industry after a deal was struck for some fa cup games to be shown exclusively on betting websites. here's our sports editor, dan roan. the last round of the fa cup was overshadowed by an outcry over a deal that meant some matches were only shown live on bookmakers‘ websites. there‘s since been a climb—down, but the controversy has reignited concern at how much betting companies use football to advertise. and having committed to reviewing gambling laws, the government says it now wants to see change. there is way too much dependency within football

elsewhere today tom homer scored both of bath's tries as they edged past leicester 13—10.ps hung on to claim a narrow 30—26 bonus—point victory over worcester at sixways. whilst, sorry. football is far too dependant on money from gambling sponsorships, according to the sports minister, nigel adams. his warning comes in light of the close relationship between the sport and the industry, after a deal was struck for some fa cup games, to be shown exclusively on betting websites. our sports editor, dan roan, has more. the last round of the fa cup was overshadowed by an outcry over a deal that meant some matches were only shown live on bookmakers's websites. there has since been a climb—down, but the controversy has reignited concern at how much betting companies use football to advertise, and having committed to reviewing gambling laws, the government says it wants to see a change. there is way too much of a dependency within football and gambling. that is plain to see. we have to look at this very carefully because problem gambling, you know, addictive gambling leads to serio

today, leicester could have drawn level with second placed manchester city, but lost 2—1 at burnley.hrough harvey barnes, who picked up the ball from halfway and had only one thing on his mind. burnley got themselves back into the game after kaspar schmeichel could only palm ben mee's header into the path of chris wood. mee then conceded a penalty, giving jamie vardy the chance to put leicester back in front, but nick pope saved his effort and it was burnley that took the points. ashley westwood with an unstoppable finish that moves them up to 14th, 5 points above the relegation zone. the main event in the premier league this weekend kicks off at anfield in the next 10 minutes. leaders liverpool have named the same team that beat spurs last weekend, manchester united are without their top scorer, marcus rashford, who was injured in the week against wolves in the fa cup. jurgen klopp's side will move 16 points clear at the top with a victory, and they also have a game in hand. it's the first time solskjaer has taken his side to anfield, and they are the only team to take points off li

leicester might have to look over their shoulder with liverpool out of sight.ick pope had trouble spotting it, though. he saw chelsea's third in their 3—0 win but couldn't do anything about it. commentator: callum hudson-odoi has his first—ever premier league goal. marcus rashford's a seasoned scorer these days, as seasoned as a 22—year—old can be. he celebrated his 200th manchester united game with two goals as they thrashed norwich 4—0. still miles behind liverpool, but at least the gap hasn't got any bigger... ..for now. ben croucher, bbc news. there was no fifth bdo world darts title for england's lisa ashton, after mikuru suzuki retained her crown. suzuki was ruthless in the final, reeling off three legs in a row to take the first set and going on to win 3—0. that is all from the bbc sport centre for now. you can keep up—to—date on the bbc sport website this morning. i will have another update in the next hour. thank you. after weeks of criticism over the handling of australia's bushfire emergency, the country's prime minister has admitted he could have do

winning the league cup for the first time since 1996 remains intact after a stoppage time winner over leicesterel at 1—1 coming into the second leg at villa park and appeared to be heading to penalties until trezeguet‘s 93rd minute goal saw them claim a 2—1win on the night and go through 3—2 on aggregate. they'll face either holders manchester city or manchester united in the final at wembley on the 1st of march. we've got a proud history in this competition as i've said many times ina week competition as i've said many times in a week we could go and lift this toby for the sixth time as a football club, i'd be very proud man and we know it's going to be tough, manchester united or manchester city but the hard part is getting a domestic cup final, with an edge to domestic cup final, with an edge to do that against a very good blister team. congratulations to aston villa, they won, they are through so for us, bitterly disappointed. with all the players created enough opportunities and chances and like i said, we just switched off right at the end there on a cross. in spain — atheltic bilbao are

liverpool's closest challengers leicester had a day to forget at home to southampton.tadium. they took the lead but goals from stuart armstrong and danny ings gained some semblance of revenge for october's game. brendan rodgers' side remain 13 points behind liverpool having played two games more. you know, iset you know, i set it over a week ago, the likes of the newcastle game in this game would be tough games for us this game would be tough games for us because of the manner in which we w011 us because of the manner in which we won the first game. so yes, we were fully aware of what to expect, but like i say, the players are giving so like i say, the players are giving so much over this period. this brings us a little bit of respite, to go away, analyse, recover during the week and get ready for the big game next week. frank lampard's chelsea consolodated fourth spot with a comfortable 3—0 win over struggling burnley. ajorginho penalty, tammy abraham and calum hudson odoi's first premier league goal maintains their five point advantage over manchester united. ole gun

and there's leicester's kelechi iheanacho on the back of the times after his equaliser for leicesterfirst leg of that league cup semifinal. villa led for most of the game at the king power stadium, having taken the lead through defender frederic guilbert. leicester eventually levelled in the 75th minute when they took advantage of some dawdling in the villa midfield to set up kelechi iheanacho. the return leg is at villa park in just under three weeks' time. meanwhile, the manchester united captain ashley young's on his way out of the club. he's agreed to join the italian side inter milan when his current contract expires in the summer, but he could still move injanuary, if united allow him to go. the manchester united women's manager, casey stoney, says the wsl has better things to spend its money on that var. the video assistant referee isn't used at any major domestic women's competition at the moment, but it was used in the world cup. stoney says she wouldn't welcome it in the women's super league because she likes the drama of football. stand by for a comedy own goal. it's a bit

elsewhere, leicester city remain a point ahead of manchester city in second position after a 3—0 winlsea were held 1—1 at brighton. aston villa climbed out of the bottom three winning 2—1 away to burnley, while watford made it a third win in five games under new manager nigel pearson, beating wolves 2—1. and bottom of the table norwich city held crystal palace to a 1—1 draw at carrow road. david stern, the man who spent 30 years shaping the nba has died at the age of 77 after suffering a brain haemorrhage last month. stern was the nba's longest—serving commissioner after he took over in 1984 and oversaw its growth into a global power. by the time he left his position in 2014, a league that had struggled for a foothold had grown into a more than $5 billion a year industry with worldwide popularity to match. nba commissioner adam silver, who you saw next to stern said: "because of david, the nba is a truly global brand, making him not only one of the greatest sports commissioners of all time but also one of the most influential business leaders of his generation." "every member of the

leicester. they beat burnley. number eight. redding. number eight. redding. number 13.ill now be replayed the sunday between southampton women's fc and crystal palace, on sunday that will be replayed. playing number 16. replayed. playing number16. brighton. number two. manchester city. are we going to get a big tie here? defending champions, manchester city will play number 11. ipswich town. the lowest ranked team at the moment left in the tournament, but what a brilliant time for them. number one. that is arsenal, record titleholders, 1a titles in the fa cup. we'll play number three. number three is lewes. forced all the way to penalties by billericay yesterday. billericay were the lowest ranked team in the tournament but they pushed hard. number 1a. that is sunderland. will play... number seven. birmingham city. will play... numberseven. birmingham city. of the women's super league. sunderland in the third division, essentially, in the third division, essentially, in the north. the final tie, number four. this is chelsea. will play... last but not least, number 15. nu

a man who four years ago won the title with leicester, and knows what riyad mahrez can do.—mates are now at opposite ends of the league. and mahrez at city is the one who's played on. drinkwater has played just one league match in two years. you could see his demise in city's second goal. here, losing the ball inside the box, mahrez, 2—0. he wasn't the only aston villa player responsible. sergio aguero had the space for shooting practice. just 28 minutes in, the optimism had run out. by half—time, the champions had made another. kevin de bruyne‘s perfect cross finished off for four. still, city farm records to go for. still, city, relentless, found more records to go for. sergio aguero‘s second of the match made premier league history. he is now the all—time top scorer from overseas. before the end, there was more. at 80 minutes, sergio aguero had a hat—trick for the 12th time, one more than alan shearer‘s record. at stoppage time, the home side won and scored a penalty, but they are now inside the bottom three. as city run out of landmarks, aston villa ran out of hope. so

elsewhere, ayoze perez scored twice as third—placed leicester city beat west ham 4—1.f with a leg injury in the first—half — but it's not thought to be serious. and south korean striker son heung—min scored tottenham's winner in a 2—1victory over norwich — who remain six points adrift at the foot of the table. spurs are up to sixth. 13—time winners juventus are through to the coppa italia semi—finals after a 3—1win over roma. cristiano ronaldo opened the scoring for the home side in turin as he made it 13 goals in his last 10 games. rodrigo bentancur and leonardo bonucci added further goals before the half time interval and despite an own goal from juve keeper gianluigi buffon after the break his team made it through to a semi—final against either milan or torino. in spain, barcelona are through to the last 16 of the copa del rey — but only after surviving a scare against third tier side ibiza. antoine griezmann scored both goals for barca — including their stoppage—time winner — as they came from behind to win 2-1. elsewhere, holders valencia are through while gareth

el leicester city continÚa con su imponente paso dentro de la premier. goleÓ 3-0 a newcastle.iesta llegÓ 36 tÍtulos y se coloca cuatro de los 40 trofeos de adÁn y dani alves, con conquistas de tÍtulos, así que el primer tÍtulo tae ya llegÓ en este presente aÑo. es la informaciÓn mÁs relevante que tenemos en el mundo de los deportes, fuerte abrazo. paola: antes de terminar el informativo le queremos mostrar estas espectaculares imÁgenes, desde singapur. allÍ celebraron el aÑo nuevo con un espectÁculo de luces y fuegos artificiales. mira cÓmo lograron recrear imÁgenes con estos fuegos artificiales en el cielo. un espectÁculo para miles de turistas que reservaron sus boletos durante meses para poder estar en este lugar y ver este espectÁculos. ramÓn: singapur es uno de los mejores lugares para recibir el nuevo aÑo. entre otros estÁ australia donde se realiza tambiÉn un espectÁculo de fuegos artificiales realmente espectacular. la creatividad de los asiÁticos es realmente impresionante. paola: la luna y las estrellas se veÍan de diferentes maneras en el cielo. ramÓn: ojalÁ que bri

take care, goodbye. in the premier league — with leicester continuing isa this is bbc news.outh—eastern australia since monday and destroyed more than 200 homes. at the moment, we have a couple of isolated communities where the reports of injuries to members of the public. we haven't been able to get a ccess the public. we haven't been able to get access to the roads or aircraft. two men and a woman — who all worked for british airways — are killed after a lorry collides with a car in stanwell in surrey on new year's eve. the mother of the british teenager found guilty of lying about being raped in cyprus backs calls for tourists to boycott the country. in their new year messages, the prime minister says brexit

could line of sports on spanish football powerhouse abbas alone have sucked the coach at leicester valve after 2 and a half seasons the club appeared to lose confidence in him despite being top of the spanish league and despite they leading them to an even cup double 2 years ago under the league title last season well morale bettis kirchick could carry a set you will be his replacement. his reminder of our top story scientists say the oceans continue to heat up last year making them the hardest thing ever please say this warming is already having a major impact on the marine life ongoing the severity of storms flows and particles. business africa is up next on the back of our with will world news of the day. my 1st buy steak was just sawing machine. where i come from women are bound by this notion even something as simple as learning how to ride a bicycle isn't. since i was in little girl i wanted to have a bicycle of my home and it took me years to and i. finally gave up and went on buying.

leicester is ugly enough as it is without a statue of him.ity of comments have been really positive and if somebody puts ina really positive and if somebody puts in a negative comment you will find inafew in a negative comment you will find in a few seconds somebody will bite back and explain aboutjoseph. in a few seconds somebody will bite back and explain about joseph.” suppose the problem is that there is still that attitude out there. there is, and! still that attitude out there. there is, and i was so shocked. in this day and age how we can sit there and call somebody a freak of nature. adam, give us a take on what you think is happening.” adam, give us a take on what you think is happening. i think the leicester mercury was wrong to print that letter. because they highlighted a negative. yes, and it seems to be disfigurement is the only way you can print that type of thing. it had been a statue of a black campaigner or a gay campaigner ora black campaigner or a gay campaigner or a transgender campaigner and that letter had been written,

. —— leicester tigers. when his international commitments are over. —— leicestertigers.ers who move abroad following the club's relegation may still be selected for england. they play harlequins on sunday and the are a few and queens have been having their say on the scandal. laura scott reports. it is clear from speaking to harlequins players this morning at the training ground that there still struggling to digest the remarkable event of the last few days. there coach a former saracens play and coach did not rule out improving his squad without saracens players if you could afford them. of course, you a lwa ys could afford them. of course, you always analyse the right fit. can we afford them, for one, are they some one we need with the current squad that we have? and then you go to the due diligence. is the right person there, than i would sure be interested. senior playerjames chisholm said saracens won't be lacking any motivation despite knowing their fate is sealed stop they will still be banging up for winning rugby games going out with a bang. showing they are sti

last week we heard a heart renderinthe heartrendering casee 92-year-old veteran in leicester who had to go through the indignity of waiting almost 12 hoursn on a hospital trolley because there were no beds available. i want the government to apologize to him and many others to explain why the extraordinary efforts of the nhs staff all over the country, over 2,000 patients have to wait more than 12 hours before getting into the hospital bed last month alone. >> mr. speaker, you are right to highlight the cases. people that have a bad and unacceptable experience in the nhs and on the other hand, i would say that most people in this country have a fantastic experience and we should pay tribute to the nurses and staff. thise rebuilding under program. 20 upgrades under this new conservative government. it's already been rebuilt as i understand it and the problem is then it became sick as. mr. speaker, there is the issue of people waiting in trolleys is a very serious one. one. that number doubled in december and now it is the highest ever on record. the prime minister promised to put the