an enormous chasm at the top of the premier league, 16 points, leicester city the nearest challengersn villa tomorrow. they will hope to go into second. at the bottom, norwich city are getting cut adrift. bournemouth and watford play each other on sunday said they could potentially leapfrog to safety, like southampton have in the last few weeks. it seems to pale in comparison when you look at the chasm at the top. remarkable. thank you. saracens are still in with a fighting chance of reaching the last eight of the european champions cup, beating ospreys 22—15. they had to do it the hard way too after welsh prop rhys carre was sent off after just five minutes for a high, shoulder led tackle. with a further man in the sin bin, dan evans, the victim of that tackle, then scored a try either side of half—time, as the ospreys made the most of their numerical advantage. alex lewington's try restored sarries‘ lead and 17 points and mako, moved the defending champions up to second ahead of next weekend's game against pool leaders racing 92. loads more going on in the champions cup today. agony

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

we'll start at the king power stadium where the league cup semi final between leicester city and aston couldn't be separated tonight. leicester boss brendan rodgers said he side started too slow as they had to come from behind to earn a i—all against the premier league strugglers. adam wild watched this one. leicester city have for many been one of the surprises of the season. second in the lead, two games from the league cup final. brendan rogers spoke this week of creating a new history. from the beginning against aston villa they sent in a rush to get it started. paris coming close. jamie vardy scored in a sense thinks might not go their way. villa may have sense that also. especially after the opening goal. a lead they we re after the opening goal. a lead they were unlucky not to extend. a header ruffling back of the crossbow. much has been discussed about the future ofjames has been discussed about the future of james madison, he has been discussed about the future ofjames madison, he was has been discussed about the future of james madison, he was with has been discussed about th

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.

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.

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

in england, it's all—square after the first leg of the league cup semi—final between leicester city andbaire put villa in front after 28 minutes, with kelechi ianacho equalising for leicester late in the second—half. the 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 h

the league cup for the first time since 1996 remains intact after a stoppage time winner over leicester city 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 into

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

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the second leg of their semi—final with leicester city.to tonight's match at 1—1, it was matt targett on targett for the home side opening the scoring early into the first half to take them a step closer to wembley. but leicester weren't letting this go that easily. kelechi ihea nacho, 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 cham

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

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

football, and in england, it's all—square after the first leg of the league cup semi—final between leicester cityfter 28 minutes, with kelechi ianacho equalising for leicester late in the second—half. the second leg is in three weeks 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 broa

and no fairy tale for championship side brentford who lost 1—0 to leicester city — kelechi iheanacho brentford move to a new ground in the summer. the rest of the fa cup results are on the bbc sport website. celtic are five points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after beating ross county 3—0. elsewhere, there were wins for livingston and stjohnstone. it was a goalless draw between motherwell and hibs. second—placed rangers play hearts tomorrow. manchester city are into the women's fa cup fifth round after beating local rivals manchester united 3—2. this was striker ellen white's second goal. united got one back, then thought they'd scored a second to equalise, but the goal didn't stand. no goal—line technology in the women's game. nick kyrgios will face top seed rafael nadal in the last 16 of the australian open after a five—set win over karen khachanov. the match lasted for four hours and 26 minutes, with kyrgios calling it one of his greatest wins. his meeting with former world number one nadal is highly anticipated — the two have been feuding for some time now. there'

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

there city have got to re—find their form from early in the season —— leicester city.scoring. injury to jamie vardy could not even dampen the mood especially when ricardo pereira smashed in a second before half—time and it was no more than they deserved. west ham just really needed something to go their way, and it came immediately after the break. this was deemed a foul. and var eventually agreed and mark noble ended the argument, but leicester had the final word. it almost came from james maddison, but eventually peres finished things are, first with a penalty and then a measured finish. 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, u

and second—placed leicester city lose ground at the top of the premier league with a surprising defeathome to southampton. we'll bring you a full round—up of all the sport in sportsday in half an hour. hello and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has said that iran's admission that it shot down by mistake a ukrainian passenger plane over tehran is an "important first step". four britons were among the 176 people killed in wednesday's crash. a senior iranian military official said the airliner was misidentified as a cruise missile. iran's president rouhani has called the downing of the jet an "unforgiveable mista ke". we are going to go straight to canada to hear from justin trudeau. i reiterated to president rouhani it is absolutely necessary that canada participate in this investigation. we expect the full cooperation of iranian authorities. currently three pieces have been approved for members of the rapid deployment team. we expect lead members of this tea m team. we expect lead members of this team will arrive in tehran around for pm today and establish a presence on the ground to s

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

weekend with the first of 10 ties today at griffin park as brentford from the championship host leicester citye lead when kelechi ihaenacho scored from close range. these are live pictures from west london with about 30 minutes played. leicester are still leading 1—0. you can watch it right now on bbc one and the bbc sport website 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

and second—placed leicester city lose ground at the top of the premier league with a surprising defeathome to southampton. we'll bring you a full round—up of all the sport in sportsday in half an hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has said that iran's admission that it shot down, by mistake, a ukrainian passenger plane over tehran is an "important first step". four britons were among the 176 people killed, in wednesday's crash. a senior iranian military official, said the airliner was misidentified as a cruise missile. iran's president rouhani has called the downing of the jet, an "unforgiveable mista ke". our diplomatic correspondent, james landale has more. almost from the moment the ukrainian airliner crashed early on wednesday morning, officials in tehran furiously rejected the growing video and intelligence evidence suggesting that it had been hit by an iranian missile. then today, an abrupt about—turn. in a flurry of social media postings, iran's president spoke of a disastrous mistake. the foreign minister talked of human error. the ambassador in london apo

the second leg of their semifinal with leicester city. first half to ta ke scoring early into the first half to take him a step closer to wembley. leicester were not letting go of this easily. collect, just as he did in the first leg, made at 1—1. just when it looked like it would be going 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 on

three live games starting with bre ntford three live games starting with brentford taking on leicester city on bbc one at 12:a5pm. there is also a pop—up fa cup channel on bbc iplayer. that's all your support for now. football is far too dependant on money from gambling sponsorships, according to the sports minister, nigel adams. his warning comes amid mounting scrutiny 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. 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 on gambling, firms' sponsorship. that's plain to see. we have to look at this very, very carefully because problem gambling, yo

the first of three live games is on bbc one tomorrow when brentford take on leicester city at lunchtimeude classic fa cup ties from the past as well as coverage from the weekends games. there is also a big game in the women's fa cup fourth round at lunchtime tomorrow, it's the manchester derby with the league leaders city travelling to their neighbours. united's dutch midfielder jackie groenen is spending herfirst season in manchester. her side was beaten by city when they met in the league earlier this season, and she says that's when she realised just how big the derby is: i thought i did, and then the first game at the eddie had them and then the whole week, it was just everyone was talking about it, and i didn't even understand that it was that big, because i come into my housing building, and people would actually say, you are playing city this week and, it's an important one. go to bed early. that's one of the things i love about english football. the football culture. i realised that in manchester united, and manchester city in manchester in general, it really lives, football is

nothing to separate leicester city and aston villa after the first leg of their league cup semi—finalederic guilbert. leicester eventually levelled in the 75th minute when then took advanctage 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. casey stoney says that wsl has better things to spend its money on the nva are in the video assistant referee isn't used in any domestic competitions but was used in the world cup. she says she likes the drama of football and wouldn't use it for that reason. and finally, we just have time to show you one of the most bizaare own goals we have ever seen. it's from the french cup were psg were taking on st etienne. we've all seen goals were the ball takes an unfortunate deflection off a defender but for this one the ball bounced of

it's been all about the numbers this weekend with manchester city and leicester city dropping pointspoints out of 66 available to them so far this season. three points came yesterday with a 2—0 victory over manchester united. they took the lead through a virgil van dijk header. they then had to wait until stoppage time for mo salah to make it 2-0. that stoppage time for mo salah to make it 2—0. that goal was made by a brilliant pass from the goalkeeper, alisson. salah picks it up, runs with it, to make it 2—0 for liverpool. came out of the blocks like, wow, exactly like you want to do. created chances, unbelievable. super football against such a defensive organisation, its so difficult and we did so well. i really loved that we scored a second goal. big relief in that moment. more problems for the united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer because we have heard striker marcus rashford could be out for up to three months because of a back injury. that could force the club into the transfer market. looking at the back pages this morning, no surprise to see mo salah featuring heavily. the dail

manchester city and leicester both dropped points but liverpool — at anfield looked like a side on ther at the top after a 2—0 win against manchester united. goals from virgil van dijk and mo salah made sure liverpool have now beaten every side in the division this season. they've still only dropped two points in the whole campaign, winning 21 of 22 matches. saracens are through to the last eight of the european champions cup, just a day after it was confirmed that they will be relegated from the premiership at the end of the season for breaching salary cap rules. england need four more wickets today to beat south africa in the third test and take a 2—1 lead in the series. joe root was england's unlikely bowling hero yesterday — taking four wickets. and arsenal slipped to second in the women's super league after being thrashed 4—1 at home to chelsea. sam kerr got her first goal in a chelsea shirt, with the win taking them to within a point of top spot much more coming up in the papers in just a second. we will be talking about lee westwood as well? an amazing record. to have won it on

the champions, manchester city, are a point behind leicester after they beat everton 2—1 at home. son 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 pellegrini who was sacked on saturday. in truth, i've not had any time to work with the players, we have been in a day and a bit, you know, we have not been able to do set pieces, really, just because of the time, an idea what we wanted, so the credit goes to the players for their attitude, their determination, and nobody epitomised that more than mark noble, and declan rice as well, the two of them were really good today. tottenham slipped up in their pursuit of a top—four finish. they lost 1—0 at southampton, danny ings on target again, his 13th league goal of the season. the saints have picked up ten points in four matches over christmas and the n

it‘s the second of the league cup semi—finals tonight, leicester city host aston villa in the first legven‘t had much time to recharge but leicester manager brendan rodgers believes his team, that are second in the premier league, are still full of energy. to get to a final you have to suffer, so there will be periods over the two games where we have to suffer in the games but this team have shown over the course of the season, that is why the mentality doesn't change, we have shown we can suffer and keep clean sheets and we can score goals and we can play fast dynamic football and we can play counterattacking football. we want to be able to bring all of that into the games to get to the final. the best tennis players in the world are in austarlia, all building up to the first grand slam of the year. british no 1 johanna konta has pulled out of next week s adelaide international and won‘t play another match before the australian open starts on 20th january. she says it‘s a precautionary measure, she‘s been managing a knee problem for much of the past year. on monday, she lost in the fir

the first of three live games is on bbc one at lunchtime when brentford take on leicester city.he super league‘s title sponsor this season for religious reasons. toronto‘s new player is a devout muslim and the betfred logos will be blanked out as, along with alcohol and banking, gambling is an industry he does not promote. how about this for a finish in the rugby last night? northampton were heading top of the premiership when they led london irish with less than two minutes to go. irish didn‘t give up though and that chargedown led to dave porecki scoring to seal only their second win at northampton in 15 years. this season will be the richest ever for golfers on the ladies european tour. there‘ll be record prize money and more events than ever before. players will now compete for more than £15 million — that‘s up by more than £4 million from last year. the number of tournaments has also increased to 2a — nine more than a couple of years ago. the last 2—3 years have been a struggle in the let. florida players have just not had the opportunity to play in golf tournaments which,

leicester defeat and manchester city boss matt dodd is the date means liverpool can go 16 points cleard, 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 top of the women's super league after a 2-0 of the women's super league after a 2—0 win at birmingham city. stop arsenal slipped to second after being thrashed for— one by chelsea. plenty at stake for these two sides, it winnerfor plenty at stake for these two sides, it winner for chelsea would put them at one point behind arsenal, out of that room is ready shine, chelsea did not take long to assert their domination. only fitting that their top scorer, beth england, should give them the lead. star signing, sam kerr, finally got her goal in a chelsea shirt, the son playing a pa rt chelsea shirt, the son playing a part in that one. arsenal struggled to get a hold of the match. unlikely you to score a goal like that again. much like the first half, chelsea we re much like the first half, chelsea were fully in control, a fourth game. a lapse i

holders manchester city and leicester or in action right now in the 3rd round of the english f.a. cup newcastle face a replay with food to rochdale after being held to a $10.00 drew 4 year old aaron wilbraham came off the bench for rochdale to school the equaliser for he sucked. up and coming batsman monosyllabic shane has scored his 1st double century for australia he helped them to a total of $454.00 on the 2nd day of the final test against new zealand in sydney shane has a huge average of $119.00 so far in the australian tests the kiwis closed on $63.00 without loss and over or over in cape town south africa trail england by $54.00 runs of the day 2 of the 2nd days the hosts closed on 215 for 8 thanks to half century some dean algo and rusty funded person the tourists were bowled out for 269 . the reigning davis cup champion spain have made a perfect start to the new team tournament the a.t.p. cup well number one raffle in adel was their star man as they be joined in the group stage he won a singles match against mikel last really and also featured in the doubles as spain took

everything is ok he trains and plays as usual i don't foresee any problem just hold as much the city and leicester are among the teams playing in the 3rd round of the english f.a. cup on saturday all the matches are kicking off a minute later as the football association rolls out a new mental health campaign shown on screens in stadiums up and down the country a moment the little things. are going to start to change things featuring england football stars then rated by prince william the ad is trying to break down the stigma around mental health and particularly men encouraging them to take a minute to support themselves just as they do they tease. the los angeles lakers big summer signing anthony davis has been showing no mercy so was his old team the new orleans pelicans davis had a 40 point game against the school the teammates for the 2nd time this season. the pelicans the number one draft pick in the williamson just a spectator. awaited he's n.b.a. debut because of injury meanwhile davis partnership with le bron james has been blossoming lebron setting up davis who ended the game with 46 poin

holders munches city and leicester are among the teams playing in the 3rd round of the english f.a. cup on saturday all the matches are kicking off a minute late as the football association rolls out a new mental health campaign shown on screens in stadiums up and down the country moments even little things. start to change things featuring in new football stars in the rated by britain's prince william the ad is trying to break down the stigma around mental health particularly men encouraging them to take a minute to support themselves just as they do the teams. his big summer signing anthony davis has been showing no bursey towards his old team the new orleans pelicans davis had a 40 point game against his former teammates for the 2nd time this season. the pelicans number one draft pick resigned williamson just a spectator though as he awaits his n.b.a. debut because of injury meanwhile davis' partnership with the bron james has been blossoming brown setting up davis who ended the game with 46 points and the lakers 123-2113 victory they stayed top of the question standings most and

leicester. now we play man city that's a big event for a recently promoted club, which astonville is.s big a brand as the nba have, which is significant, soccer is incrementally that much bigger we have players from zimbabwe, tanzania, ghana, morocco -- throughout europe it is such an international foot print i think many of the same principles that we have used with american sports can be used there in terms of sports science, analytics, data, there is a tremendous platform to really express that on i think it is great. i think the opportunities are significant. i do challenging but significant. >> so much more we can ask you right now but we are heading up against the end of the show. wes stevens, thank you for joining us. >> great, thanks very much appreciate it. >> and another ipo to get to this morning one medical opened for trading making its debut over at the nasdaq shares right now are up some 44, 43%. joining us now, first on cbs, one medical chairman and ceo amir dan ruben >>pleasure to be here. >> you are priced at the low end of the range but you are up 43%. how tough was

city. second in the premier league, leicester are 2—0 with 2018 winners wigan, wolves beat manchester unitedon that one at the moment. england's bowlers came to the rescue again, leading the fightback on day two of the second test in cape town. having been bowled out for 269, james anderson and stuart broad took five wickets between them, while ben stokes produced some specatuclar catches as south africa were reduced to 215 for eight at the close of play. in cape town, a beautiful warm day, watching on, english knights were heating up too. into battle once more, jimmy anderson, but after yesterday's batting problems, today's opening stand was england's last. and anderson didn't, not for long anyway. all out for 269. now it may be one of the world's most picturesque grounds, but right then for england, things were not looking great. that was until stuart broad found the edge of peter milan's bat. the ball, the game suddenly moved quite some place. time then to get a grip of it. ben stokes and another brilliant catch from him. hamza, the latest batsman to wonder just how he does it. and while

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

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

aguero's now two clear of that, as manchester city thrashed aston villa 6—1 to move ahead of leicesterare 16 points behind the leaders liverpool, having played a game more. novak djokovic says winning the inaugural atp cup is ‘definitely one of the nicest moments of his career‘. the world number two inspired serbia to a 2—1win over spain in sydney. after the serbs lost their opening singles match, djokovic beat rafael nadal in straight sets to level the tie. he took control of a second set tie—break at the crucial moment to seal the win. he was then back for the deciding doubles with victor troicki. fittingly it was left to djokovic — the player of the tournament — to get serbia over the line. the corruption trial of former world athletics president lamine diack gets under way in paris on monday. the 86—year—old, whose son papa has also been charged, has been under house arrest in senegal since november 2015. diack senior has been investigated over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against russian drugs cheats. they both deny all the charges. the boston celtics‘ figh

city will make it through to the final. it is going to be difficult, whether it be leicester or villa, hopefully fill obviously but like we knowa final and anything can happen on the day so, like i said, it is a great thing to hopefully reach a final and hopefully reach a final and hopefully we can do that tonight. kick—off is at 745. we heard from jurgen klopp today ahead of their match against west ham on thursday night, that's their game in hand in the premier league and they can go 19 points clear. he was also asked about his decision to field his under 23's against shrewsbury next week and also miss the fa cup replay himself, because it comes in the middle of the winter break that has been introduced this season. people commonly lazy or disrespect of all, it is not true but it is not important because everyone is right to have an opinion but i'm responsible for my players and i decide for them, for us, for the whole group. this is the mid—season break and it has been because that is what everybody needs and if we just always work in the same way then nothing will change. that match is tomorrow, the liverpool, west ham gam

well here's the full list of results manchester city beating everton then 2nd place leicester beating newcastle to go with a 9 points of leaders liverpool who play on thursday well they're up against sheffield united the v.a.r. video review system has been causing dismay among fans of the goals ruled out because of players' armpits or was offside but liverpool boss juergen club seems generally in favor as long as the decisions don't take too long the only problem is it takes like feels like half an hour if you told me to is there or not it was our bit and it's not cool and if somebody goes you can score a goal with our. lives offside at the top men's tennis players start their year at the new a.t.p. cup team events in australia but not everyone seems excited to be involved on wednesday canada's dennis shopov all of urged organizers to merge this tournament with the davis cup adding it felt weird to have 2 world team events within one month of each other the prize money on offer for the new a.t.p. cup is $13000000.00 less than november's event in madrid while spain beat canada in the d

leicester, and knows what riyad mahrez can do. the former team—mates are now at opposite ends of the league. and mahrez at cityplayed 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 are there any more superlatives left to describe aguero? well, his manager did his

united play manchester city tonight for a place in the league cup final against aston villa, who beat leicesterwinner from trezeguet. i‘ll be back with more on those stories later. a decision on the future of the north of england‘s biggest rail operator northern is expected to be made today. the government could nationalise the network — after it‘s struggled to provide a reliable service for passengers. tim muffett reports delays, overcrowding and cancellations. it is a joke. northern is one of the biggest rail franchises in britain. but it‘s been in trouble for some time. chanting: no more northern! this lack of service is not acceptable. this is 0748 service. it is unbelievable. it is late every day. half of them don‘t turn up. sometimes you can't get on and it is shocking. in summer, some people are fainting on the trains because it is so overcrowded and hot. this line is on one of the worst performing of the northern network. almost two—thirds of services run late according to the most recent statistics. earlier this month, the transport secretary warned northern its service was unacceptabl

and foden rounded off city with city's fourth, as they take their first steps towards another date at wembley. and leicesterampionship side wigan 2—0 at the king power stadium. harvey barnes got his sides second goal after a tom pearce own goal had put them in front, while wolves and manchester united played out a goalless draw, so will replay the game at old trafford. you can find all the days results and goals on the bbc sport website and app. england's bowlers came to the rescue again, leading the fightback on day two of the second test in cape town. having been bowled out for 269, james anderson and stuart broad took five wickets between them while be stokes produced some specatuclar catches as south africa were reduced to 215 for eight at the close of play. —— ben stokes. adam wild reports. in cape town, a beautiful warm day, watching on, english knights were heating up too. into battle once more, jimmy anderson, but after yesterday's batting problems, today's opening stand was england's last. and anderson didn't, not for long anyway. all out for 269. now it may be one of the world's most picturesque g

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so city stay third, tottenham's push for the top four came unstuck at southampton, and wolves surprisingly lost at watford, but second—placed leicesterastle that narrows the gap to leaders liverpool. nick parrott reports. if the premier league title is out of leicester's reach, then cementing their place in the top four must surely be their new year's resolution. missing top scorerjamie vardy wasn't a problem against newcastle. florian lejeune played with ayoze perez at st james' park as recently as april. perhaps he had forgotten the spaniard joined leicester last summer. lejeune should have 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 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 p

united play manchester city tonight for a place in the league cup final against aston villa, who beat leicestereguet. that was last night. there's huge controversy in rugby league with the french side catalans dragons signing israel folau who was kicked out of australian rugby last year for making homophobic comments on social media. folau says he will keep his personal beliefs private. alexander zverev has made it into the australian open semifinals. he beat stan wawrinka by three sets to one. simona halep and garbine muguruza are through to the women's semis. that might have been slightly more than 90 seconds. i apologise. the only person i apologise to is the person i have kept waiting. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it could be called again by the looks of things. good morning, everybody! as louise said, it is a cold day. some frost around, you may have to scrape your car windscreen this morning and there is also the risk of ice on untreated surfaces once again where it has been so damp. and if there are any problems because of this you can find out more on your busy lo