i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes, here with your latest sports news... men early in the first half when vesetergaard was sent off for a foul, it had looked an impossible task against a leicester side keen to cement their place in the top 4. but southampton took the lead from a james ward prowse penalty given after an iheanacho handball. iheanacho reprieved himself by assisting leicester's equaliser which was nodded in byjonny evans midway through the second half and it stayed i—i. no fans allowed at that game, of course, but supporters will be able to attend the final two matches of premier league season. matchday 37 will now take place on the 18th and 19th of may, meaning clubs will be able to have one home game with fans. from the 17th may, outdoor sports venues are due to be allowed up to 10,000 fans or 25% capacity, whichever figure is lower. meanwhile, away fans could also be allowed back at those final two matches for the first time since the start of the pandemic. a four day boycott of social media platforms started today by clubs, athletes and sp

hello i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes, here with your latest sports news.27—16 by la rochelle tonight. the french side, second in their domestic league were slick and although gloucester kept up the pressure la rochelle never looked in much danger, this their second try after 22 minutes as arthur retiere squeezing over in the corner. la rochelle will play scarlets or sale in the quarterfinals. meanwhile london irish are through to the european challenge cup quarter finals after pulling off an incredible late comeback to beat cardiff blues despite playing neary half the game with 14 men. in the other games, bath beat zebre and glasgow lost to montpellier. onto football and championship leaders norwich were denied their 10th win in 11 games after preston equalised in the 95th—minute. emi buendia's first half goalfor norwich looked like it was enough to give them yet another victory. but then deep into injury time, brad potts' deflected shot went in to make it 1—1. norwich are six points ahead of watford, who beat sheffield wednesday 1—0. so this is how it loo

with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes, at the bbc sport centre. hello, thank you.nuing their dominance in the famous — event which was staged outside london for the first time since the second world war. our correspondent katie gornall reports. it's one of sport's most traditional showdowns but, this year, nothing about it looks familiar. gone is the river thames lined with fans. in its place, a landscape devoid of all the usual landmarks. here on the banks of the great ouse, the crews had to make their own atmosphere. go! the pandemic — and the closure of hammersmith bridge — had forced the change of scenery, giving cambridge a home advantage. and yet, the women's race was nervily close. sudden movement and clashing, and this can cause all sorts of problems. on a straight course, oxford — on the right — almost veered into cambridge's path, but the light blues fought back and found their rhythm to win for the fourth successive time. and they have that feeling now, cambridge across the finish line! they wore white ribbons to show support for sexual assault victims a

with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks, kate.ut on the opening weekend of the women's six nations, powerhouses england and france demonstrated their absolute dominance by thumping their opposition. france beating wales 53—0 and england putting eight tries past scotland in a 52—10 victory in doncaster — from where our correspondentjo currie reports. this moment had been a long time coming for these players. covid meant for the first time the women's six nations was being played away from the men's tournament and two months later than planned. england, defending champions, kicked things off at home to scotland. no fans, no problem, as they ran in eight tries. the pick from bryony cleall, claiming her second cap two years after the first. and with fewer matches because of a format change, players will need to make opportunities to score count, and that's exactly whatjess breach did with this solo effort. she that's exactly what jess breach did with this solo effort.— with this solo effort. she will fly over for try _ with this solo

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes, here are the headlines tonight.f sport unites in a boycott of social media, we hear from some of those making a stand. if you don't start regulating your platform, it will be an indefinite blackout. lewis hamilton is joining—in the boycott but on the track he has some real competition this season and it's bringing him to life. and as the world snooker championship draws to a climax, the sport's boss tells us why it's great to have fans back at the crucible. hello and welcome to sportsday. so we're starting with the story that's uniting the world of sport — the 4 day boycott of social media to protest against online abuse. it's been led by football clubs and players but athletes from across the sporting world sent their last messages at 3 0 clock this afternoon. these arejust some of the organisations joining—in the demonstration aimed at trying to tackle the growing issue of abuse and discrimination across all social media platforms. and they won't be tapping on their timelines — until midnight on monday. well as i

lizzie greenwood—hughes has all the sport. california. the leaderboard is ever—changing but players are informed so far with mariah. she's been leading but now she's tied for first with another and england prospect georgia hall is one of several players in the clubhouse on five under. the overnight leader tees off shortly. juventus coach andrea pirlo has left weston mckennie, paulo dybala and arthur out of the squad for saturday's serie a game against torino after the trio breached covid protocols. the players were fined by the club after usa midfielder mckennie hosted a dinner party on wednesday. argentina striker dybala and brazil midfielder arthur were among 10 guests at the gathering. italy currently has a nationwide curfew from 10 pm until 5 in the morning. the manager of the english premier league leaders — manchester city — pep guardiola has said they're unlikely to buy a replacement striker this summer — because they're all too expensive. sergio aguero will leave the club at the end of the season and guardiola has been

i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes here with your latest sports news.. but southampton took the lead from a james ward prowse penalty given after an iheanacho handball. iheanacho reprieved himself by assisting leicester's equaliser which was nodded in byjonny evans midway through the second half, and it stayed 1—1. no fans allowed at that game, of course, but supporters will be able to attend the final two matches of premier league season. matchday 37 will now take place on the 18th and 19th of may, meaning clubs will be able to have one home game with fans. from the 17th may, outdoor sports venues are due to be allowed up to 10,000 fans or 25% capacity, whichever figure is lower. meanwhile, away fans could also be allowed back at those final two matches for the first time since the start of the pandemic. a four—day boycott of social media platforms started today by clubs, athletes and sporting bodies, in an attempt to tackle online abuse and discrimination. the premier league said all accounts will be silent until tuesday, with the aim to encourage com

hello, i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes here with your latest sports news.nd including tottenham's harry kane, erlang howland, the boss employs a straight face, saying we can't afford to spend. the squad already creaks with costly talents, take kevin to briner. leicester city inflicted a rare thumping on the league leaders at the eddie had despite having little possession. here, city again dominated the first half to no avail. a more threatening lester looked to come out for the second half, but the stalemate persisted. —— lester city. as so often, aguero compressed —— progressed unobserved from his shop reflected out of harm's way. manchester city have won their last ia away games, really anyone can storm —— score on this team. it was kevin to bring who crafted the second, a pass to the eye of the needle. raheem sterling thought about it for a while and gabrielle jesus finished it off. i don't know how many titles or what we have _ i don't know how many titles or what we have done so far, it's incredible. in this year, like, lockdown. _ incredible. in this

hello i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes, here with your latest sports news. as arthur retiere squeezing over in the corner. la rochelle will play scarlets or sale in the quarterfinals. meanwhile london irish are through to the european challenge cup quarter finals after pulling off an incredible late comeback to beat cardiff blues despite playing neary half the game with 14 men. —— playing nearly half the game. in the other games, bath beat zebre and glasgow lost to montpellier. football now and championship leaders norwich were denied their 10th win in 11 games after preston equalised in the 95th—minute. emi buendia's first—half goalfor norwich looked like it was enough to give them yet another victory. but then deep into injury time, brad potts' deflected shot went in to make it 1—1. norwich are six points ahead of watford, who beat sheffield wednesday 1—0. so this is how it looks at the top of the championship table, a big gap between the top two and third placed swansea who've just lost to birmingham tonight. bournemouth have boosted their play off chance

with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks very much.for the first time since the second world war. 0ur correspondent katie gornall reports. this year, nothing is familiar. gone is the river thames lined with hundreds of thousands of fans. in its place, a landscape devoid of all the usual landmarks. here on the banks of the great news, the crews would have to make their own atmosphere. —— the banks of the great 0use. cambridge have a home advantage, and yet the women's race wasn't overly close.— wasn't overly close. some movement and clashing — wasn't overly close. some movement and clashing and _ wasn't overly close. some movement and clashing and this _ wasn't overly close. some movement and clashing and this can _ wasn't overly close. some movement and clashing and this can cause - and clashing and this can cause allsorts of problems. fin and clashing and this can cause allsorts of problems.— and clashing and this can cause allsorts of problems. on a straight course, oxford, _ allsorts of problems. on a straight course, oxford, on _ al