manchester united are still in negotiations.om opening remarks and two chances to make a point. 2 dull post would make a point. that dull post would prove a formidable opponent. just over half an hour in, he tested his foundations again. it wobble, but never gave way completely. frustrating for united and that has been the theme recently. united had control and they changed that 20 minutes from time. heading out, it seemed the russians had accepted their fate and the last kick of the game then became. sergio romero game then became.75ergio— romero drifted game then became.75ergia— romera drifted off manchester united hadn't drifted off manchester united march on. earlier, middlesbrough sack their manager after three and a half years at the club. he took boro up half years at the club. he took boro up from the championship last season but they failed to win in the last ten premier league games and, w w, , l sits ten premier league games and, w ,,w , w sits in the ten premier league games and, w ww w w sits in the relegation curre

manchester united is too big, manchester united is too big, manchester united is the winner of the competitions not chelsea's faults, that we were given this monday match, so we have to make changes for sure because, we play sunday, thursday against rostov and rostov plays sunday, against grozny. but we cannot go to stamford bridge with a mickey mouse team. three big piece are already rating in the semifinals can we have got chelsea and manchester united tonight. i was just looking at their run, they have had a really easy to get this far, you have had manchester united, chelsea past peter brooke, brentford and wolves, united reading and wigan and wolves, united reading and wigan and they need is latter and off the bench to get past blackburn rovers. so the first proper test for both sides? i would say so, the biggest tide for both teams, i am doing the draw after the game, we have just done a dummy draw, me and wayne rooney. i think it was arsenal, chelsea manchester united and versus city, and the other draw. people have said that the big bloodstain tape is seriously, were looking at the sem

and not only do premier league leaders chelsea knock out the fa cup holders manchester united, they drawfinal. arsenal will play manchester city. it's announced the 2022 commonwealth games won't be held in durban any longer, so might they be in birmingham or liverpool instead 7 and there are protests in france, after two of the biggest clubs in rugby union there stun supporters by announcing they are to merge. hello there, thank you very much for watching. premier league leaders chelsea continued their great season this evening, by knocking out fa cup holders manchester united. 1—0 the score, and our correspondent 0lly foster is at stamford bridge for us now. plenty to mull over after tonight's match, 0lly. i'm not sure ifjose mourinho is a mulling kind of man, he'll be smouldering tonight. it was never going to be straightforward this evening, was it? another return to sta mford evening, was it? another return to stamford bridge forjose mourinho, and all the attention was on his team selection. he said himself denied that he was so stretched, didn't like the fact that they were playing

manchester united are still leading by1—0. manchester united are still leading by 1—0.t on bbc radio five live. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. see you soon. you are watching bbc news. a reminder of our headlines this evening... the chancellor defends his decision to increase national insurance contributions for the self—employed. the move's been criticised by some tory backbenchers, but philip hammond says the government is facing new challenges. theresa may is in brussels for what's expected to be her final eu summit before triggering brexit, as donald tusk is re—elected as president of the european council. a new war memorial is unveiled by the queen by the thames to honour those who have served in iraq and afghanistan. the monument is dedicated to civilians as well as servicemen and women. an update on the market numbers... here is how london and frankfurt ended the day, and how the dow and nasdaq are getting on. the ftse 100 nasdaq are getting on. the ftse100 was down, with the supermarket giant morrisons weighing highly on the londo

could a poor pitch in rostov interrupt manchester united's europa league challenge?nd warrington are still awaiting their first win of the super league season after defeat to champions wigan. good evening, plenty to come, but first england have thrashed west indies in the third one day international, giving them a 3—0 series whitewash. centuries from alex hales, on his return from injury, and joe root, helped england to 328 all—out and they were even more dominant with the ball in hand, skittling their hosts forjust 142. henry moeran is in barbados. england came here to the kensington oval having already won this series, 2-0 oval having already won this series, 2—0 up from the first two matches in antigua, but still keen to make sure they go back to england with a 3—0 series whitewash under their belts. they got that victory and some. people come to barbados to relax, not alex hayles. after months out injured he wanted to find his rhythm. with for him is a booming bass, made to take the roof off. in that groove there is no stopping him. he sealed his century with a s

manchester united fans have been coming here forfour years manchester united fans have been coming hereoy. as they were coming here for four years without any joy. as they were frisked for expensive items at the shed end, the united team at bus were underjust as much scrutiny. a striker, just one would do. marcus rushford, answering his manager's call. jose mourinho used to have that hold over chelsea's players, of course. the new chelsea's players, of course. the new man chelsea's players, of course. the new man isn't doing too badly either. they are lighting up the premier league. united will dazzle the last time they visited and if it hadn't been for their keeper, the match could have been out of sight early on. cahill and hazzard both kept out by fingertips. united fill —— united were further stretched. that would test the barinia tactics and temperamental. the first half was heated but goalless. last season, kante was the unsung hero. chelsea recognised his worth. wembley semi—final was what it was worth. rash that should have called —— scored an equaliser. there was little to do b

they might wa nt bayern manchester united. they might want him out, but who replaces him?ight's other last 16 tie, holders real madrid are through to the quarter finals for the seventh season in a row, after a 3—1 win away to napoli. dries mertens put the italian‘s 1—0 up, but two headers from sergio ramos in six second—half minutes to put the holders back in control. alvaro morata then added a third on the night in stoppage time, scoring the rebound, after ronaldo's initial effort was saved by reina, to give the galacticos a 6—2 aggregate win. there was a full programme of games in the championship tonight. leaders newcastle were held to a goalless draw at reading, so have had their lead at the top cut to three points. so here's the full rundown then. wigan‘s hopes of survival boosted by a 1—0 win at birmingham. the games at blackburn, bristol city, derby county and fulham all ended in 1—1 draws. third placed huddersfield beat aston villa i—0. it finished goalless between ipswich and wolves. there were wins for brentford and qpr. confirmation of newcastle's draw there. se

of course, manchester united are still on forever.y won the league final last month, the dream double still on franconia contura and his debut season. the semifinal draw has thrown up a real mouthwatering couple of times. chelsea are up against tottenham. they have won against tottenham, they have lost against tottenham in they have lost against tottenham in the league. go back five years, chelsea stuffed spurs 5—1 in an fa cup semifinal on the way to winning the cup and their in the other semifinal arsenal versus manchester city. you can count on one hand the amount of time those two have faced each other in this competition. the last time, 1971. arsenal defeating city on the way to facing level will in that you's final as well. —— on the way to facing liverpool. the cream has risen to the top in the competition this year. when you look at the beast is left in the next month's semifinals at wembley. in italy's serie a, two goals in the last three minutes for lazio have seen them beat torino 3—1 and move back to fourth place ahead of

there were wins for manchester united and tottenham, but we'll start with third against fourth, manchestert liverpool. 1—1 it finished, as drew savage reports. manchester city's season is in danger of becoming a damp squib. out of the champions league, and with chelsea in control of the premier league, guardiola said adjusting to the singles conditions is the most difficultjob he has had. it was surprising nobody in blue was appealing for a penalty there, but liverpool then had to. reasonjames milner has now scored in 47 premier league teams, and never lost when he has done so. this was sergio aguero‘s seventh in seven. adam lalla na aguero‘s seventh in seven. adam lallana scored aguero‘s seventh in seven. adam lalla na scored ten aguero‘s seventh in seven. adam lallana scored ten before the new year, since then, his touch has deserted him. manchester city could have taken advantage, this was a difficult chance but you would have expected him to do better. with the premier league title all but out of sight, it is a question of hanging onto those champions league spots. after the defeat on

ibrahimovic is in russia with manchester united.play in the europa league althouthose mourinho has called the last—16 tie against rostov "bad in every respect". apart from the travel, they are 126 miles north—east of moscow, the manchester united manager has slated the standard of the pitch. he doesn't think it's fit to play on. uefa have admitted that it isn't perfect but won't call the match off. mourinho says ibrahimovich will start but because of the poor surface, team selection is going to be tricky. it is hard for me to believe that we're going to play tomorrow with that field, if you can call it a field. and i don't know which team to play, really. i don't know which tea m to play, really. i don't know which team i am going to play. there's one match in the premier league tonight. manchester city can move above spurs to second if they beat stoke tonight, and that would also cut chelsea's lead to eight points. focusing on the next game, stoke city. what they do, how they defend, how they attack, what we have to do to create as

manchester united fans have been coming to stamford bridge for ever four use with no joys. coming tofour use with no joys. as they were frisked for offensive items, the united team bus was underjust as much scrutiny. anything offensive on there, a striker, just one will do. marcus off his sick bed. as a mourinho used to have a hold over chelsea's player of course. he remembers the good old days. the new man is not doing too badly either. they are lighting

frayed tempers and an early red card, as chelsea knock holders manchester united out of the english fa cup. i'm sally bundock. in business: free to fire the brexit starting gun, but how prepared is the uk economy? we make sense of the latest data. the waiting game. toshiba shares plunge in tokyo, as it delays its results announcement for a second time. britain has stepped significantly closer to leaving the european union. parliament has given its final approval to a crucial law that allows the government to trigger brexit. mps in the house of commons overturned amendments from the upper house, the lords, seeking guarantees on the rights of eu nationals in the uk, and on how much say parliament will have on the final terms of the brexit deal. here is our political correspondent chris mason. contents, 118. not contents, 274. so the knot contends have it. with those words, the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debate here in the house of lords and in the house of commons, are for now at least, done. what cam

that too many draws for manchester united.on for the likes of zlatan ibrahimovic. eddie howe has been ill and i hope he is feeling a bit better. but it was a bad—tempered game as well, so even more reason for them to be pleased with that. we are wondering will there be retrospective action? those clashes between tyrone mings and zlata n clashes between tyrone mings and zlatan ibrahimovic. tyrone mings appeared to stamp on his head and zlata n appeared to stamp on his head and zlatan ibrahimovic appeared to elbow him. let's hear from the fans. in my situation i jumped up him. let's hear from the fans. in my situation ijumped up and ijumped high and are protected myself and he jumped into me and hejumped into my elbow. on many times these occasions happen andl elbow. on many times these occasions happen and i hope he did not get injured. it was a good battle. new know exactly what you are going to get playing against him and it was a good battle all afternoon. there may be things highlighted more than others, but i enjoyed it, i

and in sport manchester united see red as they ta ke manchester united see red as they take on chelsea the last remaining place in the fa cup semifinals. isa is a very good evening to you from edinburgh, we live at bute house, the official residence of scotland's first minister. nicola sturgeon to many people by surprise today by announcing that she is seeking a second independence referendum. she wa nts second independence referendum. she wants that vote to be held between autumn 2018 and spring 2019. she's accused theresa may of refusing to compromise in her desire for a hard brexit, warning this would leave scotland outside the single market. meanwhile at westminster tonight two important meanwhile at westminster tonight two im porta nt votes meanwhile at westminster tonight two important votes in the house of commons. mps have tonight voted to reject the changes made by the lords to the government's brexit bill. those amendments were defeated in the house of commons. 385—287 was the final vote. they voted against the amendment guaranteeing the rights of european national ‘s living

it's still goalless in the fa cup quarterfinal between chelsea and manchester united, five minutes tok you, for the time being. thousands of rail passengers in england have faced a day of disruption following a 2a—hour strike on some of the busiest lines in england. the dispute — over the role of conductors and driver—only trains — has affected services in and out of liverpool, leeds and manchester. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott is at leeds station, with an update on the situation there. the joys of the monday morning commute. welcome to the leeds train. passengers across northern england today hit by the same strike that has caused months of misery for commuters in the south. northern are only running about a0% of their trains today. this is the eight o'clock train from keighley into leeds, a busy commuter service. it's really filling up now. it's been pretty busy. i mean, i usually get the train from ilkley, but there's no way i'd have got home, i finish work at half five, and the last train is at half five, so it's a bit annoying. the next station is bingley. a coupl

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jose focus this weekend and an eye on monday night wherejose mourinho goes back to chelsea with manchester united, we will play an interview with him, he talks about how he feels about going back to chelsea.” am not looking for revenge, i am not looking for anything wrong or bad. if you say something special, maybe special, one thing is to have before and after the match a close super friend, so if he is different, it's different ina friend, so if he is different, it's different in a positive way, not different in a positive way, not different in a positive way, not different ina different in a positive way, not different in a negative way. are you surprised how well chelsea have done this season? no, i am in the surprised, i am surprised with the way they play. i am surprised because i thought there were demandings ofa because i thought there were demandings of a different kind of football. because i think chelsea's phenomenal but chelsea's an amazing defensive team. a little subtly there. you were

wayne rooney will miss manchester united's quarterfinal with chelsea on monday.e'll have a scan after injuring himself in a collision with philjones during training. united will also be without the injured anthony martial, and marcus rashford who's ill. so, there could be selection problems up front forjose mourinho. gary lineker‘s been speaking to him about facing his old side. imean, it i mean, it has to have special significance for you. you have been there twice. that must must mean something. yeah. yeah. especially after last season. but probably the opposite of what people are saying. lam not opposite of what people are saying. i am not looking for revenge. i am not looking for anything wrong or bad. if you say something special, maybe it is special. i want to go to

manchester united is too big. manchester united is too big.lt that we were given this monday match so we have to make changes for sure. if we play thursday against rostov and rostov plays sunday, but we cannot go to stamford bridge.|j think we cannot go to stamford bridge.” think manchester united is together a city the best squad in the league and because they have a lot, a numberof and because they have a lot, a number of great players with great talent, with great experience to win, and the sure it would be a very tough game for us and for them. so the last of the quarter—finals — chelsea against manchester united — is live on bbc one. coverage starts at 7.30. there's also commentary on radio 5 live and coverage on the bbc sport website. two of the biggest clubs in french rugby union have announced they are to merge. paris—based stade francais and racing 92 say they need to pool their resources "to cope with the challenges of performance and education." it's a huge shock, as our reporter chrisjones explains. their owners say they have to pu

the europa league is back on thursday, with one of the tournament favourites manchester united travellinge severe question marks over the pitch. looking a little short on grass there. and you probably won't be surprised to hear that the united manager jose mourinho isn't particularly pleased with it. it is still hard to me to believe that we are going to play tomorrow. i know that we have to bite it is ha rd i know that we have to bite it is hard for me to believe that we are going to play tomorrow... on that field, if you can call it a field. and i don't know which team to play, really. the argentine football association says the players‘ strike is over and the league will resume. the first division championship had been scheduled to restart a month ago but was held up over financial issues. the players called a strike because many, especially in the lower divisions, were owed up to five months‘ salaries. it's day two of the first test between new zealand and south africa in dunedin. there just getting going again after lunch. south africa began the day on 224 for four but lost four wick

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the lack of a finishing touch stopped a manchester united win.half and we should have been winning by 3—0 and we ended the first half at 1—1. it is as simple as that. who can i blame? 0urselves, nobody else. we missed big chances, but as i told them at half time we played well. in the second half we played against a different team, a team with one man less, i am not critical of it, it was a team that gave up to play, it was a team that gave up to i understand perfectly one man less, i understand perfectly the need for one point. you do hear that when a team gets under ten men it makes them harder to beat, but it takes a very brave tea m to beat, but it takes a very brave team ina to beat, but it takes a very brave team in a post—ferguson era to hold on for a draw at old trafford. especially when you are short of confidence. for bournemouth it is their first confidence. for bournemouth it is theirfirst point in confidence. for bournemouth it is their first point in five games, so eddie howe was under the weather before this game, but his team did

he lastplayaa far hie five points behind germany, with two wins from four games. thinks manchester unitedtmosphere and also the great staff at the club and especially my fellow players. thank you very much. i believe and i am sure thatjuicy mourinho and his tea m sure thatjuicy mourinho and his team will bring back the trophies to manchester united soon. now, e—sports are on the rise. now, esports are on the rise. it‘s predicted by the year 2020, they will generate £1 billion worth of revenue and will have an audience of nearly 600 million people. as part of state of sport week, bbc sport has been looking at the phenomenon. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has spent time with the paris st germain gaming team at their base in berlin. packed crowds are nothing sport as you know it. with all the fervour of football fans, gamers are making football clubs rethink their entire marketing strategies. paris st germain is one such club. living in berlin,7where the game‘s but it‘s playing the long game. the business model of esport is quite new, and i‘m sure that we can bring to this sport a k

as an example you can look at what happened yesterday, manchester united fans came and they we re manchesterrtunity to show despite the bad publicity we can you ready for the world cup. it‘s 07:17 and you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: head teachers in england say they are being forced to cut gcse and a—level courses to help balance school budgets. labour has accused the government of being in disarray after there5a may said that controversial tax ri5e5 announced in the budget would not go before mp5 until the autumn. here‘s nick with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning. we have some weather p i ctu res good morning. we have some weather picture5 coming in, the best sunrises particularly across the eastern pa rt5 of sunrises particularly across the eastern parts of england, where there is a bit of cloud. in the west of the uk there is so much cloud around today that it is dampened to and places. an east—west split to begin with, mainly dry in the east, with a touch of frost in eastern scotland. lots of cloud in the west. quite misty and murky a

manchester united have been charged for failing to control their at sta mford at stamfordefeaé - whenow card. united's players crowded the official. chelsea won the game. united have until friday to respond to the charge. lukaku's charge. lu ka ku's turned down charge. lukaku's turned down the most lucrative contract offer in the club's history. two years left on his current deal. but he won't sign a new five—year koun tract, believed to be worth around £140,000 a week. nicki henderson has become the most successful trainer in cheltenham's champion hurdle. it's the first day of the festival. noel fehily was on board to give henderson his sixth win in the race. his first coming 32 yea rs win in the race. his first coming 32 years ago in the champion hurdle. my years ago in the champion hurdle. my tent or yours, another henderson trained horse was second. it's a bit surreal. i was brought up m, it's a bit surreal. i was brought up in, passionate about national hunt racing, you read about legends and people and horses and champion hurdles and things like that. you never really understood

manchester united at home to west brom. do you see any of them slipping up? .ng your top four status. without chris smalling and philjones potentially for the rest of the season, manchester united, so they could have some troubles. the bottom of the table, tricky, particularly with burnley‘s home for them, they've been excellent this season. you would imagine the fuego side the plane, the form they are in... ican't side the plane, the form they are in... i can't see chelsea slipping up. there are a number of issues possibly for the chasing pack. i think chelsea have the league sewn up. as you said earlier, it's about maintaining your top four status. without chris smalling and phil jones potentially for the rest of the season, manchester united, so they could have some troubles. the bottom of the table, getting to the stage of the season where you need to pick up points if you are in the bottom half, particularly the bottom four or five. bottom half, particularly the bottom four orfive. hull and bottom half, particularly the bottom four or five. hull and sunder

manchester united reached the semifinals without as bright cup.to be rolled out. we will have more on those stories at 2:30pm. hundreds of thousands of commuters had theirjourney to work disrupted this morning after a 24—hour strike got underway at three rail companies in england. up to 2,000 members of the rmt union walked out at southern, northern and merseyrail as part of a dispute over the role of guards. 0ur transport correspondent, richard westcott, is at leeds railway station. the joys of the monday morning commute. welcome to the leeds train. passengers across northern england today hit by the same strike that has caused months of misery for commuters in the south. northern are only running about 40% of their trains today. this is the 8am train from keighley into leeds, a busy commuter service. it's really filling up now. it's been pretty busy. i mean i usually get the train from ilkley but there's no way i'd have got home, i finish work at half five and the last train is at half five so it's a bit annoying. a couple of stops later and now

we have all the sport including a fractious showdown between manchester united and bournemouth. welcome to the programme. there is never a dull moment in washington politics. donald trump took to twitter claiming the obama had tapped his phones at trump tower during the election campaign. the president offered no evidence for the claims and a spokesman for barack obama the claims and a spokesman for ba rack obama has the claims and a spokesman for barack obama has strongly denied the allegations, saying neither president obama or any white house official ever ordered surveillance official ever ordered surveillance of any official ever ordered surveillance ofany us official ever ordered surveillance of any us citizen and any suggestion otherwise is simply false. it comes after a rocky few weeks for the trump administration which has seen the sacking of the national security adviser mike flynn and questions hanging over the attorney general jeff sessions. both over alleged contacts with the russians. from washington, this is for rebecca. —— this is laura bicker. there is a protoco

before i go, tend to tell you that bournemouth have equalised at manchester united.from old trafford. you can see more on from old trafford. you can see more on the bbc news channel. the next news update is at 5:40. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with maxine mawhinney. sinn fein and the democratic unionists are to begin talks on monday about a new power—sharing government in northern ireland. sinn fein made gains in elections to the stormont assembly, finishing just one seat behind the democratic unionist party. for the first time, unionists won't have a majority in the assembly. the dup and sinn fein now have three weeks to form a government. earlier i spoke to the irish writer and broadcaster brian 0'connell. he told me that the challenge now for the parties at stormont will be to form a new executive with a stronger sinn fein sinn fein has a shopping list. top of it is a provision that would give equal status to the irish language in northern ireland in governmental institutions. the dup did not want to do this beforehand, it is a hangover from the st

an incredible run, bournemouth in freefall, let's hear from the manchester united manager.t liverpool plays arsenal, which is one of these weekends where you know for sure that somebody is going to lose a point, so we should win against bournemouth. but bournemouth isa against bournemouth. but bournemouth is a very tricky team, very dangerous team. a team with quality, a team with ambition, a team that is not afraid to play, 18 that normally tries to win matches. —— a team. it does not try to draw. obviously they come off the back of winning the efl cup at the weekend, but in the lead they have just been rock solid at sixth, despite this incredible run. yes, but the gap as closed completely, it was ten points at one stage, they were ten points adrift, but the run they have been on is testa m e nt to but the run they have been on is testament to the manager. bournemouth, for all the positive noises about them, they haven't won at all in 2017. just two drawls to their name. and i have been floods myself, you wonder where the next win is coming from, thinking, we are not going

the second leg is becoming a week after. the europa league has also been made manchester united havebelgian side aderlecht — their second leg will be at old trafford. celta vigo face genk, ajax have been paired with schalke, and lyon welcome besiktas. they have been fined £20,000. the admitted a misconduct charge after the referee was surrounded by players following his several players following his sending—off of midfielder. they went on to lose the type i—o. jose mourinho's men have been drawn against the belgian side anderlecht ege'r—fé él—f. 5;!.:.':..:. 4.4.5 a525;!5;l—.é for the europa league quarter tie. the second i will be at home. celta vigo face genk, a'ax have been gaired with schalkez—= and lyon welcome besiktas. that's all from us at the bbc sport centre. we'll have updates throughout the evening, but for now, let's joinjohn watson live in dublin for this year's final inside six nations. you john is in a very load dublin. the city is rocking on saint patrick's day. ireland know they can stop them winning with back—to—back grand fun titles. they would love to do that. we

they face manchester united at midday. third placed manchester city and liverpool in fourth at the etihad stadium. britain's greatest ever female paralympian dame sarah storey, says she wants to close the gender gap in cycling. the 14 time paralympic gold medallist has launched team storey, a new elite women's team, alongside her husband barney, and is aiming is to get the riders competing at the highest level. british cycling do some amazing work at the grassroots for participation. over the last number of years since i've been in the sport, women's cycling has grown and grown and it continues to grow. that is where we are with storey racing. we want to be part of that continued growth. we want to see women have equal opportunities to the guys, closing the gender gap. if you want to put our team into the men's cycling, we would be paid small wages. we are trying to make sure that we bring the women's side of the sport back up to the level of the men's and push forward with that integrity intact. that's all the sport for n

chelsea beat manchester united 1—0. chelsea beat manchester united 1—0.r this tackle. he duly departed, but the goal was not a bad goal at all. following jose mourinho's sacking from chelsea, he was given plenty of stick. they can call me what they want. iam stick. they can call me what they want. i am a professional. stick. they can call me what they want. iam a professional. i stick. they can call me what they want. i am a professional. i defend my club. until the moment they have a manager that wins four premier league is for them, i am the number one. when that manager wins four premier league, i become number two, but at the momentjudas is number one. and with women be admitted to muirfield golf club? there is a second ballot today and it is likely to be yes. the first vote narrowly failed to achieve the vote needed. they were told they would no longer be able to host the open championship. that will be overturned if there is a positive vote today and women are admitted. that is all the spot. this morning, as the national debate continues over whethe

manchester united play west brom tomorrow too, but they'll be without defenders chris smalling and philjonesinjuries they picked up on england duty last week are "long term". jones injured his toe in a training ground tackle, with reports claiming it involved fellow centre—back smalling. who was pictured in a leg brace himself a few days later, £559? 3515 51? £3; 53? . ,, ,,, but ran in two tries in the second half to pull clear — carl ablett with the final try. that's their fourth win in a row. castleford tigers still top the table though on points difference after they thrashed huddersfield 52—16. they are in great form, aren't they? charley hull is tied in third, two shot off the lead at the first women's golf major of the year in california. she sat to complete her ra nt california. she sat to complete her rant today because of delays due to bad weather. this birdie meant that she finished one shot behind the leaders and she started her second—round must immediately. this approach kept up her momentum by setting her up for birdie. inbee park of south korea is the leader on seven under. j

manchester united's zlatan ibrahimovic and bournemouth defender tyrone mings have both been charged with their premier league match on saturday. mings appeared to catch the head of the player with his studs as he lay on the ground. the striker then caught the defender in the face with his elbow moments later. mings could be faced with a longer ban above the standard three matches, after the fa said the standard punishment would not be fit in his case, if found guilty. both incidents, were missed by the match officials, the two players have until tomorrow evening to respond to the charge. the arsenal manager arsene wenger was forced to deny reports striker alexis sanchez was involved in a training ground row in the lead up to saturday's premier league defeat to liverpool as speculation surrounding the player's future grows sanchez took part in training this morning having only featured in the second half of arsenal's 3—1 defeat. it's believed the incident was behind his omission from the first team, something wenger dismissed. com pletely completely false, but i understand that you have t

mings said that he hadn't intentionally made contact with the manchester united's striker‘s head.etaliated by elbowing mings in the head. he accepted a violent conduct charge and was banned for three matches. mings had his appeal rejected. bourneouth say they find it extraordinary that the charges can be described as proven when there is absolutely no evidence to prove the incident was intentional. some six nations news, wales interim head coach rob howley will give his players a chance to redeem themselves against ireland on friday night. he's named the same starting 15 despite defeat in the last match. they went down to scotland 29—13 at murrayfield despite leading at half—time. it was their first defeat to the scots in ten years but howley has resisted the urge to ring the changes. like wales, ireland are also unchanged. jared payne is back in full training after an ankle knock but hasn't done enough to oust garry ringrose at outside centre. there's one change in the replacemnts with wing tommy bowe coming in for his injured ulster picked upn a groin injury in their win over th

manchester united remain sixth. trospectively though. mings appeared to land his studs on the back of the head of the united forward as he lay on the ground, and then from a corner, ibrahimovic elbowed mings. but both played it down post match. and all eyes on leicester to see if they could continue their remarkable comeback. a resounding yes — they won 3—1 again with mahrez getting on the scoresheet. they're now 15th. here are the day's other results in the premier league. middlesbrough are in the relegation zone after losing at stoke. a late goal gave swansea an important win over burnley. a high scoring game at watford ended 4—3 to southampton and crystal palace won their first game since january at stoke. so here is the top of the table. tottenham and man city both playing tomorrow. and if we look at the bottom half. west ham, burnley, watford all drop a place. crystal palace are now out of the relegation zone, replaced by middlesbrough. sunderland play tomorrow. in scotland, rangers are through to the semi—final

manchester united are up to fifth after a 3—1win at middlesbrough. 2—0 up. after rudi gestede pulled a goal, it looked as though boro were going to mount a comeback, but a terrible mistake from goalkeeper victor valdes gifted antonio valencia a goal. the spirit is fantastic and the good thing is that we have two doors still open for champions league football. so we are going to try europa league, we are going to try the fourth position in the premier league. and let's see what happens. celtic are just one win away from scottish premiership title. they beat dundee 2—1 at den park and are now 25 points clear with nine games to play. they took the lead in first—half stoppage time whenjozo simunovic‘s flick was deflected into the net. stuart armstrong doubled the lead for brendan rodgers' side six minutes into the second half when he nodded in james forrest's cross. the goal of the game belonged to dundee's faissal el bakhtaoui. celtic will clinch the title if they beat hearts in a fortnight. all change at the top of the super league. salford have ended

as it stands, manchester united heading into the next round. that is not the sport news for now.s long term competitiveness. only last week toyota said it could delay a decision on building its next generation auris car here depending on the outcome of brexit. today the government announced its providing 21 million at the burnaston plant. our industry correspondent john moylan has more. return to index of stories... this was toyota's first plant in europe. it has been making vehicles from here, near derby for almost 25 years. 4 million cars later and the company is investing again, laying the foundations for the future. we are determined to be competitive. that means building cars with quality, high—productivity, low—cost and this investment helps us, hugely, to be competitive for the long term. so, we think this is a huge part of preparing for the long-term future. toyota will invest £240 million to upgrade the burnaston plant. in return, the government is providing £21 million for training and research. it's all good news for the 2,500 workers at this site. the truth is, this p

to a 1—1 draw against manchester united.e mourinho was him and as ibrahimovic to continue to do so. no need for either of them early on. defender marcus roger, first in the league, a striker‘s finished. a lapse in concentration gifted the visitors a route back in and josh king did not waste it. the intensity went up a notch. both escaped punishment from the referee, unlike andrew salmon. his reaction was worthy of a second yellow. half—time gave everyone a chance to settle down, well, nearly everyone. with a man advantage united pressed ahead and a chance eventually fell their way. handball from adam smith and up step slattern ibrahim of it. not the finale he would have wanted. that disappointment did not stop the reds. the lack of finishing stopped the united win, though. we played a phenomenalfirst we played a phenomenal first half and we should have been winning 3—0 and we should have been winning 3—0 and we should have been winning 3—0 and we ended the first half 1—1. that is as simple as that. who can i blame? 0urselves

meanwhile manchester united grabbed a vital away goal as they drew 1—1 at russian side rostov. mkhitaryan‘s close—range finish after 35 minutes giving united the lead but despite showing very little going forward up to that point the hosts equalized through aleksandr bukharov. it leaves things finally poised for the return leg at old trafford next thursday. better 1—1 fan zero — zero at the game is open. the result is open and this team have experience of playing big matches, big opponents, big stadiums. i do not think it is a problem for them to go to old trafford and compete. arsenal manager, arsene wenger, says he will take the fans‘ opinions into account when he makes up his mind about whether to stay in the job. the gunners have lost five of their last seven games, leading to speculation about the future of the premier league's longest serving manager. our sports editor dan roan has more. the humiliation at the hands of bayern munich left arsenal divided, the fans in revolt and the manager facing unprecedented pressure but arsene wenger said today he will decide at the end

manchester united play west brom in one of six 3 o'clock kick off tomorrow, but they have a growing injury latest to be sidelined. he's had surgery on a groin problem. united are also without defenders chris smalling and philjones. managerjose mourinho says the injuries they picked up on england duty last week are "long term". jones injured his toe in a training ground tackle, while smalling was pictured in a leg brace himself a few days later. in superleague, leeds rhinos have moved into second place with a 26—18 victory over last season's champions wigan. leeds were only two points ahead at half time, but ran in two tries in the second half to pull clear — carl ablett with the final score. that's their fourth win in a row. castleford tigers still top the table though on points difference after they thrashed huddersfield 52—16. britain's charley hull is tied in third and two shots off the lead in the second round of the first women's golf major of the year in california. she's already had to complete her first round today because of delays caused by bad weather — this birdie at the 18th m

some more fall out from last night's fractious fa cup quarterfinal at stamford bridge , manchester unitedo control its players. it relates to this incident about 10 minutes before halftime, when they crowded around the referee michael 0liver following ander herrera's sending off. he was booked twice forfouls on eden hazard. chelsea went on to win the game 1—0. united have got until friday to respond to the charge. the everton striker romelu lukaku has turned down the most he has two years left enrhis current believed to be worth around £140,000 a week. but lukaku won't sign it. hejoined everton for a club record 28 million from chelsea 3 years ago one other football line, gary rowett is derby county's 5th manager in just over a year. he replaces steve mcclaren, who was sacked by the club for a second time at the weekend. rowett, a former derby player, was sacked by he'll take over immediately. muirfield has voted to allow female members for the first time. the east lothian club was removed as a host venue the sports minister tracy crouch said it sends out a vital message and that is impor

the finish top of the belgian league but manchester united will feel they can get through against them time. it's the final weekend of rugby union's six nations championship. england are in dublin looking to win back to back grandslams — that's never been done in the six nations. for most test wins on the bounce. fe} file? 13??? "fg‘ieflrfifi will eclipse his 1992 team if they match their achievement of back—to—back grand slams i have at will carling texting meet reminding me how great his team was, he called it his team, but i am very aware and we are not seeing it as a daunting thing to go to ireland, we're daunting thing to go to ireland, we' re pretty daunting thing to go to ireland, we're pretty much excited by the opportunity that presents itself and why not‘s we should be excited, it is not a scary thing to do. i have had a few messages from various new zealand friends and family and they never like to be in a competition do not actuall have a hand they do not actually have a hand in but the overall motivation for us is very much can we get is a performance that can allow us to per

the younger brother of manchester united's paul did the rest as he placed himself neatly between ther, carlos tevez, marked his chinese super league debut by scoring, as shanghai shenhua beat jiangsu suning 4—0. tevez had a hand in all four goals and won a penalty for his side's second, which he swiftly dispatched. the new season kicked off on friday. now to golf. world number one, dustinjohnson, has cemented his position at the top with a one—stroke victory at the wgc event in mexico. the american, who finished 14 under, has held the ranking for the past fortnight, and became just the fifth player to have won his first event since moving to the top of the rankings. he held a four—shot lead mid—way through the round, but some poor shots, coupled with putts like this from england's tommy fleetwood, who finished second, sanohnson hanging on for the title, which he did by parring the final hole for a 14th win on the pga tour, including four victories in world golf championships. england have won the second one—day international against west indies by four wickets in antigua. joe root wa

they beat ten—man manchester united 1—0 at stamford bridge, n'golo kante scoring only his second goaltottenham in the semi—finals and arsenal play manchester city. the 2022 commonwealth games could be coming to great britain, after the south african city durban was stripped of hosting the event. birmingham and liverpool have both expressed an interest. chris froome says that without sir dave brailsford "there is no team sky." froome publicly backed his under—pressure boss for the first time — but also apologised for the way the team had handled questions over its record on doping. finally, sir chris breaks his silence over how the team was run. lot to take in. thank you. carol is he now with the weather. i will be speaking about that later in the programme. some dreadful weather in parts of the us. today, weather in parts of the us. today, we have a mild day in prospect. some of us could hit 16, 17, possibly even 19. it will be mostly cloudy with some sunshine. we have gales and even severe gales across the far north of scotland, accompanied by some showers. those showers will be heav

, and the quarter finals conclude on monday evening with chelsea against last years winners, manchester unitedve on bbc one. we'll have a special preview live from stamford bridge in fa cup sportsday from 6:30pm on monday. as a result of the fa cup the premier league fixtures have been reduced to four matches this weekend. bournemouth haven't won in eight league games, they're home to west ham. it's seventh against eighth as everton welcome west brom. at the bottom, can swansea make it back—to—back wins, when they play hull city, who are second bottom? and after beating arsenal 3—1, jurgen klopp‘s liverpool have burnley visiting anfield, that's on sunday. liverpool looking for revenge because burnley beat them earlier in the season. there's also the small matter of the old firm derby this weekend too, as celtic look to make it four wins out of four against their city rivals rangers on sunday. brendan rodgers‘ side already have the league title all but wrapped up, but are keen to keep their unbeaten run going. rangers go into the game still without a permanent manager, as alasdair lamont report

the 32—year—old failed to impress at manchester united, but it's believed he's become one of the highest to see him as he arrived in the city. see if you can guess who madeira airport has been renamed in honour of. have you guessed it yet? of course, the four time world player of the year cristiano ronaldo, i hear you say, but does this look like him? there's been plenty of debate on social media and the man himself was there for the grand unveiling, which will welcome him and many tourists in the future as they shuffle through the airport. the world surf league's news season got under way in australia just over a week ago with the opening event on the gold coast at snapper rocks —— a week ago with the opening event on the gold coast at snapper rocks but this week margaret river in western australia is the venue and the highlight of the opening round saw defending champion sebastien zietz proving just why he's one of the world's best with this incredible barrel ride. it's one of the most technically difficult elements of the sport and all five judges gave the american full marks. wow. ju