marcus rashford was soon off again, an injury that will be watched closely. couldn't give them much else to talk about. the road to wembley takes an early exit. united march on, despite the detail. the boston red sox are the latest major league baseball team on the hunt for a new manager, following another high—profile sacking. alex cora was fired for his role, in the illegal "sign stealing" scandal, that continues to rock the sport. not for what he did at the red sox — that's still under investigation — but for the part he played in the houston astros tainted world series winning season. the investigation into the astros 2017 season, was launched in november after theirformer pitcher mike fiers told journalists at the athletic about the scheme. following that, a further investigation into the red sox's world series win in 2018 surfaced in december. the mlb published their report on monday, finding the astros guilty of stealing signs. general managerjeff luhnow and manager aj hinch were suspended for a year by the league and subsequently fired by the astros.

marcus rashford was soon off again, an injury that will be watched closely.en playing since july show to the squad that has been playing sincejuly show to some of their mileage. united march on despite the detail. patrick gary, bbc news. mileage. united march on despite the detail. patrick gary, bbc newslj think detail. patrick gary, bbc news.” think you can see there‘s two teams there towards the end, they were tired. and to end an open game, which sometimes doesn‘t suit us, we wa nt to which sometimes doesn‘t suit us, we want to control the game. but you don‘t get an easier draw next

marcus rashford was off again after coming on, an injury watched closely.lisle tonight. the league two side went ahead against championship cardiff city thanks to nathan thomas‘ early strike. but look at this for a long throw — it set up aden flint‘s equaliser just over ten minutes later. and then just before the break the ball fell tojosh murphy who thumped cardiff in front. they went on to win 4—3 and will go to reading in round four. it‘s was a bit of a mixed day for the australian open. qualifying for the tournament continued to be affected. first it was delayed because of the poor air quality from the bushfires that continue to rage. and then it was cancelled altogether because of heavy rain. so problems remain ahead of the tournament, but tennis is doing all that it can. legends of the game took part in a charity fundraiser to aid the relief efforts. rafa nadal, serena williams, roger federer and novak djokovic we just some who helped to raise over £25 jofra archer looks set to miss out on the third test against south africa which starts in port eliza

marcus rashford went off injured.mail sent to players aboutair describes an e—mail sent to players about air quality at the australian open asa about air quality at the australian open as a slap in the face. more on that in about 20 minutes. let's get more now on that warning from the naturalist and broadcaster, sir david attenborough , who said "the moment of crisis has come" in efforts to tackle climate change. in an exclusive interview with our science editor david shukman, to mark the start of the bbc‘s ‘our planet matters' series, he praised the efforts of young people and called on governments to do more. and david shukmanjoins me now. i know you have spent a lot of time with david attenborough. what struck me from your interview was he sounded exasperated, is that fair? that is right. we have heard him speak about this subject before and he has made documentaries about it and addressed the united nations on the need for urgency in tackling climate change. but this time i think you hear a different tone of frust

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

now, at the midway point of the tie, united are clinging on after marcus rashford scored the only goalty, tactical for rashford scored the only goal. but city, tacticalfor pep rashford scored the only goal. but city, tactical for pep guardiola. make united were all over the place as there was an own goal. they are still in it but onlyjust. manchester city manager pep guardiola expected his side's opponents to fight back despite being 3—0 down at half time. a good result tonight for us. very dangerous. hopefully our people, they can support us like manchester united and qualify again in the final. will let them play and our heads dropped. we make decisions we shouldn't and that half—time and i thought the half is a good response thought the half is a good response though it is a steep mountain to climb we have to climate. senegal‘s sadio mane has been named the confederation of african football's player of the year. the liverpool forward beat team—mate mohamed salah and manchester city's riyad mahrez to the award. mane helped the reds to win the champions league last season and scored 3

manchester united manager, ole gunnar solskjaer says that top goalscorer marcus rashford could be outleast six weeks with a stress fracture. the england striker, who's scored 19 goals this season, had to go off with a back injury during their fa cup win against wolves last week. gary neville says the club should sack chief executive ed woodward. the former manchester united right back thinks he's overseen the club's decline, despite the premier league side having one of the largest wage bills in the world. to the nfl, as for the first time in 50 years, kansas city chiefs will be in the superbowl. it's after they beat the tennessee titans 35 points to 2a to clinch the afc championship. they'll take on the san francisco 49ers in the super bowl in two weeks time. well, joining me now is melissa jacobs, just explain how much this means to kansas city? first of all, kansas city is one of the original nfl franchises dating back to their 100 year history. they are one of the most robust, passionate fan bases. as you mention, they haven't been there in 50 years and they have a head coach who

and marcus rashford, captain for the first time, seized his. another goal could change everything, but city held out. they may be getting left behind in the title race, but in the semifinal, they've surged ahead — and it's only half—time. katie gornall, bbc news, manchester. next to cricket, where south africa went into the final day of the second test against england needing to bat out the day to rescue a draw. england needed eight wickets. it went down to the last hour of the final session and guess who england turned to? ben stokes, with three wickets, to help england win in cape town for the first time since 1957 and level the four test series at 1—1. south africa looked to be frustrating england for much of the day with pieter malan batting for almost six hours in the second innings before he fell for 8h. quiton de kock resisted for 3h overs too before he clipped joe denly‘s part time leg spin to mid—wicket. zac crawley‘s juggling act gave ben stokes his second wicket in two balls and the allrounder kept running in — bowling at nearly 90 m

marcus rashford was soon off again, an injury that will be watched closely.wolves couldn't give them much else to look for, as the squad that has been playing sincejuly show the squad that has been playing since july show to the squad that has been playing sincejuly show to some of their mileage. united march on despite the detail. patrick gary, bbc news.” think you can see there's two teams there towards the end, they were tired. and to end an open game, which sometimes doesn't suit us, we wa nt to which sometimes doesn't suit us, we want to control the game. but you don't get an easier draw next round if you win 4—0. one heavens isn't off, and we are delighted to —— 1—0. it was a good, proper game. i'm disappointed to go out because there's some frustration knowing we did well, we performed well, and we didn't go to the next one, that's the only thing. but i'm happy with the only thing. but i'm happy with the boys and our support, and we have to prepare ourselves for saturday. a few more goals in carlisle tonight, the league to side went to head against cha

it's also in the daily mirror, which has news about marcus rashford, as we just mentioned, missing the tennessee titans 35—2a to clinch the afc championship. they had to come from behind for the second week in a row. quarterback patrick mahomes, last season's most valuable player, run in a touchdown as well as this 60 yard pass to sammy watkins to set up the victory and they will play the san francisco a9ers in the super bowl in two weeks' time. at the beginning of the year lee westwood said he would do dry january. it's fair to say the golfer has thrown that one out the window after winning his first tournament in 1a months and the aath of his career. looks like he celebrated successfully last night after winning the abu dhabi championship, tweeting this morning that he has a banging headache. i think he earned it. and that's all the sport for now. much more throughout the day from the bbc sports centre. the headlines on bbc news... the duke of sussex says there was really no other option to stepping down as a senior oil. it was prince harry's first speech since his announcement that

warned to keep animals indoors. 0le gunnar solskajer admits the decision to bring on striker marcus rashfordf of manchester united's 1—0 win over wolves in the fa cup backfired after he came off with a back injury. juan mata's goal was all that separated the teams and was enough to secure a trip to watford or tranmere in round four. but with a visit to liverpool coming up on sunday in the league, united fans would have been concerned to see rashford only last 16 minutes as a substitute before going off with a recurring back problem conor mcgregor says he's even better than when he last fought in mixed martial arts... ahead of his return to the sport this weekend. he faces donald cerrone in his first fight in 15 months. that takes place in las vegas on saturday. i have turned over a new leaf. i feel i am still the same young man, but i definitely feel re—energised and refreshed. i'm feeling confident, are fully prepared, fully committed conor mcgregor. there is no one that can touch me. i made this game what it is. so i'm going to go out there and remind everyone and show the world onjanuary

now at the midway point, united are clinging on after marcus rashford scored the only goal of the secondshush first half performance! bernardo silver scored the first from 25 yards. united are all over the place. an own goal. then it looked like the game was up. now, they are still in but onlyjust. the justice city manager, dick wandella expected his side's opponents to fight back. they are united, it is normal the reaction they had in front of these people. a good result tonight for us. we know that they area tonight for us. we know that they are a dangerous team but hopefully they can support us like manchester united support the team and qualify again stop we let them play. we just made decisions we should not. that may be sorted at halftime and second half was a good response and we are still, even though it is a steep mountain to climb, we can still climate. and winning the champions league escorting 30 goals has owed him player of the year for mane. real madrid will play on wednesday as a spanish super cup gets under way. on wednesday as a revamped version of the spanish super cup

this was difficult to watch for some but this city defence will always give you a chance and marcus rashfordld change everything but city held out. they may be getting light —— left behind in this title race but in this semi—final they have surged ahead and it is only half time. but captainjoe root was non committal about the 37 year old's chances. south africa took to the session. stokes rolled in to take the final three wickets and seal the win and ona three wickets and seal the win and on a day when south africa issued a statement backing for day test matches, the man of the match says the fifth day lived up to the promise. a huge boost to going forward. it has been a bit of a talking point recently in terms of how many days it should be played for today just showed why how many days it should be played for todayjust showed why it how many days it should be played for today just showed why it should be five days. the first two series, great for the game of cricket, great for the series. we have a few days off now to get up on our feet and get the energy. hopefully we can go into the confi

improved performace from the home side in the second half where they scored the only goal through marcus rashfordin the second half, they are a dangerous team but hopefully now, in front of our people, they can support us like man united support his team, and qualify again for the final. england pulled off a dramatic late win over south africa in the second test at cape town to level their four match series at one apiece. with just 8 and a half overs left ben stokes took the final wicket as the tourists won by 189 runs. it's england's first victory at newlands since 1957 and levels the four match series at 1—all but fast bowlerjames anderson could be an injury doubt for the third test in port elizabeth real madrid will take on valencia in saudi arabia later as a revamped version of the spanish super cup gets underway. zinedine zidane will be without karim benzema and gareth bale for the match injeddah while barcelona take on atletico madrid on thursday. previously the super cup featured the league winners against the cup winners. the new format features both copa del rey finalists and the remaini

marcus rashford got two of the goals on his 200th game for united, anthony martial headed in the thirdn the form of mason greenwood's fourth goalfor them, nine goals for him across senior competitions this season. the 18—year—old showing he has bright future. united are a long way off where they want to be but they are into fifth position now. for norwich things look very grim, rooted to the bottom of the table. very, very happy. we started on the front foot. you know when you can walk off, and i am sure that the opposition are talking about manchester united as a very, very hard—working team, with the quality of players we have got, that is what i want from my team and i am delighted. chelsea are the side still in that fourth champions league spot as it stands. they still have a five point cushion on united in fifth thanks to a 3—0 win over burnley. jorginho scored from the spot, before tammy abraham got pretty lucky to make it 2—0, the ball from this position somehow found its way past nick pope in the burnley goal. it was a pretty tame header. another goalfor tammy it was a pretty t

and marcus rashford, captain for the first time, seized his. the title race, but in the semifinal, they've surged ahead — and it's only half—time. katie gornall, bbc news, manchester. next to cricket, where south africa went into the final day of the second test against england needing to bat out the day to rescue a draw. england needed eight wickets. it went down to the last hour of the final session and guess who england turned to? ben stokes, with three wickets, to help england win in cape town for the first time since 1957 and level the four test series at 1—1. south africa looked to be frustrating england for much of the day with pieter malan batting for almost six hours in the second innings before he fell for 8h.

marcus rashford's a seasoned scorer these days, as seasoned as a 22—year—old can be. 200th manchester united game with two goals as they thrashed norwich 4—0. still miles behind liverpool, but at least the gap hasn't got any bigger... ..for now. ben croucher, bbc news. frank lampard wasn't even born when roy hodgson started his managerial career — nor was mikel arteta. hodgson‘s crystal palace holding arsenal to a h draw in the early kick off. that experience counting for something... captain pierre emerick aubamayang gave arsenal an early lead beforejordan ayew‘s deflection pulled palace level. aubameyang though was sent off though following a lunging tackle, upgraded from a yellow to a red following a var check. manchester city are level on points with arsenal at the top of the women's super league after pauline bremer scored twice as they beat everton 3—1. bremer now with nine goals this season. arsenal can go clear again if they come away unbeaten from brighton later. serena williams has won her first title for three years. she beat jessica pegula in straight sets

marcus rashford's a seasoned scorer these days, as seasoned as a 22—year—old can be.—0. still miles behind liverpool, but at least the gap hasn't got any bigger... ..for now. ben croucher, bbc news. there was no fifth bdo world darts title for england's lisa ashton, after mikuru suzuki retained her crown. suzuki was ruthless in the final, reeling off three legs in a row to take the first set and going on to win 3—0. that is all from the bbc sport centre for now. you can keep up—to—date on the bbc sport website this morning. i will have another update in the next hour. thank you. after weeks of criticism over the handling of australia's bushfire emergency, the country's prime minister has admitted he could have done things differently. scott morrison says he'll propose a powerful inquiry — a royal comission to look into the official response. he also announced a fund of 76 million australian dollars to help some of those most—affected. he's been speaking to our partner network in australia, abc. there are things that i could have handled on the ground much better. thes

named the same team that beat spurs last weekend, manchester united are without their top scorer, marcus rashford 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 liverpool this season after the 1—1 draw at old trafford. you have to look forward to these games, it is a great challenge for our players again to play against the leaders of the league. we have done well against them the last couple of times, but has you say, away at anfield is another matter. it is a game that you... you can make sure you enjoy it, but it can also be an intimidating place. manchester city have gone top of the woemn's superlegaue after beating birmingham 2—0. they've moved above arsenal on goal difference, after they were thrashed 4—1 at home to chelsea. australian star sam kerr scored her first goals for the club sincejoining at the end of december. she scored chelsea's fourth of the afternoon to consign arsenal to only their second defeat

the win may have come at a cost though with striker marcus rashford coming off injured. we know he's been struggling with a back injury and he is so important to them. the third test between england and south africa gets under way in the next couple of hours. it looks likejoe root‘s side will be withoutjofra archer who is injured. and stuart bingham is through to the quarter—finals of the masters. he beat the two—time winner mark williams 6—2 at alexandra palace. an incredible result for ireland's cricket team. they beat t20 world champions the west indies by four runs in a high—scoring international in grenada. 0ne one of the reasons to watch cricket at this time of year. the sunshine. looked so nice! something i have missed! i wonder if there is more coming our way? very good! you have been here before! for many years! but you say that but look at what mrs is delivering, barely a rainbow and loads of grey clouds! there is a bit of sunshine in the forecast but not a lot today, but some to start with. good morning, everybody. we're starting with some sunshine in some par

trafford, this was difficult to watch, but this city defence will always give you a chance and marcus rashford left behind in the title race, but in this semifinal they have surged ahead and it's only half—time. katie gornall, bbc news, manchester. leicester play aston villa in the other league cup semifinal tonight. coverage of the first leg on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o'clock tonight. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages. the mirror says that united were battered by manchester city. and ben stokes battered by manchester city. and ben sto kes ma kes battered by manchester city. and ben stokes makes lots of the back pages. that hand salute in the guardian is because his dad lost part of his finger in his rugby league playing career. england cricket captainjoe root says ben stokes is "born for the big moments". stokes was the star once again as england won the second test against south africa. the match looked to be drifting to a draw, with england needing five wickets in the final session. but they got themselves going, and stokes took the last three wickets in a thrilling spe

manchester united's1—0 win over wolves in the fa cup was marred by an injury to marcus rashford.h to secure a trip to watford or tranmere in round four. but with a visit to liverpool coming up on sunday in the league, united fans would have been concerned to see rashford only last 16 minutes as a substitute before going off with a back injury. united manager 0le gunnar solskajer admits the decision to bring on rashford turned out to be a mistake. yeah, that backfired but you've got to go for them once in a while and it seems like he's got a knock there and he couldn't run, so let's test him the next couple of days. hopefully ok for sunday, i don't know. a ban on children heading footballs could come into force in just a few weeks in scotland because of fears of a link between head injuries and dementia. the scottish fa could announce the ban on under—12s heading the ball soon, after it highlighted a report that said former players are more at risk of dying from the disease. 0ur sports correspondent chris mclaughlin has more. commentator: as usual, billy mcneill will be up for thi

marcus rashford's a seasoned scorer these days, as seasoned as a 22—year—old can be, he celebrated hiserience counting for something. captain pierre emerick aubamayang gave arsenal an early lead beforejordan ayew‘s deflection pulled palace level. aubameyang though was sent off though following a lunging tackle, upgraded from a yellow to a red following a var check. manchester city are level on points with arsenal at the top of the women's super league after pauline bremer scored twice as they beat everton 3—1. bremer now with nine goals this season. arsenal can go clear again if they come away unbeaten from brighton later. serena williams has won her first title for three years, she beatjessica pegula in straight sets in the final of the auckland international — a good sign as she builds up for another shot at a record—equalling 2ath grand slam title. the australian open starts a week tomorrow. she donated her winners cheque of $a3,000 to the relief effort of the australian bush fires. now, how about this for a dramatic ending in rugby‘s european champions cup? that's exeter‘s stuart h

also featuring on the back page of the times, but their main story is on marcus rashford and manchester is a live sport on the bbc today read the last day of the world youth olympic games in switzerland. ki rsty youth olympic games in switzerland. kirsty and you're going for great britain in the biggerfinal, around 10:15am and world indoor bowls championships continues in great yarmouth, on the bbc sport website from 10am and on bbc two from 1pm. that is all the sport for now. gavin, thank you very much. let's go back to our top stories today. the authorities in china say they are at the most critical stage of controlling coronavirus. the rapidly spreading respiratory virus is now killed nine people in china and is confirmed to have spread to japan, thailand and the usa. the world health organization will today consider whether to declare an international public health emergency and the uk is expected to begin monitoring flights arriving from china as part of a series of precautionary measures. for more on this, i'm joined by precautionary measures. for more on this, i'mjoined by an pre

and the i claims manchester united are under pressure after it emerged that marcus rashford was alreadying ahead to really busy night in the premier league. we will have build up from the grounds on sports day at the neck at night. extensive coverage of both matches tonight on 5 live and 5 live sports extra. no excuse to miss anything. that's all the sport for now. the headlines on bbc news... it is 9:a5am. terror offenders are to face a longerjail sentences and lie detector test before they are released as part of what the government is describing as a major shift in approach. prince harry arrives in canada to rejoin his wife and son after stepping back from royal life. and a bbc investigation finds the nhs in england faces more than £83 billion worth of unsettled claims for clinical negligence. our next report is on the new virus spreading across china. coronavirus. some breaking lines of news on this to update you with. according to the world health organization, more than 200, at least 200, more most probably, have been infected with this virus and the world health organization is c

two from marcus rashford and one from anthony martial and mason greenwood have taken them back up toe kick—off between spurs and liverpool. a liverpool win will send them 16 points clear at the top. exeter chiefs have qualified for the quarterfinals of the european champions cup after an incredible game with glasgow with a remarkable finish. it finished 31—31. glasgow started the strongest at scotstoun with scottish internationals tommy seymour and hquones scoring. the premiership leaders capitalised on glasgow's ill—discpline to take a 22—17 lead whilst the warriors were shorthanded. glasgow twice levelled the match to create a tense finale. exeter almost won it when former glasgow fullback stuart hogg launched a long range penalty with the clock dead only to see it hit the crossbar. glasgow's qualification prospects look all but over. saracens boosted their chances of reaching the quarterfinals, beating ospreys 22—15 in swansea. they had to do it the hard way too after welsh prop rhys carre was sent off afterjust five minutes for a high, shoulder led tackle. with a further man in t

their striker marcus rashford could be out for up to three months because of a back injury, and thatlooking at chances to improve the squad and of course with marcus out for a little while. it is something we have to look at closely. burnley have moved five points clear of the premier league's bottom three, after coming from behind to beat leicester city 2—1, ashley westwood with the winner. it's back to back defeats now for brendan rodgers side. well much of the build up to the first tennis major of the year — the australian open — focused on the playing conditions given the bush fires that are ravaging the country. but the weather has changed dramatically — much to the relief of tournament organisers. john watson is in melbourne for us and what a first round match taking place right? would morning from a very wet melbourne park. it is coco gauff up against venus williams. remember when coco gauff came through and eat williams back in the summer. she is on the cusp of doing it again. she has put in a brilliant performance, taken the first set. remember, she has become the first pers

this city defence will a lwa ys watch, but this city defence will always give you a chance and marcus rashfordthis semi—final they have surged ahead and it's only half—time. katie gornall, bbc news, manchester. the england cricket captainjoe root says ben stokes is born for the big occasions. stokes was the star once again as england won the second test against south africa. the match looked to be drifting to a draw, with england needing five wickets in the final session. but they got themselves going, and stokes took the last three wickets in a thrilling spell of bowling in cape town. it's england's first test win at newlands in more than 50 years, and the series is now level. he's born for this stage, he is born for big moments in games. you know, he's someone that never backs down from a challenge. you put him in difficult situations and he will never shy away from it. he's been through both sides of it, and still very keen to keep trying to deliver for england. he's a great example to a young group of players. stand by for a mid—match meltdown at the tennis. this is the stefanos tsitsipas,