middlesbrough's riverside stadium has been selected as a covid—secure venue to stage the games againstrst week ofjune — and there could be fans there, if the easing of lockdown goes to plan. the riverside last staged a senior england men's international in 2003, when southgate was playing for middlesbrough — and he started a centre—back in a 2—1 win over slovakia. the final of the world snooker championship is set to be played in front of a capacity crowd on the 3rd of may. it's one of the pilot events designed to find ways to get fans back safely, without social distancing. the crucible can hold 980 spectators, and the plan is for it to be a third full for the opening round, increasing as the tournament progresses. face coverings will be required in the venue and fans will have to take a covid—i9 test before arriving, and another five days afterwards. there'll be a major name missing when the masters gets underway tomorrow, and that's tiger woods, who's still recovering after his car crash. he's been an inspiration to many players — none more so than his friend rory mcilroy, who recen

middlesbrough keeping their playoff hopes alive as they snatched a point at home to watford.ilip zinckernagel�*s shot was deflected beyond marcus bettinelli by ismaila sarr, but the home side equalised with just 13 minutes to go. yannick bolasie heading home from paddy mcnair�*s cross. the result means that watford stay in second, while boro are 9th, 6 points off the play—off places. bournemouth kept up their push for the play—offs with victory over blackburn, barnsley remain fifth after their win over luton, while bottom of the table wycombe boosted their survival hopes by beating fellow strugglers rotheram. sheffield wednesday boosting their hopes of survival leading cardiff. in league one, aiden mcgeady, who turned 35 yesterday, enjoyed some belated birthday celebrations as he secured a 1—1 draw for sunderland against second—placed peterborough. the result sees hull city stretch their lead at the top of the table to three points after beating northampton. and history has been made in the league two match between harrogate town and port vale this afternoon. rebecca welch ha

on saturday, for northern england, perhaps into the middlesbrough well, but away from here, more in thef sunshine, another cold and frosty start, and temperatures not changing so much on saturday. on easter sunday, not too bad. dry and sunny, wet and windy behind that first where the front, much wintry heading our way. an arctic blast of wind in time for easter monday. strong to gale force winds will make it feel cold. wintry showers with some snow, mainly the hills. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, hello and welcome to sportsday — british cycling and its former doctor richard were in the spotlight again, we will have more on why. the defending champions england gets set to kick off the six nations campaign, will head live and the camp ahead of their opener against scotland. admission hills in california has hosting gulfs first major event of the year, will have the latest from day one to the a and a. and coming up in the programme this evening. we will cure from jimmy chadwick as she gets set to race off in the motorsports new event this weekend. welcome al

rotherham united edged closer to the drop and a return to the third tier with defeat at middlesbroughere, bournemouth solidified their place in the play—offs with a 4—1 win at millwall. chelsea moved a step closer to retaining their women's super league title in an entertaining top of the table clash at manchester city. jo currie was there. this game may have finished in a draw but it's venice chelsea in the race for the w sl title, with the now resting very much in their own hands. the first half saw plenty of excitement, drama and goals. chelsea going ahead, and out swinging corner met by sam kerr, who swung highest with a thumping hundred you hit the back of the net. city replied three minutes later. there was chloe kelly to turn it in from close range. chelsea, though, they kept pershing. sam kerr brought down, referee pointed to the spot, and the penalty put away. after the break, city leveled, who took advantage of a couple of chelsea defence errors to set up a thrilling finish, but 2—2, it ended. it means chelsea now go into the final two matches of the season with a two—point

watford can move to within three points of leaders norwich with victory at middlesbrough — and they'rello there. the cold arctic air has arrived now, but many places will be dry today, with some sunshine. temperatures much lower than they were yesterday, and it feels colder because the winds are strong and gusty. gusts of 50 or 60 mph in northern scotland where we are seeing most of the snow showers at the moment. those will continue over night. some more snow showers coming into northern ireland overnight. they will push over the irish sea towards wales and even the southwest. many other areas overnight will be dry and clear. some icy conditions where we get those wintry showers coming in, and a widespread frost overnight, typically —1 to —3 celsius. another cold day to come on tuesday. some sunshine, but again those snow showers in the same sort of areas. cloud, though, will build up inland and almost anywhere could catch a snow shower through the afternoon i think. passing snow shower driven on by these strong and gusty winds. again, like today, temperatures three to nine celsius, b

middlesbrough came from behind to snatch a point at the riverside against watford, to keep their play—offphilip zinckernagel�*s shot was deflected beyond marcus bettinelli by ismaila sarr, but the home side equalised with just 13 minutes to go. yannick bolasie heading home from paddy mcnair�*s cross. the result means that watford stay in second — while boro stay ninth, six points off the play—off places. nine more games in the championship this afternoon — most into the second half now. the late game is sheffield wednesday against cardiff. follow all the football league games on the bbc sport website. rookie patty tavatanakit has won the first women's golf major of the season — the ana inspiration in california. the thai rookie led from the first round to the last, finishing two shots clear of a charging lydia ko, for her first win on the american tour. she's come a long way since she finished as top amateur in this event three years ago. it's a dream come true every time i play here. i remember exactly, i was on this green, receiving my low amateur award, and i saw they were jumping and

rotherham united edged closer to the drop and a return to the third tier with defeat at middlesbroughthe race for the wsl title, with it now resting very much in their own hands. the first half, well, plenty of excitement, drama and goals. chelsea going ahead, an out—swinging corner met by sam kerr, who rose highest with a thumping header to find the back of the net. city replied three minutes later. lauren hemp with a cross from the left, found its way through the chelsea defence, and there was chloe kelly to turn it in from close range. chelsea, though, well, they kept pushing. kerr found herself in on goal, knocked the ball around city goalkeeper ellie roebuck, who brought her down in the process. referee pointed to the spot, and up stepped pernille harder, coolly putting the penalty away. after the break, city leveled through hemp, who took advantage of a couple of chelsea defensive errors to set up a thrilling finish. but 2—2, it ended. it means that chelsea now go into the final two matches of the season with a two—point advantage and a goal difference of +5 over city. it means,

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riverside last staged a senior england men's international in 2003, when southgate was playing for middlesbrougher—arnold and naby keita were targeted. both had racist emojis sent to them on the platform instagram in the lead up to tuesday's champions league tie with real madrid. in a statement, the club said... the club will work with relevant authorities to try to identify and prosecute offenders and added that it "will not be enough, until the strongest possible preventative measures are taken". and ahead of their europa league match against slavia prague tomorrow — arsenal's willian had his say on the online racial abuse. we share it with you guys and we speak about that, but we want action, you know? we don't see any action, you know? we don't see any action, you know? we don't see any action, you know, from the authorities in that case, you know? yeah, i think we have to try better a way to stop it. the final of the world snooker championship is set to be played in front of a capacity crowd on the third of may. it's one of the pilot events designed to find ways to get fans back safely, wit

this and other measures, i have cut my electric in half, from middlesbrough.on board has been missing since yesterday. the sub has 72 hours of oxygen left. the indonesian navy lost contact with the german—made sub during a torpedo drill yesterday, after it requested permission to dive during a torpedo exercise. an intensive search is going on north of the island of bali, in water 700 metres deep. singapore and malaysia are sending underwater rescue vessels and australia has also offered to help. the news of the missing submarine is deeply concerning. there are over 50 submariners on the boat, and the reports which we heard overnight are clearly going to be deeply distressing to the families of those submariners. indeed, to the indonesian navy. australia has indicated, and has been in contact with minister prabowo through defence minister dutton. we will provide any assistance that we can. there's no question that submarine search and rescue is very complex. it is not a submarine that australia operates. 0ur submarine class is quite different. but whatever we a

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