mike bushell reports.ales don't get any bigger than this for marine strikerjames barrigan. and it's been the only one topic of conversation on his dayjob this week, as a refuse collector for liverpool city council. obviously, seeing the likes of harry kane and mourinho and stuff, it's mad, cos you watch them on the telly, week in, week out, you're watching them playing. and then the next minute you're playing against them, like, you're going to be up against them in real life. this story, set against the backdrop of crosby's golden sands, has all the ingredients of cup magic, including marine's own fa cup song in honour of the painters and decorators, the binmen, the shelf stackers, nhs workers and teachers, who have defied all the odds to get this far. it's an old—fashioned david and goliath story, and so we needed an old fashioned fa cup song to do it. in any cup song like that, you want to... you want to say something about the club, something about the context and something about the fans as well, beca

# mike bushell with such reports. and you can watch marine take on spurs live on bbc one on sunday, from ii.30pm. —— mike bushell with that report. time for a look at the weather. another very cold day with further sleet and snow forecast, it is a winter wonderland behind me, a recent picture from knaresborough in north yorkshire. i will show you where the snow is falling, another stationary weather front line across northern england the north wales, the heaviest is across the north yorkshire area with some flurries into the midlands, mainly rain around the coasts. it looks like the sleet and snow will fizzle out through the afternoon, affecting northern england, parts of north wales and the west midlands. rather grey for most of england and wales with limited brightness, scotland and northern ireland faring best with the sunshine, it will struggle to make it above freezing where there is snow and it will be cold everywhere. sleet and snow in the north begins to shift further southwards this evening and then settled,

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sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell.p but any update on that? yes, it is an ever evolving situation. it's normally one of the highlights of the football year, but the coronavirus pandemic is starting to have a big impact on fa cup third round weekend. southampton's game against shrewsbury is already off. and aston villa are dealing with what's been described as a "significant" outbreak of covid within their squad. they've closed their training ground, and are due to play liverpool in the fa cup tonight. non of villa's first team squad will be involved, and manager dean smith won't be there either, so the club are planning to put out a team of young players instead. a final decision on whether the game will go ahead at all will be made later. the women's super league has also been affected. man city against west ham and arsenal's game against aston villa are off after players from city and arsenal tested positive for the virus following separate trips to dubai over christmas. the head of women's football for the fa, dame

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. good morning.no—one was giving them much of a chance. but they took the lead against manchester united, in the first half with this header, from kean bryan. manchester united would have gone back to the top of the table with a win, and they were level, thanks to captain harry maguire. butjust ten minutes later, incredibly chris wilder's side went back in front, 0liver burke with the goal that seals a famous win. i think if you'd seen us all season we have had pretty tight games that we have had pretty tight games that we have had pretty tight games that we have come out of the other side and not got a result and tonight obviously we have another big performance, took our big moments, obviously. the second goal is a huge moment for us and we got a big win. there was a first game in charge, for the new chelsea boss, thomas tuchel. he only took over on tuesday, following the sacking of frank lampard. but it was a frustrating start for the german, as his side drew 0—0 with wolves. mateo kovacic, among

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell.ue with a 3—1victory at tottenham last night. natalie pirks was watching. a stuttering start, a lack of energy, and zero goals. yet liverpool's league form this year is pretty much all of us right now. and it looked like son had made things much worse for them straightaway. as he wheeled away in celebration, though, var drew the dreaded line. 0ffside by a heel. there was no time to draw breath. mane looked menacing and, on the stroke of half—time, liverpool finally made their pressure count. their first league goal of 2021 was swiftly followed by their second. seconds into the second half. with harry kane off injured, tottenham needed to respond very quickly and, boy, did hojbjerg get the memo. what a way to score your first goal for the club! this was frenetic. mo salah thought he'd scored, but var ruled it out for handball. liverpool though were unperturbed and mane got the goal he deserved. finished off by sadio mane brilliantly. 3—1 liverpool, then, and in a season of twists and tu

here with your sport now is mike bushell. good morning.althy lead. they did lose a wicket in the morning session — jonny bairstow out for a7. but his replacement was really impressive, dan lawrence scoring a half—century on his international debut. and root�*s been incrediby solid, he's now moved past the 150 mark. in the last few minutes, lawrence has been caught, out for 73 — england are 305—4, 170 runs ahead. a century from marcus labuschagne gave australia the edge after the first day of the deciding test against india in brisbane. it was thanks in part to some missed opportunities, he was dropped twice, as india's fielders let down an inexperienced bowling attack. but labuschagne went on to make his fifth test ton as the home side reached 274—5 at the close. keep an eye out this weekend for how players celebrate goals after they were reminded of the coronavirus protocols that stress that they shouldn't hug, high five or shake hands after scoring. the fa, efl, premier league, and women's super league released a joint statement saying e

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell.mething of a recovery but anderson returned to dismiss lahiru thirimanne for 43. that made it 76—3. since then, though, it's been hard going for england's bowlers and angelo matthews has passed his half century. at tea, sri lanka were 155—3. if you know any burnley fans, they'll have the biggest on grins this morning after their team managed something that no other team has managed for nearly four years — beating liverpool at anfield in the premier league. burnley defended brilliantly, digging in for most of the match. keeper nick pope making some fantastic saves, and then late on they got a break at the other end when liverpool keeper alisson fouled ashley barnes, and it was barnes who dusted himself off to score and move burnley away from trouble in the lower half of the table. but what about the defending champions, now six points off the top? we have to work harder, to do the right things more, for longer, more consistent, all these kind of things. but not talking like it's an easy

sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. good morning.alls in the morning session, before dom bess reduced the home side to 25—3. and after lunch, broad took his tally to three wickets. and there was a fantastic spell for bess, who wrapped up the sri lanka innings, taking another four wickets for just nine runs. the home side were all out for 135, the lowest ever first innings total in galle. england are 10—0 in reply. there are no spectators allowed in the ground but one devoted england fan is watching. this is rob lewis, who's been waiting 10 months been waiting ten months for this series to begin. he's found a spot on the ramparts of a 16th century fort overlooking the pitch. he was on his way out to sri lanka last march when the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic and england headed home. lewis stayed on in sri lanka, though, working remotely. meanwhile, bowlertash farrant has been recalled to the england women's squad for the first time in two years, for the tour to new zealand. farrant is included after injuries to anya shrub