in the scottish premiership aberdeen�*s new bossjim goodwin was frustrated by motherwell. match at fir park. but they couldn't hold on as mark o'hara struck in the second half to secure a share of the points for motherwell. elsewhere there were wins for hibs and stjohnstone. celtic and rangers play tomorrow. elsewhere, there were wins for hibs and stjohnstone, and a draw for managerless st mirren at livingston. leaders celtic play tomorrow, as do 2nd placed rangers. wales have not long kicked off against belgium, for a place in the final of the pinatar cup in spain. they beat defending champions scotland last time out. the scots bounced back by beating slovakia 2—0. they'll now face hungary in the fifth—place play—off. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today. britain's ethan hayter has moved up to second overall at the tour of the algarve in portugal. the ineos grenadiers rider was third, in the 20 mile individual time trial. belgium's remco evenepoel won the stage to take the overall lead ahead of tomorrow's final day. it's 26 years sin

have kept hold of top spot in the scottish premiership after another impressive win — this time at motherwells at fir park with abada opening the scoring. before tom rogic added a couple including this brilliant effort from outside the box and then daizen mayda wraped up the win with this rather fortunate effort late on so four for celtic, but five goals for rangers who've bounced back from their old firm defeat after thrashing hearths at ibrox. alfredo morelos scored twice to put them 2—0 up before fashion sakala added a fifth late on to wrap up a comfortable 5—0 win. rangers are a point behind celtic. in the women's super league, chelsea have cut arsenal's lead at the top of the table to two points, after they beat manchester city. emma hayes�* side took the lead early on, jess carter's cross was headed in by norweigan international guro reiten — and that proved to be the only goal of the game. chelsea play arsenal on friday night, and will go top if they win. it is the tightest campaign so you feel like you can't knock points anywhere. i've said all along i think league titles are decided

motherwell, st mirren, and dundee united are also through to the last eight. team gb, with nothing to show in the skeleton for the first time in 20 years. there was some good news for britain's curlers though on day eight, as they beat the united states. 0ur senior sports news reporter laura scott is there for us. there is both soul—searching and head—scratching within team gb�*s skeleton squad after a dismal couple of days here at the sliding centre. skeleton has been the linchpin of great britain's winter olympics success in recent years with gold medals at the past three games, medals at every olympics since 2002, but none here. with the difficulty on the track exemplified most by laura dees, who finished with a bronze four years ago, but came 19th tonight, meaning none of the four british skeleton athletes finished inside the top ten. that is despite nearly £6.5 million of uk sport funding. there are questions being asked about their sleds. elsewhere today, great britain's pair of charlotte banks and hugh nightingale finished sixth in the mix snowboard cro

motherwell, st mirren and dundee united are also through to the last eight.ed in abu dhabi — the final of the club world cup between chelsea has gone to extra—time. it's the only trophy chelsea haven't won since roman abramovich took over nearly 20 years ago. romelu lukaku scored the only goal of chelsea's semifinal victory over al hilal, and the belgian put his side ahead in the second half. but they only led for a few minutes — a thiago silva handball giving palmeiras a penalty, which was coolly dispatched by rafael vega and they're now playing extra—time. it remains1—1. to the winter olympics in beijing. still no medals for team gb, with nothing to show in the skeleton for the first time in 20 years. there was some good news for britain's curlers, though, on day eight, as they beat the united states. our senior sports news reporter laura scott is there for us. there is both soul—searching and head scratching within team gb's skeleton squad after a dismal couple of days here at the sliding centre. skeleton has been the linchpin of great britain's winter oly

dundee united are up to fourth, replacing motherwell who they beat 2—0.y scored late to draw 1—1 with livingston, st mirren beat stjohnstone 2—1. and chelsea are through to the club world cup final, after romelu lukaku's first—half goal saw them beat saudi side al—hillal. and they did it without their manager, too — ben croucher reports. chelsea's trophy cabinet has been filling fast in the last couple of decades, with one exception. the club world cup is the only major trophy they've never won. playing in yellow against the asian champions, surely this was an opportunity chelsea couldn't miss. turns out romelu lukaku just needed a sight. his first goal for a month, and he was providing, too, as this effort wasn't out of the goalkeeper�*s reach. and the saudi side grew into the game. arrizabalaga was called into action, and all of a sudden, chelsea were being stretched. this wasn't about the score line, though, maybe just as well. it was just about reaching that final on saturday. pal mayoress of brazil stand between chelsea and that elusive piece of silv

in scotland, aberdeen's new bossjim goodwin was frustrated by motherwell.ouldn't hold on. i—i, it finished there. elsewhere, there were wins for hibs and stjohnstone. league leaders celtic and rangers both play tomorrow. wales take on belgium in less than an hour, for a place in the final of the pinatar cup in spain. they beat defending champions scotland last time out. the scots bounced back by beating slovakia 2—0. they'll now face hungary in the fifth—place play—off. in rugby league, defending champions st helens won 38—6 at hull fc in the lunchtime super league match. hull played most of the game a man short after luke gale was sent off. saints ran in six tries, two of them scored byjosh simm. elsewhere huddersfield beat hull kr 26—12, while catalans dragons are 24—14 up against wakefield, in the second half with five minutes to go. premiership leaders leicester beat bath in an entertaining game at the recreation ground. it was a game that kept swinging with both teams leading at various points, but leicester had the final say, with freddie burns scorin

celtic displayed their own attacking skills earlier in the afternoon by defeating motherwell 4—0 to hold of the scottish premiership after their midweek win over rivals, rangers. in the last few minutes, there has been a dramatic end to the final of the africa cup of nations after it remained goalless between senegal and egypt through 120 minutes of football. the title was decided on penalties and it was liverpool's sadio mane who scored the winning spot kick to give senegal a 11—2 win over egypt and their first africa cup of nations trophy. chelsea had an important 1—0 win over arsenal in the women's super league. the goalfrom norway's guro reiten puts chelsea just two points behind league leaders, arsenal, with the chelsea manager emma hayes calling it a "champion like performance". after two fascinating matches on the opening day of rugby union's six nations, france showed why many think they are favourites to win the tournament. they had a comprehensive bonus point 37 to ten win over italy with gabon villiere completing a hat trick of tries. france are attempting to win a first six n

hearts needed penalties to get past livingstone, motherwell, dundee united and st mirren are into theason with a win over leeds rhinos at headingley. they came from behind against i2—man leeds to win by 22—20. connor wrench's late converted try sealed the win. in the day's other game, huddersfield beat toulouse. it was a big race day at newbury, with a surprise winner in europe's richest handicap hurdle. there was a photo finish, with victory in the betfair hurdle given to the 20—1 shot "glory and fortune", ridden by stan sheppard. trainer tom lacey is now targetring the champion hurdle at next trainer tom lacey is now targetting the champion hurdle at next month's cheltenham festival. we are halfway through the winter olympics and team gb are still without a medal, for the first time in 20 years the british skeleton athletes have failed to reach the podium at a games. there are still hopes in the curling and eve muirhead's team secured an important win against the usa. they lie fifth in the women's standings, with five more matches to play. the top four progress to the semi—finals. g

they were beaten at motherwell, and that meant they were out of all three cup competitions.b for less than a year. it�*s derby day in the women�*s super league as manchester city host manchester united at the academy stadium in the eary kick—off. it�*s still goalless approaching half time... city should be ahead. lauren hemp sent this effort over the bar. manchester united have never beaten city in the league. but they�*re currently three places above them. that match is on bbc two right now. a week on from winning the africa cup of nations with senegal, sadio mane could be back in liverpool colours today in their game away at burnley. mane scored the winning penalty in the shootout against egypt in the final and if that wasn�*t enough, he�*s having a stadium named after him in south—west senegal. liverpool bossjurgen klopp says that the 29 year old forward returns to merseyside on a different level. he 100% made a massive stamp, great player, outstanding world—class player, outstanding world—class player when he left for the tournament but he comes back as a leader on a dif

they are winning1—0 against motherwell. a good start so far for goodwin.ge for the trip to livingstone. in rugby league, defending champions st helens won 38—6 at hull fc in the lunchtime super league match. hull played most of the game a man short after luke gale was sent off. saints ran in six tries, two of them scored byjosh simm. keely hodgkinson picked up 2,500 dollars, that's around £1,800, for breaking the 800 metres british record at the indoor grand prix in birmingham. the 19—year—old from manchester finished in one minute 57.21 seconds to take half a second off jemma's reekie's record. and after 21 years, paula radcliffe's british half marathon record has been broken. eilish mccolgan is the woman who's done it, she came sixth in the ras al khaimah half marathon the uae in a time of 66 minutes and 21 seconds, beating radcliffe's record by 26 seconds. that's all the sport for now. all the liverpool one, it looks like a good match. they havejust as all the liverpool one, it looks like a good match. they have just as good as i am talking to you. 2—1

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dundee united are up to fourth, replacing motherwell, who they beat 2—0.too — as ben croucher reports. chelsea's trophy cabinet has been filling fast in the last couple of decades, with one exception. the club world cup is the only major trophy they've never won in the semifinal. playing in yellow against the asian champions al—hillal, surely this was an opportunity chelsea couldn't miss. turns out romelu lukaku just needed a side touch. his first goal for a month, and he was providing, too, as chelsea sought to get out of sight, as this effort wasn't out of the goalkeeper�*s reach. and the saudi side grew into the game. kppa arrizabalaga was called into action — and all of a sudden, chelsea were being stretched. well—tipped around the post by kepa. this wasn't about the score line, though, maybe just as well. it was just about reaching that final on saturday. pal mayoress of brazil stand between chelsea and that elusive piece of silverware. ben croucher, bbc news. west ham have fined kurt zouma two weeks' wages, an estimated £250,000, after the france def

kaiyne woolery scored the equaliser, that lifts motherwell to sixth in the table.uced to 13 men for most of the game. ireland will now turn their attentions to twickenham in two weeks�* time, where they�*ll face tougher opposition against england. it is hard to imagine the next couple of games for the six nations and athe weeks�* time, they are big ones. and athe weeks' time, they are big ones. . . . and athe weeks' time, they are big ones. . . , , ., ., ones. france still unbeaten. ireland and england — ones. france still unbeaten. ireland and england not— ones. france still unbeaten. ireland and england not quite _ ones. france still unbeaten. ireland and england not quite there - ones. france still unbeaten. ireland and england not quite there yet. i opposition mps are calling for a more "generous scheme" for ukrainian refugees, after the government announced it would only be relaxing visa restrictions for those with immediate family in the uk. labour is also calling for more cultural and sporting sanctions to be imposed on russia. let�*s speak now to the shadow

who kept hold of top spot in the scottish premiership after another impressive win — this time at motherwellby thrashing hearts at ibrox. alfredo morelos scoring twice. rangersjust a point behind celtic. there was a dramatic end to the final of the africa cup of nations with senegal beating egypt on penalties. it was an eventful day for liverpool's sadio mane who scored the winning penalty, after he missed from the spot in normal time. so, disappointment for his club team mate mo salah. it's the first time senegal have won the competition in their history. great britain are edging towards their first medal at the winter olympics in the mixed curling doubles — the semi final takes place around lunchtime. meanwhile, 17—year—old kirsty muir is through to the ski big airfinalfollowing qualification this morning. let's get the latest from beijing and andy swiss, who's there for us. an impressive performance from kirsty muir, but she'll be hoping to improve on that again? that is right. i really impressive performance from kirsty muir. she is just 17 years old. she is the youngest member of team g

race for the scottish premiership title resumes this afternoon with leaders celtic travelling to motherwellhnstone drew with dundee united. women's super league leaders arsenal left it late to salvage a draw against manchester united. they were trailing 1—0 and had a player sent off, but stina blackstenius's first goal for the club meant the points were shared. second—placed chelsea will be looking to cut arsenal's lead at the top to two points when they play manchester city this afternoon. more disappointment for england down under, their hopes of drawing the ashes series are over, as australia claimed a five wicket win in the second one—day international. and i'm afraid we can't bring you any better news for the under 19 men's cricket world cup. england were beaten in the final by india in antigua. james rew top—scored for england with an impressive 95. that helped england to set india a target of 190 to win. both sides were unbeaten coming into the final but it was india who kept their perfect record, as they reached 195 with 14 balls remaining to win by four wickets. england have only w

who kept hold of top spot in the scottish premiership after another impressive win — this time at motherwell a point behind celtic. there was a dramatic end to the final of the africa cup of nations with senegal beating egypt on penalties. it was an eventful day for liverpool's sadio mane who scored the winning penalty, after he missed from the spot in normal time. so, disappointment for his liverpool team—mate mo salah. it's the first time senegal have won the competition in their history. in the women's super league, chelsea have cut arsenal's lead at the top of the table to two points, after they beat manchester city. this was the only goal of the game, jess carter's cross was headed in by norweigan international guro reiten. next, chelsea play arsenal on friday night, and will go top if they win. a dramatic weekend in the six nations — scotland beat england to win the calcutta cup, whilst ireland easily beat wales. meanwhile, france have been tipped by many as the favourites for the tournament this year, and they got their campaign off to a perfect start by beating italy 37—10 at the sta

ross county and aberdeen drew, as did st mirren and motherwell, but stjohnstone beat livingston.f the rapist david goodwillie, and cancelled next season's shirt sponsorship over this disgusting and despicable move. she added it "shatters any claim to be a community or family club". there is more bad news for england fans ahead of the six nations calcutta cup against scotland at murrayfield on saturday. courtney lawes and jenny hill are both out of the games. courtney lawes recovering from concussion, hill has a concussion. owen farrell is already out of the competition. marchand has tested positive for decision—macro, making him doubtful. plenty of tributes online to tom brady, who has confirmed his retirement at the age of 44! the tampa bay buccaneers quarterback won seven super bowls, an astonishing career over 22 seasons. he won six with his team the new england patriots before last year. the question as to what tom brady will do next.— brady will do next. anything he wants, i imagine. _ brady will do next. anything he wants, i imagine. golf. - brady will do next. anything he