that is the chelsea boss, sarri. team news come out this evening at the main eden hazard is included for chelsea. there has been a lot of rumours that real madrid's pursuit of the belgian has stepped up a gear. if he has not involved tonight that will spark newspaper headlines tomorrow but we will find out that tea m tomorrow but we will find out that team news at 70. there's a huge week of champions league football coming up, more on that in a minute, but first let's reflect on a stunning comeback win in the fa cup yesterday, as watford made it to the final for the first time in 35 years. ben croucher‘s here with me, ben for all the talk of the fa cup losing some of its magic, that really was the sort of performance that the competition is all about. the watford celebrations tell you all you need to know. we have not seen scenes at wembley for quite a while. not since the first world war has a team been 2 goals down in an fa cup semi final and won the match. and this is how they did it. gerard deulofeu had already s

the chelsea manager maurizio sarri seems resigned to losing their star player eden hazard.laceable. the belgian only has one year left on his and sarri says that if hazard ‘wants to have another experience, then, they have to respect his decision. last night's performance will only enhance his reputation. he scored both goals as chelsea beat west ham 2—0, his opener in the first half saw him beat five men for one of the goals of the season. that moves them up to third in the table. the belgian has been linked with a move to real madrid in the summer. it is impossible to find another eden hazard. at the moment, there isn't another. the level, in the world, i don't think you can to players like him. the club does not wa nt to players like him. the club does not want to sell him. he is in the last season want to sell him. he is in the last season of contract. if you want to try elsewhere, we have to respect him. we will try to convince him, but it is not easy. england's justin rose is talking up his chances at augusta this week. golf's first major of the year, the masters, sta

it's not decided yet whether sarries will play on the grass surface at spurs or the artificial pitch. there was deja vu for the four—time world snooker championjohn higgins at the china 0pen. he was knocked out in the first round byjoe 0'connor, who's ranked at 84 in the world — 80 places below him. the young player from leicester is in his first season as a professional — he was 2 frames down but won 6—2. he also beat higgins in the welsh open this year. he said it was "madness" that he'd beaten him again. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. a lot of premier league news conferences coming up, a couple more fixtures this evening. we will have more sport for you in the next hour. let's return to brexit now, and in the last hour we've learned that a cross—party group of mps is putting forward a bill that would prevent the uk leaving the eu without a deal. that's as this marathon cabinet meeting continues at downing street. we've been hearing that they're discussing detailed plans to ramp up preparations for a no—deal brexit on

maurizio sarri was sent to the stands, tensions ran high among both benches at full—time.tomatic promotion. they lost their second consecutive game at brentford. norwich and sheffield united are on the brink of reaching the premier. there could be a big shock at the world snooker championship. amateur james caan hill leads world number one ronnie 0'sullivan five frames to fourin one ronnie 0'sullivan five frames to four in sheffield. —— amateurjames cahill. i will be back with those stories and the breaking news about the death of billy mcneill, including tributes to that great player, at 9:a0am. there's a warning that a lack of english classes for migrants will harm the integration of communities and fuel right—wing extremism after brexit. the muslim council of britain and the association of colleges have condemned a halving of funds over the last ten years. leigh milner reports. muna al—wadi from syria is one of 750,000 people in the uk that speaks little or no english. it's up to her 1a—year—old daughter to help her. when she has an appointment in the doctor or dentist

he also helped sarries to two premiership titles.today in honour of billy mcneill, the former celtic captain and first briton to lift the european cup has died at the age of 79. our scottish sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin looks back at the life and career of the man who led the ‘lisbon lions‘. this was the moment he became more than just this was the moment he became more thanjust a this was the moment he became more than just a footballer more than just the captain becoming the first british man to lift the european cup secured his status as a legend. the victory was over milan in 1967. came the winning goal! deflected the shot! that was the high point of an illustrious career. born in bell's hill and after a spell, it was celtic and after that as a player, only celtic. went to the head of billy mcneill and what a scene it was! at this final in 1965, his goal ending in eight yearfor the club and kick—starting the glory years that led to lisbon. he went on journey, nine successively successive league titles. he also turne

chelsea manager maurizio sarri has been fined eight thousand pounds after admitting a misconduct chargecaped a touchline ban. it follows an argument with members of burnley‘s backroom staff in their premier league draw on monday. and british cyclist tao gayganhart has won his second stage at the tour of the alps. the team sky rider won the fourth stage in a four way sprint. russian pavel siva kov is the race—leader. sir mo farah will attempt to win his first london marathon this sunday, but instead of preparing quietly for the big race, he's become embroiled in a row with the former long distance great — haile gebresallasie — saying he'd been robbed at a hotel owned by the ethiopian. gebresallasie immediately hit back — alleging "multiple reports of disgraceful conduct" which farah denies. the bbc‘s athletics commentator and former 1500 metre world record holder steve cram says the timing of this row is far from ideal. it's a bit of an unseen spot between the two of them, mo was not happy with how the situation was resolved out there, and he has responded publicly as well because they c

maurizio sarri's side were 4—3 winners over slavia prague in the czech republic for a 5—3 aggregate win draw pits chelsea against eintracht frankfurt with the first fixture of the two legged tie to be played in germany, while arsenal host valencia first up. the opening legs will be played on thursday the 2nd of may and the return fixtures a week later. to tennis now where the top two seeds at the monte carlo masters were untroubled on thursday as both novak djokovic and rafael nadal progressed to the quarter—finals. but the 3rd and 4th seeds alexander zverev and dominic thiem respectively won't be going any further, both losing in straight sets. craig templeton rounds up the action. the clay—court season has not always been the kindest to novak djokovic but this is a tournament he has won twice before in his path to the quarter—finals was straightforward. the top ranked will now play medvedev. he has had the last best 15 months of his career. he is a close to the top ten of the world and he is one of the up—and—coming rising stars. big serve, great backhand, step scent but also he has i

chelsea, who had manager maurizio sarri sent to the stands, were unhappy with what they perceived toitors but burnley with a precious point,

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a second late on confirmed that maurizio sarri's side move above both tottenham and arsenal — as theintensifies to keep the 28—year—old at the club given real madrid's interest in him. in the last two matches he played really well. he was devastating, very, very well. when is able to play like the last two matches, we are lucky. strongly is with him to riau madrid over the past two days, you know anything about that? not at all. it is not sure of course. you must beat desperate to keep them, aren't you? every coach wants to keep him. of course! eden hazard is a very good playing for the most part of the game because he is a top player and the way he goes for the defending was a little bit easy and it reflects a lack of aggressiveness we had in the 45 minutes but we changed for the second one. in italy's serie a, erick pulga scored two penalties in a three minute spell to help bologna to a 3—0 win over bottom club chievo verona lifting them out of the bottom three. it was a fourth win in five matches for the hosts while chievo sit on the verge of relegation, 19 points adrift of safety

chelsea, who had manager maurizio sarri sent to the stands, were unhappy with what they perceived totime—wasting tactics by the visitors but burnley with a precious point, are now almost certainly safe from relegation. technical players cost a lot of money. we have to develop players, we have to develop a team and wherever we go in the country. it's very difficult. you saw the start tonight, fantastical stop in the early pa rt tonight, fantastical stop in the early part of the game, we score, they score, they were still really high tempo, probing, asking questions but we have a resilience andi questions but we have a resilience and i think we saw the top in the second half and as the day warm on, we had a great chance. and then we have to defend. it's part of the game. sometimes we have to do that. we wanted to win obviously and obviously they didn't want to lose. what we are unhappy with is we believe in the second half, there was too much wasted time in five minutes wasn't, in our opinion, enough. so here is how things look at the top of the premier league table. the race for the t

maurizio sarri's side were 3—0 winners with olivier giroud, eden hazard and ruben loftus—cheek on thein italy's syria come italy moved out of the relegation zone with a 21 victory. and even is moved a step closer to securing the title with two games left. they went ahead with a deflector site. ——juventus two games left. they went ahead with a deflector site. —— juventus went ahead. a replay showed that they we re ahead. a replay showed that they were at fault against the former club. the 24—year—old is a national level matters on the stroke of half—time with a wonderful shot from outside of the box. the winner after the half—time. taking the host after 17 and happily well behind the runaway leaders. in other news, the two month hiatus contract is over. he scored a penalty in the wind. taken down by christian romer and the referee strata of red. that's called a red. he did lay it on a lovely pass for the score in the when taken them four points clear on the fourth—place rivals. elsewhere roma were held 2—2 at home by fiorentina and lazio were stunned by spal which lifts them five point

they were held to a 2—2 draw by burnley with manager maurizio sarri sent off.rning from the roof broadcasting house. what a weekend. yesterday all the four nations broke easter monday records. we have had the warmest day of the so far on saturday. it'll quite warm. it is turning quite unsettled as we go through the course of the week. i will have more in 15 minutes. a very good morning to you. it's tuesday april 23rd. our top story: sri lanka is holding a day of mourning for the victims of the easter sunday bombings, which left more than 300 people dead. funerals for many of the sri lankan victims will take place today, with the country remaining on high alert. eight britons were among those killed in a series of co—ordinated attacks on churches and hotels, as andy moore reports. daybreak at st sebastian's church in negombo. dozens were killed in the bombings here on easter sunday. today, many of those victims will be laid to rest amidst tight security. the vast majority of those killed in co—ordinated suicide attacks against churches and luxury hotels were loc

chelsea boss maurizio sarri has been charged with misconduct after he was sent to the stands towards. he has until friday evening to respond to the fa charge. luis ortiz‘s promoter has said he won't be the replacement to take on anthonyjoshua in new york next month. joshua's opponent for his us debut is still to be confirmed afterjarrell miller was denied a liscence for failing a drugs test. michelle wie has announced she's taking a breakfrom golf for an ‘indefinate period' due to a wrist injury. the former us open champion has been battling the problem throughout the season and missed march's women's world championships. the atp world tour finals are to move from london to turin. the tournament's been held in the uk for ten years but will move to italy for four years from 2021. which isn't great news for british fans... i got a little more on why this has happened from our tennis correspondent russell fuller. two reasons, first is the fact that it had been in one place, in london, and phenomenally successful for 12 years with only madison square garden, which hosted it for 13 years,

maurizio sarri has suggested chelsea could rest eden hazard for that match after his brilliant performancethen competing for that trophy and that champions league place next season. and the way the draw is, it could conceivably end up with that final in baku being a straight shootout between arsenal and chelsea for that last champions league place. bernie ecclestone, the man who used to run formula 1, has told the bbc the sport's becoming boring because of mercedes' dominance. ecclestone was at the top of f1 for nearly 40 years until he was removed, following a takeover in 2017. and in an interview with radio 5 live, he says it's now too predictable. i would like to lay the blame a little bit at mercedes, because if they had given angels to red bull when they wanted them, then we would have had three teams all capable of winning races and being competitive. because that's what it's all about andi because that's what it's all about and i think it has been a bit boring for everyone, with the fantasticjob that mercedes did with lewis winning, it's incredible what he has done and what mercedes

chelsea manager maurizio sarri has been fined £8,000 after admitting a misconduct charge from the fa.rnley backroom staff in their premier league draw on monday. i'm british cyclist has won his second stage of the tour of the alps, taking the fourth stage in a sprint finish. the tea m fourth stage in a sprint finish. the team sky rider won a four way split ahead of vincenzo nibley. and the race leader. so mo farah will try to win his first london marathon this sunday but instead of quietly preparing for the race he has become embroiled in a row with haile gebreselassie saying that he had been robbed at a hotel owned by the ethiopian. haile gebreselassie hit back citing incidents of what he called disgraceful conduct which mo farah denied. mo farah's opponent is the man he is nose to nose with here. that is the way the london marathon has planned it. he traded mock blows with the world record holder eliot kipchoge for the cameras by the river thames yesterday. the big races on sunday. farah has been fixed on another rival. he crossed paths with the great haile gebreselassie as a runner

a second late on confirmed that maurizio sarri's side move above both tottenham and arsenal as the pressure the last two matches, he played really, really well. what is the name in english? very well. he is able to play the last two matches we are lucky. for the first time equal prize money of 100,000 dollars was given to both men and women at the world surf league event in australia. 17—year—old american caroline marks won the year's opening event, pipping former three—time world champion carissa moore for her maiden tour victory. while in the mens final, brazil's italo ferreira had to fight till the last minute against the usa's kuh—lo—hay andino to take the title. three of the premier league's top four are all involved in the champions league quarter finals this week with two of them playing each other. the first leg of tottenham against manchester city will be only the second game at the home side's new stadium. city midfielder kevin de bruyne says that won't make any difference to them. but what does pep guardiola think? the supporters support the team more than ever. it is the second

maurizio sarri has seen the pressure ease on him of late, but he's not underestimating a hammers teamcy, but they area team able to have consistency, but they are a team with high quality, and so ina single are a team with high quality, and so in a single match, they can be very dangerous. in the nba, the philadelphia 76ers head to the miami heat later, with a third placed finish all but guaranteed in the eastern conference. for the heat, they need to stop the sixers and win their last two matches, including this one, if they're to have any hope of sneaking through to the post season. 0n on sunday, double 0lympic on sunday, double olympic champion james cracknell helped cambridge make it consecutive boat wins over 0xford. the 46—year—old said he's missed the sport, while the women's team also won and afterwards, the tradition of the coxes being thrown into the river thames continued. you can get all the latest sports news on our website. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your monday sport briefing. thank you. earlier, we told you about london's attempt to

owen farrell's boot on four separate occasions, just about enough to keep sarries ahead at the break. what they do best. twice saracens have won the competition in the last three years, so they know how to take their chances. michael rhodes, the man to finally break the irish down. but after tasting defeat in the last six european finals, munster were not going out on a whimper. the turnover enough to put deer and sweetened them into the corner. hope for the irish faithful soon to be bulldozed by billy. perhaps the toughest week of his career, the forward back to what he does best. saracens too strong and too powerful, and in the end, just too good. austin halewood, bbc news. saracens dominant in the coventry sunshine, they will meet leinster in new cancel in three weeks' time. as the men in black look to cement their status as one of the great sites in european rest to make —— newcastle. the european challenge cup is also at the semi final stage, but sale sharks have been knocked out by la rochelle. in an exciting first half, england international chris ashton's try meant that the sc

sarries are now closer to securing their top—four play—off place.lback dan evans and 0lly cracknell opened the try—scoring for the visitors in the first half. dries swanepoel hit back for cheetahs but the 0sperys proved too strong. cory allen went over for the bonus point try to main their champions cup qualification hopes. 0spreys kept alive their pro14 play—off and european champions cup qualification hopes. asi as i said. zebre beating connacht. confirmation of that 0spreys score. still to come on sportsday: we'll tell you about the football pitch in scotland that fifa says is one of the most unusual in the world. —— remarkable in the world. you cannot slack the pitch off because it's a revelatory pitch from fifa. you can play football anywhere. rugby league super league now. saint helen's's100% certain disease and is on the verge of being ended by cata la ns is on the verge of being ended by catalans dragons. the dragons twice came from behind. they are winning 18-10 with came from behind. they are winning 18—10 with just a few moments ago. the

quins did mount a second half comeback to only trail by 13 points but sarries held on. 33—17 the finalen winning the 0aksey chase at sandown on 2—1 favourite black corton. it was her first race since suffering the inury at the cheltenham festival last month. it completed a stellar day for frost, as she was crowned champion conditional jockey on the final day of the national hunt season. and history was made shortly after frost's victory. ridden by nico de boinville, altior won the celebration chase to secure a 19th consecutive victory — a new national hunt record for most successive wins. altior‘s last defeat came in april 2015. there's been a big shock at the world snooker championship, where the three—time champion mark selby has been beaten by qualifier gary wilson in the second round. wilson, who is a former taxi driver, won by 13 frames to ten in sheffield. this break of 92 sealing the win in style. it's the second time the qualifier has knocked out a seed in this tournament after victory over belgium's luca breycell in the first round. he'll meet either ali carter or china'sjo yo

he also helped sarries to two premiership titles. that's all the sport for now. goodnight. cool on wednesday. temperatures still make it up to 20 degrees or so. there will be cloud and showers and all of thatis will be cloud and showers and all of that is starting to realise itself now on the satellite image, you can see the weather fronts heading in our direction. this is the story for the rest of the week. gradually the temperatures will dip away as we head towards friday and the weekend. right now there are still some oranges and yellows, that is the temperature of the atmosphere. this cold air stream from the north atla ntic cold air stream from the north atlantic will be arriving by about thursday, friday. wednesday morning, this is the temperature, 10—11 in the south, six in the north. quite fresh in aberdeen. showers from the get go across south—western parts of the uk. some of the showers moving into wales, central southern england, the midlands by the time we get to about midday. they are showers so they will come and go. by the time we get to around 2pm it is alre

sarries are now closer to securing their top—four play—off place.hopes with a bonus point 31—14 win over cheetahs in bloemfontein. centre cory allen scored their final try after full back dan evans found a gap in the cheetahs' defence. the victory also maintains their bid to make next season's european champions cup. let's have a look then at the other scores from today. connacht have narrowly beaten zebre. and scarlets currently beating at home to edinburgh, 12—0 in the first half. still to come on sportsday: (00v)we'll tell you about the football pitch in scotland that we'll tell you about the football pitch in scotland that fifa says is one of the most remarkable in the world. you cannot slack the pitch off because it is a regulated pitch from fifa. you can play football anywhere. if you can't play football on a wee pitch, you shouldn't be playing. rugby league, and st helens's100% record was ended by catalans dragons. saints were looking for a ninth straight win and got off to a great start thanks to dominic peyroux. but the dragons twice came f

quins did mount a second half comeback to only trail by 13 points, but sarries held on. 33—17 the finalmpion mark selby has been beaten by qualifier gary wilson in the second round. wilson, who is a former taxi driver, won by 13 frames to ten in sheffield, this break of 92 sealing the win in style. it's the second time the qualifier has knocked out a seed in this tournament after victory over belgium's luca brecel in the first round. he'll meet either ali carter or china'sjo yoo long in the quarterfinal. ijust i just felt a little bit edgy out there and probably because of the season there and probably because of the season i have had, i have not been getting the result and lacked a bit of confidence. it could be down to that but i don't know, i thought if you get the first round out of the way, you can kick on but gary played well and deserved to win. ronnie 0'sullivan‘s conquererjames cahill‘s fairtyale run is over. the amateur lost out to scotland's stephen maguire in a dramatic deciding frame in their second round match. 13—12 the final score. cahill will be a professional next seas

the sarries forward was given a warning by the rfu after defending the australian player israel folau'sse two european heavyweights was a war of attrition, neither side willing to give an inch. 0wen farrell's boot on four separate occasions just about enough to keep saracens ahead at the break. but after all, negotiating the latter stages of the champions cup is what they do best. twice, saracens have won the competition in the last three years, so they know how to take their chances. michael rhodes the man to finally break through. after tasting defeat in their last six european semifinals, munster won't going out on a whimper. a turnover enough to put darren sweetman into the corner. hope for the irish faithful soon to be bulldozed by billy vunipola. after a week in the headlines he will be relieved to be back in them for his performance on the pitch. the saracens side too strong and powerful, in the end, too good. this is the moment that he was confronted by that munster fan at full time. he said: "it's not something i'm afraid of. i probably have to expect that it's going to keep ha

sarries get closer to securing their top—four play—off place.la ns their winning streak with a win over catalans dragons. they're in action in the south of france. another win will take saints to the top of the table above warrington. they got off to a great start thanks to dominic peyroux. and it is currently 10—10. the third season of the women's rugby league super league starts on sunday. this year, wakefield have been added to the league — taking it from 7 to 8 teams. the wigan warriors start their title defence this sunday, as they host local rivals st helen's. miriam walker—khan reports. it could not have been a better start to life for wigan, the team that did not even exist until 2017. fast forward 11 months and they were super league grand final champions. from where we started, girls were paying for their own kids, girls training on the backs of fields at the end of a session, girls not getting a full team out of a weekend stop —— paying for their own kit. they come and give it everything they've got, and it'll think when they've got,

>> i was in india and i went to buy sarri material.heard rumbling coming from the floor boards. so i was beginning to pay and i look down and there were slats in the floor boards and i could see a lot of eyes looking up at me. >> she says after she went home, she couldn't get the children out of her head. she educated herself about trafficking and was soon working to stop it. she is of course still mourning the loss of her husband who died last august. and this week, another heartbreak. >> my husband's dog, burma, she had a freak accident and she browned. she's with him now. he's throwing sticks to her up there because she would never leave his side. it was like losing him all over again. >> it isn't living life in public. people can be cruel. you just reposted a post, essentially what they're saying is we're glad your husband is dead and we wish your daughter would die. >> i was not only offended, i was mad about it. their family needs to know what they do, and i think it's time we step back and start practicing civility in all facets

the chelsea manager maurizio sarri seems resigned to losing their star player eden hazard, he says hehen they have to respect his decision. eden hazard scored twice as chelsea beat west ham 2—0 , his opener in the first half saw himn beat five men for one of the goals of the season. that moves them up to third in the table. the belgian has been linked with a move to real madrid in the summer it is impossible to find another hazard, at the moment there isn't another hazard. i am sure that the clu b another hazard. i am sure that the club does not want to sell him. he is in the last season of contract. we will try of course to convince him but it is not easy. the champions league quarterfinals start this evening, the next step in manchester city's quest for an unprecedented quadruple. it's an all english tie against tottenham, the first leg is in the capital, the first of three matches bewteen the two sides in the space of 11 days. manchester city, in the last few years, been there to try and win everything. we have a very good squad, good players. he is one of the best managers in the

maurizio sarri says it would be a disaster if you we re says it would be a disaster if you were to go eden hazard. at the moment, there isn't another. i hazard. at the moment, there isn't another. lam hazard. at the moment, there isn't another. i am sure that the club doesn't want to sell him. he is in the last season of contract. if you wa nt the last season of contract. if you want to have another experience, you have to respect it. we will try, of course too convincing, but it is not easy. england‘sjustin rose is hoping to become the first world number one to win the masters in seventeen years. golf‘s first major of the year, at augusta national, starts on thursday and rose returned to number one in the world rankings yesterday. tiger woods was the last top ranked player to claim the greenjacket back in 2002. rose‘s only major victory came at the us open in 2013. he‘s 38 now, and has been runner—up in 2 of the last 4 masters tournaments. so can that number one ranking make the difference for him? i haven‘t paid much attention to it. certainly, the golf course doesn‘t know who is tr