hello, and welcome to sportsday. hello again. welcome to sportsday.f three clubs will be decided later and one of them could help decide their manager's future too. marurizio sarri'sjob seems to be on the line and he says chelsea need to start winning. as it happens, they're the only british club with a first leg lead in the europa league last 32. celtic‘s place in the competition is hanging by a thread while arsenal also have to turn around a deficit. they've already kicked off their second leg the gunners were 1—0 down on aggregate when they kicked off against bate borisov, at five to six at the emirates, and drew level after three minutes when zhakar volkov tuned the ball into his own net. arsenal nearly had another goal which would have given the lead after a ll which would have given the lead after all after 20 minutes. half time is approaching there. i—i overall. celtic are trying to over turn a 2—0 deficit in valencia. they have had plenty of possession and chances so far yet they have to make it count yet. celtic are also down to ten men in th

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm sarah mulkerrins. good evening. welcome along to sportsday. thought with two open and attacking football teams, we were going to get plenty of goals at anfield this evening. but the first leg of liverpool's last 16 tie with bayern munich ended scoreless. jurgen klopp‘s side certainly had plenty of chances, but they proved either wasteful, or they were kept out by a resilient bayern defence. our sports correspondent katie gornall is at anfield for us. disappointment in a sense for liverpool a team so used to scoring goals, but they didn't concede an away goal. quite delicately poised heading into the arena. that is the silver lining, the fact they did not concede but now they have to go and score but it was a frustrating night for liverpool and this was not really on the cards because he had two of europe i think most potent attacks coming had to head and liverpool had a makeshift defence and no one really predicted a goalless draw but that is what we got, chances in the first half felt he liverpool and they had a few opportunities. but he coul

now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday.big boys avoid an upset in the fifth round of the cup. from hero to zero — a winning goal for scott brown and then a sending off. gb‘s golden girl laura muir eyes more european glory. also coming up in the programme: it's the battle of two former champions in the final of the welsh open snooker, with australia's neil robertson holding a three—frame lead against england's stuart bingham. and what is the sceret of success for this sporting family? hello, and welcome to sportsday. the fa cup, a competition which often throws up an upset or two. but for the premier league sides in action in the fifth round today, both crystal palace and wolves avoided the embarassment of losing to lower league opposition to reach the quarter—finals. we'll look at how high—flying wolves got there in a moment, but we start at the keepmoat stadium, where palace dispatched league one doncaster. austin halewood was watching. a memorable day for doncaster fans and not just because a memorable day for doncaster f

hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening — welcome along to sportsday.reworks when these two went head to head in new york last week. but as boxer anthonyjoshua continues in his quest to unify all the belts in the heavyweight division, he gave some fascinating insight into the amount of research he's carried out on his next opponent, the little known americanjarrel miller. i have watched his press conferences, his face offs. i have listened to all the boxing channels‘ opinions. i have watched his fights. normally, they say, don't listen to that, it distracts you, but i will know him know that i have known any other fighter. why is that? i just don't want to slip up against him, because that is the banana skin factor. where we try to align the belts. i have also had to fight... i was called out by parker, so we are trying to negotiate when i was fighting parker. after that, we were trying to negotiate, had to fight a mandatory. trying to negotiate again. every fight, i am like, i cannot afford to make any mistakes, so with miller i have to do even more re

hello and welcome to sportsday.re back up to second place in the premier league after beating arsenal 3—1. they'rejust two points behind liverpool who play west ham tomorrow it sometimes happens, said pep guardiola, wouldn't they bounce back? it took less than a minute to do so. sergio aguero stunned arsenal and put his side ahead afterjust 48 seconds. but the gunners were going for a third straight league win, with ten minutes gone, they were level from lauren because you're in. city were more ordered, constructed, before the break, aguero struck again. the second half was co mforta ble again. the second half was comfortable for city, after an hour, the contest was over. aguero claiming his hat—trick, albeit with a suggestion that his arm played a part. 3—1 to city, stringing off the newcastle tobacco. putting pressure on liverpool, who play west ham tomorrow. it's a tough, tough job. we did it quite well in terms of mentality, intensity and our rhythm. we are now thinking about everton, a lwa ys we are now thinkin

that's all from sportsday.s the film review. goodbye for me. hello there, and welcome to the film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases, we have mark kermode. what have you got in store for us this week, mark? something for everyone. we have the lego movie 2, i know you're a huge lego movie fan. we have if beale street could talk, the new film by barryjenkins. and alita — battle angel, fantasy set in a dystopian future, is there any other kind?

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.ur main headlines this evening... football pays tribute to england's world cup winning goalkeeper gordon banks, who has died at the age of 81. you ask anyone about gordon and they will tell you first and foremost what a great person he was. i'm here at old trafford where manchester united take on psg at old trafford where manchester united take on p56 in the champions league. also coming up in the programme... james anderson tears through the west indian top order to take england closer to victory in the third test against west indies. good evening. ‘a legend', ‘a champion', ‘a modest and good man' — just a few of the sentiments expressed today, following the death of gordon back at the age of 81. the 1966 world cup winner with england was seen as one the greats of the sport globally, winining fifa's ‘goalkeeper of the year‘ award on no less than six occasions... sports correspondent andy swiss looks back on his life and career... it remains a footballing miracle, england versus brazil

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.odgers returns to the pl — as he prepares to take over at former champions leicester city. fined, but will he play? sarri says he could drop his keeper kepa. and england's women continue the countdown to this summer's world cup. the remarkable recovery of the cyclist victoria williamson. you don't realise what you've got until it has gone so yes, just super grateful to be here and have another crack at it. hello and welcome to sportsday. bendan rodgers has agreed to take over at leicester city. he leaves celtic midway through what could well have been another trophy laden season. he's expected to be in the stands to watch his new club in action tonight against brighton. we'll be looking ahead to tonight's pl fixtures and assessing what this means for the scottish champions — but firstjoe lynskey on rodgers‘ pl return. brendan rodgers is the manager whose style pointed the way forward, the way he sets up teams to play took him to the club that he supported as a boy and at celticjust as

hello, i'm 0lly foster, here's what's coming up in sportsday. coming up live, we'll have the draw for the 5th round of the women's fa cup. no fa cup for liverpool this season, it's all about the league but their lead is down to two points ahead of tonight's match at west ham. after a brilliant start to the six nations championship, which nations are counting the cost of a bruising opening weekend? also coming up in the programme, just what makes the patriots so good? work ethic, mental toughness, physical toughness, work ethic, mental toughness, physicaltoughness, determination, will and just extraordinary ability to perform under pressure. they've done it again six time champions, but only after the lowest scoring game in the history of superbowl. good evening, lots to pack into sportsday, we'll be live in atlanta after another superbowl masterclass from the patriots we are also going to bring you the draw for the women's fa cup 5th round, that's the last 16, but there are more teams in the hat than that, lots of ties beaten by the weather over

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft.anised the flight in which emilio sala was killed, says cardiff city "abandoned" the player. —— emiliano sala. it was one of the most difficult daysin it was one of the most difficult days in my life. 0ne defeat too many for claudio ranieri. he's been sacked by relegation threatened fulham. and rugby union's top players say their welfare could be at risk, if a proposed world league goes ahead. also coming up in the programme... james degale retires from boxing, 10 years to the day since his professional career began. hello, and welcome to sportsday. good evening, we begin with the latest on the sad story that has left an indelible mark on this football season for not just fans of cardiff city and nantes but for followers of the sport around the world. emiliano sala's death and the disappearance of his pilot david ibbotson won't be forgotten but questions are still unanswered around the incident. our sports editor dan roan has the latest... and you've spoken exclusively to sala's repres

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. top stories this evening: manchester city win the league cup final at wembley, retaining the trophy after a penalty shoot out win over chelsea. a missed chance for liverpool but they do head back to the top of the premier league after a draw a manchester united. and there are big wins in the scottish premiership for the old firm of rangers and celtic. also coming up in the programme: defending champions ireland turn on the afterburners late on to secure a comeback win over italy in the six nations. and what's next for two time world championjames degale after defeat to chris eubankjunior last night? hello, it's a big day of football with the first trophy of the domestic season in the men's game handed out at wembley, where manchester city retained the league cup beating chelsea on penalties, after extra—time. it's the first time city have retained a major trophy in their history. our sports correspondent david ornstein, is at wembley for us. david, there was drama but not really in th

now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday.embley humiliation — has player power left his position as chelsea manager untenable? a wash—out in the west indies as england's women lose again in india. and joshua on avoiding a banana skin with the big baby in the big apple. normally, they say, i don't listen to it, it distract you, but i know him more than any other fighter. hello, and welcome to sportsday. (good evening. it's an unprecedented sight in football. a player undermining their manager in such a public way. it all unravelled for chelsea when goalkeeper kepa arrizabalaga refused to be substituted in an incident which overshadowed manchester city's league cup win at wembley on sunday. this was the sequence of events. despite being treated for cramp in extra time, kepa was insisitent he was fine to continue. but sarri wanted to make the change before the penalty shoot out loss, with the score still goalless during extra time. replacement willy caballero was primed on the sidelines to come on. but kepa refused to follow ins

hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm sarah mulkerrins. your headlines tonight: after being touted as strong favourites, manchester city found themselves 2—1 down to schalke in the champions league. could they bounce back? jason roy hits a hundred as england look good, chasing their highest ever odi total. an lgbt group drops martina navratilova after her comments about tra nsgender athletes. we speak to one of those criticised by the 18—time grand slam—winner. good evening. welcome along to sportsday on a dramatic night for manchester city. they were down to ten men, but pep guardiola's side staged a late comeback to beat shalke 3—2 in the first leg of their champions league last—16 tie. raheem sterling the man to give the visitors the victory in the final minute. and there also some var controversy to throw into the mix. we'll to try to dissect it all. our sports correspondent david ornstein is here. a bizarre game in a way. and very hard to make sense of what happened and how it happened. to try and dissect it would be the key word. we

hello and welcome to sportsday.ll be heading live to goodison park, the hawthornes and kingsmeadow ahead of some very important matches this evening, we are going to start with football, but it's the tragic story of emiliano sala, the argentine striker whose body is yet to be found following a plane crash over two weeks ago. rememeber he was en—route from nantes to cardiff after his £15 million transfer, today the bbc has learned that the french club has threatened legal action because they haven't received any of the fee yet... let's cross live to the cardiff newsroom. and speak to tomos morgan, there are parts of this terrible story that have been very uncomfortable to digest, it is difficult to digests the revelation of those text messages of the details of the transfer. but now this, it seems there unseemly, wrangling over money. yes, it must be very difficult for the fans of na ntes football clu b be very difficult for the fans of nantes football club where he was held in such high regard. he was a clu b held i

that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers.hat the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political correspondent at the guardianjessica elgot and broadcaster david davies. we have the right team tonight. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in, and there are two stories dominating. and the financial times leads with a picture of former labour mps ann coffey and chuka umunna as they — along with five others — announced their resignation from the party. the times reports that the seven mps claim the labour party had been "hijacked by the machine politics of the hard left was facilitating brexit and had become "institutionally antisemitic". the daily telegraph leads with a picture of what it calls the "gang of seven", saying it understands that at least seven more labour mps, a conservative minister and three tory mps could be considering joining the independent group too. the daily mail has a picture of the jeremy corbyn on his allotment on sunday, and claims labour sources are expecting a "steady trickle" of

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.or what they hope will be another famous european night at anfield, but is their stadium still the fortress it once was? the crowd is able to push us from 100 to 140%. the crowd is able to push us from 100 to 14096. jurgen klopp will renew his rivalry with bayern munich as liverpool look to make a step closer to the champions league quarterfinals. also coming up in the programme... a man under pressure, how safe is maurizio sarri's job at chelsea after a fifth defeat in ten games? the countdown begins — just a hundred days to go until the cricket world cup in england and wales. and two days into formula one testing for the 2019 season one team still hasn't made it out the garage. hello and welcome to sportsday. thanks forjoining us. "this is anfield" is written on the sign that greets opposition players as they walk out onto the pitch at liverpool's world famous ground. it's there to intimidate and remind rivals that they are in what's come to be known as a fortress. tonight, bayern mu

hello and welcome to sportsday.ly hamilton. coming up on tonight's programme... the magic of the fa cup, newport county reach the fifth round for the first time in 70 years and it's manchester city next. there's another casualty of the opening six nations weekend. maro itoje will miss england's next two matches. and olympic gold medalist lyndsey von crashes out of one of the final races of her legendary career. hello and welcome to sportsday. well the fa cup rarely fails to produce a giantkilling and tonight is no different. newport county of league two have sealed their place in the fifth round, and a tie with manchester city, after a two—nil victory over championship side middlesborough. ben croucher was watching the action. in newport they came prepared only for one eventuality, that and the weather, and they were soon stuck in the mud. this was never going to be pretty, they played rugby here as well, but it is football remember so note using your hand and he didn't the eyes of the referee and he begged to diffe

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton.erpool miss the chance to go five points clear as they're held to a draw by west ham. it's a repeat of last year's final in the women's fa cup fifth round, as holders chelsea are drawn with arsenal. and a big day brewing for rugby's premiership, as club representatives get set to meet to discuss controversial plans to scrap promotion to — or relegation — from england's top league. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm holly hamilton. it's been another tense night for this man —jurgen klopp — who watched his side held to a 1—1 draw at the london stadium. a win over west ham tonight would've seen liverpool go five points clear of manchester city, who could now go top if they beat everton on wednesday. austin halewood reports. despite city breathing down their necks, liverpool are still alone at the top. but with the gap down to two points, as the pressure is starting to mount? is shaking opening suggest it might in tow sadio mane calmly took his moment in front of goal. an opportunity it t

that's all from sportsday.pp for the reaction from the west indies and that century from captain joe root. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, jane merrick and the brexit editor of the telegraph, asa bennett. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the financial times says the chancellor is preparing for the worst over the next few weeks — following weaker than expected growth figures. the telegraph leads with a call from the nspcc for social media firms to face criminal sanctions and unlimited fines if they breach proposed ‘duty of care' laws towards children. the daily mirror headline reads — "it's all our fault" — and follows the home secretary's admission that a rise in food bank use is partly down to problems with the universal credit system. according to a polling for the times — theresa may would win a working majority if a general election was held today, with the conservati

but now it is for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson.'s fa cup fifth round weekend — qpr get us underway tonight against watford. it's a repeat of last year's final as chelsea and arsenal meet in the women's fa cup. fighting her corner — caster semenya receives backing from the south african governemnt in her battle with the iaaf. also coming up in the programme. 0lympic sprinter james ellington on the unlikely comeback after a life changing accident. the next thing, i'm back. hello and welcome to sportsday. we've been treated to plenty of surprises in this seasons fa cup. will we see some more this weekend. eight ties are being played over the coming days — the fifth round getting under way in a little over an hour's time with watford up against qpr. and with no replays in the fifth round for the first time, it's all or nothing under the lights at loftus road tonight. which is where we can find chris slegg. never mind trimming about a place in the fa cup final, for qpr fans, it is dreamland just being in the last 16. they have not made

that's all from sportsday.u are a rugby fan today has been about the huge result for wales in cardiff. they have beaten england 21-13. in cardiff. they have beaten england 21—13. england were the favourites so 21—13. england were the favourites so this is going to shock quite either you fans across the country but wales have done it. they are still on for the grandson. we'll have more at 7.30. -- via —— via still on for the grand slam. hello, it looks like next weekend our weather will be cooler and unsettled, but until then, it's pretty much as you were. yes, the morning may start like this just as they did this morning, but for many of us it'll be coming out of that and we get to see blue sky and temperatures are well above normal for that time of year. satellite picture from earlier shows we saw cloud through northern ireland and western scotland and produced a bit of patchy rain earlier, but it has edged a bit further east but any rain through this area here will die away tonight, but we are left with an ar

hello and welcome to sportsday.at the home of leinster, the clu b we are at the home of leinster, the club where the island coachjoe smith first made his name. half a mile south from here is lansdowne road, the aviva stadium, and tomorrow are alone, the defending champions, will get their six nations campaign under way. tonight we are at the odious and we will have a charity match and we will get their thoughts in a moment. the tournament starts tonight in paris, france host wales. we will be there shortly. but let's remind ourselves of the scene 12 months ago. ireland have been all conquering in 2018, but as patrick gearey reflects it could have been oh so different. 2018 was the year of the green giants. ireland have climbed the beanstalk so far and so fast, yet they were nearly grounded before they were nearly grounded before they started. 18 minutes gone in france, one point down, the clock dead, the door locked, before ireland could rise, they would first need to draw. it looks good, he likes it. and ireland ha

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me lizzie greenwood—hughes and hugh woozencroft. the headlines this evening.... an historic win for wales against england in what may have been the 6 nations decider... there's no love for scotland in paris as their 20 year wait for a win in france continues... and burnley put a big dent in spurs' title hopes — beating them 2—1 in the premier league. also coming up in the programme... manchester city win the first silverware of the women's domestic season — the league cup — beating holders arsenal on penalties.... and britain'sjonny brownlee wins the men's eliminator race at the super league triathlon event in singapore. good evening, welcome to sportsday where the players are still on the pitch at the principality stadium after that huge win for wales over england... it ended 21—13 in cardiff — after wales produced a second half comeback to win a record—breaking 12th consecutive test match. we thought we were going live to cardiff, that is not hap

that's all ahead on bbc news now on bbc news it's time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday —ardiff and the principality stadium. we are live here tonight ahead of the third round of rugby union's six nations championship. where wales england will lock horns tomorrow in another huge contest. the match could go some way of determining the outcome of this yea r‘s determining the outcome of this year's championship. we will also be in paris where a wounded scotland take on a french side in disarray. and i am lizzie greenwood—hughes with the rest of the days sports news. as chelsea are banned from making any signings until next year after breaking fifa rules on under—age international transfers. and a second run out in barbados mightjust tip the second one dayer — englands way. hello and welcome to sportsday. we are at the principality stadium. it's wales against england, the only two undefeated teams left in this yea r‘s two undefeated teams left in this year's six nations championship. it's being billed as a grand slam decider, a tournament decider. here we are in the depths of

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjohn watson.es tonight. fighting for her right to run — why caster semenya faces the biggest battle of her career. seven becomes eight but will it be chelsea or manchester united in the quarter finals of the fa cup. yes, we are here live under very sta mford yes, we are here live under very stamford bridge are ready and a repeat of last year's final. and stay with us as we bring you the draw for the women's fa cup quarter finals in the programme tonight. also ahead. the £80 million broadcast deal. but could that put the brakes on the rematch everyone wants to see. we'll be live at stamford bridge tonight, we'll be reflecting on the opening day of caster semenya's landmark case and we'll be bringing you the draw for the quarterfinals of the women's fa cup. sara mulkerinns will be making sure everything goes smoothly as those teams are pulled out of the pot later. sara. plenty of big teams left in the draw. yes. there certainly are. there were plenty of entertainment in the eight fifths round ties o

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft.t chelsea ease through to the last 16 of the europa league with a win over malmo. io—man celtic‘s progress in the competition comes to an end after another defeat by valencia. and breaking news — quite literally — as break dancing is named as one of the new sports under consideration for the 2024 olympics three british sides were in action in the europa league this evening, trying to make it through to the last 16 of the competition. arsenal and chelsea both lifted the mood of their fans with 3—nil wins against bate borisov and malmo respectively, to see themselves through, austin halewood has more. the europa league may not be the premier competition but for chelsea it could be their salvation. with questions about his future, a win was the only acceptable outcome. going to townjust was the only acceptable outcome. going to town just to make up the numbers, just off target. the first half leaving him with even more to ponder, his frustration clear to see. the manager has been criticis

so many heartfelt tributes from the football world that's all from sportsday.hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are polly mackenzie, who's director of the think—tank, demos, and the deputy editor at the daily express, michael booker. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro reports shamima begum, the woman who left britain in 2015 to become a jihadi bride, and is now pregnant, wants to return home to have her child on the nhs. the times, which broke the story — say the family of the london schoolgirl have appealed for her to be shown mercy. according to the the daily mail — britain could be forced to take her back, and dozens of otherjihadi brides. the i says isis child brides face arrest if they return and will have agree to co—operate with security services. the daily telegraph says the united states is planning to send british i.s. fighters to guantanamo bay — amid frustration at the uk s failure to take responsibility for its home—grown terrorists. the financial times calls today'

now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday... hello and welcome to sportsday, with katherine downes and karthi gna nasegaram. the headlines this evening.... drama in dublin — england beat defending champions ireland in the six nations clash—of—the weekend. scotland switch off towards the final whistle — but they'd already done enough to beat italy at murrayfield. the struggle continues for england as they trail west indies in the second test. and son is the one — spurs leave it late at wembley, but they're up to second in the premier league after a win against newcastle. good evening — we start with the opening weekend of the six nations which has drawn to a close with an impressive win for england over defending champions ireland in dublin. england produced one of their best performances for years to beat last year's grand slam winners on home soil. 32—20 the final score — sarah mulkerrins is in dublin for us. this was certainly a big way. they came to the stadium and they beat the graceland champions of last year ireland, and t

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton.ol retain the top spot, as a 5—star display keeps them ahead of manchester city in the premier league title race. the countdown to the world cup is on, as england women kick off the shebelieves cup against brazil in freezing philadelphia. big—hitting england smash their way to victory in the 4th one—dayer against the west indies. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a very busy evening in the premier league with the whole of the top 7 all in action. but some of the attention was off the pitch at stamford bridge, where chelsea's much talked about goalkeeper keppa arrizzabalaga was dropped to the bench for tonight's game against spurs. in the end though, that made little difference on the pitch as nick parrott reports. three days after he should've come up three days after he should've come up on the final, he finally got onto the pitch for chelsea. the misunderstanding between manager and hammett resolved with a fine, and a place on the bench. the rest of the tea m place on

hello and welcome to sportsday.ff city deny claims the club abandoned emiliano sala — as the agent who organised his flight accueses the premier league side of letting him down. one of the most difficult things i've ever done in my life. one defeat too many for claudio ranieri... he's been sacked by relegation threatened fulham. and rugby union's top players say their welfare could be at risk, if a proposed world league goes ahead. good evening and welcome to the programme... five weeks on from the plane crash that killed the footballer emiliano sala and the pilot david ibbotson, the men who facilitated the transfer of the footballer from nantes to cardiff have told the bbc that they ‘ve been made scapegoats. willie mckay and his son mark say that they arranged sala 5 travel after cardiff city left him to make his own plans.. here's our sports editor dan roan he isa he is a well—known former agents, and he wasn't very much involved in the lead up to this deal, to help his son mark, who is the registered agent acting

hello and welcome to sportsday with me, will perry. the headlines tonight...s a wembley night to remember for tottenham, who hit three past borussia dortmund in the champions league. racing returns after a a six—day shutdown because of equine flu. and heavyweight boxing world champion anthonyjoshua will fight in the us for the first time injune. good evening. we start at wembley, where tottenham kicked off their quest for a place in the quarterfinals of the champions league in some style, making a real statement by beating the bundesliga leaders borussia dortmund 3—0. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, is there for us. joe, what a night for mauricio potchetino's side! let's talk about wembley. spurs fans have been reluctant and sceptical about this place for most of the season. about this place for most of the season. pochettino said let's make it feel like a home ground and it really was. a few thousand spurs fa ns really was. a few thousand spurs fans do not want to leave, they are not sure they want to go home. the game itself really changed in the secon

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm holly hamilton. coming up.ester city return to the top for the first time this year with victory over everton at goodison park. emiliano sala's former club threatens legal action over his transfer fee while striker remains missing and presumed dead. and johanna konta holds her nerve to secure victory for great britain in theirfirst home fed cup tie for 26 years. hello and welcome to the programme. well they needed a win and they got it — manchester city beating everton 2—0 to return to the top of the premier league for the first time since december. let's for straight to goodison right now and our correspondent katie gornall. katie — what a difference a week makes. it almost felt inevitable this evening? yes, you could say that. this was really a ha rd —foug ht yes, you could say that. this was really a hard—fought game there. to everett and's credit much improved we can. they pushed city on the way. i was watching pep guardiola on the touchline and he looked a bit anxious but at the final whistle a huge smile

hello, and welcome to sportsday.all pays tribute to england's world cup winning goalkeeper gordon banks, who has died at the age of 81. no neymer, no cavani, no problem for psg as they beat manchester united 2—0 in the first leg of their champions league last 16 tie. and a consolation win for england in st lucia, a resounding win in the third and final test. hello, and welcome to sportsday. "a legend," "a champion," "a modest and good man". just a few of the sentiments expressed today, following the death of gordon banks at the age of 81. the 1966 world cup winner with england was seen as one the greats of the sport globally, winning fifa's goalkeeper of the year award on six occasions. sports correspondent andy swiss looks back on his life and career. it remains a footballing miracle, england versus brazil, and that save. what to of! gordon banks! the greatest ever from one of the greatest ever. four years earlier gordon banks had been a cornerstone of england's world cup triumph and those who played alongside him w

now on bbc news, it‘s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.remiership — thanks to two late goals against stjohnstone. and superbowl day is finally here — brady and belechick go for a sixth title as the patriots take on the rams in atlanta. hello and welcome to sportsday. manchester city are back up to second place in the premier league after beating arsenal 3—1. they‘rejust two points behind liverpool who play west ham tomorrow city were looking to bounce back from their surprise defeat at newcastle and sergio aguero put them ahead afterjust 48 seconds. arsenal were going for a third straight league win, and with ten minutes gone, they were level through lauren koscielny. but aguero struck twice more to complete his hat—trick — his last carrying a suggestion of handball. its 10 games unbeaten now for manchester united, since 0le gunnar solskjaer took over as manager. a goal from marcus rashford saw them beat leicester 1—0 to move up to fifth in the table — their higest position since the first day of the season. natalie pirks reports. nine tea

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hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. with manchester city winning a toothy, the the first of them of a possible quadruple. pep guardiola says it is a impossible dream. city have four teams in different competitions and tonight is the tone of the champions league. they are in germany to play schalke. you cannot say at the beginning of the year that we will win for the x. at the moment, we are happy with where we are but overly wa nt to happy with where we are but overly want to progress in every round that we are now playing in. that is now the champions league, we want to do well and go to the quarterfinals. we are one step closer to winning. to win all four, that is nearly impossible. nearly impossible, he said. it has never been done before. you can hear comity of the match against schalke on radio five live. this is work manchester city take the neck step away to what would be a unprecedented quadruple. danny, you have to say this is the kind of door... you have to say this is the kind of door. . . they you have to sa

hello and welcome to sportsday. the headlines tonight. in a class of his own, paul scholes takes over at his boyhood club. i'm coming to my hometown club which could be a good thing or bad thing. we will see. he's united united. cam solskjaer pass his next test in the champions legue. and denly digs to show england what they've been missing in the west indies. also coming up in the programme... cleared to race in ireland — will british runners get the go ahead here. 11 league titles, two champions league medals, paul scholes will draw on every ounce of that experience as he takes his firstjob in management at league two 0ldham. he was announced as their new manager today, a club he supported as a boy. he said he'd had a few opportunities to take the job over the past few years but didn't feel ready until now. i'm sure that when things come up i don't know how to deal with i will be the first man on the phone with sir alex and it going over and looking at the lads, gary has great in spain. 0bviously with the jobs 110w in spain. 0bviously w

that's all from sportsday. we'll have more at half past seven.he deepest snow on the ground. looking for some ic packages —— icy patches. there also be some of you went chavez overnight from the northwest of scotland. how low? we had the deepest snow in southern england. take a down to —10, minus double figures in parts of northern scotland. town city centre is freezing. sunday's weather, it is a sunny cold start. whether coming from the northwest to the southeast of the uk. from the atlantic what the front, some rain proceeded with some show, the front, some rain proceeded with some snow, notjust on hills for northern ireland and scotland into northern england as well. patchy rain late in the day for parts of the midlands. south of that, mainly dry. look how it brightens up again. rain heading into northern ireland again by evening, and temperature slightly higher than today. by the sublets england could be up to 10 degrees. vote more cold weather across the uk. the hills of scotland, some significant snow developing into monday morning. these a

hello and welcome to sportsday.rseracing is suspended following an outbreak of equine flu — which could threaten the cheltenham festival. more needs to be done to tackle racism in football — the premier league makes a pledge to act. and we'll be live at the fed cup tie in bath — they've beaten slovenia, now great britain take on greece. also coming up in the programme... england's cricketers name their squad for the upcoming tour of india — sarah taylor and katherine brunt are back. and running all over the world — 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents — we hear from the woman who's broken the record. hello and welcome to sportsday. there are fears that next month's jump racing showpiece, the cheltenham festival, could be under threat after an outbreak of equine flu. racing was cancelled today and has been called off for the next five days after three vaccinated horses tested positive for the disease. the horses are from a cheshire racing yard owned by donald mccain. we'll talk to our reporter lizzie greenwood hughe

still to come on sportsday.efend her title in turkey and then the target will be tokyo. one of the greatest skiiers of all time lynsey vonn is competing at her last world championships before retiring from the sport the american, a former 0lympic champion who has won a record 82 world cup events hasn't made the greatest of starts in sweden. she failed to make it to the bottom in the super g, crashing quite spectacularly hitting one of the gates and careering into the safety barriers. the race was halted while medics checked her out, she made her way to the bottom, a little bit bruised and nursing a black eye. coming into the championships she said that her body was ‘broken beyond repair‘ but she should be fine for sunday and her final race which will be the downhill. i feel like i have ifeel like i have been hit by an 18 wheeler but other than that, i am great. my knees are the same as they we re great. my knees are the same as they were before the race, so that is good. iam were before the race, so that is good

you're watching sportsday.e of the other stories we've been covering today at the bbc sport centre. there's been a surprise defeat for four time champion ronnie 0'sullivan at snooker‘s welsh 0pen. he was knocked out by world number 71 alexander ursenbacher in the third round. the swiss made three breaks over 50 for one of the biggest wins of his career. meanwhile thailand's noppon saengkham won just a frame in his defeat to world number one mark selby. but what a frame it was. a maximum 147 break. it's saengkham's first as a professional. england's jodi ewart—shadoff has a share of the lead at the women's australian open golf. a bogey—free round of 65 leaves her 7 under par, along with taiwan's hsu wei—lling. england's bronte law is two adrift with british open champion georgia hall three under. and the melbourne stars are one match away from their first big bash title in australia. they're through to the final after beating the hobart hurricanes by six wickets... and they'll play the melbourne renegades or the

hello and welcome to sportsday. wembley waits, it is the big european night. spurs host dortmund, for the champions league. 0ne englishman travels of the german side. but tonight, tottenham are determined to make this place really feel like home. that could make the difference. a first fight in america for anthonyjoshua — the venue, madison square garden — his opponent, an unbeaten new yorker, known as big baby. and with the cricket world cup and home ashes on the horizon — we'll ask what england can learn from their series defeat in the west indies. also coming up in the programme: a year ago, a clash of heads ended his playing career — now former hull city midfielder ryan mason calls for a ban on young footballers heading the ball: in my head, i'm still a footballer. i still thinking about playing. i still imagine myself out there. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening — we start at wembley where spurs are beginning their quest for a place in the quarterfinals of the champions league. bundesliga leaders bor

hello and welcome to sportsday. the headlines this evening: last year's grand slam champions are off the mark — as ireland beat scotland after a tough battle at murrayfield. dan biggar‘s boot gave wales the lead at half time — but can they hold on to beat italy in rome. and the manchester united express just keeps on going... as victory over fulham moves them into the top four. also coming up in the programme... emotional scenes at southampton as cardiff pay tribute to emiliano sala. and another collapse? england's top order fails once again on the first day of the third test in st lucia. good evening and welcome to the programme. . .. a week on from their defeat to england in dublin last week, defending champions ireland travelled to edinburgh to put their campaign back on track. and after an incredible opening weekend of the six nations — round 2 is show no signs of the tournament letting up. ireland recovered from opening—day defeat by england to beat scotland 22—13 at murrayfield. katie gornall was there. this w

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now on bbc news it's time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday, with me john watson, i'm joinedtson, i'mjoined by john watson, i'm joined by kathy. the headlines this evening. newport county's players and pitch at rodey parade are challenging pep‘s city stars in the fa cup we report on the non league side taking a stand against homophobia. i think if we can do something positive like this like they kick it out campaign, we can do something positive. and saracens regain the top spot in the premiership with an impressive victory over rivals leicester. also coming up in the programme. laura muir proves she's ready to win more medals as she breaks the national indoor record for the mile in birmingham and we'll meet the sprinter who's determined to compete at next year's olympics just two years after a serious motorbike accident. plenty to get there tonight. we start with the fa cup and the tie of the day at rodney parade — newport county who've produced more than one cup upset already this season are dreaming of another if they can beat manchester city. surely they can't do it again

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — can watford hold on at queens park rangers to qualify for theirarter—final in three years? good evening. donald trump has defied his critics, and many in his own party, by declaring a national emergency to bypass congress, to get the billions of dollars he says he needs to build a border wall with mexico. it means he can redirect funds from other government departments. at a news conference at the white house, he said a barrier was needed to stop an "invasion" of drugs, gangs, human traffickers and undocumented migrants. however, democrats say the move is unconstitutional because the president has exaggerated problems on the border, to try to fulfil a rash campaign promise, and they'll fight him all the way to the supreme court. our north america editor jon sopel reports. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. donald trump had an unpalatable choice. having not got a deal with congress, he was either going to have to admit failure on funding his wall with mexico — his signature campaign pledge — or he was going to have to go nucl

that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello.on the way to parts of england, wales. overnight and into thursday, the troublemaker is this area of cloud which has been developing rapidly. a very powerful area of low pressure beginning to make inroads. the first place that will see these stormy winds will be across parts of wales, particularly the bristol channel and down towards south—west england. gusts of winds each —— easily reaching 60 miles an hour. parts of the midlands into east anglia and the midlands into east anglia and the south—east, winds the strong could bring down one or two trees. there is the risk of transport disruption. almost certainly speed restrictions on bridges across the severn estuary. away from the windy south outbreaks of rain further north. also some snow across the hills of scotland. centre stage overnight tonight and into tomorrow very powerful winds that bring the risk of some disruption. that is your weather. you're watching beyond one hundred days... there's a special place in hell for brexiteers

well that's all from sportsday but let's give gordon banks the final word, after he passed away at thef 81 earlier today. here he is explaining the remarkable save nearly 50 years ago. good evening. when it went out of the wing, i had a quick look and i saw him racing into the box. i can't remember who was supposed to be marking him but he wasn't quite with him. crossing the ball, i knew where it was going but i wasn't going to stand on the line because i am leaving too much room at the width. once he headed it andi room at the width. once he headed it and i know it's going to bounce, i get over there as quick as i could. ijust get my hand to it and it goes in that direction, and honest to god i thought it was a goal. when i hit the floor, boom! i turned around and saw it bounce around the corner, i couldn't believe it! memories of gordon banks, who has died. el chapo has been found guilty of multiple charges at his drugs trial in new york. the former leader of mexico drug cartel, he escaped from jail twice in spectacular fashion before being caught in 2016 and extradited to the united