but it was the home side who struck first, thanks to stuart armstrong. despite going ahead, celtic never looked co mforta ble. at times, craig gordon kept them in it. they might have found it easier had jason holt been punished for this. he was substituted soon after. rangers' intensity remained, though, and their perseverance paid off when clint hill found himself in the right place at the right time. he then found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. but referee bobby madden did not see it that way. it might only have been a draw but forcing celtic to drop points for only the second time this season felt like a victory. nick parrott, bbc news. tennis now, and briton johanna konta is under way. that is at indian wells, and she is

celtic, who've won 26 out of 28 games this season, took the lead through stuart armstrong.ers equalised. 38—year—old defender clint hill got the goal denying the hoops what would have been a 23rd successive league win with new manager pedro caixinha watching on from the stands as he prepares to take over on monday. and congratulations to japanese footballer, kazuyoshi miura. the 50—year—old has made history by becoming the oldest professional player to score a competitive goal. miura achieved the record by scoring the only goal in yokohama's i—o victory over thespa kusatsu in japan's second division. now to tennis at indian wells, where world number two and three—time defending champion, novak djokovic, is up against britain's kyle edmund. the serbian has won his last 18 successive matches at the californian event in what is the first atp world tour masters 1000 event of the year. rafael nadal is safely through to the third round after a straight sets win over guido pella. the three—time winner went a break down in the first set but then won six of the next seven games to t

stuart armstrong doubled the lead for brendan rodgers‘ side six minutes into the second half when hegame belonged to dundee‘s faissal el bakhtaoui. celtic will clinch the title if they beat hearts in a fortnight. today we played some fantastic football, butjust failing to make the final pass... that might have made it more comfortable. but we know that if we have got to defend like that, aerially, in the box, we can do that. and by the end, we were happy with that win. arsenal ladies thrashed spurs 10—0 in the fa cup. and chelsea defeated doncaster belles 7—0. the quarterfinal is going to be an all super league line up. all change at the top of the super league, salford have ended castleford's unbeaten start to the season. the red devils came from behind to win13—12. it's wigan that replace castleford at the top after drawing 16—16 with huddersfield. six nations chiefs have opened an investigation into the events at the end of wales‘ defeat to france in paris yesterday. they played 20 minutes beyond the 80 in a chaotic finale. the wales interim head coach flagged up what he felt to b

but it was the home side who struck first, thanks to stuart armstrong.d co mforta ble. at times, craig gordon kept them in it. they might have found it easier had jason holt been punished for this. he was substituted soon after. rangers‘ intensity remained, though, and their perseverance paid off when clint hill found himself in the right place at the right time. he then found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. but referee bobby madden did not see it that way. it might only have been a draw but forcing celtic to drop points for only the second time this season felt like a victory. nick parrott, bbc news. johanna konta is taking on caroline garcia in the third round at indian wells. seen as some, this tournament, as a fifth major on the calendar. a brilliant winner giving her a break of serve and she served out the first set, winning 6—3. but garcia has fought back and one break of serve in the second set was enough to give her the upper hand. she served it out to win 6—3. you have a contact has gone 2—1 up in the decider with no breaks of serv

stuart armstrong doubled the lead for brendan rodgers's side six minutes into the second half when he goal of the game belonged to dundee's faissal el bak—tewi. the goal of the game belonged to dundee's faissal el baktewi. celtic will clinch the title if they beat hearts in a fortnight. now to golf where australia's marc leishman made a surge on the closing holes to win the arnold palmer invitational the late palmer had a phrase "you must play boldly to win" and that's exactly what the 33 year old did as paul frostick reports this was the first arnold palmer invitational since the death of one of the greatest in invitational since the death of one of the greatest - in the of the greatest players in the sports history. in golf sometimes a little bit of luck can go a long way. zachjohnson, little bit of luck can go a long way. zach johnson, the little bit of luck can go a long way. zachjohnson, the american, demonstrating that perfectly on the 17th hole. there are times so when that luck is 80. charley hoffman managed to tie for second despite this a shot. rory mcilroy had as good a cha

stuart armstrong doubled the lead for brendan rodgers's side six minutes into the second half when he end of wales' defeat to france in paris yesterday. they played 20 minutes beyond the 80 in a chaotic finale. the wales interim head coach flagged up what he felt to be underhand tactics by the french and questioned their integrity. the first incdient that will be looked at is the head injury assessment for prop uini antonio, that allowed the scrummaging specialist ragbah slimani to return to the field and help the french score the late pushover try for the win. george north also claimed that he had been bitten during that 20 minutes of play. the six nations is awaiting a report from the citing commissioner. there was no clear video evidence of the alleged incident at the time. all change at the top of the super league, as salford have ended castleford's unbeaten start to the season. the red devils came from behind to win13—12. it's wigan that replace castleford at the top after drawing 16—16 with huddersfield. woods crashed on his final run, but he had done enough to get onto the podi

celtic‘s stuart armstrong has been called up to the scotla nd armstrong has been called up to the scotlandst time. he hasjoined a 30 man party announced by manager gordon strachan today by bournemouth‘s ryan fraser who has broken through to the first tea m who has broken through to the first team this season, and tom kenny fall. all of them have been selected for the first time. they play a world cup game against canada. two of the biggest clubs in rugby have announced they will merge. racing 92 and stade francais is they will be merging to pool their performance. it is an incredible story, it is unprecedented and bizarre. these are not two small rugby clubs struggling to make ends meet. paris are heavyweights. stade francais won the french title in 2015 and racing 92, dan carter, potentially one of the greats of all time, he plays for racing 92, and they won the french title in 2016. two powerhouses of the french game have announced they will merge under one banner in order to get the best out of both clubs. their owners say they need to pool their resources and become one club. it is the

stuart armstrong and tom cairney are also called up for the first time.ot underway this morning as the queen launched the games' baton relay at buckingham palace. over the next 388 days, the baton will visit all of the commonwealth nations and territories, before arriving for the games on australia's gold coast. simon mccoy is at buckingham palace for us. todayis today is commonwealth day and just after midday the queen handed over the baton which will start that remarkable and very long journey. inside, a message from her majesty which will be read out at the opening ceremony on the 4th of april. today she handed the baton to the first of the many kanpur bearers and from here she will head to westminster abbey where today there isa westminster abbey where today there is a service of bags given for an organisation of which the queen is tremendously fond and one which connects 2.5 billion people worldwide. today it is all been about the sport and with me now is the first two of those baton ferres, anna meares and victoria pendleton, two track cyclist who i

but it was the home side who struck first, thanks to stuart armstrong.ooked co mforta ble. ahead, celtic never looked comfortable. at times, craig gordon kept them in it. they might have found it easier had jason holt been punished for this. he was substituted soon after. rangers intensity remained, though, and the perseverance paid off when clint hill found himself in the right place at the right time. he then found himself at the wrong place at the wrong time. but referee bobby madden did not see it that way. it might only have been a draw but forcing celtic to drop points for only the second time this season felt like a victory. nic barrett, bbc news. in the premier league, liverpool host burnley this afternoon, hoping to gain ground on those above them in the top three. but they have conceded early against burnley. ashley barnes with the goal in the seventh minute of that one. 16 minutes played. burnley leading 1—o. in tennis, it is the prestigious indian wells tournament. andy murray, the world number one has been knocked out in the second round. th

celtic‘s stuart armstrong has been called up to the scotland squad for the first time after helping hisle. he'sjoined in a 30—man party announced by manager gordon strachan today by bournemouth‘s ryan fraser, who's broken through to the first team this season, and tom cairney of fulham. all have been selected for the first time. scotland play a friendly against canada and a world cup qualifier against slovenia later this month. two of the biggest clubs in french rugby union have announced they are to merge. paris—based stade francais and racing 92 say they need to pool their resources "to cope with the challenges of performance and education." it's a huge shock, as our reporter chrisjones explains. absolutely incredible story, this. it's unprecedented, it's bizarre, and these aren't two small rugby clu bs and these aren't two small rugby clubs struggling to make ends meet. this is paris heavyweights, stade francais who won the french title in 2015, and racing 92, dan carter potentially the world's greatest player, one of the greats of all time, he plays for racing 92, they won the frenc

but it was the home side who struck first, thanks to stuart armstrong.oon after. rangers' intensity remained, though, and their perseverance paid off when clint hill found himself in the right place at the right time. he then found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. but referee bobby madden did not see it that way. it might only have been a draw but forcing celtic to drop points for only the second time this season felt like a victory. nick parrott, bbc news. let's bring you up to date with today's rugby league action. two matches in super league this afternoon. top of the table castleford thrashed widnes 34—nil, that's their fourth win in a row. and a last—minute conversion gave wakefield a 24—22 point win victory over salford. that's all sport for now. i will have more for you at 6:30pm. now the weather. for many so far today it's been pretty cloudy. even some spots of rain. this evening, the skies will be clear and it will turn quite cold, even a touch of frost on the way. a lot colder than the last few nights. the last few nights we were i

armstrong. he's probably watching, a big stand of the show. stuart: good, mr. mstrong, welcome aboard, good to see you. i want more on the economics of this jobs report, specifically what does it tell us in terms of the forth coming economy? i've said this is the start of the trump expansion, is it? >> i think you're right because with trump after eight long years, we finally have a pro-business president and this is going to induce companies to take on more risk taking, hire more employees and engage in some more capital spending, r & d. stuart: you can disagree with me if you like. >> a big jump in manufacturing jobs, that was great. more than 20,000 new manufacturing jobs, usually we're lucky if we get a few thousand additional factory jobs, i have one qualification, we have 58,000 new construction jobs in the month of february. that was 25% of the total, take that out, we're looking at 177,000 new jobs. let's not forget, we had very mild weather in february and that skewed seasonally adjusted construction jobs higher. the report is good, it's solid. it's not