reading should be safe now, they drew with west brom. so here's the top of the championship. but they'll have to wait for another chance to secure promotion. they're three points ahead of sheffield united, after the blades‘ win today. leeds are three points further back in third, after that loss at brentford. derby sneak into the play—off places after their late win against qpr. at the bottom it looks as though millwall and rotherham are the two sides most in danger of the drop. they both lost today. millwall though have three points more than rotherham and a game in hand. reading picked up a valuable point at home to west brom. bolton and ipswich are both already down. there's a shock in the making at the world snooker championship in sheffield. 23—year—old amateurjames cahill leads ronnie o'sullivan 5—4 in their first round match. cahill is the first amateur to qualify for the event and gave an early signal of his intention as he took the first frame. the world number one fought back but has looked as if his mind is elsewhere at times and has made plenty of mistakes. cahill

west brom secure their place in the playoffs.ampionship, in sheffield. 23—year—old amateurjames cahill leads ronnie 0'sullivan 5—4, in their first—round match. cahill is the first amateur to qualify for the event and gave an early signal of his intention as he took the first frame. the world number one fought back, but has looked as if his mind is elsewhere at times and has made plenty of mistakes. cahill has created plenty of opportunities and already appears to feel at home in the crucible. he'll return to the table tomorrow with a five frames to four lead in a best—of—19 contest. four—times champion john higgins was made to work hard, before finally coming through ten frames to seven against england's mark davis. higgins is looking to make it third—time lucky, after losing the last two finals at the crucible. such a tough game to plate mark and mark didn't play great. he will let me off the hook a few times, i was made to feel the pressure near the end, but not a great win for me because i have not beaten mark for a while, so

relegation rivals reading and west brom are currently goalless.from league 1 coming from behind to beat coventry 2-1. it coming from behind to beat coventry 2—1. it has pushed them up to second for the time being. barnsley and sunderland can overtake them if they win their respective through pm kick—offs. boxer kash ali has been given a six—month ban and fined £10,000 for biting david price during their old british heavyweight fight. ali had his boxing licence suspended and his fight purse withdrawn after being disqualified in the fifth round in the bout last month in liverpool. he apologised after the fight saying his behaviour was not a true reflection of who i am. money 0'sullivan has begun his campaign at the world snooker championship in sheffield. the world number one is up againstjames cahill, the first amateur to qualify for the event. cahill did when the first frame but 0'sullivan took the next two. the 23—year—old has fought back to level at 2—2 at the interval. meanwhile, three—time champion mark selby will have it all to do if he is to

but third placed leeds were beaten at birmingham and west brom also lost to strugglers millwall.le win at sheffield wednesday and sixth placed bristol city drew. at the bottom end — ipswich won their first game in a very long time against bolton, who are just above them and in the midst of a financial crisis. rotherham also won. apologies, norwich fans! ijust i just wanted to talk about the championship. more goals in the norwich match than the celtic... no, they could have won the league tomorrow if rangers lose but instead celtic were held to a goalless draw at hoem to stjonhstone. meanwhile there was a feisty edinburgh derby at tynecastle where hibernian came from behind to beat hearts and move into fifth in the scottish premiership. the result, though, was overshadowed by some troubling behaviour from the fans, as patrick gearey reports. it is the issue that is clouding scottish football. for the second time in a week, a flare is thrown onto the pitch in a scottish premiership match, delaying kick—off in the edinburgh derby. the scottish police federation says supporter behav

meanwhile, rotherham united have been relegated after west brom came from behind to beat them 2—1 at. and bolton's game against brentford was postponed with the players on strike — gavin will have more on that story in just a moment. and yeovil town will be playing non—league next season after drawing two all with northampton today. notts county survive another week — after beating grimsby, but leyton orient are back in the english football league. their goalless draw against already—relegated braintree town confirmed them as champions of the national league. the 0's only needed a point to secure a return to the efl after two seasons in the fifth tier, but title rivals salford city were beaten 3—2 away at hartlepool united, while solihull were held to a draw at dagenham & redbridge. it's managerjustin edinburgh's second promotion to the efl, having guided newport county through the play—offs in 2013. you can tell we're approaching the end of the season. and of course today the drama didn't end on the pitch. gavin has more on that story from bolton today. bolton have been told that th

reading should be safe now, they drew with west brom. kevin naiqama scored a hat—trick of tries each.. saints are still four points clear of warrington who also had a big win — 511—6 at hull kingston rovers. elsewhere there were wins for huddersfield giants. the beat london broncos. the champions wigan warriors, edged out salford. and wakefield trinity, who beat bottom club leeds.... meanwhile castleford tigers slumped to a heavy defeat in the south of france. catalan dragons ran in six tries, as they cruised to 37 points to 16 win. sam tomkins with one of them. that defeat means castleford slip down to fourth behind wakefield. catalans are sixth. boxer kash ali has been given a six—month ban there's a shock in the making at the world snooker championship in sheffield. 23 year old amateurjames cahill leads ronnie 0'sullivan 5—4 in their first round match. cahill is the first amateur to qualify for the event and gave an early signal of his intention as he took the first frame. the world number one fought back but has looked as if his mind

they finished off west brom in the replay and then dismissed derby county 2—1.y as a drummer from the brighton rock band to wembley as a drummer from the brighton rock bani if we're going is upbeat about it. if we're going to beat a club like that, why not in the semis? it is going to a tough one, but we are going to win 5—0. i'm joking! we will when to — one, brighton. we shall see. wembley awaits. you can find out at 5:10pm tomorrow evening. one of the oldest sporting events in the world takes place this weekend. the oxford v cambridge university boat race will also see the oldest competitor in its 190 year history. james cracknell, who won two olympic rowing gold medals for great britain, will be part of the cambridge crew, aged 46. that breaks the previous record by eight years and is the latest adventure in cracknell‘s varied life story, as patrick gearey reports. when you row you push back, not only against water, but against pain. this is a sport which takes your body to gasping, agonising exhaustion. a place that james cracknell knows well, but keeps com

bottom, there were wins for birmingham and wigan while relegation rivals reading's game against west bromd for an automatic promotion spot from league one, coming from behind to beat coventry 2—1 at fratton park. second half goals from tom naylor and brett pittman has pushed them up to second for the time being at least. barnsley and sunderland can overtake them if they win their respective three o'clock kick offs. boxer kash ali has been given a six—month ban and fined £10,000 for biting david price during their all—british heavyweight fight. ali had his boxing licence suspended and his fight purse withdrawn after being disqualified in the fifth round of the bout in liverpool last month. he apologised after the fight, saying his behaviour was not a "true reflection of who i am". ronnie 0'snooker is being made to work hard in the first round of the world snooker championship in sheffield. the world number one is up against james cahill, the first amateur to qualify for the event. cahill won the first frame, before 0'sullivan took the next two. the 23—year—old has had plenty of chances but

the table, rotherham are down — after conceding twice in the last 15 minutes to lose 2—1 against west bromns of the national league. monday's goalless draw against solihull had put orient into pole position to win promotion as long as they avoided defeat by braintree. they got the point they needed to secure a return to the efl after two seasons in the fifth tier. more than 8,000 home fans flooded the pitch at the end to celebrate the news. celtic are just a point away from retaining the scottish premiership after a 1—0 win over kilmarnock on an emotional day at celtic park. in the week of legendary captain billy mcneill‘s passing, members of the famous lisbon lions team that won the european cup in 1967 were present for a special tribute to him before the game. and poignantly, it was their current number 5 —jozo simunovic — who scored the winner with, incredibly, 67 minutes on the clock to give celtic the victory. elsewhere — aaron mcgowan‘s last minute penalty secured a 3 —3 draw for hamilton against livingston. they go 10th, above st mirren who drew one all with stjohnstone. motherwell

the table rotherham are relegated after conceding two in the last 15 minutes to lose 2—1 against west bromrimsby. yeovil will be replaced by leyton orient who are back in the english football league after a two year absence. their goalless draw against already—relegated braintree town confirmed them as champions of the national league. more than 8,000 home fans flooded the pitch at the end to celebrate the news. celtic are just point a point away from retaining the scottish premiership. after a 1—0 win over kilmarnock — on an emotional day at celtic park. in the week of billy mcneill‘s passing, members of the famous lisbon lions team, who won the european cup in 1967 were present for a special tribute to theirformer captain before the game. and, rather poignantly, it was their current number five — jozo simunovic — who scored the winner, with ironically, 67 minutes on the clock. elsewhere — aaron mcgowan's last minute penalty secured a three all draw for hamilton against livingston. they go tenth, above st mirren who drew one all with stjohnstone. motherwell edged out the league's bottom s

reading's game against west brom ended goalless.l to do in the second half at brentford, after neal maupay gave the home side the lead at half—time. leeds are currently three points behind sheffield united in third. so here's the top of the championship. norwich still out in fron but they'll have to wait for another chance to secure promotion. they're three points ahead of sheffield united after the blades' win today. leeds willjoin them on 85 points if they win at brentford. derby sneak into the play off play places after their late win against qpr. middlesbrough and bristol city both lost. at that bottom... reading and qpr arejust reading and qpr are just sitting above, looking good to secure their place for next season. portsmouth bolstered their bid for an automatic promotion spot from league one, coming from behind to beat coventry 2—1 at fratton park. second half goals from tom naylor and brett pittman has pushed them up to second for the time being at least. barnsley are back there now — after beating plymouth. sunderland dre

but third placed leeds were beaten at birmingham and west brom also lost to strugglers millwall.ipswich won their first game in a very long time against bolton, who are just above them and in the midst of a finacial crisis, and rotherham also won. onto rugby union now. onto rugby union now. bristol aren't yet safe from the drop, and this loose pass let rhys priestland in to score what proved to be the game's decisive try. bath are nowjust five points behind harlequins in fourth, the final play—off place. (cg in at 003" out at 0'09":credit date? pictures from bt sport meanwhile, the leaders, exeter chiefs are battling it out against leicester tigers right now. as the clock struck 32 minutes, the chiefs had already scored four tries — earning a bonus point. the second half has just begun, and the score is 36—20 to exeter. saracens kept up the pressure on leaders exeter with a bonus point comeback win against bottom side newcastle falcons. two counterattacking tries from sean maitland and max malins in either half punished the falcons. sarries get closer to securing their top—four p

let's say wolves play west brom. what do you do?e to nail your pillars to the mast. so please, not them. they would make a fortune. half manchester city scarves. they have a ticket to that game, they want something to remember it by. that's why you do business. there is a reason they are still there after years of people laying into them. anybody watching petrol prices, this summer, oil rig is the headline. motorists least of £200 each, fatcats fail to pass on savings. some mps are calling for there to be a particular watchdog. campaigners say there was a period la st campaigners say there was a period last year where these wholesale costs fell by 5%. some are saying we should watch that. it's just reflect of global oil prices. keep an eye on the pumps at the minute. a bit more expensive in the last few weeks. we've got a great snooker headline coming up but on the football theme, tonight's match, i will describe to white so important. manchester united fans, manchester city fans, who do united fans really want to win because if uni