wilfried zaha has become the first premier league player not to take a knee before kick—off.promised a couple of weeks ago that when he returned from injury he would "stand tall" instead. and that's exactly what he did before today's win over west brom at selhurst park as alex gulrajani reports: making a stand, wilfried zaha used his return to remind the world that for many, taking a knee has not stopped racist abuse. back from injury after five weeks, he celebrated with a telling role in the game's on the goal. his cross handled by darnall, penalty to crystal palace. luca really makes a mistake from 12 yards out, as much as sam wanted one today. his west brom side desperately need a win to avoid relegation. chant sank at them in this one denying mission been a first goal of the season. at the other end, the baggies were finding the going tough. the 15th time disease and they failed to score and a premier league game. they wanted to work out how to do that if they are to stay of the season. after the game palace manager roy hodgson backed zaha's stance on not taking a knee. i

wilfried zaha has become the first premier league player not to take a knee before kick—off.ry he would "stand tall" instead. and that's exactly what he did before today's win over west brom at selhurst park as alex gulrajani reports: making a stand, wilfried zaha uses return to remind the world that for many taking and he has not stopped racist abuse. back from injury after five weeks out, he celebrated with a telling role in the game's only goal. his cross handled by darnell furlong, penalty to crystal palace. luca really makes a mistake from 12 yards out. as much as sam wanted one today. his side need a win to avoid relegation. samjohnston kept today. his side need a win to avoid relegation. sam johnston kept them in this one denying christian a first home goal of the season. at the other end, the baggies were finding the going tough. 15th time this season they failed to score in a premier league game. there we need to work out how to do that if they are to stay up the season. after the game palace manager roy hodgson backed zaha's stance on not taking a knee. i would be v

wilfried zaha has become the first premier league player not to take a knee before kick—off.uld "stand tall" instead. and that's exactly what he did before today's win over west brom at selhurst park as alex gulrajani reports: making a stand, wilfried zaha used his return to remind the world that for many, taking a knee has not stopped racist abuse. back from injury after five weeks, he celebrated with a telling role in the game's on the goal. his cross handled by darnall, penalty to crystal palace. luca really makes a mistake from 12 yards out, as

palace forward wilfried zaha became the first premier league player not to take a knee before kick—offd has done this because he doesn't care about racism. if anyone cares about racism and abuse and level playing fields and abuse and level playing fields and diversity it is wilfried zaha. he's right up there as the main protagonist. everton lost 2—1 to burnley. leaders manchester city are playing fulham, they lead 3—0. real madrid are up to second in spain's la liga but they had to come from behind to beat lowly elche 2—1. leaders atletico madrid are in action at getafe. 0-0. alaves drew 1—1 with cadiz. 0sasuna against valladolid was goaless. in germany, the champions bayern munich have stretched their lead to five points. they won 3—1 at werder bremen. second—placed leipzig play on sunday. there were wins for union berlin and mainz. third—placed wolfsburg thrashed bottom side schalke 5—0. borussia dortmund move up to fifth after beating hertha berlin 2—0. rugby union's six nations championship resumed on saturday. england beat france 23—20 at twickenham, thanks to a late maro itoje tr

wilfried zaha has become the first premier league player not to take a knee before kick—off.e did before play got underway at selhurst park this afternoon against west brom. in a statement released before the game, zaha said, "there is no right or wrong, i feel kneeling has just become a part of the pre—match routine," and he points to abuse still continuing. palace are currently 1—0 up in that game, luka milivojevic with a first half penalty. everton could move to within two points of chelsea in fourth if they beat burnley at 5.30. the leaders manchester city meanwhile can open up a 17—point gap at the top if they beat fulham in the late game. in the race to the premier league — swansea have moved back into the automatic promotion places in the championship. they're second after beating luton1—0 — conor hourihane with the goal afterjust three minutes. the win leaves swansea seven points behind leaders norwich, but they'll be replaced in the top two if watford beat cardiff this afternoon. britain's geraint thomas and his ineos grenadiers team mate, egan bernal, have had anoth

crystal palace's wilfried zaha is the first premier league player to not take a knee before kick—off, brom 1—0. just the two games in the scottish premiership. livingstone beat hamilton 2—1, and hibernian are looking good for third after beating ross county by the same scoreline. great britain's women have beaten ireland in the opening match of their hockey series in belfast. the olympic champions came from behind to win 2—1. sarah robertson scored the winning goal in the final quarter. they play again tomorrow with the last game on tuesday. sir lewis hamilton has had a difficult day in bahrain where the formula one teams are currently testing. he lost control of his mercedes forcing the session to be stopped at one point, and while his teammate valteri bottas posted the fastest time, he was second—slowest on the track where the season starts in just over a fortnight. and finally, lee westwood shares the lead at the players championship in florida, you can follow the rest of the third round on the bbc sport website, that's it. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news

england players will take the knee, after some high profile stars including crystal palace�*s wilfried zahay saying it's lost its meaning. it's a landmark match for manager gareth southgate, his 50th in charge of the national side, but he says he's focussed on the task at hand. it's been an absolute honour and i suppose something i will think about more than anything is finished, really, but the numbers upon the board somewhere. it will be there. so, yes, it's a nice landmark, but of course my focus is with the team and making sure that we get this world cup qualifier occasion up to start. fifa have confirmed that norway won't face disciplinary action, following last night's protest ahead of their win in gibraltar. the players all wore t—shirts with the slogan "human rights, on and off the pitch". fifa say they believe in the "freedom of speech, and in the power of football as a force for good." norway have discussed whether they should boycott the 2022 tournament because of poor working conditions for migrant workers in qatar. crewe alexandra chairman, john bowler, is standing down, follow

whether england players will take the knee, after some high profile stars including crystal palace's wilfried zahae renewed in qualifying for next months world snooker championship with stephen hendry — who has has returned to the sport after retiring in 2012 — facing none other thanjimmy white! hendry beat white in four crucible finals in the 1990s, and ended up with a record seven titles in the modern era. white, reached six world finals and lost them all, but was always the crowd favourite. those pictures from 1994. it takes you back. i always look to see what was number one at the time and i was a bit underwhelmed. it was the real thing, by tony depart. i didn't know that one. you might not expect an environmental campaigner to celebrate nearly 60 acres of trees being cut down. but that's what's happening in northumberland right now — because the forest clearance is going to save an ancient peat bog, which traps far more carbon than trees ever could. our chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt has the story. this machine can take down a 20 metre tree in seconds. four of them have been wo