we start with a significant win for premier league champions liverpool, as they beat tottenham 3—1 for their first league victory of 2021 in an incident—packed game. after tottenham had an early goal ruled out by var for offside, liverpool then went ahead on the stroke of half—time, with roberto firmino tapping in from close range. that's their first goal in the league this year. moments into the second half, trent alexander—arnold made it 2—0 after hugo lloris could only parry sadio mane's shot. that sprung the home side back into life, as pierre emile—hojberg scored the goal of the game with this strike from outside the area. mo salah then had a goal ruled out for a handball in the build—up before mane restored liverpool's two—goal advantage. victory movesjurgen klopp's side back above spurs, four points behind league leaders manchester city, having played a game more. manchester united have condemned the racist abuse directed at their players on social media following last night's defeat to sheffield united at old trafford. the winning goal was deflected off axel tuanz

body will now here in appeal from atlanta co trip years alleged transgressions relate to his move from tottenham in 2019 the spanish team argue that the ban given by england's football association unfairly punishes them while benefiting the english national team. placing bets or profiting from bets placed by other. 2020 be remembered for the corona virus pandemic which is far from over restrictions and lock downs have had a huge impact on the younger generation how have they dealt with it and how has it changed their lives our reporters talked to 4 young people living in berlin. if i think of trying to turn. think of. most of my grandson. to get the news you don't know how to. do. so but for the cockeyed. i have. been my friend you must. present. to me often just for me to make sure you think. cool or not believe in demons in the. midst of act in these especially. you can then come to. a lot of my work travel with teaching and performing so since corunna happened it cancelled almost all of it. is shocking to those of. the boy who. committed down the. bus you see as i was to get. the point of whe

it's an uphill battle in the past decade the population of tottenham is doubled to 1500000 mostly due to the rural exodus. the government bad migration to the capital so a growing number now live illegally on the outskirts like all you but ta and he's babbling because the authorities refused to register them the children concerts and government school. professor at the back and said so with us at that at the tightest you might be right some us got the itch at the door and gesture or maybe who was it for you and director and mr to get chemical because after some of the critics who wanted to circle thing were sticks. every morning for you but todd takes the son and daughter to a school run by an ns yard and funded by foreign donations. the school takes in children who are registered with the city but its qualifications are not officially recognized preventing the students from continuing their studies. the n.c.o. also run several nurseries for the children they kurds who work at the local rubbish to. the card we care for 120 children we have nowhere else to god and the number is rising

champions have confirmed to reach chatty tino as their new coach the argentine last coached english side tottenham he replaces thomas to fill the german coach who was recently fired by p.s.g. despite having won the domestic league and cup last season. there was a sense of deja vu. veiling of paris fashion. 20 years after signing for the club as a player and with his head now a little short he's become the man in charge. for the cup he. is an amazing opportunity. again this relationship. with a studio on social media it's a coup for them the arch in time was one of the most in demand coaches in the world and he had been linked with the vacant. germany. no no's the demands of p.s.g. notably winning the champions league that so far eluded them. the. throw freeze. on the. chief. in the same time. of course. i would have to through his coaching at human part to fail to win any trace fees during his 5 years it taught him something in paris that simply. shifting to the. travel knowing that a win would put them on top at least until sunday. when the 67th minute was the difference between the sides he sigh

you know as their new coach a just no talk english side at tottenham hotspur to the champions league final in 29 but was sacked after a poor run of results shortly after and he's not coached a team since arjun time replaces tomas to the german coach who was recently fired by p.s.g. despite having one of the domestic league and he's cup last season. and the wind as late as early saturday games are now over so let's take a look at all the results from match day 14 so far frankfurt indented leverkusen title hopes when you want to berlin to braman gladbach down the bielefeld freiburg of being to hoffenheim cologne at last to the clash between hesher berlin and shaka kicks off soon so it got hosts like fish in a saturday's later game and on sunday dortmund up play a full spark and travel to it by ear. and schalke are hoping to end a run of $29.00 games without a win when they face hard to battle and shortly they're on target to set an unwanted record the longest winless streak of the bundesliga now the current holders of that title are a berlin team called tazz manya who set the record al

club confirmed potato will have to isolate him but his assistants will take charge instead the former tottenham manager was appointed in early january. we're turning to our top story nor can has been eliminated in the 1st round of voting for later of under the moguls c.d.u. party that means conservative friedrichs mats and aman lusha 2 heads germany's most populous state headed for a runoff that's it for me on the new news tank up next to our technology show shift to the role social networks are playing in restricting free speech live get you can always stay up to date on our website that state of me dot com you can follow us on twitter and instagram at the news i'm rebecca reed is in berlin thanks very much for joining us. live earth what is occurring. just a coincidence. where all happened. it's a good bit like winning the lottery. for unique starts feb 11th on d w. young moroccan immigrants. they know the police will stop. the rudest solution. to their flights could be single. player. using not an option shattered dreams starts january 18th on t.w. . twitter facebook the enormous power of so

last night's game against tottenham was called off while sunday's match at home to everton is also now off. the olympic hurdles champion brianna mcneal has been eggs of all opted to give themselves more time to prepare, the grand final at the end of the season will still be held on the 9th of october. the olympic hurdles champion brianna mcneal has been provisionally suspended for a violation of anti—doping rules. the charge relates to the tampering or attempted tampering with the testing process. it carries a ban of up to four years, but because mcneal has been banned in the past that could be doubled to 8 years. world number 13 dave gilbert is through to the semi—finals at snooker�*s masters — for the second time in two years at the tournament. he came from behind to force a decider against kyren wilson, to win the match 6—5. tonight defending champion stuart bingham takes on shaun murphy, live on bbc two and the bbc sport website. now he has a tough task ahead of him, he's now the manager of montreal in canada, but due to the pandemic he has no idea with the new seasonis p

crawley town beat leeds united 3—0 and injust under an hour, non—league marine get the chance to knockout tottenham hotspur. richard askam is at marine's ground and has been talking to former liverpool and marine youth player, jason mcateer. welcome player, jason mcateer. to the marine arena. it is cold welcome to the marine arena. it is cold and wet but it isn't going to dampen the spirits at all. such a huge occasion. i am joined byjason mcateer who played for this club and went on to play for liverpool. thanks forjoining us. put into context for us, somebody who knows this club well, how big a day versus four marine. it is massive, for the players is a great opportunity to players is a great opportunity to play against some of the greatest players in europe. from that aspect, isa players in europe. from that aspect, is a great day for the players and the staff, but for a football club in these current times, the financial rewards, even if it isn't as big as it could have been, it is massive. all round, is a winner.m really is. jersey marine isn't going to put out his first 11 but there are super

as their new coach you know took the english side tottenham hotspur to the champions world in 2019 but was sacked after a core run of results shortly after and has not coached a team. of the argentine replaces it thomas to a german coach who was recently fired by p.s.g. despite having won the domestic league and cup. susan. and the band as late as early saturday games are now over so let's take a look at all the results from match day 14 so far frankfurt a dented labor couzens title hopes when you're on a bear and then a bit to bremen gladbach and down below fells freiburg of you to huff and hi i'm cologne lost at 2 al's bar and the clash between head to berlin and shaka is underway mr carr host lives in saturday's later game and on sunday dortmund player will spark and minds travel to byron is if he doesn't use them from berlin i'm clear it's a dent thanks so much for joining us. lee di yes it is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make super screen or how can we pretend to have a chance we can make a difference to the engineers the mental series again maybe. do you d

at least this love have the cash from their cup tie against tottenham but government rules been there not apply —— allowed to play again. all clubs at their level habits and a questionnaire this week asking of the season should end. some feel the football association should have had a plan. football association should have had a lan. ., , , ., , football association should have had alan. ., football association should have had alan. football association should have had a plan. there appears to be no forward planning _ a plan. there appears to be no forward planning from - a plan. there appears to be no forward planning from the - a plan. there appears to be no forward planning from the fa. | a plan. there appears to be no - forward planning from the fa. that is two _ forward planning from the fa. that is two seasons where volunteers have put lime, _ is two seasons where volunteers have put time, effort, commitment into trying _ put time, effort, commitment into trying to— put time, effort, commitment into trying to keep the game going at our level _ trying to keep the game going

tom: i think we get out until tottenham slides back into first place, and that ain't happening. lisa: when people say, stop it already with the sabbatical talk. tom: ferro thought the show shut down because he wasn't here. lisa: he was watching the dow points, are you kidding? jonathan: lisa sent me a message every morning at about 7:04, and the subject said, "please come back." [laughter] alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. ignoring tom keene. tom: the dow is up 211 point. jonathan: s&p 500 futures are up 27. in the bond market, yields are higher, the curve is steeper. the main event is in washington, d.c., when we hear from janet yellen, soon to be treasury secretary of the united states of america. heard on bloomberg radio, seen on bloomberg tv, i am pretty sure j (announcer) back pain hurts, and it's frustrating. you can spend thousands on drugs, doctors, devices, and mattresses, and still not get relief. now there's aerotrainer by golo, the ergonomically correct exercise breakthrough that cradles your body so you can stretch and strengthen your core

tottenham are currently three points behind united, after beating bottom club sheffield united 3—1. tanguy ndombele scoring the pick of the goals, with this sublime flick. we will keep you updated throughout the afternoon. we will keep you updated throughout the afternoon. rangers winning run of 15 successive scottish premiership matches has come to a surpirse end, as they were held to a 1—1 draw by stuggling motherwell. jim lumsden reports. bottom against top. with the runaway premiership leaders looking to widen the gap over celtic to 23 points. motherwell took a surprise early lead at ibrox in december, before eventually losing, and after 20 minutes today, devante cole put his side ahead. the perfect start to the first home game in change for the new manager graham alexander. but that shocked steven gerrard's side into action. morelos so close to an eleventh goal of the season. just inches wide. motherwell then spent the rest of the first half on the back foot but held out. after the break, more of the same followed. with devante the scorer saving his side's bacon. rangers' win

tottenham are up to third in the premier league. it comes as a third match in england's top flight this week was postponed due to coronavirus outbreaks. harry kane and son heung min both on the score sheet in a 3—0 win over leeds, the two linking up brilliantly once again, to leave them four points off league leaders liverpool and manchester united. their north london rivals arsenal won a third game in a row beating west brom 4—0. crystal palace also won, as brighton and wolves played out a 3—3 draw. fulham's match with burnley tomorrow is off due to the ongoing outbreak in the squad. champions exeter slipped to their first league defeat of the season losing 3a points to five, while gloucester are bottom of rugby union's premiership, a match marred by a brawl in the final minute. ben croucher reports. with the dawn to 2021, a refreshing twist to a familiar tale where last year exeter barged past all before them, including wasps. you typically had to look really hard for weaknesses in their game. keep looking and wasps found on

triffitt was punished by the english football association after information linked to his move from tottenham in 2019 was used by associates for betting purposes a game in portugal's top league between santa clara and benfica was called off and when you see these pictures we're about to show you i think you'll understand why the rain was absolutely pouring down making conditions very unpleasant for the players and the officials and the referee while he'd had enough after just 5 minutes and he complained and he called off the match as everyone went back in to take cover the game will now be played on monday and hopefully in much drier weather now says cricket now and have made a measurable start to the 2nd test against south africa in johannesburg the tourists were dismissed for just 157 and make no kid in destructive form taking 6 wickets with south africa ending the day on 148 for one in response the prices that lead the team match series one nil next up for sure anchor after that or a south africa is a 2 test series at home against england and their opponents have arrived in preparation the

birmingham city have pulled out of tomorrow's wsl match at tottenham — because of a shortage of players. the club say they had just 10 players fit, due to injuries and one positive covid—19 result. the football association denied their request to postpone the game. three other wsl games have been postponed this weekend due to coronavirus cases. some cricket from sydney to show you, before we talk about england's preparations in sri lanka. and this really is some amazing fielding. there were three run—outs in the indian innings. this the most spectacular as australia'sjosh hazlewood dismissed hanuma vihari. well worth another look. picking the ball up and getting the direct hit in one motion. india were all out for 244, while australia closed on 103 for two in their second innings. giving them a lead of 197 after day three of the third test. the series is level at 1—1. so to england now — and all rounder chris woakes has rejoined the squad after completing a period of self isolation. he was deemed a close contact to moeen ali, who tested positive in sri lanka. woakes will meet up

manager, scott parker, says it‘s scandalous his side are being made to play their rearranged fixture with tottenham tomorrow, having only been given two days notice. fulham and spurs were due to meet last month, but the match was postponed at short notice after covid hit the fulham squad. and with villa unable to fulfil their fixture with spurs tomorrow, fulham were asked to play instead. the premier league says discussions with them began on saturday. the spurs manager, jose mourinho, says postponents due to covid are giving the league little choice but to play games when they can. the biggest impact is to have meshes postponed. that is the biggest impact. ——have matches postponed. the changing of the matches, the impact is also minimal. you only have to play 19 matches at home and 19 matches away. you have to play two matches against every team. if this is to help the premier league to go enhance properly, i think this is a solution we all have to accept. dundee united striker lawrence shankland scored a stunning goal to earn his side a 2—2 draw against stjohnstone. the result leaves united

among today's ties, marine are taking on the eight—time winners tottenham. they are separated by seven divisions and there's a gulf in the standard of the facilities too. it isa it is a tight little ground, they will come in off the road and get changed in the bar area, because of covid restrictions. it is three—sided, very tight ground, houses on two sides, big stand behind one of the goals. it is a proper non—league ground, which most non—league grounds at our level are like. and that match is live on match of the day — kick off at 5 o'clock — and before that on bbc1, it's crawley town against leeds united, at 1.30. rangers can put even more daylight betwen themselves and celtic at the top of the scottish premiership later — they're away to aberdeen. and there was very nearly a major upset in the second round of the scottish cup yesterday. dundee were taken to extra time by bonnyrigg rose of the lowland league — who actually went ahead twice, with two penalties from lee currie. however, dundee equalised and osman sow made it 3—2 in the 112t

tottenham hotspur are at non—league marine. that match follows the news on bbc one. brighton play at league two newport later. after a raft of covid positives and injuries across the women's super league, five matches were called off this weekend. the only game to go ahead was at reading, where champions chelsea ran out easy winners. england striker fran kirby scored four of their goals in the 5—0 win that sees them move up to second in the table behind manchester united. the third test in sydney was stopped for ten minutes on day four, after india alleged that a section of australian supporters had racially abused one of their players. six fans were ejected by police. india had also lodged a formal complaint yesterday after another incident. australia are on top in the match, as they look to go 2—1 up in the series. there was a great result for british skier dave ryding at the latest world cup event in switzerland. he took bronze in the slalom. aafter his first run in adelboden, he was down in eighth, but the 34—year—old made it onto the podium for only the

they‘re taking on eight—time winners tottenham later. the clubs are separated by seven divisions, and there‘s a gulf in the standard of the facilities too. fan dave cooney will be watching from his garden, which backs onto the pitch, and we asked him exactly how close he would be. close enough to rufflejose mourinho‘s her! if you see just behind me now, literally i am putting my hand... the subs will be running up along here, gareth bale. when i bought the house, it was a massive bonus, but everyone in the area, crosby, supports marine. it is area, crosby, supports marine. it is a fantastic community club, you know? i would love to see him ruffle me‘s hair! six spectators were removed from the sydney cricket ground on day four of the third test, after india‘s mohammed siraj complained to the umpires about comments from the crowd. cricket australia have launched an investigation into that and claims of racist abuse on the previous day. in the match, australia are closing in on victory. they declared on 312—6 after all—rounder

marine's ground is a world away from tottenham's new palatial home, and its capacity ofjust over 3,000. a function suite will be spurs' dressing room. while on the pitch it's all about the neighbours. jose mourinho is going to be in for a massive eye—opener when he comes to marine on sunday. he can literally turn round over his shoulder and chat away to the neighbours if he wants to. if the ball goes over the fence on our side, you just wait for a crash, in case it's gone through to their greenhouse or something like that! there is a sense of sadness that, for this biggest match in their history, the neighbours will have to keep their distance on this occasion and no fans will be allowed at the game. and to recoup some of the £100,000 the club could potentially have made, they are selling virtual tickets for a tenner, as a souvenir perhaps? spurs fans have been buying these as well. while one of marine's most famous footballing neighbours this week chipped in himself to sponsor the dugouts after the previous one pulled out. i'm glad to be involved. i think it's going to a unique occ

tottenham host brentford in the league cup semifinal this evening, while tomorrow, in the other match, it's the manchester derby at old trafford. manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer says he knows that watching sport is keeping fans going during these difficult times. we are privileged to be able to play football and with the protocols that we are working under, hopefully, we can continue. i think mentally, for many, it would be a release to watch games now, especially when we are in full lockdown again. so hopefully we can continue, but we know that we have to work hard to stay within the rules and guidelines and we are doing our best to keep the show on the road. the first race of the formula one season, the australian grand prix, is in doubt because of covid restrictions in the country. it's due to take place in melbourne from 19th to 21st of march. the organisers are in talks with the australian government and f1 bosses, with the governement insisting it will prioritise public health. australia continues to maintain strict quarantine rules on international arrivals. last

wednesday's game against tottenham had already been postponed. sunday's match at home to everton has now been called off. wales will be without fullback liam williams for their six nations opener against ireland in cardiff on february the 7th. he's been banned for three games for his red card in scarlets' proia defeat by cardiff blues on saturday. he was sent off for a dangerous entry into a ruck. i'll have more for you in the next hour. plenty more on the website throughout the afternoon. thank you, john. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. i'mjane hill to take you through the afternoon we develop and surround coronavirus. we will talk about events in the united states as well, with president trump and impeachment. let's start with news around the vaccine. let's get more on the news that some high—street pharmacies in england have started vaccinating people from priority groups, with 200 providing jabs in the next two weeks. our news correpsondent, graham satchell, has been visiting one of the pharmacies involved. we are in superdrug in

substitute alfie devine made his debut and at 16 years and 163 days old, he became tottenham's youngest player and goalscorer. manchester city swept aside birmingham city from the championship. bernardo silva scored twice inside the first 15 minutes at the etihad stadium. 3—0 the final score there. chelsea put four past morecambe from the fourth tier. they fielded a pretty strong side, and it was mason mount who opened the scoring for them. timo werner, callum hudson—odoi and record signing kai havertz were the other scorers. after three games without a win in the league this would have been a morale boosterfor frank lampard's side. australian cricket's governing body has apologised to india and is investigating claims that visiting players were subjected to racist abuse by spectators during the third test in sydney. police ejected six fans on day four after india's mohammed siraj told umpires that he had been abused while fielding on the boundary. india had also lodged a formal complaint at the end of day three. all—rounder ravi ashwin says the team has received abuse at the grou

sharon from tottenham is studying history and spanish. herfamily, of eritrean origin, have come to visit. growing up, cambridge always was seen as something so, like, unattainable, but it was always, like, a goalfor you, you always wanted to go to cambridge. i feel like cambridge is very welcoming. and she's, like, representing for eritrea, there's not that many eritreans that go to cambridge. i came, just this short time in this country, and i never dreamed that my daughter would go to cambridge. but it'sjust a dream. thank you, sharon, for making me proud as a mum. i think you do get a sense that you are different. it doesn't feel bad, but it'sjust something that you do have to kind ofjust think about, just be like... you know, if you enter certain, like, classes, you might be the only person of colour there. you might be the only black face there, you might be the only one with your hair there. do you know what i mean? your hair? yeah! what do you mean by that? you know, like, my big, curly hair! afro hair? yeah, like some of my friend

all are understood to have occurred in july 2019, around the time of the 30—year—old's move from tottenham to atletico. however, the spanish club subsequently lodged an appeal against the ban, which will now be reviewed by fifa. england's cricketers have arrived in sri lanka, for their two—test tour, amid strict coronavirus checks. a charter flight landed in the south of the island, where all members of the party and their belongings were sprayed with disinfectant, before everyone underwent a rapid covid—i9 test — all came back negative. they'll now isolate in individual hotel rooms and if they test negative again on tuesday morning, they'll be able to train ahead of the first match on the 14th. england abandoned a tour of sri lanka in march on the second day of a practice match, as the pandemic spread. and england's next opponents, sri lanka, are currently touring south africa. on the opening day of their second test in johannesburg, they were bowled out forjust 157. anrich nortje taking six wickets for 56 runs. sri lankan opener kusal perera top scoring for the tourists with 60. so

birmingham city have pulled out of tomorrow's wsl match at tottenham, because of a shortage of players. the club say they had just ten players fit, due to injuries and one positive covid—i9 result. the football association denied their request to postpone the game. three other wsl games have been postponed this weekend due to coronavirus cases. there have been fresh doubts over the already delayed olympic games this week. as it stands, it'll go ahead injuly, despite a third wave of cases in tokyo. but how are athletes coping with the uncertainty? they are still allowed to train in this lockdown, but doing that is one of many challenges, asjoe lynskey reports. you won it, kelly! you've won it! it looks like it could be — adlington's going to be the gold medallist. mo farah, gold for great britain again! tokyo still waits to make 0lympic memories. the 2020 games are on hold and british athletes have to reach their peak in a lockdown. so, dai greene's way to the far east is through a farm in the east midlands. he's turned it into his own gym. i was in the giant green shed that they've

we'll tell you who's joined tottenham in the final. i was just right up at the phone a few minutes ago at one point a man tells this iphone through a megaphone so he could play out president terms message. afterwards he shouted to the megaphone faces commander—in—chief. he's telling us to go home, go home. some people said they were but then a man extra said they were but then a man extra said they were but then a man extra said they trump supporters to go home. those of us who are real constitutionalist, we should stay because we have a duty to defend democracy against election fraud. that's a situation right now. as the evening falls here outside the capital. as you know the mayor has called a curfew for six p:m.. so barbara we have had reports from inside the capital saying they plan to stay here all night to stop the certification ofjoe biden as the next president of the united states you say as darkness falls the crowd is thinning out where you are do you think their plan all along was to breach security at the capital? it's d

cloudy skies will invade across northern ireland this afternoon as well as northern and western tottenham where we have got some rain falling onto frozen surfaces. some snow over the hills. still i say, that will be a risk throughout the day. where we see the sunshine, although temperatures will not rise very high, it is where we had the snow yesterday, so much brighter, stained bright east of the grampians. temperatures recovering a bit in scotland. that is because we have got the atlantic influence. that atlantic influence with its cloud, rain, health noble dress outwards and tend to weaken through the night. caldaire follows in behind, with snow showers returning and frosty conditions. even where we have got the weather front, the ground is frozen so still icy conditions, and rain falling onto frozen surfaces is not good. it will be cold and frosty in the south—west and freezing fog again under this ridge of high pressure. that it we shall keep a lot of fine unsettled weather in southern areas. a kent like we are seeing today, more breeze in the north flowing and some further patches

there's one game in the english premier league on thursday, with tottenham at home to liverpool. the defending champions will drop to 6th in the table, below spurs, if they lose. liverpool's fa cup defeat at manchester united on sunday means they go into the game with only one win in 7 matches in all competitions. they've also failed to score in their last four league games. we will fight hard, and we will be positive with the positive things and we will be critical of the not so positive things, that's what we do. i know people expect me to be in a bad mood or whatever, i'm not stop ea take the situation how it is and make sure that we are ready for a fight. staying with sport, just want to bring you back to those live pictures we have got at the moment, yannick bestaven coming and third over the line but he won because of a ten hour time bonus for helping rescue another competitor back in november when his boat was folded in half by a giant wave about 600 nautical miles of the cape of good hope. so, wonderful sense of celebrations there in front and many, many congratulations t

it's at adam's park as championship strugglers wycombe wanderers take on tottenham hotspur. conor mcnamara is on commentary duty for 5 live and joins me now. really enjoyed the fa cup over the weekend. first up, conor, wycomnbe haven't played for a couple of weeks because of a covid outbreak. has gareth ainsworth got a full strength squad to choose from? he says he has over 20 players available. he's a huge fan ofjose mourinho, who thinks of himself as a bit of a maverick of a manager. he's a small compared to gareth ainsworth. he is mr rock and roll when it comes to manager. he's a long—haired, leatherjacket wearing, long—haired, leather jacket wearing, orange long—haired, leatherjacket wearing, orange mustang driving, lead singer and guitarist in a rock band. he's not your regular manager,

there's a big game tonight — the champions liverpool go to tottenham looking for their first win in five games in the premier league. jurgen klopp�*s side have slipped to fifth in the table, only a point above spurs and have only scored once in the league since that 7—0 win at crystal palace before christmas. the crystal palace before christmas. challenge is absol a lwa ys the challenge is absolutely fine, always a challenge, but it is how you approach it and we are in it. we are not happy about the situation but we think we can sort it, whatever. that's what we do. we will fight. england's paul casey has got off to a flying start at the dubai desert classic this morning. he birdied the first, 4 holes of his opening round to go straight to the top of the leaderboard. even when he was in trouble, he managed to rescue himself and was five under after seven holes. butjust a birdie and a bogey followed, which means he lies fifth, a shot off the leaders. england's cricketers are locked down in quarantine in india as they get ready for their test series. they arrived in chennai from sri la

totte n ha m tottenham playful fulham this week. i don't even celebrate goals. because of the var. i believe the players can do a little bit more of the same. organsiers of the tokyo olympics say they will make a decision on whether to admit fans to events in february or march. in february or march. the games have been delayed for a year because of the pandemic, and are scheduled to take place at the end ofjuly. a state of emergency has been called in tokyo amid ecent rising infection rates. the british olympic association have said british athletes should notjump the queue in receiving vaccinations. the australian cricket captain, tim payne, has defended steve smith over claims that he deliberately scuffed up the crease duing scuffed up the crease during the third test match with india. smith was seen on the stump camera scraping the crease with his boot during the drinks break — something that the former england captain michael vaughan said was very, very poor. smith, remember, was banned over his part in australia's sandpaper scandal, but his captain says he's done nothing wro

earlier champions chelsea thrashed tottenham 4—0. german midfielder melanie leupolz opened the scoring with the pick of the goals, she also scored a penalty. as it stands they'll stay top ahead of manchester united on goal difference. paul casey has won the dubai desert classic, his first tour title in 14 months. the englishman finished four shots ahead of the south african brandon stone after a two—under parfinal round. the four—time ryder cup player has now put himself in contention for a fifth call—up when europe face the united states later this year. it's casey's 15th tour title and his first since 2019. 15 wins is a pretty cool, i wanted 15. 2019 was the last and ijust wanted that 15th. it is one of the coolest trophies in golf. there are smaller, there are more important, but it is one of the iconic trophies, without doubt and i am very thankful to be able to do what i do and still be out here playing golf. we had some fans this week, so to have something like this happen, hopefully that can bring happiness to other peop

with harry kane off injured, tottenham needed to respond very quickly and, boy, did hojbjerg get the memo. what a way to score your first goal for the club! this was frenetic. mo salah thought he'd scored, but var ruled it out for handball. liverpool though were unperturbed and mane got the goal he deserved. finished off by sadio mane brilliantly. 3—1 liverpool, then, and in a season of twists and turns, the champions look to be getting their groove back. natalie pirks, bbc news. the main difference between this game and other games is that we scored the goals. that helps massively, not only for results, but for the momentum in the game. so it's like, you try and you try and you try, and you miss massive chances against burnley and people below, and you think, 0k, great. 0bviously, we'll have to wait a little bit longer for this kind of stuff. and tonight we knocked the wall down. the loss of harry kane is a real blow for spurs — he was taken off at half time with injuries to both ankles and jose mourinho says his captain is likely to miss the next few weeks. two a n kles. the fi

there are two more games tonight, including fulham's game against tottenham. it's a game that was hastily re—arranged after being postponed at the end of december because of the pandemic. fulham boss scott parker said it was "scandalous" that the game was only confirmed on monday, but there's little sympathy from his opposite number tonight. do we want to finish the season or no? do we want football to keep going or no? do we want to be the only country in europe without football or no? do we want the end of the season with a champion, with relegations, with cup winners, or do we not? that is the main question. sor) the masters snooker continues in milton keynes today, the three time world champion mark selby is out one of the pre tournament favourites he failed to get out of this snooker as he lost to stephen maguire. selby has also been talking about his own mental health, and the effect that his father's death had on him at the age of 16. ijust had a friend of the family who was sort of my coach as well for a period of time when i was younger who took me

tottenham missed the chance to move into the top four of the english premier league on wednesday. they were held to a 1—1 draw by fulham. harry kane's header in the first half for spurs gave them the ideal start in the rearranged fixture, but fulham had other ideas. ivan cavaleiro scored a late header to earn them a point, in their fifth successive league draw. concerns about the spread of coronavirus in the uk continue to dog the premier league, here's the spurs boss, jose mourinho. do we want to finish the season or... do we want football to — to keep going or not? do we want to be the only country in europe without football or not? do we want the end of the season with a champion, with a cup winner, with relegation, with europe, or, we don't? that's the main — that's the main question. to tennis now, and aryna sabalenka won her third straight tour title and 15th straight match, beating veronika kudermetova in straight sets to take the title in abu dhabi. the fourth—seeded belarusian was last defeated in the fourth round of the french open in october, and her win will mo

results from the premier league, as tottenham look to gain ground on the leaders, but can they secure victory over fulham 7 good evening. with just a few days left after four tumultous years in power, donald trump has just become the first president in us history to be impeached twice. members of the us house of representatives have formally charged him with inciting insurrection, after last week's deadly assault by his supporters on the capitol. the impeachment vote was to decide whether or not the president should stand trial. the answer was yes. so donald trump will now go on trial in the upper house, the senate. it is not sure when. donald trump is one ofjust three presidents to be impeached, and the only one to be impeached twice. the vote took place in the last half—hour. our north america editor, jon sopel, has the very latest on this extraordinary development. sophie, this time last wednesday, there was a riot going on in congress. today, donald trump has been impeached for a second time. this time next wednesday, joe biden will be president. whatever donald trump hoped woul

in the match under way at the moment tottenham lead 3—1 at bottom club sheffield united. later, manchester city take on crystal palace. rangers winning run of 15 successive scottish premiership matches has come to a surpirse end, as they were held to a 1—1 draw by stuggling motherwell. jim lumsden reports. bottom against top. with a runway premiership leaders looking to widen the gap over celtic to 23 points. motherwell took a surprise early lead at ibrox in december, before eventually losing, and after 20 minutes today, cole put his side ahead. the perfect start to a first home game in change for the new manager. but that shocked gerrard's side into action.— side into action. inches wide. motherwell — side into action. inches wide. motherwell then _ side into action. inches wide. motherwell then spent - side into action. inches wide. motherwell then spent the i side into action. inches wide. i motherwell then spent the rest of the first half on the back foot but held out, after break more of the same followed. with the scorer saving his side's bacon. rangers winnin

for plane separating the leaders from tottenham who are fifth, spurs 13—1 a bottom club sheffield united. there are now 72 tennis players confined to the hotel room ahead of next month's australian open following a positive coronavirus test result on the third charter flight. some players expressed frustration at the confinements, but there are also thousands of australians annoyed that they have not been able to return home because of travel restrictions. adam wilde reports. tennis training in hotel quarantine, this is how many of the world's greatest players are having to prepare for the first grand slam of the year. everyone arriving into australia has to isolate in hotels for 1a days. that includes all 1200 players and coaches. they were, though, given special dispensation to leave for five hours training a day. but after three flights arrived with someone who tested positive, all 72 players aboard are now forbidden to leave their rooms at all. this happens going ahead, and we will continue to do the best we can possibly do to ensure those players have what is not a great situation,

earlier champions chelsea thrashed tottenham 4—0. german midfielder melanie leupolz opened the scoring with the pick of the goals, she also scored a penalty. they will stay top because of a much better goal difference than manchester united. there was a dramatic ending to the copa libertadores final in rio dejaneiro as palmeiras beat fierce brazilian rivals santos i—0 with a late late winner. a largely uneventful match, looked destined for extra time but in the fifth minute of injury time, the santos coach cuca was sent off for stopping a palmeiras throw in. that seemed harsh when he appeared to bejust picking the ball up, that sparked a mellee and when play resumed, palmeiras conjured the winner, a great cross headed home by substiture breno lopes. around 5,000 fans were inside the maracana by special invitation of sponsors and the clubs as palmeiras celebrated only their second copa libertadores title, their first since 1999. paul casey has won the dubai desert classic, his first tour title in 14 months. the englishman finished f

coming up on sportsday on bbc news: six weeks ago lioverpool and tottenham were first and second in the league — they both meet in the premier league tonight outside the top four and in search of a win to maintain their title challenge. a court has rejected an appeal from russia's opposition leader, alexei navalny, against his arrest. he denounced his detention as "demonstratively illegal". he was detained for 30 days on the 17th january — for not complying with a suspended sentence — when he flew back to moscow from berlin, where he had been recovering from a near—fatal nerve agent attack in russia last august. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. from insidejail, via video link, the kremlin's most ferocious critic demanded his freedom. alexei navalny told a court his arrest was illegal, an attempt to scare him and his supporters. it wouldn't work, he added, we are the majority. the judge dismissed his appeal. more pressure. police raiding mr navalny�*s anti—corruption organisation. it had posted this video of mr navalny accusing vladimir putin of building hims

coming up in the sport on bbc news, a worry for tottenham and england after a double injury for harry kane. he only lasted half the match in their defeat to liverpool. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be more than 89% effective in trials, and is the first that has proven to be effective against the new variant identified as circulating widely in the uk. the novavax jab is made by an american company, and it still has to be approved by medicines regulators, but the government has already ordered 60 million doses, much of the manufacturing is being done in stockton on tees. our health correspondent anna collinson reports. at a time when many needed a boost it is hoped another powerful weapon against the coronavirus is within reach. new data suggest the novavax vaccine offers strong protection, with results described as spectacular. more than 15,000 volunteers took part in the large uk trial. crucially, over half of the covid—19 cases recorded came from the variant found in the uk. with an overall efficacy of 89%, it could b

could we see our first upset, jose mourinho will be hoping that is not the case, when he takes his tottenham team to second—tier strugglers wycombe wanderers. i team to second-tier strugglers wycombe wanderers.- team to second-tier strugglers wycombe wanderers. i would like to make some _ wycombe wanderers. i would like to make some changes. _ wycombe wanderers. i would like to make some changes. but - wycombe wanderers. i would like to make some changes. but yes, | to make some changes. but yes, we go with the whole group, because we know that we have a difficult match, and we don't want to throw away any competition, if we lose the competition, if we lose the competition, if we are knocked out of some competition, it has to be because we were not good enough, not because we didn't face the game with respect. find face the game with respect. and finall to face the game with respect. and finally to some _ face the game with respect. and finally to some remarkable pictures from the cross—country skiing world cup meeting in finland. an extraordinary conclusion to the men's four x 7.5 kilo

champions chelsea are at home to tottenham. and are leading 2—0 thanks to this cracking strike from germany midfielder melanie leupolz and the second from denmark striker pernille harder. not great keeping there. these are live pictures from kingsmeadow. you can watch this on the bbc sport website. chelsea are top of the table on goal difference from manchester united, but have won their last eight and haven't lost a wsl game for two years. there was a dramatic ending to the copa libertadores final in rio dejaneiro as palmeiras beat fierce brazilian rivals santos 1—0 — with a late late winner a largely uneventful match looked destined for extra time but in the fifth minute of injury time, the santos coach cuca was sent off for stopping a palmeiras throw in, that seemed harsh, when he appeared to bejust picking the ball up, that sparked a mellee. and when play resumed, palmeiras conjured the winner, a great cross headed home by substiture breno lopes. around 5,000 fans were inside the maracana by special invitation of spon

will have to isolate his assistants will take charge instead the former tottenham manager was appointed in general. some american football now and the new york jets have made history after reaching an agreement in principle to hiring roberts who is the new head coach so that would become the 1st muslim to take charge of an n.f.l. team according to lobby group council of american islamic relations the lebanese american was previously defensive coordinator with the san francisco 49 ers hoping to turn them into another link to finance the 41 year old has a big task ahead the last time the jets might be n.f.l. playoffs was during the 2010 cities. and a rather bizarre anniversary coming up this week in the 100th anniversary of the soaring a person in half illusion is performed here to great effect by the world's famous american magician david copperfield 100 years ago ungenerous 7 think the illusionist is a bit put woman in a box in london and sword walk through the board creating classic magic tricks. from around the world will get together online this sunday to celebrate this intent of tha

well, the goal celebrations were much more muted among tottenham's players as harry kane put them in front against fulham. but fulham players certainly didn't hide theirjoy after ivan cavaleiro brought them level in the second half. 1—1 the final score. celtic�*s chief executive peter lawwell has apologised for the club's controversial training camp in dubai, which he admits was a mistake. neil lennon and his squad returned from training in the middle east on friday, with defender christopherjullien subsequently testing positive for covid—19, causing lennon and 13 players to self—isolate. this year's women's six nations has been postponed, with the pandemic forcing organisers to push the tournament back until later in the year. there's no confirmed start date as yet. england were grand slam champions but as the only professional side, france seen here — semi professional and with others amateur, it creates problems around testing and bubbles for the other nations. april or may are now the most likely dates. here's our sports reporterjo currie. this is very much an announcem

wednesday's game against tottenham had already been postponed. sunday's match at home to everton has now been called off. government ministerjulian knight has suggested the staging of this year's postponed european championships across 12 different countries might not be possible. having been pushed back a year, the tournament kicks of in rome onjune11th. knight, in his role as chair of the digital, culture, media and sport committee, has questioned the wisdom of continuing with the current format. glasgow, dublin, st petersburg and baku are also set to stage matches. uefa were reported to be considering a single—host format. knight also described as "brainless" the scenes of players celebrating, in direct contravention of covid—19 protocols. the premier league is to meet club managers and captains to discuss the lack of adherence to the rules. there was little evidence of compliance when manchester city beat brighton 1—0 — phil foden with the goal — to move up to third place in the table, and manager pep guardiola said he didn't know i

tottenham play fulham tomorrow, a fixture rearranged after an outbreak in the fulham squad. the spurs managerjose mourinho says they‘re all adapting. i don‘t even celebrate goals. because of the var. i adapt iadapti i adapt i went on a certain direction of controlling emotions that i believe the players can also doa that i believe the players can also do a little bit of the same. organsiers of the tokyo olympics say they will make a decision on whether to admit fans to events in february or march. the games have been delayed for a year because of the pandemic, and are scheduled to take place at the end ofjuly. a state of emergency has been called in tokyo amid ecent ——recent rising infection rates. the british olympic association have said british athletes should notjump the queue in receiving vaccinations. the masters, one of the biggest events in snooker is continuing this afternoon with former champion neil robertson in first round action at the moment. he‘s up against china‘s yan bingtao in milton keynes, and leads 3—1 at the mid—session interval, and the

stricter coronavirus protocols were introduced by the premier league today as the tottenham manager jose mourinho urged the league to avoid further postponments. three top flight matches have been called off, with doubts now hanging over spurs next league game with aston villa. mourinho fears fixture congestion could prove detrimental to their title ambitions. i think it is a moment for the premier league to show leadership and to make decisions, decisions we re and to make decisions, decisions were of course a club like us that is trying everything to him every day to follow the rules, we cannot be punished if we don't play against aston villa, we will have three matches postponed and that is impossible because after the season, we have the euros and of course the euros are not going to be moved. manchester city women's continental cup tie against chelsea on wednesday has been postponed because of the outbreak in city's squad. four players at city tested positive for covid—19 earlier in the week, following a festive trip to dubai, with tomorrow's wsl match against west ham already cal