and there is one more premier league for you this evening, manchester city against crystal palace. that's all from sportsday. and now, time for afghanistan and the us. thanks for watching. 2,500 us troops were due to have pulled out of afghanistan this week — the beginning of the end of america's war in the country. it's part of a deal signed between the trump administration and the taliban in february last year — according to which it's been agreed that all foreign forces will leave afghanistan this spring. peace talks are taking place between the afghan government and the taliban, but it's unclear if and when they might result in a resolution. all this comes against the backdrop of a significant surge in violence. dozens of afghans are being killed every day. the conflict has resulted in acute poverty and hunger. there are fears that, once all international forces leave, the taliban might be back in power in the country. i met afghanistan's vice president, amrullah saleh, and began by asking him if this was the right time for us troops to be leaving. we believe the mission is

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 lanka yesterday and players immediately went into four days of isolating on their own. the first of four tests starts a week on friday so players have been given work—out regimes to do on their own in their hotel rooms. bowlerjimmy anderson says he's using it as an opportunity to get better. i really thrive on tryi

palace against bottom side sheffield united. jeff schlupp gave palace an early lead — before this fine effort from eze. taking the ball from his own half, evading several challenges before cooly slotting home against the hapless united defence. the win takes them up to 12th — sheffield united are 6 points adrift, and still after their first victory. elsewhere, brighton and wolves drew 3—3 in a cracking game on the south coast. brighton went ahead early but they were 3—1 down at the break. romain saiss heading in the first of wolves three goals. but the home side were much better in the second half. this equaliser from brighton captain lewis dunk enough to share the points. one more match in the premier league to come arsenal take on west brom with mikel arteta looking for his third win in a row after a poor run of form. and another thing to mention — the former spurs manager, mauricio pochettino — has been confirmed as manager of french champions paris saint germain. pochettino left tottenham just over a year ago wit

they are currently playing crystal palace to see if they can move of the champions, and it is 1—0 at the moment. john stones' header put them ahead a minute ago. manchester united still top of the premier league after what was billed as the biggest game of the season so far ended up in a rather disappointing goalless draw. the fans may not be there, the atmosphere is not the same, but liverpool against manchester united is just as big liverpool against manchester united isjust as big of liverpool against manchester united is just as big of an occasion, liverpool against manchester united isjust as big of an occasion, and this season, it means that little bit more. almost a year ago to the day, liverpool were 30 points ahead of their red rivals, but right now, united are the team to catch. bruno fernandes has been one of their standout players all season, and he was inches away from giving his side the lead at anfield. that free kick slid just outside of the post. but against this liverpool team, you can't sit back and relax. the break from mo until late in the second half, fernandes

time to quickly recap the score at the etihad. 1—0 to manchester city over crystal palace at the moment as it stands. they will be moving to second in the premier league behind manchester united, and ahead of champions liverpool. thanks forjoining us this sunday evening. that�*s all from us. have a very good end to your weekend. goodbye. hello. the weather will be making the headlines this week. some snow later in the week, but before that, lots of rain to come. we see the first signs are that pushing in from the south—west across south—west england and wales in the west country during monday. ahead of that, some sunshine and if few showers, particularly in scotland, which could be a little heavy and wintry over the hills in the north too. 5—7 for many, milder in the south—west, where it turns misty together with that reign. overnight, continuing into tuesday and wednesday, the rain willjust mount up. heavy rain developing across england and in particular, especially in the hills. the risk of flooding as well. at the moment, we have an amber met office warning for heavy rain.

palace against bottom side sheffield united. jeff schlupp gave palace an early lead before this fine effort from eze, taking the ball from his own half, evading several challenges before cooly slotting home against the hapless united defence. the win takes them up to 12th, sheffield united are 6 points adrift, and still after their first victory. two more results to follow in the premier league today. wolves are currently in action against brighton where its 3—1 to wolves at the amex. then later, arsenal take on west brom with mikel arteta looking for his third win in a row after a poor run of form. and another thing to mention, the former spurs manager, mauricio pochettino has been confirmed as manager of french champions paris saint germain. pochettino left tottenham just over a year ago — with plenty of speculation on where the argentinian would move to since leaving spurs. pochettino was a psg player between 2001 and 2003 and has signed a contract to take charge untiljune 2022. wasps have handed reigning champions exeter

they wallop crystal palace and everybody said that as a statement of intent from the champions. they have frustrated at home against west brom in the draw i guess newcastle, man city put in a wonderful performance against chelsea yesterday. and it looks like the title could be anyone. southampton are in that top half of the table. they have fallen away a little bit in recent weeks, only picking up three points in the last four games. but expecting a really good battle this evening and take and get back to the two managers, ralph dubbed as the austrian clock against the realjurgen klopp on the sidelines tonight. we will see how it goes at eight o'clock tonight. —— australian jurgen klopp. a quick round—up of some of the day's other sports stories including some big hitting from two englishman in the big bash league man city have confirmed for other women's first—team squad have tested positive for the virus. players involved will observe a self isolation period in accordance with the faa uk government protocol. joey barton joey barton has left his job as manager of league

one game in the premier league tonight... a goalless draw between arsenal and crystal palace at the emirates. it was a game for few clear cut chances, christian benteke here testing the arsenal keeper bernd leno but neither side looked like breaking the deadlock. arsenal were aiming for their 4th league win in a row. both sides stay mid—table after the result. well ahead of that game — the premier league, efl and women's super league put out a joint statement, reminding players to follow their covid protocols. there's been plenty of breaches in league and fa cup games recently, with players continuing to hug when celebrating a goal. the leagues say they've introduced enhanced coronavirus protocols for this week's games, adding that they need to be followed if the seasons are to be finished. football hasn't always, has and always will be a game of instinct. if you take the instinct out, it's not that simple. they've been asked to do theirjob, and i understand that, but when they're on it pitch —— the pitch we try to adapt as well as we can. we're football, maybe it won't quite be the

palace by a goal to nil at molineaux. adama traore scoring what proved to be the winner in the first half. everton's wsl match against manchester united on sunday has been postponed due to the blues not being able to field a squad because of recent covid—19 cases. five members of the everton squad tested positive for coronavirus between christmas and new year, and while they've returned to training this week, they've been deemed unfit to play. injuries have also hampered the squad. tomorrow's games between arsenal and aston villa and manchester city against west ham are also off because of positive coronavirus cases. in recent months there's been a growing discussion around dementia and what can be done to protect players sportspeople from it. previous research has shown that ex—footballers are three and a half times more likely to die of dementia than the general population. the former england and west brom strikerjeff astle died from a brain condition in 2002 which doctors say was caused by heading footballs. now hi

palace. manager roy hodgson says people have engrained habits — and in that moment, there is a risk players will run to each other. let's bring in our senior sports news reporter laura scott, whojoins us now. pressure not going away — is there a danger to football continuing? now, it is not. i mean that tweet that we saw from the speights minister this morning was the government's strongest warning yet about the importance of those particles. not only the fact that players and managers need to stick to them but also that the premier league and clubs need to enforce them. we have these tighter protocols because of what's been seeing in wider society with a new variant of coronavirus but also because of the cases in the premier league and the efl and also fixtures being postponed. in those tougher protocols comes the lying that unnecessary contacts should and must be avoided. that includes goal celebrations and handshakes and start swapping and we know premier league compliance officers are taking a closer watch on this and clubs and players risk sanctions if they are seen to be flo

tomas soucek scored twice as they beat crystal palace 3—2 at selhurst park. and arsenal's revival continues. they gained some semblance of revenge for their fa cup exit at st mary's at the weekend by winning the league fixture against southampton by three goals to i. championship side bournemouth saw off crawley town in their re—arrranged fa cup fourth round tie. they beat the league two club 2—1 with former england star jack wilshere scoring on his first start since returning to the club. bournemouth travel to burnley next. thomas tuchel has already taken his first training session as chelsea manager, having been appointed on an 18—month contract today. he said he couldn't wait to compete in the most exciting league in football. it comes after frank lampard was sacked yesterday with chelsea ninth in the premier league. joe lynskey has more. roman abramovich goes for coaches who have one major title that the biggest clubs. frank lampard was the exception, but now that phase is over. chelsea is set on thomas tuchel, a man who one chelsea is set on thomas

one other result so far in the premier league and crystal palace have their first win in five. it came against a wolves side that haven't won in eight now. eberechi eze scored the only goal of the game on the hour mark. it's his third goal of the season sincejoining from qpr. arsenal are playing manchester united right now, they are into the second half at the emirates. no goals yet at the emirates. it's an 8 o'clock kick—off between southampton and aston villa. big uspet in the scottish premiership, st mirren winning at the champions celtic for the first time in 31 years. ilkay durmas with the winner as they won 2—1. rangers have the weekend off and their lead remains 23 points over celtic who now have two games in hand. elsewhere, there were away wins for hibs and stjohnstone. third—placed aberdeen drew 0—0 at livingstone. there was just the one game in the women's super league. bristol city are still bottom of the table but they have their first win. 3—0 against brighton. they took the lead with a long—range effort from yana daniels. ebony salmon also scored befo

one other result so far in the premier league and crystal palace have their first win in five. it came against a wolves side that haven�*t won in eight now. eberechi eze scored the only goal of the game on the hour mark. it�*s his third goal of the season sincejoining from qpr. there is all of your results. one other game this evening — an 8 o�*clock kick—off between southampton and aston villa. big upset in the scottish premiership with st mirren winning at celtic for the first time in 31 years. it finished 2—1, which means that rangers lead remains at 23 points. rangers�* lead remains at 23 points. they had the weekend off. kilmarnock manager alex dyer has been sacked two hours after his side threw away a two goal lead at home to lose 3—2 against stjohnstone. ali mccann with the winner. hibernian also won at dundee united and third placed aberdeen drew 0—0 at livingston. there was just the one game in the women�*s super league. bristol city are still bottom of the table but they have their first win. 3—0 against brighton. they took the lead with a long r

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 one. james gaskell was hidden at the bottom of that bundle but even in plain sight, the reigning champions still couldn't stop him. a job well done with three more tries following to inflict exeter‘s first defeat of the season on them, but not enough to knock them from top spot. at the other end, gloucester‘s hopes of climbing off the bottom looked promising for 77 minutes. in the 78th, sale'sjosh beaumont, back after 1a months out, put paid to that. from t

crystal palace beat wolves 1—0, and in the last match of the day southampton lost 1—0 at home to aston villa after having an injury time equaliser ruled off—side. the biggest club game in south america — the copa libertadores final, has been won by palmeiras. they beat santos 1—0 with a goal late into injury time — it was only the third all—brazilian final in the competition's history. let's move on to tennis now because it's been confirmed that as many as 30,000 spectators a day will be allowed to attend the australian open. that'll be for the first eight days of the tournament, before being reduced to 25,000 from the quarterfinals onwards. overall it means the grand slam will run at around 50% capacity. the tournament starts on the 8th of february. over the following days, we will have up to 390,000 people here at melbourne park and that's about 50% of the average over the last three years. it will not be the same as the last few years but it will be the most significant international event with crowds we've seen for many months. there'll be no fans in india for england's c

they hammered crystal palace 4—0. and spurs are 5th, after beating sheffield united. barcelona were beaten by athletic bilbao, in the final of the spanish super cup on sunday and there was drama right at the end of the match. twice barca led, through french international antoine griezeman, but they were pegged back — bilbao with a 90th minute equaliser. so to extra—time it went, where inaki williams won it for the basque side. barca had captain lionel messi sent off, right at the end of extra time — lashing out at asier villalibre, which was spotted by the video assistant referee. and yan bingtao fought back to beatjohn higgins — and win snooker�*s masters. the 20—year—old from china won his first triple crown title on his masters debut — beating higgins 10 frames to 8. he's the youngest masters champion since ronnie 0'sullivan won aged 19 in 1995. arsenal face newcastle in the english premier league's monday game. mikel arteta's side are unbeaten in their last four — but newcastle have struggled for form of late under steve bruce. beaten by leiceste

crystal palace beat wolves 1—0, and in the last match of the day southampton lost 1—0 at home to aston villa after having an injury time equaliser ruled off—side. the biggest club game in south america — the copa libertadores final, has been won by palmeiras. they beat santos 1—0 with a goal late into injury time — it was only the third all—brazilian final in the competition's history. there'll be no fans in india for england's cricket tour. the england players are in chennai preparing for the first test on friday. ben stokes and jofra archer trained on saturday after being rested for the series in sri lanka. and with most of the players in quarantine until tuesday, freshening up the squad is even more important. the ecb have been really forward thinking, feel, for us as an england group to sort of rotate players in and out of this series and i am sure at times there is frustrations because you want to see the best players on show all the time, but it is just not possible with the amount of cricket with the amount of time spent in a bubble is to help keep people healthy doing

the crystal palace boss said he should have been given more time but pep guardiola says time unfortunately was something you don't often get in the premier league. we talk about projects and ideas. you have — we talk about projects and ideas. you have to win or you will be sacked — you have to win or you will be sacked. not the way we pay leader, not about— sacked. not the way we pay leader, not about philosophy —— the way we played _ not about philosophy —— the way we played. then you will be replaced with another manager. it played. then you will be replaced with another manager. it saddens me. i was pleased — with another manager. it saddens me. i was pleased to _ with another manager. it saddens me. i was pleased to see _ with another manager. it saddens me. i was pleased to see frank _ with another manager. it saddens me. i was pleased to see frank get - with another manager. it saddens me. i was pleased to see frank get the - i was pleased to see frank get the 'ob. i was pleased to see frank get the job i_ i was pleased to see frank get the job i thought— i was plea

they lost 2—0 at crystal palace, who themselves were five premier league games without a win, goals from jeffrey schlupp and an excellent individual effort from ebere eze secured them the points, to leave sheffield united deep in relegation trouble. elsewhere... brighton and wolves drew 3—3 in a cracking game on the south coast. brighton went ahead early but they were 3—1 down at the break. romain saiss heading in the first of wolves three goals. but the home side were much better in the second half... an equaliser from the brighton captain lewis dunk enough to share the points. finally, arsenal are playing west brom with mikel arteta looking for his third win in a row after a poor run of form. they're leading 2—0, kieran tierney and bukayo saka with the goals for the gunners. --3-0. tottenham's former manager mauricio pochettino has been confirmed as the new boss of french champions paris saint germain. pochettino left spurs just over a year ago — and there's been plenty of speculation on where the argentinian would move, with a umber of top clubs having coveted his services. he

palace by a goal to nil at molineaux. adama traore scoring what proved to be the winner in the first half. everton's wsl match against manchester united on sunday has been postponed due to the blues not being able to field a squad because of recent covid—19 cases. five members of the everton squad tested positive for coronavirus between christmas and new year, and while they've returned to training this week, they've been deemed unfit to play. injuries have also hampered the squad. tomorrow's games between arsenal and aston villa and manchester city against west ham are also off because of positive coronavirus cases. in recent months, there's been a growing discussion around dementia and what can be done to protect players sportspeople from it. previous research has shown that ex—footballers are three and a half times more likely to die of dementia than the general population. the former england and west brom strikerjeff astle died from a brain condition in 2002 which doctors say was caused by heading footballs. now h

to the other games in the premier league this afternoon, crystal palace 2—0 up against struggling sheffield united. an early goalfrom jeff schlupp there. wolves travel to brighton later. then it's arsenal against west brom, with mikel arteta looking for his third win in a row after a poor run of form. we needed those results, that's for sure, but we need a much longer run than that. there are things that we have done much better to get the result in the last two games, but there are things that still we have to do better and improve. confidence—wise, obviously, it is a completely different scenario when you win lots of matches, everybody is playing with more freedom, more belief, the pressure... ..gets released a little bit and then that is always a positive thing for performances. fulham's premier league match against burnley at turf moor tomorrow has been postponed, after further positive coronavirus cases at the west london club. their trip to tottenham hotspur was called off hours before kick—off on wednesday, with the club reporting several positive coronavirus tests. an outbreak a

crystal palace beat wolves. southampton lost at home to aston villa. and the relegation clash between west brom and fulham ended in a draw. in scotland, st mirren won at celtic for the first time in 31 years. the result keeps celtic 23 points behind premiership leaders rangers who play in the week. there were also wins for hibs and stjohnstone. english premiership rugby union is back this weekend after an enforced break due to the pandemic. champions exeter overcame a gutsy worcester side 21—17 to move—up to second in the table. while gloucester stay bottom after a 31—26 defeat by northampton. nesta mcgregor has the details. exeter started the season with four straight victories, two defeats in a row was described as a rebel, steady hands were needed to prevent another loss, step forward jonny gray, barely visible beneath a pile of bodies, and two self seems to have both teams. worcester got stronger as the half went on, morris slicing through the defence, and they traded one more try each, exeter held on for the win, but still five points behind

palace at the emirates. it was a game for few clear cut chances, christian benteke here testing the arsenal keeper bernd leno but neither side looked like breaking the deadlock. arsenal were aiming for their 4th league win in a row. both sides stay mid—table after the result. well ahead of that game — the premier league, efl and women's super league put out a joint statement, reminding players to follow their covid protocols. there's been plenty of breaches in league and fa cup games recently, with players continuing to hug when celebrating a goal. the leagues say they've introduced enhanced coronavirus protocols for this week's games, adding that they need to be followed if the seasons are to be finished. football hasn't always, has and always will be a game of instinct. if you take the instinct out, it's not that simple. they've been asked to do theirjob, and i understand that, but when they're on the pitch we try to adapt as well as we can. we're football, maybe it won't quite be the case. that's cert

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 winning streak of 15 league matches was under threat.

palace. and it is really tight at the top. 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.

they be crystal palace and everybody said that as a statement of intent from the champions. they have since been frustrated at home against west brom ina draw frustrated at home against west brom in a draw against newcastle, manchester city put in a wonderful performance against chelsea yesterday, and it looks like the title could be anyone. southampton are in that top half of the table. they have fallen away a little bit in recent weeks, only picking up three points in the last four games. expecting a really good battle this evening and taking it back to the two managers, you have ralph, dubbed as the austrianjurgen klopp against the realjurgen klopp the sidelines tonight. joey barton has left fleetwood town with immediate effect after nearly three years as manager. the former manchester city and newcastle midfielder leaves the league one side tenth in the table, just three points off the play—off places. he led led fleetwood to last season's league one play—offs. meanwhile, league two club port vale have parted company with managerjohn askey. manchester city women are

another goal in the premier league, for crystal palace, giving them the lead against wolves. a four—year—girl has discovered a rare dinosaur footprint on a beach in south wales. lily wilder and her family made the discovery at bendricks bay in barry in january. the footprint is 220 million years old and had been preserved in mud. palaeontologists say it's one of the best examples from anywhere in the uk and will help them to establish more about how early dinosaurs walked. i'm joined now by the wilder family, sally and richard and their daughter lily, who found the footprint. there is a fourth person as well. this is baby george, and he is very noisy so i do apologise.— this is baby george, and he is very noisy so i do apologise. none at all necessary- — noisy so i do apologise. none at all necessary. this _ noisy so i do apologise. none at all necessary. this is _ noisy so i do apologise. none at all necessary. this is our _ noisy so i do apologise. none at all necessary. this is our wonderful. necessary. this is our wonderful story. lily, can you tell us how you fou

tomas soucek scored twice as they beat crystal palace 3—2 at selhurst park. and arsenal's revival continues. they gained some semblance of revenge for their fa cup exit at st mary's at the weekend by winning the league fixture against southampton 3—1. championship side bournemouth saw off crawley town in their re—arranged fa cup fourth round tie. they beat the league two club 2—1, with former england star jack wilshere scoring on his first start since returning to the club. bournemouth travel to burnley next. thomas tuchel has already taken his first training session as chelsea manager, having been appointed on an 18—month contract today. he said he couldn't wait to compete in the most exciting league in football. it comes after frank lampard was sacked yesterday, with chelsea ninth in the table. joe lynskey has more. roman abramovich goes for coaches who have won major titles at the biggest clubs. frank lampard was the exception, but now that phase is over. chelsea is set on thomas tuchel, a man who made his name in germany and won the league twice i

palace that result means arsenal stay 11th in the table and palace 13. now a top motorcycle contend that the dakar rally has made a shock exit after running out of fuel spanish. went into thursday's opponents of his stage in 5th place but he missed a refueling stop running out of petrol after 267 kilometers refuting points a modest and right does receive a warning when the nearby after a day run out of fuel he requested a medical examination and was airlifted to hospital for a ride to later posted on his instagram page that he was having a head scan off to falling 2 days ago the news in consciousness he said that had taken its toll in the cock up to greet tory to nasa his sick stage victory remains 15 minutes behind stefan to hansal for a 14th call when on the final day england's cricketers are well on top again in their 1st test in goal no fans allowed in to watch the match it was perspiring from march last year because of demick trying to win the toss and they chose it to bat 1st they were all out for just 135 in reply england were 12752. the daughter

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palace a win will take them up to 2nd in the early kick off tottenham beat sheffield united 3 want to win the move spurs back into the top 4 tongan down by scoring a stunning goal in that game for tottenham iran's insinuate was the main man for napoli as they moved into the top 4 in its sleep insinuates scoring twice also produces brilliance assist in a 6 to one of if you're in siena here is setting up irving is on the napoli's 3rd goal. now england need 36 more runs on the final day to win the 1st test of the series in sri lanka england had a big wobble late on day 4 in goal losing 3 early wickets caps in general it's run outs for just one quick one for the work it follows in the finish the day on 38 or 3 so. it's not a good day for the united states team in their bid to win sailings america's cup they were denied their 1st points of the challenge of series an old enough for their boat patriot capsized in fi wins all the rival teams helping out with the rescue efforts in the boat has now been told to shore the team has just 4 days to repair patriot before the next round of racing beg

palace on saturday is also in doubt. i think the competition go on but i'm not. because i have to get important as well because people want to watch it and we are in this case not our offices right if you want to usually lift isolated go to training ground and stuff like this so i think really we can carry on but i'm a specialist and i respect all decisions. the decisions made in the next few weeks but just as city say 5 of their players will miss sunday's game at chelsea due to positive tests walker gabriel he is zeus and 3 other on name players are currently in isolation city's game at everton last monday was called off. that has united have a chance to move level on points with liverpool at the top of the table you know united are in action against aston villa later on you know they're on beaten and 9 league matches the team hasn't won the title since alex ferguson was hired as manager back in 2013 the current boss is doing his best to downplay expectations there's no title race after 15 games. you can lose the chance

palace on saturday is also in doubt. ok in the last week or so something has happened. i think we're going to have more restriction even and we're going to more . to try to be again as efficient as we were before and we will see but i think we can work and i think we can carry on doing it. now limpid athletes will be hoping there are no more false starts in the year ahead the tokyo games were pushed back by 12 months due to cope with 19 and are now due to get underway in july the tale of muhammad won a silver medal in taekwondo at the rio olympics we spoke to him about his year in lockdown. it was unbelievable nothing like that has ever happened in our lifetime it didn't really feel real but you have to focus only on what you can control as wild and as unexpected as the postponement was is completely outside of my control thankfully take one though is the family business my dad has a martial arts school which i was able to go and train and still. stay sharp absolutely that wasn't the case for many athletes across the cou

palace lights are on is expected to go ahead tottenham have the chance to move into the top 4 with a win against leeds spurs as much as form on wednesday was perspiring with less than 3 hours to go until kickoff jutes a positive coverage test within the following squad fed to say spurs manager is a marina not since holly happy with the why the situation was handled i don't want to speak too much about it. just to say that i felt and professional. but there so it is that so it was. now on to be the world's toughest rally rice about to get underway the dakar rally being held in saudi arabia for the 2nd time the off-road event will start and finish in jeddah over the next couple of weeks competitors will take on across the stretches of a 7 and a haul 1000 kilometers 5 different categories to race in months upon squads cars trucks and so-called utility terrain vehicles. i 1st wrote in 1979 back then the route began in paris and finished in the senate police capsule of dhaka security concerns so the rice moved to south america in 2009 it's now in the middle east events is inherently dange

palace also secured a win or relegation threatened for them and west brom drew 2 all in italy ac milan extended their lead at the top of syria it's been a difficult week for milan they were knocked out of the carpets hellyeah by local rivals into they were given 2 penalties in saturday's match against the long near flattened the rim of it is spock it was saved and tehran which put in the rebound before from the 2nd half penalty made it 21. drop points in the race for the top spot in spain in the night a bit of the game against the van say they went down to 10 men that was one at a minute's how was sent off for a challenge at the edge of the box marco asensio ran in front but an take came back to win it $21.00 that leads around the trading leaders after less committed by 7 points and they've played 2 games more anger boiled over in france as must say fans continued their protests over the club's recent drop in form supporters holding flares set fire to a building at the club's training ground just hours before the team was supposed to host ren in saturday's game which was them perspire

palace. the visitors came closest with this header, brilliantly saved by arsenal keeper bernd leno, but that was about the best of it. and palace boss roy hodgson was the happier manager at the final whistle. well, the amount of games that we are playing. we played extra—time a few days back as well. you could see the freshness today wasn't there for many players and fatigue is paying the price. and then to attack spaces you need to be really fresh and have that connection. and today we lacked that in certain moments and when we did connect at the end, we didn't finish the actions like we should have done. the arsenal women's manager says the three players who travelled to dubai over christmas have apologised. london was under tier four restrictions at the time, london was under tier 4 restrictions at the time, and one player tested positive on their return, leading to the postponement of their last match. for me, it is all about actions now. it's all about making sure these players underst

the all premier league match against crystal palace all his own work. lots of fa cup action look forward to today. newcastle are up against arsenal live on bbc one at 5:30pm. but their manager steve bruce isn't happy with football continuing amid increasing coronavirus outbreaks at clubs. we have had to players, very, very sick, who we have to take very seriously, and we have had one or two members of staff, one in particular he was nearly hospitalised. so it has not been easy. so, yes, we will keep going along, but as i said, financially it is right but may be morally it is wrong. one of the games of the day is at lunchtime. the lancashire town of chorley is famous for its comedy, through chorley fm in peter kay's phoenix nights and more recently, britain's got talent finalist steve royle. but until recently the football team has been the butt ofjokes among local rivals. today though the non—league side from the sixth tier of english football take on championship club derby county, and chorley in the third round for the first time are determined to h

. >> what a go out of crystal palace. let's look at it. >> crystal palace, picture that ball. there are more twists and turns than the entire season of the undoing. sheffield united defending like rudy giuliani, about to see better defending at four seasons total landscaping. but what a goal. magnificent humanity. >> it's fantastic. hey, roger, we are halfway through the season. just passed the christmas break. liverpool may be ahead, but nothing like last season. anybody can win. talk about what you have seen the first half of the season. >> it's a grinding season. there has been no preseason. the games are compressed. these footballers are exhausted. they are playing covid-19 bubble conditions. liverpool owned by americans red sox owners john henry and tom, magnificent, trying to defend the title. they are not invincible. they have so many injuries. but mentally they are what you call mentality monitors. they keep finding a way to grind out results. they play south marampton 3:00 today on nbc season and it's going to go down to the wire. >> fear not. everton is going to fini

tomas soucek scored twice as they beat crystal palace 3—2 at selhurst park. and arsenal's revival continues. they gained some semblance of revenge for their fa cup exit at st mary's at the weekend by winning the league fixture against southampton by 3—1. thomas tuchel has already taken his first training session as chelsea manager, having been appointed on an 18—month contract yesterday. his appointment came quickly, after frank lampard was sacked on sunday, with chelsea ninth in the premier league. tuchel, who's previously managed paris st—germain and borussia dortmund, said he couldn't wait to compete in the most exciting league in football. clubs below the national league in england will get ten million in england will get £10 million in government grants to help them survive. the money will help around 850 non—league clubs such as marine who play in the eighth tier of the english league system. the announcement will be made later today. long term, low interest loans will be made available to clubs in the national league steps 1 and 2, with the po

palace. and an unlikely goalscorer, defenderjohn stones with two — his first league goals for city, the best of the lot though came from raheem sterling, who curled in this brilliant free kick. what a finish that was. so city, and leicester, arejust two points behind manchester united, and one ahead of liverpool. not to be outdone, have a look at this goal from tanguy ndombele for tottenham, as they beat sheffield united 3—1, to get their challenge for a top four spot back on track at the top. a brilliant lob. what a bullet finish, as well. —— brilliant finish. rangers' run of 15 league wins in a row came to an end with a 1—1 draw at motherwell. devante cole — son of the former england striker andrew cole — put the hosts ahead before subtitute cedric itten equalised. the point was enough to move motherwell off the bottom of the table. rangers are still 21 points clear of celtic at the top. chelsea beat manchester united in the women's super league, to leapfrog them and go top of

tomas soucek scored twice as they beat crystal palace 3—2 at selhurst park. two more games kicking off right now. man city will go top of the premier league for the first time this season if they beat west brom they've just taken the lead ilkay dundugan with the goal. southampton leading arsenal 1—nil. in the fourth round of the fa cup crawley are drawing 1—all with bournemouth. thomas tuchel has already taken his first training session as chelsea manager, having been appointed on an 18—month contract today. he said he couldn't wait to compete in the most exciting league in football. it comes after frank lampard was sacked yesterday with chelsea ninth in the premier league. joe lynskey has more. roman abramovich goes for coaches who have one major title that the biggest clubs. frank lampard was the exception, but now that phase is over. chelsea is set on thomas tuchel, a man who one chelsea is set on thomas tuchel, a man who won the league twice in france. he is used to patience. paris sacked him last month. tuchel said there expectations were too high.

it was awful, the goalless draw against crystal palace. the visitors came closest with this header — brilliantly saved by arsenal keeper bernd leno. but that was about the best of it and palace boss roy hodgson was the happier manager at the final whistle. the arsenal women's manager says the three players who travelled to dubai over christmas have apologised. london was under tier 4 restrictions at the time, and one player tested positive on their return, leading to the postponement of their last match. for me it is all about actions now. it's all about making sure these players understand under these situations and these circumstances that they are all role models, they are people in the public eye and we won't able to tolerate these sort of decisions. andy murray has some major obstacles to overcome, if he's to make it to the australian open, which starts in just over three weeks' time. he's in isolation after testing positive for coronavirus and he'll need to produce a negative test before he's allowed to travel to melbourne. but the

tomas soucek scored twice as they beat crystal palace 3—2 at selhurst park. and arsenal's revival continues. they gained some semblance of revenge for their fa cup exit at st mary's at the weekend by winning the league fixture against southampton 3—1. thomas tuchel has already taken his first training session as chelsea manager, having been appointed on an 18—month contract yesterday. his appointment came quickly, after frank lampard was sacked on sunday, with chelsea ninth in the premier league. tuchel, who's previously managed paris st—germain and borussia dortmund, said he couldn't wait to compete in the most exciting league in football. there are significant doubts over whether the tokyo 0lympics will go ahead this summer. the international olympic committee meets virtually today, with the games, which were first postoned last summer, less than six months away. the ioc president thomas bach insist there's no �*plan b', butjapanese public opinion is reportedly swinging against the event being held. there are also concerns over whether spectators wi