so, i'm just fourth year running, manchester city. so, i'mjust expecting fourth year running, manchester city. so, i'm just expecting it to bea city. so, i'm just expecting it to be a good and tight affair tonight. it's not just be a good and tight affair tonight. it's notjust the three in a row, it's it's notjust the three in a row, its five in the past seven years or so, they will equal the reports record if they go all the way tonight and then beat the spurs, amazingly considered the league cup for the size of city stature, it should be very low down the list of priorities but it is right up there with the truth is they've got. and she is always been very firm on this, they are determined to win every competition that they are and and this happens to be the first competition that is available to win during the course of the season and so, it is quite a high position for manchester city and that is always reflected in the teams that pep guardiola chooses in this competition, they are not short of full strength and that is helped by

the manchester city, just getting a tea m the manchester city, just getting a team out felt like a victory. their last match was postponed and six of their players are still out with the virus. but over the years, they spent billions to have talent in reserve. ilkay gundogan was first to grasp is placed on the team arejust two minutes later, the home—grown hero would sweep chelsea away. for phil foden, every minute on the pitch matters. he wants to start for england at the euros. finishes like this make him hard to ignore. city had overcome their setbacks. they now had total control. and on the breakaway, raheem sterling seems to have the whole of stamford bridge. he couldn't finish the chance himself. instead, it fell to kevin de bruyne. 3—0. now these were chelsea's problems. they spent big in pre—season but now they are eight in the table. at one point, they even struggled to take a corner. chelsea's consolation came in the last minute of the match. far too late, and that their manager as well, time is running out. ali then needs to be a reality check. ali if you rebuild, there wi

maybe just the thing to spark manchester city into life. in the second half jesus beat the keeper but not the post. guardiola's mood was about to get worse. this was not tiki—taka, but it did not matter. 0ne long throw, a couple of ricochets, a moment to ignite at this time. cheltenham lead manchester city! in a town famous for horse racing, what were the odds of this? the sides were the odds of this? the sides were separated. cheltenham needed to last the course for all of city's expensive squad, phil foden drew them level. a tie turned into minutes, when jesus fired them level. a tie turned into minutes, whenjesus fired city ahead. taras added a third in stoppage time to confirm their place in the next round, but not without an almighty fright. they might need an almighty fright. they might need a stiff drink after this.

elsewhere in the women's super league: manchester city thrashed aston villa 7—0. player of the match lauren hemp scored two and had a hand in two more. city are fourth in the table. third placed arsenal came from behind to draw at reading, in their first match after a four—week long layoff due to positive coronovirus tests. vivienne miedema with the equaliser. and england midfielder izzy christiansen scored twice as everton beat bristol city 4—0, their first win in six wsl games. it's been a fascinating day's cricket between england and sri lanka on the fourth day of the first test in galle. it looked like england would coast towards a straight—forward victory, but there's been a sting in the tail, asjoe wilson reports. what stood in galle between england and directory? first, sri lanka's batting was the story of the morning. reminding made it to 100. now, it's a given moment, not as big as the ball squeeze through safely to the boundary. those four runs took sri lanka into the lead. five wickets down. there is england's bowler. there is sri lanka's dressing

leicester up to 3rd and manchester city just three points behind them in 5th. pressure perhaps mounting for frank lampard at chelsea now — another loss — sees the blues drop to 8th. tomorrow liverpool take on southampton . bournemouth‘s chief executive neill blake has condemned the racial abuse suffered by junior stanislas, after yesterday's win at stoke in the championship. stanislas scored the only goal of the game, and was later targeted on twitter by an individual who sent racist slurs and insults about the player's family. blake said it was "disgusting and completely intolerable", and the club has vowed to do all they can to identify the perpetrator and take the strongest possible action against them. kieran trippier has had a 10 week ban for breaching betting rules suspended, pending an appeal by fifa. the england and atletico madrid right back was found to have committed four violations — which occured injuly 2019, which is when trippierjoined atletico madrid from spurs. he was given an immediate worldwide football ban and fined £70,000, but it'

we're talking about manchester city after being under the radarfor so long. good start for pep guardiola and they haven't made any —— there hasn't been any game in that period they haven't won. he got a draw at they haven't won. he got a draw at the at the hat against manchester city, but he's got his defence strike. this partnership that he's developed with diaz, and nathan isn't far away. in a part of the pitch that's been traditional very difficult for him since the company left the club. the goals need to be spread around a bit more. sergio hasn't played much this season. phil hasn't played much this season. phil has emerged as the new top score in the squad with gabriellejesus flipping around trying to find his group. there's a reason manchester city has become a lot of people because my favourites, and thus a consistency that they've been able to show over the past few months. —— people's favourites. former wales captain ashley williams has retired from professional football. williams scored a memorable goal against belgium as he lead wales to t

manchester city have a game in hand. liverpool can never be written off. they will be desperate to prove what is fascinating season far. liverpool are in quite a powerful opposition until they came into this room which most unlike them by the standards of recent seasons, the goals have dried up. they have not scored in the last three premier league matches. he scored only one in the last four in the league. they could not find a way through against manchester united defence on sunday so they are back here tonight against burnley who of course their strength is their defending. it would be a set of test for liverpool tonight to try and find their way through a well drilled defence. what do you put behind this run that they are on at the moment down to exactly because he had seen liverpool at their very best way they walk to the title last season. it’s their very best way they walk to the title last season.— title last season. it's so unusual for us not _ title last season. it's so unusual for us not to _ title last season. it's so unusual for us not to

for manchester city are up to second now. _ next one. for manchester city are up to second now, level _ next one. for manchester city are up to second now, level on _ next one. for manchester city are up to second now, level on points - next one. for manchester city are up to second now, level on points with l to second now, level on points with leicester after an emphatic a—0 when to crystal 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 s

manchester city women are also affected. four first—team players tested positive for covid—19 and are now self isolating. it's not clear whether their wsl game against west ham on saturday will go ahead. and with the latest restrictions also impacting non—elite football — the women's fa cup will now be suspended. managerjoey barton has left fleetwood town with immediate effect after nearly three years in charge. the former manchester city and newcastle midfielder leaves the league 1 side with the club tenth in the table, just three points off the play—off places. he was initially appointed in 2018 and led fleetwood to last season's league1 play—offs. meanwhile, league 2 club port vale have parted company with managerjohn askey. they're currently 17th. england all—rounder moeen ali is likely to miss the first test against sri lanka next week after testing positive for coronavirus. team mate chris woakes has been deemed a possible close contact and will also self—isolate. here's our cricket correspondent jonath

should we start with manchester city? they've had those games in hand and they could move to the top of the pile for the first time this season with a win?— of the pile for the first time this season with a win? very much hoping that the old — season with a win? very much hoping that the old adage _ season with a win? very much hoping that the old adage of _ season with a win? very much hoping that the old adage of it _ season with a win? very much hoping that the old adage of it being - season with a win? very much hoping that the old adage of it being not - season with a win? very much hoping that the old adage of it being not a i that the old adage of it being not a sprinter is true because if it was, they were very slow out of the blocks. the opening eight matches of the campaign, pep guardiola had never picked up as few points at the start of any season... never picked up as few points at the start of any season. . ._ start of any season... inaudible. i'm afraid start of any season... inaudible. i'm afraid we _ s

so what _ april against manchester city. so what he's — april against manchester city. so what he's coming to do, he's on track— what he's coming to do, he's on track to— what he's coming to do, he's on track to achieve. obviously it's anyone's— track to achieve. obviously it's anyone's game, and we have the europa _ anyone's game, and we have the europa league to come. any title this season — europa league to come. any title this season is what they need the most, _ this season is what they need the most, so — this season is what they need the most, so i — this season is what they need the most, so i would say his appointment would _ most, so i would say his appointment would be _ most, so i would say his appointment would be his— most, so i would say his appointment would be his best. jose most, so i would say his appointment would be his best.— would be his best. jose moreno doesnt would be his best. jose moreno doesn't have — would be his best. jose moreno doesn't have the _ would be his best. jose moreno doesn't have the best - would be his best.

we'll show you how manchester city stretched their lead at the top in just a moment, but we'll start at goodison park where steve bruce's newcastle got a much—needed win, their first in seven weeks. callum wilson scored both goals in a 2—0 win. nick parrott reports. steve bruce had never won a premier league game in 11 visits to goodison park as manager so he will not forget this feeling. newcastle had lost the last five games and something had to change. graham jones joined the coaching staff from bournemouth this week and there systems were tweaked. it succeeded in frustrating everton. it was midway through the first half before they could muster a shot on target. but newcastle looked more like scoring, testing jordan pickford. both teams�* top scorers were on a barren run coming into this match. everton�*s chances spurned. newcastle were guilty until they ended the seven—week drought in style. as they pushed for an equaliser, they left gaps at the back. on another day, wilson might have scored a hat—trick. but he was clearly happy with securing the victory with a secon

for manchester city. city are fourth in the wsl at the moment, trying to close the gap at the top. watch it live via the bbc red button, and the bbc sport website. you might be aware of sir ben ainslie's attempts to qualify for the america's cup in march. his british team are competing in the challenger series for the right to face the holders team new zealand for the main prize. they're competing against two other teams, one of those, american magic, who got into some difficulties in one of their races as their boat tipped over. the boats designed to fly above the water on hi—tech foil arms. conditions haven't been great in new zealand where they're racing, but things going well so far for ben ainslie, better than the american crew, who were all 0k. just to show you the fine margins on which they are racing, the american crew tipping over. and the final of the masters snooker is about to start. john higgins up against china's debutant yan bingtao. higgins going for a third title. atjust 20 years old ya

maybe just the thing to spark manchester city into life. in the second half jesus beat the keeper but not the post. guardiola's mood was about to get worse. this was not tiki—taka, but it did not matter. one long throw, a couple of ricochets, a moment to ignite at this time. cheltenham lead manchester city! in a town famous for horse racing, what were the odds of this? the sides were the odds of this? the sides were separated. cheltenham needed to last the course for all of city's expensive squad, phil foden drew them level. a tie turned into minutes, when jesus fired them level. a tie turned into minutes, whenjesus fired city ahead. taras added a third in stoppage time to confirm their place in the next round, but not without an almighty fright. they might need an almighty fright. they might need a stiff drink after this. the first of eight fa cup ties today saw holders arsenal knocked out, after a 1—0 defeat at southampton. it's the first time they've beaten the gunners in an fa cup game in their history. a first—half own goal by ga

elsewhere in the women�*s super league, manchester city thrashed aston villa 7—0. player of the match lauren hemp scored two. city are now fourth in the table. third placed arsenal came from behind to draw at reading in their first match after a four—week long lay—off due to positive coronavirus test. and england�*s midfielder izzy christiansen scored twice as everton beat bristol city 4—0, their first win in six wsl games. away from the football and england, a fascinating date�*s cricket between england and sri lanka on the fourth day of the first test. it looks like england would coast towards a straightforward victory, but there was a sting in the tail for them. what stood in galle between england and victory? first, sri lanka�*s batting, the story of the morning. they made it to 100. here is a significant moment, notjust because the ball squeeze through safely to the ball squeeze through safely to the boundary. those four runs took sri lanka into the lead, a five wickets down. there is england�*s bowler, there is sri lanka�*s dressing room. was

a real gem for manchester city and england. and one of city's most famous fans, liam gallagher, is also among those to pay tribute. colin bell, who has died at the age of 74. tottenham's bid for a first trophy in 13 years is still on, as they through to the league cup final after beating championship side brentford 2—0. spurs went in front afterjust 12 minutes — moussa sissoko with this excellent header. but brentford, who had knocked out four premier league sides on their way to the semis, thought they had got back into the game in the second half through ivan toney here. but the goal was eventually ruled out for offside, following a lengthy var check. tottenham made the most of that, and they put the result beyond doubt with a goal by son heung—min. brentford finished the game with ten men afterjosh dasilva was sent off following that reckless challenge on pierre—emile hojbjerg. spurs will face either manchester city or manchester united in the final. they play tomorrow. the premier league has confirmed that 40 player

and cheltenham lead manchester city! in a town famed for its horse racing, what were the odds on this? the finishing post wasn't in sightjust yet — not when city have talent on tap. just nine minutes from time, phil foden drew them level. the tide turned in three minutes. gabrieljesus beat the offside trap and the cheltenham keeper to end their brave resistance. prodding in a third in stoppage time by ferran torres to confirm their place in the third round — but they might need a stiff drink after this. ben croucher, bbc news. elsewhere the cup holders arsenal are out, beaten i—o by southampton. swansea city scored five aginst nottingham forrest, while west ham were 4—0 winners over doncaster. newcastle's miserable run in the premier league continues — they've been beaten 2—0 at aston villa tonight. goals from ollie watkins and this brilliant strike from bertrand traore sealing all three points for villa, who move up to eighth in the table. newcastle have now lost their last four league matches. rangers look

brighton ip —— playing at manchester city. at the start of the season i watch them a bit more recently and scott parker has gotten them organised and got them playing to a plan and i think they will give tottenham a decent game. we will have to see what the manager as a after the game. in terms of preparation and how they were affected. let's see how his team placed first. now, we've seen some significant changes and cancellations in rugby union over the last few days. and today, it was announced that the women's six nations has been postponed until later this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic. at the moment, the men's event is due to start as scheduled, but we know that the french authorities are seeking reassurances over the safety of it. our sports reporterjo currie explains why there has been this call on the women's event. this is very much an announcement you were expecting today. at the six nations would be pushback. many in women's rugby did not have a bit to work towards and the organisers said it should be pu

manchester city women are dealing with a covid outbreak in their squad. four first team players have tested positive and are now self isolating. city briefly closed their training complex last week after the men's premier league match at everton was postponed at the last minute due to concerns they could spread the virus after an outbreak. it's understood that there are no shared facilities between the two squads. it's not clear whether the women's game against west ham on saturday will go ahead. england all—rounder moeen ali is likely to miss the first test against sri lanka next week after testing positive for coronavirus. team mate chris woakes has been deemed a posible close contact and will also self—isolate. here's our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew. they were tested on friday, and they threw on saturday and arrived sunday morning where they were tested again twice at the airport. two different types of tests i understand. one set of tests came back negative, but then the one that did come back showed that moeen ali was testing positive. s

and manchester city women are also affected. four first—team players tested positive for covid—19 and they are now self—isolating. it's not clear whether their wsl game against west ham on saturday will go ahead. and also with the latest restrictions impacting non—elite football, it means that the women's fa cup will now be suspended. managerjoey barton has left fleetwood town with immediate effect after nearly three years in charge. the former manchester city and newcastle midfielder leaves the league 1 side with the club tenth in the table, just three points off the play—off places. he was initially appointed in 2018 and led fleetwood to last season's league1 play—offs. meanwhile, league 2 club port vale have parted company with managerjohn askey. they are currently 17th. england all—rounder moeen ali is likely to miss the first test against sri lanka next week after testing positive for coronavirus. team—mate chris woakes has been deemed a possible close contact and will now also self—isolate. here's our cri

the message sent to sawyer follows tuesday's heavy defeat to manchester city. even this week, it appears not to be an isolated incident. manchester united in the interest of racism grew kick it out condemned the racist abuse sent on social media to anthony martial y'all after their defeat to sheffield united the following day. if their defeat to sheffield united the following day-— following day. if you can create anonymous _ following day. if you can create anonymous accounts _ following day. if you can create anonymous accounts and - following day. if you can create anonymous accounts and you l following day. if you can create l anonymous accounts and you can following day. if you can create - anonymous accounts and you can abuse people, of course it is it is not right and let's hope... we will work together with everybody to stop this nonsense. , . together with everybody to stop this nonsense. ,, . . , ., nonsense. such incidents however widely condemned _ nonsense. such incidents however widely condemned represent - nonsense. such incidents however widel

city back in 2008. the abu dhabi united group transformed the club overnight into the world's richest football club the emirate has spent more than 1000000000 pounds in transfers since buying the club. then vestment has been controversial even until today regarding you we have been actual fair play rules but the cash has delivered positive results on the pitch man city have won 4 premier league title since just like atar the u.a.e. isn't interested in financial profit they're after something else the emirates has virtually cyril democracy and has repressive freedom of speech loss 90 percent of the population are migrants and the vast majority of them are paid the bare minimum and live in poor conditions manchester city success gives a chance to offer an alternative story about the country to the rest of the world. the country paints itself as a top holiday destination. that's also quite easy to do when you know football stars from all over europe vacation that. today investment in man city has turned in

manchester city are heading back to wembley. they're through to a fourth league cup final in row, after beating city rivals manchester united. good morning. we have got a band of rain, sleet and snow moving out of southern scotla nd and snow moving out of southern scotland and ireland into northern england and north wales through the day. ahead of it, some ice and freezing fog. behind it, further win three showers and the risk of ice roles. good morning. it's thursday, january 7th. our top story. four people have died in violent clashes at the heart of america's democracy, where congress had been meeting to approve the results of the us presidential election. donald trump supporters stormed the us congress building, one woman was shot and three other people had what are described as "medical emergencies". more than 50 people were arrested and 14 police officers were injured. our washington correspondent, lebo diseko, is inside the capitol building now. good morning. it is a camera scene this morning. this began with a protest a

and coming up this hour, advantage united — paul pogba helps manchester united leapfrog manchester city back to the top of the premier league. hello and good morning to you and welcome to bbc news. "there is no time to waste", those were the words ofjoe biden as he made his way to the white house for the first time, following his inauguration to become the 46th president of the united states. the work to undo some of donald trump's key policies began soon after he arrived in the oval office. in total, mr biden signed 15 executive orders — these are written orders to the federal government, which do not require congressional approval. on coronavirus, the president is setting up a new office to respond to the pandemic. and he's also halting the process to withdraw from the world health organization, something started by donald trump. the us will also rejoin the paris climate agreement — from which president trump withdrew last year. other trump policies being reversed include ending the travel ban on some majority—muslim countries and stopping funding for the mexico border wall. kam

the surroundings may have been unfamiliar, but manchester city's goal was clear, a void in upstate. john and bob michael was busy. —— cheltenham's goal. cheltenham were holding their own. nothing fancy, no fireworks, inside the stadium anyway. pyrotechnics stop play. maybejust the the stadium anyway. pyrotechnics stop play. maybe just the thing the spark city into life. gabrielle also beat the keeper, but not the post. the mood was about to get worse. this wasn't to get sachar, but this didn't matter. 0ne long throw, a couple of written essays, a moment to ignite this type. —— a couple of ricochets. in a town famed for its horse racing, this 72 places three divisions and strike separating these two teams. but cheltenham needed to last a course for all city's squad. a type turned in two minutes when gabrielle fired city ahead. to confirm their place in the fifth round, but not without one almighty freight. they might need a drink after this. ben proctor, bbc news. —— ben crouch. holders arsenal are out of the fa cup after a i—nil defeat at southampton. a first—half ow

it's currently , and it's a big one later for chelsea and manchester city, who're both in a congested top 10. city will be investigating a breach of coronavirus rules by benjamin mendy, who hosted a new year's eve dinner party. we were less in touch, the players are not in the locker room any more right now and...just... are not in the locker room any more right now and... just... on in the training, on the pitch, and it is what it is. so we will have another squad to go there and try to compete against a tough opening, you know, with chelsea, how it is. and we are going there to play our game. lam i am confident in us as a team, because i know when we play, particularly at stamford bridge, and we play as well as we can, then we have the opportunity to beat anybody. when i say that, manchester city are right at the top, so when we beat them recently with 2—1, it was a really difficult game because they are really possession —based team, so i'm really confident in us because i know we need to be at our best to win in a confident position. in terms of their weaknesses, i don't see i

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.

what you see here as manchester city striker sergio agüero reaction to former footballer act about. using the word soccer. in soccer sometimes i don't think it's useful but. people hate the word soccer type the phrase it's football not soccer into google search and you can't deny it these 2 words cost battles. and they are the most controversial words on social media. and i remember it being used as a word regularly when i was growing up in england period but then since the 1980 s. really it's become a word that in england if you describe the game of football and call it soccer. people who get very angry at you and not just a little bit angry very very angry they will shout at you and they will scream and they will say don't use that american word it's well that ball not soccer and if you go onto the web and type it's football not soccer you'll see this. outpouring of anger from mostly from britain not just from great you'll see you'll see french or german or you know south african people also saying during the riots and for fuck's sake stop saying soccer stefan szymanski beinecke h

city success gives a chance to offer an alternative story about the country to the rest of the world. the country paints itself as a top holiday destination. that's also quite easy to do when you know football stars from all over europe vacation that. today and best man and man city has turned into something bigger city football which owns different clubs across the globe the. city football group gives. to consolidate and strengthen their political influence we have an ambition as well as a football group tool to have an organization that that is global and that will have multiple clubs part of it so i would say when the opportunity arises and we are looking at opportunities you can expect us also to add to the number of calls we have already with them within the organization all of their clubs were similar colors have similar badges they even have the same sponsor as you had airways and that's just one of the 2 of the u.a.e. state owned airlines they're both making big moves in football. emirates is going after the european elites reale madrid the world's most famous and most succes

in the day's other game manchester city thrashed brighton 7—1. it's the second league game in a row they've scored that many. caroline weir and steph haughton both struck twice. city are up to third because arsenal's game was also called off because of the weather. livingston have secured a place in the scottish league cup final after beating st mirren one nil. scott robinson's early header ultimately made it 11 games unbeaten under boss david martindale. the club reached just their second majorfinal and will play stjohnston. away from the on—field action — arsenal midfielder mesut ozil has completed his move to turkish side fenerbahce.... the 32—year—old former germany international spent eight years at the emirates and won three fa cups but hasn't played for the first team in nearly a year. ozil has signed a three and a half year contract. another outstanding batting performance from england captain joe root kept his side in the second test with sri lanka in galle earlier. his side now on 339 for nine... just 42 behind the hosts going i

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what you see here as manchester city striker sergio agüero reaction to former football after. using the word soccer we did that in soccer sometimes it's useful but. people hate the word soccer type the phrase it's football not soccer into google search and you can't deny it these 2 words cost battles. and they are the most controversial words on social media. and i remember it being used as a word regulate when i was growing up in england period but then since the 1980s really it's become a word that in england if you describe the game of football and call it soccer. people who get very angry at you and not just a little bit angry very very angry they will shout at you and they will scream and they will say don't use that america word it's not soccer and if you go on to the web and type it's what will not talk or you'll see this. outpouring of anger from mostly from britain not just from great you see you see french or german or you know south africa people also saying during the riots and for fuck's sake stop saying soccer stefan szymanski in silicon valley are beinecke have

manchester city could leapfrog liverpool into second in the premier league this evening. 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 li

top against bottom and leaders manchester city have the leaders manchester city have the lead thanks tojesus. four games in the scottish premiership. rangers have the weekend off. celtic are trying to eat into the 23 point lead. early stages in scotland in those four games. police have arrested a man on suspicion of racially abusing the west bromich albion midfielder romaine sawyers. the club contacted the police after their player was targeted online. a 49—year—old man is being questioned as many as 30,000 tennis fans will be allowed to attend next month's australian open. the minister for sport in the state of victoria says that will be the daily limit for the first eight days in melbourne before being reduced to 25,000 from the quarter finals onwards. that's about 50% capacity. the tournament starts on the 8th of february. 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 cricket tour. they are in chennai ahead of the first test that starts on

city, but so far, so good, but as ever with manchester united, that is always subject to change. it certainly is. just finally, before we let you go, what about burnley and their hopes this evening? burnley drive more points they have games played, and a key pa rt they have games played, and a key part of that, with the return from injury for the two central defenders, ben mee and james tarkowski. nick pope has kept more clea n tarkowski. nick pope has kept more clean sheets in golden david de gea has come and that is why they have moved up the table and away from the legation spot. —— from relegation spots. john murray, the bbc's football correspondent. john will have full commentary of that match alongside leon osman at turf moor. there will also be regular updates from the other game, wolves and everton at molineux. kick—off there at a15 p.m. a 15 pm. —— eight 15 p:m., and we did notice the rogue locator, we we re did notice the rogue locator, we were at turf moor, not old trafford. the fulham manager scott parker says it's scandalous his side are being made to play

let's move on to the women's game because both manchester city and arsenal are coming under continued criticism today — after players that went abroad tested positive for coronavirus — and now their weekend matches are off? that is correct. we are today that the confirmation that arsenals game with aston villa has been postponed in manchester against west ham is also been postponed. and as you say, they have come under heavy criticism. and eitherfor holiday they have come under heavy criticism. and either for holiday or for business reasons during the christmas break and there has been quite the fallout from that, many team—mates that did not go have to isolate and aren't unhappy. what morally this was the right thing to do during the pandemic and it is something that i spoke to campbell about and the director for football and it was a matter for the clubs to deal with but she did not try to hide her displeasure at the whole situation and said that given the strength of the nhs is under and eve ryo ne strength of the nhs is under and everyone is under at the moment, that will ha

in the day's other game, manchester city beat west ham 4—0. paul casey has won the dubai desert classic — his first tour title in m months. the englishman finished four shots ahead of the south african brandon stone after a two—under—par final round took him to 17 under. the four—time ryder cup player has now put himself in contention for another call—up when europe face the united states later this year at whistling straits. it's casey's 15th victory on tour. 15 wins is pretty cool. i wanted 15. 2019 was the last. i just wanted at 15. it is one of the coolest trophies in the golf, isn't it? it's one of the iconic trophies without a doubt. 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 people as well. evening, ian. he says he fell out of love with golf last year. yes, and i think that was expressed in the way that he played. this was a big win for him, his 15th on the european tour. he was

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city, sheffield united but to put into perspective, those a0 positive tests from just over 2000 over the christmas period and the three previous weeks you have 31 positive tests from just overfour and a have 31 positive tests from just over four and a half hours so it is creeping in by the premier league still maintain they have got faith in their safety protocol. by citing ebay needs to be a higher level of responsibility for certain polarity pairs that we have not seen over the festive period. yes, they are not considering a circuit breakerjust yet but that is a worrying rise of that curve. let us get to the match. the spurs are the favourite against the championship branford. marino says since his first time in charge it's as biggest one yet. he says that about quite a few matches. the thing is is that this is a competition at jose thing is is that this is a competition atjose mourinho has served him well and his managerial career and he's got to the stage of the competition and got on to reach the competition and got on to reach the final and gone on to win the final ladder and f

tributes are paid to one of manchester city's greatest ever players. colin bell, known as the ‘king of the kippax,‘ has died at the age of 7a. good morning. another cold day ahead. many of us will have a dry daily sunshine, fewer showers than yesterday but later more rain and snow will come in from the north—west. further details in eight minutes. it's wednesday, the 6th of january. thousands of pupils across england will find out more details on how their work could be assessed following the cancellation of gcse and a level exams across england. the education secretary gavin williamson will make a statement to mps in the commons about a support package for young people following the closure of schools and colleges. gavin williamson is expected to tell mps that education remained a national priority, despite the lockdown and the closure of english schools and colleges to most pupils. he will say that the government will not ask pupils to sit a—levels and gcse exams. in a statement last night, the department for education said it would work alon

live on bbc one right now, it's chelthenham of league two against manchester city. 0—0 at half time. firewords from outside the ground delayed part of the first half. the winner faces swansea. relegation—threatened aston villa picked up a precious point in a 2—2 draw at home to reading in the women's super league, and just take a look at the conditions. the pitch covered in snow in the west midlands for the match, where villa twice came from behind. an injury time equaliser from diana silva saved the day for them. rangers look unstoppable in the scottish premiership at the moment. 23 points clear at the top now after beating ross county 5—0 today. aberdeen jump above hibs into third, after their 2—0 win over motherwell. and hibs are in action, in the scottish league semifinal against stjohnstone at hamden park. they are currently trailing 2—0 after goals from saints captain jason kerr and sean rooney. around 50 minutes gone in that one. time now for some of the day's other stories. rafael benitez has left his role as manager of dalian professional after 18 months in charge

well, manchester city will wear special shirts in tribute to colin bell when they walk out to play manchester united in their league cup semi—final tonight. the winner will take on tottenham in the final, afterjose mourinho's side beat the championship side brentford 2—0 in the other semi—final. spurs are nowjust one game away from their first trophy in 13 years. i think we have to do better. but great respect for the opponent, for the game, for the responsibility, for the ambition. so, job done. we are in the final. england's cricketers will start training in sri lanka today after all the touring party passed coronavirus tests. they were all re—tested after moeen ali's positive result when they arrived on monday. he's now in a ten—day quarantine, and the whole squad and staff need to have a third test tomorrow. the two—match test series starts a week tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. the european union could authorise a second coronavirus vaccine in the coming hours. the european medicines agency is considering giving the green light to the us—made moderna vaccine. the pf

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 tuanzebe, who went on to be substitued in the 83rd minute after starting his first premier league game of the season. abuse was aimed at him and anthony martial on their instagram accounts, with a number of users posting racist comments and symbols on old photos. in a statement, manchester united said... that's a position the former newcastle goalkeeper shaka hislop, who's now honourary president of show racism the red card, agrees with. i was involved in a roundtable earlier this week with the department of culture, media and sport about government's own responsibility towards dealing and confronting social media companies and the abuse that's allowed to fester on their platforms. just as we link arms and have linked arms over 25 years in dealing with these issu

no great problems either for manchester city, they beat birmingham city by 3—0. some terrific performances at the etihad. some rather poignant scenes too, as the club paid tribute to their former player, colin bell, who died earlier this week. this, theirfirst home game since his passing. but as i say, some really excellent goals, this was the first from bernardo silva. a brilliant finish, well worth a second look. really wonderful control! he got the second as well after some lovely passing from his teammates. and then a very well taken third came from phil foden. all the goals in the first half, so man city into the fourth round to go with their efl cup final. just one extra line from the etihad — pep guardiola confirming that sergio aguero wasn't involved because he is isolating after coming into contact with someone with covid. eight games in total today, wins this afternoon for barnsley, bristol city and cheltenham. newport county take on brighton this evening. all the results are over on the bbc sport website bbc.co.uk/sport — where you'll also find inâ

league two side cheltenham town will host pep guardiola's manchester city, whilst non league chorley‘s reward for knocking out derby county is a home tie against premier league side wolves. you can see the full draw, as well as the fifth round draw which was also made tonight, on the bbc sport website. cardiff city say their defender sol bamba is being treated for cancer. the 35—year—old ivory coast international‘s been diagnosed with non—hodgkin lymphoma, and is undergoing chemotherapy. hejoined cardiff in october 2016 under former manager neil warnock. european rugby's champions cup and challenge cup have been temporarily suspended, with the remaining two rounds of matches scheduled to be played injanuary on hold. it comes after the french government said its clubs should not play in the competitions this month due to the public health risk: the french government have driven this and have advised their clubs not to play. concerns over rising coronavirus cases especially in light of the new strain in the uk. what it means now is a very good question. the french have moved ver

the message sent to sawyers follows tuesday's heavy defeat to manchester city. even this week, it appears not to be an isolated incident. manchester united and the anti—racism group kick it out condemned racist abuse sent on social media to anthony martial and axel tuanzebe after their defeat to sheffield united the following day. if you can create anonymous accounts and abuse people, of course it's not right, and let's hope... we'll work together with everyone to stop this nonsense. such incidents, however widely condemned, represent an ongoing problem. in a recent report, kick it out says reports of racism in the professional game have risen by 53%. a poll of fans also found 71% have seen players targeted by racism on social media. earlier this month, football authorities met with twitter and facebook to discuss the issue of online racism, all vowing to do more to combat it. this week suggests there is still some way to go. adam wild, bbc news. well, the social media network twitter have put out a statement, in which they say racist behaviour has no place on

manchester city's continental cup tie against chelsea on wednesday has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak at city. four players tested positive for covid—i9 earlier in the week, with tomorrow's wsl match against west ham already called off. west ham forward sebastien haller, the club's record signing — has joined ajax for a fee ofjust over 20 million pounds. former manager manuel pellegrini paid 45 million for the forward back in 2019. 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 his daughter dawn astle and rachel walden, daughter of former player rod taylor, who've long campaigned on the issue, are joining forces with the professional footballer‘s assoication. dawn's been speaking to natalie pirks. i have

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 his daughter dawn astle and rachel walden, daughter of former player rod taylor, who've long campaigned on the issue, are joining forces with the professional footballer‘s assoication. dawn's been speaking to natalie pirks. have been won the biggest critics when it comes to this issue, it would've been very easy me to turn around and say no, i am angry with them. people say forgive and forget andi them. people say forgive and forget and i know i cannot do that but it is not about me, it is about the families and the players. no doubt there will be a lo