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 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 their first premiership defeat of the season, beating them by 3a points to

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 their first premiership defeat of the season, beating them by 3a points to five. exeter paid the price for resting six of their international players. james gaskell and simon mcintyre both scored two tries, while lima sopoaga also crossed to add to his nine points with the boot for the bonus point win

sheffield united and newcastle united preparing to play the first of three premier league matches tonight as the season continued, a welcome relief to so many that elite sport has avoided being suspended in this lockdown but for how much longer? the images of players ignoring social distancing rules after fa cup matches at the weekend concerned ministers, who felt they sent out the wrong message but others insist the sport can still be trusted. the exposure and the comments and the explanation of the risks, i think our boys, even with that crazy happiness, of a big day for them, they will control. but with more than 60 league games in england to postpone so far this season england to postpone so far this season due to covid, pressure is building. fulham are furious they we re building. fulham are furious they were givenjust building. fulham are furious they were given just two days notice ahead of a rearranged match against spurs tomorrow. this is the premier league, one of the best leagues in the world, to confirm that at 9:30am on monday is scandalous, really. for me, this is not accept

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sheffield united nearly equalised late on — john fleck�*s strike just going wide. but city held on for the win. today when i see that sheffield is now in the bottom of the league right now, and you see his team, you realise that is the premier league. i said it would be one of the toughest games of the season, and it was. newcastle managed an important win at everton. callum wilson scoring both goals in the second half as they won 2—0 at goodison park. it's their first win in 12 games ends a run of five defeats for newcastle and gives them some breathing space from the relegation zone, a huge relief for their manager. i could not fault the way the team played, and the game plan we went about it was terrific. it has been a difficult few weeks. the one thing that breeds a bit of confidence is a good performance and a good team performance. i thought all around today was excellent. premier league strugglers west brom and fulham played out an entertaining draw that'll satisfy neither team at the hawthorns. it's west brom's first point since sam allardyce took over in

the sheffield united result, of course, that's disappointing when you are at home. when you go away and you feel you deserve a win against arsenal, i think that's a step forward. of course only one point, but still clean sheet and a good performance. there was a dramatic ending to the copa libertadores final in rio as palmeiras beat fierce brazilian rivals santos 1—0, the goal coming in added time and the 99th minute. you'd think after that then there would be some appreciation for palmeiras head coach abel ferreira at his post—match press conference, instead though his triumphant players invaded the room and dumped a cooler of iced water on top of him. and finally, we'll take you to the swiss alps and the outskirts of st moritz, for some pretty extreme downhill skiing. this is the yearly freeride event where competitors have to navigated the steepest and most difficult of terrains with a variety of jumps and tricks. it's certainly not for the faint hearted but congratulations to french skiers leo slemett and mael ollivier who took victory. that's all the sport

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

losing to bottom of the table sheffield united. oliver burke scored the winner as sheffield united claimed only their second league win over the season. earlier, kean bryan scored to give the visitors a half—time lead, with harry maguire equalising for manchester united who remain 2nd, behind manchester city on goal difference. disappointed, of course. we just couldn't get the heights of the last few months was football we played. very disappointing. there is no time to feel sorry for yourself because saturday we go again, we've got arsenal, so we just have two forget this and learn from it and move on. elsewhere, juventus are through to the semi—finals of the coppa italia after thrashing spal a—nil. that sets up a trip to inter milan in the last four. and in spain, lionel messi and frenkie dejong scored for barcelona as they came from behind to win 2—1 at rayo vallencano, to reach the quarter—finals of the copa del rey. there's one game in the english premier league on thursday, with tottenham at home to liverpool. the d

bottom club sheffield united are still without a premier league win this season. 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

but the team most craving the new year was sheffield united. with only two points so far, it is the worse start to a season in premier league history so this was the last thing they needed. palace ahead after just four minutes. and after that it only got worse. eberechi ezejinking his way through the defence and finishing one of the goals of the season. a strike that quickly finished all of sheffield united's new year cheer. austin halewood, bbc news. tottenham managerjose mourinho may have been happy with their win over leeds but he was definitely not happy with three of his players — erik lamela, sergio reguilon and giovani lo celso, who were pictured at a party, in breach of coronavirus rules. the club are investigating — they said they were "extremely disappointed". i believe that we do everything to keep our players safe. i believe that every club also tries to do the same but we are not in control of 2a hours per day, and i think i told you enough and i told you everything. in the scottish premiership, rangers and celtic marked the 50

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when you see sheffield united today decide and he's in right now in the bottom of the leak so your realize how is the premier league the toughest league in the world. manchester united looking to cut the gap to city back to a point with the winner arsenal but right now it is goalless in the 2nd half there newcastle beat everton to no for their 1st league win in 10 games callum wilson getting both of their goals crystal 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

united. pierre emerick aubameyang's shot saved — before willian missed the rebound. arsenal coming into the match having won their last three games, following a slump in form which saw their worst start to a season in over a0 years. and you can catch the rest of the game live on bbc one right now, just beginning the second half at the emirates. still half at the emirates. goalless there. let's hope for a still goalless there. let's hope for a goal in the second half. let's hope for a goal in the second half. well, let's get up to speed on what's happened so far in the fa cup third round. adam wild joins me in the studio — and adam, more joy for clubs lower down the football ladder today? yeah, lots of drama this afternoon in the third round of the fa cup. no fewer than four premier league teams being taken into extra time by clubs lower down than them in the football period, and let's start with blackpool. who have a famous victory this afternoon. the league one side were up against premi

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 front —— finds lit

united. the pick of spurs goals came from tanguy ndombele with this sublime flick over aaron ramsdale in the second half. we played, very, very well. we should score more goals in the first hour. we were very dominant, and we should calm the game down. in the second half, a very basic mistake, very basic mistake, again punished with a goal that brought them to life. but we were lucky to materialise an incredible action and go back to two goals' advantage. i keep saying, about the team, the stuff that— i keep saying, about the team, the stuff that we keep talking about i’i l ht stuff that we keep talking about right the way through the season, key moments, like the quality this afternoon — one other piece of premier league news, and mesut ozil has said goodbye to his team mates at arsenal's training ground. he's now on his way to turkey for a medical, ahead of an expected move to fenerbache. rangers' winning run of 15 successive scottish premiership matches has come to a surprise end, as

they're nine points from safety — but at the 18th time of asking, bottom of the table sheffield united have their first premier league win of the season after beating ten—man newcastle 1—0. billy sharp with the winner from the penalty spot. players have been told to avoid unecessary contact during goal celebrations, with premier league boss richard masters writing to clubs to stress what he calls "the critical importance of adhering to strengthened covid protocols." the manner in the performance was good, considering the position that we are in. it wasn't a performance lacking of belief and confidence, and i'm delighted about that. we keep talking about identity and what we have done, notjust last season, but the 2—3 previous seasons i've been here. that was more like us. we've had a load of tight games here, and as you said, maybe in those tight games, you've not got a break, and tonight was maybe the break, and tonight was maybe the break we all needed. and we will definitely take. in the night's other game, everton won 2—1 at wolves to move up to fourth in the table. defende

man united or liverpool await them next. bottom of the league sheffield united beat plymouth 2—1. billy sharp made one and scored one, first setting up a chris basham header, then going around michael cooper to score. they play at home to championship side bristol city — their result coming up. swansea city made light work of nottingham forest, in one of the all—championship affairs. they won 5—1 at the liberty stadium with liam cullen and matt grimes scoring two goals apiece. barnsley are through to the fifth round after callum styles scored the only goal of their tie with norwich. it's chelsea or luton next for them. bristol city are through after beating millwall 3—0 at the den — antoine semenyo rounding off the scoring. city through to the fa cup fifth round for only the second time in 20 years. 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

united. bbc.co.uk/sport is where you'll also find in—play highlights of those games that are still ongoing. we've heard about arsenal and newcastle. brentford are leading against middlesbrough and plymouth are ahead against huddersfield. and still to come, manchester united taking on watford, kick off at old trafford for that one in just a few minutes‘ time. lovely a few minutes‘ time. stuff, adam, thank you very much lovely stuff, adam, thank you very much indeed for that. let's turn our attentions to scotland now — and the weather has caused havoc to games there. 12 scottish cup ties were postponed and dundee united's match against stjohnstone in the premiership was called off due to a frozen pitch. two games did go ahead today in the top flight, though — kilmarnock beat hamilton 2—0, hamilton just a point off the bottom, and st mirren drew 1—1 with motherwell. top—of—the—table rangers are away at aberdeen tomorrow, with celtic in action against hibs on monday. bristol b

as it stands, tottenham are inside the top four, after a 3—1victory at bottom sheffield united. the pick of their goals came with this sublime flick over aaron ramsdale in the second half. we played very, very well. we should have scored more goals in the first half. we were very dominant, and should have killed the game then. then second half, very basic mistake, very basic mistake, again punished with a goal that brought them to life. but we were then lucky to materialise an incredible action and go back again to a two—goal advantage. rangers�* winning run a 15 successive scottish premiership matches has come to a surprise end. they were held to a 1—1 draw by struggling motherwell. bottom against top, with the runaway premiership leaders looking to widen the gap over celtic to 23 points. motherwell took a surprise early lead at ibrox in december before eventually losing, and after 20 minutes today, give cole put his side ahead. the perfect start to a first home game in charge for a new manager graham alexander. but that shocked steven gerard�*s side into action. alfred

they're both in league one and both welcome teams struggling in the premier league — sheffield united and west brom have just one win between them this season. the cup chetan is where form and league position go out the window and with empty stadiums and squads hit hard by the virus it could the smaller clubs who capitalise. it will be. we will watch very closely. and people can follow on the website. joe, thank you. time now for some of the days other sport stories and rugby union's european cup competitions are in doubt after urgent talks between the french government, the clubs involved and tournament organisers. there are two rounds of champions cup and challenge cup pool games remaining this month. 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

of winterfor sheffield united in the 74th minute. they're now ten points and safety after. home by wills. the former manager was appointed following the sacking of lampard on monday. however chelsea could not find a way past. coming close with this effort in the second half. coming close with this effort in the second half-— coming close with this effort in the second half. ., ., ., ., second half. from now on we will go in every day — second half. from now on we will go in every day we _ second half. from now on we will go in every day we will _ second half. from now on we will go in every day we will help. _ second half. from now on we will go in every day we will help. i - second half. from now on we will go in every day we will help. i do - second half. from now on we will go in every day we will help. i do not i in every day we will help. i do not want to set myself a target where to which time we need to, how much how much time you need to adapt. if you go on the dispute, it will be very quick. go on the dispute, it will be

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 issues, i think the moment calls for exactly that same approach and resolve even more today. cristiano ronaldo is being investigated by italian police over a trip he allegedly took to celebr

manchester united can return to top spot tomorrow but must beat sheffield united. it's 11 without a win now for newcastle — with manager steve bruce saying the premier league can be cruel as they lost 2—1 at home to leeds. they did manage to score after four games without a goal but jack harrison's strike just after the hour mark proved the winner. they remain 16th — seven points above the drop zone. contrast their form with west ham wsho are now into the top four after a fourth league win on the bounce. they haven't lost since christmas in fact. 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

sheffield united and newcastle united preparing to play the first of three premier league matches tonight as the season continued, a welcome relief to so many that elite sport has avoided being suspended in this lockdown but for how much longer? the images of players ignoring social distancing rules after fa cup matches at the weekend concerned ministers, who felt they sent out the wrong message but others insist the sport can still be trusted. the exposure and the comments and the explanation of the risks, i think our boys, even with that crazy happiness, of a big day for them, they will control. but with more than 60 league games in england to postpone so far this season due to covid, pressure is building. fulham are furious they we re building. fulham are furious they were givenjust building. fulham are furious they were given just two days

last night's defeat to sheffield united sparked a torrent of online abuse aimed at the defender who turned home united's winning goal. united called on social media companies to act, but said in a statement that identifying those responsible remains problematic. there was widespread condemnation notjust from the club, but from the players, as well. midfielder scott mctominay said he was "disgusted" with what he'd read. club captain harry maguire added, "united against racism. we will not tolerate it." and the former united defender rio ferdinand called it a "disgrace", adding, "these ignorant idiots need to be exposed so everyone can see them for what they are." well, the former premier league goalkeeper shaka hislop now works with the anti—racism charity show racism the red card. he says that the government needs to be doing more to stop the abuse. 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 is allowed to fester on their pl

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 work together with everyone to stop this nonsense. it's not right and let's hope... we work together with everyone to stop this nonsense. such incidents however while they condemned represent an ongoing problem. in a recent report, kick is 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 their service and that they're taking action when they can identify accounts. they also say they're working with football to try to tackle unacceptable behaviour. now, con

sheffield united and newcastle united emerging in the last few minutes, the first of three premier league matches tonight. elite sport has mapping managed to avoid being suspended. these scenes made a mockery of the protocols. some say the sport can still be trusted. the exposure and the comments and the explanation of the risks, i think now the boys even with that crazy happiness of a big day, they will control. with more than 60 games postponed due to covid, pressure is building. fulham, furious they were given two days notice ahead of a rearranged match tomorrow. given two days notice ahead of a rearranged match tomorrowm given two days notice ahead of a rearranged match tomorrow. it is the premier league, one of the best leagues in the world, to confirm that on monday morning is scandalous. it is not accept. grimsby became the first club to be fined for a breach of covid rules. safety protocols have been deemed a success , safety protocols have been deemed a success, but some want the season to stop. halting football at the moment would send out the right message. to the public. espec

united. it wasn't as one sided though as the league positions might suggest though — only one goal sperating the sides. good work from ferran torres setting up gabrieljesus. they are too deep at points clear. from my point of view, committee manager said it and there are 30 managers scratching their head and i'm scratching my head at the position we are in. we i'm scratching my head at the position we are in.— i'm scratching my head at the position we are in. we have a belief and a fi . ht position we are in. we have a belief and a fight and _ position we are in. we have a belief and a fight and togetherness - position we are in. we have a belief and a fight and togetherness that l and a fight and togetherness that hopefully we can pick up some wins between now and the end of the season and make it a little bit uncomfortable for the teams above us. 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

after beating bottom side sheffield united. they also have a game in hand. one goal was enough, really good work from ferran torres setting up gabrieljesus inside the first 10 minutes. that was city�*s 12th win in a row in all competitions, a club record. today when i see sheffield is now in the bottom of the league right now and you see his team, you realise how tough is the premier league. it is windy, freezing today so all of the guys today, i said it will be a tough game. it was 19th against 18th as west bromwich albion and fulham met at the hawthornes, a 2—2 draw doesn�*t really help either side as they look to get out of the relegation zone. it was a good game though, this was live on bbc one this afternoon. the baggies were trailing at half—time but turned it around and went 2—1 up through matheus pereira scored. but fulham, who are something of the draw specialists in the premier league, found an equaliser through two of their substitutes, a harrison reed cross headed in by ivan cavaleiro. one other result so

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

they‘re nine points from safety — but at the 18th time of asking, bottom of the table sheffield united have their first premier league win of the season after beating ten—man newcastle 1—0. billy sharp with the winner from the penalty spot. players have been told to avoid unecessary contact during goal celebrations, with premier league boss richard masters writing to clubs to stress what he calls "the critical importance of adhering to strengthened covid protocols." the manner in the performance was good, considering the position that we are in. it wasn‘t a performance lacking of belief and confidence, and i‘m delighted about that. we keep talking about identity and what we have done, notjust last season, but the 2—3 previous seasons i‘ve been here. that was more like us. we‘ve had a load of tight games here, and as you said, maybe those tight games, you‘ve not got a break, and tonight was maybe the break we all needed. and we will definitely take. in the night‘s other game, everton won 2—1 at wolves to move up to fourth in the table. defender michael keane heading

sheffield united the tea m with wolves. sheffield united the team is craving the new year. it is a wise start to a season in premier league history so this was the last thing they needed. crystal palace i had after four minutes and after that it only got worse. eberechi eze finishing one of the goals of the season. it finished all of sheffield united ‘s new year cheer. austin halewood, bbc news. tottenham manager jose mourinho may have been happy with their win over leeds but he was definitely not happy with three of his players — erik lamela, sergio reguilon and giovani lo celso, who were pictured at a party, in breach of coronavirus rules. the club are investigating. they said they were "extremely disappointed". i believe that we do everything to keep our players safe. i believe that every club also tries to do the same but we are not in control 2a hours a day and i think i told you enough and i told you everything. in the scottish premiership, rangers and celtic marked the 50th anniversary of the ibrox stadium disaster, which cost 66 fans their lives. both teams laid

plymouth are at sheffield united. and west ham will be hoping to avoid an upset, at home to doncaster rovers. west amara goal up in that match, pablo fornals with the goal for them. relegation—threatened aston villa picked up a precious point in a 2—2 draw at home to reading in the women's super league. villa twice came from behind, with diana silver making it 2—2 late on. villa are still second from bottom in the table, five points ahead of bristol city. reading remain sixth. rory mcilroy leads going into tomorrow's final round of the abu dhabi championship. the northern irishman moved clear with a superb chip in for eagle at the tenth. he's now 13—under par. tyrrell hatton is a shot further back, with fellow englishman tommy fleetwood on 11—under. elvyn evans suffered a frustrating day at the monte carlo rally, losing his lead to sebastien 0gier. the welshman saw his seven—second overnight advantage evaporate and he admitted he was far too careful during the first stage and struggled on the second. he wo

elsewhere, sheffield united beat plymouth argyle. the cup holders arsenal are out, beaten one—nil by southampton. swansea city scored five aginst nottingham forrest, while west ham were four—nil winners over doncaster. in the scottish premiership, rangers now hold a 23—point gap over celtic, steven gerrard celebrating his 150th match in charge with a 5—nil win over ross county. after a devastating display of bowling from james anderson, a cool head was needed from captainjoe root as england replied to sri lanka's first innings total of 381, ending day two of the second test in galle on 98 for two, asjoe wilson reports. life without anderson for england is still unthinkable. his first wicket came after review and replay. angelo mathews given out caught when the spike of sound suggested he had hit it, 110 and trudging off. step forward sri lanka. england's spin bowlers made no impact and it needed you know who. anderson excelling far from home. but sri lanka still made a strong total thanks to perera. 381 for the bat can wicket

last night's defeat to sheffield united at old trafford. the winning goal was deflected off axel tuanzebe, who went on to be substituted in the 83rd minute after starting his first premier league game of the season. abuse was aimed at his and anthony martial�*s instagram accounts, with a number of users posting racist comments and symbols on old photos. manchester united have put out a statement today, saying, "everyone at the club is disgusted by the racial abuse received "by players via social media after last night's game." they go on to say that, "identifying these anonymous, mindless idiots remains problematic. "we urge social media platforms and regulatory authorities "to strengthen measures to prevent this kind of behaviour". there's a big game tonight — the champions liverpool go to tottenham looking for their first win in five games in the premier league. jurgen klopp�*s side have slipped to fifth in the table, only a point above spurs and have only scored once in the league since that 7—0 win at crystal palace before chris

elsewhere everton beat wolves, whilst at the other end bottom of the table sheffield united won their first league game of the season. billy sharpe's penalty securing a 1—0 win over newcastle, cue more celebrations. this happened after the premier league had written to clubs stressing the need to adhere to their covid protocols. and amid increased governement security the health secretary matt hancock reiterated the need for players to stick to the rules. they have special arrangements to ensure the players are safe. they have a testing regime, for instance, but i do think it is important that everybody respects, not just the latter, but the spirit of the rules. letter, but the spirit of the rules. it is the spirit of the will is important. the rules is important. there are two more games tonight, including fulham's game against tottenham. it's a game that was hastily re—arranged after being postponed at the end of december because of the pandemic. fulham boss scott parker said it was "scandalous" that the game was only confirmed on monday, but there's little sympathy from his opp

united. but the biggest surprise was newcastle's 2—0 victory at everton — a relief for manager steve bruce — whose side hadn't won for 12 games. callum wilson scored both their goals. in the other games, arsenal against manchester united was goalless. 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

united. harry kane had already scored from the penalty spot, when he put son heung—min through to make it 2—0 just before half time. son with his 100th goalfor the club. toby alderweireld made it 3 early in the second half. 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

most into the second half on the red button you can see sheffield united against league one plymouth. 2—0 there. and west ham are 3—0 up against doncaster rovers, also of league one. at 5:30, cheltenham, of league two, are up against manchester city. that's live on bbc1. relegation—threatened aston villa picked up a precious point in a 2—2 all 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. rory mcilroy leads going into tomorrow's final round of the abu dhabi championship. the northern irishman moved clear with a superb chip in for eagle at the tenth. he's now 13—under par. tyrrell hatton is a shot further back, with fellow englishman tommy fleetwood on 11—under. elfyn evans suffered a frustrating day at the monte carlo rally, losing his lead to sebastien 0gier. the welshman saw his 7—second overnight advantage evaporate and he admitted he was far too careful dur

united, 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 after a poor run of form. needed those results, the sure, 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. . . with more freedom, more belief, the pressure... gets released a little bit and then that is always a positive thing to 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 coronav

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

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