long gone are the days when that was west brom's sole aim. the next target is the next game and making sure the players are prepared and do the best they can. it has been a great season so far and we don't want it to go flat. the important thing is to keep them bubbly, keep them going, keep the spirit there, and we are very pleased that we have those points. most teams when they are not winning games, it is not one person but different players, and that's why we have to take collective responsibility for it. to make sure that we put those right and come back. if we do come out of this, which i am sure we will, we will be a better team for it. staying at the bottom of the table, hull against burnley today, a point apiece for both sides, but hull city will see it as an opportunity missed. they were leading at one point but michael keane equalised for burnley, their second point away from home this season. important for them but heartbreak for hull city, out of the bottom three at one point today. a big job now for markets over to lift his playe

he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i don't really wa nt was here at west brom. i don't really want to comment on the reason why. i will go back to saying what i said then. saido never played for me, ordidn't said then. saido never played for me, or didn't play regularly, because he wasn't fit enough. for whatever reason. we are under strict obligations not to release any information. that's an fa directive. burnley midfielderjoey barton has accepted an fa charge that he placed over 1,200 bets on matches over a ten—year period. barton has requested a personal hearing before being sanctioned. he was charged in december for breaking fa rules on betting between march 2006 and may 2016. the fa has announced aidy boothroyd as the new coach of the england under 21 side. the former watford and reading manager steps up from the under 19 and 20 sides, replacing the under 19 and 20 sides, replacing the senior boss gareth southgate. he will lead the team in the european championships this summer. tiger woods's agent says the former world number one feels terrible at havin

stoke admit new signing saido berahino served an eight week ban at west brom last year. and the six nations get under way this weekend. but still no victory for scotland's women who haven't won since 2010. plenty coming up tonight. and we're starting with the tennis because great britain are 1—0 up in their opening davis cup tie of 2017 against canada after dan evans won the opening rubber against the 17—year—old wimbledon junior champion denis shapovalov. evans is britain's flag bearer in ottawa in the absence of world number one andy murray. he's currently the most improved player in the world and set about showing it. he eased to the first then broke at a decisive moment in the second and again in the third. evans wrapped it up in straight sets 6—3, 6—3, 6—4 to put great britain one up with kyle edmund next to play. parliament will next week debate how english football is governed as mp's try to improve the way the sport is run. the culture, media and sport committee will bring a motion of ‘no confidence‘ in the football association's ability to restru

stoke admit new signing saido berahino served an eight—week fa ban while at west brom last year. and the world's most improved male tennis player prepares to lead great britain into a davis cup battle with canada. iam lee i am lee foster at twickenham. coming up later, it is inside six nations. on the eve of the championship will look ahead to the weekend's matches. so, a packed sportsday tonight. we're starting with football. as always we've cherry picked the day's best news lines from the managers' press c0 nfe re nces . but before we hear those, let's see who's playing who with a look at the weekend's premier league fixtures. eight games tomorrow and two on sunday. as always with influence at both ends of the table. there's a classic six—pointer in the relegation zone between crystal palace and bottom club sunderland and fellow strugglers hull will be hoping to get something from liverpool's visit. but the pick of the bunch is surely the lunchtime kick off — chelsea against arsenal. chelsea now nine points clear at the top of the table and, according to the former leiceste

we talk about west brom, incredible to think they have reached 40 points and our eighth. let's look at the bottom of the table. as we know, hull missed the table. as we know, hull missed the opportunity to get out of the bottom three, marco silva will be disappointed about that, meaning they are 19th, sunderland rooted to they are 19th, sunderland rooted to the bot on 19th and after the turbulent week leicester have been true that win for crystal palace today season dropping to the bottom three and it is a huge match against liverpool for them on monday. perhaps not the opposition want after dropping to the bottom three and losing your manager. a big few days coming up. that is a big win for middlesbrough at crystal palace, swa nsea for middlesbrough at crystal palace, swansea not in the clear, bournemouth on a poor run as well. you talk about new managers, whoever leicester city appoint will be hoping they get the upturn that other clubs have seen as well, the likes of swansea of course having appointed a new manager had stormed up appointed a new manager had stormed up

he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i don't really want to comment on the reason why. but i will go back to saying what i said then, and i'll say it again, he never played for me, or didn't play regularfor me, because he never played for me, or didn't play regular for me, because he wasn't fit enough, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter. we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information. that is an fa directive. manchester city manager pep guardiola says top scorer sergio aguero is still one of the club's key players. he dropped aguero in favour of their new brazilian striker gabrieljesus for the win at west ham on wednesday but guardiola insists aguero is still the main man in attack. the club needs a lot of strikers. and sergio remains one of the most important players in our squad. going without him wouldn't be possible. he played once in an attacking position. but he always played. and played good. meanwhile his counterpart at manchester united jose mourinho has said his side deserved to win every game they've drawn this season. mouri

following his side's 2—2 draw with west brom. bilic was sent off after protesting to match officials and throwing a television microphone to the ground, after west brom's last—minute equaliser. his assistant manager nikola jurcevic has also been charged for alleged misconduct following an incident in the first half of the same game. both men have until 6pm on thursday to respond to the charge. relegation—threatented swansea city have been dealt a blow with the news winger nathan dyer will miss the rest of the season through injury. he ruptured his achilles tendon in the early stages of his side's victory over leicester yesterday. joe root has been named as england's new test cricket captain with the the ecb chairman colin graves calling the yorkshire batsman the "perfect choice". ben stokes has been appointed vice—captain. root succeeds alastair cook, who resigned last week. his first test in charge will be against south africa at lord's in july. a tremendous performance. root has played magnificently. magnificent hundred f

he served a ban here at west brom andi he served a ban here at west brom and i don‘t really want to comment on the reason why, but i will go back to seeing what i said then, and i will see it again. saido never played for me or did not play regularly for me because he was not fit enough, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter, and we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information, and thatis release any of that information, and that is an fa directive. newcastle united manager rafa benitez has said he won‘t quit despite reports this morning he could be considering his future on tyneside. the club, currently second in the championship, in the championship, failed to make a signing in the january transfer window and reports suggested owner mike asshley had retaken control of transfers instead of benitez. i will not quit, i will not leave, because i am happy, so i am ready to fight, to try to get the three points in the next game and the promotion at the end of the season. that is so simple, so clear. rugby union‘s six nations gets underway this weekend. scotlan

james morrison got the only goal of the game for west brom afterjust six minutes. berahino did come on as a second half substitute for stoke but had little impact, and was booed by the home fans throughout. chelsea are 12 points clear at the top as you know, but second—placed spurs could reduce that to nine with victory at home to middlesbrough in the late kick—off. and they have just taken the lead. sung—joon men brought down in the penalty box, referee pointed to the spot and harry kane stepped up to convert the spot kick. such as it was my could be down to nine if totte n ha m was my could be down to nine if tottenham hang on. that is why he was so tottenham hang on. that is why he was so happy! let's see the table as it stands. antonio conte's men might be lifting the league title in may. but tottenham hotspurs might have a thing to say about it, although there are north london rivals arsenal and liverpool are falling behind after their defeat is today. manchester city and manchester united both in action tomorrow. down at the bottom, those victories for

stoke admit new signing saido berahino served an eight week ban at west brom last year. and the six nations get underway this weekend. but still no victory for scotland's women who haven't won since 2010. so plenty coming up tonight. and we're starting with the tennis because great britain are 1—0 up in their opening davis cup tie of 2017 against canada after dan evans won the opening rubber against the 17—year—old wimbledon junior champion denis shapovalov. evans is britain's flag bearer in ottawa in the absence of world number one andy murray. he eased through the first set then brought in a decisive moment in the second, and again in the third. evans wrapped it up in straight sets, 6—3, 6—3, 6—4, to put britain w011 sets, 6—3, 6—3, 6—4, to put britain won it with kyle edmund next week. o nto football won it with kyle edmund next week. onto football no... onto football now... parliament will next week debate how english football is governed as mps try to improve the way the sport is run. the culture, media and sport committee will bring a motion of �

he served a ban when he was here at west brom andl ban when he was here at west brom and i don't want to comment on the reason why. but i will go back to saying what i said then, and i will saying what i said then, and i will say it again, saido never played regular for me because he was not fit enough. for whatever reason. it was a personal matter. we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information. that is an fa directive. burnley midfielderjoey barton has accepted an fa charge that he placed over 1200 bets on matches over a ten year period. barton, has requested a personal hearing before being sanctioned. he was charged in december for breaking fa rules on betting between march 2006 and may 2016. tiger woods's agent says he feels terrible at having to withdraw from the dubai desert classic with a bad back. this was only his 2nd tour appearance, after 3 operations over 19 months. after an awful first round, he said ‘he wasn't in pain'. the 14—time major winner, finished his round 12 shots off the lead. but the problem apparently came on late last night when h

he served the ban when he was at west brom, i don't wa nt when he was at west brom, i don't want to comment on why. i will go back to say what i said then and i will say it again, he never played for me or did play regularly for me because he wasn't fit, for whatever reason. it was a personal matter and we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information and that is an fa directive. we had news in the last few moments that parliament will debate a motion of no—confidence in the governance of the football association on thursday the football association on thursday the 9th of february, the culture media sport committee has announced that. six nations begins this weekend in scotland post ireland, england take on france and wales travel to italy. tournament last year saw england secure a grand slam and infact year saw england secure a grand slam and in fact they went unbeaten in all of 2016 and will be firm favourites this time around. preparations have been good. the concern is when you prepare so well, you can be complacent coming in two games, we have had a good week th

he served the band when he was here at west brom, i don't wa nt to he was here at west brom, i don't want to comment on the reason why but i will go back to saying what i said then and i'll say it again. saido berahino never played for me regularly because he wasn't fit enough. for what ever reason. it was a personal matter and we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information and that is any of that information and that is an fa directive. tony pulis there. we will have more sporting the next hour including rugby and the davis cup. the defence secretary is warning that russia is using sustained cyber attacks to target democracy and infrastructure systems in the west. sir michael fallon says moscow is "weaponising misinformation" in an attempt to destabilise nato. his claims come on the same day a report by mps criticises the government's approach to cyber security saying responses to large data losses have been "chaotic our correspondent daniel boettcher reports. attacks in cyberspace are risk to personal data to infrastructure and there are increasing worries a

brom's last—minute equaliser. west ham's assistant manager nikola jurcevic has also been charged for alleged misconduct following an incident in the first half of the same game. both men have until 6pm on thursday to respond to the charge. swansea city winger nathan dyer has been ruled out for the rest of the season. he lasted just seven minutes of their 2—0 win over leicester yesterday before limping off, rupturing the achilles tendon in his left ankle. former sale sharks wing tom arscott has been found guilty of passing on confidential team information to bristol by the rugby football union. arscott was suspended by sale on 11th january and then sacked 16 days later after an internal investigation by the premiership club. the rfu investigation concluded bristol were aware of sale's line—out set up and their defensive pattern. bristol won the match by a point on new year's day. the rfu say arscott‘s behaviour was inappropriate and have issued him with a written warning. ulster rugby have announced that jono

he joined stoke from west brom last month. he served a ban when he was at west brom, i don't want to comment on the reason why but i will go back to saying what i said then and will say it again, saido berahino never played for me or never played regularly for me because he wasn't fit enough for whatever reason. it was a personal matter and we are under strict obligations not to release any of that information and that is an fa directive. another difficult time for tiger woods. his agent says the former world number one feels terrible at having to withdraw from the dubai desert classic with a bad back, this was only his second tour appearance after three operations over 90 months, after an awfulfirst round he said he wasn't in pain, he finished 12 shots off the lead but the problem apparently came on late last night when he experienced a spasm in his lower back. that is all the sport for now. let's get more on the news that theresa may is to brief her european counterparts about her meeting with president trump. eu leaders are

craig dawson equalised for west brom and gareth mcauley scored the winner. it's a fourth league defeat in a row for bournemouth. most teams when they are not winning games it is not one person, it is different players, and that's why we have to take collective responsibility to make sure we put those right and come back. if we do come out of this, which i am sure we will, we will be a better team for it. everton are unbeaten in nine games now, beating bottom side sunderland 2—0. gay scored his first goalfor everton then sunderland 2—0. gay scored his first goal for everton then the cargo scored his 60th, equalling the club record. another clean sheet, really pleased by the first 45 minutes. not really ha p py pleased by the first 45 minutes. not really happy about the second a5. pleased by the first 45 minutes. not really happy about the second as. i think we dropped the tempo. we played more backbone than forward, and one lucky moment —— more back then than forward. i think it was defoe. a lucky moment and we did it ourselves because once again we d

brom. bilic was sent off after protesting to match officials — and throwing a television microphone to the ground — after west brom's last—minute equaliser. his assistant manager, nikola jurcevic has also been charged for alleged misconduct following an incident in the first half of the same game. both men have until 6pm on thursday to respond to the charge. relegation threatented swansea city have been dealt a blow with te news winger nathan dyer will miss the rest of the season through injury. he ruptured his achilles tendon in the early stages of his side's victory over leicester yesterday. joe root has been named as england's new test captain. the ecb chairman colin graves said the yorkshire batsman is the "perfect choice" to replace alistair cook. ben stokes has been appointed as his vice—captain. his first test in charge will be against south africa at lord's in july. martyn moxon, the director of cricket at root‘s club side believes he's ready to take on the role. you know,

brom scored a late equaliser to share the points with west ham. celtic are having a season to remember — runaway leaders in the league, and today they scored six against inverness callie thistle make it through to the quarter finals of the scottish cup. that's all the sport for now. another two—hundred—and—forty pilot whales have become stranded in a remote bay in new zealand — in what conservationists say is the country's biggest beaching for 100 years. the pod is thought to include some of the one hundred whales who were rescued from the same area yesterday. some scenes are distressing. doing whatever they can to help before it's too late. these volunteers have been working for many hours, trying to keep the whales cool as they lie stranded. some say singing also helps to keep them calm, but what they really need is high tide. very quickly this tide has come racing in, and now we're all up to our knees, some people are up to their waists in water, and we're starting to get a bit of floating, and we're just helping assist the whales wit

and west brom had a 1—0 win over stoke at the hawthorns. in scotland, hearts beat ten—man motherwell 3—0. they stay fourth in the table while motherwell drop down to ninth. elsewhere aberdeen beat patrick thistle two nil to move above rangers into 2nd. rangers drew 1—1 with ross county. celtic are 2a points clear and play stjohnstone tomorrow. great britain are 2—1 up in the davis cup tie against canada after winning their doubles rubber today. jamie murray and dom inglot beat daniel nestor and vasek pospisil in 4 sets in ottawa. evans could clinch the tie against pospisil in the first singles rubber tomorrow. the winners will travel to france in the quarter—finals in april. that's all the sport for now. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages: the front page of the sunday telegraph leads on the government's 60 million pound investigation into historic allegations of abuse in iraq — the paper says mps are due to conclude that it's unfit for purpose. the observer reports that theresa may's government is going to make a

there were wins also for west ham, watford and west brom. today manchester city play swansea city, and manchester united are at champions leicester. in the scottish premiership, rangers slipped to third after being held to a 1—1 draw against ross county. meanwhile at fir park, hearts overcame ten—man motherwell 3—0. esmael gonsalvez scored twice, his first goals for the club. elsewhere aberdeen beat patrick thistle 2—0 to move up to second in the table. leaders celtic move 27 points clear if they beat stjohnstone later today. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in their davis cup tie against canada after winning yesterday's doubles. jamie murray and dom inglot beat daniel nestor and vashek pospisil in four sets in ottawa. dan evans could also clinch a tie in the first singles rubber of this afternoon. the winners face france in the quarterfinals. it's been a good weekend for british athletes in germany. laura muir has continued her recent record—breaking form by setting a european 3,000 metre indoor record. muir broke the british

yes, west ham looked odds—on to make it back to back wins at home to west brom. a header that came off the head of gareth mcauley to get a draw for tony pulis' mere-fie: ,, 7, 7 , 7, more lass—hats his team was begause his team wg; jggg'gg gg so begause his team wg; jggg'gg gg so the game. until so late in the game. in the second half, it was all us. it was a fantastic performance, it is not easy to turn the game around, especially against such a solid and organised team. we could and should have scored more. it is really frustrating, but i am more than pleased how the guys played. they played fantastic. when you're playing against teams like this, you always need to goals, asa like this, you always need to goals, as a bit ofa like this, you always need to goals, as a bit of a cushion, but fair play to west ham, they played really well especially in the second half. they changed the system which caught out a little bit. we change them, so, an entertaining game for the supporters who have come here today. not in turleigh share those who went to the riverside we

and west brom had a 1—0 win over stoke at the hawthorns. today manchester city play swansea city and manchester united are at champions leicester. in the scottish premiership, rangers slipped to third after being held to a 1—1 draw against ross county. meanwhile at fir park, hearts overcame 10—man motherwell 3—0. esmael goncalves scored twice, his first goals for the club. elsewhere aberdeen beat patrick thistle 2—0 to move up to second in the table. leaders celtic move 27 points clear if they beat stjohnstone later today. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in their davis cup tie against canada after winning yesterday's doubles. jamie murray and dom inglot beat daniel nestor and vashek pospisil in four sets in ottawa. dan evans could also clinch a tie in the first singles rubber of this afternoon. the winners face france in the quarter—finals. it's been a good weekend for british athletes in germany. laura muir has continued her recent record—breaking form by setting a european 3000m indoor record in karlsruhe. muir broke the

hull city and burnley drew i—i, as did watford and west ham. west brom beat bournemouth 2—1. celtic have maintained their 24—point lead at the top of the scottish premiership with a 2—0 win over hamilton. moussa dembele scored both goals to give the hoops their 21st league win in a row. aberdeen moved nine points clear in the race for second place, with a 1—0 win over ross county. dundee won 5—1 away at motherwell. partick thistle beat a ten—man hearts. and kilmarnock got their first away win since october at stjohnstone. it's the first major cup final of the english domestic season this afternoon, manchester united take on southampton at wembley in the efl cup. southampton haven't won a major trophy since 1976. jose mourniho has never lost a domestic cup final in england. it would be good for the group, it would be good for the club and it would be good for me, obviously. but, um...you know, the beginning of my career i was looking more to myself and to my personal achievements, if you can say that. i am in a period where i am more and more a club man. the most imp

stoke admit new signing saido berahino served an eight week ban at west brom last year. and the six nations get under way this weekend. but still no victory for scotland's women who haven't won since 2010. plenty coming up tonight. and we're starting with the tennis because great britain are 1—0 up in their opening davis cup tie of 2017 against canada after dan evans won the opening rubber against the 17—year—old wimbledon junior champion denis shapovalov. evans is britain's flag bearer in ottawa in the absence

brom scored a late equaliser to share the points with west ham, 2—2 it finished at the london stadium. there are two matches later today. chelsea can go 12 points clear at the top of the table with victory at burnley. there's a big game at the bottom where swansea host leicester. both sides are just one point above the relegation zone. rangers go into their fifth round scottish cup game with greenock morton later with under—20 coach graeme murty in temporary charge. there's an edinburgh derby in the early kick off with hearts hosting hibernian celtic scored six against inverness callie thistle yesterday to reach the quarterfinals. mikael lustig put celtic ahead before moussa dembele scored three, it's now hat—tricks in back—to—back games for the young french striker. kieran tierney added a fifth then captain scott brown rounded off the rout in injury time. also through to the quarter finals are st mirren, aberdeen and partick thistle. ayr united and clyde drew as did dunfermline and hamilton, so they'll replay. and there was one match in the scottish premiership, dundee and ki

west brom scored an injury time equaliser to get a point at west ham. middlesbrough and everton drew 0—0. celtic are having a season to remember. runaway leaders in the league, and today they scored six against inverness callie thistle to make it through to the quarter finals of the scottish cup. mikael lustig put celtic ahead before moussa dembele scored three. it's now hat—tricks in back—to—back games for the young french striker. kieran tierney added a fifth, then captain scott brown rounded off the rout in injury time. also through to the quarter finals are st mirren, aberdeen and partick thistle. ayr united and clyde drew as did dunfermline and hamilton both those matches ended in 1—1. and in the scottish premiership dundee and kilmarnock drew 1—1. ryan day is through to the final of snooker‘s world grand prix in preston. he beat marco fu by six frames to four, winning the decisive frame by a point on the black. he'll play barry hawkins in the final tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. let's have a look at some of the front pages.

the west brom and england footballer developed dementia and died in 2002, at the age of 59. a coroner said he had an industrial disease. in other words, heading a ball made a significant contribution to the cause of death. since then, jeff astle's family have campaigned for more research on the impact of heading heavy, often waterlogged footballs in that era. jeff'sjob killed him. i knew the dayjeff was diagnosed because why else would a man, you know, physically fit, only 55, suddenly overnight, virtually, it came on so rapidly, be diagnosed with dementia? the astle family was told at the time by the football authorities that a research programme had been started, but it was dropped because of technical flaws. now, 15 years on, they're angry that nothing more has been done. for too long, it's been about protecting the product of football and what it should be doing is protecting its players and i think they're terrified that if the results come out and it's shown that football could be a killer. the new study examined the brains of six former players who'd developed dementi

up in sport at half—past: mark hughes says he's happy to play saido berahino against his former club west brom tomorrow, after it emerged his new striker served an eight week fa ban last year, before his january move. the only road bridge linking the two halves of the north yorkshire town of tadcaster will re—open later today. it was destroyed by severe flooding more than a year ago and people living and working in the town have faced a long detour to get across the river wharfe. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. 0pening day of tadcaster‘s road bridge. 13 months after it was swept away. they were working right up to the last minute, putting the surface down. there is a will to get traffic going across it from the moment it's finished. go on, go on, get going. the destruction of the ancient crossing was one of the defining images of the 2015 winter floods. the force of the river wharfe caused it to collapse. it left the town completely divided, an 18 mile round trip was required to get from one side of the river to the other. after several weeks a footbridge was put solving the p

hull city and burnley drew 1—1, as did watford and west ham. west brom beat bournemouth 2—1. boxing now, and amir khan and manny pacquiao have confirmed they will take to the ring on april 23rd. both fighters made the announcement on social media. no venue has been given for what khan describes as the "super fight", but pacquiao has suggested earlier this month it may take place in the united arab emirates. london 2012 silver medallist michaeljamieson has retired from swimming. jamieson‘s silver medal in the 200m breaststroke was the best british performance in the pool in the home olympics. he struggled with depression after injuries and was disappointed with his silver two years later at the glasgow commonwealth games. he's now heading to guatemala to learn about yoga and meditation. i will have more sport for you in the next hour. back now to our top story, jeremy corbyn‘s assertion that he is determined to stay on as labour leader, despite defeat in the copeland by—election. he claims the boat was the rejection of the establishment. andrew marr spoke to baroness jak

hejoined stoke city last month, but the ban was served at his previous club west brom. the six nations starts after their grand slam england head coach eddiejones thinks his side can be even better. the women's tournament starts tonight with scotland hosting ireland. and great britain get their davis cup campaign underway against canada, dan evans will play the opening rubber after his strong performance at the australian open. andy murray not in the team, he is resting at the moment. back with more on the story is just after 10am. although gene therapy has the potential to eliminate birth defects and debilitating diseases, it also presents difficult ethical issues, with opponents claiming it's wrong to create so—called designer babies. the use of gene therapy will be debated by the royal society of medicine tonight. arguing the case that gene editing should be resisted will be kiruna stamell a stage and screen actor with dwarfism. she made this short film for radio 4's today programme. professorjothoe mcfadden is a professor of molecular genetics at the university of

he served a ban when he was here at west brom. i will not comment on the reason why. he did not play regularfor me because he the reason why. he did not play regular for me because he was regularfor me because he was not fit enough. sergio aguero was dropped in the win against west ham on wednesday that pep guardiola insists he is still the main man in attack. the club needs strikers. sergei remains one of the most important players in our squad —— sergio aguero. it was a tactical decision. the other games when he was not found he played and played good. newcastle united manager rafael dias has said he won't quit despite reports this morning he could be considering his future on tyneside. the club failed to make a single signing in the january tra nsfer single signing in the january transfer window. reports suggested that mike ashley had retaking control of transfers, instead of rafael dias. i will not leave because i am happy. —— bonito. iam ready to fight and get three points in the next game. so simple, so clear. dan evans will lead great britain in the fir

brom's last—minute equaliser. west ham's assistant manager nikola jurcevic has also been charged for alleged misconduct following an incident in the first half of the same game. both men have until 6pm on thursday to respond to the charge. relegation threatened swansea city have been dealt a blow with the news winger nathan dyer will miss the rest of the season through injury. he ruptured his achilles tendon in the early stages of his side's victory over leicester yesterday. ulster rugby have announced that jono gibbes willjoin the province as head coach ahead of next season. the former all black, seen here on the right, has signed a two—year contract. he's currently forwards coach at clermont auvergne. he'd previously held a similar position at leinster where he won three european cups. the former sale sharks wing tom arscott has been found guilty of passing on confidential team information to his brother, who plays for fellow premiership side bristol. arscott was suspended in early january and then sacked 16 d

and west brom scored a late equaliser to share the points with west ham. 2—2 it finished at the london stadium. celtic scored six against inverness callie thistle to reach the scottish cup quarter finals. mikael lustig put celtic ahead before moussa dembele scored three. it's now hat—tricks in back—to—back games for the young french striker. kieran tierney added a fifth. then captain scott brown rounded off the rout in injury time. also through to the quarter finals are st mirren, aberdeen, and partick thistle. ayr united and clyde drew, as did dunfermline and hamilton, so they'll replay. and there was one match in the scottish premiership. dundee and kilmarnock drew 1—1. let us move on to rugby league. champions, wigan, made a winning start to their super league title defence with a 26—16 win over salford. in the day's other game, last year's runners up warrington were beaten away at catalans. this try with the final play of the game saw it end 2012 in favour of the french side. england's danny willett blew a three shot overnight lead and eventually had to settle for share o

sunderland remain bottom after losing 4—0 to southampton and west brom scored a late equaliser to share the points with west ham, 2—2 it finished at the london stadium. celtic scored six against inverness callie thistle to reach the scottish cup quarter finals. mikael lustig put celtic ahead before moussa dembele scored three, it's now hat—tricks in back—to—back games for the young french striker. kieran tierney added a fifth then captain scott brown rounded off the rout in injury time. also through to the quarter finals are st mirren, aberdeen and partick thistle. ayr united and clyde drew as did dunfermline and hamilton, so they'll replay. and there was one match in the scottish premiership, dundee and kilmarnock drew 1—1. champions wigan made a winning start to their super league title defence with a 26—16 win over salford. in the days other game. last year's runners up warrington were beaten away at catalans. this try with the final play of the game saw it end 20—12 in favour of the french side. england's danny willett blew a three shot overnight lead and eventually ha

west brom scored a late equaliser to share the points with west ham. 2— to the score, and it was goalless between middlesbrough and everton. celtic have reached the quarterfinals of the scottish cup in emphatic style. they put six goals past inverness caledonian thistle. hat tricks in back—to—back games for celtic‘s young french striker. captain scott brown rounded off the rout in injury time. also through to the quarterfinals are st mirren, aberdeen and partick thistle, and in the scottish premiership, dundee and kilmarnock drew1—1. wigan warriors have got the defence of their super league title off to a winning start. catalan dragons are playing warrington wolves in the day's of the fixture —— other fixture. warrington currently leading 6—4 in that game. it is the second round of rugby league's challenge cup, amongst the teams whose names will be on the next round at sale. they beat pilkington wrecks. also through from the fixtures today at rochdale warriors, and egremont warriors. in tennis, at i was decided by a final doubles match. watson had given britain the lead, kon

and west brom had a 1—0 win over stoke at the hawthorns. today manchester city play swansea city and manchester united are at champions leicester. in the scottish premiership, rangers slipped to third after being held to a 1—1 draw against ross county. meanwhile at fir park, hearts overcame 10—man motherwell 3—0. esmael goncalves scored twice, his first goals for the club. elsewhere aberdeen beat patrick thistle 2—0 to move up to 2nd in the table. leaders celtic move 27 points clear if they beat stjohnstone later today. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in their davis cup tie against canada after winning yesterday's doubles. jamie murray and dom inglot beat daniel nestor and vashek pospisil in four sets in ottawa. dan evans could also clinch a tie in the first singles rubber of this afternoon. the winners will travel to france in the quarter—finals in april. british snowboarder katie ormerod has claimed a silver medal at the air and style big air competition in austria. ormerod has had an impressive start to 2017, winning herf

hull city and burnley drew 1—1, as did watford and west ham. west brom beat bournemouth 2—1. celtic have maintained their 24—point lead at the top of the scottish premiership with a 2—0 win over hamilton. moussa dembele scored both goals to give the hoops their 21st league win in a row. aberdeen moved nine points clear in the race for second place, with a 1—0 win over ross county. dundee won 5—1 away at motherwell. partick thistle beat a ten—man hearts. and kilmarnock got their first away win since october at stjohnstone. southampton have not won a major trophy since 1976. jose mourinho has never lost a domestic cup final in england. it will be good for the group and club, and also for me obviously. but at the beginning of my career i was looking more to myself and my personal achievements if you can say that. i am in a period when i am more a club man. we have to put in the ground all the experience to win this game this year, so it is the best opportunity to play again for the european games next season. it is most important for me. it is most important for me. en

and west brom had a 1—0 win over stoke at the hawthorns. today manchester city play swansea city and manchester united are at champions leicester. in the scottish premiership, rangers slipped to third after being held to a 1—1 draw against ross county. meanwhile at fir park hearts overcame 10—man motherwell 3—0. esmael goncalves scored twice, his first goals for the club. elsewhere aberdeen beat patrick thistle 2—0 to move up to second in the table. leaders celtic move 27 points clear if they beat stjohnstone later today. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in their davis cup tie against canada after winning yesterday‘s doubles. jamie murray and dom inglot beat daniel nestor and vashek pospisil in four sets in ottawa. dan evans could clinch the tie against pospisil in the first singles rubber of this afternoon. the winners will travel to france in the quarter—finals in april. the teams and knew how important it was. it was a 50— 50 match. there was a favourite. we knew it was going to be close games. because of what the surf

brom a 1—0 when against stoke. totte n ha m brom a 1—0 when against stoke. tottenham was a half—life kick—off and it has been all spires, but no goal so far. in the day's early game, hearts beat ten—man motherwell 3—0. the home side had carl mchugh sent off early in the second half for this lunge on don cowie. and just six minutes later hearts made the advantage count, they went in front through alexandros tziolis' deflected strike. two goals in the final five minutes sealed it for the away side, both scored by esmael goncalves — his first goals for the club. hearts stay fourth. motherwell drop down to ninth. aberdeen beat partick thistle 2—0 and are up to second in the premiership now. bottom of the table inverness drew with dundee. you can see the results here. celtic are 2a points clear and play saint johnstone tomorrow. that is all the sport for now. we will be back at half past six with sportsday. you can look at the website for updates on the tottenham hotspurs match, and also for updates on the

at the stadium of light sunderland play southampton whilst west ham take on west brom. and there's a big one in the late kick off with second place spurs at liverpool. sheffield wednesday are still on course to reach the at least the play offs in the championship after a 3—nil win over birmingham city. their opening goal was scored by new signing jordan rhodes afterjust nine minutes of his home debut. great britain will play croatia later in a promotion play—off in the fedex cup. that's the equivalent of the davis cup in women's tennis. the british team won all three of their group games. in their latest tie against turkey a singles victory forjohanna konta put great britain on their way to a 3—0 win. tiger woods has withdrawn from the next two events on the pga tour with "ongoing back spasms". the 14 time major winner pulled out of this month's dubai desert classic before the second round with the injury. he only returned to action in december after two back operations. for years now, snowdonia in north wales has been establishing itself as a centre for extreme a

the west brom and england footballer developed dementia and died at the age of 59. a coroner ruled in 2002 that he had an industrial disease brought sincethenrhisfamfty-havg- on the impact of heading heavy, often waterlogged footballs, on previous generations of players. jeff'sjob killed him. i knew the day he was diagnosed. why else would a man, physically fit, only 55, suddenly, overnight virtually, it came on so rapidly, be diagnosed with dementia? his daughter dawn is angry that 15 years on, the football authorities have not started a thorough research programme. for too long it has been about protecting the product of football and what it should be doing is protecting players. i think they are terrified, that the results come out, and it is shown that football could be a killer. some former players in england and scotland agree that more needs to be done. i just think that there is research needing done. in years gone by, the balls were different, they were a lot heavier, leather balls, and it really picked up a lot of weight when they were wet. this definitely

and west brom scored a late equaliser to share the points with west ham. 2—2 it finished at the london stadium. two games in the premier league today. champions leicester city are at swansea city later as both teams continue to face the threat of relegation. before that, leaders, chelsea, are away at burnley as they look to increase the gap at the top to 12 points. if we think that, umm, we have nine points and we are very close to winning the title, it is a great mistake, it is a big mistake. there are 1a games to play. there are, i repeat, five teams. six teams can fight until the end to win the title. celtic scored six against inverness callie thistle to reach the scottish cup quarter finals. mikael lustig put celtic ahead before moussa dembele scored three. it's now hat—tricks in back—to—back games for the young french striker. kieran tierney added a fifth. then captain scott brown rounded off the rout in injury time. also through to the quarter finals are st mirren, aberdeen, and partick thistle. ayr united and clyde drew, as did dunfermline and hamilton, so they'll replay.

hull city and burnley drew 1—1, as did watford and west ham. west brom beat bournemouth 2—1. celtic have maintained their 2a point lead at the top of the scottish premiership with a 2—0 win over hamilton. moussa dembele scored both goals to give the hoops their 21st league win in a row. aberdeen moved nine points clear in the race for second place, with a 1—0 win over ross county. dundee won 5—1 away at motherwell. partick thistle beat a ten—man hearts. and kilmarnock got their first away win since october at stjohnstone. england's one—day cricket captain eoin morgan top—scored with 95, as his side eased to a win in the first warm—up game of their west indies tour. morgan was joined by jason roy, new test captain joe root and ben stokes in scoring half—centuries, as they beat the vice chancellor's 11 by 117 runs. the first 0di of the three—match series is on friday. boxing now, and amir khan and manny pacquiao have confirmed they will take to the ring on april the 23rd. both fighters made the announcement on social media a few hours ago. no venue has been gi

we can speak to dawn astle, the daughter of the former england and west brom footballer, jeff astle. jeff died at the age of 59 from a degenerative brain disease, which was linked to heading old leather footballs, and after reading the report, dawn says there are hundreds if not thousands of other footballers out there suffering from something similar. we also have peter mccabe, chief executive of headway, the brain injury association. dawn, you have been pushing for more research to be done into this. what is your reaction to this research? well, sadly, i'm not surprised because when the coroner ruled back in 2002 that dad's job had killed him. he ruled industrial disease, it was then that the footballing authorities should have taken this really seriously because people were losing their lives, but when dad's brain was re—examined two years ago, it was actually found that he didn't have alzheimer's, he had got cte and he became the first british footballer to have been diagnosed, that was the reason for his death. and of course, we know that the disease has been found in nfl play