manchester united or manchester city be left kicking themselves? no longer in the frame — mark allen's quest for the world snooker championship falters at the first hurdle. and out of the picture — london is replaced as the host of the atp world tour finals by turin. the pride of manchester — for a quarter of a century under sir alex ferguson there was no debate... the city was red, but ever since the blue half of manchester has been the dominant force. tonight in the premier league a lot could be decided — the title for guardiola's city, a place in the top four for solskjaer‘s united but for some fans, the pride that comes with winning the derby may mean so much more. let's ta ke let's take a look at the top of the table going into this one. manchester city going into this one, they can win, this is their game in hand. manchester united have a game in handover chelsea but they are behind the londoners on goal difference. a big game for both clu bs. andy swiss looks ahead. manchester city, premier league champions. so, could this be the n

the odds are certainly against manchester united. but never write them off. it's the goal that defines 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s career. he made 366 appearances for manchester united but there's one image that comes to mind. his 1999 champions league final—winning goal in the nou camp for united against bayern munich to complete an historic treble. so how does he feel returning to the same pitch for the first time 20 years later as unted manager? that goal has been mentioned atrial terms, yes, —— a field times. so if you have come up to me and to talk to me about that night, the best night of their lives. i can't really remember my feelings and emotions, but i have seen the goal so many times. i have seen it in the background, when the fanfare comes on, it is always there. i have never seen the full game. i have seen the 15 minutes that i played once but that goal, i have seen a million times. we had young boys coming through together, they had the best habits, it was workrate, coming in on time, it was going into the gym and doing all the extras, that c

manchester united vs manchester city is an eight o'clock kick off. there's full commentary on five live sport. coverage begins at 6:30 with mark chapman live from old trafford. commentary team of the bbc‘s football correspondent john murray and robbie savage. the five—time winner ronnie o'sullivan claimed he was — physically not 100% — as he was on the receiving end of probably the biggest upset in crucible history — beaten 10—8 by amateur, james cahill in the first round of the world snooker championship in sheffield. as ben croucher reports, it was an unexpected performance from ‘the rocket‘ in more ways than one... they are calling it the greatest shot in snooker. james cahill walked into the crucible a qualifier, and debutante, and amateur. he left it today with the piece of history. you know, it's nice to just win, its nice to qualify, it's nice to beat ronnie, every thing is just perfect today. if cahill achieved perfection, this was a very imperfect ronnie o'sullivan, one we have not come to recognise, even without the drastic

city, the strength of manchester city, the strength of manchester city, the strength of manchester city is not the quality. of course, it is after the quality, but it is first of all the desire and, you know, the will to fight. it is an incredible to whom. i've said it, i don't know, maybe 1000 times since i came to england, but harry kane, number nine for the international english team, an incredible striker, everybody knows it. he does everything, right, left, movement, keep the ball, intelligent movement, keep the ball, intelligent movement, dropping in the box, he is clinical. he does everything like a modern striker. natalie, you mentioned pep guardiola talking about this quadruple, or quintuple, he says it is impossible, he pours scorn on it at every possible turn. he probably would do that, he doesn't want to increase the pressure on his side but pochettino was talking about it and he said if any team is going to do it it will be them. the good news for city is a aguero has been training, he missed two matches with a muscle injury but he was here training last night, so good news

the manchester derby. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, judd trump battles back from 6—3 down to keep his world championship hopes alive after a thrilling final frame decider against thepchaiya un—nooh. good evening. the murder of the journalist lyra mckee should be a decisive turning point in the history of northern ireland. that was the forthright message delivered at her funeral in belfast today, a message heard by a congregation which included theresa may, jeremy corbyn, the taoiseach leo varadkar, and leading politicians in northern ireland. lyra mckee was shot dead by the so—called new ira in londonderry last week. in a powerful address at the funeral service, father martin magill rebuked leaders for the political stalemate in northern ireland, and urged them to renew their commitment to power—sharing. our correspondent emma vardy has this report. a modern victim of political violence that many hoped had been consigned to the past. thousands lined the streets of belfast for lyra mckee,

it's an intriguing situation where the gun is so shot did manchester united make a mistake appointing an interim manager because whoever that was happened to be social and he had to do a lot better than people were expecting if they were going to succeed united were never totally going to be in a position where the pressure on them to appoint that manager was a well they always going to be the best person for the job. this means that united are not necessarily in the position of looking for one of the top managers in europe and appointing someone who had a track record over many citizens so it's a difficult position with our job it looks like you'll be given time so to build from the some are rightly welling's thank you very much and that is all your support for now we'll have more for you a little bit later thanks very much. and of course we will continue to follow events from sri lanka with our correspondents front slowly and else and as for you watching the al-jazeera news with me and. cousins up next with another full half hour demand from being on the team thanks very much for yo

manchester city leading the way byjust a single point — after that crucial win over manchester united earlier in the week both teams have three games left to play. liverpool, well first of all they face huddersfield here this evening, a match that should be pretty straightforward — as huddersfield are rock bottom of the table. they then have two games against newcastle and wolves. as for manchester city, well they don't play their next match until sunday — when they face burnley before they finish the season against leicester and brighton. so it is all still in manchester city's hands. if they win their last three games, they will be champions, but liverpool know that if they win here tonight — for a short while at least — they will be top of the table. and that will put a bit of pressure back on manchester city for their game in hand on sunday. so there could be a few more twists and turns in this enthralling title race. kick off here is at 8 o'clock. thank you. i have a nervous liverpool fan here who is trying to concentrate on the weather, not the football. i will stick to

game in hand is against manchester united, in the manchester derby this evening. it is a derby with a twist because the home fans arriving at 0ld because the home fans arriving at old trafford will think it is something of a no—win situation. if they get a result against manchester city they know they may hand their bitter archrivals liverpool a crucial advantage in that race with just three games to go but if manchester city win and united lose, did noisy neighbours will be on course to claim another premier league title. united can't afford to worry about all that, they have lost six and eight and desperate to finish in the top four and qualify for the champions league. the pressure very much on 0le gunnar solskaer and his players. they will not be lacking in motivation, even if it means helping their old rivals liverpool out. thank you. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. some strangely pink and orange skies across the uk today in some dusty ca rs. across the uk today in some dusty cars. it can only mean we have been pulling in some air from

sunil had stayed, at 759 per manchester united. in hopes of qualifying for the champions league injeopardy but they were helped by the defeat of arceneaux, for manchester city they now know it's close enough to touch when those remaining three games they can retain the title. after what felt like a very significant victory in. certainly does, and live. well where does this leave us all the — let's get some stats and have a look at the table — joe lynskey is here at the touchscreen to take us through it all. that's the arrow that matters in the race for the premier league title. one point clear surely the most relentless battle to win the trophy we've of liverpool, seen in the modern era. this result means city have now won 11 games in a row, and despite liverpool matching them all the way, city now lead the way by a single point with both of those sides having played the same number of games. liverpool remember already have more points than they've ever won before in the premier league. so this is the equation which if you're a

manchester city are now a point above liverpool with two games remaining. if they beat leicester and brighton they will retain the title. these kind of games you play with the tension which what is going in the season. you know already we have two points. so it is incredible. and the same with said west month. —— last month. it is in our hands, we have to win every two games. one against leicester and after against brighton. manchester united and chelsea had to share the spoils after neither side could break the deadlock after seven minutes of added time. it was another david de gea mistake which lead to chelsea's equaliser. it finished 1—1 as ben croucher reports. in this premier week marathon, the race for the top four seemly no one wa nts race for the top four seemly no one wants one facet is been subbing for manchester united press aggressively but they did not waste time and taking the matter into their own hands. on target on his birthday. the presence kept coming. he couldn't add the bow to the bright start instead the familiar gloom with the f

any idea what's happening with manchester united ? we've heard it plenty of times before, hugh, but what a difference a few weeks can make in football. just last month 0le gunnar solksjaer was confirmed as the permanant manager of manchester united. they were riding high after beating paris saint germain in the french capital, but they go into tomorrow night's derby, 3 points off the top four, with all sorts of pressure on them. that's because of a really bad run of results, including sunday's woeful performance at everton, where they were outplayed in a 4—nil defeat. there were reports of rifts in the changing rooms after paul pogba said the players "didn't respect the club or their fans" during the defeat. but that was just the latest in a long line of disappointing results for manchester united. since 0le gunnar solskjaer was appointed as the permanent manager they've lost 6 of their 8 matches in all compeititons and while they've scored 5 goals they've conceded 12 in that time. but despite such a bad run of form, in his pre—ma

but manchester city keep up the pressure. raheem sterling scores twice as they beat crystal palace to keep the title race going. also coming up in the programme... agony for chelsea, ecstasy for manchester city as a calamitous late own goal sends them to wembley in the women's fa cup. and hamilton's back on top, as the reigning champion wins formula 0ne's1,000th grand prix. we start, where else, but at augusta. where tiger woods has won the masters. his 15th major title, more than a decade after his last. let's go live to augusta. ben croucher‘s been watching for us. it has been an extraordinary day of golf. at one point we thought it would just be a procession for francesco molinari, he was the overnight leader. but tiger woods has become his old self. his 15th major time, it comes 11 years after his last. here's the rough story of the day, francesco molinari led by three at one point, but then it came onto the par 312 whole, the famous corner, and he put it into the water. he did the same at the 15th hole, as well, making

a vital moment, notjust in the seasons of manchester city and totte n ha m seasons of manchester city and tottenham but also the history of the two clubs. city have reached the champions league semifinal once before in 2016, when they were beaten by eventual winners real madrid. but you have to go back nearly 50 years for their only piece of european silverware, the uefa cup winners cup in 1970. they are chasing an unprecedented quadruple of trophies, something that the manager called impossible, but how do the players feel? if you don't dream big you will not get near it, if you don't believe in yourselves 01’ if you don't believe in yourselves or your team—mates, your staff or whatever, you will not achieve. i think it comes from within everyone, as players, as staff, that we have this dream, disbelief and ambition to do it and we are trying to fulfil that. spurs' last european final was in the uefa cup in 1984, a tournament they won. they are in a strong position after some human's winner in london, and progress to the final four would show how far they have come under mauricio

manchester focus! never mind bedtime stories, everyone had to stay up well past their bedtime to stay up well past their bedtime to see the end this match. manchester city really couldn't afford to lose this one — their game in hand over title rivals liverpool. and they didn't disappoint, as they beat manchester united convincingly to move back to the top of the league. here's our sports editor dan roan. with the final hurtling into view, this was a finale with a twist. to many fans, it felt like a no—win situation. get a result against manchester city and they would be handing rivals liverpool an advantage in the title race. lose and their rivals would be on course for another league triumph. after a series of poor results, united desperately needed to restore some pride. marcus rashford repeatedly posing a threat. city's best moment in a goalless half carved out by raheem sterling and only denied by david de gea. but the champions have won ten league games for a reason. bernardo silva giving them

he had watched the game to matches —— the game between manchester united and manchester city, hoping manchester united would do liverpool a favour. they did not and he said he was not surprised about that. we don't only play for being champion at the end of the season. it's a big target. this chimes, and we are pretty close in the moment and we still are at the door to see what happens at the end of the season, but it will... is not the first time, not the last time. the clu b first time, not the last time. the club is waiting for a long time, the people are waiting. it's already rather surprising because last year, we we re 25 rather surprising because last year, we were 25 points behind. this almost feels like the two clubs... how do you think liverpool fa ns clubs... how do you think liverpool fans will rate this season if they finish on 97 points and do not win the title 7 ? obviously they would be very disappointing. it was interesting hearing from juergen club yesterday talking about how he saw the season really as just the first step, and it is in many weights a huge differenc

for the third season running manchester city when the old trafford premier league manchester derby and this when feels hugely significant. it has taken them back above liverpool to the top of the premier league. they both have three games to play. manchester city's destiny remains under their control. if they win all three, they retain their premier league crown. what has burnley, leicester god? their premier league crown. what has burnley, leicester god 7 a their premier league crown. what has burnley, leicester god? a little bit of magic from bernardo silva for the first goal. it needed magic to break the deadlock tonight and then leroy sane rammed home the second, straight over david de gea and into the net. city back on top, liverpool, it is over to you. elsewhere wolves scored three goals in the first half at molineux that saw them to a 3—1 win over arsenal taking them up to 7th place and boosts their hopes of playing in europe for the first time in 39 years. in spain, atletico madrid have kept the title race alive — at least until saturday — after beating valencia 3—2. in

six manchester city players and fourfrom pogba. six manchester city players and four from liverpool make the tea m and four from liverpool make the team voted for by premier league players including raheem sterling and trent alexander—arnold. but the inclusion of paul pogba has caused some displeasure amongst experts and fa ns some displeasure amongst experts and fans who do not agree that his 13 goals this season and an inconsistent time so far are enough for him to have made the grade. he isa for him to have made the grade. he is a beautiful football player, no doubt about that, a world cup winner with a lot of qualities, and his performances this season have been exceptional but i don't think it deserves to get in the team of the year because his form has been erratic, certainly the most no part of the season when they did not get eye to eye, thejose mourinho part of the season, and then when 0le gunnar solskjaer took over, he was good, but he has not been consistent enough to be in the team of the year. he has magnificent abi

can manchester united keep out lionel messi's barcelona? we'll be live at old trafford injust a moment. rory mcilroy is a united fan, he'll probably be watching from augusta on the eve of the masters where he's the favourite. and tammy beaumont joins and tammy beaumontjoins an illustrious list. she's one of the cricketers of the year. also coming up... one of australia's rugby union stars is being investigated by the sports integrity unit after a homophobic post on social media. and we hear from cameron homophobic post on social media. and we hearfrom cameron bancroft as he ta kes we hearfrom cameron bancroft as he takes another step to what he hopes will be a return to international football. —— cricket. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm 0lly foster. good evening. the champions league continues this evening and we have the standout quarterfinal to look forward to. manchester united against barcelona. kick off is at 8 o'clock at old trafford. it's a rejuvenated united under 0le gunnar solskjaer, butjust how good will they have to be a

and that just puts a little bit of pressure on manchester city. they will have to play catch up on burnley on sunday. turf moor is not an easy place to go it have to get three points. liverpool fans will be hopeful that something remarkable will still happen and we could still see a few twists and turns in this title race. kick—off here at infield don't act —— kick—off here at anfield is at eight p:m.. andy kick—off here at anfield is at eight p: m.. andy swiss at anfield. montenegro will play their european championship qualifier against kosovobehind closed doors after their supporters racially abused england players last month. danny rose, raheem sterling and callum hudson—odoi were targeted by groups of home fans during england's 5—1victory in montenegro last month. the second round continues in the world snooker championship. amateurjames cahill is trying to cause another upset after his shock win over ronnie o'sullivan in the first round. he's up against scotland's stephen maguire. maguire, though, leads 5—3. they will resume

manchester city are a point clear at the top, with a huge trip to manchester united to come next wednesday. second placed liverpool travel to cardiff city tomorrow looking to respond. watford's win moves them above leicester and wolves up to seventh. this is how the bottom looks for now. bournemouth stay 12th and confirmation of the vital point for brighton. cardiff will be desperate to respond tomorrow, but it couldn't be tougher as they welcome title chasing liverpool. plenty still to play for, it will be a great end to the season. any thoughts of an easter sunday title party for celtic have been spoiled after rangers kept up theirfaint hopes in the scottish premiership with a 3—1 win against hearts at tynecastle. steven gerrard's side now trail the leaders by eight points with four games to play. ben croucher reports. if the title race in scotland has become a bit predictable as of late, then rangers and hearts tend to squabble for the best of the rest. rest is what the rangers have not been short of lately. playing for the first time in a fortnight, jemaine showed no signs of rust. f

they beat manchester city back on the way. pep guardiola can call on sergio aguero as he has travelled for this one. plenty of fans inside wembley stadium tomorrow. but in's funds will outnumber city. so it is brighton with the unenviable task of taking on manchester city, the premier league champions going for a historic quadruple. so do the seagulls hold out any hope? welljuliette parkin has been assessing the mood on the south coast. if he messes, brighton go through to wembley. —— if he misses brighton go through to wembley. brighton are at wembley in the fa cup semifinal! out ofjail, two nil down after 88 minutes! the journey to wembley could not have been tense. victory from the jaws of defeat in the lion's then. they were to down in the game and had to come down for penalties. it gives that extra impetus to the cup run and it makes fans feel that it is their time, their luck is in. it was very enjoyable, very exciting. and what a cabinet has been. they swept aside fellow premier league side bournemouth. they finishe

spot moving ahead of manchester united into fifth place. maurizio sarri's side were 3—0 winners with olivier giroud, eden hazard and ruben loftus—cheek on the scoresheet. on the in italy's syria come italy moved out of the relegation zone with a 21 victory. and even is moved a step closer to securing the title with two games left. they went ahead with a deflector site. ——juventus two games left. they went ahead with a deflector site. —— juventus went ahead. a replay showed that they we re ahead. a replay showed that they were at fault against the former club. the 24—year—old is a national level matters on the stroke of half—time with a wonderful shot from outside of the box. the winner after the half—time. taking the host after 17 and happily well behind the runaway leaders. in other news, the two month hiatus contract is over. he scored a penalty in the wind. taken down by christian romer and the referee strata of red. that's called a red. he did lay it on a lovely pass for the score in the when taken them four points c

for the third season running manchester city when the old trafford premier league manchester derby and this when feels hugely

their rivals manchester city later. city will return to the top if they can beat their rivals in the manchester derby. at the end of the season atp tour finals will move from london to tehran in 2021 after a ten year stay in the english capital. it is the first time italy has staged the event. and after ronnie o'sullivan shot glass, judd trump narrowly avoided another upset. i will be back with more on the storyjust after half past. officials in sri lanka say one of the suicide bombers behind the easter sunday attacks, had studied in the uk. eight of the nine bombers have now been identified — one of them was a woman. meanwhile the death toll has risen again — 359 people are now known to have died in the bombings which targeted churches and tourist hotels. paul adams reports. outside saint anthony's shrine in colombo, an eerie silence. more than 100 christians died here. the black and white ribbons signify mourning. the city's hospitals are still full of the wounded and all over sri lanka a visible police presence a

a blue moon rising over manchester. for city's fans this was a good omen. they'd been told to bring the noise for this crunch match. early on, they had all the right notes. 1—0 down from the first leg, city had to score. after just four minutes, raheem sterling gave them the perfect start the perfect strike. but city weren't celebrating for long, as spurs quickly struck back. son heung—min was the hero last week and he came to the rescue again — and again — with two goals in the space of three frantic minutes. city now had to score three. bernardo silva made it 2—2, before sterling showed his value once again. with five goals in 20 minutes, this was footballing chaos. at half—time everyone needed a break. but there was no let up from kevin de bruyne, who was pulling the strings for city. and when they need a goal one man always delivers. aguero! incredibly, there was still time for a few more twists, as this, bundled in by llorente and upheld by var, had spurs through to the semis — before sterling looked likely to have snatched it at the deat

it's been a remarkable rise from manchester united when then, a year ago after heavy criticism, they announced they were bringing back the web team 13 years after scrapping it and now at the first time of asking they been promoted to top tier, the wet and super league and three games to spare. the early had it set them on the land did not look back, that was what the way and did not look back, that was with penalty address individual efforts giving them a three no lead by half—time. marcus came in the second half, getting united forth, before i send a letter it players after they goalkeeper sent for handing the ball outside the box, wrapping up the evening with five male score, job done and promotion secured. from the cloud i was no pressure but and outside while they expected it so and outside while they expected it so they delivered it brilliantly. it's worth noting that they still have to meet the super league criteria before being officially promoted, but at they had said that should be a formality. as for the cloud, the story doesn't end here, on saturday day and has crystal p

at this stage, manchester united was still in it, butjesse lingard then blew a golden chance to equalise, before substitute leroy sane extended city's lead. the manager all too aware that, once again, he should have done better. united, their hopes of a top four place in jeopardy. city back on top with what could prove a decisive win and the dream of retaining the title within touching distance. so, manchester city now back in front for what has been surely the most relentless title race in premier league history. neither city nor liverpool has lost since january.

then the lead manchester city wanted. a golden chance blown to equalise before the substitute found himself in acres of space to extend the lead. the significance of the moment not lost on the manager and de gea all too aware he should have done better. city back on top with what could prove a decisive win. a dream of retaining the title within touching distance. in the first half we lost some balls in the middle. the best chances we did in the first half. but then in the second half we made an incredible one. this is how the top of the table looks with three games to go — city with it all in their own hands now are one point clear of liverpool in second. those remaining fixtures — city face burnley, leicester and brighton. while liverpool face huddersfield, newcastle and wolves. manchester united stay 6th, one place below arsenal, who their missed out on moving into the top four tonight — they were outclassed by wolves at molineaux, beaten 3—1. a win would have seen them move ahead of chelsea but three first half

beatjuventus 2—1 on the night and 3—2 on aggregate in their quarter final tie and they'll play either manchester city or tottenham for a place in the final translation: it was a good performance and it is very important for dot‘s foot wall. for many years dutch football has been getting worse but now we are coming back. football teams have positive moments and negative moments. this will also be true in the future. but we are a small country in football and it can happen that things do not go as they are right now. now we have incredible talent that if we can create a team with these talents things can only get better. in the other quarterfinal barcelona, eased through to the semi finals after a 3—0, second leg win over manchester united.

manchester city posted this after that dramatic finish. i'm not going to try and read it out, but essentially they were lost for words, just like the rest of us. well, we heard from some of the big names involved in the match just before. but there was one major absentee in tottenham's harry kane. he had to watch from home because of injury but he still managed to cheer his team on on social media. take a look. let's go! come on! short and sweet from harry. well plenty of fans and former players alike have suggested it was one of the best games in champions league history, if not all time... gary lineker said one of the greatest, most enthralling, dramatic and emotional games of football i've ever been at. congratulations, spurs, and well played, manchester city. you were both a credit to our wonderful sport. now var played a huge part in the madness last night. both managers even lost their jackets at different points because of it. now when the technology was brought in, it wasn't to everyone's taste, however, after last night, the react

liverpool fans in bullish mood hoping for a win to ramp up the pressure on rivals manchester city. and the hosts could afford to be confident. their opponents, huddersfield, are rock bottom of the table. surely even they couldn't have dreamt of a start quite like this. liverpool ahead after just 15 seconds. blink and you missed it but keita didn't mind and neither did his manager. jurgen klopp soon had plenty more to celebrate as his players made it look oh, is so simple. the second courtesy of mane and whenjust simple. the second courtesy of mane and when just before the break salah added a sumptuous third, any lingering anfield nerves had long since vanished. surely it was now just a case of how many, and while liverpool weren't quite at their best they didn't need to be. robertson with his second of the night as his side coasted to the most comfortable of winds. it was just what anfield had hoped for and it was rounded off by salah. a 5—0 thumping and for now at least liverpool go top, their premier league title dream is still very much alive. the good news for liverpool is th

manchester cityjust manchester derby played at old trafford. manchester city just being absolutely fantastic, the most wonderful team to watch this season. liverpool, who were not playing last night, potentially not winning the league this season despite incredible run of performances and perhaps looking at coming second by one point, and then manchester united, who quite frankly were dreadful. this was the game that manchester city really couldn't afford to lose, their game in hand over title rivals, liverpool. and they were dominant, 2—0 winners over manchester united. so they're back to the top of the table, some say they have one hand on the trophy, but both sides have three games left — there is more drama to come. mo farah is involved in a dispute with the double 0lympic champion haile gebrselassie over an alleged robbery at a hotel owned by the retired ethiopian athlete. farah says gebrselassie didn't help him when he had money, a watch, and two phones taken from his hotel room. gebrselassie has responded by saying the allegations "b

manchester united goalkeeper david de gea's form is in the spotlight once again after they were held to a 1—1 draw by chelsea. united took the lead at old trafford throuthuan mata in the 11th minute, as he struck against his former club. but then, two minutes before the interval, de gea spilled antonio rudiger‘s speculative effort, allowing marcos alonso to level the score. so manchester city are back above liverpool. just a point separates them, with two games left. there has been no change in the places from third to sixth after the weekend's games. arsenal remain fifth, despite losing 3—0 at leicester, their third straight league defeat. chelsea women have failed to reach their first champions league final, after they were beaten 3—2 on aggregate by the holders, lyon. trailing 2—1 from the first leg in france, chelsea fell behind when maren mjelde deflected a lyon shot into her own net. chelsea responded whenji so—yun curled home a delightful messi—esque free—kick. needing just a goal to take it to extra—time, karen carney almost found it. but a second proved bey

coming up on this programme: after an incredible seven goal thriller against manchester city — tottenham go through on away goals and will play ajax in the semi finals of the champions league. liverpool willjoin them in the last four where they'll play barcelona after easing through against porto 6—1 on aggregate. and defending champion rafael nadal moves through to the third round of the monte carlo masters. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that tottenham have stunned manchester city to move through to the semi—finals of the champions league. despite manchester city winning 4—3 on the night the quarter—final tie finished level at 4—1; meaning spurs go through on the away goals rule — and watching at the etihad stadium was our sports correspondent katie gornall. this will go down as one of the most remarkable games in history. the momentum seem to swing from one direction to the next. city came down from the first leg. they had to score, they did that in four minutes through william stirling. the spares hit back. that left city needing to score

hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that manchester city are just two wins away from retaining their premier league title after sergio aguero‘s goal gave his side a scrappy 1—0 win at burnley. aguero‘s 6ath—minute goal was given via goal—line technology and this match was seen as a potential banana skin but since going out of the champions league, city have beaten tottenham at home, as well as manchester united and burnley away leaving pep guardiola's side within touching distance of beating liverpool to the title. for the first bit we didn't create too much. a little bit but not too much. of course, it is what it is. we knew, we know these kinds of games you play with the tension you don't have for the rest of the season don't have for the rest of the season but with the two points we have,is season but with the two points we have, is incredible. the same was said last month. we have to win our two games in the next one is lester. so manchester city are a point ahead of liverpool at the top with their destiny in their own hands with

barcelona go on and a lot of work for manchester united. they are a long way off the quality needed to challenge for trophies and after a great start from solskjaer, they have a fight on their hands for they have a fight on their hands for the next champions league. we spoke to our players as well that we need to get the best out of each other, create an environment of top, top, top class attitude, world—class attitude every single day because we've got good players and good players to work with. as i've said, at the moment, we really, really done well to get to the quarters here, we really done well to get the challenge for the top four. the battle to see who stays up in the premier league is reaching a thrilling conclusion after cardiff city won 2—0 at brighton. the result means cardiff who occupy the last of the relegation places are now just two points behind brighton, who've conceded seven goals in two home matches and scored none, but chris hughton‘s side do have a game in hand. nathaniel mendez laing scored the opener with a wo

a crucial manchester derby. they went back to the top of the league last night after a convincing 2—0 win over manchester united. they have a slim one point advantage over liverpool and guardiola says the title race is so tight because of the standards his team set last season. i think we increased the level for the premier league last season, doing 100 points, and opponents know thatis doing 100 points, and opponents know that is to level. and liverpool are chasing us in that situation. at the same time, we have to control them, but what they have done is incredible, but it is in our hands. three more games, that is the most important thing. it is good, because it would be incredible. we try to play our game. the arsenal manager unai emery says he's still confident his side can finish in the top four and qualify for the champions league. that's despite being comfortably beaten 3—1 by wolves. it's the first time they've have beaten arsenal in any compeitition for a0 years. the professional footballers associ

liverpool back ahead of manchester city, who have played one game less. they are playing at the moment in the fa cup. they play tottenham in europe on tuesday. lots going on for city. if city continue to be involved in all four trophies, they have a huge number of games to play before the end of the season. arsenal and chelsea play tomorrow and monday. let's talk about scotland. can we talk about the championship? norwich are almost guaranteed automatic promotion. not quite, though. they thrashed a manner lewis —— manager list queens park rangers 4—0 today. norwich went two goals up within 12 minutes before top scorer teemu pukki added a third before half—time. then after the break, one of their scorers — emiliano buendia — was sent—off for a wreckless challenge. despite that, pukki scored again — his 26th league goal of the season and norwich's eighth straight win. they're now nine points clear of sheffield united in third, and qpr are hurtling towards the relegation places. second placed sheffield united kept the pressure on norwich with

cyclone idai — now kenneth hits with winds of more than 200 kilometres an hour two years after the manchester arena bombing, libya tells the bbc it's willing to extradite the attacker‘s brother back to the uk. and, students in california are told to stay off campus after coming into contact with measles — unless they can prove they've been vaccinated. hello and welcome to world news today. sri lanka's prime minister has told the bbc that he considered resigning in the wake of the easter sunday bomb attacks. ranil wickremesinghe said he simply "wasn't in the loop" for a briefing on warnings of a possible terrorist plot received two weeks before suicide bombers killed more than 250 people. the security operation across sri lanka meanwhile has been continuing, with a large cache of bomb—making equipment found during a raid in the east of the country. clive myrie has this report. in sand where nothing else will grow, wreaths blossom. no names yet, just numbers in this catholic graveyard. christian souls lost to suicide bombers on easter sunday. anil fernando was away working in cardiff when

in football barcelona advanced to the semifinals of the champions league by beating manchester united last night event to serene suffered a shock two one defeat at home to dutch club i.x. the home side struck first with christian over naldo putting your ventures ahead i axed pulled even less than ten minutes later thanks to dani tend to be. the winning goal came from the nineteen year old man ts to lift the wind come the wind puts excuse me i.x. in the semifinals for the first time in more than two decades. and tonight's champions league focus is on the blue side of manchester as city hosts in all english quarter final return leg against tottenham have forty goal a side are chasing a one goal deficit in the tie and the chance to make football history. the self-proclaimed exceptional one looking to advance of a champions league semifinals has urged manchester city fans to come out in droves to support the club in manchester city has high ambitions already this season with the club still in the running for an unprecedented quadruple of four titles before that they must focus on getting

club right manchester city right now the world from what they're spread in that they're playing for four different titles they're up against tottenham they are at home always helps they have home field advantage tottenham though they are let lacking some personnel harry cave specifically will not be in the lineup so we have to see how pep and the boys do it man city all right chris arrington from four thank you so much ok now to men's tennis at the monte carlo masters myron chillis was knocked out of the competition by argentina's tito peja and meanwhile the world number one novak djokovic had his own struggles against germany's philip and what was their second head to head this year. the red clad novak djokovic claimed the first set among the highlights a delicately sliced backhand too delicate for his opponent to reach but philipp kohlschreiber hit back in the second set one thrilling rally ended with both players at the net as caused by his his opponent with the ball i he had only beaten joke of its twice in ten attempts but his most recent victory against him came in march of th

action from the champions league, on a big night for manchester united. but yet again lionel messi has been the difference. we'll tell you how they got on against barcelona. good evening. notre dame cathedral came to within half an hour of being totally destroyed last night, according to a french government minister, who praised the speed and bravery of the firefighters tackling the blaze. more than 400 worked through the night to bring the flames under control. around 20 entered the stone towers themselves, where fires had broken out, to stop them collapsing. tonight, president macron addressed the nation and vowed to restore the cathedral within five years. more than half a billion euros has already been pledged by individuals and businesses wanting to help. we still don't know the cause of the fire, but smoke emerged from the building — which was being renovated — early yesterday evening. it appears to have started beneath the 315—foot spire, spreading north and south along the timber roof. it then travelled along the eastern section and the othe

and in the champions league quarter finals an unforgettable evening manchester city and tottenham share seven goals on a breathless night of soccer we take a look at a game that had fans biting their nails for ninety minutes. i'm sumi so was god it's good to have you with us. polling stations have opened in parts of india as a second phase of the country's general election gets underway one of the constituencies voting today is in trying to guard the main city in indian controlled kashmir a security lockdown has been imposed on the city where several parties have called for a boycott of the election kashmir featured heavily in campaigning after a suicide attack there brought india and pakistan to the brink of war in february a total of ninety five constituencies across india are casting ballots today india's election is taking place in seven stages over a six week period ending next month. let's bring in deed of usenet michel jai squashy is a following the elections for us from delhi hina misha so kashmir really is taking center stage in this second rounds a second round of elections. w

an extraordinary night of football is manchester city took on tottenham hotspur in manchester for a place is manchester city took on tottenham hotspur in manchesterfor a place in the semifinals of the champions league. moments of high drama, and a feast of goals. our sports correspondent katie gorman was there. a blue moon rising over manchester. for city's fans, this was a good omen. they had then told to bring the noise for this crunch match, and early on they had all the right notes. 1—0 down from the first leg, city had to score. after four minutes raheem sterling gave them the perfect start with the perfect strike. city were not celebrating for long as tottenham hotspur is struck back. son heung—min was a hero last week and he came to the rescue again and again, with two goals in the space of three frantic minutes. city had to now score three. bernardo silva made it 2—2 before raheem sterling showed his value again, with five goals in 20 minutes, this was footballing chaos. at half time everybody needed a break. there was no let up from kevin de bruyne, who was pulling the stri

it's been an extraordinary night of football as manchester city took on tottenham hotspur in manchester for a place in the semifinals of the champions league. there were moments of high drama and a feast of goals. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall was watching it all. a blue moon rising over manchester. for city's fans, this was a good omen. they'd been told to bring the noise for this crunch match. early on, they hit all the right notes. 1—0 down from the first leg, city had to score. after just four minutes, raheem sterling gave them the perfect start, with the perfect strike. but city weren't celebrating for long as spurs quickly struck back. son heung—min was the hero last week and he came to the rescue again, and again. two goals in the space of three frantic minutes. city now had to score three. bernardo silva made it 2—2 before sterling showed his value once again. with five goals in 20 minutes, this was footballing chaos. at half—time, everyone a break. but there was no letup from de bruyne, who was pulling the strings for city and when they needed a goal, one man a

manchester city in the last few yea rs manchester city in the last few years is beginning to try and win everything. we had a very good squad, he is one of the best managers of the world. if one club oi’ managers of the world. if one club or one team is able to win everything it is manchester city today. liverpool are also in action in europe tomorrow night they face an on paper easier tie. they are playing porto. the old cliche says you don't win football matches on paper though. liverpool will take heart from last season's run to the final where they knocked out the portuguese champions in the last 16 including a 5—0 win at the estadio do dragoa before a goalless draw at anfield. it is more valuable for the results from last year for porto than for us but on the other side, i am not interested in it. i know my players well enough and they only want to focus on thejob well enough and they only want to focus on the job they have to do and thejob focus on the job they have to do and the job they have to do tomorrow night has nothing to do with last year. should be a great european

manchester united and chelsea had to share the spoils with a 1—1 draw. neither side could break the deadlock, even after seven minutes of added time. it was another david de gea mistake which led to chelsea's equaliser, as ben croucher reports. in this premier league marathon, the race for the top four that seemingly nobody wants to win. it's been slipping from manchester united's grasp of late, but they didn't waste time in taking the matter into their own hands. juan on target on his birthday. the presents nearly kept coming. eric bailly couldn't add the bow to united's bright start. instead, a familiar gloom with a familiar fall guy. david de gea's blunder presented marcus alonso a gift wrapped equaliser. somebody at least wanted the spaniards gloves. he kept them on and kept chelsea at bay in a second half marked more for its tension and tackling, however bad the latter was. marcos rojo evaded a red card and later the chelsea defence, only to see his stoppage time header nodded off the line. frustration at how their afternoon could have been better t

manchester united also underlies the content manchester united also underlies the co nte nt of manchester united also underlies the content of those at seven. fulham and huddersfield are already down, and cardiff are still in the relegation zone, five points off safety after they lost 2—0 to burnley. massive victory them. chris wood scored both for the clarets, the first on the half hour mark then the second in injury time. they should be safe now. cardiff manager neil warnock was charged by the fa yesterday for calling premier league officials the worst in the world. referee mike dean overruled his assistant, who had awarded the bluebirds a penalty for a burnley handball. the lies gave it the step to tell me that mike did not see it that mike must have faith in him because he tested lives been a part of his body so tested lives been a part of his body so it cannot be an office that i thought the life and then the light division that might have been hesitant on the people to hear what hesitant on the people to hear what he said that the pure medicine and the 17th fet that i was told he

frankie mccamley, bbc news, in manchester. this month, the singer—songwriter billie eilish became the youngest person to reach number one in the uk album charts. the video of her single bad guy uses one of the fastest growing trends on the web. known as asmr, it involves sounds and whispers recorded into a microphone — which stimulate tingling feelings in many users. earlier this year, an asmr advert played during the super bowl — more proof the trend has gone mainstream. our media editor, amol rajan, is all ears. whispering: let's all experience something... ..together. nearly 17 million people have seen this ad on youtube since it was first played during the us super bowl injanuary. it‘s the marketing world tapping into the biggest internet phenomenon you might not have heard of — it‘s called asmr. asmr stands for autonomous sensory mmeridian response and it‘s a tingling sensation that generally starts at the top of the head and moves back down the neck and across the shoulders. scraping toast. dr tom hostler i

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