The fa cup semi finals. Chelsea come alive in injury time to knock out leicester and make the last four. Is it now a two way race in the wsl . Manchester city and chelsea are level pegging once more. Also coming up on sportsday. Matt fitzpatrick leads the british hopes in the final round of the players championship in sawgrass. And can Carlos Alcaraz claim back to back titles in indian wells . Hello again. Sometimes we can be a little prone to hyperbole with the fa cup. But this weekends quarter finals. Well, three of them, have matched every cliche and more, with none beating the drama at old trafford. Amad diallo s 120th minute winner ended a game that captivated and confounded. Manchester united 4, liverpool 3 was the score. Patrick gearey has the story. A rivalry that began with a canal is now channelled through football. Manchester united versus liverpool, a local grudge gone global. Both sides arrived in very different places, uniteds position the weaker, perhaps their need was g
He is of course trying to present this as a overwhelming display of national unity, and a sign of, show of defiance to russias enemies round the world. He said that russias power is derived from its people, which is part of this message of presenting this election as a genuine democratic exercise where the russian people have shown him their support, rather than something carefully choreographed by the kremlin. He spoke of russians being one team and one family, and of course, appealing to this traditional values agenda, which we have seen him push over the year, by saying he had spoken to the head of the Russian Orthodox church. Another key point he mentioned what russia calls the new region, the occupied pars of ukraine. We calls the new region, the occupied pars of ukraine. Calls the new region, the occupied pars of ukraine. We are going to gok back to the press pars of ukraine. We are going to gok back to the Press Conference, pars of ukraine. We are going to gok back to the Press
Had called on people to turn out at midday in moscow and other cities to spoil their ballots or vote for any other candidate. These were the scenes in moscow. Thereve been no Protest Chants the authorities warned that activists could be arrested. A Rights Monitoring Group in russia says more than 70 people have been detained. Vladimir putin is almost certain to win, giving him another six years in power. The kremlin has ensured he faces no credible opponent. Protests were also held at russian embassies abroad. Mr navalny s widow, yulia, was among those queuing outside the Russian Embassy in berlin to vote. There have been demonstrations in the uk, france, tokyo and georgia. With me is the bbc s Vitaly Shevchenko. Thank you for being with us. Third and final day of voting, give us a sense of the picture in russia. People are voting and queues did form at a greater number of Polling Stations, as far as we can tell. The opposition had called for its supporters to come at noon to Polling S
Plenty of questions, and here to offer some answers for the next half an hour or so are mike prendergast, leader of the conservative opposition on Sefton Council ballots have been cast over three days. There has been some vandalism and a number of arrests at Polling Stations, but the final result is not in doubt as mr putin has no credible opponent. It comes as supporters of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny,have urged people to turn out en masse at midday in each time zone and vote for any Candidate Other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. The Rolling Protest has been dubbed noon against putin. Icame to i came to vote for a man to make sure that our country prosperous and there is no fascism in any country, not in ukraine or any other part of the world. , not in ukraine or any other part of the world the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and gave the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and gave his assessment this was pr
In each time zone and vote for any candidate other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. The Rolling Protest has been dubbed noon against putin. One of the main issues that voters are thinking about, is the war in ukraine. On that, here are two voters from an area just north of moscow. I wish this special operation would end as soon as possible. It is a pity people are dying, she says. Can you imagine how many people died, and now ourfront line regions are suffering . I am an elderly person but im really worried about this. I came to vote for a man who does everything to ensure there is no war in the world, this man says, that our country lives and prospers and that there is no fascism in any country, not in ukraine or any other part of the world. Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg is in moscow and gave his assessment of the calls from kremlin critics for protests across russia. This was an idea that was proposed by russian Opposition Figures abroad in exile, it was supported by