to the pope emeritus, benedict the sixteenth, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. good evening, welcome to sportsday this monday night i m chetan pathak, coming up on the programme: paying their respects to a football legend thousands of mourners gather in brazil where pele is lying in state. celtic score late to stay nine points clear, denying rangers victory in the old firm derby. and martina navratilva says she ll fight with all she s got after being diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. news from the premier league and an eventful old firm derby in scotland to come but we start tonight in brazil where mourners are continuing to gather to pay their respects to pele, who s lying in state at the football ground of his former club santos. the three time world cup winner died at the age of 82 last week. our south america correspondent katy watson is there for us. we know the brazilian government said there would be thre
this is luke bbc news with the headlines. the deadline has passed for officials named in sue gray s report into lockdown breaches in downing street to respond or object, ahead of its long awaited publication this week. energy company, eon, is warning that unless the government intervenes, the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach 40% by the autumn. the ukrainian government says it won t agree to a ceasefire with russia, that involves giving up territory in an apparent hardening of its position. more than 300 scotrail services have been cancelled for the third sunday in a row. it comes on the eve of major timetable cuts across the country. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. glory at the etihad manchester city are premier league champions after a dramatic final day of drama. delight for leeds united. they beat brentford to stay up, as burnley are relegated, following defeat to newcastle. and back on top
didn t really want to win the premier league. they thought at one point they had a chance to do it, but they were equally always up against it. the title was always in city s hands and they never quite got over the line. wolverhampton wanderers went ahead in the match and got in through liverpool s left after two minutes, on the ball was squared for pedro neto. what a shock that was. liverpool s defence did look shaky, but they were a scintillating going forward. they equalised not too later. wonderful kick from thiago, equalising for liverpool. we heard news not long after of an aston villa goal, and that really got the interest in that match, and had they scored the game, they would be the theme on course for the title. that goal never came until too late. by the time mo salah made it 2 1. gives him the share of the golden boot. andy robertson added a third, but because city were up added a third, but because city were up and villa management to never get a goal, that meant
Hours, any isolated daytime show as fade away and our attention turned to the east where the sea fog rolls in from the north sea across parts of eastern england, Eastern Scotland. Also cloud across the north of scotland and into Northern Ireland as well. Some clear spells, but mist and fog patches almost anywhere. But reasonably mild as we kick off the weekend. Saturdays weather not looking too bad, but we have this feature, this warm front pushing along the south coast of england and that could bring early rain to parts of south east england. Sitting across the Channel Islands for a good part of the day. Elsewhere, early mist and sea fog around northern and eastern coasts, that should gradually burn back. Sunny spells, a few showers and the parts of wales and perhaps the south west of england, the Odd Thunderstorm in mix. Showers are fairly few and far between and top temperatures doing quite well, 18 to 23 degrees. Coolest weather again across northern and Eastern Scotland and around
Of their chaampionship play off semifinal. The first leg at carrow road finished goalless, but leeds have the advantage, 2 0 they lead in the first half, thanks to an ilia gruev free kick and joel perus header. Southampton play west brom in the other second leg semi on friday. Manchester citys goalkeeper ederson will miss Sundays Premier League Title Decider at home to west ham and next weeks Manchester Derby fa cup final. The brazilian was forced off with an eye injury during citys 2 0 win at tottenham on tuesday that left pep guardiolas side on the brink of their fourth consecutive title. Scans have confirmed ederson suffered a small fracture to his right eye socket following a collision with cristian romero. Now as we were telling you this time on wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers want var scrapped next season and forcing a vote at next months English Premier League agm. Theyll need the support of 13 other clubs if theyre to succeed. We heard from Manchester Uniteds erik ten hag an