I will be back with you at 8pm. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me holly hamilton and jane dougall. The headlines this evening. The champions Manchester City make a great start to the defence of their title but var is the talking point as two major decisions hinge on the new technology. Aston villa give tottenham a scare but a harry kane double sees spurs take the three points. In the scottish premiership, a ruthless celtic are victorious in a seven goal thriller against motherwell. Also coming up on the programme, ireland comfortably beat italy in their warm up match, but concerns forjoey carbery ahead of the world cup who went off injured. And we meets Nabila Tejpar the british rally champion driving to be the best in the world. Hello and welcome to the programme. Manchester city have certainly laid down a marker in their opening game of the season. The champions thrashed west ham 5 0 at the london stadium. Raheem sterling took centre sta
and there s revenge for ons jabeur as she claims victory in charleston. hello and thanks for joining us, here s your latest sports news. hello there, we ll start with football because was this the weekend that the premier league title race swung back towards the holders manchester city. leaders arsenal were looking for their eighth league win in a row, but threw away a 2 goal lead to draw 2 all with liverpool at anfield. gabriel martinelli and gabriel jesus put the gunners 2 up inside half an hour. mo salah pulled one back by the break and also missed a penalty early in the second half, dragging his spot kick wide of the post. substitute roberto firmino scored the equaliser inside the last 5 minutes and liverpool were denied victory by a number of stunning saves from keeper aaron ramsdale. i imagine for the outside world it was a great game to watch. we started it really well and were dominant in the half and continued playing, scored the second and then just before half time
jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers. the event draws tens of thousands of worshippers, with crowds spilling out from the wall s plaza into the surrounding areas. there is a heavy security presence today and officials are concerned there could be violence. just a short distance away hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al aqsa mosque injerusalem. these are the latest images from the mosque. police said they were bracing for violence, but so far it has been calm. jordan, which manages the religious complex, has warned of catastrophic consequences if police storm the mosque. the funeral of two british israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank has begun. family and friends of maia and rina dee have gathered in the kfat etzion settlement for the services. the two young women aged 15 and 20 were killed on friday after their car was attacked in the north of thejordan valley. theirfather, rabbi
welcome, i m tonya beckett. it has been a day of worship, and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands ofjews gathered atjerusalem s western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british israeli sisters, shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, the wailing of rina s teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment, in a last embrace with his daughters. today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15. their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn t even know yet they are dead. they were travelling from their west bank settlement to
hello and thanks forjoining us, here s your latest sports news. we ll start with football because was this the weekend that the premier league title race swung back towards the holders manchester city. leaders arsenal were looking for their eighth league win in a row, but threw away a 2 goal lead to draw 2 2 with liverpool at anfield. gabriel martinelli and gabriel jesus put the gunners 2 up inside half an hour. mo salah pulled won back by the break and also missed a penalty early in the second half, dragging his spot kick wide of the post. substitute roberto firmino scored the equaliser inside the last five minutes and liverpool were denied victory by a number of stunning saves from keeper aaron ramsdale. well, i ma am from the outside world it was a great game to watch. we started the game really well. we really dominant in the first half, scored the first one, continued play, scored the second one and the half time we concede the goal and we give liverpool some momentum.