the dutch sifan hassan and the kenyan kelvin kiptum have won the race for female and male categories in the london marathon. you re watching bbc news. here s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. the second fa cup semifinal remains undecided. brighton against manchester united goes to extra time. 5 0 up in the blink of an eye. newcastle smash spurs at st james. and blackstenius has arsenal back in it as they fight for a first leg draw in the champions league semifinals. also coming up on sportsday. running in the rain is supposed to slow you down. not for kelvin kiptum, who wins the london marathon with a course record. hello again. manchester city are still waiting to find out who they ll be playing in the fa cup final. the second semi has gone to extra time, with the 90 minutes between brighton and manchester united finishing goalless. brighton had the better of the first half, but united had the best chance of it. bruno fer
diane abbott, has been suspended pending an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for the british newspaper the observer. a growing number of foreign diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rivalfactions of the army enters a second week. here in the uk, the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the us and france have carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet, on how other british nationals are supposed to leave. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully airlifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and their families. over 1200 people contributed to this operation. it was dangerous and precarious but never the less we managed to use both c 130s and aaoo aircraft to go in,
he was ten frames to one down but has cut that deficit to 11 5. they resume on monday. britain s elvin evans has ended an 18 month wait for a victory after winning the croatia rally. it was the sixth win of his world rally championship career, but he said the result felt insignificant after craig breen s death last week in testing ahead of this event. tributes were paid to the irishman during a solemn podium ceremony. and that s all the sport for now. thank you. in the uk, the labour party has suspended the mp diane abbott after she suggested jewish people and travellers suffer from prejudice rather than racism . ms abbott apologised for her letter to the observer newspaper, stating it was an initial draft sent by mistake, and acknowledged that jewish people have suffered
staying with motorsport, and britain s elvin evans has ended an 18 month winless drought with victory in the croatia rally. it was the sixth win of his world rally championship career and first on a full tarmac course in rallying s top category. in spite of the success, his celebrations with co driver scott martin were muted. the welshman said the result felt insignificant in light of the death last week of craig breen, who crashed in testing ahead of this event. tributes were paid to the 33 year old irishman during a solemn podium ceremony, without the usual champagne celebrations. mark selby and anthony mcgill have established healthy leads after two sessions of their world snooker second round matches.
The downhillers rolled into the valley of the sun to race at the final round of the World Cup. Watch the winning runs and catch up on the best moments from the race in Italy.