goal of the day. tommy doyle. here is the fa cup semifinal draw. manchester city, who hammered burnley 6 0 yesterday, will play championship side sheffield united, who beat blackburn 3 2 and brighton, who beat grimsby 5 0, will face manchester united. arsenal have extended their lead at the top of the premier league to eight points after beating managerless crystal palace at the emirates, in the only match in the premier league on sunday. the gunners got off the mark thanks to a smart finish by gabriel martinelli. and that lead was doubled thanks to bukayo saka. arsenal were comfortable in the second half. granit xhaka made it three before palace, who sacked former gunners midfielder patrick vieira this week as their head coach, pulled one back. saka then completed the win, to make it 4 1 with his second of the day. mikel arteta s side now well clear of their nearest rivals, manchester city. the desire and the energy right from the beginning of the game, we were really deter
beat my former team. a special event for pep guardiola, but the pressure is mounting on manchester city to win the champions league, as you know. manchester city supporters will have a little smile with that draw. staying with manchester city for a minute, defender kyle walker will not face criminal charges after the allegation that he indecently exposed himself in a bar. cheshire police had been investigating an alleged incident in south manchester earlier this month but they say the matter is now closed . it said a 32 year old man attended a police station voluntarily for questioning yesterday and was dealt with by an out of court disposal . manchester united remain favourites to win the europa league, despite being drawn against the team that have won it more times than anyone else sevilla. it s going to be tough because they are really experienced in the europa league so many times. so i don t know the team now in detail, i don t know. i have to focus on that. manches
there was a storm in a water glass, how do that in english? a storm in a teacup. there wouldn t be anything bad coming there is anything bad and making sponsorships from saudi arabia, from the us, from brazil, india, as far as we are concerned. the second time i came i was told, you know, we all love you, brentford s striker ivan toney has been called up to gareth southgates first england squad since the world cup. toney is the only uncapped player included ahead of the euro qualifiers against italy and ukraine. he s the second highest english goal scorer in the premier league this season, with 16 goals just behind harry kane. however, he is facing a potential ban having accepted breaking fa betting rules. that fact is he is paying for his club, he is available for his club. in he has not been to trial as yet for any judgements, so i don t know on what basis we wouldn t pick him, really. he is playing really well. i like the way he is present in games. he is going to arsenal
by winning the final race aboard the aptly named a dream to share! ireland s team have made the decision to change the colour of their shorts for this year s women s six nations tournament. they were white, but will now be blue to combat period anxiety. and other sides are considering following suit. the tournament kicks off march 25, with england once again favourites to win the title for what would be a fifth time in a row. our reporter sara orchard has been at the launch. we re in a very trendy corner of east london for this women s six nations launch, where the players and the captains a lot of them have been talking a lot to social media creators, having their photos done, of course mixing with journalists and reporters as well about how they ll all go in the championship this year. however, one of the big talking points is the fact that every country taking part for the very first time will have either professional or semi professional players. and for scotland,
inter milan are also through to the quarterfinals. they took a 1 0 advantage into their second leg at porto in portugal. porto has several great chances to pull level in the tie late on, but somehow inter survived to reach the last eight. in the championship, middlesbrough missed out on the chance to go one point off the automatic promotion spots, only managing a 1 1 draw at home to stoke city. michael carrick s side took the lead through chuba akpom s 23rd goal of the season, but this wasn t enough for the three points as kijana hoever hit back for the visitors on the stroke of half time. elsewhere, wigan moved off to the bottom of the table with a draw at home to coventry. fifa have confirmed the expanded 2026 world cup will have 12 groups of four teams, a change from their original plan to split the 48 teams into groups of three, after the excitement of the final round of games at qatar 2022. the tournament in the usa, canada and mexico will also include an extra knockout