Hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. We start with an absolute Roller Coaster of a game in the Premier League as aston villa moved a step closer to booking their place at europes top table, they drew 3 3 against liverpool at villa park to boost their Champions League hopes. But they really had to do it the hard way unai emery s side looked to be leaving the door open for rivals tottenham as they trailed 3 1 with five minutes left, but two goals in three minutes from Substitutejhon Duran snatched an unlikely draw. There was no possible worst start for villa though as an Emiliano Martinez howler of an own goal saw them go 1 0 Down Afterjust two minutes. Youri tielemans equalised for villa ten minutes later, but goals from cody gakpo and Jarell Quensah Saw Liverpool in the driving seat. That was until the dramatic comeback much to the Enjoyment Of Club Captain john mcginn. I think its just credit to us that were in this position. Theres been lots of times this season weve been w
will come along. we are 90 minutes away from kick off in cologne. england preparing for theirfinal group game in the european championship, which is against slovenia. in many ways, it s alreadyjob done after results elsewhere last night confirmed that england are through to the last 16 no matter what happens in tonight s game. but they look a long way off that pre tournament tag as favourites. that has dominated the post match analysis in germany, especially after their draw against denmark last time out. our correspondent nesta mcgregor is pitchside. good evening to you. pressure should be all because of qualification already with the game to spare but this is the game to spare and with a not love to take a really good performance into the knockout stages and who ever waits for them there? yeah, you would imagine but before this tournament, people that know the game better than you and i used the game better than you and i used the phrase tournament football is all about res
African player of all time. But could this man soon take that crown . A deadline day dash for leicester winger riyad mahrez, but is he bound for Manchester City . And its notjust about today we take a look at the best of the rest of the deals that took place earlier this month, in whats been the most expensive january transfer window. Good evening, and welcome to a special deadline Day Programme where the clock is ticking on this january transfer window. By now, the private jets have been boarded, contracts have been written, and records broken arsenal making history as mesut ozil becomes the clubs highest paid player, while the signing of this man, Pierre Emerick aubrameyang at a cool 56 million makes him a club record. But what do we know about the striker from gabon . Joe lynskey has been finding out. This is arsenals new gift from gabon. The £56 million striker with quite the back story. His path to the world status, via the equator, a country unlikely to make a world cup, but wit
In leicester well be live there after 7 00. Good morning from gateshead where they are launching an exhibition of they are launching an exhibition of the north. 80 days of events running throughout the region over the summer throughout the region over the summerandi throughout the region over the summer and i will be telling you more about it. In sport, britains winter 0lympians return from pyeonchang, with double skeleton champion, Lizzy Yarnold, undecided if shell go for a hat trick of golds at the next games. All of thats coming up later. Good morning. First, our main story. Snow and arctic temperatures are expected across the uk for the rest of the week. The met office has issued both yellow warnings and more serious amber warnings for large parts of Eastern England. Up to 10cm of snow is expected today and as much as 20cm is predicted in some parts of Eastern England, scotland and Northern Ireland by the end of wednesday. Drivers are being warned they could face major disruption.
At the world cup . Theyre 1 0 down to switzerland, after the first leg of their play off in belfast. The pay gap between men and women is getting smaller, but could take 100 years to close completely. But why, and whats been done to tackle it . Ill be finding out. And, blasting his way into the history books. After 7 00 well be joined on the sofa by this record breaking rocket man. And nick has the weather. Good morning. A cloudy start for many of us today but there will be sunny spells on the way. Some showers around, the heaviest in northern scotland. A few showers this weekend, some sunshine for nearly all of us by sunday. Be aware this weekend, it is turning colder. I have all the weekend weather coming up in the next half hour. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may has warned pro european conservatives that she will not tolerate any attempts to block the Brexit Process. In a sign of her intent, shes outlined plans to enshrine in law the exact moment that britain will le