chelsea a penalty, there was no stopping mason mount. southampton weren't going to try and hold on for a point as jannik vestergaard came close to restoring their lead. but neither side could fashion a winner. after six games not winning in the premier league, it is not so easy to show up but i think we did what we can do, we pushed ourselves to the limits and a point was today the limit for us. we need to attack the spaces behind the defence better and, if we don't do it, it gets harder and harder to score. there are enough situations where we can be decisive but we didn't take them today. so relief for southampton, after ending their record run of six defeats. chelsea know they will have to up their game against atletico madrid in the champions league on tuesday. west brom remain in trouble at the bottom of the table following their goalless draw with burnley. but sam allardyce�*s side may see this as a useful point having played more than half the match with ten men. a var check saw semi ajayi sent off for a handball when he was the last man. burnley thought they might have had a penalty in the second half when kyle bartley handled, but that wasn't given, and, in the end, west brom finished the stronger, matheus pereira missing this great chance in the closing stages. a point isn't really enough for them — they are still 11 points off safety. one game left today — not long away from kick off — fulham host sheffield united at 8 o'clock. in the scottish premiership the top two sides — rangers and celtic — play tomorrow. in today's matches there were wins for aberdeen, hibernian and stjohnstone. while st mirren came from behind to consolidate their top—six position after a i—all draw against livingston. livingston went ahead when conor mccarthy diverted into his own net. st mirren equalised courtesy of a superb curling cammy macpherson effort. brentford's miserable run in the championship continued today. they've now lost three games in a row — all in the space of six days. this time, they lost 2—0 at coventry, who had gone five games without a win themselves. tyler walker scored both goals, the first with a penalty and then the second ten minutes after half time. brentford are still second but are now seven points behind leaders norwich, who beat rotherham i—o. there was drama in rugby union's premiership this afternoon where exeter missed the chance to go top of the table. their match against northampton had an extraordinary finish. with news of that and the rest of today's action, here's this report from jim lumsden. northampton can regard sandy park in a new light. seven years since they last won there, victory at last with an astonishing climax. they went ahead through adendorff before the champions struck back with a yeandle try. a defensive battle continued a defensive battle followed before francis kicked the lead. simmonds crossed the line, leaving his brother with the kick to win it but his move was too slow, caught by the delighted saints players, who sent it into the stands. three red cards were flourished between leicester and wasps. wiese both saint and sinner, putting the tigers ahead but then but then his side slimmed to 14 when he was dismissed for a tackle on ben morris. that was evened up when wasps lost kieran brookes for a rash challenge but a third red card was shown, this time to liebenberg, when he led with his shoulder onjosh bassett. leicester eventually winning 27—8. fourth hosted third at the stoop with harlequins taking on sale. harlequins have won their last three premiership contests. they were on the back foot for half an hour beforejoe marchant struck with two tries in three minutes. the sharks had lost only once away from home since august. they scored two tries in a row, the second from robert du preez, but quins held on and move up to third. in the pro 14 scarlets kept alive their hopes of qualifying for next season's heineken champions cup. they had a comprehensive 41—17 bonus—point victory over benetton in llanelli. jac morgan scored two of scarlets�* six tries. rhys webb sent out a message to wales coach wayne pivac after being left out of the six nations squad. webb captained ospreys and scored the only try of the game as they beat zebre 10—0 in cardiff. two games are under way. the conference beerleaders monster are playing edinburgh. connacht host cardiff blues, cardiff leading there. —— conference be leaders. covid—i9 is continuing to spread within the french squad ahead of their six nations game against scotland next sunday. winger gabin villiere and prop mohamad haouas are the latest players to test positive. it follows the news yesterday that scrum half antoine dupont had returned a positive test. earlier in the week, head coach fabien galthie and assistant william servat began isolating following the news they both had coronavirus. let's take a quick look at some other stories making the news today. ben ainslie�*s ineos team uk face a real struggle if they're to reach the pinnacle of sailing — the america's cup final. in the latest qualifiers in auckland, they won one and lost one against the luna rossa team from italy, which means they trail 5—1. the first to seven wins the eliminator. northern ireland'sjordan brown is through to his first ever ranking final after beating stephen maguire 6—1 at the welsh open. he'll face ronnie o'sullivan or mark williams, who havejust started their march. started their match. you can watch that on the red button and bbc sport website now. international rugby union's all—time leading points—scorer dan carter, has announced his retirement at the age of 38. he won back—to—back world cups with new zealand and scored an incredible i, 598 points in test match rugby union. and austria's katharina liensberger won the women's slalom gold at the alpine skiing world championships in cortina. mikaela shiffrin�*s bid for a record fifth successive title ended with bronze. world cup overall leader petra vlhova of slovakia took the silver. naomi osaka said she was gratefulfor the energy of the crowd, after winning the australian open. that is her fourth grand slam title, and it maintains her 100 per cent record in majorfinals. she beatjennifer brady in straight sets, as adam wild reports. at a time where little in tennis has felt certain, the threat of naomi osaka is perhaps one of the few constants. but for a tournament that has taken place against the odds, it felt fitting that here also was a finalist few expected. jennifer brady spent her first two weeks in australia in isolation, forced to practise in a hotel room, yet here she was holding her nerve in her first grand slam final. from lockdown, she was soon a set down. a momentary misjudgment against an opponent like osaka, that rarely goes unpunished. osaka took the first set with the next point and from there, she accelerated like only a player of her quality can. ruthless and relentless, offering brady little. ifeel like playing a grand slam right now is a super privilege and is something i will not take for granted, thank you for this opportunity. atjust 23, this is already osaka's fourth grand slam title. an uncertain year and an uncertain tournament, but you can be sure osaka will win more. they really good win. russell fuller is here and you were covering that. i wonder about the stature of naomi osaka now within the sport and i suppose everybody is looking to the successor to serena williams. i think now she is the player with which the rest of the tour no measures itself. i think now she is the player with which the rest of the tour now measures itself. that doesn't mean that serena williams is still not an enormous factor and she put in a very persuasive case to say she can win more grand slams in the last couple of weeks, but, certainly on the hard courts, naomi osaka, having won the us open followed by the australian open for the second time in her career and having gone 21 matches unbeaten, has this aura now that this aura now that makes it very difficult for the other players, particularly in major finals. the next question is can she do it on the clay of roland garros from the end of may and then conquer the grass of wimbledon? i would think so in time but grass is not a surface she is familiar with and, in the past, she has been anxious about slipping and sliding and losing herfooting but you suspect, in time, she will find a solution. we have the men's final tomorrow, novak djokovic up against daniil medvedev. is djokovic the odds on favourite? he has to be, given he has won the open eight times before and never lost a final there, but do not be surprised if medvedev wins this title. he has been in a grand slam title before, losing to rafael nadal in the us open in 2019. like osaka, he has won 20 matches coming into this final and beaten a string of top ten players, including novak djokovic, in the atp finals in london in november. the only player in the top ten he has not beaten since november is roger federer, who is injured. he has the pedigree to beat him, played more tennis than djokovic over the last fortnight and a lot of stress over a stomach muscle problem, which has cleared up. djokovic is fully fit but can be beaten. there will be live commentary on 5 live sport tomorrow morning and also highlights on bbc tv tomorrow afternoon on that. before we go, i will bring you up—to—date with some of the football and bottom of the table clash about to kick off, fulham for hosting sheffield united. but the big story from the premier league today is that everton have won for the first time at anfield in a merseyside derby since 1999, a 2—0 win for everton over their city rivals liverpool. all of the reaction is on the bbc website and app. but from me and the rest of the team on sportsday, have a lovely saturday evening. bye—bye. hello, there. last saturday, temperatures struggled to get above freezing. today, we've been up above 15 degrees, but, with the mild weather, for some of us, there has come some very wet weather. enough rain across some parts of the uk to give some issues with flooding. so there are flood warnings in force across parts of england, wales and scotland. check those on the bbc weather website. you can see where the wettest of the weather has been. this is 2a hours�* worth of rainfall. rain has been piling in across the south—west of england, parts of wales, at times through the north—west of england, northern ireland and scotland. it's been dry and very mild down towards the south—east. pretty blustery as well. strongest winds through the night become confined to the far north—west of scotland and much of the rain will ease off as well. we will keep some patchy rain and certainly some extra cloud down towards the south—east, some showers up towards the north—west. temperatures generally five, six, seven degrees, although, for some eastern areas, it is going to be an exceptionally mild night, in places to the south—east of this weather front. that's where the really mild air is and this frontal system will still be with us as we head through tomorrow. now, the rain on the weather front will be mostly quite light and patchy first thing. it may well pep up a litte bit through the day, this front likely to drift its way back westwards into the south—west of england, parts of south—east wales, although it won't be as wet as it has been today. for northern ireland, scotland, parts of northern england, we'll see some sunshine, some showers in the far north—west, brighter skies to the far south—east. another pretty mild day, i have to say, 11—15 degrees, that's quite unusual for this point in february. now, into monday, ourweatherfront will still be sitting in place, probably somewhere across england. the exact location still to be determined, but, to the west of our weatherfront, we see drier, brighter and slightly cooler weather. these temperatures still more than respectable for the end of february and, then, as we move into tuesday, we see another frontal system approaching. that's going to bring more heavy rain to parts of northern ireland, parts of scotland, maybe into north—west england and wales as well. to the south—east of that front, a renewed surge of very, very mild, even warm air, pushing up from the south. so temperatures in southern areas could get up to 17 degrees around the middle of the coming week. further north—west, some rain for a time. should be drierfor all of us later in the week. the headline said apm. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8pm — care home residents in england will be allowed to have one person visit them regularly from the 8th of march as easing of lockdown measures start to be revealed. number 10 says reuniting families and allowing people to have more social contact will be an "absolute priority" in easing lockdown after schools reopen. prince charles has visited the king edward vii hospital in central london 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