in a once in a decade census. homes washed away in australia, as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. forecasters have warned more rain is expected to fall in the coming days. my my colleague will be here at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. iam sarah. i am sarah. coming up programme. 15th time lucky for alfredo morelos, as he secures a share of the points for rangers in the old firm derby. a hard fought fa cup win for chelsea, as thomas tuchel says they were lucky to reach the semifinals. there was late drama in bristol bears premiership battle against northampton saints. and jofra archer is returning home, as an injury rules him out of england s 0di series against india. lovely to have you with us here on sportsday this sunday evening. so much football to bring you, including use of the london derby between west ham and arsenal, but we are going to star
gasp strike from hakim ziyech kept them in the competition. natalie pirks was watching. hammered last weekend in the league, sheffield united had looked like a team shorn of confidence since the departure of their manager, but the cup was a chance for a fresh start. unfortunately it was away at chelsea, the blues unbeaten in 13 matches under thomas tuchel. the blades held their own for 20 minutes. own for 23 minutes. and deflected into his own net for an own goal! an unfortunate norwood flick broke the deadlock. ollie norwood s second mistake was almost as costly, but this tumble was enough for aaron ramsdale. but something had switched for blades in the second half, and when a cross found this player all alone, an equaliser was surely on the cards? the fighting spirit almost came good in injury time through rhian brewster, but in the end it was chelsea who showed their quality in the dying seconds, hakim ziyech with an emphatic finish. and chelsea are into the fa cup semifin
settled for a while now. it s a little on the nippy side for most of us, in fact, quite cloudy. a touch of frost on the way tonight and tomorrow night. next week is looking very different because this high pressure isn t going to hang around for very long. just a few days three days or so. it is also quite cloudy, high pressure, there s very little wind across the uk right now to move the clouds around. but it s not one continuous layer of grey. in fact, farfrom it. there have been big breaks in the cloud. eastern scotland, northern ireland, broadly the south western portion of the uk. so some of us have had some very lengthy sunny spells today. but the vast majority stuck underneath the cloud. 0nly around four, five celsius. it has felt nippy and will continue to do so. now, tonight, it s a different story in the north west of scotland. weather fronts are sneaking in. they re just brushing the north west of the uk so it will be mild and damp here for example, in storno
lunchtime kick off. and rangers are now a point from a first top flight title in a decade but fans defy government advice to turn up at ibrox. hello, and thanks for being with us here on sportsday. england s cricketers fell apart again in india after batting collapse that s become all too familiar on their tour so far. they were beaten in the fourth test, by an innings and 25 runs. england bowled out for just 135, on another disappointing day in ahmedabad. india didn t even need to bat again, to seal the 3 1 series win. joe wilson reports. one consolation for england. it s finally all over. no more must they endure trying to bat in india. zak crawley began the final collapse. jonny bairstow soon followed, another nought for him. ben stokes had only just finished bowling. he was batting briefly. two runs from him, too much asked of him. and what of the burden onjoe root? the batsmen who put win into england s winter made 30. then a familiar looking lbw. when dom bess lunge
they look like they re going to be a veryjolly read. they re called in the thick of it. and the reference to the buffoon and the book is apparently a reference to the fact that when duncan was johnson s deputy whenjohnson that when duncan was johnson s deputy when johnson was that when duncan wasjohnson s deputy whenjohnson was foreign secretary apparently they had a blazing row over a press report about diplomats treating boris johnson as a buffoon. and boris apparently asked, why don t they take me seriously, why don t these diplomats take me seriously? and doug and replied, look in the expletive mirror. i think it s going to be quite a lot of rough and tumble. folks with a sharp sticks, this book. because duncan is no fan of borisjohnson. he was very close to theresa may, he resigned when it looked as though borisjohnson was about to win the election to become prime minister. and i think this book will spare no pensions. and it looks as though it s going to be a really rol