have found the body of a woman. in ukraine, officials say the eastern region of donbas is coming under heavy russian attack, and claim a missile strike has destroyed the runway of odesa airport. and norwich city have been relegated from the premier league, after a 2 0 defeat by aston villa. there ll be more on that and the rest of the sport, coming up in sportsday. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m isaac fanin. manchester city are back to the top of the premier league with victory over leeds. england women win a fourth consecutive six nations title as they beat france 24 12 in bayonne. and we re hours away from the biggest women s boxing fight in history as katie taylor takes on amanda serrano in new york. we start in the premier league. the pressure was all on manchester city before their teatime matchup against leeds united as they were dropped into second spot early. but a comfortable 3 0 win did the trick. in a tense first half
and automatic forfeits for teams whose supporters shout racist abuse. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. here s the best of what s coming up on the programme four goals. five points clear. liverpool extend their lead at the top of the premier league with victory at bournemouth. chelsea do the same in the wsl. a laurenjames hattrick provides the leaders with a win over manchester united. and no chance against novak. the ten time champion hits top form as he heads to the quarter finals of the australian open. also coming up on sportsday. sale sharks slip out of the champions cup after being blown away by holders la rochelle. we ll have the results from the competition s final group stage games. and england will be without harry brook for their test seires in india the batter s heading home for personal reasons. hello again. with a game to go of the premier league s staggered winter break, liverpool are going to end it five points clear at the top of the table
hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. here s the best of what s coming up on the programme. liverpool extend their lead at the top of the premier league with victory at bournemouth. three points clear after three from lauren james. chelsea win the big match of the day in the wsl. and no chance against novak. the ten time champion hits top form as he heads to the quarter finals of the australian open. also coming up on sportsday. sale sharks slip out of the champions cup after being blown away by holders la rochelle. we will have the results from the final postage games. and england will be without harry brook for their test series in india. the batter s heading home for personal reasons. hello again. with a game to go of the premier league s staggered winter break, liverpool are going to end it five points clear at the top of the table. a 4 0 win at bournemouth extends their unbeaten run to 14 games. following a goalless first half, liverpool broke the deadlock t
we will have more on that but first it is time for sportsday. hello. welcome to a new years day sportsday on bbc news. i m ben croucher. coming up. teenage dreams continue at alexandra palace as luke littler storms into the semi finals of the world darts championship. i know i ve got a good chance and i ll get a good feeling i can go all the way now. can liverpool go all the way in the premier league? victory at home to newcastle tonight would extend their lead at the top. we ll look ahead to the game at anfield. and it s an unhappy new yearfor andy murray in the first round of the brisbane international. thanks for your company. 16 years old and into the semi finals of the world darts championship. if luke littler s impressive run at alexandra palace became the story to round off 2023 could he go all the way and write a chapter in the 2024 fable that could be tough to top? on his world championship debut he breezed past brendan dolan to reach the last four where even h