You watching bbc news. Coming up now it is sports day. Hello and welcome to sportsday this Saturday Night im chetan pathak. Coming up on the programme. Five Star Performance Bruno fernandez Hits A Hattrick as Manchester United hammer leeds. Also showing their Strength Chelsea Score three as Crystal Palace are well beaten at stamford bridge. And another stunning century from Joe Root powers england on day three of the second test against india at lords. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Welcome along, thanks forjoining us on this Opening Weekend of the Premier League season. Fans are back, in both home and away ends, and that Saturday Feeling has returned. Seven Premier League games today, all with their own fascinating sub plots, but we begin with todays early match at Old Trafford, as Manchester United put on a show, beating rivals Leeds United by five goals to one. Patrick gearey was watching. Two uniteds sharply divided. If you wanted a game to demonstrate the difference having a Capa
The perfect day. Mohamed salah s become the first player to score on the Opening Weekend in five consecutive Premier League seasons, he had a hand in all of liverpools goals as they eased to a 3 0 win over norwich at carrow road. Virgil Van Dijk back in the starting Line Up for the first time since october. It was diegojota opened the scoring for liverpooljust before the half hour mark. Roberto firmino came off the bench to double their advantage before salah capped off a great performance with this finish from just inside the box. Disappointment for norwich on their return but including brentford last night, six of the first seven Premier League matches this season have all been home wins. Our Reporterjoe Lynskeyjoins Me now to talk through the rest of the days action, on the whole its been a good day for home supporters . So many emotions for those returning fans this afternoon back in Premier League stadiums after so long away. Its been 18 months of waiting for most of these support
for big events as a test concert in spain leads to no additional covid cases. hello and welcome. india s covid death toll has just passed 200,000, according to local media as the federal government considers whether to introduce lockdowns for 150 districts worst hit by the pandemic. and even that terrible total seems likely to be an underestimate as there seems to a massive gap between these official figures from hospitals, and the numbers of bodies overwhelming crematoriums. the bbc spoke to two families, and a warning you may find some details distressing. it was the worst, worst night of my life that i was not able to save her no money, no contacts, nothing helped me out. translation: this - disease can be dangerous but our system is even more dangerous it has scared us. nishi and sachin are living india s nightmare. yelling - n0 audio translation available. this is sachin, moments after he got a call his pregnant wife, angelie, had died due to covid. desperately loo
officer accused of killing george floyd begins today. his death sparked protests around the world against police brutality and racism. and coming up the website set up to collect the experiences of school pupils about rape culture has now received over 7,000 testimonies. we ll talk to the 22 year old founder and the senior officer who s launching a special helpline today. good morning. today is the first day of freedom, if you re in england. and for much of the country, the sun is going to shine, too. two households, or groups of up to six people, are now able to meet outside in england again, as the stay at home covid restriction comes to an end. 0utdoor sport facilities including tennis courts and golf courses are also reopening, and organised outdoor sports can resume. borisjohnson says he s looking forward to a great british summer of sport but warned people to stick to the rules. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has this report. ilkeston in derbyshire, and
the stand in manager celebrated with similar gusto. it wasn t long before he celebrated again as mo salah found a gap only he seems capable of finding. a gift before he departs for the africa cup of nations. chelsea were far from beaten, and their start back came in style. n golo kante found pulisic. 2 2 in a breathless half of premier league football. after conceding two apiece, they second half saw the goalkeepers come to the fore. mendy kept out salah, and the opposing team and the opposing team stopped pulisic. it finished 2 2, a result that doesn t do much for either side s title hopes, but again was a joy to watch. well, as craig mentioned in his report, there so, missed opportunity for both sides as leaders manchester city stay ten points clear at the time, but post match, both chelsea and liverpool seem content with the result. i m happy with the attitude and the quality, and it showed there were lots still we can improve, and still we struggle. still we can improve