hello and welcome to sportsday with me, gavin ramjaun. a huge blow for liverpool — and a massive dent to their title ambitions — after defeat in the merseyside derby to everton. bruno fernandes hauls manchester united out of trouble again — against the league's bottom side at old trafford. and — ronnie o'sullivan is cruising in his first round match — as he looks for a record eighth world snooker crown. hello there, and welcome

along to the programme. it was always going to be tense, coming into a merseyside derby with plenty at stake of both teams — everton and liverpool both desperate for victory. and the honours went to everton, who won 2—0 at goodison park, dealing a huge blow to liverpool's title ambitions injurgen klopp�*s last season in charge. sean dyche�*s side went ahead thanks to a scappy goal from jarrad branthwaite, which trickled in, after alisson initially made the save. more relaxed defending in the second half from liverpool, allowed dominic calvert—lewin to head home. a much deserved win for everton, as they put more distance between them and the bottom three. for liverpool though — they miss the chance to move back level with arsenal at the top. and with four games to go, a tall order perhaps to get back in the running. what we need now is better football from our side and bad football from our side and bad football from our side and bad football from the two other sides, that's how it is now, they have to lose games, not only one but probably two. historically, they don't do

that really, and arsenal didn't look very weak last night, so is that now my first, i'm very frustrated about that but we have to play better. a big result against the local rivals, it's a game for the people. i rivals, it's a game for the --eole. ., �* , ., people. i don't understand the de th people. i don't understand the depth of these _ people. i don't understand the depth of these because i'm . depth of these because i'm not from _ depth of these because i'm not from here but i'm learning quickly— from here but i'm learning quickly about what it's like here — quickly about what it's like here and i think that is 14 the people — here and i think that is 14 the people without a shadow of a doubt, — people without a shadow of a doubt, and they are doing it, the noise _ doubt, and they are doing it, the noise was incredible, the reactions— the noise was incredible, the reactions were incredible so we are very— reactions were incredible so we are very pleased with that. manchester united were made to work for their three points, eventually running out 4—2 winners over bottom of the table sheffield united. the blades twice took the lead, goals from jayden bogle and ben brereton diaz stunned old trafford, either side of a harry maguire header. but two goals from captain bruno fernandes put united in front in the second half, with rasmus hojlund rounding off the scoring. the win lifts erik ten hag's side back into sixth place,

and chasing a european spot, ending a four—match winless run in the premier league. sheffield united though look destined for the drop. many positives today, the resilience and to fight back after two times when you are losing. but that is straightforward, also the negatives, really give a ways and can't happen, it's unacceptable. we have to learn from this for the rest, i think, we need a decent performance, good goals, so i'm happy with the wind and we move on. it was a mixed bag for may, a lot of— it was a mixed bag for may, a lot of things are pretty good, pretty— lot of things are pretty good, pretty good, a lot of times we -et pretty good, a lot of times we get pretty close but we are here — get pretty close but we are here. and we are brought to games— here. and we are brought to games of— here. and we are brought to games of football and it's another one that was lost. crystal palace continued their resurgent form under manager oliver glasner — they won for the third time in a row, jean phillipe mateta with both of their goals in a 2—0 win over newcastle

united at selhurst park. the loss for newcastle a blow for their european aspirations. and bournemouth came away with a 1—0 win at wolves. antoine semenyo scoring in the first half. bournemouth had a man sent off too — but managed to hold on. wolves having a goal ruled out by the var deep into stoppage time. bournemouth up to tenth with that victory. two goals in stoppage time helped atalanta finally break down 10—man fiorentina and book a coppa italia final with juventus. the tie finished 4—2 on aggregate. ademola lookman and mario pasalic with two late stoppage time goals to seal their place in the final — in rome on may the 15th. barcelona coach xavi will remain at the club until at least the end of his contract to june next year, after changing his mind that this would be his last season. xavi took charge in november 2021 after leaving qatari club al sadd and guided barca to the spanish title in his first full season in charge last year. he announced injanuary

he would step down as boss at the end of the current season, but the former barcelona and spain midfielder has performed a u—turn. the former world no.1 naomi osaka has won her first match of the clay court season at the madrid open, beating belgium's greet minnen osaka won in straight sets, 6—4, 6—1. it was only her second match on clay since going out in the first round of the french open two years ago, and herfirst win on the surface since then. emma raducanu's progress in stuttgart last week failed to count for much. she collapsed to a straight—sets defeat to argentinian maria lourdes carle at the madrid open. having made it to the quarterfinals at last week's tournament in germany — that encouraging form deserted her as she was defeated 6—2, 6—2. butjack draper is on to the second round, after beating the australian thanasi kokkinakis on a decisive third set — it finished 6—3, 3—6, 7—5, he will now move

on to face hubert hurkacz on thursday. some news to alarm rafa nadalfans — he says he's not sure if he will be able to play at next month's french open after pushing through the pain barrier in his comeback from injury. the 37—year—old, who is a 22—time grand slam champion, said that he is far from being in top form, and that he's only playing in the first round of the madrid open on thursday as a personal sacrifice. nadal, who has said he expects to retire after this season, returned to competition in brisbane injanuary after almost a year sidelined with a hip flexor injury, but hasn't played consistently since. ronnie o'sullivan made a fine start to his bid to win a record—breaking eighth world title as he dominated the first session against welsh qualifierjackson page. o'sullivan is looking to move clear of stephen hendry�*s seven crucible successes and holds an emphatic 8—1 lead

over 22—year—old page, the world number 43. o'sullivan needs to win only two frames when the match resumes on thursday. meanwhile china's ding junhui is out after losing the deciding frame in a dramatic first round match against the world number 17 jack lisowski. a clearance break of 131 from ding, who was runner up here eight years ago but has never won the world title, levelled the match at 9—9. but it was the englishman, lisowski, who came out on top in that final frame — to set up a meeting with stuart bingham in the second round. finally — among the sports in which team gb has high hopes of winning gold at the paris olympics in three months is canoe slalom. the team began its preparations with a first training session of the season at lee valley white water centre on wednesday. chris slegg went to meet them. team gb�*s paddlers back on the water as olympic

training began as a chilly valley this morning. very cold out here, waiting for people to arrive at a great session on the water and yet, very exciting. haven't really seen the team together properly into today and it's really nice to see everyone. this course is transformed britain into and a leading olympic nation. we had never won an olympic goal but since those days, they are claiming to golds and the team had some from the direction of paris that are high hopes and more podium positions. we have athletes to win more royal titles and rich history i we have athletes to win world titles and rich history - of athletes competing in the past and do - our bit to keep this - going the strong hopes. winning gold in rio 2016 in current world champion in two events. i feel the pressure, yes and no, it's what surpasses

the external factors for the people and very hard for this event and, that puts the pressure on me. in 2016, did your life change? it did, absolutely. in so many ways. but i think, it came too easy in some ways and so young and it happened and since then, things have really rounded me as a person. mallory franklin spent years campaigning for women to race the c1 event and won silver into the tokyo. silver in it in tokyo. at the grave really had that quality in terms of a lot of people said they are performances and in all these things and really is a class,

we really driven that on ensuring that we are good enough. and that is a fabulous performance. - how realistic would it be for a gold medal in paris? it is not super far—fetched. being the world champion leading in meddled it every worlds between the two and i think that is a really positive show of performance, i think. soon it will be all eyes on paris for gb�*s potential paddling prizes. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello there. some really chilly—feeling air for the time of year, and it's going nowhere for the next couple of days. but of course, the sunshine's helping to lift the temperature somewhat. lots of blue sky across many parts of scotland, 13 celsius in edinburgh, butjust seven degrees for these north sea facing coasts such as scarborough. lots of clouds, and a brisk, a bitter northerly wind blowing, too. and as we head through the rest of tonight, there's a little feature running southwards bringing the threat of some further showers, possibly wintry over the hills of scotland. temperatures dipping very close to freezing into thursday morning. watch out for some icy stretches perhaps. and it's still blustery for those north sea facing coast, and across the northern isles as well. a mixture of sunny spells, but also some showers across many northern areas of england, scotland and northern ireland. more cloud and some showers pushing southwards across england and wales. temperatures again towards the east, just 8—10 degrees celsius, but a little milder again further south and west. now, as we head through

thursday night, then there'll be a lot of clear spells around. again, it's another cold feeling night for the time of year, the snow levels again dropping across parts of scotland. another frost for many of us as we head into friday morning. again, watch out for some icy stretches here and there. friday, we'll start to see a few changes. this area of low pressure starts to push in to south west england, affecting parts of the channel islands as well, bringing some more showery outbreaks of rain here. and the winds will fall lighter as well, so it won't feel quite so bitterly cold towards those north sea facing coast. but still, the bulk of the showers will be here. a scattering of showers, also some sunny spells, probably sunniest out towards the north and the west again. but temperatures still very low for the time of year, below the average, 8—12 degrees celsius for most of us. things are set to turn a little less cold, though, as we head through the weekend. some milderfeeling air. and it's going to be quite unsettled, tending to be drier in the north and the west. so, if we just look at this low pressure system. it's spinning in from the south.

it's going to give plenty of wet weather, particularly towards the south and the east, but also some milder feeling conditions. temperatures will rise to more or less the seasonal average. so certainly no heat wave. here's the temperature outlook for our capital cities as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week. so not as cold, but really quite showery. bye— bye.

welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines. college protests over gaza intensify, police and student protesters clash. the us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in china as washington steps up aid for its allies in the region. and runaway horses tear through london — smashing into vehicles and leaving four people injured.