that's a call we've heard before, but certainly i think as these attacks specifically on energy infrastructure become more frequent, that is the focus of ukraine's calls at the moment. here in kharkiv, there was a very long air raid overnight, but this city wasn't targeted in the latest attack. but certainly the mood here is fairly nervous. people are also worried, there's lots of rumours about a possible offensive, another military offensive against kharkiv here in the north of ukraine. lots of rumours, no real facts, but to the commander—in—chief also commented on that in an interview with ukrainian media. he said you can't ignore those plans, that ukraine is increasing its fortification and that's right along the front—line. but he also warned that if russia tries it, he said then that will be a fatal battle for them, a fatal step here in kharkiv. but certainly, as i say, the mood is fairly nervous because nobody quite knows what the russians might be planning next.

sport is next with ali foster. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm olly foster. the foxes fail again. this bristol city winner is good news for leeds and ipswich in the championship title race. alonso says he has more to prove in the bundesliga and is staying at bayer leverkusen. lam in i am in the right place and buy leverkusen i want to keep growing with the club, growing with the players and learning from them. rees lightning gets a dream move to the super bowl champions, but will he ever get to play for the chiefs? also coming up on sportsday... from london to new york fashion weeks, it's paris next forjack aires, where he hopes to fulfil his paralympic dream.

good evening. the international break is officially over, the premier league returns tomorrow, but there's a full fixture list across the football league today. the championship could not be tighter at the top or bottom, and leicester city who were looking to move to the top of the table, could actually drop out of the automatic promotion spots after losing 1—0 at bristol city. joe lynskey reports. springtime in the second tier where two games over easter can make or break a season. at one stage, leicester city led this league by ten points. they looked set since august for a top—flight return. but at just the wrong time they've gone out of form.

premier league winners are still in this team, but they faced bristol city with one win from five. still, jamie vardy had chances to put this match out of sight. well, can you believe it? this has been a week of overspending allegations and sanctions still to come. on the field, the home side were about to make it worse. oh, what a beautiful strike! a goal that meant as much in bristol as it did in bristol as it did to leicester's rivals. leeds and ipswitch could be the top two, lester go on to easter monday and need to start their spring revival. joe lynsky, bbc news. so leicester falter and that means leeds could move three points clear of the foxes if they win later on at watford. before that ipswich will move top if they beat blackburn rovers, they are just into the second half at ewood park.

conor chaplin scored inside the first ten minjutes. 1—0 at the moment. important win for norwich in the play—off spots. southampton conceded a late equaliser against middlesbrough. that's dented their automatic promotion hopes. coventry have kept themselves in touch with the top six, beating huddersfield 2—1. that has kept the terrriers in the relegation zone. that has kept the terriers in the relegation zone. there was a huge result for qpr against fellow strugglers birmingham city, a late winner for rangers lifts them up to 18th, four points clear of the bottom three. birmingham are only out of the relegation zone on goal difference. this is how the top of the championship looks now. a great opportunity for ipswich and leeds in the late kick—offs. although leicester will still have a game in hand. saints dropping points has pretty much put paid to their title challenge, although they do have a couple of games in hand. coventry and preston are still knocking on the play—offs. the bottom is so tight. defeats for plymouth, huddersfield and birmingham,

who went down at qpr in injury time, rangers the big winners today in the bottom half of the table wednesday could have moved out of trouble but conceded late against swansea. rotherham losing again. they may be be reelagted in the next round of fixtures. wrexham have tightened their grip on one of the three automatic promotion spots in league 2 with with a 2—0 win over mansfield, who've now dropped from top to second behind stockport. paul mullin, as he has so often for wrexham, scoring the opener. they were awarded a penalty for this challenge in the second half — looked debatable — but mullin stepped up, and made sure of the win. wrexham who only came up from the national league last season, are third and three points clear of their nearest challengers. xabi alonso says he is going to stay at bayer leverkusen next season. he's arguably, the most wanted coach in football, with leverkusen unbeaten in all competitions this season, heading for the bundelsiga title and also still in the german cup and europa league.

liverpool and bayern munich, two of his former clubs, headed the list of suitors but the spaniard say it makes sense to stay where he is. at this moment, ifeel that at this moment, i feel that this at this moment, ifeel that this is the right place for me to be, and i feel as a coach, i have a young —— i am a young coach, went to help the team, i want to help young players develop and if i am part of the process i'm happy with that. so, putting all the things together making this important decision, i'm convinced it's the right one, i'm happy, i'm still young but right now i feel like that. alonso had been on liverpool's radar ever sincejurgen klopp announced in january that this would be his last season. we heard from the liverpool manager today, after hearing that he was now out of the running. i had a similar situation and pretty much the same, if you want.

and i never regretted it. so that is pretty much everything i can say, he is doing an incredible job there. leverkusen has a good team, probably keep the team together i think, that is possible this year as well so it is not every year is like that. so i understand that he wants to do that. so liverpool will have to amend their hitlist of managers, ruben amorim, might have moved closer to the top. the 39—year—old portuguese coach, who won league titles as a player with benfica, is in his fourth season at sporting. i thought of look respect for him, i think he's done a super job with supporting. job with sporting.

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of lessons from his illness. of lessons from this. in the last half an hour, the super bowl champions kansas city chiefs have named louis rees—zammitt in their practice squad ahead of the next nfl season. he has come through the ten week camp. he is a long way to making that chiefs team. he will come in with 19 other players, and his goal is to become one of the 53 athletes to make their active roster, the guys who play on game day, but the other opportunity is to be part of their practice squad, which is a 17 man squad which can include one international player. can include one international -la er. �* ~' can include one international .la er, �* 4’ can include one international laer. ~ player. and you think the most easy wa for player. and you think the most easy way for him — player. and you think the most easy way for him to _ player. and you think the most easy way for him to get _ player. and you think the most easy way for him to get on _

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football is set moves, really. so beyond the physical tricks and skills he would need on the field, it still learning a playbook, andy reid's's playbook is pretty substantial, he'll need to understand that, the terminology etc. a high level athlete and none of this is beyond him i think we have every confidence he'll be successful. england's women had already sealed the t20 series against new zealand but signed off with victroy by five wickets in the final match nat sciver—brunt and captain heather knight's partnership of 57 was key in wellington as they chased down 137. both lost their wickets but england reached their target with an over to spare to take the series 4—1. they now play three one—dayers with the first on sunday. it was really good. i think we probably maybe weren't as clinical with the backend of our fielding as we probably wanted to be, but i

thought as a team performance we did really well, again, like people putting in performances every game we and week out, and i think we wanted to finish a win and sort of stamp it down on the series and i think we did really well. st helens have gone top of the super league after two late tries saw them beat wigan warriors i2—a. wigan were narrowly in—front on the hour mark when liam byrne was shown a straight red card for a high tackle. saints took full advantage of their extra man with tries from tommy makinson and konrad hurrell turning the game around in the final ten minutes. elsewhere, six first half tries helped hull kr to a 34—10 victory against city rivals hull fc. joe burgess crossed twice as the home side held a 28 point lead at the break. kelepi tanginoa added the final score to lift them up to fifth, but the pressure remains on tony smith as hull remain tenth with one win

from their first six games. let's have a quick look at some of day's the other stories. andy murray will miss both the monte carlo masters and bmw open in munich next month, the start of the clay court season, as he recovers from ruptured ankle ligaments. it's expected to be murray's final summer on tour, and he had been targeting the french open in may before wimbledon in july. england prop kyle sinckler willjoin toulon next season, with international team—mate lewis ludlam also expected to move to the south of france. moving to france will effectively end both players international careers under current eligibility rules. britain's elvin evans is second overall at safari rally kenya. but he's not been able to keep up with his toyota team mate kaller rovanpera. the firm won all six of today's stages to lead evans by almost a minute. the rally finishes on sunday.

british para—canoeist jack aires used to feel ashamed of his disability, but now says having his leg amputated was the best decision he's ever made. it led to a career in modelling, and then elite sport. he's been talking to sally hurst about his journey from catwalk to canoe. owning the catwalk as mr england — the first amputee to win the title. it's hard to believe thatjust a few years earlier, jack eyers hated how he looked. i was born with a condition in my leg that affect my hip and my kneejoint and my femur. i was very embarrassed by my leg, and i was very ashamed of how it looked. today, the model—turned—gb canoeist has bags of body confidence, and the turning point was deciding — aged 16 — to have his leg amputated. having an amputation, i've literally got rid of this leg that i was quite ashamed of, and that didn't work and was very much dead weight.

it's honestly the best decision i've ever made. a career as a personal trainer followed, and then fitness modelling. my body was my business, so i very much kept myself in good shape. disabled peoplejust weren't represented at all within the fashion world. well done, jack. mr popularity! i was one of the first amputees to really kind of step into that world. and it wasn't a very common thing. it was very nerve—racking because you didn't know what people were going to think. and some of the other models, like the able—bodied models, you could tell they weren't too happy about it because they were talking about the catwalk being like the ballet — it needs to be, like, classic — same—shape model, same—height models. and we were changing that. we were changing the mould — i believe, for the better, and it has been for the better. jack eyers, you are mr england! you've said in the past that you didn't like the word "disabled".

you feel its negative. but there is a movement now that "disabled" is becoming something