Summary

  • Special Tiara (11-1) wins the Queen Mother Champion Chase on day two of the Cheltenham Festival

  • Odds-on favourite Douvan struggles and finishes seventh

  • Fayonagh wins the Weatherbys Champion Bumper - the day's last race

  • Champions League: Monaco v Manchester City 19:45 GMT (3-5 after first leg)

  1. football

    Pep wary of Monaco attackpublished at 09:43 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Monaco v Man City (19:45 GMT)

    GuardiolaImage source, Getty Images

    Monaco have scored 123 goals in all competitions this season and Guardiola believes it would be foolish to let them attack.

    "The best way [to defend] is score goals," he said.

    "When one team scores many goals and you think about just defending, you kill yourself. The idea is to try and attack.

    "We scored five goals when it's not easy to score against them. What you have to do is go to score goals."

  2. Postpublished at 09:40 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Could Manchester City be an option for Lukaku?

    Pep Guardiola's side are in Champions League action tonight, when they take a 5-3 advantage to Monaco.

  3. football

    Deal or no deal?published at 09:35 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    LukakuImage source, Getty Images

    This one has been doing the rounds since yesterday, but here's Phil McNulty's take , in case you missed it.

    Everton striker Romelu Lukaku has turned down the most lucrative contract offer in the club's history.

    The Premier League club had been confident the Belgium international would sign a new five-year deal thought to be worth around £140,000 a week.

    The 23-year-old's agent, Mino Raiola, had said his client was "99.9%" certain to extend his stay at Goodison Park.

    However, Lukaku has told the Toffees he currently has no desire to extend a contract that has two years to run.

  4. football

    Destination unknownpublished at 09:31 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Back to today's big story in the gossip, which is whether Romelu Lukaku will leave Everton after rejecting what's reported to be the biggest contract offer in the club's history.

    We're having a right natter in the office about where he might end up. 

    Manchester United? Juventus? Arsenal? Liverpool? Surely not. What do you reckon?

  5. cricket

    Manohar tenders resignationpublished at 09:26 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Shashank ManoharImage source, Getty Images

    The ICC has confirmed it has received an email from Shashank Manohar tendering his resignation as chairman. 

    Manohar cited "personal reasons" in his note to ICC chief executive David Richardson.

    Manohar has only been in post for eight months and had overseen plans for major reforms to the ICC governance and the structure of the game. 

    Former ECB chairman Giles Clarke will be one of the candidates to take over. 

  6. Postpublished at 09:25 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Right, some cricket news coming up for you now. 

    Who's in, who's out?

  7. horse-racing

    Cheltenham chatterpublished at 09:21 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    We'll be diving deep into the Cheltenham action later today, but in the mean time why not catch up on yesterday's action?

    App users may need to select 'view more'.

    This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Twitter
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    Skip twitter post

    Allow Twitter content?

    This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    End of twitter post
  8. tennis

    Federer to face Nadalpublished at 09:15 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Tennis

    Nadal and FedererImage source, AFP

    OK, a little less dramatic than that meeting earlier this year, but Federer and Nadal have set up a fourth-round tie at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

    Fifth seed Nadal beat fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-3 7-5.

    Switzerland's Federer, who  won his 18th Grand Slam  title with a five-set victory over Nadal in January, beat American Steve Johnson 7-6 7-6.

    Novak Djokovic beat Juan Martin del Potro, while Angelique Kerber, who is set to become women's world number one, is out.

  9. Postpublished at 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Talking about the impossible, no one thought Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal could both make this year's Australian Open final.

    Well....

  10. Postpublished at 09:10 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Thanks Derek, Jonnie. Keep those stories rolling in...

  11. get involved

    Get Involved #bbcsportsdaypublished at 09:09 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    When has your team achieved the impossible?

    Derek Elmore: Go a whole season unbeaten? Impossible.

    Jonnie:  Chelsea 2-4 Bradford City (fourth round of the FA Cup in 2015 - Chelsea, who were top of the Premier League, were 2-0 up). 

    Tweet us using the hashtag #bbcsportsday or write on the Match of the Day Facebook page., external

    ArsenalImage source, Rex Features
    Image caption,

    Arsenal are the only team to go throughout an entire Premier League season unbeaten with their 'Invincibles' in 2003-04

  12. football

    Education first...published at 09:05 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Atletico Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen

    LeverkusenImage source, AP

    One man who won't be featuring in Champions League action tonight is Kai Havertz. 

    The 17-year-old Leverkusen midfielder  "has important exams at school",, external  the Bundesliga side announced through their Twitter account.  

  13. football

    Juve ease throughpublished at 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Juventus 1-0 Porto

    JuventusImage source, Reuters

    The Italian champions eased into the Champions League quarter-finals with a routine second-leg win against Portuguese league leaders Porto.

    Leading 2-0 from the first leg, Juve sealed the tie when Paulo Dybala drilled in a low penalty after Maxi Periera was sent off for handball.

    The hosts played the second half at a canter as they reached the last eight for the second time in four years.

  14. football

    Watch out, Foxes aboutpublished at 08:56 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    BuffonImage source, Getty Images

    Who would you want to avoid in the quarter-finals? Juventus goalkeeper and all-round Italy legend Gianluigi Buffon says the Foxes would be their worst draw. 

    "Who do I prefer not to play? Leicester," said the 38-year-old.

    "They are a dangerous and passionate team who can cause trouble for opponents who take the initiative. We would have everything to lose."

    Read more here.

  15. football

    So, who's through?published at 08:52 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Champions League

    So we know Leicester are in the pot for the last-eight, while Manchester City can join them if they get a result against Monaco tonight, but who else is still in the running?

    Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen

    Barcelona

    Borussia Dortmund

    Bayern Munich

    Juventus

    Real Madrid

  16. Postpublished at 08:46 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

  17. get involved

    Get Involved #bbcsportsdaypublished at 08:42 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    When has your team achieved the impossible?

    You've seen the quotes from Wes Morgan and that is the inspiration for our Sportsday debate today.

    We want you to tell us...

    When has your team achieved the impossible?

    Tweet us using #bbcsportsday or write on the Match of the Day Facebook page., external

  18. football

    'The impossible... again'published at 08:38 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Leicester 2-0 Sevilla

    MorganImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    "I spy the quarter-finals."

    Leicester City "achieved the impossible again" according to captain Wes Morgan, after a stunning win over Sevilla sent them into the Champions League quarter-finals.

    "I'm not sure if it will happen again but we did it," Morgan told BT Sport.

    "We proved a lot of people wrong and pulled off the impossible again."

  19. football

    'Night of raw passion'published at 08:34 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017

    Leicester 2-0 Sevilla

    VardyImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    "No, you can't come to my party."

    Here's what BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty made of it...

    "Leicester City wrote another chapter in their remarkable story as they overturned a first-leg deficit to beat Sevilla and reach the Champions League quarter-finals on a night of raw passion at the King Power Stadium.  

    "The Foxes looked in trouble after a 2-1 first-leg loss in Spain that was the catalyst for the sacking of Claudio Ranieri - the manager who had guided them into this competition after winning the Premier League nine months ago.

    "Now, with Ranieri gone and Craig Shakespeare in charge, Leicester have been transformed, and they were on their way to another spectacular triumph when captain Wes Morgan bundled them into a first-half lead.

    "It put Leicester in control of the tie, a supremacy they emphasised when Marc Albrighton drilled home a second nine minutes after the interval, seconds after Sergio Escudero hit the bar for the visitors."