an almighty fright. they might need a stiff drink after this. the first of eight fa cup ties today saw holders arsenal knocked out, after a 1—0 defeat at southampton. it's the first time they've beaten the gunners in an fa cup game in their history. a first—half own goal by gabriel all that separated the two sides at st mary's. craig templeton reports. premier league opponents once again for the holders. arsenal's third—round win against newcastle was a replay of the 1998 final. this trip to st mary's mirrored their win in 2003. stats like that are more likely when you have won as many fa cup as arsenal, but it was southampton who started brighter, che adams with a brilliant run and strike bringing the best out of bert leno. the same could not be said for the rest of arsenal's defence. they failed to deal with another southampton attack down the right, kyle walker—peters thought he had scored his first goal for the club, another look tells us something different. commentator: own goal by gabriel. arsenal improved in the second half and thought they could have had a penalty. var felt otherwise. in terms of actual chances, fraser forster�*s foot denied an arsenal equaliser, as mikel arteta was denied back—to—back fa titles. arsenal will be back at st mary's on tuesday in the league. in the day's other ties, yves bissouma scored one of the goals of the fourth round as brighton saw off league one blackpool 2—1 at the amex. they'll play either leicester or bretford next. west ham had an easy 4—0 win over doncaster rovers, they were ahead by the second minute thanks to pablo fornals. andriy yarmolenko's calm finish after he raced on to benrahma's through ball later in the first half ended any hopes of an upset. man united or liverpool await them next. bottom of the league sheffield united beat plymouth 2—1. billy sharp made one and scored one, first setting up a chris basham header, then going around michael cooper to score. they play at home to championship side bristol city — their result coming up. swansea city made light work of nottingham forest, in one of the all—championship affairs. they won 5—1 at the liberty stadium with liam cullen and matt grimes scoring two goals apiece. barnsley are through to the fifth round after callum styles scored the only goal of their tie with norwich. it's chelsea or luton next for them. bristol city are through after beating millwall 3—0 at the den — antoine semenyo rounding off the scoring. city through to the fa cup fifth round for only the second time in 20 years. relegation threatened aston villa picked up a precious point in a 2—2 draw at home to reading in the women's super league. and just take a look at the conditions. the pitch covered in snow in the west midlands for the match where villa twice came from behind. an injury time equaliser from diana silva saved the day for them. rangers look unstoppable in the scottish premiership at the moment. 23 points clear at the top now, after beating ross county 5—0 today. aberdeenjump above hibs, into third, after their 2—0 win over motherwell. and there was a shock in the scottish league cup semifinal, as hibs were knocked out by stjohnstone 3—0 at hampden park. craig conway with the third goal. they will play either livingston or st mirren in the final who play tomorrow. england are still in contention in sri lanka after day two of the second test. six wickets from james anderson — and an unbeaten half century from captainjoe root means england trail by 283 runs, after they finished the day 98—2 in galle. joe wilson reports. another day, another year, and who's grinning? well, england without anderson is still unthinkable. he wasn't sure about this wicket — nobody was. it took a review and replays before the spikes seemed to reveal the faint sound of bat on ball, the batsman trudging away. the next up was building his best score for sri lanka. england's spin bowlers failed to take a single wicket, send for you—know—who. the batsman on 92, caught by leach. five wickets for anderson and what a way to make it six. anderson once more outstanding. but sri lanka were still going. by the time they had finished their fun, the total was 381, that is solid batting. the match perspective now depended on england's response. lbw, sibley gone for none. crikey, now crawley. easy for the sri lanka spinner. batting demands concentration, improvisation — joe root showed how. choose when to attack. jonny bairstow was capable. england are starting to put pressure back on sri lanka, still 283 behind, but two yorkshiremen are showing nerve. well, anderson just continues to impress for england. his superb spell in getting sri lanka saw him achieve his 30th five—wicket haul in test matches. he's feeling confident that england can deliver with the bat on day three. it was a really good effort to keep them under 400 and we know now we have to bat big, we have to bat a long time to try and win this game, but that's what you have to do. we got off to a decent start with the bat, just need a couple of guys to go big. time now for some of the day's other stories. rafael benitez has left his role as manager of dalian professional after 18 months in charge of the chinese super league club. the former newcastle united, liverpool and chelsea boss had a season remaining on his contract but has stepped down blaming the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. despite having george taylor sent off for this tackle, edinburgh kept their proili play—off hopes alive by beating zebre. jamie farndale rounded off the 26—10 win in the final minute in italy. edinburgh stay fifth in conference b, six points behind scarlets. and 14—1 shot first flow, under a brilliant ride from david bass, won the clarence house chase at ascot to give trainer kim bailey his biggest win in 26 years. it was bailey's first top—level grade one triumph since master oats won the 1995 cheltenham gold cup 9,445 days ago. rory mcilroy leads going into tomorrow's final round of the abu dhabi championship. the northern irishman moved clear with a superb chip for eagle at the tenth — he's now 13—under—par. tyrrell hatton is a shot further back, with fellow englishman tommy fleetwood on 11 under. danielle kang of the united states leads the third round of the tournament of champions in florida. kang is 19 under par after 13 holes. fellow american nelly korda is on 17 under, one shot ahead of her sisterjessica. elfyn evans suffered a frustrating day at the monte carlo rally, losing his lead to sebastien ogier. the sport's most prestigious event hasn't been won by a briton since 1968, but history can still be rewritten, as nick parrott reports. the french alps are beautiful, but driving through them on the way to monte carlo is anything but serene. elfyn evans knows what it is like to lead this event only to then lose it. he did that last year, so this might have felt like deja vu. the welshman started the day with a seven second lead. that soon disappeared as the conditions got the better of him. not super happy, to be honest, with how things have gone. i think there was more to get out of it today. ijust did not be brave enough, really. i think there is potential to do a little more, but it is a balance in these conditions. you have to deal with what your feeling tells you, but if you start to go over that, you can get caught out. i haven't quite struck the right balance. that helped his toyota team—mate and world champion sebastien ogier. the frenchman is nicknamed the king of monte carlo, after winning the rally six times in a row. still fuelled by the frustration of misfortune on friday, he put on a masterclass to take the lead. barring misfortune, it will be a battle between these two to take the crown. evans won the final stage of the day, but could only cut ogier�*s advantage to 13 seconds, a number that is unlucky for some. we will find out for whom on sunday. and ben ainslie's dreams of becoming the first british skipper to win sailing's america's cup are still very much alive. his team ineos beat the italians to win their qualifying competition, so they now go on to take on either italy again, or the usa, next month for the right to face new zealand for the one of sport's oldest trophies in march. look, it's a great moment for the team because we've had a tough start, a tough build—up to this competition, so i'm incredibly proud of everyone. that said, we know we've still got a long way to go on this road, so whilst we've got ourselves into the cup final, it's just one step along the road and now we've got to focus on trying to win that and then, after that, the cup, so one step at a time. that's all from sportsday. updates from the premier league match between aston villa and newcastle on bbc news throughout the rest of the evening. hello. there have been a few wintry showers around today. some of us have seen a bit more snow, but many places stay dry, had a bit of sunshine, but it's a cold weekend. there's a widespread frost on the way tonight. and after the showers fade away from north—west england, the midlands and east anglia, it could be icy, there will be a few fog patches developing. icy patches still, with the wintry showers towards the north and west of scotland, and a new area of rain, sleet and snow heading to south—west england, wales and southern parts of northern ireland. we'll start sunday with that widespread frost. icy patches, fog around in some spots, too. and a focus will be on this next area of sleet and snow, then, that will push into more of wales, towards the south and west midlands, southern areas of northern ireland, eventually feeding into parts of south—east england as the day goes on. and where you see that snow, you could see a light covering to low levels of a few centimetres, but more to higher ground. so certainly turning difficult on roads and pavements. again, also affecting southern areas of northern ireland. northern counties of northern england into scotland will see the lion's share of sunday's sunshine. but there will be further wintry showers around northern and western scotland. some rain into the afternoon heading into parts of the northern isles. so as we go on deeper into the day, then, notice how this area of snow doesn't move very much, so if you are within that, this is where you are most likely to get that few centimetres, even at lower levels, with more to any higher ground. could be some fog patches that linger into parts of the north midlands, east anglia and southern areas of northern england. so anywhere where any fog lingers or you see that snow will be particularly cold, barely above freezing. any of that snow will gradually fade, then, as we go through the evening. again, turning icy behind that. and again, we have these showers affecting parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england deeper into sunday night. it will be icy in places with a few centimetres of snow possible in a few spots, too, with another widespread frost as monday begins. a few of those wintry showers will sink further southwards through england and wales. as we go on through monday, there will be some sunny spells around at times, too. and temperatures edging up mainly to around four or five degrees. a little bit higher in south—west england, where we will see weather fronts coming in from the atlantic on tuesday, wednesday, indeed, for the rest of the week. that does mean it will be turning wetter and windier once again, but it will also be turning milder, too. temperatures heading up quite a bit from midweek. this is bbc news. the headlines at eight... more than 2,000 people have been arrested in russia at protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. mr navalny�*s wife yulia was briefly detained then released. senior doctors in britain call for the maximum 12—week gap between administering the first and second doses of the pfizer coronavirus vaccination to be halved. a curfew has come into force in the netherlands as part of new measures to contain coronavirus. and the american broadcaster and talk show host, larry king, has died at the age of 87.