hello there. bayer leverkusen are bundesliga champions for the first time in their 120—year history. the 5—0 win over werder bremen to clinch the title was all the sweeter because it came in front of their own fans. they've done it with five games to spare as well in what has been an incredible season, and they're still unbeaten in all competitions, with the potential for more trophies as well, in the german cup and the europa league. alex fletcher reports. scenes like this are rare in leverkusen. a first bundesliga title secured in style. when xabi alonso took over 18 months ago, they were in the relegation zone. how times can change. victor boniface setting them on their way from 12 yards after var had intervened to award a penalty.

and things would only get better. the nigerian turning provider, as granit xhaka extended their lead with just his second goal for the club. for a side unbeaten all season, it was time to turn the screw. florian wirtz getting his first of the game on 68 minutes, and just 22 minutes later, he had completed his hat—trick and started the party. leverkusen winning just their third major trophy, history made and a season to remember, but one not over yet, as they chase a potential treble. alex fletcher, bbc news. what a season. bayer leverkusen, the german champions. who's going to come out on top in england? the premier league title race, much, much tighter. and there were a couple of slip—ups on sunday. arsenal lost to aston villa 2—0 at home. it's their first defeat in the league since new year's eve. they could have returned to the top of the table, but remain in second, two points behind man city. leon bailey and ollie watkins scored villa's goals

inside the final ten minutes at the emirates stadium. that gives them a three—point cushion in fourth. arsenal saw their title push unravel at around the same time last season. they also have to win at bayern munich on wednesday to stay in the champions league. obviously very disappointed with the result, especially with the way that we perform in the first half. it was one of the best first half that we played this season against a top team. should have been three, four orfive. we have not scored and in the second half the game changes. we struggled to get momentum. we struggled to regain the ball in certain areas and were very sloppy as well with the ball. and then we conceded a very poor goal. on top of that, we were chasing. we concede another one and very painful lost. 100% very proud of the players, how we face them, being very competitive, being as well struggling

in some time, but right in our moment. and progressively we were dominating the match. but of course beat here arsenal is very difficult and we needed play being focused 100% and being very demanding in everything. liverpool also squandered the opportunity to move to the top of the premier league table, they were stunned at anfield, beaten 1—0 by crystal palace — their first league defeat at home in over 18 months. also back—to—back defeats at anfield after their midweek europa league first—leg loss to atalanta. there was a similar story really against palace. liverpool's finishing really let them down, eberechi eze scoring the palace winner inside the first 15 minutes, that lifts them up to 14th. they should be safe. eight points off the relegation zone. now for liverpool, this has dented their title hopes. it's just crazy how big the chances were

and we didn't use them. so second half crystal palace was lucky that we didn't punish them. but first half they deserved the lead. and that's sometimes enough. and that's why we stand out here and have nil points. and they have three. one other results in the premier league on sunday, fulham 2—0 winners at west ham pereira with both their goals that sees them move up to 12th. the hammers remain eighth in the table. what a great weekend for manchester city. the reigning champions, saturday's win over luton seeing the move to the top and staying there after those defeats for arsenal and liverpool. all have six games left to play. villa's hopes of a top four finish that looks pretty good, but spurs do have a game in hand on them, although they do have a really tough run—in, still to face each of the top three. roma say that their defender evan ndicka is in good spirits after he collapsed during his side's game away at udinese.

they've released this picture of him in hospital. the serie a match was abandoned after the 24—year—old ivory coast player collapsed midway through the second half. he was taken off on a stretcher. he appeared conscious as he left the pitch with the score 1—1 at the time. roma say he's going to remain under observation in hospitalfor tests. the last 20 minutes of the game will be played at a later date, say serie a. some of scotland's top women footballers are calling for greater awareness to prevent injuries in sport at all levels. there's been a dramatic increase in the number of serious knee injuries, and one of scotland's most capped players, leanne creighton, says greater resources are needed as the popularity of the women's game soars. if you want to be top of your game, you have to put in the hours. football training in edinburgh on a miserable scottish night. sports that involve a lot of pivoting and direction

change have seen a rapid rise in serious knee injuries like anterior cruciate ligament tears. but up to 50% can be prevented with a simple warm—up. really important to get your knee over your toe. juliet gould is an nhs physiotherapist specialising in knee injuries. when she's not treating patients who've damaged their acl, she's promoting prevention. most acl injuries are non—contact, so it happens without someone else crashing into you. and usually it's when the foot is planted and you twist around the opposite direction. sometimes with studs getting stuck in grass and a twisting type action that the knee drifts in towards the other leg, and that's what puts the acl at risk. repetition of drills strengthens muscles and ligaments. if these kids injure their acls now, then they're likely to get arthritic changes even in 10, 15 years�* time when they're still young and in their 20s or 30s and then can have consequences for the rest of their life in terms of symptoms in their knee. whether they have it

reconstructed or not. gigi bradford ruptured her acl in the first week of the season last year. ijust went up to kick the ball kind of off— balance and when ijumped, my knee just collapsed. i mean, i've done that movement hundreds of times before. knee has never gone. my knee just went pop. and ijust lay there like, yeah, that's nice. a scotland and hearts under 17 player, she'll be out of action for 12 months. it was excruciating pain, like, honestly agony. but ijust kind of went into shock because obviously that was something that like was my worst nightmare. and then it actually became real. winning on the pitch this week in a european qualifier, but the scottish national team has not been without injury woes away from it. women are three to six times more likely to suffer an acl injury than men, and players want more research and attention to prevention. you need to focus on the, you know, prevent those types of injuries, first and foremost, because

the amount of hours and minutes that players lose in their career to serious injuries isjust, for me, unacceptable. this is what's going to stop you rupturing your acl. the environment, hormones, body shape are all part of research into why women are more susceptible to injury. but drilling into players the need for a good warm—up is something that can make a difference. finally for you, some tennis news. stefanos tsitsipas has won his third monte carlo masters title. he beat casper ruud in straight sets. he raced through the opening set, the greek winning it 6—1. the second was much tighter until tsitsipas broke in the 10th game, sealing victory in monaco. it's quite an unexpected line—up for the final there. the two men knocking out jannik sinner and novak djokovic in the semis. both are set to play at the barcelona open, the next clay court stop and the build—up to next month's french open. winning this tournament three times is something

i would have never imagined. even when i first got it the first time, i obviously thought it was a great feeling and that place is special towards me. but getting the holy trinity, as i call it, is something that i will fully cherish it and take the most out of this moment. that's just about it. a reminder of our top story here on sportsday. bayer leverkusen clinching the first bundesliga title in their history, with five games to spare as well. that ends bayern munich�*s domination. they beat werder bremen 5—0 to do it. bayern had won the last 11 titles in germany. but bayer leverkusen and their coach xabi alonso, who's staying at the club, celebrating a historic title. from me, olly foster, and the rest of the sportsday team, don't forget to go to the bbc sport website for the latest, but that's all for now.

hello there. some turbulent weather ahead for the next day or two. low pressures driving in off the atlantic, giving heavy, thundery and intense showers, spray, standing water. so tricky conditions on the roads, particularly in the strength of the wind. look at the tightly packed isobars. there will be strong to gale force winds buffeting the uk during much of monday into tuesday, and it's coming down from the north—west. in fact, as we head towards tuesday, it starts to come down from the north. so it will feel much colder than it has. temperatures below average. so we've got some heavy, showery rain pushing its way south. lots of heavy showers following behind in cold risk of snow over the mountains. it takes longest to get to southern and eastern areas,

but temperatures hold up above freezing because of the strength of the wind, which takes us through the day today. this line of really intense rains giving some tricky travel conditions, the winds picking up to strong gale force around the coasts in the west and the south and lots of showers with hail, with thunder, with snow over the hills and mountains across northern ireland, scotland, possibly the pennines. look at the temperatures — just nine to 12 degrees celsius and it will feel colder still when you add on that wind that will be buffeting the uk. so squally winds near those showers which continue well into the night and into tuesday. by that stage, our low pressure is moving out into the north sea. so the winds come down from the north again, enough of it, we think, to prevent a frost in many areas, just like we'll see in the morning, the glens of scotland, really. but that cold northerly wind will continue to feed showers into particularly central and eastern areas, fewer further west. but there will be, because of the north westerly, some coming into the west of scotland and into northern ireland, but perhaps

fewer showers in the west generally compared with monday. but a bracing wind in the north sea coast, a0 or 50 mile an hour gusts of wind still holding on for the likes of east anglia. so again, it will feel cold despite 12 to 1a inland. i suppose outside the wind, outside the showers with more sunshine around, it will feel a little more like mid april. but we have to get to the end of the week to see high pressure building in, because still on wednesday we've got low pressure in charge towards the east. these weather fronts rounding western areas, just giving patchy rain or drizzle. so things start to settle down later. in fact, temperatures pick up as we head towards friday as well.

live from washington. this is bbc news. israel pledges retaliation for iran's attack, but the un's chief says the countries need to �*step back from the brink.�* the first criminal trial of former us president donald trump is set to start on monday

in new york. we�*ll speak to a former federal prosecutor. and in an exclusive interview with the bbc, sir salman rushdie speaks about the knife attack which almost ended his life. i�*m helena humphrey. glad you could join me. world leaders meeting in an emergency session at the un have warned that the middle east is on the brink — and that now is the time to de—escalate, after last night�*s attack on israel by iran. iran and iran—backed groups in iraq, syria and yemen launched an estimated 300 drones, cruise, and ballistic missiles towards israel. the vast majority of the projectiles were shot down by israel — with help from the us, the uk and other countries. iran said it was responding to an israeli strike earlier this month on its consulate in syria�*s capital damascus, that killed several iranian military commanders.

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