it is macro —— slavia prague through to the next stage. colm harrison, bbc news. elsewhere, chelsea took a 3—0 lead into the second leg of their tie against dynamo kyiv, where olivier giroud scored a hat—trick as they won the 2nd leg 5—0. marcos alonso and callum hudson—odoi got the other goals, as chelsea completed an 8—0 aggregate victory. we were able to score after five minutes and so, for the openers, it was a really, really difficult situation. i think that we played a very, very good first half. in the second half, we managed the result but i think a wonderful performance for 90 minutes. arsenal are also through to the last eight, after overturning a 3—1 first leg deficit against rennes. pierre—emerick aubamenyang scored twice as the gunners won the 2nd leg 3—0, with ainsley maitland—niles getting the other as arsenal went through 4—3 on aggregate. this comeback was very difficult, but i think our action was very good action from all players. and the playing under pressure is good, playing under pressure is good, playing under pressure i

. —— slavia prague player. -- slavia prague player. robust sanctions- _ -- slavia prague player. robust sanctions- l _ -- slavia prague player. robust sanctions. i remember- -- slavia prague player. robust sanctions. i remember a - -- slavia prague player. robust sanctions. i remember a player| -- slavia prague player. robust- sanctions. i remember a player who was out for months. it should not be ten games. teams are docked points. it should really hurt so that they change the culture. it is a culture and environment that someone feels safe enough to be able to use that language. the slavia prague player, i hazard a guess it is not the first time that language has been used. if these safe enough to use that language, something —— if he feels safe enough to use that language, something is up with the environment. we have to look at the environment. we have to look at the environment these players come from that allows the safety to be able to use this language which is abhorrent, so what should be happening is, any sanctions should form a deterrent so that if it happens clubs

five—time champions sevilla are stunned by slavia prague, as a late extra—time winner sends the spaniards out of the europa league. belinda bencic is through to the semifinals in indian wells, after a three set win over karolina pliskova. and history at cheltenham, as bryony frost becomes the first female jockey to ever ride a grade one winner at the festival. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that five—time champions sevilla have been knocked out of the europa league, losing in extra time to a late slavia prague goal in the czech republic. colm harrison looks back on a night of late drama. all square at 2—2 from the first leg, slavia prague struck first in the return sue a cameroonian defender. the two players then traded penalties either side of half—time, with wissam ben yedder equalising for sevilla, only for slavia prague to head back in front in the second half.

it will go down as an own goal and you have to feel for slavia prague. before the game, their manager said this was the biggest game in our history. our players can become immortal if we win the game. they push barcelona all the way. they were lucky. elsewhere, the holders liverpool enjoyed a comfortable 4—1 victory against the belgian champions genk. alex oxlade—chamberlain scored the first two goals early in each half, and they were his first goals for the club in 18 months, after a long period out through injury. sadio mane then made it 3—0 with firmino and salah both involved in the build—up. and the egyptian striker then scored the fourth himself before the belgians claimed a late consolation goal. the first goal was brilliant. the second goal was even nicer. although schools were unbelievably beautiful. he scored the second and then it was like a proper knock for genk, we scored a third, a fourth, we conceded one but that was cool but that wasn't the biggest problem in the world. we won the game, job done, that is it. elsewhere, lorenzo ins

and slavia prague's quarterfinal opponents will be arsenal, after they beat 0lympiakos. they actually lost 1—0 on the night, but their advantage from the first leg was enough to take them through 3—2 on aggregate. arsenal will be favourites to beat slavia prague, but the czech side have already seen off leicester, as well as rangers this season. manchester united are the only other british side still in the europa league — thanks to paul pogba's goal against ac milan last night. and they've been drawn against granda, who're playing in the competition for the first time. here's the line—up in full. and the draw for the semis was also made, so if united make it through, they could face ajax — the team they beat to win the trophy in 2017. arsenal are in line for a possible meeting with dinamo zagreb, who knocked out tottenham last night. liverpool were handed a tough draw in the champions league, they face the 13—time winners real madrid in a repeat of the 2018 final. after losing that, liverpool went on to lift the trophy the following year. manchester city wer

prague. good evening, and welcome to sportsday. jason roy's been dropped from the england team for the fifth and final ashes test which starts tomorrow. after losing to australia at old trafford, it's a match england have to win if they're to level the series. and it's not the only change being made. from the oval, here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. it has come to the england team ahead at the fifth and final test at the oval and the catalyst i suppose is ben stokes. we saw him bowl once again during england's training session by england do not think they can trust him, he is not fit enough to get through an entire test match with his allocation of overs. he will play as a specialist batsman. sam curran comes into the team as a bowling all—rounder. chris woakes comes back in the place of over ten. the knock—on effect of this, jason roy loses his place in the test match team. he has had four chances to prove himself as a test match batsman and i think we have to say there is an exp

slavia prague have already knocked out glasgow rangers, and as they proved in the first leg, they are a stubborn side. they have a very good record at home. arsenal actually are undefeated in 11 games in the europa league, but i wouldn't at all be surprised if this one goes the whole hog and we going to extra time. but arsenal will be hoping, because it is such an important game as far as the season is concerned, that they can get through to the semifinals. and you mentioned that because there is so much riding on this result tonight, and if they lose, their european hopes for next season are essentially all but over? it’s european hopes for next season are essentially all but over?— essentially all but over? it's been described as _ essentially all but over? it's been described as the _ essentially all but over? it's been described as the biggest - essentially all but over? it's been described as the biggest game i essentially all but over? it's been | described as the biggest game for mikael arteta during his time as arsenal�*s head coach. bearing in mind, he won the fa cup in

barcelona and slavia prague are both into the quarter—finals of the women's champions league. barcelona took a 5—0 aggregate lead into the second round tie against glasgow city, and finished the job with a 3—0 win in scotland. 8—0 on aggregate. thursday's other game was a goalless draw between slavia prague and rosengard, but the czech side go through after winning the first leg 3—2. the first leg of the african champions league final takes place on friday, and it's an all north african affair between al ahly of egypt, and the tunisian side esperance. al ahly, hosting the first leg, are the most successful team in the competition's history. they're playing in their 12th final, and bidding to win the trophy for a record—extending ninth time. meanwhile, it's seven years since esperance won it. not suprisingly then, al ahly start as favourites. we have to take amazing risk because in one week, we have another game andi in one week, we have another game and i know that we can have a result tomorrow and we can have a result next week, so we do not have to you think about

weekly players seem to get— slavia prague. weekly players seem to get racist abuse on social media after— to get racist abuse on social media after games. what does the game need to do to _ after games. what does the game need to do to stop incidents like this happening? name— to do to stop incidents like this ha enin: ? name ., .., ., ., happening? name general education of fans is important. _ happening? name general education of fans is important. football— happening? name general education of fans is important. football must - fans is important. football must serve as an example. what is different is someone in the crowd hurled racist abuse, it's very different from a player doing it to another player. the example is to be shown by footballers themselves. what happened yesterday is notjust an incident of a fan hurling racist abuse. this is a player against another player. they are colleagues in the football world. so that is where it gets very dangerous. what message are we sending to the world and fans? everything g

they won 7—0 the last time they played slavia prague in europe. but the visitors were here to have a go. the gunners dominated but couldn't find the finishing touch. bukayo saka slotting wide, william hitting the woodwork, lacazette likewise. mikel arteta said this tournament was all or nothing and it looked like arsenal would get nothing until nicolas pepe's cool finish. relief but no time to relax as tomas holes powered a last minute header past bernd leno. arsenal's hopes well and truly checked ahead of the second leg in prague. sp, bbc news. staying with football, swansea city say they won't post anything on social media for the next seven days to take a stand against continuing online racist abuse. the championship club say the first team squad, academy professionals, their women's team and club staff will boycott all channels for the next week. three of their players were recently targeted with abuse online. we are not doing this and expecting everyone wonderful it was. if they do, been great because that means you've done a positive thing.

i arsenal play with slavia prague. no disrespect to slavia prague, but slavia prague _ don't have the big name to play with arsenal. - top spanish and italian clubs have also signed up to the league. newspapers there called this a war on football. disaster. abdu supports ac milan. he says they are going to ruin the game by doing this. giuseppe has been a fan of milan rivals inter for more than 60 years. he doesn't like the plans. he'd rather keep the champions league. european football has a global following with many fans living thousands of miles from their club grounds. kevin wang, who watches inter milan from his home in beijing, says it's a more attractive prospect to have better quality games on television. translation: i'm actually quite l looking forward to this league. | as a fan i'm mostly interested in watching these amazing matches and stiff competition. fans have onlyjust been allowed back in to watch their teams after months away. this seismic move has left many feeling shut out again. laura scott, bbc ne

chelsea have it slightly easier, and they'll play their match away at slavia prague in a partially closed stadium because the czech side were involved in a crowd trouble incident earlier on in the competition. maurizio sarri has suggested chelsea could rest eden hazard for that match after his brilliant performance agains west ham on monday. these are the eight sides then competing for that trophy and that champions league place next season. and the way the draw is, it could conceivably end up with that final in baku being a straight shootout between arsenal and chelsea for that last champions league place. bernie ecclestone, the man who used to run formula 1, has told the bbc the sport's becoming boring because of mercedes' dominance. ecclestone was at the top of f1 for nearly 40 years until he was removed, following a takeover in 2017. and in an interview with radio 5 live, he says it's now too predictable. i would like to lay the blame a little bit at mercedes, because if they had given angels to red bull when they wanted them, then we would have had three teams all capable of winning

rangers will appeal against those decisions, other reaction, the slavia prague in and says he deeply regrets the incident and apologises to glen kamara for a situation that was distressful to he and his team—mates. so it's a ten match band 41. -- team—mates. so it's a ten match band a1. —— for ondrej kudela. let's take a quick look at some other stories making the news. after waiting three years for a stage win, mark cavendish has won his third in a row at the tour of turkey. he was in the leading pack and sprinted to victory on stage four and now has an overall race lead of 12 seconds. ireland's womens six nations match with france in dublin on saturday is set to go ahead. there were doubts over the game after it was announced that travellers from france would be added to the country's mandatory hotel quarantine list from tomorrow. dan evans will face novak djokovic in the third round of the monte carlo masters — after the british number one beat hubert hurkacz in straight sets, the pole seemed to be struggling with illness. now today is exactly 100 days until the start of

and slavia prague and bayern munich ended 1—1. chelsea face psg tomorrow. liverpool's ben woodburn got the winning goal for wales tonight in their friendly match against trinidad and tobago at wrexham's racecourse ground. ryan giggs picked a young and experimental team, with gareth bale not even in the squad, and it took until stoppage time for woodburn to score the only goal of the game. wales begin their euro 2020 qualifying campaign against slovakia on sunday. let's take a quick look at some other stories today... liverpool's trent alexander—arnold has withdrawn from the england squad for the euro 2020 qualifiers against the czech republic and montenegro because of a back injury. so far, no player has been called up to replace him, leaving manager gareth southgate with a 22—man squad. celtic left—back kieran tierney will miss scotland's opening euro 2020 qualifier in kazakhstan tomorrow with a hip problem. he was expected to replace captain andrew robertson, who misses the game after having dental surgery. celtic midfielder callum mcgregor will now

wsl champions arsenal were drawn against slavia prague and glasgow city will take on brondby. west ham's goalkeeper lukas fabianski could be out for the next 2 months because of a torn hip muscle. he picked up the injury taking a goalkick during their 2—2 draw with bournemouth on saturday. british number one kyle edmund has been beaten again. he's suffered his fifth straight loss, losing to the home wild card entry zhizhen zhang in three sets at the china open. dan evans and cameron norrie are both through — norrie could play andy murray in round two. northern ireland's jonny rea now stands alone in the superbike hall of fame. the first man to five world titles. he secured the championship, his fifth in a row, at magny cours in france. he did it with two rounds to spare, which means he can really enjoy his brothers stag do in ibiza this week patrick gearey reports. a superstar on a superbike, this is jonny rea wheeling into history, the first man to win five world titles. he took the scenic route, at one stage he was 61 points behind his main rival of vara batista who out

three fans were turned away from chelsea's match at slavia prague after the premier league club identified them in a video appearing to sing a racist song and making reference to liverpool forward mohamed salah. three other fans singing in the video did not turn up to the game, but the bbc understands that chelsea are trying to identify them and will ban them if they are found to be season ticket holders or members. the club have made a statement which says... let's round up some of the day's other football stories now. league i side blackpool won't be deducted 12 points as a result of going into receivership. receivers were appointed by the high court in february, forcing then—owner 0wen 0yston to pay ex—director valeri belokon the £25 million he is owed. according to efl regulations, any club that becomes subject to an insolvency event, including the appointment of a receiver, could be deducted 12 points. they're currenly 8th in the table. meanwhile in scotland, hearts have closed part of their tynecastle ground for the rest of the season after missiles were thrown onto the pitch du

. —— slavia prague came to play. hazard was present but it may have been a distraction. the spaniard scoring. the checks still seem dazed. chelsea's success read complacency and 25 minutes on the clock and slavia prague hit back. 66 second later, pedro had his second. the visitors were dreaming of an upset when he struck two identical goals. unlike manchester city, chelsea held on to reach the semi—final. arsenal made it back to back clean sheets against napoli. a fantastic free kick from alexander la ke fantastic free kick from alexander lake —— lacazette. the scotland head coach lasted 14 months after a termination of the contract. there was a meeting here this morning after a couple of hours, that statement came out. we were expect what they said, but it was sad to see him go and it was a tough decision but the highlighted performances and results and in particular that game against kazakhstan, given what happened, they could not see the progress that he wanted to see given that scotland and glasgow will be hosting games for euro 2020. absolutely desperate for e

chelsea got off to a flying start against slavia prague, scoring three goals within 20 minutes. the visitors fought back but it wasn't enough, with the final score 5—3 on aggregate. arsenal also secured their place in the semis, after beating napoli1—0 in italy, making it 3—0 to arsenal over the two legs. hundreds of firefighters who helped save notre dame cathedral on monday were invited to meet the french president today, as he called their actions exemplary. dozens of firefighters are still at the cathedral, ensuring no new fires break out, amid concerns that parts of the building could collapse. lucy wililamson reports from paris. today, france saw the faces of its heroes. the firefighters who, on monday night, pitted their bravery against a vast inferno and won, now filing into the gilded rooms of the elysee palace, the secular cathedral of the french state. translation: it is a great joy, a great honour. the paris firefighters are a humble and discreet unit and we are here as a community to honour the individual and collective efforts of our comrades. 0ne firefighter

, just months after he was racially abused by a slavia prague player. the game was initially supposed to be played behind closed doors, sparta supporters had racially abused a monaco player in an earlier match, but it was later decided to allow 10,000 schoolchildren to attend to 1—0 game. sparta have denied the allegations, saying, "it is absolutely unbelievable that after a match we have to watch innocent children being attacked and face unfounded accusations of racism." the czech foreign affairs minister waded into the argument by tweeting: "enough!" "intentionally spread disgusting insults of czech children in the media and on the internet do not belong in football and not in good relations between the two countries at all." "i will summon the british ambassador on monday and resolve the matter with him." however, marvin bartley, the livingstone captain and the scottish fa's equality advisor, thinks these attitudes won't change until there's a deterrent. there's no consequences for people's actions, nothing will change. if they think they will get

prague last night. three of the six people involved were identified by chelsea and barred from the game. these guys... it's not always, it happens in other parts of life as well, but these guys are football fans so if you do something like that, you should not be allowed to enter a stadium again, from my point of view, in your life. arsenal, meanwhile, have started an investigation after a video emerged online where a supporter can be heard allegedly racially abusing the napoli defender kalidou koulibaly during their europa league quarter final last night. lets head to augusta then, where the second round of the masters has been suspended because of the threat of lightneing. there is a three way tie at the top of the leaderboard. ian poulter is the leading brit, he went round in one under today, leaving him two shots of the lead which is shared by brooks koepka, jason day and last years open winner francesco molinari. all those three are in the clubhouse on seven under par. tiger woods though, remains i

in the night's other matches celtic‘s conquerers cluge suffered a 1—0 defeat at home to slavia prague. the night's other winners were bruges, who enjoyed a single goal win in austria against lask. twitter says it's suspended several accounts after paul pogba was targeted with racist abuse. it's after he missed a penalty in last night's 1—all draw with wolves at molineux. manchester united has condemned the posts, saying it's trying to identify the people behind them. social media companies are also being urged to do more. the former united player and now england women's manager phil neville has called for a social media boycott. ifa if a problem not only for buck, it's a problem in society, but the pond now is at the forefront of everyone's mind in terms that we have power to do something about it andi have power to do something about it and i think the buck community well, we try, but it's getting to the point now where i think we need to make a real strong message and i say to every single footballer out there, and to every cloud and to the pfa, why don't we make a big stand and c

wsl champions arsenal will play slavia prague and glasgow city will take on brondby. those ties will be played next month. west ham's goalkeeper lukas fabianski will be out for up to two months because of a torn hip muscle. he picked up the injury taking a goalkick during their 2—2 draw with bournemouth on saturday. british number one kyle edmund has suffered his fifth straight defeat on tour, this time to wild card zhizhen zhang in three sets at the china open. dan evans and cameron norrie are both through. andy murray plays tomorrow. well, it's also the japan open this week. novak djokovic is set to make his return. but beforehand, the world number one has been taking in some of the local culture in tokyo. take a look at this. one of the country's biggest draws is, of course, sumo wrestling — so the serbian decided to have a go for himself. he may be top seed in his sport, but i think he comes up short in the ring with this lot. the locals didn't look too impressed either. he might be better sticking to tennis. what do you think? as usual, ou'll find all the lat

slavia prague, who knocked out sevilla, a dramatic centre win. thank you. let's look ahead now to one of the biggest events, notjust in racing, but on the sporting calendar — the gold cup at cheltenham. lizzie greenwood—hughes is there for us. can the festival's signature event create even more drama, after bryo ny frost made history yesterday? i sincerely hope so. yesterday was a wonderful day. thursday not generally seen to be the best day of the festival, but yesterday at clips that week so far. wonderful stories, bryo ny frost that week so far. wonderful stories, bryony frost winning the ryanair chase. real fairy tale, bryony frost winning the ryanair chase. realfairy tale, we're bryony frost winning the ryanair chase. real fairy tale, we're used to seeing female jockeys win big races, but not win great one jump races, but not win great one jump races at the festival. she made history. other great stories yesterday, paisley park, a horse that nearly died, winning for his owner. we had a wonderful day yesterday, wonderful stories, hoping for the same

wsl champions arsenal beat slavia prague 5—2. vivianne miedema scoring four of those. and glasgow city beat danish side brondby 2—0. a record attendance for a women's match in the uk could be set after england announced their wembley friendly against germany has sold out. the game on the 9th of november at the 90,000—seat stadium could beat the previous record of over 80,000, for the 2012 olympic final between united states and japan. the crowd will exceed the current england record for a home match, 115,000 against germany at wembley five years ago. we have all been so excited for this wembley game, and to play against germany one of the most famous fixtures in the world, and speaking on behalf of the girls come i think we really deserve to go and play in one of those types of stadiums in front of them types of people that are coming to watch us, and we need to put on a performance as well. let's have a look at the rest of the day's headlines. emily nelson won britain's first gold medal on day one of the european track cycling championships in the netherlands. the

maurizio sarri's side were 4—3 winners over slavia prague in the czech republic for a 5—3 aggregate win. and the semi final draw pits chelsea against eintracht frankfurt with the first fixture of the two legged tie to be played in germany, while arsenal host valencia first up. the opening legs will be played on thursday the 2nd of may and the return fixtures a week later. to tennis now where the top two seeds at the monte carlo masters were untroubled on thursday as both novak djokovic and rafael nadal progressed to the quarter—finals. but the 3rd and 4th seeds alexander zverev and dominic thiem respectively won't be going any further, both losing in straight sets. craig templeton rounds up the action. the clay—court season has not always been the kindest to novak djokovic but this is a tournament he has won twice before in his path to the quarter—finals was straightforward. the top ranked will now play medvedev. he has had the last best 15 months of his career. he is a close to the top ten of the world and he is one of the up—and—coming rising stars. big serve, great backhand

prague. danielle van de donk scored a hat—trick as the english champions won the home leg of their last 16 tie, 8-0. fellow dutch international vivianne miedema — who scored four in last week's first leg — also got a hat—trick, as the gunners won 13—2 on aggregate. in the night's other games, the scottish champions glasgow city needed penalties to see off the danish side brondby. and jordyn huitema scored twice as paris saint—germain beat bride—a—blik of iceland 3—1 on the night, and 7—1 on aggregate. the problems continue to mount for the golden state warriors. their star player steph curry, faces a spell on the sidelines, after breaking his hand in wednesday's loss to the phoenix suns. curry — a two—time nba most valuable player — suffered the injury during the third quarter of the game. x—rays confirmed he'd broken his left hand, after an awkward fall. it's the second successive season curry‘s been injured in the early weeks. the warriors have got off to a slo

prague. and villarreal — third from bottom in la liga — won 3—1 at zenit st petersburg. but there were comfortable wins for napoli — at home to salzburg, and chelsea — who beat dynamo kiev 3—nil. the result is a good result. we were able not to concede anything and not to concede anything at home is very important in this competition. we have to be careful and play in the second leg and we have to go there with a better level of attention and application if we want to win. the top story, michaeljordan has been surpassed by the bronze. he is now fourth on the list. kobe bryant is the name in front of him. is there anything that man cannot do? probably not, he is the greatest of all time if you ask me but some would say michaeljordan is. let's have that argument and other time because we have to go. bye for now. hello. if you thought thursday was windy, get used to it. very blustery weather on the way all the way through the weekend into next week. unsettled too, wet at times. a bit

prague. now i think that we need to think that the second leg will be difficult. because the opponents are really dangerous also. like in the round, so we need to be careful. it is very difficult to face them. really, very difficult. i am really happy with the result. the australian rugby union international israel folau faces a battle to save his career. he's set to be sacked by club and country. after posting homophobic messages on social media. folau's contract with rugby australia and the new south wales waratahas, will be terminated after he said amongst other things that "hell awaits" gay people. our sports correspondent joe wilson has more. in australian sport, no—one has displayed ability quite like this man... israel folau. he's represented his country in rugby union and rugby league, he's played professional australian rules football. he also thinks that gay people will go to hell. folau's recent instagram post urges repentance for various behaviour that he deems sinful or else "h

prague and at the same time hope into malone will lose against barcelona, who haven‘t travelled with lionel messi. translation: there is definitely a big chance, nevertheless, we also know we must play our game. we really wa nt know we must play our game. we really want to win our game and u nfortu nately really want to win our game and unfortunately it‘s no longer up to us as unfortunately it‘s no longer up to us as to how we will end up in the group. chelsea headed to tuesday's night knowing action would see them through, but after witnessing lose their team through, but after witnessing lose theirteam —— through, but after witnessing lose their team —— witnessing their team lose five matches, frank lampard says the pressure is on.|j lose five matches, frank lampard says the pressure is on. i know there are expectations, i get that. it was a tough group. the slightly young field to our team, the fact we lost the first game, very few difficulties we had and i think we have dealt with them very well. but there is still work to be done, so, yeah, we need to go out to win a

elsewhere, mandy islacker scored twice for bayern munich as they thrashed slavia prague 5—1 on the night — for a 6—2 aggregate win. and lieke martens scored the only goal of the 2nd leg in norway as barcelona beat lillestrom a—nil on aggregate. bayern munich are smashing the german transfer record to sign lucas hernandez from atletico madrid for ninety million dollars. the left back, who won the world cup with france last year, willjoin in the next transfer window in july. his medical showed he needed a knee operation and he will have that this week. the 23—year—old is expected to be available for the start of next season. australia's cricketers beat pakistan in the 3rd one—day international in abu dhabi — to clinch the series with two games to spare. aaron finch again starred with the bat, falling just short of a third century in a row but his team still romped home in fine style as colm harrison reports australia's bid for a series clinching victory suffered an early blow when the opener was bowled out without scoring. shaun marsh did not last much longer so shaun marsh d

and slavia prague beat cluj 1—nil on the night — for a 2—nil aggregate victory. the draw for the group phase takes place on thursday at 16.00 gmt. in france, wednesday's ligue un match between nice and marseille was suspended following homophobic chants from a section of the fans. the players from both teams were escorted from the pitch midway through the first half — following repeated appeals to stop the chanting. referees in france have been instructed to halt matches — if homophobic songs are heard. the game, which was goalless at the time, resumed after a 10—minute delay. marseille went on to win 2—1. on to cycling — and there was a home victory for the crowd to enjoy after wednesday's 5th stage of the vuelta a espana. angel madrazo won the 107 kilometre stage near valencia — to claim the first world tour victory of his professional career. meanwhile, colombia's miguel angel lopez has regained the red jersey, replacing nicolas roach as the overall leader. he's14 seconds clear of the field. cricket — and australia's steve smith says he's looking

barcelona frustrated with a goalless draw at home to slavia prague — first time they've failed to score in 46 home games. they're in the same group as borrussia dortmund and inter milan who played — dortmund coming back from 2 nil down to win that tie. that win for valenica in group h means that the spanish side, chelsea and ajax, all have 7 points. arsenal manager unai emery has confirmed that switzerland intrnational granit xhaka has been stripped of the club captaincy. the midfielder has not played for the club since he was booed off by fans, and reacted angrily, after being substituted against crystal palace on the 27th of october. xhaka is said to have "accepted the position". pierre emerick aubamayang will take over as club captain. i was speaking with them this morning and also i decided he is not one. and i decided that and i told him this morning. let's have a quick look at some other stories making the news meanwhile... liverpool will need to field two different teams in as many days, because the date of their league cup quarter—final with aston villa will not be changed.

prague are through after a goalless d raw against stjarnan of iceland. the czechs won 2—1 on aggregate. that is the confirmation thereof those results. these are the eight teams left, with two from england, and two from france — including the holders lyon. and one each from spain, sweden, the czech republic and germany. the draw for the quarter—finals takes place next friday. sri lanka's cricketers have made a strong start to the first test against india in kolkata, with suranga lakmal taking three wickets for no runs. after a long rain delay the indian openers went cheaply. rahul gone for a duck and darwin just eight. fewer than 12 overs were bowled — and india will resume in a few hours from now on 17 for three... the conditions were brilliant for batting and we did not get an extreme passage of play. you have 15 01’ extreme passage of play. you have 15 or 20 overs bowled in a particular fashion and our batsmen could not get into a river. it was similar to a day night test. it seemed like that. at times when you play in such circumstances, pl

prague and bayern munich finishing 1—1 in the czech republic. english champions chelsea take on paris saint—germain in the opening leg of their quarter—final tie later. it comes just a day after barclays announced they'd become title sponsor for the next three years starting next season, injecting more than 13 million dollars into the english game. brass, doesn't mean we are twice tea m brass, doesn't mean we are twice team we are. our focus and emphasis is on getting the best part of the group that we've got to be the best tea m group that we've got to be the best team that we can. knowing that with good experience, we've got quality throughout the squad, we'd be hard pressed to see a better squad in europe than the group we have. on to tennis and three time winner victoria azarenka is through to the second round of the miami 0pen after a three set victory over dominika cibulkova. the belarussian had to regroup after dropping the second set but had enough to prevail in more than two and a half hours on court against the slovakian which move

they're chasing barcelona, who were held to a goalless draw with slavia prague at the camp nou. barcelona failed to score at home for the first time in 46 games. and in group g, rb leipzig are the team to catch. they beat zenit st petersburg 2—0 in russia. that allowed lyon to leapfrog zenit, into second place in the group. the french side beat benfica three goals to i. south america's football governing body, has moved the copa libertadores finalfrom santiago, to lima — in light of political unrest and demonstrations taking place in the chilean capital. conmebol announced the move to peru, after meeting with representatives of the two finalists — defending champions river plate, from argentina and brazil's flamengo. the stadium is yet to be announced, but the date still set for november the 23rd. the options are the 80,000—seater estadio monumental and the estadio nacional, with a capacity for 50,000. the australian women's football team will now earn the same match—pay as their male counterparts, the socceroos. they also have an equal split of commercial revenues for

elsewhere, bayern munich against slavia prague is level at1—1,while barcelona are 3—0 up ahead of the second leg of their tie in norway. on to tennis — and six time champion novak djokovic has been knocked out of the miami masters, beaten in three sets by spain's roberto bautista agut. the top seed was leading 6—1, 11—5 when rain delayed play for 30 minutes. returning to the court, djokovic surrendered his serve on a second break point in the 12th game to lose the second set but 22nd seed bautista—agut has now beaten the world number one the past two times they've played. the number seven seed and defending championjohn isner remains on course to retain the title that he won last year though after beating great britain's kyle edmund in straight sets. isner served 17 aces as he won 7—6, 7—6 — to seal his place in the last eight. in the women's singles, anett kontaveit became the first player to make it through to the semi—finals. the number 21 seed from estonia came from a set down to beat hsieh su—wei of taiwan. kontaveit won a tough deciding set 7—5 to seal her pl

chelsea will play slavia prague. it's the first time in 48 years that england has had six quarterfinalists in major european competitions. the six nations comes to a climax with three matches tomorrow on what's billed as super saturday. wales go into it in the driving seat and could seal the grand slam for the third time under head coach warren gatland, if they can beat ireland in cardiff. but should the irish spoil the party, that could allow england to steal the title when they face scotland at twickenham. joe lynskey looks ahead to to an exciting afternoon of rugby. among the voices from the valley may be wells choir has its tv connector. —— kiwi conductor. warren gatland has spent 12 years learning the words and shaping a team that is breaking records. in this, his final year in charge, his wales side are on a 30 team match winning streak. "13 —— 13 match winning streak. one more against ireland would seal this six nations and at the grand slam. pretty emotional afterwards. despite what everyone perceives

elsewhere slavia prague won 1—0 in romania against cluj and in austria lask lost at home to club brugge by the same score. in other football news the fans were out to watch brescia's new signing mario balotelli train with his new team mates in italy as serie a's news season gets underway this weekend. brescia make the long trip south to cagliari in their opening game. major league soccer is heading to st louis for the first time. the league announced on tuesday that the missouri city will have it's own franchise from the start of the 2022 season. the team — who are yet to be named — will be the first in the competition's history to have a majority female—led ownership group. we are committed to this region. the most interesting aspect and one that we are very proud of is the fact that we are the first female majority— led open ship —— ownership group in mls history. and one of the few in all professional sports. this is truly an historic day for st louis. it's hard to imagine that we were able to have a thriving professional soccer league and that it could exist in the unite

they won 7—0 the last time they played slavia prague in europe. but the visitors were here to have a go. the gunners dominated but couldn't find the finishing touch. bukayo saka slotting wide, william hitting the woodwork, lacazette likewise. mikel arteta said this tournament was all or nothing and it looked like arsenal would get nothing until nicolas pepe's cool finish. relief but no time to relax as tomas holes powered a last minute header past bernd leno. arsenal's hopes well and truly checked ahead of the second leg in prague. sp, bbc news. staying with football, swansea city say they won't post anything on social media for the next seven days to take a stand against continuing online racist abuse. the championship club say the first team squad, academy professionals, their women's team and club staff will boycott all channels for the next week. three of their players were recently targeted with abuse online. we are not doing this and expecting everyone to follow us. if they do, been great because that means you've done a positive thing. the

and vivianne miedema scored four for the english champions, arsenal, in a 5—2 win at slavia prague. elsewhere, manchester city scored after only 13 minutes against atletico madrid, janine beckie with the goal. but they had to settle for a draw when charlyn corral equalised for the spanish champions nine minutes from time. i don't want to use the classic line of it is half—time, but it is, really. and we would have always gone to madrid, the way this team works, to win the game. so for me, nothing changes, really, and i'm sure it will be the same for the team. and if we can get that goal, i think every game i think that we are not ——i think every game i think that we are not —— i never think that we're not going to get a goal. and that will give us our away goal. just looking forward to next one it means so much to us, notjust because we got the away goal, but their performance we put in, the amount of injuries we have had, the performances we have had. it has beena performances we have had. it has been a difficult week, and i am so proud of the performance. it was about, p

the gunners were relentless in the czech republic as they put four past slavia prague, to go through as 5—1winners over their two legs. joe lynskey rounds up the action. arsenal want to keep a 25 year run going. forthe arsenal want to keep a 25 year run going. for the last quarter of the century they've always played in europe. but to qualify again they may have to win the europa league. this night and proud takes them a step closer. love you hadn't lost at home for a 21 games. but arsenal were... that goal started six minutes that sealed the tie. soon arsenal had a penalty 31 on aggregate. for sacca trophy would help them stand out even more. he's stilljust 19 and wants to play for england this summer. goes like this make them hard to ignore. this was one of arsenal is best night of the season. against a side who'd roughed up season. against a side who'd roughed up to british teams before. lack is that danced around them for for —— nil. arsenal look to the next round against theirformer nil. arsenal look to the next round against their former manager. manchester united won thi

while chelsea have a 1—0 lead ahead of their second leg against slavia prague. this year a lot of times i heard that it has been a bad season. but if we can reach the final and may when the uefa cup and ended up fourth, it would be remarkable. it could be a remarkable season. that is where the focus has to be. footballers across england and wales will go on a 24—hour social media strike from 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, in protest at how recent incidents of racism have been dealth with by football authorities and social media companies. the professional footballers' association is using the boycott to launch its anti—racism campaign entitled #enough. among those taking part is tottenham defender danny rose, who was subject to abuse during england's euro 2020 qualifier in montenegro in march. he said... "football has a problem with racism. collectively, we are simply not willing to stand by while too little is done to protect players." let's bring you up to date with some of the other stories we've been covering today. the ireland captain, rory best, has confi

rangers had to come from behind to earn a draw at slavia prague. nicolai stanciu smashed home the opening goal for the czech side with just six minutes gone. it took half an hour for the new scottish champions to draw level through filip helander picking up an away goal ahead of the return leg at ibrox. manchester city have joined chelsea in the quarter finals of the women's champions league after thrashing fiorentina 5—0, for an 8—0 aggregate victory. england striker ellen white, who was captain for the game, struck twice in the first half in italy. caroline weir added one from the penalty spot and sam mewis scored twice in the second half to complete the win. the draws for the quarter and semi—finals will be held in switzerland tomorrow. it wasn't a good opening day for defending champion rory mcilroy at the players championship in florida. the world number 11 won at sawgrass in 2019 with last year's tournament cancelled due to the covid i9 pandemic. the northern irishman got off to a bad start and it only got worse on his final hole of the

slavia prague say they've lodged a criminal complaint with scottish police against rangers midfielder glen kamara following an incident during their europa league match at ibrox last night. uefa are currently investigating an allegation of racial abuse directed towards kamara by a slavia player. before the complaint was lodged, rangers' managing director stewart robertson said in a statement... well, rangers were knocked out of the europa league by the czech side, who've been drawn against arsenal in the quarterfinals. elsewhere, manchester united will face the spanish side granada who've never been in europe in before. the draw for the semi's was also made, so if united make it through, they could face ajax — the team they beat to win the trophy in 2017. arsenal are in line for a possible meeting with dinamo zagreb, who knocked out tottenham. the champions league quarterfinal draw has also taken place with liverpool set to play real madrid in a repeat of the 2018 final. chelsea will take on porto, and defending champions bayern munich will play paris saint germain in a repeat of la

elsewhere in the early games, leicester city played out a goalless draw against slavia prague in the czech republic. but for all the latest, head to the bbc sport website. now from the europa league to england's non—league — the season's been declared null and void in the national league north and south. it follows a vote for clubs in the fifth and sixth tier of the english game, with no clear consensus between the clubs. the national league, the fifth tier, will continue for now, but the two regional divisions below that have agreed by a majority to stop. it was a tearful farewell for serena williams at this yea r�*s australian open. she was beaten in straight sets byjapan's naomi osaka in the semi—finals. so the 39—year—old's bid to equal margaret court's record of 2a grand slam singles titles has to wait a little longer. the loss led to speculation about her future — and whether it could be the last time williams will appear at the tournament in melbourne. i don't know. if i ever say farewell, i wouldn't tell anyone, so... laughter you were saying about the unforced

the women's champions league continues this evening — arsenal host slavia prague with a 5—2 lead from the first leg — and it's set to be a big night for glasgow city — as they aim to reach the quarter finals for only the second time in their history. as they aim to reach the quarter finals for only the second time in their history. they hold a 2—0 advantage against brondy heading into the second leg in glasgow. heather dew—ar reports. this is where the champions league encounter will take place, in glasgow. a far cry from the 20,000 capacity brondy. coming here, it is completely different for them and obviously we are used to playing here on the astrotu rf. are used to playing here on the astroturf. it will be a smaller pitch and hopefully we can get a good crowd yet to get us going. getting going is exactly what bronby will look to do tonight, and they are adamant the ground won't cause any problems. we are pretty confident when we play oi'i we are pretty confident when we play on terms like sick day —— like today. we have played in smaller stadiums, like in denmark last

prague in the play—off first leg this evening. nikita parris scored afterjust 92 seconds before goals from captain kim little and vivianne miedema sealed the home win. manchester city meanwhile conceded in the second minute of injury time to draw 1—1 with real madrid. britain's emma raducanu has eased through to the second round of the us open with a comfortable straight—sets victory over switzerland's stefanie vogele. this was raducanu's debut at flushing meadows and she showed her talent and maturity throughout, just as she did at wimbledon earlier in the summer. the 18 year old won 6—2, 6—3 against her experienced opponent and will face china's zhang shuai in the next round. also making her us open debut today is katie boulter — the brit facing ludmilla samson—ova in the first round, while the men's world number one novak djokovic is in action later against denmark's holger roon. find out the latest on all those matches by going to the bbc sport website. three more gold medals for great britain on day seven at the p

, just months after he was racially abused by a slavia prague player. the game was initially supposed to be played behind closed doors, after sparta supporters had racially abused a monaco player in an earlier match, but it was later decided to allow ten thousand schoolchildren to attend the game. sparta have tonight the allegations saying: " it is absolutely unbelievable that after a match we have to watch innocent children being attacked and face unfounded accusations of racism." the czech foreign affairs minister jakub kul hanek waded into the argument by tweeting... however, marvin bartley, the livingstone captain and the scottish fa's equality advisor thinks these attitudes won't change until there's a deterrant. there is no consequences for peoples actions that nothing will change. if you villages can get away with doing the sorts of things they wisely can a change? that has to be a deterrent for people out there and that's not enough. sloppy a prod to but they did, kamara was booed and he should've been an empty stadium. why let 10,000 people all

tottenham will take on the croatian side dinamo zagreb and rangers will play slavia prague, who knocked leicester city out of the tournament last night. let's take a look at some of the day's other football stories around. moer bad news for liverpool — their captainjordan henderson will be out for up to ten weeks after an operation on the groin injury he sustained last weekend. henderson is expected to play again this season and be available for the euros, but he'll miss england's world cup qualifiers next month. wrexham's new a—list owners, ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney, have offered their players a bonus of £250,000 if they win promotion from the national league this season. the actors have already made a £2 million investment since completing their takeover this month. and the new custom united manager steve bruce says he had every right to share life with ole gunnar solskjaer last week. a reporter at his press comfort today said some newcastle fans are not happy how we left the field —— newcastle united manager. b. left the field -- newcastle united manauer. �* ., .,