in the last 16 of the europe league. it's a lifetime ban for the former turkish football president who punched a referee. and a perfect double for dujardin as britain's greatest ever dressage star cleans—up in london. so lots to get through, and we're starting with a busy night of european football. and all four british sides topping their groups in the europa league. brighton were celebrating after a very late goal at home to marseille meant they beat them to an automatic place in the last 16. it finished 1—0 at the amex. brighton willjoin west ham, who also topped their group after beating freiburg 2—0. rangers — who beat real betis to keep sparta prague in second place — and liverpool — who went through regardless of their defeat to union saint gilloise. elsewhere, villarreal beat rennes, which means they take the top spot in group f. but despite winning tonight, roma will have to play off after slavia prague stayed top of their group. liverpool were already safely through, which gave the managerjurgen klopp

the opportunity to give some of his star names a rest and take a look at the club's talented youngsters. it was a really important experience. good performances as a team. it is an unfair assessment, because they are top of the table in belgium, it is really difficult, but i thought we would give it a go and that is ok for me. aston villa are into the last 16 of the europa conference league. they could only draw at the bosnian side zrinjski mostar, but that was enough to seal the top spot in their group. unai emery had made eight changes from the side that beat arsenal last weekend. aberdeen were already out of the competition, but they managed their first group stage victory in nearly 16 years after beating bundesliga giants eintracht frankfurt 2—0.

it was a frustrating night for chelsea women, who missed out on the chance to top their champions league group. they were held to a goalless draw by the swedish side hayken, who stay top ahead of chelsea by two points with three more rounds to go. the first two go through to the quarterfinals. elsewhere, paris saint—germain broke their duck in the competition with a 2—1 win over roma and there were wins for paris fc and real madrid. referee chief howard webb has told officials to "keep the foot on the gas" and clamp down on unacceptable behaviour to prevent a repeat of the recent scenes in turkey. the former turkish football club president who punched a referee has been given a permanent ban by the country's federation. faruk koca, who was the president of mke ankaragucu, struck the official after running on to the pitch following his side's draw in the turkish top—flight. the referee had to be taken to hospital. koca apologised and resigned from his presidency of the club, who have also been

fined and ordered to play five home games without any fans. the scenes that we saw in turkey were disgraceful. i am sure any reasonably minded person would absolutely agree that we should never ever come at any level, see that type of incident happened. to any participant on the field, in this case it was against the referee. unfortunately, it does happen at lower levels as well. i hear of these type of situations happening and grassroots levels, and i think it is indicative of a problem that exists. staying with football referees, because history will be made this month. when rebecca welch becomes the first female referee to take charge of a premier league match. she'll officiate at fulham v burnley on 23rd december. it comes less than a year after welch became the first female championship referee. meanwhile, on boxing day, sam allison will become the first black referee in the premier league since 2008. he'll oversee sheffield united's match against luton. onto cricket now, and england

have lost the second t20 international against the west indies. and after putting the windies into bat in grenada, england restricted them to 176—7, opener brandon king top scoring with and unbeaten 82. brandon king top scoring with an unbeaten 82. adil rashid, england's best bowler, with a superb two for 11 runs. in reply, sam curran was the only england batter to reach a half century and england went on to lose by ten runs. the windies now have a 2—0 lead in the five—match series. meanwhile, in his final test series, david warner put australia in control in the opening match against pakistan in perth with a brilliant 164. the 37—year—old opener starred on day one, as australia ended on 346—5, and it means warner is now fifth on australia's all—time test run—scorers list. and england's women have work to do if they want to end nearly a decade without a test match victory in their one—off match against india. england's bowlers toiled in the mumbai heat

as india capitalised on a batting—friendly surface to reach 1110—7 at the close of play. seamer lauren bell was the best with the ball, taking 2—64. i think they batted really well today, and against test match cricket, it is a tough day, but we can come back tomorrow. it is very impressive how it is their first match and they can play test match cricket. they played really well and we worked really hard for our rickets today. a couple of rugby lines now, and andy farrell has signed a new long—term contract to remain as ireland head coach. farrell will now stay until the end of the 2027 world cup. his irish side were ranked number in the world before losing to new zealand in the quarterfinals of this year's world cup. last summer, they achieved their first—ever series win in new zealand and they won a six nations grand slam earlier this year. eddiejones has admitted he "felt terrible" about australia's world cup failure

but insisted he had no guilt about the process that meant he returned as japan coach after stepping down from his post with the wallabies. at a press conference on thursday, jones faced more questions about how and when he first made contact with the japanese rugby football union. idid not i did not do an interview before the world cup. i was asked by the recruitment agency to share my experience with them onjapan, and some people might have construed that as an interview. it certainly was not an interview. the first interview i had with japan was interview i had with japan was in december, and that is the only interview i've had. britain's charlotte dujardin has done the double at the london international horse show, winning the world cup dressage freestyle to music with a huge score of nearly 90% on imhotep. the double olympic champion was back at the show after missing last year's event while she was pregnant with her first child. she finished nearly 4% ahead of her gb team mate lottie fry and it was british

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six shirts worn by lionel messie during argentina's triumphant run at the 2022 world cup have sold for $7.8 million at auction. the collection included the shirt he wore during the first half of the final in qatar. it's the most valuable item of sports memorabilia sold at auction this year, but it didn't break the record, which is the $10.1 million fetched by michaeljordan's jersey from the opening game of the 1998 nba final. auctioneers sotheby�*s said the messi's shirts were in their original state from the games. the smell is something we definitely have to consider, but at the same time, the collectors typically don't care one way or another. for certain athletes, it actually can be some that you consider when you're purchasing the jersey, but in this case, they'll smell fine. of course they do! that is it from me. you can get much more on the bbc sport website and 3pp, on the bbc sport website and

app, but for me and the sportsday team, it is goodbye. hello. milder weather is set to develop across many parts of the uk over the next couple of days. that mild air spreading from the west — with it, a lot of cloud. yes, there'll be some sunshine, but i think it will often be cloudy. and the further north and west you are, particularly the north—west of scotland, we can expect strong winds and some heavy rain. but for friday, high pressure dominating to the south of us, keeping things mostly dry in southern parts. this warm front here introducing more cloud, cloud through the morning across northern ireland. that cloud then working its way up into a good part of scotland, clouding over across parts of north—west england, wales and the south—west. maybe the odd spot of rain or drizzle for coasts

and hills, but for central and eastern parts of england, we should hold on to some spells of sunshine. not especially windy down towards the south—east, whereas the winds will be picking up all the while across the north—west of scotland. temperature—wise, eight or nine degrees in some eastern parts, 12, maybe 13 out towards the west. and that mild air in the west continues to push further east as we head through friday night. with it, extensive cloud cover, some mist and murk, some spots of rain and drizzle, particularly across hills in western scotland. very windy in the north of scotland as well, but a milder night in prospect. temperatures generally between 4 and 11 degrees as we start saturday morning. that feed of mild air coming from the south—west and that mild air will be wafting across all parts of the uk as we head through the weekend. saturday will bring a lot of cloud. as you can see, that cloud producing some spots of rain and drizzle. it may be that things brighten up a little bit down towards the south with some sunshine. equally, though, this frontal system here will bring heavy and persistent rain into the north—west of scotland. and those temperatures, 12, 13, maybe 14 degrees, very windy up towards the north. now, that rain in the

north—west of scotland just keeps on coming through saturday night and into sunday. it may be that over some high ground in western scotland, we see up to 175 millimetres of rain. that could well bring some localised flooding and some travel disruption. a bit of rain into northern ireland and northern england. the further south you are, drier, brighter, a bit more in the way of sunshine, highs of 13 or 14 degrees. but after that milder weekend and a mild start to next week, it actually looks like temperatures will then drop away. we may start to see some wintry showers developing over high ground.

you're with newsday, live from singapore. i'm suranjana tewari. the headlines: as european leaders agree to open eu membership talks with ukraine, we'll have the latest from the frontline the country's east. president putin says there'll be no peace in ukraine until russia achieves its aims, in his first major news conference since last year's invasion. the us tells israel to be more cautious over civilian casualties in gaza.

and a state memorial service is being held for australian entertainer barry humphries. we'll cross to our correspondent in sydney. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. european leaders have agreed to open eu membership talks with ukraine, a decision hailed by president zelensky as a victory for his country and europe. the country, along with moldova, applied tojoin the eu after russia launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine in february 2022. president putin, speaking in his first news conference since the war, said there will be no peace in ukraine, until russia achieves its objectives there. we'll have more from moscow in a moment. but first, our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov