in the english league cup. they take a slender lead into the second leg of their semifinal clash against chelsea. we will have the latest from the masters snooker at alexandra palace where the defending champion edged through his first round match. and we will find out how yorkshire county cricket club's takeover offer by a consortium, headed up by its former chairman, colin graves, is causing controversy. you are very welcome along to the programme, wherever you are watching around the world. the cup football is continuing around europe and in england, chelsea have suffered a blow in the league cup.

the premier league side were beaten 1—0 by championship side middlesbrough in the first leg of their semifinal at the riverside stadium. mauricio pochettino�*s side missed a host of chances with hackney giving middlesbrough the advantage heading into the second leg. ian dennis was there for us. a riverside roar greeted the final whistle as middlesbrough achieved a crucial first leg advantage. both sides depleted by injury but the championship side were dealt with a double setback. two players were forced off. undeterred, middlesbrough took the lead with a highly rated hayden hackney steering in a goalfrom close range. chelsea should have scored in the first half. palmer was presented with two presents. he placed one wide and popped another over in front of a gaping goal. in the second half, chelsea were restricted to few opportunities because middlesbrough were resilient and disciplined as they now

had a lead to protect for the return leg. liverpool have won the league cup on nine occasions, more than any other english side, and they host fulham in the first leg of the other semifinal on wednesday. when we are young, you want to play in the most iconic stadiums in the world, and wembley is one of them. it has so much history and so many memories we have already made there so you want to go there. that is i think the team has this hunger, it is the closest final we can reach but we have to respect fulham. they have a good offensive idea, really creative. we have this belief in ourselves. the players understand very well. at this level of course you face always great sides, and if you are not at your best level, of course it can be really difficult for you if you are at this stage to have the ambition to be at wembley and realise the ambition that you are going to play, understanding the quality of liverpool, and the huge and a great

challenge that we have. moving on to the cup action in italy now where fiorentina are into the semifinals of the coppa italia. they beat bologna 5—4 on penalties. this was after the game finished goalless. they will play the winners of atalanta and milan, and there is also the rome derby on wednesday between lazio and roma. the former president of a turkish top division team told a court in ankara on tuesday that he regretted attacking a referee at the end of a league game but denied having threatened him with death. the man who has resigned as president of ankaragucu after punching the referee has been charged with causing wilful injury to a public official, threatening an official and violating a law relating to the prevention of violence in sports.

koca said he regrets his actions and faces up to 13 yea rs in prison, if found guilty of the charges. moving on to the spanish super cup next and the first of three madrid derbies that will take place in the next month. real travel to saudi arabia in confident mood, having won each of their last five games, including a 3—1 success in saturday's copa del rey clash with fourth tier arandina. they are currently on a 19—match unbeaten run across all competitions, but real madrid boss carlo ancelotti is not looking forward to facing atletico. translation: i personally do not enjoy playing - against atletico madrid, because they are one of the best teams, and playing against them is always difficult. but we have to do it. i'm sure they feel the same about us. we are two very strong teams and it is hard to face each other, but it is what it is, and i'm sure the fans will enjoy it.

translation: well, there are a few real players - who could not play at the time but they will be here tomorrow, making it harder for us to play against them. we don't just want to look back to that game because it has been months, the game is different, the time was different and we played with some players who won't be playing tomorrow. barcelona women's treble—winning coach is on the move to the usa to coach the washington spirit. the nwsl club announced the news on tuesday that the 32—year—old would join at the end of the spanish season injune as their new head coach. he has been with barcelona since 2021, where he led primera division titles, a champions league the side to one queens cup, two supercopas, two primera division titles, a champions league title and a 50 game winning streak in the spanish league play. australia's women have won the t20 series in india, after winning the final

game by seven wickets. both the aussie openers past half—century. munir�*s 52 was unbeaten, hitting a four to seal victory mooney�*s 52 was unbeaten, hitting a four to seal victory with eight balls remaining. the win means australia when both the odi and t20 series, after india won the one—off test match. the board of yorkshire county cricket club met on tuesday, to discuss a controversial takeover offer by a consortium headed up by its former chairman colin graves. he was the chair from 2012 to 2015, part of the period for which the club was fined forfailing to address the systemic use of discriminatory or racist language. a scandal that would engulf the whole sport. sports editor dan rowan has more on this. colin graves has always denied any knowledge of racist incidents during his time at yorkshire, but bear in mind this is a man that the ecb criticised last year when he described some incidents as banter. i think that, plus his association with what, as you say has become a tainted period at headingley ensures that there has been something of a backlash to the idea of his return as part of this consortium bid to take over the club.

there has been criticism for example from the likes of yorkshire's former player turned whistle—blower azeem rafiq, who was called on the club's sponsors to consider walking away. so why are yorkshire's board considering this, given that controversy? well, talk to some of the sources at the club and they will tell you they have little choice. this is a club that is in debt, they owe the graves family trust around £15 million since the financial bailout that he helped conduct more than 20 years ago. there is a sense that they have been looking for other options but they have run out of options first of this may be the only course of action, if they are to avoid going bust. but the club are backing their process, they say they have done due diligence but it is very controversial move, certainly. mike grable has become the latest nfl head coach to leave theirjob following the end of the regular season. he has parted ways with the tennessee titans,

afterfinishing last in the afc south, and missing the play—offs for the second straight year. two years ago he was named the nfl�*s coach of the year and previously led the titans to the postseason for three straight seasons. snooker now, and defending masters championjudd trump was pushed all the way by kyren wilson but won the deciding frame to go through 6—5. trump won five straight frameless but wilson clawed back two, to make it 5—5 and make it a winner takes all in the final frame. the world number two trump made a 65 clearance, sealing a thrilling 6—5 when and will play ali carter in the quarterfinals. sealing a thrilling 6—5 win and will play ali carter in the quarterfinals. it was a little bit of a scrappy game i think. it was nip and tuck the whole way through and obviously ifelt like i kind of threw it away at 5—4. but kyren made an amazing break and then he looked like he was going to get over the line in the last frame, he just left that little gap and i took on quite well. former champion neil robertson

has been knocked out. the australian lost 6—3 to barry hawkins, who goes on to face one of the game's greatest ever players, fellow englishman ronnie 0'sullivan next up. tributes to franz beckenbauer have continued to come in from the world of football. jurgen klinsmann, who played for him in germany's world cup winning side at italia 90, said he was the most charismatic of sporting leaders. klinsmann was speaking in qatar, where he is managing the south korea side at the asia cup. for every german, it is a very, very sad day. franz beckenbauer was the leader of german football for many decades. he was, with pele, the best player in the world in the 60s, �*70s, �*80s, and so i think the football world is very, very sad, but especially germany loses its most charismatic leader in sports over the last many decades.

finally, we will show you bayern munich�*s tribute to franz beckenbauer this evening, who passed away at the age of 78 on monday. lighting up the allianz arena with a "thank you, franz". has been credited with being at the beginning of the modern day bayern munich. many people say the club would not be one of the world's greatest football clubs without the foundations he laid, he led them to domestic and european success in the �*60s and �*70s and he also won the world cup with germany as both a player and a manager. that is it from us. thanks for watching. see you soon. hello, there. this time last week,

low pressure dominated the weather story, and it was all about relentless, flooding rain. this week, high pressure controls the story, and a quiet, colder theme, but also a sunnier one. in fact, the western isles had the lion's share of the sunshine on tuesday. still plenty of sunshine around today, as high pressure dominates. clear skies across central and southern england, that's where we will have the best of the sunshine, but it will be another cold start, with temperatures below freezing. not as widespread, the cold, as we had this time yesterday, and there's certainly more cloud. now, the cloud is thick enough across eastern scotland and northern england for the odd spot of light drizzle. there could be some icy stretches, first thing. south of that, we will see more club pushing into north wales, where we will keep some sunshine, and we will also have some sunshine once again in the far north—west of scotland. now, temperatures around five to seven degrees, it might be a degree or so warmer underneath the cloud, but it perhaps won't feel like that, because you've lost the sunshine. now, we keep that cloud, as we go through wednesday night, and once again, it could be thick enough for a little bit of drizzle, particularly on exposed north sea coasts.

the best of the clearer skies further south of that, that is where we are likely to see patchy frost and fog forming, as temperatures again dip below freezing. so, as we move into thursday, it will be a similar story. we will have some clearer skies into sheltered western scotland, and also some sunshine across central and southern england, but cloud will tend to come and go into northern ireland, northern england, for a time, and some of that cloud may well just push that little bit further south, as the wind changes to more of a subtle, north—easterly by the course of thursday. once again, temperatures between five and eight degrees, our overall high. now, as we move into friday and the start of the weekend, we keep this quiet theme. it is still going to be on the chilly side, but again there will be a lot of dry weather around. but as we go into next week, there are signs of the weather story changing. the wind direction coming to more of a northerly, we could see some wintry showers, even at lower levels, in scotland, and look at this — towards the middle part of next week, there will be a frontal system, as it bumps into that cold air that has been sitting with us now for over a week,

there is the potential, on the leading edge, to see some snow. a lot of uncertainty about that at the moment, but it's an early heads—up, something to look out for.

live from washington, this is bbc news. police in ecuador say they've captured the gunmen who stormed a live tv studio. a day earlier, the president had declared a state of emergency in the country. the us secretary of state says that civilian deaths are, quote, "far too high" in gaza. antony blinken was speaking during his latest

visit to israel. and as 2023 is declared the warmest year on record, scientists warn this year could be even more intense. hello. i'm carl nasman. police in ecuador have ordered the evacuation of the nation's government compound over security concerns. recent violence has reportedly left at least ten people dead, as the country remains under a 60—day state of emergency. on tuesday, a group of armed men broke into a television studio and threatened staff. this is footage was recorded during a live broadcast that the armed men interrupted. the country's police force says the staff were evacuated from the studio and several suspects were later arrested. it comes just days after a convicted gang leader vanished from his prison cell sunday. it is not clear yet if the storming of the television station is linked to the prison escape, but with security rapidly deteroriating

in the country. president daniel noboa signed an executive order