hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm marc edwards — coming up on the programme. it'sjubilantjordan at the asian cup as they stun south korea to reach their first ever final it's misery for murray in marseille though — as the former world number one suffers another first round exit and fury�*s forgiven — oleksandr usyk holds no grudges after their heavyweight fight is postponed — but promises to beat him in may hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. we start with a huge shock at the asian cup asjordan continue to re—write the history books. having never got past the last

eight of the competition, they are now into the final for the very first time. and to get there — they knocked out one of the favourites to lift the trophy — beating south korea 2—0. yazan al—naimat put them in front before a superb solo effort from their superstar musa al—taamari. the montpellier winger securing the momentous win in qatar. tottenham hotspur�*s son heung min did have a goal disallowed for south korea — but he — along with his team—mates — will now be back to their respective clubs — without any silverware. it's mean everything for me. now i am in the final because my club in france, they support me and i have big, big support from them and from the french league. it's good to be in the final because i make my country like everybody speak about my country in france. this is very important for me,

and i hope we can do it in the final and we take the final. they did a fantasticjob. they fight it. they prepare it. we knew we knew they were going to be really tough game. and jordan did a fantasticjob and i wish them all the best. so very mixed emotions at full time and conversation has already turned to what next for south korea and particularly their manager? jurgen klinsmann was only appointed a year ago — but boasting a squad which includes son heun min, bayern munich's kim min—jae, and psg's lee kang in as well as hwang hee—chan of wolves... the pressure is on the german, who wasn't the happiest in the post match press conference..... i am very disappointed. i'm angry because we should have done better tonight. now, our pre—game talk was very clear in how to accept the battles, the one to win one situations, and how we wanted to approach it tactically right away

from the beginning on, we would not exist in the first 20, 30 minutes, you know, and that's why i'm saying i give them respect because they were better. they wanted it more. so south korea coming home. jordan go maching on — but who will they face in saturday's final? hosts qatar will fancy their chances of being able to defend their trophy in front of their home fans. they face iran in the semi final on wednesday — a team who've won this tournament three times — although their last success was all the way back in 1976. we enter this match with big motivation, we are one step away from the final for the second time in a row. to reach the final, it will be a great achievement. however, we recognise the difficulty of this match, and we recognise that we are going to play a very tough match against iran.

translation: we started out training for the qatar match i and we're very concentrated. we even had a full analysis session of the japan match and we figured that there were a few mistakes that we made in that match that we should be careful not to repeat. so i think we're ready and we're focused. well it's notjust the asian cup that's reaching the business end — but on wednesday, it's semi final time at the africa cup of nations. hosts ivory coast somehow still in the tournament up against the democratic republic of congo, a country looking to use their fantastic run to help promote peace and unity in their country. while the two sides with the most clean sheets in nigeria and south africa go head—to—head in the other semi final. our world football reporter john bennett spoke to my colleaguejane dougall a little earlier — and began by previewing ivory coast's journey to the final four. it's difficult to know what

would happen. the fans here in the city think it's destiny for them to win this trophy after all that is happening but their opponents are a strong team with lots of motivation. they want revenge because they were knocked out by ivory coast last time they reach the semifinals backin time they reach the semifinals back in 2015 so x x some drama and twists and turns but as we always get that when south of current action. well, nigeria, we would probably see our favorites to reach the final, aren't they? but south africa have had luck on their side so far, don't you think? and some really good performances as well. i mean, beating morocco in the last 16 morocco who reached the world cup semi—finals. then the lot you mentioned perhaps in the penalty shoot—out in the last round when they beat cape verde, although their goalkeeper was in fantastic form. ronwen williams making four saves in the penalty shoot—out.

that is unheard of. so now they're up against nigeria. and you're right, nigeria are the favorites, particularly after the good news they've had today. victor 0simhen is their star striker and he was suffering from illness over the last 48 hours. but the news we've just heard from the nigeria camp is that he's fit and ready to play in the semifinal against south africa. he's even trained fully with the team today. that is huge because victor 0simhen is so important for the super eagles. so, i think nigeria starts as favourites. but the way south africa, south africa have played, you can never write them off in this tournament. in club football, the eight teams left in the women's champions league now know they're route to the final. if chelsea want to give outgoing manager emma hayes the perfect send off, they'll need to beat ajax in the quarter finals — and then beat either norwegian side brann or defending champions barcelona to reach the final. the other two quarterfinals see lyon face benfica and paris saint—germain play sweden's hacken. less than five months after being appointed, boris becker has stepped down as coach of world number seven holgar rune. in a statement on social media, becker said he had to withdraw from the role because of "private and professional responsibilities". the three—time wimbledon champion previously

coached novak djokovic from 2013 to 2016. meanwhile, former world number one simona halep�*s appeal against a four—year doping ban will be heard by the court of arbitration for sport from wednesday. halep was suspended after an independent tribunal found she had committed "intentional" anti—doping violations in september last year. halep says the allegations are false. meanwhile on the court — andy murray's miserable start to 2024 goes on. still no wins after four tournament entries. he was beaten in straight sets in the opening round of the latest atp event in marseille — losing to tomas mahatch of the czech republic — a player ranked 17 places below him in the world rankings. six defeats in a row for murray — and has only won one of his last ten matches — a run stretching back to october. and in abu dhabi, four—time former grand slam champion naomi 0saka also lost in the first round — beaten in straight sets

to qualifier danielle collins. 0saka has won just one of her first four matches since returning following the birth of her child. there's been an astonishing victory for australia in their third and final one day international against the west indies. after bowling their opponents out for just 86, australia chased down their target in under seven overs, theirfastest 0di run chase in their history — winning by eight wickets with 259 balls to spare in canberra — to complete a 3—0 series whitewash. the two sides now start a t20 series on friday. world heavyweight champion 0leksandr usyk has told the bbc he's not bothered about tyson fury�*s fitness after their fight was postponed unil may 18th. usyk missed the birth of his daughter while training for the original date and if fury, who had to call it off after a cut to his eye, isn't fit for the rearranged bout... usyk will face the ibf�*s madatory challenger. that will either be anthony

joshua or filip hrgovic. i don't think about it. it was tyson. it was not tyson. because for me now, it doesn't matter. i just want an undisputed fight. in the six nations — france's paul willemse has found out his fate after being sent off in the opening match against ireland. he's been given a four—week ban — meaning he'll miss the upcoming matches against scotland and italy. however, this ban can be reduced by one week if he completes "tackle school'. and the countdown to the super bowl is officially under way — however the headlines for sunday's match are not dominated by the two teams competing — but instead by musician taylor swift. she'll be hoping to see her boyfriend travis kelce win a third super bowl for the kansas city chiefs — but that relationship has led to conspiracy theories about the competition

itself being fixed. the idea that this was in a script and this is pre—planned, that's just it's nonsense. it's frankly not even worth talking about. we see two people are really happy together, having fun together. i think that's wonderful. and i wish them well. they're both wonderful people. the fact that, you know, they both are involved with football in some fashion through their relationship, that's great. we welcome that. and that is sadly all the time we've got left for now. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website but from me and the rest include a round up of the shock result in the asian cup. for me and the rest of the team here at the bbc sport centre, we will see you soon. goodbye.

hello there. the weather is changing, its getting colder and that's going to bring the risk of some snow to some parts of the country. now, on tuesday, the temperatures were 1a degrees in surrey ahead of that weather front, which is taking rain down into the english channel. and following on from that, we've got the colder air moving down from the north. and we've seen some wintry showers falling in scotland. could well be a covering of snow in many places here, particularly in the northwest. but there's a danger there may well be some snow falling in the central belt of scotland early in the morning, too. now, increasingly, those wintry showers will become confined to northern scotland. the rest of scotland seeing sunny spells developing. so too northern ireland, and for much of england and wales, although in the south it still could be quite cloudy, still a bit of rain through the english channel not far away from the south coast of england. here, it's going to be colder than it was on tuesday, but it's going to be much less windy. typical temperatures are going to be six or seven degrees.

so a chillier day. and into that colder air, that weather front that's in the channel is going to get swept northwards by this big area of low pressure that's moving into the colder air. and that's going to give us the risk of some snow. and these are the temperatures we've got first thing on thursday morning. so, frosty start, particularly in scotland and northern parts of england. in the south, it's a little milder. we're going to have rain across southern parts of england and wales heading into the midlands, but as that weather moves northwards into that colder block of air, so we're going to find some sleet and snow falling as well. now, we still have this yellow warning out from the met office. the area has changed a bit, so we're seeing snow less likely in the midlands. there's snow extending into northern ireland. whilst there be some snow to low levels, it's mainly over the hills with significant falls over the higher hills, which will bring some disruption. we've still got that snow continuing into the evening across northern england, northern ireland and heading into southern most parts of scotland. another band of wet weather coming into the south of england before midnight.

and low pressure is going to spin its way across the uk to end the week, and that's going to bring this mixture of rain, sleet and snow. but we never remove that block of colder air in scotland. so we're going to find snow developing more widely away from the east coast. there'll be some more snow in the northern pennines for a while as well. cold easterly wind in scotland will keep temperatures four or five degrees at best. further south, it will be milder. we're more likely to have some rain, which could be on the heavy side.

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