that's it — your caught up now. have a good night. hello and welcome to sports day with me, will perry. coming up on the programme, poland stand in the way of wales, who are one game away from a place at euro 202a. the ugly side of the game, brazil's viniciusjunior breaks down as he's asked about racism ahead of his country's friendly against spain. and we hear from the first female runner to compete at one of the world's toughest races as she arrives home in britain. welcome along to sports day. so wales are just one

game away from the euros in germany this summer. they take on poland in their euro 2024 play off final in cardiff on tuesday night, knowing only a win will do or they'll miss out on reaching their third successive european championships as thomas dafydd reports. shoulders, head, toes! pressure. what pressure? the players seemingly unburdened by the big match ahead. you wouldn't think there's a high pressure game and theyjust take everything in their stride. they're excited by the challenge. they're not nervous about it, they're excited by it. they've been exposed to pressurised situations. wales are aiming to reach their third successive european championship. and while most of the players have changed since their first appearance back in 2016, the ethos remains the same. every young player that's come into the squad has always been, you know, a good pro, very respectful, knows their players. and until that's kind of been proven on the pitch, you know, you have to earn your stripes,

so to sex _ and look, the boys come in now, the atmosphere is amazing in this squad. it's it's a group of friends. at euro 2016 in france they travelled in their tens of thousands. but the experience for supporters in tournament since hasn't come close. covid at euro 2020, then the cost of getting to qatar for the world cup put people off. but the players believe germany this summer would be different. having it in germany this year would be, you know, incredible achievement to make it there. but it would be amazing for us to share that with the fans. i wasn't there in france, but you really felt, you know, that that connection between the fans and players and if we were to make it to germany, i'm sure we would definitely get that again. wales boss rob page sprang a surprise in his semifinal line up against finland, opting to keep danieljames and kieffer moore on the bench. he now has another tough selection call to make. if we capitalise on tuesday night and finish off

with obviously another win and qualify, i think no one really is going to remember who played, who scored the goals, who started the games. we'lljust, you know, be remembered for another squad that qualified for another major tournament. the countdown to the tournament is well under way in germany. the trophy is on a tour of the country and wales are one win away from being part of it all this summer. tomos dafydd, bbc news. well, england of course are already going to germany. they play belgium at wembley on tuesday in the second of theirfriendlies. it'll be a 50th cap for declan rice, who's been given the captaincy by manager gareth southgate and will lead the team out at their national stadium. the arsenal midfielder has described it as a "pinch me" moment and looking ahead to the tournament thinks england are closer to winning the euros than they've ever been. speechless to be honest with you, i'm absolutely lost for words. i think when he when he said to me last night i was going to be captain and i gave him a hug, shook his hand and said, you know, "thank you very much." you know, i owe him lot

since i've first come into the team, he's always made me feel at home. i've always felt so comfortable playing under him. and like i said, i've really grown in confidence. so on my 50th cap to walk out at wembley in front of my family and my friends, it's an absolute honour. i think you can see by my face, a bit speechless, to be honest with you. it's the talk of the town before every before, every major tournament for england. that's the pressure that comes with playing for england. i think if you look at the players that we have now, look at the level everyone's playing at in terms of form, everyone's in really good form, everyone's playing really well for their clubs. we've been in close at a world cup, narrowly lost to france, obviously lost the euro final. i think we're close now. i think we really are close. you know, england of a few years ago, i think gareth was sent off before the brazil match. i think the last time brazil come to wembley it was 40% possession, sit back and counterattack. and now we're a team that want to take the ball, want to attack, you know, want to be a real threat. and going into this tournament now, we also have major

winners, you know, people that have been there and done it at the highest stage. so, look, it all counts on us at the end of the day. you know, we're the ones that have got to go out there and perform. and i'm sure we're really capable of being able to go to germany and, you know, deliver history. now, real madrid star viniciusjunior broke down in tears when he was asked about the countless instances of racism that he's had to endure. the questions came ahead of his home country, brazil's match against spain, where he now lives. in a powerful moment, vinicius called for an end to black people suffering and was applauded by reporters.

very emotional moment there for viniciusjunior. elsewhere, nottingham forest have lodged an appeal against theirfour point deduction for breaching premier league profit and sustainability rules. they are the second top flight team to be penalised for psr breaches after everton, you remember, lost ten points back in november, which was eventually reduced to six on appeal. the deduction put forest into the relegation zone in 18th place, one point behind luton. in a statement, forest say that they will not be making any further comment. fourth seed, alexander zverev has reached the last 16 of the miami 0pen as he beat christopher eubanks in straight sets.

zverev fought back from a break down in the opening set and went on to win 7—6—6—3. the german will now face khachanov in the first meeting between the pair since the 2020 tokyo 0lympics final. alex de minaur continued his strong start to the year with his 19th match win of 2020 for the australian, earning a 7—6—6—4 victory against the germanjan—lennard struff to advance to the fourth round for the first time at this event, matching his run at indian wells. domino's partner, though, katie boulter, is out. the briton losing in straight sets to victoria azarenka 7—5—6—1. this was the furthest boulter had ever gone in miami. england and harlequins scrum half danny care has announced his retirement from international rugby. the 37—year—old played in all five of england's six nations matches and earned his 100th cap this year in the win over ireland earlier this month. care has a record 369

harlequins appearances and says to play for england just once was a dream come true. now, finally, you might have seen the amazing story of the british ultra runner, jasmine paris, who has become the first woman to finish the notorious berkeley marathons race in tennessee. well, the ao—year—old arrived back home in edinburgh earlier today after taking part in the gruelling event, which is made up of five 20 mile loops around frozen head state park. it has to be completed in under 60 hours and jasmine made it by 99 seconds. she was welcomed home by supporters at edinburgh airport and she's been speaking to our reporter. home to a hug from her father, the ultra runner elated at becoming the first woman to finish one of the world's toughest races. the terrain is very steep up and down and it's all off paths. you have to navigate your way around them. maps not very good. and so there's kind of like notorious stories of people getting dramatically lost.

and you've got 60 hours to do it so there's no time to sleep. so you're awake for 60 hours. you have all sorts of hallucinations by the end. it's very tough. and i pushed it to the very limits and finished with just 99 seconds to spare. so it was quite dramatic at the end. the berkley marathons in tennessee are infamous — an extreme mental and physical endurance challenge 100 mountain miles nonstop. family anxiously watching the clock back home to see if she'd reached the finish line inside the 60 hour time limit. we heard nothing. and then he went past it and we heard nothing, you know? oh, no, it's missed. just missed it. and then we got a message from one of my other sons, to say she's done it. and, you know, i still i'm sorry i'm choking up now because i'm still doing it. you know, we're still so excited. everyone was in tears. she's run extreme marathons before, inspired by wild open spaces, winning the montane spine over 250 miles from derbyshire to the borders.

but the american race was hardest. this is by far the toughest thing i've ever done in my life. and it's really hard to describe why it's so hard. but and i think what draws me to these sorts of events is the kind of not knowing whether you can do it. that's what i'm attracted by. and i think when you kind of push yourself to the limits of what you can do, you find out something more about yourself. you find out who you are, you strip away all that other stuff. wonderful. heading home to her children and her local hills before the next extreme challenge this autumn. her advice to others — do the training and have a go. there are no limits to what you can do. amazing achievement. congratulations to jasmine. don't forget, you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app orfrom our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but for me, will perry and the rest of the team at the bbc sports centre. goodbye. hello.

an area of low pressure is going to sit around on top of the uk over the next few days, and that will drive some very heavy downpours of rain, with some flashes of lightning, some rumbles of thunder, some of the showers over high ground will be wintry, and we will often have some strong and gusty winds. so here is our area of low pressure. you can think of this as the engine room of the weather, driving things over the next few days. a couple of different slow moving fronts. one which has been bringing some rain and snow across scotland, that tending to pull away eastwards but leaving a residue of cloud across southern scotland, northern england, northern ireland, some quite murky conditions, damp and drizzly, too. and then another weather front�*s just bringing some rain northwards across central southern england, into parts of the midlands, the southeast eventually getting into parts of wales, something a little bit brighter into the south west of england, also brighter but with some wintry showers in northern scotland, highs of six to 12 degrees. now, during tuesday night, we'll see this rain band journeying northwards and then bumping into cold air

across scotland with some snow, especially over high ground, but to relatively low levels in the northern half of scotland. behind that, some clear spells, but bands of showers pushing in from the west, some of which will be heavy with some hail and thunder. that theme continues on into wednesday. you can see one band of heavy thundery rain here moving its way northwards and eastwards. plenty of showers following on behind. it's going to be a windy day for just about all of us. and our area of rain and snow still affecting the far north of scotland. temperatures struggling a little bit, six to 12 degrees. 0ur area of low pressure still with us through wednesday night and into thursday. further bands of very heavy rain circulating around the lows. so expect more intense downpours on thursday with some hail, some thunder, could be some wintry ness over higher ground, gales likely through the english channel and quite windy elsewhere, particularly across eastern and northeastern parts. and those temperatures, again, between eight and 12 degrees. now, as we move into good friday, there are some signs that this area of low

pressure will loosen its grip a little. so not as many showers on friday, more in the way of sunshine and actually a decent amount of dry weather on saturday as well. so drierfor a time over the easter weekend. it's certainly going to turn a little bit warmer, but it does look like rain will return through sunday and monday.

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