you're all caught up now. have a good night. hello and welcome to sportsday with me will perry. poland stand in the way of wales, who are are one game away from a place at euro 202a. the ugly side of the game — brazil's viniciuer 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 complete one of the world's toughest races as she arrives home in britain.

welcome to sportsday. 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 tomos daffyd reports. shoulders, head! pressure? what pressure? the players seemingly unburdened by the big match ahead. you wouldn't think there is a high pressured game. they just 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 their players have changed since first appearance back in 2016, their ethos remains the same. every young player that comes into the team is very respectful and knows their place until that's been proven on the pitch.

you know, you have to earn your stripes, so to say, and the boys coming now, the atmosphere is amazing in this squad. it's a group of friends. at euro 2016 in france, they travelled in their tens of thousands, but the experience for supporters in tournaments since hasn't come close. covid at euro 2020 and then the cost of getting to qatar for the world cup put people off. but the players believe that in germany this year will be different. having it in germany this year, it would be an incredible achievement to make it there but an incredible experience to share it with the fans. i wasn't there in france but you really felt the connection between the fans and the players and if we were to make it to germany i'm sure we would definitely get that again. wales boss rob page spring a surprise on his semifinal

line—up against finland, opting to keep danieljames and kiefer moore on the bench. he now has another tough selection call to make. if we capitalise on tuesday night and come off with another win or qualify, nobody will remember, who played, who scored the goal, who started the games, we willjust remember for another squad that qualified for another major tournament. the countdown for the dominant is well under way in germany. the trophy on a tour of the country and wales are one win away of being part of it all this summer. tomos daffyd, bbc news. england are already going to germany of course, 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 wining the euros than they've ever been. speechless, to be honest with you. absolutely lost for words. when he said to me last night i was going to be captain, i gave him a hug,

shook his hand and said thank you very much. you know, a owe him lot, since i came into the team i've always felt at home, i've always felt so comfortable playing under him and i've really grown in confidence so on my 50th cap to walk out at wembley in front of my family, my friends, yeah, it is an absolute honour. i think you can see it by my face. bit speechless, to be honest with you. talk of the town before every major tournament for england is 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 and playing well for their clubs. been close in the world cup, i think we're close now, really close. england of a few years ago, i think gareth was sent off before the brazil. last time brazil came to wembley it was 40% possession, sit back and counter—attack and you know, now we are a team that want to take the ball, want to attack, want

to be a real threat, and going into this tournament now we also have major winners. people that have been there and done it at a higher state so, look, it all counts on us at the end of the day. we are the ones that have got out there and perform and i'm sure we are really capable of being able to go to germany and deliver history. real madrid star, viniciuer broke down in tears when he was asked about the countless instances of racism 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.

an emotional moment there for viniciuer. nottingham forest have lodged an appeal against theirfour—point deduction for breaching premier league profit and sustainability rules. they're the second top—flight team to be penalised for psr breaches after everton lost 10 points 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 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 face karen khachanov next 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 2024 — the australian earning a 7—6, 6—4 victory against german jan—lennard struff to advance to the fourth round for the first time at this event, matching his run at indian wells. di minaur�*s partner katie boulter is out though. 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 this year and earned his 100th cap in the win over

ireland this month. care has a record 369 harlequins appearances and says: "to play for england once was a dream come true" finally, you might have seen the amazing story of the british ultrarunner jasmin paris, who's become the first woman to finish the notorious barkley 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 jasmin made it by 99 seconds. she was welcomed home by supporters at edinburgh airport and she's been speaking to our reporter morag kinniburgh. 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's very steep up and down and it's all off paths, you have to navigate your way around, the maps not very good.

there are 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 pretty 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 barkley marathons in tennessee are infamous — an extreme mental and physical endurance challenge. 190 mountain miles non—stop. family anxiously watching the clock back home to see if she'd reached the finish line inside the 60 hour time limit. we had nothing and then it went past it and we heard nothing and we thought, oh, no! she must�*vejust missed it! and then we got a message from one of other sons to say she's done it. you know, i still, i'm sorry — i'm choking up now because we're still so excited! everyone was in tears, you know? 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 was by far the toughest thing i've ever done in my life. it's really hard to describe why it's so hard, but, i think what draws me to these sorts of events is not knowing whether you can do it. that's what i'm attracted by. i think when you kind of push yourself to the limits of what can do, you find out something more about yourself, you find out who you are, you strip away all the other stuff. wonderful, ey? 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. morag kinniburgh, bbc news. amazing achievement and congratulations to jasmine. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me will perry and the rest of the team at the bbc sport

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 6—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, 6—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 wintriness over higher ground, gales likely through the english channel and quite windy elsewhere, particularly across eastern and north—eastern parts. and those temperatures, again, between 8—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.

live from washington, this is bbc news. tensions between the us and israel are exposed after the un security council passes a resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in gaza. the us and uk accuse china of a sweeping cyber—espionage campaign that allegedly impacted millions. donald trump gets a victory in one civil case, while the judge in another matter sets the date for his first criminal trial. hello. i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cancelled a scheduled trip to the united states by two of his top advisors, after the us did not veto a un security council resolution demanding an immediate