hello, i'm mark edwards. welcome to sports day. here's what we've got coming up on the show. chelsea's quest for the quadruple continues their into the semi—finals of the women's champions league. sinner the winner, the australian open champion eases into the last four at the miami open. and from southeast england to seattle, we talked to the british coach breaking new ground in the nfl. hello and thanks for joining us on sports day. we start with football and chelsea are three to the women's

champions league semi—finals for a second season, running with a comfortable aggregate victory over ajax. emma hayes, a side who are chasing the quadruple this season, had a 3—0 lead from the first leg, and they really needed to complete the job at stamford bridge. it finished 1—1, mya ramirez with chelsea's goal just after the half hour mark. before tenacity, grant equalised for the dutch side. chelsea will face either defending champions barcelona or norway's bronn in the last four. meanwhile, eight time winners lyon also through to the semi—finals with a convincing 4—1 victory over benfica. the french champions confidently dispatching the portuguese side six two on aggregate delphine cascarino with a double on the night. lyon, of course, last won the trophy in 2022. they'll play either hacken or paris saint—germain in the semi—finals. now ukraine manager sergei ryabkov says his side's victory over iceland to reach euro 2024 was very important one for the players and the people of ukraine against the backdrop

of the ongoing war with russia. but arguably the result of the qualifiers belong to georgia who beat greece to reach their first major tournament in their history, sparking huge celebrations for the home fans in tbilisi. head coach willy sagnol believes that building something very special. to stay in georgia, i mean, i will pay you to feel what i feel today. so i'm happy. and i never thought about going. even if you would have asked me before the match. i feel good. i'm feeling good, since for years i'm surrounded by amazing people. and i think that's the most important. tennis now an australian open champion, jannik sinner, is through to the miami open semifinals after ending thomas mccormack�*s run at the atp masters event. sinner used his explosive power and precision

to come through 6462 against his czech opponent. matt hack had held off andy murray and andrei rublev to play a first masters quarterfinal. but sinner�*s level just two good. and of course, winning his first grand slam title of his career at melbourne park injanuary. he continued that fine form since. the women's side home favourite danielle collins breezed into the semi—finals of the miami open on wednesday. the florida native easing past caroline garcia 6362 caroline garcia 6—3—6—2 to reach the semi—finals. collins retiring at the end of the year, but the 30 year old ensuring her final appearance in this tournament would be extended by at least another round and an authoritative performance against the french woman at the 2022 aussie open. finalist in control from the start. taking the match in an hour and 20 minutes, she'll face either jessica pegula or ekaterina alexandrova in the last four. now the world number one, novak djokovic has split with his long—time coach, goran ivanisevic.

posting on social media, djokovic said... in cricket — sunrisers hyderabad rewrote the indian premier league record books on wednesday when they racked up a mammoth 277 for three in their 20 overs against mumbai indians. the total featured a quickfire 80 from heinrich klaasen and 63 from just 23 balls from abhishek sharma, who revealed afterwards that the batsman had been told by coaches to go out and express yourself. he did that. his 50 coming injust i6 deliveries the fastest half century ever by a sunrisers batsmen. by a sunrisers batsmen. sunrisers total also the most scored by t20 franchise, the fourth highest of all time in any t20 match. now, rowers in this weekend's university boat race in london have been warned not to go into the thames in london after high levels of e coli were detected in the river. the crews from oxford and cambridge universities have also been told to cover up any blisters and open wounds.

the pressure group river action said tests indicate that the e coli comes from sewage directly discharged into the thames. eddie price has more. it's tradition, every year the winning cox is thrown in this year. there's a good chance they might throw up, too. we found 10,000 colonies per 100 millilitres of e coli. what that means is it's ten times worse than the worst rating for bathing water, and also means, therefore, that you shouldn't go in the river. and in the case of rowers, they need very careful health guidance. many watermen declared race conditions the - worst for 70 years, and each cox wore goggles to help . in their difficult task. rowers in this historic race so used to natural challenges and cambridge are sinking. cambridge are going down. and sometimes they end up in the water

without meaning to. organisers at the boat race have issued guidance to competitors this weekend to cover up open wounds and wash their hands regularly, and the teams involved haven't been put off. this thousands of people were not unique in racing on this course. we're not any more danger than anyone else using this river. you have your diet coke after training and the hope that gets rid of anything you might have had. but we'll be fine. well, this is the finish line of the nearly four mile route and the celebrations and commiserations take place just the other side of that bridge. now, both sides have told me they haven't decided if they'll chuck in their cox if they win. they're focusing on the start and not the finish. and the victorious victim who got thrown in last year agrees. oh, man, the best feeling in the world. holy clap. it's it's, you know, it's it's. it's a year's worth of work. you've been thinking about this moment, crossing that finish line, and suddenly the whole world goes to a blur. and did it matter that you knew that it was not great water quality? i'd be the last thing on my mind, to be honest. i'd rather not get ill. but, you know, to be honest, i'm justjust so happy to win.

this weekend's head to head is not just about oxford and cambridge, but tradition versus serious health advice. don't go in the water. don't swallow the water. ellie price, bbc news on the thames. an american football coach from london has been named defensive coordinator for the seattle sea hawks in the nfl. ad as he's known as the first british coach to be named as a co—coordinator in the league. just one step below the head coach. my colleague hugh ferris spoke to ad about his rise to the position. it's been a crazy few years, but like sometimes like it's like moments like this where i get to stop and kind of think about it. i don't really think about it that much. i'll be honest with you. when i'm in america and kind of being back home in london, it's kind of crazy to stop and think, and i don't really talk about myjourney that much, so i'm extremely grateful and very excited for the future. and that it's a new era in seattle.

you've got a new head coach or new coordinators. you're all new, essentially the major coaching staff. you've got a situation where the new head coach, mike macdonald, is a defensive head coach. how much does that help you? because you won't be calling the plays, which most defensive coordinators do know will help me a lot. it will help me a lot. i think we'll help each other grow, and i think we're helping each other through this process. being around people with the growth mindset is it's exciting. it's something that i'm really, really looking forward to. and you have a first time head coach that you're going to be working for. he came from baltimore. mike macdonald was a defensive coordinator there. so i know this is how it works in the nfl, not invariably. but do you see yourself as a future head coach and how much would that mean to you should you get there? i went to dallas and i hadn't been a d—line coach before for a full d—line coach defensive ends, but i had coach... and i spent three years focusing on to be the best i could possibly be at that.

and it worked out well for me the same when i went to atlanta. so i will do the same here and whatever happens happens. the international pathway for players that you helped to set up with ocm and ura, that's players, not necessarily coaches. did you envision yourself being at the forefront of the british influence internationally on the nfl? you sometimes, you go through this process and those players helped me as much as i help them, you know, like because we grew together, we had to like i was in a position where i literally had to coach all of them at times and bring them along. so i had to go and do the research and learn. and over those kind of five years that i was on the programme for developing the programme, it really kind of was my training ground to go where i've gone so far. and we're paying a lot more attention to it. obviously, it's louis rees—zammit that is getting a lot of attention this particular year in terms of those players who might break through to the nfl from overseas. first of all, are the seahawks going to talk to him? i don't know. i can't tell you that.

but no, i've seen the stuff that he's done. i watched his work—out. i was i was i was super impressed. i'm excited to meet him. i haven't met him yet. and you got to have a knock on effect, aren't you? if people recognise a player coming into a team, you might then drag a whole load of fans to that team. is that going to work out in seattle if they follow you too, in a similarvein? i hope so. but no, seattle have an unbelievable following. like, once you up there, you don't i didn't realise it as much until i got up there. and you suddenly see, like the effect of the 12. and what they do and how they affect games is is quite remarkable to see. and it's exciting. and that's all sport for now for me, mark edwards and the rest of the team here. we'll see you soon. bye bye. hello. well, let's see how

the weather is looking. and yes, more rain on the way. it's been raining for such a long time now — i know some of us are starting to complain. it's so soggy out there and further rain clouds heading our way. in fact, the north atlantic and much of europe, dominated by a huge area of low pressure with smaller area of low pressures, is embedded within it. and look at all these weather fronts circling this big low, which is approaching us right now. and in fact, some very strong winds on the way for a time on thursday, particularly across southern areas of the uk. so through the early hours we will have had some rain from southern parts of the uk through merseyside, the irish sea into northern ireland. temperatures early in the morning, three, four, five degrees celsuis, maybe colder in some spots where skies will have cleared. but on those winds in the south — exposed areas could see 60 to 65 mile an hour gusts at times. inland, central southern counties there, 50 miles an hour. very windy in london, very windy in the midlands, east anglia, too, so a very blustery day. so through the morning, one where the front

moves northwards. so outbreaks of rain through yorkshire into northern ireland and then this circulation here with those very strong winds buffeting the south and the south—west and those heavy showers that have sunshine in between, but also thunderstorms and hail. a really turbulent day. the temperatures quite disappointing, 9 to 10 degrees celsius. now into friday then, so the area of low pressure is still very much with us. look how big it is. it's absolutely huge. it's dominating a really large chunk of the planet really here. and we'll see further showers sweeping across the uk. i don't think the winds are going to be quite as strong on friday, but still enough of a breeze out there and certainly pushing those showers along. again, hail and thunder possible, but some sunshine, too. so that's good friday. also a little milder, maybe 10 to 13 degrees celsius. if you're wondering where the warmth is, it's actually across more eastern parts of europe in excess of 20 degrees celsius. are we going to get any of that? well, it does look as though with this area of low pressure, we are going to see some

changes in the wind direction as we head into sunday. more of a southerly breeze developing — still very changeable on the weather front — but that southerly breeze will mean that those temperatures will recover at least somewhat. so perhaps the mid—teens, but changeable weather across the south. still disappointing in the north, closer to nine degrees celsius. that's it for me. bye— bye.

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