that was enough to put them through, despite an ajax equaliser.are still on to win four trophies this season, but the champions league is the only piece of silverware they've never lifted. they could face defending champions barcelona next. barca have a 2—1 lead going into tonight's second leg against norway's brann. if you look at your record in the champions league, even the last five years, look at it like that, there was only once we didn't qualify from the group and we have made the latter stages every year. we expect to be here, i don't make any excuses we should be at this level and we should be at the semi—finals. of course we have a little bit more depth to be able to do things like make six changes tonight than we have ever had. but, listen, again we haven't won anything. we are in the place we want to be. i don't know who the opponent will be. but we are ready. one of the four titles chelsea are vying for is the league cup and the final is against arsenal at molineux this weekend. arsenal have won it six times and this is a repeat of la

some it took years just to eliminate the high noise and vibration, which is why. could stay inside ajaxor no more than 90 minutes. the vehicle also could not safely overcome obstacles higher than 20 cm. the army still faces great challenges in becoming a reliable force against an enemy of equal or similar strength. we are talking about sufficient air defense, long-range missiles and electronic warfare. the army is concerned that it lacks intelligence, surveillance and artillery capabilities. army. not there was enough ammunition even before it transferred its stockpile to ukraine, although last year it allocated £2bn to replenish stockpiles. this money risks disappearing in the general haze of the defense budget. the british government claims to have spent £12 billion on ukraine , but this money did not come from the military budget and strictly took into account the need to maintain its own weapons stockpiles. is it really hidden behind a veil of secrecy, but british. goals when britain decided to join the military operation usa vs houthis. british chief of the general staff general pa

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look to finish the job, they take a 3—0 lead into tonight's champions league quarter—final against ajaxing, gb swimmer matt richards tells us about his quest for individual gold at this summer's olympics. the wales manager rob page says he wants to stay in the job and try to guide his young squad to the next world cup, despite narrowly missing out on this summer's european championship. they lost to poland in the penalty shoot—out in cardiff last night, but page is proud of what his side has achieved. absolutely, we are a team in transition, and while we are in the transition, and while we are in the transition, we were one penalty get away from qualifying. so we have games injune, we have nations league in autumn, then the start of a world cup qualifying campaign, so thatis a world cup qualifying campaign, so that is my full focus, and building what we have already started and the transition which we are in at this moment in time. former wales forward rob earnshaw says they need to analyse where it when wrong in this current campaign, but says there are positives to take from it. it is

vehicles were supposed to enter the army in 2018, but due to miscalculations and endless alterations, ajax-term construction project. it took several years just to eliminate the high noise and vibrations, which is why the soldiers could stay inside the ajax for no more than 90 minutes. the vehicle also could not safely overcome obstacles higher than 20 cm. in the army there are still big problems for that. to become a reliable force against an opponent of equal or similar strength. we are talking about sufficient air defense, long- range missiles and electronic warfare. the army is concerned that it lacks intelligence, surveillance and artillery capabilities. the army was running low on ammunition even before it handed over its stockpile to ukraine, although it allocated £2bn to resupply last year . this money risks disappearing in the general defense haze. budget. british the government claims to have spent £12 billion on ukraine, but this money did not come from the military budget and strictly took into account the need to maintain its own weapons stockpiles. is this really hidden behin

the club arranged for him to do just that against ajax, with the 76—year—old looking understandably emotionaltory — england against brazil gets going in the next 15 minutes — gareth southgate�*s side looking to preserve their ten—match unbeaten run, newcastle�*s anthony gordon makes his debut. it is currently goalless at wembley is that one approaches half—time and it is the first match between the two since 2017 in a friendly and that was also goalless. you can get updates from that game, aswell as the other international games today — with france facing germany — on the bbc sport website. thanks for watching. that�*s all from sportsday. we�*ll see you soon. thanks to cabin and a sports team in salford. now let�*s return to the princess of wales and her cancer diagnosis. earlier, i spoke tojon shelton — head of cancer intelligence at cancer research uk, who spoke to me about the impact a cancer diagnosis can have on a young family. i�*lljust start off by saying that on behalf of everyone at cancer research uk, we wish the royal highness a full swift recovery and return to good health. the br

hayes has a last chance to win the champions league as her club prepares for their quarterfinal against ajaxime minister has called it an historic moment and it's expected to lead to an independent football regulator. the football governance bill will be introduced in parliament today, which is hoped to protect smaller clubs from going under. it follows a fan—led review from two years ago. 0urfootball reporter simon stone is here. what were the legislation do? well, it has three core _ what were the legislation do? well, it has three core objectives, - what were the legislation do? -m it has three core objectives, which are improving the financial sustainability of clubs, ensuring the financial resilience across the leagues, and safeguarding english football's heritage. that is the kind of vague topic, but basically, it's about funding. and about where funding goes, where the money comes from, who spends eight, and will clubs be viable? are more enthusiastic about this than others, the football league have welcomed it with open arms, the premier league a bit reluctant because they think regu

real madrid was not suitable for me at 17 and it was a mistake to go there and now i feel happy in ajaxin the latest list of the most profitable athletes in the world, lionel messi, the argentinian genius of the inter miami club , overtook nba basketball superstar lebron james and became the first. the contract of benjamin white , a 26-year-old english defender and hafek, was extended until 2028. and arsenal was extended. white has a history of playing in brighton and leeds united. mohammad meshed , sed and broadcasting news agency. shahrab yazd and shahdari rumieh they won against their opponents in their first match of the preliminary stage of the volleyball premier league. the elimination stage of the premier league of volleyball continued with the victory of shahdab and uromi municipality teams. in the continuation of these competitions. the other match of this stage of urmia municipality was 3 two out of 100. today we defended well and received well. it was good that we were able to win the game. we did not play well . we did not take advantage of our opportunities, especially in t

eriksson lived out a "lifelong dream" this afternoon, as he led out a team of liverpool legends against ajax career. the club arranged for him to do just that against ajax, with the 76—year—old looking understandably emotional as he stepped out of the tunnel. liverpool went on to produce a sensational comeback, coming from two goals down to win 4—2. a fitting day for him. a remind of our top story — england against brazil gets going in the next 15 minutes. gareth southgate's side looking to preserve their ten—match unbeaten run. newcastle's anthony gordon makes his debut. you can get updates from that game, aswell as the other international games today — with france facing germany — on the bbc sport website. that's all from sportsday. we'll see you soon. thanks very much to gavin at the team at the bbc sport centre. let's return to the israel gaza war. the first british field hospital has been set up in gaza — and is aiming to be fully functioning early next week. the hospital was sent by truck from manchester to provide life—saving medical treatment for the sick and injured in gaza. it has

ajax and astanovila drew 0:0. the result of the match in other pairs is also on your screens.ow on to mini-football, gomel vrz was destroyed on the road. hetrick in this match was scored by dmitry los, and alexey pinchuk, evgeniy klachko, artyom ros, anton matveenko and yuri berezovsky, as part of veten, scored goals against pavel rogovik and vladimir razuvanov. after this victory, anatoly yanovsky’s players rise to first place in the table, displacing arshantsev. well, i think we played the kind of football we should play, and we played a little looser. we didn’t get hung up on the score when we took the lead, very often a situation arises when the vrz team wins , becomes enslaved, becomes enslaved, begins to simplify in football, this bothers us, today we didn’t look at the score at all, didn’t became enslaved, played football, which we have to play every day. let's add andrei chernienko for the guys, this is the third defeat in the championship, tomorrow there will be four games in the central neighbors in the standings, the bch is playing with the dynamo guard. at the mini

ajax, though, hit back after the restart to keep things interesting.e quick reactions of the chelsea goalkeeper. but the tie was never really in doubt. the final whistle confirming chelsea's place in the semifinals where they will meet either brann or barcelona. jo currie, bbc news, stamford bridge. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker.

their chances of making the women's champions league semi—finals after a convincing 3—0 win away at ajaxst leg of their quarter—final tie. laurenjames got them on their way in amsterdam, in front of nearly 36,000 — a dutch record for a women's game. sjoeke nusken scored two, completing the comfortable victory ahead of the second leg next week. emma hayes�* side in pole position to reach a fifth european semi—final in six seasons. in the night's other quarter—final tie, lyon beat benfica 2—1, but not without a scare. it was the portuguese side who led at half—time — andreia faria putting benfica ahead. but lyon fought back after half—time — delphine cascarino equalised before sara dabritz scored the winner" minutes from time. the second leg is next wednesday. to tennis, and the bbc understands that aryna sabalenka is due to play as planned in the miami 0pen. it follows the death of her partner konstantin koltsov on tuesday. having received a bye in the first round, sabalenka wasn't set to be in action until thursday or friday, although it's understood there may be discretion in the schedu

ajax, ajax?nswer, and at the end of the second period, artyom scores another five points. let's see how many points our participants were able to score. "let's preserve civilization and increase wealth. results of the supreme state council of the union state. in general, our situation is developing very vigorously. trade turnover is constantly growing. russia is the largest investor." our investors invested dollars in the economy of belarus. the whole process begins with the procurement of our own raw materials. trees are cut down on leased plots allocated by the state. some 20 years ago. they were cut and sold as raw materials, but they stopped in time and restarted. in a country with one of the most forested areas in the world , it was natural for woodworking to take root. but the plant today - these are 43 countries of the world where we supply our products. the president of our country gives the products of our plant as souvenirs. last year , almost 247 citizens came to us visa-free from lith

their chances of making the women's champions league semifinals after a convincing 3—0 win away at ajax first leg of their quarter final tie. laurenjames got them on their way in amsterdam, in front of nearly 36,000 — a dutch record for a women's game. sjoeke nusken scored two, completing the comfortable victory ahead of the second leg next week. emma hayes�* side in pole position to reach a fifth european semifinal in six seasons. in the night's other quarterfinal tie, lyon beat benfica 2—1 but not without a scare. it was the portuguese side who led at half—time — andreia faria putting benfica ahead. but lyon fought back after half—time — delphine cascarino equalised, before sara dabritz scored the winner, 11 minutes from time. the second leg is next wednesday. to tennis, and the bbc understands that aryna sabalenka is due to play as planned in the miami 0pen. it follows the death of her partner, konstantin koltsov, on tuesday. having received a bye in the first round, sabalenka wasn't set to be in action until thursday or friday, although it's understood there may be discretion in the

aston villa meanwhile will be in the europa conference league quarterfinal draw, after beating ajax 4oalless first leg. ollie watkins scored the first goal for villa, but later came off injured, which will be a worry for gareth southgate after the striker was picked for the england squad earlier. second—half goals from leon bailey, john duran and moussa diaby sealed villa's progress to the last eight. so watkins is supposed to be a part of gareth southgate�*s england squad for friendlies with belgium and brazil later this month. brentford striker ivan toney is back for the first time since his eight—month ban for breaching fa betting rules. there are also first time call ups for newcastle forward anthony gordon. the 23—year—old has scored ten goals in all competitions this season for his club, and for 21—year—old defender jarrad branthwaite who's impressed for everton this season. we watched him as a back—up in the under 21 finals last year and if you said to me he would play as consistently well at premier league level as he has, i would have questioned that last summer. so he is in

are eight matches in the europa conference league later — perhaps the pick of the ties — dutch side ajax to aston villa. villa manager unai emery aiming to add the europa conference league to his four europa league titles with sevilla and villarreal. india ended day one of the fifth test in dharamshala on top, after england won the toss and elected to bat. england started brightly, with opener zak crawley making 79 taking his total runs in the series to over 400 before he became one of five wickets for kuldeep yadav. he also took the scalp ofjonny bairstow on his 100th test, out for a rapid 29 off 18 balls. ravichandran ashwin — also playing in his 100th test — took the remaining four wickets as england slumped to 218 all out. in reply, india reached stumps on 135 for one... trailing byjust 83. captain rohit sharma with an unbeaten half century so far. england do have the wicket of danger man yashasvi jaiswal, but not before he made his 50. india remember with that unassailable 3—1 series lead. to tennis, and another blow for rafael nadal who pulled out of indian wells 2a hours before hi

a big win too for aston villa — as they thrashed ajax 4—0 in their second leg — to book their place ine first time since 1998. elsewhere, there was a straight forward win for clubbe brugge — as they moved past molde whilst lille are also through. fenerbahce, fiorentina, paok salonika and viktoria plzen also all booked their place in the last eight after winning their ties. to tennis where carlos alcaraz remains on track to defend his indian wells title — but his place in the semi finals came at a painful — and somewhat unique — price. the two time grand slam champion was stung on the forehead — after a swarm of bees invaded his match against alexander zverev. play was suspended for an hour and a0 minutes — as the swarm was cleared — before alcaraz returned to win in straight sets as he looks to defend his title. i tried to stay away from them, but it was impossible. as i said, they stung my head. i was running out. i'm a little bit afraid of them, so i'm a little bit afraid of them, so i had to stay safe and, yes, i was running everywhere. rory mcilroy insists he played by the rules —

chelsea are in complete control in the netherlands as they blow away ajax — their sights set on a women'ss from russia or belarus won't be a part of the paris 2024 opening ceremony. we'll tell you why shortly. hello and welcome to the programme. it could be the start of an historic new era in english men's football — the creation of the first independent regulator moved a step closer, after the government introduced new proposals. if passed into law, a new body would oversee clubs across england's top five tiers, independent of government and the footballing authorities. here's our sports editor, dan roan. whether it's controversy over teams docked points for overspending, clubs getting into financial difficulty or the threat of a european super league, english football has faced various crises in recent

chelsea are in complete control in the netherlands — as they blow away ajax — their sights set on a womens russia or belarus won't be a part of the the paris 2024 opening ceremony. we'll tell you why shortly. hello and welcome to the programme. it could be the start of an historic new era in english men's football. the creation of the first independent regulator moved a step closer, after the government introduced new proposals. if passed into law, a new body would oversee clubs across england's top five tiers, independent of government and the footballing authorities. here's our sports editor, dan roan. whether it is controversy over teams docked points for overspending, clubs getting into financial difficulty, or the threat of a european super league, english football has faced various crises in recent years. and today the government published legislation that

champions league semi—finals for a second season running with a comfortable aggregate victory over ajaxma hayes�* side, who are chasing the quadruple this season, had a 3—0 lead from the first leg and only needed to complete the job at stamford bridge. it finished 1—1. mayra ramirez with chelsea's goaljust after the half hour mark before chasity grant equalised for the dutch side. chelsea will face either defending champions barcelona or norway's brann in the last four. meanwhile, eight—time winners lyon are also through to the semi finals with a convincing 4—1 victory over benfica. the french champions confidently dispatching the portuguese side 6—2 on aggregate. delphine cascarino with a double on the night. lyon last won the trophy in 2022 and will play either hacken or paris saint—germain in the semifinals the ukraine manager, serhiy rebrov, says his sides victory over iceland to reach euro 2024, was a 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 belonged to georgia who bea

aston villa meanwhile will be in the europa conference league quarterfinal draw, after beating ajax 4lless first leg. ollie watkins scored the first goal for villa, but later came off injured, which will be a worry for gareth southgate after the striker was picked for the england squad earlier. second—half goals from leon bailey, john duran and moussa diaby sealed villa's progress to the last eight. so watkins is supposed to be a part of gareth southgate�*s england squad for friendlies with belgium and brazil later this month. brentford striker ivan toney is back for the first time since his eight—month ban for breaching fa betting rules. there are also first time call ups for newcastle forward anthony gordon. the 23—year—old has scored ten goals in all competitions this season for his club, and also for 21—year—old defender jarrad branthwaite, who's impressed for everton this season. we watched him as a back—up in the under—21 finals last year and if you said to me he would play as consistently well at premier league level as he has, i would have questioned that last summer. so he is

chelsea are in complete control in the netherlands as they blow away ajax — their sights set on a women's athletes from russia or belarus won't be a part of the paris 2024 opening ceremony. we'll tell you why shortly. hello and welcome to the programme. it could be the start of an historic new era in english men's football — the creation of the first independent regulator moved a step closer, after the government introduced new proposals. if passed into law, a new body would oversee clubs across england's top five tiers, independent of government and the footballing authorities. here's our sports editor, dan roan. whether it's controversy over teams docked points for overspending, clubs getting into financial difficulty, or the threat of a european super league, english football has faced various crises in recent years. and today, the government published legislation that will establish the game's first independent regulator. we have seen 64 administrations since the premier league formed in 1992. today, this bill makes sure it will bring financial resilience and stability back into footb

tuesday's matches see eight—time winners lyon away at benfica, while chelsea take on ajax in amsterdamthis represents her last chance to win the trophy with chelsea. every game means a lot to me. you can see thatjust in the league and having a record crowd at the weekend at stamford bridge. i really don't apportion any more emotional response to one competition over another. i would like to be part of a team that wins as much as possible. i'm excited to be in this arena. i saw pitch side the quality out there and i'm looking forward to the atmosphere. i know our players will be really excited about that and i'm happy to be at this stage of the competition. and that's all the sport for now. the legislation to impose the first independent regulator on men's football in england is being introduced in parliament today. it follows a number of controversies at the top level of the sport, including the failure by premier league clubs to agree an improved financial package for the rest of the game. our reporter rachel mcadam has more. the football governance bill will be introduced to parliame

champions league semi—finals for a second season running with a comfortable aggregate victory over ajaxma hayes�* side, who are chasing the quadruple this season, had a 3—0 lead from the first leg and only needed to complete the job at stamford bridge. it finished 1—1. mayra ramirez with chelsea's goaljust after the half hour mark before chasity grant equalised for the dutch side. chelsea will face either defending champions barcelona or norway's brann in the last four. meanwhile eight—time winners lyon are also through to the semi finals with a convincing 4—1 victory over benfica. the french champions confidently dispatching the portuguese side 6—2 on aggregate. delphine cascarino with a double on the night. lyon last won the trophy in 2022 and will play either hacken or paris saint—germain in the semifinals the ukraine manager, serhiy rebrov, says his sides victory over iceland to reach euro 2024, was a 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 belonged to georgia who beat

their chances of making the women's champions league semi—finals — after a convincing 3—0 win away at ajaxinal tie. laurenjames got them on their way in amsterdam, in front of nearly 36,000 — a dutch record for a women's game. sjoeke nusken scored two, completing the comfortable victory ahead of the second leg next week. emma hayes�* side in pole position to reach a fifth european semi—final in six seasons. in the night's other quarter—final tie, lyon beat benfica 2—1, but not without a scare. it was the portuguese side who led at half time — andreia faria putting benfica ahead. but lyon fought back after half—time — delphine cascarino equalised before sara dabritz scored the winner 11 minutes from time. the second leg is next wednesday. to tennis, and the bbc understands that aryna sabalenka is due to play as planned in the miami open. it follows the death of her partner konstantin koltsov on tuesday. having received a bye in the first round, sabalenka wasn't set to be in action until thursday or friday, although it's understood there may be discretion in the scheduling, given the circums

chelsea are in complete control in the netherlands as they blow away ajax, their sights set on a women's or belarus won't be a part of the paris 2024 opening ceremony. we'll tell you why shortly. hello there and welcome along to the programme. it could be the start of an historic new era in english men's football. the creation of the first independent regulator moved a step closer after the government introduced new proposals. if passed into law, a new body would oversee clubs across england's top five tiers, independent of government and the footballing authorities. here's our sports editor, dan rowan. whether it's controversy over teams docked points for overspending, clubs getting into financial difficulty or the threat of a european super league, english football has faced various crises in recent years. when's your next game? and today, the government published

aston villa meanwhile will be in the europa conference league quarterfinal draw, after beating ajax 4 goalless first leg. ollie watkins scored the first goal for villa, but later came off injured, which will be a worry for gareth southgate after the striker was picked for the england squad earlier. second half goals from leon bailey, john duran and moussa diaby sealed villa's progress to the last eight. so watkins is supposed to be a part of gareth southgate�*s england squad for friendlies with belgium and brazil later this month. brentford striker ivan toney is back for the first time since his eight—month ban for breaching fa betting rules. there are also first time call ups for newcastle forward anthony gordon. the 23—year—old has scored ten goals in all competitions this season for his club, and for 21—year—old defender jarrad branthwaite who's impressed for everton this season. we watched him as a back—up in the under 21 finals last year and if you said to me he would play as consistently well at premier league level as he has, i would have questioned that last summer. so he is i

champions league semi—finals for a second season, running with a comfortable aggregate victory over ajaxma 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

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ajax into the second leg of their quarterfinal at stamford bridge later.helsea went back to the top of the women's super league at the weekend as they pursue four titles. they're in the fa cup semi—finals and the league cup final — but the champions league is the one they really want. they've never won it, but despite that convincing win in amsterdam, they're well aware that they're not through yet. the fear of losing or the fear of not being in that semifinal is as big a driverfor us as the desire to win it is, in fact it is more. there is no—one in our dressing room that will take tomorrow's game lightly or think for one minute that just because we are winning 3—0, that the game is over. that is a mistake, it starts in your head, in your mind. and when a team has nothing to lose, 3—0 down, they play with freedom, they play in a different way to express themselves, and they are often the most dangerous opponents. wednesday's other quarterfinal sees the eight—time champions lyon hold a 2—1 advantage over benfica. the world number one, novak djokovic, has s

and in the europa conference league, aston villa's reward for thrashing ajax sees them face lille — thepiakos or fenerbahce in the semi finals. the other quarter finals sees club brugges face paok and viktoria plzen against fiorentina. and a huge day is underway in the world of horse racing — with the final day of the cheltenham festival taking place. the most prestigious race of the day — the gold cup — is less than 45 minutes away — with record—breaking irish trainer willie mullins looking to win it for the fourth time in six years mike bushell is there for us. here we are at the top of the famous cheltenham slope right by the winning post where the winner of the 2024 gold cup will be running, galloping past your later this afternoon, notjust in any year within the special year when they are celebrating the 100th anniversary of this iconic gold cup race. 0n the famous course, cleeve hill in the distance forming this natural amphitheatre which amplifies the roar of the crowd as they come up the roar of the crowd as they come up to the winning post. well this crowd to be seeing for the

there are eight matches in the europa conference league later — perhaps the pick of the ties dutch side ajaxhome to aston villa. villa manager unai emery aiming to add the europa conference league to his four europa league titles with sevilla and villarreal. india ended day one of the fifth test in dharamshala on top — after england won the toss and elected to bat. england started brightly, with opener zak crawley making 79 taking his total runs in the series to over 400, before he became one of five wickets for kuldeep yadav. he also took the scalp ofjonny bairstow on his 100th test, out for a rapid 29 off 18 balls. ravichandran ashwin — also playing in his 100th test — took the remaining four wickets, as england slumped to 218 all out. in reply, india reached stumps on 135—1, trailing byjust 83. captain rohit sharma with an unbeaten half century so far. england do have the wicket of danger man yashasvi jaiswal, but not before he made his 50 to become the fastest indian batter to score 1,000 test runs. india, remember, with that unassailable 3—1 series lead. a disappointing day, i think we

aston villa battled out a goalless draw in the first leg with ajax in amsterdam last week.viewing all of tonight's games on the bbc sport website. two—time uspga champion justin thomas insists that the players championship, which is under way in florida, still has a really strong field despite many of golf�*s big names being absent because they've joined the saudi backed liv tour. rory mcilroy�*s raised concerns that "fans are losing interest" in watching golf because of the fragmented nature of the sport. but whilst he's lamented the big names missing the players championship, thomas isn't as worried. it has still been the best fielding golf for many previous years. —— field in golf. you can always make the argument that there are other tournaments that are or not. the pga has always been the deepest field in terms of the top 100 players, and i'm not saying that for selfish reasons, it isjust i'm not saying that for selfish reasons, it is just the truth. 0ur golf correspondent ian carter is at tpc sawgrass in florida and joins us now. i know you heard whatjustin thomas sai

fighting. — drain in so many areas, the ajax fighting, the wedge tail, the list is almost — fightingeople on up to the — is almost endless. until people on up to the fact the system is broken, it will— up to the fact the system is broken, it willjust _ up to the fact the system is broken, it willjust get worse and they will not be _ it willjust get worse and they will not be any more money. general, the government — not be any more money. general, the government has _ not be any more money. general, the government has many _ not be any more money. general, the government has many competing - government has many competing demands, schools, the nhs and so forth, so at the military does take a head, some would argue is a question of priorities. == a head, some would argue is a question of priorities.- question of priorities. -- if the military does _ question of priorities. -- if the military does take _ question of priorities. -- if the military does take a _ question of priorities. -- if the military does take a hit. - question of priorities. -- if the military does take a hit. that's

going there was a mistake , and now i feel happy in ajax in the latest list of the most profitable athletes in the world. our country's team is preparing to participate in the asian under-14 tennis tournament in malaysia. women with rackets in their hands in mazandaran camp for increasing the preparation of iran's national tennis players, the last camp of the national players, which is connected to the expedition, and since two and three of our national players are from mazandaran province, we hosted it in the city of sari. it's been a week since the kids started their training with high pressure 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the morning. there are national athletes , each with different careers, gathered together to record a brilliant career for iran . i brought 15 medals, and the most important of them was the championship in the asian games in oman and a championship in the asian games in tehran, of course, each of them is a contender . they are and they don't have blood blindness we did a great job and we are fully prepared to get the best results. of course, iranian girls know

just to eliminate the high noise and vibrations, because of which the fighters could stay inside the ajaxn 90 minutes, the car also could not safely overcome. there are still big problems in the army in order to become reliable force against an opponent of equal or similar strength. we are talking about sufficient air defense, long- range missiles and electronic warfare. the army is concerned that it lacks intelligence, surveillance and artillery capabilities. the army was short of ammunition even before it transferred its stockpile to ukraine, although it was due to be replenished last year. £2 billion of reserves have been allocated , money that risks disappearing into the general haze of the defense budget. the british government says it has spent ukraine received £12 billion, but this money did not come from the military budget and strictly took into account the need to maintain its own stockpiles of weapons. is this really hidden behind a veil of secrecy? but photographs of simulators instead of cruise missiles on board the crippled destroyer appeared in the british press. goals when

there are eight matches in the europa conference league later — perhaps the pick of the ties dutch side ajax

in the europa conference league, both ajax and aston villa had a player sent off in their goaless drawahce and fiorentina. you can get all the results on the bbc sport website. two—time tennis grand slam champion simona halep will return to the sport later this month, after being given a wild card to enter the miami open. the 32—year—old romanian had herfour—year doping ban cut to nine months this week, making her eligible to return to competition immediately. halep, who won the french open in 2018 and wimbledon the following year, hasn't played competitively since the us open in 2022. britain's emma raducanu is into the second round at indian wells, in california. the 2021 us open winner beat qualifier rebeka masarova in straight sets. the 21—year—old had won just three matches in four tournaments since returning from an eight—month injury lay—off, but was in superb form as she won in straight sets 6—2, 6—3. she'll play ukrainian dayana yastremska next. india ended day one of the fifth test in dharamsala firmly on top, after england won the toss and elected to bat. england started bri

also in another charity game that was held with the presence of famous players of the liverpool and ajaxteams , liverpool won against the dutch team at the end of 42. for liverpool, which was led by sven goran eriksson, famous players such as gerard torres, kuwait davids and fenderfart went to the field. end of sports news: 17:45 minutes, good time, god bless you. in the name of allah, the most merciful , the most merciful , may god bless muhammad and the family of muhammad and hasten their fate. dear khabar channel , we are with you with the news at 18:00. a syrian civilian was martyred in a drone attack by the zionist regime on a town in al-baqaa region in southern lebanon. al-labuna area, south of naghora town in southern lebanon , was also targeted by zionist artillery. the islamic resistance of lebanon also announced that hezbollah fighters targeted the center of jalal al-alam, the zionist military, with blood-curdling bullets.

academies of barcelona as la masia or any other academy that is famous and exists in the world, like ajaxr other places, we could not let's start education in our football . education can help our football with this plan that exists now and apparently the steps have been approved. the law has been passed, now mr. borujerdi says that there are obstacles , what are these obstacles and can they be removed or not? mr. iraqi, i would like to thank you for the voice sima and dear experts are careful about this important issue and are actually planning for the peaks of sports development. i believe that the only way out of the current state of the country's sports, whether in sports such as football and other national sports and sports the identity of our department is attention to the school environment and sports in education. well, let me go back to what was possible until now and what happened . physical education and after that something happened in 2004 and sports schools were approved pathology and actually examining the multi-year trend of these two groups, i.e., sports schools, where fr

round of 16 finals of the european conference league and in the most important game, astan villa with ajaxscored four goals, lille tied with stromgratz, and sanjilovaz scored 0.1 against fenerbahçe. although the tehran derby was held two days ago, there is still talk about its side effects and bitter events. about 48 hours have passed since the 13th tehran derby. a low-quality game that did not last more than 22 minutes in the second half. don't stick to me, who are you playing with? it was sad that this obscenity of throwing stone grenades and various objects into the field caused the artificiality of the spectators and players. we have always seen it happen in derby , unfortunately, i don't comply and help. he didn't show any reaction, now the question is, if these events happen anywhere else except azadi stadium and tehran derby , you will act passively. enjoy sports . when you love nature and experience the joy of hiking. if you did, then the rainy weather on the last friday of 1402 was also a bonus for you. some people say that the weather is bad, but the real weather is this . it was

they're through to the semifinals after beating ajax. good afternoon.

yes, ajax, uh, its had been within the past few days, multiple repeater, the 10 by different states, including key to including georgia. now the united states of america to a talk more humanitarian supplies for people in the know the pots with golf and generally on the golf was driven beast. i kind of f, it's have been made and bowed a to help to mitigate the growth aging humanitarian crisis. cannot be the optimal solution to help people to keep with the situation on the ground. because people in the north people and going to switch and even in the south. how big the pride from humanitarian supplies for long days, long weeks of the since the beginning of the fighting them later after the partial flow of humanitarian supplies into gone. but i'd be receiving only very limited amount. if you minutes, every of 8 is sufficient for the family members. by the same time, the purse is a paid proofing will be submitted to earn your supplies from practically create a state of k as among people as they were fighting, just running off the coping to get onto the scene where some people are not tot

contains unique cameras and cameras from k6 to zenith 3, this is a camera, a unique camera, it’s called ajaxnov is with. corner of belarus, by the way, for the first flight of the women of sovereign belarus to the iss they also made a separate exhibition, it is dedicated to all the natives of our country who were in space, stamp envelopes with personal autographs of klimuk, kovalyonok and navitsky are collected here, perhaps space philately with the image will appear soon marina vasilevskaya. daria belouso petrovskaya alexander lyubitelev, tv news agency moscow. absolute exclusive, watch tomorrow 's chapter. another look at the chapter's workweek state, interviews with guests of the palace of independence, sidelines, meetings and the team that works next to the president, no staged shots, we will show everything as it is, so the president, we haven’t shown yet, what time does the first working day start? we had no difficulties getting an audience , we looked at alexander lukashenko’s upcoming schedule, the concept of a day off in the president’s schedule does not exist at all, a female presi

in the women's champions league chelsea take a 3—0 lead over ajax into the second leg of their quarterfinalrd bridge later. chelsea went back to the top of the women's super league at the weekend as they pursue four titles. they're in the fa cup semi—finals and the league cup final — but the champions league is the one they really want. they've never won it, but despite that convincing win in amsterdam, they're well aware that they're not through yet. the fear of losing or the fear of not being in that semifinal is as big a driverfor us as the desire to win it is, in fact it is more. there is no—one in our dressing room that will take tomorrow's game lightly or think for one minute that just because we are winning 3—0, that the game is over. that is a mistake, it starts in your head, in your mind. and when a team has nothing to lose, 3—0 down, they play with freedom, they play in a different way to express themselves, and they are often the most dangerous opponents. wednesday's other quarterfinal sees the eight—time champions lyon hold a 2—1 advantage over benfica. wales head coach rob page

he was maanging a liverpool legends team, he saw his side come from 2—0 down to beat an �*ajax greatscancer, erikssen had said he'd always dreamed of managing liverpool during his career and sais was brought to tears as the fans sang �*you'll never walk alone' before kick—off. —— during his career and says he was brought to tears as the fans sang �*you'll never walk alone' before kick—off. and that's all the sport for now. i will be back with another update later. thank you. these are pictures of protesters who have been on the streets of tel aviv. there has been a very heavy security presence. police on horseback. many of those protesters are calling for fresh elections and a deal to free israeli hostages still being held by hamas in gaza. many of the demonstrators saying the government there isn't doing enough to secure their release. they temporarily blocked a main road in the city. also getting reports that are similar protests taking place injerusalem. there are the security forces on horseback in the security forces on horseback in the streets of tel aviv. we will keep an eye on

they host ajax in the second leg of their quarter—final,

chelsea meanwhile are in action against ajax at stamford bridge, leading 3—0 from the first leg in amsterdamrrently 0—0 in london. manchester city defender and former england captain steph houghton will retire at the end of the current women's super league season. the 35—year—old is city's record appearance holder and is part of the squad in contention to win the wsl title this season. houghton has 121 england caps and represented team gb at london 2012 and tokyo 2020. rob page will continue as welsh national team manager despite the failure to qualify for the euro 2024 finals. the news was confirmed by football association of wales president steve williams has moved quickly to remove doubts over page's future. former wales forward, rob earnshaw, agrees page should future. former wales forward, rob earnshaw, agrees page should stay but says he had to do better. i think he has done very, very well in the last eight months or so. i think he has improved the squad. but i will say this, he has to improve now because we did not make it to a major tournament and that also backs up going to the wor