after jonny bairstow hammers 138 for england. and frenchmanjonathan ivair has won stage three of the paris—nice as luis leon sanchez took the overall lead. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the champions league news that holders real madrid and liverpool are the first teams through to the quarter—finals, after respective aggregate wins over paris st germain and porto. real went through 5—2 on aggregate, with cristiano ronaldo scoring — making it a goal in every game he's played in the competition this year. when marco veratti was sent off it appeared all hope was lost, but minutes later edinson cavani scored to level it on the night, before casemiro made sure of the result and their place in the last eight. translation: i think it all went well, we had a good game, serious from the start and pressured going

forward. iam happy from the start and pressured going forward. i am happy of course because everyone performed well and thatis because everyone performed well and that is what is important to. it is not an easy place to play good football, but we did. and so i think we deserve this qualification and i can only be happy. our football reporterjohn bennett thinks it's unlikely the p56 coach unai emery will be with the club next season. he was brought in to win the champions league for paris st germain. remember, he guided severe to three europa league titles in a i’ow. to three europa league titles in a row. he has been brought in to bring in european success, last year they went out in the round of 16, despite leading for nil. this year, knocked out by real madrid. he will probably end up winning the domestic double, the league and domestic cup in french. the recruitment has been poon french. the recruitment has been poor, they have gone for big stars rather than a team. is recruitment is poorer as well, he has fallen out with some of the players, g is l

is poorer as well, he has fallen out with some of the players, g is out %— 6wa of 2 w he will'be: '* '* w he willbe ' at " f j he wilt be at = end the age—5.x; =e§iéleéf 9-52—72 —-— d-l- scoring on the night at anfield. sadie mane scored a hatftrick—inthe the target here and vincent aboubakar had chances but the match ended without a goal. i think this year will be long, to be honest, it should not be a big surprise. and next round will be very difficult. i think that is clear. we had a lot of good teams, seven other very good teams will be involved, so maybe four of them from england, it doesn't make it easier, to be honest. i think we will have a chance, foreshore, to go to the semifinals. before both those matches, a minute's silence was observed in honour of fiorentina captain davide astori who died suddenly at the weekend. uefa announced earlier this week, the mark of respect will feature

matches to {ettee thick last 1.5, . city have a comfortable manchester city have a comfortable 4-0 manchester city have a comfortable 4—0 lead when they host basel, but all eyes will be on wembley as totte n ha m all eyes will be on wembley as tottenham host juventus with all eyes will be on wembley as tottenham hostjuventus with the score locked at 2—2. austin looks ahead to the action. when you travel to juventus, you ahead to the action. when you travel tojuventus, you don't want ahead to the action. when you travel to juventus, you don't want to ahead to the action. when you travel tojuventus, you don't want to go behind early but then did just that. two goals in the first ten minutes from gonzalo higuain, a nightmare start. but then, tottenham had the

old lady rocking. harry kane again inspired his side to come back, with christian eriksen levelling the thai. now it is all to play for. we know very well that we are going to play one of the best teams in europe, but we are going to compete and at the same time try to enjoy the game. i think it is fantastic. —— tie. look, we need to think that we can win the. having scored twice injuventus, we can win the. having scored twice in juventus, they will return full of confidence, reaching the quarter—finals were just the second time is now a real possibility but despite conceding to away goals can juventus won't go down without a fight. their manager is used to criticism but his record in the dugout speaks for itself. three league titles, three cop attali are trophies and two champions league finals, he has made a masterpiece of

this time. he has european football's against crown to win but his biggest priority in london on wednesday will have to be keeping harry kane wyatt. —— quiet. basel tried to do the first —— do the same in the first. but they p—z 9-5; £295; !—.;-+ ‘l;-|4 ,, l, ., l, w. a not g the and we are not quarter—finals and we are not winning the premier league. that is what we have to become is the best advice i can give. expected to rotate their squad, the swiss champions have to believe they can turn things around but manchester is certainly one of the last places you would want to be travelling to with a four goal deficit and after all, city haven't lost at home for more than the year.

to the asian champions league and ricardo goulart was guangzhou evergrande's hero as they came from behind to beat jeju united 5—3 in group g. the south korean side looked to be cruising to victory 2—0 up in the first half hour, but the chinese team came back and their brazilian star on the score sheet completing his hat—trick in the 86th minute and adding a fourth with a cheeky lob over lee chang—geun in the second minute of injury—time. elsewhere in group g, the thai side buriram united lifted themselves off the bottom of the table and into the second qualification spot as they beat cerezo osaka 2—0, courtesy of goals either side of halftime by andres tunez and edgar. england's women play their final match against the world champions usa on wednesday, knowing that point will win the tournament. phil neville says the team ‘s performances in the competition show that the players trust in. -- him. i see this game is a little

bit of, not where we can gamble and risk, because you need to find out about your players in the biggest game. this could be a world cup final ini2 game. this could be a world cup final in 12 months time and i want to see whether we can play this way ini2 to see whether we can play this way in 12 months time in the biggest occasions. i am going to test my players even more. despite centuries forjonny bairstow and joe root, england have suffered a batting collapse which could prove crucial when new zealand head out to bat later in dunedin chasing 336 for the win. for win to keep the series alive. the black caps won the toss and elected to field with england at 267, when bairstow was dismissed for 138 after a partnership of 190 with joe root. including bairstow, they lost six wickets forjust 21 runs as leg spinner ish sodhi took figures of four for 58 from his ten overs with england 2—1 up in the best of five series. kusal perera hit a half—century as sri lanka beat india by five wickets in the opening game of their t20 tri—series in colombo

which also involves bangladesh. chasing 175 for victory, perera made 66 from just 37 balls to achieve their target with nine balls to spare. earlier shikar dhawan hit a career best 90 after the tourists were put into bat first. disappointed that i couldn't score a century, but at that time the team needed us to go against the bowlers and hit boundaries and that is what idid. so and hit boundaries and that is what i did. so i didn't care whether i got a century or not, but what my tea m got a century or not, but what my team demented, wanted to fulfil that. i am team demented, wanted to fulfil that. iam happy team demented, wanted to fulfil that. i am happy that my consistency is going very good and yeah, just enjoying scoring runs. really good for the country and that we started the first game. that is the main thing. so we are trying to do it day by day and we are taking one by one

match. so we are not too confident about this winning, we will do our best day by day. frenchmanjonathan ivair has won stage three of the paris—nice as luis leon sanchez took the overall lead. ivair, sanchez and remy di gregorio took advantage of a climb and steep descent late in the stage to make the most of their break into chatel—guyon, but ivair had the strength to ride away from the rest of the field. his compatriot arnaud demare who held the yellowjersey was fourth as he won the bunch sprint in the chasing peleton, but it wasn't close enough to retain the race lead, which went to sanchez. in the nba, houston looking for 16 wins ina in the nba, houston looking for 16 wins in a row. they haven't won the title since 1995, they are top at of the western conference at oklahoma city leading 32— 30 approaching half—time. until next time, it is by the now.

—— bye for now. hello again. it felt like we had two different seasons across the uk yesterday, north to south. across northern areas in scotland, we had heavy snow causing transport disruption again. and temperatures struggled to get much above freezing. whereas further south, 11 degrees celsius and, indeed, we had some cloud breaks. and with the light winds around, it didn't feel too bad at all where the sunshine bothered breaking through. further north in scotland, though, it was another snow day, particularly over the high ground, and that snow again caused problems through those higher central belt motorways. now, looking at the weather picture at the moment, the last of the snow clearing away from the north highlands, but aside from that, we've got some clearer slots around. so a colder start to the day with a few frost patches around. a little bit of ice is a possibility first thing in the morning. certainly, a chilly start to the day for most of us. and then all eyes down towards the south—east, really. you've got a little area of low pressure that's moving in.

now, there's a bit of uncertainty with this rain. but it could end up being much more extensive across south—east england and east anglia, and slower to move away as well. so that's a possibility. by either way, by the time we get to the the afternoon, the cloud should be breaking up. further north and west, we've got a few showers, they'll be wintry over the high ground, but the weather not causing too many problems. a few showers later in the day, arriving across the south—west, but for many areas, cloud will break at times to give some sunny spells. temperatures coming up in scotland. we're looking at highs of 6 in edinburgh and aberdeen. further south, temperatures again just about reaching double figures in the afternoon brightness. you might remember thursday was going to be a dry day, but there's been a big jump in the weather forecast, and now, we've got a band of rain and perhaps even a bit of hill snow working across wales and england first thing in the morning. if the precipitation is heavy, might even get something wintry for a time over the midlands. but that is uncertain kind of detailjust at the moment. there will be some further wintry showers coming

in across the north—west of the uk and temperatures ranging from 6 to 10 degrees, many areas brightening up as we go on through the afternoon. for friday, a fairly quiet weather day coming up. north—westerly breeze for many areas and after a cold start to the day, we should see some sunny spells coming through. it will cloud over towards the south—west as a band of rain approaches here, and clouding over in london as well. temperatures, though, not doing too badly — highs of 11 or so. looking ahead to the weekend weather prospects, this area of low pressure is going to push a band of rain northwards across england and wales, and the cold air is still there, so we could just about see a spell of snow over some of the higher hills, the northern pennines and perhaps into parts of scotland as well. but it will be turning milder all the while. that's your weather. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: donald trump's top economic advisor, gary cohn, resigns following disagreements over the president's threatened trade wars. the us state department confirms that north korea

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