a final farewell to davide astori, as thousands gather to pay their respects at his funeral in florence. and ferrari are in flying form, as sebastian vettel sets an unofficial track record in barcelona. hello and welcome to the programme. plenty of europa league action this evening, and we begin in italy, where arsenal ended milan's13—game unbeaten streak with a much—needed victory at the san siro. arsene wenger‘s side got off to a perfect start, when henrikh mkhitaryan opened the scoring after 15 minutes with his first goal for the club. just before half—time, aaron ramsey made to 2—0, and that sealed arsenal's first win in five games in all competitions. milan had just one shot on target in the whole game, from giacomo bonaventura early in the second half, and the seven—time european champions face an uphill battle to reach the last eight. look, we have one again, we have

not... we have not qualified. and the result will mean it will be a relief to be in the team again, because when you lose three games in six days it is always very difficult. and we want to keep our focused and finish the job next week, that is what our target —— keep our focus. elsewhere, atletico madrid took a huge step towards a place in the quarter—finals with victory over lokomotiv moscow. a valon berisha double earned salzburg a 2—1win at borussia dortmund. lyon secured a 1—0 win away to cska moscow. dynamo kyiv stunned lazio with two crucial away goals to end with a draw at the stadio olympico. marseille enjoyed a comfortable 3—1 home victory over athletic bilbao. wins, too, for rb leipzig and sporting lisbon. it has been an emotional day in florence, where thousands gathered to pay their final respects to fiorentina captain davide astori, who died suddenly at the age of 31. teammates, fans, politicians and former rivals alike came together for the service

at the basilica di santa croce in the heart of the tuscan capital. the defender was found dead in his hotel room ahead of his club's serie a match against udinese on sunday. astori will be buried near his home city of bergamo, in northern italy. graham arnold will take over as head coach of the australia football team after this year's world cup. the sydney fc manager won the title with his club side last year, and has been part of the national setup as an assistant and interim boss before. he will take over from dutchman bert van marwijk, who has been brought in for the tournament in russia after previous boss ange postecoglou resigned. you learn from mistakes as a coach, and obviously i have made 20. but i ama and obviously i have made 20. but i am a person that learns. you know, my strengths are my management and attention to detail. and, you know,

when you... when you have great support around you, then everything is possible. and ifeel that i will have that 100%. you know, and i want to carry on ange‘s legacy of being proud australians tom and every time you put on an australian shirt that you put on an australian shirt that you are playing for the nation, you are playing for the country, and thatis are playing for the country, and that is the big part of ange‘s legacy i want to carry on. tennis now, and australian open champion caroline wozniacki will be looking to follow up her success down under as she begins her campaign at the indian wells open. the tournament also sees the return of 23—time grand slam champion serena williams and two—time grand slam winner victoria azarenka, with both women ending long absences from competition. wozniacki says she is looking forward to seeing them both back in action. well, it is great to see them back. they have obviously been gone for different reasons. but, you know,

obviously having the best women's tennis player ever come back and play on the tour is something that is very special, so i am very happy to see serena back, and it is going to see serena back, and it is going to be exciting to see what she is going to come up with over the next few weeks and months. garbine muguruza is hoping that indian wells will kick—start her season, after struggling with injury. the wimbledon champion has been speaking to our tennis correspondent russell fuller. the last time i saw you was in australia, and it was an awkward start to the year for you. it was difficult. your body let you down frustratingly and you got injured at just the wrong moment. yes. how are you feeling now? i am feeling a little bit better, it is a frustrating start of the year because you never want to get injured, but right now i feel good. good, good. and you have had some good form under your belt and the middle east by the to indian wells? isa

is a priority for you winning grand slams? you have been one, but do you focus your year around winning those grandslam titles? the rough a few tournaments that a more exciting were more important, but everywhere i gojust won more exciting were more important, but everywhere i go just won a trophy, no matter what it is. you seem trophy, no matter what it is. you seem to have the successful formula in the grand slams. there is serena williams, who clearly has dominated in recent years. but for your age group, you seem to be the player that has the ability to win multiple grand slams, which you have done. what do you think that secret ingredient is? i have no clue. i wish i would know, sol ingredient is? i have no clue. i wish i would know, so i could do it year after year. but i just wish i would know, so i could do it year after year. but ijust like to be, you know, this centre court full

of people, under pressure, and that is where my tennis, you know, comes naturally. and i don't white. so it doesn't always feel like that, but if it can feel like that once or twice a year, then you will end your career with a number of grand slam titles —— i don't know why. career with a number of grand slam titles -- i don't know why. is always difficult to find the secret recipe to no exact be what you need to do to win a grand slam, but i just on those moments, you know, i just on those moments, you know, i just have a lot of confidence, and everything got together. sebastian vettel set the fastest lap ever recorded around the circuit de catalunya on the penultimate day of pre—season testing. the german was more than a second quicker than anyone else, as ferrari finally showed their hand before the start of the season later this month. however, vettel played down topping the timesheet, but said he was happy with his performance. pretty happy, i mean, it is not my

first winter testing for the season, and usually a schedule the race and a lwa ys and usually a schedule the race and always something happens, but car wires, no issues, and no red flags, so we wires, no issues, and no red flags, so we could get through, and also for the guys. so that was solid. i do know, in terms of pace, you a lwa ys do know, in terms of pace, you always think that you could have done better here and there, just like racing. golf, and tiger woods showed flashes of his brilliant best as he made a decent start to the latest event on the pga tour. playing in just his fourth tournament since undergoing back surgery last april, the former world number one shot a one—under—par round of 70 in the first round of the valspar championship in florida. rory mcilroy had to make do with a 7k — that is three over par. his only birdie came courtesy of holding this bunker shot at the seventh. mcilroy is seven shots behind the leader, corey conners. the canadian rookie, who failed to qualify and only got through as a late replacement, opened up with a four—under—par 67. he is one shot clear of the field. cricket, and india beat

bangladesh in the latest match of the tri—nations t20 series on thursday. bangladesh batted first after india won the toss, and made 139—8 from their 20 overs. in reply, shikhar dhawan top—scored with 55 as india, who lost their opening match to sri lanka, reached their target with six wickets in hand and eight balls to spare. we bowled really good length, so right from ball one. and the most important thing is we kept taking wickets at regular intervals, which gave us wickets at regular intervals, which gave us momentum wickets at regular intervals, which gave us momentum in the game, and we we re gave us momentum in the game, and we were able to restrict them to 138, 130 nine. so that is very important,

and how you take wickets are even more important. i think we bowled really well to take those wickets. whatever your passion, to reach the top of your potential requires notjust skill, but lots of patience. that can certainly be said of graphic designer martin setula. he has combined his love of model—making with table football, and this is the result. the argentine has painstakingly handcrafted exact replicas of some of the world's best—known football stadia. this is river plate's estadio monumental, in buenos aires. he has had orders from players and managers all over the world, including one from carlos tevez. the former manchester united and juventus striker bought a football table of la bombonera, home of his beloved boca juniors. it is just hard to it isjust hard to imagine it is just hard to imagine who has the patience. there is much more of all today's stories on our website. from all the team here for now, it is goodbye. good morning.

it has been a bit of a rollercoaster start to spring. this weekend, we could see some of the warmest air of the year so far. but, whilst we finished yesterday with some clear skies around, those clear skies overnight will lead to a frosty start to friday morning. so a cold start, but a bright start across many areas. we've got some rain and snow flurries across the highlands of scotland, and any early brightness will be hazy sunshine towards the channel islands, devon and cornwall. and that cloud will drift its way northwards, turning the sunshine hazy through the morning across other southern areas. best of the sunshine, really, through the day — northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. parts of southern scotland will see good sunny spells at times, but one or two further showers to come here. a pleasant day, though, once you're in the sunshine. but by the end of the afternoon those temperatures could reach ten to 11 degrees.

we could see rain spread across devon, cornwall, and other southern counties of england. that's going to work its way northwards as we go through friday evening, pushing through wales, into the midlands, and parts of east anglia as well. and it's all linked in to this warm front. now, on it, we'll see some heavy pulses of rain through the night and into saturday morning. but it's what follows in its wake which many of you will notice. some very mild air working its way to all but northern scotland by the end of the day. now, that means it's going to be a fairly mild weekend, compared to what we've been used to of late, but you'll have to cater for at least a little bit of rain at some points. now, the wettest weather to start saturday will stretch from east anglia, northern england, north wales, into northern ireland. as that hits colder air across scotland, in the hills we will see a spell of snow, before it turns back to rain as the milder air pushes its way back in. england and wales will see sunny spells for a time, another batch of showers working through. but the big story, note the temperatures — 15—16 degrees, with a little bit

of brightness through the middle part of the day, across parts of the east midlands and east anglia especially. now, through saturday night and into sunday, that area of rain and hill snow clears its way northwards. it takes the milder air into scotland, as well, so it is a frost—free night forjust about all as we go into sunday morning. maybe one or two spots in the east could see a temporary frost, but a little bit of morning sunshine. sunday at the moment not shaping up to be too bad a day. we're likely to see some breezy conditions in the west, with one or two showers around. just got to watch this area of rain pushing into the near continent. looks like it will stay in the north sea, but it could be a bit further west. so east anglia and the south—east, check your forecast for sunday nearer the time, because there could be some rain very close by. some of the brightest weather will be in scotland. a frosty night to come here, to take us into monday, but low pressure to start the week means many of you will start the week with showers. bye for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.

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