see you soon, goodbye. hello, i'm will perry. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: hopes of finding the cardiff city player emiliano sala and his pilot are fading, as the search is called off for a second night. serena williams is out of the australian open, despite having four match points in her quarter—final. and james anderson takes four wickets on the opening day in barbados, with the first test between england and the west indies in the balance. hopes of finding the cardiff city footballer emiliano sala alive faded on wednesday, as the search for the light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands was suspended for a second night. rescuers says chances of sala or the pilot being found

are now slim. also on wednesday, a recording emerged of a poignent voice message sala had apparently sent from the plane before it disappeared. sian lloyd reports. the second day of searching the waters off the coast of the channel waters off the coast of “we . anne. but waters off the coast of th—eh—fo . anno. but there have been no a number of rescue teams sightings. a number of rescue teams have been working today at hopes of finding the men are fading. the aircraft was piloted by dave ibbotson from north lincolnshire. this is the plan that emiliano sala was travelling in. it is registered in the us but is thought to have british owners. it was filmed by the bbc in 2015 as part of a report about light aircraft. on monday evening, it was carrying the argentinian striker from france to cardiff, he was about to join his new cloud. the 28 you are a voice message to friends from on board, in which he spoke of safety concerns. —— the 28—year—old recorded a voice message. at home in argentina, his family are

desperately waiting for news. translation: the hours go by and it makes me think of the worst. ijust wa nt makes me think of the worst. ijust want them to find him. the last thing they said is that the communication ended when they cross the channel. emiliano sala signed a £15 million deal to play for cardiff city, a cloud record. today, the management confirmed that the cloud had not booked a flight from france to south wales, explaining that the footballer had made his own arrangements. —— club record. outside the stadium, more flowers and messages are being left. the tea m and messages are being left. the team and fans are in shock, they had been looking forward to his first game here. we were so excited to see

him and he is obviously not here, so it is yeah, really hard. it is so sad. once it it is yeah, really hard. it is so sad. once a he it line as on to that line as a bluebird. his former club have changed their twitter profile to include a picture of the star and outside the ground, flowers for a paid was popular there. air accident investigators have begun their enquiry but finding the plan will be crucial. —— plane. serena williams‘s bid for a record—equalling 24th grand slam title is over — for now. she's out of the australian open after losing to karolina pliskova. the number seven seed from the czech republic saved four match points on her way to beating williams. meanwhile, the us open champion naomi osaka remains on course for back—to—back grand slam titles, while lucas pouille and novak djokovic are through to the last four in the men's draw. austin halewood rounds up wednesday's action. it isa

it is a warmup routine that we have all seen before, usually it is followed by a win for serena williams but after going down a break williams but after going down a brea k early williams but after going down a break early in the first set, it was clear that karolina pliskova was he to play. check out hitting the big hitter in taking the opener. but then a sense of normality returned in the second, serena williams refunding her best game, dominant at the baseline and at the net. —— czech. she could have almost put her feet up in the decided that as much points came, serena could not close out. the 23—time grand slam champion going over on her ankle and taking out a stride. then, it was karolina pliskova's turn to have a go. she needed to be much points until finally, the czech closed at one of the biggest winds of her career. ——

two match points. the second set, she went for her shots and was more aggressive. now i am standing here isa aggressive. now i am standing here is a winner, so i'm very good feeling. depiction of me is always winning, are not going to sit here and lie about that. —— the bigger picture. but it has i feel like i is going to i fee like i is going to i fee i willl is going to i fee i willjust going to i fee i willjust keep to i fee i willjust keep taking it happen, i willjust keep taking it one match at i time and just keep one match at a time and just keep on, i guess. next, soldiering on, i guess. next, karolina pliskova will face the last person to upset serena at a grand slam, naomi osaka. after person to upset serena at a grand slam, the >mi osaka. after person to upset serena at a grand slam, the >mi open |. after person to upset serena at a grand slam, the >mi open champion is person to upset serena at a grand slam, the>mi open champion is do to 2018, the us open champion is do to another major in sets. though. the world to forget though. the world number 31 battling his way pass milos raonic in four sets. he will not be

able to celebrate for long, kei againstlési nishilsariz sew player to againstlési nishilsariz sew player. to retire japanese player had to retire in'yrfl japanese player had to retire in'ureid. he has been in several injured. he has been in several australian open semifinals, he has gone on to win everyone. —— every one. thursday is semi—finals day at melbourne park, with both women's matches taking place during the day. first, petra kvitova plays the unseeded american danielle collins, and then it's the former world number one karolina pliskova against the us open champion, naomi osaka. later, in the evening session, there's the first of the men's semi—finals. the rising young greek star stefanos tsitsipas, the man who knocked out roger federer, taking on the number two seed, rafael nadal. let's move you onto football, because neymar could miss the first leg of paris saint—germain‘s champions league tie against manchester united next month. the brazilian forward

was substituted in tears, after suffering what appeared to be an injury to his right ankle as psg beat strasbourg 2—0 in a french cup tie on wednesday. neymar left the pitch after an hour of the match at the parc des princes. psg visit manchester united in three weeks's time for the first leg of their last 16 tie in the champions league. in england, the holders, manchester city, are safely through to the final of the league cup. the second leg of their semi—final against third tier burton albion was a formality really, because city were 9—0 up from the first leg. pep guardiola still decided to start sergio aguero, kevin de bruyne and rihad mahrez, and it was aguero who gave city a 1—0 win on the night. 10—0 it finished, on aggregate. they'll face either tottenham or chelsea, who play the second leg of their semi—final on thursday night. one result in spain to bring you as well. barcelona lost the first leg of their copa del rey quarter final 2—0 at sevilla. kevin prince boeteng was making his barca debut, but the la liga leaders have it all to do at the camp nau next week if they're to make the final.

barcelona, meanwhile, have confirmed the signing of frenkie dejong from ajax for $85.5 million. player, following his move from french league un rivals, nice. the italy striker had his nice contract terminated this. seesaw, ~ . , . he's signed for marseille until the end of the season. now, it was a really competitive opening day of the first test between the west indies and england in barbados. three west indians made half centuries, while james anderson and ben stokes took seven wickets between them as the home side slumped from 240/4 at one stage to 26a/8 at stumps.

and shimron hetmyer is still at the crease. from bridgetown, our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew reports. and intriguing opening—day closed with england in front, although there remained some uncertainty about the pitch. bearing in mind west indies were 126 lsa as stag: anacrmaam a- half in lsa as stag: anacrmaam .;- half before three wickets g the anderson took three wickets with the new ball which anderson took three wickets with the new ball england " and 77 .. 7 77? 77 77 7 7.7..77” .7 .7 ff, 77 .. 7 77? 77 77 7 7.7..7.77. .7 .7 ff, up 77 .. 7 7777 77 77 7 7.7.7 7.77, up the final session - a 7 7 7 777; 77 77 7 7 77 7 77 7777 up the final session - a fine he will resume array of strokes and he will resume on 56 but with little support left. and earlier, india thrashed new zealand by eight the black caps batted first and were skittled out forjust 157 in 38 overs. india's reply was interrupted

for half a hour when the sun stopped play, a low angle making it dangerous for the batsmen. shikhar dhawan made 75 not out, as india reached their revised target with nearly 15 overs to spare. that is it for now. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. bbc.com/sport. but from me, will perry, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye for now. so far this week, it's been in the bleak midwinter, hasn't it? and it doesn't look as though we're going to see that much that means clear skies, light winds, and temperatures have fallen below perhaps serge flag!

but all the time thigkenfileud- starting to show their hand in the west. so here, seven to nine degrees, but in eastern areas into the south—west. quite a lot of cloud first thing into friday. some snow for a time, but that cloud will gradually move the colder air, the early frost, back down into the south—east corner. so, east anglia and the south—east starting off chilly. then there'll be some rain moving through, and then behind it on friday, a legacy of cloud, some outbreaks of showery rain to come, but a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather. widespread double—digits across the country.

now, as we move out of friday into saturday, another series of fronts to move in from the atlantic, bringing some colder air. we could see some snow to higher ground for scotland. the rain quite heavy through northern ireland and western fringes. and top temperatures on saturday of around six to 10 degrees. but it's this rain, as it pushes its way south and east across the country overnight, saturday into sunday, which allows the back door to open to this cold northerly aironce again. so we could see the rain turning to snow once again, and a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather as we move into sunday. so, the rain eases away, a blustery wind, scattering of wintry showers to come, and your thermometer might read four to seven degrees. but factor in the strength and the direction of the wind, it is going to feel much colder than that, sub zero for many. of the new working week, although it should be largely fine and dry with a return to some sunny spells.

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