hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up... japan reach the final a; thesgpetggwl eppmégheg and after the longest layoff of his career, there's still no date set for lebron james‘s return. hi, thanks forjoining us. japan are through to the final of the asian cup, after beating iran 3—0. it's yet another semi—final defeat for iran, who are still waiting for their first title in the competition. forjapan though, there is now the chance to win their fifth asian cup on friday. ben croucher reports. date, one mil—f?

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the others. well, following that defeat, carlos queiroz announced he'd be stepping down as iran's manager after eight years in charge. in that time, he took them to two world cups, recording only their second ever victory in the tournament at russia 2018. he leaves as their longest—standing coach and says he's happy and proud because he did it his way. the best team won, the best team deserved to be in the final. congratulations to japan and, but special congratulations and a huge, huge, huge yfor', special congratulations and a huge, huge, hi during iafor £5551, . ,., special congratulations and a huge, huge, hi during §|for2years, g, — 7—7 they did during é"*heefl% consideration they die! eerihg 511w consideration of the taking consideration of the difficulties, the aéetrétfieée taking consideration of the difficulties, the m the difficulties, the adversities, the limits, limitations, conditions that they have, they will all be in my

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an away tie against lower—league opposition in the last 16. well, one man who won't feature for chelsea in that upcoming game is alvaro morata. that's because just 18 months after becoming the blues‘s record signing, the spaniard has left tojoin atletico madrid on an 18 month loan. despite two spells with real madrid, morata actually started his career in the atletico academy. the etfiesf‘e hee tifliitee " ' ' " opportunities this season at stamford bridge though, under new manager, maurizio sarri. superbowl 53 is nearly upon us. both teams have arrived in atlanta for the final, one for their third super bowl in a row, the other for the first time in 17 years. the la rams‘ last appearance also brought them up against the new england patriots, and a young quarterback called tom brady. he won that day and still leads the patriots as he heads into his ninth super bowl.

they play in the big game so often, they even have their own plane. they arrived in atlanta . ..- ..- after a traditionalsendoil so while this year's superbowl on sunday is a rematch from 2002, this week marks the 30th anniversay of what was one of the most exciting super bowls in history. the san francisco 49ers staged a fourth quarter comeback to beat the cincinnati bengals, with a famous drive, led byjoe montana, bringing the winning touchdown in the final minute. legendary receiverjerry rice was named mvp for his performance and he has been sharing his memories of it with us. hey, this is jerry hey, this isjerry rice. super bowl xxiii mvp. when knew in my heart that i was going to leave everything on that football field, but the emotions, knowing that it is your first super bowl, not being able to

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festival is body. that thank you forjoining “ us. hello. i hope you made the most of monday's sunshine. there is more cloud around for tuesday. it is colder, it is going to be wetter in places and well, yes, some of us are going to see some snow. even from the word go, the snow showers are peppering western parts of scotland. so overnight into the morning, there will be a light covering in places, more so into the hills, but even to lower levels, we'll see a bit of snow here and there turning things quite icy. there'll be wintry showers producing an ice risk in northern ireland and north—west england. snow chiefly in the hills,

but in the heavier ones, then through the day, we pick up this bandnf‘ra'rrfi sleet and snow from northern england, through wales, into the south—west, rain the further south you are. fiaadfi taetraaatt derhi tha 9a; to lower levels on the back edge! but once we've got rid of this area of rain, sleet and snow, you will find brighter skies returning, but these sleet and snow showers still around. not too many into eastern scotland, but they'll still be pushing into western scotland on through the day, into parts strum increasing cloud, some outbreaks of rain, but again on the back edge of this system, as you can see, and at this stage of the afternoon sieateteiegiile sense? @' aft“: 77 e

it looks like they're going to pep up in north—west scotland during the day, adding a further few centimetres on top of what we've already got here, on another cold day, despite the fact there will be some sunshine around. the next thing we're looking at is another area of low pressure, another frontal system heading our way. 3115521: hut 11555 eimggsggg and wales are most likely to see ahether eeettefehafit . . it could be quite heavy in places, and certatniydisra‘ptivz so we'll keep you updated on that. it is a week to keep checking the travel situation near you about every time you head out.