of their youth, just like chelsea. mason mount is one of their new kids on the block, the midfielder going close early on. five months ago, ajax were minutes from the final. some of that team have moved on but this season they found new leaders, like quincy promes, but offside, just. but ajax were just inches away from taking the lead next, the visitors needed an opening, and they got one, they just missed it. substitute michy batshuayi blasting over the bar. chelsea's best chance gone, not quite, michy batshuayi and another, and he didn't miss. a crucial away win for chelsea, and probably the best for the manager so far.

the signs are good at the moment, the signs are good, and i said to the signs are good, and i said to the peers before the game, five wins ina row the peers before the game, five wins in a row it's really dangerous, it's really dangerous, because it can make you sloppy it can make you switch off and make you think everything is fine. six wins is even more dangerous, that's the message. chelsea level now with ajax at the top of group h having won their last two away from home. both on 6 points from 3 games — chelsea above ajax with the better head to head record. valencia conceded a late goal to draw away at lille. it's been a while since nottingham forest were enjoying memorable european nights. just getting back into the premier league is their priority. they missed the chance to go second in the championship after losing 2—1 at home to hull city to drop to eighth. elsewhere, there was a stalemate between bristol city and charlton. graham shinnie scored a 92nd minute winnerfor derby. -- bristol got a late when in that game against charleston. graham shinnie scored a 92nd

minute winnerfor derby. fulham are into the top six with a 3—1 win over luton. huddersfield and middlesborough was goalless. here's a few other stories catching our eye today. ireland's ambitions to be at next year's t20 world cup have been dented after a 12 run defeat to canada in the qualifying tournament in abu dhabi. they've lost two of their four games so far. their next game is againstjersey on friday. speaking of ireland — rory mcilroy says he'll represent them at next year's olympics. born in northern ireland, he could have played for team gb but having spent his youth in irish colours, he's pledged his allegience to ireland and says he's excited to become an olympian in tokyo next summer. dan evans has been knocked out of the swiss indoors tournament in basel. the new british number one lost in straight sets to the american frances tiafoe who will now face stan wawrinka in the next round. wales are in tokyo right now — preparing for sunday's rugby world cup semi final against south africa. centres jonathan davies and hadleigh parkes are expected to be fit but training today had one extra special visitor.

prince charles — if the picture hadn't given it away by now. his royal highness and andy swiss too. it was a day rugby royalty met the real thing. after spending yesterday ata real thing. after spending yesterday at a ceremony for the new japanese emperor, a very different gathering for the prince of wales, given a signed assurance by the welsh players, ahead of their world cup semi final. the prince presented new arrival, owen lane, with his tournaments capped, but what words did he offer about the south african team? quite a big people who, he said, and the message certainly got through. hejust said they through. he just said they are bloodied big... and left it at that, hejust wished us all the best, and we had a little chat. you know, just wishing us little chat. you know, just wishing us all the best, really. well,

whales‘s of preparations may have had royal approval today, but now it's all about the rugby, can they reach history and reach their first world cup final? this time last year, they beat south africa, the springboks though were understrength. they will be favourites this weekend, but to many here have belief. can they get to the final? yes, they can. they beat south africa four times in a row. they are a group of players and a group of management to know how to win big games. they will get the players mentally rights, they probably weren't mentally there for that game against france. they will be underdogs going into this one, which probably suits wales a bit. and wales, remember, are the remaining six nations champions from and how they and everyone of their supporters will be hoping for something even better. and he sweats, bbc news, tokyo. england are first up on saturday against the defending champions new zealand. head coach eddiejones is expected to have a fully—fit squad

when he names his 23 tomorrow. flankers tom curry and sam underhill impressed, they'll likely be two of the first names on the team—sheet but how, in the biggest game of your career, do you keep your emotions under control? difficult things are probably staying calm, staying collected. i think with any big game, the sort of sense of occasion is already there, the excitement is already there in the excitement is already there in the background, so i don't think it ta kes too the background, so i don't think it takes too much to take it to another level in terms of physically or emotionally, i think when you turn up, generally speaking, that's there. so i think the difficult thing is sort of building up, you know, so you peek at the right time for me you are not getting over excited. you are not getting carried away before the game. and lastly, the nba is under way with defending champions the toronto raptors getting off to a winning start against the new orleans pelicans last night. last season they became the first canadian side to win the championship. their coach, nick nurse began his

career even further afield. he's been speaking to our sports correspondent katie gornall. it's been a wild ride for the toronto raptors, even more so for their coach, nick. this was how canada celebrated last summer, as he delivered the biggest prize in basketball in his first season in the nba. it was the pinnacle of a near 30 year coaching career that has covered some miles, and has its roots in britain. there were things i was pulling out in the nba finals, those were things i was using back in 95—96 and the british basketball league, so it's just all come full circle. it's similar, we were doing the same things in derby, trying to figure out how we would be lester, just a different time, different players, different time, different players, different play, basketball is basketball, really. british basketball, really. british basketball fa ns basketball, really. british basketball fans remember him well, he spent 11 years in the league,

finishing on a high with the brighton bears. he brought success to every club he eight to every club he coached. eight trophies were lifted on a journey that started when he was a fres hfa ced that started when he was a freshfaced player coach straight out of college. i think of college. ithinki of college. i think i first went to england out asa i think i first went to england out as a 22—year—old and i was coaching the derby rams at the time as a head coach, and i wasjust the derby rams at the time as a head coach, and i was just trying to work my craft and figure out if i was any good at it. it was, you know, kind of, low—budget situation, low—budget team. i rememberi of, low—budget situation, low—budget team. i remember i wasn't old enough to drive the team van, so my starting centre had to drive the van from and i sat in the passenger side. i remember the from and i sat in the passenger side. i rememberthe minibus. i remember it breaking down in the middle of the country one time, and wondering what the heck, where am i, and what the heck am i doing your? all of those things. life has since changed dramatically. last year, a

series of incredible victory saw his toronto raptors secure their first nba championship. and the game—winner! nba championship. and the game-winner! yet, in a leak bursting with international talents, british success stories are few and far between. it's a tremendous worldwide sports, rage? it seems like the uk is kind of missing out on it. therejust seems to be a bit of an infrastructure problem of enough kids having a place to play and quality coaching. where and how we get there seems to be out about a 30 year battle now. it always seems to bea year battle now. it always seems to be a big leap forward in six or seven be a big leap forward in six or seve n ste ps be a big leap forward in six or seven steps back. the toronto raptors, a massive celebration under way. what was once a distant dream is now a reality for nick nurse. it's been an unconventional journey to the nick nurse. it's been an unconventionaljourney to the top, but now he's arrived, the pressure's on to stay there. katie cornell, bbc news. next up for them as the boston celtics tomorrow night, or rather friday night, i should say. that's all from sportsday. next on bbc news, the papers.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are financial times political correspondent laura hughes and eve pollard, the broadcaster and former editor of the sunday mirror and the sunday express. lovely to have you both here. before our chats, a quick look at the front pages. the telegraph leads on the 39 bodies found inside a lorry in essex earlier. it says an irish people—smuggling ring is being investigated. the guardian says police are still working to identify the bodies. an image of northern irish haulier mo robinson is on the front of the times.

he's currently being questioned by police. claims that ministers were warned that criminals had switched to using the port of purfleet for smuggling — that's the daily mail's headline. the metro carries an image of the lorry, and points out that the cab had a sticker saying "the ultimate dream" in its window. brexit is the focus of the express — it says that borisjohnson has accused jeremy corbyn of putting the country's fate in the hands of the eu. and the office—space provider we work cutting 4,000 jobs is the ft‘s lead, as the company looks to focus on us, european and japanese markets. that's the flavour of the front pages. we are going to go back to the front of the telegraph. and tragic story that's been developing today. human cargo drip into frozen

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