' a 'a second and calls for a second independence referendum. tata steel and answers that will cut 1000 uk jobs. referendum. tata steel and answers that will cut 1000 ukjobs. once again, there bbc self regulating, self financed programme. clive james, the brighter and droid castor has died. the brighter and broadcasterjonathan miller has died. the brighter and broadcaster jonathan miller has has died. the brighter and broadcasterjonathan miller has died at the age of 85. # clive james the brighter and broadcaster has died. now time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton. coming up on tonight's programme. can the champions of europe make it through to the last 16 as liverpool welcome napoli while chelsea are at valencia. one year on from his diagnosis —

we speak to manchester united's max taylor about his battle with testicular cancer. my my mind was running 100 miles an hour, what is next? will i play football again? will i be alive? will i be alive? "two teams, joining for one common purpose" — why europe's struggling women's golf circuit isjoining forces with the lpga. also coming up in the programme... he's a three time grand slam champion, a former world number one and overcome major surgery — but how will andy murray cope in our escape room? just watch the hip, 0k? do you trust me? go for it. wow!

hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening and welcome to tonight's programme... it's another busy night in the champions league as both chelsea and liverpool look to confirm their places in the last sixteen. later tonight, the current champions of europe host napoli — a side in crisis both on and off the pitch. as for chelsea, they're out for revenge following their 1—0 defeat to valencia last time out. austin halewood is following that match and joins us now. chelsea have already had a few chances, how is it going? it is still 0—0 in spain. it has been a great week so far with manchester city and tottenham both threw last night. chelsea and liverpool both wa nt to night. chelsea and liverpool both want to reach the last 16 tonight. there is ten minutes to go in the first half in valencia. the home side have had the best of the chances so far. maxi gomez missed from six shards out about half an

hour ago so valencia are dominating but still 0—0. here is the group, frank lampard said the match is a must not lose rather than a must win. ajax, chelsea and valencia are all level on seven points before the matches tonight. chelsea play lille next to our bourton. if they do not get a point tonight, their feet would be out of their hands. —— next to bottom. things are more straightforward to liverpool, home to napoli, the only team to beat liverpool all season but all was not well with the italians. they have not won in the last six matches and their players are said to be fined by the president because they did not attend a training camp earlier this month. jurgen klopp was asked if he thought liverpool would be effect —— mike napoli would be

affected and he did not think so. we expect it will make them stronger so thatis expect it will make them stronger so that is what we have to expect absolutely. whatever is exact, we have no proper idea about what exactly happened but if i was part of the team as a player, i would try to bring their group together and unite against all the things from outside so that is what we have to expect. carlo is the most experienced manager in european foot ball experienced manager in european football and is used to dealing with difficult situations so will make the most of it. so high praise from jurgen klopp for the napoli manager carlo ancelotti. both sides, as you can see here, are out in front in group e. the winner tonight goes straight through to the last 16. however, if rb salzburg fail to beat genk, then liverpool will go through even if they lose. now, i mentioned before that tottenham

made it through last night dele alli and harry kane both scored for spurs in a dramatic comeback against 0lympiakos. but the real star of the show, was this guy, one of the tottenham ball boys. spurs were 2—1 down when the ball went out of play and you can see the ball boy at the bottom of the screen quickly pass the ball back to spurs and moments later harry kane went through to score and get tottenham back into the match. and jose mourinho was quick to thank the young man for his help at the time and after the final whistle. the kid is a very good ball boy. he understands the game, reads the game, he is not there just to look to the stands and the lights, he is there, reading the game and playing the game very well. i wanted to invite him to the dressing room to celebrate with us at the end, but he disappeared. very good ball boy, very good.

really. so unfortunately the young man missed out on the chance to celebrate with the players, but he certainly was a big part in his team getting the win. chelsea are now behind in spain, valencia taking the lead. they will be looking for heroics from their owi'i be looking for heroics from their own ball boy. tomorrow, the europa league group stages continue — but there's one name that stands out in the manchester united squad heading to astana. defender max taylor was diagnosed with testicular cancer one year ago — turning his whole world upside down just five months after signing for united. since then, he's had a full recovery and has been telling the bbc about his experience. you are by yourself, you cannot sleep and all you're thinking is, thinking is, this is serious. this could end my life.

hi, my name is max taylor and i'm a professional footballer for manchester united. i had been checking and ifelt a lump so i went to the doctor and said, obviously i have a lump. he ran a scan and said yes, it is normal, a cyst, quite common in teenagers. he gave me a week of antibiotics. had those. a week later it returned bigger. i got told it was a 30mm cancer cell. my mum broke down straightaway. i was sort of like, so taken aback that i did not cry. i got out and it was like, oh my god. my mind was running 100 miles an hour at what could happen, what is next? will i play football again? will i be alive? once i got out of the chemo and it was all successful i thought right, i will get back there. then when i came back, mourinho had gone and 0le had come in. they invited me to go out and watch first—team training. at that time i could not do anything.

i came out, i was stood there, just talking with 0le. it was a great way to come back, it was uplifting. it taught me to appreciate the things you love and i do not know what i would do if i wasn't playing football. there is more of that interview on bbc sport website. still to come on sportsday... he's quickly risen to the top of british climbing — but can will bosi make it to the summit of the sport — and qualify for tokyo 2020. and forget nadal, forget federer — could this be andy murray's greastest challenge so far? here we are locked in an escape room, this is not my idea of fun.|j love it. i love it. i love it. the ladies european tour has voted in favour ofjoining forces

with the elite us lpga tour as europe's struggling women's golf circuit looks to beef up its schedule and offer more opportunities to its players. earlier i spoke to the chair of the let marta figueras—dotti who told me the merger will create opportunities they simply could not have pursued on their own. i think we are going to be much better off with them on without them. the goal here is to create a better environment for all the players, especially the ones who stay in europe. it is to grow women's golf 0liver the world and lpga has done that in the last few yea rs. lpga has done that in the last few years. this is about growing the european tour but a practical sense, what will this merger mean? the lpga is financing a lot of events which

will create —— which will be created in europe. they had been working with our interns for months before it was approved to create a better schedule, more opportunities for those that are coming up, that did not have the chances to play in events because a lot of them were limited fields. this is a new period for the ladies european tour. it is a new adventure. we have been communicating with federations and promoters and sponsors in the last few months. 99% of the people we work with are extremely excited about this new venture, it is very important for us to have the players happy and to work together with sponsors, happy and to work together with sponsors, promoters and federations and governments really. so i think

it has been very positive and i will continue to work on it as much as possible. she was speaking to me earlier today. when boxer callum smith retained his wba super middleweight title last weekend he had plenty to celebrate. he beat challengerjohn ryder by unanimous decision in front of his home crowd in liverpool. instead, the 29 year old has admitted to being disappointed with his performance and how it was so closelyjudged — given he was the odds on favourite to defend his title. however earlier he told me the most important thing for him is that he's still world champion. the most important thing is i am still a world champion. ijust know there will be tougher fights to come andi there will be tougher fights to come and i need to be better but overall, the win is the most important thing for me. in the long run, i will

probably be happier. i am never quite happy when assessing my performance. a perfectionist. when you compare your performance in madison square garden, it was a daunting trade but you are quite comfortable? exactly. everything seemed to go to plan. us chevy fight could be that type of performance but realistically that is not always the case. —— you just hope every fight. i the case. —— you just hope every fight. i said in the long run, the case. —— you just hope every fight. isaid in the long run, the result is the most important thing, i got the win, i am world champion andi i got the win, i am world champion and i will move onto bigger better fights. as you said, here to motives that may be not having a blistering performance will attract those biggerfights, who performance will attract those bigger fights, who are you looking at next? i am looking at the biggest name in boxing, he is a superstar and everyone in my division would wa nt

and everyone in my division would want that fight so the chances of that happening, i am not sure. there area that happening, i am not sure. there are a lot of good fighters in their division. the better the fighter, the better the performance you will see from me, i had said that before. i like fights where i am really tested and i can show my full ability. many of your fans are looking for another british matchup, billyjones saunders is that possibility? it is a fight that makes sense. it has generated a lot of interest. if either of us can get this on the cards, a fight with each other does make sense. i will look to see what fight my team can deliver but either way it should be good fight. that was callum smith talking to me earlier. time for a brief look at today's other sports stories — making the headlines. ben stokes says england captain joe root has the backing of "everyone in the changing room" — following his disappointing

performance in the first test against new zealand. root made just two and 11 at the bay 0val and has dropped out of the top 10 of the test batting rankings for the first time in over five years. former australia player israel folau has increased his compensation demand from rugby australia. folau — who is a christian — is suing for religious discrimination after being fired for making anti—gay remarks on social media. temporary concussion substitutions could be introduced for the first time at the euro 2020 finals. the proposal to replace players if they are suspected of being concussed is on the agenda for the international football association board's annual business meeting next tuesday. britain's bryony page is setting her sights on a medal at this week's world trampoline championships in tokyo. page won silver at the 2016 rio games but is yet to win an individual medal at a major championships, outside of the olympics. she says she feels in an even better place now than in rio, despite having to get

over ankle injuries. i have overcome certain obstacles, obviously the injury but also just technical knowledge and practising skills so they year of the rio 0lympics, i went to an intense time of learning and picking up about sport psychology and just the technical knowledge and modern more training and visualisation. i'd a lot of that over my rehab process so i feel my skills have improved and i have more experience to back me up so it feels different in that sense. the main thing isjust so it feels different in that sense. the main thing is just experience and knowledge. so speaking the 0lympics... climbing is set to make its debut at is set to make its debut at next year's 0lympics — with great britain's shauna coxsey already qualified. in the men's competition however — speed climber will bosi is the only british male who can make it to tokyo. he'll compete at the penultimate qualifier event in toulouse this