showdown with deontay wilder in las vegas. welcome to the programme. thanks forjoining us. liverpool's hopes of defending their european champions league title hang in the balance after they were beaten by a goal to nil at atletico madrid in the first leg of their last 16 tie. the french champions psg have also lost — beaten 2—1 by borussia dortmund, as erling haaland's incredible goal scoring run continues. earlier, i wasjoined by our football reporter john bennett who says atletico‘s win was another defensive masterclass from their manager diego simeone. never write off a diego simeone team or write off atletico madrid. going

into this game everyone was talking about letting a madrid being in transition. all the players they lost during the european transfer some window. reid building at atletico madrid, they have not been at their best, they are of the peace in the la liga race. this was like the old days, scoring early and defending resolutely. and liverpool didn't really deserve a draw from this game. they didn't create many chances. mohamed salah with a wide, jordan henderson with a wide. the only goals scored by cell after only four minutes. he was there at close range to find the back of the net. there was a massive bit of hope for atletico madrid that they can get to the last date. i'm not disappointed about how we played. as so much worse games in my life. it was absolutely 0k. worse games in my life. it was absolutely ok. we were not good enoughin absolutely ok. we were not good enough in the last third. that was it. and, no, it was not... i did not

expect 70% possession, i thought we would have a little bit more of the game. but we are not surprised, 1—0. it is not the best moment but you try to —— defend it with all you have that's what they did. it's absolutely 0k. have that's what they did. it's absolutely ok. my respect that a lot. but of course how can a city, it is only1—0. lot. but of course how can a city, it is only 1-0. psg lot. but of course how can a city, it is only 1-0. p56 and dortmund. erling haaland, got three in the end. deserved victory for brissie and dortmund. psg were four in this game. they were lucky to get that. —— brissie are dortmund. erling haaland scoring from close range. he scored from about three yards out. then paris saint—germain against the run of play equalise. a great run down the right, down to neymar who found the back of the net. at that stage you thought psg would get an

undeserved draw, but erling haaland stepped up, wonderful shot, 20 yards out, a rocket of a shot into the back of the net. you could hear the ball hit the back of the net. that's how powerful it was. 11 goals so far. this tie is not over. they will be confident they cannot paris saint—germain out. psg have been knocked out in the last 16 for the last three seasons, history could be repeating itself —— they can knock. jose mourinho says tottenham's injury situation couldn't be worse ahead of their champions league tie against rb leipzig on wednesday, after revealing that son heung min could miss the rest of the season. the south korean needs surgery after fracturing his arm during spurs 3—2 win at aston villa on sunday. tottenham are already without harry kane who tore his hamstring in january. isa is a massive blow for us. he's a top player and in such good form at the moment, especially of the back of the weekend. and he brings more than

just his goals to the team. his workrate, his energy, and experience as well. he is doing so well. it is as well. he is doing so well. it is a massive loss for us. we have good enough players in the side who can fill in and hopefully still score enough goals for us. barcelona's ended its contract with a company that made negative comments on social media about people within the club. the chairmanjosep bartomeu has also denied claims it hired the company to criticise their own players and opponents in order to boost the image of senior club officials. translation: barcelona have not contracted any services to disparage players, politicians, or former presidents. it is completely false. we will defend ourselves where ever necessary by all means at our disposal against anyone who accuses us disposal against anyone who accuses us of such practices. i repeat, it's not true that barcelona have ever

hired any service to discredit anyone. teenager reinierjesus says he's fulfilling "a childhood dream" after completing his move to real madrid. the 18—year—old brazilian midfielder joined from flamengo for $32 million in january. reinier was full of emotion during a press conference earlier talking about his move and his family. he was part of the side that won the brazilian league and the copa libertadores last season. in the asian champions league, al—nassr came from behind to beat al ain 2—1 in abu dhabi. last season quarter—finalists went behind, but al nassr responded in the second half — mukhtar ali scoring the equaliser. and then with the game heading for a draw the al ain keeper lost the ball in a dangerous position. abderazak hamdallah still had a lot to do but managed to finish from a tight angle for the winner. there was a late win for fc tokyo in their asian champions league

match against perth glory. leandro with this strike in the 82nd minute got them a 1—0 win in group f. tyson fury has described saturday's heavyweight showdown with deontay wilder in las vegas as the biggest fight in 30 years. the re—match between the heavyweights follows their draw in 2018. and fury‘s been speaking to the bbc ahead of it. he's been telling mike costello that if wilder wants to beat him this time, there's only one way he'll be able to do it. he needs a knockout. while it can't be me on points, not possible. when someone be me on points, not possible. when someone stands up to deontay wilder, in the biggest fight of the last 30 yea rs, let's get in the biggest fight of the last 30 years, let's get it on. fighting deontay wilder is like giving a seven—year—old and ak—lfl in a room, fully loaded. laughter. yeah, that's what it's like. i

think, personally, hill came out of the gates like a galloping horse, quarter—mile, flat out to try to knock me out in the first round. but after that he'll start relaxing more and he will get back to trying to use his jab and said the right—hand up. two knockout a knockout artist. he has never knocked anyone out on the back foot ever. his momentum is forward. so all bullies, when backed up forward. so all bullies, when backed up and stood up to, fold. and while there is no different to any other playground bully. he needs a knockout. i can have a knockout or a points victory. while the can't beat me on points, not possible. —— wailed. if he goes the distance i am a clear winnerfor sure. wailed. if he goes the distance i am a clear winner for sure. we spoke about this being your third appearance in vegas. first time around you said you did not want to come here unless you were ready to fight on top of the bill, now it is a monster occasion. so how is this

getting you? it's a boxing match to me. i'm not going to dress it up because they don't want to dress up in my mind. i could make myself believe all the things that it is, i can tell them sad things to me and get rolled up about it, but they don't want to do that. can you do that 24 don't want to do that. can you do that 2a hours a day? —— riled up. they can keep it down, 2a ales a day until friday. —— i can keep it. when iam in until friday. —— i can keep it. when i am in the ring it is the biggest fight in 30 years or more, since 1971. so let's get it on. you need that kind of nerves. you need nerves going into these big fights. it's healthy. and on the night hopefully i will have a few nerves and stuff. my i will have a few nerves and stuff. my late on in my career, 31, three more votes, whether it takes a year or 18 months, thejobseeking will be no more within two years, that's for

sure. “ gypsy —— gypsy king. defending champion belinda bencic is out of the dubai tennis championships after losing to anastasia pavlyuchenkova. bencic came close to a ‘golden set‘ after winning 19 points in a row at the start of the match — eventually taking it 6—1. but the russian responded brilliantly to win the following two sets by the same score in what was her first match back since reaching the quarter—finals of the australian open last month. the third seed elina svitolina is out after being beaten by american qualifier jennifer brady in just an hour. brady, who beat world number one ashleigh barty in brisbane last month, defeated the two—time champion with ease 6—2 6—1. and unseeded elena rybakina fought back from one set down to beat the fifth—seeded sofia kenin, 6—7, 6—3, 6—3, and reach the last 16. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the sport today

hello there. the weather doesn't look like it's going to be settling down anytime soon, unfortunately. we have more rainfall in the forecast, which could exacerbate already existing flooding problems. we still have several severe flood warnings in force. we saw record river levels monday and tuesday across southern and western areas, although those levels have subsided somewhat. however, with more rain in the forecast, piling in during wednesday and thursday, we're likely to see those river levels rising again, and we could be looking at more flooding issues. and the heavy rain over the next few days will be focused more across north—western parts of england and north wales, northern and western wales. now, today it starts off fine and dry, quite chilly, little bit of ice around, but some sunshine, before the cloud thickens up ahead of this weather system which will arrive, bringing outbreaks of fairly persistent rain for northern ireland, western scotland into north—west england, northern and western wales. further south and east, some dry interludes, although it will be rather cloudy, and temperatures generally nine

or ten degrees in the south, cooler across the north. now, it continues to stay wet through wednesday night, and this weather front continues to bring rain particularly into northern and north—west england, northern and western wales. this is where we'll start to see problems arising again. it will be quite a mild night for england and wales. something colder, though, across certainly the northern half of scotland. so the weather fronts then still with us as we head on through thursday. the good news is, as it starts to move through fairly quickly, it will allow for a little bit of sunshine through the day on thursday. but quite a temperature contrast from thursday morning to what we will expect later on as the colder air moves through. now, the good news is this weather front will move through fairly quickly across the country through the day, eventually clearing the south—east, with some sunshine returning behind it.

so a dry afternoon, with some sunshine. that should help issues there. but there will be lots of showers across the north. these will be wintry on the hills, as it will be chilly, but even a chillier day for the south as that front moves through. notice the isobars increase as we head on into friday. it's going to turn windy and there will be more weather fronts piling in. we're thinking areas to the north of north wales seeing most of the rainfall. particularly northern ireland and western scotland could be very wet, but again, into north—west england and north wales. to the south, should see some sunny spells, but the wind gusts mean it's going to be a very blustery day, 40—50 mph winds. 0n the plus side, temperatures in double figures for most, 11 or 12 degrees in the south—east. so that's how it's looking up until friday, into the weekend. u nfortu nately it stays u nsettled, more windy weather with showers, but also longer spells of rain for some.

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