krul ending for spurs... they're out of the fa cup, as keeper tim krul keeps his cool to send norwich into the quarter finals. we start with the news that italian officials have taken the decision that all sport in the country will be played behind closed doors until the fourth april due to the spread of the coronavirus. that includes the six nations rugby union international against england, in rome, on the 14th march. rugby chiefs will meet on thursday to discuss the possibility of postponing the game completely. italy's match away to ireland this weekend has already been called off. italy is the worst—hit european country with over 3,000 cases of coronavirus and over 100 deaths. serie a matches will also be played behind closed doors —

while there's still no news about re—arranging the italian cup semi—finals betweenjuventus and ac milan, and napoli versus inter milan. they were due to take place this week — but inter‘s president told the bbc that public health is far more important... iam not i am not worried about closing doors oi’ i am not worried about closing doors or whatsoever to affecting the performance of the team. what i am more worried about is to actually putting public health, or public safety at risk. with doing these kind of events. elsewhere, the asian champions league continues to be affected by coronavirus — just the one game played on wednesday. sydney fc and jeonbuk motors shared a 2—2 draw — to earn their first point each in group h. the score was 1—1 when thejeonbuk captain choi bok yung was sent off for deliberate handball after 7a minutes. adam le fondre tucked away the spot

kick to put sydney in front for the first time in the match. they were denied a win, though when io—man jeonbuk equalised with just over a minute to go. han kyo—won with the goal that salvaged a point for the k—league champions. in england, last season's champions league runners up tottenham hotspur are out of the fa cup after losing at home to the premier league's bottom side norwich city in the fifth round. tottenham looked to be heading for a routine victory when they took the lead after only 13 minutes — through belgian defenderjan vertongen. spurs held on to that lead until 12 minutes from time whenjosip drmic equalised for norwich, sending the game into extra—time — and then penalties. tim krul was the norwich hero in the shoot—out, with two saves, as they won 3—2 on penalties. they'll be at home to derby or manchester united in the quarterfinals.

that is what it is all about. that is why we do the hard work. when you have times and this happens, you realise. at the little boy you want to. you want to say penalties and get your club to the next round. big emotions today. —— as a little boy you want to save penalties. the team fought so hard. we we re penalties. the team fought so hard. we were the only team that could win over 90 minutes because in the last ten minutes of the 90 we were the team that try to win an inaccurate penalties are penalties and and we miss them. congratulations to norwich and that is the only thing i can say. i don't have one single negative feeling towards my players. exactly the opposite. i think they we re exactly the opposite. i think they were fantastic. the holders manchester city are into the quarter finals after beating championship side

sheffield wednesday. sergio aguero scored the only goal of the game — his 23rd of the season to set up a trip to newcastle in the last eight. it means that city — who retained the league cup last weekend — remain on course for a domestic and european cup treble... it was a tough week for us. in terms of what we talk about this before. it's been a lot of mental energy. but the people, the players, they we re but the people, the players, they were ready to fight. the players played good as possible. leicester city are through to the last eight after beating the championship side birmingham city — but they left it late. ricardo pereira scored the only goal of the game, eight minutes from time. leicester will be at home to chelsea in the quarterfinals. bayer leverkusen are through to the semi—finals of the german cup — but they had to come from a goal down at home against io—man union berlin. the visitors took the lead just before half—time with a header

from their danish striker marcus ingvartsen — and held on to that lead until late in the second half. a minute after berlin had christopher lenz sent off for a second bookable offence, karim bellarabi equalised — to lead the fightback for leverkusen. the match looked to be heading for extra—time — but the home side scored twice in the last five minutes — with moussa diaby completing a 3—1 victory. eintracht frankfurt are also through to the semi—finals after beating werder bremen. they took the lead with a penalty awarded for handball in first—half stoppage time. portuguese striker andre silva — who's on loan from ac milan — put away the spot kick. early in the second half, japanese midfielder daichi sealed the 2—0 victory that sends the 2018 winners into the last four. meanwhile paris saint germain are into the final of the french cup

for the sixth season in a row after thrashing hosts lyon 5—1. kylian mbappe the hero for psg with a hattrick the pick of the goals without a doubt, this stunning length of the field run. the world cup winner with a thoroughly deserved match ball. and in spain, real sociedad are the first team through to the final of the copa del rey. mikel 0yarzabal scored the only goal of the second leg as they completed a 3—1 aggregate win over mirandes. cricket now, and we're just a few hours away from the semi—finals of the women's t20 world cup in australia — weather permitting. tropical storm esther is expected to bring rain for most of the day — and that could lead to both matches being washed out. with no reserve days in place for the semi—finals, india and south africa would go straight through to the final as winners of their respective groups — with the holders australia and former champions england both eliminated. it is is what it is. nothing we can

do about it. we reserve they would be useful to have in this situation, and it is a shame for the tournament as but it has been a great tournament and if the semifinals i lost it would be a real sad time for the tournament. we would be granted if that did happen. but i guess it is our own farfrom if that did happen. but i guess it is our own far from losing that game against south africa. we've only have ourselves to blame. —— if we had that reserve date. well, if play does go ahead on thursday, india may well be looking to 16—year—old opener shafali verma once again. she's really taken the tournament by storm as india won four out of four in the group stage. verma scored 161 runs — at an average of more than 40, and very quickly, in fact at an astonishing strike—rate of 161. on top of that, she's a bit of a character. ican i can say she is very naughty, she get so much happiness and positivity

to the team and somebody who we really like to watch and always enjoys whatever you are doing, she is always keeping to motivate you and and the relieved the pressure and and the relieved the pressure and that kind of player you need on your team. semifinals are extremely hard to win a world cup. the four best teams in the competition. there is no it's giving for many teams. we are extremely excited about that opportunity to come up against south africa who have played extremely well throughout the tournament. we haven't got any further ahead. it is important to stay in the moment and just focus on what you can control and that is what we are doing. we said from the start of this is the best chance south africa has to wina the best chance south africa has to win a world cup. we have the best team here. that we have paid in a very long time. as i said, it is a semifinal. anything can happen. hopefully we can get one up on them for the first time in forever. again, ijust really privileged and blessed to be here. it's been a really good road for us.

staying with cricket, south africa's men have beaten australia in the second 0ne—day international in bloemfontein. it's means they have an unassailable 2—0 lead in the three—match series. australia batted first, and were all out for 271 off the final ball of their innings. lungi ngidi was the pick of the south africa bowlers — taking six for 58. in reply, janneman malan — who was out for a duck on his debut in the first match — hit an unbeaten 129 as the home side won by six wickets with nine balls to spare. elsewhere, west indies beat sri lanka by 25 runs in the 1st t20 international in kandy. lendl simmons hit an unbeaten 67 as the tourists made 196 for 4 from their 20 overs. 0shane thomas was named man of the match after taking 5 for 28 in sri lanka's reply. the home side were bowled out for 171 as west indies won by 25 runs. from me and the rest

of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. 0verall, thursday i think will not be too bad of a day across the majority of the uk. there should be decent sunshine and a few showers here or there. a chilly start though with patchy frost and fog. one major exception is the far south of the uk. we have an area of low pressure ploughing into the continent bringing very heavy rain and that willjust glance southern counties of england through the first half of the day. looking pretty wet as that low works its way to the south. certainly i think from the latter part of the rush hour into the lunch time period across the southeastern quadrant of the uk. the rain could get as far north as essex. it should gradually clear come the afternoon. in contrast, look how quiet it is elsewhere. a chilly wind following on behind

that area of rainfall and some showers getting pulled into east anglia and a few sharper winds for western scotland. temperatures, while still struggling a little for many of us, highs of seven or eight degrees. come thursday evening, the low pulls away. then we see a more organised band of showers in from the west. but light winds ahead, temperatures are likely to fall. a fairly extensive frost and then we see showers and ice can be a significant risk across western britain the first thing on friday. this front is a kind of patchy affair. the rain definitely through friday daytime and more showers again in a solid and persistent block and i think for some areas, it mayjust manifest in some thickening cloud for a time as it drifts in from the west on friday. most likely to see showers in scotland and northern ireland and western wales in the far southwest of england. friday overall, light winds and should be a fair amount of sunshine. here comes the weekend. and this big area of pressure heading our way. it shouldn't be anywhere

near as severe as the feature we saw last weekend and shouldn't be made into a named storm. the worst of the rainfall should sweep through overnight saturday into sunday. so for saturday, while a lot of cloud is around, actually quite a lot of dry weather and rain to the afternoon and northern ireland and scotland. temperatures on saturday average for the time of the year, talking about nine and ten degrees. as the system moves through overnight, temperatures in some spots may come up as a plume of warm air goes through ahead of the front but for sunday, going into cooler temperatures behind it and some quite sharp showers running around. there will be sunny intervals at times. temperatures look similar on the face of it for sunday but it will feel chillier on sunday as we pick up a northwesterly.

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