india go through to the final of the womens t20 world cup at england's expense without a ball bowled. and joining them in the showpiece will be australia, who defied the rain to beat south africa. odion ighalo on the money as united thump derby in the fa cup. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us on sport today. we start with the news that the six nations matches between italy and england — schduled for 14—15 march — have all been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. but organisers say the men's, women's and under—20's matches will all be re—scheduled. this comes hot off the heels of italy's match away to ireland this weekend which has already been called off while it also opens up the possibility that unless france, who are the only unbeaten team in the tournament, win both their remaining matches the championship might not be

decided until the end of the year. that's something that we can't control. it is an unfortunate situation, but i presume that the health experts are doing exactly what is required. so there's not a lot we can do about it. in terms of it being a distraction, it definitely hasn't been, because like isaid, it definitely hasn't been, because like i said, it has almost been a reinforcement that we need to make sure that we prepare for this week properly. the difficulty is the autumn calendar is already pretty full. as faras i'm aware, calendar is already pretty full. as far as i'm aware, england are playing for matches this autumn at twickenham. sol playing for matches this autumn at twickenham. so i don't know when there would be a free week in there unless they could persuade the clubs to slightly rejig the calendar. and thatis to slightly rejig the calendar. and that is one of the big issues — if these test matches are to take place, it is likely they will have to take place outside of the ordinary test windows. and this creates a problem under the world rugby regulations. so a world rugby regulation nine is a regulation that

deals with the release of players by clubs. that designates the specific test windows. sat outside those windows, clubs are obliged to release players to the national teams. but its notjust the six nations that's been impacted in the immediate, next week's champions league last 16 second leg match between valencia and atalanta in valencia will take place behind closed doors. this is after advice from the spanish health ministry to avoid "large gatherings of fa ns" particularly with teams from zones, designated as high—risk for coronavirus. the atalanta supporters would be travelling from bergamo right at the heart of italy's outbreak in the north. the situation there having a knock—on effect. serie a will resume in full this weekend in empty stadiums, starting with the matches that were postponed last round because of the virus outbreak. the italian cup semi finals second legs have to be rearranged as they were postponed on wednesday, adding to an already packed italian football calendar and there's also the extraordinary possibility of crucial games such as the opening

match of euro 2020 being played behind closed doors. it is difficult to say now because italy is obvious he playing the first three games in italy. —— italy. but will italian fans be allowed to come? will other friends from europe be willing to travel to italy —— fans? will they be allowed to do that? there are also, let's say, potential solutions coursing around in italy now. the cop italian final taking place... means after euro and after... there is a season. onto football, and manchester united are the last team through to the quarterfinals of the fa

cup in england. they cantered into the last eight, winning 3—0 at championship side derby county, where luke shaw opened the scoring after 33 minutes. that was only the second goal of his professional career. just before half—time, shaw turned provider — setting up odion ighalo for united's second of the match, and his second for the club sincejoining on loan from shanghai shenua. but he wasn't finished, and neither were united. midway through the second—half, the nigerian striker scored again, completing a 3—0 victory. united will be away to norwich in the quarterfinals. we are through. that's the main thing in the cup. but the two goals from odie on, that's fantastic for us from odie on, that's fantastic for us to see, a striker coming in within the month. he's already shown what he can do. can he force his way

into the starting line—up for the derby match? he can do! he's done really well, and let's see how we are on sunday morning. in spain, athletic bilbao are through to the final of the copa del rey, despite losing the second leg of their semifinal at granada. bilbao won the first leg i—o, but that lead was wiped out when carlos fernandez scored the opening goal of the return match just after half—time. with 11! minutes to go, german sanchez made it 2—0 to the home side — and granada were in front for the first time in the tie. they were nine minutes away from their first final in 61 years until yuri berchiche scored for bilbao, and that was the vital away goal, which sent them into the final. they'll face their basque rivals real sociedad in seville on 18 april. and saint—etienne are through to the french cup final for the first time since 1982. they beat the holders rennes 2—1, with ryad boudebouz scoring their stoppage—time winner. they'll face paris saint—germain

in the final on 25 april. staying with football, the 2020 shebelieves cup is under way in the usa — and there was a shock result in the opening match with spain beating japan 3—1. spain are making theirfirst appearance in the annual four—team invitational tournament — and took the lead after only eight minutes with a goal from alexia putellas. just before half—time, japan were level and in some style. take a look at this superb goal from mana iwabuchi a sumptous first time volleyed finish. but the second half belonged to spain — and to substitute lucia garcia. the athletic bilbao forward came off the bench to score twice and seal a 3—1victory for the tournament debuta nts. in the second match, the host nation and world champions usa are 2—0 up against the holders england. christen press and carli lloyd scored the goals in a two—minute spell early in the second half. around four minutes to go.

cricket now, and india will face the host nation australia in sunday's final of the women's t20 world cup with the main protagonist of their semi final being the weather. that's after their last four clash against england was abandoned without a ball being bowled — due of heavy rain in sydney. with no reserve days in place for the semis, india qualified for their first ever final by virtue of a better record in the group phase. they finished top of their group, while england were second in theirs. the england captain heather knight says the rules need to change. yeah, we're just we didn't have the chance to fight for a place in that final. there's not a lot we can do. we obvious he lost that first game against south africa which ultimately cost us. our aim was to make the semifinals and hopefully play a better cricket towards then. and obviously, we had that chance taken away us. we knew from day one when we started

this tournament that we had to win that game, because if we want — because of any condition or whoever is top of the leak, that team was going to be in the final. that's how we started. it is unfortunate we didn't get a game today, but these are the rules. we can't help it. the second semifinal did go ahead, after the rain eased. australia batted first after south africa won the toss, and their skipper meg lanning hit an unbeaten 49 as they made 134 for five from their 20 overs. after a further delay for rain, south africa were set a revised target of 98 to win, off 13 overs, but they were always behind the run rate, and they were 92 for five when their innings closed. australia won by five runs, and they're now through to their sixth successive final. we never came into this world cup thinking it wasjust we never came into this world cup thinking it was just going to happen and it would be easy. we knew we

we re and it would be easy. we knew we were going to be in for a fight, and thatis were going to be in for a fight, and that is exactly what is happened. so yeah, we knew we weren't owed anything. we had to go in this world cup. we're not defending it, we are out here to win it. every other team is out to do that, as well. that was oui’ is out to do that, as well. that was our attitude going in, and is out to do that, as well. that was ourattitude going in, and i'm pretty ha p py ourattitude going in, and i'm pretty happy that that has come around now, and we canjust pretty happy that that has come around now, and we can just talk about india and australia, and what about india and australia, and what a great game that will be. golf — and the world number one rory mcilroy is lying in second place after the first round of the arnold palmer invitational at bay hill in florida. the man who leads the way is matt every of the usa, whose two wins on the pga tour so far have both been in this event — in 2014 and 2015. he opened up with a 7—under—par round of 65. fabulous pot for him there. every is one shot clear of mcilroy, whose round of 66 included this eagle at the fourth. the world number one is looking for his first tour title of 2020. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

hello there. there were winners and losers with the weather on thursday. parts of northern england had close to nine hours of sunshine. look at this beautiful weather watcher picture sent in through the lake district. but there was a different story south and east, i'm afraid. in fact, the only brightness possibly down to east sussex were the beach huts, because there was were over an inch—and—a—half of rain. that rain pretty persistent, now moving off into the near continent. not many isobars on the chart, so light winds and clear skies, allowing those temperatures to fall away. so it will be a chilly start around friday morning, and certainly worth bearing in mind as temperatures falljust below freezing in a few spots. the exception perhaps the southeast clinging to cloud and out into northern ireland. also some mist and fog around first thing as well. a few showers from the word go out to the west, and some of these

showers will merge together for longer spells of rain as we go through the day. but for many, it is a case of once that mist and fog has lifted away, dry with sunny spells coming through and certainly a quieter story for many. temperatures ranging from 7—11 celsius. now as we move out from friday into the weekend, we start to see another area of low pressure starting to move in from the atlantic. but i really want to emphasise as we move through the weekend that it will not be a write—off by any means. yes, it will turn increasingly windy, and there will be rain at times. but for many, rain actually arrives there saturday night into sunday morning. so you can see for the bulk of the country on saturday, clouding over from the west, but it will stay largely dry. we will have some rain, heavy and persistent into northwest england, western scotland and northern ireland by the end of the afternoon, and the winds will strengthen as well. temperatures ranging again from 7—11 celsius. now because the winds

are strengthening, gusts in excess of 50—60 mph with that rain, it will push that rain through it at quite a pace overnight saturday into sunday. so for many of us, we will actually see a good deal of dry weather around for the second half of the weekend. early morning rain clearing the southeast, a blustery day on sunday with plenty of frequent showers pushing in from the west. but as with the nature of showers, some of you may escape them altogether and keep some dryer, sunnier moments. again, highs between 7—11 celsius. and it really looks as this theme is to continue for the early half of the new working week. it stays blustery with plenty of sunny spells and scattered sharp showers. whatever you're doing this weekend, take care.

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