into two, one post pushes into split into two, one post pushes into the near continent, it fragments and wea ke ns the near continent, it fragments and weakens as it moves north into scotland. we might keep clearer skies in the notice and there is the potential to go and see the aurora, stick your head out of the window before you go to bed and you might see something spectacular. elsewhere, tomorrow starts rather cloudy and grey, outbreaks of showery rain drifting north into scotland, isolated coastal showers but staying rather grey and gloomy, not much sunshine at all. six to 9 degrees for most, we might see double figures into the far north—west and it is almost a repeat performance out of thursday into friday. another front will bring wetter weather perhaps further south and to write a. starting off grey and to write a. starting off grey and wet across eastern areas, the front clears away but the cloud does not rake up, there will be said of

brightness, we might see most sunshine on the channel coast and temperatures in double digits, slightly above what they should be for the time of year. saturday looks to be the better day of the weekend, a brief rich of high pressure is replaced on sunday by a more significant blow, bringing wet and windy weather. it is a tale of two halves, saturday is dry with some brightness, turning increasingly wet and windy by sunday. thank you, louise. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. huw edwards will have the talks on brussels at 10pm.

hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm chetan pathak. coming up on tonight's programme — back on the pitch — paris st—germain

and istanbul basaksahir restart their champions league tie after last night's anti—racism protest. we'll bring you the latest. can rugby union be safer? the conversation continues after claims that former players have been left with permanent brain damage. it's like 20 controlled car crashes a week. you know, some of these heads are just bone rattling. they really are. also coming up on the programme tonight — we'll go live to the united states ahead of the delayed women's us 0pen, where britain's georgia hall is amongst the players looking to finish the season with silverware. hello, and welcome to sportsday.

we're going to start in the champions league, where some of tonight's matches are already under way, including paris st—germain against istanbul basa ksehir. their game was abandoned a quarter of an hour in yesterday, both sets of players walking off in protest after the fourth official was accused of using a racist term towards istanbul's assistant coach pierre webo. uefa's started an investigation. i'll bring you the latest score from paris in a moment, but first, here's katie gornall on the events that unfolded last night. at first, it was like any other champions league tyi. but then in the 14th minute, this happened. pierre webo, istanbul basaksehir‘s assistant, accused the romanian for the official sebastian coltescu of using racist language to identify him as he was shown a red card. temperatures rose in paris before

demba ba a substitute confronted sebastian coltescu. you would never say a white guy, this white guy, so why when you... listen to me! why when you say a black guy, you say this black guy? the match was suspended after the players for both teams walked off. you may foot attempted to restart the match but that attempt was abandoned after istanbul basa ksehir walked off that attempt was abandoned after istanbul basaksehir walked off the pitch. the significance cannot be understated. the most important club contest in the world with many black players saying we may have put up with this in the past we will now ta ke with this in the past we will now take the power we have and walk off the field of play which is within their right. the psg forward kylian mbappe letter tweeted dye ——... they will have to state to their word.

tonight's rearranged game between the two sides has a new set of officials in charge. it kicked off at 5:55pm. before the match, the players and officials took a knee, and with over half an hour played at the parc de princes, it's currently 3—0 to ps6. this is the opener. neymar with a brilliant goal. psg are already through to the knock—out stages after manchester united were beaten in that same group last night at rb leipzig. there are no such worries for the two british sides in champions league action tonight. they're already through, and the former england international chris waddle is part of the five live sport team covering the games. hejoins me now. we'll start with liverpool because they kicked off at 5:55pm in denmark against mityjiland having already won the group. jurgen klopp made eight changes, but they were up i—0 within a minute. expect liverpool to win and obviously hard at work on this team. the liverpool have got a certain bit of class about them in certain areas which allows them to go and win games.

what have you made of the wayjurgen klopp's used his young players? leighton clarkson is 19 making his european debut. how do you think he's utilising his squad this campaign?” how do you think he's utilising his squad this campaign? i think he has done very well. obviously he had an injury last year and they walked the league. i think when people like virgilvan dijk league. i think when people like virgil van dijk get injured, you do have a concern and worry about what is going to happen to the team but whoever he puts in scenes the job. they are stilljoint whoever he puts in scenes the job. they are still joint top whoever he puts in scenes the job. they are stilljoint top of whoever he puts in scenes the job. they are still joint top of the league and they have had five or six injuries easily. yet they are still winning match quite comfortably soaked it just shows winning match quite comfortably soaked itjust shows the strength and the depth and the faith he has in the young players to throw them in. it is a good team to go into because there are a lot of experienced players and a lot of help to settle in that team but a great team to go in because it's full of confidence. manchester city kick off at 8pm at the etihad against andre villas boas' marseille. most of the bookies have city as third favourites to win the competition behind

bayern munich and liverpool. does that feel right to you? that will go down because when they get to the quarterfinals, u nfortu nately, whatever get to the quarterfinals, unfortunately, whatever happens tactically or mentally, they fall away. they always qualify with ease. let's be honest, the strength of the groups, some are weak compared to a tea m groups, some are weak compared to a team like city. but when they get to the knockout stage, this is where the knockout stage, this is where the best teams come into it. they could be drawn against a real topside. i thought last season, city disappointed they lost to leon back and people may say it was a strange format playing in germany but it was format playing in germany but it was for the same for teams and they showed lyon and they were not scared of city. it's a mental thing with city and they are through the group in qualify but will they get to the next run after that is when they normally feel the pressure. a quick word on city's next

opponents in the premier league, manchester united, who were knocked out last night. does saturday's derby have even more significance for ole gunnar solskjaer now? or do you think he'll survive regardless? nobody knows in football what is going to happen but i've got to say the second half have been probably the second half have been probably the best side in the lead. first—half one of the worst. if you can get that right and put it out to 90 minutes, they have a very talented side there. against city and if it is goal is to have united probably win. coverage kicks off at 8pm with city at marseille. liverpool i—0 8pm with city at marseille. liverpool 1—0 up at the moment. thank you. plenty more football going on today, and in the women's champions league, manchester city have come from behind to beat gothenburg 2—1 in the first leg of their last 32 tie. disappointment, though, for glasgow city. they were beaten 2—i at sparta prague. that away goal from sharon wojick could prove to be important in the second leg. meanwhile, there was a big win for chelsea today.

they put five past benfica to all but book their place in the next round. fran kirby was the star with a couple of goals in portugal. manchester city have come from behind to beat gothenburg 2—1 in the first leg of their last 32 tie. and newcastle's premier league match against west brom is expected to go ahead on saturday. their game against aston villa last friday was postponed after an increase in coronavirus cases, but newcastle have now returned enough negative tests for their next match to go ahead. we were telling you yesterday that rugby world cup winner steve thompson and seven other former players are starting legal action against the game's authorities for negligence. every member of the group has recently been diagnosed with early signs of dementia, and they say repeated blows to the head are to blame. today, other players have been having their say about a case that could change the way rugby is played. music.

it's like 20 controlled car crashes a week. you know, some of these hits arejust bone a week. you know, some of these hits are just bone rattling. a week. you know, some of these hits arejust bone rattling. they a week. you know, some of these hits are just bone rattling. they really are. it was the norm. it was the norm of ourera, are. it was the norm. it was the norm of our era, concussion. for whatever reason, there was lots of research about injuries in rehab and all that stuff but concussion, from my point of view, there was not much information about it and therefore we just carried on and it was up and just dealt with. they pointed out over my career just dealt with. they pointed out over my career i had 100,000 sub—concussions. my neurologist described it as a licking tap dripping once or twice and contact would be no mark there but if it dripped for 14 years there would be a big hole. and that is what happened to me. back when i started,

the sessions would be a lot more contact. there would because i think match days these days, i feel match days have got so physical that you cannot do an awful lot of contact training during the week because players simply would not last a week it would not make it to the weekend. i love those training sessions. i was a product of my environment. in terms of that was the norm for us and that is how training evolves and i enjoyed boy must've around sol did geta i enjoyed boy must've around sol did get a fair share. there is no question if you look at the data across all the sports in all the regions, whether that be football, by, regions, whether that be football, rugby, american football, i've looked at brains for people from all these different sports and there is no question is a problem. there is clearly a problem. we don't know the magnitude of the problem but as long as we insisted there is no problem, we will never get to the bottom of

it. there is an increase and it is going to happen more often. and we are getting to know more about it.|j have got friends in different clubs that i played with, but outside that, i would that i played with, but outside that, iwould know that i played with, but outside that, i would know their face but not be great on their name. absolutely there have been times where i forgot the name orforgotten a fairly where i forgot the name orforgotten afairly simple where i forgot the name orforgotten a fairly simple word and had to reach for it. and i have questioned whether is that the effect of having blows to the head when playing rugby but he speak to other people the same age as you and everyone who ages has those moments. i'm not saying there is a sob story but there is a big sacrifice you make to do that. and at the end of your career, a lot of people don't even get a thank you or a check in to say how are you doing? nothing. not many people want to speak up about it and say actually i'm not in a negative

place. mentally, physically, there is no help with support. and i'm just hoping for my age and my players say the rules or have been brought in will have brought benefit to players, too many other players in the locker room. the final women's golf major of the year gets under way tomorrow, the us open in texas. the pandemic meant it wasn't played injune, so it's happening in december for the first time. the shortened days and limited daylight means the first two rounds will be on different courses at the same complex in houston to ensure the championship is completed on time. i'm joined now by the former lpga pro and golf writer anya alvarez. thank you forjoining us. you've played the us open. because of the pandemic, there was no qualification, so over 40 players making their debut. how will they be feeling at the moment and what's the preparation like for yourfirst major? i feel like anyone that is playing

in theirfirst major, i i feel like anyone that is playing in their first major, i feel like they are excited. there are a lot of nerves that go into it and probably sometimes over preparation that players do going into it thinking that they need to step up their game more. but really ijust think it's an exciting thing to be able to play ina an exciting thing to be able to play in a major, especially the us open. i think it's the biggest major in women's often the most prestigious in my opinion. so to be able to say you played in the us open is an experience in and of itself. 21 players aged 20 or younger. cristie kerr and angela stanford are the oldest at 43. 43 is not old. stanford's in her home state, she knows how to win in texas, she won the volunteers of america classic on sunday and she's got to be feeling her experience can take her far? she has actually played very well

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