hello, welcome to the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme, real madrid have one foot in the champions league semifinals, while ac milan hold off napoli in an all italian affair. bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren't even built yet. the first—ever women's team, goal and the championships for great britain. thanks very much forjoining us on the programme, it was a night for the holders real madrid as they sent chelsea to yet another

defeat in the opening leg of their uefa champions league quarter—final in a season that seems to lurch from one problem to the next for the londoners. the m time winners spain claimed a 2—0 nil victory over frank lampard's side while in an all italian clash ac milan held off napoli despite the visitors having a host of chances. joe, the side may be struggling domestically but in europe they just seem to manage to grind out those results, don't they? a mixed season for real madrid, as you eluded to there, a chaotic season for the premier league side chelsea. this competition, the champions league really represents the last opportunity to win a trophy this season and they were watched by their american owner todd bowley, he watched the team lose 2—0 to real madrid and it was a match being overseen by the third

manager they have appointed this season in frank lampard, making his comeback to champions league management, and they got the goals trhough karim benzema and marco enzio on the second half, and between those goals, chelsea had ben chilwell, the full consent of, and there were 32 minutes left at that point so actually given the play that amount of time with ten men, chelsea may not be too disappointed to only lose 2—0. they have six days now before this tie goes back to stamford bridge when chelsea and their supporters will know that's a very different match with the noise they can create there, and frank lampard said afterwards that special things can happen at the bridge, it's a big ask though for chelsea to overturn a 2— goal deficit to the most successful team team in champions league history in real madrid, and their coaches already planning ahead to that game. we deserve this result for their performance, the fight is not over yet, we have to fight

another 90 minutes at stamford bridge, and we have to be ready for this, we know very well that chelsea would like to put everything next week. he knows a little bit napoli, carlo ancilotti against ac malin, and they seem to have napoli's number despite domestically natalie being so far ahead, why is that? i wish i could tell you the answer but it shows the revival of italian football in general this season, certainly in european competitions because you have the all italian quarter—final and the possibility actually of one of these teams also going on to face another italian with the advantage over benfica that happened on tuesday

evening but it is ac malan who had the advantage of a natalie, natalie as you say, far clear at the top and on course to win the domestic championship but ac malin have had their number in recent weeks and they won this game 1—0 thanks to a single goal, and it was a result that follows up on 4—0 went for milan, they had in naples ten days ago, but natalie, like chelsea, they also had a man sent off in the second half, a number of chances themselves as well but they may, considering they're played with ten men, they may see that it was a deficit that was not too much of a bad result and they have to go back to napoli, a place full of fervour at the moment and they will hope to lift them to a great european turnaround in the reverse fixture on tuesday. certainly looking forward to the return fixtures but thanks very much for now. the uk and republic of ireland have confirmed a joint bid to host euro 2028, with belfast casement park and everton�*s

bramley more dock selected to host 62 matches. the bid has been backed by all five football associations with turkey the other candidate to host the tournament. as we mentioned, turkey has submitted a bid to host the european championship for the six consecutive time, the second—tier side manager is confident their bed will be successful this time around. it's fair to understand that turkey as a nation is ready for such a big tournament because if you look at the previous application, or the previous bids rather, you will see that the infrastructure, the stadium, transportation, accommodation, etc etc i was not ready. however, i have been living in turkey for the past 12, 13 years myself, and i have seen how much it has developed as a football nation in terms of the investment they have done into stadiums and the training

ground and facilities that comes along with it, and i would say turkey is probably in a much stronger position now than what it was in the previous six bids. also bearing in mind turkey has submitted two applications, not just the 2028 but also 2032, and i think finally, turkey is going to get one of them. to cricket, and the rajasthan royals survivor a late scared to beat their opponent by three runs in the indian premier league match. after being sent into bat, england short form captainjos butler helped himself to a quickfire 52, cahsing a victory target of 176. in the 200th capt match, he almost saw his side home but they fell just short as the royals moved to the top of the standings but the super kings are in fifth.

14 runs left, i thought holderwas going to close out, out, but if you go for 20 runs on one side is shorter, it is going to be a stiff challenge because i thought the way they were playing zampa and changa, and he said he wanted to be there in 2020 for the last two, and that's my assessment that got them there, and these things do happen, it has been a great week it. a crowd is expected at cardiff's park this weekend as wales take on england in the women's six nations, the red roses welcoming back four players from injury for the toughest challenge of the tournament so far. just a couple of changes for the red roses as they get ready for that big game against wales, alex matthews will come in and start at number eight,

meanwhile at full back its a gloucester player who gets a first start. the main talking points in the buildup have all been about wales as they enter their second year of professionalism and the impact those contracts have made. england are regularly putting over 50 points on them but has that gap started to close? the hopes are in wales that it has, but also the england captain would like to see it close as well. this is what we want because we want the game to grow, so the better quality rugby that fans are seen, the more fans we get in, everything grows with that, and we don't want it tojust be an england and france massive game, in england and wales, and we want wales fans and we want to watch those kinds of games as well were tactically and physically that kind of game happens. the england head coach has arguably just been tinkering with his world number one side despite having a huge raft of injuries and now players are coming back. they do have one weakness, and that appears to be the goalkicking, with lower

percentages than many other sides, but when i say many other sides i mean men's international sides. he was discussing a lot today about the possibility that women's test teams or women's rugby in general could bring in the parameters when it comes to the goalkicking, just because female athletes don't have the same power as men. the first thing taht goes when you are trying to overstretch yourself, the first thing that goes his accuracy so you mega players who can achieve the distance but they are putting everything into it, so i have been seeing the global game in the last decade, it's something that has improved massively because of the commitment to it and the focus on it, but it's still falling short simply because of the physical part of it and i don't think that's right. that was just a suggestion from middleton that it would be fascinating to see if it is taken up by other coaches in the women's six nations and even considered by world rugby in the future. history made for great britain's gymnasts, the first

ever women's team gold in the championships in turkey. defending world jessica topped the standings in both the beam and qualifying, and there were similarly impressive results for her teammates. back on bars, as they made history beating italy and the netherlands for the gold medal of the floor apparatus. it's nice to be back, really long wait, i kind of zoned out after the girls have done beam and floor, we have to get ready for that but i could not be more proud of them but everyone did an incrediblejob. what was your mindset before that routine? just focus on my cues, bars is one of those pieces that is always nerve racking but i told myself it's like on bars, you need to be sharp i guess. of course you can get more on that and everything else at the bbc sport website but for me and the rest of the team,

until next time, goodbye. hello there. storm noa has been bringing problems to transport, with road, rail, ferries and airports affected. meanwhile, out to sea, some wild weather in cornwall, with these large, mountainous waves pummeling the coastline. some of the waves were thought to be about eight metres high. that's the same height as two double decker buses stacked on top of each other. storm noa, then, has certainly been making its impact felt. it's this swirl of cloud you can see here on the satellite picture. and the top wind speed was recorded, as it often is in such storms, at the needles on the isle of wight , a very exposed site — at 96 miles an hour. elsewhere, well into the 70s. even across inland parts of southern england, we had gusts into the 60s of miles an hour and that was strong enough to blow over a few trees. now, over the next few hours, those very strong winds

are starting to calm down. it's still quite windy, though, for wales and south—west england. temperatures coming down to between 3 and 6 celsius, very similar to what we've seen over recent nights. now, heading into thursday, it should be a fine start to the day for many for england and wales. there'll be showers across northern england, showers for scotland and northern ireland. and i think through the day, there is a chance that some of these showers, particularly for southern and eastern scotland, into eastern areas of england, well, they could merge together to give some longer spells of rain. and some of the rain heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in and temperatures still below par. but when the sunshine comes out, out of the breeze, probably not feeling too bad. probably not feeling too good on friday across southern parts of england and wales, with another area of low pressure moving in, bringing outbreaks of rain widely. some of that's going to be quite heavy as well, whereas the further north you are, you will see showers and thunderstorms, some of them, again, merging together to give some longer spells of rain, so staying very unsettled and pretty cool again for april. highs only reaching around 12

or 13 degrees at best. however, as we get into the weekend, things start to cheer up. the south—westerly winds start to blow away some of that cooler air and the high pressure starts to flex its muscles. now, on saturday, there'll still be a few showers around, maybe a few morning mist and fog patches to clear, but there'll be some bright or sunny spells and, overall, it's a better kind of day weather—wise. temperatures climbing. we're looking at highs of 15 in glasgow, 15 in norwich and for london as well. and that's just the start of things, because through sunday and into next week, it gets even warmer. indeed, next week, for the first time this year, we should see highs hit 20.

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