hello and thanks for joining us, here's your latest sports news. coming up... the newcastle united's retail season continues. for more goals against everton and a top four position all but secure it. every ten are in real danger of relegation. barcelona are back in the women's champions league final. they beat a spirited chelsea 2—1 on aggregate. mark allen claims the first session of the world soccer championship semifinal against mark selby five frames to three. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. here is your latest sports news. everton face a huge task to stay in the premier league following a 412 fashion by

newcastle united. newcastle newcastle u nited. newcastle continued newcastle united. newcastle continued their stunning form in front of goal which has seen them scored ten goals in the last two games. eight points above fifth place tottenham as they look to secure a champions league football. ever ten r 19. league football. ever ten r19. two points from safety with just five games left to avoid the club's first relegation after 69 years in the top flight of english football. for a lane flight of english football. for a large part _ flight of english football. for a large part of— flight of english football. er?" a large part of that half, i would take that, even if that's the result, i will take the performance, but when the second cousin, you cannot take that performance. the basics go out the window, the feel of the performance goes out the window. those pundits are saying they are gone, there is no chance. it is exactly the same. that's the reality of the challenge i took over. it is there and we got to correct it. clinically took to farm and we had a period where we had questions to answer. but the response from the players has been urgent. we have a few days

before we play southampton, it will be a difficult game, so the end table will tell us where we are and where we have next season, at the moment we are just focusing on the next game. tottenham came back from 2 goals down to salvage a point and some pride against manchester united in caretaker manager ryan mason's first match back in charge. jadon sancho scored for the visitors within 7 minutes and then marcus rashford scored his 29th club goal of the season to put united thoroughly in control at half time. with fans protesting against the board, spurs put in a better performance in the second half — pulling one back through pedro porro, and then drawing level through hyeung min son my my priority from day one on monday was to get this group together to see a group of men that are working together on the pitch fighting for each other, and ifelt that the pitch fighting for each other, and i felt that today. the pitch fighting for each other, and ifelt that today. i hope the fans felt that today as well because we can certainly feel them with us, we

have five games to keep working and hopefully get positive results. my opinion was that we didn't play that well. we results. my opinion was that we didn't play that well.— didn't play that well. we had a lot of chances _ didn't play that well. we had a lot of chances that _ didn't play that well. we had a lot of chances that we - didn't play that well. we had a lot of chances that we didn't . lot of chances that we didn't finish — lot of chances that we didn't finish. we were not clinical enough _ finish. we were not clinical enough. but we scored two times _ enough. but we scored two times. then you have to finish the game, _ times. then you have to finish the game, although we scored twice — the game, although we scored twice in— the game, although we scored twice in an away game, which is good, _ twice in an away game, which is good, but — twice in an away game, which is good, but they are goals we concede, _ good, but they are goals we concede, they were so easy and we could've avoided them. bournemouth gave their hopes of survival a huge boost with a 1—0 win at bottom side southampton. marcus tavernier got the crucial goal five minutes after half time. southampton had a che adams effort ruled out through var minutes from time the result means bornemouth are seven points clear of the relegation zone while southampton are six points adrift of safety. it was nice to get those points and what is a huge game, but the lads thoroughly deserved it. we should've been more

clinical. it should've been done, really. we had to show a little resilience at the end and hang on against a team that were desperate to firing everything over including fed goalkeeper. it was a good win. fiorentina will play inter in the coppa italia final after beating cremonese 2—0 on aggregate after thuresday�*s second leg the match finished goalleass — but it was enough for la viola to get through to their first final since 2014 and 11th final in total. fiorentina last lifted the trophy in 2001 — and will play the defending champions inter milan in the final on may the 24th. in la liga villareal are up to fifth after beating espanyol 4—2. valencia are out of the relgation zone with a 2—1 win against real valloidolid and athletic bilboa sevilla finished... 1—0 to the visitors, with an injury time penalty. barcelona have made it a third straight women's champions league final after a coming through a tense semifinal secong leg against chelsea at the nou camp. it finished 1—1 on the night

and 2—1 to the catalan club on aggregate. norwegian striker caroline graham hansen scored in the second half for barca — chelsea immediately hit back through their own norwegian star guro reiten. the blues pushed for a goal to take the match into extra time but wasted chances leaving barca jubilant. arsenal and w0lfsburg will play the other semi final second leg on monday. many children dream of becoming a professional footballer, but the reality is that very few will achieve that goal. liverpool defender trent alexander—arnold describes himself as "one of the lucky ones" who rose through the youth ranks at his club, and he's now trying to help those who weren't as lucky as him by launching �*the after academy�* to help former players with career opportunities after football. he's been speaking to the bbc.

they will be there to support you, my opportunities to soften the blow of being released and your dreams being crushed. it's also just eye—opening to giving an indication as to what else is in the world, because we live in a football bubble where we eat, sleep and live football. and i didn't know what the opportunities are like. i didn't realise there were so many opportunities within football, sports. do you remember a time when you came much of the academy and you were one of the people wondering if you would be kept on the team? can you remember what that felt like? is strained to see but i always felt from the age of six ——it�*s strange to say, but i always felt from the age of six onwards, people come and go and you get release from six and told to go to a different club and trade there. i'm a lucky player who has never had to go through these

challenges, but i am a very, very small percentage of the players that are in the academy right now. i think with the majority, the high majority, feeling, there needs to be some kind of supports and safety net. us players coming through the academy, you know if you're not 100% committed you are have no chances. if you are 100% committed to a tiny chance. from all of the conversations and e—mails that i received, and messages i have received, that was a common theme to stop the fear of failure no, that has no build—up in players and a people, going into real world. people are scared to be vulnerable and put themselves out for a newjob orjust because they put everything into this and got told that you're not good enough. so to have that again is really something scary for them.

andy murray is out of the madrid masters in the first round after losing to qualifier andrea vavassori in straight sets 6—2 7—6. the three time grand slam champion has been struggling for form on the clay and despite improving in the second set he missed a straight forward volley at the net in the tie—breaker. he was the second brit to lose in the singles on thursday following kyle edmund's defeat. mark allen holds the upper hand in his world championship snooker semifinal against mark selby at the crucible in sheffield finishing the first session 5—3 ahead. in a back—and—forth session, allen and selby traded the lead before the world number three pulled away, winning the final two frames to take an overnight lead. their match resumes tonight. and the 20—year—old chinese star si ja—wee has also taken a 5—3 lead in his semi with against luca brecel. the belgian had the chance to go into the second session on even terms but gave si ja wee the opportunity to

pinch a tense eighth frame... the debutant needed both pink and black and potted both. the match resumes at 9am gmt on friday american basketball player brittney griner has spoken for the first time since being released from a russian penal colony. the 6 foot 9 centre was arrested at moscow airport last year on drug—related charges and detained for nearly 10 months. she was freed in exchange for a russian arms dealer viktor bout. the phoenix mercury player had flown to moscow to rejoin a russian women's team she plays for in the off—season. griner broke down while speaking to the media. thank y'all for covering the end all the exposure that you gave me, my family to get me home. i really appreciate it. that coverage was much needed. the whole entire season, i expect to see the same coverage, because we have a great product. you know, i'm no

stranger to hard times, so... just dig in deep, honestly. you are going to be faced with adversity throughout your life. this was a pretty big one, but ijust kind of relied on my hard work, getting through it. you find a way to grind it out. just put your head down and just keep going, just keep moving forward. you can never stand still. that was my thing. just never be still, never get too focused on the now and looking forward to what is to come. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello.

well, it's a very damp picture out there at the moment, a lot of cloud shrouding the uk. but if we have a look at the satellite picture, you can see some big gaps in the clouds to the west and southwest of us. that is heading our way, so there will be some sunshine on friday. let's have a look at the outlook, though, for the next few days. so, yes, sunny spells to come on friday, particularly by the time we get to the afternoon. but overall, the bank holiday weekend is actually going to be quite warmer compared to what we've been used to in the last few days. having said that, showers are also expected. so the forecast then, for early friday, a lot of cloud, you can see where it's still raining across parts of scotland, the north of england. but by this stage, it's already starting to dry out, particularly across wales and the southwest. and as we go through the morning, into the afternoon, we'll see sunny spells developing widely, first across the southern half of the uk and then eventually a little bit further north too. but one or two showers certainly on the cards for friday. temperatures at best around 19 or even 20 celsius in the southeast,

about 14 celsius expected in glasgow and not far off that in belfast. now, as we go through the weekend, we'll continue to see relatively mild air coming in from the south, not as hot anywhere near as hot as it has been in spain, the south of spain and portugal. now, it's actually coming all the way from the azores, so, yes, the mild direction, but we're not going to be getting the heat you may have heard about across iberia. so saturday, then, a scattering of showers on the cards but sunny spells, too, and here are the temperatures, around 19 celsius again in london, but quite chilly across parts of scotland. aberdeen, for example, no higher than around 8 celsius. and here's a look at sunday, again, a real mixed bag on the way. some of the showers could turn out to be really heavy on sunday, perhaps even with some cracks of thunder on the way. now, the temperatures around the mid teens across the northern part of england and into

the lowlands, warmest spots, again, in the south. and then as we go into monday, bank holiday monday. high pressure is expected to build across the uk, but isn't going to be completely dry, because, again, in the north, especially in scotland, we are anticipating some showers. so here's the outlook from saturday onwards, it is a bit of a mixed bag, especially through the weekend, and actually into next week, you can see those temperatures easing once again. bye— bye.

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