they host struggling wales. stage drawing to a close. manchester united beat fcsb 2—0 to finish third that means avoiding the play—off phase. with kobbie mainoo providing the assist. bucharest. their young stars shone as they beat elfsborg 3—0 to also finish top eight.

dane scarlett opened the scoring. 19—year—old fellow sub damola ajayi doubled their lead decisive against union saint—gilloise. to ensure they avoided the play off round and as the second half progressed around europe, it all fell into place.

from second to fifth. bodo glimt missed out on a top eight spot with a 1—1 draw with those teams from eight to 16 seeded for the draw for the playoff phase. away at macabi tel—aviv. shut, with a big name capturing attention chelsea have signed barcelona midfielder keira walsh, with the deal reportedly worth close to $1 million including add—ons. a huge signing. she is widely regarded as one of the best

players in the world and certainly one �*the best certainly one of the best midfielders in the world. at a midfielders in the world. if" when barcelona signed it then world record fee was for a then world record fee manchester city and now yea rs years later havin- years later having won trophies them back—to—back trophies with them she is back to the wsl. she is coming back to the wsl. i think she is keen to come back and have a comforts back and have a home comforts before preparing for euro with england. before preparing for euro with encland. , england. a massive signing for chelsea. they _ england. a massive signing for chelsea. they have _ england. a massive signing for chelsea. they have a - england. a massive signing for chelsea. they have a huge - england. a massive signing for. chelsea. they have a huge death talent j 77 talent already. 77 talent already. how 77 talent already. how will balance " "5315545? " " "5.1.5.4 qififigge " balance allthese players? they balance all these players? we know naomi came in and we also know naomi came in and she announced and presented she was announced and presented to the earlier on this e! mm 5( naomi, another: 5( naomi, another hue sr them. , another hue s( them. £900,000, . e signing for them. £900,000, world signing forthem. £900,000, world record, a player to world record, a big player to come in that will only add come in and that will only add to the that they have. come in and that will only add to 1 know that they have. come in and that will only add to 1 know thatt number. is to win the: is to win thejchampions goal is to win the champions league and seven points league and be seven points clear at the top of the ladder so their so domestically their dominance isjust going to

so domestically their dominance is just going to continue that it is the championship trophy they are after 5 they are after and that they are after and they that they are after and they that with these new hope that with these new players coming in, will be players coming in, they will be who could help them to to who could help them to get over that line into the qualification. �* some of their opponents not be too w znot be too happy not be too happy to be will not be too happy to be lining up against players like flet�*sf : {let'stalk j {let'stalk 5 another that. let's talk about another newsline as well. georgia ggyégljge as well georgia we mentioned the stanway, we mentioned the euros, obviously the summer and key injury for her and she a key injury for her and she has undergone surgery. has undergone sugary. a has undergone surgery. a big blow. by an 7 7iu77 7 77—77 7 7 put out a statement munich put out a statement saying that she will miss 7 7 months of 'r;;.;n’ti;°f1hg” 7 7 months of the season several months of the season and we know that knee injuries time7 t|meto time to come "t'i’m'e’i6'56r5e oak 7 7 7 ti7me7toc7om7e back from 777 ti7me7toc7om7e back from so take time to come back from so was only five months to go before the euros is worrying 77en7gl7a7nd77 7 77 7 7 777en7gl7a7nd77she 7 7 7 7 777en7gl7a7nd77shehas7 7 777en7gl7a7nd77she has7 7 7su7ch for england. she has been such a key playerfor them, game 27 ”f is game in euro 7 game in euro 2022, every as england reached the game as england reached the final of world cup in 2023 final of the world cup in 2023 as well. so a big loss for england and for georgia herself it is a to have suffered it is a blow to have suffered so close to that so close to the tournament. crossed she

tournament. fingers crossed she can come back and recover can comeback“ , - ~' can comeback , - ~' quickly. and one other line to brin: quickly. and one other line to bring you _ quickly. and one other line to bring you very _ quickly. and one other line to bring you very quickly. - elsewhere, england forward chloe kelly has joined arsenal on loan from manchester city for the remainder of the season in paris on friday night, with tournament favourites then on saturday, scotland host italy before defending champions ireland face england in dublin. of it all. welcome to the stadium where preparations are much in preparations are very much in full swing. �* on preparations are very much in full swing. �*on wales full swing. earlier on wales were training inside the knows tea m team will start as massive hiateam will eta-"t ea "ass-e against hiateam will eta-"t ea "vase-e against france, underdogs against france, wales finished bottom remember, wales finished bottom of the six table last and in fact have lost year and in fact they'have lost 12 matches in a

worst run their entire but despite that their history. but despite that their captain his side can captain believes his side can still an upset. we captain believes his side can still - an upset. still cause an upset. last year and it is a new from last year and it is a new competition every year and we're forward to it tomorrow. there is a lot of experience back and a lot of boys come back and a lot of boys come back and a lot of boys come back and you coming in as back and you boys coming in as well so we are the well so we are excited in the group training has been group and training has been going well we are looking going well so we are looking forward. ., ., ., ., , forward. the other four nations be . in forward. the other four nations begin their _ on - begin their campaigns on saturday. the defending champions, ireland, have named their starting 15 to face england in dublin. the big news from that is that sam has been chosen to at fly half. he has been play at fly half. he has been preferred jack crowley who preferred to jack crowley who first choice for was first choice for them the last six nations. as during the last six nations. as scotland, italy for scotland, they face italy in their opening match. their starting 15 has featured in their opening match. their starting for as featured in their opening match. their starting for as fe forwards recalled for their forwards dave cherry and johnny grey

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recognising, of course, the independence and primacy of independenceand’ the primacy of federations, sets internationalfederations, sets the tone and the style and sure that they a makes sure that they give a very guidance to 7 federations international federations because that is what they are for, that is what they looking for, that is what they are expecting. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc hello. compared with some of the rather days look a good deal quieter. but a fair amount of cloud. so we've got this frontal system particularly as this ridge of high pressure builds in behind it. so that rain, early on across the southeast corner, tending to clear away.

northern england up into scotland. this zone of clear spells, but a fair bit of cloud i think and another zone of cloud pushing but where we do see some clear spells, temperatures will drop to freezing or a touch below, so there could be a frost now high pressure to the east of us, frontal systems trying to push in from the west, of cloud across the central and eastern parts

towards the west cloud will be rolling its way in as this weather front tries to push its way eastwards. night and on into sunday, this weather front just weakens, just breaks apart — and so what will be left with for sunday is, yes, a band of clouds and bits and either side of that weather front — northern ireland, eight, nine degrees will not feel too bad. as we look ahead to next week, a decent amount of dry weather around once again.

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