they beat ac milan 3—1 in their second leg this evening.enal went into this with a 2—1 lead from italy, but they really didn't start the game as if they we re didn't start the game as if they were trying to defend that. they went on the attack from the get go? no signs at all from arsenal they we re no signs at all from arsenal they were going to sit back and protect their two goal advantage that they won in italy. they attack from the off, and it can backfire. it looked like it might, when calhanoglu tour came from range, about 35 minutes in. what a goal. it looked like it would set up ac milan and you worried for arsenal's fragile confidence. a pretty soft looking penalty for a foul on danny welbeck. i think it was given by the official behind the goal. a lot of controversy about whether he might have dived. a pressure penalty, he scored and that restored the advantage. ac had more chances, but when xhaka's shop managed to find his way in, they managed to find a third and fifth overall. ultimately, a pretty comfortable evening for arsenal

they have beaten ac milan at the emirates i 3—1 to get to the quarterfinals.tal test, for in the second leg milan knew they could change the mood in a moment. calhanoglu with a strike to shake the try. how were those nerves? well, how about this for a settler? not two minutes later danny welbeck broke and fell. a plea, a pause. a penalty. back to welbeck. pressure. in a kick a stadium exhaled. arsenal aren‘t always suitable for before the watershed. though always a chance ofjump scares courtesy of a desperate milan with nothing to lose. arsenal ensured they had nothing to gain either. xhaka aimed for one corner and somehow scored in the other. safety. then time for luxury. they queued up for a third, welbeck got it. a competition which was never supposed to be a priority for arsenal has helped them regain a little of their identity. patrick gearey, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here is an 0llie. tonight we talk to the excelled russian oligarch who believes blood and putin has lost control of the russian state. during the night on bbc

ramsey is expected to play for arsenal in the second leg of their europa league tie with ac milan later, but giggs accepted the international break was "a good time" to have minor surgery. we have been in discussion with arsenal over the last couple of weeks and aaron has a small procedure, it's the ideal time during that break to get sucked in. he will be in the squad tonight for the game against ac milan but it's a good time to get this done and it is a blow because he is a quality player but it's the best thing to do for the future and four iron. —— and for the future and four iron. —— and for iron. also coming up in the programme: disappointment for great britain's wheelchair curling team at the winter paralympics. they miss out on the semi—finals and any chance of a medal. and could the ice skating double act of nick buckland and penny coomes be set for a dramatic career change? tiger woods has continued his comeback today at the arnold palmer invitational. woods has been in fine form and this putt on the seventh was one of a number of highlights from his four under par 68. it leav

ac milan took the lead. danny welbeck equalised from the penalty spot. it is still 1—1. ht for that match against milan but he was a notable absentee in ryan giggs' first squad as wales manager. ramsey will undergo minor surgery during the international break. there were a number of surprise names in gareth southgate's squad for england's upcoming friendlies against the netherlands and italy. burnley‘s solid season has been rewarded with call ups for defender james tarkowski and keeper nick pope. bournemouth midfielder cook has been called up for the second time — you may remember he helped england's u20 squad lift the world cup last year. manchester united's ashley young and arsenal midfielderjack wilshere return to the fold as southgate takes another look at his options ahead of this summer's world cup. west ham games will have increased security in place after last weekend's crowd trouble in the game against burnley. an emergency meeting took place after the incidents last weekend which involved the captain mark noble at one stage wrestling a supporter to the ground. t

through to the quarter—finals of the europa league after a comfortable victory over italian giants, ac milanat the emirates stadium. arsenal led 2—0 from the first leg, but milan scored first in the return match, with hakan shalkhanolu reducing the deficit after 35 minutes. but then a controversial penalty from danny welbeck and a goal from granit xhaka — either side of the break — put arsenal in front. before wellbeck scored again to see his side win 3—1 on the night — and 5—1 on aggregate. elsewhere, dmitri payet was among the scorers as marseille won 2—1 at bilbao — and 5—2 on aggregate. lucas leiva scored in lazio‘s 2—0 win at dynamo kiev, as they went through 4—2 overall, and fernando torres scored twice as atletico madrid thrashed lokomotiv moscow 5—1 on the night — and 8—1 on aggregate. lyon are out 3—3 on away goals, after losing 3—2 at home to cska moscow. borussia dortmund are also out after a 0—0 draw at salzburg — who go through 2—1 on aggregate. sporting lisbon are through, despite losing 2—1 at viktoria plzen. a goal in extra—time saw them win 3—2 over the two legs. and rb leip

london club arsenal ended their four game losing streak in style with a two no shock away win over ac milan henrik make tarion open the scoring with his first goal for arsenal and their ramsey's sealed the victory with a go on the stroke of half time to nail the final score easy mom's thirteen game unbeaten streak ended with a thud there well dortmund meanwhile suffered a stunning home defeat to salzburg in their europa league match up along berisha scored two goals in seven minutes for salzburg at the start of the second half andre shirwa pulled a goal back for dortmund but the game ended two one for the austrians the second leg is next week in salzburg. get your mind on our top stories at this hour president trump and the north korean leader kim jong un have agreed to hold the first ever u.s. north korea summit. president trump has confirmed the plan and says great progress is being made. and president trump moving ahead with controversy all trade tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum spurring fears of a possible global trade war he says he's facing down an assault on the united states an

in attack, arsenal's midweek victory over ac milan in the europa league perhaps reminded them of whatot even have aubameyang available for that. his third arsenal goal. less than two minutes after the flip, it may have been cancelled out by a trip. ainsley maitland—niles gave away the penalty. troy deeney took it. he accused arsenal of lacking fight this season. petr cech responded with his fist. the first penalty he had saved for the gunners en route to his 200th premier league clean sheet. arsenal's feelgood sunday got rosier still. henrikh mkhitaryan left free to make it three. for him and peter cech this will not feel like an empty victory. tottenham's european dreams and againstjuventus on tottenham's european dreams and against juventus on wednesday. bournemouth guessed they might be sore and tested aching limbs. junior stanislas hit the bar before he hit the net. spurs' bad we got worse when harry kane injured his ankle. 0thers when harry kane injured his ankle. others would need to replace the goals. dele alli equalised. an echo of kane. the man spurs will look to most of kane

coming up on this programme: arsenal stun ac milan to seal a comfortable europa league first leg wins gather to pay their respects at his funeral in florence. and ferrari are in flying form, as sebastian vettel sets an unofficial track record in barcelona. hello and welcome to the programme. plenty of europa league action this evening, and we begin in italy, where arsenal ended milan's13—game unbeaten streak with a much—needed victory at the san siro. arsene wenger‘s side got off to a perfect start, when henrikh mkhitaryan opened the scoring after 15 minutes with his first goal for the club. just before half—time, aaron ramsey made to 2—0, and that sealed arsenal's first win in five games in all competitions. milan had just one shot on target in the whole game, from giacomo bonaventura early in the second half, and the seven—time european champions face an uphill battle to reach the last eight.

arsenal's midweek victory over ac milan in the europa league perhaps reminded them of what they areut by a trip. ainsley maitland—niles gave away the penalty. troy deeney took it. he accused arsenal of lacking fight this season. petr cech responded with his fist. arsenal's feel—good sunday got rosier still. henrikh mkhitaryan left free to make it three. for him and peter check this will not feel like an empty victory. it was important to win today after milan, of course. it was a difficult game. like you get in the premier league. we had to battle and we did. we had some may be jaded legs at some stage. overall you could see the desire and the spirit in the team. we conceded an early goal, but i don't think it was because we were relaxing. we tried to be very concentrated and focused on the match. ok, it was this way, but we tried to do as better as possible from the beginning. the day's other game is at the vitality stadium where bournemouth are taking on tottenham. junior stanislas had already hit the bar for the cherries before he put this in. the afternoon got worse for spurs, w

essentially from scratch and got so good so quickly to the point where it was exporting players to ac milan to into milan within the space of really fifteen twenty years when those star names went and the next generation didn't quite live up to the same standards now it's what do we do and so this i think is a bit of a period where one has to be patient maybe wait for the stars to come back before we can really get to the next growth phase the j league was the first league that kick started the i league in australia m.l.s. started about going to see some of the j. league really was this of the blue touch paper and there's a very meant for many of the news of them emerging leagues where you have to fail in north america of course. i think in japan now even we have a tendency to be a little bit negative because what's happening now and say if you look at the first fifteen years to come from essentially nothing in terms of culture that was quite incredible you had before the daily you had a company league where teams that were called literally called the the the common factor that team became

arsenal manager arsene wenger has encouraged his players to provide his side host ac milan in the europa understands going all the way in the competition this year will be very tough, unless their form improves further. milan, dortmund, atletico madrid, all the french teams, there are many good teams in there. this competition is maybe this season a higher level than ever. and great britain can't win a medal in the wheelchair curling at the winter parlympics. earlier, they lost to hosts korea in their penultimate round—robin match. that result meant they had to rely on other to see if they could make the medal playoffs. but in the afternoon session, norway's victory over slovakia means the britain are out, even if they win their final pool match against china. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website and i'll have more for you in the next hour. good afternoon, our main story: in the past hour — the leaders of the us, germany and france have issued a joint statement with the uk, saying the poisoning of a russian double agent in salisbur

club arsenal ended their four game losing streak in style with the two no shock wave victory over ac milan henrik were tarion opening the scoring with his first goal for arsenal on aaron ramsey sealed the victory with a goal on the stroke of half time to nil was the final score ac milan's thirteen game unbeaten streak ended with a thud. this is d.w. news still to come on the show a generation with dreams broken by war a refugee camp in lebanon seeks to help syrian children deal with their trauma by turning their stories into art. and seventy years after the fukushima disaster people who once lived nearby are starting to return pushing aside their fears and living on land that's still contaminated with radioactivity. those stories and much more straight ahead here d.w. news. gone. football personally. with the world cup in sight in argentina all eyes are on monday you know missing messiah. will we see another classic dual between germany and argentina. and missy clinch the title catching the mood in argentina. in sixty minutes on the. fake hair and real story. where i come from a lot of wom

italy's two most trophy laden teams will face off for the italian cup eventis will take on ac milan in the final in may you've a book their spot by beating atalanta two nil on aggregate ac milan had a tougher time winning on penalties after two goal with legs against a lot zero tottenham are through t.v. quarterfinals of the english f.a. cup after an incident packed six one victory against third tier side rochdale fernando laurent they scored a hat trick at a snowy when police stadium but it was level at one goal apiece at half time and the match was marred by a number of controversial video referee incidents my feeling is difficult. i think we need to split. because the. first half of. the system is going to. manchester city manager purport aeolus says he'll continue to wear a yellow ribbon in support of the imprisoned politicians in catalonia despite being charged by the english football association is allowed to wear it out of sight so was on a jumper under a coat for the league cup final against arsenal on sunday and says he doesn't want any dispute. nobody of course we're going to

danny welbwck scored twice last night as they beat ac milan 3—1, 5—1 on aggregate.ld cup. it's a race the hugely successful trainer willie mullins has never won djakadam he'll try again this afternoon with djakadum. his rival trainer nicky henderson sends out might bite. one of the nation's favourite soaps coronation street will tonight broadcast the start of a major storyline focusing on male rape. the plot will see the character david platt raped by male mechanic and personal trainerjosh tucker. in the coming weeks the soap will chart the characters struggle in the aftermath of the attack. this is a clip from tonight's episode. two peas in a pod, you and me. my mum, she always used to refer to her fellas as my uncles. mmm. yeah, my gran was just as bad, apparently, in her day. mmm. but... now they're just two born—again prudes. i think we should have a toast, actually. to all the uncles in the world. to uncles. right. i'm going to go for a wazz. let's talk now to one survivor of male rape, alexander morgan. he was raped twice. and kate 0ates — coronation street's

and brighton is another focus, chris hughton against ac milan.a footballer to speak like this, but he talks about going back to the site at grenfell tower, spending time in the community and try to help people there. itjust resonated with me. i grew up in tower blocks, the same. i still have friends and family there, in those situations. i didn't understand the logistics of how this would happen and the resistance it seemed the residents and the residents' families were receiving, the lack of compassion to get it fixed as soon as possible. it seemed as if there was too much red tape, these are humans here. they have lost their lives, lost loved ones and lost their homes. ryan bertrand really feels that hard. you can see how he explains that situation. you expect is sometimes footballers to talk ina expect is sometimes footballers to talk in a certain way but he really broadens out the discussion. we talked about the shebelieves cup, england losing to the usa in the end, but phil neville reflected on it, and we will look in more detail at the worl

through to the quarter—finals of the europa league after a comfortable victory over italian giants ac milan the emirates stadium, with hakan shal—khanolu reducing the deficit after 35 minutes. but then a controversial penalty from danny welbeck and a goal from granit xhaka — either side of the break — put arsenal in front. before wellbeck scored again to see his side win 3—1 on the night and 5—1 on aggregate. you can find all of the nights results on the bbc sport wesbite. afghanistan have kept their slim hopes of qualifying for the 2019 cricket world cup alive. they beat the west indies by three wickets in the first match of the super sixes. only the top two teams will qualify. afghanistan removed chris gayle in just the fourth over, as the west inides limped to a first innings score ofjust 198. and despite losing more of their batsman than they would've liked, the afghans reached the total with three wickets remaining. they still need to win their last two matches to stand a chance of qualifying though. now for the best of sporting social media. and while indian wells is in full swing in

his side went to italy and they came back with a 2—0 victory over ac milan.ramsey added another at the san siro. the second leg is at the emirates next thursday. look, we have won a game, we are not qualified so what the result could mean, it could lift the game a little bit. we have to be in the team again because if you lose three games in six days, it's always very difficult but we want to keep our focus and finish the job next week, that is what is the target. 23—time grand slam winner serena williams won her first singles match on the wta tour for nearly 1a months as she returned after the birth of her child. at 36, and having suffered what she called ‘near fatal‘ health complications after giving birth last september, she reached the second round at indian wells with a straight sets victory over kazakhstan's zarina diyas. afterwards, williams said she was ‘a little rusty‘. i was almost going to cry because i missed my daughter. but i pulled myself together and said, "you've got to do this." but i was really happy to be out there, just to be able to play

thursday there are eight matches in the europa league, including the second leg between arsenal and ac milanat the san siro. the seven—time european champions had been in great form before the game, but were second best on the night and now have it all to do in london. sometimes when you have a negative spiral it is difficult to get out. that is why it was important for us to turn the corner, especially when you have big games in one week of three games in one week. if you lose the one then it is a massive game, like we faced in the cup. more chancesin like we faced in the cup. more chances in the next one, so it was important to get out of that. atletico madrid are also in action on thursday and they look set for the quarter—finals. the spaniards are taking a 3—0 lead to russia, after a comfortable win over lokamotiv moscow in the first leg. now to golf and after barely playing for the past three years, tiger woods will start the bay hill championship as one of the favourites, later on thursday. in his prime, the 14—time major winner won the tournament eight times, but it's now nearly five

arsenal's midweek victory over ac milan perhaps reminded them of what they are capable. third arsenal goal. less than two minutes after that flick it might have been cancelled out by a trip. troy deeney took the penalty. he had accused arsenal of lacking fight earlier this season. petr cech responded with his fist. arsenal's feel—good sunday got rosier still. henrikh mkhitaryan made it three. it bee—l7 won't feel like an empty victory. it”. . ,, . . , “f““fi‘ for us to win “f“";“‘ for us to win toda was important for us to win today after milan. it was a different game. we had the battle, and we did. we had somejaded legs at game. we had the battle, and we did. we had some jaded legs at some stage, but overall, the desire and spirit in the team was good. bournemouth are taking on spurs. that has happened. junior stanislas had already hit the bar when he again found himself in space and found the bottom corner. bournemouth would move into the top of the table with a win. wales and italy are playing the final six nations game of the weekend. wales enjoyed their biggest six

arsenal put their recent problems to one side with a polished performance against ac milan to give themkh mkhitaryan opened the scoring after 15 minutes with his first goalfor the cloud. scoring after 15 minutes with his first goal for the cloud. just before half—time, aaron ramsey made it 2-0, before half—time, aaron ramsey made it 2—0, and that sealed arsenal's fifth win in as many games in all competitions. look, we have won again. we have not — we have not qualified. and the result will mean it will be a relief to be in the team again, because when you lose three games in six days, it's always very difficult. but, and we want to keep our focus and finish the job next week. that's what our target is. purple smoke filled the sky is in florence. teammates, fans, politicians and former rivals alike —— davide astori was laid to rest. fellow footballers attended his funeral, where his coffin was flanked by children wearing his team's tracksuits, who formed a guard of honour. do not forget you can get all the latest sports news over on our website. at the media, thatis over on our website.

the gunners are traveling to italy to take on the seven—time european champions ac milan. in their last 13 under new manager genaro gattusso. we have to face milan and tried to give everything, absolutely key everything to qualify, in my opinion it will be a tight game, a tight tie because we are doing well at the moment and we are first focus on that. with less than a month to go until golf‘s masters, some of the world's best players are looking to hone their game at the valspar championship at innisbrook this weekend. tiger woods is playing at the tournament for the first time and still only finding his feet after his return from injury, but the 14—time major champion believes there's more to come. i think ithinki i think i have come around very quickly. i have only played ten rounds and so i know people keep saying that i have been... hulne, a little erratic and a little inconsistent but it is ten rounds, it is not that many. and bangladesh will be looking to turn their poor t2o form around in their tri—series with india and hosts sri lanka this month. the tigers have w

on bbc news, it's a perfect night for arsenal in the last 16 of the europa league. 2—0 they lead ac milanheading into the second leg. good evening. police in wiltshire have praised the bravery of one of their officers, who went to the aid of the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter, after they were poisoned by a nerve agent in salisbury. detective sergeant nick bailey is still in a serious condition in hospital. it's still unclear how and why mr skripal, and his 33—year—old daughter, were targeted last sunday afternoon. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports from salisbury. detective sergeant nick bailey is 38 years old, a decorated officer with plenty of experience on the front line of policing. he's still in a serious condition, but the good news today is he is awake and talking. he's a great character. he is a huge presence in wiltshire police, a well—loved and massively dedicated officer. he is clearly receiving high, specialist treatment. he is well, he's sat up. he's not the nick i know, but he is receiving a high level of treatment. he's very anxious, he's

defeat to ac milan in the last 16 of the europa league would make it their worst losing streak in 41sene wenger‘s side 13 points away from a place in the premier league's top four and, with it, an automatic spot in next season's champions league. winning the europa is another way of achieving that goal and wenger thinks they now have to try and win this competition. this is an opportunity for us. we have to take this, of course. and it increases the pressure even more on this competition, but as well at the moment it's certainly difficult, when you go through a patch like that, but i believe as well it's a good opportunity. what you want is to show that you have the quality and strengths, and you can only show that when it's difficult. former world number one maria sharapova's disappointing run of form has continued. she's lost in straight sets in the first round at indian wells to japanese number one naomi osaka. it's the second opening round loss in succession for the russian after she was knocked out of the qatar open last month. sharapova made six double faults, won only 25% of h

his side came from behind to beat ac milan 3—1 last night. danny wellbeck, scoring twice.nt, a four—team competiton in china which starts on wednesday. it'll mark ryan giggs' debut as wales manager. bowler mason crane will miss england's test series in new zealand with a stress fracture in his lower back. he'll be replaced by somerset‘s jack leach, who's been given a first call—up and will fly out in the next couple of days. england rugby head coach, eddiejones, says he loves being under pressure and so do his players, as they head into their final six nations match against ireland tomorrow, trying to avoid a third straight defeat. he's made plenty of changes to the side that lost to france at the weekend. there is always pressure, whether you win or lose. and that's being involved in international rugby. expectation of international teams is high and everyone wants to see their team win is high and everyone wants to see theirteam win and is high and everyone wants to see their team win and we are no exception. bash. . it's how you handle the pressure, the pressure is not

arsenal put their recent problems to one side, with a 2—nil victory over ac milan in the last 16 of theey, put arsene wenger‘s side in control of the tie, with the home leg to come. it's a critical weekend in the six nations, with ireland unbeaten and top of the table — they take on scotland in dublin — and victory could give them the title. and england coach eddiejones is seeking a reaction from their defeat to scotland last time out — they face france, and they need to match ireland's result, to take the championship to the final weekend. in the papers, i will look at some of the paralympics. the winter theme is good. we have had the beast from the east, the pest from the west. bring a temper tantrum and that is it. that is exactly what happened. that's right, she is not coming back until the sun comes out. we did have a little bit more snow yesterday across parts of northern england, scotla nd across parts of northern england, scotland as well. this is how things are looking in west yorkshire, lying snow around at the moment for many places but over the next few days we will wave cou

they've beaten ac milan 2—0 in the first leg of their last 16 tie, with arsene wenger avoiding a fifthunbeaten in 13 games but it was the italians who went behind after 15 minutes, henrikh mkhitaryan‘s effort deflecting off leonardo bonucci to give arsenal the lead. mkhitaryan came close to a second in the first half, with arsenal breaking on the counter, the armenian‘s shot clipped the top of the crossbar and in first first half stoppage time aron ramsey gave the visitors the cushion they were after when he tapped in for 2—0 to put arsenal in a great position ahead of next thursday‘s second leg. last year's cheltenham gold cup winner sizing john has been ruled out of this year's big race because of a hairline fracture of the pelvis. trainerjessica harrington hopes the horse will start exercising again after a two week rest. meanwhile ruby walsh had a successful return to the saddle in his first race since breaking his leg in november. walsh was victorious on the willie mullins trained lareena in the maiden hurdle at thurles. he's is set to ride 2015 winner faugheen in the champion hur

arsenal have ease the pressure on their under fire boss austin banner the gunners beat ac milan away in the first leg of the last sixteen euro police tighe olds from entering tyrion and aaron ramsey sealed the two know when it is a run of four straight losses winning the competition would guarantee champions league qualification of also who are down and six in the e.p.l. the worsley campaign venders twenty two year career elsewhere let's go madrid beat lokomotiv moscow three nil but there was a big upset for bruce who dortmund two lost at home and will face a tough away tie to celts book a good night two for the french teams in action as leon c.s.k. moscow and masai looked to have beaten the thirty bilbao its three one to ma say in the dying minutes their defending women's world champions the usa have beaten england in the final game of the she believes cup of the fourteen torment also included france and germany this much in orlando was decided by an own goal from england's believe right is the second time the u.s. have won this title all the size of building up to next year's world

past six months also means the pressure on their under fire boss austin van or his team beating ac milan away in the first leg of their last sixteen europa league tie goals from henrik make it sorry in an hour and ramsey sitting at suno when the run a full straight losses winning the competition guarantees champions league qualification their sixth in the premier league right now their worst domestic campaign of fang is twenty two year reign look we're born again we have not we are not qualified so what the result would mean it relief to gain the day to be . relieved to be deferring in the team again because when you lose three games in six days it's all rouge very difficult but. and do we want to keep our focus and job next recruits were what does it get the mommy hates have moved a step closer to the playoffs in basketball's top pro league with a win against the philadelphia seventy six ers heading into the final six weeks of the n.b.a. regular season pass and was silent the hate with twenty six points supported by sixteen from twine white to hate all seventh in the eastern conference

the composition of course offering the way to a passage to the champions league also north facing ac milan and the gunners are under serious pressure to get a result having lost the last four games in a row but they are winning to nail at the san siro the favorites that led to co-hosting lokomotiv and their one nil out in front no goals than the other two games going on there right now now for more europa league games kickoff later including must say they play atletico at it bilbao the teams met in the last thirty two of the competition two years ago on that occasion it was the spanish team who went. defending women's world champions the usa have beaten england in the final game with the she believes cup the full team tournament also included france and germany this match monday was decided by an own goal from england's money right it's the second time the u.s. have won this title over the size of building up to next year's what is wrong. sebastian vettel in for ari are gaining momentum ahead of the new f one season which begins with the australian grand prix later this month the full time

thursday danny will better score the double as arsenal completed a five one aggregate victory over ac milan the winners of the competition qualify for next season's champions league. new for the climb with the wrong team it was a vital result for us tonight you know. part of that. we have targets as well you know to finish as close as possible to top performing why not. been defeat from america but this will focus on the quarterfinal not. one of the other quarter finals leipzig me to say atletico madrid will host sportingly a spine in the opening leg after thrashing lokomotiv moscow eight one on aggregate a large deal will hope to turn around their losing record to salzburg. argentinian team independente picked up a crucial win in the copper liberty dorris on an emotional night in buenos iris before this group game against a million arias of colombia one of the independent is all time greats was remembered former player ruben galvan died earlier this week he was part of the team that won four straight copa titles in the one nine hundred seventy s. he also won the world cup with argentina ni

so hoping to salvage something from their season there are two nil up after the first leg against ac milan the winners of this trophy will qualify for next season's champions league. to have a chance to qualify for the quarterfinal you know me as well. who is in. the. past and you have many of you have all the fringe teams some good french team should have many good teams in this competition maybe she's not of a higher level whenever there's someone out there. well we are ready we were born radio then we have to play against another team we know it's going to be difficult but in football and in the sport in general there's nothing better than giving all of yourself and changing the course of history we came here but i already started a week ago saying we're not coming here just for fun or for a little journey and we know it's going to be difficult. it's been a day of surprises cricket's world cup qualifying tournament in zimbabwe despite not reaching the super six round the paul managed to secure one day international status by beating pop one new guinea there was also a huge upset as afgh

still there hoping to salvage something from their season that so up after the first leg against ac milan the winners of this trophy will qualify for the next season's champions league. you pay me. to have a chance to qualify for the court to finally know me learned as well. and the mundane. your vast and your many view of all the french teams some good french team should have many good teams in the competition maybe vision a door for higher level were never there when at the brawn this is well we are ready we were born radio then we have to play against another team we know it's going to be difficult but in football and in the sport in general there's nothing better than giving all of yourself and changing the course of history we came here but i already started a week ago saying we're not coming here just for fun or for a little journey and we know it's going to be difficult now if you believe the stats roger federer is playing his best tennis in more than a decade the world number one moving into the last eight indian wells with his fifteenth straight win of the year his best starts we

also have ease the pressure on their under fire boss arsene wenger the gunners beat ac milan away in the first leg of their last sixteen euro please tie goals from henrik me tyrion and aaron ramsey sealed the two know when it is a run of four straight losses winning the competition would guarantee champions league qualification for arsenal who were down in sixth in the e.p.l. the worst the campaign of bangas twenty two year reign elsewhere let's go brigid beat lokomotiv moscow three nil but there was a big upset for bruce who dortmund who lost at home and will face a tough away tie to celts book a good night two for the french teams in action as lille beat c.s.k. moscow marsay have beaten the. defending women's world champions the usa have beaten england in the final game of the she believes cup of the fourteen torment also included france and germany this national lando was decided by an own goal from england's believe right it's the second time the u.s. have won this title all the sides of building up to next year's world cup in france . sebastian vettel in for aria gaining momentu

arsenal are at ac milan in the last 16 of the europa league.worst run in 41 yea rs. would make it their worst run in 41 years. 0wen farrell will captain england's rugby union side for the first time on saturday's six nations match against france, with dylan hartley ruled out injured. eddie jones makes three changes from the defeat against scotland. and snowboarder 0wen peck is selected as great britain's flag bearer at tomorrow's winter paralympics opening ceremony. i will be back with more of those stories are 5.30. the president of the european council has hinted that brexit negotiations risk stalling if britain doesn't present a realistic solution for the future of the irish border. speaking this afternoon, donald tusk said that despite rejecting the eu's proposals on the issue last week, britain wasn't providing an alternative. we know today that the uk government projects customs and regulatory borders down the irish sea. the eu single market, the customs union also. well we must respect this position, we also expect the uk to propose a sp

what they're hoping to salvage something from their season their two up after the first leg against ac milan the winners of this trophy do qualify for next season's champions league. you pay me. to have a chance to qualify for the court to finally know me. and go. on your menu of your gold the french teams some good french team should have many good teams in the competition maybe she's not of a higher level but never. have a grand of move one step closer to the last sixteen of the asian champions league that after the two know when against south korea station united at the result sees the chinese champions moving three points clear of group g. they can guarantee their place in the knockout stages if they win that next match. series are soccer came from behind twice and scored a late goal to salvage a points against bury him united of thailand the equaliser secure the two two draw for the japanese side three on the way in second in the group level on points with us. if you believe the stats roger federer is playing his best tennis in more than a decade the world number one moved into the last

shocked by asked studies death and that their thoughts are with his family and all at fiorentina ac milan were asked what he began his career had this tribute they said a man who loved football on who grew up as a footballer with. the milan and the reaction hasn't just been in italy english premier league club chelsea also tweeted saying everybody at chelsea football club is shocked and saddened at the sudden death of jordan tina kept in davida a story off with his family friends and his team mates at this time. even to skulk people generally g.b. fun has also paid a touching tribute as well writing on his instagram the phone said your little girl is specially disaster no how a father with an over specs a perfect person a great perfect person you're one of the best sporting figures that i came across rest in peace. well this was and while there's also mourning the death of roger bannister the fastest man to run a mile under four minutes who died on sunday at the age of eighty eight the record he set in one hundred fifty fourth and shockwave through while the fort lee's home and takes it b

winter paralympics. from 48 countries, will take part in 80 medal events. with a 2—0 victory over ac milan to come. months after giving birth to herfirst child. to a straight sets victory over zarina diyas. unbeaten and at the top of the table. they take on scotland in dublin. england their third championship in a row. aid convoy finally got into the area. area. aid agencies have been struggling to get supplies in. struggling to get supplies in. week this morning crossed the front line. line. since an escalation in violence started three weeks ago. started three weeks ago. opposed to the government of president assad. which is working with syrian aid organisations in eastern ghouta. who is syrian and has friends in eastern ghouta. and ahmad khansour who is living in eastern ghouta. his house was destroyed in a bomb attack. thank you all the talking to us. want to get a sense of the scale of what is happening. what is happening. us a sense of what life is like that now? now? it is a pleasure to spend friday morning addressing this situation. morning addressing this situation. but not under

he will be in the squad tonight for the game against ac milan, but, no, it is a good time to get thisum—half danny care and forwardsjoe launchbury and dan cole all drop out of the starting xv, as england look to recover from back—to—back defeats. warren gatland has brought dan biggar back at fly—half for wales, as they aim for a second—placed finish in this year's championship. he takes over from gareth anscombe, who drops to the bench. justin tipuric and taulupe faletau keep their back—row places, whilejosh navidi takes over at open—side from james davies. still six to jump at cheltenham. you can still six to jump at cheltenham. you ca n follow still six to jump at cheltenham. you can follow that on radio 5 live. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. the united states has expanded its sanctions against russia, in response to allegations that moscow meddled in the 2016 us presidential election, including cyber attacks. the kremlin has denied all allegations. let's speak to our correspondent gary o'donoghue, who's in washington. how significant is this? it is significant,

giants open the 2018 season without their ace madison bumgarner or closer mark milan son, but they gotndous efforts by the bull pen in l.a.. the start against clayton kershaw. oh, brother. but block, sensational, five scoreless, struck out three. cory right there, kershaw six innings, one mistake, right there. joe panik jumps on it. giants homer of the season, comes with two down in the 5th. turns out to be the only run in the entire game. dodgers threaten in the seventh. cory strikes out chris taylor. looking, hunter strickland on to close. jock peterson out of palo alto ground ball. that's your ball game. giants use four relievers who give up nothing and win the opener 1 zip. about the a's and angels, only 27,000. sparky was there. maybe it was a day game, people aren't used to opening days, with the a's usually at night. chris davis matt olson back to back jacks. a's come back from 4-0 deficit in the 5th. tie it up in the seventh inning. marcus simeon crushed four rbis, on to extras bottom of 11, five infielders. mark hits it, scores, good night. game over. drive home safely. give u

to go at san siro and ac milan haven't had a shot on target but arsenal have come close to a second.yan nearly getting a second, and a free kick for ac milan by then the other end and there was henrik mikhitaryan, clipping the crossbar. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. the uk government has set a budget the northern ireland in the absence ofa the northern ireland in the absence of a power—sharing administration at stormont and includes £a10 million of the £1 billion package negotiated by the dup in return for its backing of the conservatives at westminster. let's go live to our northern ireland political editor mark devenport. mark, presumably it was inevitable that the secretary of state was going to have to step in, presumably government departments needing some kind of clarity about their finances? that is quite right, their finances? that is quite right, the stormont assembly is in mothballs at the moment, none of the politicians are meeting and we have those talks that collapsed last month and after the collapse, officials in the stormont depart

ahead of their europa league tie with ac milan, arsenal boss, arsene wenger, calls on his players to produce the performances that will encourage fans back to the emirates stadium. hello, good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister is in salisbury this afternoon in the wake of the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. the kremlin has said british diplomats will be ordered to leave moscow soon, following the expulsion yesterday of 23 russians from london. the prime minister took the action after moscow refused to explain how a russian—made nerve agent was used on sergei and yulia skripal. france says it agrees that russia was responsible for the attack and last night the us government expressed its full support for britain in relation to the attack. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. in the last few minutes, the leaders of france, germany and the united states have joined the uk of france, germany and the united states havejoined the uk in issuing a joint statement, condemning the use of military grade nerve agent, saying this cons

north londoners haven't lost five straight matches since 1977 — so they will hope to avoid defeat at ac milaneuropa league last 16 later, especially as boss arsene wenger thinks they'll need to go all the way in the competition this season. all that to come. we thought we had seen the back of the snow? i thought so, but there was this option in northern england this morning but it is set to turn milder. i will also be talking about the snowstorm that has hit the north east of the united states. also coming up. laughter ask amazon — about alexa: the company promises a fix after complaints that the best—selling voice assistant has been letting out an unprompted, creepy cackle — startling users who find it no laughing matter. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. the home secretary has described the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter as an ‘outrageous crime'. speaking in the house of commons, amber rudd said the use of a nerve agent on uk soil was a brazen and reckless act. she also said it was highly likely that the police officer taken ill at the scene, in salisbury,

countries will take part, vying for medals. take part, vying for medals. side with a victory over ac milaneuropa league. all some mkhitaryan and aaron ramsey put them in control. put them in control. tour six months after giving birth to herfirst child. to herfirst child. second round at indian wells thanks to a straight sets victory. to a straight sets victory. be back with those stories just after 11:30am. to be close to agreeing a three—year pay deal. he will provide extra funding to meet the higher costs. 0ur correspondent anisa kadri is following this story for us. reflecting on how we have got to this point. this point. headlines about nurses leading the profession. profession. they demanded a pay rise of nearly a% for nhs staff. a% for nhs staff. sector pay caps which has meant pay cannot be increased by more than 1%. cannot be increased by more than 1%. be concerned about recruitment problems. problems. it want any pay deal that is struck, able to retain staff. is struck, able to retain staff. noises coming from these talks are pretty positive aren't they? pretty positive aren't th