british hopes fell with aston villa in the europa conference league. soundly beaten again, by olympiacos in greece, in the second leg of their europa conference league semi—final. ian dennis was watching. a night to forget for aston villa, a night that will be cherished by olympiacos, as they reach their first ever european final. thoroughly deserved over the two legs where el kaabi followed up his hat—trick with a goal in each half. his first from close range after ten minutes, his second after 78 minutes, following a long var delay, created bedlam inside the stadium. villa rarely look like scoring, bailey's effort tipped over before half—time. they appeared to run out of steam in the second half. olympiacos are only the second greek club to reach a european final after an absence of 53 years. and they will play fiorentina 5 miles up the road in athens. it will feel like home for their biggest night in the club's history. relegation matters in the english premier league are going down to the wire. nottingham forest, luton town and burnley are all set

british hopes fell with aston villa in the europa conference league.

so, in the second and third european club tournaments in the europa league, in the conference league,night before. in the europa league , bayern and atalanta will play in the match for the trophy. the german champions beat italian roma on aggregate. during the match in liverpool, roma was close to overcome the 0:2 deficit after the first match. team. for russia, by the 83rd minute the lead was just 2:0. both goals were scored from the penalty spot by world champion argentinean leandro paredes, but the miracle did not happen, bayar made another comeback. they scored on the eighty-third, and... 2:2 in the match and 4:2 in the confrontation. thus, in addition to bayar reaching the europa league final, bayern maintained its remarkable unbeaten streak. considering the end of last season, bayarne has already lost 49 matches in a row. this is an all-time record european football. another europa league finalist, italian atalanta, beat marseille 1:1 in the first leg and 3:0 in the return. alexey mironchuk's team claims two trophies ahead. atalanta, the italian cup final and, accordingly, the e

well, the final match of the conference league will start at 10 p.m.me, and the game will be judged by the portuguese referee arthur arthur suarez diaz. and in other news, also about football, barcelona got a new head... as expected, the club officially presented hans dieter flick in this role. the german replaced xavi in ​​this position. the agreement is designed for two seasons. 59 years old. flick is known for his resounding successes at the head of bayern munich, from which he won almost everything possible. however, more serious last year, the specialist remained without a job after being dismissed from the german national team. under flick's leadership, the bundesteam made it to the world cup without getting out of the group. let me remind you that in the season ending, barcelona remained without trophies, but the team reached the quarterfinals of the champions league for the first time in five years. and ultimately management. decided to point to the door of the legend of the club, xavi hernandez, who, well, not without, let's say, not disgrace,

the remaining matches of both the europa league and the conference league will be played on the 9th. and good news for andrii. lunina, the ukrainian goalkeeper of real madrid will defend his team's goal in the second leg of the champions league semi-final against bayern munich at the santiago bernabéu. the head coach of the varshkovs, carlo ancelotti, spoke about what back to training thibaut courtois, the main goalkeeper, real's belgian goalkeeper, and according to the italian coach, lunin will defend the goal in the match against bayern, and thibaut courtois played. one half in saturday's spanish league match against cadiz, another half on the field will be played by madrid's third goalkeeper, kepa arizabala. thibaut is feeling good, he will play tomorrow. after such a long time, it is great news for us that he is back, as is militao. i think courtois can help us, he is very excited and we are all very happy that he... let me remind you that in the first match in munich, the teams drew 2:2, and then raal's goal was also defended by our andrii lunin. and finally, now let's talk about

ambitions to win the championship and the league, well, the best champions, but at least the conference leagues season. we have footage of how he presented. and mada ashur, the new coach was hired, and this was very unexpected, because they were talking about the fact that if a ukrainian, then it should be a supermini ukrainian, if a foreigner, then it should also be some foreigner of the caliber of roger smith, for example , here comes a person who has never worked in an adult team at all, he works there in dnipro, alone, he in the youth team, they took the third place, well, it's not bad, yes, but it's such a leap, how will he cope with the meetings, how will he be able to prepare the team. the fact that they will also need to start at the end of july in the second half of the eurocups, well , imad ashur is 36 years old, he played at the amateur level, he was not like a football player in professional football, he trained, well, he worked at the academy of chornomorets, and the last season spent as a mentor, as a senior coach of the dnipro u19 youth team, well, also the third place, if they

ambitions to win the championship and the league, well, the best champions, but at least the conference leaguehis season. we have footage of how they presented imad ashur, the new coach of poland, and this was very unexpected, because there they talked about the fact that if a ukrainian, then it should be a super famous ukrainian, if a foreigner, then it should also be some foreigner of the level and caliber of roger smith, for example , here comes a person who did not work in an adult team at all, but works there. he is alone in dnipro, he is in the youth team, they took third place, well, it is not bad, yes, but this is such a jump, how will he cope with the training, how will he be able to prepare the team for what is already here it will also be necessary to start at the end of july, in the second half of the eurocups, well , imad ashur is 36 years old, played at the amateur level, he was not in professional football as a footballer, well, he worked in the academy of chornomorets, he spent the last... season as a mentor, as the senior coach of the dnipro u-19 youth team, well, even the thi

the roper conference league, they got to the final. they are now in the final stages.hey are now in the final stages. they are playing a lot of good attacking football is. this is one of their toughest test of the season. the success of the three german teams still left in european competition means they've guaranteed a fifth spot in next season's champions legaue. theyjoin itlay in gaining an extra space... and that's at england's expense. (full frame gfx)so whatever aston villa achieve in the europa conference league won't now affect that... but they might not mind as the only english team left in europe are currently fourth in the premier league anyway. their semi final is against olympiakos with the first leg at villa park... fiorentina play club bruges in the other tie... our league is the toughest league. we have to prepare well for every match in order to be successful. to share with europe is always difficult. the only team who could stop aston villa playing in the champions league next season is spurs although if they win their two games in hand they'll still

so, the winner of the uefa conference league was decided today.final match, a decisive match in athens, the capital of greece, olympiakos of greece and fiorentina of florence of italy will meet. the nominal hosts are the real sensation of the tournament for oli - this is the first european cup final in the history of the club. the greeks will play not only in their native country, but also very close to their hometown of piraeus. in semi-final... the team beat the main contender for the trophy, english aston villa, twice. spanish coach jose luis mendiliber, who won the europa league together with spanish sevilla last season, leads olympiakos to european conquests. fiorentina will play in the final of the conference league for the second consecutive year. last year, the violets wilted under the blows of the west ham hammermen, but on the way to this match, the match in athens, fiorentina ... no defeat, but the way to the final of the violets was quite difficult, you can't call it simple. now i bring to your attention the comments of the mentors of

they beat fiorentina i—nil in the final of the europa conference league in athens.up to the final with ten in the competition before kick off. five, of course, in the semifinals against aston villa, while the hero on the day scoring the only goal of the match. it came four minutes from the end of extra time due. spare a thought for the italian side, though, it's the second consecutive year fiorentina have lost in the final of this competition. for olympiakos, though, it's greek immortality. now it's that time of year, the off—season managerial merry—go—round. this one from burnley to bavaria. vincent kompany has been appointed bayern munich head coach on a three—year deal. former manchester city captain retired from playing in 2020. he moved from anderlecht to manage burnley in 2022 and then guided them to promotion to the premier league last year in his first season in charge. clarets, though, suffered relegation from the top flight in may, afterfinishing 19th. barcelona have confirmed hansi flick as their new manager on a two—year deal— it ends months of uncertain

fiorentina lost their second conference league final in 2 years.from florence lost to westham. it is noteworthy that for all of greek football this is the first european cup trophy in history. before this , only in the seventies did panathinaikos reach the final of the european cup and it so happened that the final of this conference league was held in athens, so the fans did not have to travel far and after the match they filled the streets of the greek capital, celebrating the victory until the morning. the fourth match of the playoff series of the nhl western conference finals ended in edmonton. the hosts defeated dallas with a score of 5:2 the guests equalized the series score 2:2. they gained a two-goal advantage in the sixth minute, but in the second half of the first period edmonton equalized the score, then there was a minority goal in the end, the puck into an empty net, and captain conor mcdavid scored three assists. the fifth match will take place in dallos on the night of june 1st. the opponents will again play the sixth game in edmonto

the conference league is the third most prestigious club competition on the continent after the championseuropa league. i dedicate this championship to the fans. i am happy that we have achieved something that we have not achieved before. i am very sad because we failed in the final for the second time. we had a lot of chances to score but we didn't succeed. falling in service can bring this greatness to a person after not even being there, like martyr sardar seyed mehdi mousavi, the protector, always with the martyr president , the sportsman who raises the flag of sports. he got points and stood in the first place far away from his competitors. the level of this year's competition has been good. young people are very talented to join the club and the generation has changed a bit. the old generations have given their place. newer generations and this in itself has made these competitions more dynamic. the competition between the second and third teams was close. south pars got a total of 44 points . it is getting more, thank god, the level of my competitions is a good level, the results i

villa's conquerors meanwhile have made history in reaching the conference league final.urope that olympiakos have reached. and their match against fiorentina will be played in athens just ten miles from their own stadium. the greek club's owner evangelos marinakis also owns nottingham forest, who remain in the thick of a premier league relegation battle after their appeal against a points deduction for breaking financial rules was rejected. and have been outspoken in their criticism of referees this season. for me, it's not fair. but as i said, very soon i will be speaking about it. it's not fair, and i'm sure it's not fair what's happened so far, with these decisions that have cost us a lot of points. this is something that has been repeated and repeated. and what we expect from the premier league and from the referees is to correct these mistakes. but we see this has been repeated and repeated to something we have a big concern. i think what i have done so far for forest, the investment and the time, i think we have achieved great things. and now we want to build an ep

fiorentina lost their second conference league final in 2 years.o westham. european champions cup, but nothing more, it so happened that the final of this conference league was held in athens, so the fans did not have to travel far, and after the match they filled the streets of the greek capital, celebrating the victory until the very end. morning. russian tennis player pavel kotov defeated swiss sten wawrinka in the second match. round of the french open 7 6 6 4 1 6 7 6. kotov’s next opponent will be the italian yannick siner. another russian andrey rublev overcame resistance in the second round match. spaniard pedro martinez, for this he needed three games 63, 64, 63. in the third round, rublev will play with the winner of the match between italian matteo arnaldi and frenchman alexander muller, their match was interrupted due to rain. let's continue the topic competitions in paris. 2 months before the start of the swimming competition in the seine, as part of the upcoming summer olympics there, the bacteria in the main river of the city are twic

news, calling it the biggest game of the season as aston villa look to shock at the euro up a conference league final. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. more than 30 major criminals have been jailed after £1 million worth of cocaine was stolen from a violent organised crime group. the crime bosses wanted to murder the men they thought were responsible but police had cracked their encrypted phone app and could see what they were planning. thousands of messages reveal how the so—called huyton firm was trafficking huge quantities of drugs around the uk from its merseyside base. bronagh munro reports. three masked men arrive outside a drug stash house in liverpool. a fourth is pretending to deliver a parcel. four minutes later, they escape with the huyton firm's cocaine. hello. two men in the house have been attacked with a machete and an axe. what injuries have you got, mate? just sit yourself down. you all right there, mate? yeah. a trail of blood leads to a manhole cover where the cocaine was hidden. are you in dispute with anyone? have you upset anyone lately or has anybody got a

finalists in the second and third club tournaments of the continent in the europa league in the conference leagueetermined. in the europa league , bayern and atalanta will play in the match for the trophy. the german champions beat italian roma on aggregate. during the match in liverkusen , roma came close to overturning a 0-2 deficit after the first leg. daniel de roisi's team was leading 2:0 by the eighty-third minute. both goals were scored from penalties by world champion argentinean leandro paredes. but the miracle did not happen. bayern made another one. they scored a comeback in the eighty-third minute, and equalized the score already in the ninety-seventh minute. as a result, 2:2 in the match and 4:2 in the confrontation. thus, in addition to bayar reaching the europa league final, bayern maintained his remarkable unbeaten streak. considering the end of last season, bayern has not lost for 49 matches in a row. this is a record in the entire history of european football. another europa league finalist, the italian atalanta, dealt with marseille. 1:1 in the first match. 3:0 in response. ale

fiorentina lost their second conference league final in 2 years.am, it is noteworthy that for all greek football this is the first european cup trophy in history, before that only in the seventies did panathinaikos reach the final of the european cup , but nothing more, it coincided that the finals of this conference league were held in athens, so the fans did not have to travel far, and after the match they filled the streets of the greek capital, celebrating the victory until the morning. russian tennis player pavel kotov defeated the swiss sten. wawrinka in the second round match of the french open. 7 6 6 4 1 6 7 6. kotov’s next opponent will be the italian janik siner. another russian andrey rublev managed to cope in the second round match with the resistance of the spaniard pedro martinez. for this he needed three games 6.3 64-63. in the third round, rublev will play with the winner of the match between italian mateo arnaldi and frenchman alexandre muller. their match was interrupted due to rain. competitions in paris 2 months before the start

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aston villa have a two—goal deficit to overcome against olympiakos if they're to make the conference leaguerry kane's domestic season won't end with a trophy, but could injury hamper his summer with england? and we give paddling a go — the one with bats, not welly boots — at the sport's biggest centre in the country. hello again. with an english player guaranteed to win one european trophy afterjude belligham's real madrid joined borussia dortmund and jadon sancho in the champions league final, could an english team also claim a continental title? those hopes remain in the hands of aston villa, but they have work to do to reach the europa conference league final. they trail olympiakos 4—2 ahead of the second leg of their semi—final tonight, which manager unai emery says is the biggest game of their season. it will be difficult to come back but for me, it is a very good moment to watch. and we have to try to be competitive like they were at home against us, improving some things we didn't do. i've been speaking to villa fan dom phillips and the athletic�*s jacob tanswell, who's in piraeus fo

it is possible to compete in the conference league after the champions league the europa league is thehird most prestigious club competition on the continent. thanks for the companion. it is may in tehran, the sunset will be at 1914 minutes , maghrib call to prayer will be at 1935 minutes, and sharia midnight will be at 23:10 minutes. thank you very much for your attention. dear and respected countrymen , i invite you to pay attention to the continuation of khabar network programs. my colleague ms. emami is with you . i greet you with a good day. to the honorable viewers of national media channel one tv and news network , which accompanies us in a special news interview ayatollah khamenei, the supreme leader of the islamic revolution, in a letter addressed to the students who support the palestinian people in american universities, while expressing his sympathy and solidarity with the anti-zionist protests , considered the students to be part of the resistance front and to change the situation and destiny of the region. in the special news talk of this hour, we want to discuss the cont

the day before in athens, in the final of the conference league, the red-whites defeated fiorentina inxtra time. the only goal in the match was scored by moroccan forward ayoub el kaabi in the 116th minute. by the way, olympiacos is the first greek club in history. probably clean mbape, what a wind do ski jumpers prefer oncoming or oncoming ski jumpers? mikhail, oncoming, oncoming, absolutely right, the smartest and bravest gather here. do you believe in god? there are no atheist surgeons. were you minister of health during the covid epidemic? was there a time when you were scared? it was never scary , it was alarming. look. intellectual and entertaining shows on tv channel belarus 24. broadcast on tv channel belarus 1 . elizaveta lashkevich is with you live. zen of kindness and right main steps. short. new magical belarusian-chinese, siberian and green adnosins. minsk and shanghai act on supranational delegations from the great patriotic war on visits to the capital. the current summer of 2024 is an urgent end to the third working semester and there are new plans to treat 4 thousand y

started semi-final stage of the european league conference football league.e other took place there. bayern continues to break its own record for the number of matches without defeat in all tournaments in europe in the 20th century. now there are 47 of them. the day before , xabi alonso's team confidently defeated roma on their field 2:0. wirtz and anrich scored a goal in each half and leverkusen made themselves a comfortable start ahead of the home return leg of the league. in another semi-final of the same tournament, marseille played 1:1 with atalanta, our alexey miranchuk appeared on the field only in the 84th minute, in the conference league, aston villa, which is in fourth position in the english premier league, unexpectedly lost 2:4 to olympiacos at home, one goal less, fiorentina scored against brugge and won 3:2 in florence. russian tennis player daniil medvedev withdrew from the quarterfinals of the masters in madrid, missing the next one. and today he has a semi-final match scheduled. all the semi-finalists of the season have been determined in the

emery has guided them to tonight's europa conference league semifinal, which kicks off in 90 minutes side olympiacos. but this manager has vast experience in european competitions — emery has won the europa league four times. this is europe, and my experience in europe, it's very difficult. and of course the level is as well different. but every team, they are very motivated in europe, very motivated, and for the english team, now is the only team in europe, we are really in good connection, everybody, enjoying the competition, enjoying what each moment we are playing. for us, we are in the moment. well, for more on this, we can cross live now to villa park, where we can speak to our sports correspondentjoe wilson. joe, welcome to the programme. this is a huge night for villa? absolutely. you may be able to hear and possibly see behind me the atmosphere they are trying to create with some fireworks and some players, and standing here in the west midlands, jane, it is taking me back to being in east london about 11 months ago, west ham, having won this competition, incredible celebrati

, but will need to turn around a two—goal defecit after losing the first leg of their europa conference leaguee to olympiakos.. boss unai emery says this is "the biggest game of their season," but his side must handle what will be a difficult atmosphere. so let's get to piraus and join our correspondent natalie pirks, who is live there for us — natalie? the history books tell us of greek miracles. singing in greek but in the heart of ancient greece, villa fans don't think they'll need one. the only english team left standing in europe might be on their knees in this tie — but fans are optimistic they can turn around the 4- optimistic they can turn around the 4— to desperate —— li—2 deficit. like martin, whose become the home of the greek aston villa fan club. we waited such — greek aston villa fan club. we waited such a _ greek aston villa fan club. - waited such a long time for this. everyone is happy with the season we've had. a , everyone is happy with the season we've had. , ., , everyone is happy with the season we've had-— everyone is happy with the season we've had. , ., , ., ., , we've

buscarán su primer título europeo el 22 de mayo en dublín, mientras que el otro certamen, la conference leaguear en un programa que fue muy exitoso en el otoño y que por eso lo van a repetir en el verano. con este se busca revitalizar el centro de san francisco, económicamente hablando, son 8 pequeños negocios que abrirán tiendas temporales en escaparates que estaban vacíos. pues es muy importante para los pequeños negocios porque estamos intentando revitalizar la ciudad. bueno, café, helado, galletas, flores y un club social son solo algunas de las cosas de las que podrán disfrutar la alcaldesa london breed y algunos patrocinadores han estado presentes para el anuncio que adelanta parte de lo que se vivirá en el verano a partir de junio. y si es que son muchas las empresas que han dicho adiós al centro, sobre todo a esa zona de san francisco. y es una buena iniciativa, no? si tú no puedes pagar aquí, ven por un tiempo, vende tu producto. incluso si bueno, muchos de ellos no cuentan con fondos. veíamos a 1 de los patrocinadores wellsfargo donando 1 millón de dólares para esa causa, buscando pr

so far the blues are sixth, which will allow them to play in the conference league, but they could end up one line higher, and this is the europa league. in the postponed... the athlete already knows for sure two rounds before the finish your final position. the basques, even despite the defeat in the match with celta, will remain fifth 1:2. desperate attempts to save themselves from relegation are being made by cadiz, who achieved their second victory in a row 1:0 over sevilla, but are four points away from saving seventeenth place. granada and almeria will definitely leave in a second. the third gold of belarusian athletes at the russian open cup in... shooting, which takes place in ignatovo near moscow, following vladimir chernov and arseny levantsov, a medal of the highest standard in shooting from a small-caliber rifle out of three maria bogdanova brought positions to our team, the girl is still performing in juniors, among women in steps, taisiya polyushik stopped from the pedestal. and ga swiatek continues to confirm the title of the first racket of the world, it was she who bec

reach the final again this season, albeit the third most important tournament of the old one. conference league lights. in the first duel with bruges lilies managed to snatch victoria only in the end, while the belgians played in the minority from the middle of the second half. and yet, 3:2, fiorentina is still achieving its goal. in injury time, balanzola brought victoria to the apennians 3:2. return match in belgium on may 8. and a sensation broke out in foggy albion. astanavi fans will remember the moroccan olympiacos striker ayoub el-kabi for a long time, who scored. he chalked up a double before the break, after which the lions actually came back, and then only the guests scored again. elkabi scored a penalty, santiago ese scored 4-2. we will find out on may 9 whether the british have enough strength for a comeback. today, all fans of belarusian sports watched the start of the belarusian national team at the three-day kazakhstan hockey open tournament. on barysar. dmitry kvartalny’s team played its first match against the hosts and achieved victory; anna eismand personally recorded all the

here and now, it's the europa conference league.ere shocked, then relieved, then shocked again. given offside on the pitch, it was ruled on by var — just. such is the modern roller—coaster. villa's defence only confused themselves when ayoub el kaabi took another chance in his stride. where was villa's shot at glory? their manager was inquiring urgently. the prince of wales — villa fan — was keeping calm... ..and so, when it mattered, was ollie watkins. 2—1, back in the game. then level. moussa diaby scored from there. it was not finished. douglas luiz, arm raised. referee said penalty, ayoub el kaabi said thank you. when the ball flew from konsa's back into the net, olympiacos led 4—2. still time for a villa penalty and for douglas luiz to miss. this semifinal has a second leg, if you have anything left. joe wilson, bbc news, villa park. back to our main story and the local elections across england and wales. laura will be presenting special coverage on bbc one throughout the night as the results start rolling in, and she's here wi

champions league, europa league, conference league. ther club tournament among professional teams is held under the auspices of uefa. champions league, europa league, conference league and uefa super cup, my friends, we start with minus five points for dmitry, artyom, the topic is football, we stay on the topic of football, let's go, the final of the 2000 world cup. 18 and the final of the 2022 world cup. in which match v were more goals scored during regular time? dmitry, let's try to improve? unfortunately, this is the wrong answer, but here , actually, the option is clear. world championship in the eighteenth year, france-croatia - 4:2, twenty-second year, regular time, argentina, france - 2:2. in extra time they scored another goal, then in a penalty shootout. argentina took the trophy. topic: dmitry, let's go to the olympics. at the 2008 home olympics, the chinese team took first place in the medal standings. how many medals did you win? athletes from china? the total number of medals won by chinese athletes is a round number, 100

greek side to win a european club trophy as they beat fiorentina in the final of the europa conference league're going to start at the french open in paris, where there was a thrilling and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number one, iga swiatek, and quadruple grand slam winner naomi 0saka. in a tense first set, the in—form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, took it on a tie—break. 0saka dominated the second overpowering her opponent to take it 6—1. the third set was an absolute nail—biter. swiatek 4—1 down and seemingly out, somehow surviving break points, and even a match point to take the set 7—5. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open is alive and well. but for 0saka, who only returned to the sport four months ago after having daughter shai, a valiant end to her tournament. honestly, it's not the worst. like, i've felt worse for sure.

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dnipro-1, which was relegated from the champions league, from the europa league and then from the conference leaguethe slovak team, which we have not heard about at all, well, dnipro-1 from... in three tournaments in such a short period of time, we will definitely wish kyiv dynamo the league champions, however, we understand that the current dynamo kyiv is unlikely to enter the group of the champions league, but it is simply necessary to pass the first round, and now will be tied, and now will be such a decent time to prepare as best as possible, although b in order to pass the first round and secure c principles of the eurocube, because we see that everything can be done on the example of dnipro-1. so they will start in the second half of july, and we understand that if this is the case, then the players who will go to the euros will have a vacation there, maybe a week and a half there, and then maybe not, because who will play, it is clear, because karavaev was dropped, this, this is for me, you know, well, considering dynamo's spring matches, this is expected, but we have already seen that serhi

they seal their spot in the conference league final against fiorentina after a comfortable win over astons for the french open are helpful, he says, after the spaniard is tested again, in his first round victory in rome. hello there and welcome along to the programme. and we were treated to another round of late drama in european football again on thursday. bayer leverkusen came back against roma, to not only extend their incredible unbeaten run this season — but secure their place in the final of the europa league. it looked as though xabi alonso's side were going to be defeated on the night, they were 2—1 down until

reach the final this season, albeit the third most important tournament of the old world, the conference league , the lilies managed to snatch victory only in the end, while the belgians played in the minority from the middle of the second half. and yet, 3:2, fiorentina is still achieving its goal. in stoppage time balanzola brought the apennines victory 3:2. return match in belgium on may 8. and a sensation broke out in foggy albion. astanvil fans will remember the moroccan olympiacos striker ayoub el kabi for a long time, who scored.

sole british club left in the latter stages of a competition, they're in action in the europa conference leagueemifinal. they have some work to do, if they're to reach the final. they trail olympiakos 4—2 before the second leg in greece, with their manager unai emery saying his side must handle a "difficult" atmosphere on what is the biggest game of their season. it will be difficult to come back, but this is a really good moment to watch, and we have to be competitive like they were at home against us, and improving on some things we didn't do. two semi—finals in the europa league later to tell you about later, as well. xabi alonso�*s bayer leverkusen team have won the bundesliga and reached the final of the german cup — and are in a healthy position to do the same in this competition. leverkusen, who knocked out west ham in the last round, have a 2—0 lead in their semifinal, heading into the second leg against roma after a victory in italy last week. finishing the job with a draw or better later will not only deliver a trip to dublin, but also extend their unbeaten run from the beginning of t

:1 with atalanta, our alexey miranchuk appeared on the field only in the 84th minute, in the conference leaguewhich is in fourth position in the english premier league, unexpectedly. lost to olympiacos at home 2:4, fiorentina scored one less goal against brughi and won 3:2 in florence. russian tennis player daniil medvedev withdrew from the quarter-finals of the masters in madrid, allowing cech jiřelegić into the next stage. 4:6 in the first set, only 47 minutes on court. daniil was unable to continue this meeting due to injury. the pain did not allow him to actively move around the court towards the end of the game, when the advantage was on the side of the czech tennis player, daniil at all. walked on one leg, trying to literally jump to the next outgoing ball. medvedev dropped out at the 1/4 stage of the madrid masters, but another russian, andrey rublev is still in action; today he has a semi-final match scheduled for today. all the semi-finalists of the season have been determined in the vtb united basketball league. zenit, in the final fifth match of the series on the home floor, managed

agreed a deal with west ham earlier this month and succeeds david moyes, who won the europa conference leaguest ham last year. i'm here because i want to be here. for us, it's a fantastic day. we've committed 100% to be here. that's why we had all the possibility, but i repeat, i am very happy that it wasn'tjust me. because i also chose west ham. the managerial career of the former england and manchester united star wayne rooney could take another turn this week, as rooney is set to have talks with the championship club plymouth argyle. his last appointment was a disappointing spell at birmingham last season, when he lost nine games out of 15. argyle are looking for a new head coach after the dismissal of ian foster last month. it's been an amazing week for phil foden — the manchester city forward was named the premier league player of the season, he scored twice on the final day to win his sixth league title and he was one of the first names in england's provisional euros squad, oh he'll be playing in the fa cup final on saturday. all that and he's only 23. he's been speaking with our sports

before that, we've the next of the major european finals — with the culminaton of the europa conference leagueake on last year's runners up fiorentina. former bolton wanderers and hull city midfielder stelios giannakopoulos played nearly 200 games for olympiakos, and says winning the conference league would be hugely beneficial for the greek club. this type of wins put you in the football map, no doubt about that. so it attracts better players to the greek league, the greek super league. of because olympiacos attracts even bigger stars in order to make a similar run to european competitions next year. it's very, very good in general for greek football. it's a good motivation for the young players who have dreams, to chase their dreams to the end. at the end of the day you see that everything is possible, even in a greek club to go all the way to the final and lift the trophy like this. it's very, very huge in every aspect you analyse it from. let's have a quick look at some of the other football stories doing the rounds today. barcelona have appointed hansi flick as their new head coach. the f

atalanta, our alexey meranchuk appeared on the field only in the eighty-fourth minute, in the conference leagueis in fourth position in the english premier league, unexpectedly lost 2:4 to olympiacos at home . for one goal. in florence. russian tennis player daniil medvedev withdrew from the quarterfinals of the masters in madrid, missing the next stage of cech-jiri legicka. 4:6 in the first set, only 47 minutes on court. daniil was unable to continue this meeting due to injury. the pain did not allow him to actively move around the court. and towards the end of the game, when the advantage was on the side of the czech tennis player. daniel walked completely on one leg, literally trying. jump to the next outgoing ball. medvedev dropped out stage 1/4 of the matridan masters, but another russian, andrey rublev, is still in action today , according to the plan, he has a 1/2 final match. all the semi-finalists of the season have been determined in the vtb united basketball league. zenit, in the final fifth match of the series at home , managed to beat ural mash from yekaterinburg 86-83. from the st

they beat fiorentina 1—0 in the final of the europa conference league in athens.illa. the hero on the day scoring the only goal of the match it came four minutes from the end of extra time. do spare a thought for the italian side, though. it's the second consecutive year fiorentina have lost in the final of this competition. for 0lympiakos, though, it's greek immortality. it's that time of year — the off—season managerial merry—go—round — this one from burnley to bavaria. vincent kompany has been appointed bayern munich head coach on a three—year deal. the former manchester city captain retired from playing in 2020. he moved from anderlecht to manage burnley in 2022 and guided them to promotion to the premier league last year in his first season in charge. the clarets though suffered relegation from the top flight in may after finishing 19th. barcelona have confirmed hansi flick as their new manager on a two—year deal. it ends months of uncertainty at the club. the 59—year—old former germany manager takes over from xavi, who was sacked last week. england'sjude bel

one of the two european leagues or the conference was trying and the opponent was trying for the champions league quota. chelsea started the game from the beginning with the opponent's mistakes and was about to score in the 5th minute when fandfin pulled the ball from the tottenham goal line. the blues still had the ball and the field in their hands, but in creating a serious situation. in this game, it was as if i didn't have afek's line at all. i feel like i have to get some new players in this line. i really have nothing to say and i have to go to chelsea. i was really happy that we won the game, but i'm running out of patience and i'm asking the manager of chelsea to make their decision to stay or leave. mohammad sattari of seda and sima news agency . at the home of everton. the 34th week of the spanish league will start tonight with a game where getafe will meet bilbao. in the first game of the 35th week of the italian serie a tonight, torino will host bologna. and the german bundesliga matches will enter the 32nd week tonight with a game, which will be played against leipzig at the h

moyes guided west ham to theirfirst european trophy since 1965, winning the europa conference leagueast season. he's set to be replaced by this man — the former wolves and real madrid boss, julen lopetegui — who agreed a deal in principal to take charge. i caught up with spanish football expert guillem balague earlier, to ask why the hammers want lopetegui. one thing is he wanted to stay in portugal in the premier league. one of the historic clubs, and one club that had the potential to actually get better and challenge the top 6-7. get better and challenge the top 6—7. when west hamm approached him and it wasn't the first conversation, it became clear but that was the kind of club he was after. there's no doubt there has been success. no one can argue that. but it is at least two years in which the club were thinking if they should change direction or not. more spectacle, more procession, this and that. the kind of thing you get with lopetegui, the omission with everyone was to get west ham into change it places. everyone was to get west ham into change it places-— change it places.

champions in 1982 unai emery�*s side need to overcome the disappointment of their exit in the europa conference leagueemi—finals last week but the liverpool manager is a big fan of the villa boss. unai emery is one of the best we have in our business, 100%. where ever he was he was a success. sometimes clubs were not ready to wait. he always organises the team extremely well. thejob he is doing is exceptional and we all know how important it is for a club to qualify for the champions league, how difficult it is to do that and he probably very what likely will do that. he is absolutely exceptional. the women's super league all time top scorer vivianne miedema will leave arsenal at the end of the season. the dutch strikerjoined from bayern munich in 2017 and has scored 125 goals in her 172 appearances for arsenal. she won the 2019 wsl title but was out for ten months last year with a serious knee injury and has only played 13 times this season. she's only 27, but the club have not offered her a conract extension. the england manager gareth southgate has distanced himself from the manchester united job t