iran's esteghlal secure second spot and advance to the last 16.cted, with qatar stars league champions lekhwiya emerging as the top team after a 4—1 victory over saudi arabia's al fateh. confirmation that japanese side kawasaki frontale finish top of group after they beat eastern sports club 4—0. south korea'sjeju united made sure of second spot in group h when they beat gamba osaka 2—0. hedvig lindahl made a name for herself at last year's olympics in rio. her penalty saves in the quarter—final win over the united states and the semi—final victory against brazil earned her recognition outside of the women's football world. she's a nominee for this year's bbc women's footballer of the year award. here's her story. i feel honoured to be chosen as one of five in the world. just let that sink in. five in the world. today, i would say she is the best. she cares a lot and she is working really hard for a lot of social important things in society. she asks so many questions. some of them i don't like, as stupid, but some of them are brilliant. that make

are through to the asian champions league quarter finals after a 6—2 aggregate win over iran side esteghlale. despite trailing 1—0 from the opening match the home side made light work of their opponents with a 6—1 second leg victory, their brazilian winger kye—you picked up both goals in the first half, this one thanks to some dubious goalkeeping from seyed mehdi rahmati and the match was as good as over when 0mar abdulrahman also benefited from a goalkeeper misjudgementjust after half time to make it 3—0 helping send his side through to the last eight a bit of pitch cleaning was required in dubai before al ahli of the uae played their namesa kes from saudi arabia. but it was the saudis who progress to the last eight as taisir aljassim scored the opener as his side won 3—1 on the night and 11—2 on aggregate. now to the french open tennis where defending women's champion garbine murguruza beat 2010 winner francesca schiavone in straight sets on monday at rolland garros. reigning men's champion novak djokovic was playing his first match under the watching eyes of new coach andre agassi and it

also in doha — saudi arabian side al hilal repeated their 2—1 win last week against iranian side esteghlale thanks to this goal from salem al—dawsari. the norway and 0lympique lyonnais striker ada hegerberg has been voted as the bbc women's footballer of the year for 2017. the 21—year old won the global public vote ahead of brazil's marta and canada's christine sinclair. the main reason hegerberg gained so many votes, simply put comes down to goals. the 21—year old scored 5a last season as lyon won the uefa champions league, and this thursday she'll once again be gracing the final, as her club play fellow french side paris saint germain in cardiff. tell us, what do you think the reaction will be like in norway?” hope people feel inspired, of course. in that i might get onto the same level. that will never happen but i hope that younger children will be inspired. i rememberwhen i was growing up, having big idols and it has been a hugely important thing. to dream big, it is important to have idols. i want to try and be myself. with a smile. and bring this back to norway! world number one and

two goals in a five minute spell saw al hilal fight back to win 2—1 away to iranian‘s esteghlal khuzestanthe winner for the saudi side as they take a vital away win through to their second leg match in riyadh next tuesday. real madrid say they've reached a deal to sign a 16—year—old player from brazilfor 50 million dollars. the teenager in question is the country's new star in the making viniciusjunior. the forward, who currently plays for flamengo, is seen in brazil as potentially being the next neymar. he'll become a madrid player in july next year. the england one—day cricket captain says they are confident about the security measures in place ahead of their opening match of the series against south africa or which is start in leads on wednesday. morgan says they have spoken to their security expert who provided the reassu ra nces over safety. security expert who provided the reassurances over safety. england also have an injury concern over their bowler, jimmy anderson, ahead of the test series. he has been ruled out for 4—6 weeks after picking up a groin injury at old trafford. at th