whether he jumped least reach the final of the europa league.hed, he has been hurt by the way that sections of the club have turned against him, the way various arsenal supporters have decided the club is better off without him. this is an opportunity for him to end that, for one night for him to end that, for one night for everyone to pull together for a common goal of beating atletico in the first leg. when arsene wenger points to the stadium behind, he can say that this is legacy, consisting qualification for the champions league. but in his long association with the club he has never managed to wina with the club he has never managed to win a european trophy so one question for him, would winning the europa league represent the biggest satisfaction in his career? you know, i do not look at that at the moment, but i just know, i do not look at that at the moment, but ijust want to do well andl moment, but ijust want to do well and i want to win and i want to continue to do what i did my whole life, tried to win the next game. the next game is

but the europa league is of course one of the big targets of the season now. yes, of course, victory in the europa league could take arsenal intermix is an's champions league, all those quarterfinals taking place this evening, and they all kick off at five past eight. that is all from sports day, thank you forjoining us, we will have more sport for you throughout the evening. let's return to syria, and the question of whether military action will be agreed by the us and allies, and what form it could take. earlier, simon mccoy asked the bbc diplomatic correspondent paul adams to answer viewers' questions. my my impression is that this will happen soon, my impression is that obi surprised if it doesn't happen in the next 48 hours. when it comes to what sort of military action, essentially i think it is anything in syria related to the production oi’ in syria related to the production or deployment of chemical weapons. this is all about chemical weapons. so army bases where there has been evidence of chemical weapons use recently or in the past, research facilit

promise there were some highlights for the billy goats including their win against arsenal in the europa league but in the in this league at their form has been appalling from the get go with the club spending months i incurred at the bottom of the table the relegation appeared inevitable despite a modest reserve after the mid-season break but cologne kept fighting with the team showing a black forest stadium. this classic six point game got moving fast france but the cross to newspaper sit in the scoring in the fourteenth minutes. with no chance. and threatened again resorting to a foul to stop him penalty but couldn't convert one at half time soon after the restart suffered another blow pietersen once again fribourg mr reliable past many kinds to hit the charge to nail pietersen has scored seven or freiburg last eight goals colognes attack. until the eighty second minute that is that's when. i make it to one and out of nowhere the billy goats were back in the game. in three straight games and he wasn't done yet. to all as he headed in the cross for myself . it was now anyone's game and less t

which was needed to keep the europa league hopes alive counts of push for the equaliser but out still managed to double their lead a round thanks to a super sub zero zero court to. put them forward how to defend their cars to a younger conceded the penalty which was expertly put away by using just three minutes later the other destroyed could be so good got the eighty seven to equalise his ninth goal of the campaign and the result that points to admit table finishes for both teams. well that leaves us with saturday's late game champions league hopefuls leverkusen hostage took out and there was a minor upset on the cards christiane get now settled again in the guest's favor with this something the sixty seventh minute to deceive means that heiko have its men slip into system one point behind the now occupied the last champions league spot meanwhile are already guaranteed another season in the bundesliga. crackers gulzar now some surprising results against across the board on this match day so let's take a look at how everybody fared of course there is confirmation of colognes lost and

promise there were some highlights for the billy goats including their win against arsenal in the europa league but in the in this league at their form has been polling from the get go with the club spending months i incurred at the bottom of the table the relegation appeared inevitable despite a modest reserve after the mid-season break but cologne kept fighting with the team showing plenty of spares in their match against fellow strugglers freiburg only a win could postpone their sixth drop to the second division and two was on the cards in the black forest stadium. this classic six point game got moving fast freiburg smike fronts with the cross to newspapers and who opened the scoring in the fourteenth minute to mohan with no chance. and patterson threatened again marco herger resorting to a foul to stop him penalty but christian go into couldn't convert one nil at half time soon after the restart cologne suffered another blow pietersen once again fribourg mr reliable resume past domany kinds to hit the target to nail pietersen as scored seven at freiburg last eight goals colognes attack loo

it the europa league is important for us, everybody knows that, and we are at the stage where of courseery, very slim chance to get further up. but the europa league is of course one of the big targets of the season now. yes, of course, victory in the europa league could take arsenal intermix is an's champions league, all those quarterfinals taking place this evening, and they all kick off at five past eight. that is all from sports day, thank you forjoining us, we will have more sport for you throughout the evening.

the europa league final is arsenal's remaining target. the only way they could win it. the russians struck back quickly and in style. the free kick worth travelling to london to see. after mesut ozil was hauled down, alexander lacazette clinical from the penalty spot, arsenal's fans began to enjoy themselves. and so did ramsey, flair, instinct and precision to leave the goalkeeper looking foolish. 3—1 and only 28 minutes on the clock. impreza ozil set up alexander lacazette for his second on the night. —— impressive method ozil. as it turns out, that was it, no hat—trick for ramsey, they lost a bit of focus in the second half. a three—goal lead should be enough to keep their season going at least for now. you can find the other football results from the europa league on the bbc sport website. the darts legend, the crafty cockney eric bristow has died this evening of a suspected heart attack after being taken ill suddenly at a darts event in liverpool. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers wil

then comes the big one, the europa league semifinals against atletico madrid. high, as we heard earlier, pick up a piece of silverware and return arsenal to the champions league. that would be quite some legacy, to capa 22 that would be quite some legacy, to cap a 22 year reign that will live long in the memory. indeed, david 0rnstein, thank you very much. lots of reaction coming in from players past and present. two synonymous with different sides, robert pires and iain wright, they both gave their memories of working with the outgoing arsenal boss. both gave their memories of working with the outgoing arsenal bossm made me think about football in such a meticulous way that every single thing i was doing that wasn't right is harming me. and everything i was doing that was the right thing to do, in respect of sleep, drinking water, training, resting, that was benefiting me. i genuinely believed that, he made me think that. i thought like that until the end of my career. bergkamp has gone to the right, cent fredrik ljungberg, perez! it's difficult to win the pre

the dismay of nico coverage this champions league aspirations are at the buffers although the europa league wouldn't be a disaster it hurts him if they stay with us if we think. it will bring in the champions league would be absolutely crazy but i think the fans would be happy with europa league to feel good perhaps he's being too modest. frankfurt played. and scored as well. but bradman had luck on their side not least in that opener and that means they're now unbeaten in five matches. shelter went into the weekend on a five match winning streak in the last three winning by a slender one nil. to many coated esko has turned his side into masters of minimalism and the fish unsee. it might do you think it's a coincidence that chucky keep on winning one no this week of course not. because of opponent and the players have a confidence in me and themselves because it's been working recently and it's you know there's a bit more of energy. efficient at the end he wanted more of that energy against freiburg to consolidate that all important top four finish and at least delay bryant's title celebrat

son spoke dumped lazio out of the europa league in a shock. tiger woods said he will play at the us open injune after not having featured since 2015 —— souths berg. hello and welcome to the programme, day nine of the commonwealth games is into the late morning on australia's gold coast and chris mitchell is there out and about for us. the talk is still about for us. the talk is still about the 200 metres from the men's from last night with is being disqualified. yes, what a moment this was, the biggest moment so far at the con games, zharnel hughes thought he had crossed the line first —— commonwealth games. he had in fact. hughes was deemed to be the fastest even though they got the same time by virtue of the photo finish. he celebrated his lap of honour but the trinidad team lodged a complaint, saying there under had been impeded on the way to the line and certainly watching the race live along with everybody else inside the ca rra ra along with everybody else inside the carrara stadium, you would have to say it looked like a really messy fi

league roughhousing as their coach said the begin of the season had they been in the quarterfinals europa leagueand physicians' table he'd be very happy in that's where they are now i don't quite believe them this club they want to be the champions league but they're better teams ahead of them so they're more likely to qualify for europe for the openly instead who do you see making a run for their europa league entry level frankfurt of course and they're the ones who are a bit of trouble of course with with nico much leaving the team it's a great point just to say over to you when the announcement came. in the coco botches to make a move to bahrain do you think the eagles still have a chance for a european qualification law it's difficult because when you have trouble in the club in the team when the other topics where the player is care about then it's difficult to focus on what's on the pitch and i think this will be difficult for for the team and for the players to handle the situation and want to focus on the work on the pitch now as a player just personally speaking do you think it makes it

arsenal have one foot in the europa league semifinals after a 4—0 win over cs ka league semifinals after moscow. richard conway was there. a comfortable win for arsenal in the end, 4—1 in the end, that will give them great confidence going into the second leg of this europa league quarter—final. —— 4—1. two for alexandre la gazette, ramsey in denied his hat—trick by the width of the post. diplomatic relations between russia and britain perhaps pa rt between russia and britain perhaps part of the reason for low then attendance numbers. next the estate, arsenal will go into it with that 4-1 arsenal will go into it with that 4—1 advantage. they will now be confident of making the semifinals and hats going on to win this competition. it was a spectacular first half, played at a spectacular pace that as well, an uncomfortable one for me because they look dangerous as well, you know, and i would always hope that we could score but they could score as well. we played against a side who is technically very good at a tough time, i think. technically very good at a tough time, ithink. we technical

hoffenheim moved up and dortmund are in the mix to stuttgart frankfurt and lights could take a europa league spot. michel i really need to ask you about leipzig now they're drafting points behind the champions league places how much of a disappointment has this. eason bin for them if you see the if you see that the game on sunday is like very disappointing for them their loss against mines and never expected but. so many games still lost games smaller teams and that makes everything's very difficult for them well tom what do you think you need to do if they want to get back to where they were at the end of last season for example well i mean like we said this season is going to be a disappointment for them what's especially bad is that they've had this run of form towards the end of the season and that's probably what's going to stick in the memory they have lost games just want it seems but they've also be in by munich. and i mean they should be wanting to get back to where they were at the end of last season it's right to have those great ambitions but it was their worth remembering the si

the gateway to the champions league is the europa league.a wreck and even with a three goal lead. the new again was again when cska went ahead on front. with a week in comebacks in europe, it did not bode well. the moscow momentum continued after half—time. the goalkeeper petr cech only pontiac to defeat of the structure. 0ne morkel would see the home sector. they came this close a magic moment. when arsenal looked out of touch, chatting with her. after danny welbeck‘s finish, relief. aaron ramsey's goal came at midnight local time. this is a network at all might have gone wrong but only two more teams block arsenal's route back to the champions league. so here are all the results from tonight's quarterfinals. a lot of goals, a couple of impressive turnaround as well. sulzberger and marseille overcame deficits to go through to the semifinals. the draw is tomorrow, lunchtime. the eighth day of the commonwealth games provided us with some joy, some drama and some despair. in the athletics, men's 200 metre gold was denied by a dramatic disquali

the focus now turns to the europa league semifinal first leg against atletico madrid on thursday, a chance in style. david ornstein, bbc news, the emirates. premier league champions—elect manchester city kept a strong line up against swansea, as they have an eye on breaking the 100 point barrier this season. pep guardiola's men cruised to a 4—0 win over swansea, as drew savage reports. they have had a week of being champions already but today was manchester city's day to celebrate. they won that title last sunday without kicking a ball. it might have felt like an anti—climax so it in the mood to deserve that. swansea reduced to the role of spectators. david silva opened the scoring before raheem sterling made it 2—0 injust the 16th minute. four light blue shirts, an easy tap infor four light blue shirts, an easy tap in for sterling. city might be out of europe god can still break premier league records this season and this is one reason why, spectacular from kevin and this is one reason why, spectacularfrom kevin de bruyne. the faces of both managers telling you how good that was. swansea

staying with football and rb alive so you have been eliminated in the europa league quarter finals that despite a first leg leave the last five to an marsay star striker team obana was left on the bench for life sig's still took an early lead only to be pegged back by the french side marsay then increase their advantage before forward john kevin i was seen scored to give life's a renewed hope but more say close out the game in style to prevail five three on aggregate the semifinal draw takes place in. ok let's take a look at the other results of the other europa league quarter finals the big drama coming in austria where salzburg overall the first leg deficit to try and six five overall against loss a.o. sporting lisbon beat it let it go and dread but the spaniards progressed to want an aggregate c.s.k. moscow drew with the english side arsenal advancing six three on aggregate after their first leg one. well don't forget you can always get the to be news on the go download or after google flyer from apple stuart that gives you access to the latest news from around the world as well as p

arsenal were punished late on by antoine griezeman as they drew their europa league semi—finalfirst legt the emirates. arsene wenger‘s side dominated the game but it's the visitors who take a crucial away goal back to spain next week. ben croucher watched this one. if you try to script arsene wenger‘s final european night at the emirates, fill the place out to make it has to start as well. alexandre la cazette it has to start as well. alexandre lacazette played his part almost to post and then center stage. in an ideal work you will want to beat looking good. 90 minutes it to be seen dash for him to get sent off. they were finding it hard to watch. they were finding it hard to watch. the one that could watch would have enjoyed but that's starring role. a breakthrough at last. arsenal hung in there and had their goal. you sensed that they would need more. antoine griezmann show them why. playing the pantomime villain, atletico barely out of their own half all game, arsenal barely believing what they're seeing. another night of european frustration for arsene wenger, just didn't read the

europa league i'm afraid all right guys are going to believe that there is full time for the bundesliga i'd like to thank our guests this week of course michelle and jonathan crane from the w for me and the rest of the team here in berlin see you next time. tell the truth now do you know berlin well let's go through the city on berlin's most famous bus route. enjoy vibrant urban life. a call for alicia and lucas degas on a journey of discovery with new ideas for visitors to berlin. entering the conflict zone fronting the powerful so far the political fallout from catalonia is independent shows no so in the being contained my guest this week here in brussels explains foreign minister alfonso das case how has his government failed to prevent the close use worst it is arguably its most predictable political crisis in decades. sixty minutes. is no. day nothing. changed you know the banks. and so was the language of the bank. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made four minds. time for an upgrade. close by. close with. design highlights you can make yourself. that will turn you

in sixth place at the moment hoffenheim breathing down their necks they're even to stay in the europa league place is going to be a challenge for them well enough to wait and see how they get on of course now we're going to move on to sunday's other game now mind solve one objective avoiding relegation a run of just one win and their last eight games has left them sitting third from bottom so victory was essential against another side in poor form that appears to have given up on playing european football next season so let's see how the tie panned out. mine's a glass bottle winless throughout the month of may and we're shots like this in the first time it didn't look like that would be changing in april. at least the second period had more to offer when the host briefly called they taking the lead for alexandre hock but younes ahmed dealt with the situation supposedly to stop the ball from crossing the line. the last few minutes so the visit is almost breakthrough i but the game ended in a school a stroll the last thing either side really needed i. well not much to get excited about there s

europa league i'm afraid. that there is full time for the bundesliga i'd like to thank our guests this week of course michel and jonathan crane from the new for me and the rest of the team here in berlin. twenty one special. my dear than the summer. with the running. man my. precious liberation. exile. these are some of the most part in her life. and how. the way. unless the jewish state places the consequences of climate change. places are melting unleashing floods. he wrote. us of the government doing we with the good of the united states for a big job killing paris climate or north alaska completely changed. in forty five minutes. i'm not proud they will not succeed in dividing us about i'll not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of mystics try to shift to. taking a stand global news that matters d. w. made from minds. germany state by state. the most colorful. the latest. the most traditional. minded all legit any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state

another wild night of european of football this time in the europa league in the europa league where leipzig was trying to protect a slim lead from the first leg of their quarterfinals much up with must say and they started fast with a goal in the second minute of the game that it will fall apart or say advance to the semifinals leipsic go home with the hopes dashed the other matches tonight's as c.s.k. moscow drew with arsenal. advance based on their win in the first leg sporting lisbon beat athletico madrid that he can advance based on aggregate and sells book came from behind to beat last year a row to the semifinals. a final look i remind of us top stories at this hour u.s. president told trump has promised a decision on syria fairly soon affairs of a confrontation with syria's main ally russia has been growing since wednesday i'm structures and missiles will be coming. down volkswagen said chief executives of bullock stepped aside to make way for a new boss another inside the public thinks it's think german car giants latest might have a management shakeup in the wake of the die

burnley have qualified for the europa league. it's qualified for the europa league.inning. they have been brilliant of late. two goals in the first ten minutes, chris wood got the first, he scored five in the last five games now. leicester against burnley at the started this season at this point, battling for a spot in europe. if southampton don‘t win the fa cup and released a seventh, they could be in the europa league next season. the last time they were in europe, england were football world cup champions! let‘s from shaun dykes. our story is still about as many points as we can get. the next game is the big game. we go onto the next one. we are in fine shape mentally. it secures everyone‘s mind, it secures the feeling in the group. we‘ve got just that little touch secures the feeling in the group. we‘ve gotjust that little touch of freedom. from one happy manager to another, i imagine roy hodgson is pretty believed. a big win over crystal palace beating brighton. they beat them 3—2. is it enough to keep them safe? probably. it was so vital for both keep them safe

and in sport, the europa league is arsene wenger‘s last chat to go out with a bang.d out how they got on against atletico madrid. good evening. one of american television's biggest stars, the comedian bill cosby, has been convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman. the 80—year—old star is best known for starring in the 1980s tv series the cosby show. he was the first major black actor on primetime and was held in huge affection by audiences. his conviction today follows allegations against him of similar sexual offences by some 60 women stretching back decades. his trial is the first following the establishment of the metoo movement which arose from the harvey weinstein scandal. aleem maqbool reports. he was an icon. one of the most watched men on television. he came to court today defant. confident he would walk free. he was wrong. outside the courtroom moments after bill cosby was convicted, some of those who had accused him of a sexual assault found it hard to contain their emotions and their relief he will now go to prison for his crimes. i thank the j

news, this week our attentions turn towards the last four in the champions league and also the europa leagueth. tomorrow night it's the first leg of the champions league semi final between liverpool and roma. jurgen klopp gave his prematch thoughts to the media today, from anfield, here's hugh woozencroft. welcome to the calm before the storm though the nerves are already beginning to fray ahead of another pulsating night of european football here and fields, but it may well boil down to experience. jurgen klopp was a losing finalist in 2013 with borussia dortmund but how exactly is that experience going to feed into his players? for them, it's a very different story. liverpool have not been semifinalists in the champions league since back in 2007 when they we re league since back in 2007 when they were runners—up under rafa benitez. for roemer, a similar story. they have not got past the quarterfinal stage for a decade. how do the managers feel? jurgen klopp gave us his thoughts on what should be a crucial encounter. we both have the chance to go to the final and that's all i need, nothing

meanwhile two time europa league champions atletico madrid take a two no lead into their last eight clash portuguese side sporting athletico were held to a draw at city rivals real madrid in the spanish league on sunday but diego simeone these men have won their last six ounce sayings in the european competition. and all four quarter finals in the europa league take place on thursday in the other two lats here take a four to lead to south spoke and masai will look to overturn a one nil deficit when they host like take what we count down to the world cup in russia there's competition to secure the twenty twenty six tournament a joint bid from the usa canada and mexico is up against more rocco as the only candidates they'll find out in june who will get to host it but morocco has criticised football's governing body for moving the goalposts when it comes to selection a new five man fifa task force will hold technical inspections for both candidates and could disqualify them before they even get to the congress vote for murphy for president sepp blatter who was banned for unethical conduct i

arsenal only have one possibility of a trophy, the europa league, the second condition in european football, they would qualify for the champions league which would be a legacy left by arsene wenger. they are in the semis against atletico madrid, the first leg is next week. arsene wenger will hope to go out on a high after having really fallen out with much of the supporter base in recent months. supporters have been calling for his departure, we have seen banners calling him to go. he still had a lot of people behind him. the fan base will be split. if nothing else he will hope to leave arsenal after almost years on a high. thank you very much. leaders and senior politicians from the commonwealth will this morning begin discussions in windsor to decide the organisation's future direction. during the meeting, which will be held behind closed doors, the 53—member countries will decide whether to grant the queen's wish that prince charles should eventually succeed her as the head of the organisation. ben brown is at buckingham palace for us with the latest. some important staff on the agenda.

burnley are within touching distance of a place in the europa league and a win over chelsea would seee arsenal into sixth. chelsea boss antonio conte is set to make changes ahead of this weekends fa cup semifinal, but one man he won't be able to rely on is marcos alonso, the spaniard has been served a three—match ban for violent conduct, following a challenge on southampton‘s shane long. tonight's other game sees struggling southampton go to leicester. conor mcnamara is at turf moor for burnley‘s match against chelsea. well, as we approach the final stretch now of the season, perhaps a time to look back after the campaign asa time to look back after the campaign as a whole, and for burley had chelsea, it hasn't turned out like anyone would have anticipated. burnley have exceeded all expectations, a winter night would move sean dyche's side ahead of arsenal and into sixth place in the premier league, who would have anticipated that at the start of the season? contrast have had a very tame defence of their premier league crown, they now have that one bit of silverware to fight for, the

i'm joining in doha with your sport just close a place in the semifinals of the europa league plus could cattles world cup be expanded to forty eight teams football chiefs on trolling it out of that and plenty more coming up in sports. good to have your company a very warm welcome to the news hour u.s. president donald trump says he'll be meeting his top advisors on thursday and promised a decision on military action against syria fairly soon a day after warning russia to get ready trump tweeted that he had never said when an attack on syria would take place adding it could be very soon or not soon a tall where u.s. allies are considering their positions the british prime minister to resign may has held an emergency cabinet meeting invited to help coordinate an international response french president a man well makkal said france needs more information before deciding whether to strike but he's no doubt about the syrian government's killed experts from the global chemical weapons war still the o.p.c. w are on their way to damascus to investigate the alleged chemical attack on duma and th

what a game in the europa league tonight.which is where we find our sports correspondentjoe wilson. arsene wenger says it would be an "anti climax" were arsenal not to win the europa league, you wonder whether the timing of the announcement that he's leaving is partly to inspire his players ahead of this huge tie? notjust to inspire the players but also the supporters, and when we look at arsenal over the last years, they have been out of sync, the supporters were not sure where they dare to inspire the players or vice versa, could the manager inspire either group these days? what we have seen in the europa league, arsenal have saved their best performances for this tournament, think about the victory in moscow, the victory over ac milan, scoring 29 goals in the competition so far, it feels the main players have seen this at their —— as their stage to perform. what we have with the timing of that decision, this is this evening arsene wenger‘s last european home game, a great opportunity for arsenal unity. diego simeone is yet

you might have a better chance of catching a train to boswell out on time or belgrade and the europa league. i. i there currently seems to be no stopping braman the steam gun i had against frankfurt thanks to the slot go you know the bridge the austrian open the scoring after half an hour and it was his cross that was headed into the frankfurt goal but i'm truck defender job and opera. to the delight of the home fans. and the dismay of nico called. his champions league aspirations are at the buffers although the roper league wouldn't be a disaster if it seems they stay with us if. it were laying in the champions league would be absolutely crazy but i think the fans would be happy with europa league to feel good perhaps he's being too modest. frankfurt played and scored as well. but bradman had luck on their side not least in that opener and that means they're now unbeaten in five matches. that went into the weekend on a five match winning streak in the last three winning by a slender one. to many coated asco has turned his side into masters of minimalism and the fish unsee. it might do you

league spot a white from leverkusen but it's still very much up for grabs as is the race for the europa league which goes down to seventh place fallsburg in the relegation playoff spot bringing down that next global definitely be sent down. just trying to remind your laptop but stores this out dozens of people have been killed in schools engines three suicide attacks in afghanistan to explosions and copies of diplomatic corps acquired the lives of six journalists and four police officers most of twenty six to the explosion killed eleven children in the south of the country. to germany thrives on britain for stuff that they would react to if efficiency and speed when they trade tariffs and quotas praveen are states washington issues he's due to decide tomorrow whether to impose fifty dollars on imported steel and alabama. to chalk up to ten top will feel at the top of the aisle in the meantime of course source the web site t w dot com how good a. pioneering philosopher and an icon. how the anti capitalist became a poster boy for revolution. and what he and is what i mean to us today. hundred pl

stop reading the europa league is their last chance of winning on a high. reading the europa league isf winning on a highlj am the responsible of the results when they are not as good as everybody wanted. people ask questions but i cannot master that, ican questions but i cannot master that, i can only muster my commitment, the quality of my work, and i do that. it's the same every year for the la st of it's the same every year for the last of seven or eight years. a couple of cup wins have glossed over the cracks but i think it is the right time. we're just going to have a great big party and say thank you, that's what i'm looking forward to, winning the european cup and having a big party. he's the man who once made arsenal unbeatable and whose innovation the premier league took the two new heights. he departs under a cloud but his ideas shaped his team in the sport. touching on the fact that things haven't always gone as arsene wenger would have wa nted gone as arsene wenger would have wanted at arsenal but there has been lots of reaction to his announcement today. former manchester

so arsene wenger‘s farewell at arsenal continued later on thursday with the first leg of the europa leaguents his last chance of silver wet with the gunners. honestly, i don't know what i will do. will i take a little rest? i have seen them this season be challenged mentally, and i have seen them always respond in a positive way. the boston celtics one win away from reaching the next round of the nba play—offs after beating milwaukee bucks eat 2— 87 to go 3—2 up in their series. that returns to milwaukee bucks thursday for game six where the celtics could clinch it. they will need the likes of jason tatum landing this 3—pointer in game five to do more of the same. same for their top scorer of that night. in case you missed it, titleholders real madrid have inched closer to a third consecutive champions league trophy. they left the arena on wednesday with a 2—1 win over bayern munich. the hosts went ahead and no doubt bayern munich, will be wondering how they lost, having dominated possession and created twice as many chances. real madrid clinical in attack, levelling things up before the b

arsenal with their europa league semifinal later on. keep up—to—date on the website. goodbye.there have been some blue skies, we have had a lot of cumulus cloud pictures like this one from warwickshire, but the recent radar pictures shows most of the heavy showers have been over northern ireland and into scotland, further south, a few heavy ones, and a rumble of thunder, but not as heavy as the showers we saw on wednesday. most of the showers fade away, some continuing through the northern scotland, but look at the south—west, this is the next system pushing rain into wales and the south west, by first thing friday morning. quite a cold start and frosty in some places like scotland and northern ireland, but further south, the area of low pressure will dominate the weather forecast through friday as it works its way further north and east through much of england and wales. a north south split, and the brain works through —— the brain works through heavy at times. you could see where the rain will be falling, towards the midlands and towards hull, and it will be drier for a time