i am joined crack at the europa league group stage.ue group stage. i am joined by billy dodds. do you feel range is into this match with a certain amount of confidence? you would think so. the momentum is building in the league campaign and also in europe. they have to go up a notch again. warsaw have gone up a notch. it is going to be a test. we would be happy to go away with a draw. do you think that would be highly suitable for steven gerrard to get a draw to take back to ibrox? yes. i think he would take 0—0 but he would like 1—1 to get the away goal in europe. it can be helpful. a draw would be a good result but they are capable of winning that they will have to be at their best. well, after celtic crashed out of the champions league last week after that shock defeat to romanian side cluj, the scottish champions have to deal with their swedish counterparts to salvage their continental campaign. they host aik stokholm in their europa league play—off at celtic park. we are at home and obviously we want to ta ke we are at home and ob

have kicked off against aik in sweden at 6 o clock with a 2—0 lead from the first leg of their europa league haven't won in the second leg, 4—1 on aggregate. —— they lead to— one. two other british clubs in action later. rangers face legia warsaw at ibrox, it's goalless from the first leg in poland last week. and wolves will begin their match against italian side torino with a 3—2 advantage from the first—leg. plenty of support going on this evening. you can stay updated across all bbc outlets, and we will have lots more for you throughout the evening. see you soon. mps opposed toa evening. see you soon. mps opposed to a no—deal brexit are considering their response to the government decision to suspend parliament for five weeks. the formerjustice secretary david gauke sec next week was likely to provide the only opportunity to ensure mps had a say, while labour leaderjeremy corbyn said there will be an attempt on tuesday to stop boris johnson shutting down parliament. today saw the first resignation from the parliament over its plans, with lord young, the whip in the house of lords, saying

through to the europa league group stages after a win over legia warsaw.is a club that cannot escape the dark cloud of sectarianism. last week, it was ordered to leave 3000 seats free for last night's game against legia warsaw. a uefa charge of racist behaviour, notably sectarian singing. today, something similar. a charge of racist behaviour once again relating to the game against legia warsaw last week. once again, rangers will have to leave part of the stadium closed for the next european game here. if it happens again, there is the real possibility this place will be closed down for the next fixture. it was also a bittersweet night for city rivals, celtic. the school helped them progress, 4—1 away. but the victory and european progression has been overshadowed by this. stewards and police clashing with celtic fans who had earlier set off a number of players. today, the celtic manager wouldn't be drawn on what happened. i have no comment on that. i wasn't aware of it. the club if there is anything to deal with, the club will deal with it the best they c

wolves and rangers are both one match away from reaching the group stage of the europa league after victoryn the third round of qualifying tonight. both took comfortable first leg leads into tonight's matches. wolves already 4—0 up against armenians pyunik. there were four more tonight including a first senior goal for teenager morgan gibbs—white and a brilliant finish from diogojota saw them go through 8—nil on aggregate. rangers swept aside fc midtjylland, 3—1 on the night, 7—3 on aggregate to set up a play—off with legia warsaw — the winner ino the group stage. welsh side new saints are out, losing nine—nil on agregate to ludogorets whilst aberdeen fell at the europa league third qualifying round for the sixth consecutive season with an abject defeat at the hands of croatian side rijeka. the head coach of the scotland women's national team, shelley kerr, has spoken about a row with her players after they were knocked out of the world cup in france which left some in tears. kerr admits she, along with other members of her backroom team, had been drinking with dinner before the meeting but

rangers have been ordered to close part of ibrox for next week's europa league play—off second leg againsta has ruled some of their fans were guilty of "racist behaviour" — a charge which incorporates sectarian singing during the europa league first round. the us open has confirmed carlos ramos will not umpire any matches involving serena or venus williams at this year's championships. ramos penalised serena williams a point and then a game for her outburst in last year's final against naomi 0saka. england suffered a humiliating 8—nil defeat to the netherlands in their eurohockey semi final. the world champions were always favourites in antwerp but the manner of england's defeat will raise serious questions just a year out from the olympics — that's if great britain even qualify. david mcdaid was watching if england had hopes of winning this tournament here for a third time in their history, those hopes were very swiftly extinguished by a very, very good dutch side. three heavens are up good dutch side. three heavens are up at half and very much the pic. the final scrolling could have been

leading them to last season's europa league title. this is the interview news live from berlin coming up next our documentary north korea all the dictators man for now for me brian thomas and the entire news team thanks so much for being with us and rita will join us at the top of the hour by the way. welcome to the but is the game here for deduct the interest rates to talk about since. this us uk coverage. 3 more. as a whole we have. let's have a look at so many of them leave books so you don't want to miss this. weekend p.w. . this is a country where the war never end. every

the struggled last term trying to balance the europa league with their premier league efforts.in every top flight season, every result counts. we know what the premier week is. we have seen it time and time, is my fifth season. —— premier league. detectives results... you know you have to start with top performances but on the other hand i must say the lads are coming in bright this preseason. and as a collective not just individuals. there is a nice desire about them at the minute. we managed to bring players into affect the situation and we want that as well. overall today, very, very pleased. the first half we didn't have so much problems because we had the wind. but then they got longer because we were against the wind. i have to adapt this and i have to know that the timing is a little bit different. then the pressure after 50 minutes in the second half, the first goal was high and then the next 12 minutes wasn't absolutely losing ina next 12 minutes wasn't absolutely losing in a way. we want to play the game —— we wanted to play, and the game —— we wanted to play, and the

four british teams involved in the europa league playoffs this evening.goal, seeing them through. wolves are through as well, after a 2—1victory over torino. celtic also eased into the group stages, after thrashing aik in sweden. they won the second leg 4—1. lewis morgan with their final goal, sealing a 6—1win on aggregate. the win maintains celtic‘s record of reaching a european group stage every year since 2010. disappointment though for linfield, who are out. they lost 2—1 against qarabag in azerbaijan, losing out on away goals. linfield were aiming to become the first northern irish side to reach the europa league group stages. so confirmation of those scores there. linfield going out to qarabag, but celtic, rangers and wolves are through. gareth southgate has named his england men's squad for their upcoming euro 2020 qualifiers against bulgaria and kosovo. manchester united full—back, aaron wan—bissaka, and aston villa centre—back, tyrone mings, join the senior squad for the first time. so here is that squad in full then: three uncapped players. jame

it's a busy night of europa league action with the third round of qualifying. d aberdeen are in action. and one of the oldest clubs in the football league faces an uncertain future. the latest on the troubles at bury. also coming up in the programme: she led the lionesses all the way to the world cup semi—finals. england captain steph houghton tells us about her new goal to get more young girls into sport. plus that penalty minutes. plus that penalty minuteslj plus that penalty minutes. i did not quite get the connection on the penalty but i knew i was brave enough to take it and just another night did not define me as a person oi’ night did not define me as a person ora night did not define me as a person or a player. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. premier league's transfer window has now slammed shut for the summer, with several clubs confirming big money signings. it's all before the season begins tomorrow. there's been delight and disappointment around the grounds this afternoon. joe lynsky is covering it for us. he's alongside our corre

thank you very much there has been nothing to separate champions league holders liverpool and europa league champs chelsea in the european super cup final liverpool eventually winning 54 on penalties the match was refereed by stephanie for a part who made history as the 1st woman to read for major european men's final both sides had plenty of chances through the opening half hour of the match but it was europa league champs chelsea fresh off the air for rushing in the premier league season opener who scored 1st through olivier giroud in the 36th minute champions league winners little ball hit straight back after the break through cider managed to level the game it stayed that way through 90 minutes but money scored again early in extra time to put liverpool ahead but a penalty by genius level things again the game going to a shoot out with a red saved chelsea's 1st attempt to win their 1st trophy of the season. accident investigators say that football is a 1000000 a seller was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide before his fatal plane crash in january the argentine was travelling from

ahead of their europa league play—off tomorrow night, he says he is happy with his side's form.a around things at times, and thatis hysteria around things at times, and that is the case when you are in glasgow sometimes. we have lost one game, and we scored three goals in it, so it is not all doom and gloom, and we have to be bullish about things, forward. it is a big disappointment to be out of the champions league, we know that, but the europa league is a very good competition which we hopefully can prosper in. staying with football. wales captain ashley williams has been left out of their squad for the euro 2020 qualifier against azerbaijan in cardiff next month. he's been capped 86 times and led wales to the euro 2016 semi finals. manager ryan giggs says he's been left out because he's hasn't had a preseason. williams is without a club at the moment after being released by everton but is now set to join bristol city. i basically wanted to pick their squad primarily with players who are playing, who have done a pre—season, playing, who have done a pre—season, play games durin

linfield play the second leg of their europa league qualifying tie. are 2—1 up after the first leg against montenegran side fk sutjeska. it is important we concentrate on us and what we can do and how well we played last week individually and collectively. the players are all well prepared for the game tomorrow night. it is a game that they are relishing i'm relishing and everyone involved in the club is looking forward to it. it is the challenge we will meet head—on. manchester city have avoided a transfer ban after admitting breaching fifa rules on signing youth players. the premier league champions have been fined £315,000. fifa said city breached article 19 of its regulations: "international transfers of players are only permitted if the player is over the age of 18." the future of bury football club remains uncertain, with yet another match being postponed. their league game on saturday against gillingham will not go ahead, after the football league said they did not receive enough assurances that the club has the necessary finances in place to r

marion thank you very much there's been nothing to separate champions league holders liverpool and europa league chelsea in the europa european a big you put in super cup final liverpool eventually winning 54 on penalties the match was refereed by stephanie for a part who made history as the 1st woman to refer major european men's final both sides had plenty of chances through the opening half hour of the match but it was europa league champs chelsea fresh off they for rushing in the premier league season opener who scored 1st through all of you giroux in the 36th minute champions league winners little ball hit straight back after the break through saudi or monitor level the game it stayed that way through 90 minutes but mani scored again early in extra time to put liverpool ahead but a penalty by georgina level things again the game going to a shootout with the red saved chelsea's 1st attempt to win their 1st trophy of the season. accident investigators say that football a 1000000 seller was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide before his fatal plane crash in january the argentine was trav

and the europa league? how does the draw that?le round trip to kazakhstan for the clash with fc astana. it's not a bad draw in terms of competition for ole gunnar soljkaer‘s side. out of those three opponents, they've only faced fk pa rtizan once before. they've also got dutch side az alkmaar. last season's finalists arsenal have been drawn against eintracht frankfurt, standard liege and vitoria guimaraes. wolves have been handed an interesting draw in their first european compeition since 1981 — will see them travel to turkey, portugal and slovakia. besiktas perhaps the most dangerous one for nuno espirto santo's side. espirito santo's side. celtic have a pretty tough draw — including the team that knocked them out of champions league qualifying. and rangers have a tough one too — they're in a group with porto. rangers will be forced to leave at least 3,000 seats vacant at ibrox for their first europa league group game after being found guilty of a second charge of sectarian chanting. it's the same punishment as was served during

manchester united fans will be racking up the air miles in the group stage of the europa league.or ole gunnar soljkaer‘s side. out of those three opponents, they‘ve only faced fk pa rtizan once before, they‘ve also got dutch side az alkmaar. last season‘s finalists arsenal have been drawn against eintracht frankfurt, standard liege and vitoria guimaraes. wolves have been handed an interesting draw in theirfirst european compeition since 1981, will see them travel to turkey, portugal and slovakia. it‘s a tough one for celtic, their group includes the tean that their group includes the team that knocked them out of champions league qualifying and rangers have tough one too — they‘re in a group with porto. well, rangers will be forced to leave at least 3,000 seats vacant at ibrox, for theirfirst europa league group game, after being found guilty of a second charge of sectarian chanting. it‘s the same punishment as was served during the second leg with legia warsaw on thursday. as a result, the club has said the‘ll not be has said they‘ll not be taking their allocation for their firs

much better start this season then for burnley who struggled last term trying to balance the europa league in sean dyche who knows in every top flight season, every result counts. we know what the premier league is. we have seen it time and time, is my fifth season. you expect results... by by no means do you think it guarantees you the next one. you know you have to start with top performances but on the other hand i must say the lads are coming in bright this preseason. and as a collective notjust individuals. there is a nice desire about them at the minute. a biggerfight a bigger fight for the shirt. we managed to bring players into affect the situation and be very competitive. and we want that as well. overall today, very, very pleased. we didn't have so much problems in the first topic as we played with the first topic as we played with the wind. but we played against the wind in the second half. i have to adapt this and i have to know the timings isa adapt this and i have to know the timings is a little bit different than the pressure after 15 minutes in the second half. with the fir

there's been action on the pitch this evening in europe, with the qualification for the europa leagueood news for wolves and celtic, but disappointment for northern irish side linfield. michael redford reports. seek to reach the stage. they had an advantage heading into to reno and the event is soon increased twisting and turning and simply finished. level for less than a minute, denied and the other was not. finish on the night, 5—3 in aggregate, time to celebrate. celtic are also through after going through a ik, also through sweden, three more would follow on a comfortable night for celtic, rounding off a

celtic will now go into the play—offs for the europa league. history later, as a female referee takes charge of a major european men's match for the very first time. here's stephanie frappart refereeing the final of the women's world cup earlier this summer, and tonight she's in charge as liverpool play chelsea in istanbul in the super cup — the assistant referees are both female too. there's another first about that match in istanbul this evening, it's the first all—english european super cup. it pits the champions league winners, liverpool, against chelsea, who won the europa league. it's important as a club like chelsea that we give everything to try and win it, because yes, it does mean something, it means something for us as another trophy, as a club, and for me it would be a really nice start for me personally. but more than that, a feeling for the players with the season coming up that we can compete against liverpool, win a cup in our name that goes down in our history and go on from there. everything is prepared for a final, obviously,

thank you very much there has been nothing to separate champions league holders liverpool and europa league champs chelsea in the european super cup final liverpool eventually winning 54 on penalties the match was refereed by stephanie for a part who made history as the 1st woman to read for major european men's final both sides had plenty of chances through the opening half hour of the match but it was europa league champs chelsea fresh off the air for rushing in the premier league season opener who scored 1st through a living in the 36th minute champions league winners little paul hit straight back after the breakthrough saudia monitor levelled the game it stayed that way through 90 minutes but mani scored again early in extra time to put liverpool ahead but a penalty by georgina level things again the game going to a shoot out with a red saved chelsea's 1st attempt to win their 1st trophy of the season. accident investigators say that football is a 1000000 a seller was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide before his fatal plane crash in january the argentine was travelling from the

officials at the match in istanbul which is between the champions league winners liverpool and europa leagues chelsea. frappart has also taken charge of men's league matches in her native france. we've reached the half way point at the women's british open golf with plenty of british interest still in contention at woburn. local girl charley hull and bronte law lead the english charge. with defending champion georgia hall only a shot behind them. jo currie is there for us. this had been built of the summer of winning's sports and another wonderful story is unfolding. three english women in the thick of it heading into the weekend after an impressive second round here and buckinghamshire. the performance of the day belongs to law, a brownish dem blemish free round and a round of 67 leaving her seven under par and that is the kind that lindsay majors and particularly a spot and a team. it likely for law she has been playing alongside katrina matthews. she says that this week she is solely focused on her performance. it is nice to play in front of the home crowd and i have my family out watchin

rangers have been ordered to close part of ibrox for next week's europa league play—off second leg againstbehaviour" — a charge which incorporates sectarian singing during the europa league first round. rory mcilroy is teeing off his second round of the tour championship with the hour. yesterday, he carded a superb round of 66 leaving him within one shot of the overall lead. the us open has confirmed carlos ramos will not umpire any matches involving serena or venus williams at this year's championships. ramos penalised serena williams a point and then a game for her outburst in last year's final against naomi 0saka. this weekend, world cup winner, two—time champions league winner and liverpool legend xabi alonso makes his managerial debut. he takes charge of real sociedad b for the first time. in the second tier of spanish football. in a wide—ranging interview with football focus, he talks about his incredible playing career and why he has returned to where it all began. i was born 15 minutes from here. i live close by so all my childhood has been around real sociedad. my father was a pla

last season's champions league winners liverpool face chelsea, who won the europa league.he start of the season. it's important as a club like chelsea that we give everything to try and win it, because yes, it does mean something, it means something for us as another trophy and for the clu b for us as another trophy and for the club and for me would be a really nice start for me personally, but more than that, the feeling for the players with the season coming up that we can compete against liverpool and win a cup in our name that goes down in history and go on from there. everything is prepared for a final obviously so we have to make sure we're ready for a final. we have to make a few decisions about lineup and stuff like this that can be kind ofa and stuff like this that can be kind of a little bit unpredictable, probably for the opponent as well, because we don't know how they play, they don't know how we play, especially in the early stages of the season. so we are here, everything is prepared, so let's go. stephanie frappart will take charge of tomorrow night's match

wolves and rangers are both one match away from reaching the group stage of the europa league after victorynto tonight's matches. wolves had a a—0 advantage from the first leg against armenians pyunik. there were four more tonight including a first senior goal for teenager morgan gibbs—white and a brilliant finish from diogojota saw them go through 8—0 on aggregate. they afce tornio next. rangers swept aside midtjylland, 3—1 on the night and 7—3 on aggregate, to set up a play—off round tie with legia warsaw. welsh side new saints are out, losing 9—nil on agregate to ludogorets, whilst aberdeen fell at the europa league third qualifying round for the sixth consecutive season with an abject defeat at the hands of croatian side rijeka. the head coach of the scotland women's national team shelley kerr has spoken of her regrets following a row with players at the end of the world cup in france. bbc scotland has learned some players were left in tears at a team meeting the day after they were knocked out of the tournament. kerr admits she, along with other members of her backroom team, had been d

through to the europa league group stages after a win over legia warsaw.r last night's game against legia warsaw.

wolves are in a good position to qualify for the europa league group stage for the first time after winning torino. this raul himenez goal made it 3—1 before a late penalty for torino set up a nervy finish. the two teams meet again at molinew on 29 august with the winners moving into the main group stage of the competition. and irish league champions linfield have caused a huge shock in their first—leg playoff. they beat carabag of azerbijan 3—2 in belfast with shayne lavery‘s goal the pick of the bunch. elsewhere celtic took a significant step towards the group stages after beating aik 2—0 in glasgow. and rangers play—off tie with leg—ia warsaw remains finely poised after a goalless first leg in poland. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories around today. anderlecht‘s vincent kompa ny is to relinquish his managerial duties on match days. kompany was appointed player—manager at the belgian club this summer after 11 years at manchester city. after just two points from their first four league games though kompany will be captain during matches — with the head coach in charge of

four british sides were in europa league qualifying action today.red of a spot in the playoffs for the group stages. they beat armenian side fc pyunik by four goals to nil. rauljiminez scored either side of half time as wolves were rarely troubled. rubens nevez completed the scoring in stoppage time from the penalty spot. the second leg takes place next thursday. aberdeen must overcome a two—goal deficit if they're to reach the playoff round. they were beaten 2—nil by croatian side rieka away from home. manager derek mcinness has never made it past this stage though in five previous attempts with the dons. in the other matches, welsh champions the new saints lost 5—0 to bulgarian side ludogorets. but better news for glasgow rangers who beat danish side midtjylland — 4-2. st helens have extended their lead at the top of super league with a 30—12 win away at their nearest challengers warrington. the home side were missing a number of players following the bad tempered finish to their match at catalan dragons this weekend. but saints ran in five tries

marco rosa faces loftier expectations he reached the semifinals of the europa league with austrian squadsalzburg last campaign now he's tasked with changing the style of last season's 5th place side mention gladbach better results plus a champions league place would be nice to. me i think the guys are ready to give it their all and showed me that the last 4 or 5 weeks the guys are tough at the already practicing intensive one on ones and training. wagner at shall care has a similarly tough task after finishing 14th last season the club wants to show it's changed but there's no money for big new signings they'll have to count on their youth talent. the business we know that it won't happen overnight or in a week but everybody who has worked hard or has accepted this challenge is ready to go for it for the. cent to finish the new job can boost a career or and it suddenly some new coaches had to learn that the hard way find still mycoskie is dull and domenico today just to name a few. you're watching news from berlin up next a reporter which this week follows a young mexican volunteer who w

wolves and rangers keep their europa league dreams alive.off tie with italian side torino. rangers beat midtjylland and will play legia warsaw. they won at queen's together and now andy murray and feliciano lopez book their place in the cincinatti masters quarterfinals, where murray will face his brotherjamie for only the second time in their professional career. i'll be back with more on those stories after half—past. thank you. bbc news has learned that a cyber attack on the uk's biggest provider of forensic services has led to a backlog of 20,000 samples. the company — eurofins scientific — was affected by a ransomware virus, which prevented staff accessing its computer system. police say the problem has now been resolved and emergency measures are being gradually lifted. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. it is painstaking work, but vital for solving crimes. scientists at eurofins analyse evidence from 70,000 criminal cases every year. the company accounts for more than half of forensic science provision in the uk, but in

wolves on track to qualify for the europa league group stage after winning 3—2.—1 up before tonrino scored a penalty. the second leg is next week at molinuex. and bury football club have until midnight to avoid being expelled from the english football league. the efl has requested evidence that the club can pay off creditors and have funding to make it through the league one season. they have yet to play a first—team match in this campagin. i'll be back with more on those stories at 9:40am. with the global population growing, and more and more of us moving into cities, there are big questions about how we feed ourselves in the future. new high tech farms are now emerging all over the uk. ben thompson has been 33 metres underground in a future farm at clapham, south london. welcome to clapham in south london. we're 100 feet below the pavement, right next to the tube line in this disused air raid shelter and it looks a bit different because, well, they've turned it into a farm. it's a vertical farm, using all sorts of new technology to bring together some pretty ag

eventis in june before that he coached the english side chelsea leading them to last season's europa league title. this is the interview news live from berlin coming up next our documentary north korea all the dictators for now for me brian thomas and the entire news team thanks so much for being with us and rita will join us at the top of the hour. welcome to the book is the game here the. place to talk about. this country. 3 more. little we have. let's have a look at some of the. good morning. we can p.w. .

in the annual meeting of champions league and europa league winners, they beat chelsea on penalties toefore the european champions won the shoot—out 5—4. from istanbul, jane dougall reports. after extra time and penalties, it was liverpool who were triumphant in the super cup final. the european champions lifting another european trophy. heartbreaking for chelsea who did push them all the way. after 90 minutes, it was 1—1,

in the annual meeting of champions league and europa league winners, they beat chelsea on penalties to claim the trophy for the fourth time. the match ended 2—all after extra—time, before the european champions won the shoot—out 5—4. from istanbul, jane dougall reports. after extra time and penalties, it was liverpool who were triumphant in the super cup final. the european champions lifting another european trophy. heartbreaking for chelsea who did push them all the way. after 90 minutes, it was 1—1, the two sides couldn't be separated. scoring first for chelsea and then liverpool equalising through sadio mane and it went to extra time and it was mane who put liverpool in front. it was looking at my finish that way when the liverpool keeper brought down in the liverpool keeper brought down in the box, causing a penalty in the box. it was slotted home. 2—2 and at the end of extra time, that is how it finished so it went to penalties. nerves were jangling when every single player apart from the last one scored. abraham stepped up for chelsea, took this shot and it was saved for liverpoo

ventus in june and before that he coached in cliffside chelsea to last season's europa league title. looks like a piece of video art from a museum or gallery but this so that you see right here this is actually a real scene from the u.s. state of colorado strong gusts of wind created what people are calling the go. great mattress migration of 2019 the airbags had reportedly been laid out for an open air movie night but the wind had other ideas the mattresses eventually migrated across the park to a public swimming pool. let's get a recap of our top stories here now giuseppi country has officially resigned as italy's prime minister just a short while ago he tendered his resignation to the country's president and accepted a caretaker role until the country forms a new government conti has blamed the interior minister not tail salvini for toppling country's ruling coalition. tally and 47 ordered the seizure of open arms might the migrant rescue ship and the evacuation of all refugees on board the boat has been stranded off the coast of love to do so for weeks as the interior minister mu

cup takes place in istanbul on wednesday night, with champions league winners liverpool facing europa leaguesh sides will have faced each other in the super cup — and chelsea go into the game on the back of losing 4—0 at manchester united on sunday. it's important as a club like chelsea that we give everything to try and win it, because yes, it does mean something, it means something for us as another trophy, as a club, and for me it would be a really nice start for me personally. but more than that, a feeling for the players with the season coming up that we can compete against liverpool, win a cup in our name that goes down in our history and go on from there. everything is prepared for a final, obviously, so we have to make sure we're ready for a final. we have to make a few decisions about lineup and stuff like this that can be kind of a little bit unpredictable, probably for the opponent as well, because we don't know how they play, why should they know how we play, especially in the early stages of the season. so we are here, everything is prepared, and let's go. history will be made i

elsewhere, the holders liverpool will be expected to qualify from group e with napoli, the europa leaguelong with last season's semi—finalists ajax, and the spanish cup winners valencia, with group g the most wide—open. real madrid are in group a along with the french champions psg, last season's runners—up tottenham are in group b with bayern munich, manchester city and shakhtar donetsk are in the same group for the third year in a row. and juventus and atletico madrid will be favourites to qualify from group d. they met in the last 16 last season when cristiano ronaldo scored a hat—trick forjuve. a tough atough group, a tough group, like always, these are stage groups are always like that. but we are confident, we are juventus. and we are looking forward to do it to staff while the champions league. and, as you know, it isa champions league. and, as you know, it is a difficult competition to win. but we are very confident for this year. the draw ceremony also included uefa's awards for player of the year. virgil van dijk won the men's award with lucy bronze winning the women's. bronze

action to get to which brings us to frankfurt where the eagles fresh off of qualified for the europa league hosted hoffenheim for their opener both of these clubs lost major pieces during the transfer window hoffenheim even lost their coach formalized frankfurt are flying high they'll play in europe opponents hoffenheim however have already showed size of decline after struggling to get past a 3rd division club in the german cup coffin himes new coach should have being woman he welcomed by his frankfurt council. but not when the hospitality ended. keep well if obama was still sorting out his defense when the ball was in the net after only 36 seconds found favorite martins aggregates in frankfurt season off to picture perfect stunts. and smooth moves with the corner and hoffenheim acute completely off guard. after that the visitors had moved position but they couldn't do much with it except for 2 off cycles. frank fans are happy about a successful start to the campaign while hoffenheim they clearly have some work to do. frankfurt with 3 points to begin their campaign now max you seem to be h

cup is an all english affair with the winners of the champions league liverpool taking on the europa league champions chelsea managers frank lampard and you're going top both welcome the decision to use a female ref something they feel should really have happened sooner. i'm very pleased to be a part of this moment in history which is. very much to think we were very slow everywhere on this and now we are trying to make strides and we're all very pleased this i'm plays we're pleased that he said historical moment as one more step in the right direction i was like i'm really happy that we can be part of that historical moment thing because so many things in the world out there which we are still obviously not. smart enough to make the right decisions at that very very smart decision. i have reached the quarter finals of the asian champions league after a rather bad tempered last 16 tie against fellow country side to hail 11 after the 1st leg on saturday with the home side with 2 nil up after 35 minutes giving them a 31 aggregate lead however a 56 minute goal by adelson. alba hails from hope

manchester united fans will be racking up the air miles in the group stage of the europa league.o kazakhstan, for the clash with fc asta na. let's take a look at how the all british teams fared in today's draw. it's not bad in terms of competition for 0le gunnar soljkaer‘s side. out of those three opponents, they've only faced fk pa rtizan once before. they also have dutch side az alkmaar. last season's finalists arsenal — have been drawn against eintracht frankfurt, standard liege and vitoria. wolves have been handed an interesting draw. their first european compeition since 1981 will see them travel to turkey, portugal and slovakia. it's a tough one for celtic — their group includes the tean that knocked them out of champions league qualifying and rangers have a difficult group too — they're in with porto. well rangers will be forced to leave at least 3,000 seats vacant at ibrox for theirfirst europa league group game, after being found guilty of a second charge of sectarian chanting. it's the same punishment as was served during the second leg with legia warsaw on thursday. as

the same is also being done for the europa league.n were also involved. details on the bbc sport website. kilmarnock say they are determined to avoid a repeat of sunday's pitch invasion at rugby park. rangers fans spilled onto the turf after an injury time winner and a roof of shelter, collapsed. the club say they are horrified. the aftermath of celebrations that could have turned to tragedy. this is what is left of the area built to house visiting disabled fans at rugby park. this is what happened. with moments remaining, rangers scored a late goal to win. some fans spilled onto the pitch as stewards tried to contain them. 0thers the pitch as stewards tried to contain them. others found their way onto a small roof covering disabled fa ns onto a small roof covering disabled fans which collapsed. today, command it wanted to put across their side. but they were in no mood to accept blame. we will deal with it. we will learn a lesson, i think the football authority has to look at it as well. the rangers team came up to the front. it is a

he's won five premier league titles, three league cups, one fa cup, the champions league, the europa league and it's safe to say that the fans are pretty excited at pride park. i watched derby for years and it is good for derby. everyone is getting a new shirt with wayne rooney on the back. no one would expect when rooney, manchester united legend, to come to derby. but it is happening! rooney! now rooney will see out the rest of the season in america with dc united, beforejoining up with derby injanuary. he's scored 23 goals in just 43 appearances, with 1a assists — and he even made it into the league's best 11 in 2018. that was with dc united. as for derby, they were 90 minutes from the premier league last season, sarah, and they're hopeful rooney could be the difference this time round. it is interesting to see the generation from 2004 move to the next stage of their career. another one announced today. i've got a picture of that golden generation of english football and a huge part of them have gone into coaching and management. david beckham is a bit of an exception, he now owns his ow

the arsenal director josh kroenkee has said the disappointment of losing last season's europa leaguea spending spree this summer. some arsenal fans have recently voiced disquiet about what they see as a lack of investment by the club's american owners. in a rare interviewjosh kroenkee has been speaking to our sports correspondent david ornstein. it was an abject defeat that hit arsenal hard, on the pitch and in the pocket. it would also prove to bea the pocket. it would also prove to be a turning point for their american owners in a way that they run the club. we had to rethink some strategies based on that last 45 minutes. we we knew we would not have champions league football and certain players, that is what they're after. i encouraged our football operations department to be aggressive and these guys went out to work their magic and i'm happy to have them on our site. one of the most famous sides in english football, arsenal last won the league title in 200a. the downturn has coincided with the involvement of us investors can keep sports and entertainment, to the anger of many su

there's europa league qualifying this evening, four teams we're going to keep an eye on...om the first leg of their third qualifying—round tie. rangers too have a lead against fc mitchelland. 2—0 up from the first leg. tougher for aberdeen though, they trail by two against riekka. the toughest of tasks though for the new saints — 5—0 down against bulgarian side ludogorets. you can keep updated on those ties on the bbc sport website. now, this british pair crossed the line together celebrating first at the olympic triathlon test event in tokyo overnight. but then they were disqualified. georgia taylor—brown and jess learmonth crossed hand in hand and although learmonth was initially given the win, both were later disqualified under a rule that says you can't intentionally cross the line together. it meant bermuda's flora duffy was given first place, and great britain's vicky holland was upgraded to third. it's really disappointing and i feel for them because they both raced exceptionally today and as far as i'm concerned, they absolutely smashed it and they deserved that fir