the fa cup is a great leveler.t's that chance in football you have to play a team outside of your own division. it's part of the tradition of the fa cup, but equally importantly, for smaller clubs, it's a real revenue raiser. small clubs are really struggling financially. they need that revenue and they deserve it. they've gone far enough to get a replay and they should have the replay. the everton and scotland defender nathan patterson is out for the rest of the season and looks likely to miss this summer's european championships. patterson needs surgery to a hamstring injury sustained in this week's 6—0 thrashing by chelsea. it means scotland are now likely to be without their two best right—backs for the tournament, which starts onjune 14th in germany. it'll be an all—british front row for tomorrow's sprint race at formula one's chinese grand prix. lando norris beat lewis hamilton to pole position in a hectic wet session in shanghai. norris had his fastest lap time deleted and then reinstated in the final minute

cup and from fa cup replays.s upsets in the history of the fa cup was a replay. in 1972, hereford united knocked out division1 was a replay. in 1972, hereford united knocked out division 1 as they were then. 2—1 it finished, and that was hereford's edward street stadium following the 22 draw —— 2—2 draw. they ran onto the pitch, pitch invasion, not as strict back then in 1972 as they are now. that was something there perhaps won't experience as much now. let's mention ryan giggs's goalfor manchester united. one of the most famous goals as well. fans are saying that that will not happen again. they might not experience situations like again. they might not experience situations like that again. they might not experience situations like that a-ain again. they might not experience situations like that again either. jane, thank you very much indeed. we returned to the teams remaining. so, then to the one team top of the premier league now chasing now chasing a double, another two trying to salvage an underwhelming se

this is part of a six—year deal that the fa have signed with the premier league, the fa claim it willition. the premier league have given more money to the grassroots game. but the main changes that we have seen today are the fact that they will be no replays throughout the competition and also that the games will be played on weekends only. we will now seem more exclusive weekends set aside for the fa cup, we know that the final one now be on the penultimate weekend of the premier league season. there will be no clashes with premier league fixtures from the fourth round, fifth round and quarterfinals. there will be more money trickling down the game but nonetheless for non—league clubs, the likes of newport county who played spares nav claim 2018, this will deny them what has been a lucrative side of the fa cup. i may have been able to house these replays are go—to the big premier league clubs, they have benefited hugely from matchday revenue and tv revenue. we are told there will be any increase in put facilities fees, the tv fees when games are moved away from the cpm kick—off, but

the fa will actually reconsider this?consider this?- left, is there any hope the fa will actually reconsider this? what it is now is analysis _ actually reconsider this? what it is now is analysis about _ actually reconsider this? what it is now is analysis about how - actually reconsider this? what it is now is analysis about how we - now is analysis about how we approach this. you can see the voice on the power of clubs and para— fans and what they've said about this and now we have to find the appropriate structures to go and have this dialogue in order to put our opinions forward and look to how we reverse this or take it forward but thatis reverse this or take it forward but that is the most important thing, you properly govern strategic dialogue is what we are all after. we have to leave it there. great to have you on the programme. just getting that perspective after that announcement yesterday, so much reaction on social media but you are watching bbc news. now turning to some of the day's other stories... the fir

the replays that we have for the fa cup or a vital source of l for the fa cup or a vital source of extray when you are looking at a pyramid that is already crumbling. at such a shame to see this very short—sighted decision, to pull that away almost seems disrespectful to the whole ethos of what british football has been about for generations stop by the english football league said... they say they are discussing further compensation. parts of the reason is european football. with more teams and matches scrapping replays is designed to a player well—being. the designed to a player well-being. the bi aer designed to a player well—being. the; bigger clubs designed to a player well—being. t�*tg; bigger clubs known designed to a player well—being. trtg; bigger clubs known that designed to a player well—being. tue: bigger clubs known that their players have been asked to pay far too many games. it's always a case that uefa and fifa particularly they increase their income from playing more games in bigger tournaments, and you can blame the clubs if you like, but in actual fact the reason why i

yes, and we of course had the downgrading of the fa cups with a i downgrading of the fa cups with a seriesat slicker pictures, pictures are so great. you would have played on some of those pictures and those replays in the lower leg clubs, they were like mud baths. that in a sense levelled the playing field, did new? and lead to some of those extraordinary results that we remember over the years. yes, and some of the — remember over the years. yes, and some of the games _ remember over the years. yes, and some of the games you _ remember over the years. yes, and some of the games you see - remember over the years. yes, and some of the games you see now- remember over the years. yes, and l some of the games you see now that are cancelled because there's not mud on the ground, you think that was us every single week, and particularly the non—league ones as well, there are some phenomenal memories, i remember getting up to what you want to play for chelsea, there was a replay in that it was this terrible patch, not muddy, just very bumpy and covered in ice as well, that's what makes it a leve

under the fa cu rules, they are so important. under the fa cup rules. if— they are so important.hey are so important. under the fa cup rules, if two teams _ they are so important. under the fa cup rules, if two teams draw a - cup rules, if two teams draw a match, then they are given the opportunity to play a second match at the alternative stadium. so if you are a small club and you draw manchester united at home and you managed to hold them to a tie, you then get the opportunity to go to old trafford, which is a 75,000 capacity stadium, and it is a very, very lucrative financial benefit for the clubs in the lower leagues if they are able to have replays against the bigger clubs. it’s they are able to have replays against the bigger clubs. it's also treat for against the bigger clubs. it's also great for the _ against the bigger clubs. it's also great for the fans _ against the bigger clubs. it's also great for the fans as _ against the bigger clubs. it's also great for the fans as well, - against the bigger clubs. it's also great for the fans as well, isn't . great for the fans

fa cup is not the most important.of view, they will be relieved by it. it is a way the case that uefa and fifa particularly make sure that they increase their income from playing more games and bigger tournaments and you can blame the clubs if you like but in actual fact, the reason it has been done is because the fa cannot stand up. fiat because the fa cannot stand up. pat nevin talking to me a short while ago. let's catch up with the weather details now. a north—south divide with a weather story today. this was londonjust this was london just a few hours ago. a different story further north. it was cloudy and wet at times. a rather drizzly over picture as you can see. that is because there is weather front that is toppling around the high pressure thatis toppling around the high pressure that is putting in for the weekend. that is bringing some rain. the progress of the rain has been quite slow, it has been moving its way out of scotland, pushing into northern england and north wales. the rest of the day, it will gr

now — which is the best fa cup replay you remember?ap replays from the first round for next season. so what does it mean for the minnows of the game. no more money—spinning second fixtures with some of the game's big boys. live now to pat nevin, former chelsea and everton winger turned football pundit. always great to speak to you. i hate this idea! what you think? it this idea! what you think? it depends when you are standing on this idea. if you are one of the smaller clubs, it is slightly disastrous because if you get a good draw and he managed to get every play, then you can make enough money to keep yourself going for another two, three, four years. this is the biggest day of their calendar year, almost everything all year so for them, even though there is a sop because the fa are going to give the odd million to football, that is just to keep them quiet. in reality, the other point of view, the bigger clubs know that their players are being asked to pay far too many games. they are all pushing it far more than they used to say fo

one of the most famous upsets in fa cup history was a replay.ow there will be fewer opportunities for scenes like those. the fa say that it has made its decision, but many feel that the excitement of earning a replay shouldn't be taken away from lower league clubs. all right, thank very much. gaming is hugely popular and an increasingly important part of the uk economy, and now a group of computer science students have developed a touchless system which could be a game—changer for anyone with impaired mobility. it means people can play with just physical gestures — for example, using their eyes or mouth. our correspondent paul carter has been trying out the technology with pupils in north london. this is the richard cloudesley school in london. right, there we go. although this is no ordinary lesson. not only are these pupils getting to play video games during school time, they are also helping to test an exciting new suite of software collectively known as motion input. developed over four years by over 200 students at university college london

well, the fa can help, they can delay it. _ there?n delay it, why they have to - there? well, the fa can help, they| can delay it, why they have to have it on the 20th of april in the premier league doesn�*t finish for anotherfour premier league doesn�*t finish for another four or five weeks is crazy. they can do that if they wanted to, when there has been a winter that we have had that has never been this bad for decades, they can actually do something about it if they wanted to. they are just choosing not to. so i don�*t understand why but we have 2a teams, it does make sense, it should be balanced out. if it was balanced out if you took a couple of teams and made a few games less it would make life a lot easier. big decisions have to be made this summer because these players can�*t do it, well, they can but it�*s not great for their mental health and well—being. it�*s not good for everybody. well-being. it's not good for everybody-— well-being. it's not good for everybody. well-being. it's not good for eve bod. ., ., ., , everybody

irate scottish fa cup semifinals and the fa cup semifinals as well. the fa cup. it is one of football's — they have won the fa cup. it is one of football's fairy _ they have won the fa cup. it is one of football's fairy stories. _ they have won the fa cup. it is one of football's fairy stories. it - of football's fairy stories. it has been nearly _ of football's fairy stories. it has been nearly 40 _ of football's fairy stories. it has been nearly 40 years. - of football's fairy stories. it has been nearly 40 years. now i of football's fairy stories. it has| been nearly 40 years. now once of football's fairy stories. it has i been nearly 40 years. now once again the sky blues have it in their sites. since that day they have not been passed quarter—finals. until this. been passed quarter-finals. until this. , . ., that been passed quarter-finals. until this._ that late 1 this. they have done it! that late win at wolves _ this. they have done it! that late win at wolves brought _ this. they have done it! that late win at wolves brought their i this. the

city sealed their place in the for cup —— fa cup final. city of the championship host manchester united. it's united's last chance at silverware this season, but erik ten hag isn't looking at the fa cup as the way to salvage their season. you have to always see the circumstances. but i am not thinking in this moment about this. i am thinking about sunday, i am thinking about, how do we go to beat coventry city? it's all about this. and the rest is for later. and of course we are planning for next season, but for now, in this moment in the season, it's all about sunday. it is really difficult _ season, it's all about sunday. it is really difficult challenge. there is no doubt — really difficult challenge. there is no doubt about it. i hear people talk about— no doubt about it. i hear people talk about manchester united artist, or that, _ talk about manchester united artist, orthat, but talk about manchester united artist, or that, but the truth of it is, they've — or that, but the truth of it is, they've got top players, they've got top, th

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and there's a growing backlash, a day after the football association announced it was scrapping fa cupys — with lower league clubs demanding a rethink over the scheme. well, let's head to the bbc sports centre. for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tanya arnold. let's start with football... germany managerjulian nagelsmann has signed a contract extension running until after the 2026 world cup. the 36 year old was appointed as hansi flick�*s successor in september 2023 and has won three of his six games in charge. his previous deal was scheduled to expire injuly after germany host euro 202a. nagelsmann said "this is a decision from the heart. it is a great honour to coach the national team," this was a little bit of a surprise in the sense that he was very strongly linked with a return to bayern in recent days and he made it clear he was open to a major club job. i've been told liverpool had him on the list, not necessarily at the head of that list but he was a name that was under consideration so for him to make this decision and sign up untilat for him to make this de

. | in football, the fa cup has announced replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in thebe played on weekends — that includes the fifth round, which has been played midweek for the past five seasons. the changes come as part of a new six—year agreement between the football association and the premier league. for more on the impact of this, let's speak to football finance expert tom bason — he's assistant professor of sport management at coventry university. i got the pronunciation right! let's get to the reason you are here, why this change and what the impact will be. it this change and what the impact will be. , ,., this change and what the impact will be. , , ., ., this change and what the impact will be. , ,., ., ., , this change and what the impact will be. ., be. it is something that has been driven by the _ be. it is something that has been driven by the premier _ be. it is something that has been driven by the premier league, i be. it is something that has been - driven by the premier league, where clubs typically want to be playing replays, they want to have busy

tottenham have a rich history in the men's fa cup, but it's fading into history. you to end thatjinx of the club? we are one club here and to get to the semis is massive for the club because it's the first time in the women's side we have been there. so really, we just want to do the club proud and do the fans proud as well. so just give them something to look forward to if we can get a place at wembley. whether it needs more penalty heroics or not, spurs are one win away from taking on united or chelsea in the women's fa cup final on may the 12th. nearly out of time. a reminder, i am maximus, the 7—1 joint favourite has won the grand national forjockey paul townend and trainer willie mullins. there is reaction to that on the bbc sport website. you can follow what is happening on day three of the masters golf. manchester city are top of the premier league tonight after 5—1 win over luton. that's all for now from me in the team, goodnight. —— me and the team. hello. well, it's been really quite warm in the last few days, with temperatures exceeding 20 celsius. toda

so i do all this nonsense about the fa cup. fa cup dead and the cup.cup, you know magic of the cup, you know people, somebody somewhere in this going to have to this game is going to have to stand up and fifa and stand up to uefa and fifa and how they're taking over with bonng how they're taking over with boring that boring internationals that no one's in, or more one's interested in, or more champions league games to get more teams involved in it. and we're doing away with replays in the cup, you know , it's wrong. the cup, you know, it's wrong. >> what they do in france is that they give the lesser team a chance. so, for example, if they're drawn at home so they don't get a replay because there are no replays, we're the only one, the country that does one, the only country that does the what they will the replays. what they will do is you the is say we'll give you the choice. like to play choice. would you like to play it bigger ground so they it at the bigger ground so they can make more money? but it's all about just do the replays. it's been the s

the headlines tonight: manchester united survive one of the greatest fa cup comebacks ever.r real madrid in a classic el classico. and it's a world record—breaking london marathon for kenya's peres jepchirchir. also coming up on sportsday: find out why kaspar ruud takes a dip, fully clothed in barcelona. lots of sport for you we're starting with an extraordinary game of football at wembley stadium today where manchester united survived one of the greatest fa cup comebacks to reach the final. they beat the championship side, coventry city, on penalties but only after first throwing away a 3—0 lead and being let off after coventry had a goal disallowed in extra time. and united very nearly lost the shoot—out as well. but coventry missed two to their one. so they scraped through to set up an all—manchester final next month. the way we did it is not ok. because we should have managed it better. but it is a used performance and if you analyse this game first 70 minutes totally in control and we played very well and we scored great goals but then we allowed them to return in the g

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uefa only ask for the design for numbers one to 26, so no one from adidas, the uefa or the german fa the german fa, and therefore the shirt was approved for sale. but when the kit was released with an option to customise with numbers from zero to 99, then social media users were swift to see the problem. adidas, in fact, reacted very quickly. have a look at this. when we browse through their website, let's say i want to buy the spanish shirt, i can click on it and then have an option. i have an option to personalise the shirt with a spanish star or with my own name. but if i then switch to germany here, i can see that the option to personalise is no more — adidas saying that it was important for them to block this move, and defending themselves, saying adidas actively opposes xenophobia, anti—semitism, violence and hatred in any form. so, of course, this is perhaps not the greatest mistake by adidas — that was probably missing out once on signing an up and coming basketballer called michaeljordan, who eventually became the face of nike — but it has left different bosses red—faced, es

manchester united survive one of the greatest fa cup comebacks ever.lassic — el classico and it's a world record breaking london marathon for kenya's peresjepchir—chir. also coming up on sportsday. find out why kaspar ruud takes a dip, fully clothed in barcelona. we're starting with an extraordinary game of football at wembley stadium today where manchester united survived one of the greatest fa cup comebacks to reach the final. they beat the championship side — coventry city on penalties but only after first throwing away a 3nil lead and being let off after coventry had a goal disallowed in extra time. and united very nearly lost the shoot out as well. but coventry missed two to their one. so they scraped through to set up an all—manchester final next month. the way we did it, we should have managed better, it is a huge performance in analysing this game, totalling control and playing very well in squaring great goals but then we allow them to return in the game and we should not allow them. i don't think any other team is been this close to getting t

a breathtaking match at wembley — manchester united are through to the fa cup final by the skin of theirth — after coventry city pushed them all the way. double dessers for rangers means they'll meet celtic in the scottish cup final after defeating hearts at hampden. and liverpool leave london with three points and their title hopes still alive after a win at craven cottage. also coming up on sportsday... a record number ran in the london marathon today and a record was broken in the women's race with kenya's peresjepchirchir sprinting to victory. plus, a passion outside of football, we watch as england's georgia stanway inks her very first tattoo. welcome to the programme. what an incredible, nail biting match at wembley — many thought this would be a straightforward win for premier league side manchester united in the semifinal of the fa cup — taking on coventy who sit eighth in the championship. manchester united are through to the final where they'll play rivals manchester city — but it's been far from a walkover, going to penalties after extra time and united losing a 3—0 lead. andy

extraordinary game of football at wembley stadium today where manchester united survived one of the greatest fa cup comebacks to reach the final. they beat the championship side, coventry city, on penalties but only after first throwing away a 3—0 lead and being let off after coventry had a goal disallowed in extra time. and united very nearly lost the shoot—out as well. but coventry missed two to their one. so they scraped through to set up an all—manchester final next month. way we did it is not ok. because we should have managed it better. but it is a used performance and if you analyse this game first 70 minutes totally in control and we played very well and we scored great goals but then we allowed them to return in the game and we should not have allowed them. i we should not have allowed them. ., �* ~' . , ., them. i don't think any other team has _ them. i don't think any other team has been _ them. i don't think any other team has been as _ them. i don't think any other team has been as closed - them. i don't think any other. team has been as closed getting into a _ team has been as cl

the club's comments are being investigated by the fa.ight at the weekend, not just at everton. the football news show is asking if the video assistant referee is helping the game or becoming a hinderance. since its inception, var has helped on—field referees make countless decisions, but some of them have led to the protocol being the focus of fans, managers and last weekend, a club's iyer. is itjust an easy target or is var simply not working as intended? the latest edition of the football news show, we put those questions to a former premier league referee. we questions to a former premier league referee. ~ ., ., questions to a former premier league referee. ~ . ., . ., ., , referee. we all want technology in order to aid _ referee. we all want technology in order to aid the _ referee. we all want technology in order to aid the quality _ referee. we all want technology in order to aid the quality of - order to aid the quality of refereeing decisions. that's why i brought in the communication kits, goal line technology. and we took very

so it involved efl, the fa involved the, the efl, the fa and the premier league.rning bodies of domestic that's domestic football. and so that's what involvement what invited the involvement of the and the the prime minister and the leader of the opposition. and there's want to bring there's somebody i want to bring in this actually, in on this actually, specifically. and that's the former gary former chelsea defender, gary chivers, gary, the chivers, because gary, the fa cup have caused great cup replays have caused a great deal this week, deal of consternation this week, in your perspective in terms of your perspective as a player , is it time a former player, is it time they, they left schedule? do they, they left the schedule? do you think they had their day? >> i don't think so. i think it's, you know, everyone loves the fa cup. everyone loves playing in it, and for these, for these little clubs, what you call the little clubs, sometimes they, they do well against the big clubs. they knock the big clubs but also it's all clubs out. but also it's all about the

meanwhile, a pair has been decided in the fa cup.ea beat the finalists mancity 1:0, but the match between manchester united and counter city turned out to be much more interesting. the red devils were already leading 3:0 in the 58th minute. but, apparently having underestimated their opponent, the mancunians stopped playing and relaxed, for which their opponent punished them. the main time of the match ended in a draw 3:3, two extra times did not reveal the strongest, everything was decided in a penalty shootout, where anana and the company turned out to be stronger, fortunately manchester united. may 25th will be held final between principle. the national minifootball teams of belarus and turkmenistan held a repeat friendly match today at the capital's uruchye sports complex. in the first match, our team defeated the guests, let me remind you, with a score of 4:0, but we pleased our fans with our brother alexander chernik and today we won an unconditional victory 4:1. artem zuyonok, maxim baturin, yuri dubkov and dmitry shimanovsky

but the result left forest fuming and the fa are investigating after the club posted an incendiary socialedia statement. forest posted "three extremely poor decisions "three penalties not given — which we simply cannot accept. "we warned the pgmol that the var is a luton fan "before the game but they didn't change him." there's been no response yet from the pgmol, who are in charge of officiating in the premier league. it is a very decision. very poor decision of var and it is happening to us over and over again. it is difficult to tell the players to ignore and keep going because it is very clear. as a club we made a formal complaint saying that we would like to change the var situation. they did not do it and then to say so it is not good. two wins out of three, two clean sheets. that is an important factor because sometimes we forget they were giving everything to carry— they were giving everything to carry themselves today. they had a — carry themselves today. they had a lot _ carry themselves today. they had a lot more chances than we had a lot more chances than we had today— had a l

but the result left forest fuming — and the fa are investigating after the club posted an incendiaryement. forest posted "three extremely poor decisions — three penalties not given — which we simply cannot accept. we warned the pgmol that the var is a luton fan before the game but they didn't change him." there's been no response yet from the pgmol — who are in charge of officiating in the premier league. it is a very poor decision of anthony taylor, a very poor decision of the var, a very poor decision, and it is happening to us over and over again. it is difficult to tell the players to ignore it and keep going on because it is very clear. as a club, we have made a formal complaint, saying that we would like to change the var situation. they didn't do it and then it is here to see so, it is not good. that is an important factor because _ that is an important factor because sometimes, it was an ugly— because sometimes, it was an ugly one — because sometimes, it was an ugly one and the players, where to respond and it is today. in the performance connected and giving _ the performanc

both say that it will "strengthen" the fa cup format.ter real madrid and bayern munich overcame defending champions manchester city and arsenal respectively. the spanish and german giants will face each other in the last four. borussia dortmund and paris saint germain will contest the other semifinal. attention turns tonight to the europa league quarterfinals. last week's matches produced first—leg leads for roma, benfica, bayer leverkusen and atalanta. liverpool are in bergamo, looking to overturn a 3—0 deficit. the odds are stacked against them butjurgen klopp hasn't ruled out his liverpool side. butjurgen klopp hasn't ruled everybody butjurgen klopp hasn't ruled thinks it has

tottenham have a rich history in the men's fa cup, but it is fading into history.ou to end that jinks of the and how determined are you to end thatjinks of the club? irate and how determined are you to end thatjinks of the club?— that “inks of the club? we are one club thatjinks of the club? we are one club here and _ thatjinks of the club? we are one club here and to _ thatjinks of the club? we are one club here and to get _ thatjinks of the club? we are one club here and to get to _ thatjinks of the club? we are one club here and to get to the - thatjinks of the club? we are one club here and to get to the semis| thatjinks of the club? we are one i club here and to get to the semis is massive for the club because it is the first time in the women's side we had been there. surreally, we just want to do the club proud and do the fans proud as well. so just give them something to look forward to if we can get a place at wembley. whether it needs more penalty heroics or not, spurs are one win away from taking on united or chelsea in the women's fa cup final on may th

city go next in the league in 10 days time at brighton — that's because they're in fa cup action nextix left to play, four are away games including trips to relegation threatened forest and champions league chasing spurs. arsenal will have played twice in the league before city go to the amex, so could be back on top by then. they go to wolves on saturday and host chelsea next tuesday. they'll hope that sets them up for trips to tottenham in the north london derby and then to manchester united. liverpool also have the merseyside derby left to play, that comes in a run of three straight away games. tottenham you can see, may be the king makers, they still have to face all three of these sides in the last weeks of the season. all three for now are still in european competitions but liverpool will need all their reserves to overturn a 3—0 deficit against atalanta in that second leg on thursday. they may hope city and arsenal use up their energy in the champions league. if they win their ties on wednesday, they'll face each other in the semis. there's a match in the premier league this ev

domestically, a change of the fa cup from next season. all replays will be scrapped. the non—league clu bs, clubs, the likes of newport county, who played spurs clubs, the likes of newport county, who played spurs in clubs, the likes of newport county, who played spurs in a clubs, the likes of newport county, who played spurs in a replay clubs, the likes of newport county, who played spurs in a replay in 2018, this well deny them what has been a very lucrative side of the fa cup. when they have been able to host the replays or go to the big premier league clubs for a replay, they have benefited hugely from both match day revenue and tv revenue. we are told that there will be an increase in facilities fees, those of the tv fees when games are moved away from the derry bm to kick off, but nonetheless, depending on who you ask, for many, some of the magic of the fa cup will be lost because of the fa cup will be lost because of this overall in the competition. it has been an excellent safety british tennis players. radical new beat she linda noskova to reach the quarter f

the fallout over the decision to remove fa cup replays from next season has continued today, with them they've received. in a statement released in the last few hours, they say they have "listened to the concerns expressed." and emphasise that, "we have been discussing the calendar for the 202a/25 season with the premier league and the efl for well over a year. removing emirates fa cup replays was discussed in the early meetings and all parties accepted that they could not continue." former england midfielder izzy christiansen wants to raise awareness of bowel cancer when she runs sunday's london marathon. she is running in memory of her aunt lucy, who died from the illness. i lost my aunty to bowel cancer 18 months ago, i was really close to her and it was a really tough time. i'm so determined when i finish playing football to do some fundraising and keep raising awareness, basically, of the early symptoms that people tend to not be aware of, or perhaps ignore. blood into. unexpected weight loss. they were things that became prominent. if i can use whichever platform i have got to e

— opportunities through the league in the fa cup final.ional carlos tevez has been admitted to hospital after suffering from chest pains. the ao—year—old former manchester united, manchester city and west ham striker was taken to hospital in buenos aires on tuesday and will remain there until medical tests are completed. tevez, who won 76 caps for argentina, took over as manager of independiente in august last year. the former world no.1 naomi osaka has won herfirst match of the clay court season at the masters 1000 in madrid, beating belgium's greet minnen. osaka won in straight sets, 6—4, 6—1. it's her first victory on clay since going out in the first round of the french open two years ago. emma raducanu has dropped the first set in her match. she lost 6— to so work for her to do if she is to get back into that one. china's ding junhui is out of the world snooker championship in sheffield after losing the deciding frame in a dramatic first round match against the world number 17 jack lisowski. a clearance break of 131 from ding, who was

and it just devalues the fa cup. and it just devalues the fa cup.t of people are very unhappy about it, including me. >> well i'm not surprised actually. >> i like it. >> i like it. >> you know, they you know, a lot of us think, oh is it just because we're hark. yeah. because going back because they're going back to the golden how it used the golden days and how it used to be. there's some of that, but also the fa cup is oldest also the fa cup is the oldest cup in the world, cup competition in the world, and to be respected and it needs to be respected properly. and unfortunately, i don't yeah don't think it is. yeah >> as emma raducanu she's doing, don't think it is. yeah >> asdoing a raducanu she's doing, don't think it is. yeah >> asdoing reallyrcanu she's doing, don't think it is. yeah >> asdoing really well. she's doing, she's doing really well. >> she's on isn't she? >> she's on the up isn't she? >> she's on the up isn't she? >> she's on the up isn't she? >> she really is. fourth game on the trot now, so she's doing so well. so the billie jean

a lot of arguing about fa cup replays this weekend and then the fa cup semifinal that took place yesterdaywas there. from champions league despair to fa cup delight. for manchester city, you could see what it meant as once again they found a way to win. chelsea, meanwhile, will be wondering how they didn't. city looked jaded after their european exit and they could so easily have been punished. nicolas jackson squandering a string of chances. chelsea felt they should have had a penalty, too, when the ball struck jack grealish's arm. both referee and player, though, disagreed. and as the game wore on, so city began to click. jeremy doku went close before with less than ten minutes left, they seized their chance. commentator: and the double is very i much still on for manchester city. i bernardo silva who missed a penalty in wednesday's shoot—out finding the net and some redemption. for chelsea, it was a tale of what might have been, and they knew it. the holders sealing their place in another final. the way this team reacts to disappointments, to defeats, is always in the best way and today

from the fa cup starting replays from the fa cup starting from next season, the smaller clubs from across the country have bitten back . have bitten back. >> that's what i found it right now. how. >> now. >> but this show is nothing without you and your views, so let me know your thoughts on all the stories we'll talking the stories we'll be talking about or anything. about today or anything. having about today or anything. having a about weekend a gossip about it's the weekend after very simple to after all, it's very simple to do that, visit gbnews.com forward, slash yourself and join that conversation, or message me on our socials @gbnews. but first, here's treat for you. first, here's a treat for you. here's the news with cameron walker . walker. >> dawn. thank you. good afternoon. it's 12:01. i'm cameron afternoon. it's12:01. i'm cameron walker in the gb newsroom. the metropolitan police has had to apologise for an earlier apology over a comments made to an anti—semitism campaigner. gideon falter was stopped from crossing a road near a pro—palestine march in london after an officer d

but when i look at the coventry fa cup tie and that fans delighted scarring that winner and then var,he excitement away. you can't cheer for a goal and until we saw the —— sought var out in this country and get people in the studio that played a game and know the game i am not enjoying it at all at the moment and when you look at the freeze frame pictures, that split second, i saw another picture of the coventry man united goal and it looks like a clear goal to me. so you don't really know where you are. it has been disappointing for me and i feel sorry for poor old howard webb because the referees, you take two or three out of the referee squad, and they are as poor as they have been, i think. john o'shea will continue as ireland's interim head coach. the former manchester united defender will lead the republic for their upcoming two international friendlies against hungary and portugal in june. o'shea led ireland to a draw against belgium before losing to switzerland last month. brazil striker marta says she will retire from international football later this year. the striker is bra

after disgraceful decision to scrap fa cup replays . we'll scrap fa cup replays.bney on gb news. now, if you thought that football was biased, then you were right. because yesterday we found out that the so—called greatest competition in the world. the fa cup, of course, is getting rid of replays. now that's a massive slap in the face for those great clubs up and down the country. but guess what? the premier league couldn't care less as well. join me now to discuss. this is sports journalist ben jacobs. great to have you back on the show ben. so this is sticking in the craw of the smaller clubs. the fa cup was meant to be the time for smaller clubs, not only to have a pop at the bigger clubs, the magic the club, clubs, the magic of the club, but if they bagged but of course, if they bagged the replay, they got the gate receipts, a quid , receipts, they got a few quid, kept those clubs afloat and now the, premier league the, now the premier league have snatched why snatched that away. why >> yeah. this is about the football association and the premier league decidi

we were taking on liverpool in the fa cup and i was there to witness the worst sporting disaster thatt to packed — the liverpool fans are just to packed into tightly. the liverpool fans are “ust to packed into tightly._ the liverpool fans are “ust to packed into tightly. allowed to leave the ground, _ packed into tightly. allowed to leave the ground, weren't - packed into tightly. allowed to - leave the ground, weren't allowed to help, so we just had to stand and watch. 97 liverpool fans died, all unlawfully killed in the crush. crash. i visited the memorial at anfield after liverpool fans reached out to us. as i was stood there looking at it and reading the names, i felt looking at it and reading the names, ifelt an arm looking at it and reading the names, i felt an arm around me and someone saying, it's all right, love, don't worry, it's ok. margaret aspinall. i think her son is the second or third name down and she is telling me it's ok, it's all right. it was just incredible compassion and kindness from somebody who has suffered real pain. now we have started to talk, we are also

fans in a scheduled match of the premier football league and the victory of juventus in the italian fa cup, saarbrucken's third hand promotion to the semi -finals of the german fa cup and tottenham's stoppage in the premier league. hello and time good. dear viewers, welcome to sports news. we start the news with the sitting volleyball competitions of the paris paralympics. iranian national women took the first step firmly. in this competition that started today in china. the women's national sitting volleyball team of our country faced japan in the first match and won 0-0. women in national costumes. our country will go to the host tournament tomorrow and will meet the teams of mongolia, thailand, slovenia, germany and ukraine. but the pure body of the unknown martyr was prepared in the shooting federation. simultaneous on the days of the martyrdom of amirmanan, hazrat ali, peace be upon him , the holy body of the anonymous martyr rests at the place of the shooting federation. and was buried. in this ceremony, a group of commanders of the armed forces, heads of sports federations, and

fas made a claim against apple.imonopoly experts believe that the american company does not allow russians to use contactless payment. next on the air is business news. denis talalaev is with us. denis. what specifically doesn’t suit you? the payment systems of russian banks work on android, but none of them work on apple. federal antimonopoly the service was interested, but why on iphones? contactless payment does not work. the agency said it sent a letter to apple demanding an explanation. the fas believes that apple’s actions show signs of violating antitrust laws; namely, it creates preferential conditions for third-party developers not from russia, in particular for the apple pay payment system. antimonopoly experts give an example: for the ios operating system, only payment using apple pay is available, which cannot be linked cards of russian banks. at the same time, install the service. for example, bearpay or tinkovpay does not work on the iphone; the first and second service on the website say that they onl

you look at last week, they had 120 minutes against real madrid and then played againstjosie in the fanardo silver afterwards and he was unhappy as to why those gains were so close to each other, but for this game tonight, city have had five days to prepare so they'll refresher, but in less than three days for the game against nottingham forest, at this stage they are used to playing three games a week, but they are annoyed when they are asked to play twice in under three days. looking at the title race specifically they have two games in hand including two nights fixture, but does that mean more pressure, especially because points on the board are more valuable? if especially because points on the board are more valuable?- especially because points on the board are more valuable? if you ask pep guardiola. _ board are more valuable? if you ask pep guardiola, he _ board are more valuable? if you ask pep guardiola, he would _ board are more valuable? if you ask pep guardiola, he would want - board are more valuable? if you ask pep guardiola, he would want the l pep guardiola, he would wa

the fa say they are investigating and the bbc has contacted the pgmol.er talking point was in the fa cup semifinal, it is never appropriate. coventry had a goal ruled offside and their eventual loss to manchester united, many are calling for consistency and one of the world widely lot watched leagues. patrick gary has been taking the story. there was, and it wasn't. for coventry city fans, these moments met everything but ultimately counted for nothing. this offside decision was how close they were to the fa cups final, to knocking out manchester united, some question whether va are can't measure that margin, others whether it should. the problem is the euphoric moments i get taken away because of a centimetre or an inch. and that's a shame. right or wrong, centimetre or an inch. and that's a shame. right orwrong, coventry�*s manager is in no doubt that it affected the shoot—out that followed. affected the shoot-out that followed-— affected the shoot-out that followed. . , . . , followed. the mentality changes because you've _ followed. the mentality cha

the german fa, and therefore the shirt was approved for sale.o 99, then social media users were swift to see the problem. adidas, in fact, reacted very quickly. have a look at this when we browse through their website. let's say i want to buy the spanish shirt. i can click on it and then i have an option to personalise the shirt with a spanish star or with my own name. but if i then switch to germany here, i can see that the option to personalise is no more — adidas saying that it was important for them to block this move, and defending themselves, saying adidas actively opposes xenophobia, anti—semitism, violence and hatred in any form. so, of course, this is perhaps not the greatest mistake by adidas — that was probably missing out once on signing an up—and—coming basketballer called michaeljordan, who eventually became the face of nike — but it has left different bosses red—faced, especially as the german efa says the deal with adidas will end in 2027. the manufacturer once again bested by its greatest rival, nike. very interesting story. the

in the 22-23 fa cup match between wrexham and sheffield united, the referee showed an unusual red card. its peculiarity is that it... will play its role, which portuguese club is the most titled in the country? i hope that benfica, benfica, absolutely right, in a difficult, extremely difficult struggle, wins today, watch the intellectual and sports project, heading the game on our tv channel, for me dance, you can say in one word, this is... life, i hear music, and i already see the dance, i see the movement, i see the costumes, we try in every dance with the children to show the essence, the zest, when the viewer comes to the hall enjoys the beauty of the dance, the grace of the girls who gracefully dance, he doesn’t even realize that behind it, it's huge it’s work, it’s work to the point of tears, it’s... on your feet, but the viewer shouldn’t see anything of it. choreography, you know, this is a type of art where you can create everything, face, arms, legs, you can show life with your body, you can show everything, and this is a language that everyone in the world understands. the m

the result takes city, who are the fa cup holders and premier league leaders, into anotherfinal.eduling of the match and concern for his players who'd had a hard game in spain. here he is with the bbc pitch side team after the game. it's for the health of the players. yeah. it's not normal. honestly, it's not normal. yeah. so because i wouldn't have the courage to tell you the defeat that we should have. it is not possible. it is unacceptable to do 120 minutes. all of you are football players — the emotion too, madrid, the final, the way we lose and everything, so honestly, so i know this country is special for many things, but it's for the health of the players. so i don't understand how we survived today. i don't understand it. in the premier league, it's a huge weekend for the teams at the bottom of the table, hoping to avoid relegation, but sheffield united's are all but down. beaten 4—1 by fellow strugglers burnley today leaving them firmly bottom of the table, 10 points form safety and they could be officially relegated as early as wednesday depending on other results. burn

sunday's fa cup semifinal at wembley brings together manchester united and a man who's credited withs is now the manager of championship team coventry, but legend has it that his goal for united in the fa cup — when they were struggling in the early years of alex ferguson's reign — helped save his boss' job. what followed at old trafford was two decades and more of historic achievement, ensuring that robins' link to his former club endures to this day. it puts into perspective. united have always been a top, top club and to be involved in that was a brilliant experience. to win the competition, i had just been brought into the team in the squad and played a part in the run—up to the finals. so it was a brilliant time. what can i say? it's part of my experience, part of my footballing background and history but it was a long time ago. lionel messi scored twice as inter miami came from a goal down to beat nashville 3—1 in florida. trailing to a franco negri own goal inside two minutes, messi dragged his side level nine minutes later, before team—mate sergio busequets scored his first g