i'm gavin ramjaun. talk turns to tiger at augusta — as the four—time champion roars into contention on the opening day of the masters. both remaining english clubs have the advantage heading into the second leg of their europa league quarterfinals — wins for both arsenal and chelsea. and is it all overfor one of australia's best ever rugby union players? more on the controversy of israel's folau's social media storm to come. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. the latest on the masters coming up, but first. arsenal and chelsea both have the advantage in their respective europa league ties, after victories in the first legs of their quarter finals. arsenal had pierre emerick aubameyang back in the side, for the visit of napoli, who are second in italy's serie a. patrick gearey rounds up the best of the action. you can go so far under cover in your early pudding, but there's no hiding the quarterfinals. arsenal's opponents next are second in serie a, despite how they were made to look in th

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is your friday sport briefing. first round of the masters. six birdies, including this at the 12th for koepka, helped the us open and us pga champion to 6—under for the day. koepka posted a bogey free round at augusta, as he aims to win a first masters title. dechambeau's late surge, including this birdie at the 17th, gave him a share of the lead. the 25 year old shot became the first player in six years, to birdie each of the final four holes at the course. in the europa league, arsenal have a two goal advantage going into their quarter final second leg with napoli. aaron ramsey scored the first in a two nil win. ramsey — who's leaving the club to go to italy at the end of the season finished off a good team move after 14 minutes. just over 10 minutes later, luca torreira's deflected shot off napoli's kalidou koulibaly gave arsenal a two goal advantage, ahead of next week's second leg in naples. we know the first leg today was really important for us. to take good assault, a good feeling also with our report with

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is your thursday sport briefing.rst leg at old trafford was an own goal, when a header from luis suarez went in off luke shaw's shoulder. it means barca will take a slender lead, into next tuesday's return leg in spain. translation: we always knew that it was going to be very difficult. 1—0 is not going to decide anything. just look at manchester united in what they did in paris in the last round. you only need to see that you know how difficult it still is. i think we need to be on top form for the return leg. everything is still to be decided. of course the p56 performance away gives us hope and believe that we can do it. but we know that we are playing against probably the favourites in the tournament and going to nou camp will be a challenge. and it will be a greater achievement, winning that one, because the history of barcelona as well, they are not used to losing at home. but we can do it. and cristiano ronaldo was back with a bang forjuventus in theirfirst leg quarter—final against ajax. the portuguese forwar

but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.the weather seems to want to go backwards. more of a hint of winter, rather than spring in the weekend to come as we will see. for the day ahead, plenty of dry weather, there will be a bit more cloud in the sky then we have had recently, we are going to see some sunny spells. it is high pressure in control, blocking atlantic weather systems, keeping things settled, the flow of air is rather cool coming around that area of high pressure on an increasingly chilly and stronger wind this weekend. there will be a bit of frost around as friday starts, plenty of sunshine for early risers. the chance of catching one or two showers towards the eastern parts of scotland, and for the cloud building into east anglia in the south—east, it could be the odd shower around here during the morning and afternoon before drier air returns to eastern counties of england to give some sunshine to end the day. elsewhere, we start with sunshine, we could see some cloud building but it will stay mainly dry. this

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.the drama from the first day of the masters to come. aaron ramsey and lucas torreira star in arsenal's victory against napoli. news of that, and the other europa league quarterfinals. "unacceptable". rugby australia say they'll sack israel folau over his homophobic social media post. hello. welcome. let's get started with golf‘s major of the year — the masters — and two americans lead the way, after the first round at augusta. brooks koepka and bryson dechambeau are in a two—way tie for the lead. six birdies, including this at the 12th for koepka. helped the us open and us pga champion to 6—under for the day. koepka posted a bogey free round, as he hunts for a first masters title. dechambeau's late surge, including this birdie at the 17th. gave him a share of the lead.

i'm gavin ramjaun. chelsea miss the chance to go third in the premier league.y're held to a 2—2 draw at home to burnley. could a shock be on the cards at the world snooker championships? the amateurjames cahill leads world number one ronnie o'sullivan. and it's been a busy day of rugby league action. we'll round up all the details, including castleford's loss to catala ns. let's start at stamford bridge, where there've been plenty of goals between chelsea and burnley. chelsea were hoping to climb to third with a win. austin halewood has been across the action for us. talk us through the match and what happened. a mixed night for chelsea, started pretty badly for them, but they are fourth in the league however they have missed the opportunity to go third. it will be seen as a disappointing result to be held to 2- disappointing result to be held to 2— to draw to burnley. it got off to the worst start for chelsea. look at this. seven minutes in, what a strike from jeff hendrick to give burnley a 1—0 lead inside the opening ten minutes. who did chelsea look to? ede

good evening — i‘m gavin ramjaun — here‘s your latest sports news.first legs. arsenal will take a two goal advantage to napoli — while chelsea needed a late goal in prague, to get thejob done. patrick gearey reports. you can go so far undercover in the europa league, but there is no hiding in the quarterfinals. arsenal‘s opponents, napoli, are second in the league. no mugs, despite how they were made to look in the first half. the boys from italy one down to a man who‘s soon after italy. to a man who‘s soon off to italy. aaron ramsey signs forjuventus this summer, how they will miss him. arsenal were rampant, when napoli finally got something in the way, this happens. lucas took the shot and the credit, but the touch was inadvertently important. his goal keeper‘s fingertips would be equally crucial. alex stood the tide, somehow denying arsenal of the goal which might settle this quarterfinal, and it still needed settling. arsenal‘s away record is patchy to say the least. napoli knew it. that miss might be abig what—ifs, still the gunners could travel

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. thank you for being with us tonight.nchester united out of the champions league. ajax upset the odds, to beatjuventus, and advance to the semi—finals for the first time since 1997. and cardiff strike a crucial blow, in the battle to avoid the drop from the premier league — with victory over relegation rivals brighton. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start with a frenetic night in the champions league — and a masterclass at the nou camp, where lionel messi and barcelona comprehensively outplayed and the dominated manchester united. 3—0 the score on the night — 4—0 on aggregate. so barca are through to the semi—finals. let's cross now to our sports correspondent natalie pirks, who's been watching the action for us. barcelona just had too much for united this evening. absolute footballing lesson, fans came with so much help in their hearts and all they got yesterday when they have to take a deep breath and take their chances, and they simply did not do that. united in the preceding minutes had a chance to ta ke the prece

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun.ity. bring on barcelona. liverpool cruise into the champions league semi—finals beating porto 6—1 on aggregate. and manchester united are promoted to the women's super league in their first season since reforming a senior women's side. hello and welcome to sportsday. lots to bring you up to speed with, on one of the most dramatic evenings in the champions league. tottenham are through to the champions league semi—finals — after an incredible finish to their game at the etihad stadium against manchester city. city scored in the dying moments, and looked to be going through — only to have the goal crucially ruled out... an emotional roller—coaster for the players and fans. no doubt too for our correspondent katie gornall — who's been watching the action. katie give us a rundown of the events. i'll do my best but i think we are still catching our breath, we cannot believe what we saw and i think some of the fans are feeling the same way, a real state of shock because they came into this g

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun.he championship sides were in action today — we'll have all the latest could a shock be on the cards, at the world snooker championships —the amateurjames cahill leads world number one ronnie 0'sullivan. and it's been a busy day of rugby league action — we'll round up all the details. hello, and welcome to sportsday, straight to the championship where leeds are taking on brentford, as they chase automatic promotion to the premier league. it is not looking good for leeds at the moment, but this is how it is looking at the moment for the results. and norwich city will have to postpone their promotion party... they could only manage a draw at stoke this afternoon. the canaries needed a win to guarantee their move to the premier league next season. they also needed sheffield united to drop points at hull — instead they won 3—0. elsewhere play—off—chasing middlesbrough and bristol city both lost away from home. derby are into the play off places after a late win over qpr. towards the bottom