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it's the women's champions league final on sunday in gothenburg, chelsea are in that as well.are still on for a quadruple of trophies, emma hayes�* side won the league last weekend. they're the first british side to get to the champions league final since arsenal won it in 2007. hayes was part of the gunner's backroom team then, but says that winning the trophy as manager would surpass everything she's achieved so far. it would be amazing — there's no point denying that. to come home and to be a part of a fantastic team that achieves success like that. as i said, i'm just so looking forward to these scores of little girls that are going to be inspired by this group of players because i never grew up with female role models. so to think there is going to be little ones running around with shirt names of fran kirby, sam kerr, i think is the reason i get out of bed everyday to go to work. women's football, i hope, will then step into another place after the game on sunday because people are rightfully tuning in because of the quality on display. so either way, i think we have won

they were comprehensively beaten 4—0 by barcelona in gothenburg, as jo currie reports.y. for chelsea, a first european final. and in games of this magnitude, you need a fast start. the sort their opponents barcelona had as they struck first the woodwork, before a frantic scramble ended with the ball looping into the net after just 33 seconds. and the blows kept coming for emma hayes�* side. after conceding a penalty, they were outpaced and outplayed for the third goal. chelsea�*s european dream had become a nightmare. when a fourth went in, perhaps a blessing, chelsea�*s fans weren�*t in gothenburg to see it. after the break, they searched for a consolation goal and had chances, but on a difficult night theyjust couldn�*t get it right. chelsea — devastated and needing to regroup. barcelona — runners—up two years ago, finally champions of europe. jo currie, bbc news. there�*s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one, it�*s time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. iam the i am the caress iraq. ——... and we�*ll be taking an in—de

when a fourth went in, perhaps a blessing chelsea's fans weren't in gothenburg to see it. a consolation goal and had chances. but on a difficult night, theyjust couldn't get it right. chelsea devastated and needing to regroup. barcelona runners—up two years ago. finally, champions of europe. jo currie, bbc news. we...are a classy team. and we behave, i think, as you should do, when you have been beaten by a better team. and that's one that acknowledges what we need to do to improve, and our owner came into see us, and all the girls were, you know, very quick to tell him that we will be back here and we'll work hard on the training pitch to make sure we do that. this is a fight that should sell itself. tyson fury says it will be biggest sporting event ever to grace the planet earth. he posted a video on social media last night saying that his world heavyweight unification fight against antonyjoshua has been confirmed for 14th august. one of the sticking points had been a venue but it's set to be in saudi arabia. suddenly, in the last 60 or so hours, three orfour of the key

secured the league cup and the women's super league. jo currie looks ahead to the big match in gothenburgeague cup, now this group of players — assembled from around the world — are just one step away from proving they're the best in europe. stars include australian sam kerr, this year's top scorer, denmark's pernille harder, voterd uefa player of the year, and club and sweden captain magdalena eriksson. it would mean everything. it's a big dream for everyone. —— it's the reason why we train every day, why we fight so hard to get all the time, and if a big dream for everyone. yeah, we've reached the final, we're really happy, but we're not settled with that. we want to go all the way now. and with the men taking on manchester city later this month, chelsea are aiming to create history by becoming the first club to win the men's and women's champions league — and in the same season. while their ongoing discussions about where fans can attend the men's final, no such discussions for the women's final, which will be played behind closed doors in sweden. it's a shame. they always say the firs

their hopes of becoming just the second english side to lift the trophy ended by barcelona in gothenburgght. izzy christiansen, now of everton but champions league winner with lton two years ago, commetating on five live last night izzy, good evening. great to speak to you. a frustrating night for chelsea in the end? the damage done in the first half. chelsea 4—0 down in the first 36 minutes. how will the team be feeling.* wsl champions, league cup winners. they have been a lot of messages on social media by the players who have pledged how proud they are to represent chelsea, but unfortunately, they said that they just were not on it on the night and it showed and i think the class of barcelona really, really showed in the first half. their ability on the ball was just formidable and i think chelsea were taken aback by those early goals. chelsea were taken aback by those early goals-— early goals. barcelona a side you beat in the _ early goals. barcelona a side you beat in the final— early goals. barcelona a side you beat in the final two _ early goals. barcelona a side you beat in the

and then as a manager, i took a provincial club like aberdeen to beat real madrid in a final in gothenburgr. you cannot ever forget that the real reason for football is that the smallest guy can climb to the top of everest. and that is a base where i can put that. we cannot do without that, really. so alex ferguson. —— sir alex ferguson. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @ bbcmaryam. goodbye. hello. there's been no shortage of wet weather this week and there is plenty more where that came from as we head towards the weekend. thursday was a particularly soggy affair across some southern areas. you can see this curl of cloud on the satellite picture — a slow—moving weather system that brought heavy and persistent rain. there is more cloud behind me in the atlantic — another area of low pressure heading our way for the weekend. in between, well, arguably, a slice of slightly drier weather. there will still be some showers and actually, as we go through the day, the showers will tend to pop up in the areas where we develop some sunshine, so across northern ireland, eventually western parts of s

and then as a manager, i took a provincial club like aberdeen to beat real madrid in a final in gothenburgso that is the answer. you cannot ever forget that the real reason for football is that the smallest guy can climb to the top of everest. and that is a base where i can put that. we cannot do without that, really. sir alex ferguson speaking to our sports editor dan roan. so how can we safely hold large scale events again, whilst easing coronavirus restrictiions? well, this is one way to put on a socially distanced gig — french electro artist teho performed at an altitude of 3000 metres in the swiss alps. the dj says he had to overcome his fear of heights, and brave sub—zero temperatures at dawn, to do his set from a small platform overlooking the matterhorn after a year of not being able to perform in clubs due to the pandemic. it looks a lot nicer than than it would look at any club. thank you so much for your company. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbcmaryam. hello. there's been no shortage of wet weather this week and there is plenty more where that came from as we head towards

we start with barcelona's history making moment in gothenburg, this was the post match press conferenceals were scored in the first 36 minutes as chelsea were thrashed 4—0. you can see how much barca's players enjoyed that, frustration though for the londoners who went behind in the first minute. they were extremely clinical. i think conceding so early, you have to remember one was an own goal, the second was a penalty, dating from there on and it was an uphill battle. it was too early in the game to concede. so it makes it difficult to impose yourself when a team has the momentum. next to the english premier league, where it looked like liverpool's hopes of realistically finishing in the top four were all but over — until in the 95th minute at west brom. alisson made history by becoming the first liverpool goalkeeper to score a competitive goal for the club. added emotion in a year where his father died. alisson�*s towering header from a corner ensured liverpool got a 2—1win which moves them within a point of the champions league places. it is the best goal i ever saw scored by a goalk

and then as a manager, i took a provincial club like aberdeen to beat real madrid in a final in gothenburg03 million at an auction in new york. �*woman sitting near a window' dates from 1932 and was initially valued at $90 million. it's not the highest price fetched by a picasso. six years ago, one of the versions of the women of algiers series of paintings sold for nearly $180 million. hello. there's been no shortage of wet weather this week and there is plenty more where that came from as we head towards the weekend. thursday was a particularly soggy affair across some southern areas. you can see this curl of cloud on the satellite picture — a slow—moving weather system that brought heavy and persistent rain. there is more cloud behind me in the atlantic — another area of low pressure heading our way for the weekend. in between, well, arguably, a slice of slightly drier weather. there will still be some showers and actually, as we go through the day, the showers will tend to pop up in the areas where we develop some sunshine, so across northern ireland, eventually western parts of scotla

they're in gothenburg, where they face barcelona in the final tonight. chelsea. they won the wsl title for a record fourth time, as well as the league cup. and with the fa cup still to play for, this could be the third trophy of a possible quadruple. hayes says it would be phenominal for the women's game. when i talk about it being a dream, for me, being in this dressing room with, as i have said, they are amazing women. that are inspiring generations, i hope, at home. in fact, i know they are. i'm not talking about little girls here, i'm talking about scores of boys, too, who are becoming big fans of women's football. so the dream for me is about what i have always wanted for women's football, and being in this final, after so many years with an english team not participating, i think it was about time. and, you know, i'mjust delighted that we got the opportunity to do that. ospreys beat dragons by 42 points to 26 for their second win in the pro—14 rainbow cup. ospreys ran in five tries, with 4 for dragons and morgan morris was bundled over the line to

we start with what is looking like a long night in gothenburg for chelsea's women in the champions leagueor the first time, they lead 4—0 early in the second half. the first scored within a minute — an own goal. caroline graham hansen with the fourth on 36 minutes. next to the english premier league, where it looked like liverpool's hopes of realistically finishing in the top four were all but over — until in the last seconds at west brom their goalkeeper alisson made history by becoming the first liverpool keeper to score a competitive goal for the club. added emotion in a year where his father died. alisson's towering header from a corner ensured liverpool got a 2—1 win, which moves them within a point of the champions league places — with chelsea and leicester above them playing each other on tuesday. it is the best goal i've ever source code by a goalie! is not a scrappy one, the boot in or whatever, a second ball, all those kinds of things, it is... the striker scores like that, and everybody rightly says it was amazing. he is smart, of that! incredible, absolutely special. elsewhere

the winners will face barcelona in the final in gothenburg they've just beaten paris st—germain 2—1 inole ahead of mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton for this afternoon's portuguese grand prix. red bull's max verstappen is third on the grid thanks to the windy conditions at portimao. the dutchman had set a time fast enough for pole, but was blown off course and had his time deleted. bottas went quickest, just a fraction of a second quicker than championship leader hamilton. it isa it is a good feeling to be on pole. it is a good feeling to be on pole. it feels like it has been a while so it was nice to get a good qualifying. it has been a weak point for me in the first few races, getting it to work but then this weekend we have been working hard and it is nice to see that it is paying off. and it is nice to see that it is paying off. 0lympic medallists jack laugher and dan goodfellow have won britain's second gold of the diving world cup in tokyo. their success came in the synchronised 3 metre springboard final. the pair, who had already secured a place for team gb in the event at the t

rangers, and as a manager, i took a provincial club like aberdeen to beat real madrid in a final in gothenburgeason is that the smallest guy can climb to the top of everest. and that is a place where i can put that, we cannot do without that, really. sir alex ferguson speaking to our sports editor dan roan. how can we safely hold large—scale events while easing coronavirus restrictions? large-scale events while easing coronavirus restrictions?- coronavirus restrictions? well, this is one _ coronavirus restrictions? well, this is one way _ coronavirus restrictions? well, this is one way to _ coronavirus restrictions? well, this is one way to put - coronavirus restrictions? well, this is one way to put on - coronavirus restrictions? well, this is one way to put on a - this is one way to put on a socially distance big, performing at an altitude of 3000 metres in the swiss health, this dj said he had overcome his fear of heights and brave subzero temperatures at dawn to do this set. good on him. that's all for me. goodbye. hello. there's been no shortage of wet weather this week and there is plent

the super league champions were outclassed by barcelona, a—0 in gothenburg.e do that. tyson fury says it will be biggest sporting event ever to grace the planet earth. he posted a video on social media last night, saying that his world heavyweight unification fight against antonyjoshua has been confirmed for 1ath august. one of the sticking points had been a venue, but it's set to be in saudi arabia. suddenly, in the last 60 or so hours, three or four of the key players in this fight have talked about saudi arabia. it's happening, august the 1ath. someone might have said, "hold on a minute, isn't it going to be hot?" it's going to be boiling and at midnight it will still be boiling. the saudis have stumped up $150 million as a down payment. that gets split between the camps, that's why we are going to saudi in the middle of august. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you. as we've been hearing, borisjohnson has urged people to exercise a heavy dose of caution as covid restrictions are eased across most of the country.

when a fourth went in, perhaps a blessing chelsea's fans weren't in gothenburg to see it.to regroup. barcelona runners—up two years ago. finally, champions of europe. jo currie, bbc news. we are a classy team. and we behave, i think, as you should do when you have been beaten by a better team. as you should do when you have been and that's one that acknowledges what we need to do to improve, and our owner came into see us, and all the girls were, you know, very quick to tell him that we will be back here and we'll work hard on the training pitch to make sure we do that. desperate times need desperate measures. you need a goal. in the last minute of stoppage time you get a corner. what do you do? send the keeper up of course. liverpool did that against west brom in the premier league. level at 1—1 — then allison did that. he managed to score an incredible winner with his head to keep alive their hopes of reaching the champions league next season. we all know there are more important things than football, but if football can deliver a moment like this, which gives pretty muc

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it's the women's champions league final this sunday in gothenburg, chelsea face barcelona. with short names of kirby, sankar, it's the reason i get out of bed each day to go to work and i hope women's football will then step into another place after the game on sunday because people are rightfully tuning in because of the quality on display so either way i think we have one. the premier league have agreed to renew a three—year deal for its uk broadcasting rights. they rolled over their existing contract with sky sports, bt sport and the bbc although they have not gone through the normal bidding process, they were given government approval to bypass that because of the financial impact of the pandemic. £100 million of additionalfunding impact of the pandemic. £100 million of additional funding will also be made available across the football pyramid below the championship. that is your lot for now, i will be back after 1:30pm. the former prime minister, david cameron, will be questioned by mps this afternoon about his role as a lobbyist for greensill capital. the finance comp

the chelsea owner roman abramovich was in gothenburg last night to watch his women's side well beatenpions then showed their class by scoring three more first half goals. chelsea had a couple of half chances and decent penalty shout but barcelona fully deserved the win. the players told the russian owner that they would make it back to the final. we...are a classy team. and we behave, i think, as you should do, when you have been beaten by a better team. and that's one that acknowledges what we need to do to improve, and our owner came into see us, and all the girls were, you know, very quick to tell him that we will be back here and we'll work hard on the training pitch to make sure we do that. good news for manchester city and belgium with the euros not far away. kevin de bruyne is back in training after a recent injury scare. there's less than two weeks to go before city face chelsea in the champions league final. the belgian has been struggling with a thigh problem and missed the premier league games against chelsea and newcastle. england's summer series against india and pakistan

when a fourth went in, perhaps a blessing chelsea's fans weren't in gothenburg to see it.ou have been beaten by a better team. and that's one that acknowledges what we need to do to improve, and our owner came into see us, and all the girls were, you know, very quick to tell him that we will be back here and we'll work hard on the training pitch to make sure we do that. kilmarnock boss tommy wright says he's encouraged by their end of season form as they get ready to face dundee for a place in next season's scottish premiership. a 2—0 win over hamilton wasn't enough to overhaul ross county who also won on sunday. the playoff is over two legs, the first of which is one thursday. it's been a long time coming but fans can return today for the first time this year outside of government pilot events in england. there are no premier league games until tomorrow. bournemouth's championship playoff semifinal will have just over 2,000 spectators in. they'll have to arrive extra early and follow protocols inside the ground. there'll be a,500 fans at the other play off semi between ba

she can add another trophy to her haul when they face barcelona in the champions league final in gothenburg unworkable when turkey was placed on the uk's travel red list, with so many teams based in this country. there'll now be a second race in austria next month, with the french grand prix brought forward by a week. in rugby league it took a golden—point winner for leeds to beat wakefield in the super league. both these sides are struggling this season, and rhyse martin's extra—time penalty gave leeds a 15—13 victory to halt their five—match losing streak. wakefield have lost all six games so far. and it was close in rugby union's premiership, where sale moved up to second with a late bonus—point win at bath. the home side took an early lead and looked set for victory before curtis langdon went over to win it for sale by 24—20. ireland's robbie henshaw got the crucial try for leinster, as they beat ulster 21—17 in the pro—14 rainbow cup. rafael nadal took revenge on alexander zverev to reach the semi—finals of the italian 0pen. last week zverev knocked him out of the madrid 0pen but nadal