england women's interim boss hege riise says she can turn the lionness's poor run of form around. lost eight of their last 13 matches. they were beaten 3—1 by france last friday and face canada in another friendly tomorrow night in stoke. that's the last game before riise names her team gb squad for the delayed tokyo olympics. having those games is for us as a team important. now we get to see players in the best way way we can to see where we as a team need to improve. and what we are good at. you take parts of the game that are excellent. wejust you take parts of the game that are excellent. we just need to finish our chances. a quick round—up of some of the day's other football news, and tottenham have reported what they've described as the abhorrent racial abuse of son heung—min online following their defeat to manchester united yesterday. they are conducting a full review alongside the premier league to determine the most effective action moving forward. wolves' premier league match against sheffield united on saturday has been moved from a 3.00 kick—off to 8.15 to avoid a cl

hege riise has tough decisions to make and players, well, they have a nervous way.reached the last four of the champions league for the first time in seven years. they went into the second—leg of their quarterfinal with a 2—0 lead over porto — and that never really looked like it would be under too much threat in a dull game in seville. the standout moment, though, came in injury time from porto's mehdi taremi. what a spectacular overhead kick that was. but it was too little, too late, and chelsea will face either real madrid or liverpool in the semi—finals. paris saint germain are also into the last four after they knocked out the reigning champions, bayern munich. eric maxim choupo—moting scored the only goal of the game for bayern in paris, but it wasn't enough for the german side. psg going through on away goals, with the score 3—3 on aggregate. england all rounder ben stokes has been ruled out of the rest of the indian premier league with a broken finger. he picked up the injury in the field playing for the rajasthan royals yesterday against punjab kings. the r

led by interim coach hege riise they'll get underway against canada at the sapporo dome on the 21st ofjuly confirmed the match at molineux will now take place on sunday the 9th of may, with a midday kick—off. now... after a dramatic 72 hours... many players are bound to be just looking forward to getting back to matters on the pitch... manchester city need just 11 points to secure a third premier league title in four seasons... they're away at aston villa tonight, our football correspondent john murray is at villa park for us... john, with everything that's gone on over the last few days it feels like a whiloe since we've been talking about results... but this is an important game for city tonight isn't it... after defeats in their last two matches? yes. a lot of water has passed under the bridge and they last which was saturday night in the fa cup semifinal and since then they have beenin semifinal and since then they have been in and outs of super league. yes, the focus for them has to return tonight

the side will led by interim england coach hege riise — after phil neville departed for the mls in americae gb�*s second appearance at the tournament — and will begin with japan against canada at the sapporo dome on the 21stjuly. that's all the sport for now but don't forget the first round of the world snooker championship continues with live coverage on the bbc sport website shaun murphy is up against mark davis while three times world champion mark williams takes on england's sam craigie.. that's bbc dot co dot uk slash sport president biden has urged americans to come together to confront systemic racism, after a white police officer was found guilty of murdering george floyd. mr biden said the conviction of derek chauvin could be a giant step forward in the march towards justice in america. chauvin had been filmed kneeling on the neck of mr floyd for more than nine minutes during his arrest in the city last may. he faces up to a0 years in jail. speaking to cbs this morning george floyd's brother described the moment he heard the verdicts read out. before i went in the courtroom i was

england women's manager hege riise says she's confident she can turn the lionnesses poor run of formst 13 matches. the latest defeat coming on friday when they were beaten 3—1 by france. that was just riise's second game in charge after taking overfrom phil neville. her side face canada in another friendly tomorrow night in stoke. that's the last game before riise names her team gb squad for the delayed tokyo olympics. having the two games is for us as a team is important. now we get to see players in the best way we can, to see where we, as a team, need to improve and what we are good at. we take heart from the france game, that was excellent. we just need to finish our chances. well, you can find more on all those stories — including highlights of hideki matsuyama's masters win — on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. c0. uk/sport. but that's all your sport for now. the former prime minister, gordon brown, is calling on the richest countries to take urgent action to achieve mass vaccination around the world. he wants the leaders of the g7 to commit to a £22 billion programme, when t

and coming up on the bbc news channel: team gb — led by the interim england head coach hege riise — facean, as part of the women's football groups, at the tokyo olympics. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. one of the architects of football's breakaway european super league, the chairman ofjuventus, has admitted the project can no longer go ahead — after all six english clubs, two european sides withdrew and another distanced itself from the proposal, in the face of a furious backlash from fans, players and politicians. this morning liverpool's owner apologised and said the scheme would never have worked without the support of fans. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. after correspondent andy swiss. 48 hours of fury across football, after 48 hours of fury across football, the proposed breakaway is breaking down. as theirfans protested last night it emerged chelsea were withdrawing and the five other english teams quickly followed. manchester city, arsenal, tottenham and liverpool. when approached in boston liverpool's american owner was reluctant to speak. but late

head coach hege riise now has three months and she has some tough decisions to make.al with a 2—0 lead over porto — and that never really looked like it would be under too much threat in a dull game in seville. the standout moment, though, came in injury time from porto's mehdi taremi. what a spectacular overhead kick that was. but it was too little, too late, and chelsea will face either real madrid or liverpool in the semi—finals. paris saint germain are also into the last four after they knocked out the reigning champions, bayern munich. eric maxim choupo—moting scored the only goal of the game for bayern in paris, but that wasn't enough for the german side. psg going through on away goals, with the score 3—3 on aggregate. england all rounder ben stokes has been ruled out of the rest of the indian premier league with a broken finger. he picked up the injury in the field playing for the rajasthan royals yesterday against punjab kings. the royals are also missing jofra archer, who's had surgery on his hand and treatment for an ongoing elbow issue. now, there are some

the lionesses lost to france last week, this is the last match before interim boss hege riise names heradies are playing a friendly against denmark and cardiff. and they are losing that against denmark. and they are losing that against denmark. a tottenham disabled fans�* group says the decision to bar extremely vulnerable supporters from the efl cup final is "direct discrimination". manchester city and tottenham have each been allocated 2,000 tickets for the match on april 25. it's part of the government—led pilot scheme aimed at returning fans safely into venues. the programme doesn't allow for unders—18s, pregnant women, or those classed as clinically extremely vulnerable, or those living with them, to attend. that's brought this response from tottenham disabled supporters group, spursability. the department for digital, culture, media and sport has been approached for a response. england all rounder ben stokes has broken his finger and will miss the rest of the indian premier league. he sustained the injury in the field playing for the rajasthan royals yesterday against punjab kings

england were beaten for the second time in four days — interim boss hege riise said individual mistakeslt, when nichelle prince scored their second. england lost to france last week. and wales came from a goal down to draw 1—all at home to denmark — jess fish—lock with the equaliser. thomas tuchel has had a huge impact since he took over at chelsea. just one domestic defeat, and now they're through to the semi—finals of the champions league for the first time in seven years, after beating porto 2—1 on aggregate. the were already 2—0 up from the first leg and there was a bit of a scare in seville, when mehdi taremi scored a stunning goalfor porto deep into injury time but it's chelsea who'll now face either liverpool or real madrid. but the defending champions bayern munich are out, despite beating paris saint germain 1—0 last night, the tie finished 3—3 — and bayern go out on the away goals rule. psg will face manchester city or borussia dortmund in the semi—finals. england all—rounder ben stokes has a broken finger and he'll miss the rest of the indian premier league. he was injured ta

the side will led by interim england coach hege riise, after phil neville departed for the mls in americanada at the sapporo dome on the 21stjuly. the afternoon session of snooker�*s world championship at the crucible is just getting under way with former winners mark selby and judd trump in action. this morning three—time champion mark williams secured a narrow 5—4 advantage over debutant sam craigie. on the other table it was just as tight with shaun murphy trailing mark davis by a single frame. britain's simon yates has retained the lead at the tour of the alps after stage three, as he prepares for the giro d'italia next month. italy's gianni moscon, in the dark blue of the british ineos grenadiers team, was fastest to finish from a breakaway to win stage three. yates finished safely in the main group, saving energy for the hardest stage of the race tomorrow. he currently leads by 45 seconds. that's all the sport for now. president biden has urged americans to come together to confront systemic racism, after a white police officer was found guilty of murdering an unarmed black man geor

the side will led by interim england coach hege riise — after phil neville departed for the mls in americage floyd. mr biden said the conviction of derek chauvin could be a giant step forward in the march towards justice in america. chauvin had been filmed kneeling on the neck of mr floyd for more than nine minutes during his arrest in the city last may. he faces up to 40 years in jail. our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in minneapolis. last night gary people reacted with huge relief to those guilty verdicts that the jury gave. i wondered this morning as people in minneapolis and across the us and the world analyse the importance of this verdict, what are your thoughts on that? you are right, there was jubilation are your thoughts on that? you are right, there wasjubilation notjust here in george floyd square where he died on memorial day last year but the court house when i was hundreds of people there really very happy and content with those verdicts. a carnival atmosphere, and content with those verdicts. a carnivalatmosphere, it and content with those verdicts. a carnival atmosphere,