jurgen klopp has been a good season. jurgen klopp has been a good season.urgen klopp has been optimistic ahead of this game, the manager. he was talking about mohamed salah, who had an amazing season so about mohamed salah, who had an amazing season so far. 41 goals in 46 games since arriving on merseyside. from tonight's opponents roma, who will know him very well. you may remember mohamed salah was named pfa player of the year a few days ago, named by his fellow professionals. jurgen klopp going into this match is familiar with the champions league, having been a runner—up in 2013... he says he is not only pressure everyone is talking about. we have the chance to go to the final and that is all i need. i don't know when something else that i need. people talk about pressure or once ina i need. people talk about pressure or once in a lifetime chance... it is not like that. i am already... if igoto is not like that. i am already... if i go to the finals second time in my life, i will go with that. it is crazy enough but it is possible and that's nice. mo sa

klopp says they will seize the opportunity.ly lots of people thought the semifinal would usually be barcelona against manchester city but it's not. liverpool's mo salah already has his hands on one trophy, voted the best in england by his peers. and the world championship trophy is still a long way off at the crucible, but we'll have the latest from the first round in sheffield. hello and welcome to sportsday. the fa cup semi finals dominated the weekend sports news, this week our attentions turn towards the last four in the champions league and also the europa league. there's english interest in both. tomorrow night it's the first leg of the champions league semi final between liverpool and roma. jurgen klopp gave his prematch thoughts to the media today, from anfield, here's hugh woozencroft. welcome to the calm before the storm though the nerves are already beginning to fray ahead of another pulsating night of european football here and fields, but it may well boil down to experience. jurgen klopp was a losing finalist in 20

jurgen klopp felt that they have watered the page much much more.h more. here isjurgen klopp on how he felt they should have used this break was. felt they should have used this football so if you need ,,,j ,-,,';l:,t; iiiézasfiizfil—rjsssss, l. ,. 7, pagel gets and good for not then good for the football playing side. it should've been wandered a bit more? i'm not sure it should. its club can decide like they want. if west brom has to do and make the game more i'm pretty sure they have, it will be watered. we we re really sure they have, it will be watered. we were really delighted with the players and everybody at the foot ball players and everybody at the football club. and certainly today we have earned that result is a club because everybody, the support from the players, the staff and everybody has come together. unbelievable atmosphere that we have come out of it with a positive result. a 2-2 draw it was here. danny delighted to get his first premier league goal in almost three years. a very long recovery from injury for him. for selah, anothe

yesterday, the two managers were speaking, pep guardiola and jurgen klopp.y they are not going to drop their attacking principles. they are going to go all out. this fixture has brought two premier league matches this season, 12 goals in total, 5—0 to manchester city at the etihad stadium. liverpool winning for three mac at anfield. this is what both managers have had to say. it will be an interesting game. anything can happen. both results, anything is possible. in the end, only one thing is 100% sure, both teams need to invest everything in what they have to have a chance to win it. and i'm fine with that. of course, i know their qualities. i'm concerned with what they do. of course. i'm not so arrogant and presumptuous to know what they do and that we are good enough. no, but thinking about it, we will defend 90 minutes, that is not going to happen. do we think, david, that either manchester city or liverpool might alter their attacking styles because this is a tie over two legs, might we see a bit of caution from them? they won't want to lose or ship a l

also coming up: liverpool bossjurgen klopp insists his team aren't thinking about being favourites as they head to manchester city with a three goal advantage in the champions league. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm sarah mulkerrins. let's start at the commonwealth games, where wales have taken their gold medal haul to six, after victory in three events on day five. there were also nine medals for the home nations in gymnastics with two gold for england. however there was a big shock in the pool, as the world record holder adam peaty was pipped to gold in the 50 metre brea kstro ke. adam wild rounds up the action. if these games are about putting

jurgen klopp seems to have the measure of pep guardiola, eight out of 13 in competition thing playedool go in this competition? that's the big question now. liverpool to have a huge pedigree when it comes to the champions league. you have one of the in the form strikers in the world at the moment. his 39th goal of the season, a quite incredible record. and when they say the —— play the sort of football we saw them play last week at anfield, they are capable of beating anyone on the night. liverpool the last remaining british clu b liverpool the last remaining british club in the champions league and will feel if they can produce their very best in the sort of attacking flair thatjurgen klopp likes to see, they can beat anyone. any suisse, for now, thank you very much indeed. a huge shock on the other champions league quarterfinal as roma overcame their deficit to defeat barcelona. the italians were 4-1 defeat barcelona. the italians were 4—1 down going into the second leg, but this late header sees them through to the semifinals at the expense of lionel messi and company. quite incre

jurgen klopp insists his tea m centre. jurgen klopp insists his team are not favourites as they head to manchester city with a 3—goal advantage in the champions league. and at that second leg against manchester city, one of their players trends, prompting speculation he may play. and patrick reed continues to celebrate after winning the masters at augusta national. hello there. welcome to the programme, plenty to get through but we start with football news and manchester city host liverpool and the second leg of their champions league on tuesday. two goals of the minimum requirement if they at have any of advancing. after missing the chance to rub up the premier league title on saturday, it could turn out to be wretched altogether for city. well, only this time last week it seemed nothing could go wrong for manchester city but they know they will need some comeback if they are to keep their champions league hopes alive here tomorrow night after that dramatic defeat at anfield last week, they followed that up by throwing aw

and it's a cautious klopp, liverpool have a 3—0 advantage ahead of their champions legaue second legnight, but the german's not looking too far ahead. good evening to you,... good evening, the sixth day of the commonwealth games. wales have taken their gold medal haul to 6, after victory in three events on day five. there were also nine medals for the home nations in gymnastics with two gold for england. however there was a big shock in the pool, as the world record holder adam peaty was pipped to gold in the 50 metre breakstroke. adam wild rounds up the action. here was a final chance for the gymnasts to shine. the beam, a fitting before more sparkling excess. fitting before more sparkling excess. england's alice kinsella already had a bronze and silver, now was the moment as they focus. well done, alice kinsella! will it be good enough? yes it is, 13.74 alice kinsella! when on that score came through, i was like, oh my god. i didn't know what to do, really. when they said that it was gold, i was over the moon. joined on the podium by kelly sim of england, the success did not end th

jurgen klopp insists his tea m centre.re not favourites as they head to manchester city with a 3—goal advantage in the champions league. and at that second leg against manchester city, one of their players trends, prompting speculation he may play. and patrick reed continues to celebrate after winning the masters at augusta national. hello there. welcome to the programme, plenty to get through but we start with football news and manchester city host liverpool and the second leg of their champions league on tuesday. two goals of the minimum requirement if

on sports day on bbc news, jurgen klopp urges his club to keep an eye ona klopp urges his club to keepe on a domestic running, despite the favourable draw against roma for the semifinal of the champions league. good evening. the white house has ratcheted up the tension with syria and russia still further, claiming tonight it has proof the suspected chemical attack on saturday in which dozens are believed to have died was carried out by the syrian government. all eyes are on the whitehouse tonight, waiting to see if donald trump will follow through on his threat to launch missiles on syria, with military support from the uk and france. the secretary—general of the united nations has warned of the danger of military escalation in syria and says the cold war is back with a vengeance. russia, syria's closest ally, and with troops on the ground there, has warned any attack will be met with retaliation. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, has the latest. douma is firmly back under syrian government control. this is the ruined town where it is alleged president assad's forces used ch

jurgen klopp —— jurgen klopp called it a good point.h place almost into europa league football. incredible, they got a draw today, they had more of the chances and they could have secured it with a win, but in the end it was a draw. at the bottom of the table, none of the teams are relegated yet and that is the big talking point for today. still, hanging them, southampton are in it, swa nsea hanging them, southampton are in it, swansea will be nervous. we have not talked about huddersfield against everton, huddersfield are in trouble. it is two wins in a row now. sam alla rdyce trouble. it is two wins in a row now. sam allardyce is still under pressure because some of the fans in the away end were calling for him to go. despite the win, he is still under pressure. fantastic season for david wagner. thank you for now. there is so much more going on in football. tied at the bottom of the premier league and even tighter in the championship. a nerve—racking entered the season at both ends of the table next week again. let us look at the sco

the champions league quarterfinal first leg asjurgen klopp's rallying cry lees pep guardiola in piecesort has left mourning the loss of the former england captain ray wilkins who died today at the age of 61. there is a spectacular opening ceremony on australia's gold coast to mark the opening of the 21st commonwealth games. hello, good evening. plenty to come but we start with the all english affair in the champions league between manchester city and liverpool and it was a night to stir the soul as the anfield crowd spurred their site to a stunning 3—0 win in the quarterfinal first leg at anfield which is where we find our correspondent and david, really it was a night to savour for those liverpool fans, wasn't it? it was a night to savour for those liverpoolfans, wasn't it? it was. anfield is no stranger to famous european nights, but this will really surely go down as one of the very finest. it was billed as one of the most exciting matches between two of the most attack minded teams in europe. manchester city as favourites but ultimately it was liverpool, the underdogs who came out

also coming up: liverpool bossjurgen klopp insists his team aren't thinking about being favourites as they head to manchester city with a three goal advantage in the champions league. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm sarah mulkerrins. let's start at the commonwealth games, where wales have taken their gold medal haul to six, after victory in three events on day five. there were also nine medals for the home nations in gymnastics with two gold for england. however there was a big shock in the pool, as the world record holder adam peaty was pipped to gold in the 50 metre brea kstro ke. adam wild rounds up the action. if these games are about putting sporting talent in the spotlight, he was a final chance for the gymnasts to shame. it is going to be a thrilling afternoon. the beam a fitting enough place for more sparkling success. alice already had a bronze and silver, now a moment to stay focused. well done, alice. will it be good enough? yes, it is! 13.7! i was expecting a medal, but when that's working through, oh, my god, ididn't that's working through, oh, my god, i didn't know w

jurgen klopp cannot wait for friday's drawer. league semifinalfor the friday's drawer. the first champions league semifinal for the club in ten yea rs, league semifinal for the club in ten years, and they reached at co mforta ble. years, and they reached at comfortable. they did ultimately. the damage was done for manchester city in the first leg, to concede three goals in such a short space of time, jurgen klopp took his team to the etihad stadium last night knowing that they have got so much firepower. one goal would probably do it, and it turned out to be the case. we see the blue jesus putting manchester city ahead, but the 39th goal of the season for mo salah. has there been a better signing by a premier league side who has had as big an impact in his first season? yes, the impact, he has hit the ground running. the body expected him to play as well as he has, but certainly score as many as he has, and have the assists he has had. i think whether the experience at chelsea, having played in the premier league, knowing what is

jurgen klopp said somebody thought he wasjoking when jurgen klopp said somebody thought he was joking out of the cup edition. —— competition. they could face either severe or others in the seri finals. it will be difficult, 100%. but we are now in the semifinals, so we should enjoy the moment, and yes, the moment obviously was a while ago since we were in the semifinals. now we are together there and it is quite a call moment. we make a amazing defence. sometimes it is what happens, and when playing good teams like liverpool, next tottenham, we have two compare with the last six games next. it is exceptional. cricket and england's heather knight and others are among the five cricketers of the year. all three in the national side captains to the 2017 world cup. shrub soul also becomes the first woman to feature on the cover of the publication. that is all the sport for now. more for you in the next hour. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. facebook‘s ceo, mark zuckerberg, will face a second day of questioning by us politicians about his company's handling of personal information. that

for jurgen klopp, he is probably thinking he would love a bit of german. don't think you mind too much. oddly enough, if liverpool get through, as i expect they will, i think it would be better for them to face real madrid, purely because of the huge. a lot of the real madrid players are at an age now that if you play high tempo against them that this word you might get to them. there is no team in world foot ball them. there is no team in world football playing at a higher tempo than liverpool. liverpool fans will be watching this with a lot of interest. bayern munich against real madrid and we have commentary on bbc radio foyle flight tonight, kick off at 7:45pm. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. the danish inventor peter madsen has been sentenced to life in prison, for murdering and dismembering the swedish journalist kim wall. she died aboard his self—built submarine, last august. a court in copenhagen found he'd had fantasies about murdering and torturing a woman, and invited several on board last year. madsen says, he

jurgen klopp sharing horticultural tips on there.eltic could have wrapped up a scottish premiership title today if they had beaten hibernian, but they lost 2—1. aberdeen close up to ten points behind with four games remaining, beating from a 2—0. dundee beach saintjohnstone, while spartacus or‘s 2—1win over hamilton lift them off the bottom of the table. in belfast hasjust got under way. you can follow that fight on the bbc sport website. following amir khan's comeback fight, it didn't take too long. he inched —— he promised a clinical showing against canadian phil greco in liverpool and duly delivered, in just a0 seconds. amir khan is back, he said, in his post fight interview. that with a bang and talking about himself in the third person. world snooker championship is one—day—old and is defending champion mark selby is already out, chasing a third world title in a row, well beaten by world number 22 joe perry at the crucible, ten frames to four. most of the damage was done in the first session, losing seven of the first nine frame

also coming up: liverpool bossjurgen klopp insists his team aren't thinking about being favourites as

it's only football — liverpool managerjurgen klopp condemns violence at matches, as the club holds meetingsith police in italy ahead of wednesday‘s champions league tie with roma. steven gerrard will be the next manager of rangers, if he wants the job. he's the favourite at ibrox, and the decision is in his hands. and the rocket fails to launch — its a slow start for ronnie o'sullivan, he trails ali carter at the crucible. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm katherine downes. after violence earlier this week, liverpool have sent representatives to the italian capital for an extraordinary meeting with european football's governing body, uefa, and italian police. it comes ahead of the second leg of a champions league semifinal between them at roma on wednesday. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. it was, liverpool said, a positive and productive meeting. they met with officials, seeking reassurance over the safety of their fans next week and said they had established important guidance, especially over transport arrangements, to try to make sure this doesn't happen again. tuesday nig

and jurgen klopp has also been speaking about liverpool's trip to rome next week.ns over ban safety. liverpool fan sean cox is in hospital after the first leg. liverpool have asked for a extraordinary meeting with roma, u efa extraordinary meeting with roma, uefa and the italian police before the second leg in rome. he says that he cannot understand how people can get hurt at a football match?m he cannot understand how people can get hurt at a football match? it is all about football, and it is only football. i never understood people. i never understood people who did not understand that. it is nice that i have another... irony hoped and then pretty sure that everybody who is involved in keeping all people they're is involved in keeping all people they‘ re safe, is involved in keeping all people they're safe, that they do their best, and i think, in a modern world, it will be possible. in yesterday said that he will —— iniesta says that he will leave barcelona at the end of the season. winning 31 trophies in the process, and three major tournaments for spain, as w

john, jurgen klopp going it alone into a big week for liverpool.half past three. sarah keith—lucas has all the weather. we have some heavy rain and some strong winds across the south—east of the uk, causing some disruption around today that a brighter spells further north west, so certainly a day of contrast. but i will bring you more in about half an hour. also coming up — fears of the collapse of a huge antarctic glacier. scientists say it could cause a substantial rise in global sea levels. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. sajid javid is the new home secretary, following amber rudd's resignation. his first task will be answering an urgent question in the commons this afternoon on the issue that helped lead to his predecessors demise — the windrush migrant scandal. mrjavid, who was communities secretary, is the son a pakistani bus driver and said — only yesterday — that the windrush scandal was personal for him because he and his family could have faced threats of deportation. amber rudd resigned last night saying sh

yes, jurgen klopp asking for a fantastic atmosphere that his players, and anfield delivered, spurringn the first leg of the champions league semifinal. fantastic atmosphere, and maybe a footin fantastic atmosphere, and maybe a foot in the final to liverpool. they we re foot in the final to liverpool. they were inspired by mohamed salah. he the opened scoring with the first of two goals on the night for him, firstly a wonderful strike to put liverpool ahead. it is now 43 goals in 47 appearances since he moved from roma last summer. roberto firmino got in on the act the cobblers well, that made it 5—0, and liverpool fans definitely thinking about a place in the final, but a couple of late roma goals mean that they are in the thai just about at they are in the thai just about at the moment. —— they are in the tie. and because of those away goals, for the second leg will some liverpool fa ns the second leg will some liverpool fans still be a little nervous?” think you would be, tentatively, because the away goals can double in the champions league, and that means that a 3—0 win from roma

for managerjurgen klopp the match against roma provides him with a first.leave place of the three options where i have never played before. —— the only place. that is already exciting. i think it is how it always is and should be. it is a difficult pair of games, it is a fantastic side, who saw off barcelona. if somebody only saw off barcelona. if somebody only saw those games, you already know pretty much everything about roma. so liverpool avoided the favourites, but arsenal didn't. they will play atletico madrid in the semifinals of the europa league, while the two teams who had big comeback in the last eight, salzburg and marseille face each other in the other much in the last four. aston villa gave their hopes of automatic promotion a boost with a hardfought1—0 win over leeds united in the championship this evening. the only goal came before the half—hour, with louis cronen heading it in from a fine jack really should cross. ——jack grealish. a tough ten days for pep guardiola. two losses to liverpool saw city knocked out of the champions league on eith

the liverpool managerjurgen klopp has hailed his world —class managerjurgen klopp has hailed his world—classin in the champions league semifinals. having announced he was stepping down as arsenal‘s manager after 22 yea rs, down as arsenal‘s manager after 22 years, their boss arsene wenger has said the decision to leave at the end of this season was not made by him. and two—time champion mark williams is through to the second round of the world snooker championship after a 10—5 victory overjimmy robertson. i will be back with more just after half past. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has called for a change in culture within government and institutions. it says there must be "open and frank" discussions about child sexual abuse in order to tackle the problem. the interim report said "all too often" organisations put the reputation of their leaders and staff before the welfare of children. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, is here. what were the main points of the report? i think the main thrust of this report is that the has to be a different way of discussing child

liverpool manager klopp says salah owes much to his time at roma but the past is the past. who we have here, and the players at roma are all part of his development. but at the end, we are all prepared for salah, and the good thing is in football i am sure that the italian defenders are famous for not having friendly games. so i think salah will feel very early in the game that they are not his team—mates any more, and he can strike back in a footballing way. translation: i don't think stopping salah, orany translation: i don't think stopping salah, or any other player, will win us salah, or any other player, will win us the match. i am sure we must play asa us the match. i am sure we must play as a group and we can do something special. they are notjust salah. they have other great players so we have to be very aware of all of them, not only a single player. in tennis news, rafael nadal is a strong favourite this week as the clay—court season moves to barcelona. he beat nishikori on sunday to win a record scoring 11th monte sunday to win a record scoring 11th m o nte carlo

jurgen klopp and the players would of been watching.on having seen by erin go leigh madrid go head—to—head? erin go leigh madrid go head-to-head? they will see they have nothing to fear whoever the game and final. they'll probably get real madrid in the final as liverpool go through. bayern munich had 17 shots, i7 liverpool go through. bayern munich had 17 shots, 17 the sentences which they wasted. that shows you that both sides i think there for the taking or lovable, but real madrid a lwa ys taking or lovable, but real madrid always seem to get the job done. they are trying to win the champions league for the third season in a i’ow. league for the third season in a row. no team has ever done that. ba ka ry sa ko row. no team has ever done that. ba kary sa ko shows row. no team has ever done that. bakary sako shows how to change games with the substitution. whoever they get looks like it will be real madrid. —— the colts knows how to. thank you, john. though fulton england midfielder alex oxlade—chamberlain says he is devastated to be

los de klopp buscan el segundo lugar de la premier...uÁrez nos acompaÑa con lo mÁs destacado de la jornada. >> para tratar de olvidar el dolor de la eliminaciÓn en champions barcelona gana y establece rÉcord de 39 partidos invicto en liga. nathalie: arrancamos con informaciÓn de la fecha 32 de la liga espaÑola. barcelona logrÓ la victoria sobre el valencia 2-1 para curar las heridas de eliminaciÓn. luis suÁrez y samuel untiti con siguieron los tantos que mantienen el invicto y buscan llegar a los 100 puntos. goleada. 4-1 terminal marcador a favor de las aspirinas. con este resultado se mantienen en el cuarto lugar de la bundesliga. con goles de manel, sala y firme vino, liverpool le pasÓ por encima a seguir por rival. tiene 71 unidades. en equipo o demuestra el gran momento que vive en su liga y en las semifinales de la champions league. los titulares fueran absolutamente todos los partidos. chelseaderrotÓ en ocho minutos. busca pelear por puestos europeos en el quinto lugar de la premier league.perdÍa dos por se operÓ el 70.75, y 78 die

liverpool bossjurgen klopp has given gerrard his backing as he sets out on his managerial career.football reporter chris mclaughlin has more from shortlist to front runner, is this the new ranger's manager? his old manager had this to say today. he was a little bit surprised when i had seen him but i think the most important thing when you are starting out, it is when you feel the time is right and when you feel ready. i think especially when it is your first job, ready. i think especially when it is yourfirstjob, it is not necessarily about a club, it is about the right club. 50 a story that has been building for a few days here, we know that gerrard is indeed on a shortlist, by the ranger's board, and told that if he wa nts ranger's board, and told that if he wants it, the job ranger's board, and told that if he wants it, thejob is said. you get the sense that there are those here at this club, who think he might well just say yes. today the man currently in charge came out fighting. i think i have done a good job so far, the club knows i want thisjob, it has never been job so f

jurgen klopp meanwhile has spoken for the first time about the incident which left one of their supportersscribe my emotions in english to you to be honest. it was horrific still. that should never have happened. it should never have happened before, it should never have happened in the future. and we all has to do everything to make sure that things like that will not happen any more. former liverpool captain steven gerrard is now the frontrunner to take over as manager of rangers. we understand thejob is his if you want it, liverpool boss jurgen thejob is his if you want it, liverpool bossjurgen klopp we just heard from has given gerard his backing as he said, his managerial career. i scotland scott wiffleball four has more. from short list to frontrunner. if these the new rangers manager? his old manager had this to say today. i was a little bit surprised when i seen it. but i think the most important thing when you are starting out, it is about when you feel the time is right. and when you feel the time is right. and when you feel ready. especially when it is your first off, is not nec

tonight, all english last eight type, liverpool taking on manchester city at anfield, jurgen klopp's cameron bancroft has also accepted his ban. the duke of edinburgh will have surgery on his hip today. he was admitted to the private king edward vii hospital in central london yesterday for a planned operation. prince philip, who's 96, is understood to have had hip trouble for about a month. our royal correspondent, daniella relph is outside the king edward vii hospital in central london. the duke, as you said, was admitted yesterday afternoon, buckingham palace choosing words carefully, in the statement they released, this was a planned admission to hospital, planned admission, they do not want to create any sense of drama or panicked over the fact the duke of edinburgh is in hospital. they have not told us exactly what time the operation is, you would expect it is the morning, unlike senior has had to wait in any way for the operation to wait in any way for the operation to happen. some kind of hip surgery, no details as to what kind of surgery it is but he is 96 years old, clearly

2—1 on the night and 5—1 overall. the night and 5—1 overall. progress they are making under jurgen kloppe bushell, thank you, from the gold coast. which has seen over 50 murders in the capital. here's how the programme ended. i hearyou, i hearyou. 0k, we're going to work together, all right? you are not on your own — we are going to work together. listen, we are going to do this. can we just stand? we are going to make it unified. enough. rasta no work with police, though. no, shush! we stand together. against violence. united, we stand. back our young people. we have a zero—tolerance message for violence. we are talking to our community members, join with us. that's right, stand up. it's time to work. strong as one voice. unity, together. and education is the key. going to the front line. we're not hiding, we are saying, our children, we need to save them. all parents of my age group need to step up and step out. but right now we need the whole community to save our children. because that money can't buy them the love that they need. let's come together and save them. we need to take co

. —— when jurgen klopp having to take him off.that he felt he would have been a starter for england at the world cup. arson vendor will leave at the end of the season and said that it wasn't his decision. the 60 dural said that he had not given much thought to his future and he would not be retiring 01’ future and he would not be retiring or taking part future and he would not be retiring ortaking part in future and he would not be retiring or taking part in choosing his successor. one of fifa's most senior executives has been reported to the ethics committee. our sports news correspondent has the details. this relates to suppose it family relationship between the former liverpool player and her. they're both from senegal and the task force says there is a family connection between the two that should've been declared and therefore both parties are subject to an ethics enquiry in response, she said that she is confident that the charges will be defeated, but she has no relation to the player and therefore she'll be looking to answ

liverpool boss, jurgen klopp, knows they have to be at their absolute best and has told his side to "to be proud of our history, but we need to create our own. they are so clinical, so they punish you on your mistakes because they are so fast and they are so direct, and that's good. it's a good challenge for us. it's 180 minutes we're going to make a good performance here, to try and score goals and give a good result to manchester. former australia cricket captain steve smith and batsman cameron bancroft have both confirmed on social media this morning that they won‘t contest their ball tampering bans. smith, along with ex—vice captain david warner, were both given one—year bans and bancroft handed a nine—month suspension by cricket australia after the incident against south africa. smith says "i meant what i said about taking full responsibility." the 21st commonwealth games are officially under way after a spectacular opening ceremony on australia‘s gold coast. a heavy downpour of rain greeted the start of proceedings. the crowd and athletes were then treated to a ceremony showcasi

liverpool managerjurgen klopp condemns the violence which marred their champions league semifinal firstrome. the most dramatic of finishes at welford road, find out if newcastle were awarded a try for this in the battle for the final play—off place in rugby union's premiership is the ronnie comeback on? the five times champion has a battle on his hands to stay in the world snooker championship. and going out on a high. jockey katie walsh announces her retirement after riding her final winner at punchestown. after violence earlier this week before their champions league semifinal first leg against roma, liverpool representatives held an extraordinary meeting with roma, uefa and italian police today ahead of wednesday's second leg in the italian capital. liverpool officials describe the meeting as "positive and productive" and say they'll now share what they discussed with those fans travelling to rome as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. be quite it was liverpool said, a positive and productive meeting, they met with officials to seek reassurance over their fan's safety and es

it's only football — liverpool managerjurgen klopp condemns violence at matches, as the club holds meetingsnext manager of rangers, if he wants the job. he's the favourite at ibrox, and the decision is in his hands. and the rocket fails to launch — its a slow start for ronnie 0'sullivan, he trails ali carter at the crucible.

not this year, with half an eye on tuesday's champions league quarter final against city, jurgen klopphanges to his side to face everton. that's 20—year—old striker dominic solanke he given a chance to shine. but he couldn't take it. there was not a single booking as the match liked it intensity. that allowed time to craft some fine chances. a spectacular effort from yannick bolasie drew an equally an equally impressive save. withjordan pickford determined to impress the watching england manager, and liverpool missing their top goal—scorer, it looks increasingly difficult to see who would make a breakthrough. there was not a single shot on target in the second half, but a late flurry of chances saw everton goal had heart—stubbornly close to finding a winner. once again they came up short against their city rivals, as liverpool extended their longest unbeaten run in the merseyside derby. we controlled the game in the first half, had a big chance but we needed an outstanding save. the shot from yannick bolasie. second half, we controlled the game until 20 minutes beforehand. everton was

pep guardiola's manchester city had to overcomejurgen klopp's liverpool and a three—goal deficit fromdy swiss, is there. for the liverpool players, a decidedly low—key arrival. none of the missiles and mayhem which greeted manchester city last week. but as the home fans gathered in hope, more than expectation, would it be a night to say — i was there? man city! well, they'd need something very special. city trailing 3—0 after the first—leg, but they raced out of the blocks. 1 minute 57 seconds, gabrieljesus with the definition of a perfect start. liverpool were wobbling and soon so was the woodwork. bernardo silva so close before controversy. leroy sane's effort ruled offside, but replays showed he wasn't. cue fury from manager pep guardiola, who was sent to the stands. but a far worse punishment was yet to come. liverpool knew one precious away goal would surely end city's hope. so when mo salah struck after the break, his 39th of a remarkable season, guardiola's face said it all. the game was up and soon city were out. their fate ruthlessly confirmed by roberto firmino. city fans le

and coming up on bbc news, jurgen klopp hails mo salah

and coming up on bbc news, managerjurgen klopp is taking nothing for granted as liverpool are drawn tolay roma in the champions league semifinals, avoiding real madrid and bayern munich. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. sir cliff richard has told a high courtjudge he felt "forever tainted" by the bbc‘s coverage of a police raid on his home in berkshire, following a sex assault allegation. the 77—year—old singer is taking legal action against the broadcaster, following the raid in 2014. in his evidence to the court, sir cliff said that after seeing the coverage on television, he collapsed in his kitchen sobbing, and that helicopter footage of the search of his flat, has caused him "profound and long—lasting" damage. the bbc says its coverage was in the public interest. lucy manning's report contains flash photography. sir cliff richard often performs in front of thousands, but with his friend gloria hunniford alongside him, e came this afternoon to the high courtand him, e came this afternoon to the high court and stepped into the witness box, telling thejudge high court

his liverpool counterpart jurgen klopp has called him a big role model.and reach out to people living in cities. that's the view of the charity's new director—general, who says she wants to work with people in urban areas to help it become more "relevant". in herfirst interview since getting thejob, hilary mcgrady said "the people that need beauty the most, are the ones that have least access to it". she was speaking to our correspondent, claire marshall. on the path to scafell pike, england's largest mountain. hilary mcgrady has just taken charge of england's biggest charity. the figures are as huge as the landscape. the national trust has five million members, assets of over £1 billion, and owns an area of land the size of dorset. people say the trust has become corporate and bloated. what are you going to do about it? it is going to be radical. but rather than change it, i want to add to it. i want to reach more people. and most people live in urban areas. the days of walking into one of our beautiful houses and saying, a family lived here, it is not g

and coming up on bbc news, jurgen klopp hails mo salah as he inspires liverpool on a memorable championse night at anfield. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news at one. a danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of the swedish journalist kim wall. she was invited to interview peter madsen aboard his homemade submarine. but 11 days later, her dismembered remains were found at sea. maddy savage has been following the case and is in copenhagen. well, in sentencing pedro madsen to live, thejudge well, in sentencing pedro madsen to live, the judge described the killing as cynically planned and of a brutal nature. he also suggested peter madsen had shown little concern roar morse fric kim wall, even text in his wife minutes after he had killed her. —— little concern or remorse for kim wall. he had invited other women on board his submarine that summer but he said no. kim wall. a promising freelance journalist from sweden, who loved to travel. last august she was about to move to china with her danish boyfriend. but first, she had one last story to finish. in the s

jurgen klopp's fear some liverpool with the roar of ankle behind them, a place in the last four of europee for us. 180 minutes, we are going to try to make a good performance here to try to score goals and get a good result to manchester. among the highlights of the spectacular season for manchester city has been in the form of kevin de bruyne, the brilliant belgian has the ability to decide this time but he knows tomorrow's opposition carry a devastating attacking threat over own. liverpool area attacking threat over own. liverpool are a class team. sometimes unpredictable. but offensively they area unpredictable. but offensively they are a juggernaut. but in the end if you want to win titles you need to beat every team. this is part one of a massive week for manchester city. by a massive week for manchester city. by the end of it they could have put in the champions league semifinals and beat premier league champions with victory over their archrivals manchester united. another step on the path they hope will lead to global domination. leading the charge to stop them or be mohamed salah

nights goal of the season after half time roberta over marino then rounded off the victory coach jurgen klopp taking liverpool into the champions league sammy's for the first time since two thousand and eight belles turned to tonight's quarterfinals match up a bonus league champions byron munich hostings a video looking to overcome their spanish to do they've crashed out of the champions league to spanish opponents four years running and with a two one advantage from the first leg by and are in the driver's seat. the tall gray addition to the fencing around by and straining grown to keep up prying eyes to see unmistakable sign with a freshly crumpled this league champions are preparing for a crucial match but the return leg of the champions league quarter final against severe looks almost easy enough to buy in some way when in spain still complacency is not an option so i was given in a timid edge to one away win in the champions league is a great result but it is not over yet two one is good but they played an outstanding match in manchester they still are very good and dangerous teams and i

meanwhile managerjurgen klopp has spoken for the first time about the violence which left one of theirard about it, ok, i cannot describe my emotions in english to be honest. it was horrific still. that should never have happened, to be honest with you, and never have happened before, it should never have happened in the future. and we all have to do everything to make sure that things like that will not happen any more. liverpool's mo salah will be looking to prove a thorn in the side of his old team once again in that champions league semi final second leg. today the manchester united manager jose mourinho says he's responsible for salah and was quick to remind everyone that, while at chelsea, it was indeed him who brought the egyptian to this country. everybody knows that i brought salah. everybody knows that. i was at chelsea, and i am responsible for the players i bring into the clubs. and they come into the club and my period. so, yes, iwas the and they come into the club and my period. so, yes, i was the person that you can say brought salah to the country. absolutely fantastic

mindful of next week's champions league semifinal, jurgen klopp made five changes to his side and one ahead after three minutes. west brom could be relegated this weekend if results go against them. celtic can seal a seventh straight scottish title if they beat hibernian today. but hibs are threatening to delay the celebrations, afterjamie maclaren gave them the lead at easter road. great britain's fed cup tie with japan is finely poised at one rubber apiece. british number one johanna konta got her side back into the tie but had to work hard to beat kurumi nara, 6—4, 6—2. that made it 1—1 after heather watson lost to naomi osaka. the reverse singles and doubles take place tomorrow. mark selby has made a disastrous start to the defence of his world snooker title in sheffield. selby is looking for a fourth title in five years. he's playing joe perry but lost the first four frames. perry had to play three qualifiers to make the first round. he leads selby by five frames to two. and that's all the sport for now. john, thank you very much. you can see more on all of today's stories on the

a few years ago before eventually being sold to roma and he england with the spell in italy jurgen kloppyer there that we have time in his career. he became the player there that we have now a big credit to all of the staff and at roma, because they are all part of his hopefully, this is the start of something special with this squad. hopefully, this is the start of something special with this squadlj feel something special with this squad.” feel definitely been brilliant since he came to the club and we have improved every season and obviously, we have done so well this season to get to this stage. we've just got to keep going, keep working hard, keep improving and like i say, hopefully this is the start of many huge games to come in the next few the manager has definitely been brilliant since he came to the club and we have improved every season and obviously, we have done so well this season to get to this stage. we've just got to keep going, keep working hard, keep improving and like i say, hopefully this is the start of many huge games to come in the next few years at roma trained a

a first for liverpool managerjurgen kl°pp, first for liverpool managerjurgen klopp, having neverfacedons we have never played before so that already exciting, and i think it's how it a lwa ys exciting, and i think it's how it always is and should be. it's a difficult, because if someone only saw these two games, they would think they know everything about roma. arsenal faces favourite atletico madrid in the semifinals of the europa league. marseille will play the technology of video review has been used with varying success in the fa cup and league cup this season. keen to see how it fa res this season. keen to see how it fares at the world cup and potentially further being required. to the gold coast, and katerina johnson thompson has won her first major outdoor title at the commonwealth games. she followed up her indoor title last month with gold here, in two events. johnson thompson lucky to get through unscathed from having been carrying an injury throughout. everyone is cast. i had a little injury going in today too, so i was talking about managing my heptathlon. got a little bit

is the book a public favour to be named player of the year tomorrow and see me indispensable jurgen klopp for a second courtesy of the man who just keeps on scoring. he chalked up his first goal of the season. jake managed to pull a goal back. it was all west brom. the game slipping away from liverpool and they made it to all. the baggies had bounced back. but if that‘s too little too late? another positive result and a solid performance again against a very good team. to be to having zero down and really delighted with the players and everybody at the football clu b players and everybody at the football club and certainly today we have earned that result as a club. everybody supports the players, the staff have come together. we have come out of it with a positive result. near the game in the premier league today was between wofford and crystal palace finishing goalless. eight bookings and palace up to 15. three games to play watford state 12. there concealed a seventh straight title. since december 20 12. the point pushes palace up to 15th and six points clear of the relegation zone wit

jurgen klopp spoke earlier. he is still an influencer in football.een there for so long, how many years was he exactly there? that is long. a long time indeed. lots of reaction to arsene wenger‘s departure. his former goalkeeper david seaman tweeting this. and former manchester united player gary neville said this. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn added this. arsenal are looking for added this. arsenal are looking for a new manager, theirformer captain patrick vieira is the early favourite to succeed him. he is currently an edge of new york city and the. there are other names in the frame, including the former dortmund boss, and the germany coach. you can see all of the reaction to that departure on the bbc sport website. we will have a full round—up at1:30pm. a leading government scientist has warned that dangerous levels of the nerve agent used against the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia could still exist in salisbury. ian boyd was addressing a public meeting where people expressed frustration at the continued closure of nine

they're under pressure from tottenham who want to stow spurs now level on points but they are going klopp side and with a game in hand and both are a long way clear of fifth place chelsea who play on sunday at the top man city still have a thirteen point lead over united and will secure the title if they win at tottenham next saturday and germany bar in munich have sealed a record extending six abundance league a title in a row they did it by be defeating augsburg four one away with five more rounds to spare amos rodriguez and iron robin were among the goal scorers the win gives them an unassailable twenty point lead ahead of shock and byron can still win more silver way of the season they're still in the champions league and german cup competitions barcelona have extended their unbeaten streak in the spanish league to thirty eight matches equaling the all time record it softer a hat trick from lean on messi saw them be league anus three one at home on saturday bar sir now seven games away from becoming the only team to go a whole thirty eight games this season without losing a match. cit