phil foden had had trouble. has gone straight through him. box so gundogan hit the post. pep guardiola adopted this position for much of the second half. he knew atletico would push for a goal. how close was that from antoine griezmann? mighty close. as the home side became increasingly desperate, felipe crunched into phil foden again and was sent off. and that helped city's cause. a madrid melee and nine minutes of extra time later, relief. city had scraped into the semifinals. they'll return to this city to real madrid. for liverpool, it was a more straightforward passage he's gone straight through him. he played on despite a clattering challenge from felipe to stop visitors to anfield, though, tend to raise their game. ramos raised portuguese hopes. roberto firmino's second—half brace was enough to see them through. olly foster, bbc news. the manager of northern ireland women, kenny shiels, has apologised for his comments following their 5—nil defeat to england in women's world cup qualifying last night. shiels said women are more emotiona

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phil foden had had trouble. he's gone straight through him. was that from antoine griezmann? mighty close. as the home side became increasingly desperate, felipe crunched into phil foden again and was sent off. and that helped city's cause. a madrid melee and nine minutes of extra time later, relief. city had scraped into the semifinals. they'll return to this city to real madrid. for liverpool, it was a more straightforward passage into the semifinals. konate opened the scoring against benfica last week and there were few players to keep this place and was on target again. visitors to anfield, though, tend to raise their game. ramos raised portuguese hopes. roberto firmino's second—half brace was enough to see them through. 0lly foster, bbc news. the manager of northern ireland women, kenny shiels, has apologised for his comments following their 5—nil defeat to england in women's world cup qualifying last night. shiels said women are more emotional than men and end up conceding goals in quick succession as a result. former players like siobha

well, with time running out, phil foden found kevin de bruyne, and at last... celebration. how city were made to work for it, but that was enough for a 1—0 win and a crucial lead heading into the second leg. liverpool, meanwhile, were in lisbon to face benfica. and they got off to a thumping start. konate! ibrahima konate made the most of some charitable defending to power the visitors ahead. and it soon got even better for them, as liverpool's class was once again clear — sadio mane tapping them into a 2—0 lead at the break. but after it, benfica hit back. konate's mistake and darwin nunez gave the hosts new hope. but it was the visitors that had the last word, as luis diaz kept his cool to round off a 3—1win for liverpool, a place in the semifinals very much in their sights. andy swiss, bbc news. it's the talk of the golfing world, but tiger woods says he will play at the masters that starts on thursday — and not only that, he's aiming to win. woods is on the hunt for what would be his 16th major title. and it would mark an incredible return after the horrifi

barely had phil foden made it 3—1 to city when viniciusjunior made it 3—2.o—goal advantage, before one final twist. handball, a real penalty, which benzema converted in the most impudent fashion. li—3 to city. fair to say, the second leg has something to live up to. what an incredible match that was. a real champions league magic. city should have won by more but they will take that slender lead to madrid next week after a night, fancy it will certainly never forget. the organisers of wimbledon have defended their decision to ban russian and belarusian players at the tournament this summer. insisting it's the right and responsible thing to do. the chief executive of the all england club, sally bolton, was responding to criticism from tennis' governing bodies and some players over the decision. insisting that they wanted to limit the chances of the russian regime capitalising on sporting success at wimbledon. the government issued guidance in march which was part of their response to the russian invasion of ukraine and sought to limit the influence of the rus

that goal coming from riyad mahrez before phil foden and bernardo silva put the game to bed.oints, liverpool will be champion and we will be champion. so, the players, they know it, so we went to try and hopefully the make a influence in our place. but we're not exactly with a tough game to have and every game is different. but like today, a number of older games. and we are going to celebrate it, otherwise. arsenal boosted their chances of champions league football arsenal have boosted their chances of champions league football with a li—2 in at chelsea tonight. they're still fifth, but level on points now with fourth placed tottenham with the same number of games played. arsenal went ahead at stamford bridge afterjust minutes before timo werner equalised for chelsea. arsenal were back in front through emile smith rowe but cezar apilicueta here pulled chelsea level again, 2—2 with just over half an hour played. but arsenal were not done, nketiah scored his second of the game before bukayo saka's penalty wrapped up a cricial three points and brought arsenal's three game losin

was the difference maker on the night with 20 minutes to go made no mistake when put through by phil fodencept the first ten, five minutes, the second half. like, um, like, uh, like we attack not the right rhythm. we would like to talk more about our rhythm, but the way we play is the way we play. but yeah, good result. unfortunately, at the end, we had one or two more chances with kevin to score more goals, but even i—0, 2—0 with this tough, difficult. but yeah, but we won the game. liverpool, meanwhile, have one foot in the semi—finals after beating benfica three one in portugal. ibrahim ashkenazy rose highest to head the visitors into the lead from a corner before sadio mane added a clinical second to dampen the mood at a lively estadio duluth in lisbon. darwin nunez gave the hosts some hope at two one, but former porto man luis diaz added a third forjurgen klopp's liverpool, who are in the driving seat. and what a tie in store as chelsea and real madrid go head to head in that quarterfinal first leg at stamford bridge on wednesday. chelsea are the defending champions, of course, and we

well, with time running out, phil foden found kevin de bruyne and at last...t, but that was enough for a 1—0 win and a crucial lead heading into the second leg. liverpool, meanwhile, were in lisbon to face benfica, and they get off to a thumping start.

well, with time running out, phil foden found kevin de bruyne and at last... for de bruyne! from stalemate to celebration, how city were made to work for it, but that was enough for a 1—0 win and a crucial lead heading into the second leg. liverpool, meanwhile, were in lisbon to face benfica, and they get off to a thumping start. kanate! ibrahima kanate made the most of some charitable defending to power the visitors ahead, and it soon got even better for them as liverpool's class was once again clear. sadio mane tapping them into 2—0 lead at the break. but after it, benfica hit back. kanate�*s mistake, and darwin nunez gave the hosts new hope. but it was the visitors that had the last word, as luis diaz kept his cool to round off a 3—1 win for liverpool. a place in the semifinals very much in their sights. andy swiss, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin bentham, who's the home affairs editor at the e

barely had phil foden made it 3—1 to city when viniciusjunior made it 3—2.rilliantly restored city's two—goal advantage, before one final twist. handball, a real penalty, which benzema converted in the most impudent fashion. a—3 to city. fair to say, the second leg has something to live up to. what an incredible match that was. a real champions league classic. city, frankly, should have won by more, but they will take that for— three lead to madrid next week after a night of the fans here will certainly never forget. the funeral of harry billinge, one of the first british soldiers to step onto the beaches of normandy on d—day in 19aa, has taken place in cornwall. mr billinge was 96 when he died earlier this month. jon kay reports from st austell. "it's not about me," he always said. "it's about the boys who didn't come home." but today, it was about harry billinge. d—day veteran, fundraiser, family man and friend. we receive the body of our brother harry with confidence in god. the church so full that extra space had to be found in a nearby hall. for harry,

city also make three changes — kyle walker, gabrieljesus and phil foden all back in the starting line—upoofe hit a hat—trick as rangers won 4—0 at st mirren in the scottish premiership. the striker put his side in control of the match with headers at the beginning and end of the first half. his third goal came soon after the break, but the pick of the bunch later came from joe aribo. rangers are six points behind leaders celtic. in the women's six nations, scotland were thrashed 28—8 by france in glasgow. laure sansus scored a first—half double, including this stunning solo try to give france an early lead. they are now level with england with maximum points from their three games, while scotland have only one. ireland face italy at five o'clock. it isa it is a busy day of sport and you can keep right across a toll on the bbc sport website, including that big game at the top of the premier league which is not long way. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that is it from me. thank you very much. members of pakistan's parliament are due to decide on monday who should succeed imra

with 10 men when defender felipe was shown a second yellow card for a dangerous follow—through on phil fodenll be back in madrid to face real in the last four. joining manchester city in the semi finals are their fellow english premier league rivals liverpool. both sides could meet in the final. liverpool played out an entertaining 3—3 draw with benfica at anfield with roberto firmino scoring twice to put them 3—1 up. but the portuguese side staged a spirited fightback with darwin nunez scoring a late equaliser. jurgen klopp's side go through 6—4 on aggregate with the side that knocked out bayern munich, unai emery�*s villarreal awaiting in the semis. they probably have the most successful manager in football, so he knows what he is doing. two different approaches, away and time, it was clear. they defended munich even more than they did at villa real. without it, it wouldn't be champions' league. a resurgent barcelona are in europa league action later on thursday. they play german side eintracht frankfurt in the second leg of their quarter—final. barca drew i—i when they played last thursda

that goal coming from riyad mahrez before phil foden and bernardo silva put the game to bed.ball history, we are facing one of the best teams ever. everything. that's why being there with them, winning premier league is in the past, and the players know it and they face them and we know. arsenal have boosted their chances of champions league football with a 4—2 in at chelsea. mikel arteta's team had lost their last three games in a row but were twice in front at stamford bridge inside the first half an hour. cesar azipiliqueta made it 2—2 before the break but second half goals from nketiah and bukayo saka ensured arsenal moved level on points with tottenham in fourth. rb leipzig are through to the german cup final against freiberg after beating unioin berlin in their semi final but they had to come from a goal down after sheraldo becker fired the visitors in front mid—way through the first half. leipzig were thrown a lifeline when this foul on christopher nkunkwu after an hour resulted in a penalty which andre silva scored to make it i—all. extra—time was looming when emil fo

i thought he had mounted to suffocate them and diego simeone was very happy with their work —— phil fodenst push this tie into extra time. it is going to be interesting to get that manchester city news in the next 20 minutes or so, and just how atleti are going to approach this mass match. simeone has been accused of being dull and anti—football. radio five live how commentary. chris sutton will be a pundit. toe to toe with manchester city, and ithink— toe to toe with manchester city, and i think that _ toe to toe with manchester city, and i think that will be a long light for atletico. we know it's going to be for atletico. we know it's going to he intense — for atletico. we know it's going to be intense and quite a fiery game. we know_ be intense and quite a fiery game. we know they will try and get under the manchester city players' skin. but what — the manchester city players' skin. but what we do know about manchester city in _ but what we do know about manchester city in the _ but what we do know about manchester city in the competition, pep wants to win, _ city in the competition,

well, with time running out, phil foden found kevin de bruyne, and at last...itable defending to power the visitors ahead. and it soon got even better for them, as liverpool's class was once again clear — sadio mane tapping them into a 2—0 lead at the break. but after it, benfica hit back. konate's mistake and darwin nunez gave the hosts new hope. but it was the visitors that had the last word, as luis diaz kept his cool to round off a 3—1win for liverpool, a place in the semifinals very much in their sights. andy swiss, bbc news. now, to the talk of the golfing world. tiger woods says he will play at the masters that starts on thursday — and not only that, he's aiming to win. woods is on the hunt for what would be his 16th major title. and it would mark an incredible return after the horrific car crash he suffered last year. joe lynskey has more. this was february 2021, just 11t months ago, when tiger woods lay in wreckage. 0ur headlines today: tiger woods undergoes surgery after a car crash in los angeles. tiger woods had to be cut from the wreckage by a fire

that goal coming from riyad mahrez before phil foden and bernardo silva put the game to bed.an influence in our plays. but we're not exactly with a tough game to have and every game is different. but like today, if we win our other games. we are going to celebrate it. arsenal have boosted their chances of champions league football with a 4—2 in at chelsea tonight. they're still fifth, but level on points now with fourth placed tottenham with the same number of games played. arsenal went ahead at stamford bridge afterjust five minutes before timo werner equalised for chelsea. arsenal were back in front through emile smith rowe but cezar apilicueta here pulled chelsea level again, 2—2 withjust over half an hour played. but arsenal were not done, nketiah scored his second of the game before bukayo saka's penalty wrapped up a cricial three points and brought arsenal's three game losing run to an end. we have to win 4 matches and we have not done that in recent weeks and today, confidence and energy wise, it is it is quite exhausting. from the outside looking in, you play for four

barely had phil foden made it 3—1 to city when viniciusjunior made it 3—2.gue classic. city should have won by more but they will take that slender lead to madrid next week after a night, the fans here will certainly never forget. the organisers of wimbledon have defended their decision to ban russian and belarusian players at the tournament this summer. insisting it's the right and responsible thing to do. the chief executive of the all england club, sally bolton, was responding to criticism from tennis�* governing bodies and some players over the decision, insisting that they wanted to limit the chances of the russian regime capitalising on sporting success at wimbledon. the government issued guidance in march which was part of their response to the russian invasion of ukraine and sought to limit the influence of the russian regime using sporting success. in the context of that guidance we had to consider our options. at that point direct entry into the championships via ranking was off the table so as we considered our options in the context of the contin

well, with time running out, phil foden found kevin de bruyne and at last...crucial lead heading into the second leg. liverpool, meanwhile, were in lisbon to face benfica, and they got off to a thumping start. konate! ibrahima konate made the most of some charitable defending to power the visitors ahead. and it soon got even better for them, as liverpool's class was once again clear. sadio mane tapping them into a 2—0 lead at the break. but after it, benfica hit back. konate's mistake and darwin nunez gave the hosts new hope. but it was the visitors that had the last word, as luis diaz kept his cool to round off a 3—1 win for liverpool — a place in the semifinals very much in their sights. andy swiss, bbc news. so an eight o'clock kick off at stamford bridge tonight, where european champions chelsea take on real madrid. chelsea have been weathering government—imposed sanctions, and a run of six straight wins ended in a 4—1 thrashing by brentford at the weekend, their heaviest defeat of the season. the boss wants a positive reaction from the fans. we need to be

phil foden had had trouble. he played on despite that clattering challenge from felipe.strated. guardiola adopted this position for most of the second half. he knew that atletico would push for a goal. how close was that from antoine griezmann? mighty close! as the home side became increasingly desperate, felipe crunched into foden again and was sent off and that helped city's cause. a madrid melee and nine minutes of extra time later, there was relief. city had scraped into the semifinals. they're not going to forget this night in a hurry. there was a football match in there somewhere but they are going to return to this city soon enough, because in the semifinals, they have got real madrid. 0lly foster, bbc news, at the wanda metropolitano. also a thriller for liverpool, 3—3 they drew with benfica last night, but are through 6—4 on agregate, they face villareal in the last four. ibrahima konate put klopp's side in front, but benfica pulled level. roberto firmino's two second—half goals put the reds back in pole position. benfica finished with two more goals of their ow

phil foden made it three. but real, 13 times champions of europe, can recover by muscle memory.leg was twisted again by a late arm. real penalty, real pressure. so benzema did this. now city will need to stay cool in madrid. you have to perform really well in two games and we performed really well in the first one. we have to do it in the second one. it is a good test to show our personality as a team, and we are going to travel there to win the game. a wonderful evening but, for city, like many a great night, it might be sprinkled with regrets. tonight, it's liverpool's turn, the champions league one of four trophies they're chasing, having already lifted the league cup and they're into fa cup final as well. if last night was anything to go by, i'm not surejurgen klopp will be looking as relaxed later. they also face spanish opposition in the shape of villarreal, who knocked out bayern munich. liverpool in the semi—finals for the third time in five years. this is absolutely special to be part of the semifinal, it's crazy, it's crazy, really. it's a massive game. so many coaches

phil foden had had trouble. he played on despite that clattering challenge from felipe.ed this position for most of the second half. he knew that atletico would push for a goal. how close was that from antoine griezmann? mighty close! as the home side became increasingly desperate, felipe crunched into foden again and was sent off and that helped city's cause. a madrid melee and nine minutes of extra time later, there was relief. city had scraped into the semifinals. they're not going to forget this night in a hurry. there was a football match in there somewhere but they are going to return to this city soon enough, because in the semifinals, they have got real madrid. 0lly foster, bbc news, at the wanda metropolitano. also a thriller for liverpool, 3—3 they drew with benfica last night, but are through 6—4 on aggregate, they face villareal in the last four. ibrahima konate put klopp's side in front, but benfica pulled level, roberto firmino's two second—half goals put the reds back in pole position. benfica finished with two more goals of their own, to level the game, b

phil foden made it three. but real, 13 times champions of europe, can recover by muscle memory.rst leg was twisted again by a late arm. real penalty, real pressure. so karim benzema did this. now city will need to stay cool in madrid. you have to perform really well in two games and we performed really well in the first one. we have to do it in the second one. it is a good test to show our personality as a team, and we are going to travel there to win the game. a wonderful evening but, for city, like many a great night, it might be sprinkled with regrets. can you imagine what is needed to take a penalty like that? and tonight, it's liverpool's turn, the champions league one of four trophies they're chasing, having already lifted the league cup and they're into fa cup final. if last night was anything to go by, i'm not surejurgen klopp will be looking as relaxed later. they also face spanish opposition in the shape of villarreal, who knocked out bayern munich. liverpool in the semi—finals for the third time in five years. this is actually special to be part of the semifinal, it's

phil foden, who came on as a sub.... putting in kevin de bruyne for the only goal of the game.itle decider... although not klopp. if we win against city obviously it is difficult enough, i think nobody would think, ok, that is it, decided. because the quality of the opponent, if we play now against the best team in the world, that is how it is. we will give it a try anyway. at the other end of the premier league, there is a huge match this evening with strugglers everton going to burnley who are two points adrift of safety. despite the high stakes, everton boss frank lampard says he is looking forward to it. tension can be a good thing. it can also go the other way. i don't think we will feel tense, i think we will feel excited with the level of game and the competitive nature of what this game is. i loved, as a player, been involved in games where there was a lot on them. you know, we had ten of those and this is the first one that is in front of us, so, yeah, i am calm and excited and when the game comes, we willjust have to have an absolute belief in ourselves. elsewhere, th

their cool, and finished with ten men, felipe sent off in the final moments after lashing out at phil fodenca last night, but are through 6—4 on agregate, they face villareal in the last four. ibrahima konate put klopp's side in front, but benfica pulled level. roberto firmino's two second—half goals put the reds back in pole position. benfica finished with two more goals of their own, to level the game, but couldn't overhaul liverpool's first leg advantage who are still chasing a total of four trophies this season. with the dust starting to settle on the quarterfinals, here are those all important dates for the semifinals. the first will begin on tuesday 26 april, with man city v real madrid and liverpool v villarreal the following night. then the second legs are on the 3rd and 4th of may. all matches kicking off at 8pm. some sad news to bring you, the former colombia captain freddy rincon has died after suffering severe head injuries in a car crash. the 55—year—old was driving a car that collided with a bus on monday in cali, in colombia. the former real madrid midfielder scored 17 times

phil foden made it three. but real, 13 times champions of europe, can recover by muscle memory.s a good test to show our personality as a team, and we are going to travel there to win the game. a wonderful evening but, for city, like many a great night, it might be sprinkled with regrets. can villareal and liverpool match up to that epic in their semi—final tonight? liverpool are chashing the champions league as one of four trophies they could win this season. they've already won the league cup, they're into the fa cup final, and they're just one point behind manchester city in the premier league. jurgen klopp may not be looking quite so relaxed later. in villareal they face a formidable foe. the europa league champions knocked out bayern munich in the last round. it's the third time in five seasons klopp has led liverpool to the last four of europe's elite competition. this is absolutely special to be part of the semifinal, it's crazy, it's crazy, really. it's a massive game. so many coaches, so many players out there try and work their socks off their whole life and have no ch

well, with time running out, phil foden found kevin de bruyne and at last...s diaz kept his cool to round off a 3—1 win for liverpool — a place in the semifinals very much in their sights. andy swiss, bbc news. to that big night at stamford bridge where european champions chelsea take on real madrid. chelsea have been weathering government—imposed sanctions, and a run of six straight wins ended in a a—1 thrashing by brentford at the weekend — their heaviest defeat of the season. the boss wants a positive reaction from the fans. we need to be better on the pitch — we are the first to admit it — but we need the crowd to be better, supporters to be better. it was like this — we need everybody on the front foot. when you play in turin, play in malmo, play in st petersburg, play in lille, it's super hard and it's much harder to play against the spectators, as well. and we will face it next week in madrid. so, yeah, everybody needs to be on top level. he hasn't got an easyjob. that match is at eight o'clock tonight. the champions league is exciting, being back again