ballance made the apology in—person during a meeting with rafiq in london this week.y genuine, it was incredibly moving. and it's been really helpful on a human level for myself, and i'm sure the same for gary, as well, for us to start putting our lives back together. moving to football — liverpool and rangers will meet in the champions league group stage, while manchester city's erling haaland is set to face his old club, borussia dortmund. scottish champions celtic are in the same group, as holders real madrid and chelsea face ac milan. group stage debutants eintracht frankfurt are in the same group as tottenham. bayern munich, barcelona, and inter milan have all been drawn in the same group. west ham will also be in tomorrow's draw for the group stages of the europa conference league. they beat danish side viborg 3—0 in the second leg of their qualifier — progressing 6—1 on aggregate. and they will also be joined by hearts, who drop into the europa conference league after a 1—0 defeat to swiss side fc zurich in the second leg of their europa league play—off, losing

and we�*ll hear from rafiq live in the news shortly.tish champions celtic are in the same group as holders real madrid and chelsea face ac milan. group stage debutants eintracht frankfurt are in the same group as tottenham. bayern munich, barcelona and inter milan have all been drawn in the same group. west ham will be in tomorrow�*s draw for the group stages of the europa conference league. they beat danish side viborg 3—0 in the second leg of their qualifer — gianluca scamacca put them ahead. before said benrahma made it 2—0 and thomas soucek added a third. 3—0 on the night, 6—1 on aggregate. also in the europa league — hearts are currently 0—0 with zurich, 2—1 behind on aggregate. in the europa conference, linfield who are hoping to be the first irish league side to reach a european qualifying stage are drawing 0—0 against rigas futbola skola, that one is 2—2 on aggregate. confirmation of west ham�*s result, and you can see the latest scores on the bbc sport website. england manager sarina wiegman has been named uefa women�*s coach o

in response, rafiq said...m day one, all i wanted was to get an apology to what happened. one of the _ get an apology to what happened. one of the main _ get an apology to what happened. one of the main reasons i spoke out was to make _ of the main reasons i spoke out was to make sure — of the main reasons i spoke out was to make sure this doesn't happen to another kid — to make sure this doesn't happen to another kid. obviously, it's been a lon- another kid. obviously, it's been a longtime — another kid. obviously, it's been a long time coming. we had our challenges, but when the meeting was proposed _ challenges, but when the meeting was proposed and put together, i was rorally— proposed and put together, i was really happy. to tennis now, and the draw for the first round of the us open, which begins on monday, has been made. serena williams, who has hinted at her retirement after the championships, is up against danka kovinic first. britain's emma raducanu, the defending champion faces france's alize cornet.

tonight rafiq told the bbc the meeting was a significant step forward., for us to start putting our lives back together. meanwhile, wickets tumbled on the first day of the second test at old trafford as england try to bounce back from their defeat in their first test against south africa. england ended on 111 for three in theirfirst innings — having started the day bowling. joe wilson was watching. who put the old in old trafford? well, certainly not him, he'll never end. james anderson is a sprightly 40. edge of bat, catch and another batter baffled. that's the way he does it, playing here in his 100th test match on home soil. and that's unique territory. and then there's stuart broad. south africa's captain was dismissed here. dean elgar had chosen to bat first. no one lasted long. yeah, another wicket for broad here. in helpful conditions, england's captain was delighted to be bowling. in fact, when ben stokes saw aiden markram whack the ball up to the sky and down to the gloves, he could barely believe his luck. with a dash of anderson and a thump of

ballance made the apology in—person during a meeting with rafiq in london this week.ue group stage, while manchester city's erling haaland is set to face his old club, borussia dortmund. scottish champions celtic are in the same group, as holders real madrid and chelsea face ac milan. group stage debutants eintracht frankfurt are in the same group as tottenham. bayern munich, barcelona, and inter milan have all been drawn in the same group. west ham will also be in tomorrow's draw for the group stages of the europa conference league. they beat danish side viborg 3—0 in the second leg of their qualifier — progressing 6—1 on aggregate. and they will also be joined by hearts, who drop into the europa conference league after a 1—0 defeat to swiss side fc zurich in the second leg of their europa league play—off, losing 3—1 on aggregate. they have crashed out, thanks in part to an own goal from jimmy callagher in the last minute of extra time against latvian's rfs, which saw it finish 1—1 on the night and 3—3 on aggregate. the northern irish side went on to lose on penaltie

ballance made the apology in—person during a meeting with rafiq in london this week. 21—time grand slam champion said, "sadly, i will not be able to travel to new york this time for the us open." djokovic did not defend his australian open title injanuary because his covid—19 vaccination status led to him being deported from the country. since october 2021, the united states has banned non—vaccinated visitors. newcastle are set to sign real sociedad striker alexander isak for a club record fee of around £60 million. the sweden international would boost the magpies attacking options given the injury record of callum wilson, who is awaiting results of a hamstring scan. isak has scored a total of 44 goals over the last four seasons for sociedad. his signing would be a significant shift from newcastle's owners, who took over the club in october, and would almost double their spending this summer to just short of £120 million. and newcastle have not been the only big spenders in this transfer window. there's only a week left, and according to analysis from finance company

ballance made the apology in—person during a meeting with rafiq in london this week.wcastle's owners, who took over the club in october, and would almost double their spending this summer to short of £120 million. well, there is only a week of the transfer window left and it's been another big summer of spending in the premier league — according to analysis from finance company deloitte. they claim premier league clubs have broken their record for spending in a summer transfer window, exceeding the previous record of £1.11 billion in 2017. the so—called big six have contributed heavily to that — liverpool spent £61; million on darwin nunez, while manchester united have signed midfielder casemiro for £60 million. richarlison, erling haaland and raheem sterling have also alljoined new clubs — and all moved for £50 million or more. injust over an hour, the draw for the champions league group stage will be made. rangers are in it for the first time in a decade following their 1—0 win against psv eindhoven last night, and theyjoin rivals celtic in pot four. manchester city

have been raised through cricket, particularly after the testimony of former yorkshire player azeem rafiqopportunity to make progress. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. this summer, the nations come together, cricket is commonwealth, it is legacy, it is empire. read the map of this part and you follow the outline of the british empire, history, which is shaped so many modern identities. cricket has been transformed by the diverse nations that play, can you now bring common purpose and britain as it finds as it finds a home at the commonwealth games. we begin in mumbai, the modern centre of the global game. it was here in the 1890s that the british governor promoted cricket with colonial motivation. this governor promoted cricket with colonial motivation.— governor promoted cricket with colonial motivation. as the empire . rew colonial motivation. as the empire crew and colonial motivation. as the empire grew and crickets _ colonial motivation. as the empire grew and crickets came _ colonial motivation. as the empire grew and crickets came to - colonial motivation. as the empire