while celtic should have enough to repeat last season‘s success against rosenborg tonight, but beyondwould have another road to negotiate to get back into the champions league group stage. —— aak athens. it is in those matches brendan rodgers may be grateful for one matches brendan rodgers may be gratefulfor one or two matches brendan rodgers may be grateful for one or two quality additions to his squad. bbc news, tronheim, norway. also coming up in the programme... 0n the eve of the inaugural european championships... we hear from we hearfrom one of we hear from one of the we hearfrom one of the biggest names in swimming. and when is a sport not a sport? when it is an e—sport, apparently. we will get the latest on the gaming fight to get recognition. well, it‘s not long since the world cup ended — but we‘re already getting set for the return of football this weekend. reading host derby on friday in the championship as the efl kicks off a new season. and there‘s no doubt all eyes will be on frank lampard in the derby dugout. countless trophies as a player — how will he fare as a manag

and celtic drew 0—0 at rosenborg, to go through 3—1 on aggregate.lay perfect football, and especially in europe, and we are under pressure. and there are questions asked about your resilience, and i thought we stood up resilience, and i thought we stood up to that very well. so it was a clea n up to that very well. so it was a clean sheet, and that is always good to do, especially in europe, away from home. we won the game, won the tie last week, with a great attacking performance, and defended it well. and denied it was probably more aboutjust being solid and keeping a clean sheet. at the women's hockey world cup in london, spain and australia are the first teams through to the semi—finals. spain were 1—0 winners against germany, as carmen cano scored the only goal of the game. and her side will play the winners of thursday's match between ireland and india in the semis, while australia beat argentina in a penalty shootout, and will face either the host nation, england, orthe defending champions, the netherlands, in the semis. so, as we've seen, th

celtic meet salzburg, rb leipzig and rosenborg while rangers face rapid vienna, villarreal and spa rtakravel for they‘re away matches but looking harderfor they‘re away matches but looking harder for celtic they‘re away matches but looking harderfor celtic and they‘re away matches but looking harder for celtic and rangers. they‘re away matches but looking harder for celtic and rangersm they‘re away matches but looking harder for celtic and rangers. it is what can happen in these drawers. there is a lot of travelling involved. we had two games in athens and istanbul and that was difficult to play on the sunday and compete at that level in the premier league. celtic and rangers have a lot of travelling but that is where they wa nted travelling but that is where they wanted to be. celtic will be disappointed they did not make the champions league. but i am sure excited by stephen‘s first year as manager they will be excited to get through to the first stages. before any of those long european trips, celtic and rangers have the small matter of the old firm derby to think about this weekend.

a goalless draw against norwegian side rosenborg was enough for them.'s open on the bbc sport website. a bit of rain over the last week or so, much greener than it was at that carnoustie for the man's. week or so, much greener than it was at that carnoustie for the man'slj was there on tuesday, it was so lovely. it seemed like the weather was coming in a bit. that is links golf for you. if you can't cope with the rain in the wind... we have played there together. we have, those bunkers are fiendish. they are brutal, horrible. we will have a look at the front pages. the mirror says i look at the front pages. the mirror saysi million look at the front pages. the mirror says i million holidaymakers look at the front pages. the mirror saysi million holidaymakers are being warned a heatwave spain and portugal could be a danger to health. the lead story in the guardian claims ministers plan to investigate whether the government is to blame for a sharp rise in the use of food banks. 0n the daily mail, the news that most adults in the uk look at their mobile ph

brendan rodgers' side lead hosts rosenborg 3—i going into the second qualifying round decider, with aekf course we come with an advantage, and we feel that we can come here and play well, but like every european game away from home, you have to defend well, you have to be strong, and we know, as we have seen, that we can score goals. it's now just over a week to go until the premier league kicks off. we can't wait for that. and two contenders were in pre—season action overnight in the champions cup. tottenham youngster georges—k vin nkoudou got their only goal in a 1—0 win over ac milan in minneapolis. and manchester united also won. ander herrera got the pick of the goals in a 2—1 win over real madrid in miami. so has that cheered up jose mourinho? in i think" in i think 11 days we started the premier league, and these are the players that we have, plus lindelof who started training a couple of days ago, plus marcus rashford, jones and lukaku, because they gave to the group and to the team three days of their holidays, so they are coming back three days early to try to be available for

champions league group phase after reaching the third qualifying round after a goalless draw against rosenborgin that and they face a play off to then earn a spot in the group phase. the women's british open is under way, the fourth major of the year on the women's tour. play got under way at royal lytham and st anne's this morning. ariya jutanugarn is the world number one, she's bidding for back—to—back majors after winning the us open. bronte law the best of the british so far, in the clubhouse on 2 under par, after a round of 70. three shots off course leader. highlights are on bbc two later tonight. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. new legislation in scotland means that once a doctor has diagnosed someone as terminally ill, they immediately receive the main disability benefit, known as a personal independence payment, rather than waiting to be assessed. in the rest of the uk, only people with six months or less to live, are fast—tracked through the system. 0ur northern ireland correspondent, chris page, has been to meet campaigners who are calling for

brendan rodger‘s side lead hosts rosenborg 3—1 going into the second qualifying round decider, with aekplaced by tay—zya ?james, who joined up with the squad in glasgow on wednesday. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. thank you. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide and see what‘s happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let‘s go tojenine machin in cambridge, who‘s been looking at a story we‘ve been examining for some time on nationwide, as northamptonshire county council prepares for crisis talks over where to make £70 million in service cuts. amy cole is in birmingham, where ahead of the 2018 british transplant games set to take place in the city in the coming week, they‘ve been speaking to one young tennis player, and the mum, whose son‘s sacrifice allowed him to compete. we will be with you in a moment amy. janine, this is something for the last six month, we have been talking about and it seems things are coming toa about and it seems things are coming to a head. they really are. if i bring you up