but on tuesday the 2017 winners urawa red diamonds made sure that there would be a guaranteed japanese reports. u rawa urawa red diamonds with home advantage, were the favourites. their opponents and rivals for a place in the last 16 needed a win or score. . . place in the last 16 needed a win or score... sorry about that. we have an issue with that vt. we will try to bring it to you again in the next hour. in the meantime, let us not panic. we will move along. england footballerjordan nobbs has called for more research to be done on a potential link between injuries and hormones. nobbs will miss the women's world cup which starts next month after suffering a knee injury last year and she's revealed that it happened on the first day of her period. more sports are now monitoring women's cycles and what impact they might have on an athlete's performance. katie shanahan reports. six months ago, england footballer jordan nobbs was on the road to a world cup. but that all changed in november. she suffered a serious knee injury, tearing her acl. she was playing for arsenal at the time and wh

is set to miss the europa league final overfears for his safety in azerbaijan. 2017 winners urawa red diamondsill leads the giro d'italia, but stage 10 saw germany's pascal ackermann take a tumble that meant he missed out on a third stage win. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that arsenal midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan will not play in the europa league final against chelsea next week. it's understood the 30—year—old armenian feared for his safety on the pitch in the azerbaijan capital of baku. as a result of political tensions between azerbaijan and armenia, mkhitaryan has missed club matches played in azerbaijan in the past. it is bad

the knockout stages — after the korean champions beat beijing guoan 1—0, while 2017 champions urawa red diamonds united taking them second in group g with one match remaining. elsewhere in football news atletico madrid captain diego godin will leave the club — after nine years when his contract expires in june. the uruguayan defender was in tears at a press conference, as he made the announcement on tuesday. he's played 387 times for atletico and famously clinched the club's first la liga title in 18 years — with a header in a 1—1 draw at barcelona in 2014. godin didn't say where he's moving to, but there is speculation he could bejoining inter milan in italy's serie a. translation: this is so difficult. as you can imagine i have called you all here because these are my last few days. my last two games with madrid. now to tennis and at the madrid open roger federer returned to the clay court for the first time in three years and needed less than an hour to dispatch richard gasquet 6—2, 6-3. the world number three is a two time winner of this event previously and said afterwards that it was a spe