We know that every games a tough game. Afghanistan today was no different. You know, we obviously started off pretty well, but there was moments in the game there where, you know, we were kind of battling a little bit and it was kind of on a knife edge for a while, so it was nice to get to a score. I guess that partnership between tom and gp was massive for us and then, you know, the pressure of the new ball always helps. We know afghanistan are a quality side and they showed that the other day. Manchester uniteds hopes of a first appearance in the group stage of the Womens Champions League were ended by defeat to Paris St Germain in the second round of qualifying. Marc skinners side came into the second leg in the french capital optimistic of getting past the two time finalists after having come back to draw 1 1 in last weeks first leg at leigh sports village. But despite a decent display, they were undone by a superior psg side. Elsewhere, glasgow city never looked like overturning norwegian side brann� s commanding first leg advantage. The draw for the group stage takes place on friday with last seasons Womens Super League winners chelsea, britains sole representative. Jenni hermoso has been named in the spain squad for the First Time Since winning the world cup. Former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales kissed hermoso during the world cup trophy presentation, which she says was not consensual. Rubiales eventually resigned and was given a restraining order. Now, liverpool, and egypt forward Mohamed Salah has called for World Leaders to come together to prevent further slaughter of Innocent Souls amid the ongoing israel gaza conflict. Health officials said hundreds of people were killed by an explosion at a crowded hospital in gaza city on tuesday night. Salah posted on social media and said humanitarian aid to gaza must be allowed immediately. Newcastle united have confirmed their midfielder, sandro tonali, is being investigated by the italian Prosecutors Office and the italian Football Federation in relation to alleged Illegal Betting activity. Its after tonali was withdrawn from italys Training Camp. Newcastle say the 23 year old is co operating with the enquiry and that he and his family would continue to receive the clubs full support. Tonali and aston villas Nicolo Zaniolo recently left italys Training Camp for their Euro Qualifiers against malta and england after being told they were involved in an investigation by italian prosecutors. Tonali has been capped 15 times by italy. Brazilian star neymar is to undergo surgery after suffering a ruptured Anterior Cruciate Ligament and meniscus in his left knee. The 31 year old picked up the injury while on International Duty for his country on tuesday in their 2 0 defeat to uruguay. His club, saudi arabias al hilal, have not said how long he is expected to be out for. Earlier this year, Czech Republic midfielder jakub jankto came out publicly as gay, becoming the first Current International male footballer to do so, posting a social media video to tell his story. Hes spoken to the bbc about his decision and how much better he feels now that hes not hiding who he is anymore. After six. Yeah, five, six months, i can tell it wasnt a mistake. If i can do it again, i definitely do because it helped myself, i think i helped many people lots of thousands, i dont know how many people. Also, i think it was a huge moment for the all footballers in a personal perspective. And many clubs wrote me and many professional players wrote me that they thanked me for these messages. I think its a really good positive and a good, positive example for everybody, and now, im really happy that i can play without any hide and without any scare. I had always feared that, for example, on the phone that maybe somebody reads a message or see a photo from guy. At this moment, nothing is happening wejust continue, we just carry on like nothing happening and im really happy for that. So after six months, like, its all im really happy and good to do it. Winger mark telea is back in the new zealand side for the all blacks Rugby World Cup semifinal against argentina. Telea was dropped for the Quarterfinal Victory over ireland after a breach of team protocol. His return is one of two changes to ian fosters starting 15 for fridays semifinal with Sam Whitelock coming into the second row. Weve learnt to greatly respect argentina and what playing for what, you know, for them, playing for their country, it clearly means a lot. Theyre perhaps an underrated Team Worldwide that has got a really rich history of perhaps overachieving at world cups and done a fantasticjob to get here at the same level we are, so its going to be a heck of a game. Were going to have to improve our performance because the stage gets bigger and bigger at this time of the tournament and youve got to grow your game, and thats our strong focus and the fact is that we know that and weve said it before the irish game and is that its the best team on the night that wins it and we know argentina has done that to us so but we dont were not buying into anything about favouritism or underdogs or whatever. It doesnt make any difference to us. We know we have to perform at our best and thats the only way were approaching this game. The winner of that first semifinal will play either england or south africa in the final at the stade de france. Scrum half danny care has featured in four of englands five games, including sundays nail biting Quarterfinal Win over fiji. I think a lot� s changed in four years. Were a completely different team, i think theyre a different team. I think theyre playing a slightly different way. Got so much respect for them as a team and their coaches. I think theyve tweaked and adapted their game and there isnt many weaknesses there to for us to go after. I think weve got to be incredibly respectful of them, which we are, but then also try to focus on ourselves a fair bit this week. Our games slowly, i think, Getting Better and better. Weve shown glimpses of really good stuff and stuff that we can definitely improve on. We know that if we can get our game on the pitch, we can hopefully cause them some problems, but were fully aware of the mammoth task at stake, but were excited for it. Investigators into snooker� s largest ever Match Fixing Scandal have told the bbc that a Perfect Storm of corruption, money troubles, cultural issues and the covid i9 lockdown led to the scandal. Liang wenbo and li hang were given lifetime bans, while eight others, including major winners yan bingtao and zhao xintong, were handed suspensions. Its hoped that will act as a deterrent to potential cheats. Bbc sport has been given access to the investigation and a company that monitors suspicious betting patterns. Youre looking at the most common things, you know, outright winner, Frame Handicap and totals markets. Some of the more side markets, so correct score was a big one, so, you know, actually betting on the score so, for example, fourframes to one yeah, and frame winner and other potential side markets they could manipulate. Weve seen evidence, as the investigation progressed, that they were aware of odds monitoring and had an understanding of how it works, so, yeah, weve even had examples where we believe manipulation was called off based on a movement in the odds theyd seen the odds shift and, therefore, they knew that would be detected, therefore, they called off their plans to fix that match. The behaviour of some individuals in this last case was absolutely despicable, especially older players who had had good careers. Using young, vulnerable players to do the dirty work. It is absolutely despicable. Were constantly reviewing our processes, constantly looking at, you know, how do we keep on top of this . But its notjust a snooker problem, this is a worldwide sport problem. Were a sport that stands out and actually says we have got a problem, here it is and this is what were going to do about it. As a sport, i think were incredibly clean and the vast majority of players are there to try and make a living, to try to do well as a sport, and its just unfortunate when you get a corrupt influence, such as we had here, and money came into playj with debt and other things that cause this. The damage you do to the sport, the damage you do to yourself, i the damage you do to your family, and if you do it, evidence shows over time you will get caught. And, so, why would you do it . So, i think that message is quite powerful. You can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app orfrom our website. From me and the rest of the team, goodbye. Hello there. Well, storm babet continues to push northwards across the uk. Its impacts are likely to be felt for much of the rest of the week. In fact, the Met Office Hasissued its highest level of alert. Its a rare red warning in force for rain, valid from 6 00 on thursday evening right through until midday on friday. Its for northeastern areas of scotland, Parts Of Angus and southern aberdeenshire. The totals are really going to start to stack up. The rain is quite widespread across the uk as we head through the rest of the week, but nowhere more so than across northeastern areas of scotland, where there could be as much as two months worth of rainfall by the time we get to the end of the day on friday around 200 250mm of rain. And that heavy rain is moving northwards this is storm babet, of course. The winds are strengthening out towards the east coast of scotland. Gusts of wind here of around 70mph. The winds lightening towards the south. Its turning drier here. It is a mild start to the day but, of course, the temperatures are largely academic. And so, that rain will continue to push northwards as we head through the morning. Sunshine and showers, some of the showers possibly heavy and thundery across england and wales. The rain will start to turn very heavy, very persistent. It aligns with that strong Southeasterly Wind as we head through the day on thursday and it willjust keep coming as we come into thursday night and friday morning itself. So, that Southeasterly Wind driving more rain, acting as a kind of conveyor belt. And there are wider Amber Weather Warnings in force across scotland as well, another one for rain across caithness and sutherland, and this one is for wind too. Now, with that brisk Southeasterly Wind, its not the prevailing wind direction, so there could be some trees down, likely to be some impacts from these strong, gusty winds. But this, of course, is of most concern within the red warning area. Now, there could be some extensive flooding, possibly some deep, fast flowing floodwater, maybe some structural damage as well. Some very tricky travelling conditions as well, so dangerous for travel. And then, we see a second area of low pressure. Thats just going to enhance the rainfall a little further, i think, on friday. But then, as that low pressure builds through, we still see these gusty winds out towards the east coast. The focus of that rain will tend to be across central areas of england, down through parts of wales and particularly the southeast of england as we head towards the end of the day. Still very windy for eastern coasts, but at least the Rain Lightens across scotland. Do keep tuned to the forecast. Live from washington, this is bbc news. A glimmer of hope for the suffering in gaza. Egypt says it will open up the Rafah Crossing to allow some aid to reach civilians. That deal was part of President Biden� s visit to israel where he pledged unwavering us support. Hes now en route back to the us. As one leader departs, another enters, with the british Prime Minister on his way to israel on a Diplomatic Mission of his own. Hello. Im sumi somaskanda. Welcome to our show. More blame and bloodshed in gaza as World Leaders step up efforts to prevent the war from spilling into the wider region. As us President Biden returns to washington, Prime Minister rishi sunak is on his way to israel. There, he will meet with israels pm, benjamin netanyahu, on thursday, adding to the push for humanitarian aide to be delivered quickly. That aid is set to start trickling in through egypt. Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El sisi says the country will establish a sustainable aid corridor using the Rafah Crossing, which connects egypt to gaza. President biden says egypt will allow 20 humanitarian aide trucks to roll through. So far, no timeframe was given for the aids arrival. Israel earlier said it wont get in the way of food, water and medicine getting to civilians, as long
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