Welcome to the programme. Lets start with the europa league, where west ham have comfortably beaten freiburg to reach the last eight of the competition. West ham were 2 0 up at half time, to take a 2 1 lead on aggregate in the tie, then went on to win 5 0 on the night Mohamed Kudus with a brace to help them on the way to the win. It means david moyes has led the team to a european quarterfinal for the third year in a row. Hugely pleased with the goals and the level of the performance and how well the players did tonight. We were really unhappy from the first game. All the staff, the players, we felt we shouldnt have come out with the result we had. We had to live with that and try and put it right and tonight we did. There were remarkable scenes as Bayer Leverkusen kept their unbeaten season alive late on to beat qarabag. The visitors were 2 0 up, 4 2 ahead on aggregate, but xabi alonso� s side went on to win 3 2 on the night, thanks to two stoppage time goals from patrik schick. Elsewhere, rangers are out after being beaten 1 0 on the night by benfica at ibrox. Liverpool are comfortably through, beating sparta 11 2 on aggregate. Brightons European Journey is over that 4 0 defeat in the first leg against roma too much to overturn. Milan also through. So here are the eight teams left in the competition. Atalanta and marseille the other teams through that we havent mentioned. The draw for the quarterfinals will take place on friday all the details will be on the bbc sport app. Aston villa meanwhile will be in the Europa Conference League quarterfinal draw, after beating ajax 4 0 on the night, following a goalless first leg. Ollie watkins scored the first goal for villa, but later came off injured, which will be a worry for Gareth Southgate after the striker was picked for the england squad earlier. Second half goals from leon bailey, john duran and moussa diaby sealed villas progress to the last eight. So watkins is supposed to be a part of Gareth Southgate� s england squad for friendlies with belgium and brazil later this month. Brentford striker ivan toney is back for the First Time Since his eight month ban for breaching fa betting rules. There are also first time call ups for Newcastle Forward anthony gordon. The 23 year old has scored ten goals in all competitions this season for his club, and also for 21 year old defender jarrad branthwaite, whos impressed for everton this season. We watched him as a back up in the under 21 finals last year and if you said to me he would play as consistently well at Premier League level as he has, i would have questioned that last summer. So he is in on merit and really keen to work with him and find out more about him. The final weekend of the six nations is almost upon us, with a Super Saturday of action. Wales face italy with the unwanted wooden spoon upforgrabs. While ireland are favourites to be crowned champions in dublin, when they face scotland. However, theres a possible route to the title for england, when they take on france. It would be dependent on ireland losing and then various bonus point permutations, so get the calculators readyjust in case. Our correspondent andy swiss is in dublin ahead of it all. Ireland might have been tempted to make a few changes after that agonising defeat against england last weekend, but they havent, their coach andy farrell said in the Press Conference earlier that when people are disappointed, you tend to get a good reaction. So he has named an entirely unchanged starting 15 to face scotland. That means calvin nash has been included. He had to leave the field at twickenham last weekend after only a few minutes after he suffered a head injury, but he has since passed a Head Injury Assessment and is therefore available to play. As for scotland, there will be looking to bounce back from the defeat against italy last weekend. They have made two changes to their starting 15. The first six nations start for Stafford Mcdowall at centre, he replaces cameron redpath. Well ben white returns at scrum half. He was arrested last weekend, but he is back in the starting 15. As for england, they have made one change to their starting 15 as they prepare to face france. Elliot daly comes in for immanuel feyi waboso, who reported concussion symptoms early in the week so he has not been included. The final day of the Cheltenham Festival is to come on friday, when the gold cup, the highlight of the festival, takes place. But on thursday there were wins for some familiar faces from the world of football, like former Manchester United manager sir alex ferguson. Laura scott can tell us more from a rainy cheltenham. He hadnt had a Cheltenham Festival winner before today with one at the start of the day and then a second in the Ryanair Chase when Protector Act Won for him. He is a part owner. It is trained by dan skelton. You can see the look on sir alexs face when he celebrated those two winners. It looked like the joy we were used to seeing what he was a Football Manager and i asked dan skelton, if he had ever spoken to sir alex about the impact of being a winning owner and what it means to him and this is what he said. He is a competitor at the end of the day and once he retired from managing, still wanted to be competitive, and his horses gave him a chance to be that competitor still. I think he enjoys not having the pressure of preparation, but what a guy to have in your corner, to be able to spring things off and he gives me life lessons all the time. You just listen to what he has to say, you can pick up an awful lot. Sir dan skelton has had a remarkable festival, he has enjoyed four winners, a brilliant day for the british trainers fighting back from two days of dominance for the irish. The other feature race of the day did go to ireland, that was won by gordon elliott. Sir alex wasnt the only Football Manager to have a winner today because Harry Redknapp also owned a winner, and he likened the nerves of watching his horse try to win when he was climbing up the Cheltenham Hill to being 1 0 up in a cup final at wembley, he said it was very nerve racking but he seemed thrilled to have a winner. Rather than being the Olympics Ofjump Racing this has been like the Premier League ofjump racing today. Tomorrow is of course all about the gold cup, the highlight of the week, celebrating its 100th Anniversary and the favourite in that race is last years winner for Willie Mullins who yesterday trained his 100th festival winner. Rory mcilroy is in a three way share of the lead at the players championship in florida. The world number two shot a seven under par round of 65 at tpc sawgrass, recovering from a double bogey to birdie the last, to leave him tied with Xander Schauffele and Wyndham Clark at the top of the leaderboard. Matt fitzpatrick and nick taylor are one shot off them. I didnt really have many expectations going out there today because i was like, 0k, it feels good on the range, feels good in practice but lets see how it is when you have a card in your hand. There is something to be said for that, just sort of lessening the expectations and going out and seeing what happens. But it was obviously a great start. Afterfinishing seventh in his first formula i start in saudi arabia filling in for the absent carlos sainz, british ferrari driver 0llie Bearman is targeting a full time seat in 2025. Team mate Charles Leclerc believes its only a matter of time before the 18 year old is in f1 but for now, bearman says hes fully focused on his formula 2 season. Youre only as good as your last race, so i think in a weeks time or two weeks� time this will all be forgotten and i will bejudged on my previous f2 race, so that is my main focus and i have to do great for the rest of the year in f2. I am currently last having missed the race weekend injedda, so after some work to catch up but that is my main focus i want to do as good as i can in the f2 championship and see where we are at the end of that. To tennis finally at indian wells, iga swiatek is into the semifinals of the womens singles after her opponent Caroline Wozniacki had to quit their quarterfinal in the second set due to injury. In the mens draw, Jannik Sinner extended his Winning Streak to 19 matches after defeating jiri lehecka in the quarterfinals. World number three sinner has won 36 of his last 38 matches. You can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website thats bbc. Com sport. And all the live scores, they are all on the bbc sport website and the app. From me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. Hello. Whilst many of us did have a lot of cloud and showery rain on thursday, not everywhere. So on thursday, not everywhere. Spring is definitely ii air. So spring is definitely in the air. How about friday . I dont think it will be quite as warm, and if anything, think it will be quite as warm, and ifanything, a think it will be quite as warm, and if anything, a lot of cloud and if anything, a lot of cloud and good chance of catching some rain. Currently, an area of low pressure is crossing us with its Weather Fronts and that spells a lot of rain bearing cloud. In fact, through the night, it wouldve been a wet picture in many parts of scotland, rain around the Lake District and elsewhere, showers crossing the uk. Temperatures early in the morning on friday, double figures for london and norwich and many of us around 9 10 degrees. The forecast then for friday, and a lot of cloud first half of the day, very few glimmers of sunshine, showers possible through the morning and afternoon across england and afternoon across england and wales, cracks of thunder likely. But Shire Southwards from yorkShire Southwards, the mid teens. Friday night the skies clear and into saturday morning, with lighter winds, a chilly start. So crisp sunshine early on saturday with temperatures in parts of scotland around minus 3 degrees celsius. I dont think it will be frosty in the south. So saturday, lots of bright if not sunny weather across many northern and eastern areas, but this Weather Front is approaching, its south westerlies pushing the rain bearing cloud so there will be some damp weather for the south west, wales, and into the south west, wales, and into the irish sea and northern ireland. Then, for the rest of the weekend, well, Weather Fronts keep on crossing the uk. Notice the winds are blowing out of the south west. Thats a mild direction. If anything, despite all the cloud and the early outbreaks of rain, i think on sunday with that even southerly, i think the temperatures are going to rise, were talking 15, i6, temperatures are going to rise, were talking 15, 16, maybe even 17 degrees celsius in one or two spots across the east and the south east. Lets have and the south east. Lets have a look at the outlook. Its going to be a mixed bag. Every weather icon you can possibly imagine. But those temperatures are going to remain on the mild side. Midbetween across the south, 8 13 in the north of the uk. Thats it for me. Bye bye. Live from washington, this is bbc news. Us senator Chuck Schumer takes aim at israels Prime Minister, calling him an obstacle to peace and calling for new elections. Polls open in remote eastern parts of russia as three days of voting is set to give Vladimir Putin six more years in power. Plus, a judge in florida rejects Donald Trumps bid to dismiss his classified documents case as a separate trial in new york could be delayed. Hello, im helena humphrey. Good to have you with us. Us Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer has called for new elections in israel, accusing israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu of prioritising his political survival above the country. Mr schumer, a democrat and americas highest ranking jewish elected official, said the us should use its leverage to persuade mr netanyahu to change course. While the us remains israels closest ally and biggest provider of military aid, concerns have been mounting within the Biden Administration over israels conduct in gaza, as the humanitarian crisis there worsens. Now, president biden� s top ally on capitol hill is calling for israel to make course corrections