rain. sunny skies on saturday. saturday will be the best day of the weekend, so mother nature has it right. come sunday, the rain will reach liverpool. so we just about get away with it. but it will be a nice day. back to the here and now. right now, we have high pressure building across scotland and ireland. to the east of the country, though, we have a breeze off the north sea. there is thick cloud. we have had some rain in the south and south east from a weak weather front crossing us. this is where the cooler conditions are, ten, 12, 1a degrees further east. at the moment, temperatures are in the high teens and will probably hit 20 degrees for western scotland, northern ireland, wales and in the south west as well. tonight, we will have thick cloud across eastern and southern and central parts of england. in the north and west, as well as northern ireland, clearer skies, and where we have clear skies overnight, sunshine will greet us first thing on saturday morning. so a
this, after youssef en nesyri had put the visitors ahead in the 26th minute. sevilla, who knocked out manchester united in the quarter finals, have won the europa league a record six times, most recently in 2020. i m optimistic for the second leg, because this team has shown during the whole season they are able to surmount difficulties. i think the lads deserve this draw, and above all, the chance to play in the finals, so i am happy for them. was they did tonight, they are a truly great team. in the other tie, edoardo bove fired roma to a win over bayer leverkusen in their semi final first leg match. he scored the only goal of the game in the 63rd minute at the stadio olimpico, allowing jose mourinho s side to take a slender lead into next week s second leg in germany. the win gives mourinho the chance to reach his second european final in as many years as roma coach after winning the europa conference league last season. semifinals are never emotionally easy. they are neve
hello from the bbc sport centre. let s start with the question marks over declan rice s future at west ham manager david moyes says there is a good chance the captain will leave at the end of the season. the midfielder s contract is set to expire in 2024, although the club do have an option to extend that by a further year. so far rice has rejected all efforts to get him to sign an extension, amid interest from other top clubs. we honestly hope declan stays, that is the biggest thing, we would love declan to be a west ham player. but we are aware that might not be the case come the end of the season. that is one of the scenarios you talk about planning. 0ur that is one of the scenarios you talk about planning. our plan is we have him here, but we are aware we don t have that chance. manchester city boss pep guardiola says he doesn t understand the scheduling of their fixtures as they face into a hectic few weeks until the end of the season. city are chasing a possible trebl
they produced the upset of the fa cup fourth round we ll hear how grimsby town s victory over luton town last night has gone down with the mariners players and fans. it was a record that seemed set in stone but history has been made as lebronjames sets a new nba all time career scoring record. also coming up in the programme. we speak to great britain s sophie mckinna who s had her shots stolen and says it s disrrupted her paris olympic preparations. and we hear from justin rose after his first pga they ve it s not as if they don t have any value. it s a could put them somewhere so that i could get them back. good evening and welcome along to sportsday. we will start with tonight s premier league action. manchester united host leeds at old trafford. erik ten hag s side will be seeking to close the gap to premier league leaders arsenal. as for leeds, they go into this evening s fixture managerless after relieving jesse marsch of his duties on monday, and as michael redford