Im hugh ferris. The headlines tonight. The same old sorry story. Arsenal are battered at bayern and will need a second leg miracle to stay in the Champions League. The best player in womens football is heading to england. Usa captain carli lloyd joins Manchester City on a short term deal. Scotland will be without their captain for the rest of the six nations. Greg laidlaw is ruled out with an ankle injury. We hear from the new england Test Cricket Captain joe root gives an insight into what kind of skipper hell be. Good evening. For arsenal, its all too familiar. For six years in a row the last 16 has proved to be the End Of The Road in the Champions League, and its looking very likely itll be seven. They were thrashed 5 1 by Bayern Munich in the first leg of their tie at the allianz arena, as drew savage reports. A strong sense of deja vu in munich. Twice in the last six years, arsenal have come here and failed to reach the quarterfinals. And arjen robben has been doing this all his c
Im hugh ferris. The headlines tonight. The same old sorry story. Arsenal are battered at bayern and will need a second leg miracle to stay in the Champions League. The best player in womens football is heading to england. Usa captain carli lloyd joins Manchester City on a short term deal. Scotland will be without their captain for the rest of the six nations. Greg laidlaw is ruled out with an ankle injury. We hear from the new england Test Cricket Captain joe root gives an insight into what kind of skipper hell be. Good evening. For arsenal, its all too familiar. For six years in a row the last 16 has proved to be the End Of The Road in the Champions League, and its looking very likely itll be seven. They were thrashed 5 1 by Bayern Munich in the first leg of their tie at the allianz arena, as drew savage reports. A strong sense of deja vu in munich. Twice in the last six years, arsenal have come here and failed to reach the quarterfinals. And arjen robben has been doing this all his c
called one of the greatest test match finishes of all time. after five days of cricket, england lost the second test to new zealand byjust one run. it was a thrilling last day in wellington which began with four english wickets falling inside the first hour. butjoe root restored stability and took england closer and closer to a victory target of two hundred and fifty eight. he was out for 95 though and then neil wagner coaxed an edge from last manjimmy anderson to snatch an incredible victory. what a game! after i got out to watch, it was massively up and down. but i think at the end of the day, if you look back at the tennis match even now, being on the losing side, just, quite thankful that you ve been involved in the game like that because test matches like that don t happen very often come around that
he got to 100 with a kind of trick shot. even his mishits work. ten years into his england career, this may be the golden era ofjoe root, playing with freedom. a couple of wickets brought ben stokes to the crease, and he took freedom to another level into the stands. england were still far from new zealand s score. ben stokes saw the summit and fell. 46 off 33 balls. it was certainly brave. butjoe root reached his 150 with the kind of elegance that made his captain acknowledge. yeah, that is the very best of batting. joe wilson, bbc news. one of the very best in rugby union tributes are being paid to the former british and irish lions captain and welsh fly half phil bennett who s died at the age of 73. he helped wales win two five nations grand slams, and also starred in the lions historic unbeaten tour of south africa in 197a. but after he retired he said his proudest moment came in a llanelli shirt, beating the all blacks. regarded as one of the game s all
shot. even his miss hits work. ten years into his england career, this may be the golden era ofjoe root, playing with freedom. a couple of wickets brought ben stokes to the crease and he took freedom to another level into the stands. england was still far from new zealand s school. ben stokes saw the summit, and fell. 4633 balls, it was certainly brave. butjoe root reached his 150 with the kind of elegance that made his captain acknowledge yeah, that is the very best of batting. joe wilson, bbc news. a late equaliser saved northern ireland from defeat to cyprus in the nations league. they came from 2 0 down to draw 2 2 in belfast. jonny evans scoring in the 93rd minute to level the match. the pressure remains on manager ian baraclough. northern ireland have won just one of their last 1a home games in all competitions. max verstappen s extended his formula one world championship lead after winning the azerbaijan grand prix ahead of his team mate sergio perez. there was frustration for