welcome along to the programme. real madrid beat rayo vallecano 2 1 in la liga, but viniciusjunior was absent from the squad. the brazilian was subjected to racist abuse at the weekend against valencia, who will now have part of their stadium closed for five matches as punishment. prior to wednesday s game, the two sets of players demonstrated their support for vinicius, with his team mates all wearing his number 20 shirt the banner reading racists out of football . valencia are to appeal their punishment from the spanish football federation, which also includes a fine of nearly $50,000, while the la liga president issued an apology to the brazilian following his comments on social media, in which he accused vinicius of criticising and slandering la liga. 0n the pitch, karim benzema and rodrygo sealed the win. elsewhere, cadiz are still not safe after a 2 1 defeat at villarreal. 2-0. already relegated elche drew 1 1 with sevilla. atletico madrid slipped to third after a
five matches as punishment. prior to wednesday s game, the two sets of players demonstrated their support for vinicius, with his team mates all wearing his number 20 shirt the banner reading racists out of football . valencia are to appeal their punishment from the spanish football federation, which also includes a fine of nearly $50,000, while the la liga president issued an apology to the brazilian following his comments on social media, in which he accused vinicius of criticising and slandering la liga. 0n the pitch, karim benzema and rodrygo sealed the win. elsewhere, cadiz are still not safe after a 2 0 defeat at villarreal. 2-0. already relegated elche drew 1 1 with sevilla. atletico madrid slipped to third after a 3 3 draw at espanyol. and getafe boosted their survival hopes with a 1 0 win at real betis. in italy, inter milan have retained their coppa italia title after a 2 1 win over fiorentina at the stadio 0limpico in rome. fiorentina took the lead afterjust thre
hello there. welcome along to the programme. real madrid beat rayo vallecano 2 1 in la liga, but viniciusjunior was absent from the squad. the brazilian was subjected to racist abuse at the weekend against valencia, who will now have part of their stadium closed for five matches as punishment. prior to wednesday s game, the two sets of players demonstrated their support for vinicius, with his team mates all wearing his number 20 shirt the banner reading racists out of football . valencia are to appeal their punishment from the spanish football federation, which also includes a fine of nearly $50,000, while the la liga president issued an apology to the brazilian following his comments on social media, in which he accused vinicius of criticising and slandering la liga. 0n the pitch, karim benzema and rodrygo sealed the win. elsewhere, cadiz are still not safe after a 2 0 defeat at villarreal. already relegated elche drew 1 1 with sevilla. atletico madrid slipped to third af
that was always going to steal all the headlines. the coach of the barbarians, eddiejames, admitted he didn t know about that big retirement announcement and his playing namesake hasn t even spoken to the press today, which a lot of people were disappointed. they really wanted to hearfrom him. but eddiejones described alun wynjones as a player that he hated coaching against but he loves having on his team. he added it was a very easy choice for him selecting the welshman as his captain for sunday. he was one of the first ones we got, so he was always in. it s interesting because when you re coaching england against wales, wales are a fairly traditional rival. and he was the sort of player that you hate when you coach against him, but when he got him on your team, you love him. as far as the world xv is concerned, israel folau is playing and there s been a fierce debate over the last few days, since we knew
israel folau will start for the world 15. the controversial wing was sacked by rugby australia four years ago for making anti gay comments on social media. and a week after his own international retirement, alun wynjones will captain the bar bars. alun wynjones leading out the barbarians was always going to steal all the headlines. the coach of the barbarians, eddiejames, admitted he didn t know about that big retirement announcement and his playing namesake hasn t even spoken to the press today, which a lot of people were disappointed. they really wanted to hearfrom him. but eddiejones described alun wynjones as a player he hated coaching against but he loves having on his team. he added it was a very easy choice for him selecting the welshman as his captain for sunday. he was one of the first ones we got, so he was always in. it s interesting because when you re coaching england against wales, wales are a fairly traditional rival.