i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening: luis diaz emotional week ends with a crucial liverpool goal. his injury time equaliser denies luton a famous premier league win. for him to have come on and scored a goal that is really great, it is one of those emotional stories. besides that, we should have done better. a new manager so far unbeaten, and now with a cup final. philippe clement s rangers run takes them past hearts at hampden. a first wsl defeat of the season for manchester city as arsenal grab a late winner. also coming up on sportsday: in the spotlight again virat kohli makes a record equalling century as india sweep aside another world cup opponent. hello again. welcome to the programme. luton were moments away from a first ever premier league home win, but it was luis diaz who denied them. a week and a day after his father was kidnapped, the colombian came off the bench to secure liverpool a one all draw at kenilworth road. nick parrott reports. a week after
and was substituted as a precaution. celtic have extended their lead at the top of the scottish premiership to nine points they beat ross county 2 1 while rangers were held to a 1 1 draw at st mirren. the home side took the lead just after half time from declan gallagher s long throw ayunga scoring at the second time of asking. rangers equalised with six minutes to go after ryan kent was brought down, captainjames tavernier put away the resulting penalty. there was drama and disappointment for england s men at the rugby league world cup as they were beaten by samoa in their semi final. a golden point drop goal decided the game and provided one of the shocks of the tournament as adam wild reports from the emirates stadium. up up close and personal, here was
three in the toughest league and we now compete with the best team have ever played in this league and from there we go support it into perspective i think there is no need to sleep after the season in terms of we should have done this and this but is a lot of ambition in us that is not satisfied. what an agonising night for rangers and their 100,000 thousand fans in seville. beaten on penalties by eintracht frankfurt in the europa league final. their captainjames tavernier says they will come back stronger, but manager giovanni van bronkhorst has admitted that it won t be easy to lift his players for saturday s scottish cup final. lydia campbell reports. it is the walk that no footballer wants to make. past the trophy that would ve been the biggest when their careers and instead having to watch as their opposition celebrates. the
to move our minds onto watford. we re by no means. a safe at the moment. that s in our hands, so we have to get struck back down to earth and focus on wednesday. and west ham thrashed the already relegated norwich 4 0. to scotland next, and the champagne is on ice for celtic as rangers kept their slim hopes of retaining the premiership alive. they beat dundee 2 0. two second half goals from captainjames tavernier and manchester united loanee amad diallo secured the victory. celtic are six points clear at the top with just two games left but ange postecoglou s side are 21 goals better off. sale sharks have been beaten by racing 92 in the quarter finals of rugby union s champions cup. they led at the break after this try from manu tuilagi had put them ahead on the stroke of half time. but the french side came storming back after the interval and took control with four tries, including this one from juan imhoff, eventually, running out winners by 41 points to 22. they ll face la rochell
two second half goals from captainjames tavernier and manchester united loanee amad diallo secured the victory. celtic are six points clear at the top with just two games left. but ange postecoglou s side are 21 goals better off. it tops off a brilliant week for rangers, after they reached the europa league final after beating rb leipzig. sale sharks have been beaten by racing 92 in the quarterfinals of rugby union s champions cup. they led at the break after this try from manu tuilagi had put them ahead on the stroke of half time. but the french side came storming back after the interval and took control with four tries, including this one from juan imhoff. eventually running out winners by 41 points to 22. they ll face la rochelle in the semis. it was a tough day for english sides in europe because there was also disappointment for london irish, who were knocked out of the european challenge cup by toulon.