Few others. Hello again. Welcome along to sportsday this evening. With the new Champions League Formatjust bedding in, tonights match at Villa Park is one that conjures up memories of what europes top Club Competition used to be. Its aston villas first Home Game since it was just called the European Cup, and villa had just won it. How fitting then that the team theyre up against tonight was the one they beat to lift the trophy in 1982 Bayern Munich. Players like captain dennis mortimer, nigel spink, and Goalscorer Peter Withe became heroes that night in rotterdam but now their modern counterparts take on a team that have had a blistering start to the season under new manager Vincent Kompany, and scored nine goals in theirfirst Champions League Match. So, lets head to Villa Park and speak to our correspondent nesta mcgregor. It could barely be a more significant set of circumstances tonight. Yes, sport is a funny way of throwing up these incredible narratives, doesnt it . More than four
Yesterday. Ill have all the detaIls. Its saturday, 7 september. Our maIn story the PrIme MInIster, SIr KeIr Starmer, Is makIng hIs fIrst offIcIal vIsIt to Ireland today. Hell be In dublIn for talks wIth hIs opposIte number, SImon HarrIs. Theyll dIscuss topIcs IncludIng commerce across the IrIsh Sea And Theyll attend a NatIons League Football match between Ireland and england. Our Ireland Correspondent ChrIs Page reports. At the fIrst meetIng, SIr KeIr Starmer and SImon HarrIs were pIctured havIng a plate. The photo symbolIsed a better relatIonshIp between the two countrIes after some years of straIn. Today, Balgo To watch england take on Ireland In the uefa NatIons League, but beyond Impact on whIch wIll dIsrupt the dIplomacy. In recent weeks he has had trIps to germany and france. BrItIsh PrIme MInIster To MInIster to go to dublIn was borIsjohnson, fIve years ago. RelatIons had cooled sIgnIfIcantly. BrexIt was the major factor. The border wIth Northern Ireland was the uks only frontIe
Jack draper, the british number one, is celebrating the biggest win of his career. He beat the australian tenth seed alex de minaur at the us open to reach his first grand slam semifinal. He was rarely troubled in what was also his first quarterfinal at a major tournament, and it was the first time that he d played on the main arthur ashe show court in new york. He d lost his three previous meetings to de minaur but took the first set 6 3, and despite needing treatment for a groin problem in the second set, he won that 7 5 and breezed through the third 6 2. He is the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012, the year he won it. Draper is yet to drop a set in the tournament karolina muchova overcame illness to reach her second consecutive us open semifinal. The czech won in straight sets against the brazilian beatriz haddad maia. But muchova had to dash to the rest room four times during the match before eventually winning 6 1, 6 4. She s yet to drop a set on t
Win of his career. He beat the australian tenth seed alex de minaur at the us open to reach his first grand slam semifinal. He was rarely troubled in what was also his first quarterfinal at a major tournament, and it was the first time that he d played on the main arthur ashe show court in new york. He d lost his three previous meetings to de minaur but took the first set 6 3, and despite needing treatment for a groin problem in the second set, he won that 7 5 and breezed through the third 6 2. He is the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012, the year he won it. Draper is yet to drop a set in the tournament karolina muchova overcame illness to reach her second consecutive us open semifinal. The czech won in straight sets against the brazilian beatriz haddad maia. But muchova had to dash to the rest room four times during the match before eventually winning 6 1, 6 4. She s yet to drop a set. On the eve of the nfl season, louis rees zammit has been speaking t
He beat the australian tenth seed alex de minaur at the us open to reach his first grand slam semifinal. He was rarely troubled in what was also his first quarterfinal at a major tournament, and it was the first time that he d played on the main arthur ashe show court in new york. He d lost his three previous meetings to de minaur but took the first set 6 3, and despite needing treatment for a groin problem in the second set, he won that 7 5 and breezed through the third 6 2. He is the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012, the year he won it. Draper is yet to drop a set in the tournament karolina muchova overcame illness to reach her second consecutive us open semifinal. The czech won in straight sets against the brazilian beatriz haddad maia. But muchova had to dash to the rest room four times during the match before eventually winning 6 1, 6 4. She s yet to drop a set on the eve of the nfl season, louis rees zammit has been speaking to the bbc about his