Sports day this evening. After the worlds top golfers with disabilities compete for a rare Pay Cheque in ireland, we hear how they hope to make It Count for the future generations. Make It Count for the future uenerations. ,. , generations. They will get really aood level generations. They will get really good level of generations. They will get really good level of golf. Hello again. After the Champions League had the run of the seasons opening week of European Club football, Tonight And Tomorrow night its the Europa Leagues turn. Like its more celebrated sister competition, theres a new format this time for rangers, spurs, and tonight, Manchester United. Their Opening Match of the new League Phase is a significant one for manager Erik Ten Hag. A huge majority of his Football Career has been spent wearing the badge of fc twente. And hes now preparing to face them at Old Trafford, Asjoe Lynskey reports. For him, this is the opposition he never wanted to face. Fc 20, his Boyhood Club ac
this was the moment he arrived at the prime minister s residence in rome, where he was greeted by italian president sergio mattarella. shortly after this, he met the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni. she s been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons, as are some of her coalition partners. more now from the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. more than 1000 security officers have been deployed in rome today. this is the first time the president zelensky visits italy since russia invaded ukraine last year. he has had a meeting with his counterpart, the italian president. they had a private meeting that lasted for about 25 minutes and some of the things that they discussed were economic sanctions against russia, the kidnapping of ukrainian children, the need to step up the fight against pro kremlin fake news and ukrainejoining the european union. after the meeting, president zelensky said
president, volodymyr zelensky. speaking in rome, ms meloni said her country would back ukraine for as long as was necessary, calling russia s invastion brutal and unjust. later on, president zelensky will meet the pope in the vatican, before visiting germany. let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor correspondent paul moss. hi, paul. president zelensky is initially and what is he trying to achieve there? initially and what is he trying to achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european countries - achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european countries this - achieve there? he s done a tour of| lots of european countries this year to try and shore up support from politicians and the public. he needs their political support and also very keen to keep that aid flowing which is so necessary for ukraine s resistance of russia s invasion. italy is a special case and we have heard from
to a group headed up by american investorjosh harris. it s reported to be worth about $6 billion, making it the world s most expensive sports team purchase. now the former 0ne direction singer, niall horan, has been credited for helping ireland s brendan lawlor win the first (ill d open, for golfers with disability. it s a major event, launched by the r and a, and lawlor beat the world number one kip popert by two shots at woburn. lawlor is second in the rankings and he s been managed by horan s agency forfour years. he said he d never been treated any differently by the team and that disability golf was definitely on the way up. and that s all the sport for now. it is into stoppage time in a game between leeds and newcastle and still 2 2. you can get the latest on the bbc website. let s head to turkey. president again will hold a