Arsenal cruise past bournemouth to go four points clear at the top of the Premier League for now, at least. Kyren wilson is into his second snooker World Championship final, but who will he face . And it was a frantic finish to a brutal opening day at the giro ditalia, with favourite Tadej Pogacar beaten on the line. Hello. Welcome to the programme. It went right down to the final day of the championship to find out who would join leicester in being promoted to the Premier League. Ipswich s 2 0 win over huddersfield means they will play in the top tier next season for the first time in 22 years, sparking incredible scenes at portman road. Ben croucher reports. Blue army blue army Out Of The Blue ipswich sjourney this far has confounded expectation and perceived footballing wisdom. Now, after one long season, the final hurdle. Nervous . You wouldnt know it. All they had to do was avoid defeat against relegated huddersfield. Over to you, wes burns. That is the moment that Portland Road c
influential centrejonathan danty is replaced by yoram moefana. france have won the last 16 matches when danty has been in the side, so that is a big miss, as is ever present giant lock paul willemse his starting spot taken by racing 92 lock cameron woki. new zealand are also without some key players, including inside centre jordi barrett. anton lienart brown draughted into the side in his place, while former world player of the year brodie retallick is still out injured. dan roan is in france getting ready for what promises to be a tournament to remember. already one of the countries most in love with rugby union, france is readying itself to play host to the game s biggest stars and millions of fans. and as last minute preparations continued here in paris ahead of tomorrow s opening match, the man in charge told me that this was a moment for the sport to cherish. huge appetite. i was in toulouse at the weekend, a real rugby capital in france, and it s everywhere. we know t
there aimed at agreeing a new truce with hamas designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government had reached a dead end . israel s military has intensified its bombardment of gaza since a temporary ceasefire expired yesterday, with air strikes in north western gaza, and khan younis in the south where hundreds of thousands of people fled earlier in the war to escape fighting. according to the hamas run health ministry, 193 people have been killed and 650 injured since the resumption of fighting. a convoy of humanitarian aid has crossed into gaza for the first time since thursday. humanitarian groups are warning of catastrophic consequences for civilians. the international federation of the red cross says aid workers won t be able to reach people in need if the air strikes continue. read on) our first report this hour is from lucy williamson. khan yunis, gaza s southern capital, once labelled safe. america says this new phase of israel s war in gaza must look diff
hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night. i m chetan pathak coming up on the programme. finding out theirfate next summer s european championship will begin with scotland playing germany on the opening night. we know what we are up against, its nice to be involved in the first game and hopefully we can set the tournament off on a good match. a kinder draw for england on paper at least can gareth southgate s side go one better than runners up this time? the team to catch at the top of the premier league again are arsenal as they edge past wolves at the emirates. also coming up on sportsday. ronnie rockets into the final of the uk snooker championship in york. and adelaide strikers beat brisbane heat to become back to back women s big bash league winners. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. with six months to go until euro 2024 kicks off in germany the draw for next summer s tournament has been made in the last hour and scotland will play the very firs