But during the 19 minutes, but during the 19 minutes, it was deafening. It was deafening. A memorable night here, a memorable night here, the venue hosting top flight the venue hosting top flight european football for the european football for the first time in over a0 years. First time in over a0 years. There were fireworks there were fireworks before kick off. Before kick off. The game itself in truth the game itself in truth was a bit of a slow burner. Was a bit of a slow burner. Martinez with a fine martinez with a fine save in the first half save in the first half probably the pick probably the pick of the action. Of the action. Into the second half into the second half of the game came alive of the game came alive thanks thanks to substitute john. To substitute john. 10 minutes left on the clock, 10 minutes left on the clock, an audacious effort an audacious effort from the 20 year old colombian, from the 20 year old colombian, the bayern munich keeper the bayern munich keeper st
A memorable night here, the venue hosting top flight european football for the first time in over a0 years. There were fireworks before kick off. The game itself in truth was a bit of a slow burner. Martinez with a fine save in the first half probably the pick of the action. Into the second half of the game came alive thanks to substitute john. 10 minutes left on the clock, an audacious effort from the 20 year old colombian, the bayern munich keeper stranded, the bayern munich fans stunned. That wasn t the end of the action, though, because martinez was called into a few more point blank world class saves to definitely tie the points for aston villa. Villa fans will be quick to tell you that one of their most famous victories was in 1982 in rotterdam where they beat bayern munich 1 0 to lift the european cup. No trophies on offer today, but this win will do a lot in their confidence going forward in the champions league. Nestor mcgregor there. Let s get a check then on the other result
Invasion of lebanon. Hezbollah says it fired guided missiles at their tanks, as israeli airstrikes have continued across the south of lebanon and here in beirut. We have heard more loud explosions and the sound of strikes in the last 15 minutes. Iran s response to the operation, a barrage of missiles fired towards israel Last Night, has raised tensions in this region even higher. Both sides say they re preparing further attacks. President biden has warned against any strike on iran s nuclear sites, but says israel has the right to respond. In a moment we will get the latest from our international editorjeremy bowen, whos injerusalem, but we start tonight in northern israel. 0ur middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson sent this report. Israels Air Force was defending other targets when irans missiles came. Slipping through defences to hit several air bases, like this one at nevatim. Another narrowly missing an Intelligence Base in tel aviv. The crater it left filled with visions of wh
the authorities in papua new guinea now say more than 2000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. a british charity warns of a big increase in cases of skin cancer this year and says people should do more to protect themselves from the sun. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s mark edwards. hi, ben, we start with tennis. rafael nadal is out of the french open, losing in the first round in what s likely to be the 37 year old s last match at the french open. the king of clay, with m titles at roland garros, going down fighting against alexander zverev after three hours under the roof on court philippe chatrier. but nadal eventually fell just short, losing in straight sets 6 3, 7 6, 6 3. zverev into the second round. he s reached the semi final three years in a row, but the journey is over for nadal. british number one cameron norrie is being put through his paces by russia s pavel kotov. there are 23 places between them in
and novak djokovic to defeat the spaniard in paris. and while the 4th seed heads to the second round, the journey is over for nadal. maybe in a few months i can say is enough. but it is something i cannot say yet. i have some goals left. i m to be back on this court for this that motivates me. for olympics that motivates me. elsewhere at the tournament, british number one cameron norrie has been knocked out in the first round beaten in a five set marathon by russian world number 56 pavel kotov. kotov dominated the 32nd seed in the deciding set taking it 6 2, picking up just his second victory in a grand slam. it s worth noting that s it s the first time norrie has lost in the opening round of a major since the 2022 australian open. for kotov, though, he ll take on 2015 champion stan wawrinka in the next round. world number one and defending champion iga swiatek looked really strong as she eased into round two. she needed little over an hour to beat leolia jeanjean, losing jus