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
could catch showers as we head towards wednesday. fine weather around the irish the, the lakes into scotland mid week. thursday and friday, temperatures not far off the average. if you showers here and there but i think the weather quietened down as we head towards the end of the week. and that s bbc news at six on monday 15th august you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye, the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. going for gold eilish mccolgan hopes to add to her commonwealth title when she races at the europeans this evening. the european success continues across europe, with britain in the medals for diving in rome. and limbering up for his first test since turning 40, james anderson says england will stick with their attacking style, despite criticism from o
quadruple hopes alive? they face chelsea this afternoon in the fa cup final at wembley. the fans are ready, but chelsea are missing a very big name. # up in space, man. # bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk at tonight s eurovision. but will it be enough to hold back the favourites ukraine? the finnish president has told vladimir putin that finland will apply to become a member of nato within days. finland is expected to formally announce its intention to join the western military alliance tomorrow. russia and finland share an 800 mile border, and russia says it has no hostile intentions towards finland and sweden but has warned that their membership of nato would lead to the militarisation of the baltic region. the finnish president is said to have told president putin that russia s invasion of ukraine had altered his country s security environment. russian state media claims mr putin replied that abandoning decades of neutrality would be a mistake and a
muir completing, so plenty happening and we ll keep you updated with all the results as we always do. fiesta the results as we always do. nesta mcgreaor, the results as we always do. nesta mcgregor, alvina the results as we always do. nesta mcgregor, alvina seen. idid not i did not get a i did not geta b and g csc i did not get a b and g csc german! well, alongside the europeans, we ve also got the european aquatics championships in rome, taking place at the same time. and britain won bronze in the mixed team event on the opening day. the team combined of grace reid and james heatly, who won gold for scotland at the commonwealth games a week ago, and andrea spendolini siriex and noah williams, who also won golds in birmingham. it was this final synchronised dive by spendolini siriex and williams that moved them into third in the outdoor pool in the italian capital. is the first time competing outside. i m here to do my best, have a great experience and try something new. it s reall
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