nikoloz basilashvili takes his place at this week s tournament. we re only a few weeks into the rugby league season but lee radford has left castleford tigers by mutual consent. tigers have lost all three of their games so far, and sit bottom of the table. radford said with the club and myself heading in different directions, i think making this early call will be the correct one. hopefully, it can kick start their season starting this friday away at huddersfield. assistant coach andy last will take charge of that game. finally, at the age of 52, andrew gilding has become a major winner beating michael van gerwen in the final of the 2023 uk open champion. gilding was a huge 200/1 outsider ahead of the tournament in minehead, and took van gerwen to a thrilling deciding leg. it s a first ever televised title for the man known as goldfinger . what a great nickname. i ll have more for you in the next hour.
afterjust four minutes. then chloe kellyjust before half time. rafaelle souza got one back in the second half from a free kick. but city s win takes them above arsenal into third in the table. it was relentless from us. every time we went through you think it would go on. i spoke to the players at half time the dangerous thing for us as a 2 0 score at half time. we scored showed great character after conceived a goal but i think 2 0 is a bit of a dodgy one. i think if we scored the third one which i think we should had i put that puts a game to bed. let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. the rugby league season has returned with the challenge cup. edinburgh eagles were beaten 30 20 by saddleworth rangers. the officials at this and all 17 other cup ties this weekend wore a head cam as part of the rugby football league s crackdown on disciplinary issues.
think we lost possession way too many times in the game, especially very dangerous areas. i don t know if it s information or positioning that we had at that time, but we need to review that of course. but when you lose possession and those dangerous areas it s going to be very difficult. real madrid can win the club world cup for a fifth time this evening in morocco, where the final kicks off in under half an hour s time. the spanish champions haven t claimed the title since the last of three in a row back in 2018, and are taking on the first saudi team to reach the final. al hilal beat copa libertadores winners flamengo to get this far. and their team includes most of the saudi arabia international players that beat argentina at the world cup. you re watching sportsday. these are some of our other headlines today. the rugby league season has returned with the challenge cup. edinburgh eagles were beaten 30 20 by saddleworth rangers. the officials at this and all 17 other cup ties this
players have said tweeted a damning statement. roughly translated, they said, we never asked for the dismissal of the coach as stated, we understand ourjob is in no case to choose such a position and the federation made public something that was told to them in confidence. the situation with her mental health. conflicting statements from both and really tumultuous in spain. statements from both and really tumultuous in spain. jane, thank you ve much tumultuous in spain. jane, thank you very much indeed. tumultuous in spain. jane, thank you very much indeed. we tumultuous in spain. jane, thank you very much indeed. we will tumultuous in spain. jane, thank you very much indeed. we will keep i tumultuous in spain. jane, thank you very much indeed. we will keep a i very much indeed. we will keep a keen eye on that. the rugby league season reaches its climax this weekend. st. helens and leeds rhinos lead in the 25th super league grand slam. saints are looking for their fourth title
glasgow city are still in with a chance of winning a 15th consecutive title in the scottish women s premier league one. they beat celtic 2 0 tyler dodds with their second and that takes city to within two points of rangers at the top but the leaders do have a game in hand. it was a bit of a shaky start, by the reiging champions st helens on a dramatic opening night to the new rugby league season, as they fell behind to catalans dragons, before normal service was resumed. and it was one way traffic, saints just too powerful as tommy makinson ran in a couple of tries in this 28 8 victory, as they chase a record fourth consecutive super league title this season. andy murray is still struggling to put a run of wins together he s been knocked out of the rotterdam open in the second round. he lost in straight sets to the world number nine, felix auger aliassime. murray was playing his first tournament since an early exit from the australian open. the canadian takes on british