beat my former team. a special event for pep guardiola, but the pressure is mounting on manchester city to win the champions league, as you know. manchester city supporters will have a little smile with that draw. staying with manchester city for a minute, defender kyle walker will not face criminal charges after the allegation that he indecently exposed himself in a bar. cheshire police had been investigating an alleged incident in south manchester earlier this month but they say the matter is now closed . it said a 32 year old man attended a police station voluntarily for questioning yesterday and was dealt with by an out of court disposal . manchester united remain favourites to win the europa league, despite being drawn against the team that have won it more times than anyone else sevilla. it s going to be tough because they are really experienced in the europa league so many times. so i don t know the team now in detail, i don t know. i have to focus on that. manches
and miss, but another mad day. a little drier in northern ireland through the afternoon as this band of rain works into scotland, some heavy rain in the final for a time. shetland should hold on to some sunshine. forthe shetland should hold on to some sunshine. for the second half of the weekend, we have this ridge of high pressure bolting in. that will give us a window of fine weather, some spells of sunshine for most of us on sunday. a few showers in the final. by sunday. a few showers in the final. by the afternoon, cloud and rain getting into northern ireland, maybe getting into northern ireland, maybe getting to the west of scotland later in the day. a little bit cooler, but not a lot cooler. it will stay mild as we head to next week. while there will be some spells of sunshine, we can expect a lot of rain and some brisk winds at times. have a good weekend. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at ten on friday 17th march. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on ne
there was a storm in a water glass, how do that in english? a storm in a teacup. there wouldn t be anything bad coming there is anything bad and making sponsorships from saudi arabia, from the us, from brazil, india, as far as we are concerned. the second time i came i was told, you know, we all love you, brentford s striker ivan toney has been called up to gareth southgates first england squad since the world cup. toney is the only uncapped player included ahead of the euro qualifiers against italy and ukraine. he s the second highest english goal scorer in the premier league this season, with 16 goals just behind harry kane. however, he is facing a potential ban having accepted breaking fa betting rules. that fact is he is paying for his club, he is available for his club. in he has not been to trial as yet for any judgements, so i don t know on what basis we wouldn t pick him, really. he is playing really well. i like the way he is present in games. he is going to arsenal
by winning the final race aboard the aptly named a dream to share! ireland s team have made the decision to change the colour of their shorts for this year s women s six nations tournament. they were white, but will now be blue to combat period anxiety. and other sides are considering following suit. the tournament kicks off march 25, with england once again favourites to win the title for what would be a fifth time in a row. our reporter sara orchard has been at the launch. we re in a very trendy corner of east london for this women s six nations launch, where the players and the captains a lot of them have been talking a lot to social media creators, having their photos done, of course mixing with journalists and reporters as well about how they ll all go in the championship this year. however, one of the big talking points is the fact that every country taking part for the very first time will have either professional or semi professional players. and for scotland,
inter milan are also through to the quarterfinals. they took a 1 0 advantage into their second leg at porto in portugal. porto has several great chances to pull level in the tie late on, but somehow inter survived to reach the last eight. in the championship, middlesbrough missed out on the chance to go one point off the automatic promotion spots, only managing a 1 1 draw at home to stoke city. michael carrick s side took the lead through chuba akpom s 23rd goal of the season, but this wasn t enough for the three points as kijana hoever hit back for the visitors on the stroke of half time. elsewhere, wigan moved off to the bottom of the table with a draw at home to coventry. fifa have confirmed the expanded 2026 world cup will have 12 groups of four teams, a change from their original plan to split the 48 teams into groups of three, after the excitement of the final round of games at qatar 2022. the tournament in the usa, canada and mexico will also include an extra knockout