and we re starting with a busy night of european football. and all four british sides topping their groups in the europa league. brighton were celebrating after a very late goal at home to marseille meant they beat them to an automatic place in the last 16. it finished 1 0 at the amex. brighton willjoin west ham who also topped their group after beating freiburg 2 0. rangers, who beat real betis to keep sparta prague in second place, and liverpool, who went through regardless of their defeat to union saint gilloise. elsewhere, villa real beat rennes which means they take the top spot in group f but despite winning tonight, roma will have to play off after slavia prague stayed top of their group. well, liverpool were already safely through which gave the managerjurgen klopp the opportunity to give some of his star names a rest and take a look at the club s talented youngsters. for some, a really important experience and for others it was good for rhythm. so good performances a
talented youngsters. it was a really important experience and the other is good for rhythm. so good performances and, of course, as a team, is a fair assessment, if they say now, top of the table belgium and come here and bring kids and altogether that is really difficult, but i thought they gave it a go and thatis thought they gave it a go and that is ok for me. aston villa are into the last 16 of the europa conference league. they could only draw at the bosnian side, zrinjski mostar, but that was enough to seal the top spot in theirgroup. unai emery had made eight changes from the side that beat arsenal last weekend. aberdeen were already out of the competition, but they managed their first group stage victory in nearly 16 years after beating bundesliga giants eintracht frankfurt 2 0. it was a frustrating night for chelsea women who missed out on the chance to top their champions league group. they were held to a goalless draw by the swedish side hacken, who stay top ahead
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so it would only be a consolation against eintracht frankfurt. that was a win for them. a bit of a confidence boost. they are not going through in europe this season. history will be made this month when rebecca welch becomes the first female referee to take charge of a premier league match. she ll officiate at fulham v burnley on 23 december. it comes less than a year after welch became the first female to referee a championship game. then on boxing day, sam allison will be the first black referee in the premier league since 2008. he ll oversee sheffield united s match against luton. onto cricket now and england are taking on the west indies in their second t20 international in grenada. and after putting the windies into bat, england restricted them to 176 7, opener brandon king top scoring on and unbeaten 82. adil rashid england s best bowler with a superb two for 11 runs. in reply, captainjoss butler was out for just five. and england are looking iffy on 106 4. 100 and w