Hello and welcome along to the programme where its not been a good night for celtic. They are out of the Europe League after a shock last 32 exit at the hands of copenhagen. They lost 3 1 on the night at celtic park, 4 2 on aggregate. Elsewhere, Manchester United progressed. Odion ighalo scored his first goal for his new team as they cruised into last 16 at the expense of club bruges. Rob heath watched both games. Celtic had not won a postscript station knockout tie in europe since beating the mighty barcelona way backin beating the mighty barcelona way back in 200a. A win would see them joint archrivals rangers in the last 16 but in a waco gave them a slender advantage before this match. Alas the defending in glasgow put them at
a distinct disadvantage. Just say would see him get a second chance, copenhagen ahead. Celtic true level in the time when copenhagen tried to match them for defensive stupidity. He put the penalty away with nonchalance but in a price it was all over. Celtics defence on an away game with the second for copenhagen. Shortly afterwards they made it three over and out for celtic at the last 32 stage again. Many of Manchester Uniteds faithful have seen this tournament as a means to an end, a trophy that would get them back into europes type table and possibly top up their finances. United were denied by this diving say but it was by their defender. He
saw a red, and he saw the ball and nestle for his second goal into matches. Fernandez has the sort of class united had been crying out for and then juan mata class united had been crying out for and thenjuan mata set up a guaido for his first goal. United winthrop before half time before it felt like the glory days were back. For once united fans could relax in the second half and time for fred to step up and add a touch of gloss for proceedings. Two for him, five for united, first time that has happened in europe forfour years. Rob heath, bbc news. Arsenal were taken to extra time by olympiakos in their tie the gunners had a 1 0 lead from the first leg but pape cisse levelled things
for the greek side in normal time then in the second half of extratime Pierre Emerick aubameyang scored for arsenal in extra but late late on, Youssef El Arabi put olypiakos 2 1 up on the night and through on away goals. And in one of the earlier kick offs, wolves booked their place in the last 16 despite losing the second leg of their tie against espanyol 3 2, and this miss. Pedro neto the guilty party. Jonathan calleri scoring the winner for espanyol to complete his hat trick and it is wolves who progress. Looking over at the screen, it is only beyond kos who are going through so arsenal are out of the Europa Leaguejust in through so arsenal are out of the Europa League just in the last couple of moments there at at the emirates at the Europa League and the last 32 olympiacos celebrating at the emirates. They are through to the last 16. Over in the United States, the new Major League Soccer season starts this weekend and its going to be extra special for david beckham. Six years since announcing hed be
creating a new franchise, his inter miami team will finally take to the pitch for the first time. The former england captain has been speaking to our Sports Correspondent natalie pirks. Money at motions i much stunned mitt because it has been such a long journey. It is been such a long journey. Its been such a long journey but i knew it would be worth it in the end, and this is the reward now, this weekend. For all the hard work that has gone on especially in the last 18 19 months. The reward for all of that ha rd months. The reward for all of that hard work but for the last seven yea rs hard work but for the last seven years there have been moments where i doubted that it would happen and people turn around me and say why dont you take your franchise to under the city . Over the last seven yea rs under the city . Over the last seven years there have been moments where i could have walked away or said lets go and do another city or do something else. But i knew deep down this was the right thing to do. And
it was, perseverance was one thing i a lwa ys it was, perseverance was one thing i always talked to the kids about, working hard. And this says it all about what has happened in the last seven years. The perseverance and stubbornness and just the bawdy mindedness of knowing that this was the right thing to do. When we talked before you said your bro would be incidental in bringing over players potentially from europe. That big name players had to materialise. Who have you been talking to . Legally we cannot talk to any prayers because they are all under contract but have we got aspirations of bringing big name players . Of course we do but i think every owner of every franchise around the world has aspirations of bringing great players. If we have the opportunity to do that, then great we are more than happy with the roster that we have and the players that we have. Weve got Young Players in there, a cup of experienced players in there. Going into this weekend, where more than
happy with the roster and the players and squad that we have. But i think the moment where we kick a ball on our stadium on the 14th of march, that will be the moment where emotions will be running very high. We are very excited. Some breaking news in the last half an hour. The uae tour cycling race has been abandoned after officials said two italian cyclists had tested positive for the coronavirus. Britains adam yates had been leading the race, with chris froome among the riders to give his reaction froome is riding in the event for team ineos, and said on twitter. Organisers said that all the participants in the race will be tested for the virus. There have been 650 cases of coronavirus in italy, with the uae tour the latest event to be cancelled. Yesterday, irelands six nations game against italy was postponed. They are due to take place next weekend. Great britains Womens Team Pursuit squad had to settle for the silver medal at the Track CyclingWorld Championships in berlin. The gb quartet lost out to the United States team in the gold medal final. Here are some of the other stories making the headlines today. Dan evans is set to move into the worlds top 30 after reaching his first top level atp semi final in dubai. He beat Andrei Rublev in straight sets to reach the last four. Castleford tigers came from behind to win at hull kr and go top of super league. Danny richardson amongst the try scorers, who had a personal haul of 16 points in the 28 8 win. And formula one World ChampionLewis Hamilton was only able to complete 1a laps on day two of pre season testing in barcelona, after his mercedes car broke down. Promoter eddie hearn says it imperative that Anthony Joshua and tyson fury meet to unify the heavyweight division. Hearn, who isjoshuas promoter, says talks are already under way to make the fight happen. The british heavyweights now hold all of the divisions belts between them after fury beat Deontay Wilder to claim the wbc title in las vegas on saturday. Everything that we have done to this day, if you talk aged ajay against crisco, unification 80,000, Madison Square garden, though, and defeat the against ruiz and then the rematch in saudi arabia, it all goes down in history but this moment is the first time in a long time where two brits have held a version of the heavyweight title and notjust two brits have held a version of the heavyweight title and not just a version, they controlled the division. Three months ago, the americas had a total lock of had a total of them. Now we have it. If
we have got two brits that could form the undisputed head which after the work, we must take that opportunity and we will because me, ha, tyson furey, bob arum, all these people want that fight to happen. When the Rugby League World cup takes place in england next year, the wheelchair version of the game will be part of the main event for the first time. As the game continues to grow across the uk, one newly formed team in the south wales valleys, the ebbw vale rollers, hopes some of its players will make it to the tournament. Ben price has been to meet them. Getting to grips with the new sport. Learning the rules and getting stuck into a new sport. Wheelchair rugby league prides itself on being inclusive. You dont have to be a regular wheelchair user to play and teams consist of both male and female players of all ages. Weve played with kids from 10, our oldest is 72. Ebbw vale rollers are the first
rugby team in south wales, hoping to following the success of the north wales crusaders. Who already to compete in the top uk leagues. Its basically to get more wheelchair users out and about, getting theirfamilies involved as well. The sport sits in the category we want to be in, and its brilliant. They all enjoy it. The game is based on a version of rugby league. The ball is passed backwards and each team retains the ball for six tackles. Then they must score or surrender the ball to the opposition. A tackle is counted when a tag is taken off a players shoulder. We got a lot of open body strength. Upper body strength, your soul shoulders and triceps. Gives you a different perspective on life. You get to the some
of the difficulties that regular wheelchair users face on a day to day basis. In 2021, Wheelchair Rugby League will be part of the official word be league world cup. By Rugby League World cup main event. For the first time, competitors will receive equal pay. Great thing about this league, all participants, be male orfemale, or wheelchair participants from england to wales, all get paid exactly the same money to play. The new season starts next month and the rollers are fine tuning their preparations, excited for what will be there first time competing. Ben price, bbc news. Thats all from sportsday. Coming up in a moment, the papers. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are former labour director of communications, lance price, and former conservative staffer, jo anne nadler. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. The telegraph says the countrys top doctor is warning that major concerts and events could be cancelled in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. The metro carries the story of a man who, after calling the nhs hotline111 to report his flu like symptoms, was sent to a busy hospital rather than being told to self isolate. The Financial Times leads with the plunge in worldwide stock markets, as traders dump shares
amid coronavirus fears. Financial analysts have told the guardian the virus could be as damaging to the worlds economy as the crisis of 2008 and, a different story on the front page of the daily mail it leads with the news that canada will soon stop providing security for the duke and duchess of sussex. So, coronavirus dominating almost all of the front pages lets see what our reviewers make of it all. We start off with the front of the telegraph. Joanne. I think the newspapers are struggling in a way to find the right line between expressing some degree of shock and consternation at the spread of coronavirus and yet at the same time trying to handle this without
creating any kind of panic. I think that the telegraph have probably got the tone about right here because it is through reporting that the comments of the chief medical officer saying that it is only a matter of time before the virus spreads in the uk. Even that is a reasonably measured way of putting it because i think most of us are expecting there is an inevitability to the virus spreading. And then it really goes on, this article, to talk about some of the practical effects of that might be such as having to cancel major sporting events, schools perhaps being closed for as long as two months and these kind of practical outcomes that we may have to face yet. I think the papers tomorrow morning suggest that we are sort of had a Tipping Point in all of this because up until now
there has been a degree of reassurance and the figures appeared to be relatively low and they are still relatively low. In the uk, only 16 people have tested positive, no one has died, half of those people who were tested positive for half been discharged from hospital and yet at the same time we are getting these warnings that feeders may have a close, schools may have to close, may ten macro big sporting events have to be cancelled, and if the rate of increase carries on, we could get to a situation where those sorts of Desperate Measures are necessary. I think that its probably for some of the readers of the papers, that is a heart to be to make from her are now to where we could find ourselves but clearly a lot of people now are treating those threats seriously. Even though we also read that in china the number of new infections appears to be declining which suggests in may be
possible to contain it. Theres