republicans have criticised president biden over the amount of time it took to shoot down a chinese observation balloon that flew across the united states. china has said shooting down the balloon was an obvious over reaction. the diplomatic fall out is continuing, as warships try to recover the debris. secretary of state antony blinken was due to be in beijing this week, but he cancelled the trip after the balloon was discovered. barbara plett usher reports from beijing. for days, this solitary object floated serenely through us airspace, putting a diplomatic crisis onto television screens in real time. was it a harmless weather balloon, as the chinese claimed, or a spy in the sky? moments after it arrived over the atlantic, the us brought an explosive end to the drama. that trail of white vapour you see on the left of the screen is an american fighterjet heading for the balloon. the second vapour trail is from a heat seeking missile fired from the jet, easily finding its ta
tejeda denying. a moment later opening goal denied. casemiro s header. united in the lead and soon in total control. marcus rashford s finish was a deflection and fingertips not quite enough. and neither were newcastle s best efforts as united held firm. erik ten hag getting his first trophy as the boss at old trafford. and for newcastle a long wait goes on. massive performance if you cannot deliver massive performance if you cannot deliver this it tells you that we are fit, deliver this it tells you that we are fit, physical fit, deliver this it tells you that we are fit, physicalfit, mentally deliver this it tells you that we are fit, physical fit, mentally fit. and energy so i think it was a great performance in the respect from us today history has repeated in the scottish league cup final. last season celtic s kyogo furuhashi scored twice to help celtic lift the trophy and today he did it again as they beat old firm rivals rangers at hampden park. celtic made the
that was the goal which took chelsea into the quarter finals 2 1 on aggregate. benfica are through to the last eight of the champions league after a 7 1 aggregate win over club brugge. rafa silva opened the scoring for the home side before goncalo ramos got himself on the scoresheet in first half stoppage time. ramos quickly added a second shortly after the break to put benfica three up on the night. a flurry of goals would follow, with bjorn meijer grabbing a late consolation for brugge with this superb finish three minutes from time. the former croatia defender slaven bilic has been sacked as manager of watford, in the championship. the side have won just once in their last 8 games, as they attempt to return to the premier league. it s a 9th manager in less than four years for the second tier club, who are now outside the playoff places, in 9th position. bilic had been there forjust over 5 months. former sheffield united and middlesbrough boss chris wilder has taken over un
for their friendlies next month, says it s very likely mead won t be back in time for the tournament in australia and new zealand. i had a conversation with her. she s doing well. she s in rehab, she is doing good. but the world cup is actually too early, so what we said now, just really take the time to get back well. but if a miracle happens and she goes so fast, we will reconsider it. but at this moment, i don t expect it. premier league s chief executive richard masters was quizzed by british mps on a number of football matters on tuesday, including the ownership of newcastle united and whether they should have permitted a saudi backed take over to go through in 2021. our sports editor dan roan has more. what he said was that he couldn t comment, he would be able to confirm whether or not the premier league are investigating or not. that she wouldn t. that he wouldn t. the ownership of newcastle united, or indeed whether they ve re examined the approval they gave for that