Call and it is the wrong call. The referee has the chance when he sees that we were in the second ball and we were in the rebound and we get a shot away within five seconds, he has the chance not to whistle. He takes the decision to whistle. It is against every rule, i am sorry. We accept we lost but it is what it is, butjust accept we lost but it is what it is, but just that would not have happened on the other side. The other two european competitions will deliver their finalists on thursday, with Bayer Leverkusen attempting to continue their perfect season. Already bundesliga champions. And through to the german cup final. They have a 2 0 lead over roma heading into their Europa League semi final second leg. Xabi alonsos side still unbeaten in all competitions. Atalanta and marseille are level at 1 1. The Europa Conference League already has one finalist after fiorentina got there for the second year in a row, Beating Club Bruges 4 3 on aggregate. Aston villa face what their manager
Is 23 degrees, maybe a notch higher in one or two places through the afternoon, light southerly winds for most of us. This evening and overnight, we continue to see patchy rain with Weather Fronts across northern scotland, becoming confined to the Northern Isles by the end of the night. Elsewhere, largely dry, some mist and fog patches developing in the west, may be some low cloud and sea fog affecting Eastern England and east anglia as well. We have an area of High Pressure for friday, weatherfronts pushing northwards, a brighter one for the highlands as well and you can see after any mist in fog burns away its going to be a pretty glorious day for most in many places will stay dry altogether. There is a very slim chance of a shower. Most places will avoid them. 23, maybe 2a degrees widely, the low 20s up and down the country including central, southern and eastern scotland. Some changes into the weekend. It will be largely dry, sunny and warm for most of us but an increasing chance o
Semifinal. Naomi osaka is attempting to claim another scalp at the italian open, where on wednesday the four time grand slam champion beat a top 50 player on clay for the First Time Since 2019. Shes taking on ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the second rounds and its currently 4 1 to osaka. Meanwhile, rome provides the next stop on what is expected to be rafael nadal s final year on tour before retiring. Hes on court in the first round against zizou berys in a tournament hes won ten times before. He lost the first set, won the second and is a break up in the third, leading that by 3 1. The former interpreter for baseballs biggest name Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to fraud after prosecutors alleged he stole 16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player to pay off betting debts. The scandal engulfed the sport in march when news broke that Ippei Mizuhara had been accused of exploiting his relationship with ohtani to take millions from the players account. The Us Department ofjustic
Are affecting everton on it. Manager sean dyche admits he cant plan ahead, as uncertainty over the clubs takeover intensifies. And a telling off from the bosses Billy Vunipola is given a formal warning by the rfu, following his arrest in majorca last month. Also coming up on sportsday. The countdown is on just two days to go until olympic champion lauren price aims to become a world champion, too. I a world champion, too. Want to be a i a world chamion, too. Want to be a. , i want to be a massive fight because i want to be a massive fight because i want to be a massive fight because i want to be i want to be a massive fight because i want to be a i want to be a massive fight because i want to be a champion. I want to be a massive fight because i want to be a champion. Its i want to be a champion. Itsjust the start. Welcome along to the progamme. Plenty of support to bring you this thursday evening. Plenty of sport. Lets start in greece, then where the task might be tough, but there is