hello and welcome to sportsday. iamjohn i am john watson. our headlines tonight. an audition for europe s best. will haaland halt manchester city s pursuit of the title they desperately crave? cricketer sarah taylor on why now is the right time to return to the crease. and another olympic setback north korea pulls out of the tokyo games. also ahead tonight: playing the game they loved, but at what cost? chris sutton on the urgent action football must take in tackling dementia. heading a football killed my dad. i believe it s killed hundreds of other players across the professional game. yes, good evening. two big games for british clubs in the champions league tonight. and with it, some star quality, kevin du bruyne and erling braut haaland europe s most coveted striker on show later at the etihad as city welcome borussia dortmund. we ll discuss his impact in europe in a moment. in madrid, mo salah and karim benzema, not to mention jurgen klopp and zinedine zidane, as liv
police searching for the missing student, richard okorogheye, say a body has been found in epping forest. the president s son speaks out. hunter biden, targeted by donald trump for his drug addiction and financial deals, gives the bbc his version of a troubled past. i created a perception and a perception that was wielded against us in an incredibly wild and conspiratorial way, and the biden name is synonymous with democracy and transparency, and that is why i said that it was gold to them. and star light, star bright. why the pandemic means less light pollution and a better chance to see the night sky. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has confirmed that the government is looking at the idea of covid certificates for foreign travel and also for access to some venues and events in england. he also said so called covid passports wouldn t be needed when many businesses re open next week, but he didn t rule it out for the summer. some of his own mps are
and there s revenge for ons jabeur as she claims victory in charleston. hello and thanks for joining us, here s your latest sports news. hello there, we ll start with football because was this the weekend that the premier league title race swung back towards the holders manchester city. leaders arsenal were looking for their eighth league win in a row, but threw away a 2 goal lead to draw 2 all with liverpool at anfield. gabriel martinelli and gabriel jesus put the gunners 2 up inside half an hour. mo salah pulled one back by the break and also missed a penalty early in the second half, dragging his spot kick wide of the post. substitute roberto firmino scored the equaliser inside the last 5 minutes and liverpool were denied victory by a number of stunning saves from keeper aaron ramsdale. i imagine for the outside world it was a great game to watch. we started it really well and were dominant in the half and continued playing, scored the second and then just before half time
hello and thanks forjoining us, here s your latest sports news. we ll start with football because was this the weekend that the premier league title race swung back towards the holders manchester city. leaders arsenal were looking for their eighth league win in a row, but threw away a 2 goal lead to draw 2 2 with liverpool at anfield. gabriel martinelli and gabriel jesus put the gunners 2 up inside half an hour. mo salah pulled won back by the break and also missed a penalty early in the second half, dragging his spot kick wide of the post. substitute roberto firmino scored the equaliser inside the last five minutes and liverpool were denied victory by a number of stunning saves from keeper aaron ramsdale. well, i imagine from the outside world it was a great game to watch. we started the game really well. we were really dominant in the first half, scored the first one, continued play, scored the second one and the half time we concede the goal and we give liverpool some mo
just like this case could be debatable, less so than other cases, i think, but you can always debate, but it is the succession of it for us this season, and the effects on points. kompany was speaking ahead of their game against wolves on tuesday night. we ve also heard from the west ham manager david moyes in the build up to their match against s tottenham on tuesday. moyes has urged the supporters to get behind kalvin phillips. the hammers were leading newcastle 3 1 on saturday when philips came off the bench for the last 20 minutes and they ended up losing 4 3. the midfielder, who s on loan from manchester city, was involved in a heated exchange with fans as he got on the team bus afterwards. calvin is a human being and can do things which we all do at different times, what you need to support and he needs support behind him, he needs people to help them, and we will stand up and help them as much as we possibly can, and then, obviously, we need to give support to all of o