this, after youssef en nesyri had put the visitors ahead in the 26th minute. sevilla, who knocked out manchester united in the quarter finals, have won the europa league a record six times, most recently in 2020. i m optimistic for the second leg, because this team has shown during the whole season they are able to surmount difficulties. i think the lads deserve this draw, and above all, the chance to play in the finals, so i am happy for them. was they did tonight, they are a truly great team. in the other tie, edoardo bove fired roma to a win over bayer leverkusen in their semi final first leg match. he scored the only goal of the game in the 63rd minute at the stadio olimpico, allowing jose mourinho s side to take a slender lead into next week s second leg in germany. the win gives mourinho the chance to reach his second european final in as many years as roma coach after winning the europa conference league last season. semifinals are never emotionally easy. they are neve
as sofia kenin stunned second seeded sabalenka in straight sets at the rome open. hello and welcome to the programme. lots to get through, but we ll start with football on another big night of european action with the semi finals of both the europa league and the europa conference league under way in turin. juventus left it very, very late to snatch a draw at home to four time europa league champions severe. the spanish side had led through youssef and nasri in the first half, but they couldn t hang on for victory. federico gatti with uva s equaliser in the seventh minute of stoppage time. and then the semifinal roma have the advantage after beating bayer leverkusen 1 0 eduardo bove with the only goal midway through the second half withjose mourinho s side. the second leg for both ties are next thursday. in the europa conference league, it was a night of fight back. fc basel scored a stoppage time winner to come from behind to beat fiorentina 2 1 in italy, while west ham scor
i ll try to give you a fascinating snapshot of all the world of business and money. let s start here in the uk, where the economy in the first three months of this year recorded growth ofjust 0.1%. output in consumer facing services fell by 0.8% in march underscoring the impact of ongoing strikes and the cost of living crisis. hardly booming but a far cry from the record breaking recession that the bank of england was predicting six months ago. on thursday, the bank announced a major rethink of its forecasts saying the uk will now avoid going into recession. of course, talking about interest rates. the bank also raised its main interest rate again by a quarter of a percent to 4.5%. that s the 12th rate rise in a row and it puts the cost of borrowing here in the uk at a 15 year high. here s dr steve nolan, senior lecturer in economics at liverpool john moores university. good to see you. hardly the doom and gloom of the recession that was predicted, but let s be fr
continues and president zelensky is winding ukrainian forces are holding out but are outnumbered. belgian s king arrived in congo, two years after expressing regret for his families brutal colonial ruling. let s start with borisjohnson and the fallout from yesterday s confidence vote on his leadership. although he won, more than a0 per cent of his own mps voted against him. in recent months, the prime minister has faced mounting pressure following revelations of lockdown parties held at downing street. the prime minister addressed cabinet ministers today here s what he told them. thank you everybody for all your good work yesterday because it was a very important day because we were able to draw a line under the issues that our opponents want to talk about and we re able to get on talking about what i think people in this country want us to. we know that cabinet support for the prime minister still holds firm here s foreign secretary liz truss. we had a vote yesterday.
The semifinal series of the gagarin cup left no chance for the tractor. After two home victories, the yaroslavl team also won two matches in chelyabinsk. Martin gernat, the playoffs leading scorer among defensemen, scored again in game 4. Slovakian opened an account in middle of the starting period. During the second segment, the Railway Workers strengthened their advantage. Artur kayumov and Sergei Andronov scored accurate shots, but the third period passed without any goals scored. 3 0 in the match and 4 0 in the series. Lokomotiv reached the final of the gagarin cup for the First Time Since 2009. The next round of the russian football championship turned out to be one of the most spectacular of the season, both in terms of effectiveness and the intensity of the fight. Perhaps the most dramatic match was between dynamo and spartak. Fortune has clearly turned its back on igor lishchuk. Dynamo goalkeeper twice unsuccessfully deflected the ball in front of him. Redandwhite striker Alexa