13 showed their resilience, their determination to win this game and we have had so many setbacks im really proud of the team, not only in this game but the whole season there have been so many setbacks and they can deal with it. There are very strong it helps also that the defence behind us and we got the win. Defence behind us and we got the win. So lets take a look at how those semifinals line up. Manchester united taking on coventry, who got the better of wolves in another late thriller this weekend. The championship side have former united striker mark robins as their manager. Also a huge tie which sees holders Manchester City against chelsea. Those ties in a months time. Bayer leverkusen are closing in on their first ever bundesliga title after a 3 2 win at freiburg. It means xabi alonsos side are ten points clear of Bayern Munich at the top with only eight games left to play. Leverkusen havent lost a game all season in any competition. Their head coach, xabi alonso, is keen to u
Risk of your shower, mainly in the South East Of England, but many places will be dry. These are the temperatures, similar to yesterday, 1415, temperatures, similar to yesterday, 14 15, could be 16 in the South East Of England but we got that rain coming in to Northern Ireland and we will see a couple of bands of rain sweeping eastwards overnight. The second one could turn heavy with some gusty winds in scotland, gail is perhaps in the far north but the rain tends to ease off later in the night because we got cloud and some breeze and a bit of rain here and there it will be milder than last night, no lower than 9 10. You can see there two bands of Rain Decaying and turning more showery, and many places brightening up with sunshine. A few showers for england and wales and perhaps Northern Ireland. The early heavy showers in scotland should move away and the winds will ease as well and we will get more sunshine around here. Maybe a bit coolerfor sunshine around here. Maybe a bit cooler f
for the past 2 years of the original 12 super league founder members, only barcelona and real madrid have remained committed to the idea of a breakway. reacting to the ruling, the real president florentino perez said it was a great day for the history of football and that clubs were now masters of their own destiny here s the real manager. translation: i think it was an important decision for football, for all football, for all clubs. some clubs are not convinced if there is not going to be a monopoly to manage it, ithink it not going to be a monopoly to manage it, i think it will be positive for clubs and players. i think the schedule can be improved, especially the international schedule, which worries us a lot. in the end time will tell if it will be positive. but i think it will be something positive for everyone. the final of fifa s club world cup takes place later in saudi arabia. the european champions manchester city face the south american champions fluminense fro
pep guardiola has really been building up the importance of this tournament as his european champions manchester city get ready to face the south american champions fluminense from brazil. both are playing in the final for the first time. city are looking to become the fourth english club to win the trophy after manchester united, liverpool and chelsea. it is so difficult to come here, so difficult. you have to win and champions league. both competitions are really tough. that s why it s a unique gift, all we have. when you re in this competition, you are in it forever. all six premier league sides that originally backed the breakaway european super league in 2021 have now re affirmed their committment to playing in uefa s european competitions. this follows yesterday s ruling by the european court ofjustice that the ban by uefa and fifa on clubs from joining the european superleague was unlawful and the two governing bodies had abused a dominant position . liverpool were
Will combine to welcome 48 nations for the tournament. The six counties who will stage the matches are argentina, morocco, paraguay, portugal, spain and uruguay and they will all qualify automatically. Our sports news editor dan roan has more on this. Dan, how can this Work Logistically . It is an amazing deal that has been struck by fifa today along with a number of configurations that represent the different continents of the football landscape. If fans thought the idea Of A Winter World Cup was a novel proposition, they will be just as amazed perhaps is the announcement today. For the First Time Ever at the world cup will be staged across three continents. It will be staged in three countries in 2026 in the us, canada and mexico. Fifa have gone one better it seems with this. Six Different Countries over three continents. Spain, portugal, morocco are effectively the co hosts of this tournament, but in a move that is meant to honour and mark the centenary of the inaugural world cup in