Atalanta and marseille are level at 1 1. Their second match is in bergamo. The Europa Conference League already has one finalist after fiorentina got there for the second year in a row, Beating Club Bruges li 3 on aggregate. Aston villa face what their manager unai emery has called the biggest game of their season, as they attempt to join fiorentina by overturning game of their season, as they attempt to join fiorentina by Overturning A Li 2 first leg deficit against olympiakos in greece. Keeper emi martinez, whose Penalty Saves got them this far, could be back from injury for the match in piraeus. Of course it is going to be very difficult here away because always, with the, they have the most fans supporting the home team, it could be more difficult. Here their supporters push a lot, helping them. The biggest challenge we are going to face this year, playing in the semifinal. Now, a lot of mexican fans were excited when it was announced that the Azteca Stadium will host five matches
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
They havent gone in rafah yet. If theyre going to rafah, im not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah, to deal with the cities, to deal with that problem. Were going to continue to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and their ability to respond to attacks like came out of The Middle East recently. Lets ta ke lets take you to the scene, looking out at gaza. You can see in the distance there, a heavy plume of smoke, a reminder that the conflict continues on. And heavy shelling has been reported in rafah in the south of the gaza strip this morning. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, told me more from jerusalem. We still havent heard from the israeli Prime Ministers office. We do have some comments in the past hour or so from the Israeli Foreign minister obliquely referring to this. Hes written on x. Theres no war more just than this. And said israel will continue to fight until hamas s destruction. Weve also had, in a characteri
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