president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. let s take you live to dublin where presdeint biden is due to depart for the the official residence of president higgins, his irish counterpart. he will be departing shortly to address the irish parliament, only the fourth us president to do so. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. charlotte 7 charlotte? it is a real day of diplomacy and business forjoe biden. yesterday afternoon, which was more about his personal ties, he was more about his personal ties, he was in the towns of carlingford and the local pub, chatting to people who lived there, taking selfies, making a speech. at times it really looked like he was on holiday, to be honest. he said at one point, i don t know why my ancestors left here, it is such a great place to be.
bring it back into the games. the women s tennis association will resume tournaments in china this year having accepted a full and transparent investigation into the sexual assault allegations made by shui will not be carried out by the chinese government. they have been boycotted for 16 months after peng shuai said she was forced into a sexual relationship with the former chinese vice premiere in 2021. the chief executive said a different approach is needed hopefully by returning more progress can be made. manchester united host six times europa league champions seville in the pick of thursday night s quarterfinal matches. the reds will be without marcus rashford who is out with a groin strain. although he scored 20 goals for the club this year, the man likely to replace him, anthony machel, is at play that make the team play better according to his manager. the united boss says he is wary of peng wary of sevilla s excellent record. its is wary of peng wary of sevilla s
let s turn to ireland now where us presidentjoe biden has already had a busy day and where in the next hour he s expected to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament. in the past hour we ve seen him arrive at farmleigh house in dublin for a meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. . , relationship between the us and ireland. ., , , relationship between the us and ireland. . , , ., ireland. there really is an opportunity ireland. there really is an opportunity to ireland. there really is an opportunity to make - ireland. there really is an i opportunity to make serious progress, notjust because of the accords that we signed 25 years ago, but just accords that we signed 25 years ago, butjust in terms of the way ireland is moving, and the way that it is taking its place in the world, and i just think that it feels so good to be able to have this emerging
sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s kasa. bayern munich have suspended sadio mane from the club s match this saturday against hoffenheim for his misconduct after the 3 0 defeat to manchester city in the quarterfinals of the champions league on tuesday night. the 31 year old former liverpool winger has also been given a fine by the bavarian side after reports of a changing room bust up with team mate leroy sane. the two players were seen arguing towards the end of the match and german papers allege mane punched his teammate in the face. manchester united goalkeeper david de gea says the club is aiming for more trophies, as the reds get ready to take on six time champions sevilla in the pick of the europa league quarterfinal first legs tonight. united won the europa league, and other favourites. other favourites. they still have a semifinal to other favourites. they still have a semifinal to come. de gea says manager erik ten hag has brought in