and the wta is taking its best players to a new home. the tour�*s finals tournament will be hosted by saudi arabia for the next three years. hello and thanks forjoining us where we start wirth football and the news that liverpool have returned to the top of the premier league after a 3—1win over bottom of the table sheffield united. after darwin nunez capitalised on a goalkeeping error it looked as though the hosts would cruise to victory at anfield, but a conor bradley own goal levelled matters shortly after the break. with the crowd on edge alexis mcallister�*s thunderbolt gavejurgen klopp�*s side the ascendancy once more, before cody gakpo finished it off late on to take the merseysiders two points clear of arsenal and three ahead of manchester city with 8

games to play. it was clear that sheffield will not change their approach and i will open upjust because they have gone down. they played what they wanted to play for the full 90 minutes. so, you know, it'sjust difficult, but you can do better than we did. and from a specific point, we did better. and that's why we won the game. we give it a good go. don't like losing. i think there's always ways ways to lose. and unfortunately, our achilles' heel the last 15 minutes were we run out of power, we run out of physical strength. and i think that's been our achilles heel right the way through the season, the amount of goals that we've conceded late on. and unfortunately, we just couldn't hang on in there. joyous scenes at stamford bridge as chelsea somewhat miraculously came from a goal down to score twice in stoppage time and win 4—3

against manchester united. having led 2—0 after less than 20 minutes the blues found themselves 3—2 down in stoppage time, before cole palmer converted a penalty to level and then his deflected goal in the 101st minute that gave him a hatrick was also the latest winning goal in premier league history. the reality that we need always to do more and more and more to win. but i think what's amazing, we cannot talk about. the performance was great, but i think was was very good because that is a good start to build a good connection with our fans. and i think that will be very helpful for the future of us. we make high individual errors that cost us the game. and then you are very disappointed. you are frustrated and you are even mad. mad with each other. we can't make such individual errors.

we have to learn from it. but actually when you are a player of man united, you already should know how to deal with this circumstance, how you deal with stoppage time, how you deal to bring a win over the line. it's the first round of euro 2025 qualifying on friday — when england's women officially begin the defence of their title. they start against sweden at wembley, and have a much clearer, if not necessarily easier path to the finals than the other home nations, asjoe lynskey reports. the way to the euros starts again at wembley. it's where england won the last one. the lionesses are defending champions. in switzerland next year they go to win it back, but this time the route is tough. their qualifying group is set up to test them with three teams ranked in the top six in the world. two go straight through, while third and fourth face the play—offs. england start against sweden and there's no space to look back. that was then and that

was a great moment. but we all move on. there have been lots of things happen in between that period that time and now. of course, we know sweden very well. they know us very well too. so we are preparing what we have seen lately from them, what we want to do and how we want to play. obviously we want to qualify for the euros. the long goal would obviously be to win the tournament. we go into every tournament wanting to win it, but that would be a special part of history to be a team that could potentially go back to back in a tournament. this qualifying format is split into tiers. england are in league a, but three other home nations are one below. in leage three, just make the playoffs. there is no straight route here through to the finals, but scotland, northern ireland and wales all see opportunity. you know, i still don't really

quite understand how on earth this is the process. it's going to be really hard, but i kind of welcome that. i relish that because, you know, i know this group and like i said, the players that we have and i fully believe that we are capable of getting to where we want to get to. our objective is at the end of the group to be first, but also to play the players and the player by being first, second or third. so let's see what happens game by game, we are looking for good performances. we are looking for our players to be performing at the best level and we do that, we have more opportunities to win every single match. i think for us it's _ about continuing to progress and challenge the group to have to make decisions _ for themselves. and that comes with, i suppose, positives, but also areas - where they make mistakes. so a little bit of patience - and i'm ok with that because actually the progression we're seeing is really, really- positive with the group. in 15 months�* time, this is the destination, the first match and the final of the euros are in basel. 16 teams make it and there are no easy routes. now to tennis and the news that the saudi arabian capital of riyadh will host the wta finals for the next three years and offer record prize money. this year's finals will take

place in november, and our sports news correspondent laura scott says there are mixed feelings about it. there are some who believe that if the wto doesn't go to countries that are offering to host events and participate in its ambition to achieve equal prize money, then perhaps the future of women's tennis is precarious. there are others who say that going to a country like saudi arabia with its human rights record undermines the women who formed the wta and participate in the sport. if you think of the likes of daria kasatkina, she is in a same sex relationship. she has spoken about her concerns about going to saudi arabia. authorities in the country have said and made clear that everyone will be welcome at the wta finals and of course kasatkina might not actually qualify to compete. but it is clearly important to all the players that everyone is made to feel welcome there.

another clear area of concern is whether they can attract the crowds that they would would feel befit the end of yearfinals. that is something that steve simon, the head of the wta, acknowledged. he said that they would be working with saudi arabia to make sure that they do generate the crowds. he said that they would look into formula one and how that worked in saudi arabia to help with that. but this will undoubtedly draw controversy. martina navratilova and chris evert among the most vocal critics of this. but then you've got billiejean king who feels that actually, if you want to make a change, then go to the country. she is supportive of tennis being played in saudi arabia. so some conflicting views in this — likely to draw reaction know at the events in the coming weeks as we hear from more top players. but certainly an interesting move today in terms of saudi arabia's increasing influence in sport. danielle collins saw off defending champion ons jabeur in a tight tussle as she moved through to the round of 16 at the charleston open.

the world number 22 who won the miami open last month saw her streak of 17 straight sets end and with the tunisianjabeurfighting back in the final set. but collins dug deep fora 6—3,1—6, 6—3 win and she'll now play fellow american sloane stephens for a place in the quarterfinals. rafael nadal has withdrawn from the upcoming monte carlo masters where the 22—time grand slam winner was expected to make his atp tour comeback. writing on the social media platform x nadal said, "unfortunately i have to tell you that i am not going to be playing in monte carlo. my body simply won't allow me." the 37—year—old who has said he expects to retire after the 2024 season, returned to competition in brisbane injanuary, after almost a year sidelined with a hip flexor injury, but has not played an atp event since. several riders have been taken to hospital after a mass crash on the fourth stage of the tour

of the basque country. among those hurt were reigning tour de france champion jonas vingegaard, world time trial champion remco evenepoel and olympic time trial champion primoz roglic. the stage resumed with the breakaway allowed to ride to the line. evenepoel posted this reaction to the crash.... i hope and think my long—term goals will will not change. everything should be ok with that. then i need to thank all the doctors and also dr who that took care of me in the last couple of hours. and of course, i want to wish all the other riders that were involved in the crash all the best to speedy recovery. and i hope to see you all soon on the road again. you would imagine one may find their way into the pool in a slightly more elegant manner than a french diver earlier. at the opening of the olympic aquatics centre in paris. alexis jandard on the right of the three

lost his grip on the board atjust the wrong moment. and who said afterwards... "thanks for the support! for your information, my back is fine, but my ego..." you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. the weather will be throwing all sorts at us over the next few days. some wet weather, some warm weather and some windy weather — particularly driven by storm kathleen. a storm named by the irish weather service for impacts it will have in the republic of ireland over the weekend. but for northern and western parts of the uk it will bring gales and the risk of disruption. here is storm kathleen developing, still well away to the south—west of our shores. but low pressure already

in charge of the scene for friday — rain and snow across scotland. that tending to peter out, but more rain pushing into southern scotland later. for northern ireland, bands of showery rain with sunny spells in between. england and wales, seeing a day of sunny spells and showers. it will be quite windy, particularly around western and southern coasts, but pretty warm — 15 degrees for belfast, 18 for norwich. still cold in the north of scotland, but it will turn milder here as we go through friday night. further bands of heavy rain driving northwards, turning increasingly windy around some western parts, but a very mild start to the weekend. down towards the south, 12 or 13 degrees first thing on saturday. so storm kathleen, this deep area of low pressure well to the west of us, but coming close enough to bring some very strong winds. and with those winds coming from the south, well, they will be pulling some really warm air into the mix. it is likely that saturday will be the warmest day of the year so far. with some outbreaks of rain moving northwards

across scotland, showers following on behind, some decent sunny gaps in between, but i think it is the strength of the wind that could cause some issues, especially around western coast. we'll see gusts of 50, 60, maybe 70 miles per hour in exposed spots. so that could cause some travel disruption, maybe a little bit of damage. temperature wise, though — well, values up to 20 or 21 degrees in eastern england and certainly much, much warmer than it has been across the north of scotland. now, storm kathleen, this area of low pressure continuing to track to the north—west of us as we move through saturday night into sunday. still a lot of isobars squeezing together on this chart for sunday, so still very windy. the strongest winds up towards the north west of scotland where there will be gales. yes, there'll be some sunny spells, but there'll be some heavy perhaps thundery showers and it's going to be a windy day for all of us. not quite as warm on sunday. temperatures between ten and 17 degrees.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines: following white house and international pressure, israel moves to increase humanitarian relief to goals are to the —— relief to goals are to the —— relief to goals are to the —— relief to gaza. the race to rescue hundreds of people still missing in taiwan after a powerful and deadly

earthquake rocked the island. the first ballots are cast in the south korean election. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday.. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with the israel—gaza war. it has been announced that israel will open more aid current doors to gaza. it comes as the us president told israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on a call that future us support depends on the immediate steps his government will take in gaza, calling the situation unacceptable. speaking in brussels, antony blinken and outlined what president biden had to say in his call with mr netanyahu. the resident his call with mr netanyahu. tue: president emphasised his call with mr netanyahu. tte: president emphasised that strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian

situation are unacceptable. he