Was delayed by five hours because of bad weather. The high profile new arrivals at the Saudi Pro League teams mean there are perhaps more eyes on the asian version of the Champions League than ever before. But also because of a recent agreement saudi clubs are playing matches in iran this season for the First Time Since 2016. On monday, though, al ittihads match against iranian club sepahan was cancelled at the last minute. The stadium In The City Of Isfahan was packed with 60 thousand fans, but the saudi team featuring the likes of Karim Benzema and ngolo kante never came out of the dressing room. The club were opposed to a statue of an iranian general assassinated in 2020 being placed at the entrance to the pitch. The Asian Football Confederation said the game had been cancelled due to unanticipated and unforeseen circumstances. Its the final round of Cricket World Cup warm ups in india today, but the host nations match against The Netherlands has been abandoned because of the weathe
Rishi sunak faces pressure to spell out the future of the High Speed Rail Link to the north of england, as businesses and politicians demand answers. As businesses and all as businesses and i can say is im not going to be forced all i can say is im not going to be forced into a premature decision. And pope francis appears to leave open the possibility of priests blessing some same sex couples. Now to Nagorno Karabakh which has been left virtually empty of Ethnic Armenians after it came under full azerbaijani control. We have been speaking to a professor of armenian studies. It is so important to hear the story of people you have talked to. If you can tell me once again, you have been speaking to those who have fled Nagorno Karabakh, what are the main problems and issues and fears that people you have been speaking to have right now . First of all, ithink speaking to have right now . First of all. I think i speaking to have right now . First of all, i thinki should speaking to have righ
North. Later in the week things start to really warm up. More rain on thursday and friday, particularly scotland and Northern Ireland. By the time we get to the weekend, low to mid 20s, 25 or 26 celsius for the south and east. Thanks, helen. And thats bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. From the six team, its goodbye. Hello, and welcome to sportsday with me, olly foster. Our headlines this evening. Tributes are paid to francis lee, a Manchester City great, who has died at the age of 79. Rangers dismiss Michael Beale afterjust ten months in charge who is his likely replacement at ibrox . Liverpool wont back down, demanding a full review after that disallowed goal and also the audio between officials. Also coming up on sportsday. Luke donald is open to Captaining Europe at the next ryder cup after a night of celebrations in rome. The voice is gone a little bit, and the heads a bit sore, but it was all worth it. And keeping herfeet firmly
play, champions league, so, yeah. we have to be in the top four, so next year we re back in the champions league and of course we have the fa cup, so there are still many things to pay for. let s bring you up to date with the other results on tuesday. we ve mentioned it, but the surprise package of the group stages, fc copenhagenjoining bayern munich in the last 16 courtesy of that win at home against galatasaray. in group c, napoli go through with real madrid worth noting that napoli s second goal was scored by the newly crowned african footballer of the year, victor osimhen. in group a, lens will be heading to the europa league after they beat sevilla 2 1 and courtesy of the 1 1 draw between arsenal and psv eindhoven in the netherlands. arsenal manager mikel arteta happy with his side s return to europe s premier competition. very positive overall, six or seven years without being in the competition with a team that hasn t got a lot of experience, i think we have compet