the opportunity to give some of his star names a rest and take a look at the club s talented youngsters. it was a really important experience. good performances as a team. it is an unfair assessment, because they are top of the table in belgium, it is really difficult, but i thought we would give it a go and that is ok for me. aston villa are into the last 16 of the europa conference league. they could only draw at the bosnian side zrinjski mostar, but that was enough to seal the top spot in their group. unai emery had made eight changes from the side that beat arsenal last weekend. aberdeen were already out of the competition, but they managed their first group stage victory in nearly 16 years after beating bundesliga giants eintracht frankfurt 2 0. it was a frustrating night for chelsea women, who missed out on the chance to top their champions league group. they were held to a goalless draw by the swedish side hayken, who stay top ahead of chelsea by two points with three
so it would only be a consolation against eintracht frankfurt. that was a win for them. a bit of a confidence boost. they are not going through in europe this season. history will be made this month when rebecca welch becomes the first female referee to take charge of a premier league match. she ll officiate at fulham v burnley on 23 december. it comes less than a year after welch became the first female to referee a championship game. then on boxing day, sam allison will be the first black referee in the premier league since 2008. he ll oversee sheffield united s match against luton. onto cricket now and england are taking on the west indies in their second t20 international in grenada. and after putting the windies into bat, england restricted them to 176 7, opener brandon king top scoring on and unbeaten 82. adil rashid england s best bowler with a superb two for 11 runs. in reply, captainjoss butler was out for just five. and england are looking iffy on 106 4. 100 and w
rhythm. 4/2 centuries later helped take the hosts to 407 at the close of play. and in his final test series, david warner had a brilliant 164. the open air start on day one as australia ended 346 5 and that means that warner is now fifth on the all time australian test run scorers list. australia elected to bat after winning the toss. fellow opener was out for 41. andy farrell has signed a new long term contract to remain ireland coach, the rugby side lost to new zealand in the quarterfinals having gone into the tournament ranked number one. he has beenin tournament ranked number one. he has been in charge since 2019 and led ireland to the first ever series win in new zealand last summer and they win a grand slam earlier. and eddie jones admitted he felt terrible about the world cup failure but insisted he had no guilt about the process that saw him return as japan boss. at a press conference he faced more questions about how you made contact with the japanese rugby union. i