and — fury�*s forgiven — oleksandr usyk holds no grudges after their heavyweight fight is postponed — but promises to beat him in may. hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. we start with a huge shock at the asian cup asjordan continue to rewrite the history books. having never got past the last eight of the competition, they are now into the final for the very first time. and to get there — they knocked out one of the favourites to lift the trophy — beating south korea 2—0. yazan al—naimat put them in front before a superb solo effort from their superstar musa al—taamari — the montpellier winger securing the momentous win in qatar.

tottenham hotspur�*s son heung min did have a goal disallowed for south korea, but he — along with his teammates — will now be back to their respective clubs without any silverware. it's meant everything for me now i am in the final, because my club in france — they support me, and i have big, big support me, and i have big, big support from them and from the french league. it's good to be in the final, because i make my country, like, everybody speak about my country in france. this is very important for me. and i hope we can do it in the final and we take care in the final. , . ., ., , . final. they did a fantastic “ob. final. they did a fantastic job- they _ final. they did a fantastic job. they fought - final. they did a fantastic job. they fought and - final. they did a fantastic - job. they fought and prepared welt — job. they fought and prepared welt we — job. they fought and prepared well. we knew they would be a really — well. we knew they would be a really tough game. and jordan did a _ really tough game. and jordan did a fantasticjob. i wish them _ did a fantasticjob. i wish them all_ did a fantasticjob. i wish them all the best.

so very mixed emotions at full—time and conversation has already turned to what next for south korea and particularly their manager? jurgen klinsmann was only appointed a year ago — but boasting a squad which includes son heun min, bayern munich�*s kim min—jae, and psg's lee kang in as well as hwang hee—chan of wolves... the pressure is on the german, who wasn't the happiest in the post—match press conference. iam very i am very disappointed. i'm angry. because we should have done better tonight. our pre—game talk was very clear in how to accept the battles, the one—on—one situations, and how we wanted to approach tactically right away from the beginning. we did not exist in the first 20—30 minutes. that's why i'm saying i give them respect because they were better — they wanted it more. so south korea coming home. jordan go maching on — but who will they face in saturday's final? hosts qatar will fancy their chances of being able to defend their trophy in front of their home fans. they face iran in the semifinal on wednesday —

a team who've won this tournament three times — although their last success was all the way back in 1976. translation: we enter this match with — translation: we enter this match with big _ translation: we enter this match with big motivation. i translation: we enter this | match with big motivation. we are one step away from the final for the second time in a row. to reach the final, it will be a great achievement. however, we recognise the difficulty of this match, and we recognise that we are going to play a very tough match against iran. we started out training for the qatar— we started out training for the qatar match, and we're very concentrated. we even had a full analysis session of the japan _ full analysis session of the japan match, and we figured that— japan match, and we figured that there were a few mistakes that there were a few mistakes that we — that there were a few mistakes that we made in that match that we should — that we made in that match that we should be careful not to repeat _ we should be careful not to repeat. so i think we're ready, and _ repeat. so i think we're ready, and we're _ repeat. so i think we're ready, and we're focused. well, it's notjust the asian cup that's reaching the business end — but on wednesday, it's semifinal time at the africa cup of nations. hosts ivory coast somehow still in the tournament up against the democratic republic of congo, a country looking to use their fantastic run to help promote peace and unity in their country. while the two sides

with the most clean sheets in nigeria and south africa go head to head in the other semifinal. our world football reporter john bennett spoke to my colleague jane dougall a little earlier — and began by previewing ivory coast's journey to the final four. let's recap. almost went out in the group stage. then they were minutes away from going out in the last 16. they were seconds from going out in the quarterfinals. but here they are in the semifinals. 0h, quarterfinals. but here they are in the semifinals. oh, and iforgot to say are in the semifinals. oh, and i forgot to say that they also sacked their manager as well during this tournament. so it really is difficult to know what's going to happen. i think the fans here in the city of abidjan almost feel it's destiny for them to win this trophy after all that's happened. but their opponents, dr congo, are a very strong team with lots of motivation. they want revenge because they were knocked out by ivory coast the last time they reached the semifinals back in 2015. so, expect some drama, some twists and turns, because we always get that when ivory coast are in action. nigeria, we would probably say,

are favourites to reach the final, aren't they? but south africa have had luck on their side so far, don't you think? yeah, and some really good performances as well. i mean, beating morocco in the last 16 — morocco, who reached the world cup semifinals. then, the luck you mentioned, perhaps, in the penalty shoot—out in the last round when they beat cape verd —— verde, although their goalkeeper was in fantastic form, making four saves in the penalty shoot—out, which is unheard of. they're up against nigeria, who will be favourites, particularly after the good news they've had today — victor ossoman, their star striker, was suffering from illness over the last 48 hours. the news we've just heard from the nigeria camp is that he's fit and ready to play in the semifinal against south africa. he's even trained fully with the team today. that is huge, because victor ossoman is so important for the super eagles. i think nigeria start as favourites, but the way south africa have played, you can never write them off in this

tournament. in club football, the eight teams left in the women's champions league now know they're route to the final. if chelsea want to give outgoing manager emma hayes the perfect send—off, in the quarterfinals — the perfect send—off, they'll need to beat ajax in the quarterfinals — and then beat either norwegian side brann or defending champions barcelona to reach the final. the other two quarter—finals see lyon face benfica and paris st—germain play sweden's hacken. less than five months after being appointed, boris becker has stepped down as coach of world number seven holgar rune. in a statement on social media, becker said he had to withdraw from the role because of "private and professional responsibilities". the three—time wimbledon champion previously coached novak djokovic from 2013 to 2016. meanwhile, former world number one simona halep�*s appeal against a four—year doping ban will be heard by the court of arbitration for sport from wednesday. halep was suspended after an independent tribunal found she had committed "intentional" anti—doping violations in september last year. halep says the allegations are false.

meanwhile, on the court, andy murray's miserable start to 2024 goes on. still no wins after four tournament entries. he was beaten in straight sets in the opening round of the latest atp event in marseille — losing to tomas mahatch of the czech republic — a player ranked 17 places below him in the world rankings. six defeats in a row for murray and has only won one of his last ten matches — a run stretching back to october. and in abu dhabi, four—time former grand slam champion naomi 0saka also lost in the first round — beaten in straight sets to qualifier danielle collins. 0saka has won just one of her first four matches since returning following the birth of her child. there's been an astonishing victory for australia in their third and final one—day international against the west indies. after bowling their opponents out for just 86, australia chased down their target in under seven over —

in under seven overs — their fastest 0di run chase in their history — winning by 8 wickets with 259 balls to spare in canberra — to complete a 3—0 series whitewash. the two sides now start a t20 series on friday. world heavyweight champion 0leksandr usyk has told the bbc he's not bothered about tyson fury�*s fitness after their fight was postponed unil may 18th. usyk missed the birth of his daughter while training for the original date and if fury — who had to call it off after a cut to his eye — isn't fit for the rearranged bout, usyk will face the ibf�*s madatory challenger. that will either be anthonyjoshua or filip hrgovic. i don't think about it. it was tyson. it was not tyson. because for me, no, it doesn't matter. ijust want

because for me, no, it doesn't matter. i just want to —— because for me, no, it doesn't matter. ijust want to —— the undisputed fight. in the six nations — france's paul willemse has found out his fate after being sent off in the opening match against ireland. he's been given a four—week ban — meaning he'll miss the upcoming matches against scotland and italy. however, this ban can be reduced by one week if he completes "tackle school". and the countdown to the super bowl is officially underway — however the headlines for sunday's match are not dominated by the two teams competing — but instead by musician taylor swift. she'll be hoping to see her boyfriend travis kelce — win a third super bowl for the kansas city chiefs — but that relationship has led to conspiracy theories about the competition itself being fixed. the idea that this was in the script and this was pre—planned, that'sjust script and this was pre—planned, that's just — script and this was pre—planned, that'sjust — it's nonsense. it's frankly not even worth talking about. we see two people who are really happy together, having fun together. i think that's wonderful. and i

wish them well. they're both wonderful people. the fact that — you know, they're both involved with football in some fashion through their relationship — that's great. we welcome that. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website but from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. the weather is changing, it's getting colder and that's going to bring the risk of some snow to some parts of the country. now, on tuesday, the temperatures were 14 degrees in surrey ahead of that weather front, which is taking rain down into the english channel.

and following on from that, we've got the colder air moving down from the north. and we've seen some wintry showers falling in scotland. could well be a covering of snow in many places here, particularly in the northwest. but there's a danger there may well be some snow falling in the central belt of scotland early in the morning, too. now, increasingly, those wintry showers will become confined to northern scotland. the rest of scotland seeing sunny spells developing. so too northern ireland, and for much of england and wales, although in the south it still could be quite cloudy, still a bit of rain through the english channel not far away from the south coast of england. here, it's going to be colder than it was on tuesday, but it's going to be much less windy. typical temperatures are going to be six or seven degrees. so a chillier day. and into that colder air, that weather front that's in the channel is going to get swept northwards by this big area of low pressure that's moving into the colder air. and that's going to give us the risk of some snow. and these are the temperatures we've got first thing on thursday morning. so, frosty start, particularly in scotland and northern parts of england. in the south, it's

a little milder. we're going to have rain across southern parts of england and wales heading into the midlands, but as that weather moves northwards into that colder block of air, so we're going to find some sleet and snow falling as well. now, we still have this yellow warning out from the met 0ffice. the area has changed a bit, so we're seeing snow less likely in the midlands. there's snow extending into northern ireland. while there be some snow to low levels, it's mainly over the hills with significant falls over the higher hills, which will bring some disruption. we've still got that snow continuing into the evening across northern england, northern ireland and heading into southern most parts of scotland. another band of wet weather coming into the south of england before midnight. and low pressure is going to spin its way across the uk to end the week, and that's going to bring this mixture of rain, sleet and snow. but we never remove that block of colder air in scotland. so we're going to find snow developing more widely away from the east coast. there'll be some more snow in the northern pennines for a while as well. cold easterly wind in scotland will keep temperatures four or five degrees at best. further south, it will be milder. we're more likely to have some

rain, which could be on the heavy side.

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this is bbc news. america's top diplomat arrives in israel. the last stop of his middle east push for a new ceasefire deal. 0n on this void, the yeas are 214 and the names are to 16, the resolution is not adopted. house republicans fail to impeach homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas, over his handling of the border crisis. but this may not be the final word. and — "citizen trump". that's the ruling of a federal court, that says the former president isn't immune from prosecution. hello, i'm caitriona perry. we begin in the middle east. israel says it's informed the families of 31 hostages held in gaza that their loved ones are dead. this as talks continue to get the remaining hostages released. hamas is believed to have given

a "positive" response to a framework proposal for a new ceasefire in gaza.