win over home hope pierre—hugues herbert. a date with destiny as dortmund dare to dream ahead of the champions league final. we hearfrom their manager edin terzic. time to say goodbye for lexi thompson. with multiple lpga tour event wins and a major under her belt, she'll call time on her career at the end of the season. hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. we start in paris — where novak djokovic has begun his french open title defence with a solid straight sets victory over france's pierre—hugues herbert. having not yet reached a final in 2024, there have been

question marks around his form. but he did what he does best on the clay courts of the french capital, powering to a 6—4, 7—6, 6—4 win over his wild card opponent. the 24—time grand slam champion will take sole ownership of the record of most major titles with a fourth victory in paris. next up for him — spain's world number 63, roberto carballes baena. two—time french open finalist casper ruud moved into the second round with a routine 6—3, 6—4, 6—3 win over brazil's felipe meligeni alves. the norwegian is a two—time—beaten finalist in paris, so will be looking to make that final step. aryna sabalenka meanwhile dropped just three games against teenager erika andreeva to start her french open campaign in emphatic style. the second seed was never truly troubled in a 6—1, 6—2 win over her 19—year—old opponent, who is ranked 98 places below her.

she will face japan's moyuka uchijima in round two. fourth—seed elena rybakina started sluggishly against belgium's greet minnen. she was broken to love in her opening service game, and then went two—love down — before rallying to win ten consecutive games on her way to a 6—2, 6—3 victory. london's wembley stadium will deploy a record number of stewards for saturday's champions league final between borussia dortmund and real madrid. the football association is investing more than £5 million towards improving safety and infrastructure in a bid to avoid a repeat of the chaos which marred england's euro 2020 final against italy three years ago. some 2,500 stewards will be on duty at wembley. borussia dortmund are continuing their preparations for that season—defining champions league clash with 14—time winners real madrid. the bundesliga side are returning to the scene

of their 2013 champions league final defeat, while jadon sancho heads to the city of his birth before his loan from manchester united comes to an end. dortmund head coach edin terzic said his side will do all they can to send sancho back a champions league winner. we are there, and we are facing teams that are built to win the champions league. we are facing teams that are on a mission to win the champions league. and if you're on a mission, you can complete a mission or you can fail. but we are there to fulfil a dream, and this is our target — and we will fulfil the dream or fight for it, that's the difference between a dream and a mission. and this is what i feel with jadon — he wants to fulfil his dream, to win and lift the champions league trophy. and hopefully, we can give him the support to reach that because we know he will try his absolute best on saturday. vincent kompany is closing in on an improbable switch from burnley to bavaria as a move to bayern munich nears completion.

he is set to replace the sacked thomas tuchel. so what's the view from germany? here's the football writer and broadcaster constantin eckner. there's no way to really sugar—coat it — kompany is not the first choice or second choice, not even probably the fifth or sixth choice — because bayern have reached out and contacted, and talked to a number of coaches, including nagelsmann, hansi flick, the list goes on and on. they are almost running out of options, presentable options — then they turned their hat to a number of premier league coaches, and one of them was vincent kompany. of course, he's well—known in germany because he played for hamburg in the late 2000s, and he is well—respected. and of course, there's the connection to pep guardiola, the former bayern munich manager who is still very well respected amongst bayern�*s higher—ups — so that's why the name kompany came up. and max abell, who is now the director of sports basically at bayern,

has lobbied for kompany and basically said internally that they should give him a chance. now the premier league season has onlyjust come to an end, but many clubs have already released their ticket prices for next season, with some sets of fans facing huge increases in cost. a bbc questionnaire sent to more than 1,600 fans has found the majority of respondents are set to pay either slightly more, or significantly more, for their season ticket when the new campaign gets going in august, with many saying the prices are unfair. joe lynskey has more. match day at fulham — and right now at this club, these are the good times. for the third year in a row, they will be a top—flight club next season — but it comes at a cost. tickets here are some of the most expensive in the country. fulham has a localfan base, but the premier league is a global product. ijust know it's old stadium. now i'm a lifelong fulham fan, after today. was it expensive?

it was like 100 euros. it's holiday, so no, i don't care. are you premier league fans back home? more american football fans, but you know, i love - the premier league. record demand has pushed up the prices. one season ticket in fulham's new stand on the thames costs £3,000. caught in the swell are those who have watched this club for years. there will be a time when fulham find themselves back in the championship again — and then, where are your supporters going to be then? if you've priced them out, those loyal supporters won't be coming. some season tickets here are still below £500 — but in three stands for next season, the price goes up by 4%. it's not just at this club, it's a trend through the league. rising ticket prices have been met by protest. at liverpool, for one match, they took the flags down from the cop. at spurs, for one minute, they

turned their backs on the game. tottenham's proposals will affect older supporters — from the season after next, they'll phase out senior concessions. so fans who turn 66 will still pay full price. for alan, who's 68, his 50% discount will soon be reduced to 25%. it is an atrocious decision aimed at loyalty. it is a message from the club to us, as seniors, that we're not wanted. and it is a message to every single fan about how much they value loyalty — they don't. tottenham says senior concessions number have gone up fourfold since they left white hart lane, and that limits choice for others. through the league, every club is seeking a balance — between fans who pay more for a single match day and the fans who will be there every august through to may. joe lynskey, bbc news.

to golf — and lexi thompson has confirmed she will retire at the end of the 2024 lpga tour season. thompson, who's only 29, is a 15—time winner on tour. she won one major title at the 2014 kraft nabisco championship — now renamed the chevron championship. back in 2007, aged just 12, thompson became the youngest—ever qualifier at the time for the us women's open. reflecting back, this being my 18th year at the us women's open, at the age of 29, it's amazing because this tournament is where my whole career got started, i always say. in 2007, when i teed it up, i was like, that's where i realised i wanted to play against the best. it's been an amazing journey, i've loved every bit of it — so to be able to tee it up on my 18th is unbelievable. i feel like i'm very content with where my life is and where this decision will lead me to. so yeah, i'm just looking forward to what life has in store, other than golf. world number one nelly korda

also paid tribute to thompson, praising the job her fellow american has done to grow women's golf. korda is the player to beat this week at the us open in pennsylvania, having already claimed the year's first major. this golf course is a beast, i mean, off the tee, if you don't hit it into the fairway, it sinks down into the rough, and these greens are small and very, very undulated. i didn't get to play in 2015, but it's a beast of a golf course. world 1500m championjosh kerr has guaranteed that britain will win a medal in the event at the olympics. the biggest threat to gold is likely to be norway's reigning olympic champion jakob ingebritsen, whom kerr beat at the worlds last year. it's a rivalry he says is good for the sport. when two guys are going at it, trying to be the best in the world, and you have a competition that comes up every four years, you'll annoy each other a bit. and that's just the art of running these days, is, you know, some people get annoyed if you say you

want to go out and win, but it's my personality to tell people what i want to do and try and do it, because i think it brings more value to the fans and to the sport, and get more eyeballs on it. so, yeah, i've been a lot more vocal recently, and that's been annoying some people, i would say. sadly, that's all the time we've got left. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me, marc edards, and the rest of the team at the bbc sports centre, goodbye. hello. this long—range forecast takes us into the start ofjune, and there is some dry weather on the way, but notjust yet. the final few days of may will bring further heavy, thundery downpours, albeit

with some spells of sunshine in between, so it's not going to be a complete wash—out, just a rather mixed weather story underneath this area of low pressure. that low�*s certainly with us throughout wednesday, driving some pretty hefty showers. so, most places getting off to a mainly dry start, but those showers developing as the day wears on, and as we get into the afternoon, we will see some heavy, thundery ones, particularly across some northern, eastern and central parts of scotland and perhaps down into north—east england, as well, the sort of showers that could deliver a lot of rain in a short space of time, with thunder and lightning, maybe some hail thrown in for good measure. not as many showers further south, and, actually, in the best of the sunshine, feeling relatively warm, at 20—21 celsius. now, this area of low pressure�*s still fairly close by as we head on into thursday, but i think the focus for the heaviest showers will shift a little bit further southwards, so as we get into thursday afternoon, the greatest chance of showers and thunderstorms across southern and south—eastern

parts of england. further north and west, not as many showers, more dry weather, some spells of sunshine, but quite a brisk north or north—westerly flow, so that will keep things feeling relatively cool in some places. now, into friday, we will see quite a lot of cloud, i think, spilling across the south and the east of england. still the chance of some showers, also an area of cloud into northern scotland. but in between, a fair amount of sunshine and, actually, more in the way of dry weather overall as we end the week. and that sets us up for the weekend, because this area of high pressure is going to start to extend its influence towards our shores. now, there are some big areas of cloud to come around this high. the winds around high pressure flow in this clockwise direction, taking areas of cloud, pushing them across the uk, so we could see some fairly cloudy skies down towards the south and the east on saturday, perhaps up towards the north—west of scotland, as well. but in between, where we get some sunshine, temperatures are likely to get into the high teens or low twenties celsius, and our area of high pressure will still be with us as we get

into sunday, centred to the west of the uk. and it looks like, around the top of this high, we mayjust see this zone of rather warm air working its way in, particularly towards northern and north—western parts of the uk, so that could well be where we see some of the highest of the temperatures on sunday. some areas of cloud, but some spells of sunshine, but a chance that across, say, some central and eastern parts of scotland, we could get to 22—23 celsius. but even further south, high teens, low—20s celsius, feeling pleasant where you get sunshine. so, how long will that drier weather last? as we head through next week, it looks like the jet stream, which will have been running to the north of us, allowing that high pressure to sit in place, it looks like thejet will then dig southwards again, and that may bring an area of low pressure southwards, as well, bringing the increasing chance of showers. and this weather set—up, with high pressure to the west of us and low pressure to the east, will bring a north or north—westerly wind, and so that is not going to feel particularly warm.

no sign of any real heatwave into the start ofjune. a decent amount of dry weatherfor a time, just the increasing chance of showers later next week. that's all from me, bye—bye.

live from washington, this is bbc news. israeli tanks press further into rafah as the un security council holds an emergency meeting. after nearly six hours of closing arguments, the donald trump hush money case will be in the hands of a jury, and south africans go to the polls on wednesday for their seventh democratic election and it could bring a big political shift. the united nations security council held an emergency meeting on tuesday to discuss the israel operation in southern gaza. the algerian ambassador to the un says he will propose a resolution to stop the killing in rafah where hundreds of thousands of displaced people have been sheltering. the ambassador said the draft would be short and decisive. on the ground israeli

tanks has reached the centre of rafah for the first