the former world tennis number one, maria sharapova, has won herfirst competitive tennis match since she was banned for doping 15 months ago. the five—time grand slam champion beat italy's roberta vinci in straight sets in the stuttgart open. sharapova tested positive for meldonium in 2016 and had her original two year ban reduced on appeal. one of the most famous landmarks in the city of bristol, colston hall, is to be renamed because of the building's associations with the slave trade. the concert hall, which over the years has seen performances by louis armstrong, the beatles and bob marley, was named after edward colston, a bristol merchant whose fortune was partly built on slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries. our correspondent, jon kay, takes up the story. 300 years on, he still divides opinion. edward colston, philanthropist and slave trader. only this month, his statue in bristol was defaced. and now his name will go from the city's concert hall.

i think it's a fundamental change and a very important decision. trustees say it's time to end the toxic association with slavery. if i've got members of staff who are uncomfortable coming in the building, if there are people, bristolians, and people from further afield who feel that this place isn't for them because of perceived associations, then that's something i can't be doing with. like other ports around the uk, this city is still struggling to come to terms with the role that it played in the brutality of the slave trade. a period which brought wealth and influence, but which also caused lasting shame. so for some, today's announcement was a pointless attempt to air brush history. for others, it's a moral victory. i'd look at that and think a disgusting man. he could have been involved in the transportation of my ancestors to a life of hardship. i think it's far too pc. i think it's ludicrous.

i mean, it's at colston hall for donkey's years. that's the brand and that's what we should stick with. # now i've got to know much more...#. bristol's biggest music act, massive attack, have boycotted the venue for 15 years because of the colston name. i think it's really embarrassing for bristol, yeah. daddy g from the band welcomed today's news, but he hopes it's a genuine decision and notjust an excuse to rebrand the hall with a corporate sponsor. i think the name should go out to committee and give the chance for bristolians to probably rename it. you know, personally, i'd like it to be named after somebody who was quite instrumental in the abolition of slavery. the hall will get its new name in three years‘ time after a major refurbishment, but some wonder where this will stop. what about other venues, schools and roads in this city and beyond which are also linked with the slave trade? jon kay, bbc news, bristol. newsnight‘s about to begin over

on bbc two in a few moments. here's evan davis. we've heard a lot about labour and the conservatives in this election campaign. tonight, we'll be out and about with ukip. in single digits in the polls. is there life in the party hello and welcome to sportsday with me will perry. the headlines tonight: tottenham stay in the premier league title race with a 1—0 win at crystal palace. arsenal left it late against leciester to keep their hopes of a champions league place alive. and there was a winning return to tennis for maria sharapova at the stuttgart open after serving a 15 month doping ban. tottenham have done what they needed to do tonight and beaten

crystal palace to reduce chelsea's lead at the top of the premier league to 4 points once again, but it wasn't straightforward for mauricio potchettino‘s side, 1—0 it finished at selhurst park as alex gulrajani reportss. time to move on for tottenham, they couldn't keep pace chelsea in the fa cup, could they do it in the league? any hope of that happening started a selhurst park crystal palace were farfrom selhurst park crystal palace were far from welcoming hosts as totte n ha m far from welcoming hosts as tottenham toiled in front of goal. pochettino needed to change things up, on pochettino needed to change things up, on came pochettino needed to change things up, on came son and sissoko but there was an unfortunate injury which made the presence felt. dele alli has made a habit scoring recently, not tonight. with their slim chances of catching chelsea

slipping away, the moment they needed, finally spurs found a way through. christian eriksen delivering when no one expected it, not least wayne hennessey in the palace goal. the dream continues for 110w. palace goal. the dream continues for now. in the second half we completely dominated the game, i think they didn't shoot and it was fantastic, very pleased and congratulating began the players and think three points that we got, we are reducing the gap with chelsea and always believe, fighting ahead. arsenal's hopes of reaching the champions league are still alive — but onlyjust after a late own goal from robert huth gave them a 1—0 win over leicester at the emirates. leicester's defence had repelled arsenal's best efforts until huth unwittingly deflected a wayward shot from nacho monreal past kasper schmeichel. we knew before the game with what

happened on sunday afternoon and extra time that we didn't have much time to recover. but overall we were focused, serious and in the end we played against a team that was very difficult to get out of position to destabilise and we got the win we wanted. so there are four points between chelsea and spurs. chelsea face everton on sunday while it's the north london derby, also on what could be a pivotal sunday. arsenal are now four points off a champions league place while manchester city face neighbours united tomorrow evening. sunderland are on the brink of relegation from the premier league after they lost 1—0 at second bottom middlesbrough. marten de roon got the only goal of the game in the eighth minute to give boro their first league win of 2017 and boost their slim hopes of avoiding the drop, they're now 6 points from safety with sunderland, 6 points further back and with a game in hand. while there is a chance to keep

going, while there are games to win, good performances normally lead to results and i think we have had a good few performances in the last few games. i hope we get points as well and obviously we have to try to pick up everyone, it is a swim, bournemouth becomes a must win. the players are all happy, they are all pleased with the effort and the determination and the spirit to collect the three points and win a north—east derby. all we do now is we remain focused for the game on sunday against manchester city and they will gain confidence and belief going into the game. newcastle united and west ham united's grounds have been raided as part of a tax fraud investigation. newcastle's managing director lee charnley was among "several men within professional football" who were arrested. he was released without charge at about earlier this evening. hmrc deployed 180 officers across the uk and france. our sports editor dan roan has been at newcastle's st james' park. the bbc suspects the tax fraud

amounts to £5 million. the taxman has a difficult relationship with the sport and it's just gotten a lot more awkward over the last 2a hours. there is a real sense that the tax authorities are taking a closer look which generates so much money for clubs and players and for agents. it is increasing scrutiny over players image rights and personal tax arrangements or whether winding—up petition is for indebted clu b winding—up petition is for indebted club saw as seems the case, cross—border transfer payments. burnley midfielderjoey barton says his 18 month ban from all aspects of football "effectively forces him into an early retirement". barton's admitted an fa misconduct charge relating to betting. between march and may last year, the 34—year—old placed 1,260 bets on football matches or competitions — which is in breach of fa rules. he's also been fined £30,000 and warned about his future conduct.

barton plans to appeal against the length of the suspension. fifa president gianni infantino has confirmed that next year's world cup in russia will have video refereeing. infantino says fifa have had nothing but positive feedback since trials of video assistance began in their competitions last december. it was also trialled at the recent france versus spain friendly in paris where a goal by france's antoine griezmann was disallowed by the video ref. plenty of goals tonight in the race for the la liga title in spain with leaders barcelona thrashing osasuna 7—1 at the nou camp to stay top. after their win in sunday's epic el clasico match against real madrid. this was a far more gentle affair but unsurprisingly lionel messi was among the scorers again — messi with two tonight to bring his barcelona total to 502. his last—second winner on sunday means that barcelona moved above real at the top. and it was a stroll for real at deportivo la coruna with james rodriguez scoring twice as they won 5—1. real have a game in hand on barca so they are still marginal

favourites to win la liga former world number 1 maria sharapova has won herfirst competitive match since returning from a 15 month doping ban. the russian controversially received a wild card to compete at the stuttgart open. the five—time grand slam winner beat italy's roberta vinci, winning the first set 7—5. sharapova then went on to take the second set 6—3 and faces fellow russian ekaterina makarova next. it was a moment i've been looking forward to for a very long time, training quite intensively for the past two months and visualising myself coming back at it and competing. so in ways i was rusty but in so many other ways i felt like i haven't slept because this is

something i have done for such a long period of time and it was nice to have that back. johanna konts is also through — beating japan's naomi osaka in three sets, 6—1 in the decider. a new twenty20 cricket competition will start in the summer of the year 2020 after the ecb voted heavily in favour of a change in the governing body's constitution. our reporter patrick gearey looks at an historic moment for english cricket. this is a historic day for english cricket, ever since victorian times the game has been based around counties and today a vote has now allowed new teams. eight new teams we re allowed new teams. eight new teams were playing a t20 competition starting in the year 2020, the new competition is inspired by the big bash league in australia and the ipl and it will share similar features a good player system and a player d raft. good player system and a player draft. the ecb are hoping to attract some of the best place to this competition but it does not have

universal support, we know essex and middlesex both voted against and kent abstained, they worry about future smaller counties once the competition is in being. what will be the effect on the revenue, will it split dressing rooms with others being left behind so will it create a slippery slope which will be the end of county cricket. existing competitions will continue but the ecb feels the need to make a clean break to appeal to younger audiences. they did some market research and found more schoolchildren recognised the american wrestlerjohn cena to alastair cook. that gives you the rationale behind such a bold controversial move. five—times champion ronnie o'sullivan is out of the world snooker championship, beaten 13 frames to 10 in the quarter—finals by last year's runner—up ding junhui. a fantastic match was settled by a century from ding — after o'sullivan had made a tournament best break of 146 earlier in the session. o'sullivan warmly congratulated ding at the end who now goes on to met mark selby in the last 4 in a repeat of last year's final.

he isa he is a special lad, a beautiful guy andi he is a special lad, a beautiful guy and i know his family really well so i know he comes from good stock and you know he is all good. he doesn't have a bad bone in his body and you know, he wants to win the title so bad, it wasjust know, he wants to win the title so bad, it was just nice, know, he wants to win the title so bad, it wasjust nice, ten know, he wants to win the title so bad, it was just nice, ten years on from that match, he's hugging me, beating me where as last time it was the other way around, it's a decade on and he's in a great place and his life is great and i wish all best. ding will meet defending champion mark selby, who on his way to the last 4, made a clearance of 143, a break which six—times champion and bbc commentator steve davis described as the most astonishing he's ever seen. selby dominated his match against marco fu — winning13—3 with a session to spare. the other semi is between four—times champion john higgins and barry hawkins. that's all from sportsday with me will perry. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.

with me are the political commentator, jane merrick and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standard. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. the financial times leads with the white house's pledge to cut taxes and ‘unleash‘ the us economy. white house's pledge to cut taxes and 'unleash' the us economy. the i reports on the news that two football clu bs reports on the news that two football clubs have been raided as pa rt football clubs have been raided as part ofan football clubs have been raided as part of an investigation into allegations of tax fraud. a poll on the front of the metro suggests that theresa may is britain's most popular leader of the last forty yea rs. popular leader of the last forty years. the prime minister is pictured on the front page of the daily telegraph — greeting the president of the european commission in downing street this evening. the paper reports that britain will be tied to europe's human rights laws for another five years. the times leads with a warning from the pharmaceutical industry that the world's biggest drug companies could abandon britain unless the nhs receives an extra £20 billion a year. and finally, the guardian reports that large numbers of foreign fighters are abandoning

islamic state and depleting the ra nks islamic state and depleting the ra n ks of islamic state and depleting the ranks of the terror group. we will look at some of those in more detail. jane takers to the telegraph with theresa may keeping britain tied to human rights laws. the telegraph are saying the manifesto when it comes