and then maybe only one match more from champions league qualification. the double prize on offer for manchester united ahead of their semi final second leg against celta vigo. we'll be live at old trafford. andy murray struggles again as he's knocked out of the madrid open. failing to reach the quarterfinals for the second time in the three tournaments he's had since returning from injury. and hear what happened as the bbc commentary box was assaulted by a big alex hales six as the batsman scores another century at the scene of his record—breaking england innings last year. hello again. with all their success, history, and trophies, manchester united have never played

in the europa league final before. but they're just 90 minutes away and in a good position too. defending a 1—nil lead in the second leg of their semi final tonight at old trafford. but there's notjust a possible cup at the end of this particular rainbow. as our correspondent andy swiss can tell us as he joins us now from old trafford. andy... jose mourinho has made it pretty clear he has another prize in mind. it is this manager is the most important in the club's history. it iszisa bit ofan important in the club's history. it is z is a bit of an exaggeration but it is the most important of the season it is the most important of the season because winning the europe league is now their best chance of qualifying for next season's champions league. they could yet qualified by finishing in the top four of the premier league, of course, but that looks increasingly distant. they are now down to sixth lace after that defeat by arsenal at the weekend. —— place. winning the europa league is very much the top priority. they are in a great position after the first leg but they know how high the sta kes a re. leg but they know how high the stakes are. if we don't qualify for the champions league, it is because

we are not good enough to play champions league. i try to look at it in champions league. i try to look at itina champions league. i try to look at it in a pragmatic way. obviously, for the prestige of the club, champions league is champions league. financially, it is the champions league. obviously, for the players, myself, champions league is champions league. but if you're not there, it is because we are not good enough to be there. it is important for us to be back in a champions league. of course that is what we want. this club belongs there. realistically, it will be difficult to do it through the league. so this is the chance for us to do it, and win a trophy. first of all, we have to concentrate on trying to win the trophy and qualify for the champions league. man united were victorious in the away leg, toughjob man united were victorious in the away leg, tough job completed. man united were victorious in the away leg, toughjob completed. any doubts they will do the same to me?

is celta vigo are a lowly third in la liga. —— same tonight. celta vigo ata la liga. —— same tonight. celta vigo at a lowly 13th in la liga. manchester united rested a number of key players at the weekend with tonight's match in mind. the likes of paul pogba and marcus rashford. they should be relatively fresh tonight. it isn't like commentary on bbc radio four i played tonight. —— bbc radio four i played tonight. —— bbc radio four i played tonight. —— bbc radio five live. old trafford, the weather is almost as pleasant as it was in spain last week when manchester united won 1—0. that and various other things makes them clear favourites to get to the final. what they did against celta vigo, they are very talented with gifted players, whatjose mourinho did was set up a physical, strong

side that got in the faces of celta vigo. every ball coming forward, they looked stronger, more competitive. that is what he looked at. he thinks, if you let them play, we're in fora at. he thinks, if you let them play, we're in for a hard at. he thinks, if you let them play, we're in fora hard game. ithink at. he thinks, if you let them play, we're in for a hard game. i think he will do that again. do you think they will see a little bit more from celta vigo tonight?” they will see a little bit more from celta vigo tonight? i have seen them many times this season and they are really gifted. they have a dangerous player or two. one of the players who play for manchester city and celtic, has annoyed at an english leagues, but i do expect more from them tonight. —— hasn't really done it at english leagues. for a while now, it has been manchester united's best chance to win a trophy and get into the champions league. now it seems like their only chance. yaz had injuries, but he is asking for performances tonight. the europa league is their best chance. live coverage of tonight's match on

bbc radio four i've live —— bbc radio four i've live. it is the only trophy, the europa league, that united have not won. kick—off is at five past eight. looking forward to that. and this was at old trafford. —— and a. now paul pogba's expected to return to the starting line up for manchester united tonight. and jose mourinho says he won't be affected by the fact his world record move from juventus is the subject of a fifa enquiry. it's thought they're investigating reports that pogba's agent made a significant amount of money from the deal... but today the fa chairman greg clarke has defended the rights of football clubs to pay players representatives whatever they see fit. he was speaking to the bbc at the fifa congress in bahrain from where our sports news corrspondent richard conway reports. putting the hand of god to good use.

diego maradona, twice the most expensive player in the world, is he that bahrain as fifa's guest of honour. but while he helps the governing body, paul pogba ‘s tra nsfer to governing body, paul pogba ‘s transfer to manchester united is being investigated by fifa. how big is the moral issue? in my sleep a film stars and investment bankers? if you do not have much money, you look at an investment banker and film actor, you think, why do they get so much for a film? of course there is a moral issue but it is bigger than football. with fifa opting for fresh faces after corruption scandals, this man was accused of putting reform of the organisation at risk. fake news, alternative facts... these terms did not exist until some time ago. they have come into vogue in recent periods. there are a lot of fake news and told the facts about fifa.

fifa bashing has become a national sport, especially in some countries. and i understand also why. and it was right. and it was right. but fifa has changed now. but that view is disputed by one of the men who stood against him in last year's presidential election. it seems like you're saying that nothing has changed from the sepp blatter either. is that fair? pretty much. this is a congress we have seen before. the presidency of the fire is beset by difficulties. the president kiir what's a blog about football but incidents from past and current politics bring up the past again. they will be a congress year ahead of the russian world cup and that there could be controversy then that there could be controversy then that controversial tournament. for

fifa, the issues just that controversial tournament. for fifa, the issuesjust keep that controversial tournament. for fifa, the issues just keep on coming. elsewhere this evening... england's women will face denmark in theirfinal warm—up game before the european championship this summer. the match against the danes is in copenhagen on saturdayjuly the 1st. denmark have also qualified for the euros. england face scotland, spain and portugal in their group games at the tournament injuly. andy murray's preparations for the french open have stalled again. the world number one has been knocked out of the madrid open at the last 16 stage by borna coric. a player ranked 59 in the world. adam wild reports. in sport, progress comes in many forms. in madrid, it was the electronic coin toss. progress of sorts. andy murray, with an early—season injury behind him, was looking to find form before the grand slam season starts. in truth, few expected him to be troubled by a bomb at —— borna coric. the world 59

broke andy murray three times on his way to winning the opening set. andy murray again was struggling with his serve. whilst he faltered, borna coric fox dummett florist. he was given a place as a so—called lucky loser. —— flourished. andy murray appeared a little bit distracted and often frustrated, enough to give the 20—year—old the opportunity that he needed. a straight sets win. well progress comes in many forms, andy murray will not be progressing in madrid any further. most things were not working particularly well. yes, wasn't great. i start of the match ok. —— started. when i started to go behind, idid started. when i started to go behind, i did not find any way to improve my game and make it more difficult for him. i just improve my game and make it more difficult for him. ijust kind of like the same things keep happening, making mistakes. very early in a lot

of the rallies. i was not building any points, really. i did not tell myself find a way into the match and start playing better. defending champion and world number two novak djokovic is through to the quarter finals. he beat spain's feliciano lopez in straight sets. getting rid of his coaching staff and that self imposed shock therapy seems to be working so far. british riders geraint thomas and adam yates are still second and third at the giro d'italia, ten seconds behind bob jungels of luxembourg. it was stage 6 out of 21 today, the race has reached the italian mainland after passing through sardinia and sicily — no change in the battle for the overall race win because a small breakaway group managed to hold off the main bunch for the whole135—mile stage. a great day's work for swiss rider silvan dillier, who took his first stage win at a grand tour. golf's unofficial "fifth major" is under way, the players championship

at sawgrass in florida. rory mcilroy tees off in a few minutes alongside the only man ahead of him in the world rankings, dustinjohnson. world number three jason day had set the pace for much of today, he had held the joint lead at five under par at one point. but three bogeys on the last four holes saw him slip back to joint 14th, four shots adrift of leader. the american william mcgirt. nottinghamshire have set durham a total of 298 to win in their royal london one day cup match. england's alex hales hit a century for notts with one astonishing six standing out in particular. he managed a total of three in his innings of 104. but with this one, he found the only open window in a radio commentary box. and the ball was picked up by one of the two gentlemen from the bbc covering the match. impressive accuracy, i think you'll agree. what you also might be able to agree on is that the commentary might be worth hearing. so after showing you how it looked, let's play you how it sounded. courtesy of bbc radio

nottingham's dave bracegirdle. it came towards me, it has come into the commentary position and i have got it! well, well, well!|j the commentary position and i have got it! well, well, well! i can assure you that no equipment or humans for that matter were harmed in that moment. always sensible to keep an eye on the ball! that is all from oslo. more sports news on bbc newsreader —— throughout the evening. for now, goodbye. here you are back at bbc news. once get more than the liberal agenda —— labour general election manifesto. senior labourfigures labour general election manifesto. senior labour figures met to finalise the draft. that is after a draft version was leaked to the media. the draft included radical plans to renationalise large parts of the economy, including royal mail

and the railways. labour's john mcdonnell said a policy of rail nationalisation when train operators‘ franchises run out has been the party's policy for a number of years. but how would this actually work in practice? and is it feasible? let's talk to my guests. transport writer christian wolmar, who has links with the labour party, and sam dumitriu, research economist for the adam smith institute. welcome to you both. kristian, it is perfectly true to say that this is a policy that has been in labour party ha nsford policy that has been in labour party hansford sometime. although people wondered whether it would be what of down a bit in terms of the final version. what do you make of what you have seen? this is quite a simple policy that is not actually cost anything. what would happen is that when franchises run out, the contract between the government and private train operators, when they run out, they will run for five, 710 yea rs run out, they will run for five, 710 years and then simply revert to the government. and then they would be run by probably a new body, maybe something like british rail.

but presumably there would be a costly so m e but presumably there would be a costly some fine franchises... they are under contract and if they did that, the government would be entitled to compensation. they will not give up the ghost. that happens at the moment anyway, as a franchise ru ns at the moment anyway, as a franchise runs out and another company takes over. it would be a normal process. sam, what you make of this? over. it would be a normal process. sam, what you make of this7m over. it would be a normal process. sam, what you make of this? it is the least bad way to do really renationalisation. i think it is still a bad way. —— renationalisation. i think it is stilla bad way. —— idea. under privatisation, it has been a big success. passenger privatisation, it has been a big success. passenger numbers fell quite dramatically since the old nationalisation. you saw under investment and the famous british rail sandwich. since 1995, passenger numbers have nearly doubled. so when the railways were privatised, we had about 750 passenger journeys the railways were privatised, we had about 750 passengerjourneys every

year. now it is 1.5 billion and a bit more than that. —— 750 million. it has led to really... that is really interesting. not a factor that has been brought about by the activity of river companies. it is just the fact that people need trains. they like using the devices on trains. there are many more students, people do not like travelling by car. congestion, all those facts. these wonderful private companies, it is not anything to do with them because they don't do much. if you look at the chart, it is quite remarkable. you see a dramatic timing point. as soon as the train companies went into private hands... we sommati —— we see a massive increase in passenger numbers. i will give you an example.