hi, everyone. you're watching sport today live from the bbc sport centre. i'm nick marshall—mccormack. coming up: the europa league final line—up is complete. manchester untied will face ajax in stockholm. the world number one is wobbling. andy murray is knocked out early in madrid. and the swiss speedster.. —— why is sergio garcia high—fiving? hi, there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. jose mourinho says he won't hesitate to rest his plays in the final threepenny elite games as he now focuses on winning the rope league final. -- focuses on winning the rope league final. —— premier league games. they set upa final. —— premier league games. they set up a showdown with ajax. the manchester united fans at old trafford will be breathing a huge sigh of relief. they are through to the final. but only after some scare. they led 1—0 after the first

leg and seemed to be in control when they went 2—0 up on aggregate in the first half, with a goal by marouane chamakh in. it stayed that way until five minutes before the end. —— fellaini. one more goal would then ta ke fellaini. one more goal would then take them through on an away goal. high tension which only increased when there was a large melee in the middle of the pitch and two players we re middle of the pitch and two players were sent off. the man who just scored the goal and a manchester united player. then they had a glorious chance to snatch it in the dying seconds, but in much the last kick of the match, but they couldn't ta ke kick of the match, but they couldn't take that opportunity. united go through to the final in stockholm, but the fans here will be breathing a huge sigh of relief. it was an opportunity to win the trophy, meaning an opportunity to go back to

the champions league. it means an opportunity to end the season in the perfect way, because the final is the last match of the season. 50 they the last match of the season. so they will play ajax in the final after the dutch side took a 4—1 lead to lee yon. the french team on the second leg 3—1. —— lyon. ita to couldn't get the extra one through in extra time. the final is on -- is in —— is in stockholm on the 24th of may. canadian goal scoring sensation christine sinclair is on the final shortlist of nominees for the bbc women's footballer of the year award. only abby wambach has scored more international goals than sinclair and the portland thorns striker is keen to overtake her total in the future.

iam i am never going to be the most vocal person in the locker room. i try to do my talking on the field. she has been the best player for canada and in my opinion the best player in the world many times. canada and in my opinion the best player in the world many timesm her terms she is like the michael jordan of women's football. when i knew her as a coach, she only got better. she has been the difference maker for over a decade. in the 1999 women's world cup in the us, i was fortu nate to women's world cup in the us, i was fortunate to go down to portland, oregon, and what a couple of games. i remember sitting in the stands and decided then that i would play in the next one. sure enough, i did and played in the one in 2003. i played some games in the exact same stadium. it's amazing what you can accomplish when you put your mind to it. we headed into the olympics

knowing that we could beat anyone. i mean, obviously we lost one of the games that mattered and that one still hurts, but it was a huge step forward for us. now the world knows what we are capable of. during the olympic qualifying i scored a goal against trinidad & tobago and it was against trinidad & tobago and it was a goal that went down in the wreck of books. the player she has chased in goal tallies, deb always been surrounded in other fifa players. she was one of my idols growing up. she was one of my idols growing up. she was one of my idols growing up. she was the face of women's soccer for so long and i remember thinking asa for so long and i remember thinking as a youngster that i would never reach the amount of goals she did. she is the best there has ever been in the women's sport.|j she is the best there has ever been in the women's sport. i try to put myself in their shoes. when i was 15

and 16 andjoining myself in their shoes. when i was 15 and i6 and joining this team i had some incredible leaders on the team. these kids go in there in the afternoon with her and they say she is real, she does human beings. she was my first roommate and ijoke about it all the time because she did not tell me there was team laundry so i would do it in the sink and hang it around the room and meanwhile i thought she was gross first of all that she wasn't washing her clothes. she said it never came up, to mention that to me, so that was great. you can see how nervous they are to meet her and within ten minutes they are completely at ease. it's a gift she has, to allow people to be better around her dust by bringing them into the game. no ego. —— just by bringing them. bringing them into the game. no ego. —— just by bringing themlj bringing them into the game. no ego. -- just by bringing them. i hope the legacy i leave is just specifically the sport in canada. take it to a better place. that future generations coming through the pipeline, canada will put its mark on the world game and we will never

go backwards. voting closes at 0800 gmt on the 15th of may. you can choose your winner at bbc.com/womensfootball. tennis's world number one andy murray has been knocked out of another tournament early, going down in the third round of the madrid masters. he was beaten in straight sets by croatia's borna coric, who only qualified as a "lucky loser". the world number 59 won 6—3, 6—3, to claim his second victory over murray in four matches. he'll play the eighth seed dominic thiem in the quarter—finals. it does mean a lot to me. obviously i can't play very good here. at the beginning of the week. so this was quite a big surprise. yesterday in

my match i started to feel good again. i was playing some very good tennis. but today i can say that it was my best match of the season. it wasn't great. i started the match 0k. it wasn't great. i started the match ok. but when i started to go behind ididn't find ok. but when i started to go behind i didn't find any way to improve my game or to make it more difficult for him. ijust let the same things keep happening. always play your best tennis, but you can still find ways to make it difficult for the opponent. there were no problems for the defending champion novak djokovic. he's through to the quarter—finals after a straight sets win over spaniard feliciano lopez. the world number two won 6—4, 7—5, and he'll face kei nishikori in the last eight. the third and final cricket test between west indies and pakistan

in dominica is finely poised after the second day's play. azhar ali top—scored with 127, as pakistan made 376 in theirfirst innings. it was the 14th test century of his career. misbah—ul—haq, who's playing in his final test match for pakistan, was one of three other players to reach a half century. nice fist pump. roston chase was the pick of the west indies bowlers, with four wickets, including that of misbah. pakistan were all out for 376 and the home side closed on 111 for nought in reply. american william mcgirt and canadian mackenzie hughes share the lead after the first round of the players‘ golf championship, at sawgrass in florida. but the shot everyone is talking about is this beautie friom masters champion sergio garcia

on the iconic 17th hole. while some of the world's best flew it into the water, garcia didn't bother with the putter. a hole in one. it saved an otherwise frsutrating day for the the spaniard, who is one over and tied for 66th. worth seeing again and again! defending champjason day is three shots off the lead, while world number one dustinjohnson is a shot behind day, on one under par. there's one game in the nba play—offs right now, on thursday. san antonio are at houston for game 6 of their western conference semi—final series. let's bring you up to date. the spurs lead the series 3—2, so are one win away from the conference finals against golden state. it is going well for them so far. they lead 53— 35 inside the final quarter. lots more sport as always at bbc .com /sport.

see you soon. bye bye. hello. now, i haven't used this particular sphere for quite some time. and for some parts of the british isles through thursday there was no need. looking almost tropical here on the coast. to the south—west of england, yes, a wet sphere very much the order of the day. and, for that, you had to thank an area of low pressure throwing more cloud and rain ever further north across some parts of the british isles. you may have noticed this in the south of england and wales. an increasingly humid feel. and it's that change of regime into the first part of friday that will become increasingly dominant, certainly in the southern half of the british isles. stepping out first thing, 10—13,

where a wee while ago it was 3—5. further north, a fresher feel about proceedings. details about the journey to work or school run. 12—13 degrees quite widely across southern counties. a rather grey start to the day. not too much in the way of sunshine. and a speckling of showers even at this stage. come a little further north, a better chance of seeing sunshine across the north of england, getting up into the western side of scotland. rain to be had quite widely in northern ireland. i make the distinction in scotland between the west and east. out towards the east, there'll be a lot of low cloud and it will be around for a good part of the day. and it's notjust eastern scotland, it's the north—east of england too. with an onshore breeze, cloud sitting low in the atmosphere. an onshore breeze keeping it cold through the day. further south, some heat comes through.

showers turning quite sharp. maybe the odd rumble of thunder. no such fears in the east of scotland or the north—east of england. nine or 10 degrees. leaden skies. through the course of the weekend, sunny spells, and some showers and spells of rain. eventually things will turn a bit fresher as we switch the breezes coming in from the atlantic, rather than from the continent. saturday sees much of the disturbed weather in the north—west of england, central and southern scotland. further south, an isolated shower. but quite a bit of dry weather. saturday night into sunday, we swing this area of cloud and rain right across the british isles. it'll be across eastern parts for the first part of sunday. this is where we import the fresh air, across the british isles. once that is away, once again, a day of sunny spells and some really sharp showers. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.

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