ina in a moment it is time for sports tebar first we can look at what else is coming upon bbc news. at 7pm we catch up with the team on 100 days plus and it's a busy day for politicians and journalists in washington following news of president trump's sharing of intelligence with russia. after that at 7:30pm we bring you are a new programme, the election wrap, giving your daily guide to general election campaigning from bbc news teams around the uk. at 10:30pm we have the papers with baroness ros altmann and a journalist. time for sportsday 110w. hello, i'm 0lly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight. two games to go, two places in the champions league left, it's a big night for arsenal and manchester city. almost the perfect game from johanna konta in rome. she is into the third round. and where will the 2024 games be

held, we'll have the latest from paris as the olympic inspectors pay a visit. good evening — in five days, the premier league season will come to a close. we know who the champions are, chelsea, we know which teams will be relegated, sunderland, middlesbrough and hull. but for three teams, there is still something to play for. a top four finish and champions league qualification. spurs are guranteed second place but liverpool, manchester city and arsenal are all vying for third and fourth. city and the gunners have a game in hand on livewrpool city and the gunners have a game in hand on liverpool and they play that tonight. city are at home to west brom, arsenal can't afford to slip up

at home to bottom club sunderland if they are to have any chance of reaching the top four. let's get the latest from the emirates now ahead of that match, there for us is conor mcnamara. liverpool's big win at west ham on sunday has put a huge dent on arsenal's hopes of continuing their 20 consecutive years of finishing in the top four. tonight they are up against a sunderland team who have a terrible record at the emirates and the old highbury and never in the premier league era have sunderland w011 premier league era have sunderland won a league game away at arsenal. we will hear from sunderland boss david moyes in a moment and get his views on what he feels arsene wenger‘s predicament looks like to get in the top four but first the arsenal coach on what it's like to play a really important games such as this against a team like sunderland who are already relegated and in theory have nothing to play for. some teams turn up, some teams are oi'i some teams turn up, some teams are on holiday, so it's very difficult to plan. you just want your team to

do well and to focus completely until the last. i think to be professionally is that, do yourjob properly, until the last second of the season. it is vital, just for the season. it is vital, just for the fact that you can look in the mirrorand the fact that you can look in the mirror and say we did it properly. arsenal and arsene continually reached the top four. if you were a betting man at the start of the season you would say arsenal would be in the top four because of their record. so yes, it's a game for arsenal and we know that and that makes it doubly difficult for us. this final week of fixtures has proved particularly difficult for sunderland if david moyes wants to put any kind of silver lining on to the end of a disappointing relegation season. sunderland do just have their pride to play for but of course for arsenal who still have the fa cup final to come this isa have the fa cup final to come this is a hugely important game. it's 20 yea rs of is a hugely important game. it's 20 years of consecutively finishing in the top four places of english

football, something that has probably been taken for granted a little bit around here. it could be coming to an end tonight. conor mcnamara at the emirates commentating for 5 live tonight. let's get to the match at the etihad now where pepe guardiola's manchester city will jump above liverpool with a win against west bromwich albion. guardiola has admitted how lucky he is to get a second chance. trophyless in a season for the first time as a manager, he says he would have been sacked at his previous clubs bayern munich and barcelona. he's not underestimating west brom tonight as they look to secure a retun to the champions league. hopefully all the fans can come tomorrow to the etihad stadium two first of all support us, support us more than ever, especially in the moment we will be in trouble because against tony pulis teams we will a lwa ys against tony pulis teams we will always be against dummigan trouble against corners, set pieces and long balls and so on. we play for a lot

of important things. they have to come to support us more than ever. how to follow it all. commentary of both games on 5 live, they'll flip bewteen the two. — plus updates from tonight's other games — with 5 live final score on the bbc sport website or by pressing your red button from 7pm. could be a dramatic night. we know that newcastle and brighton will be in the premier league next season. the play— off semi—finals are finely balanced. tonight reading and fulham face each otherfor a place in the final. anyone who saw the game between the sides at the weekend when they drew 1-1 sides at the weekend when they drew 1—1 will agree there is nothing between the teams heading into tonight's all—important between the teams heading into tonight's all—importa nt second between the teams heading into tonight's all—important second leg. but events at craven cottage could play a role. paul mcshane, the reading captain, was sent off late in the match so is suspended this evening. jordan 0bita, who scored

reading's goal on saturday, was injured in the final seconds and is a doubt, whereas fulham arrived here fully fit and confident that this tie is very much alive for them. both sides know what it is like to be in the premier league, fulham we re be in the premier league, fulham were relegated three years ago and reading have been there in recent times as well. they know the financial prize is massive if they can get across the line but first and foremost a night they have got to reach that final. kick—off here is 7:45pm and it is anyone‘s game. the other player is huddersfield against sheffield wednesday tomorrow night. there are two matches in the scottish premiership tonight. two teams looking to avoid the relegation play—off spot. motherwell can save themselves if they do better against kilmarnock than hamilton do against ross county. dundee united and falkirk are playing in the championship proimotion playoff tonight. plenty to keep across in scotland —— promotion play—off. clubs from the women's super league

2, have been invited to submit applications to join the wsl1 to replace the now defunct notts county ladies. clubs have until the end of the month to demonstrate how they would meet additional licence criteria and financial demands. notts folded just two days before the start of the spring series in april. a decision on the successful bidder will be made next month. now tuson tennis. british number one johanna konta is into the third round of the italian 0pen after knocking out yulia putinseva from kazakhstan. konta is the fifth seed and breezed through the first set 6—3. she then stepped it up, and took the second 6—0. next up for her is the winner of tomorrow's match between venus williams and the ukranian lesia tsurenko. in the men's draw, andy murray plays fabio fognini of italy later for a place in the third round. already out is aljaz bedene.

the british number three lost in straight sets to novak djokovic, although he did push the serb all the way in the opener, breaking his serve in the first game of the match. bedene eventually lost the first set on a tie break though and faded somewhat in the second, winning only two games — 7—6, 6—2 the final score. we have breaking tennis news in the last half an hour or so. maria sharapova has not been given a wild ca rd to sharapova has not been given a wild card to play at the french open later this month. the 30—year—old russian is currently in rome fulfilling some promotional events, not playing there. she has just returned from a 15 month doping ban and has not been able to gain enough ranking points to get into the main draw or even qualify for roland garros and although she is a two—time champion in paris organisers have children, chosen not to give her a wild card but she has the chance to qualify through the ranking system. the ioc has finished its inspection of the paris bid ahead of september's vote to decide whether they should host the 2024 summer games.

they are up against los angeles who were inspected last week. the mayor of paris believes france's new president, emmanuel macron, can help her city win the bid. 0ur sports editor dan roan is in the french capital.. 0ur sports editor dan roan is in the french capital. he's just three days into the job at france's new president has wasted little time in backing paris's bid to host the 2024 games. emmanuel macron welcoming members of the international olympic committee to the elysee palace on the final day of their inspection visit. paris omitted to spending billions on the event and the city mayor told me why. we will transform paris with the village for the athletes and after the games the village for the athletes will be housing for people, and we need to build housing for people in paris. so we are very, very committed. usain bolt is going to take it! sport's showpiece event

a lwa ys to take it! sport's showpiece event always provides magical moments but the sight of rio 2016 abandoned 0lympic the sight of rio 2016 abandoned olympic park has once again raised questions over legacy and the vast cost of playing host means the games have an image problem. cost of playing host means the games have an image problemlj cost of playing host means the games have an image problem. i will be right here in the city watching the 0lympics. right here in the city watching the olympics. despite this los angeles also wants to host the games, its bid is privately financed with the venue bid is privately financed with the venue is already built. white paris it has received glowing praise from the ioc. things you pointed to as problems, white elephants, dilapidated buildings, budget overruns, cost issues, engaging youth, those things literally go away and become certain deliverables as part of our bid. there are challenges facing being a bit movement but we can help to calm the waters for seven years and we think that's exactly what they need today. the osce that's exactly what they need today. the 0sce has grown accustomed to being courted by heads of state but unlike in the past this evaluation commission will only decide between two rival cities after a host of others pulled out of the race to stage the 2024 games due to a lack

of public or political support and could force the ioc into uncharted territory. whichever city loses looks set to be offered the 2028 games as a consolation prize as the ioc considers an unprecedented two games deal in september to avoid the risk of having no bidders. games deal in september to avoid the risk of having no biddersm games deal in september to avoid the risk of having no bidders. it is something we all have to look at and we have to figure out why that our events a re we have to figure out why that our events are not maybe as attractive as they were 20 or 30 years ago. we should always be challenging ourselves as to how we can make these events more appropriate for local communities. we do need to communicate some of those values and i'm not sure that we have, i'm not sure any of us have really done that. this two horse race seems too close to call, paris and la have hosted the olympics before and insist their focus is solely on the 2024 games but at a critical time for the future of its event the ioc knows the pressure is on to find a

solution that works for everyone. dan roan, bbc news, paris. after crashing on the previous stage of the giro d'italia, geraint thomas made a remarkable comeback to finish second in today's 39km time trial. the welshman‘s chances of winning the race were effectively ruined by the crash, but he rode strongly on the lumpy terrain to move up to 11th in the overall standings. 0lympic silver medallist tom dumoulin won the stage and took huge time chunks out of his rivals too. he was 49 seconds quicker. he now leads the race by over two minutes. and in the us at the top of the screen there, the latvian rider tom skuijins had a nasty crash at the tour of california. he came off during the second dtage on a fast descent, the cannondale rider hit the ground hard, and tried to remount his bike but was clearly suffering from concussion. whilst he did attempt to rejoin the peleton, his team pulled him out of the race.

he had also fractured his collarbone. he is in hospital recovering. he has posted some pictures on twitter giving the thumbs up saying he is ok but an nasty scare, i hope he's 0k. that's it from this sportsday, we will be across the football for the rest of the evening at bbc news but from everyone at the bbc sports centre for now, goodbye. you're watching bbc news. as we have been hearing the labour leader jeremy corbyn has launched his party election manifesto describing it as a blueprint for what britain could be. scrapping tuition fees, expanding universal childcare and boosting wages of the lowest paid workers. but it has given no details of how it will pay for plans to nationalise key utilities like water and the national grid. jonathan portes is professor of economics at king's college london, and worked on the water privatisation plans

of mrs thatcher in a junior position, at the treasury. i asked him how difficult it would be to nationalise the water industry. it will be quite difficult because you will have to set the price at which the shares are bought back, will that be by reference to the market price which would be quite a lot of money, or will it be determined some other way? then you will indeed have to borrow money to pay for it but then you will of course get ownership of the companies. this does not score as public sector investment, it's actually purely a financial transaction to buy shares in a private companies so when the government borrows money to buy shares ina government borrows money to buy shares in a private company it actually does not count in the annual deficit figures. it does add to the national debt but it is not counted as investment and doesn't counted as investment and doesn't count in the government's official deficit target either under this government or under the labour plans. so to be clear is it part of capital expenditure? would it be too privatised utilities? it would not be part of capital expenditure,

there is no new capital expenditure, it isa there is no new capital expenditure, it is a financial transaction, it's below the line as far as the deficit as concerned as doesn't affect the deficit. so labour have got that wrong? they say it is coming under capital expenditure. if they are saying that that is wrong because there is no new capital investment. the capital investment has already been made. first of all in the public sector when the companies we re public sector when the companies were in the public sector back before i end the treasury sold them off, and by the private sector since they've been in the private sector, that capital expenditure has been made. what would happen is the government under labour would buy the capital stock from the private sector. it would purely be a financial transaction. there would be no impact on either public expenditure net investment or on the annual public sector net borrowing figures. ok. we were