the sale price when commissions are included puts him in the exclusive auction house $100 million plus club. along with pablo picasso and francis bacon. we definitely had an idea that everybody felt that it was a masterpiece but the air gets pretty thin at those sort of levels financially. so, of course, the previous record price was less than half what we've achieved this evening so you're going into very new territory. the buyer, yusaku maezawa, a japanese online fashion retailer, was delighted, he said, at winning this masterpiece, which is great. but why might he have been willing to pay so much? it's the kind of rock and roll way he put images and text together, it's extremely influential. that mixed with a kind of expressionistic style of painting, added to the fact that he is, you know, a black american artist. it's a kind of explosive mix. that's andy warhol. to that you could now add the almost—mythical nature of basquiat‘s

shortlife, which was immortalised and romanticised in this i pick with his friend and mentor andy warhol. do you want to buy some ignorant art? played by david bowie. who himself became a collector of the one—time street artist's work. whatever one thinks of the eye watering auction price paid for the work there is no question thatjean—michel basquiat fits into the story of modern art. his paintings reference the so—called low art of jean dubuffet. .. there's something ifind quite alarming about that picture. ..and the expressionism of vincent van gogh and the street art scene of 1970s new york, he is a significant figure the canon. of course, nobody knows whether his paintings can sustain $100 million prices but given most are still held privately, hello and welcome to sportsday —

i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes, the headlines tonight. alisher usmanov makes another move to control arsenal. england are beaten in penalites again. losing in the final of the under 17 european championship. and fernando gaviria shows he's the fastest sprinter in town, winning his fourth stage at the giro d'italia. the

there's some news this evening on the ownership of arsenal football club... minority shareholder alisher usmanov has made a bid of around £1 billion to buy out stan kroenke‘s majority share. it's understood this bid has been rejected, meanwhile, manager arsene wenger is still keeping everyone guessing about his future at the emirates. his contract expires after the fa cup final next saturday, when the board are expected to discuss his position. arsenal's final league match is at home against everton on sunday, so could that be his last match at the emirates? of the season? yes. ever? i cannot tell you. i think what is most important for us is to win the football game on sunday. after that, what happens to me is less important.

i am here to serve the club and the best way to do it is to win the next game. meanwhile lots of premier league managers have been giving their final pre—match news conferences of the season. jurgen klopp‘s liverpool need to beat middlesbrough on sunday to be sure of a top four finish. regardless of the result, klopp says they'll be strengthening the squad during the summer. we were working not only on the pitch, because my day is 2a hours. we have a lot of good people around so we were working hard and having a good position for different players but it is not the day to talk about this. we want to make this team better, it should be the aim every year, probably. it is not easy because we have already a good side. if the first 11, 12, 13, 1a players are fit, 0k. maybe there are a few out there and you can be sure we spoke to them. england's under 17 football team have missed—out on an historic third

victory in the european championship — and you guessed it — it was penalities again. the young lions had been leading spain 2—1 in the final in croatia until the sixth minute of stoppage time when spain equalized through sub nachio diaz. the game went straight to penalities but england fell apart — missing two to lose 4—1. england won the tournament in 2010 and 2014. a year after being relegated from the scottish premiership, dundee united will have the chance to bounce back at the first attempt. their championship promotion playoff against falkirk was all square at 2—all after the first leg, and falkirk took the lead through james craigen. but dundee united came back strongly, they'd already had a goal wrongly disallowed when simon murray kept his head to equalise. and with three minutes to go, paul dixon won it for united — with his first goal for five years. they'll play off for promotion against the side that finishes next to bottom of the premiership. celtic are on the verge of a remarkable achievement.

if they win or draw their last match in the scottish premiership this weekend — they will have been unbeaten for the whole league season. this report from andy swiss contains some flashing images. when they first stepped out last august, they could barely have dreamt it. a season the like of which football has rarely seen. nine months, 37 games, not one single defeat. last night's thrashing of partick put celtic on the brink of history, a chance to become the new invincibles. i think any football coach, manager or player will tell you the difficulty. it doesn't matter what country it's in, what league it's in, it's a huge testament to the professionalism, the quality and mentality of the squad. in england, arsenal won the league unbeaten in 2004, but in scotland, no one has done it since 1899. here on sunday, celtic could break a host of records. so far, they have scored some 104

goals and notched up 103 points. but perhaps most remarkably, they are some 30 points clear of their nearest rivals. it could be the biggest title winning margin in history. but is that healthy? the decline of rangers has left celtic with little competition. ali mccoist right through the celtic defence... one of scottish football's most famous voices fears for the future. it looks as if rangers are going to be out of it for quite some time, because of lack of money, and only the big support keeps them going. so yes, it has been far too easy. and people will have two admit, they are beginning to lose interest. celtic fans, though, may disagree. exactly 50 years since the so—called lisbon lions won the european cup, they could have another team

of history makers, the league champions in a league of their own. andy swiss, bbc news, celtic park. scarlets are into the pro 12 final for the first time in thirteen years despite having to play more than half their semifinal against leinster with fourteen men. scarlets finished third in the table, a place below the irish side but scored three tries in the first half — the last from gareth davies. but the match looked to have turned when replays showed try scorer steffan evans dropped gary ringrose on his head. he was then sent off. leinster got closer in the second half but were kept at bay by scarlets who made sure of victory when liam williams kicked this penalty. it finished 25—17 and scarlets will play either 0spreys or munster in the final. cardiff blues can't qualify for next season's european champions cup after losing their semifinal qualification play off against stade francais.

the blues had the lead in the first half but ended up well beaten by stade — 46—21 the final score. stade francais will now play either connacht or northampton saints for a place in the champions cup. maria sharapova will not attempt to precure a wild card for wimbledon, instead opting to enter via qualifying. the former champion has relied on wildcards to play since returning to compettion last month after a 15 month doping ban. she was denied a wild card to french open this week but her ranking allows her to enter wimbledon qualifying in which she needs to win three matches in a row to reach the first round. rafael nadal‘s unbeaten run on clay this year is over. the spaniard was knocked out of the italian 0pen in the quarterfinals by austria's dominic thiem losing in straight sets 6—4, 6—3. thiem will now face either novak djokovic orjuan martin del potro in the semis. germany's alexander zverev will take on amercia'sjohn isner in the other semi final. colombian sprinter fernando gaviria is continuing to impress at the giro d'italia — winning his fourth stage of this year's race today.

tom dumoulin of the netherlands still holds the overall lead by over two minutes... but it was all about the sprinters on stage 13 — the last flat one before the race hits the mountains in the north of italy. earlier today mark cavendish tweeted he was thankful that gaviria isn't competing in this year's tour de france. that's all from sportsday. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times and lynn davidson, whitehall correspondent at the sun. led look at what the papers have in

store. the daily mail are no fans of julian assange, criticising him for what they describe as a human rights lecture. the swedish prosecutors dropped their rape allegation. the ft has a picture women in terror and going to the polls in the iranian election. the daily mirror have a story and therefore it —— of the daily mirror have a story of two former radio presenters being charged. the times are reporting that the prime minister, theresa may, is planning tough new controls on technology firms. the sun is looking ahead to the wedding of pippa middleton, saying prince harry's girlfriend could upstage the bride. the daily telegraph reported that all scottish pensioners will keep their winter fuel payments. the scottish secretary says it is a p pa re ntly scottish secretary says it is apparently because of the weather. the daily express is hopeful of a

cure for alzheimer's after scientists discovered that a rogue protein can trigger the disease. back to julian assange protein can trigger the disease. back tojulian assange in the guardian, who has said today that the war is just beginning after the decision by the swedish prosecutors. let's delve in a little more. henry, we will start with the daily mail, and they are pulling no punches. epic picture ofjulian assange and the headline, a creep. —— and a big picture. yes and they say that it has cost us a lot of money to have him in the ecuadorian embassy with police presence outside, even though it has been downgraded. the whole process has been messy and unedifying. the swedish prosecutors decided that because there is no prospect of him coming out of there and facing the accusations, they cannot make any progress with the case. it isn't a complete drop. but it means seven years after the

accusations were made, there is a sign he is getting towards the end of it. now the wiki leaks charges may come back from the us authorities. he said he doesn't forgive and doesn't forget. he is 110w forgive and doesn't forget. he is now the accuser, on the defensive. they take exception to the fact that he came out and gave the world a human right lecture, they say. i'm not sure what readers will think of this when they see this. they have been strong on it. £30 million. the police officers that have been sitting outside, wasting time, when they could have been solving crimes, when people cannot get hold of police officers when they call. all of these issues. just for one man. the guardian choosing to lead on that, as well. they are saying the war has just begun. that, as well. they are saying the war hasjust begun. he that, as well. they are saying the war has just begun. he was that, as well. they are saying the war hasjust begun. he was in defiant mood. do you think we can

expect more from him? he toured the world that digital secrets are not safe. —— he told the world. if you have information on any computer in the world there was a chance that somebody can bring it out, like chelsea manning did, and make it public. the irony is he has managed to keep himself secret and hidden away from the world's authorities. he has shown that information has no security around. the possibility he could continue to be active. wiki lea ks could continue to be active. wiki leaks played could continue to be active. wiki lea ks played a could continue to be active. wiki leaks played a big role in the us election, tried to get involved in the french election with the campaign of emmanuel macron. there was a story about real e—mail is mixed with fake e—mails. there was an interesting moment towards the end of the campaign with that. wiki lea ks end of the campaign with that. wiki leaks may end of the campaign with that. wiki lea ks may play end of the campaign with that. wiki leaks may play another role in the next few years. the guardian saying in the last three paragraphs, he attended a more conciliatory tone, saying his legal staff have

contacted the uk authorities and hope to engage in a dialogue about what is the best way forward. whether we will see a change of strategy, i don't know. he could still be arrested by the british police if he leaves the embassy. that's the bottom line. there are arrest warrants issued for him. he is saying he has had seven years of not seeing his children grow up. i don't know what it must be like to spend your time trapped in a building. i alwaysjust think, does he secretly have a moustache and slinks out at night. but with the policeman guarding a the clock, i don't know. the situation last week with the nhs and the hackers, i'm not sure if he can perhaps offer some sort of help with his expertise in that area. he is sitting in the embassy with not so much to do. good point. the telegraph, lots of papers covering this, as have tv and radio today, this is the potential split in the conservative party