only two years ago. let's look first at the conservative battleground, the seats they are defending, the most marginal, the tightest last time. gower, derby north, croydon central. these are all ones that they will struggle to hang onto if they're on the back foot. if they lose just this first column here, the conservatives will be plunged into a minority where they can't outnumber all the other mps in the house of commons. but look at it from the other angle. when this election campaign started people were talking about a conservative landslide. well, these are their targets, the ones that they were closest to winning last time. chester, ealing, berwickshire, brentford, halifax, and so on. if they won the whole of this board, that is 32 extra seats. if they took the whole of the next board as well, right down to oldham and luton, that is another 64 seats, you're talking there about a majority in the house of commons of about 130. you would call that a landslide for the conservatives. if it happened. now, for labour the story is different. it is about trying to improve on ed miliband's performance, bad performance, two years ago. so here are their targets. these are the ones they came closest to in 2015. gower, derby north, croydon central, vale of clewyd, bury north. these are the ones that labour will aim at first this time. if they win the whole of the board, 32 seats. and they go halfway into the next board, roughly speaking, they are then the biggest party

in the house of commons. take the whole of the next board as well, and they get an overall majority. but that is a lot of seats, just a reminder of how big the task is for labour, they would have to take cleethorpes here, which has a conservative majority of 8000. so very difficult indeed. as for the liberal democrats, they had a shocking election last time, down to eight mps. and by the way, there they are, that is the list. their first task is to defend their existing mps. after that, it is hard. even if they took the whole of this board, their target seats, they're still not quite where they were after the 2010 election. different story though for the scottish nationalists, the snp, who watched scotland in yellow. look at the map there, look at the seats here. they took 56 out of 59. and there are defending all of these seats, a huge number. this is the most marginal, berwickshire and roxburgh. if on the night they keep that seat and some of the ones in that first column, then they're doing very well indeed. but they could lose a column or two and still be easily the biggest party. of course there are nationalists in wales as well, there are the greens and ukip

and other parties. especially in northern ireland. but if we watch the map on the night and see how the colours shift, we will have a great sense of who is up and who is down. we understand after the explosion at nine elms, the focus is on two vehicles. that happened at 5. 37 this afternoon. just over an hour ago. now the sports news with sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjohn watosn. coming up on sportsday this evening. the lions still to hit their stride after defeat in their second tour match of new zealand.

andy murray reaches the semi finals of the french open for a fifth time — beating kei nishikori. whilst the defending champion novak djokovic is out — beaten by dominic thiem in straight sets. and join me as the british team for the world para athletics team is announced. yes, welcome along. the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland says his squad must be "tough on themselves" after suffering defeat in their second tour match of new zealand. having scraped to victory in their first game last weekend, this 22—16 defeat against the super rugby side the aukland blues perhaps underlines the scale of the task facing his side. as katie gornall reports. in rugby, the haka is usually

reserved for the all blacks, but auckland blues laid down their own challenge. 0ne auckland blues laid down their own challenge. one of the weaker sides, they still boast eight all blacks. and one caught the eye in the first six minutes. the lions were improved, with cj stander going through. auckland snatched a fortu nate through. auckland snatched a fortunate half time lead. williams touching down to put his side 12—10 ahead. after losing williams to the sin—bin, warren gatland's side worked hard, but blues were waiting for the right moment to pounce and west was sent charging for the line. the perfect sucker punch. the lions had one chance, but couldn't take it. there is time to improve. but they know it is a match they should have won. there is so much strength and depth

in this country, i don't think there will be a lot of difference between the super rugby sides and the all blacks. they have been together for seven months and the all blacks are coming together cold. there is a massive amount of depth and strength andi massive amount of depth and strength and i don't think a lot of difference between the teams. you can't come here and expect to give more than ten penalties away and think you will win. when we got an opportunity we gave them another out and they put the pressure back on to us. and they put the pressure back on to us. look, it's something we need to work on. luckily it is something we can fix. we got into our structures well and took it to them in some regards. but i think we just sort of let them get into the game with the penalties and we just have to look at that going into the next game on saturday. so a reminder of the quality throughout new zealand rugby and as our rugby union reporter chrisjones now reports things are unlikely to get any

easierfor the lions as their tour continues, their next match in christchurch on saturday. no one thought this tour would be anything other than a massive challenge. but the reality of the situation has now well and truly hit home after this defeat. for all their brilliance and moments of magic, the blues are perceived as one of the weaker new zealand sides, so one of the weaker new zealand sides, so the challenge will get tougher. from auckland they go to christchurch to play the crusaders, who have won 1a matches in a row. the lions warren gatland said they won't panic and said it is about the test serries that starts on 24th june. but what would a string of defeats do for the lions‘ momentum and confidence? a hard task hasjust

got even harder. 0nto tennis then and andy murray‘s form at the french open gets better with every round. he‘s reached the semi—finals with a four—set victory over japan‘s kei nishikori as adam wild reports. blue skies over paris a welcome sight after yesterday‘s rain. but for andy murray here were storms to be weathered. something he is used to of late. questions over his form have been answered. but this was kei nishikori‘s displaying well. andy murray turned around in the wind. the first set lost. the wind now coming from the east. the world no 1 needed something to change. a time violation called against him. that spark propelled him to the

semi—final. a switch that looked decisive. murray keeping ahead before blasting his way to a tie—break. andy murray was determined to make sure. seeing out the final set 6—1 in paris for him another storm weathered. stan wawrinka became the oldest french open semi—finalist since jimmy connors in 1985 when he beat marin cilic in straight sets in the day‘s other quarter—final. the defending champion novak djokovic is out. he was beaten by one of the sport‘s emerging talents austria‘s dominic thiem in straight sets, and as hannah lupton now reports, the nature of his third set collapse will trouble the the former world number one the most. here is the man leaving his mark on the tennis world. dominic thiem, up with of the sport‘s shooting stars.

against novak djokovic, whose light has been fading. an early break for the 23—year—old a reminder that djokovic would have to be at his best. after more than hour, the first set was settled by a tie—break. advantage thiem. the world no 2 is the ultimate fighter, but this battle left him winded. he lost the second set 6—3. they call thiem the dominator. and he was living up to his nick name. break followed break and djokovic was broken. a shadow of his former self, the third set and his crown slipped away. this is thiem‘s time and his light has never shone lighter. i'm just trying to sense what‘s the best thing for me now. 0bviously, just trying to sense what‘s the best thing for me now. obviously, it has been a lot of changes with the team

and so forth, so... excited to work with andrew and the new team at the same timei with andrew and the new team at the same time i have a responsibility towards the game itself, towards others and we‘ll see. 0bviously, it‘s not an easy decision to make. but i will see how i feel. after djokovic‘s collapse in the final set, former grand slam champion john mcenroe admits he was far from happy with djockovic‘s attitude. inexplicable. i don't recall seeing a time in the last six to eight years when novak mailed it in and gaveit years when novak mailed it in and gave it up. saw nadal do that, that was the third set against novak a few years ago. and it happened to novak. he didn't want to be out there and it is shocking for a guy who has won as much and prides

himself on competition. it just shows you everyone's human. and thiem will meet the nine—times champion rafa nadal, who reached the semis after his opponent pablo carreno busta, with nadal here, retired injured. thiem actually beat nadal a few weeks ago at the rome masters, but you would‘nt bet against nadal this time as he goes for an unprecedented 10th title on the clay at roland garros. there was an extraordinary match in the quarter—finals of the women‘s singles where the third seed simona halep came back from seemingly certain defeat to book her place in the last four. the romanian was a set down, 5—1 down and a match point down on russia‘s elina svitoloina in the second set, but came back to win over three sets. after her comeback she took the second set in fortuitous circumstances. but no doubt about the way the she took the third, winning it 6—0. how svitolina must be feeling. but halep won‘t care, into a second french open semi—final.

it's it‘s a nice feeling. the best thing is because i didn‘t give up. so this is because i didn‘t give up. so this is the most important thing for me andi is the most important thing for me and ijust is the most important thing for me and i just want to take this. the match was good. she played well. then i played better. so all is good. if you hadn‘t heard there‘s a big match to come this weekend. england up against scotland in their world cup qualifier at hampden park. the england manager gareth southgate though will be without jamie vardy, after the striker was forced to pull out of the squad through injury. he will also miss next week‘s friendly in france. the leicester city forward picked up what the fa describe only as a minor injury in training. gareth southgate doesn‘t plan to call up another striker to take vardy‘s place. arsene wenger‘s decision to sign a new two year deal at arsenal may not have been greeted with delight by all of the club‘s fans but one man who is pleased to see him stay is the club‘s former striker nwankwo kanu, who was part

of the title winning invincibles team that played under wenger back in 200a. having seen him extend his 21—year stay speaking to bbc africa kanu said that the club now need to plan for his successor. we don‘t want happened with manchester united to happen to us. if we do have the plan, then we can say, thank you, arsene, but i can see they don‘t have any plan. so why should he go? most important is for arsenal to win the league. every year we keep coming close and not getting it. but who knows this year? we have to go to the market and get more players and maybe next season will be our season. tomorrow sees a rare event in english football — a national side who stand 90 minutes away from a world cup final. the under—20s, managed by paul simpson, play italy in the semi—finals of the world cup in south korea. and simpson‘s predecessor adrian boothroyd says the team is packed with talent.

they‘re resilient, they don‘t know when they‘re beaten. that is something we are starting to get across the age groups now. i think they‘re a group that can score a goal ina they‘re a group that can score a goal in a variety of ways. so they have got quick players that can score on the counter attack and technically gifted players that can build a goal by playing the ball through the third of the pitch. liverpool have apologised to southampton over any misunderstanding surrounding their interest in virgil van dijk. they say they have dropped their interest in signing the player. that rounds up in signing the player. that rounds upa large in signing the player. that rounds up a large chunk of the day‘s sport. also to come today, have a look at this. day one of women‘s tour which has crossed northamptonshire, we will have the best of the action later in the programme. pakistan are on top

against south africa in a match they must win if they‘re to reach the semi finals of cricket‘s champions trophy. having lost to india in their opening match, they restricted the world‘s number one side in this format of the game to 219 runs to give themselves a shot at victory. as ben croucher reports. south africa‘s national anthem calls to protect their that nation against pakistan protecting their wickets became the concern. with both openers out the world‘s best side sent out the world‘s best batsman. de villiers, first ball — out. it continued with a stream of batsmen making the long walk back. at one stage even making 200 look far fetched. but miller gave his side something to defend. pakistan‘s opener smashed more boundaries than his south african counter parts.

with such a small total to protect, it is advantage pakistan. this is the latest, pakistan have lost a couple of wickets and there is a threat of rain. they‘re 55—2, chasing 220 to win. great britain‘s squad for next month‘s world para—athletics championships at the london stadium was announced today — and it looks a strong one with, as expected, places for paralympic champions jonnie peacock and hannah cockroft among other big medal hopes. kate grey was at the announcement in london. among the athletes selected are ten gold medallists from rio. including hannah cockcroft, who has returned from switzerland. switzerland has the fastest track for the wheelchair races and anyone in the wheelchair racing world will be there. you get your best competition. if you're

going do well, this season, that is where you're going to do it. it is perfect timing. six weeks out from the world championships. you know, me and my coach went there and trained through the competition to see where i was and what i need to work on. i know that i broke five world record there is and i know i have a lot left in the tank. jonny peacock made his name in london and he said the world championships have been his focus, hoping to relive the memories from five years ago and regain his world title.|j memories from five years ago and regain his world title. i have been looking at this maybe even more than rio. going back into the stadium where it began in stratford, the british fans are amazing in that stadium and it is unbelievable the support they give. so hopefully can i leave with a couple of waeld —— medals. everyone will want to take the title. but definitely that is not what i want. i haven‘t wanted

something this bad since 2012. the championships start on 14th july something this bad since 2012. the championships start on 14thjuly and with over 250,000 tickets sold it is likely that the british athletes will be competing in front of a packed stadium and i will be here covering all of the action. it brings back memories of 2012. having become one of the stars of london 2012 jade jones retained her crown at rio 2016.....and now the taekwondo champion is aiming to emulate her 0lympic success at the world championships. 0ddly, given her 0lympic dominance, "the welsh warrior" has no record of winning a world championship despite competing in three. she‘s been speaking to bbc radio wales. there is no lie like i want too tick this off my list. the world championships is the only one i have had a bit of trouble with and i haven‘t quite got yet. but every timei haven‘t quite got yet. but every time i have lost it has been mentally so my focus is to be mentally so my focus is to be mentally on it and to just not go in

there thinking i have never won it before. i normally get gold. sojust do what i normally do. and hopefully cani do what i normally do. and hopefully can i come away with a medal. the fist day it‘s the first day of the women‘s tour in northamptonshire today. in northamptonshire today. staged from daventry to kettering. some of the sport‘s biggest stars competing in the five day race. last year‘s champion lizzie deignan finished in the main pack. and tom burridge was there to watch it all. stage one belongs to the polish national champion. it was a ride full of conviction. she broke way from the peloton with 50 kilometres to go. it was a risky strategy. as she came through keterring she was delighted with the performance after the victory and it sent out a message to the rest of the competition. it was a hard race because of the distance and the wind and a lot of the other things, the stage was supposed to be flat, but

here it is never flat. stage was supposed to be flat, but here it is neverflat. after this you can feel it in your legs. it was a long time in the breakaway. so i‘m happy that i could make it. ? in second her team mate marian vos and in seventh the leading british rider, alice barnes. it is one of five days, the rest will be tough. we have some tough races. but yes, i can look forward to it. from here in kettering, the northamptonshire leg is over. the tour finishes in kettering, the northamptonshire leg is over. the tourfinishes in london at the end of the week. and high winds have