the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospital for a planned hip operation. buckingham palace say he'll undergo the surgery tomorrow. there are fears over levels of violent crime in london — after a teenage girl — named locally as tanesha melbourne — was shot dead in tottenham. the french rail network is badly disrupted — as a wave of strikes against president macron‘s reforms begin. jeremy corbyn defends his decision to attend an event organised by a left—wing jewish group — following criticism from mainstream jewish leaders. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... on beyond 100 days at seven o'clock, the team will be covering the strike which has disrupted train services across france. and we'll be talking to youth workers and the police about the dangers of gang culture in london and the rest of the uk. and we'll be hearing

about efforts to speed up the diagnosis of cancer as ten new centres to are introduced across england. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. the headlines. england draw in christchurch as their tours down under end without a test win. to the commonwealth games face a fight to stay relevant? and ahead of tomorrow's massive all english champions league tie, we'll catch up with manchester city's kevin de bruyne. anfield is a tough place for the hopefully we can do something nice. good evening.

welcome to sportsday. we'll be in augusta, turni and on the gold coast ahead of the start of the commonwealth games, but we start in christchurch. where after 21 weeks away, seven test matches, england return home without a test win to their name. today's draw with new zealand saw them slip to defeat in the two match series, bringing to an end a long winter down under. claire thornton reports. ten wickets needed for victory on the final day. stuart broad soon had two of them. a dream start made better by stuart broad again with two from two. new zealand world cup and found some resistance. tom latham lasting the longest. as the

day faded so to did england's hopes. holding on was proving difficult. but this one stuck as england sensed an opportunity. if that ever there was a lesson in test cricket it was the value of sticking around. the england desperation last in the fading light, too little too late from their captain joe wood. fading light, too little too late from their captainjoe wood. the match drawn and the serious loss, england with little to show from a long winter of test cricket away from home. and that follows that ashes defeat for england as well. to dissect it all, is the former england bowler ryan sidebottom. ryan, england five defeats, two draws from seven tests this winter. only once before have they lost a series in new zealand. where has it gone wrong? it has been a very tough winter. it

has been long and hard. a lot of games. you could argue you might have a lot of tired bodies and guys coming and going. it has been a tough winter. obviously australia was difficult, difficult for many different reasons and notjust on the field but off the field. going to new zealand is always tough in the conditions. guys coming back into the team, having places up for grabs, guys in and out of form. it has been difficult. you do not really wa nt has been difficult. you do not really want to see england struggle but it has been a massive struggle. it has been a disappointing winter and you just have to crack on and see where it all went wrong and how the team can improve and get back to winning ways. you talk about some of the preparations and the lack of

good warm up matches in the lead up to the first test. is this reflecting a wider problem that test cricket is being marginalised in favour of white ball cricket? definitely, i have said that all along, i'm concerned for test cricket. something has to be done around the world. how you get that razzmatazz back and people following the game. and get the spectators watching and enjoying test cricket. . for me it is the pinnacle of the career of any england there, that mental, technical going out and spending time at the crease, batting for a day, bowling 25 overs when it might not be going your way. for me it is the best format and players should be wanting to play that form the game. with the money situation, it is in one—day cricket, and players are opting to play the shorterform game. players are opting to play the shorter form game. it

players are opting to play the shorterform game. it is worrying for me. you look at players now, can they backed for long periods of time. do they want to bowl 20 overs when you couldn'tjust as much money laying t20 cricket. so it is a big concern. it needs to be looked at why the ecb and around the world, i think. whether it is going to go to four days or pink ball on a regular basis, i do not know, but i do worry for test wicket. something to look at going forward. but huge disappointment for england on their tour down under. thank you. the champions league is back, we'll be looking ahead to liverpool against manchester city in a moment, but tonight the holders real madrid facejuventus in what is a repeat of last year's final. conor mcnamara is in turin ahead of kick off at 7.45 tonight. it isa

it is a rematch of the champions league final last season and very much a contrast in styles between the solid and bluebird defence of juventus and the attacking flair of real madrid and cristiano ronaldo and company. it is impossible to tell who's going to come out top. even in this game, juventus have been fantastic defensively, some of these statistics off the scale. they have not lost in 25 games. one game lost in 706i think. and look at this stadium, they have been here for a long time. they have only lost four games in this stadium. but of course they're up against real madrid and they're up against real madrid and they have been amazing going forward. they do have a weakness of the back but so many areas that they can score. christian bale scored a couple at the weekend. and you have to talk about ronaldo, this

statistics have gone ballistic yet again as they do every year. a great scoring run this year. particularly in the champions league. he saves his best for this competition. so in short impossible to tell. well cristiano ronaldo, he has scored in every single game againstjuventus playing with real madrid. he became the first player to score in all six group games. juventus will have to keep a tab on him but they have a good home record and madrid is not quite the team they were a year ago. i7 quite the team they were a year ago. 17 points behind barcelona in spain. and the down under a bit of pressure. no such thing as lack of pressure. no such thing as lack of pressure. that isjust the way pressure. no such thing as lack of pressure. that is just the way it is. but the champions league form they have shown has been exceptional for the madrid is a strange team, a

strange club, but incredibly successful. and tomorrow we have liverpool welcoming manchester city to liverpool. kevin du bruyne, who's been instrumental in guiding city to the cusp of the league title, and the latter stages of the champions league, has been speaking tojermainejenas about thejuggernaut that is the liverpool attack. what a fantastic player to have available, kevin de bruyne. how clever it was that. brilliantly thought out. kevin de bruyne scores for manchester city. the game against liverpool coming up, what was the feeling when the draw was made, were you happy, thinking you would rather get someone else?m made, were you happy, thinking you would rather get someone else? it is a tough draw because i think

liverpool are a class team. sometimes predict the ball. but offensively they are a juggernaut. but in the end if you want to win titles unique to beat every team up maybe it is a bit bad for english would hope that you have two english teams coming to which other butjust the way it goes. do feel that last game you played at anfield, puts them at an advantage and make them feel they can get the better of this great team ? feel they can get the better of this great team? i think football in the tournament is different, the premier league is like 90 minutes and you will lose. with two legs everything needs to be right, you need good form, you need to play well, you need a bit of luck. anfield is a tough place obviously. they will be up tough place obviously. they will be upfor tough place obviously. they will be up for it, we will be up for it to hopefully we can do something nice. fascinating insight there from kevin de bruyne ahead of that game. and there will be live coverage

of liverpool's game from anfield, jason mohammed will have all the build up from 6.30 tomorrow night. still to plenty to come on the programme this evening. rory mcilroy has his sights set on the one and only major he's yet to win. i'm looking forward to it, i am going to relish it, not put as much pressure on myself as i have done. just go and enjoy the opportunity to do something very few people in this game and be able to do. the 21st edition of the commonwealth games gets underway tomorrow. 71 nations competing across 23 sports. but with its origins in an old colonial past and a lack of serious superstar pulling power, are the games facing a fight to stay relevant. chris mitchell's been finding out.

you can see for yourself the gold coast has got all the ingredients here to put on a great event. they've got the sea, and the glorious sunshine to boot. it is going to be a good games to be at. but have they got the timing of the games right? let's not forget tiger woods tees off at the masters on thursday and at the weekend, manchester city could seal the english premier league. so are the organisers concerned at all that the commonwealth games could pass by relatively unnoticed ? the great thing is now there are so many media avenues around the world. plenty of coverage. so for of the first time ever we have espn here actually taking packages to put in america where there isn't a commonwealth country. so we're seeing africa, canada for the first time actually taking footage. so plenty of space in the landscape. for what we want to achieve. what we're doing in australia, we're not having a lot of

difficulty here with coverage. and the cgf i think is getting its message across about what the games stand for. and that will go around the world. mark tells us over 1.5 billion people will watch the commonwealth games at some point. far fewer than the world cup, and a lot less than the real olympics for example. but no mean number and ticket sales are doing well as well. these people snapping up the last remaining few. 95% of the tickets sold — it seems here at least that the commonwealth games is relevant. it is a great festival and people are happy and we forget all about the other horrible things happening in the world. oh yes, the amount of people that come and the amount of sporting events in one country, yes it is relevant. it is like going to the olympic games, like one stage below the olympic games. the opening ceremony get under way

tomorrow. so we took the opportunity to ask sir chris hoy scotland's most decorated athlete about his own commonwealth journey, which started over thirty years ago. i was ten years old when it came to edinburgh in 1986. my dad called me through until me there was cycling on the television. at the velodrome. and it was the bronze medal sprint with eddie alexander riding for scotla nd with eddie alexander riding for scotland and he took the bronze medalfor the it scotland and he took the bronze medal for the it was just so exciting. i went into the velodrome in 2002 and i was just super nervous. i went out really hard, fast first lap, second lap good, but the third lap the pain starts to kick in and the lastjust a matter of hanging on for grim death. a new

commonwealth games event record and a lifetime best! the only time in my career i got to hear scotland the brave. it was just so emotional and it felt like the home games. it was amazing, one of those nights you rememberforever. melbourne amazing, one of those nights you remember forever. melbourne is different, we went in festival: personally i went in as favourite, as defending champion. but it did not go to plan and was a different disappointing performance for me, i felt i'd let the team down. but we have a second chance with the team sprint coming up. scotland in the back straight, craig mclean, ross edgar and then kris boyd. two men left on the track now. less than half a lap to go. on the way back now to their original starting

stages there it is, england second, scotland's tape the medal. and rememberjust hoping scotland's tape the medal. and remember just hoping it scotland's tape the medal. and rememberjust hoping it was enough and hearing those gunshots across the line for each team. literally both almost crossing the line together. i did not know who had got it but i the scoreboard and saw scotla nd it but i the scoreboard and saw scotland for the people who say it isa scotland for the people who say it is a thing of years gone by i would put money on the fact most of those people have not into a games themselves. that is my ancestor. plenty of future in there yet. —— might answer. hurdler eilidh doyle has the honour of being scotland's flag bearer at the opening ceremony tomorrow becoming the first female athlete to do so. alistair brownlee will carry england's flag. as the triathlete prepares to defend two titles after winning both the individual and mixed relay races in glasgow four years ago. brownlee a two time olympic champion will lead the 390 strong english team out at the carrarra stadium.

it isa it is a great honour to be the flag bearer. i remember watching some of the manchester games in 2002 and syd ney the manchester games in 2002 and sydney in 2000, thing the british and english teams come into the stadium and it was a massive thing with the flag bearer was. i never in a million years thought it would be a million years thought it would be a triathlete doing that, let alone me. so to get the chance is really special and something i'm very proud of. defending commonwealth champion swimmerjazz carlin will carry the wales flag, she will compete in four events in the gold coast... including the 800 metres freetsyle which she won in glasgow. and netball captain caroline o'hanlon will carry northern ireland's flag. their team consists of 90 athletes competing across thirteen different sports. the masters at augusta the first major on the men's tour begins this week. and what a week in the offing. with a resurgent tiger woods and rory mcilroy showing a return to form this cold be one

of the most exciting yet. steven watson is in augusta, assessing his chances. the masters is the one golfing major to have far eluded rory mcilroy. he has won the open, the us open and the us pga. if he can become the first irish player to slip on a famous green jacket for claiming a masters title here at augusta, he will complete the set. a coveted grand slam. he is alsojoining an exclusive club is just five golfers in history have achieved that feat. obviously there's a lot of outside pressure and expectation but he says he is determined not to be consumed by it all. i know the goal was so well, i feel i'd play it better each year, i get to know it better and better. so i'm really looking forward to it. i will be it. i do

not want to put as much pressure on myself as i have done, just go and enjoy the opportunity to do something that very few people in this game have been able to do. looking at someone like sergio last year, he said he would never win a major and when you least expect it is when sometimes it happen. obviously i will never go in without expectations but at the same time i keep talking about just letting it happen and if i enjoy my game and enjoy the process of trying to get round that place and take a good score, all it takes is for good scores are on score, all it takes is for good scores are 011 there score, all it takes is for good scores are on there which i've done many isa scores are on there which i've done many is a time. hopefully that will be enough. who would have predicted this. ronnie o'sullivan knocked out in the first round of the china open despite making a record 14th maximum break of his career. nobody has as many competitive 1a7s as the five time world champion... his came in the fifth frame but went on to lose against elliot slessor in beijing by 6 frames to 2...

he still pockets 42 thousand pounds for the maximum... that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. there's growing concern about violent crime in london, after two shootings overnight. a 17 year old girl — named locally as tanesha melbourne — was shot dead in tottenham, in the north of the city — and a 16 year old boy is critically ill after being found with gunshot wounds in north london's walthamstow. the met police's detective chief superintendent richard wood gave more details about both those shootings earlier this afternoon. just after 9:30pm last night in tottenham a vehicle drove past