welcome to sport today live from the bbc. coming up. chris smalling puts manchester united on the front foot before from lu ka ku. manchester united on the front foot before from lukaku. novak djokovic makes hard work of it needing ten match points in monte carlo. and the first french winner of the lalone classic in 21 years. welcome to the programme. we start with football from the english premier league. manchester united move four points clear of third placed liverpool after a 2— one win at bournemouth. jose mourinho was happy with this performance. four points clear of liverpool. if chelsea do not win tomorrow, united are guaranteed. he

made seven changes. paul pogba kept his place and impressed sufficiently to say he will start in the semi—final against tottenham on saturday. chris smalling converted a cfoss saturday. chris smalling converted a cross to put united in front of the first half. romelu lukaku came off the bench in the second half to seal the bench in the second half to seal the win emphatically. in between, a good go for bournemouth. but they did not finish off their claims and finish four points away from the relegation zone. they felt they needed the points. they wanted to confirm as soon as possible the fourth position. the distance now is probably only one point. a maximum of two. then we can think about what comes second. the players were

responsible and good. a solid performance. i think we gave everything to the match and i think we we re everything to the match and i think we were decent. i thought the energy the players gave was very high. it was a quick game. technically, we we re very was a quick game. technically, we were very good as well. could passages of play. we had good positions and moments but did not execute the final part we needed to do create more openings. the quality of the calls, not many chances tonight. —— goals. of the calls, not many chances tonight. -- goals. in spain, cristiano ronaldo got an 88th minute equaliser for real madrid against athletic over bail. the 12th consecutive game he had scored. —— bilbao. ronaldo struck late. third after three points. in italy, napoli

narrowed the gap onjuventus to just four points. they were held to a 1—1 draw. the results are on your screen. in the dutch eredivisie, eindhoven drew, coming twice from behind, 2—2. with four minutes remaining, watch this. this was an absolutely fantastic strike from well outside the box. germany, the cup finalists from last year have a chance to get revenge. that is

against bayern munich. a serbian striker got the winning goal in the 75th minute. the talking point was around the use of var. fernandez had around the use of var. fernandez had a yellow card turned into a straight red by the referee for this vow to me tojust 33 red by the referee for this vow to me to just 33 seconds after coming on as me to just 33 seconds after coming onasa me to just 33 seconds after coming on as a substitute. —— foul. he will miss the final next week in berlin. and the coupe de france in france. the parisians will face the third tier side in the final looking for a fourth successive triumph in the competition. and in asia, a shock defeat for shanghai. the qualifiers from group e were decided before the

final round of the games. it took a while to get going in this match. 72 minutes before lee got the opener. the first of three goals in a 15 minute spell. kim got the second before lim completed three minutes from time. they can now look forward toa from time. they can now look forward to a last 16 tie against a thailand tea m to a last 16 tie against a thailand team for the first time. that meant tianjin finished second. a last 16 set up meeting with the former asian champions. the final games were dead

rubbers. shanghai lost 2—1 at melbourne victory. a consolation victory for the a—league side. hyundai also failed to win against kawasaki. they fought back with two goals of their own early in the second half. lee got the equaliser ina 2—2. second half. lee got the equaliser in a 2—2. boxing news. alvarez has been suspended for six months following his two positive tests for performance enhancing drugs. he was under temporary suspension since the third of april. that is before his much anticipated match with a glovkin, which could the

rescheduled. novak djokovic needed ten points to reach the third round of the monte carlo masters on wednesday. he is playing in only his fourth tournament since wimbledon last year after struggling with a groin injury. it was a tight match as the serbian took the first set in as the serbian took the first set in a tie—break, winning 75 in the second. —— 7—5. the top seed and world number one is also coming back from injury tookjust world number one is also coming back from injury took just 79 world number one is also coming back from injury tookjust 79 minutes to beat his opponent. bidding to win the tournament for the third year in a row and 11th overall the spaniard proved he was back in form in a straight sets win. he will play for a place in the quarter—finals on saturday. marin cilic beat fernanda verdasco 6—3, 7—6. the crucial break

came on the fourth set. kei nishikori also bought his place in the next round with a straight sets win over daniel medvedev from russia. he is also coming back from injury. he followed up his first—round win against thomas berdych in a solid display. julian and philippe got the 82nd edition of the race on wednesday. the frenchman i climbed his opponents to take his first victory in the race. —— outclimbed. was unable to match the celebration of the final ascent to the line, eventually finishing second. belgium finished third. a

cricketer has finished playing a little while ago but has showed how much he still loves to pick up a bat. these pictures are from mumbai. you could say this man is a pretty big deal. any ideas who it is's yes, the highest scoring test cricketer of all time, sachin tendulkar. just driving past and saw these guys playing. he thought he would join in. he is currently involved in the ipl with the mumbai indians as the tea m ipl with the mumbai indians as the team ambassador. watch this. the camera moves team ambassador. watch this. the camera moves to team ambassador. watch this. the camera moves to a team ambassador. watch this. the camera moves to a decent angle in a moment. there he goes. almost... he still has it, doesn't he? good play. the nhl and nba action is taking place. pittsburgh are going for their third consecutive nhl a?!) up

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