this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up colin beckett most as scores the winner for chelsea as they claim a 2—1 victory at burnley. novak djokovic is knocked out of the monte carlo masters in of 16. and it will be a sleepless night in seattle for the mariners as they are beaten nine — two by the houston astros. we start with football in use, chelsea have beaten burnley 2—1 in the premier league. it boosts their hopes —— hopes for a top four finish. victor moses scored the winner and connor was watching at turf moor. for the first time this calendar year, chelsea have won back—to—back gains in the premier league. antonio conte will be hoping his team have gained a second wind for the run in on the campaign that can have a silver lining. their coach was so impressed

at how pallara writer and olivier giroud matched up. and owned all started scoring, but burnley benefited from fortune when a wayward shot deflected off ashley barnes. victor moses scored the winner to chelsea. burnley mr and the chance to move ahead of arsenal but it has still been a very successful season for burnley. leicester and southampton shared a goalless draw at the king power stadium. the result ended a run of four straight defeats the southampton but it is still a blow to their hopes of avoiding relegation. a full points from safety, with four games to play. clearly there is not that many games left, so it is about making sure we maximise our chances tonight and give ourselves the best opportunity coming into the end of the season. the key is to take something out of

every game we play. i have sensed a little bit of frustration in terms of the guys themselves and individuals, they have played well enough to get points and it hasn't happened and that is whether frustration lies. we will continue in the same vein, i have no doubt that we will get points the board. atletico madrid suffered a blow to their slim hopes of winning the league title when they lost three nil at real sociedad. the home side we re nil at real sociedad. the home side were set on their way to victory midway through the first half. they scored twice in the last three minutes to complete a three nil win. that leaves atletico madrid 12 points behind barcelona with five games to go. they could wrap up the title this weekend if results go their way. shareowner beat alaves. real betis one at home and malaga's relegation was confirmed with five matches remaining. the second leg of

the turkish cup semi—final between two of the country ‘s biggest teams was abandoned after besiktas's coach was abandoned after besiktas's coach was hit in the head by an object by rival fans of. a tense atmosphere, with the first leg one at peace. besiktas were reduced by one man after pepe was sent off. pensions increased when fans at objects at a besiktas player during a corner, with fenerbache fans tried to calm everybody down. but make—up one's coach was hit in the head by an object and the match was abandoned. —— besiktas's. things didn't go quite to plan for the world number one novak djokovic. as novak

djokovic's comeback from injury continues, the monte carlo masters brought about his biggest challenge yet. dominic thiem. deep into the first that it was the experience of the 12 time grand slam champion that saw him through. but with a match level at a set all, it was dominic thiem who took the upper hand. the austrian hasn't been at his best so far this year, but when the clay—court season arrives it is his time. the clay—court apprentice taking to decide to set up a quarter—final with real master, rafael nadal. things were much more straightforward for the spaniard in the last 16, he quickly took a opening set and the second went exactly the same way. winning it in under 90 minutes as his return from injury continues to impress. grigor dimitrov was another seed who has, can his work cut out to him, but after going down asset, the world number five hit back. just.

after going down asset, the world numberfive hit back. just. after levelling the match, the bulgarian went ahead in the decider. ‘s defence too strong and too good. —— is defence. —— his defence. next he will face david goffin in the squatter finals, the next he will face david goffin in the squatterfinals, the belgian battling hard to win in straight sets of. on the bottom half of the draw, milos raonic was forced to pull—out of the tournament with an injury before his third—round match. the number two seed will play kei nishikori, who qualified in three sets. the number three seed it alexander zverev is also true that the quarter—finals, beating a fellow german in straight sets. richard gasquet beat his older brother in straight sets of. the ecb are

launching a new city —based tournament to rival the indian career tournament to rival the indian career league and australia's the bash in two years time but it won't bea bash in two years time but it won't be a t20 competition, instead there will be 100 balls in each innings which will consist of 15 regular overs and one final over of ten bowls. aim is to attract younger audiences but as the sports editor reports, not everybody is in favour. old trafford hosting lancashire's second 11 today, but in two years time this will be one of eight grounds hoping to see a packed house for english cricket's newest and most controversial competition. a five—week long tournament featuring city —based teams rather than counties and innings ofjust100 all. as a game, we have to make ourselves more accessible. we have to appeal to a female audience, we have to appeal to the next generation of cricket fans and we have two appeal to south asian audiences that are living in the uk. we know that audience loves cricket,

at the moment what we don't do is of ecb cricket. —— love. at the moment what we don't do is of ecb cricket. -- love. 20 over cricket has had a huge effect. the indian premier league proving a commercial phenomenon and. english cricket's answer is to go further, with yet another even shorter format. men's and women's teams rolling regular six ball overs and then ina rolling regular six ball overs and then in a first, a final ten ball over. two things will attract families and a younger audience. one is simplicity and understanding the game and certainly the 100 walcott will do that. the other thing is big names, star players. if they are pa rt names, star players. if they are part of it, families and young people will get involved and engage in it. is represents one of the bigger shakeups that english cricket has seen. hope is that it helps keep sport relevant and generates much—needed income stream. the traditionalists are a alienate it

and what they see as unnecessary meddling. some at old trafford certainly had reservation. meddling. some at old trafford certainly had reservationlj meddling. some at old trafford certainly had reservation. i think it isa certainly had reservation. i think it is a gimmick. 2020 was short enough. would pay a lot of money for out enough. would pay a lot of money for our memberships, i am not renewing if they do that. the idea of a ten ball final over? rubbish. the ecb say their 100 ball concept has support, but whether such changes delivered a popularity the sport used to enjoy is the ultimate test. joint leaders after the first round of the latest event on the european tour. the hassan trophy in morocco. this man, bradley dredge of wales both carded five under par rounds of 67 on thursday, one shot clear of the chasing pack. the field includes danny willett, who had a mixed day.

his approach to the tent led to one of his five birdies, that was offset by six pokies and he is one over par, six shots behind the leaders. world series champions at the houston astros made actual play in the fourth inning which turned the match, aided by some poorfielding by the home side. thinking he was out of this hit, only for the filters to make a mixup and despite being thrown out at second base, the run was scored. then a 3—run home run was scored. then a 3—run home run at the top of the fifth put his side with a man in position, which they maintained. matches have taken place in the nhl and nba play—offs, the miami heat hosting philadelphia, thatis the miami heat hosting philadelphia, that is one all in the best of seven series. into the third quarter,

eight minutes remaining and i am merely bait 73 points — 72. had to oui’ merely bait 73 points — 72. had to our website. but from me, merely bait 73 points — 72. had to ourwebsite. but from me, bye for 110w. “— ourwebsite. but from me, bye for now. —— miami lead. hello again. yesterday proved to be a real scorcher. temperatures got up to 29.1 celsius in london's stjames's park, making it the warmest april day for nearly 70 years. you have to go all the way back to 19119 to find a warmer april day. and for many of us, we had clear blue sunny skies like this pretty much all day. for the early risers this morning, some mist and fog patches to watch out for, particularly western wales and running through the bristol channel as well. there will be some changes in our weather today because the area of high pressure is still there that it's drifting a little bit further eastwards. the warmest air still across east anglia and south—east england but otherwise the air is increasingly blowing in off the atlantic and that will bring

some cooler conditions to the uk. now, weatherwise, the early morning mist and fog patches should clear out of the way widely and most areas should see lots of sunshine again. there will, though, be a few showers for western scotland but most of these will be across the western highlands and really for the northern half of the uk, temperatures a few degrees down. still feeling pleasant if you're out and about in the sunshine but the warmest air more limited to east anglia and south—east england. highs of 27 in london but i wouldn't mind betting that somewhere like in gravesend, it could even get warmer than that, 28 or maybe even a 29. friday night, we do it all again. clearing skies, a few mist and fog patches forming but but it will be a cooler night across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, quite chilly here indeed by the end of the night, with temperatures around 4 or 6 degrees. still in double figures, though, further south. the weekend, we will see some further changes in our weather. the temperatures will continue to ease back. there will still be some warm sunshine around but increasingly,

we will see some thundery downpours breaking out and becom quite windy as well as the weekend goes by, particularly in the north—west. the changes are all brought out by this area of low pressure. a cold front will be bringing that cooler air in. but ahead of the front, we are going to be seeing some thundery showers. now, on saturday, we start the day on a fine note, plenty of sunshine out and about. we will start to see some showers moving up from the south. now, initially, the rain might not be too heavy but it will come down in big drops. later in the day, as those showers become more extensive across the midlands, western england and wales, the showers will be heavy and thundery as well, temperatures reaching a peak of around 23 so you will notice that drop in temperatures and that trend will continue. through saturday evening and overnight, the showers and thunderstorms become quite extensive, our cold front swings its way eastwards across the country, introducing much cooler and fresher air so by sunday, temperatures at best into the low 20s.

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