coming up on this programme: harry kane on target as tottenham beat watford to go five points clear of chelsea in the race for champions league football next season. ole, ole! it's party time in barcelona as barca celebrate their 25th la liga title with their fans. and ding junhui cruises through to the quarter finals of the world snooker championship. we catch up with the chinese superstar. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. let's kick things off with some football for you. one game in the english premier league on monday, tottenham hotspur have given them some breathing room in their hunt for uefa champions league football next season. they beat watford 2—0 at wembley to give mauricio pochettino‘s men a five—point lead over fifth placed chelsea with three games left to place. dele alli with the opener after 16 minutes before harry kane scored his 38th goal in all competitions this season, doubling the home side's lead just after the break. it means tottenham could perhaps

even start looking up the table, with a game in hand, they find themselves just one point behind third—placed liverpool. it was important to take the three points, to win the three points. for us points, to win the three points. for us it was massive. it was a game that we needed to win and then we the i'm for 11- 7— .1.17 7,: ——::—: — 55:55 5; 55:55 555 555 — 2:1: great 55:5- 5; 51:55 555 555 — great but the performance wasn't great but the most important thing is the three points. thousands of barcelona fans lined the streets of the city on monday to celebrate the club's la liga and copa del rey double. the catalan giants wrapped up their 25th la liga title with an open top bus parade that drove past some very happy fans. lionel messi scored a hat—trick as they beat deportivo la coruna 4—2 on sunday despite throwing away a two—goal lead in a thrilling game which also confirmed depor‘s relegation. messi claimed his 32nd league goal of the season to give barca a seventh liga title in 10 years,

completing a fourth domestic double in that same period after beating sevilla 5—0 in the kings cup final last week. one result in spain from monday, real betis guaranteed themselves european football next season by coming from behind to beat relegated malaga 2—1. it'll be europa league nights at the estadio benito villamarin although there is still a slim chance of betis leapfrogging valencia for the final champions league place, but they need an eight—point swing in the last three matches of the season. the pressure‘s on for bayern munich on the road to kiev and the champions league final. the bundesliga winners trail holders real madrid 2—1, ahead of tuesday's semi final second leg in the spanish capital, as real look to win club football's biggest prize for a record—extending 13th time. austin halewood looks ahead to the action. they're the kings of european

football. no one's won the champions league more than real madrid, so a trip to the spanish capital is a daunting task for any team, but stepping inside the bernabeu behind on the scoreboard is another level of tough. translation: we've played well in the competition and now we need to do it in the biggest game. we'll have to manage the big moment really well, that's the art of great players and a great team and if we do that, hopefully we'll achieve what we need to. in munich, it all started so well for bayern. joshua kimmich putting them ahead in the first half but the home side were left ruing missed chances with marcelo levelling the game before marco asensio but the spaniards ahead and took control of the tie. with the bundesliga along since sealed and the german cup within their grasp, winning has become a habit for bayern, they've only lost twice in the league sincejupp heynckes took over in october but going into a game as underdogs is

something they aren't used to and real expect the germans to come out fighting. translation: bayern are not going to be worried, they'll come to play a great game. they are a great club and great teams. we are well aware of that. it's why we need to be ready like we've never been before and play a great game. while real have been great in europe this season, real have been great in europe this season, one man real have been great in europe this season, one man standing out above the rest, they've been farfrom great in the league. they haven't challenged barcelona four months in la liga but real hope another champions league crown would restore some faith with the fans. translation: barcelona have had a great year, winning two titles. winning the copa del rey has its merits and la liga even more so, but winning the champions league is extra special. it's an equivalent to those two, or maybe even more. there's no denying that real madrid are the clear favourites. with just 90 minutes between them and a place in kiev. but, as we are so often

reminded, it's football, anything can happen. austin halewood, bbc news. shahid khan, the man who wants to buy wembley stadium, has told the bbc that if the home of english football is to be saved then he's the man to do it. khan, who owns fulham football club and nfl franchise the jacksonville jaguars, has been responding to criticism of his proposal, but he says its the right way to go. my my message is if you love english football, you want this to go ahead. it provides the money, provides the revenue for grassroots football. otherwise, how is the fa going to be able to do their mission crazy this is also... wembley itself overall is not a money maker for the is also... wembley itself overall is not a money makerfor the fa. it's a responsibility for them, their core mission is football and if you like english football, this is the money

they need to make it happen. ding junhui is through to the quarter finals of the world snooker championship after crushing anthony mcgill13—4. the 2016 runner up was never really troubled by mcgill cruising to a 9—0 lead. he'll face barry hawkins in the last eight. ding no stranger to playing under pressure, an audience of over 100 million tunes in for his matches back in china. we caught up with the chinese superstar after his match he here is talking to the bbc‘s rob walker. you're the favourite for the title, we haven't always seen that when you come here to the crucible, but that doesn't seem to bother you, the fact there's pressure on you and people are expecting or thinking that maybe this could be year? 0h, are expecting or thinking that maybe this could be year? oh, yeah, i'm going to try very hard to win the world title and also tried to be harder... work harder. i may be the

favourite but i concentrate on the next match and it doesn't matter whose favourite. snooker has come a long way in the last decade. the sport has over 30 tournaments worldwide and a global audience pushing 500 million. after huge growth of the sport in china, world snooker chairman barry hearn now has plans to take the game to the middle east. he's been speaking to the bbc‘s jamie broughton. china has been fantastic for us and we're making our first forays china has been fantastic for us and we're making ourfirst forays into india, which i think in time will be a colossal market. the middle east just cries out for it, there's a lot of snooker interest in the middle east, lots of people play the game, lots of people have snooker tables in their homes and we know we've been there before but what i want is the one defining event in the middle east. were in conversations with three different parties at the moment to try to produce something that's on another level. if it happens at all, because supply and demand comes in, we don't need

another tournament, we've got a very full calendar as it is, but we're quite happy to utilise the spare dates should be opportunity be too difficult to resist and i think there are people in the middle east who would want to really put their country on the map by doing something quite defining. use a different parties, is that different countries or one particular country and different promoters? different countries, we don't speak so much with promoters these days, we deal with promoters these days, we deal with government heads and things like that. when you look around and you see the really keys sports properties, they're generally financed by government because they wa nt to financed by government because they want to make a statement. i mean, the formula i was in azerbaijan, quite expensive to stage a formula i so quite expensive to stage a formula i so why did they do it crazy they wa nted so why did they do it crazy they wanted to put azerbaijan on the map and we should be looked on in the same category. we can put people on the map. our control of both lily and digital tv hours globally means we have more clout than these global

sports but we haven't used it properly, so maybe it's now the time to make that quantum move into the next level of perception. and finally, a moment every football fan has secretly hoped would happen to them, giving a referee the taste of his own medecine. look at this footage from the eredivise match between vitesse arnhem and fc twente. running behind vitesse's navarone foor, refereejochem kamphuis ludicrously believing he's been clipped decides to take a frankly pretty pathetic dive. the players, of course, not to be fooled by such play acting, foor producing the yellow card. plenty of lols all around, until full—time that is, at which point fc twente who lost 5—0 were relegated to the dutch second division. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, marc edwardsm, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. good morning.

a bank holiday weekend fast approaching and what we want is blue sky and sunshine and perhaps even the thought of heading down to the beach. we did have beautiful weather to the west which you can see here in east lothian. on the kent coast, not the greatest of days, 50mph winds and heavy, persistent rain. some areas of kent saw over a month of rain on monday. it was miserable along the coast of essex, sussex, and kent, wasn't it? i can offer you something better through today. in actual fact the rain is clearing away and underneath the skies will be a chilly start on tuesday morning.

keep that in mind if you are up early. temperatures will fall below freezing in the far north—west under the clear skies. but it will certainly be a drier start. for much of central and eastern england, under this influence of high pressure, things will stay quite quiet before this next weather front arrives. moving into western areas as we go through the day. enjoy the weather first thing. it will be a better day in eastern scotland and central and eastern england. clouding over a little into the afternoon but feeling much better. the winds strengthening on west facing coasts and we will see rain by the end of the afternoon, some of it heavy in the north—west. 9—15, the highest values. tuesday into wednesday, the weather front will continue to go steadily east bringing rain with it. a wet start for much of england and wales. the rain will slowly ease, but not clearing eastern england for much of the day.

behind it, the winds swinging to a north—westerly. sunshine, quite chilly. 8—12 at the very best. but as we move out of wednesday into thursday, it looks like we will start to see an area of high pressure building from the south—west. it may bring some cloud and shower rain into northern ireland and scotland for a time on thursday. cloudy on thursday. predominantly dry for many, 11—16. moving out of thursday and friday, the high continues to build. the wind direction swings around to a south—westerly, dragging milder airfrom the south. all of this bodes well for the start of the bank holiday weekend. if you have got plans, you may even be able to head to the beach, dare i say it, because we're likely to see temperatures peaking in the low 20s. it'll be dry, settled and sunny for most of us. of the welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley.

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