real madrid go marching on in europe. of course they do. the reigning champions cling on to beat bayern and reach the final of the uefa champions league. the dream makers. we catch up withjurgen klopp as he attempts to steer liverpool to a first champions league final in 11 years. and ding junhui has work to do in a suprisingly one—sided quarter—final against barry hawkins at the world snooker championships. well, well, well. by hook and by crook, real madrid just get the job done. zinedine zidane‘s side are into their fourth champions league final in five seasons, after seeing off bayern munich 4—3 on aggregate in a thrilling match at the bernabeu. joshua kimmich had given the visitors the lead afterjust six minutes, before a karim benzema double looked to have made the tie safe. bayern then equalised to make it 2—2 on the night, but madrid clinging on, and in the end given a huge helping hand by their opponents, as our football reporter rob schofield explains. real madrid go through to attempt to

become three—time winners, consecutive winners of the champions league. but this was an absolute classic, a titanic tussle by two of europe's top teams. it will go down in history as one of the best demi finals, iam in history as one of the best demi finals, i am sure, it was all decided i an awful mistake from bayern munich‘s goalkeeper, who is substituting for a regular goalkeeper who has sustained a long—term injury. he has been so brilliant from them, but a mistake here. the ball was passed back to him and he fluffed his lines and ended up kicking the air and the ball went through to karim benzema who poke the ball into an empty net. that was the crucial goal of the role. it is an incredible, really. they almost went out to juventus in the quarterfinals of the champions

league this year. they didn't even finish top of their group, that was totte n ha m. finish top of their group, that was tottenham. so somehow they have just managed to creep through, stage by stage, and they are just full of winners, this real madrid team. and you wouldn't put it past them to win a third title in a row. translation: it was a crazy match but a very nice match to play as well. nice match for the show, for the fans and for the football. we have to congratulate our opponent, because they played a great match, and we started with some trouble, conceding a goal and not finding our game. but we played much better in the second half. we pressured high and we scored the second goal after playing much better. translation: if we have a look to both games, it was quite apparent we were the best team, yet we we re apparent we were the best team, yet we were able to reach the final. i am very disappointed with the result. if we have to stand a chance of progressing.

austin halewood looks ahead to wednesday's match. it was the himself as 7 7 ilii, ‘ilii, the thai and gave the italians hope. road will be ready, they will be very lively from the beginning, the start, high end tends and all that stuff. and the closer the game comes, rome will realise they have to score a lot of goals against liverpool. so i don't say it is not

possible, because it is football, but it must be at least very difficult. with a s-goal lead, there is no doubting that klopp‘s men are in the ascendancy. ff“; 7, they can three ' ' the know how to the - know how to avoid an what the romans know how to avoid an upset. barcelona came to town with a 4- upset. barcelona came to town with a 4— goal lead. roma had other ideas. a crucial goalfrom 4— goal lead. roma had other ideas. a crucial goal from manolas sealed a 3-0 a crucial goal from manolas sealed a 3—0 win and one of the greatest comebacks in champions league history. translation: we are facing a totally different team in terms of their tactics and their attitude. liverpool are much less about ball possession and more inclined to go forward , possession and more inclined to go forward, so tactically that means a lot of changes for us. but the motivation remains the same. we want to make his comeback happen, and we are going to give everything we have to try and do something great. the city of rome walks hand—in—hand with

history, and having already come back from the brink, the people of the italian capital are desperate for history to be on their side once again. and, while scoring three in the second leg will be difficult, keeping liverpool quiet at the other end will probably be the toughest challenge of all. now to the snooker world championship, in sheffield, where the quarter—finals have been taking place. china's ding junhui, one of the tournament favourites, under real pressure to progess to the next round. our reporter tulsen tollett is at the crucible. at 9am gmt on wednesday, ding junhui will walk down these steps still hoping he can become the first asian to wina hoping he can become the first asian to win a world snooker championship and get through to the quarterfinal. he trails ii— and get through to the quarterfinal. he trails 11— five against barry hawkins, who was a finalist back in 2013. hawkins finished with a century break to go 11— five up. he is within two frames of making it through to the semi—final. ding has

pressure wherever he goes, and it is not just the pressure wherever he goes, and it is notjust the opponent, as we were told earlier. expectation has a huge part. we told earlier. expectation has a huge pa rt. we lost told earlier. expectation has a huge part. we lost some of them, we lost selby, and he has huge expectation, probably from himself and probably from china, the wind now. he is favourite, and how do you cope that? millions watching the championship, and that is pressure in the most extreme circumstances. at the end of the day he has to try and forget all about and try and make it him and the table. forget everything around it. as i say, it is hard not to look forward. he will be thinking this could be his best chance ever to be the first asian player to win the world championship. so ding junhui has some work to do against barry hawkins, trailing by 11— five. now, there is a two table system in operational way to the semifinals and on tuesday evening there was another match taking place. it was a repeat of the masters final from earlier this year back injanuary, which was won by mark allen, but on

this occasion it is the englishman, kyren wilson, who leads the northern irishman by 11— five, exactly the same as it is on ding ‘stable. there are two other quarterfinals taking place which will finish off on wednesday, as the four time when john higgins, up againstjudd trump come about as a repeat of the 2011 final won by higgins. he trails by 5-3 final won by higgins. he trails by 5—3 against trump and also mark williams, the welshman level at 4—4. 0f williams, the welshman level at 4—4. of course, you can get everything at the website, or via the bbc sport app. seven—time champion serena williams could still be the number one seed at wimbledon this year, even if the american doesn't climb back into the world's top 32 before the tournament. williams has dropped to 4a9th in the world since giving birth last year. but she believes players returning from pregnancy should have protected seedings, as well as protected rankings. meanwhile, andy murray is likely to face a tough opening match

at wimbledon, if as expected he is unseeded in the draw. the two—time champion hasn't played competitively since losing in last year's quarter—final at the all england club after undergoing hip surgery. currently ranked outside the world's top 32, it means he could potentially be drawn to play roger federer in the opening round. greece's teenage tennis sensation stefanos tsitsipas continued his great run of form with victory over pablo andujar finalist since rafael nadal in 2005. although he lost to that very man in the final, he is now up to 44th in the world. and he mightjust continue on up the rankings, thanks to what was a long and hard—fought win over the veteran spaniard, 7—6, 6—3. tsitsipas goes on to meet top seed kevin anderson in the second round. and finally, some incredible scenes from the ethiopian premier league match between defence and welwalo adigrat university. we certainly don't condone what happened, but visually pretty entertaining, more for the chaos than what the game will sadly be remembered for.

comical, the referee is chased off the pitch. he then grabs the corner flag to help defend himself. it doesnt help. players continue to pile in, and welwalo coaches, as well. and this is when lines are crossed, the referee despicably attacked by the players, and all because he ruled the ball had crossed the line, although pictures are inconclusive. net result — the coach has been fired, and the ethiopian football federation has suspended all games in the league. you can get all the latest sports news at our website.

that is bbc.com/sport. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. good morning. the day ahead is a "getting better" kind of day. after a particularly wet start for some, some heavy rain around first thing, rain will clear most areas at least through the day, and then we're into a story of sunshine and one or two showers. this is the weather system bringing in the wet weather overnight, into the morning. clearing away from western scotland, northern ireland as we start the day, so temperatures will take a little bit of a dip late in the night here. but elsewhere, not quite as cold a start to the day as we saw yesterday morning, but for the commute, it will be a thoroughly wet one. eastern scotland, through a good part of central england and eastern

wales, a few showers in the east. but a few get away with not too much wet weather early on, but it does turn wetter through the middle part of the day. as the rain clears from central and western parts, we see sunshine and just one or two showers. some of those showers could be wintry over the tops of the scottish mountains, some hail mixed in too. and temperatures down a little bit on what we saw through tuesday, but pleasant enough in the south where you have the sunshine. now, the rain will be last to clear east anglia, south—east, roughly late afternoon and early evening, and clear skies to take it into wednesday night. most will be dry. but what does happen through wednesday night into thursday is that, with the jet stream dipping southwards just temporarily, we'll see some slightly cooler air push its way in. so it'll be a chillier start once again on thursday morning. don't be surprised, eastern scotland, central and eastern england, if there's a touch of frost in one oi’ two areas. but a lovely sunny start to the day here, before cloud increases

from the west. in the west we'll see sunny spells, but always a bit more cloud, and that cloud will thicken up in northern ireland, western scotland, producing some spots of drizzle, some heavier bursts of rain for orkney and shetland through the afternoon. but after that chilly start, south—westerly winds push in, temperatures will be on the rise once again. so, finish thursday and go into friday, we'll see winds falling lighter across the south. there could be quite a bit of cloud to begin with, a bit misty in places, but the cloud will break up, some sunny spells coming through. the chance in western parts of england and wales of a little bit of drizzle here and there, and that will be the case in scotland and northern ireland. but most will be dry, and when the cloud does break, milder air is working its way in. temperatures mid to high teens. and, with the jet stream then pushing to the north of us during the weekend, we bring ever milder air to just about all. so temperatures will be a bit of a shocker for bank holiday weekend, and high pressure dominates, mainly across southern areas.

have to watch these weather fronts bringing some occasional rain to scotland and maybe northern ireland, particularly through saturday night into sunday. but the general theme for the bank holiday weekend, as things warm up, temperatures high teens, low 20s, and most places will stay dry.