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it is cut final day fast non—chelsea, battling it out for the fa cup. it is the unlikeliest four premier league survivals which might be on for west bromwich albion, after victory for spurs. contrasting emotions at stoke though as relegation to the championship is confirmed with defeat to crystal palace. and john higgins holds off kyren wilson to reach successive finals at the world snooker championship in sheffield. good evening, it's an eventful day of sport as we reach the business end of the season in rugby and football, relegations and promotions decided, trophies won — and we begin tonight with one of the big ones, the women's fa cup.

the final is taking place at wembley right now between 14—time winners arsenal and their london rivals chelsea. 40,000 fans — a new record crowd. to 0-0 to 0—0 at half—time. chelsea have had the best chances, shooting wide. then later, a free kick hitting the wall. . 0—0 at the moment. getting into the second half, you can also watch on the bbc website and the sport app. 0—0 at the moment. unfortunately, one side will be left dejected at wembley and the supporters of stoke city will know that feeling already, as their fate was confirmed

with relegation from the premier league. stoke needed to beat crystal palace at home but it ended in a 2—1 defeat as craig templeton reports. ina in a premier league, many matches are called must win. stoke city knew they had to beat crystal palace in they had to beat crystal palace in the heat or their hopes of survival would be shattered. the dangerous wilfried zaha would be shattered. the dangerous wilfried za ha could would be shattered. the dangerous wilfried zaha could not find the finish. when you have a master craftsman like shaqiri in your team, you always have a chance. the tension was rising in the second half, and tempers threatened to boil over. cracks then started showing in the stoke defence. james mcarthur found a gap. and then he found the equaliser. then stoke's fate was sealed when ryan shawcross got in a spin, leaving patrick van aanholt with the simplest of finishes. so, after a decade of premier league football it is the championship next

season., and football it is the championship next season. , and some football it is the championship next season., and some of these fans will remember that it can take years before you return. tried to pick up the points. we said before, if the lads had been playing the way they did for me, they wouldn't be in the position they we re wouldn't be in the position they were in. we have to bounce back up, the club passed to bounce back up. the support is too big. it is in a really good place, and they can do that. yes, everybody says it is over and everything is done, the club has to come back. i feelvery and everything is done, the club has to come back. i feel very sorry, and everything is done, the club has to come back. i feelvery sorry, a lot of empathy for stoke city. not much fun coming off the field at the end of the game, seeing the pain etched on their faces. but it is not us etched on their faces. but it is not us that put them down, it is 37 matches that have put them down. we just happened to be year—to—date, providing them with opposition that

did theirjob. they played the best foot ball did theirjob. they played the best football they could play. so stoke — we know — are down to the championship next season. 0nd others could go their way today. over to hugh now for a round up of the rest of the day's premier league news. what a result for west brom, we never saw that coming? don't think anybody saw their recent form coming. iamjoined anybody saw their recent form coming. i am joined by austin, anybody saw their recent form coming. iam joined by austin, west bromwich albion, and darren moore, a 1-0 bromwich albion, and darren moore, a 1—0 win over tottenham hotspur. nobody saw it coming? the greatest of all great escapes is still on for we st of all great escapes is still on for west brom. a slim chance. they needed to win against tottenham and they did that. 1—0 was the final score. jake livermore with the goal. they are clinging on to premier league survival by their fingertips. what a run he is having as the west brom manager. five games undefeated under him. manchester united, liverpool and now tottenham they have beaten under darren morgan. you have beaten under darren morgan. you have to feel it is perhaps a little bit too little, too late. we will

see if the managers are still optimistic. here is tara moore. to give ourselves a chance, we have been on this road four, nearly five weeks ago, we wanted to get pride and commitment back in there. the supporters have been excellent. i am the one standing up here, talking about the occasion. but it is we, as about the occasion. but it is we, as a football club, coming together, the supporters, staff, officials, everybody coming together, just working hard. through the hard work and commitment, results are coming. indeed, but most of the other teams at the bottom of the table would be hoping for the same. west brom could go down today if southampton could spring a surprise and beat everton at goodison park. that game is currently goalless into the second half. another team struggling for survival at the moment is swansea. they played bournemouth today away

from home, that finished i—0 they played bournemouth today away from home, that finished 1—0 to bournemouth. a difficult time for swa nsea bournemouth. a difficult time for swansea city? they needed something from this game, any point would have done, one or three would be brilliant. ryan fraser scored the only goal of the game for bournemouth, securing their premier league status for next season. for swansea, the troubles continue for them. they are really in a dogfight come the end of the season, just one win in 84 carlos carvalhal. —— in eight, for collars ca rvalhal. win in 84 carlos carvalhal. —— in eight, for collars carvalhal. they are right in it now, they play southampton next on tuesday, what a big game that is going to be. still so big game that is going to be. still so much for them to play for. let's hear what the manager had to say afterwards. they deserved the win, the victory. ican they deserved the win, the victory. i can say that maybe it was 42 minutes, when you create chances. the second half, the players run and fight, the game was complicated. the

best we can do in this moment is forget this one. time to bring an update from when lee, chelsea have taken the lead in the women's fa cup final against arsenal, they big one for chelsea fans. —— a big one. a good win for west ham united away from home, 2—0? good win for west ham united away from home, 2-0? they needed it. it looked like the wheels were coming off, both on and off the field. a win brilliant for david moyes and his west ham side today. 2—0 they woi'i. his west ham side today. 2—0 they won. the first goal from mario, and then captain mark noble with a superb volley from outside of the box. you really need to watch that oi'i box. you really need to watch that on match of the day later. 0ne box. you really need to watch that on match of the day later. one of the best goals of the season. he has not mathematically done it, but it looks like west ham should be safe come the end of the season. we can hear from mark noble. why not try to finish as high up the

table as we can? we have two home games now. where we are in the league, i am sure the fans will come and make that the stadium for the last few games, may get a really good atmosphere. finish the season well, and then obviously a lot needs to be done in the summer. me personally, and i am pretty sure the clu b personally, and i am pretty sure the club don't want to have another season club don't want to have another season like we had this year. the final game of the day saw watford beating newcastle united 2—1 at vicarage road. i know the weather is good, but newcastle players look like they have their shorts and fli p—flo ps like they have their shorts and flip—flops on already? like they have their shorts and flip-flops on already? they have done for a while, ever since they secured premier league status, they have lost three in a row. they were beaten by watford. watford's first win in eight matches, which secures premier league status for them next season premier league status for them next season as well. rafa benitez will be asking questions about his side. we can hearfrom asking questions about his side. we can hear from him asking questions about his side. we can hearfrom him now. we we re we were not in the game, too many

mistakes. the penalty was a surprise, that could have been 3—0. in the second half, we were more of the team that we have seen, the majority of the season. so, the team with the right mentality, working hard, trying to play well and creating chances. but it was not enough because we didn't do what we have to do in the first half. let's look at the rest of the days results... the confirmation that stoke city are relegated to did he defeat by crystal palace. a good win for crystal palace. a good win for crystal palace, they keep going under eddie howe. claude puel, things are not so great for leicester, but they have survived. everton and southampton, still goalless. as i say, if everton do win that match, if southampton failed to win, then west brom will be relegated. let's look at what that means for the bottom of the premier league table. things are very close at the moment between southampton and swansea. if southampton and swansea. if southampton get a point in that

match at goodison park, they will go above match at goodison park, they will go a bove swa nsea match at goodison park, they will go above swansea on goal difference. southampton play swansea on tuesday night, what a huge game that will be. it looks like with west ham's win that we spoke about it is going to be two more of the bottom five with stoke city already down. southampton could be out of the bottom three today, they play swa nsea bottom three today, they play swansea on tuesday. let's take a look at the top of the table, we have not spoken much about it with so much in terms of relegation still to play for tottenham hotspur, that defeat means that chelsea are breathing down their neck? they had a chance today, they were the only tea m a chance today, they were the only team playing in the top five. they had a chance to secure top four status for next season. chelsea play liverpool tomorrow and could start bridging the gap. that will be a massive game. a comprehensive look at today's premier league action. let's look at

the scottish premier league. dundee's place in the top flight is just about secure for next season after a 1—0 win over hamilton academical at dens park. dundee took the lead through kevin holt in the first half. but hamilton failed to convert a late penalty, as dundee went six points clear of the playoff positon, with two games left to play. let's show you that goal that was mentioned in the women's fa cup at wembley. we can't show the pictures, i'm afraid, but we will bring you them later in the programme, itjust happened five minutes ago, ramona bachman with the goal to send chelsea 1—0 up. we will bring you those pictures when they are in, quite spectacular. also coming up in the programme tonight, it is nearly time for the war of words to end as david haye prepares for his rematch against tony bellew. said, i'm not going to let you off

with a quick knockout. i'm not to ta ke with a quick knockout. i'm not to take you out early, i am going to drag it out, bust you and make you page. it's the second stage of cycling's giro d'italia, find out who ended the day in the leaders pinkjersey. now, it's the final day of the season in rugby union's premiership with plenty of permuatations wasps and newcastle went head to head to see who would grab a third placed finish for the play—offs. in the end, wasps held onto that third position with a with a convincing bonus—point victory. it finished 39—22 at kingston park, as adam wild reports. basking in the north—east son, for newcastle another moment to shine in what has been a dazzling season. already assured a play—off place, but so were the visitors. like many a warm english day, wasps were causing problems. tom cruse with the opening try of the afternoon. they

went further ahead after the break elliot daly finding himself in plenty of space before danny cipriani stretched his way through to extend the lead. newcastle were unbeaten at home since november, but that impressive run looked to have ended when jimmy gopperth that impressive run looked to have ended whenjimmy gopperth ended this brilliant blue. wasps, fifth with a flourish. defying the odds is what newcastle have done all season, quick tries getting kingston park back on its feet. any faint hopes we re back on its feet. any faint hopes were dashed in the dying moments, willie le roux taking the long way round. wasps will finish third, but for newcastle a play—off place remains an extraordinary achievement. leicester tigers claimed a bonus—point win over sale to ensure champions cup rugby next season. the tigers beat sale 35—13, scoring four ties, with two of those from jonah holmes. so the line—up for the premiership semi—finals is complete — leaders exeter will play newcastle, while saracens host wasps

in a mouthwatering match—up. both ties will be played on the 19th of may. that is the same day as the fa cup final and the royal wedding. busy day, what to watch? munster overcame a stubborn edinburgh to progress to an all—irish proi4 semifinal against rivals leinster. keith earls scored after some lovely play by simon zebo to help munster to a 20—16 win in dublin... an emotionaljohn higgins said he was ‘so proud' to reach another world snooker championship final, at the expense of kyren wilson. the four—time winner at the crucible put in a battling performance to come past wilson by 17 frames to 13 and is aiming to improve on his runner—up showing of last year. what can you say aboutjohn higgins, a four—time world champion through to his seventh final. he first

played ken doherty in 1998. what does it say about his longevity?m is the mark of a man, a great champion, one of the best players that has ever picked up a cue. remarkable performance against a young girl who put it up to him and threw everything at him. everything he threw at him he had an answer for. what a way to finish off the match. finished off with great aplomb. 0ne match. finished off with great aplomb. one of the best players i have ever played. i am sure you would say the same? it is because he is very, very good and also a chameleon, he can change in the middle of the match, how can you come out in a top—class match, reaching that session? shows you how clever that is. he found his scoring boots and put them on. he raced over the line. model champion. playing kyren wilson, now all focus turns on to who he will be facing. will it be

the nostalgic final? will it be mark williams in this final againstjohn higgins? mark currently trailing barry hawkins, and he has shown real granite skills to keep him at arms length so far? very similar match, it could write to the wire. mark williams needs a fast start, asjohn said earlier, he needs to get his scoring boots on and be winning the frames in one visit. mark williams isa frames in one visit. mark williams is a great champion as well. he has all of the attributes to really put barry hawkins to the wire tonight. my sneaking suspicion, from watching the game, is that barry is playing better than mark but mark is hanging in there. wheneveran better than mark but mark is hanging in there. whenever an important frame has come in at the end, he has mixed one. if he can have his scoring it will go close. i think barry is playing slightly the better of the two. 7.30 at bbc two is where you can find us for that. here's whatjohn higgins had to say about reaching a seventh crucible final.

i mean, i've had my family down and it's a big thing. you see them setting up and it's a big thing for the family. 0bviously, he's going to be gutted but i'm just proud. let's have a look at some of the other stories around today. and we begin with the giro d'italia. today's second stage was won by elia viviani in a thrilling sprint finish in tel aviv. the quick—step floors rider crossed the line just ahead of fellow italian jakub mareczko. rohan dennis is the overall leader with chris froome 38 seconds behind. team sunweb rider max walscheid has won the men's race at the tour de yorkshire after finishing the 184 kilometres from richymond to scarborough in 4 hours, 10 minutes and 27 seconds. aidan 0'brien won a ninth 2000 guineas as his son donnacha rode saxon warrior to victory in the first flat racing classic of the season at newmarket. cal crutchlow set a track record

ta ke cal crutchlow set a track record take pole position for the motogp. pushed it to a lap time of one minute .35 seconds, for his first pole position british gp. the grand slam is still on for great britain's 0liver townend — he's in second position going into the final day he won at burghley in september, and in kentucky last month the badminton title would make him only the third rider to win the rare and coveted triple crown. lizze greenwood hughes has been watching for us. cross—country day at badminton is a lwa ys cross—country day at badminton is always influential. this year has been particularly so for several reasons. firstly, the governing body have change the scoring system slightly, dressage is slightly less influential. also, it is incredibly hot day and the ground has been sticky. it has been really hard work. one man has been standing next

to me that knows onlyjust how difficult it has been, 0liver townend. you are in second place, but only just. you townend. you are in second place, but onlyjust. you are on the same penalty points, but because your time was not as quick, you are currently in second place but you have done very well today. the horses have been great. as you said, the ground is very, very sticky. the weather, the sun is shining, which is great for the public, not so good for us. a mixture of the worst possible conditions we could possibly have. the horses have dug deep and we are close. you were the lead after the dressage. there is extra pressure on you because the horse you were riding just now, second place, you won in kentucky last week and you are on the grand slam. a huge bonus of £250,000, which i don't need to remind you of. there must have been extra pressure on you. you had to dig deep? the grand slam is a fantastic part of the sport. difficult to forget about it, when it is so much money, and

the media are talking about it, which is great, ijust wanted to get the best i can out of the horses. what about the horse, you will rack up what about the horse, you will rack up in cotton wool? we have home vets, two girls looking after him, it is like tennis players, they will bea it is like tennis players, they will be a nice on and off, walking around, loosening up a little bit. the vet inspection tomorrow and then into the showjumping. we will see how we go. as i say, that is the showjumping, that is the third part of the equestrian triathlon. 0liver townend in second place, and also in fifth place. another briton in third place. new zealand leading the way ona place. new zealand leading the way on a technicality, essentially. she was quickest across country, even though she is on the same penalty score as 0liver, she is in the lead. you can follow all the action from

badminton. clare balding will be leading the coverage tomorrow for the final showjumping finale. we'll 0liver townend get that £250,000 bonus prize? that is on top of the prize of winning badminton. we will have to see. a lovely day at the badminton horse trials. we're just a few hours away from david haye versus tony bellew part two. the pair clash at the 02 arena tonight for the second time in 14 months in their non—title heavyweight clash. bellew of course won that fight by stopping haye in the 11th round — can haye avenge that this time around. 0ur boxing reporter ade adedoyin joins us now. remember 14 months ago it was all kinds of fighting talk before they got into the ring. has it been as frisky this time round? not quite as controversial. david haye was criticised because of some of the things he said and some of his antics, deemed to go too far. this time he has been very measured and refused to get into any war of words

with tony bellew. he said he was too aggressive and emotional, and it worked against him. there was some pushing and shoving at the final head—to—head press conference and some words exchanged on the way in. beyond that, largely passed without incident. what sort of contest do we expect tonight, because tony bellew was a bit of a surprise winner last time round. is it going to be a similar result tonight? this is the intriguing thing, they are both lighter than they were for the first fight, suggesting they might use speed and movement. there are some unknowns. will david heyes's body hold out? he ruptured his achilles last time around. he hasn't been 12 rounds much since 2012. i was ringside for that first fight and it was very rusty, missing a lot. at times he looked quite crude. you don't know how it will play out. i suspect it will go into the later rounds, maybe a stoppage. sending a text after the later rounds! is this

last chance saloon for david heyes? anybody who can get near it wants a fight with anthony joshua, anybody who can get near it wants a fight with anthonyjoshua, is that what he's angling for? he said if he loses, it is the end of the road. he wa nts to loses, it is the end of the road. he wants to fight deontay wilder or anthonyjoshua, he wants to fight deontay wilder or anthony joshua, he believes wants to fight deontay wilder or anthonyjoshua, he believes he has enough to become champion of the world. he has to win in spectacular fashion. there is a lot riding on this for david haye. i think that is the end of an illustrious career. we will text you out of the second round. let's ta ke let's take you back to wembley, where the women's fa cup final is taking place in front of a sun—drenched record crowd. theyjust had 45,000 in. chelsea, 2—0 up. ramona bachmann with both goals. both of them coming in the second half. she opened the scoring in the 48th minute. added the second 12 minutes later, cutting in on her

left foot before a deflected effort sailed over the keeper. chelsea firmly in control of the fa cup final at wembley. these are the live pictures from wembley, they had been looking to seal a double. chelsea, still 2—0 as it stands. we will have the reaction at 7.30. southampton are leaving everton, bad news for west brom and swansea as well, who dropped down into the bottom three. we will bring you up to date in sportsday at 7.30. —— southampton and leading everton. what a glorious start of the bank

with a weekend, setting to stay sunny for most of us, looking at record—breaking temperatures. glorious across many parts of england and wales, blue skies and not everywhere. we have had some low cloud, mist and not everywhere. we have had some low cloud, mistand murk not everywhere. we have had some low cloud, mist and murk affecting irish sea coasts and the north—west scotland. this weather friend sea coasts and the north—west scotland. this weatherfriend here, as you can see, the isobars fairly close together. quite breezy. for the bulk of the country, as you would expect, high pressure dominating the scene. for the rest of this evening and overnight, it will stay rather cloudy across the north and west of scotland. the breeze will ease down a little bit. we will continue to see some light rain, we will see some mist and low cloud around the irish sea coast. fairly cooler, particularly out of

town, we could beat the low single figures. we start sunday on a glorious note, we will see some sea mist and local cloud, some rain across the north west of scotland into the northern isles. elsewhere, a very warm day, we could see 2425 somewhere in the south—east. as we head into bank holiday monday, this area of high pressure shifts further eastwards and draws in some very warm and dry airfrom the eastwards and draws in some very warm and dry air from the continent. that also changes the wind direction a little bit, you could see some low cloud and see mist affecting the east of scotland, along with a few irish sea coasts. the bulk of the country is going to be a fine, dry and sunny day, very warm indeed. 2425, maybe 26 celsius. if we see 27, that will certainly be well over the march record which we saw a few yea rs the march record which we saw a few years ago, 23 degrees. as we going

into tuesday, the weather fronts will be pushing and from the west of the country. starting to cool down, although the eastern side of the country holding on the sunshine and also the warmth. you could see the mid—20s celsius. 0utbrea ks also the warmth. you could see the mid—20s celsius. outbreaks of rain and more cloud around. most of that could be across eastern scotland. high teens celsius further north and west. like i mentioned, pretty hot and sunny across the south—east. that cooling trend continues as we go into the rest of the week. this is bbc news. i'm rita. the headlines... british fugitive jamie acourt is denied bail by a spanishjudge, he was arrested in barcelona for alleged drugs offences. russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, is arrested, as he tries to address a protest against president putin. an erupting volcano in hawaii triggers earthquakes, including the most powerful tremor to hit the state since 1975. and...

we have lift off. a nasa mission to mars blasts off from california to begin a six month journey to study the composition of the planet. and chelsea take on arsenal in the women's fa cup final, we'll have the latest on that and the rest of the day's action in sportsday, at half past seven.