coming up on this programme: rafael nadal moves through to the rome masters quarter—finals, where he'll face local favourite fabio fognini. gianluigi buffon will bring down the curtain on hisjuventus career this weekend after 17 years in turin. and ireland's sam bennett wins stage 12 of the giro d'ltalia but simon yates still leads heading into friday's stage 13. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis and most of the big names have booked their spots in the last eight of the italian open. rafael nadal looked unstoppable against denis shapovalov as he bids for a first title in rome since 2013. defending champion alexander zverev also made it through. nick parrott reports. the first time rafael nadal met denis shapovalov he lost and with it went the chance to climb back to number one in the world. nine months on from that upset in montreal, the

spaniard wasn't going to let it happen again in rome. the canadian teenager dispatched in straight sets, keeping alive nadal‘s hopes of an eighth italian title and a return to the top of the rankings. happy for the victory against a difficult opponent and let's see, excited to be in the quarter—finals against white defending champion alexander zverev had a much tougher fight against kyle edmund. the briton saved seven match points before eventually losing to the german in a thrilling tie—break. zverev will now face davit goffin afterjuan martin del potro retired with a groin injury after missing a set point. former world number one novak djokovic will face cain kei nishikori for the second time in a fortnight after beating albert ramos in straight sets. the toughest task of the dave elton two daria gavrilova, the australian plays maria sharapova after an epic

encounter against world number three muguruza that finished at 2am so it wasn't surprising she lost in straight sets to the russian. sharapova will play french open champion jelena ostapenko after the latvian came from behind to ruin konta's 27th birthday. nick parrott, bbc news. world number one simona halep is through to the quarter—finals after a walkover against madison keys, who withdrew due to a rib injury. the romanian next plays seventh—seeded caroline garcia. meanwhile, the lady halep displaced from the top ranking, caroline wozniacki, advanced to the last eight with a 6—2, 5—7, 6—3 victory over latvia's anastasija sevastova. the dane will face estonian anett kontaveit in the quarters after she ousted eighth seed venus williams earlier on thursday. italy goalkeeper gianluigi buffon will play his final game forjuventus on saturday after 17 years with the club. the 40—year—old, who won the world cup in 2006, will lift his ninth serie a title after the game. buffon says he's received job offers both on and off the pitch.

saturday will be my last match with juventus and i believe this is the best way to conclude this amazing adventure. to finish with a victory will be the perfect way to say goodbye. my fear was to come to the end of my time withjuventus and for my engine to have broken down, but i can tell you this is not the case and i'm proud that up to the age of 40 and i'm proud that up to the age of a0 i've been able to put in performances worthy of this great cloud. —— club. in germany, wolfsburg have made a good start as they bid to remain in the bundesliga after they beat second tier holstein kiel 3—1 in the first leg of their promotion/relegation play—off. colm harrison was watching. nine seasons after winning the bundesliga title and just three after finishing bundesliga title and just three afterfinishing as bundesliga title and just three after finishing as runners—up, wolfsburg need to win a two legged play—off now to extend their 21 year stay in the top division. they made the perfect start to the first leg when mali waltzed through the kiel defence and his endeavours led to the opening goal, divock origi,

coming to the end of a season—long loa n coming to the end of a season—long loan from liverpool. holstein kiel we re loan from liverpool. holstein kiel were german champions in 1912 but haven't been in the top division since the war. kingsley shimla heighten their hopes of a long—awaited return with an equaliser after 38 minutes but the game and possibly the tie turned in the favour of wolfsburg with goals in the side of the break. this croatian forward bolly wolfsburg back into the lead just before half—time and then divock origi set up half—time and then divock origi set up mali with the goal that gave the bundesliga side some breathing space. with a two goal cushion to ta ke to space. with a two goal cushion to take to kiel next week, all spoke looks set to maintain their bundesliga status. staying with football, the women's super league season in england comes to a close this weekend. chelsea have already wrapped up the title and they've been celebrating a league and cup double. but it's also been a remarkable season for ann—katrin berger. the birmingham city keeper was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in november butjust five months

later the german made it into the wsl team of the year. first thought was, why me crazy because i did healthy, i'm not a drinker at all. i play football, i'm, likea drinker at all. i play football, i'm, like a happy person. a few yea rs i'm, like a happy person. a few years ago my dad passed away and i said, no, i have to be strong for my family. my my first question, am i dying? after this he said no, that's, like, it's 90% you actually get rid of it and i was, like, ok, i'm not this 10%. it was, like, ok, i'm not this 10%. it was even harderfor me was, like, ok, i'm not this 10%. it was even harder for me to tell my mumi was even harder for me to tell my mum i was diagnosed with cancer than actually the doctor telling me. my mom is my best friend. my mother is

my everything actually. if someone takes football from the it's, like, a person takes a toy from a kid. i love football. for me everything... my whole life was all about football. three days after the operation, these days were really ha rd operation, these days were really hard and then the isolation as well because i actually felt like it's messing with your mind i think because everyone is treating you different. i want to come back as $0011 different. i want to come back as 50011 as different. i want to come back as soon as possible because i saw my tea m soon as possible because i saw my team needs me. i pushed myself really ha rd team needs me. i pushed myself really hard because ijust want to play football because i want my toy back. i felt great. i was,

ifelt great. i was, like, ifelt great. iwas, like, i ifelt great. i was, like, i think i was really proud of myself. that's the first time i would say in my whole life i was proud of myself. i actually had a conversation with mark andi actually had a conversation with mark and i was, like, please let me train, please let me play this game. i'm ready, i know i'm ready. she was, like, i've worked so hard to get back to this point, i want to beat them, her saying that made us a emotional as a team. i thought coming away was going to cryjust before the game. that gave us an extra push because we had a great performance against reading. extra push because we had a great performance against readinglj extra push because we had a great performance against reading. i was really ha p py performance against reading. i was really happy and really honoured because starting from zero and then coming back and all the players worked for me. i was, like, wow, that's a huge honour. the most

important message for everybody was the strong, be clear in your head. i'm positive because the results are fine now. i have to take care of my health a bit better than normal people. you never know if it's coming back or something. people. you never know if it's coming back orsomething. i people. you never know if it's coming back or something. ijust wa nt to coming back or something. ijust want to tell my story to people out there. i did it and want to tell my story to people out there. i did itand i'm a want to tell my story to people out there. i did it and i'm a normal person so there. i did it and i'm a normal person so why can't other people do it? i actually feel like a new person, a new me, a better me. good story that! ireland's sam bennett won a sprint finish on the imola motor racing circuit to take stage 12 of the giro d'italia on thursday. in dire conditions, what should have been 21a kilometres of build—up to a bunch sprint instead became another thriller, with bennett powering away to his second win of the race. britain's simon yates finished in the main bunch, to keep the leader's pinkjersey. he's a7 seconds ahead of defending champion tom dumoulin, with nine stages to go. australia's marc leishman holds a three stroke lead

after the opening round of the byron nelson classic in dallas. the 3a—year—old, who's a three—time pga tour winner, had chances to go lower but settled for a 10—foot birdie putt at the par—3 17th for the lowest round of his pga tour career to leave him a stroke shy of the nelson record. but for others it wasn't as much fun as a9—year—old david berganiojunior struggled with cramp on the way to carding a round of one over. while world number three jordan spieth is eight shots off the lead but it could've been better had the putts gone in instead of around the hole. i know how you feel, jordan, happens to me every week! in the nhl the eastern conference final being played between the washington capitals and tampa bay lightning. washington leading 2—1 in the best of seven series but at the moment tampa bay are leading 2—1 coming to

the end of that very first period. for everything else you can go to the website. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. well, for most of the uk, thursday was a glorious, sunny, dry day. saw so many weather watcher picture scenes like this one, in warrington in cheshire, of a flowerful field and shrubs, with the blue skies above, and a lovely end to the day with some gorgeous sunsets. but, like the last few nights, temperatures really falling away under those clear skies, particularly across eastern scotland. for much of england and wales, close to freezing in one or two places, with a touch of frost in fact, but not so much for the north and west of the uk. in western scotland and northern ireland,

here a veil of cloud will continue to move in from the atlantic, so it'll be less cold here to start to friday. a chilly start elsewhere, another lovely sunny one expected for england and wales. more cloud, though, across scotland and northern ireland could spoil things a little bit bit. some holes still, with sunny spells, and those temperatures up a notch, i think, compared to thursday, around 19 in the south and the east. high pressure still the dominant feature of our weather as we head into the weekend, but weather fronts never too far away from the north—west. so for saturday itself, there's some big football matches going on. top and tail of the country, it looks like it'll be fine and dry for all of them, and, of course, the royal wedding in windsor. a cool start with those temperatures rising quite quickly through the afternoon and we should see a top ten of 20 or maybe 21 with good sunny spells. this is the picture for saturday, a cool start, clear skies to start, lots of sunshine around. a little bit of fairweather cloud just bubbling up here and there. close to the west of scotland, though, these weather fronts will be floating, bringing thicker cloud

and maybe the odd spot of rain. most places should be dry, and temperatures up a notch still, maybe 21 or 22. as we get on into sunday, though, looks like these weather fronts will begin to make inroads across scotland and northern ireland. so here a cloudier, breezier day, with outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and western scotland, maybe pushing further southwards and eastwards, but i think some parts of northern scotland should see sunshine. for england and wales, another gorgeous day on the cards with temperatures reaching highs of 22 or 23, but a bit cooler further north and west, because of the cloud and rain. similar picture as we head on into the start of next week. high pressure still dominant but still these weather fronts plaguing the north and west, so outbreaks of rain in northern ireland into northern and western scotland. the further south and east that you head, it should be dry and bright, with plenty of sunshine. could see the odd sharp shower developing in the south—east later on, and those temperatures even warmer — 23 or maybe 2a celsius. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories:

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