rafa rules in rome, and returns to world number one. elina svitolina thrashes simona halep to win the women's final. and 22 years of the best — iniesta bows out on a high at barcelona, lifting the la liga title. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. rafa nadal will regain the men's world number one position after a thrilling final, against alexander zverev, to win the italian open. nadal was a break down in the decider, when rain stopped play, but came back to win every game after the break to win in rome, for the eighth time. jim lumsden reports. it few players threaten adar lahm play, and zverev is one. the spaniard did appear to be cruising to another one —— few players threaten rafael nadal on clay.

zverev had won his previous matches before the final and his accuracy overwhelmed rafael nadal who was making uncharacteristic efforts. the german 19 of the next 15 games and went 3—1 in the next set but the players were fought off court, bad news for zverev, better fauna players were fought off court, bad news for zverev, betterfauna dahl. he reeled off five games in a row to win the italian open, all the perfect warm up as he aims were a record 11th french open title. today's the day about thinking about this title, not about winning in rome, but it is so special. it is a moment to enjoy and enjoy this day and ina moment to enjoy and enjoy this day and in a couple of days we will think about roland garros. meanwhile, elina svitolina underlined her status as one of the favourites for the french open, by thrashing simona halep in the women's italian open. the ukranian lost just four games, against the world number one as she won in rome for the second year in a row.

rob heath reports. simona halep arrived having battled through a tough three sets against sharapova on saturday. by contrast, elena svitolina breezed through her semi in straight sets. the ukrainian was bright and sharp but simona halep played as if her kitbag was still on her back. astonishingly, the world number one converted only 1596 the world number one converted only 15% of our first serves in two points, while elena svitolina was ruthless. by the time she wrapped it up ruthless. by the time she wrapped it up many of the spectators were still getting settled. probably wondering if the match would last an hour. simona halep sorter timeout and time to regroup. in last year ‘s french open final she managed to come from a set and 5—1 to beat elena svitolina. the romanian did improve in the second set but could not have been much worse. although simona

halep held serve to try and 5—4, simona halep served out to retain her italian open ground. that's 12 career titles and the next test is to break through to grand slam. the french open starts in a week. elena svitolina could hardly be in a better place to build on what has already been a stunning year. to an emotional night at the the camp nou, with andres iniesta playing his final game for barcelona, ending a 22—year career at the club. iniesta came off with less than 10 minutes to go, in barca's1—0 win over real sociedad. philippe coutinho scored the only goal as barcelona lifted the primera division trophy, finishing ahead of atletico madrid, their nearest rivals, by 1a points. atletico drew 2—2 with eibar. both their goals coming from fernando torres. valencia beat deportivo 2—1, and espanyol won away at bilbao in the day's other games. in italy, withjuventus already champions, 2nd placed napoli ended their season with a win over crotone.

milan put five past fiorentina. and matia vecino got the winnerfor inter, as they pipped lazio for the last champions league spot. thousands of football fans will be descending on the ukranian capital kiev this week, for the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid. it's one of the most prestigious competitions in football, and tickets are highly sought after. but, as our correspondent jonah fisher reports, finding accommodation there can be an expensive business. this is where the champions league final will take place on saturday night. 63,000 fans will be packed inside the olympic stadium. i am vitali klitschko, mayor of kiev. former heavyweight champion of the world. for all sports fans, welcome to kiev. it will be amazing. there are certainly amazing sights, but the choice of kiev has also proved somewhat controversial. the moment real madrid and liverpool were confirmed

as the two teams in the final, hotel prices really went through the roof. most places are full. others are trying to make huge profits. take this hotel. it's charging £1,500 for the night. and it's 12 kilometres from here to the stadium. and a standard room at this place costs a whopping £2,600 for the big night. that is more than 20 times the usual rate. as news of the price hikes spread, a revolt stirred in the tower blocks of kiev. for me, liverpool is notjust simply a football club — it's a way of life. not all its participants are crazy about liverpool like yuri and his son, leo.

but they are all upset that visitors are being ripped off. a facebook page was set up offering free beds to visiting fans. i posted such a message. # we are liverpool, tra—la—la—la—la. it is a liverpool supporters‘ chant. two persons can stay here. yuri was very quickly swamped with requests from around the world. and he chose to host two brothers. i wanted to help some guys just from liverpool. why? because i know that liverpool is not a very rich city. it's thought that more than 500 visiting fans have now arranged free accommodation for next weekend. yuri and leo's plan is to watch the game on tv. of course, that won't stop them singing on theirteam. # we're the best football team in the land. jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev.

with the european football season drawing to a close, we've had a lot of cup finals. and in germany, eintracht frankfurt upset the odds to beat the mighty bayern munich to lift the german cup and this is how their fans celebrated when the team returned home. it was theirfirst cup win in 30 years, so they definitely deserved the celebrations! britain's simon yates has won his third stage of the giro d'italia to extend his overall race lead. yates made his move with 17 kilometres to go on stage 15, crossing the line 41 seconds ahead of the pack. he now leads tom dumoulin by two minutes and 11 seconds, after the defending champion finished third behind miguel angel lopez. yates is looking to become the first brit to win the giro. i'm a bit emotional after today. i

really gave everything. it's a good gap, but he could take two minutes out of me and one stage, so i've been fighting since israel to have a good gap and i have one now and i'm happy with that gap. but it could vanish. in 35 k, so we will see. marc marquez has extended his lead in the motogp championship to 36 points. he won the french grand prix in le mans, aftera number of riders went down. ducati's andrea dovizioso crashed out of the lead. that's the second race in a row where he's faltered and it means the italian is now 49 points off marquez. home favourite johann zarco, who started on pole, on his tech 3 yamaha, also fell, while in second place. marquez though, took his 38th race victory to equal two—time champion casey stoner‘s number of wins. he finished ahead of pramac ducati's danilo petrucci and yamaha's valentino rossi. britain's olympic and world 10,000m champion mo farah has

claimed his first victory in the uk's10km great manchester run. farah, who finished third at the london marathon, in. the wemen‘s rac§= to ice hockey now and the incredible story of the vegas golden knights, who are making history this season, and are into the stanley cup final. ryan reaves scored the winning goal in their 2—1 win over the winnipeg jets in game five of the western conference decider. they take the series 4—1, and now become the first new franchise since 1968 to make the final. vegas face either the tampa bay lightning or washington capitals, in the sport's showpiece event. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. there is more dry and sunny

weather to come, more missed and sea fog. there is going to be some rain clouds and a wet day in stornoway and more rain to take us through the first part of monday in particular. all linked to this weather front which develops further through the night, pulses of heavy rain to take us into the dawn. another fresh start on monday morning, particularly across eastern parts of england where there will be mist and low cloud becoming more dominant.

that will go back to the coast to the day so one or two mist and sea fog patches. dry and sunny weather elsewhere. brighter in scotland and western parts of wales. . the north west of scotland and into northern ireland, outbreaks of rain which will fizzle out a little bit in the afternoon. in more detail across the south, sporadic showers and maybe thunder developing in eastern england, the midlands and maybe the south—west. drifting away on an easterly wind. most places will be dry, sticking with sunshine. cooler where we see sea fog linger on the north sea coast. pleasant day to southern scotland. eastern ireland brightens up the londonderry stays down. orkney and shetland will be a little bit on the cool side. but rain will fizzle out into tuesday morning. chilly to the northern side of that, with clear skies developing. further south, mist and sea fog rolling back and across eastern parts of scotland and eastern england. but for many not as cold as it has been.

showers in southern areas monday has low pressure which inches further northwards on tuesday. high pressure builds to the north. patchy rain and drizzle across northern parts of scotland but for orkney, shetland, the hebrides a brighter day on tuesday. dry for northern ireland and feeling warmer. plenty of warmth in the sunshine through england and wales. we will see one or two isolated showers develop. into wednesday high pressure has more of a hold. misty start for eastern scotland and the north—east of england. most will have another dry day, lots of sunshine around, a few showers edging towards this channel later but most stayed dry on wednesday and pleasantly warm under the strong sunshine. that is the story for the week. there will be showers and thunderstorms close to southern areas but most places will be dry with sunshine and warmth. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories:

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