a third straight champions league title five days ago, but it's not enough to keep zidane in hisjob. he's quit real madrid. no change in paris. the king of clay cruises on at the french open. and, practice makes perfect. well, england hope so. they're desperate for a win over pakistan. hello, good to see you. lots to get through, including the build up to the nba finals‘ opener. but we're starting with that shock announcement in spain from zinedine zidane. he's stepping down as real madrid manager just five days after leading them to a third straight champions league trophy. in a hastily arranged news conference on thursday, he told reporters that "everything changes". he leaves the bernabeu having guided the spanish club to that hat—trick of european cups and one la liga title, after taking over in january 2016. but real did struggle in the league this season, finishing 17 points behind champions barcelona. this club needs to keep winning, and

for that it needs a change. after three years it needs a different voice, different working method. that's why i made this decision, because i really love this club. and also the president who gave me the chance to come as a player to real madrid. this great club. and for that i will be forever grateful. the peru captain paolo guerrero will be able to play at the world cup after a iii—month suspension was temporarily lifted. the striker tested positive for cocaine last october following a world cup qualifier. he's always maintained he took it accidentally in contaminated tea. and had just finished a six month fifa suspension when the ban was extended in may, meaning he would miss the world cup. the captains of peru's group c

rivals australia, denmark and france asked for fifa to lift the ban. and now a swiss tribunal has done just that... ruling the extension was "unjustified". serena williams‘ return to grand slam tennis has continued with another victory at the french open. the american secured a second round comeback win over australia's ashleigh barty on day five. while, world number one rafael nadal eased into the third round, as colm harrison explains. it is hard to see how any player can beat rafael nadal in this form. another faultless performance from the champion as the argentinian‘s campaign ended with a double fault. if anybody can get the better of rafael nadal, then dominic thiem might be the man. the austrian is the only man to beat the dial on clay and he saw off the greek teenager to make it through to the

third round. a semifinalist two yea rs third round. a semifinalist two years running out roll on gallas, he will take some stopping. —— roland garros. as will marin cilic, a quarterfinalist here 12 months ago. he had a tougher test and the croatians squandered a match point and went on to lose the third set on and went on to lose the third set on a tie—break before going on to take victory in four sets. in the women's draw, serena williams had her toughest match yet as the three—time former champion survived a scare battling back from a set and the breakdown to beat ashley barty of australia. williams showing she is no less competitive on the big stage since becoming a mother. if things go her way she is on track to meet anotherformer go her way she is on track to meet another former champion, maria sharapova, in the last 16. she won in straight sets but was far from the best. muguruza had no such problem with a breeze past in a

co mforta ble problem with a breeze past in a comfortable victory for the 2016 champion. the same can be said for simona halep, the beaten finalist who had a straight states victory. her hunt for a mailing —— maiden title is going to plan ten years after she won the junior title here. cricket, and west indies thrashed an icc world xi by 72 runs in a charity t20 international at lord's in london. the match was to help raise funds to rebuild cricket grounds in the caribbean that were damaged by hurricanes last september. west indies batted first, and evin lewis smashed 58 off 26 balls as they made 199—4 from their 20 overs. in reply, the world xi were all out for 127 — despite a half—century from tisara perera. a charitable cause kind of overshadowed everything because we knew why would a here and regardless

of the winnall loss, once we raise enough funds to help people back home, that is a job well done. obviously we wanted to win because it isa obviously we wanted to win because it is a full international and we played with our heart and entertain the crowd in my opinion. pakistan's cricketers will take to the field on friday, knowing they'll secure their first series win in england for more than 20 years if they avoid defeat. they lead the two—test series, 1—0 with england sweating on the fitness of all—rounder ben stokes ahead of the match in leeds. the hosts are winless in their past eight tests as patrick gearey reports. these are the moments when repetitive disciplines are formed until they are second nature or habit but england have developed an u nwa nted habit but england have developed an unwanted knack of losing. joe root has lost six in eight, the latest on sunday. everything about and around his team is questioned. his star all—rounder ben stokes might not be fit. a good job joe all—rounder ben stokes might not be fit. a good jobjoe root has not had long to well on it. that helps

getting straight back into it not having too much time to think about things. it was very clear where we needed to improve from last week and we had some good preparation and the quys we had some good preparation and the guys have worked really hard and now it is just guys have worked really hard and now it isjust going guys have worked really hard and now it is just going out and proving a point. put in a really strong performance as a group and show some real pride in the badge. well bowled. beautiful delivery. early summer bowled. beautiful delivery. early summer used to be a safe space. the last time england lost a home test was against the west indies in the first one was 1995. this pakistan tea m first one was 1995. this pakistan team are unlikely tormentors, seventh in the world unable to play tests in their own country, they brought in was and to bring in and expect the same result. very important against england, and we will try level best to win the series. they are a good team and it

could change. no problem. the cricket will take place in the shadow of the construction work here and both team and's projects arrive in different places. pakistan have something remarkable to build upon but england for some time have been making running repairs. we are just a few minutes away from game one of the nba finals in california beginning. the cleveland cavaliers taking on defending champions golden state warriors for the fourth year in a row. more on that in a moment. but first, to the warriors' steph curry. a champion in two of the last three years, he says he's more concerned about another title, than an elusive finals mvp award. it doesn't make or break my career 01’ it doesn't make or break my career or whatever you want to say, looking back if i win the mvp and there's no championship i will be smiling just as wide. but i'm going to play aggressively, confidently with the

right energy and motivation to help my team win and when i am in that mindset, good things happen. whether that means the mvp or not, who ca res. that means the mvp or not, who cares. i will be playing like it for sure. it's a talk on social media that people are sick of the same matchup. do you think it would be better if there was more parity in the league? teams have had their opportunity to beat us over the last four years and the opposition over the last four years. if you want to see somebody else in the postseason, you have to beat them. orin see somebody else in the postseason, you have to beat them. or in the finals, in the case. and, there's a three—way tie for the lead at golf‘s italian open after the first round. it's taking place at lake garda. despite a bogey at the second, england's robert rock is one of the trio that carded an 8—under—par round of 63 on thursday.

he shares the lead with compatriot laurie canter and south africa's richard sterne. the chasing pack include another englishman, ross fisher. he's one of eight players who are two off the lead, thanks to one of the shots of the day. amazing. fisher's round of 65 included that eagle at the par 4, ninth. home favourite francesco molinari, who's bidding for back—to—back tour wins after his victory in the pga championship at wenwtorth last week, opened up with a 5—under—par 66. he's in a group of players who are three shots off the lead. just time to tell you, there's also a three way tie of the lead at the us women's open golf. you can follow it on our website — bbc.com/sport. ariya jutanugarn, sarah jane smith and jeong yun lee six share the lead after carding a 5 under par round of 67. there's also much more build up to game one of the nba finals on the website too. from sport today, that's it, thanks

for watching. goodbye. yesterday's thunderstorms took a while to get going but once they did they brought a lot of rain and lightning too. the storms initiated around sussex before spreading across central southern england, the south midlands and wales and the south—west. there were reports of flooding around the bristol area with the worst of it in west sussex. it was heath, here. the restjust was not cricket. where the boundary should be. and amber office weather warning, in force until 6am. we could have a couple of issues. the livelier showers working across

wales. you may have heavy downpours here in the next few hours but otherwise, a lot of murky weather, some mist and fog patches, not just round the coastline but across some of the hills. a mild and murky night. quite grey and gloomy to start friday morning. friday looks like this, mist and fog taking a long time to burn away and thin out. as we head into the afternoon we see heavy showers breaking out but this time, they are further north. in the firing line, scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and parts of wales. over two to three hours, if you are unlucky, some communities could see some flooding problems again where we could get 50—60 millimetres, temperature wise, muggy, highs generally in the low to mid 20s. as for the forecast this weekend, more storms around, they head north,

and the weather will be more settled and dry in the south. saturday starts on a gloomy note for many of us, but a gloomy start of the day generally in scotland. in scotland and northern ireland, parts of northern england, there could be a flooding possibility. it will start to feel a bit warmer given that the sunshine will be that bit stronger with less cloud around. the second day of the weekend will be the better of the two. for most of us, sunday will be a dry day. sunshine breaks through during the afternoon. warmer in the south, reaching 25 celsius in london. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: a global trade war looms as the us goes ahead with tariffs on imports

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