hello, this is bbc news, the headlines... the former scottish first minister alex salmond appears in court charged with a number of cou nts in court charged with a number of counts including attempted rape. he denies all the charges.” counts including attempted rape. he denies all the charges. i refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and i will defend myself to the utmost in court. police in england and wales say there has been a steep rise in the number of violent crimes including knife crime. the search for the missing plane in which the football emiliano sala was flying to wales on monday has been called off. his sister has pleaded for the search to continue. jack shephard, the man convicted of killing a woman in a speed boat crash, protested his innocence after handing himself in. herfamily crash, protested his innocence after handing hii —— lf in. herfamily crash, protested his innocence after handing hii —— accuse erfamily crash, protested his innocence after handing hii —— accuse him. nily in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. the political crisis in venezuela continues with fresh accusations from the defence mininster that

opposition leaderjuan guaido on the left, has launched a coup against president nicolas maduro, here on the right. we'll get the very latest. there are fears that an entire sea is being swallowed up by the atlantic ocean, all because of climate change. after eight o'clock, we'll be speaking to a senior lecturer in oceanography. at10:40pm and 11:30pm at 10:1i0pm and 11:30pm we will look at the papers with the brexit editor of the daily telegraph and the political correspondent for the daily mirror. that is all a on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh woozencroft. our main headlines this evening. collapso cricket! england's batsmen fall one after the other,

as west indies take control on the second day of the opening test in barbados. pochettino and sarri go head to head. spurs take a narrow i—o lead into the second leg of the carabao cup semifinal.. we'll be live at stamford bridge. at the australian open, petra kvitova reaches her first grand slam final since being stabbed. i'm still not really believing that i'm still not really believing that i'm in the final. it's kind of weird, to be honest, is well, that i didn't know even if i would play tennis again. and we preview the new super league season with defending champions wigan warriors looking to get even better under their new head coach. good evening and welcome to

sportsday. we have a busy show but we start with the first test match in barbados where the england batsmen have made a dreadful hash of their first batsmen have made a dreadful hash of theirfirst innings, having hoped to build on the good work done by their bolus with james anderson completing a five wicket haul as they bowled out the windies for 289 before lunch but england collapsed to a dismal 77 all out. patrick geary has been watching the action. once upon a time not that long ago bridgetown was no place for englishmen to relax. west indies are used to generate the sort of thejimmy anderson now does. alzarrijoseph became the latest default to cricket's greatly record collector, his 27th five wicket call, no englishman has not long later ben stokes ended shane warne heremaia's pun on 81 with the windies to 89 all out. 30 years ago, they would have had a ferocious fast bowlers to defend that score, that gap has

never really been filled but they can still get batsmen problems. keatonjennings went can still get batsmen problems. keaton jennings went for glory and found only cap! hope, shai hope the catcher, jason holder the bowler. in the afternoon haze, timely to play a trick. here again was a ferocious fast bowler, kemar roach was too much per rory burns. no wonderjonny ba i rstow got much per rory burns. no wonderjonny bairstow got his eyes checked. they would still perceive him as 12 he was given his own elbow. england continued to be betrayed by their anatomy, nxt joe continued to be betrayed by their anatomy, nxtjoe root‘s leg before wicket. england were 114—11, they have been here before. back to kemar roach, ben stokes was lbw for zero, next bull moeen ali's first and he chose to attack but not spotting joseph in the field. they used to call this calypso colla pso joseph in the field. they used to call this calypso collapso and joseph in the field. they used to call this calyps the llapso and 2559; if j 5— , joseph in the field. they used to call this calyps the llaps victim 44:44— :j j 5— , like old times. like aid timest the like aid times. the iskiimzlies roach. like old times, the windies fast bowlers - away the rest, fast bowlers blew away the rest, england 77 all out, humiliated on throwback thursday. so here's the sorry tale

of england's batting display today. sam curran was the knights english wicket, adil rashid was out soon afterwards. england all out for 77, trailing by 212 —— the ninth english wicket. there are still a couple of hours to go until stumps. well, to talk through day two so far, i'm joined by isabelle westbury, who's part of the test match special‘s cricket social team. who's part of the test match what who's part of the test match do you make about cc unbelievable, what do you make about collapse? unbelievable, yes, but also we have to shift the onus on to the west indies bowlers who bowled superbly. within those take —— ten wickets, may be two england wickets were given away but the rest was down to the bowling and kemar roach in particular. how surprised are you by how the match is shaping up so far? a lot of people suspected after the sri lankan series that england would come to the west indies and have a reasonably easy time but england

have always struggled in the west indies, even when they have been the dominant team. their last series when there was 2004 and before that it was 1968 so it is a difficult place to talk. before we get out england approach the rest of the match, what message willjoe root be giving them in the pavilion? these quys giving them in the pavilion? these guys pull fast! watch the ball. it is difficult, sometimes you just outplayed and the way that kemar roach bowled, we saw outplayed and the way that kemar roach bowled, we sanimmy anderson bowling extremely well with line and length and kemar roach and jason holder bowled with the same kind of discipline. they have got to go in and bowl even better. how do they approach it? what do you do with the bowling attack to try and claw your way back into the game if you are joe root? i think sam curran is someone joe root? i think sam curran is someone they will be looking to come idid not someone they will be looking to come i did not bowl critically well in the first innings. anderson was superb with five wickets. stuart broad has been left out, ben stokes had a lot of workload. the spinners, sometimes you are up against it and it is better to give them their day.

a lot to look forward to going into the third day, still some play to come. thank you isabelle, a reminder, you can of course follow the first test on the bbc sport website and app with text commentary and also the cricket social with isabelle and the rest of the tms team. now, as you've been hearing in the news, the search has now ended for footballer emiliano sala and his pilot david ibbotson after their plane vanished over the english channel. they took off from nantes in france on monday evening on their way to cardiff. sala had joined premier league cardiff city for £15 million. earlier today sala's sister appealed for the search to continue. translation: please, please, please don't stop the search. we understand the effort but please don't stop the search. for us, they are still alive. it is difficult to express oui’ alive. it is difficult to express our feelings at the moment because everything is really hard. yes, we have had support from the clubs and

we thank the supporters. i know in my heart emiliano is still alive so please don't stop the search. it's a big night for chelsea and spurs at stamford bridge. one of them will book a place in the carabao cup final against manchester city. tottenham hold a narrow 1—0 advantage from the first leg at wembley. we can go live now to stamford bridge and join our correspondentjoe wilson. spurs are missing their star man in harry kane even though they are in the driving seat. absolutely and thatis the driving seat. absolutely and that is the issue for spurs but the issue for chelsea is how does the manager restore his reputation with the players and therefore the fans? in the programme this evening, moritz yo sarry returns to his theme of criticising his players after their defeat against arsenal and once again he questions their quality and mentality. —— maurizio sarri. iam quality and mentality. —— maurizio sarri. i am sure he is trying to

motivate a reaction from its place but equally, if you are in the chelsea dressing room you could be looking at the manager and wondering if this manager really has faith in me. as for spurs with their 1—0 lead, pochettino has to think how he gets goals when he is missing harry kane, son and dele alli. he has that performance in beating fulham at the weekend which did display some of the fighting spirit that perhaps sarri is trying to generate at sta mford sarri is trying to generate at stamford bridge so you might have two managers trying to make the most of their playing resources in various ways. i am more than happy with my squad. i think to arrive in that situation after a very difficult summer, i think when you assess everything that happens in the last seven months, i think our players are heroes. we are trying to

change something in trainings, the pre—match, in everything. but i think we all have to act on the pitch. we know very well that it will be difficult because they are very good team. but we have to try andl very good team. but we have to try and i think that we can do it. aside from watching two very good teams, there will be a close eye on the behaviour of supporters after recent events ? behaviour of supporters after recent events? yes. chelsea have made it very clear that they are embarrassed and even ashamed about the behaviour of some of their fans historically and again, this evening, in the programme it is made very clear that anti—semitism, the kind of language we have heard from chelsea fans in the past aimed at spurs supporters, will not be tolerated. the programme

makes it clear specifically the kind of language they do not want to hear. of course, there will be thousands of spurs fans here this evening so the potential for that kind of thing is there in peoples minds and we aren't chelsea can only hope that the message this evening finally gets through. thank you, joe. and that's a match you can listen to on bbc radio 5 live or the bbc sport website and app this evening. that is chelsea against spurs in the carabao cup semifinal. kick—off is at 7:45pm. now let's have a look at some of the day's other stories. premier league winner john obi mikel hasjoined championship side side middlesbrough on a deal until the end of the season. the former chelsea midfielder, who also won the champions league, was a free agent after a spell in the chinese super league. england's matthew fitzpatrick leads the dubai desert classic after the opening round. the world number 39 carded eight birdies to finish with a 65. he's a shot clear of a group which includes compatriot callum shinkwin. jockey frankie dettori says he is considering riding

for up to five more years. the 48—year—old has ridden more than 3,000 winners in his career and was named 2018 jockey of the year. and britain's menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoe have won their second medal of the para alpine world championships in slovenia. the paralympic champions took silver after finishing five seconds behind slovakia in the visually impaired slalom, having taken bronze in the giant slalom on tuesday. now, it's been a wonderful run at the australian open for the greek youngster stefanos tsitsipas but he finally met his match today. 2009 champion rafael nadal handed out a masterclass to the 20—year—old, losing only six games in a devastating display to book his place in the final which will be his fifth in all in melbourne. he'll play either novak djokovic or lucas pouille in the showpiece on sunday.

i have to keep doing the things that i'm doing, that is my feeling, just keep playing the way that i'm playing. and let's see. that is my goal, i think. playing. and let's see. that is my goal, ithink. i playing. and let's see. that is my goal, i think. i think i'm doing a lot of things well so i can't complain much. i am just focused on trying to do the things i'm doing and then expect to have one of that special days. it felt like a different dimension of tennis completely. he gives you no rhythm, he playsjust... a different game style than the rest of the players. he has this, i don't know, talent that no other player, i have never seen know, talent that no other player, i have never seen a know, talent that no other player, i have never seen a player have this just... he makes you play better, i don't know. i would call that a talent. petra kvitova is through to the women's final. she beat amaerican danielle collins in straight sets. it will be her first grand slam final since her playing hand was injured in a knife attack in 2016.

to be honest, i'm still not really believing that i'm in the final. it's kind of weird, to be honest, as well, that i didn't know even if i would play tennis again. it wasn't really a nice time to be dealing with everything. it wasn't only like physically but mentally it was very tough as well. it took me really a while to believe to the people around me again. kvitova will meet us open champion naomi osaka next. the japanese player battled to a hard—fought win over czech seventh seed karolina pliskova in three sets. the winner of the final will also become the world number one. osako admits she is struggling to get her head around her recent achievements. it's a little bit unreal but at the same time! it's a little bit unreal but at the same time i realise the work that i

put in during the off—season and every match that i played, i tried my best. it just every match that i played, i tried my best. itjust felt like it was a continuous effort. i can't believe it but at the same time, it is a sort of the reality i am in right now. i can only keep going forward from here. so, it was a fantastic day of action. i talked it over with the former british number one andrew castle and began by discussing that great performance from rafa nadal in knocking out stefanos tsitsipas. i saw this as one of the great sporting performances from one end of the court with rafael nadal. this isa of the court with rafael nadal. this is a bloke that has been out for five months, since the us open, he hobbled out of that after losing to del potro, but look at this. this was a 32—year—old bloke who has just had surgery and the best part of five months off his form was incredible. hit the ball in the right place, hard and strong and definite. for the entire duration,

only an hourand definite. for the entire duration, only an hear: and new,“ but ”7 —777 7” tsitsipas did not play badly but nadal did what he does which is be a legend really. a fantastic victory and lying in wait it's novak djokovic or lucas pouille. it has to be djokovic, the bookmakers will say. lucas pouille has amerli mayoress mo in his corner and she is fantastic at bringing out the best in his players will stop he was not enjoying himself last year so it is great to see him finding the appetite for the game again but you have to think that djokovic will come through. i still think, despite the form of an adult, that djokovic has to be favourite to make it three grand slams in a row that smack of the form of rafael nadal. i want to see novak djokovic through with the greatest respect of the frenchman because i think natal and djokovic are head and shoulders above everybody else. petra kvitova into

her first everybody else. petra kvitova into herfirst grand everybody else. petra kvitova into her first grand slam final since that terrible knife attack. it is a tale of two sets in her victory against danielle collins. when she got through the first set, the experience told and collins lost her focus. not the intensity but started making too many errors and this can often happen. when you are in the latter stages of a major tournament for the first time, kvitova is twice a wimbledon champion with a wonderful serve and she has added so much to her game. she is in fantastic physical shape, her conditioning is brilliant, she is loving playing again and after being stabbed at home, you have to realise that that puts the world in perspective and it is great to see a smile back on herface perspective and it is great to see a smile back on her face and perspective and it is great to see a smile back on herface and her journey back to grand slam victory is almost complete although i would probably pick naomi osaka to win it. a great victory for her as she came past karolina pliskova. she is going

for back—to—back grand slam titles. what have you made of her in this australian open? have we finally see her mature to the top of the game? absolutely. the way she handled herself in court now, the interviews afterwards, this is somebody who does not feel they are a flash in the pan. she will be around for the long time and they are playing for the world number one spot in that final which is fantastic. the controversial us open final where she beat serena williams who had that meltdown you might remember, that meltdown you might remember, thatis that meltdown you might remember, that is a thing of the past. naomi osaka, it was somewhat overshadowed by the row but having had that confirmed, she is free. there is an ebullience to her, and enthusiasm, and a surge of energy and excitement that i'm afraid only young people can provide! it is wonderful to see her in the final again. i suspect

she will win but we will see. we shall see. my thanks to andrew castle there. one more tennis story from the australian open. british top seeds gordon reid and alfie hewett were beaten in straight sets by france's stephane houdet and ben weekes of australia. the search continues for hewett and reid, who were beaten finalists last year. a couple of other bits of news just come in. the west indies decided not to enforce the follow—on and england are trailing by about 210 runs at the moment. a bit of football news and some business news. real madrid have overtaken manchester united as the world's richest football club. but there's positive news for the premier league, with the big six all making the top ten. every year we do this there are more english clubs in the top ten or 20 than any other country because of the strength in depth of the premier league so not only is it ahead in terms of scale financially but it shares that broadcast money much more equally than most other countries so we have spurs now in

the top ten and all of the big six. of course spurs will expect to go from strength to strength with the new stadium when that opens and it is an interesting battle for number one in london between arsenal, chelsea and spurs, all in a line so interesting to see how that plays out. the end of this month sees the new super league season in rugby league begin. all 12 clubs were represented at the season launch today as were we by our rugby league correspondent dave woods. i spoke to him earlier about the changes ahead for the sport including fundamental changes to what we'll be watching.