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welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america an extra time thriller at wembley as a deulofeu double puts watford and around the globe. into their first fa cup final my name's lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: in 35 years. madison keys win her first ever clay striving for cleaner air in the city court title in charleston, beating caroline wozniacki streets. london becomes the first in the world to charge drivers of in straight sets. polluting vehicles to use its roads. and cambridge do the men's president trump announces he is and women's double, beating oxford replacing the woman in charge of his for the second successive year broader policy, the secretary for at the university boat race. homeland security kirsten nieljsen says she has resigned with immediate effect. the un backed libyan government says more than 20 people have been killed in four days of fighting around the capital, tripoli. he is the king of hello, and welcome to the programme. all that and more to come, including the latest bollywood. sha rukh khan tells the bbc what he thinks about gender inequality in india. with manchester city next month, but a late comeback from watford saw that dream extinguished, asjoe lynskey reports.
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there is a special sense of optimism. neither watford there is a special sense of optimism. neitherwatford nor there is a special sense of optimism. neither watford nor wolves have been to the cup final in a generation. both might have felt they might never get a better chance. but to mid tilt —— mid—table premier league sides were about to produce a classic. wolves roared into a first—half lead through the head of matt dockerty. a breakthrough that made the wimbley preparations worth it. this wolves site have a talents from around the world. soon they thought they had the knockout. gimenez! that is brilliant! and the mexican wrestler‘s mass to celebrate! brilliant! and the mexican wrestler's mass to celebrate! rao who men as to put wolves 2—0 up. 15 minutes ago until this. commentator: sensational! thrown on as a substitute starting the watford revival. what felt like a consolation was about to take on greater meeting with time almost running out.
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commentator: down, he awards a penalty! this a career defining moment. and the feeling in that strike rings around the watford supporters! a moment for troy do you need to light up his long career. it set this match to extra time, now here was della fail‘s chance again. a long and winding run to drift into watford's history. a goal and a comeback barely seen in the semifinals before. in fact, not since the second world war has a tea m since the second world war has a team been to down and made their final. this is a cup competition of emotional extremes. there may be more for watford against manchester city in may. those preparations are still to come. for now, watford can enjoy winning one of the great cup matches. joe lenski, bbc news. so it's watford who'll return to wembley next month to take on manchester city in the final
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and their manager never thought they were out of it despite being 2—0 down. you always believe you can score one goal. because in all the games, we a lwa ys goal. because in all the games, we always competed until then. and it wasn't different today. we knew, we tried, and sometimes it happens. i think today, we showed our strength asa think today, we showed our strength as a squad, or believe meant, and i'm very proud. it's tough, sometimes the pain makes it grow. you have to feel as a group. we all stick together because it's our identity. it's relentless, asa it's our identity. it's relentless, as a squad we will never give up. and we will come again here. everton
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down to michael caine during the warm up due to illness, scoring the only goal, his first league goal for two years. that result means arsenal remain in fourth while marco silva's side leapfrog watford into ninth. i'm really happy. 5-6 now. fantastic for us. even if you are really offences team, it's really fantastic to be solid in this way, hopefully we keep achieving these results. his name wasn't even on the team sheet before the match? he's a professional. always ready to help the team. he's our captain, he's important on and off the pitch, and he really deserved the score to help the team win. aptly have made juventus weight by one more week
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before they can lift their eight consecutive skit auto. stefano sturaro was shown a straight red card for this challenge on allan just before the half hour mark handing the adva natage to carlo ancelotti's side, dries mertens obliging to give the home side the lead, but the visitors managed to score on the stroke of half time through serbian international darko lazovic to collect a point and leave napoli 20 points adrift ofjuve with seven matches left to play. per munching gladbach. .. florian neuhaus put the home side ahead less than five minutes after half time, with a bit of luck getting it past the goalkeeper. but with just over ten minutes remaining, davy klaasen equalised for eighth placed bremen. stoppage time penalty salvaged a3— all draw. with the score at 1—1,
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this strike from martin odegaard put vitesse ahead after half time. luuk dejong equalised for psv. then tim matavz seemed to have won it for the arnhem side seven minutes from time. but maikel van der werff picked up a red card when he took down hirving lozano down in the area. the penalty scored by lozano means the points were shared. psv and ajax are on equal points at the top of the league with just five matches left in the season. the tennis... madison keys beat caroline wozniacki 7—6 6—3. the american who lost out in the final here four years ago hadn't reached a wta final since losing to sloane stephens in the 2017 us open decider. she had too much for the fifth seeded wozniacki, though battling back to win the first set tie break against the dane before claiming the second set 6—3, and taking her fourth career title.
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garbine muguruza defended her monterrey open title after victoria azarenka was forced to retire with a leg injury. former world number one azarenka, playing her first singles final in three years was forced to withdraw when trailing 6—13—1. on sunday, cambridge won both the men's and women's boat races on the river thames in london. the men's team included the double olympic champion james cracknell, making a comeback in the sport at the age of a6, and eleanor roper was watching. now the cambridge boats... the river thames might not be as glamorous as the sydney or athens olympics, but forjames cracknell, this is a career—high. great britain get the gold medal! he has won back two olympic gold medals and six world championships, but after a biking accident left him with a head injury, he has not lost the desire to compete. as the men's race gets under way, there is only one man that everyone is talking about, and that is james cracknell.
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at a6, he is now the oldest man to ever compete in the boat race. but getting a seat in the boat was only half the battle. cambridge have made the stronger start. cambridge kept their lead, giving us the sporting finish that many of cracknell‘s fans had hoped for. it is going to be victory for cambridge's men, the latest chapter in this age—old story. i haven't felt like this for 20 years? 20 years? 20 years. the race has topped it because of the difference in age and experience on the day. it is the biggest race by far, and they stepped up hugely well. three in a row for the light blues as they cross the line. it was a clean sweep for cambridge, with oxford well beaten in the women's race too. the river thames is light blue once again. eleanor roper, bbc news. to cycling, it was a painful tour of
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flanders. the dutchman crashed out before the halfway stage and will miss next weekend's prestigous paris—roubaix. world cyclo—cross champion mathieu van der poel also crashed, but was able to continue. italy's alberto bettiol upset the favourites to win the 103rd edition of the race. and there was more italian success in the women's race, as the world tour leader marta bastianelli also won in flanders on sunday. the team virtu rider won in a sprint from annemiek van vleuten and cecilie uttrup ludwig. just enough time to let you know how the a and e inspiration, the women's golf majors going. they get to the final couple of holes. south korea's co ntesta nt final couple of holes. south korea's contestant leads, she on nine under par heading up the 18th. and on eight under his leave. there are a couple of shots in it, it looks as though it will be a win for cho, but anything can happen on that last.
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anything else you want, visit our website. until next time, bye—bye. hello there. the weekend brought us some pretty mixed fortunes in terms of the weather. for many parts it was cloudy and drizzly, particularly in the north and east. there were clear skies further west. this was the scene as the sunset on sunday night in barnstable in devon. heading to the day on monday, there are still mixed fortunes and sunny weather developing, but some rain around the south. we have a slow—moving weather front that will be with us for the next few days. here it is, and during monday it will be draped from southeast england through parts of the midlands, up towards northern ireland. this stone will stay quite cloudy, first thing in the morning most of us looking frost free. but a touch of frost in scotland first thing.
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through the day we keep that week weather front, bringing cloud and showers to southeast england into wales, perhaps 1—2 showers getting to parts of southern ireland. elsewhere, a few showers for the isles of scilly. a bit misty and murky through the north east coast, but missed it should clear leaving plenty of sunshine, particularly for western scotland in northwest england. temperatures between 10—17dc, still reason to be mild throughout the day on monday. monday night into tuesday, this weather front sticks around in the south. more of that heavy rain for similar areas, south wales an dsouthern england. looking like a frost—free night with some mist and fog. cloud pouring in off the north sea, some of these northeast sea coasts could well stay murky, but lots of sunshine developing elsewhere. but we have that stubborn front bringing more rain along the south coast of england into south wales. and you'll notice by tuesday that
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things start to turn a bit cooler. top at temperatures around 9—10dc, perhaps 13—14dc down west. but it will turn cooler into wednesday, that's because we start to import this airfrom scandinavia. still murky along the eastern coasts, and the remnants of that weather front bringing more cloud towards the southwest. but elsewhere, a lot of dry and sunny weather with light winds, though temperatures are not great for this time of year. many of us particularly towards the eastern coast are stuck in single figures. and if we look further ahead towards the end of the week, it looks mostly dry, but still rather cool for the time of year with temperatures generally around 9—13dc. that's it for now. bye— bye.
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