one point clear in the premier league with three to play as city beat united 2—0 in the manchester derby at old trafford. bayern munich sneak through to the german cup final thanks to a late robert lewandowski penalty against werder bremen. and a shaky rafael nadal wins in three sets as he gets his campaign for a fourth successive barcelona open underway hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that manchester city are a point clear in the premier league with three games remaining. that's after they beat united 2—0 to win the manchester derby and watching at old trafford was guy mowbray. for the third season running manchester city when the old trafford premier league manchester derby and this when feels hugely

significant. it has taken them back above liverpool to the top of the premier league. they both have three games to play. manchester city's destiny remains under their control. if they win all three, they retain their premier league crown. what has burnley, leicester god? their premier league crown. what has burnley, leicester god 7 a their premier league crown. what has burnley, leicester god? a little bit of magic from bernardo silva for the first goal. it needed magic to break the deadlock tonight and then leroy sane rammed home the second, straight over david de gea and into the net. city back on top, liverpool, it is over to you. elsewhere wolves scored three goals in the first half at molineux that saw them to a 3—1 win over arsenal taking them up to 7th place and boosts their hopes of playing in europe for the first time in 39 years. in spain, atletico madrid have kept the title race alive —

at least until saturday — after beating valencia 3—2. in a game in which aletico led three times angel correa got the winner 9 minutes from time. the result means they're now 11 points beind the leaders barcelona, with four games to go. elsewhere levante were 4—0 winners over real betis taking them up four places to 14th. bayern munich are through to the german cup final where they'll face rb leipzig on the 25th of may. bayern won 3—2 at werder bremen in the second semi—final on wednesday but only after bremen fought back from 2—0 down to draw level with 16 minutes to go. colm harrison reports. these are the two most successful teams in german cup history but there is no ducking the fact that balian‘s 18 when far outweigh bremen‘s six. lewandowski prodding home to put the visitors in front. when buying an bid bremen in the

semifinals 12 years ago, muller scored. he was making it 2—0 this time. bremen came back scoring tries in quick succession. osako gave them some hope. 60 seconds in quick succession. 0sako gave them some hope. 60 seconds later rashica fired the equaliser. the joy was short lived. within three minutes of the time, lewandowski delivered the knockout blow from the penalty spot sending damien into a record extending 23rd german cup final in berlin next month. and lazio are through to next month's coppa italia final after a 1—0 win over milan in their semi—final second leg at the san siro, handing them an aggregate win by the same margin. simone inzaghi's side will now play

the winner of thursday's second semi final between atalanta and fiorentina which is level at 3—3 after the opening game. in the asian champions league, there was a shock defeat for the holders kashima antlers on wednesday. they were beaten — at home — by debutants gyeongnam from south korea. takahiro kunimoto scored the only of the game, just after the hour mark, as the champions suffered their first defeat of the group stage. that result means that shandong luneng are the new leaders of group e. they beatjohordarulta'zim1—nil in malaysia where graziano pelle scored his 6th goal of the competition. shandong are now a point clear of kashima at the top of the table. elsewhere, jeonbuk motors remain top of group g. kim shin—wook scored what turned out to be the winner as the k—league side beat the 2017 champions urawa red diamonds 2—1. they're still two points clear at the top. and their nearest challengers are now beijing guoan. they beat the bottom

side buriram united, with ba dun sealing a 2—0 victory to move into second place in the group, three points ahead of urawa. voting is now open for this year's bbc women's footballer of the year award. the award is in its fifth year and we're hearing from all five nominees over the course of the week. today is the turn of a star striker sam kerr who plays for the chicago red stars and is now the all time top scorer in the nwsl in the united states, and also all time top scorer in the w league in australia where she plays for perth glory. added to this she won the first tournament of nations with her national team. iam only i am only one player and my life changed a little bit, most of the girls getting noticed a little bit more on the street. what you have a lwa ys more on the street. what you have always dreamt about as a young kid,

to bea always dreamt about as a young kid, to be a role model and a famous sports star. hi, i am sam kerr to be a role model and a famous sports star. hi, iam sam kerrand i play for the chicago team and play for australia. are you kidding me with that goal! probably the most rewarding was winning back—to—back golden birds and then in australia as well. i need at that season to prove to myself that i could continually score and prove to other people but more so myself and it gave me confidence going forward. it is probably my favourite moment but also leading the team out for the first time as a captain. my sporting hero is leblon james. first time as a captain. my sporting hero is leblonjames. ijust love that he has been so consistent over so that he has been so consistent over so many years. he has a lot of haters and still seems to play well.

ido haters and still seems to play well. i do not get starstruck but i met serena williams and i was really, really nervous before because she is the greatest athlete of all time male orfemale. she the greatest athlete of all time male or female. she was chilled, we talked and chatted. i think serena made me the most nervous but i definitely still was myself but i was sweaty palms before. winner. i think my favourite celebration is definitely the backflip. i cannot a lwa ys definitely the backflip. i cannot always do it but when it does it is good for a good photo. i am only one player but there's a lot more things to do than just football. most of the girls are getting noticed a little bit more on the street so it has been nice, something you have dreamt about as a young kid to be a role model and a famous sports star and that is now happening.

you can find details of all the nominees for this year's award and cast your vote for the winner on our website — head to bbc.com/womensfootball — vote closes thursday 2nd may 0800 gmt now to tennis and defending champion rafael nadal needed a deciding set but overcame argentina's leonardo mayer to reach the last 16 of the barcelona open on wednesday. after losing his previous match on clay when he was beaten by italy's fabio fognini in the semi—finals of the monte carlo masters. nadal initially struggled losing the first set but recovered for a 6—7, 6—4, 6—2 win and will now play 37 year—old fellow spaniard david ferrer. victoria azarenka is through to the last 16 of the the stuttgart 0pen where she'll play defending champion karolina pliskova. belarussian azarenka

who was a beaten finalist here in 2012 was a 7—5, 6—4 winner over lucky loser vera zvonareva to set up a last 16 match against the czech. mark allen became the third seed to be knocked out of the world snooker championship in the first round after he was beaten 10 frames to 7 by china's zhou yuelong. the world number six from northern ireland trailed 7—2 overnight and quickly fell 9—2 behind before winning five straight frames but the world number 35 edged a scrappy frame 17 to progress. judd trump overturned a 6—3 deficit to win a thrilling final—frame decider against thepchaiya un—nooh. the thai world number 43 forced a deciding frame but a horrible miscue helped trump to a 10—9 win. the world number seven now faces ding junui in the second round. on to cycling, frenchman julian alaphilippe claimed his second successive victory in la fleche wallonne beating jakob fuglsang in an uphill sprint to the finishing line. fuglsang attacked the peloton on the last of three climbs up the mur de huy, but alaphilippe produced a strong finish to catch and pass the dane

in the final metres. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello again. uk forecast in just a moment but first of all we are off to mozambique where it looks like we've got another weather—related disaster on the way. another cyclone, this is cyclone kenneth, picking up strength and it's going to make landfall thursday afternoon in northern mozambique and bringing you through five days of forecast here, you can see the problem. once the storm has made landfall, it stops moving and we will see torrential falls of rain in the same area day after day. we could be seeing, getting on for a metre of rain over coming days combined with a storm surge 2—4 metres high which could bring coastal inundation and looks like we will see another

round of devastating flooding across mozambique, particularly in the north of the country. here in the uk, our weather has changed. it's turned a bit cooler, we've got unsettle weather over the next few days with rain or showers but also temperatures have eased over recent days. it will feel cooler as we head into this weekend combined with strengthening winds as well. now, today we'll start off with some reasonable weather around. in scotland and northern ireland, a bit of brightness or sunshine first thing. showers across england and wales from the word go push northwards. in terms of being cloudy, the showers get heavy with hail and thunder mixed in. some of those downpours will be quite lengthy as well as they drive their way northwards. in the south, perhaps turning a bit lighter today, a bit more sunshine, temperatures down on recent days, 13—16 degrees and quite a breezy day coming up, really. going through thursday evening and overnight, further wet weather for scotland, showers working in across parts of western england, and wales, perhaps some lengthier spells of rain through northern ireland through thursday night and into the early part of friday morning. friday, on the face of it,

although it's quite unsettled again, there'll be some bigger gaps between the showers and perhaps some more in the way of sunshine for particularly eastern areas of scotland for a time, but it's not completely dry, you will see some further showers moving in through the afternoon. some of these are likely to be heavy and potentially quite lengthy in places. gusty winds around too. temperatures 13—15 degrees celsius and then through friday night and into the weekend, we see this area of low pressure diving southwards, tightly squeezed isobars, it's going to be a windy spell of weather. the strongest winds of this stage, targeting probably south—west england. gusts 60, 65 miles per hour, something like that. outbreaks of rain, widespread, and it's going to feel quite cold, notjust on account of those strong winds, heavy rain but also those temperatures. we'll be looking at highs of between 10 and 13 degrees. you can forget the 25 we had a few days ago.

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