went for the challenge, for he who went for the challenge, for he had air alongside his team—mates the defensive partner and a clash of heads as well with the ajax goalkeeper that saw the driving much needed momentum and driving force in the centre of the field for totte n ha m. force in the centre of the field for tottenham. and tottenham were able to build on the second half, much improved despite another decent ajax attempt in the second half. data hitting the post for ajax but the best chance for tottenham with the header and shot comfortably saved, but ajax will celebrate with that away goal and home advantage to come in the second leg, they will feel that they are the favourite to progress but plenty of work to do now for tottenham and certainly they will hope that maybe harry kane can come back to give them a much—needed boost and the second leg but the

returning player will be a huge boost as well out suspended for the press like that he returns for second leg and it'll help tottenham because as we know they have to score now that they stand a chance of progressing to the first ever champions league final. a bit disappointing, if we had cane it might be a different story. same old same old like last time, left, right, disappointed, first time in the history of the cloud, semifinalists were better.|j the history of the cloud, semifinalists were better. i feel like it was an opportunity next to, ajax are in fact they didn't play that well and i don't know, ifeel like it was opportunity next. you mentioned them coming back for the second leg. two — what do tottenham have to do differently in amsterdam 7 i think likelihood is the starter, he knew he would return to full

training and feature tonight i think he will get tight and much needed impetus in midfield that they missed tonight and i their attack, fernando starting this evening did not have pace to stretch ajax defence which they led me to tonight, and as we know his goals and proved valuable scoring against manchester city and bug likes to see them get through this semifinals, and i think they will now it was a below par pulte —— performance and if ever there is no reason to galvanise yourself and produce a performance in that second leg, it's a championing semifinal i'm sure mauricio will be keen to stretch it to his team and they spoke after the match and they said it was below par and they cannot afford to produce another first—half display as they did tonight and not second leg against ajax, they need to score away goal to scan chance of progressing and certainly fancy their chances to do that, but i think second half showing there were glimpses that there is something to bend —— planned on, plenty at this

stage, but i'm sure there will be tea m stage, but i'm sure there will be team distress tired legs cannot be a factor in such a crucial stage of totte n ha m factor in such a crucial stage of tottenham in season and a big tournament as champions league i tell you what our lives firmly focused on second like to come and amsterdam. thank you, very much john. in the other semifinal, liverpool face barcelona tomorrow night. the liverpool squad have been at the camp nou to get themselves used to the stadium — and managerjurgen klopp says it'll be a momentous occasion. people say barcelona is not by so i asked breslin any more, it's a brilliant team and we are the first year, little bit of contention they are here for 20 years, it'll be difficult but i couldn't be more excited about having the opportunity to play them, that's what i hope i can... transport to my players that they feel the same and that's play

football. let's have a quick look at some of the other sport stories making the news today. the businessman trying to take over bolton wanderers has been given an extra 48 hours to provide proof he has the necessary funds. representatives of the english football league have met with laurence bassini, who's attempting to buy the troubled cloud. the efl have confirmed bolton's match against brentford, which was postponed on saturday when players went on strike — will not be played this week. players went on strike after players and coaching staff were left without their salaries from march and april. johanna konta is through to the second round at the morocco open in rabat. the british number one came from behind to beat china's wang yafan two sets to one. kyle edmund has been knocked out in the first round of the atp event in munich. and team ineos have made a good start after taking over sponsorship of team sky — their first official race got under way at the tour of romandie in switzerland with geraint thomas finishing fifth on the opening time

trial stage in neuchatel. the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship began today and two former champions went toe to toe in the afternoon session — neil robertson and john higgins have four frames each butjudd trump is flying. trump raced into a 6—0 lead, knocking in a highest break of 131 against stephen maguire, before the scot managed to register a frame. the tournament favourite took the final frame to lead 7—1. first to 13 go through. they'll finish off tomorrow. when england forward izzy christiansen broke her leg and damaged ankle ligaments eight weeks ago, while playing in the shebelieves cup, she thought her chances of making this summer's world cup were over. but after surgery, she's making good progress — and she told our reporterjo currie she hopes manager phil neville selects her for the tournament, which begins on the 7th ofjune. my

my body recovered well and mentally i feel fresh and good and physically i'm coming along and if i were to be selected for lockup i don't know what's going to happen but i have about seven weeks to play with, can hopefully improve my fitness. how much contact have you had come i know he's in touch with the player so know he's in touch with the player sol know he's in touch with the player so i might has he spoken during rehab? he checked in quite a few times and checking how i'm doing and my progress he's been getting lots of m essa g es my progress he's been getting lots of messages from for z/os while they keep sending in videos that the writing on the treadmill and he will message me straight after and say i heard you running and i'm like yeah, you found out that out —— she just found that out? he's great and great greatly communicating with the players and done no different for me while i had been injured and he's very supportive. you're up and running now how long will you stay till you are 100%. it's hard to tell at the moment, i think in my head and further behind what they think i am so for me it's like letting go of

any fear am so for me it's like letting go of anyfearand am so for me it's like letting go of any fear and cracking on, but now i have changed direction and cut around the gas —— grass and doing ball work and i hope to seek i will continue to build on that and looking at training in the next two weeks i would like to think i it's up weeks i would like to think i it's up to the professionals, not me. hope to see her fit and well for france. team gb speed skater, elise christie, has opened up about her struggle with mental health in the hope that it will encourage other athletes to talk more openly about the subject. in an instagram post earlier this month, christie revealed that she suffered with depression and anxiety for two years, but is now feeling like herself again. she spoke to our reporter david mcdaid. she's an applet we see and experience the joy of becoming a champion, as well as despair of olympic heartbreak. through it all, what has been unseen until this social media post has been her struggle with anxiety and

depression. the reason behind that post a motivation for it was the fa ct post a motivation for it was the fact that there's so much athletes who are going through and normal humans who are day today people going through the same thing and i wa nted going through the same thing and i wanted to show that first it's ok. it's ok to feel like that and it's fine to be a medication but also there are points where i felt it was never going to get off of them are feel better and here i am, ifeel like myself. for 28-year-old says anxiety that began —— began after receiving to the death threats after the 2014 win against it started to deteriorate. it became debilitating i was deteriorate. it became debilitating iwas in deteriorate. it became debilitating i was in bed a lot and struggling to keep up with anything like normal life i had a massive level after my injury, olympic season and there we re injury, olympic season and there were things going on behind the scenes and i just were things going on behind the scenes and ijust ended up broke and i guess. they say antidepressant

medication help her get through last year olympics but this point of coming on and behind it as well as the break—up of a relationship to occui’ the break—up of a relationship to occur to her lowest and. my love this moment i was self harming, not by me though but i was still doing it because i didn't know how to cope without it, i did not know how to get rid of the feelings i were having with my doing it and i would never have shared that i want anyone to know it, and that's the point, you can get to these planes and get out of it because i had. and dust blows, she is now well again and hopes by sharing her story, she can inspire strength in others as well. and if you've been affected by any of the issues in that report, there are a number of organisations and websites that can offer you advice and support. you can find them listed on the bbc‘s actionline website at bbc.co.uk/actionline. a reminder of our top story, tottenham have lost 1—0 to ajax in the first leg

of their champions league semifinal. just time to say congratulations to luton town and barnsley who've both been promoted to the championship. conformation of that after portsmouth and sunderland both that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are former pensions minister ros altmann and political commentatorjane merrick. many

of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph says the prime minister is close to agreeing to brexit demands from labour — the paper says theresa may is convinced their support is needed