and world number one naomi osaka is through to the madrid open quarter—finals as she builds towards the french open later this month. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with news of another exhilirating uefa champions league semi—final. 2a hours after liverpool's stunning comeback against barcelona, tottenham overturned a 1—nil first leg deficit against ajax to set up an all—english final in madrid on the 1st ofjune. lucas moura scored a hat—trick, as spurs came from 3—nil down on aggregate to go through on away goals. here's the story of the night from our football correspondent john murray, watching on in amsterdam. you may have thought the champions league drama of an feel couldn't be matched to be in the second time in 24 matched to be in the second time in 2a hours, an english club came from 3-0 2a hours, an english club came from 3—0 down to win through. for spurs, it was just over half—an—hour to go

after the first half goals put ajax in complete control but the arrival of the substitute changed things. two goals in four minutes rocked the dutch side. they recovered to set up a thrilling and when finale which was decided by the hat—trick goal five minutes into added time which sparked bedlam and reduced the manager to sobbing tears. i want to congratulate my player. they owned the ball. their delivery are great. for me, i said before, they are heroes. in the last six months, i repeat, these sentences. they are super humans. devote the clu b to they are super humans. devote the club to the final of champions league, i think is very close to a

miracle. very special for me and i'm very happy, very proud of my team—mates and of course, i need to share it with all my team—mates, my family, my friends. the second half was amazing. everyone did really well. i'mjust amazing. everyone did really well. i'm just enjoying this moment. it could be an all english europa league final as well with both chelsea and arsenal in semi—final second leg action on thursday as chelsea welcome eintracht frankfurt to stamford bridge. the west london outfit are level at 1—1 after the opening match in germany and have already qualified for next season's champions league thanks to a guaranteed top four finish in the premier league but they're not letting up. i think that we reach the target of the club and so we are really very happy with this. now we have to play

in another competition in the target is to reach the final, the first target, the final target is to win the competition, because our feeling is that we deserved to win a trophy. while arsenal travel to the east coast of spain and a second leg with valencia holding a 3—1 lead after the opening game in north london, the gunners manager unai emery was in charge at the mestalla for four seasons but later won the europa league three times with sevilla. in the asian champions league, two more teams qualified for the knockout stages on wednesday but there was a shock defeat for the holders kashima antlers, who lost atjohor darul ta'zim. colm harrison rounds up the day's action. they were fully extra affected to seal their place in the last 16,

kashima atlers, but they squandered chances and were made to pay when the only goal of the game was squandered. not only do kashima atlers point to qualify but the win keeps alive gdt‘s chances. shandong qualified but they needed to secure a win. the k league side was put in front of just after a win. the k league side was put in front ofjust after halftime but then equalising for shandong with a kick after time. the goal wanted for the home side and sealed their place in the last 16. if you are good, it's a good feeling to score a goal. the most important today is the qualification. victory is difficult because our main striker is injured. it was tough for us to play but we win it today and it's good for the

team, for the confidence. kira shima also qualified on wednesday, beating growing show ever grand. they now qualify from group f. they now drop the third in the group. kim day wong scored the pick of the goals. they will qualify for get a point on match day six at queenjoe who need to win to go through. now to tennis and rafael nadal is through to the last 16 of the madrid open after he cruised past canadian teenager felix auger—aliassime 6—3, 6—3 setting up a meeting with american frances tiafoe. nadal, the world number two and five—time winner in the spanish capital, is trying to rebound from consecutive eliminations in the semi—finals of both monte carlo and barcelona, which marked his worst start to the clay—court season in four years.

while nadal‘s good friend david ferrer ended his almost 20 year professional career losing to defending champion aleaxander zverev in straight sets. the german was a 6—4, 6—1winner moving through to the third round where he'll face poland's hubert hurkacz but there were emotional scenes as ferrer said goodbye for the final time. japan's kei nishikori advanced to the last 16 following a 7—5, 7—5 win over bolivian hugo dellien. nishikori progressed afterjust over two hours on court and next faces the three time major winner stan wawrinka. in the women's draw nishikori's japanese compatriot and world number one naomi osaka is through to the quarter—finals for the first time after she eased past bela russian aliaksandra sasnovich 6—2, 6—3. osaka pulled out of the semi—finals in stuttgart last month with a stomach injury but said she's no longer feeling discomfort during matches. in the last eight, the two—time major champion will face switzerland's belinda bencic.

three—time winner and number two seed petra kvitova will face the lady she beat in last year's final, kiki bertens. that's after the czech continued her title defence with a convincing third round victory over france's caroline garcia, winning in straight sets — 6—3, 6—3. while winner in 2016 and 2017, simona halep also advanced to the quarter—finals following a crushing 6—0, 6—0 win over slovakian viktoria kuzmova. the romanian third seed needed a little over 44 minutes to secure the straight—sets victory and next faces australian ashleigh barty. to cricket where the first of five one—day internationals between england and pakistan was abandoned because of persistent rain at the oval on wednesday. the weather saw the game shortened to 47 overs a side, and another delay brought a further cut to 41 before it was called off.

pakistan had reached 80—2 in the 19 overs that were possible. the battle for places is fierce as the world cup looms withjofra archer picking up a wicket and liam plunkett collecting the other and he knows that the competition is tough from the likes of archer. with him in your squad, you have obviously done well. i mean, we get asked the questions a lot. i don't know the guy and he's performed well, his perform nicely so whoever is best should be in the squad. if it wasn't us, it would be knocking on the door. whether it be jake ball. there is always someone there oi’ ball. there is always someone there or thereabouts said to me, doesn't matter who it was. the british masters tees off shortly. it's being hosted by tommy fleetwood at his local course on the north west coast of england. he was the european tour champion two years ago and stepped in to help stage the event as it struggled to attract a sponsor.

it's so important to keep those events. the british masters has been a huge event on the tour. for a long time. it had a few years of and it's done an amazing job of attracting new 01’ done an amazing job of attracting new or this as well, the kids, because it's so important for game that we love. it's important to keep these events going. the us ryder cup captain has cut the number of wildcards from four to three. he says most players are more co mforta ble says most players are more comfortable making the team on merit. the milwaukee bucs lead. they are currently ahead. later, at two a piece on the western side, that was in the east, the worries and the rockets ta ke in the east, the worries and the rockets take each other on. it's 2—2 in that series. i mean the team, till next time, goodbye.

hello there. wednesday was a thoroughly wet, cold, windy day for many areas. further south we did see the sunshine appear through the afternoon, but that gave way to showers and some thunderstorms with hail. all tied in with this area of low pressure, which is slowly moving out into the north sea, although its weather fronts will continue to affect parts of the country as we head through today. now, early on today it's going to stay quite damp across parts of scotland, northern england, with persistent rain, still quite a breeze blowing in off the north sea there. but northern scotland will start dry with clear skies. so here another cold one with a frost out of town. but further south, because of more cloud and rain around, then it should be a less cold start. so for thursday, it will be a damp start for many. a lot of cloud around. the best of the sunshine across the northern half of scotland.

winds will be generally lighter across the uk as that area of low pressure continues to pull out. but into the afternoon, i think it will be a mixture of sunshine and showers for northern ireland, for much of england and wales. though the far south—west to stay dry. we'll see top temperatures of 111—15 degrees in the south. as we head on into friday, the low pressure continues to pull away. although this weather front will continue to bring showers mainly to central parts of the uk. but winds will be lighter still on friday, so we'll start off on a fairly cool note. there will be some sunshine around. but as those temperatures rise then showers will also develop, some of them could turn out to be heavy ones. again, southern scotland, northern ireland, into the midlands, northern england as well. i think the south—west should stay largely dry. highs of 15 or 16 degrees. and a little less cold across scotland. now into the weekend, it looks like high pressure is going to start building in, although there will be northerly winds on its eastern flank for a while, so it will stay quite chilly into the weekend. but then as that high pressure moves a little bit further eastwards we'll start to draw up some warmer southerly winds. a slow process but this weekend

looks like it will be turning drier and it should turn a little bit warmer as well, particularly beyond sunday. now for saturday, it's a chilly start in those northerly winds, quite bright with some sunshine around. but we think showers will develop — mainly across eastern areas. and some of these could be quite heavy. the best of the sunshine further west. the sunniest spots across the south—west we could see 16—17 celsius. but a little bit warmer further north too. on into sunday then, i think we will start off chilly again with some sunshine. a bit of cloud will develop here and there. probably the best of the sunshine again further west, probably closer to that area of high pressure. should be a little bit warmer across the board, with highs of 17—18 celsius. then beyond sunday into next week with that high pressure building in, southerly winds, turning warmer with some places seeing low 20s celsius.

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