hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: inter move back to third in serie a as the race for champions league places intensifies. serena williams wins her opening match at the italian open to set up a second round clash against sister venus. and controversy at the giro d'italia, as fernando gaviria is handed the win in stage three after elia viviani is stripped of the victory. hello and welcome to the programme, which is centred on italy — but it's to serie a and football we go first.

inter were 2—0 winners over bottom club chievo verona, meaning they move back to third place and ahead of atalanta and neighbours milan as the race for champions league places reaches a crescendo. richard mcelvanney was watching. chasing league titles in italy doesn't last long. juventus usually win them. the champions league qualification is still up for grabs. luciano spalletti did it last year 41, the first winning it in 2010. a1, the first winning it in 2010. many believe that is the minimum he needs to stay on as head coach beyond the end of the season. and they made a big step towards that goal against already relegated chievo verona. a first half ever gave them the lead. at half—time they said they needed to chase more goals. and they did. even paris is had great chances to extend their advantage. this one put away in the chievo verona goal. when the keeper could not stop them, the post would come to his rescue. despite little but pride to play for, they did not

back down. when ighalo received a second yellow card he was sent off and inter‘s task became easier. an easy again when they eventually got the goal. this time the goalpost setting up to make it 2—0. three valuable points and, finau, third in the table. and grab so that win for inter elevates them back up to third position ahead ahead of atalanta and neighbours milan. there's only four points separating third and sixth with two matches remaining, while bologna move up two places to 13th after their victory over parma all but guaranteeing their survival in the top flight. and if any of those chasing the last few qualification places need any inspiration then look no further than this season's champions league finalists. tottenham and liverpool finished third and fourth respectively in the premier league last year and they meet in the final next month in madrid. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein has visited the ground where the game will take place.

welcome to the wanda stadium, home of atletico madrid and on the 1st ofjune host to the champions league final between tottenham and liverpool. this is the work the players will take on to the pet. it was opened in 2017, the fifth time the city of madrid will hold the european cup final. there will be 63,000 on the night. 16,000 fans from both tottenham and liverpool and over there, in the north stand, is where the tottenham fans will be situated and down here, is their dugout. that seat at the end of the left is where mauricio pochettino will be sat, his staff and substitutes running along there. if we swing over here, that is where the liverpool fans will be. if you look across here,

but will be the dug out that jurgen klopp, his staff and players will find themselves in. it's around 30 degrees today, i can tell you it is pretty hot. but despite it being even warmer in three weeks‘ time, they kick—off is at eight o'clock and so it should have cooled a little bit. despite having an entire season played on it, this pitch looks in pristine condition. it won't be used again before the final. it looks perfectly good. more than good for 90, 120 minutes of football, perhaps even a penalty shoot out in the 2019 champions the football final between tottenham and liverpool. the atmosphere will be electric. now to tennis, and serena williams will face sister venus in the second round of the italian 0pen after returning from two months out with a knee injury. the 23—time grand slam champion beat rebecca peterson of sweden in straight sets — coming from behind take the first set. but the second was much more

comfortable as the four time winner at this event needed just over an hour. so she'll take on sister venus for the 31st time after she progressed with a marathon 7—5, 3—6, 7—6 victory over elise mertens. it took the 38—year—old more than three hours and nine match points to see off the belgian world number 20. the williams sisters‘ last match on red clay came way back in the 2002 french open final, won by serena. while victoria azarenka lined up a second round encounter with two—time defending champion elina svitolina, following a comfortable 6—2, 6—1 victory over zhang shuai of china. azarenka has won both her matches against svitolina but they were on hard surfaces and happened back in 2015. in the men's draw 10th seed and localfavourite fabio fognini brushed aside the challenge of france'sjo—wilfried tsonga claiming a 6—3, 6—a victory. the 31—year—old, who's up to a career high ranking of 12,

is looking to build on his recent monte carlo masters win as he heads into the upcoming french open and he breezed past tsonga where he'll play radu albot of moldova or another frenchman benoit paire next. thirteenth seeded croatian borna coric came from a set down to beat canadian felix auger—aliassime in their first round match. after losing the first set in a tie—break coric found his range to outclass the canadian in the next two sets taking a 6—7, 6—3, 6—a win — good to see they co—ordinated for the occasion — and coric will now face british qualifier cameron norrie in the last 32. italian national champion elia viviani was stripped of his stage three win at the giro d'italia for swerving in front of another rider in the final metres. race organisers demoted the 30—year—old after reviewing footage, with colombian fernando gaviria declared the stage victor and france's arnaud demare moving up to second from third. primoz roglic kept the overall lead and the pinkjersey while gaviria despite being handed the win felt his friend viviani was harshly done by.

today eye ride second. the winner is a really good guy. a really strong sprinter. and this part is really incredible. he always tried to do everything good. training good, food good. always really correct. i am disappointed for him. because he is a really good friend. and he is the winner of the third stage. now to cricket where bangladesh beat west indies by five wickets in dublin to set up a tri—series final against the same opponent on friday. mushfiqur rahim and soumya sarkar both got half centuries to seal a convincing run chase after west indies could only manage 2a7 after electing to bat. bangladesh, who've now beaten west indies twice in a week, will play ireland in a dead—rubber

match on wednesday. it is very important to go through the finals first. there is still on much left. hopefully we will carry on. we have to keep the momentum going. it is important. especially the seniors we have got. it is a difficult time and we have to step up. it has been happening the last two matches. still two matches left. hopefully we do the same things. the second golf major of the year, the pga championship starts on thursday at bethpage black in new york. 2017 champion and former world number onejustin thomas has withdrawn due to a wrist injury. all eyes were on one man on monday, 15—time major winner tiger woods, as he was out on the course for a practice round. after last month's masters win he's after a fifth wanamaker trophy, which would put him just two majors behind jack nickalus in the all—time list. but the weather hasn't been great in new york and lucas glover, who won the us open when it was staged here in 2009, says that has its

positives and negatives. the ball isn't bouncing, obviously. they know you guys have been pounded in the last couple of weeks. long and hard is what i remember. 16 i was here and the balls also bounced a little bit. that is a pretty familiar sound, a little bit. that is a pretty familiarsound, i a little bit. that is a pretty familiar sound, i think, for the majors here. 2002 and 2009. at the golf course is great. they love it. just, you know, it is almost kind of fun where it is that soft because the ball just kind fun where it is that soft because the balljust kind of goes where you hit it. this story you have all been waiting for. we have a new world record for motorsport. this is the fastest tuk tuk in the world. bought from the streets of bangkok it's been modified to go a little faster than normal. and it reached a speed ofjust under 120 kilometres per hour at elvington airfield in the english county of yorkshire. its owner matt everard reckons he can go even faster and wants to get it up to 130

kilometres an hour. what a story. can't wait to see that next attempt. in the nhl, the sharks lead 1—0 in that best of seven finals series. until next time, bye— bye. hello. well, very settled weather across the uk for the next few days. notjust the uk, but in fact but many parts of western europe. and the outlook — staying warm and sunny. some places will be warmer than others though, across the uk. so this is the picture then through mid week. the highest temperatures will actually be in parts of scotland, this is where we will have the sunny and completely windless conditions and that's what will help temperatures rise into the mid 20s. that high pressure's stretching

from southern scandinavia across the uk, into france and even about as far south as spain and portugal, only just. this means that the settled weather will be widespread across many areas of europe, certainly here in the uk. starts off pretty nippy with clear skies, the temperatures still do tend to dip away this time of the year, maybe a touch of grass frost here and there outside in your rural areas but that's pretty much it. so, starts off sunny from the get—go, beautiful, beautiful day. notice the winds are blowing off the north sea here in the south—east. so that means it will be a bit fresher in places like norwich and london with wind up the thames estuary. but say in scotland, it could exceed 20 celsius as it did on monday. now the high pressure through tuesday and wednesday is just showing slight signs of maybe drifting a little further north back into scandinavia. that means the winds will start to change direction, but before they do, it's still going to warm up nicely,

wednesday will probably be the warmest day of the week. very light winds and we suspect the highest temperature will be across scotland. but notice it's a little fresher here around the north sea coast, 15 degrees on the coast of lincolnshire, norfolk and suffolk. that's because the wind is blowing out of the east and that easterly wind is indicating a change towards the end of the week. see that cloud across and bits and pieces of rain there across parts of central europe? that will eventually be heading in our direction. so the thinking is you can see the east wind blowing here from denmark. the thinking is it will tend to cool off a little bit by the time we get to friday, particularly on these north sea coasts from aberdeenshire to norwich, only 13 in norwich, pushing the warmth a little bit further towards the west and the clouds will increase and there is a chance that we will get one or two showers. it is not going to be a huge change, essentially mostly dry. for saturday and sunday, it looks like it will cool off and there is a slightly greater chance of catching a few spots of rain. bye for now.

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