and across parts of sutherland and scotland. we will be hearing about latest efforts to contain them. we will be taking a look at tomorrow's front pages. and kate andrews, assisted director of the institute of direct economic affairs. now it's time for sportsday with ali foster at wembley. around this time tomorrow with the 130th cup final will be drawing to a close and whatever the result will be special. the fitzroy that mixes up to the box and lift the trophy right here at the net will be a first for watford, but if the ribbons are blue and vincent company does the honours manchester city will have completed an unprecedented domestic travel. there's an awful lot at stake. welcome to sportsday.

hughes was coming up for you. the very latest from both camps, we have heard from pep guardiola earlier today. just what have his players got left to give from that thrilling title race? effectively take that back to back can be in the fa cup final 2a titles in one season and that would be incredible. one of the great semi finals last month's that would be incredible. one of the great semi finals last months as watford one, but the form has been farfrom watford one, but the form has been far from great watford one, but the form has been farfrom great since watford one, but the form has been far from great since then. and away from wembley, there's another big football match this weekend. three brits will feature in the women's champions league final as the holders lyon take on barcelona in budapest. england are chasing down another huge target as pakistan set them 340 to win at trent bridge. and rory mcilroy is struggling

on day two of the us pga championship in new york after dropping five shots in his first three holes. hello there, we are alive this evening at the eve of the fa cup final and watford will be back with jane and a couple of minutes' time the rest of the sport, but wembley is set. you can see all of the flags and we are going to be in the blue half of the stadium and just behind me will be all the gold flags of the watford fa ns me will be all the gold flags of the watford fans back at their first fa cup finalfor 35 watford fans back at their first fa cup final for 35 years. we will be looking back at 1984 in just a moment, but obviously the momentum at the moment is surely with manchester city. but a few weeks they have had. the title race against liverpool coming to a climax last sunday and manchester city champions once again, but they are on for this trouble and no club in

english football has done that and succeeding on the domestic front. they have won the league cup, delete title, can they win the fa cup as well? we will see. we heard from pep guardiola today, it's been a difficult week in many ways for manchester city with those financial fairplay investigators passing their case on to uefa that now have that enormous decision to make as to whether the club will face any sanction whatsoever. will pep guardiola was asked about that today. we have already said we are sorry. we did something wrong and if u efa sorry. we did something wrong and if uefa decides we will do so the wrong we will be punished, but we are innocent right now. another people are waiting for this, but until now we are innocent. and to be proven.

we will accept it but i spoke with the chairman and it ceo, they know exactly what happened and what happened and who did it. and i trust a lot of them. on the i can say we wa nt a lot of them. on the i can say we want the most incredible premier league ever in terms of results and contenders and competitors. we are incredibly satisfied and will celebrate for a short time and back to business the last two or three days to focus on watford because i know how difficult it was. the importance is what we have done. but that's the most important thing. the back—to—back premier league and being in that fa cup final to win four titles in one season would be incredible. but honestly it's not going to change myjudgement tomorrow. of course manchester city will be the strong favourite

tomorrow, but what about watford? what is semi final that was against wolves. down an outcome of the hornets but came back and won it in extra time in the thing is there form has dipped fairly dramatically since then but if they are going to get inspired by something for these fa ns get inspired by something for these fans is the first time in 35 years they have come to a cup final. let us changed since the last fa cup final in 1984. the suits of change, the banners have changed, even the stadium has changed. but it remains the same. music unfortunately that day did not drive elton john's

music unfortunately that day did not drive eltonjohn‘s watford to victory. and everton took the trophy. and a goal for everton by graham sharp! in a great moment for everton everywhere. 35 years have passed since then in the manage charge now is very aware of the history. some important games in the past history. some important games in the pa st we re history. some important games in the past were some teams made history in this competition. i'm sure it will bea this competition. i'm sure it will be a different game, it will be a different moment in different teams. career defining moment. the captain and the heartbeat of this watford tea m and the heartbeat of this watford team knows that opportunities like this don't come around very often. we have never won a cup so at the massive achievement together but we are on the cusp of doing something unbelievable and something that has never been done here. while you have

to enjoy it you also have to know that there is a seriousness to it and go out and try to make history. their journey starts and go out and try to make history. theirjourney starts in and go out and try to make history. their journey starts in january with wins against newcastle and crystal palace. before they took centre stage in a memorable semi final against wolves. the task ahead is a big one with manchester city one game away from a unique trouble, but city have been given the blues at wembley before. the header has won the fa cup final! they should take encouragement from that and from the words of the late graham taylor in 1984. if we had won it there would be no reason to go back again. so many memories for watford fans, let's bring in one of them now.

collin behind the very popular podcast from the rock into. something nostalgic about 1984, but do you feel inspired by that even though it was a match you lost back then? the club does commit feel like we have come full circle. when graham taylor came to the club in the late 70s and see would build a clu b the late 70s and see would build a club not just a the late 70s and see would build a club notjust a team and took us up through the divisions and got us to this showpiece final in 1984. we all expected to win that year and it was going to be the cherry on top of the cake, and unfortunately we slightly faltered the last step and it was really heartbreaking. 35 years later the club feels like it is back in the club feels like it is back in the same atmosphere. it feels like the same atmosphere. it feels like the community as part of the club which he has not always been in the intervening years, and to be back here with this group of players with this coach and these new owners that really looked after us also created a very modern premier league club.

we feel very excited are not unaware of the task. since coming back up they have beaten you home and away every season. they have beaten you home and away every season. thanks for reminding me. that's no laughing matter. how do you stop manchester city? exactly that, you have to stop them, because they play at a high tempo and if you can frustrate them and slid them down they can get frustrated. they have a fantastic coach and fantastic players, but they have swept them all before they're pretty much the season. all before they're pretty much the season. they played a very specific patterns and if you can get in and stop them and frustrate them that we have got a chance. what a semi final it was with gerard turning things on its head against wolves. he have to tap into that because since that semi final you have not had another win. the bad dress rehearsal, good first night hopefully but with the tea m first night hopefully but with the team is shown over the season as

they don't know when they are beat. they prove that in the semi final and a lot of things have to go right for us and if they do we have got a chance they have got fantastic fighting spirit and they are a unified group. it could be a fantastic cup final. be a very spot at your seat just over there. fantastic cup final. be a very spot at your seatjust over there. colin mesa from the podcast from the rookery and do. when we come back to wembley later in the programme we will hear from raheem wembley later in the programme we will hearfrom raheem sterling, but from now it's basque to the bbc sportscenter. thanks olly — away from wembley, there's a huge match in budapest where defending champions lyon meet barcelona in the women's champions league final. lyon are aiming to win theirfourth champions league trophy in a row. there's plenty of british interest as well with england's lucy bronze lining up for lyon against international team—mate toni duggan who plays for barcelona. barcelona is a club, and a massive clu b barcelona is a club, and a massive club but on the women's team they are not known for that. people

question why, and i believe in the process. i believed what they wanted to achieve and they have the resources and facilities to do that and now i'm sitting at a champions league final and can say it has turned out well. last year we were the favourites to win the game and tony had been a bit like, whether the favourites? we are just as good and barcelona are really great team. it was really that kind of football as well. an x—ray good advertisement for football. we have beaten them before. playing in a champions league final before. really looking forward to a good game of football to be honest. on the on the eve of the final in budapest, uefa have announced the "we play strong" campaign — an initiative aimed at doubling the number of women and girls in the game by 2024. uefa say they also want to change the perception of women's football.

sports journalist alison bender spoke to me earlier. i think it's a really good campaign, has a really catchy name and hashtags, time for action. they have laid out five key bullet points and they have a five framework as well. the one you mentioned was doubling participation and in 2024 to 2.5 million this is something i've been working on for quite some time now. i think it's definitely achievable because now seems to be such a key time in women's football. it placed so time in women's football. it placed so much more money into it and the time they did this was about a year ago today, women in football launched a massive campaign on twitter called the what if campaign. various organisations came up with pledges and they said what if we double the funding to immense support by 50% which they have done for their member associations. there was absolutely massive. there were several ways they could go about achieving these bullet points on one

of them is at administration level as well making sure there's gender balance and it looks to really exciting proposal and it's come at the perfect time. yes it has because the perfect time. yes it has because the world cup is not far away. of the world cup is not far away. of the aims was to change the perception. and i think that world cup will help go towards that. how else can they tackle this? i think the perception that needs to be changed is that women's football is not football. it's ridiculous the things he read to. he will say that female pundits cannot beat talking about the men's game tickets at the different game. the important things is that bigger organisations taking out world cup very seriously and in the telegraph are sending their chief sports out to france so really respect a journalist on the men's game will be reporting about a women's game. england looking very strong. they are fifa world ranked third at the moment and they have

got a pretty good chance in france. in scotland of course, allison. and scotland. aberdeen manager derek mcinnes has ruled himself out of becoming the new man in charge of his national team. mcinnes says he wants to remain in the day to day involvement of club football. he was reportedly one of three men in the frame for the scotland job — along with kilmarnock manager steve clarke and scot gemill, who's coach of scotland's under—21s. tony pulis has left middlesbrough after the championship club announced his contract would not be extended — they finished seventh last season, a place outside the play—offs. charlton have the upper hand going into the second leg england are choosing a there choosing a target of 341. england are chasing a target of 341. they're currently 72 without loss.

fantastic catch to remove allie and anglican up to a very good response. jason leading the way but james vince has just jason leading the way but james vince hasjust gone. currently hundred 29 for one after 18 overs. top of the leaderboard, brookes koepka will tee—off this hour for the second day of the us pga championship near new york. he's seven under, but rory mcilroy has struggled in round two, dropping five shots in his first three holes. but he did make a recovery and finished on three over par in better shape though isjordan spieth who only needs this tournament to complete a career greand slam, he's five under, two behind kepka, also going well is world number one dustinjohnson, on four under par. double olympic taekwondo champion jadejones hopes to finally complete her set of of major titles by claiming world gold in manchester this week.

she reached the semi—finals of the under 57 kilogram category this afternoon. she's now guaranteed a bronze medal at least, and will face canada's skylark park later tonight for a place in the final. it's been a tough week for gb‘s ice hockey players in group a of the world championships in kosi—chay, slovakia. four matches, four defeats and just four goals scored. three of them came in an improved performance last night when great britain went down 6—3 to the united states. and it won't get any easier tonight with finland — who're ranked fifth in the world — as their opponents. definitely one of the best teams here, no doubt about that. we've just got to keep our own game and don't start running around after them. the games orjust to be in. but they prove they can compete and make a but they prove they can compete and makea game but they prove they can compete and make a game of it. it's important, you have to try. no pressure on.

let's take a look at some more of the days sports news stories... israel folau has been officially sacked over a social media post which said that "hell awaits" gay people. he was suspended by club and country last month and his contract has now been terminated following a hearing. in a statement falou said upholding his religious beliefs shouldn't stop him from working or playing for his club and country. british number one johanna konta is into the semi—finals of the italian open in rome after a three—set win over czech marketa vondrusova. konta now faces kiki bertens of the netherlands who beat world number one naomi osaka today. spanish rider pello bilbao won his first—ever stage win at a grand tour, as he held off france's tony gallopin to win stage seven of the giro d'italia. italian valerio conti retained the overall lead. there's a huge game at the nou camp tomorrow — but it's not football. wigan warriors have travelled to barcelona to play catalans dragons in the super

league. an estimated 30,000 fans are expected to attend in a match that's hoped will give rugby league more international exposure. our tania arnold is at the nou camp for us. have to say i did not think i would be introducing a rugby league feature in the middle of barcelona, but here we are with the captain sean. incredible to be bringing the game here to barcelona and the new camp. it's a privilege to be part of it as camp. it's a privilege to be part of itasa camp. it's a privilege to be part of it as a player and the fans enjoying the game tomorrow. it's a great to be part of it. he been doing so much in your rugby league career. the camp is iconic worldwide everybody knows about it. as a say it's a special time and special to be part of. what can they do for themselves if they can build on this? for any

of the supporters it's a massive thing to play in the stadium. and to have a real strong european game and have a real strong european game and have teams like cattle and who were winning the challenge cup last year and it's brilliant for the sport. you fans have travelled, you are a fan, aren't you? how special is this? i watch them elsewhere but to play in barcelona is worldwide. you don't have to be a football fan. just to think we watched in 24 hours we can play there it will be special. i cannot believe it. we can play there it will be special. icannot believe it. it's fantastic. we have seen them in fantastic. we have seen them in fantastic rugby stadiums around the world but the camp is something else. really looking forward to it. looking forward to it, folks? have a fantastic trip! with that, let's return

to wembley ahead of the fa cup final with olly foster. many thanks indeed. around this time tomorrow we will be into injury time with manchester city and watford of course the strong favourites. but of special players this season and search it will be the top score for the seventh in a row but what he sees in raheem sterling has had on 17 and a leak in a few scores tomorrow it will be up to 30 here and he's got a hat trick against watford and they went of the incredible run and claim back to back premier league titles. raheem sterling grew up in the shadow of wembley and on his arm he's got this tattoo that he has had for a couple of years of him as a small boy wearing the numberten of years of him as a small boy wearing the number ten shirt looking out at the arches. he says it is

something that always inspired him and, my word, it could be lifting his first trophy after winning an awful lot with manchester city already. he's been speaking to bbc sport. my mum calling me directly after the game, i was thinking really wa nt after the game, i was thinking really want to answer this? just give mea really want to answer this? just give me a break. and short as possible as well. i'm not a person truly try to get out. it would knock me right. how important has pep guardiola been in yourfootball career? he's been massive. seeing how he's set up teams in the past andi how he's set up teams in the past and i was 100% with him. a lot of

pressure. not something that's never going to hide away from. and even if it was a rough patch for me. and look where i went wrong and try to fix it. and it was helped massively in terms of confidence and being there for you. for the young player at the time and massive deal and when they first came in he was playing me 90% of the games and ever since then playing me in massive games. i tried to repay him in hard work and not just games. i tried to repay him in hard work and notjust going out to the pitch and enjoying but when these moments to to be there to help. what a season he has had to. the player of the year and done so much on the

field with manchester city but also offer it as well. raising is just in the game such as racism and he really has been such a figure in the sport this season and obviously one more match to go for him. somebody that we spoke to last year ahead of the final unsung hero, that pitch is looking fantastic. you're the head groundsman here and how was looking for the big tomorrow? the team have been fantastic from the last weekend and yes, it's monday onwards taking the picture around. always a busy time but from this season you have not had the spurs weekend and week out but that must have helped get it ready for this very busy time. of course, ready for this very busy time. of course , a ready for this very busy time. of course, a good winter as well for us in the stadium and it's been good growing conditions and very much a challenging part of the year but it would be bored if it was not challenging. and enjoyable.

drizzling now and have not looked at the forecast but this must help keep it like this and both teams will favour that. pretty watery. it was raining it will help us little bit but again we want to deliver a quick and fast playing surface for tomorrow. little bit of rain does not do us any harm. can you get involved in the occasion? does it feel different? it does feel different. we have the final on sunday and the trophy final in the iconic stadium and if anyone was to walk in and see the weekend we have coming up it would get anyone excited for football, it's a great message for everyone about how well they are doing with the champions league in such an amazing event here on the weekend. do you still feel, my word, it's a great place to work and this is the best stadium in the

world ? and this is the best stadium in the world? yes. even with the challenges we have had this year you see the seats around you in the small pre—brief for the staff and the events coming up you feel how special this venue is and we got all the staff to walk around the perimeter of the pitch and look around you and see the amazing stuff up around you and see the amazing stuff up there and the flags in the pitch itself. everyone has been working tremendously hard over the last couple of weeks to get as prepared for the weekend. i'm sure it will look fantastic tomorrow and play fantastic as well. many thanks indeed. that's just about it for sports day but you can watch and listen and follow the fa cup final, the 138th between manchester city and watford and it's across the bbc and watford and it's across the bbc and you will not miss any part of it. mike is here bbc breakfast first thing in the morning as well. five o'clock kick—off and bbc will bring

you all that reaction later tomorrow evening and don't forget half past six and half past seven. drizzling in this part of north london but i'm sure we have all the weather wherever you are as well. goodbye. another glorious day across the northern half of the country. it's a pretty high temperatures across parts of scotland and into the far north of england. further south of macleod around with are bricks of breezy and cool. as a cloud of rain begins to spill it to all areas. this feature here brings persistent rain during the second half of the night where it's further south to be more dry i think with one or two showers around. reverse the fortunes with the wedges conditions and apart from a few showers across the south relatively dry and just the odd shower and mention. temperature wise because of the cloud cover a more mild night than the last few with the low temperatures around eight to

10 celsius. maybe very weak area of pressure affecting the northwest corner and including our shores will bring more clout around the we have been used to for the week with more showers around. it also spells of sunshine across england and wales with light winds. this is the picture for saturday, then, starting out for saturday operates a more persistent rain for norther ireland and scotland which should ease to the day but sunday styles will be across england and wales were it will feel pleasantly warm as of the afternoon but that could set off a scattering of heavy and perhaps even sundry showers. it will continue wa nted sundry showers. it will continue wanted to saturday evening but then they will fade away overnight and lengthy and clear spells across england and wales perhaps mist and fog patches with scotland and northern ireland. quite a quiet and benign night with the winds falling light and benign night with the winds falling lightand a benign night with the winds falling light and a relatively mild one. the pressure chart than for sunday and

low pressure still nearby much of the weather fronts across the north of the uk very slick ice. and up and down the uk. with shall reimburse the rain across the north of the country and the sunshine coming out temperatures reach around 20 degrees and we could see a few sharp showers developing again. and benign with such around and warm in the sunshine but always the chance of showers so which could be heavy.

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