hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. victory for villa —

they'll play in the premier league next season after winning the richest game in football. breakthrough forjohanna konta — the british number one is through to the second round of the french open for the very first time. and — preparations done. england put on a show to beat afghanistan in their final world cup warm—up match. hello and welcome to sportsday. it's taken them three seasons, but aston villa are back in the premier league and with a windfall of around £170 million. more than 85,000 fans — including prince william — watched as they beat derby county at wembley in the play off final. 0ur reporter patrick geary

is at wembley for us. particularly satisfying for villa after they came so close last year — losing out to fulham? it was heartbreaking for them last year. that will all be forgotten now. £170 million across three yea rs, now. £170 million across three years, that is the least they can expect. if they stay up for one season, it goes up even expect. if they stay up for one season, it goes up even more. expect. if they stay up for one season, it goes up even more. the glory now. first half was forg etta ble glory now. first half was forgettable to be honest but it had an importantand forgettable to be honest but it had an important and because we thought it was a header but it came off the shoulder. that was a key time for aston villa to score. they said the tone for the second half. the only goalfrom the tone for the second half. the only goal from the derby goalkeeper meant it was 2—0. what a time to make a mistake like that. derby had only 20

minutes to try and save their season. minutes to try and save their season. they did get something back. we are not sure who got the final touch on that but it set up a final few minutes that was very tense. even prince william was suffering. 0n the final whistle, the tension lifted. all the players celebrated. prince william went mad and of course for derby, heartbreaking to have the season ending like that, so close to the premier league, and yet so far. it is aston villa who go up after three seasons in the championship. they will now return to the premier league. financially it is game changing and for the club asa it is game changing and for the club as a whole, it is a massive deal. lots of passion from manager dean smith and local lad jack grealish — who the club should now be able to keep hold of? certainly more of a chance now. he has been linked to a move to

totte n ha m has been linked to a move to tottenham but he is a boyhood aston villa fan, always dreamt of leading them to the premier league and he has donejust them to the premier league and he has done just that. he cut his eye on the trophy at one stage, that is one of the stranger injuries even ever hear of. he will hardly feel the pain though because it is a dream come true for him. they will help now they can keep hold of him. the club is more financially secure and with that premier league tv money is going to come in. a big dealfor management money is going to come in. a big deal for management team as well who have managed to get him. they had a brilliant run at the end of the season. ten straight wednesday got them into the play—offs. it is having that momentum that gets you over the line, perhaps not the team who were up there but the one that sneaks in for 46 that get up to the premier league and that is just what aston villa have done. for a club there size, they are european cup winners, they will feel they belong in the premier league and that is just where they will be from next season.

the cricket world cup is almost upon us — it all starts on thursday morning when england play south africa at the oval. and that's where england signed off their preparations with a thumping warm—up win over afghanistan today. austin halewood was watching. a chance to put one last loosener before the world cup, a chance to once again justify his selection. once again, he did. first wicket and then a second soon after. england were on their game with the ball and in the field. the captain run out for 13. the start of an afghan collapse. four wickets in eight balls for just two runs. it was not good to watch. the fans finally did have something to cheer about. 44, dragging them to 160. a score that england fancied chasing. the first ball, first four and that set the tone. jason roy and his brilliant, brutal best. 50 from him. with jonny bairstow

never too far behind. england raced to a nine wicket victory. the wait is almost over now and england have never been better prepared. they go into this home world cup as favourites, afterfour years re—building a side that was embarrassed at the last tournament in australia and new zealand. captain eoin morgan says it was that humiliation which has helped his side form a bond and become the number one side in one—day cricket. being knocked out of any world cup cricket, regardless of the stage, it is difficult to take. given the manner we were knocked out meat it that much more difficult. we were knocked out of the world cup and humiliated and it is not nice when that happens or er a part of that,

so there are certainly to games that stand out from me in that world cup that almost confirm that we were underprepared and just so far off the mark. 0ne underprepared and just so far off the mark. one was at wellington against new zealand. we got pulled out for and new zealand knocked it up out for and new zealand knocked it up in12 overs, out for and new zealand knocked it up in 12 overs, absolutely human eating. when you look at the opposition that are beating you, it is at the opposite end of the scale, it is having quality players, having the team play as a team and they we re the team play as a team and they were just prepared extremely well in the way they carry themselves and performed as a unit. playing against them, we were a little jealous, performed as a unit. playing against them, we were a littlejealous, we we re them, we were a littlejealous, we were not enjoying our cricket as much. did not seem to see that side of it as much as they did. that was something that we wanted to change. transforming your game from an average scoring side to somebody who

might score 350 400 is extremely exciting and fun to be a part of. to paris next, and the first round of the french open wherejohanna konta has made a real break—through. she's won a match in the main draw for the very first time. it is very significant that she got through today because however well you are playing and how confident you are playing and how confident you are playing and how confident you are feeling, there is that little voice in your head, it is only human nature that in your previous single matches, you have lost them all. that would have been in the back of her mind but she does have the monkey off her bike, winning in straight sets against the german qualifier. it got interesting

in the second set when she faced a couple of break points at four games all but she said there was. she will now plate the world number 111 in the second round on wednesday. russell kyle edmund is currently on court, how is he getting on? he was going very well, on the atmospheric number one court. french fans getting into the match. but his opponent is serving magnificently well and turned that second set around to win it by a 7—5. kyle has one on clay, arguably his strongest service. he now leads by four — two. it is very tight in this match could go either way. it has been a great day today, some of the top players have been an action. no upsets in the matches with no back—up a batch and raphael adele. they both won

their games in straight sets. serena williams most her first set but then one sets numbers two and three. the big casualties and it was a fantastic line—up today, caroline wozniacki. beaten in three sets. that is a legacy of a calf problem she had coming into the french open. it's nice when you're so successful that you don't remember how many times you've won an event! britain's mo farah has won the vitality london 10—thousand for the seventh time. but he wasn't sure about that! the olympic champion was the honorary starter for the race before finishing ahead of fellow britons andrew butchart and nick goolab. steph twell retained the women's title, as she continues her bid to make the british squad for next year's olympic games in tokyo. twell got a bronze medal in the 5,000m at the european

championships in 2016, and says she needs to give steph twell retained the women's title, as she continues i was nervous i was nervous because i was nervous because there is a great depth in british running. an equal run is a great way to push yourself and your body and i supported our guys in the race the way they supported me super metre that was fantastic and i nature i finished with the guys because i am here to run as fast as i can. let's have a look at some of the day's other sports headlines. england's bronte law has won her first lpga title. she won by two—shots at the pure silk championship in the us state of virginia, and now could be a contender for this years solheim cup team. the newcastle united owner mike ashley is in talks to sell the club to billionaire sheikh khaled bin zayed al nehayan. he's a cousin of the manchester city owner sheikh mansour, and failed with a £2 billion bid to buy liverpool last year. it's thought the deal to buy newcastle could be worth £350 million. the scotland manager shelley kerr says it would be monumental for the women's game

if they were to break the attendance record at hampden tomorrow. scotland play jamaica in a friendly there and need just over 4,000 fans to attend to break the record for a women's game. take away the performance side of it, with always set ourselves a target to inspire a nation and i think it would be fantastic with the players if we were to get that 10,000 or more. every tottenham fan will be desperate to know the answer to this question — will harry kane be fit for the champions league final? a few weeks ago it looked almost impossible — he'd injured his ankle in the quarterfinals and his season looked to be over. but today, a little more hope for kane. his boss mauricio pochettino says it's looking positive and he didn't rule out kane being available to play against liverpool in madrid. we have one week ahead and this saturday we will wait to see how he

is progressing but of course, like i told you in the past, it is so important that he feels well and it is very positive and we will see what happens. we need him to be fit 100% to be available to play, but we are so positive. before the champions league final it's the europa league final — an all—english affair between arsenal and chelsea on wednesday. hundreds of fans have already started the mammoth trip from london to azerbaijan where the final is being held, and our sports correspondent david 0rnstein is in the capital baku. welcome to the olympic stadium, then you to the 2019 europa league final where the last few preparations are taking place. we have arrived with tea m taking place. we have arrived with team supporters of chelsea and arsenal and many more to come in the next couple of days. it was reported that both clubs had handed back around half of their allocated 6,000

tickets. we have been told today that arsenal have almost sold them all, chelsea, less so, and both clu bs a re all, chelsea, less so, and both clubs are expecting quite a few fans internationally as well. as for the football, arsenal arrived on saturday so they have already been training here in the azerbaijan capital whereas chelsea arrived today. they also had a reported injury concern. as far as we know, arsenal have a clean bill of health. they're expecting 60,000 spectators inside the stadium. both sets of players will be here to train and hold news conferences tomorrow afternoon and as for the match itself, it is on wednesday, and 8pm ca ke itself, it is on wednesday, and 8pm cake of uk time, 11pm locally. much has been needed by a non—footballing issues in the build—up from travel, tickets, visas, politics but gradually now the focus will shift to the game itself. it will be pretty warm, inaccessible 20 degrees but not too perturbing for either

set of players. it is going to be the biggest sporting event that this country has ever staged. before we go, just time to give you a behind the scenes peek at anthonyjoshua's preparations for his latest world title defence. he fights andy ruinunior at madison square garden in new york on saturday night, but he's made miami his home in the run up. joshua met up with a familiar face. rory mcilroy lives in florida. you know what the ex—pat community is like. looks like he's got himself a nice pad to relax in. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. in a major blow for the two largest parties at westminster —