tv Sportsday BBC News May 31, 2019 6:30pm-6:46pm BST
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hello and good evening. you are what bbc news. i am chris rogers. must have a look at the latest ally. labour suspends a member of the willing national executive committee. peter was meant over allegations of anti—semitism. the london bridge attackers a lawyer for the victims families tell the inquest that there have been lots of opportunities to spot what they were planning. president trump says he will impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming into the united states from mexico unless the country does more to stop illegal immigration. and as excitement in madrid as liverpool and spurs fans arrive ahead at small nights champions league final showdown. in a few seconds, it will
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be time for sports but let's have a look at when s is coming up this evening i bbc news. plenty to report. —— sportsday. we have an interview with managerjurgen klopp and we will hear from both sets of fa ns and we will hear from both sets of fans ahead of the champions league final between liverpool and totte n ha m. final between liverpool and tottenham. and at 745, we have the film review with film criticjason solomon skipping his thoughts on the latest releases and at 1040, taking a look at the morning newspapers with the business. all that coming up with the business. all that coming up here on bbc news tonight. now, it is sportsday. hello. in 24 hours‘ time, tottenham hotspur and liverpool will meet here it madrid for the champions league final. we are like to bring you all the build up to a momentous occasion. welcome to sportsday.
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straight off of the plane and into training, liverpool and six european cup title. the spurs are aiming for their first, cup title. the spurs are aiming for theirfirst, mauricio pochettino needs to make a choice over harry kane inclusion. in over 150,000 fans are expected to descend on madrid, waiting for that final showpiece event on saturday night. i‘m azi farni in the bbc sports centre. away from the champions league. the ultimate reward, and eldon has been given the permit manager role at celtic after guiding them to a historic trouble trouble. a bowling master class, west and he set a strong message and the cricket world cup threshing pakistan by seven wickets. —— trouble trouble. 0ut out in 0ut ina out in a blaze of unforced errors,
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second seed karolina pliskova is good beating at the french open. —— is beaten at the french open. hello and welcome to sportsday. you join me in a lovely fantastically warm madrid where liverpool and spurs fans have descended ahead of that all english champions league final on saturday night. the first since 2008 and it‘s really been a fantastic atmosphere in the city so far. we have been here the last 24 hours, also fans from both teams enjoying what is essentially a fantastic atmosphere in the fine voice so far. liverpool fans making their presence felt and many more of them outnumbering the numbers that are travelling from london and the south of england. 0ver150,000 fans expected in the city, that is led to a massive security operation but so
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far we haven‘t seen any trouble and really, speaking to both sets of fa ns really, speaking to both sets of fans so far, liverpool fans want to overturn that the feed to real madrid and last year apartment final on the tottenham fans are pretty much still in disbelief they are even here at the state. we focus on liverpool to begin with because they lost their last two champions league finals to ac milan. to real madrid, last year. the record for their managerjurgen klopp is even a worse really. he lost his last six cup finals, 34 borussia dortmund and three of those deliverable. a terrible record. he is hoping to overturn on saturday night. —— three in liverpool. if i would see myself asa in liverpool. if i would see myself as a loser or whatever, then we all would have a problem. but i do not see that. i see all of the other things. the rest is for the outside world that you think afterwards i am a winner. but that is not an interesting thing to me. that is the obvious thing.
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that is why we are here. we all want to win it. it will be tough to completely forget what happened last season and start fresh. we have used things throughout the season we learned in kiera from the way they w011 learned in kiera from the way they won the game. —— in kiera. we have grown as a team. we know how we can win games and hold onto one annealed leads. we can keep clean sheets a lot better. i think throughout the course of the season we have proven why we are such a good side. preparation for bus ice has been com pletely preparation for bus ice has been completely different really. liverpool arriving in madrid earlier today. apartheid of them, they have been here since wednesday. —— for both teams. they went off to a warm weather training camp. liverpool coming care three nights in advance. we can have a quick look at them training right now in the stadium.
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just behind me. mauricio pochettino really saying he is not made a decision over the starting xi yes yet, harry kane, his top score, 24 goals in all competitions, despite two extended periods on the sideline with ankle injury. he has not played since april. but would he be an incredible player to come in for totte n ha m incredible player to come in for tottenham and this final and give them a huge support. the coach says he will make a late decision about the line—up. it was unbelievable. i think it was great. the focus and concentration was a pleasure to manage this group of players. i feel so was a pleasure to manage this group of players. ifeel so proud because they were unbelievable and open to
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work and willed himself every single day with purpose. i think we are so ready and prepared. the occasion is massive. not only for everybody involved with for the club and the fans. it shows how far tottenham has come as a club and i have managed to see it since it was many years ago to where it is today. it will be a real special night for everybody involved and quite an emotional night for everybody. i think he is right. a very special and emotional night for tottenham. their players and manager who was in tea rs their players and manager who was in tears after they went through in dramatic fashion in the semifinals. but history could be on tottenham‘s site on saturday. they were actually the first british society try in a european competition. history on their side as a team. they beat
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atletico madrid away back in the final of the 1963. good history repeat itself? it has been a long and hard road to this point for the spurs. they have defied the odds along the way. adam wilde takes a look at how they have done it. ina week in a week when much has been made of english football‘s wearing journey for tottenham travellers tail went imagery come by some close to a miracle. it is been a journey that many felt might have been over before it really began. the theatre followed by the feet from the outset, it took a human strength just to get out of the group stages. a late late lucas morris strike in barcelona. we were just on our phones at the final whistle, saying it. it might held the game off and then we heard the noises at the spurs in. it spread like dominoes. a
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domino effect. when that feeling kicked in, we thought surely there cannot be any more drama after that. but i was wrong. if you back then would have believed just how wrong with them through the group stages and through the spurs march took on and through the spurs march took on a greater purpose most of a growing belief in this magical memories made. next across their path, borussia dortmund, spurs barely breaking stride. smiles widening. then to manchester, one of the all—time great european games in front of a quarterfinal against manchester city, spurs finding a way through. it was simply stunning. we we re through. it was simply stunning. we were not favoured. that was for sure. but it‘s a bit of luck. you make your own luck. we got through that one. i was running around my garden. probably the best selling i've had since the lucas goal. incredible. a roller coaster isn't even a way to put it. that is how mad it was that game. champions league! amsterdam would be the end of the road? spurs fans determined to enjoy. why wouldn‘t they felt
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that they already approved anything was possible. coming from three goals down, over half an hour remaining, that took some believing. i have watched that video over and over and over again. it isjust a dream that still has not hit. it is still has not hit now that we are here in the final. i don't know. just dominic only realising what had happened. fantastic front deserved it. didn't think about me. but the zone fights. now the final destination, just one step further. —— a book his own fly. 0ne destination, just one step further. —— a book his own fly. one final chapter in their travellers tail. we can talk to a couple of fans so we managed to get here to join us. emma from this tight in the supporter and neil atkinson. deliver full support of thought that we have
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been hearing about tottenham. —— a kind of thought that we have been hearing about tottenham. —— a totte n ha m hearing about tottenham. —— a tottenham supporter. can you quite believe you are here in the champions league final? no. i cannot. i am champions league final? no. i cannot. iam buzzing. the champions league final? no. i cannot. i am buzzing. the atmosphere is so good. everybody is having such a good time. let‘s hope we can continue it. mauricio pochettino taking a lot of credit for this. if he wins, he could be the end of his coaching career. what difference has he made to the spurs squad?‘ coaching career. what difference has he made to the spurs squad? a huge difference. if you look at a few seasons ago, we are quite dejected. he had really unified us. he will a lwa ys he had really unified us. he will always be special. even if he leaves. jurgen klopp gets a lot of credit for what is going on at liverpool. questions ask about both managers is had they delivered silverware. jurgen klopp not yet. if he doesn‘t, what do you think of him? i think both managers deserve so him? i think both managers deserve so much credit. we have to be kind to one another here. the idea that it is all about the silverware is not. it is about the process. it
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changes a little bit for us liverpool on saturday. this is a game they have to went to get a result of lots of it will be difficult to pick people back up. that is my bigger concern. not the idea ofjurgen that is my bigger concern. not the idea of jurgen klopp that is my bigger concern. not the idea ofjurgen klopp being a failure. he is not a failure. but the idea i think would be difficult to say those players who have like two consecutive champions league finals let's pick ourselves up and go again. that would be hard. both managers and clubs deserve an unbelievable amount of credit. where does this liverpool side of rank silverware are not amongst your great teams? it could be the best. and it might not win anything. we arguably possibly 24 hours away from arguably possibly 24 hours away from a harry kane 25 yarder or great golfers of all of a sudden you say they want nothing again got 97 points and get they played fantastic football. yet they are brilliant. no matter what 11 that goes on the pitch. it is so hard to say. i think we need to win this for themselves. we often talk about when he for the supporters. that is what the players
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would do but i think this matters more to those footballers into that manager. benedetto said this 30,000 liverpool supporters. — — manager. benedetto said this 30,000 liverpool supporters. —— it means more both of these birds will be huge. how do you see them winning this match? it will be really difficult. it will all hinge on a talisman harry kane. whether he decided to start him but the if he brings for 60 minutes, it will change the game. if he starts them, we will have to see how that is. we will see how bit he is. the bill that continues and we will be back later on. —— the build—up continues. thanks hugh — we will be back with hugh live in madrid later in the programme. for now, staying with football and neil lennon has been confirmed as celtic‘s permanent manager, on a rolling 12 month contract. lennon revealed on saturday he was offered the job in the dressing room showers after his side beat hearts at hampden to win the scottish cup
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and seal a historic treble treble. he replaced brenda rogers in february and got at the glove two and a title in a row and second stint in charge. —— rogers. and a title in a row and second stint in charge. -- rogers. trying to wina stint in charge. -- rogers. trying to win a fourth trouble, it is a big challenge. trying to still be the dominant team in the country, and obviously, we want to progress our own players through the ranks. we already looking at some of the hungry players who have done well. in recruitment will be important because there will be players leaving and we want to freshen things upa leaving and we want to freshen things up a little bit. karolina pliskova quest for a grand slam title has come to an end at the french open. the second seat was knocked out by petra marchers losing in straight sets. roger federer and rafael nadal are both true. content is on court right now. our tennis
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correspondent naomi lai, ted is joining us now from roland garris. naomi, how is konta getting on. she has got a tricky matchup. she is playing against viktoria kuzmova, a slug player and just very good on the clay, the sort of player that if you let her into a match and get her teeth and to come she can cause you huge amounts of problems. if you really get on top of her, she can fade away quite quickly. the good news isjoint fade away quite quickly. the good news is joint account that hasn‘t less or win a game. it is very love to the british number one. off to a flying start. —— johanna konta to the british number one. off to a flying start. ——johanna konta had to let her win again. or carry clean—up, the immigrants some title continues. i think many people as favourites. —— the search for a title. she went to rome. she was playing a very strong clay—court. she really was on form. she beat her
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