hi there, good evening. welcome to sportsday. i'm chetan pathak. coming up on tonight's programme: on the verge of becoming premier league champions again — manchester city beat crystal palace to move within touching distance of the title. swansea dent derby's hopes of survival, in a dramatic day at the bottom of the championship. max verstappen is left thinking of what could have been as valtteri bottas claims pole for the portuguese grand prix, with lewis hamilton second. and agony for geraint thomas, who misses out on taking the yellow jersey at the tour de romandie after crashing just short of the finishing line.

welcome along, thank you forjoining us. what a few days this could be for manchester city. on tuesday, they're hoping to reach their first champions league final. before that, they could be crowned premier league champions, if manchester united lose to liverpool at old trafford tomorrow. city did theirjob this afternoon, with a 2—0 win at crystal palace, asjoe lynskey reports. manchester city know they're close. a third title in four years is just two points away. if results go for them, they could have it sealed tomorrow. they played crystal palace three days on from a champions league semifinal so might have been rusty. christian benteke had this chance to give the home side the lead. and in a frustrating first half, city's timing was off. gabrieljesus thought he had scored but was offside. but even when city rotate their

squad, they have goals in reserve. this was sergio aguero, starting and scoring. commentator: that's how you do it! he's now scored 182 league goals and leaves the club this summer. aguero hands over to their young players coming through. one of them is ferran torres. they've got another one. the 21—year—old sealed a 2—0 win. now, even their manager is excited. you're nearly there. how do you feel tonight? so incredible, satisfied. after the champions league, always difficult. we are one step closer. one more game, we will be champions. in this compressed and hectic season, city have played 55 games. now to win the premier league, they're one result away. joe lynskey, bbc news. at the other end of the table, brighton have all but secured premier league football for another season after they beat leeds 2—0. the first came from the penalty

spot — danny welbeck brought down, pascal gross making no mistake. and welbeck got on the scoresheet himself late on. great touch, great goal. brighton up to 14th. and they're ten points clear of fulham, who have moved closer to relegation. they lost 2—0 at chelsea. kai havertz with the first. and the german got his and chelsea's second shortly after half—time. fulham 18th, nine points off safety. chelsea stay fourth — two points behind leicester in third. the fight for survival at the bottom of the championship has just intensified further, after both sheffield wednesday and derby county failed to get the wins they needed today. they face each other next week on the final day of the season — when either, or both, could be relegated. stuart pollitt reports. is time almost up for sheffield wednesday in the championship? with financial worries, points deductions and three managers,

it's been a sorry season. this defensive farce just about summed up the situation — kieran westwood clattering anthony knockaert. talk about shooting yourself in the foot when you're at the foot of the table. the goalkeeper did make immediate amends, though, saving lewis grabban�*s spot kick. but the hosts needed a goal and ideally a win. josh windass came closest. heads were down at the final whistle, but the owls were not quite out. derby needed a draw at swansea to send them down — but after five defeats in a row, that's easier said than done for wayne rooney's side. tom lawrence's header gave the visitors the lead, initial relief for the rams, but two swansea strikes in a minute threw things wide open. morgan whittaker�*s effort just crossed the line, and then no doubt about this one from connor roberts. elsewhere, wickham's went in a rather from draw means all three

relegation places are not technically confirmed, with derby facing sheffield wednesday on the final day. time for a few more grey hairs to reveal themselves in rooney's beard. stuart pollitt, bbc news. while nerves will be jangling on the final day of the season at the bottom of the table, there are no such worries for norwich. having won promotion a couple of weeks ago, today, they secured the championship title after beating reading 4—1, leading to these jubilant scenes at carrow road. three points separate the bottom three after a dramatic day in the scottish premiership. ross county moved out the bottom two after ending a five—game winless run, beating dundee united 2—0. hamilton stay bottom despite their win over st mirren but are now two points behind kilmarnock, who drop into the relegation play—off spot after defeat by motherwell. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. and there was an exciting finish to the first classic horse race of the season — the 2000 guineas. it was won by poetic flair, in the white, at 16—1,

who just beat master of the seas, in a photo finish at newmarket. seeking a first atp tour singles title, britain's cameron norrie is through to the final of the estoril open in portugal after beating former wimbledon finalist marin cilic in straight sets. great win for norrie. jo konta, though, is out of the madrid open. tom daley and matty lee have marked their return to competition with a synchronised ten metre gold at the fina world cup injapan. it's an official test event for the tokyo olympics and the first competition for m months for the pair, who've already qualified for the games. lewis hamilton's 100th pole position is going to have to wait, it's his mercedes team—mate valterri bottas who will start tomorrow's portuguese grand prix on pole. red bull's max verstappen salvaged third, but it could have been different in portimao, as nick parrott reports. valtteri bottas was becoming a forgotten man in the excitement

of this formula 1 season. after crashing out of the last race, he set about reminding everyone he wants to be part of the tussle in portugal. in qualifying, it was the finn taking the lead in trying to deny lewis hamilton the 100th pole of his career. max verstappen is the one being tipped to take the briton�*s world title, but he was struggling in the windy conditions. his first run in the final session would have been quick enough for pole, but he was blown off course and his time deleted. instead, bottas was fastest of the first run. verstappen couldn't get close on his only attempt. and hamilton was an agonising seven—thousands of a second behind his mercedes team—mate. the car in front in the last two corners just disturbed you, especially with the low group we already have, any tough wind out here. it basically cost me a lot of

lap time. here. it basically cost me a lot of la- time. , here. it basically cost me a lot of la. time, , ., , here. it basically cost me a lot of la- time. ., , ., here. it basically cost me a lot of la- time. .,, ., feels like it has been a while, so it was a good qualifying. it's been a weak point for me the first two races. i don't think we can never be satisfied. i that's what we exist to do, - is to continue to push forward. but i'm definitely happy. with the work we're doing. verstappen might be down, but he's certainly not out. he won the last race from third, so mercedes know not to get too excited. nick parrott, bbc news. next to agony for geraint thomas, who was denied victory on the fourth stage of the tour of romandie after crashing within sight of the finish line. he was on course to take the overall lead even if he hadn't won the stage, but the tricky conditions in switzerland took him by surprise. down he went. canada's michael woods pressed on to take the victory and the lead of the race. thomas finished third and remains second overall trailing by 11 seconds, with the final stage tomorrow.

there's set to be two thrilling finishes in both semifinals at the crucible theatre in sheffield tonight. shaun murphy and kyren wilson resumed at 12—12. it is now 111—12 to murphy. we are bring you like pictures of a match you can watch on bbc two. first to 17 frames will reach tomorrow's final. and we still don't know whether it'll be mark selby or stuart bingham who will be in that final. they'll resume at the end of murphy v wilson, having failed to finish earlier. selby hit a break of 132 to move within one frame of victory at 16—14, but bingham kept his chances alive with a break of 85 in the next. time now for more of the day's other sport stories. and six—time world champion marc marquez had a lucky escape after crashing at 120 miles per hour in practice for the spanish motogp. medical checks have cleared him to race, but he'll start from 14th. championship leader fabio quartararo claimed pole for tomorrow's race. toulouse are through to rugby union's champions cup final for the first time in

more than a decade. they beat bordeaux 21—9. leinster take on la rochelle tomorrow in the second semifinal. and pakistan eased to victory in their first test against zimbabwe in harare. hasim ali took five wickets to help bowl zimbabwe out for 134, meaning pakistan win by an innings and 116 runs. the second and final test starts next friday. tonight sees one of the most eagerly—anticipated fights in women's boxing. ireland's katie taylor, the undisputed world champion at lightweight, defends herfour belts against england's natasha jonas, at manchester arena. the pair have history — they fought nine years ago as amateurs at the london olympics, where taylor beatjonas on her way to winning gold. jonas quit boxing in 2015, but after having a baby, she returned to the ring two years later. taylor doesn't believe their previous fight will have much bearing on this one.

i always treat every fight as if it is going to do my hardest fight to date. this fight is no different. she is obviously technically very good. she is coming off her best performance as well. she had a bit of a rocky start to her pro career, but in her last few fights, she's shown that she does deserve to be on the stage, so it's going to be a fantastic fight and i hope it will be a show stealer. i've never turned down a challenge. i've always rose to the occasions when asked. this is the reason i got back into boxing, so why would i not present the best version of myself? if you can't get yourself up to be a world champion, then you're probably in the wrong sport. and before we go, time to tell you about a special programme on the bbc news channel tonight looking at the tumultuous events surrounding the european super league — it's aptly called

three days that shook football. you can watch it from 8.30pm — here's a taste. if this were to happen, it has the potential to end the club game as we know it. it's not right, what they're trying to do. it's not competitive. it's a closed shop. for people, greedy people, tojust come in and treat it| like their own personal hedge fund is disgusting. _ it's disgraceful, it's disgusting, and i say three strong words, enough is enough. i'm going to give my personal opinion. i don't like it one bit and hope it doesn't happen. the ramifications of this, i think, we'll be - talking about in years to come.

yeah, do watch that from 8:30pm if you can. that's all from me and the sportsday team for now. thanks for watching. good afternoon. the best of the sunshine for saturday was certainly first thing. shower cloud developed through the latter stages of the morning, and some of those showers are quite heavy and slow—moving, so if you're out during the early evening, that's worth bearing in mind. overnight, those showers will tend to fade away. and under clearer skies, we do it all again. that means temperatures likely to fall close or just below freezing, the blue tones denoting where we could see a frost first thing in rural areas. a chilly start to sunday, patchy mist easing away to sunny spells and scattered showers. once again, some of these could be heavy with hail and thunder. all change for bank holiday monday.

this area of low pressure expected to come in off the atlantic, some wet and windy weather arrives through northern ireland, gradually moving into southern scotland, north—west england and wales, perhaps staying showery in the far north of scotland, and south—east england should stay dry until the end of the afternoon. top temperatures 7—12 celsius.

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