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the premier league title race is still alive after manchester united win at villa. and from pole to chequered flag, hamilton wins in spain to stretch his lead in the formula 1 championship. good evening to you. chelsea have won the women's super league title for the second season in a row, a 5—0 victory over reading ending any hopes manchester city had of pipping them to the title on the final day of the season. we'll hearfrom chelsea head coach emma hayes in a moment, but first jo currie reports from kingsmeadow. history in their sights. chelsea aware that a win at home to reading would notjust hand them the league title but also their second trophy in a potential quadruple win campaign.
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and when you're chasing silverware, well, quick starts can be crucial. barely a minute on the clock when melanie leupolz�*s strike it —— strike put the home team ahead. questions may be asked about the goalkeeping. it seemed the only knockout blow could come from each other. captain magdalena eriksson eventually shaking this off to carry on. just before the break, fran kirby and sam kerr combining as they have done so many times this season, a 1—2, and chelsea had doubled their lead. a change of ends but no change of pace. the kerr—kirby strikeforce striking again — kerr holding the ball up before setting up her partner for her second of the game. minutes later and kirby returned the favour, this time kerr netting her 21st goal of the season, and with it bagging the golden boot. it was becoming a question not if chelsea would win but by how many. their fifth was courtesy of this scrappy effort, with erin cuthbert getting it over the line. job done and in ruthless fashion.
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champions again, chelsea defending their title and along with the league cup trip they've already won the season. in a week's time, they play in theirfirst ever champions league final, when this set of players are hoping to continue that winning feeling. jo currie, bbc news, kingsmeadow. yes, jo saying it could get even better. they either has to work quadruple. —— they eye that. myjob has always been to put them into the position where they can compete. when they are sat grey and old, it is going to be these things to talk about. of course the friendships, but winning. for all my players, i am not sorry for what i put you through this season, i'm happy, because to put this in your cabinet is another reason
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why chelsea are the best team in the country, and i am just grateful to be given the opportunity to lead them, to be honest. we knew when we came back in this time that— we knew when we came back in this time that we wanted to lift that trophy— time that we wanted to lift that trophy for real this time. and i think_ trophy for real this time. and i think will— trophy for real this time. and i think will be all set in our partners _ think will be all set in our partners during... we said, we are not finishing — partners during... we said, we are not finishing the season without winning — not finishing the season without winning every trophy, so that's our plan _ winning every trophy, so that's our plan we _ winning every trophy, so that's our plan. we have got two more to go. and, _ plan. we have got two more to go. and. yeah. — plan. we have got two more to go. and, yeah, it's amazing right now. confirmation of the day's other matches in the wsl. manchester city 1—0 winners over west ham. they finish two points behind chelsea. bristol city are relegated. they lost to britain. —— they lost to brighton. manchester united secured the victory needed to keep the premier league title race alive. defeat to aston villa would have seen rivals city win it today and despite going behind at villa park, united came back to to win 3—1.
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here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. manchester city waited for the title, but when and where? let's visit birmingham. where's bertrand traore going? he knew. aston villa winning — and for title significance, it was manchester united losing. second half, all change. there was probably no need for douglas luiz to challenge paul pogba like that. yeah, it's a penalty. and so stepped forward bruno fernandes, the way he steps forward. he was ice cool from the spot! three minutes later, the turn. it's greenwood on the turn this time! mason greenwood saw a gap and guided the ball right into it. united now winning, therefore city still waiting. this match in fact became another of the fine united comebacks, completed by edinson cavani. like that, the title remains a race, or rather, at least, it waits for another day. joe wilson, bbc news. yeah, united still ten points behind manchester city with four games left to play.
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they face leicester and liverpool before the leaders next play. manager ole gunnar solskjaer has been speaking to match of the day's steve wilson. great result. that takes a little bit of the pressure away on having to get results, because the next two, they are against two very good teams. you can't worry about manchester city, really, but you want them to have to win it, i guess, rather than because you haven't won a game. yeah, it is... unlikely anything is going to... that is the biggest upset in football history, but at least we don't travel to go back to parties on the blue side tonight. there's quite a scrap for the other european places. west ham's hopes of qualifying for the champions league have taken a knock. a first—half dominic calvert—lewin goal was enough for everton to beat them i—o. vladimir coufal did hit the post for the hammers in the second half, but the rebound didn't fall kindly for jarrod bowen. everton went on to hit the woodwork themselves, through substitutejosh king. west ham are now five points behind fourth—placed leicester with three games to play.
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brighton were beaten by wolves despite taking the lead thorugh lewis dunk�*s header. dunk was sent off to leave brighton with ten men. adama traore scored the equaliser for wolves in the second half before morgan gibbs—white scored the late winner, his first premier league goal. brighton are ten points clear of the relegation zone but still not mathematically safe yet. there is the other game under way, have time between arsenal and west brom. arsenal are 2—0 up against west brom, the baggies going down, they would be relegated, as it stands. stjohnstone are into the scottish cup final. they beating st mirren 2—1 in today's semifinal at hampden park. goals from chris kane and glenn middleton put them in their second final of the season,
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conor mccarthy pulling one back for st mirren five minutes from time. stjohnstone, who have already won the league cup, play hibs in just under a fortnight. in the scottish women's premier league, glasgow city extended their lead at the top of the table. they beat rangers 2—0. costa rican midfielder priscilla chinchilla scored both goals in the first half at rangers training centre. they're now six points clear of their glasgow rivals with seven games to play. it's now three wins in four races for lewis hamilton. the world champion started on pole, the 100th of his career, at the spanish grand prix, but victory over his title rival max verstappen wasn't that straightforward. ben croucher reports. a winnerfor the 98th time in f1, lewis hamilton has become the master of making the extraordinary look oh so simple. in spain, this was a lesson in patience, in picking the time to strike.
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his main rival max verstappen had his chance right at the start, elbows out into turn 1, no way through for hamilton. for lap after lap, he hounded the dutchman to no avail. so instead, his team decided to switch things up — a set of fresh tyres and the chase was on. how far have i got to catch up? currently 22 seconds — you've done it before. | in 22 laps, too. and in the red bull corner... i don't see how we're going to make it. he was right, as the champion timed his attack with six laps to go and into the lead for good. hamilton and his team in perfect harmony. to all the men and women in the team, you guys just continue to impress me. thank you so much for the hard work. ben croucher, bbc news. a quick look now at some of the day's other top stories. filippo ganna, the italian rider with the british ineos grenadiers team, leads the giro d'italia after stage two. he finished safely in the main bunch, to lead by 13 seconds. belgium's tim merlier sprinted to victory.
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on the final day of the walker cup, the amateur version of the ryder cup, the united states lead great britain and ireland byjust one point. it's 8.5 to 7.5 going into the final singles matches. and rory mcilroy�*s final round is under way as he looks for his win since november 2019. he's currently second on eight under par at the wells fargo championship in north carolina, one shot off leader keith mitchell. harlequins fly half marcus smith reminded warren gatland of his talents after missing out on selection for the british and irish lions in a remarkable game against wasps at the stoop. in a free—scoring game with 12 tries, iii—man quins trailed by eight points with just a few minutes remaining only for the england fly half to pop up with his second try of the game. he then converted it himself for a 48—16 win. that keeps them in contention for the premiership play—offs.
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what a game! cardiff blues edged out dragons by 17—16 in the second round of the pro ia rainbow cup. despite losing their lead after centre owen lane was sent off for this foul, the hosts fought back to win at cardiff arms park. replacement lock teddy williams�* converted try giving cardiff their first win in this season's competition. the world athletics president lord coe says athletes must be prepared to make sacrifices when competing at the olympics this summer, with the pandemic continuing to impact the hosts japan. a national state of emergency remains across large parts of the country, including tokyo, with competitors unlikely to enjoy many of the freedoms of previous games. the japanese public remain fearful that the arrival of over 10,000 athletes from 200 different countries could lead to a further rise in cases. in order to compete and in order to be at a games that has some of the most challenging complexities
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attached to it, there are sacrifices that we are going to have to make. and i can tell you we'll not do anything to put in jeopardy themselves or the local communities. british boxer billyjoe saunders will undergo surgery on multiple fractures to his eye socket following last night's defeat by canelo alvarez in their super—middleweight unification fight in dallas. it was held in front of 73,000 fans — a record crowd for an indoor boxing event in america. saunders appeared to be growing into the contest before an uppercut from alvarez in the eighth round saw his team throw in the towel. promoter eddie hearn has confirmed that saunders remained in hospital overnight. finally, we've all had to adjust to social distancing measures in the last year or so. these next pictures prove that people have moved with the times. how about this for an idea — tokyo olympics, take note — winners receiving their medals via a covid—secure drone at the rhythmic gymnastics world cup
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in baku on sunday. just a reminder of our top story. manchester united keeping the title reads alive, not losing against aston villa stop from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. —— keeping their title dreams alive. hello. a week of sunshine and showers to come, not as cold as last week, and no frost overnight. but temperatures only close to average for the time of year. overnight, some showers will continue, particularly across western areas, an area of rain pushing further east through england, along which there could well be some heavy and thundery bursts of rain to come. and temperatures, well, holding up in mainly the range of around 7—12 celsius. into tomorrow, it may start with a bit of rain close to the north sea coast of england first thing before that clears away. it may well head towards the northern isles, especially shetland. later in the day,
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it turns very wet here. elsewhere, there will be some sunny spells. there will be quite a bit of cloud around. catch a shower, it could well be heavy, possibly thundery, there could be some hail in this as well. gusty winds around the showers, especially in england and wales. this is where it will be windiest, these average speeds could gust around 40—16 mph or so. temperatures mainly around 13—17 celsius, quite pleasant if you get to see some sunshine. actually, quite a lot of that across east anglia and southeast england to end the day.
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this is bbc news, the headlines at 8pm... the labour leader sir keir starmer prepares to reshuffle his team after the party's disappointing performance in the elections. he's already removed his deputy, angela rayner, as campaigns chief. that's what you do in leadership — you take responsibility, you don't scapegoat goat and blame others, you take it on the chin. they are hard calls, but it is for him to choose the team he wants and get people in the positions he wants us in. some good news for labour, though, as tracy brabin is elected as the first mayor of west yorkshire. but she'll have to resign her westminster seat, triggering a by—election in batley and spen. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, warns it would be "completely outrageous" for the westminster government to block a second independence referendum. the government is expected to end the advice against hugging each

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