hello and welcome to sportsday. hello — and welcome to the programme. where leicester city have made history, winning a first ever fa cup. they beat chelsea in the final at wembley. in front 20,000 fans who got see it inside the ground. it's a special win for the club, and manager brendan rodgers. and we cross live now, to wembley, and join our natalie pirks. — this was a fitting final for the fans to be part of again. as you say, for brendan rodgers, his seventh win in seven finals. another momentous day in the history of this football club. they have been to four fa cup finals in the past in the last one was 52 years ago. they have never won it and finally and

how because the goal that won it really will go down in history. 0ne really will go down in history. one of the one—day strikes of the fa cup. and if you have not seen it just prepare yourself. bea be a welcome sound of over 20,000 fans, the biggest crowd england first went into lockdown. the cup final has always been special but today felt even more significant. chelsea are eight times winners of this competition whereas leicester were looking to put their name on the trophy for the first time. it was the blues from london who had the better of the first half though. there was this a warning not quite. as you can see the rain brought the needed to improvise. far as you can see the rain brought the needed to improvise.— as you can see the rain brought the i needed to improvise._ the needed to improvise. far enough. the name is needed to improvise. far enough. the game is about — needed to improvise. far enough. the game is about to _ needed to improvise. far enough. the game is about to come _ needed to improvise. far enough. the game is about to come alive _ needed to improvise. far enough. the game is about to come alive with - needed to improvise. far enough. the game is about to come alive with a - game is about to come alive with a moment of magic. a girl to fit the

occasion. the inevitable response came from chelsea but in the way they found a great dane. not one but two world—class saves. still time for one last bit of drama. chelsea thought they had got the equaliser but in the modern game celebrations can be pre—mature. leicester city win the fa cup for the first time in their history. a team so familiar with fairy tales has added another to their collection. victory was not just about history and emotions. a big warning shot to chelsea who must face them yet again on tuesday in a straight shoot—out for champions league qualification in the premier league. chelsea lost to arsenal in midweek and there but this defeat now. they are losing momentum at

exactly the wrong time but today of was about leicester. the wonder strike and wonderful saves. the drama with the va are intervention in the dying moments and the emotion at the final whistle with the owner pointing to the heavens as he tragically lost his father three years ago and that is what this has been all about. the players paid tribute to the owners with the final whistle on what they are building and five years on from winning the league they have made history all over again. we will certainly remember this match for a very, very long time. an emotional end to the game there. let's get some more reaction. his goal was the difference. it reaction. his goal was the difference.— reaction. his goalwas the difference. , ., , difference. it feels really good. i think it is amazing. _ difference. it feels really good. i think it is amazing. really - difference. it feels really good. i think it is amazing. really glad l difference. it feels really good. i | think it is amazing. really glad to score the goal and help the team to win the game so it was a really

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3—1 at st mary's with subtitute nathan tella scoring his first senior goal for the club. theo walcott fired home the saints' third as they completed back to back league wins for the first time since december. and there's one more game in the premier league to come — brighton are home to west ham, kick off not too far away at all. the hammers still chasing fourth spot. a win tonight, and they go above liverpool into 5th. rangers completed an unbeaten season, with a comprehensive 4—0 win over aberdeen, in the scottish premiership. it's a 55th overall title for the club — and a first for manager steven gerrard, asjoe lynsky reports. this is the summit of rangers decade long journey. this is the summit of rangers decade longjourney. nine this is the summit of rangers decade long journey. nine years ago they were sent down to the fourth tier and now are back at the top in a season unbeaten. 0n the pitch and in

the streets they mark the ibrox invincible is. the 53rd league title could be the most special. they ended this season how they started it, against aberdeen. and to reach perfection it is not always pretty. rangers opened the scoring with an own goal off the keeper. before half—time it was 2—0. he led the line for rangers and as the champion top scorer. this goal for three line for rangers and as the champion top scorer. this goalfor three nil was clearly his. this team are transformed by steven gerard who, in its third season at the club, has his first career league title. he played in a world cup with england alongside defoe who, at 38 are still playing and scoring. it was on this day in 2011 rangers last won the league. the season ends how it has been through the year. another game, another win.

another game, another win. the other games in the scottish premiership today both finished goalless. a draw was enough for stjohnstone to clinch fifth place in the table meaning they're guaranteed a place in the new uefa conference league next seaon. we also have the second leg of the championship play—off — which has just kicked off — dundee against raith rovers, dundee with a 3—goal advantage there. leicester tigers edged a thrilling match at welford road, to beat harlequins 35 points to 29 in the premiership. quins pulled back to within six points at one stage, but the damage was done in the first half. zack henry making the game safe for leicester — who go 6th, with harlequins remaining 4th. wasps fought back from 16—19 down. to beat worcester. despite being a man short after ben morris was sent off. somewhere in the middle of that maul is tommy taylor, and his try helped secure a win that keeps wasps in contention for next season's european champions cup. 23—19 the final score. and cardiff blues claimed a late victory over scarlets. in the pro14 rainbow cup after a second half of drama.

scarlets came back from a 10 point defecit at half time, to take the lead. with a try from angus 0'brien but the blues regained the lead minutes later with this kick from jared evans to win 29 points 28. let's get quick look at some of the day's other sports stories now. zlatan ibrahimovic will miss this summer's european champioships for sweden, after suffering a knee injury in his club side milan's 3—0 victory overjuventus last weekend. the former man united striker has scored 62 goals in 118 appearances for the national side, and only came out of international retirement in march this year. england captainjoe root was bowled out for 99 as yorkshire took charge of their county championship match against glamorgan. in response, they closed on 108 for three in their second innings, leading by 27 runs. great britain's liam heath has added canoeing world cup gold to his collection. he won the k1200—metres in hungary, which will give him a real boost as he prepares to defend his 0lympic title injuly. he qualified for the games two years

ago, when he regained the world title over the same distance. tom daley and matty lee have won gold at the european diving championships in budapest the pair were competing in the 10 metre synchronised dive and pulled off an impressive performance — and a personal best score — as they continue their preparations ahead of the olympic games in tokyo. the duo also won world cup gold at the olympic test event injapan earlier this month, and daley says they can still get better. it's the first—ever time i have one a synchronised gold medal. i think they were five points higher than our previous personal best so, you know, really happy. 0ur our previous personal best so, you know, really happy. our last dive was not the best we could have done it but at the end of the day there is still room for improvement and we have got, like, eight weeks, nine weeks until we compete at the olympics so some room for 0lympics so some room for improvement but very happy right now. novak djokovic is playing lorenzo sonego in the semi—finals

of the italian 0pen. djokovic won the first set 6—3 and sonego leads 3— 2 in the second. the winner will face rafa nadal in the final. the spaniard knocked out the american reilly 0pelka in straight sets in their semi. nadal is aiming for a tenth title in rome. and finally, a nice story from the world golf. as england's richard bland won the british masters — to become to oldest first—time winner on the european tour. the 48 year—old had gone a77 events without a victory, but this putt, in a play—off with italy's guido migliozzi at the belfry. finally got him over the line. that's all from sportsday. the weather is very unreliable for outdoor plans at the moment.

i am sure you don't need me to tell you that. sunny skies one minutes, the next a drenching downpour comes along. some downpours on sunday will be heavy indeed with thunder and hail. now, this is how saturday turned out. a band of patchy rain that drifted northwards. getting into the far south of scotland. through the far south of that, we have a mix of sunshine and showers with some showers heavy indeed. they will fade to some extent tonight at their east anglia and northern england will be cloudy with patchy rain but notice, to the early hours before dawn on sunday morning the showers or pep up down towards the south of england and that is a sign of things to come because this area of low pressure during tomorrow is going to take up residence right on top of the uk and that means the air will be very unstable. though showery clouds will be able to bubble up very quickly and very badly and some

of the downpours will be very heavy indeed. getting going the first thing over the south—west of the grenade spreading over england and wales and northern ireland, southern scotland. thundering with strong and gusty winds with the strongest winds overall to be found towards the south of england and channel islands particularly in coastal areas. top temperatures in the best of the sunshine between 11 and 16 degrees. of scotland, but even here there could be the odd hefty one in the afternoon and on into the evening. some of the showers will fade through the night but that is not the end of this unsettled weather story because low pressure will still be close by on monday. the centre below drifting further research may be that the showers can fog across eastern areas in the further west you are there is a decent chance that you won't see too many showers and it may well stay dry for example across parts of northern ireland in western scotland with some spells of sunshine. top temperatures during monday again no great shakes. 12—16 and at the same sort

of weather pattern continues throughout the coming week with showers or longer spells of rain, downpours very heavy and possibly thundery. temperatures below normal for the of year though there will still be some sunny spells.

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight: people in areas where the indian variant of coronavirus is spreading are urged to get a covid vaccination. testing and vaccination are really important measures that we have, i suppose, in the tool box for controlling outbreaks. a gaza city tower block, used by international media offices, has been destroyed by the israeli military. they claim it was housing hamas military assets. hamas was using that building. its military intelligence had assets in that building that were part of the hamas war machine. meanwhile in london, thousands of pro—palestinian protesters marched to the gates of the israeli embassy. wreath laying services have

been held across the uk