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and naomi osaka is threatened with disqualification from the french open over her media boycott. good evening and thank you for joining us. chelsea have done it, crowned champions league winners after beating manchester city with celebrations going well into the night. was it thomas tuchel�*s masterclass, or did pep guardiola get his team selection wrong? laura scott has been gauging the mood from the fans that were lucky enough to be out in porto. up early to remind anyone who might have forgotten that chelsea are champions of europe again. but while there was elation for one
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set of fans this morning, elsewhere there was deflation, and not just for the giant trophy. what's done is done, we've just got to move on and go on for next year. do you know what, we've come here, we've had a ball and we're going home. champions of england, there is nothing more you can say. we know what we are, we know what we are! | no way to explain it, really, just buzzing. it's great when you are the underdogs and you win, that's the best feeling. but for chelsea fanjack, he missed the one thing he came here for, after a few too many of these. was it the final that you'd hoped for? well, i had a ticket, a50 quid, and i didn't make it into the stadium, so i watched it around some portuguese people's house, they were very nice. on the night, the english champions were outsmarted by thomas tuchel�*s chelsea. early chances for both sides came and went, butjust before half—time, the blues found the crucial breakthrough. their most expensive ever player, kai havertz, justifying his pay packet. chance for chelsea! a moment greeted byjubilant scenes.
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pep guardiola had taken a tactical gamble with his team selection, but he couldn't find the key and when this last—gasp chance by riyad mahrez missed, it was over. the chelsea celebrations didn't take long and stretched far and wide. a boyhood dream realised for the club's academy graduate mason mount. the staging of the final here at short notice hasn't been without controversy, but as the city quietens down again, authorities say it has largely played out smoothly and peacefully. there were some concerns from locals about the potential impact on covid, and from that perspective, the success of this event will take a while longer to establish. at the end of this most unusual of seasons, chelsea and english football on top in europe once more. laura scott, bbc news, porto. it's been a really impressive end of the season for chelsea manager thomas tuchel, who, remember, only replaced frank
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lampard four months ago. the former chelsea winger pat nevin says that the german deserves all the credit for leading the club to european glory. they just don't seem to lose goals at all, even against the best, incredible the way they are playing, and the growth and ability of players, they were brilliant players before, and even better now. n'golo kante has been playing outstanding. i want to say world—class but it is galactico class, last night he was special and the best on the field. every single player, even the ones that have struggled before, havertz scored the winning goal and he will be special. it's taken a while to get the best out of him. he's got the tactics brilliantly right, he gets the best out
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of his players and he's making making the chelsea hierarchy smile and they may keep him on for another year. chelsea are very interesting now because they squeezed into the top four anyway but they didn't need that in the end because they won the champions league. they are a team, you look at it now, and think they are going to challenge next season. they keep playing the way they are, they will add players and thomas tuchel�*s team will be stronger next season than they are this season because of the maturing of the younger players and those that they will bring in. but i wouldn't be surprised if they end up challenging to win the premier league. if you had asked me that two or three months ago i would have questioned your sanity. what a day it's been for blackpool after securing promotion back to the championship. they've beaten lincoln city 2—1 at wembley in the league one play—off final. and it was a rollercoaster of an afternoon for the seasiders. nesta mcgregor reports. most of us have a re—occurring dream about work, and chances
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are footballers are no different. so, picture this, blackpool versus lincoln, the league one play—off final at wembley in glorious sunshine. perfect. the thing about dreams, some turn into nightmares. just 47 seconds in, ollie turton turned the ball into his own net. despite conceding so early, the seasiders never looked in a panic on their big day out. dougall! it has crept in! kenny dougall with a rare goal. just minutes into the second half of the australian defensive midfielder may have been pinching himself... he's done it again! ..to check this really wasn't a dream. and even when reality did hit, the realisation was blackpool and its fans are on cloud nine. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. elsewhere, ian baraclough has got his first win as northern ireland manager after his side beat malta 3—0 in a friendly behind closed doors.
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ali mccann, who won the scottish cup with stjohnstone last week, scored his first international goal. premiership champions exeter have booked a home play—off semi—final after thrashing newcastle by 74—3. it's the chiefs�* record win in the top flight, with this try from henry slade one of 12 they ran in. harlequins women have won their first premier 15s title. they beat saracens by 25—17 at kingsholm. quins managed to hold on, despite an impressive comeback from saracens and also going down to 13 players. great britain finished third at the european team athletics championships in poland. lawrence okoye won the discus in his first gb appearance since london 2012. while the victory for beth dobbin in the 200 metres was inside the olympic qualifying time.
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it's one of the sporting signs of springtime, as the french open has started today in paris. and there's already been plenty of controversy. the world number two, naomi osaka, has been fined and threatened with disqualification if she continues to boycott media duties, a decision she says is to protect her mental health. adam wild has more. paris in the sunshine. after a year of disruption this was the french open back where it belongs. but arriving at roland garros, all the talk was of who wouldn't talk. behind the mask here, naomi osaka, not yet on court but already courting controversy. her refusal to do post—match press conferences to protect her mental health has divided opinion. her extraordinary talent, though, quite beyond debate. already a global sporting icon but yet to prove herself on clay. perhaps this was the year.
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against romania's patricia maria tig she was forced to fight but ultimately found her feet, through to the second round, without serious concern, at least, not on court, good to her word, not a word to the press afterwards, prompting tournament organisers to point out that she chose not to honour her contractual media obligations. the referee, therefore, issued her with a $15,000 fine. they add to the mental health of players is of utmost importance to the grand slams, but should she continue to ignore her media obligations during the tournament, she would be exposing herself to possible further code of conduct infringement consequences, including default from the tournament, more substantial fines and future grand slam suspensions. she may be one of sport's biggest stars but it seems naomi osaka staying silent doesn't mean there won't be a row. adam wild, bbc news.
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it was a day to forget for british number one, dan evans. he was knocked out by world number a8, miomir kecmanovic, despite winning the first set 6—1. but the serb hit back to win the next three sets, and leave evans still searching for a first singles win at roland garros. elsewhere, two—time finalist dominic thiem has also been knocked out. motor racing has been mourning the death of swiss moto3 rider jason dupasquier. a minute's silence was held ahead of the main race. dupasquier was struck by another bike afterfalling during qualifying at the mugello circuit yesterday, and died of his injuries today. he was just 19 years old. polesitter fabio ouartararo won the race to claim his third win of the year, and afterwards he dedicated his victory to dupasquier. and, after winning the tour de france back in 2019, colombian egan bernal has added the pinkjersey of the giro d'italia to his grand tour collection. it's after he wrapped up victory in milan today
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following the final time trial stage. drew savage was watching. after three weeks of tough racing, all the hard work finally paid off for egan bernal and the ineos grenadiers team. the maglia rosa on his back was finally his to keep. the colombian�*s second grand tour title and the 12th won by sir dave brailsford's british team. stage victory on the day too for bernal�*s team—mate filippo ganna. the giro d'italia ends not with a procession but a competitive time trial finishing by milan's duomo. not without its risks, remi cavagna only posted the second fastest time behind ganna. britain's hugh carthy would also slip in the standings from seventh to eighth overall. but no final—day drama for the leaders, simon yates confirmed his third place overall having challenged for the lead in the final week. damiano caruso claimed second, the italian crowd cheered their new hero as he gained 30 seconds on bernal. but the colombian had
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enough in hand to claim top spot on the podium by 1.29, and with it a very well earned drink. drew savage, bbc news. that's all the sport for now. just time to tell you that you can follow the announcement of the wales squad for the euros right now over on the bbc sport website. there's less than two weeks to go until the tournament starts on 11th june. have a lovely evening. bye for now. beautiful evening out there after a beautiful day. warmest day of the year for scotland, northern ireland and wales, and monday is going to be every bit as warm and sunny. here's a recent picture from devon, from one of our weather watchers, but not all coastal areas were quite as sunny. in fact, this is the scottish coast, on the north sea,
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we had haar and sea frets. this is low, grey cloud, sometimes mist and fog, stuck in an area of high pressure. you can see it affected the coast of aberdeenshire there. and earlier on, actually, it was quite cloudy in many eastern areas of the uk. through the course of the night, it's a case of clear skies across most of the uk, but notice that this sea cloud and murk is going to drift inland again. temperatures overnight, double figures in bigger towns and cities. in rural spots, it could dip down to around 5 degrees. so tomorrow morning starts off pretty cloudy again in the east, but soon the cloud burns back to the coast and we're left with a stunning sunny day. temperatures will rise to around 2a or 25 further south, into the low 20s in the lowlands of scotland, as well, so a beautiful bank holiday monday on the way. here is tuesday's weather forecast. a weather front is approaching, but i think it will stayjust across western parts of ireland. the possibility of a shower in the west of northern ireland, but for the rest of us, it's a warm day, in fact,
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quite a hot day. temperatures up to 25 or even 26 celsius, it will be the warmest day of the week. then the dreaded word, it goes downhill from around mid week onwards. this is wednesday's weather map. you can see low pressure is approaching from the south, but this low pressure isn't going to bring cold air. it will bring unsettled weather conditions in the form of thunderstorms, showers and thunderstorms, which we think will affect south—western areas of the uk. so that does mean many eastern and northern areas will hang on to the sunshine, warm sunshine, on wednesday. in fact, in liverpool, around 25 degrees. 22 for glasgow, but in the south—west, where we might have the storms, it will cool off to around 16 degrees in plymouth. so the outlook, then, from monday onwards, it's never going to turn cool, in fact, it stays into the 20s across some southern areas, but remember that risk of storms around mid week. but for now, enjoy the fine weather if you can.
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this is bbc news. the headlines at eight... ministers say they'll proceed with caution, in deciding whether to end all covid restrictions in england, next month. but there's confidence accelerating the vaccine roll out, will keep government plans, on track. the royal college of emergency medicine has rejected a suggestion by the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, that covid jabs should be mandatory for all nhs staff in england. israeli opposition parties are inching towards forming a government that would bring an end to benjamin netanyahu's 12 years in power. borisjohnson ties the knot in a secretly—planned wedding to carrie symonds, at westminster cathedral.
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