account of the brisk winds coming down the north sea and the continued overnight, bringing some scattered showers to northern and eastern scotland and one end to into north—east england. otherwise a largely drying out. however it will be pretty chilly for the time of year with temperatures across northern areas at six and seven. tomorrow, a similar day in some respects. we start off with morning sunshine, a slightly cooler start, cloud will develop and this time it will develop to such an extent that we will see showers for scotland, england and wales. northern ireland should stay dry with sunny spells. top temperatures down in recent days but still feeling ok with the may sunshine comes through. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday.

the pull and real madrid fans to set down paris. dramatic pictures from torquay marina where an 85 foot superyacht has sunk after a major fire on board. people travelling abroad are facing disruption at airports, stations and on the roads as the half term gateway begins. us presidentjoe biden confirms he will visit uvalde tomorrow to meet with the families of the 19 children and two teachers killed by a teenage gunman in texas. more conservative mps publicly declare they have no confidence in the prime minister after sue gray's report into lockdown parties in downing street. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.

we allow ahead of the champions league final. —— we are live. liverpool fans have already been loving paris in the springtime, convinced it will be the seventh—time that they are crowned kings of europe. but real madrid are the greatest in this competition, and are looking to complete their own english treble after knocking out chelsea and manchester city. it's been a marathon season for liverpool, can the league cup and fa cup winners complete a clean sweep in the cups? a former liverpool star is sure they can. if liverpool start the way they can start games and go about it that way, real madrid will not be able to deal with them. i'm chetan pathak at the bbc sport centre — also coming up on the programme away from the champions league. wigan leave it late to win rugby league's challenge cup final at the tottenham hotspur stadium. and crashes in qualifying

for the monaco grand prix. we'll tell you who avoided the drama to take pole position. evening. what a place for liverpool's season to come to an end, and what a match this promises to be. 19 european cups between liverpool and real madrid, they are two clubs that have been defined by their continental adventures. let's bring you the all—important team news that we got in the last hour or so. team news that we got in the last hour orso. liverpool team news that we got in the last hour or so. liverpool had a few questions over tiago and also fabinho in the heart of their midfield, but both have been passed fit, so that is about as strong as

it gets from liverpool. trent alexander—arnold mccann yato getting the nod, ahead of my teep, virgil van dijk, added robertson on the otherflank, van dijk, added robertson on the other flank, jordan henderson, fabinho and tiago, then that mouthwatering front three of mo salah, 31 goals for him this season, sadio mane who is going foray quadruple, the club cannot buy you can after winning the africa court cup of nations with senegal, he is probably the most forward of that front three, and the colombian has made great strides. putting a hand in a glove, really driving liverpool on in these cup competitions. real madrid were so confident about their team news that they've released it half—an—hour or a0 minutes before the uefa rules to belated they had to. luka moderate really pulling the

strings alongside toni kroos and casemiro. their own front line that is sofia, viniciusjunior, the young brazilian, semi—assist this season, benzema at the age of 3a, aa goals this season, 15 in the champions league. federico valverde in there as well. those are your two teams. less than half—an—hour from kick—off, unfortunately we have had some reports of some crowd trouble, finance struggling to get in to the stadium, there is a bottleneck on the bridge, i can see over my left shoulder, that is a flashpoint for fans trying to storm turnstiles as well at various points of the stadium, some of our people on the ground around there have described it as terrible. hundreds yet to get in to the stadium. if we get any more on that, how that is being resolved, there are a lot of army

and police and security here, but there have been incidents of trouble. forthe there have been incidents of trouble. for the most part throughout the day, it has been so good—natured, liverpool fans good—natu red, liverpool fans arriving here good—natured, liverpool fans arriving here in their tens of thousands. many more than the 20,000 that have officially got tickets. some will have been here in 1981, when liverpool beat real at the parc de princes in the european cup final, many more will have been in kyiv four years ago. real madrid won their 13th title that night. it is so difficult to predict which way this will go — will it be the spanish champions orjurgen klopp�*s treble chasers? i am expecting a tough game tonight, i genuinely believe, because the premier league is stronger than la liga, i believe we have a stronger

team than madrid but madrid have that habit, as we did in istanbul, of producing special magic. in the champions league. anything can happen, whoever turns up. it will be a very levelled match, maybe we should expect penalties, i don't know. been an amazing season to play every game available to them, a great- achievement. whatever happens tonight, - i hope they win but i am nervous. at the moment i feel quite confident. i think the score possibly 2 or 3—0, liverpool. it will be a high match, he will score two goals. benzema. the best player in all the world. confident, number seven is coming home, go on, the holy! _ yes!

if they do it, they will draw level with ac— if they do it, they will draw level with ac milan on seven european curls, _ with ac milan on seven european cu s, ., ., a, ., with ac milan on seven european cu s, ., ., n, ., ,., with ac milan on seven european cus, ., ., ., ., cups, and real madrid are so far ahead of the _ cups, and real madrid are so far ahead of the rest, _ cups, and real madrid are so far ahead of the rest, they - cups, and real madrid are so far ahead of the rest, they have - cups, and real madrid are so far| ahead of the rest, they have just been miraculous in this tournament and in this competition so far this season, we will talk about exactly what they have done later in sportsday. the fans supremely confident ahead of what promises to be a special night — a few of these have fallen a bit flat in recent years. for liverpool, this is the 63rd match of a brilliant season. they fell short in the title race by a single point, but they cannot afford to fall short tonight with the prize so close. you had bayern munich beating phd two years ago behind closed doors,

instantly forgettable. you just do not think it will be this one, but what impact where the length of liverpoolmaxis and have on them? —— liverpool's season. they fell short by a single point to manchester city in that gripping title race in the premier league but they are players are going to have to regroup and they cannot afford to for short tonight with that price, the european cup, so close. the boys developed in the last two years enormously. the club is in a good place, everybody is connected, all these kind of things, we know we are part of a big club, a massive club. and meanwhile we are, the boys are exactly the right players for this big club. we have been working hard behind—the—scenes, these are the occasions on your mind, what makes you go further, for us, we are _ excited to be here, we feel

like we deserve to be here. the biggest game in world football so i do not think... _ we will struggle, a full week's preparation, sunday was - disappointing, it was an emotional |roller—coaster, but monday we letj l ourselves feel bad about it, have l all the feelings, tuesday morning we were all good to go. one more game, last game of the season for us as a team, as a club. it is a special game. the problem they have now, we face a team who have never lost a final. once in my life, somebody told me, the more often you win something, the more probable it is you will not any more. i have that dream. isn't perfect preparation getting here for the match, liverpool, stuck in traffic and got here about 25

minutes after real madrid. they've already out on the pitch, wandering around, the real madrid players, by the time liverpool got in, but both safely in, now 20 minutes away from kick—off. a quick update on that crowd trouble, disturbances at some of the turnstiles and gates. date u at the other side of the stadium from us —— gate u1 of my colleagues has said he saw about no more than 30 at the gate trying to get through the turnstiles, we inferfrom 30 at the gate trying to get through the turnstiles, we infer from that without tickets, and three or four way seized by police. a bottleneck on one side, the bridge seems to have cleared from those fans trying to get in, let's hope that all those fans who have tickets managed to get in on time. i will be back in sportsday later on in the programme, i will be speaking and hearing from robbie fowler, one of their greatest

strikers who is also part —— was also part of a table winning side in the early 2000, now back to the bbc sport centre. —— treble winning side. olly, thank you. moving away from the champions league now. from the champions league to rugby league's challenge cup — the final was held today at the tottenham hotspur stadium for the first time. and it looked like huddersfield giants were going to win it for the first time since 1953, only for wigan warriors to snatch victory at the end. adam wild watched the drama unfold and heartbreak for huddersfield at the end. for one had in 25 years this has been rugby league's grandest moment.

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so it's wigan's first challenge cup trophy since 2013, with the lancashire side delighted to come out on top of a hard—fought roses battle. it wasn't the prettiest, let's be honest. we played in games this year better than that, but at the same time it showed how mentally tough this team is to hang in there, literally until the second last minutes of the game. yeah, mentally tough, resilient, that is all the things that matter, trying to bring to this team, showed it in abundance, we hung in there and it is the simple things, that is what you have to do in the finals. both teams you can see the commitment _ in the finals. both teams you can see the commitment on - in the finals. both teams you can see the commitment on show, i in the finals. both teams you can | see the commitment on show, no in the finals. both teams you can - see the commitment on show, no one .ave see the commitment on show, no one gave up. _ see the commitment on show, no one gave up. at— see the commitment on show, no one gave up, at times it looked like we might— gave up, at times it looked like we might get— gave up, at times it looked like we might get a score, scrambling efforts, — might get a score, scrambling efforts, on the other side we did the same — efforts, on the other side we did the same occasionally, it was a moment— the same occasionally, it was a moment at— the same occasionally, it was a moment at the end, if i could have picked _ moment at the end, if i could have picked anyone, i would have picked liam _ picked anyone, i would have picked liam marshall, not sunk in 100%, i

am delighted, i know a lot of people in the _ am delighted, i know a lot of people in the crowd, my family, or the placement _ in the crowd, my family, or the placement and family, so happy for them, _ placement and family, so happy for them, they— placement and family, so happy for them, they all have a massive impact on what _ them, they all have a massive impact on what we _ them, they all have a massive impact on what we do on the field and you could _ on what we do on the field and you could see — on what we do on the field and you could see that was the end of the game _ could see that was the end of the game -- — could see that was the end of the game. —— towards the end. there was late drama in the european champions cup final as la rochelle came back to beat leinster. the irish side were 21 points to 17 up before this try in the 79th minute from arthur retiere sealed victory for la rochelle. it's the first time they have won the competition, and they become the fourth french team to do so. it's turning out to be a fascinating tussle for the drivers' championship in formula one. charles leclerc is in pole position for his home race tomorrow, after an eventful end to qualifying at the monaco grand prix. the ferrari driverjust edged ahead of his team mate carlos sainz. max verstappen had to make do with fourth on another frustrating day for lewis hamilton. ben croucher reports. monaco, they call it the playground of the rich and famous, expensive yachts, fast cars and 20 drivers got to show off their wheels around the tight twisty circuit, this

playground carries danger around every corner. the main protagonist stayed in one piece, and when it was time to take it right to the wall, ferrari's charles leclerc had the edge, feeling right at home. lewis hamilton, three times a winner here, only managed eighth behind lando norris and team—mate george russell. as everyone tried to catch leclerc, some were left chasing their tails. sergio perez lost a rear, and remember the danger around every corner? sainz didn't see it coming. the world's richest, brightest and fastest may flock here but to go fast a little note local knowledge can go a long way. so after retiring from the lead last weekend in barcelona, could leclerc�*s fortunes be changing at a track where he's never even finished a race?

let's hear from the two title contenders. iamso i am so incredibly happy. it has been a very smooth weekend until now, i knew the pace was in the car, i had to do thejob. it went perfectly, the last lap before the red flag was really good. i was iwas up i was up on my lap, all feeling good, — i was up on my lap, all feeling good, then i saw the roadblock, so it is unlucky, — good, then i saw the roadblock, so it is unlucky, it is monaco, you just— it is unlucky, it is monaco, you just have — it is unlucky, it is monaco, you just have to— it is unlucky, it is monaco, you just have to deal with it, accept it and move — just have to deal with it, accept it and move on from there. next to the french open tennis, where the world number two daniil medvedev is into the last 16. he's yet to drop a set, despite playing on clay, which he says he doesn't always enjoy. the russian was in impressive form against 28th seed miomir kecmanovic — he hit a2 winners including this one on match point in a straight sets win, 6-2, 6-a, 6-2. he reached the quarterfinals last year and will play marin cilic in the fourth round. no problems either for last year's runner—up at rolland garros, stefanos tsitsipas — the numberfour seed could meet medvedev in the semi—finals after taking just over an hour

and a half to get past sweden's mikael ymer in straight sets. in the women's draw, the top seed, iga swiatek, is also through — the world number one won 6—3, 7—5 against montenegro's danka kovinic. that extends her unbeaten run to 31 matches. swiatek�*s in a league of her own lately, chasing a second french open title — and is the only top—10 seed left in the women's draw after aryna sabalenka and paula badosa failed to make it through today. port vale will be back in league one next season after they beat mansfield 3—0 in the league two play—off final. it's five years since the staffordshire club were relegated to the bottom tier, but kian harratt�*s stooping header set them on their way after 20 minutes. and just four minutes later, they made it two. ben garrity�*s header hit the bar but james wilson scored his 15th of the season. mansfield had oli hawkins sent off for a second yellow before former mansfield player mal benning wrapped it up for vale late in the second half.

grimsby town are 90 minutes away from a return to league two after a dramatic win over wrexham in their national league play off semifinal at the racecourse ground. after the match finished a—a in normal time, it looked to be heading for a penalty shoot—out before this 118th minute header from captain luke waterfall won it for grimsby. that puts them into the final at the london stadium, where they'll play either solihull moors or chesterfield next sunday. time now for a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. italy's alessandro covi was a popular winner on stage 20 of the giro d'italia — but the real drama happened behind him. australia's jai hindley broke away from race leader richard carapaz to take the the pinkjersey. he's now one minute and 25 seconds ahead with just a time trial to go tomorrow. glasgow hosted the first round of the bmx world cup. there were high hopes for the british riders after a successful olympics, but colombia's diego arboleda won the men's event, with britain's kye white making a late run to take third place.

olympic champion beth shriever was eighth in the women's final. american businessman todd boehly�*s takeover of chelsea will be completed on monday. the club was put up for sale in march before owner roman abramovich was sanctioned over his links to russian president vladimir putin. only one place to end the programme, backin only one place to end the programme, back in paris, back with ollie foster, all been happening in a time we had been away, most by collision around liverpool starting line—up with tiago, now unsure about that, one thing we know for certain is that the kick—off has been delayed. yes, at the start of the programme, we brought you the news about crowd trouble, some of the turnstiles, some fans trying to get through, we assume without tickets. police

seizing some of those fans, a bottleneck at another side of the stadium which meant fans were not getting in. reports of lots and lots of empty seats in deliverable end, though we have heard them in good voice, those inside singing you will never walk alone. nauber gary lineker tweeted this, finding it impossible to get into the ground, this appears to be very dangerous ——, if he is with the media as we suspect try to get into that side, gate u, one of the gates where that trouble was reported, the police were making some arrests over there with fans trying to get in the turnstiles. but because of fans not getting into the ground, delay has been, kick—off has been delayed by 15 minutes. not nine minutes, the 67th european cup final, because of the trouble getting fans into the

stadium safely, kick—off as it stands is now going to be at 8:15pm, now 15 pm ourtime, stands is now going to be at 8:15pm, now 15 pm our time, though confirmation about katie mac, we brought you the good news that tiago and fabinho had both passed late fitness tests but it does appear that debbie cater is being primed to come in from the start, we don't know whether that will be for fabinho or tiago, certainly the biggest fitness doubt was tiago who had an achilles issue. we may bring you some news about that any more news and when it will certainly go ahead at 8:15pm between liverpool and real madrid. course, liverpool now going for the travel, not the quadruple, they have done it before backin quadruple, they have done it before back in 2001, that was that great side of steven gerrard, they won the fa cup in the same season. the uefa

cup, it was a fantastic treble, swept all the cups competitions before them. the liverpool team in 2001 also competed a treble of league cup, fa cup and uefa cup — robbie fowler's goals played a big part in that season. i spoke to him earlier today, and he is sure that trophy will be liverpool's again. i think liverpool when comfortable, it is not being being blase about liverpool, real madrid are european royalty, but think they have had a bit of luck along the way, as have most teams. i think if liverpool start the way they can start games and they go about it that way, i do not think they are madrid can live with them, this liverpool team is a totally different one that played them into thousand 18. i cannot see

anything other than liverpool winning. anything other than liverpool winnina. , ., ., anything other than liverpool winnin. , ., ., , winning. does that come into play as' mines. — winning. does that come into play as' mines. i _ winning. does that come into play as' mines, i know— winning. does that come into play as' mines, i know it _ winning. does that come into play as' mines, i know it is _ winning. does that come into play as' mines, i know it is an - winning. does that come into play as' mines, i know it is an mo - as' mines, i know it is an mo salah's mind when he got brought out ijy salah's mind when he got brought out by sergio ramos. aha, salah's mind when he got brought out by sergio ramos. fit. 11th salah's mind when he got brought out by sergio ramos-— salah's mind when he got brought out by sergio ramos. a lot has been made of that, i think — by sergio ramos. a lot has been made of that, l think it — by sergio ramos. a lot has been made of that, l think it is — by sergio ramos. a lot has been made of that, i think it is obviously _ by sergio ramos. a lot has been made of that, i think it is obviously a - of that, i think it is obviously a press narrative where they put things into his head, but he has to answer the best way he can, there is talk of revenge, i do not think it is a revenge mission, it is a case of them being out there and showing what they can do. it is liverpool football club. i don't think liverpool were ready in the last one, relatively new, but they are more than ready now.— one, relatively new, but they are more than ready now. when you won the cup triple — more than ready now. when you won the cup triple n2 _ more than ready now. when you won the cup triple n2 thousand _ more than ready now. when you won the cup triple n2 thousand one, - the cup triple n2 thousand one, scoring the league final, you played 63 games a season —— in 2001. how tired will they be? is it all adrenaline and everyone of them wanted to take part? this adrenaline and everyone of them wanted to take part?— adrenaline and everyone of them wanted to take part? this is what ou -la wanted to take part? this is what you play football _ wanted to take part? this is what you play football for, _ wanted to take part? this is what you play football for, to - wanted to take part? this is what you play football for, to get - wanted to take part? this is what you play football for, to get into l you play football for, to get into the latter stages of the tournament

and play in every game conceivably possible. you are playing on emotions, adrenaline, that dry, and liverpool have done that since, maybe two games a week since valentine's day, and they have been magnificent. they had momentum and rhythm, if you weeks off, but this team is a match for anyone. robbie fowler there, one of the great liverpool strikers, speaking to me earlier, he won the triple with the club in 2001. i saw him walking across the bridge that was one of those bottlenecks for thousands of fans at one stage getting into the stadium, i hope robbie fowler got in, have seen pictures from inside the stadium and it looks as though a lot of those mtc is deliverable end have built up fairly quickly, though another colleague has messaged me from the other side of the stadium saying he

witnessed a violent arrest at a couple of those gates —— those empty seats have filled up. for the most part for the last couple of days, it has been extremely good—natured between both sets of fans, so much respect for what both these clubs have achieved. we will have to wait a little bit longerfor have achieved. we will have to wait a little bit longer for the have achieved. we will have to wait a little bit longerfor the 67th european cup final to get under way because kick—off here is delayed by 15 minutes. the authorities making that decision because of the trouble with the fans, with tickets to get inside the stadium, which is a very sensible decision. liverpool themselves delayed getting here because of traffic trouble on the motorway from their hotel about six orseven motorway from their hotel about six or seven mild away. they have a parade no to what happens tomorrow liverpool with those two cup winds already, but what an incredible way it would be vulnerable to cap an

astonishing season with a seventh european cup, although for real madrid, they are the kings of europe, but there will be only one king of europe this evening. from the team, that's all for now. cloud tended to build up through the day but showers hello again. for many parts of the country, cloud did tend to build up through the day. still with some bright or sunny spells, but skies like these were fairly typical, however across southern and western wales and south west england, it is a different story. those it is a different story. winds continue overnight, bringing those winds continue overnight, bringing scatter charms to northern and eastern scotland, one or two into north—eastern england, otherwise likely dry. it will be pretty chilly for the time of year

when temperatures across northern areas at sixes and sevens. tomorrow areas at sixes and sevens. tomorrow a similar daily in some respects, we start off with morning sunshine, a slightly cooler start, cloud developing, this time it will developing, this time it will develop to such an extent that we will see showers for scotland, england and wales, northern ireland staying dry with sunny spells. top temperatures down in recent days, still feeling ok where there may china come through. —— where there may sunshine comes through.

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the headlines at 8. liverpool and real madrid fans descend on paris — as the final of european club football's most prestigious prize is about to kick off at the stade de france. i'm olly foster live at the macro where kick—off has been delayed by 15 minutes. they they say it is because the late arrival of fans, although there has been some fan trouble at some of the turnstiles. people travelling abroad are facing disruption at airports, stations and on the roads — as the half—term getaway begins. dramatic pictures from torquay marina — where an 85—foot superyacht has sunk after a majorfire on board.