hello, i'm tulsen tollett, from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: liverpool make it seven premier league wins in a row, while leicester take another step towards relegation. disappointment for french rugby league fans, as their country pulls out of hosting the world cup in 2025. and — carlos alcaraz tastes defeat on clay just two weeks before he heads into the french open as top seed. hello, and thanks forjoining us. we start with football:

liverpool have moved to within a point of the champions league places after a 3—0 win away to relegation—threatened leicester city. curtisjones picked up two goals in the first half, both were checked by var but ultimately given asjurgen klopp�*s side pushed a demoralised home outfit leicester into even deeper trouble. a stunning trent alexander arnold free kick sealed the win for a seventh successive league victory, while the foxes head further towards the drop. the fight in the players was there. we got beat by a better team today. they can happen. that can happen. two marginal onside goals and a free kick that should never have been. so i can't question the fight from the players and i won't, you know, yes we can make better decisions at times, we shouldn't be conceding the goals when we have the back four in place. and you know those are decisions that are costing us at the moment. i really liked what we did, scored incredible goals,

fantastic goals, we were smart, mixed our buildup with from time and play in between through the lines and just behind. the first goal, the second goal was super, passing really good, a wonderful set piece. a nearly perfect game. manchester city look likely to retain their premier league crown while this win for liverpool takes them to within a point of newcastle and manchester united, having played a game more though. the top four qualify for the champions league. at the bottom, it means that the foxes remain second from bottom with two matches left to play. they're away to third placed newcastle united on monday next week and home to west ham on the final day of the season with four teams now fighting to keep their place in the top—flight but only two spots are available. a different story for an on—loan leicester city player in spain as real betis were 3—1 winners over rayo vallecano in la liga. ayoze perez was on the scoresheet for manuel

pellegrini's side, who are sixth as they remain firmly in the second europa league spot available. meanwhile, barcelona players from the men's and women's teams lapped up affection from thousands of supporters in the city's streets on monday. xavi hernandez�*s side beat espanyol on sunday to win the club's 27th league title and first since 2019. barca's women's team sealed their fourth consecutive liga f win at the end of april. and it was also a day of celebrations in the city of rotterdam as feyenoord celebrated their first dutch eredivisie title since 2017. thousands of fans welcomed the team outside the city hall in rotterdam to celebrate the title win. a 3—0 win over "go ahead eagles" on sunday gave them a 16th title in their history. schoolchildren who weren't sitting exams were also given the day off to enjoy the party. there's confusion at the very top of rugby league,

as france — the host nation for the 2025 world cup — has confirmed they've pulled out of staging the tournament. 0rganisers now say they can't guarantee the financial viability of the tournament. it's been described by many as a disaster for the sport. 0ur rugby league correspondent dave woods says it's going to affect the game there. it's disastrous for french rugby league. they were the first nation to host rugby league world cup, the first ever in 195a. it was seen as revolutionary. this was going to be the first time they've hosted the tournament sense. the tournament since. and it was a chance to grow the domestic game and bring this was going to be the first time they've hosted the tournament since. and it was a chance to grow the domestic game and bring them to the international table is much more effective for us. that's been lost. that's really disappointed. i think the next step now is that the irl will convene on wednesday and take some soundings. but the likely is there will be no world cup in 2025 but it will be put back to 2026. with, i would say, the favourites australia or new zealand to host.

with the french open starting later this month, there's been a major setback for one of the tournament favourites. spain's carlos alcaraz suffered his earliest exit from a tournament since october as he was beaten at the italian open in rome. the 20—year—old is set to take overfrom novak djokovic as the men's world number one after this event, but he lost his third—round match in straight sets to the hungarian qualifier fabian marozsan, who's ranked 135 in the world. it's just alcaraz�*s second defeat on clay this year and ends his run of 12 wins in a row. didn't feel comfortable. he made you feel uncomfortable in court. he made me to feel uncomfortable on court. he was aggressive all the time, he was playing inside the line all the time. the best line all the time. it was tough for me to get into the match and to rally. i made a lot of mistakes that i usually don't make too much. in the women's draw,

elena rybakina saw off marketa vondrousova 6—3 6—3 to reach her first wta claycourt quarter—final. rybakina will face either top—ranked iga swiatek, the twice defending champion, or croatia's donna vekic. cricket now: gujarat titans are the first team to seal a play—off place in this year's ipl. they beat sunrisers hyderabad by 3a runs in ahmedabad — a result which means sunrisers can't reach the knockout stage. shubman gill's maiden ipl hundred propelled titans to 188—9 after they were put into bat. mohammed shami and mohit sharma each took four wickets as sunrisers collapsed to isa—9. in the coming hours, britain's geraint thomas will head into the tenth stage of the giro d'italia with a three—second overall lead over slovenia's primoaz roglic. world champion remco evenepoel had led, but was forced to give up the pinkjersey after

becoming the latest victim of covid in the tour — and thomas admits it might be time to go back to the safety measures that were in place when covid rates were at their at their highest a couple of years ago. just go back to summer like, what we used to do when covid was 2020, 2021 where we were in our own little bubble and wearing masks and this and that in public spaces, so i guess, as a team, we are going to go back to that sort of strategy and a guess of everybody in the rest of the same thing hopefully will stop the riders going home, obviously it is a massive loss losing any rider really, but especially a world champion, is really disappointing for the race. now, he lost early on in last month's world snooker championship, but the seven—time winner ronnie 0'sullivan is still regarded as the greatest snooker player of all time. he's overcome several challenges to achieve his success, struggling with mental health and addiction. 0'sullivan has written a new book looking back

at the highs and lows of his career and the strength it's taken to rise to the top of his field. he's been speaking tojohn watson. even when i wasn't in a good place i always fellow guy even when i wasn't in a good place i always felt like i was going to work my way out of it, you know what i mean? i think as you get older you realise you don't want to keep working away out of stuff. talk to me about your anxiety, depression, the self—doubt which you have had to deal with, how much is it affected you? a lot, massively, and it still does, because nick a lot, massively, and it still does, because snooker�*s obviously all i have ever done, it's like my security blanket, in a way — if i'm playing good, i haven't got a care in the world, if i'm playing bad then everything seems like life is not great. so i rely on it really to sort of feel good about myself in many ways. one of the triggers you talk about is your dad being sent to prison when you were just 16 and the impact that had

on you and the seven dark years that followed. what are your memories and recollections of that time? i've struggled, you know, because ijust wanted to win on the table and i felt like that would have made my dad feel not so bad for what happened to him. and then my mum went away... this was three years later, you were 19 now and both your mum and dad were imprisoned. it was the moment my mum went away was when i went off it was the moment my mum went away that i went off the rails, basically, and come back again until 25 when i went into rehab in 2000 and started to do a i2—step programme which means i had to stop drinking and taking whatever substances, you know, chemically addicted to. admitting that i was an addict was the biggest thing for me, because then i didn't have to wrestle with it. do you think it would have been different for you if you had had your parents around? 100%. there was no way in a million years i would even have ticked up a cigarette. there was no way in a million years i would even have picked

up a cigarette. itjust wouldn't have happened, i would be too worried about how my parents felt towards me. one of the interesting things — in some ways it is a self—help book, and one of the things you do when preparing for a tournament or practising as you keep a diary and you'll have a smiley face emoji if it has been a good day, a sad face emoji if it hasn't been day. been a good day, a sad face emoji if it hasn't been a great day. is that what you do to try to keep a clear head? the emojis are kinda based on how did i feel at the end of the tournament and it doesn't, could have been beat first round and is still a happy face but i've been in the tournament, i enjoy being in this snooker well, in the tournament, i enjoy being in this snooker world, and i love, but i have been the snooker world and i haven't wanted to come out of my room or mingle, that is not a nice place to be. so basically i've created all these friends around the country everywhere i go, so why go to a tournament i'm not going to the tournament thinking i might when the tournament, i'm going to see martin again, i'm going to seejohn in wales, or i'm going to see jamie or adam or amon want

to go to belfast. or adam or amon when i go to belfast. so that whole thing that i'll look forward to is just seeing my mates want to go to tournaments. seeing my mates want i go to tournaments. and it works really, really well for me. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. for the rest of this week, the weather's looking pretty quiet. that's because we've got high pressure dominating the scene. so a lot of dry weather around with some sunshine, too. a few showers around mainly to the north of the uk. and after a bit of a cool start to this week, temperatures will begin to climb slightly by the end of the week and into next weekend. now, the early part of tuesday looks largely dry. clearskies, quite a chilly start to the day. we'll see thicker clouds, more of a breeze, some rainjust getting into the north and west of scotland.

temperatures recovering here, nine degrees in stornoway, but a chilly start to tuesday for many areas. now, high pressure sitting almost on top of the uk. we have this weak weather front bringing more clouds and showers to scotland. and you'll notice that blue tinge on the air mass chart indicating there's still some fairly cool air around for tuesday. so, it's a chilly start. dry, bright, lots of sunshine around. showers from the word go across northwest scotland. these become more widespread across scotland into the afternoon. some showers for northern ireland, a few for northern and eastern england. probably the dry, sunniest weather will be across wales, midlands down into the southwest and here we could make 16 or 17 degrees. but again, for most, it's the low—to—mid teens. that is below par for the time of year. through tuesday night, many of those showers fade away. most places once again will be dry to start a wednesday variable cloud, but widespread clear skies certainly in the north and the west. and again, temperatures taking a bit of a tumble and single

digits for most. high pressure, almost slap bang on top of the uk for wednesday. lighter winds. this feature, though, will start to bring more cloud, breeze, outbreaks of rain to the northwest of scotland, but that is about it. plenty of sunshine around, could just see a few isolated showers across the midlands and eastern england. but many places will stay dry and the temperatures creeping up a little bit. we could be up to 18, maybe 19 degrees in the warmest spots. 0therwise, again, for most it's the mid—teens, particularly towards the north. as we move through thursday, friday, high pressure still holds on. a few weather fronts flirt with the north of the uk and you'll notice we start to import some slightly warmer air from the west, the orange and yellow colours taking over. so apart from a few showers across the north of the uk, thanks to those weather fronts, you can see — because of high pressure — it's mostly dry and it'll be feeling warmer with temperatures hitting the low 20s.

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