hello, i'm mark edwards from the bbc sport centre. coming up on our programme... pep calls for quick verdicts on the premier league charges against manchester city but promises to stay regardless of the outcome. valencia are hit with a five—match partial stand closure after the racist abuse suffered by real�*s viniciuer in their la liga clash. geraint grinding through the gears at the giro — thomas regains the overall lead in a thrilling 16th stage in italy.

hello, i'm mark edwards with your sports news. manchester city manager pep guardiola says he wants the 115 premier league financial charges against the club dealt with as soon as possible. the catalan, who has a contract until 2025, has also said he would not quit the club while the charges remain unresolved. guardiola hasjust led manchester city to their fifth premier league title in six seasons. however, in february, they were charged with breaches of the league's financial rules from 2009 to 2018. they were also accused of not cooperating since the investigation began in december 2018. city have denied financial wrongdoing. guardiola was speaking ahead his side's tie with brighton as they look to claim the treble, with the fa cup and champions league finals to come next month. i will stay next season when we are handed breaches for the premier league. don't worry, we will be there.

if it happens, it happens. it happened with uefa, and now with the premier league. so let's go. 2a hours, come on, sit down, talk and both sides�* lawyers present. don't wait one year, two years, why not do it quickly? come on. as soon as possible. for the benefit for everyone. but i know there are many cases around the world and injustices and maybe they are so busy but hopefully we can do it as soon as possible. in spain, valencia's south stand will be partially closed for five matches and the club fined $50,000 after the racist abuse suffered by real madrid's viniciuer in sunday's la liga game. the spanish fa have also overturned the red card that was shown tothe brazil international. vinicusjunior was subjected to racist chants from the home fans at the mestalla stadium and was also sent off in the dying embers of the game. police meanwhile have arrested three men for "racist behaviour" during sunday's match as la liga calls for greater powers to help them tackle racism.

dan 0gunshakin has more. on monday, the lights went out on rio�*s christ the redeemer in support of viniciusjunior. but the question is, will the brazilian pull the plug on his time in spain? vinicius was a notable absentee from real madrid's training as they prepared for rayo vallecano. a knock, said carlo ancelotti, nothing more. yet on the day when spanish police arrested seven people for two separate hate campaigns aimed at the brazilian, on monday madrid support for the brazilian came from the very top. and a day later, ancelotti left no one in doubt as to where to lay the blame. translation: vinicius is not guilty. _ he's a victim who can be painted is guilty sometimes when people say he's provoking or talking about his attitude. no, let's make it very clear, viniciusjuinor is the victim of all this. in the wake of the arrest of three of the club's supporters for sunday's racial

abuse, valencia tweeted that la liga is united against racism, but ancelotti insists that talk is cheap. translation: condemning is not enough. _ when did we start doing it? we've been condemning racism for a very long time. but after condemning, one needs to act and that nobody has acted yet in a way that makes this problem go away. it's a problem of racism, and it's a problem of insults. under spanish law, la liga cannot impose sanctions but has requested more powers to deal with incidents of racism. with vinicius thought to be seriously questioning his future, a former real madrid president believes spanish football must consider strict punishments. the referee can stop it forever, to decide it is finished and the local team is losing the match. as i said, i don't know if that is fair, but maybe it's something you have to consider, do it in order to avoid things like that that

are not acceptable at all. vinicius is arguably la liga's biggest asset. what they do next could determine if his future remains there. meanwhile, barcelona's raphinha took his shirt off as he was substituted in their la liga match on tuesday, revealing a message in support of viniciusjunior... "as long as the colour of the skin is more important than the glow of the eyes, there will be war." it's the same message which vinicius has tattooed on his body. 0n the pitch, raphina's reigning champions lost 3—1 to real valladolid — who moved out of the relegation zone with that win. elsewhere, celta vigo drew 1—1 with girona and real sociedad beat almeria i—0. the west ham fan who protected supporters and family members under threat of attack in alkmaar last week has been given two free tickets for the europa conference league final by the club. chris knoll sustained a cut to his face as he fought off az alkmaar ultras after

west ham won their semi—final in holland. he was given a standing ovation by his fellow fans at sunday's win over leeds and the hammers have provided him with tickets as they look to lift their first major trophy since 1980 when they take on fiorentina in prague. some good news for arsenal fans, as forward bukayo saka has signed a new long—term contract until 2027 with the club. he said arsenal was the "right place to make the next step". the england forward has scored 1a goals for the gunners this season, contributing 11 assists. atjust 21, he has already made 178 appearances for the club and has featured in all arsenal's premier league games over the past two campaigns. chennai super kings are into to their 10th indian premier league final after beating defending champions gujarat titans by 15 runs in qualifier one. 0pener ruturaj gaikwad top—scored with 60 from 44 balls as chennai posted 172—7. gujarat though all out for 157.

despite the result, it's not all over for the titans. lucknow super giants take on five—time champions mumbai indians in the eliminator, with the winner of that one facing gujarat on friday in qualifier two. whoever wins that will advance to play chennai for the trophy on sunday. great britain's geraint thomas is back in the leader's pink jersey at the giro d'italia. he just missed out in a sprint to win stage 16, but now holds an 18 second lead with five stages to go, as nick parrott reports. after the final rest day came the hardest stage so far. it would end with 13 and a half miles of pain riding up monte bondone mountain. bruno armirail took the leader's pinkjersey off geraint thomas on saturday, but the frenchman's hopes of keeping it soon evaporated. many had tipped primoz roglic on the left here in yellow to be the next to wear it, but the slovenian couldn't keep up either. it came down to a battle between almeida and thomas. the briton turns 37 on thursday and is hoping to become the oldest rider to win the giro.

the portuguese isjust 2a and leads the best young rider classification. remarkably, neither had won a stage on the giro before. it was almeida who had the strength to prevail but second place was as good as a victory for the briton, putting him back in the overall lead, 18 seconds clear of his young rival. tomorrow could see yet more british success with mark cavendish hoping to follow the announcement of his imminent retirement with a stage win. nick parrott, bbc news. tennis now. former world number one simona halep has accused the international tennis integrity agency of seeking to further delay her independent tribunal doping hearing and said she is being denied her right to be heard. halep was charged with a second doping offence last week over "irregularities" in her biological passport. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller explains. in a nutshell, halep tested positive for the performance—enhancing substance roxadustat last october. by april of this year when there was no sign of

a hearing, she gave an interview in which she voiced her frustration at not being able to clear her name. and then last friday, the international tennis integrity agency announced that she has been charged with a second offence because of anomalies in her athlete's biological passport. she was none too impressed and last friday, she took to social media and said she thought her name had been soiled in the worst possible way. now as was inevitable with the second charge on the table, the hearing has been further delayed and halep once again has voiced this frustration by saying that the authorities are acting in contrary to her right. she's accused of publicly stating one thing while privately doing another. to rugby union now. exeter wingerjack nowell says he will not make himself available for england's world cup squad later this year. the british and irish lion has been capped 45 times for england and has been to the last two world cups.

speaking to the rugby pass offload podcast he said, "no world cup. "i'm just going to chill" — adding it was a bit of a hard decision, but one he had to make for himself and his family. nowell is set to join french side la rochelle this summer, with the world cup starting in september. indoor track and field competition will be renamed short track in a change by world athletics aimed at growing the sport. athletics has traditionally been divided between outdoor and indoor competition, but organisers say hybrid competition venues such as city squares made the separation "increasingly difficult to maintain". indoor championships will remain, but the move hopes to encourage "competition innovation". performances on outdoor or temporary tracks would be recognised as official results, including records. it'll come into effect in november. and that is all the sport for now. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, mark edwards, and the rest of the team

at the bbc sport centre, bye—bye. hello. temperatures on tuesday reached 21 degrees celsius in yorkshire and i think wednesday is going to be every bit as warm, maybe even a tad warmer. and the next few days, very little change on the weather front. large area of high pressure is dominating the weather across our part of the world. but the air is riding around the area of high pressure and the air actually originates from the central north atlantic. so we're not seeing the push of warm air that we sometimes get from the southern climes. and that means that so far this may, depending how you look at it, has been a little disappointing in terms

of the temperatures. so we've only managed to reach 23 degrees so far in most years. those values reached the mid or the high 20s, at least at some point in may. so yes, it has been a little on the cool side, which is not necessarily a bad thing. not all of us like hot weather. so the forecast then early on wednesday shows a bit of cloud across western scotland and northern ireland, maybe a few spits some spots of rain. but elsewhere we're waking up to mostly sunny skies. a bit of a nip in the air, though, particularly in the north. now this weather front will continue to bring splits and spots of rain and thicker cloud for a time through the morning, into the afternoon towards these north western areas. but to the south of that, it is going to be a gloriously sunny day. so this is where the temperatures will be at their highest, typically in the high teens to perhaps the low 20s in one or two areas, 22, for example, in cardiff. also worth mentioning that the sun is of course very strong this time of the year. and look at that high uv levels pretty much across the board. the high pressure is still with us on thursday, but it means also that the wind directions will be changing around the uk as this high

pressure changes this sort of shape. and that does mean that cloud will be pushed across the country into different areas. so it does look as though parts of england will be a little on the cloudy side at times on thursday. so just because we've got high pressure doesn't necessarily mean it will stay sunny all through the week. and here's friday, you can see the temperatures again, fairly similar, high teens possibly up to about 22 degrees celsius. the high pressure system over us is going to last through the weekend and quite possibly into next week as well. and look at the values in cardiff. it's pretty much the same every single day. certainly not looking bad at all. bye— bye.

live from washington. this is bbc news. pressure mounts in washington to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling, with just over a week until a possible default. russia says it has defeated saboteurs who attacked the belgorod region on the border with ukraine. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we start tonight in washington, where another day of talks to tackle the us debt crisis has failed to produce results. on tuesday, representatives of us presidentjoe biden and congressional republicans met again on capitol hill. the two sides have untiljune 1st to come to an agreement on raising the govenrment�*s borrowing limit,

or risk the us not being able to pay its bills.