this is bbc news. the headlines: tv presenter holly willoughby says she is hurt after phillip schofield's admission about a relationship with a younger itv colleague, which he previously denied to her. the home office says e—gates are now operating as normal after long delays for some passengers travelling to the uk airports. the disruption, which began on friday night, was due to an it issue which is now resolved. it's the final day of campaigning in turkey ahead of one of the country's most divisive presidential elections, where the economy and immigration are key voter concerns. huge political rallies have been held to drum up support. ukraine's most senior security official tells the bbc the country is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces.

in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov describes the planned assault as an "historic opportunity". now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. a place in the premier league is on the line right now — we'll be live to wembley to see whether it's coventry or luton town that will play in top flight next season as the play off final goes to extra time. and perhaps penalties. the women's super league is blue once again. it's four in a row for chelsea as they end the season on top. heartbreak for geraint thomas, as his giro titles hopes are dashed in the final time trial in italy.

also coming up on sportsday: saracens are back at the top of the premiership — they beat sale to win their first title since relegation four years ago. max verstappen reigns in the principality as he claims pole for the monaco grand prix. welcome along to sportsday. it isa it is a very busy saturday. there's only one place to start and that's with a dramatic championship play off

final at wembley. coventry and luton have been battling it out for a place in the premier league next season and it's going the distance. luton took the lead half way into the first half withjordan clark firing it past ben wilson in the coventry goal. they looked in control. however, 20 minutes after the break, as coventry were improving, they equalised with this cool finish from gustavo hamer. that sent the play—off final to extra time at wembley. ican i can tell you, it is now going to penalties. i think they have blown up for the additional period of extra time. joe lynskey is at wembley following it all. at one that period of extra time it looked as if i think it was coventry, i have lost track so much, was it luton? it was luton who looked like they could have clinched it? , . , ,

looked like they could have clinched it? , . _ it? yes, incredibly high stakes here. as it? yes, incredibly high stakes here- as you _ it? yes, incredibly high stakes here. as you say, _ it? yes, incredibly high stakes here. as you say, this - it? yes, incredibly high stakes here. as you say, this match | it? yes, incredibly high stakes| here. as you say, this match is going the distance. dramatic scenes in the last five minutes or so underneath the arches see behind me. luton town thought they had won this game with four minutes left next to time, the substitutejoe taylor scoring to make it to one that then a huge cheer went up from the coventry fans because the ar, ruling that goal out for handball by taylor in the build—up. —— var ruling it out. they thought they had a goal to send them to the premier league but for coventry, such relief. they fought their way back into this much. they did not really show up in the first half, coventry. luton well on top, could have had two or three goals, but coventry equalising in the second half through gustavo hamer, a testament to their scouting and recruitment. both of these teams have excellent knack of finding players in the lowering leagues and

abroad. he was found in 2020 and widely expected to be playing in the premier league if not for coventry than for somebody else by august. what incredible drama for those fans in the stadium behind me. the match about to go to penalties with the winner going on to the premier league next season. we winner going on to the premier league next season.— winner going on to the premier league next season. we will let you watch those — league next season. we will let you watch those penalties _ league next season. we will let you watch those penalties and _ league next season. we will let you watch those penalties and come - league next season. we will let you | watch those penalties and come back to you as soon as we have a result. a nervy a few moments ahead for both luton and coventry fans. to the women's super league now where chelsea are champions once again, they wrapped up a fourth succesive title with a 3—0 nil over reading, who were relegated in the process. there was an outside chance that manchester united could have claimed the trophy if united beat liverpool, which they did, but chelsea's victory kept it in their control. jo currie was across the action for us. go on! it has been a roller—coaster of a season at the top and bottom of the table, with everything coming down to this, the final day. different fans, different emotions.

chelsea know a win will see them crowned champions. in contrast, an unlikely victory for reading may not even be enough to keep them up. with silverware in their sights, chelsea were not messing around. the lethal combination of sam kerr and guro reiten striking the first blow. when fighting for survival, you need to be perfect. reading were anything but for the next goal and when the third one went in, it was all over. reading relegated from the top flight, watching on as chelsea claimed a fourth consecutive title and a league and fa cup double. the club's dominance in women's football at least unquestionable. sometimes we refer to having like a lemon that we've squeezed everything out of and we have got to try and keep getting a little more out of. we find those margins, but that is because of the staff in the background, that's the work everyone is doing to try and keep us at the front of the pile. i think this is one of my favourites, because all trophies mean so much to us but making it

four in a row, it is really special and i think the way we have done it this year, which we have done every year, is everyone has played their part, the whole squad has got us here, the whole coaching staff, everyone has played their part in getting us to this point and that is what i am super proud of and what i will take with me. there we have it, chelsea are champions once again with a fourth consecutive title. at the same time, reading are relegated from the top flight of english football. we have to start, anita asante, with the champions, your former club. to do it four times in a row, how special is that? incredibly special for chelsea, the players, the staff. they have had a challenging season, missing key players, going out champions league, but they have shown so much resilience and towards the latter end of the season really delivered and displayed some quality performances, so to result in some worthy winners. winning trophies is difficult,

to keep winning them year on year is so difficult. just put into words what it means to this team and how they keep finding ways to win? yeah, i think staying at the top when you know you have a target on your back is really challenging, but these are top, top professionals and they thrive on that kind of pressure and they have shown that this season with certain players really stepping up in their performances and taking responsibility and leadership. the way they continue that is knowing they have that mantle and they hold it with pride and i'm sure they will keep going from strength to strength. we also have to talk about reading, who are now relegated to the women's championship. how difficult will it be for them to regroup and try and come back as soon as possible? it will be challenging, because as we have seen with greater investment there are a lot more teams now who are closing the gap and obviously in the championship it is a very competitive league again, as i'm fully aware of, experiencing it this season, but it is a chance for them to press that reset button, start again,

regroup and figure out how they can get themselves back into this division. anita, thank you so much forjoining us for your thoughts today. that is the wsl all wrapped up. chelsea players will be out celebrating tonight and then a bit of a break because for many of these players, the next stop will be australia and new zealand and this summer's women's world cup. women's football is not stopping soon, as it? to scotland, where hearts clinched a place in europe next season with a hard—fought draw against edinburgh rivals hibs. down to ten men, they hung on to secure their place in the qualifiers for the europa conference league. celtic rounded off their season by beating aberdeen 5—0 — kyogo furuhashi scored twice but went off injured later in the match. carl starfelt and two from 0h hyeon—gyu rounded off a comprehensive victory at celtic park — third—placed aberdeen were outclassed. celebrations for ange postecoglou

and his squad as celtic raised the premiership trophy — they will make complete a treble if they win the scottish cup final next saturday. all the other positions in the top half were already decided. rangers were the other winners 3—0 win at st mirren. there was a dramatic climax in the bundesliga as bayern munich won an eleventh title in a row. it could have been very different though as borussia dortmund blew their big chance to take the trophy. starting the day top and knowing a win at home to mainz would do, they went two goals down and missed a penalty in the first half. and while they tried to get back into that, bayern were already ahead in cologne through kingsley coman. only a win would do for the defending champions and that looked doubtful when the home side equalised through a penalty with ten minutes of normal time remaining. that would have handed the title back to dortmund,

who ended their game at 2—2, but bayern went ahead again through substitute jamal musiala and that won the game and the championship for that record extending eleventh time. such drama in the final day at there. so this is how the bundesliga finished. borussia dortmund falling agonisingly short of bayern. they'll go into the champions league along with rb leipzig and union berlin who qualify for the first time in their history. freiburg go into the europa league and bayer leverkusen into the conference league. primoz roglic has all but won the giro d'italia — he's overtaken geraint thomas in the overall standings by winning the final time trial, and he will ride into rome tomorrow in the leader's pinkjersey. thomas had said that stage 20 would be "very exciting to see and terrible to do" and he wasn't wrong — he had a 26—second lead this morning but lost a0 seconds to roglic up monte lussari. drew savage reports.

one last mountain between the welshman and the giro, and primoz roglic. three years ago, the slovenian lost the yellowjersey in the final time trial at the tour de france, but today he was battling for pink. thomas was the last to set off, while up the mountain, roglic was cranking it up. not far from the slovenian border, this felt like home turf. geraint thomas was only two seconds down at the first time check, but roglic was piling on the pressure, scaling monte lussari faster than anyone else. it didn't look good for thomas, that gap was growing. up to 15 seconds, then drama. a mechanical problem for roglic, would that destroy his momentum? every second counts in a time trial and thomas was still losing them. as roglic finished strongly, posting the fastest time, could the man in the pinkjersey do enough to keep it? geraint thomas said afterwards he felt his legs going. it is a0 seconds down. geraint thomas loses the giro d'italia. as welsh hearts sank,

slovenia celebrated. redemption for roglic. and we've just had this reaction in from geraint thomas. apologies for any break—up on the pictures. yeah, i am pretty gutted, but i said earlier if i had been told this back in february, march, i probably would have bit your hand off, but now i am devastated. but i think once it sinks in i can be proud of what we did. and yes, it is what it is. the bbc�*s tom brown is in italy covering the race and says thomas lost to the better rider. yes, and in the end he will admit he lost to the better rider. the road you can see behind me was that final descent and it was just surrounded by slovenian fans. as we heard in the package we are not too far away from the border and they travelled here

in such incredible numbers. it felt like roglic was on home turf, whether that's spurred him on or it was losing the tour in such dramatic circumstances a couple of years ago, for whatever reason he saved his best performance until right at the end and to overturn a 26 seconds deficit to win the penultimate stage here and take pink, it just showed the class of the three—time champion, time trial champion, now giro d'italia champion, will be tomorrow. thomas did everything he could but it was not enough. amazing scenes at that climb at the end of the time trial. for geraint thomas, in the course of time, how do you think he will reflect on this tour? what realistically were his ambitions for him and the team coming into it? it is a good question, he had a lot of illness over the winter, he did not start riding properly until march so he said if you told

if you told him then he would finish at second he would have bitten your hand off, but when you come into the final day or at least the final decisive day with a 26—second lead, it was obviously pretty devastating way to lose it, when you are 37 years old, you have achieved so much in the sport and two months ago you are thinking will you be in any sort of competitive shape, he definitely would have taken this and it is another big moment, still a big achievement in his career, but i think for now it is going to be very, very raw for him. yes, bruising, definitely. what do you think he will be targeting now for the rest of this season? has he made public anything in particular? no, this was his big target. he has as he called it unfinished business here. he first came in 2017, way back when he was still team sky, it was his first big chance to win a tour and he collided with a police motorbike and had to withdraw. in 2020, stage five i think it was he collided with a water bottle that had rolled out of one of the bottle cages and crashed out again. he came here looking to right those wrongs and came

so close to doing so. it will take a lot out of him emotionally, he will take some time off. he was talking about his holiday to come. his contract expires with ineos at the end of the season so will he extend it? he wants to enter into talks and i think there is another year likely. will we see him at the sharp end of a grand tour like this again? people have written him off before so we will not do that now, but this feels like it was a big opportunity for him, but he will admit this as well, he lost to the better ride on the day. yes, just a word on roglic, what do you think this will mean to him? that gold medal from the tokyo olympics and then three back to back, so this is his fourth grand tour. certainly of quality, but if we had spoken on tuesday when geraint thomas extended his league over roglic, it looked like the slovenian did not have the legs to compete

with the welshman this week and even when he attacked at the big climb yesterday, thomas was able to match and even tried to put some distance, but when roglic sprung a late surprise on geraint yesterday, when we saw him at the finish line he was so confident, talking to the fans, he just looked like a man who felt like he had come into form at the right time and was ready for a big performance today. of course, roglic was under no pressure, he was the one chasing geraint thomas and so it really was a world—class performance from a world—class cyclist today. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. britain's georgia taylor—brown won her first world triathlon championship series race of the year in cagliari. she overtook france's emma lombardi on the last lap and becomes the third british woman to win a race this year. and britain's alex yee won in the men's race. that's two victories from two races this year for him. he beat second—placed hayden wilde by five seconds with the next race in montreal in june.

great britain won five medals, including two golds, on the first day of finals at the european rowing championships in slovenia. emily craig and imogen grant defended their title in the women's lightweight sculls, while the men's eight also retained their crown. and hannah cockroft set another world record. the seven—time paralympic champion clocked 16.31 seconds to win the t34 100m in switzerland. she broke her own 200m mark last week. to twickenham now, where saracens won their first premiership title in four years and their sixth overall, as they beat sale in a thrilling final. play was halted in the first half when climate protesters made their way onto the pitch, but the interurption was brief and saracens won 35—25 as dan 0gushakin reports. twickenham bathed in sunshine, the perfect venue for a final of intrigue.

north versus south, serial winners against the nearly men, ford versus farrell. the saracen knows this stage well and at 13—13, this pass sent max malins to the line for a try that would earn them a precious half—time lead. a try befitting of a final. at that point, it was all farrell and the england fly—half was producing party pieces as he took charge of the contest. when saracens lead they usually win, but at twickenham, sale sharks smelt blood and two tries after half—time threatened to turn the final on its head. but now the hunters suddenly became the hunted. saracens surged again and this time it was decisive. elliot daly touchdown in the corner before ivan van zyl put distance between the teams, even if it was only by millimetres. one year on from final heartbreak, saracens champions again. in the united rugby championship, munster have been crowned champions after a dramatic late win over

the defending champion stormers graham rowntree's side were staring at defeat having trailed from the 50—minute mark but a well worked converted try byjohn hodnett edged the irish back in front with just five minutes of the final remaining. from there they held their nerve and withstood a late stormers driving maul to seal a famous win against the odds in cape town. that is a big victory, munster were the only team who had beat the stormers on home soil in the last 18 months so big victory at there. joe lynskey is at wembley for us. because we have a final result? yes,

luton town — because we have a final result? yes, luton town are _ because we have a final result? yes, luton town are promoted _ because we have a final result? 1&1: luton town are promoted to the premier league. the team who were in a non—league football less than ten years go have got all the way to the very top flight, agonising for coventry city in the last few minutes. a penalty shoot—out that went to sudden death and the unfortunate sky blues player missing on sudden death, and a game finished 1-1 at on sudden death, and a game finished 1—1 at normal time and then went to extra time and then luton going on to win in the shoot—out. remarkable tale for luton town, who are in league two five years ago, in the national league in 2014 and they have risen all the way through to the premier league. i have risen all the way through to the premier league.— have risen all the way through to the premier league. i mean, it is the premier league. i mean, it is the ultimate _ the premier league. i mean, it is the ultimate heartbreak- the premier league. i mean, it is the ultimate heartbreak from - the premier league. i mean, it is| the ultimate heartbreak from fans the premier league. i mean, it is i the ultimate heartbreak from fans at the ultimate heartbreak from fans at the minute and we're just seeing the pictures in tears after missing that

penalty and you have to applaud any player that steps up and takes penalty after any situation but just for luton, remind us of their journey and how big of a deal it is for them to reach the premier league now. , y ., . ., for them to reach the premier league now. , i. ., ., _, ., , now. yes, you allude to commentary as well, now. yes, you allude to commentary as well. the — now. yes, you allude to commentary as well, the team _ now. yes, you allude to commentary as well, the team that _ now. yes, you allude to commentary as well, the team that goes - now. yes, you allude to commentary as well, the team that goes away - as well, the team that goes away defeat is devastated but coventry did not expect much to be on the situation, they were in the bottom three in the championship as recently as october, but luton town, as you mention, a team who will now go into the premiership. their home ground will become the smallest ever ground will become the smallest ever ground grace at the premier league. there is a quote on one of the stadium guides of the 1990s that says you do not know cramped until you have experienced football at kenilworth road, it really is a football throwback. and they have

grown through the divisions, hit with all sorts of adversity in the naughties and when they finally got out of the national league in 2014, they have been extremely well—run. they have been players on show today who are ready testament to their scouting network, to the players they are able to bring in. jordan clarke who scored their goal today, someone who came in on a free from accrington stanleyjust someone who came in on a free from accrington stanley just three years ago and their fans will be a later tonight. 0ne ago and their fans will be a later tonight. one of the greatest feelings in football i'm short to win this match, because it is such high stakes, where at the end of a match that went to extra time and penalties, the team that are going up penalties, the team that are going up luton town. penalties, the team that are going up luton town-— penalties, the team that are going up luton town. brilliant star. thank ou so up luton town. brilliant star. thank you so much- _ up luton town. brilliant star. thank you so much. reacting _ up luton town. brilliant star. thank you so much. reacting live - up luton town. brilliant star. thank you so much. reacting live for - up luton town. brilliant star. thank you so much. reacting live for us . you so much. reacting live for us there at wembley. the pictures, just there at wembley. the pictures, just the contrasting range of emotions. so much on the line there, but it is luton who will be in the premier league. it's been a day of mixed fortunes for red bull in qualifying for the monaco grand prix. max verstappen claimed pole in what his boss christian horner said was one of the best qualifying

laps of the world champion�*s career. but the dutchman's team—mate sergio perez will start from the back of the grid, as nick parrott reports. monaco is the most important qualifying of the year, because it is so difficult to overtake during the race. to do well in the principality, it is said that you need to kiss the barriers. sergio perez gave them a big hug. the mexican says he can challenge his red bull team—mate, max verstappen, for the world title but his crash means he will start from last place. in the race, aston martin driver fernando alonso will be verstappen�*s biggest threat. fernando said he was pushing like an animal as he topped the time sheets twice in the final session. he had not been on pole since the 2012 grand prix. verstappen was two seconds off the pace in the final attempt but the dutchman pushed to limit, kissing the barrierjust before the finish line as he claimed the top spot. i knew that i was down and it was not enough for pole going into the last sector,

so i clipped the barrier, trying to move the barrier away, but i would say ten, 15 worked for me this time. it has been a bit unlucky for me in the past but today was good. and yes, of course extremely happy to be on pole here. first row of the grid here in monaco, it feels amazing. we came here with some concerns about our performance on saturday, we had been facing some problems to put heat on the tyres, we are good on some days but not so good on qualifying and monaco is all about qualifying so we wanted to make sure we started in a good position, so we have to be happy. but yes, it was close from pole position but we gave it all and that is the most important thing. alonso believes monaco is where he could win a race this season. on this form, vertsappen will need to be at his very best to stop him. let's take a look at tomorrow's starting grid. this is charles leclerc�*s home race. he put his ferrari third on the grid

but he's been given a three place grid penalty for getting in lando norris' way during one of the briton�*s laps. lewis hamilton is the top british driver. his mercedes had several upgrades, but he could only manage sixth but moves up a place because of that penalty for leclerc. that's all from sportsday. just a reminder though that the championship play—off final has been under way this saturday evening and it went all the way to penalties between coventry and luton town. heartbreak from coventry, between coventry and luton town. heartbreakfrom coventry, though luton town, they are the ones who will be playing in the premier league next season. the last time they were in the top flight was all they were in the top flight was all the way back in 1991, 92, so it has been a long wait, but they will be celebrating tonight. that is it from me and the team. we will see you again soon, goodbye.

hello, good afternoon. cloud and sunshine amounts will vary as we head through the next few days. there is some cloud around today, as captured by our weather watcher here in the highlands, but lots of blue sky and sunshine. for the vast majority of us it will be completely dry this bank holiday weekend too, with high pressure dominating, some more spells of warm sunshine but clouding over at times too. and this is the cloud produced by our cold front earlier on today on the satellite picture. it is gradually sinking southwards, introducing more cloud this afternoon across northern ireland and into northern england. brightening up for northern scotland. by the time we get to the end of the day, some strong gusty winds perhaps over the northern isles, but the best of the sunshine in england and wales, temperatures here ranging between 19 and 22c. cooler towards coastal areas. and don't forget the sunshine is strong at this time of year. the uv levels will be high and they will remain high as we head through into next week. and of course the grass pollen season is also

just getting under way. now, overnight tonight, we will start to see parts of northern ireland and much of western scotland cloud over. if we do see any prolonged clear spells across the highlands, temperatures could drop very close to freezing. it's milder further south for england and wales, temperatures in mid to high single figures. high pressure still dominates on sunday, it is certainly looking dry and settled. there will be some areas of cloud around, mostly out towards western areas of scotland, where, again, it will feel cooler across northern ireland too. some areas of cloud out towards eastern areas of england, generally a cloudier—looking day with the best of the sunshine i think for western wales and for the far south—west of england, devon and cornwall. there will always be a cool breeze, it is picking up towards eastern coastal areas by the end of the day. highs of 22 or 23 celsius in the best of the sunshine. let's take a look at bank holiday monday. it is cooler and breezier across the south of england, particularly towards those eastern coasts. again the best of the sunshine further north and west, highs of around 21 celsius perhaps

across the central belt of scotland on bank holiday monday. and looking ahead to the rest of the week, well, the high pressure is going nowhere. it is keeping us dry and settled. there will be variable amounts of cloud around at times but also some sunshine and if we take a look at the outlook for our capital cities, you can see that most of the temperatures recover into the late 20s in celsius.

live from london. this is bbc news. tv presenter holly willoughby says she is hurt after phillip schofield's admission about a relationship with a younger itv colleague, which he previously denied to her. the home office says e—gates are now operating as normal after long delays for some passengers travelling to uk airports. in the uk — the post office apologises for using racist language to describe sub—postmasters who were being wrongly investigated as part of the horizon computer scandal. ukraine's most senior security official tells the bbc the country is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces. it's the final day of campaigning in turkey ahead of one of the country's most divisive presidential elections.