down to the final ball, as chennai super kings beat gujarat titans. hello there. mauricio pochettino is back in the premier league. the former tottenam and southampton manager has taken on the chelsea job. the argentine, who had been linked with the post for weeks, had been out of work for almost a year after being sacked by paris saint—germain, despite winning the ligue un title. joe lynskey reports. he's the man who took tottenham to a champions league final. now mauricio pochettino is on his way back to london. he has been chosen by chelsea to turn the club around. in a statement, they said... this club has just had

its worst season in 29 years — one where they lurched through three different managers. thomas tuchel left in september, and graham potter came in and signed a five—year deal — he lasted six months. frank lampard then took temporary charge, but in nine league games, he won just one. chelsea finished 12th. all this for a club who got a new owner last year. todd boehly has now spent half a billion on players and wants a coach to bring results. what will the minimum expectation be for him in this first season at chelsea? the owners have not paid 2.5 billion and promised more to finish fourth. they want the title. i think with his style and the way that can have that man management, it's a perfect fit for the club. since he left tottenham, pochettino has managed at paris saint—germain, where he lead their superstars to three trophies.

at his new club, he has preseason to prepare, and to make sure chelsea's next year is not like the last one. joe lynskey, bbc news. let's stay with this. the former chelsea winger pat nevin thinks pochettino will be a good fit, but there can be no guarantees. the background is he's got good knowledge of the game, he's done it in england before, he's managed top players, and he is well—liked by players usually that he's worked under. so, yeah, there's a lot to like there. there's no certainty that it'll work, there's never such a thing, he's got a number of things against them. chelsea fans will immediately tell you he used to manage a team they are not keen about, which they will forget about if he wins a few games. but he he knows he's got a big job, and you'll find out if it's a good or a bad move i think

fairly quickly when you see the changes that he's able to make right at the start of the season. former leeds united and england goalkeeper paul robinson says he would give sam allardyce the elland road manager's job full—time, despite the club's relegation. after three years in the premier league, leeds are returning to the championship. they lost 4—1 at home to spurs on the final day of the season. but even if they had won, it wouldn't have been enough. the decision to parachute in allardyce for the final four games of the season failed — he replaced javi gracia afterjust two months, with the spanish boss failing to improve previous manager jesse marsch�*s side. i'm not saying thatjesse marsh was the right man for the got —— job at the time, except that he was. i think the worst two results lead scott this year was back in november when they want to and field, and one at bournemouth road, and that kethesse marsh in thejob before the world cup. —— that leads matt got. —— that

leads god. i think that they had changed the manager early on, they wouldn't be in the predicament. but sam came in with almost mission impossible. next year in the championship, listen, i would give him the job from my point of view, i know that will hugely divide opinion in leeds fans, some will say they don't want to watch that style of football. bottom line is, we have to get out of the championship. but if he's given assurances and promises at leeds and he can be something there — we're talking about a man who we once thought about being in england manager. unless you're about to get vincent kompany, you could do a lot worse. so leeds heading down, luton are on the way up and thousands of their fans turned out for the players as they celebrated their promotion to the premier league. they beat coventry on penalties in the championship play—off final over the weekend to complete their rapid ascent from non—league football in the past decade. matt graveling reports. the hatters are flying high. luton town, back in the big time after 31 years. thousands of fans all lining a one—mile stretch, watching their heroes on the road to

the premier league. that's what football is about, innit? community and making everyone happy, putting a smile on their face. you know, these people work hard to come and support us on a saturday. today's parade began at kenilworth road, luton town's home for more than a century. but this 10,000 capacity stadium will first have a £12 million update before it welcomes football's elite in august. awaiting the team's arrival, a sea of orange filling st george's square. 15 years ago, these fans almost watch their team go bankrupt. nine years ago, they were playing in the fifth tier of english football. now look at today, what a difference a premier league team makes to a community. i think it's something positive for luton. a proper fairy tale story. you know, we've done it with no money. it means so much to us. honestly, like, we needed this. as you can see, the town's crazy at the minute. - rob edwards has only been leading luton since november, but has already won over the town. we've got to enjoy this moment now, it's for you guys. look how many people

are here now, look what it means to you all, enjoy it, make some noise, come on! cheering these fans may soon watch their team in a brand—new stadium, paid for in part by promotion. but until then, these happy hatters are just pleased to be back in english football's top tier. matt graveling, bbc news. now some news from italy, and napoli's championship—winning manager luciano spalletti has been released from the final year of his contract to take time away from the game. napoli won this season's serie a with five games to spare — their first title since 1990. they also reached the champions league quarterfinals. after their last game next weekend, spalletti says he needs a rest. napoli president aurelio de laurentiis says: "he's a free man and it's right that he does what he wants." a ceremony has taken place to mark the official closure of the camp nou and the start of construction for barcelona's new stadium, which is set to be completed by 2026. the newly—crowned champions will play at the olympic stadium in the city

with a return to the rebuilt camp nou scheduled for november 2024, when the catalan club celebrates its 125th anniversary. barca have secured financing of $1.6 billion from multiple investors to begin the renovation of europe's largest football stadium. capacity will increase from 99,300 to 105,000. novak djokovic has started his french open campaign with a straight—sets victory over aleksandar kovacevic. the serb hasn't lost a first—round match at a grand slam for 17 years. djokovic, a two—time champion in paris, beat the american, 6—3, 6—2, 7—6. he shares the men's grand slam record of 22 with rafa nadal who is a 14—time winner at roland garros, but is missing because of an injury. next up for djokovic is hungary's marton fucsovics in the second round. he's a very nice guy. we practised with each other a few times actually during the us open some years ago, and we officially

speak the same language, he has a serbian background, so we get along really well. i've met his family, very nice people. you know, he's trying his best and i think he's got the game, he's got the game no doubt to go far. world number one carlos alcaraz eased past flavio cobolli in his first round, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5. alacaraz, who's only just turned 20 and won the us open last year, has won two titles on clay over the past month and is favourite for the title. he'll play japan's taro daniel next. britain's cameron norrie, the 14th seed, is through, squeezing past france's benoit paire in five sets. norrie took the first set, but paire rallied in front of his home fans, taking the second and third sets. but norrie fought back, completing the win — he is the only brit left in the singles tournament. the former us open champion

sloane stephens has knocked out world number 16 karolina pliskova, 6—0, 6—4. the american was not ranked high enough to be seeded when the draw was made last week, but is now ranked 30th. chennai super kings have won the indian premier league after a thrilling final ball victory against gujarat titans. the match was being played on a reserve day because of bad weather, and gujarat posted a formidable looking target of 214 from their 20 overs with sai sudharsan making 96. more rain fell, the target was reduced to 171 off 15 overs, chennai needed ten off the last two balls, ravi jadeja gave them a chance with this six. then off the final ball, he hit the boundary they needed to claim the title for a fifth time. the celebrations getting under way at close to 2am in the morning.

lots of reaction to that ipl final — a win for the ages they're calling it. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. it was a near—perfect weekend for some of you, and for those on half term this week, there can't be too many complaints for many. skies a little like we saw here on the banks of loch lomond as we went through today. but it could be a busy week for the gardeners and growers — the state of the ground here is very dry in pembrokeshire, for instance, and there is little to no rain in the forecast through the rest of this week. 0ur forecast rainfall chart shows the rainfall amounts totting up across southern europe in the mediterranean — not great for those in half term here — but for us, other than a few spots of drizzle in the far north of scotland, maybe eastern england, it stays dry.

why? we have this persistent area of high pressure which noses its way a bit further westwards, and it still allows a bit of a cool flow of air, particularly into the south and southeast with plenty of cloud — that's showing up on the cambridge forecast for the rest of this week. but elsewhere, especially further west you are, blue skies will dominate, and it will turn that bit warmer. the nights will still be rather chilly, and that's the case as we go into tuesday morning — widely, temperatures down into single figures, some rural spots only around 1—2 celsius as we start the day. but plenty of blue skies for many, cloudiest across the far north of scotland, quite a bit of cloud through central eastern england to begin with, and that will hover around many eastern coastal counties of england throughout the day, particularly along the coastal strip. but come away from that, blue skies will dominate, breezy again across some southern and southeastern areas, and that will limit the temperature rise towards that southeast corner — only around 13—14 along the coastal strip. but with winds light further north and west, even warmer than we saw on monday. to the north of glasgow, maybe up to 2a celsius. now for wednesday,

if anything, there'll be more low cloud around — a bit more across eastern scotland, extensively through england, even into east wales. but the western edges of that will continue to melt away as we go through the day, lingering a bit more through some parts of the south midlands into eastern england, again limit in temperature rise here. but to the north of scotland, we could even peak at around 26 celsius by this stage. 0ur area of high pressure, then, through wednesday night into thursday continues to nudge a little bit further westwards, and that still allows that keen breeze towards the south and southeast, and it allows a bit more cloud pushing down these eastern coastal counties, some of which will not clear all day long. could bring a spot or two of drizzle, but come to the south and the west, we'll see some of the sunniest conditions. again, it will be a warm day — 23—24 celsius will be the high. take care.

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