as yet another mp dramatically quits parliament. it comes as former prime minister borisjohnson claims he was forced out after a report into his conduct during the covid pandemic. in ukraine, president volodymyr zelensky confirms that counter offensives against occupying russian forces are �*taking place.�* it comes after a week of speculation following an escalation of fighting in the south and east of the country. a man accused of stabbing four young children in a playground in the french resort town of annecy has been charged with attempted murder. authorities say the victims are no longer in a life—threatening condition. manchester city and inter milan fans are pouring into istanbul in turkey for the football champions�* league final. a win for city would seal a treble. they've already won the premier league title and the fa cup. kick is in 30 minutes. kick off is in 30 minutes. donald trump is due to speak in

colombia. he's been charged with mishandling hundreds of classified documents about nuclear and military secrets. but now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm 0lly foster. we are live in istanbul, 30 minutes away kick off in the champions league final. here's what's coming up on sportsday. can manchester city cap an already incredible season with the trophy they have been craving for so long? tea m team news coming up to you. team news coming theirfans have no doubt that they will beat inter milan to become become european champions for the first time. cheering and i'm gavin ramjaun at the bbc sport centre...

away from the champions league final.... iga swiatek reigns in roland garros but the defending champion is pushed all the way by karolina muchova. and australia are in the driving seat against india, who have a record run chase ahead of them, at the world test championship final at the oval. this is sportsday. welcome, well, here we are at the stadium, the final destination at the end of an incredible season for manchester city four months, not for manchester city four months, not just four weeks as they knocked real madrid out and made them favourites against inter milan. donald trump is due to speak shortly but we will take you right up to kick off in what should be a magnificent final. so much at stake, especially for manchester city as they look to emulate manchester

united and what they did in 1999. city looking to become only the second team to complete that rarity of the treble. pep guardiola, city's manager, looking to become the first manager, looking to become the first manager to achieve the treble. he did it in 2009 with barcelona. it's been a long way for manchester city since that takeover. they've been knocking on the door of european elite but now they feel with haaland up elite but now they feel with haaland up front they can finally crack europe. they are on the brink of something very special. in the last hour or so we've got the team news. we can show you the manchester city news. the one point is that kyle walker will not make the starting

11. he had a back strain they picked ii. he had a back strain they picked up ii. he had a back strain they picked up in the final of the fa cup. zelalem coming into goal. nathan aki coming in. rhodri is showing things up and then you've got silva. walker had initially shrugged off that back strain but

pep guardiola thought it would get better. he's been named on the bench so perhaps this is pep guardiola doing something tactical but kyle walker is one of those players who wanted to make amends from that defeat against chelsea two years ago when they lost. they are favourites tonight against inter milan. pretty much what we expected from inter milan who finished third. they have cup specialists, winning12 of 13 cup specialists, winning12 of 13 cup finals, as a player and a manager. this is his starting line—up.

dumfries and dimarco on the flanks. roles of itch and the turkish player who will get roles of itch and the turkish player who will get a roles of itch and the turkish player who will get a lot roles of itch and the turkish player who will get a lot of roles of itch and the turkish player who will get a lot of support roles of itch and the turkish player who will get a lot of support from the neutrals here. the turkish fa ns fans and other players. he was one of the scorers on that final day of the season. we all remember aguero. manchester city we've heard them in full voice inside the stadium. we think kick—off will be in the next 25 minutes or so. terrible traffic congestion. we are 20 miles out but

city's fans have been making themselves known for the last 48 hours or so in the centre of istanbul. 20,000 is the allocation and there is the hope that every seat is full. natalie perks has travelled with some of those city fans today. they came, they saw and they are confident they will conquer. thousands of expectant city fans packed at the bar is in great spirits. police were present but kept a respectful distance. 0fficers kept a respectful distance. officers from greater manchester police have also made a trip to support the turkish effort in an advisory role. istanbul! istanbul! enjoying the night ofjonathan and his friends.

this afternoon they emerged to catch the early wave of shuttle buses to the early wave of shuttle buses to the stadium, their second european final in three years. what this moment mean to you as lifelong city fans? it moment mean to you as lifelong city fans? , , u, , fans? it everything because with alwa s fans? it everything because with always looked _ fans? it everything because with always looked at _ fans? it everything because with always looked at failure - fans? it everything because with always looked at failure in - fans? it everything because with always looked at failure in this l always looked at failure in this competition and to win this we would just be cemented notjust to being the greatest but an unbelievable team. �* , , , ., ., team. it's the biggest game of footballing. — team. it's the biggest game of footballing, supporting, - team. it's the biggest game of footballing, supporting, so - footballing, supporting, so definitely nervous.- footballing, supporting, so definitely nervous. seen some horrible games _ definitely nervous. seen some horrible games over— definitely nervous. seen some horrible games over the - definitely nervous. seen some horrible games over the years | definitely nervous. seen some . horrible games over the years but was stuck by them. they are reaping the rewards now so, brilliant. this two hours to _ the rewards now so, brilliant. this two hours to travel— the rewards now so, brilliant. this two hours to traveljust 16 miles. they've arrived at the same stadium where city lost in 68. it's fair to say that things have changed since then. dyer—mac, city! on the cusp of sporting immortality, they've come a long, long way together. and they

are not going to miss the last few miles to get into the stadium. lots of videos on social media of manchester city fans getting out of a cab to minibuses, in trafficjams, to come the last couple of miles on foot. they do not want to miss kick—off here. we are 20 minutes away from that. you're always going to get that optimism among the fans but what about the players? judging by the body language as they arrived here on thursday, coming off the back of winning another league title, and the fa cup, as well, everything exceeded positivity. last night, we heard from pep guardiola who is looking to win this as a manager, once again.

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that. lots of legends here in town, associated with the champions league and we've been speaking to patrick viera who one with arsenal. inter milan won three titles and he won when he returned to england. manchester city's first bit of silverware. that was the fa cup in 2011 since the takeover in 2008 and we asked him about how he thought this final would go. i we asked him about how he thought this final would go.— this final would go. i think the club has been _ this final would go. i think the club has been working - this final would go. i think the club has been working quite . this final would go. i think the i club has been working quite hard this final would go. i think the - club has been working quite hard to be ready for today. you know, there's always a different way to define success and i believe that this year has already been a success, winning the fa cup in the league but it's the way they play the game that is a success because fans around the world like to watch them play. ithink fans around the world like to watch them play. i think that's a success. but, of course all the hard work behind the scene was to win the

champions league and they are really close to it and i hope they will do it because there are a lot of people behind the scene who are working really hard to make this football club success.— club success. they play in a different — club success. they play in a different way _ club success. they play in a different way but _ club success. they play in a different way but both - club success. they play in a different way but both are l club success. they play in a| different way but both are in club success. they play in a - different way but both are in the final and — different way but both are in the final and it's going to be really tough — final and it's going to be really tough city because they are the favourite — tough city because they are the favourite of the competition and everyone — favourite of the competition and everyone expects them to win but it's going — everyone expects them to win but it's going to be difficult and challenging because inter milan have been well— challenging because inter milan have been well at the moment and they are quite strong as well.— quite strong as well. when you speak to the manchester— quite strong as well. when you speak to the manchester city _ quite strong as well. when you speak to the manchester city fans, - quite strong as well. when you speak to the manchester city fans, they - to the manchester city fans, they reckon that they are going to win by at least two or three but when you speak to professional players who have been there and done that, like patrick viera, there's a possibility might go to extra time. people think city will have the h but all that motivation that they've got as they stand on the brink of something very

special but inter—milan, they have been so miserly in the defence, conceding so few goals, clean sheet in five of their six knockouts. getting past ac milan as well. certainly pep guardiola will not underestimate the opposition there. that's all from me for now. i will be back later but let's had to the bbc sport centre. it's been a busy day of sport. it's notjust about the champions league final. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today.. let's continue on that theme of finals... after iga swiatek survived a scare from the unseeded karolina muchova, to defend her french open title at roland garros. it was all going to plan for the top seed — who took the first set with ease. . .. ..but her opponent wasn't

giving up without a fight. ben croucher reports. tears for a crown. the queen of clay for a third time. swiatek had to do it the hard way against muchova. even the evidence suggested it would not suggested it would be as simple as her path to the final. she hadn't dropped a set. muchova needed to find the shot. the czech player picked the right angle. she was now giving swiatek the runaround. everything returned with added interest. sensational. we were going the distance. the third set ebbed and flowed. break followed break but it was the swiatek made but it was the swiatek that made the biggest moments matter. a third french open, her second grand slam title, very much world number one. so swiatek confirming her status as the one to catch in the women's game. shejoins monica seles and naomi 0saka in winning herfirst four slam finals.

0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller said swiatek was tested in this final — but was ultimately too good in the end. they were more than a few moments of anxiety for her. she looked very comfortable when she won the first set. she moved three up but it looked like for all the world it would be herfourth grand slam final in a fourth straight sets victory, but it was the opposite in that muchova who had not been playing nearly as well she did in her semifinal against sabelenka started to mix aggression with variety and made life very uncomfortable for swiatek who was the anxious a lot of unforced errors. muchova came back, and then had never break point for all but... never break point for when never break point for muchova had to hold her serv to when muchova had to hold her serve to stay in the final, she missed and

swiatek was champion again. turning your attention to the men's. a chance for novak djokovic to make history. it will be a 23rd grand slam singles title. it will be more than rafael nadal, more than any man before. yes, he's a clearfavourite against his opponent from norway, given the way that novak djokovic has played at this novak djokovic has played as this fortnight has gone on. he looked terrific in his last game but that match was dogged by cramp. it was very much in the balance in the third set when he wasn't able to play much better than a walking pace. a bit like muchova in the women's final, don't underestimate djokovic's opponent.

he was like a rabbit in the headlights with his idol rafael natal 12 months ago but he's been in the us open final and he's a clay natural so he's got more experience under his belt and i would think this vinyl is going to be much closer final is going to be much closer than we would think. alfie hewitt has been in action today. how has he fed? how has he fared? it's ended a lot better. it didn't stop particularly well because he thought he was going to win his fourth french open title but he lost head of the women's final in straight sets but he has paired up with gordon reid to win a wheelchair doubles title. they won that 7—6 7—5. there's also a quad double finals for great britain as well. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today.. andy murray is through to his first singles final on british soil in seven years after beating australian jordan thompson in the surbiton trophy. murray beat the defending champion in straight sets and will face

austria'sjurij rodionov.belgian zizou bergs in tomorrow's final as his preparation for wimbledon continues. the 36—year—old's most recent british final appearance was in 2016 at the atp world tour finals. katie swan will overtake emma raducanu to become british number one if she wins tomorrow's women's final. swan made it through her semi—final with an impressive 6—1, 6—0 victory against lily miyazaki. swan faces yanina wickmayer in the final after the belgian ended the challenge of britain's katie boulter. reigning tour de france champion yonas vingergo looks like he's in the perfect form to defend his title next month — after winning the penultimate stage of the criterium du dauphine. the dane finished 41 seconds clear of britain's adam yates, who's moved up to second overall but is more than two minutes off the lead. australia are in ominous form ahead of the ashes against england next week... they set india a mountain to climb, on day four of the final of the world test championship. to win the title india will need

to pull off a world record test run chase of 444 runs at the oval. at the close of play on day four they're 164 for 3. patrick gearey reports. whatever secret strategy india were concocting on day four it needed to work and fast. this was a start. out, but with india at nearly 300 runs behind they needed to keep moving at least more than cameron green did. he was bowled in slow motion. meanwhile, the temperature at the oval was rising and so too australia's lead. they breezily batted themselves clear, sapping india's energy. 143 ahead when captain was out. 143 ahead when their captain was out. he declared the innings over. india's turn now. the decisive knock of the match. initially they responded positively. as it seems did she! the india's opening partnership broke up before tea.

the umpires felt that the ball met cameron green rather than grass. australia had been holding back their lion. nathan lyon gave his fifth delivery. ten minutes later this... the game changed. india still have hope and we still have a day to find the world test champion. gloucester—hartpury are through to the final of the women's premier 15s for the first time after beating bristol bears by 21 points to 12. rachel lund scored the pick of gloucester�*s three tries at kingsholm stadium. they'll be back in a fortnight for the biggest game in their history which will be against the winner of tomorrow's semi—final between exeter and saracens at sandy park. warrington wolves are heading back to the top of the super league as things stand. they lead huddersfield giants 24—22 they won their game. including

this... a breakaway from josh thewlis. catalans dragons will reclaim top spot if they beat hull kingston rovers in a match that started at 6. that's currently 38—4 to catalan. england's cerebral palsy team reached their first ever major final of the european championships in italy and faced the world number ones, ukraine. 0n matt crossen, the england captain's birthday, england were full of optimism until they conceded 13 minutes in. at 25 minutes, ukraine doubled their lead with this penalty by serhii bedenok. that's the rest of the day's sport then. let's head back to istanbul, and join 0lly foster again... it's minutes away. attention must be building. it really is. you can feel it from here. the stadium announcer is really winding up the crowd now,

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