swiatek, who was champion two years ago, will meet jessica pegula in the last eight.a heavyweight tie in the quarter—finals between world number one and defending champion novak djokovic and 13—time french open champion rafa nadal. tuesday will be the 10th time long—time rivals nadal and djokovic will have faced off on the clay courts in paris when they take on court philippe—chatrier in a few hours' time. djokovic defeated nadal in the semi—finals of the french open last year. tuesday's encounter will be the first time two men with 20 or more grand slams won by each will square off in a match. to the african champions league final, where zouheir el moutaraji scored both goals for moroccan side wydad casablanca as they won the title with a 2—0 victory over egypt's al ahly. it's the third time that wydad have been crowned african champions after taking the title in 1992 and 2017. it also stopped ahly winning it for the third straight time. the final was controversially hosted at wydad's ground in casablanca as fans were allowed in to watch the finalfor the first time s

swiatek produced a clinical performance, breaking sabalenka's serve six times on her way to a 6—2, 6— victories in doha, indian wells, miami and stuttgart. and swiatek will face ons jabeur in the final tomorrow, the tunisian beating daria kasatkina in three sets. jabeur has won her last 11 matches and also became the first arab or african woman to win a wta 1000 title in madrid last week. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. spain'sjuan pedro lopez has kept the lead at the giro d'italia after a four—man breakaway group battled it out to win stage 8. belgian rider thomas de gendt took the honours at the finish in naples, ten years after he first won a giro stage. italian francesco bagnaia made it back—to—back moto gp poles with top spot in french gp qualifying. he set a two—wheeled track record at le mans. his ducati teammate, jack miller, grabbed second spot. aprilia's aleix espargaro starts third ahead of tomorrow's race. edoardo mortara won round seven of the formula e world championship in berlin. the driver for venturi racing finished

it's 25 wins and counting for world number one iga swiatek. pretty elite list — only nine players since 2000 have won 25 consecutive matches, including the williams sisters, roger federer, rafa nadal, and andy murray. french sprinter arnaud demarr beat mark cavendish to win stage six of the giro d'italia. it came down to a photo finish — cavendish, on the right of the screen, led out the sprint, but caleb ewan and demarr both outpaced him to the line. the finest of margins between those two, but demarr, in the leading sprinter�*s purple jersey, just edged it. spain'sjuan pedro lopez keeps the overall race lead. for more on that and everything else, you can head over to the bbc sports website. and that's all the sport for now. hello again. we're looking at a fairly windy day today across northern areas of the country, and there's a bit of rain around as well. this is where the rain's been over recent hours, it's been quite wet in northern ireland. a few splashes from northern england, north wales, but the majority of the rain has been working i

women's world number one iga swiatek defended her italian open title in rome with a straight sets winpolish 20—year—old was a 6—2, 6—2 winner over the tunisianjabeur who herself claimed the madrid open title last week that swiatek elected to miss. it's 28 matches in a row she's won now with the french open next on the agenda. it is pretty weird, you may think that with every tournament it takes, i don't know, something more, buti tournament it takes, i don't know, something more, but i am pretty happy with my solid game that i was just able to play good and improved during the tournament because i remember alastair was tricky at the beginning. this year was also a bit tricky to get used to the surface. so i am just proud of myself, honestly, that is the only way i can describe it. in the men's draw, novak djokovic ramped up his preparations for the french open by claiming a first title of the year, as he chases a record—equalling 21st grand slam starting next sunday in paris. by beating stefanos tsitsipas impressively in the final 6—0, 7—6, he secured a sixth title in rome, and a reco

swiatek�*s in a league of her own lately, chasing a second french open title — and is the only top—ten mansfield 3—0 in the league two play—off final. it's five years since the staffordshire club were relegated to the bottom tier but kian harratt�*s stooping header set them on their way after 20 minutes. and just four minutes later, they made it two. ben garrity�*s header hit the bar but james wilson scored his 15th of the season. mansfield had 0li hawkins sent off for a second yellow before former mansfield player mal benning wrapped it up for vale late in the second half. grimsby town are 90 minutes away from a return to league two, after a dramatic win over wrexham in their national league playoff semifinal at the racecourse ground. after the match finished 4—1; in normal time, it looked to be heading for a penalty shootout before this 118th—minute headerfrom captain luke waterfall won it for grimsby. that puts them into the final at the london stadium where they'll play either solihull moors or chesterfield next sunday. time now for a quick look at some of the other stories making

poland's swiatek overcame a slow start to win 6—4 6—1 against the belarusian, in the last 16, and nower—finals later. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. it's taken tom cruise 36 years to get back into the cockpit, but according to critics it's well worth the wait. top gun: maverick will be out in cinemas later this month, though a decision not to re—cast some older women from the previous film has sent some reviewers into a minor tailspin, as mark lobel reports. time to feel claustrophobic again. time to feel claustrophobic aaain. ~ time to feel claustrophobic a . ain. ~ . time to feel claustrophobic aaain. ~ . ,, . again. with all due respect, i am not a _ again. with all due respect, i am not a teacher. _ again. with all due respect, i am not a teacher. hotshot i am not a teacher. hotshot private maverick _ am not a teacher. hotshot private maverick is - am not a teacher. hotshot private maverick is back i am not a teacher. hotshot | private maverick is b

world number one swiatek won 6—3 7—5 against montenegro's danka kovinic.aying better when they feel they have nothing to lose. from my point of view, i didn't really mind the streak, i am just playing my tennis and i gained so many points this season already that i tried to look at it from that perspective, that i actually have nothing to lose her. this that i actually have nothing to lose her. �* , that i actually have nothing to lose her. a her. as i said, with the football, real madrid _ her. as i said, with the football, real madrid thought _ her. as i said, with the football, real madrid thought they - her. as i said, with the football, real madrid thought they had i her. as i said, with the football, - real madrid thought they had scored with karim benzema. we thought it had been ruled as not a goal but they are actually looking at va are now. so it could be a goal or it may not. you will have to go to the bbc sports website and find out. colombians are heading to the polls on sunday to pick a new president in an election where deepening economic woe

iga swiatek eased past the ukrainian lesia tsurenko in straight sets in under an hour.ve tournaments and that was her 29th win in a row there was disappointment for double olympic championjadejones — she just missed out on a fourth successive european taekwondo championship in manchester. she was beaten in the semi final by poland's patrycja adamkiewicz — losing 27—24. however, reaching the semi finals mean she did win a bronze medal, so jones wasn't left completely empty handed. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i don't know about you but my nerves are shredded after yesterday's football, and you are not particularly happy.- football, and you are not particularly happy. football, and you are not articularl ha-- . ., , ., particularly happy. no, but we have the champions _ particularly happy. no, but we have the champions league _ particularly happy. no, but we have the champions league final - particularly happy. no, but we have the champions league final coming | the champions league final coming up. the cha

world number one swiatek won 6—3 7—5 against montenegro's danka kovinic.ff semifinal, it's been a thrilling game between wrexham and grimsby at the racecourse ground. after the match finished 4—4 in normal time, it looked to be heading for a penalty shoot out before this 118th—minute header from captain luke waterfall won it for grimsby. that puts them into the final at the london stadium to face either solihull moors or chesterfield. that's all the sport for now. at least you know your journey between manchester and liverpool will be a lot better than journey from dover to paris. russian forces are continuing to make gains in eastern ukraine. troops, together with moscow—backed militia units, are reported to have taken another key city in the donbas region. russia's forces say they have taken full control of lyman, close to severodonetsk, the easternmost place under ukraine control which is facing a sustained attack. from kyiv, joe inwood sent this report. the scars of war etched into the fields around lyman. this city has been the scene of fierce fightin

iga swiatek has successfully defended her title at the italian open, with a straight sets win in theak to 28 matches. it also means she's won five tournaments in a row — victory in rome following wins in doha, indian wells, miami and stuttgart. and novak djokovic won the men's final — his first title of the year — he beat stefanos tsitsipas 6—love he beat stefanos tsitsipas 6—0 7—6 to wrap up his sixth italian open title, the last major tournament before the french open starts, later this month, as he chases a record—equalling 21st grand slam. that's all from sportsday. a record—equalling 21st grand slam. from all the team here, goodnight. a record—equalling 21st grand slam. the rain in western scotland easing way, but further south the rain developing here and continuing to push its way northwards, could be heavy, possibly thundery as well, working its way up into southern scotland. if you're hoping to see the super blood moon later, the best chance will be in northern scotland with clearer skies. a very warm and muqqy with clearer skies. a very warm and muggy night, there is the mi

world number one iga swiatek is also through to round two but the former world number one and four timere she would play wimbledon this year, after the tournament was stripped of ranking points, because of its ban on russian and belarusian players. it's kind of, like... i don't want to say pointless, no pun intended, but, like... i'm the type of player that gets motivated by, seeing my ranking going up and stuff like that. i'm going to kind of see how like the decisions turn up because i think there's going to be a bit of back—and—forth about the whole point situations and then i guess i can make my decisions. rafael nadal�*s quest for a record—extending 14th french open men's title is under way. the spaniard enjoyed a commanding straight set victory over australia's jordan thompson. it was a 106th french open victory for the 35—year—old fifth seed. defending champion novak djokovic is also through after beating japan's yoshihito nishioka in straight sets. the government is set to approve chelsea's £4.25 billion sale in the next 24 hours, bbc sport has learned. however, the deal "still

women's top seed iga swiatek has booked her place in the last 32.—2 in a little over an hour. it's remarkably her 30th consecutive win. she now faces montenegro's danka kovinic in round 3. meanwhile a shock earlier today. last year's wimbledon finalist karolina pliskova went down in straight sets to the world number 227. france's leolia jeanjean dispatching the 8th seed 6—2 6—2. i think the score is a bit too brutal, i would say. i think the beginning, i think i could play a bit different at some points and i could have many more games but, so far, it's not working and overall, there was not many. i don't have a horrible feeling but of course, i'm not happy about it. ijust want horrible feeling but of course, i'm not happy about it. i just want to give credit to her and i think she played a great match. elsewhere — daniil medvedev crusied through to round 3 with a straight sets win over serbia's laslo djere. he faces another serb, 28th seed miomir kecmanovic in the last 32. and last year's runner up stefanos tsitsipas was on court for over four hour

in the women's draw — world number one iga swiatek is through to the round of 16 after a 6—3, 6—0 win will next face belarusian 16th seed victoria azarenka whose best result was as a beaten finalist here in 2013. juan pedro lopez still holds the leader's pink jersey, heading into the sixth stage of the giro d'italia in the coming hours. the frenchman arnaud demare won a sprint for the line on the riders' second and final day in sicily. it's the sixth stage win of his career in the giro with the 21—day race due to end in verona on the 29th of may. to the nba, where miami heat point guard kyle lowry will miss his side's sixth game of the eastern conference semifinal series later against the philadelphia 76ers with a left hamstring injury. 36—year—old lowry, who won the nba title in 2019 with the toronto raptors, also missed the heat's120—85 home victory in game five on tuesday, which gave miami a 3—2 edge in the best—of—seven series. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. some s

top seeds novak djokovic and iga swiatek get their roland garros campaigns underway on monday, and theren's draw 6th seed 0ns jabeur is out, beaten by magda linette in three sets. the tunisian took the first but linette won a second set tiebreak and rode the momentum to close out a shock victory against one of the tournament favourites. big name out in the men's draw as well, dominic thiem's struggles since returning from injury continue, hugo dellien easily defeating the 2020 us open winner in straight sets. thiem is yet to win a match this season. 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 sport team, goodbye. the cannes film festival is on in the south of france and the great and the good from the film industry have descended on the town in droves. sharon stone, michael fassbender, ethan coen and isabelle huppert werejust some of the a—listers keeping the photographers on their toes on day 6 of the festival. sandro monetti, editor—in—chief of hollywood international filmmaker magazine is in cannes and hejoi

iga swiatek has successfully defended her title at the rome 0pen, with a straight sets win in the finalit also means she's won five tournaments in a row — victory in rome following wins in doha, indian wells, miami and stuttgart. that's all the sport for now. i will have more for you this evening on sportsday. see you then. thank you. nhs prescription charges in england will be frozen at their current rate, as part of government efforts to ease the rising cost of living. the department of health and social care says it will save people £17 million overall. prescriptions will remain free across the rest of the uk. gareth barlow reports. as the cost of living rises, for the first time in over a decade the cost of prescriptions will not. in a typical year, charges usually increase in line with inflation but with inflation soaring at the fastest rate for 30 years, ministers have decided to freeze charges in their current rates. the move only affects patients in england, as people living elsewhere in the uk already do not have to pay. the freeze means a single prescription will remain at £9.

world number one, iga swiatek, is the favourite in the women's draw. a couple of times during these tournaments i was already stressed about that and i was able to work through it and do a really good job atjust focusing on tennis, so hopefully i will be able to continue that, but still i have a few more days until my first match so i guess we will see. i have proved to myself and other people that i can be top of the game, and before i didn't have that much confidence, so this year i feel much more peace. that's all the sport for now. president biden has said he might be willing to meet the north korean leader, kim jong un for face—to—face talks but only if mr kim is �*sincere and serious�*. mr biden, who's on a visit to south korea, said he was also prepared to shore up defences against north korea. the president and his counterpart in seoul, yoon suk—yeol, discussed the possible deployment of extra american jets, bombers and missiles to south korea. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie reports. good evening, president biden. the first task for the

news channel, we have the latest from the french open, with another win for world number one iga swiatekut britain's number two, dan evans, is out. good evening. faced with clear evidence of a worsening cost of living crisis for millions of households, the chancellor, rishi sunak, has unveiled a new support package worth £15 billion. it will be funded in part by what he called a "temporary, targeted energy profits levy" — in other words, a windfall tax on the energy companies, a policy the government has resisted until now. these are the main elements of the package. all households — regardless of income — will receive a grant of £400 towards their energy bills. plans for loans have been binned. on top of that, those on the lowest incomes — around 8 million households — will receive a one—off payment of £650. and pensioner households receiving the winter fuel allowance will also receive an extra one—off payment of £300. people receiving disability benefits which are not means tested will also receive an extra payment of £150. as i said, part of the cost will come from a temporary windfal

we'll start with the french open, and the women's number one, iga swiatek, looks unstoppable. round at roland—garros. she tookjust over an hour to beat american allison riske 6—0, 6—2, as the heavy favourite for this year continued her stunning form where she's dominated on the women's tour. she's aiming for a sixth successive title, having won in doha, indian wells, miami, stuttgart and rome this year. elsewhere in the draw, big upsets with karolina pliskova and former champion simona halep knocked out. novak djokovic and rafa nadal are in action for their respective men's third—round matches later on friday. daniil medvedev is at the same stage now too after beating serbia's laslo djere. the russian world number two won in straight sets, but admitted his opponent played better clay court tennis. medvedev will play another serb in miomir kecmanovic next, and after the match, stressed how keen he was to play wimbledon this summer despite the ban on russians and belarusians from this year's championships. ican i can play wimbledon, will be happy to be there even without points,

swiatek has won her past five tournaments and that was her 29th win in a row.ildren as paying at least £400 more per month. that'sjust to afford about minimum. unsurprisingly household energy is the biggest contributor to that. that is setting families back by nearly £130 per month. it's notjust energy, transport, social activities and childcare have gone up significantly in that's leading to difficult decisions for people like stacey. stacey is a single mother from leicester with two children and she told us she decided to take treats and the big days out out of her budget. and the big days out out of her bud . et. , and the big days out out of her budaet. , .. and the big days out out of her budaet. , ~' �* ., and the big days out out of her budaet. , ~ ~ ., ., , budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that — budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that any _ budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that any more _ budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that any more and _ budget. things like alton towers, we can't do that any more and

iga swiatek has successfully defended her title at the rome 0pen, with a straight sets win in the finalhes. it also means she's won five tournaments in a row — victory in rome following wins in doha, indian wells, miami and stuttgart. that's all the sport for now. you can the action on the bbc sport website. the uk government is preparing to introduce legislation to strip away parts of the protocol. the protocol agreed between the borisjohnson and the eu conference trade between northern ireland and at the eu after brexit. here is the business secretary. i don't think there's going to be a trade war, i don't think that's something that... they're talking about retaliation, they're talking about action they will take. there is a lot of talk, as we've seen over the last six years, the vote happened six years ago, and there's been a lot of talk and a lot of threats about what the eu will or won't do. that's up to them. as far as i'm concerned, our primary the duty as the british government is to look after political stability in northern ireland, and if that means re—looking at the protoco

iga swiatek retained her italian open title with a straight sets win over 0ns jabeur.o be peaking at the right time for the french open which starts in a week's time. i have been building my form for the last couple of weeks and like the previous years, i knew that my best days on the clay is usually coming around at the wrong time. it couldn't be a better time coming into roland garros in the title with this wonderful tournament. juan pedro lopez has held on to the leader's pinkjersey after a dramatic day's racing at the giro d'italia. the first mountainous stage of the grand tour was won by australia's jai hindley. he moves up to fifth place. pedro lopez hung on over the hills and stays in the overall lead going into monday's rest day. that's all the sport for now. polls have closed in lebanon where people have been voting in the first parliamentary election since an unprecedented financial collapse — fuelled new anger and distrust of the political elite that's ruled the country for decades. the devastating explosion in beirut in 2020 deepened the sense among many le

shoulders, but she has had left absolutely brilliantly so far and she is the clear favourite, iga swiatek else's targeting. fin feels that she is the play everybody else's targeting-— else's targeting. on the men's side of thins, else's targeting. on the men's side of things, rafael _ else's targeting. on the men's side of things, rafael nadal _ else's targeting. on the men's side of things, rafael nadal the - else's targeting. on the men's side of things, rafael nadal the king - else's targeting. on the men's side of things, rafael nadal the king of| of things, rafael nadal the king of clay, nursing this sonic fit problem he is going to always have to deal with. does that make him a vulnerable player in the field? that is the reality _ vulnerable player in the field? that is the reality of _ vulnerable player in the field? that is the reality of life _ vulnerable player in the field? twat is the reality of life for rafael nadal, he will turn 36 during this french open. this fit problem, we thought it could be career ending years ago, but obviously not. congenital condition, it has got wor

later poland's world number one iga swiatek will look to join her when she takes on zheng qinwen of chinarench open on the bbc sport website. thank you very much indeed. some breaking news in the last minute also, the archbishop of canterbury has said that he is deeply saddened to announce that he is missing the queen's service of thanksgiving at saint pauls this week as he has tested positive for coronavirus. he is 66 years old and is also apparently suffering mild pneumonia according to a spokesman for lambeth palace. he had been due to preach at the service at st paul's cathedral on friday as part as part of the platinum jubilee celebrations as well as lighting a beacon at lambeth palace on thursday. the archbishop of york will breach the surgeon —— the sermon in his place. let's get more on the french government holding emergency talks with police and european football officials to discuss what went wrong at this weekend's champions league final. it follows widespread condemnation of the tactics of french police, who used tear gas and pepper spray on thousands of liverpool fans as the

world number one iga swiatek is also through to round two, its now 29 victories in a row for the 2020ing points, because of its ban on russian and belarusian players. it's kind of, like... i don't want to say pointless, no pun intended, but, like... i'm the type of player that gets motivated by, seeing my ranking going up and stuff like that. i'm going to kind of see how like the decisions turn up because i think there's going to be a bit of back—and—forth about the whole point situations and then i guess i can make my decisions. rafael nadal�*s quest for a record—extending 14th french open men's title is under way. the spaniard enjoyed a commanding straight set victory over australia's jordan thompson. it was a 106th victory at roland garros for the 35—year—old fifth seed. defending champion and world number one novak djokovic is also through after beating japan's yoshihito nishioka in straight sets. to football now and bbc sport has learned that the government is set to approve chelsea's £4.25 billion sale in the next 2a hours, however, the deal "still has major hurdles to overcome"

women�*s top seed iga swiatek has booked her place in the last 32.njean dispatching the 8th seed 6—2 6—2. i think the score is a bit too brutal, i would say. i think the beginning, i think i could play a bit different at some points and i could have many more games but, so far, it�*s not working and overall, there was not many. i don�*t have a horrible feeling but of course, i�*m not happy about it. i just want to give credit to her and i think she played a great match. elsewhere — daniil medvedev crusied through to round 3 with a straight sets win over serbia�*s laslo djere. he faces another serb, 28th seed miomir kecmanovic in the last 32. and last year�*s runner up stefanos tsitsipas was on court for over four hours against zdenek kolar of the czech republic. the greek eventually won over 4 sets. as for dan evans then. he�*s missed out on reaching the third round on the parisian clay for the first time in his career, he lost against sweden�*s mikeal ymer, in 4 sets. to football and just this week, the england boss gareth southgate condemed the rec

poland�*s world number one iga swiatek is looking to join her as she takes on zheng qinwen of china.s are taking longer to respond to serious incidents. the charity, victim support, says the new figures are" alarming" the data is based on freedom of information requests and suggests that police are now 3 minutes slower to arrive at the most urgent ermergencies than they were six years ago — that�*s worse by 28%. the number of recorded crimes which end up with someone being charged has fallen by 40% in the same period. the government says it is committed to improving the speed of police responses. our special correspondent ed thomas has this report. three, four, five, six, seven. it�*s the perfect storm. i don�*t think there�*s a point in ringing the police any more, because there�*s nothing being done. police are solving fewer recorded crimes. everything thrown all over my house, windows smashed. they are taking longer to respond. leaving the public losing faith. do you have confidence in the police coming out? waste of time. they come out six hours later when they have all gone. thi

iga swiatek has won 31 matches in a row and is the favourite to take the title in the woman's tournamentseason. i slept in natasha who told me it could do wonders from the popular out of women's football in scotland —— i spoke to natasha. one player hit 40 goes for the season on sunday. and, yes, celtic can cut themselves pretty harshly, they saw someone set off and conceded a penaltyjust before the first half, but they never stop and the girls kept up a really dominating performance in the second half despite being down a player, to take the game to extra time for supperjust when it looked like it was heading to penalties, substitute izzy atkinson grabbed what looked to be the winning goal of the game and the trophy headed back to celtic park. we need to build on this and continue to grow the game in scotland. we have seen what can be achieved in other countries. you just have to look at england and even spain, where the barcelona women's team having higher tendencies than the men's game in some cases. so that has to be the 90, some cases. so that has to be the go, to continue to grow a

but first women's top seed iga swiatek has booked her place in the last 32.27. france's leolia jeanjean dispatching the 8th seed 62 62. afterwards, pliskova admitted it was a difficult day at the office, but she didn't want to take anything away from her wildcard opponent. i think the score is a little too brutal because i think the beginning, i think i could play a bit different at some points and i could have many more games but, yeah, overall there was not many, i don't have a horrible feeling but i'm not happy about it. but i think i'm not happy about it. but i think ijust want to i'm not happy about it. but i think i just want to give credit to her and i think she played a great match. elsewhere — daniil medvedev crusied through to round 3 with a straight sets win over serbia's laslo djere. he faces another serb, 28th seed miomir kecmanovic in the last 32. in the last few minutes simona halep has also been knocked out. as for dan evans he's looking to reach the third round on the parisian clay for the first time in his career, he lost the first set again

in the women's draw — world number one iga swiatek survived a scare at the hands of chinese teenagernals and extend her remarkable winning run to 32 consecutive victories. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. great, thanks very much indeed. three more conservative mps, jeremy wright, elliot colburn and andrew bridgen, have called on the prime minister to resign because of the partygate scandal. in a statement, jeremy wright, a former attorney general, said covid rule—breaking at westminster had done lasting damage to the reputation of government. boris johnson apologised last week for lockdown parties held in downing street. at the same time, the chairman of the committee on standards in public life, lord evans, has described the government's changes to the ministerial code as a "missed moment". last week the government introduced the idea of a "minor rule breach" with relevant sanctions for the first time, clarifying that not all breaches of the code required a minister to resign. and the prime minister has retained the power to blo

in the women's draw, world number one iga swiatek is safely through.ormer champion simona halep suffered a panic attack during her second round defeat to china's zheng qinwen. the two—time grand slam champion had led by a set and a break, but said afterwards she "didn't know how to handle" the situation when a rare panic attack took hold. halep's exit was the latest high—profile defeat in the women's draw. gymnast rhys mcclenaghan has been told he won't be permitted to defend his pommel horse gold medal at this summer's commonwealth games. a ruling by the international gymnastics federation has determined that he and two others are ineligible to represent northern ireland — despite being from there. commonwealth games northern ireland describe the decision as "reprehensible" and will challenge the ruling, which it says has been made because the gymnasts represent ireland in fig events. that's all the sport for now. last week, the footballer jake daniels became the first active professional in the uk men's game for more than 30 years to announce he was

now to tennis, and it's 25 wins and counting for world number one iga swiatek.ning an elite list. 0nly nine players since 2000 have won 25 consecutive matches, including the williams sisters, roger federer, rafael nadal and andy murray. french sprinter arnaud demare beat mark cavendish to win stage 6 of the giro d'italia, his second successive stage win. it came down to a photo finish with cavendish, on the right of the screen, who led out the sprint. but caleb ewan and demare both outpaced him to the line. demare has now won more stages at the giro, seven, than any other french rider. spain'sjuan pedro lopez keeps the overall race lead. it's been announced that bt sport and eurosport will merge as part of a new venture between bt and warner bros discovery. the companies have struck a joint deal which could in the longer—term bring big changes to the uk tv sports market. events such as the olympics, premier league football and cycling grand tours could all come together on one platform. the deal is subject to regulatory review, but could go through by the end of

the favourite in the women�*s draw is through to the last eight — iga swiatek was tested though, with fans at the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid on saturday. french authorities came in for heavy criticism when they said that widespread ticket fraud and local youths forcing their way through gates were to blame. liverpool chairman tom werner has since written to the french sports minister amelie 0udea—castera "demanding an apology" for the comments. chelsea has officially been sold to la dodgers part—owner todd boehly — bringing an end to roman abramovich�*s19—year reign. the deal is thought to be worth £4.25 billion and the confirmation wraps up months of uncertainty which had threatened the existence of the club. it frees them from uk government sanctions that were imposed on chelsea due to abramovich�*s alleged ties to russian president vladimir putin. the latest sports news is website and we will have plenty more throughout the day. the governor of the luhansk region of eastern ukraine has said russian troops are continuing their slow advance towards the c

later poland's world number one iga swiatek will look to join her when she takes on zheng qinwen of chinas investigation that has learned that police forces are taking longer to respond to serious incidents in england and wales. information requests indicate that officers are more than three minutes slower to attend the most urgent emergencies compared to six years ago. research also shows that the number of recorded crimes being solved has fallen for the last seven consecutive years. the policing minister kit malthouse says the government is committed to improving the responsiveness of local police. joining me now is alex mayes from the victims of crime charity victim support. welcome and thank you forjoining us. can you give us some examples of the sort of things that you hear from people who come to you? iii. from people who come to you? hi, thanks for from people who come to you? t! , thanks for having me on to talk about this really important story. absolutely. working with victims of crime, we hearfrom their experiences that there is a bit of a lottery in terms of how the police res

defending champion iga swiatek is through to the women's final.y leinster, and they will face the winners of the other semi—final between french sides racing 92 and la rochelle in marseille in two weeks' time. but the european challenge cup will be an all—french affair. wasps lost to lyon, and saracens were beaten 25—16 in their semi—final by toulon. a great try byjiuta wainiqolo clinched it for the french side. i think the sun might be trying to peek through here at wembley. more for you later. back to you. that peek through here at wembley. more for you later. back to you.— for you later. back to you. that is aood for you later. back to you. that is good news- _ for you later. back to you. that is good news. fingers _ for you later. back to you. that is good news. fingers crossed - for you later. back to you. that is good news. fingers crossed for. for you later. back to you. that is l good news. fingers crossed for the 50 odd thousand fans who will be there for the women's fa cup a little bit later on this afternoon. still so nice seeing so man

later, poland's world number one iga swiatek will look to join her when she takes on zheng qinwen ofs are coming. this old industrial region has been battered by their artillery. trenches are the best defence. despite the pressures, the men here say they are in no mood to compromise. translation: a negotiated settlement can only happen | on ukrainian terms, and at present, if it happened, it would be a horror. it would be the end of the president's career, and of them all, because people went to defend ukraine, not for zelensky, but for ukraine. but ukraine's president remains a popularfigure with broad support for the way he's led this country through the darkest days of this war. until now, he'd spent the entirety of it here in the capital, kyiv. yesterday, that changed as he visited kharkiv. until a few weeks ago, ukraine's second city was a frontline. the fact that it is now deemed safe for the president to visit shows how far the war has changed in this part of the country. but in the donbas, things are still looking difficult for ukraine, specifically around the city of severod

but women's top seed iga swiatek has booked her place in the last 32 in double quick time. booked herd owning the weapon and said he didn't realise it was in his luggage at the time. he was released after paying bail and was allowed to continue his journey to switzerland. ecclestone spent a0 years as the head of formula 1 before stepping down in 2017. british gymnastics' head national coach amanda reddin has stepped down from her position with immediate effect. reddin had temporarily stepped aside in 2020 during an investigation into claims about her conduct. rio 2016 olympian ruby harrold said reddin presided over a "culture of fear" at british gymnastics' camps. reddin "completely refuted" the claims, which were not upheld and her suspension was lifted, but another independent investigation is ongoing into "further historical complaints". mark cavendish's hopes of a second stage win at the giro d'italia were dashed by a four—man breakaway at stage 18. the flat run into the finish looks for a mass sprint but four riders held off the chasing pack. the pellets in including cavendish an

the favourite in the women's draw is through to the last eight — iga swiatek was tested though, withainty which had threatened the existence of the club. it frees them from uk government sanctions that were imposed on chelsea due to abramovich's alleged ties to russian president vladimir putin. and the special license chelsea were competing on ended on the 31st of may, so in the nick of time. it has taken a while to sort it. we can continue with sport. as we've been hearing, uefa is launching an independent review to understand what caused the chaotic scenes at the champions league final in paris. liverpool fan jade and his 11—year—old son maxwell travelled to france to watch the game, but instead were fired at with tear gas and were left fearing for their own safety. theyjoin us now from essex. good morning. thanks for talking to us. we know how hard it is to get tickets for a champions league final, almost impossible, especially with it being abroad. what was it like to get tickets and then to have the experience you had? i like to get tickets and then to have the experience you ha

remarkably, it's now 30 games won in a row for women's world number one iga swiatek.ighth seed to the delight of the home crowd. what an upset that is. one that liverpool will be hoping to avoid tomorrow. we would not call it an upset considering how far they have progressed and they are up against one of the all—time great teams in this competition in the shape of real madrid. you just wonder how it will all play out. we will get the fan perspective here later on but a fascinating interview there from sally withjuergen fascinating interview there from sally with juergen klopp fascinating interview there from sally withjuergen klopp because we talk about the passion, the energy, then enthusiasm, he is a natural leader but it is his willingness to speak on some of the wider issues away from football which certainly makes him such a fascinating character and it was very interesting hearing sally getting to grips with him and learning a little bit about his pre—match routine. certainly what he settles down for breakfast on game day. idistill]! certainly what he settles d