. >> aubameyang. fine attack from the international set. >> a couple of good battles going on out there. >> his pace. has a good challenge. it was the right decision. came off aubameyang. >> the young central defender would complete with confidence in his ability and timing of his tackle. mee. west wood. tarkowski. lichtsteiner. aubameyang. floating around the game so far. hendrick got in possession. doesn't have any support so he goes solo. good defending from taylor, though. >> good all around. good from mkhitaryan and good from taylor. >> guendouzi. safe back to heaton. no risk this time from tom heaton. fine header from mustafi. mkhitaryan. aubameyang comes to the line. caused him to go to the floor. and in defense -- it didn't appear to bounce. wood, three defenders and the goalkeeper to -- oh, it's the post that saves arsenal. >> he seems to do everything right there. set himself really well. kept it down. must have thought it was going to creep in that bottom door. >> the burnley fans are lovin

pierre—emerick aubameyang's hat—trick helped arsenal to a 4—2 win in spain over valenica in their semi—finalleg, handing them a 7—3 aggregate victory. gunners manager unai emery is through to a major european final in his first year in charge of the north londoners, and will be looking for a fourth title in this tournament, having won it three times with sevilla. watching on at the mestalla was alistair bruce ball. a commanding waiter influenced for arsenal under the man who has the midas touch in this competition has taken them through to their first european final since 2006. the home fa ns european final since 2006. the home fans certainly made it tough, cranking upa fans certainly made it tough, cranking up a raucous atmosphere, and valencia got off to a flyer as well, with kevin gameiro‘s goal after just 11 minutes. well, with kevin gameiro‘s goal afterjust11 minutes. but arsenal a lwa ys afterjust11 minutes. but arsenal always knew an away goal would mean valencia had to chase the game, and in pierre—emerick aubameyang and alexandre lacazette they have two world —class alexandre lacaze

this time it was the other half of the double act, aubameyang finishing from close range.al right now. there it is. squeezing it in between the near post in the goalkeeper. 3—1 so different then 2—1. you sense that in the reaction of the players and the manager and the reaction of the crowd. before the match, we were talking about which kind of arsenal might we see here this evening. the arsenal which has been dominated times in the europa league, their victory against napoli or what would be the arsenal that has conceded the nine goals in the last premier league matches. i think the first 11 minutes or so we have the premier league arsenal but for the most of this match, we got the europa league arsenal. and again, i will reiterate, the advantage of having a partnership and attack, aubameyang and lacazette. it reminds me of the old days when i'm sure most teams used to do that kind of thing. indeed. it is the lead back prove fruitful tonight. thank you. chelsea have a crucial away goal after drawing one all with german side eintracht frankfurt. after an early setback, the

first pierre—emerick aubameyang got a crucial away goal and then alexander like is that put the gunnersme, arsenal ran away with it. and nato struck again. —— arsenal. away with it. and nato struck again. -- arsenal. a stretches of the but for a nevada cat trip. this from marble we cover arsenal through the bruins were it all came together. a couple of minutes left in the moment the match adding to penalties and we are live to stamford bridge window a bit more. let's about totte n ha m. window a bit more. let's about tottenham. he was talking about spurs and liverpool after they had their comeback to make the champions league final. they will play that champions league final dye in the final dye champions league final in madrid on the 1st ofjune. they found themselves 3—0 down on aggregate to ajax, the same deficit liverpool had come back from 2a hours earlier against barcelona.

coming up on this programme: arsenal are through to the europa league final after pierre—emerick aubameyangand they will face chelsea in the azerbaijan capital of baku after the blues won a penalty shootout against eintracht frankfurt. and a double shock as both defending champion petra kivitova and world number one naomi 0saka are knocked out of the madrid 0pen, 0saka losing in three sets to belinda bencic. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that arsenal will play chelsea in the europa league final. pierre—emerick aubameyang's hat—trick helped arsenal to a 11—2 win in spain over valenica in their semi—final second leg, handing them a 7—3 aggregate victory. gunners manager unai emery is through to a major european final in his first year in charge of the north londoners, and will be looking for a fourth title in this tournament, having won it three times with sevilla. watching on at the mestalla was alistair bruce ball. a commanding waiter influenced for arsenal under the man who has the midas touch in this competition has

wherever aubameyang runs, lacazette is sure to follow. there he is., he was convinced it had crossed the line. a replay confirms it clearly, and goal—line technology told the ref it was in, via his watch. just 25 minutes gone, by the way. lacazette had ample opportunities to score again. instead of the net, he hit neto — that's the valencia goalkeeper. with the clock ticking to 90 minutes, a chance fell to the other half of the double act, aubameyang. 3—1 with the second leg to come. now, which way to the final? yes, we have been talking about the significance of this europa league competition right now to arsenal football club. you know, the same could be said, really, for chelsea. they were at frankfurt this evening in the first leg of their europa league semifinal, their goal came from pedro just before league semifinal, their goal came from pedrojust before half—time, and that made it 1—1, that is the way the game finished. i think chelsea will be content with that, a lwa ys chelsea will be content with that, always important to score the away goa

aubameyang and la cazette who season he has had.ia to the sword in the semifinals, up front. those are your two teams in what is an all english week of european finals. just to show you quickly, a fantastic match we had here. azerbaijan fan stressed as the queen, freddie mercury, the beatles, we had paddington bear, a marching band, incredible scenes. there will be thousands of azerbaijani fans celebrating everything english. you will be celebrating here in the europa league final? they have come a long way to see it. for the losers it will be an awful lot longer going home. from all of us here it is goodbye. after a reasonable start to the day with morning sunshine the cloud has been thickening. damn weather pushing in two wheels. —— damp weather pushing in two wheels. during the second part the rain will be confined to western parts. westerly wind picks up and it will be blowing and some mild air by the end of the night, 15 celsius in london, coolerfor the end of the night, 15 celsius in london, coolerforthe far end of the night,

two goals from striker alexandre lacazette and another from pierre—emerick aubameyang giving them a 3own to this. two legs of a europa league semifinal and then the chance of a trophy. the club has my priority has changed course towards azerbaijan. —— has changed priority. this goal, so —— has changed priority. this goal, so easy —— has changed priority. this goal, so easy even a manager —— has changed priority. this goal, so easy even a manager could —— has changed priority. this goal, so easy even a manager could score! well, valencia's manager thought so. so arsenal because my defence is dodgy but what about attack? wherever a babby and runs, lacazette is sure to follow, there he is. —— we re is sure to follow, there he is. —— were aubameyang. watch this header, he was convinced it had crossed the line. and goal—line technology told the ref it was in. just 25 minutes gone, by the way. lacazette had ample opportunities to score again. instead of the net, he hit neto, the valencia goalkeeper. with the clock ticking, the chance fell to the other half of the double act, aubameyang. 3—1

aubameyang would finish with an emphatic hat—trick.k to the neighbours. joe lynskey, bbc news. so, we have more happy players on our hands. ruben loftus—cheek celebrated his goal for chelsea on twitter, saying "thanks for the electric support. "see you in baku." and arsenal's henrikh mkhitaryan said, "one club, one goal, "let's win this." the players don't have to worry about getting to baku but the fans certainly do. they face a journey, of amost 2,500 miles, to the eastern edge of europe, and there are currently no direct, scheduled flights between london and baku in the week of the final on the 29th of may. the quickest journey by air on the day, takes nearly seven hours. and by train it takes more than four days, passing through seven countries! of course, you could drive, but the minimum journey time, is listed online as 58 hours. obviously the europa league is on all the back pages this morning — and the headline writers have been having fun. "a full english", says the mirror, and "england is finally the toast of europe." the dai

arsenal trained earlier and the only seeming concern was aubameyang who was wearing a cast on his arme is no break and it will not affect his availability for the arsenal manager of course stands to win the trophy for the fourth time, no manager has done that before. arsenal would also be catapulted into the champions league if they did so, catapulted into the champions league if they did 50, chelsea are just looking to win a trophy but their head coach has never done that in his entire career. let's hear from them both. i prefer to play with our supporters here, i prefer that they can come here, a lot of supporters from chelsea, from london. but it is difficult for them. but tomorrow there are going to be a lot of supporters. arsenal and chelsea have a lot of support in all the world. really very disappointed because we do thisjob for this really very disappointed because we do this job for this kind of really very disappointed because we do thisjob for this kind of match. and so we help to see our fans here. i don't know what to say, i can say only that we will try to win. we will t

aubameyang's goal as the clock struck 90 takes arsenal a step closer to the final.f eintracht frankfurt, chelsea found the german side intent on sending a message. they are nothing if not bold. luka jovic steered them ahead and thousands of frankfurters rapidly overheated. they gradually lost steam and chelsea with their magician eden hazard on the bench found a sorcerer‘s apprentice in pedro. 0ne all before the break. a bridge head for a second half advance, david luiz did his best lionel messi — so close from so far. chelsea go into the second leg as favourites, but strangely, with frankfurt, things are rarely black—and—white. patrick gearey, bbc news. a neurologist has ruled that tottenham defenderjan vertonghen "did not suffer a concussion" during the champions league semifinal first leg against ajax on tuesday. the belgium international collided with a team—mate and, despite being cleared to continue, soon had to be substituted in the 1—0 defeat. tottenham say vertonghen "suffered an injury to his nose" which resulted in "heavy bleeding". double olympic champio

pierre emerick aubameyang scored twice for arsenal — it means he ends the season as the league's jointgoals alongside liverpool's sadio mane and mohamed salah. plenty of goals in the day's other games. eight goals in the match between crystal palace and bournemouth. 5—3 to palace there. michy batshuayi with two. newcastle hammered already relegated fulham 4—0. big result for rafa benitez there — speculation over his future as manager continues. west ham finish in the top 10, with that 4—1 win over watford. and manchester united end the season on a sour note — they lost 2—0 to cardiff at old trafford. cardiff hadn't beaten united in the league since 1960. and this is how the top of the table looks. manchester city clinching the title by a single point. 98 points for them — after their record 14th successive win. liverpool's win over wolves sees them with 97 points. an astonishingly high total for the team finishing second. chelsea's goalless draw with leicester means they end up 3rd. confirmation of man united in 6th. and the relegation spots decided before today. but it's huddersfield,

score in liverpool's win over wolves yesterday, meaning he had to share the golden boot with team aubameyangd the back of the net. this is salah's daughter scoring at the kop end to the delight of thousands of fans. and dad was pretty happy about it too. after the game salah tweeted to say ‘yes, i know we have one at home. this is a new one' have a look at theirs. trent alexander—arnold was still on the pitch, almost two hours after the game finished, putting any crosses for his friends and family. —— putting in crosses. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. you're watching bbc news, let's talk about the government's infrastructure is our who has warned the chancellor that he must fully commit toa the chancellor that he must fully commit to a major programme of upgrades to the uk's transport, energy and technology networks. in a letter to philip hammond, the national infrastructure commission chairman has demanded action to meet the challenges facing the uk and to help tackle climate change. the letter outlines four test flew back that the commission believes a s

arsenal have a key man of their own in pierre—emerick aubameyang, and no victory —— victory would bringgue. may be the season we deserved, to be in the top four, but it's a one—off game, a final, we can takea but it's a one—off game, a final, we can take a trophy and go back to the champions league. the past azerbaijan has been farfrom champions league. the past azerbaijan has been far from smooth, but finally the focus turns to football. —— the path to azerbaijan. labour's deputy leader says his party's decision to expel alastair campbell, tony blair's former spin doctor who admitted to voting liberal democrat in the eu elections last week, was "spiteful". tom watson said hundreds of thousands of labour party members voted against their party over its stance on brexit and there should be an amnesty against further expulsions. several other senior labour figures have also backed mr campbell. the scottish government has published legislation that could pave the way for a new vote on scottish independence, if the westminster government allows it. the bill contains no details on when a ref

while pierre emerick aubameyang scored a hat—trick for arsenal against valencia as they moved throughaning for the first time ever four teams from the same nation will contest both of the european finals in the same season. iam i am proud of them, how they worked defensively. today, the big players, they can big strikers but with commitment like today, defence also working to help us, it is amazing. roger federer will face dominic thiem in the quarter—finals of the madrid 0pen later on friday. it's his first clay tournament for 3 years but the swiss 20 time grand slam champion survived two match points to beat gael monfils 6—love 4—6 7—6. meanwhile world number three simona halep will play belinda bencic in the semi—finals. the romanian who would move to world number one if she wins the tournament accounted for ashleigh barty to make the last four and will be looking to claim her third madrid title while bencic knocked out current world number one naomi 0saka. reigning nba champions golden state warriors will be without their star man kevin durant for game six against the houston rock

they were ahead against brighton, natch monorail winning a penalty which aubameyang coolly convertedise on their early lead and after the break conceded a penalty of their own. granit xhaka are the culprit and brighton level through glen murray. arsenal had their chances to win but couldn't take them. they were now surely have to win this season's europa league to qualify for the champions league, on a day of footballing frustration. we know it's going to be difficult and, really, that has happened and after our focus is the europa and, really, that has happened and after ourfocus is the europa league and we can take some opportunity in the europa league to do something important. chelsea didn't fluff their lines, beating watford 3—0. they guaranteed champions league football and are up to third. like arsenal, they are also in the semifinals of the europa league but they don't have to win that now, that pressure is off them. steven gerrard says he is running out of ideas when it comes to improving his rangers players discipline on the pitch, after their 12th red card of the season is

arsenal have a key man of their own in pierre—emerick aubameyang, and know victory would bring the addedleague. i think the first thing is to play for the possibility to win one title. and after this the second will also help you or help us to achieve the champions league. following a turbulent political build—up and a difficult journey for the fans, the focus now turns to the match. time for the players to make the next move. we expect a crowd of around 60,000 inside the olympic stadium but fewer than 10,000 inside the olympic stadium but fewer than10,000 are inside the olympic stadium but fewer than 10,000 are likely to have come from the uk. but do not forget both clu bs e nj oy from the uk. but do not forget both clubs enjoy a healthy international following so the atmosphere should be decent arsenal have already announced plans for a victory parade if they are to win and i think chelsea might have something to say about that! the cricket world cup gets under way tomorrow, with england taking on south africa at the oval. the hosts are ranked world number one, and captain eoin morgan

all but over, they were soon ahead against brighton with nacho monreal winning a penalty which aubameyangoolly converted but the gunners couldn't capitalise on their early lead and after the break, they conceded a penalty of their own. granite shack at the culprit and brighton were level through glen murray. arsenal had their chances to win but couldn't ta ke their chances to win but couldn't take them. they will surely have to win this season's europa league to qualify for the champions league on a day of footballing frustration. and a day of footballing frustration. andy swiss, bbc news. we know it will be difficult. that has happened. after, our focus is the europa league. we can take some opportunity in the europa league to do something important. chelsea were the one side that didn't fluff their lines, beating watford 3—0.. they guaranteed champions league football next season. they are third at the moment and like arsenal, they are in the semifinals of the europa league but winning that isn't so important for them. to go there to try to win. —— we have to go there. probably, as i sa

first, pierre—emerick aubameyang got a crucial away goal, and alexandre lacazette put the gunners in the spanish side chased the game, arsenal ran away with it. and arsenal ran away with it. and arsenal strike again! a stretch from la cazette would arsenal strike again! a stretch from lacazette would set them up for an emphatic hat—trick, and in this remarkable week, arsenal produced a performance where it all came together. matthewjordan has a two—shot lead at the british masters golf after the first round. the young englishman, who is playing in only his 12th event as a professional, broke the course record at hillside in southport, making nine birdies and no bogeys in a nine—under—par round of 63. never quite expected. i knew i'd been playing quite well, but, i don't know, just from the get go, it kind of just don't know, just from the get go, it kind ofjust started perfectly, and from then on ijust kept it going, really. just tried to shoot as low asi really. just tried to shoot as low as i could, because i thought the quys as i could, because i thought the guys out there are goo

aubameyang would finish an emphatic hat—trick. thi5 would finish an emphatic hat—trick.oe lyn5key, bbc news. naomi osaka blamed her defeat at the madrid open on thinking about holding on to her world number one ranking. she was a setup against switzerland's belinda bencic, but lost in three. bencic will face simona halep in the semi—finals — and halep could replace osaka at the top of the rankings if she wins the tournament. and roger federer made the last four with victory over gael monfil5. he'll face dominic thiem, with in the semi—finals. novak djokovic play5 marin cilic in the other semi—final. chris froome won't ride in this year's giro d'italia, because he wants to focus on the tour de france. froome missed out on last year's title — after a stunning performance by team—mate geraint thoma5 — but froome is looking for that record—equalling fifth tour victory. i'd just feel as if i'm in such a privileged position now. to have the opportunity and the backing of such an amazing team, to go in and try to win number five, an amazing team, to go in and try to win numberf

side are still in the running — they lead at the emirates 1—0 after a penalty from pierre emerick aubameyanga, while derby have secured the final play off spot on the final day of the championship season. frank lampard's side just pipping middlesbrough who face another season in the second tier, amid plenty of drama. as james burford reports. if ever there was an afternoon for looking over your shoulder, this was it. frank lampard's players started on the front foot. the crispest of crosses, the coolest of headers. the man they can count on when time stands still. the pride of pride park clearfor all to see, time to tuck in and buckle up. these players have been on quite a ride in this roller—coaster of a championship season. fans started checking the scores, middlesbrough two up, a nightmare scenario which seemed unlikely but then threatened to become a reality. the goal that could put derby out of the play—offs. frank lampard in his days as a player played his hand. could mason bennett craft a chance? he scored one. just look at what it means. there was even time to seal it from the spot a

they went ahead against brighton, with a penalty converted by pierre—emerick aubameyang.prit and brighton were level through glenn murray. arsenal had their chances to win but could not take them. they will now surely have to win the europa league this season in order to qualify for the champions league, on a day of footballing frustration. andy swiss, bbc news. norwich city have been crowned champions as derby secured a play off place on the last day of the championship season. with rivals middlesbrough winning, frank lampard's side had to beat west brom. substitute mason bennett scored their second in a 3—1win to clinch the final play—off spot. jofra archer produced some impressive bowling to strengthen his case for a place in england's world cup squad as they beat pakistan in a one off t20 in cardiff. eoin morgan's unbeaten 57 led them to a seven—wicket win. england face the same opponents in a one day series next in the lead up to a home world cup later this month. british rider piggy french won the badminton horse trials for the first time, in what proved a tense fin

pierre—emerick aubameyang scored twice for arsenal, meaning he ends the season as the league's jointefeat at home to already—relegated cardiff city. they finish the campaign in sixth place, and 32 points off top. the scottish title was all resolved some time ago, but there was still the small matter of the final old firm game of the season. rangers secured back—to—back home wins over celtic for the first time in seven years. 2—0 the final score, ending champions celtic‘s 12—game unbeaten run. away from football, lewis hamilton is back on top of the standings in formula 0ne's world drivers championship. it's after he won the spanish grand prix for a third year in a row. mercedes teammate valtteri bottas finished second, with max verstappen third. it's hamilton's third win of the season. pretty grateful for this incredible team, continuing to push the limits, bring some upgrades here which have really added to the cost performance and we are creating history day by day or weekend by weekend and incredibly proud to be a part of that. it was a day to forget for england bowlerjames anders

7—3 on aggregate with goals from alexamdre lacazette and an amazing hatrick from pierre emerick aubameyang the fans who are hoping to see the games in madrid and baku? ticket allocation is a major issue. yes, looking at the stadia capacity and then the tickets allocated for fans — it seems pretty paltry and if — for example your team is tottenham — this is the first time they've ever got to the champions league final — there will be a great deal of their fans wanting to go. if we take a look at the stadiums, then. the champions league final is taking place at the wanda metropolitana stadium in madrid which has a capacity of over 67,000 but each club has only been given an allocation of 16,000. as you can imagine — those tickets will be like gold dust. for the europa league final, it's being staged at the olympic stadium in baku which is 68,000 but the allocation for fans is only 6000 for each club. that is a lot of corporate tickets. plus, it's a hugejourney, 21100 miles when both clubs are only eight miles from each other. that's a ten hour flight for fans. even the liverpool manager jurg

frankfurt; arsenal made it through with a comprehensive victory over valencia — pierre—emerick aubameyangat it makes the premier league title even harder to compete for. that says everything about the competitive rate we are in. it is not when i used to play when it was 0z or arsenal who were going to victory delete. we are challenging against the best teams in the world for these trophies. that tells us that it for these trophies. that tells us thatitis for these trophies. that tells us that it is going to be a great challenge. we want to get back to where we used to be. wales coach warren gatland has agreed a deal to take charge of the british and irish lions on their tour of south africa in 2021. he's already overseen a winning tour of australia in 2013 and a drawn series against the all blacks two years ago, as well as three grand slams, including this year's six nations title. he's stepping down as wales coach after the rugby world cup in japan this autumn. mercedes domination of the formula one season looks set to continue in spain this weekend. the circuit de catalunya near barcelo

two goals from alexandre lacazette turned this first leg around, and then pierre—emerick aubameyang gave got a draw against eintract frankfurt in germany. after going behind early on, pedro nabbed a vital away goal ahead of next week's second leg at stamford bridge. caster semenya is set to run in the 800 metres in the diamond league meeting in doha later today, just 48 hours since the court of arbitration for sport dismissed her challenge against the iaaf‘s new rules, which restrict testosterone levels in female runners. there's speculation it could be semenya's last race as a professional after she posted that "knowing when to walk away is wisdom". fast bowlerjofra archer will make his england debut later when they play their opening odi of the summer against ireland. he's onlyjust qualified to play international cricket for england after residency rules were changed. and he's attempting to win a place in the world cup squad. there's commentary with the test match special team on radio 5live sports extra from 10.30am. favourite judd trump is level with qualifier gary wilson in the semi