she was knocked out in round two — beaten in straight sets by the american bethanie mattek—sands.va missed five months after being stabbed in the hand by a burglar last year.

she was knocked out in round two — beaten in straight sets by the american bethanie mattek—sands.ng stabbed in the hand by a burglar last year. sam warburton will captain the british and irish lions for the first warm—up match on their tour of new zealand. the flanker is set to appear for the first time since suffering a knee injury in april. the lions flew into auckland overnight, just three days before their first match, against the new zealand provisional barbarians. head coach warren gatland concedes the schedule will be ‘tough‘. england will open the icc champions trophy tomorrow, against bangladesh as the favourites to win the tournament. the top eight one day sides in the world take part, with england hopeful they can end their long wait for a first 50 over trophy. patrick gearey reports from the oval. this is england's window, which ever way you look at it, as hosts and favourites, this is their opening to do what they have tried to do over 18 attempts in 42 years. win a one—day trophy. we have been here before — well, not here, but up the road at lord's. 1975, the first c

she's been knocked out of the french open by the american bethanie mattek—sand.being stabbed in the hand by a burglar. the czech lost in straight sets with her ninth double fault of the second round match. the defending champion garbine muguruza suffered a scare against the world number 99 anett kontaveit. but has made it through to round three. the fourth seed lost the first set and was a break down in the second but she fought back to take the next two sets 6—4, 6—2. muguruza will now play russia's yulia putintseva. former grand slam champion margaret court has escalated the row over her comments on homosexuality — accusing gay tennis players of influencing others. now a christian pastor, she said earlier that she refused to fly with qantas in protest at its support of same—sex marriage. today — she told an australian radio station she felt tennis was full of lesbians — and transgender children were the work of the devil. still to come on the programme... the lions arrive in new zealand to a traditional welcome... but they are not to be outdone... perform haka.

she's been knocked out of the french open by the american bethanie mattek—sands.in straight sets with her ninth double fault of the second round match. and there's been a shock in the men's singles at the french open — with home favourite jo—wilfried tsonga knocked out in the first round by argentina's renso oleevo, ranked 91 in the world. olivo was leading two sets to one when the match was halted last night but he came back this morning to break the tsonga serve — knocking out the 12th seed and earning himself a second round match against britain's kyle edmund tomorrow. back to our top story. arsenal have confirmed arsene wenger will be returning for another two years. we can go to our correspondent who is just outside the emirates. we knew that this was coming, and the statement confirms that arsene wenger does have the backing of the board. that is very interesting. i will go straight to that part of the statement, it comes from stan kroenke, the owner, the most powerful man at arsenal, he says their ambition is to win the premier league and other major trophi

she's been knocked out of the french open by the american bethanie mattek—sands.ht sets with her ninth double fault of the second round match. and there's been a shock in the men's singles at the french open — with home favourite jo—wilfried tsonga knocked out in the first round by argentina's renso 0leevo, ranked 91 in the world. 0livo was leading two sets to one when the match was halted last night but he came back this morning to break the tsonga serve — knocking out the 12th seed and earning himself a second round match against britain's kyle edmund tomorrow. former grand slam champion margaret court has escalated the row over her comments on homosexuality — accusing gay tennis players of influencing others. the 74—year—old earlier said she refused to fly with qwantas in protest at its support of same—sex marriage. today — she told an australian radio station she felt tennis was full of lesbians — and transgender children were the work of the devil. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. and now more on the election campaign. 0ur corres

she's been knocked out of the french open by the american bethanie mattek—sands. return to the election now. people in northern ireland are going to the polls for the fourth major vote injust over two years. brexit remains a crucial issue, as the future relationship with the republic of ireland remains unclear. well, the alliance party and the democratic unionist party are issuing manifetos today. let's cross to belfast where we can talk to the alliance party's stephen farry. the party said maintaining the union with the uk is the most important issue, the dup party, that is, and what is the most important issue for you in the alliance party? we are cross— party you in the alliance party? we are cross—party and we try to bring people together, with the vision of a shared northern ireland. it is important that we focus on stability within our region. we don't have an assembly and we do not have a functioning government and our public service is our suffering. and brexit, as you mentioned, that brings consequences, for the uk and northern ireland, not least because

she was knocked out in round two — beaten in straight sets by the american bethanie mattek—sands.itish and irish lions head coach warren gatland has admitted the schedule of their tour of new zealand will be tough. the lions flew into auckland overnight, just three days before their first tour match against the new zealand provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a full week before their first game — while gatland says the team can't afford to be negative. that is all of the sport for now, more in sportsday at half past six. let's return to cambridge now, ahead of tonight's bbc election debate. my colleague huw edwards is there. indeed, thank you. we are at the university of cambridge. sojeremy corbyn has decided, at the last minute, that he'll take part in tonight's live bbc election here in cambridge with representatives of six other major parties. in a speech in reading earlier today, the labour leader challenged theresa may tojoin him, but the prime minister said she'd rather be meeting voters on the campiagn trail. rath

she trills bethanie mattek—sands at the french open.o is 30 had been taken to hospital with a head injury before overpowering guards yesterday evening. he is originally from poland but committed his offences in luton. police are using a drone in their search for him, warning the public not to approach him. our correspondent andy moore's been following the story — he's with me now. tell us about him and what he was inside for? this story becomes more worrying and concerning as we find out more, initially we thought simply he escaped from his guards in some way but now we hear he actually overpowered them. we don't know how many guards were with him, he escaped with a razor blade. we are discovering more about his history, the police nor the ministry of justice would comment but we have records from the crown prosecution service that show he was jailed in luton for more than five years last year because he held, he tied up a mother and her daughter and subjected them to what the judge called a terrifying ordeal for more than eight hours.