former wimbledon finalist eugenie bouchard had called sharapova a ‘cheater‘, who shouldn't have beenuild her career following a positive test for meldonium. and the canadian won a near three hour epic in the second round of the madrid open. bouchard did shake hands with sharapova at the end of the match and plays world number two angelique kerber next. meanwhile dan evans says fellow player aljaz bedene shouldn't be considered british. evans made the comments after losing in straight sets to dutchman robin haase at the madrid open. it's a result that sees evans remain fourth in the british rankings, but he doesn't recognise the number 3 — the slovenian—born bedene — who qualified to represent great britain two years ago on residency grounds. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political commentator, jo phillips, and liam halligan, chief economics commentator at the daily telegraph. good to see you. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the financial times

and eugenie bouchard wins her grudge match against maria sharapova at the madrid open.ello there, and welcome to the programme. lots to get through, but we start with the news that chelsea are just one victory away from winning the english premier league title after a 3—0 defeat of middlesbrough, who are relegated. antonio conte‘s side need just to win at west bromwich albion on friday night to guarantee the title in his first season in charge at stamford bridge. our sports correspondent joe wilson was watching. this was pretty much a perfect night for chelsea. the wingback system worked perfectly. regards pulled the strings from midfield. the game was over by half—time. —— fabregas. the crowd were giving antonio conte a standing ovation. they loved him here for his passion and energy, those qualities we uses different jose mourinho. chelsea had the chance to win the title by the end of the week. —— have. if they don't do it at west brom, they have home games to win. for middlesbrough, i think an overwhelming feel of missed opportunity. now they are back in it. and they

and maria sharapova will meet one of her staunchest critics, eugenie bouchard, in the second round ofhe madrid open. hello and welcome to the programme. plenty to get through. we start with the english premier league and arsenal beat manchester united 2—0 to keep alive their feint hopes of finishing in the top four. a moment of good fortune gave the home side the lead. granit xhaka's shot deflected in off ander herrera and beyond david de gea in the united goal. the second though was a moment of quality, a cross from the right, headed in by the former united forward, danny welbeck. arsenal remain sixth, two points behind united also ending the visitors record 25—match unbeaten run in the league we needed to be patient. ifelt if we went in at half—time, we had good chance to win, because we were under pressure. and slowly, i think we became better in the second half, controlling it quite well, the game. i think we did not deserve to lose. i think we did not deserve to lose. i think the game was under control. i think the game was under control. ithink in i think the game was under cont

this could mean that eugenie bouchard goes through.oing to play the number kerber. two, but if maria sharapova could win this, it would mean that she has enough points for qualification, automatically to go into the wimbledon qualifying. that is going to be in about one month. and we're going to be watching the handshake. we can talk about muntari, one of the top footballers, and he has been caught in the controversy after being sent off in italy's top league. sent off because he walked off the pitch, saying he had been racially abused. initially, he was suspended, but that has been overturned after lots of discussion. excuse my language, i said you have not got any balls. you should have stopped the game. i told him that if he stopped the game, he is the referee, but his voice was on top of mine. i knew how i am. and how angry ican mine. i knew how i am. and how angry i can get, i was really calm that day. walked off. if it happens today, i am going to do the same thing. you can see that for the bbc sport app. and we can go to a light

but bouchard has been critical of her.her wall, she was a childhood idol, but ten days ago she described her asa but ten days ago she described her as a cheater and someone who should never play sport again. they could well be spicy. thank you russell. but the pm on bbc radio five live sports extra. —— that at 5pm. the first international blind tennis tournament got under way in spain today. it's a sign that the relatively young sport is continuing to grow. emma jones went along to meet some of the british team at their training base in roehampton before they headed to alicante. it's the same tennis court were all familiar with. but with a few modifications, including markings on the court, eyeshades for some taking part, and a bell in the ball. this is blind tennis, and this is the first british team. created to play in the first ever international tournament. it's a dream come true. i've been thinking about facing the best of the world players, for two and a half years since my first national transition. to get the oppor

bouchard says that she has been hoping she will get to face sharapova in madrid. >> jeanie bouchard isyankees game, i got to listen to it on the way to work. there were kids there still at 2:00 in the morning at wrigley. so fantastic stuff. unless of course you're a cubs fan. >> sorry about that. >> thanks, coy. >>> white house says sally yates only gave them a heads up about michael flynn's talks with the rushlg sh russians. she's ready to testify. more on the big day ahead next. , tell me, what's one really good reason why the samsung galaxy s8 is better on verizon? well we have the largest 4g lte network in america. yeah that's a pretty good reason. and the most reliable. uh-huh. and, with unlimited, you get full hd video. oh wow, yeah, that's, uh, two, maybe even three reasons right there. it's exactly three. okay. sure, whatever you say. (vo) if you really, really want the best, switch to verizon unlimited and get the galaxy s8 for just $15 a month. i saw you take those phones, you know. no, you didn't. listen up, heart disease.) you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged

bouchard has called sharapova a dheeter, said she should be banned forever and bouchard beats sharapovan the anticipated awkward handshake moment when it was all over. after the match, bouchard says she's had tons of support for speaking out the way she did. >> i had a lot of players coming up to me privately, wishing me good luck, players i don't normally speak to and getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me. >> big words by bouchard, backed by a big win, guys. back to you. >> all right, coy wire, thank you so much. thank you all for joining us. i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman. "at this hour" with breanna kar today starts this hour. >>> hi, there. i'm brianna keilar in for kate bolduan. happening right now, a day after testimony revealed details behind michael flynn's ouster as national security adviser, president trump is meeting with flynn's replacement, h.r. mcmaster, to discuss possibly increasing u.s. troop levels in afghanistan. also this morning, the head of the national security agency is testifying before the senate armed servic

there's going to be an intriguing match at the madrid 0pen, with maria sharapova and eugenie bouchards just coming back from a 15 month ban for testing positive for a banned substance, is a cheat and should have been banned for life. great britain's rowers have won four gold medals in the first world cup it's the start of a new 0lympic cycle building towards toyko 2020. there were three 0lympic champions competing in the british squad in belgrade. two of them — mo sbihi and will satch won gold in the first big race of the day, the men's four. gb also won gold in the men's and women's pairs and the lightweight men's double sculls. that's all the sport for now. it's time for the weather with darren. good evening. more warm sunshine on the way for the next few days. we have probably seen the peak of the temperatures during this weekend. it was a much better second half was a much. better secondhalfgfthg le; of baggage! i"; the iegzthfcgezi a!

at the madrid 0pen eugenie bouchard is through to the last 16 after winning a much anticipated matchurned from a 15—month doping ban and bouchard has been a fierce critic of her opponent in the lead up to her recent return to the court referring to her as "a cheater". 0n the court the canadian winning 7—5, 2—6, 6—4 against sharapova. i definitely had some extra motivation going into today. 0bviously motivation going into today. obviously i had never beaten her before, and also given the circumstances, i was actually quite inspired before the match because i had a lot of players coming up to me privately, wishing me luck, players i don't normally speak to, and getting a lot of text messages from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me. so i wanted to do it for myself, but also for all of these people, so i really felt support. every match at this point is important. i'm just one of the two players out on the court, and everything that surrounds myself, i don't really know a lot of it, i don't really know a lot of it, i don't pay attention to too much of it. i have bee

bouchard has called the russian "a cheater", and suggested she should have been banned for life afteretween the two of them. eugenie bouchard used to look up to her and called her a hero and now she doesn't look up to her any more and now they face each other on court. you know you said it was an underwhelming weekend in the premier league... moreno were so bored during the game, he was playing the bottle flip game. you have got these pictures and you will be able to see them at 630. what a beautiful day it was, at least where i was, yesterday. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. look at this gorgeous picture that one of our weather watcher is sent in yesterday from the field in glen morgan. —— morgan. these are the kind of values, 21 celsius, 22. for some of us, it will be as warm as thatis some of us, it will be as warm as that is to go through today. it is still chilly down the east coast of scotland. a bit of clout here to start the day. a lot of it will break up —— cloud. west is best, today, in terms of sunshine. for northern ireland and much of scotland, another

and eugenie bouchard wins her grudge match against maria sharapova at the madrid 0pen.e to the programme. lots to get through, but we start with the news that chelsea are just one victory away from winning the english premier league title after a 3—0 defeat of middlesbrough, who are relegated. antonio conte's side need just to win at west bromwich albion on friday night to guarantee the title in his first season

she was forced to retire during her third round match against eugenie bouchard because of a hamstringirst set 6—3 and was leading 5—0 in the second when kerber — who said she first had a problem in her previous match — was forced to call it day. i'm nick marshall—mccormack — see you soon. bye bye. hello there. after the dry weather that we have been experiencing for days and weeks now, there is finally a change on the way, courtesy of these lumps of cloud, which have been bringing some quite vicious thunderstorms across spain and portugal, now on the march northwards. so many of us will see some showery rain and perhaps some thunderstorms over the next couple of days, and with that, a feed of warm, southerly winds, some humid air moving in our direction for the end of the week. so yes, those temperatures climbing. quite a muggy feel to the weather, with the risk of some thunderstorms. in fact, there could be the odd flash of lightning as some showers approach the far south through the first part of thursday morning. so, down towards the south coast, one or two showers to start the day

and maria sharapova will meet one of her staunchest critics, eugenie bouchard, in the second round of programme. plenty to get through. we start with the english premier league and arsenal beat manchester united 2—0 to keep alive their feint hopes of finishing in the top four. a moment of good fortune gave the home side the lead. granit xhaka's shot deflected in off ander herrera and beyond david de gea in the united goal. the second though was a moment of quality, a cross from the right,

none more so than the woman who beat sharapova in madrid last night — eugenie bouchard.correspondent russell fuller has more. it does seem that this decision has been taken purely on commercial grounds and it is taken, i'm sure, with thought at least given to the opposition that's been raised by many players. andy murray and heather watson are just two players who have expressed their concern that sharapova having returned from a doping ban is being offered so many wildcards. i think when all tournaments look at this in the cold light of day and the grand slams are slightly different, there is a moral dimension for the french open and wimbledon, but when commercial events like the birmingham event look at this, they will see that sharapova is likely to drive ticket sales. that event's normally overshadowed by the aegon championships. at the moment tickets are readily available. even though i don't think we will get confirmation, the lta won't make a song and dance, but they will want sharapova in their draw to drive interest in their tournament. andy murray continues his

bouchard has called sharapova a cheater, saying she should be banned forever.rapova was staring her down. shaking hands after the match, she said she was amazed she spoke up like she did. >> i had players come up wishing me good luck, players i don't normally speak to and getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me. which showed me that most people have my opinion and they were just maybe scared to speak out but privately, you know, i've gotten a lot of support. >> after the match, guys, bouchard was asked if she still thinks sharapova should be banned for life. she said, my opinion does not change. >> it's good to have outspoken athletes. both of those are good for tennis. >>> president trump dismissing capitol hill hearings as a total hoax after former officials revealed new details about russian hacking. what the white house knew about michael flynn, next. from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyber-attacks in near real time and automatically deploying countermeasures. keeping the

bouchard won in three sets. lot of players coming up to me privately, wishing me good luck, players i don't normally speak to. getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me. so i wanted to do it for myself but also all of these people so i really felt support. that is all the sport for now. i'll be back later. welcome to the high street of camborne, in cornwall. this constituency was won by the conservatives in 2015 with a majority of 7000. this constituency is in the top 100 target seats for both labour and the lib dems. let's walk down this high street. you can see a pasty shop, a vaporiser shop, banks, building societies, pound shops, there are nine charity and pound shops, i counted them yesterday. immigration is not an issue here. 96% of people in camborne are white british, and yet most people in cornwall voted to leave the european union, which is why, possibly, a come back for the lib dems is not on the cards in this area. let's talk to graham wilkinson, a reporterf

maria sharapova is taking on her critic eugenie bouchard at the madrid open this evening.as been a hard fought battle, the canadian has taken the first set 7-5 the canadian has taken the first set 7—5 after more than an hour on court. that was the break to allow her to serve for the first set, which she hasjust her to serve for the first set, which she has just taken. 21 her to serve for the first set, which she hasjust taken. 21 minutes gone, chelsea 0—0 with middlesbrough. that is all the sport for now. reports from washington suggest president 0bama warned donald trump in advance against hiring michael flynn as his national security advisor. mr flynn had to resign after it emerged he had misled president trump‘s vice—president mike pence about his contacts with russian diplomats. meanwhile, the former deputy attorney general, sally yates, appears before a congressional investigation into links between russia and the trump team. a short while ago the white house press secretary sean spicer discussed the reports of mr 0bama‘s conversation with then president—elect trump.

she beat mirjana lucic—baroni to set up what could be a prickly encounter against eugenie bouchard. russian to be banned for life. that's all sport for now. we will be back with more in the next hour. an investigation by the victoria derbyshire programme has found there are at least 1,400 mistakes made in england's nhs maternity units every week. the true figure could be much higher because only 81 out of 132 trusts in england responded to a freedom of information request. the most serious incidents include the avoidable deaths of mothers and babies as a result of errors by midwives and doctors. the royal college of midwives says maternity services are heading towards a crisis because of demands on the services. there are cases where mistakes are being made in maternity hospitals across england. this couple lost their baby. we didn't know anything, they just told their baby. we didn't know anything, theyjust told us... well, reassured us. sarah should have had an emergency caesarean section many hours before she did. medical staff failed to act on warning signs and her son was starv

she faces eugenie bouchard who has called for the russian to be banned for life. french president emmanuel macron — a political novice who has never held elected office before and formed his new party only a year ago. the 39 year old has promised he'll use his victory to unite a divided country and rebuild its economy. elected with two—thirds of the valid votes, he admitted the task facing him was daunting and that he would need to build support for his programme of change. a third of french voters either abstained in sunday's second round, chose neither candidate or spoiled their ballot. sojust who is emmanuel macron? let's talk now to our correspondent karin gianonne who is in paris. good morning. hello and welcome to paris. there is a double sense of natcho —— national occasion, france has woken up to a new president—elect in the form of emmanuel macron but it's also a public all date nationwide. victory in europe day and injust a public all date nationwide. victory in europe day and in just a few minutes behind us, there will be a huge military parade in comme

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and maria sharapova has been beaten by eugenie bouchard, the woman who called her a cheater, in whatgh. interesting, eugenie duscher said she had loads of support. interesting. lots of people coming up interesting. lots of people coming up to say good luck. you know, you need to beat maria sharapova, after what she did. we are talking about a dry winter causing water shortages. tell us about that. good morning. yes. the first chart i will show you shows april rainfall we have had. this shows a huge swathes of the british isles have had less rainfall than we would expect in april. an example, 2 places here have had the driest april recorded. 3 millimetres. in edinburgh we would normally expect 40.5 during april. 3. only 6 in these places. we are far down on what we would expect. may has been dry as well. is their rainfall on the horizon? yes. the latter part of the horizon? yes. the latter part of the week, thursday and friday, heavy downpours. some thundery. before that, a fairly quiet start. this far this month, 5.8 in kew gardens. nothing in edinburgh. and nothing in edinburgh toda

. >> big words by bouchard, backed by a big win, guys. back to you. >> all right, coy wire, thank you so much. thank you all for joining us. i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman. "at this hour" with breanna kar today starts this hour. >>> hi, there. i'm brianna keilar in for kate bolduan. happening right now, a day after testimony revealed details behind michael flynn's ouster as national security adviser, president trump is meeting with flynn's replacement, h.r. mcmaster, to discuss possibly increasing u.s. troop levels in afghanistan. also this morning, the head of the national security agency is testifying before the senate armed services committee. ad myre admiral mike rogers answering questions about cyber threats as questions arise about previous testimony from the fbi director. cnn has learned that james comey might have overstated some details about hillary clinton's infamous e-mails. and i want to talk about this now with cnn political director david chalian and cnn justice correspondent evan perez. evan, let's start with you. th

having been beaten in madrid yesterday by eugenie bouchard who called sharapova ‘a cheater‘.em that this decision has been taken purely on commercial grounds and it has taken, i‘m sure, with thought at least given to the opposition that‘s been raised by many players. andy murray and heather watson are just two players who have expressed their concern that sharapova having returned from a doping ban is being offered so many wildcards. i think when all tournaments look at these in the cold light of day and the grand slams are slightly different, there is a moral dimension for the french open and wimbledon, but when commercial events like the birmingham event look at this, they will see that sharapova is likely to drive ticket sales. that event‘s normally overshadowed by the aegon championships. at the moment tickets are available. even though i don‘t think we will get confirmation, the lta won‘t make a song and dance, but they will want sharapova in their draw to drive interest in their tournaments. the tour de france champion chris froome has been knocked off his bike while tr

having been beaten in madrid yesterday by eugenie bouchard who called sharapova a cheater .dcards to major tournaments. here's our tennis correspondent russell fuller. it does seem that this decision has been taken purely on commercial grounds and it has taken, i'm sure, with thought at least given to the opposition that's been raised by many players. andy murray and heather watson are just two players who have expressed their concern that sharapova having returned from a doping ban is being offered so many wildcards. i think when all tournaments look at these in the cold light of day and the grand slam are slightly different, there is a moral dimension for the french open and wimbledon, but when commercial events like the birmingham event look at this, they will see that sharapova is likely to drive ticket sales. that's normally overshadowed by the aegon championships. at the moment tickets are available. even though i don't think we will get confirmation, the lta won't make a song and dance, but they will want sharapova in their draw to drive interest in their tournaments.

she beat mirjana lucic—baroni to set up what could be a prickly encounter against eugenie bouchard. back with more in the next hour. more now on the general election campaign and the conservatives are expected to recommit to the target of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands in their election manifesto. speaking at the launch of his election policy, the ukip leader, paul nuttall, said his party would aim to bring net migration down to zero. we can speak now to rob mcneil, communications director with oxford university's migration observatory. thank you forjoining us. this half it was set in 2010, net migration is now 270,000. how achievable is this target? it's unlikely to be met with a current policies in place, so quite aside from the brexit scenario, non—— eu net migration stands at 165,000 so that alone is 65,000 over the net migration target, so even if it was reduced to nothing, we'd still be missing the target based on the current policy. so it would require a new set of policy to reduce both eu and non—eu migration. could you see how that could happen? the potenti