he is now through to his first master final after being david goffin. face the other in the semifinal. so while the fa cup semi final on sunday between southampton and leicester city would have up to 4000 in attendance at wembley, no one will be there tomorrow. it's a big one to whet the appetite — chelsea against manchester city. both teams of course champions league semi—finallists aswell. joe lynskey has more. since may 2019, much in football has changed, but some things have stayed the same. to bring herfrom manchester city! that year, they won all the domestic trophies, but this year could be even better. trophies, but this year could be even better-— trophies, but this year could be even better. cavender brenner, manchester _ even better. cavender brenner, manchester city, _ even better. cavender brenner, manchester city, into _ even better. cavender brenner, manchester city, into the - even better. cavender brenner, manchester city, into the semi l manchester city, into the semi finals into the fa cup. flit? manchester city, into the semi finals

in a week where evans beat novak djokovic and david goffin, tsitsipas — the number 5 seed here — provedone losing 6—2 6—1. still an impressive run for evans who'd only ever won four top level matches on clay before this week. and tsitsipas will face the sixth seed andrey rublev in tomorrow's final, after the russian beat casper ruud of norway in straight sets in their semi final. rublev knocked out the 11 time champion rafa nadal yesterday and is now into his first atp masters 1000 final. great britain are a step closer to the 2022 billiejean king cup finals after they beat mexico in their play off tie at the national tennis centre in roehampton. though heather watson lost earlier, katie boulter knew that if she beat giuliana 0lmos they'd be through — and that's exactly what boulter did, winning in straight sets 6—3 6—1 and giving britain an unassailable 3—1 lead in the best of 5 series. that means they're into a qualifier next year, which if they win will take them to the finals. the world snooker championship is underway in sheffield — with fans allowed into the crucible theatre as pa

in a week where evans beat novak djokovic and david goffin, tsitsipas — the number 5 seed here — provede losing 6—2 6—1. still an impressive run for evans, who'd only ever won four top—level matches on clay before this week. before we go, the second half is underway at wembley where chelsea are taking on manchester city for a place in the fa cup final. these are live pictures from bbc one come awake and watch the action. it is goalless. one player has gone off with an injury. phil foden is on in his place. that's all from sportsday. i'll be back with the result from that game, and the rest of the day's sport, in an hour. until then, goodbye. welcome to click. we are into the second year of the sofa shows now, so it is time to mix it up a bit. can you see anything different? i can't see anything for is it your hair again?— can't see anything for is it your hair auain? i, i, , i, , hair again? no, the hair is always chanauin. hair again? no, the hair is always changing- keep — hair again? no, the hair is always changing. keep looking. - hair again? no, the hair is always changing. keep lo

finals of the monte carlo masters, after coming from a set down to beat the world number 15 — david goffinfour years until this week and has never got this far in a masters 1,000 tournament. he'll face greece's stefanos tsistsipas next for a place in the final. evans did not expect to be at this stage of a clay—court master his semifinal. had only want four matches on clay at his entire career doing a career of british number one full copies doubled the tally this week beating novakjack of x and then when in three sets in the quarterfinals today. moving very well, clearly he's been working hard on his fitness was up i think the heavier conditions have helped them. the ball is not bouncing up toward shoulder height which he doesn't enjoy. it's selling fairly low, it's helping his sliced back in. he's been a revelation. i think it can be pretty shattered coming cyber finals again at the pass without evidence is still in the doubles with his british come patriot. this there was a major shock in one of the other quarter finals. rafa nadal is now out. the king of clay was beaten in three sets b

norrie went through after eighth seed david goffin retired with an injury, while nadal beat kei nishikori in the leader's green jersey, and freewheeled to finish third behind pello bilbao of spain on stage 4. yates leads by 58 seconds, with one stage to go. poppy cleall will start in place of captain sarah hunter for england women's six nations final against france on saturday. emily scarratt takes over as skipper. staying with rugby union, and former lions captain sam warburton has named the player he thinks should lead the side this year as they take on south africa. wales captain alun wynjones is favourite to take the armband, as it would be his fourth tour with the lions, but warburton has picked england and saracens forward maro itoje over his countryman. he also believes a shorter tour is a good move for the players. i“m i'm not... i'm —— we don't need that player. they don't need that much time to prep. you“re ready to go. i5 time to prep. you're ready to go. is there a clear contender for you at there a clear contender for you at the moment? a lot of the mood music seems to be tip

norrie went through after eighth seeded belgian david goffin retired with an injury, while nadal — whoalps to 58 seconds, with just one stage to go. the team bike exchange rider looks in good form as he prepares for next months giro d'italia. he led up the final climb in the leader's green jersey, and freewheeled across the finish line in third place behind pello bilbao. the spaniard moves up to second overall. at the world snooker championship three—time winner mark selby eased through to the second round with a ten frames to one victory over kurt maflin. the norwegian had a chance to extend the match if he sunk the black in the 12th frame but after doing the hard work prior to it missed. and that left selby an easy finish to confirm his place in the next round where he'll face northern ireland's mark allen. and its four frames all between ronnie 0'sullivan and anthony mcgill in their second—round contest, after scotland's mcgill won the last two frames of the session — to pile the pressure on the six—time world champion 0'sullivan. they'll continue play tomorrow morning. everything e

a quarter—final against david goffin awaits, and who would write him off now?nall, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are simon minty, the disability consultant and comedy producer and anna mikhailova, who is the deputy political editor of the mail on sunday. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... let's start with the deli to daily telegraph. let's start with the deli to daily telegraph. like many of tomorrow's papers, the daily telegraph leads on details of the duke of edinburgh's funeral — it writes that prince philip planned every element of his send—off over the past 18 years. the metro writes that princes william and harry will not walk side by side behind their grandfather's coffin at his funeral and will instead be separated by their cousin peter phillips. the sun adds that the brothers will be kept at arms length for the procession, in which it was confirmed today that no one would wear military unifor

there you'll also see that the british number one dan evans is taking on david goffin in the quarterfinals the first set 7—5 and has just taken the second set 6—3. 1—1 in the decider. i'm jane hill. 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in india have been identified in the uk. 73 cases have been confirmed in england as well as four cases in scotland. india's covid rates are soaring with almost 14 million confirmed cases but the country isn't currently on the uk's travel red list. earlier my colleague martine croxall spoke to paul hunter, professor in medicine at the university of east anglia, who said there may be questions about the variant�*s resistance to vaccines. india itself is seeing a pretty dramatic increase in cases at the moment and it has since the beginning of march. and we don't know for certain that this variant is what is driving that, but it is certainly possible. the other thing is that this variant has possibly two escape mutations. and an escape mutation is one that makes it a bit more resistant to immunisation and it is plausible, but we don't know for cer

number 33, who'd only won his first match on clay in four years on monday, takes on 11th seed david goffinfter he thrashed grigor dimitrov for the loss of just two games. nadal faces russia's andrey rublev in the last eight. now, italy's famous imola racetrack went 14 years without staging a formula one race but this weekend it'll host its second emilia romagna grand prix injust six months. the race was added to this year's calendar to replace the chinese grand prix, which was cancelled because of the pandemic. covid restrictions mean there won't be any fans at imola, when practice starts on friday and red bull's sergio perez hopes that doesn't detract from the race itself. the race is not so interesting for the fans if it is a normal race. we offer safety cars so it can end up being a 1—stop race and boring for the fans but hopefully we are there in the mix from day one and hopefully we take another step in the right direction. and australian cameron smith is the leader heading into the second round of the rbc heritage at hilton head in south carolina. he carded a 9—under par first round

eight where he'll play world number 3a, britain's cameron norrie after he overcame an injured david goffinr kurt maflin. the norwegian had a chance to extend the match if he sunk this black in the 11th frame but after doing the hard work prior to it he missed, and that left selby an easy finish to confirm his place in the next round where he'll face northern ireland's mark allen. and it's four frames all between ronnie o'sullivan and anthony mcgill in their second—round contest, after scotland's mcgill won the last three frames of the session to pile the pressure on the six—time world champion o'sullivan, and they'll be back on the table in the coming hours. 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. elon musk has launched a one hundred million dollar prize to coincide with earth day to find new ways to remove carbon and put the brakes on global warming. it comes as many countries mark this annual environmental day in their own way, as mark lobel reports. a dazzling display for earth da

norrie went through after eighth seeded belgian david goffin retired with an injury, while nadal — whorall. at the world snooker championship, three—time winner mark selby eased through to the second round with a ten frames to one victory over kurt maflin. the norwegian had a chance to extend the match if he sunk the black in the 12th frame, but after doing the hard work prior to it missed. and that left selby an easy finish to confirm his place in the next round, where he'll face northern ireland's mark allen. and it's four frames all between ronnie 0'sullivan and anthony mcgill in their second—round contest — after scotland's mcgill won the last two frames of the session — to pile the pressure on the six—time world champion 0'sullivan. they'll continue play tomorrow morning. everything else, of course, the bbc sport website. but that's all the sport for now. hello. another cold night out there for april, another frost to start friday for many, temperatures as low as —3, —4 in a few areas. frost—free in the far north of scotland. this is where we'll start the day with some cloud, the

finals of the monte carlo masters, after coming from a set down to beat the world number 15 — david goffin he had only won four matches on clay at his entire career on clay doing a career of british number one full copies doubled the tally this week beating novak djokovic and then in three sets in the quarterfinals today. moving very well, clearly he's been working hard on his fitness. i think the heavier conditions have helped them. the ball is not bouncing up toward shoulder height which he doesn't enjoy. it's sailing fairly low, it's helping his sliced back in. he's been a revelation. there was a major shock in one of the other quarter finals. rafa nadal is now out. the king of clay was beaten in three sets by andrey rublev. the russian won the first and the last set to inflict a rare defeat on the spaniard on his favourite surface. staying with tennis, great britain have won both their opening matches of their play off against mexico as they look to qualify for next year's billyjean king cup finals. it's the new name for the fed cup. in the last half hour heather watson beat giuliana 0

yesterday — is now through to the semi finals after coming from a set down to beat the world number 15 david goffinthe final. staying with tennis, great britain have won both their opening matches of their play off against mexico as they look to qualify for next years billyjean king cup finals. it's the new name for the fed cup. in the last half hour heather watson beat giuliana 0lmos. 7—5, 6—1 at the national tennis centre in london. an impressive straight sets win for her. earlier, things got off to a perfect start for gb with katie boulter — who's had injury problems for a couple of years — easing past marcela zacarias in straight sets — winning 7—5 6—0. this is the best—of—5 this time tomorrow. i have been playing some really good tennis and practice. you know, i felt like when i set up to my survey to bring that out on the court. i was pretty happy with the second set for sure. was pretty happy with the second set forsure. i did was pretty happy with the second set for sure. i did a good job closing to match up. any maps that you play for great britain is a huge honour. you know, i respect eve

straight sets on thursday and now the unseated player has won his quarter final against belgium's david goffin in 3 sets he'll face a fine us that's a pass in the semifinals. so i'm tried of of how i can but today especially with the new the. concentration was it wasn't right and i'm really happy with clinic 3 because you know when and yes they would have been you know so it was with a bad performance today so it's a pass had a much easier passage into the last for his opponent the vid of it for keane a quick midway through the match with an injury it's the 1st time the greek player has reached the semis in monte carlo. manchester united have given themselves another chance to end their losing run in the cup semifinals a 4 nil aggregate when over spanish side granada has moved united into the last 4 of the year up a leak during his time as manager ole gunnar sol shire has led the team to 4 previous semifinals united have lost all of them. we relish the chance again to go to a final i think the. determination. to never play is that we want to go one 3rd the disappointment of the defeats that we

thursday and in the last few minutes the unseeded evans has won his quarter final against belgium's david goffin in 3 sets and stuff honest since the past had a much easier passage into the final for his opponent davidovits quit midway through the match with an injury it's the 1st time since the past has reached the semis in monte carlo manchester united have given themselves another chance to end their losing run and cup semifinals afford an ill aggregate win over spanish side granada has moved united into the last 4 of the europa league during his time as manager only going to so shire has led the team to 4 previous semifinals until united rather have lost all of them to the relish the chance again to go to a final i think the i've seen the determination and every player that we want to go one 3rd is the disappointment of all the defeats that we've had they give us the motivation to go one step further and hopefully and and the season on the high united will next face roma while villareal take on arsenal arsenal forward pierre emerick obame young missed their win against slavia prague he's jus

having — the british number one is into his first masters 1000 semifinal after beating belgium's david goffiny — a surface which he says he doesn't like playing on. he lost the first set 7—5 to goffin, the world number 15, then levelled — winning the second 6—3 before winning the decider 6—4. into the semi—finals he goes. great britain are taking part in a play—off against mexico for next year's billyjean king cup at the national tennis centre in london — with katie boulter taking on marcela zacarias after two years out with injury. this was formerly the fed cup. heather watson, katie swan, harriet dart and jodie burrage the other women in action. you can keep updated on that on the bbc sport website. the second practice hasjust finished in dramatic fashion with a charles leclerc crash forcing the session to end a couple of minutes early. valeri bottas was fastest ahead of lew hamilton in second and pierre gasly in third. but there were worrying scenes for max verstappen as he broke down and had to return to the garage early. you can keep yourself updated on the bbc sport website. that's all

the british number one will try and back that up against david goffin in the quarterfinals this morninghe last time she played for britain two years ago. there's nojohanna konta, so heather watson will lead the team at the newly revamped fed cup. that's all the sport for now. president biden is urging russia to work with him to ease tensions after announcing a raft of sanctions against moscow. the us leader said the latest measures were a response to russian cyber attacks and attempts to interfere in elections but said he could have gone further. mr biden said he wanted to meet president putin, because personal communication was essential to move forward. i was clear with president putin that we could have gone further. but i chose not to do so, i chose to be proportionate. the united states is not looking to kick off a cycle of escalation and conflict with russia. we want a stable, predictable relationship. if russia continues to interfere with our democracy, i'm prepared to take further actions to respond. joining us now is our diplomatic correspondent james landale. morning to you, j

norrie made it through when the eighth seed, david goffin, retired injured — he had treatment for a legbut he was reeled in by the scot and they go into today's opening session at a—a. that starts at 10 o'clock, and it will be live on bbc two. that's all the sport for now. more than 33 million people in the uk have now received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. and a new study suggests thatjust one shot of the astrazeneca or pfizerjab reduces infections by nearly two—thirds — and protects both vulnerable and healthy people. experts say the findings show that vaccines should be able to control the pandemic. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has more, and a warning, there are some flashing images in his report. when margaret keenan became the first person to be immunized in a mass vaccination programme, doctors were confident from the clinical trials that herjab and millions of others would be effective. since then, infection rates have plummeted. but it's been hard to tell how much of this has been due to lockdown measures, and how much has been down to the jabs. the new st

norrie went through after eighth seed david goffin retired with an injury, while nadal beat kei nishikorironnie 0'sullivan and anthony mcgill in their all—english second—round contest, after mcgill won the last two frames of the session to put the pressure on the six—time world champion 0'sullivan. they will continue to play tomorrow morning. how is your snicker? anchor: pretty lousy to be honest. thank you. documents released at the high court today have shed more light on how ppe contracts were awarded at the start of the pandemic last year. they suggest there was a controversial vip route that allowed certain companies to fast track the process. our special correspendent lucy manning has more. well, over the last year, the bbc has revealed details of millions of gowns and facemasks that couldn't be used because they didn't meet the right standards, and there's been concern over this vip route. this was where mps, ministers, officials could refer companies, and they would get on this route and many of them did get more contracts to supply ppe. well, the good law project, a campaign grou

he's back to face david goffin the quarter—finals later.one judd trump cant wait. just to have that little bit of atmosphere in the background, even just like, the talking, the murmuring between shots, or... in the end just miss the coughing and the mobile phones going off. you miss everything about it, especially when you're losing. it's so much easier to give up when there's no one else around to tell, if there's no one there to see it. but when you've got that crowd there, the excitement and that pressure just helps my concentration a little bit. you can believe that, that reassuring member of the crowd. this has to be the story of the day. the paint company dulux has been forced to apologise for a series of tweets relating to their new commercial partnership with tottenham. after spurs revealed the supplier as their latest sponsor, the dulux twitter account replied to other users' tweets by mocking the club's lack of recent silverware, posting a picture of an empty trophy cabinet and suggesting the company's dog mascot could "do a bette

he came back from a set down to beat the world number 15 david goffin in a decider.ece's stefanos tsitsipas later today for a place in the final. he is the highest ranked player left in the tournament. great britain's billiejean king cup tie with mexico continues today with the british team in control having won both their opening singles matches. heather watson beat giuliana 0lmos 7—5, 6—1 in roehampton, while katie boulter also won her rubber to put great britain in a commanding position ahead of today's doubles. the reverse singles also taking place today. victory would take them to within one round of next year's finals. good luck to them today and dan evans as well. what a character on the court and what a week it has been for him. john, thank you. we saw the indoor tennis but people perhaps thinking about getting up this weekend now that there is a little more sunshine and louise have the latest. a gorgeous picture behind you. it tells the story actually, frost on the ground but beautiful blue sky and sunshine and this is in east anglia and as you can see suffo

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he clinched it on the first, to move into his first masters quarter final, where he�*ll face david goffinwful on the court overall, just nothing worked, just one of those days. great britain have named their team for friday�*s billiejean king cup play—off tie with mexico — what is the revamped fed cup. there�*s a return for katie boulter in the first match. she suffered a stress fracture in her back the last time she played for britain two years ago — she�*s been picked ahead of the higher ranked harriet dart. there�*s nojohanna konta so heather watson leads the team. victory would put them through to a one off qualifier, the winner of which competes in a new look 12—team final in april next year. tonight the focus will be on the europa league, and manchester united have a 2—0 advantage heading into their second leg against grenada, meaning they�*re big favourites to reach the semi finals, where ajax or roma await. but arsenal have work to do if they�*re to reach the final four. they�*re in the czech republic for their second leg against slavia prague, which is delicately poised at 1—1. d

norrie made it through when the eighth seed, david goffin, retired injured — he had treatment for a legronnie 0'sullivan is in danger of being knocked out in the second round of the world snooker championship in sheffield. he went into today's opening session level at four frames all with anthony mcgill but the scot played near flawless snooker, winning six frames to 0'sullivan's two, to take a 10—6 lead. they play to a finish this evening — first to 13 wins. and there's nothing to separate last year's beaten finalist kyren wilson and barry hawkins — they're level at four frames all after their first session. the afternoon sessions are just about to get under way. you can follow that live on bbc two and i will see you again in the next hour. let's return our attention to coronavirus. we have talked a lot and we will talk more about the grim situation in india. we have had some fresh data in the uk over the last couple of hours and, as ever, the best person to tell you about it is robert kath. roberts, good afternoon. we are going to start with the 0ns infections survey. brute with the o

norrie made it through when the eighth seed, david goffin, retired injured — he had treatment for a legrs, he said, "i just don't care". the french tennis federation said his attitude was totally incompatible with the olympic spirit. we have a 50% crowd at the world snooker championship in sheffield, after culture secretary oliver dowden confirmed the pilot was going to plan, so we're on course for an increase to 75% for the quarter—finals and semi—finals, and a full house for the final. there's a way to go before we get there, though. let's see how defending champion ronnie o'sullivan is getting on. he is looking a bit shaky in their second round match, against anthony mcgill. the scot has taken the first four frames of the session remember o'sullivan had a 4—1 lead yesterday, before mcgill levelled. first to 13 wins. 8—4 at the moment. you can watch this match on bbc two. also on the bbc sport website. kyren wilson is up against barry hawkins, with barrett —— barry hawkins leading 2—1 in that second round match. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on t