ding junhui it is one of the biggest sports star in asia.ng to the final session of this second round match againstjudd trump he had led 9-7 match againstjudd trump he had led 9—7 having played well. he had a few chances early on that he could not ta ke chances early on that he could not take stock —— part. judd trump can score quickly when he gets the chance and he was quickly back on level terms. he turned on the style and showed why he is one of the favourites to win the tournament. ding junhui could only sit and watch as of the frames continue to slip away from him. in frame 22 ding junhui finally had a chance but broke down and judd trump punished him to secure the victory. so chinese snooker fans will have to wait another year for ding junhui to challenge for the title again. nothing to show my performance tonight. he played great. i only got a few chances and in the first two frames i got a chance to make some points but i did not make any so i did not put him under pressure and thatis did not put him under pressure and that is why he

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elsewhere, there were defeats forjudd trump, john higgins and the local favourite ding junhui.bc it's part of hisjob to be a role model. hales faced no criminal charges for his part in the bristol nightclub fight in 2017, but he was suspended and then fined by a cricket discipline commission. now he wants to move on, with lessons learned. 0ur correspondentjoe wilson has been speaking to him. ina park in a park in leicester, it is street cricket. a regular session run by the chance to shine charity. joining in this evening, alex hales. the role he relishes an international batsman. the wake of 2017's bristol fight, he was disciplined by a cricket commission. he committed to undertaking some community service. so he is coaching care for some and maybe that should include some life skills. when you make a mistake, you learn and get better in a mixed develop of the human being. that is most important thing for me to lie. if people feel that you have to redeem yourself in some way, do you feel that opportunity in that community is there? i think so. the bristol thing was a really u

ding junhui will take a 9 frames to 7 lead into the final session of his last 16 match againstjudd trump against trump before sunday's session but he made breaks of 81, 55 and 60 to establish a two—frame lead going into monday evening's final session. onto cycling where jakob fuglsang won the liege—bastogne—liege, cycling's oldest classic, after a solo breakaway in the closing part of sunday's race. at the age of 3a, it was the first major victory for the dane. the astana rider shook off the last challengers while almost shaking himself off his own bike, over the arduous 256—kilometre trek across the wooded hills of the ardennes in southern belgium and easily held on to win by 27 seconds over italian davide formolo. it may have been a kenya double at the london marathon as eliud kipchoge won the men's and brigid kosgei the women's event but this coming up was a guinness book of world records effort. completing a marathon dressed as big ben — but then you can't get across the finish line. this athlete was attempting the fastest marathon time dressed as a landmark and encountered some diff

both ding junhui and shaun murphy have been in action today. watched the action. a very eventful easter sunday here at the crucible and brought a victory. 10—7 when and it was a struggle and be and as he fought back happy but how'd they did he look? for a first match pretty solid. he will be delighted with that performance. shawn murphy not to be outdone, the first for frames against a rookie opponent and four in total and what was an absolutely smashing session for him. he nailed the session and every credit to him from the perspective of the fact that he comes into this tournament with not too much forward so a ba na na with not too much forward so a banana skin of playing an unknown quantity but significantly big gearing up to the world championship and seems to pay dividends. if he can continue control of the ball like he did today, he can be a threat. the one we were enjoying, way past 6pm however and said to be something of a marathon match, look at the 14th seat up against the qualifier and they had to stop the match at a very difficult

ding junhui resumed 6—3 up against anthony mcgill. frames to 7. a century break securing his passges to the second round. the afternoon session starts at 2.30pm at the crucible. former champ shaun murphy is in action. you can find more on all those stories the fed cup tie between great britain and kazakhstan is tied 1—1. johanna konta lost the first set but is up johanna konta lost the first set but isupa johanna konta lost the first set but is up a break in the second. you can follow that on the website. i'm off to enjoy the sunshine. let's go back to our top story, the explosions in sri lanka. with me is thusiyan nandakumar, member of the editorial board at the tamil guardian newspaper. the way these explosions are being described changed in the last hour oi’ described changed in the last hour orso, described changed in the last hour or so, they are now being described as suicide attacks. yes, the defence minister has come out and said that some of the last have been characterised as suicide bomb attacks. that has been a reported gun

ding junhui has fought back to lead judd trump 9—7 in the second round of the world snooker championship 55 and 60 to establish a two—frame lead going into monday evening's final session. that's all the sport for now. let's end with the success at the box office of the latest — and final — movie in the avengers franchise. avengers: endgame has become the fastest film ever to break the $1 billion barrier. it was only released on thursday night but since then, tickets sales to fans, like these, around the world have already topped $1.2 billion. the previous global debut record of $640 million was set last year by, you guessed it, the previous avengers film, infinity war. a reminder of our top story... with more than half of votes counted in spain's general election, the governing socialists are on course to be the biggest party, but still without an overall majority. the vote counts, mainly from smaller towns, indicate that vox will win the first seats for any far—right party since the end of military rule in the 1970s. you can see people gathering to celebrate the socialists‘ victory. cor

both ding junhui and zhou yuelong have been knocked out in the second round.the final session of their respective matches, and both were beaten by englishmen, ali carter beating zhou and judd trump putting out 2016 finalist ding. the united states has delivered a new warning that allowing huawei to help build the uk's new 56 data network would pose an unacceptable risk. a senior american security official warned that the us would reconsider how it shared intelligence with any western ally which let huawei play a part in building 56 networks. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. it is the promise of a new, high—tech future. 56 data networks will connect almost every device and aspect of our lives, from our cars to our homes. but should this future be made in china, and by this company, huawei? washington has been arguing that the risk of china spying on or switching off 56 through the company is too great, and today, a top us diplomat told me there would be consequences to using huawei. if countries put unsecured, untrusted vendors into their 56 ne

ding junhui will take a 9—7 lead into the final session of his last—16 match againstjudd trump at thee made breaks of 81, 55 and 60 to establish a two—frame lead going into monday evening's final session. it may have been a kenya double at the london marathon, as eliud kipchoge won the men's and brigid kosgei the women's event, but this coming up was a guinness book of world records effort. completing a marathon dressed as big ben, but then you can't get across the finish line. this athlete was attempting the fastest marathon time dressed as a landmark, and encountered some difficulty at the finish line. maybe a lesson for us all there — don't forget your measuring tape next time. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollet, and the rest of the team, that is your monday sport briefing. well done to all those marathon runners. i bet they are feeling it this morning as they try to get out of bed. let's have a look at today's talking points, apparently fewer brits are choosing to go to eu countries for holidays this year. and t

championship at the crucible — four—time champion john higgins is level at 2—2 with mark davis, and ding junhuiat's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. let's get more now on our top story, the series of explosions in sri lanka. let's speak to asela waidyalankara he lives in colombo and can see the smoke from one of the blasts from his house. we are watching the news and heard a loud explosion, very close by. i climb to my riffs up to see what was happening and i could see white smoke about one kilometre away from where i am. immediately afterwards, there were some helicopters that flew by and then we could here and the lenses and fire trucks coming. a little bit later, we heard another helicopter doing if i buy as well. what was the target of this seventh explosion? we heard from local news sources there was a small hotel close by to the zoo. that seems to be the area of the seventh explosion. how are you getting your information? how easy is it because i understand social media platforms have been closed down? currently, it's only been news. there is currently a curfew in o

trump surged into a 5—1 lead against ding junhui of china before ding recovered, but trump won six framesed to lose, really. ijust what i would go and battle for every single point and battle for every single point and not give up easily and i think i didn't really miss anything tonight and thought of he was under a lot of pressure because he probably knew i was going to clear up. ali carter survived a tense shoot—out on the black to book his place in the last eight. carter also won six consecutive frames as he beat zhou yuelong of china 13—9. it is the easiest thing to do for your mind to start racing on 500 different things when all you need to focus on is what is in front of you at the time. easier said than done but you know i managed to do it in the end and i got through. just a short time ago, if you were watching the programme in half—an—hour ago, daniel walker was talking about the time he had to go on a strict diet for a photo shoot. he has now sent me the photograph. i have already seen it. he sent it to annoy me, so it is on my phone. louise, he sent it is on my phone. louise,

trump surged into a 5—1 lead, against ding junhui of china before ding recovered , but trump won sixarterfinals get underway in around a quarter of an hour. kyren wilson‘s up against david gilbert and judd trump is taking on stephen maguire. it‘s live across the bbc, including bbc2 at 10 o clock this morning. later this evening, you can listen to tottenham‘s champions league semi final first leg against ajax on radio 5 live. coverage starts at 7 this evening with kick off at 8 just before i go, peter crouch the 6 foot 7 burnley and former england striker is well known for his ability to poke fun at himself. take a look at this. he‘s posted this on social media in reference to the rather gangly pfa players player of the year award. crouch said "extremely proud to be the pfa player of the year trophy. he‘s got a point not the most flattering! in answer to your earlier question, my disney knowledge is pretty good, better than my snooker knowledge. we will see you later. labour‘s ruling national executive committee will hold a crucial meeting today to finalise the party‘s manifesto for n

and ding junhui is in control of his match againstjudd trump, he leads by 9 frames to 7 after their afternoonrt of a season as valtteri bottas beat lewis hamilton to win the azerbaijan grand prix. joe lynsky reports. right now at f1, no team could put mercedes in the shade. their two drivers have been one to an every grand prix this season. four races and, it feels a two horse race. 0nce again valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton were racing from the front and in the fight for the first quarter, valtteri bottas held onto his lead. the question from there was where challenges would come from and for ferreri of late, and has been technical progress but no results was of charles leclair fought back from ninth on the grade to the cost with the lead. but seeing out of the pits so his tyres and prospects slip away. as this race reached a climax, it was a familiarfinish. this race reached a climax, it was a familiar finish. this time for va ltteri familiar finish. this time for valtteri bottas, the first turn would be the difference. many track hamilton says he doesn't enjoy, he had to settle for seco

robertson eight frames to nil up. 0n the other table ding junhui is 4—1 ahead against scotland's anthonyaying zarina diyas in the first tie of the weekend, but konta lost the first set 6—4. the british number one battled back though in a noisy copperbox arena and took the next two sets 6—3, 6—2 to give britain a 1—0 lead. katie boulter has just taken the first set from yulia putintseva in the second match of the weekend. and it doesn't happen very often, but rafael nadal has been beaten on clay. the 11 time champion lost in straight sets to italy's fabio fognini at the monte carlo masters. nadal had won his last 18 matches at the event, and only lost four of 76 there in his entire career. let's take a quick look at some of day's other stories. former 0lympic1,500—metres champion asbel kip—rop has been banned for four years for failing a drugs test. the kenyan tested positive for a hormone called epo in an out—of—competition test 18 months ago. he had claimed his sample might have been tampered with, but that was dismissed by an anti—doping panel. georgia davies will be hoping to add 50 m

he will play ding junhui in the next round and is the bookies' favourite to lift his first world titlesh pairjack liz—owski and ali carter, these are live pictures from the crucible theatre. it's currently one frame all. you can watch it via the bbc sport website right now. andy murray could be back in action on court later this summer, according to his motherjudy. murray said in march he was pain—free after hip surgery but that his chances of playing singles at wimbledon this year were "less than 50 per cent". butjudy murray thinks there are signs that he's improving. yes, he is almost three months past his surgery, so he was told not to do any impact work which means running around the court and hitting the ball for three months, but he is back hitting the ball against the wall, he is starting from the static position. so it is still early days and we have to wait and see how he does but i think he's cautiously optimistic about getting onto the match court, perhaps over the summer. the atp world tour finals are on the move from london to turin. the tournament has been held in the uk

he'll play ding junhui in the next round and is the bookies' favourite to lift his first world title.h his rehab. so far things are looking positive he has been back hitting a ball against a wall, hitting a little bit from a static position. so, still early days, and we have to wait and see how he does but i think he is cautiously optimistic about getting back onto the match court, perhaps at some point over the summer. don't forget, sportsday, all the days of sports news. that is at 6:30pm. plenty to talk about. the headlines: the number of cases of measles in england almost quadrupled last year — the nhs is calling on adults to ensure their children have been fully vaccinated against the disease russian president, vladimir putin, has met the leader of north korea, kim jong—un, for the first time, to discuss how to improve the situation on the korean peninsula. the competition and markets authority block a proposed £12 billion merger between sainsbury‘s and asda. figuresjust in, knife crime across england and wales has risen to record levels — that's according to figures which haveju

he will play ding junhui in the next round and is the bookies' favourite to lift his first world title mark allen battling back having won the last four frames. and you can watch it via the bbc sport website right now. that is all for now from us but plenty more to come throughout the rest of the afternoon. the funeral of murdered journalist lyra mckee has taken place at st anne's cathedral, in belfast. ms mckee was shot dead by a paramilitary group during riots in derry last thursday as she observed clashes between police and new ira dissidents. the event was attended by theresa may, jeremy corbyn, and leaders from across the political spectrum her death has touched people around the world. today crowds in her home country came to say goodbye to lyra mckee. as a journalist, she reported on the sometimes fractured society in northern ireland. in death she put together leaders from across the political divide, the british by theresa mayjoining irish taoiseach leo varadkar and the irish president michael d higgins to pay their respects. the lord gave and the lord has taken away. that uni

he will play ding junhui in the next round and is the bookies's favourite to lift his first world titlemotherjudy says he could even play in matches this summer if everything goes well, having spent most of the year up to now taking it easy. he has been back hitting the ball against a wall, he has been hitting from a static position, so it is still early days and we have to wait and see how he does but i think he is cautiously optimistic about getting back onto court perhaps at some point over the summer. getting back onto court perhaps at some point over the summerlj getting back onto court perhaps at some point over the summer. i feel little bit sorry duty there because you can see she is trying not to put herfootin you can see she is trying not to put herfoot in it, she is saying yeah, we really optimistic that things are going well. he is hitting the ball from the study session, that is early days but it is good. wouldn't it be brilliant, wouldn't it be terrific? it is hope. and i would be willing to bet he has not lost any of his hunger. no, not at all. when we reported that he was

at the world snooker championship, ding junhui has won eight out of the last ten frames to put himselftwo former champions john higgins and stuart bingham is nicely poised. bingham missed the opportunity for a 147 break but won the final frame of the session to make it 8—8 going into this evenings concluding session. what a whopper! don't say we never give you anything. up and down england and northern ireland, doors are being knocked on, leaflets delivered and promises made ahead of local elections on thursday, when 8,000 seats are upforgrabs. ahead of the vote, we've been speaking to the main parties about policy and pledges. next it's the turn of the liberal democrats, whose leader sir vince cable has hinted this may be his last election in charge. let's speak to him now. thank you for coming on today. we talk about all the seats available. the conservatives are defending nearly 5000 of them. how are you planning to win over the voters? things are looking good at the moment. the liberal democrats take government seriously, we do it well. we had net gains last year of about 75, sligh