dan evans having beaten novak djokovic as - having beaten novak djokovic as well.leave it there. thank you for joining us, russell. time now for some more of the day's other sport stories. and after 16 years with harlequins, the former england full—back mike brown has played his last game for the club after being banned for six weeks following his red card against wasps last weekend. with just four rounds of matches remaining, he'll miss the premiership final were quins to qualify. he'd already agreed to leave for newcastle at the end of the season. spain's mikel landa, one of the contenders for overall victory at the giro d'italia, is out after a crash involving a race marshal near the end of today's fifth stage. landa has been taken to hospital. australia's caleb ewan went on to win the stage, and alessandro de marchi retained the overall lead. and nfl games will return to london this year, with two being played at tottenham's stadium. the atlanta falcons will take on the new yorkjets on october 10th, with the jacksonville jaguars facing the miami dolphins a week

and it's a tenth italian open title for rafa nadal as he beats novak djokovic in rome. welcome to the programme. chelsea women are just moments away from kicking off in the champions league final against spanish champions barcelona. it's a match that emma hayes has been waiting for her whole career. her side has the chance to win four trophies this season after securing the wsl title. earlier i spoke to former chelsea player pat nevin. he expects chelsea to beat barcelona, because he says every member of the squad is world class. chelsea have got such strength and such quality. i mean, everywhere, everywhere on the team. in—depth, the squad is special as well. that's they got past bayern munich. bayern munich in particular, anyone who watched the last ten minutes of that game, it was extraordinary. maybe the most exciting game of the season anywhere and it was just... i'm smiling just think about it and that was character, it really was character, and a little bit of luck as well. sometimes you need that, but what they will not like is the belief because they have emma

but djokovic came back strong in the second to win 6—1.in the third set. this is the sixth time the pair have met in the final of this tournament. djokovic will be looking to retain his title, while nadal aims for a tenth italian 0pen victory. iga swiatek has beaten world number nine karolina pliskova to win the italian 0pen. the teenagerfrom poland came through in straight sets to secure victory after just 46 minutes. it finished 6—0, 6—0. the result bodes well for the defence of her french open title, which begins at roland garros in two weeks' time. in the men's doubles final, britain'sjoe salisbury and partner rajeev ram lost in straight sets to nikola mek—tic and mate pavic. they were beaten 6—4, 7—6 in rome by the croatian second seeds, for whom it was a third atp masters 1000 title of the season. 0spreys beat dragons by 42 points to 26 for their second win in the pro—14 rainbow cup. 0spreys ran in five tries, with fourfor dragons and morgan morris was bundled over the line to help the visitors to a 20—14 half time lead. it was a clo

djokovic won the first set 6—3 and sonego leads 3— 2 in the second.american reilly 0pelka in straight sets in their semi. nadal is aiming for a tenth title in rome. and finally, a nice story from the world golf. as england's richard bland won the british masters — to become to oldest first—time winner on the european tour. the 48 year—old had gone a77 events without a victory, but this putt, in a play—off with italy's guido migliozzi at the belfry. finally got him over the line. that's all from sportsday. the weather is very unreliable for outdoor plans at the moment. i am sure you don't need me to tell you that. sunny skies one minutes, the next a drenching downpour comes along. some downpours on sunday will be heavy indeed with thunder and hail. now, this is how saturday turned out. a band of patchy rain that drifted northwards. getting into the far south of scotland. through the far south of that, we have a mix of sunshine and showers with some showers heavy indeed. they will fade to some extent tonight at their east anglia and northern england wil

djokovic won the first set 6—3 and it's one game all in the second.t the american reilly 0pelka in straight sets in their semi. nadal is aiming for a tenth title in rome. andy murray's expected return to singles action has been delayed. the former world number one turned down a wild card for next week's atp tournament in geneva. no explanation has yet been provided, but murray made the decision after playing doubles with liam broady at this week's italian 0pen. it means he will not have a further chance to prove his fitness before the french open main draw wildcards are announced this week. attila valter has retained the overall lead at the giro d'italia after stage 8, won by victor lafay of france. the british contenders for the pinkjersey, simon yates and hugh carthy, stayed out of trouble and moved up one place to 9th and 5th respectively. victor lafay raced clear of a breakaway group in the last two miles — the 25—year—old frenchman celebrated the biggest win of his career the hungarian, valter, keeps the pink jersey afterfinishing with the race f

he put djokovic under essure.id receive a point penalty from the umpire for breaking his racket. eventually, it was a 6-2, 7-6 victory for the world number one, who next plays his argentine opponent in the second round. france 24 will be covering roland garros, which starts on sunday. >> is that a cue for it to rain? >> i think it is already raining. [laughter] >> already shopping for an umbrella as we speak. great to see you, simon. kate with the business. we could send you, business and sport at roland garros. that would be fantastic, wouldn't it? >> i've got an umbrella. >> i will stay here, of course, in the dry. more to come, life in paris. ♪ >> sovereignty to panama over the canal that they themselves built, the amerins also ga it bk the zone but for almost half a century had lived on american time. >> this was small, artificial country led by engineers, signed by engineers. >> despite the departure of the have remained and memories,ns sometimes bitter memories. watch the children of the canal, panama revisi

it'll be interesting to see how djokovic has coped with yesterday's schedule.t stefanos tsitsipas in a game held up overnight, he then needed three sets to beat the home favourite lorenzo sonego. it'll be the sixth time djokovic and nadal have met in this final, and the spaniard holds the edge, with three wins so far. that's all the sport for now but over on the bbc sport website website you can follow seven matches in the fifth round of the women's fa cup. that's all the sport for now. back later. let's get more now on diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants in gaza. the united nations' security council will hold an emergency meeting later today. gaza's health ministry says that at least 26 people have been killed by israeli air strikes overnight on gaza city. another report is just in which says that 33 palestinians have died in the last 2a—hour period in gaza. that is the worst daily death toll since the latest round of fighting began. hamas has retaliated with further rocket attacks. the israeli prime minister, benja

djokovic has been drawn in the same half the draw as nadal and federer at roland garros this year.age of the giro d'italia, which is a mountain stage ending in the italian alps. fans had a home victory to cheer on thursday, when the longest stage of this year's race was won by alberto bettiol — he launched a solo breakaway with six kilometres to go and cross the line at stradella 17 seconds ahead of the field. former tour de france champion bernal, meanwhile, finished safely in the pack to retain the race leader's pinkjersey and remain on course for a second grand tourwin. just three stages to go. and you can get all the latest sports news on our website — bbc.com/sport. but from me, mark edwards, and the rest of the sport team — bye—bye. now theatres are beginning to reopen in places where pandemic restictions have been lifted. one new production in london — based on the sci—fi adventures of doctor who — invites audiences to become part of the action. our reporter wendy hurrell went to find out more. everybody down! everybody get down! get down! get down, get down! get down! time

the british number one beat novak djokovic on his way to the semi—finals of the monte carlo masters lastnd of the madrid open. he beat 10th seed john milliman in 3 sets and jess softley watched the action. dan da n eva ns dan evans confidence on this surface is certainly grown recently. and it certainly showed early on. it quickly became an intense affair. john milliman came back as evan seemed to wobble. the second set saw a tone in point for the brit who forced the world number 42 into a series of errors to take the set 6-2. series of errors to take the set 6—2. evans knew this would be a tough match. saying if you don't accept its going to hurt a little. you will struggle. john milliman had the energy but evans had variety. outplaying in a dominant display in the third set. evans turnaround on clay has been impressive with yet another victory on his least favourite surface. next up he will face another challenging moment in alexander after his recent victory over world number one novak chocolate it's clear evans is capable of taking on the bass. —— djokovic. a good win for dan evans.

djokovic to take that number to 61 3rd said here in a doctor's well why this is his he paints the line for an shot and well here he breaks the law for a 42 lead and well we get match point and he's going to convert this 2nd favorite your point your bitch his is backhand shot way too wide and that will be all. the dollar right here in his 10th row masters title winning 75166336 a.t.p. masters $1000.00 crowns equaling his opponent's record to be an $89.00. beginning of teams and people having a good season seattle sounders are reigning supreme in the 1st 2 weeks of the major league soccer season in their 5 games played not 4 wins no losses in a draw and settle in points ahead of last place l.a.'s the that's a weird sense here isn't it so as they hosted the struggling l.a. squad the mastery of seattle was going to be on full display but right where we get to halftime those seattle keep the ball in play but sanders jaw i'll follow with the hit on the team blessing seattle will get the yellow card elliot's will get a set piece but they just don't capitalize on it so no no as we head into ha

and like djokovic, had to play twice on saturday to reach the women's final. the sport for now. enjoy your evening. just before we went on air, i caught up with a couple of leicester city fans — chuck tsay in hong kong and jordan becker in new york, in, understandably, a very noisy sports bar. let's give you a flavour of our conversation. i watched the games from 1230 midnight in hong kong. i've been thinking about it all day and never thought we could win, especially because chelsea has been performing so well in the previous couple of matches. leicester less so so it is unreal to be here, to be talking to you, to be winning this thing and to be witnessing michael and them celebrating in the pitch. it is unreal. jordan, i know you are holding a beer in one hand, are you pinching yourself in the other? lam. i really can't believe it happened. it wasn't just that we were underdogs, the years of history, that we've never lifted this trophy. and it was just remarkable the way the game played out. we almost had some divine intervention, a couple of great saves and

only for world number one djokovic to hit back in the 2nd and level the match. this was the 57th time this pair of minutes and that's happened in so many of their previous meetings i mentioned changed hands in the decider. and the downside 63 to win this title for a record extending tense time. wise amazing i have is that i feel in my hands for the 10th time with just something impossible to imagine but happened to. come thank you not my life or all just want to do this i'm very pleased with my fighting spirit with the level of tennis was higher and higher actually. yesterday played great today i thought i also played in a high level high and now god will now turn his attention to the defense of his french open song on the richardson. well bron james is playing down health concerns as his l.a. lakers team head into the postseason james appeared to really enjoy his ankle during this win against the new orleans pelicans the 36 year old is still getting back to full fitness after a 2 month absence from entry the lakers next face to golden state warriors on wednesda

tournament over there 5 time champion of the tournament let's get right into it and i see novak djokovictaking the heat of a choking on here down just a game was 3 to 2 in the 1st spaniard hanging it was just a bitch given the serve everything he has right there with the cross court for the point even joker was impressed but he would go on to take the 1st set 6 to 2nd set djokovic up to 0 able to neutralize his opponent serve with deep returns they're breaking 5 times in the match takes game 3 with that backhand dropshot and he would waste no time wrapping this up serving for match point was novak benefiting from 30 unforced errors from his opponent this one the ever so gentle drop shot putting the back spin on it he had dances in straight sets right there pretty impressive from the top seed world number one now who else was a clay court tournament right so we have one way the clay court is so good for your knees. or you'll get old one day your letters i've only put on hardcourt you know past expects a better game it's a slower 'd game it's a little easier to watch anyway that's my recom

world number one novak djokovic completed his french open preparation with victory at his own tennis6—4 6—3. djokovic, who is in the same half of the french open draw as defending champion rafael nadal and former winner roger federer, will start his campaign in paris against america's tennys sandgren. that's all the sport for now. chelsea still leading 1—0 against manchester city in the champions league final. enjoy the second half, or what is left of there! the global vaccination programme is key to the fight against coronavirus. but there is still reluctance among some to get the jab. the authorities across the world are using different tactics to encourage people to have their injection — some trying to entice people into having a vaccine, as tim allman explains. this is probably the sort of thing you have in mind when you think of lotto fever. queues of people lining up to get their ticket, dreaming of a potentially life—changing jackpot. but in parts of america, there is now a new way to take part. with every injection, a chance to become a millionaire. the first winners have be

and it's a tenth italian open title for rafa nadal as he beats novak djokovic in rome.

novak djokovic is into the quarter finals of the italian open — the world number one came through inainst alejandro davidovich fokina in rome to maintain his perfect record of reaching the last eight in the competition. up next though is the in—form stefanos tsitsipas. boxing promoter eddie hearn says the heavyweight title fight between anthonyjoshua and tyson fury will take place on august the mth, in a specially built stadium. the long awaited bout, set to happen in saudi arabia, is yet to be officially confirmed by both sides. jofra archer took two early wickets for sussex this morning on his return from injury. archer underwent surgery after accidentally hurting his right hand in january. he was already undergoing treatment for a long—term elbow problem, but he looked a lively prospect for the kent batsmen today. scotland's callum hill leads at the halfway stage britain's hugh carthy and simon yates have moved up to sixth and tenth overall after stage six of the giro d'italia. it was another chaotic day with the leader's pink jersey changing hands — as nick parrott reports. the r

it has been two weeks since the biggest win of dan evans�* career, beating novak djokovic in monte carloch against france�*sjeremy chardy, here he showed his true force of backhand which gave him a break of serve. but evans rallied and in the next game he had a break of his own. it would take the tie—break to separate them, evans showing force in his forehand as well as his fist bump. he had a chance to wrap it up in straight sets but chardy wasn�*t quite done yet. there was another tie—break, this time it was evans who blinked, one set all. the third set was anything but tight, as evans showed the kind of skill that saw him beat the kind of skill that saw him beat the world�*s best player. clay isn�*t a service that has always suited him but he finished with a flourish for his first win in madrid. that wraps it up from me and sportsday. next on bbc news, ros atkins takes a look at the reality of life after brexit, four months after the end of the transition period. goodbye. since 2016 we have followed the brexit story. through the referendum, through the long process to find a withdrawa

only for world number one djokovic to hit back in the 2nd level of a match. this was the 57th time this pair of match and that's happened in so many of their previous meetings i mentioned changed hands in the decider. and the downside 63 to win this title for a record extending 10th time. wise amazing now half the stuff in my hands for the 10th time is just something impossible to imagine. happened so perhaps i'm thinking off my day in life for all this about the ideas i'm very pleased with my fighting spirit with the level of tennis was higher and higher actually. yesterday played great today i thought i also played in a high level high and that god will now turn his attention to the defense of his french and song on the richardson al-jazeera. and it was french open champion ego the on tech who secured the women's title in rome the polish teenager easily beat former world number one caroline uplifts she didn't lose a single game in the match taking it 6 love 6 love in just 46 minutes it's beyond texas 3rd career title and moved her inside the top 10 of the w

the men's world number one, novak djokovic, agrees speaking to the media can be difficult but says it'smething that you enjoy always, you know, especially if you lose a match or something like this. but it is part of the spartan part of life on the tour, and this is something we have to do, otherwise we will get fined. british cycling has backed the decision to cancel next month's european track cycling championships in belarus. the five day competition was due to start on the 23rd ofjune in minsk but was called off as a result of the ongoing political situation in belarus. a passenger plane was forced to land in the country this week in order to arrest a journalist. british cycling said it would work with the organisers to find another location. warrington continued their strong start to the super league season with a ten try thrashing at struggling salford — the hosts had two players in the sin bin at one stage in an ill—disciplined display. warrington made the most of their advantage in the second half, they won 62—18 to go up to fourth in the table — a perfect way to warm up for the

won a record extending 10th or a masters title by beating great rival and world number one novak djokovic in the final it was the 57th meeting between 2 of the game's all time greats and it was no doubt who took a tight 1st set $75.00 but the 5 time champion a joke of it dominated at the 2nd taking it 61 to force a decider the dow saved 2 great points on his way to winning the final set 63 the spaniard is now one of 4 of his 6 finals against djokovic is tolerant and is looking in ominous form ahead of the french open. and then i think i'm glad i have a tournament. i think i have been playing better and better finding my my rhythm on . here i think i i had a very positive way and there may have been. going into paris brings me you know brings me good sensation i actually now started to feel. like i actually want to feel on clay so i think if i manage to play the way i played last night in today i think i have a good chance to go all the way in paris. in the women's final french open champion vantec easily beat former world number one accounting the place kicker the 19 year old it didn't lo

novak djokovic faces an opponent in the quarterfinals of the belgrade open, playing on home ground, hely to be broken back. he showed his anger on court. he eventually wrapped up the win, the term incoming head of the french open which starts at the end of the week. finally, an extreme cycling event in south africa has seen once thought to be the longest dirt to dirt front flip ever recorded. the spanish rider landed a 100 foot front flip at the event, beating the previous record of 70 feet! there we go. impressive. that's all from us, you can get all the latest sports news on the bbc sport website but for me in the team, we will see you soon. its not every day sir mick jagger and sting join in your school musical, but students in glasgow, have enlisted the famous names for a charity concert. it's all to raise money for pioneering treatment for dipg, a rare brain tumour — after a student at the school, daniel caplan died with the condition. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has this report. this is a school show with a difference.— difference. hello, it's mick jan aer diff

and you will remember novak djokovic was fined i think, $20,000 at last year�*s us open.h and they decided to skip a post media conference. but this is different, completely different. and it�*s not up to her to make the decisions as to what the rules are to apply to herself. so she needs to think about this and you don�*t want it to get to a situation where she is suspended because that�*s not going to help the game, and definitely going to help naomi osaka. a mountaineerfrom hong kong has broken the record for the fastest ascent of everest — by a woman. tsang yin—hung reached the top of the world�*s highest mountain from base camp in 25 hours and 50 minutes. that was fast enough to beat the previous record, set by a nepalese climber in 2017, by more than 12 hours. after setting the new record on sunday she said she believes in aiming high. actually i�*m kind of relieved and happy because i set this target about four years before. and i always share with my students and my friends that if you aim high and then you can achieve high. the three peaks challenge, in which wal

and you will remember novak djokovic was fined i think, 20,000 at last year's us open. major match and they decided to skip a post—media conference. but this is different, completely different. and it's not up to her to make the decisions as to what the rules are to apply to herself. so she needs to think about this and you don't want it to get to a situation where she is suspended because that's not going to help the game, and definitely not going to help naomi 0saka. craig gabriel. a mountaineerfrom hong kong has broken the record for the fastest ascent of everest by a woman. tsang yin—hung reached the top of the world's highest mountain from base camp in 25 hours and 50 minutes. that was fast enough to beat the previous record, set by a nepalese climber in 2017, by more than 12 hours. after setting the new record on sunday, she said she believes in aiming high. actually i'm kind of relieved and happy because i set this target around four years before and i always share with my students and my friends that if you aim high, then you can achieve high. and from one new e

given himself the perfect springboard for the french open after beating the world number one novak djokovict rolland garros when the tournament gets underway in a couple of weeks. meanwhile the women's defending french open champion iga swiantek put in a sensational performance in herfinal in rome. the 19—year—old from poland thrashed karolina pliskova 6—0, 6—0 injust 45 minutes to win the title. egan bernal is in the lead of the giro d'italia heading into monday's 10th stage. bernal, the race favourite, claimed victory on stage nine's summit finish with a devastating attack in the closing stages to take his first victory of the season. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. 0ur our thanks to the sports team for that. the glitz and glamour of the red carpet made a return at the mtv movie & tv awards. the annual ceremony, which honours the best in pop culture, took place at the hollywood palladium in los angeles — complete with an in—person audience — as the industry continues to recover

he misses out on playing top seed novak djokovic in the next round, after a 6—2, 6—3 defeat in rome.ke brown's played his last game for the club after being banned following his red card against wasps last weekend. the former england full—back, who leaves for newcastle at the end of the season, has been handed a six weeks ——six—week suspension for stamping. with just four rounds of matches remaining, he'll miss the premiership final were quins to qualify. nobody�*s played more games for the london club than the 35—year—old. that's just about all the sport for now. don't forget, it's the first round of golf�*s british masters today. you can keep up to date with all the latest from the belfry on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and on the bbc sport app and i will be back with another update in the next hour. a full public inquiry into the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been announced by borisjohnson. the prime minister told the house of commons that all key aspects of the uk's response would be "placed under the microscope." he said the government wa

he beat novak djokovic in monte carlo and reached the last 16 in madrid last week but a first round defeate lost 6—3, 6—2 to fritz who is ranked five places below him in the world. australia have started vaccinating their athletes against covid—i9, ahead of this years olympics and paralympics the country has been slow to roll out the vaccine for the general population, but have decided to let their athletes jump the queue to give them what they say is "comfort and certainty" in their final preparations for the games in tokyo. olympic swimmer cate campbell was among the first to receive the vaccine: it isa it is a huge weight off your shoulders to be able to have access to this vaccine and i would really like to thank the aoc and federal government for allowing us to have this extra line of protection because we are going into a pretty unknown situation ever in tokyo so to have this little band—aid is a huge weight off everyone's shoulders. rugby union fans will be admitted to twickenham for the first time since december, with at least 10,000 able to attend each of england's summer test mat

novak djokovic return to the clay in rome a different play after his quarterfinal against stefan to tos his toughest match so far and he will be backin toughest match so far and he will be back in court this evening against home favourite, who came from a set down to knock out andre rubel. the italian is through to the finals for the first time and he said it was a dream to get through in his favourite tournament in front of his people. that is all the sport for now but you can get more on the bbc sport website, including build—up to the fa cup final. see you soon. wreaths have been laid across the uk and around the world to mark the centenary of the royal british legion. in a message to coincide with the occasion, prince charles said the organisation ensured the sacrifices of veterans would never be forgotten. 0ur correspondentjon donnison has this report. bugle plays last post in whitehall this morning, a lone bugler and the last post — to remember those who have been lost but also to mark 100 years of the royal british legion. representatives of the army, the royal navy and the roya

age of euro masters this was the marquee final can play rafael nadal versus world number one novak djokovic if you missed out you missed it and up on the cusp of clinching a record equalling 80 masters 1000 title while his opponent was hoping to make it a win number 6 in the italian capital so 1st that actually of course da looking for his 10th row masters not really off to a terrible start though should which getting him heat from the baseline the doll is going to get forced to the net but the serbian will end up winning in the back in volume 300 spinner though serve here in game number 1057 to finishing this one though he's going to get that cross court forehand shot so that 5 shots that he didn't fit in the 15 but should which going to go battle in the 2nd set 5 to one over spanish point dealing every year a journey getting a handle and a doll back it will go on to take them one by one to what set number 2 to the 3rd set here and all through is why this court is really his the live at forehand shot he breaks it for 4 to leave match point convert 2nd chance which a point when you're finis

what's it all ranked right now world number 3 so he is and he's number 2 seed in that tournament djokovic as they say he's ready with a bullet though yeah yeah but i don't know moving on oh yeah oh yeah he better than him keep trading that 2 and 3 so our next step i know you're going to like this one so cliff diving it's a sport all we have here is you know if we're wide world of sport yeah yeah and it's actually red bull puts it on it's world series vet they have been one of the best divers we know of riyadh and if and she's one of the greatest she's a 4 time world series champion now she checked this out this was in new south wales a lot stick australia lost a dam in australia look at that incredible view so she did something she became the 1st person in the world man or woman to jump out of a moving hot air balloon dive and this is one of those things where it looks easier than it is this is much harder than it looks so she's about 18 meters high 59 feet and if you've ever jumped off a cliff right she's used to this but off of a moving hot air balloon that's a world record they're pret

and you will remember novak djokovic was fined i think, 20,000 at last years us open.y decided to skip a post media conference. but this is different, completely different. and it�*s not up to her to make the decisions as to what the rules are to apply to herself. so she needs to think about this and you don�*t to get to a situation where she is suspended because that�*s not can help the game, and definitely going to help naomi osaka. you are watching bbc news. those are the main server now it�*s time for a look at the weather. clear and calm out there against most of the uk and bank holiday monday promises to be another warm and sunny day. if that temperatures may be a degree or so higher. but it won�*t be sunny absolutely everywhere. an example here from sunday on the scottish coe�*s, there�*s a lot of heart and see fred out to sea. we could see a repeat affirmance of that on bank holiday monday this is stubborn cloudy and quite often it hugs the coast and sticks around all through the course of the day. but england it�*s going to be sunny. the morning temperatures w

in the men's draw both of the top to see that through, defending champion novak djokovic vt alejandrowo seed had to come from a set down beating denis shapovalov and he plays alexander zverev next. more on the website. from me and the team, goodbye for now. sir alex ferguson says he is grateful for the three years extra he feels he has had after surviving a brain haemorrhage in 2018. the legendary former manchester united manager made the admission before the release of a new film about his life. he's been talking to our sports editor, dan roan, about his career and the men who played for him. the players i inherited at aberdeen — at aberdeen and manchester united were strong, were powerful and that has changed because it's become a more protective life nowadays, you know? and i know there is social media and things like that which has created some problems but in the main, i was very lucky to inherit the kind of players i did in my earlier days, you know? do you think that you would find it harder if starting a managerial career today, because the role of the manager seems to have sh

made the second round at roland garros, but he's been a revelation on clay this year, with novak djokovichead of the tournament, naomi 0saka has won her first round match. the world number two beat patricia maria tig from romania in straight sets, even though it went to a tie—break in the second. remember, we won't be hearing from her, of course, after she decided not to take part in any post—match media conferences to protect her mental health. there was a sombre mood ahead of the italian motogp this afternoon, following the death of the swiss moto3 riderjason dupasquier. a minute's silence was held ahead of the main race. dupasquier was struck by another bike after falling during qualifying at the mugello circuit yesterday, and he died of his injuries today in hopsital. he was just 19 years old. jordan spieth has a one—shot lead going into the final round of the charles schwab challenge in texas. after a brilliant opening round of 63, he fired in two 66s in a row to stay just ahead of the field. england's ian poulter gave himself an outside chance of victory by carding a 64, which was t

novac djokovic is through to the third round of the rome masters, but not without drama.going to check the _ without drama. i am going to check the court. _ without drama. i am going to check the court. i _ without drama. i am going to check the court. i have - without drama. i am going to check the court. i have asked ou check the court. i have asked you three _ check the court. i have asked you three times, _ check the court. i have asked you three times, you - check the court. i have asked you three times, you are - check the court. i have asked you three times, you are not| you three times, you are not checking _ you three times, you are not checking anything. the world number one _ checking anything. the world number one was _ checking anything. the world number one was furious - checking anything. the world number one was furious with j checking anything. the world - number one was furious with the chair by the not suspending play as the rain came down during the second round match against taylor fritz. he eventually got his wish and after a three—hour delay he seal

french open which is two weeks away, rafa nadal has won his tenth italian 0pen after beating novak djokoviclayed in the second 6—1, he found his game again to beat the world number one 6—3 in the decider. a great win for nadal. the women's final wasn't as close, the brilliant iga swiatek thrashing karolina pliskova 6—0 6—0. more reaction to that on the bbc sport website, that's all your sport for now. back to you, philippa. thank you very much. four teams competing at the eurovision song contest have withdrawn from sunday's opening ceremony, as a precaution against coronavirus. the delegations from malta — one of the favourites to win — and romania have been staying at the same hotel in the dutch port of rotterdam as those from poland and iceland, which have both had a member test positive. anna holligan reports from the hague. holding a singing contest in the midst of a global pandemic was always going to be risky. iceland's quirky ten years sentence case is one of the favourites to win. after a routine test, 0ne one of the favourites to win. after a routine test, one of the favourites to

world number one novak djokovic returned to the clay in rome a different player, after his quarter—finalen. he was a set and a break of serve down, but he turned it around to win in three sets. he said it was his toughest match of the year so far. and he'll be back on court this evening against home favourite lorenzo sonego, who came from a set down to knock out the seventh seed andrey rublev. the italian is through to the semi—finals of a masters event for the first time. he said it was a dream to get so far in what is his favourite tournament, in front of his people. that's all the sport for now but there's more on the bbc sport website, including the latest on today's early kick—offs, and building up to the fa cup final. i'll be back with more later on. more now on the centenary events being held to mark 100 years of the royal british legion. let's speak to alex owen, who is head of armed forces engagement at the charity. for younger members of our audience who want to learn more about you, tell us why the royal british legion was formed 100 years ago. it isa it is a really great ques

world number one novak djokovic returned to the clay in rome a different player, after his quarter—finalas a set and a break of serve down, but he turned it around to win in three sets — he said it was his toughest match of the year so far and he'll be back on court this evening against home favourite lorenzo sonego, who came from a set down to knock out the 7th seed andrey rublev. the italian is through to the semi—finals of a masters event for the first time. he said it was a dream to get so far in what is his favourite tournament, in front of his people. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. thank you very much indeed. people eligible for a vaccine in areas where the coronavirus indian variant is spreading are being urged to get the jab. the government says testing for the variant is being carried out in parts of scotland, london, the midlands, and also in the north west of england where the army is to be deployed to help with surge testing efforts. senior doctors say the relaxation of rules is a "real worry" when "key segments"

at the italian open, one man, novak djokovic wasn't impressed that he had to carry on playing.that i'm going to experience such conditions. even though with that much experience behind me, i still get upset and lose my cool. but it's ok. i'm not sure that it is ok, actually! that's just about all the sport for now. don't forget it's the first round of golf�*s british masters today. you can keep up to date with all the latest from the belfry on the bbc sport website. the west end star ruthie henshall — who has been campaiging for the rights of those in care homes and theirfamilies — has described the government as "utterly inhumane", following the death of her own mother, gloria, in a care home. she was 87 and suffered from dementia. because of covid, ms henshall and her sisters went almost a year without being able to visit her. from next monday in england, five named people will be able to visit a relative living at a care home and a maximum of two visitors will now be allowed at any one time and the government says care providers and homes are expected to follow that guidance

if he wins another title in rome, nadal will equal novak djokovic's record of 36 masters titles at thistainly miss the french open that starts in ten days' time. wimbledon starts on the 28th ofjune. halep is the defending champion from her victory in 2019. last year's tournament was cancelled. that's all the sport for now. now, time for the weather on the bbc news channel. nothing new in the forecast that's going to surprise you. brollies at the ready this weekend. it's going to be very changeable, downpours expected, frequent in some parts of the country, and the possibility of hail and thunder as well, and gusty winds. low pressure will be drifting across the uk on friday night into saturday and will still be influencing our weather come tuesday. now, the jet stream is south of us. when the jet stream is south of us, that means that the cooler weather from the northern climes is in place, and you can see the air streams of cooler weather coming in straight out of the arctic. low pressures are spinning up here, then we have the jet stream, that dividing line, and all of the warmth whic

the men's world number one, novak djokovic, agrees speaking to the media can be difficult but says it'sing has backed the decision to cancel next month's european track cycling championships in belarus. the five day competition was due to start on the 23rd ofjune in minsk but was called off as a result of the ongoing political situation in belarus. a passenger plane was forced to land in the country this week in order to arrest a journalist. british cycling said it would work with the organisers to find another location. warrington continued their strong start to the super league season with a ten try thrashing at struggling salford — the hosts had two players in the sin bin at one stage in an ill—disciplined display. warrington made the most of their advantage in the second half, they won 62—18 to go up to fourth in the table — a perfect way to warm up for their challenge cup semifinal next week against castleford. salford meanwhile have lost seven of their opening eight matches. and finally the line up for darts premier league finals night is now confirmed. wales's jonny clayton had t

and one man, novak djokovic, wasn't impressed that he had to carry on playing.i have asked you three times. you did not ask to check the court. i did not ask to check the court. i did not— did not ask to check the court. i did not say— did not ask to check the court. i did not say that. _ did not ask to check the court. i did not say that. i— did not ask to check the court. i did not say that. i did _ did not ask to check the court. i did not say that. i did not - did not ask to check the court. i did not say that. i did not say. did not say that. i did not say that — djokovic eventually went on to win his second—round match aginst taylor fritz. here's what he had to say afterwards. look, you know, it's not the first time or probably the last time that i'm going to experience such conditions. even there with that much experience behind me, i still get upset and lose my cool. but it's ok. it that is not ok. that is not ok. the tennis court is quite large but you do not have to shout that allows to be heard. straight to the naughty step. he was thinking it was fin

to rome now where world tennis number one of djokovic has extended his quarterfinal record the 5 timechampion beat out a 100 for keno 6261 to reach the last 8 in the italian capital a perfect time for facing its seed and not to call the masters champion stephanos it's a past next. in the women's tournament american teenager coker golf ended the spectacular winning streak of arena lanka a 17 year old beat the reigning madrid champion 7564 to reach her 4th quarter fine of the year she'll face world no one ash barty next 6 of the top 10 players have already been to the tournament in right. after more than a month out with a hamstring strain james harden returned to the basketball court for the brooklyn nets on wednesday harden had sat out the last 18 games that is the longest playoff in his career brought him star god had quite a good return as he contributed 18 points 11 assists the nets going on to beat san antonio spurs 128 to 116. to the game with that signal to be sure to give. somebody garden fans an arena it was basically a rehab and you know like the way. the felt just to get mar

well ted has done one novak djokovic has extended his quarterfinal record at the right masters the 5time champion beat a 100 davidovits forking out 6261 to reach the last 8 in the italian capital for the 15th time in 15 appearances say was also the 1st day fans were allowed to attend the tournament. mr cruthers says much as anybody else playing on the tour on the biggest reasons why i keep on playing so. i was it was nice nice to see them back. hopefully against the. in this tournament an extra day or 2 to experience the crowd more and more and you know they definitely gave me great sensations of their own accord and i enjoyed it you know looking forward to an excellent. job of it for now faces stuff and also it's a pass after he booked a spot in the quarter is by taking care of local favorites in the table routinely in straight sets so it's a fast has lost his previous 2 matches with joke of it all play rafa nadal remains on track to win the event for incredible 10th time the spaniard had to save 2 match points in the 3rd set against canadian a dennis shapovalov rafa got the victory

the dow has won the very masters a for the 10th time after the siena world number one and novak djokovic it's in 3 sets in the women's final french open champion it gives you an sec easily beat for milan number one that karen enough liska the 19 year old it didn't lose a single game in the match taking it 6 love 6 love in just 46 minutes is a 3rd career title and victory to move into the top 10 of the rankings for the 1st time. in football the spanish title race will go down to the final day of the season late as athletic a madrid came back from a goal down to beat or sustain a 21 luis suarez scoring they went on 88 minutes to keep faith in that own hands they maintain their 2 point lead over around madrid he won one in that athletic bilbao barcelona lost 2 on against sounds of it which ends their chances of winning the title napoli have taken another step towards qualifying of phonetics season's champions league after beating fear in siena to no in syriac napoli's a captain lorenzo in sr have a chance to put his side ahead he missed a penalty but put in the rebound to make it 10 and the

winner admits that he may struggle to match the standards being set by rough on the doll and novak djokovic much when you come back so many from an injury you are anyway in a different place than everybody else so. the players are there i'm here at the moment so that's why. i'm excited about the comeback that's what my focus needs to be on and not the. trying to be at the same level as russell know that right now that's not that's not why i'm not in geneva. just days after playing each other in the english f.a. cup final chelsea and leicester are now set to me in a crucial premier league game on saturday leicester fans saw their team beat chelsea to win the cup a repeat of that result will ensure leicester qualify for next season it's champions league if chelsea drop points they risk missing out on a place in europe's top competition we have to control what it is we do it's even still in our hands. the pleasure being absolutely brilliant up until this point you know we've got european football we get 2 games no 2 to 2 even to the top 4. we can be absolutely aware of this of this huge perfor

he would've faced the top seed novak djokovic in the third round.re currently fourth. and regular season nfl games will return to london this year with two to be staged at tottenham's north london stadium. its the first time the nfl has played a match in the uk since 2019. the atalanta falcons will host the new yorkjets on october 10th. the jacksonville jaguars and the miami dolphins are in town to face each other at the same venue seven days later. the pandemic forced all of last year's games to be played in the united states. that is all. keep up—to—date with the masters on the website. an independent panel looking at the world's response to coronavirus has recommended sweeping reforms, including the establishment of a global health threats council. it blames the world health organisation and some governments for not declaring an international emergency soon enough. the panel, appointed by the who, says the current system failed. doctor david nabarro is the special envoy on covid—19 at the world health organisation. he told me there were lessons t

he would've faced the top seed novak djokovic in the third round. next month. the four—time olympic champion has been focusing on road events since retiring from track racing back in 2017, but is looking to go to his fourth games in tokyo. he's twice won the 10,000 olympic gold and will form part of a 12—strong team set to compete at the university of birmingham on the 5th ofjune. regular season nfl games will return to london this year with two to be staged at tottenham's north london stadium. it's the first time the nfl has played a match in the uk since 2019. the atlanta falcons will host the new yorkjets on october 10th. the jacksonville jaguars and the miami dolphins are in town to face each other at the same venue seven days later. the pandemic forced all of last year's games to be played in the us. one of the favourites at the giro d'italia has crashed out after hitting a race marshal towards near the end of today's fifth stage. spain's mikel landa, the lead rider for the bahrain victorious team, and yesterday's stage—winner joe dombrowski cr

yep — he won his 10th italian 0pen — beating world number one novak djokovic in three sets.4th august. the all—british bout has been billed as one of the biggest in heavyweight boxing for decades and the winner will become undisputed champion. earlier i spoke to boxing pundit steve bunce. suddenly in the last 60 or so hours, three orfour of the suddenly in the last 60 or so hours, three or four of the key players in this fight have talked about saudi arabia. it's happening, august the 14th. someone might have said, isn't it going to be hot? it's going to be boiling and at midnight it will still be boiling. the saudis have stumped up $150 million as a down payment. that gets split between the camps, that's why we are going to saudi in the middle of august. that is a lot of money. that's all the sport for now. the international scheme set up to ensure equal access to covid—19 vaccines is currently 140 million doses short, due to the continuing covid crisis in india. now, unicef is calling for the powerful g7 countries — the leaders of which will meet in the uk next month — to

if he wins another title in rome, nadal will equal novak djokovic�*s record of 36 masters titles at thisng champion from her victory in 2019. last year's tournament was cancelled. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. now it's time for your questions answered. a lot of people have been getting in touch about the indian coronavirus variant. with me is dr alan maryon—davies, honorary professor of public health at kings college london, and i'm alsojoined by jonathan ball, professor of virology at nottingham university. lots of questions and clearly a lot a lot of concerns about this variant. amanda in hertfordshire asks how has this indian variant entered the uk? she talks about how her parents are fully vaccinated and recently visited hertfordshire from the united states and all of the hoops they have had to jump through and she is surprised a new variant could get into the country. it does seem surprising _ could get into the country. it does seem surprising but _ could get into the country. it does seem surprising but actually i could get into the country