that was at indian wells in california last october. —— opponent emma raducanu 0ctober. —— opponent emma she has not played a lot in her career. thanks to russell fuller there. the belarusian tennis federation is preparing legal action in general against the tennis authorities after their players were banned from competition due to russia's invasion of ukraine. it means they are unable to compete at all of the uk grass court tournaments, including wimbledon. the federation's president sergei rutenka told the bbc he doesn't think "it's right" that political reasons should impact the careers of athletes. of course, we understand the whole difficult political situation, but in many conversations, i always speak that we do nothing as an organisation. 0ur speak that we do nothing as an organisation. our children cannot be guilty because of this situation, what is happening now, not only in our continent but in all the world. this situation brings a lot of difficulties to defend our athletes, but as i told you, we will fight to the end for our rights and the rights of our athletes. england hav

emma raducanu produced arguably her best performance since winning the us open to surge past marta kostyuknu lost to kostyuk at an event last october, but this time looked a different player, losing just three games in the match. raducanu, who's seeded ninth in the tournament, will play another ukrainian — anhelina kalinina — next. it's only the second time raducanu has won back to back matches at an event since winning in new york seven months ago. it's pretty rare to get a draw in rugby union but london irish came from 25 points down to earn a record—breaking fifth draw of the season with a last—gasp penalty try against wasps. the visitors led 39—14 with 13 minutes to play, but the home side rallied back with tries from tom pearson, henry arundel and ollie—hassell collins. and then the irish were awarded a penalty try as wasps brought this maul down to level the match at 42—42. the result all—but ends wasps�* play—off hopes, with both sides still batting for a champions cup place. if you like your boxing with two fighters slugging it out in the middle of the ring then you had a treat in

emma raducanu is still hoping to seal her spot in the next round.aomi osaka's early exit, she now questions whether she'll play wimbledon, saying if ranking points aren't on offer, it's more like an exhibition. hello, and welcome to sportsday. manchester city fans are gathering in the city centre to celebrate the team's title—winning exploits on what really was one of the most dramatic final days of the premier league season in history. pep guardiola described his team as "legends" after their comeback win over aston villa, which came in five frantic second—half minutes at the etihad. agony and ecstasy for the fans, who are on the streets as we speak. our reporterjoe lynskey is among them. the fans soaking in the atmopshere for this parade now. how are they feeling after that dramatic turnaround yesterday? well, gavin we are fighting through the noise here at the point where this parade climaxes here in manchester city centre. the players are on their way to this point to parade that trophy to the supporters who have gathered here and perhaps addres

british number one emma raducanu was unable to capitalise i'm marc edwards with your sport. on a one—seton started strongly against aliaksandra aliaksandra sasnovich to take the first set 6—3. however, her belarusian opponent came roaring back and proved too strong for the 12th seed, coming through 3—6,6—1,6—1. despite the defeat raducanu says being injury free has been her "biggest win" and she was positive about her clay court season this year. i think ithinkl i think i definitely got stronger as recruiting went on. itjust takes a lot more to win the point on this surface, and you hit a ball flat, it doesn't really do that much. so i definitely learned when to use the shape and stuff. but, yeah, i still feel like i got quite a long way to go. but overall, i would say i've definitely had a good first experience on the play, and i think that i can definitely improve a lot more than what i am right now. it's been a very busy afternoon in the men's draw, with lots of the top seeds in action. teenage sensation carlos alcaraz won his second match, and defending champion novak djokovic is thr

in tennis, emma raducanu's set to play in front of a british crowd for the first time since winning therld, but has not played in a competitive tournament on british soil since her run to the wimbledon fourth round last summer. after that, she, of course, went on to win her first grand slam title in new york. and staying with tennis — the former british number one joanna konta has revealed she is pregnant with her first child. announcing the news on social media, she said she was "busy baking my own little muffin right now". konta retired from tennis in december last year, after struggling with a long—term knee injury. and mo farah has pulled out of the great manchester run later this month. he's made the decision after a disappointing second—placed finish at the vitality london 10k last weekend, when he was beaten by an amateur club runner. farah says he needs another month of training to reach a competitive level. and finally, in a little over three weeks, scotland and ukraine will be going head to head at hampden in their world cup playoff semi final. the ukraine players of course ar

at the madrid open, ninth—seed emma raducanu has been knocked out in the last 16 by unseeded ukrainiann the momentum and lost the final set, with kalinina taking it 6—2, 2—6, 6—4, setting up a quarterfinal against switzerland'sjil teichmann. in the men's draw, former world number one andy murray is up against 14th seeded canadian dennis shapovalov, who knocked the scot out of wimbledon last year. murray, who was granted a wild card at this event, won the opening set 6—1 before shapovalov responded to level matters 6—3. he was named as the new england cricket captain last week, and today we heard from ben stokes for the first time since he was offically presented asjoe root�*s successor. he's always attracted attention, mostly for his exploits on the field, but at times, of course, he has made the front pages as well. just last year, he felt he need to take a break to protect his mental health. today, he said he felt these experiences and issues will make him a better captain. joe wilson reports. well, i think we're already experiencing the ben stokes effect in terms of the level of int

a back injury�*s forced emma raducanu to retire from her latest tournament less than a fortnight beforeng to move. she lost the first set 6—2, and had to stop not long into the second. raducanu's been trying to manage the injury in recent weeks, which has hampered herfirst season playing on clay. better news for cameron norrie, though — he's through to the second round of the italian open in rome. the british men's number one won in straight sets against italian teenager luca nardi. he will play marin cilic next. and that's all the sport for now. from all of us here, goodnight. hello there. it was very showery on tuesday, particularly across the north and the west of the uk. it remains quite unsettled for the next few days, thanks to low pressure always being nearby. it will stay quite breezy too. now, this tumble of weather fronts brings a renewed area of rain into england and wales through wednesday, and some of this could be quite heavy and persistent, pretty much from the word go for parts of wales and southwest england. as we move through the day, that rain will extend a little bit

and emma raducanu's into the third round of the madrid 0pen, after an impressive win over fellow 19—year—old her best performances since winning the us open last year, winning in straight sets 6—2, 6—1. that's all your sport for now. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. soon we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, entertainment journalist caroline frost and political commentator tony grew. that's coming up after the headlines. plant a tree for the jubilee. that was the message from the prince of wales today as he invited nature—lovers to mark the queen's 70—year reign. it's part of a scheme called the queen's green canopy, which will also dedicate 70 ancient woodlands to her majesty. the bbc royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. newsreel: after the spade work, a good watering ensured - that the seedling got a proper start in life. she has, over the 70 years of her reign, planted many a tree to mark a visit by the monarch. buckingham palace estimates it must be some

emma raducanu will play on home soilfor the first time since last year's us open victory next week.her build up to wimbledon at the end of the month. raducanu will also be joined in nottingham by british men's number two dan evans. and there was a shock exit at the french open when fourth seed stefanos tsisipas was beaten in four sets by danish teenager holger runeh. the 19 year old knocked out fourteenth seed denis shapovalov in the first round and will now take on casper ruud in the next round. world number two daniil medvedev was knocked out of the french open by former us open champion marin cilic. he will face russia's andrey rublev in the quarters. in the women's draw — world number one iga svien—tek survived a scare at the hands of chinese teenager zheng qinwen. she dropped the first set before recovering to make the quarter—finals and extend her remarkable winning run to 32 consecutive victories. and that's all the sport for now. monday bright sunny spells but also some big heavy showers and to stay promises a repeat performance. quite a chilly start to two students from the

emma raducanu's recent good run is over, she's out of the compeition after losing her third round matchshef ukraine who took the first set. raducanu, having taken a medical timeout for a back injury, forced a decider but her opponent clinched it sending the british number one out. britain's cam norrie is also in action right now, he's currently into a deciding set against spains roberto bautista agut. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. i will have more throughout the afternoon. complaints from students in england and wales about their university courses reached a record high last year. more than 2,500 complaints were made to the office of the independent adjudicator for higher education in 2021, a 6% increase on 2020. two thirds of them were related to the impact of the pandemic, with the adjudicator saying some students found that they weren't getting the learning experiences that they reasonably expected. some students complained about being unable to access in—person facilities like laboratories, while others were unable to pursue their studies abroad. john gill is the editor

singles, there were shock defeats for number four seed maria sakkari and reigning us open champion emma raducanuund, her belarusian opponent aliaksandra sasnovich recovering well to beat the 12th seed 3—6, 6—1, 6—1. on to football, and the italian side roma are the first ever winners of europe's newest club competition, the europa conference league. nicolo zaniolo scored the only goal of the game as they beat feyenoord from the netherlands in the final in tirana. it's their first trophy since lifting the coppa italia in 2008, and theirfirst european trophy since winning the old fairs cup back in 1961. roma's victory means a fifth european trophy for head coach jose mourinho who's won the champions league twice, the europa league twice and has never lost a european final. us asa us as a club, we needed to win it, and for the fans, i think all season we have had nothing in the league but they have been there every day, whether we have one, lost or drew, and tonight is for them, that is all i can say, and i think it is fully deserved because we are in the best hands in the world, and tonight is for

emma raducanu is through to the third round of the madrid 0pen, after a straight sets win over ukrainian000 tournament for the first time. raducanu who's playing in her first clay court season, advances to the third round to face another ukrainian, anhelina kalinina. the men's tournament got underway on sunday with the big names entering the fray later on monday. five—time winner rafael nadal returns from injury having not played since losing the indian wells final in march, but has a first round bye. iam good i am good physically, in terms of the rib is recovered. i have been doing tests, everything, a week, to see how the situation evolved. if i came here because of the tell me i have no risks. to the nba where the milwaukee bucks are 1—0 up in their best of seven eastern conference semi—final series against the boston celtics. giannis antetoukonmopo was at his imperious best for the reigning champions with a triple double in their 101—89 win. antetokounmpo finished with 2a points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, with game 2 also in boston on tuesday. you can get all the latest sports news

at the madrid open, ninth seed emma raducanu has been knocked out in the last 16 by unseeded ukrainianght back to claim the second, but she couldn't maintain the momentum and lost the final set with kalinina taking it 6—2, 2—6, 6—4, setting up a quarterfinal against switzerland's jil teichmann. in the men's draw, top seed novak djokovic has eased through to the third round following a comprehensive 6—3, 6—2 win over gael monfils, making it 18 wins and no losses against the frenchman in his career. the serb is a three—time winner of this title, and it also means djokovic will keep the number one ranking following this tournament. the serb will now face another former madrid champion in andy murray in the third round after the scot overcame denis shapovalov in three sets. it'll be the first meeting between the pair since the doha final in january of 2017. despite luca doncic scoring 45 points in the opening game, the dallas mavericks trail the phoenix suns heading into game 2 of their western conference semifinal series later. the 23—year—old slovenian will need his team—mates to back hi

emma raducanu was positive about how clay court season this year.lay season went on. itjust takes a lot more to win the point on the surface. you know, you hit a ball flat, didn't really do that much, so i definitely learned when to use the shape and stuff, but i feel like i have still got quite a long way to go on the surface, but overall, i would say i have definitely had a good first experience on the clay and i think that i can definitely improve a lot more than what i am meinau. it's been a very busy afternoon in the men's draw, with lots of the top seeds in action. britain's men's number one, cameron norrie, breezed into the third round, beating jason kubler. rafael nadal is playing at the moment with carlos alcaraz and alexander zverev also already though. and this afternoon, defending champion novak djokovicjoined them too, this time in straight sets against slovakia's alex molcan. djokovic is searching for his 21st grand slam victory and his third in roland garros. a 12—week saga is almost over after the government approved the the £4.25 bi

emma raducanu faces a 0pen.e, the tenth seed, faces the australian qualifier french of the back of winning his maiden tour level title on clay in france on saturday. there are set to be a huge shake—up in one of the most traditional 0lympic events. monkey bars and a tsunami bowl will be among the chances of facing athletes as part of the changes to modern pentathlon. showjumping was removed after last year tokyo 0lympics when a horse dropped after refusing tojump. pentathlon united said the sport is in crisis and needs independent investigation. 0bstacle needs independent investigation. obstacle course racing is going to be a test event in turkey next month and could be introduced as a replacement at the olympics from the 2028 olympic games in los angeles. that is all from me for now. let's head back to downing street now, as the final report on lockdown parties is due to be handed over to the prime minister. my colleague geeta guru—murthy is there thank you very much. 0ne thank you very much. one suggestion is

french open gets under way in paris on wednesday, and there are some big stars on show, including emma raducanu tsisipas. the greek survived a scare late on day 3 at roland—garros. he was taken all the way by world number 51 lorenzo musetti. the 20—year—old italian out of the blocks the fastest as he took a 2—set lead over his more esteemed rival. the fourth seed, though, came roaring back and served out the tie on his third match point, claiming victory in 3 hours and 34 minutes. being in that situation is like, it is a mountain that you have to climb and i was able to climb it and regain momentum steadily but consistently. and it was also a tough outing for another heavyweight. 2018 champion simona halep had to battle to make her way to the second round, the romanian producing a dominant service display in the third set to extinguish 18—year—old german qualifier nastasja schunk�*s chances of a major upset. i'd just fought for every ball, i'd just fought for every ball, i'd decided in my mind i did what they had to do and i've felt more confident, i felt better so i've found a rhythm. i am hap

bencic was knocked out by fernandez, the three time grand slam winner kerr perwas upset by emma raducanurting event this weekend. the monaco grand prix. leclerc who lost his championship lead to verstappen was quicker than his ferrari team—mate sainz but half a second quicker than verstappen. mercedes are a long way off the pace with george russell and hamilton eighth and tenth. now it is time for the weather. help low, for most of us today, was a lovely day, in the sunshine. over the weekend, the weather is going to start to change, there will be some sunshine, but temperatures are going to be dropping, particularly on sunday, by then there could be a few more showers, not really a cloud in the sky today across southern parts of the uk, temperatures reached 20 degrees in the sunshine. had a bit more cloud further north. most of the showers have been in northern scotland and that is where we will keep one or two going into the night. any other showers across northern areas will tend to fade away. skies will clear for most places but a bit more cloud coming into northern ireland. the wind

emma raducanu.tennis court. linda noskova is a junior champion at roland garros, and she is much more experienced on the clay than raducanu, which showed as she took the first set on a tie—break. this was a battle of the teenage debutants, and raducanu was being brought to the brink of defeat at a set and a break down. but when she needed it, she called on all the talents that won her the us open last year. a drop shot to tie the match, having had victory in her hands, this was a blow to noskova, and one that she couldn't overcome. raducanu dominating the decider. it's a test that she didn't quite ace, but passed all the same. in the men's draw, cameron norrie is a man in form. he won his second atp tour title of the season last week, and now in paris, he was getting the best of frenchman manuel guinard. after a slow start, he eased through in straight sets, and is one step closer to reaching week two of a grand slam for the first time. lydia campbell, bbc news. the bbc has learned the government is

emma raducanu is through to the second round of the french open.ssive display to take the first set on a tie—break. emma raducanu showing fight and spirit to come roaring back on her french open debut taking the second set. she eventually won. the us open champion will face the belarusian competitor in the next round. all five british players have been in action, cameron norrie made it through to the second round, the british number one beat his french competitor in straight sets. he won his first title on clay on saturday. he is currently ranked 11th. dan evansis he is currently ranked 11th. dan evans is into the second round although harriet dart and heather watson both lost. naomi 0saka has been knocked out in the first round in paris. meanwhile in her post match interview she said she was not sure she will play wimbledon this year after the tournament was stripped of ranking points because of its ban on russian and belarusian players. 1 of its ban on russian and belarusian -ia ers. ., �* . of its ban on russian and belarusian -ia ers. j . ., of

, beaten _ disappointment for emma raducanu, beaten in _ disappointment for emma raducanu, beaten inall the support. last year i experienced a little taste of it but i feel like this year might be a bit more and, yeah, i'm just really looking forward to the atmosphere that's going to be around. i'm not really sure what it is going to be yet, but... yeah, i'm looking forward to the grass. defending champion novak djokovic is through to the third round. he needed a tie break to beat slovakia's alex molcan in straight sets. djokovic is searching for his 21st grand slam victory and his third in paris. djokovic is on course to meet rafael nadal in the quarterfinals. the spaniard's quest to reclaim the french open, continued in style with a straight sets victory over corentin mouet. the 13—time champion breezing past the frenchman without any signs of recent injuries bothering him at all. staying in paris and more liverpool fans will arrive there today, ahead of the champions league final against real madrid, on saturday night. the spanish league champions, have become the comeback kings t

british number one emma raducanu was unable to capitalise on a one—set lead as her french open debutin" and she was positive about her clay court season this year. i think i definitely got stronger as recruiting went on. itjust takes a lot more to win the point on this surface, and you hit a ball flat, it doesn't really do that much. so i definitely learned when to use the shape and stuff. but, yeah, i still feel like i got quite a long way to go. but overall, i would say i've definitely had a good first experience on the clay, and i think that i can definitely improve a lot more than what i am right now. it's been a very busy afternoon in the men's draw, with lots of the top seeds in action. teenage sensation carlos alcaraz won his second match, and defending champion novak djokovic is through to the third round as well. he had a relatively comfortable day with a straight sets victory against slovakia's alex molcan. djokovic is searching for his 21st grand slam victory and his third at roland garros. rafael nadal�*s quest to reclaim the french open continued in style with a straight

emma raducanu is going to make her roland garros debut this afternoon, but harriet dart is already outncy timetable, cutting about a third of its services from today. the reduction is because some drivers have refused to work overtime in a dispute about pay. our scotland correspondent james shaw is in queen street station in glasgow for us. james, a lot of disruption for a lot of passengers? yes. if you look at queen street station now at this time of day it looks relatively normal and some of the people that we have spoken to here did get to their destinations on time. but a lot of other people were late for appointments, were late for work, and because of this reduced service some people cannot get to their destinations by train at all. so the question really is whether scotland's railways are going to face a summer of disruption. this train has got four coaches. on this key route between scotland's biggest cities there are half as many services during rush hour as normal. every 30 minutes instead of every 15. and across the network passenger's' routines are being bent out of shape b

coming up on the bbc news channel: emma raducanu will play on british soilfor the first time since winning the government calls england's "national rainforests" are being burned by "illegal" fires, according to the rspb and greenpeace. they say they have evidence of dozens of fires which they believe are in breach of new government regulations. burning of new government regulations. heather is a tradit practice burning heather is a traditional practice on shooting estates to clear the way for the new shoots that grouse like to eat. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. a huge fire burns on the upland peat soils of the north yorkshire yorkshire moores. burning vegetation during autumn and winter has been a traditional part of the management of peat moorland for more than 100 years. peat is the most carbon rich of all soils. it forms in waterlogged areas from partly decomposed plant material. how deep is the peat here? let's find out. yeah, let's find out. whoa! so it's over a metre depth here. last year, the government banned fires on peat soils deeper than 40 centimetres in certain co

in tennis, emma raducanu's set to play in front of a british crowd for the first time since winning the one joanna konta has revealed she is pregnant with her first child. announcing the news on social media, she said she was "busy baking my own little muffin right now". konta retired from tennis in december last year, after struggling with a long—term knee injury. and mo farah has pulled out of the great manchester run later this month. he's made the decision after a disappointing second—placed finish at the vitality london 10k last weekend, when he was beaten by an amateur club runner. farah says he needs another month of training to reach a competitive level. and finally, in a little over three weeks, scotland and ukraine will be going head to head at hampden in their world cup playoff semi final. the ukraine players of course are taking part in the shadow of the war at home. our sports news reporter chris mclaughlin has travelled to the team's training camp in slovenia to meet them. it's a nation fighting for its very survival. normality in ukraine ceased when russia invaded in febr

a back injury�*s forced emma raducanu to retire from her latest tournament less than a fortnight beforepered herfirst season playing on clay. better news for cameron norrie, though — he's through to the second round of the italian open in rome. the british men's number one won in straight sets against italian teenager luca nardi. he will play marin cilic next. and that's all the sport for now. from all of us here, goodnight. hello there. tuesday was a day of sunshine and showers — most of those showers were across scotland and northern ireland. and there was quite a lot of rainfall across parts of western scotland at times — some of these showers quite heavy, even some rumbles of thunder, too. for the next few days, it's going to remain breezy, rather unsettled, low pressure nearby, and we'll see showers or even longer spells of rain. now for wednesday, this feature could bring some significant rainfall to parts of england and wales throughout the day. now some of that rain really will be quite heavy across parts of wales, southwest england through wednesday morning. and then, that rain

emma raducanu will play on home soilfor the first time since last year's us open victory next week. two dan evans. and there was a shock exit at the french open when fourth seed stefanos tsisipas was beaten in four sets by danish teenager holger runeh. the 19 year old knocked out fourteenth seed denis shapovalov in the first round and will now take on casper ruud in the next round. world number two daniil medvedev was knocked out of the french open by former us open champion marin cilic. he will face russia's andrey rublev in the quarters. in the women's draw — world number one iga svien—tek survived a scare at the hands of chinese teenager zheng qinwen. she dropped the first set before recovering to make the quarter—finals and extend her remarkable winning run to 32 consecutive victories. and that's all the sport for now. hello. heavy showers in the big? is not how many of those heavy showers were remained by the end of the week. for the platinum jubilee. remained by the end of the week. for the platinumjubilee. we'll talk more about that in a moment but we start with the recent sa

it will be emma raducanu's first french open — she's seeded 12th in paris.em, but she says she's fit. iam learning i am learning about my body, for sure, but i am very happy to be continuing my preparations for the french open and to be able to play this tournament and fortunately i don't have to miss this grand slam, so yes, that is definitely, you know, a really positive thing, that i can... because i really look forward to these big moments in the big tournaments, so yes, i am looking forward to continuing. our tennis correspondent russell fuller is in position for the start of the tournament and i began by asking him about raducanu. i think she has played well on the field, she has had five wins and a couple of wins in stuttgart at an indoor event and a couple of wins at madrid, where conditions are a bit quicker and certainly suited to her game style, which was a bonus, but she has had consistent victory problems, as she hinted at, throughout the season and that is not altogether surprising at all because here we are dealing with a 19—year—old on herfir

emma raducanu showed fight and spirit to come back from a set down and win on her senior debut at rolanda—levels, but now far away from an exam hall in bromley, it is time for a test on the tennis court. linda noskova is a junior champion and she is much more experienced on the clay then emma, which showed as she took the first set on a tie—break. this was a battle of the teenage debutante, and emma was being brought to the brink of defeat at a set and a breakdown. but when she needed it, she called on all the talents that won her the us open last year. a drop shot to tie the match. having had a victory in her hands, this was a blow to her opponent, and one that she couldn't overcome, emma dominating the decider. it is a test that she didn't quite ace, but passed all the same. in the men's draw, cameron norrie is a man informed. he won his second atp tour title of the season last week and now in paris, he was getting the best of the frenchman, after a slow start, he eased through straight sets and is one step closer to reaching week to have a grand slam for the first time. elsewhere, dan

emma raducanu will play on home soilfor the first time since last year's us open victory next week.d for the rothesay open in nottingham which begins next monday. she will also play in birmingham later injune as part of her build up to wimbledon at the end of the month. raducanu will also be joined in nottingham by british men's number one dan evans. to the french open and while many of the top women's and men's players are looking for places in their respective quarter—finals today, britain's neal skupski is looking to reach the semi—finals in the mixed doubles. he and american partner desirae krawczyk are currently taking on ulrikke eikeri and joran vliegen of norway and belgium respectively. they're still in the early stages of this one. as you can see, there is a break in that one _ as you can see, there is a break in that one and — as you can see, there is a break in that one and it is 4—2. earlier daria kasatkina took on camila giorgi in the women's fourth round. the russian made light work of her italian opponent winning this one with ease 6—2, 6—2, which sees her progress to

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coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel, emma raducanu's french open is over.eard. she told the court via video—link from gloucestershire that she'd never been pushed down the stairs by the actor, something which had been suggested by mr depp's ex—wife, ms heard. jonny depp is suing amber heard following an article in which she said he was violent, and she is countersuing. our correspondent david sillito has been watching proceedings. would you please state your full name for the record? kate moss. kate moss, testifying by video in what is week six of this libel case betweenjohnny depp and his former wife amber heard. and the reason — to address a rumour, mentioned by amber heard, that kate moss had been pushed down some stairs during a holiday injamaica when she and johnny depp were a couple. what, if anything, happened when you were injamaica with mr depp? i, er... we were leaving the room, and johnny left the room before i did, and there had been a rainstorm, and as i left the room, i slipped down the stairs. and i hurt my back. did mr depp push you in any w

cameron norrie and emma raducanu are both in action tomorrow in rome.nd said she wants to get better in time for the french open next week. and mo farah has pulled out of the great manchester run later this month. he's made the decision after a disappointing second placed finish at the vitality london 10k last weekend. farah says he needs another month of training to reach a competitive level. from non—league to league one, the remarkable rise of forest green rovers has the club see a promotion after a draw at mansfield which sees them into the third tier of english the first time in history. pleased to say we arejoined say we are joined the clubs owner also behind the clubs transformation in what's widely regarded as the worlds greatest club. thanks for coming on sports day. how does it feel to be promoted, how does it feel to be promoted, how does it feel to be promoted, how does it feel to be in the third tier? feels treat. feel to be in the third tier? feels great- for _ feel to be in the third tier? feels great- for all— feel to be in the third tie

emma raducanu will play on home soilfor the first time since last year�*s us open victory next week.art of her build up to wimbledon at the end of th emonth. raducanu will also be joined in nottingham by british men�*s number one dan evans. the shock of the day came as fourth seed stefanos tsisipas was beaten in four sets by danish teenager holger rune. the 19—year—old knocked out fourteenth seed denis shapovalov in the first round and will now take on casper ruud in the next round. earlier, daria kasatkina took on camila giorgi in the women�*s fourth round. katsakina made light work of her italian opponent winning this one with ease 6—2, 6—2, which sees her progress to the quarter—finals. poland�*s world number one iga swiatek is looking to join her as she takes on zheng qinwen of china. it's it�*s currently 5—5 in the first set in that one. that�*s all the sport for now. thank you, see you later. a bbc investigation suggests police forces in england and wales are taking longer to respond to serious incidents. the charity, victim support, says the new figures are" alarming" the data

emma raducanu has decided to play an extra grass court event — her first tournament on british soil sincenos tsitsipas crashed out to a danish teenager. stefa nos stefanos tsitsipas hasn't exactly been streets ahead in paris this year and now there's something special on the horizon. well, someone special. his 19—year—old holger rune from denmark and he can play. so much so, it was starting to get to last year's finalist that the dane carried on and with this, took the opening set. this was the first time they had played each other. eventually stefano tsitsipas started to work things out and made his way into levelling the match. but then he started to get sloppy, west holger rune was starting to believe. another error from the greek player, he had no reason not to, with a 2—1 set lead. that gave him his confidence back. and when stefanos tsitsipas went long here, he done it. the first danish man to reach the last eight since 1925, a name to remember. iga swiatek has won 31 matches in a row and is the favourite to take the title in the woman's tournament. she did lose a set but has recove

emma raducanu will play on home soil for the first time since last year's us open victory next week. part of her build—up to wimbledon at the end of the month. raducanu will be joined in nottingham by british men's number one dan evans. in the french open, while many of the top women and men's players are looking for places in the quarterfinals today, britain's neal skupski is looking to reach the semifinals of the mixed doubles. he and his american partner are currently playing. they are in the second set, and it looks like it has gone into a tie—break. earlier, daria kasatkina took on camilla gilgit in the women's 4th round, and because aquino made light work of her opponent on this one. eager be playing later today. the government is exploring reopening a giant gas storage facility off the coast of yorkshire, as part of exploring a reasonable worst—case scenario with no gas coming from russia, in which norwegian gas could be re—diverted from the uk to europe. 0ur norwegian gas could be re—diverted from the uk to europe. our business editor simonjack is here. tell us about the stor

a back injury's forced emma raducanu to retire from her latest tournament less than a fortnight beforerlier against bianca andreescu after struggling to move. she lost the first set 6—2 and had to stop not long into the second. raducanu's been trying to manage the injury in recent weeks, which has hampered herfirst season playing on clay. better news for cameron norrie, though. he's through to the second round of the italian open in rome. the british men's number one won in straight sets against italian teenager luca nardi. norrie took both sets 6—4 and will play maran cilic next. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. next, ea sports says it will stop releasing beef up brandon football games. the game is so more than 325 million copies in his life to was first released back in 93 and has since been developed to be played on various different consoles and the reports say it made $1.62 billion in profit last yearfrom reports say it made $1.62 billion in profit last year from its ultimate team mode. with me is our gaming reporter stephan.

five of them were in action yesterday on the clay at roland garros including us open champion emma raducanuts. it is exam season in the uk, and this time last year, emma was sitting her a—levels, but now far away from an exam hall in bromley, it is time for a test on the tennis court. linda noskova is a junior champion and she is much more experienced on the clay then emma, which showed as she took the first set on a tie—break. this was a battle of the teenage debutante, and raducanu was being brought to the brink of defeat at a set and a breakdown. but when she needed it, she called on all the talents that won her the us open last year. a drop shot to tie the match. having had a victory in her hands, this was a blow to her opponent, and one that she couldn't overcome. raducanu dominating the decider. it is a test that she didn't quite ace, but passed all the same. in the men's draw, cameron norrie is a man informed. he won his second atp tour title of the season last week and now in paris, he was getting the best of the frenchman, after a slow start, he eased through straight sets and is o

cameron norrie and emma raducanu are both in action tomorrow in rome.n advance of roland garros. " the french open starts on 22 may. history was made in tennis in madrid over the weekend. 0ns jabeur became the first african player to win a top tier women's tour masters event — in the madrid 0pen after beating jessica pegula. she now has her sights set on a grand slam and told us how she hopes to inspire more tennis players across africa. i received a lot of message from home really impressive. that was my goal from the home really impressive. that was my goalfrom the beginning to really try to inspire more more players just to set up the goal really high. it's amazing to see how people are following titus right now. it's like football division when people are going with their cars celebrating, screaming, dancing and it was a great feeling and hopefully we can see more and more of that. itjust really inspiring for me to do the hard work and continue more for the next tournaments. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the

but emma raducanu's recent good run is over.he sport for now. millions of women across the united states could lose their legal right to abortion, after it was confirmed a leaked document from the supreme court was genuine. the leak suggests that the current abortion ruling could be overturned, allowing individual states to then ban it. abortion has been a legal right across the us for almost 50 years under the roe v wade decision. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. abortion is violent! it's a decision that many pro—choice campaigners had feared. and whilst it's not the final decision, people have been having their say, including vice president kamala harris. those republican leaders who are trying to weaponise the use of the law against women, well, we say, how dare they? how dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body? applause. how dare they? how dare they try to stop her from determining her own future? how dare they try to deny women their rights and their freedoms? this is all h

british number1 emma raducanu has been knocked out despite taking a one—set lead over aliaksandra sasnovichki i think i got stronger as the season went on but itjust takes more to win the point on the surface and you hit the ball, you hated flat, it doesn�*t do much. but when to use the shape and style. but, yeah. but i still got quite a long way to go on the surface but overall, i definitely had a good first experience and i feel i definitely had a good first experience and ifeel i can definitely improve a lot more than where i am right now. and british men�*s number one cameron norrie is the first of the nation�*s players to reach the third round at roland garros this year. he beat australia�*s jason kubler in straight sets 6—3, 6—4, 6—3... a twelve week saga is almost over after the government approved the the 4.25 billion pound takeover of chelsea football club by la dodgers co owner todd boehly. the deal has been one of the most complex in the history of as our senior sports news correspondent laura scott explains. this is the moment that parents of been waiting for since he announced

one of those british stars who'll be on court is emma raducanu.an relive what happened yesterday, an open top bus tour on the streets of manchester where they will parade the trophy. no trophy celebrations yet for liverpool when you consider despite the two trophies they have in the bag, there is the small matter of the champions league final to come in paris this weekend. an inquiry by the charity birthrights says black and asian women in the uk are being harmed by racial discrimination in maternity care. the year—long study found that some women felt unsafe, were denied pain relief and faced racial stereotyping. divya talwar reports. i kept thinking, is there something wrong with me? what if i actually don't make it out of here? hiral had leila almost a year ago. she says it was a traumatic labour. i felt shivery, my whole body was achey, every time i told the midwives that i don't feel good, they were like, "oh, well, you look fine." it was 24 hours before doctors realised hiral was seriously ill. she had sepsis. it was just so frustrating that

cameron norrie and emma raducanu were both playing tomorrow.hester run later on this month, he has made the decision after a disappointing second place finish at the vitality london 10k last weekend when he was beaten by an amateur club runner. mo farah says he needs another month of training to reach a competitive level. and that is all the sport for now, more for you later, but for now back to you. talks are taking place in belfast between the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis and the stormont assembly's five main parties to try to break the current political deadlock. last week's elections saw sinn fein winning the most seats for the first time in northern ireland's history. it means the nationalist party is entitled to the role of first minister — but that depends on the second largest party, the democratic unionists — or dup — nominating a deputy. and the dup is refusing to do so unless the government removes all trade barriers with the rest of the uk that have arisen out of brexit. our ireland correspondent chris page has more mich

excitement�*s building amongst british tennis fans after emma raducanu announced she's set to play inraducanu hasn't played competitively on british soil since her run to the fourth round at the all england club last summer. golf's second men's major of the year gets underway next week, and like the masters last month, much of the pre tournament hype for the us pga will be centered around tiger woods. the 15—time major winner has been named in the 156—man field for the championship in oklahoma. also in that line—up is the defending champion phil mickelson. he has been on a breakfrom golf and hasn't played since february. that's all the sport for now. the government's priorities for the new parliamentary session are to be outlined in the queen's speech this morning — with an expected emphasis on trying to boost the economy. let's go back to shaun ley — who is in westminster thank you very much. of course, a lot of the attention before we get to the words and details of the queen's speech, the government proposals on the economy, will talk about that in a moment, will be the presence of

emma raducanu is also in action this afternoon as she prepares to make her french open debut.also on court throughout the day. and finally, scottish runner eilish mccolgan had a day to remember at the great manchester run. a really impressive performance from her. she finished second to kenya's hellen 0biri in 30 minutes 19 seconds, a new british and european 10k record at the race. that shaved two seconds off paula radcliffe's record that had stood for almost two decades. what a run from her. and it's going to be an exciting day once again for those manchester city fans who will be able to relive all that drama once again and there will be a bus parade, we will see pep guardiola, the players on the streets of central manchester parading the trophy. that will get under way at around 6pm this evening and then of course worth mentioning liverpool in all of this were pushed manchester city is so close once again. the two standard teams in the premier league this season. no celebrations just yet for them with the two trophy they already have in the bag but they already have in the

cameron norrie and emma raducanu are back in action tomorrow in rome. in the donbas is saying farewell to ivan naduti — killed by a scrap of russian shrapnel. the 30—year—old builder volunteered to fight the day after putin's invasion. his wife begged him not to go. now his father is lost in grief. but something else is stirring in this village and across this region. a burning sense of defiance. "he was defending freedom for every one of us," says a village elder, his lip trembling. "glory to our heroes." a lonely ukrainian warplane thunders overhead. the front lines are just a town away to the north. and a defiant blitz spirit is growing here too, as the bombs fall at random, in places like kramatorsk. seizing this corner of eastern ukraine, with its close ties to russia, was supposed to be an easier task for the kremlin's blundering army. but the blundering goes on. "my shop is hardly a strategic target," says lilia with contempt. and all this is stiffening the resolve of ukrainian soldiers. we met this tank unit, holding their ground at a spot where

elsewhere, american teenager coco gauff says she's taking inspiration from emma raducanu's win at thet camila giorgi of italy 6—2, 6—2. that sees the russian progress through to the women's quarter—finals. later poland's world number one iga swiatek will look to join her when she takes on zheng qinwen of china. and britain's neal skupski will begin his bid to secure a place in the mixed doubles semi—finals with american partner desirae krawczyk within the next hour. more on the french open on the bbc sport website, but that's all the sport for now. back to our story on the bbc news investigation that has learned that police forces are taking longer to respond to serious incidents in england and wales. information requests indicate that officers are more than three minutes slower to attend the most urgent emergencies compared to six years ago. research also shows that the number of recorded crimes being solved has fallen for the last seven consecutive years. the policing minister kit malthouse says the government is committed to improving the responsiveness of local police. joining me

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also in action later is emma raducanu. she takes on anhelina kalinina from around 7pm. first race since missing out on qualifying for the tokyo games last year. cross beat him to the line by four seconds and says he's now investing his £2,000 prize money in new equipment and training camps as he bids to take on even bigger challenges. for myself, the future, i'm looking at, especially after yesterday's performance, like going onto the road. _ performance, like going onto the road. i_ performance, like going onto the road, i think the half marathon and marathon— road, i think the half marathon and marathon could be something that could _ marathon could be something that could be _ marathon could be something that could be a — marathon could be something that could be a real focus of mine. so, the dream — could be a real focus of mine. so, the dream is _ could be a real focus of mine. so, the dream is to step up, eventually in the _ the dream is to step up, eventually in the next — the dream is to step up, eventually in the next year or so and see what i'm in the next yea