now, i bet you that most of our viewers would know who emma raducanu is. some of the best male tennis players in the best male tennis players in the world they've never heard of. there is a lot more commercial ability from those women, and so if they bring in people to the sport, if they get people to the sport, if they get people to the sport, if they get people to turn out and buy tickets to wimbledon or to wembley or wherever they're performing , then i think that performing, then i think that should be factored in. i also think the fact that we should set an example for the girls who are coming through. my niece is in the manchester city girls team, and i think that someone like that should be seeing the women, like the footballer jill, the women's football. i forget her surname. jill. what's her surname? scott. that's the one. she's a role model. she should be getting the kind of money that men are getting for filters through the sports. yeah, i mean , look, i accept what you say, and it is a commercial sport, so if women generated the same tv revenue

emma raducanu pulled out of french open qualifying earlier this week, but is set to play at next month's champion has chosen to focus her preparations on the grass—court season. the nottingham event takes place three weeks before the start of wimbledon. we've reached the business end of the indian premier league and rajasthan royals have beaten royal challengers bengaluru by four wickets to qualify for another play—off match which will decide who'll play kolkata knight riders in sunday's final. royal challengers started brightly, but no batter managed to build really big innings. virat kohli looked good before falling for 33. the royals were always in control of their run chase and west indies t20 captain rovman powell won the game with a straight six as they chased down their target of 173 with six balls to spare. royals will now play sunrisers hyderabad on friday for a place in the final. so disappointment for the royal challengers and their head coach. i think our guys have fought brilliantly over the last ten weeks to come back from our first half of the tournament, which was a great

emma raducanu pulled out of french open qualifying earlier this week but is set to play at next month'sosen to focus her preparations on the grass—court season. the nottingham event takes place three weeks before the start of wimbledon. the premier league darts season ends with the play—offs at the o2 arena in london tonight with a record crowd of around 14,000 expected to attend. alongside luke littler, the final four is made up of three other world champions — luke humphries, michael van gerwen and michael smith. matt graveling looks ahead. so the scene is, well, almost set. after 13 weeks of premier league darts action venues across europe, eight players have been whittled down to four. the four contenders posed with the trophy earlier with the teenage sensation reluctant to touch it. , , ., �* the teenage sensation reluctant to touch it. , ., �* ., . touch it. just don't touch it until ou win touch it. just don't touch it until you win it- _ touch it. just don't touch it until you win it- i _ touch it. just don't touch it until you win it. i didn't _ touch it. just don't touch it un

britain's emma raducanu has withdrawn from this week's french open qualifying.yed since losing in the first round of the madrid 0pen last month. afterwards she said she was "mentally and emotionally exhausted", but no reason has been given for her withdrawal. the french open begins a week today. she hasn't given no reason for pulling out of qualifying. it could be an epic final round in the uspga championship. the top of the leaderboard is so tightly packed at valhalla, shane lowry made the biggestjump in the third round, equalling the record for the lowest round at a major, 62. he had nine birdies in a flawless third round. the former 0pen champion is 13—under—par, two shots behind the leaders xander schauffele and collin morikawa. lowry clearly enjoyed playing alongside his ryder cup team—mate justin rose, who shot a 64 to finish the day one behind lowry, along with robert macintyre. and that's all the sport for now. the match has already begun but the latest on go out for another four or five hours. 0lly foster with the spot there. now to the democratic repub

emma raducanu has withdrawn from this week's french open qualifying saying she'll skip the rest of the the year. the 2021 us open champion hasn't played since losing in the first round of the madrid 0pen last month. and alexander zverev is an atp masters 1000 champion for the sixth time. the german moved past first—time finalist nicolas jarry 6—4, 7—5 earlier today to win the title in rome for a second time. to basketball, where the london lions completed a clean sweep of trophies by beating newcastle eagles 92—65 in the final at the o2 arena to win the women's british basketball league play—offs, the highest—ever score recorded in a final in this league. max verstappen is back on top of podium. he led from start to finish in this afternoon's emilia romagna grand prix. the red bull had struggled in practice and verstappen had only just topped the time sheets in qualifying, but the world champion was imperious around the imola circuit. lando norris, who won the last race in miami, was second for mclaren, with gthe ferrari's of charles leclerc and carlos sainz 3rd and 4th. warrington wol