i am very happy to be an everton. i am looking forward to next season.ext season. it is a big project and i would be part of the project. 0k, and i would be part of the project. ok, the interview is coming out on the 25th anniversary of us winning the 25th anniversary of us winning the title in wembley. it is normal that they will ask me questions about the barcelona job. there is no chance that i will leave everton before the end of my contract. human‘s squad travelled to swansea not that it would take them into six for a day at least. they were well beaten by chelsea at goodison last time out and will hope to get back to winning ways in south wales. they are on course to win every major trophy in scotland and so, not surprisingly, celtic fans are getting excited about next season. two and half thousand fans turned out for the launch of their new kit. the scenes look more like a rock festival. and they came in the new strip which celebrates 50 years since the class of 1967. they became known as the famous lisbon lions stand. away from football, the firs

after a month in the premier league relegation zone, swansea on the up, they have just beaten everton the final day of the league to season. hartlepool when but they will be a non—league club next season. we've had the final round of matches in the english premiership and pro 12 regular seasons. there was a lot at stake in the premiership, with three teams still able to finish top and european qualification was also on the line elsewhere here's how the table looked at the start of the day. wasps, exeter and saracens all in with a chance of a top two finish to guarantee an all—important a home semi final. awin for leicester or avoiding a big defeat would guarantee the final play—off place, whilst 6th and 7th placed harlequins and northampton faced each other for the final european champions cup place. so a lot to be decided and ben croucher followed all the twists and turns. after 126 matches it came down to one day with every match having something riding on it. working out who was where to give you more of a headache than the rugby itself. they had spent spencer, and he spotted a gap

a column about everton footballer ross barkley, whose grandfather is nigerian, compared him to a gorillaabout the heritage but his column, published on the anniversary of the hillsborough disaster that he so notoriously misrepresented, prompted everton to ban the sun from its stadium. newspaper columnists are meant to provoke strong feelings and over nearly five decades in fleet street, kelvin mackenzie certainly did that. but this time was different for two reasons. first because his column threatened to further alienate the sun's readers in the north—west and second because there's a huge scandal erupting at rupert murdoch's fox news over in new york. what rupert murdoch and fox want to do is show that they are fighting prejudice rather than feeding it. you are about to enter the no spin zone. murdoch's bid forfull control of sky is currently with the media regulator, ofcom. there is concern within murdoch's company that bad headlines could thwart their ambitions just as the phone hacking scandal derailed their last bid for sky. i was just amazed that given the sensitivity of it that n

they finish fifth despite beating everton 2—i. most of the game with ten men after laurent koscielny was sent—off with a straight red after a bad tackle. he'll now miss the fa cup final against chelsea next saturday. arsene wenger refused to comment on his future after the match, although he did admit that the constant speculation has affected the team. i think we had a spell during this season i think we had a spell during this season where it was very difficult, my personal situation, certainly. interfered at some stage on the group as well. we played in a hostile environment for the second pa rt hostile environment for the second part of the season. that didn't help. overall, i believe the players came back in a very strong togetherness in the last two months. and responded exceptionally well. i'm very proud of them. in the last two months. they have shown exceptional strength. manchester city sealed their place in next season's champions league by thrashing watford 5—0 to finish third in pep guardiola's debut season. alex gulr

it is still 1—1 at everton. good evening.blowing over the hills. —— lenticular rs cloud. not much cloud for scotland. much more as you hit further south into herefordshire. the oilseed rain and grey skies. there is the grey skies we have had. the sunshine in scotland. also had some thicker cloud running through the channel, bringing some rain. that has been affecting the isles of scilly into southernmost coastal areas of cornwall and through the channel islands. so near, so far, it is trying to move northwards but ultimately, that rain more peter out and head into the near continent. a little drizzle coming into the north—east of scotland. otherwise, dried. cloudy for most but chilly will be keep the clear skies, rural parts of northern ireland, south west scotland and north west england. the best of the early sunshine likely to be here. cloudy in the morning for the northern isles, northern parts of the mainland, eastern scotland. a little bit of drizzle as well, cloud running through the central belt as well. if i may start

the teams around everton are getting better. it's going to be very hard.a trophy. we will see. thank you for your fault this evening. we will be back later towards the end of the programme. but it really is a busy weekend, and my colleague and will go through what is happening over the next 24-48 what is happening over the next 24—48 hours. thanks ollie, quite a bit of other sport for you, starting at manchester's great city games... thousands of people have turned out to watch some of the country's best athletes compete in the city's heartland. katherine downes is there live for us now.. what has been going on there? well, you've just missed the end of the longjump, you've just missed the end of the long jump, what you've just missed the end of the longjump, whatan you've just missed the end of the long jump, what an exciting event it was. there is sunshine in manchester, the crowd is beginning to leave about 200 yards down the ya rd to to leave about 200 yards down the yard to dean skate where there is plenty of sprinting. it was won by great britain's 2

the former everton and sunderland midfielder joins the former everton and sunderland midfielderjoinsnow. these are the games that could make or break a season. the games that could make or break a season. let's look at the table. manchester city in third place on 75 points. liverpool just manchester city in third place on 75 points. liverpooljust behind on 73 and arsenal on 72. and the goal difference very tight. we will start talking about arsenal, they has everton this weekend, is it too little too late? it does seem it this time. they pick up these points at the end of the season continuously and find their way into the top four. you cannot rule it out. but with the other fixtures, the one manchester city and liverpool have, they will get the job done with those games. it has been an incredible run for arsenal. after their defeats against west and crystal palace it looked dead and buried for them, so it has been an amazing turnaround. we saw arsene wenger, the lack of clarity over his future. he was asked today if that game against everton would be his last at the emirates stadium

rooney has been a bit player in his club sides season, with former club everton or the chinese supere possible destinations if he leaves old trafford. the chinese football authorities have announced a 100% tax on signings of foreign players. the national football association said it wanted to discourage the blind pursuit of short—term results which drove up prices. there's been speculation that chelsea star diego costa could leave stamford bridge for a move to china. but now chinese clubs which are losing money will have to match any spending on new players by donating the same amount to a domestic football development fund although most chinese teams are not profitable. a host of star foreign players have signed to chinese super league teams for huge sums in recent years. marco silva has resigned as hull city manager after the club's relegation from the premier league the portuguese took the job

that took his tally to 26 goals in the league — two clear of everton's lukaku in the battle for the league's

a column about everton footballer ross barkley, whose grandfather is nigerian, compared him to a gorillaumn, published on the anniversary of the hillsborough disaster that he so notoriously misrepresented, prompted everton to ban the sun from its stadium. newspaper columnists are meant to provoke strong feelings and over nearly five decades in fleet street, kelvin mackenzie certainly did that. but this time was different for two reasons. first because his column threatened to further alienate the sun's readers in the north—west and second because there's a huge scandal is erupting at rupert murdoch's fox news over in new york. what rupert murdoch and fox want to do is show that they are fighting prejudice rather than feeding it. you are about to enter the no spin zone. murdoch's bid forfull control of sky is currently with the media regulator, 0fcom. there is concern within murdoch's company that bad headlines could thwart their ambitions just as the phone hacking scandal derailed their last bid for sky. i was just amazed that given the sensitivity of it that no one took a closer look at

watford still aren't mathematically safe from relegation, while everton will finish seventh whateverns. in a rehearsal for the scottish cup final, celtic have beaten aberdeen 3—1 in the premiership at pittodrie. the champions have also reached 100 points in the process. celtic are also aiming for an unbeaten domestic season. dedryck boyata gave them the perfect start, scoring after two minutes. barely five minutes later it was 2—0. aberdeen‘s defence fell apart again, and stuart armstrong took advantage. a rout looked on the cards when the dons allowed lee griffiths in this time,3—0 and with only 12 minutes on the clock, and completely against the run of playjonny hayes pulled one back for aberdeen. there were no more goals, 3—1 celtic it remained. well dundee united have taken a step towards returning to the premiership tonight, they beat greenock morton 3—0 to complete a 5—1 aggregate win in their playoff. they'll now face falkirk over two legs, with the winners of that tie facing the team second from bottom in the premiership over two matches for a place in the top flight. birming

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his club, everton, say they are supporting lennon as he receives treatment for a stress—related illnessas asked privacy at this time. lennon's representative, base soccer agency, also tweeted that their support to the winger, who joined everton from tottenham in 2015. new research suggests that people who take statins are reporting side—effects that are not caused by the cholestoral—lowering drugs. scientists blame a psychological phenomenon where those told about the possible side affects are more likely to develop them, than those not told. the authors of the research say that some people are being put off taking the medication, potentially putting lives at risk. patients who have had heart attacks 01’ patients who have had heart attacks or keystrokes, who are at risk of having another heart attack, if they are worried about side—effects, they remain at very high risk. —— or strokes. they are prevented from the benefits. the two contenders in the race to be the next french president will face each other tonight in a televised debate. centrist, emmanuel macron, and marine le pen of the

on qualifying for the champions league for the first time in 20 years despite a 3—1 victory over evertonthe top four, missing out by a point, meaning they'll play in european football's secondary competition, the europa league, in the next campaign. we had a spell during the season where it was the fickle. my situation was an influence at some stage on the group as well. we played in a hostile environment for the second part of the season, that did not help. 0verall, the second part of the season, that did not help. overall, i believe the players came back in a very strong togetherness in the last two months and responded exceptionally well. i am very proud of them in the last two months, they have shown exceptional strength. arsenal miss out, meaning liverpool return to the top european table for the first time in three years because of a 3—0 win over middlesbrough at anfield. it meant they hung on to fourth position, with manchester city ahead of them in third. chelsea may have won the premier league title more than a week ago, but they finally got their hands on the trophy on a day th

so arsenalfinish fifth, despite beating everton 3—1.elny was sent off with a straight red after a bad tackle. he will now miss the fa cup final against chelsea next saturday. arsene wenger refused to comment on his future after the match, although he did admit that the constant speculation has affected the team. i think we had a spell during this season where it was difficult. my personal situation exerted an influence at some stage on the group as well. we played in a hostile environment for the second part of the season, that didn't help. overall, i believe the players came back in a very strong togetherness in the last two months, and responded exceptionally well. i'm very proud of them in the last two months. they have shown exceptional strength. manchester city cemented a third—place finish, brushing aside watford 5—0 at vicarage road. gabrieljesus scored the fifth. so here is confirmation of those results, and the other matches today. chelsea had already been crowned champions, and they finished with a 30th league win. they beat r

arsene wenger‘s side need a win against everton to keep their hopes alive — and even that may not bey to slip up. we just want everybody to play 100% in the ruskin as is traditionally been the case in england. we want to focus on ourselves, i think everton will be fine against us, i think thatis will be fine against us, i think that is what you want. champions league would be the icing on the cake, but that's it. and not more. it shouldn't sound negative stop if you're not qualified whatever, we are powerful any lot of parts of the game. we will be in the future. but we need the players, of course, and we need the players, of course, and we have very good players. this is how the race for the champions league places looks. manchester city have 75 points, they travel to watford today, liverpool are two points behind them with 73, they're at home to already relegated middlesbrough. arsenal have 72 points and have to rely on one of the other two slipping up. there's also the possibility of two of the teams finishing level on points, goals scored and goals conceded which would mean a pla

i think everton will fight against us.and will fight against liverpool, what the fight against city. if you want to be the best league in the world, you should not even question it. this is how the race for the champions league places looks. manchester city have 75 points, they travel to watford today, liverpool are two points behind them with 73, they're at home to already relegated middlesbrough. arsenal have 72 points and have to rely on one of the other two slipping up. there's also the possibility of two or even more bizarrely three of the teams finishing level on points, goals scored and goals conceded which would mean a play—off. millwall are up to the championship after beating bradford in the league one play—off final. steve morison‘s goal in the 85th minute giving them a 1—0 win at wembley. but the match was overshadowed when hundreds of fans invaded the pitch afterwards. officials at wembley stadium say "appropriate action" will be taken if needed. it's the final weekend in the scottish premiership as well — tre

on paper, this match with everton marked their toughest fixture left to play.cal champions. we played with a good head. at this part of the season it is important to use first the head, then the heart, then the legs. as they prepare to go next door, tottenham looked down on the neighbours. victory against arsenal is the sweetest way to keep the race alive. no matter who wins, this will be a tough one for spurs. they finish above their rivals for the first time in two decades. we are so happy. for them it is fantastic. for us as well. but i want to win the title. we will try. that is what we want. it is the hope during the season that makes relegation at the end of it so painful. middlesbrough thought they were closing in. not an ideal result for city either. the team looking to catch them in fourth have their own problems. manchester united's injury list grows increasingly long. what can you do? you can go from bed to the toilet and break a leg. we are in trouble. trouble with patchy form. swansea salvaged a late draw at old trafford to boost the hopes of survi

a very good site at everton. they are all encouraging things into last two games.completing an unbeaten season, in the scottish premiership, after winning 3—1 at aberdeen. all the goals came in a frantic first 12 minutes. celtic‘s league tally is now 100 points — and they'll be going for a domestic treble in two weeks' time, when they take on aberdeen, again, in the scottish cup final. the early kick—off today is rangers versus hearts — and later on, bottom side inverness caledonian thistle will try to improve their chances of staying up — they're away to kilmarnock. and dundee united will face falkirk in the scottish premiership promotion play—off semi—finals after beating greenock morton 3—0 last night, 5—1 overall. birmingham city ladies say they will not fear manchester city, in today's women's fa cup final at wembley. it's live on bbc two from 5pm. birmingham will have to overcome a side aiming to seal a domestic treble. it's exciting for us. this is the third year that the women's fa cup final as been at wembley. we want to put on a great performance, we are

arsene wenger‘s side need a win against everton to keep their hopes alive — and even that may not be everybody will be under scrutiny. i think everton will find against us, middlesbrough will find against liverpool, watford will find against city. it‘s what you want, that‘s why if you want to be the best league in the world, we shouldn‘t even question that. the champions league would be, yeah, the icing on the cake. but that's it, then, and not more. as i said before, it shouldn't sound negative. ifjealousy is the only reason, it makes no sense for him, or for us. then you are not qualified, or whatever. we are powerful in a lot of parts of the game, and we'll be successful in the future. for this we need the players, of course. we have very good players, and we will bring a few more. this is how the race for those champions league places currently looks. manchester city have 75 points, they travel to watford today, liverpool arejust two points behind them with 73, they‘re at home to already relegated middlesbrough. arsenal have 72 points and have to rely on one of the other two slip

i think everton will fight against us. the icing on the cake. but that's it, then. and not more. as i said before, it shouldn't sound negative. if jealousy before, it shouldn't sound negative. ifjealousy is the only reason it makes most sense for him or for us. we are powerful in a lot of parts of the game and will be successful in the game and will be successful in the future. for this we need the players, of course. we have very good players and we will bring a few more. this is how the race for the champions league places looks. manchester city have 75 points, they travel to watford today, liverpool are two points behind them with 73, they‘re at home to already relegated middlesbrough. arsenal have 72 points and have to rely on one of the other two slipping up. there‘s also the possibility of two of the teams finishing level on points, goals scored and goals conceded which would mean a play—off. it‘s the final weekend in the scottish premiership as well, treble—chasing celtic host hearts today and after the match they‘l

we have to target to win all of those, putting all our focus into the game against everton.s good. we've played well now at home against stoke and well against manchester united away. we go into this game with a lot of confidence. it's a big mistake if we go for the game and think it's an easy game. we don't think sure. i hope nobody thinking in the club and our fans because it's really difficult game for us. if it's possible, we need to do more to win the game. there are the fixtures. we're not seeing chelsea's match against middlesbrough. those are the nine fixtures. manchester united are going to arsenal. any other year, you'd think there would be a lot riding on this, but could be a strange old game that one, because jose mourinho clearly prioritising europe as the easiest way into the champions league. they're two games away from winning the europa league. especially with them having such a good result over at celta vigo with getting the away goal and coming back with victory. they're potentially two games away from not only winning a major trophy but being back in the

daily star is where we will end. 52 premiership stars, after the everton winger mental health problemight, all sorts of stresses you imagine being a premiership football player are nothing but positive about the stresses they are under a massive. they really are. these are guys who are plucked from school at the age of ten. a lot of them do not develop the coping skills. everything, especially at the top level, is done for you. when you hit a fork in the road, it is difficult. people really struggle. in foot will there is no great deal of sympathy for quick is all perceived weakness. years ago clu bs were all perceived weakness. years ago clubs were not aware of the problems. stan collingwood's experience at aston villa, john gregory at the time, it it was suggested he could have been more supportive. john gregory did acknowledge that stan collingwood needed to go away and get some proper help. he understood eventually the difficulties. one of the problems is... henry is absolutely right, they are not equipped to deal with problems. statistically, there have to be quite a few gay foot

chelsea moved another step closer to securing the english premier league title following a 3—0 win over evertona match which was considered their toughest remaining fixture this season. it didn't look that way as they remain four points clear with four matches remaining. all the goals came in the second half. a moment of magic from pedro to break the deadlock, gary cahill with a close—range finish before willian marked his entry to the game with a late third. manager antonio conte closing in on a trophy in his first season in england. we must be pleased because we played a game with the head. and this part of the season it's very important to use before the head, then your heart and then your legs. i think we did this today. tottenham are hot on their heels should the league leaders slip up. a 2—0 win over rivals arsenal in the london derby keeps them in touching distance, goals from dele alli and a penalty for harry kane means tottenham are guaranteed to finish ahead of their city rivals for the first time in 22 years, 17 points the gap between the two sides. second—half we put more pressure a

boss led the team toa united and everton boss led the team to a bottom placed finish in the premierear stay in the top flight. he arrived at the start of the year, he said one month ago that he would still be in charge next term but he has decided to leave after a meeting with the board in london earlier today. he has said in a statement earlier that he would like to thank ellis short and the board for giving him the opportunity to manage the club, and we can speak with sports news correspondent richard conway now, this will be disappointing news for david moyes, after eight arduous few years for him in his career.m has been a very tomato is time for david moyes, after leaving manchester united, after one season there, he went to real sociedad in spain and that did not work out for him sunderland was seen, they started the season as perhaps a good fit for him, a chance to resurrect his career and revive sunderland's fortunes, narrowly avoiding relegation this season before, but we re relegation this season before, but were saved by sam allardyce. he went to england, david moyes came

chelsea moved another step closer to securing the english premier league title following a 3—0 win over evertonseason. it didn't look that way as they remain four points clear with four matches remaining. all the goals came in the second half. a moment of magic from pedro to break the deadlock,

a column about everton footballer ross barkley, whose grandfather is nigerian, compared him to a gorilla different for two reasons. first because his column threatened to further alienate the sun‘s readers in the north—west and second because there‘s a huge scandal erupting at rupert murdoch‘s fox news over in new york. what rupert murdoch and fox want to do is show that they are fighting prejudice rather than feeding it. you are about to enter the no spin zone. murdoch‘s bid forfull control of sky is currently with the media regulator, 0fcom. there is concern within murdoch‘s company that bad headlines could thwart their ambitions just as the phone hacking scandal derailed their last bid for sky. i was just amazed that given the sensitivity of it that no one took a closer look at the column. i can‘t believe that kelvin‘s column is so sacrosanct that lawyers and editors, it was good friday, so the top tier team may not have been there, but even so it seems to be a systemic failure, not just involving kelvin mackenzie. it remains to be seen if mackenzie has cut ties with murdoch‘s company

everton we re league. -- but there are no. everton were the last big challenge.py with that. they need to win three of their last four. easy peasy. good morning, everybody. chelsea manager, antonio conte, says his side must become champions in orderfor a good season to become a "fantastic" one. the blues showed showed title winning form with an impressive 3—0 victory at everton. pedro scoring the pick of the goals. but second placed spurs are keeping the pressure on the leaders. they're just four points behind chelsea after beating arsenal 2—0 in the last derby at white hart lane. the victory means spurs will finish above arsenal for the first time in 22 years. lewis hamilton says he needs to recover his speed after losing ground to championship leader sebastian vettell at the russian grand prix. the briton finished fourth, while his mercedes teammate valtteri bottas won his first ever f1 race. and after the first day of the world championship snooker final at the crucible, john higgins leads defending champion mark selby 10—7. selby won the final three frames la

arsenal's final league match is at home against everton on sunday, so could that be his last match at the season? yes. ever? i cannot tell you. i think what is most important for us is to win the football game on sunday. after that, what happens to me is less important. i am here to serve the club and the best way to do it is to win the next game. meanwhile lots of premier league managers have been giving their final pre—match news conferences of the season. jurgen klopp‘s liverpool need to beat middlesbrough on sunday to be sure of a top four finish. regardless of the result, klopp says they'll be strengthening the squad during the summer. we were working not only on the pitch, because my day is 2a hours. we have a lot of good people around so we were working hard and having a good position for different players but it is not the day to talk about this. we want to make this team better, it should be the aim every year, probably. it is not easy because we have already a good side. if the first 11, 12, 13, 1a players are fit, 0k. maybe there are a few out there and you can be sure we s

the last eight of the under 20 world cup after they beat costa rica 2—1 in south korea. 19—year old evertono ensure paul simpson's side progress to the quarter—finals for the first time since 1993. they'll face either mexico or senegal next monday. england will open the champions trophy tomorrow against bangladesh and they are the favourites to win the tournament. the competition is played between cricket world cups and sees the top eight teams in the world play in two groups of four before the semi finals and final. england are one of the world's form teams and there's hope they can end a long wait for a first fifty over trophy. patrick gearey reports from the oval. this is england's window, which ever way you look at it, as hosts and favourites this is their opening to do whatever they tried to do over 18 attem pts do whatever they tried to do over 18 attempts in 42 years. when a one—day trophy. we have been here before, not here but up the road at lord's. 1975, the first cricket world cup, w011 1975, the first cricket world cup, won on english soil by west indian skill. since then, kit,

alexis sanchez‘s brace means the gunners could yet secure a top—four finish by beating everton at homet only if fourth—place liverpool, who are a point above them, fail to beat middlesbrough. arsenal could also mathematically catch third placed manchester city but that is a more complicated equation. 71 last year, we were second, at the moment we have 72 and we want of course to go to 75, to focus on that after. we have to deal with what happens, but we want to give everything to get to 75. at the etihad stadium, pep guardiola's team moved up to third in the premier league with a 3—1win over west brom. goals came from gabrieljesus, kevin de bruyne and yaya toure. but the victory was tinged with sadness, as the blues said goodbye to argentinian defender pablo zabaletta in his final home game after nine years‘ service. he wore the captain's armband for the end of the match after vincent kompany went off. so, chelsea and tottenham have taken the top two champions league places already. the fight is on for the third automatic spot and the fourth qualifying place. manchester city are on 75

the former manchester united and everton boss took the team to a bottom—place finish in the premier leaguerm. relegation to the championship ended their ten—year stay in the top flight. in a statement, moyes thanked the fans for "always being so passionately supportive". our sports news correspondent, richard conway, says moyes and sunderland could have worked, but a poor start affected the rest of the season. sunderland were seen at the time, they started the season as perhaps a good fit for him. a chance to resurrect his career and revive sunderland's fortunes. they narrowly avoided relegation this season before, but was saved by sam alla rdyce. before, but was saved by sam allardyce. he went off to england and david moyes came in. but the tone from david moyes was quite negative from the start, before the tra nsfer negative from the start, before the transfer window had even expired last august he were talking about the relegation fight that sunderland would be in. and sure enough, that proved to be the case, and this cloud over david moyes about whether he would continue on in the job

the everton manager ronald koeman says he hopes to see his winger, aaron lennon, back in his squad soone player's well being is paramount. the club will give lennon all their support after he was detained under the mental health act and koeman has confirmed that they've had contact with lennon and his family now. as you know, that the club mentioned that aaron is in a stress—related illness. it's a private question. a private situation, what happened. we try to give him all the support. and that he's coming back as soon as possible. now they're on course to win every major trophy in scotland, and so not surprisingly celtic fans are already getting excited about next season. 2,500 celtic fans turned out for the launch of their clubs new kit in scenes that look more like a rock festival and out they came in the new strip which celebrates 50 years since the class of 1967 won the european cup in portugal and became known as the lisbon lions. in rugby league, castleford tigers remain top of super league after beating huddersfield giants 26—21. the league leaders were missing three key player

out on qualifying for the champions league for the first time in 20 years despite a 3—1victory over evertonger‘s side failed to make it into the top four missing out by a point meaning they'll play in european football's secondary competition, the europa league in the next campaign. i think we had a spell during the season where it was very difficult, a difficult situation. it made a difference on the group at some stages will and we played in a hostile environment for the second pa rt hostile environment for the second part of the season. 0verall hostile environment for the second part of the season. overall i believe that the players came back strongly and together in the last few months and responded exceptionally well. in the last two months they have shown exceptional strength. arsenal missing out means liverpool return to the top european table for the first time in three years because of a 3—0 win over middlesbrough at anfield. they hung on to fourth position with manchester city ahead of them in third. tottenham were already assured of finishing second. spurs thrashed relegated hull

the last eight of the under—20 world cup after they beat costa rica 2—1 in south korea. 19—year old evertonored both goals either side of the break, to ensure paul simpson's side progress to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1993. they'll face either mexico or senegal next monday. manchester city are up to second in the women's super league spring series with a 1—0 victory away at sunderland. city dominated with 20 shots at goal but had to wait until the 91st minute for georgia stanway‘s winner. there were also wins for chelsea and arsenal. birmingham's match with yeovil ended level. defending champion novak djokovic is into round 3 of the french open after a straight sets victory over portugal's joao sousa. the second seed raced through the first set and was tested a little more in the second and third to wrap up the win injust over two hours. djokovic will face the argentine diego schwartzman next. rafa nadal is also through, he beat dutchman robin haase in straight sets. british number three aljaz bedene lost his second round match against the czech republic's jiri vesely, and t

the everton boss ronald koeman says he's prepared to lose ross barkley if he doesn't sign a new contractl has a year left on his current deal and koeman says the club must have an answer by the end of the season in 10 days time. insisting he ‘prefers to work with players who want to stay.‘ it's up to clip here but we don't wait until august. —— it's up to the player but we don't wait until august. we need to know what is happening. if we are going to go on holiday, either he accepts a contract or resell him. what do you think? i don't know. ithink if contract or resell him. what do you think? i don't know. i think if he needs so many times and he has doubts. andy murray's preparations for the french open have stalled again. the world number one has been knocked out of the madrid open at the last 16 stage by borna coric, a player ranked 59 in the world. adam wild reports. in sport, progress comes in many forms. in madrid, it was the electronic coin toss. it is progress of sorts. looking to the future as well as andy murray. with early—season injuries behind him, looking to find form befor

middlesbrough, and arsenal have to hope boro or watford do them a favour and then get something off evertonong shot. we made 71 last year and second, at the moment we have 72. and we want to go to 75, to focus on that. and after to deal with what happens. but we wa nt after to deal with what happens. but we want to give everything we've got to get to 75. reading are one step closer to premier league football next season, after they beat fulham to make it to the championship play—0ff final at wembley. it was 1—1 on aggregate heading into the second leg at the madjeski when a handball from tomas kalas meant yann kermorgant was able to score for reading to make it 2—1 on aggregate. they'll play the winner of huddersfield town and sheffield wednesday, which is goalless ahead of tomorrow's second leg at hillsborough. motherwell have secured their status in the top divison for another season they beat kilmarnock 3—1. hamilton lost against ross county, which means that they will probably finish 11th and be involved in the relegation play—off against a team from the championship. that's going to be

arsenal briefly went to upper against everton. they we re went to upper against everton.lready relegated middlesbrough are were beaten 3—0. the manchester city, a 5- beaten 3—0. the manchester city, a 5— neil win over watford sealed their win. arsenal will be without four years. question still linger over manager arsene wenger‘s future. 0ne over manager arsene wenger‘s future. one thing you cannot question is my love for this club because i said no to everything will club in the world to everything will club in the world to get to the end of the project. to be loyal to this club. they could still win the fa club next week but will that make up for what will be missing next season? now lots of discussion about this, this morning — john terry and chelsea orchestrated an emotionalfarwell at stamford bridge. his last game for the club was stopped in the 26th minute — his shirt number — and he was given a guard of honour as he was substituted. the fact that the opposition would agree to it, it myths me. —— miffs. they like the idea that it was staged. it doesn't have to be med

if arsenal and up drawing 1—1 with everton, liverpool lose 2—0 to middlesbrough, that means both clubse bookies are unconvinced, but there is still a possibility. and we of course will be watching. it is all about the battle for the final two champions league spots on the last day of the premier league season. one of manchester city, liverpool and arsenal will miss out on top—flight european football next season. arsene wenger‘s side need a win against everton to keep their hopes alive, and even that may not be enough, as they require liverpool or city to slip up. we just want everybody to play 100% in the last game, and traditionally it has been the case. that is all you want to do after. we have to focus on ourselves, and everybody decides us, watford will be fine against city, that is what you want. that is why if you want to be in the best league in the world, you shouldn't even question that. this is how the race for the champions league looks places. manchester city have 75 points. they travel to watford today. liverpool are two points behind them, with 73. they are at home to al

everton's aaron lennon is receiving treatment after being detained by police under the mental healthe need, they do want to be helped by people who are at the club. sometimes you don't want to show that you could be interpreted as a weakness inside the club, and so i believe that you understand that most of the players, in a situation where they need help, they want to do that outside the club. jose mourinho has written off finishing in the top four in the premier league, and says that manchester united will now prioritise the europa league, because winning that is the only way they'll qualify for next season's champions league and that could see them resting players on the home front. they are in spain for the first leg of their europa league semifinal tonight against celta vigo, but play arsenal on sunday before the second leg next week at old trafford so they may play a weakened team against the gunners. i think it would be a good achievement with the many problems we had and would allow us to be back to the champions league next season. so we have to try, that is what we are goin

this there was one other game last night — everton beat watford, everton beat watford, 1—0 thanks to aberdeen. all the goals came in a frantic first 12 minutes — leigh griffiths with celtic‘s third — and that took their league tally to 100 points. celtic will be going for the league and cup double — and a domestic treble — in two weeks‘ time, when they take on aberdeen, again, in the scottish cup final. and dundee united will face falkirk in the scottish premiership promotion play—off semi—final after beating greenock morton 3—0 last night, 5—1 overall. birmingham city ladies say they will not fear manchester city in today‘s women‘s fa cup final at wembley. it‘s live on bbc 2 from 5pm. birmingham will have to overcome a side aiming to seal a domestic treble. it‘s exciting for us. this is the third year that the women‘s fa cup final has been at wembley. we want to put on a great performance. we‘re notjust going there to be another team that has been in the fa cup final. we want to do better, we want to win, we want to showcase what we‘re about. we‘re a footballing team and we show gri

i think everton will fight against us. sunderland will fight against us.ue in the world, you should not even question it. this is how the race for the champions league places looks. manchester city have 75 points, they travel to watford today, liverpool are two points behind them with 73, they‘re at home to already relegated middlesbrough. arsenal have 72 points and have to rely on one of the other two slipping up. there‘s also the possibility of two or even more bizarrely three of the teams finishing level on points, goals scored and goals conceded which would mean a play—off. millwall are up to the championship after beating bradford in the league one play—off final. steve morison‘s goal in the 85th minute giving them a 1—0 win at wembley. but the match was overshadowed when hundreds of fans invaded the pitch afterwards. officials at wembley stadium say "appropriate action" will be taken if needed. it‘s the final weekend in the scottish premiership as well — treble—chasing celtic host hearts today and after the match they‘ll be presented with the league

is it to everton he goes or overseas?will be only the second person to actually play for the english national side having played overseas after david beckham. played for two premier league clubs, i will not be playing for anymore. fifa says it's aware of human rights abuses involving workers constructing stadiums for the 2018 russia world cup — but it hasn't imposed any penalties. the workers were said to be north koreans working on a stadium in st petersburg. fifa president said "fifa and the local organising committee have required the general contractor to take immediate steps to rectify the issues identified." here's the bbc‘s richard conway. the monitoring committee found evidence of workers and they have said they are no longer in the area and as faras said they are no longer in the area and as far as they are concerned they are not working on any other stadiums. they raised concerns about the appalling conditions that they may have been subjected to. reports that the north koreans were subjected to living condition

everton boss ronald koeman says he's prepared to lose ross barkley if he doesn't sign a new contracteman says the club must have an answer by the end of the season in ten days' time. he believes the longer it takes, the more doubts barkley must have, and koeman says he "prefers to work with players who want to stay." the fa chairman greg clarke has defended the rights of football clubs to pay agents whatever they see fit. clarke has spoken in the light of a fifa investigation into the £89 million transfer of paul pogba from juventus to manchester united last summer. they have written to united asking for clarification after allegations that pogba's agent mino raiola was paid £41 million for the deal. 22 of which, it's claimed, came directly from united. if manchester united want to pay an agent that much money, and i don't know, the fa knows, but i haven't looked into the transfer, that is what they will pay. they are accountable for their owners and to the fans. if they think it is good value for money, how much we should be the players and agents is a commercial thing. if that want

and in sport, ross barkley is given a ten—day deadline to sign a new contract at everton or ronald koemanl. barkley has a year left on his current deal. alex hales is piling on the runs at trent bridge again. the batsman, who hit an england record score there last year, is playing for nottinghamshire in the one day cup. and andy murray is playing for a place in the quarter finals of the madrid 0pen. you can follow his progress against borna coric on radio 5 live sports extra. i'll be back with more on those stories. the fallout in the united states keeps coming as more details emerge from the extraordinary sacking of the f by it from the extraordinary sacking of the fbyiti from the extraordinary sacking of the f by it i directorjames komi. -- fbi. the white the f by it i directorjames komi. —— fbi. the white house denies it was trying to close down the fbi investigation into links with russia and has rejected calls for a special prosecutor. meanwhile, mike flynn, the former head of the national security agency has been accused of not cooperating with the senate investigation into the matt

and in the sport, the everton manager ronald koeman says he hopes to see his winger aaron lennon backs the most important thing. he was detained by police on sunday under the mental health act and is being treated for a stress— related and is being treated for a stress—related illness. manchester united managerjose mourinho says they are now making the europa league their priority as a pathway to the champions league. they play celta vigo tonight in the first leg of their semifinal. and england's women's cricket captain heather knight has a stress fracture in her foot, but should be fit to lead the side at next month's world cup. more on those stories at 4:30pm. voters are going to the polls for local and mayoral elections in england, wales and scotland. nearly 5,000 council seats are vacant in 88 councils in scotland and wales, and around another 30 are up for grabs in england. some councils will begin counting ballots as soon as polls shut at ten o'clock this evening, while others will start counting tomorrow morning. results will be announced throughout the day tomorrow. the two re