everton then appointed sam alla rdyce. stay. everton then appointed sam allardyce.lla rdyce allardyce. you felt with sam allardyce it would be a short—term appointment. so it goes back to silva, who was available now to become everton manager and they continued that chase and that has been resolved with the three—year contract. but it could be costly? yes, because, well, we heard today while everton made the announcement and later watford said that compensation still hadn't been agreed between the two clubs. i have got the details with what they view very much still as an illegal approach that was made for silva in the autumn, although he felt, or we felt he wanted ed to come to goodison. the premier league are keen for the clubs to sort it out between themselves before it can go further. but everton have silva on a three—year contract. further. but everton have silva on a three-year contract. what kind of fit do you think he will be at erton. he has not had a lot of experience. no he burst into the premier league with hull city and thejob was to premier league with

it's also been confirmed sam alla rdyce has left his position at everton.n the premier league this season but he leaves despite signing a deal until the summer of 2019. it's likely he'll be replaced by the former watford boss marco silva. one other football departure, eni aluko, is leaving the double winners chelsea ladies. she has been at the club for six years, and also did the double with them in 2015. she is 31 and been on the fringes of the starting xi this season. she has been linked with a move to paris st germain. lots more to come on sportsday tonight, including david coulthard on the f1 season and his worries about future coverage of the sport. we're on the cusp at the end of this year of formula 1 going behind a pay wall in the uk, which is the first time that that has happened. i probably wouldn't have what the sport growing up if that was the case. “— sport growing up if that was the case. —— wouldn't have watched. and still sitting pretty in pink. simon yates keeps hold of the lead in the giro after winning stage 11. a former youth footballer

for 20 yea rs everton at goodison park for 20 years wasn't.nything about that in the first half. a couple of good chances came their way. jordan pickford showed that he is determined to get into the england squad for the world cup russia. that is something to look back something needed to change, nathan redmond came on and was $0011 needed to change, nathan redmond came on and was soon rewarded. his first goalfor a year, came on and was soon rewarded. his first goal for a year, potentially one of the most important of his career. with five minutes left, the last thing southampton needed was this, yoshida's dismissal led to a frantic finale. tom davis struck in injury time to snatch a draw. it means southampton must now win against swansea on tuesday. that result meant that west brom just about got away with it. stoke, it has not been a good day for them. you're going to take us through the permutations at the pointy end of the season. so much focus on the bottom of the table this year. austin joins bottom of the table this year. austinjoins me

but he has left everton in a good strong position with a platform to everton can go on and build andmonths and next season coming ahead. it's an important day for the 23 england players who have been selected to go the world cup in russia this summer. we should find out gareth southgate‘s squad in the next hour or so. one name not on the list isjoe hart. he has been england's number one goalkeeper at their last three tournaments but the exit to iceland at euro 2016 was the beginning of a decline which has seen him miss out. arsenal midfielderjack wilshere will also miss out. he's been plagued by injuries over his career but did manage 38 appearances this season. whoever is named, former england midfielder frank lampard thinks a quarterfinal place is possible. if you're looking at our squad and what we have got you can maybe see we're happy to get that far. we will go we're happy to get that far. we will 9° up we're happy to get that far. we will go up against the big boys that can we win it? is this a squad still developing for the next future tournaments? yes, to a degree. i agree t

everton and southampton, still goalless. then west brom will be relegated. let's look at what that means for the bottom of the premier league table. things are very close at the moment between southampton and swansea. if southampton and swansea. if southampton get a point in that match at goodison park, they will go above match at goodison park, they will go a bove swa nsea match at goodison park, they will go above swansea on goal difference. southampton play swansea on tuesday night, what a huge game that will be. it looks like with west ham's win that we spoke about it is going to be two more of the bottom five with stoke city already down. southampton could be out of the bottom three today, they play swa nsea bottom three today, they play swansea on tuesday. let's take a look at the top of the table, we have not spoken much about it with so much in terms of relegation still to play for tottenham hotspur, that defeat means that chelsea are breathing down their neck? they had a chance today, they were the only tea m a chan

sacked by everton afterjust over six months in charge.ronald koeman in october, with the clu b ronald koeman in october, with the club in 13th position and helped them finish the season in a co mforta ble them finish the season in a comfortable eighth but he was heavily criticised by fans who didn't like his style of play. the former hull city and watford boss marco silva is the favourite to replace allardyce. and david moyes has left west ham united following the end of his short—term contract. the former manchester united and everton boss guided them to 13th place and safety but the club say it's "right to move in a different direction." they say they hope to appoint a "high calibre" successor within 10 days. and now for some tennis news. the defending men's champion alexander zverev is through to the 3rd round of the rome masters. the german, who's the number two seed, enjoyed a relatively stress free straight sets victory over italy's matteo berrettini, who's ranked 103 in the world. zverev won 7—5, 6—3, and he now plays great britain

he kept everton in the premier league and also top half finish.ge number of evertonians, the majority, you would probably say the standard of football and the excitement and amount of times that they have been able to get out of their seats to support their team and really feel they have been to watch an everton game, they have been few and far between and that has been disappointing as far as this season, this managerial run for sam allardyce, this season, this managerial run for sam alla rdyce, is this season, this managerial run for sam allardyce, is concerned. he is meeting with the honours this week, what will they be discussing? he will want security, that he is still in with a job going forward and they will want to know that things will improve and the standards will get better. that the foot wall the fans are asking for is possible. whether thatis are asking for is possible. whether that is allowed to be the case, whether he will still be there come the start of next season time will tell because when you have such a large number of fans

one other match this evening — everton against yeovil.ints, and theyjust look completely out of their depth this season. poor old yeovil! very tough season for them, no wins in 11! games, two draws, and both goalless. they do risk going the entire season without scoring a single goal. it is well documented they have a much smaller budget than the other teams in the division and only recently, they had to crowdfunds to raise enough money to crowdfunds to raise enough money to stay in the top tier next year, so to stay in the top tier next year, so it is tough for them and everton, second from bottom with no wins in their last five league matches. the teams desperate for points this evening. we will see how they get on. many thanks indeed. two matches in the wsl. also a couple in the scottish premiership. champions celtic play kilmarnock. and we have an edinburgh derby at tynecastle, with hearts taking on a hibs side chasing a european spot. our scotland football reporter, chris mclaughlin, is there for us. well, these games are always pret

rooney re—joined everton last year — after 13 years at manchester united.tball last year, as england's leading goal—scorer. the bbc understands nothing has been signed yet but rooney's representatives have been in the usa to negotiate terms — the deal is said to be worth £12.5 million. returning to tonight's football action now and shrewsbury town have the upper hand after the first leg of their league one semifinal play—off. there was just one goal in it at the valley, but what a strike when it eventually came in the 80th minute. jon nolan giving the visitors an advantage to take back to shropshire for the second leg on sunday. he beat novak djokovic yesterday — today kyle edmund followed that with a straight—sets win over world number 10 david goffin at the madrid open. he's guaranteed a place in the world's top 20 after his recent run on clay — and broke twice in the first set to win 6—3. edmund's domination continued in the second — taking that 6—3 as well. and he's into his first masters quarterfinal. he'll play denis shapovalov in the last eight. iam

marco silva is the leading candidate to take over from sam allardyce at everton.d the former watford manager, after sacking ronald koeman in october. silva was eventually dismissed by watford in january, with the club blaming everton for unsettling their manager and affecting results. allardyce has another year on his contract, but he has admitted that he doesn‘t feel confident in keeping hisjob, with fans generally unimpressed with the team‘s style of play, even though he did lead them to a top—hlaf finish. there‘s plenty of specualtion today about managerial changes — but one boss who‘s going nowhere is manchester city‘s pep guardiola — he‘s expecting a relaxing summer after their stunning premier league season left them dubbed ‘the centurions.‘ he and his team celebrated with some 100,000 city fans last night, isiam is i am not going to speak about next season. i am going to see the world cup, good beer, good red wine, and enjoying this season. when we start, we will come back and we will come back stronger. in one month, the world cup in russia begins. england

meanwhile sam alla rdyce was sacked by everton.and manager guided them to eighth in the premier league this season and had signed a deal until next summer. it's likely he'll be replaced by the former watford boss marco silva. atletico madrid have been crowned europa league champions. they beat marseille 3—0 in tonight's final in lyon. antoine griezmann scored twice to help secure the spanish side's third europa league trophy in nine years. veteran captain gabi scored a third in the 89th minute to claim the title they also won in 2010 and 2012. the victory means atletico have equalled sevilla's record of three europa league wins. rotherham are on their way to wembley for the final of the league one play offs. the game was delicately poised at 2—2 after the first leg, but it was rotherham who struck first at their new york stadium. richard wood getting his head on the end of a long throw in to give them the advantage just before half time. they doubled their lead on the night when will vaulks fired in, quite some celebration from him

it has been a really difficult season for everton, one that they couldn't afford to repeat next year,be an interesting day ahead here at everton, and regarding wayne rooney's future, that could be decided in the next 2a hours. stay with us — coming up later in the programme: we'll head to boreham wood ahead of the biggest game of the club's 70—year history. ireland, though, have to wait for their historic day, as rain delays the start of their first ever test match. there was a sense of disappointment, but, you know, if it was a one—day game it would probably be more disappointing because there is no chance to come back tomorrow. for the first time in the english football league, every team which was promoted last season survived the drop in their following campaign. that's every team who came up from the national leagues into the conference right up to those who were promoted from the championship. huddersfield were the last to ensure their survival, with a point against chelsea on tuesday keeping them in the top flight. patrick geary looks how they, along with newcastle and brighton

everton, according to their manager sam alla rdyce. according to their manager sam allardyce. he has been linked with a move to dc united in america's mls. rooney has been thought to agree the deal in principle, but has not signed it. this is what allardyce had to say. there appears to be interest from dc united. where that is, whether alive and well wayne lies with it, i can't argue the moment. —— i can't tell you at the moment. 0nly argue the moment. —— i can't tell you at the moment. only after have spoken to him today can i tell you where the situation lies. wayne rooney has not asked to leave, and neither has wayne rooney had a confrontation with me or we have not beenin confrontation with me or we have not been in any difficult situations since i have been here, because we are two adults and we talked. since i have been here, because we are two adults and we talkedm since i have been here, because we are two adults and we talked. it is are two adults and we talked. it is a big day for kyle edmund, who plays for a place in the sem

victory against everton would have sent west bromwich down.have been fearing the worst when nathan redmond put the saints in front. but a day of extraordinary drama came down to the very final kick. i don't believe it! west brom, incredibly, saved twice in the same day. the fight to stay in the premier league goes on. in the scottish premiership, champions celtic are at hearts later. yesterday aberdeen held on to second place after a 0—0 draw with hibs, while dundee‘s place in the top flight is all but safe for next season — they beat hamilton accies i—0. kevin holt with the goal there. there were also wins for stjohnstone and rangers. tony bellew beat david haye again in their rematch last night. the former cruiserweight world champion twice knocked down the former heavyweight world champion before the referee stopped the fight in the fifth round. bellew, who was again the underdog with the bookmakers, looked close to tears as he celebrated his victory — while haye‘s future in the sport will now be in doubt after conceding he would have to re

and is wayne rooney going or staying at everton?will have more in the next half—hour. staying at everton? we will have more in the next half-hour. and helen will have the weekend weather. i will but it is causing us forecasted a headache. this rain is pushing in from the atlantic. some areas will have quite a soggy weekend. i will try and put more detail on that later! thank you. also coming up: by royal invitation — the choir made up of people with disabilities preparing to sing in windsor for the wedding. hello everyone, this is afternoon live — i'm ben brown. the government is pressing ahead with plans to expand existing grammar schools in england. it has promised £50 million to provide new places at selective schools. labour has dismissed it as a vanity project, saying it's a misguided use of overstretched funds. our political correspondent iain watson reports. here is a test for you. when did the prime minister say this? we know grammar schools are hugely popular with parents. we know they are good for the people that attend th

everton manor —— manager sam alla rdyce everton manor —— manager sam allardyce said he would be speakingey about whether he wants to leave to play for dc united in the us. kyle edmund takes an denis shapovalov in the madrid open as he continues to charge into the world's top 20. i will be back with more on those stories after half—past. the british government must do more to build trust with minority groups, according to a united nations special adviser. tendye achumee is compiling a report about race relations since last year's brexit vote. and she's raised concerns about the windrush scandal, rising levels of hate crime and current immigration laws. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports: tendye achumee has been on a whistle—stop tour of the uk, revealing her initial findings whistle—stop tour of the uk, revealing her initialfindings in front of the media, the united nations special adviser has been assessing levels of discrimination faced by some communities. top of her list with how people from the windrush generation have been affected by the government's immigra

a southampton win at everton would have relegated west bromwich albion.nd. everton though scored through a deflected tom davies effort in the dying seconds. the point takes southampton out of the relagtion zone. it gives hope to west brom. they survive by the skin of their teeth. jake livermore scrambled in a late goal to beat tottenham at the hawthorns, which continues darren moore's remarkable run since taking over. to give ourselves a chance, we have been on this road for nearly getting onto five weeks ago. we just wanted to get some pride and commitment back in. the supporters have been excellent. again, i'm the one standing up here talking about the occasion but it really is weak. we have the football club. supporters, staff, everybody has come together. and working hard and through that ha rd and working hard and through that hard work and commitment, the results are coming. and here are the other results for you. swansea are now back in the bottom three after a 1—0 defeat at bournemouth. west ham are now safe after a 2—0 win at leicester. watford a

an important match for southampton at everton at the teatime kick—off.brom. they took the lead through nathan redmond before everton scored a deflected tom davies added with the last kick of the match. that last point moves southampton out of the relegation zone. the draw means west brom still survive as well in the premier league for the moment. jake livermore scramble in a late goal to beat tottenham at the hawthorns. it means darren moore, the interim manager, is unbeaten in his five matches in charge. era the day's are the results. swansea have dropped into the bottom three after their 1-0 into the bottom three after their 1—0 defeat. in the scottish premiership, dundee have all but secured their place in the top flight for next season after a 1—0 win over hamilton. elsewhere, second placed aberdeen shared a goalless draw with hibernian. david bett scored the on me goal of the game as rangers beat your money to move within a place of aberdeen. wasps secured third spot in rugby and's remission with a bonus point victory over newcastle falcons at kings

jill scott gave city aim lead against everton. after 22 minutes. great shot, by half.at doubled the advantage. it was a strike that made it 3-0 advantage. it was a strike that made it 3—0 victory. the champions of super league1 it 3—0 victory. the champions of super league 1 chelsea, after they had an unbeaten season. after losing at arsenal, and watching chelsea who are deserving winners, to congratulate them for winning the trophy is, we wanted to get in the champions league, it is the minimum requirement for this team. it is as good as a trophy. we are disappointed, but second place gives us disappointed, but second place gives us champions league football, and it gives us a chance to learn, but still play in those four competitions next year. still play in those four competitions next yearlj still play in those four competitions next year. i would have been devastated if we hadn‘t made it. the impact that we have made the last couple of seasons, semifinal, and how much we grew, as well, this year. only losing 1—0 in the second leg. to not be in it would be devastat

a match for southampton at everton in the teatime kick—off.e lead through nathan redmond before everton scored a deflect had. some day be's effort with the last kick of the match. that point move southampton out of the relegation zone. the draw means west brom still survive as well in the premier league for the moment. jake livermore scrambled in a late goal to beat tottenham at the hawthorns. it means interim manager darren moore is now unbeaten in his five matches in charge. here are the other results of the day. swansea have dropped into the bottom three after their 1—0 defeat at bournemouth. west ham are safe after their 2—0 win at leicester. watford beat newcastle 2—1 at vicarage road. in the scottish premiership dundee have all but secured their place in the top flight for next season after a 1—0 win over hamilton. elsewhere, second placed aberdeen shared a goalless draw with hibernian. saint johnstone thrashed motherwell 5—1 and david bates scored the only goal of the game, as rangers beat, make to move within a point of second place. w

victory against everton would have sent west bromwich down.kick. i don't believe it! west brom, incredibly, saved twice in the same day. the fight to stay in the premier league goes on. in the scottish premiership, aberdeen held on to second place after a 0—0 draw with hibs. while dundee's place in the top flight is all but safe for next season — they beat hamilton accies1—0. kevin holt with the goal there. there were also wins for stjohnstone and rangers. tony bellew beat david haye again in their rematch last night. the former cruiserweight world champion twice knocked down the former heavyweight world champion before the referee stopped the fight in the fifth round. bellew, who was again the underdog with the bookmakers, looked close to tears as he celebrated his victory — while haye's future in the sport will now be in doubt after conceding he would have to retire if he suffered another defeat. my first words to him when he hugged me, i was just a bit emotional. i was on my knees on the canvas and he came over to me and he said, brother, y

. side everton. club in november —— sacked. the club in november —— sacked. to be replaced by the former watford boss, marco silva. boss, marco silva. england squad is announced laterfor the world cup in russia. the world cup in russia. spent the season on loan at west ham united. jack wilshere also misses out. out. d'italia into woodborough going into today's stage. today's stage. i'll be like with more no storyjust after half past. detention centres in the wake of the windrush scandal. the government's so—called hostile environment immigration policy. yesterday that 63 windrush citizens had been deported. editor norman smith. policy and how it deals with the detainees. detainees. centres about which there has been a lot of controversy. lot of controversy. government would close them out right. right. directed to those sort of support services. services. running any of the remaining immigration detention centres. immigration detention centres. private company should be involved in any way at all. in

they are under way in the late kick off at everton.bottom three as well. the latest from goodison park, 0—0. we will keep you up—to—date throughout the afternoon. so this is how it looks at the bottom of the table — a crucial time forfive or six teams. west ham not mathematically safe — but huddersfield and swansea hovering above the drop—zone. stoke at the bottom now after today's loss — west brom move up a place. in the scottish premiership, dundee have all but secured their place in the top—flight for next season, after a 1—0 win over hamilton academical at dens park. dundee took the lead through kevin holt in the first half. but the game was set for a dramatic finish when hamilton won a penalty four minutes from time. dougie imrie stepped up and failed to convert from the spot, as dundee went six points clear of the playoff positon, with two games to play. elsewhere in the premiership this afternoon, second place aberdeen drew 0—0 at home to hibernian, steven maclean scored a hat—trick in his final game for stjohnstone as they thra

rooney began his career at everton and rejoined them last year after 13 seasons at manchester united,cord 253 goals in all competitions. he retired from international football last year, as england's leading goal—scorer, with 53 goals in 119 games for his country. the mls transfer window re—opens on the 10th ofjuly. now to cricket, and ireland make their test match debut when they take on pakistan in dublin on friday. home captain, william porterfield, is targeting a shock win as ireland become the 11th team to play test cricket, and the first to make their debut since bangladesh 18 years ago. from dublin, alison mitchell reports. this is the club ground which has been transformed into a test match venue. it is the culmination of a long journey for ireland to gain full icc membership which began in 2007 with ireland causing a huge shock by defeating pakistan. it is fitting they are the opponents in this historic first test match. they are the favourites, but captain william porterfield wants to create an upset again. there is no reason with these conditions we cannot beat pakistan. it

. >> he is still everton's top goalscorer >> this season he is everton's top goalscorer england's all-time goalscorer >> great thank you very much for that >>> different story altogether the stage is set for a summit between president trump and kim jong-un. both leaders will meet face-to-face in singapore on the 12th of june trump said he had high hopes of achieving something meaningful on the denuclearization of the peninsula. >> the relationship is good. hopefully for all of us, for all of us, the world, hopefully something good is going to happen they understand it's very important for them it's important for everybody so japan, south korea, china, everybody, i think it's going to be a very big success. >> the u.s. has imposed sanctions on three companies and six individuals havelinks to iran's revolutionary guard they are the first measures imposed after president trump withdrew the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal the treasury department worked in conjunction with the uae to target those it says funneled millions of dollars to the group and accused iran's sprawl bank central bank of ev

rooney re—joined everton last year after 13 years at manchester united.ds nothing has been signed yet, but rooney's representatives have been in the usa to negotiate terms — the deal is said to be worth £12.5 million. swansea city manager carlos ca rvalhal will leave at the end of the season. they're almost certain to be relegated from the premier league on sunday, after losing to southampton on tuesday. carvalhal is out of contract at the end of the season. he'd been in talks to stay on — but it's understood the swansea board decided not to take up that option after a run of eight games without a win. ian holloway has left championship side queens park rangers after 18 months in charge. holloway was in his second spell at loftus road and guided the club to 16th in the table this season. former england manager steve mcclaren, who spent time as a coach at the club in 2013, is one of the names linked with thejob. he beat novak djokovic yesterday — today kyle edmund had a straight sets win over the world number 10, david goffin, at the madrid open. he's guar

it's also been confirmed sam alla rdyce has left his position at everton.legation. but many everton fans weren't happy with allardyce's style of football and he leaves despite signing a deal until the summer of 2019. chelsea ladies striker eni aluko will be leaving the club at the end of the season. the 31—year old, who has 102 england caps, has confirmed on twitter that her stay at chelsea is coming to an end — she said ‘after 5 yrs & 150 plus appearances it's with a heavy heart i confirm i'll be leaving. it is understood eluko held talks back injanuary with french side paris st—germain and one other overseas team. that's all the sport for now. let's return to our main story. for the third time in a decade, rail services on the east coast main line are to be brought back under public control. from next month, the london to edinburgh services — currently run by virgin trains east coast and stagecoach — are to be taken over temporarily by the department for transport. the companies are being stripped of their franchise after suffering heavy losses. let's spe

firstly everton. .. who have eventually got their man...ointing marco silva on a three year deal. the portuguese coach was a target for the cloud back in november... but was manager of watford at the time... and they eventually appointed sam alla rdyce. but the vacancy came up again after allardyce's sacking... and silva sez he wants to build a connection with the club's fans. and so to the third of the managerial stories today. frank lampard, who says he's "excited and nervous" to start as derby manager after making his first step into management with the championship cloud. after more than 20 years as a player he's been a tv pundit since retiring, but has agreed a three year deal with the team that missed out on promotion to the premier leauge via the playoffs. having had a long career, i knew what i wanted to do is management so when it finished, i worked quickly into my coaching badges which i achieved, and yeah i'm excited i can't wait to get to work and having had the career i had, i was always determined to win and i were tired and i

they enjoyed a comfortable win over everton ladies on the final day of the wsl one season to finish as chelsea. jill scott gave city the lead mid—way through the first half, with that strike. nice celebration. her england team—mate nikita parris doubled city's advantage after the break. and scott struck again three minutes later after this mix up, to make it 3—0. the victory means city finish above arsenal and take the second european qualification spot. we want to do in the league this year, and obvious he we knew it was going to be a difficult one and hats off to chelsea. they deserved it but today was really important that we secured that champions league place. plays with the effort of the girls to ensure that we will be playing champions league football. we have had the chance is the last couple of seasons and semi final and saying how much we grew this year and only losing 1—0 in that second leg. do not have been and it would have been devastating. i was pretty tired. it was hard work. the words of mo farah after winning the great manchester run for the first time earlier. and y

former england manager sam allardyce has been sacked by premier league side everton. southgate's england squad is announced later. he had spent the season on loan at west ham. arsenal midfielderjack wilshere also misses out. chelsea ladies have won the double — adding the wsl title to their fa cup win — with a 2—0 win over bristol city last night. their heavily pregnant manager emma hayes had to watch from home though. and britain's simon yates has stayed in the leader's pink jersey at the giro d'italia going into today's 11th stage. he now has a 41—second lead over the reigning champion tom dumoulin. that's all the sport for now. 11 babies and one mother died at a hospital in cumbria over a period of nine years, and a report published today says some of the deaths were avoidable. a review says the nursing and midwifery council took too long to act on concerns about midwives at furness general hospital in barrow. the report was sparked following the death ofjoshua titcombe from sepsis in 2008, he was just nine days old. liza brady's son alex was stillborn because of a

rooney rejoined everton last year, after 13 years at manchester united. understands nothing has been signed yet but rooney's representatives have been in the usa to negotiate terms — the deal is said to be worth £12.5 million. the owner of leeds united — andrea radrizzani — has told the bbc he doesn't regret taking the club on a controversial visit to myanmar. he's faced criticism for travelling to a country whose military has been accused of ethnic cleansing of the rohingya muslim minority. our reporter nick beake caught up with radrizzani at the team hotel. what do you say to people who say you are more interested in making money than the reputation of your football club? we are not making any money out of this game. you say that business ventures in may and mark. yes, with companies and i have a good relationship with the guys in the federation and we are starting a contract with the media and we are going to visit our friends and anything else is not related to hear because i am not a politician and we just in football, we played two games and we leav

united say at deal has been done in principle the former england caps rejoined his boyhood club everton in july last year after thirteen seasons at manchester united if the player player wants to go there if any player wants to leave our most complete. ruefully play a little bit when roulette. is not really. really confrontation with me. or. not be really difficult situation times are because we do a little ritual a global report into football finances is put manchester united at the top of the world league when it comes to earning power but the brand finance survey says barcelona are the team most funds have awareness of around the globe with growing support in china india and the united states the german bundesliga truck the biggest crowds and abi leipsic have the fastest growing brand of any team in the world middle eastern companies while they account for more than thirty percent of all sponsorships for top level same's and the english premier league still the cash king with eighteen things making the top fifty rich list well earlier on i spoke to the brain anderson one of the peopl

not always a good season either, but they've done it by beating everton 3-1.er 38 games have played, there you see the top half of the table. 100 points, the first team to ever do it. manchester city have won the league by 19 points. the biggest ever margin in the history of the premier league. united in second. tottenham have clinched third. liverpool have clinched that all-important final champions league space. five points back we find chelsea. last season's champions, of course. arsenal in sixth as they say good-bye to arson wenger. burnley going into europe for the first time since the '60s. they finish in seventh, their best ever premier league season. everton under big sam, will he stay, will he go, in eighth. crystal palace lost their first season. they finish in 11th. level on points with bournemouth. west ham in 13th. watford in 14th. brighton and hove albion stay up in the premier league. huddersfield a miracle, 16th position for huddersfield town. david wagner, what a job he's done. they finish four points clear. and southampton, after they changed

he won the fa cup with everton the same year, having spent most of his career with huddesfield town.the pinkjersey wearer finished two seconds ahead of second placed tom dumoulin. i'll be back with more on those stories after half—past. figures obtained by the bbc suggest the number of gangs using children to carry drugs and to sell them has soared in the last four years. it's thought there are now more than 1,000 of the drug—dealing operations, known as "county lines" — which involve powerful and aggressive city—based gangs taking over drug—dealing in provincial towns around the uk. wyre davies has more. a drugs deal in a north wales coastal town. this isn't the dealer's house, nor the user's. the flat has been "cuckooed", taken over temporarily by a gang from liverpool. it's a classic feature of a pervasive form of drug dealing known as "county lines". across the uk police forces are fighting this new scourge — ruthlessly efficient gangs moving into provincial towns. given the colour of it, we reckon it's going to be individual wraps of crack cocaine. many of those lured by the gan

some breaking news coming in from everton.sacked by watford injanuary, with watford blaming the decision on everton's approach for the portuguese back in november. whatever‘s happened in between, everton confirming now their decision to appoint marco silva as the new manager. there will be plenty more in sport in the next 15 minutes. now, president trump says his secretary of state's meeting with top north korean officials in new york has gone "very well". general kim yong—chol is the most senior north korean official to visit the united states in decades. he's met mike pompeo in new york to pave the way for a summit between donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un. mr trump had cancelled the summit, but both sides have since made fresh efforts to restart talks our correspondent in new york is barbara plett—usher. barbara, the president is waiting for a letter from barbara, the president is waiting for a letterfrom kim barbara, the president is waiting for a letter from kim jong—un tomorrow which presumably will pu

he spent most of his career before moving to everton, where he won the 1966 cup.has left his job as manager of west ham, replaced early in the season, the only decide a short—term deal which expired yesterday. west ham have confirmed that he won't be carrying on despite steering the cloud to premier league safety. they've also confirmed that he has left his position at everton, the former england, he leaves despite having signed a deal until next summer. it is likely that he will be replaced by the former boss. he is playing tonight in the second leg of the league1 playoff semifinals and it is currently goalless, with around half an hour plate. the first leg finished 2—2. in the final at wembley on may 27. and the europa league final, madrid area and the europa league final, madrid are a goal and the europa league final, madrid area goalup and the europa league final, madrid are a goal up against marseille, after 21 minutes. british number one, through to the third round of the italian open, over an hour to beat her in straight sets, some revenge for last year's f

beating tottenham one— nil, while southampton are still in danger, throwing away a lead to draw with everton second place after a nil nil draw with hibernian. while dundee's place in the top flight is all but safe for next season — they beat hamilton academical one nil. kevin holt with the goal. there were also wins for stjohnstone and rangers. it was the last day of the regular premiership season in rugby union — and wasps secured third place with a bonus point win over newcastle. willie le roux had the pick of wasp‘s tries — going the length of the pitch. 39—22 the final score — and wasps will play european champions saracen's in the semi—finals. newcastle will face leaders exeter. at snooker‘s world championship, john higgins reached the final for the seventh time, beating kyren wilson. he needed all his experience to come through 17—13. higgins was beaten in last year's final — and he'll face either barry hawkins or mark williams this time. there's more on the bbc sport website including coverage of badminton horse trials — great britain's 0liver townend going for the grand slam of event

and everton have appointed marco silva as sam allardyce's replacement at goodison park.portuguese coach comes in on a three year deal. kyle edmund is the only british player left in the singles at the french open after booking his place in the third round. he came past the hungarian marton fuchovich in four sets. he won the first set 6—0, but dropped the second 6—1, before winning the next two to progress. cameron norrie though is out, resuming his match with lucas pouille which was stopped because of bad light yetserday. he attempted to pull level to force a fifth set but lost it on the tie break to the 15th seed. britain's heather watson is also out — losing to the 16th seed, belgium's elise mertens in straight sets. it continues a bad run for watson who lost eight matches in a row in the lead up to roland garros. england have not yet named their team to face pakistan in the second test tomorrow as they continue to assess ben stokes's injury. the all—rounder has been in the nets this morning ahead of a scan on his calf injury this afternoon. sam curran has been put on

the table, with a 1—0 win over tottenham at the hawthorns, and thanks to southampton's draw against everton winnerfor the baggies, as caretaker manager darren moore made it three wins and two draws from his five matches since taking over. they head to crystal palace next weekend, knowing a win is required, and they need to have other results go their way if they want to stay up. to give ourselves a chance, we have been on this road for nearly getting onto five weeks ago. we just wanted to get some pride and commitment back in. the supporters have been excellent. again, i'm the one standing up here talking about the occasion, but it really is ‘we'. we have the football club. supporters, staff, everybody has come together, and are working hard. and through that hard work and commitment, the results are coming. juventus are hoping to take a big step towards the serie a title, with victory over bologna. they currently lead 3—1 in turin, while ac milan lead verona 4—1, as they chase a spot in next season's europa league. melbourne victory are the first team to be crowned a—league champions for t

they tweeted: everton striker wayne rooney, who played under sir alex at old trafford, tweeted: formerter schmeichel said: and scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon said: thousands of people have gathered in central paris for a protest march against the policies of president emmanuel macron, marking his one—year anniversary in the top job. the rally was called by the main far—left party france unbowed and was mostly peaceful. police were out in force to prevent a repeat of the violence that marred a may day demonstration earlier this week. virginia langeberg reports. what had been a largely peaceful protest saw tensions flat as some anti— macron demonstrators reached bastille square in the centre of paris. riot police dispersed the crowd with smoke bombs after a media ban was attacked. earlier, it had been a party, of sorts, chamakh emmanuel macron‘s thirsty in the presidential office. —— to mark. rather than celebrating the marleston, this was a rally against the french leader and his economic reforms which his opponent safe favour the wealthy. translation: is's discontent and als

names — including david beckham, signed by sir alex at 16, who tweets: "keep fighting, boss", and evertonanager sam allardyce. i hope he is in good hands and the operation is a major success. he is a personalfriend. i hope he has a full recovery. more than 1000 doctors have job offers withdrawn because of a clerical blunder. borisjohnson flies to washington, trying to persuade the white house not to pull out of the nuclear deal with iran. i'm shaun ley and in the next hour — a baby prince at home. kensington palace release new family photos of prince louis — including one with his sister princess charlotte taken by their mum, the duchess of cambridge. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9:35 — this morning's reviewers are david wooding and ben chu. good morning and welcome to bbc news. sir alex ferguson, the most successful manager in british football history, is in intensive care in hospital after emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. his former team manchester united said the operation went "very well" but that he now needed a period of intensive care. our sports cor

what happened to an everton supporter who ran onto the pitch?ve your answer. he was rugby tackled to the ground by a policeman. well done. "not even a cup final can prevent the goodison park spirit invading wembley. that bobby ought to be playing at twickenham." now to our two chaps on the terraces. too easy in a way, but what can you tell me about the trim on queen victoria's wedding dress? i know that. it was trimmed with a flounce. was it a deep flounce or a shallow flounce? it was a deep flounce. and where was the lace made? it was made in homerton in devon, arthur. that is right. iremember, yeah. well done, full marks. and now the round that the whole quiz has been building too. it is the commentary challenge. let's see what they're made of. "and here they come, the newly married couple. she takes one step, two steps. he has to be very, very careful here. and she's into the carriage and she's able to sit next to her new husband." "and they're off, and they're kicking the ball. the guys in blue have got it at the moment and it's going over t

manchester city are looking to secure a champions league spot against everton. finish from jill scott. in the other games, birmingham are being held by reading, arsenal are leading bristol city 5—0. champions chelsea are 2—0 down at liverpool. yeovil are beating sunderland. world number one simona halep has take the first set 6—love. been beaten in the final of the italian 0pen. she lost in straight sets to elina svitolina, a repeat of the result of last year's final. a strong performance saw the world number four take the first set 6—0. the world number four stage 15 of cycling's giro d'italia is under way, with britain's simon yates leading the race. but team sky boss sir dave brailsford says chris froome can still win despite being three minutes off the pace. the british four—time tour de france winner had a difficult first two weeks but won a first giro stage yesterday. brailsford says froome's experience of riding grand tours will help him in the closing stages. the thing about these three—week races is fatigue builds up, like the first week, the second wee

everton striker wayne rooney, who played under sir alex at old trafford, tweeted "get well soon boss.y at this sad time." and scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, said "my thoughts are with alex ferguson and his family. wishing him a full and speedy recovery. " france has protested over comments by donald trump suggesting the 2015 attacks on paris that killed 130 people could have been stopped by giving people guns. here in britain, a london hospital has criticised mr trump after he appeared to compare them to war zones because of the levels of knife crime. simonjones reports. can we have some quiet for the handover, please? 0k, 20—year—old male, victim of a street robbery. this is the hospital it's believed donald trump has likened to a war zone. the royal london. bbc cameras recently saw how it treats many of the capital's stabbing victims. the patients we are seeing now have more severe injuries, they have more injuries per person and they are getting younger. dr martin griffiths told the bbc recently how some of his colleagues had likened their work to being in a military h

big names, including david beckham, signed by sir alex at 16, who wrote: "keep fighting, boss", and everton a major success. as a personalfriend, it is...i success. as a personalfriend, it is... i hope he has a full recovery. get well soon, sir alex ferguson, thatis get well soon, sir alex ferguson, that is the message from everyone here at old trafford and around the world. a 17 year old boy has died after being shot in southwark in south london — neighbours say bullets went through window narrowly missing a woman in a garden. more than 1,000 doctors have job offers withdrawn because of a clerical blunder.

including david beckham — signed by sir alex at 16 — who wrote: "keep fighting boss", and also from evertonpe the operation is a major success, because, you know, as a personal friend it's. . .you know. i hope he has a full recovery. jamie acourt — who's wanted over alleged drugs offences — has accepted his extradition to britain. his transfer to the uk could now happen very soon. a 17—year—old boy has been shot dead in south london. one resident said her neighbour narrowly dodged bullets from what appeared to be a drive—by shooting. a guy in a car, shooting randomly, had shot from a moving car,