does gareth bale start?new he would be on the bench, he admitted as much, he has not started for real madrid with the various carp and ankle problems for six weeks, but it is just what we expected and hoped for, both teams at full strength. casemiro, what an important figure he is. the furtherforward casemiro, what an important figure he is. the further forward you casemiro, what an important figure he is. the furtherforward you go, thenit he is. the furtherforward you go, then it starts getting glittery, doesn't it? the superstars coming into play, lu ka doesn't it? the superstars coming into play, luka modric, tony kroos, isco, who has filled in fa ntastically well for isco, who has filled in fantastically well for gareth bale, behind karim benzema and that man cristiano ronaldo, the world player of the year. he was never going to miss this. you have got to go back over ten years, he scored in an fa cup final here for manchester united against millwall. juve line up... massimiliano allegri was toying with

gareth bale in the city where he was born and raised, on the bench tonight.t. —— for now, though, that is all for sportsday. hello there. a few showers around today, but if you had the sunshine, it was lovely across the eastern side of england, the midlands as well. this was aylesbury, a dry day. we have seen some showers in northern ireland and scotland, lightning dancing away across the skies, moving northwards. the showers are beginning to ease, as many of the storms across northern scotland, and things will calm down through this and overnight. so what's the northern isles, retreating to western coasts, in towns and cities 11 degrees come the end of countryside two or three across the north, four orfive in the south. a comfortable night for sleeping. early sunshine, but out towards the west these showers gathering, a band of heavy showers pushing eastwards into england and wales. showers developing quickly for scotland and northern ireland. in scotland in particular, showers heavy with philander thunder, perhaps not too many around the borders. for wales,

gareth bale has his pictures all over the city.been in the team for the last six weeks at the sharp end of the season six weeks at the sharp end of the season and has admitted he probably will not start. obviously a shame. obviously if it gareth bale would walk into any team, his hometown. but i think he will get his head round it, if he doesn't start he will come on and make an impact, and just what he does and that 20 minutes, half an hour, just what he does and that 20 minutes, halfan hour, if just what he does and that 20 minutes, half an hour, if it goes to extra time he might even get longer. he isa extra time he might even get longer. he is a special player like cristiano, scores special goals. great for the city to be hosting a match like this? you can feel the atmosphere? a great atmosphere in the middle of the city. there is a real buzz not only a red card is but wheels in general, to host a champions league final and such a good one with juventus and champions league final and such a good one withjuventus and real madrid

a homecoming for gareth bale. the trouble is he is unlikely to start for real madrid.astered all over town. but he has not actually been in the madrid team for about six weeks because of injury. it is disappointing, especially in his hometown but i think he would probably get his head around it. if he doesn‘t start, he will come on and make an impact on what he does and that 20 minutes or half an hour, maybe even longer in extra time. he is a special player who can score all types of goals. giggs won the champions league in 2008 and the fa cup here in 200a. a teenage scoring star then, he has developed into an icon of the game. a brand that is still a serial winner. a man for the grand occasion. that is what tonight promises to be. the president, of the football‘s european governing body, has told the bbc that britain deserves to host a world cup in the nearfuture. aleksander seferin says he hopes the tournament will be held in europe in 2030. they are absolutely capable of organising it from an organisational point of view, from an infrastructure point of view but it

home fans will be hoping gareth bale gets to play at some point in the champions league final. and ben has the weather. good morning. we have swept away the warmth and humidity from the last couple of days. a fresher weekend ahead with spells of sunshine and a few passing showers, all the details coming up. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may and jeremy corbyn have faced tough questions from a tv audience, just days before the general election. they were challenged separately in a special edition of question time in york. mrs may faced uncomfortable questions about nhs funding. while mr corbyn faced a robust exchange over whether he would use the uk's nuclear deterrent. our political correspondent vicky young was there. they came here hoping to persuade people that they have what it takes to lead the country. no one expected an easy ride but from the start it was clear that this would be a testing evening. theresa may was accused of being untrustworthy, of changing her mind on calling an election and on policies like social care. others were angry about funding for

talking now about the champions league final in cardiff will gareth bale la?e will be singing, that is how you recognise him. whether bale plays or not, real madrid, are aiming to become the first team since 1990 to win back to back champions league finals. so it could be a historic night in cardiff. they face the italian heavyweights, juventus, whom the madrid manager zinedine zidane used to play for. olly foster looks ahead. real madrid and juventus fans have travelled here in their tens of thousands. cardiff has welcomed to the giants of european football for what could be a classic. it will be great. if you win it is going to be the best experience in my life. we have a balanced teams were confident we can win. for us to defeat juventus... real madrid we can win. for us to defeat juventus. .. real madrid always we can win. for us to defeat juventus... real madrid always win the finals. at 39, the goalkeeper knows it may be his last chance. in a season when british teams again fell short in europe at least one british player has reached the final. a homecom

gareth bale is among a host of missing players, but the squad is a healthy mix of freshness and experiencees, who's set to win his 50th cap. it's been a fantasticjourney. some darker days and some fantastic days. it has been great, but there's a core group of players who have been there the whole way through who have got a lot of caps along the way, and that is important. with games like this on sunday, it will be tough, but there are a lot of experienced lads who have been in those situations before. the republic of ireland have gone top of wales and serbia's group. they kept up their unbeaten record in group d with a 1—1 draw against austria in dublin. ireland fell behind in the first half but this late equaliser from jonathan walters means martin o'neil‘s side are currently a point clear of serbia and five clear of wales. the canadian grand prix has got underway with some incredible drama in montreal. lewis hamilton made the perfect start from pole, but not as good as max verstappen, who surged from fifth to second place. on his way through the field, he broke the wing on championship l

for gareth bale of real madrid, a homecoming to savour.in cardiff, but he is facing up to the prospect of not starting this match, given his recent return from injury. i have been working hard on my fitness, i am not match fit. whether the manager thinks that might be a problem, it may be so, and if i have to be on the bench and come off the bench to make an impact, that is what i will have to do. the final will be played amidst tight security after the recent manchester attack which killed 22 concertgoers. the stadium roof will be closed as a precaution, and organisers remind fans to arrive early and not to bring bags. uefa's president is confident everything is being done to ensure a safe environment. the problem is that the stadiums are secured and safe. but there are many people in the street. so we have to be cautious about it. we have to be connected to the police, local police, intelligence agencies, and we are doing that. these are teams with fan bases that stretch beyond national borders. it seems the world is looking to wales thi

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gareth bale heads a long list of missing players but striker sam vokes is set to win his 50th cap. been a core group of players who have been there through the. that is very important. this is going to be very tough. but we've beenin going to be very tough. but we've been in these situations before. we are waiting to see if his to lose over after the nose injury suffered yesterday against the crusaders. usain bolt said he was the most nervous he'd ever been before a race, as he ran his last 100—metres on home soil. a sell—out crowd of 30,000 in the jamaican capital kingston watched as he won the "salute a legend" race. the eight—time olympic gold medallist will retire in august, after the world championships in london. and his words echoed around the stadium last night. there are no words to describe this. i would never thought i would have reached these hates in track and field. my aim when i came into athletics was to win the 200m at the olympics. i have obviously achieved a lot more but i could not have done it without the support of the people here are my family and friends. i

to host the final of the champions league betweenjuventus and real madrid, for whom, welsh star gareth bale is hoping to play. meanwhile, i've been getting to grips with the post war sport of cycle speedway. as a new production of annie opens in london — we hearfrom its star miranda hart about her west end debut. suddenly doing something new when you are known for other things was intimidating. now i love it. i totally love it. and ben has the weather. good morning. we swept away the warmth and humidity from the last few days. others: fresh weekend ahead with spells of sunshine, a few passing showers and details coming up. good morning. first, our main story. theresa may and jeremy corbyn have faced tough questions from a tv audience, just days before the general election. they were challenged separately in a special edition of question time in york. mrs may faced uncomfortable questions about nhs funding. while mr corbyn faced a robust exchange over whether he would use the uk's nuclear deterrent. our political correspondent vicky young was there. they came here hoping to persuade people t

gareth bale surely liked what he saw early on, as the man for the big occasion, cristiano ronaldo, openedg. although a slice of luck always helps. there was no deflection on the equaliser. in fa ct, deflection on the equaliser. in fact, it was a good —— as good a goal as you will see. real madrid returned after half—time 18 transformed. cass amira tried his luck and hit the jackpot. another awful deflection. with back—to—back european titles in sight, real madrid raised their game again, ronaldo fittingly finishing juventus off. juventus, having just had a man sent off, couldn't compete. and real madrid profited. three wins in four yea rs madrid profited. three wins in four years for real madrid, and 812 european cup in cardiff theirs. tim hague, bbc news. andy murray produced some of his best tennis of the year to reach the last 16 of the french open after beating juan martin del potro in straight sets this afternoon. the first of those sets was a marathon one hour and 23 minutes. it meant to a tie—break. he took the second 7—5 and didn't drop a game in the third set as he booked his pla

the only slight dampener, all over the city, massive billboards of gareth bale, the welsh hero who hasleague titles with them. hasn't started the six weeks. has had an ankle problem and very likely to be on the bench. but he might come off the bench and have an impact. it would be great to see him back at the stadium, where he has done great things with wales in the past. it would be a fantastic homecoming for him. 0llie foster, thank you very much for that. he is looking very excited. let's get more now on the general election, and with less than a week until the country heads to the ballot box, reality check‘s chris morris has been taking a look at how reliable are the polls. throughout this campaign, opinion polls and analysis have been hitting the front pages. but questions have been raised about how reliable the polling numbers are. in the last few days we have had polls saying the conservative lead over labour has been anywhere between 3% and 14% in recent days so have polls lost their mojo? there have been problems in the past, most notably in the general election in 2015 when a

, but they have the likes of ronaldo, benzema upfront, would love to say they have the likes of gareth baleas been out of the tea m course, but he has been out of the team for the last six weeks so it is very likely he will be starting on the bench for real madrid. they are the bench for real madrid. they are the favourites here this evening. the bench for real madrid. they are the favourites here this eveninglj was reading somewhere, i think it was reading somewhere, i think it was the juventus fan, saying was reading somewhere, i think it was thejuventus fan, saying real, he described them as being formidable opponents but certainly not unbeatable. who are the favourites, how are the two teams looking? you would edge with real madrid because of all their attacking threats, because of their pedigree in this competition. but juventus have been absolutely fantastic this season, and their success has been based on their defence. we have been very popular with juventus fans because juventus have their very own bbc, that is barzagli, bellucci have their very own bbc, that is ba rzagli, bellucci

for gareth bale of the druid a homecoming to savour. —— of real madrid. working hard on fitness. i am not match fit. whether the manager thinks that might be a problem, it may be so, and if i have to be on the bench and come off the bench to make an impact that is what i will have to do. the final will be played amidst tight security after the manchester attack that killed 22 concert goers. the roof will be closed as a precaution and organisers remind fans to arrive early and not to bring bags. the wafer president is confident everything is being done to ensure a safe environment. the problem is that the stadiums are secured and safe. there are many people in the street. we have to be cautious about it. we have to be connected to the police, local police, intelligence agencies, and we are doing that. he‘s our teams with fan bases that stretch beyond national borders. it seems the world is looking to wales this weekend. it is going to be hard for real madrid but i hope they win and to have a good experience.” think both will score but juventus will get it

the group, victory and they would be just a point off the serbians, but can they do that without gareth bale we're going to miss him, there's no point hiding from that fact. he is key to us, a world —class that fact. he is key to us, a world—class player. but you know, i think one of the main qualities of this group is that we're all about teamwork, we all about resilience and we see it as a chance to sort of tackle the challenge and we are confident that we've still got enoughin confident that we've still got enough in the squad to get a good result. let's whizz through some of the other football headlines today. craig shakespeare has been given a three—year contract at leicester city. he was given the job until the end of the season back in february, following the sacking of claudio ranieri and led leicester to safety and also the champions league quarter—finals. diego costa says that the chelsea manager antonio conte sent him a text message to tell him he's not part of the champion's plans next season. he scored 20 times as he helped them win the premier league. it was his second title. z

gareth bale is denied a stop button at‘s final between real madrid and jill venters —— juventus in atetween real madrid and jill venters ——juventus in cardiff tonight. and in half an hour's time here on bbc news, it's asian network's election discussion and debate, looking at the big issues affecting british asians in this year's campaign. good evening and welcome to bbc news. jeremy corbyn has accused the conservatives of being in "complete chaos" over their tax policy. it comes after theresa may avoided repeating comments made by a senior colleague who told a newspaper there would be no income tax rises under a conservative government. with more, our political correspondent iain watson. senior conservatives, including the defence secretary and foreign secretary, have been sending out a strong message to their core voters. if you are worried that income tax might rise if we are elected, don't be full to bid is not our intention. the conservative manifesto is nowhere near as explicit. is it being rewritten? our position on tax has not changed. we have set it out in the manifesto. what

gareth bale, the welsh hero, on his homecoming with real madrid. he will probably not start.that‘s all your sport for now. five live. there‘s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at quarter to ten — now on bbc1 its time for the news where you are. goodbye. for the news where you are. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. theresa may has said the conservatives policy on tax hasn‘t changed after the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, appeared to make commitments which go further than the tory election manifesto. he said in a newspaper interview that taxes wouldn‘t rise if the tories won the general election — even for high earners. the manifesto pledge is to keep taxes "as low as possible". labour has said the top 5% of earners will pay more tax. speaking a little earlier, the chancellor, philip hammond, reaffirmed the party‘s position on the issue. well, our position on tax hasn‘t changed, we are a party that believes in lower taxation, the conservatives will always be the party of low tax. all the other parties believe in rais

gareth bale is among a host of missing players, but the squad is a healthy mix of freshness and experiencefantastic days. it has been great, but the is a core group of players who have been there the whole way through who have got a lot of caps along the way, and that is important. with games like this on sunday, it will be tough, but there are a lot of experienced lads who have been in those situations before. india's cricketers have secured their place in the semifinals of the champions trophy. they comfortably beat south africa at the oval to set up a likely meeting with bangladesh in the last four. south africa had the chance to go through themselves but they had a calamitous innings with three ill—judged runouts among the wickets. they posted a score ofjust 191. and india made short work of that — yuvraj singh finishing things off in style with this six with 12 overs still remaining. it means south africa are out. the last semifinal place will be decided when sri lanka play pakistan tomorrow. brownlee has won the leeds round of the world triathlon series. in front of their home crowd,

every inch of cardiff real estate seems to have been draped in images of real madrid‘s gareth bale.ay and lacking guts. the prime minister repeatedly said she would be —— would rather be out speaking to voters tha n would rather be out speaking to voters than squabble with politicians. should she have been there? let‘s speak to foreign secretary borisjohnson. if there? let‘s speak to foreign secretary boris johnson. if we there? let‘s speak to foreign secretary borisjohnson. if we could just start on a separate issue, which is the paris climate change agreement. the news that donald trump is due to make an announcement this evening. it is widely expected he will not sign to the paris climate change agreement. it is a real blow? let's see what the president actually does. there are a number of different strokes he could play. yes, of course, we want to see america continue to show leadership on climate change and in reducing c02 on climate change and in reducing co2 emissions. and we continue to lobby with the americans to encourage them to do that. to those who are worried about wha

but what about the hometown boy gareth bale?n wishing for. he hasn't appeared in the side for 6 weeks due to a calf injury. he's back in training but says he's not fully fit and having knock—on effects from an ankle operation earlier in the season. madrid have played very well in his absence but bale is hopeful manager zinedine zidane will give him a chance. it has also been difficult for me this season with injuries from my operation to drop it has been difficult to come back from it. i have been working hard on my fitness the last few weeks. obviously, i'm not 100 doesn't fit, not match fit, so not 100 doesn't fit, not match fit, so whether the manager thinks that might bea so whether the manager thinks that might be a problem, maybe so, and if i have to be on the bench and come off the bench to make an impact, then that's what i have to do. and you never know, it could be his last game in madrid with some question marks ver his future. just before we go, lyon secured second straight treble last night, beating paris st germain

of cardiff real estate seems to have been draped with images of real madrid's local galactico, gareth baleampions league final and we've got to maximise this opportunity. i hope that the welsh and the uk governments are squeezing every hand of every businessman that comes in here and say, why don't you come here again? we can look what we can do for your business in this great country of ours. with 170,000 visiting fans, and another 200 million television viewers worldwide, this is an opportunity too good to miss. but nor can the city's security be taken for granted. wyre davies, bbc news, cardiff. more now on the ariana concert this weekend in manchester — to benefit the victims of last weeks bombing. on the line is guy bartlett who was at the concert there are tickets available close to people who were not at the original concept and to those who were. who wa nt to concept and to those who were. who want to attend this new event. —— the original concept. some people have been having problems getting hold of those tickets. on the line is guy bartlett who was at the concert. thank you to j