gerrard! he has got! overlooked, gerrard! he has got! overlooked, gerrard!eague where metal slipped by. 21 goals for his country and international glory eluded him to. he waited farewell to 18 years on merseyside to be, the star at la galaxy, and no one questioned where his heart lies. he returned to cut his heart lies. he returned to cut his teeth at the academy, and as he heads north for his next challenge, could he return to the top job? heads north for his next challenge, could he return to the topjob? his intelligence, football wise and in general, and he also knows he has to come out of the academy and take a job and put himself in the limelight, deal with the media and all the problems they go with being all the problems they go with being a manager if he wants to beat liverpool manager in the long term. he isa liverpool manager in the long term. he is a short—term is the old firm, dethroning celtic in a manner he has better than most, his old boss brendan rodgers. gerrard says nothing work —— hurts more than watching his rival win title after title,

steven gerrard has been appointed as the new manager of rangers.year deal. it's his first step into elite management, as our sports correspondent natalie pirks explains. steven gerrard is well used to the spotlight, but never before as number one. in the end, it was the butterflies that got him. it was a no—brainer for me. there were a lot of things to think about, but from that phone call i got a special feeling, and i knew rangers was for me. rangers' chiefs say gerrard's ability and character outweighs the inexperience. he certainly had ability in spades. a 19—year playing career brought him nine major trophies and 114 caps for his country. since retirement in 2016, he's been coaching liverpool's youth teams, but despite a massive first step into the glare of management, fans at ibrox believe they've got the right man. a wonderful aura, rangers need a leader and we have been lacking a leaderfor a long time. he's a winner and rangers deserve to have winners. we're looking forward to him being part of our establishment and good team, and hopefully

steven gerrard will be announced as the new rangers manager this afternoon.xpected to be unveiled in glasgow ata expected to be unveiled in glasgow at a press conference later. it will be his first managerial appointment and it is expected he will sign a three—year deal at the ibrox club. gerrard will leave his role as a youth coach at liverpool to move north. 0ur football reporter chris mclaughlin says it's a gamble for both player and club... there is no doubt it is an element of risk for both parties. for rangers, they're of risk for both parties. for rangers, they‘ re taking of risk for both parties. for rangers, they're taking a chance on a man who has no managerial experience. yes, he has box office appeal in terms of his name. he was appeal in terms of his name. he was a fabulous player. steven gerrard, it's a very interesting first move into management for him because he moves to a club with huge expectations, with huge attention here in glasgow. you're only a success here if you beat celtic and you finish at the very top so it is going to be very int

a lot of expectation on steven gerrard.barnes before him, about the pressures of political football in glasgow. to sum it up, sam allardyce today, the everton boss, said, good luck with his whip was nice to come. —— with the sleepless nights to come. thank you. the tour of italy, one of cycling's three big distance—races, starts shortly. but it will start injerusalem. the race has proved controversial, with the organisers having to insist they will not clamp down on pro—palestinian protesters. british cyclist chris froome hopes to win a third grand tour in a row, though he is still under investigation by cycling authorities after an adverse drug test result. from jerusalem, andy swiss reports. it's unusual and uncontroversial — the tour of italy starting in israel. and even before the first rider had set off through jerusalem, and even before the first rider had set off throutherusalem, the drama was under way. this was britain's chris froome this morning, having crashed in practice. the cuts and bruises plain to see. it's

he was frustrated in the news of steven gerrard coming before it the celtic match.were writing off this season as early as october. i do not understand why they have not been able to go and find a manager. the fa ns able to go and find a manager. the fans cannot understand either. they have to watch on, wonder and hope that this time it might get better. it will not be under this man, but who will be next? brighton have asked police to investigate reported monkey chants aimed at their players during their match with burnley at turf moor last weekend. brighton's gaetan bong was booed during the match by home fans, having accused west brom's burnley—born forward jay rodriguez of racially abusing him in a match injanuary. brighton manager chris hughton has called it shameful, with the club now asking sussex police to investigate. seven—time champion serena williams could still be made the number one seed at wimbledon this year, if she makes a remarkable climb back into the world's top 32 before the tournament. and what about andy murray, britain's two time champion at

and steven gerrard is to become the new manager of rangers. coming up in sportsday, late in the hour, bumpy start for chris froome in giro d'italia, he is way off the pace in the opening stage. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. labour failed to make the breakthrough it was hoping for in the local elections in england. the party won two councils but failed to win any of the authorities it targeted in london. jeremy corbyn described the performance as "solid." a relieved theresa may, welcomed the results for the conservatives, but said the government wouldn't take anything for granted. they gained control of barnet, as well as peterborough, basildon and redditch, but lost control of trafford council. labour won plymouth and kirklees in west yorkshire but lost control of derby and nuneaton. the lib dems won richmond—upon—thames, kingston—upon—thames, three rivers in hertfordshire and south cambridgeshire, with the leader vince cable saying his party was "on the way back." on councillors, the tally a short time ago, looks like this,

the gerrard era begins. well there was one game in the league gerrard will be joining next season. although at least one of these teams are likely to not be there. ross county remain two points adrift of partick thistle at the bottom of the scottish premiership after coming from behind to draw 1—1. chris erskine scored his first goal since december to put partick ahead midway through the first half. but billy mckay levelled for the visitors just before half time. the result leaves county five points from safety with two games to play. brighton have secured their premier league status for next season by beating manchester united 1—0. it's their first season in the league and the seagulls needed the goal decision system to confirm that pascal gross' had scored by the finest of margins. 2.8 centimetres, that's just over an inch. it's only their second win over manchester united in their history and leaves them on an uncatchable a0 points. manchester city's yaya toure will leave the club at the end of the season. toure will play his final game for city against brighton on wednesday but

steven gerrard has been appointed as the new manager of rangers.liverpool and england captain, will take over in the summer on a four—year deal. it's his first step into elite management, as our sports correspondent natalie pirks explains. crowd chanting. steven gerrard is well used to the spotlight, but never before as number one. in the end, it was the butterflies that got him. it was a no—brainer for me. there were a lot of things to think about, but from that phone call i got a special feeling, and i knew rangers was for me. rangers‘ chiefs say gerrard's ability and character outweighs the inexperience. he certainly had ability in spades. a 19—year playing career brought him nine major trophies and 114 caps for his country. since retirement in 2016, he's been coaching liverpool's youth teams, but despite a massive first step into the glare of management, fans at ibrox believe they've got the right man. a wonderful aura, rangers need a leader and we have been lacking a leaderfor a long time. he's a winner and rangers deserve to have winners. we'

steven gerrard possiblythe will from some of the board members to perhaps have a more high—profile manager in the future because graham murthy made it clear that it was a job that he was quite keen to take on a full—time basis. gerrard's former club liverpool are in rome for the second leg of their champions league semi final tomorrow. italian police have said they can "guarantee the safety of the club's fans" if they stick within the rules. a liverpool supporter was seriously injured after being attacked outside the stadium before the first leg, head coach eusebio di francesco blaming the incident on the actions of a few roma fans. translation: i'm afraid that rotten apples are everywhere. all sets of fa ns apples are everywhere. all sets of fans have rotten apples. obviously, someone fans have rotten apples. obviously, someone who does not belong to our true fans did something very very wrong. and my thoughts and prayers go with the family. what i can assure you is that here in rome, the base of the roman

in fact, the job is steven gerrard ‘s if he wants it.ces with regards to how much money would be available. in terms of the reception he would get, fairly mixed. some are saying, he has no experience but he may well be able to attract some fairly high—profile names to glasgow. the problem for rangers is they have been in this situation before. derek mcinnes was the man they wanted a few months ago and he turned it down. they put all of their eggs in that particular basket and they seem to be doing the same again. we may know more with regards to steven gerrard by the end of the week. police say they can guarantee the safety of liverpool fans in rome as long as they stay within italian rules. 5,000 liverpool fans are expected at tomorrow's champions league semifinal second leg against roma, a tiejurgen klopp's side lead 5—2. we are working in synergy with the english police to solve this problem and to help english police and vice versa, obviously. we can guarantee the safety of liverpool supporters, obviously, if they respect the rules a

former liverpool and england captain steven gerrard has been confirmed as the manager of scottish club ranges is gerrard's first job in management since he retired from plying ranges have been scottish league champions more than fifty times in their history but the glasgow's same haven't won months title since two thousand and eleven. all the political and economic blockade imposed on cuts so has been brought to the forefront again following the draw for next year's asian cup the consonance biggest footballing events being held in the united arab emirates and qatar have been drawn alongside saudi arabia in group e. along with lebanon and north korea sound of the year e.a. bahrain and egypt seven times with cats are last june brazilian drive appears for for the pole the is in hospital with two broken legs after a high speed crash the accident happening during qualifying for the opening round of the world insurance championship in a belgian twenty one year old grandson of two time f one world champion emerson fittipaldi state conscious at all times as he was the tendency on the truck med

steven gerrard says he's honoured to become the new manager at rangers.pool and england captain's first managerialjob. he retired from playing 18 months ago and won everything except the premier league at anfield. he had been part of the club's under 18's coaching set—up. iam i am confident that we can do well. in terms of targets and that type of stuff, i just want to win football matches, that is what i love to do, thatis matches, that is what i love to do, that is my buzz, that is what i want to do here and that is the demand here, and! to do here and that is the demand here, and i am ready to do that. gerrard is unlikely to be managing his team, against ross county in the premiership next season. they came from behind to draw 1—1 with second—bottom pa rtick but it still leaves them 2 points behind their rivals with just two games remaining. chris froome's bid to hold all 3 of cycling's grand tour titles at the same time got off to a bumpy start at the giro d'italia. the team sky leader crashed doing a reccie of the opening time trial injerusalem. he w

our top story steven gerrard becoming manager at rangers. the former liverpool and england captain signing a four—year deal and i brooks for his first senior coaching role. asked about the pressure, he said bring it on. the pressure is certainly building at the world snooker championship. we will have the very latest. john higgins has been rolling back the years, 9—7 up. barry hawkins and mike williams are playing in the other semifinal. first of 17, still some way to go. we will also be live injerusalem. a shaky we will also be live injerusalem. a 5 ha ky start we will also be live injerusalem. a shaky start for chris froome. there isa shaky start for chris froome. there is a curious kenyan dumping story we have got for you. at the badminton horse trials, too. and we look forward to the hay—bellew fight this weekend. but now it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we have tully, a new film starring ch

when you consider that, why did stephen gerrard be the right choice for you considering he has greatidering he has great experience as a player and nobody doubts those credentials, but with everything going on in the background would he be able to deal with that? that's one of the things that he would need to discuss with the boss. again, you saw in the report there, you forget about the mcginnis scenario as well. he decided to walk away from it for whatever reasons that was. what i was trying to say is that after —— they went after an experienced manager been on the go for an inexperienced manager. and make might exactly the same as it was at earlier. for me right now, rangers are not having a time where they can develop a coach, develop a manager. the need to get someone in there who knows how is to run a football club ona knows how is to run a football club on a daily basis. so far... the way it has been run is not right. it seems to be like transfer windows. an influx of new players coming, but instead new managers coming in. it's not been good. if they can take someone not been

steven gerrard is honoured to become the manager of rangers.first managerjob. he england captain awesome the first manager job. he retired just 18 months ago and won everything except the premier league at anfield. he was under the under 18 pasta coaching centre. when the call came, it was a no—brainer. i got a different feeling. in my stomach. from the previous opportunities i had in terms of being a number one manager. so, yeah, there were a lot of things to think about. but from that phone call i got a special of feeling and i knew rangers was for me. since i stopped playing, i miss the pressure of fighting for three points on the weekend. being the manager, i know that will come and there will be a lot of scrutiny and a lot of pressure. but that is what i love about being involved with football. one game in the league that he will be joined next week at least one of the scenes are likely not to be there. a game between the bottom two and the scottish premiership and it is currently them leading. manchester united will be all but guaranteed

steven gerrard says he's honoured to become the new manager at rangers.england captain's, first managerialjob. he retired from playing 18 months ago, and won everything except the premier league title at anfield. he had been part of the club's under 18s coaching set—up. i'm confident that we can do well. in terms of targets and that type of stuff i just want to win football matches. that's what i love doing, that's my buzz and that's what i want to do here and that's the demand here and i'm ready for that. gerrard is unlikely to be managing his team, against ross county, in the premiership next season. they came from behind to draw 1—1, with second bottom partick, but it still leaves them, points behind their rivals, with just two games remaining chris froome's bid to hold all three of cycling's grand tour titles, at the same time, got off to a bumpy start, at the giro d'italia. the team sky leader, crashed doing a reccie, of the opening time trial injerusalem. he was able to race but after the six mile stage he was down in 21st, 37 seconds behind the win

steven gerrard says he has held "positive talks" with rangers over their vacant manager's position.fter their 5—0 thrashing by old firm rivals celtic in the scottish premiership. former england captain gerrard is currently in charge of liverpool's under—18s but has no top—level experience as a manager. in a statement released today, rangers say they "hope to be in a position to comment further on the managerial position in the near future." brighton have asked police to investigate reported monkey chants aimed at their players during their match with burnley at turf moor last weekend. brighton's gaetan bong was booed during the match by home fans, having accused west brom's burnley—born forward jay rodriguez of racially abusing him in a match injanuary. brighton manager chris hughton has called it shameful, with the club now asking sussex police to investigate. fitness permitting, andy murray will face a tough opening match at wimbledon if, as expected, he's unseeded for the draw. the two—time champion hasn't played competitively since losing in last year's wimbledon quarterfinals.

let‘s talk about steven gerrard as well, a liverpool superstar.ty, who was sacked as interim boss yesterday. gerrard has been an under—18s coach with liverpool‘s academy since retiring from playing in 2016. and he was the favourite going into the quarter—finals but ding junhui is on the verge of going out of the world snooker championship. he‘s just two frames away from defeat to barry hawkins. hawkins leads 11—5, needing 13 for victory. they‘ll resume later this moring. kyren wilson is in the driving seat after last night‘s other quarter—final third session. he began level at four frames all with mark allen and finished the day leading 11—5. seven—time champion, serena williams, is likely to be seeded at wimbledon this year, even if the american does not climb back into the world‘s top 32 before the tournament. the 36—year—old williams has dropped to 449th in the world since giving birth last year. the all england club says it can decide to seed a player, regardless of ranking. a decision will be made at a meeting in latejune. andy murray will no

steven gerrard has been named the new boss of glasgow rangers.take over. he insists he is not concerned about his lack of extras. though his rivals celtic has dominated the scottish football in recent yea rs. dominated the scottish football in recent years. he understands the size of this task. when the call came, it was a no—brainer. i got a different feeling in my stomach. from the previous opportunities i had had in terms of being a number one manager. there is a lot of things to think about. from that phone call i got a special feeling and a new rangers was for me. i miss fighting for three points in the weekend. being the manager, i know that will come and there will be a lot of scrutiny and pressure. that's what i love about being involved in football. manchester united will be all but guaranteed a second—place finish in the premier league if they win their match at brighton who if they went would definitely stay up in theirfirst they went would definitely stay up in their first season in the premier league. the way it is going it is that t

, they cut relaxed figures but they stand on the shoulders of giants. 13 years ago today, steven gerrard'sep out of their shadows. it's about us creating our own history. we want to go one step further and remember it for the right reasons, and that's us winning the champions league. there's the small matter of getting past real madrid first, a side aiming for their third consecutive champions league trophy. current world player of the year cristiano ronaldo believes he and his team are beyond compare. mo salah, mo salah! liverpool fans have more than proved their dedication, simply getting here and turning kiev red in the process. now, it's their team's turn to leave its mark. natalie pirks, bbc news, kiev. and that much of the key of olympic stadium kicks off at 1845 gmt. plenty more on our website. this is bbc news. hello again. we are all going to see some warm spells of sunshine this weekend but it won't be dry for all of us. we are going to see some pretty big storms which initially affect parts of southern england, wales and the midlands before gradually spreading further north over

previous captains include steven gerrard and david beckham.ue to a knee injury. the 31—year—old has 94 caps for his country, and played every match during their world cup qualifying campaign, as argentina finished third behind brazil and uruguay. romero was named in argentina's 23—man squad on monday, along with fellow keepers willy caballero and franco armani. thank you. we asked you to tell us about our talking point. we asked you to tell us if it is a good idea for kids to live as long as any two at home. we have had a lot tweets on this. one from chesapeake bay in the usa saying a housing my son, his 27, he could possibly live independently with support but we have talked about it and like being roommates. from the mywee have everything in this world has an expiry period, for kids they can stay until they graduate and then the expiry kicks in —— or buy. that sounds fair to me. plenty of tweets coming. keep them coming. thank you for watching bbc news. wednesday is looking absolutely fine across much of the country. sunshine on the way and

european cup following in the footsteps of emlyn hughes, phil thompson, graeme souness and steven gerrard go, it's hard to look beyond mo salah and cristiano ronaldo who could both have the defining say in the destination of the trophy later. hugh woozencroft is in kiev. and hugh you have tonight's team news. indeed. you join me in a far acquired or part of town now because eve ryo ne acquired or part of town now because everyone has filled inside the olympic stadium just before kick—off waiting for a glimpse of what could bea waiting for a glimpse of what could be a classic match and the teams are now out for liverpool and as we expect the only? for them —— the only question for them as if he can shake off an injury. the midfielder is on the bench and has not played since september, and that may be a surprise for fans of liverpool. he may have an impact towards the end of the game especially if milner has not shaken off the injury. a big question of real madrid's starting 11, question of real madrid's starting ii, whether garrett bell would lead the line alongside cristiano ronaldo. —— g

steven gerrard has been appointed as the new manager of rangers.

european cup following in the footsteps of emlyn hughes, phil thompson, graeme souness and steven gerrard far as famous faces go, it's hard to look beyond mo salah and cristiano ronaldo who could both have the defining say in the destination of the trophy later. hugh woozencroft is in kiev. and hugh it's a match which between two teams with real european pedigree? it is all set up beautifully is annette? —— isn't it? it is all set up beautifully is annette? -- isn't it? set up wonderfully here a little over an hour's time, we will see two of european football league going head to head, firstly liverpool with five european cup wins to its name. many of the team have not played in a match like this but the last time in 2005 it was all about destiny, the great comeback win in a stumble and many people think he ever say tonight could go very similar way. but standing in the way is real madrid, who won the cup on 12 occasions. chasing a slice of history, a unprecedented third champions league title in a row. it could be the fourth in five years. recent pedigree at least sits with the spaniards

the likes of gerrard, carragher, the home—grown players, the scousers in the team.ppen to a local lad. this has been the defender‘s breakthrough season. what a moment for the teenager! one of the stars of liverpool's journey to the champions league final, where he'll come up against cristiano ronaldo's real madrid. you want to put yourself into the best place that you can, to get that opportunity, hopefully. and kiev, on a huge stage, it doesn't really come bigger than that. alexander—arnold's yet to be capped by england but he's been tipped to force his way into manager gareth southgate's world cup squad when it's announced next week. and, when he's not playing at anfield, the teenager still enjoys a kickabout in the back garden with his brothers. we'll go one goal each and we'll just play long shots against each other. we try to hit it as hard as we can at each other. i hope you don't get injured! mr klopp won't be happy. no, no, no. and, despite signing a lucrative new contract, he says he won't be getting his own place quite yet. a lot of young players move out

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu welcome president trump's daughter of onka her husband gerrard turned other u.s. officials for a special dinner but envoys from more than half of those countries that were invited did not even show up the european union's mission for example was not on handed stead it tweeted that it respected the international consensus on jerusalem the evening definitely belong to the american president i call on all countries to join the u.s. and moving their embassies to jerusalem. move you run through saloon because it's the right thing to do. move your own biases to jerusalem listen to this move your embassies. because in advance is. joining us now from jerusalem is our correspondent tanya kramer tanya good morning to you we just heard the bedouin netanyahu they're calling on other countries to follow the u.s. and bring their embassies to jerusalem well they are. well i mean this is certainly what the israeli government is hoping for so far we understand that two countries that are moving to embassies that square tamala will meet move the embassy as early a

they cut relaxed figures, but they stand on the shoulders of giants. 13 years ago today, steven gerrard'sthey step out of their shadow. it is about this team and creating our own history. we have done fantastically well to get to this point, but we want to go one step further and remember for the right reasons and that is as winning the champions league. liverpool fans are playing their part to turn kiev read. now the team needs to leave its mark. it's set to be his last one, in the role ofjames bond. daniel craig has already confirmed he will play the british spy in the 25th film in the series, due for release late next year. but today we've found out 0scar—winner danny boyle will be directing. the film will reunite boyle with craig, with whom he worked on a short film made for the london olympics that also memorably featured the queen. production is set to begin in december at the uk's pinewood studios. the stage is set and from tonight the bbc‘s biggest weekend will host some of the biggest names in pop and classical music. ed sheeran, craig david and taylor swift will join in the four

sooner than expected — rangers manager graeme murty leaves with three games remaining, with steven gerrard'ss replacement still being discussed. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the international trade secretary liam fox has accused the house of lords of trying to block the will of the people — after it voted last night to ensure mps have to give their backing to any brexit deal. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said parliament should have the final say on the terms of the uk leaving the european union. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. in downing street this morning, the cabinet arrived for its regular meeting... are the lords trying to block brexit? ..the day after the house of lords gave the government another bloody nose over brexit. are the lords trying to scupper brexit? they didn't say much, but one minister was prepared to express a view about the peers' actions. i think there is an attempt by a group in the house of lords who were very strong on the remain side to thwart our exit from the european union and that cannot be acceptable. my lords,

they cut relaxed figures, but they stand on the shoulders of giants. 13 years ago today, steven gerrard's creating our own history. we have done fantastically well to get to this point, but we want to go one step further and remember for the right reasons and that is as winning the champions league. mo salah! liverpool fans are playing their part to turn kiev red. now the team needs to leave its mark. let's return now to our main story. the disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, has appeared in court in new york charged with rape and sexual abuse. the prosecutor outlined the charges in court. your honour, the defendant is before the court charged with two violent b felonies for two separate forcible sexual assaults against two different women. the charges here today are a result of months of investigation and deliberate analysis of the evidence and the law. that investigation revealed that this defendant used his position, money and power to lure young women into situations where he was able to violate them sexually. our investigation is ongoing and we have encouraged other

it paves the way for a possible move for former england captain steven gerrard to replace. dropped to 449 in the world following the birth of herfirst to 449 in the world following the birth of her first child. and judd trump leans john higgins birth of her first child. and judd trump leansjohn higgins in the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship, 5—3 up with 13 the target for a place in the final format. albie back with more on the stories just after half past. four sleeping children died after being trapped in their bedrooms when their house was hit with petrol bombs last december — a jury in manchester has heard. prosecutors say zak bolland, who's 23, was involved in a feud with the brother of the victims. he and two others deny murder and attempted murder. 0livia richwald is at manchester crown court. that is the essence of what the court was told today, we hope to talk to her who has been following this case, for the latest on the day ‘s proceedings at the start of that case following the death of four young children. the un's nuclear watchdog has reiterated

and former england football captain steven gerrard signed up for his first job in the manager's chair. as a string of potential rain more or less from the eastern med or from turkey and through northern iran towards afghanistan it doesn't look quite like that but that's what we that's what we're trying to show you the moment but the forecast rains are if anything moving slightly north through terror on to azerbaijan media just to the southern caucasus now we have got cloud creeping out of egypt towards jordan for example that's likely to be nothing more than that i don't think we see any significant rain out of that is an increase in the cover in the sky but temperature may much the same and it's hotter further inland anyway by guys up to thirty five occasional showers just across the border in iran but i've told you that some of the main lot of potential rain is significant snow up in the hindu kush south of all this well it's been interesting recently we had some big thunderstorms they faded away this looks most likely just to be clouded east and saudi and bahrain the thames about r

steven gerrard says he is honoured to become the new manager of rangers.ce. it is his first big managerialjob. he retired from playing 18 months ago. he had been part of the clubs under 18 coaching sec tour receded. iam 18 coaching sec tour receded. i am confident that we can do well. in terms of targets and that type of thing, ijust in terms of targets and that type of thing, i just want to win football matches. that is my thing, that is my balance and that is what i want to hear. i am ready for that. him and his assistant or unlike you to be managing their team against watts county because they became from behind. it leaves ross county two points either rivals with just two points either rivals with just two games remaining. chris froome's bid to hold all three of cycling's grant is a title has got off to a bumpy start. he crashed during a reiki of the opening time trial injerusalem. during a reiki of the opening time trial in jerusalem. he during a reiki of the opening time trial injerusalem. he was able to raise but after the six mile stage he was in 2

former liverpool and england captain steven gerrard has been confirmed as the manager of scottish club ranges starts first job in management sincere its are from plying ranges have been scottish league champions more than fifty times in their history but the glasgow same haven't will not cycle since two thousand and eleven since i stopped playing football or are missed the pressure for them for three points on the weekend. and being your nonbeing rangers manager i know that's going to come i know to be a lot of scrutiny and a lot of pressure. but that's what i love about be involved in football all the political and economic blockade imposed on cuts or has been brought to the forefront again following the draw for next year's asian cup the consonance biggest footballing events being held in the united arab emirates and qatar have been drawn alongside saudi arabia in group e. along with lebanon north korea sound of the usa bahrain and egypt seven times with cats or last june brazilian dr appears for fit of hold a is in hospital with two broken legs after a high speed crash the accident

grigor the emitter of four was also tested by american gerrard donaldson the bulgarian coming out on top of yet another five set thriller six seven six four four six six four and ten eight the final score when. it's great to win a match in five sets stays stays with you you keep it in especially on clay and not here to. the french open soul so move forward and then you do is one of those matches that i don't play my best but i amended the way to win. after more than four hour was a local boy frenchmen jeremy shockey finally overcame seventeen c. thomas but each to reach the third round the pay went to six each and the frenchman took the decider making their his first win against a former wimbledon runner up in six attempts japan's caniff she corey defeated frenchman ben well paid to reach the third round six three two six four six six two six three to school in that encounter. caroline wozniacki cruised her way through into the third round at roland garros after victory against qualifier georgina garcia pet is she only lost a single game during the merge six one six love was the scho

our top story steven gerrard becoming manager at rangers. becoming manager at rangers. back the years, 9—7 up. barry hawkins and mike williams are playing in the other semifinal. playing in the other semifinal. first of 17, still some way to go. we will also be live injerusalem. a shaky start for chris froome. shaky start for chris froome. is a curious kenyan dumping story we have got for you. have got for you. at the badminton horse trials, too. horse trials, too. forward to the hay—bellew fight this weekend. weekend. but now it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we have tully, a new film starring charlie's. charlie's. and the new and make him a merry ‘s flower. it is made by the people who made juno which is just glorious. it is made by the people who made juno which isjust glorious. juno which isjust glorious. i love that movie so much. that movie so much. written by gabor cody, directed byjason reitman. cody, directed byjaso

steven gerrard will be announced as the new rangers manager this afternoon. will look at the impact of the sale of the national stadium. his skipper chris who merrily —— a skierfor his skipper chris who merrily —— a skier for chris his skipper chris who merrily —— a skierfor chris froome his skipper chris who merrily —— a skier for chris froome came his skipper chris who merrily —— a skierfor chris froome came off his skipper chris who merrily —— a skier for chris froome came off of his bakewell skier for chris froome came off of his ba kewell practising skier for chris froome came off of his bakewell practising for the time trial. he should be ok. —— came off his bike while practising. it will finish at the end of the month in rome. winning the tour de france and in spain, this is what he really wa nts. rory mcilroy is in contention after the first round of his first tournament since the masters. he is three under par at the fargo championship in america, three shots behind leaderjohn peterson. this chip on seven helping him to a birdie. tiger woods was leve

there have been talks of steven gerrard replacing.ng generally has work to do if he is to achieve the semifinals of the snooker world championship. one of the most senior figures in the catholic church, cardinal george pell, is to stand trial on charges of historical sexual abuse in australia. cardinal pell, who‘s 76, is the highest ranking catholic to face such allegations. hywel griffith reports from melbourne. one of the most powerful people in the catholic world, cardinal pell‘s case has drawn global coverage at every step. crowdjeers. he had to be guided through dozens of cameras and reporters, waiting for him at the court. during his time in australia, the cardinal was considered as the voice of the church. born and bred in the state of victoria, he became the archbishop of melbourne. it‘s during his time here in the 1990s that some of the sexual abuse is alleged to have taken place. other offences are said to have happened in his home city of ballarat where, in the 1970s, he worked as a priest. for years, ribbons have been plac

gerrard has been an under—18s coach with liverpool's academy since retiring from playing in 2016. by hawkins, who took the two frames he needed for victory in the first two this morning, eventually wrapping up a 13—5 win with a century break. i thought i played pretty well. i felt like he'd give up on the end there. you want to win every session that you can and winning 6—2 last night was obviously a massive boost because unless you really collapse from 11 — five, which is possible, somebody could play than plastic snooker and think and do that, i was happy to make those couples of frames and get it over and done with, yes. yeah, i will get more time to do something else. i wish i could have one today. some days bad, some days good. ijust tried my best. you must believe that you will come back in the future and have another good chance of winning? yeah, i believe that i can win it. so not give up yet. hopefully i can get more experience out there. these are live pictures from the other semifinal going on. judd trump is leading 7—5. that's live on the bbc sport website. this aftern

it follows quite a number of premier league stars who have gone to mls, beckham, lampard, defoe, gerrarduppose it is no great surprise he will take the money that is on offer? it seems to be becoming a trend, when we think back to david beckham going into thousand seven, he went to la galaxy. 0ver into thousand seven, he went to la galaxy. over the summer we have seen is latter and go there as well, amid all the fanfare he brought back, and you could go back to the 70s before the mls, when pele, arguably the greatest footballer, when he played for new york cosmos. a lot of franchises have since 2007 had this for new york cosmos. a lot of franchises playerice 2007 had this can has to