a lot of people are waiting for iga swiatek to take to the court, the defending champion. opponent today. she has a spanish opponent today. she will be on after daniil medvedev finishes his match. it is in the first set tie—break at the moment with a brazilian. other matches to look forward to our gael monfils, that will be on tonight. coco gauff, the runner—up at the french open the singles and doubles it is in a spot of bother. she has lost the first set 6—3 against a qualifier. of bother. she has lost the first set 6-3 against a qualifier. thank ou, set 6-3 against a qualifier. thank you. russell- _ sheffield wednesday boss darren moore says his side's win over ten man barnsley in the league one play—off final "is the stuff of dreams". it was goaless and heading for penalties whenjosh windass scored a brilliant diving header in the final seconds of extra time to send them back in to the championship after two seasons in league one. 15 years ago, windass's father, dean, scored the winner for hull in the championship play—off final also at wembley, so a pretty special day

the defending women's champion iga swiatek is in action later and one of the other contenders for thesing grand slam finallist twice last year but has had calf injury problems recently. she looked pretty comfortable in seeing off the italian lucia bronzetti though—the seventh seed easing through to the second round in straight sets, 6—4, 6—1. hello from the bbc sport centre. it's day three of the french open. the defending women's champion iga swiatek is in action later and one of the other contenders for the title, ons jabeur, is safely through. jabeur was a losing grand slam finallist twice last year but has had calf injury problems recently. she looked pretty comfortable in seeing off the italian lucia

the defending champion iga swiatek is through to the women's quarterfinals, beating vekic 6—3, 6—4, andmpion rybakina in the last eight. magnus cort has won stage 10 of the giro d'italia. outpacing his rivals in a sprint finish. thomas finished 51 seconds behind to retain his overall lead, a three second advantage. the 13th stage on friday will be shortened by eight kilometres because of snow and the risk of avalanches. afterwards, cort said it was one of the toughest stages he had ridden. that is the sport for now. hello there. looks like high pressure will continue to bring a lot of fine and settled weather to the country for the rest of this week and into the weekend. temperatures will be climbing slightly, particularly where we have the sunshine. that said, there'll still be a few showers around and outbreaks of rain around the area of high pressure. so, this weather front will be bringing some wet weather to the north of scotland throughout the day on wednesday. now, the blue tinge is fading away for wednesday. we're starting to import that yellow and orange colour, so, the tempera

the women's world number one iga swiatek is bidding for her third straight rome title and breezed intoo her latest victim, 6—2, 6—0. there's another ban for basketball starja morant, who's once again suspended from all activities with the memphis grizzlies after he was seen brandishing a gun on social media for the second time in two months. morant was seen on instagram holding a pistol. back in march, he was caught holding a gun in a video that sparked a police investigation and an eight—game suspension by the nba. cricket now, and joe root was out for ten in his first indian premier league innings as rajasthan royals were thrashed by 112 runs by royal challengers bangalore, severely damaging their chances of reaching the play—offs with one match remaining. root was trapped lbw after 15 balls. it came amid a dismal royals batting effort, including the loss of england'sjos buttler for a duck, as they were bowled out for 59 in just over ten overs. in reply, faf du plessis and ghislaine maxwell hit 505 in rcb's 171-5. —— in reply, faf du plessis and glenn maxwell hit 505 in rcb's 171-5.

well, no such problems for defending champion iga swiatek. slow start, the world number one gave herself an early birthday gift a day before turning 22 by cruising past spain's cristina bucsa, 6—4, 6—0. yeah, i feel pressure. i would be lying if i said i don't, but i'm trying to kind of work with it and just play my game, no matter, you know, all the circumstances and the expectations from the outside. it's not easy, but basically i think it's like the most important thing in tennis right now to cope with that properly. and i already know how to do that. so, i have all hopes that i'm going to continue doing that. to rugby union and it's been a turbulent 2a hours for english premiership side london irish — risking suspension from the league, they were granted an extra week's grace by the rugby football union to allow an american consortium to complete the takeover of the club. however, in the latest twist, it's emerged that london irish's ownership has offered to pay only 50% of salaries, which are due on wednesday. players found out this late

defending womens�* champion iga swiatek starts against spanish world number 67 cristina bucsa. sabalenka, who won the australian open, starts against ukraine's marta kostyuk, who has been very outspoken about the war in her country and tensions in the locker—room with belarussian and russian players. wimbledon champion elena rybakina is seeded fourth after winning the italian 0pen last week. she is still waiting to find out her first round opponent is still a lot of qualifying going on in paris. you can get the full draw on the bbc website. i will have a update in the next hour. creating a popular tv drama is notoriously hard. making one in which every character is a truly terrible person is even more impressive. that's what the makers of succession have done. in just five years, the tale of a media mogul and his ruthlessly ambitious children — which ends on monday — has gained millions of devoted fans. brian cox plays the lead role of logan roy. he's been speaking to the bbc�*s amol rajan — and we must warn you, this interview contains a major spoiler for those not up to speed

website, you can see all the results there as well from the rome masters tennis where i can tell you iga swiatektire from the quarterfinal against elena rybakina, the wimbledon. it was once at all and two games all in the deciding set and swiatek having to retire through injury. but from me and the team, that is all from now. goodbye. hello there. there's going to be some more warm sunshine at times on thursday. could be one of two showers breaking out, mind you. and later in the day, we're going to find this cloud coming in from the atlantic to bring a little rain into the northwest. right now, though, we've got this stream of cloud moving down from the north. a lot of it, though. this quite thin, high, cloud, but with more cloud around, temperatures will start at nearer nine or ten degrees early on thursday. and from that cloud, there could still be a little light rain or drizzle in scotland. now eastern parts of scotland should become drier and brighter. and in northern ireland there'll be some sunshine in the morning before that band of cloud brings that line of rain. for england and wales,

defending women's champion iga swiatek starts against spaniard cristina bucsa.m belarus, aryna sabalenka, will face ukraine's marta kostyuk. and wimbledon champion elena rybakina is still waiting to find out her first round opponent. meanwhile, norrie is through to the semifinals of the lyon 0pen. the defending champion beat sebastian baez in three sets. he'll face another argentinian next in francisco cerundolo, who beat jack draper to progress. the other semifinal sees brandon nakashima take on frenchman arthur fils. now, lewis hamilton says he's not been in talks with ferrari and is close to agreeing a new contract with mercedes. there had been reports that ferrari had contacted him about switching to the italian team. speaking ahead of this weekend's racing in monaco, hamilton says he's sticking with his team. we've had the wrong car. we've made, you know, there have been some decisions that have been made over the past two years that have not been ideal, and we're working our way through that. when you're in the contract negotiations, there's always going t

rybakina will face either top—ranked iga swiatek, the twice defending champion, or croatia's donna vekicfirst team to seal a play—off place in this year's ipl. they beat sunrisers hyderabad by 3a runs in ahmedabad — a result which means sunrisers can't reach the knockout stage. shubman gill's maiden ipl hundred propelled titans to 188—9 after they were put into bat. mohammed shami and mohit sharma each took four wickets as sunrisers collapsed to isa—9. in the coming hours, britain's geraint thomas will head into the tenth stage of the giro d'italia with a three—second overall lead over slovenia's primoaz roglic. world champion remco evenepoel had led, but was forced to give up the pinkjersey after becoming the latest victim of covid in the tour — and thomas admits it might be time to go back to the safety measures that were in place when covid rates were at their at their highest a couple of years ago. just go back to summer like, what we used to do when covid was 2020, 2021 where we were in our own little bubble and wearing masks and this and that in public spaces, so i guess, as a team

the women's world number one iga swiatek says she's waiting for an update on a thigh injury which forcedrterfinals. she treatment before retiring level at one set all against el aaraby king on wednesday. reigning 0pen champion faces a race against time to be fit for roland garros, which starts on the 28th of may. 0ne star who will miss the french open is nick kyrgios who is out with 0pen is nick kyrgios who is out with a foot injury sustained during an alleged theft at his house. police say the australian player's car was stolen from his mother at gunpoint in canberra earlier this month. curious hasn't played this year following knee surgery injanuary. england netball star geva mentor has announced she will retire from international netball at the conclusion of this summer's world cup in south africa. she will be playing in her sixth world cup and made his england debut in 2001 when she was 16. over a career spanning more than two decades she has played in 11 major tournaments, winning five bronze medals in the gold at the commonwealth games. andjimmy butler was the commonwealth games. a

the madrid open is currently ongoing and iga swiatek is through to the quarterfinals for the first time't make it easy for her. the world number one needed neary 2.5 hours to finally oust the russian, in a match that finished after 1.00am local time. 6—4, 6—7, 6—3 was the scoreline. next up for the pole is 27th seed petra martic. philadelphia took the first game of their second—round nba playoff series against the boston celtics 119—115, despite the 76ers being without star manjoel embiid. stepping up in embiid's absence was james harden. he poured in 45 points, matching his playoff career high. he had seven three—pointers in total, with this one basicallly sealing the win to extend their lead to four points. harden says philly will win without embiid if they have to. we didn't come into the game expecting to lose. we are here to win. even after this game, i said to the guys, don't be too happy. that is the mindset we have as a unit and whetherjoe comes back or not, we will be ready to go. obviously he is everything to this team, but whoever is on the floor, we've got to go and win the

defending womens�* champion iga swiatek starts against spanish world number 67 cristina bucsa.ka, who won the australian open, starts against ukraine's marta kostyuk, who has been very outspoken about the war in her country and tensions in the locker—room with belarussian and russian players. wimbledon champion elena rybakina is seeded fourth after winning the italian open last week. she is still waiting to find out her first round opponent . actually, she has a lucky loser. a uualifier. and that's all the sport for now. in the last hour, the bbc has spoken to an army commander in bakhmut who insist that ukraine still controls part of the city. he confirmed that the russian army were taking over positions on the outskirts of the city from the wagner military group. you will remember that the wagner group have led the attack on bakhmut on the russian side. earlier, the head of that group announced it was transferring positions to the russian army in a video that the bbc has confirmed it was taken in the east of the city. have a listen. translation: we are withdrawing units from

defending women's champion iga swiatek, starts against spaniard cristina bucsa. against spaniard cristina marta kostyuk, who has been very outspoken about the war in her country and tensions in the locker—room with belarusian and russian players faces belarusian aryna sabalenka. wimbledon champion elena rybakina is still waiting to find out her first round opponent there is a lot of qualifying still going on in paris. and that's all the sport for now. to a developing story now out of bakhmut, the city in eastern ukraine. in the last hour, the bbc has spoken to a ukrainian army commander in the region and he has insisted that ukraine still controls part of the city. he confirmed russian army units were taking over positions in the outskirts of the city from the wagner militia. you'll remember that wagner have led the fighting in bakhmut for the russian side. well earlier, the head of the wagner group, announced that it was transferring positions to the russian army in a video that bbc verify has confirmed was taken in the east of the city. translation: we are withdrawing units from bakhmut

no problems for the women's top seed iga swiatek.ale sharks are into their first premiership final for 17 years — after beating the holders leicester tigers 21—13. saracens await in the final at twickenham. ben croucher reports: from rugby unions southern heartland to its northern souls, sales have waited for their final reckoning and the home side got there all... after a concerted spell of pressure, the tigers with the scores level, just a bounce of the ball could decide this one. sales had... forward? yes it was. setting up that saracens showdown in a fortnight. it will be north versus south. winner takes all. gloucester—hartpury are back on top of the premier 15s table after a 40—26 victory over loughborough. they started the day a point behind exeter chiefs who were beaten by the reigning champions saracens, that's despite this try from katie buchanan. the chiefs losing 29—22 so they are second with saracens third. today saw the inaugural rob burrow leeds marathon — an event named after the former leeds rhinos player who was dia

no problems for the women's top seed iga swiatek.ale sharks are into their first premiership final for 17 years — after beating the holders leicester tigers by 21 points to 13. saracens await in the final at twickenham. paul frostick reports: from rugby unions southern heartland to its northern soul, sale have waited a while for their final reckoning. and as the sharks meant leicester tigers, the home side got the ball to their roebuck. tom tumbling overfor the ball to their roebuck. tom tumbling over for the games first try. after a concerted spell of pressure, the tigers clawed their way back after their own wizard on the wing. with the scores level on the wing. with the scores level on the hour mark, just a balance of the ball could decide this one. in the safe hands of aaron reid, sale had a sure thing. but as booking their trip to twickenham, that pass was illegal. forward, yes it was. but there is more than one way to skin a cat. the boot of george ford proved just as effective, kicking the game beyond leicester's will reach an

world number one iga swiatek started her bid for a third straight italian open title in perfect fashionrop a single game in her straight—sets win over anastasia pavlyuchenkova. not so good for the world number seven 0ns jabeur. she fell 6—1, 6—4 to paula badosa. last year's finalist being eliminated, after other big names exited in the second round, like world number two aryna sabalenka, third—ranked jessica pegula and 2019 winner karolina pliskova. after their opening one day international was a washout — ireland and bangladesh are in action again in chelmsford. bangladesh won the toss and decided to field — ireland are currently 271 for 5 approaching the end of their 50 overs. ireland missed out on automatic qualifcation for the world cup following that first washout, but have another chance to qualify next month. and that's all the sport for now. the final ten acts are through to the grand final of the eurovision song contest. live now to liverpool with luxmy gopal. the excitement is building, isn't it? absolutely. it has been building all week in the farne village, with live perform

defending women's champion iga swiatek, starts against spaniard cristina bucsa. three sets, he'll next face another argentinian in francisco cerundolo who beat jack draper to progress. the other semi will be between brandon nakashima and frenchman arthur fils. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much we will see a little later. a federaljudge in the united states has sentenced the founder of the far right militant oath keepers, stewart rhodes, to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the storming of the us capitol on january the 6th, 2021. live now to our washington correspondent, jessica parker. jessica, remind us who this group is and what role they played onjanuary the 6th. 50 and what role they played on january the 6th. ., , , ., ., ., the 6th. so oath keepers are a far riaht the 6th. so oath keepers are a far right militia _ the 6th. so oath keepers are a far right militia group _ the 6th. so oath keepers are a far right militia group who _ the 6th. so oath keepers are a far right militia group who the - the 6t

in the women's draw, no problems for the world number one iga swiatek.the headlines in rugby union, as london irish's future hangs in the balance. the team had been granted a week's extension to complete a takeover for the club, on the condition that the players wages would be paid in full by today. however, it emerged last night that the club's ownership has offered to only pay 50% of salaries. it's now up to the rfu to decide on whether they will grant the extension, given the conditions of the reprieve have not been met. i think it would be devastating for the fans, more so probably for the club. there are people whose livelihoods are at stake. and i think that's what we always have to remember first and foremost, like any sport, it becomes part of identity for a lot of people as well. so it will be felt really keenly, and all the more so because we've seen it happens to other teams in the last eight months. and finally, how best to celebrate a successful season. a trophy lift, maybe a bus parade? but after a fourth women's super league title in a row