the romanian team captain, former grand slam winner, ilie nastase, has been suspended for the rest ofter appearing to abuse the umpire and members of the british team, including johanna konta who was playing sorana cirstea. the british number one was visibly upset and play was stopped for 25 minutes. she returned to win the rubber and level the tie at 1—all. the international tennis federation are investigating nastase‘s actions and also derogatory comments he made yesterday about serena williams. aberdeen have reached the scottish cup final for the first time in 17 years after beating holders hibernian 3—2 at hampden park. celtic face rangers in the other semi tomorrow. in the first of rugby union‘s champion cup semifinals, the champions league munster at dublin. —— the champions league munster. and ellie downie has won two more medals at the european gymnastics championships in romania — to add to her all—around gold from yesterday. she took silver in the vault and bronze on the uneven bars. i‘ll be back with more on those stories. clashes have broken out in the german city of colog

serena williams has accused ilie nastase of racism and sexism after comments he made about her unbornnded. serena williams said it disappoints that people like ilie nastase can make such racist comments towards myself and my unborn child and sexist comments towards my peers. i have said it once and i will say it again, this world has come so far but we have so far to go. we have broken down many barriers but there are a pleasure to go. i will take a lead and stand up for what is right. defending champion mark selby is through to the quarter finals of the world snooker championship after beating xiao guo—dong. selby resumed with a 10—6 lead against his chinese opponent, and rattled off the three frames he needed in under an hour. he made a century break at the cruicible for the first time this year in the first frame of the session and just missed out on another as he clinched the match by 13 frames to 6. 10-6 10—6 you have still got a co mforta ble 10—6 you have still got a comfortable lead but he will still be looking to win. to win the first frame and get it settled was nice and to

johanna konta will return, unlike ilie nastase.plex, is accreditation removed. banned from playing. —— his. the 37th london marathon will get under way later this morning. more than 40,000 people have registered, meaning this year's race is set to outstrip last year's record number of runners. many will be waved off on their 26 mile journey by the duke and duchess of cambridge, who are expected to be seen cheering on from the sidelines. our reporter, dan johnson, is in greenwich for us this morning. good morning. after all of the weeks and months of preparation, all of the runners are taking part in very time has finally come. what is it like down there at the moment? -- part, their time. down here there is a race to get things ready. they are just finishing off building the start line. a lot of work to do. a huge operation to take care of the 40,000 runners expected here today. that is a record number. it is the 37th london marathon. you can see the scale of what is needed. 1200 portaloos. these are the hospitality tents were some

romanian captain ilie nastase then got involved. ts he made about serena williams, nastase swore at the british pair and the officials before being escorted away. play resumed, but only briefly. konta, the world number seven, visibly distressed. she left the court soon after, as another romanian player, simona halep, pleaded with the crowd. after nearly half an hour, konta returned and wasted no time in finishing the match. konta will return, unlike nastase, escorted from the complex, his accreditation removed and banned from the rest of the matches. bleep you're stupid! later this morning more than 40 thousand people are expected to take part in the london marathon. 0ur reporter dan johnson is in greenwich for us this morning. after a ll after all the months of training, maybe people are feeling butterflies now? yes, you can feel the atmosphere building. people are starting to get ready. it has the feel of a starting to get ready. it has the feel ofa mini starting to get ready. it has the feel of a mini festival, there are such a bi

romanian captain ilie nastase then got involved. stigation for comments he made about serena williams yesterday, nastase swore at the british pair and the officials before being escorted away. play resumed but only briefly, with konta, the world number seven, visibly distressed. she left the court soon after as another romanian player, simona halep, pleaded with the crowd. after nearly half an hour, konta returned and wasted no time in finishing the match. she will return tomorrow, unlike nastase, taken from the complex, his accreditation removed and banned from the rest of the time. bleep you're stupid. alex gulrajani, bbc news. great britain's gymnasts are also in romania, at the european championships. ellie downey has added a silver and bronze to her gold yesterday and courtney tulloch made history on the rings. his silver is the first major international medal for a british competitor on the apparatus. he finished second to current olympic champion. saracens are through to rugby union's european champions cup final. they are the

ilie nastase, the romanian team captain, was removed from the venue in constanta after swearing at theavong and the british number one johanna konta who was so upset that her match had to be stopped. she eventually won to level the tie at 1—all. alex gulrajani reports . the pressure was on konta from the start. she won the first set, but that wasn‘t her only battle. both konta and the gb captain complained to the umpire about the crowd and the romanian captain ilie nastase got involved, swearing at both of them and the officials, before being escorted away. they then restarted, but not for long. konta, the world number seven visibly distressed, complaining again to the umpire before leaving the court. with another romanian player pleading with the crowd. after a 25 minute suspension, konta returned and quickly slotted back into form, winning five games in a row to seal victory and bring it level. the tide continues and konta will return, unlike nastase, his accreditation removed and banned from the rest of the matches. joining us now from romania is our tennis correspondent. what‘s the

the action and the money —— emaciated. 23 time grand slam champion serena williams has accused ilie nastasede about her unborn child. the romanian fed cup captain has been provisionally suspended by the itf. writing on instagram, the world number one said, "it disappoints me to know we live in a society where people like ilie nastase can make such racist comments against my peers", before adding, "this world has come newcastle united have been promoted back to the english premier league after just one season. their place was secured after a four one win over preston north end. our sports correspondent katie gornall was at st james's park. this is a big club with big aspirations. a regularly have about 50,000 fancy. it is a club that feels like it belongs in the premier league, but that is often just not the case. there was a lot of speculation around newcastle united this year because of the size of this year because of the size of this the stadium and club. they had to bring in12 this the stadium and club. they had to bring in 12 new players. they had to bring in 12 new players. they had t

the romanian captain, ilie nastase, got involved. or comments he made about serena williams, nastase swore at the british pair and the officials, before being escorted away. play resumed, but only briefly, withjohanna konta, the world number seven, visibly distressed. she left the court soon after with another, simona halep, pleading with the crowd. after nearly half—an—hour, konta returned, and wasted no time finishing the match. konta will return, unlike nastase. escorted from the complex, his accreditation removed. banned from playing. the 37th london marathon will get under way later this morning. more than 40,000 people have registered, meaning this year's race is set to outstrip last year's record number of runners. many will be waved off on their 26 mile journey by the duke and duchess of cambridge, who are expected to be seen cheering on from the sidelines. 0ur reporter, dan johnson, is in greenwich for us this morning. yeah. it is still very busy. trying to put the last few pieces in place. they have just finished building th

ilie nastase has defended his comments. do you think if i say coffee with milk it is a racial word?k about, but who is the one person who has decided... for me it is not racial. serena williams wrote that the comet was done as she released a statement. it may be racialfor released a statement. it may be racial for other people. anybody else get upset, i don't understand. what did you mean then?” else get upset, i don't understand. what did you mean then? i don't mean anything. if it is nothing to be racial, it is not the word that is racial. mark selby staged an early comeback in his world snooker championship semifinal with ding junhui. the defending champion came into today trailing 5—3 but took the first four frames of the second session to build a 7—5 lead in what's a repeat of last year's final. it's been back and forth since then but selby has managed to keep a two frame advantage — leading 9—7 ahead of this evening's session. in the other semifinal, john higgins has extended his lead against barry hawkins — after winning a marathon final frame in the afternoon session, which

we've all that and more to come but first 23 time grand slam champion serena williams has accused ilie nastasesm and sexism following the comments he made about her unborn child, as well as a number of female tennis players. the romanian fed cup captain has been provisionally suspended by the itf. here's what serena had to say in a statement released on monday. now to the news that maria sharapova's return from a 15 month doping ban on wednesday has been questioned by her first opponent in germany this week, roberta vinci. the italian who was a beaten finalist at the 2015 us open says she doesn't agree that the russian deserves a wildcard to the porsche grand prix in stuttgart and other events in madrid and rome. sharapova was given a two—year ban last year, backdated to the 26th of january 2016, after testing positive for heart disease drug meldonium at the australian open. her suspension was reduced to 15 months in october, following her appeal to the court of arbitration for sport. she can return to play but without any wildcard at. for me, she will play two or three tournaments. my persona

romania's fed cup captain and former world number one ilie nastase has issued an apology for his behaviour—year—old has been provisionally suspended by the international tennis federation for his conduct. he was also overheard making apparently racist comments about serena williams‘ unborn baby. however, speaking to the bbc‘s david 0rnstein on a very crackly phone line, nastase defended his comments. do you think if i said coffee with milk it's a racial word? do you think if i said coffee with milk it's a racialword? many do you think if i said coffee with milk it's a racial word? many people think and interpreted that... many people think but who is the one person to decide? for me it is not racial. serena williams wrote that the comment... she released a statement. then it is racialfor her, everybody gets upset and i don't understand. what did you mean then? i don't mean anything. because her husband is white and she is like this. i said a combination would be something like that, but nothing to do with racial. the first stage of the tour de yorkshire has been marred by a big crash withi

romania's fed cup captain and former world number one, ilie nastase has issued an apology for his behaviourania last week. the 70—year—old has been provisionally suspended by the international tennis federation for his conduct. he was also overheard making apparently racist comments about serena williams‘ unborn baby. however, speaking to the bbc‘s david 0rnstein on a very crackly phone line, nastase defended his comments. do you think if i said coughing with milk it is a racial thing? do you think if i said coughing with milk it is a racialthing? many people interpreted it that way. who is the one thing to decide it or not? for me it is not racial. serena williams said it was racial. then it is racialfor her, but not williams said it was racial. then it is racial for her, but not for me. williams said it was racial. then it is racialfor her, but not for me. i don't understand why everybody is upset. what did you mean then? i meant nothing. her husband is white and she is like. but it is not racial. the first stage of the tour de yorkshire has been marred by a big crash within sight of the

serena williams says ilie nastase's comets on her unborn child racist.abusing players including johanna konta. williams said, it disappoints me to know that we live in a society where people like ilie nastase can make such racist comments to myself and my unborn child and sexist comments against my fellow players. red britain's ice hockey players on the second game in the world championship game, beating bolton last night where liam stewart, the son of sir rod stewart scored his first international goal. britain joinjapan and first international goal. britain join japan and lithuania first international goal. britain joinjapan and lithuania at the top of the table on six points. great britain hope to eventually make the top tier of the world championships. the quarterfinals are almost underway at the world snooker championship in sheffield, five—time champion ronnie 0'sullivan is about to start his match with ding junhui of china. there he is. just about to come out to see the crowd at the crucible. karen wilson takes onjohn higgins on the other table. w

and romania's tennis captain ilie nastase is banned from the rest of the fed cup —— after foul—mouthedtonjohanna konta in tears. good afternoon. 0n the first weekend of campaigning for the general election, the focus has been on taxes. theresa may in the west midlands today, refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income tax, vat or national insurance. meanwhile the labour leader jeremy corbyn in manchester, has promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest shoulders, if he wins onjune eighth. here's our political correspondent ben wright. get ready for the knock at your door. today the prime minister to her campaign message to dudley and wonderful to me have spoken for many. i couldn't understand why you cold another election with three yea rs cold another election with three years to go. i once the strongest possible negotiating hand in europe. this general election is notjust about brexit and the parties are writing manifestos for the pledges and promises. the issue of tax will be prominent and theresa may was asked whether she will be keeping the tories 2

romania's former world number one tennis player ilie nastase has apologised for comments he made aboutf racism after he was overheard asking if the baby would be "chocolate with milk?". the two—time grand slam champion has been provisionally suspended by the international tennis federation. tennis federation who have launched an investigation... but nastase told the bbc his reaction was ‘spontaneous'. do you think if i said copy with milk it is a racial word? do you think if i said copy with milk it is a racialword? many people interpreted that. but he is the one thing who decided that? for me it is not racial. serena wiliams wrote that the comments... she released a statement. if she thinks like that it is racial for her but is not racial for other people. i don't way everybody has got upset. what did you mean, then?” don't way everybody has got upset. what did you mean, then? i didn't mean anything. i thought the combination would be something like that. on to snooker and the semi—finals of the world championship at sheffield's crucible theatre. john higgins is seven frames away from

and the host's captain, former grand slam winner ilie nastase, has been banned from tomorrow's play as the stadium after swearing at the umpire and shouting abuse at konta and her captain anne keothavong. konta was visibly upset by the incident and after some confusion the match was halted for 25 minutes. when play resumed konta had recovered her composure and took the match two sets to love. the tie is level at 1—1. heather watson had lost her rubber earlier on. saracens remain on course to retain their european champions cup title. they beat munster by 26 points to 10 in dublin to reach their third final in four years. they'll face clermont auvergne or leinster in the final, that second semi—final takes place tomorrow. ronnie 0'sullivan is comfortably through to the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship. he only needed three frames to complete victory when he resumed this morning against former champion shaun murphy and he hit a century break on his way to a 13—7 win. earlierjohn higgins beat mark allen 13—9 and ronnie o sullivan booked his place in the last 8 beating form

tennis star ilie nastase is banned from a major tournament after ranting at british players during the

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released a statement over recent comments about her unborn child by romania's fed cup captain ilie nastasecomments as racist. nastase, a former world number one, is under investigation by the international tennis federation. if you were watching yesterday, you'll have seen our report from the world masters games in auckland. well, here's one of our favourite medal winners in action. this is 101—year—old man kaur, the only entrant in the 100 metres sprint for people aged 100 or over. she crossed the line one minute and fourteen seconds after she started. that's a mere 611.42 seconds slower that the world record set by usain bolt, but man kaur wasn't worried about that. she just said she was very happy — and promised to keep on running. and next on her agenda in auckland — the 200 metres sprint, the shot put, and the javelin — all for centenarians. and from one notable achievement to another. there have been big celebrations at nasa, after a new milestone was set in space exploration. peggy whitson has broken the record for the most time spent in space by an american, with her total now past

romania's tennis captain ilie nastase is banned from the fed cup after apparent verbal abuse reduced'sjohanna konta to tears. and in half an hour, pop up lebanon heads the dangerous bekar valley, a border region with syria, to meet a drugs kingpin. good evening and welcome to bbc news. on the first weekend of campaigning for the general election, the focus has been on taxes. theresa may, campaigning in the west midlands today, refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income tax, vat or national insurance. meanwhile, the labour leader jeremy corbyn, in manchester, has promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest shoulders, if he wins onjune 8th. here's our political correspondent ben wright. get ready for the knock at your door. today, the prime minister took her campaign message to dudley and one voter may have spoken for many. i couldn't understand why you called an election with three years to go. i think we need a stronger negotiating hand in europe. but this general election is notjust about brexit and all the parties are rapidly writing manifesto is fu

tennis star ilie nastase is banned from a major tournament after ranting at british players during theation cup. hello and thanks forjoining us. there's high security across france as the country prepares for the first round of its presidential election in just a few hours. 50,000 police officers and 7,000 soldiers are being deployed following the death of a policeman in a shooting on thursday. it's one of the most important and unpredictable elections in recent years. james reynolds reports from paris. no—one wants to miss a single second of the big moment. these people are running not for a vote, but for a football match. 0n the eve of the election, paris st—germain played a home game. it was a final test of the capital's security before the polls opened. these supporters, french voters, have made it through months of campaigning. translation: the campaign was very long, and it was contaminated by all that's happened. translation: for us, the people down there, we will never have anything. so no matter who is the president, it doesn't matter. it will always be the same for us. transl

it was much less controversial today, following the romania captain ilie nastase's ban yesterday fore umpire and konta. simona halep beat konta 6—1, 6—3. that meant that heather watson had to win her match against irina—camelia begu to stay in the competition. but begu won in straight sets to take romania back into the world group. defending champion mark selby is in action against china's xiao guodong in the second round of the world snooker championship at the crucible. he had a 6—2 lead overnight and let's go live to sheffield to see how he's getting on now... you can see he's still in a pretty co mforta ble you can see he's still in a pretty comfortable position. 8— lead at the moment. 8—1; is his lead at the moment. that's all for now, but manchester city have taken the lead against arsenal. 20 or so minutes to go in that match. that's all for now, you keep keep up to date with those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more for you at half past five. one selfless runner sacrificed his own race to help an exhausted fellow runner across the finishing line. live now to our

. -- ilie —— ilie nastase. described his comments as racist and has backed a full investigation. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. rich, ruthless, and famous: my guest is a new york institution, known for the buildings he's built, and the wives he's divorced. you don't want to cross him, though, because he likes getting even. and he's made it a rule that no—one pushes him around — ever. so how did he lose all his money, and then get it back again? donald trump, a very warm welcome to the programme. you say you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. that sounds like a very destructive business philosophy, is it? well i'm not sure i've actually used those words. but generally, you have to shake things up pretty — pretty much, in order to do something of consequence. and i have shaken things up, and i've had the best business years of my life, by far. how rough is business in new york? we hear a lot about, it's the roughest, toughest, the most ruthless

and ilie nastase has isued an apology for his behaviour towards britain'sjohanna konta and federationthe international tennis federation for his conduct. he also was overheard making apparently racist comments about serena williams unborn baby. mark selby has staged a comeback in his world snooker championship semi—final with ding junhui. the defending champion came into today trailing 5—3 but took the first four frames of the second session to build a 7—5 lead in what's a repeat of last year's final. it's been back and forth since then but selby has managed to keep a 2 frame advantage — he now leads 9—7. the match resumes this evening. these are live pictures from the crucible. it is under way betweenjohn higgins and barry hawkins. 5—3 at the start of the session are now 7—5. coverage continues on bbc sport, bbc two and the bbc sport website. sebastian vettel looks determined to increase his lead in the formula one drivers' championship after topping the timesheets in practice ahead of this weekend's russian grand prix. the ferrari driver was a quarter of a second ahead of his team m

romania last week where she was left in tears after being verbally abused by the home team captain ilie nastaseing. herfirst after a 15 month suspension because of doping. her first opponent was not overly pleased about it. she is of course a great player. personally ido of course a great player. personally i do not have nothing against her. she made her mistakes for sure. less, but she paid and if she can return to play, but without any wild card, any help. mark selby is through to the semifinals of the world snooker championship. he is the defending champion. he made a break of 143 which steve davis described as the most astonishing he had ever seen. he dominated his match against marco fu winning13—3 with a session to spare. 143 is the highest of the tournament so far and the world number one himself called ita the world number one himself called it a freak break. it was good practice because i was never in position, i kept putting silly balls from nowhere. i ported a black in the middle and read down the rail. at about 200 miles an hour. when i got to the black i was more nervous than in an

the former men‘s world number one, ilie nastase, is the romania fed cup captain and he‘s under investigationhell today he is up a mountain alongside some brave competitors. the thought of skiing down a mountain at 80 miles an hour might fill most of us with fear but how about trying it without being able to see? 18—year—old millie knight lost virtually all of her sight at the age of 6, but earlier this year she interrupted her a—level revision to win a first world championship title for a british paralympic skier. mike has been to train with her. meet britain‘s toughest of teenagers. the fear of doing your a—levels is nothing compared to racing down mountains at 80mph. but at six, millie lost nearly all her sight. she has to listen to instructions from her guide. we have had a year working together. every day we ski we get better. if brett says go, i have to go. you rely on other senses. it is amazing what you can do with your other senses. i'm nervous at times skiing. i can't imagine what millie does. she said if you can't see it, you can't be scared. in brett, millie has found a perfect gu

it was a much less controversial day's play, following the romania captain ilie nastase's ban on saturday her rubber to irina—camelia begu. the 3—1 defeat means britain now move back to the europe—africa zone. now we've heard about the sportsmanship of swansea harriers runner matthew rees at the london marathon, he helped fellow competitor david wyeth over the line. but he wasn't the only member of the swansea club to shine yesterday. josh griffiths was running his first marathon. not only did he finish, he was the first briton across the line with a time of two hours 14 minutes 49 seconds, beating many of the elite field. he completed the course in a qualifying time for the world championships so quite a day for the club runnerfrom south wales! have a look about. coming from absolutely nowhere! did not even look too bad at the end over there. and he is going to the world championships if he wants to of course. he will be alongside some of the best runners in the world. that is one of my dreams that repeats. most people have exam anxiety dreams. maybe i need some better one's. these are d

it was all much less controversial today, following the romania captain ilie nastase's ban yesterdaykonta 6—1, 6—3. that meant that heather watson had to win her match against irina—camelia begu to stay in the competition. but begu won in straight sets to take romania back into the world group. rafael nadal has won the monte carlo masters for a record—breaking 10th time with a dominant 6—1, 6—3 victory over fellow spaniard albert ramos—vinolas. it's the first trophy nadal has won in almost a year and he becomes the first man in the open era to win the same event ten times. he has now won 50 titles on clay and will look to add to that next month with another french open title. two games today in rugby league's super league and leaders castleford tigers have been beaten. they lost 26—2a at hull. wigan warriors beat catalan dragons a2—22. england's florentyna parker won a play—off to take the mediterranean ladies open golf title in barcelona. parker birdied the 18th hole to close on a final round five—under 66 and tie with anna nordqvist and carlota ciganda on 15—under par. parker birdi

it disappoints me to know that we live in a society where people like ilie nastase can make racist commentsn for bad behavior. the its condemned the remarks and said it is launching an investigation. fellow tennis stars like james blake, showing their support for serena. ilie is the most disgraceful figure in our sport. williams not letting it dampen her pregnancy cheer. on monday, she posted this heartfelt ode to her future bundle of boy. my dearest baby you give me the strength i didn't know i had. you taught me the true meaning of serenity and peace. i can't wait to meet you. >> and the i.t.s. has suspended na na naste. we did reach out for comment but did not hear back. this seems to be a pattern. >> his past behavior on the court, which is why he got the nickname nasty. this is above the pail and beyond the pail. >>> just ahead, faye dunaway tells her side of the oscars mixup story for the first time. an exclusive interview. >>> and a special "rossen report." exposing the dirty truth. >> good morning. i'm jeff rossen. coming up, a new report about how much pee is in pools. we want to s

serena williams says ilie nastase's comments about her unborn child are ‘racist‘.in has been provisionally suspended by the itf since making remarks about williams and a number of female tennis players. the world number one says the comments ‘disappoint‘ her. former british heptathlete kelly sotherton is likely to be upgraded to an olympic bronze medal for the second time in five months, after the russian athlete who originally won bronze at the 2008 games in beijing tested positive for a steroid. defending champion mark selby will play marco fu in the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship. selby beat xiao guo—dong to reach the last eight. fu overcame neil robertson 13—11 last night. plenty of live snooker across the bbc for you as that continues at the crucible. we will have the weather ina crucible. we will have the weather in a moment but let's have a look at some of the papers for you this morning. the daily express. one of the stories we were looking at this morning, exercise to beat dementia. 45 minute workouts to keep your brain healthy and a pict