ready and focused kiki burtons of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest tide love her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening set britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily throw up after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back was indeed one of 8 breaks of serve across the march but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and 27 minutes to the 2nd set 64 to win her 1st madrid open and to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set i now berlin is marking the 70th anniversary of the allied airlift that broke the soviet union's blockade of the city in 1948 moscow closed all roads to west berlin and the response was one of the biggest relief efforts in history around the clock u.s. british and french planes. brought in supplies from the west and returned with products from west berlin keeping the on plate alive gave up its blockade 11 months later on the 12th of may 1949 o

ready and focused kiki burtons of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggesttide love her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening set britain's took it 64 i polyp the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily though after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back i think it was one of 8 breaks of serve across the march but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and 27 minutes to the 2nd set 64 to win her 1st madrid open and to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set i in formula one championship leader valtteri bottas will start the spanish from prix in pole position. after setting the fastest time in such a day's qualifying it will be the 3rd race in a row the boss us has started from the front of the grid and the finn will be joined by his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton who starts in 2nd a ferrari sebastian fettle begins in 1st place as the mercedes to continue that early season and it's. a veni

ready and focused kiki burtons of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest title of her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening st britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give. up after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back. with one of 8 breaks of serve across the match but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and $27.00 minutes to the 2nd set $64.00 to win her 1st madrid open to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set. of the top stories we're following for you. mothers and children have taken to the streets of central london while paris and brussels have also seen demonstrations to demand action against climate change the u.n. secretary general has warned the political will is fading. stay with us here on after the break we'll bring you the highlights from sun. as good as the action frankfurt crashed out of europe in a heartbreaking fashion during the week now they had to b

reggie and focused kiki burtons of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggesttide love her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening set britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily throw up after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back. with one of 8 breaks of serve across the much but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and $27.00 minutes to the 2nd set $64.00 to win her 1st madrid open to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set i a grandmother from arizona has taken the plunge and fulfilled a lifelong dream rosie johnson out of an airplane at 3000 meters to celebrate her 86th birthday she said she had been determined to cross skydiving off her bucket list after landing like a pro she said she felt like a bird up in the sky and she had a message for her late husband. collective if it could be helped you were wrong i had a wonderful calm i'm still alive and in one piece.

thank you very much kiki burtons is celebrating her 9th and big. career title of the winning the madrid open the dutch player was up against simona halep in the final on saturday the romanian knew she would go top of the rankings and she won this match and started strongly but burton's kept her cool and when times are collected $6464.00 victory she goes one better after losing in the final of the seabed last year the reasons were looted moved to a career home in the rankings with this title in the cañon good shape at the french open just a food. it feels really unbelievable i would say it's my best ranking after winning this tournament the biggest title of my career it's the. highest ranking ever that's why a man has achieved so i'm just really proud of that. men's world number one novak djokovic she will get the chance to play for a 3rd title in madrid he came through a grueling semifinal against germany team on saturday the top seed having to work hard to see off the man who knocked out roger federer of the day before winning in straight sets bot

lauren thank you very much kiki burton's is celebrating her 9th biggest w.t.f. career title after winning the madrid open the dutch player was up against simona halep in the final on saturday the romanian knew she could go top of the rankings if she won this match and started strongly but burton's kept her cool and went on for collector $6464.00 victory she goes one better after losing in the final of this event last year. moved to a career high in the rankings with this title when looking in good shape at the french open just food. it feels really unbelievable i would say. my best ranking after winning this tournament the biggest title of my career it's the. highest ranking ever that's why a man has achieved so i'm just really proud of that. men's world number one never will get the chance to play for a 3rd title in madrid he came through a grueling semifinal against germany team on saturday the top seed having to work hard to see off the man who knocked out roger federer the day before winning in straight sets both of which were settled on tie breaks to reach

women's event here at a concert is into the final after coming from a set down to beat 6th seed kiki burton's concert taking the decider $62.00 for the biggest result of her career on clay she'll face covering the pressure of the czech republic for the title in rome the 4th seed brought to an end the run of greek qualifier marius a car taking it in straight sets. there was a terrific finish to stage eights of cycling's jiggled italia the 239 kilometer ride to pursue the longest stage of this year's race came down to a sprint finish it was a straight a scale a given who grabbed victory on the line it's the 2nd stage when of his career italian valerio conti of team emirates retained the race leaders pink juicy with a turbulent mix and paralympics just over a year away iran is preparing to stand out by sitting down a sitting volleyball team already has dozens of medals to their name same day as ravi went to meet them. this is the highest ranking sitting volleyball team in the world and one of iran's best hopes to win battles and make the top 10 at the next paralympic games at tokyo 2020. every p

women's event johanna concert is into the final of the coming from a set down to beat 6th seed kiki burton's concert taking the decider 62 for the biggest result of her career on clay to date she'll face catalina pushed out of the czech republic for the title in rome. in the n.b.a. eastern conference finals the milwaukee bucks easily got the best of the to rondo raptors in game 2 yana santi compo was the star of the show yet again he did the way with 30 points for the bucs the raptors were only ahead in the 3rd quarter with milwaukee ramping it up to win $125103.00 the bucs now have a 2 nothing series advantage. in the n.h.l. the st louis blues bounced back from a game 3 loss against the san jose sharks in the western conference finals just 35 seconds into the game the blue school they 1st go the 2nd came shortly after. busy could manage just one goal themselves but it was too little too late the final score of the game 21 the best of 7 series is now level to peace. there was a terrific finish to stage 8 of cycling's judo italia the 239 kilometer ride to the longest stage of this year's race

but another of the pre-tournament favorites is out for seed kiki burton's retired from her second round match after complaining to the doctor of lacking energy and feeling shaky. fans of niki lauda had their chance to pay their final respects to the formula one legend on wednesday hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the three time world champion in vienna the austrian died last week at age seventy reigning f one champion lewis hamilton and prost were among those in attendance. the cricket world cup gets underway in england on thursday with the hosts playing south africa in the tournament opener england have had a huge turnaround in fortunes since being knocked out of the last world cup in the opening rounds they're now the top ranked one day side in the world and their captain is happy to go into the tournament as favorites. living station and save it takes their ferries six years or so in my home to get it's been standing and that's the reason it's a full year point for the world cup that syria was slated to do it was a change of fate in greece going in with very little expect

women's event here at a concert is into the final after coming from a set down to beat 6th seed kiki burton's concert taking the decider $62.00 for the biggest result of her career on clay she'll face covering the pressure of the czech republic for the title in rome the 4th seed brought to an end the run of greek qualifier malleus a car taking it in straight sets. there was a terrific finish to stage eights of cycling's jiggled italia the 239 kilometer ride to pursue the longest stage of this year's race came down to a sprint finish it was a straight a scale a given who grabbed victory on the line it's the 2nd stage when of his career italian valerio conti of team emirates retained the race leaders pink juicy with a turbulent mix and paralympics just over a year away iran is preparing to stand out by sitting down sitting volleyball team already has dozens of medals to their name same day as ravi went to meet them. this is the highest ranking sitting volleyball team in the world and one of iran's best hopes to win battles and make the top 10 at the next paralympic games at tokyo 2020. every pa

but another of the pre-tournament favorites is out for seed kiki burton's retired from his 2nd round match after complaining to the doctor of lacking energy and feeling shaky. fans of niki lauda had their chance to pay their final respects to the formula one legend on wednesday hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the 3 time world champion in vienna the austrian died last week at age 70 reigning f one champion lewis hamilton and prost were among those in attendance. the cricket world cup gets underway in england on thursday with the hosts playing south africa in the tournament opener england have had a huge turnaround in fortunes since being knocked out of the last world cup in the opening rounds they're now the top ranked one day side in the world and their captain is happy to go into the tournament as favorites. live the station and save it takes their ferries say years or so my whole mood to get it's been standing and that's the reason it's there for all your point for the world cup that syria was slated to leave was a change of fate in everything going in with very little

kiki burton's is celebrating her 9th w.e.t.a. career title after winning the madrid open the dutch world number 7 beats a man to help 6464 in the final meanwhile men's world number one never joke a bitch will get the chance to play for a 3rd title in. druid he came through a grueling semifinal against dominant team on saturday the top seed having to work hard to see off the man who knocked out roger federer the day before jack of each winning in straight sets both of which were settled one time breaks to ricci's 1st final since the australian open in january will now face the winner between rafa nadal and stefano say it's a pass. play the best match of the clay court season so far for me against you know arguably the best. tennis player in the world on the surface so far you know he's amazing to remain in barcelona and here he be drudgery yesterday in a thrilling match so he was in form and very tough conditions the celebrations remain on i said by in munich off they failed to clinch the bundesliga title by and were held to a goa

and 4th seed kiki burton's book her place in the 2nd round of the french open with a 6364 win over pauline parr mentee of france but 2 time grand slam champion patrick a little has pulled out of the tournament with an arm injury. after 3 seasons away aston villa back in the english premier league they beat darby county 21 in the play off final at wembley thanks to goals from. and john mcginnis disappointment for frank lampard and his 1st season in. charge at darby but a great moment for vela boss dean smith his players and their fans which included prince william who was watching in the stands this match is regarded as the richest game in world football with an estimated $215000000.00 in revenue to the winners and aston villa have already reached out to the prince on their twitter feed the club asking for him to give manager dean smith a knighthood when the next selections are made tottenham manager america says he side or rested and ready for the champions league final they'll take on liverpool in madrid on saturday for the top prize in european club football positiveness future as is rem

women's event here at a concert is into the final after coming from a sit down to beat 6th seed kiki burton's concert taking the decider $62.00 for the biggest result of her career on clay she'll face covering the pressure of the czech republic for the title in rome the 4th seed brought to an end the run of greek qualifier marius a car taking it in straight sets. there was a terrific finish to stage eights of cycling's jiggled italia the 239 kilometer ride to pursue the longest stage of this year's race came down to a sprint finish it was a straight is caleb given who grabbed victory on the line it's the 2nd stage when of his career italian valerio conti of team emirates retained the race leader's pink choosey with a turbulent mix and paralympics just over a year away iran is preparing to stand belt by sitting down sitting volleyball team already has dozens of medals to their names aimed as ravi went to meet them. this is the highest ranking sitting volleyball team in the world and one of iran's best hopes to win battles and make the top 10 at the next paralympic games at tokyo 2020. every pa

thank you very much kiki burton's is celebrating her 9th and big stubble you'd see a career title after winning the madrid open the dutch player was up against simona halep in the final on saturday the romanian knew she would go top of the world rankings of she won the smashing started strongly but burton's kept her cool and went on to collect a $6464.00 victory she goes one better after losing in the final of this event last year which ones will also move to a career high on the world rankings with this title when looking in good shape at the french open just a food. it feels really unbelievable i would say. my best ranking after winning this tournament biggest title of my career it's the. highest ranking ever that's why a man has achieved so i'm just really proud of that men's world number one novak djokovic will get the chance to play for a 3rd title in madrid he came through a gruelling semifinal against germany team on saturday the top seed having to work hard to see off the man who knocked out roger federer of the day before winning in straight sets both of which were settled on t

just him it was all a sport dutch to lloyd's kiki burton stakes the biggest title of her career at the druid over the. weekend in yemen where who's the rebels have begun redeploying fighters from 3 key port put out comes as part of a stalled united nations sponsored peace deal the yemeni government in aden has dismissed the pullout as a ploy aimed at deceiving the international community the ports include russia. and crucially her data an important gateway for food and humanitarian aid that millions of yemenis rely on so hire at has the latest the battle for the port of data has been at the heart of the humanitarian crisis in yemen aid agencies have pleaded with the warring factions to withdraw from the strategic port a gateway to desperately needed food and medicine. millions are facing famine after more than 4 years of fighting between the forty's and the coalition led by sad eurabia and the united arab emirates according to united nations healthy rebels will be deployed from the data and the ports of 75 use for grain and there are safer and entry points for oil we have huge problem

used to roland garros debut to not was me actually out of the tournament last 66363. 4th seed kiki burton's took her place in the 2nd round of the french open of the 6364 win over pauline parminter of france but 2 time grand slam champion benteke a bit of a has pulled out of the tournament with an arm injury. the cricket world cup starts on thursday with emerging teams like afghanistan aiming to make of a mark in the sport they play the defending champions australia on saturday with the best bowler in the world and a genuine chance of causing upsets he winnings reports. when cricket was banned under the taliban afghanistan being one of the elite 10 teams to contest a world cup would have been unthinkable but their rise over the past decade has been extraordinary 2 years ago afghanistan was awarded test match status one of only 12 teams to play the most prestigious and respected form of cricket but it's in the shorter forms that the guy in their most dangerous and this team has a genuine chance of upsetting bigots aims in this 50 over to side world cup. several of these players have lucrativ

women's event johanna konta is into the final off the coming from a set down to beat 6th seed kiki burton's contant taking the decider $62.00 for the biggest result of her career on clay to face you becoming the 1st over over a 6 car in for the tie coming right. just over a month ago tiger woods pulled off one of the greatest career comebacks in sports to win the masters title but there will be no 16 major for the american this week at least woods has missed the cut of the p.g.a. championship this was his 1st tournament back since winning at augusta but it's game appeared rusty he finished at 5 over par meaning woods will miss the weekend's play back page. i've enjoyed being the masters champion again and. t.j. it was a was a quick turnaround and unfortunately i just didn't i did simply well. i didn't as i said i didn't do all the little things i need to do correctly. to post good scores and put myself in position to shoot it's course. instead it's brooks kept her who leads the way out to making history he went around in 65 on friday and that gives him the lowest 36 hole school ever at a p.