, konta recovered again to win it 6—3.y world number 46 victoria kuzmova next. last yea r‘s runner—up, sloane stephens, is also through to the third round. the number seven seed beat sara sorribes tormo of spain in straight sets. in the men's draw, rafa nadal continued on his quest for a record extending 12th men's singles title at roland garros. yannick maden was briefly in his way, but nadal swept the german qualifier aside 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. number three seed roger federer is paying his first visit to the tournament in four years. he comfortably beat germany's 0scar 0tter three sets to love to qualify for the next round. thousands of mourners have gathered in vienna today to pay their respects to three—time formula 1 world champon niki lauda, who died last week at the age of 70. family members and former drivers have attended a mass at st stephens cathedral. the current world champion lewis hamilton included there. he's being laid to rest at a private funeral. here are some of the day's other sports stories: caster semenya

despite saving three break points, konta was unable to fend off the czech a fourth time.ndianapolis 500 after a humiliating return to the usa's biggest race for the mclaren team. reigning motogp champion marc marquez has won the french grand prix at le mans to extend his lead at the top of the standings. the honda rider, who started from pole position, battled with pramac racing's jack miller in the early stages of the race but he soon took an outright lead and extended his advantage at the front, finishing nearly two seconds ahead of his title rival, ducati's andrea dovisiozo, in second. it's a third victory in the last four races for marquez and means he is now eight points ahead of the italian in the table. the civilian run the ninth stage, a 94.8 individual time trial, the results i'm surge from 12th place more than five minutes back to take the spot behind conti who retained the spot behind conti who retained the pinkjersey. in the nhl, this year's western conference final had been a back—and—forth battle between the sanjose sharks and the st louis blues, until sunda

naomi, how is konta getting on. she has got a tricky matchup. she is playing against viktoria kuzmova, a slug player and just very good on the clay, the sort of player that if you let her into a match and get her teeth and to come she can cause you huge amounts of problems. if you really get on top of her, she can fade away quite quickly. the good news isjoint fade away quite quickly. the good news is joint account that hasn't less or win a game. it is very love to the british number one. off to a flying start. —— johanna konta to the british number one. off to a flying start. ——johanna konta had to let her win again. or carry clean—up, the immigrants some title continues. i think many people as favourites. —— the search for a title. she went to rome. she was playing a very strong clay—court. she really was on form. she beat her co mforta bly. she really was on form. she beat her comfortably. roger federer and rafael nadal through, the former get to lose a set. yes, federick came through. he was plus all the way. the first few sets were quite co

konta broke early on in the decider as the americans serve collapsed and konta took it 6—1.ined off yesterday konta will have to play her next match against venus williams later today. the two—time french open champion maria sharapova has withdrawn from this month's touranment because of an ongoing shoulder problem. she hasn't played since january. the us pga championship is under way. tiger woods has just the us pga championship is under way. tiger woods hasjust sealed off. chasing a second major title in a row, which could move them back to the top of the world rankings. danny willet and rory mcilroy tee off around 6:30pm. mcilroy aiming for a third us pga title. all the players helping the improvement in the weather continues. trying out a little bit with the weather. 50 mph cross winds. definitely a challenging golf course, long, they have graded it well. it is fair. if you play well, long shots in but it isjust a real good you play well, long shots in but it is just a real good test of golf. keep right up to date with the us pga championship on the bbc sport website, th

i thinkjohanna konta ithinkjohanna konta is i thinkjohanna konta is still hanging on in the italian opends to break back against karolina pliskova. we will have an update on that in the next hour. come on, johanna konta, good luck to her. thanks very much indeed. darren bett has the latest forecast now. hello there, it's a case of sunshine and showers in the next few days, nothing changing particularly fast, the winds are light, more sunshine across central parts of the uk but this is where we find heavy showers, still cloud for northern ireland, western areas of scotland, commander has taken a while for the sunshine to come out, eastern scotland should be warmer than yesterday, some heavy showers developing across england and wales. slow—moving thundery downpours potentially, but some places are going to have a dry day and warm in the sunshine but the showers will fade from most areas overnight, quite misty and murky around some north sea coasts, the low cloud pushing further inland and temperature is about eight or 9 degrees. a grey start in some places like it was this morning, fog pa

naomi, how is konta getting on. she has got a tricky matchup.rt of player that if you let her into a match and get her teeth and to come she can cause you huge amounts of problems. if you really get on top of her, she can fade away quite quickly. the good news isjoint fade away quite quickly. the good news is joint account that hasn‘t less or win a game. it is very love to the british number one. off to a flying start. —— johanna konta to the british number one. off to a flying start. ——johanna konta had to let her win again. or carry clean—up, the immigrants some title continues. i think many people as favourites. —— the search for a title. she went to rome. she was playing a very strong clay—court. she really was on form. she beat her

johanna konta had not been keen on clay but this season she reached the finals in morocco.t set. she raced through the second set winning 6—i. johanna konta has often suffered from lapses in concentration but she has regained her focus to take control of the match. she is currently 5—3 up of the match. she is currently 5—3 up in the final set, serving for the match. it's been a busy day at the french open. last year's women's runner—up sloane stephens is through to the third round. the american number seven seed beat sara sorribes tormo of spain in straight sets. rafa nadal is aiming for a record extending i2th men's singles title at roland garros. yannick maden was briefly in his way. the 17 time grand slam champion swept the german qualifier aside. he won in straight sets 6—1, 6—2, 6—4. number three seed roger federer is paying his first visit in four years to the tournament. he's beaten germany's oscar otte three sets to love to move into the third round. anthonyjoshua says world heavyweight title opponent andy ruinunior will be more dangerous than fellow champion deonta

despite the loss, konta's moves up to 41st in the world. classic of the flat race season, the 2000 guineas at newmarket. he was brought home by donnacha 0'brien sone of the trainer aidan. the result gave 0'brien senior a tenth victory in the 2 thousand guineas. king of change came in second at 66 to one. for the first time in 145 years, the horse that finished first in the kentucky derby has been disqualified for interference. maximum security was penalised for veering across the track on the final turn. the decision left 65—1 outsider country house, ridden by flavian prat to be declared the winner. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's martine croxall with the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me are dave wooding, political editor at the sun on sunday and the journalist & author, shyama perera. we are going to talk about socks and sandals and line of duty verse, but let's ta ke sandals and line of duty verse, but let's take a look at the front pages. the sunday times reveals exclusive detail

rhia chohan watched konta's 6—3, 6—4 defeat.me a british woman reached the italian open final. johann oco nto the italian open final. johann oconto was excited, because regardless of whether she would follow in the footsteps of virginia wade, she had found the form and depth to beat to top ten players to get here. at the nerves of what was writing on this showed a shot into the net handed care lena a break in her opener, that some couldn't watch. sharper fewer errors, her opener, that some couldn't watch. sharperfewer errors, the world number seven served up the first set 6—3. warmed up by the second set, the british number one stood firm, but it was just for a moment. she had her eyes on the prize, and is swinging, and the check never looked back. she couldn't recover losing the set, the wait for herfirst couldn't recover losing the set, the wait for her first title continues, the trophy in her hands, but now seated at the french open, the british player leaves with a plate of confidence going into next week. rafael nadal compr

it was a happy 28th birthday forjohanna konta, who continued her impressive run on clay by reaching the. after powering through two good wins on thursday. just the one match against czech teenager marketa vondrousova today, but konta still had to battle to a three set win in one hour and 53 minutes. she'll face world number four kiki bertens next. let's rattle through some other news from friday. and glasgow are into their first pro 14 final since 2014. they thrashed ulster by 50 points to 20 at scotstoun. they ran in seven tries in total, they'll play either munster or defending champions leinster. simon yates didn't lose any time to his main rivals on the seventh stage of the giro d'italia — won by astana's payo bilbao. the spaniard attacked on a little climb near the finish for his first grand tour stage win. st helens scored three tries in the last 15 minutes to clinch a dramatic 32—30 win over salford red devils, to extend their lead at the top of the super league. elsewhere, huddersfield beat hull kr. there's a huge game at the nou camp tomorrow, but it's not football. we stay wit

johanna konta managed to break serve though.l has work to do if she is to be able to compete with the really big hitters of women's tennis. let's run through some of the day's other sports news headlines, and... the chief executive of england hockey, sally munday, is to become the new head of uk sport. she's been in her current role for 10 years and replaces liz nicholl, who leaves this summer. leeds rhinos have sacked head coach david furner afterjust14 league games. they've really struggled since he arrived in the winter. just four wins this season leaves them third from bottom of the super league. and tiger woods has received the presidential medal of freedom from donald trump at the white house. the award is the highest american civilian honour. woods thanked his mum and two children and said that fans had seen "the good and the bad, the highs and the lows". back to 0lly foster at anfield. it isa it is a really big atmosphere as well. both teams are in the building. barcelona went in on the other side of the stadium. liverpo

johanna konta, that when must be boosting her confidence?at win because at roland garros she had lost all four matches she played. herform coming into this french open was spectacular. the runner up this french open was spectacular. the runnerup in this french open was spectacular. the runner up in the prestigious tournament in rome. sure enough, she won. there was a little concern in the second set when she was a couple of break points down at 4—1; but she won 6—4, 6—4, the monkey is off her back and she will play lauren davis of the united states in round two. how about the other big names, how do they get on? serena williams lost the first set to retire the janko. alarm bells were ringing, particularly because williams has had knee problems this evening but novak djokovic, dafydd adele winning easily but there was one casualty, caroline wozniacki's miserable year continued. she was knocked out in the very first round. webb let's have a look at some of the day's other sports headlines. mo farah won the vitality london 10,000 race — the sev

johanna konta has become the first british woman since 1983 to reach the last 16 of the french open.umber one dismantling slovakia's viktoria kuzmova in straight sets to ease into the second week. konta hadn't even won a match at the tournament until this year, but she raced out of the blocks against kuzmova, breaking her serve five times in under an hour. she won 6—2, 6—1 to continue her impressive form on the clay. next, she will face 24th seed donna vekic. the women's second seed karolina pliskova is out. the czech was comprehensively beaten by petra martic of croatia, losing in straight sets. in the men's draw, roger federer became the oldest man to reach the fourth round at roland garros in 47 years by beating norwegian casper ruud. federer was playing a record 400th grand slam match and beat ruud in straight sets, winning the third on a tie break. next up for the third seed is argentina's leonardo mayer. ii—time champion rafael nadal is also through to the last 16. no great surprise there. but after comfortably taking the first two sets, he was made to work by belgium's david g

it's been a busy day for johanna konta at the italian open. was rained off yeterday, meaning she had to play twice today. and it ended in two wins. first, she beat seventh seed sloane stephens, before a third round clash with venus williams. and even though williams had a bye in the last round, konta went through 6—2, 6—4 injust over an hour. that result means the british number one has reached her biggest quarterfinal on clay. she will face the czech marketa vondrousova next, tomorrow. nick kyrgios has been fined almost £47,000 after he forfeited his second round match at the italian 0pen, following an outburst of anger. the australian admitted his "emotions got the better of him" during his meeting with norway's casper ruud in rome. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. the crowds there are magnificent. they get very, very energised themselves, and there was quite a lot of to and fro between kyrgios and numbers of the crowd. when he was docked a game from the sportsmanlike conduct, his reaction less tha n sportsmanlike conduct, h

it would have been konta's first tournament win in two years. season on the corner. let's takle a look at the day's other stories. in hockey's new look fih pro league great britain lost to spain in a shootout after their game finished 1—1 in normal time. the tournament provides teams with a chance to qualify for the olympics and world cup, they went down 3—2 in the shootout. fabio quartararro has become the youngest rider to claim pole position in moto gp. the french rookie broke the track record injerez and will start the spanish grand prix alongside his petronas yamaha team mate franco morbidelli. britain's cal crutchlow will start from sixth. the 11—2 shot magna grecia won the first flat racing classic of the season, the 2000 guineas at newmarket. magna grecia was steered home by donnacha o'brien. the horse is trained by his dad aiden. the result gave o'brien senior a tenth victory in the 2000 guineas. king of clay came in second, with skardu third. we're witnessing a titanic tussle at the world snooker championship. judd trump is three frame

former us open champion sloane stephens is next up for konta.r the men's number one. defeat for kyle edmund. in the men's singles in rome he was beaten in three sets by world number 38, spain's fernando verdasco. dan evans also lost to norway's casper ruud. england continue their preparations for the world cup when they face pakistan in the third one—day international in bristol tomorrow. they lead the five match series 1—0 after a tense 12 run win in southampton on saturday. the form ofjos buttler has been a real positive, with the wicket keeper—batsman scoring a century in that match. team mate jason roy says buttler is an extreme talent. he's as good as it gets, to be honest. it is not a shock, it's getting routine for him to come out and play those innings, demoralising the guys at the top of the order that are going at run a ball. he comes in and blitzes it. he is an extreme talent and works hard for it and deserves everything he gets. let's take a look at some of the other sports stories making the headlines today — bolton wanderers have c

and great britain'sjohanna konta is also through to the last eight.ng, where she came from a set down to knock out the number 7 seed, konta then beat the former champion venus williams in the afternoon to seal her place in the quarter—finals. she won 6—2, 6—4. now to cycling where italy's fausto masnada claimed his first victory in a grand tour by winning stage 6 of the giro d'italia on thursday, while his compatriot valerio conti seized the overall lead. slovenia's primoz roglic who had held the lead since the end of stage one was involved in a fall, which meant receiving treatment on the move, while the two—man breakaway came from masnada and conti which they held for nearly 30 kilometres. conti then allowed masnada to grab the stage win without contesting the sprint, knowing he would take over the leader's pinkjersey. now to football and it's understoood real madrid have signed serbia striker luka jovic from eintracht frankfurt for a fee of around $67 million. the 21 year—old scored 10 goals for the german side in their run to the europa league sem

rhia chohan watched konta's 6—3, 6—4 defeat.ed, because of regardless whether she'd follow in the footsteps of virginia wade, she had found the form and depth to —— beat to top ten players to get here, writing on the show, a backend into the net handed caroline a break in her opener. that some couldn't even watch. sharper, fewer errors, the world number seven served out the first sets, 6—3. warmed up by the second set, the british number one stood firm, but it was just for a moment. she had her eyes on the prize, and was swinging the volley broke konta, and the check never looked back. konta couldn't recover losing the set 6—4, the wait for her first title continues, the trophy in her hands, but the british player leaves with more confidence, entering next week's french open. the men's finals saw the two top seeds go head—to—head. rafael nadal comprehensively beaten novak djokovic 6—0, 4—6, 6—1 to claim his ninth rome masters title earlier today. the spaniard raced through the first set in just 39 minutes, the first 6—love betwe

and a title on clay is in the offing forjohanna konta as she goes marching on into the italian open finale programme... northampton take the last play—off spot on the final day of the season in rugby union's premiership as harlequins late burst comes up just short. good evening, the month of may represents the business end of the season in so many sports which means there is a raft of showpiece events to tell you about over the coming weeks and today as well. and after the granstand finish to the premier league last weekend, which saw manchester city crowned champions, they have the chance to win a domestic treble in the fa cup final against watford, today. it was a five o'clock kick off and manchester city broke the deadlock after 26 minutes thanks to david silva's deflected effort. seven minutes before half—time and city doubled their advantage — raheem sterling on target this time. kevin de bruyne put the result beyond doubtjust after the hour mark at wembley. and in the last few minutes gabrieljesus has put the seal on what is going to be a very comprehensive cup final victory for pep

british number one johanna konta is through to the semi finals of the morocco open.anese second seed hsieh su wei in three sets. konta will play australia's ajla tomljanovic in tha last four and in rugby league, wigan warriors came from behind to beat london broncos 18 eight, with fullback morgan escare scoring their third try. it was bottom side broncos seventh straight defeat. it's been a great day for british cycling. british cyclist jacob hennessy in wet conditions at the tour de yorkshire. the tour set off from doncaster and this year's route takes in eight host locations including halifax, barnsley, doncaster and leeds. hennessy won both intermediate sprints and the only climb of the day and will wear the red king of the mountains jersey tomorrow. jesper asselman of the netherlands won the final sprint after being part of a long range breakaway to take the opening stage. the race finishes in leeds on sunday. caster semenya's arrived in doha ahead of the first diamond league meeting of the season tomorrow, with rumours circulating she could be about to quit athl

(pres)johanna konta has become the first british woman to reach johanna konta has become the first britishhad to come from behind to beat kiki bertens. the belgian winning the first set 7—5. but konta fought back, winning the next two sets 7—5, 6—2. she'll now play karolina pliskova in tomorrow's final. i've never really doubted my ability on this surface. i don't necessarily feel like this is massively out of the blue. double 0lympic taekwondo champion jadejones has added a world championships title to her long list of achievements after taking gold in manchester this evening. she was fairly comfortable in beating the defending champion ah—reum lee of south korea 14—7 in the under 57 kilogram final. the 26—year—old completes the set, adding to the bronze and silver medals she'd won at previous world championships. that's all the sport for now. defending champion brooks koepka and the other leaders have teed off for their third rounds at the us pga championship. brooks koepka with a healthy seven shot lead. you can find the latest on the bbc sport website. thank you. thousands of women wit

former us open champion sloane stephens is next up for konta.s beaten in three sets by world number 38, spain's fernando verdasco. defeat also for dan evans by norway's casper ruud. let's take a look at some of the other sports stories making the headlines today. bolton wanderers have confirmed they are officially in administration. the club has unpaid debts of £1.2 million and failed to pay the wages of their staff and players. administration means a 12—point deduction at the start of next season. fernando gaviria has won the third stage of the giro d'italia — despite only crossing the line in second place. former team sky rider elia viviani was demoted after veering

breakthrough forjohanna konta — the british number one is through to the second round of the french openhe very first time. and — preparations done. england put on a show to beat afghanistan in their final world cup warm—up match. hello and welcome to sportsday. it's taken them three seasons, but aston villa are back in the premier league and with a windfall of around £170 million. more than 85,000 fans — including prince william — watched as they beat derby county at wembley in the play off final. 0ur reporter patrick geary is at wembley for us. particularly satisfying for villa after they came so close last year — losing out to fulham? it was heartbreaking for them last year. that will all be forgotten now. £170 million across three yea rs, now. £170 million across three years, that is the least they can expect. if they stay up for one season, it goes up even expect. if they stay up for one season, it goes up even more. expect. if they stay up for one season, it goes up even more. the glory now. first half was forg etta ble glory now. first half was forgettable to be honest but it had

johanne at konta gets a victory in the first round. —— johanna konta.pionship playoff final. aston villa are back in the premier league after three seasons away in the second—tier championship. they will benefit by at least £170 million across three years. that could go up to 300 million if they manage to stay out for one season. there was a pretty entertaining player final we had here there was a pretty entertaining playerfinal we had here at there was a pretty entertaining player final we had here at wembley stadium, the deadlock was broken when the ball was shouldered in just before the break. a key time to score of course. villa went 2—0 up when the ball was dropped under pressure from john mcginn of aston

next konta will face 24th seed donna vekic. that's all the sport for now. will turn briefly hot across southern areas of the uk, you may have heard that by now. warmth is spreading across the confident from portugal, spain, france, germany into eastern parts of europe as well. we are on the edge of this spell a very warm weather, quite close to low pressure as well, these low pressures will bring some rain over the weekend. but not in the short—term, right now it is fairly quiet, is a lot of clear whether as well. some clouds across western areas, and bridges early on saturday morning will be hovering anywhere between 9— 12 degrees for the most part. high—pressure close by on saturday but there is a sneaky weather front that will squeeze through, that means we are anticipating a little bit more cloud and maybe a few spots of rain across some north—western areas, but honestly the majority of the country is in for an absolute fine day. i don't think we are talking about gin clear skies, there will be some fairweather cloud here and there, and may be 1— two sp

butjohanna konta is flying the flag. sets — she beat the american at last week's madrid 0pen as well. former us open champion sloane stephens is next up for konta. but it was a bad day for kyle edmund who was beaten in the men's singles in rome. the british number 0ne lost in three sets to spain's fernando verdasco. serena williams made a winning return after two months out by beating rebecca peterson of sweden in straight sets. she'll face her sister venus in the second round. days after their defeat to premier league champions manchester city, brighton are looking for a new manager — after chris hughton was sacked, following their battle with relegation this season. they've only managed two wins from 18 league games in 2019... and finished 17th in the table. chairman tony bloom says that poor form, led to him making what he's described as one of his most difficult decisions. bolton wanderers have confirmed they are officially in administration. the club has unpaid debts of £1.2million and failed to pay the wages of the

british number one, johanna konta says she's ‘pleased with her progress' despite failing in her bid tothis afternoon. she was beaten by a worthy winner — the world number seven, karolina pliskova. in straight sets in the italian open final. having beaten two top—10 players to get to this final, konta will now be seeded at the french open, which starts later this month. great britain's women picked up only their second win of the pro league, beating belgium 2—0. grace balsdon and lily owsley scored the goals at london's lee valley hockey centre. the men are also playing belgium today — losing 3—nil in the final they were defeated 4—0. there may be a superfight between deontay wilder and anthonyjoshua one day, but for now the american continues to add victories to his stunning boxing record. the latest came in quite some style, a first round knockout of his fellow countryman, dominic breazeale. wilder now has 41 wins from 42 fights, his records only blot being a draw against britain's tyson fury. joshua's next fight is against andy ruinr on 1stjune in new york. i am an intelligent fighte

despite the loss, konta's moves up to 41st in the world. the result gave o'brien senior a tenth victory in the 2 thousand guineas. king of change came in second at 66 to one. for the first time in 145 years, the horse that finished first in the kentucky derby has been disqualified for interference. maximum security was penalised for veering across the track on the final turn. the decision left 65—1 outsider country house, ridden by flavian prat to be declared the winner. it's the final stage of the tour de yorkshire today, british rider chris lawless thinks he might struggle to keep hold of the leaders blue jersey. the team ineos rider was beaten to the stage victory in scarborough yesterday by denmark's alexander kamp. he says his climbing has improved this year, but the hilly final stage to leeds "might be a stretch". dutch rider marianne vos claimed overall victory in the women's race after winning the second stage from bridlington to scarborough. three—time world road race champion vos sprinted clear of her two closest rivals to win the

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johanna konta recovered to move into a 5—0 lead in the final set.ed her composure to seal the match 6—3. she will play kuzmova next. roger federer is playing for the first time infouryears federer is playing for the first time in four years at roland garros. he's beaten germany's 0tte to move into round three. also through its raff and adele, aiming for a record extending 12th men's singles title. he swept the german qualifier maden aside in straight sets. caster semenya is appealing the court of arbitration for sports ruling that she must artificially reduce her testosterone. she has filed the appeal with the federal supreme court of switzerland. it means women with higher than normal levels of the hormone can only run events from the hormone can only run events from the 400 metres up to the mile by taking medication. anthonyjoshua says his world heavyweight title challenger andy rivett will be more dangerous than taking on deontay wilder —— andy ruiz. they meet at madison square garden in new york on saturday. why would i fight talent who have the

better news forjohanna konta.ber one has beaten alison riske for a second week in a row. konta won in straight sets in rome, after victory over the american in the madrid open last week. she'll play sloane stephens in round two. the dutch grand prix is set to return to the formula 1 calendar next season after a 35—year absence. f1 bosses are hoping to benefit from the surge in interest in dutch red bull driver max verstappen. an announcement is expected to be made tomorrow that the zandvoort circuit near amsterdam will host f1 races for the first time since 1985. the race is set to be held on the weekend of the eighth to the 10th of may, effectively taking the place of the spanish grand prix. it's already been confirmed that a street race in the vietnamese capital of hanoi will also be added to the schedule. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. co. uk/sport. thanks for that. more now on the news that the man in charge of safety at the hillsborou

konta came from a set behind for a great semi—final win over world number four kiki bertens and willk gearey reports. for most of the past two years younger heine has been searching for something and there, somewhere. when you find it it's obvious that kind of tennis and made her wimbledon semifinalist in 2017, that could send the number one —— numberfour to the floor. kiki beeped that count, one moment she was setting for the set she wanted. but she grew u nsteady for the set she wanted. but she grew unsteady and a second and contest seized on the mistake. 0nce unsteady and a second and contest seized on the mistake. once at all, momentum with jan heine. previously she found things nationally, but in the third she melded to it. feather touch blended with sledgehammer power, by now than i try to escape hergrip, the line power, by now than i try to escape her grip, the linejust to pity. she didn't, she's into the first and final, and a week before french oven, found form the last place she thinks to look. well the leaders at the us pga championships begin their third rounds just over

and joanna konta, the wind must‘ve boosted her confidence. —— win. wind must‘ve boosted her confidencequalifier. she won. there was some concern in the second set but the monkey is off her back and she will now play lauren davis from the united states. what about the other big names? serena williams lost the first set, a russian who beat maria sharapova. serena williams one set two and three. rough and adult winning easily but there was one casualty, caroline was that — caroline wozniacki's was knocked out in the first round. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. good morning back holiday weekend brought mixed fortunes. pleasantly warm in greater london and drive for some a rush of showers around and told further north. this beautiful picture shows only 11 degrees in aberdeenshire and some of the showers were a real nuisance. this is going to sink steadily south over the next few days and push the warmer milder air back to the near continent. for those of you who have children of for the half—time break, a chilly affair over the

karolina pliskova won her 13th wta title, by beating johanna konta in straight sets at the same venuee won the second 6—4 on her third match point to claim her first title since the brisbane international in january. the golden state warriors stand on the verge of reaching the nba finals. the champions are three nil up, in their western conference series against the portland trail blazers. if they win later on monday, they'll go through to the finals as they attempt to win he title for the third consecutive year and fourth in five seasons. we know they are going to come out like you said, and come out swinging with nothing to lose. we've got to be able to have energy and smarts and start the game and hopefully win the first quarter, create momentum. but our games are always tough, no matter what the series is. when manchester city captain vincent kompa ny announced he was leaving the club after 11 years, to return to anderlecht where his career started, the belgian club couldn't contain their excitment. tweeting out a video which says "the prince is back" they're hoping kompany‘s expe

having beaten two top 10 players to get to that final, konta will now be seeded at the french open whichmes and ten major trophies at manchester city, captain vincent kompany has played his last game for the club. he says it's the right time to leave after securing an unprecedented domestic treble in the men's game, with victory over watford in yesterday's fa cup final. kompany is returning to anderlecht, which is where he started out. this is how the belgian club made the announcment this morning on social media. kompany will be their player—manager. he came through the youth ranks at anderlecht from the age of six, so his career has come full circle as he prepares to take his first steps into coaching, but what kind of manager will he be? the fact that pep guardiola has taken the fact that pep guardiola has ta ke n every the fact that pep guardiola has ta ken every player the fact that pep guardiola has taken every player under his stewardship to the next level and that's what he's done with vincent, at the same time he understands the belgian league, he was brought up in that environm

it was a happy 28th birthday forjohanna konta — who continued her impressive run on clay by reachingd —— of the italian 0pen. after powering through two good wins on thursday, just the one match against czech teenager marketa vondrousova today but konta still had to battle to a three set win in one hour and 53 minutes. she'll face world number 4 kiki bertens next. great britain's tom daley and matty lee won gold in the 10 metres synchro platform at the world diving series in london. in only their sixth event as a pair, they sat in second place at the halfway stage but in the final round produced a flawless final dive to seal the win. they also set a new british record in the process. glasgow warriors were in irresistible form as they scored seven tries to dismiss ulster and book a place in next saturday's pro14 final at celtic park. they ran in seven tries at scotstoun to reach their first final since 2015 — when they won it. they'll meet leinster or munster who meet tomorrow. three tries in the last fifteen minutes denied salford a first win at st helens in nearly 40 years as saints

british number one johanna konta begins her tournament tomorrow, against german qualifier antonia lottnerh at the french open, but she might be one to watch, as russell fuller explains. she has been heading in the right direction for a while but she hadn't really got the results into events. six wins out of six in a great britain vest in the federation cup in february and april, and winning some matches in stressful situations and she has been brilliant. now we are seeing the sort of form from her we saw a couple of years ago when she ended up in the semi final of wimbledon and number four she ended up in the semi final of wimbledon and numberfour in she ended up in the semi final of wimbledon and number four in the world. formula i, and lewis hamilton dedicated his pole position for the monaco grand prix to the late niki lauda. hamilton edged out team mate valtterri bottas to take pole ahead of today's race. the world champion finished ahead of his mercedes partner by eight hundredths of a second, to take the 85th pole position of his career. max verstappen will start from third on the g

konta now faces kiki bertens of the netherlands who beat world number one naomi osaka today.t—ever stage win at a grand tour, as he held off france's tony gallopin to win stage seven of the giro d'italia. italian valerio conti retained the overall lead. there's a huge game at the nou camp tomorrow — but it's not football. wigan warriors have travelled to barcelona to play catalans dragons in the super league. an estimated 30,000 fans are expected to attend in a match that's hoped will give rugby league more international exposure. our tania arnold is at the nou camp for us. have to say i did not think i would be introducing a rugby league feature in the middle of barcelona, but here we are with the captain sean. incredible to be bringing the game here to barcelona and the new camp. it's a privilege to be part of it as camp. it's a privilege to be part of itasa camp. it's a privilege to be part of it as a player and the fans enjoying the game tomorrow. it's a great to be part of it. he been doing so much in your rugby league career. the camp is iconic worldwide everybody knows

in the women's draw, joanna konta has been beaten in straight sets by simona halep.st week, began strongly again the world number three, before fading to lost the first set 7—5. halep picked up where she left off in the second set, and the british number one lost it 6—1. the romanian will face victoria kuzmova in the third round. five—time winner andy murray has been given a wildcard for queen's next month as he continues to work on a return to action. the former world number one will decide nearer the time if he's fit enough to compete. murray had hip surgery injanuary and has not played since. this year as 50—50. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. west midlands police are investigating whether a video made by a ukip candidate in which he says he might rape labour mp jess phillips, breaks the law. carl benjamin, who is standing in the upcoming eu elections, sent her a tweet in 2016 saying: "i would't even rape you" — then last week shared a video on youtube saying "with enough pressure" he "might cave". jes

konta finished off the american with an ace to seal a 6—4, 6—1win. tuesday. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much indeed. we're just going to bring you an update to a story we brought to you earlier this evening. it concernsjoseph mccann, who is wanted for the abduction and rapes of three women in and around london, and also believed to be connected to the attempted abduction of two other women in cheshire this evening. we are now hearing from cheshire police that they have located a man incompetent who is currently being spoken to by trained negotiators —— in congleton. that is coming to us from cheshire police, more on that as and when we get it. a 13—year—old boy has died after getting into difficulties in the sea off llandudno, in north wales. the coastguard pulled the child from the water at pigeon's cove just after 9:00pm last night. he was airlifted to hospital in bangor, but died there. police are not treating the death as suspicious. three teenagers have been badly injured after falling from a cliff in cornwall. they fell around

british number one, johanna konta, says she's "pleased with her progress" despite failing in her bider — the world number seven, karolina pliskova, in straight sets in the italian open final. having beaten two top—10 players to get to this final, konta will now be seeded at the french open, which starts later this month. rafael nadal comprehensively beat novak djokovic 6—0, 4—6, 6—1 to claim his ninth rome masters title earlier today. the spaniard raced through the first set in just 39 minutes, the first finished 6—0 between, the the rivals in 1111 previous sets. djokovic did manage to force the match to a deciding set, but nadal was dominant, winning in two hours and twenty—five minutes in the last tournament before the french open later this month. it's been an excellent medal haul for britain's tom daley at diving's world series event in london today first he won a bronze in the men's 10m platform, and then he won gold alongside grace reid in the mixed 3m synchro springboard, with the pair clinching it after this final dive. it's proving to be a successful partnership as reid and

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, johanna konta becomes the first british woman since 1983 to reach of the french open tennis. good evening. president trump has announced new taxes on all goods coming from mexico, demanding that illegal immigration from mexico into the us is dealt with. the president warned that a 5% tariff will be imposed and will rise gradually, starting in ten days‘ time. imported goods set to be affected include vehicles, computers, and oil, as well as fresh produce. $150 billion anually. trade between the two countries is worth around $150 billion anually. when president trump took office , just over 30,000 people were stopped , at the southwest border of the us. after an initial decline, that number has been increasing, to just under 100,000, in the past month alone. and with the average processing time currently standing at nearly 2 years , the backlog is getting worse. my colleague sophie long reports from the us border with mexico.(tx this footage shows the moment they say more than a thousand migrants from south american countries tried to cross the border

british number one johanna konta begins her tournament tomorrow, against german qualifier antonia lottneratch — as russell fuller explains. she has been heading in the right direction for a while, but she hadn't really got the results in tour events. six wins out of six in a great britain vest in the federation cup in february and april, and winning some matches in stressful situations, she has been brilliant. now we are seeing the sort of form from her we saw a couple of years ago when she ended up in the semi final of wimbledon and number four in the world. england's bronte law remains in the running for her first career lpga title at the pure silk championship in virginia. she shares the lead with japan's nasa hataoka heading into sunday's final round. at one point it looked like she'd be returning to the clubhouse a shot behind but managed to birdie the 18th — her sixth in a round that also included two bogeys. meanwhile, england's annabel dimmock has secured her first ladies european tour title, winning the jabra ladies open in france. the 22—year—old carded a final round 68 to finis

bothjohanna konta and kyle edmund were knocked out of the madrid open — a key tournament on clay aheadjim lumsden reports. he's had happier memories of madrid, he made a poor start today, broken and the first game, but promptly returned the favour. initially he appeared distracted and edmund would have been pleased to see an early hurl of the racket, but confidence is not keen for the british number one with three straight defeats before madrid and he lost the first set. by contrast, he came to spain having overcome by failing to doubt on winning the monte carlo masters title. edmund had just won two of 25 matches where he had gone a set down and needed to salvage this run. and inspired and edmund had lost his fourth match. less than 2a hours after losing the morocco open final, he dealt with the first round of madrid, now facing a considerable hurdle of facing number three, the british number one served early. this was high velocity tennis. try to match her opponent blow for blow, not often with success and she is cursed with the ability to slip into i’u ns cursed with the ability to

but konta has lost the first set 7—5 — clay not her favourite surface.s held and it's gone with serve since then, she's leading 5—4. the third round of the us pga championships has just got under way in new york, and they're all chasing one man. brooks koepka is seven shots ahead of the field. the american has the lowest score after two rounds in major championship history. reigning champion koepka tees off just before eight o'clock tonight, alongside three—time major winnerjordan speith. and jason roy says his century against pakistan was "very emotional" after a "rough morning" in hospital with his baby daughter. his 114 runs from 89 balls helped england chase down 341 to win the fourth match and the series with a game to spare. roy has a two—month—old daughter who he had to take to hospital at 1:30am on friday morning. he says he stayed at the hospital until 8:30am, and then had a couple of hours' sleep before the start of the match at trent bridge. three games in the scottish premiership today. dundee, hamilton and motherwell all leading. you can fol

because of poor weather in rome yesterday, johanna konta had to play twice at the italian open todaynst sloane stephens and venus williams to reach quarterfinals. twice at the italian open today but won both matches against sloane stephens and venus williams to reach quarterfinals. and australia's nick kyrgios has been disqualified from the italian open, after an outburst which saw him throw a stool onto the court. the umpire awarded the match to norway's casper ruud. i'll be back with more on those stories later. a leading british scientist says drugs designed to stop cancer cells becoming resistant to treatment could be available within a decade. professor paul workman, the chief executive of the institute for cancer research, says the new approach could make it possible to manage cancer as a chronic condition, and make the disease more curable. our medical correspondent fergus walsh explains. we have known about this darwinian evolution for years. in fact, it was discovered by scientists at the institute for cancer research many yea rs institute for cancer research many years ago

if she makes it through she could face fellow briton and 26th seed jo konta who's guaranteed a qualifieroulter meanwhile, is due to play the croatian 23rd seed donna vekic, despite supposedly pulling out with a back injury. in the men's draw — british number two cameron norrie will play australia's nick kyrgios and kyle edmund faces the french hopejeremy chardy, while top seed novak djokovic plays poland's hubert hurkacz and the defending champion rafael nadal faces a qualifier. heather watson has played in the french open six times, but she won't be there next week — she lost a third set tie—break to valentina grammatik—o—pou—lou of greece. it's just 50 days to go until the start of the netball world cup in liverpool. manager tracey neville has named her 12 player england squad — eight of whom were part of the gold medal winning team at last yea r‘s commonwealth games. vice—captainjade clarke was a part of that success and says there's no reason why it can't be repeated in the world cup. i feel like a ifeel like a kid i feel like a kid again, ifeel like a kid again, having a home world