congratulations to lucy bronze there.westwood, graeme mcdowell, padraig harrington and luke donald as vice—captains for this year's ryder cup against the united states. westwood has won seven times as a player. the quartet could still qualify to play in the tournament, but westwood is the only player currently ranked inside the world's top 200. the ryder cup starts in paris on 28 september... with europe looking to regain the trophy. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. the weather is looking fine across the uk. 0n the weather is looking fine across the uk. on wednesday it will feel warm as well. clear blue skies on the way. not necessarily from the word "go". in the morning, in eastern and northern counties, it will be cloudy. it's the big picture across this part of the world, here, the jet stream with system is being diverted northwards. in the direction of iceland and scandinavia, this jet stream this far north, we are

lucy bronze plays for lyon againast wolfsburg later — jo currie is in kiev. shots behind me, they arrived as favourites and they are going for theirfifth arrived as favourites and they are going for their fifth title, their third consecutive title and that has never been done before. wolfsburg

and lucy bronze becomes the first british player to win the women's champions league.busy day of sport to tell you about, let's start with cricket and england's first of two test matches against pakistan started today at lord's. it was expected to be a chance for england to shine on home wickets after their dismal winter test form, but the opening day followed a familiar pattern as their batting order once again crumpled, all out for 184. tim hague reports. for many, but first home test of the year marks the start of summer. it also marks the start of something more special. his england test career. england chose to bat first. which quickly looked a bad choice, as the captain lost shortly after,. yet pakistan, would hold up really well, and no mood to let up, took his second of the morning. in the winter of discontent continued to the summer, alastair remained defiant. and here is another as he, and later ben stokes looked to put england on the front foot. yet every time the host rallied, pakistan stopped them in their tracks. a big blow at a good day for pakistan whic

and it's gone, to england's lucy bronze.yon reach this week's champions league final with this winning goal in their semifinal against manchester city, beat second—placed lieke martens of the netherlands. and third—placed australia striker sam kerr. bronze is the fourth winner of the award voted for by thousands of fans around the world. it's all a bit of a surprise. i did know why everyone was clapping at first. yeah, i am still surprised. i'm also very raval to have received the award that i was really grateful to even be nominated for. the people who had been nominated alongside me have been great players with great yea rs have been great players with great years also, so it was really special to have won it this year. worth checking out how lucy received the award on the bbc sport website. check that out and ate next few minutes or so. her auntie gave her a bit of a shock! that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. thanks for watching. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

this year the bbc women's footballer of the year is lucy bronze. ominees. lucy lu cy bro nze lucy bronze is the winner. she is the bbc women's footballer of the yearfor the bbc women's footballer of the year for 2018 and we went to her clu b year for 2018 and we went to her club a couple of days ago to surprise her, along with her auntie, julie, who gave the award. she was voted the winner by fans from all over the world, bbc world service operate this award. she is the fourth winner. she plays for england that she is a right back for a lyon. there she is in action, training for lyon. she actually scored the only goal in the champions league semifinal to send them through to the champions league final which is in kiev and that is a big goalfor her. she played for manchester city last season but she wanted to move to lyon because they are the biggest dominant force in women's football in the world. they are the best players and arguably the best club and she went there this season to really work on her game and it has proved its worth. she had all of

lucy lu cy bro nze lucy bronze was voted footballer of the year.ll lines for you — two roma fans have been charged over violence in the lead up to the semi final first leg between the italian side and liverpool at anfield, one for wounding and inflicting grievoius bodily harm. sean cox who was attacked remains in a critical condition in hospital. and the tottenham manager mauricio pochettino has signed a new five—year contract with the club, which will run until 2023. spurs once again qualified for the champions league last season, a second consecutive top three finish, which had seen him linked with some of europes top clubs. stay with us on sportsday still plenty to come... we‘ve a cool, calm collected daniel riccardio in practice ahead of the glitz and glamour of this weekend‘s grand prix. and there‘s some blood, sweat and tears too, as this former premier league hotshot takes to the ring. painful stuff, as it was in the cricket today. after defeats to new zealand and australia over the winter, surely the familiar surroundings of home would help

lucy bronze has been awarded a bbc women's footballer of the year after a public vote.ifinals.” feela bit surprised. i manchester city, the semifinals.” feel a bit surprised. i didn't know why everybody was clapping at first! lam why everybody was clapping at first! i am still surprised and obviously very grateful to receive the award. i was really grateful to even be nominated and the people nominated alongside me were also great players so alongside me were also great players so it is really special to win it this year. simon yates is favourite to win the giro d'italia despite having his lead cut in half. you can see from the grimace on his face he was digging in because the man in the campus is defending champion tom dumoulin. simon yates lost 75 seconds but is still leading by almost a minute. england's director of cricket andrew strauss is going to step back from his role while his wife undergoes treatment for cancer. this role will be filled by former head coach andy flower. his wife was diagnosed in december and is about to enter a new period in her treatment. he

fans from across the world have been voting for their favourite since the five—player shortlist of lucy bronzeenal are set to appoint unai emery as their new manager. emery would replace arsene wenger, who left after 22 years in charge. the spaniard is available after leaving paris st—germain — where he won one league title and four domestic cups during his two seasons in charge. alvaro morata has missed out on a place in spain's world cup squad for russia with cesc fabregas, marcos alonso, ander herrera and hector bellerin also not included. spain head coachjulen lopetegui named his 23—man squad for the tournament on monday, with four premier league players included: david de gea, cesar azpilicueta, nacho monreal and david silva. however, there was no place for chelsea striker morata, with isco, marco asensio, lucas vazquez, rodrigo and diego costa preferred in attack. roberto martinez also announced his provisional 28—man belgium squad in preparation for the tournament. roma midfielder radja nainggolan was left out. he then announced his international retirement. and finally what happens whe

what a fantastic week it could become for lucy bronze. a planned summit with north korea‘s leader next month in singapore has been cancelled. the us president said the decision had been based on the "tremendous anger and open hostility" in a recent north korean statement. let mejust let me just tell you about a couple of lines coming out from the white house. an official there saying that the north korean condemnation yesterday of the us vice president mike pence was the last straw that led to this summit being cancelled. mr pence was described by north korea as a political dummy. meanwhile us house speaker paul ryan says the us must continue to work with allies towards a peaceful resolution with north korea. that speak to a senior research fellow with the asia—pacific programme at chatham house. thank you forjoining us. how precarious was this summit anyway? this comes as a big surprise. i think most analysts myself included expected that despite all the public noises recently both these were committed to having a meeting on the 12th of j

also in kyiv, lucy bronze became the first briton to win a women‘s champions league medal.rg 4—1 in extra time at the dynamo stadium. the game was full of controversy, with a genuine lyon goal disallowed, a wolfsberg player sent—off and all 5 goals scored in the last half an hour. rory mcilroy is two shots off the lead at wentworth‘s pga championship. the northern irishman who won the tournament 4 years ago, carded a five—under—par 67 in his first round. he is two shots off the leader denmark‘s lucas bjerregaard. british tennis player cameron norrie has reached his first atp tour semi final. claiming the biggest win of his career. ranked 102 in the world... he beat america‘sjohn isner who‘s in the top ten... to make the last four of the lyon 0pen. he‘ll play frenchman gilles simon next. norrie played his first professional match on clay in february this year. elsewhere fellow briton gabriella taylor has lost in french open qualifying. that‘s it, more in sportsday at half past ten. you very much. we will see you then. let‘s get more on our top story. the united states, north

and england defender lucy bronze is aiming to win the women's champions league for the first time.is evening. plenty of champions league action this weekend. looking forward to that. thanks very much. ben rich has the weather this morning. hello. there is plenty more spring sunshine in the forecast for the next few days. it'll feel warm in the sunshine, as well, but it's not quite that simple because, in southern areas particularly, there is the risk of some thundery showers. we'll see some of those during the day on thursday, courtesy of this little weather front that's been sneaking its way in from the continent. it doesn't like much but itjust introduces that extra kick of energy and moisture that the asp needs to generate some of these showers and storms. they'll be quite hit and miss but they'll be drifting westwards as we go on through the day. for eastern scotland and north east england, quite a lot of low cloud and fog to start off, but that'll tend to burn its way back towards the coast. things brightening up as the day goes on. here's how it looks on our high resolution w

league winner, lucy british champions league winner, lu cy bro nze british champions league winner, lucy bronzeyear. pakistan will resume on day two of the first test against england 50—1 in the first innings, and in 3a runs behind the home side who had another bad day with the bat at lord's. play starts again at 11am. and can simon yates bounce back from a bad day in the saddle? it's the second of three mountain stages in a race he still leads but the advantage was cut in half yesterday, just three days of the race to go. a professor who specialises in cancer prevention claims issues with england's breast cancer screening invitations could date back further than previously thought. earlier this month it was revealed that up to a50,000 women aged 68—71 did not receive an invitation for a final routine breast cancer screening. professor peter sasieni says that problems could have started as early as 2005. public health england says the analysis is "flawed" and fails to take in to account when the breast screening programme was rolled out to all 70—year—olds. professor joins us now. he is the dat

lucy's auntie julie. how you feeling? so proud of her. you think it will mean for her, this award? oh, excitement. she likes to win. win. bronzeler of the year. women's footballer of the year. surprised plus very grateful to have received the award. received the award. really special to have won it this year. year. trophy, but there is another prize on the horizon. on the horizon. be the only english player on the pitch. pitch. and i don't want to go home without it. and that anything else isn't good enough. having skippered england in four of their last six matches. win it because everyone wants to win it. it. we have to be brave, we have to take it on the chin. take it on the chin. out in the group stage for the semifinal, it's the same. semifinal, it's the same. have to try and discuss as players, just to have those. just to have those. about it, we want to win it and we go from there. from his role while his wife undergoes treatment for cancer. a new period of treatment. his role will be filled by former head coach andy flower. he will keep a very steady hand while i'm away. while i'm away. i'm very grateful for the suppor

lucy bronze is the first briton to win a women's champions league medal.defender was part of the lyon team who beat wolfsburg 4—1 in extra time in kiev. england's cricketers have crumbled at lords. they were bowled out for 184 and lose the last five wickets for only 16 runs. and britain's simon yates has it all to do now if he's to win the first big cycling tour of the season, the giro d'italia. he's still in front, but his lead is now less than half a minute and that'll be threatened in the mountains today. what pressure on the burton to come in the mountains. matt is in bath with a look at the all—importa nt bank holiday weekend weather. 0h, oh, look at him! he is all damp! never miserable, notice, regardless of the weather, always chirpy! nothing says bank holiday weekend like me in the rain! it will not be bad all the way through. i end the gorgeous city of bath this morning, a big tourist attraction for millions every year. behind me is the iconic royal crescent, built by john wood the younger, the architect. it was completed in 1774, architect. it wa