, the midfield, the rest _ blow to enzo maresca, the midfield, the rest of— blow to enzo maresca, the fans as well. if leicester are able to re—establish themselves as a premier league _ re—establish themselves as a premier league club, may be the number one aim should _ league club, may be the number one aim should be to stay in the premier league _ aim should be to stay in the premier league next— aim should be to stay in the premier league next season. but losing a player— league next season. but losing a player like — league next season. but losing a player like dewsbury— hall who makes the midfield take and really provides the engine is really going to make _ provides the engine is really going to make that harder than it is already— to make that harder than it is already going to be. that to make that harder than it is already going to be.- to make that harder than it is already going to be. that is about all we have _ already going to be. that is about all we have time _ already going to be. that is about all we have time for. _ already going to be. that is about all we have ti

.— it looks as though chelsea are closing in on enzo maresca.ere was a long list of candidates to take over from mauricio pochettino who was sacked last week, but the leicester manager is now their preferred choice. but what will this mean for the foxes, who won the championship under the italian to get them back into the prmier league at the first time of asking. charlie slater reports. it was as if they had onlyjust begun. in the doorfor it was as if they had onlyjust begun. in the door for less than a yearin begun. in the door for less than a year in on the face of it, at least after the perfect season. enzo maresca has not gone yet but the all the talk is that he will be if they can't agree compensation of around 8- £10 can't agree compensation of around 8— £10 million. can't agree compensation of around 8- £10 million-— 8- £10 million. leicester city are the championship _ 8- £10 million. leicester city are the championship champions. i 8- £10 million. leicester city are l the championship champions. ask 8- £10 million. leicester city are i

with pochettino gone, is maresca on the move as chelsea target the leicester city manager? sweet child ofjoss�*s. england captainjoss butler set to miss the third t20 against pakistan for the birth of his third child. hello! welcome to sportsday. we start in paris, where rafa nadal has been knocked out of the french open in the first round for the first time — but hasn't confirmed that it'll be his last appearance at roland garros. nadal had previously said he expects to retire at the end of the current season, but following his straight sets defeat to alexander zverev, nadal left the door open for a return in the future. he has, of course, won this tournament a record—breaking 1a times, as ben croucher reports. when roland garris�*s canvas, one of tennis�*s great artists returned returned for one last hurrah. but a modern nadal dell paints a different picture. the 14—time champion has lost little focus, his finesse or his fire. we even saw the famous ferocious forehand. bringing tears to his feet and every moment of man magic from the spaniard. the fourth seed has spellbin

with pochettino gone, is maresca on the move as chelsea target the leicester city manager? at st mary's as southampton celebrate their march back to the premier league. also coming up on sportsday — buttler�*s baby absence — england's captain is likely to miss their third t20 against pakistan with his third child close to being born. and jack the lads lucky escape — how grealish�*s parade celebrations nearly went very, very wrong. welcome to the programme. we start in paris, where rafa nadal has been knocked out of the french open in the first round, but hasn't confirmed that it'll be his last appearance at roland—garros. nadal had previously said he expects to retire at the end of the current season, but following his straight sets defeat to alexander zverev, nadal left the door open for a return in the future. ben croucher reports. if your picture can paint 1000 words, all this clay campus, rafael nadal�*s artistry can never be question. but a snapshot into the modern nadal belies what came before, battling his body and the braun of alexander zverev. this was always going

that's ernie maresca, so just never confuse enzo maresca with ernie maresca . are they related? >> so how are they related? >> i don't know, they're just the only two maresca's i've ever heard of. >> okay, so there mightn't be related. >> so ernie maresca is shout, shout, knock yourself out. there he is. that's him. that's ernie maresca . he looks like a pretty maresca. he looks like a pretty smooth guy, doesn't he? whereas enzo maresca is the manager of leicester and probably will be manager of chelsea. now, the thing is, as i was mentioning about, you know, you get the managers and all of a sudden they get the new big thing because they've taken their teams up with him. he worked under pep. so chelsea are thinking, oh, i worked under pep guardiola. look what happened with with old captain black. you know that that obviously worked very well. but leicester were always more likely to go up. i think, than anybody else in the championship after going straight down. so does it make him such a great manager that all of a sudden everybody's interested in. and is he

with pochettino gone, is maresca on the move as chelsea target the leicester city manager? miss the third t20 against pakistan for the birth of his third child.

with pochettino gone, is maresca on the move as chelsea target the leicester city manager?e third t20 against pakistan for the birth of his third child. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start in paris, where rafa nadal has been knocked out of the french open in the first round for the first time — but hasn't confirmed that it'll be his last appearance at roland garros. nadal had previously said he expects to retire at the end of the current season, but following his straight sets defeat to alexander zverev, nadal left the door open for a return in the future. he has, of course, won this tournament a record—breaking 1a times, as ben croucher reports. when roland garros's canvas, one of tennis's great artists returned for one last hurrah. but a modern nadal dell paints a different picture. the 14—time champion has lost little focus, his finesse or his fire. we even saw the famous ferocious forehand. bringing tears to his feet and every moment of man

maresca took charge of leicester injune last year and led them to the championship title at the firstsly been pep guardiola's assistant at manchester city and bbc sport understands leicester would be seeking between £8m to £10m in compensation for the italian. and unai emery has agreed a new five—year contract with aston villa. he guided them to fourth place in the premier league this season, qualifying for top—level european football for the first time in over a0 years. to cricket and england's one—day captain jos buttler will almost certainly miss the third t20 against pakistan having left the squad in cardiff for the birth of his third child. the timing means it's now likely he'll be available for the whole of the t20 world cup, which starts on sunday. in buttler�*s absence, moeen ali will captain the side with willjacks likely to open the batting. and that's all the sport for now. back to you, christian. thank you very much. the pictures that came in overnight from gaza are horrifying. the hamas—run health ministry says 45 people were killed in the air strike in the tal al sultan

maresca took charge of leicester injune last year and led them to the championship title at the firstuardiola's assistant at manchester city, and bbc sport understands leicester would be seeking £8—10 million in compensation for the italian manager. and unai emery has agreed a new five—year contract with aston villa. he guided them to fourth place in the premier league this season, qualifying for top—level european football for the first time in over a0 years. manchester united defender maya le tissier has been called into the england squad for the upcoming european championship qualifiers. she moves up from the standby list to replace niamh charles, who'll remain with chelsea to manage a calf injury. england are preparing for a double—header against france at stjames' park on friday, then in saint—etienne the following week. england captain leah williamson has signed a new multiple—year contract with women's super league side arsenal. the defender has spent her entire senior career with the london club, who have not revealed how long the deal is for. williamson captained the lionesse

chelsea appear to be the first to make their move as they close in on leicester's enzo maresca. replace roberto de zerbi while erik ten hag's future at manchester united still remains unclear. alex fletcher puts the top flight managerial merry—go—round under the microscope. the end of may has signalled time for change in the premier league. pochettino's departure kick—started movements. the man who could replace him has faced him. after he achieved promotion back to the top flight, the club and talks with the italian, who remains a front runner. leaving behind a legacy on the south coast, roberto de zerbi led brighton to european football for the first time in their history, and following the footsteps of his predecessor, he has been linked to stamford bridge. bbc sport understands him and brentford boss thomas frank are both being monitored. it's notjust of the bridge where things could change. few expected to see red ribbons on the fa cup over the weekend, but erik ten hag got the best of manchester city at wembley. it has raised doubts over his future. united finished eighth

chelsea are in talks with leicester city manager enzo maresca, as they seek a replacement for mauricio days ago. the italian took charge of leicester injune last year and led them to the championship title at the first attempt. he'd previously been pep guardiola's assistant at manchester city and would reportedly cost close to £10 million in compensation. england captain leah williamson has signed a new multiple—year contract with women's super league side arsenal. the defender has spent her entire senior career with the london club, who have not revealed how long the deal is for. the dallas mavericks are one win away from the nba finals after they beat the minnesota timberwolves to go 3—0 up in their western conference finals series. luka doncic and kyrie irving scored 33 points each — it had been a close game until dallas pulled away thanks to a 12—3 run in the last three minutes and 38 seconds to win 116—107. if they can win game four in dallas on tuesday, they'll reach the finals for the first time they won the title in 2011. no team has ever come back from a 3—0 deficit. it feels

maresca took charge of leicester injune last year, and led them to the championship title at the firstliamson captained the lionesses to victory at euro 2022, and has also won the wsl and two fa cups with arsenal. to cricket and england's one—day captain jos buttler will almost certainly miss the third t20 against pakistan having left the squad in cardiff for the birth of his third child. the timing means it's now likely he'll be available for the whole of the t20 world cup, which starts on sunday. in buttler�*s absence, moeen ali will captain the side with willjacks likely to open the batting. and jacks says he can't wait to play a role — both against pakistan and at the world cup. i'm really excited. i've dreamt of this obviously since i was little boy, and i've missed out on the last few, which had me a little bit. i really wanted to be there and i'm really excited for this hopefully would go there and when. would go there and win. we are defending champions of this world cup and we will do his will as we can and this is all about preparation for what's going to happen in a week to

chelsea are closing in on leicester's boss, enzo maresca, to replace mauricio pochettino, who they sackednight have released cctv images of a man they want to speak to. 34—year—old amie gray was stabbed to death. a 17—year—old boy arrested on sunday has been released without charge. here's duncan kennedy. from first light to this afternoon's fading light, police have been searching for clues. it was near these cliffs that the woman named locally as amie gray was fatally stabbed. today, officers prodded the undergrowth, looking for evidence to help find who killed amie and attacked her friend. but it's notjust been in the surrounding cliffs that the police have carried out their investigation. they've sealed off hundreds of yards of this beach for three days as part of their enquiries, including forensic officers working at this spot looking for more evidence. the police say this is their main suspect. they haven't given any details about his age or height, but say the public should not approach him. they've put on extra patrols which have been welcomed by the public here. i think generall

brighton may work for him but chelsea obviously are interested in now and also enzo maresca, who is theester, who has taken leicester up. so anybody that takes a team up, all of a sudden it's a new manager, everybody's interested in. so there's a possibility that he may leave leicester , he that he may leave leicester, he worked under pep guardiola at manchester city . so he's another manchester city. so he's another name that's been linked to all these jobs . you know what? i'm these jobs. you know what? i'm finding it exhausting. >> you can have to find you're going to have to like completely refresh your your list of who you talk about every week. >> well, i'd be happy to do it. my >> well, i'd be happy to do it. my mental list. it's just it's just putting the managers into the right places. so yeah. >> should we look at david wilkie? >> yes. david wilkie are david wilkie, were you i think probably less so early , but but probably less so early, but but you, steven wood, remember david wilkie. yeah david wilkie i think one of our great passed away yesterday at the age of 70 now, whic

and also enzo maresca. yeah.mean he's he's sitting there. he's on amte power. you've got the sporting directors of chelsea are flying out to talk him round. but he's never been a premier league manager. he he's another one worked under pep guardiola. and you know what. he looks a bit like pep guardiola as well which means which means therefore he'll agree. just like pep guardiola. sixth premier league manager for in five years for chelsea. so what's this story here? >> deshambo versus the rope bryson dechambeau. >> well this is a this is one that's going around social media at the moment. and it did happen about a year and a half ago. so i've seen this bryson dechambeau. but have a look at it anyway if you think that footballers when they collapse down have a look. hampstead golfers as well. bryson dechambeau walks into the rope. there he is. did you see that right. there's the rope and he's down, now give him a towel. give him a towel. someone hand him a towel. you, me, that . there we towel. you, me, that. ther