top seed and world number one novak djokovic is through to the quarter—finals of the monte carlo mastersd jarrell miller says he'll appeal against the decision to deny him a licence to face anthonyjoshua in new york. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that arsenal are through to the europa league semi—finals after beating napoli 3—0 on aggregate over the two legs of their quarter—final tie. the gunners took a 2—0 lead from the opening match to naples and after a tense opening period, the north london side scored through alexandre lacazette making it a real struggle for the hosts who required four goals at that point, something that was unattainable. for me and for us now, the premier league is a very important competition and today, napoli, with their supporters, they wanted to do something important here and if we won there, it is because we worked really well. i think arsenal is an intelligent team. they played well in front and when they needed to defend, they defended well together. they were well organised offensively and defensively. it is n

two time winner and top seed novak djokovic has been knocked out of the quarter finals of the monte carlo masters

and defending champion rafael nadal moves through to the third round of the monte carlo masters.lo and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that tottenham have stunned manchester city to move through to the semi—finals of the champions league. despite manchester city winning 4—3 on the night the quarter—final tie finished level at 4—1; meaning spurs go through on the away goals rule — and watching at the etihad stadium was our sports correspondent katie gornall. this will go down as one of the most remarkable games in history. the momentum seem to swing from one direction to the next. city came down from the first leg. they had to score, they did that in four minutes through william stirling. the spares hit back. that left city needing to score three goals of the point. a huge task for many but not for them. they managed it. scoring to make it 4-2 they managed it. scoring to make it 4—2 on the ninth, they looked fairly co mforta ble 4—2 on the ninth, they looked fairly comfortable at the point that there was still time for more twists and turns was not the ball w

aggregate win over manchester united and novak djokovic is through to the third round of the monte carlo mastersnot without difficulty. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that ajax have knocked juventus out of the champions league at the quarter final stage. despite cristiano ronaldo handing the italians the advantage, two goals from the dutch side saw them through, while barcelona are also in the last four after easing past manchester united. a short time ago i spoke to our football reporter john bennett who told me that is was a stylish performance from ajax. ajax into the last four of the champions league for the first time since 1997 and they did it in style. the ajax way. quality on the ball and character. cristiano ronaldo with a header. they thought maybe juventus would run away with it but ajax started to play the football again and six minutes after rinaldo‘s goal, donny van de beek scored. matthijs the ligt with a brilliant header. he sums them up, the captain, 19 years old, will audibly leave at the end of the season. audibly leave at the end of the season

and novak djokovic eases into clay court season at the monte carlo masters but it doesn't all go as planned for the world number one and his first match on the surface this year . i'm sumi so misconduct it's good to have you with us. exit polls in indonesia's elections are pointing towards a significant victory for the country's current presidential he's. the scale of these elections is vost one hundred ninety million potential voters scattered over eight thousand dial and across three time zones and spanning hundreds of different ethnic groups and languages. thousands of seats are up for grabs but the focus is on the two main contenders current president. and his challenger. seem keen above all twin brace the democratic process. that he had of fifty years ago we don't have the right to appoint anybody we just received whatever said by the government here so now this is the band that we. apply to our rights for. number one yeah i think it's obvious we want him to complete his job my health for. our country. hoping to be a better. many indonesians are proud of their reputation for being a pl

nadal the king of clay as he swept through his first match since returning from injury at the monte carlo mastersrto bautista agut, and beat him 6—1, 6—1. the 32 year old hasn't lost a match in monte carlo for four years and plays grigor dimitrov in the third round later on thursday. also on thursday, world number one novak djokovic will play in the monte carlo masters. he's up against the young american taylor fritz in the round of 16. djokovic said his contest against philipp kohlschreiber in the last round ‘wasn't the prettiest of matches' and he was made to work before coming through in three sets against the german. afterjuventus were knocked out of the champions league on tuesday, napoli are the last italian side left in europe, but they have it all to do in the europa league against arsenal later. the serie a side are 2—0 down after the first leg in london and will need a big performance in the stadio san paolo to turn it around. the nba playoffs continue later, with the la clippers hosting golden state warriors at the staples center three days after their incredible victory over the reign

two time winner and top seed novak djokovic has been knocked out of the quarter finals of the monte carlo mastersvedev will play another serb — dusan lajovic — next. reigning champion rafa nadal‘s hopes of an unprecedented 12th monte carlo title are still alive. he's through to the semi—finals after beating argentina's guido pella in straight sets. england centre ben te'o is to leave the worcester warriors at the end of the season. the rugby league convert became warriors' best—paid player when he signed from leinster in 2016. and england's moeen ali helped his royal challengers bangalore side to just their second win in this year's indian premier league. the all rounder smashed 66 off 28 balls as his team set kolkata knight riders a target of 214. they fell ten runs short. the world snooker championship gets underway at the crucible theatre in sheffield tomorrow. ronnie o'sullivan is the bookmakers favourite to win the tournament, and the 43 year old says he has taken inspiration from tiger woods's triumph at the masters as he chases a sixth world title. my inspiration to watch him do that, i me

meets ministers to plan its restoration and novak djokovic is into clay court season at the monte carlo masters but it doesn't all go according to plans for the world number one on his debut on the surface this year. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program exit polls in indonesia's elections are pointing toward a significant victory for the country's current president djoko would otoh he's predicted to win roughly fifty five percent of the vote against his main rival candidate and former general provost to be on top the result could be pivotal for the country's future as well for its reputation as a tolerant of muslim country the contest has brought the country's huge voting public out in force. the scale of these elections is vost one hundred ninety million potential voters scattered over eight thousand violence across three time zones and spanning hundreds of different ethnic groups and languages. thousands of seats are up for grabs but the focus is on the two main contenders current president. and his challenger. voters seem keen above all twin brace the democratic process. that he had of fif

anger taken care of a close third set was won by joker bitch securing him passage into the monte carlo masters last sixteen. now it is spring in the northern hemisphere that means trees and flowers are in bloom like the cherry blossoms in japan in mexico dec aranda trees are in bloom right now and it is a beautiful sight to see it's all thanks to a japanese gardener who wanted to emulate his home countries it's springtime cherry blossom. there is plenty of violet petals lying on the streets of mexico city right now but the cleaners here don't seem bothered by the extra workload spring has arrived and everyone's and a good mood. and the way back away everyone thinks the jacaranda trees are so beautiful when the wind blows the flowers from the trees people love to take far as hers. pockets of violence have been blooming across the city since mid march. jacaranda trees are not native to mexico have only been here since the nineteenth thirties a japanese gotten a name to tell to go to matsumoto brought the tree from brazil after trying and failing to cultivate the japanese cherry tree since then t

men's tennis now at the monte carlo masters marren chelates was knocked out of the competition by argentina. and meanwhile. the red clad novak djokovic claimed the first set among the highlights a delicately sliced backhand too delicate for his opponent to reach. but philipp kohlschreiber hit back in the second set one thrilling rally ended with both players at the net as caused by his his opponent with the ball i he had only beaten joke of its twice in ten attempts but his most recent victory against him came in march of this year the german continued to break some of eventually claiming the second set much to the frustration of talk of riches reckitt took a beating. with the anger taken care of a close third set was won by joker bitch securing him passage into the monte carlo masters last sixteen. i. now it's fraying in the northern hemisphere and that means trees and flowers are in bloom like the cherry blossoms in japan in mexico jacaranda trees are in bloom right now and a beautiful sight to see and it's all thanks to a japanese gardener who wanted to emulate his home country's a sprin

world number one novak djokovic survived a bit of a scare at the monte carlo masters.pponent. and at one point djokovic took his frustration out on his racket. 0nce he'd got himself a new one, he won the final set 6—4 to go through to the third round. later on wednesday liverpool will take a 2—0 lead to portugal when they play porto in the second leg of their champions league quarterfinal. jurgen klopp's side hold a 2—point lead in the premier league as well over manchester city who'll also feature on wednesday, as they try to overturn a 1—0 deficit against tottenham in their quarterfinal if they're to keep alive their hopes of winning four trophies this season. pep guardiola's team start the match as favourites to reach the last four as they have home advantage, but he says he's curious to see how city's fans respond. they are human beings and there will be bad moments in the game. in those members we need our supporters. without supporters you cannot go through. ——in those moments. i am curious as to how our fans will react tomorrow. really curious. the king of clay,

british number two cameron norrie is through to the second round of the monte carlo masters after beatingadrian mannarino in straight sets. he faces hungary's marton fuchovitch next. the rugby football union have had their say on billy vuniploa's online conduct. the england and saracens forward posted support for australian player israel folau who said all gay people should go to hell. folau has subsequently been sacked by australia. today, vunipola received a formal warning. our rugby union correspondent, chrisjones, has more on this story. it has been a very unusual few days for everybody at saracens but the clu b for everybody at saracens but the club caught up in the centre of the storm caused by their number eight, billy vinupola. his apparent defence of the anti—lg bt billy vinupola. his apparent defence of the anti—lgbt stance of fellow christian israel folau has seen the englishman formally warned by saracens and the rugby football union. he has expressed his regret at the offence caused, with both the rfu and saracens stressing that his viewpoint is at odds with rugby union's val

aggregate win over manchester united and novak djokovic is through to the third round of the monte carlo mastersme where we start with the news that ajax have knocked juventus out of the champions league at the quarter final stage. despite cristiano ronaldo handing the italians the advantage, two goals from the dutch side saw them through, while barcelona are also in the last four after easing past manchester united. a short time ago i spoke to our football reporter

sports now in tennis rafael nadal has been taken down by fabio fognini in the monte carlo masters semifinals the spaniard was going for his twelfth title in monaco but he just couldn't get a goal against the italian and ended up losing in straight sets it's his first a feat in one thousand matches on the clay at monte carlo but he'll be defending his french open title in a little more than one month i write a reminder now the top story that we're following for you at this hour yellow vests protesters have clashed with police and set fires in central paris as the twenty third straight weekend of demonstrations against the policies of presidents and almost all scores of protesters after the arrest. you're watching t.v. news live from berlin more news at the top of the hour world stories up next a look at the lives of venezuelans now living in colombia i'm called asked this watched. what secrets lie behind these men. find out in an immersive experience and explores fascinating and cultural heritage sites. t w world heritage three sixty getting up. in the water storage rooms and people point to

to tennis now where fabio fognini was looking to win his first monte carlo masters title the italian made it to the final by knocking off the defending champion rafael nadal in the semifinals and funny you see him here in blue well he continued that good form in the opening set of what was really an unexpected match of the serbian dusan bitch thirty one year old then wrapped up a straight sets victory showing she could be a force to be reckoned with on those clay courts of the french open that's coming up in just over a month. but don't forget you can always get news on the go just download or app from google play or from the apple store and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use that to send us your photos and your videos. a reminder now of the top stories that we're tracking for you at this hour exit polls show comedian of a lot of mirrors the lenski has won the ukrainian presidential election and he wanted in a landslide incumbent at rocor shango has already conceded the race poll

to sports now and in men's tennis an update from the third round of the monte carlo masters world number three germany's onyx and a set of was knocked out and the surprise straight sets defeat to fabio fognini meanwhile novak djokovic cruise past his opponent now face a tricky task in the quarter finals. despite showing plenty grit and determination tayla fritz didn't stand a chance against novak djokovic playing in red jackets gave the twenty one year old american a sound beating winning the first set six three and then the second six mil. is well on his way to with good monte-carlo title however the match still proved a struggle for both players due to high winds on the court i was not meant to many rallies a lot of unforced errors for you know for his side as well but in a day like this you're just trying to hang in there and talk to do the right things to to to win. battling it out of face him in the quarter finals we're done neil medvedev and greek rising star stephon also. the twenty year old fought back from a set down to draw level but medvedev came out on top in a close third se

previous match on clay when he was beaten by italy's fabio fognini in the semi—finals of the monte carlo mastersovered for a 6—7, 6—4, 6—2 win and will now play 37 year—old fellow spaniard david ferrer. victoria azarenka is through to the last 16 of the the stuttgart 0pen where she'll play defending champion karolina pliskova. belarussian azarenka who was a beaten finalist here in 2012 was a 7—5, 6—4 winner over lucky loser vera zvonareva to set up a last 16 match against the czech. mark allen became the third seed to be knocked out of the world snooker championship in the first round after he was beaten 10 frames to 7 by china's zhou yuelong. the world number six from northern ireland trailed 7—2 overnight and quickly fell 9—2 behind before winning five straight frames but the world number 35 edged a scrappy frame 17 to progress. judd trump overturned a 6—3 deficit to win a thrilling final—frame decider against thepchaiya un—nooh. the thai world number 43 forced a deciding frame but a horrible miscue helped trump to a 10—9 win. the world number seven now faces ding junui in the second round. on

and out of sorts novak djokovic's was ousted from the monte carlo masters on friday. rld number one and top seed for the tournament lost in the court -- quarterfinals. he was playing in the last date for the first time in a masters competition. djokovic has won the event twice had made 47 unforced errors. >> the french open is the ultimate goal on clay. for mexpected in a way to peek right at that tournament. that is what i am aiming for. this is only the first tournament on clay and this is a long season. we will see how it goes. paul: at one stage it looked like rafael nadal would follow .jokovic out he rallied brilliantly to take the opening set on a tiebreaker and wrap things up 6-3 in the second. he is closer to his record 12 titles. the heavyweight title fight between anthony joshua and gerald miller is definitely off a secondler returned adverse drug test. the american challenger was blocked from getting a license after the first test. he was appealing the decision but the second one ended his hopes of stepping the ring. joshua will still fight at madison square

top seed and world number one novak djokovic is through to the quarter—finals of the monte carlo mastersy him a licence to face anthonyjoshua in new york. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that arsenal are through to the europa league semi—finals after beating napoli 3—0 on aggregate over the two legs of their quarter—final tie. the gunners took a 2—0 lead from the opening match to naples and after a tense opening period, the north london side scored through alexandre lacazette making it a real struggle for the hosts who required four goals at that point,

carl: shifting gears to tennis and rafael nadal has made it to the semifinals of the monte carlo masters by beating argentina's guido pella, but novak djokovic tool not be challenging this time around. he crashed out of the tournament in the quarterfinalsls. repoporter: for daniel medvedevt was a day to remember. he had ost all three of his previous matches a against novak djokovic, but in the montnte cao soson, he gave his illustrious opponent the runaround. this point helped him break djokovic's serve for a second time and claim the first set. he must t have known it would nt be smooth saililing throughout. in the second set djokovic's quality showed. the served leveleled the scorert one set each. but that was as s good as it got for thee reigning champion of ththree of the four r grand sla. medvedev dominated the final set. he m maneuvered djokovic around the court and then hit a thumping backhand to seal the victory. the world number 13 sees it aa site h he is heading in the rigt direction and djokovic woululd agree. >> i am getting more experienced. i am starting to make this top gu

masters 1000 event for the first time with a straight—sets victory over dusan lajovic at the monte carlo masterspion in the open era. having come into the tournament without a win on clay so far this season, fognini beat the king of clay himself rafael nadal on his way to the final, and he continued that form to chalk up the biggest win of his career, 6-3 6-4. he becomes the first italian to take the monte carlo crown since nicola pietrangeli in 1968 and will rise to number 12 in the world rankings. i'm happy because ijust won a tournament. whatever we can call it, the ranking, i just tournament. whatever we can call it, the ranking, ijust feel happy because i won a tournament and that was always my goal in my career and i think everybody, when you are growing up and you start and you decide to play tennis, you dream to wina big decide to play tennis, you dream to win a big tournament. we are talking about masters in series and the next one. it's the second in a level. nothing to say, it's time to enjoy with family and friends tonight. the first round of the world snooker championships justin sp

than is now where fabio phony was looking to win his first monte carlo masters title the italian made for the final by knocking off the defending champion rough in a doll in the seventies and for many here in the blue uniform continued that good form in that opening set of the unexpected match up with serbia loose on lay of the thirty one year old then wrapped up a straight sets victory showing he could be a force to be reckoned with on the clay courts of the french open this coming up in just over a month. we want to turn now to our top story the bombings in sri lanka here's a rundown of what we know so far about the easter sunday attacks eight coordinated explosions were set off three at churches four at hotels and one at an apartment that was being searched by police at least two hundred seven people have been killed and four hundred fifty people are known to be injured police have arrested several suspects a nationwide curfew is currently in place and social media platforms have also been suspended the defense minister has called the blasts a terrorist act i religious extremists.

grigor dimitrov battled his way into the second round of the monte—carlo masters on sunday with a straightthe world number 29 will now face either 15th seed denis shapovalov orjan—lennard struff in the next round. in the nhl the new york islanders are on the cusp of just their second playoff series win in more than a quarter—century. the islanders rolled to a 4—1 victory over the pittsburgh penguins to take a 3—0 lead in their best—of—seven eastern conference quarterfinal. on to cycling where philippe gilbert claimed his fourth ‘monument‘ classic by mastering the cobbles to win the paris—roubaix. the former world champion, who's won the tour of lombardy twice, as well as the tour of flanders and liege—bastogne—liege, beat german nils politt in a sprint finish. lewis hamilton made it two wins out of three in this season's formula one championship after claiming the chinese grand prix for a record sixth time. the mercedes driver beat team—mate valteri bottas into second and now has a six point lead at the top of the standings. nick parrott reports. with the honour of winning formula 1's 1000

and defending champion rafael nadal moves through to the third round of the monte carlo masters.where we start with the news that tottenham have stunned manchester city to move through to the semi—finals of the champions league. despite manchester city winning 4—3 on the night the quarter—final tie finished level at 4—4 meaning spurs go through on the away goals rule — and watching at the etihad stadium was our sports correspondent katie gornall. this will go

but learn a sport now that tennis rough and the dow has made it to the semifinals of the monte carlo masters by facing argentina's guido pella in straight sets however world number one novak djokovic won't be challenging for the title this time the two time champion crashed out of the tournament in the quarterfinals. danielle medvedev it was a day to remember the russian had lost all three of his previous matches against know that joke of it but in the monte carlo sun medvedev gave his more illustrious opponent the runaround this point helped him break djokovic she said for a second time. and claim it first said i he must have known it wouldn't be smooth sailing throughout the in the second set djokovic she's quality showed and the serve level discourse at one set age. was but that was as good as it got for the reigning champion of three of the four grand slams medvedev dominated the final set on match point he maneuvered joke of it around the court and then it's a thumping backhand to seal the victory six three four six six two. i thought before team sees it as a sign he's headed in the rig

we're going to find on a court that talk about battle through a tough opening match at the monte carlo masters world number one needed more than two and a half hours to be germany's full of culture in three sets his frustration showed in the second sates when he serves was broken four times talk of it eventually needing five match points to seal but when. i am that's all the sport for now more coming up again later marty thank you very much peter that's all from me for now but don't go away because funny will be here in this chair in just a moment or two with much more of the day's news. on line. with the answer for them we've not got this or if you join us on sat all of us have been colonized in some form or some fashion this is a diana we are talking about a legal front and you have seen what it can do to somebody people are using multiple drugs including a funnel and some people are seeking it out everyone has a voice and us here at the office here twitter and you could be on the street join the colobus conversation amount is iraq a new television station in afghanistan is turning the focus

the 11—time monte carlo masters champion lost his semi final to italy's fabio fognini in straight setsn monte carlo and has only lost four of 75 matches there in his entire career. fognini will play world number 48 dusan lajovic in the final. lajovic beat novak djokovic‘s conqueror, daniil medvedev 7—5, 6—1 to become the lowest ranked monte carlo finalist since 2001. it's day one of the world snooker championship at the crucible theatre in sheffield, and defending champion mark williams is in control of his first round match against martin gould. he won five frames in a row to take a 6—3 lead into the interval. this is seven frames now, mark williams has 2a on martin gould. live pictures there from the crucible. you can watch the action on the bbc red button, as well as the bbc website. a scrappy tent frame with a poor shot from williams to ta ke frame with a poor shot from williams to take that lead he has. he has now made it 7—4. it's make or break time for britian's amir khan. in the early hours of tomorrow morning he fights terrence crawford in new york. khan is challenging crawfor

brent: at the monte carlo masters, there was one surprising upset. rereporter: our file at a all -- rafaelel nadal was at his dodomt vast on his favorite service. ththe so-called clay king when past roberto bautista-agutut, dazzlingng the crowd o on his wo a straight-setsts victory. joining him will be world number three alexander zverev. but the german had encouraging words for his young opponent after the match. the biggest shock of the day saw old number six kei nishikori knococked out by pierre-hughes herbert. the freshman breaking serve after serve to knocked out japan's top layer and secure passage. brent: you are watching "dw news ." "the day" is next. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] t the full i'm nor cell at the headlines this hour. eagles across frantz ring the bells been altered -- a whoppppg nine hundred million euros have now been rise to save the monument. after was severely damaged by fire on monday night some expense will the presi

brent: mens tennis now, at the monte carlo masters.arine show which was dumped out of competition by argentina's player. rule number one novak djokovic had his own struggles against philip cole schreiber in their second head-to-head of this year. reporter: thehe red-clad nonovak djokovic claimed the first set. among the highlights, a delicately sliced backhand, too delicate for his opponent to reach. but he hit back k in the seconod set. one thrilling rally ended with both players at the net as he hit his opponent with the ball. he had only beaten him twice in 10 attempts his most recent victory came in march of this year. the german continue to break serve, eventually claiming the second set. much of the frustration of djokovic, whose e racket took a beating. with the anger taking -- taken care of, the third set was won by djokovic, securing him into the last 16. brent: here's a reminder of that top story.. french president emmanuel macron has vowed to rebuild notre dame cathedral within five years. a day after a devastating fire, he

in tennis fabio fognini has become the lowest seeded player to win the monte carlo masters since the turn of the century fresh off his semi final upset over eleven time champ rough on the doll the italian was in complete control against sobeys dusan lie of it that was despite the thirty one year old needing medical treatment during the second set needed just over an hour and a half to secure the six three six four when his first ever masters one thousand title. governorate to say something. gives them believe it. i really don't know i mean. really earlier we. logged in to see to give god a read a good show and. thinking about about it because it is something very well australia's women have stayed on course for a first fed cup title since one thousand nine hundred eighty four after beating belarus in the semifinal the belorussians had silenced the crowd in brisbane when victoria as a rank drew them level to beating some stars in their singles rubber six one six one to answer lanka against have kelly for my grand slam winner but stosur bounced back as she played alongside ashley party

in monaco rafael nadal made light work of grigor dimitrov in their third round match at the monte carlo masters on thursday the spaniard who has won this title eleven times already he's two a straight sets victory of six four six one at all extending his winning streak at this term in a terminal tournament rather to seventeen matches and sets up a quarter final with argentina's. yeah he's playing great he had some great victories here he will be a way to become to this not so i hold i hope to be ready to to keep playing well let's see i know i'm going to be a tough one but i'm quite the finals and that's great news after after the injury to be back on. to play this level of tennis is agreement. world number one novak djokovic cruised through his last sixteen clash with american taylor fritz dropping just three games djokovic taking it six three six love as he looks for his third title at the start. next up for djokovic it's deniel medvedev the russian progress to his quarter first quarter final at the masters one thousand tournaments with a recent victory over the final six a pass medvedev taki

gets in the second round of the monte carlo masters it took just an hour and sixteen minutes to get past his countryman six one six one. has won this tournament a record eleven times already he's building up to his french open title defense next month after an injury. i thought i did i think what they had to do it today. was a day that had been the first match on clay almost a year so i just tried to play so that the hole is this so-so especially from a so just enjoying that the fact that i have one more time the chance to be playing in this amazing. the doll will take on grigor dimitrov in round three the bulgarian had a real battle against germany's young strong. but he came through at seven six six four to set up a much tougher challenge against nadal next time he's on court. for the columbus blue jackets have won their first n.h.l. playoff series in history and it's come at the expense of the best team in the regular season the tampa bay lightning of the stanley cup playoffs after being swept four games to none this is also the first time in league history the team with the most poin

in monaco rafael nadal made light work of grigor dimitrov in their third round match at the monte carlo masters on thursday the spaniard who has won this title eleven times already east to a straight sets victory six four six one nidal extending his winning streak at this tournament to seventeen matches and sets up a quarterfinal with argentina's. yeah he's playing great he had some great victories here he will be a way to become to those not so i hold i hope to be ready to to get playing well let's see i know i'm going to be a tough one but i think what the finals and that's great news after after the injury to be back on tour to play this level of tennis is agreement. world number one novak djokovic cruised through his last sixteen clash with american taylor fritz dropping just three games djokovic taking it six three six love as he looks for his third title at the start. next up for djokovic it's deniel medvedev the russian progress to his quarter first quarter final at the masters one thousand tournaments with a reset victory over the final six a pass medvedev taking it six four in the deci

world number one and top seed novak djokovic has been knocked out of the quarter finals of the monte carlo masters are still alive. he's through to the semi—finals after beating argentina's guido pella in straight sets. the world snooker championship gets under way at the crucible theatre in sheffield tomorrow. ronnie o'sullivan is the bookmakers favourite to win the tournament, and the 43—year—old says he has taken inspiration from tiger woods's triumph at the masters as he chases a sixth world title. my my inspiration is watching him do what he did. so all the older generation of players will probably draw some sort of inspiration from that. sporty sport and if he can do it then i suppose it gives you more belief in yourself sometimes. —— sport is sport. good friday has been a great one for super league leaders st helens. they beat bitter rivals wigan by 36 points to 10 at the dw stadium. elsewhere, hull fc took the derby bragging rights in style against their city rivals hull kingston rovers, winning 56—12. bottom of the table leeds rhinos beat huddersfield giants 38—18, and the salford red dev

fashion he was up against fellow spaniard roberto battista and gets in the second round of the monte carlo mastershe took just an hour and sixteen minutes to get past his countryman six one six one the dark has won this tournament a record eleven times already he's building up his french open title defense next month after an injury. well i did i think what they had to do it today. was a day that had been the first match on. almost a year so i just tried to play so that the hole is this so-so especially from a so just enjoying the the fight that i have one more time the chance to be playing in this amazing club. the doll will take on grigor dimitrov in round three the bulgarian had a real battle against germany's young strength. but he came through at seven six six four to set up a much tougher challenge against nadal next time he's on course. for the columbus blue jackets have won their first n.h.l. playoff series in history and it's come at the expense of the best team in the regular season the tampa bay lightning out of the stanley cup playoffs after being swept four games to none this is also

are men's tennis now at the monte carlo masters and several of the world's top players featured in the second round on wednesday and there was one surprising upset. rafael nadal was at his dominant best on his favored surface the so-called clay king eased his way past fellow spaniard roberto bucked his style goops. by playing the crowd on his way to a straight sets victory. joining him in the third round will be world number three alexander who beat eighteen year old philippe seem but the german had encouraging words chris young opponents off to the match. the biggest shock of the day so world number six kane is she corrie knocked out by the blue clad piano. ranked forty nine from the world the frenchman breaking sound off to serve to knock out japan's top player and secure passage into the last sixteen. watching t w news the day is next. look closely. carefully and don't look at the soon. to be a good. match. discovered. subscribe to the documentary on you tube. and your rehearsal chain reaction of progress. to get around six hundred years ago. in the renaissance the revolution in phi

fashion he was up against fellow spaniard roberto battista and gets in the second round of the monte carlo masters it's just an hour and sixteen minutes to get past his countryman six one six one the doll has won this tournament a record eleven times already he's building up to his french open title defense next month after an injury. and i did i think what they had to do it today. was a day that had been the first much on clay almost a year so i just tried to play so that the hole is this so-so especially from a so just enjoying the the fight that i have one more time the chance to be playing in this amazing club. the doll take on grigor dimitrov in round three the bulgarian had a real battle against germany's young strength. but he came through it seven six six four to set up a much tougher challenge against nadal next time he's on course. the columbus blue jackets have won their first n.h.l. playoff series in history and it's come at the expense of the best team in the regular season the tampa bay lightning i'll have the stanley cup playoffs after being swept four games to none this is also the

arguments to this now at the monte carlo masters barring gillett was dumped out of the competition by argentina's giteau peja meanwhile world number one novak djokovic had his own struggles against germany's philip coast striker in what was their second head to head this year. the red clad novak djokovic claimed the first set among the highlights a delicately sliced backhand too delicate for as opponent to reach but philipp kohlschreiber hit back in the second set one thrilling rally ended with both players at the nats high school shot by his his opponent with the bull. he had only beaten joke of its twice in ten attempts but his most recent victory against him came in much of this year the german continued to breaks of eventually claiming the second set much to the frustration of djokovic jews reckitt took a beating. with the and get taken care of a close third set was won by joke of it securing him passage into the monte carlo mosque his last sixteen. here's a reminder that top story we're following for you french president has failed to rebuild notre dame cathedral within five year

in monaco rafael nadal made light work of grigor dimitrov in their third round match at the monte carlo masters on thursday the spaniard who has won this title eleven times already east to a straight sets victory six four six one nidal extending his winning streak at this tournament to seventeen matches and sets up a quarterfinal with argentina's. yeah he's playing great he had some great victories here he will be a waste because it is not so i hold i hold to be right to to keep playing well let's see i don't want to be a tough one but i am quite the finals and that's great news after after the injury to be back on. to play this level of tennis is agreements. world number one novak djokovic screws through his last sixteen clash with american taylor fritz dropping just three games djokovic taking it six three six love as he looks for his third title at the start. next up for djokovic it's deniel medvedev the russian progress to his quarter first quarter final at the masters one thousand tournaments with a reset victory over the final six a pass medvedev taking it six four in the decider. there's

after winning the monte carlo masters title 11 times, nadal was beaten in straight sets in the semi finalsclay in 1a years. there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest from new york as the british boxer, amir khan, challenges terence crawford for his wbo world welterweight title. there is live commentary of that fight on bbcradio5live. kate. some of notre—dame's smallest residents appear to have survived the devastating fire which destroyed most of the cathedral‘s roof and toppled its famous spire. around 200 thousand bees living in hives on the roof were initially thought to have perished in the blaze, but the fire did not reach the hives, and the smoke merely made them drunk as hugh schofield reports from paris. for six years, they have been keeping bees on the roof of notre dame. the inferno, one might have thought, should have reduced the three hives to a large pool of wax. but no. this brief video, taken this afternoon, shows that all is still in order. the day after, we had pictures taken by drones and i could see the three dots made by the roofs of the hives and nothi

in tennis fabio fognini has become the lowest seeded player to win the monte carlo masters since the turn of the century fresh off a semifinal upset over eleven time champ rough on the doll the italian was in complete control against sobeys dusan lie of it that was despite the thirty one year old needing medical treatment during the second set needed just over an hour and a half to secure the six three six four when his first ever masters one thousand title . governor later say something. gives them believe it. i really don't. i mean literally be. logged in to see you have to give to read a good show and. then give both. the goes. do something good with. your story these women have stayed on course for a first fed cup title since one nine hundred seventy four to beating belarus the belorussians had silenced the crowd in brisbane one victoria azarenka drew the malevolent who'll be eating some stars in the singles rubber six one six ones was a ring her against her fellow form a grand slam winner but start as a bounce back as she played alongside ashley forty in the doubles defeating he

goods in the second round of the monte carlo masters on wednesday it took just an hour and sixteen minutes to get past his countryman six one six one the dart has won this tournament a record eleven times already. well i did i think what they had to do it today. was a day that had been the first much on. almost a year so i just tried to play so that the whole is this so so special from it so just enjoying the the fact that i have one more time the chance to be playing in this amazing club in baseball the new york yankees were too strong for the old fives the boston red sox on tuesday pitcher james paxton struck twelve red sox batters to help the yankees to victory in this game since that employer monday the new york players all of the number forty two on their backs as the league commemorated jackie robinson day this home runs from clint frazier helping you your twenty eight to nothing when. australian rugby union star israel folau is set to challenge his sacking by the national team which came after he made homophobic comments on instagram for allow an ultra conservative christian said in

very much we start with tennis and a very out of sorts novak djokovic was dumped out of the monte carlo masters on friday the world than one and top seed for the tournament lost in the quarterfinals he was beaten in three sets by russia's ten c. dunhill medvedev who was playing in the last eight for the first time in a masters competition jock which who's won the event twice made forty seven unforced errors in term children is the ultimate goal include. hope breaking a million for sure it's expected in a way to. for me to peak right at the sort of in because that's what i'm aiming for and this is. not only the first to remain unclear it's a long season so let's see how it goes at one stage it looked like rafael nadal would follow jack rich out the eleven time when it went down to breaks against argentina as we don't but he rallied brilliantly to take the opening sets on a tie break and then wrap things up six games to three in the second that are closer to a record extending twelve titles next up he plays italy's fabio fognini. the heavyweight title fight between anthony joshua and general mill

rafael nadal is throught to the quarter finals of the monte carlo masters after beating grigor dimitrovhis was his 70th victory in 7a matches and he'll play argentina's guido pella next. novak djokovic is also through to the last eight — he'll play daniil medvedev later on friday. djokovic — the top seed — beat the american taylor fritz 6—3, 6-0. the world number one, a two time winner here, is through to the quarters for the ninth time in 13 appearances in this event. in the nba the oklahoma city thunder will have home court advantage later for game 3 of their first round playoff series with the trail blazers. portland have a 2 nothing lead after a big win on wednesday. cj mccollum and damian lillard once again led the way — they scored a massive 62 points between them as it finished 114—94. the trailblazers have won just one nba championship — that was back in 1977. i know how quickly things can change, i know how the series doesn't start until you down the road, with just got to maintain our focus, stay sharp in the things that we been sharp in and understand how well we played in th