in the women's draw nishikori's japanese compatriot and world number one naomi osaka is through to thet bela russian aliaksandra sasnovich 6—2, 6—3. osaka pulled out of the semi—finals in stuttgart last month with a stomach injury but said she's no longer feeling discomfort during matches. in the last eight, the two—time major champion will face switzerland's belinda bencic. three—time winner and number two seed petra kvitova will face the lady she beat in last year's final, kiki bertens. that's after the czech continued her title defence with a convincing third round victory over france's caroline garcia, winning in straight sets — 6—3, 6—3. while winner in 2016 and 2017, simona halep also advanced to the quarter—finals following a crushing 6—0, 6—0 win over slovakian viktoria kuzmova. the romanian third seed needed a little over 44 minutes to secure the straight—sets victory and next faces australian ashleigh barty. to cricket where the first of five one—day internationals between england and pakistan was abandoned because of persistent rain at the oval on wednesday. the weather saw

world number one naomi osaka admitted to feeling the nerves during her opening match at robert garrigusmed like she hadn't managed to shake them off on thursday, losing the opening set against azarenka. osaka, chasing her third grand slam in a row, won the next two sets, though, and she will play siniakova in the next round. next two sets, though, and she will play siniakova in the next roundlj feel like i didn't dip at all in this match, and she was just playing so this match, and she was just playing so well, and i was just waiting for her to get a little bit tired, and i think she did towards the end of the second set, and the third set, so that's when i just tried second set, and the third set, so that's when ijust tried to really accelerate. depending -- defending champion halep also made it through in three sets. she will be up against the winner of the other qualifier. serena williams cruised into the third round with victory over the japanese qualifier, winning in straight sets in just over an hour. williams will play her fellow american in the next round. novak djokovic is in a

while earlier, world number one naomi osaka went out to belinda bencic.ison. awinfor a win for naomi asarco would have guaranteed her place at the top of the world rankings for another week at least. she was playing switzerland's belinda bencic for a place in the semifinals, and a routine victory looked to be on the cards when osaka took the opening set 6—3. after winning the second set 6—3. after winning the second set 6—2, bencic then took the decider as well, coming from for having five down in the process, when osaka was serving for the match. the unseeded swiss, ranked 18 in the world, ranked three games in a row to seal her place in the last four. bencic will now face the number three seed, halep. twice the champion in madrid, she is bidding to reach the final there the fourth time in six years. she came through against the number seed from australia, barty, but they were ha rdfoug ht australia, barty, but they were hardfought sets. halep17—5, 7—5, and if the champion in 2016 and 17 can take the title in 2019 as well she will retake the world number

the women's world number one naomi osaka overcame a poor start to beat two—time grand slam champion victoria 7—5, 6—3. osaka is chasing her third successive grand slam title having won the 2018 us open and the australian open earlier this year. she will play the czech republic's katerina siniakova in the next round. serena williams struggled in her first match, but not in round two. she beat japanese qualifier kurumi nara in straight sets and will face sofia kenin for a place in the last 16. dina asher—smith has put down another notable marker to her global sprint rivals by winning the 200 metres at the stockholm diamond league in a world—leading time. up against an elite field that included olympic champion elaine thompson and two—time world champion dafne schippers, asher—smith surged clear to win by almost half a second in 22.18 seconds, the quickest time of 2019. i was really happy because honestly i wanted to come here and when i wa nted i wanted to come here and when i wanted to run a good quality race and hit all my technical points. but idid not and hit all my technical points. but i

naomi osaka could lose her world number one ranking after being knocked out of the madrid open in theals. she was beaten by switzerland's belinda bencic, who fought back from a set down. bencic will next play simona halep, who's set to overtake osaka at the top of the rankings if she wins the whole tournament. danny cipriani says he's "honoured" to have been named player of the year by the rugby players‘ association. cipriani has had an outstanding season, including helping gloucester into the play—offs. he says he's now targeting a place in england's world cup training squad and winning the premiership with gloucester next season. persistent rain forced the one—day international between ireland and bangladesh to be called off. the game at malahide in dublin was a complete wash—out. ireland's next game is against west indies on saturday, by whom they were heavily beaten in their opening match. well, that tri—series is a warm—up for the cricket world cup, which gets under way in just three weeks. the first match is between hosts england and south africa on 30th of may. the host nation

champion simona halep starts out against australia's ajla tomljanovic, while the world number one naomi osakald play a grand slam winner as early as round 2. our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. osaka has won the last two grand slam titles and shown great improvement on clay this year and if she get past the first round she will play either victoria azarenka or the champion from two years ago. there is still some doubt about the fitness of serena williams. 23 time grand slam champion needs to ove i’co m e grand slam champion needs to overcome a knee injury. rafael nadal will play a qualifier in the second round, assuming he gets that far, while liver djokovic plays against an emerging polish player and then possibly the american who defeated him at wimbledon three years ago. and on his return for the first time infouryears, and on his return for the first time in four years, roger federer drew an italian opponent. iam happy i am happy to be here again. it is good news when you see tournaments that are improving, new things from the player side wejust that are improving, new thing

naomi osaka also avoiding a premature and to her bed for a third consecutive grand slam title. after losing the first set without winning a game, the japanese a 21—year—old won a second set tiebreaker against a 21—year—old won a second set tiebrea ker against slovakian opponent. today was weird because it usually the nerves go away but it kinda stayed the entire match and i felt it was fight of willpower and i managed to win anything in. she will face victoria azarenka after she knocked out the 2017 champion. another player managed to hold serve until the ninth game and the illiteracy and even had to matchpoint saved before taking it in a tie—break. —— belarus player.m is my first win in quite a while so obviously before the match i had some nerves and it also showed during the game but i am happy to step over that barrier and be able to play in my next round. in the men's draw, alexander zverev came through a frustrating first round match. the 22—year—old won the opening two sets before australian, millman, levelled the match. he showed his medal to break in the last. police i

naomi osaka is through to the second round in madrid although the scoreline doesn't quite reflect howa in the end taking it 6-2, 7-6. an abdominal injury had forced her to withdraw in stuttgart just over a week ago — but the world number one said she wasn't in too much pain. talking of the french open, the defending champion staying with tennis and stefanos tsitsipas has won the estoril open — to claim his first title on clay. the 20—year—old who is the youngest player in the top 10 of the world rankings took advantage of uruguayan pablo cuevas‘ struggles on serve. tsisipas coming through 6—3, 7—6 to win his third atp tour title and second of the season. not many of you know that i have been watching this tournament since i was ten or 12, watching federer win. did he play here? it was the other one? i remember seeing them and he always kind of, always drew my attention and i always felt it would be cool to win this trophy here. now to the final of the world snooker championship in sheffield. judd trump produced a superb evening session on sunday to lead john higgins by 12 frames to 5.

a bit of a scare for naomi osaka. but once again she came through. singles matches won in a row as she tries to win three titles in a row, but she was a set and 11—2 down to anotherformer but she was a set and 11—2 down to another former world number one, victoria azarenka. turned it around really well and won the decider after aza renka really well and won the decider after azarenka had ta ken really well and won the decider after azarenka had taken an 11 minute bathroom break at the end of the second set. naomi 0saka won 6—3. wins for serena williams, novak djokovic, juan martin del potro, and also one. katie taylor bids to become the undisputed world lightweight champion on saturday night. the irishwoman holds the wba, wbo and ibf titles and meets wbc champion delfine persoon at madison square garden in new york in what could be a career—defining fight. this is a history making fight for me, andi this is a history making fight for me, and i think it is definitely the biggest fight in my career. i understand how big this event actually is and this

and world number one naomi osaka is through to the madrid open quarter—finals as she builds towards theere we start with news of another exhilirating uefa champions league semi—final. 2a hours after liverpool's stunning comeback against barcelona, tottenham overturned a i—nil first leg deficit against ajax to set up an all—english final in madrid on the 1st ofjune. lucas moura scored a hat—trick, as spurs came from 3—nil down on aggregate to go through on away goals. here's the story of the night from our football correspondent john murray, watching on in amsterdam. you may have thought the champions league drama of an feel couldn't be matched to be in the second time in 24 matched to be in the second time in 2a hours, an english club came from 3-0 2a hours, an english club came from 3—0 down to win through. for spurs, it was just over half—an—hour to

in the women's event naomi osaka eased into her 1st quarter final in rome the world number one taking it in straight sets against me haleigh missed school. the defending champion brooks kept has made a sensational start to this year's 2nd goal of major the u.s. p.g.a. championship the american shot an opening day $63.00 to finish on 7 under par at bethpage black in new york the last player to start a major as well as that was for make alston at the open in 2016. but the chances of masters winner tiger woods claiming back to back majors are already looking slim is 2 over par of the 1st round not helped by 3 birdies and 2 double bogeys any opening round of 72 woods and kept were part of the same group on the course the defending champion said he was well aware that fans were hoping to see more from his playing partner in our following. on this last year. you know i'm playing. you know it was great attire want to go but i mean we're on a new week now so. i just gotta go out there and focus on me and not really concerned about what what's going on you know what you're going to get when yo

in the women's event naomi osaka eased into her 1st quarter final in rome the world number one taking it in straight sets against me haleigh missed school. the defending champion brooks kept has made a sensational start to this year's 2nd goal of major the u.s. p.g.a. championship the american shot and opening day $63.00 to finish on 7 under par at bethpage black in new york the last player to start a major as well as that was for make a listen at the open in 2016. but the chances of masters winner tiger woods claiming back to back majors are already looking slim is 2 over par after the 1st round not helped by 3 birdies and 2 double bogeys any opening round of 72. woods and kept were part of the same group on the course the defending champion said he was well aware that fans were hoping to see more from his playing partner and i felt like on this last year. you know i'm playing. you know it was great that i want to go but i'm aware of a new week now so. i just got to go out there and focus on me and not really concerned about what what's going on you know what you're going to get when

away from the sideshow in rome, world number one naomi osaka will play kiki bertens in the women's quarter—finalsankings with simona halep losing in the second round. the 21—year—old was too good for dominika cibulkova in the morning winning 6—3, 6—3 before beating romania's mihaela buzarnescu by the same score later in the day to seal her place in the last eight milwaukee bucks play game 2 of their nba eastern conference finals series against the toronto raptors later on friday. the bucks fought back from being behind for a vast majority of game one to record a 108—100 victory, which included 13 points in the final quarter from brook lopez handing them the initiative. feels good, you know, feels good to be able to come every night and try to put my body on the line and give everything i've got for us to win a game. you know, had a great game but at the end of the day my team had a great game and we were able to get this win. while in the nhl, the sanjose sharks take a 2—1 lead into game four of the western conference final against the st louis blues later. after logan couture levelled it at the

a win would have seen halep overtake world number one naomi osaka, but she lost 6—4, 6—4.hen their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia have given their account of the disaster in which at least sixty people drowned. initial reports said those on board were from sub—saharan africa. but the survivors say most of the passengers were from bangladesh. these are the faces of men who had seen death at close quarters. some too shocked to say anything. others are devastated by what they saw. they all set off to start a new life in italy. a dream interrupted by the harsh reality of death at sea. this man from bangladesh is one ofjust i6 man from bangladesh is one ofjust 16 who survived. fighting for life, we fighting, swimming eight, eight hours. eight hours swimming. then people dying, one by one, every minute people going under, down, every minute, one is going. i have lost my two brothers. one is cousin brother, one is brother—in—law. in front of my eyes. another survivor recou nts front of my eyes. another survivor recounts the horror of what happened on board. translation: o

australia's aijla tomlanovic to progress and there were similar issues for top seed and world number one naomi osakae before responding against slovakia's anna karolina schmiedlova to set up a second round game against victoria azarenka. for me, today was weird, because usually the nerves go away, but it kind of stayed the entire match and then ijust kind of stayed the entire match and then i just felt like kind of stayed the entire match and then ijust felt like it kind of stayed the entire match and then i just felt like it was a fight of willpower, and i managed to wind in the end. scotland's women beat jamaica 3—2 at hampden park in their last warm—up game before next month's world cup in france. substitute defender sophie howard scored the winner in the 67th minute. the friendly in glasgow was watched by a record home crowd of 18,500 fans. one other football line is that neymar limped out of training with a knee injury as his brazil prepare to host next month's copa america. it comes after the 27—year—old lost the captaincy to paris saint—germain teammate dani alves. mankind is no match against

the dream of a third straight grand slam is alive for naomi osaka — but onlyjust!back to win in three. she'll face katerina siniakova in the third round. serena williams is also though after beating japanese qualifier kurumi nara in straight sets. and the men's world number one, novak djokovic, is through to the third round at roland garros for the 14th consecutive year. that's after a routine straight sets win over henri laaksonen. next up for the 2016 champion is the unseeded italian salvatore caruso. rafael nadal continues his quest for a record—extending 12th title at roland garros in the coming hours. the defending champion will face 27th seed david goffin. the pair have met three previous times on clay, with goffin not managing to win a single set. now, ecuador‘s richard carapaz is still the man to catch as the giro d'italia heads into stage 19 on friday. damiano cima just held off the peloton to win thursday's gruelling stage, but crucially it's carapaz who retains the pinkjersey. the movistar rider has a lead ofjust under two minutes, ahead of the 151km rid

at the madrid open, japanese world number one naomi osaka is through to the quarter—finals after shei—finals in stuttgart last month with an abdominal injury and in the last eight, the two—time major champion will face switzerland's belinda bencic. later on thursday, chelsea welcome eintracht frankfurt to stamford bridge in the second leg of their europa league semifinal. the west london outfit are level at 1—1 after the opening match in germany and have already qualified for next season's champions league thanks to a guaranteed top four finish in the premier league but they're not letting up. this is a massive opportunity for us to have a chance to win a trophy. so that would be, think it would be stupid to go into the game with a relaxed manner, because they are a top team. we felt that in the last leg. so it will definitely be a tough game, but we want to win. while arsenal travel to the east coast of spain and a second leg with valencia holding a 3—1 lead after the opening game in north london, the gunners manager unai emery was in charge at the mestalla for four seasons but late

naomi osaka will be looking to win her third grand slam in a row at the french open later this month she's building up perform on clay at the madrid open the japanese top seed beating dominika civil kovar sixty seven six on sunday to reach the second round of soccer is the world number one after winning the u.s. and australian opens back to back. triumph turned to despair outs one of the biggest horse races in the world on saturday as the winner was disqualified for the first time ever they can sucky derby maximum security the horse lewis size the rider there in the paint romping home at the finish at churchill downs. i. got in jackson was raised horse and rider accused of varying into the path of another runner on the home turn so runner up country house took the prize instead as hundred forty fifth kentucky derby. the boston bruins are gone to the brink of the eastern conference finals in the n.h.l. playoffs with a four three win over columbus the blue jackets out for back to tie this up through dean kuiken first playoff goal but they did pass the night got his second of the game t

the women's world number one, naomi osaka, overcame a poor start to beat two—time grand slam champion 2018 us open and the australian open earlier this year. she will play the czech republic's katerina siniakova in the next round. that's all the sport for now. goodnight. and a quick look at the weather. there is some pretty warm weather heading our way, actually. temperatures will reach the high 20s by the time we get to saturday, but not everybody is going to get the warmth. but this is certainly going to be the headline, i think, for the next few days. ok, let's get the forecast, then, for the here and now. and clouds are streaming in off the atlantic. they have done so far for quite awhile now, bringing a lot of poor conditions to many north—western areas, mist, drizzle, coastal fog and places as well. outbreaks of rain coming and going. not widespread, because they are sort of quite patchy outbreaks of rain, but some of them will be heavy. very mild, these are south—westerly winds, so temperature is about 14 degrees first thing in the morning on friday. now, here in the morning on

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

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it's a depleted line up on quarter finals day at the italian open tennis after roger federer and naomi osaka both withdrew from their matches through injury defending champion rafa nadal wasted little time against fellow spaniard fernando verdasco he dropped just 4 games in a straight sets win. and an upset too for the 6th seed kane ishi corey knocked out by diego shorts in the unseeded arginine releasing some incredible shots in a 6462 victory to reach the same as. some of the big names are struggling on day 2 of golf 2nd major of the season the u.s. p.g.a. championship former champion rory mcilroy is in danger of missing the current after dropping 5 shots so far he's 7 over as we speak leader brooks kept tees off later on. qatar has unveiled the 1st stadium to be specially built for the 2022 world cup they all walk around a stadium outside the capital doha gave a breath of fresh air of the country's domestic up final as joanna gash reports was. if this was a taste of what fans can expect at the world cup in 2022 than cattle impressed a dazzling opening ceremony which to its 1st purpose bui

again that's what we want to do have after last year and now we are here women's world number one naomi osaka has avoided a big upset in the first round of the french open she lost the first set six love to slovakia's and i care alina who is ranked number ninety that's nine zero in the world the japanese saved herself after being two points from defeat in the second and has just won the decider six one well earlier to time australian open champion victoria as a record defeated twenty seventeen winner yelena awesome panko the latvian has now suffered two first round exits in a row since winning the french open two years ago a former world number one winning in straight sets six four seven six. zero over on the men's tour fifth seed alexanders of revelry came his determined opponent australia's john millman in a battle lasting four hours and eight minutes the twenty two year old german closed out the match in five sets to reach the second round. and juan martin del potro was also advanced the second round he had to fight back from a set down to beat the seventy fifth ranked nicklaus jari seed r

the world number one, naomi osaka, is comfortably through to the quarter—finals of the madrid open.ast eight in madrid. this tournament is seen as a good indicator ahead of the french open. in the men's event, rafael nadal‘s bid for a sixth madrid open title remains on course after he beat canadian teenager felix auger—aliassime in straight sets. danny cipriani says he is ‘very honoured' to be been named the rugby players' association player of the year. cipriani polled the most number of votes from his fellow professionals after guiding gloucester into the play—offs. he says he is targeting premiership glory with his club and a place in england's world cup training squad after winning the award. many people say why is he not in the england setup. it is a question that continues and rolls on. a talented player and if you want to produce something special then you want this quy something special then you want this guy in your ranks. thank you very much and we will see you later on. with parliament so far having failed to agree to a exit deal, the uk is due to take part in european el

naomi osaka blamed her defeat at the madrid open on thinking about holding on to her world number onealep could replace osaka at the top of the rankings if she wins the tournament. and roger federer made the last four with victory over gael monfil5. he'll face dominic thiem, with in the semi—finals. novak djokovic play5 marin cilic in the other semi—final. chris froome won't ride in this year's giro d'italia, because he wants to focus on the tour de france. froome missed out on last year's title — after a stunning performance by team—mate geraint thoma5 — but froome is looking for that record—equalling fifth tour victory. i'd just feel as if i'm in such a privileged position now. to have the opportunity and the backing of such an amazing team, to go in and try to win number five, an amazing team, to go in and try to win numberfive, i mean, this is what dream5 win numberfive, i mean, this is what dreams are made of. and i've got that opportunity right here in front of me. chris froome being interviewed there. it is a great place. a lot of them do their training out there. the brazilian

her defeat means naomi osaka will retain the world number one spot after roland garros.wegian. you can follow that on the website. we've got a big gas now. my next guest is already number one in the amazon charts and this afternoon he's vying with the likes ofjustin bieber, ed sheeran and billie eilish to become number one in the official music charts on radio 1. he's jim radford, he's 90 years old, and he's thought to be britain's youngest d—day veteran. next week it's the 75th anniversary of d—day, the largest seaborne invasion in history which began the liberation of german occupied france from nazi control and laid the foundations of the allied victory in world war two. in 19aajim was a 15—year—old galley boy serving in the merchant navy. and he wrote a song called ‘the shores of normandy‘ about his part in the normandy invasion. now he's re—recorded it and released it as a charity single to help fund a permanent british memorial to the men who gave their lives during the dday landings and the battle of normandy. coming to you, it's an honour to have you here. we all