meltdown in italy — nick kyrgios throws a chair on to the court, walks off and is then fined and forcedo forfeit the 45 ranking points gained during the rome masters. and italy's fausto masnada claims victory on stage 6 of the giro d'italia, while his compatriot valerio conti seized the overall lead. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the golfing news that defending champion brooks koepka will take a one shot lead into friday's second round of the pga championship in new york. the world number 3 finished his opening 18 holes of the year's second major on 7 under. he had a blistering start birdying three of his opening five holes while his playing partners, tiger woods and francesco molinari, were much more inconsistent. it is only nine months since the trophy was contested, a consequence of moving the calendar. the 2018 champion brooks koepka served notice he would like to hold onto the title for a full 12 months and beyond. a new course record for the fearsome golfer and equalled the lowest round in pga history. there is a long way to go but brooks koepka has laid d

nick kyrgios has been fined almost £47,000 after he forfeited his second round match at the italian 0penoutburst of anger. the australian admitted his "emotions got the better of him" during his meeting with norway's casper ruud in rome. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. the crowds there are magnificent. they get very, very energised themselves, and there was quite a lot of to and fro between kyrgios and numbers of the crowd. when he was docked a game from the sportsmanlike conduct, his reaction less tha n sportsmanlike conduct, his reaction less than impressive, as you see here —— when he was docked again for on special iconic. before the umpire had a chance, he was forced to disclose him. he is going to be the most talked about player and rolling heroes but sadly for the wrong reasons. 0nce heroes but sadly for the wrong reasons. once again, he is headlining news for the reasons we have been discussing —— the most talked about player at roland garros. sunderland have reached the league one play—off final after holding portsmouth to a goalless draw at fratton park, to se

australian nick kyrgios has also withdrawn, saying he's been "wiped out" after picking up a bug earlieray britain's cameron norrie, who'll now take on a french qualifier. and britain's simon yates, here in black and yellow, has slipped to 12th in the overall standings after stage 13 of the giro d'italia. he finished five minutes behind stage winner illnur za karin of russia. slovenia's jan polanc retains the overall lead. she won olympic gold in rio, but a freak accident has left gb hockey star alex danson with a brain injury and wondering whether she'll ever play the game she loves again. as part of the bbc‘s ‘change the game' season, sally nugent caught—up with her for an exclusive chat. ten, 11 months ago, the world cup. all of the team took breaks and we went to kenya, we had dinner, we were waiting to go home and alex told a joke, he's really not that funny but he told a joke and i kind of hit him and iflung my head back and i hit the back of my head on a concrete wall. it was hard, but equally, it wasn't a car crash. i didn't fall from a great height, there was no seemingly huge t

in the men's draw — british number two cameron norrie will play australia's nick kyrgios and kyle edmundhardy, while top seed novak djokovic plays poland's hubert hurkacz and the defending champion rafael nadal faces a qualifier. heather watson has played in the french open six times, but she won't be there next week — she lost a third set tie—break to valentina grammatik—o—pou—lou of greece. it's just 50 days to go until the start of the netball world cup in liverpool. manager tracey neville has named her 12 player england squad — eight of whom were part of the gold medal winning team at last yea r‘s commonwealth games. vice—captainjade clarke was a part of that success and says there's no reason why it can't be repeated in the world cup. i feel like a ifeel like a kid i feel like a kid again, ifeel like a kid again, having a home world cup, it's so exciting more than ever, it's always special playing in front of the home cloud and it's been an emotional day and eve ryo ne and it's been an emotional day and everyone is excited and we cannot wait to come at that cloud is all—time, it's l

nick kyrgios is out of the madrid masters after a bizarre straight—sets defeat to germany's jan—lennard backpack containing just two rackets — one of which he smashed. his moment of rage came during a first set tie—break. having lost that, he then decided to serve underarm. struff kept his head and kept the advantage in the second — 7—6, 6—4 the final score. roger federer will play competitive tennis on a clay court for the first time in three years on tuesday night as he brings his self—imposed absence to an end. the world number 4 will take on either spain's alejandro davidovich fokina or france's richard gasquet following the pair's first—round meeting on monday. iam also i am also happy that the decision i took around december when i started took around december when i started to feel like i definitely wanted to play clay that it was the right decision. because i have not looked back at the clay—court elder yet and everything that i have been doing and thinking that i should not have stop i am happy. i am here. and thinking that i should not have stop i am happy. iam here. iam and t

and some surprises at the italian open in rome — not least nick kyrgios starting with an underarm servehello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news announced in the past couple of hours that antoine griezmann has confirmed he's leaving atletico madrid after five years at the club. it's understood spanish rival barcelona will pay the $135 million buyout clause. the french striker released this video on social media, produced by gerard pique‘s media company. speaking in spanish he said "it's been an incredible five years, thank you very much for everything." in his time at atletico he scored 133 goals in all competitions. but major trophies have eluded him, they were runners up in both the champions league and la liga. his most significant honour with atletico came with victory in last year's europa league. but he did win the game's biggest international trophy — the world cup with france last year. for more on this story we owed joined by a spanish football journalist. we understand barcelona will pay the buyout clause. is it barcelona 7 everyone here will

nick kyrgios has been disqualified from his second round match at the italian open after throwing a tantrumcourt during his second round match in rome. the crowds there are magnificent. they get very energised. there was a lot of to and through between the player and the crowd. he was docked a game for unsportsmanlike conduct. his reaction was less than impressive. he decided to throw his racket to the floor. he kicked his racket to the floor. he kicked his racket across the clay. then the plastic chair was hurled into the centre of the court. at that point he felt he was not going to continue. before the empire had a chance to disqualify him he packed up chance to disqualify him he packed up his bags and walked off court. that was the end of the two limit for him. he isa for him. he is a fantastic player to watch. he is a fantastic player to watch. he has got all the shots, all the tricks. but he was band three years ago for eight weeks after he walked off meds match in the shanghai masters. he has had a series of disciplinary issues. he admitted to using psychologists to help sort himself

meltdown in italy — nick kyrgios throws a chair on to the court, walks off and is then fined and forceds gained during the rome masters. and italy's fausto masnada claims victory on stage 6 of the giro d'italia, while his compatriot valerio conti seized the overall lead. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the golfing news that defending champion brooks koepka will take a one shot lead into friday's second round of the pga championship in new york.

and some surprises at the italian open in rome — not least nick kyrgios starting with an underarm serveannounced in the past couple of hours that antoine griezmann has confirmed he's leaving atletico madrid after five years at the club. it's understood spanish rival barcelona will pay the $135 million buyout clause. the french striker released this video on social media, produced by gerard pique's media company. speaking in spanish he said "it's been an incredible five years, thank you very much for everything." in his time at atletico he scored 133 goals in all competitions.

nick kyrgios has been making headlines at the italian open and once again for all the wrong reasons the australian failed to make the 3rd round after another hot headed moment on court of the having his serve broken in the final set by kasper rude he threw his racket down kicked a water bottle at the umpire and then chucked a chair number 34 was instantly disqualified and booed off the court. it was a busy day for the men's top players coming through 2 matches to make up for weather delays in rome roger federer was pushed all the way and he is match with born a char rich the 3rd seed came from a sit down and saved 2 match points in a final say tiebreaker to reach the court to find it's. very tight i got very lucky again. today. in madrid so close to get lucky i guess sometimes and have lost a lot of our breakers in the years. when the atmosphere was trying to get people going crazy few problems elsewhere for the top players after dispatching jeremy shockey for the loss of one game the defending champ in the rafael nadal repeated that school line. loss. looking to add 3 titles at this ev

and australia's nick kyrgios has been disqualified from the italian open, after an outburst which sawe court. the umpire awarded the match to norway's casper ruud. i'll be back with more on those stories later. a leading british scientist says drugs designed to stop cancer cells becoming resistant to treatment could be available within a decade. professor paul workman, the chief executive of the institute for cancer research, says the new approach could make it possible to manage cancer as a chronic condition, and make the disease more curable. our medical correspondent fergus walsh explains. we have known about this darwinian evolution for years. in fact, it was discovered by scientists at the institute for cancer research many yea rs institute for cancer research many years ago but they are now setting up years ago but they are now setting up the worlds first dedicated centre looking into darwinian evolution and looking into darwinian evolution and looking for drugs that may help combat it. they are putting £75 million in, it sounds like a lot of money, and it is, but one new cancer

you very much with the tennis world gearing up in paris for the french open australian player nick kyrgios has made headlines again for the wrong reasons by pulling out just 2 days before the start of the season 2nd grand slam organizers haven't said why the world number 36 withdrew it comes after a curious was fined for his behavior during last week's italian open he also posted a video online in which he said the french open sucks compared to wimbledon. so the defending champion rough on the bell he's coming into the tournament off the back of his 1st title of the year in rome the man known as the king of clay is chasing the record extending 12th french open at roland garros i feel myself playing well being. my my goal is just to keep playing at the level. because nice things always that i can improve but small things and just working in that a small things but in general is just about being healthy main thing and then just complete and be fresh mentally and physically it wouldn't be. fair to to pick anybody else but him as the main favorite because he has won this tournament so many tim

and the maverick australian nick kyrgios has withrawn from the french open, saying he‘s been "wiped out has been describing how she was left unable to speak by what she calls a mild traumatic brain injury, suffered nine months ago, from which she‘s still not fully recovered. after last summer‘s world cup in london, danson hit the back of her head on a concrete wall when she laughed at a joke made by her now fiance alex, while they were on holiday in kenya and she thinks she should‘ve sought help sooner. i‘m an athlete. we spend our lives pretending we‘re fine because you wa nt to pretending we‘re fine because you want to compete and play. we did lots of things wrong. i remember getting back to the apartment and waking up every hour. i knew something was not right. the next day we went running but i put it to one side. the time i got home i knew i was concussed. it was a nightmare the past eight months. i did not realise how serious head injuries. i do wonder that is partly why i am in the position i‘m in. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories you can find

the maverick australian nick kyrgios has withrawn from the french open, saying he's been "wiped out"ay britain's cameron norrie in the first round. he'll now face french qualifier elliot benchetrit. that's all the sport for now. thanks. school students are holding strikes in countries around the world today to demand action on climate change. 0rganisers have said over a million people are expected join in at least 110 countries. the strikes were sparked by the swedish student greta thunberg, whose solo protest outside sweden's parliament last year has led to movements across the world known as "fridays for future". 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. for marchers in the streets of spain... to demonstrations in india. and protests in new zealand. around the world, the school strike a movement continues to grow, calling for urgent action on climate change stop we want a more ambitious zero carbon rate... we the cabinet to... boom at its fundamental everyone ta kes boom at its fundamental everyone takes part in the stress on the 24th of may and de—stress every single week

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including news that nick kyrgios hasn, following an outburst of anger. you can see the video as well on the website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. good evening. it has been largely settled but things are about to change with more u nsettled things are about to change with more unsettled weather on the clouds. a deep end of the temperature with the arrival of a few showers. a weak front moving in from the east bringing more cloud for the remainder of tonight and a few showers as well. most showers pushing into parts of eastern england. drifting further west. pushing into parts of eastern england. drifting furtherwest. it stays dry for northern ireland, northern scotland as well but with more cloud we have seen, it will not be quite as cold. most starting with afair bit be quite as cold. most starting with a fair bit of cloud around. showers pushing through parts of wales, south—west of england and further showers in southern and eastern parts of england. quite cloudy here. sunshine for north wales, north—west england scotland a

there's yet more controversy for australia's nick kyrgios after he walked out of his second—round matchas in the deciding set against norway's casper ruud when he was given a game penalty, reportedly for swearing. he then kicked a bottle, threw down his racquet, hurled a chair on the court, eventually picking up his bag and walking off. away from the sideshow in rome, world number one naomi osaka will play kiki bertens in the women's quarter—finals over the coming hours, after she won two matches on thursday due to poor weather on wednesday. osaka is also guaranteed to remain at the top of the rankings 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

nick kyrgios quits the italian open and is fined after another spectacular tantrum.play—off final at the expense of portsmouth. hello, good evening. we begin with day one of the second golf major of the year — the us pga championship — which this year takes place on the bethpage black course in new york. it's an extremely testing course which american brooks koepka has, so far, breezed through. let's speak to us golf journalist alex miceli, who is out on long island. it was it is a fascinating round for brooks koepka, 7—under. what did you make from it? just everything went right for brooks koepka. bogey free, course record, 7—under par, seven birdies. the only thing that did not go right for ms. he had focused on going well on the par fives. go right for ms. he had focused on going well on the parfives. he actually parred both fives. just think if he had actually done well in both those par fives. absolutely. he's had a bit of a challenge from the new zealander danny lee. what did you make of him? we weren't expecting much. i wasn't expecting much. he hasn't played

on the men's tour nick kyrgios it was knocked out in the first round by germany's leonard stress the australian losing his cool once again smashing his racket in the first set you can pretty this interested in the first when the match the twenty four year old made some shots which got him good by the crowd curiosity ventured losing seven six six four. mexican boxer. has added another championship to his collection he beat american book said danielle jacobs and last vegas on saturday the victory on points means takes jacobs a world title to increase his tally ill's major world middleweight straps to three twenty eight year old has only been beaten once in fifty five abouts. and that's all for mankind you back today all right some of thank you very much and you can find much more on our website all the latest on the ongoing conflict between israel and gaza on that deadly plane crash in moscow the address al jazeera dot com that's it for me down jordan for the news man in the mozzies up next on your opinion center with more much more of the day's news judgment also watching. just look a

let's check in with nick kyrgios now to the see the latest in a long line of meltdowns for the aussiesets defeat to germany's jan—lennard struff. kyrgios walked on to court with a backpack containing just two rackets the first of which he duly smashed after losing a point in the first set tie—break. and just to back that up that maturity he decided to serve underarm. struff though keeping a calm head and taking the tie — 7-6, 6-a. the english premier league title race continues to keep us on the edge of our seats. after liverpool's last gasp 3—2 win over newcastle at the weekend, it's manchester city's turn to respond to the pressure. a win at leicester on monday would take them back to the top byjust a point, with one game left to play. here's how pep guardiola responded to the suggestion leicester have nothing to play for. the question makes no sense, sorry. no, forget about it. so i cannot imagine the list of players coming here for the holidays, so, maybe they could a chance to finish on the seventh, in the position. it depends on the results. in the end i think it's not going to

it has been another eventful day in the controversial career of nick kyrgios. at the italian 0pen. it started with a row with a spectator. then his racket went, then it was his chair. he then packed up his gear and walked off court. what's going on with him, because he's really... he said his emotions got away from him, it happens a lot. he has been given a hefty fine, lost his prize money, and had to cover the cost of the hotel that the tournament had provided for him in rome. it just went itjust went on for ages, a full tantrum. staying in rome, it was a busy day forjohanna konta. the british number one had to play twice because of bad weather on wednesday. first she beat the seventh seed, sloane stephens, before seeing off venus williams. she is now through to the quarter—finals. in the last half an hour, israel falau has been officially sacked by rugby australia. he is one of the the sport's biggest stars, but was suspended last month over a social media post which said that hell awaits gay people. falau was found, to have committed a high—level breach of t

nick kyrgios has been disqualified from his second round match the australian world number 36, was 2—nd wales is being brought back under public control. the government has decided to reverse the part privatisation of the probation service, introduced five years ago by the thenjustice secretary chris grayling. the chief inspector of probation recently described the system as ‘irredeemably flawed‘. here‘s our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. he promised it would transform rehabilitation for offenders. chris grayling was the architect of the biggest provision shake—up in decades, allowing private firms to supervise former prisoners and peoples serving community to community services who pose a lower medium risk. but now the reforms are being scrapped. it was a mistake and chris grayling has to share responsibility for that. he thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, we pleaded with him not to do it or at least pilot some of the schemes first. he flatly refused and pushed it through to satisfy his own agenda costing the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds. inspect

in the first round, australian nick kyrgios was once again again the centre of attention.adal said it showed a lack of respect. he did it on the very first point of the game. kyrgios produced plenty more flashy shots on the way to a three set win. rory mcilroy says he's ready to represent ireland at the 2020 olympic games in japan, despite previously being critical of golf‘s place at the olympics. mcilroy opted to represent ireland at rio in 2016, but later pulled out because of concerns about the zika virus. but yesterday he said it was "more likely than not" he would play injapan next year and it would "be a great experience". masters champion, tiger woods, also said he would like to represent his country for the first time in tokyo. the pair were talking ahead of the us pga which starts tomorrow in new york. and you might want to keep an eye out for another man — john daly. we don't see it very often but the 1991 champion has been given special dispensation to use a buggy because he suffers from arthritis in his knee. casey martin was the last player allowed to use a ca

nick kyrgios has been up to his old tricks. the=at underarm serve.sorts of flashy shots during the three—set win which he finished off with four aces in a row. next up for him is norway's caspar rudd. well, if it works, why not? that's all the sport for now, back in the next hour. the first person stabbed in the london bridge terror attacks has told an inquest into the deaths of the eight victims how he came "nose to nose" with one of the terrorists. richard livett had been out watching football on the evening ofjune 3rd 2017 when he was caught up in the attack. let's cross to the old bailey now, where we can speak to our correspondent, richard lister. tell us what you heard today. and apologies in advance if there is disruption from the protest behind us disruption from the protest behind us but richard livett was the first to give evidence today, he said he was walking back from watching the champions league final when he jumped out of the way as our van with the attackers in it had just crossed london bridge where it had been driven into pedestria