top flight for the canaries — norwich city secure promotion to the premier league.t 10:30 and again at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers john stapleton and benedicte paviot. stay with us for that. in a couple of minutes, ben brown will be here with a full bulletin of the day's news as we're joined by viewers on bbc one. our top story tonight is the afttermath of the easter suicide bomber attacks in sri lanka. 15 people including six children were killed in eastern sri lanka when suspected islamist militants blew themselves up after troops attempted to raid a house. the bbc‘s anbarasan etirajan has been to the site. this is the house where intense clashes took place 2a hours ago in the town of sainthamaruthu. the steel gate has been damaged, broken windows. the police said after the three militants were killed in the shootout the remaining people inside detonated bombs and killed the rest of the members in this house. that damaged the entire building. we find another van here and the police believe this van belonged to members o

as thing stands, norwich city won't be crowned champion this afternoon.motion spot from league 1coming automatic promotion spot from league 1 coming from behind to beat coventry 2—1. it has pushed them up to second by the time being. ba rnsley to second by the time being. barnsley and sunderland can overtake them if they win their 3pm kick—offs. boxer ali has been banned and been signed for biting. he had his boxing licence suspended and his fight withdrawn after being disqualified in liverpool last month. he apologised after the fight saying his behaviour was not a true reflection of who i am. and the first round of the world snooker championship is continuing in sheffield this afternoon. let's go live just now. in the afternoon session, it is a five—time champion ronnie 0'sullivan taking onjames cahill. he is the first amateur player to reach the crucible and it was a 23 from black ball took the first frame. 0n the other table, john higgins starting his bid to reach the final. he started his campaign against mark davies. higgins leading. you can watch t

norwich city has won for the eighth time ina norwich city has won for the eighth time in a row.ki scored twice as they thrashed managerless qpr 4—0 at carrow road, to go 7 points clear at the top of the championship. 11 more points from theirfinal six matches would take them back to the premier league. two incidents of alleged racist abuse are being investigated in the championship. a brentford supporter was arrested after claims that he abused derby player duane holmes in the dugout during their 3—3 draw. and wigan say they're angered by an abusive message sent to defender nathan byrne on twitter after their draw with bristol city. they've reported it to police. celtic will have to wait at least another week to be crowned champions of scotland again. they were held to a goalless draw by livingston. meanwhile the edinburgh derby was marred by flares which delayed kick off and also caused delays during the match. hibs came from behind to beat hearts 2—1. the rugby union premiership‘s most decorated side, leicester tigers, are in real danger of relegation 110w after being thrashed

and his assistant were also sent to the stands, the holders face hearts in next month's final norwich cityon promotion to the premier league after salvaging a late point against relegation threatened wigan athletic in the championship. wigan had looked set for a crucial three points to ease their fears of dropping into the third tier but with ten minutes to go, the championship's top scorer teemu pukki scored his 27th goal of the season to rescue a 1—1 draw for norwich. they remain top of the table, seven points clear of third place sheffield united, with just four games to go. defending champions chelsea have been knocked out of the women's fa cup. they lost 1—0 to manchester city in the semi finals. a horrible moment for magdalena eriksson, who scored an own goal in the 92nd minute to gift city the win. 0bviously ecstatic that we have another opportunity to go up to wembley, it is one of the best years for playing in the fa cup final. but i think the game was pretty even as a whole, so it's a cruel ending. city will play west ham in the final, after they beat reading in the day's early k

norwich fans. elsewhere, middlesbrough and bristol city both losing away from home.m with them. relegation rivals reading and west brom are currently goalless. portsmouth bolstered their bid for an automatic promotion from league 1 coming from behind to beat coventry 2-1. it coming from behind to beat coventry 2—1. it has pushed them up to second for the time being. barnsley and sunderland can overtake them if they win their respective through pm kick—offs. boxer kash ali has been given a six—month ban and fined £10,000 for biting david price during their old british heavyweight fight. ali had his boxing licence suspended and his fight purse withdrawn after being disqualified in the fifth round in the bout last month in liverpool. he apologised after the fight saying his behaviour was not a true reflection of who i am. money 0'sullivan has begun his campaign at the world snooker championship in sheffield. the world number one is up againstjames cahill, the first amateur to qualify for the event. cahill did when the first frame but 0'sullivan took the next two. the 23

top flight for the canaries — norwich city secure promotion to the premier league.aking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers john stapleton and benedicte paviot. stay with us for that.

but even in this league few expected norwich city to go up. h last season then sold their two best players. this time they have swept teams away. norwich have surged to the top through the efforts of their german manager, daniel farke, who has encouraged the canaries to go high tempo and take aim. talent from across europe has been key to their recipe for success, beating blackburn 2—1 puts an end to their three years away and the premier league's riches await the side no—one fancied. sheffield united are reaching the end of a longerjourney. they are on the verge of promotion, 12 years after coming down. their manager chris wilder is a blades fan himself, he arrived with the club 11th in the third tier. but beating ipswich means only an unlikely goal swing will now stop them going up, and were he not the dugout, and were he not in the dugout, he would be in the stands himself. it is an amazing day, i have not slept a wink all week waiting for this game, such a reward for the way that supporters have stuck by us because we have had some tough ti

top flight for the canaries — norwich city secure promotion to the premier league.

norwich city will have to postpone their premier league promotion party.only manage a 2—2 draw at stoke this afternoon. the canaries needed a win to guarantee top flight next season and had to hope that other results went their way. sheffield united are nowjust three points behind norwich after a 3—0 win at hull. meanwhile leeds united's hopes of automatic promotion have taken a blow this evening after they lost 2—0 away at brentford. neal maupay scored the opener in the first half. before sergi canos bundled their second home. leeds stay in third, three points behiond second—placed sheffield united. elsewhere, play—off—chasing middlesbrough and bristol city both lost away from home. it means derby are now into the play—off places after two late goals against qpr. towards the bottom, rotherham and millwall are still in big danger of the drop — they both lost. aston villa's win over millwall was their 10th in a row, breaking a record more than a century old. reading should be safe now, they drew with west brom. so here's the top of the championship. norwich

top flight for the canaries — norwich city secure promotion to the premier league.nd at 11.30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers john stapleton and benedicte paviot. we begin this hour with breaking news from the us where one person has been killed and others injured in a shooting at a synagogue in california. a man has been arrested and is being questioned by police in san diego county. the attack happened during a passover ceremony. it's understood police had issued a warning shortly beforehand — and were investigating reports of a man armed with a gun. president donald trump has just spoken to reporters. let's have a listen to what he had to say. my my deepest sympathies go to the people that were affected, their families, their loved ones, by the what it looks like now based on my last conversations, it looks like a hate crime. hard to believe, hard to believe. with respect to the synagogue in california in san diego, we are doing some very heavy research. we'll see what happens, what comes up. at this moment, it looks like a ha

but even in this league few expected norwich city to go up. hey have swept teams away. norwich have surged to the top through the efforts of their german manager, daniel farke, who has encouraged the canaries to go high tempo and take aim. talent from across europe has been key to their recipe for success, beating blackburn 2—1 puts an end to their three years away and the premier league's riches await the side no—one fancied. sheffield united are reaching the end of a longerjourney. they are on the verge of promotion, 12 years after coming down. their manager chris wilder is a blades fan himself, he arrived with the club 11th in the third tier. but beating ipswich means only an unlikely goal swing will now stop them going up, and were he not in the dugout, he would be in the stands himself. it is an amazing day, i have not slept a wink all week waiting for this game, such a reward for the way that supporters have stuck by us because we have had some tough times down here. after the celebrations it all starts again in the summer. for now the pl

norwich city could be promoted to the premier league later today.ted to slip up at nottingham forest this lunchtime and then win themselves later in the day against sheffield wednesday to return to the top flight after a three—year absence. more than 720,000 tickets have been sold for the women's world cup in france, according to fifa. the opening match between the hosts and south korea in paris on 7thjune is sold out, along with the semi—finals and final, and some group matches. the sales are about 60,000 higher than at this stage four years ago, for the women's world cup in canada. castleford held off a comeback before winning their super league game against wakefield. they led by 22 points to 4 at half time but they let wakefield get to within two points and gave themselves a nail—biting final ten minutes or so. they won 28—26 to stay third in the table. elsewhere, catalan dragons trashed london broncos. jarrell miller, says he's "done nothing wrong" and will appeal the decision, to deny him a licence to face, anthonyjoshua at madison square gard

norwich city will have to postpone their premier league promotion party.t stoke this afternoon. the canaries needed a win to guarantee top flight next season, and had to hope that other results went their way. sheffield united are nowjust three points behind norwich, after a 3—0 win at hull. meanwhile, leeds united's hopes of automatic promotion have taken a blow this evening, after they lost 2—nil away at brentford. neal maupay scored the opener in the first half, before sergi canos bundled their second home. leeds stay in third, three points behind second—placed sheffield united. elsewhere, play—off—chasing middlesbrough and bristol city both lost away from home. it means derby are now into the play—off places, after two very late goals against qpr. towards the bottom, rotherham and millwall are still in big danger of the drop — they both lost. reading gained a valuable point after their against west brom ended goalless. west brom secure their place in the playoffs. there's a shock in the making at the world snooker championship, in sheffield. 23—year—ol

united have done their bit, beating 10—man nottingham forest 2—0 to put the pressure on leaders norwich city with that curling strike. blades fans had to wait until the last ten or so minutes for stephen to seal that win. it moves to sheffield united

in the efl, norwich city couldn't be any closer to going up.burn to be promoted to the premier league. sheffield united could join them if they win and leeds slip up against aston villa on sunday. rotherham united could be relegated as well. in league one, luton town could be on their way back to the second tier for the first time in 13 years — that would be a consectuive promotion if they seal it this weekend, while walsall could be relegated to league two. remarkable story at bury this season, who could go up this weekend despite massive financial problems, and this could be the weekend sol campbell seals safety against the odds for macclesfield town. if they win, then notts county and yeovil could both be relegated. a nervy weekend. indeed come and we have more football coming up but first, the stories of the day. the fa have welcomed uefa's decision to force montenegro to play their next home match behind closed doors after their home fans racially abused several england players last month in a euro 2020 qualifying game. england cricketer a

but even in this league few expected norwich city to go up. r german manager, daniel farke, who has encouraged the canaries to go high tempo and take aim. talent from across europe has been key to their recipe for success, beating blackburn 2—1 puts an end to their three years away and the premier league‘s riches await the side no—one fancied. sheffield united are reaching the end of a longerjourney. they are on the verge of promotion, 12 years after coming down. their manager chris wilder is a blades fan himself, he arrived with the club 11th in the third tier. but beating ipswich means only an unlikely goal swing will now stop them going up, and were he not the dugout, and were he not in the dugout, he would be in the stands himself. it is an amazing day, i have not slept a wink all week waiting for this game, such a reward for the way that supporters have stuck by us because we have had some tough times down here. after the celebrations it all starts again in the summer. for now the players can enjoy the applause and prepare for english foot

let's return to the action on the pitch and norwich city have all but gained promotion to the premierll but secure the second promotion place with victory at home to ipswich at the weekend. there could be a big shock on the cards at the world snooker championship. the 23—year—old amateur james cahill leads world number one ronnie o'sullivan 5—a in their first round match. cahill is the first amateur to ever qualify for the tournament. they'll resume the match in sheffield later this morning. and you'll be able to follow the snooker throughout the day here on the bbc. live coverage begins on bbc 2 at 10 o'clock. you can also keep across everything on the bbc sport website and app. there will be plenty of reaction to what happens today at the crucible in sportsday at 6:30. we'll also be building up to tonight's two premier league games with tottenham taking on brighton and watford facing southampton. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 1115. there are calls for a change in the law, after a big increase in the number of dog attacks on livestock. farming unions

and norwich city will have to postpone their promotion party...naries needed a win to guarantee their move to the premier league next season. they also needed sheffield united to drop points at hull — instead they won 3—0. elsewhere play—off—chasing middlesbrough and bristol city both lost away from home. derby are into the play off places after a late win over qpr. towards the bottom rotherham and millwall are still in big danger of the drop — they both lost. reading's game against west brom ended goalless. leeds hopes of automatic promotion have taken a blow... they have it all to do in the second half at brentford, after neal maupay gave the home side the lead at half—time. leeds are currently three points behind sheffield united in third. so here's the top of the championship. norwich still out in fron but they'll have to wait for another chance to secure promotion. they're three points ahead of sheffield united after the blades' win today. leeds willjoin them on 85 points if they win at brentford. derby sneak into the play off play places aft

norwich city are closing in on promotion to the premier league after salvaging a late point against relegationts to ease their fears of dropping into the third tier, but with ten minutes to go, the championship's top scorer teemu pukki scored his 27th goal of the season to rescue a 1—1 draw for norwich. they remain top of the table, seven points clear of third place sheffield united, with just four games to go. defending champions chelsea have been knocked out of the women's fa cup. they lost 1—0 to manchester city in the semi—finals. a horrible moment for magdalena eriksson, who scored an own goal in the 92nd minute to gift city the win. obviously ecstatic that we have another opportunity to go up to wembley, it is one of the best years for playing an fa cup final. but i think the game was easy as a whole, so it's a true ending. city will play west ham in the final after they beat reading in the day's early kick—off. reading took the lead just after half—time. but west ham were leveljust eight minutes later, alisha lehmann with their equaliser. fara williams then missed a penalty for reading,

norwich city have all but gained promotion to the premier league after leeds united again lost. promotion place with victory at home to ipswich at the weekend. there could be a big shock on the cards at the world snooker championship. the 23—year old amateurjames cahill leads world number one ronnie 0'sullivan five frames to four in their first round match. cahill is the first amateur to ever qualify for the tournament. in rugby league's super league, leaders st helens ran in 11 tries to hammer hull fc 62 points to 16. meanwhile, castleford tigers slumped to a heavy defeat. catalan dragons ran in six tries as they cruised to 37 points to 16 win in france. boxer kash ali has been given a six—month ban and fined ten thousand pounds for biting david price during their all—british heavyweight fight. -- £10,000. ali had his boxing licence suspended and his fight purse withdrawn after being disqualified in the fifth round of the bout in liverpool last month. he apologised after the fight, saying his behaviour was not a "true reflection of who i am". trainer willie mullins claimed a fi

norwich city could be promoted to the premier league later today. later in the day against sheffield wednesday to return to the top flight after a three year absence. footballers across england and wales will start a 24—hour social media strike from 9 o'clock this morning, in protest at how racism has been dealth with by football authorities and social media companies. among those taking part is tottenham defender danny rose, who was abused during england's euro 2020 qualifier in montenegro in march. the boycott kicks off the professional footballers' association's anti—racism campaign, entitled #enough. more than 720,000 tickets have been sold for the women's world cup in france, according to fifa. the opening match between the hosts and south korea in paris on 7thjune is sold out, along with the semi—finals and final, and some group matches. the sales are about 60,000 higher than at this stage four years ago, for the women's world cup in canada. what a rise that is! notjust in this country but locally, the rise of the women's game. castleford had

city. bolton wanderers were relegated to league one after defeat to aston villa. leaders norwicht 7.45 this evening. tomorrow, manchester city and tottenham meet for the third time in11 days, with both sets of players and fans still recovering from the most remarkable of champions league matches, which saw spurs make it to the semi—finals. for now the attention is back to the premier league. city can't afford any slip ups as they try to retain the trophy with tottenham still hoping to secure a top four spot. patrick gearey has more. you really how do you get up and go again after that? seven goals, to match turning decisions, thousands of hearts soaring or breaking one way or another. until the three days later, manchester city and tottenham meet again, thrown together by the roster. the champions league quarterfinals give way to premier league title rains, wednesday night to fuel them. the show must go on. looking backwards, looking behind, it is not going to help us to move forward. the day after, we have to get up and move forward. this kind of play stop i revenge might provid

city's champions league exit. it was a dramatic day in the race for promotion to the premier league. leeds lost at home to ten—man wigan, whilst the leaders norwichvel. and they took a controversial lead early in the second half when steven fletcher appeared to handle the ball. but in the 7th minute of stoppage time, mario vrancic snatched the draw, which leaves them five points clear at the top, ahead of sheffield united who beat nottingham forest 2—0. but bolton are down, relegated to league one after a 2—0 defeat at home to aston villa. it's been a troubled season for bolton, who've been plagued by a series of off—field problems. it was a very good friday for super league leaders st helens. they beat bitter rivals wigan by 36 points to 10 at the dw stadium. regan grace scored the pick of saints' six tries, to secure the first hat—trick of his career. and there was a hat—trick forjack logan, as hull fc beat their city rivals hull kingston rovers in style, winning 56—12 and running in nine tries in the process — that's a record derby victory. the defending world snooker champion, mark williams, claims the sport would not be keen to see a 44—year

huddersfield have already been relegated to the championship that it looks like norwich city will beat carrow road, to go 7 points clear at the top of the championship. 11 more points from theirfinal six matches would take them back to the premier league after two seasons away. two incidents of alleged racist abuse are being investigated in the championship. a brentford supporter was arrested after claims that he abused derby player duane holmes in the dugout during their 3—3 draw. and wigan say they're angered by an abusive message sent to defender nathan byrne on twitter after their draw with bristol city. they've reported it to police. celtic will have to wait at least another week to be crowned champions of scotla nd another week to be crowned champions of scotland again. they were held to a goalless draw by livingston. meanwhile the edinburgh derby was marred by flares which delayed kick off and also caused delays during the match. hibs came from behind to beat hearts 2—1. the rugby union premiership's most decorated side, left the tigers, are in real danger of relegation now af