interesting times for nottingham forest who will be looking forward to their new season perhaps with five yea rs new sense of optimism after five years under their previous owner. studio: indeed, richard conway, thank you forjoining us. british number one johanna konta is out of the italian open, she lost to venus williams in rome. konta recovered from a set down against the american, but eventually lost 6—1 3—6 6—1. konta had won three matches in a row against williams — before today. tim hague has more. johanna konta's korea has blossomed so much so that she is evenly favourite when taking on a williams. while venus is not the player that she used to be comedy class remains. irrespective of age. the 36—year—old, ten years the briton's senior, was at her best from the off in rome, winning 6—1. time for a pep talk... words of wisdom works, konta was a different player in the second set, dictating the direction of the match. one set of peace and the first that williams dropped all tournament, as things well and truly heated up before the american called the temperatures dramatically b

the old owner was somewhat not appreciated by nottingham forest fans, who wanted him outand nottinghamadership. mr evangelos marinakis has ta ken about his leadership. mr evangelos marinakis has taken over 100% of the shares at nottingham forest and come in with a manifesto, i sat down and spoke to him at length about his plans, and he wants to bring stability, he says, to the club, and he has a long—term plan that he says will hopefully take nottingham forest back to the premier league. he said they belong amongst the premier league elite. he is planning representation for fans on the board and wants a fans' voice from an advisory council and a youth council. and price reductions for long—suffering forest fans. he said they have had to put up with a lot in recent years. he is a controversial character and has faced accusations of match fixing and criminal wrongdoing in greece and criminal wrongdoing in greece and cleared of a lot of the accusations but one matter remains that he said he's not worried about it. this is what he had to say. we have already been cleared by the football le

of birmingham city, nottingham forest and blackburn rovers is going tojoin them in league one. all matches are at 12 tomorrow, check the website for those fixtures. the league two season finishes tomorrow, hartlepool or newport will drop out of the league, and it's very tight for the play—off places. seven teams looking to make the final two spots...again go to the bbc sport website for all the in and outs the title was wwrapped up in sdcotland a long time ago. the champions celtic face st. johnstone tomorrow. bottom club inverness could get relegated if they lose to hamilton and motrherwell and dundee win their matches. couple of matches on sunday — partick v rangers and hearts face aberdeen england's cricketers have started their busy summer with a big win. seven wickets the margin of victory against ireland in bristol. adil rashid claimed his first wicket

nottingham forest 3—0 ipswich town.ham are currently i—o nottingham forest 3—0 ipswich town. birmingham are currently 1—0 in front of bristol city. so this is how the bottom of the championship table looks, and if it all stays the same it'll be forest who go down to league i — -- it —— it will be black burn. there are two matches today in the scottish premiership. second placed aberdeen are at hearts later on but they're into the second half at firhill park in the early kick off. partick thistle took the lead midway through the first half through a great headerfrom kris doolan. the jags have won four of their last five league games. rangers, who are third in the table, are trying to close the gap on aberdeen. it's the second one day international between england and ireland. it's the first time ireland have ever played at lord's. they could have to chase a big total. ireland restricted the home side to 64—2. include... let's look at the exact score. just over... 300 looks impossible. 200—3. scrum half ben youngs has wit

nottingham forest 3—0 ipswich town. birmingham are currently 1—0

championship side nottingham forest has been sold to shipping magnate evangelos marinakis. their owners' and directors' test, and brings to an end fawaz al—hasawi's tumultuous five—year stint in charge. marinakis has faced allegations of match—fixing and criminal involvement. however, he denies all of the claims. we have already been cleared by the football league, by the authorities. they asked us questions and, at the end of the day, or this has taken place in the last two months, and we are all clear, we have passed the tests, not only from the local authorities in the uk but uefa, organisations, who have nothing to be concerned about. british number onejohanna konta has been knocked out of the italian 0pen after a three—set defeat to venus williams. fifth seed konta lost the first set 6—1, rallied to take the second 6—3, but williams upped her game in the third, breaking konta twice to win that set 6—1. maria sharapova has agreed a deal with the lawn tennis association to play at birmingham's aegon classic for the next two years. the former wimbledon champion recently r

birmingham are battling it out with nottingham forest and blackburn for survival, and tony mowbray the england women's goalkeeper carly telford hasjoined chelsea ladies, following the liquidation of notts county. telford made her international debut for england 10 years ago and has been part of two world cup squads. she signed for notts county back in 2014 from chelsea. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova returned to the tennis court today. more than four months after she was badly injured having fought off an intruder at her home who was armed with a knife. kivitova posted this photo of herself hitting a ball on a practice court in monaco on her facebook account. with the words "hello guys, i hope this picture makes you as happy as it makes me!" rajiv 0useph became the first englishman in 27 years to win the men's singles title at the european badminton championships over the weekend. the success at the euros comes after gb badminton had all its funding cut by uk sport before the 2020 tokyo 0lympics. we were disappointed with the decision about funding but it is something we try

birmingham are battling it out with nottingham forest and blackburn for survival, and tony mowbray, then. england women's goalkeeper carly telford has rejoined chelsea ladies, following the liquidation of notts county. telford made her international debut for england ten years ago and has been part of two world cup squads. she signed for notts county back in 2014 from chelsea. celtic‘s dominance of scottish football has been reflected in the end—of—season player of the year nominations. with the league and league cup already secured, and a scottish cup final to come, some of their top performers have been recognised. but one aberdeen star hopes he and his team can prevent celtic getting a clean sweep, as alasdair lamont reports. have these men been the best four players in scotland this season? their fellow professionals think so, as the nominees for player and young player of the year gathered today, one man stood up from the crowd. jonny hayes and his aberdeen side are all that stand between celtic and total dominance of the season's honours. you like if we can win it, we would be del

they beat brentford but it was not enough, as nottingham forest and birmingham city also won to maintainr blackburn rovers fan is. victory, and yet they become the first premier league winner to drop into the third to of english football. they had the perfect start, a charlie mulgrew free kick adding them in front against brentford. the lead was doubled moments later, thanks to this from danny guthrie. bradford did get a consolation before craig conway tucked this away for blackburn. it was too little, too late. there was no happy finish today. meanwhile, forest had at one stage looked in trouble. anything other than a win would not do. jordan smith literally saved their season. from goalkeeping heroics to goalkeeping blunder. britt assombalonga leading forest out of the woods. but their survival bid did not stop there. chris cohen hammered home, everything looking rosy at the city ground. there was even time and space for another rocket from sombre longer. the relief was clear, as fans flooded the pitch on the final whistle. so, this is how tight it was in the end. forest survive on goa

they beat brentford on the final day of the season but wins for nottingham forest and birmingham citycastle won the tie ) slipknot. it is most other at anfield, where james milner of liverpool has had a penalty saved by fraser forster. a point would be good enough for liverpool to move to third. arsenalface good enough for liverpool to move to third. arsenal face manchester united in the next hour. england has set a target of 329 to win the second one—day international at lord's. eoin morgan with 76. jonny ba i rstow lord's. eoin morgan with 76. jonny bairstow made 72. ireland are 2—0 in reply. i will have a full update in the next hour. more sport later. 82 nigerian schoolgirls have arrived in the capital, abuja, where they're due to meet the country's president after being freed by the islamist group, boko haram. these are the latest pictures. the girls — who boarded an aircraft on their way back — were among 276 taken captive in the north—eastern town of chibok in 2014. they are the second group of chibok girls to be freed. they were released in a prisoner exchange deal. we can go

they are blackburn rovers, birmingham city and nottingham forest and they are fighting it out to avoiders and forest are in most danger of being relegated — they play brentford and ipswich town repectively, while blues could also fill the one remaining spot in the bottom three, depending on how their match against bristol city goes. kick off is at midday. it isa it is a difficult one when you asked dad trying to get a result. there are other results that can affect two. the key is for us to win, we have to win. a draw is no good. you might as well lose as drawer. it makes no difference. if the other two tea ms makes no difference. if the other two teams win and we draw, we are gone. we need three points. scrum half ben youngs has withdrawn from the british and irish lions tour to new zealand he's staying in england to be with his family after his brother's wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw will replace him. great britain's rowers have been in the world cup. the three 0lympic champions competing in belgrade, two of them won gold in the first big race of th

it was between rovers, birmingham city and nottingham forest for the final relegation spot and all ofay says he would like to stay and help rovers try and get back up next season the automatic promotion spots to the premier league had already been settled but it was newcastle united who clinched the championship title on the final day. a three—nil win over barnsley was enough to clinch the trophy after rivals brighton conceded a late equaliser at aston villa. reading, sheffield wednesday, huddersfield and fulham will contest the final premier league place through the play—offs. remember that tragic story of the brazillian club who lost 19 of their players in an aeroplance crash last year. well seven months on, chapecoense are celebrating a title. the team had won the state championship last season — and with a team made up of youngsters and loan players — they have successfully defended it. we did a greatjob, we are very happy for our work and we are very happy for our work and we are very happy we can honour the warriors, they are not here any more but we can honour them with this ti

championship side nottingham forest has been sold to shipping magnate evangelos marinakis.n end fawaz al—hasawi‘s tumultuous five—year stint in charge. marinakis, who owns giants olympiakos in his native greece, has faced allegations of match—fixing and criminal involvement — however he denies all of the claims. we have already been cleared by the football league, by the authorities, they ask us a number of questions. at the end of the day, all of this has taken place in the last two months. and we are all clear. we passed all the tests, not only from the local authorities in the uk but from independent organisations. we have nothing to be concerned about. british number one johanna konta is out of the italian open, she lost to venus williams in rome. konta recovered from a set down against the american, but eventually lost 6—1 3—6 6—1. konta had won three matches in a row against williams — before today. tim hague has more. johanna konta‘s korea has blossomed, so johanna konta‘s korea has blossomed, so much so she is even the favourite when taking on one of the williams, a

the championship the former premier league champions beat brentford, but it wasn't enough as nottingham foresturn rovers fans. victory and yet they become the first premier league winner to drop into the third tier of english football. it had been the perfect start for tony mowbray‘s side. a free kick put them in front against brentford, a lead was doubled just moments later, thanks to this from danny guthrie. brentford did manage a consolation before craig conway touch this away for rovers. too little too late, they played their part, no happy finish today. meanwhile, forrest had at one stage looked very bleak indeed. anything other than a win would not do so jordan smith literally saved their skin. from goalkeeping heroics to a goalkeeping blunder. a chance from the spot and brit a sombre longer leading forest out of the woods. chris coen hammered home. everything looking rosy at the city ground. there was even time and space for another assombalonga rocket. fans flooded the pitch on the final whistle. so this is how tight it was. blackburn separated from forest, who survive, on goal differe

. >> jonathan: manchester united beating nottingham forest 8-1. spurs themselves have had a massive win of course. >> david: again, that was a ball boy hat. >> jonathan: really? >> david: came on to score four goals in about 15 minutes. again, he was breathtaking to watch. spurs with the same youth and the same effervesce about them and the same killer instinct. >> jonathan: it has been ruthless. >> david: to moussa sissoko so has a man down at the moment. i think it's andrea ranocchia again. he's holding that right leg. they have already made all three changes. it's going to be a long wait. >> david: i think you would probably say for andrea ranocchia is it must be something pretty sore because there can't be many hull city players that want to prolong this agony here. >> jonathan: not here, not with only about 30 seconds to go. we understand there was going to be two minutes of entry time. are you watching arsenal? spurs finishing ahead of arsenal for the first time since 1995. just the one additional minute now. hull's suffering will not be pro

it was between rovers, birmingham city and nottingham forest for the final relegation spot and all ofthe third tier of english football. they finished level on points with forest but go down on goal difference. manager tony mowbray says he would like to stay and help rovers try and get back up next season rovers try and get back up next season. newcastle united clinched the championship title on the final day. they beat barnsley 3—0 to jump above brighton after they drew at aston villa. reading, sheffield wednesday, huddersfield and fulham will contest the final prmier league place through the play—offs seven months after losing 19 of their players in an aeroplance crash. brazilian side chapecoense are celebrating a title. the team had won the state championship last season and with a team made up of youngsters and loan players they have successfully defended it. we did a greatjob. we are very happy for our work and we are very happy for our work and we are very happy we can honour the warriors. they are not here any more but we can honour them with this title. it's for them. saracens

nottingham forest and birmingham city, the other sides that could have been relegated, both won theirheir lead at the top of women's super league one after beating birmingham 2—0 in the spring series. manchester city have two games in hand on the league leaders and had to come from behind at reading — jade moore with the pick of the goals in that one. city went on to win 3—2 thanks to jill scott. elsewhere, arsenal won 5—1 at yeovil. in their first ever one day international at lord's — ireland were beaten by england by 85 runs. england racked up 328 for six in their first innings with three batsmen making scores in the seventies. ireland battled hard in the chase but eventually fell well short of the target. england take the series 2—0. i went into this and we looked really strong. you can tell that those guys that have been playing, it definitely benefited them coming into the international arena. it sets us up nicely for a really important series against south africa. there's an intriguing match to come at the madrid 0pen, as maria sharapova and eugenie bouchard are set to go head

it would be a great pitch for nottingham forest. —— ewe tree.let us know. it is managed by spruce rioch apparently! this fight, the fighter has lost two and a half ofst despite having a high—fat diet. —— two and a half stone. he puts butter in his coffee. doesn't really sound very nice. i would be ordering one of those! —— won't be. it's said to be the oldest trophy in international sport, but britain has never won sailing's america's cup. this year, though, four—time olympic champion sir ben ainslie hopes to change that. ainslie and his team will start the campaign to qualify tomorrow in bermuda. our correspondent natalie pirks was given exclusive access to the team as they prepared to race. as the most successful sailor in olympic history, sir ben ainslie is well versed in pursuit of glory. but overin well versed in pursuit of glory. but over in bermuda today he finds himself in a most unfamiliar role, that of the underdog. in its 166 year history, no british team has ever won the america's cup.|j year history, no british team has ever won the