they're going to wembley, where they'll play the winner of tomorrow's semifinal between notts countyocked out of the italian open in rome. he gave the world number three alexander zverev a run for his money. the german won the first set 7—5 but edmund saved seven match points in the second set tie—break. the british number one did everything to try and force a decider, but zverev eventually came through a marathon 2a point tie—break, with both players given a standing ovation. zverev will play david goffin in the quarter—finals. british number onejohanna konta is out of the italian open after losing to french open champion jelena ostapenko. konta got off to a very good start, taking the first set 6—2. but ostapenko was on top from then on, winning the second set 6—3, and then the decider 6—a to progress to the quarterfinals. venus williams is also out of the italian open. the world number nine was beaten by annett kontaveit in straight sets in the third round. britain's simon yates has successfully defended the leaders jersey at the giro d'italia for the sixth stage in a row. a sprin

caretaker charge coventry city are through to the league two play—off finals, after they beat notts countygregate. it was 1—1 from the first leg, and coventry won 3—1 on the night. two goals from french striker max biamou helped them on their way to wembley, including this overhead kick. they'll play exeter, a week on monday. there are eight stages to go at the giro d'italia and britain's simon yates is still sitting pretty in the leader's pinkjersey. it was a flat stage today, a chance to conserve energy for those hoping to win the race overall. italy's elia viviani dominated again — that's a hat while yates maintained his overall lead of 47 seconds ahead of tom dumoulin, before the race heads into the mountains tomorrow. meanwhile in tennis world number two rafael nadal is through to the semi—finals of the italian open. he came from a set down to beat home favourite fabio fognini in three. an eighth title in rome — and first since 2013 — would see nadal overtake roger federer, who is skipping the clay court season, as the world number one. defending champions scarlets are in the pro 1a f

coventry play notts county in the other semi final at 7.30.e ross county have been relegated. they needed to better partick thistle‘s result at dundee, but they ended up drawing after conceding a really late goal to stjohnstone. it means the staggies finish bottom and will be automatically relegated. partick, in second last, will now play off for their premiership survival against livingstone from the scottish championship. one other result. motherwell winning 3—0 at home to hamilton. manchester city's women have been dealt a blow in their bid to win the wsl one title, with defeat away at arsenal. city led at the break after nadia nadim's cool finish on 11 minutes. but a strong second half from arsenal saw the hosts score twice in ten minutes. the first by danielle van de donk and then beth mead added a second, with this strike. it means chelsea can stretch their lead at the top to six points when they host sunderland this evening. the season finishes next weekend. they are into the dying minutes of rugby unions european champions cup final be

in the other semi final coventry city came back to draw 1—1 against notts county. he and the county team clearly didn't think he had. marc mcnulty stepped up and slotted home the spot—kick on friday night. last weekend it was the fa cup, this weekend chelsea ladies are on the brink of winning the women's super league one title, after victory over sunderland. chelsea took the lead just before half—time, when this shot from england's fran kirby deflected over the keeper. they added a second through eniola aluko. emma hayes' side eventually won 2—1. it means they need just a point from the remaining two matches to clinch the title, after manchester city lost at arsenal earlier. tennis, next. petra kvitova has won the madrid open for a third time. the world number ten defeated unseeded kiki bertens of the netherlands. kvitova, who was also the champion in madrid in 2011 and 2015, has now claimed four titles this year. she took this one in three sets, 7—6, 4—6, 6—3. meanwhile, in the men's tournament... dominic thiem has followed up his sensational victory over rafa nad

coventry a re currently playing notts county in the other semi final, it's currently 0—0 in that game led at the break after nadia nadim's cool finish on 11 minutes. but a strong second half from arsenal saw the hosts score twice in ten minutes. the first by danielle van de donk and then beth mead added a second, with this strike. it means chelsea can stretch their lead at the top to six points with a win against sunderland this evening. the score there tonight though remaining 0—0 so far. leinster are the new european champions. they beat racing 92 of france, 15—12. which means leo cullen becomes the first man to win the trophy as a player and coach. it was a game dominated by the boot. the sides tied 12—12 until leinster took the lead for the first time with minutes left on the clock. racing came up short with a final shot to take the match to extra time. so leinster crowned european champions for a record—equalling fourth time. lewis hamilton will start on pole position in tomorrow's spanish grand prix. the reigning world champion secured his first pole since the opening race of th

coventry scored a controversial last—minute penalty to snatch a draw in their first leg against notts countyy have been relegated from the premiership after a draw at stjohnstone. they needed a partick thistle defeat to keep alive any hope of survival, but partick beat dundee 1—0 thanks to this kris doolan goal. partick now face livingstone of the championship in a two—legged play off. the winner of which will be playing premiership football next season. chelsea ladies took a giant step towards clinching the women's super league title by beating sunderland 2—1. this goal from eni aluko's doubled the lead for chelsea, after fran kirby opened the scoring. chelsea need just one point from their two remaining matches to be crowned champions. lewis hamilton is on pole position for today's spanish grand prix. he will be alongside team—mate valtteri bottas at the front of the grid. hamilton, who leads the drivers championship, by four points gained his 74th pole position of his career, extending his own record. hamilton's closest rival in the championship, ferrari's sebastian vettel, is in third po

coventry scored a controversial last minute penalty to snatch a draw in their first leg against notts countyer. tranmere rovers have been promoted to the football league again after a dramatic play off at wembley. despite having a man sent off in the first minute, tranmere won 2—1 to earn promotion. in scotland, ross county have been relegated from the premiership after a draw at stjohnstone. they needed a partick thistle defeat to keep alive any hope of survival, but partick beat dundee i—0, thanks to this kris doolan goal. partick now face livingstone of the championship in a two—legged play off. the winner of which will be playing premiership football next season. chelsea ladies took a giant step towards clinching the women's super league title by beating sunderland 2—i. this goalfrom eni aluko doubled the lead for chelsea after fran kirby opened the scoring. chelsea need just one point from their two remaining matches to be crowned champions. now, she was attacked by a knifeman in her own home 18 months ago — but petra kvitova has won second title in two weeks. she beat kiki bertens of t

and in league two it's lincoln vs exeter and coverntry vs notts county.ualifying for this weekend's spanish grand prix came to a premature end after a crash involving brendon hartley. the new zealander lost control of his toro rosso car with just two minutes of practice remaining. the session was abandoned, with world champion lewis hamilton top of the time sheets. qualifying starts at two. the third round of the players championship is just teeing off in florida, but rory mcilroy won't be a part of it. he missed the cut after an erratic second round saw him finish one over par — a full 16 shots behind runaway lead webb simpson. the american matched the course record at sawgrass with nine birdies and an eagle on his second round. he's 15 under overall. ireland's cricketers have made an encouraging start to life as a test nation in malahide. they made life uncomfortable for pakistan early on, and it was unlucky 13 for the tourists, as they lost wickets, when stuck on that score, tim murtagh and boyd rankin, taking ireland's first test wickets. however, pak

coventry and notts county have just kickedoff in the other league two semi final first leg. 0-0 0—0 afterfoured out tranmere rovers are back in the football league after beating borehamwood in the national league final at wembley this afternoon. that's despite playing almost the entire game with ten men, as clare thornton reports. with the weight of expectation on their shoulders tranmere rovers walked out at the home of english football with a place in the league on the line. missing out on promotion of the stage last year the pressure was all on tranmere and at home. the challenge of the opening minutes meant he saw a red and they we re minutes meant he saw a red and they were down to ten mins., not out and certainly not giving up six minutes later and the‘s header put them in front. the drummer did not start there as the players celebrated bottles were thrown from the stands. lucky not to and have been more seriously injured. this is if you would first have so six minutes added to the clock but nine were played. giving bruno enough time to score the equaliser. much to his frustration. the

, coventry got a controversial last—minute penalty to snatch a draw in their first leg against notts county 0—0 with exeter. and tranmere rovers have been promoted to the football league again after a dramatic play—off at wembley. despite having a man sent off in the first minute, tranmere won 2—1 to earn promotion. in scotland, ross county have been relegated from the premiership after a draw at stjohnstone. they needed a partick thistle defeat to keep alive any hope of survival, but partick beat dundee 1—0 thanks to this kris doolan goal. partick now face livingstone of the championship in a two—legged play—off. the winner of which will be playing premiership football next season. chelsea ladies took a giant step towards clinching the women‘s super league title, by beating sunderland 2—1. fran kirby celebrated picking up the inaugural football writers‘ association women‘s footballer of the year award in midweek, with this deflected effort to open the scoring just before half—time. tgilgiéiiig jugi £35 5&3 lewis hamilton is on pole position for today‘s spanish grand prix. he will be alongs

two, coventry got a controversial last minute penalty to snatch a draw in theirfirst leg against notts county the sky blues. in the other semi—final, lincoln drew 0—0 with exeter. tranmere rovers have been promoted to the football league again after a dramatic play—off at wembley. despite having a man sent off in the first minute, tranmere won 2—1 to earn promotion. i saw social media going absolutely crazy for that yesterday. in scotland, ross county have been relegated from the premiership after a draw at stjohnstone. they needed a partick thistle defeat to keep alive any hope of survival, but partick beat dundee 1—0 thanks to this kris doolan goal. partick now face livingstone of the championship in a two—legged play off. the winner of which will be playing premiership football next season. chelsea ladies took a giant step towards clinching the women's super league title by beating sunderland 2—1. this goal from eni aluko doubled the lead for chelsea after fran kirby opened the scoring. chelsea need just one point from their two remaining matches to be crowned champions. now, she was attac

exeter will play coventry or notts county who settle their play—off tonight.ave the world number three, alexander zverev, a run for his money yesterday. the german squeezed through 7—5, 7—6, although that second set tiebreak went to 24 points, with the british number one saving seven match points. there's defeat too for the british ladies number one jo konta. she went out in three sets to the french open championjelena ostapenko. britain's simon yates has successfully defended the leaders jersey at the giro d'italia for the sixth stage in a row. a sprint finish was always expected on stage 12, ireland's sam bennett got the win in torrential rain. yates finished just behind in the main bunch though, and still leads by 47 seconds from dutch rider tom dumoulin — there's nine stages to go. and finally, to a man very popular with our bbc brekfast sport viewers, mo salah. his amazing season for liverpool could get even better in the champions league final. and while he's already received so many prizes for player of the season and golden boot winner, how about this?

he scored twice as the sky blues beat notts county to seal their place in the final. race track. why? well, of course, it's all part of the great city games featuring the likes of world indoor champion andrew pozzi, who came third in the 100—metre hurdles behind teammate david king. let's hope they've turned the speed cameras off! they were going so quick that. back here at wembley on the fa final cup day, it will be an emotional day because lots of tributes will be paid to the late wilkins who passed away early last month. because he played for manchester united and chelsea, and those will be unfurl at both ends. banners will be unfurl just before kick—off. he did actually score the winner for united against ryton in the cup final back in the 1980s. his wife will be presenting the trophy to the winners up presenting the trophy to the winners up in the royal boxjust up presenting the trophy to the winners up in the royal box just up there. talking of messages and banners, wembley is not missing out at all on the royal occasion as well, because overnight on the big scr