under the watchful eye of new coach andre is it, a welcome return to form for novak djokovic, as the an hour. the second went to similar way but by the third, mistakes crept into djokovic's game. enough to rattle him. unfortunately, forjoao sousa, they were few and far between, as djokovic closed in on victory. just like last year, he too looks to be at home in paris. elsewhere at rolland garros, today there was a shock in the men's singles, with home favourite jo—wilfried tsonga knocked out in the first round by argentina's renso oleevo, ranked number 91 in the world. olivo was leading two sets to one when the match was halted at 22:10 french time last night but he came back to break the ‘tsonga serve' and knock out the 12th seed. he's earned himself a second round match against britain's kyle edmund tomorrow. another britain in action today aljaz bedene is struggling in his second round match against the czech republic's jiri vesely. the british number three lost the opening set 6—3... bedene was broken early on in the second set. his opponent took that one as well. 6-3, his oppone

white—mac novak djokovic w011 positives. the tournament for the first time last year and he has a long way to go to match rafale na dial. he too got off to the perfect start. he managed to beat the french player in just under two hours, so the cronies say the moment. meanwhile another heavyweight is glued to the second round. this canadian player was ruthless on the clay and he had 44 winners in his straight sets and destruction of the belgian player. could he dethrone the king? in the women's draw the former world number one survived a scare to win on day two. she took over two hours to beat the 17—year—old from this chilly who was impressive. she joins the 17—year—old from this chilly who was impressive. shejoins the defending champion in the second round. as far as crashes go — they don't get much nastier than this. this was an accident that happened in yesterday's indy 500 at the indianapolis motor speedway. new zealander scott dixon's car flipping into the air after colliding with british driver jay howard. it came down

britain's number three will face novak djokovic after being given a walkover.edmund saw off his portuguese opponent in straight sets and faces the world the benign chi nishikori. —— the world number nine. andy murray is in rome to defend his title — but he's still not firing on all cylinders, after a month out with an elbow injury. he starts his campaign against fabio fagnini, after being knocked out in the third round of the madrid 0pen last week, by the world number 59 borna coric. it's tough to necessarily analyse losses in a couple of days when you're also looking to the next tournament but that's also sometimes a positive thing that you have another event to look forward to it immediately, you get a chance to play better, only 4—5 days after a tough match. and let's add our birthday wishes to murray, who turned 30 today. when in rome — you get a song and a cake. it's a bit more of a low key birthday for the world number one this year. he beat novak djokovic to lift the italian open title on his 29th birthday last year. his mum judy retweeted this video add

it's the first time he's beaten novak djokovic in three yea rs, beaten novak djokovic in three years, french open in 2014. he was so dominant on clay, but we'll find he's on the way back. such a rivalry between clay, hard court... than they take the wimbledon. they do. that's why we are now, we are building up to the major. the french ‘s first at the end of this month than we are building up the queens, then wimbledon at the start ofjuly. so it's a busy time the tennis, now. exciting times. nice to see you, thanks very much. but look at the front pages. the sunday telegraph lead on the cyber chaos as they put it. they are saying thousands of operations and appointments will be cancelled as nhs bosses have admitted it is taken up nhs bosses have admitted it is taken up to several weeks to actually fix the computer systems that have been affected by friday's cyber—attack. the front of the sunday times has a story we are leading on to lay two. it's from the campaign trail, the cup tories pledge a council house revolution. they want create houses to rent alongside local councils that will

novak djokovic was beaten in the italian open final by alexander zverev. held on as he went to take the first set 6—4 against an under par djokovic. severe birth continued —— zverev continued his impressive display in the second set, winning its exciting three. the youngest player to win a masters title since djokovic herself. there are reports, and i must add just reports, only from one agency so far, but andre agassi has taken over as novak djokovic's new coach. andre agassi, multiple grand slam winner and will be super coach, we are hearing, for novak djokovic. super league magic weekend is on, with all 12 teams playing a newcastle united saintjames 12 teams playing a newcastle united saint james ‘s park 12 teams playing a newcastle united saintjames ‘s park ground. scuppered city reds started with a third in the table, two tries and greg johnson helped them beat leigh centurions 36—22. salford gob of hull fc into second place. in the first match this afternoon, huddersfield giants came from behind to wina huddersfield giants came from behind to win a g

as for the other home nations, wales face australia, novak djokovic is through to the next round of theh lopez. djokovic has parted with his entire management team and has said that he will announce his new team shortly. he beat his opponent two sets to one. a rather embarrassing moment in the cycling in the island of sicily. he'd eitherforgotten he was meant to do lapse, and celebrated his win —— do to lapse. guerin thomas and adam yates came home safely in the remaining group coming second and third overall. the winner was from luxembourg. that's all from sportsday. from me and the teams, goodbye for now. the latest headlines. president trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning saying james comey had lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. the family of evha jannath — the 11—year—old girl who died at a theme park yesterday — say their world has been torn apart. the crown prosecution service says no conservatives will face charges over claims they'd breached the rules on campaign spending during the last general election. let's have a loo

and news that novak djokovic has sacked his entire coaching team. that's on sports day at10:30pm.ts day at 10:30pm. and now, coaching team. that's on sports day at10:30pm. and now, does film review. hello and welcome to the film review on them bbc news to take us through this and are releases as mark kermode. this is a big bag this week. we have mindhorn, in which an 80s week. we have mindhorn, in which an 805 tv week. we have mindhorn, in which an 80s tv detective plays it for real. we have harmonium, a cannes prizewinner. and jamie foxx in the thriller sleepless. mindhorn i am smiling before i start. i loved bergerac back in the day. a tv detective on jersey, bergerac back in the day. a tv detective onjersey, you see images from my town and all the third reich comes back. mindhorn is a 1980s tv -- all comes back. mindhorn is a 1980s tv —— all the memories come back. mindhorn isa —— all the memories come back. mindhorn is a 19805 tv detective but is more like alan partridge got ready. he played mindhorn with a bionic lead an outside to see the truth. julian barratt plays the acto

the italian 0pen began today and britain's number three aljaz bedene will face novak djokovic in thethe qualifying competition for wimbledon, after she won herfirst—round match in the women's tournament in rome. she earned enough ranking points with a straight—sets victory over christine mchale. if she reaches the semi—finals of the italian 0pen, the five—time grand slam champion, who's returning from a 15—month doping ban, will qualify automatically for wimbledon‘s main draw. that's all for now. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are camilla tominey, deputy political editor at the daily express and the broadcaster, david davies. let's have a look at some front pages. the sun leads with tonight's news that the moors murderer, ian brady, has died. they say he never revealed where he buried one of his vitims. the times also carries a picture ian brady, a picture of ian brady, but leads with a drugs firm facing a fine of hundreds of millions of pounds, for increasing the cost of cancer medic

tennis, and novak djokovic is through to the third round of the madrid masters.the first round, and was playing his first match since splitting from his entire coaching team. the world number two was taken to three sets by spain's nicolas almagro, and he was almost on the wrong end of an upset. djokovic was 3—0 down in the deciding set but came through to win it 7—5. he now plays another spaniard, feliciano lopez. rafael nadal is also through to the third round, and he was also taken to three sets. he was playing italy's roberto fognini. nadal, who's bidding for a fifth madrid masters title, won 7—6, 3—6, 6—4, but admitted he wasn't at his best. he now plays nick kyrgios, the number 16 seed from australia. in the women's singles, the top seed, angelique kerber is out. she was forced to retire during her third round match against eugenie bouchard because of a hamstring injury. the canadian was well on top at the time. she won the first set 6—3 and was leading 5—0 in the second when kerber — who said she first had a problem in her previous match — was forced to cal

murray was the runner up in madrid last year to novak djokovic.is overall ranking points and threaten his world number one status. that's it from sport today. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. goodbye. hi there. we had some glorious sunshine yesterday across western parts of the country once again. these were the clear skies in abersock, north—west wales. we have had a lot of sunshine over the last few days across western parts of the country. but if i run through the last few days in the east, you can see rather cloudier weather in from the north sea, with pesky winds bringing cloud across much of central and eastern england in particular. it hasn't felt warm either under the cloudy skies. however, the weather is going to change because the wind is changing direction. we're not bringing cloud from the north sea. the pressure is relatively higher on wednesday. the winds will be a little bit lighter. it will be sunny and warm day for many parts of the country. yes, warmth on the way but it will be a chill

there were no problems for the defending champion novak djokovic. sets win over spaniard feliciano lopez. the world number two won 6—4, 7—5, and he'll face kei nishikori in the last eight. the third and final cricket test between west indies and pakistan in dominica is finely poised after the second day's play. azhar ali top—scored with 127, as pakistan made 376 in theirfirst innings. it was the 14th test century of his career. misbah—ul—haq, who's playing in his final test match for pakistan, was one of three other players to reach a half century. nice fist pump. roston chase was the pick of the west indies bowlers, with four wickets, including that of misbah. pakistan were all out for 376 and the home side closed on 111 for nought in reply. american william mcgirt and canadian mackenzie hughes share the lead after the first round of the players‘ golf championship, at sawgrass in florida. but the shot everyone is talking about is this beautie friom masters champion sergio garcia on the iconic 17th hole. while some of the world's best flew it into t

with the world number one through with the defending champion novak djokovic, the number three seed stanaris... the swiss responded in trademark fashion. he beat his opponent in straight sets in just under two hours. i am happy, playing well. i got some matches, and found the confidence to play better. germany's alexander's zverev was seen germany's alexander's zverev was seen as a germany's alexander's zverev was seen as a dark cause for this year in paris. frustration was clear. the match was suspended overnight for rain, the 33—year—old outmuscled alexander zverev, making him the first top ten casualties of the men's draw. kei nishikori avoided a similar fate. men's draw. kei nishikori avoided a similarfate. beating his australian opponent. kei nishikori faces jeremy chardy of france in the second round. a frenchman hasn't won the title at roland—garros for 311 years. a large portion of this year's hopes will be on the shoulders of gael monfils. so far, so good. through after beating dustin brown of germany in straight sets. johanna konta from great britain is well—established in the

reigning men's champion novak djokovic was playing his first match under the watching eyes of new coach victory. austin halewood rounds up that and all the rest of the action. after a first day in paris that saw the women's number one seed crash at the women's number one seed crash at the will date to add some the biggest names in the game. rafael nadal‘s never looked in trouble. all the time under the watchful eye of his new coach. the pair got off to the perfect start. djokovic won in straight sets. is that the first of many more to come? for me, it is a very different relationship from anyone else i have had with anybody. consistently talking a lot about those things. i can see only positives to now. djokovic won the tournament for the first time last year. he still has a long way to go if he is to match this man, fao nadal. he got off to the perfect start. he had little trouble beating bete noire pair will stop the crown say for the moment. —— venoit paire. notan say for the moment. —— venoit paire. not an easy opponent. a lot of respect for him. i played a great first set. especial

world number two novak djokovic has confirmed he'll be coached by andre agassi at the french open, after. the german got an early break in rome and held on as he went—on to take the first set 6—4 against an under—par djokovic. zverev continued his impressive display in the second set, winning it 6—3. at 20 he becomes the youngest player to win a masters title since djokovic himself won the miami open ten years ago. it's super league ‘magic‘ weekend with all 12 teams playing at newcastle united's st james' park ground. salford city reds started the day third in the table, two tries from greg johnson helped them beat leigh centurions 36—22... that means salford go above hull fc into second place. earlier, huddersfield giants came from behind to win a a gritty, from behind to win a gritty, hard —fought encounter against catalans dragons, by 18 points to 12. but the game of the day could well be castleford versus leeds, that's first versus fourth... it kicked off at half five, it's currently 6—0 to castleford, there's live commentary on five live sports extra and the bbc sport website. scotl

for a new world cup of tennis event have been backed by leading players including andy murray, novak djokovicment would rival the davis cup, which great britain won in 2015 and currently has three—day matches spread over february, april, september and november. pique's plan would see a single tournament take place in one location over a maximum of 10 days. that's all from sportsday. let's leave you with pictures of a celebrating chelsea on the denied they won a fourth premier league title, masterminded by antonio co nte. title, masterminded by antonio conte. they are champions again. frank ross, it is good night. welcome to the papers. we are joined by steven blush, special correspondent for the new statesman, and ian martin, columnist for the times. welcome to you both. the front pages are dominated by the cyber attack. hospitals paralysed after cyber hackers held the nhs to ransom in an unprecedented global attack. the daily mirror highlights a&e units vehicles and operations cancelled as they say hackers who is nhs to ransom. ambience is diverted and staff turning to pen and paper after co

four—time champion novak djokovic is safely through to the third round after beating britain's aljazset tie—break before going on to win the second set 6—2. the world number two has a good record in rome, having always reached at least the quarter—finals. our shot of the day goes to france's adrian mannarino. he lost to uruguay‘s pablo cuevas in straight sets, butjust look at this for a beautiful backhand drop shot. the crowd loved it, and we think it's worth a replay. i wish i could do that. here you see it in slow motion. he generates so much spin that the ball bounced back over the net. no way he is getting that. the race to host the 2024 olympics is very close between paris and los angeles. today, the new french president, emmanuel macron, put his full support behind his country's bid. he welcomed members of the ioc‘s inspection committee to the elyese palace. here's the bbc‘s sports editor dan roan. he isjust three he is just three days into the job at france's new president has wasted little time in back in paris's bid to host the 2024 games. macron welcoming numbers of the ioc

novak djokovic has been talking about his eagerness to start working working with his new coach, andrell link up together at the french open next week. the world number two, who turned 30 today, split with his entire coaching team earlier this month, and was beaten by alexander zverev in the final of the rome masters yesterday. it's a dream come true, honestly, because he's someone that i was looking up to when i was younger. we have similar styles of the game. he has been considered to be one of the greatest retu rners of has been considered to be one of the greatest returners of all time, and he has been through more or less everything that i'm going through right now. so it's an amazing adventure. former world number one victoria azarenka says she intends to return to tennis in time to compete at this year's wimbledon. it follows the birth of herfirst child. the two—time grand slam champion announced her pregnancy last summer, and is eligible to retain her ranking as world number six if she is ready to play her first tournament within 12 months of giving birth. that's all from sport

thiem will now face either novak djokovic orjuan martin del potro in the semis.isner in the other semi final. colombian sprinter fernando gaviria is continuing to impress at the giro d'italia — winning his fourth stage of this year's race today. tom dumoulin of the netherlands still holds the overall lead by over two minutes... but it was all about the sprinters on stage 13 — the last flat one before the race hits the mountains in the north of italy. earlier today mark cavendish tweeted he was thankful that gaviria isn't competing in this year's tour de france. that's all from sportsday. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times and lynn davidson, whitehall correspondent at the sun. led look at what the papers have in store. the daily mail are no fans of julian assange, criticising him for what they describe as a human rights lecture. the swedish prosecutors dropped their rape allegation. the ft has a picture women in terror and going to the poll

world number two novak djokovic has announced that eight time grand slam champion andre agassi will behich begins later this month. it follows his surprise defeat to alexander zverev in the rome masters final. the 20—year—old german claimed his maiden masters title becoming the youngest player since djokovic a decade ago to win a masters tournament. the world number two cursed and swore as he struggled to find a way back into the match against zverev and will be hoping his new coach can rejuvenate his game. it was obviously his cool about whether or not he wanted to take that step and work with me and i'm excited that he did. paris is the first tournament where we will be together in person on the court so good times ahead. an injury to the world number four simona halep was the decisive moment in the women's final in rome. although she would go on to win the set, halep was never quite the same against elina svitolina who went on to win the match 4—6, 7—5, 6—1 and capture herfourth title of the year to take her place in the world's top 10. the pinkjersey has been retained after the nex

defending champion and world number two novak djokovic is through to the quarter finals. sets, so getting rid of his coaching staff and that self—imposed shock therapy seems to be working. rafa nadal still hasn't lost on clay this season. his 12th win out of 12 matches was an easy one against nick krygios, taking just over an hour to wrap up a 6—3 6—1 victory to reach the last eight. the rory mcilroy has had something ofan the rory mcilroy has had something of an unspectacular return to golf so of an unspectacular return to golf so faron of an unspectacular return to golf so far on day one of the game's unofficial fifth major at sawgrass in florida. in the first tournament since his wedding, he was one over after a 12 holes are short time ago. jason day had set the pace for most of the day and was the joint leader at five under par for a of the day and was the joint leader at five under parfor a time, but five bogeys —— three bogeys on the last five holes saw him drift back with the clubhouse leader william mcgirt. british riders geraint thomas and adam yates are still se

defending champion novak djokovic is into round 3 of the french open after a straight sets victory overond seed raced through the first set and was tested a little more in the second and third to wrap up the win injust over two hours. djokovic will face the argentine diego schwartzman next. rafa nadal is also through, he beat dutchman robin haase in straight sets. british number three aljaz bedene lost his second round match against the czech republic's jiri vesely, and then sought to clarify reports suggesting he might switch allegiance back to slovenia, the country of his birth. having been blocked from representing britain in the davis cup, bedene says he "will fight" on. i read a few interviews and i don't actually remember because i get nervous, what i'm saying, but one of the things is until it looks like it's done, it's not done yet for me. i really want to play for great britain and i'm still hoping, really. so, yeah, i haven't really thought anything outside of that. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova's comeback has been cut short. she was knocked out in round two — beat

novak djokovic has sacked his entire coaching team, including marian vie—da who had been with him forreer. djokovic was knocked off the top of the world rankings by andy murray last year. explaining his decision, he said "i'm a hunter and my biggest goal is to find the winning spark on the court again". djokovic will tour alone until he finds a new head coach. sport it seems, is increasingly trying to downsize to make itself more marketable and watchable, think of the success of 20/20 cricket, the rise of rugby sevens, now golf is trying ‘sixes'. at st albans this weekend there's an experimental competition with an eye on reaching a new audience, here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. golf, a poet once wrote, is a day spent in strenuous idleness. who has time for poetry? this is sport's espresso era. everything is made short and intense. why linger over 18 holes when you can speed through six? i think golf‘s got to fall into line with everyone else. it's a time that it's got to make it a lot more fun, shorter. to be honest, it's the first time someone's said, you know what, we're

so that may be good news for novak djokovic. the world number two says he is in no rush to hire a new coach, after parting with his entire team earlier this month. the men's world number two faces britain's aljaz bedene in the rome masters on tuesday. no, not really. to be honest, i am co mforta ble no, not really. to be honest, i am comfortable as it is for the moment. i actually am enjoying the space that i have, and being with my brother, which helps me, who helps mea brother, which helps me, who helps me a lot. and his support and also presents, i appreciate very much. i am in search for a new team, presents, i appreciate very much. i am in search fora new team, but i'm not ina am in search fora new team, but i'm not in a rush. so i know that, when the right time comes, you know, i'll let you guys know what the new team is. juan martin del potro is through to the second round in rome, afterfighting back to beat grigor dimitrov. dimitrov, the tenth seed, won the opening set, but then lost the second with a double fault. oh, t

defending champion and world number two novak djokovic is through to the quarter finals.aching staff and that self imposed shock therapy seems to be working so far. british riders geraint thomas and adam yates are still second and third at the giro d'italia, ten seconds behind bob jungels of luxembourg. it was stage 6 out of 21 today, the race has reached the italian mainland after passing through sardinia and sicily — no change in the battle for the overall race win because a small breakaway group managed to hold off the main bunch for the whole135—mile stage. a great day's work for swiss rider silvan dillier, who took his first stage win at a grand tour. golf's unofficial "fifth major" is under way, the players championship at sawgrass in florida. rory mcilroy tees off in a few minutes alongside the only man ahead of him in the world rankings, dustinjohnson. world number three jason day had set the pace for much of today, he had held the joint lead at five under par at one point. but three bogeys on the last four holes saw him slip back to joint 14th, four shots adrift

the british number three lost in straight sets to novak djokovic, although he did push the serb all theve in the first game of the match. bedene eventually lost the first set on a tie break though and faded somewhat in the second, winning only two games — 7—6, 6—2 the final score. we have breaking tennis news in the last half an hour or so. maria sharapova has not been given a wild ca rd to sharapova has not been given a wild card to play at the french open later this month. the 30—year—old russian is currently in rome fulfilling some promotional events, not playing there. she has just returned from a 15 month doping ban and has not been able to gain enough ranking points to get into the main draw or even qualify for roland garros and although she is a two—time champion in paris organisers have children, chosen not to give her a wild card but she has the chance to qualify through the ranking system. the ioc has finished its inspection of the paris bid ahead of september's vote to decide whether they should host the 2024 summer games. they are up against los angeles who were inspected la

british men's number three aljaz bedene has set up a second round meeting with novak djokovic at therld number one andy murray will be hoping for a return to form as he defends his italian open title in rome this week. he turns 30 today but says he is "not massively into birthdays". murray comes into the tournament on the back of a third—round loss to world number 59 borna coric of croatia in madrid last week. he beat novak djokovic in the 2016 italian open final and will face local favourite fabio fognini in the second round this year. it's tough to necessarily analyse losses in a couple of days when you're also looking to the next tournament but that's also sometimes a positive thing that you have another event to look forward to it immediately, you get a chance to play better, only 4—5 days after a tough match. just to confirm in the last few moments kyle edmund did win his match in the opening round of the italian open. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in sportsday at half past six. more now on the g

british men's number three aljaz bedene has set up a second round meeting with novak djokovic at theire injured. bedene lost the first set on the tie—break before mager suffered an injury to his left leg. the match resumed and mager swiftly lost the second set before calling it a day in the third. world number one andy murray will be hoping for a return to form as he defends his italian open title in rome this week. he turns 30 today, but says he is "not massively into birthdays". murray comes into the tournament on the back of a third—round loss to world number 59 borna coric of croatia in madrid last week. he beat novak djokovic in the 2016 italian 0pen final and will face local favourite fabio fognini in the second round this year. it's tough to analyse losses in a couple of days when you're loose looking, you know, to the next tournament, but that's also sometimes a positive thing that you have another event to look forward to. immediately you get a chance to play better only four or five days after a tough match. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. in his

novak djokovic is into the third round of the french open.ugh the first set and was tested a little more in the second and third to wrap up the win injust over two hours. djokovic will face the argentine diego schwartzman next. two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitiva's comeback has been cut short. she's been knocked out of the french open by the american bethanie mattek—sands. kvitiva had been out for five months after being stabbed in the hand by a burglar. let's return to the election now. people in northern ireland are going to the polls for the fourth major vote injust over two years. brexit remains a crucial issue, as the future relationship with the republic of ireland remains unclear. well, the alliance party and the democratic unionist party are issuing manifetos today. let's cross to belfast where we can talk to the alliance party's stephen farry. the party said maintaining the union with the uk is the most important issue, the dup party, that is, and what is the most important issue for you in the alliance party? we are cross— par

despite playing twice in a day, novak djokovic was on top form, as he brushed aside dominic thiem todel potro, djokovic beat thiem 6—1, 6—0. he will play germany's alexander zverev tomorrow, who at the age of 20 is the youngest player in a decade to reach a masters final. boxer liam walsh fell short in his attempt to win his first world title, with his bout stopped inside three rounds by american gervonta davis. davis, the ibf super—featherweight champion who is promoted by floyd mayweather, made light work of walsh, knocking him down in the third round, and the referee stopped the fight not long after that knock—down. england fast bowlerjames anderson is likely to miss the rest of lancashire‘s county championship roses game against yorkshire, because of a groin injury. the 34—year—old limped off during play yesterday, and didn't take to the field today. he will have a scan on monday. england's first test this summer is against south africa at lord's on 6july. that's all the sport for now. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. theresa may writes in the sunday telegraph

but a stacked field awaits including defending champ novak djokovic and world number one andy murray. the women, two past champions are absent, making this year as wide open as any. can venus williams make one more

world number two novak djokovic has announced that eight—time grand slam champion andre agassi will beollows his surprise defeat to alexander zverev in the rome masters final. the 20—year—old german claimed his maiden masters title after becoming the youngest player in a decade to reach a final at this level and will move to ten in the world following this victory. djokovic, who turns 30 on monday, was the previous youngest masters winner. but despite a clinical straight—sets win over austrian dominic thiem on saturday, the world number two serb produced a flawed performance on centre court that saw him curse and swear as he struggled to find a way back into the match. an injury to the world number four simona halep was the decisive moment in the women's final in rome. although she would go on to win the set, halep was never quite the same against elina svitolina who went on to win the match 4—6, 7—5, 6—1 and capture herfourth title of the year to take her place in the world's top ten. that's all the sport for now. thank you. goodbye. it has been a weekend of two halves, many of us saw

novak djokovic has sacked his entire coaching team, including marian vajda who has been with him fordjokovic was knocked off the top of the world rankings by andy murray last year. he says "i am a hunter and my biggest goal spark on the court again." he'll tour alone until he finds a new head coach. england are 2 is—1. —— 21—1. they need 127 to win the first match of the summer. follow that on the bbc news website. i'll be back with a little bit more later on bbc news. let's go live to merseyside. we will get the results of the city regional mayoral election. i remember when i was first elect as a councillor for faza kerley ward. was first elect as a councillor for fazakerley ward. then i was elected to represent our city during the european capital of culture year as its lord mayor, i nearly burst with pride. when i was health secretaried twice to parliament —— when i was elected twice to parliament, as the mpfor elected twice to parliament, as the mp for walton, some of the most proud memories to me and my family. so it's beyond an honour and privilege to stand before you as the fi

novak djokovic plays in the final of the rome masters later after two wins on saturday.d quarterfinal againstjuan martin del potro and then beat dominic thiem 6—1, 6—love. he'll play germany's alexander zverev, who at the age of 20 is the youngest player in a decade to reach a masters final. fernando alonso will compete for pole position at the indianapolis 500 later. the mclaren formula 1 driver made it through the first qualifying day seventh fastest and goes into sunday's ‘fast nine' to fight it out for pole position for next sunday's race. the dangers of racing on high—speed american oval tracks were emphasised as former f1 driver sebastien bourdais crashed into the wall. he was conscious as he was rescued from the car but has suffered multiple fractures. the frenchman is in hospital following surgery to his pelvis and hip. that's all your sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. and i'll have more in the next hour. it's one of the world's most popular flower shows — and as the blooms go on displa

rafa nadal is rolling back the years — back where he's happiest on clay, he's beaten novak djokovic foral of the madrid open. the two hadn't met in nearly a year, in which time djokovic has suffered a dramatic dip in form, and the spaniard won the first set of their semifinal 6—2. the second set was almost as straightforward as the first for nadal and he took it 6—4. he's unbeaten in all his iii matches on clay this season, and the french open starts a week on monday. jonny brownlee made a dramatic return to the world triathlon series. in treacherous conditions in yokohama,japan, he was caught up in a crash on the last lap of the bike leg and sent flying over the railings, but he carried his damaged bike, to the transition point, to get his running shoes on. before eventually finishing down in 42nd place. you can see highlights tomorrow at 1pm on bbc two. adam gemili has finished third in the 200 metres at the second diamond league meet of the season in shanghai. the brit had a fast start but was run down by the eventual winner, noah lyles of the usa, who went on to win equalling the wo

world number two novak djokovic is through to the semi—finals of the rome masters after beating del potro his argentinian opponent, taking the first set 6—1. it was a much tighter second set but the serbian showed his skills to advance to the semifinals winning the second 6—4. djokovic will play his semifinal against dominic thiem later this evening. germany's alexander zverev became the youngest player in a decade to reach a masters final after he beatjohn isner in three sets. the 20—year—old claimed the first set 6—4 but the american fought back to take the second 7—6. but it was zverev who held his nerve to take the decider 6—1. meanwhile in the women's tournament, simona halep is through to herfirst rome final after a straight sets win over kiki bertens. halep will face elina svitolina in sunday's final after garbine muguruza was forced to retire due to a neck injury in their semifinal clash. to motogp. and maverick vinales will start on pole position for tomorrow's race in le mans. britain's cal crutchlow set the early pace in the final part of qualifying before being bumped down to

novak djokovic has sacked his entire coaching team, including the man who had been with him for mostgs by andy murray last year. explaining his decision, he said, i am a hunter and my biggest goal is to find the winning spark on the court again. djokovic will tour alone until he finds a new head coach. england's cricketers have started a busy summer cricketers have started a busy summer with a big win over ireland. seven wickets was the margin of victory. adil rashid claimed his first five wicket haul. alex hales joe root scored most of the runs as they reached their target with 30 overs to spare. they meet again on sunday. they are the strong side that have been as before. we do not ta ke that have been as before. we do not take them lightly. —— that have beaten us before. putting in a clinical performance is as good as we can ask for. that win the emphasises how you ruthlessly need to be. with many sports seemingly trying to downsize to make it more marketable and watchable, for example, the success and watchable, for example, the success of ten to 20 cricket, rugby sevens and golf

defending champion novak djokovic and the king of clay, rafa nadal, both ease into the third round ofhe french open. good evening from cambridge. we're at the senate house of the university, the venue for one of the biggest debates of this election campaign, with just eight days to polling day. seven party representatives will be taking part, including the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, who announced earlier today that he would, after all, be attending the debate. but the prime minister, theresa may, will not be here. she says she'd rather be out meeting voters on the campaign trail. the stakes are high because tonight's debate takes place amid suggestions in some opinion polls that the conservative lead over labour might be shrinking. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has more on the day's campaigning and the final preparations for this evening's debate. london, nine o'clock in the morning, based ago. a rare sight, an old—fashioned press based ago. a rare sight, an old —fashioned press conference. labour attacking the tories on public services and jeremy corbyn still quite over

zverev, who is 20, will meet either four—time winner novak djokovic or austria's dominic thiem in sunday'sthe way to the title in miami as a 19—year—old in 2007. i have had a lot of tough matches, a lot of tough opponents, it will be truly amazing for me. john played very well this tournament, he has also beaten a lot of good players, a fantastic match today. dutchman tom dumoulin further underlined his giro d'italia victory ambitions by stunning colombian rival nairo quintana to claim victory on saturday's14th stage. dumoulin attacked his movistar rival inside the final two kilometres of an 11.8 kilometre climb to the summit finish to take his overall lead over the colombian to two minutes 47 seconds. and when you're not playing in the french open tennis at roland—garros, you don't have to prepare as hard, and you can let your hair downa bit, and what roger federer has been doing. he's been stepping out at the wedding of the year in england. he's there with his wife mirka, at the wedding of pippa middeton, the sister of the duchess of cornwall, kate, and james matthews. smashing three pie

world number two novak djokovic has confirmed he will be coached by eight—time grand slam winner andrem earlier this month, to help improve his results. and djokovic is struggling with form at the moment, as he was comfortably beaten by alexander zverev in the italian open final today. the german got an early break in rome and held on, as he went on to take the first set 6—4 against an under—par djokovic. zverev continued his impressive display in the second set, winning it 6—3. at 20. he is the youngest player since djokovic himself won the miami open ten years ago. finally it was super league's magic weekend, with all 12 teams playing at newcastle united's st james's park ground. castleford tigers have been the stars of the season so far, and they continued their good form with a 29—18 win over leeds rhinos. that puts them two points clear at the top of the table. that's all the sport for now. now it is time for the weather. any truth in red sky at night, shepherds delight? well, this picture was sent in earlier this evening from one of our weather watchers. and the weather will be d

the world number two and defending champion novak djokovic will take on marcel granollers of spain.ber heads an open women's draw and will face akaterina makarova of russia, while british number one johanna konta will be hoping for a good run, she faces unseeded soo way shay of chinese taipei. this year's tournament at roland garros starts on sunday. it bea it be a summer of transfers in the premier league. zabaleta has been snapped right up. he becomes village's first signing at west ham. he signed a two—year deal that sta rts he signed a two—year deal that starts on the 1st ofjuly after his nine years with manchester city. he said it has been a pleasure to move to london. valencia will be staying put in manchester. he signed a contract extension with manchester united for another two years. he arrived as a winger but has been utilised by the manager as an attacking right back who said he had long admired valencia long before he joined the club as manager. wayne rooney says he has "more or less" decided about his manchester united future but won't say what that is for another two w

reigning men's champion novak djokovic was playing his first match under the watching eyes of new coachood rounds up that and all the rest of the action. after a first day in paris which saw the women's number one seed crashed out of the competition, day two saw some of the biggest names in the men's game. djokovic began the defence of his title against a spanish competitor, and he never looked troubled, taking a two set lead. under the watchful eye of his new coach, andre agassi. djokovic won in straight sets. is it the first of many more to come? for me, it isa first of many more to come? for me, it is a very different relationship from any other that i have had with anybody, consistently talking a lot about those things. i can only see positives. he won the tournament for the first time last year and has a long way to go if he is going to match the nine time champion. rafael nadal is trying for success after getting off to the perfect start. he beat his french opponent in just under two hours. he is safe for the moment. another heavyweight of the men's game is safely through to the m

rafa nadal described his straight sets win is a beautiful match as he set up a meeting with novak djokovicis relentless energy in the second set. djokovic had a bye after his opponent withdrew through injury. nadal and djokovic will meet each other in the last four in madrid. barcelona defender piquet‘s plans for a world tennis events have been backed. such a tournament would be backed. such a tournament would be backed —— arrival to the davis cap. —— the davis cup. his plan would see a single tournament take place in just one location over a maximum of ten days. chelsea could be 2a minutes away from the cheque premier league title, but it is still 0—0. that is all the sport for now. it is the final of the eurovision song contest on saturday. this year‘s competition has been overshadowed even more than usual by politics. the host nation ukraine has barred russia‘s singerfrom entering the country. then there is brexit. will the uk‘s european neighbours punish it? we have a report from kiev. it‘s the final of the eurovision song contest this saturday in kiev. the uk‘s entry is one of its str

world number two novak djokovic has just got his tournament under way. is up against marcel granollers of spain. it's djokovic‘s first match since taking on new coach andre agassi. he won the first set 6—3 and it is currently 5—3 in the second set so he is doing well there. meanwhile women's champion garbine muguruza got her defence off to a winning start. she eased past the 2010 winner francesca schiavone in straight sets. northern ireland have called up southend's adam thompson and accrington‘s shay mccartan for the coming international fixtures against new zealand and azerbaijan. here's the squad in full. mcca rta n mccartan netted 18 goals in his last games and he could make his international debut with fellow strikers conor washington and jamie ward unavailable. burton defender tom flanagan is another potential debutante. they play new zealand on friday in a friendly and take on azerbaijan in a world cup group c qualifier on the 10th ofjune. now, it's billed as the most lucrative match in world football, and it's estimated at least £170 million awai

last year murray lost in the final to novak djokovic.'s beaten twice before — but not surprisingly murray says he's concerned about his recent form. i need to accept that i am struggling, and then find a way to get through it, you know? i will get through it, i'm sure of that. when that happens, i don't know. hopefully it happens in a few days, hopefully it happens at this event. if it doesn't, maybe it happens during the grass. britain's johanna konta is the seventh seed in the women's draw, despite never having won a match at the french open. herfirst—round tie is against the world number 109 from taiwan, hsieh su—wei. actually i really enjoy this part of the season. especially this year it has presented me with new challenges, and new opportunities to grow, to look to improve as a player and a competitor. i think i am trying to take advantage of that as much as possible, and otherwise what specifically i will be looking to stay here for as long as possible. that's all from sportsday. arsenal have lifted the fa cup for the 13th time in

he beat novak djokovic in the 2016 italian open final and will face local favourite fabio fognini inear. it's tough to necessarily analyse losses in a couple of days when you're also looking to the next tournament but that's also sometimes a positive thing that you have another event to look forward to it immediately, you get a chance to play better, only 11—5 days after a tough match. geraint thomas has called the crash that's likely to have ended his chances of becoming the first british winner of the giro d'italia ‘ridiculous'... the team sky rider and also orica—scott‘s adam yates were both caught up in a collision with a stationary police motorbike on the roadside during stage nine. the pair — who were second and third going into sunday's stage — now trail new overall leader nairo quintana by five minutes. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and i'll have more in the next hour. thank you, you are watching bbc news with me, simon mccoy. lets return now to the cyber attack which has hit the nhs and other organisations over

defending men's champion novak djokovic had an easy time of it in his opening match. ranked 77th in the world. and rafael nadal launched his bid for a record 10th french open title with a convincing straight sets victory over benoit paire. it's three years since his last tournament win here, but the fourth seed is many people's favourite, having already won three clay—court titles this season. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. the former blue peter presenterjohn noakes, who hosted the show in 1960s and ‘70s, has died at the age of 83. he was the bbc children's show‘s longest—serving presenter, appearing for more than 12 years. david sillito looks back at his life. i'm upside down at 30,000 feet. i'm upside down! 0h! i'm sure it does me good! how's that, then? blue peter has had many presenters, butjohn noakes was special — the cheery, funny daredevil from halifax. at this level, the plinth on which nelson stands overhangs the column. i found myself literally hanging from the ladder with nothing at all beneath me. in an age with a rather relaxe

novak djokovic and rafael nadal were among the day's other winners.d irish lions have flown out for their series against the world champions new zealand. they'll play ten matches, including three tests, the first of them onjune 24th. that's all the sport, rita. now, it's a week to the day that the city of manchester suffered a major trauma, a bombing that claimed 22 lives and injured many more. our correspondent chris buckler is in manchesterfor us now. at this time exactly one week ago when ariana grande was finishing her concert, parents were gathering their children to go home and just outside a man was preparing to detonate the bomb that would claim 22 lives and change many others. there are people still being treated in hospital and so many others still reliving what happened at the o2 arena and grieving. tonight people gathered here to show their support and pay their respects. in st ann's square words mean something.