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between the fair and it's never a jock convention roughly on adult, it is the seventh and novak novak djokovicthese even more now because it turns, just turned 35 and rafael nadal has this chronic foot problem and it is pure theatre when they get together. novak novak djokovic is the favourite because he had better form of the last few weeks. i they had not as much time as he would like he missed a few weeks having had a fracture of the rib in march. we have to savour the moments when we meet. — opens up an opportunity in the latter stages for a new name to win perhaps? it could be carlos. i9 it could be carlos. 19 years of age needs met all of the headlines by winning four tournaments so far in 2022 but he is behind alex, another man who is yet when the grand slam title betrayals by the two sets and keeping the match alive by winning the third set by six games to four and going to serve in the fourth with leading by four games to three. the first semifinal and the women struggle, don't we? first the first semifinal and the women struggle, don't we?— the first semifinal and the women struggle,

so defending champion novak djokovic who's still yet to drop a set in paris this year.15th seed diego schwartzman in straight sets. in the women's draw, the seventeenth seed leylah fernandez is through to the quarter—finals the teenage canadian, who made the final at the us open last year, came through a lenghty match with the 2019 semi—finalist amanda anisimova, ultimately triumphing after nearly two hours of play. sergio perez won the monaco grand prix in what was an eventful race which was delayed, saw heavy rain and crashes. the mexican rose from third to the lead during a part of the race in wet conditions after the start was delayed for an hour after a downpour of rain. red bull's strategy also vaulted max verstappen from fourth to third, behind ferrari's carlos sainz but ahead of title rival charles leclerc. it means verstappen extended his championship lead to nine points. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me mimi fawaz and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. i'm going to be back with your business news very s

to tennis, where andy murray pulled out of his match against novak djokovic at the madrid 0pen becauseuled to play the world number one in the third round of the event. he was in good form as well, having beaten 2020 us open champion dominic thiem in the first round of the tournament before earning a win over canada's denis shapovalov. a couple of other british players are in action today, dan evans is currently up against andrey rublev who won the first set via a tie break. it's level in the second set. later cam norrie takes on carlos alcaraz. follow the progress of both over on the bbc sport website but for now that's all from me. isaac, thank you. more now on the decsison by the bank of england to raise interest rates 1%. the bank's governor andrew bailey has been taking questions from journalists, including from our own economics editor. this appears to be very close to a recession. i don't know how you define it. how can you justify to households hit by this cost of living crisis further exacerbating that in the middle of what looks very much like a recession? thanks, faisal. as

novak djokovic says the quest for a sixth battalion open has got off to a good start in the second roundrome. the serbs started off with a break of serve, and his russian opponent erased the deficit. djokovic broken the eighth game and closed out, showing out his following skills. the top seed took full advantage and sealed victory in an hour and a half. djokovic is three wins high of joining an exclusive club of having one 1000 matches in his career. the 34-year-old -- >> salad from the baseline. you never knowow with him, he cn be very dangerous. he was missing balls today. reporter: a back injury. anchor: it is time for truth or fate. a canadian general has been captured by russian forces in ukraine. truth or fate? reporter: some of it is fake and some of it we do not know. he is a retired canadian lieutenant general and you can see there was an investigation that he went to ukraine as a mercenary and there were reports that he was captured by the russians in mariupol and the steel plant where there have been lots of reports, speculation there may be forces from other countries presen

very dear friends, the net is true, novak djokovic, you have won 5.000 rubles.dy jump on the little thing? there is already a little thing. can we go home? well, where did those gems come from in the song? so i'll be honest about where the market was from, where well petrovich wrote. and we have years ahead of us. blimey. no, no, once there were no young ones, but other songs that were like that, which are no less beautiful. well, where our hands will not give hands, where is it more beautiful? but this address of ours is not a house, not a street, where is it from? who wrote it? david fedorovich where did he get this from? where is this market, where is this counter, where were the birds? he approached composers, professional poets came, professional brought brought brought in there were several bands that were spinning, but your favorite ones. what is all this repertoire for all these years. well, everything that petrovich wrote is everything he loves, still loved for 55 years and that's it. everything everything. volodya the foliage flies around the trees, wh

it sets up a mouthwatering quarterfinal against novak djokovic who swept aside argentina's diego schwartzmannrun at rolland garros by reaching the last eight. belgian elise mertens was seen off in straight sets. she'll play eitherjil teichmann or compatriot sloane stephens next. the record—breaking jockey lester piggott — who won the derby nine times — has died at the age of 86. in all, he recorded almost 11,500 winners in a career that started in 19118, when he was 12 years old. he was admitted to hospital in switzerland — where he lived — last week. he was jailed for three years in 1987 for tax fraud but returned to racing after his release. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports. lester has it in the bag! when it came to the art of winning, few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 19118 at the age ofjust 12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victorie

it comes as he beat rafa nadal in the quarters and world number one novak djokovic in the semi—finalsat the french open later this month. that's all from sportsday. hello. the weather's been pretty quiet this weekend thanks to the close proximity of a big area of high pressure. through sunday, most of us enjoyed a lot of dry weather and some spells of warm sunshine. beautiful views here in pembrokeshire. the high pressure is now beginning to drift its way eastwards, and we look towards the atlantic, from where our weather will be fed to us for the week ahead. areas of low pressure pushing in to the north of the uk, weather fronts trying to progressively work their way south. 0vernight, it should stay dry for england and wales. clear skies, a few patches of mist and fog first thing monday, quite chilly across parts of east anglia and the southeast with rural lows of 2 or 3 first thing monday. much milder for scotland and northern ireland, but much wetter and much windier here as we see weatherfronts coming in in association with one of those areas of low pressure approaching us from th

teenage sensation carlos alcaraz won his second match, and defending champion novak djokovic is throught slovakia's alex molcan. djokovic is searching for his 21st grand slam victory and his third at roland garros. rafael nadal�*s quest to reclaim the french open continued in style with a straight sets victory over corentin mouet. having waited all day to step foot on court philippe chatrier, wasn't quite as straight forward for third seed alexander zverev, though. he had to come from 2 sets down and match point down to beat sebastian baez in five sets. jose mourinho's roma have beaten feyenoord to win the inaugural uefa conference league. the inaugural uefa conference league — theirfirst trophy of any sort since 2008. the only goal of the game came in the first half through nicolo zaniolo. mourinho becomes the first manager to win all three major club european trophies with a perfect record of five wins from five finals. england's tammy abraham and chris smalling both picked up winner's medals. it's roma's first recognised trophy since they won the fairs cup all the way back in 1961. t

the defending champion novak djokovic is also through after beating the japan player.ed are rubbish does not smack of bbc mp —— impartiality and weather rain everywhere did not match with conditions of the day. some viewers were left confused. what was going on? a couple of hours later all was revealed. a little earlier some of you may have noticed something unusual on the ticker that runs along the bottom of the screen with means. making a comment about manchester united, my hope that manchester united, my hope that manchester united fans were not offended by it. let me explain what was happening. behind the scenes of someone was training to learn how to use the ticker and supports text on the ticker so they were just writing random things, not in earnest and that comment appeared soup —— apologies if you saw that and you were offended and you are a fan of manchester united. cite any that was a mistake and was not meant to appear on the screen. that is life television for you. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, onli

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and novak djokovic won the men's final — his first title of the year — he beat stefanos tsitsipas 6—lovee the french open starts, later this month, as he chases a record—equalling 21st grand slam. that's all from sportsday. a record—equalling 21st grand slam. from all the team here, goodnight. a record—equalling 21st grand slam. the rain in western scotland easing way, but further south the rain developing here and continuing to push its way northwards, could be heavy, possibly thundery as well, working its way up into southern scotland. if you're hoping to see the super blood moon later, the best chance will be in northern scotland with clearer skies. a very warm and muqqy with clearer skies. a very warm and muggy night, there is the minimum temperatures at we start off cloudy tomorrow with round to of this cloudy rain, and the rain will continue to work northwards where it will come to rest in scotland. eventually sunshine coming through northern ireland and developing more widely in england and wales, but still thundery showers here and there. all in the sunshine, 22 degrees, undernea

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and a first title of the year for novak djokovic at the italian open in rome.the top and bottom of the premier league. more of that in just a moment. but first... chelsea have done the double. ater claiming the wsl title last weekend, today emma hayes�* side won the fa cup for the fourth time. they beat manchester city 3—2 in extra time in front of a record crowd at wembley. rhia chohan was there. a long time coming. three fa cups a piece, yet these sides had not met in the final until now. in the early minutes, manchester city had the chances before england defender millie bright to set up the perfect ball. , ,. millie bright to set up the perfect ball. , , . , sam millie bright to set up the perfect ball._ sam kerr . ball. deep cross in... sam kerr heled ball. deep cross in... sam kerr helped it _ ball. deep cross in... sam kerr helped it over. _ ball. deep cross in... sam kerr helped it over. earlier- ball. deep cross in... sam kerr helped it over. earlier this - ball. deep cross in... sam kerr| helped it over. earlier this week chelsea boss emma hayes said

the removal of rankings will affect novak djokovic�*s world number one status as he won't be able to current world number two from russia, daniil medvedev, who's one of those banned from competing at wimbledon this year. medvedev is in paris for the french open which starts on sunday but says he has no plans to take legal action to try to get a place at wimbledon. i guess if you ask a lawyer, probably we have... there is some room to making this but personally i think, as i said, you know, not me taking these decisions. if i can play, i'm not going to court for this one. there was an exciting first leg, inverness caley thistle ford backfrom 2—0 to level it. they finished third while sonjohnson were second from bottom in the premiership. the football association has warned that players and fans are being put at "great risk" by a series of pitch invasions in england — as the season reaches its climax. since monday there have been five pitch invasions, with one manjailed for attacking a player. for football, it is becoming all too familiar, fans swarming onto the pitch last night after

defending champion novak djokovic is also through after beating japan's yoshihito nishioka in straight. however, the deal "still has major hurdles to overcome" according to a senior whitehall insider. it's understood that, because owner roman abramovich has a portuguese passport, the takeover needs to be licensed by authorities in that country too. ministers are now said to be in "intense discussions" with their counterparts at the european commission to provide them the assurances they need to approve the deal. the day after the night before and the manchester city party continutes they've been parading their premier league trophy in front of thousands of their fans. city won the title yesterday in a dramatic match that saw them come from 2—0 down to beat aston villa 3—2 and finish one point ahead of liverpool. they showed off the trophy on an open—top bus travelling through manchester city centre. it was their fourth league title in five seasons. manchester city's benjamin mendy has entered not guilty pleas to nine we've heard from the new manchester united manager for the first time

andy murray pulled out of his match against novak djokovic in the third round of the madris masters through carlos alcaraz, going down 6—3 in the deciding set. the 19—year—old will face his idol countryman rafael nadal in the next round. dan evans was also knocked out. he lost in straight sets to andrey rublev. the british number two had his chances. he broke rublev in the opening game of the match, and then had setpoint in the tie—break, but couldn't capitalise, losing the opening set. rublev took the second set 7—5 to win in just under two hours, 30 minutes. essex have been fined £50,000 by the england and wales cricket board after pleading guilty to two charges relating to a racist comment made at a board meeting in 2017. the club were charged over the comment itself and their failure to conduct an appropriate, orany, investigation. former chairmanjohn faragher has denied making the comment. it's day one of the british masters golf at the famous belfry course near birmingham. but there is a distinct lack of british interest at the top of the leaderboard, with the lead shared by denmark's

he faces old rival and world number one novak djokovic next. and that's all the sport for now.eland closer to weather fronts for a cloudy start. a little patchy rain here and there. the chance of that during the day more especially western and mainly north west scotland. eastern and southern scotland may see a few sunny spells, a few developing in northern ireland. pleasantly warm, sunny spells amongst quite a lot of cloud in england and wales, with a very slight chance of a shower, and a warmer day, with temperatures up to 22 in the warmer spots in south east england. overnight and into friday, rain gathering for scotland and northern ireland as it becomes more widespread and heavier for a time with a stronger breeze. whereas it stays dry on a milder night in wales and england. and then into friday, well, the rain's going to move its way south out of scotland and northern ireland, with sunny spells and a few showers following into northern england, wales at first and then parts of the midlands and south west england getting on into friday evening. east anglia and the south eas

difficulty, who is currently the leader of the men's tennis rating atp i don't understand it is serb novak djokovic hope is on you that we will finally get off the ground on difficult issues. this name came from a combination of two sounds. the first is the sound the sword makes when it hits the racket and the second is the sound the ball bounces off the table, what are we talking about? two table tennis sounds specifically. i need it exactly reproduced. here is the name that i encrypted again two sounds. the first is the sound when the ball hits the racket, the second is the sound when the ball is lost and the table ping pong. well, finally printed out, we are the fourth period. we take two steps forward. this ping-pong name was first used at the end of the 19th century. today, it is mainly used as a colloquial synonym for the term table tennis, but some experts do not agree with this, as they argue that there is a separate kind of table tennis, which has the official name tatyana odin ping-pong. what place is jokingly called wooden medals? fourth fourth place super one step forward what is the na

leading tennis players of the planet among them the first racket of the world novak djokovic the international festival of folk songs dobrovidlenie are held in st. are held for the seventh time, the performance of each team turns into a mini performance. musicians use as venues as historical buildings, as well as modern concert complexes. the collective security treaty organization is 20 years old. what are the development prospects? what russian sochi can offer uzbekistan and what is the reason for the death of seals in the caspian sea, she talks about this not only in the review of the head of the central asian bureau of the all-russian state television and radio broadcasting company roberto frantsev. in magnit hot discounts for all cases of grilling take ochakovsky with you for 74.99. i'll pick up nastya from the club in the park. he is your party-goer, he is my e-sportsman. nastya are you already in the park? we are still in castle this three films back spoke princess. nastya has already downloaded the entire internet. you will soon get married before the first one. 1967 come on, who is th

points norrie was beaten 6—2, 7—5, 5-7, 6-4 no problems for the defending champion and top seed novak djokovicotential quarterfinal meeting with the 13—time french open champion rafael nadal. the spaniard also won in straight sets. beating botic van de zandschulp from the netherlands. and interestingly his next opponent — felix auger—aliasime is coached by nadal�*s ex coach — and his uncle toni nadal. in the women's draw, two seeds have gone today. the olympic champion belinda bencic was knocked—out by the canadian teenager — leylah fernandez and the three time grand slam winner angelique kerber was upset by the unseeded aliaksandra sasnovich. ferrari's charles leclerc was fastest in both practice sessions for his home grand prix in monaco. leclerc, who lost his championship lead to max verstappen last weekend, wasjust quicker than his ferrari team mate carlos sainz but nearly half a second quicker than verstappen who was fourth fastest. lewis hamilton was way off the pace, down in 12th calling the monte carlo street circuit, the bumpiest he's ever driven. england'sjos butler hit his fourth ce

novak djokovic versus rafael nadal, tonight is the 59th.urrently djokovic leads nadal 38-20 head to head, but nadal leads on clay. so the terrain favoring nadal in the circumstances, and he showed it in the first set. he won 6-2. we're in the second set. we unfortunately don't have pictures yet. it is a feisty encounter, and we will see if nadal can ultimately reach a 22nd grand slam. mark: that is exciting. you would think liverpool had won something the way you are smiling. more from him later, and more for you later about nadal versus djokovic at roland garros, just a short goal could from our studios. the eu acts to stop russian oil sales. it's the sentient ukraine has been calling for the start of the invasion. ukraine admits a major part of the city of severodonetsk is tonight under russian control, but the city is not surrounded. the regional governor says russian shelling has made it impossible to deliver humanitarian supplies or evacuate residents. liverpool football club is demanding an apology from the french interior minister. h

for the first time in five years, andy murray faces world number one novak djokovic today. of information and a faster response to stop such large—scale disease outbreak happening again. he's been speaking to the bbc�*s mishal husain. she started by asking him how ready we should be for another pandemic. the risk is there every year, and definitely going up as people travel around the world more. as climate change causes species to seek new habitats and population growth, particularly in asia and africa, means we are invading more natural habitats. it's very unlikely that we will go 20 more years without another outbreak that has a chance of becoming a global pandemic. which is sobering, and a hard thing to think about, at a point psychologically when there is a joy to getting back to the things that we couldn't do for such a long period, but you essentially want us all to think about preparing for the next one, which is kind of a tough ask at a time like this. oh, definitely, and this pandemic is not completely over. we could have a surprise variant. i don't think that is

in the men's draw, novak djokovic ramped up his preparations for the french open by claiming a first in paris. by beating stefanos tsitsipas impressively in the final 6—0, 7—6, he secured a sixth title in rome, and a record—extending 38th win in a masters event, going through the tournament without dropping a set. much more sport coming up for you later on. does time to tell you later on. does time to tell you also today, queen elizabeth was given a standing ovation today with the platinum jubilee salvation kicking. the event was held at an arena close to windsor castle, staged by the royal windsor horse show. the queen clearly enjoyed the spectacle. it reflects her lifelong passion for horses. despite ongoing mobility issues, she was able to walk to his seat in the royal box where she sat with a blanket over her knees, i don't blame her. at the end of the show she made a lap of the arena in her car. great to see her looking so well. also, some of you may see if you look up to the night sky the first superman in two years, travelling across the night sky. this may it is called the fl

among them, the first racket of the world novak djokovic international folk festival dobrov vision songs in st. petersburg on the territory of the peter and paul fortress ensembles from different regions perform earlier dobrov vision participants gave concerts for military personnel who are undergoing treatment for the first time the holiday took place in 2016 this year it is held for the seventh time the performance of each group turns into a mini performance . musicians use both historical buildings and a modern concert complex as venues. organization of the collective security treaty fulfilled 20 years. what are the development prospects? what can russian sochi offer to uzbekistan and what is the reason for the death of seals in the caspian sea? she talks about this not only in the review of the head of the central asian bureau of the all-russian state television and radio broadcasting company robert frantsev? in magnet hot discounts for all grilling occasions

he beat world number one novak djokovic chaz his idol rafael on the way to the final. he has been dubbed as his heir. he says the rise does not surprise him and he hopes he enjoys a long and successful career/happy for him happy because we have an amazing player for a lot of years to come. >> i think carlos is a good guy and he is receiving a lot of attention. first, i think he is young, he is new and all the new things are more interesting than older things. when you see a new car, always looks better. when you see a new phone, always looks better than the old one. so it is something that is not old in this life could reporter: he is resting a sore ankle after that game, but he has confirmed that he will be competing on the 22nd of may. and ending with some basketball. it is level pecking in the nba's eastern conference semifinal series after the philadelphia 76ers beat the miami heat 116-108 in game four. brilliant performance by former ndp james harden. he scored 31 points, while teammate joel continued to impress on his return from injury. getting 24 points and 11

the first racket of the world, serp novak djokovic , criticized the decision of the organizers of thenot to allow russia to compete with belarusians, the athlete said that this was a mistake and as a result, all sides were the losers . djokovic noted that he would remove the participants. from russia it was optional a couple of days ago. i found out that there was an english government recommendation paper issued for the whole english club and there were several options, not just this one and they didn't discuss it with anyone from the association professional tennis players, not with individual players, not with russian or belarusian tennis players, just to talk and understand if there are common ground, relying on which the side can compromise. sure. it was the wrong decision a little earlier on the acute tp they had forfeited. he was don's ranking points. what does nothing more than the exhibition status of this prestigious british tournament mean? this was confirmed by the extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of russia who is awarded the atp and the women's federation has lost

these ranking points are not going to be awarded, ironically, at the end of wimbledon, because novak djokovic will be the world number one.— medvedev will be the world number one. ,, ., ., ., ., number one. 0k. shame, good to seak to number one. 0k. shame, good to speak to yom _ number one. 0k. shame, good to speak to you. thank _ number one. 0k. shame, good to speak to you. thank you - number one. 0k. shame, good to speak to you. thank you for - speak to you. thank you for joining us. —— shane mcinnes. spain's former king juan carlos is back home for the first time in nearly two years. he abdicated in 2014 amid a raft of scandals and his successor, king felipe vi, has spent the last couple of years trying to rebuild the royal family's reputation. wendy urquhart reports. it was hardly the welcome you'd expect for a former king. there was no fanfare, no pomp, no ceremony. in fact, the only family member to greetjuan carlos when he arrived in vigo was his daughter, princess elena. but there's a reason for that. juan carlos fled to the united arab emirates a couple of years ago after spanish and

nadal is attempting to reclaim the crown taken from him by novak djokovic 12 months ago.e in the women's draw. the pole, who won the 2020 title, has won her last five tournaments, a winning streak of 28 matches. i have very positive thoughts and honestly a couple of times during these tournaments i was already stressed about that and i was able to work through it and do a really good job atjust focusing on tennis, so hopefully i will be able to continue that, but still i have a few more days until my first match so i guess we will see. i have proved to myself and other people that i can be top of the game, and before i didn't have that much confidence, so this year i feel much more peace. that's all the sport for now. president biden has said he might be willing to meet the north korean leader, kim jong un for face—to—face talks but only if mr kim is �*sincere and serious�*. mr biden, who's on a visit to south korea, said he was also prepared to shore up defences against north korea. the president and his counterpart in seoul, yoon suk—yeol, discussed the possible deploym

novak djokovic has won his first title of the year at tennis�* rome masters.ay. that�*s all from the bbc sport centre. reeta. thank you so much. now, if you�*re up in the early hours of the morning you may get to see a super flower blood moon — that�*s a rare event when the earth comes between the sun and the moon. from 2.30am this morning, the moon will start to darken as it falls into the earth�*s shadow, before turning a dusky red by around a.30am. and it could look like this. the best views will be in scotland, north east england and the far south west of england. there�*s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one, it�*s time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. more now on our top story — the decisions by finland and sweden tojoin nato. earlier this eving we spoke to the deputy foreign minister of poland. my colleage chris rodgers asked him whether was it a mistake that we didn�*t invite ukraine into nato much sooner? as you know, in 2008 on the bucharest summit, summit of nato, poland already advocated,

murray isn't alone in criticising the decision, with world number one novak djokovic calling the bancrimination" and "illogical. " a quick reminder, in less than hour — ronnie 0'sullivan will resume his bid for a seventh — and record equalling world snooker championship. can the rocket deliver againstjudd trump? it's over on bbc two. a record 2.7 million people have been referred for cancer checks by nhs england in the last year, following a dramatic fall in numbers during the pandemic. at least 30,000 people are still waiting to start their treatment. charities have welcomed the increase in referrals, but warned of the "devastating" impact that the covid backlog has had on cancer care. the challenge we have in this country is that we don't diagnose cancers soon enough. part of the reason for that is that we don't have enough specialists working in the nhs to meet the demand for treatment, so whilst it is fantastic news that more and more people are coming into the system because of these efforts, the challenges we do not have enough staff, and we don't have enough kit within the nhs

for the first time in five years, andy murray will face the world number one novak djokovic in the thirdthat's after murray beat denis shapovalov in three sets to go through. murray has known, djokovic, a 20—time grand slam champion since they were children and have faced each other 36 times in their professional careers. emma raducanu's recent good run is over, she's out of the compeition after losing her third round matchshe lost to anehilina kalinina of ukraine who took the first set. raducanu, having taken a medical timeout for a back injury, forced a decider but her opponent clinched it sending the british number one out. britain's cam norrie is also in action right now, he's currently into a deciding set against spains roberto bautista agut. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. i will have more throughout the afternoon. complaints from students in england and wales about their university courses reached a record high last year. more than 2,500 complaints were made to the office of the independent adjudicator for higher education in 2021, a 6% increase on 2020. two thirds o

with a heavyweight tie in the quarter—finals between world number one and defending champion novak djokoviclong—time rivals nadal and djokovic will have faced off on the clay courts in paris when they take on court philippe—chatrier in a few hours' time. djokovic defeated nadal in the semi—finals of the french open last year. tuesday's encounter will be the first time two men with 20 or more grand slams won by each will square off in a match. to the african champions league final, where zouheir el moutaraji scored both goals for moroccan side wydad casablanca as they won the title with a 2—0 victory over egypt's al ahly. it's the third time that wydad have been crowned african champions after taking the title in 1992 and 2017. it also stopped ahly winning it for the third straight time. the final was controversially hosted at wydad's ground in casablanca as fans were allowed in to watch the finalfor the first time since 2019 due to the global pandemic. deal complete, english premier league side chelsea have officially confirmed the sale of the club from roman abramovich to the investment gr

novak djokovic eased past stan wawrinka 6—2, 6—2, to reach the last eight.oing. the serb will now play eighth seeded canadian, felix auger—aliassime, as he chases a sixth title in rome. in the women's draw, world number one iga swiatek became only the ninth player since 2000 to win 25 matches in a row, after beating victoria azarenka. poland's swiatek overcame a slow start to win 6—4 6—1 against the belarusian, in the last 16, and now faces the former us open champion, canada's bianca andreescu in the quarter—finals later. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. it's taken tom cruise 36 years to get back into the cockpit, but according to critics it's well worth the wait. top gun: maverick will be out in cinemas later this month, though a decision not to re—cast some older women from the previous film has sent some reviewers into a minor tailspin, as mark lobel reports. time to feel claustrophobic again. time to feel claustrophobic aaa

top seeds novak djokovic and iga swiatek get their roland garros campaigns underway on monday, and theren's draw 6th seed 0ns jabeur is out, beaten by magda linette in three sets. the tunisian took the first but linette won a second set tiebreak and rode the momentum to close out a shock victory against one of the tournament favourites. big name out in the men's draw as well, dominic thiem's struggles since returning from injury continue, hugo dellien easily defeating the 2020 us open winner in straight sets. thiem is yet to win a match this season. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me mark edwards and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. the cannes film festival is on in the south of france and the great and the good from the film industry have descended on the town in droves. sharon stone, michael fassbender, ethan coen and isabelle huppert werejust some of the a—listers keeping the photographers on their toes on day 6 of the festival. sandro monetti, editor—in—chief of hollywood international filmmaker magazine is in cannes and hejoi

in the men's draw, top seed novak djokovic has eased through to the third round following a comprehensiverenchman in his career. the serb is a three—time winner of this title, and it also means djokovic will keep the number one ranking following this tournament. the serb will now face another former madrid champion in andy murray in the third round after the scot overcame denis shapovalov in three sets. it'll be the first meeting between the pair since the doha final in january of 2017. despite luca doncic scoring 45 points in the opening game, the dallas mavericks trail the phoenix suns heading into game 2 of their western conference semifinal series later. the 23—year—old slovenian will need his team—mates to back him up if the mavericks are to get anything from the second game in the best—of—seven series, which is also in arizona. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. thanks very much. from him a little later. —— more from him. ukrainian group antytila have te

in the same week as his 19th birthday he's beaten rafa nadal, novak djokovic and now the spanish teenagerde the defending champion — taking the first set 6—3 and he made light work of the second — winning that 6—1. it follows his first masters 1000 title in miami last month which took him into the top ten of the world rankings for the first time. and mark cavendish has won the third stage of the giro d'iitalia launching, a long sprint for the line after the flat 201 kilometres to lake balaton in hungary. it's his 16th stage win on the giro, but he hasn't taken part in this race for nine years. mathieu van der poel retains the overall leader's pinkjersey. monday is a rest day before the race resumes on tuesday in italy with a tough climb up mount etna. the miami grand prix, max verstappen has the lead, head of chancellor kirk. you can follow it on the bbc sport website. incredible achievement for carlos, there. thank you. a sherpa from nepal has set a new world record by scaling mount everest for the 26th time. kami rita sherpa broke his own record set last year. he was among 11 other sher

novak djokovic had no troubles, though, under the roof of phillipe chatrier, cruising through his first has lost its ranking points for banning russian and belarusian players. djokovic was speaking after his victory overjapan's yoshihito nishioka, 6-3, 6-1, 6-0. the world number one is defending 2,000 ranking points from his win at roland garros last year and he needs them. i'm glad that players got together, with atp, the governing body of men's tennis, and show to the grand slam, that, you know, when there is a mistake happening, and there was, from the wimbledon side, we have to, we had to show there is going to be some consequences. the women's defending champion is out, though. barbora krejcikova was beaten by french teenager diane parry. the nineteen—year—old came back from losing the first set 6—1 to knock out last year's winner. and four—time grand slam champion naomi 0saka is also out, losing to amanda animasova. 0saka, whose preparation for the tournament was disrupted by an achilles injury, really struggled with her serve and had eight double faults. she went on to lose 7—5,

novak djokovic and rafa nadal are in action for their respective men's third—round matches later on fridaye. the russian world number two won in straight sets, but admitted his opponent played better clay court tennis. medvedev will play another serb in miomir kecmanovic next, and after the match, stressed how keen he was to play wimbledon this summer despite the ban on russians and belarusians from this year's championships. ican i can play wimbledon, will be happy to be there even without points, with points will be happy to be there and try to get some points. if i cannot play, i'm going to stay home, practice hard and try to be better for my next tournament. yeah, that is all i have to say right now. stage 19 in the giro d'italia is not for the faint hearted with over 3,200 metres of climbing to sanctuary castlemonte. it's really tight at the top of the general classification between leader richard carapaz and jai hindley. carapaz leads by just three seconds after stage 18 to treviso. breakaway rider dries de bondt claimed his first victory at a grand tour. he was in a four—man group t

they are used to meeting in finals but novak djokovic and rafa nadal have a quarterfinal against eachs of the welsh parliament, the senedd, paid tribute to the queen ahead of the celebrations to mark her platinum jubilee. the first minister, mark drakeford, says the events will show gratitude for her many years of "selfless service". our wales correspondent hywel griffith looks at what the queen now represents to people in wales. fanfare. ancient rituals, now part of modern welsh history. when the queen opened the sixth session of the senedd, she was once again giving royal approval. shazad khan had the weight of responsibility of carrying the mace, a symbol of the queen's authority. normally a security guard here, he says her visits bring more than pomp and ceremony. they show what happens here really matters. i can't think of anybody more important than the queen to me, in the whole world, really, in that capacity. she is basically a symbol, i think, personally, of what we all drive to towards, and she is a symbol of hope. when power first was devolved to wales in the 1990s, soverei

in the same week as his 19th birthday he's beaten rafa nadal, novak djokovic, and now the spanish teenagerding champion with shots like this — he took the first set 6—3 and he made light work of the second — winning that 6—1. it follows his first masters 1000 title in miami last month which took him into the world's top 10 for the first time. a popular winner in front of his home crowd. translation: i would say this is my week ever. i beat two of the best playing in the history, beating alexander zverev in the final, number three in the world, i would say this is my best week. i am happy to win a grand slam, i want to go for it. this important for me, this year, try to get my first grand slam, i'm not afraid and let's see what's going to happen. in golf, denmark's thorbjorn 0lesen is the 2022 british masters champion. a stunning eagle—birdie finish at the belfry in warwickshire ensured he finished on 10 under par, a remarkable way to win the tournament, a shot clear of sebastian soderberg. scotland's connor syme and richie ramsay finished tied third on eight under. and spain's ana pelaez h

first set in his match in the third round, no problems for the defending champion and top seed novak djokovichasn't dropped a set all week he looked in strong form winning 6—3, 6—3, 6—2. he is on course for a potential quarterfinal with the 13 time french open winner rafael nadal. so nadal won in straight set, interestingly, the spaniards next opponent has nadal�*s koevention and his uncle as one of his coaching team. in the women's draw two seeds have gone today. bencic was knocked out by fernandez, the three time grand slam winner kerr perwas upset by emma raducanu ease conqueror. conqueror. there is another iconic sporting event this weekend. the monaco grand prix. leclerc who lost his championship lead to verstappen was quicker than his ferrari team—mate sainz but half a second quicker than verstappen. mercedes are a long way off the pace with george russell and hamilton eighth and tenth. now it is time for the weather. help low, for most of us today, was a lovely day, in the sunshine. over the weekend, the weather is going to start to change, there will be some sunshine, but temperatures

andy murray and novak djokovic renew their old rivalry on thursday, in the last 16 of madrid open.xth madrid open title, after a straight—sets victory over miomir kecmanovic from serbia. nadal won 6—1, 7—6 to reach the last 16, where he'll face belgium's david goffin. and tunisia's ons jabeur is through to the women's semi—finals in madrid to face qualifier ekaterina alexa nd rova. she beat the former world number one simona halep in straight sets. the number eight seed avenged her defeat against halep in dubai with a 6—3, 6—2 victory, to seal her place in the last four. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, we'll see you next time. meta platforms is set to open its first physical store. shoppers can try out and buy vr headsets — it's as the company plans to take its virtual reality space — the metaverse — mainstream. emily brown reports. living in a virtual space where people interact is now possible in a real meta store, the first of its kind opening in california. it is the latest

i think nadal you think wrong it's novak djokovic he's holding the top of the atp rankings at the moment. who of them became the olympic champion? rafael nadal you are going, apparently i still jinxed you when i said about your intuition rafael nadal is a two-time olympic champion in 2008 in singles in 2016 in pairs with djokovic, only the bronze of the games in 2008, on this our game came to an end. well, i understand that you need to devote more time to her no, yes, but the ufc let them figure it out without me. so the third period of the game is history. let's look at the results. as you can see, alexander broke away by an unattainable 55 points from anastasia, but dmitry still has a chance to catch up with him, let's see if we can do it , go to the fourth period of the game , you need to take 10 game steps, before entering, the player chooses the difficulty of the questions on a scale from one to three. if the answer is correct, the participant makes 1 2 or 3 , respectively distance steps. whoever crosses the finish line first will receive 50 points. so , dear friends, dear participa

under way in paris on wednesday, and there are some big stars on show, including emma raducanu, novak djokovicreek survived a scare late on day 3 at roland—garros. he was taken all the way by world number 51 lorenzo musetti. the 20—year—old italian out of the blocks the fastest as he took a 2—set lead over his more esteemed rival. the fourth seed, though, came roaring back and served out the tie on his third match point, claiming victory in 3 hours and 34 minutes. being in that situation is like, it is a mountain that you have to climb and i was able to climb it and regain momentum steadily but consistently. and it was also a tough outing for another heavyweight. 2018 champion simona halep had to battle to make her way to the second round, the romanian producing a dominant service display in the third set to extinguish 18—year—old german qualifier nastasja schunk�*s chances of a major upset. i'd just fought for every ball, i'd just fought for every ball, i'd decided in my mind i did what they had to do and i've felt more confident, i felt better so i've found a rhythm. i am happy with the way

aliassime, but came through to set up a blockbuster match against his long—time rival and top seed novak djokovic derby no fewer than nine times — has died at the age of 86. in all, he recorded almost 11,500 winners in a career that started in 19118, when he was just 12 years old. he was admitted to hospital in switzerland, where he lived, last week. his career stopped abruptly in the late 1980s when he was jailed for tax fraud, but he returned to racing after his release. our sports correspondent andy swiss looks back at his long career. lester has it in the bag! when it came to the art of winning, few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he had a ruthless desire to win, a thirst for knowledge, and an innate talent. and when you combine all those things, you have someone who is very, very difficult to beat. he rode his first winner back in 19118 at the age ofjust 12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a reco

novak djokovic is into the third round of the italian open after straight sets victory over aslan karatsev for a fifth time. djokovic turns 35 later this month and responded well to last week's defeat by carlos alcaraz. he'll play the winner of the match between laslo djere and stan wawrinka. ons jabeur, who became the first african player to win a wta 1000 title in madrid over the weekend, is into the second round in rome after beating romania's sorana ci rstea. jabeur looked set for a comfortable victory when she won the first set 6—love and was 5—2 up in the second with 45 minutes played but cirstea fought back to force a tiebreak but the tunisian eventually prevailed to win a seventh consecutive match for the first time in her career. dryness after the break and we will talking about tackling inflation in the us. —— join us. hello there. tuesday was a day of sunshine and showers — most of those showers were across scotland and northern ireland. and there was quite a lot of rainfall across parts of western scotland at times — some of these showers quite heavy, even some rumbles of thund

unlike world number one novak djokovic, who called it the right decision, whilt four time grand slamntirely if there are no ranking points available. i respect and i understand wimbledon position, without awe doubt, but on the other hand i understand and respect to that the atp is protecting their members, and that it is not that one is doing a negative thing and other one is doing the good thing, everyone have, in my personal opinion have good reasons to make the decisions that they make today, and hopefully, atp and wimbledon can be together and sit together, and negotiate a better future for both sides. former british turned jamaican international swimmer michael gunning has announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 28. gunning competed atjunior level for great britain before switching to the nation where he father was born and represented jamaica at two senior world championships. he narrowly missed out on the tokyo 2020 olympics but has passionately promoted lgbtq+ rights and diversity in the sport, areas he now aims to dedicated himself to further in retirement. i i

and coming up on the bbc news channel, a clash fit for a final — two titans of tennis, novak djokovicnadal, go head to head later in the french open quarterfinals. good evening. access to family doctors is fast becoming one of the biggest problems for the nhs, according to patients�* groups, while some areas of england are having to cope with much lower numbers of gps per head than other areas. new analysis by the nuffield trust for the bbc has found that demand for gp services continues to rise, at a time when more doctors are switching to part—time working. the areas with the highest number of patients per gp are shown on this map with darker colours, and the areas with lowest levels are shown in lighter colours. wirral on merseyside is one of the best served areas in england, with the lowest number of patients for every gp, while at the other end of the scale we have portsmouth, where there are many more patients for every family doctor. the government target was to increase the number of gps by 6,000 by the year 2024, but last month the number of qualified gps actually fell. the g

tsitsipas will face the winner of the second semifinal, between novak djokovic and casper ruud, whichwiatek is through to the final, extending her unbeaten run to 27 matches with a straight—sets win over aryna sabalenka. swiatek produced a clinical performance, breaking sabalenka's serve six times on her way to a 6—2, 6—1 victory. the world number one also has the chance to make it five straight tournament wins after victories in doha, indian wells, miami and stuttgart. and swiatek will face ons jabeur in the final tomorrow, the tunisian beating daria kasatkina in three sets. jabeur has won her last 11 matches and also became the first arab or african woman to win a wta 1000 title in madrid last week. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. spain'sjuan pedro lopez has kept the lead at the giro d'italia after a four—man breakaway group battled it out to win stage 8. belgian rider thomas de gendt took the honours at the finish in naples, ten years after he first won a giro stage. italian francesco bagnaia made it back—to—back moto gp poles with