defending champion caroline wozniacki gets her first win at the wta finals in singapore, beating petra kvitovahello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that cristiano ronaldo‘s return to old trafford ended in victory for hisjuventus team over manchester united. the 33—year—old spent six years with united, winning the champions league, before moving to real madrid, which saw him win it a furtherfour times. the 1—0 victory in this game courtesy of paolo dybala's first half goal means the italians are five points clear at the top of group h. our sports correspondent david ornstein was there for us. this stadium, this club has become so this stadium, this club has become so accustomed to glorious european nights, this was not one of them. but cristiano ronaldo is back and that was the highlight for many. jose maria olaza bal that was the highlight for many. jose maria olazabal portuguese and it made for investing preamble, not quite the match. cristiano ronaldo was involved early on, setting up dybala to open the scoring for juventus with a relatively straightfo

they will number eight beat petra kvitova in straight sets. her first victory over her czech compatriot in four attempts. the remaining two semifinal spots will be decided on friday. adam wildwood bbc news. elsewhere, roger federer remains on course for a record—extending ninth title at the swiss indoors in basel. he's through to the quarter—finals after beating jan—lennard struff from germany in straight sets. in front of his home crowd, federer won 6—3, 7—5 and will now play the unseeded frenchman gilles simon in the last eight. on to football, and thursday was matchday 3 in the europa league. the winners included chelsea, who beat bate borisov to make it three wins out of three in group l. ruben loftus—cheek was given a rare start in the absence of the injured eden hazard and scored twice in the first eight minutes. they were his first goals of the season, but not his last in the match, because early in the second half, the england international completed his hat—trick. the belarussian champions pulled a goal back near the end, but chelsea

defending champion caroline wozniacki gets her first win at the wta finals in singapore, beating petra kvitovahere we start with the footballing news that cristiano ronaldo's return to old trafford ended in victory for hisjuventus team over manchester united. the 33—year—old spent six years with united, winning the champions league, before moving to real madrid, which saw him win it a furtherfour times. the 1—0 victory in this game courtesy of paolo dybala's first half goal means the italians are five points clear at the top of group h. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein was there for us.

and caroline wozniacki got the defence of her wta finals title back on track with victory over petra kvitovan was beaten in her tournament opener by karolina pliskova at the weekend... but won her second round robin match this afternoon in three sets. it's her first victory over the two—time wimbledon winner since 2014. in the day's other match in singapore... elina svitolina made it two wins from two after she saw off karolina pliskova in three sets. her place in the semi—final is not yet secure as there's one more round of games in this group on thursday. the next three domestic rugby union seasons in england will be extended to include in—season breaks, in attempt to protect players. but the premiership season has been extended to run from early—to—mid september to mid—to—late june, with players limited to a maximum of 35 matches per campaign — apart from in a world cup year. and england netball have been given what's been described as a ‘lifeline' after their current sponsors doubled their investment in the sport. they are commonwelth champions but there were major concerns over funding

wrapped up her opening group victory with an ace and she'll meet elina svitolina next — who beat petra kvitovaeuropean open to beat frenchman gael monfils in three sets to claim his first atp tour title. that's all the sport for now. the duke and duchess of sussex have decided to cut back meghan's schedule "slightly" during their tour of australasia, says kensington palace. the couple, who are expecting a child next spring, have 76 events on their schedule during their 16—day tour of australia, new zealand, fiji and tonga. that is it from me. thank you for being here with us. we are back with the headlines shortly. for those in the channel islands, another day of blue skies and sunshine. not a cloud in the sky in jersey earlier on. norris, you had a weakening cold front. patchy light rain and result. that continues into its journey overnight. the rain and result. that continues into itsjourney overnight. the band of cloud. eventually it clears after midnight. behind it, clearerskies. it stays windy in northern scotland, cost of 60 mph. a cold night. temperatures close to freezing. it stays win

monday, daria gavrilova already causing a bit of a stir in the middle kingdom after knocking out petra kvitovaacki, madison keys and us open champion naomi 0saka are all in action on monday. europe have regained the ryder cup after thrashing the usa 17.5 to 10.5 at le golf national in france. trailing 10—6 overnight the americans had threatened a comeback by winning three of the first five singles points. but europe weathered the storm, to prompt wild celebrations it's been absolutely amazing. it's been fairly easy to captain them, to be honest. so we're just delighted, you know. a while ago i thought this american team is going to be very strong and very difficult to beat, but as we saw the 12 american guys on the tee, that was a strong line—up, and we have to have our best. but everybody showed up with attitude and their best golf. lewis hamilton has moved a step closer to a fifth f1 title with victory at the russian grand prix. it was a bit of an awkward win for mercedes, though. they ordered hamilton's team—mate valtteri bottas to let him pass to protect against ferrari rival sebastian vet

reigning champion caroline wozniacki will face petra kvitova in the wta finals later, knowing a win is wozniacki and kvitova lost their opening matches on sunday and a loss for either would mean that qualifying from the white group for the semi finals would then be out of their hands. in case you missed it, arsenal moved fourth in the premier league after they came from a goal down to beat leicester city 3—1 at home. mesut ozil was at the forefront of the gunners play, scoring the first, with pierre emerick aubameyang picking up the other two goals for the home side, who made it a record equalling 10 consecutive wins in all competitions for the first time since 2007. every match is a big challenge and we need to continue winning, it will be difficult, and also today for us it is very important because they are niasse in the table and we wa nted are niasse in the table and we wanted to win against them and also it was a big difference against them. it must be something in the water — sergio garcia has won the andalucia masters for the third successive time, his victories spread over sev

wrapped up her opening group victory with an ace and she'll meet elina svitolina next, who beat petra kvitovaom marc marquez. the honda rider sealed his fifth motogp title injapan and during some very enthusiastic hugging that followed afterwards managed to disclocate his shoulder. bit of panic here and then he needed some treatment on the track. but that wasn't going to stop him celebrating for long, and he was soon back up again like nothing had happened! what a guy. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the team, that's your monday sports briefing. as a pastime, it involves a tremendous leap of faith. base—jumping, the one where someone jumps off a tall fixed structure, like a cliff or a skyscraper, and parachutes back to earth. it's increasingly popular, but not always legal. however, in the us state of west virginia, once a year, they let hundreds of people base jump off one of the highest road bridges in north america. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. believe it or not, but this is supposed to be fun. away th

number eight karolina pliskova is into the semi—finals of the wta finals in singapore after beating petra kvitovaskova had never beaten her fellow czech but ended that run with a 6—3, 6—4 victory to reach the last four. kvitova finishes bottom of the group. the defending champions are on court 110w. the defending champions are on court now. they are contesting for the second semifinal there. tour de france organisers have revealed the route for the 2019 race, calling it the ‘highest in history'. the event will include a record 30 mountain passes and five summit finishes. brussells hosts the grand depart on the 6th ofjuly but the riders face a gruelling final week with a finish at more than 2000 feet in the pyrenees then two more at that altitude in the alps with the final ride into paris on the 28th. geraint thomas will be the defending champion after winning his first tour this year. mark cavendish still believes he can break the record of tour de france stage wins, despite not racing since august. he's been taking time off because of illness but he's extended his contract with the dimension dat

after losing her opening round—robin match, she beat petra kvitova for the first time in four years. who burst on to the pitch to get a selfie. one was apprehended but ronaldo took pity on him and posed for a selfie — he even took the picture. he have to do all of the hard yards for that selfie. you do not want a stuart to appear in that picture, you just want to yourself and the mainland. thank you for that. as we‘ve been hearing this morning, calls to the national gambling helpline have increased by almost a third over the last five years. the charity that runs the helpline gam—care has told bbc yorkshire that it received almost 30,000 calls last year. ali fortescue has been to meet some of those whose lives have been changed by gambling addiction. sporty, funny and a loved son. alan lockhart took his own life because of a gambling addiction when he was 40 years old. i was just horrified, because i could not see what the attraction was, that it was so great that it could have this effect on my son. but sadly, alan‘s story is not unique. nearly 30,000 calls were made to the national

karolina pliskova has reached the last four of the wta finals in singapore after beating petra kvitovaning far less than men for doing comparable jobs. the inquiry was sparked by the bbc‘s former china editor, carrie gracie, who accused her managers of pay discrimination. the bbc says much of the report is out of date but admits there is "more to do". 0ur media editor amol rajan reports. it was the culture select committee that grilled bbc bosses at the start of the year, when the case of carrie gracie, the corporation's former china editor, drew widespread condemnation. while their conclusions carry no legislative weight, the strength and breadth of their criticisms are striking. the mps say that the bbc‘s grievance procedures have been poor. they say there is still a shocking bias towards men when it comes to top pay. and they say the bbc should publish the salaries of those paid out of its commercial arm, bbc studios. the mps also said the bbc should compensate those presenters who were told to set up personal service companies but now face huge bills of unpaid income tax and nation

and defending champion caroline wozniacki beat petra kvitova for the first time in four years, at thea may will face her tory critics this afternoon as she tries to convince them to get behind her in the crucial stage of the brexit negotiations. the prime minister will address a meeting of the 1922 committee of backbench conservative mps. let's get more on this from westminster, norman smith. she is going voluntarily, but what does it mean? on the face of it it isa does it mean? on the face of it it is a crunch moment for theresa may when you listen to some of the briefing beforehand, people saying she will have to bring her own noose to the meeting, and we know many of her own mps are venomously opposed to her. i don't think it will be high noon for the pm, in part because her critics are slightly on the back foot at the moment, slightly overreaching themselves with some of the language they used about the pm at the weekend, talking about the pm at the weekend, talking about her entering the killing zone and that sort of stuff. that has backfired against them. they are a little bit c

caroline wozniacki got the defence of her wta finals title back on track with victory over petra kvitovar second round robin match this afternoon in three sets. it's her first victory over the two—time wimbledon winner since 2014. the next three english domestic rugby union seasons will be extended and include in—season breaks, with players limited to a maximum of 35 matches per campaign. the premiership season will start in early—to—mid september and finish in mid—to—latejune except for in world cup years. the measures, which will start in 2019, are designed to protect players during a hectic period that includes the 2019 world cup and 2021 british and irish lions tour of south africa. after beating conor mcgregor, khabib nurma gomedov wants to swap the octagon for the boxing ring and take on floyd mayweather, just as mcgregor did. the russian is unbeaten in his 27 ufc bouts after his victory over mcgregor earlier this month, and says he's met with the russian boxing federation in a bid to make a fight happen with mayweather. nurma gomedov believes the fight would bring in a world recor

after losing her opening round—robin match, she beat petra kvitova for the first time in four years.coach with no international experience, to succeed eddiejones as england boss. jones is set to leave in 2021 but he could quit next year, if england underperform at the world cup in the autumn. the search for his replacement has already begun and director of professional rugby nigel melville says they are looking at all the options, overseas and in the premiership, which may mean going for someone who's yet to coach at international level. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. sirjeremy huw williams has announced in a personal statement he is standing down. he is the cabinet secretary. he is head of the civil servant. he has been unwell and wa nts to servant. he has been unwell and wants to concentrate on his recovery from ill—health. he served as cabinet secretary since 2012 and he has been head of the civil service is 2014. sirjeremy heywood is standing down as cabinet secretary and head of the civil service to concentrate on his recovery from ill hea