ronnie o'sullivan however was happy with his ronnie o'sullivan however was happy with his own performancel like i'm getting through the ball which is more important for me at this stage after a worrying couple years. not the victory would've liked to have had but it's a new car and that's the way it goes and good luck, he played a fantastic match deserves victory and was pleased i competed in i was doing ok and just viewing areas here and there but on the whole, not too bad. the other big shock on day 12 came earlier when another of the favourites judd trump was knocked out by qualifierjakjones. the welshman played the match of his life to beat the 2019 champion 13—9. he'll now play bingham in the last four. and in the other half of the draw, kyren wilson is safely through after beating four—time champion john higgins 13—8. he'll play david gilbert next. to formula i and red bull have confirmed their design chief adrian newey will leave the team in early 2025. newey is widely regarded as the greatest designer in f1 history, but last week told red bull that he wanted to leave. it follows t

the title favourite ronnie o'sullivan is out after a 13—10 defeat to stuart bingham.sest matches of this year's tournament until the latter stages — they were tied at ten frames each before bingham pulled away. o'sullivan had his chances but bingham was just too strong in the end. he's looking to win his second world title after winning it here in 2015. ronnie o'sullivan however was happy with his i'm really happy, ifeel like i'm really happy, ifeel like i'm getting through the ball which is more important for me at this stage than a couple years. not the victory would've liked to have had but it's a new car and that's the way it goes and good luck, he played a fantastic match deserves victory and was pleased i competed in i was doing ok and just viewing areas here and there but on the whole, not too bad. the other big shock on day 12 came earlier when another of the favourites judd trump was knocked out by qualifierjakjones. the welshman played the match of his life to beat the 2019 champion 13—9. he'll now play bingham in the last four. and in the other half of the

we're at the quarter—final stage of the world snooker championship, and the tournament favourite ronnie o'sullivanbingham. bingham took the first two frames of the session, before o'sullivan fought back to move ahead at 4—3. but the 2015 winner bingham then took the final frame of the session, to level the match ahead of wednesday's conclusion. o'sullivan is looking to win the tournament for a record breaking eighth time. and the four—time championjohn higgins fought back from 4—0 down, to trail kyren wilson by five frames to three, after the opening session of their quarter—final. 13 is the target for a place in the semis. one of this year's favourites judd trump has a match on his hands — the 2019 champion is level at eight frames all with qualifier jakjones of wales. it's been a close contest, with trump edging ahead at 8—7 butjones made a century break in the final frame of the session to level the match going into wednesday's finale. and david gilbert is 10—6 up against stephen maguire. gilbert was 7—1 up at one stage, before maguire launched a fight back. a break of 7a in the final frame of

ronnie o'sullivan comes from behind to draw level with stuart bingham at the world snooker championshipd coasts to be cleaned up in the uk. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. bayern munich against real madrid — with the stellar talent on show, promised so much, and their champions league semi—final duly delivered. two of england's big names, in harry kane and jude bellingham, were facing up on opposite

it's a wednesday of shocks in the snooker as ronnie o'sullivan suffers defeat to stuart bingham, whilejuddor joining us on sportsday. we're going to start in germany where borussia dortmund have beaten paris st—germain 1—0 in the first leg of their uefa champions league semi final. while the spotlight was on psg's expensively assembled squad of superstars, including this man, kylian mbappe, it was manchester united outcast jadon sancho who was the shining light of this dortmund performance. he completed 12 dribbles — the most by any player

ronnie o'sullivan comes from behind to draw level with stuart bingham at the world snooker championshipand water sports join together, to call for rivers, lakes and coasts to be cleaned up in the uk. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. bayern munich against real madrid — with the stellar talent on show, promised so much, and their champions league semi—final duly delivered. two of england's big names, in harry kane and jude bellingham, were facing up on opposite sides, with kane proving the catalyst, once again, to turn things around for bayern. and real scrambling a late equaliser, ahead of the second leg. john murray was watching. it was a most enjoyable first leg of the great clubs went at it on the first half, they calm byron munich with sucker punch scoring the opening after tom this made a dominant start. but the match up to level after the break. first, flashing in the equaliser for 1—1 within four minutes, he retained converted from the penalty spot, his 43rd goal for byron munich however, the last ten minutes, real madrid brought it back to square also from the pen

he was runner—up to ronnie o'sullivan four years ago.s during the pandemic and only a limited number of spectators were allowed in. he certainly enjoyed this moment. i'm trying so hard to inspire a younger generation. hopefully i'm inspiring my kids. they did an interview this week and someone asked them who their sporting idol is — they said ronaldo. so hopefully i've overtook him now! laughter it's great. i just wanted to say thank you to each and every one of you for making this so special. i was robbed of this in the covid final. i will never forget this moment, so thank you all. applause erik ten hag took full responsibilty for manchester united's 4—0 defeat at crystal palace but says he's still the man to get the club moving in the right direction. it was their biggest defeat to palace in over five years and the first time palace have done the double over united. they won at old trafford back in september. michael olise scored twice, with goals from jean—phillipe mateta and tyreek mitchell. united were hit by a fair few injuries an

wilson got to the final four years ago but lost out to ronnie o'sullivan — so he wants to go all thelayer or the bbc sport website. let's take a quick look at some of the other sports news stories making the headlines... three time champion jockey silvestre de sousa rode "elmalka" from last place to win the 1,000 guineas at newmarket. the brazilian rider only returned to action in march after a ten month ban for a breach of betting rules. scotland are into this year's women's t20 world cup for the first time. they beat ireland by eight—wickets in the semifinal of the qualifying tournament in abu dhabi. captain katherine bryce took four wickets and also hit the winning runs. demi vollering won her second stage of the week to claim the vuelta femenina title. the victory was sweeter after losing last year's race byjust nine seconds. it's the dutch rider's second major title after winning last year's tour de france. we will stay with cycling. after a disappointing opening day, tadej pogacar bounced back to win the second stage of the giro d'italia and take the overall lead. the two—time

he lost to ronnie o'sullivan in the 2020 final. this is a first forjakjones.n 2005 to lift the trophy. he is having to watch as kyren wilson is at the table in the first frame. remember, it's the best of 35 frames. can keep up—to—date with that on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. a huge free concert by the pop superstar madonna has taken place in rio dejaneiro, with a crowd of over 1.5 million believed to have attended. i should warn you there are some flashing images in the pictures we are about to show you. # love is all we need.# the brazilian show had been billed as a thank you to herfans for decades of support, and marks the end of her celebration world tour, which began in london in october last year. organisers say copacabana beach transformed into the "world's largest dance floor" as madonna performed a string of hits from her a0—year career. here's entertainment writer beatrice hazlehurst. i think that's such a love letter to her fans and it really shows her dedication to her fans. i think she is one of the prevailing artists w

. - seven—time world champion - ronnie o'sullivan is knocked out of the world championship by stuart

it's kyren wilson's second world snooker championship final — he lost to ronnie o'sullivan in the 2020 were to win, he would be the first qualifier since shaun murphy to lift the trophy. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. with just under 2a hours to go until nominations close to replace humza yousaf as leader for the scottish national party, there are suggestions of a late entry to the race. at the moment, john swinney is the only person officially in the running, but veteran party activist graeme mccormack says he believes he can garner enough nominations by tomorrow's deadline. our reporter in glasgow, ben philip, explains how serious of a challenge this could be. it was very unexpected. it was widely expected that john sweeney would be unopposed in the contest to replace humza yousaf, who resigned on monday. technically, the deadline for leadership nominations is tomorrow at midday, and as the only current contender, it was expected thatjohn swinney would become the next snp leader and seventh first minister of scotland. but there are now reports that graeme mcco

let's bring you the latest from sheffield's crucible theatre where ronnie o'sullivan is playing stuartthe semi—finals. like yesterday it's been a very close match. two frames each heading into the interval. the first of 13 hits the target. live pictures from the crucible. running on his way to winning for a time. beating ronnie at the same stage back in 2015 on the way to winning the title for the on the other karen wilson is one plays away in the semifinals. john higgins with 12 frames... the big shock on day 12 came earlier when one of the favourites, judd trump, was knocked out by qualifierjakjones. the welshman played the match of his life to beat the 2019 champion 13—9. he'll now play o'sullivan or bingham in the last four. in the other half of the draw david gilbert is also through after a 13—8 win over stephen maguire. the damage was done in the first session yesterday when he raced into a 7—1 lead. the world number 28 surprised everyone when he made the semi—finals back in 2019 and he's made the last four once again. we're into the quarter finals of the madrid open, and seventh

but wilson, who was runner—up to ronnie o'sullivan in 2020 is now one away. that frame now. it is jackjones at the table with a healthy lead and has been fighting the welsh qualifier, jakjones but has never recovered from the first session, 7—1 on sunday, but fighting back and has had his first entry in the last few frames and he is now at the table looking to stretch this final out. but you cannot really see wilson not get a frame in the next couple. it has been pretty error strewn is final in sheffield, but it will not go down as a classic, but there will be a new name on the trophy in the next few hours. of rio grande do sul have caused the worst flooding the country has seen in 80 years. that extreme flooding has affected other countries around the world, especially those in east africa. an el nino—intensified cyclone has caused deadly floods in kenya and tanzania. in parts of texas they have had nearly two foot of rain in the last week, thousands displaced around houston. and in southern china around guandong province they have had weeks of heavy rainfal

wilson was runner—up four years ago to ronnie o'sullivan.er says he'll only play at this month's french open if he's 100 percent. the australian open champion has pulled out of this weeks italian 0pen because of the injured hip that also saw him withdraw midway through madrid masters, he would have been a big draw in rome, in what is his home event. obviously is a tough call for me not to play here, but i have to take care of the body, firstly. it is one of, if, the most special tournament throughout the whole year so it is a tough one to swallow, but ijust tried to get back to 100% as soon as possible, hopefully try to play and paris and wimbledon and all the rest. so we will take our time, there is no rush and hopefully i can get back very, very soon. the belgian tim merlier won stage three of the giro d'italia in a sprint finish in piedmont. the slovenian tadej pogacar wearing the race leaders pinkjersey attacked the rest of the field in the last two kilometres with geraint thomas also at the front of the race. they were eventually swallo

oh yeah ronnie o'sullivan rocket ronnie is out of the world championships.ady he was going for the triple crown. he's already won the masters. he's already won the masters. he's already won the british there. he is. that's a really nice picture of him with his tongue sticking out. that's that's a bit more like it, but he was knocked out. lost 13, ten to stuart bingham yesterday, also another former champion who's the world number two judd trump. also out beaten by jack jones. not the singer that did the theme from the love boat. that's another jack jones. oh right. yeah 13.9. so for the first time since i think it's 1977, there were three players in the semi—finals that had to qualify to get in there. unprecedented in the snooker. stephen is what it is, so the sukhis stephen is what it is, so the sukh is hotting up . sukh is hotting up. >> it is hotting up, isn't it? >> it is hotting up, isn't it? >> yeah, yeah, yeah, a few years of being a bit on the dull side. >> yeah, well they're trying, they are trying. >> see, it's a really tricky thing because back in

wilson, runner—up to ronnie o'sullivan in the final in 2020 cruised into a 7—1 lead in the first session11—6 his lead as i say. first to 18 wins. play resumes at1 o'clock this afternoon on bbc two. scored pretty well. you know, it's obviously an attribute to my game. but, you know, i'm just loving every minute out there. i think the atmosphere is fantastic. you know, as i said to you previously, rob, i'm sort of very blessed and grateful that i've been able to experience this again in front of a packed house. you know, obviously, withh being robbed of that through covic. —— you know, obviously, with being robbed of that through covid. i'm just loving it. it's great to have everyone there and they're all having a good time. despite a second—half fightback, harlequins were beaten by toulouse as the french club booked their place in a first champions cup final for three years. the home side, five—time winners, cruised into a healthy lead after five tries in the opening a0 minutes. and despite quins rallying after the break, they ended up losing 38—26. toulouse will face four—time winners le

ronnie o'sullivan has excitement. and disturbance from the other table in the auditorium, when some fans came back in to watch the end of kiran wilson�*s match. after a few minutes the referee, wanted o�*sullivan to resume playing his match, but ronnie said no he would wait for the crowd to settle and told the ref to chill! bingham went on to win the next two frames, and o�*sullivan missed this yellow to hand the 2015 champion, a golden opportunity. and bingham made no mistake, booking his place in the semi finals but o�*sullivan, was upbeat in defeat. i�*m actually really happy, to be honest with you. i feel like i�*m actually getting through the ball, which is more important for me at this stage, you know, being a bit wary in a couple of years. so for me, you know, not the win that i would like to have had, but, you know, that�*sjust snooker — that�*s the way it goes. good luck to stuart. he played a fantastic match and deserved his victory. so i�*m just pleased i competed and ifelt i was cueing ok. just a few error

kyren wilson lost to ronnie o'sullivan four years ago — the crucible's covid final, with just a few hundredmpion. olly foster, bbc news. a night to rememberfor kyren wilson. but not last night for manchester united supporters. now, just how bad has it become for manchester united? 4—0 they were beaten by crystal palace last night. that's their biggest defeat against palace since the 1970s, and means they've now lost more matches in a premier league season than ever before — 13. michael olise pitching in with two goals for palace. and this will only add to the debeate around manager and this will only add to the debate around manager erik ten hag's future. someone who is on the move is west ham manager david moyes — a year after winning the club's first major trophy for 43 years. he'll leave the club at the end of the season. after months of speculation and a string of heavy defeats, he'll take charge ofjust two more matches, having guided west ham to that memorable europa conference league trophy win last season. the bbc understands replacing him will be this man — julen lopetegui — who has

wilson, runner—up to ronnie o'sullivan in 2020, saw off fellow englishman, david gilbert, by 17 framese ferraris of charles leclerc and carlos sainz. lando norris, george russell and lewis hamilton all qualified in the top ten. leinster are through to the european champions cup final, after they survived a late fight back to beat northampton. a hat—trick of tries from james lowe enough to see the home side in to the final. 20—17, it finished, at croke park. the second semi—final between toulouse and harlequins takes place later today. meanwhile, gloucester are in to their fifth european challenge cup final, after they beat benneton, 40—23. they'll face south african side, sharks, in the final, at the tottenham hotspur stadium, later this month. st helens missed the chance to go two points clear at the top of the super league after being beaten 40—20 by hull kr. the home side ran in seven tries with ryan hall. you'll see him eventually the last to go over the line. kr are one of six sides all on m points now with wigan warriors the leaders on points difference. there was an intriguing f

a former champion, another former champion eliminated the stellar name of course in snooker, ronnie o'sullivans, they're ongoing at the minute. kyren wilson 1410 up against david gilbert, stuart bingham is drawing eight eight with jack jones and i was thinking if stuart bingham is on the table for a long period of time, then his opponents anneliese jack jones in the corner, isn't he ? jones in the corner, isn't he? >> oh goodness, i've been working on that one too long. >> i'm sorry, i'm sorry. get out i am, i'm on way. all right. >> yeah . so we'll see you. >> yeah. so we'll see you. >> we'll see you in an hour. >> we'll see you in an hour. >> thanks again. >> thanks again. >> now, please stay with us. we're going to be going through the papers next with winston davis and suzanne evans. welcome back to breakfast. let's take a look at some of the newspaper front pages this morning. and the guardian leads with what looks like the conservatives worst election results in decades. >> they say the independent has rishi sunak agonising wait to find out who is going to be the next mayor of the west m

no, no ronnie o'sullivan. no judd trump, no john higgins.think that they had their time i think sometimes think that they had theirtime i think i sometimes think that they had their time i think i think o'sullivan had another one i do, but this is the thing. maybe this is why it needs to get to saudi arabia, because they need to make stars out of these players. you remember when barry hearn had the snooker back in the back in the 80s? he was more involved in it. there were household names. you had dennis taylor with his glasses upside down. yeah but there was nothing else to watch on telly. >> that's the other thing. do you reckon? >> yeah, actually. well, definitely not 1:00 in the morning when they're the world champion. the world title in 85, watched by 22 million people saturday afternoons or whenever it was on, there was nothing else on my nanny's, my nanny's to watch it with, with a cup of tea. >> three channels, no. from 82 onwards we had we had four, didn't we, 82. >> yeah, but it was november 80th. i remember brookside before that,

ronnie o'sullivan is always fascinating to watch — on good days and bad — and yesterday will probablythe squad for england's t20 world cup defence this summer. and worth saying he bowls fast, he bowls really fast, but has been hit with recurring injuries — if he's back to full fitness he could bejust what the side needs. jofra is that bowler that is just so special, you do everything you can to try and get him back playing. we have taken the longer road this time. as always with jofra, fingers crossed till he is out there playing. you know when you are waiting for something really good to happen, you don't quite believe it till he's there. but he's tracking well at the moment. there will be mixed feelings about the draw for great britain as they try to win the billiejean king cup for the first time in their history. after beating france in a play—off last month to make it to november's finals, britain have been drawn against germany in the first round — that's a tie they should win, but, if they do, they'll face the top seeds canada in the quarterfinals. i guess the route to the top i