her story is a remarkable one, sabalenka.hter in october. she's only played in her fifth wta event since her return to the torah. it is reach the quarterfinals of rolling arrows. one of the wins in the last round came against a russia, no hair check at the end of the mac looked up she knew what to expect, gave a thumbs up knew what to expect, gave a thumbs up but they still put sabalenka as they left the court which is something that left her upset. she now plays sabalenka a belarusian who's decided not to speak to the media in the last couple of rounds because she felt that questioning from ukrainianjournalist because she felt that questioning from ukrainian journalist after a second round when cross the line, was too personal. she said she does not feel safe in the press conference room at the moment for that and citing potential worries to her mental health, she's opted out of duties ahead of this match. the ress of duties ahead of this match. the press conference issue with sabalenka, in the run—up to this match particula

the match between aryna sabalenka, the | between aryna sabalenka, the australian open champion, and thephens, isjust getting under way. full commentary on radio five sports extra right now. some breaking news this evening and just 12 days out from the start of the ashes, england have been dealt a blow, with the news that spin bowler jack leach will miss the whole series with a stress fracture in his back. joe wilson has more. we have been talking a lot in the build—up to this ashes series about the need for england to have a squad of bowlers available but really focusing, referencing the faster bowlers, and in that regard, england seem fine. i mean, josh tongue came into the team to play ireland and did pretty well, but when it first became clear that jack leach had some kind of problem yesterday, the hypothetical question was asked, what would england do if leach was not available? never daring to think that this eventuality would arise, whereby he is not available for any of the ashes. it's particularly cruel for leach because this is a time in his england career when he is really blo

aryna sabalenka applauding her opponent for that one.before in paris or when she took match point at the 2nd time on asking it meant a lot. she waited at the net but knew that no handshake would follow. elina svitolina sticking to her principles although she was jeered by a section of the crowd. she will now take her fight into the grass court season. the moment at the end of the match was a talking point in both players�* press conferences and in hers svitolina said sabalenka should not have bothered to attempt to shake her hand. here's belarusians here's bela rusians respond. here's belarusians respond. itjust wasn't in like i do after all my matches. and i save many times already i am not supporting war. i don't want my country to be involved in any conflicts with that if i would like to be political i wouldn't be here. i don't want to be involved in any politics is that i just want to be a tennis player. i don't know, to be fair i don't know— idon't know, to be fair i don't know what— i don't know, to be fair i don't know what she wa

sabalenka grabbed the first five games and the last nine points of a topsy—turvy two sets victory.na svitolina next. ukraine's svitolina says she feels 17 again after reaching the quarter—finals in her first grand slam since becoming a mother. the former world number three beat russian ninth seed daria kasatkina to reach the last eight. no—one, you know, expects that, you know, i'm going to come in and make the quarter—final in the beginning of the tournaments. lieke don't think many people would say, yeah, she's going to do it. that's why i feel like this really helps me and they feel almost like i am, you know, 17 again coming on the two afresh and not defending any points, not here, not next week. so it's definitely i feel akmal free. while russia's anastasia pavlyuchenkova booked her place in the last eight, fighting back from a set down to beat belgium's elise mertens, by two sets to one, in a match that lasted more than three hours. 0 nto onto formula one now. another sunday and another race win for max verstappen. the red bull driver has won his fifth formula i race of the s

women to reach the semi finals and there was no handshake, as expected, between second seed aryna sabalenkakraine's elina svitolina, after the belarusian came out on top 6—4 6—4. after the belarusian and czech player karolina muchova will be sabalenka's next opponent. she beat russia's anastasia pav lyu chenkova 7—5, 6—2. later on tuesday in probably the biggest match up in the tournament so far world number one carlos alcaraz will face the number five seed stefanos tsitsipas, who's up for the challenge. carlos is someone who keeps the intensity high at all times, he is someone who is not going to give you gaps where his attention is not there, he is very hyper and can see that on the court and he adds a lot of that into the rallies and into his rituals when he is out there playing the game. it's ten days until australia take on england in the ashes, but they're already in the uk to play india in the world test championship at the oval. their captain pat cummins will make his 50th test appearance on wednesday, and would love to mark it with a victory. it is exciting, high—pressure moment, a

world number two aryna sabalenka has just beaten a feisty sloane stephens.on the first set and is up in the second, both times stephens fought back — sabalenka hasjust won, it is back grand slam victories will be sheep going to win this. 7—6 the first set, 6— for the second. meanwhile, russia's anastasia pavlyuchenkova booked her place in the last 8, fighting back from a set down to beat belgium's elise mertens, by 2 sets to 1, in a match that lasted more than three hours. and in the men's draw, novak djokovic is nowjust three matches away from a record 23rd grand slam title. the world number three swept aside peru'sjuan pablo varillas in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals in paris. djokovic is level with rafa nadal on 22 grand slam titles. onto football and some big news from the bernabeu — because real madrid have announced their captain karim benzema is leaving the club. the french striker has enjoyed one of the greatest real madrid careers afterjoining from lyon 1a years ago, only second to cristiano ronaldo in the scoring records including one ton

the czech put out the number two seed aryna sabalenka in a thrilling match lasting more than three hours. muchova has a mounted to claim as she takes on swiatek, who made quick work of her opponent beating her in straight sets. russell fuller is there for us. a memorable afternoon of grand slam tennis came to a close with swiatek still not having dropped a set but her opponent pushed her incredibly close. she had a set point to take her into the deciding set in the semi—final. but it was iga swiatek who won that second set on a tie—break so a 6—2, 7—6 win for her, what a different story in the first match which again was full of pulsating hitting from karolina muchova who saved a match point 5—2 down to aryna sabalenka who had not lost a grand slam match all season until today. muchova coming back and winning five games in a row to win in three hours and 13 minutes. and she will play in a first grand slam final on saturday afternoon with the world number one and defending champion iga swiatek as her opponent. who knows what can happen, i think everything has its own time and in the past

the czech put out the number two seed aryna sabalenka in a thrilling match, lasting more than three hours. mukova has a mountain to climb as she takes on swiatek, who made quick work of her semifinal opponent, beatriz haddaj—maia, beating her in straight sets. russell fuller is there for us. a memorable opportunity came to a close with iga swiatek still not crossing —— dropping a set. beatriz haddaj—maia had a set point in the second semifinal, but it was swiatek who won that second set. a 6—2 win for her, what a difference during the first match, which was full of pulsating hitting and some fantastic sliced from karolina muchova, two aryna sabalenka, were not lost until today. muchova coming back and winning five games in a row, and she will play in a first grand slam final on saturday afternoon with the world number one and defending champion as her opponent. who knows what can happen? i think everything is on time. in the past, it was not easy, and it's what makes me to appreciate this result even more now. i know what i've been through in the past, and to be in a grand slam final, it'

meanwhile, there was a comfortable win for aryna sabalenka against kamilla rakhimova.s to reach the 4th round at roland garros for the first time. game one of the 2023 nba finals went to the favourites denver nuggets who eased past the miami heat 104—93. the nuggets have never won the championship but were inspired by two time former mvp nikola jokic. dan ogunshakin reports. 47 years nuggets fans had waited years for a football final at in front of some serial winners they didn't disappoint. denver isjokic�*s town but while he took his time to reach his peak, jamal murray stepped up to the plate on his way to 26 points. miami were 3—0 in series openers in the play—offs this postseason but with jokic now pulling the strings the nuggets were always in control. the heat's shooters were cold from the outset with only bam adebayo bringing some fire to the three—time champions. after taking just three shots in the first two quarters jokic found his scoring touch in the third as denver put distance between themselves and miami in the "mile—high city." the serbian superstar fi

meanwhile, there was a comfortable win for aryna sabalenka against kamilla rakhimova. just four games to reach the 4th round at roland garros for the first time. the denver nuggets will head game two against the miami heat full of confidence that they can deliver a first championship to the city. that came after all—star centre nikola jokic lead them to victory over the heat in game one of the nba finals. the serbian two—time mvp registered yet another triple double — his ninth of the postseason — as he finished with 27 points, ten rebounds and 1a assists. jokic�*s performance, supported by jamal murray's 26 points, meant that denver extended their perfect home record in this year's playoffs to 9 and 0. game two against the heat takes place in denver on sunday. i reminded our ireminded ourgroup, i reminded our group, miami went into the garden, winning the first game, and they did the same in boston, so we did not want them coming here and taking control of the series on our court. we have a helluva job of protecting our home court and i do not think we have lost a gam

and czech player karolina muchova will be sabalenka�*s next opponent.kova 7—5, 6—2. later on tuesday in probably the biggest match up in the tournament so far world number one carlos alcaraz will face the number five seed stefanos tsitsipas, who�*s up for the challenge. carlos is someone who keeps the intensity high at all times, he is someone who is not going to give you gaps where his attention is not there, he is very hyper and you can see that on the court and he adds a lot of that into the rallies and into his rituals when he is out there playing the game. the pga tour has agreed to merge with the saudi backed lviv golf which ends a bitter split in the men�*s professional golf. more on that story on the bbc website. thanks. that is fascinating given all the controversy. the uk business group cbi is preparing for a crunch vote on its future today. members are being asked to back changes to the way the organisation is run, after serious sexual misconduct allegations emerged earlier this year. live now to business journalist, declan curry for more on

and aryna sabalenka sealed her semi—final place in the women's draw. in straight sets was accused by her ukrainian opponent elena svitolina of encouraging fans to boo her by waiting at the net for a handshake after the victory. svitolina hasn't shaken hands with russian opponents since ukraine was invaded with support from belarus. i just wasn't instinct, like i always do after all my matches. an i say many times already, i am not supporting war. i do not want my country to be involved in any conflict and if i would like to be political i would not be here. i don't want to be involved in politics. i just want to be a tennis player. i don't know, to be fair, why she was waiting because my statements were clear enough about the handshake and secondly, i was expecting that whoever in this situation looses i guess gets boos so i was expecting that and it was not a surprise for me. london irish have been suspended from playing in rugby union's premiership, after missing a deadline to pay wages of staff and players. takeover talks with a us consortium failed

clay courts, hasn't been in much form until the last few weeks, so a dangerous opponent for aryna sabalenkagled at roland garros compared to the other grand slams. it is herfirst appearance in the last 16, but she is so confident, having won in adelaide and then at the australian open, then on the clay in madrid. i think that will count for a lot tonight, and the winner will play svitolina of ukraine, who came through in straight sets. a symbolic victory for her, her country, and she gave birth in october and this is only herfirst she gave birth in october and this is only her first tour event since returning. she won in strasbourg last week and now she has won four matches and is into the quarterfinals. russell, brilliant, thank you. some breaking news this evening. we're just 12 days away from the start of the ashes series and england have been dealt a blow, with the news that spin bowler jack leach will miss the whole series with a stress fracture in his back. joe wilson has more. we have been talking a lot in the build—up to this ashes series about the need for england to have a squad o

there was a big shock in the women's semis — as aryna sabalenka was stunned by world number 43 karolinava keeping her composure to win an epic in three hours and 13 minutes. she'll face world number one iga swiatek in saturday's final. nuggets coach michael malone says nikola jokic is "built for these moments" as he helped the denver nuggets take a 2—1 lead in the nba finals. jokic scored 32 points against the miami heat in game three, becoming the first player to record 30 points, 20 rebounds and ten assists in the finals. the best—of—seven series resumes on friday. it is maybe now or never so i think it is really important to be focused, to give us the chance to win, you know? australia are looking to channel some more superb bowling on day three of the world test championship final against india at the oval. they got the perfect start — scott boland with wicket of srikar bharat early in the first session. they're now on 200 for six after australia's pace attack did most of the damage on thursday. all the build—up to the champions league final on the bbc sport website. can inter milan

shake hands with her russian opponent in the last round and a similar snub was expected against sabalenka muchova. an app that helps identify and manage concussion in grassroots and school sport is to be scrutinised in a two—year government—backed trial. sportsmart allows users to record and manage head injuries, suspected concussions and other sports—related injuries. you can see concussion, therefore we have to air on the side of caution. i used to be a 2—piece object, and now people realise that need to set out in gratitude get better gradually. the problem we have a sport take sight out of school office hours, so there are more links in the chain. this means everyone is instantly aware. it means that staff is aware of it and the students value the significance of it and looking after themselves after concussion.— of it and looking after themselves after concussion. northampton school for bo s. after concussion. northampton school for boys- hugh — after concussion. northampton school for boys. hugh shiels, _ after concussion. northampton school for boys. hugh shiels, water- after concu

and aryna sabalenka sealed her semifinal place in the women's draw.ght sets, was accused by her ukrainian opponent elena svitolina of encouraging fans to boo her by waiting at the net for a handshake after the victory. svitolina hasn't shaken hands with russian opponents since ukraine was invaded with support from belarus. ijust wasn't —— itjust ijust wasn't —— it just was an instinct, _ ijust wasn't —— it just was an instinct, like i always do after_ instinct, like i always do after my— instinct, like i always do after my matches. and i say many — after my matches. and i say many times already, i'm not supporting the war. i don't want — supporting the war. idon't want my— supporting the war. i don't want my country to be involved in any — want my country to be involved in any conflict, and if i would like — in any conflict, and if i would like to— in any conflict, and if i would like to be _ in any conflict, and if i would like to be political, i wouldn't be here. i don't want to be — wouldn't be here. i don't want to be involved in any politics. i t

unseeded czech pulled up upset against sabalenka. is ranked 43rd in the world and saved a match point and battle from 2-5 down to shock the world number two. have a was serving for the match but lost composure. she's not in her first grand slam final. the 26-year-old is the only unseeded player left in the women's and men's draws at the french open. after those women's semifinals, anticipation is building ahead of the men's semifinals at roland garros on friday. especially a head a tantalizing showdown between world number one carlos alcaraz and 22 grand slam winner novak djokovic. alcaraz beat the ftse in the semifinals. the top of the world ranking is up for grabs. the server has to win to get back on top. it will be djokovic's 45th grand slam final and alcaraz's second. the spaniard's take to take the mantle of the so-called big three in men's tennis. that is djokovic, roughly on, who is out injured this year, and roger federer, who retired -- rafael nuttall -- rafael nadal, who is out injured this year, and roger federer, who has

sabalenka was a comfortable winner in her game.e second seed and dropped just four games to reach the fourth round at roland garros for the first time. now to basketball and denver will head to the second game against miami heat full of confidence they can deliver a first championship to the city. it came after they're all start centre that led them to victory over miami in the nba finals. he made another triple double. he finished with, amongst other things, 1a assists. denver extended their perfect home record in the play—offs this year to nine and zero in the second game against miami heat takes place on sunday. england are piling on the runs against ireland at lord's on the second day of the one—off test match. ben duckett and ollie pope have both scored centuries. that is all the sport for now. succession has come to an end after a gripping four seasons. with that highly recognisable theme tune, it has been dubbed one of the greatest tv series of all time. it is a dark comedy which looks into a wealthy family dynasty who ran a

and czech player karolina muchova will be sabalenka's next opponent.avlyuchenkova 7—5, 6—2. more on the breaking golf story on the bbc news website. and that's all the sport for now. thanks forjoining us. president zelensky said the russian —controlled dam was destroyed by an internal explosion in what he called a war crime and an act of terrorism. the russian defence minister has also been speaking, accusing ukraine of blowing up the hydroelectric dam and he said it was part of a plan to redeploy units from the kherson region for operations against russian forces. translation: tonight the k iv russian forces. translation: tonight the kyiv regime — russian forces. translation: tonight the kyiv regime it _ russian forces. translation: tonight the kyiv regime it committed - russian forces. translation: tonight the kyiv regime it committed and - the kyiv regime it committed and other terrorist crime. the hydroelectric dam was blown up which led to the flooding of significant territories. having failed in its offensive actions and in order to strengthen it

sloane stooevs came back before sabalenka came back.es team was disqualified from the tournament yesterday after an errant hit struck a ball girl during the match. the team was leading in the second set before one of the players sent the ball to the opposite end of the court between points. it accidentally hit the ball girl in the net, injured her and she left in tears. the umpire gave a warning before a disqualification, sending that team home. >>> the next golfer arrived. rose zhang living up to the hype. she had a par on the second playoff hole. zhang is the first player in 72 years to win on the l pga tour in her pro debut. congrats to her. >>> time for baseball. an ally and embarrassing sixth inning moment for the red sox up in boston. >> to marek up for the lack of velocity. >> the runner takes off and that because's going to be chopped to the open to right side. he goes around. the runner scores. the ball goes back into center field around that's going to give diaz an opportunity. he will circle the bases and score standing up. >

first up, australian open champion aryna sabalenka takes on unseeded karolina muchova before defendingustine henin in 2007 to successfully defend her crown in paris. there's tennis this side of the channel too with the surbiton trophy — the opening event of the grass courts season. katie swan has progressed to the quarterfinal after seventh seed 0ceane dodin retired through injury. you can watch this right now on the bbc iplayer, red button and bbc sport website. british number four harriet dart is taking on germany's tatyana maria in the second round. maria took the first set 6—4 and dart is a break—up in the second on. dan maria took the first set 6—4 and dart is a break—up in the second on. dan later dan evans faces canada's gabriel diallo. football, cricket — now basketball and the nba finals where denver nuggets have taken a 2—1 lead in the best of seven series against miami heat. they comfortably won game 3 in florida by 109—94 — with jamal murray bagging 34 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds. nikola jokic also helped himself to a triple double — he and murray becoming the first

this year also sees the return of russian and belarusian players such as daniil medvedev and aryna sabalenkall be hoping it is the tennis that is the only drama. andy swiss, bbc news, wimbledon. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. thanks, after what we have had today, it is hard to believe that this june today, it is hard to believe that thisjune could be the warmest on record. this was scarborough. not many people on the beach this evening. temperatures only 16 maximum, glasgow a bit colder, and we only reach 21 in kent because we had a bit of sunshine for a while. rain coming into kent at the moment and we have cloudy skies for a good part of the night. further rain and drizzle heading south—east, to be followed by a few breaks in the cloud in the north—west but still a few showers around. quite a warm night tonight, a bit muggy, especially across south—eastern parts. more sunshine this weekend, a north—south split. sunnier, warmer weather across southern areas. to the north, some showers and stronger wind around as well. could start quite cloudy in the morning with some sh

in the evening game — aryna sabalenka, the women's second seed, is in action against sloane stephens.enzema is leaving the club. the french striker has been at the bernabeu for 1h years sincejoining from lyon, having won five champions leagues, and four la liga titles. the ballon d'0r winner for this season had a year left on his contract, abd is set to move to saudi arabia. formula one world champion max verstappen will be the man to beat in the spanish grand prix — which gets underway in the next hour. the dutch driver, who has a commanding lead in the drivers' championship, qualified fastest — ahead of spain's carlos sainz and britain's lando norris. despite qualifiying in fifth, seven—time champion lewis hamilton will start in fourth after pierre gasly recieved a 6—point penalty. charles leclerc will start from the pits over problems with his car in qualifying. my last lap wasn't the dream lap. i was second basically all the way until turn ten, i had a snap and lost. so once i got it on the other side, i'm just really grateful to be up there and be up in the fight and have that pa

game lasted two sets 6:276, in the other semi-final confrontation, the neutral belarusian arina sabalenkanated from the tournament in a spectacular match, mukhova triumphed 7:6 67 7:5 in the third game, sobolenko won 5: 2 earned a match point and was close to victory. however , mukhova fought back, won five games in a row and made a comeback . roland garros women's final will be held on saturday , june 10. schweon will defend her title in this way. mukhov tournament for the first time in his career, he will play in the final of the grandline tournament well, we have seen what is happening and what is expected in the world of sports, and now there is news from serhiy sternenko , the perpetrator of the second attack on an activist received 10 years of imprisonment, what serhiy writes, i will become his post on his facebook page, the primorsky district court of the city of odesa has just announced the sentence to baim kashev abzal avangaliyovych in the case of an attempt on me , which was committed on may 1, 2018 , that day writes sternenko to order trukhanov, he shot me in the back of the h

aryna sabalenka, the women's second seed, is in action in the evening game at roland garros against sloanetappen will be the man to beat in the spanish grand prix later today. the dutch driver, who has a commanding lead in the drivers' championship, qualified fastest — ahead of spain's carlos sainz and britain's lando norris. despite qualifiying in fifth, seven—time champion lewis hamilton will start in fourth after pierre gasly received a six—point penalty, team—mate george russell, is 12th on the grid. my last lap wasn't the dream lap. i was second basically all the way until turn ten, i had a snap and lost. so once i got it on the other side, i'm just really grateful to be up there and be up in the fight and have that pace, so the team did really well to improve the car and we've just got to push hard tomorrow for the result. rory mcilroy has given himself a chance of a first win on the pga tour since october 2022 after a 2—under par 3rd round, the northern irishman�*s round at the memorial tournament in ohio on saturday saw him climb six places on the leaderboard. he shares the lead wi

this year, the interesting thing is that we have elena rybakina, the defending champion, and aryna sabalenkaaustralian champion, in the same half of the draw, while the world number one iga swiatek finds herself on the other half. mind you, she's not having the best preparations for wimbledon, swiatek, she's been able to win a couple of matches at the tournament in germany but has pulled out ahead of her semifinal today because she said she had a restless night and may have had a bout of food poisoning, which is farfrom ideal when she will have to play for the first time on monday. and in the men's draw we had this sense, because of carlos alcaraz regaining the world number one spot, that him and novak djokovic would be kept apart, but plenty of otherjuicy first round matches and possible meetings later down the line as well. yes, alcaraz has a fairly tough sector of the draw as the world number one and therefore top seed. he has likes of grigor dimitrov, in his section of the draw. and djokovic at the other end has players like nick kyrgios, though kyrgios has been able to play just one mat

world number two aryna sabalenka will take on american sloane the pairare due the pair are due on court been from the men's draw. —— 7pm gmt. last year only one of the 10 night matches involved female players. tournament director amelie mauresmo saying at the time that men's matches had more "appeal". earlier, russia's anastasia pavlyuchenkova booked her place in the last eight, fighting back from a set down to beat belgium's elise mertens, by two sets to one, in a match that lasted more than three hours. well, on court right now is world number three novak djokovic, who's continuing his quest for a record 23rd grand slam title. the two—time french open champion is taking on the peruvianjuan pablo varillas for a place in the quarter—finals. he has made a decent start, he is up for— two with a break of serve in that first set. after completing two thirds of the treble, manchester city manager pep guardiola has reiterated his side need to win the champions league in order to get the recognition they deserve. city beat manchester united 2—1 at wembley on saturday, with captain ilkay gundog

elina's opponent in the fight for the semifinals will be neutral the belarusian aryan sabalenka, whoreviously knocked out our compatriot marto kostyuk from the competition in the water category. marta kostyuk will also play in the quarterfinals of roland garros. but in the city, the ukrainian is paired with a salvadoran marcelo orevalo defeated the australians stormhunter and john pierce 6:457-12:10 in the next round of the french manager kostyuk and aryvala will meet the pair of bianca andreesco and michael vinos, who represent canada and new zealand at the tournament , respectively. the match will take place on tuesday , june 6. so we have for you, there will be one tragic piece of information, then the weather from natalka didenko will have one more piece of information, we will briefly discuss the scandal that is ongoing today in social networks, then actually it is her political scandal, i just think what is this it will gain momentum, but we will talk about it later, now here is what the russians hit the private sector of the city in balaklia with a tornado installation, one ma

world number two aryna sabalenka will take on american sloane stephens.all six previous night matches in this year's tournament have been from the men's draw. last year only one of the ten night matches involved female players. tournament director amelie mauresmo saying at the time that men's matches had more "appeal". meanwhile, russia's anastasia pavlyuchenkova booked her place in the last eight, fighting back from a set down to beat belgium's elise mertens by two sets to one, in a match that lasted more than three hours. real madrid have announced their captain karim benzema is leaving the club. the french striker has enjoyed one of the great real madrid careers afterjoining from lyon in 2009. his total of 353 club goals is bettered only by cristiano ronaldo. benzema has won four la liga and five champions league titles. the 2023 ballon d'or winner has been linked with a move to saudi arabia. australia fast bowler josh hazlewood has been ruled out of the world test championship final against india, which starts on wednesday at the oval. he's still in c

and aryna sabalenka sealed her place in the semi—finals of the french open — but some controversy following the belarusian, who won in straight sets — was accused by her ukrainian opponent of encouraging fans to boo her — by waiting at the net for a handshake after the victory. svitolina hasn't shaken hands with russian opponents since ukraine was invaded with support from belarus. novak djokovic survived a quarterfinal scare from karen khachanov to keep his bid for a record 23rd men's grand slam singles title alive at the french open. he dropped the first but came back to win in four sets. and that's all the sport for now. welcome back — a short time ago we were telling you about prince harry being cross—examined in the high court in london, as part of his hacking case against mirror group newspapers. well in another court, this time in the us, a federaljudge is hearing an appeal from a conservative think tank, which wants to have prince harry's us immigration records made public following revelations of past drug use. the duke wrote of using marijuana, cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms in

and aryna sabalenka sealed her place in the semi—finals of the french open.for a handshake after the victory. svitolina hasn't shaken hands with russian opponents since ukraine was invaded with support from belarus. ten chinese snooker players have been punished for their involvement in the sport's biggest match fixing scandal. two players — liang wenbo and li hang have been handed lifetime bans, with the others, including former masters winner yan bingtao, and former uk champion zhao xintong among those receiving bans ranging from 20 months to more than five years. are very pleased to see this come to some kind of close. the commissions outcome really is a message to those who are trying to manipulate sports in general with live bands surprising today, very hard to come ijy surprising today, very hard to come by in any sport but to seed to life bands are the most deserving, i think we're very pleased about outcome. tottenham have appointed ange postocoglou as their new manager — the former celtic boss joins the premier league side on a four year contract. po

we start with tennis and a surprise defeat for the number two seed aryna sabalenka at the french open first grand slam final of her career. muchova will meet the top seed and defending champion iga swiatek, who remains on course to retain her title. swiatek beat brazil's beatriz haddad—maia in straight sets — coming through 6—2, 7—6 injust over two hours. swiatek is through to a fourth grand slam final and her third in four years in paris. earlier in the day, japan's miyu kato put the disappointment of being disqualified from the women's doubles behind her by winning the mixed doubles — alongside germany's tim putz — for her first grand slam title. kato inadvertantly hit a ballgirl with a ball during her third round match last week — and said after thursday's win that she hoped the points and prize money, stripped from herfor the incident, would be given back. india's cricketers are up against it in the world test championship final against australia at the oval in london. former aussie captain steve smith completed his 31st test century on the second morning and travis head top—score

she's taking on the unseeded czech player karolina muchova, who stunned aryna sabalenka in the semis.n scrape touch, she can also speed up the game. she plays with that kind of freedom in her movements, and she had seen a great technique. i watched matches, and ifeel like i know her game pretty well, but on match as it is a little bit different, but i'll be ready no matter what. denver nuggets are one win away from their first nba championship after beating the miami heat 108 — 95 in game four. aaron gordon scored 27 points and nikola jokic added 23 for the nuggets. the teams now head to denver for game 5 on monday. just understand that we have not done anything. i told the guys, we are not celebrating. it is a good job we have done, but we are not celebrating anything we have done yet. we know we have to go home and turn off the tv, the radio, don't read the papers, don't listen to everybody telling you how great you are. we haven't done anything yet. we have to win a game to be world champions, and we will do that one quarter at a time, stay true to our identity, give ourselves a gr

switek faces brazil's beatrix haddid maia later but first up it's australian open champions aryna sabalenka against unseeded czech karolina muchova. a tight first set has just gone the way of the cheque and she is 2—1 up in the tie—break in the second set. she has never been past the third round prior to this year. alexis macallister has sais his �*gratitude will be eternal�* as he bid farewell to brighton. he's joined liverpool in deal worth up to 55 million pounds. the 24—year—old midfielder has signed a five year deal and will wear the number ten shirt at anfield. the world cup winner, who helped brighton qualify for europe for the first time, added that he �*will be watching and rooting for brighton, except when he's playing against them! karim benzema will be meet fans of his new club in three hours when he is officially presented at his new club al—ittihad. he arrived injeddah on wednesday evening, having signed a lucrative deal to move from real madrid to the saudi champions. a sold out crowd of 62,000 are expected at the king abdullah sports city stadium. england international decla

the other semi unseeded karolina muchova, pulled off a huge upset over second seeded arina sabalenka splitting the first two sets in tiebreakers. the 43rd ranked markova from the czech republic far court. you see her put it away on match point and she becomes the fourth lowest ranked french open finalist in history. all right. now for a much slower and wacky version of tennis, never seen this before. check this out. people playing tennis with giant tennis balls, oversize rackets. does balls no less. so you really don't have to move very much if it's kind of my pace reaction time. not that important. still looks kind going into experimental physics, my door is always open. once again, i'm sorry that the demonstration didn't quite work out, but now we know what happens when you accidentally spill peach snapple into a helium neon laser. short answer is... don't. and now to tell you about the theoretical physics department is dr. sheldon cooper. dr. cooper? sheldon: forget it. excuse me. sheldon, we both agreed to do this. it's a waste of time. i might as well explain the laws of thermod

racket of the world slime stevens made the fans, belarusian and pretty worried in the first set sabalenkanitiative and led 5:0. it would seem that the starting party was for arina, but the americans managed to accomplish the unbelievable. she not only managed to level the score, but also brought the match to a tie-break, which also went like a roller coaster, where the belarusian tennis player was still able to snatch victory. in the second game, sabolenko managed to make the first break, but stephen sanita, an opponent with whom the match could go easily , the americans managed to level the score by taking arina's serve, but in the next draw the belarusian returned the advantage, decisive by gay. he showed the complete superiority of the second racket of the world with his serve sobolenko. i took it to zero, thereby scoring a victory in the network, 64. the final match awaits us no less spectacular the belarusian tennis player tomorrow at 13:30 will meet with elina svyatlina was the former third racket of the world earlier in the face-to-face meetings of the athlete. we met only twice. e

she saved a match point before winning five games in a row to beat belarusian second seed aryna sabalenkal. and britain's alfie hewett is aiming for a fourth french open wheelchair singles title. he'll meet japanese second seed tokito oda in the final after a straight sets win over argentine third seed gustavo fernandez. hewitt will remain world number one if he wins. australia are in control heading into the third day of the world test championship final at the oval. replying to the aussies 469 all out india will resume this morning on 151 for five in their first innings after a difficult day for their batsmen yesterday. star player virat kohli among those to struggle against the australia pace attack, he went for just 1a. all eyes will be on michael dunlop at the isle of man tt races later. he's due to race twice today and sits just one behind his legendary unclejoey�*s record of 26 wins. michael has already won four races this week, so another win would see him match ian hutchinson'513—year—old record of five victories in a single week. the atmosphere is building, we had a smattering o

sabalenka is number two. the draw will be made for wimbledon on friday.dous person and loyal team—mate. he became a high school coach after retirement. tom brady wrote on instagram, we lost a great man, thank you for everything. rain stopped play on the first morning of the second ashes test. the second stoppage of the day. we have more details on that stoppage for the protesters after one over. it was the mcc who own lords, their chief executive said he condemns in the strongest possible terms the protesters who invaded the pitch. he said that actions not only endanger themselves and those who work at the ground, they have consistently shown disregard for people who pay for events notjust disregard for people who pay for events not just at disregard for people who pay for events notjust at lord's but around the country are other sporting venues. much more on that on our website. that is all the sport for now. goodbye. welcome back. some developing news this hour, of course we are expecting prime minister's questions shortly but this afternoon we expect t

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