and ireland's sam bennett wins stage 12 of the giro d'ltalia but simon yates still leads heading intoriday's stage 13. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis and most of the big names have booked their spots in the last eight of the italian open. rafael nadal looked unstoppable against denis shapovalov as he bids for a first title in rome since 2013. defending champion alexander zverev also made it through. nick parrott reports. the first time rafael nadal met denis shapovalov he lost and with it went the chance to climb back to number one in the world. nine months on from that upset in montreal, the spaniard wasn't going to let it happen again in rome. the canadian teenager dispatched in straight sets, keeping alive nadal‘s hopes of an eighth italian title and a return to the top of the rankings. happy for the victory against a difficult opponent and let's see, excited to be in the quarter—finals against white defending champion alexander zverev had a much tougher fight against kyle edmund. the briton saved seven match points before eventually losing to the ge

ireland's sam bennett powered to the stage win, while yates finished just behind in the main bunch.which means yates still leads tom dumoulin by a7 seconds, with nine stages to go. nearly a third of elite british athletes say they have experienced or witnessed "unacceptable behaviour" in their world class programmes. a survey of summer olympic and paralympic athletes by uk sport was undertaken following a series of bullying scandals over the past year. 31% of athletes said they didn't have opportunity to give feedback "without fear of negative consequences". quite simply what this has done is identifying something that could be better in this system. we have people in every sport that want to be better and the concentrate now on the action plan and can address that and enable that to be easier for athletes to be able to give that feedback and we will monitor how that progresses and improves over the coming years. double world indoor medallist laura muir says next year's european indoor championships in glasgow will be one of the highlights of her career. she's an ambassador for the

britain's simon yates retained the overall lead at the giro d'italia — with ireland's sam bennett claimingvictory. second tier leigh have knocked out super league salford from the challenge cup. the promotion challenging centurions claimed a 22—10 sixth—round victory at the sports village. the win extended the home sides winning run to 10 matches. today was meant to be a historic one for irish cricket but the rain in dublin had other ideas — delaying the start of their first ever test match. ireland are hosting pakistan at malahide cricket club — the match will make them the 11th nation to play the longest format of the game. but heavy overnight showers with further rain on friday have pushed back the start to tomorrow. seth bennett was there for us. ireland's wait to play test cricket will continue after the weather in dublin proves too poorfor them to bowl that historic first ball. frustration as the rain and wind whipped across this ground at malahide, leaving the ground staff working overtime to try to get any kind of underfoot preparations so the players would be able to get out on th

and ireland's sam bennett wins stage 12 of the giro d'italia but simon yates still leads heading intome, where we start with tennis and most of the big names have booked their spots in the last eight of the italian 0pen. rafael nadal looked unstoppable against denis shapovalov as he bids for a first title in rome since 2013. defending champion alexander zverev also made it through. nick parrott reports. the first time rafael nadal met denis shapovalov he lost and with it went the chance to climb back to number one in the world. nine months on from that upset

the uk's simon yates retained the overall lead of the giro d'italia, with island's sam bennett claiming the challenge cup. the century and claimed they 22- cup. the century and claimed they 22— ten six round victory at the sports village. the win extends the home side winning run to ten matches. today was meant to be a historic day for irish cricket, but the rain in dublin had other ideas, delaying the start of the republic of islands first—ever test match. they are hosting pak stance. the match will make them the 11th nation to host the long format of the game. heavy overnight showers with further rain on friday pushed back the start until tomorrow. seth bennett was there. island's waste to play test cricket will continue, after conditions seen dublin proved to pour on this opening day for them to bowl that historic first ball. frustration, then, as the rain and wind whipped across this ground here right the malahide cricket club. it left the ground staff working overtime to get any kind of underfoot preparation so the players would be able to get out on the field. eventually, at about

rainy conditions at the giro d'italia saw irish rider sam bennett sprint clear, to win stage 12.kjersey 47 seconds clear with nine stages to go 47 seconds clear with nine stages to go. british highjumper robbie grabarz, who won a bronze medal at the london 2012 olympics, has retired. grabarz, who is 30, and a former european champion, says he doesn't enjoy competition anymore. the women's super league season comes to a close this weekend. chelsea are already the champions, and also the cup winners, but it has also been a remarkable season for ann—katrin berger. the birmingham city keeper was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in november, butjust last month the german made it into the wsl team of the year. my my first thought was, why me? because ie to healthy, i am not a drinker at all. i play football, because ie to healthy, i am not a drinkerat all. i play football, —— i eat healthy. a few years ago, my dad passed away, and i wasjust, like, no, i have to be strong for my family. my my first question, and my dying? after this, he said, my first question, and my dying? afterthis, he

expected to be another one for the sprinters and that could mean back to back triumphs for ireland's sam bennetty for his second victory of the year's first grand tour. friday's trek to nervesa de la battaglia is largely flat, meaning leader simon yates should hold onto his pinkjersey. rafael nadal will play clay court specialist fabio fognini in the quarterfinals of the rome masters on friday, bidding for an eighth title in the italian capital. nadal, down to number two in the world after his loss in madrid last week, eased past canada's denis shapovalov in straight sets, but surprisingly hasn't actually won the title in rome since 2013. he had a couple of points in the first game. a couple points in the second game when i was returning. then i didn't make a couple of points. i thought it would become a little bit tougher. happy for the victory against a difficult opponent and let's see, excited to be in the quarter—finals again. another mouthwatering match up on friday sees french open champion jelena ostapenko face five time grand slam champion maria sharapova. the russian booked her spot in

ireland's sam bennett claimed his first win on a grand tour as he came out on top in the sprint to theraia a mare. yates finished in the group behind to keep his 16—second lead intact. that's all the sport for now. thank you. to the eurovision song contest now — and a row which has seen the organisers ban a chinese tv network from broadcasting their show. david sillito reports from lisbon. eurovision has arrived in lisbon. and now with a smile, please. laughter. it brings with it its own special atmosphere. france and germany... and even the huge semifinal shows are now shown around the world. # i thought we'd be together...#. but viewers in china did not see this. and even a brief glimpse of a rainbow flag appears to have been blurred. the chinese broadcaster, mango, has now been stripped of its eurovision rights. because this goes very much to the heart of what has become the eurovision spirit, a week—long festival, notjust of song, but a celebration of diversity and tolerance. # hey brother, do you remember when we were kids with no fear?# but it is still a competition. the uk's hop

britain's simon yates retained the overall lead at the giro d'italia — with ireland's sam bennett claiming

britain's simon yates retained the overall lead at the giro d'italia — with ireland's sam bennett claimingpins including red bull's max verstappen. his teammate daniel ricciardo came in second to mercedes' lewis hamilton who finished quickest in the second practice. today was meant to be a historic one for irish cricket, but the rain in dublin had other ideas — delaying the start of their first ever test match. ireland are hosting pakistan at malahide cricket club — the match will make them the 11th nation to play the longest format of the game. but heavy overnight showers with further rain on friday have pushed back the start to tomorrow. seth bennett is there for us. ireland's wait to play test cricket will continue after the weather in dublin proves to poorfor them will continue after the weather in dublin proves to poor for them to bowl that historic first ball. frustration as the rain and wind whipped across this ground at malahide, leaving the ground staff working overtime to try to get any kind of underfoot preparations other players would be able to get out on the field. eventually

britain's simon yates retained the overall lead at the giro d'italia, with ireland's sam bennett claimingin a bunch sprint. yates, who took the pink jersey with a 16—second lead after stage six, was among the group of riders to finish behind bennett. lewis hamilton has edged red bull's daniel ricciardo and max verstappen after second practice at the spanish grand prix. there were some high—profile spins in barcelona, including verstappen in an eventful start to the weekend. his red bull team—mate ricciardo came in second to mercedes' hamilton who finished quickest in the second practice. and the weather got in the way of what should have been a historic day for ireland's cricketers. they were all ready to play pakistan in their first ever test and then it started raining in malahide, and it didn't really let up. play was abandoned for the day, and they're hoping to get under way at 11am tomorrow morning. that's all the sport for now. it is now 11—3 kyle edmund in the second set tie—break, trailing against denis shapovalov one set down, looking to make the madrid 0pen semifinal. you can fi

sam bennett powered to the stage win while yates finished just behind in the name badge.ded at the same time, which means he still leads by 47 seconds with nine stages to go. and finally, after a record—breaking debut season, he has had yet another honour bestowed upon him. already, the premier league winner with a record number of goals, he was voted players player of the year, but now, the egyptian is having his boots displayed alongside objects from ancient egypt at the british museum in the run—up to the champions league final. that is all the sport for now. i will have more for you on sports day at 10.30. we will see you in a while. the government is considering a ban on flammable cladding for high—rise buildings after the grenfell tower fire which left 72 people dead. ministers announced that a consultation would take place just hours after the publication of an official review, into the grenfell fire, which had stopped short of recommending an outright ban. a year after the fire, survivors say they're disappointed that more hasn't been done. the labour mp and grenf

britain's simon yates retained the overall lead at the giro d'italia — with ireland's sam bennett claimingrint. yates, who took the pink jersey with a 16—second lead after stage six, was among the group of riders to finish behind bennett. lewis hamilton has edged red bull's daniel ricciardo and max verstappen after second practice at the spanish grand prix. there were some high profile spins in barcelona, including verstappen in an eventful start to the weekend. his red bull team—mate ricciardo came in second to mercedes' hamilton who finished quickest in the second practice. and the weather has got in the way of what should have been a historic day for ireland's cricketers. they were all ready to play pakistan in their first ever test — and then it started raining in malahide, and it hasn't stopped since. so play has been abandoned for the day, and they're hoping to get underway at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. azi farni will be here at 6.30 with sportsday, but that's it f

ireland's sam bennett won the stage — his first win, in this, one of road cycling's big 3 tours.village, extending their winning run to 10 matches. the weather got in the way, of what should have been a historic day, for ireland's cricketers. they were all ready to play pakistan in their first ever test match and then it started raining in malahide. it didn't stop, so play was abandoned for the day. they're hoping to get under way at 11 o clock this morning. over 500 knights are fighting this weekend in the world's biggest medieval combat championship. it was started 20 years ago by historical re—enactors, bored with simply playing out scenes from the past. it's the first time the sport, has come to the uk and i was drafted in to help team scotland, at scoon palace near perth. from across the known world, they came hither. ye olde and not quite so olde, ye brave and not quite as brave. the bold and not quite as bold. a force like never before. a chance to keep alive the conflict and culture of the time gone by. but this is no re—enactment. it is a recognised sport with 31 countri

ireland's sam bennett won the stage, his first win in this, one of road cycling's big three tours.10 sixth—round victory, at the sports village. leeds and huddersfield also won. the weather got in the way, of what should have been a historic day for ireland's cricketers. they were all ready to play pakistan in their first ever test match and then it started raining in malahide. it didn't stop, so play was abandoned for the day. they're hoping to get under way at 11 o'clock this morning. 0ver over 500 nights of fighting in the world's biggest ever medieval combat competition. from across the known world, they came hither. ye old, and not quite so old. ye brave, and not quite as brave. the bo.d, and not quite as bold! a force like never before. the chance to keep alive the conflict and culture of a time gone by. but this is no re—enactment, it's a recognised sport with 31 countries here. hello! we are from canada! we are obviously re—enacting a period of time in history but we are doing it as a sport. this is full contact sport. this is mma in armour. most things are allowed. there a

ireland's sam bennett won the stage, his first win, in this, one of road cycling's big 3 tours.y at the sports village, extending their winning run to 10 matches. over 500 knights are fighting this weekend in the world's biggest medieval combat championship. it was started 20 years ago by historical re—enactors bored with simply playing out scenes from the past. it's the first time the sport has come to the uk and i was drafted in to help team scotland, at scoon palace near perth. from across the known world, they came hither. ye olde and not quite so olde, ye brave and not quite as brave. the bold and not quite as bold. a force like never before. a chance to keep alive the conflict and culture of the time gone by. but this is no re—enactment. it is a recognised sport with 31 countries here. hello, we're team china! we are obviously re—enacting a period of time in history this is a full contact sport. this is mma in armour. most things are allowed. there are certain places you shouldn't hit. you shouldn't hit the groin for obvious reasons. you shouldn't hit the back of the knees

, but the pouring rain meant a lot of the specialist sprinters had been left behind — ireland's sam bennett leads tom dumoulin by a7 seconds, with nine stages to go. british number one johanna konta is out of the italian 0pen after losing to french open champion jelena 0stapenko. konta got off to a very good start, taking the first set 6—2. but 0stapenko was on top from then on... winning the second set, and then the decider 6—a to progress to the quarter finals. meanwhile, britain's men's number one kyle edmund is currently on court against alexander zverev. edmund lost the first set and is currently a break down in the second set against the german, who's rated third in the world rankings. venus williams is also out of the italian 0pen. the world number nine was beaten by annett kontaveit in straight sets in the third round. 0lympic high jump bronze medallist robbie grabartz has retired from the sport. the 30—year—old who won bronze at the london games in 2012 says he isn't "enjoying competing" anymore. grabartz missed out on a medal at the commonwealth games on the gold coast last month.

and ireland's sam bennett wins stage 12 of the giro d'italia, but simon yates finishes in the leadingintact. there are nowjust nine stages to go for the briton. the papers. there is quite a lot to talk about. as you can imagine, a lot of wedding fever. not on the business pages, though. not any stories about some companies making a lot of money from sausages or something? here are the front covers of the national papers. the sun. pretty much every paper has this picture of prince harry and meghan markle travelling yesterday either from rehearsals or leaving the house, many different pictures of them travelling. it is on the front of the mirror as well. it is pretty much that look of love. i feel like i will burst into song with that. and the same picture on the daily telegraph with a story about brexit. talking about britain needing to follow many rules of the single market. and the irish premier yesterday warned theresa may as well. they have this picture. what is going on in your world? you will be interested in this one. the financial times have a lot on this. apprenticeships plung

where a sprint finish was always expected, ireland's sam bennett got the win in torrential rain.the lead now at 47 seconds — there's nine stages to go. owen farrell is a "winner" and will put his own stamp on the england rugby team according to head coach eddiejones. farrell replaces dylan hartley as captain for next month's south africa tour to give hartley a break to recoverfrom concussion. jones says "owen is a completely different character to dylan" comparing his leadership style to that of australia great george gregan. andy murray has not asked for a wildcard into next week's atp challenger event in loughborough. the double wimbledon champion has not spoken publicly about his recovery from hip surgery, but the bbc understands a recent setback has left his chances of playing on grass this summer in some doubt. now, manchester city's gabriel jesus is not only a hero for the premier league club, he's an inspiration in his home town too... in the build up to the world cup, a mural has been painted on the houses of the sao paulo neighbourhood he grew up in. this is where the pl

msnbc contributor sam stein, former chief of staff for cia and department of defense, jeremy bash, former krrkts eer director john mclaughlin. from the white house, correspondent jeff bennettall for being here. jeremy bash, i want to start with you, as i understand it you just spoke to gina haspel, nominee to be the director of the cia. >> going full steam ahead, she's not withdrawing her nomination. she believes her experience 33 years at the cia mostly undercover, seven overseas tours, that she brings exactly the right kind of experience that the nation needs right now. >> what was the concern that promised her to say, hey, if i need to withdraw, i will? i mean, why -- didn't she do damage to herself ahead of what was already going to be a tough day? >> maybe. i think there is -- there was concern, i think she broached it that, hey, if we're going do re-open some of the wounds from 2002, 2003, when 3 individuals in u.s. custody were waterboarded including khalid sheikh muhammad who beheaded the "wall street journal" reporter, if we're going to go back to these discussions, go back to those debates, that might harm cia as an institution. i think in her mode of really putt

ireland‘s sam bennett powered to the stage win.ecretary. the show‘s secretary. and she is copresenting with me tonight. copresenting with me tonight. here near exeter which also cancelled the show. cancelled the show. been many good times and this show is fabulous. is fabulous. alpacas and the dog show, you can see plenty going on. see plenty going on. thousands are expected over the next few days. expected over the next few days. but you mentioned a clash. you mentioned a clash. bunting and you come here and it is stunning. stunning. showing the royal wedding live here on saturday. on saturday. but there is so much going on you might not want to bother watch it. might not want to bother watch it. it is all going on here. thursday, friday and saturday. friday and saturday. here at the devon county show. victoria, thank you. looks fabulous. it hasn‘t always. always. wedding fever not hitting east yorkshire yet. yorkshire yet. downer, but hull is sticking to its republican history. republican history. king charles entering in 1642, s