wales flanker sam warburton has been named as captain for the second time.f speculation but one man seemed sure of the spotlight. 0nce speculation but one man seemed sure of the spotlight. once again sam warburton will lead the captain alliance against the world's best new zealand. it is going to be the toughest thing i have done but definitely it is the biggest honour that i have had as well and to captain the lines for the second time against new zealand ranks as the pinnacle of my career. 41 players were chosen by warren gatland and as predicted england dominate the squad —— lions. wales have four players while ireland, who beat the all blacks in november, have 11. scotland, only two. half of the squad are making their lions debut including carl sinclair, who is yet to start a test match for england. people look to sam warburton for leadership, who was given the armband despite longer captaining wales. this is the second time sam warburton has stood in front of the cameras as lions captain and even though he is injured there was no danger of warren gatlan

chris, what's happened to sam warburton?, as you say, he was heavy favourite to retain the lions captaincy he held four years ago when the lions won in australia, but he injured his leg playing for the cardiff blues and he hobbled off concerned, because he is so in the limelight regarding the lions captaincy. but his club today have said it is a new strain and nothing more serious and you should only be out around six weeks. his coach at the cardiff blues, danny wilson, has backed sam warburton to make a swift recovery. backed sam warburton to make a swift recovery. sam is very experienced and a pro, he knows his body and he knows if he works hard to get that right, he'll be back very quickly. yes, he's been fine today, and i think relatively good news, considering how he could have been. probably pro ba bly less probably less of an injury scare and more of a worry. you could look at it into microwaves. on the one hand, sam warburton is not potentially going to play until the lions first tour match on june going to play unti

sam warburton will lead them this summer, warburton will lead them this summer, as warburton will leadm this summer, as both he and coach warren gatland try to emulate their success from four years ago. the squad is bigger than it was for the series win in australia. he will definitely have —— they will definitely have to be better too, with new zealand lying in wait. there had been months of speculation but one man seemed sure of the spotlight. once again, sam warburton will lead the lions, this time against the world's best, new zealand. it will be the toughest i've done. but it is the biggest honour i've had as well. being captain of the lions for the second time and against new zealand, that ranks as the pinnacle of my career so far. 41 players were chosen by warren gatland and, as predicted, england dominate the squad. wales have 12 players, while ireland, who beat the all blacks back in november, have 11. scotland only have two. half the squad make their lions debut, including the rookie prop kyle sinckler, yet to start a test match for england. warburton has been given the armba

the headlines tonight: sam warburton is picked to lead his pack of lions to face the mighty all blacks. andy murray back from a wrist injury and winning again. he's through to the third round of the monte carlo masters in his first match in a month. and could 1000—1 outsider rory mcleod dump trump out of the world snooker championship? the pre—tournament favourite is just a frame away from a shock defeat. hello again. the british and irish lions squad for the tour to new zealand has been selected. sam warburton will lead them this summer as both he and coach warren gatland try to emulate their success from four years ago. the squad is bigger that the tour to australia, and it might have to be better, too, with the mighty all blacks lying in wait. our sports correspondent katie gornall was at the squad announcement in london. warren gatland said he only finalise the squad last night, and there were lively debates over the selection, but today he announced the 41 players he will take on tour. as predicted, the majority were english, 16, although not perhaps some of the names you might ha

gatlin is a big fan of sam warburton and knows what kind of captain he is. that if they didn't go right and he wasn't selected for the test, he wouldn't throw his toys out of the cot. brian o'driscoll speaking on the five live rugby union weekly podcast which is now available to download. athletics' world governing body the iaaf say it believes it's been targetted by the russian hackers known as ‘fancy bears'. they say the cyber—attack in february has compromised athletes' medical records and information regarding applications for therapeutic use exemptions. we uncovered this ourselves. so it wasn't something that just happens, we were looking at the safety and security of our systems. unfortunately during that process, we discovered that we had been accessed, we have now done everything we possibly could, put new systems in place and we have used some of the well's best people to help us do that. as i said, first consideration was for the athletes and that's why the statement contains very clear apology. loughborough lightning have gone top of netball‘s sup

once again, sam warburton will lead the lyons, this time against the worlds best, new zealand.biggest honour i've had as well. being captain of the lions for the second time against new zealand, that ranks as the pinnacle of my career. 41 players were chosen by warren gatland and, as predicted, england dominate the squad. wales have 12 players, and ireland, who beat the all blacks back in november, have 11. scotland only have two. half the squad make their lions debut, including the rookie prop kyle sinckler, yet to start a test match for england. warburton has been given the armband despite no longer being captain of wales. it is the second time sam warburton stood in front of these cameras as the captain of the lions and even though he is injured, there was no danger of him being left out by warren gatland. surprises in the squad were lurking elsewhere. despite leading england to back—to—back 6 nations titles, dylan hartley is out of the squad, as isjoe launchbury. after an underwhelming 6 nations, wales have more players than expected while scottish fans will be disappointed

sam warburton is picked to lead his pack of lions again. he'll captain the squad on their tour of new zealand and their tests against the mighty all blacks. good evening. so it's official, the country will go to the polls in seven weeks‘ time after mps voted overwhelmingly to approve it this afternoon. just 13 mps voted against it. a handful of others and all the snp mps abstained. the prime minister says victory in a vote onjune 8th would give her a stronger hand in her brexit negotiations with eu leaders and stability after britain leaves. the labour leader has described the coming election as a chance for the british people to change direction. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. day one of the national argument that we'll decide who is in charge. applause event one for theresa may. she went straight on the road. it's great to be here in bolton, fresh from the house of commons and winning a vote in the house of commons which has approved my decision to hold a general election on the 8th ofjune. the placards are ready. the camer

once again sam warburton will lead the lions, this time against the best in the world, new zealand.definitely it has been the biggest honour i had as well. to captain the lines for the second time and against new zealand it ranks as the hire of my career. 41 players were chosen by warren gatland and as predicted, england dominated the squad. wales have 12 players, ardent who beat the all blacks back in november, have 11. scotland just too. around half the squad are making their lions debut. including rookie prop kyle sinckler who has yet to start a test match for england. he will look to some warburton for leadership, he has been given the armband despite no longer being the wales captain. well this is the second time some warburton has stood in front of his cameras as captain. the surprise in the squad were looking elsewhere. despite leading england to back—to—back six nations titles dyla n back—to—back six nations titles dylan hartley has been left out of the squad. as has his team—matejoe launchbury, one of the players of the tournament. after underwhelming six nations wales have

sam warburton of wales is named as captain of the british and irish lions for their tour of new zealander. our main story at five. mps have voted overwhelmingly to back the prime minister's call for a general election on june the eighth. they backed the motion by 522 votes to 13 — easily surpassing the two thirds majority of all mps needed to trigger the poll. theresa may says a conservative victory would give britain stability during and after brexit. but the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, told the commons voters would have their chance to pass judgement on the conservatives‘ record on austerity, the nhs and child poverty. already a row has broken out over mrs may's refusal to take part in any tv leaders‘ debates. mr corbyn and others have accused her of " running sca red". in another development, the former chancellor, george osborne, has announced he's quitting as an mp, to concentrate on editing the evening standard. this report from our political correspondent iain watson. the question is that there shall be an early parliamentary general election. the ayes to the right, 522. the no

and sam warburton of wales is named as captain of the british and irish lions for their tour of new zealandmmer. good afternoon, i'm simon mccoy, live in westminster, where parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a general election, seven weeks‘ tomorrow onjune 8th. eyes to the right 522, nos to the left 13, so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. only 13 mps voted against, well above the required two—thirds majority. theresa may says victory injune would give britain stability during and after brexit. but the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said a snap election would give the british people "the chance to change direction". as the debate began, the former chancellor george osborne said he was quitting politics "for now" to concentrate on his new role as editor of the london evening standard. our political correspondent ian watson reports. the question is that there shall be an early parliamentary general election. the ayes to the right 522, the nos to the left 13. this is the moment that mps overwhelmingly backed the prime minister's for an election almost three years early on june eigh

just eight days before he could be announced as the lions captain, sam warburton has been ruled out forury. the wales flanker is the favourite to be named as skipper for the tour to new zealand this summer, picked up the injury playing for cardiff blues last week. he may be able to play at the end of may if the club is involved in the champions cup play—offs, so should also be okay to face the all blacks. the first match of the tour is onjune 3rd with the first test not untiljune 24th. sam isa sam is a very experienced professional. he knows his body. if he works hard to get it right he will be back relatively quickly and he has been fine today. i think relatively good news considering how it could have been. so, while warburton will be back, two others from the world of rugby have announced they're calling it a day. the former scotland captain kelly brown will retire from playing at the end of the season to become an academy coach at his current club saracens. brown has won three premiership titles and the champions cup with sarries and earned 64 caps for his country. and the former wa

there is still speculation around who will be picked as captain, particularly with favourite sam warburtonury. among those also in contention is the england skipper dylan hartley. he missed out on the last lions tour in 2013 — after being originally selected — because of a ban for verbally abusing a referee. anyone selected i'm sure it is a great honour. i have been previously selected, so yes it is a great honour. but to tour, i'm sure it is a great experience as well. but i am not counting my chickens, i do not want to build myself up for possibly a sit back, in my eyes, i am just taking it as it comes and i'm happy where i am at the moment. if it comes it is a bonus if not i have other things to play for and other things to look forward to. the world track cycling championships are under way in hong kong. great britain have already won a medal on day one, elinor barker picked up a silver in the women's scratch race. she won gold at the rio 0lympics as part of the team pursuit. it looked like she might get her hands on another one... but was pipped on the line by italian rachele barbieri

sam warburton is ruled out for six weeks with a knee injury, but the man favourite to be named lionsto travel to new zealand for the test tour. it is the first of the champions league it is the first of the champions lea g u e qflts it is the first of the champions league qflts tonight. barcelona in italy for one of them. their first leg is againstjuventus. leicester are facing atletico madrid tomorrow. heather watson fails to take a chance to qualify for the main draw at the french open losing in switzerland today. i will have more on those stories after a.30pm. united airlines has begun an investigation after footage emerged of a passenger being forcibly removed from one of its planes. the airline had asked for passengers who were prepared to leave the over—booked flight in exchange for payment, but not enough people had volunteered. the video shows a man being pulled from his seat and dragged down the plane's aisle. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports. it's the world's leading airline. flyer—friendly. screaming. you couldn't have a bigger contrast if you tried. th

sam warburton of wales is named as captain of the british and irish lions for their tour of new zealandmmer. good afternoon, i'm simon mccoy, and in the last half hour, parliament has approved the prime minister's call for a snap general election in seven weeks‘ time. there was a short—ish debate but in the end mps voted in favour of a general election onjune 8th with a considerable majority. eyes to the right 522, two miles to the left 13, so the ayes have it, the left 13, so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. —— nose to the left. the motion was passed with 522 members of parliament in favour and 13 against, well above the required two—thirds majority. theresa may says victory injune would strengthen her hand with eu leaders as she begins formal brexit negotiations. but the labour leaderjeremy corbyn questioned why voters should believe her after her u—turn on holding a snap election. our political correspondent ian watson reports. the westminster bubble is fit to burst. national and international broadcasters have pitched up outside parliament even before the election has been formal

sam warburton is ruled out for six weeks with a knee injury.t to travel to new zealand for this summer's test tour. it is the first of the champions league quarterfinals tonight. leicester city are in action tomorrow. heather watson fails to take a final chance to qualify directly for the main draw at the french open. losing herfirst round match at the biel open in switzerland. i will have more on those stories later. more now on our top story — that g7 foreign ministers have rejected the foreign secretary boris johnson's proposals for targeted sanctions against russian and syrian figures. the decision follows a suspected chemical weapons attack by syrian government, which killed more than 70 people. joining me now from westminster to discuss the diplomatic implications of today's vote is former foreign secretary sir malcolm rifkind. it is good to see you. would you have gone to a meeting with the otherforeign ministers have gone to a meeting with the other foreign ministers on this have gone to a meeting with the otherforeign ministers on this

wales flanker sam warburton will captain the fish and irish lions this summer in their tour.t midday today. leicester's incredible champions leaguejourney is over leicester's incredible champions league journey is over after their quarterfinal defeat against atletico madrid last night. saul niguez headed the spanish side in front. jamie vardy equalised but it was not enough and it is back to business as usualfor enough and it is back to business as usual for craig shakespeare fozz backside. cristiano ronaldo scored a hat—trick to take his champions league tally to 100 goals as holders real madrid eased past 10—man bayern munich in extra time to reach the semi—finals. back to westminster and victoria. so with a general election like to be on the 8th ofjune, just six or seven weeks away, it is a time for possibly political comebacks. you will remember sir vince cable, liberal democrat, former cabinet mr, who plans to stand again, is that correct? yes, all of you see there are the formalities of adoption, but i would like to throw my hat into the ring. i worry the country is goi

the prospective lions captain sam warburton has been ruled out for six weeks with a knee injury.ealand, but he should be fit by the tour opener on the 3rd ofjune. he is expected to be named in the lions squad next week. the first test against the all blacks not untiljune 24th. britain's heather watson has been knocked out in the first round of the biel open in switzerland. watson, now ranked 110 in the world, needed to call on the trainer during the second set and was beaten 7—6, 6—2 by the estonion anett kontaveit. naomi broady has also suffered an early exit — losing in straight sets to germany's julia goerges. meanwhile, johanna konta could face maria sharpova next month. the british number one has signed up for the inaugral women's tie—break—tens event in madrid. the tournament begins with a round—robin stage and all matches comprise a single tie—break to ten points. it will be sharapova's second tournament back after a doping ban. british cycling has given an update on the work it's doing to improve the culture within the organisation. in response to an independent investiga

and coming up in the sport on bbc news, sam warburton is ruled out for six weeks, but the man favouriteions captain is expected to be fit for this summer's tour to new zealand. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the american secretary of state, rex tillerson, has arrived in russia ahead of tomorrow's talks as tensions between the two countries continue to grow. he's urging president putin to withdraw his support for the assad regime in the wake of last week's chemical attack on a rebel town in syria. he flew out from italy, where g7 foreign ministers had been meeting. they rejected a british call for new sanctions to be imposed on syria and russia. meanwhile, president putin has claimed that enemies of the syrian president are planning future chemical weapons attacks to discredit the syrian government. this report from our diplomatic correspondent james robbins contains some distressing images. america's top diplomat, arriving in moscow, doesn't accept this is mission impossible. rex tillerson still hopes he can somehow persuade the russians to ditch syria's president assa

there is an injury scare for sam warburton, who came off with a knee injury during cardiff blues' victoryned the lions on their last tourin captained the lions on their last tour in 2013, scored the blues' first try before hobbling off. he will undergo a scan to determine the seriousness of the injury. heather watson won't defend her monterrey open title, as the british reigning champion was beaten this morning in the quarterfinals by world number one angelique kerber. watson had plenty of chances to break kerber during the match, but failed to convert any of them. kerber won in straight sets, 6—a, 6—a. great britain face an uphill struggle to stay in the davis cup. without world number one andy murray, they trail france 2—0, after a disappointing first day of their quarterfinal in rouen. kyle edmund lost in straight sets to lucas pouille. dan evans then followed suit, beaten three sets to love byjeremy chardie. ifjamie murray and dominic inglot lose their doubles rubber to nicolas mahut, and julien benneteau, today, the tie will be over. yeah, a lot of times it is guys thrown together to

sam warburton, the favourite to be named the british and irish lions captain next wednesday, is out fore injury, but he should be fit again by the end of may. the lions tour to new zealand starts in june. and former fa chief executive brian barwick will lead liverpool's bid to host the commonwealth games. they were initallyjust bidding to host the 2026 games, but durban's withdrawal from hosting the event four years earlier has opened up a vacancy for the 2022 event. in fact, liverpool are bidding at manchester put their name in the ring. glasgow have said they can do it again as well. yes, we could see the gains back in britain in 2022, which would be great. well, i loved it! you worry firm supporter. —— you are a firm supporter. let's catch up with carol. good morning, carol! good morning, carol! good morning. if we take an overview of this whole view, you can see the magnificence of these ships. i am actually standing on the wild swan. this ship was built back in 1920 and it was originally else to carry fresh fish. then it was used during the war as a torpedo ship and now it will mak

sam warburton will captain the british and irish lions on their tour to new zealand this summer. t. every player from one to 20 through has to come through every test match to ta ke has to come through every test match to take the win and i'm not saying it's easy, i wouldn't presume that, to beat them but the series should be tough, they got a great record at home. they are extremely tough to beat. barcelona are out of the champions league after they again failed to score againstjuventus. it finished goalless at the camp nou last night in the second leg of their quarter—final — so the italian side went through 3—nil on aggregate. that avenged their defeat to barca in the 2015 final, neymar clearly devastated at the final whistle. monaco will bejoining juventus in the semi—finals. former chelsea and manchester united striker radamel falcao was on the scoresheet as they beat borussia dortmund 3—1 on the night, 6—3 on aggregate. manchester united can secure their place in the semi—finals of the europa league this evening. they play anderlecht at old trafford looking to build on their

there is still speculation around who will be picked as captain, particularly with favourite sam warburtonontention is the england skipper dylan hartley. he missed out on the last lions tour in 2013 — after being originally selected — because of a ban for verbally abusing a referee. anyone selected i'm sure it is a great honour. i have been previously selected, so yes it is a great honour. but to talk, i'm sure it is a great experience as well. but i am not counting my chickens, i do not wa nt to not counting my chickens, i do not want to build myself up for possibly sit back, in my eyes, i am just taking it as it comes and i'm happy where i am at the moment. if it comes it is a bonus if not i have other things to play for and other things to look forward to. the world track cycling championships are under way in hong kong. great britain have already won a medal on day one, elinor barker picked up a silver in the women's scratch race. she won gold at the rio 0lympics as part of the team pursuit. it looked like she might get her hands on another one... but was pipped on the line by italian

eight days before he could be announced as the lions captain sam warburton has been ruled out for six to be named for skipperfor injury. he's flafrt to be named for skipper for the injury. he's flafrt to be named for skipperfor the tour to injury. he's flafrt to be named for skipper for the tour to new zealand this summer. he picked up the injury last week. he may be able to play at the end of may if his club is involved in the champions cup play—off. the first match of the tour onjune play—off. the first match of the touronjune3 play—off. the first match of the tour onjune 3 and the first test on the 24th. two others from the world of rugby have announced they're calling it a day in the summer. former scotland captain kelly brown will retire at the end of the season to become an academy coach at his current club saracens. he's also earned some 64 caps for his country. the former wales and british and irish lions mike philips will finish playing at the end of the campaign. philips currently at sale sharks, he won two grand slams with wales. he finishes his careerjust short of winning

the wales forward sam warburton is favourite to be named captain by head coach warren gatland. but the world number 54 — who's the oldest player left in the competition — staged quite a comeback and won the next five frames to lead 5—4. the match resumes later this morning at the crucible. and after winning his race at the british swimming championships, 0lympic chanmpion adam peaty has given his british medal away to a boy in the crowd. peaty secured his place at the 2017 world swimming championships after the british 100 metre breaststroke title in sheffield. he finished in under 58 seconds ahead of ross murdoch and james wilby. and he says he gave the medal away to inspire the next generation. if it was any medal, i think i'd offered to give it away because you get so many of them but for me, i don't want to sound arrogant or anything but for me, the race is what matters, the process and going to board a pest, this is qualifying. hopefully getting a medal along the way will inspire him to train harder for his career and even if it's a week already, you have inspired someone.

he's picked sam warburton as captain, but gatland insisted that nationality hadn't come into his thinkingrgentina. the party also includes rugby league convert wing denny solomona. and barcelona are out of the champions league. hoping to overturn a 3—0 first leg deficit, it finished goalless withjuventus in last night's second leg. that's all the sport for now. prince harry said this week that his life spiralled into chaos after blocking out feelings about his mother's death for 20 years. and prince william admitted he still lives with the shock of losing her. their openness is all part of their heads together campaign, which is encouraging people to have conversations about mental health and this year they're the official charity of the virgin money london marathon. tonight, a bbc programme follows a group of 10 runners affected by mental health issues as they prepare for sunday's big race. we'll be joined by some of them in a moment, but first, let's see a clip of prince william talking about grief. i still feel, 20 years later, about my mother, i still have shock within me. people go,

we do know one name that is going to be and that squad — sam warburton, the captain.ing people see as a positive. it gives them a chance to freshen up before the tour and be ready to go come the first match. if he's not ready for that, he will certainly be ready to build up he will certainly be ready to build up for the next games. either way, over the course of the last few weeks it was always going to become apparent he was warren gatland's man stop he has been for some time, go back six or seven years when he was first made wales captain. he has actually already been snapped in his lions kit. we have all been having our across the media, come lions kit. we have all been having ouracross the media, come mid—day as when the names be officially confirmed. as you say, the secret is out there. when their secrets are confirmed, we are expecting england players to dominate. but perhaps those beginnings people might expect? you could have expected up to 20 englishmen to go, but i think it's going to be around 14 or 15 englishmen, then ten irishmen, 1112 welshman, which cou