maria sharapova's latest wildcard comes from the lta...e's offered a chance to continue her controversial comeback from a doping ban at the pre—wimbledon tournament in birmingham. we talk to the scottish footballer who has tried to take his life three times and wants more to be done to help players with mental health problems. icame off i came off with ten minutes to go and was standing in the dugout. and there were shouts of, do it right this time. and gareth thomas surges to second overall in the standings for the giro d'italia after the fourth stage today. good evening. maria sharapova will be offered a wildcard into the birmingham tournament next month, despite the controversy generated by her comeback from a doping ban. the russian recently returned to the sport after her is—month suspension with some players vocal in their opposition to her receiving wildcards into major tournament. none more so than the woman who beat sharapova in madrid last night — eugenie bouchard. our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. it does seem th

it's not been a great day for maria sharapova.mber one pulled out of the rome open with a leg injury. that was just hours after being told she won't be given a wildcard for the french open. sharapova has competed at three events since returning from a 15 month doping suspension. but tournament organisers say they can offer wildcards to those coming back from injury, not to those coming back from drug bans. iam very i am very sorry for maria, very sorry for her fans. they might be very disappointed. she might be very disappointed. but it is my mission to protect the game and to protect the high standard of the game played without any dope in the result. sharapova's bad day got worse when she was forced to retire from her second—round match in rome against mirjana lucic—baroni. the russian lost the first set to the croatian before levelling it at one apiece. sharapova went off for treatment after the opening game of the deciding set and returned with her leg strapped, but she decided she couldn't play any more despite being a break

former wimbledon finalist eugenie bouchard had called sharapova a ‘cheater‘, who shouldn't have beenuild her career following a positive test for meldonium. and the canadian won a near three hour epic in the second round of the madrid open. bouchard did shake hands with sharapova at the end of the match and plays world number two angelique kerber next. meanwhile dan evans says fellow player aljaz bedene shouldn't be considered british. evans made the comments after losing in straight sets to dutchman robin haase at the madrid open. it's a result that sees evans remain fourth in the british rankings, but he doesn't recognise the number 3 — the slovenian—born bedene — who qualified to represent great britain two years ago on residency grounds. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political commentator, jo phillips, and liam halligan, chief economics commentator at the daily telegraph. good to see you. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the financial times

and maria sharapova may have been beaten in madrid, but tennis tournaments are still welcoming her withpen arms. hi, wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. there was spectacular theatre in turin on tuesday. football magnificence. and at the end of it all, juventus secured their place in the champions league final. dani alves volleyed in one of the goals of season on juventus‘s way to a 4—1 aggregate win over monaco, in theirsemi final. here's our football reporter john bennett with his analysis. monaco started well and had some decent chances but juventus monaco started well and had some decent chances butjuventus killed the game with two goals in the first half. here yet again was dani alves. he set up the first call and scored the second. beautiful volley. across the second. beautiful volley. across the two legs, but three assistant and one goal. member he was released on free transfer by barcelona last season. on free transfer by barcelona last season. a credit to monaco. we kept fighting and they scored. it had been 689 minutes sincejuventus concedes in the champ

but if sharapova winces mad, she'll be guaranteed in the qualifying draw for wimbledon —— if sharapovateed a place. but bouchard has been critical of her. she used to have posters of her on her wall, she was a childhood idol, but ten days ago she described her asa but ten days ago she described her as a cheater and someone who should never play sport again. they could well be spicy. thank you russell. but the pm on bbc radio five live sports extra. —— that at 5pm. the first international blind tennis tournament got under way in spain today. it's a sign that the relatively young sport is continuing to grow. emma jones went along to meet some of the british team at their training base in roehampton before they headed to alicante. it's the same tennis court were all familiar with. but with a few modifications, including markings on the court, eyeshades for some taking part, and a bell in the ball. this is blind tennis, and this is the first british team. created to play in the first ever international tournament. it's a dream come true. i've been thinking about facing the best of the worl

sharapova set that up with her win over mirjana lucic—baroni. her is—month drugs ban. the decision to grant her a number of wildcards to play in tournaments in the lead up to the french open has been criticised. the former world number one says she will let her tennis do the talking. translation: it is not the way i go about myjob. translation: it is not the way i go about my job. and translation: it is not the way i go about myjob. and i never really have. i have been in the public eye since i was a young girl and i have done a lot of things. if everything affects you on and off the court, i think that would be a challenging position to be in. and yes, it is not the way i think. my tennis speaks for itself, and that is what i focus speaks for itself, and that is what ifocus on. pablo carreno—busta continued his fine form as he won the estoril open in portugal on sunday. the world number 21 beat gilles muller 6—2, 7—6 to win the title. it continues the spaniards impressive form after he reached the rio open final in brazil earlier this year, and

to that list you can add borre sharapova. she has not been offered the wild card.est in this because it was the first major she could have competed in since her debut band. the organisers were never giving her too much hope. —— doping ban. the head of the french tennis federation put it this way, this is not a rock opera, meaning that sharapova would not be getting any favours because she is a big name. so it has proved. let's bring in mick mccormac. what is the process that goes into deciding whether maria sharapova gets a wild card or not? there is a long, long meeting between all of the tennis officials. but ultimately what they had to decide he was, was herform what they had to decide he was, was her form warranted to get her in here, or were they going to bypass the fact that she had come back from a doping test? it was a principled decision that the tennis federation took in france, because they said that while the fans were disappointed and character of might be disappointed, he had to take a strong, principled decision against doping in sport —— sharapova m

sharapova was staring her down.king hands after the match, she said she was amazed she spoke up like she did. >> i had players come up wishing me good luck, players i don't normally speak to and getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me. which showed me that most people have my opinion and they were just maybe scared to speak out but privately, you know, i've gotten a lot of support. >> after the match, guys, bouchard was asked if she still thinks sharapova should be banned for life. she said, my opinion does not change. >> it's good to have outspoken athletes. both of those are good for tennis. >>> president trump dismissing capitol hill hearings as a total hoax after former officials revealed new details about russian hacking. what the white house knew about michael flynn, next. from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyber-attacks in near real time and automatically deploying countermeasures. keeping the world of business connected and

well sharapova has taken to social media today. in a tweet she said.ve a tough time on his return from injury. he's now lost his italian 0pen injury. he's now lost his italian open title, after being beaten in the second round. it was a straight sets defeat to italy's fabio fognini, made all the more worrying because the french open is at the end of the month. and that is likely to be murray's next competitive match. this was his fifth loss in the last ten matches, and murray's coach ivan lendl flies the last ten matches, and murray's coach ivan lendlflies to europe this weekend tojoin coach ivan lendlflies to europe this weekend to join the team. a lot of people will think i have no chance of doing anything at the french after the last couple of weeks, but i do think i can. it is certainly not going to be easy. i am going to have to work hard in the next ten days and really prepare very well and make the most of every single day and really work my way into the tournament. it is going to be tough but i think i can still do well. the ecb are looking to

sharapova has not played wimbledon warm up event for seven years but her presence is likely to boostsales at the bust that —— tournament that is perpetually overshadowed by queens in the same week. it will attract criticism from other players, andy murray and heather watson are >> amber—macro: who have expressed their unease at the number of well cards sharapova has received since her return from a doping ban. —— are two who have expressed. the tour de france champion chris froome has been knocked off his bike while training near his home in monaco. the british rider, who was unhurt, posted this picture on social media, writing: he has reported the incident to local police. jamie roberts will captain wales in next month's tests against tonga and samoa. roberts missed out lions selection and started every six nations match on the bench. capped 91 times, he'll lead a 32—man squad, which includes 13 uncapped players. they take on tonga in auckland onjune the 16th and samoa a week later in the capital apia. arsene wenger has been speaking to the media ahead of tomorrow night's match at s

and tennis, just a few weeks ago, do you remember this, eugenie bouchard said about maria sharapova,turning to tennis, she is... strong words. the two of them, have been playing at the madrid open. how has that been going? at the moment, michael in the boxseat. just broken. maria sharapova, 5—2 up, in the opening set, lost 7—5. 6—2 in the second. 11—3 to eugenie bouchard third set. this could mean that eugenie bouchard goes through. the winner of this, going to play the number kerber. two, but if maria sharapova could win this, it would mean that she has enough points for qualification, automatically to go into the wimbledon qualifying. that is going to be in about one month. and we're going to be watching the handshake. we can talk about muntari, one of the top footballers, and he has been caught in the controversy after being sent off in italy's top league. sent off because he walked off the pitch, saying he had been racially abused. initially, he was suspended, but that has been overturned after lots of discussion. excuse my language, i said you have not got any balls. you should

maria sharapova will breeze through qualifying. she will need some extra matches.a stance on this and say we not rewarding drug cheats. the first ever reported to gender diversity in horse racing has found that women are underrepresented in the most prominent areas of the sport. a growing number of women are entering was racing from colleges, outnumbering men from a ratio of about 70—30. a report into women in rating says there is a stagnation in women in racing when they are trying to make progress. women are not necessarily making it through to the top ranks. taking it through the korea, if you look at who is on the senior boards of organisations, the average 16%. we have several boards in the sport that don't have any women in the top level at all. we are seeing a stagnation of career progression. that is something that we recognise in other industries, as well. we have known about it in racing, but is the first time we have seen about it, talked about it and can now act on it. that is all the sport for now. we will have more view in the next hour. the chancello

and eugenie bouchard wins her grudge match against maria sharapova at the madrid open.ello there, and welcome to the programme. lots to get through, but we start with the news that chelsea are just one victory away from winning the english premier league title after a 3—0 defeat of middlesbrough, who are relegated. antonio conte‘s side need just to win at west bromwich albion on friday night to guarantee the title in his first season in charge at stamford bridge. our sports correspondent joe wilson was watching. this was pretty much a perfect night for chelsea. the wingback system worked perfectly. regards pulled the strings from midfield. the game was over by half—time. —— fabregas. the crowd were giving antonio conte a standing ovation. they loved him here for his passion and energy, those qualities we uses different jose mourinho. chelsea had the chance to win the title by the end of the week. —— have. if they don't do it at west brom, they have home games to win. for middlesbrough, i think an overwhelming feel of missed opportunity. now they are back in it. and they

having been beaten in madrid yesterday by eugenie bouchard who called sharapova ‘a cheater‘.em that this decision has been taken purely on commercial grounds and it has taken, i‘m sure, with thought at least given to the opposition that‘s been raised by many players. andy murray and heather watson are just two players who have expressed their concern that sharapova having returned from a doping ban is being offered so many wildcards. i think when all tournaments look at these in the cold light of day and the grand slams are slightly different, there is a moral dimension for the french open and wimbledon, but when commercial events like the birmingham event look at this, they will see that sharapova is likely to drive ticket sales. that event‘s normally overshadowed by the aegon championships. at the moment tickets are available. even though i don‘t think we will get confirmation, the lta won‘t make a song and dance, but they will want sharapova in their draw to drive interest in their tournaments. the tour de france champion chris froome has been knocked off his bike while tr

andy murray and heather watson are just two players who have expressed their concern that sharapova ishese in the cold light of day and the grand slam are slightly different, there is a moral dimension for the french open and wimbledon, but when commercial events like the birmingham event look at this, they will see that sharapova is likely to drive ticket sales. that's normally overshadowed by the agone championships. at the moment tickets are available. even though i don't think we will get confirmation, the lta won't make a song and dance, they will want sharapova in their draw to drive interest in their tournaments. the tour de france champion chris froome has been knocked off his bike while training near his home in monaco. the british rider, who was unhurt, posted this picture on social media, writing "just got rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement!" "thankfully i'm okay. bike totalled. driver kept going!" he has reported the incident to local police. jamie roberts will captain wales in next month's tests against tonga and samoa. roberts, who

while officials at roland garros decided not to grant her a wildcard at the french open, sharapova hasldcard for the main draw at the all—england club. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are pippa crerar, political correspondent at the london evening standard, and michael booker, deputy editor of the daily express. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the financial times, which leads on what it says is theresa may's break with the tories's thatcherite past to woo labour voters. the telegraph calls it theresa may's "manifesto for the mainstream" as she promises to make britain fairer. tomorrow's express ramps up the fighting talk over the uk's brexit deal with europe. the mirror says may will strip 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel payments and warns of possible tory tax rises for working families. the times is another paper to focus on theresa may's bid to win voters from right and left as she launches her manifesto in the labour seat of halifax. the

staying with wimbledon, maria sharapova will find out onjune 20th if she will get a wild card to compete or the main draw (tx the 2004 champion has onlyjust returned to the sport after a 15—month doping ban. the all—england club will wait to see if the russian can qualify by right before making a decision — sharapova needs to be inside the world's top 200 to go into qualifying or the top 100 to go straight into the main draw. is still has an opportunity in the two tournament to get the results needed to get into qualifying or main draw on her rankings so it is way ahead of the timetable that when she would need to apply for a wild card, so what we have said is that the 20th june card, so what we have said is that the 20thjune is when we have our wild card meeting, when all the fa cts wild card meeting, when all the facts will be known, including whether she has got into wimbledon on her ranking points. fernando alonso has been given the all clear to race in the indianapolis 500 at the end of the month. he drove an indycar for the first time today as the the two—time formula one champion‘

maria sharapova has also responded.to rise up again, then i am in it all the way, every day. no words, games, oractions will ever stop me from reaching my own dreams. and i have many. if only she'd brought the same commitment to reading the e—mails that advised her of a change to the list of banned medications. she didn't, she tested positive and was suspended. coming up: we are talking about chelsea manning who has been released from a military prison where she has been serving a prison sentence for the last seven years. we will bring you the latest on that. there's a warning about a squeeze in living standards today. it follows official figures that show the cost of living — inflation — is outstripping wages for the first time in three years. meanwhile another set of figures show that unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in 42 years. here's our economics editor kamal ahmed. a business fair in leeds and good news forjobs. firms hiring plenty of people as economic growth remains positive. we have just employed a

he's given the bbc his reaction to the latest opportunity afforded to sharapova.rly, than to do what. most tickets, get the most people in to watch. i am sure the lta saw the coverage given to last's match, given to maria's run in stuttgart, the media were there covering it. ithink stuttgart, the media were there covering it. i think that is what is best for the tournament in birmingham, buti best for the tournament in birmingham, but i am sure it has put a lot of opinion. i am sure discussions were long and there were some disagreements, that they have done what they think it's right for that event. they may be having thought as much about the wider implications, though. the tour de france champion chris froome has been knocked off his bike while training near his home in monaco. the british rider, who was unhurt, posted this picture on social media, writing: "just got rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who followed me onto the pavement!" "thankfully i'm okay. bike totalled. driver kept going!" he has reported the incident to local police. well, froome isn'

having been beaten in madrid yesterday by eugenie bouchard who called sharapova a cheater .dcards to major tournaments. here's our tennis correspondent russell fuller. it does seem that this decision has been taken purely on commercial grounds and it has taken, i'm sure, with thought at least given to the opposition that's been raised by many players. andy murray and heather watson are just two players who have expressed their concern that sharapova having returned from a doping ban is being offered so many wildcards. i think when all tournaments look at these in the cold light of day and the grand slam are slightly different, there is a moral dimension for the french open and wimbledon, but when commercial events like the birmingham event look at this, they will see that sharapova is likely to drive ticket sales. that's normally overshadowed by the aegon championships. at the moment tickets are available. even though i don't think we will get confirmation, the lta won't make a song and dance, but they will want sharapova in their draw to drive interest in their tournaments.

maria sharapova has not been given a wild ca rd to sharapova has not been given a wild card to play atyear—old russian is currently in rome fulfilling some promotional events, not playing there. she has just returned from a 15 month doping ban and has not been able to gain enough ranking points to get into the main draw or even qualify for roland garros and although she is a two—time champion in paris organisers have children, chosen not to give her a wild card but she has the chance to qualify through the ranking system. the ioc has finished its inspection of the paris bid ahead of september's vote to decide whether they should host the 2024 summer games. they are up against los angeles who were inspected last week. the mayor of paris believes france's new president, emmanuel macron, can help her city win the bid. 0ur sports editor dan roan is in the french capital.. 0ur sports editor dan roan is in the french capital. he's just three days into the job at france's new president has wasted little time in backing paris's bid to host the 2024 games. emmanuel macron welcoming members of t

in sport, maria sharapova opts to ta ke in sport, maria sharapova opts to take out part in wimbledonshe will go through a qualifier in which she must ring three matches to rip which the main draw. arsene wenger future may be decided, they will finish outside the top four in the first over 20 years. and sprinter wins his fourth stage, he was the fastest finisher in to trinity take stage 13. the overall leaders still held by two minutes. we will have more after half past five. president trump is starting the first foreign trip of his presidency. he leaves tonight for his eight day trip to the middle east and europe. he'll take in four countries starting in saudi arabia. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, reports from the saudi capital riyadh. the red carpets are out here for a visit like no other. president trump is coming to saudi arabia and his hosts have high expectations. saudi officials tell me privately that this is ten times bigger than the last us presidential visit they had from barack 0bama. they are hoping it will reset the whole nation ship with washington, forming

in sport, maria sharapova will take pa rt in sport, maria sharapova will take part in wimbledon qualifying wild card for the main draw but will ta ke wild card for the main draw but will take part in the roehampton event. she needs to win three matches to reach the first round proper at the all—england club. arsene wenger‘s future arsenal could be decided at a board meeting following the fa cup final. arsenal are like —— likely to finish outside the top fourfor are like —— likely to finish outside the top four for the first time in 20 years. olympic silver medallist gemma gibbons has retired from judo. she missed out on last year's rio games, and she is going to become a pe teacher. i will be back with an update in 15 minutes. the new french president, emmanuel macron, has said that france will be uncompromising in the fight against islamist terrorists. he made the comments on his arrival in the west african country of mali, where he'll meet french troops and mali's president, ibrahim boubacar keita. like france, mali has suffered a number of attacks, including the radisson blu bamako hote

eugenie bouchard is through to the last 16 after winning a much anticipated match against maria sharapovaping ban and bouchard has been a fierce critic of her opponent in the lead up to her recent return to the court referring to her as "a cheater". 0n the court the canadian winning 7—5, 2—6, 6—4 against sharapova. i definitely had some extra motivation going into today. 0bviously motivation going into today. obviously i had never beaten her before, and also given the circumstances, i was actually quite inspired before the match because i had a lot of players coming up to me privately, wishing me luck, players i don't normally speak to, and getting a lot of text messages from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me. so i wanted to do it for myself, but also for all of these people, so i really felt support. every match at this point is important. i'm just one of the two players out on the court, and everything that surrounds myself, i don't really know a lot of it, i don't really know a lot of it, i don't pay attention to too much of it. i have been part of this game for

sharapova beat mirjana lucic—baroni in the first round today. cheat and should have been banned for life. great britain's rowers have won four gold medals in the first world cup it's the start of a new 0lympic cycle building towards toyko 2020. there were three 0lympic champions competing in the british squad in belgrade. two of them — mo sbihi and will satch won gold in the first big race of the day, the men's four. gb also won gold in the men's and women's pairs and the lightweight men's double sculls. that's all the sport for now. it's time for the weather with darren. good evening. more warm sunshine on the way for the next few days. we have probably seen the peak of the temperatures during this weekend. it was a much better second half was a much. better secondhalfgfthg le; of baggage! i"; the iegzthfcgezi a!

sharapova will need to go through qualifying because of her low ranking.d, but pat cash hopes the organisers will send out a strong message. i would hope that they would stand strong and said no, you've got to go through play and qualify. look, maria at qualifying, she'll breeze through it on the grass. she is very experienced and she will probably need some extra matches and she might welcome those matches. clearly, she's not physically ready 100% for hard tennis. she hurt herself this week. i think it will be in the long run, it might not be a bad thing for her, but i thinkle scat autopsy england need to stand up and make a stand about this and say we're not rewarding drug cheats. well, it will be interesting to see which way the all england club go. it is a contentious issue with the fans and broadcasters wanting the most high—profile names play k, but will the all england club want to stand up the all england club want to stand up and be counted in the decision against doping. an interesting decision to be made. detail ahead of general election, we wan

maria sharapova continuing her comeback after being suspended 15 months for doping.ard in the second round of the madrid open and things could get sente. bouchard called her a cheater and saying she should be banned from the sport for life. sharapova insists that there will be no added incentive for her based on bouchard's comments. bouchard says that she has been hoping she will get to face sharapova in madrid. >> jeanie bouchard is refreshing, but that cubs/yankees game, i got to listen to it on the way to work. there were kids there still at 2:00 in the morning at wrigley. so fantastic stuff. unless of course you're a cubs fan. >> sorry about that. >> thanks, coy. >>> white house says sally yates only gave them a heads up about michael flynn's talks with the rushlg sh russians. she's ready to testify. more on the big day ahead next. , tell me, what's one really good reason why the samsung galaxy s8 is better on verizon? well we have the largest 4g lte network in america. yeah that's a pretty good reason. and the most reliable. uh-huh. and, with unlimited, you get

and maria sharapova will need a winning run if she's to reach wimbledon this year.re'll be no wild card as the former winner opts for qualifying. plenty to come, as we start the sporting weekend right here but we begin with football and what will be the final matches of the season in the premier league and scottish premiership. lots has already been decided but we often talk about the top four and the race for a spot in the champions league. the former everton and sunderland midfielder joins the former everton and sunderland midfielderjoins me now. these are the games that could make or break a season. the games that could make or break a season. let's look at the table. manchester city in third place on 75 points. liverpool just manchester city in third place on 75 points. liverpooljust behind on 73 and arsenal on 72. and the goal difference very tight. we will start talking about arsenal, they has everton this weekend, is it too little too late? it does seem it this time. they pick up these points at the end of the season continuously and find their way into the t

maria sharapova isn‘t going to the french open.here in the uk for the next 24 hours. we are not alone. there are quite vicious storms raging around the world, not least in the united states. a fairly typical set up united states. a fairly typical set upfor united states. a fairly typical set up for this time of year actually warm airto the up for this time of year actually warm air to the south, cold air to the north, where the two collide, this clash of air mass provides the perfect breeding ground for showers and thunder storms from the rockies, through the northern plains, to the great lakes and further south parts of texas and oklahoma. areas where we expect heavy down pours, thunder storms and tornadoes at this time of year, that‘s storms and tornadoes at this time of yea r, that‘s exactly storms and tornadoes at this time of year, that‘s exactly what we‘re going to see over the next few days. things improving further west in san francisco. temperatures on the rise. across the rocky mountains cold enough for late season snow.

bouchard has called sharapova a dheeter, said she should be banned forever and bouchard beats sharapovan the anticipated awkward handshake moment when it was all over. after the match, bouchard says she's had tons of support for speaking out the way she did. >> i had a lot of players coming up to me privately, wishing me good luck, players i don't normally speak to and getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me. >> big words by bouchard, backed by a big win, guys. back to you. >> all right, coy wire, thank you so much. thank you all for joining us. i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman. "at this hour" with breanna kar today starts this hour. >>> hi, there. i'm brianna keilar in for kate bolduan. happening right now, a day after testimony revealed details behind michael flynn's ouster as national security adviser, president trump is meeting with flynn's replacement, h.r. mcmaster, to discuss possibly increasing u.s. troop levels in afghanistan. also this morning, the head of the national security agency is testifying before the senate armed servic

maria sharapova former grand slam champion, back on tour for a fewer week after a 15 month drug ban,like the fact she is then handed wild cards to get back into tournament is to get ranking points. she's playing in madrid, won yesterday in 3 sets against a player, setting up a 2nd—round against eugenie bouchard, who has called maria sharapova a cheater, says she should be banned for life, maria sharapova says she's heard an awful lot worse and she is a win away from getting away into wimbledon qualifying, breaking into the top 200 if she wins today. thank you. an investigation by this programme has discovered at least 1,000 mistakes are made in england's nhs maternity units every week. the most serious incidents include the avoidable deaths of mothers and babies as a result of errors by midwives and doctors. the royal college of midwives says maternity services are heading towards a crisis because of demands on the services. 0ur reporter divya talwar has been to meet some of the families affected. as an expectant parent, you're excited to become a parent for the first time. i'm angry

in sport, maria sharapova will take part in wimbledon qualifying.a wild card for the main draw but will take part in the roehampton event. she needs to win three matches to reach the first round proper at the all—england club. arsene wenger‘s future at arsenal could be decided at a board meeting following the fa cup final. arsenal are likely to finish outside the top four for the first time in 20 years. olympic silver medallist gemma gibbons has retired from judo. she missed out on last year's rio games, and she is going to become a pe teacher. i will be back with an update in 15 minutes. president trump is starting the first foreign trip of his presidency. he'll take in four countries in eight days, starting in saudi arabia. frank gardner reports from the saudi capital, riyadh. the red carpets are out for a visit like no other. president trump is coming to saudi arabia, and his hosts have high expectations. saudi officials tell me privately that this is ten times bigger than last yea r‘s this is ten times bigger than last year's presidential visit

today and britain's number three aljaz bedene will face novak djokovic in the second round, maria sharapova wimbledon, after she won herfirst—round match in the women's tournament in rome. she earned enough ranking points with a straight—sets victory over christine mchale. if she reaches the semi—finals of the italian 0pen, the five—time grand slam champion, who's returning from a 15—month doping ban, will qualify automatically for wimbledon‘s main draw. that's all for now. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are camilla tominey, deputy political editor at the daily express and the broadcaster, david davies. let's have a look at some front pages. the sun leads with tonight's news that the moors murderer, ian brady, has died. they say he never revealed where he buried one of his vitims. the times also carries a picture ian brady, a picture of ian brady, but leads with a drugs firm facing a fine of hundreds of millions of pounds, for increasing the cost of cancer medicines. the ft says the hackers

and eugenie bouchard wins her grudge match against maria sharapova at the madrid 0pen.e to the programme. lots to get through, but we start with the news that chelsea are just one victory away from winning the english premier league title after a 3—0 defeat of middlesbrough, who are relegated. antonio conte's side need just to win at west bromwich albion on friday night to guarantee the title in his first season

maria sharapova is guaranteed a place in the qualifying competition for wimbledon, after she won herfirst—roundnking points with a straight—sets victory over christine mchale, and if she reaches the semi—finals in rome, the five—time grand slam champion, who's returning from a is—month doping ban, will qualify for wimbledon's main draw. britain's number three will face novak djokovic after being given a walkover. he his opponent called it a day in the third set. kyle edmund saw off his portuguese opponent in straight sets and faces the world the benign chi nishikori. —— the world number nine. andy murray is in rome to defend his title — but he's still not firing on all cylinders, after a month out with an elbow injury. he starts his campaign against fabio fagnini, after being knocked out in the third round of the madrid 0pen last week, by the world number 59 borna coric. it's tough to necessarily analyse losses in a couple of days when you're also looking to the next tournament but that's also sometimes a positive thing that you have another event to look forward to it immediately, you get a ch

pain in rome and no love from paris — sharapova retires hurt and gets rejected by roland garros.ut defending champion andy murray. and paris gets the presidential seal of approval to host the 2024 0lympics. hi there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. arsenal have given themselves one final chance to sneak into the champions league next season. the gunners beat sunderland 2—0 to keep themselves in a top—four tussle with manchester city and liverpool. arsenal manager arsene wenger told the bbc, "we've got in on the final day many times" before.

maria sharapova will not attempt to precure a wild card for wimbledon, instead opting to enter via qualifyingplay since returning to compettion last month after a 15 month doping ban. she was denied a wild card to french open this week but her ranking allows her to enter wimbledon qualifying in which she needs to win three matches in a row to reach the first round. rafael nadal‘s unbeaten run on clay this year is over. the spaniard was knocked out of the italian 0pen in the quarterfinals by austria's dominic thiem losing in straight sets 6—4, 6—3. thiem will now face either novak djokovic orjuan martin del potro in the semis. germany's alexander zverev will take on amercia'sjohn isner in the other semi final. colombian sprinter fernando gaviria is continuing to impress at the giro d'italia — winning his fourth stage of this year's race today. tom dumoulin of the netherlands still holds the overall lead by over two minutes... but it was all about the sprinters on stage 13 — the last flat one before the race hits the mountains in the north of italy. earlier today mark cavendish tweeted he was t

and maria sharapova will meet one of her staunchest critics, eugenie bouchard, in the second round of programme. plenty to get through. we start with the english premier league and arsenal beat manchester united 2—0 to keep alive their feint hopes of finishing in the top four. a moment of good fortune gave the home side the lead. granit xhaka's shot deflected in off ander herrera and beyond david de gea in the united goal. the second though was a moment of quality, a cross from the right,

maria sharapova has guaranteed herself a place in wimbledon‘s qualifying tournament, after winning her match. a straight—sets win over american christine mchale means she will have enough ranking points to attempt to qualify to play at the all england club, but if she reaches the semi—finals in rome, the five—time grand slam champion will qualify wimbledon‘s main draw automatically. she could also receive a wild card to play there. the russian has recently returned from a 15—month doping ban. tomorrow, she may be given a wildcard into either qualifying or the main draw at the french open. chelsea's manager, antonio conte, rested nine players as the english premier league champions fought hard for a 4—3 win over watford. after sealing the title against west brom last friday, club captainjohn terry scored, as he was handed his first league start since september. cesc fabregas got the winner. this was a chance to celebrate with the home fans at stamford bridge, and it could get even better. if chelsea win against sunderland on sunday, they will become the first club to record 30 english t

meanwhile, maria sharapova has not been given a wild card to play at the french open later this month in rome, but she pulled out with a thigh injury while leading her second—round tie against mirjana lucic—baroni. defeat in rome means she misses the chance to qualify for the main draw at wimbledon, which she could have achieved by reaching the finals in the italian capital. the french open organisers say it would send out the wrong message to give her a wild card in paris. i'm very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for herfans, very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for her fans, they very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for herfans, they might be very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for her fans, they might be very disappointed, she might be very disappointed. but it is my mission to protect the game and to protect the high standards of a game played without any doping in the results. the ioc has finished its inspection of the paris bid ahead of september's vote to decide whether they should host the 2024 summer games. they are up against los angeles, who were inspected last week. the m

and maria sharapova may have been beaten in madrid, but tennis tournaments are still welcoming her with spectacular theatre in turin on tuesday. football magnificence. and at the end of it all, juventus secured their place in the champions league final. dani alves volleyed in one of the goals of season on juventus's way to a 4—1 aggregate win over monaco, in theirsemi final.

you know, you need to beat maria sharapova, after what she did.s. the first chart i will show you shows april rainfall we have had. this shows a huge swathes of the british isles have had less rainfall than we would expect in april. an example, 2 places here have had the driest april recorded. 3 millimetres. in edinburgh we would normally expect 40.5 during april. 3. only 6 in these places. we are far down on what we would expect. may has been dry as well. is their rainfall on the horizon? yes. the latter part of the horizon? yes. the latter part of the week, thursday and friday, heavy downpours. some thundery. before that, a fairly quiet start. this far this month, 5.8 in kew gardens. nothing in edinburgh. and nothing in edinburgh today as well. high pressure dominates. things are quiet. today, cloudier than yesterday. a chilly start in western scotla nd yesterday. a chilly start in western scotland and western parts of northern ireland. patchy rain and drizzle. we have lost the brisk wind coming in from the north sea. a gentle breeze today. not

former world number one maria sharapova has agreed a deal with the lawn tennis association to play atrs. the former wimbledon champion recent return to tennis following a 15—month drugs ban. she'll play at the wta event for the first time in seven years after she received a wild card invitation, she's yet to find out though. she won't appear at the french open in ten days' time and is yet to find out if she'll get a wild card for this year's wimbledon. the outgoing chief executive of the rfu, ian ritchie, says he still rues england's "horrendous" exit from their home world cup in 2015, but believes rugby union in england is in a "very strong place". ritchie helped appoint the australian eddiejones as head coach but doesn't think his successor has to be english... isaid at i said at the time when we were appointing eddie, and i think proved absolutely that you need the best coach that you can get. the most important thing is, and frankly whether he is australian, kiwi, martian with purple spots, you need the best coach that you can get. what happens is success on the pitch here with th

. >>> on the italian open yesterday, maria sharapova retired from second match, citing apparent leftrs before calling it quits, they announced she would not be granted a wildcard into french open because of past doping ban. sharapova returned last month following 15 month suspension after testing positive at the australian open last year. >>> in major league baseball, in chicago, joe maddon got to celebrate his 1,000th win with a victory over the reds yesterday. sipping on a glass of red wine at the podium during post game press conference. good for him. >>> in pittsburgh, pirates josh harrison uses slick moves to stretch a ball hit to gap in center field to a double. he avoids the tag to make it to second base, kind of stops the slide. as for the rest of the game, wouldn't be enough. nationals beat the pirates 8-4. that was fancy. >> i like that. that's my kind of baseball with a little wine during the press conference. >> yeah. >>> still ahead. white house fighting back over new accusations against president trump, telling fbi director james comey -- what took place on a one on one

eugenie bouchard has knocked maria sharapova out of the madrid 0pen.ee sets. it clearly meant an awful lot to her and she revealed afterwards that there were a lot of fellow players who had also wanted her to win. i was actually quite inspired before the match because i had a lot of players coming up to me privately, wishing me good luck, players i don't normally speak to. getting a lot of texts from people in the tennis world that were just rooting for me. so i wanted to do it for myself but also all of these people so i really felt support. that is all the sport for now. i'll be back later. welcome to the high street of camborne, in cornwall. this constituency was won by the conservatives in 2015 with a majority of 7000. this constituency is in the top 100 target seats for both labour and the lib dems. let's walk down this high street. you can see a pasty shop, a vaporiser shop, banks, building societies, pound shops, there are nine charity and pound shops, i counted them yesterday. immigration is not an issue here. 96% of people in camborne are whit

sharapova beat mirjana lucic—baroni in the first round yesterday.ill they shake hands over the net? we willjust have to wait and see. that will be tasty. thank you for all those pictures of behind the scenes in the football. the football itself was a particularly exciting so we will show you what goes on in the pitch. we will have a go at the bottle flip challenge of it later. i do it occasionally with the kids, but.... emmanuel macron has been elected as the next french president. he has been described as charming and a tactical genius. his critics say he is vacuous. but what might it mean for french businesses here and for uk industry, as well as brexit negotiations? steph is at a french bakery in london this morning to find out. good morning, everyone. it smells lovely in here. so much fabulous food is coming out. we are in a french patisserie in london and you can see some of the crap going on. it smells so nice. —— prep. what will it mean for the french people who live here? there is about 350,000 french nationals living in the uk. we do a lot

maria sharapova says she will not request a wild card into the main wimbledon draw.he all—england club has relied on wild cards to play on tour since returning to competition last month following her doping ban. she was denied a wild card by the french 0pen denied a wild card by the french open this week, which was criticised by the wta, but she has risen high enoughin by the wta, but she has risen high enough in the rankings to earn a place in qualifying for wimbledon. she received a wild card to play at the birmingham grass court event in the birmingham grass court event in the build—up to wimbledon yesterday. she said she execs cited to be playing in that. an update on the grass court tournament schedule, she confirmed she will enter wimbledon qualifying. —— she is excited, she says. she has risen into the top 200 which will enable her to enter on merit. arsene wenger is keeping his cards close to his chest when it comes to his arsenal future. he cards close to his chest when it comes to his arsenalfuture. he has had a difficult season and arsenal are likely to mi

maria sharapova will not take part in the french open this year.ampion a wildcard after her recent doping ban. and she withdrew injured from the italian open in the second round. and geraint thomas showed few ill effects from sunday‘s crash by finishing second in the stage ten time trial at the giro d‘italia. he‘s now up to 11th overall. he has said, look, there is no way i can win. he was second, third, crashed into the police motorbike on the side of the road. ijust don't know how they get on their bikes again. have you seen the scratches on the side of him? looking very poor indeed. he has come back after that road rash. very good morning to you. you will be aware, i am sure, there isjust over three weeks to go until the general election. so breakfast is on the road finding out what matters to voters. our first port of call is bristol. good morning, dan. very good morning. good morning to you, louise. hello to you at home. welcome to the slightly murky west of england, for the first bbc brea kfast of england, for the first bbc breakfast on the r

former champion sharapova recently returned to competition following a 15 month drugs ban.t off during their win over toronto wolfpack in the challenge cup last month. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more after 10am. people kept on police bail for months, or even years, say it left them feeling suicidal and unable to move on with their lives. new rules have changed how long people can be bailed for, but will it have the desired effect? our reporterjohn owen has been investigating. clock ticks. i've lost a year of my life. i don't even live in my own home. i live elsewhere, so that i'm not going to be arrested in the middle of the night. you lose... you lose all dignity. and you lose all purpose. it has driven me very close to the edge. i'm completely a broken man. it isn't a complex case. either my laptop did or didn't upload images to a flickr account. pre—charge bail is a police power that allows a suspect to be released from custody whilst a crime is investigated. with an obligation to return for further questioning, or to be charged at a later date. questions ar

maria sharapova will find out on the 20th of june maria sharapova will find out on the 20th ofjune she qualifying. the 200a champion has only just returned to qualifying. the 200a champion has onlyjust returned to playing after a15 onlyjust returned to playing after a 15 month doping ban. the all—england club will wait to see if the russian can qualify by right before making a decision on giving her a wild card. she needs to be inside the world's top 200 to get into qualifying, or the top 100, which is very unlikely, to go straight into the main draw. fernando alonso is driving an indycar for the first time today as pa rt indycar for the first time today as part of his preparation in the indianapolis 500 dead of the monaco grand prix. the spanish double f1 world champion says it wants to try to co m plete world champion says it wants to try to complete motor racing's triple crown of winning monaco, f1, the indy 500 and the lamont 2a hour race. as an indycar rookie, the mclaren driver needs to prove he can handle his quiet car at the required speed to take part of the race at the end of