next season's european champions cup after losing their semifinal qualification play off against stade francaist ended up well beaten by stade — 46—21 the final score. stade francais will now play either connacht or northampton saints for a place in the champions cup. maria sharapova will not attempt to precure a wild card for wimbledon, instead opting to enter via qualifying. the former champion has relied on wildcards to play 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

after being 22—9 down to stade francais at half time, and having a man sent off on 63 minutes... fought back — ahsee tuala finishing well to put them almost level and tom mallinder converting for the famous victory at franklins gardens. 23—22 the final score.. well tomorrow 82,000 people will pack into twickenham for what's being billed as potentially the best premiership final ever... wasps against exeter — who finished first and second in the table — only divided by their numberof wins patrick geary looks ahead to the match. ina in a long, brutal season, there is one more thing. in the semifinals, exeter achieves victory over mighty saracens and wasps lit win over leicester tigers, matches decided in the closing minutes. these teams know the value of the last drop. wasps were london wasps last time they reached a final. since then they reached a final. since then they have diced with relegation and ba n kru ptcy they have diced with relegation and ba nkru ptcy before they have diced with relegation and bankruptcy before replanting themselves and what they believe to be more fer

gloucester will be in action first up tonight, against stade francais in the challenge cup showpiece.trick, this could be a way of salvaging something from the season for gloucester. indeed. it has been a disappointing season for these gloucester fans who have begun arriving this evening. ninth in the english premiership, not what they would have expected at the start of the season. but on this cold, dreary night in edinburgh, there is hope. if gloucester can win there is hope. if gloucester can win the second tier challenge cup, they will gain entry to the play—offs for the champions come next season at the champions come next season at the expense of northampton. tonight, they play stade francais, and gloucester have a player who knows the surroundings well having played his club rugby in edinburgh and gone to university here, matt scott. his club rugby in edinburgh and gone to university here, matt scottm would salvage something tangible for us from the season. i think we are really disappointed to finish where we have finished in the premiership, nowhere near where we want to be.

stade francais came from behind. it means cardiff will play in the challenge cup next season.m, now on bbc news it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. mark, what do we have this week? it's the definition of a mixed bag. we have king arthur, guy ritchie's take on the legend. we have a drama set in tehran, called inversion. and colossal, anne hathaway meets godzilla. well, we start with king arthur. we saw in the brief clip there one david beckham. we better start and just say is he an eric cantona? he isn't. this is guy ritchie taking on the legend, if you are old enough to remember 1980s novelty records, king arthur is not all right. charlie is the young hero whose wicked uncle jude law has seized power, leaving him to grow up ducking and diving and he is keeping a low profile until david beckham no less tells him to and i quote, he says, "put ten fingers around the blunt end of that sword and give ita tug." he does, blimey, wouldn't you know it, it comes out. next thing

and stade francais beat gloucester to claim the european challenge cup at murrayfield.ood evening. chelsea are the premier league champions. they've won the title for the second time in three years and in manager antonio conte‘s first season in charge. their 1—0 win over west brom tonight means they've done it with two games to spare and it came thanks to a goalfrom a player who hasn't scored in the league since the second game of the season. let's join andy swiss at the hawthorns. andy, chelsea worthy champions. yes. over the course of the season, chelsea's consistency has been remarkable. this wasn't one of their best performances. it looked like they might be frustrated until the closing stages. then, with less than ten minutes to go, they found an unlikely hero. he is 23 years old, he isa unlikely hero. he is 23 years old, he is a belgian international, he has barely played all season. he was on as a substitute and it was his goal that proved decisive. another masterstro ke goal that proved decisive. another masterstroke from antonio conte. what celebrations that go

but stade francais are fed up in runners—up. they scored three tries to finally lift this trophy. to retain their european champions cup title when they take on french side, clermont auvergne. saracens are also on track to successfully defend their domestic title too and they're on the verge of establishing themselves as one of the game's all time great club sides. we have learned through experience, we have learnt the hard way. we have gradually built up this european pedigree. i do not think it is something that happens overnight. it isa something that happens overnight. it is a gradual improvement and the understanding of how to finish games. we are nowhere near the finished article. there is a long way to go. we are obviously pleased to know that we have players who pride ourselves on being able to stay in that fight the whole game. in rugby league, salford red devils we re in rugby league, salford red devils were given a scare by hull kingston rovers, but they came from behind to make it to the quarter—finals of the challenge cup. they were losing at half—time but salford sco

just a few minutes left to play, stade francais will play the northampton for a champions cup spot.n sport today. a former youth team coach at newcastle united football club, has been charged with 29 sexual offences, alleged to have been committed between 1973 and 1998. george ormond, who's 61, will appear before magistrates in newcastle next month. geraint thomas has pulled out of the giro d'italia, after he was involved in a nasty crash during the race last weekend. thomas had actually been in second place overall at the time but he injured his shoulder and knee and he says that carrying on "would be a case of trying to survive each day, rather than racing". tom dumoulin of the netherlands still holds the leader's pinkjersey at the giro by over two minutes. but it was all about the sprinters on stage 13 — particularly colombia's fernando gaviria. earlier today mark cavendish tweeted he was thankful that gaviria isn't competing at the tour de france injuly, and this is why. his fourth stage win at this year's giro. london 2012 olympic silver medallist gemma gibbons has announced he

major trophy of the rugby union club season in the final of the european challenge cup against stade francaisgood evening. the nhs has fallen victim to a major cyberattack. 39 hospital trusts and gps in scotland and across england have had to cancel routine operations, send patients home and divert ambulances. the nhs says its services have been targeted by a ransomware attack, which means nhs data is, in effect, being held hostage by hackers demanding money. dozens of other facilities have shut down their email and computer systems as a precaution. the scale of the cyberattack on the nhs is unprecedented. it's been declared a major national incident, disrupting hospitals and trusts from glasgow, dumfries and ca rlisle, blackpool and york, to some of the big teaching hospitals in london, and services in the south of england. the prime minister says the incident is part of a wider attack affecting organisations around the world. it's thought 7a countries have been affected. there was serious disruption in some parts of the nhs today, with signs warning of significant delays at a&e units and so

they lost their champions cup qualification play—off semi—final to stade francais.ton for a spot in the competition. it's play—off time in the english premiership too. a week after retaining the champions cup, saracens face exeter, hoping to move a step closer to the double—double, while league leaders wasps host leicester tigers. they've got the home advantage. that's huge in a semifinal, with knockout rugby. they thoroughly deserve that across the 22 rounds, they were the best. they deserve that privilege. we'll have to go and make sure that we're accurate early in the game and we keep we do the things that make us a good team. if leicester come out with a fantastic performance and better than us on the day, you have to put your hand up. if we play like we have for most of the season, the result should be ours. but anything can happen on the day. we've worked ha rd can happen on the day. we've worked hard to finish top of the table. we've worked hard to get a home draw so we've worked hard to get a home draw so we're determined to put in a performance which we bel

they're taking on stade francais in the semifinal of the qualifying play—offs.14-3. northampton saints or connacht saracens' captain brad barritt will miss tomorrow's premiership semi—final against exeter with a calf injury. he's the only change to the fifteen that won the european champions cup last weekend. barritt actually picked up the injury in the final. duncan taylor comes in at inside centre to replace him. some good news for 0spreys and the lions this summer, skipper alun wynjones is back for the pro 12 semi—final at munster tomorrow. he hasn't played since picking up a shoulder injury in the six nations in march. the first of the semi—finals between leinster and scarlets is tonight in dublin. colombian sprinter fernando gaviria is continuing to impress at the giro d'italia — winning his fourth stage of this year's race today. 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 thankful that gaviria isn't competing in

they lost their champions cup qualification playoff semi final to stade francais.t's playoff time in the english premiership too. a week after retaining the champions cup, saracens face exeter hoping to move a step closer to the double double, while league leaders wasps host leicester tigers. they've got the home advantage and that's huge in the semi—final of knockout rugby. they were the best across the 22 rounds and they deserve that privilege. we will have to go and make sure we are accurate early in the game and we keep the creators as quiet as we can and we do the things that keep us good as a team. if leicester come out with a fantastic performance and are better than us on the day you have to put your hand up sometimes. but we believe if we play to our potential and play like we have most of the season, the result should be ours. but anything can happen on the day. we've worked hard to play top of the table and to get a home draw, so we are determined to go and put in a performance of it we believe will be good enough to get the result. newcastle's st james'

this gloucester, lost to stade francais, in rugby union's challenge cup final, at a rainy murrayfieldy for a third time. but stade, are fed up being runners up — as in four previous finals — and they scored 3 tries to finally win the cup. try telling them, this, is european club rugby's second—tier competition. today, it's the turn of saracens, who'll be hoping, to retain their european champions cup title when they take on french side, clermont auvergne. in rugby league, salford red devils were given a scare by hull kingston rovers, but they came from behind, to make it into the quarter—finals, of the challenge cup. they were losing at half time, but salford scored 18 unanswered points, to win 2a—1a. this try from ben murdoch masila, ensured salford advance to the last eight, along with last night's other winners, wakefield and holders hull. we have castleford against saints live today on the bbc. tomorrow it is the british basketball finals at the 02 is the british basketball finals at the o2 arena in london, live on the bbc red button and through the website. nottingham against sev

gloucester lost to stade francais in rugby union‘s challenge cup final, at a rainy murrayfield, goingp being runners up — as in four previous finals — and they scored 3 tries to finally win the cup. today, it‘s the turn of saracens, who‘ll be hoping to retain their european champions cup title when they take on french side clermont auvergne. in rugby league, salford red devils were given a scare by hull kingston rovers, but they came from behind, to make it into the quarter—finals, of the challenge cup. they were losing at half time, but salford scored 18 unanswered points to win 24—14. this try from ben murdoch masila, ensured salford advance to the last eight along with last night‘s other winners wakefield and holders hull. rugby league is one of the most physical sports of all, but now there‘s a way of playing into your 70s or even 80s and it‘s all down to your shorts. ahead of the weekend‘s challenge cup matches on the bbc, i‘ve been to castleford to see why masters rugby league is breaking down all age barriers. playing rugby league again at the age of 82. jimmy airnes is taking

for next season's european champions cup after losing their pro 12 semifinal play off against stade francaistarget ended up well beaten by stan francais. 46—21 was the final score. sta n francais. 46—21 was the final score. stan francais will play either connaught or south talanoa saints. —— orthe connaught or south talanoa saints. —— or the same. meanwhile in the other semifinal, scarlets are at leinster... scarlet scored the first try through steph evans. leinster hit back but scarlet has just scored a second try, 14—10 is the latest score to the scarlet. the premiership semi—finals take place tomorrow but saracens' will be withouth their captain brad barritt in their game against exeter due to a calf injury. he's the only change to the 15 that won the european champions cup last weekend. barritt actually picked up the injury in the final. duncan taylor comes in at inside centre to replace him. some good news for 0spreys and the lions this summer, skipper alun wynjones is back for the pro 12 semifinal at munster tomorrow. he hasn't played since picking up a shoulder injury in the six natio

. —— beating stade francais. harry mallinder‘s conversion ensured the win for the saints by 23—22.ack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event of rugby union‘s premiership season, the play—off final. and it‘s being called potentially the best ever, featuring wasps versus exeter who finished first and second. ijust want i just want us to ijust want us to go in and enjoy it. it would be lovely for us to get our hands on the trophy, it would be nice if we are home and clear with 20 minutes ago, i can relax, but we know that won‘t be the case. for us, a premiership final was beyond our dreams a couple of seasons ago, but we are there. we want to go there and do ourselves justice, we are there. we want to go there and do ourselvesjustice, and if we play well this week and there is no reason we can‘t get our hands on some silverware. and we will hear from the exeter camp shortly. it is also the pro 12 final today in dublin with scallops of wales taking on the irish side monster. —— scarlets of wales taking on the irish side munster. scotland‘s scott jamieson has a one—shot

they lost their champions cup qualification playoff, semi final, to stade francais.eek after retaining the champions cup, saracens face exeter, hoping to move a step closer, to the, ‘double double", while league leaders wasps host leicester tigers. they've got the home advantage and that's huge in the semi—final of knockout rugby. they were the best across the 22 rounds and they deserve that privilege. we'll have to go and make sure we're accurate early in the game and we keep the creators as quiet as we can and we do the things that keep us good as a team. if leicester come out with a fantastic performance and are better than us on the day, you have to put your hand up sometimes. but we believe if we play to our potential and play like we have most of the season, the result should be ours. but anything can happen on the day. we've worked hard to play top of the table and to get a home draw, so we're determined to go and put in a performance that we believe will be good enough to get the result. newcastle's st james' park has seen its goal posts replaced by rugby one

northampton staged a dramatic comeback to qualify for next season's european champions cup beating stade francaisry followed by that kick gave them the win. a sell out crowd of 82,000 people will pack into twickenham this afternoon for the showpiece event of rugby union's premiership season, the play—off final. and it's being called potentially the best ever, featuring wasps vs exeter, who finished first and second. it didn't feel like we had achieved everything we wanted to this season by getting to the final, but that said, that is only a feeling, and feelings have to be backed up actual actions. the key for me is that we go out and perform at the level can asa go out and perform at the level can as a club. now, scotland's scott jamieson has a 1—stroke lead going into day three of the pga championship at wentworth, alongside elton's thomas pieters. jamieson's round of 2—under—par 70 left him top of the leaderboard on 7—under. england's lee westwood is also in contention two shots back after a round of 69. returning to rugby union, iforgot to mention that in dublin, the pro12 final sees wales' t

francais in the rugby union challenge cup final. an interception from johnny may gave gloucester the lead. racing towards the trophy for a third time. stadeally won this one. today saracens will hope to retain their european champions cup title when they take on the french side clermont. in rugby league, salford red devils came from behind to beat hull kingston rovers. it was in the quarterfinals of the challenge cup. they won 2a—1a. final practice is under way for the spanish grand prix. live text commentary on the bbc sport website. i will have more shortly in the next hour. drayton manor theme park will reopen today, four days after an 11—year—girl died after falling from a ride. evha jannath, from leicester, fell from a boat on the splash canyon ride. the park's owners say the ride will remain shut, along with ones that overlook it, as a mark respect to her family. the captain of the costa contoured ear will begin his jail sentence. he will serve a 60 yearjail term after italy's highest court upheld the sentence. 32 people died when the vessel hit the rocks off an italian island five years ago. pope francis will canonise two portugues