coming up in sportsday on bbc news: arsenal majority owner stan kroenke says arsene wenger is the besterson to manage the club as his new two—year deal is confirmed. good evening.

arsenal's majority shareholder stan kroenke says arsene wenger is "the best person" to help the clubside the emirates. the club has been quite public about what their future aims of. very much. the majority shareholder and the owner sta n majority shareholder and the owner stan kroenke has spoken about wanting domestic and european success leaving no stone unturned, which is a pointed reference to those who have said he is not in it for the football and he is only in it for the money. also comments from arsene wenger and the chief executive ivan gazidis. the contract was agreed in principle many months ago but it wasn't signed because our store, their season took a turn for the worse, losing seven of 12 matches —— because arsenal. they missed out on the top four and are out of the champions league but they did finish with a fa cup final victory. arsene wenger met with stan kroenke and agreed the final terms of the contract and it was taken to a board meeting yesterday and signed. arsene wenger will be the manager until 2019 and this is what he had to say. what is the basic dna of the

contract along with support of the clu b contract along with support of the club owner, american stan kroenkeo spend money, and be given funds. he needs to use them. we keep yet that there are those funds there and he seems to not go for the big players. for the players earning a lot of money. it has become hard to imagine arsenal without their most successful ever manager. the 67—year—old will be reassured he remains the man in charge. despite the frustrations of recent yea rs, charge. despite the frustrations of recent years, his years are set to continue... guangzhou evergrande are through to the quarter finals of the asian champions league thanks to a crucial away goal from brazilian midfielder paulinho. his simple tap—in proved enough away to j—league champions kashima antlers who won the second leg 2—1 making it 2—2 on aggregate, meaning the chinese team who've won this competition twice go through on the away goal rule. it was a much more straightforward route to the last eight for kawasaki frontale. the japanese side beat thailand's muangthong united 4—1 completing a 7—2 aggregate win

groups want the frenchman removed as manager and say they want to send a message to him and owner stan kroenkeuld be doing so much better". the gunners are three points adrift of the champions league places, but wenger hasn't given up on a top four finish. we won six of the last seven games and we have created the momentum again after having a period where we were away from home and not strong. now we have won the last three away games, it is positive. tottenham's new stadium is taking shape, as we can see in these aerial shots taken this morning. the pitch at white hart lane is already being dug up — less than 2a hours after the last match there yesterday — with work on the new 61,000 seater ground next door progressing well. it'll be ready for the 2018—19 season, with tottenham playing their home matches at wembley in the meantime. anyone involved in football will be familiar with the insults that fly around the field — but it's not often you hear anyone being slammed as a "vegan". that's a common taunt thrown at the forest green rovers side, who'll be playing in the football league for the

strengthen our squad, to be stronger next season. to strengthen our squad, well, majority owner stan kroenke for his shares earlier this month by another of the club's major investors alisher usmanov. although he has agreed with the decision, he has reminded the club and it's fans it must make changes to it's approach. in a statement today the uzbek—born russian billionaire said: england are into the last eight of the under—20 world cup after they beat costa rica 2—1 in south korea. sorry, it's time to hear from the arsenal chief executive ivan gazidis. his dna is the same as this clu b gazidis. his dna is the same as this club and he is given to take us forward and driven to evolve and given to those objectives of winning for this club and making ourfans proud. when we look at the world of football and you think about the great candidates there are and there are many great coaching candidates in the world, and arsenal is a club that all of them will want to work for because of the things we represent in football. but when you look around and make that deep assessment, you don't find any bet

no, we heard from the majority shareholder, and effectively owner, stan kroenke gave his full supportger. essentially he is decision. we have also heard from the second largest shareholder, usmanov, not as much a pa rt shareholder, usmanov, not as much a part of the setup at the club as he would like to be, he had a bid turned down. he released a statement saying he would be pleased that arsene wenger is managing for the next two years as he is one of the best coaches in europe. what is paramount importance is that he receives the full support of the board and majority shareholder. but without the right support, there remains a real risk that his legacy will be tarnished if the supporters not forthcoming, we stand ready to help and do everything that we can to deliver success on and off the field. so, usmanov is saying that he is ready to step in if arsenal need him. another man we have heard from todayis him. another man we have heard from today is the chief executive of arsenal. again, speaking to arsenal and giving backing to arsene wenger. his dna is the same dna as this club, dri

following crucial talks with majority shareholder stan kroenke, clu b majority shareholder stan kroenke britain's sailors, led by sir ben ainslie, need to come from behind in americas cup qualifying. they are four down after losing against france and now take on the other five teams again over the next few days, starting against sweden today. and andy murray starts his french 0pen later. the world number one plays russia's andrey kuznetsov. all that and more coming up at ten o'clock. the people of manchester paid an emotional tribute last night to those who died in the bombing exactly one week ago. police investigating the bombing have been searching a rubbish tip on the outskirts of bury. the city's victoria train station reopened at 5am. it's been closed since last week's blast. we can speak to two of those people whose courage and determination to help has since emerged. lianne shutt saved a stranger with life—threatening injuries — she's in salford — and zaf naqui, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at salford royal nhs foundation trust who treated dozens of patients. lianne, once the

it follows a meeting with majority owner stan kroenke yesterday — where his future was to be dicussedar. the bbc‘s sports editor dan roanjoined me earlier. i think it will divide opinion among arsenal's many supporters. let's not forget it wasn't long ago that arsenal were being drubbed10—2 on aggregate by bayern munich in the champions league and they finished fifth in the premier league, meaning they miss out on champions league football which is crucial to any big club for the first time in two decades. the pressure on arsene wenger in the last couple of months has reached unprecedented levels. there have been protests by fans and planes flown over demanding that he goes after all these years in charge. but despite that towards the end of the season, they enjoyed something of a resurgence and they won the fa cup against all odds. many thought they would be beaten soundly by chelsea but they prevailed on saturday winning 2—1. maybe the final reckoning edging things in favour of him. but he always retained the support of the man in charge, american billionaire stan kroenke, who effec

it follows a meeting with majority owner stan kroenke yesterday — where his future was to be dicussednure into a 23rd year. the bbc‘s sports editor dan roanjoined me earlier. i think it will divide opinion among arsenal's many supporters. let's not forget it wasn't long ago that arsenal were being dropped 10—2 on aggregate by bayern munich in the champions league and they finished fifth in the premier league, meaning they miss out on champions league football which is crucial to any big clu b football which is crucial to any big club for the first time in two decades. the pressure on arsene wenger in the last couple of months has reached unprecedented levels. there have been protests by fans and planes flown over demanding that he goes after these years in charge. but despite that towards the end of the season, they enjoyed something ofa the season, they enjoyed something of a resurgence and they won the fa cup against all odds. many thought they would be beaten soundly by chelsea but they prevailed on saturday winning 2—1. maybe the final reckoning edging things in favour of him. but

arsenal's majority shareholder stan kroenke says the club will target the premier league title and europeanar deal... let's speak to our sport reporter david 0rnstein who is outside arsenal's emirates stadium... david, they will give him plenty of funds to improve his team? they well, it is my understanding that he may get £150 million to get to spend on new signings, but he needs to short out the future of players who only have one year left on their contract like mesut 0zil and alexis sanchez —— sort out. some breaking news, a statement firm arsenal's second largest shareholder, who had a takeover bid turned down by the owners stan kroenke. he said he was pleased that arsene wenger will manage to continue with arsenal for the next two years as he is one of the next two years as he is one of the best coaches in europe. what is of paramount importance is that he receives the full support of the board and majority shareholder. he has a great opportunity to deliver the success the fans deserve and the legacy has long contribution merits. however, without the right support, there remains the r

i will go straight to that part of the statement, it comes from stan kroenke, the owner, the most powerfulit is what the fans, players and manager and staff expect and we won't rest until that is achieved, he says. he says arsene wenger has a fantastic track record and our full backing. my understanding is that he didn't have the complete backing of the board, but he remains as the manager because stan kroenke is the most important person at the club. thanks forjoining us. we will have more reaction to that throughout the day. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. back to our main story, did breast surgeon ian paterson has beenjailed for 15 years, he was convicted of 17 cou nts for 15 years, he was convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three of unlawful wounding at a trial last month. he had exaggerated 01’ trial last month. he had exaggerated or invested the risk of cancer to convince his victims of the need for surgery. one of those victims gave her reaction to the sentence. today's sentencing brings to an end overfour today's sentencing brings to an

who owns a 30% stake in arsenal, has made his move — a bid of around £1 billion — to buy out stan kroenke'sjected, usmanov has been critical of kroenke's support of arsene wenger. the arsenal manager is still keeping everyone guessing about his future. something's got to happen. we're going to start to miss out. we're missing out on the so—called managers that we may be interested in. we're going to start missing out on the players. this has to happen at some stage. something has got to happen for arsenal to go to the next level. talking of play—offs, bradford and millwall meet in the league one final at wembley later today. it's difficult to lose at wembley because so many people come and there's so much love for the players and the team. however, we use the disappointment quickly to galvanise us disappointment quickly to galvanise us for this year. we've used it all season to get as in this position. we will lean on experience from last year. expectations from the fans. we will try to improve what we did last season. we knew automatic was never going to be in the equation so i think the p

he has a huge responsibility to the club, but stan kroenke says it is not about the money, it is aboutens. good to speak to you, as always. —— we will see what happens. sad news came through earlier, the former motogp world champion nicky hayden has died. we know he was hit by a car while cycling in italy last week. he won the world championship in 2006, he was hugely popular, only 35. here we have a tweet from stoner saying, thankfulfor we have a tweet from stoner saying, thankful for the we have a tweet from stoner saying, thankfulfor the time we have a tweet from stoner saying, thankful for the time i was privileged to know you. —— from casey stoner. dani pedrosa, another legend of the sport, said, always in my heart, rip. the tributes have been pouring in. you can find out about more of those on the bbc sport website. the international paralympic committee website. the international pa ralympic committee has website. the international paralympic committee has given russia until september to implement anti—doping reforms or it risks being banned from next year's winter olympics. he

the deal will be officially confirmed tomorrow and follows a meeting with majority owner stan kroenkeend but the pressure will be on to improve their premier league performance after they finished 5th, outside the champions league spots for the first time in 20 years. he needs to spend, that is what he needs to do, to be given bones and use them. we keep on hearing their funds, and he seems to not go in with the big players. for the players that are ning astronomic number, like chelsea and manchester united paid them. —— ning astronomical money. you don't pay the wages for the top, top players thatis the wages for the top, top players that is what frustrates the fans. huddersfield town have been celebrating their promotion to the premier league this evening. thousands of fans lined the streets of the west yorkshire town after they returned to the top flight of english football for the first time in 45 years. david wagner's side beat reading in a penalty shoot out and earn themselves a reported minimum £175 million over the next few seasons. norway and lyon striker arda hegerberg has b

coming up in sportsday on bbc news: arsenal majority owner stan kroenke says arsene wenger is the besterson to manage the club as his new two—year deal is confirmed. good evening. with just eight days to go until the election, one of the biggest debates of this campaign has just taken place in cambridge. there were seven party representatives involved, including the labour leader jeremy corbyn, who'd announced earlier in the day that he would, after all, be attending. the prime minister theresa may did not take part, she said she'd rather be out meeting voters on the campaign trail. we'll have more on the day's campaigning in a moment, but first tonight's debate, which featured some forthright here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. guess who came after all and what an entrance? jeremy corbyn left it late but how could he resist trying to show up theresa may who stayed away? maybe make up for the odd campaign gaffe. this was his chance and look at him, he meant to take it if he could. she came to stop him. her leader's favourite, amber rudd. fewer fa ns leader's favourite, ambe

arsenal majority shareholder stan kroenke says his shares "are not, and have never been, for sale".isted he was still committed to the club, in response to the recent £1 billion bid by alisher usmanov. he already owns a 30 % stake. he said cronk he should bear a huge responsibility for arsenal's failure to qualify for the champions league for the first time in 30 years. gordon strachan has called a broken strikerjamie murphy and aberdeen duo kenny mclean mark reynolds to the scotland squad for their world cup qualifier against england on the 10th ofjune. murphy helped brighton to promotion to the premier league this season. he's been in previous squads but never won cap. defender reynolds is also uncapped and midfielder mcclane has won to his name. wicketkeeper sarah taylor's been named in the england squad for the women's world cup this summer. she rejoined the camp last month, after taking a year—long break to deal with anxiety problems. england's first match is against india on 24thjune — mark robertson said the inclusion of both taylor and heather knight is subject to return to

, who owns a 30% stake in arsenal, has made his move — a bid of around £1 billion, to buy out stan kroenke'sthis bid has been rejected, usmanov has been critical of kroenke's support of arsene wenger. the arsenal manager is still keeping everyone guessing about his future. something's got to happen. we're going to start to miss out. we're missing out on the so—called managers that we may be interested in. we're going to start missing out on the players. this has to happen at some stage. something has got to happen for arsenal to go to the next level. dundee united will have the chance to bounce back to the top league at the first attempt. paul dixon was their hero, scoring the winner with three minutes to go — his first goal for five years. they'll play off for promotion against the side that finishes next to bottom of the premiership. talking of play—offs, bradford and millwall meet in the league one final at wembley later today. there is full commentary on radio 5live. england under 20 team are head against argentina in the their opening world cup match. only a few minutes left to go. the

arsenal majority shareholder stan kroenke says his shares "are not and have never been, for sale". to the recent £1 billion pound bid by alisher usmanov, who already owns a 30% per stake. usmanov said kroenke should bear huge responsibility for arsenal's failure to qualify for the champions league for the first time in 20 years. gordon strachan has called up brighton strikerjamie murphy and aberdeen duo kenny mclean and mark reynolds to the scotland squad for their world cup qualifier against england on 10th june. murphy helped brighton to promotion to the premier league this season — he's been in previous squads but never won a cap. defender reynolds is also uncapped and midfielder mclean has one to his name. wicketkeeper sarah taylor's been named in the england squad for the women's world cup this summer. she rejoined the camp last month after taking a year—long break to deal with anxiety problems. heather knight has been named as captain. england's first match is against india on 24thjune and taylor needs to be back to full fitness to make the side. it has been a long journey fo

us—manoff who owns a 30% stake in arsenal has made his move, a bid of around £1 billion, to buy out stan kroenke'sal of kroenke's support of arsene wenger. the arsenal manager is still keeping everyone guessing about his future. his contract expires after the fa cup final next weekend, when the board are expected to discuss his position. arsenal's final league match is at home against everton tomorrow, so could that be his last match at the emirates? of the season, yes. ever? i can't tell you that. i think what's most important for us is to win a football game. after that, what happens to me is less important. i think i am here to serve the club and the best way to do it is to win the next game. a year after they were relegated from the scottish premiership, dundee united will have the chance to bounce back at the first attempt. they won their championship promotion playoff against falkirk 4—3 on aggregate. paul dixon was their hero, scoring the winner with three minutes to go, his first goalforfive years. they'll play off for promotion against the side that finishes next to bottom of the premiers

the decision was made after a meeting with club owner stan kroenke yesterday.ished outside the top 20 for the first time in 20 and while arsenal finished outside the top four for the first time in 20 years, wenger and those in charge at arsenal have agreed he'll stay on. there will be an element who will be so angry, you know? they're already showing their feelings. and then there will be as many, if not more, who'll say, do you know what, we won't get a better manager than arsene wenger. there isn't a better one than him around at the moment that is available. there was a promotion party in huddersfield yesterday as they paraded the championship play—off trophy through the town. thousands of fans gathered to celebrate reaching the premier league for the first time. they beat reading on penalties at wembley to secure promotion to the top flight for the first time in 45 years. world number one andy murray is through to the second round of the french open after beating russia's andrey kuznetsov in four sets. murray had struggled for form and fitness in the build

arsenal's majority shareholder stan kroenke says arsene wenger is "the best person" to help the club remain with arsenal until 2019 — the club has released a statement in which wenger says he's committed to mounting a sustained league challenge. while chief executive ivan gazeedis says the club will be working hard this summer to improve and make a strong challenge next season. wolves have appointed the former porto coach nuno espirito santo as their new manager. he replaces paul lambert who was sacked yesterday. the portuguese is wolves‘ fourth manager in the last ten months. elsewhere wigan have named paul cook as manager on a three year deal. eoin morgan says there's a ‘good chance' ben stokes will not be able to bowl in tomorrow's champions trophy opener against bangladesh at the oval. stokes has been struggling with a knee injury, england's one day captain does remain confident about his side's chances over the coming weeks. we've huge amount of talent and we have put ourselves in pressure situations before and the consistency we have showed has been very impressive in the last

minority shareholder alisher usmanov has made a bid of around £1 billion to buy out stan kroenke's majorityason for wenger with his side likely to finish outside the top four for the first time in 20 years at the club. his contract expires after the fa cup final next saturday, when the board are expected to discuss his position. arsenal's final league match is at home against everton on sunday so could that be his last match at the emirates. of the season? yes. ever? i cannot tell you. i think what is most important for us is to win the football game on sunday. after that, what happens to me is less important. i am here to serve the club and the best way to do it is to win the next game. maria sharapova will not attempt to precure a wild card for wimbledon, instead opting to enter via qualifying. the former champion has relied on wildacrds 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

30 percent stake, in arsenal, has made his move — a bid of around 1 billion pounds, to buy out stan kroenke'sthe arsenal manager is still keeping everyone guessing, about his future. his contract expires after the fa cup final next saturday, when the board are expected to discuss his position. arsenal's final league match is at home against everton, tomorrow, so could that be his last match at the emirates? of the season, yes. reporter: ever? i can't tell you that. i think what's most important for us is to win a football game. after that, what happens to me is less important. i think i am here to serve the club and the best way to do it is to win the next game. a year after, they were relegated from the scottish premiership, dundee united will have the chance to bounce back at the first attempt. they won their championship promotion playoff against falkirk a—3 on aggregate... paul dixon was their hero, scoring the winner with three minutes to go — his first goal, for five years. they'll play off, for promotion against the side, that finishes, next to bottom of the premiership. talking of pla

celebrating their fa cup win on saturday, the bbc understands wenger and majority shareholder stan kroenkeland were soundly beaten by south africa in their final one dayer england's top order crumbled to 20 for 6 inside five overs and they never really recovered from there. south africa — world number ones — cruised to the target of 154 for the loss ofjust 3 wickets. england still won the series 2—1. they now go into the champions trophy — their first match is on thursday against bangladesh. south africa tested our defensive technique and it wasn't a case of playing too aggressively or taking the ball on. the guys nicked half—volleys. there was a lot of green grass there and that cost us the game which is unfortunate, but there is a huge amount of positives to ta ke there is a huge amount of positives to take from the series. we've beaten the world number one 2—1. 0nto tennis and britain's best hopes at the french open get their challenge underway today — johanna konta plays jeh su—wei of taiwan. andy murray meanwhile plays andrey kuznetsov hoping to improve his run on clay this season — h