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League semi—final. its the first time in seven years that the blues have been this far in the competition but last week they were facing calls from across football for them to be banned because of their involvement in the european super league. chelsea boss thomas tuchel naturally disagrees with that sort of punishment. we deserve to be in the semifinal like real madrid deserve to be in the semifinal, and we do not deserve it because of political decisions because of our logo. we deserve it be...

These are the live pictures from the crucible. thats all the sport for now. ill have more for you in the next hour. tributes have been paid to a man who died afterjumping into the river thames in central london to rescue a woman. folajimi 0lubunmi—adewole, known asjimi, entered the water on saturday night when he saw the woman fall from london bridge. she was pulled to safety, but his body was recovered six hours later. his friends and family have described him as a "hero" and called for him t...

This afternoon weve got four former champions in action — disappointment forjoe launchbury. hell miss the british and irish lions tour of south africa this summer with a knee injury. the lock picked up the injury during his club side wasps premiership win over bath. scans have confirmed he has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, with surgery expected to keep him out until next year. castleford tigers have appointed lee radford as their new coach. radford led superleague rivals hull fc to ...

Anthony mcgill and stuart bingham on the other table. this afternoon weve got four former champions in action. these are the live pictures from the crucible. world number onejudd trump hasjust pulled a frame back to make it two all against shaun murphy, while on the other table mark selby is 3—0 up against mark williams. thats all the sport for now. its taken a while, but a vote is due this afternoon in the european parliament on the post—brexit trade deal between britain and the european un...

Spreading that across two days. yes, we may well miss the manic nature of it but all of the athletes competing on those two days left much more of a platform for those matches and fans love the chance to watch all of those matches. three australian players have left the indian premier league early to make sure they got home before their country shut its borders. india has recorded record numbers of infections and its highest daily death rate with those figures expected to climb. one of those ret...

After the afternoon session. australias neil robertson is looking for his first world title since 2010 — hes 5—3 up against last years beaten finalist kyren wilson. that one resumes at 7 oclock tonight. mark selby, has the advantage over mark williams of wales after the first session of their match — the �*jester from leicester�* is 6—2 up in that one. and anthony mcgill, who knocked out ronnie 0sullivan in the last round, is giving stuart bingham a run for his money. mcgill won the ...

For the players. now itsjust i still feel its a safe environment for the players. now its just down to the fact that the aussies are really stuck there. they may so stay in play. yeah, just the fact of whether or not they can play there safely and possibly get over it at this stage. the afternoon session is over at the world snooker champioship are taking place in sheffield. weve had two matches featuring former world champions and a close contest between world number onejudd trump and 2005 cham...

Hibernian play dundee united in the other match. three—time world champion mark selby is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship after easing past mark allen. he won by 13 frames to seven, winning four of the five frames in the evening session, and will play mark williams for a place in the last four. englands most—capped footballer, fara williams, has announced that she is retiring from football at the end of the season. in a career that has spanned two decades, willi...

Early to make it back home before australia shut its borders. aj tye explains his decision. they still feel its a safe environment _ they still feel its a safe environment for- they still feel its a safe environment for the i they still feel its a safe i environment for the players they still feel its a safe - environment for the players and they still feel its a safe _ environment for the players and now itsjust _ environment for the players and now its just down — environment for the players...

Amongst the other teams. and that is probably the last link we would want to see. —— last thing. the quarter—finals of the world snooker champioship are taking place in sheffield. neil robertson is playing kyren wilson. its the first time robertson has got beyond the first round since winning the title and he currently leads wilson by five frames to two. anthony mcgill is playing stuart bingham on the other table. bingham is 11—3 up. you can watch that no on bbc two. joe launchbury will ...