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Chinese lawyer 'wore torture device for a month' - BBC News | 2017-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | His wife claims Li Heping was force fed with drugs, shackled and beaten. | China blog | A picture of Mr Li from 2012 and one taken after his release
It's a form of restraint that would be more in keeping with the practices of a medieval dungeon than a modern, civilised state.
But the device - leg and hand shackles linked by a short chain - is a well-documented part of the toolkit that the Chinese police... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-39893359 |
European Champions Cup: Saracens beat Clermont 28-17 to retain European title - BBC Sport | 2017-05-14 | null | Saracens become back-to-back champions of Europe as they beat Clermont Auvergne in a pulsating Champions Cup final at Murrayfield. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Saracens became back-to-back champions of Europe as they beat Clermont Auvergne in a pulsating Champions Cup final at Murrayfield.
Tries from Chris Ashton and George Kruis helped the English champions into a 12-0 lead, but Clermont hit back through Remi Lamerat's converte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39857333 |
Venezuela protest victim's parents speak of ordeal - BBC News | 2017-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The parents of Juan Pablo Pernalete speak of his death during Venezuela's protest-related violence. | Latin America & Caribbean | Juan Pablo Pernalete was one of dozens of people who have been killed in protest-related violence in Venezuela since a wave of anti-government marches started at the beginning of April. Here, his parents recall the day he died.
"He was always a dreamer," says Elvira Llovera of her son.
In his bedroom at the family ho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-39885943 |
Lewis Hamilton wins spectacular Spanish Grand Prix - BBC Sport | 2017-05-14 | null | Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes steal a stunning victory in the Spanish Grand Prix from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. | null | Last updated on .From the section Formula 1
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes stole a stunning victory in the Spanish Grand Prix from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
A clever strategic move by the team followed by Hamilton attacking and passing Vettel put the Briton in control and he defended successfully to the end.
Vettel h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39914357 |
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester United - BBC Sport | 2017-05-14 | null | Goals from Victor Wanyama and Harry Kane earn Tottenham victory over Manchester United in their final game at White Hart Lane. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Goals from Victor Wanyama and Harry Kane earned Tottenham victory over Manchester United in their final game at White Hart Lane.
Spurs plan to have their new stadium, built on the same site, ready for the 2018-19 campaign and will play their home matches at Wembley next seas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39833969 |
Players Championship: Kim Si-woo holds off Ian Poulter to become youngest winner - BBC Sport | 2017-05-14 | null | South Korean Kim Si-woo holds off Ian Poulter's challenge to become the youngest winner of the Players Championship. | null | Last updated on .From the section Golf
South Korean Kim Si-woo produced a faultless round to become the youngest champion at the Players Championship.
Kim, 21, shot a three-under-par 69 on the final day at Sawgrass to finish on 10 under and replace Adam Scott as the youngest winner.
England's Ian Poulter was tied fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/39916720 |
Weapons in schools: 'I used anything I could get' - BBC News | 2017-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bali Rodgers carried weapons as an 11-year-old schoolgirl - but changed her life and now counsels troubled youngsters. | UK | Former offenders Bali and Lennox Rodgers now counsel schoolchildren facing exclusion from school
More children are getting caught carrying knives and makeshift weapons - including rolling pins and beer cans - police in England and Wales say. Here, one woman explains why she took weapons to school as a child.
"I used ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39907769 |
When a lion prowled the streets of Birmingham - BBC News | 2017-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How a lion-tamer tricked a volatile crowd to prevent a riot after the escape of a ferocious big cat. | England | Frank Bostock and his lions catching up with the news
When considering which creatures have roamed the sewers beneath Birmingham, lions are unlikely to make the list. But on one fateful day in autumn 1889, a lion who had previously killed a man and mauled another escaped from a menagerie and did just that.
Travelling... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39799098 |
Is my baby too big, or just big? - BBC News | 2017-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How big can a baby get and still be considered normal, asks Jordan Dunbar. | Magazine | When Tom and Elizabeth Flight were told their seven-month-old baby Arlo was in the 90th percentile for height, the 97th percentile for weight and the 99th for head circumference, they began to worry. How big can a baby get and still be considered normal, asks Jordan Dunbar.
"I'm worried he's one of the biggest babies ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39896751 |
Stoke City 1-4 Arsenal - BBC Sport | 2017-05-14 | null | Champions League-chasing Arsenal move within a point of fourth-placed Liverpool with a comfortable Premier League victory over Stoke. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Champions League-chasing Arsenal moved within a point of fourth-placed Liverpool with a comfortable Premier League victory over Stoke.
Despite collecting the three points, manager Arsene Wenger faced further protests from his own supporters during the game, as they flew a pl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39827551 |
Eurovision Song Contest: Portugal winner 'didn't understand votes' - BBC News | 2017-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 'I think that you have to be a mathematician or something to know what's going on.' | Entertainment & Arts | "I think that you have to be a mathematician"
Portugal has won this year's Eurovision Song contest with a poignant love song, sung in Portuguese. In the early hours of Sunday morning the winner met the world's press - glass microphone trophy still in hand.
Salvador Sobral entered the Eurovision Song Contest's press r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39914381 |
How a dying man and his son could forge a Lego legacy - BBC News | 2017-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How a skin cancer sufferer and his son embarked on a poignant campaign from their Sydney home. | Australia | Damien MacRae and his son, Aiden, have made their toys sun-smart
As he endured radiotherapy, Damien MacRae found playing Lego with his seven-year-old son, Aiden, was one way to block out the pain.
The pair built spaceships, pirate galleons and fortresses in their Sydney home following the discovery of melanoma on Mr ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-39728707 |
Spring-cleaning India's most magnificent tent - BBC News | 2017-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rajasthan's Royal Red Tent is as tall as a double-decker bus - and it's getting its first proper clean in three centuries. | Magazine | Rajasthan's Royal Red Tent is as tall as a double-decker bus, made from silk, velvet and gold - and it's getting its first proper clean in more than three centuries, says Melissa Van Der Klugt.
High up on the ramparts of Mehrangarh, in one of Rajasthan's most famous forts - one of the most visited in India - a small t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39890722 |
Saracens: Mark McCall says double European champions can get even better - BBC Sport | 2017-05-14 | null | Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall says there is "no reason his side can't get better" after they secured back-to-back European titles on Saturday. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall says his side can still improve despite securing back-to-back European titles.
Sarries beat Clermont Auvergne 28-17 at Murrayfield on Saturday to remain on course for an historic 'double-double' of continental and English crowns.
Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39909013 |
West Ham United 0-4 Liverpool - BBC Sport | 2017-05-14 | null | Liverpool beat West Ham at London Stadium to move back into third place as striker Daniel Sturridge scores his first goal since January. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Liverpool beat West Ham at London Stadium to move back into third place as striker Daniel Sturridge scored his first goal since January.
Philippe Coutinho's sublime pass on the half-hour mark cut open the Hammers defence and picked out an unmarked Sturridge who went around g... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39833967 |
Office sauna: Must-have or hot air? - BBC News | 2017-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The modern office is mixing work and play in a bid to attract staff and improve productivity. | Business | Dolly Parton sings that "you're just a step on the boss-man's ladder" - not much motivation for workin' nine to five.
So how can the modern office attract people to tumble outta bed and commute into work, especially when many employees could simply turn on their laptop and get things done? And how can that office make... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39874943 |
Garth Crooks' team of the week: Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Gabriel Jesus, David Luiz - BBC Sport | 2017-05-14 | null | Which players link up like Brooking and Keegan? Who does Jurgen Klopp need to protect? It's Garth Crooks' team of the week. | null | It was the weekend when matters at the top and bottom of the Premier League were finalised.
Antonio Conte's Chelsea beat West Brom to become Premier League champions thanks to substitute Michy Batshuayi's late winning goal.
At the bottom, Hull were relegated back down to the Championship with a whimper after being th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39915228 |
Giro d'Italia 2017: Geraint Thomas crashes as Quintana takes charge - BBC Sport | 2017-05-14 | null | Geraint Thomas' Giro d'Italia hopes suffer a major blow as he is involved in a crash and loses five minutes to new leader Nairo Quintana. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Geraint Thomas' hopes of winning the Giro d'Italia suffered a major blow as he was involved in a crash caused by a police motorbike 15km from the finish on stage nine, which was won by Colombia's Nairo Quintana.
Team Sky's Thomas, second at the start of the day, finished over... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39915940 |
Isdal Woman: The mystery death haunting Norway for 46 years - BBC News | 2017-05-14 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How a Nordic mystery death led to a trail of coded messages, disguises, and fake identities. | Europe | It's a mystery that has intrigued Norway for nearly 50 years.
In November 1970, the badly burnt body of a woman was found in a remote spot in Norway's Isdalen valley.
Someone had cut the labels off her clothes, and scraped distinctive marks off her belongings - as if to stop her from being identified.
And as police ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39369429 |
Nicola Adams stops Maryan Salazar in third round of Leeds homecoming - BBC Sport | 2017-05-14 | null | Britain's double Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams stops Mexico's Maryan Salazar in the third round in her home city of Leeds. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
Britain's double Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams stopped Mexican teenager Maryan Salazar in the third round in her home city of Leeds.
The 34-year-old pinned her opponent in the corner and the referee stepped in to confirm her second professional victory in the flyweight c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39911010 |
Marco Silva: Hull City boss will meet owner to discuss his future - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Hull City boss Marco Silva says he will have talks meet about his future following the club's relegation from the Premier League. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Hull City boss Marco Silva says he will meet with the club's hierarchy about his future following the club's relegation from the Premier League.
The Tigers will play in the Championship next season after losing 4-0 at Crystal Palace.
Silva took charge in January until the e... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39915644 |
Ian Poulter: Players Championship runner-up upbeat after 'toughest stretch' - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Ian Poulter savours his second-place finish at the Players Championship after a "miserable" period out injured. | null | Last updated on .From the section Golf
Ian Poulter is looking forward to planning a "very long schedule" after overcoming injury problems in "the toughest stretch" of his career.
Poulter, 41, was runner-up at the Players Championship on Sunday, his best finish since November 2014.
The Englishman, once fifth in the w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/39919147 |
White Hart Lane: Tottenham immediately begin stadium redevelopment - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Redevelopment of White Hart Lane begins less than 24 hours after Tottenham said an emotional farewell to their home of the past 118 years. | null | Redevelopment of White Hart Lane starts less than 24 hours after Tottenham said an emotional farewell to their home of the past 118 years with a 2-1 win over Manchester United.
They plan to have a new 61,000-seater stadium, built on the same site, ready for the 2018-19 season.
In the meantime, the club will play home... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39920354 |
Ben Johnson: Advert featuring disgraced ex-sprinter criticised - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | An advert featuring disgraced ex-sprinter Ben Johnson is criticised for "making light of the use of performance-enhancing drugs". | null | Last updated on .From the section Athletics
A television advert featuring disgraced ex-sprinter Ben Johnson has been criticised by Australia's anti-doping authority for "making light of the use of performance-enhancing drugs".
Canadian Johnson was stripped of 100m Olympic gold from Seoul 1988 after testing positive f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/39921658 |
Andy Murray at 30: Time running out or plenty more to come? - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Not many Grand Slams are won by players in their 30s - as Andy Murray enters his fourth decade, Russell Fuller discusses what the future holds. | null | Andy Murray, who turns 30 on Monday, says he is "not massively into birthdays".
And that may be no bad thing given the difficulty players have found in winning Grand Slams in their thirties.
Only four men have managed to do so this century: Pete Sampras at the US Open of 2002; Andre Agassi, twice in three years, at t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39883786 |
Venezuela protest victim's parents speak of ordeal - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The parents of Juan Pablo Pernalete speak of his death during Venezuela's protest-related violence. | Latin America & Caribbean | Juan Pablo Pernalete was one of dozens of people who have been killed in protest-related violence in Venezuela since a wave of anti-government marches started at the beginning of April. Here, his parents recall the day he died.
"He was always a dreamer," says Elvira Llovera of her son.
In his bedroom at the family ho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-39885943 |
Chelsea: How Antonio Conte can sustain success at Stamford Bridge - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | BBC pundits Ruud Gullit, Pat Nevin, Chris Sutton, Graeme Le Saux and Mark Schwarzer explain how Antonio Conte can take Chelsea to the next level. | null | Antonio Conte is enjoying a spectacular first season as Chelsea manager, but can he follow it up by bringing sustained success to Stamford Bridge?
The 47-year-old Italian has the Premier League title in the bag, could soon get his hands on the FA Cup as well - and his side will compete in next season's Champions Leagu... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39891077 |
Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 odyssey begins here - what can he expect? - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Intimidated? No chance. But Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 odyssey will provide a challenge like no other, writes Andrew Benson. | null | Fernando Alonso says he is "very excited" about his Indy 500 odyssey - and he is not alone.
The two-time F1 champion flew straight from Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix to America to start his attempt to win the Indianapolis 500 on 28 May.
Some measure of the impact his decision has had comes from the fact that more than ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39903699 |
Lewis Hamilton wins spectacular Spanish Grand Prix - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes steal a stunning victory in the Spanish Grand Prix from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. | null | Last updated on .From the section Formula 1
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes stole a stunning victory in the Spanish Grand Prix from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
A clever strategic move by the team followed by Hamilton attacking and passing Vettel put the Briton in control and he defended successfully to the end.
Vettel h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39914357 |
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester United - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Goals from Victor Wanyama and Harry Kane earn Tottenham victory over Manchester United in their final game at White Hart Lane. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Goals from Victor Wanyama and Harry Kane earned Tottenham victory over Manchester United in their final game at White Hart Lane.
Spurs plan to have their new stadium, built on the same site, ready for the 2018-19 campaign and will play their home matches at Wembley next seas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39833969 |
Players Championship: Kim Si-woo holds off Ian Poulter to become youngest winner - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | South Korean Kim Si-woo holds off Ian Poulter's challenge to become the youngest winner of the Players Championship. | null | Last updated on .From the section Golf
South Korean Kim Si-woo produced a faultless round to become the youngest champion at the Players Championship.
Kim, 21, shot a three-under-par 69 on the final day at Sawgrass to finish on 10 under and replace Adam Scott as the youngest winner.
England's Ian Poulter was tied fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/39916720 |
Weapons in schools: 'I used anything I could get' - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bali Rodgers carried weapons as an 11-year-old schoolgirl - but changed her life and now counsels troubled youngsters. | UK | Former offenders Bali and Lennox Rodgers now counsel schoolchildren facing exclusion from school
More children are getting caught carrying knives and makeshift weapons - including rolling pins and beer cans - police in England and Wales say. Here, one woman explains why she took weapons to school as a child.
"I used ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39907769 |
David Warner: Australia vice-captain has concerns over contract dispute - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Australia's Ashes series against England could be in doubt because of a players' contract dispute, says vice-captain David Warner. | null | Australia's Ashes series against England in November could be in doubt because of a players' contract dispute, says vice-captain David Warner.
In March, Cricket Australia proposed salary increases for men and women, but this would mean players no longer receive a percentage of CA's revenue.
The offer was rejected and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39924107 |
When a lion prowled the streets of Birmingham - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | How a lion-tamer tricked a volatile crowd to prevent a riot after the escape of a ferocious big cat. | England | Frank Bostock and his lions catching up with the news
When considering which creatures have roamed the sewers beneath Birmingham, lions are unlikely to make the list. But on one fateful day in autumn 1889, a lion who had previously killed a man and mauled another escaped from a menagerie and did just that.
Travelling... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39799098 |
I acted as a man to get work - until I was accused of rape - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Pili Hussein wanted to make her fortune mining for gemstones in Tanzania, and wasn't put off by the fact that women weren't allowed in the mines | Magazine | Pili Hussein wanted to make her fortune prospecting for a precious stone that's said to be a thousand times rarer than diamonds, but since women weren't allowed down the mines she dressed up as man and fooled her male colleagues for almost a decade.
Pili Hussein grew up in a large family in Tanzania. The daughter of a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39705424 |
White Hart Lane: Tottenham players past and present say an emotional farewell to stadium - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Past and present Tottenham players say an emotional farewell to White Hart Lane after Spurs beat Manchester United in the last game held there. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tottenham
Harry Kane says it was 'brilliant' to score Tottenham's match-winning goal against Manchester United in their final game at White Hart Lane.
Spurs said an emotional farewell to their home of the past 118 years with a 2-1 win over United on Sunday.
They plan to have their n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39915795 |
Eurovision Song Contest: Portugal winner 'didn't understand votes' - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | 'I think that you have to be a mathematician or something to know what's going on.' | Entertainment & Arts | "I think that you have to be a mathematician"
Portugal has won this year's Eurovision Song contest with a poignant love song, sung in Portuguese. In the early hours of Sunday morning the winner met the world's press - glass microphone trophy still in hand.
Salvador Sobral entered the Eurovision Song Contest's press r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39914381 |
Spring-cleaning India's most magnificent tent - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rajasthan's Royal Red Tent is as tall as a double-decker bus - and it's getting its first proper clean in three centuries. | Magazine | Rajasthan's Royal Red Tent is as tall as a double-decker bus, made from silk, velvet and gold - and it's getting its first proper clean in more than three centuries, says Melissa Van Der Klugt.
High up on the ramparts of Mehrangarh, in one of Rajasthan's most famous forts - one of the most visited in India - a small t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39890722 |
Child sex abuse: Inquiry team to search through 5,000 boxes of FA archives - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | The independent investigation into historical child sex abuse in football may have to sift through five million documents, BBC Sport learns. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
The independent investigation into historical child sex abuse in football may have to sift through five million documents, BBC Sport has learned.
The inquiry, led by barrister Clive Sheldon QC, was started by the Football Association in December, after a series of allegation... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39928510 |
Is Africa facing a new wave of piracy? - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A rise in seizures off the continent raises fears of a new era of maritime crime. | Africa | The recent hijacking of a ship by Somali pirates was the first such incident off the Horn of Africa since 2012, and more ships are being targeted off West Africa. But why are attacks increasing and how should the international community respond?
The latest State of Maritime Piracy report by the watchdog Oceans Beyond ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39849352 |
A sex doll that can talk - but is it perfect Harmony? - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC visits a factory in California which is making a new AI-enabled sex doll called Harmony. | Technology | Harmony is more than a sex toy, according to RealDoll founder Matt McMullen
Harmony is a new type of sex doll - one that can move and talk.
Her head, eyelids and lip movements are fairly crude and her conversation is even more limited.
But she is part of a new robotics revolution that is seeing artificial intelligen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39859939 |
'Litter police' get bonuses to target public, Panorama finds - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Secret filming shows people being fined for dropping orange peel and pouring coffee away. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Were 'litter police' right to fine this man for dropping a small piece of orange peel?
A private company acting as the "litter police" for dozens of councils pays officers a bonus for issuing fines, an undercover Panorama re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39882434 |
The boss who lives as a medieval knight - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jason Kingsley, the boss of games firm Rebellion, lives his life according to the rules of a medieval knight's chivalric code of honour. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The boss in shining armour. By video journalist Greg Brosnan
Jason Kingsley seems far too relaxed about the fatal dangers inherent in his daredevil hobby.
"There have been some deaths in jousting," he says. "But it is usual... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39851253 |
Reality Check: What's been going on with pay? - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The TUC boss says living standards have been falling too fast for too long. | Election 2017 | The claim: Workers' living standards have been falling far too fast for far too long.
Reality Check verdict: Average pay adjusted for prices has been rising for the past couple of years, but is still below the level it was 10 years ago, before the financial crisis.
Frances O'Grady, general secretary of trade union um... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39915066 |
Garth Crooks' team of the week: Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Gabriel Jesus, David Luiz - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Which players link up like Brooking and Keegan? Who does Jurgen Klopp need to protect? It's Garth Crooks' team of the week. | null | It was the weekend when matters at the top and bottom of the Premier League were finalised.
Antonio Conte's Chelsea beat West Brom to become Premier League champions thanks to substitute Michy Batshuayi's late winning goal.
At the bottom, Hull were relegated back down to the Championship with a whimper after being th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39915228 |
Chelsea 4-3 Watford - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Chelsea skipper John Terry scores on what could be his Stamford Bridge farewell as the Blues celebrate winning the Premier League with a victory against Watford. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Chelsea celebrated their Premier League title triumph with a hard-earned victory over Watford in an ill-tempered but thrilling encounter at Stamford Bridge.
Manager Antonio Conte and his Chelsea players were able to take the acclaim on a lap of honour after the final whistle... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39176057 |
TV dinners: The hidden cost of the processed food revolution - BBC News | 2017-05-15 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The industrialisation of food production has saved us time - but we are paying the price in other ways. | Business | It is a typical November Tuesday for Mary, who lives in the north-east of the United States.
She is 44, has a degree, and her family is prosperous - in the top quarter of American households by income. So what has she done today? Is she a lawyer or a teacher?
No. Mary spent an hour knitting and sewing, two hours sett... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39490182 |
Lewis Hamilton & Sebastian Vettel provide 'a scrap between two of the greatest' - BBC Sport | 2017-05-15 | null | Lewis Hamilton keeps his cool after Sebastian Vettel's robust defence - but only because he would have done the same. | null | The sense of satisfaction oozed out of Lewis Hamilton after the Spanish Grand Prix, in which he took a thrilling victory in the best race of a season that is already heading towards becoming a classic.
The Mercedes driver's 55th career win meant he matched title rival Sebastian Vettel on two wins each in the five race... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39916575 |
Shorter sets and shot clock to be trialled in ATP youth event trial in Milan - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Shorter sets and a shot clock will be among new ideas to be trialled at a youth tennis tournament by the sport's ruling body. | null | Shorter sets and a shot clock are among the innovative ideas to be trialled at a youth tennis tournament by the sport's ruling body.
The ATP's Under-21 version of the World Tour Finals in Milan in November will introduce first to four game sets, with a tie-break at three-all.
Reduced warm-ups, a no-let rule for serve... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39938989 |
Pep Guardiola: Barcelona & Bayern Munich 'would have sacked' Man City boss - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he would have been sacked by Barcelona and Bayern Munich after a trophy-less season. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he would have been sacked by former clubs Barcelona and Bayern Munich if he had ended a season without a trophy.
City have failed to win any silverware in Guardiola's debut season, and are not yet guaranteed a top-four Premier League f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39926264 |
Italian Open: Johanna Konta beats Yulia Putintseva, Aljaz Bedene loses to Novak Djokovic - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | British number one Johanna Konta makes a strong start at the Italian Open, but Aljaz Bedene loses to Novak Djokovic. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Johanna Konta made a strong start at the Italian Open with a straight-set win over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva in Rome.
The British number one, who turns 26 on Wednesday, won 6-3 6-0 to claim her second clay-court victory of the year.
Konta had a bye in the first round as t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39935200 |
White Hart Lane: Tottenham immediately begin stadium redevelopment - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Redevelopment of White Hart Lane begins less than 24 hours after Tottenham said an emotional farewell to their home of the past 118 years. | null | Redevelopment of White Hart Lane starts less than 24 hours after Tottenham said an emotional farewell to their home of the past 118 years with a 2-1 win over Manchester United.
They plan to have a new 61,000-seater stadium, built on the same site, ready for the 2018-19 season.
In the meantime, the club will play home... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39920354 |
Bebeto's son Mattheus Oliveira signs for Sporting Lisbon - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | The son of Brazilian World Cup winner Bebeto, subject of the famous 'rocking cradle' celebration in the 1994 World Cup, has signed for Sporting Lisbon. | null | The son of Brazilian World Cup winner Bebeto, subject of the famous 'rocking cradle' celebration in the 1994 World Cup, has signed for Sporting Lisbon.
You can follow action from tonight's football on this website on the BBC Sport app and on The Red Button with 5 live Final Score from 19:00 BST.
Available to UK users... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39941716 |
FBI chief sacking: Who will replace James Comey? - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | President Donald Trump says his pick for FBI chief would be named "very soon". | US & Canada | Candidates: Clockwise from top left: Lawyer Alice Fisher, New York Appeals Court Judge Michael Garcia, Republican Senator John Cornyn and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe
US President Donald Trump has said he could announce a replacement for former FBI director James Comey as early as this week, and former Senator Jo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39926725 |
Reading 1-0 Fulham (agg: 2-1) - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Yann Kermorgant's second-half penalty gives Reading victory over Fulham to book a spot in the Championship play-off final. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
A Yann Kermorgant penalty was enough for Reading to edge out Fulham and reach the Championship play-off final.
The French forward fired the Royals into the Wembley final on Monday, 29 May for a shot at promotion to the Premier League just after half-time.
The only goal of t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39853033 |
Andy Murray beaten by Fabio Fognini in Rome Masters second round - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Defending champion Andy Murray is knocked out of the Italian Open in the second round by Italian Fabio Fognini. | null | Defending champion Andy Murray has been knocked out of the Italian Open in the second round by Italian Fabio Fognini.
The 30-year-old British world number one, whose victory in Rome last year was one of nine titles he won in 2016, lost 6-2 6-4 to the world number 29.
The loss continues Murray's poor form ahead of the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39943519 |
Rangers should be embarrassed at finishing third, says Derek McInnes - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes claims Rangers should be "embarrassed" at not finishing second in the Premiership. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes insists any club with Rangers' financial clout ought to have finished second in the Premiership and that they should be embarrassed at having failed to do so.
Aberdeen are six points clear of third-placed Rangers with two games to go.
"I find ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39939982 |
How DNA-testing kits are becoming big business - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | DNA-testing kits for health and fitness are growing in popularity, but is it all hype? | Business | The latest health and fitness trend involves taking a DNA test to find out more about how our bodies respond to different types of food and exercise. But how accurate and effective are these kits?
Fitness fanatic Mandy Mayer, 56, exercised several times a week but felt like she'd hit a plateau.
Her personal trainer s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39923323 |
Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 odyssey begins here - what can he expect? - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Intimidated? No chance. But Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 odyssey will provide a challenge like no other, writes Andrew Benson. | null | Fernando Alonso says he is "very excited" about his Indy 500 odyssey - and he is not alone.
The two-time F1 champion flew straight from Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix to America to start his attempt to win the Indianapolis 500 on 28 May.
Some measure of the impact his decision has had comes from the fact that more than ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39903699 |
We should have listened to the broken teenagers - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Child sexual abuse has never been a higher police priority. But too many rapists avoid justice, argues former detective Margaret Oliver. | Magazine | Former detective Margaret Oliver is played by Lesley Sharp in the drama Three Girls
Child sexual abuse has never been a higher police priority. But too many rapists avoid justice, argues former detective Margaret Oliver. As her role in prosecuting the Rochdale grooming gang is marked in a new TV drama, she says police... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39924586 |
Is France's Socialist Party dead? - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | After a crushing defeat in the first round of the French presidential election, can the PS survive? | Europe | After suffering a crushing defeat in the first round of the French presidential election, can the party of Francois Mitterrand survive?
They love their icons and their rituals.
They get attached to history.
They believe in the continuity of the fight.
They see themselves carrying a torch lit first by the heroes of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39900003 |
John Terry: Chelsea captain could retire after leaving champions in summer - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Chelsea captain John Terry says he could retire at the end of the season after leading out the champions in a 4-3 win over Watford. | null | Last updated on .From the section Chelsea
Chelsea captain John Terry said he could retire at the end of the season, after leading the champions in their 4-3 win over Watford at Stamford Bridge.
The 36-year-old, who will leave the Blues in the summer, scored the opening goal on a night of celebration for the Premier L... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39930942 |
Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Arsenal ensure the top-four race goes down to the final day of the Premier League season with a laboured win against Sunderland. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Arsenal ensured the race to finish in the Premier League's top four will go down to the final day of the season with a laboured win against relegated Sunderland.
Alexis Sanchez tapped in Mesut Ozil's square pass to the relief of those inside a sparsely populated Emirates Sta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39853089 |
David Warner: Australia vice-captain has concerns over contract dispute - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Australia's Ashes series against England could be in doubt because of a players' contract dispute, says vice-captain David Warner. | null | Australia's Ashes series against England in November could be in doubt because of a players' contract dispute, says vice-captain David Warner.
In March, Cricket Australia proposed salary increases for men and women, but this would mean players no longer receive a percentage of CA's revenue.
The offer was rejected and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39924107 |
UK General Election 2017 | BBC News | 2017-05-16 | null | All the BBC's coverage of the 2017 UK General Election including news, analysis and results. | null | May to form government with DUP backing
Theresa May says she will govern with her Democratic Unionist "friends" and "get on" with Brexit after losing her majority, but rivals say she has caused chaos. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017 |
Manchester City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Manchester City take a giant step towards Champions League football for next season as they comfortably beat West Brom. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester City clinched an emphatic win over West Brom to move back up to third place in the Premier League with one game remaining.
A point in their final game at Watford on Sunday will now be enough to guarantee Pep Guardiola's side a place in the top four and Champions L... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39853090 |
Etholiad 2017 | 2017-05-16 | null | Gwybodaeth am Etholiad Cyffredinol 2017, gan gynnwys canlyniadau a dadansoddi. | null | http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/etholiad/2017 | |
WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack 'may have N Korea link' - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Experts see apparent similarities between WannaCry and earlier hacks by a suspected North Korea-linked group. | Technology | A coded tweet from a Google researcher first raised suspicions of a North Korea link
Who was behind the huge global cyber-attack? One prominent theory right now is North Korea - but what we know is far from conclusive.
You may not have heard of the Lazarus Group, but you may be aware of its work. The devastating hack... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39931635 |
I acted as a man to get work - until I was accused of rape - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Pili Hussein wanted to make her fortune mining for gemstones in Tanzania, and wasn't put off by the fact that women weren't allowed in the mines | Magazine | Pili Hussein wanted to make her fortune prospecting for a precious stone that's said to be a thousand times rarer than diamonds, but since women weren't allowed down the mines she dressed up as man and fooled her male colleagues for almost a decade.
Pili Hussein grew up in a large family in Tanzania. The daughter of a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39705424 |
Players Championship: Ian Poulter shows fire still burns bright - Iain Carter - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | After his "toughest stretch", Ian Poulter showed at the Players Championship that he is not done yet, writes Iain Carter. | null | Last updated on .From the section Golf
Ian Poulter believes he has put behind him the toughest spell of his career, which he admits has been "miserable".
The 41-year-old Englishman climbed more than 100 places in the world rankings by finishing tied for second with Louis Oosthuizen, three shots behind Kim Si-woo, at ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/39925472 |
Roger Federer: Swiss 18-time Grand Slam winner to miss French Open - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Eighteen-time major winner Roger Federer will sit out the French Open and the rest of the clay-court season. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Eighteen-time major winner Roger Federer will sit out the French Open and the rest of the clay-court season.
The 35-year-old, fifth in the world rankings, says he made the decision in an attempt to continue playing on the ATP Tour "for many years to come".
The Swiss added he ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39930092 |
Nicola Adams and Marlen Esparza are in competition to win first world title - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Double Olympic champion Nicola Adams and her partner Marlen Esparza are racing to be first to win a world title. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
Double Olympic champion Nicola Adams says she is racing with her partner Marlen Esparza to be a world champion.
Adams, 34, stopped Mexico's Maryan Salazar in her second professional fight in Leeds on Saturday.
American Esparza won her second bout as a professional a week earl... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39934074 |
Ian Brady: The killer who showed no remorse - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Notorious murderer who refused to show any remorse for his crimes dies at the age of 79 in hospital. | UK | Few killers achieved the notoriety or attracted as much public loathing as the so-called "Moors Murderer", Ian Brady, who has died at the age of 79.
Over a period of 18 months in the 1960s, Brady and his accomplice, Myra Hindley, kidnapped and murdered five children in north-west England.
The bodies of three of their... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12735333 |
Child sex abuse: Inquiry team to search through 5,000 boxes of FA archives - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | The independent investigation into historical child sex abuse in football may have to sift through five million documents, BBC Sport learns. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
The independent investigation into historical child sex abuse in football may have to sift through five million documents, BBC Sport has learned.
The inquiry, led by barrister Clive Sheldon QC, was started by the Football Association in December, after a series of allegation... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39928510 |
Maria Sharapova: French Open decides against giving former champion a wildcard - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Former champion Maria Sharapova will not play at the French Open as tournament officials decide against giving her a wildcard. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Maria Sharapova will miss the French Open after tournament officials decided not to give the two-time champion a wildcard.
The Russian, 30, was ranked too low to gain direct entry as she continues her return from a 15-month drugs ban.
"There can be a wildcard for the return f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39932614 |
Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal face play-off prospect for Champions League - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal face the prospect of a play-off to determine qualification for next season's Champions League. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal all face a possible play-off to determine qualification for next season's Champions League.
The three clubs, occupying third to fifth place in the Premier League, are separated by three points going into Sunday's final round of games.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39944529 |
'Litter police' get bonuses to target public, Panorama finds - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Secret filming shows people being fined for dropping orange peel and pouring coffee away. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Were 'litter police' right to fine this man for dropping a small piece of orange peel?
A private company acting as the "litter police" for dozens of councils pays officers a bonus for issuing fines, an undercover Panorama re... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39882434 |
A sex doll that can talk - but is it perfect Harmony? - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The BBC visits a factory in California which is making a new AI-enabled sex doll called Harmony. | Technology | Harmony is more than a sex toy, according to RealDoll founder Matt McMullen
Harmony is a new type of sex doll - one that can move and talk.
Her head, eyelids and lip movements are fairly crude and her conversation is even more limited.
But she is part of a new robotics revolution that is seeing artificial intelligen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39859939 |
The boss who lives as a medieval knight - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jason Kingsley, the boss of games firm Rebellion, lives his life according to the rules of a medieval knight's chivalric code of honour. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The boss in shining armour. By video journalist Greg Brosnan
Jason Kingsley seems far too relaxed about the fatal dangers inherent in his daredevil hobby.
"There have been some deaths in jousting," he says. "But it is usual... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39851253 |
Reality Check: What's been going on with pay? - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The TUC boss says living standards have been falling too fast for too long. | Election 2017 | The claim: Workers' living standards have been falling far too fast for far too long.
Reality Check verdict: Average pay adjusted for prices has been rising for the past couple of years, but is still below the level it was 10 years ago, before the financial crisis.
Frances O'Grady, general secretary of trade union um... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39915066 |
Fernando Alonso: F1 driver satisfied with 'amazing' Indy 500 practice - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Two-time F1 world champion Fernando Alonso is satisfied with an "amazing" first day of official practice for the Indianapolis 500. | null | Fernando Alonso said he was satisfied with an "amazing" first day of official practice for the Indianapolis 500.
The McLaren driver, who is racing at this year's event on 28 May instead of at the Monaco Grand Prix, was 19th on Monday with a 223.025mph average.
"Everything went very smoothly," said the 35-year-old Spa... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39932584 |
Chelsea 4-3 Watford - BBC Sport | 2017-05-16 | null | Chelsea skipper John Terry scores on what could be his Stamford Bridge farewell as the Blues celebrate winning the Premier League with a victory against Watford. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Chelsea celebrated their Premier League title triumph with a hard-earned victory over Watford in an ill-tempered but thrilling encounter at Stamford Bridge.
Manager Antonio Conte and his Chelsea players were able to take the acclaim on a lap of honour after the final whistle... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39176057 |
TV dinners: The hidden cost of the processed food revolution - BBC News | 2017-05-16 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The industrialisation of food production has saved us time - but we are paying the price in other ways. | Business | It is a typical November Tuesday for Mary, who lives in the north-east of the United States.
She is 44, has a degree, and her family is prosperous - in the top quarter of American households by income. So what has she done today? Is she a lawyer or a teacher?
No. Mary spent an hour knitting and sewing, two hours sett... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39490182 |
Iran's Instagram election sees rivals battle on social media - BBC News | 2017-05-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In a first for Iran, the main battles in the country's elections are being fought on social media. | Middle East | The Iranian authorities have relaxed rules on internet use during the election campaign
This is an Iranian election like no other, where the main battles are being fought on social media.
For the first time candidates, as well as voters, have discovered the power of messaging apps as a way of bypassing state media an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39947080 |
Oh Leuven: Leicester City owner agrees to buy Belgian club - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Leicester City owner's King Power International agree to buy OH Leuven, the Belgian club says. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Leicester City owners King Power International have agreed to purchase OH Leuven, the Belgian club says.
The second-tier club, located just east of capital city Brussels, narrowly avoided relegation this season.
The club's board set a time limit in its search for investment... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39946036 |
Tyson Fury: Frank Warren expects Ukad delay as BBBofC reiterate licence stance - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Tyson Fury's boxing licence will not be reinstated until after his anti-doping hearing - which promoter Frank Warren fears could be in October. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
Tyson Fury's boxing licence will not be reinstated until after his UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) hearing - which promoter Frank Warren fears could be in October.
Ukad last week postponed a hearing into the Briton testing positive for a banned substance in February 2015.
Fury, 28, had... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39946566 |
Maria Sharapova: French Open wildcard reasoning wrong, say WTA - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | The basis for the decision not to give Maria Sharapova a French Open wildcard is wrong, says the chief executive of the WTA. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
French Open organisers had "no grounds to penalise" Maria Sharapova by denying her a wildcard entry to the tournament, says the Women's Tennis Association.
The Russian, 30, was ranked too low to gain direct entry as she continues her return from a 15-month drugs ban.
The Fren... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39946833 |
'You don't have to be a squillionaire to buy art' - BBC News | 2017-05-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | You don't have to spend millions of pounds to buy an original piece of art. | Business | Online sites like Artfinder are enabling artists to market their works to bigger audiences
You don't have to spend millions of pounds to buy an original piece of art.
It's no longer just famous names who are selling their works. A growing number of art fairs and online marketplaces mean new artists starting out are a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39858768 |
The man who brokered the deal to release the Chibok girls - BBC News | 2017-05-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The lawyer behind the release of 82 women captured by Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram. | Africa | In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani profiles the lawyer who brokered the release of 82 women captured by Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
When 57-year-old Zannah Mustapha arrived for the handover of the 82 Chibok girls freed from Boko Haram after t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39928628 |
Ex-communist states complain of rip-off food in EU - BBC News | 2017-05-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Food brands sold to Czechs are lower-quality than the same items sold in Germany, shoppers allege. | Europe | The Zedineks go shopping in Germany, saying the same goods are cheaper and better quality than at home
Should we expect goods in identical packaging to have the same contents?
When communism collapsed in Central and Eastern Europe, previously unobtainable goods flooded the market.
Today, the region's shops and super... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39900362 |
Will a laptop ban make flying more dangerous? - BBC News | 2017-05-17 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Experts warn the risk of fire will increase if there is a laptop ban on flights between Europe and the US. | Business | Experts are lining up to say that a laptop ban could make flying more dangerous
Airports, airlines and the government are bracing themselves for a ban on laptops, tablets, cameras and e-readers going as hand luggage on flights between Europe and America.
No-one is absolutely certain it will happen, but most people I'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39946462 |
Southampton 0-0 Manchester United - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Southampton and Manchester United play out a goalless draw with visiting goalkeeper Sergio Romero saving a Manolo Gabbiadini penalty. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Sergio Romero made a series of fine saves as Southampton and Manchester United played out a goalless draw at St Mary's.
Saints should have gone ahead within five minutes when Eric Bailly was adjudged to have handled in the area, but United goalkeeper Romero saved Manolo Gabb... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39170670 |
Andy Murray beaten by Fabio Fognini in Rome Masters second round - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Defending champion Andy Murray is knocked out of the Italian Open in the second round by Italian Fabio Fognini. | null | Defending champion Andy Murray has been knocked out of the Italian Open in the second round by Italian Fabio Fognini.
The 30-year-old British world number one, whose victory in Rome last year was one of nine titles he won in 2016, lost 6-2 6-4 to the world number 29.
The loss continues Murray's poor form ahead of the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39943519 |
Women's Super League One: Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal highlights - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Jordan Nobbs equalises deep into injury time for Arsenal as they draw 2-2 away against Chelsea in the Women's Super League One Spring Series. | null | Jordan Nobbs equalises deep into injury time for Arsenal as they draw 2-2 away against Chelsea in the Women's Super League One Spring Series.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39956418 |
Italian Open: Andy Murray expects to turn form around after Fabio Fognini defeat - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Andy Murray cannot explain his recent struggles after losing in round two at the Italian Open but expects to turn things around. | null | World number one Andy Murray can find "no reason" for his "struggle" with form following defeat in the second round of the Italian Open.
The 30-year-old lost 6-2 6-4 to Fabio Fognini in Rome and has now won one title from eight events in 2017.
The French Open begins on 28 May but Murray has only reached one semi-fina... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39949585 |
Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Arsenal ensure the top-four race goes down to the final day of the Premier League season with a laboured win against Sunderland. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Arsenal ensured the race to finish in the Premier League's top four will go down to the final day of the season with a laboured win against relegated Sunderland.
Alexis Sanchez tapped in Mesut Ozil's square pass to the relief of those inside a sparsely populated Emirates Sta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39853089 |
Manchester City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Manchester City take a giant step towards Champions League football for next season as they comfortably beat West Brom. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester City clinched an emphatic win over West Brom to move back up to third place in the Premier League with one game remaining.
A point in their final game at Watford on Sunday will now be enough to guarantee Pep Guardiola's side a place in the top four and Champions L... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39853090 |
Michael Keane: Man Utd interested in bringing Burnley defender back - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Manchester United are interested in re-signing defender Michael Keane, who moved to Burnley in 2015 for £2m. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
The 24-year-old was sold to the Clarets for £2m in 2015 by then-United manager Louis van Gaal.
He made his England debut on 22 March this year and is shortlisted for the Professional Footballers' Association young player of the year award.
Any deal for Keane would allow Uni... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39954093 |
Tottenham: Mauricio Pochettino says he is staying at the club - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino says he is committed to staying at the club and denies reports of a buy-out in his contract. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says he is committed to staying at the club and has denied reports of a buy-out clause in his contract.
The 45-year-old Argentine has been in charge at Spurs since joining from Southampton in May 2014 on a five-year deal.
In May of last... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39949837 |
Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Huddersfield Town (agg: 1-1, 3-4 pens) - BBC Sport | 2017-05-17 | null | Huddersfield Town beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-3 in a penalty shootout to reach the Championship play-off final. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Huddersfield Town beat Sheffield Wednesday on penalties to reach the Championship play-off final.
Terriers keeper Danny Ward saved from Sam Hutchinson and Fernando Forestieri in the shootout to give Town a 4-3 win.
Steven Fletcher put the Owls ahead when he headed home Barr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39866499 |
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