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British and Irish Lions: Warren Gatland will speak to Mike Brown over omission - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland says he is happy to speak to England's Mike Brown about his squad omission. | null | Warren Gatland has offered to talk to Mike Brown about his omission from the British and Irish Lions squad after the full-back cited a lack of "feedback".
Harlequins' Brown was left out of the 41-man group which will play 10 matches in New Zealand from 3 June to 8 July.
He played all of England's games as they won th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39842638 |
Chris Froome: Team Sky rider 'rammed on purpose' by car in France - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Britain's three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome claims he was deliberately driven into by a car while out riding near his Monaco home. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome claims he was "rammed" by a car driver while out training in southern France - but says he "wasn't hurt".
The Briton, who rides for Team Sky, posted a picture on Twitter of his damaged bike and reported the incident to local polic... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39854961 |
Why were 101 Uzbeks killed in the Netherlands in 1942? - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | They left their homes in Central Asia to fight against the German army. Why were they taken to Amersfoort before being starved or shot? | Magazine | They left their homes in Central Asia to fight against the German army. Then, dressed in rags, they were taken as prisoners to a concentration camp in the Netherlands. Few now alive remember the 101 mostly Uzbek men who were killed in a forest near Amersfoort in 1942 - and they may well have been forgotten entirely if ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39849088 |
Steve Lansdown: Bristol 'underestimated' Premiership, admits owner - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Bristol "underestimated the Premiership" after their promotion in 2016, owner Steve Lansdown tells the BBC. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Relegated Bristol "underestimated the Premiership", the club's owner Steve Lansdown has admitted.
The Ashton Gate club, back in the top tier for the first time since 2009, won just three league games as they made an immediate return to the Championship.
"We thought we we... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39848382 |
Nicola Adams: Double Olympic champion to face Mexican in Leeds over longer rounds - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Nicola Adams wants to impress her home town fans when she takes on Mexico's Maryan Salazar in Leeds on Saturday. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
Britain's double Olympic champion Nicola Adams wants to impress her home fans when she takes on Mexico's Maryan Salazar in Leeds on Saturday.
The fight, Adams' second as a professional and first in her home city for 20 years, will be over four three-minute rounds, rather than ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39856848 |
Why are TV singing contests still popular? - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A look at why the format remains so popular as Will Young and Bebe Rehxa gear up for new BBC talent show Pitch Battle. | Entertainment & Arts | Pitch Battle's judging panel will include Will Young and Bebe Rexha - who sang vocals on David Guetta and Nicki Minaj hit Hey Mama
Pitch Battle will become the latest singing contest set to hit our TV screens this summer but, 16 years on from ITV's Popstars, why is the format still so strong?
Putting Kelis, Gareth Ma... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39843214 |
Anne of Green Gables: The most popular redhead in Japan - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Canadian stories have become a feminist touchstone in Japan and inspired their own Japanese cultural spinoffs. | US & Canada | The entrance to Canadian World in Hokkaido, Japan
With two red braids hanging from her straw hat, Anne of Green Gables may just be the most recognisable ginger-haired girl in the world. But in Japan, the orphan from Prince Edward Island is more than just a quaint Canadian import - she's a national heroine.
As he appr... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39809999 |
Eurovision on front line: Will Russia's absence spoil Ukraine's party? - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Eurovision is meant to foster unity but 2017 seems to be all about Ukraine's conflict with Russia. | Europe | Playing with fire? Georgia's singer will take full advantage of Eurovision pyrotechnics in Tuesday's semi-final
Performers from 42 countries strode down a long red carpet near Ukraine's parliament this week, as a curtain-raiser to this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
But one nation, Russia, was missing.
For the firs... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39847422 |
George Groves 'struggling' with Eduard Gutknecht's condition - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | British fighter George Groves tells BBC Radio 5 live of his struggle to deal with the injuries Eduard Gutknecht of Germany suffered in their bout. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
George Groves says the injuries sustained by Eduard Gutknecht in their super-middleweight bout will haunt him until he retires from boxing.
Briton Groves beat Gutknecht on points in December and the German was taken to hospital with a bleed on the brain.
Gutknecht's wife Juli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39834817 |
Giro d'Italia: Geraint Thomas moves to second overall after stage four - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Team Sky's Geraint Thomas moves into second place in the Giro d'Italia by finishing third on stage four. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Team Sky's Geraint Thomas moved into second place in the Giro d'Italia by finishing third on stage four.
The Welshman is six seconds behind Quick-Step's Bob Jungels, the fourth man to lead the race, and four seconds ahead of fellow Briton Adam Yates.
Orica rider Yates was ei... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39859647 |
Sulley Muntari: Italian FA may be disciplined by Fifa over handling of racism claims - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Italian football authorities may face disciplinary action from Fifa following its actions towards Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Italian football authorities may face disciplinary action over the treatment of Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari.
Muntari, 32, was sent off after leaving the field claiming he was racially abused during a Serie A game.
He was initially banned for one game but had ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39855463 |
Rupert Murdoch gives robust response to BBC questions - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As Ofcom investigates the planned Sky takeover, Rupert Murdoch remains robust as he answers BBC questions in New York. | Entertainment & Arts | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The media mogul was leaving work in Manhattan, New York
As Ofcom explores whether Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox should be allowed to press on with its planned takeover of Sky, we thought the company might agree to an int... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39852404 |
Antonio Conte: Chelsea boss says his players deserve Premier League title - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Antonio Conte thinks his Chelsea players deserve to be Premier League champions, as they move to within one win of the title. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manager Antonio Conte says his Chelsea players are worthy of winning the Premier League title.
The Blues are now one win away from securing their fifth league trophy after beating Middlesbrough 3-0 at Stamford Bridge on Monday.
Conte, 47, told BBC Match of the Day: "This is... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39852813 |
How did the remote French outpost of St Pierre and Miquelon vote? - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Off Newfoundland's southern tip, French residents from St Pierre and Miquelon voted from afar. | US & Canada | Last March, just weeks before announcing her candidacy for the 2017 French presidential election, far-right politician Marine Le Pen set foot onto a craggy, frostbitten island 10 miles off the coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland & Labrador. How did Le Pen's ideas resonate on the islands so far from the Frenc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39848003 |
Dyche, Howe, Allardyce - will an English manager ever win the Premier League? - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | It is 25 years since Howard Wilkinson won the First Division with Leeds United. How close are we to the next English manager lifting the title? | null | To mark 25 years since the last English manager won the top flight, a BBC Radio 5 live special asks if an English manager will ever win the Premier League.
More English managers have got their hands on the World Cup than the Premier League title.
The media can be more guilty than most of thinking that football began ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39765098 |
Eugenie Bouchard beats Maria Sharapova at Madrid Open after calling her a "cheat" - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Eugenie Bouchard beats Maria Sharapova - the woman she called a "cheat" - in a marathon three-setter in the second round of the Madrid Open. | null | A "motivated" Eugenie Bouchard beat Maria Sharapova - the woman she called a "cheat" - in a marathon three-setter in the second round of the Madrid Open.
Bouchard criticised Sharapova as she made her comeback from a 15-month drugs ban at the Stuttgart Open in April.
The Canadian finally came through a brutal encounte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39851644 |
Why May is keeping immigration target - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Whether it is practically achievable or not, there are clear political reasons for the prime minister to stick with the "tens of thousands" goal. | UK Politics | Privately lots of Tories have said for years, six years in fact, that the chances of getting immigration down to under 100,000 were small.
And for as long as we were in the European Union, the UK government had no way of guaranteeing it would happen in any case.
The job prospects for young Spaniards, Poles, Italians,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39845154 |
How will history remember the 2015-17 Parliament? - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Brexit, tragedy, a new PM, the rise of the SNP and a fall in Lib Dems helped shape an eventful two years. | Election 2017 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister David Cameron says he will stand down
In the tradition of the Good Parliament, the Long Parliament, the Addled Parliament and the Cavalier Parliament, will history remember the short, but eventful parliament o... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39848296 |
Players Championship: Will Sawgrass event become a major? - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | It is becoming harder to find reasons why this week's Players Championship will not eventually evolve to being a major, writes Iain Carter. | null | Coverage: Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website on Saturday and Sunday.
What makes a major? The question arises because it is becoming harder to find reasons why this week's Players Championship will not eventually evolve to that elevated level.
The four men's majors are the benchmark of the game.
The Open C... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/39839666 |
Madrid Open: Andy Murray beats Marius Copil to reach third round - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Andy Murray is through to the third round of the Madrid Open with a straight-set victory over Romanian Marius Copil. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
World number one Andy Murray progressed to the third round of the Madrid Open with a straight-set victory over Romanian Marius Copil.
The 29-year-old Briton, who had a first-round bye, won 6-4 6-3.
Murray was not at his best early on but broke world number 104 Copil at 5-4 to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39861629 |
Danny Willett and caddie Jonathan Smart part before Players Championship - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Danny Willett will use a new caddie at the Players Championship as Jonathan Smart has left the role after a disagreement. | null | Last updated on .From the section Golf
Coverage: Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website on Saturday and Sunday
Danny Willett has split with caddie Jonathan Smart just over a year after winning the Masters at Augusta.
The pair have been friends since their teens but had a disagreement during April's RBC Herita... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/39865291 |
Is work 'fair and decent'? That's not how the voters see it - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of the government's review into how we work says some businesses' employment practices are damaging the UK economy. | Business | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why bad work is bad for the economy
The head of the government's review into zero-hours contracts and the less secure world of work has said that too many businesses still allow "bad work" to flourish.
Ahead of a speech on ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39849571 |
Queen's Club: Andy Murray leads field for Aegon Championships in June - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | World number one Andy Murray will defend his title at next month's Aegon Championships as six of the world's top 10 men descend on Queen's Club. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
World number one Andy Murray will defend his title at next month's Aegon Championships as six of the world's top 10 men descend on Queen's Club.
The Briton has won the London event that precedes Wimbledon five times.
The tournament will also feature last year's beaten finalis... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39855702 |
Andrew Flintoff: Mental health issues should not be called 'a stigma' - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff, who has suffered from depression, says the word "stigma" should not be used when discussing mental health issues. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff says the word "stigma" should not be used when discussing mental health issues.
Flintoff has suffered from depression and spoke about the subject as part of BBC Radio 5 Live's Mental Health Week.
"I know it [stigma] is a buzz-word at ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39854321 |
Facebook - the secret election weapon - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The social network is largely unregulated and unaccountable when it comes to politics, critics say. | UK | Facebook was a key influencer in the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election and the Brexit vote, according to those who ran the campaigns.
But critics say it is a largely unregulated form of campaigning.
Those in charge of the digital campaigns for Donald Trump's Republican Party and the political consultant be... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39830727 |
Sulley Muntari says Fifa and Uefa 'not taking racism seriously' - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari says he would walk off the pitch again, adding that Fifa and Uefa are "not taking racism seriously". | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari says he would walk off the pitch again, adding that Fifa and Uefa are "not taking racism seriously".
The Pescara player, 32, was sent off after leaving the field claiming he was racially abused during a Serie A game.
In a BBC inte... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39848079 |
Arsene Wenger responds to Phil Neville's criticism of Nacho Monreal - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Arsene Wenger gives his response to Phil Neville's description of Nacho Monreal looking like he was "at a christening" in the tunnel before Arsenal faced Manchester United. | null | Arsene Wenger is visibly amused by Phil Neville's description of Nacho Monreal being "at a christening" in the tunnel before Arsenal's 2-0 win over Manchester United, but says Monreal's focus was not affected. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39859008 |
Election latest: Reaction to CPS decision on 2015 cases - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The CPS says there will not be charges over the Conservatives' 2015 election spending. | Election 2017 | More than 12,000 people work at the university Image caption: More than 12,000 people work at the university
The University of Manchester's decision to cut 171 posts is due to "new government legislation and Brexit", a union has claimed.
The university says the move is necessary for it to be a world-leading instituti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-2017-39839907 |
Paul Pogba: Man Utd signing of Juventus midfielder subject of Fifa inquiry - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Paul Pogba's world-record transfer from Juventus to Manchester United last summer is the subject of a Fifa inquiry. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Paul Pogba's world-record transfer from Juventus to Manchester United last year is the subject of a Fifa inquiry.
Football's world governing body has written to the Premier League club "to seek clarification on the deal".
It is believed to concern who was involved in the £8... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39865103 |
Chelsea 3-0 Middlesbrough - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Chelsea are one win away from claiming the Premier League title as they relegate Middlesbrough with a dominant victory. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Chelsea moved to within one win of the Premier League title and confirmed Middlesbrough's relegation with a consummate performance and emphatic victory at Stamford Bridge.
Antonio Conte's side can become champions with victory against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39767793 |
Will Macron mean the blues or a boost for Brexit? - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Emmanuel Macron's role as president of France may not necessarily mean bad news for Brexit. | UK Politics | The received wisdom is that the election of Emmanuel Macron as president of France is bad for Britain's Brexit negotiations.
Like much received wisdom, it may just be wrong. For the arrival of this young financier-turned politician in the Elysee could actually make a deal between Britain and the European Union easier.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39842424 |
Would cash prizes make you more likely to vote? - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The idea has been trialled in several US cities with promising - if controversial - results. | Magazine | As the UK heads towards its third big national vote in three years, there are fears that people won't bother turning out - with apathy particularly strong among the young.
It's a problem across Western democracies. In last week's French presidential race, turn-out fell, and in the US last year, only slightly more than... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39794795 |
Middlesbrough relegation 'lowest point' for captain Ben Gibson - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Middlesbrough captain Ben Gibson describes his side's relegation from the Premier League as the "lowest point" of his life. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Middlesbrough captain Ben Gibson described his side's relegation from the Premier League as the "lowest point" of his life.
Monday's 3-0 defeat by leaders Chelsea confirmed Boro will go back down to the Championship after one season.
"After the highs of last season, to be h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39852765 |
The man who reportedly faked a terror plot to get out of a holiday - BBC Three | 2017-05-09 | null | Check out this content on BBC Three. | null | How far would you go to get out of a holiday with a partner?
Would you pay a small cancellation fee? Or affect the symptoms of a mystery illness? Or would you just play it safe and fake a terror plot?
Forget post-holiday blues, it was pre-holiday blues that got one married man’s trunks in a twist. According to a Hyde... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/95df04e2-b85d-43aa-b920-2a1870b197f4?intc_type=promo&intc_location=news&intc_campaign=faketerrorplottogetoutofaholiday&intc_linkname=bbcthree_fac_article1 |
Why Three Girls is one of TV's toughest watches - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Maxine Peake says her drama about child sex abuse in Rochdale is a story that "needed to be told". | Entertainment & Arts | Maxine Peake as sexual health worker Sara Rowbotham in Three Girls
"It was a story that needed to be told," says Maxine Peake, emphatically.
"It's a story about a swathe of society that has been ignored and bullied."
The actress is referring to Three Girls, a new BBC One drama based on the true stories of victims of... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39846999 |
Jamie Roberts to lead Wales for June Tests against Tonga and Samoa - BBC Sport | 2017-05-09 | null | Wales name Harlequins centre Jamie Roberts as captain for their summer tour Tests against Tonga in Auckland and Samoa in Apia. | null | Last updated on .From the section Welsh Rugby
Wales have named Harlequins centre Jamie Roberts to lead a 32-man squad containing 13 uncapped players on their summer tour.
Roberts, 30, has been capped 91 times but dropped out of first-choice favour with Wales in 2016-17.
They face Tonga in Auckland on 16 June and Sam... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39857796 |
The Japanese manga comic helping Syrian refugee children dream - BBC News | 2017-05-09 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Arabic translations of a Japanese comic are giving Syrian refugee kids an escape from reality. | Asia | "The situation in Syria is terrible - so terrible that I think it stops kids from dreaming. But it's their dreams that one day will make Syria good again," says Obada Kassoumah.
"I wish I could just give them a little bit of hope and make them believe that yes, they can have dreams."
Obada is a Syrian student in Toky... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39801464 |
BBC election debate: Five key things - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From a missing PM to magic money trees - what we learned from the seven-way head-to-head. | Election 2017 | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Senior politicians from seven parties - although not the prime minister - took part in the BBC election debate on Wednesday.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd went head-to-head with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Lib Dem leader Tim F... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40113827 |
England v Bangladesh: Ben Stokes sledging leads to confrontation with Tamim Iqbal - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | England's Ben Stokes and Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal exchange words during the opening match of the Champions Trophy at The Oval. | null | England's Ben Stokes and Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal exchange words during the opening match of the Champions Trophy at The Oval. Tamim went on to make a century.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40119218 |
British and Irish Lions tour: Steve Hansen says All Blacks are better than in 2005 - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says his current team is better than the Dan Carter and Richie McCaw-inspired group of 2005. | null | Coverage: Live text commentary on every match on the BBC Sport website and mobile app.
The All Blacks have a better team now than the Dan Carter and Richie McCaw-inspired group that whitewashed the Lions on their last tour of New Zealand in 2005, says coach Steve Hansen.
Hansen was assistant to Graham Henry when the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40070669 |
British and Irish Lions: Sam Warburton to captain tourists in opener - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | Captain Sam Warburton will lead the British and Irish Lions in their opening fixture against the Provincial Barbarians after recovering from injury. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Sam Warburton will captain the British and Irish Lions in their opening match against the Provincial Barbarians on 3 June.
The flanker will play his first game since suffering a knee injury in April, lining up in an all-Welsh back-row.
The Scottish trio of Greig Laidlaw,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40114593 |
Chelsea paid £150.8m by Premier League after winning 2016-17 title - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | Chelsea were paid £150.8m by the Premier League after winning the 2016-17 title - 50% more than last season's top earners. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Chelsea were paid £150.8m by the Premier League after winning the 2016-17 title - 50% more than the top earners in 2015-16.
The 2016-17 season was the first of the latest TV deal and saw a total of almost £2.4bn paid to the 20 clubs - up from £1.6bn last season.
Bottom club... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40125394 |
Kabul bomb: The hell of losing loved ones in Afghanistan - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The heavy toll from the huge blast in central Kabul underlines the fragility of security in Afghanistan. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC's Tajuden Soroush was a passenger in the car with Mohammed Nasir when bomb exploded
BBC driver Mohammed Nazir was among scores of victims of Wednesday's bombing in Kabul's secure central zone. As Afghanistan mourns those... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40109229 |
Are 'McJobs' really history? - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The head of McDonald's calls on firms to "step up" as controversies over new ways of working threaten to damage trust. | Business | It was the Washington Post that first coined the term in 1986.
"The fast-food factories: McJobs are bad for kids" a headline announced over a report about thousands of teenagers employed in McDonald's US kitchens.
The term took hold, to such an extent the Oxford English Dictionary still defines McJobs - 30 years late... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40110399 |
Antoine Griezmann: Man Utd cool interest as forward suggests he will stay in Madrid - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann suggests he will stay with the club despite as Manchester United cool their interest in the player. | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann has suggested he is staying with the club despite reported interest from some of Europe's top sides.
The France international, 26, posted a message on social media reading: "Now more than ever! #atleti #alltogether."
It cam... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40116737 |
Ben Stokes: James Anderson worried by injuries to all-rounder - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | James Anderson is "worried" by the injuries suffered by Ben Stokes, and England will have to be "careful" to manage the all-rounder. | null | England bowler James Anderson is "worried" by the injuries Ben Stokes has suffered and says the team may have to carefully manage the all-rounder.
Stokes, 25, has been suffering with a knee injury since returning from the Indian Premier League and was rested for Monday's loss against South Africa.
He missed last year... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40115232 |
Champions Trophy: England's Chris Woakes to have scan on side strain - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | Chris Woakes is to have a scan after picking up an injury in the win against Bangladesh, reveals captain Owen Morgan. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
England's Chris Woakes has been sent for a scan on a side strain and is a "worry" for the rest of the Champions Trophy, says captain Eoin Morgan.
Woakes bowled two overs in the eight-wicket one-day-international win over Bangladesh before leaving the field.
Morgan said: "He'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40120890 |
Alexis Sanchez & Mesut Ozil: Selling Arsenal players 'right' - Martin Keown - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger should sell "overindulged" Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, says ex-defender Martin Keown. | null | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger should sell "overindulged" star players Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil after agreeing to extend his stay at the club, says ex-defender Martin Keown.
The Frenchman has signed a two-year deal and says his side can challenge for the Premier League title next term.
Forward Sanchez and midfiel... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40114462 |
How is a major concert organised at short notice? - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The co-producer of One Love Manchester talks about the "incredible amount of work" going into the show. | Entertainment & Arts | The concert, which features Justin Bieber and Grande, will be broadcast on BBC One
A benefit concert in aid of the victims of the Manchester bombing is being organised for Sunday, but how much work goes into planning an event in so little time?
"To be honest, it's possibly the hardest task I've ever had to undertake,... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40106013 |
British and Irish Lions: Warren Gatland will not repeat Graham Henry mistake - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | British and Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland says he will not repeat Graham Henry's mistake by splitting the squad early in the tour. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Coverage: Live text commentary on every match on the BBC Sport website and mobile app.
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland says he will not repeat Graham Henry's 2001 mistake by splitting the squad early in the tour.
Gatland says Henry indicated to his play... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40116662 |
French Open: Can Andre Agassi bring back 'warrior' Novak Djokovic? - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | Will the addition of 'super coach' Andre Agassi be enough to bring back the "warrior" in Novak Djokovic? | null | Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
Andre Agassi has attracted as many camera lenses as Novak Djokovic in the opening days of this year's French Open, but the question remains whether this is a fleeting glimpse or the long-... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40118530 |
General Noriega's pen pal: An American school girl - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | When a 10-year-old school girl wrote to her country's foreign enemy, it started a bizarre relationship. | US & Canada | Andrea was around 14 years old, flipping through her school friend's photo album when something strange caught her eye.
She was at a US boarding school in the early 1990s and, in the days before mobile phones, everyone kept their hard copy keepsakes with them. "There were all these pictures of her family in rural Mich... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40104069 |
Freezing my eggs 'helped me after rape' - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Winnie Li decided to have her eggs frozen after rape ruined her 30s. | Health | Winnie at a red carpet film event before her life changed
At the age of 29, Winnie Li was living in London and enjoying a successful career as a film producer, working with film stars like Daniel Craig.
She had been to the Oscars where a film she had helped to produce had been nominated.
But in 2008, this all came t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40104874 |
England v Bangladesh: Imrul Kayes out after Mark Wood's brilliant catch - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | Bangladesh's Imrul Kayes is out after England's Mark Wood makes a brilliant diving catch during the opening match of the Champions Trophy at The Oval. | null | Bangladesh's Imrul Kayes is out after England's Mark Wood makes a brilliant diving catch during the opening match of the Champions Trophy at The Oval.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40119215 |
Jonathan Agnew column: England will be concerned over Champions Trophy injuries - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | It was job done for England in their potentially tricky Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh, but injuries will be a worry, writes Jonathan Agnew. | null | The eight-wicket win against Bangladesh on Thursday was an excellent way for England to begin the Champions Trophy.
To chase 306 against any side, even in the ideal batting conditions of The Oval, is a challenge. You have to work hard to get those runs.
In the context of the tournament, that sort of game is much more... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40127517 |
Reality Check: What would be the impact of a four-day week? - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Green Party suggests the introduction of a four-day week. Would it work? | Election 2017 | It's one of the policies included in the Green Guarantee. The first thing to say is that it's not quite as radical as it sounds - the maximum number of hours worked a week would be 35, which is the same as has applied in France since 2000, although the exceptions in the French system mean that their average number of h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40093861 |
Messaging app Telegram centrepiece of IS social media strategy - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Islamic State group relies on encrypted messaging app Telegram to spread its message digitally. | Technology | The Islamic State militant group (IS) is fighting on many fronts against those seeking to defeat it. One of those fronts is a digital one.
Its use of social media has been thrown into the spotlight again after it used messaging app Telegram to claim responsibility for Saturday night's terror attack in London.
IS puts... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39743252 |
Investment groups tell investors to give up tobacco industry - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Axa, Calpers, Scor and AMP Capital made the call on World No Tobacco Day. | Business | Four international investment groups have called on investors to quit the tobacco industry.
Axa, Calpers, Scor and AMP Capital have already sold or are selling their tobacco investments.
The companies launched their appeal on the annual World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).
Along with 50 other firms with investments totallin... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40105814 |
What happened to Robert the smoking robot? - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Robert the smoking robot was built in Kettering in the 1930s and became an international celebrity - but where is he now? | Northampton | More than 80 years ago, a robot could be found in the unlikely surroundings of Kettering, directing traffic and smoking a cigarette.
Today, the story of Robert the Robot is little known, even in the Northamptonshire town where he was once a celebrity.
Yet in the 1930s, his fame reached as far as Czechoslovakia and th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-39057312 |
BA computer chaos: The unanswered questions - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Experts remain unconvinced by the explanations given for British Airways' IT meltdown last weekend. | Business | I admit I'm no IT expert, but over the past few days I've spoken to plenty of people who are.
These are people who have either engineered airline IT networks or actually worked on British Airways' systems in the past.
What I've heard is a lot of confusion and scepticism at the idea that a local power surge could have... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40117381 |
Yaya Toure: Manchester City midfielder signs new contract - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has signed a new one-year deal with the Premier League club. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has signed a new one-year deal with the Premier League club.
The 34-year-old has played 299 games for City, scoring 81 goals, since joining from Barcelona in 2010.
Earlier this season, Toure was left out of the Champions League squad an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40126362 |
Martina Navratilova says Margaret Court is 'a racist and a homophobe' - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | Martina Navratilova renews her call for the Margaret Court Arena to be renamed - describing the Australian as a "racist and a homophobe". | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Eighteen-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova has renewed her call for the Margaret Court Arena to be renamed - describing the Australian as a "racist and a homophobe".
Court, 74, has said she would not fly on Qantas "where possible" in protest at its support of same-s... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40116513 |
UK's red letter day awaited in Brussels - with Brexit talks looming - BBC News | 2017-06-01 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In almost a year, there's been zero progress on a deal, but Brussels thinks that's about to change. | Europe | Theresa May, pictured in July 2016 on her first trip as PM - to meet Germany's Angela Merkel
It's now almost a year since the UK blind-sided the EU by voting to leave the club.
And the sum total of face-to-face negotiations between the two sides to date? Zero.
Perfectly explicable in political circles, though baffli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40115291 |
French Open 2017: Andy Murray fights back to reach Roland Garros third round - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | World number one Andy Murray and British number two Kyle Edmund reach the third round of the French Open. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
World number one Andy Murray came from a set down to beat unseeded Slovakian Martin Klizan in the French Open second round.
The Briton won 6-7 (... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40120252 |
Ederson Moraes: Manchester City sign goalkeeper from Benfica for £35m - BBC Sport | 2017-06-01 | null | Manchester City complete the signing of 23-year-old goalkeeper Ederson Moraes from Portuguese side Benfica. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Manchester City have signed goalkeeper Ederson Moraes for £35m from Benfica.
The 23-year-old broke into the Benfica team last March and won the Portuguese league and cup double this season.
"I like everything about Manchester City," said Ederson, who will join the Premier L... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40080163 |
British and Irish Lions beat Provincial Barbarians 13-7 in tour opener - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | The British and Irish Lions start their tour of New Zealand with a nervy 13-7 victory over the Provincial Barbarians in Whangarei. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand
The British and Irish Lions started their tour of New Zealand with a nervy victory over the Provincial Barbarians in Whangarei.
The first of the Lions' 10 fixtures was expected to be the most straightforward, against a side mad... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40129657 |
Chelsea paid £150.8m by Premier League after winning 2016-17 title - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | Chelsea were paid £150.8m by the Premier League after winning the 2016-17 title - 50% more than last season's top earners. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
Chelsea were paid £150.8m by the Premier League after winning the 2016-17 title - 50% more than the top earners in 2015-16.
The 2016-17 season was the first of the latest TV deal and saw a total of almost £2.4bn paid to the 20 clubs - up from £1.6bn last season.
Bottom club... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40125394 |
Champions Trophy: England's Chris Woakes ruled out of tournament with strain - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | England's Chris Woakes is ruled out of the rest of the Champions Trophy after a scan revealed he has sustained a side strain. | null | Coverage: Highlights every evening on BBC Two, ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra; in-play highlights and text commentary on the BBC Sport website
England all-rounder Chris Woakes has been ruled out of the rest of the Champions Trophy after a scan revealed he has sustained a si... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40130286 |
Champions Trophy: England's Chris Woakes to have scan on side strain - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | Chris Woakes is to have a scan after picking up an injury in the win against Bangladesh, reveals captain Owen Morgan. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
England's Chris Woakes has been sent for a scan on a side strain and is a "worry" for the rest of the Champions Trophy, says captain Eoin Morgan.
Woakes bowled two overs in the eight-wicket one-day-international win over Bangladesh before leaving the field.
Morgan said: "He'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40120890 |
Champions Trophy: Australia and New Zealand share points after play abandoned - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | New Zealand's Kane Williamson scores a century as their Champions Trophy tie against Australia is abandoned after rain. | null | Last updated on .From the section Cricket
Kane Williamson scored a century for New Zealand in their abandoned Champions Trophy game against Australia at Edgbaston.
The Kiwi captain top-scored as his side looked to be heading for a win before play was halted in the second innings.
Australia were 53-3 after nine overs... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40132968 |
Does Trump still think climate change is a hoax? - BBC News | 2017-06-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president's team sows confusion when asked about Donald Trump's views on global warming. | US & Canada | For a speech about whether the US should remain a party to the Paris climate accord, Donald Trump's Rose Garden address on Thursday didn't have a whole lot of discussion about, you know, the climate.
There was plenty of talk about jobs and the US economy. He offered more than a few expressions of concern over whether ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40128034 |
British and Irish Lions: Are the Lions sport's strangest concept? - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | From a Victorian-era Franken-side to modern-day commercial powerhouse, BBC Sport looks at how the Lions' unique appeal has survived and thrived. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Coverage: Live text commentary on every match on the BBC Sport website and mobile app.
Sam Warburton's 48-hour journey to Auckland, featuring business-class air travel and stopovers in Dubai and Melbourne, was described this week as "epic".
Robert Seddon would have somet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40117691 |
Is India's ban on cattle slaughter 'food fascism'? - BBC News | 2017-06-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Critics say the beef ban is a brazen attack on India's secularism and federalism. | India | Beef kebabs are popular with millions of Indians
A lawmaker from India's southern state of Kerala has announced that he is returning to eating meat, fish and eggs after practising vegetarianism for nearly two decades.
There's nothing unusual about a lapsed vegetarian but VT Balram said his decision was prompted by th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-40116811 |
The young Japanese working themselves to death - BBC News | 2017-06-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Japan has some of the world's longest working hours, and some young Japanese are literally working themselves to death. | Business | Michiyo Nishigaki lost her only son Naoya to "karoshi"
Japan has some of the longest working hours in the world, and some young Japanese workers are literally working themselves to death. Now there are calls for the government to do more.
Michiyo Nishigaki was a proud mother when her only son Naoya landed a job at a ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39981997 |
Will Paris pull-out hurt Trump? - BBC News | 2017-06-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Domestic politics is driving the president's Paris decision - but the cost of a mistake is high. | US & Canada | In the end the collected pressure from environmentalists, diplomats, major US corporations, foreign leaders, Mitt Romney, Leonardo Di Caprio and Ivanka Trump wasn't enough. The US is charting its own course, leaving the international community to fend for itself.
The implications for that community, and the role of US... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40128026 |
How has the fitness video adapted to the YouTube age? - BBC News | 2017-06-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In the 1980s, Jane Fonda sold millions of workout videos. Now anyone can be an online fitness guru. | Business | Pilates devotee Cassey Ho has nearly four million YouTube followers
In the 1980s, a Lycra-clad Jane Fonda sold millions of her pioneering workout video cassettes. But videotape gave way to DVDs, then along came the internet and digital streaming. So how has the workout video adapted?
When Cassey Ho, 30, logs on to he... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39947943 |
Jonathan Agnew column: England will be concerned over Champions Trophy injuries - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | It was job done for England in their potentially tricky Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh, but injuries will be a worry, writes Jonathan Agnew. | null | The eight-wicket win against Bangladesh on Thursday was an excellent way for England to begin the Champions Trophy.
To chase 306 against any side, even in the ideal batting conditions of The Oval, is a challenge. You have to work hard to get those runs.
In the context of the tournament, that sort of game is much more... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40127517 |
Margaret Court: Tennis legend accuses 'US gay lobby' of conspiracy - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | Margaret Court believes there is a "conspiracy" from the "US gay lobby" to strip her name from one of the Australian Open stadiums. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Tennis great Margaret Court believes there is a "conspiracy" from the "US gay lobby" to strip her name from one of the Australian Open stadiums.
The 74-year-old has been criticised for her beliefs on same-sex marriage, with 18-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova calli... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40131929 |
Leo Varadkar profile: Ireland's youngest PM - BBC News | 2017-06-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | There is much more to Leo Varadkar than his age, Indian heritage and sexuality. | Europe | Mr Varadkar has come to embody the liberalisation of a country
There have been plenty of international headlines about Leo Varadkar's rise to the top of Irish politics.
Almost all focus on the fact that the Republic of Ireland now has a half-Indian, openly gay prime minister.
Mr Varadkar has come to embody the liber... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40134140 |
Rafael Nadal races into French Open fourth round with one-sided win - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | Nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal produces a brilliant display to beat Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-0 6-1 6-0. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
The fourth seed needed only 90 minutes to see off the Georgian and secured his place in the fourth round with his most one-sided win at Roland Ga... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40133466 |
Novak Djokovic survives scare to reach French Open fourth round - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | Champion Novak Djokovic survives a third-round scare at the French Open to beat Argentine Diego Schwartzman in five sets. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a third-round scare at the French Open to beat unseeded Argentine Diego Schwartzman in five sets.
The... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40134827 |
Sergio Ramos: Real Madrid defender says they have 'appointment with history' - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | Real Madrid have an "appointment with history" when they face Juventus in the Champions League final on Saturday, says Sergio Ramos. | null | Coverage: Live text commentary on the BBC website - and commentary on Radio 5 live from 19:00 BST
Real Madrid have an "appointment with history" when they face Juventus in the Champions League final in Cardiff on Saturday, says captain Sergio Ramos.
Eleven-time champions Real are aiming to become the first team since... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40138302 |
Tiger Woods: Martin Kaymer criticises 'nasty' reaction to golfer's arrest - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | The reaction to Tiger Woods' recent arrest has been "disrespectful and unfair", says former world number one Martin Kaymer. | null | Last updated on .From the section Golf
The reaction to Tiger Woods' recent arrest has been "disrespectful and unfair", according to former world number one Martin Kaymer.
Woods, 41, winner of 14 majors, was found "asleep at the wheel" with the engine running when he was arrested on Monday in Florida.
Why so nasty? W... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/40130417 |
French Open 2017: Andy Murray fights back to reach Roland Garros third round - BBC Sport | 2017-06-02 | null | World number one Andy Murray and British number two Kyle Edmund reach the third round of the French Open. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
World number one Andy Murray came from a set down to beat unseeded Slovakian Martin Klizan in the French Open second round.
The Briton won 6-7 (... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40120252 |
The world's not laughing, Donald, it's crying - BBC News | 2017-06-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | President Trump's statement takes a baseball bat to the Paris climate accord, writes Matt McGrath. | Science & Environment | President Trump went on the attack over what he sees as a bad deal for the US
President Trump's statement is a very clear repudiation of the Paris climate agreement and international efforts to fund climate mitigation and adaptation in poorer countries.
In many ways it is far worse than many observers had expected.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40128046 |
Seven stars who refused to be body shamed - BBC News | 2017-06-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | From Jennifer Lawrence to Vin Diesel - the celebrities who fought back against the shamers. | Entertainment & Arts | Chloe Moretz wasn't happy with the way her Snow White film was advertised
Stories about "body shaming" are nothing new - but more and more celebrities are starting to fight back against the trend.
Earlier this week, actress Chloe Moretz said she was "appalled and angry" over the marketing for her new animated Snow Wh... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/40132608 |
WSL 1 Spring Series: Chelsea Ladies win title on final day - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Chelsea clinch the Women's Super League One Spring Series title with a 2-0 final-day victory at Birmingham City. | null | Last updated on .From the section Women's Football
Chelsea Ladies won the Women's Super League One Spring Series with a comfortable 2-0 final-day victory at Birmingham City.
Karen Carney's first-half penalty and Fran Kirby's close-range finish gave Chelsea the victory that ensured them the title regardless of other r... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40144237 |
British and Irish Lions beat Provincial Barbarians 13-7 in tour opener - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | The British and Irish Lions start their tour of New Zealand with a nervy 13-7 victory over the Provincial Barbarians in Whangarei. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand
The British and Irish Lions started their tour of New Zealand with a nervy victory over the Provincial Barbarians in Whangarei.
The first of the Lions' 10 fixtures was expected to be the most straightforward, against a side mad... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40129657 |
Opioid crisis: The letter that started it all - BBC News | 2017-06-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Canadian doctor says one short letter managed to convince doctors that opioids were safe. | US & Canada | Canadian researchers have traced the origins of the opioid crisis to one letter published almost 40 years ago.
The letter, which said opioids were not addictive, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in 1980.
Dr David Juurlink says the journal's prestige helped fuel the misguided belief that opi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40136881 |
French Open: Andy Murray beats Juan Martin del Potro, but Kyle Edmund loses - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Andy Murray reaches the French Open last 16 with a superb win over Juan Martin del Potro, but fellow Briton Kyle Edmund is out. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage of selected matches on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and online.
Andy Murray saw off Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro with a superb straight-set win to reach the fourth round of the French Open.
The world num... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40143231 |
Jetlagged British and Irish Lions will improve after narrow opening win - Gatland - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | British and Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland says jetlag was a factor in his side's lethargic display in the win over Provincial Barbarians. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland says jetlag was a factor in his side's lethargic display against the Provincial Barbarians.
After only arriving in New Zealand on Wednesday, the Lions laboured to a 13-7 victory in Whangarei.
"We are still recovering from... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40144515 |
Andy Murray v Juan Martin del Potro: French Open set for biggest clash so far - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro resume their rivalry in the most anticipated match of the French Open so far, both with fitness concerns. | null | Last updated on .From the section Tennis
Coverage: Listen to live radio commentary and follow text coverage on BBC Radio 5 live and online.
Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro will resume their rivalry in the most anticipated match of the French Open so far on Saturday.
The pair will meet in the third round on Phi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40133636 |
Champions League final: Gianluigi Buffon inspired by Cameroon keeper Thomas N'Kono - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Gianluigi Buffon is ready for Saturday's Champions League final - but it was a Cameroon keeper who inspired his long journey back in 1990 | null | Last updated on .From the section European Football
Italian football might have looked very different over the last two decades if an impressionable 12-year-old had not been captivated by the Cameroon goalkeeper at the 1990 World Cup.
Gianluigi Buffon played as an attacker back then but the performances of Thomas N'K... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40105283 |
The man who built his plane using YouTube videos - BBC News | 2017-06-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Paen Long, a car mechanic from rural Cambodia, built a plane by watching YouTube videos. | Asia | Mr Long is a trained mechanic who runs his own garage
For three years, car mechanic Paen Long stayed up long after his wife went to bed each night, spending countless hours watching videos on YouTube.
But these weren't the viral clips or pop music videos that most people while away hours on. Mr Long, who lives on the... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39945650 |
Anthony Crolla plans Manchester Arena return after terror attack - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Anthony Crolla says he wants to fight again at Manchester Arena - the scene of a suicide bombing last month. | null | Last updated on .From the section Boxing
Former WBA lightweight world champion Anthony Crolla says he wants to fight again at Manchester Arena.
The venue in Crolla's home city remains closed following last month's suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert, which killed 22 people.
The 30-year-old is expecting his n... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/40143335 |
Juventus 1-4 Real Madrid - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as Real Madrid become champions of Europe for a record 12th time after beating 10-man Juventus in Cardiff. | null | Last updated on .From the section Football
By Phil McNulty Chief football writer at the Principality Stadium
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid retained the Champions League in scintillating style by overwhelming Juventus in Cardiff.
Real's record 12th triumph in this competition - and third in four seaso... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40123279 |
Champions Trophy: South African's Imran Tahir takes four wickets against Sri Lanka - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | Watch Imran Tahir take four wickets and make a run-out as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 96 runs in the Champions Trophy at The Oval. | null | Watch Imran Tahir take four wickets and make a run-out as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 96 runs in the Champions Trophy at The Oval.
Available to UK users only. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40146284 |
Does Trump still think climate change is a hoax? - BBC News | 2017-06-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The president's team sows confusion when asked about Donald Trump's views on global warming. | US & Canada | For a speech about whether the US should remain a party to the Paris climate accord, Donald Trump's Rose Garden address on Thursday didn't have a whole lot of discussion about, you know, the climate.
There was plenty of talk about jobs and the US economy. He offered more than a few expressions of concern over whether ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40128034 |
British and Irish Lions: Are the Lions sport's strangest concept? - BBC Sport | 2017-06-03 | null | From a Victorian-era Franken-side to modern-day commercial powerhouse, BBC Sport looks at how the Lions' unique appeal has survived and thrived. | null | Last updated on .From the section Rugby Union
Coverage: Live text commentary on every match on the BBC Sport website and mobile app.
Sam Warburton's 48-hour journey to Auckland, featuring business-class air travel and stopovers in Dubai and Melbourne, was described this week as "epic".
Robert Seddon would have somet... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40117691 |
Reality Check: Can we be self-sufficient in renewable energy? - BBC News | 2017-06-03 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron discusses his vision for renewable energy. | Election 2017 | The claim: The UK can make itself energy self-sufficient in renewables.
Reality Check verdict: This is not the policy in the Liberal Democrat manifesto, which pledges to get 60% of electricity from renewables by 2030. Being self-sufficient and having all energy coming from renewables would require considerable develop... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40120184 |
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