we ll look ahead to what could be a defining week at the top of the table. after protesters disrupted the world snooker championship, we ll tell you how security s being stepped up at the crucible. i ll be very surprised if the protocols that were in place at the crucible yesterday are in place today. also coming up on sportsday before 7. how a special piece of kit s transforming how one woman s competing at this year s london marathon. we start tonight with the mountain chelsea have to climb if they re to salvage anything from this season. 2 0 down from the first leg, they need at least three goals against real madrid to remain in the champions league. a change of owner, half a billion pounds spent, yet another manager. nothing s transformed chelsea s fortunes so far as patrick geary reports. and so to chelsea s at last remaining bridge, the final road forward in a season of missed earnings runs through real madrid at stamford bridge but they have made things hard for themse
To preserve their top players, one minute and 41 seconds in, those players left and the match was abandoned. The club are also unhappy with turkish refereeing and the punishment given to some of their players after trabzonspor fans stormed the pitch during a league game last month. The next big thing in us tennis, ben shelton, has won his second career title at the atp 250 in houston. The 21 year old beat defending champion Frances Tiafoe to become the youngest winner of the clay event since andy roddick more than two decades ago. Shelton served 11 aces in the final and now climbs to 14th in the world rankings. Greatjob to you and your team, this one stings, you did not go back to back titles, but you are the type of there who can go back to back. I want to see you do it again this year. Hopefully in stuttgart, go back to back. As you have been such an inspiration to kids, people of colour, and our sport. Just an amazing representation. Americas Danielle Collins may be retiring at the
so his expected preventing goals is the second best in the premier league. so, yes, he s doing well. but yes, also, he knows that in the champions league, he makes some mistakes. but all over, in the first five months, he is doing particularly well. european football s governing body, uefa, have condemned what they ve described as unacceptable violence which occured around the aston villa legia warsaw europa conference game. the win for villa was marred by crowd trouble before kick off in birmingham. flares and missiles were thrown by legia fans, as they clashed near villa park, leaving four police officers injued. more than a0 people are now in custody, according to west midlands police. away fans were banned from entering the ground over safety fears, triggered, seemingly, over restrictions on the numbers being allowed tickets for the game, reduced to just over a thousand. uefa say they re gathering reports before deciding next steps. to the women s game, where it s a big
again later this year. having skipped last week s billiejean king cup, emma raducanu is playing herfirst clay court event of the year at the stuttgart open. novak djokovic says his right elbow is not in an ideal condition as he continues his clay court preparations for roland garros. he ll be playing at the atp 250 event in bosnia, looking to get over his surprise defeat to lorenzo musetti at the monte carlo masters. djokovic will be looking to win a men s record breaking 23rd grand slam singles title at the french open which starts at the end of next month. ireland s cricketers have been thrashed in their first test against sri lanka in galle. following on, they were dismissed for 168 second time round to lose by an innings and 280 runs. no ireland player managed to reach a half century in either innings with harry tector reaching 42 before being run out. the second and final test starts next monday.