hello there and welcome along to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. history for djokovic, but not as he d like it, at the french open. the world number one with a new benchmark for a late finish in paris. the centre of attention jude bellingham basks in the glory of champions league success. his england team mates can t wait to see him back. and success, at last, for laurie canter, as the englishman has the edge in a tight field at the european open. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. that s all to come, but we start with news that s reached us in the last half an hour or so that rugby league legend rob burrow has died. he was 41 years old. burrow was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019, just two years after he ended his playing career with rugby league side leeds rhinos. he, his family and his great friend and former team mate kevin sinfield have raised millions of pounds for mnd charities. sally nugent reports. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of
spells, although more cloud the further north you are, all the details shortly. it s sunday, june 2nd. our main story. sir keir starmer has pledged to cut levels of legal migration to the uk, if labour wins the general election. in a newspaper interview he set out plans to prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the conservatives said no one believed the labour leader was serious about tackling immigration. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. every year, people come to the uk to live, work or study. last year, net migration that s the difference between the number of people arriving and the number of people leaving was 685,000. sir keir starmer, who launched his election battle bus yesterday, has previously said that s too high. now he s promised to cut that number if labour wins the election, though he hasn t said by how much or by when. he told the sun on sunday newspaper read my lips, i will bring immig
i m 0lly foster, this is sportsday live from wembley stadium, we are 90 minutes away from kick off in the champions league final between borussia dortmund and the 1a time champions real madrid. we have team news coming up. jude bellingham is la liga s player of the year, can he cap his debut season in spain by becoming a european champion? dortmund will be the underdogs, but they ve defied the odds to reach the final and the fans say they can cause an upset. and i m hugh ferris at the bbc sports centre. also coming up in the programme bath stay on course for their first league title in the 21st century. they beat sale to make the premiership final. and fourth seed alexander zverev survives a huge scare at roland garros to reach the fourth round of the french open. good evening. welcome along. not long to go now before the champions league final between the soul winner s one time to their name, dortmund versus the 1a time champions real madrid. both teams have been walking ou
i m 0lly foster, this is sportsday live from wembley stadium. we are 90 minutes away from kick off in the champions league final between borussia dortmund and the 14 time champions real madrid. jude bellingham is la liga s player of the year. can he cap his debut season in spain by becoming a european champion? dortmund will be the underdogs, but they ve defied the odds to reach the final and the fans say they can cause an upset. i m hugh ferris at the bbc sports centre. bath stay on course for their first league title in the 21st century. they beat sale to make the premiership final and tallon griekspoor is taking fourth seed alexander zverev to the wire in the french open, they re in a tie break at roland garros. good evening. welcome along to wimbley. you know, everything is pointing towards a real madrid victory here this evening in the champions league final. hearts and heads tell you that itjust has to be. but go back to last saturday, the fa cup final, were we saying t
three in a row for iga swiatek as once again she s crowned french open winner. also coming up on sportsday. the very latest from the european athletics championships we ll be live in rome ahead of an action packed evening to come. and we ll find out about a special charity football match between two teams of dads, who each came together as a way to aid their mental health. welcome to the programme. now, today, the challenge cup finals at wembley were especially poignant. less than a week on from his death, rob burrow was remembered by those in attendance. st helens were comfortable winners in the women s final, beating leeds rhinos 22 0, while in the men s final, wigan survived a late warrington comeback to lift their 21st title. adam wild reports. this is the day rugby league came together, the sport s grandest together, the sport s grandest occasion always a moment to remember. this year, even more so. fans of all club colours paying their own tributes to the life, the le