the centre of attention jude bellingham basks in the glory of champions league victory. his england team mates say they 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 to the programme. to the fallout at the french open first, where the concern over late finishes continues to be raised by the big names. the defending champion iga swiatek and world number three coco gauff today saying matches ending at 3am are unhealthy . it follows the five setter which saw novak djokovic, the men s champion, wrapping up his win to make the fourth round at 3.07am in the morning. our tennis correspondent russell fuller was covering it all the way to the end and told me how djokovic reacted. after the match yesterday, he gave a brief press conference to a fewjournalists at 3:30am and said that he feels the scheduling could be handled differently, but now is not the time to talk ab
won all of them, so that s what i wanted to mean when i said that they have the key against him. i know that when distefano is playing great, but i know technically what i have to do in the match. jannik sinner survived a scare to book his place in the quarterfinals. he lost the opening set against home favourite corentin moutet but the second seed fought back to win in four, and will play grigor dimitrov next who s reached the last eight for the first time in his career at the age of 33. well, it has been a busy day of action with no rain finally, and the tournament climax getting nearer. earlier, we spoke to our tennis correspondent who says it ll take something special to stop alcaraz and swiatek in both draws. i think he mightjust be my man to beat. the onyx centre would be the other one. and, despite the late finish we saw last night, we saw signs novak djokovic s game is improving. so those are the three obvious names. alcaraz had a problem with his right forearm co
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
performance on the clay courts of paris. the wimbledon champion eased past the 21st seed, felix auger aliassime, winning in straight sets injust over two hours. alcaraz will play stefanos tsitsipas in the quarter finals, after the greek ninth seed beat matteo arnaldi in four sets. he didn t beat me, yeah. so the matches that we ve played i won all of them. so that s what i wanted to mean when i said that they have the key against him. i know when stefanos is playing great, but i know technically what i have to do in the match. jannik sinner survived a scare to book his place in the quarterfinals. he lost the opening set against home favourite corentin moutet but the second seed fought back to win in four, and will play grigor dimitrov next who s reached the last eight for the first time in his career at the age of 33. well, it has been a busy day of action with no rain finally, and the tournament climax getting nearer. earlier, we spoke to our tennis correspondent who s