simonjones, bbc news, dover. with all the sport now, here s lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. real madrid still leading liverpool when i can zero in the champions league final. in the rest of the sport. wigan have won this year s rugby league challenge cup narrowly beating huddersfield 16 14 to extend their win record in the competion to 20. adam wild reports from the tottenham hotspur stadium. wigan, wigan! a new location, the same historic occasion. for 125 years, the challenge cup final has been rugby league s grandest moment. in tottenham for the very first time, a chance for either wigan or huddersfield to make history. pressure, well, plenty, but the giants brought their own for good measure. ricky leutele bursting through for the game s opening try.
it s wigan s first triumph in the competition since 2013. adam wild was watching at tottenham hotspur stadium. a new location, the same historic occasion. for 125 years, the challenge cup final has been rugby league s grandest moment. in tottenham for the very first time, a chance for either wigan or huddersfield to make history. pressure, well, plenty, but the giants brought their own for good measure. ricky leutele bursting through for the game s opening try. aqhead until half time. ahead until half time. but from the restart, space where there hadn t been space before. wigan hitting back at speed, jai field lighting up this final. as quickly as the space appeared, though, so it disappeared. still, jermaine mcgillvary didn t really need any. somehow finding a way through the tightest gap, the finest margin, but this would be wigan s finest hour. just minutes remaining, liam marshall with the game s biggest moment, breaking giant hearts. and so on a day history is made in tottenham, i
leutele the first to score! ahead until half time. but from the restart, space where there hadn t been space before. wigan hitting back at speed, jai field lighting up this final. the fireworks have begun! as quickly as the space appeared, though, so it disappeared. still, jermaine mcgillvary didn t really need any. somehow finding a way through the tightest gap, the finest margin, but this would be wigan s finest hour. just minutes remaining, liam marshall with the game s biggest moment, breaking giant hearts. and so on a day history is made in tottenham, it is the wigan warriors who take home the game s grandest prize. challenge cup winners 2022.
stretched their lead over arsenal at the top of the women s super league to four points by beating tottenham 2 1. beth england s opener was cancelled out by kerys harrop s equaliser before sam kerr struck the winner for the blues. chelsea have played a game more than title rivals arsenal, but will secure a third consecutive league title if they win theirfinal two games. huddersfield giants bounced back from successive super league defeats to win 111 12 away to wakefield. theo fages kicked through for ricky leutele to pounce on it and hand ian watson s side victory which lifts them up to fourth in the table. the world snooker championship has reached the semi final stage, and it s all square between ronnie o sullivan and john higgins, who have ten world titles between them. o sullivan came back from 3 1 down to level the match at 4 4, delighting his fans as he finished the evening session with a century break. play will resume in that match this afternoon.
joe wilson, bbc news, antigua. in rugby union s premiership, leaders leicester tigers scored seven tries as they thrashed london irish 47 28 to maintain their lead at the top of the table. second placed saracens also won today beating newcastle falcons. there was a shock elsewhere as strugglers worcester beat exeter chiefs 35 31while sale edged past gloucester with a 2 point win. and a bit of a shock too in the united rugby championship as the bulls beat munster. after trailing 29 3, the irish side nearly produced a stunning fightback but felljust short losing 29 24. it s an all irish tie in tonight s other match as ulster face leinster. over to rugby league and huddersfield giants held on to victory despite an incredible comeback from visiting castleford tigers in the super league. huddersfield created a huge 18 0 lead over the vistors by the end of the first half, but castleford fought back to bring the game game level with this from jacob trueman but a ia minute hat trick fro