Elsewhere, a swan song or perhaps not. On the eve of the tournament, rafael nadal refuses to say if this is his final french open. Also coming up on sportsday for this first time this season, Max Verstappen wont lead the grid as he misses out on the record for consecutive poles, after a bad afternoon in monaco for the reigning world champion. Welcome to the programme. It was a repeat of last years fa cup final, but with a different result. Despite facing difficult questions about the future of boss erik ten hag, his Manchester United side denied rivals Manchester City from securing a league and cup double by winning 2 1 at wembley. Our Sports Correspondent Natalie Pirks has the story. Familiar foes with vastly different fortunes. As reports intensified about the fate of Manchester Uniteds manager, fans laid blame firmly elsewhere. You have to start to question the players eventually. Back the manager, all day long. The players need to have a look at themself. Would this be ten hags las
But the gap to pogacar is 45 seconds and likely to increase between now and the finish in rome in three weeks time. Nick parrott, bbc news. Not long until the olympics in paris this summer, so it bodes well that britain have just won team silver in the womens european gymnastics championships. They lost to italy, who took gold in front of their home crowd in rimini. Earlier, i spoke to olympic bronze medalist beth tweddle and began by asking how positive the silver was in the lead up to this summers games . It is a Huge Positive result. The team will be really pleased with that. We had a mixture of experience and a mixture of youth, and they all handled the pressure. Yes, we cant have asked any more of that team today. Obviously it was a team result, but looking at individual performances, we have got to single out a number of people, becky downie, and also Alice Kinsella as well. Becky downie, obviously disappointed after yesterdays competition she went for a more difficult routine an
Welljust a few months out from the olympics in paris. Earlier, i spoke to olympic bronze medalist beth tweddle. And began by asking how positive the silver was in the lead up to this summers olympics . It isa it is a Huge Positive result. The team will be really pleased with that. We had a mixture of experience and a mixture of youth, and they all handled the pressure. Yes, we cannot ask any more of that team today. Obviously it was a team result, but looking at individual performances, we have got to single out a number of people, becky downie and also Alice Kinsella as well. Alice kinsella as well. Becky downie, Alice Kinsella as well. Becky downie. An Alice Kinsella as well. Becky downie, an obviously Alice Kinsella as well. Becky downie, an obviously disappointed after yesterdays competition, she went for a more difficult routine and did not quite pay off. Came back out today to prove that absolutely she can do that routine. And went out and produced a huge score for the team, and
good morning. it s monday, the 17th ofjune. england fans are celebrating a successful start to their team s euro 2024 campaign, after a 1 0 win over serbia. tens of thousands of supporters descended on the german city of gelsenkirchen to watch the three lions opening match. and john watson is in nearby essen for us this morning. morning. good morning. yes, welcome to airl morning. good morning. yes, welcome to girl where morning. good morning. yes, welcome to girl where england morning. good morning. yes, welcome to girl where england made morning. good morning. yes, welcome to girl where england made that - to girl where england made that winning start last night against serbia. gareth southgate says winning start last night against serbia. gareth southgate sastude bellingham is writing his own scripts after his goal gave england a 31-0 scripts after his goal gave england a 31 0 victory. such was his presence and performance, he was instrumental in that victory, with
to have two goals ruled out by var, the second when a handball was detected in the build up. despair for belgium fans, but delight for those of slovakia. there was also a surprise in the opening match of the day as romania beat ukraine 3 0. nicolae stanciu put romania 1 0 up, with this brilliant strike on the half hour mark. razvan marin and denis dragus were also on the scoresheet. romania had failed to win their opening group game in any of their previous five appearances at the euros so plenty to celebrate for the team and their fans. well, on display in munich, where that match took place, are damaged seats from ukraine s sonyachny stadium, in khakiv. the stadium was destroyed by russian troops following their invasion of ukraine in 2022. the damaged stand, built for eeuro 2012, was presented in the city centre by former ukraine striker, andriy shevchenko, who s vowed to never stop telling the world about the war. cameron norrie s disappointing form continues, after a f