in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . now on bbc news, it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. a place in the premier league is on the line right now we ll be live to wembley to see whether it s coventry or luton town that will play in top flight next season as the play off final goes to extra time. and perhaps penalties. the women s super league is blue once again. it s four in a row for chelsea as they end the season on top. heartbreak for geraint thomas, as his giro titles hopes are dashed in the final time trial in italy. also coming up on sportsday: saracens are back at the top of the premiership they beat sale to win their first title since relegation four years ago. max verstappen reigns in the principality as he claims pole for the monaco grand prix. welcome along to sportsday. it isa it is a very busy saturday. there s only one place to start and that s with a dramatic championship play off final
in london, 13 14 along the north sea coast, and 15 or so in northern ireland. the low pressure is still with us on friday, a rather large area of low pressure, so i think on friday it will be of a bit of a mixed bag with sunny spells and heavy showers and possibly a crack of thunder. again, very mild. south westerly winds. even the possibility of it getting up to 15-16 in possibility of it getting up to 15 16 in one or two spots. is it going to stay mild and wet? yes, it is, as far as the eye can see, into next week, temperatures in double figures, often cloudy, with rain at times. and that s all from me this evening. plenty more, as always, on our website. from the six team goodnight. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. a 1% chance butjurgen klopp says liverpool will give it a go anyway at real madrid tonight. this was his first there would be four more. we look back at another record breaking night for erling haaland. energumene
a mother and her partner have been found guilty of murdering her 15 year old son in huddersfield in west yorkshire in a campaign of torture that lasted weeks. the european union launches fresh legal action against the uk for failing to comply with the post brexit northern ireland protocol. and later in the hour, will the millions of people who loved the book enjoy the film of where the crawdads sing? find out what mark kermode thinks of it, and the rest of the week s main releases, on the film review at 5.45. good afternoon. a critical incident has been declared at the port of dover, with holiday makers and lorry drivers facing queues of several miles to the ferry terminal. bosses at the port have blamed what they ve called woefully inadequate staffing at french border controls. this weekend marks the start of the school summer holidays in most of england and wales, and the rac estimates that nearly 19 million leisure trips will be made between now and monday. our correspon