after an unpredictable and eventful few weeks, formula 1 revs up for a new season — we look ahead to what's in store. and we hear from the 100—year—old golfer who had a special message from rory mcilroy. good to have you with us. it was the erling haaland show at kenilworth road, as the fa cup holders manchester city cruised into the quarterfinals with a 6—2 win over luton. haaland scored five times for the visitors, hat—trick number eight for the norwegian in a city shirt. kevin de bruyne set up four of them for him. mateo kovacic scored city's sixth of the night. it's now 79 goals in 83 games

for haaland as a city player. it was not only about scoring goals, it's about holding the ball, it was about, for me, still young, developing on these kind of things, holding the ball, playing with the team and all of these kind of things, but as a striker i have to score goals. and if i'm not scoring goals, i have to help the team scoring goals and play attacking football, so that's what i'm trying to do. martin dubravka was the hero for newcastle as he saved the decisive penalty against blackburn to seal their route to the quarterfinals. it was 1—1 after extra—time at ewood park, with dubravka denying dominic hyam from the spot in the shoot—out. a much—needed win for the newcastle boss — eddie howe. the situation that we're in and the season that we've had, i don't think this was ever going to be an easy game, i think this is always good

to be the kind of cup tie that was going to go late in the match. we need to be resilient, and defend well. we did in the main. i think martin made a couple of really good saves for us, which we needed him to do, but we had our chances as well as we had some golden opportunities especially in extra time. there's lots of things to work on, but the most positive thing is our season cracks on. we are still in there fighting and trying to win a trophy. the championship leaders leicester knocked out premier league bournemouth thanks to a brilliant extra—time winning goal from abdul fatuwa to secure their place in the last eight. it was a good win, good game. i think we had so much chances during the game. at the end, as we said many times, it's a matter of taking chances. the goal has been very good, but like always, we try to analyse the results but also the performance, and the performance once again has been very good. there are four more fa cup fixtures on wednesday, including chelsea against leeds. chelsea will be looking to bounce back after sunday's league cup final defeat against liverpool. their manager mauricio pochettino says although he has a good relationship with the club's owner, he understands that

brings no guarantees. it's not in my hand. it's not in my hands. we have a very good relationship, the owner, the sporting director. it's up to them. for us, it's not in the coach's decision. the future of xabi alonso remains one of the biggest unanswered questions in european football, with many suggesting the bayer leverkusen manager is set to replace jurgen klopp at liverpool. if he does come to the premier league, he's already got one big admirer. manchester city manager pep guardiola, who alonso played under at bayern munich, says the job the spaniard is doing at leverkusen is nothing short of remarkable. the german side are unbeaten in their 33 games in all competitions this season. if you ask me, thejob what he is doing, honestly? wow! the only team in the modern football that's unbeaten

in all competitions and fighting in the way with bayern munich there, notjust the way he plays. in europa league, in germany, in the bundesliga, and the way they are playing. it's being called formula one's ultra marathon season — the longest yet — and it's very nearly upon us. after what's been an eventful and unpredictable few weeks, the new cars are revving up for their competitive debuts ahead of the bahrain grand prix this weekend. practice begins on thursday. once again, max verstappen is favourite to be world champion, but can anything stop red bull's dominance? patrick gearey reports. preseason testing. max verstappen�*s red bull was out on its own — as it was last season, as it may well be again. this car will likely be seen by others in the sport only as a blur. verstappen is the big favourite to win a fourth consecutive drivers�* title. it's always going to be hard to try and replicate

the year that we've had, but we always try to learn, try to grow. and that doesn't necessarily mean winning the same amount of races, but i do think that it can be a very competitive car and now it's up to us to extract the most out of it. away from the sleek publicity of their car launch, this winter, things have become more complicated for red bull. their team principal christian horner is under investigation by his employer for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards a female colleague. he completely denies the allegations, but earlier this month admitted to the bbc that the situation is having an impact on his team. i'm going through a process and fully respect that process, so for me, it's business as normal, focused on the season ahead and, of course, it is a distraction for the team, but the team are very together. at mercedes, meanwhile, everything's changed. pretty big breaking news that lewis hamilton could make a shock move to ferrari.

it's the biggest transfer story in formula i for years, but hamilton won't actually leave mercedes for ferrari until next season. plenty of seat—swapping could follow, but right now the challenge for those in charge is to manage their way through these in—between times. just looking forward, what are we doing about communications? what's the timing? how do we protect the team best? and how do we protect this 2024 year to be successful together with our two drivers without causing too much awkwardness? rule changes also loom in the future, but still a fair way down the road. a record 2a grand prixs lie ahead. the season will be a marathon — the sport could do with a race to the line. patrick gearey, bbc news. france centrejonathan danty is out of the rest of the six nations after being given a five—week ban. he admitted committing an act of foul play which led

to his red card during sunday's draw with italy, after he made direct head—on—head contact while attempting to tackle an opponent. he'll miss the games against wales and england. neil wagner has been talking about his decision to call time on his new zealand test career. he made the announcement after being told he wouldn't feature in either of their upcoming matches against australia. wagner is a fiery swing bowler and fan favourite — he bows out at the age of 37, as new zealand's fifth—highest wicket—taker with 260. it's never easy. it's an emotional road. it's a big roller coaster, but it's something that i feel like, yeah, the time has come to pass that baton on and leave that black cap in a good place for the rest to take it and hopefully grow their legacy forward. to the new zealand public and the fans, i can't thank you enough for their support, for making me feel welcome, make me feel like a kiwi, and for the chance throughout the years, lifting me up to be able to do

what you do. you played a huge role. and finally to a man who has just turned 100 years old but still continues to play golf twice a week. victor clarke, a world war ii veteran, says the sport is one of the secrets to his longevity. and for a man from belfast, getting a message from rory mcilroy made his day, as stephen watson reports. the oldest swinger in town. victor clarke has been playing golf with the same partners for the last 43 years and still on the course with them, aged 100, marks a special celebration. i try to enjoy golf twice a week with my three companions. it means an awful lot. it used to be that i would've walked in, entered all the competitions, but i don't enter any competitions now. my handicap is so abysmal! victor has enjoyed a remarkable life — a bank manager, a major in the territorial army, a commander in

stjohn�*s ambulance. he also trained to be a fighter pilot. victor received birthday congratulations from the king and president of ireland — but one message, he enjoyed the best. hi, victor, happy birthday. well done making it to 100. that's amazing. hope you have a great day. my attitude is, don't look back. try to be positive and look forward. instead of looking forward a month or three months, i only look forward days now, because tomorrow might come, but it may not come. one has to be realistic about these things. i think i'm very lucky and i do accept the fact that i really shouldn't be doing what i am doing! # happy birthday dear... but he is and says he's feeling great. happy birthday, victor. stephen watson, bbc news. yeah, huge congratulations to victor.

before we go, a quick reminder of our top story — the fa cup holders manchester city stormed into the quarterfinals with a 6—2 win at luton. newcastle needed penalties to get there. leicester also went through after victory at bournemouth. at bournemouth on the south coast. don't forget, you can get all the latest sports news from our app and our website. but from me, will perry, and the rest of the team here at the bbc sport centre, it's goodbye for now. see you next time. hello. temperatures have been falling quite quickly over the past few hours. we've got some cold air in place and there's some mist and some fog patches around for some of us to start your wednesday morning. so some fog patches,

particularly through parts of southern and central england and east anglia, and then rain is going to be spreading its way gradually eastwards. that rain pushing in across northern ireland by the early hours of wednesday, during wednesday morning pushing into scotland, wales as well. fog for parts of central, eastern and southern england — that should clear away by the middle of the morning. and then these bursts of rain could be quite heavy as they push across wales, into central england as well. far southeast and east anglia, staying dry for a good part of the day. but a return to a few more showers from the northwest. temperatures, though, between about 9—13, so certainly milder than they have been. now, through wednesday evening and overnight, then, this next pulse of fairly heavy rain at times pushes its way eastwards. could be quite squally. thunderstorms possible on that line of rain as it crosses its way south—eastwards across many parts of the uk. clearer skies following on by thursday morning to northern ireland, scotland and the far north of england, where we could see some wintry showers over the higher ground of scotland. so wednesday's mild air will clear away towards the east, and into thursday, we've got these colder conditions, this cold air mass following on behind. some heavy rain where those air

masses meet that'll linger through parts of central and southeastern england, i think, through thursday morning, only gradually easing away. but towards northern england, scotland, northern ireland, some clearer spells, a rash of heavy, blustery showers, though, moving in from the northwest. and i think north of the central belt, they could be a little bit wintry, above around about 200 metres or so. so we're back into single figures towards the nort—hwest of the uk on thursday. and then into friday, we've got low pressure very much in charge, moving in across that colder air mass. so we could see a little bit of snow on friday, mainly over the high ground north wales, perhaps the pennines, into the southern uplands as well. down at low levels, i think it's going to be falling as rain and we'll see brisk winds rotating around this area of low pressure, so blustery, particularly around the peripheries of the uk, less windy for central parts, but a little bit colder certainly compared to wednesday. so we're looking at single figures for many of us. further ahead, as we end the weekend and into the weekend, then, we're going to stick with those slightly lower temperatures and it's looking fairly unsettled and showery for many of us as we head into the start of

meteorological spring. bye for now.

live from washington, this is bbc news. vote counting is under way in the diverse battle ground us state of michigan. a possible test of president biden�*s handling of the israel—gaza war

and it offers a glimpse of the general election. plus, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's got the majority of americans on his side even as president biden says his gaza offensive risks losing global support. the us and nato leaders reject comments from french president emmanuel macron that he's not ruling out western troops on the ground in ukraine. hello. i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. the final polls have just closed in the us state of michigan where democratic and republican presidential primaries are being held. these are live pictures of vote counting in detroit right now where workers are tabulating the votes. 0n the republican side, former president donald trump is expected to claim another victory against nikki haley. and for democrats, president biden is expected to sail through, but tonight's margin could be an important indicator of his strength

in this critical battle ground heading into november.