the red bull racing boss christian homer says it's "time to draw a line" under claims he acted inappropriately towards a female member of staff. he was speaking after it emerged that the woman who made the claims has been suspended from the team on full pay. mr horner says the intrusion on his family has been "very trying" since he was accused of inappropriate and controlling behaviour — which he denies. our sports news correspondent laura scott reports. for all that christian horner tries to block out the noise, the controversy continues. all stemming from allegations made against him by a female colleague, which he denies. in saudi arabia today, every question from the media was directed at horner— none of them about formula i. asked if

he had regrets about potential reputational damage of the saga, he said... at lunch time, it emerged that the woman who accused horner of inappropriate and controlling behaviour had been suspended on full pay by red bull racing. red bull racing declined to comment, saying it was an internal matter. whilst horner maintains his team are unified, the father of tripper world champion max verstappen suggested otherwise, saying these off—track matters were driving people apart. his son said he was not a liar. as well as rival teams, red bull racing pots on sponsors have been calling for more transparency. one of their key partners, honda, told the bbc...

much like the sport its engulfing, this story is fast—moving and has power dynamics at its heart. for as long as key stakeholders still have questions about how the matter is being handled, or horner�*s problems persist. laura scott, bbc news. liverpool have taken a giant step towards the quarterfinals of the europa league after thrashing sparta prague 5—1 in the first leg of their last—16 tie in the czech capital. the reds raced in to a 3—0 lead at half—time, helped by a brace from darwin nunez. an own goal from conor bradley pulled one back for the home side, before luis diaz and dominik szobszlai completed the scoring forjurgen klopp�*s side. the boss was full of praise for nunez. wonderful guy, wonderful boy, loves playing for his team. and he has quality coming out of his ears, to be honest, the quality he has. but sometimes you score, sometimes you don't

score, is he already at his absolute peak in general? can he develop two yes. is he a threat all the time chris meant yes. —— can he develop? yes. is he a threat all the time? yes. roma also look set to secure their place in the last eight after a comfortable win over brighton in the italian capital. romelu lukaku was one of four different scorers on the night as the home side cruised to a 4—0 win. brighton say bottles, lighters and coins were thrown at away fans. elsewhere, rangers will take benfica back to ibrox all square, after a 2—2 draw in portugal. west ham lost 1—0 at freiburg in theirfirst leg. there were also wins for ac milan and marseille. in the europa conference league, both ajax and aston villa had a player sent off in their goaless draw in amsterdam. wins for fenerbahce and fiorentina. you can get all the results on the bbc sport website. two—time tennis grand slam champion simona halep will return to the sport later this month, after being given a wild card to enter the miami open. the 32—year—old romanian had herfour—year doping ban

cut to nine months this week, making her eligible to return to competition immediately. halep, who won the french open in 2018 and wimbledon the following year, hasn't played competitively since the us open in 2022. britain's emma raducanu is into the second round at indian wells, in california. the 2021 us open winner beat qualifier rebeka masarova in straight sets. the 21—year—old had won just three matches in four tournaments since returning from an eight—month injury lay—off, but was in superb form as she won in straight sets 6—2, 6—3. she'll play ukrainian dayana yastremska next. india ended day one of the fifth test in dharamsala firmly on top, after england won the toss and elected to bat. england started brightly enough, with opener zak crawley making 79 — taking his total runs in the series to over 400.

he then became one of five wickets for kuldeep yadav, who also took the scalp ofjonny bairstow on his 100th test. ravichandran ashwin — also playing in his 100th test — took the remaining four wickets as england slumped to 218 all out. in reply, india reached 135 for one at the close of play — trailing byjust 83. captain rohit sharma with an unbeaten half century. england did take the wicket of danger man yashasvi jaiswal, but not before he made his 50, to become the fastest indian batter to score 1000 test runs. india have an unassailable 3—1 series lead. disappointing day, i think we were hoping to see —— for a lot more in winning the toss, and we are obviously a bit behind the game, not quite the score we wanted. but this afternoon is where all changes, really, i think colby spun the ball hard and we're seeing from anyone

else so far. but of course, we are disappointed it's not quite match up to what we expected. former world champion anthonyjoshua weighed in 20 pounds lighter than francis ngannou ahead of their heavyweight fight in riyadh — in less than 2a hours. ade adedoyin is in saudi arabia. the way and passed without incidences, none of the push pushing shenanigans you see in the lead up to a major fight. there was a long stare down, another man wanted to blink first. on account of the way francis ngannou performed against tyson fury last summer. alongside me as david hey. it's a fascinating fight, this, because if i'd said to you a year ago that anthonyjohnson would face francis ngannou, you would've left. i would face francis ngannou, you would've left.— would've left. i wouldn't of thou~ht would've left. i wouldn't of thought there _ would've left. i wouldn't of thought there was - would've left. i wouldn't of thought there was a - would've left. i wouldn't of| thought there was a chance would've left. i wouldn't of i thought there was a chance in hell he — thought there was a chance in hell he could last 2—3 larry owns — hell he could last 2—3 larry owns the _ hell he could last 2—3 larry owns the micro —— rounds. when you have — owns the micro —— rounds. when you have a — owns the micro —— rounds. when you have a champion against someone _ you have a champion against someone who's never had a professional fight, someone who's never had a professionalfight, i someone who's never had a professional fight, i would say

there — professional fight, i would say there was no chance. but ngannouis there was no chance. but ngannou is that guy who's just a freak— ngannou is that guy who's just a freak of— ngannou is that guy who's just a freak of nature, we saw him put down _ a freak of nature, we saw him put down tyson fury in his first— put down tyson fury in his first ever— put down tyson fury in his first ever boxing match, so anthony _ first ever boxing match, so anthonyjoshua now knows he's not just — anthonyjoshua now knows he's notjust fighting some mma fighter whose dry boxing, he's fighting — fighter whose dry boxing, he's fighting a full—fledged heavyweight, and i think it'll bring — heavyweight, and i think it'll bring out _ heavyweight, and i think it'll bring out the best and anthony joshua — bring out the best and anthony joshua. , .,, . , bring out the best and anthony joshua. �* . , . bring out the best and anthony joshua. , ., , ., ., joshua. joshua is a two-time world champion, _ joshua. joshua is a two-time world champion, ngannou i joshua. joshua is a two-time i world champion, ngannou can't match them for experience, but in terms of power, i saw this at a public work—out, when he was hitting that bag, this man has power. was hitting that bag, this man has power-— has power. there's a cut time where you're _ has power. there's a cut time where you're that _ has power. there's a cut time where you're that powerful, l where you're that powerful, that — where you're that powerful, that one _ where you're that powerful, that one punch in boxing can end — that one punch in boxing can end on _ that one punch in boxing can end up. he's got that power, he's — end up. he's got that power, he's proved it, so anthony joshua _ he's proved it, so anthony joshua has to raise his game, he can't — joshua has to raise his game, he can't have an average night, he can't have an average night, he has — he can't have an average night, he has to— he can't have an average night, he has to box better against ngannou then he's had in any other— ngannou then he's had in any other fight. ngannou then he's had in any otherfight. he can't ngannou then he's had in any other fight. he can't afford to -et other fight. he can't afford to get caught with big left hooks, it's hot— get caught with big left hooks, it's not an option because if he gets— it's not an option because if he gets hit, he could stay hit. have — he gets hit, he could stay hit. have bigger risk is this for

joshua? it feels like he has everything to lose. i5 joshua? it feels like he has everything to lose.- everything to lose. is not about winning _ everything to lose. is not about winning or - everything to lose. is not about winning or losing, | everything to lose. is not i about winning or losing, it's just— about winning or losing, it's just getting through the fight in one — just getting through the fight in one piece without getting knocked down, that'll be very difficult _ knocked down, that'll be very difficult. anthonyjoshua has the skills, he's got experience and pedigree. he has every thing — and pedigree. he has every thing he _ and pedigree. he has every thing he needs, hejust needs to put— thing he needs, hejust needs to put it — thing he needs, hejust needs to put it together on the night _ to put it together on the night. but it's edge of your seat — night. but it's edge of your seat stuff. night. but it's edge of your seat stuff-— seat stuff. starting with francis ngannou? - seat stuff. starting with - francis ngannou? ngannou seat stuff. starting with _ francis ngannou? ngannou needs to net francis ngannou? ngannou needs to get close _ francis ngannou? ngannou needs to get close and _ francis ngannou? ngannou needs to get close and bring _ francis ngannou? ngannou needs to get close and bring joshua - to get close and bring joshua in to a — to get close and bring joshua in to a close quarters exchange, drain anthony joshua's energy. joshua loses that _ joshua's energy. joshua loses that speed and functioning, he's — that speed and functioning, he's in _ that speed and functioning, he's in a _ that speed and functioning, he's in a punch for punch situation. so ngannou has to slow— situation. so ngannou has to slow him down, use that jab, counterpunch, use the range in the rim} — counterpunch, use the range in the ring. he got to be very cute — the ring. he got to be very cute with— the ring. he got to be very cute with his boxing skills, so it's very— cute with his boxing skills, so it's very exciting.— it's very exciting. very fascinating _ it's very exciting. very fascinating matchup, l it's very exciting. very -

fascinating matchup, thanks very much, david hey. a big test forjoshua on friday night, he has aspirations of challenging for the world title in future, and to keep that a life, he can't afford any slip ups. the six nations resumes on saturday — with ireland travelling to twickenham to face england — hoping to stay on course for back—to—back grand slams. head coach andy farrell has made one change, as hugo keenan returns in place of ciaran frawley. england have made three changes, handing a first start to immanuel feyi—waboso, who replaces elliott daly. feyi—waboso scored his first try for england in the defeat to scotland. marcus smith is in line to make his first appearance of the championship, having been named on the bench with george ford starting at 10pm. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello there. generally speaking, there'll be little change to the weather as we head into friday. however, what you will notice will be the strength of the wind — it'll be a cold, strong easterly wind blowing across all areas, but we should see more sunshine around than what we've had over the last few days. now, there's some cold air wrapped around that area of high pressure moving out of scandinavia, and that will be blown in. and that strong easterly wind across all areas, pushing some cloud again into eastern, particularly northeastern england and eastern scotland. the best of the sunshine, western scotland, parts of northern ireland, and a good deal of sunshine, i think, for england and wales, so that will compensate. however, the winds really will take the edge off the temperatures — strong and gusty at times, 30—a0mph in exposure, particularly strong along north sea and channel coasts. temperatures 6—7 celsius — you factor in the wind, it won't feel like that, it'll feel colder than these temperatures suggest,

despite the sunshine. as we head through friday night, it stays windy. we'll see plenty of cloud again, eastern scotland, northeast england, and we could see this weather front bring some rain to parts of england and wales as we head through the night. that'll also lift temperatures up a little bit in the south, but another chilly night to come further north. now, for the weekend — for saturday, it looks like this area of low pressure will start to push its way eastwards into the near continent, but i think saturday's not looking too bad at this stage. we should see a little bit of cloud here and there, 1—2 showers, but actually quite a bit of sunshine for parts of england and wales, and also western scotland. elsewhere, quite a bit of cloud, especially eastern scotland, northeast england. here, it will be quite chilly, but we'll tap in some milder air across the south, from france — could be up to 13 celsius there, given some sunshine. but it's change, i think, as we head into sunday, this weather front pushes northwards — it could bring a rather damp, dull, wet day for england and wales in particular, with some persistent and, at times, heavy rainfall. a lot of cloud around generally, probably the best

of the sunshine again for western scotland, but grey and drizzly across eastern scotland, northeast england. and it'll feel cooler for all, including the south — that's because we'll have more cloud and rain there. eventually, we'll see the back of that area of low pressure as we move into the new week, it'll push off into the near continent. the winds will become lighter — but i think it will leave quite a legacy of cloud. so, even as we head into next week, i think there'll be further cloud and some spots of drizzle, particularly northern and eastern areas. the best of any brightness towards the south and the west. take care.

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