hello i'm chetan pathak with your latest news live from the bbc sports centre. because of adverse weather, thunderstorms at augusta national, the start of golf�*s first major of the year has been delayed. play is scheduled to begin in 45 minutes, withjon rahm hoping to defend his title — having won his first green jacket last year. thejump the jump from the majors to the us open was from the masters. it is the biggest tournament in the world, probably the most followed by people that don't have play golf. jon rahm won't get out there for a few hours yet —

these are some of the updated tee times for round one. five—time winner tiger woods is scheduled to be among the later starters. dustinjohnson, collin morikawa and tommy fleetwood set to be last out. frankly it looks likely that a number of first rounds will have to be finished on friday. the weather is thankfully looking a lot better for the next three days. you can follow the masters on the bbc sport website and app. after two nights of cracking european champions league football, attention now turns to the europa league on thursday with four mouth—watering quarter—final first legs. ac milan play roma, benfica face marseille, the runaway bundesliga leaders bayer leverkusen are at home to west ham whilst liverpool play atalanta at anfield. unlike this season, jurgen klopp�*s side had their struggles last year — but the liverpool boss is grateful they still did enough to qualify for this tournament. it looked like we would not be

involved in international football at all but from the moment he saw the chance to get into the european league, we were really desperate to do so, and you only do that when you are liverpool because you want to win the competition, there are only great teams left in the competition. it is really outstanding. and we know what atalanta is all about, and it is difficult to play against italian teams, it always was. yes, tactically, super discipline, and super dangerous in a lot of areas so we have to be at our best. burnley manager vincent kompany has been handed a two—match touchline suspension following his red card against chelsea in the premier league last month. kompany was dismissed for protesting against a penalty decision that led to one of his players being being sent off. he'll serve a one—game ban immediately, which means he'll miss burnley�*s game against brighton at turf moor this weekend, nikola jokic scored

a game—high 41 points to help the defending nba champions denver nuggets reclaim top spot in the western conference with a a 116—107 victory over the minnesota timberwolves. t%he cleveland cavaliers beat the memphis grizzlies 110—98 to move within one victory of wrapping up an nba playoff spot. donovan mitchell racked up 29 points and eight assists injust his 10th game since the middle of february. the cavaliers have lost 11 of their last 17, but sit fourth in the eastern conference and would secure a second straight play—off appearance if they beat indiana on friday, or charlotte on sunday. and some sad news to bring you, the pioneering hawaii—born sumo wrestling champion akebono has died at the age of 5a. he played football and basketball in high school before breaking into the traditional japanese sport of sumo. in 1993 he became the first foreign—born grand champion and became a japanese citizen in 1996.

the united states ambassador to japan called akebono "a giant in the world of sumo, a proud hawaiian and a bridge between the united states and japan." and that's all the sport for now. on the subway is remote. but public perception tells a different story. in response, authorities have stepped up security measures in recent weeks, deploying 1000 army reservists. the moment of sheer anic 1000 army reservists. the moment of sheer panic as — 1000 army reservists. the moment of sheer panic as gun — 1000 army reservists. the moment of sheer panic as gun shots _ 1000 army reservists. the moment of sheer panic as gun shots are - sheer panic as gun shots are fired on a new york city subway carriage. and desperate writers are able to flee they can find car. this was one

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kingdom are the real standouts. and talkin: kingdom are the real standouts. fific talking about baldur's kingdom are the real standouts. fific talking about baldur's gate 3, kingdom are the real standouts. e'"ic talking about baldur's gate 3, that has three nominations in the performer and the leading role category, what is the importance of a good lead character in that video game and why has this game in particular been so successful? baldur's gate 3 tries to recreate the game of got dungeons and dragons so you're constantly surrounded by these big, expressive characters and if you're not sold on those characters as the player, you're less invested in the game so specifically with baldur's gate 3, fans of that have taken a lot of the characters to heart, that is why those and performers have really dominated that category this year. what games have you enjoyed in particular? it what games have you en'oyed in articular? , , , , i particular? it is pretty difficult because i love _ particular? it is pretty difficult because i love the _ particular? it is pretty difficult because i love the lot - particular? it is pretty difficult because i love the lot of - particular? it is pretty difficult because i love the lot of them j particular? it is pretty difficult - because i love the lot of them but for me is alan wake two, and the game from the studio did the max payne series of games, that they have been making with the grand theft auto developer, rob starr. any

theft auto developer, rob starr. any names not theft auto developer, rob starr. any games not nominated that should have been? i games not nominated that should have been? ., ., ,, been? i thought that street fighter six was hard _ been? i thought that street fighter six was hard done _ been? i thought that street fighter six was hard done by, _ been? i thought that street fighter six was hard done by, similarly, i six was hard done by, similarly, diablo iv, an excellent entry but nobody can really complain that the game of the year list as it is. just how popular _ game of the year list as it is. just how popular and _ game of the year list as it is. just how popular and significant are these bafta awards, do you think? it is a great showcase event for the industry. there are few of them throughout the year but they are quite focused on america so, something like this in the uk, with an establishment name like bafta lends some significance to games, and it is nice for the mainstream to see that three. d0 and it is nice for the mainstream to see that three.— see that three. do you have an invitation? _ see that three. do you have an invitation? i— see that three. do you have an invitation? i am _ see that three. do you have an invitation? i am stuck- see that three. do you have an invitation? i am stuck up - see that three. do you have an invitation? i am stuck up in - invitation? i am stuck up in scotland — invitation? i am stuck up in scotland today, _ invitation? i am stuck up in . scotland today, unfortunately! invitation? i am stuck up in - scotland today, unfortunately! you can follow those _ scotland today, unfortunately! you can follow those awards on bbc

tiktok. finally this half hour zendaya hit the red carpet here in london last night.it was for the uk premiere of her new movie challengers — a tense drama set in the world of professional tennis. the actress, who co—stars in the film withjosh o'connor and mike faist, also produced it — something she says she relished. it is not necessarily a new house, i have done it before but every time you do it, you get to learn from your peers, and to grow, and hopefully it will allow me to have a seat at the table to protect yourself, and meet unique numbers but i am definitely proud of it. stay with us here on bbc news. we have all of the day's top stories coming up. thank you for watching. hello, there.

the weather we've got over the next couple of days is really quite unusual for april. if we take a look at this anomaly chart, the redder the colours, the more unusual the heat is, and as you can see, we're towards the top end of this scale. how warm is it going to get? well, some places could see temperatures around 21 degrees celsius. for example, around greater london. temperatures for quite a few areas will be around six or seven degrees celsius above average for the time of year. and the reason we've got this mild flow of air is down to the jet stream pattern, which is bringing mild and quite humid air up from near the azores. now, it might be mild, but it's not necessarily sunny. the best of the sunshine today has been across the midlands, northwards across northern england into scotland. however, it stays pretty cloudy for southern and western wales, southern parts of england with occasional spots of drizzle around, particularly towards coastal areas. and for northern ireland, some thicker cloud is on the way. outbreaks of rain here to end the day. the rain probably turning quite heavy. but whether you've got cloud or the sunshine doesn't really make

that much of a difference for the temperatures. it's very mild nationwide. now, overnight tonight, that rain in northern ireland moves northwards to reach the far north of england and across parts of scotland for a time as well. temperatures stay mild, 11, 12 degrees celsius. there will likely be some mist and fog patches around towards the end of the night. and so for some, it's going to be quite a grey start to the day on friday, perhaps a bit more rain for a time in northern ireland moving back towards scotland, this time across most southern regions of england and wales, you've probably got a better chance of the clouds thinning and breaking to give us some sunshine. and those temperatures still well above average for the time of year. 18 in aberdeen, we're up to 20 or 21 across parts of eastern england. saturday is something of a transition day. again, there'll be some mist and fog patches around. we keep the mild air across southern and eastern parts of england, but to the north west of the uk we're getting some heavier outbreaks of rain moving in and the weather will be turning significantly cooler along with that rain for northern ireland

and for scotland as well. and that's just the first day of the change because as we head through sunday and into next week, we've got a ridge of high pressure to the west of the uk that's going to send down a northwesterly flow of air across the country. that will reduce temperatures probably even a bit below average in places and will bring us a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers.

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