but carlos sainz�*s chapter would have a happy ending. victory for carlos sainz!! the spaniard on top _ victory for carlos sainz! the spaniard on top down under — who saw that coming? ben croucher, bbc news. so victory for sainz — and a welcome change after two crushing max verstappen victories in the opening races, that had provided little hope for a competitive season. you start the year with bad news of a nonrenewal, and i've been thinking, what's next here in my life? then you prepare yourself, you do your training and winter testing, you arrive to your first race and, boom, a good volume that gets the season going, then suddenly the appendix. i didn't know what i would be back, but i be back in full form? how long will it take for me to get back to speed and confidence? suddenly you come back and win. laughter and itjust shows how beautiful life is in that sense, you know, what a roller coaster but life is good sometimes. chelsea are back on top of the women's super league — but they were made to work hard by a struggling west ham side. they won 2—0, thanks t

he will replace carlos sainz at ferrari next season but might be wishing he had already.opping four to remove his appendix and just a fortnight on he was challenging for pole, topping the time sheets in the first two sessions but surprisingly his dream was ruined by max verstappen. the world champion�*s two laps in the final session were both good enough for pole but he isn�*t getting complacent. i expected to be tough tomorrow. i can't ask for more, you know, because it is impossible - to be 100% and do a perfectjobl today but i feel like if tomorrow i feel good i will give it my best shot but to beat verstappen . you have to give 100%. once again, though, it is looking like only misfortune can deny max verstappen yet another victory. he is on form again, isn�*t he? let�*s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. the aprilia of maverick vinales was first over the line in the sprint race ahead of tomorrow�*s motogp in portugal. the ducatis of marc marquez and jorge martin were second and third respectively. england all—rounder sam curran

and carlos sainz bounced back from recent appendix surgery, but wasn't quite quick enough in qualifyingop max verstappen from pole in australia. hello and welcome along to the programme. all the latest from the women's six nations coming up, with wales and scotland in action. but first to wembley, and the first of england's friendlies in the international break — and they take on brazil. several big—name players missing from both sides, including captain harry kane who's injured, with england on a 10—match unbeaten run stretching back to their loss to france in the quarters of the world cup in 2022. their opponents have form on their side in this fixture, so gareth southgate knows the players have to perform. we don't need to build these games up. the quality of the opponent does that. the timing in the year does that. the timing in the year does that. what i've seen our new players that. what i've seen our new players that have come in, fitted in brilliantly, more regular players and our senior players make that as comfortable as possible. i think if you talk to any of the boys who hav

the regular ferrari driver carlos sainz was diagnosed with appendicitis and had surgery yesterday ande formula to front this will be a big opportunity for him. lando norris was previously the youngest british formula one driver when he raced for mclaren at the age of 19 but yes, everyone is going to be watching 0liver. we know he is from essex, he started karting at the age of eight, in 2022 he made a step up to formula three and last year he made the step up to formula two. he has withdrawn from formula to this week, so he can take the f1 seat for ferrari. ,, . , week, so he can take the f1 seat for ferrari. ,, ., , ., , ,, ferrari. quite a bit of pressure, how do the _ ferrari. quite a bit of pressure, how do the experts _ ferrari. quite a bit of pressure, how do the experts thinking - ferrari. quite a bit of pressure, how do the experts thinking he | ferrari. quite a bit of pressure, - how do the experts thinking he will perform? how do the experts thinking he will erform? , ., ., ., perform? there is a lot of expectation _ perform? there is a lot of expectation from - perform? the

the regular ferrari driver carlos sainz was diagnosed with appendicitis and had surgery yesterday and this will be a big opportunity for him. lando norris was previously the youngest british formula one driver when he raced for mclaren at the age of 19 but, yes, everyone is going to be watching oliver. we know he is from essex, he started karting at the age of eight, in 2022 he made a step up to formula three and last year he made the step up to formula two. he has withdrawn from formula two this week so he can take the f1 seat for ferrari. quite a bit of pressure, how do the experts thinking he will perform? there is a lot of expectation from him and a lot of people have been praising him over the years but also this week, yesterday in qualifying he came 11th which is not a bad 11th which is not a bad performance. but his teammate charles leclerc is a very accomplished driver and no—one will be expecting him to beat his teammate but charles has given him some praise as well on the grid and was really impressed with his performance in qualifying. but oliver has not actually spent that

after receiving a late call—up to replace carlos sainz, who has appendicitis.tart 11th on the grid. manchester united manager erik ten hag says "no team can deal with so many injuries" as he prepares his side for saturday's early game in the premier league against everton at old trafford. the visitors have gone ten premier league matches without a win and find themselves just five points above the drop zone. ten hag's side have slipped 11 points off the top four. we wa nt we want to be successful. we need to be successful. sometimes, seasons are going like we are now in, but we don't accept that. we will fight. we have had problems, we still have problems, in our squad, with injuries, with the players who are available, we will fight for it. boxing returns to saudi arabia on friday night when anthonyjoshua takes on former ufc champion francis ngannou. two—time world championjoshua has rebuilt his career over the last 11 months with three consecutive victories, but faces a largely unknown competitor in ngannou, who came close to beating tyson fury on his debut i

sainz, british ferrari driver 0llie bearman is targeting a full—time seat in 2025.ore the 18—year—old is in f1 but for now, bearman says he's fully focused on his formula 2 season. you're only as good as your last race, so i think in a week's time or two weeks�* time this will all be forgotten and i will bejudged on my previous f2 race, so that is my main focus and i have to do great for the rest of the year in f2. i am currently last having missed the race weekend injedda, so after some work to catch up but that is my main focus i want to do as good as i can in the f2 championship and see where we are at the end of that. to tennis finally at indian wells, iga swiatek is into the semifinals of the women's singles after her opponent caroline wozniacki had to quit their quarterfinal in the second set due to injury. in the men's draw, jannik sinner extended his winning streak to 19 matches after defeating jiri lehecka in the quarterfinals. world number three sinner has won 36 of his last 38 matches. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom

sainz, british ferrari driver 0llie bearman is targeting a full—time seat in 2025.me before the 18—year—old is in f1 but for now, bearman says he's fully focused on his formula 2 season. you're only as good as your last race, so i think in a week's time or two weeks�* time this will all be forgotten and i will bejudged on my previous f2 race, so that is my main focus and i have to do great for the rest of the year in f2. i am currently at last having the race weekend jetta, so after some work to catch up but that is my main focus i want to do as good as i can in the f2 championship and see where we are at the end of that. to tennis finally at indian wells, iga swiatek is into the semifinals of the women's singles after her opponent caroline wozniacki had to quit their quarterfinal in the second set due to injury. in the men's draw, jannik sinner extended his winning streak to 19 matches after defeating jiri lehecka in the quarterfinals. world number three sinner has won 36 of his last 38 matches. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom

sainz, british ferrari driver ollie bearman is targeting a full—time seat in 2025.time before the 18—year—old is in f1 but for now, bearman says he's fully focused on his formula 2 season. you're only as good as your last race,l so i think in a week's time or two weeks' time this will all be forgotten and i will bejudged on my previous f2 race, so that is my main focus and i have to do great for the rest of the year in f2. i am currently at last having mr race weekend jetta, so after some work to catch up but that is my main focus i want to do as good as i can in the f2 championship and see where we are at the end of that. at indian wells, iga swiatek is into the semifinals of the women's singles after her opponent caroline wozniacki had to quit their quarterfinal in the second set due to injury. in the men's draw, jannik sinner extended his winning streak to 19 matches after defeating jiri lehecka in the quarterfinals. world number three sinner has won 36 of his last 38 matches. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — tha

mexican teammate sergio perez was in second place with a difference of 22 seconds and carlo sainz of spain is ferrari with a difference of 25 seconds. the basis of today's final week is the second-ranked masangun team in tabriz, the host of geti pasand isfahan, the early champion of the competition. this game is important for messia. there is a lot of luck and the students of begham must defeat pasand to win the runner -up championship. in another match, third-ranked gohrzmin will face iranal in sirjan. afsli's students in the gohrzmin team have a chance to win the runner-up championship if they beat aluminum and defeat egypt. in today's other games , iranians' folad zarand will face safir gadman, anasant qom will face elbert resist, saveh municipality will face bandabbas oil refining, farshara mashhad will face senich saveh, and hafez sari's clothing will go the same distance with elvand crop. andres iniesta, the spanish star of the football world , has played almost a thousand games without receiving a red card receipt. maybe even think about me. it's hard to be a professional foot

after finishing seventh in his first formula 1 start in saudi arabia, filling in for the absent carlos is targeting a full—time seat in 2025, his team—mate charles leclerc believes it is only a matter of time before the 18—year—old is in f1 but for now berman says he is fully focused on his formula 2 aseason. i think in few weeks' time, all of this will bejudged think in few weeks' time, all of this will be judged on think in few weeks' time, all of this will bejudged on my think in few weeks' time, all of this will be judged on my county race. i have to do a great race in formula 2, so i have some work to do to catch up but that is my main focus, i want to do as well as i can in the f county 2 championship. much more ollie berman _ in the f county 2 championship. much more ollie berman on _ in the f county 2 championship. much more ollie berman on the _ in the f county 2 championship. much more 0llie berman on the bbc sport website but that is all a sport for now. some developing years now coming into us from the united states, we've been hearing from the leader of the us senate, the

afterfinishing 7th in his first formula one start in saudi arabia filling in for the absent carlos sainz2025. team—mate charles leclerc believes it's only a matter of time before the 18—year—old is in f1 but for now, bearman says he's fully focused on his formula 2 season. you are only as good as your last race, so i think in a week's time, two weeks' time, all of this will be forgotten, i will bejudged on my formula to racing. i need to do a great rest of the year in f2, and i'm currently last, having missed the last race weekend, but that is my main focus. i want to do as good as i can in the f2 championship, and see where i get in that. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello, you're watching bbc news. let me bring you our breaking news this hour and those pictures again, starship — a powerful rocket owned by elon musk�*s space x company — has taken off from its launch site in south—east texas. elon musk calls this spacex's "most powerful rock

some news to bring you from there though — carlos sainz is not involved for ferrari.needs surgery after being diagnosed with appendicitis. sainz has been replaced by ferrari's reserve driver, 18—year—old briton oliver bearman, who makes his fi debut. he becomes the youngest—ever british fi driver and the youngest driver in ferrari's history. f1 fi academy had their season opener earlier, with the british entry suffering a puncture forcing her to retire. but a solid second place for alpine, taking home an extra point. it's fight night in saudi arabia, as anthonyjoshua prepares to face former ufc heavyweight champion francis ngannou in his second professional boxing match, after going the distance with tyson fury. it's part of a huge weekend of sport in saudi arabia, as ade adeyoin reports. anthonyjoshua has faced many challenges in his career but this will be a first, a crossover bout against a former heavyweight mixed martial arts champion. a year ago somebody said to you are going to be having this crossover fight against francis ngannou, presumably would have just l

and the spanish carlos sainz from the ferrari team stood in the third place with a difference of 25 seconds from the first person. the second stage of this competition will be held on the 19th of march in jeddah, saudi arabia. andre siniesta , the spanish star of the football world, has played more than a thousand games. received without receiving a red card. maybe it's hard for me to even think that you can be a professional football player for 21 years and the referees don't allow themselves to fire you. but apparently, on the contrary, it was difficult for the spanish boy. someone who challenged the rules of football fans in spain. who is the flower? forget his championship in the final of the 2010 world cup ? but he was not the first to score in this competition. the respect he gave to the legend of espanyol in his happiness made rival fans cheer for a barcelona player for the first time. even in the classics, rial fans were saddened by his goals many times. they don't allow themselves to be insulted. even in a poll taken from real madrid fans in 2011 , the only player they would like t

carlos sainz will miss the saudi arabian grand prix injeddah on saturday — the ferrari driver's pulledappendicitis — and is replaced by 18 year old british driver ollie bearman. the reserve driver, will take sainz�*s place for third practice and for the rest of the weekend — including qualifying later. he becomes the youngest ever british f1 he becomes the youngest ever british fi driver and the youngest driver in ferrari's history. the moto gp kicks off this weekend. one man to keep an eye on is the six time champion marc marquez. he is hungry to move second in the all—time champion ship stakes level with valentino rossi come the end of the season. his last title coming backin the season. his last title coming back in 2019. the season. his last title coming back in 2019-— the season. his last title coming back in 2019. , , , ., , back in 2019. during the seven years i won six championships _ back in 2019. during the seven years i won six championships and - back in 2019. during the seven years i won six championships and when i back in 2019. during the seven years i i won six champion

carlos sainz completed a remarkable comeback from appendix surgery two weeks ago, to come first in melbourneo was on pole. but the dutchman handed him the lead, after having to retire his red bull with brake problems. the race finished under safety car conditions after britain's george russell crashed his mercedes at the end. he was unhurt — and sainz claimed victory ahead of team mate charles leclerc, with the mclaren of britain's lando norris completing the podium. you start the year with the bad news of the nonrenewal, and i've been thinking, what is next in my life? then you prepare yourself, you go to training, you do your winter testing, and then a good start to the season, and then we alone will i be back? we'll be back in good form and how long will it take to get up to speed and be confident! and suddenly you come back and win, and itjust shows how beautiful is life in that sense, life is good sometimes. drama in motogp. bastianini came through before the aprilia writer came often one and crashed. that allowed pedro acosta to finish third in his debut season. england are in action f

sainz in third.'s mercedez. verstappen has now won the last eight formula one races, dating back to last season. next, to late drama in the english premier league. it looked as though they were heading for a 0—0 draw but — a 99th minute winner has ensured liverpool will stay top of the table this weekend. darwin nunez the hero — coming off the bench to score deep in added time at nottingham forest to secure all three points to the relief of manager jurgen klopp and the travelling liverpool fans. they are now four points clear of city who play the manchester derby on sunday. to get through with the points tally was, for us, a big fight. it never was easy, it never came easy to us. you could be 2—0 up after 20 minutes and we have not had that for a while. it's really tough. we don't wave the white flag. we will fight, we will keep fighting and let's see. late goals at tottenham too — ange postecoglou's side coming from behind to beat crystal palace in north london. son heung min capped off the 3—1 win.

el español carlos sainz se corona como el ganador de la carrera, dejando a charles leclerc y allan norrise fenómeno. el lunes 8 de abril norte américa experimentará su segundo eclipse solar total en 7 años. la luna, pues, va a estar en un momento en su órbita en que se va a alinear perfecta mente y va a cubrir al sol, eh? y para que sea total, específicamente, pues tiene que estar en un punto en la órbita en el que esté más cerca a la tierra. también méxico será el primero en ver el fenómeno astronómico, el cual se deslizará hacia el norte, entrando a estados unidos por texas para luego dirigirse hacia el noreste para concluir en la costa de canadá. depende de donde estés en el área, pues tienes vas a poder tener un máximo de 4 minutos con 20 segundos aproximadamente dentro de totalidad y el suceso tendrá un impacto en la tierra mientras ocurre va a haber ese cambio de temperatura. y también algo bien interesante es que pues como está ocurriendo, va a oscurecer el día eh? animales van a empezar a actuar de una manera que como si básicamente se están preparando para ir a dormir. residentes

carlos sainz stole the show at the australian grand prix, capping off a remarkable return to form and world champion verstappen who was on pole. but the dutchman handed him the lead, after having to retire his red bull with brake problems. the race finished under safety car conditions after britain's george russell crashed his mercedes at the end. he was unhurt — and sainz claimed victory, two weeks after having his appendix out. ahead of ferrari team mate charles leclerc, with the mclaren of britain's lando norris completing the podium. you start the year with the bad news of the nonrenewal, and i've been thinking, what is next in my life? then you prepare yourself, you go to training, you do your winter testing, and then a good start to the season, and then we alone will i be back? we'll be back in good form and how long will it take to get up to speed and be confident. and suddenly you come back and win, and itjust shows how beautiful is life in that sense, life is good sometimes. drama in the moto gp in portugal too — asjorge martin won for his first victory of the season, followi

on the track, ferrari's carlos sainz signs topped in final practice of the bahrain grand prix, a tentho's aston martin. champion max verstappen was third for red bull, and qualifying gets under way from four o'clock. jack draper is into the semi—finals of the mexico open. he beat serbia's miomir kec—manovich in straight sets and will next play australian alex de minaur, after he put out, stefanos tsitsipas. alex de minaur is the defending champion. ireland's men have won their first ever test match. they beat afghanistan by in abu dhabi. captain andy balbirnie made an unbeaten half—century as they chased down 111 to win with six wickets in hand. the team had lost their previous seven matches since being granted test status in 2018. we have already been talking about the paris olympics with athletics earlier in the programme. among those hoping to represent team gb is gloucestershire event rider laura collett. she's hoping for a second olympic appearance, having been part of the gold medal winning team in tokyo, with her horse london 52. rebecca wood has been to meet her. a cold and wet

he's the third youngest driver to start in formula 1, and stood in for ferrari's carlos sainz at lates kidnapping in nigeria — the third in just over a week. armed men abducted 15 students from their school in the north—western state of sokoto in the early hours of saturday. four women were also taken. there is already a major search for the almost 300 students who were abducted by armed men on thursday. the nigerian army is leading the search for those children, who were abducted from the north—west town of kuriga in kaduna state. reports say students between the ages of eight and 15 were taken, along with a teacher. the abductions have been blamed on a breakaway faction of the militant islamist group boko haram. and about 200 people were abducted in borno state on february 29. victims of kidnappings usually pay a ransom to secure their freedom. a controversial law passed in 2022 made it a crime to make ransom payments, with a potentialjail sentence of at least 15 years. our west africa correspondent mayenijones has more. we don't know very much. all we know is that it happened very

he's the third youngest driver to start in formula 1 and stood in for ferrari's carlos sainz at lateapping in nigeria — the third in just over a week. armed men abducted 15 students from their school in the north—estern state of sokoto in the early hours of saturday. ——in the north—western state of sokoto in the early hours of saturday. four women were also taken. there is already a major search for the almost 300 students who were abducted by armed men on thursday. the nigerian army is leading the search for those children, who were abducted from the north west town of kuriga in kaduna state. reports say students between the ages of eight and 15 were taken, along with a teacher. the abductions have been blamed on a breakaway faction of the militant islamist group boko haram. 0ur west africa correspondent mayenijones has more. we don't know very much. all we know is that it happened very early this morning in sokoto in the north—west of nigeria. all we know is that it happened very early this morning in an area called gada in sokoto in the north—west of nigeria. local members of the

the reason why this happened is because ferrari's regular driver, carlos sainz, was diagnosed with appendicitisrst race for mclaren at the age of 19. everyone is going to be watching 0liver. we know he is from essex, he started karting when he was just eight years old. in 2022 he made the step up to formula free and last year he made the step up to formula 2. he has actually withdrawn from formula to this week so he can take the f1 seat for ferrari. ., ., this week so he can take the f1 seat for ferrari-— for ferrari. how do the experts think he is _ for ferrari. how do the experts think he is going _ for ferrari. how do the experts think he is going to _ for ferrari. how do the experts think he is going to perform? l for ferrari. how do the experts . think he is going to perform? that is a lot of think he is going to perform? t�*isgt is a lot of expectation from him and a lot of people have been praising him over the years. but also this week, yesterday in qualifying he came 11th, which certainly is not a bad performance for his first time in an f1 car with ferrari. his team make, charles lecl

the red bull driver was pushed close by ferarri's carlos sainz — the spaniard made an impressive returnx out. i cannot ask for more because it is impossible to be 100% and do a perfectjob today but i feel like if tomorrow i feel good i will give it my best shot. you need to be 100% to beat max tomorrow. it was a tale of two englishman in the indian premier league — as the punjab kings got off to a winning start. chasing 175 to win, sam curran top scored with 63 off 47 balls to put his side in control before liam livingstone came to the crease and hit an unbeaten 38 — which included a six to secure victory against the delhi capitals elsewhere, the kolkata knight riders beat the sunrisers hydrabad by four runs. it's the opening weekend in the women's six nations championship. last year's runners—up france ran in five tries against. ireland for a bonus point win in le mans. the french have been second to england for the last four years and will face the red roses in the final round of fixtures in the championship. they are off to a strong start winning 38—17. despite defeat, ireland will t

the dutchman ended up quarter of a second quicker than carlos sainz.after missing the last race two weeks ago due to surgery to remove his appendix. idid i did expect to fight for polling, happy with the laps we did in 03. it was a bit of a tricky weekend so far, but we managed to be there at the end, so i am very happy with that. this is good to do a perfect option a. this is good to do a perfect option a, but— this is good to do a perfect option a, but if— this is good to do a perfect option a, but if tomorrow i feel good i will give — a, but if tomorrow i feel good i will give it— a, but if tomorrow i feel good i will give it my best shot but to be fair, you — will give it my best shot but to be fair, you need to be percent. aryna sabalenka is into the last 32 of the miami open, winning her first match after the death of her former boyfriend konstantin koltsov. sabalenka claimed an impressive straight—sets win over her good friend paula badosa, despite the difficult circumstances surrounding her former partner. sabalenka will play anhelina kalinina

carlos sainz completed a remarkable comeback from appendix surgery two weeks ago, to come first in melbournewho was on pole. but the dutchman handed him the lead, after having to retire his red bull with brake problems. not good news for him. the race finished under safety car conditions after britain's george russell crashed his mercedes at the end. he was unhurt — and sainz claimed victory ahead of team mate charles leclerc, with the mclaren of britain's lando norris completing the podium. next to tennis — the two time australian open champion aryna sabelnka has been knocked out of the miami open. it's been a difficult week for her — following the death of her ex—boyfriend. she lost in three sets to ukraine's anhelina kalinina in the third round. meanwhile in the men's draw, the number one seed carlos alcaraz will play gael monfis next after beating roberto carballes baena in straight sets. having just won the title at indian wells, alcaraz cruised through 6—2, 6—1 — but says the win wasn't as easy as it sounds. it was difficult with the humidity. you know, the court, the balls, everything

sainz, fell ill with appendicitis. in qualifying, he will start 11th out of 20 cars on the grid injeddah. earlier, i spoke to our reporter emily brown, who has been following this. all eyes are going to be on oliver this weekend. that is because he will be the youngest briton ever to race in formula i's will be the youngest briton ever to race in formula is is to be at the age ofjust i8. race in formula is is to be at the age ofjust 18. the reason this happened is because one of ferrari's regular drivers was diagnosed with appendicitis and had to have surgery yesterday, and that meant a promotion from the formula to front runner. this will be it a big opportunity for him. lando norris was previously the youngest british formula i driver when he first race for mclaren at the age of 19, but yes, everyone is going to be watching oliver. we know that he is genetics, he started karting when he was just eight years old. in 2022, he made the step up to formula 3, the last year he made the step up to formula 2. he has actually

max verstappen�*s perfect start to the f1 season is over, after carlos sainz stole the show at the australianwho was on pole. but the dutchman handed him the lead, after having to retire his red bull with brake problems. the race finished under safety car conditions, after britain's george russell crashed his mercedes at the end. he was unhurt. and sainz claimed victory, two weeks after having his appendix out. charles leclerc was second. the mclaren of britain's lando norris completing the podium. drama in the moto gp in portugal too — jorge martin has hhis first victory of the season but there was chaos behind him between his championship rivals last year's world champion francesco bagnaia collided with marc marquez whilst battling for fifth, ending both of their races with just three laps to go. and on the final lap, ducati's enea bastianini was able to steal second place from aprilia's maverick vinales after this crash. that allowed 19—year—old pedro acosta to finish third for his first podium in his debut season. but it was a great day for martin who now leads the standings. a remarkable

sainz topped the time sheets in final practice ahead of the bahrain grand prix.a tenth of a second quicker than fernando alonso's aston martin. world champion max verstappen was third for red bull. qualifying gets under way in half an hour and you can follow that on the bbc sport website. ireland 5 men have won a test match for the first time. they beat afghanistan in abu dhabi. captain andy balbirnie made an unbeaten half—century and lorcan tucker hit the winning runs as they chased down 111 to win with six wickets in hand. the team had lost their previous seven matches since being granted test status in 2018. australia are in control of their first test against new zealand, after a frantic second day in wellington. cameron green hit a test best 174 not out, as australia made 383 in theirfirst innings. a top—order collapse meant new zealand only reached 179 in reply. the tourists closed on 13—2 in their second innings, with a 217—run lead. france's celine boutier delivered a putting masterclass to take a one shot lead after round two of the women's world champio

the 18—year—old was brought into the ferrari in saudi arabia after the team's usual driver carlos sainzax verstappen in a red bull. we're just a day away from the oscars and preparations are in full swing in hollywood. those are not the stars, but take out the a look at the placards, you can see who is expected by the signs around the teams next. we'll leave it up to you to decide who deserves the oscar for best pretending to be a star. and we'll have coverage of the academy awards, with special programming here on bbc news. dojoin us for that. tom brooke and peter bowes will be there. next it is the weather with ben rich. hello. sunshine amounts have varied across the uk today. some areas got stuck with a lot of clouds and outbreaks of rain, but for others the cloud did break to reveal some sunshine. that was how it looked for one of our weather watchers in shetland. on the earlier satellite picture, you can see this swirl of cloud in the centre of which lies an area of low pressure that is dominating our weather right now. it will continue to do so. and because we are on the northern

the dutchman ended up quarter of a second quicker than carlos sainz.niard made an impressive return to action after missing the last race two weeks ago due to surgery to remove his appendix. that was a bit unexpected i think today in qualifying, but very happy with 03. i think both of those laps felt very nice and that was very enjoyable. but, yes, it was a bit of a tricky weekend so far, but we managed to be there at the end, so i am very happy with that. very happy to be here and very happy to be in the red bulls this weekend, and i was a bit rusty initially, but then i got up to speed and i could finally found the pace and feeling good with the car. aryna sabalenka is into the last 32 of the miami 0pen, winning her first match after the death of her former boyfriend, konstantin koltsov. sabalenka claimed an impressive straight—sets win over her good friend paula badosa, despite the difficult circumstances surrounding her former partner. sabalenka will play anhelina kalinina in the third round. coco gauff is also into last 32 in miami. she secured a

carlos sainz completed a remarkable comeback from appendix surgery two weeks ago, to come first in melbourneerstappen, who was on pole. but the dutchman handed him the lead, after having to retire his red bull with brake problems. the race finished under safety car conditions, after britain's george russell crashed his mercedes at the end. he was unhurt, and sainz claimed victory ahead of team mate charles leclerc, with the mclaren of britain's lando norris completing the podium. the opening weekend of the women's six nations continues. there were wins for france and scotland on the opening day, while england are away at italy. that gets under way in less than an hour. england are after the title for a sixth year in a row, with captain marlie packer set for her 100th cap for the red roses. she says the team is hungrier than ever for success. the goal for this six nations is to go out there and win it, like, a grand slam win. but we need to make sure that, you know, we perform in each game. and it's notjust about the points on the board. it's how we come off as players, like, we have targets

sainz completed a remarkable comeback to win the australian grand prix.n who was on pole. but the dutchman handed him the lead after having to retire his red bull with brake problems. the race finished under safety car conditions after britain's george russell crashed his mercedes at the end. he was unhurt. sainz claimed victory ahead of his team mate charles leclerc, with the mclaren of britain's lando norris completing the podium. very happy, very proud of the team, very happy to be in a one—two with charles here. it shows that hard work pays off and life sometimes is crazy, you know. what happened at the beginning of the year and then the podium in bahrain, then the appendix, the comeback, the win, it's a roller—coaster but i loved it and i'm extremely happy. next to tennis. let's go to tennis now, and aryna sabalenka is out of the miami 0pen. it has been a difficult week for her. she was beaten by ukraine's anhelina kalinina. but in the men's singles, number one seed carlos alcaraz will play gael monfis next after beating fellow spaniard roberto carba

and carlos sainz bounced back from recent appendix surgery, but wasn't quite quick enough in qualifying

the dutchman ended up quarter of a second quicker than carlos sainz.ifying but very happy with it. i think both of those laps felt very nice and that was enjoyable but yes, it was a bit of a tricky weekend so far but we managed to be there at the end so i am very happy with that. very happy to be here and ve ha - with that. very happy to be here and very happy to _ with that. very happy to be here and very happy to be _ with that. very happy to be here and very happy to be in _ with that. very happy to be here and very happy to be in the _ with that. very happy to be here and very happy to be in the red - with that. very happy to be here and very happy to be in the red booth - very happy to be in the red booth this weekend and i was a bit rusty initiativ— this weekend and i was a bit rusty initially but then i got up to speed and i_ initially but then i got up to speed and i could — initially but then i got up to speed and i could finally found the pace and i could finally found the pace and feeling good with the car. aryna sabalenka is into the last—3

he received a late call—up to replace carlos sainz, who has appendicitis.rari, 18—year—old bearman will start from 11th on the grid. he was competing in the formula 2 championship injeddah, before his surprise promotion. well it's a big weekend of sport in saudi arabia. heavyweight boxing returns there shortly as anthonyjoshua prepares to take on former ufc champion francis ngannou. two—time world championjoshua has rebuilt his career over the last 11 months, with three consecutive victories, but faces a largely unknown competitor in ngannou, who came close to beating tyson fury on his debut in october. despite weighing in a stone and a half lighter than ngannou — joshua is confident of victory. how do i win, is by being me, showing the world how great i am. most importantly showing myself how great i am, most importantly having so much fun in there, being relentless... what will be will be. all i'm going to do is my best, and the fight will play out how it needs to plays out. out how it needs to play out. and i'm ready for whatever. i'm going to be victori

the teenager, who is ferrari's reserve driver, stepped in for carlos sainz on race weekend, the spaniard main focus. i need to do great the rest of the year and i'm currently last having lost injeddah, but that's my main focus. i want to do as good as i can in the championship. see where we are at the end of that. great britain's abi pulling also had a terrific weekend in saudi arabia, with a second and first on the opening weekend of the f1 academy season, she tops the standings in the all female championship. in the all—female championship. she told me that her victory in the second race was slightly fortuitous after the winning driver was penalised for continuing to race after the chequered flag. it was an incredible weekend. coming away with— it was an incredible weekend. coming away with two and the promotion — it was really. _ away with two and the promotion — it was really, really strange. i kind of took— was really, really strange. i kind of took the — was really, really strange. i kind of took the flag and i felt like i was like. — of took the flag and i felt like i was like, wh

ferrari's carlos sainz is expected to return to racing at this weekend's australian grand prix in melbourneman was a late replacement. ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the last 16 of the world open snooker after beating lyu haotian 5—2. he'll now face hossein vafaei tomorrow morning. reigning world champion luca brecel, though, is out. manchester united will play rangers for the first time in more than a decade in a pre— season match at murrayfield injuly. the two clubs haven tfaced each other since champions league group stage match in 2010. and two time tour de france champion tadej pogacar produced another dominant win at the tour of catalunya. the slovenian beat mikel landa by 48 seconds on stage three, increasing his overall lead over the spaniard to almost two and a half minutes. a spanish court has ruled that the former barcelona and brazil footballer dani alves can be conditionally released from jail on a one million euro bail pending an appeal against his conviction for rape. the 40—year—old has served about a quarter of his four and a half—year sentence. he has been detained since

the ferraris of carlos sainz and charles leclerc were quick in q2, leclair was click west, far quickerce he sparks and did not ignite finishing eighth. his team—mate, george russell, finish better, his late pace meanness he will start tomorrow's race third, behind charles leclerc and max verstappen, who finds that share a philosophy that tends to end in victory. his teams is up to the grand prix has been complicated to say the least but he will start the season where he finished the last, first. patrick geary, bbc news it's notjust f1 keeping us busy this weekend. josh kerr, laura muir and jemma reekie will all be hoping to win gold in front of their home crowd in glasgow at the world athletics indoor championships which got under way today. they're part of britain's squad of 25 athletes who”ll be competing for 26 titles. among this evening's highlights... world 100m and 200m champion noah lyles, competing at his first worlds indoors, will take on fellow american christian coleman in the final of the 60 metres. janette kwakye's part of our team bringing you coverage of the championship

the dutchman ended up quarter of a second quicker than carlos sainz.those laps felt very nice and that was very enjoyable. but, yes, it was a bit of a tricky weekend so far, but we managed to be there at the end, so i am very happy with that. very happy to be here and very happy to be in the red bulls this weekend, and i was a bit rusty initially, but then i got up to speed and i could finally found the pace and feeling good with the car. aryna sabalenka is into the last 32 of the miami open, winning her first match after the death of her former boyfriend konstantin koltsov. sabalenka claimed an impressive straight—sets win over her good friend paula badosa, despite the difficult circumstances surrounding her former partner. sabalenka will play anhelina kalinina in the third round. coco gauff is also into the last 32 in miami. she secured a straight—sets win over nadia podoroska. naomi osaka and iga swiatek are amongst those in action later hoping tojoin her. football now, and there's a host of international fixtures to come later, including england ho

sainz, who had appendicitis, and became the youngest briton who had appendicitis.would take part in "light training activities" but would "not be available for selection until after the birth". britain's mark cavendish pulled out of the milano—torino race in the first hour, telling reporters it was down to illness. meanwhile, italian rider alberto bettiol raced to a breakaway victory, holding off the chasing pack to win by seven seconds. cricket. england batter harry brook has pulled out of the ipl for personal reasons. he was scheduled to play for the delhi capitals in the tournament, which begins in nine days' time. brook explained what he described as "a difficult decision" on social media, saying it follows the death of his grandmother and his desire to spend time with his grieving family. brook also revealed that his decision to leave england's test tour of india came after discovering the news about her illness. london lions women have made history by becoming the first british basketball side — male orfemale — ever to reach a european final. they beat italia

sainz, british ferrari driver 0llie bearman is targeting a full—time seat in 2025.e this will all be forgotten and i will bejudged on my previous f2 race, so that is my main focus and i have to do great for the rest of the year in f2, i am currently at last having mr race weekend jetta, so after some work to catch up but that is my main focus i want to do as good as i can in the f2 championship and see where we are at the end of that. you can stay up—to—date on all the news using the bbc sport website but for me and the team, see you later. hello. whilst many of us did have a lot of cloud and showery rain on thursday, not everywhere. we had some welcome drier and brighter weather across parts of the south—east of england, east anglia, too. this was the picture in suffolk. i think over the next couple of days, we're still staying unsettled, though. so, through the day tomorrow, for friday, showery rain for some of us. still quite mild, particularly towards the south, slightly cooler air across the northern half of the uk. you can see the blue colours here, but the ye

the ferraris of carlos sainz and charles leclerc were quick in q2, leclair was quickest.osophy that tends to end in victory. his teams is up to the grand prix has been complicated to say the least but he will start the season where he finished the last, first. patrick geary, bbc news. so verstappen and red bull looking ominous again for their rivals. let's hear from the man who finished third quickest britains's mercedes driver george russell huge amount of work for that we had really great drivers based on the simulator lewis and i've been back making some improvements with the time will tell tomorrow if we've made a big step forward and a qualifying pace was that we had to compromise the race pace at all, —— haven't compromise for that i think it will be a fine race for everybody other than max. meanwhile red bull team principal christian horner, has again denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour, after a series of alleged messages were leaked. horner was cleared on wednesday, after an internal investigation looked into his behaviour towards a female colleague. an

sainz in third.s. verstappen has now won the last eight formula one races, dating back to last season. next, to late drama in the english premier league. it looked as though they were heading for a 0—0 draw, but a 99th minute winner has ensured liverpool will stay top of the table this weekend. darwin nunez the hero, coming off the bench to score deep in added time at nottingham forest to secure all three points much to the relief of manager jurgen klopp and the travelling liverpool fans. they are now four points clear of city who play the manchester derby on sunday. to get to that point tally was for us always a big fight. it never was easy. it never came easy to us. there might be a game where you are 2—0 up after 20 minutes and then you can bring it over the line or whatever. we did not have that now for a while because it is just really tough, but again, we don't wave the white flag. we will fight, we will keep fighting. yes, let's see. late goals at tottenham too — ange postecoglou's side coming

pushed close by ferrari's carlos sainz.the last race due to having his appendix out.— his appendix out. quite tricky to find the right — his appendix out. quite tricky to find the right balance _ his appendix out. quite tricky to | find the right balance throughout the weekend so far. even in qualifying, i didn't expect to fight for pole in kew two, even. i like to do laps we did in q3. for pole in kew two, even. i like to do laps we did in 03. i surprised myself a little bit as well. i cannot ask for more because it is impossible — cannot ask for more because it is impossible to be 100% and do a perfect — impossible to be 100% and do a perfectjob today. i impossible to be 100% and do a perfect job today. i feel like impossible to be 100% and do a perfectjob today. i feel like if tomorrow i feel good, i will give it my best _ tomorrow i feel good, i will give it my best shot, but to beat max tomorrow _ my best shot, but to beat max tomorrow you need to be 100%. arena sabah linker— tomorrow you need to be 100%. arena sabah l

sainz.ttack. the announcement comes after years of campaigning by bryn hughes and paul bone, whose police officer daughters were murdered in 2012. 0ur reporter abi smitton has more. why was its local mps shot and stabbed? doing what they dread, investigating the death of one of their own. more than 100 nhs and care staff. have now died with the coronavirus. they dedicated themselves to public service and all lost their lives doing their duty. now their families will be able to celebrate them with a posthumous award. the elizabeth emblem comes after years of campaigning from bryn hughes. i am absolutely overwhelmed, fantastic, elated. humbled. all roads lead into one. hard to sum it up and describe it one word. it is a massive achievement for everybody involved. his daughter, pc nicola hughes, was murdered in 2012 while attending a burglary. two years ago, he set out his vision of an award for the families of emergency services workers killed in the line of duty. that is important for me, rea

the red bull driver was pushed close by ferarri's carlos sainz — the spaniard made an impressive returne indian premier league — as the punjab kings got off to a winning start. chasing 175 to win, sam curran top scored with 63 off 47 balls to put his side in control before liam livingstone came to the crease and hit an unbeaten 38 — which included a six to secure victory against the delhi capitals. elsewhere, the kolkata knight riders beat the sunrisers hydrabad by 4 runs. it's the opening weekend in the women's six nations championship. last year's runners—up france ran in five tries against. ireland for a bonus point win in le mans. the french have been second to england for the last 4 years and will face the red roses in the final round of fixtures in the championship. they are off to strong start winning 38—17. despite defeat, ireland will take some positives given that they lost by 50 points to the french in the last six nations scotland's women celebrated a rare win in wales, their first in 20 years. they won 20—18 at the cardiff arms park. wales scored a late try but missed the c

max verstappen missed out on a record—equalling tenth f1 victory after carlos sainz stole the show aton verstappen, who was on pole. but the dutchman handed him the lead, after having to retire his red bull with brake problems. the race finished under safety car conditions after britain's george russell crashed his mercedes at the end. he was unhurt, and sainz claimed victory — two weeks after having his appendix out — ahead of ferrari team mate charles leclerc, with the mclaren of britain's lando norris completing the podium. drama in the motogp in portugal, too,asjorge martin won for his first victory of the season, following a bizarre incident towards the end. ducati's enea bastianini took second from aprilia's maverick vinales, on the penultimate lap. vinales slowed on the pit straight, allowing bastianini to come through, before the aprilia rider and sprint winner ran off at turn one and crashed on the dusty run—off area. that allowed pedro acosta to finish third in his debut season. world champion francesco bagnaia also crashed out. it turned out to be a rather one—sided affair

sainz in third.ht formula one races, dating back to last season. next to late drama in the english premier league. it looked as though they were heading for a 0—0 draw but a 99th minute winner has ensured liverpool will stay top of the table this weekend. darwin nunez the hero, coming off the bench to score deep in added time at nottingham forest to secure all three points to the relief of manager jurgen klopp and the travelling liverpool fans. they are now four points clear of city, who play the manchester derby on sunday. to get through with the points tally was, for us, a big fight. it never was, for us, a big fight. it never was easy, it never came easy to us. you could be 2—0 up after 20 minutes and we have not had that for awhile. it really tough. but we will fight, we will keep fighting and let's see. late goals at tottenham, too — ange postecoglou's side coming from behind to beat crystal palace in north london. son heung min capped off the 3—1 win, to move his side to within two points of fo

it was an eventful race and carlos ferrari's sainz completed a remarkable comeback to win it. conditions after britain's george russell crashed his mercedes at the end. he was unhurt. sainz claimed victory ahead of his team mate charles leclerc with the mclaren of britain's lando norris completing the podium. lewis hamilton retired with an engine failure. cricket now and england's women were just short of wrapping up a t20 series win over new zealand this morning, losing by three runs in their chase as the hosts kept the series alive. meanwhile, it was a tale of two englishman in the indian premier league as the punjab kings got off to a winning start. chasing 175 to win, sam curran top scored with 63 off 47 balls to put his side in control before liam livingstone came to the crease and hit an unbeaten 38 — which included a six to secure victory against the delhi capitals. elsewhere, the kolkata knight riders beat sunrisers hydrabad by 4 runs. in boxing, sandy ryan is still the world welterweight champion after a formidable stoppage win over fellow british boxer terri harper.