is this willie mullins's they would sesame? fix, is this willie mullins's they would sesame? a win in the 530 forjasmine de vaux, a mullins _ sesame? a win in the 530 forjasmine de vaux, a mullins horse _ sesame? a win in the 530 forjasmine de vaux, a mullins horse written - sesame? a win in the 530 forjasmine de vaux, a mullins horse written by l de vaux, a mullins horse written by his son patrick. for this sport and this family, a poignant way to seal it. willie's mother died last month, aged 94. 100 race wins and no trainer comes close. this racing record may never be broken. joe lynskey, bbc news. well, let's get some reaction from the course. john hunt was commentating for the bbc this afternoon. i spoke to him a short time ago and began by asking him what the atmosphere was like when that third came in. it was tremendously popular, that's for sure. willie mullins, making that a century of winners, a very popular horse written by a very popular horse written by a very popularjockey, his son patrick as well. you can imagine all hours into the afternoon, another well fanci

who can stop willie mullins�* domination at cheltenham?he third day of the festival. salah ready to start as liverpool look to go strong again in the europa league. butjust how strong is the field at the players championship with some of the best missing? we'll have the latest from tpc sawgrass in florida. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. it's the third day of the cheltenham festival. so far it has been dominated by one man. willie mullins has become the first to train 100 winners at the event. can the magic continue later? he has three horses running in today's big race, the stayers hurdle which gets under way at 3:30. our sports news correspondent laura scott is there for us. we knew that the mullins stable would be a force at the festival but has their dominanace exceeded expectations? i think it has. willie mullins has enjoyed extraordinary success here in recent years. the irish trainers have dominated. he has already had six winners injust have dominated. he has already had six winners in just two days of the festival, and las

those will be the challengers but it will be a special moment for willie mullins and his whole team ifd. much more from cheltenham on the bbc sport website. more for you later but that is all the sport for now. the leaders of germany, france and poland are meeting in berlin, in an attempt to show unity for ukraine following russia's invasion. the french president emmanuel macron has called on kyiv�*s allies not to be cowards, and said he wouldn't rule out deploying western troops on the ground. for more i spoke to our correspondentjessica parker who's in berlin. of course the meetings themselves are happening behind closed doors amongst these leaders so we are always slightly left to guess what they will be talking about but it is pretty clear in this unscheduled emergency meeting they are going to be discussing the situation in ukraine and the relationship as you mentioned between the french president emmanuel macron and the german chancellor 0laf scholz. there has been a lot of scrutiny over mixed messages coming from the two countries in terms of support for ukraine. emmanuel macron

one thing is for sure, do not rule out willie mullins.m here with another gold cap to his name. we look forward to see what will happen. to tennis where carlos alcaraz remains on track to defend his indian wells title — but his place in the semi finals came at a painful — and somewhat unique — price. the two time grand slam champion was stung on the forehead — after a swarm of bees invaded his match against alexander zverev. play was suspended for an hour and 40 minutes — as the swarm was cleared — before alcaraz returned to win in straight sets. the sky had a thousand flies, stuck in my hair, owing to me. it was crazy, and one of them was hitting on me. but, yes. itried crazy, and one of them was hitting on me. but, yes. i tried to stay away from them, but it was impossible. as i said, stuck in my hair. i was running out. i'm a bit afraid of them, so i had to stay safe and yes. i was running everywhere, nothing came about the bees any more. remember with play under way now at tpc sawgrass in florida, you can keep across the latest from d

congratulations to willie mullins there on his - to willie mullins there on his fourth gold cup win.it wasn't always like that. i'll bring in a couple guests because it was back in 1983 that the first female jockey had a winner at the festival, and it was caroline robinson. a0 years later, her daughter and he was writing in the same race. i'll start with you first, me, because you are still beaming, but was it like to ride in cheltenham? abs, beaming, but was it like to ride in cheltenham?— beaming, but was it like to ride in cheltenham? a dream come true, i was lucky enough — cheltenham? a dream come true, i was lucky enough to — cheltenham? a dream come true, i was lucky enough to write _ cheltenham? a dream come true, i was lucky enough to write here _ cheltenham? a dream come true, i was lucky enough to write here in _ cheltenham? a dream come true, i was lucky enough to write here in may, - lucky enough to write here in may, but to _ lucky enough to write here in may, but to have — lucky enough to write here in may, but to have a right at the festival was a _ but to have a right

can he do it again for trainer willie mullins? we're very hopeful.eally good chance. but that is why we have to go out and race. there are so many fences out there, three miles and a quarter. anything can happen. for a century, the race has posed a stern test. recent history has favoured the irish, and they hold the favourite once again. thankfully, the rain has stopped here at cheltenham, but there was another nine millimetres overnight and that has affected conditions not just in the car park, but out on the course as well. for the first time in 35 years, the gold cup looks set to have the word heavy in the description of the ground. that could have a big impact on how the big race pans out. willie mullins has enjoyed a brilliant week, with six winners, bringing up his century of festival wins. on the centenary of festival wins. on the centenary of the gold cup, few would bet against galopin des champs galloping to glory once again.— to glory once again. laura, thank ou. to glory once again. laura, thank you- from _ to glory once again. laura, than

once again, willie mullins has triumphed in the sport ofjump racing at the cheltenham gold cup, for inr the irish maestro and two in succession although his margin of victory was not as great as last year, this was our ghibli a more impressive performance from the horse because the ground is testing soft but heavy and places for more than 30 years where the word heavy has been in the official going here at cheltenham. but he saw off is hugely talented competitors, so it was another poor day for the bookmakers here, but a great day and great week for the cheltenham festival's most successful winning trainer, willie mullins. here he is speaking to laura scott. it mullins. here he is speaking to laura scott-— laura scott. it has been extraordinary, - laura scott. it has been extraordinary, our - laura scott. it has been i extraordinary, our horses laura scott. it has been - extraordinary, our horses were in such_ extraordinary, our horses were in such good — extraordinary, our horses were in such good form coming here, the preparation went so easy and well thought— preparation went so eas

laura, i woke up this morning and had every intention of asking you about how many winners willie mullinsas up to, but we've had two former football managers steal the show on day three. exactly. the rain isjust starting to fall again here at cheltenham, but nothing will dampen the spirits of sir alex ferguson. he had waited more than 20 years to own a cheltenham festival winner. he had two in the space of a0 minutes. they won the right air chase, trained by dan skelton, and you could see the look on sir alex ferguson's face. it was the same kind ofjoy that we are used to seeing when sir alex ferguson was managing and football. he has swapped success on the touchline to success in the track. i caught up with dan skelton, the british trainer, to ask him about training for a sporting legend and what he thinks it means to sir alex to win here. what he thinks it means to sir alex to win here-— to win here. he's a competitor at the end of— to win here. he's a competitor at the end of the _ to win here. he's a competitor at the end of the day. _ to win here. he's a competitor at the end of the

willie mullins, 100 not out cheltenham festival.se on sustainable fashion. in racing, longevity comes from the man in the green coat. willie mullins started today with 97 wins here, the first race showed the true strength of his yard. ballyburn out in front in a top five of mullins' horses. mullins�*s first win at cheltenham was a 1995 when his dream was to have a horse just fit to race. as fact to file went clear, he had 99 in his career. and in the last race of the day, there was jasmin de vaux. a mullis' trained horse with his son patrick on board. a poignant way to seal it for a family and for a sport. it's not something anyone ever dreamed that anyone would ever have 100 winners at cheltenham. to an irish person, cheltenham is the mecca ofjump racing. to have a place like here, which is a place people want to come, it is their cup final, it is there whatever, that is why we have to be the leader that cheltenham is what it is. 100 race wins and no trainer comes close, this racing record may never be broken. joe lynskey, bbc news

and coming up on bbc news, back to back gold cups for galopin des champs and for trainer willie mullinso rents off his historic week at cheltenham in style. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police say they have now identified the 35 bodies found at a funeral directors in hull that is at the centre of a major police investigation. the national crime agency has been called in to assist. detectives have received more than 1,500 calls in the past week from people who have used legacy independent funeral directors and are now worried about what happened to their relatives�* bodies. danny savage has heard from some of them. this is rita shaw. she died last october after a short illness. her husband has her ashes at home. i don't know if i've got rita's ashes at all. it could be anybody�*s, i think. but like so many people in the hull area who used legacy funeral directors, he's now wondering if they really are her ashes. you get over the initial part of rita passing away, it's hard, but it's on top of it, if they aren't rita's ashes, it's like torture for the rest of your life

state man wins the champion hurdle as trainer willie mullins moves closer to reaching 100 cheltenhamso coming up on sportsday before 7: the start of a new era — we'll be in york for the launch of the women's rugby league season. and jimmy anderson shares his reflections on england's tour of india — and how it felt to take his 700th wicket. this series in particularfelt like it was one year out, just didn't quite get the wickets for that may be on another day or another series that i would've got. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. they've won every premier league game this year — that's eight in a row — and that's why they are top of the table. but tonight arsenal's attention turns to the champions league and their opponents porto — one of only two sides to beat them in 2024. 1—0 down from the first leg, arsenal have to win if they're to reach the quarter finals — something mikel arteta's side haven't done for 1h years. it's a champions league night in the emirates on a rainy evening. with porto leading 1—0 from the first leg. if galeno had not scored that at the end in port leg

mullins who yesterday trained his 100th festival winner. players championship in florida. the world number two shot a seven—under par round of 65 at tpc sawgrass, recovering from a double bogey to birdie the last, to leave him tied with xander schauffele and wyndham clark at the top of the leaderboard. matt fitzpatrick and nick taylor are one shot off them. i didn't really have many expectations going out there today because i was like, 0k, it feels good on the range, feels good in practice but lets see how it is when you have a card in your hand. there is something to be said for that, just sort of lessening the expectations and going out and seeing what happens. but it was obviously a great start. afterfinishing seventh in his first formula i start in saudi arabia filling in for the absent carlos sainz, british ferrari driver 0llie bearman is targeting a full—time seat in 2025. 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.

mullins who yesterday trained his 100th festival winner.yers championship in florida. the world number two shot a seven—under par round of 65 at tpc sawgrass, recovering from a double bogey to birdie the last, to leave him tied with xander schauffele and wyndham clark at the top of the leaderboard. matt fitzpatrick and nick taylor are one shot off them. i didn't really have many expectations going out there today because i was like, 0k, it feels good on the range, feels good in practice but lets see how it is when you have a card in your hand. there is something to be said for that, just sort of lessening the expectations and going out and seeing what happens. but it was obviously a great start. afterfinishing seventh in his first formula i start in saudi arabia filling in for the absent carlos sainz, british ferrari driver 0llie bearman is targeting a full—time seat in 2025. 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

stateman from willie mullins�* ireland base is now the favourite.ion hill is he now has another month. hopefully he'll be ready for the aintree hurdle, which is a race he won easily last year and that's at the grand national meeting at aintree. so that's what he'll be up to next, hopefully. fingers crossed, but he's not going to be in the champion hurdle. uk sport and uk athletics are planning to bid to host the 2029 world championships — would be another big coup for the uk, with glasgow staging the world indoor championships over the weekend and with the european championships heading to birmingham in two years�* time. london and the uk last staged the event back in 2017. a feasibility study has yet to take place, but the sport's leaders say they are determined to host what they describe as a transformational major championships. the ambition forms part of a wider set of hosting aspirations set to be announced by the funding agency uk sport on tuesday. we can't definitely say it with london, but it would actually be in our mind, given the success

mullins who yesterday trained his 100th festival winner.he players championship in florida. the world number two shot a seven—under par round of 65 at tpc sawgrass, recovering from a double bogey to birdie the last, to leave him tied with xander schauffele and wyndham clark at the top of the leaderboard. matt fitzpatrick and nick taylor are one shot off them. ididn't i didn't really have many expectations going out there today because i was like, ok, it feels good on the range, feels good in practice but lets see how it is when you have a card in your hand. there is something to be said for that, just sort of lessening the expectations and going out and seeing what happens. but it was obviously a great start. afterfinishing seventh in his first formula one start in saudi arabia filling in for the absent carlos sainz, british ferrari driver ollie bearman is targeting a full—time seat in 2025. 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 formu

stateman from willie mullins irish base is now the favourite.ns for constitution hill is he has another month. hopefully he'll be ready for the aintree hurdle which he won easily last year and that's at the grand national meeting at aintree. s0 that's what he'll be up to next. and hopefully fingers crossed but he's not going to be in the champion hurdle. uk sport and uk athletics are planning to bid to host the 2029 world championships. it would be another big coup for the uk, with glasgow staging the world indoor championships over the weekend, and with the european championships heading to birmingham in two years�* time. london and the uk last staged the event back in 2017. a feasibility study has yet to take place but the sport's leaders say they are determined to host what they describe as a transformational major championships. the ambition forms part of a wider set of hosting aspirations set to be announced by the funding agency uk sport on tuesday. we can't definitely say it will be london but it would actually be in our mind given the su

another cheltenham festival has come to an end with trainer willie mullins riding high on the back ofin, made more prestigious this year by celebrating its 100th anniversary. here is somebody who knows a thing or two about centuries. here was another, as the heavy favourite galopin des champs shone through the mid—march mud bath to win back—to—back gold cups in imperious style. how incredible was that performance?— style. how incredible was that performance? style. how incredible was that erformance? ., ., ., , performance? extraordinary, in the suerstar performance? extraordinary, in the soperstar class. — performance? extraordinary, in the superstar class, it _ performance? extraordinary, in the superstar class, it would _ performance? extraordinary, in the superstar class, it would be - performance? extraordinary, in the superstar class, it would be tough l superstar class, it would be tough to win it in the style he has and here's the best.— to win it in the style he has and here's the best. ., , , , ., , , here's the best. galopin des champs u-ualloin to here's the best. galopin

to man now is going to be the man he now willie mullins, irish willie mullins, the irish trainer, successfulccessful and he is very close to getting 100 winner, first ever to get 100 winner, first ever to get 100 winners, the cheltenham festival. so all he needs is six across festival, which across the festival, which is going happen. so it's going going to happen. so it's going to be the first to get. >> thanks for setting scene >> thanks for setting the scene there. yeah, yeah, i felt like brough for minute. brough scott for a minute. >> did work for him? what do >> did you work for him? what do you think? oh, lord oaksey chairman, oaksey. chairman, lord oaksey. >> richard >> oh, but you know, richard o'sullivan the master. oh o'sullivan was the master. oh wasn't he just. yeah, just just unbelievable. you know, i had a friend who was actually friend who who was actually auditioned of peter auditioned for the role of peter o'sullivan because, o'sullivan in the crown because, you know, they had the and you know, when they had the and the, the commentary, he was the one and he was going, well

its called living between enemy lines trainer willie mullins has become the first to have 100 race winnersper race ahead of romeo coolio. it was mullin�*s third winner of the day to take him to 100 victories. wales' george north has announced he will retire from international rugby union after the six nations on saturday. the match in cardiff against italy will be his 121st and final appearance for the national team. his first came 14 years ago. north is currently the leading try scorer in international rugby. now a little known fact — some whales go through the menopause — and those that do live substantially longer, enabling them to care for extended family. stopping reproduction halfway through life is a mystery, as most species reproduce until they die. it seems that human beings and some whales including killer whales and belugas — like this one spotted off the coast of shetland this january — are the only creatures whose fertility tails off mid—life. the findings, published in the journal nature, found the females of five species live around four decades longer than other toothed wha

irish trainer willie mullins has the favourite in many of the 28 races and needs six victories to becomeal winners. he has last year's runner—up state man in tomorrow's champion hurdle, with last year's winner constitution hill absent. constitution hill is trained by nicky henderson and despite missing his star horse, 73 year old henderson still has high hopes for the coming week. you couldn't possibly even think about doing it without having a great bunch of guys and the owners. they are all mates, we have a lot of fun. they kindly send us these sources so that we got a lot of very good horses at the moment. i'm only going to give up went there like this. you couldn't. i enjoy it and there's nothing else i can do so i got to keep going. and that's all the sport for now. sportsday is here at 630 with the challenge cup draw. sportsday is here at 630 with the challenge cup draw. let's bring you more on the controversy over the photo of the princess of wales. and we can go back to our royal correspondent sarah campbell who's outside westminster abbey, where the prince of wales has attended

yes, willie mullins is in a league of his— yes, willie mullins is in a league of his own — yes, willienham and started back in the 90s and has got his 100th winner. — the 90s and has got his 100th winner, training his 100th winner and you — winner, training his 100th winner and you could say the likes of sir alex _ and you could say the likes of sir alex ferguson in football, tiger woods— alex ferguson in football, tiger woods in— alex ferguson in football, tiger woods in golf, and he really has dominated jump racing and i went last year— dominated jump racing and i went last year to his stable and what a team _ last year to his stable and what a team he — last year to his stable and what a team he has got which means over 200 racehorses _ team he has got which means over 200 racehorses and the best facilities, like you _ racehorses and the best facilities, like you would imagine manchester city or— like you would imagine manchester city or liverpool training academies would _ city or liverpool training academies would he _ city or liverpool training academies would be and you get all

in sport, the undisputed king of cheltenham willie mullins celebrates his 100th winner at the festivalf of the

the willie mullins—trained seven—year—old, ridden by irish jockey paul townend, turned on the power overahead of irish point and luccia. mullins has the favourite in many of the 28 races and needs six victories to become the first person to have 100 festival winners. novak djokovic admits his performances have been below par — he's still on the hunt for a first title of 2024. the world number one was beaten in the third round of indian wells by 20—year—old lucky loser luca nardi. who'd originally been knocked out in qualifying — but reached the main draw after another player's withdrawal. i watched him play, i didn't know much about him but i watched him play and i know he possesses great quality tennis from the baseline, especially the forehand side. he moves well, very talented. he's a lucky loser, so had nothing to lose. he played great and deserved to win. i was more surprised with my level, it was really bad. a blow for england in rugby union following their dramatic win over ireland in the six nations at the weekend. winger immanuel feyi—waboso has been ruled out of their final gam

let's start at cheltenham, where trainer willie mullins is still waiting for his 100th winner, which come in the weatherby�*s champion bumper, the final race of the day. it is now under way. el fabiolo was the favourite for the champions chase earlier, numberfour there in the pack, but he misjudged this fence and lost ground. many thought it was a foregone conclusion he'd win this race, but it was captain guinness the winner in the end, ridden by rachel blackmore and trained by henry de bromhead, with gentleman de mee second and funambule sivola third. george north will end his wales international rugby career this weekend, after saturday's final six nations match against italy. the centre has won 120 caps after making his debut as an 18—year—old back in 2010. he's been recalled to the team for the game in cardiff, which will decide the tournament's wooden spoon for coming bottom of the table. north said it feels the right time to step away and that he's been very lucky to have lived his dream. west bromwich albion have been charged with misconduct by the football association over cr

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and coming up in sport on bbc news, who can stop willie mullins�* domination at cheltenham?will be there on the third day of the festival. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government has released a new definition of extremism, in order, it says, to try to stop organisations which promote hatred, violence and intolerance. the new terminology will be used to assess whether groups are eligible to receive public funding or support. but critics say the measure threatens freedom of speech and public protest. our political correspondent peter saull has this report. was has become a regular side, thousands _ was has become a regular side, thousands of _ was has become a regular side, thousands of people _ was has become a regular side, thousands of people taking - was has become a regular side, thousands of people taking to the streets in protest of israel's actions in gaza. the current conflict in the middle east has prompted a political debate notjust about the fighting there but about the impact on community cohesion here. in the impact on community cohesion

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irish trainer willie mullins has the favourite in many of the 28 races, and needs just six victoriesto have 100 festival winners. he has last year's runner—up �*state man�* in tomorrow's champion hurdle... with last year's winner constitution hill absent. constitution hill is trained by nicky henderson and despite missing his star horse, 73—year—old henderson still has high hopes for the coming week he couldn't possibly even think about doing it without having a great bunch of guys, and the owners, and there are good mates. we have a lot of fun. but they kindly send us these horses, we have a lot of good horses at the moment, are they going to give up when they're like this? you couldn't. i enjoyed it, and there's nothing as i can do, so keep going. and that's all the sport for now. the swedish flag has been raised at nato headquarters for the first time today. in a rain soaked ceremony in brussels, attended by sweden's crown princess victoria, sweden officially ended its long time neutrality, becoming the 32nd member of the alliance. and at the same time out in the remote, snow cove

mullins winning for the fourth time in six years.at's all the sport for now. president biden has praised the speech made by chuck schumer when he called for new elections in israel and harshly criticised the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has an obstacle to peace. president biden said his fellow democrat had expressed serious concern shared by many americans and has been speaking in the white house. senator schumer contacted my senior staff he _ senator schumer contacted my senior staff he was _ senator schumer contacted my senior staff he was going to make that speech, — staff he was going to make that speech, and i'm not going to elaborate _ speech, and i'm not going to elaborate on the speech, he made a -ood elaborate on the speech, he made a good speech and i think he expressed serious _ good speech and i think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him but _ serious concern shared not only by him but by— serious concern shared not only by him but by many americans. that was joe biden him but by many americans. that w

willie mullins . so willie yes. willie mullins. so willie mullins is the talk of cheltenham? been, but even more so now because he's got he's 100th winner. oh, look at that hat . it's a 100th winner. oh, look at that hat. it's a great hat. >> it's a great cheltenham hat. >> it's a great cheltenham hat. >> that one it is. >> that one it is. >> it's either a cheltenham hat or it's a gangster's hat from the 1930s. >> he must be rolling in cash. >> he must be rolling in cash. >> he must be rolling in cash. >> he really must be rolling in cash, always think of. cash, 100th. i always think of. >> is he a very lucky man? >> is he a very lucky man? >> well, i don't think he just knows he's a lucky man. >> i think he's a very good trainer. that's what it is. trainer. that's his son. we saw his there. patrick. so, his son there. patrick. so, i mean, he the jockey? was mean, is he the jockey? he was the jockey. for the 100th the jockey. so for the 100th winner, his horse. and it winner, it was his horse. and it was his son that rode the horse. >> you can't that. you can't. >> it's lovel

who trains his hundredth festival winner. —— willie mullins.y this week. gareth southgate says he has "no issue" with ben white after the arsenal defender made himself unavailable for england selection for the upcoming friendlies. southgate said arsenal sporting director edu told him that white did not want to be considered, and he has not been selected for england since the 2022 world cup when he left for personal reasons. brentford striker ivan toney is back for the first time since his eight—month ban for breaching fa betting rules. there are also first—time call—ups for newcastle forward anthony gordon — the 23—year—old has scored ten goals in all competitions this season for his club — and for 21—year—old defender jarrad branthwaite, who's impressed for everton this season. and the england manager is looking forward to working with him. with england, we have to experiments, play young players, as do well, win and do all those things, but were happy with that, if he did say he play as well as he had, then i would have a question that. so, h

. >> willie mullins there, willie mullins winning more so . so what mullins winning more so.s today? i mean it's the elf al fayed yolo is everybody's talking about in the queen mother champion chase. is that the one for you and is there any outsiders you might have for us there ? there? >> yes . he there? >> yes. he will be priced accordingly to a very, very solid horse, he's a strange one, really, because he knows how much he can get away with when it comes to the jumping department. he's very quick , department. he's very quick, he's very low. he doesn't spend too much time in the air. this guy ' too much time in the air. this guy , and he can give his punters guy, and he can give his punters a fright because he likes to nudge a fence here and there. but a very strong, powerful but he's a very strong, powerful horse. huge engine, i don't think beat today. think they get beat today. willie mullins won the feature yesterday. i think he'll win the feature today. he ended up with three winners yesterday. he didn't get off the winning start, afternoon get start, but the afternoo

the willie mullins—trained seven—year—old, ridden by irish jockey paul townend, turned on the power overr dramatic win over favourites ireland on saturday, immanuel feyi—waboso has been ruled out of their game with france due to concussion. the 21—year—old winger was superb in the victory, which saw england score a late drop goal to win it, he reported concussion symptoms to the team on monday. attack coach richard wigglesworth confirmed feyi—waboso will be unavailable for the trip to lyon — saying he did the right thing. england veteran fast bowler james anderson says he has no plans to retire in the immediate future. the 41 year old says he feels like he's in the best shape he's ever been, but admits he'll have to work hard to make the england squad for the summer season. anderson became the first pace bowler to reach 700 test wickets during england's ill—fated series in india earlier this month. he's been speaking on the bbc podcast tailenders. i feel like ifeel like i'm i feel like i'm definitely ifeel like i'm definitely the best shape they've ever been, is weird. i just feel like i

irish trainer willie mullins has the favourite in many of the 28 races, and needs just six victoriese, 73—year—old henderson still has high hopes for the coming week you couldn't possibly even think about doing it without having a great bunch of guys, and the owners, and and the owners, and they are good mates. we have a lot of fun. but they kindly send us these horses, we have a lot of good horses at the moment, are they going to give up when they're like this? you couldn't. i enjoy it, and there's nothing else i can do, so keep going. sot and that's all the sport for now. chelsea are still 3—2 up against newcastle with about a minute or so of added time. that's it from us. we will see you soon. good afternoon. it has turned into a pretty great day across many parts of the uk, the cloud producing some spots of rain, and for some, it is on the chilly side. now, through this week, i can't promise we'll lose all the cloud — in fact, there'll still be some rain at times, but it is going to start to feel milder. on the earlier satellite picture, though, you can see the extent of the clou

and coming up in sport on bbc news, who can stop willie mullins' domination at cheltenham?

willie mullins has had a great week this week, will it continue?t. but you can see so many golden moments there, the most successful cheltenham horse ever which won the gold cup five times in a row between 1932 and 1936. talking of historic moments, i've been to meet the oldest living winner of the famous cheltenham trophy. but when stan hayhurst who's now 90 won it in 1958, i went with stan and his family back to hexham racecourse in northumberland. welcome home, stan, welcome home. back to where it all started at hexham racecourse and the stunning landscape of northumberland, where stan hayhurst rode his first winner in 1950. one of the things you think about, which is daft, you think, am i going to ride another winner? you know? yes, you do, it's all in your mind. not only did stan ride hundreds more, but eight years later he rode the winner, kersten, in the 1958 cheltenham gold cup. commentator: kerstin i who was second last year, still holding polar flight as they race toward the line. but polar flight coming at her very fast now, with 50 yard

mullins galloping de shown the favorite match avoid a lease forced down the finest stretch to finish 3 and a half way clear of jerry columbia, a town and becomes just the 2nd jockey in history to win the gold cap for time. there are no opponent seems to be able to stop carlos alvarez at the indian wells. tennis tournaments by a swarm of bees did manage to delay his progress. nathan had been rios or how many would be here. they paused as gore to final against alexander's brad was delayed for one hour and 40 minutes as these briefly occupied over the court california court. the defending champion did get found on the forehead, but went on to see or his spot. in the last 4, with a straight sense victory. most uh no sort of mots that i've ever played a my career. i've never experience something like that. i've never seen something like that, so it's been, uh, i will remember that the mazda, because of the fact that every body will remember this situation. and we finally found it as a finding thing that's for sure outdoor, as well face australian open champion janik center in the semi fin

hall town and, and trained by willy mullins galloping does show me that favorites managed to avoid a lease horse down the final stretch to finish 3 and a half length clear of jerry cole in the town and becomes just the 2nd jockey in history to win the gold cap, a 4 times. okay. and that is all your support for now. back to you now. all right, excellent. thanks very much for that. let's take you back to our top story. non publish thing, isn't garza monk the 1st friday of the muslim holy month of ramadan. and rafa worshippers help pres next to the rubble of a mosque destroyed in israel as bombardment. and then all the capacities, jerusalem, thousands of worshipers have attended the 1st remedy on friday, press a d. i like to most compound the sites. of course the said her list and as well, at least a 2000 people to is really please say at least 3000 and security personnel had been forward right across the city. well, with israel's war and goes into it 6 months, the devastation of the strip is make it increasingly difficult to find joy as policy ends from a done. but from basically here

mullins, course, but willie mullins, of course, no surprise that on wednesday we talked and he was goinge week. of course, he got his century of victories here on wednesday. he got a treble on that day. he's the to get 100 wins the first person to get 100 wins at festival . so he's had a at this festival. so he's had a fantastic week and he was also had a fantastic week. sir alex ferguson and harry redknapp as well. those, their well. both of those, their horses alex horses won varne yesterday. alex ferguson waited 20 ferguson said he's waited 20 years for some wins and then two came along in 40 minutes. but the atmosphere i'm sure later here at the gold cup is going to be absolutely fantastic and we'll it for all you here. we'll have it for all you here. >> great stuff. i mean, i don't know about you, but it reminded me episode peaky me of the episode on peaky blinders over blinders where they took over one the racecourses. looking one of the racecourses. looking at they're very similar. at jack. they're very similar. yeah very, very similar. yeah they're very, very similar. >> though.

trained by willie willie mullins, ridden by paul townend.e ninth happen often, and only the ninth horse that. he horse to have done that. if he wins he'll join the wins next year, he'll join the likes mate and arkle as likes of best mate and arkle as being the very few being one of the very few horses. think one of only four horses. i think one of only four horses. i think one of only four horses to have done it three times, be quite, horses to have done it three timessensational. be quite, quite sensational. >> i'm being yelled >> jolly good. i'm being yelled at we're over time at because we're over time now. don't thank very much for don't so thank you very much for that. if you were that. and if you were at cheltenham, let us what do cheltenham, let us know. what do you the reason for you think is the reason for those numbers, those falling numbers, right now, what would we do? yeah, we're quick break, we're going for a quick break, and then we'll be having look and then we'll be having a look through the newspapers in just a second so do

after a second gold cup win in a row, record—breaking trainer willie mullins says he's already looking race. it has been extraordinary. our horses been in such good form coming here, the preparation went so easy, so well. we said to ourselves last saturday morning that we could have a big week and that's exactly what happened. st helens bounced back from their first super league defeat of the season to beat leeds rhinos at headingley last night. they were trailing at the break but second—half tries — including from bennison here — saw them get back to winning ways after last week's defeat to salford red devils. 18—8 it finished. they are joint top with the leaders wigan warriors. rhinos are fifth. gloucester have claimed english rugby's first piece of silverware this season by beating leicester tigers to lift the premiership rugby cup. leicester had two players in the sin bin when gloucester scored their two tries. the second by cam jordan put them beyond tigers' reach as they went on to win by 23—13 to win their first trophy since 2015. gloucester have claimed english rugby's first pi

some of the big news this week, of irish trainer willie of course, irish trainer willie mullins, thely needs six more to get to 100 festival that is 100 festival wins. that is a record. and of course the big day on friday, the gold cup. this year it is 100 years old. the cup, so that's going to the gold cup, so that's going to be one fantastic race full of excitement and action. but of course, what does all this mean and how much impact actually does cheltenham festival have on the local economy here? earlier on, we spoke to truesdale , on, we spoke to nevin truesdale, the chief executive of the jockey club, who told us this . jockey club, who told us this. >> first of all, a lot of fun, some really quality jump racing. the elite of jump racing. this festival is right up there in terms of the world's best jumps festival , people can expect the festival, people can expect the really top quality horses racing against each other in brilliant races, but a lot of things going on around the site as well. you know, we've got the style awards tomorrow, we've got the orchard, we've village, w

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