after beating qatar 1—0 in doha. and the picturesque surroundings of dharamsala gears up for the final test between india and australia starting on saturday. hello and welcome to the programme, where a paulinho hat—trick has helped brazil to a 4—1 win away to uruguay in south american world cup qualifying. an edinson cavani penalty gave the hosts an early lead in montevideo but paulinho who grabbed his third on the stroke of full—time led the way for brazil with neymar also on the scoresheet. lionel messi was the lone scorer for argentina, netting from the penalty spot in the 16th minute and moving them into the automatic qualifying spots beating chile in buenos aires. james rodriguez scored for colombia in their 1—0 victory over bolivia in barranquilla, while paraguay won 2—1 over ecuador with venezuela and peru playing out a 2—2 draw after venezuela led 2—0 heading towards their first win in qualifying before letting it slip. so, here's the confirmation that brazil are now seven points

clear of uruguay at the top of the table. argentina's victory over chile takes them up to third, with colombia up to fourth, which is the last of the automatic qualifying places. ecuador are now fifth, which is the play—off position, while chile, the reigning south american champions, drop out of the qualifying places completely after that defeat in argentina. let's move to asian world cup qualifying where iran have edged closer to a place at next year's finals in russia. they beat qatar 1—0 in doha, where mehdi taremi beat the off—side trap to score the only goal of the game early in the second—half. the result take iran four points clear at the top of group a. a giant step forward but now we still need to be focused on these four games that remain. because as everything is showing, the results, everything is showing, the results, everything is showing, the results, everything is very tight and it is

not over. we need to be fully concentrated to collect the points that we need to qualify for the world cup. so i still believe that everything is open for everybody. of course our position is comfortable, but everything is open. south korea remain second in the group despite losing 1—0 in china. yu dabao scored the only goal of the game as the chinese beat the koreans for only the second time in 32 meetings. it was also china's first goal against anyone for 407 minutes. a penalty for syria kept their world cup dream alive handing them a 1—0 victory over uzbekistan in malaysia. omar kharbin chipped it down the middle panenka style to give syria a famous victory in what was their second win in the group, having only scored one goal in their previous five games. our sports news correspondent richard conway was watching in malacca. this syrian team is determined to

d efy this syrian team is determined to defy the odds. a500 miles away from home here in malaysia they've beaten uzbekistan by comey they'll. they kept their world cup dream alive. —— 1-0. kept their world cup dream alive. —— i—0. they have an outside chance to qualify next year in russia and that victory tonight plus other results going their way gives them a shot at it. syria really shouldn't be in this position, it's a remarkable story. sanctions at home, a lack of money, poorfacilities, players spread out across the region, they're defying all the odds to get to this page. that win tonight puts them ina to this page. that win tonight puts them in a great position to kick on, they must now go to south korea and try to win in seoul. that will be a difficult task but this victory here will give them confidence that they can go on and achieve that dream of making it to the world cup. so here's the group a table after six matches. iran are now four points clear of south korea. uzbekistan remain third in the play—off position, but they're now only a point ahead of syria. saudi arabia and japan remain neck—and—neck at the top of group b

after wins for both of them on thursday. the asian champions australia had to settle for a point against iraq. colm harrison reports. saudi arabia were expected to win against bottom of the table thailand and it was mohammed al—sadr week that set them on the way to victory in bangkok but the win was in that straightforward, it took an own goal six minutes from the end to give them breathing space and then they struck in stoppage time to complete a 3—0 victory. the saudis remain top on goal difference after their nearest rivals japan also won, they beat the uae 2—0 where the belgium based player opened scoring with a fine finish after only 13 minutes. after the break gamba 0saka's player prodded home japan's after the break gamba 0saka's player prodded homejapan‘s second and the blue samurai were on their way to matching saudi arabia's victory earlier in the data. the top two are three points clear of the chasing

pack after third placed australia slipped up against iraq in there aren't despite taking the lead through mathew leckie just before half—time. the socceroos had to settle for a point when iraq equalised with 1a minutes to go. 1—1 the final score and it will feel like two points dropped by the asian champions. colm harrison, bbc news. so confirmation of group b with saudi arabia and japan level on 13 points and australia three points further back after that draw. uae are still in with a chance in fourth. staying with football the reigning women's world player of the year, carli lloyd, scored herfirst goal for her new english club manchester city on thursday night. the usa international and world cup winner scored the only goal of the game as city beat fortuna hjorring in the first leg of their european champions league quarter—final in denmark. lloyd joined city last month, initially until the end of super league's spring series in may. now to cricket and with india and australia level at 1—1 in their test series with one match to play,

indian batsman cheteshwar pujara has had to step in and defend his captain virat kohli against a barrage of criticism from the australian media. he insists his outspoken skipper is one of the sports great ambassadors. but also says he regrets how the series has been dogged by controversy. the match is set to get under way on saturday as picturesque dharamsala hosts a test match for the first time. i think it's really sad to hear such comments. we fully support virat and he's one of the great ambassadors of this game. i think the focus has shifted somewhere else, it shouldn't have happened. we are very much focused on the game and he's our great leader and he's a great ambassadorfor the great leader and he's a great ambassador for the game so we are fully supporting him and we're looking forward for the next game rather than worrying about anything else. i think it's the mental battle which we have had and we are

mentally up for this game, we're quite motivated because we want to win this series so fatigue shouldn't come into play because playing for the indian team is the most important thing for any cricketer and winning a series is the most important thing because we have had a fantastic season so far so we want to finish on a good note. 0n the wta tour at the miasmi 0pen karolina pliskova eased through to the third round with a straight sets win over american qualifier madison brengle. the second seeded czech needed a hawk—eye call to hand her the match when she disputed a cross court forehand winner and it was adjudged to be out so within 59 minutes last year's us open finalist progressed to the last 32. dominika cibulkova is also through to the third round. the numberfour seed from slovakia enjoyed a comfortable straight sets win over veronica cepede royg of paraguay, winning 6—3, 6—2. now to formula 1, where first practice is under way in melbourne ahead of this weekend's opening

grand prix of the season. mercedes driver and three—time world champion lewis hamilton believes ferrari are the team to beat this year. many f1 fans will be hoping that he's right if it means this year's racing will be more competitive. mercedes have dominated the sport for the past three seasons, but new rule changes may have levelled the playing field. we asa we as a team, i don't believe as far as i'm aware no team has won back—to—back through rule regulation changes. so that is our goal as a tea m changes. so that is our goal as a team and we're here to win, we're here to do something that no one else has done. and ifeel, you know, whether or not we're in the right place at this moment in the season, we'll find out. but i have every belief in my team that we can do that. the french cyclist nacer bouhanni has won the fourth stage of the tour of catalonia after it was shortened by 60 kilometres because of snow.

bouhanni beat davide cimolai and dale impey in a sprint to the line. the start of the race had to be moved because of the treacherous conditions. a short climb before the finish saw the specialist sprinters dropped from the group with the frenchman coming through to win. america's tejay van garderen retains the race lead. what a way to finish that is! that is about all we have time for an don't forget for everything else you can go to the website. there's live updates on formula 1 practice taking place, the first practice currently taking place for the next a5 minutes in melbourne ahead of the weekend's opening australian grand prix. from me, tulsen tollett, and the wonderful sport today team, goodbye for now. hello there. good morning. things are looking pretty good on the weather front over

the next few days. the satellite sequence of shows that we saw a fair bit of cloud across the south of the uk and that tended to melt away, but it's coming back in overnight and there more cloud across the north of the uk as well. but in between, large areas with clear skies, which means temperatures will drop away, it will be a chilly start to the day for most places but with the clear skies overnight there should be a good deal of sunshine through the day—to—day. temperature wise this morning, starting off at around about six or seven degrees underneath the cloudy skies in cardiff and in london. but northern england northwards, bottom end of single figures, particularly in more rural spots. i think we'll see a frost developing in some parts of scotland and northern ireland. not so in the south—west, more cloud, some outbreaks of rain here, six or seven degrees through the morning. a little bit brighter there in the western side of wales. but the eastern side of wales, through the midlands, east anglia and the south—east, fair bit of cloud through the morning but staying dry, breezy and six, seven or eight degrees. then we head further north and west into the sunshine for much of northern england, northern ireland and the bulk

of scotland as well. lovely start to the day here. yes it's cold in scotland with some sunshine, but a bit more cloud, bit more of a breeze and some rain just brushing into the far north of scotland. that area of rain will move away towards the east so it will be trying up here all the while. probably stays a bit on the cloudy side and that cloud further south tends to melt away from the east, so some good spells of sunshine coming through for the afternoon and we'll see a 11, 12 or 13 degrees, maybe just a bit cooler along the immediate north sea coast. stays a bit cloudy in the far south and west but even that tends to melt away as you get on into the evening. and then it's fine and dry through the small hours of saturday morning. temperatures again will be dropping away, just a hint of blue on the map indicating a touch of frost developing. again it's north wales northwards where we will see the lowest temperatures, particularly in more rural spots, we'll see a bit of frost developing. so a chilly start to saturday. but all in all it's going to be a decent start to the weekend. we've got high pressure in charge of not moving away too far too

quickly, so it's going to keep things fine and settled. just a bit of a breeze to the north and south of the uk on saturday. but i think many places having a very pleasant day with some good spells of sunshine. quite warm in aberdeenshire, 1a or 15 degrees. might even see 16 down towards the south and west. however, around the south—eastern coastline along the immediate coast, temperatures probably in single figures, eights and nines in that breeze. but move a little bit further inland and will get up to 1a, 15 or maybe 16 degrees. so, it looks like a pretty decent second part to the weekend as well. on balance probably a bit more in the way of cloud coming in butjust about everywhere staying fine and dry and those temperatures still quite respectable. maybe a bit more in the way of cloud by monday. but all in all the weekend is looking pretty good, it's fine, it's settled. sunshine by day will be quite warm but overnight still quite cold and maybe a touch of frost. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: the westminster attacker is identified. a british muslim—convert

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