england's women have returned to fourth in the fifa world rankings, the side came third earlier this month after a 1—0 win over the usa, and they have gone back up above calibre. scotland remain 21st, wales 33rd, and northern ireland are up to 50-50. dele alli 33rd, and northern ireland are up to 50—50. dele alli will miss the first half of tottenham's champions league matches if they qualify. he has been banned after their red card during their europa league tie up with ghent. he was sent off after a nasty challenge at wembley. spurs are currently second in the premier league. lewis hamilton has already -- is league. lewis hamilton has already —— is favourite to win this year's formula i world championship, and the race has not even begun. on sunday he dominated both practice sessions i heard about australian grand prix. he was a huge half a second quicker than anybody else in the second session, prompting his boss to say it was the best he'd ever seen. ferrari's from ——

sebastian vettel was second fastest. this season features new cars that are bigger and quicker, with up to five seconds shaved off lap times. with the fia, to find the right solutions to make our sport as great as possible the future. by great, i mean, close racing, healthy teams, true meritocracy of drivers. and all the things we know that we would have in a perfect world. the british and irish lions coach warren gatland has already lost a couple of potential shoe—ins for this summer's tour of new zealand. irelands rob kearney and jamie heaslip both missed last weekend's six nations win over england, full—back kearney has had an operation on a knee injury. while number 8 heaslip has had surgery on a disc problem in his back. both players have been on the last 2 lions‘ tours. gatland names his squad on the 19th of april. gloucester comfortably saw off bottom of the table bristol 32—14

in the night's only premiership game. four tries for the visitors with england wingerjonny may sealing the bonus point win for gloucester in the last minute of the game. bristol, who have only won three matches all season, sitjust behind worcester, seven points from safety. a couple of games in the pro 12: ulster held their grip on fourth place with a hard fought 27—17 win over newport gwent dragons. it was a tight game at rodney parade but three tries for ulster, the pick of them from full back jared payne, was enough to see them over the line. hot on ulster‘s heels in the table are llanelli scarlets. they scored four tries tonight in their bonus point win over edinburgh. including two from fly—half rhys patchell. 26—10 the final score. it's been a busy night in rugby league's super league and we have a new leader in hull fc. but at the other end of the table, things have gone from bad to worse for bottom side

warrington who've lost every game this season, beaten tonight by st helens 31—6. this the pick of saint's five tries, adam swift finishing off a lovely run which started from inside st helen's own half. so confirmation of that score and the night's other results. england wicketkeeper sarah taylor still hopes to play in this summer's cricket world cup. she has not been selected fora training camp in the uae next month. taylor's taken a break from the sport because of anxiety problems. but is back in training and according to coach mark robinson. she's planning a gradual return to the team. now you sometimes hear about sports men and women misjudging their finish. but amateur jockey james ridley took it to a new level at newbury races today. he was looking a certain to win the 4.16 on

lookslikerainted at 33—1 when he apparently mistook the sign for the half furlong mark to be the winning post. he slowed up so much it allowed two horses to speed past him. the race was won by triangular at 100—30. ridley has apologised saying he misjudged the winning post but he's been banned for 28 days for failing to ride out the win. now to the final installment of the our state of sport week, bbc reporter and former paralympian kate grey has been to meet two ex—military sportsmen, to hear their inspirational stories on how sport has changed their lives. the simplest of tasks can seem challenging when life as you know it changes with the smallest of breaths. i must have breathed in at the wrong time, i was diagnosed with fever, i breathed in baseball. i would not be able to lift my child when i came back from afghanistan.

it isa when i came back from afghanistan. it is a deteriorating muscle condition, as time passed by, phil reached breaking point. people could not do the things that they wanted to because i was there, i was a burden on the family. my wife called me and we turned it around. with the help of military charities, he was introduced to shooting, a sport well suited to his condition. to be able to have something to be able to do, rather than sitting, resting all of the time, gave me more purpose in life again, after i saw my kids afterwards, i will never forget that. that is the best day ever now. like phil, many other military has now have received life changing injuries, this man lost both legs in an ied explosion. i felt like i would not be able to have an active pa rt would not be able to have an active part in my kids life anymore, but they were like, no, you can get

metal legs and you will teach us how to ride bicycles and this and that. -- kids' to ride bicycles and this and that. —— kids' life. at that point, i thought... it's not too bad! within four weeks, he was testing out new prosthetics, he tried a number of different sports, but it was bobsleigh that took his fancy. both servicemen have been on very different journeys to servicemen have been on very differentjourneys to get to where they are today and it is thanks to recovery ce ntres they are today and it is thanks to recovery centres like this, at ted workhouse in yorkshire, where they can rebuild their lives and find new career pathways. bobsleigh will make its paralympic debut at the next winter games. that is his ambition. —— tedworth house. winter games. that is his ambition. -- tedworth house. it gets me up in the morning. i'm determined to do it. that is the endgame, for me. the circumstances you face as a person, no matter how bad they are, or what you have been through in the past, will never define you as a person. i

have chosen a sport, and an active life, as a way to live instead of just exist. you can read and watch all the films and articles from our state of sport week on the bbc sport website as well as of course all the day's top stories in detail. but that's it from me and the sportsday team. coming up next, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. and also the outcome of the world cup of biscuits(!) with me are alex deane, a public affairs consultant and the mirror columnist susie boniface. we will do the news quickly, we will get to the important stuff(!) the

front pages: the financial times leads with an interview with the european commission, jean—claude juncker, where he warns donald trump against encouraging other countries to copy brexit. the daily mail describes the westminster attacker, khalid masood, as someone who turned his back on his middle—class background after he became radicalised in prison. the daily mirror has spoken to masood's first wife, who describes him as a ‘violent psychopath.‘ the telegraph turns its attention to tech giants google and facebook, the paper says they could face prosecution if they fail to remove extremist videos. the i shows an image of khalid masood as a teenager in kent and describes him as a ‘sporty, popular schoolboy who fell into violence at the age of 19'. the times says that masood is suspected of taking instructions from accomplices in the lead up to the westminster attack. the guardian also reports on the attacker‘s motivations and background. the daily express highlights a study that suggests that keeping in shape is vital

to fight off dementia. so, step away with the biscuits —— so, step away with the biscuits —— so, step away from the biscuits. middle—class jihadist, so, step away from the biscuits. middle—classjihadist, and so, step away from the biscuits. middle—class jihadist, and it so, step away from the biscuits. middle—classjihadist, and it talks about how khalid masood, adrian elms, as he was born, grew up in kent. and what happened to him, after being a normal boy, and falling into crime. we all are what has happened this wednesday, just because you have been born in kent sussex does not make you and your class, i grew up in a village outside of tunbridge wells, he grew up outside of tunbridge wells, he grew up in tunbridge wells, the mail seems to imply that somebody in tunbridge wells, some of these pretty villages, have an automatically middle—class outlook and background. that is not necessarily the case, there are some very impoverished wards in tunbridge wells. i was there as a reporter. he was the son of a single parent. 50

yea rs was the son of a single parent. 50 years ago, at a time when being is ingle perrin was much more difficult. he went to a secondary modern in tunbridge wells, several new marriages in his family. —— when being a single parent was much more difficult. it moved around a lot, did not spend much time in any one place as a child. it is by no means been a stable or enjoyable childhood. bunny headline, but to state the fears. —— funny headline. none of those things excuse behaving even a fifth of the wave this man behaved. many people come from broken homes and live trend is lives. —— to state the obvious. the daily mail is not doing this but we seek to make excuses for people, six things in their