hello there. welcome along to sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. —— bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: ronaldo hits a hat—trick as real beat atletico in the first leg of the champions league semi—finals. why athletics is looking to erase some of the sport's greatest and longest—standing records from the history books. and azhar ali puts pakistan on course for a first series victory in barbados. yes, welcome along. he looks happy and so he might. cristiano ronaldo‘s hat trick moving real madrid a step closer to another champions league final. a 3—0 win over city rivals atletico madrid in the first leg at the santiago bernabeau leaves the holders on course for a record extending 12th european title. from madrid, the bbc‘s conor mcnamara reports. we are only halfway through this

champions league semi—final, but already, there is an inevitable feeling that real madrid already have a foot in the final. cristiano ronaldo, a hat—trick by him. not his first for the season. he also got one in november in the spanish domestic league against their local rivals. real madrid were too good for atleti co rivals. real madrid were too good for atletico madrid all evening. remarkably, rinaldo has scored 13 goals in champions league semifinals over the years. —— ronaldo. goals in champions league semifinals overthe years. —— ronaldo. he becomes the first player to score consecutive hat tricks in the champions league. it has been an emphatic victory for ronaldo. and real madrid continue to march towards what they hope will be a 12th champions league ground. no

tea m 12th champions league ground. no team has ever won this competition two years team has ever won this competition two yea rs in team has ever won this competition two years in a row in the champions league. seniti in sudan's team are going to get very close time round. we played this game very well. we we re we played this game very well. we were aware of the strength of a rival and our strength too. you can say that we were superior today. —— zinedine zidane. we know we have a second leg coming up and have to work on it. we will have to fight for it, because we are going to suffer there. that is for sure. lokomotiv moscow beat ural yekaterinburg on tuesday to claim a seventh russian cup but the result was overshadowed by a mass brawl at the end of the match. alexei miranchuk added a late goal to secure lokomotiv‘s win, but have a look at this.

both teams then began trading blows after that goal went in, which resulted in two players from each side being sent off. could we be about to see some of the greatest feats of athletic achievement erased from the history books for good? under controversial new proposals, any world records set before 2005 will be erased and rewritten in an attempt to restore the sport's credibility. our sports correspondent andy swiss has more. the crowd anticipating something special once again from jonathan edwards of great britain. august, 1995, and the jonathan edwards of great britain. august, 1995, and thejonathan edwards, and lea p 1995, and thejonathan edwards, and leap into history. it is a tough act to follow, but he has done it again and!| to follow, but he has done it again and! i don't believe it! he remains the triple jump world record holder until today. but for how much longer? under a new proposal, all records set before 2005 will be raised, including this mount on

record, because drug testing back and did not meet today's standards. it is aimed to improve credibility of the records. very disappointed, obviously. this is a broad sweeping solution which they are trying to push on, which, yet again, it seems that clean athletes will suffer.m has been suggested that record should only stand if records are kept for testing. it has happened only since 2005. some records stand since the 1980s. after recent russian doping scandals, some believe it is time to rewrite the history books. i have to say i feel sympathy for clean athletes like paula radcliffe. athletics governing

body, the iaaf, will consider the idea in august. they had, lord coe, it said he likes it, but it will prove contentious. will world records like sir roger bannister‘s four—minute mile still be recognised? four—minute mile still be recognised ? it seems four—minute mile still be recognised? it seems the sport's rich history could soon be history itself. andy swiss, bbc news. after getting their second innings underway in barbados, the west indies trail pakistan by 41 runs at the end of the third day of the second test in barbados. pakistan put themselves out in front with a score of 393, how agonising for captain misbah—ul—haq who missed his century by one run. azhar ali got his though with a score of 105. this was in reply to the hosts' first innings total of 312. they're now 40—1 in their second innings. and pakistan on course for a first series victory in the carribean, having won the first test of the three games series. it was an attack that left many fearing she might never play tennis again.

but four months after an intruder broke into her home that left her playing hand badly injured, petra kvitova is back playing tennis. the two—time wimbledon champion posted this picture of herself hitting a ball on a practice court in sunny monaco, on instagram. it had the message "hello guys, i hope this picture makes you as happy as it makes me! i'm back on the tennis court!" her recovery is going so well, she's entered to play at the french open, later this month. andy murray admits he's not been playing well and needs to improve in time for next month's french open. murray became world number one last november but lost to dominic thiem at the barcelona open last week, and only reached the last 16 at the monte carlo masters the previous week. this year, as i have been reminded a lot, i have not done well, haven't played well. i am still number one in the world. i have been for the last 25, 26 weeks. but i have not

been playing as well. so i have stayed there based off the hard work that went into last year. so in my opinion, it has been harder to get their, or if you want to stay there for two, three, four years, that is going to be incredibly challenging. but right now, the end of last year was tough for me. it took a lot out of me. and you know, getting there was harderfor me, personally. and it's time to cast your vote for this year's bbc women's footballer of the year award. five nominees are up for the public vote and all week on sport today we're hearing from those who've been shortlisted. after some penalty shoot out heroics at the rio olympics, could the swedish goalkeeper hedvig lindahl be this year's winner? my my name is hedvig lindahl.

my name is hedvig lindahllj my name is hedvig lindahl. i would like you to vote for me if you think i'm worth it. that is one of five nominees for this year's bbc female sports player of the year. if you like to cast your vote, go to our website, bbc.com/sport. the women's section that has all the details. but that is all for now. from me, john watson, and the team, that is all from sport today. hello there. well on tuesday we saw a big contrast in weather conditions across the country. the further west you were, the better the sunshine as you were sheltered from the easterly breeze. in fact, western scotland fared best with wall—to—wall sunshine and

a top temperature of 21 degrees. it was cloudier further east, especially in the south—east. so it led to a bit of a disappointing afternoon, but it was still fairly warm. through the night, we will hold onto this contrast. breeze in the south—east. in fact, patchy light rain moving in from the near continent because of a weather system there. further north and west, lengthy clear skies in the west. so a recipe for a chilly start on wednesday morning. a touch of frost in the western glens and a bit of mist and fog too. so we'll start the tour of scotland. plenty of sunshine through the morning. a bit of a chilly start. low cloud through the central belt — this will tend to burn away quickly. lots of sunshine for northern ireland and the north of england. the north midlands as well seeing some sunshine, as well as northern wales. some sunny spells into cornwall and devon. but elsewhere, a cloudy and disappointing start. some cloud big enough for light rain and drizzle in the south—east and maybe london as well. out on the breeze, it'll actually feel quite nippy. through the day, there

will not be much change. cool and cloudy across the south—east with further patchy light rain. the further north and west, the better the sunshine. a little bit cooler than what we saw on tuesday. a top temperature of 17—18 degrees potentially across western scotland. it'll feel very pleasant in the strong early—may sunshine. but it'll be 12 or lower on the east coast, especially when you have the cloud. the reason for the chill on the north coast is the temperatures in the ocean not more than 8—10. with the cloud, temperatures on the coast will feel disappointing for early may. so through the rest of wednesday evening, cloudy for a proportion of england and wales. light and patchy rain. for thursday, a similar picture. plenty of cloud for england and wales. patchy light rain. feeling a bit chilly. the best of the sunny spells in the north and the west of the uk. the top temperature of around 111—15 degrees.

on friday, the breeze picks up even more, so it will feel nippier, particularly close to the coast. the best of the sunshine in northern and western areas. temperatures range from around 10—15 degrees. on into the weekend, a ridge of high pressure keeping the weather system that day. so it stays largely fine and dry. chilly on the coast. the best of the sunshine in the north and west. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: as brexit talks loom, tensions deepen between britain and the european commision, there's a warning the road ahead could be bumpy. i was described as a difficult woman during the campaign. i said the next person to say that would be jean—claude junker. ten years after the disappearance of madeleine mccann, one of the men questioned by police speaks out for the first time. more protests in venezuela as the president's plan to rewrite the constitution faces widespread international criticism. and hang tight, we'll tell

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