bayern sufferjust their third loss of the season, rb leipzig with the shock result of the weekend. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. juan martin del potro has won the bnp parisbas open at indian wells to finally put an end to roger federer‘s record—breaking start to 2018. federer was on the hunt for his 18th straight win of the year while del potro, the 2009 us open winner, had incredibly never won an atp masters title before. everything was pointing towards federer adding indian wells to his australian open and rotterdam open titles so far this year, but it's the argentine who was out of the blocks the fastest, taking the first set, 6—4. extremely tight second set, however. del potro unable to capitalise on a championship point in the tie break to take it to a decisive third set. next, it was federer who wasted two match points on serve, allowing ‘delpo‘ to take it to another tie break. and it was the world number 8 that kept his cool to win

4-6, 7-6, 7-6. meanwhile, over on the women's side, what a week it's been forjapan‘s naomi osaka. despite being unseeded, she's claimed her first wta title with an emphatic straight—sets victory over russia's daria kasatkina. the japanese world number 44 broke kasatkina to go 5—3 up before finishing off the first set with a strong service game. osaka took some substantial scalps en route to sunday's final, beating some of the world's best players, including agnieszka radwa naska, world numberi, simona halep, as well as a first—round win over maria sharapova. she powered through, 6—3, 6—2 to become the first unseeded champion at the event since kim clijsters in 2005. he hasn't had this feeling fqfqesstraighttgurnamentsg , fl board at the arnold palmer invitational in orlando, florida. he finished on 18—under par after a stunning last round for his first pga tour event win since 2016. colm harrison was watching the action at bay hill golf club. after injuring his best finish the

three year that last week's championship and tiger woods was once again in contention, albeit briefly. three birdies took him to within one stroke of the lead before bogeys at the 16th and 17th ended his challenge. there was no such heat up from rory mcilroy. the former world number one was superb, especially on the back nine, finishing with a flourish. five birdies in six holes. the american made mcilroy work hard for his victory. his eagle putt at the 16th left in one shot behind. but mcilroy saved his best till last, holding a superb 25 foot birdie at the 18th to ta ke superb 25 foot birdie at the 18th to take his first pga tour title in 18 months. and the northern irishman

will now be one of the favourites for next month's masters as he tries to co m plete for next month's masters as he tries to complete a career grand slam. in germany, there's been a shock as runaway bundesliga leaders bayern munich were beaten 2—1 at rb leipzig. bayern with just their third defeat of the season. back—up striker sandro wagner gave the visitors an early lead at leipzig's red bull arena. but the hosts came back at them in style. michy batshuayi goal. the belgian, on loan from chelsea, had already hit the post before scoring the decisive goal with a wonderful piece of individual skill. and fc cologne gave their survival hopes a timely boost with a 2—0 win against bayer leverkusen. simon zoller sealed the win. they're still five points away from safety with just seven games remaining.

barcelona have strengthened their grip on the la liga title with a 2—0 victory against atletic bilbao at the camp now. both goals coming in the second half. paco alcacer opened the scoring for the defending champions before surprise surprise lionel messi got himself on the score sheet. the argentine superstar scoring for the sixth consecutive game, rivals, atletico madrid, suffered a major blow in their league aspirations after they lost 2—1 at villarreal. it means ba rca are 11 points clear of atletico. while it was raining goals at the bernabeu, real madrid are back up to third after cristiano ronaldo, who else, scored four goals in a 6—3 win over girona. to england now, and chelsea are into the semifinals of the fa cup for the second year running after beating leicester city in extra time. pedro was the hero of the day for chelsea, his header in the 105th minute deciding the tie at the king power

stadium to give antonio conte‘s men hope that they won't finish the season without any silverware. alvaro morata had put chelsea ahead just before half—time before jamie vardy equalised for the foxes. that win for chelsea setting up an fa cup semifinal date with southampton after the saints saw off wigan 2—0 in mark hughe‘s first game in charge. goals from pierre—emile hojbjerg and a late cedric soares strike seeing hughes‘s southampton career off to a winning start. although they're in the relegation zone in the english premier league with just one win in 17, hughes called it "a statement of intent." people question this group clearly before have arrived and maybe? appointment as well, so i think it is only a start, but it is a statement of intent. we have a lot of work to do in the premier league, clearly, but we will enjoy this moment and a semi—final is a great experience for the fans to look

forward to. ajax moved back to within seven points of dutch eredivisie leaders psv eindhoven. they came from behind to beat sparta rotterdam 5—2. dick advocaat‘s sparta side took the lead on the half—hour mark, michiel kramer heading in from a cornerfor the hosts. sparta's lead, though, lasted barely more than a minute as klaas jan huntelaar, that wily old fox in the box, tapped in an equaliser moments after the restart. the visitors then took the lead eight minutes into the second half with schone‘s free kick beating sparta goalkeeperjannik huth. hakim ziyec scored a couple in what turned out to be a fairly one—sided match. lovely finish there.

shanghai sipg's wu lei scored four goals in a quite incredible match in guangzhou. last season's chinese super league runners—up were two down after 10 minutes before mounting a memorable comeback. after drawing level, wu dismantled the home side's defence to claim his hat—trick, beating cheng at his near post. the keeper is not going to want to see this one again. hulk then made it 11—2 before hu helped himself to yet another goal as sipg found themselves in acres of space. the win there was their third in a row and leaves them top of the league on goal difference. the international pa ralympic committee president, andrew parsons, has hailed the success of the games in pyeonchang, claiming the record number of participating countries underlines the growing strength of the paralympic movement. but in an interview with the bbc‘s kate grey, he also highlighted the challenges with raising the event's profile. we of course have some issues in the

seven—year journey of we of course have some issues in the seven—yearjourney of organising the games to deliver the games. we expected some challenges, but at the end of the day, everything came together very smoothly. despite the weather. the weather put some extra challenges, but it is the nature of the winter. we have a very good team so we the winter. we have a very good team so we managed to the winter. we have a very good team so we managed to overcome the winter. we have a very good team so we managed to overcome that. what have you learnt and what were you in bed in the next games? one of the things we have learned is about promoting the games, so it is no secret that a few months ago we had low ticket sales but they reacted very quickly and also the support of different levels of government here, so different levels of government here, so the national and the problems and the city, they have to have a lot, so we the city, they have to have a lot, so we had some challenges from some people not showing up and this is a lesson to be learned from these games. the ticket sales have been

massive and the enthusiasm. it is so important to have strong ticket sales for the atmosphere. the financial component is important, but you must provide the platform for athletes to show their abilities andi for athletes to show their abilities and i think that is what we did here. qatar hosted the first motogp race of the 2018 season and it ended in thrilling fashion with a duel between familiar foes. the final lap was neck and neck between marc marquez and andrea dovizioso. the italian dovizioso holding off the challenge of the world champion to finally claim a win at qatar, having finished second there the last three years. valentino rossi joined them on the podium in third. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.

after another very wintry weekend, we are heading closer to the spring equinox, and the weather will turn slowly milder through this week. but on sunday, here was the scene in york. we had a lot of fresh snow fall across eastern parts of the uk, and also in the south—west too. in fact, we've had an amber warning in force from the met office for that heavy snow. it expires at 3am. but 20 centimetres of snow in one or two places. so we are likely to see ongoing travel disruption in the south—west, even after that amber warning has expired. we've still got this cold easterly wind, with biting windchill in the south once again. the winds won't be a strong, though, as we had through monday, down to the fact that high pressure is building, and that will bring a lot of dry weather too. bitterly cold to start monday morning. temperatures around about —2 or —3 degrees, even in the towns and cities. it could be as low as —8 degrees across parts of scotland. still some snow showers lingering in the south—west early monday morning. particularly down towards the channel isles, and perhaps along the south coast of england.

but a lot of dry weather as we work our way further north across the country. a really sharp and widespread frost first thing in the morning. plenty of dry weather on the cards away from the far south. we will continue to see a few snow flurries, particularly in the channel isles, with other places looking dry. cloud working in from north—east england and eastern scotland too. could be a flurry of two of snow under that cloud. temperatures still on the cold side for this time of year, 4—7 degrees. certainly not as cold as it was during the weekend. through the week ahead, things are set to turn milder. after a largely dry start to the week, there will be some rain later on in the week. but high pressure dominates the weather through monday and on into tuesday as well. winds are coming in from a slightly the different direction. not quite as cold, although still, temperatures not doing great for this time of year. on tuesday, a weak weather front bringing some rain showers in parts of wales, as well as to the south—east. elsewhere, a largely dry day.

best of the sunshine for parts of northern ireland, western scotland and north—west england. temperatures around 6—9 degrees by the time we get to tuesday. and then as we go to the middle part of the week, you willjust start to notice the yellow colours. this is the milder air mass which is starting to move in from the atlantic, pushing away those cold easterly winds that have been with us for some time. for wednesday, it's a north—west, south—east split. southern and eastern areas, largely dry and bright with some sunshine. there will be some patchy rain for scotland and for northern ireland. temperatures take a little below average for this time of year, but we are back into double figures. that's it for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is gavin grey. our top stories: vladimir putin wins another six yea rs vladimir putin wins another six years as a resident of russia. he's also dismissed britain's claims that russia was behind the poisoning of former spy, sergei skripal.

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