of the year award, which will be announced on the 19 april. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello and welcome to the programme. this is sport today. but the shock defeat for serena williams. a combination of heavy rain saves the west indies. and behind the scenes at barcelona is their women's tame aim for a champions league upset. we start with a tennis news that serena williams has been knocked down in the opening round of the miami open. the 23— time grand slam champion was given a wildcard in

what is served fourth competitive match since giving birth to poor daughter. she was beaten by naomi osaka who won at indian wales last weekend. she will now take on svitolina of ukraine. and another former world number one and a mother, victoria azarenka, crashed the american in straight sets to reach the second round. victoria azarenka, ranked 186 in the world, will now face last year's us. open runner—up, madison keys. west indies have breathed a huge sigh of relief after qualifying for next year's cricket world cup. we'll never know how much of a factor the weather was, but the rain ultimately ended scotland's hopes. west indies had set an extremely gettable target of 199, which was in reach for scotland when the elements intervened, as austin halewood reports. they say there is no place like home but for scotland, a reminder of

british weather coming at exactly the wrong time. the day began with clear blue skies in zimbabwe as they took on the west indies with a place at next you's world cup on the line and right from the off, the scots started to believe. chris gayle, possibly the world's most dangerous batsmen, gone with the first ball of the match. another early wicket fell but it was then that the windies hit back. steadying the ship with such ferocity that at times, even they couldn't get out of the way. luis clattered on the back by the driver samuels but the kit wasn't enough to face the pair as they both made half centuries in a stand of 121. with that partnership finally broken, scotla nd that partnership finally broken, scotland began to take regular wickets, limiting the windies to 198. after an impressive display with the ball, the scots then needed a good start with the bat. they didn't get it. the captain had gone in the third over and the misery

continued with opener matt cross bowled just eight balls later. ritchie berrington and george munsey began to steady things to scotland before berrington was controversial —— controversially given out lbw despite the ball looking like it was sliding down the leg side, but the absence of trs meant the decision stood and it was then the heavens openedin stood and it was then the heavens opened in harare, scotland beaten by five runs with the west indies going to the world cup, just. trent boult is taken for wickets already. england are in a very precarious position. 18/5, skipperjoe root among those to go without scoring. england, 18/5 in the opening session. dustinjohnson

dustin johnson has made dustinjohnson has made a losing start to his defence. the world number one was playing in his opening round—robin match. the austrian took a crucial lead when he birdied the 15th. wiesberger one the 16th with two to play and when johnson missed, that signalled the end of the match in the 3—1victory for the austrian. the defeat as well fall rory michael wyatt. this approach from the american, the ninth, led to a birdie that when forth on the turn. —— mcilroy. mcilroy could not keep it going. it was a good night in the uav a

champions league women's league. —— uefa. the second legs are both thais and next week. the first legs of the other ones take place on thursday. leon are reigning champions and are aiming forthe third leon are reigning champions and are aiming for the third year in the i’ow. aiming for the third year in the row. barcelona aiming for the third year in the i’ow. barcelona are a aiming for the third year in the row. barcelona are a growing force have the title on their sites. it's got the architecture, the sea, the culture and the people but perhaps most of all, barcelona has got football. this stadium, this clu b got football. this stadium, this club and indeed this brand of football is like no other and now it wa nts

football is like no other and now it wants the same for its women's team. a team switched to being professional has had a clear benefit for the vice—captain. it meant that finally after playing in the uk and the usa, she could return home to earn a living. for me, it is the best thing that can happen in my life because sometimes when new players come here, it's hard because we are unique in the world and this is the best team in the world for me. we are special. and that's been the challenge this season. more money means more big—name footballers including fever‘s player of the year. as a kid, ils trend about playing for barca as well, i was a big fan of ronald denyer and i followed everyone and i think the way they played the system, it is fitting the perfect and barca is a great club to play for. to be associated with a top club is an honour and matched my old —— ambition to come and play in test myself against new players in a new culture. the man in charge is fran

sanchez, involved with the mail teams and after a stint coaching abroad he has returned to lead the women's team. translation: expectations are always very high. we try to work a lot to play well and win as much as possible. every time in the media appears more information about women's football, we would like to see more supporters in ourstadium but we would like to see more supporters in our stadium but we hope that it will increase in the future. so this is one of the five european titles that the men's team have won. there isa that the men's team have won. there is a spot missing for the women. they yet to achieve that at european level. this season, the draw couldn't be tougher. the 4— time champions, the winners last year,

undoubtedly the top team in europe. you want to play against the teams have been there and done it. we can learn from it. if we are successful, we could have our hands on the trophy. i don't want to retire without that champions league with this club, my home club.|j without that champions league with this club, my home club. i didn't believe that we could, i believed in the team but we are surprised that everyone. why not, but i know it's going to be really hard and we have to give everything, who is going to help win. and while that would be some wafer barcelona to stamp their claim. we arejust over a we are just over a week away from one of the biggest oxen events. and

andyjoshua welcome one of the biggest oxen events. and andy joshua welcome people one of the biggest oxen events. and andyjoshua welcome people it isjim ahead of his fight withjoseph parker. many consider this to be a stepping stone at andyjoshua is aware of the challenge posed by his next opponent. parker is unbeaten even though the briton is a strong favourite going into the fight. nowadays, there are so many opinions, so mini voices. if you keep listening to everyone's opinion, how are you going to believe in yourself? what will i tell myself on a look in the mirror? he said she said, he said she said. it is time to meet sir thomas of hawaiian, iwant it is time to meet sir thomas of hawaiian, i want to believe believe in it. i begin this day and age, you have to cut it out and speak about how confident you are. but being cocky but you have to believe in yourself more than anyone does. i know what i'm putting in, i know what i'm doing. not being overconfident, thinking because ice beatjoe bloggs overconfident, thinking because ice beat joe bloggs last overconfident, thinking because ice beatjoe bloggs last year, i will be

good against parker this year. that's not how it works. toronto ra ptors that's not how it works. toronto raptors have been beaten by the clevela nd raptors have been beaten by the cleveland cleverly is. even bigger news than that is england have collapsed on the opening morning of their first test. they are currently 21/ six. trent boult is taken for wickets for just seven runs. 21/ six. trent boult is taken for wickets forjust seven runs. the website working hard at it. until next time, goodbye for now. hello there. temperatures have been slowly recovering over the last couple of days after that mini beast from the east brought us that disruptive snow. in fact, as we head into thursday, a milder start and a mild afternoon with some good spells of sunshine.

it will really feel quite springlike. the atlantic has come back to life, feeding in cloud and mild air. you can see the air mass chart here, the orange colours which will be moving in on thursday. something fresher pushing in for the end of the week, for friday. mild air never too far away. at the weekend, given some sunshine, feeling quite pleasant. early thursday, damp weather down the east of the country affecting east anglia and the south—east. but elsewhere, it's going to be largely dry. variable amounts of cloud. a bit more of a breeze further west. but it's going to be a much milder start you'll notice on thursday. most places, at 4—7 degrees. one or two pockets of frost in some sheltered rural locations, south—west england and maybe north—east scotland. looking good on thursday. losing the cloud from the eastern side of england. some good sunny spells around.

a change in northern ireland and western scotland. increasing wind, asmp hour, outbreaks of rain. elsewhere, a lovely day in store. on thursday night, that rain band will spread across the country, eventually clearing the east of the country on friday. a fairly good—looking day. showers in the north—west. wintry on the hills. a toucher cooler than what we saw on thursday. a typical early spring weekend. sunshine and showers, variable amounts of cloud. generally quite mild, particularly where we get the sunshine. this is saturday morning. a rather cloudy note in central and southern and eastern parts of the country. the odd spit and spot of rain. skies will brighten up further north and west. showers in scotland and northern ireland, especially on the hills. given some sunshine, temperatures around 11 celcius. sunday looks like the better day of the weekend. more widespread sunny spells.

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