world luck to beat world champion lewis hamilton in the season—opening australian grand prix —— sebastian vettel. and bubba watson wins the wgc world match play title with a convincing win over kevin kisner. hello and welcome to the programmes. plenty to get through but only one place to start and that's with the weekend's big cricket story, australian captain steve smith has been banned for one match and find his entire match fee by the cricketing world governing body for his part in able tampering incident in south africa. the home side won the third test by three to two runs. andy swiss takes up the story. in the eye of a cricketing storm, steve smith glued onto the field in cape town, the world's best batsman given one of its worst receptions after a scandal which has shocked a sport and shamed a nation —— booed. smith had orchestrated a plan to cheat by getting his teammate, cameron bancroft, to tamper with the

ball using sticky tape and making it harder to bat against but they were caught on camera and confessed all. the resulting controversy has left a country which defines itself by cricket struggling for answers right to the very top. our cricketers are role models, and cricket is synonymous with fair play. how can oui’ synonymous with fair play. how can our team be engaged in cheating like this? the fallout has been swift. after agreeing to stand down as captain for the rest of this match, smith has now been suspended for the next one. the cricketing authorities said his actions were clearly contrary to the spirit of the game and that game is united in outrage. smith's predecessor, michael clarke, tweeting it was like a bad dream and many think his position is untenable. i think he probably has no way out of this. his reputation has died completely, he was the guy who won

the ashes for australia off his own bat, he was absolutely immovable, people calling him the best test batsman since don bradman, his reputation has collapsed almost overnight. there are further questions, though, for coach darren lehmann over whether he knew anything and four bancroft, who's been fined for his involvement. but perhaps most of all for the culture of australian and, their aggressive approach has won them few friends as bancroft also discovered today, booed back to the pavilion. sympathy is in short supply. australia has been taking this high and mighty line recently, saying you can't cross this line, we are the purveyors ofjustice can't cross this line, we are the purveyors of justice on can't cross this line, we are the purveyors ofjustice on the cricket field. i know within cricket that has wound a lot of people up because they know australia get into the sledging, and they'll be quite glad this has happened to them. if smith's day wasn't bad enough, he was out for just seven as australia we re was out for just seven as australia were thrashed. but after losing this match, both he and his team face a

far bigger challenge, to save their reputation. andy swiss, bbc news. england have resumed their second innings on the final day of the opening test in auckland, joe root‘s side started the day trailing new zealand by 277 with seven wickets in hand and they have just lost the wicket of dawid malan. the majority of the second and third day was rained off, this was the final day, england now six wickets away from losing this opening test match. sebastien vettel won the australian grand prix in melbourne as formula 1's grand prix in melbourne as formula i's new season got under way. his win over it a fair amount to good fortune, as nick parrott reports. for the fifth year in a row hamilton started from pole in melbourne but he's only won twice at albert park. that statistic looked set to improve as the britain opened up a three second lead over the ferraris of raikkonen and vettel. the early drama was unfolding behind him. the

highly rated verstappen making an uncharacteristic mistake. both haas ca i’s uncharacteristic mistake. both haas cars coming to a halt while on course for a top ‘ké "" " cars coming to a halt while on course for a top 2 finish i an -§— an jjzj on others. ' ' an jjzj on others. the ' ' had to slow while gros'ean's, field had to slow while grosjean‘s, was removed and vettel took the opportunity to stop for fresh tyres. when he rejoined, he took the lead. you told me vettel was in the pits. we thought that we were safe but something was wrong. with overtaking difficult, vettel took the victory hamilton should have had. congratulation to sebastien and the ferrari, today they did a betterjob and we will go back to the drawing board but we still have great pace, qualifying was great, i could apply pressure at the end. when we got ahead it was difficult to pass but he kept on the pressure especially and the beginning of the last stint and the beginning of the last stint and in the last five laps i could enjoy them a bit more. the german won the race last season but couldn't win the title. he will be

hoping this time his luck changes. nick parrott, bbc news. bubba watson has won the wgc matchplay title in austin, texas with a comprehensive seven and six win over american kevin kisner. the two—time masters champion is building nicely to the season's opening major at augusta national and won the opening five holes to set up an almost unassailable lead, having earlier in the day beaten world number two thomas in the semi—final, stopping thomas in the semi—final, stopping thomas going to one in the world rankings. the 35th seed got victory by sinking a seven foot birdie. after winning ten, 12th gold by sinking a seven foot birdie. after winning ten, i2th gold is in glasgow, kenyan athletics has been under scrutiny after a number of failed drugs tests. —— after winning ten golds. have they cleaned up their act? ed harry sends this report from the home of track and field in kenya.

the world anti—doping agency has said tonight kenya has missed the deadline. kenya is now at serious risk of being dragged into the doping and corruption scandal in athletics. with leading runners stripped of medals and titles, these have been four chaotic and embarrassing years oi’ four chaotic and embarrassing years or kenyan athletics with their athletes' credibility being questioned as never before. as athletes, we need to be very careful and we need to be responsible because young athletes learn from us. these young athletes training at st patrick's school are being coached by this brother, brother o'connell, one of the great coaches in track and field. they have their olympic and field. they have their olympic and world championship aspirations but all that seems to be rather under a cloud at the moment with olympic gold—medallist for the women's marathon the latest high profile kenyan to fail a test and be banned. kenya has to face that reality that

the sport is tainted. the drug scene is only a symptom of being prepared to use any means to make money, being prepared to win at all costs, being prepared to win at all costs, being prepared to take risks... if i can get rich overnight. we must go back and look at the values we are giving our young people. in this world they say remember only two things, the s world they say remember only two things, the 5 you created and the problems you solve. in sport you need to solve many problems and leave a good legacy. under pressure from wada, only the signing into law of a new anti—doping bill guaranteed kenya its place at rio 2016. since then, has anything really changed? they have upped their game considerably. the amount of time the number of

tests they are doing, the amount of sensitisation, talking to athletes and organising seminars and workshops has dramatically increased in the last two or three years. with the country's athletes preparing for the country's athletes preparing for the commonwealth games in australia, the commonwealth games in australia, the message from a reigning world champion couldn't be clearer. we need to run clean, we must focus and concentrate and believe that you can do it for yourself. you can do it when you are playing. this generation of kenyan runners will undoubtedly face greater scrutiny than their predecessors, notjust on the global stage, but here at home too. ed harry, bbc news, kenya. defending champion johanna konta will play venus williams in the last 16 of the miami open after both got wins on sunday. the 11th seeded briton was a 6—2—6 —— 6—2, 6—1 winner of at least murders, she wasn't very taxed and she dispatched her belgian opponent in little over

an hour. venus survived three match points to beat kiki bertens, the 37—year—old american came from a set down to beat her dutch opponent 5—7, 6-3, 7-5. del down to beat her dutch opponent 5—7, 6—3, 7—5. del potro is into the fourth round of the men's after a conference it 6—2, 6—2 win over nishikori. the fifth seed argentine built on last week's indian wells title when he beat federer and made ita title when he beat federer and made it a 13th successive win with shots like this one putting him through to the last 16 against philip raonic. that's all we have time for. england out batting on the fifth and final day, they went into it 132—11, they have made ten runs, lost david malan for 23, bairstow has joined ben stokes at the crease. go to the website for all of that. but for now, goodbye. hello once again.

i hope at least at some point during the course of the weekend you managed to get to see some sunshine, because it may well be in the forthcoming week that that is in short supply for some areas, especially the northern parts of scotland. all of us will notice it turning a little bit colder, because initially there's some warmth to be had, especially across the problems outhern half of the british isles. but, as i move you through to around about wednesday, well, those yellows have moved away. we've tapped into some cold air yet again from scandinavia, for the northern half of britain. to the problems outh, well, there's an incursion of milder air, relatively, from the atlantic. but it comes at something of a price, and some of you start paying that as early as monday afternoon, because the cloud and rain begin to push in towards northern ireland, the west of wales, down into the problems outh—west of england. elsewhere, after a chilly old start, the temperatures pick up quite

nicely — ten, 11, 12, 13, something of that order. but that may well be the last that you see of those, because from monday night on into tuesday, so we push this low pressure closer to the british isles. that in turn pushes this weather front ever further towards the north and the east. does the rain get away from the eastern side of england during the course of the day? well, it's a pretty close call, and it's certainly there to be had across the eastern side of scotland, where it's going to be really quite chilly. the last of any semblance of warmth is there to be had across the problems outhern counties of both england and wales. from tuesday on into wednesday, that weather front is stuck across northern parts of scotland. the cold air flooding in, remember, from scandinavia. so we'll see, particularly on the hills, the grampians, the problems nowfall totals really beginning to mount up. in the problems outh, it willjust push some areas of cloud and rain ever further towards the east, and following on behind, we've got a bright and blustery day. some of the problems howers really quite sharp, maybe a wee bit of hail in there, as well, as we see

the first signs of that colder condition just beginning to seep its way into the problems southern half of britain. and then, from wednesday on into thursday, that weather front is still there across the eastern side of scotland, so the problems nowjust keeps on coming to the higher ground. and by this stage, things may well be cooling off enough just to drag some of that snow to a slightly lower level. further south, a bit of a lull in proceedings, and then we'lljust push another area of low pressure in, with its attendant cloud, and some sharp bursts of rain as well. and at this stage, it really will feel cold and miserable, across the eastern side of scotland particularly. further south, temperatures just about getting to around about ten or 11 degrees, and just in time for the easter weekend, low pressure is very much the dominant feature. take care. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: the american adult film actress, stormy daniels, who claims to have had an affair with donald trump, says she received threats to keep quiet. a fire at a shopping centre

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