do you look to include in that try. do you look to include in that squad welsh players for example, to make it feel more great britain? squad welsh players for example, to make it feel more great britain7m is important we take that out of it. we would love to have a spread of every nation, for every nation to be represented, but i think it is surely important we don't devalue the shirt and represent those who have been before us in the right way and represent the jersey in the right way and show the respect it deserves and that has to be through a selection policy that is the best possible player, irrespective of which nation he comes from. players who might qualify through heritage art jackson hastings or blair austen, with a be considered? yes, as the honest answer. i think every body who qualifies will be considered. we are really keen for this tour to be a success and we

will take the best possible player in each position and as long as they qualify, they will be considered. the formula e world championship rolls on to hong kong this weekend. the sport's 50th race following its start in 2014. and with formula one often cricticed for a lack of genuine competition — the same cannot be said about formula e. in four full seasons, four different champions have been crowned. and going for a debut win is briton's sam bird of virgin racing, third in the standings currently, who i caught up with earlier. it is massively competitive and one of the strengths of formula a is the fa ct of the strengths of formula a is the fact that all these manufacturer's oi’ fact that all these manufacturer's or involved in the championship but they are only allowed to develop one particular component of the car which is the drivetrain. everybody in terms of speed and efficiency is very close with had four races itself by this year and four

different winners from four different winners from four different teams. that just different winners from four different teams. thatjust goes to show the strength of the championship and the way it has grown through the years and obviously he had been at the heart of that, racing on every single race so of that, racing on every single race so far? i have won eight of them sol so far? i have won eight of them so i have not done too badly. but you are right, the championship has gone from strength to strength, looking back at season one when we turned up in beijing, nobody knew what to expect and halfway through that season, the championship was even looking like it might not survive its first year but it did and now we got some of the biggest manufacturers in the world, some of the best drivers in the world in the series really is at the forefront of motorsport. you are one of only two drivers to have won a race in every single season that has been in existence. you have not managed to tenuous wins into a championship title, is this going to be the

season? you are currently third in the standings? is this going to be it for you? rub it in that i have not done it yet! there's a long way to go. the aim obviously is to try and when the championship finally but it is an extremely difficult thing to do. i need to start winning a couple more races, more podiums, a lwa ys a couple more races, more podiums, always scoring points and we will see where we are, newark. friday is international women's day and throughout this week on sportsday we'll be running a film to celebrate the occasion and today we profile 17—year—old simran kaur who's hoping to become the the first asian woman to box for britain in the olympics. she'll find out whether she's been selected for team gb in nine months time and our reporter rimla akhtar went to meet her.

we can talk all day about her. three times national, twice a european silver medallist but she is not your average british boxer. a young asian women, well under way to qualifying for the tokyo olympics. ina qualifying for the tokyo olympics. in a sport she took up only three yea rs in a sport she took up only three years ago. i tried horse riding but i was scared of the horses. i tried gymnastics, i tried dance, football and then i started boxing and ijust fell in love with the sport and was getting good at it and just carried on. my inspiration would be nicola adams because she went to the olympics and won gold and then she went again and won gold. that is my dream. as with many athletes, behind as helpful as her very own unsung hero. her brother has been with her since day one and for the past year, his sole focus has been his little sister ‘s olympic dream.

his sole focus has been his little sister 's olympic dream. she was a fat kid. she wanted to lose weight so fat kid. she wanted to lose weight soi fat kid. she wanted to lose weight so i took her to the gym and put her oi'i so i took her to the gym and put her on the treadmill. she was crying and isaid, on the treadmill. she was crying and i said, what is wrong with you? she was in pain. since that day, i thought, she's got a heart. boxing has brought us a lot closer because he is so passionate about it as well. he doesn't mind taking it out of his own time, driving here. 6am running with me and hejoins in as well so he knows how hard it is that he enjoys it. when you get to the venue, he enjoys it. when you get to the venue, you he enjoys it. when you get to the venue, you will be dripping with sweat. i will be walking up and down why she is warming up but goes into the ring, that's it, ifeel like i'm in there with her. he drives a sister to training five days a week,

a journey that takes nearly two hours stop at 17, she is already a role model for asian girls in a sport where in the past, very few have engaged. but now, attitudes are changing. it feels different, it feels like i am special, like i am representing the asian community in the female committee and i want to try and push it forward to minute even bigger so that i am not the only one there. i did meet an asian girland she said only one there. i did meet an asian girl and she said that she started boxing because of me and that made me very happy because i didn't think i was that kind of role model to people but that is what i want to be, that's what i want to happen. the evidence for greater participation in boxing is notjust anecdotal. 18 new clubs have been set up around the country in the last year and that momentum looks set to continue. to determination and focus, it seems her influence on young female boxers will continue far beyond the pigs in 2020.

that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. it has been a typical early march sort petty unsettled. we have had some sunny sort petty unsettled. we have had some sunny spells but also heavy, blustery showers. this picture was taken from one of our weather watchers in the new forest earlier on. this is hill stones, not snow. lots of wrangles around as well. this is the satellite picture so it shows where we have had those heavy showers. quite extensive around the country, rattling west chased generally, it is instant part of the country that will stay generally

clear and dry through this evening. further west, some of the showers continuing. also, more extensive rain across northern ireland, pushing into parts of south—west scotla nd pushing into parts of south—west scotland by the end of the night. some hills know as well. temperatures not far from freezing, particularly in east. tomorrow sta rts particularly in east. tomorrow starts off on a quiet note but we gotan area starts off on a quiet note but we got an area of low pressure approaching from the atlantic that will change the weather as we head into the afternoon. through the day we start off on a soggy note in northern ireland. that rain pushing into parts of northern england and scotland. snow over higher ground. tomorrow afternoon you can see the snow falling across central parts of scotland. rain at lower levels, some sunny spells for southern scotland and northern ireland. temperatures are generally in single figures. pushing further south. cloud and some patchy rain put into wales and

the western half of england through the western half of england through the afternoon. tuesday evening and overnight into wednesday, this low pressure pushes its way is towards building a spell of pretty wet and windy weather to much of the uk. wednesday start on that unsettled note and will keep the outbreaks of rain and held snow across parts of scotla nd rain and held snow across parts of scotland but for the rest of the country, it should dry up so a return to sunshine and heavy showers rattling through as well. visibly mad in the south but temperatures stuck in single figures further north. thursday we have no pressure moving up to the east and that will open the doors for these cold winds coming in, bringing in a mix of sunshine and showers. when looking at single figures again further north. things are going to be remaining early cold and unsettled as we head towards the end of the week with more of those showers on the way by the time we get to saturday. and unsettled after.

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