hello, i'mjane dougall, with the latest from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme... no nadal, alcaraz absent, and now ciao to cam — as norrie suffers a shock early exit at the monte carlo masters. not a night to remember at the nou camp, but barcelona move a point closer to theirfirst league title in four years. and super stoinis shines for the super kings, as they snatch a dramatic last—gasp victory in the indian premier league.

hello and thanks for joining us, here's your latest sports news. so often the tennis clay court season is associated with rafa nadal dominating the headlines, but the spaniard was a notable absentee on monday as the monte carlo masters got underway. he's been ruled out with a hip injury and he's not the only one missing. world number two carlos alcaraz is also out because of injury, whilst world number 1a cameron norrie may have wished he hadn't bothered after a surprise first round defeat. jim lumsden rounds up the best of the action on day one. an upset a possibility when his surface broken by the number 33 for the first time of this and it looked like when francisco strolled through the first set, number 11 was always up against the momentum stayed against it as the momentum stayed with the argentinian who took the second set to wrap up victory in an hour

and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with belletini who made light work of the american, 22nd of the world, the italian galloped throughthe first set and the second swiftly went the way of the first before taking a little under an hour and a half. britain's andy murray said he is playing for fun these days but clay is his least favourite surface. and it showed, the 35—year—old had a grim time of it, 6—3 versus the australian in the absence of bill murray. ——miserable murray on tuesday, world number one novak djokovic begins his monte carlo masters campain. the serbian was forced to miss indian wells and the miami masters due to his covid vaccination status, but he's looking forward to starting the clay court season and preparing for the upcoming french open. i did more training on clay, which is of course positive if you think about clay season.

i haven't had much success in monte carlo in the last three years, i haven't played really good tennis here. so i'm hoping this year i could start the clay season better than i did in previous years. and hopefully build my form as i'm coming closer to paris. to football and it's been four long years since barcelona last won a league title, but they're closing in on the trophy, despite only managing a draw with girona on monday. they've now moved 13 points clear of rivals real madrid, but barca may see it as a missed opportunity. the home side had 18 efforts on goal, but only 3 of them on target — as they drew 0—0 with mid—table girona. there are ten matches remaining in the league for both barcelona and real. well, staying in spain, but off the pitch, villarreal�*s alex baena says he and his family have received death threats after claims emerged that he had "wished

harm" upon the family of real madrid's federico valverde. villareal say their player was attacked on his way to the team bus after they'd beaten real 3—2 on saturday. the following day, baena filed a complaint with police, claiming to have been assaulted. reports in spain say that baena insulted valverde�*s family during the match — something baena says is "totally false". in the english premier league — leicester city have chosen their man to try and keep them in the division. dean smith left norwich earlier in the season — but he's back in the dugout for the 2016 champions — taking over until the end of the season. former chelsea defenderjohn terry will be his assistant — and theyjoin with the club second from bottom — 2 points from safety. on tuesday, the champions league quarter finals get underway and there's a big battle at the etihad stadium as the champions of england take on the champions of germany — when manchester

city play bayern munich. it's the first time manager pep guardiola will have faced his former side since leaving bayern in 2016. city are still chasing a first european title and guardiola insists it'll be an incredible achievement — should they finally win the tournament this year. we want to try and try all the time but that doesn't mean it's can win. no. yesterday the play the masters, jack nichols, how many masters has he played in his career committee in the 30s years is back 30 years for measure, the champions league compare, 130 how many 180? wow. you lose more than you win, that is the sport. in football, basketball, the bass, basketball won six nba titles for the pioneers played? 16. you lose more than win. these games, all difficult. what's important is to be here.

tuesday and wednesday football is a competition where you want to be. if you are there as a player or you have the possibility to be there as a coach, it's a gift from life. i appreciate it a lot. it's an obligation to give my very, very best. the other quarterfinal will see two—time champions benfica take on inter milan. it'll be a second trip to portugal for inter in the knockout phase of this year's competition after they beat porto in the last 16. for benfica, it's the first time they've reached this stage of the tournament since 2016. knockout stage, quarterfinal you have to expect all this and top level. i think for both teams it's very important match for both teams with the both teams spend a lot of energy and focus to reach this round, for the brokers

we expect a top team. very concentrated to the team but also what we expect from ourselves. translation: we need to analyse and work hard and believe - in ourselves we know that tuesday's match will not be an easy game. we will face a strong and quality opponent playing at their home stadium. we must use the word "together" during these two months we know that if we stay together in every game we play then we can get satisfaction from what we are doing. we have the goal of arriving in march and april and moving forward in all competitions. here we are in april doing just thought were a little bit here we are in april doing just that. we're a little bit behind in the italian championship but we have all the possibilities to get back into top four. on the international stage, european champions england women will continue their world cup preparations on thursday when they take on australia in a friendly. england are unbeaten in 30 matches, while australia suffered a shock defeat to scotland on friday, but the england head coach sarina wiegman insists

they won't be complacent. australia is a big country. it's number ten ranking. we hope we are going to be challenged again. they're very physical, the very direct. yes, that's a little different than what brazil did but still very challenging. there athletic too and they play so at the heart for australia. to cricket and there was a classic match in the indian premier league as the lucknow super giants got their third win of the new season but onlyjust. chasing 213 — the super giants looked in real trouble at 23 for 3. but marcus stoinis and nicholas pooran both hit quick half centuries to get them back in the game. and despite losing wickets at regular intervals — they got over the line with the final ball — with one wicket remaining. jon rahm has set his sights on winning golf�*s career grand slam — following his success at the masters. the triumph at augusta added to his us open title and it

also means he becomes the first european to win both those tournaments. if there is anything better than accomplishing something something like this, is making history. so if somebody told me i be the first european ever to do that, hard to explain. out of all the accomplishments and the many great players that have come before me, to be the first in something like that, it's a very humbling feeling. well, northern irishman rory mcilroy didn't even make the cut at the masters — and he has now withdrawn from this week's pga tour event, the rbc heritage in south carolina. no reason was given for his withdrawal, which is one of the pga tour's designated events. players ranked in the top 20 of the tour's player impact programme are only allowed to miss one of those events and mcilroy has already missed one — not attending the season—opening sentry tournament of champions injanuary, meaning he may now

not be eligible for his end of season tour bonus. and finally, there are a great deal of winter sports — some of which you might have tried and enjoyed. well, that's what happened in canada this weekend this annual "slush cup" and "cardboard canoe race" took place. the objective is to slide down a snowy mountain on a box or skis and crashing to a freezing cold pond and make it to the other side. skis and crashing to a freezing cold pond and make it to the other side. unsurprisingly not many succeed. that was cold but fun! that was awesome. again next year too. either you fall, which is funny you make it across which is fun. so, yes. but it's pretty chilly also. i don't see it becoming an olympic sport anytime soon. you can get all the latest sports news at our website but from me and the rest

of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. tuesday is going to be a day which some of you will have to make the most of the morning weather because it will be a day in which conditions will be quite rapidly deteriorating, with wet weather spreading to many areas from the south and the west. and by the end of the day, it will be increasingly windy, especially around some western coast and hills. so this developing area of low pressure which is approaching us and no, but through the night, into the morning, got a brief ridge of high pressure, quite a shallow one. so there should be a few showers around into the morning, but a lot of dry and clearer weather and a colder start to the morning as well. even a touch of frost through some sheltered scottish glens. but whilst there will be some cloud across scotland, one or two showers, many start fine and bright. lots of sunshine around make the most of it south west, england, south west, wales, south west

and northern ireland. deteriorates rapidly through the morning, that rain spreading through the rest of northern ireland, wales into western england for the end of the afternoon with strengthening winds. temperatures down a little bit on today. but given the strength of the wind and that rain spreading in, it will feel cooler and the winds will be strongest into the first part of the night around these irish sea coasts and hills that could cause some damage and disruption, particularly in coastal parts. easing a little bit later in the night, rain swept across all areas, lingering in the morning to parts of northern scotland with some snow on the hills. so here's that layer of low pressure as we go into wednesday, slowly pushing its way eastwards. it's going to maintain a windy spell of weather after a brief lull, if you could call it that. the winds will strengthen from the west through the day. some eastern areas actually not a bad morning with some sunshine around. a few showers here later into the afternoon, but frequent showers even some longer spells of rain in the west and the winds really strengthening through the day. so another bout of strong winds, especially across parts of wales and southern england, 56 of gusts possible once again.

and believe it or not, some will even struggle to get to seven or eight degrees. it will feel chillier there. some, winter on the tops of the hills area of low pressure gradually starts to migrate a little bit further eastwards into thursday. it becomes less potent. so it will be a breezy day, especially across the south here. fewer showers, but there'll be plenty of showers elsewhere to begin with. some longer spells of rain in parts of scotland and northern england and temperatures recovering just a touch. but overall, it will be another fairly cool day. more wet weather and windy weather to come on friday. signs of something warmer into the weekend into next week. take care.

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