world cup semi finals... there's a four day party in south africa as the springboks take the webb ellis cup around the country and ajax are finally on the up, with their first league win since the start of the season welcome to sportsday on bbc news. india have made it seven wins out of seven at the cricket world cup to become the first side through to the semi—finals. it was no ordinary win for the hosts, they blew sri lanka away in mumbai, winning by a colossal 302 runs. joe wilson was watching. 0k. nobody in mumbai expected india to lose, but this victory was a statement. india's batting was propelled by virat kohli, inevitably,

especially in a partnership with shubman gill, who made 92 with some shots that seemed effortless. in reality, batters were dealing with the heat. mid—thirties. virat 88, and gone, mumbai were stunned. kohli had not made a century, still india scored 357. you know, that might just be enough. sri lanka batting. jasprit bumrah struck with his first ball that's out wickets still outpaced runs 3—4 here. mohammed siraj was relentless until mohammed shami came on to bowl. keep track, with this 29—8. shami took five. sri lanka avoided the ultimate embarrassment. 55 all out, the fourth lowest ever world cup score. and there's still above england in the table. india have never looked better. joe wilson, bbc news. so india storming into the last

four — shreyas iyer made a quickfire 82 in that big india total of 357, before they skittle sri lanka the team is in a great space at the moment and the players are cherishing each other�*s performance. that is very important when you come in such a big stage and you are talking about my batting, i was just playing every ball on the merit. the wicket was awesome to bat on and you're grateful to get the score today. so the hosts are into the semis, australia are in a fairly strong position, third in the table but they'l be without mitchell marsh for the next game against england on saturday, the all—rounder returning home for personal reasons. england are all but out, but they have vowed to go down fighting whenever you play, for england, there's always things to play for. you know, you're playing for your country. that's a huge motivator. and, you know, it's extreme privilege to

get that opportunity. every game means a huge amount to this group of players, all desperate to do well and understand the responsibility that comes with the opportunities and. this is no different. the situation we find ourselves in. we might not be able to go and win the tournament, but we're desperate to win every game we play and we'll do everything we can to get that right and turn that round and get back to where we expect to be. south africa's rugby team have started a four day national victory parade — following their success at the world cup. thousands of fans lined the streets in country's capital city pretoria on thursday — to get glimpse of the team and the webb ellis cup. the springboks — who became the first nation to win the trophy four times — will also travel to see fans in cape town, durban and nelson mandela bay across the next three days. we as a team, we we chose to to dedicate this this world cup we as a team, we chose to to dedicate this this world cup we as a team, we chose to to dedicate this world cup to you because you honestly you are the reason we

are where we are today. the way that you don't give up, you resilient spirit, how hard you work, and the things that you must go through to be where you are in life. honestly, the other countries can't understand. so your support really kept us going. the referee in the world cup final between the springboks and the all blacks , wayne barnes, has retired from the sport. he englishman took charge of his first match in 2006 and the paris final was his 111th test which is a record. he officiated in five world cups and numerous domestic and european finals. wales head coach warren gatland says he understands why there's been criticism of the timing of their match against the barbarians in cardiff on saturday. it's on the same day as key domestic games involving the four welsh regions, who are providing all 23 of the players in the wales matchday squad i understand the issues

involved that we're we're well aware of that and conscious of that. that's why, you know, i was doing everything i could to help support the regions, only picking 23 players. you know, we could have, as would have been normally done in terms of our preparation practices that are 33 or 3a players for this week. but that would have taken another seven or eight players out, you know, nine players out of the regions in terms of them being available for those teams that we. for the first time in their 62—year history, the texas rangers are baseball's world series champions. they sealed the best—of—seven series 4—1 against the arizona diamondbacksjosh sborz with the winning moment for the rangers in game five, while team—mate corey seager was named as the world series�* most valuable player, an award he also won with the los angeles dodgers in 2020. truly is incredible. but it's notjust me, man.

what this team did and how we competed and all the guys in there rallying, you know, we don't really have one leader. you know, that whole clubhouse is a leadership. they're all professionals in there. and we all knew we had a job and the task at hand. and we competed and we did it. you know, it's pretty cool. ajax are finally off the bottom of the eredivisie table in the netherlands after a 2—0 home win over fellow strugglers fc volendam. there was relief all round at the johann cruyff arena as they moved ut of the reelgation zone, — english striker chuba akpom with their second goal. they had been without a win in ten games across all competitions before this, something that had never happened before to the four time european champions. they hadn't won in the league since the opening day of the season. it was a winning start for their new coachjohn van schipp who was only appointed this week we've had more matches in first

round of the spanish cup, the copa del rey, some very big wins for the top tier sides, no upsets...wins for granada, villarreal, valenica. alaves won 10—0 away at deportivo murcia and in the copa italia, sassuol beat spezia on penalties...torino lost 2—1 to frosinone after a playing career that spanned more than two decades, former premier league striker gifton noel—williams has his sights set on top—flight management. speaking to bbc sport as part of the recent black history month, noel—williams believes his race and identity, particularly his dreadlocks and gold tooth... have seen him overlooked for coaching roles. while it remains his dream to manage in the top division, he is unwilling compromise i love my hair and i'll never, ever cut it. i want to be a manager in the premier league, but i've come to realise that i have to go about it the hard way.

my hair has so many meanings to me. my uncle passed away, and he was a real rasta, you know? he was a real roots man. he was a real positive, good vibes, never negative. when he was dying from cancer. his hair fell out. so that's when i started wearing my hair. it's kind of dedication to him, after that became my thing, you know? and it's kind of put me closer to earth. it took me many, many years to get it after look after it a certain way. so it takes care. there's the other side of it, of what it stands for and just peace. and i've said to people before, "if this means that i'll never become a manager because of my head, then that's ok". it may say what you mean. how could you be ok with that? just cut your hair and be a manager now. but i'm ok with that because my hair means so much to me. i think the younger generation needs to see that there's people out there fighting for theirfuture, you know? and the way i kind of look at myself is i want to be a premiership manager. and that's my aim, that's my desire.

if i don't get through, i'm going to kick down some doors so that some other kids, younger generation, can walk through it without no hassle, without stress. and i want to be one of the pioneers that are on the forefront with this kind of stuff. so it's really important to me. it'sjust gonna keep on going because i think when you keep on going, the universe in the end gets fed up of ya and they say, "oh, you know, just have it what you want". so you go for interviews and you don't get the job, but you're seeing that a young 18, 20—year—old got thejob. that was why.isten, i'm not trying to make it that was why. listen, i'm not trying to make it as i should have got all of those jobs. but you're talking about someone who is younger than me, less experienced than me, less qualified than me, didn't play the game. so you think, "well, i've beaten your every single stat except for the color of my skin". i'm going to keep knocking on that new universe's door until i get my management job in the prem. jon rahm has had a change of heart and now won't take

part in a new golf venture being launched by tiger woods and rory mcilroy in the new year. the masters champion says it would require a level of commitment i can't offer." the 2a—player league will be staged indoors in florida and be partly played on high tech golf simulators. 0ther backers include serena and venus williams, nba star steph curry, and liverpool owners the fenway sports group you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. storm ciaran brought some disruption and damage to the far south of england, and certainly through the channel, the channel islands bearing the brunt of the storm. friday, though, looks a lot quieter. we've seen the back of the storm now. it will remain quite blustery and we'll see sunshine and showers, but a lot more sunshine around

than what we've had of late. there it is, storm ciaran continuing to fill and weaken in the north sea. it's still influencing our weather enough to bring us another blustery day, certainly across more northern and eastern areas. and it's here where we'll see most of the showers or longer spells of rain — northern, eastern scotland. elsewhere, sunny spells, scattered showers, the odd heavy, maybe thundery one, but we'll see some lengthy sunny spells around in places. but the winds quite fresh coming in from the west or the northwest. temperature—wise, generally be around 10—13 degrees, but it'll feel a bit chillier with the strength of the breeze. as we head through friday evening and overnight, we hold on to further showers across scotland. but elsewhere, lengthy, clear skies before the next frontal system starts to work its way from the southwest, bringing some rain, southwest england and wales, so temperatures recovering here. otherwise, it's pretty chilly elsewhere — low single figures. now, this feature once again will be impacting france in the biscay area more. it looks like, for england and wales.

winds will be lighter, but the weather front could bring some very unwelcome rainfall. some of the rainfall could be quite heavy, so a wet morning saturday for large parts of england and wales. skies brightening up though across the south behind it, but a scattering of heavy, maybe thundery showers continuing here, with more of a breeze. far north of england, scotland, northern ireland having a pretty decent day — sunny spells, a few showers and generally temperatures in the low teens at best. that area of low pressure pushes through again, the low countries into the north sea. and then we're in a run of west—northwesterly winds, but we're in between weather systems on sunday. so, certainly part two of the weekend, at this stage, does look better. in fact, many central, southern and eastern parts of england and scotland will stay dry all day, with sunny spells continuing. most of the showers will be peppering western coasts, the odd heavier one. but at least there'll be plenty of sunshine around, temperatures 10—13 degrees. monday and tuesday next week look pretty decent with quite a bit of sunshine around, but thereafter, looks like it could turn a bit more unsettled once again. see you later.

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