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potentially on sunday, but still cold. 5 cold. for 5 cold. for more details, look the bbc weather app. now, it's time to join our colleagues for their advantage count at anfield? we're live in liverpool ahead of the second leg of the league cup semifinal. it's a nightmare in nagpur for england's cricketers, as they suffer another humbling defeat against india in the first ahead of their winable match against italy. also coming up on sportsday:

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chelsea in the final. off the field, the chelsea striker samantha kerr has denied "stupid and white". aggravated harassment to pc stephen lovell during an incident during cross—examination on day four of her trial, it was put to sam kerr =i= n w 7 fisheicalled” h w n ”7 " w ’ 7"he’cai[e&’r§c" thét whigh hggéiigé, 9,2 g�*epke" stupid and thét whigh hs'sétisé, 9,2 gtepke" stupid and white on the 30th level stupid and white an the lath january level stupid and white en the zthh january 2023, level stupid and white en the lath january 2023, she into an 7 7 into an insult. she 7 whiteness into an insult. she no, that's not what i replied, no, that's not what i meant. later, the =z= she chose to show hostility her she chose teshew rhestility the officer because of his towards the officer because of his again, she said, no, whiteness. again, she said. hp. not what i meant. it is whiteness. again, she said, m). not what i meant. it is what thet�*s'ntst whet’l meant it is what

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crystal palace on sunday. as well as the wales national team. from football at the age of 36. 58 times for brazil. as well as winning six la liga titles. there was another disappointing defeat for england's cricketers set 249 to win, india chased down their target with ease. michael redford was watching. sometimes you need to put

a brave face on things. time to stick together. having already been humbled by india in the t20 series, this was the opportunity of a fresh start. oh, the chance of a run—out! buttler tried to lead from the front. onlyjacob only jacob bethel followed. their total tricky to defend. just like their batting, it started brightly. india are the number one ranked side in the world — their chase simple. england had no answer in nagpur.

speaking with cricket... what's happening to women in the country "gender apartheid." in boycotting this match, while we have also heard that as such, we can confirm that we will play this fixture."

female locker rooms. the move as discriminatory. and nobody�*s going to be able to do a damn thing about it — the war on women's sports is over. applause our sports news editor dan roan has been following this issue so we're talking schools, colleges, universities. it could, however, face legal challenges — we've seen this in the past, in fact, in the us — when it comes to transgender women, ie biological males who want to compete in female competition

but who are banned at state level, taking legal action, suing the authorities. because, as you said, while there are many in that press conference was that he would deny visas competition at the la olympics competition at the la olympics in 2028, preventing them in 2028, preventing them from coming if they wish to. the ioc in the last few minutes, the ioc in the last few minutes, in fact, have issued in fact, have issued a brief statement saying a brief statement saying that they are in dialogue that they are in dialogue with sports federations, who traditionally they've allowed to decide their gender eligibility policies, and the authorities. and the authorities. they've given very little away as to what they think. it is worth noting, though, it is worth noting, though, that in recent years, that in recent years, a growing list of sports federations have effectively banned transgender women who have gone through male women who have gone through male puberty from competing puberty from competing

in female categories. in female categories. i think, however this plays out, what's certain is that trump's comments will reignite the debate over this area of policy for sports. our sports news editor dan roan. let's look ahead to the six nations this weekend,

and after a humiliating defeat had the last game that wales'have'had'in the'last' ' years. —— game that walesha'v'ehadin the1last1 1 years. —— definitely not. they've had a tough start to the six nations. after defeat to the defending champions ireland on the opening freddie steward has been dropped and both fin smith by asking her what the thinking was behind the two smiths at ten and 15. smit this ten and 15. smit this was and 15. smit this was predicted earlier in the week when there was a little bit a leak that came out of the england camp, and it is pretty much expected when we asked steve as expected when we asked steve about this today. so, fin bdrthwick abdut this taday:'a'a,1fin coming in at ten for his first in an en77gland shirt, quite —::e his physicality 7 his physicality hugely here the stub he is his detensizxe his detehsizxe capabilities known for his defensive capabilities but he is also for a but he is also known for having a very well organised back line and in the ball well, so distribute in the ball well, so perhaps he is not considered a

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our reporter sarah dawkins has more. when italian driver lella lombardi made her formula i debut in 1975, there was hope for the beginnings of gender parity in motorsport. come on! for a career in a sport traditionally dominated by men. the moment i put on my helmet, i don't take it as i'm a woman or a male. i'm a driver. i'm a racer. and it sometimes felt - like it was so hard to reach. and that's it.

my big dream is to be a multiple f1 world champion, the moment i realised i really wanted to do this probably was when i was about six. into second position! she gets there! i really enjoyed it. shouldn't race on track." and how did you feel when he said that to you? that threatened to just come up to me and say it, and it wasn't into professional racing drivers.

partnering with leading academics, a key priority is understanding right outside of the car, it means by the time potentially they're like, "i know what phase i'm in, i know you smashed that. i absolutely believe there can be a female world champion in my lifetime. we're giving them the lewis hamilton treatment, the max verstappen treatment. pick your favourite driver. charles leclerc. teenage years and to give them the belief that, with the right support, they can achieve the highest level in the sport, which currently is formula 1.

parker, remember name! a reminder of our top story before we go. in just over an hour's time. tottenham are 1—0 up on aggregate — will it be enough is it from on sportsday, very much for though, thanks very much for watching. hello there. a bit of mist and fog which was stubborn to clear but over the next few days, it is turning colder. we're picking up a chilly easterly wind. frost and patchy fog likely to continue where skies are clear overnight,

particularly in the north and west, and we will be seeing thicker cloud with some spots of light rain and some hill sleet and snow as low pressure so clouds increasing. we'll start to see some showery bursts of rain and even some sleet and snow over the higher ground. so not frosty across the south and east because we'll against the high pressure. lots of isobars on the chart, so a strong and quite raw and wales for friday.

with the lack of sunshine, it will feel more like freezing or even subzero. of england and wales. thicker cloud with outbreaks of rain and some hill snow pushing northwards. perhaps across the pennines too. saturday, then, that area of low pressure fizzles out in situ. so it leaves a legacy of cloud. and the west and those temperatures five to seven degrees. sunday i'm hopeful we'll see more breaks in the cloud, so we should see sunny spells developing. northern ireland, but some thicker cloud. eastern scotland, north east england, temperatures maybe a degree or so up — seven or eight celsius, i suppose. on that cold easterly wind,

but a lot of dry weather with cold, frosty nights to come. it's 7pm in london. proposal continues.

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