new zealand beat pakistan on the opening day of the itc champions trophy. they have been dumped out of the uefa champions league by half before the frenchman rounded off his hat trick in the second to see real safely through to the last 16.

next round. having to fight for the champions league, to be honest we are looking for quality in front, so we had possibility to compete until the end in this competition. the best team won, they deserve it. winning, losing, but we have done really well, but this i have the feeling that the previous this time, they were better. they had the advantage in the first leg after a 2—1win in

italy, but ryan flamingo scored the winner in extra time. of theirfellow ligue un side as they beat 10—0 win on aggregate. champions league title. away from the champions league, liverpool's trent aston villa. thrilling game at villa park. mo salah had put liverpool ahead before goals from yuri tielemans and ollie watkins put

villa 2—1 up at half—time, but tough fixture. deserved, and we must not make a habit out of that. i think the match was a good match, to cricket now, and the opening match of the icc champions trophy where new zealand came out on top against hosts

pakistan, beating them by 60 runs thanks to centuries from alex fletcher watching. of the champions keen to make up for that statistic, pakistan struck start. but that joy was short lived. will young's power and precision proving to be even after his dismissal, tom latham remained his partnership with glen phillips 321 for pakistan. hands.

when his wicket fell, the crowd had seen enough. wait undone by two centuries. going, it was just brilliant the way that they finish off the innings, and to get a 320, we always felt like we were breath, as you say, pakistan chased down 350 on the same it going. bangladesh. the indian team are playing their matches in dubai. spin all—rounders in the tournament. they were runners—up

in the last edition after losing to pakistan in the final in england in 2017. have to do right before holding onto that trophy, so i think as and keep moving forward from there. described as a difficult experience at the dubai tennis championships, where she was approached by a man displaying second—round defeat on tuesday. emma raducanu has reflected on the incident in a post on

denmark, who took the victory in one hour and 25 minutes to she will now face a japanese playerfor a place in the semifinals. the spanish top seed seems to be cruising after alcaraz grabbed the decisive break in the fourth game of the final set to rack up the victory. the formula i season is nearly upon us, and a sight that some

might take getting used to here. seven—time world champion lewis hamilton is now in ferrari colours. hamilton has ended his long association with mercedes, and as part of his new team's launch event in first time at the test track in italy on wednesday. feels to be in the running for ferrari. it is amazing. it has been an amazing day. we got in really late last night, so a fantastic effort from everyone here at the factory to get the is pretty epic. to be here at ferrari and get to drive around, you can feel the history, and the crowd that we have seen today at the end,

it is more than you see at some grand prix, and obviously in the old cars, last year in the previous year's car, those weren't built for me to fight to the championship, to step into a car that i'm going to be living with for the year is massively exciting. we know all the other teams will be doing a greatjob out, keeping focused on i'm still acclimatising to the ferrari car. with for the last few years in this generation of car, but also the controls on everything over the last ten years, i'm used to a certain way of working, and i'm still adapting

the new formula i season on the bbc sport website. plenty of other stories on the app as well, but from myself and the whole team at the bbc sport centre, thank you for hello there. it's been a pretty cold start to our week, and in fact, different story further south and west, though.

and that's exactly what's happening. a strong south—westerly wind, though, is feeding in this very something a little less mild, perhaps, as we head into the weekend. first thing on thursday morning, widespread double digits across the country. quite a misty, murky story. a breezy day with some showery outbreaks of rain gradually pushing their way somewhat erratically north and east be for this time of year, 12—14 degrees.

so, gale—force winds out to the west. to respond. so once again, it's going to be a wet and windy affair that we see 16 somewhere across south—east england. the bbc weather app for more. but as you can see, a better day on saturday.

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