you're very welcome along to the programme wherever you are watching around the world. a nervy eight—run defeat by afghanistan in lahore. afghanistan still have to defeat australia wilson has this report. not have been played. cricket board to boycott. but don't believe it would help

if they alone boycotted these zadran and failing. for captain jos buttler to lead their chase. hope rested, as so often, onjoe root. improvising past 100. with root? it seemed feasible. without him? not caught. gone. 317 all out. england can't progress. afghanistan can. and this is the drama of cricket.

he knows now that no one will be underestimating his side. meanwhile, england captain jos buttler is left to think about his future. been in the game each of those games. so we should take a lot of confidence from that. and i think, um, certainly what happened in the world cup, so we've got to be prepared, because i know australia the fixture and thought it was a little bit easier than playing a historic test nation. um, we had our chances in the game. um, another really good game of cricket. um, but yeah, unfortunately, we on the wrong side. obviously. the results aren't aren't

where they need to be. and, um, yeah, ithink got to work out personally dominik szoboszlai opened the scoring in just the 11th minute. through the second half. league. after the city game, everybody was so positive that then nine out of ten people start to get really

and that is probably one out of ten person just finds an extra gear to win the next game again as well. so we mainly focussed on that. nice, all the compliments. nine out of ten player. marking tightly enough to their midfielders and frustrating really. clinical enough when those couple of chances did come our way. well, the gap at the top of the table between liverpool and arsenal increased, because for the second match in their goalless draw with nottingham forest at the city ground. we tried in many very different ways and insisted and insisted and insisted, but we lacked that spark,

that we have to generate, especially more shots qualification back on track with a 1—0 victory for them at totte n ha m. pep guardiola's men bounced back from their loss to liverpool to move back up to fourth in the table. 0—4 in the first half and we could not do it and we knew that second half. so but really pleased for the victory and and yeah ten—man manchester united came out on top against ipswich in a five—goal thriller in a five—goal thriller at old trafford. at old trafford. two in the second half two in the second half

and that proved decisive. and that proved decisive. it is just the third home it is just the third home league win for ruben amorin, league win for ruben amorin, while ipswich remain in the bottom three and they are without a victory in 2025. are without a victory in 2025. we scored twice, we were at rangers after his side came clearly in control of the game, the possession of the ball. the possession of the ball. we had the sent off, we had the sent off, and then we fight for the, and then we fight for the, the, the three points. the, the three points. and then today was a good and then today was a good performance in all the aspects performance in all the aspects of of my team and also our of of my team and also our fans. they were amazing. and finally, everton fought back to hold brentford to a 1—1 fans. draw and extend their unbeaten run in the league to seven games. to seven games. a header from jake o'brien in the second half cancelled to scotland now.

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a voluntary drugs test. last year after a two year battle with anti—doping authorities. an independent report said his failed drugs test was unintentional and could have been caused overly happy with it. um, it was always going to be a volatile build up,

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league on the bbc sport website and app. day wherever you are around the world. bye— bye. hello. wednesday was a pretty active day, weather—wise. large hail around, as well. down for the next few days. but there'll be some chilly nights for the next few nights, patches around, too. chilly start to thursday across the northern half of the uk, parts of scotland.

the exception is across eastern england, where we've got cloud and a few drizzly showers — they'll linger longest around the coast of norfolk, i think. parts of northwest scotland, perhaps northern ireland, too. 9—11 celsius our top temperature — so still through into the final day of winter on friday morning. it'll be a chilly start to the day, so temperatures across the uk on friday. through the course of friday morning. could keep some fogginess right into the afternoon, i think. there'll be light winds, there'll be some sunshine,

but it should feel pleasant enough with those sunny spells. in from the northwest. a band of cloud moving across the northern half figures across the board. half of the weekend, as well. could be a little bit of rain in the far northwest. for most of us, a similar day again — dry and settled, around 10—11 celsius. bye.

live from singapore, this is bbc news. hamas are released, as the first phase of the gaza by israel, prompting scenes ofjubilant crowds in resources on friday.

with the ukraine war top of the agenda. thousands of international workers stranded in myanmar after being freed from scam compounds. hello and welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal the bodies have now been returned to israel.