ruud van nistelrooy. back—to—back wins, though, for west ham. they are now up to 15th in the table. we're going to get up again and we're still in this fight. mathematically, we're there, and we keep fighting as long as we can. but it must be clear that the fight was only one half today, and that is not enough. meanwhile, there was an historic win for bologna, as they ended a 17—match winless run against ac milan in serie a. the home side came from 1—nil down to win 2—1, a victory that moves them above their opponents and into sixth, boosting their european ambitions. now, following his three—month ban from tennis, jannik sinner has had his nomination

for world sportsman of the year withdrawn. the world number one has won the last two grand slams, but he won't be on court again until early may, after agreeing a doping deal with the world anti—doping agency. laureus says the ban makes sinner�*s nomination ineligible, and he will no longer be part of the coveted awards. well, on the court, it's been a day of shocks in men's tennis. in mexico, the world number two, alexander zverev, was beaten in straight sets by the american learner tien, ranked 81 places below him. whilst in dubai, the world number six, daniil medvedev, was beaten by dutchman tallon griekspoor in three sets. the win puts griekspoor into the semi—finals, where he will face stefanos tsitsipas. emma raducanu has chosen to play at indian wells next, following her recent stalking ordeal. raducanu was deliberating whether to travel to the united states for the hard—court event, which starts next week, after being left shaken

when a man exhibited fixated behaviour towards her at last week's dubai tennis championships. cricket, and after being knocked out with a game to spare, hosts pakistan have ended their champions trophy in further disappointing fashion. their final group match against bangladesh was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of rain in rawalpindi. both sides had already been eliminated, with new zealand and india already into the final four. they will meet in their final group match on sunday. carlos sainz, of williams, is the man to catch after day two of formula i testing in bahrain. he set the quickest times on the second day and completed the most laps. he finished three hundredths of a second quicker than lewis hamilton who, driving for his new team, ferrari, had been fastest in the morning session. it might seem like it's been long, but it's not. it's only been a month with the team. so it's, uh, we've crammed in a lot in this short space

of time, but we've really come a long way together. so, um, yeah. and the car was feeling good on track. it's been a day to remember for american golferjake knapp. the world number 99 shot a sub—60 round, which is only the 15th time that it has happened in a pga tour event.

for their opening round of the south africa open, now to north london, where it took six security officials came face—to—face on thursday. on the 26th of april at the tottenham hotspur stadium, and our reporter ade adedoyin was at today's event. well, it wasn't the fireworks of the first press conference, to the stage, i guess to ensure that he didn't have any eggs they were kept a fair distance apart, to prevent

now, that stunt that chris eubankjr pulled has generated a lot of headlines and it's been widely viewed on social media platforms. it will no doubt help to ramp up interest in the fight of conduct in the build—up to a majorfight. did he go too far? this is boxing. i'm not here to make friends. uh, we are going to fight. in a few months' time. uh, danger is what we do. nothing changes. it's neverjust business. for as long as you're trying to take food off my kid's i plate, you're trying. to crush my dreams. it's extremely personal. and on top of that, i can't stand him. i

positive for a banned substance, which resulted in their initial bout being cancelled. but eubankjr has used this as a tool in this promotion so far. at the end of april, they'll get to settle their differences here at tottenham hotspur stadium rivalry, some 30 years after their fathers faced each other in the ring. ade adedoyin in london. well, let's move on to las vegas now, because it will host some of the biggest and as the sport showcases what it has to offer, bah! as rugby league battles to break america, this feels like the perfect place for that fight to begin.

las vegas headquarters, and at its centre, an englishman. league and fighting. particularly, obviously, the demand on your body. there's a huge psychology component to going into tackling or wrestling takedowns in our sport. is strong in rugby. are all fans of the ufc. so, yeah, it's been a great week for everybody. vital preparation for saturday's historic stateside super league match with warrington. in terms of the training and the physical demands of rugby league and ufc — two of the toughest they can learn from each other. spectacle speaks to their investment in promoting their

to replicate on its vegas visit. stories that people have got to tell. that's what we want in our sport. we're an inclusive sport ourselves. las vegas, young kids anywhere. wow, i want to be one of them guys. you know, if you can see it, you can believe it. so that's what we want as well. rugby league still has some way to go, but this of inspiration. adam wild, bbc news, las vegas. yeah, big weekend ahead for rugby league in las vegas, las vegas over the coming days here on bbc.

and the bbc sport app. it's a busy weekend in sport and you can get all the latest news and, indeed, all the results bye— bye. with high pressure building in from the west. that's where we had the best of the sunshine on thursday — of meteorological spring as well, and the weather story is perfect for it, with high pressure dominating, keeping things largely fine, dry and, at times, quite sunny. here, and that will prevent temperatures from falling below freezing.

and that may well linger for a few hours, but towards lunchtime, it will have lifted. developing, and that breeze may be just driving in a few isolated showers into the northern and western isles. top temperatures, though, through the afternoon, 9—10 celsius. pressure stays with us. the isobars are fairly widely spread — that means not much in the way of wind. it really will die off in situ. so a band of cloud, a few spits and spots of rain moving down saturday afternoon.

north—west, with the risk of this weather front toppling across the high. and the northern isles. sunny spells continue to be the dominant feature, so, yes, there'll be a lot of dry, settled and sunny weather across the country. happening in your area.

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