stenson has gone, and we saw other big names from european golf, ian poulter and sergio garcia resignedgone as well, and i would expect other big names to follow suit, in the light of these punishments being announced. those punishments, yesterday when they announced it would be 26 of its players that we be punished. do we estimate that there may be 26 players resigning, will we see this players resigning, will we see this play out over the coming weeks? i think it remains to be seen, but the fines range from 12 and a half thousand pounds £200,000 per tournament. there are bands as well. we believe martin clymer is facing in eight tournament ban as it stands as the moment. these players now have to weigh up whether it is worth paying the spines, knowing that if they continue playing on the live tour, and several of them are contracted to do that, they would face further fines and further suspensions from the dp world tour. so, i think the expectation is that these players will follow the likes of stenson and cole, and resign their membership from the dp world tour. i’ll their membership

golf now and henrik stenson leads going into the second round of the abu dhabi championship. second time, opened up with an 8—under—par 64 in abu dhabi, and his round included that superb chip for a birdie at the 14th. this is the only event on the european tour's ‘desert swing', which stenson has never won, and he's two shots clear of the field. last year's winner rickie fowler made a slow start to his title defence with a level par round of 72, eight shots behind the leader, stenson. phil mickelson described his first round of competitive goal for three months as phenomenal. he had operations for esports hernia —— esports hernia. he said his game is rusty, but his body feels good. the former world number one is four shots behind the leader. he had a round of i; " at 14th. shot ‘ of 1ath. on shot ‘ of 14th. on aggshot- if if eee ee’eeee'ee'eje-eee eee ee eee . eee ee’eee‘eee‘eje‘eee eee ee ee . to eee ee’eeeeee‘eje‘eee eee ee ee . to pla_ that eee ee’eeeeeeejeeee eee ee ee . to pla_ that he % 3? 722 2227 but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. where

henrik stenson and anneka sorensen next yea r. tesco henrik stenson and anneka sorensen next year.nd ladies european tours. the total prize fund £1.3 million. ireland's bundee aki on this the rest of the rugby world cup after failing to overturn his red card against samoa, it will surmount for them a dark ireland's data japan. 48 hours for him to appeal. i am sure many of you were watching yesterday's showdown between scotla nd yesterday's showdown between scotland and japan, scotland fans left to reflect on the early exit with the quarterfinal line—up now complete. we will be assessing the fallout for scotland and what it could mean for the potentialfuture of head coach gregor townsend in a moment, but first let's cast a right of the teams remaining. if sport is escapism, really cannot have been more completely thrilling lease so. japanese inhibition left at home, on the streets there were people transformed. the joy at beating scotla nd transformed. the joy at beating scotland to reach a first world cup quarterfinal felt all the more keenly because of the sorrow of the previous d

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henrik stenson is the defending championlj am stenson is the defending champion.” ama stenson is thehampion.” am a bit surprised to be able to start of this open extremely strong and not grind too much on the next few. but on this course and at the open championship and specifically at this golf course the conditions change this entire leaderboard. it isa change this entire leaderboard. it is a really good start. i know it is coming tomorrow and i know even par would be as good or better than today. it is important to get the right numbers today.” today. it is important to get the right numbers today. i am happy with that first round and happy with the way i have played for a while. it was a lot better today and i felt i was a lot better today and i felt i was in pretty good focus. it is good to be out withjordan. he is playing pretty well and he parted as nicely as whenl pretty well and he parted as nicely as when i played with him at augusta. he might be the one to watch later on. i was happy with my game andl watch later on. i was happy with my game and i hit a lot of greens and i

stenson said he accepted straightaway when he got the call. and that's all the sport for now.his point in september. and that should make quite short work of our first autumn visitor, shall we say — increasing amounts of early morning mist and fog. there will be some, certainly i think first thing thursday, across northern england, parts of the midlands, wales, down into the west country. some early showers for the northeast of scotland, but come the afternoon, fairly widespread sunshine. more cloud, though, later in the day, getting into northern ireland and some rain. and that rain will be persistent and heavy at times for northern ireland through friday, as our weather front stalls to the west of the uk. it will bring some rain eventually to western scotland and down towards the southwest and for wales, as well. so, just the mid—teens where we've got the cloud and rain, still in the low—20s further east. it looks like the rain will become more widespread across england and wales through the weekend, perhaps somewhat drier for scotland and northern ireland. welcome to newsda

whoever winds on sunday will have earned it, as did this man, henrik stenson, 12 months ago, when heil mickelson in an epic duel at troon. tommy fleetwood, this local hiro will be playing. he's aiming to become the first british winner of the open since nick faldo in 1992. that's something being talked about, the chance to win the open, that's something else you've got to deal with. i'd much rather it be that way then nobody talking about it. it's great. looking back as a kid, 20 yea rs great. looking back as a kid, 20 years on, there's been a lot that's gone into it. to come back home with a chance to win the open is very special. let's take a look at the favourites in the betting. jordan spieth is the outright bookies favourite for many. he won the last event on the us pga tour. rickie fowler and world number one dustin johnson are 14 to one, butjohn rahm and sergio garcia, the spanish duo, 16 to one. an rory mcilroy on 20 to one. many observers are saying that represents good value, and so does he. i'd say you won't get odds like that for... i don't know, 20 to one, if you gave me

well stenson this year has struggled with injuries while sergio garcia, last year's masters championt in the last five major tournaments — so does their experience make it a risk worth taking? earlier i spoke to our golf correspondent iain carter. is it isita is it a risk worth taking? absolutely, that is lord thomas bjorn is thinking. we have five newcomers in this european ryder cup tea m newcomers in this european ryder cup team from the automatic qualifiers. no room to go for inexperience again. garcia is the one that will raise most eyebrows because he has been short of form. missed the cut in allfour been short of form. missed the cut in all four majors, missed a string of cuts and did make it through to the play—offs. thomas is hoping he can find some form to take to paris for this ryder cup. if he does but he believes garcia will be the heartbeat of this team and provide as much influence in the locker room as much influence in the locker room as he does on the course. the two englishman, a year or so ago they would have doubted if they would ever get back into a ryder cup te

perhaps that's why, his team has been loaded with experience, garcia, poulter, casey and stenson alletting the nod, but he'll be hoping this man in particular can find his form. joe lynskey has been taking a look at this year's selection. the amphitheatre but the —— teens who were those who got best talent alongside those more experienced players, you know what to expect. your get the sport every two years. a players automatically qualify for tea m a players automatically qualify for team europe through their performances in prize money earnings on the european tour throughout the year, the captains, the issue is only three of the names have played in the ryder cup before, that's rory justin and francesco, this european champion the rest of them, are just ryder cup rookies. so at that in mind is perhaps little wonder that the captain has gone for experienced in the four wild—card picks. may not be the best form of their lives but who knows what it takes to be in the ryder cup, this will be ian poulter‘s six ryder cup and the previous five, he is still yet to lose a single match. he's

and henrik stenson leads the way at the arnold palmer invitational in florida. hello there. thanks forjoining us. arsenal are through to the quarter—finals of the europa league after a comfortable victory over italian giants, ac milan, at the emirates stadium. arsenal led 2—0 from the first leg, but milan scored first in the return match, with hakan shalkhanolu reducing the deficit after 35 minutes. but then a controversial penalty from danny welbeck and a goal from granit xhaka — either side of the break — put arsenal in front. before wellbeck scored again to see his side win 3—1 on the night — and 5—1 on aggregate. elsewhere, dmitri payet was among the scorers as marseille won 2—1 at bilbao — and 5—2 on aggregate. lucas leiva scored in lazio‘s 2—0 win at dynamo kiev, as they went through 4—2 overall, and fernando torres scored twice as atletico madrid thrashed lokomotiv moscow 5—1 on the night — and 8—1 on aggregate. lyon are out 3—3 on away goals, after losing 3—2 at home to cska moscow. borussia dortmund are also out after a 0—0 draw at salzburg — who go through 2—1 on a

alongside henrik stenson up against dustin johnson and brooks alongside henrik stenson up against dustinjohnsond two or three holes left to play. and of course if the united states can pick up an extra point thenit states can pick up an extra point then it would certainly change things somewhat. as we know, no team in ryder cup history has ever come back from more than a four—point deficit heading into the final day of the singles matches to come. that each of the 12 members of the european and american teams play those singles matches. if they could potentially going 10—7, america will feel buoyed by that and it will give them a better chance heading into singles matches to come. it is finely balanced at the moment. europe will feel happier following that victory, winning those three out of four matches in the four balls. they had that incredible clea n swee p balls. they had that incredible clean sweep yesterday afternoon in the foursomes. no european team has ever achieved that in ryder cup history. europe have the momentum. we will keep a close eye on the foursomes matches this afternoon. t

it includes some big names, henrik stenson, the open champion of 2016, and sergio garcia, who won thevery poor run of form in 2018. ian poulter will also be looking at thomas bjorn‘s decision as well, he is such a passionate player when it comes to the ryder cup in something ofa comes to the ryder cup in something of a master of match play. so bjorn announces that decision on monday. 0ur correspondent gives us his verdict on who might get the call. given the fact that of the eight automatic qualifiers in that european team five of them are first timers, our rockies, i think on that race as he will be looking for experience when he goes for his four wildcard picks. iam experience when he goes for his four wildcard picks. i am expecting ian poulter to get the nod, and paul casey. i think henrik stenson, i think he will get the nod as well, and in that final one is very difficult tojudge. sergio and in that final one is very difficult to judge. sergio garcia has been short of form but has plenty of pedigree, so a difficult choice, i think for thomas bjorn. so decisions to be made for tho

firstly, stenson at a park, using their flight stenson at a park, using their flight information to showverpool, one fan and this handy year line of work mowing this message for the liverpool players in the grass. manchester airport got in the act as well. sending messages of support for liveable. not sure how well that one will go down. a little controversial. finally, we know how difficult tickets have been to come by. what about this novel way of getting this one? this man offering a bit ofa getting this one? this man offering a bit of a swap. his wife for a ticket i can imagine a high number of wife that was like there has been for a ticket. that's a swap there has been. the hot ticket. tomorrow night over there in the stadium. liverpool entitled numb head—to—head in in all english champions league final. -- in in all english champions league final. —— liverpool entitled numb head—to—head. all the build up on bbc radio five live. we will be back with sportsday in madrid at 630 and 730 tomorrow. on bbc news, but we will leave you with a look at what will leave you with a look at what

and henrik stenson hands back the claretjug as he prepares to defend his open championship title.for joining us on sportsday. there's been yet more golds for great britain at the world para athletics championships in london. dominant performances on the track and in the long jump mean britain now has 11 golds in total. andy swiss is at the london stadium taking in another successful day for our para—athletes. andy, plenty to shout about today. there was indeed, plenty to shout about for british fans, not least hannah cockroft as unbeatable as ever, one of the most dominant athletes in british sport with every title and every record at every distance. the 800 metres is not her favourite event that she was too strong for the opposition. she followed her team—mate kare adenegan for the first lap, overtook and then there was no stopping her as she surged away to win another emphatic victory to go with one metres title that she won at the weekend, so hannah cockroft in a class of her own and afterwards her dominant emotion was one of relief. to go out in front of a home crowd is amazin

henrik stenson and justin rose combine brilliant and once again to put another point on the board for of this afternoon's sessions with two points of their own. 10—68 is heading into the final day. as we know, no team has ever come back from a margin bigger than that. —— 10-6 from a margin bigger than that. —— 10—6 heading into the final day. the miracle at medina saw europe do it heading in10—6 miracle at medina saw europe do it heading in 10—6 down and america done it in 1999 at brookline when they were trailing by the same deficit but they came back on home soil. a very different proposition if they are too good to do it tomorrow and if they can come out on top in the final singles matches, it will have to be this partisan home crowd in front of them if they are to do it. and they had to be europeans. —— and they have two defeats be europeans. so here's a look at how they'll line up for tomorrows decisive singles matches. justin thomas and rory mcilroy have the earliest alarm — teeing off at five past eleven. tiger woods takes on rookie john rahm as he goes hunting for his first po

stenson said he accepted straightaway when he got the call from harrington.y is to review whether cannabis should remain on the list of banned substances. the american sprinter sha'carri richardson missed the tokyo 0lympics after testing positive for cannabis injune — she said he'd used it to help cope with the death of her mother and wada say they've had numerous requests to look again at its status. the review will begin next year and cannabis will remain prohibited for the time being. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport thank you, john. south korea has succussfully tested a ballistic missile from a submarine which is designed to help counter any attack from its neighbour north korea. the launch was carried outjust hours after pyongyang fired two ballistic devices towards the sea of japan. 0ur correspondent in seoul, laura bicker, explained the significance. well, within just a few hours, on this one korean peninsula, we have two koreas making two separate launches. first of a

stenson is making his liv debut in in the 3rd event of the series which starts on friday in bedminsterill be banned from the ryder cup, and stenson says he wanted to stay on as captain. i made every arrangement possible here to be able to fulfil my captains duties and i have had great help you from liv to be able to do that, and still, the decision was made that i was to be removed, and i am obviously disappointed over the situation, but it is what it is. south africa turned the tables on england to set up a decider in their t20 series on sunday. in their second match in 2a hours, the roles from the first game were reversed. this time south africa batting first and setting a big target. rilee rossouw hitting 96 not out in their score of 207/3. england's reply never really got going, and they were bowled out for just 1a9, losing by 58 runs. they're one all in the series. an excellent bounce back after that first t20. you must be really impressed? 7 definitely. really impressed? ? definitely. it was a tough loss last night but as you said we bounced back tonight and i think the guys real

stenson tweeted that he was "extremely proud and humbled to be europe's next captain".two—time major champion zachjohnson will captain the team in rome. christian erikson will return to play for his national team, denmark, less than a year after collapsing in their opening match at the european championship. eriksen, who signed for london club brentford injanuary, suffered a cardiac arrest injune while denmark were playing finland. eriksen received life—saving treatment on the pitch before being fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator device. eriksen joins up with his international team—mates for training in spain prior to the games against the netherlands and serbia at the end of the month. it's the opening day of cheltnham and there are expected to be around 250,000 spectators in attendance over the next four days. it's after last years festival had to be held behind closed doors because of coronavirus. it's thought fans will make up for lost time with bets expected to total £500 million over the next four days. last year was a record—breaking one for ir

justin rose and stenson did what they often do.fternoon, this do a their morning artistry to ta ke this do a their morning artistry to take down their competition. commentator: well played indeed. a europe at the end of the day two points ahead. it ended with your orchestrating a comeback the setting of this monumental occasion. well, let's go straight to le golf national and our reporterjohn watson. what a topsy—turvy day that was. john, a sensational turnaround after the morning's session, for team europe. i don't think anyone could have predicted that. especially not the captain in light of his team's performance today. i think he will be the happier of the two captains. in fairness, it is his selections would have really put europe on top. it was his decision to go with those historical partnerships which have proved so successful in the past. teaming up henrik stenson with justin rose this afternoon. they came up justin rose this afternoon. they came up on justin rose this afternoon. they came up on time. then ian poulter play

stenson said he disagrees with the decision but "has to accept it".xt summer having played in five ryder cups. however, in a statement, team europe said he will not be able to fulfil his contractual obligations. 0ur correspondent iain carter has more. there is only one reason that henrik has been recruited, and that is because he was the european ryder cup captain. he is ranked 171st in the world, not had a decent result really for the past year, so it is not for his golfing cachet, it is for his position within the golfing firm that the live series has decided to recruit him. and they are paying handsome sums of money to do that, to make it worth his while. four stages to go at the tour de france, and jonas vinge—go is still the man to beat. the dane finished just behind defending champion tadej pogacar on stage 17 in the pyrenees — but still leads by over 2 minutes. geraint thomas lost time on the leaders today, but has a good chance of finishing third. drew savage reports if you are going to win the tour de france, you have got to make it to the py

alongsidejustin rose not least from henrik stenson alongside justin rose and not least from henrik stensonso alongsidejustin rose and they play so well together when it comes to the ryder cup but it was henrik stenson‘s parting times that really gets he and his team—mate in it. and we saw that i'm 17 and 18 as well. -- his we saw that i'm 17 and 18 as well. —— his his putting. molinari and we spoke about him before, a great friendship turning into a great partnership with tommy fleetwood. bubba watson does not seem to produce his best golf when it comes to the ryder cup but he combined quickly with his partner to get the all important to points on the board for united states in the afternoon session and the two points there as i was saying for the european team. as far as the european captain thomas bjorn is concerned, you will be over the moon with those wild ca rd be over the moon with those wild card picks outside the players that qualified automatically, those four players, picking up the points they did. let's hearfrom him. and from tommy fleetwood and rotary michael white after what

stenson's played in five cups, winning three times.as a vice captain, you're there there to support

what i thought was fantastic was the fa ct what i thought was fantastic was the fact stenson, rose andall in the frame, it bodes brilliantly for the ryder cup in september too. the masters starts on the 5th of april and cannot come soon enough. britain's laura davies said she hoped people would stop asking her when she planned to retire, after she finished tied for second at the founders cup in phoenix, arizona. she's 5a now, and she would've become the oldest champion in lpga history if she'd won it but she finished five shots behind inbee park. davies hasn't given up on the challenge yet, though — she says she still feels she can hit the ball as well as most of the best players out there. england bowler stuart broad has told the bbc that he has no plans to retire from international cricket any time soon. england are preparing for the first test against new zealand, which gets under way in the early hours of thursday morning. broad is 31 but he already has set his sights on next year's ashes series. i have a great hunger to play. i have had it of ashes tour, i have a lot of hunger to

and suspensions that were put in place for playing in asian tour events without consent, so henrik stenson. we saw other big names from european golf in lee westwood and ian poulter resigned their memberships. richard bland has gone as well, and i would expect others to follow suit in the light of these punishments. those punishments, they announced yesterday there would be 26 players punished. do we estimate there will be 26 players resigning, well bc it play out? it there will be 26 players resigning, well bc it play out?— well bc it play out? it remains to be seen, well bc it play out? it remains to be seen. but _ well bc it play out? it remains to be seen, but fines _ well bc it play out? it remains to be seen, but fines ranging - well bc it play out? it remains to be seen, but fines ranging from | be seen, but fines ranging from £12,500 to £100,000. there are barns as well. we believe martin kiama is facing a barn. these players have to weigh up whether it is worth paying these fines, knowing if they continue to play, and several of them are contracted to, they would face a further fi

birthday boy henrik stenson, another open champion, one shot back and the leading british playerjustears old, sandy lyle, 30 years after his historic victory here. ken brown is with me. tiger is one of par at the moment. quite early stages but you've been impressed by his play, despite not being on that first page. yes. he started by hooking his opening tee shot in the tees which he has done many times before and scrambled out a par. then he had wonderful shots but left himself awkward putts which somehow, it meant he is scoring about as high as it could on the first few holes, he should have been out in about a school but is still doing well. as are many more but still plenty of big names yet to head out for the opening round of the augusta national. the world number one, dustinjohnson, he missed last year with a back injury and is desperate to begin i'm sure. phil mickelson in the background looking for fourth green jacket, they are the background looking for fourth greenjacket, they are both just about to tee off. 0ne greenjacket, they are both just about to tee off. one of the ot

stenson said he accepted straight away when he got the call.gh scotland and northern ireland did get lumbered with more in the way of cloud and some outbreaks of rain. we should see more sunshine here, though, in the next few days. another sign, though, that autumn is upon us is the presence of some early morning mist and fog. the reason it'll be drier for scotland on thursday is high pressure starting to extend up here. it's also the reason, though, that i think we will see some early mist and fog under the ridge where we've had light winds overnight. the sun, however, should burn that back pretty quickly, and then a lot of fine weather and sunshine to come through on thursday. we lose any early showers in the northeast of scotland, temperatures 21—22 celsius. through the afternoon, though, more cloud starting to show its hand in a northern ireland — that's the forerunner of this weather front that will push into the west of the uk for friday daytime. we move through thursday evening into the small hours of friday, and we get the rain into nor

stenson�*s played in five cups, winning three times.his last outing in paris, three years ago, he won three matches out of three. asa as a vice captain, you're there there to support patrick in his decision, he is the one has the ultimate decision on most things, of course, but the vice captaincy there to support him and give our feedback. we win or lose as a group and we are there to give our the best opportunity to win. now, it's been quite a summer forfemale athletes, starting at the olympics and paralympics in tokyo through to emma raducanu's stunning win at the us open. following greater investment and increased television coverage, 2021 is now being hailed as a landmark one for womens sport. chris slegg reports. sky brown would take bronze at 13 years _ sky brown would take bronze at 13 years of— sky brown would take bronze at 13 years of age! this sky brown would take bronze at 13 years of age!— sky brown would take bronze at 13 earsofaue! ,, years of age! this summer's sporting success stories _ years of age! this summer's sport

henrik stenson there. back to the champions league.tar on their bench tonight. 17—year—old charlie setford was a substitute in their eredivisie match on friday and was involved in the squad for their earlier group games. england under—18 keeper charlie was born in the netherlands, but qualifies for england thanks to dad chris. he's spoke to us, and said his experiences could help get him to the premier league one day. at ajax, it is great to have the experience to play against big people, big clubs as well. you're playing against grown—up men. great experience, and it is great. it is pressure, it is high—level, and, yeah, it is about the money, because if you play against people who are fighting for their money, it is a top league, really, to play in if you're 17, top league, really, to play in if you're17, 18, 19. yeah, of course you're17, 18, 19. yeah, of course you concentrate on the next game, and my focus is completely there. i am not thinking of the moment about where i want to be, but thinking, you want to win the premier league

when henrik stenson and justin rose we re when henrik stenson and justin rose were sent out first inmary points, the gap grew wider. under the circumstances, probably the putt of the day. with yet another point, europe became the most successful pairing injust two europe became the most successful pairing in just two days of the us was six behind and tiger woods still hadn't won a match. undaunted by the chasm and the potential pitfalls, jordan spieth and justin thomas sunk a subdued ian poulter. it will be 10-6 a subdued ian poulter. it will be 10—6 heading into sunday's singles. the us will have too summoned the spirit —— will have to summon some spirit —— will have to summon some spirit if they are to make some ryder cup history. it has been a good couple of days. iam i am proud of the way they played and stuck together and being determined to do a job. they also very well aware of what is ahead of them tomorrow. we go again tomorrow, we go back to the hotel now and refocus and we try and get some tired legs worked on and then we get out there tomorrow and this is probably the mos

justin rose and henrik stenson did, well, what the rose and stenson often do at the ryder cup.ernoon whitewash on the cards, molinari and fleetwood repeated their morning artistry to take down jordan spieth and justin thomas. well played indeed. for europe at the end of the day, two points ahead. so a day that started with very little promise ended with europe orchestrating a comeback befitting of this monumental occasion. ben croucher, bbc news. incredible afternoon for europe. one we have not really had since gleneagles, i guess. there were a couple of times where we strain to have a great session but it did not materialise. but this has been awesome. the first tee shot was not like anything i've been involved with before. it was like a feeling of a foot ball before. it was like a feeling of a football game back in the states, an nfl football game, and i'm in the middle of the field and i have to hit a tee shot with all that adrenaline. it was incredible, even though the crowd is a european crowd, just to be in the atmosphere is electric. it is so hard to explain, just being

henrik stenson has won golf‘s world challenge in the bahamas after tournament host tiger woods' challengeould only find one birdie on the back nine to finish 4 shots behind stenson. the swede eagled the 15th to take him to 18 under par, a shot clear of spain'sjon rahm. don't worry. we've not forgotten about the boxing. anthonyjoshua and andy ruinunior in that colosal heavyweight rematch is taking place right now in saudi arabia. they are in the second round. you can follow that one blow for blow on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. thank you. if you think you are getting into the christmas spirit, i doubt you to challenge this family. the christmas spirit has most certainly arrived at one house in germany. thomas and susanne jeromin have spruced up their saxony home with a remarkable 350 christmas trees. decking the halls began in august, with tens of thousands of baubles and over 300 strings of lights used in the process. no two trees are the same, this year's themes include superheroes and star wars. not content with their current record, the family is aiming to squee

henrick stenson has been named as europe's ryder cup captain for next year's contest in rome., where the swede holed the winning putt in a dominant european victory. he was vice—captain to harrington at the last edition and said being named captain was emotional and an honour. it's extremely humbling. it's something i don't think i could ever have imagined back in the day. it was watching them play in the ryder cup, and that sparks thoughts of one day playing in the ryder cup and now i'm sitting here after a successful playing career in the ryder cup as the 2023 captain, so it is humbling. yeah, emotional. its the 2023 captain, so it is humbling. yeah, emotional.— the 2023 captain, so it is humbling. yeah, emotional. its rugby union and leicester tigers _ yeah, emotional. its rugby union and leicester tigers have _ yeah, emotional. its rugby union and leicester tigers have been _ yeah, emotional. its rugby union and leicester tigers have been fined - leicester tigers have been fined more than £300,000 for breaching salary—cap regulations, although sunak ——leicester tigers have

representing europe, henrik stenson and justin rose. cheering.sa team packed with major winning talent. in the blue, a europe united. representing europe, henrik stenson and justin rose. cheering. bienvenue to the ryder cup, where golfers become gladiators. in the red corner, a usa team packed with major winning talent. in the blue, a europe united. the opening fourballs went to the form book, the usa chipping away at europe's resolve. 3—0 up. if they had the x factor, europe had its own piece of moliwood. round she comes, round she comes! what a two. foursomes meant this man, ian poulter, as europe whitewashed the afternoon session, to give the usa plenty to ponder. new day, new outfit, same europe. mcilroy won with garcia. they won two. so did they. he didn't. the us were in deep trouble. not too chuffed to see this man draining putts again. his team—mates weren't too shabby either. under the circumstances, probably the putt of the day. still advantage europe. usa responded strongly at the start of the singles, but the blue wave was coming. jon

justin rose and his partner henrik stenson were among some big name players who missed the cut at golfm event. england's rose and stenson of sweden needed a birdie on the final hole to avoid an early exit, but the two major winners both found the water. they did finish their round with a six—under—par 66, but on a day of low scoring that wasn't enough to get them into the weekend as the cut was made at seven—under. world number three, jason day, and world number the semi—finals of the world snooker championship will be concluded today. at midday, defending champion mark selby resumes tied at 12 frames all with ding junhui. these are live pictures from the crucible wherejohn higgins leads barry hawkins ten frames to six. they are still into the first frame. you can watch that now on bbc two. hawkins is just getting control of this frame. hawkins was a finalist in 2013. higgins was last in a final some years ago. great britain's ice hockey team have made history in belfast, beating the netherlands 14—0. colin shields scored a hat—trick and in doing so broke tony hand's record, of a0 for

justin rose and his partner henrik stenson were among some big name players who missed the cut at golfon of sweden needed a birdie on the final hole to avoid an early exit, but the two major winners both found the water. they did finish their round with a six—under—par 66, but on a day of low scoring that wasn't enough to get them into the weekend as the cut was made at 7—under. the semi—finals of the world snooker championship will be concluded today. at midday, defending champion mark selby resumes tied at 12 frames all with ding junhui. these are live pictures from the crucible wherejohn higgins leads barry hawkins ten frames to six. he has missed a routine pot on the pink. but this frame has lasted over half—hour. with john higgins, full—time winner, leading ii—7. but you can see how close this frame is. 49-47. you can watch that now on bbc two. that's all sport for now. time for the weather. it has been a decent looking day so far. we have had a few showers around, but for many, seems similar to this one. some sunshine, patchy cloud around as well, but the cloud thinning and break

while background)) so a comfortable gold for australia'sjessica stenson. coast she finally has commonwealth gold. she joined me a short while ago to tell me how she's feeling: it has been a uniquejourney it has been a unique journey to these games with at the race cancellations due to covid and coming back from having my boy, billy and... i had a really great team out there today. we really went into the race as a team and i could feel that positivity out there and i think that really helped me to get the most out of myself and it will take a little while to sink in. while background)) so many impressive marathon performances today — but there was heartbreak as you saw there for david weir. a puncture that cost him the race. needless to stay he was incredibly disappointed afterwards — but he was also keen to flag up what he felt are bigger issues within the sport. here he is speaking to jj chalmers. ijust i just feel i don't ijust feel i don't have enough luck lately in major championships. since rio to be honest. i do the marathon circuit. i come in the t

did, well what rose and stenson often do at the ryder cup, and with an unprecedented afternoon whitewashn spieth and justin thomas. well played indeed, to europe at the end of the day, two points ahead. so, a day that started with very little promise ended with europe orchestrating a comeback befitting of this monumental occasion. ben croucher, bbc news. incredible afternoon for europe. 0ne we haven't really had since gleneagles, i guess. there was a couple of times where we threaten to have a great session and it did not really materialise, but to see all blue on the board this afternoon is awesome. the first tee shot was not like anything i have been involved in before. it was like a feeling of a football game back in the states, an nfl football game, and i'm in the middle of the field and i have to hit a tee shot. you have to make a golf swing with all that type of adrenaline, so it was incredible, even though the crowd is european, we are on european soil, just to be in that atmosphere is electric. it is so hard to explain, just being there, knowing that all eyes are on you, it is a

rory mcilroy was a joint leader but isjust stenson.e another top british player is tied for 20th place. manchester city can win the premier league title tomorrow if they beat rivals manchester united at the etihad, with six games to spare it would be the earliest team has ever won the title, manager pep guardiola isn't allowing the derby status to distract him of the team from the prize. it's quite close to be champion, it's a coincidence that it isa champion, it's a coincidence that it is a derby but believe me, that doesn't matter, we don't prepare the season to think we are going to win the premier league and manchester united concerns of the situation is what it is, we're just focusing on what it is, we're just focusing on what we have to do to win and that's it. we have been in second position for many, many months. obviously it is our objective to fight for that, and for that we need points. so my objective for tomorrow is to try to have points that can help us to finish second. a crowd is expected to watch england's women play w

henrik stenson's parting quite superb. 17 and 18 to keep in it.e it went awry for team europe. bubba watson hasn't played particularly well in ryder cups in past. but he combined superbly with hispano. justin thomas and jordan spieth. they have performed brilliantly. they will be league 2 they will look to if they are to get a hold of the ryder cup, keep a hold of it. —— bubba watson combined superbly with speith. lesia from thomas bjorn, looking ahead to the singles matches to come on sunday. it has been a good couple of days, it's really has. they have done tremendously well, i am proud of the way they played. they have been determined to do a job. they are well i wear —— aware what is ahead of them tomorrow. we go again, we go back to the hotel now. we try and get some tired legs were dropped and we get out there tomorrow and this is probably the most important pigeonholes ahead of these players for a long, long time. 10-6 is 10—6 is the deficit as we know. it has been done before. who can forget tea m has been done before. who can forget team

henrik stenson has been sacked as europe's ryder cup captain."in light of decisions made by henrik in relation to his personal circumstances" earlier i spoke to our golf correspondent iain carter. there is only one reason that henrik stenson has been recruited and that is because he was the european ryder cup captain, his hundred and 71st in the world, his aunt had a decent result really for the past year. it's not for his golfing cachet, it is for his position within the golfing firm and the series has decided to recruit him. they are paying handsome sums of money to do that, to make it worth his while. there is no dispute over that, i don't think. it's clearly a big blow against the european, notjust a ryder cup set but also at the dp world tour and everything that european golf and the golfing status quo, the dp world tour are in close alliance with the pga tour. it is a big attack on them. it is designed to destabilise the status quo, once again. to destabilise the status quo, once aaain. ., �* ., , again. you've rewind five months before th

after competing in five ryder cups as a player, stenson was due to lead the european team for the firstnext summer. however, in a statement, team europe said he will not be able to fulfil his contractual obligations. stenson is expected to be named as a new liv recruit imminently, while thomas bjorn and luke donald are among the favourites to replace him for next year's ryder cup. now, to athletics and what a night it was for british runnerjake whightman. he produced a brilliant performance to win gold in the 1500 meters at the world championships in oregon. whightman, who finished 10th in the olympic final, manged to overtake the favourite and olympic championjakob ingerbritsen, on the final bend, to take the title, and become the first british man to win gold in the event since steve cram in 1983. it hasn't really sunk in. i keep having to look at it to measure its the right colour to start with! it's a lifetime of work since i was eight years old. it's hopefully a reward for myself are putting in the time but a lot of people who have been part of this journey to get me here. an incre

wallace finished seven under par, a shot clear of henrik stenson.ell down the leaderboard at the moment, on four over par. britain's frazer clarke was stripped of a semi—final place at the world boxing championships. the super—heavyweight won against maxsim babanin. but his russian opponent lodged an appeal and the result was overturned. workers in qatar continue to be mistreated despite promises to improve rights ahead of the 2022 world cup, thats according to amnesty international. a new report says thousands of workers are going unpaid. the world athletics championships begin in doha later this month and the president of the iaaf, sebastian coe, has today told the bbc he stands by the decision to host the event there. we cannot base sporting relationships on those temporary arrangements. sport is a permanent feature. of our society. and we have to protect it. that's not to say that we are not, we are oblivious to the fact that we will be taking our event into places of challenge can we we re event into places of challenge can we were taking them

the other two pics i henrik stenson and paul caseyjoining the other two pics i henrik stenson and paulere. jim furyk revealed three of his captain ‘s picks, and tiger woods is in there in what is a very, very strong american team. alistair cook preparing to play his very last test match for england against india, starting on friday. he announced his retirement a couple of days ago. he says he's been mulling it overfor 6 months, england won the series against india but alistair cook was well below par and he has lost his edge somewhat but the leading run scorer says he knew the time was right and said he cried when he told his team—mates down in hampshire after they sealed the series victory. he says there would always be another alistair cook. i am definitely replaceable. there will be another very good player coming along, i'm sure. with the same attributes as you? that's not for me to say. all i can say is, it's very hard when you still have another game to play and i'm determined to play that in the game. and it's summer will be never be around again, but it has been a surreal coupl

stenson and nolan. won seven of the 12 singles matches played today. played today.d run—in expected. expected run—in expected. expecting it to be tight and america went in as favourite, room per. —— remember. lewis hamilton has won the russian grand prix... championship title was helped by team orders. to let hamilton win. with a maximum 125 still available in the remaining five races. nick parrot has the story of the race. celebrations were the order of the day in city. day in city. giving up a victory that should have been his. been his. title rival but only until the pit stop. stop. a miscalculation for him return pop behind the scolari. return pop behind the scolari. he wasn't long as he effectively retook second place. retook second place. victory would proved more controversial. into turned 13. tail, i had to make sure we did this to secure it. to secure it. the chequered flag, he saw his advantage grow. advantage grow. day for mercedes but not for valtteri bottas. valtteri bottas. you need to let lloris into turned 13 this lap. —— lewis. this is because of ma

one rather sobering note to bring you news wires from here at royal birkdale, we heard that henrik stensonst year's wenner, he has announced that yesterday whilst he was playing, whilst he was out on the course, his rented house here at royal birkdale was burgled. thankfully, he had already given back the claretjug, but we have taken all his clothes. he has said he hopes it doesn't spoil his championship too much, but at a particularly sour note for henrik stenson today. we have got in the play highlights on the bbc website, you can watch those, and highlights on bbc one from eight o'clock. ok, thank you very much. this should be one smiling picture on sunday there and this weekend as well. chris froome it should win his fortitude two difference title, tour de france title, he's arrived today's the longest siege of the tournament, he has a 23 seconds lead after the 183 miles today. the stage was won by the norwegian in marseille. richard conway is in paris for the race ends on sunday. the sun is shining, lots of fans flocking into paris, lots of cyclists as well as you can see over here no

course that's been kind to americans down the years and produced an all—time classic between henrik stensonn 2016. more of the same? yes, please! away from the golf... chelsea have begun disciplinary proceedings against argentine midfielder enzo fernandez after he posted a video on social media which the french football federation says included a "racist and discriminatory" chant. fernandez�*s chelsea team—mate wesley fofana describes the video as "uninhibited racism". fifa is also investigating, while chelsea say they here is what fernandez had to say... fernandez�*s club chelsea also issued the following statement... the response has been as a consequence of the international repercussions. and it's been interesting. the argentine government, which i think you could see it as extreme right, doesn't like anything that could be put under the umbrella of woke. but from there, the undersecretary for sports, he said, look, this has left our country looking very bad, and he's called on the team captain lionel messi and the president of the argentine fa to issue an apology. this has sparked a re

i hope we get a nice weekend without too much rain. little further back, henrik stenson is eight shotsead after revealing today in his rented home was burgled during thursday's first round, which, he says, valuable personal items stolen. nothing that would affect today's round, i would say, but spending four hours with the police, and going out to dinner, rather than staying in the house as you want to do, it was a different evening, i would you want to do, it was a different evening, iwould put you want to do, it was a different evening, i would put it that way. kadeena cox has won a 14th gold medalfor great britain at the world para athletics championships at the london stadium, winning the t38 400 metres. and in some style, too. kate grey has been watching the action. it has been an evening of heartbreak and triumph for great britain. only one gold, and that was for kadeena cox. this adds to her paralympic title. she led from the very beginning, and by the time she reached the home straight, the rest of the field were a long way back. she was six seconds ahead of silver medal. i cau

henrik stenson played some of the best golf the open championship has seen, but as defending championwas a modest first round. despite this tee shot on the 70 finished just a shot underpar. but the first day was all about the americans. jordan spieth leading from the front. after winning back—to—back majors in 2015, he hasn't hit the same heights since, but he was back on song at birkdale, especially on the greens. and by lunchtime on day one at five under without dropping a shotjordan spieth was the man to catch. newly crowned us open champion brooks wasn't far behind, digging his way out of trouble and need to share of the lead at five under. into the afternoon as the weather improved so did the goal. matt kuchar racing out of the blocks, four under after his first six. another american sharing the lead. rory mcilroy was paired with world number one dustin johnson. lead. rory mcilroy was paired with world number one dustinjohnson. a dream for fans but around that turned into a nightmare for rory mcilroy. bogey on the opening hole. that was his first of five in just the first few hol

the only player in the world's top ten competing here is henrik stenson, who is only one shot behindthe fedex cup play—offs start. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. friday is looking a bit cooler across the board, and there'll plenty of showers around, too, some of them merging together to produce longer spells of rain, particularly across the north and the west of the uk. we start the morning off with sunshine and dry in the south and eastern areas. there will be plenty of showers from the word go, particularly across scotland. some merging together to bring longer spells of rain in the north—west and eastern areas as well. a little bit of sunshine to the south. some sunshine and one or two showers for northern ireland. temperatures around 12 degrees in belfast to start the day. england and wales, most of the showers in northern and western areas. whereas for the midlands eastwards, it should be a largely dry start. temperatures around 15—17 degrees, but quite breezy,

henrik stenson says he's not fully prepared as he start the defence of his race to dubai title at thepion has spent more time skiing than playing golf since finishing the year as european number one for the second time in four years. but now it is back to work. it was the best year in my career. i was very happy with what i achieved. i will try to be there again when it matters this year. any time you can put yourself in contention is great, and give yourself opportunities to win. likei and give yourself opportunities to win. like i said, i might not have too high expectations of my game early in the season, that i would love to win this event. i have come close a couple of times in the past and it is the only one here in the middle east i have not managed to win. soi middle east i have not managed to win. so i am going to try my hardest and matter what. south africa's ab de villiers has made himself unavailabe for miost of his country's test matches in 2017. de villiers, who missed the recent series against australia and sri lanka with an elbow injury, was expected to return for the