cue glenn maxwell.s a master, maxwell was even more majestic, making his way to a half—ce ntu ry majestic, making his way to a half—century in just 30 balls. majestic, making his way to a half—century injust 30 balls. he survived a couple of scares, dropped already before jason roy gave him grounds to continue. and how he capitalised. a one—man demolition job. maxwell, sealing his century and leading australia to a five wicket win. british sprinter nigel levine has been provisionally suspended for failing a drugs test. the european indoor and outdoor champion tested positive for the banned asthma drug clenbuterol. he hasn't competed in over a year since he broke his pelvis in a motorcycle accident. he will now face a uk anti—doping hearing. great britain's tennis players have made a strong start to their fed cup round robin event in estonia. straight sets wins for hetaher watson and johanna konta saw them beat portugal, next up are the hosts on friday for a chance to reach the play offs over the weekend

cue glenn maxwell.tury in just 30 balls. he survived a couple of scares, dropped already before jason roy gave him grounds to continue — and how he capitalised. a one—man demolition squad, maxwell sealing his century and leading australia to a five—wicket victory. so disappointment on the field for england's cricket. plenty more cricket to be played there, though, over the next weeks and months. meanwhile, back here the quest to keep cricket relevant continues. £3 million of lottery money will radically expand the ‘street cricket‘ programme. the search for stars continues. here'sjoe wilson. if you woke up in the middle of london this morning with a temperature of about zero, cricket may have been the last thing on your mind but this is an attempt to show that whether tennis ball wrapped in insulation tape you can play cricket in this country, more or less any time, anywhere. we have a tournament going on here and this is being run by the chance to shine charity. the man batting, hancock, he is the man a

england's cricketers have lost their opening match of the t20 tri series after glenn maxwell survivedher dramatic reprieve to take australia to victory by five wickets. paul garrity reports. arm this term, australia have shown why they are the best at test cricket and england have led the way on 50 overs. dawid malan has been masterful with the bat to claim a half—ce ntu ry masterful with the bat to claim a half—century but as he triumphed, ashton agar had his say, two wickets to hold england's acceleration. england set a target of 156 to win. it was an explosive start to the innings, david willey with two wickets in the first over, the hosts in hobart on the back foot. 0 glenn maxwell. he was even more majestic than dawid malan, moving to a half—century in just 30 balls. than dawid malan, moving to a half—century injust 30 balls. he survived a couple of scares, dropped already before jason roy gave him grounds to continue and how he capitalised. a one—man demolition squad, maxwell feeling his century and leading them to a four wicket victory. british sprinter nigel levine has been pr

cue glenn maxwell.ropped already before jason roy gave him grounds to continue and how he capitalised. a one—man demolition squad, maxwell feeling his century and leading australia to a four wicket victory. british sprinter nigel levine has been provisionally suspended for failing a drugs test. the european indoor gold medallist hasn't competed since he broke his pelvis in a motorbike crash in spain injanuary, 2017. more from our reporter ade adedoyin. late last year, it was reported he tested positive for a banned substance and asked for his b sample to be tested as well. it was named as clenbuterol, and asthma drug, also on the band list. uk athletics at the time would not comment. today, they say he has been provisionally suspended. we can infer that b sample has come back positive that well. he has a right toa positive that well. he has a right to a hearing with the uk and doping agency, where he can provide information on how the substance got into his system. he then has the option to take it to t

australia's glenn maxwell hit an unbeaten 103 in hobart that included a last ball six, to give his side t20 series. the 29—year—old also took three for ten during england's innings — when they reached 155 from their 20 overs. darvid malan top scoring for them with 50 before maxwell guided his side to victory. to golf and jordan spieth will look to retain his title at the at&t pro am at pebble beach this week. the world number three who's won three majors will look to gather momentum as he heads towards the first major of the year, the masters, at augusta national in april and he's looking forward to the experience. this is a beautiful place to come back to. we will be blessed with the weather this week. last year was a little different but it will be something special. we will see a few firm golf courses which will be a change. a lot different last few. quite exciting in itself. it is not quite a us open type tests but somewhat similar conditions at pebble beach which will be a new experience for all of us. at torrey pines it felt like it was a very long time, which it kind of was. but

cue glenn maxwell.ready before jason roy gave him grounds to continue — and how he capitalised. a one—man demolition squad, maxwell sealing his century and leading australia to a five—wicket victory. west ham have signed the former manchester united defender patrice evra on a short—term deal. he is 36, but has been out of contract since being sacked by marseille following an altercation in november with one of their fans. he is currently serving a seven—month uefa ban because of the incident. west ham heralded the signing with this video on social media. he is free to play for the cameras. he is free to play for the hammers. evra won five premier league titles and the champions league with united, and two serie a titles withjuventus, but he's clearly up for the relegation battle that awaits at west ham. blowing bubbles! i love this game! , an! come on! british sprinter nigel levine has been provisionally suspended for failing a drugs test. the european indoor gold medallist hasn't competed since he brok

but a quick fire unbeaten a0 from glenn maxwell steered australia home with more than three overs toe richards collapsed after living up to her favourite billing by winning the women's under 23 title at the cyclo cross world championships. richards won the title in 2016 and finished third last year. she was carried to the medical tent, but recovered to stand on the podium at valkenburg in the netherlands. ben tulett made it back to back world title wins for britain in the men'sjunior race. he follows tom pidcock who led home a british one two three last year. lee westwood remains in contention at golf‘s european tour event in malaysia after carding a two under par 70 in the third round. he goes into tomorrow's final day on 12 under par three shots behind spain's jorge campillo and dylan frittelli of south africa. while scotland's marc warren is one of six players tied in fifth place, that's one shot ahead of westwood who is on 13 under. he carded a third round of 69, which produced 5 birdies, including one on the final hole. horse racing, and there was a big surprise in the race of t

and coming up in the sport on bbc news: glenn maxwell's century takes australia to victory over england t20 tri—series match in hobart. the aussies win by five wickets. good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. two of the victims of the black cab rapist, john worboys, have been given the go—ahead for a high court challenge against the decision to release him from prison. worboys appeared in person at the hearing, at the high court in london. last month, the parole board was criticised when it announced he would be freed after less than ten years in prison. police believe he may have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. today the judge ordered that he be brought from his cell to the court — though his victims were not expecting him to see him there. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is at the high court. yes, in the last ten minutes judges have given permission for a legal challenge to releasejohn worboys after ten yea rs challenge to releasejohn worboys after ten years in prison. it was a decision by the parole board that was hugely controversial. dri

alongside those men are two others, glenn maxwell roy, charged with exposure, and rory harrison, accusede ofjustice and all four denied the charges against them. the alleged victim, aged 21, has been giving evidence for three days. the court has heard she was out at a nightclub in belfast and went into a vip area where some ulster rugby players were. she went back to paddy jackson's house and says she was raped by paddy jackson and stuart olding an upstairs bedroom. according to the prosecution the day after the attack, and a whatsapp message was sent to a group of friends boasting about the events of the night. the alleged victim has been questioned today and yesterday. she has previously said she didn't follow rugby. this morning a barrister showed the court and alleged text message to a friend, the text said just pretend you don't know they are from rugby. the alleged victim denied watering down her knowledge of rugby. the trial continues. it is expected to last for another four weeks. chris page, thank you. our top story this lunchtime. theresa may has refused to give details about w

new zealand had a foot hold in the game but some big blows from glenn maxwell eased the aussies to victorys. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we had a new version ofjourney‘s end. helen mirren in winchester, the ghost story chiller. and an oscar—nominated denzel washington in romanj israel, esq. journey‘s end, is it a tough watch? i was very impressed by it, it is directed by a man whose previous film was about world war ii. this is set in the trenches of world war i, a terrific ensemble cast, tobyjones, paul bettany. .. and essentially what the film does is capture the sort of day—to—day squalor and struggle and comradeship of people in those trenches in the middle of that terrible war. my darling joan. when you read this, i don't imagine that for one moment you will feel bitter and resentful. but you will find comfort in the thought that i went down fighting for my country. you are too clear— headed for that, my darling. there is a job to be done. it ought never to have arisen, but that is not the point. i have had so ver

however, that brought glenn maxwell to the crease. his half—century. 90—3 in hobart. british sprinter nigel levine has been provisionally suspended for failing a drugs test. the european indoor relay gold medallist has not competed since he broke his pelvis in a motorbike crash last january. and it was reported in december, he'd allegedly tested positive for the banned asthma drug clenbuterol. great britain begin their fed cup campaign in estonia later. they play the estonians and portuguese teams as they attempt to get through the europe and africa group. that would take them to the next level of world tennis for the first time since 1993. jason and laura kenny will represent great britain for the first time since the olympics after being selected for the track cycling world champoinships in the netherlands. since increasing their gold medal haul to 10 between them in rio, the couple have got married and had a baby, albie, just over six months ago. jason also retired briefly before returning to competitive cycling last month. you can