once again valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton were racing from the front and in the fight for the firstwould come from and for ferreri of late, and has been technical charles leclerc fought back from ninth on the grade to the cusp with the lead. but seeing out of the pits so his tyres and prospects slip away. as this race reached a climax, it was a familiar finish. this time for bottas, the first turn would prove the difference. on a track hamilton says he doesn‘t enjoy, he had to settle for second. but this year in this sport, one team and two drivers do all the celebrating. joe lynsky, bbc news. tough race even though it may be that much wasn‘t happening at the front. lewis was putting pressure on. i couldn‘t do any mistakes but everything was under control. i‘m happy to see the chequered flag and get first place. congratulations to him. he drove a fantastic race. he drove a great race and he deserved it. it's a great result for the team and honestly, this is the best start of the season we have ever had. going forward barcelona and the rounds come thick and fat and it is clear ferrer

this time for valtteri bottas, the first turn would prove the difference., he had to settle for second but this year in this sport, one team and two drivers do all the celebrating. it was a tough race all the celebrating. it was a tough ra ce eve n all the celebrating. it was a tough race even though maybe not much happening. lewis was putting pressure all the time so i couldn't do any mistakes but honestly, everything was under control so i am happy to see the chequered flag and get this first place. world number three petra kvitova beat anett kontaveit in straight sets 6—3, 7—6 to win the stuttgart grand prix on sunday. it was the czech‘s second title in 2019 following victory at the sydney international injanuary and comes just a month before the start of the french open. i'm very pleased with my performance today. it was always something different compared to other matches. it was a great one today. played many times with anna before. she gave me a hard time today and i was happy that i was able to make it and especially in the second, she had to set po

he finished ahead of his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas, as nick parrott reports. hamilton in the pit lane or on the track in shanghai. no wonder, the briton has won here more times than anyone else, and was determined to have the honour of winning formula 0ne's1,000th race. he swept past team—mate valtteri bottas and went on to become only the second driver to lead 4,000 laps. the first lap drama continued with both mclarens colliding. but after overtaking sebastian vettel, their ferrari team intervened. let sebastian by. i'm pulling away. mercedes were far slicker, even managing to double up from their pit stops, timing things to perfection. they got lucky last time, but there was nothing fortunate about lewis hamilton's sixth win in china. i think we did a greatjob today, and to have a 1—2 together is special, on the 1,000th grand prix. but the start was where i was able to make the different. that leaves hamilton six points clear in the drivers championship, and mercedes with a best start to a season by a team since 1992. nick parrott, bbc news. wasps have got

this time for valtteri bottas, the first turn would be the difference.ting. tough race even though maybe not that much happening at the front but obviously lewis was putting pressure on me all the time. i cannot have too many mistakes but honestly, i'm happy to see the chequered flag and get this first place. can congratulations to val terry. you made no mistakes. it was great. it was a great result for the team. honestly, this is the best start of the season we've ever had. all that means is that valtteri bottas has overtaken hamilton over the standing sosa his furry team—mate could challenge for the podium and the and for some leclair does take the bonus point. next up is the spanish grand prix in barcelona in a fortnight time. dominic thiem has beaten daniil medvedev in straight sets to win the barcelona open title. thiem overpowered the russian 6—4, 6—0, just a day after knocking out 11—time champion and top seed rafael nadal in the semi—finals. the third—seeded austrian claimed his second title in four events after beating roger federer at indian we

he finished ahead of his team—mate valtteri bottas to make it three one—twoss in a row for mercedes. the pit lane or on the track in shanghai. no wonder the briton has won here more times than anyone else and with the honour of winning formula 1's1000th race at stake, hamilton was determined to add that statistic to his collection. he swept past mercedes team mate valtteri bottas by the first corner and went on to become only the second driver to lead 4000 laps. the first lap drama continued with daniil kvyat being penalised for colliding with both mclarens. and charles leclerc would have liked to add to the spectacle, but after overtaking sebastian vettel, their ferrari team intervened. let sebastian by. i'm pulling away. mercedes were far slicker it, even managing to double up on the pit stops, timing things to perfection. they got lucky last time out in bahrain but there was nothing fortunate about hamilton's sixth win in china. that leaves hamilton six points clear in the drivers' championship and mercedes with the best start to the season by a team since 1992. nick parrott, bbc

valtteri bottas takes pole in azerbaijan as charles leclerc‘s challenge hits the wall.out why it was a day to remember forjockey bryony frost — as she enjoyed the perfect return from injury. hello and welcome to the programme. it certainly feels like the end of the season, but forget the premier league title race because today it's all about the battle at the bottom — with teams scrambling to stay in the top flight next season. some crucial results this afternoon that could prove the difference — including a very important draw for brighton this evening. they've managed to claim a crucial point after coming from behind against newcastle. ayoze perez opened the scoring with this header causing some worried faces among the home fans. but brighton equalised 15 minutes from time. pascal gross with a huge goal, ending the seagulls seven—game goal drought. a win would have all but guaranteed survivalfor brighton after cardiff's 1—0 defeat to already relegated fulham, a game they needed to win today — neil warnocik‘s face says it all. ryan babel with the only goal in that gane

valtteri bottas fended off team—mate hamilton in a tight battle for pole position at the chinese grandaced ferrari on a good day for them in shanghai. domination is a theme that runs through formula 1's history. alfa romeo controlled the first grand prix 69 years ago and now mercedes are doing the same as it reaches 1000 races in china. but it is not the dominant driver at the top of the dominant driver at the top of the pack. valtteri bottas usually play second fiddle to mercedes team—mate and five—time world champion lewis hamilton. in shanghai, it was the thin challenging the proceedings. quicker in practice and qualifying to claim his first pole position of the season, edging out his british rival by just two hundredths season, edging out his british rival byjust two hundredths of season, edging out his british rival by just two hundredths of a season, edging out his british rival byjust two hundredths of a second. good weekend so far. starting from pole position, yeah. already co mforta ble pole position, yeah. already comfortable today and this morning in practice, in qualifying.

hamilton started from second on the grid but soon sped past his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas andfinished second, while ferrari's sebastian vettel was third, but only after the team ordered his team—mate charles leclerc to let him pass. it's a huge day in the premier league title race with the top two — liverpool and manchester city — in action this afternoon. jurgen klopp's side host chelsea later in what's being billed as their toughest test in the run—in. before that, pep guardiola takes his side to crystal palace. selhurst park is always difficult, i have mean to say, notjust for the players, but for everything. they have quality players, one against one, one against 211 against three. so six games left to finish the premier league, we know what we are playing for. we are going to prepare well. all eyes on norwich as they look to take a step closer to the premier league. they're in action at wigan athletic this lunchtime. the latics themselves are just a point above the relegation zone so a win is vital for them as well, and it's wigan who lead through reece james's first half

in formula one verse eighty's driver valtteri bottas capitalize on his full position start to clinch first place at the grand prix in baquba his teammate lewis hamilton came second continuing the team's early season dominance ferrari racer sebastian vettel finished third to round out podium the wind pushes but has just ahead of hamilton to first standings the jews have finished in the top two for every race so far. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you early results in spain's general election show the socialists of prime minister pedro sanchez will win the vote but without a part of the tree majority the far right vox party is also on of course to enter parliament for the first time. and heavy rains are causing massive flooding in mozambique just three days after the country was hit by cycling kennett some seven hundred thousand people in the country could be at risk of juta flooding additional downpours are forecast for the coming days. you're watching t.v. news next is our reporter the story of a designer that uses road kill to create fashion mistakes or news the

resave formula one driver valtteri bottas has taken pole position in sunday's azerbaijan grand prix after setting the fastest lap in qualifying in the capital back to fellow mercedes driver lewis hamilton will line up alongside bought us at the front of the grid appleton is reigning world champion and has won the last two races his prime title rivals the best in fettle will start in third place for ferrari. you're watching news up next a former ira fighter working to heal the scars from decades of violence in north there are and will be back with more news at the top of the hour stage you. have. a sex phone operator who worked her masters thesis on the potato. to breed. not to turn on well it's more residuals from their. literature list to live by the street. people here life they love their country but not the current conditions.

lead home may sadie's one to finishing more than six and a half seconds ahead of his teammate valtteri bottas ferrari sebastien fettle was third hamilton's win means he overtakes potus at the top of the driver's standings . and engulfed tiger woods remains on course to win his first major golfing title in more than a decade as he heads into the final round of the u.s. masters woods fired six birdies in round three at augusta he's just two shots behind leader francesco molinari tee off times for the final day have been brought forward due to the threat of thunderstorms players will be grouped in threes instead of the usual two. now it's super plane with six engines two fuselages and the longest wing span ever created has completed its maiden flight the so-called stress of the one took off from the mojave desert in california and flew for two whole hours the aircraft is designed to look at a satellite laden rockets into space from high up in the air all of them in the ground making space missions cheaper is the brainchild of paul allen the late co-founder of microsoft but the stratolaunch faces

weekend as their drivers again finished first and second at the azerbaijan grand prix this time out valtteri bottas got the better of his teammate lewis hamilton in a race that turned into a stroll for mercedes. the most eighties geo started the race on the front row of the grid reigning world champion lewis hamilton was desperate to take the lead off a valid to rebox us but the finn held off his teammates early attacks. it quickly became clear that sebastian fattal had little hope of overhauling the front to his ferrari team mate charlotte clegg battled his way up the field after his crash in qualifying he even led briefly thanks to the leading trios pit stop but the plan only worked for so long as nick clegg's tires degraded he was easily reeled in by the race favorites eventually dropping back to fifth place that left the white cliff a potus to complete a comfortable victory already his second in four races of the new season. i could not do any mistakes but honestly everything was under control so i'm happy to to see the track if i can get this right this first question the victory puts boxer so

in formula one mercedes driver valtteri bottas capitalize on his pole position start to clinch first place at the azerbaijan grand prix and back his team mate lewis hamilton came second continuing the team's early season dominants ferrari racer sebastian vettel finished third to round out the podium when push. just bought test just ahead of hamilton to first in the standings the jewel have finished in the top two for every race so far. the superhero film avengers endgame has shattered the record for the biggest opening weekend with one point two billion dollars in global ticket sales the movie surpassed analysts expectations setting records in the u.s. china brazil and france as well as in three dozen other markets the three hour actions spectacle features popular comic book characters such as iron man the hulk and thor in a battle against the super villain phantoms. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the socialists of prime minister pedro sanchez in spain have won the most votes in the election there but they will need to form a coalition with smaller parties to

and we turn to sports now in formula one for sadie's driver valtteri bottas capitalize on his pole position start to clinch first place at the azerbaijan grand prix in baquba his teammate lewis hamilton came seconds continuing it seems early season dominance ferrari racer sebastian vettel finished third to round out the podium the wind pushes bought us just ahead of hamilton to first in the standings the duo have finished in the top two for every race so far. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the socialists of prime minister pager ascensions haven't won the most votes in spain's election but they will need to form a coalition to remain in power the far right vox party will also enter the spanish parliament for the first time. stay with us after the break we'll have the best of sunday's been his legal action featuring league leaders fire in munich they were hoping to capitalize on dortmund's loss on saturday but they had to overcome a nuremberg side desperate to avoid relegation former bonus league a star michelle didn't say will be on hand to give his views on that and

for us today so well done to lewis hamilton and va ltteri so well done to lewis hamilton and valtteri bottast to see a lot more of this. skateboarding ten—year—old sky brown has won the title of the uk national championships. she hopes to represent great britain at the 0lympics to represent great britain at the olympics in japan next to represent great britain at the 0lympics injapan next year. quite good, isn't it? also, the nba play—offs. austin had eaten indiana, portland have beaten 0klahoma said —— city and milwaukee are on their way to a win against detroit. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport.but from me and all the magicians and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. it has been a largely dry weekend. there's been a bit of sunshine, but it's also felt pretty chilly for this time of year. this was the scene taken on sunday in gosport in hampshire. so some blue skies, some sunshine. but we've had quite a chilly breeze and temperatures have been below par for the middle of april. as we move through this week, still some sunny spells, s

where sadie's formula one driver valtteri bottas has taken pole position at sunday's azerbaijan grand prix after setting the fastest lap in qualifying in the capital back to fellow mercedes driver lewis hamilton while lined up alongside office in the front of the grid reigning world champion lewis hamilton has won the last basis. you're watching news up next the challenges confronting egypt's christian minority how they're shaping egyptian society despite widespread persecution we'll be back with more news at the top of the. school. to listen to. his grandparents arrives. julie ringing on her journey to freedom. you know we're the interactive documentary to ruby and already returns home on the w. don't come to tanks.

valtteri bottas takes pole in azerbaijan as charles leclerc‘s challenge hits the wall.er collarbone. hello and welcome to sportsday. cardiff's hopes of staying up have taken a huge blow — after they lost 1—0 at already—relegated fulham. ryan babel‘s spectacular goal from 25 yards in the 79th minute proved to be the difference. cardiff missed a number of good chances in the last ten minutes — junior hoilett coming closest when he hit the crossbar. neil warnock‘s side are three points off safety, with two games to go. we aren't out of it yet. i think that we had ten shots in the last ten minutes. i thought we could have been a bit more intense in the first half, but probably a bit nervous. i don't know. i can't follow any of their efforts, is just don't know. i can't follow any of their efforts, isjust one don't know. i can't follow any of their efforts, is just one of those things that the one guy on the pitch who scores a goal like that, he's the one probably worth the most money. we've had a 5—6 great chances, really, and we can't finish one of them, so we probably wou

valtteri bottas edged out ferrari's sebastian vettel in second practice at the chinese grand prix. n early but could only finish fourth. max verstappen's red bull was third fastest. there was a cracking game in the super league last night as the huddersfield giants held on to beat castleford. alex mellor was the star for the home side, he ran in a hat—trick of tries as huddersfield won by 20— 18. they move four points ahead of bottom side leeds. there was a great return to comeptition for great britain's claudia fragapane at the european gymnastics championships. she's had a tough year after snapping her achilles just before the commonwealth games. but she looked somewhere near her best in poland as she posted the leading score on her way to the floor final. oh my gosh, i am so excited to be here and i was so nervous going up there, but i feel a bit emotional seeing everything that has happened, like, last year and then coming in and doing a big floor routine and nailing it, iam really, really happy. we really like this from bath's freddie burns on twitter. we're calling it a double

because a mercedes driver is celebrating his own milestone the britain who trails his teammate valtteri bottas in the standings has been more successful than anyone in history of the chinese grand prix he's going for his sixth title in china. what is it. is going to be a given to me. it's the years you're. going to be. and that's all you sport for now more later that's all for me richelle carey for the news hour back keep it here much more news coming up on the other side of the break including the latest developments with the delay and are. when we live in a time of war and tragedies crimes against humanity. and activist repression. enforced disappearance arbitrary arrests. extrajudicial executions brutal torture the list goes on. who investigates who judges the criminals. who compensates the victims the international conference on national regional and international mechanisms to combat impunity and ensure accountability under international law. organized by the national human rights committee. united nations human rights office of the high commissioner. european parliament. and global allia

time on the fourth grown present form in a one season again dominated by the miss a the same valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton occupying the top see places in back with ferrari left playing catch up poor east reports. the build up in back it was all about charlotte clare for both good reasons and the young ferrari driver was fastest in all three practices before losing the chance of pole with a crushing qualifying that he called stupid. so he started in eight the mercedes a vulture it bought us and lewis hamilton setting off from the top two positions on the grid the clerk did his best to make up for that moving up the field to take the lead as his rivals pitted it couldn't last though has bought us got his orders to start a couple of on the kirk everybodys bunch up behind instructions over the radio coming to pass on the track the finn overtook the monegasques and rarely looked back holding off a late challenge from teammates hamilton to secure his second win of the season and top spot in the standings as le claire finished fifth two wins each for the finn and the brit and two second place

valtteri bottas then pipped teammate lewis hamilton to pole position.lame on that. the car felt quite the team has zero blame on that. the carfelt quite ok, it is a bit trickier. you are expected as a driver. first lap ok, second lap i thought all the potential was gone. only myself, my mistake, and nobody else to blame. so, yes, i will learn from it, come back stronger and hopefully tomorrow, especially tomorrow, i will try to recover from my stupid mistake today. rafa nadal‘s hopes of becoming the first player to win the same atp event 12 times are over, he's been knocked out of the semi finals of the barcelona open by dominic thiem in straight sets. nadal beat thiem in last year's french open final but he had few answers today, as he went down 6—4 6—4. dominic thiem will play daniil medvedev in the final after he beat kei nishikori in three sets. world number one naomi osaka says she had to force herself out of bed on saturday morning because of adominal pain which ultimately led her to withdraw from her semi—final match against anett kontaveit at th

position ended in the barriers, as he crashes out of qualifying at the azerbaijan grand prix, as valtteri bottas in the second round of snooker‘s world championship in sheffield. more from bbc sport throughout the day. spaniards go the polls tomorrow in a fiercely—contested general election — the third in the past four years. the controversial far—right vox party is threatening to shake up spanish politics, but critics say its divisive message could set the country back decades. andy beatt reports. spain's third general election in just four years. with as many as 40% of voters still undecided ahead of sunday's vote, politicians of all colours have been campaigning hard. among them, the far—right populist party vox, enjoying a surge of support and hoping to upstage their rivals. but in madrid, activists from feminist group femen, written across their bodies, "this isn't patriotism, it's fascism." and the anti—franco slogan, "they shall not pass." anti—immigration, anti—separatist, and anti—women's rights, vox is one of five parties with a chance of entering government. if it does, it would becom

because the mercedes driver is celebrating his own milestone the britain who trails his teammate valtteri bottas in the standings has been worse successful than anyone in the history of the chinese gone prix is going for his sixth title in china. and that fell us what for now it's now back to barbara in london far as thank you very much and that is it for me barbara starr for this news hour do stay with us though i'm going to back in just a moment with more of the day's news and the latest from brussels where of course that meeting is going on between interest and reason. we live in a time of war and tragedy is crimes against humanity. an activist repression. enforced disappearance arbitrary arrests. extrajudicial executions brutal torture the list goes on. who investigates who judges the criminals. who compensates the victims the international conference on national regional and international mechanisms to combat impunity and ensure accountability under international law. organized by the national human rights committee. united nations human rights office of the high commissioner. european parl

much more on the bbc sport website including details of formula one qualifying, valtteri bottas beatthat's all from me. goodnight. bye— bye. with the sudanese professional association, who have been steering these protests over the last four months,. we started their weekend with temperatures well below average for the time of year and that is where they will stay for part two of their weekend tomorrow at least. for many of us, we have seen a bit of sunshine, lovely view from moray earlier in the day. expecting more cloud to develop in the uk after a clear and frosty start a minibus. high pressurejust clear and frosty start a minibus. high pressure just about holding off but there is a weather front trying to push in from the west, so the further west you are, there will be a bit more cloud around and the chance of seeing some rain on sunday. away from here, an increase in cloud and the immediate north sea coast, you can see the extent of roster some day begins at well below freezing in the cold spots. plenty of morning sunshine but notice how the cloud is going to build. we will sta

. —— valtteri bottas. lewis hamilton remained in second. hamilton going for a third straight win.the men's title again. the kenyan pulled away with farah unable to stay with him as he finished in fifth. kipchoge setting a new course record and the second fastest time ever. he is the world record holder over this distance. mo farah‘s preparations somewhat overshadowed this week by a row with former long distance great haile gebrselassie. the women's race has been won by kenya's richard —— brigid kosgei. barry hawkins is in control of his second round match against kyren wilson at the world snooker championship — leading six frames to two after the first session. and the youngest player left in the tournament, zhou yuelong, has also made a good start in his match against ali carter. the 21 year old leads 5—i. the winner will play gary wilson in the quarter finals — he knocked out mark selby yesterday. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the health secretary, matt hancock, has announced all opioid—based painkillers are to car

mercedes drivers lewis hamilton and valtteri bottas are first and second in the championship, after three. it's the london marathon tomorrow and, in the men's wheelchair race, he's looking for a record ninth course victory, but keep an eye on team matejohnboy smith. he's an upcoming wheelchair racer, whose life was changed in a split second as a teenager. kate grey has been to meet him at his training base in richmond. johnboy smith is one of britain's rising stars on the wheelchair racing circuit, but he never set out to be. his life changed at the age of 16, in a tragic case of mistaken identity. i stumbled upon the wrong farm, at the wrong time, mistaken for a poacher, i was accused of poaching and everything like that. the farmer fired a warning shot at me, instead of asking questions — "were you poaching? were you here before?", whatever. fired a warning shot, me and my friends ran back to our car. the gun the farmer shot with was a rifle. it shot through the back of the car, through the seat and into my spine. that's the less gory, short story. and that was it? that was it, instantl

va ltteri bottas valtteri bottas edged out sebastian vettel and practice at the chinese grand prix.n front. lewis hamilton also spun early and could only finish fourth, max verstappen‘s red bull was third fastest. mallory downey has just mist out on gold, but she has taken silver. she was pipped in the final discipline by france's gymnast who snatched gold. the russian gymnast was third. downey wasn't too disheartened by her second—place. downey wasn't too disheartened by her second-place. i am ecstatic. coming in yesterday i didn't think i would get that, so i know it is so close to first but it means just the same so close to first but it means just the same so! close to first but it means just the same so i am so happy. coming and reigning champion is not easy but coming in second, i am over the moon. that is all your support for now. don't forget you can keep up—to—date with all the latest news from the masters in augusta on the bbc news sport website. i know all eyes are on the weekend weather, but you may recognise this in reference to next week. get to that in a moment, but l

valtteri bottas has won formula 0ne's for the grand prix of the season in azerbaijan, finishing clearor the team, and he now leads the championship from hamilton by a single point. more from bbc sport in the next hour. spain is holding its third general election in four years. the election was called by the socialist prime minister, pedro sanchez, in february after catalan separatists joined right—wing parties in rejecting his government's budget. for the first time since the end of the franco era in 1975, a far—right party, vox, is among the main contenders. tim wilcox has been in madrid for us and has sent us this update. it has for the last few years, you're right, beautiful spring, summer day here, but a deeply divided country. you were mentioning francisco franco, a lot of commentators saying this is the most divisive election since the death of the dictator back in 1975. what seems clear, according to the polls, is that no individual party will win an outright majority, that will mean coalitions will have to be formed. now, in the past, spain used to be governed, really, by two

but engine failure so how to overtake the monegasque event hamilton and his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas took the top two spots in the season second race with a third. you know i'm sure it was a devastating result for him obviously has he had done the job to win the race so we were definitely lucky today but you have to take it as it comes and ultimately i still gave it everything in the race and i push as hard as i could we have been lucky in a very unlucky situation because. hopefully we had the safety car the end otherwise we would have finished even more real than also i don't think with the fuel would have been ok so yeah very hard one to take but thanks to the team for the amazing weekend and i'm pretty sure we come back stronger. a little earlier the son of a legend michael schumacher started top of the grid in the formula to race mick schumacher eventually slipping down to six as it took the checkered flag. in football liverpool left it later against tottenham to secure a two one win and return to the top of the english premier league on sunday roberto from a no hundred the reds

sadie's of lots out the front of the grid for sunday's former one grand prix and i was about valtteri bottas in pole with teammates in reigning world champion lewis hamilton just behind him not such a good day though for henri's charlotte clare. stupid. stupid. had been fastest in all three practice sessions leading up to subsidize qualifying but after that crash the twenty one year old will start the race nights on the grid with his ferrari teammate sebastian vettel. jr said his deadly game in major league baseball for the toronto blue jays went just the way he dreamt it would the son of one of the game's old time greats had a lead of double helping the blue jays to a full same win over the oakland a's. last has been taking a closer look at the most talked about young player in baseball. like father like son or so toronto fans are hoping known as the pride of the dominican republic. sr was exciting canadian baseball fans between one nine hundred ninety three and two thousand and three playing for the now defunct montreal expos vlad jr as he's known is also a heavy hitter setting records in

progress after beating simba and morocco's without have also reached the last four sadie's driver valtteri bottas will race from pole position at the chinese grand prix it will be f one's one thousand three of thailand's alexander album had to miss qualifying after a crash and final practice total of his torah law so. york at its. source. world champion lewis hamilton was just behind his receive a steamy ten will start second ahead of ferrari's sebastian fettle and charles will cleric. both of the laps i was told there was something i could do better well i knew exactly where i was going to improve but i just didn't get it right on the most oft times so yeah it was getting off the boat so so i'm happy and just as a team we were super strong today yeah fantastic just for that for the team really happy for us to be one two i was going to i didn't know where we want to be i thought it would be a bit close and it was but it was great great performance at the end thank you very . made strides and leaps throughout the weekend and we become two in the car weekend for me it's been a real struggle and som

valtteri bottas then pipped teammate lewis hamilton to pole position.start third. in the london marathon, where as you've just been seeing the men's race has been won by eliud kipchoge, mo farah missing out in his attempt for the first time. eliud kipchoge pulled away in a group of four runners. farah unable to stay with them. kipchoge, the world record holder. farah finishing in fifth. his best time, but some four minutes short of kipchoge's best. always a tough ask for mo farah in his attempt to win the race for the first time. the women's elite race has been won by kenya's brigid kosgei, improving on her second placed finish last year. she put in a blistering run running the fastest time ever over the second half of the race, beating the likes of mary keitany a three time winner, and vivian cheryuiot, last year's winner who finished second. the men's wheelchair race was won by 20 year old dan romanchuk. nickmnamed the rocket man, the american adds the london title to the chicago, new york and boston crowns he's won over the past six months. eight tim

win miss avies of lots out the front of the grid for sunday's formula one grand prix and as a valtteri bottas in pole with teammates in reigning world champion lewis hamilton just behind him not such a good day though for a reason. stupid. stupid. have been fastest in all three practice sessions leading up to subsidize qualifying but after that crash the twenty one year old will start the race nights on the grid with his ferrari teammate sebastian vettel. jr said his deadly game in major league baseball for the toronto blue jays went just the way he dreamt it would the son of one of the game's old time greats had a lead of double helping the blue jays to a full team win over the oakland a's. last has been taking a closer look at the most talked about young player in baseball. like father like son or so toronto fans are hoping known as the pride of the dominican republic guerrero sr was exciting canadian baseball fans between one nine hundred ninety three and two thousand and three playing for the now defunct montreal expos vlad jr as he's known is also a heavy hitter setting records in the mi

valtteri bottas is back on top of the formula one drivers championship after winning the azerbaijan grandfour consecutive one—twos for hamilton and bottas now. ferrari's sebastian vettel finished third, and his team mate charles leclerc fifth. andy murray says he is pain—free, and suggested he could return to action sooner rather than later. the 31—year—old hasn't played since the australian open and has since undergone a second hip operation. but speaking at the london marathon, where he was an official starter, murray was optimistic about his future. it's really good, actually. no pain anymore, and just a bit weak from where i got cut, kind of on the side of my leg, from the operation. i'm doing well, and i'm happy, pain free and enjoying my life.” doing well, and i'm happy, pain free and enjoying my life. i think your mum let out last week that you have been hitting a ball against the wall. yes, i have been hitting a few balls from a stationary position. i am still quite a long ways from sort of testing it properly, running around the court, but i willjust have to see what happens. i d

valtteri bottas then pipped teammate lewis hamilton to pole position.has zero blame on that. the car felt quite 0k, it is a bit trickier. you are expected as a driver. first lap 0k, second lap i thought all the potential was gone. 0nly myself, my mistake, and nobody else to blame. so, yes, i will learn from it, come back stronger and hopefully tomorrow, especially tomorrow, i will try to recover from my stupid mistake today. rafael nadal‘s hopes of winning the barcelona 0pen for a fourth successive year are over. he's been beaten in the semi finals by the world number five, dominic thiem — with the austrian winning in straight sets. thiem will play daniil medvedev in tomorrow's final. there's been another huge shock at the snooker world championship. defending champion mark williams is out. he lost 13 frames to 9 to david gilbert in the second round. three time champion mark selby is also out — beaten 13—10 by gary wilson. ronnie 0'sullivan's conquererjames cahill‘s fairtyale run is over. the amateur lost out to scotland's stephen maguire in a dramatic

valtteri bottas usually plays second fiddle to mercedes team—mate and five—time world champion lewisilton. in shanghai, though, it was the finn conducting proceedings, quickest in practice and qualifying to claim his first pole of the season, edging out his british rival by 2/100 of a second. after locking out the front row in bahrain a fortnight ago, ferrari slipped back. sebastian vettel was more than a quarter of a second off the pace but his number one status over team—mate charles leclerc has been confirmed by his boss. he shouldn't despair, though — one thing that can upset the form book here is a safety car and in final practice rookie alexander albon showed how easy it is to lose control at this track. saturday is traditionally called moving day at the masters, but the big names in the field could have already made their move. tiger woods is part of a leaderboard that's stacked with superstars. the 14—time major winner is just a shot behind the leaders at augusta on six under par. that's despite almost being injured by a security guard. literally a sliding tackle. francesco m

so he started in age the mercedes of valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton setting off from the top two positions of the great the clerk did his best to make up for that moving up the field to take the lead as his rivals pitted it couldn't last though has bought us got his orders to start a couple of other kirk everybodys bunch up behind instructions over the radio coming to pass on the track the finn overtook the monegasques and rarely looked back holding off a late challenge from teammates hamilton to secure his second wind of the season and top spot in the standings as le claire finished fifth two wins each for the fin and the brit and two second places each leaving for ari sebastian vettel feeling left out in third us so boring it's not just for races been walked for years more or less all of you guys got to do that to stop the hard work harder work better i just think the same as before our form itself you know with i don't think the team or the drivers a performed well. the three. have ever performed as well as they have as a whole and that's why you see until they start performin

in formula one mercedes driver valtteri bottas capitalized on his pole position to clinch first place at the azerbaijan grown prix in baku his teammate lewis hamilton came in second continuing the team's early season dominance ferrari races to boston fattal's finish third to round out the podium but haas is now first in the overall standings. and some tragic news from the world of football the czech republic international yossef sorrell has died after a bus crash sorrell and six other players from turkish top tier side four were returning home from an away match now the players went at a minibus while the rest of the squad returned with the team bus the driver is under investigation for allegedly falling asleep at the wheel died in the hospital he was twenty eight hears all. coming up on d w our show eco india we're looking at water as the basis of life we'll meet an environmentalist for storing india's lakes and ask if shellfish can surefire our seas that's in just a few minutes here on. the basis of why many bodies are polluted and groundwater reserves are endangered but now there's

mercedes drivers lewis hamilton and valtteri bottas are first and second in the championship after threetive one—twos at the start of the season. mark williams and mark selby are in 2nd round action at the world snooker championship in sheffield. selby, started the day trailing gary wilson 9 frames to 7 but won the first two frames of the morning session to level the match. wilson did edge out ahead in the next but selby, a three time champion here, potted a long red just before the interval to go 10—10 in the best—of—13 match. totte n ha m tottenham have just kicked off against west ham, west ham chasing a top four champions league place for next season. that's all the sport for now. coming up next it's click. this week: setting the record straight... lunar cities... and flying elephants. possession of illegal drugs comes with consequences. and until recently, americans caught carrying marijuana could have earned a conviction. but now, recreational use of the drug has been decriminalised in some states, and those previously convicted can ask for their records to be expunged. the problem

so he started in the mercedes of valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton setting off from the top two positions all the great. did his best to make up for moving up the field to take the lead as his rivals pitted. it couldn't last though has bought us got his orders to start by a couple of one o'clock everybody's by chap behind instructions over the radio coming to pass on the track the fin overtook the monica asked and rarely looked back holding off a late challenge from teammates hamilton to secure his second win of the season and top spot in the standings as le claire finished fifth two wins each for the finn and the brit and two second places each leaving for ari sebastian vettel feeling left out in third yes so boring it's not just for races been walked for years more or less all of you guys got to do than to stop the harder work harder work better i just think of the team as before out of form itself you know with i don't think the team or the drivers a performed well. the three. have ever performed as well as they have as a whole and that's why you're saying until they stop performing at

so he started in eight the mercedes of valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton setting off from the top two positions of the great the cloak did his best to make up for that moving up the field to take the lead as his rivals pitted it couldn't last though has brought us got his orders to start a couple of one o'clock everybody's bunch up behind instructions over the radio coming to pass on the track the finn overtook the monegasques and rarely looked back holding off a late challenge from teammates hamilton to secure his second win of the season on top spot in the standings as leclaire finished fifth two wins each for the finn and the brit and two second places each leaving for ari sebastian vettel feeling left out in third us so boring it's not just for races been walked for years more or less all of you guys got to do than to stop the harder work harder work better i just think that the team is before our performance so you know with i don't think the team or the drivers a performed well. the three. have ever performed as well as they have as a whole and that's why you see until they star

we're safe driver valtteri bottas will race from pole position at the chinese grand prix it will be the f one's one thousandth race thailand's alexander alba and had to miss qualifying after a crash in final practice totaled his torah law so. your cat is. sort of a world champion lewis hamilton was just behind his mercedes teammate and will start second had a ferrari sebastian settle and charles the cleric. both of collapse always felt there was something i could do better well i knew exactly where i was going to be improved but i just didn't get it right on the on the soft targets so yeah it was getting off the ball so while not being. as it seemed we were super strong today yeah fantastic job for the team really happy for us to be one two i was going i didn't know where we want to be i thought it would be a bit close and it was but it was great great performance at the end thank you very . made strides and leaps throughout the weekend that is generally been coming in the car week and for me it's been a real struggle and something not enough to work with. australia's wonder horse wings

valtteri bottas then pipped teammate lewis hamilton to pole position.l start third. exeter edged past harlequins to increase their lead at the top of rugby union's premiership. the 17—15 victory means exeter need one more win to ensure they end the season on top of the premiership while quins are still in the hunt for the top four with a losing bonus point. the shocks continue at the world snooker championship with three—time champion mark selby out in the second round. gary wilson, who is a former taxi driver, won by 13 frames to 10 in sheffield. this break of 92 sealing the win in style. it's the second time the qualifier has knocked out a seed in this tournament. he'll meet either ali carter or china's zhou yuelong in the quarter—snookerfinal. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's the papers. hello, and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me are prashant rao, global editor of the atlantic, and lucy fisher, defence correspondent for the times. let's take a look at the front pages. the main image on the sunday times is of t

sadie's driver valtteri bottas will race from pole position at the chinese grand prix it will be f one's one thousand three of thailand's alexander albon had to miss qualifying after a crash and final practice total of his torah law so. are you ok it's. sort of a world champion lewis hamilton was just behind his mercy of a steamy ten will start second ahead of ferrari's sebastian fettle and charles will cleric. both of the laps i was told there was something i could do better well i knew exactly where i was going to improve but i just didn't get it right on the most oft times so yeah it was good enough for both so so i'm happy just as the team were super strong today yeah fantastic job for the team really happy for us to be one two i was going to i didn't know where we would be i thought it would be a bit close and it was but it was great great performance at the end thank you very . made strides and leaps throughout the weekend and that is generally because when the car weekend for me it's been a real struggle and something i've been having to work with australia's wonder horse wings ha

valtteri bottas is back on top of the formula one drivers championship after winning the azerbaijan grand, finished 1.5 seconds ahead of his teammate lewis hamilton. that is a record four consecutive one—twos for hamilton and bottas now, while ferrari's sebastian vettel finished third. world number three petra kvitova beat anett kontaveit in straight sets, 6—3, 7—6, to win the stuttgart grand prix on sunday. it was the czech‘s second title in 2019, following victory at the sydney international injanuary, and comesjust a month before the start of the french open. while dominic thiem defeated daniil medvedev 6—4, 6—0 to win the barcelona open. the austrian third seed cruised to victory for his second title of the year, adding to his triumph in indian wells last month, and celebrated in a unique way. the toronto raptors will again look to kawhi leonard as they take on the philadelphia 76ers in game two of their nba eastern conference semi—finals series later. leonard scored a career playoff—high 45 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the game one 108—95 victory, receiving a standing ovation wh

valtteri bottas usually plays second fiddle to lewis hamilton.ceedings, quickest in practice and qualifying to claim his first pole of the season, edging out his british rival by two 100s of a second. ferrari slipped back, sebastian vettel more than a quarter ofa sebastian vettel more than a quarter of a second off the pace but his number one status over charles leclerc has been confirmed by his boss. he shouldn't despair is one thing that can upset the form but is a safety car and in final practice this showed how easy it is to lose control at this track. saturday is traditionally called moving day at the masters but big names in the field could have made their move. tiger woods is part of a leaderboard stacked full of superstars at augusta. that is despite almost being injured by a security guard at his second round, a sliding tackle. francesco molinari is one of five major winners who have that advantage while ian poulter is two shots behind that group. you can watch live coverage of the third round of the masters on bbc two from 7:30pm. antho

he finished ahead of his team—mate valtteri bottas to make it three 1—2s in a row for mercedes.parrott reports. there was no catching lewis hamilton in the pit lane or on the track here in shanghai. with the honour of winning formula 1's 1000 race at sta ke, winning formula 1's1000 race at stake, he was determined to add that statistic to his collection. he swept past mercedes term eight and went on to become the second driver to lead 4000 laps. the first lap drama can deliver continued with a penalisation for colliding with two mclarens. let sebastian buy. mercedes were fast like it, even managing to double up on the pit stops. they got lucky last time out but there was nothing fortunate about hamilton's sixth win in china. that leaves hamilton six points clear in the driver championship and the cds with the best start to the seasons for a tea m the best start to the seasons for a team since 1992. —— and mercedes with the best out. there's a storm brewing — and notjust on the course — although the weather has meant the tee times have been brought forward. it's perhaps the most

valtteri bottas usually plays second fiddle to mercedes team—mate and five—time world champion lewis season, edging out his british rival by 2/100 of a second. after locking out the front row in bahrain a fortnight ago, ferrari slipped back. sebastian vettel was more than a quarter of a second off the pace but his number one status over team—mate charles leclerc has been confirmed by his boss. he shouldn't despair, though — one thing that can upset the form book here is a safety car and in final practice rookie