lizzie greenwood-hughes as the sunsets another _ well. zie greenwood-hughes as the sunsets another cheltenham festival. | so, then, cheltenham provides another irish winner in england and as long as that isn't reversed on the six nations' final weekend, ireland will have more to celebrate. they stand one victory away from a fourth grand slam and a first achieved in dublin. andy swiss looks ahead to tomorrow's match against england. st. patrick's day in dublin when a city turns into a street party but they'll be hoping the celebrations here i've onlyjust begun. tomorrow, or rugby could be more revelry. victory over england and a grand slam would be our to toast. how confident are you by the grand slam to marcus mark very confident. extremely. english are rubbish, man. we are very confident. we have been playing _ we are very confident. we have been playing impeccably. how we are very confident. we have been playing impeccably-— playing impeccably. how big is the buzz here in _ playing impeccably. how big is the buzz here in dublin _ playing

lizzie greenwood—hughes, bbc news, cheltenham. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.ll not set before 6pm between now and october. those sunset times really have been getting later and later, 6pm sunset tonight at the most easterly point in the uk. setting just about now at penzance in west cornwall. another sign of spring is that there is enough strength in the sun right now to generate some big showers and thunderstorms. which we have seen today. you can see those moving across our radar picture. i think the thunder and lightning will tend to ease off overnight but some of the showers are set to continue. because it stays quite miles out there it will be misty and murky, large amounts of cloud. 2 degrees for lerwick but more generally five to 9 degrees to take it into tomorrow morning and we start the weekend, it doesn't look too springlike does it? low pressure in charge. underthe springlike does it? low pressure in charge. under the centre of that low with light winds where we see those big showers and thunderstorms popping up big showers and thunderstorms popping

let's get the latest from lizzie greenwood—hughes who's there for us now. lizzie.there _ lizzie. hello, ben, thank eu you, assle always there are _ lizzie. hello, ben, thank eu you, assle always there are plenty - lizzie. hello, ben, thank eu you, assle always there are plenty of l assle always there are plenty of stories on gold cup day, the favourite is an irish trained horse called galopin des champs. his trainer will be hoping he will scamper up that hill first, because galopin des champs means field scamp and he has a very real chance, he is the favourite and it would be mullin's third gold cup victory, the best story of the week is a horse called hue wick, —— hewick. if he were to win it would make him the cheapest horse in recent history to win a gold cup but he will be hampered by the ground because it has been raining, there are storms forecast today, but that rain will not bother the grand national winner noble yates, he willjoin a very elite group if he were able to do the double and he does have a very real chance. now there is also a real chance. now t

lets get the weekends sport action now — from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzi greenwood hughes. task nasca. they will play spain on tuesday. elsewhere, switzerland slashed belarus turkey beat armenia 2—1, and whales are losing to croatia 1—0 there in split. the newly appointed coach said that he was stunned at being offered the position to replace naga spent on friday afternoon august men lost his job at the german champions within seconds the german champions within seconds the table and a quarterfinals at the europeans champions league. he was fired by chelsea in september despite helping them to win the champions league in 2021. spoke to bosses late on tuesday. translation: basically, ithought that i would continue my career abroad. to use this as a means of exerting pressure is farfrom our thoughts. the first talk was late tuesday evening when i was confronted with the opportunity. first i had to sleep on it and think about what is happening right now, because we didn't reckon with this. but the enthusiasm, the size of the task, the challenge prevailed immediately. and then

lizzie greenwood—hughes reports. always loud, always proud to be the home of racing.test time ever. this is the start of a potentially historic weekend for the irish. and on st patrick's day at the cheltenham festival, where's a better place to get the celebrations under way? come on the irish, come on their green boy, come on! i like england in dublin tomorrow! we will have to see about the rugby. come the big race it look like the english it game had all the lot. hot favourite galopin des champs made his move over the last fence and galloped his way to victory, completing a hat trick of gold the irish the black trainer. he was just so cool in behind all the time that the race unfold and he just pulled out when he thought he needed to pull out and the horse answered his call. winners in cheltenham were brilliant but the gold cup has a exercise about it. a little pressure coming of everyone talking. didn't go smoothly early. he dug very deep to win today. well it is being hailed as one of the best gold cups ever and yet a golden age for irish horseracing. newcastle ar

lizzie greenwood—hughes reports. always loud, always proud to be the home of racing.year cheltenham has defied the cost—of—living crisis with ticket for gold day selling out in the fastest time ever. this is the start of a potentially historic weekend for the irish. and on st. patrick's day at the cheltenham festival, where a better place to get the celebrations under way? flame get the celebrations under way? come on the irish, — get the celebrations under way? come on the irish, come _ get the celebrations under way? come on the irish, come on _ get the celebrations under way? come on the irish, come on their _ get the celebrations under way? (rnr on the irish, come on their green boy, come on! i like england in dublin tomorrow! we boy, come on! i like england in dublin tomorrow!— boy, come on! i like england in dublin tomorrow! ~ ., ., , dublin tomorrow! we will have to see about the rugby- _ dublin tomorrow! we will have to see about the rugby. come _ dublin tomorrow! we will have to see about the rugby. come the _ dublin tomorrow! we will have to see about the ru

i'm lizzie greenwood hughes, here with your latest sports news. and we're starting with everton because after a poor season on the pitch problems could be brewing off it for the club. they've been referred to an independent commission by the premier league over an alleged breach of financial fair play rules. the league didn't reveal the specifics of everton�*s rule breach, but the club have posted financial losses in recent seasons. they've denied any wrongdoing adding "they're prepared to robustly defend" their position. girlfriend stop the pain they egg released a statement earlier that didn't give a lot of detail, back in may last year, two other clubs brindley and leads wrote to the premier league to question every ten�*s finances, at the time tamimi remember that they were involved in an almighty relegation struggle and everton ultimately stayed up among those huge celebrations that you could see at goodison park. but what the other clubs were questioning was that everton had posted losses of £370 million over a three—year period. and under p

sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzi greenwood hughes.ay — tonight — kylian mbappe can take he headlines — as he prepares for his first match as captain of france. the striker has replaced goalkeeper hugo lloris — who retired after the world cup. mbappe's first match should be one to remember too — as france kick off against the netherlands shortly — in their opening qualifying match for next summer's european championship. that's one of seven matches getting under way in the next half hour. amongst those fixtures, sweden take on belgium — with 41—year—old zlatan ibrahimovic back in the squad. poland travel to the czech republic while montenegro beat bulgaria i—o in the early kick off. meanwhile, on saturday — spain begin their qualifying campaign — they're at home to norway in group a. scotland face cyprus in the day's other match in that group — and ahead of the fixture, manager steve clark has extended his stay with scotland. he's agreed to stay in charge of the team until 2026. clarke, took over from alex mcleish in 2019 and led the s

lizzie greenwood—hughes went to see how he got on.instead, he is a paid—up member of the andrews racing dynasty, a family of amateurjockeys with several festival wins. i suppose my ambition isjust with several festival wins. i suppose my ambition is just to with several festival wins. i suppose my ambition isjust to ride as many winners as possible. a winner here would be nice, trying to prove my point that i'm notjust a good writer that is tall, i am just a good writer in general. it has definitely crossed my mind, if it is the right thing to do. hopefully, yes. the right thing to do. hopefully, es. , , . ~' the right thing to do. hopefully, es, . ., . " , the right thing to do. hopefully, yes. jack is already a winner, but he has had _ yes. jack is already a winner, but he has had to _ yes. jack is already a winner, but he has had to make _ yes. jack is already a winner, but he has had to make plenty i yes. jack is already a winner, but he has had to make plenty of i he has had to make plenty of sacrifices to get there. lip he has h

let's go live to the course — there is plenty to look forward to isnt there, lizzie greenwood hughes?ank you, betty. the home of thank you, betty. the home of 'ump thank you, betty. the home ofjump racin, thank you, betty. the home ofjump racin-, it is rainin-, definitely racing, it is raining, definitely another hat day here at the festival, if it is the most prestigious jump festival, if it is the most prestigiousjump racing event of festival, if it is the most prestigious jump racing event of the year, the gold cup is the most prestigiousjump race, 2a hours to 90, prestigiousjump race, 2a hours to go, affected by the going because it is still raining here. you mention flooring porter in the stayers hurdle, a race for horses that can go a long distance. as opposed to the champion hurdle, more for sprinters. flooring porter has won it for the last two years, it is a very open race. anyone could win. particularly with the wet conditions. the ryanair cutback conditions. the rya nair cutback chaseis conditions. the ryanair cutback chase is interesting this year, it has a wonderful horse

i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes. here's quick look at what's coming up on tonight's show.th a bang — england get ready to kick off their euro 2024 qualifying campaign against italy in naples. the premier league's environmental credentials are under the spotlight, with the amount of plane travel questioned after a bbc investigation. and we're live at the hundred draugh where will cricket's stars be heading this year? we'll be looking at the new stance on transgender athletes. we are live at the hundred draught. so, lots to get through, but there's only one place to start, and that's in naples — where england are preparing to face italy in their opening qualifying match for next year's european championships. jane dougall is there for us. jane, there you are in naples looking lovely. lots to talk about, but we have to start with the fact that they don't have a record in italy. 62 years since they last won in italy against italy.— in italy against italy. yeah, and roberto mancini's _ in italy against italy. yeah, and roberto mancini's site - in italy against italy. yeah, and

i'm lizzie greenwood hughes, here with your latest sports news.mission by the premier league over an alleged breach of financial fair play rules. the league didn't reveal the specifics of everton's rule breach, but the club have posted financial losses in recent seasons. they've denied any wrongdoing adding "they're prepared to robustly defend" their position. girlfriend stop the pain they egg released a statement earlier that didn't give a lot of detail, back in may last year, two other clubs brindley and leads wrote to the premier league to

lizzie greenwood—hughes, bbc news. of course, we will be across the festival.elcome i'm cash or manure your watch an outside source. the student writing pledges to do what ever is needed to shore up the banks after a string of failures raises fears about financial stability. americans can have confidence that the banking system is a. the deposits will be there when you need them. it deposits will be there when you need them. . ., , deposits will be there when you need them. .., , .,, deposits will be there when you need them. , . ., them. it comes as washington guarantees — them. it comes as washington guarantees all _ them. it comes as washington guarantees all deposits - them. it comes as washington guarantees all deposits at - them. it comes as washington i guarantees all deposits at silicon valley bank and signature bank which collapsed last week. also coming up on the programme, gary lineker, the bbc's on the programme, gary lineker, the bbc�*s highest bid broadcaster is back on air after suspension triggered a lash of walk—outs.

the racing world will be watching but lizzie greenwood—hughes has been finding out how ready it is foron races in somerset for a midweekjumps somerset for a midweek jumps meeting. everyjockey somerset for a midweekjumps meeting. everyjockey will use one of these, it is basically a foam padded whip used to encourage sea horses to move forward, to hurt them and crucially for safety to keep them in a straight line. they have been restrictions on how this can be used for years but now the maximum number of times a jockey can use a whip in ajumps number of times a jockey can use a whip in a jumps race without incurring a ban is seven. 11 over is this qualification and to more prominent races, the penalty is double. ~ prominent races, the penalty is double. . . , , , double. we change the rules because ultimately we — double. we change the rules because ultimately we want _ double. we change the rules because ultimately we want the _ double. we change the rules because ultimately we want the jockeys - double. we change the rules because ultimately we want the jockeys to - ultimately we want

lizzie greenwood hughes has been soaking it all in today. lizzie. cheltenham, this is the home ofjump racing, you think about wimbledon and laws, this is the home ofjump racing, the most prestigious in the sport, the gold cup and the most prestigious race. it happens tomorrow, then we will know who the 2023 gold cup winner is popular now it is all about this noise, all about a big sale going on of horses. don't know if you can hear, an auctioneer going on, they be spending millions of pounds here tonight at the sale. could be a future winner behind us. today, the feature race, the stayers' hurdle, just as it sounds, a hurdle race, horses can go a long distance. all eyes were on flooring porter, going for a hat—trick of wins but it wasn't to be, sired the burly was the victor of this year's stayers' hurdle, his trainer is gordon elliott who has had loads of winners at the cheltenham festival, including three gold cups, but this win, this meant something. it is win, this meant something. it is secial, win, this meant something. it is special, winning

lizzie greenwood—hughes spoke to esl pro league commissioner alexander inglot to hear his thoughts onic space of the traditional sport space is criticalfor space of the traditional sport space is critical for the next step for showing a certain maturity, showing a certain level of sophistication, for really reaching new audiences to reach new sponsors, to which new fans. but for every person feels that way there is another person who feels like, well, hold down a second. we created this a bit strapped this whole industry. we moulded it together and our own image with their own priorities, with their own platforms, rules, regulations. why do we need to kind of come, you know, hat in hand, asking for acceptance? bending over and adapting to the rules and regulations of traditional sports in order to quote fit in. do you think that olympics need you more than you need them? we that olympics need you more than you need them? ~ ., ., ., that olympics need you more than you need them?— need them? we have got our biggest event, our grand _ need them? we have got our biggest event, our grand