they are very much part of the wpl. they are very much part of the wpl.teams that played today had an australian captain. and very much they are seen as the country that has set the benchmark for how women's cricket should be paid and marketed as well. and i think literally the indians, because we have taken so long it will take a some amount of time to catch up. to be very honest, everyone in cricket says that if india gets its act together, we are all in trouble. but that comes to men's franchise cricket, women's franchise cricket. the australians in england are very much seen as, wpl is the last women's franchise tournament that has been started by a major cricketing country. you can look at it and it's there in england, australia, south africa has one. this is what we are seeing. and i think the australians have set the benchmark. at the indians come very close in terms of the amount of depth of talent that they have. they turn up at these were the events and they are constantly there or thereabouts, but they haven't been able to push themselves over

nat sciver—brunt stars in the wpl final as mumbai indians take the inaugural title. up on sportsday... and, it's a cambridge double at the boat race with victories for the men and women... it was a good afternoon for manchester city in the women's super league... they produced an impressive performance to beat defending quite a comfortable victory. that is on this one — quite a comfortable victory. that is on this one finished _ quite a comfortable victory. that is on this one finished against - quite a comfortable victory. that is| on this one finished against ukraine and england had 25 players to pick from from the team and lb italy in the week but more importantly, the momentum continued and he retained was presented with a golden boot and he became one of the all—time male leading goal scorers and no surprises that it was here retained to open the scoring as well. it took a while, lived in the day, close range effort and could work on the right—hand side and it could move across jane and a few minutes later, on the scoresheet himself from that same society cut in

stars in the wpl file as mum by indians take the inaugural title.on sports day, it's a cambridge double at the boat race with victories for the men and the women. from the bbc sport centre there's a sports day. thank you so much for joining us. two goals in two minutes put england in control of their euro 2024 qualifier against ukraine. england took their chances in the first half. two goals in two minutes. all—time record story claiming his 55th international goal. ukraine barely had any time to recover 2—0 with this brilliant strike before the break. currently 2-0. it strike before the break. currently 2—0. it was a good afternoon for the manchester city in the women's super league. leapfrog them up to second. our reporterjoe linsky can tell us. four teams are in it, now two of them faced off for three years running chelsea— champions manchester city are a team and revival. back in september they lost their first two league games. now unbeaten and 13, they are back and reach at the top. in front of 5000 found they had the advantage. nine minutes l

was time for england's nat sciver—brunt to take centre stage, the second—most expensive buy of the wpli reached their target of 132 with three balls to spare. britain's charlotte bankes has won the world cup snowboard cross title — the crystal globe for a second year in a row. racing in the red, she could only finish 3rd in her semi—final, failing to reach the final but secured enough points to claim the overall title. and that's all the sport for now. this is bbc news. we'll have all of the headlines and main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. it seems extraordinary. witness gasps. whoa! rumbling boom. did you hear that? unidentified flying objects, talk about aliens, high—tech spying and high—altitude balloons. the united states sent the message to china that if you invade our sovereignty, we'll shoot it down. us militaryjets firing expensive missiles at objects which end up being no real threat. it might all sound like something out of a sci—fi novel, but there are some serious issues here. the big question is, how much of a security threat a

we have asked them for comment, no word eitherfrom the as wpl, the women's league here in scotland.t. let's have a quick look at some of the headlines today. the seven times champion stephen hendry will face james cahill in the first round of qualifying for next months world snooker championship. the 12 times women's champion reanne evans will face another former crucible winner — ken doherty. the england captain ben stokes has had a cortisone injection in his knee before heading to the indian premier league that starts on friday. chennai super kings say the all—rounder will start the competition as a specialist batter. the manchester reno will host in the davis cup finals but a great partner in tomorrow's draw for that after beating columbia last the knockout stage will be in be in spain in november. we're still no closer to knowing whether or not russian and belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete at next year's 0lympics. ukraine has threatened to boycott the paris games if athletes from those nations are allowed to compete following the invasion of their country a year ago

she is with wpl and news. page, a desperate situation.here. yes, our local police _ situation at the school there. ya: our local police department got situation at the school there. 12: our local police department got a call this morning about a shooting at covenant school which is in nashville for them it's a private christian school serving preschoolers through sixth—graders. the police are reporting that the perpetrator is dead for up our local newspaper here as well, the tennessean is reporting that three children are confirmed dead. you say u . children are confirmed dead. you say u- to children are confirmed dead. you say up to sixth-graders. _ children are confirmed dead. you say up to sixth-graders. what _ children are confirmed dead. you say up to sixth-graders. what age? - children are confirmed dead. you say| up to sixth-graders. what age? we're up to sixth—graders. what age? we're talking about young children. preschoolers through sixth—graders, those are middle schoolers, they're not even teenagers yet. young kids. i know you