andy swiss has the story. for lewis hamilton, a day of rare frustration. grid penalty meant he started down in 11th... lights out and away we go. ..so his team—mate valtteri bottas charged away, closely followed by his title rival max verstappen. he already had his work cut out. in slippery conditions, driving was not easy, as fernando alonso soon discovered, but hamilton was in his element, surging through the field. he battled from 11th up to third, but then his team called him in for a tyre change and it did not pay off. it dropped him down to fifth. hamilton had wanted to stay out and was less than delighted. i feel like i should have stayed out. my gut feeling was to stay and i feel i should have like done. so frustrated at myself for not following my gut. but i work as a team, so... i did the best i could with the advice i was given. ahead of him, though, no one could catch valtteri bottas. the finn's first win of the season, while verstappen's second place was enough for him to retake the lead in the drivers championship. we maximised the result, va

andy swiss, bbc news.also required their fans to have covid passports to enter the stadium and carried out random spot checks. on the pitch, it took almost an hour before the deadlock was broken at celtic park, with portuguese midfielderjota setting upjapan forward kyogo. david turnbull forced balint vecsei into an own goal for celtic�*s second goal, with ten minutes left. the win leaves celtic third in group g. more than two thirds of premier league players are now fully vaccinated against covid—i9, with 81% having had one jab. there has been a large increase in the uptake of the vaccine in the last month after mounting pressure. our sports editor dan roan has been speaking to deputy chief medical officer, professorjonathan van—tam. well, i think they've got responsibilities to themselves. to theirfamilies, and to theirfriends. but we don't want any more games cancelled, we don't want any more squads that are short that can't fulfil fixtures because half of them have got covid. and we can avoid that now.

andy swiss, bbc news. how about another rivalry coming to a head in the coming months?and have named their strongest available squad to tour australia this winter. there were concerns australia's strict covid rules may deter some players from travelling butjoe root will skipper a i7—strong party in their quest to regain the famous urn. our sports correspondent joe wilson has more. the conversations between the cricketing nations continue, but as it stands, joe root will lead a full—strength england squad to australia to try to win back the ashes. every player picked is fully committed, we're told. did many players take a lot of persuading to get this stage? obviously a lot of negotiations went on, but i think one thing we did see was a lot of class from our captain and a lot of empathy and a lot of real good leadership skills to get the players to this point, and i think what it has done is it has galvanised his position as a leader. players likejos buttler who was in the squad stressed that travel arrangements for family were vital. mark wood is in the squad. stuart br

andy swiss was watching. so who's for a champions league thriller?a hefty deflection, and one from naby keita that certainly didn't. atletico and the spanish champions for nothing, and back they roared, two goals from antoine griezmann — 2—2 at the break. and after, the drama continued. a high boot and griezmann was sent off. and when liverpool or he later reported a penalty, salah cooly made it 3— 2. then atletico were given a penalty, only for the referee to consult the video and change his mind. victory for liverpool in about the most eventful way possible. earlier, there had been in then canyon master class, as city blazed past bruges. foden�*s pinpoint pass picking out cancelo with impressive results. and it's tapped out brilliantly! that there was just the start, after extending their lead from the penalty spot, city crews clear after the break, courtesy of kyle walker and then 19—year—old cole palmer, just moments after coming on, how is that for an entrance? and although bruges pulled one back, mahrez rounded things off considerably thumping

andy swiss, bbc news. behind to rescue a draw at united. the visitors were 2—1 down late in the second half, and also down to ten players, when ellen white pounced to secure a share of the points. st helens have won their third consecutive super legaue grand final. they overcame catalan dragons in a tense encounter at old trafford, which had the french side bidding to become the first overseas team to win the showpiece event. stuart pollitt reports.

andy swiss, bbc news. opportunity to beat rivals manchester city for the first time in the women's super league yesterday. a dramatic derby ended 2—all at leigh sports village, leaving last year's runners up city 9th in the table with united currently third ahead of today's fixtures. city had georgia stanway sent off in the first half, but still managed to take the lead throuthamaican international khadija shaw. however, they could only hold on for so long as united levelled after the break and then went ahead through alessia russo. but, despite having just 10 on the pitch, city equalised when ellen white tapped in from jess park's shot. i think if it had stayed ii i think if it had stayed 11 versus 11 i am confident we would have won. ii i am confident we would have won. we had good chances. made a great block on the line. mary made a great save. even when we went to 10 men, scored the goal and there was a good chance at the back post potentially to go 2— 0 up. it was a roller—coaster today and when you p

andy swiss has the story. for lewis hamilton, a day of rare frustration.down in 11th... lights out and away we go. ..so his team—mate valtteri bottas charged away, closely followed by his title rival max verstappen. he already had his work cut out. in slippery conditions, driving was not easy, as fernando alonso soon discovered, but hamilton was in his element, surging through the field.

andy swiss, bbc news.celtic park, with portuguese midfielderjota setting upjapan forward kyogo. david turnbull forced balint vecsei into an own goal for celtic�*s second goal, with ten minutes left. the win leaves celtic third in group g. more than two thirds of premier league players are now fully vaccinated against covid—i9, with 81% having had one jab. there has been a large increase in the uptake of the vaccine in the last month after mounting pressure. our sports editor dan roan has been speaking to deputy chief medical officer, professorjonathan van—tam. well, i think they've got responsibilities to themselves, to their families, and to their friends. but we don't want any more games cancelled, we don't want any more squads that are short that can't fulfil fixtures because half of them have got covid. and we can avoid that now. you can choose the time when you get vaccinated. you can't choose the time when you're going to have that chance encounter with covid. and if you're a professional sports pers

it was a hard fought win in tallin and watching was andy swiss.for a playoff place in the early signs were encouraging. soon forced the safe from the resulting corner, things got even better. they may not win too many goal of the season awards, but he was not complaining. a good old—fashioned scramble and wells were ahead. but it was a lead nearly gave away. a defensive mix—up in they needed jill's goal line clearance to spare their blushes. and again, it was estonia asking the questions only a stunning save kept him from france where the end, the struggle to create chances, mark harris was one of the select few. are the pretty but wells held on to the victory and another night were winning was the key and it was job done. despite their last minute win over israel at the weekend, scotland manager steve clarke has warned his players that their next opponents, the faroe islands, are not to be underestimated. clarke confirmed that che adams will miss the match tomorrow after picking up an injury in their win over israel, but that there were no other

andy swiss, bbc news. talking of special players, what about this from lionel messi?p there with the very best. celtic just about kept their europa league knockout hopes alive beating hungarian champions ferencvarosit was a great opener, kyogo furuhashi with a sublime bit of control afterjota's pass. but they only made sure of the win late on, they had a golden chance, which went down as own goal that put them 2 up, leaving them third in group g. the cricket t20 world cup continues later with ireland looking to make it two wins out of two and boost their chances of qualifying for the next stage of the tournament. they take on sri lanka in abu dhabi, 3 o'clock our time. the netherlands play namibia at 11. scotland are one win away from qualifying for the next stage after beating papua new guinea by 17 runs, their second win in two games. richie berrington top scored with 70 off 49 balls before taking an excellent catch as papua new guinea fell short of their target. scotland will progress to the main group stage if they beat oman tomorrow. novak djokovic's defence of h

andy swiss, bbc news. were never really going to dominate. we knew it was going to be an ugly game. we had to match that, first and foremost. with the players we have on the pitch, we knew we would cause them problems. and last night, germany became the first country to qualify for the world cup in qatar. tonight, scotland are two more wins away from securing a place in the play—offs, after their thrilling comeback to beat israel on saturday. they've travelled north to face the faroe islands. steve clarke's team are second in group f, seven points behind leaders denmark, but four ahead of israel and austria. and the scotland boss says a lot of what they've achieved is down to the team spirit. england are also in action later they need two wins from their three remaining qualifiers to secure their place. they face hungary at wembley and boss gareth southgate says he's delighted with the stability and proficiency of his current group of players. we can't be a team that has a day off and we want to keep the c

it was a hard fought win in tallin and watching was andy swiss. goal of the season awards, but moore was not complaining. a good old—fashioned scramble and wells were ahead. a good old—fashioned scramble and wales were ahead. but it was a lead they nearly gave away. an offensive mix—up in they needed jill's goal line clearance to spare their blushes. and again, it was estonia asking the questions only a stunning save from danny kept wales in front. where the end, the struggle to create chances, mark harris was one of the select few. are the pretty but wales held on to the victory and another night where winning was the key, it was job done. despite their last minute win over israel at the weekend, scotland manager steve clarke has warned his players that their next opponents, the faroe islands, are not to be underestimated. clarke confirmed that che adams will miss the match tomorrow after picking up an injury in their win over israel, but that there were no other injuries. scotland have played the faroe islands many times in the past, but clarke

andy swiss, bbc news.here was a thrilling manchester derby in the women's super league as under—pressure city came from behind to rescue a draw at united. the visitors were 2—1 down late in the second half, and also down to ten players, when ellen white pounced to secure a share of the points. st helens have won their third consecutive super legaue grand final. they overcame catalan dragons in a tense encounter at old trafford, which had the french side bidding to become the first overseas team to win the showpiece event. stuart pollitt reports. for saint helens this was familiar territory, a third successive grand final but for their opponents, old trafford is foreign soil. 700 miles from home in the south of france. saint helen �*s issue leaving these shores. this was his farewell appearance but he took two bodies and the ball over the line for the opening try. catalan had a pre—match message from someone who knows how to score goals on this ground, eric cantona. it was the boot of james maloney that kep

andy swiss, bbc night when winning was the key, it was job done. andy swiss, bbc news.ay. that left them third in their group on five points, only above tonight's opponents bulgaria on goal difference. preston north end owner and three—time grand national winner trevor hemmings has died at the age of 86. hemmings took over the club in 2010, but was as well known for heavily investing in horse racing. he owned over 100 racehorses, including many clouds, who earned him his third grand national win in 2015. british number one dan evans is out of the indian wells masters in california, after losing to argentine diego schwartzman. evans beat former us open finalist kei nishikori in the previous round, but his game fell apart after taking the first set, and being a break of serve up in the second. he lost eight consecutive games, losing the deciding set 6—0. cameron norrie has come through a three—set battle with the spaniard roberto bautista— agut to reach the last 16. what a year he is having. and what a yearfor what a year he is having. and what a year for amy hunter. now,

andy swiss, bbc news.ilaration, that was the best ever. he then posted this video, which i am sure you will agree captures the delight and excitement of the fans are to be much.- of the fans are to be much. crowd cheering and _ of the fans are to be much. crowd cheering and smeme. _ of the fans are to be much. crowd cheering and smeme. yes, - of the fans are to be much. crowd cheering and singing. yes, i- of the fans are to be much. crowd i cheering and singing. yes, i think he was one cheering and singing. yes, | think he was one of— cheering and singing. yes, i think he was one of many, _ cheering and singing. yes, i think he was one of many, of— cheering and singing. yes, i think he was one of many, of 50,000 i he was one of many, of 50,000 excited scotland fans with that victory over israel. manchester united missed an opportunity to beat rivals manchester city for the first time in the women's super league yesterday. a dramatic derby ended 2-2 yesterday. a dramatic derby ended 2—2 at leeds sports vill

andy swiss, bbc news. talking of special players, what about this from lionel mess?t. celtic just about kept their europa league knockout hopes alive beating hungarian champions ferencvaros. it was a great opener — kyogo furuhashi with a sublime bit of control afterjota's pass. but they only made sure of the win late on. they had a golden chance which went down as an own goal that put them two up, leaving them third in group g. remember earlier this month a number of england footballers opted not to discuss if they've received the covid vaccine? well, figures out from the premier league show 68% of players have now been fully vaccinated — 81% have had at least one jab. jonathan van tam said footballers are role models. well, i think they've got, you know, responsibilities to themselves, to their families and to their friends. but, you know, we don't want any more games cancelled. we don't want, you know, any more squads that are short, that can't fulfil fixtures because half of them have got covid. you can choose the time when you get vaccinated — you can't choose th