and she'll now play estonia's anett kontaveit who beat bianca andreescu.andreescu when the canadian who won the indian wells title two weeks ago as a wildcard, was forced to retire with a shoulder injury. it brought an and to her 10—match wining streak. the number 2 seed simona halep is also through to the quarter—finals. halep, who's never got beyond the semi—finals in miami, came through in straight sets against venus williams, who's won the title there three times. the romanian won 6—3, 6—3, to seal her place in the last eight for the third time in four years. in the men's singles, there was a shock defeat for the number 2a seed grigor dimitrov. the bulgarian was beaten in straight sets byjordan thompson. the australian, ranked 77 in the world, won 7—5, 7—5, to reach the last 16. meanwhile, roger federer remains on course for a fourth miami masters title. the number 4 seed is through to the fourth round after beating serbia's filip krajinovic in straight sets. federer, who last won the title there two years ago, recovered from being a break down in the

in the women's singles, anett kontaveit became the first player to make it through to the semi—finalst down to beat hsieh su—wei of taiwan. kontaveit won a tough deciding set 7—5 to seal her place in the semi—finals of a "premier five" tournament for only the third time. mixed martial arts fighter conor mcgregor has announced he'll retire from the sport with immediate effect. the 30—year—old irishman who was the first to have held titles in two different weight divisions has been one of sports most polarising figures in recent times but has decided to call it quits, as our sports correspondent natalie pirks explains. the notorious conor mcgregor... with a nickname like the notorious comment as no surprise conor mcgregor has always had a gift for publicity. i am going to truly, truly love putting a bad, bad beating on this little glass jar. this morning he has been talking again. be took to twitter to tell his 7.5 million followers that he is quitting mixed martial arts, adding this... fans have greeted the announcement with a healthy dollop of cynicism. after all, he retired once befo

after a long delay because of rain, ashleigh barty beat anett kontaveit to move into the final of thean 6—3, 6—3 and comes a year after the 22—year—old won the women's doubles title in miami with american coco vandeweghe. in the coming hours, australia and pakistan meet for the fourth match of their 0di series in dubai — as both teams ramp up their world cup preparations. australia beat pakistan by 80 runs in the third match in abu dhabi — to clinch the series with two games to spare. aaron finch top—scored with 90. in reply, pakistan were bowled out for 186 after australia had posted 266 for six from their 50 overs. it's the bahrain formula 1 grand prix this weekend and on friday the drivers get the chance to test the track in practice. after the disappointment of missing out on the podium in australia ferrari will hope to kick—start their season. ferrari's title rivals mercedes secured a one—two through valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton in melbourne while red bull's max verstappen finished third. this has been doing well on social media, as rudy fernandez scored a game—winning thre