britain's katie boulter has enjoyed one of the biggest wins of her career.n to beat the highly—rated american teenager coco gauff in melbourne — her second win in a row, against a player far higher in the world rankings. next for boulter, it's the 2019 australian open champion naomi osaka — who brushed aside france's alize cornet, dropping just four games. it was osaka's first competitive match since she won the us open in september. world number one ash barty is also back, after an 11—month lay—off — she chose to stay at home in queensland during the pandemic. no signs of rustiness here though, as she beat ana bogdan in straight sets. the world of sport is also paying tribute to captain sir tom moore this evening. this is wembley stadium joining the nation in remembering and celebrating the life and achievements of the 100—year—old who died this afternoon in hospital. he had contracted coronavirus. the pandemic inspired him to raise record amounts of money for the nhs with his sponsored walking. a lovely tribute from wembley stadium and all those associated

boulter next faces the american teenager coco gauff. that's all the sport for now.hose stories on the bbc sport website. an admission from serena williams that she might not have been fit enough to play at the tournament had it not been delayed for three weeks. a statement is expected in the scottish parliament tomorrow, where the government will set out new steps to control the spread of coronavirus. speaking in her daily press briefing at lunchtime, nicola sturgeon said that cases are going down in the country, but they remain high and steps will be taken to prevent new cases and identify existing ones. firstly, to reduce the risk of the virus entering the country. as you know, we have already agreed with other countries across the uk to introduce supervised quarantine from some countries. as i said last week, in our view, the current uk wide proposals don't go far enough, so tomorrow we will provide some more information about the extent to which we intend to operate supervised quarantine here in scotland. we will also set out some additional measures we are work

disappointment, too, for katie boulter.first set in her match against the second seed, naomi osaka. boulter wasn't able to repeat tuesday's stunning victory over coco gauff, though, and eventually lost in three sets. elsewhere in melbourne, heather watson lost her opening round match in the grampians trophy to russia's veronika kudermetova in straight sets. watson only left hotel quarantine last friday and said her focus was on the upcoming australian open. surrey batsman ollie pope has been added to the england test squad for the tour of india. pope has fully recovered from a shoulder injury sustained against pakistan last august. he had been practising with the full squad over the past two days. england will have their final practice tomorrow ahead of the first test starting in chennai on friday. bournemouth have sacked their manager, jason tindall, afterjust six months in charge. they were beaten 2—1 by sheffield wednesday last night and have won just once in their last eight league games. they play birmingham city next

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dan evans won at the murray river open butjohanna konta lost at the gipplands trophy, as did katie boulterked far higher, she took first set in her match against the three—time grand slam champion naomi osaka. but she couldn't hold on, and lost in three. and heather watson lost her opening round match in the grampians trophy to russia's veronika kudermetova in straight sets. watson only left hotel quarantine last friday and said her focus was on the australian open. so the australian open hit once again by coronavirus — up to 600 players and staff back in quarantine for now. organisers of the olympics are hoping they've done enough to avoid such disruption by the time the games roll around in august. today, they've set out their plan for a covid—safe games — a full "playbook" — as they're calling it — of guidance and rules for federations heading to tokyo. athletes will be getting their own set of rules at a later date. members of the international federation have been told they have to put together a ia day activity plan from the moment they arrive. they can't go to bars, restaurants, sho

a tough task for katie boulter against daria kasatkina of russia — while francesca jones makes her grandld never play professional tennis after being born with three fingers and a thumb on each hand and three toes missing — but here she is, lining up against american shelby rogers. 0 nto 0nto this weekend's football. isjurgen klopp playing mind games? pep guardiola thinks so — klopp has suggested that a covid outbreak at city over christmas led to guardiola's side having a game postponed and two weeks off, which has helped their title bid. what do you think? well guardiola says he expected better from klopp, as city prepare to travel to liverpool on sunday. we didn't have a break. i think city had a two—week break for covid reasons. it's really tough. it's a tough season for some teams. for some teams it looks like lesser. for us, obviously for the reasons, you know, it's tough. he knows it's not true. come on! nobody in the premier league _ come on! nobody in the premier league had two weeks off. nobody does. some people do it for the purpose, but i didn't expect he would do it. i didn'

and katie boulter was the only british tennis player to win, in the various warm—up events, ahead ofsets against anna kalinskaya, who's ranked 264 places above her. one month down into 2021 now. so we are now into february, and that is lgbt+ history month. it's an annual month—long celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and tra nsgender history and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. bbc sport is marking the month with a range of content. younger people today look at me like what was the big deal? it was a big deal. it what was the big deal? it was a big deal. ., , what was the big deal? it was a big deal. . , . , what was the big deal? it was a big deal. . , ., , ., what was the big deal? it was a big deal. . , . , . . , deal. it was really hard. it was inconceivable _ deal. it was really hard. it was inconceivable for _ deal. it was really hard. it was inconceivable for me - deal. it was really hard. it was inconceivable for me to - deal. it was really hard. it was inconceivable for me to think i deal. it was really hard. it was i inconceivable for me t

in the women's draw, katie boulter lost her first round match, the only brit in action on day one, butna halep is through. she dropped just three games in her win over lizette cabrera. serena williams and naomi osaka among the other big names to reach round two. what a night it was in florida, as tom brady made more history as at the age of 43 guiding the tampa bay buccaneers to a 31—9 victory over the kansas city chiefs to extend his record for super bowl wins to seven. to put that in context that's more than any single nfl team. it was a night ofjubilation in tampa, as they won it in their home stadium. led all the way by brady, who threw three touchdown passes and was named most valuable player in the showpiece for a record extending fifth time. just really proud of all the guys, proud of all the coaches, the effort we put in. we knew we were playing a great football team tonight and we got thejob done, so... you want to get this far you have to get thejob done, and we did it. west ham will have influential midfielder tomas soucek available again after successfully appealing the red

gauff is a8, to boulter�*s 371. she'll play the us open champion naomi osaka next.eters will train as an entire group today for the first time since they arrived in india for the four—test series. the players, who travelled from sri lanka, all tested negative for coronavirus. ben stokes, joffra archer and rory burns were already there when the rest of the squad joined them. and they could be playing in front of fans in the second test in chennai, with reports suggesting a 50% crowd will be allowed in. that's all the sport for now. the russian dissident alexei navalny is being held in a glass cage at a court in moscow, where it's being decided whether his suspended sentence should be converted into an actual prison term. mr navalny was detained two weeks ago when he returned to russia from germany, where he'd spent months recovering from nerve poisoning. dozens of protesters outside the court were arrested this morning. it comes after thousands of pro—navalny activists were arrested at the weekend in the biggest protests in russia since 1991. our moscow correspondent

coming up on bbc news, britain's katie boulter has lost to naomi osaka in the warm—up to the australianthe second seed, who won in three sets at the gippsland trophy. there's mounting criticism of the speed of france's vaccination strategy. around 1.5 million people have been vaccinated there so far compared to nearly 10 million here in the uk, and the country has suffered shortfalls in supply. and the country has suffered contrary to what the eu has recommended, france's health authority has declared that the astrazeneca vaccine not be used for people over 65 years old, saying that more studies were needed before the jab was used in older age groups. lucy williamson reports. risk isn'tjust a matter for vaccine regulators. daniel hasn't been out with his wife since she was vaccinated last month. she couldn't bear the thought that she might survive the virus and he would not, he told us. but daniel could have been waiting much longer for a date with his wife. this hospital clinic saw their supply of vaccines drop by half last month. demand in the area is high, but appointments are now cl

in early play, britain's katie boulter was knocked out in the first round. 420 to win. joe wilson reports. let's start monday in slow—motion — to keep track. firstly, of this catch, a ben stokes special, and it ended india's first innings. england 241 ahead, batting again, to extend their lead. well, not yet. rory burns gone, first ball. look at india's captain, right into it. well, england's leader was soon involved. ah, shot! oh, that's big! yeah, that'sjoe root, all right, in full 2021 mode. just bounced inside, but you can hear. others fell — dan lawrence, lbw. and the 300th test wicket of ishant sharma's career, one of india's very best bowlers. joe root, meanwhile. ah, it's brilliant. well, four more to the lead. he's taking the mickey now! stand by for a shock. root out for 40 — almost as if he was mortal. ok, but england were still in command. there was a bit of buttler, but time was ticking. now, captain, how many do you need? how safe do you feel? how soon is now? no declaration. it only ended when england were all out, ravichandran ashwin taking h

gauff is number 48 to boulter�*s 371.'s 43—year run without a singles winner at their home grand slam. australia have pulled out of their cricket tour to south africa next month due to safety concerns with a new strain of coronavirus spreading in the country. they were due to play three tests as part of the world test championship, but cricket australia say it's become clear that travelling to south africa at this time posed an unacceptable level of health and safety risk to their players, support staff and the community. lebronjames has played down an altercation with a fan, which led to a group of spectators being thrown out during the la lakers' win over the atlanta hawks. there was a crowd of around 1,300 in the arena and one woman pulled down her mask to make a point. she released a video on social media blaming james for the incident after he posted his feelings about what happened online. i don't feel like it was warranted to be kicked out. there was a back—and—forth between two grown men and we said our peace, he

gauff is number 48, to boulter�*s 371.she beat ana bogdan in straight sets. barty�*s hoping to break australia's 43—year run without a singles winner at their home grand slam. cricket south africa have reacted angrily to australia's decision to pull out of their tour there next month, due to what they described as an "unacceptable" level of risk to their players. they cited the new strain of coronavirus spreading in the country. they were due to play three tests as part of the world test championship but cricket australia said it had become clear that travelling to south africa was not safe given that variant at this time. the south africans released a statement saying they were "immensely disappointed" and they had offered australia unprecedented covid protocols. as a consequence, new zealand have reached the world test championship final. they will play either india, england or australia at lord's injune. lebronjames has played down an altercation with a fan, which led to a group of spectators being thrown out during the

in the women's draw, katie boulter lost her first round match, the only brit in action on day one, but the other big names to reach round two. tom brady cemeneted his legacy at the age of 43, guiding the tampa bay buccaneers to a 31—9 victory over the kansas city chiefs, extending his record of super bowl wins to seven — that's more than any single nfl team. tampa, wn it in their home stadium, led all the way by brady, who threw three touchdown passes and was named most valuable player in the showpiece for a record extending fifth time. that is all a new bbc sport centre for now. more throughout the afternoon. thank you so much. let's return to our business story. the bosses of three supermarkets — tesco, asda, and morrisons — and the chief executive of waterstones have called for a permanent cut to business rates once the covid crisis ends. our business presents ben thompson joins me now. , this is a perennial complaint from the owners of physical stores, complaint from the owners of physicalstores, if complaint from the owners of physical stores, if you like, the difference between t

not such good news for britain's katie boulter. she lost her first—round match.ook worse slowed down, but watch irish player peter o'mahony. that kind of contact just can't happen. ireland down to 14 men in the 14th minute. leigh halfpenny is text —— leigh halfpenny's picks nudged wales in front, for a while. tackling is safest when aimed at the legs, and johnny williams, head injury assessed and replaced. but remember, it was ireland who were permanently a man down. it was ireland who were dominating the game. just before half—time, a try. but the second half began with george north deceiving the irish defence, as wales found space. the same corner, and an even better finish, from louis rees—zammit. ball line, flag, done it. five points was the final margin and welsh relief. joe wilson, bbc news. it's a long way back for premier league champions liverpool in the title race after a 4—1 defeat by manchester city leaves them them ten points behind, and city have a game in hand too. goalkeeper allison gifted city two goals in a 4—1 defeat at anfield — all the goals

katie boulter began her season in impressive style, but she was the only briton to win in the variouso years but she won in straight sets against anna kalinskaya, who's ranked 264 places above her. tough match next she faces the american teenager coco gauff. that's all the sport for now. messages of support have flooded in for captain sir tom moore — who's in hospital with coronavirus. the 100—year—old second world war veteran, who raised nearly £33 million for the nhs during the first lockdown, was admitted yesterday because he needed help with his breathing. john maguire reports. it all started as his way of thanking the nhs for looking after him, following a fall. now captain sir tom moore, the record—breaking fundraiser, is under its care once again. he is being treated for pneumonia and covid—19 at bedford hospital. his daughter hannah told us he had been receiving treatment at home, but was brought here to beford hospital yesterday to receive extra support for his breathing. he's on a ward, and not in intensive care. she described the medical care he's received over the past few

not such good news for britain's katie boulter though.n is having _ commanding lead. what season phil foden is having stuck— commanding lead. what season phil foden is having stuck good - commanding lead. what season phil foden is having stuck good to - commanding lead. what season phil foden is having stuck good to see i foden is having stuck good to see the young guns. the vaccine roll—out is stepping up another gear today, with 18 new centres opening across england. 12 million people have now had theirfirstjab — but the vaccines minister has had to address concerns about the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine's effectiveness against the south african variant of covid. the health minister edward argar joins us from central london. good morning, thank you forjoining us. good morning, thank you for 'oining us. ~ ., let's good morning, thank you for 'oining us.— let-s talk h good morning, thank you for 'oining us.- let's talk about- good morning, thank you forjoining us.- let's talk about the i us. morning. let's talk about the south african _ us.

in the women�*s draw, britain�*s katie boulter lost her first—round match, the only brit in action onding fifth time. just really proud of all the guys, proud of all the coaches, the effort we put in. we knew we were playing a great football team tonight and we got thejob done, so... you want to get this far you have to get thejob done, and we did it. and it�*s a long way back for premier league champions liverpool in the title race after a a—1 defeat by manchester city leaves them them ten points behind, and city have a game in hand too. goalkeeper allison gifted city two goals in a a—1 defeat at anfield — as all the goals came in the second half. phil foden fired in the fourth — and best goal of the game to leave pep guardiola�*s side in command at the top of the table. that�*s all the sport for now. i�*ll have more for you in the next hour. back to our main story now and the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, says the public can have confidence in the uk�*s covid vaccines after early trials suggested that against the south african variant the oxford jab offers only "minimal protecti