england were criticised by some for not playing their strongest side throughout, but buttler says withm the idea that you just go until you break and we leave the players behind. there's so much forget coming up that it's absolutely a huge... with the ashes at the end of the year, you need to be getting to that point with players in the best shape to be able to go and perform in that series as opposed to being burnt out and no longer wanting to be in that environment. and the former england bowlerjoey benjamin has died at the age of 60. benjamin won one test cap for england during a memorable victory over south africa at the oval in 1994 and took 387 first class wickets during an 11—year career with warwickshire and surrey. and, of course, two champions league last 16 ties came to a conclusion this evening. to find out who has gone through to the quarterfinals, you can head to bbc sport website, but that is all your sport for now. good evening. some heavy rain on the way over the next couple of days, but not only that. some strong winds, gales, which could well cause some disruption. t

buttler gone, england never recovered. later this year there will be out t20 world cup here.'s challenge. so with the t20 world cup coming up in october, it's all about getting experience in the indian premier league. asa as a team we don't want to stand still, any opportunity in the ipl want to try and make the most of it because we are going to be playing at home all summer and go to bangladesh and pakistan, i think. but there is limited opportunity to get our best i! in those games. so i think the experience over the next couple of months is probably the most valuable, and then having the time to work on your game after that. manchester city are into the fa cup semi—finals for the third consecutive season after a late 2—0 win over everton. they had to wait until six minutes from time for the first goal. ilkay gundogan cashing in after phil foden�*s effort came back off the bar. and with everton chasing an equaliser, kevin de bruyne was able to break through and settle to tie just before the final whistle. southampton are also through beating bournemouth 3—0. nathan redmond

buttler gone, england never recovered. later this year there will be out t20 world cup here.hampton are through to the semi—finals of the fa cup after a comfortable 3—0 win over south coast rivals bournemouth. nathan redmond had a big part to play in all three goals, setting up moussa djenepo for the first. a brilliant solo run and finish put the premier league side firmly in control before half time. redmond then made the game safe with his second goal, reacting well to seal saints' place at wembley. there is one other of those quarterfinals under way at the moment. manchester city are in action against everton at goodison park. it's currently 0—0 they're just five minutes into the second half there. in the championship, brentford's hopes of automatic promotion have suffered a setback — after dropping points at home to nottingham forest. brentford did lead through a penalty from ivan toney — but forest grabbed a point thanks to this goal from filip krovinovic. the draw leaves brentford fourth — now seven points off the top two. second—placed watford beat birmingham 3—0 this

jos buttler delivers a brutal batting display against india as england go ahead in the t20 series. return of zlatan! swedish hero ibrahimovic is back in the national side, at the age of 39. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start the programme at the cheltenham festival. one of the blue riband events of the jump racing season, but with a difference this year. no famous cheltenham roar with the festival taking place behind closed doors. and what a day of racing the crowds would have enjoyed, as our senior sports news correspondent laura scott can tell us. laura. the sun was shining all afternoon _ laura. the sun was shining all afternoon at _ laura. the sun was shining all afternoon at cheltenham - laura. the sun was shining all afternoon at cheltenham andl laura. the sun was shining all. afternoon at cheltenham and you laura. the sun was shining all- afternoon at cheltenham and you get the sense that with the performances we have seen on the track and the weather, it would been one of those days the fans really would have savoured but they are not here, the festival being held beh

england were criticised by some for not playing their strongest side throughout, but buttler says withorm in that series as opposed to being burnt out and no longer wanting to be in that environment. and the former england bowlerjoey benjamin has died at the age of 60. benjamin won one test cap for england during a memorable victory over south africa at the oval in 1994 and took 387 first class wickets during an 11—year career with warwickshire and surrey. and, of course, two champions league last 16 ties came to a conclusion this evening. to find out who has gone through to the quarterfinals, you can head to bbc sport website, but that is all your sport for now. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as prince charles makes his first public appearance following the explosive interview by his son and the duchess of sussex, there's a response to the allegations from buckingham palace. violent clashes escalate again in myanmar. we'll look at how unarmed protesters manage to take on the security forces. where transport worke

pant had 78 and was looking set for more whenjos buttler took a captain's catch.ed out for 329. but england's hopes of repeating friday's run chase faded quickly. bowled him! roy and bairstow both out cheaply. and when ben stokes holed out for 35, that victory target looked a long way off. the man in form, ben stokes, goes. england's middle order provided some resistance. a first one day 50 for dawid malan, but he was out soon after and england more or less on the plane home. an entertaining tour but ultimately an unsuccessful one. drew savage, bbc news. england are into the second half of their world cup it's currently 2—0 to gareth southgate�*s side — harry kane with a diving header for their opener towards the end of the first half. mason mount has grabbed the second. 82 minutes gone, 2—0 england lead. well at 7.45 scotland face familiar opponents israel in tel aviv later, after their opening draw with austria. they played israel three times last year — twice in the nations league and again in their euro 2020 play—off semifinal which they won on penalties. we'v

england cruising to victory and as the world's top rank team, this was some statement —— jos buttler.f the second round. he's three shots behind the spaniard on his first two holes today. garcia was in trouble at the first, but this remarkable escape from the pine straw set up a power. he birdied the second it is now two shots clear from the field. his was one of the footballing success stories of recent seasons, manager chris wilder taking sheffield united from the championship to a ninth placed finish in the premier league last season, which makes his decision to leave the club surprising despite united sitting bottom and facing relegation, as paul 0gden explains. from lead one to the premier leave, he's quite something. 0ne from lead one to the premier leave, he's quite something. one of chris wilder because my greatest achievement was reunite sheffield united fans with the club itself —— chris wilder's achievement. when wilder led the mass chorus. personally. some similar you clear communication from football club is what fans need tonight because the actual trigger for wilder's d

— who was out first ball. opening partnerjos buttler — england are one up in the five match series. clear of the relegation zone, after winning 2—1 at southampton. lewis dunk put brighton in front at st mary's with just quarter of an hour gone. it didn't take long for the home side to pull level, their in form striker che adams scoring his third goal in three games. but ten minutes after the break, leandro trossard got what turned out to be the winner. it's the first time in 11 matches that brighton have managed to scored twice. it was a deserved victory. full credit to the players, we had to adapt, we lost down at half—time to adapt, we lost down at half—time to a tight hamstring and still we had to adapt and i thought we did really well. the second half was a really good goal and when we had to defend, of course, you have to defend against a team that plays with a huge personality and intensity, but overall i am so proud of the players. three more premier league games today. sheffield united — who officially parted company with manager chris wilder yesterday — are into the second

pant had 78 and was looking set for more whenjos buttler took a captain's catch.y bowled out for 329. but england's hopes of repeating friday's run chase faded quickly. bowled him! roy and bairstow both out cheaply. and when ben stokes holed out for 35, that victory target looked a long way off. the man in form, ben stokes, goes. england's middle order provided some resistance. a first one day 50 for dawid malan, but he was out soon after and england more or less on the plane home. sam curran and adil rashid battled on but once rashid was out it looked like it was all over. england came up just short. an entertaining tour but ultimately an unsuccessful one. drew savage, bbc news. it's 2 wins from 2 for gareth southgate and england in their world cup qualifying campaign. they beat albania 2—0, with harry kane ending a six game scoring drought for his country. mason mount got the second to wrap up the win. ben croucher has more. expectation versus reality against albania many expected a comfortable win. the reality is rarely that simple. take this free kick from a r

that's not accounting for the remarkable reach ofjos reach of jos buttler. reach ofjos buttler. jos buttler looks indestructible. too late to apologise this time, and a series that will finish in front of no one is led by england 2—1. rachel blackmore said she's an example to both men and women that anything can be achieved, as she became the first femalejockey to win the champion hurdle at cheltenham. the victory came on the opening day of the festival, as the irish jockey guided home the 11—10 favourite honeysuckle for trainer henry de bromhead. blackmore has a leading chance when she rides again in friday's gold cup, alongside fellow female jockey bryony frost on frodon. i'm speechless, to be honest. she's just so incredible. ijust i just can't believe we won a champion hurdle. this was never even a dream. it's so far from what i ever thought could happen in my life. writing the winner of a champion hurdle. it's so far removed from anything i thought would ever be possible. maybe there's a lesson in that for everyone out there, but it's incredible. manchester city are in cham

buttler was one of the players who returned home early from that series, having played in england�*sel we need to get away from the idea that you just go into you break in elite players behind. there�*s so much cricket coming up. that is a huge thing. you need to get to that point in the best shape to go and perform as opposed to being burned out and no longer wanted to be in the environment. there�*s a new man in the lead after stage three of the paris—nice cycle race — young swiss rider stefan bissigger who won the stage, and took the overall lead in the process. it�*s the 22—year—old�*s first race as a professional. today�*s stage was an 8.6 mile time trial and bissigger posted the fastest time on the course by hundredths of a second. so tomorrow�*s his fourth day as a pro, and he�*ll start it wearing the yellow jersey. we�*ll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. many thanks. the lawyer of the american woman accused over the death of harry dent said she would do community service. harry died when his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car near in our afs in northampt

cricket now and england's jos buttler says the policy of resting and rotating players is the right thingaying with cricket and south africa has their first permanent black captain. temba bavuma will lead the proteas in the next two twenty20 world cups and the 50—over world cup in 2023. he is the latest black player in south african sport to be handed the ca ptain�*s armband. in 2017, thulani hlatshwayo became captain of the national football team. and in 2018, siya kolisi was made captain of the country's rugby union team, leading the springboks to victory at the 2019 world cup. bavuma has been speaking to the bbc�*s james gregg from his home injohannesburg. being in one space with my family, i'm getting to see theirjoy and getting to understand the joy where they are coming from and getting to enter with some members of my community where i grew up, it really does strengthen the emotion and significance behind the moment. i guess that is not something that is oblivious to me. it is not lost to me. i understand it is a big responsibility to be honest. but in saying that, i guess i feel b

joss buttler gave the crowd some serious practice. t20 team, this was some statement. andy swiss, bbc news. it was a dramatic end at stjames park in the premier league where newcastle united salvaged a late point against aston villa. 0llie watkins header was deflected into his own net by cieran clark, as villa thought they'd won it with four minutes to go. jamal lacelles header in the fourth minute of stoppage time pushes newcastle a further point clear of the relegation zone. villa stay ninth. in the championship, brentford are back up to second in the championship after a tight 1—0 win over blackburn. the bees had lost four of their last six going into the game at ewood park but ivan toney�*s tenth minute penalty proved the difference. watford and swansea can go back above them tomorrow. bristol extended their lead at the top of the premiership with an imprssive victory over wasps. despite a number of injuries they won by 37—20, chris vui forcing his way over here to secure the bonus point, one of four tries on the night — much to t

it was largely down to a ruthless display from jos buttler — who hit 83 and stole the headlines fromof coronavirus cases in gujarat. patrick geary reports. and then they disappeared — there was a 60,000 here on sunday, now there were none. things change fast on planet pandemic. albeit not as fast as mark wood. and cricket shortest form, it hurts to be down early for us at the captain said run so he ran. but the boss is not always right. he felt guilty, but this is a good apology, after only 77 runs, only england were sorry for set the target 157, the target 157, beyond what they like but that is not accounted for the ?remarkable reach ofjoss butler, chasing is easy when you can do this. this has been finishing first and there will be no reversing that logic here. in this mood, butler looks indescribable. too late to apologise this time and a series that will finish in front of no one is led by england to — one. in front of no one is led by england 2 — one. patrick gearey, bbc news. to cheltenham where history was made on day one in the feature race of the day, the champion hurdle, ra

jos buttler will skipper the side in his absence.o he'll also miss tomorrow's match — and defeat could mean england are knocked off top spot in the world rankings — but ben stokes says he and his team—mates just want to win the game. being number one is obviously a fantastic thing to have and next to your name as a team but it's not our driving force for some of our driving force for some of our driving force for some of our driving force is the way we go about it and our attitude towards being the game and that's what made us be successful and to more successful we are the more chance and the more opportunity we have got to be at number one so i was driving force is making sure we stay true to ourselves and it's how we play the game. now let's bring you up to date with all today's tennis news, starting with a scare for britain's jack draper at the miami 0pen. draper really struggled with the heat and humidity in his match against mikhail kukushkin, collapsing on court during the first set. he received swift medical attention but cou

and coming up in sport on bbc news: jos buttler delivers a brutal batting display against india as englando 2—1 up in the best—of—five t20 series. good evening. we start tonight with harrowing testimony from one community in syria, one of the many shattered by the conflict which started a decade ago this week. tens of thousands had taken to the streets calling for change. the government tried to crush the protests and the country descended into civil war. the united nations estimates more than 250,000 people have died in syria's conflict, although the true number could be much higher. at least 6.2 million syrians have been forced from their homes — another 5.7 million have left the country. and today, a decade on, after all the bloodshed, president bashar al—assad is still in power. in aleppo in 2013, iqra school was bombed by a fighterjet. some children were killed instantly, others died of their injuries in the days and weeks that followed. a bbc panorama team were filming nearby when the attack happened. cameraman darren conway has returned to aleppo to meet survivors and relatives. dar

took a had 78 and was looking set for more whenjos buttler took a captain�*s catch.less on the way home. sam curran and adil rashid battled on but when adil rashid was out it looked all over. drew savage, bbc news. in the last few minutes, england have lost by seven runs. there�*s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we�*re back with the late news at 10:00pm. now on bbc one it�*s time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. the government says it�*s "on track" to ease the lockdown in england and deliver on its vaccination targets. the culture secretary 0liver dowden says he�*s "confident" a further lockdown can be avoided as long as people don�*t treat the easing of restrictions as a �*complete free for all�*. sir richard skyes is the chairman of the royal institution — an independent charity dedicated to connecting people with the world of science. my colleague tim willcox asked him where he thought we are now in terms of dealing with covid in the uk. i think first of all we�*ve done a brilliantjob and we have got ——gone at pace

morgan left the field as soon as he picked up the injury in pune, and it meansjos buttler will skipper three — also through injury — which means liam livingstone will make his one day international debut. never nice to see team—mates get injured, but fingers crossed that they're not quite as serious as they could have been. so speedy recovery for them two and hopefully they're back before before the ipl. but, yeah, like you said, it's obviously not nice to be able to... to have to come into to replace injuries, but really nice to be given the opportunity. world number one and defending women's champion ashleigh barty played her first match outside her native australia in over a year on thursday after winning the first set 6—3 against slovakia's kristina kucova at the miami open. the world number one faltered and lost the second before regaining her composure to win out 6—3, 4—6, 7—5 against the world number 149, setting up a third round match against latvian jelena ostapenko. rory mcilroy kept alive his hopes of qualifying for the round of 16 at the wgc match play event in texas after

the initiative with a rapid partnership of 99 it took a piece of outstanding wicketkeeping from jos buttlerto cling onto this chance. and pandya followed soon after england continued to take wickets and eventually bowled india out with ten balls to spare. boxer dillian whyte kept alive his hopes of a heavyweight world title shot after gaining revenge over alexander povetkin last night. he lost when they met back in august, but whyte knocked povetkin out this time in the fourth round. 0nly anthonyjoshua and wladimir klitschko had previously beaten the russian in 39 fights. i'm a good boxer. i can box. but some times... i was boxing good last year, last year there was nothing wrong with the performance last year. there was a mistake, you know what i mean? heavyweight boxing, we have milliseconds to make five or six different decisions. sometimes you make the wrong one, and that's it. i went for the hook, and he come up the middle. but this time i didn't sit on the front foot. i stayed centre, and i was back and forth, with a bit of balance. so, yeah, easy adjustment. there was disappointment

england captainjos buttler, filling in for the injured eoin morgan, chose to field first. some headway, in reducing india to 37 for 2. but big hitting from rishabh pant, and a 5th odi century from kl rahul, helped india to a total of 336—6. india lead 1—0, in the three match series. chris thompson and stephanie davis qualified for the tokyo 2020 olympics — with victory in the great britain marathon trials at kew gardens this morning. thompson, who will turn a0 in april, will be competing in his second olympics having run the 10,000 metres in 2012. here's our senior sports news reporter laura scott so, in the marathon it was a looped course here at kew gardens. the route had been done 25 times to shave off seconds here and there and in the men's events, it was won by chris thompson, age 39. he welcomed his first child earlier this week and he got apb here today to earn his spot on the plane to tokyo. ben thomas... in the women's race it was stephanie davis. she was the main contender today. she is on the plane to tokyo as well. she is on the plane to tokyo as well. earlier

and it looked like a tough task whenjoss buttler�*s side slumped to 95—11.t not long after. liam livingstone and moeen ali offered some resistance, too, but with both of them now out, england's tail will need to deliver with the bat. england currently 218—7 with 16 overs to play. turning attention now to internationalfootball, and both england and scotland continue their qualifying campaigns for next year's world cup in qatar later. england with the perfect start after their 5—0 win over san marino on thursday night. they're away to albania, kick off�*s at 5 o'clock, where gareth southgate's side can expect a much tougher test. we have to produce every game. we're expected to win every time we play and we have got to make sure that our mentality is like that. so i thought the mentality the other night was very good and we have to be exactly the same. we have got a good opportunity in the next two games to put ourselves in a really good position in the group and we need to make the most of that. after opening with a draw against austria, scotland face familia

and that challenge looked a bigger one asjoss buttler�*s side slumped to 95—4 at one point. scotland continue their qualifying campaigns for next year's world cup in qatar later. england with the perfect start after their 5—0 win over san marino on thursday night. they're away to albania this evening where gareth southgate's side can expect a much tougher test. we have to produce every game. we are expected to win every time we play and we have got to make sure that our mentality is like that. so i thought the mentality the other night was very good and we have to be exactly the same. we have got a good opportunity in the next two games to put ourselves in a really good position in the room and we need to make the most of that. after opening with a draw against austria, scotland face familiar opponents israel in tel aviv later. they played them three times last year — twice in the nations league and again in their euro 2020 play—off semifinal, which they won on penalties. we've not qualified, so obviously that's hard. when you're winning games of football, it's easier to be

it was largely down to a ruthless display from jos buttler — who hit 83 and stole the headlines from none. things change fast on planet pandemic. albeit not as fast as mark wood. in cricket shortest form, it helps to be quick early for us at the captain said run so he ran. but the boss is not always right. he felt guilty, but this is a good apology, after only 77 runs, only england were sorry. the target 157, beyond what they like but that is not accounted for the remarkable reach ofjoss butler, chasing is easy when you can fly. this has been finishing first and there will be no reversing that logic here. in this mood, butler looks indescribable. too late to apologise this time and a series that will finish in front of no one is led by england 2—1 patrick gearey, bbc news. to cheltenham where history was made on day one in the feature race of the day, the champion hurdle, rachel blackmore becoming the first female jockey to win the race. it would have been a day for the fans to savour, none though on the course this year, as blackmore came home on the 11—10 favourite honeysuckle, wel

jos buttler and dawid malan put england in contention, but after malan went, the rest of england's battingland lost 7 wickets for 44 runs, so india comfortable winners. two—time olympic taekwondo gold medallistjadejones is unhappy that overseas fans won't be allowed into this years delayed tokyo games. she told us earlier on breakfast, she will especially miss her family while out in japan, but that she's motivated to bring home another gold for them. i can't lie, i am truly gutted. my family have been there from the youth olympics, the london olympics and the rio one. but it has already been postponed a year and it is tough for athletes, the olympic cycle is a long one. this time, it's been five years and i'm going into ita bit older than i even would have before. so definitely want to get it done, yeah. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. what am i saying tomorrow? it is today! with me are katherine forster, journalist at the sunday times and james rampton, features writer

jos buttler and jason roy gave the crowd some serious practice.header was deflected into his own net by cieran clark, as villa thought they'd won it with four minutes to go. jamal lascelles' header in the fourth minute of stoppage time pushing newcastle a further point clear of the relegation zone. villa stay ninth. in the championship, brentford are back up to second in the championship after a tight 1—0 win over blackburn. the bees had lost four of their last six going into the game at ewood park, but ivan toney�*s tenth minute penalty proved the difference. watford and swansea can go back above them tomorrow. bristol extended their lead at the top of the premiership with an imprssive victory over wasps. despite a number of injuries, they won by 37—20. chris vui forcing his way over here to secure the bonus point, one of four tries on the night, much to the delight of pat lam. fourth choice fly half tiff eden converted all of them and added three more penalties as wasps crashed to a sixth defeat in their last seven matches. glasgow beat ospreys

morgan left the field as soon as he picked up the injury in pune and it meansjoss buttler will skippery're back fit before the ipl. but, yeah, like you said, it's obviously not nice to be able... to have to come into replace injuries, but really nice to be able to be given opportunity. britain's adam yates has retained the overall lead after the fourth stage of the volta a catalunya. he couldn't follow up yesterday's impressive victory with esteban chaves leaving yates and his fellow ineos grenadiers team mates behind with just under four miles to the finish. the colombian won the stage, but yates finished soon after to stay 45 seconds ahead of team—mates richie porte and geraint thomas. the official countdown to the postponed 2020 toyko games is under way. this morning, members ofjapan's world cup winning football team from 2011 began the olympic torch's journey to the opening ceremony on the 23rd ofjuly. and getting to tokyo is also the aim of britain's marathon runners, in tomorrow's trials at kew gardens, in london. for one athlete, that would complete an incredible transformation.

morgan left the field as soon as he picked up the injury in pune and it meansjoss buttler will skippertomorrow's second match of three — also through injury, which means liam livingstone will make his one day international debut. it's never nice to see team—mates get injured, but fingers crossed they're not quite as serious as they could have been. so, yeah, speedy recovery for them too and hopefully they're back fit before the ipl. but, yeah, like you said, it's obviously not nice to be able... to have to come into replace injuries, but really nice to be able to be given opportunity. britain's adam yates has retained the overall lead after the fourth stage of the volta a catalunya. he couldn't follow up yesterday's impressive victory with esteban chaves, leaving yates and his fellow ineos grenadiers team—mates behind with just under four miles to the finish. the colombian won the stage, but yates finished soon after to stay 45 seconds ahead of teammates richie porte and geraint thomas. in tennis news, there was a scare for british teenager jack draper at the miami open in what was his

england'sjos buttler says the policy of resting and rotating players is the right thing to do, despitet point with players and the best shape to be able to perform in that series as opposed to being burnt out and no longer wanting to be in that environment. there's a new man in the lead after stage three of the paris—nice cycle race — young swiss rider stefan bissigger who won the stage, and took the overall lead in the process. it's the 22—year—old's first race as a professional. today's stage was an 8.6 mile time trial and bissigger posted the fastest time on the course by hundredths of a second. so tomorrow's his fourth day as a pro, and he'll start it wearing the yellow jersey. not bad. that's all the sport for now. ten months ago, jake vujovic from london almost died from coronavirus, and was in hospitalfor107 days. he's now recovering, but suffers from debilitating fatigue. jake is one of a growing number of people who struggle to shake off symptoms weeks and months after contracting the virus. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. my chances to survive covid were very, very l

jos buttler is taking over today.escue a point against austria in glasgow. john mcginn with the goal of the night, an acrobatic equaliser. not a bad result against a team who'd won their last four away matches. but there was disappointment for northern ireland, losing 2—0 to italy in parma. the italians are now unbeaten in 23 matches. so it was always going to be a massive challenge. the whole of wales will be cheering on scotland tonight as the six nations comes to an end. scotland's trip to france was postponed last month due to a covid—19 outbreak in the french camp. after denying wales the grand slam, last saturday, france can now snatch the title too, if they can score at least four tries against scotland and win by 21 points or more. however the scots have been wound up by all the talk about france being champions and hope to win themselves with a bonus point, which would mean their best everfinish of second. now before the pandemic, triathlon was becoming one of the boom sports for people to have a go at, with

jos buttler is taking over, won the toss and decided to field and they made early breakthroughs.ll, but india have recovered getting 89 with rowe hit kohli in ominous form. batsman liam livingstone, is making his debut so all eyes on him later. there was a win, a draw, and a defeat for the home nations in world cup qualifying action last night. england thrashed san marino, the world's lowest ranked team, 5—0. the least you'd expect really. but there was a goal on his debut for substitute ollie watkins, scoring with his first kick of the game, while dominic calvert—lewin, was twice on target. there was a battling point for scotland. john mcginn scored an acrobatic equaliser as scotland drew 2—2 with austria at hampden. the scots twice came from behind. but there was disappointment for northern ireland, losing 2—0 to italy in parma. the italians are now unbeaten in 23 matches so it was always going to be a massive challenge. after finding a swimming pool with one of his shots on wednesday, rory mcilroy had a much better day yesterday at the world matchplay. he beat the american, la

a short time ago they were 107—2 after 12 overs. joss buttler is 66 not out.ve on bbc four. the lionesses have played only once in the past 12 months, that was a 6—0 win over northern ireland in hickory so's first match in charge. ireland forward cj stander has announced that he will retire from all forms of rugby at the end of ths season. the 30—year—old won his 50th cap during sunday's six nations win over scotland. he has been a mainstay in the ireland side since making his debut back in 2016. born in south africa, he qualified to play under residency rules and went on to win the grand slam with ireland in 2018. world rugby have announced a new women's international tournament to start in 2023. it will be called wxv, and the aim is to increase competitiveness in the build—up to an expanded world cup two years later. as six nations champions, england would be in the top of three tiers, along with the next two sides in the table, plus qualifiers from the southern hemisphere and north america. world rugby have invested £6.4 million to cover the first two years

he hasn�*t recovered in time from a hand injury, sojoss buttler will skipper the team.ent this morning. after a brief opening ceremony, members of the 2011 japan women�*s football team began the torch�*s i20—day journey through 859 locations. it ends with the opening ceremony on the 23rd july. there�*ll be no international fans at the games because of the coronavirus pandemic and former british athlete, iwan thomas, admits that�*s it�*s been a tough time for the athletes. ican i can only imagine how tough it is. in nrany_ i can only imagine how tough it is. in many sports. _ i can only imagine how tough it is. in many sports, it's _ i can only imagine how tough it is. in many sports, it's not _ i can only imagine how tough it is. in many sports, it's notjust- i can only imagine how tough it is. in many sports, it's notjust about| in many sports, it's notjust about being _ in many sports, it's notjust about being physically— in many sports, it's notjust about being physically but _ in many sports, it's notjust about being physically but mentally- in many sports, it's not

jos buttler and dawid malan put england in contention, but after malan went, the rest of england's battinghletes and their families. their | athletes and their families. their parents can't watch them. at least at the moment it looks like it is going ahead. at the moment it looks like it is going ahead-— at the moment it looks like it is going ahead. and it is live sport, so actually _ going ahead. and it is live sport, so actually even _ going ahead. and it is live sport, so actually even there _ going ahead. and it is live sport, so actually even there might - going ahead. and it is live sport, so actually even there might not| going ahead. and it is live sport, i so actually even there might not be fans, i think we are all desperate to see something exciting on the tv. hopefully it will bring us that. i hopefully it will bring us that. i have got to ask about that fielding in the _ have got to ask about that fielding in the cricket, it had to be thrown to the _ in the cricket, it had to be thrown to the other— in the cricket, it had to be thrown to the other guy, if you cross the bounda

england had 157 to chase, and they reached that with ease thanks to an unbeaten 83 from opener jos buttlertic and really sets the game up for you from there. after becoming the first female jockey to win the champion hurdle on the first day of the cheltenham festival, rachael blackmore rides notebook in today�*s big race — the queen mother champion chase. blackmore guided the favourite honeysuckle to victory for trainer henry de bromhead in the hurdle on the opening day. honeysuckle is unbeaten in 11 starts now. you can follow the racing on day 2 on 5live sports extra from 1.15. the champion chase is at 3.05pm. that�*s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. six asian women are believed to be among eight people shot dead in the us city of atlanta. the shootings happened at two spas and a massage parlour. a man has been arrested. mark lobel reports. authorities in cherokee county were called to young�*s asian massage. there, they found five people with gunshot wounds. two were pronounced dead at the scene. the other three were transported to h

but that never looked like being enough, with jos buttler leading from the front for england.credit has to go to the guys who bowled first up. to take three wickets in a power play is fantastic. it really sets the game up from that. great britain and ireland's 3—match hockey series ended level, after the final game finished all—square at 1—1 in belfast. the series is being used as a warm—up ahead of the olympics this summer. ireland took the lead through roisin upton, and it was only four minutes from time that gb managed to draw level. izzy petter with the equalizer. the teams will meet again at the olympics in tokyo. team new zealand have won sailings most prestigious prize, the americas cup. they've beaten the luna rossa team in the last few hours in their best—of—13 series. racing off the coast of auckland, they were roared on by huge crowds. new zealands prime minister jacinda ardern was amongst to congratulate the team, saying they've made the country proud. tiger woods has left hospital three weeks after breaking his leg and ankle in a car crash in california. the 45—ye