france's caroline garcia overcame british 11th seed johanna konta in a tough three set contest eventuallyre than two hours to level her head—to—head record against konta after four encounters and she'll now play either roberta vinci or svetlana kuznetsova for a place in the quarterfinals. to golf, and on the pga tour, canada's adam hadwin has won the valspar championship in florida by a stroke after finishing on 14—under. game, the 29—year—old, who is a former world number one in the amateur game, was forced to twice hole big birdie putts including this on the par 313th, which was a 55 footer that saw him maintain a two—stroke lead. and despite hitting the water and double bogeying the 16th he held his nerve to par the last hole which will also move him to 51st in the world rankings. and his victory also earns him an invitation to next month's masters, which means he will need to postpone his honeymoon planned for that week assuming his soon to be wife allows him. and finally, britain's kris meeke has won the mexico rally, despite crashing off the track. here's the moment it all went wron

johanna konta is taking on caroline garcia in the third round at indian wells. major on the calendar. a brilliant winner giving her a break of serve and she served out the first set, winning 6—3. but garcia has fought back and one break of serve in the second set was enough to give her the upper hand. she served it out to win 6—3. you have a contact has gone 2—1 up in the decider with no breaks of serve so the decider with no breaks of serve so far. dan evans is out in the men's competition, losing in straight sets to kei nishikori. he did show early promise but could not keep up. six — three, 6—4. kyle edmund faces novak djokovic later. let's bring you up to date with today's rugby league action. two matches in super league this afternoon. top of the table castleford thrashed widnes 34—nil, that's their fourth win in a row. and a last—minute conversion gave wakefield a 211—22 point win victory over salford. the new zealand head coach steve hansen has told the bbc that eddie jones has instilled a work ethic into england's rugby union team that wasn't there befor

join a has been knocked out of the indian wells tennis by caroline garcia. tie—break in the third set. the frenchwoman is 25th in the world. novak djokovic plays later. the first test match between new zealand and south africa in an attempt was abandoned as a draw on sunday when rain washed out the final day's play. the second test match starts in wellington on thursday. that's all sport for now. tributes have been played tojoni sledge, from the band sister sledge. she was 60. such a familiar sound, the band, made up of four sisters, achieved fame in 1979 with their signature june. 0ther hits achieved fame in 1979 with their signaturejune. 0ther hits included the greatest dancer. a statement from herfamily the greatest dancer. a statement from her family said joni sledge the greatest dancer. a statement from herfamily said joni sledge had loved and embraced life. the main news, the iraqi military has reportedly cut the last road leading out of the city of mosul thatis leading out of the city of mosul that is still held by islamic state militants. the us envo

tennis now, and britain'sjohanna konta is taking on caroline garcia of france in the third round at indian as a fifth major on the tennis circuit. konta made the breakthrough in the fourth game of the first set against the world number 25, a forehand winner giving her the crucial break of serve. and the british number one went on to serve out the first set, winning it 6—3. but garcia has fought back, one break of serve in the second set was enough to give her the upper hand. and she served it out to win the set 6—3. joanna contact leads 6—5 in the decider, and it is going with serve. in the men's competition, dan evans is out. he lost in straight sets to kei nishikori. the british number two showed some early promise against the world number five but couldn't keep up with him. 6—3, 6—4, the score. kyle edmund is the last british man in the draw. he faces novak djokovic later. andy murray got knocked out yesterday. marco fu and judd trump are into the final session of the players championship final in llandudno. fu went into it leading 5—4. butjudd trump has taken the first four frames of t

, while world number iijohanna konta lost her third—round match this evening in three sets to caroline garciald champion at the short track speed skating championships in rotterdam. and tributes have been paid to the singerjoni sledge — of the group sister sledge — who's died at her home in phoenix, arizona. who's died at her home she was 60. who's died at her home the band — four sisters — achieved fame in 1979 with their signature track "we are family". other hits included the disco classic "the greatest dancer". a statement from the family said joni sledge had loved and embraced life. said joni sledge had you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. hello. this is bbc news. let's return now to that bitter diplomatic row between turkey and the netherlands. earlier this evening i spoke to turkey's former minister of european union affairs. i asked him about the laws around campaigning for the upcoming turkish referendum. that law was quite old. after that, we passed a lot of new laws, which provide for turkish politi

world number one, won in straight sets, to move into round three where she will play 21st seed caroline garciaat portugal's, gastao elias 6—1, 6—3. dan evans made light work of his first—round match against dustin brown winning6—16—1. he'll now face kei nishikori in round two. england's eddie pepperell is part of a three—way share of the lead going into the final day of the indian 0pen he made three birdies in the final four holes of his second round this morning, before this approach on the ninth took him to six under par in his third round before bad light ended play. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. thank you forjoining us. good night. springlike weather to tell you about today. this was the view in essex today. this was the view in essex today. this was the view in essex today. warm sunshine. 18 in the sunshine, 16 for northern ireland making it the warmest day of the year so far. a lot of cloud elsewhere. not producing much rain but the rain will pep up through the evening. another weather frontjoins forces with it. moving across n

britain'sjohanna konta is out of the indian wells tournament in the usa, after losing to france's caroline garcia the match, and made an early break of serve to take the first set 6—3. but garcia, who is 1a places below her in the wta rankings, fought back to win the second set 6—3, and force a decider. that went to a tie—break, and garcia won that 7—1, to go through to the last 16. in the men's competition, dan evans is out. he lost in straight sets to world number five kei nishikori. the british number two showed some early promise, but couldn't keep up with nishikori, 6—3, 6—4 the final score. kyle edmund is the last british man in the draw, and he faces novak djokovic later tonight. andy murray got knocked out yesterday. judd trump has won the players championship title, after a 10—8 frames win over marco fu in llandudno. trump had missed some routine pots in the opening session, and found himself 5—2 down. but three centuries in four frames helped him to the seventh ranking title of his career. that's all the sport for now. act to you, see you soon. —— back to you. irish citizens in northern

women's number one, johanna konta, said she wasn't "brave enough", after losing in three sets to caroline garcia 14 places lower than konta. also out both remaining men, kyle edmund lost in straight sets to novak djokovic. while british number two dan evans was beaten by kei nishikori, also in straight sets. and judd trump says he's hitting form at the right time, ahead of snooker‘s world championship next month. he came from 5—2 down to beat marco fu 10—8 in the final of the players championship in llandudno, that's trump's second ranking title of the season. that is it for now, much more coming up that is it for now, much more coming up in the headlines at 10:30 a.m.. good morning, welcome to the programme. this morning, we've been telling you about a pioneering trial which has the potential to save lives and save the nhs millions of pounds. but is there a reluctance amongst some in the medical community to adopt it because it involves dogs? initial studies show specially trained dogs can detect prostate cancer in urine in 93% of cases. in an exclusive film for this programme, the former conse

women's number one, johanna konta, was knocked out in the third round by caroline garcia of france, inwords." judd trump won six frames in a row on his way to victory in the players‘ championship in llandudno. he came from 5—2 down to beat marco fu 10—8 in the final to take his second ranking event of the season. let's return to football because it seems some of today's professionals are retiring way too early. kazuyoshi miura ofjapan has made history by becoming the oldest professional player to score in a competitive match. at 50 years and 14 days old, he scored the only goal in yokohama's1—0 victory over thespa kusatsu in japan's second division. that beat the record set back in 1965 by sir stanley matthews, who scored at the age of 50 years and five days. and they have started to test the sound system behind mejust on cue, as the queen gets ready to send the baton around the commonwealth. before 8am i will talk to one of the organisers and a paralympic athletes who wants to take part in some events. he will be here to tell us what it will mean for him to compete ina games. what it