hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest news, live from the bbc sports centre. because of adverse weather at augusta national the start of golf�*s first major of the year is being delayed, with play not expected to start until a couple of hours or so. the biggest names from the pga tour and liv series will be competing against one another with the title being defended byjohn rahm whojust moved from one to the other, whilst rory mcilroy�*s chasing that, thus far, elusive first green jacket. joe lynskey reports. april at augusta, golf's greatest spectacle, one man's greatest hope. for 15 years, rory mcilroy has tried. this is the one major he is still yet to win. last time out, he missed the cut. one year on from being runner—up. it is almost one decade since his last major title but the best in this sport still think it will come. no question he will do it at some point. rory is too talented, too good and he is going to be playing this event for a very long time. he will get it done, it is just a matter of when and it could be this week, you never know. it is fla

hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news. we start with news that athletics will become the first sport to introduce prize money at the olympics in paris this summer. the governing body, world athletics, is breaking 128 years of olympic tradition, becoming the first international sport to give athletes money for winning a gold medal at the games. $50,000 will be the prize for those that win on the track or field. this in contrast to the international olympic committee, which does not award prize money. 0ur reporter, matt graveling, has been following the story for us. basically, they are the first federation to say, gold medallists are going to get money winning a gold—medal at the olympic games and it will start as early as 107 days' time in paris for this year's summer 0lympics. time in paris for this year's summer olympics. the world athletics have ring—fenced to $1; million of the money they get from the international 0lympics committee as a prize fund, and this will go to the athletes. they also committed forfour the ath

hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest news, live from the bbc sports centre.f golf�*s first major of the year is being delayed, with play not expected to start until a couple of hours or so. the biggest names from the pga tour and liv series will be competing against one another with the title being defended byjohn rahm whojust moved from one to the other, whilst rory mcilroy�*s chasing that, thus far, elusive first green jacket. joe lynskey reports. april at augusta, golf's greatest spectacle, one man's greatest hope. for 15 years, rory mcilroy has tried. this is the one major he is still yet to win. last time out, he missed the cut. one year on from being runner—up. it is almost one decade since his last major title but the best in this sport still think it will come.

hello i'm chetan pathak with your latest news live from the bbc sports centre.l, the start of golf�*s first major of the year has been delayed. play is scheduled to begin in 45 minutes, withjon rahm hoping to defend his title — having won his first green jacket last year. thejump the jump from the majors to the us open was from the masters. it is the biggest tournament in the world, probably the most followed by people that don't have play golf. jon rahm won't get out there for a few hours yet — these are some of the updated tee times for round one.

hello and welcome to sportsday this monday lunchtime with me chetan pathak.ramme... what next for nottingham forest? the fa's investigating their post—match comments after the club accused the video assistant referee of being a luton fan following their loss at everton. former champion shaun murphy cruises into the second round at the world snooker championship but four—time winner mark selby is in danger of going out. and five out of five, no stopping nelly korda. who wins the first women's major of the year and a record—equalling fifth lpga tournament in a row. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. so many talking points after a dramatic weekend of football, not least nottingham forest's post match comments questioning the integrity of match officials after their defeat at everton. they accused the video assistant referee of supporting their relegation rivals luton and are now being investigated by the football association with possible repercussions to follow. forest were aggrieved that several penalty decisions went against them with the club's offical

hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news.in spain. barcelona manger xavi says it's a disgrace that goalline technology isn't used in la liga like it is in the english premier league — after his side were beaten 3—2 at real madrid. jude bellingham scored a stoppage time winner as real twice came from behind to go 11 points clear at the top of the table with six games to go but xavi was furious that barca had a goal disallowed because var 0fficals said they couldn't prove that lamine yamal�*s effort had crossed the line. yesterday, you also asked me about the referee, i told you that i wanted them to be unnoticed and make the right decisions, he failed on both. it is a pity. my feeling is that today has been unfair and everybody has seen it, the match has been unfair, that is my feeling and i cannot lie, especially to our fans. today it has been unfair and everybody has seen what has happened. var denied coventry city arguably the greatest fa cup comeback in history — after trailing manchester united 3—0 in their semi final — t

hello i'm chetan pathak with your latest news live from the bbc sports centre. because of adverse weather, thunderstorms at augusta national, the start of golf�*s first major of the year has been delayed. play is scheduled to begin in 45 minutes, withjon rahm hoping to defend his title — having won his first green jacket last year. thejump the jump from the majors to the us open was from the masters. it is the biggest tournament in the world, probably the most followed by people that don't have play golf. jon rahm won't get out there for a few hours yet — these are some of the updated tee times for round one. five—time winner tiger woods is scheduled to be among the later starters. dustinjohnson, collin morikawa and tommy fleetwood set to be last out. frankly it looks likely that a number of first rounds will have to be finished on friday. the weather is thankfully looking a lot better for the next three days. you can follow the masters on the bbc sport website and app. after two nights of cracking european champions league football, attention now turns to the e

mild for the next couple of days, hello and welcome to sportsday this thursday lunchtime with me, chetan pathak up on the programme. bad weather delays the start of the masters golf. will rory mcilroy and tiger woods still be smiling come sunday? rocking the copper box arena, london lions make history becoming britain's first basketball european champions. it's been amazing. i mean, this is so big for british basketball, and to even see the copper box packed out for this game is incredible. and dreaming of becoming european champions. can aston villa edge closer to the semifinals of the conference league? welcome along, thank you forjoining us. play should have been under way at augusta national, thunderstorms have put paid to that. adverse weather means the start of golf�*s first major of the year is delayed. it won't start before 3.30pm we've been told. the biggest names from the pga tour and liv series will be competing against one another with the title being defended byjohn rahm whojust moved from one tour to the other whilst rory mcilroy�*s chasing that thus far elusive first green jacket

hello and welcome to sportsday this wednesday lunchtime with me chetan pathak, coming up on the programme with tradition — world athletics says it'll become the first international federation to award prize money at the olympic games. calling time on her england career — euro 2022 winner rachel daly retires from international football. and the champions league continues after a thrilling start to the quarterfinals... with nothing to separate manchester city and real madid after their first leg in spain. thank you forjoining us. as you've been hearing on bbc news, athletics will become the first sport to introduce prize money at the olympics in paris this summer. the governing body, world athletics, is breaking 128 years of olympic tradition, becoming the first international sport to give athletes money for winning gold at the games. around 40,000 pounds, will be the prize for those that win on the track orfield in paris. at los angeles in 2028. it's in contrast to the international olympic committee , which does not award prize money. world athletics president sebastian coe has called the

hello, i�*m chetan pathak with your latest sports news.rst international sport to give athletes money for winning a gold medal at the games. $50,000 will be the prize for those that win on the track or field. this in contrast to the international olympic committee, which does not award prize money. our reporter, matt graveling, has been following the story for us. basically, they are the first federation to say, gold medallists are going to

hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news.ost—match comments following sunday's defeat to everton. the club accused the video assistant referee stuart atwell of being a fan of their relegation rivals luton after decisions went against them, and say they asked for him to be taken off duties before the game. but the referees governing body, pgmol, says that's not true. 0ur senior football news reporter simon stone is following the story. the implication was that nottingham forest had asked for stuart atwell to be removed from the game but i had been told that whilst there was a conversation between nottingham forest consultant and a former premier league referee and the head of refereeing and this issue ever stuart atwell at his suitability to be referee for the game as mentioned, and no point was requested that he be removed from the game, and i don't think given the

i'm chetan pathak. coming up on the programme...nyone stop the american domination at the top of the masters leaderboard? we'll bring you the latest on day two at augusta. we'll be at aintree on ladies day counting down to the big race. yes, i will be looking ahead to one of the biggest days in the sporting calendar, where last year's winner is one of the favourites. a spirited fightback from emma raducanu as great britain battle against france for a place in the billiejean king cup finals. also coming up on sportsday before 7pm — and could it be glasgow to the rescue as the search for a commonwealth games host continues? welcome along. thank you forjoining us. we'll be at aintree, but we start at augusta, where the race is on for the green jacket. who will win the first major of the year? first priority is to make the cut as we approach the halfway stage at the masters. it was the former us open champion bryson dechambeau who led the way on day two. but now it's max homa who is leading the way. the impressive danny willett and rory

hello and welcome to sportsday this wednesday night with me chetan pathak, coming up on the programmeat opposite ends of the table, liverpool go to everton in the merseyside derby tonight with both sides needing the win. will he fill the slot oncejurgen klopp goes — we'll take a look at the man being tipped to be the next liverpool manager. all over for emma raducanu at the madrid open — as she's knocked out in the opening round also coming up on sportsday before 7: rocketing into the next round — can the seven time world champion ronnie o'sullivan make it eight at the crucible? and it's 30 years since england lifted the rugby world cup for the first time we speak to two of the team that won it. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. after arsenal put on a five star show against chelsea, it's over to liverpool tonight to see if they can keep them company at the top of the premier league as things stand arsenal are three points clear of liverpool who are at at everton tonight, manchester city play tomorrow — when they'll have two games in hand over the sides above them. tonight's mers

hello and welcome to sportsday this wednesday night with me chetan pathak, coming up on the programme