it was a half—century for chris woakes who, along with joe group half—century for chris woakes who, along the mid—90, the infant with ten to spare. dustin johnson has a three shot lead at the golf championship events in mexico. tommy fleetwood is the best placed british player, four shots back. rory mcilroy is a shot behind him with ross fisher ten under par. great britain finished second overall at the european indoor athletics championships with seven medals and the final day in belgrade. boroughmuir in the second goal after taking the 1500 metres title, she won the 3000 metres, both with victories in chav of record times. britain won ten medals in total, finishing behind poland with germany finishing third. total, finishing behind poland with germany finishing thirdlj total, finishing behind poland with germany finishing third. i didn't know what my legs would do and i tried to hang in there. i was tired but i am glad i could do that today. what was the plan at the outset?m went well. i just typed on and what was the plan at the outset?m went well. ijust typed on and used my speed at t

alongside chris woakes, the joe root was in. alongside chris woa kes, the captain joe root was in.. tottenham closed the gap at the top of the premier league with a 3—2 win over everton. it's a club record ninth consecutive home win for spurs. harry kane scored twice. dele alli got tottenham's third. romelu lukaku and enner valencia were on the scoresheet for everton. mauricio potchetino's side are now seven points behind leaders, chelsea, who face west ham on monday. it is another fantastic achievement for that group. i think we feel very, very proud about that, to break that home record. i think that is making history. we are starting to make history with that group and the young players. it is only the start of the good things that are coming in the future. manchester city moved back up to third, a point behind tottenham, with a game in hand after a 2—0 win at bottom side, sunderland. sergio aguero and leroy sane with city's goals. we made a good performance. the first few minutes were tough because for sunderland it means we expected how aggressive they were in the intensity th

chris woakes taking 3 for 16.he first test between new zealand and south africa in dunedin. chasing south africa's first innings of 308, new zealand started the day on 177 for 3. kane williams on went for 130 after lunch. they're now 282—6. meanwhile hosts, sri lanka, took command of the first test against a struggling bangladesh on a rain—hit day three in galle. the tourists were all out for 312, trailing the sri lankans by a massive 182 runs. england's owen farrell wasn't able to get through thursday's training session ahead of the calcutta cup match against scotland the centre had medics looking at his left knee as he departed the training field but number 8 billy vunipola will make his first appearance in the tournament from the bench. and although head coach eddiejones admits farrell could be a doubt for the game, he made light of the incident. he has got a bad leg so he could not finish training. (inaudible). he ran into my dog. my dog was running around and he ran into it. he will be all right. he will be a

joe root was 90 not out, with chris woakes also unbeaten on 68, as the tourists took an unassailableer, liam plunkett claimed figures of three for 32 as the hosts were bowled out for 225 more than two overs short of their allotted 50. india are still struggling to find form in their test series with australia. the visitors lead the four match series 1—0, and at stumps on day two of the second test in bangalore, hold a first innings lead of 48. matt renshaw and shaun marsh half centuries helped australia reach 237 for six at stumps. this morning, the aim of the game was to bat as long as possible. the indian players have come off of a long summer and have played a lot of tests. we knew that if we could get them into a high amount of those, we would be in a good position. peshawar zalmi have won the pakistan super league title after a 58 run win over quetta gladiators in the final on sunday. it's the second successive year that quetta have finished runners up with the match played amid heightened security as patrick gearey reports. this is what it takes to stage a cricket match in laho

well, england made an immediate impact with the ball in hand — steve finn and two wickets from chris woakesr 50 overs. but england once again the firm favourites for victory. i mentioned manchester united. they are playing the russian side fc rostov in the last 16 of the europa league right now. jose mourinho had complained about the state of the pitch, but it hasn't stopped them taking the lead. zlatan ibrahimovic with the assist, with mkhitaryan getting the only goal of the game so far. there is not long until half—time now in russia. united still leading by 1—0. chris and gabby adcock are through to the quarterfinals at the all england badminton championships in birmingham. the husband and wife pair beat china's chen x zhu and yue doo 21—17 and 21—12 in the second round earlier today. they will face indonesian 0lympic champions tontowi ahmad and liliyana natsir in the next round on friday. the last british winners of the competition were nathan robertson and gail emms back in 2005. there were some more rallies in that match. i think the arena is playing quite slow, but we quite like how

the test captain merely a new tenant here, but he led chris woakes to the win and to the series.f the day two follows the news, except in scotland where it is sports scene. if you want to wait, you know what to do. harry kane is the premier league top scorer after a brace of goals in the 3—3 win over everton. manchester city move to third after beating sunderland 2—0. celtic will face old firm rivals rangers in the semifinals of the scottish cup after thumping saint mirren and aberdeen beat partick and will face hibernian. laura meer has won an historic double at the european indoor championships in belgrade. she added the 3000 metres title to the 1500 gold from yesterday. winning by more than eight seconds for another championship record. the team—mate, as ha championship record. the team—mate, asha philip went on to win the 60 metres in the british record time. the only value has revealed he broke his hand during his surprise victory over david hague last night. the much hyped boxing showdown ended with both fighters injured and considering their futures. with both fighters inj

chris woakes has just taken their first wicket in the one—day international against the west indies iniff with insider six nations, when the rugby union championship resumes, katherine downes will be there. much more sport with lizzie greenwood—hughes on bbc news throughout the rest of the evening. whatever you are doing this weekend, however you are watching sport, have a great weekend. from all of us at the bbc sport centre, it is goodbye for now. keep the brollies handy this weekend, there is some rain in the forecast, and at some stage we will all season, a fair bit working north across much of england, wales and northern ireland. lots of showers falling behind, and that will continue northwards over the next few hours, really quite wet in northern ireland, and once that rain gets into the eastern side of scotland, it will be there for quite some time. with a lot of cloud, most places four to six degrees, so no real places with frost. through tomorrow, a pretty miserable day on eastern side of scotland, cold, wet and windy. northern ireland and rise up and windy. northern ireland a

chris woakes and liam plunkett did the damage in the reply, taking four wickets apiece.ame ground. after last weekend‘s league cup final, it‘s back to a full weekend of premier league fixtures. liverpool—arsenal at tea—time is the big one. and in the lunchtime kick—off, the winners of that league cup final, manchester united, take on struggling bournemouth, who‘ve gone seven matches without a win in the league. we are excited by this game. i think we can only be positive and only look to the future in a positive way. certainly there is no other way to approach this game or any other game. we are as confident as we can be with a lot of fixtures. we know that a win is needed to fully feel good about ourselves and hopefully that‘s not far away. we know that liverpool plays asrenal, which is one of these weekends that you know for sure that somebody is going to lose points, so we should win against bournemouth. but bournemouth is a very tricky team, very dangerous team. it‘s scottish cup quarter—final day, with rangers against hamilton academical in the 12.30 kick off and hi

chris woakes and liam plunkett did the damage in the reply, taking four wickets apiece.dy murray said it wasn't the best match — but victory over lucas pouille took him through to the final of the dubai championships. murray admitted his legs were a bit tired after his quarterfinal against philipp kohlschriber, which included a tie—break of over half an hour — but he beat pouille in straight sets and he'll face fernando verdasco in today's final. some big wins this week, so it will be a tricky match, because he is a leftie and he goes for his shots. he has a lot of power, a lot of talent in his hands, so i'll try, you know, try to dictate as many points as i can, because when he's on the baseline moving the ball around it is very tough. after last weekend's league cup final, it's back to a full weekend of premier league fixtures. liverpool—arsenal at tea—time is the big one. and in the lunchtime kick—off, the winners of that league cup final, manchester united, take on struggling bournemouth, who've gone seven matches without a win in the league. we're excited by this ga

chris woakes and liam plunkett did the damage in the reply, taking four wickets apiece.the same ground. andy murray said it wasn't the best match — but victory over lucas pouille took him through to the final of the dubai championships. murray admitted his legs were a bit tired after his quarterfinal against philipp kohlschriber, which included a tie—break of over half an hour — but he beat pouille in straight sets and he'll face fernando verdasco in today's final. some big wins this week, so it will be a tricky match, because he is a leftie and he goes for his shots. he has a lot of power, a lot of talent in his hands, so i'll try, you know, try to dictate as many points as i can, because when he's on the baseline moving the ball around it is very tough. british athlete andrew pozzi has won the first major title of his career, taking gold in the 60—metres hurdles at the european indoor championships in belgrade. pozzi has been hit by a series of injuries, so this was a real milestone for him. it means everything. it has been a long, hard road i wasn't all that sure i wo

chris woakes and liam plunkett did the damage in the reply, taking four wickets apiece. through to the final of the dubai championships. murray admitted his legs were a bit tired after his quarter—final against philipp kohlschriber, which included a tie—break of over half an hour, but he beat pouille in straight sets and he'll face fernando verdasco in today's final. i have had some big wins this week, so it will be a tricky match, because he is a leftie and he goes for his shots. he has a lot of power, a lot of talent in his hands, soi power, a lot of talent in his hands, so i would try, you know, try to dictate as many points as i can because when he is on the baseline moving the ball at it is very tough. after last weekend's league cup final, it's back to a full weekend of premier league fixtures. liverpool—arsenal at tea—time is the big one. and in the lunchtime kickoff, the winners of that league cup final, manchester united, take on struggling bournemouth, who've gone seven matches without a win in the league. we are excited by this game. i think we can only be pos

games so the series is already in the bag, and with the champions trophy later this year, bowler chris woakes's fantastic to watch the majority of the time. i know we had a slip the other day but there's very few and far between is. it's exciting times, hopefully we can reduce the goods at the right time, tournament cricket is different to a series so that will be a different challenge but i think we've got the best chance as we've probably ever had. double olympic gold—medallist max whitlock will miss the british and european championships to focus on preparing for the world championships in september. whitlock has only recently returned to full time training after his successes in rio last summer. he suffered from glandular fever two years ago and says he needs to manage his body if he's to compete at the highest level. he deserves a rest as he tries to work out his trademark move. he wa nts a work out his trademark move. he wants a move named after him.|j imagine he can choose from several. he is good at most of them. he is pushing the boundaries. speaking of pushing the boundaries. speaki