they play ireland in cardiff on saturday, with dan sheehan named by their interim boss simon easterbysists he's focussed on his current side despite reportedly and joseph parker is off after the british boxer was taken ill. martin ba kole instead. has been given a restraining order by police in dubai. raducanu had been approached by the man, who gave her chair after two games. 0n court in dubai, there was a surprise andreeva in the quarterfinals. the 17—year—old will take on elena rybakina in the last 2007 — before andreeva was even born. seed's seven—match winning run ending at the hands its only alcaraz�*s second defeat of the year, two weeks ago. despite being a break up in the decider, he lost to reach the semi—finals of what is his first tournament andrei rublev and felix auger—aliassime will contest the other semi—final. victor wembanyama is expected to miss the remainder of the nba season after his team, the san antonio spurs, revealed that he had deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder. the reigning league rookie of the year, after the spurs selected him with the first over

named his time in charge, including a debut for they play ireland in cardiff on saturday, with dan sheehan for the first time. regular skipper caitlin doris is out with a knee injury. and joseph parker is off after the british boxer was taken ill. saturday's event in saudi arabia and has been withdrawn, with parker now facing the congolese fighter martin ba kole instead. a man who exhibited fixated behaviour towards emma raducanu a letter and took a photograph on monday, before then seeing him during her second round match at the dubai tennis championships. she was seen hiding behind the umpire�*s police said the man was detained before raducanu decided then to not press charges. on court in dubai, who was beaten by teenager mira andreeva in the quarterfinals. four, having become the youngest player to record five top ten wins since nicole vaidisova injanuary seed's seven—match winning run ending at the hands of yuri lehecka in the quarterfinals in doha. two weeks ago. despite being a break up in the decider, he lost and hezekiah will take on britains jack draper in the semis. after a hip

they play ireland in cardiff on saturday, with dan sheehan the ibf heavyweight title fight between daniels taken ill. time since knocking out anthonyjoshua in september, but he wasn't able to attend the press conference previewing with parker now facing the congolese fighter martin ba kole instead. a letter and took a photograph on monday, before then seeing him during her second round match at the dubai tennis she was seen hiding behind the umpire�*s chair after two games. police said the man was detained before on court in dubai, there was a surprise andreeva in the quarterfinals. five top ten wins since nicole vaidisova injanuary 2007 — before andreeva was even born. carlos alcaraz is out of the qatar open with the top after he won the title in rotterdam nearly to the world number 25 in the last eight. he overcame matteo berrettini, also in three sets, to reach the semi—finals of what is his first tournament andrei rublev and felix auger—aliassime will contest victor wembanyama is expected to miss the remainder revealed that he had deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder. discovered

meanwhile, ireland's hooker dan sheehan says ireland will knuckle down to basics as they continue theiruinness six nations title quest. those are the latest tv news headlines for now. more in half an hour but now it's back to dawn. >> thank you very much, sophia, and hello to sophia's granddad, if you're watching. just. just thought i'd say that because. yeah, we know you're a big fan of obviously, your granddaughter, but the whole show, we'd like to think if you are like sophia's granddad, you want to get in touch and get a message, a little shout out, maybe on the show. gbnews.com/yoursay especially if it's your birthday or wedding anniversary or anything you're celebrating. so come on, it's a saturday. let's have some fun. right. okay, well, let's discuss the serious news stories first, though, shall we? sir keir starmer has defied donald trump by announcing further support for ukraine and fresh sanctions on russia. it comes as the us president condemns sir keir and emmanuel macron for not doing anything to end the ukraine—russia war, just days before they are due to visit the white

dan sheehan came off the bench in ireland's wins over england and scotland — but he'll captain the teamd. andy burke reports. �*s the scotland squad arrived here at the hotel at london after a week's training camp in spain is a “p week's training camp in spain is a up to this huge calcutta cup with england. finn russell showdown with england. finn russeltr ~ fit to play at after is fit to play at twickenham after suffering against suffering a concussion against ireland in round 2. it's a huge pitch to gregor townsend to be able to call upon a man who's been in the recent success instrumental in the recent success against england —— a huge boost. going to the wire. although sums —— sums excessive, i we've sums —— sums excessive, i think he loves the competitive side think he loves the competitive'side' it. it was always competitive. collision of it. it was always competitive. that horrible collision against ireland, he out. beta-1d. he dreeeeet. kyle ke'ae him on the wing. there's changes 77 changes the 77 changes the forward pack. townsend once again going 77 and 77 if 77 andtwo 77 77 7

meanwhile, ireland's hooker dan sheehan says ireland will need to knuckle down to basics as they continue their guinness six nafions they continue their guinness six nations title quest. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more in an hour. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/poll. >> malcolm grimston. >> malcolm grimston. >> very good morning. now to events in gaza. hamas is expected to release four more hostages in return for more than 600 palestinian prisoners. two have already been released. you're looking at live pictures now, including one israeli who was taken on october the 7th and another who crossed into gaza over a decade ago. israeli hostages tell shammam and avera mengistu were handed over to the red cross earlier this morning. those being handed over now are the last living hostages from a group of 33, due to be freed in the first stage of the ceasefire deal that took place on the 19th of january. of course, we'll bnng of january. of course, we'll bring you more on this story a