andreescu will face either sixth—seeded elina svitolina or fellow teenager marketa vondrousova in theto materialise at cheltenham on wednesday as the racing took precedence — and it was the queen mother champion chase which saw a familiar name winning as andy swiss reports. no doubting the star of the show here on day two. altior confirming his status as one of the greats of his status as one of the greats of his sport. although it wasn't easy. he was under real pressure coming over the last but held on to win the queen mother champion chase for the second year running. a record equalling 18th when across all races, unbeaten since 2015. an incredible feat for the jockey nico de boinville and the trainer. also the tiger came from the country chase in remarkable fashion. some 22 lengths clear of his nearest rivals. he is the strong favourite to retain his grand national crown next month. now when you're ten years of age and you've just signed a contract with nike, the headlines are bound to say the sky is the limit. and that's the case for sky brown, the skateboarder who's part japanese

the 19—year—old will now play elina svitolina in the quarter—finals, who needed more than three hours muguruza played some of her best tennis of the season to upset kiki bertens and book a spot in the last eight. the spanish 20th seed recovered in style after dropping her opening set, to win 5—7, 6—1, 6—3. tiger woods says the neck injury that forced him out of last weekend's arnold palmer invitational tournament has improved, but he has admitted that there will always be some pain after all the surgery he has had. the 14—time major winner returns at the players championship, saying his neck had been troubling him for a while. it is not painful now. it was getting to a point where it was affecting my set up, my backswing, my through swinging. it was just gradually, you know, getting worse. and that's just because my lower backis and that's just because my lower back is fused, and so the stress has to go somewhere. if i don't have movement. and so it is very important for me, going forward, since the surgery, is to keep playable, or else the stresses going to somewhere else. in rugby u

has also been knocked out, losing in three sets to 19—year—old marketa vondousova, who'll play elina svitolinasts, liverpool. now, there's everything to play for after their goalless draw in the first leg. liverpool are in good form and the german champions are top of the bundesliga for the first time since september, while for liverpool managerjurgen klopp, it's just another game. if we deserved to go through, if we play good full all, it could change the world for us. if not, it is over, now lets concentrate on full. of course, that is how it is. there is only one thing to do, it is a very important game, and very, very important game, and more important games will come. wednesday's other tie is also finely poised. lyon head to barcelona hoping to pull off a shock result following their goalless draw last month. it's a tall orderfor the french side though. barca are unbeaten in their last 29 home games in the champions league. it's nine years since lyon won a champions league knockout round tie. in rugby union, the six nations is considering an offer from private equity firm cvc to sell a st