we just start anna scmiedlova beating harriet dart, unfortunately a straight sets defeat.,. slovakia go through to april's finals, great britain, i'm afraid, out of the fed cup. great britain's hopes of qualifying a women's basketball team for this summer's olympic games look to be over, after they lost to south korea in serbia. victory for britain would have secured them a place in, but they lost by 82 points to 79. 0ur 0lympic sports reporter, nick hope is in belgrade. great britain against south korea was dubbed a must win even by the players themselves, and although they are not completely out of contention for a place in tokyo 2020, this defeat means a big opportunity has been missed. the british women have only ever competed at one 0lympics, british women have only ever competed at one olympics, london 2012 where they were gifted a place as the host nation. joe was one of the current squad at the games, but despite their efforts they found themselves 16 points down as the koreans took control. when the gb would have given them a ticket to the olympics and the almost

harriet dart lost to viktoria kuzmova.eak but kuzmova won the next two. dart saved five match points but eventually was beaten in three sets. earlier heather watson lost the first match — beaten in straight sets by world number 199 anna karolina. gb are without bothjohanna konta and katie boulter and face a real battle now heading into tomorrows doubles and reverse singles rubbers bristol city have missed the chance to go third in the championship after losing 3—1 to birmingham city. bristol city took the lead after just a0 seconds, but the away side recovered with goals from scott hogan, an own goal from andreas weimann and this from lukas jutkiewicz in injury time. bristol city had won their previous four league matches without conceding a goal. there are only four premier league fixtures this weekend as some clubs go on their winter breaks. manchester city face west ham on sunday but there'll be no raheem sterling. he picked up a hamstring injury last weekend during their defeat at tottenham. his manager says he could b

that meant that harriet dart needed to beat anna schmiedlova. but it wasn't to be.re finally being beaten. so slovakia are through to the inauguralfinals in budapest, but for gb, it's back to a qualifier for next year's competition. and great britain's hopes of qualifying with a women's basketball team for this summer's olympic games look to be over, after they lost to south korea in serbia. victory for britain would have secured them a place in tokyo, but they lost by 82 points to 79. they face spain tomorrow. that's all of the sport. you can find more on these stories on the bbc sport website. women now hold more positions, up from 12% on boards. but there is still a lack of women in senior and executive roles. my name is francesca. i sit on the boards of several companies including air france, and an investment trust. even with her background as a successful business leader, getting her first boardroom position was difficult. it is an area where men often usually outnumber women. change is painful. there is a huge value attributed to chemistry on the board and of

heather watson won her tie, but a straight sets defeat for harriet dart means slovakia go through toappointment, too, for great britain's women's basketball team — whose 0lympic qualification chances look to be over. despite a late fightback, they lost to south korea, and now need to beat european champions spain if they're to stand a chance of winning a place at the tokyo games. there's more on the bbc sport website including racing superhorses altior and native river winning at newbury, but from me, goodnight. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. hello we are looking at the very stormy weather prospects in the days ahead and no part of the uk is set to be spared. met office of art issued amber warnings for england and wales for severe gales but i think the possibility that that warning will be extended for covering up scotland and other are that as well. he is ciara on the pressure chart, teddy packed isobars indicating the strong winds and heavy rain to the across the uk as well. inch of the wind on sunday 60 to 80 mph

heather watson had got them off to a good start as she beat rebecca sramkova.that meant that harriet dart the first set on a tie—break and saved 2 match points in the second, but went long with a backhand. so slovakia are through to the inauguralfinals in budapest, for gb its back to a qualifier for next year's competition. great britain's hopes of qualifying a women's basketball team for this summer's olympic games look to be over, after they lost to south korea in serbia. victory for britain would have secured them a place in tokyo but they lost by 82 points to 79. they face spain tomorrow. that's all the sport. bye for now. a group of senior conservatives is urging fellow tory mps to challenge borisjohnson's decision to give the chinese technology firm huawei a role in building the uk's 5g mobile networks. in a letter, severalformer cabinet ministers say there are alternative options which would not compromise national security. the government insists the decision was taken following a rigorous review and huawei's involvement in 5g would be limited. sir iain duncan smith explained why

heather watson got them back to 2—1 down, but harriet dart couldn't follow suit.legation from the world group. konta opeted not to play, to reduce her workload and protect her body. terri harper is waking up this morning as a boxing world champion. the 23 year old from doncaster won the super—featherweight world title last night. what's remarkable is this was only harper's tenth fight as a professional. and she was always in control against eva wahlstrom, scoring a knock—down in the seventh round. that makes her only britain's second female world champion in the sport, after nicola adams. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, it's time for with the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me are james rampton features writer at the independent and lucy fisher, defence editor of the times. hope you are primed ‘ i hope you are primed with caffeine. iam not, i hope you are primed with caffeine. i am not, a i hope you are primed with caffeine. iam not, a hint to i hope you are primed with caffeine. i am not, a hint to anyone who is l

and that meant that harriet dart needed to beat anna scmiedlova — she lost the first set on a tie—breakre through to the inaugralfinals in budapest, for gb its back to a qualifier for next year's competition. disappointment for the british team. great britain's hopes of qualifying a women's basketball team for this summer's olympic games look to be over, after they lost to south korea in serbia.. victory for britain would have secured them a place in, but they lost by 82 points to 79. our olympic sports reporter, nick hope is in belgrade... great britain against south korea was dubbed a must—win even by the players themselves, and although they are not completely out of contention for a place in tokyo 2020, this defeat means a big opportunity has been missed. the british women have only ever competed at one olympics, london 2012 where they were gifted a place as the host nation. jo was one of the current squad who competed at those games, but despite their efforts they found themselves 16 points down as the koreans took control. gb winning would have given them a ticket to the olympics

on court now is harriet dart against the slovakian number one viktoria kuzmova.leading that a-3. it is tight. the second set. kuzmova just leading that a—3. it is tight. you can watch that a—3. it is tight. you can watch that on the bbc sport website. it‘s been a frustrating day for england‘s cricketer‘s, their second one—dayer against south africa was abandoned in durban, they started almost two hours late because of the rain, the game reduced to a5 overs per side. joe root took the wicket of captain quinton de kock, but only seven overs were bowled before the covers came back on. after another long delay, they had another spell out in the middle, the game now cut to 26 overs each. chrisjordan trapped temba bavuma, but that was the last action of the match, as the rain returned. with no hope of completing the game, it was as abandoned. england can‘t win the series now, but can level it, if they win in johannesburg on sunday. better news for england‘s women in their t20 tri—series in australia. they beat india by four wickets in melbourne, and now look well place

harriet dart is currently on court. she is level pegging on serve in the first set. means gb must now beat reigning olympic silver medallists spain tomorrow — and hope that china defeat south korea — in order to have a chance of claiming a qualifying spot. iamjust i am just disappointed. we only played with urgency for five minutes, we started to make a comeback, we ran out of time and made some crucial errors in the last minute. you cannot play like that, we are playing for an olympic ticket, not for the ymca, everyone is fighting. you have to play with urgency from the start, not five minutes from the end when you be like it is almost over. —— realise it is almost over. sonny bill williams and toronto wolfpack remain in search of their first super league win after losing 24—16 to salford. the red devils scored five tries to earn a first victory of the season, while toronto have now lost back to back games. it's been jump racing's super saturday at newbury today, featuring some of the final warm—up races ahead of next month's cheltenham festival. one of the star nam

they 2—0 down to slovakia in bratislava after heather watson lost the opening singles, and harriet dartity. bristol city actually took the lead afterjust a0 seconds, when 16 year—old jud bellingham‘s cross resulted in an own goal. but birmingham recovered, lukas jutkiewicz wrapping up victory in injury time. england‘s cricketers have to win the final one—day international against south africa tomorrow to avoid a series defeat after the second match in durban had to be abandonded due to persistent rain. it had already already been reduced to 26 overs a side and south africa were 71—2 when it was called off. england suffered a heavy defeat in the opening game. busy day ahead, we will talk more about the rugby later, we will be live in murrayfield, edinburgh, and the aviva er stadium in dublin. and we‘ll see how the weather goes as well. i've been planning my day. how is it going to go? finish, lunch, friend, get home in time, got my spot on the sofa, big tv. a little something. i like it, sounds very similarto mine. something. i like it, sounds very similar to mine. charlie?” something. i

but gb are without both johanna konta and katie boulter, which means heather watson and harriet dart. you can watch it live now on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. the itv presenter phillip schofield has revealed that he's gay. speaking on his programme ‘this morning,‘ he said he‘d had the "strength and support" of his wife, to whom he‘s been married for almost 27 years, and also his two daughters. the presenter said he‘d suffered years of "inner conflict." sarah campbell reports. the programme he has hosted for almost two decades started very differently today, with phillip schofield‘s words read by his co—host and friend, holly willoughby. "with the strength and support of my wife and my daughters, i have been coming to terms with the fact that i am gay. this is something that has caused many heartbreaking conversations at home. i have been married to steph for nearly 27 years, and we have two beautiful grown—up daughters, molly and ruby. this will probably all come as something of a surprise, and i understand. but only by facing this and being honest can i hope

a lot of them found it very tough this year, perhaps didn't find their form, i thought harriet dart didut out to them. and what a final whistle yesterday was sofia kenin playing a superb mostly when her first grand slam was sofia kenin playing a superb mostly when herfirst grand slam —— we saw yesterday. she was amazing. a breath of fresh air. she showed a lot of promise at the francella last year when she took down serena williams. she has a feisty attitude on the court, she stomps around. no—one would have predicted her to come out on top of this championships. but perhaps we seeing her at the very start of something that may end up being an extremely illustrious career. to take down my experience yesterday in garbine muguruza was quite amazing —— somebody quite experience was that she has been a breath of fresh air. a great atmosphere as we gear up for the men's final. what sort of atmosphere wasn't like and give us a of what khomic team may novak djokovic will be gearing up for later. it was a great atmosphere -- dominic thiem and novak djokovic. we have a great team with us. and so

and heather watson got the first of them, but harriet dart couldn't follow suit.m as they tried to qualify for the olympic games for the first time. they lost 82—79 to south korea. it means they now have to beat the olympic silver medallists spain today, and hope that china beat south korea, to have a chance of making it. i'm just disappointed. like, we only played with urgency with five minutes to go, or however long was left, and we started to make a run and make a comeback, and we started to believe we could win. we just ran out of time, and i think we made some crucial errors, like maybe in the last minute or something. but you can't play like that. we're playing for an olympic ticket, we're not playing at the ymca. everyone is fighting. you have to play with urgency from the start, not with five minutes to go, when you realise it's almost over. so disappointing for women's basketball tea m so disappointing for women's basketball team once again. and they have never qualified for the olympics, but they have competed in the olympics when it was in london, but h