henry moran, exciting times _ have more than a chance. henry moran, exciting times ahead. has withdrawn from snooker�*s champion of champions event in bolton — the world number saying he needs a break to prioritise his mental and physical health. in a message posted on social media, the defending champion said, "mentally i feel a bit drained and stressed " o'sullivan was due to play zhang anda tomorrow, but will now be replaced by china's ding junhui. the all—england club's proposed expansion has suffered a blow after officers at wandsworth council recommended councillors refuse planning permission. the expansion would have seen 39 new tennis courts, including an 8,000—seater show court, which would allow wimbledon qualifying to take place on—site. in line with the other three grand slams. the planning committee will vote on the matter next tuesday. that is all the sport for now. we will be back with more later on. a few hours ago, relatives of israeli hostages held by hamas began a five—day march from tel aviv to the office of israel's prime minister bejamin netanyahu inj

earlier, i spoke to our cricket reporter henry moran — who's covered the whole tournament — and begansix world cup title success, the car horns that you might be able to hear in the background seems to be almost a little bit more muted. all of those blue shirts we saw everywhere you looked yesterday, they've been packed away and the frustration for those supporters, having expected india to win this world cup, they won all their matches up to the game yesterday, it felt like a tour around india, their inevitable march towards vectra. australia got in their way as narendra modi, the crowd supported generously but i think there was a real sense of the party having rather passed them by, i'm not quite sure for those supporters, all 100,000 of them in the stadium yesterday, 1.4 billion around this cricket loving country wondering what on went earth wrong. henry, looking at australia's tournament, i think many people might not have expected them to maybe even get to the world cup final let alone win it. one of the highlights of this tournament the fact that there were so many surprises?— f