gulf correspondent ian carter in virginia, thank you.er started with an eagle and went on to make birdies at the seventh and thirteenth to edge ahead of italy's matteo manassero. mcilroy�*s on six under overall, with a group of four players — including england'sjordan smith and scotland's robert macintyre — three shots further back. next, to what was a bad day in baku for lando norris and his hopes of catching max verstappen in the race for the formula one world title. it's ferrari's charles leclerc who'll start tomorrow's azerbaijan grand prix on pole — as max verstappen qualified sixth, and lando norris i7th — initally. norris' trying to close a 62—point gap to verstappen over the final eight races of the year, but faces a difficult race tomorrow as nick parrott reports. if lando norris looked close to tears, it's little wonder. after being promised preferential treatment by his max verstappen should have been boosted. and should have been boosted, but bad luck bit in baku, the frenchman slowed down for the rest of his lap but coming u

looking ahead to what is to come this weekend, ian carter in virginia.ree consecutive grand slams and six championships on the bounce. england's red roses, the number one team, seem unstoppable. but one country that's been a thorn in their side is the world champions new zealand — who in five world cup finals have beaten england every time. both sides play each other in a friendly at twickenham tomorrow and ahead of it both captains have been speaking to — each other. hi i'm the red roses captain. i'm i'm the black — hi i'm the red roses captain. i'm i'm the black ferns cocaptain and we are going _ i'm the black ferns cocaptain and we are going to— i'm the black ferns cocaptain and we are going to team to ask each of the questions _ are going to team to ask each of the cuestions. ., ., , ., ,. , questions. how would you describe our questions. how would you describe your opposition _ questions. how would you describe your opposition team? _ questions. how would you describe your opposition team? hall. - questions. how would you describe your opposition t

let's cross to our golf correspondent ian carter who's there for us. good evening, ian.ur-point lead.— four-point lead. yes they did, it was more — four-point lead. yes they did, it was more encouraging - four-point lead. yes they did, it was more encouraging for. four-point lead. yes they did, i it was more encouraging for the europeans this morning, they had the initiative and three of the four matches and much of the four matches and much of the session but in the end nellie came through in the tottenham match and that was a vital point for the americans. a crucially meant that the session was chaired to point apiece, 8—1; in favour of the americans heading into the afternoon, for balls and they are going well for the home side because for the first three matches are in their favour, allison lee who held a brilliant second shot, alongside megan kang, they are one up through second holes. in the second match, andrea lee took after five and the americans also head and the third match, allie ewing and lexie thompson one up after four. the only match where your core leani

our golf correspondent ian carter reports from virginia. it was closer — much closer — then i think anyone would have anticipated heading into the final day's singles. europe had to make up that four—point deficit and they had been outplayed on the first two days, but this was a really gutsy and spirited display by the europeans, typified by charley hull, who set them on their way with a fantastic victory — seven under par for the 1a holes that it took her to beat nelly korda, the world number one. a brilliant display by charley hull. also to beat alison lee from georgia hall. and that gave hope to the europeans, who ultimately won the closing session by 6.5 points to 5.5, but ultimately they had to make up just too much ground. and as a result, the americans could do it with half points, and the most notable of those came from lilia vu, the world number two. she had been in fine form throughout the match, but she was up against it against albane valenzuela, the rookie, making her debut, who was two up with two to play. then vu holed a bril

our golf correspondent ian carter reports from virginia.er — then i think anyone would have anticipated heading into the final day's singles. europe had to make up that four—point deficit and they had been outplayed on the first two days, but this was a really gutsy and spirited display by the europeans, typified by charley hull, who set them on their way with a fantastic victory — seven under par for the 14 holes that it took her to beat nelly korda, the world number one. a brilliant display by charley hull. also to beat alison lee from georgia hall. and that gave hope to the europeans, who ultimately won the closing session by 6.5 points to 5.5, but ultimately they had to make up just too much ground.

we'll speak more about that in just a moment, but our golf correspondent, ian carter, is in virginiao expect its i was an exciting moment because thatis its i was an exciting moment because that is when the first real meaningful news of the week emerges and that will be when both captains announce their pairings for the opening sequence of the matches and there will be four of those tomorrow morning and four in the afternoon and they're going to the same sequence on saturday reports and singles matches comes sunday to decide the outcome in the first real meaningful action will be when the captains reveal their hands and decide who is going to be paired with who and who they will be up against and it will be a very exciting moment in the build—up to the match. exciting moment in the build-up to the match. , , , ., , exciting moment in the build-up to the match. , , , .,, the match. despite europe looking like retaining for the fourth time, they're very much the underdogs aren't they?— they're very much the underdogs aren't they? they are. if you look at the respective _ aren't they? t

carter, carly cooperman. and, ladies, i do want to get into what both sides are saying post the debate, and, lee, i'll throw to to you first, ian sands, of course, the aforementioned harris campaign spokesperson, was with me yesterday x i asked him about donald trump maybe hinting that the door isn't completely shut on another debate. i want you to react to this. >> i thought his exact wording was pretty interesting. he said if he's in the right mood, he might do a debate. he's awfully moody. i don't know if he's just working through his feelings after tuesday night, but as the vice president has said, you know, the american people deserve a second debate. they deserve to see the choice in this election. neil: what did you think of that, lee? and would it make a difference anyway? you're a great historian on this stuff. do debates in general move the needle? i can think of jfk, 1940, they certainly did -- 19600, they certainly did. >> i don't think they move the needle in big and meaningful ways, but this race is so, so close that every point counts. so when you're looking at a swing that happens in polls after debates, you see