jos buttler delivers a brutal batting display against india as england go ahead in the t20 series. return of zlatan! swedish hero ibrahimovic is back in the national side, at the age of 39. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start the programme at the cheltenham festival. one of the blue riband events of the jump racing season, but with a difference this year. no famous cheltenham roar with the festival taking place behind closed doors. and what a day of racing the crowds would have enjoyed, as our senior sports news correspondent laura scott can tell us. laura. the sun was shining all afternoon _ laura. the sun was shining all afternoon at _ laura. the sun was shining all afternoon at cheltenham - laura. the sun was shining all afternoon at cheltenham andl laura. the sun was shining all. afternoon at cheltenham and you laura. the sun was shining all- afternoon at cheltenham and you get the sense that with the performances we have seen on the track and the weather, it would been one of those days the fans really would have savoured but they are not here, the festival being held beh

england cruising to victory and as the world's top rank team, this was some statement —— jos buttler.f the second round. he's three shots behind the spaniard on his first two holes today. garcia was in trouble at the first, but this remarkable escape from the pine straw set up a power. he birdied the second it is now two shots clear from the field. his was one of the footballing success stories of recent seasons, manager chris wilder taking sheffield united from the championship to a ninth placed finish in the premier league last season, which makes his decision to leave the club surprising despite united sitting bottom and facing relegation, as paul 0gden explains. from lead one to the premier leave, he's quite something. 0ne from lead one to the premier leave, he's quite something. one of chris wilder because my greatest achievement was reunite sheffield united fans with the club itself —— chris wilder's achievement. when wilder led the mass chorus. personally. some similar you clear communication from football club is what fans need tonight because the actual trigger for wilder's d

jos buttler says england's policy of resting and rotating players is the right thing to do, despite the early from that series, having played in england's win in the first test, in order to spend time at home. and that was ahead of the t20 series against the same opponents, which starts on friday. england were criticised by some for not playing their strongest side throughout, but buttler says with a packed calendar this year, it's the right call to manage workloads. i think we need to get away from the idea that you just go until you break and we leave the players behind. there's so much forget coming up that it's absolutely a huge... with the ashes at the end of the year, you need to be getting to that point with players in the best shape to be able to go and perform in that series as opposed to being burnt out and no longer wanting to be in that environment. and the former england bowlerjoey benjamin has died at the age of 60. benjamin won one test cap for england during a memorable victory over south africa at the oval in 1994 and took 387 first class wickets during an 11—year caree

cricket now and england's jos buttler says the policy of resting and rotating players is the right thingaying with cricket and south africa has their first permanent black captain. temba bavuma will lead the proteas in the next two twenty20 world cups and the 50—over world cup in 2023. he is the latest black player in south african sport to be handed the ca ptain�*s armband. in 2017, thulani hlatshwayo became captain of the national football team. and in 2018, siya kolisi was made captain of the country's rugby union team, leading the springboks to victory at the 2019 world cup. bavuma has been speaking to the bbc�*s james gregg from his home injohannesburg. being in one space with my family, i'm getting to see theirjoy and getting to understand the joy where they are coming from and getting to enter with some members of my community where i grew up, it really does strengthen the emotion and significance behind the moment. i guess that is not something that is oblivious to me. it is not lost to me. i understand it is a big responsibility to be honest. but in saying that, i guess i feel b

it was largely down to a ruthless display from jos buttler — who hit 83 and stole the headlines fromof coronavirus cases in gujarat. patrick geary reports. and then they disappeared — there was a 60,000 here on sunday, now there were none. things change fast on planet pandemic. albeit not as fast as mark wood. and cricket shortest form, it hurts to be down early for us at the captain said run so he ran. but the boss is not always right. he felt guilty, but this is a good apology, after only 77 runs, only england were sorry for set the target 157, the target 157, beyond what they like but that is not accounted for the ?remarkable reach ofjoss butler, chasing is easy when you can do this. this has been finishing first and there will be no reversing that logic here. in this mood, butler looks indescribable. too late to apologise this time and a series that will finish in front of no one is led by england to — one. in front of no one is led by england 2 — one. patrick gearey, bbc news. to cheltenham where history was made on day one in the feature race of the day, the champion hurdle, ra

jos buttler will skipper the side in his absence.o he'll also miss tomorrow's match — and defeat could mean england are knocked off top spot in the world rankings — but ben stokes says he and his team—mates just want to win the game. being number one is obviously a fantastic thing to have and next to your name as a team but it's not our driving force for some of our driving force for some of our driving force for some of our driving force is the way we go about it and our attitude towards being the game and that's what made us be successful and to more successful we are the more chance and the more opportunity we have got to be at number one so i was driving force is making sure we stay true to ourselves and it's how we play the game. now let's bring you up to date with all today's tennis news, starting with a scare for britain's jack draper at the miami 0pen. draper really struggled with the heat and humidity in his match against mikhail kukushkin, collapsing on court during the first set. he received swift medical attention but cou

and coming up in sport on bbc news: jos buttler delivers a brutal batting display against india as englando 2—1 up in the best—of—five t20 series. good evening. we start tonight with harrowing testimony from one community in syria, one of the many shattered by the conflict which started a decade ago this week. tens of thousands had taken to the streets calling for change. the government tried to crush the protests and the country descended into civil war. the united nations estimates more than 250,000 people have died in syria's conflict, although the true number could be much higher. at least 6.2 million syrians have been forced from their homes — another 5.7 million have left the country. and today, a decade on, after all the bloodshed, president bashar al—assad is still in power. in aleppo in 2013, iqra school was bombed by a fighterjet. some children were killed instantly, others died of their injuries in the days and weeks that followed. a bbc panorama team were filming nearby when the attack happened. cameraman darren conway has returned to aleppo to meet survivors and relatives. dar

in this mood, jos buttler looks indestructible. blackmore said she's an example to both men and women that anything can be achieved, as she became the first femalejockey to win the champion hurdle at cheltenham. the victory came on the opening day of the festival, as the irish jockey guided home the 11—10 favourite honeysuckle for trainer henry de bromhead. blackmore has a leading chance when she rides again in friday's gold cup, alongside fellow female jockey bryony frost on frodon. i'm speechless, to be honest. she's just so incredible. ijust i just can't believe we won a champion hurdle. this was never even a dream. it's so far from what i ever thought could happen in my life. writing the winner of a champion hurdle. it's so far removed from anything i thought would ever be possible. maybe there's a lesson in that for everyone out there, but it's incredible. manchester city are in champions league action. city have a 2—0 lead over borussia munchengladbach after the first leg. they've been playing about 15 minutes and its current

the initiative with a rapid partnership of 99 it took a piece of outstanding wicketkeeping from jos buttlerto cling onto this chance. and pandya followed soon after england continued to take wickets and eventually bowled india out with ten balls to spare. boxer dillian whyte kept alive his hopes of a heavyweight world title shot after gaining revenge over alexander povetkin last night. he lost when they met back in august, but whyte knocked povetkin out this time in the fourth round. 0nly anthonyjoshua and wladimir klitschko had previously beaten the russian in 39 fights. i'm a good boxer. i can box. but some times... i was boxing good last year, last year there was nothing wrong with the performance last year. there was a mistake, you know what i mean? heavyweight boxing, we have milliseconds to make five or six different decisions. sometimes you make the wrong one, and that's it. i went for the hook, and he come up the middle. but this time i didn't sit on the front foot. i stayed centre, and i was back and forth, with a bit of balance. so, yeah, easy adjustment. there was disappointment

it was largely down to a ruthless display from jos buttler — who hit 83 and stole the headlines from none. things change fast on planet pandemic. albeit not as fast as mark wood. in cricket shortest form, it helps to be quick early for us at the captain said run so he ran. but the boss is not always right. he felt guilty, but this is a good apology, after only 77 runs, only england were sorry. the target 157, beyond what they like but that is not accounted for the remarkable reach ofjoss butler, chasing is easy when you can fly. this has been finishing first and there will be no reversing that logic here. in this mood, butler looks indescribable. too late to apologise this time and a series that will finish in front of no one is led by england 2—1 patrick gearey, bbc news. to cheltenham where history was made on day one in the feature race of the day, the champion hurdle, rachel blackmore becoming the first female jockey to win the race. it would have been a day for the fans to savour, none though on the course this year, as blackmore came home on the 11—10 favourite honeysuckle, wel

jos buttler and dawid malan put england in contention, but after malan went, the rest of england's battingland lost 7 wickets for 44 runs, so india comfortable winners. two—time olympic taekwondo gold medallistjadejones is unhappy that overseas fans won't be allowed into this years delayed tokyo games. she told us earlier on breakfast, she will especially miss her family while out in japan, but that she's motivated to bring home another gold for them. i can't lie, i am truly gutted. my family have been there from the youth olympics, the london olympics and the rio one. but it has already been postponed a year and it is tough for athletes, the olympic cycle is a long one. this time, it's been five years and i'm going into ita bit older than i even would have before. so definitely want to get it done, yeah. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. what am i saying tomorrow? it is today! with me are katherine forster, journalist at the sunday times and james rampton, features writer

jos buttler and jason roy gave the crowd some serious practice.header was deflected into his own net by cieran clark, as villa thought they'd won it with four minutes to go. jamal lascelles' header in the fourth minute of stoppage time pushing newcastle a further point clear of the relegation zone. villa stay ninth. in the championship, brentford are back up to second in the championship after a tight 1—0 win over blackburn. the bees had lost four of their last six going into the game at ewood park, but ivan toney�*s tenth minute penalty proved the difference. watford and swansea can go back above them tomorrow. bristol extended their lead at the top of the premiership with an imprssive victory over wasps. despite a number of injuries, they won by 37—20. chris vui forcing his way over here to secure the bonus point, one of four tries on the night, much to the delight of pat lam. fourth choice fly half tiff eden converted all of them and added three more penalties as wasps crashed to a sixth defeat in their last seven matches. glasgow beat ospreys

jos buttler says england's policy of resting and rotating players is the right thing to do, despite thet, but buttler says with a packed calendar this year, it's the right call to manage workloads. i think we need to get away from the idea that you just go until you break and we leave the players behind. there's so much cricket coming up that it's absolutely a huge... with the ashes at the end of the year, you need to be getting to that point with players in the best shape to be able to go and perform in that series as opposed to being burnt out and no longer wanting to be in that environment. and the former england bowlerjoey benjamin has died at the age of 60. benjamin won one test cap for england during a memorable victory over south africa at the oval in 1994 and took 387 first class wickets during an 11—year career with warwickshire and surrey. and, of course, two champions league last 16 ties came to a conclusion this evening. to find out who has gone through to the quarterfinals, you can head to bbc sport website, but that is all your sport for now. this is bbc news. i'm clive my

rishabh pant had 78 and was looking set for more whenjos had 78 and was looking set for more when jos buttlerstance. a first one day 54 dawid malan, but he was out soon after and england more or less on the way home. sam curran and adil rashid battled on but when adil rashid was out it looked all over. drew savage, bbc news. in the last few minutes, england have lost by seven runs. there�*s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we�*re back with the late news at 10:00pm. now on bbc one it�*s time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. the government says it�*s "on track" to ease the lockdown in england and deliver on its vaccination targets. the culture secretary 0liver dowden says he�*s "confident" a further lockdown can be avoided as long as people don�*t treat the easing of restrictions as a �*complete free for all�*. sir richard skyes is the chairman of the royal institution — an independent charity dedicated to connecting people with the world of science. my colleague tim willcox asked him where he thought we are now in terms of dealing with covid in

jos buttler is taking over, won the toss and decided to field and they made early breakthroughs.ll, but india have recovered getting 89 with rowe hit kohli in ominous form. batsman liam livingstone, is making his debut so all eyes on him later. there was a win, a draw, and a defeat for the home nations in world cup qualifying action last night. england thrashed san marino, the world's lowest ranked team, 5—0. the least you'd expect really. but there was a goal on his debut for substitute ollie watkins, scoring with his first kick of the game, while dominic calvert—lewin, was twice on target. there was a battling point for scotland. john mcginn scored an acrobatic equaliser as scotland drew 2—2 with austria at hampden. the scots twice came from behind. but there was disappointment for northern ireland, losing 2—0 to italy in parma. the italians are now unbeaten in 23 matches so it was always going to be a massive challenge. after finding a swimming pool with one of his shots on wednesday, rory mcilroy had a much better day yesterday at the world matchplay. he beat the american, la

jos buttler and dawid malan put england in contention, but after malan went, the rest of england's battinghletes and their families. their | athletes and their families. their parents can't watch them. at least at the moment it looks like it is going ahead. at the moment it looks like it is going ahead-— at the moment it looks like it is going ahead. and it is live sport, so actually _ going ahead. and it is live sport, so actually even _ going ahead. and it is live sport, so actually even there _ going ahead. and it is live sport, so actually even there might - going ahead. and it is live sport, so actually even there might not| going ahead. and it is live sport, i so actually even there might not be fans, i think we are all desperate to see something exciting on the tv. hopefully it will bring us that. i hopefully it will bring us that. i have got to ask about that fielding in the _ have got to ask about that fielding in the cricket, it had to be thrown to the _ in the cricket, it had to be thrown to the other— in the cricket, it had to be thrown to the other guy, if you cross the bounda

but that never looked like being enough, with jos buttler leading from the front for england.credit has to go to the guys who bowled first up. to take three wickets in a power play is fantastic. it really sets the game up from that. great britain and ireland's 3—match hockey series ended level, after the final game finished all—square at 1—1 in belfast. the series is being used as a warm—up ahead of the olympics this summer. ireland took the lead through roisin upton, and it was only four minutes from time that gb managed to draw level. izzy petter with the equalizer. the teams will meet again at the olympics in tokyo. team new zealand have won sailings most prestigious prize, the americas cup. they've beaten the luna rossa team in the last few hours in their best—of—13 series. racing off the coast of auckland, they were roared on by huge crowds. new zealands prime minister jacinda ardern was amongst to congratulate the team, saying they've made the country proud. tiger woods has left hospital three weeks after breaking his leg and ankle in a car crash in california. the 45—ye

england had 157 to chase, and they reached that with ease thanks to an unbeaten 83 from opener jos buttlertic and really sets the game up for you from there. after becoming the first female jockey to win the champion hurdle on the first day of the cheltenham festival, rachael blackmore rides notebook in today�*s big race — the queen mother champion chase. blackmore guided the favourite honeysuckle to victory for trainer henry de bromhead in the hurdle on the opening day. honeysuckle is unbeaten in 11 starts now. you can follow the racing on day 2 on 5live sports extra from 1.15. the champion chase is at 3.05pm. that�*s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. six asian women are believed to be among eight people shot dead in the us city of atlanta. the shootings happened at two spas and a massage parlour. a man has been arrested. mark lobel reports. authorities in cherokee county were called to young�*s asian massage. there, they found five people with gunshot wounds. two were pronounced dead at the scene. the other three were transported to h

jos buttler is taking over today. scue a point against austria in glasgow. john mcginn with the goal of the night, an acrobatic equaliser. not a bad result against a team who'd won their last four away matches. but there was disappointment for northern ireland, losing 2—0 to italy in parma. the italians are now unbeaten in 23 matches. so it was always going to be a massive challenge. the whole of wales will be cheering on scotland tonight as the six nations comes to an end. scotland's trip to france was postponed last month due to a covid—19 outbreak in the french camp. after denying wales the grand slam, last saturday, france can now snatch the title too, if they can score at least four tries against scotland and win by 21 points or more. however the scots have been wound up by all the talk about france being champions and hope to win themselves with a bonus point, which would mean their best everfinish of second. now before the pandemic, triathlon was becoming one of the boom sports for people to have a go at, with m