frenchmanjonathan ivair has won stage three of the paris—nice as luis leon sanchez took the overall leaddescent late in the stage to make the most of their break into chatel—guyon, but ivair had the strength to ride away from the rest of the field. his compatriot arnaud demare who held the yellowjersey was fourth as he won the bunch sprint in the chasing peleton, but it wasn't close enough to retain the race lead, which went to sanchez. in the nba, houston looking for 16 wins ina in the nba, houston looking for 16 wins in a row. they haven't won the title since 1995, they are top at of the western conference at oklahoma city leading 32— 30 approaching half—time. until next time, it is by the now. —— bye for now. hello again. it felt like we had two different seasons across the uk yesterday, north to south. across northern areas in scotland, we had heavy snow causing transport disruption again. and temperatures struggled to get much above freezing. whereas further south, 11 degrees celsius and, indeed, we had some cloud breaks. and with the light winds around, it didn't feel too bad at al

and frenchmanjonathan ivair has won stage three of the paris—nice as luis leon sanchez took the overall, where we start with the champions league news that holders real madrid and liverpool are the first teams through to the quarter—finals, after respective aggregate wins over paris st germain and porto. real went through 5—2 on aggregate, with cristiano ronaldo scoring — making it a goal in every game he's played in the competition this year. when marco veratti was sent off it appeared all hope was lost, but minutes later edinson cavani scored to level it on the night, before casemiro made sure of the result and their place in the last eight. translation: i think it all went well, we had a good

the spaniard luis leon sanchez of the astana team was 7th—quickest on the stage, but that was enoughrsey. he's 15 seconds ahead of poels. six of the world's top 20 golfers feature at the valspar championship this week. 2015 champion jordan spieth is the highest—ranked player in action as he looks for form ahead of the masters. meanwhile tiger woods makes his third start in four weeks as he steps up his preparation for the opening major of the year. after playing honda and really feeling good about it, i wanted to push myself and my practice sessions, which i did, push myself in the gym a little bit and thought, ican in the gym a little bit and thought, i can handle two weeks in a row. i did it in la and i do this in hondo, even i didn't play four rounds in la. i felt like even i didn't play four rounds in la. ifelt like i could handle two weeks in a row. that is one of the reasons why i am here. in regards to approaching augusto, it's just reasons why i am here. in regards to approaching augusto, it'sjust been simple things. alignment stuff. i would have typically done in the off—sea

team sky's wout poels won today's individual time—trial at the paris—nice race as luis leon sanchez tookder sanchez. despite switching from honda to renault engines the mclaren formula one team still seems beset with the same old reliability problems. for the second day running at the barcelona preseason test they suffered three breakdowns. red bull's daniel ricciardo clocked the quickest time of the day ahead of world champion lewis hamilton. warren gatland says welsh rugby will "look after" george north if his northampton career ends early. sources close to the winger has said he feels let down by his club after management there questioned his commitment following his failure to appear in the premiership last weekend. north, who's returning to join one of the regions at the end of the season, is one of 10 changes to the welsh team to face italy on sunday. tomos dafydd has more. there are some familiar faces, new caps, after back—to—back defeats against england and ireland coach promised changes. ten in all including gareth anscombe at fly half, the ospreys centre 0wen watkin will make

luis leon sanchez retained the overall lead.venth overall, 45 seconds off the lead. mclaren ended the final day of formula one preseason testing on a high, with fernando alonso second quickest behind the ferrari of kimi raikkonen. despite an engine problem keeping alonso in the pits forfive hours, team boss eric boullier said they were minor issues and "very quickly we are going to get back to normal." tiger woods has a share of the clubhouse lead during the second round of the valspar championship in florida. he hit a 68 today to finish 4—under par, alongside three others including englishman paul casey. that is it from me for the moment, so that is it from me for the moment, so time to return back tojohn watson who is in dublin for us. yes, many thanks indeed. where the stage is set for the first of those six nations matches to come in the fourth round this week and custom ireland up against scotland here at the aviva stadium tomorrow. as we know, victory for ireland over scotland and defeat for england against france in paris

spaniard luis leon sanchez retained the leader's yellow jersey. snowboarder 0wen pick has been chosen to carry the flag for great britain at the winter paralympics opening ceremony tomorrow. pick lost a leg in a taliban blast while serving for the british army in afghanistan eight years ago when he was just 18. he only tried out the sport having being discharged from the army. britain's17—strong team will be their biggest at a winter paralympics since turin 2006, when 20 athletes took part. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10.30. a jury at the old bailey has seen the moment a bomb partially exploded on a tube in south west london. some of the passengers on board have been describing how their hair and clothes caught fire when it went off in a packed carriage last september. 30 people were injured in the incident at parsons green station. 18—year—old ahmed hassan denies attempted murder. from the old bailey, here's june kelly. this was a day of dramatic and distressing evidence as the court heard from those who w

spain's luis leon sanchez retained the leader's yellow jersey.an vettel was fastest on the penultimate day of pre—season testing. he recorded the quickest time seen so far this year but was using foster tyres family with was eighth and frailty and fautua 0tto bossert, mike. but yearly bottas's luck finally changed as they completed the most laps they have done on a single test basis 2013. that's all the sport for now. more sport on the bbc website, the arsenal game kicks off at six, others and five prostate. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. thank you will. let's get more now on the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. in the last hour, the police officer who is still in hospital in a serious condition after trying to help them has been named, and this is his photograph, this is detective sergeant nick bailey. he remains in hospital, in a serious condition, after being the first on the scene. the acting chief constable of wiltshire police, clear prichard, has just given journalists and update on sergeant