you ready for a marathon between mark selby and mark allen?chelle back at the aviva stadium next scotland's robert macintyre has the clubhouse lead in the korea championship. he went round in 69 and is on eight under. another scot, scott jamieson is a shot further back. and on the final day of the jump racing season, there was an extraordinary double for kitty's light who won the day's big handicap chase at sandown — only a week after winning the scottish national. this year's jump trainer's title goes to paul nicholls and the top jockey is brian hughes. over the coming six days, nottingham will host the world championship for six teams in division one — it's the biggest tournament staged in the uk for generations. home ice might give great britain the edge. the stage is set for the biggest clashes on ice to be witnessed in the uk in a generation — bone—crunching smashes, a lightning—fast blur of bodies, sticks and pucks. six nations battle for promotion to the top division and a chance to rejoin the world's elite teams, and for great britain,

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purcell will face either mark selby or mark alleyne —— luca brecel will face either mark selby or markstretched that lead, first to 17. selby going for a third title, mark allen looking to become the first northern irishman into a final since dennis taylor back in 1985. you can follow that one on bbc two. before we move on... let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. leinster have reached rugby union's european champions cup final, beating toulouse 41—22 in dublin. jack conan went over twice. they'll play exeter or holders la rochelle back at the aviva stadium next month. scotland's robert macintyre has the clubhouse lead in the korea championship. he went round in 69 and is on eight under. another scot, scott jamieson is a shot further back. and on the final day of the jump racing season, there was an extraordinary double for kitty's light who won the day's big handicap chase at sandown — only a week after winning the scottish national. this year's jump trainer's title goes to paul nicholls and the top jockey is brian hughes. over the coming six

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mark selby has made snooker history by becoming the first player to make a 147 break in a world championshipr time. selby started the session down but by the time they finish, gracelle was leading by only nine frames to eight, it was the first to 18, there were two more sessions before the winner is crowned on monday night. what a competitor because to jan follow that up and when that last frame, that is absolutely vital. i that last frame, that is absolutely vital. i think that is one of— absolutely vital. i think that is one of the _ absolutely vital. i think that is one of the most - absolutely vital. i think that is one of the most special. is one of the most special moments we can ever remember in the sport. it moments we can ever remember in the sort. ., , moments we can ever remember in the sort, ., ., moments we can ever remember in the sort. ., . ., , the sport. it was amazing, 'ust to watch it fl the sport. it was amazing, 'ust to watch it and i the sport. it was amazing, 'ust to watch it and be i the sport. it was amazing, 'ust to watch it and be here i the sport. it was amazing, j

and mark allen claims the first session of the world's snooker championship semifinals against mark selbyive frames to three. hello and thanks forjoining us. here is your latest sports news. everton face a huge task to stay in the premier league following a 4—1 thrashing by newcastle united. newcastle continued their stunning form in front of goal which has seen them scoring ten goals in the past two games. and are eight points above fifth place tottenham as they look to secure champions league football. everton are 19th, two points from safety, with just five games left to avoid the clubs first relegation in 69 years in the top flight of english football. for a large part of that half, even with the result, i will take that performance. when the second goes in, you cannot take that performance. that is when the basics were out the window. there was plenty inside that goal so there is no chance. it was this exactly the same, that was the reality of the challenge i took over. it is still there and we have to corrected. the return to form in a really good way. i think it was a period where

and four—times champion mark selby is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship.nham have sacked interim manager cristian stellini after less than a month in thejob. it follows their 6—1 thrashing at newcastle in the premier league on sunday. former spurs midfielder ryan mason, who had a spell in charge whenjose mourinho left in 2021, takes over as caretaker. in a statement, chairman daniel levy said... spurs are six points off the champions league places. they play manchester united on thursday. daniel levy has turned tottenham into a huge club. he's done many, many good things. he's built some fantastic infrastructure, the best training ground in the country, the best stadium in the country. he's turned tottenham from a mid—table team to contenders at the top end of the table, in an era in which the financial landscape of football has moved away from spurs. that said, the decisions made over the last five years have almost all of them been bad, ever since the decision not to back mauricio pochettino in the transfer market, which of course led to the end of poche

mark allen claims the first session of the world soccer championship semifinal against mark selby fiverames to three. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. here is your latest sports news. everton face a huge task to stay in the premier league following a 412 fashion by newcastle united. newcastle newcastle u nited. newcastle continued newcastle united. newcastle continued their stunning form in front of goal which has seen them scored ten goals in the last two games. eight points above fifth place tottenham as they look to secure a champions league football. ever ten r 19. league football. ever ten r19. two points from safety with just five games left to avoid the club's first relegation after 69 years in the top flight of english football. for a lane flight of english football. for a large part _ flight of english football. for a large part of— flight of english football. er?" a large part of that half, i would take that, even if that's the result, i will take the performance, but when the second cousin, you cannot take that performance. the basics go out the window,

mark selby has got the better of the second session.rs ago he won the last of his four titles. it's the first to 17. in the other semifinal sijiahui is well under first to 17. in the other semifinal si jiahui is well under way against luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11-5 luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11—5 up after two sessions. the belgian really lost his composure at the end of one of the frames after failing to get out of the snooker. he got a warning. he hasn't come close to the form that saw him stunned defending champion ronnie o'sullivan in the quarters. si jiahui went on to win five out of the next seven frames. he is looking very good for the final. harry kane says he and some of the other senior spurs players held an honest conversation with the club's chairman on monday the day after their humiliating defeat at newcastle. he said it was important for the chairman to understand where the heads were. later that day the interim coach was sacked. there is increased speculation that hurricane will leave the club in the

let's see how he is doing in the evening session, still winning, 8—5, so you could say that mark selby he's added three extra frames and _ session. he's added three extra frames and brecel _ session. he's added three extra frames and breceljust - session. he's added three extra frames and breceljust the - session. he's added three extra frames and breceljust the two. j session. he's added three extra - frames and breceljust the two. the first 18 will win and the match will conclude tomorrow, so on bank holiday monday. and that's all the sport for now. preparations are under way across the uk for thousands of community events that will take place around the coronation of king charles and queen camilla on saturday. organisers of community street parties say there have been 50,000 requests for packs of bunting and other materials. for some it's brought back memories of the last coronation in 1953. mark easton have been to east london to talk to some of the local residents there about how they view this coronation. # in a golden coach there is a heart of gold riding # through old london to

live pictures from the crucible in sheffield, and brecel has added another frame leading 7—a, so mark selbyirst to 18 frames will win. this vinyl goes all the way into tomorrow, into monday at the crucible —— this final. and that's all the sport for now. in chess, the magnus carlsen era is over. ding liren has become china's first world chess champion. the 30—year—old player won the rapid chess playoff against against russian—born ian nepomniachtchi in astana, in kazakhstan. ding takes over as winner of the world chess championship from norway's magnus carlsen, who chose not to defend his title after a 10—year reign. his triumph means china now holds both the men's and women's world titles. hollywood star nazanin boniadi's family fled iran when she was a baby. she's since starred in the rings of power, homeland, and how i met your mother. and more recently — she's been campaigning to bring more freedoms to iran. we are now more than six months on from the beginning of protests in the country, and the actress has been speaking on sunday with laura kuessnberg and told us more about how daily

mark selby set up a semi—final with mark allen after comfortably advancing past fellow four—time champion 102 but selby hit a 67 as he sealed victory. a half—century from jason roy helped kolkata knight riders to a 21 run—win over royal challengers bangalore in the ipl on wednesday. jason roy's 56 — his second successive half—century — and 48 from captain nitish rana helped kkr set the home side 201 to win. although rcb got off to a flyer with a virat kohli half century, they could only manage 179 for 8 in their 20 overs. the win meants the kolkata knight riders move up to 7th in the league after breaking a four match winning streak — and are still in with a chance of making the play—offs to tennis and ahead of his title defence — carlos alcaraz has been reflecting on his momentous run to glory at last year's madrid 0pen. the 19—year—old caused a stir in the spanish capital after beating his idol rafa nadal in the quarter—finals, a player he first faced in 2021 and the teenager admits he was nervous before the match. 2021 on my 18th birthday was my first time playing rafaso it was difficu

mark selby got himself in a pickle with the last shot. llen was 5—3 up after thursday's first session. the first frame of this session took an absolute age. mark allen pinching that in the end to go 6—3 up. it's the first to 17 at this stage. a lot of snooker still to be played in that semifinal. on the other semifinal, siege are we is well under way against luca brazil. he is 11-5 under way against luca brazil. he is 11—5 up in that one. the belgian lost his composure at the end of the ninth frame after failing to get out of the snooker. have a look at this. he was warned for that. he hasn't come close to the form that's done ronnie o'sullivan. —— if that's done. harry kane says he and some of the other senior players held an honest conversation with the tottenham hotspur chairman on monday the day after the humiliating 6—1 defeat at newcastle. he says it was important for daniel eva to understand with their heads were at. later that day the interim coach was sacked. there is speculation that harry kane will leave the club in the summer w

and four—times champion mark selby is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship.lini after less than a month in thejob. it follows their 6—1 thrashing at newcastle in the premier league on sunday. former spurs midfielder ryan mason, who had a spell in charge whenjose mourinho left in 2021, takes over as caretaker. in a statement, chairman daniel levy said... spurs are six points off the champions league places.

and another four—time winner, mark selby, faces another englishman in matthew selt.ade for great britain's gymnasts — their first ever women's team gold at the european championships in turkey. 18—year—old defending floor and world championjessica gadirova topped the standings in both the floor and beam qualifying. there were similarly impressive results for her teammates, 0ndine achampong, alice kinsella, georgia—mae fenton and the returning becky downie back on bars, as they made history, beating italy and netherlands to the gold medal of the four apparatus. oklahoma city thunder had shay gilgeous alexander to thank for helping them past new orleans pelicans 123—118 in nba's play—in tournment, with sga making four free throws in the last 30 seconds to help the setup a meeting with the timberwolves on friday. chicago bulls came from 19 points behind to outlast the toronto raptors 109—105. giannis antetokumpo and the milwaukee bucks stand between the bulls in the eighth seed spot in the eastern conference. how much credit should go to the bulls forward demar derozan?

the four—time world champion will play either gary wilson or mark selby in the quarterfinals which start sijiahui maintain his lead over robert milins, 11 frames to five. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. we will be back later, but for now, goodbye. hello there. the weather for the first few days of this week set to be really quite chilly for the time of year, cold enough even to see some areas of frost, as we'll see in a moment. now, what's going on? the area of low pressure that brought some of us rain on sunday is moving eastwards. as that happens, we get these cold northerly winds plunging southwards across the uk, those winds originating from somewhere north of greenland. well, that's not going to be warm, is it? so, right now, we're seeing the colder air arrive across northern scotland. showers here have started to turn to sleet. did have a few thunderstorms around london and south east england, but they've cleared out of the way. rain is starting to develop into wales. now, temperatures for the most part around 4—7 degrees as we head into

four—time winner mark selby is into the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship in sheffield.ishman gary wilson, winning by 13 frames to 7. selby will play john higgins next. the scot is also a four—time former champion. qualifier anthony mcgill held his nerve to complete victory overjack lisowski. lisowski narrowed the gap to 11—8, at one stage having trailed 7—1, but mcgill took the next two frames to book a third crucible quarterfinal in four years. mcgill will play chinese debutant sijiahui in the last eight. the 20—year—old beat engand's robert milkins by 13—7 and finished off the match with a century to secure his place in the last eight. he said, i'm so surprised to get into the quarterfinals, i'm even surprised by myself making it to the crucible stage. ireland have battled hard on the first day of their second test against sri lanka, reaching 319—4 at close. captain andrew balbirnie was denied a first test century — dismissed for 95. it was a gritty response from ireland after sri lanka's biggest ever victory in the first test in galle last week. over in rawalpindi, n

mike allen and mark selby get their semifinal under way this evening. —— mark allen and mark selby.9 to win in the first of the one—day internationals. the black caps innings was built upon daryl mitchell's 113. his second century in odi cricket. he was supported at the top of the innings by will young, who made 86. the same chair was the pick of the pakistan bowlers taking 2—29. in reply, pakistan a 59 without loss. in tennis dominic thiem says he is getting better and back to shape as he continues his comeback take out paladin on 6—46— he continues his comeback take out paladin on 6—46“ one to get through to the second round of the madrid masters —— 6—4, 6—1. plagued by injury since he won the us open in 2020 needed just 80 minutes to beat them to himself as he had two knee injuries and his struggle to fall. the former world number 13 team will face world and the five savanna tsitsipas in the second leg. that is all the spot for now. studio: thanks we much. we can return straightaway to our main story, sudan, very interesting development we have just been hearing about in those fe

the four—time champion mark selby has resumed his match against mark allen.at the table who had the best of the first session on thursday. this is the first frame of the day. he is just in amongst the balls and a big break on because the reds are nicely spread. it's his first world semifinalfor14 years. he is spread. it's his first world semifinal for 14 years. he is 5—3 app. first to 17 at this stage. in the other semifinal, siege are we as well on the way against luca

day at the snooker world championship, as the semi—finals continue, with the four—time champions mark selbyahui had luca brecel rattled, who knocked out the champion ronnie 0'sullivan this week but could be looking at defeat in sheffield. hazel irvine is therefore as with shaun murphy and stephen hendry for bbc sport. the contrast between our two semi—finals just could not be greater, and that was underlined this afternoon, in the second session between the two marks, mark selby and mark allen, and in which they could only get five friends played. it was gruelling stuff, wasn't it, sean murphy?— it was gruelling stuff, wasn't it, sean murh ? . , , ., sean murphy? that is definitely one word for it. — sean murphy? that is definitely one word for it. it _ sean murphy? that is definitely one word for it, it was _ sean murphy? that is definitely one word for it, it was difficult _ sean murphy? that is definitely one word for it, it was difficult at - word for it, it was difficult at times— word for it, it was difficult at times to _ word for it, it was difficult at times to stay with that one m

mark selby�*s he clinched the match by a 13—7.y�*s match with gary wilson will also resume this evening. he saidi he said i am sabrosso surprised to get into the quarterfinals and even surprised by myself making it into the crucible stage. ten chinese snooker players face match—fixing charges, as an independent panel considers the evidence against them at a hearing that begins on monday. the allegations include manipulating games, approaching players to cheat, betting on snooker and fixing a match. last 0ctober, liang wenbo was suspended by the sport's governing body, the world professional billiards and snooker association. nine others followed, including 2021 masters champion yan bingtao and uk championship winner zhao xintong. the private hearing is expected to last several days. verdicts will be announced at a later date. the pressure�*s mounting at tottenham, following their 6—1 hammering at the hands of newcastle, with the club said to be looking into the future of manager cristian stellini. tottenham were in disarray, after

mark allen claims the first session of the world soccer championship semifinal against mark selby fiveour latest sports news. everton face a huge task to stay in the premier league following a 412 fashion by newcastle united. newcastle

mark selby fought back afterjohn higgins raced into a three frames to nil lead.a century break, his 99th at the crucible. the two former champions will return on wednesday. and there was a similar story on the other table. 20—year—old chinese debutant si ja—hui led anthony mcgill 3—1 before the scotsman recovered to end the day all with it all square at 4—4. wimbledon will donate more than 500,000 pounds to ukraine relief after what the all england club says was a difficult decision to lift its ban on russian and belarusians. they have though laid down guidelines for those players, who will have to declare their neutrality before taking part. the chief exexecutive of the all england club has been speaking to our tennis correspondent russell fuller. there are three parts of the declaration. they are signing up to say they'll complete as neutrals, so with no flag or name next to their name representing russia or belarus, not to make positive statements about either regime or the war in ukraine. and finally, they're signing up to say they are not in receipt of funds

these are the live pictures now from the crucible, mark selby leads in his quarterfinal ahead ofjohnns, currently 7—4 in that one to selby, 24—time world champion just going there head and hoping tojoin luca brecel in the last four. to most viewers can catch the action live on bbc two and on the bbc sport website. mark allen became the first player through to the semi—finals the first time he's made the final four since 2009. the world number three played out a tense encounter with welshman jak jones, who's ranked 52nd in the world. the final frame lasted an hour — before the northern irishman finally prevailed to win by 13 frames to ten. allen will face either john higgins or mark selby, who are both four time world champions, for a place in this year's final. to the football, then — and that huge match at the top of the premier league table. leaders arsenal take on manchester city, at the etihad later. arsenal have struggled for form recently, taking just three points from their last three games with friday's draw coming against bottom of the table southampton. meanwhile, city are

the four—time champion mark selby has resumed his match against mark allen.et's take you live to the crucible. that is mark allen at the table who had the best of the first session on thursday. this is the first frame of the day. he is just in amongst the balls and a big break on because the reds are nicely spread. it's his first world semifinalfor14 years. he is spread. it's his first world semifinal for m years. he is 5—3 app. first to 17 at semifinal for 1h years. he is 5—3 app. first to 17 at this stage. in the other semifinal, siege are we as well on the way against luca purcell. the 20—year—old chinese debutant is above the five sessions. the belgian who knocked out ronnie o'sullivan in the court is really lost his cool in the ninth frame. look at that. he is well on course for the final. from the returns this weekend after a four—week break. qualifying is currently under way for sunday's azerbaijan grand prix. there is also a sprint race on saturday with qualifying for that on the same day. away from the track there has been driver speculation with fer

the afternoon session has just got under way withjohn higgins taking on mark selby and

mark allen holds the upper hand in his world championship snooker semifinal against mark selby at thefirst session 5—3 ahead. in a back—and—forth session, allen and four—time champion selby traded the lead before the world number three pulled away, winning the final two frames to take an overnight lead. their match resumes on friday afternoon. formula one academy begins this weekend — a new all—female championship designed to develop drivers on their way to formula one. 15 young women are competing, including 20—year old briton abbi pulling, who topped the time sheets in the first free practice session at speilberg. i think it is not only were giving us good value for money for the same time we are getting and the teams that we get to work with. the calibre is top level. it is not only that, it is inspiring the next generation. they are showing a group of females that can compete at a high level. i always say, if it is not me with the 15 girls in this championship that make it and make that lead to formula 1, hopefully it is the ten—year—old watching us and inspired to make the differ

but there was another very tense finish in the match between mark selby and matt saltz, a qualifier forally took it to them, dignity? got tonight have a need to 9-8 _ them, dignity? got tonight have a need to 9-8 behind, i them, dignity? got tonight have a need to 9-8 behind, a i them, dignity? got tonight have a need to 9-8 behind, a fantastic i need to 9—8 behind, a fantastic performance from him, but the final frame for that was absolutely brilliant. the clearance is made to clear to where he was, the potty made at his absolute best, and as soon as the pressure was at its highest, he was at his best. we are lookin: highest, he was at his best. we are looking forward i highest, he was at his best. we are looking forward to i highest, he was at his best. we are looking forward to what i highest, he was at his best. we are looking forward to what will i highest, he was at his best. we are looking forward to what will be i highest, he was at his best. we are looking forward to what will be the | looking forward to what will be the last of those first round matches. sean murphy in a bit o

was on for a 147 in the final frame permits this key red before he will now play harry wilson or mark selbynals which start on tuesday. he put his resurgence down to a simple change to his game. i may make you smaller. made 56 inches. this may be more compact and more in sync with everything and| and i should have done it a few years ago. i was making it bigger but i look at all the rest of the top boys and their only 6—1, 6—3 and are using a 50 hq were as i'm only five foot eight. he are using a 50 hq were as i'm only five foot eight.— five foot eight. he didn't consider ”uttin in five foot eight. he didn't consider putting in bigger— five foot eight. he didn't consider putting in bigger hills? _ five foot eight. he didn't consider putting in bigger hills? no, - five foot eight. he didn't consider putting in bigger hills? no, that l putting in bigger hills? no, that would make _ putting in bigger hills? no, that would make a _ putting in bigger hills? no, that would make a difference. - putting in bigger hills? no, that would make a difference. i - putting in bigger hills? no, that. would

they are under way and so to is mark selby and john higgins.joy about their match today? tie: first frame was epic. enjoy about their match today? ii9: first frame was epic. john enjoy about their match today? i““i9 first frame was epic. john higgins's 607i had first frame was epic. john higgins's 607i had was 67 on. first frame was epic. john higgins's 607i had was 67 on. that sort of set the tone. john higgins raised a 4—1 lead and may be disappointed he didn't take that, but every credit to mark selby. he does what he does and he got himself back into the match. :, ., , :, , ., ., match. four frames of peace and two more sessions _ match. four frames of peace and two more sessions to _ match. four frames of peace and two more sessions to come. _ match. four frames of peace and two more sessions to come. kyle, - match. four frames of peace and two more sessions to come. kyle, there i more sessions to come. kyle, there was so much to enjoy in the other quarterfinals and we were watching the one between the two qualifiers. 0nly the one between

the afternoon session has just got under way withjohn higgins taking on mark selby and anthony mcgillo in action against si and these are the live pictures. this is a battle between two four—time champions. this is a repeat of the 2017 and 2007 finals and at the momentjohn higgins is holding the frame, but it is the first frame. you can keep across the coverage on bbc two and across the bbc sport website. a big game at the bottom of the premier league this evening as leicester city travel to elland road to take on leeds united. leeds have lost their last three games and conceded 13 in the process of sliding down the table. they are just a point above leicester city who were victorious at the weekend under new boss dean smith. the? who were victorious at the weekend under new boss dean smith. they have had a struggle — under new boss dean smith. they have had a struggle so _ under new boss dean smith. they have had a struggle so far, _ under new boss dean smith. they have had a struggle so far, bit _ under new boss dean smith. they have had a struggle so far, bit like _ under new boss

the sessions there see the other player to friends ahead from winning and mark selby is 10—6 up againstatch fixing charges as an independent panel against the hearing that will begin on monday that the allegations are get include many plating games, pushing players to cheat in betting on snooker. one player was suspended by the sports governing body and build a sticking association and nine others have following including masters champion. the private hearing is expected to last several days and the verdicts will be announced at a later date. olympic swimming champion adam pt has been speaking about what has been a self—destructive spiral and talked about being unhappy swimming and competing —— peatty. he won three olympic goals including the defence of his hundred metres title in tokyo. he pulled out of the british army ships earlier this month citing mental health concerns were still intends to compete at next year's tokyo —— paris olympics. england's joe heart and has announced retirement from international netball. she was hugely influential for england having played 117 times for e

leading 12—10 and needs just one more to secure his place in the semifinals, to facejohn higgins or mark selbys is bbc news. we are getting breaking news from westminster. the conservative party had expelled their mp andrew bridgen from the party after he compared covid—19 vaccines to the holocaust, and he has been found to have breached lobbying rules. the north—west leicestershire mp lost the tory whip earlier this year after making these controversial comments. he has now been thrown out of the party as an ordinary member. a tory spokesperson said he was expelled from the conservative party today following the recommendation of a disciplinary panel. he has until may to 12 to appeal the decision. we will be in westminster shortly without corresponded for more analysis on this. britain has evacuated 301 people from sudan and the aim is to reach a total of eight british evacuation flights by the end of wednesday, prime minister rishi sunak�*s spokesman said. intense fighting between rival military forces has been raging in sudanese capital khartoum for over a week. the clashes between the army

later this evening — from 7pm — we'll see the start of the other semi—final between mark allen v mark selby will step up his preparation ahead of the french open later when he takes to the court against italian qualifier andrea vavassori, but we've already seen one brit on court today. kyle edmund wasn't out there for too long though against former us open champion dominic thiem. the former british number one battled hard but lost the opening set 6—4. he had no answer to the austrian's power and precision in the second though with thiem easing through that 6—1. he'll now face fourth—seed stefanos tsitsipas in the second round. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we're going to bring you more now on those industrial action developments in the nursing, teaching and rail sectors. as we've been reporting, the government has won a legal battle against the royal college of nursing that will force their strike to end early. this comes as teachers in eng

the four time champion mark selby resumed his semifinal 7—6 ahead against mark allen.he evening session at the crucible. it could be a late finish there. china's sijiahui is looking to become the youngest finallist at the crucible. the 20—year—old who is making his world championship debut leads the belgian luca brecel14—10 in their semi final but it could have been more had it not been for this missed green. brecel , who knocked out ronnie 0'sullivan in the quarters, pinched the final frame and trails by fourframes. they are back out in a few minutes to play their final session england are on course for another six nations grand slam, they are facing their title rivals france at twickenham right 110w. both sides had a hundred percent record heading into their final match of this year's championship. in the last few minutes they've come out for the second half, it's 33—0. england haven't lost in the six nations since 2018. they're playing in front of a record crowd for a women's rugby union international with around 56,000 there. there's not too much riding on the othe

these are live pictures from the crucible where mark selby is up against mark allen. st two frames of the session, it started 11—10 up to selby, it is now 13 frames to attend, the first in 17 frames will go through to tomorrow's final. and some formula 1, red bull's sergio perez won the first sprint race of the season. it won't put the mexican on pole for sunday's azerbaijan grand prix, charlotte claire secured that in front of a mac qualifying, but he has cut the gap on max verstappen who was furious with britain but like george russell after they collided on the opening lap. they should happen eventually finished third. i just eventually finished third. i 'ust don't understand i eventually finished third. i 'ust don't understand why i eventually finished third. i 'ust don't understand why you b eventually finished third. inst don't understand why you need to take so much risk. you know, that one, he went into my sidecar, he made a whole, it is easy to look up but in this beautiful way of explaining, look at the on board while it doesn't make sense. that is it for me,

he will have to beat mark selby later on after the - mark selby later on after the champion withstoodvery step of the way it— incredible and with us every step of the way. it has been amazing. i hope you all— the way. it has been amazing. i hope you all come — the way. it has been amazing. i hope you all come back and watch us, we are growing — you all come back and watch us, we are growing as i scored. we want to be world _ are growing as i scored. we want to be world champions in 2025 and cell at twickenham. a be world champions in 2025 and cell at twickenham.— be world champions in 2025 and cell at twickenham. a good campaign for wales as well. _ at twickenham. a good campaign for wales as well, they _ at twickenham. a good campaign for wales as well, they enjoyed - at twickenham. a good campaign for wales as well, they enjoyed their - wales as well, they enjoyed their best campaign for years. it took them to an historic high of six in them to an historic high of six in the world. 26—10 the final score. scotland beat ireland and secured fourth place overall, ireland without a win i

the four—time world champion will play either gary wilson or mark selby in the quarterfinals which startd over robert milins 11 frames to five. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. in this past week, we have had the warmest day of 2023 so far, 21 degrees recorded in western scotland going on into the new week. then possibly hard to believe that in some areas temperatures will be around 15 degrees lower. why? we're going to start pulling in arctic air. this area of low pressure that brought cloud and rain through the weekend pulls off towards the continent behind it and northerly air stream establishing itself on monday and arctic air eventually sweeping all the way south across the uk for tuesday and wednesday. here we are on monday. some rain across wales and south west of england pushing across to the south east, colder air, digging in to scotland, turning showers to snow, gales around northern and eastern coast. the cold air already in place monday afternoon to the north

luca brecel has made a blistering start against mark selby in the final of the world snooker championship 3—0 lead against the englishman and has just won the final frame of the first session. he�*ll start the evening session with a 6—2 lead. it�*s brecel�*s first final, he�*d never won a match at the cruicible before this year, while selby has been in six finals, winning four of them. it�*s been an incredible weekend in azerbaijan for sergio perez. after winning formula 0ne�*s first sprint race of the season on saturday, he�*s now added the grand prix. the mexican started from third on the grid in baku behind his red bull team mate max verstappen. they both passed the ferrari of charles leclerc — who had been on pole. but when verstappen stopped for fresh tyres, the safety car came out and perez was able to get ahead — staying to the chequered flag. he�*s cut verstappen�*s championship lead to six points. lewis hamilton was the first british driver home in sixth place. and that�*s all the sport for now. thank you very much indeed, plenty more coming up here on bbc news. for the second mo

allen won the final frame of their morning session to stay one frame behind the four time champion mark selby the crucible and it could be a late one given the very cagey nature of the match. both men taking a saftey first approach for long spells championship side inverness caledonian thistle are through to the scottish cup final after beating falkirk 3—nil at hampden park. this was a repeat of the 2015 final which inverness also won and they were rarely threatened by the league one side. billy mackay scored in each half and man of the match dan mackay added the other goal at hampden park. they will will play the either rangers or celtic who play their semi—final tomorrow it is massive for the club, a hard time of late in the championship, for five seasons so they have given them a bit of hope and also the play—offs this year so hopefully it will be a good end to the season. there arejust three premier league games today. the lunchtime kick—off was a seven goal thriller with crystal palace edging west ham 4—3. kick—off in south london was delayed by 15 minutes because of an issue with the tu