standing in her way was marta kostyuk of ukraine, a quarterfinalist at the australian open.ithin reach. a win that lifts her to 27th in the world, her highest ranking yet. watching on, her boyfriend, alex de minaur, fresh from winning his own tennis title at the mexican 0pen. i want to say a small special thank you to my boyfriend, who he finished last night at midnight, and i really want to embarrass him. so he got on 6:00 flight to be here today. so i do appreciate it. a double celebration, then. and in these parts, they reward you with a surfboard. another sign boulter is riding the crest of a wave. now, take a look at this — last night produced a surprisingly strong display of the northern lights across the uk. while there was an ongoing weak solar storm, the aurora ended up being visible from scotland�*s highlands all the way down to cornwall. activity on the sun has been increasing over the last few years and there�*s a greater chance of seeing the aurora now as the sun is reaching the peak of its 11—year cycle. that means an increase in the number of sunspots — massiv

she came from a set down in the san diego open final to beat the 21—year—old ukrainian marta kostyuk. won on grass last summer in the nottingham open, ultimately consistency was also one of the biggest things i wanted to go into this year with. and ifeel like i am beating people a lot higher than me, day in, day out. that's where i need to be. but nothing stops you. it's an uphill battle and ijust want to keep going and see how far i can get, because ultimately, ijust want to do the best i can and i have always asked that of myself. katie always asked that of myself. boulter said it was a s week. she came into the tournament and ceded. a series of upsets, she beat five players inside the top a0 to lift that title. the previous title, the nottingham open, she did not have to beat a player inside the top 30. katie boulter showed resilience to come back from a set down, and dominated, to wrap up a three set victory. she... it was a double celebration for the two of them. she is up to 27 in the world. it has been an incredible rise up the rankings for her. last year she was ranked outside

standing in her way was marta kostyuk of ukraine, a quarter finalised at the australian open.oulter was going to have to do this the hard way. from i sat down, the british number one fought back and then dominated. oh my word! fabulous winter. after taking out a succession of seeded players in san diego this week, the biggest win of her career was now within reach. a win that lifts her to 27th in the world, the highest—ranking app. watching on, her boyfriend, alex, fresh, sort of, of winning his own tennis title at the mexican open. i want to say a small special thank you to my boyfriend who... he finished last night at midnight, and i really wanted to embarrass him, so he got on a six o'clock flight to be here today. so i do appreciate it. a double celebration then, and in these parts, they reward you with a surfboard. another sign katie boulter is riding the crest of a wave. the burning question, can katie boulter serve? well, she was asked to adapt, and of course and a few other questions about her success in san diego. d0 other questions about her success in san dieao. , ~

she came from a set down in the san diego open final to beat the 21—year—old ukrainian marta kostyuk.he nottingham open, but this was a wta 500 event, a much bigger tournament, and she'll now head to indian wells later this week, which is a 1000 tour event, ultimately consistency was also one of the biggest things i wanted to go into this year with. and ifeel like i am beating people a lot higher than me, day in, day out. that's where i need to be. but nothing stops you. it's an uphill battle and ijust want to keep going and see how far i can get, because ultimately, ijust want to do the best i can and i have always asked that of myself. pep guardiola hailed phil foden as the best player in the premier league at the moment after he led the fightback in the manchester derby. city were 1—0 down at half—time to mancheser united at the etihad, but two goals from foden and an injury time strike from erling haaland saw city win 3—1 and move one point behind leaders liverpool in the premier league. city domintaed the game with 73% possession and 27 shots on goal to united's three. but it was

she came from a set down in the san diego open final to beat the 21—year—old ukrainian marta kostyuk.in the nottingham but this was a wta 500 event, a much bigger tournament. boulter is one half of tennis' golden couple at the moment, australian alex di minaur was in the stands 2a hours after winning on the men's tour in mexico. a small special thank you to my boyfriend. he finished last night at midnight and boyfriend. he finished last night at midnightand i boyfriend. he finished last night at midnight and i really want to embarrass him, so he got on a full 15 taxi this morning and a six o'clock flight to be here today. so i do appreciate it. and that's all the sport for now. you are watching bbc news. the church of england set up an investment fund to help repair the damage caused by historic links to slavery. now been told the proposed £100 million fund is "not enough". the report by the church commissioners charity recommended raising the fund to a billion pounds. well, i'm in lambeth palace now. a lovely view behind me. i'll show you more in detail in a second. talking about thi

kostyuk could not return to the game. in general , marta played in the finals of the tournament at the wta level for the second time in her career. i want to thank my family first of all. at home the last few nights have been difficult for ukraine. sorry. my family is now in ukraine, and i don't know what will happen tomorrow. for now, this is all the news, for this hour, you will find more interesting and relevant information. on our website espresso.tv, as well as on our social networks, join, put your preferences. my colleagues lesya vokolyuk are waiting for you on the air and andriy saichuk. don't switch, stay with espresso. dear friends, lesya vakulyuk, andriy saichuk, we are working for you in this studio for the next two hours, join us, be with us, we have many more interesting topics, we will analyze the situation at the front, we will talk about what is happening in the world, we will talk about what is happening on the ukrainian-polish border. and what is happening between ukraine and poland, well, now we will talk about the ukrai

kostyuk could not return to the game. in general, martan the finals of the tournament at the wta level for the second time in her career. for now, that's all the news for... this hour , you can find more interesting and relevant information on our website espresso.tv, as well as on our social networks. join, put your preferences. my colleagues lesya vokolyuk and andriy saichuk are waiting for you on the air, don't switch! dear friends, we are coming back to ether, we continue our marathon, lesya vakulyuk, andriy saichuk, we are working in this studio for you throughout this week, there are still a few hours ahead today in our company, we hope you enjoy it, because it is a pleasure to be in... your company, it's also nice to see your comments under our youtube broadcast and it's also nice to see , you know, your donations at our new meeting that we're helping to complete, we completed the previous one, however, these cherished stop collection were talking about our colleagues, i'm glad that everything that we were collecting for the 141st b

i’ll tell you after that, and now a review of sports news from yevhen pastukhov, let’s watch , marta kostyukn the finals of the wta tournament. the day before, the ukrainian tennis player lost the decisive match of the competition in san diego, losing to british katie boulter. the confrontation lasted three sets. taking the upper hand in the first game on a tiebreak, kostyuk failed to hold the advantage in the next two sets of marta lost 2-6 2:6. for bultar, this triumph is almost the most significant in his career. kostiuk received a consolation prize. trophy for second place. after the match, marta did not hold back her emotions, remembering the war in ukraine. first of all, to everyone who is on... nah, to everyone who watches us on tv, glory to ukraine! i don't want to upset you, i'm sorry, first of all i want to thank my family back home. the last few nights have been difficult for ukraine and very, sorry, my family is in ukraine now and i don't know what will happen tomorrow, but there is no one who sacrificed more for my career than them and i want to dedicate this little trophy to th

preparing for her first wta 500 final this evening at the san diego open, where she'll play ukraine's marta kostyukt until now. she reached it by beating number three seed emma navarro in straight sets. lebronjames has become the first player in the nba to score 40,000 career points. this is the moment he reached the milestone against the denver nuggets. the crowd gave james a standing ovation during a timeout, and the ball he used to score that historic point was removed from the game. he described it as "bittersweet" after his team, the la lakers, lost to the defending nba champions. i'm never thinking about a milestone when i'm up there battling. but when it happens, obviously we acknowledge it. obviously, much respect and loyalty to the lakers fan base for showing me their love during the timeout. being the first player to do something is pretty cool in this league, because of its history and some of the greats that have come through the league. for me, the main thing is always to win, and i hate that it had to happen in a defeat. that's it from sportsday. butjust before we go, a word about wol

the most important events that happened, let’s watch and listen, the brilliant performance of marta kostyukian tennis player reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in indian wells, beating the neutral russian anastasia pavlyuchenkov, the confrontation lasted two sets 6:4 - 6:1. the ukrainian finished the match with a streak of six games won in a row. 21-year-old kostiuk is holding her record tournament in the wta 1000 series. previously, at this level, the tennis player had never made it past the third round. marta is the last of the ukrainian women who continues to perform in indian wells. kiyanka's next opponent will be another player without a flag - anastasia potapova. the 21st round of the ukrainian premier league started on tuesday. dynamo in kyiv confidently beat zorya. 2:0. vladyslav vanat scored in the first half, and denys popov after breaks luhansk played the match with a semi-reserve team. later, the representative of the club ihor hus reported that several football players did not come to the game, which grossly violated their contractual obligations. according to him, the

boulter will play ukraine's marta kostyuk in the final later on sunday.to score 40,000 career points but described it as "bittersweet" after his la lakers side lost 124—114 to the defending champions the denver nuggets. james also took time after the game to thank the fans for their support as he reached the milestone. i'm never thinking about a milestone when i'm out there battling, but when it happens, obviously, we acknowledge it. and, obviously, you know, much respect and much loyalty to the lakerfan base for showing me their love during the time out. and, you know, being the first player to do something is pretty cool in this league because you just know the history and you know the greatest. the greatest who have competed. for me, the main thing is always to win, and it's unfortunate the milestone had to happen in a defeat. and that's all the sport for now. interestingly, some of the state newspapers here in iran have some of their own figures about turnout. these are all unofficial early indications. here it says that they believe there has been a

standing in her way was marta kostyuk of ukraine, a quarterfinalist at the australian open.i at midnight, and i really want to embarrass him, i so he got on a six o'clock flight to be here today. so i do appreciate it. a double celebration, then, and in these parts, they reward you with a surfboard. another sign katie boulter is riding the crest of a wave. katie gornall, bbc news. we're just a week away from the highlight of the jump racing season, the cheltenham festival, but it will be missing one of its stars. constitution hill will not defend the champion hurdle on the opening day. his trainer nicky henderson says he's failed to recover sufficiently from a respiratory infection, so won't be ready to run. lizzie greenwood—hughes has more. this is the best hurdler in the world, possibly the best racehorse ever in the world. if we could just see him a bit more often, just see how good he could be. he won last year's race by nine lengths. one of the very few bankers for british horses for the cheltenham festival. the horse is much brighter this morning, so there is good news

ukrainians were also involved in these huge victories, of which we are still proud, but today marta kostyukhance, she is playing in the final with botler, the wta 500 super tournament, for the first time she reached the final of such a prestigious tournament, for the first time she beat p #1 racket in the world, overall 105, for now it was jessica pegula, 76 61 in two sets and goes to botler, this is a match without a favorite, it is an absolutely equal game, and we are all for martus. well, we hope she is will win, we will tell you about it in exactly a week, also the kryvbas shakhtar match, the central match of the tour with fans, we will have a special report, reports , andrii malinovskyi was with you, i am oleksandr vashchuk, see you in a week, goodbye, the premium sponsor of the national team presents. united by football, together with... stronger. the search for 16-year-old danylo pyatnitsy, who disappeared under very mysterious circumstances in slovakia, where he lived and studied since september 2023, continues . the boy's mother told us that he liked studying at the university the

us ukrainians were also involved in these huge victories, which we are still proud, but today marta kostyukas a super chance, she is playing in the finals with botler, the wta 500 super tournament, for the first time she reached the finals of such a prestigious tournament, for the first time she beat the fifth racket. the world in general 105 for now it was jessica pegula 76 61 in two sets and it goes to botler, this is a match without a favorite, this is a completely even game, and we will all be watching in march tonight. well, we hope she will win, we will talk about this in exactly a week, also the kryvbas shakhtar match, the central match of the tour with the fans, we will have a special report and reports, you were with andriy malinovskyi, i was oleksandr vashchuk. see you in a week, bye. premium sponsor of the national team. represents united by football, stronger together. greetings, dear ones audience. the tv channel studio zahid program is on the air. we will analyze. the most important events of this week and, of course, we will try to predict what the following weeks will bring

katie boulter has risen up the world rankings after beating marta kostyuk in the final of the san diegos the first wta 500 title for the british number one. there are no injuries but there was widespread disruption. good evening. three years after sarah everard was murdered by a serving police officer, the detective who led the murder inquiry has spoken about the case on camera for the first time. dci katherine goodwin told the bbc about her shock at finding out their chief suspect worked for the metropolitan police. she said to her boss "you're not going to believe this." last week an independent inquiry found that chances to stop wayne couzens, who abducted, raped and killed sarah everard, were repeatedly missed and he should never have been given a job as a police officer. sarah's family hope a new documentary being shown after the third anniversary of her murder will "contribute to the ongoing dialogue" around violence against women and the way police approach this type of case. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. the everard family have shared some of their favourite pi

boulter will play ukraine's marta kostyuk in the final later on sunday.wellington. lyon ended with match figures of ten for 107. new zealand's fifth wicket pair of rachin ravindra and tom blundell provided early resistance before lyon went to work, helping australia win by 172 runs. the second and final test starts on thursday in christchurch. to golf — and there was a thrilling finish to the women's world championship in singapore. australia's hannah green had three birdies at the last three holes including this one at the eighteenth. it meant she came from a shot down to win by one over france's celine boutier. i was fortunate enough to win last yearin i was fortunate enough to win last year in la but i actually had a very inconsistent season. actually missed the most could say that the mist since i was a rookie in 2018 so i did have some success but i also had some there were moments on the golf course so having an eight win so early in the season gives me a lot of confidence to play the events that i want to and just have a bit more confidence that i

she came from a set down in the san diego open final to beat the 21—year—old ukrainian marta kostyuk.er won on grass last summer in nottingham, but this was a wta 500 event, a much bigger tournament. boulter is one half of tennis�* golden couple, and australian alex de minaur was in the stands 2a hours after winning on the men's tour in mexico. a small special thank you to my boyfriend. he finished last night at midnight, and i really want to embarrass him, so he got on a 4:15am taxi this morning and a six o'clock flight to be here today. so i do appreciate it. the president of motorsport�*s governing body is under investigation for allegedly interfering in a formula i race result. it was a whistle—blower said he allegedly intervened to overturn a penalty to that was given last year. the complaint came from a compliance officer to the ethics committee which is been seen by bbc sport and neither the president nor the fia have responded to a request for comment. the ethics committee is set to take 4—6 weeks to issue its report. we're just a week away from the highlight of the jump racin

is pretty amazing' as she won her first wta 500 title, coming from a set down to beat ukraine's marta kostyuk katie gornall, reports. this could take a while to sink in. the end of a brilliant

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she claimed her first wta 500 tournament overnight, beating ukraine's marta kostyuk in the final of the wanted to do the best i can and i have always asked myself. jos verstappen, the father of world champion and red bull driver max, says the controversey surrounding team principal christian horner is driving people apart, and that the team could “explode“ if things continue. max verstappen led a one—two finish with team—mate sergio perez at the opening race in bahrain on saturday in a dominant display. an anonymous email including messages purporting to involve horner were leaked on thursday, a day after red bull dismissed a complaint of inappropriate behaviour against the team principal. horner has refused to say if the leaked messages are genuine. they were further medals won at the world in the athletics championships. jemma reekie took silver in the women's 800m on the final day — her first senior medal. gold was in the balance, as it all came down to a one lap sprint. reekie didn't quite have enough to get the better of ethiopia's tsigay duguma, who pipped her to top spot, ive mon

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career, marto kostyuk will play in the semifinals of the wta 1000 series, in the quarterfinals of the tournament in indian- velsi ukrainian tennis player dealt with the second neutral in a row. martance to anastasia potapova. 6:075. the match lasted 70 minutes. the ukrainian made one ace and realized. kostyuk's rival for the finals will be polka iga, the world's number one racket shvontik i think that i need to perform well, at least well. let's not create too high expectations. she is a strong fighter who has been at the top of tennis for two years. i trained with iga until now. i really wanted to play with her. i think it will be a great match. semi-final meeting with the participation of the suit. will take place at one in the morning kyiv time from friday to saturday. in the uefa champions league, the pairs of quarter-finalists, as well as potential rivals in the semi-finals, have been determined. the draw for the elite club european tournament took place on friday, march 15 in swiss neon. the draw determined the following pairs: arsenal-bavaria, atletico borussia dortmund, real madrid-manchester city and psg- barcelona. the quarter-final games are scheduled. on april 9-10 and