quinton de kock proved his worth yet again as south africa made it four wins from five at the crickett, de kock hit 174 off 140 balls, the highest score of the tournament, as his side set bangladesh 383 to win. and despite a century from mahmudullah, bangladesh fell well short, bowled out for 233, losing by 149 runs. south africa now second in the table behind the hosts india. bangladesh drop to the bottom. there isn't necessarily a blueprint, but guys understand not to approach it. the big focus on playing conditions and not necessarily situations too much, but obviously, there'll be times where you play the situation. but, yeah, that's pretty much where it's at as a unit. and we keep sort of, we keep saying to look down at the surface and then not up at the scoreboard and play exactly what's in front of us on the pitch. you just bet, when me and mustafa were batting in the middle, i told mustafa to stay on, hold on, let us play 50 over, let us see what score we can get, because there is an issue of run rate and all. so because if you get out early and cheaply in a low total, it will

they batted first and opener quinton de kock made 174. the highest score in the tournament so far. century from mamadullah. victory by 149 runs, that moves them up to second in the table behind india who they still have to play. voting is now open for the bbc women's footballer of the year award. aitana bonmati, mary earps, sam kerr, alexandra popp and fridolina rolfo are the five contenders. chosen by a panel of experts, including coaches, players, administrators and journalists. this past year, it has been incredible. spain won the women's world cup in sydney. i had the possibility to win the champions league and the world cup in the same year, winning the second champions league with barcelona it has been so special. i'm privileged to have had so many standout moments, winning fifa's best, on the ballon d'or shortlist, which isjust incredible. that is outstanding. it is not a position that is sought after because of the criticism gets, it is not really on billboards. i feel strongly about challenging that narrative. even without stepping on the pitch, walking out at a home world

quinton de kock shows his class as south africa ease to victory against bangladesh at the cricket world it. build up the belief, harry maguire, you can see build up the belief, harry ma-uire, you can see it. also maguire, you can see it. also there were others with good performances. if we could that and go from game

quinton de kock shows his class as south africa ease to victory against bangladesh at the cricket worldd rugby announces a brand new tournament that signifies a new era for the sport. welcome along to the programme, where we start with the champions league, and after back—to—back defeats, manchester united have finally picked up their first win of the campaign, but onlyjust. their match against fc copenhagen appeared to be heading towards a goalless draw, but it sparked into life when harry maguire put united ahead with 18 minutes remaining, his first goal since february 2022. but in the final seconds, copenhagen were awarded the penalty. however, andre onana saved jordan larsson�*s effort to secure all three points. players are stepping up and and getting their markers. from there, they built up the belief in harry mcguire, you see it in andre onana. i think also there were others with good performances, and so if we produce that in the copenhagen game, then we can build something. well, before united kicked off against copenhagen,

on the field of play, quinton de kock proved his worth yet again — as south africa made it four wins kock hit 174 off 140 balls — the highest score of the tournament — as his side set bangladesh 383 to win. and despite a century from mahmudullah, bangladesh fell well short — bowled out 233, losing by 149 runs. south africa now second in the table behind the hosts india. bangladesh drop to the bottom. this isn't necessarily a blueprint, but guys understand how to — blueprint, but guys understand how to approach it in the big focus — how to approach it in the big focus on _ how to approach it in the big focus on playing conditions and not necessarily situations too much — not necessarily situations too much. obviously, there are times— much. obviously, there are times you _ much. obviously, there are times you play the situation, but that's_ times you play the situation, but that's pretty much it as a unit — but that's pretty much it as a unit we _ but that's pretty much it as a unit. we keep looking down at the surface and not about the scoreboard. we play exactly what's — scoreboard.

quinton de kock had his sights set on becoming only the 11th man to score 200 or more in one—day internationalt south africa in a strong position in their latest world cup game against bangladesh. despite being 35—2 early on, de kock scored his third century in five world cup games, then reaching 150 with one of the seven sixes he struck in his innings. the opener was eventually out for 17h, as south africa piled on the runs, much as they did in beating england in their last game, when heinrich klaasen scored a quickfire century. this time he added 90 as south africa made 382—5 in their 50 overs. they have recorded the highest three totals in the world cup so far. meanwhile, former england batter jonathan trott says the current england side do have the players to turn around their disappointing start to the defence of their world cup trophy. they have lost three of their four games so far, with qualification for the semifinals hanging by a thread. trott is now the head coach of an afghanistan side that have overtaken england in the standings after that surprising victory over pakistan yesterda

negotiate a longer deal next year when a new cycle of broadcast rights starts. 0n the field of play, quinton de kockn — as south africa made it 4 wins from 5 at the cricket world cup. batting first, de kock hit 174 off 140 balls — the highest score of the tournament — as his side set bangladesh 383 to win. and despite a century from mahmudullah, bangladesh fell well short — bowled out 233, losing by 149 runs. south africa now second in the table — behind the hosts india, bangladesh drop to the bottom. world rugby has announced a new competition starting in 2026 as part of a "significant overhaul" of the men's international calendar — with its chairman saying the sport is entering an �*exciting new era'. as rugby prepares for its world cup final between south africa and new zealand on saturday, the governing body has announced a series of changes. the include its version of the nations league concept adopted by football involving a top division of 12 teams which will attempt to synchronise matches that have been played in the northern hemishpere autumn and summer. world rugby have also decided to exp

quinton de kock has hit the highest score of the cricket world cup, plundering 174 as south africa registered another huge total in the tournament. in fact they've got the biggest three scores, making 382—55 in their 50 overs against bangladesh, thanks to de kock and half centuries from stand in captain aiden markram and heinrich klaasen. in reply bangladesh continue to lose wickets. they are 78—5 in the 20th over. world rugby has announced a new competition starting in 2026 as part of a "significant overhaul" of the men's international calendar, with its chairman saying the sport is entering an "exciting new era". as rugby prepares for its world cup final between south africa and new zealand on saturday, the governing body has announced a series of changes, including its version of the nations league concept adopted by football involving a top division of 12 teams which will attempt to synchronise matches that have been played in the norhtern hemishpere autumn and summer. world rugby have also decided to expand the next world cup from 20 to 2a teams. former world number one simona halep has

south africa were 211 for four with 13 overs left when the rain came, quinton de kock on 84 not out, seven runs behind the duckworth—lewis par score. west indies have completed the highest successful run chase in a women's t20 international, chasing down 213 to beat australia in sydney. hayley matthews smashed 132 from 64 balls to go with her three wickets as windies reached their target with one ball to spare. it levels the series at 1—all with the decider in brisbane on thursday. and good news for france ahead of their world cup match against italy on friday — as they look to secure their place in the quarterfinals. captain antoine dupont has been cleared to return after surgery on his facialfracture, picked up in their win over namibia. there were concerns he could miss the rest of the tournament, but looks likely to feature in the last eight should france qualify. remember they've got to beat italy 1st. as long as they evade defeat. first though, theirfinal pool a game agains italy in lyon, but fly—half matthieu jalibert insists they'er not taking their six nations rivals lightly

batting first, quinton de kock hit 174 off 140 balls — the highest score of the tournament as his sidebangladesh's run chase is not going well. they're currently 233—9 and surely heading towards a fourth defeat of the tournament. world rugby has announced a new competition starting in 2026 as part of a "significant overhaul" of the men's international calendar with its chairman saying the sport is entering an �*exciting new era'. as rugby prepares for its world cup final between south africa and new zealand on saturday, the governing body has announced a series of changes. they include its version of the nations league concept adopted by football involving a top division of 12 teams which will attempt to synchronise matches that have been played in the northern hemishpere autumn and summer. world rugby have also decided to expand the next world cup from 20 to 24 teams. more on that and everything on the bbc sport website. as we have been reporting through out the day — two more hostages have been released by hamas — handed over at the rafah border crossing. 85—year—old yoheved lifschit

opener quinton de kock hit five sixes as he made 109, helping set a target of 312.ympic skier millie knight has retired from the sport. making her debut in sochi at the age ofjust 15, she competed at three paralympics winning four medals with her guide, brett wild. knight, who is visually impaired, has already found a new sport in karate, becoming commonwelth champion last year. she'll comepte for england at the world championships later this month. she spoke to me about her new passion and also her decision to stop skiiing. to be honest, i wanted to end my career on a high. last season was far, far beyond our wildest expectations. we really never thought we would be world champions again, let alone winning a downhill metal. it was an amazing season and with my guide, brett, retiring it felt right that that would be my time and, yeah, this last year has helped remind me that this is the right time. i think i achieved everything else i wanted to achieve. there is still time, i'm still young. i could find another sport. i'm really proud of everything that myself and b

they won the toss in lucknow and put south africa into bat. 0pener quinton de kock hit five sixes ase "with immediate effect until further notice". the announcement comes after the roc tried to incorporate four ukrainian territories illegally annexed by russia since its invasion began last year something that breached the olympic charter. the ioc added that it will decide on whether neutral russian athletes can compete at paris 2024 "at the appropriate time". warren gatland says the controversial world cup draw is not wales' fault and any teams feeling a sense of injustice should have performed better at the last tournament. there's been criticism of the lopsided nature of the quarterfinals. the seedings at the time of the draw in december 2020 were based on world rankings which effectively came at the end of the 2019 world cup injapan when wales were semi finalists and fourth ranked globally. 0n the pitch though, the welsh head coach has had good news with full back liam williams and fly half dan bigger both being passed fit for saturday's quarter final against argentina. jac morgan

opener quinton de kock hit five sixes as he made 109. and that helped set a target of 312.134 runs. they're now facing a real struggle to reach the semifinals. some big changes to the grand national has been announced. the number of horses entering the famous race will be reduced from 40 to 34 as part of measures to improve safety and give the runners more room. the race at aintree will also start earlier in the afternoon when the ground should in theory be slower and that's also the reason that there will be a shorter run up to the first fence, again so the horses won't have built up so much speed. one horse died in this year's race, which was delayed after a protest by animal rights activists. in all there are ten changes. go to the bbc sport website to check all the bbc sport website to check all the changes being made. necessary as sport demands changes to keep horses and riders safe. they last made changes in 2012 and since then the number of fatalities have been reduced, five from 95 runners. thank you very much. the name charles ignatius sancho might not be familiar