rachel blackmore becomes the first female jockey, to win the champion hurdle.er delivers a brutal batting display against india as england go ahead in the t20 series. and — the 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 o

rachel blackmore makes history at the cheltenham festival but she's also beaten by the horse she turnedown in the gold cup — minella indo. on the brink of the 6 nations grand slam — we look at what exactly wales need to do to win the title tomorrow. and as mourinho says his players failed "the basics of life" in their europa league defeat last night, we look at what's gone wrong at spurs? hello and welcome to sportsday. so thanks forjoining us, lots to get through and we're starting with the cheltenham festival — jump racing's olympic games and today was the one they all want to win — the gold cup. it went to minella indo, part of a unique big race treble for his trainer henry de bromhead, one of many incredible stories there this week. in a moment i'll be talking to the bbc�*s racing commentatorjohn hunt, getting his take on the festival including of course, rachel blackmore�*s historic leading jockey trophy... but first our correspondent andy swiss reports on the big race. from a broken leg to gold club glory, a year agojack kennedy was on crutches at shutdown, what a journey it has b

absently excelled on this and you are quite right, it's a horse that since the spring of 2019 rachel blackmorer basis, and now the most recent starts together over the christmas period did not work out well, they actually had a fall together and with that who ended up being her writing in this afternoon, heading into the festival in such good form much more fancied by the bookmakers and you can see white rachel made her choice. but the horse himself jumped around here, the fences incredibly. jack kennedy of the lord with confidence, just held sway by a length of the line and quite right to point out the amazing achievement this week as well. he became the first trainer and winners of the hurdle and quite an astonishing record for him. find hurdle and quite an astonishing record for him.— hurdle and quite an astonishing record for him. and course rachel rode the champion _ record for him. and course rachel rode the champion winner- record for him. and course rachel rode the champion winner for- record for him. and course rachel i rode the champion winner for henry, have you heard, you are workin

rachel blackmore only... the cheltenham festival this afternoon — the gold cup. rachael blackmore has been the story of the event so far with five wins, but can she make even more history, and become the first woman to win cheltenham's biggest prize? joe lynskey reports. just one win at cheltenham is enough for some jockeys. just one win at cheltenham is enough forsomejockeys. rachel just one win at cheltenham is enough for some jockeys. rachel blackmore has got five just this week. that is more than all the british trained horses combined. now she goes for the greatest race. the horses combined. now she goes for the greatest race.— the greatest race. the gold cup as the greatest race. the gold cup as the race that _ the greatest race. the gold cup as the race that every _ the greatest race. the gold cup as the race that every jockey - the greatest race. the gold cup as the race that every jockey wants i the greatest race. the gold cup as| the race that every jockey wants to win. i have an unbelievable chance

all overwhelming and unbelievable it was how rachel blackmore described her continuing success.by becoming the first woman to win the champion hurdle. but st patrick's day wasn't enjoyable for the irish woman come as she fell three times. today blackmore came back in style, she dominated the ryan air chase, taking the lead after the third jump. pulling away from her rivals of two to go, and coming home 12 lengths ahead of the rest of the field. while she made that look easy, her second victory was anything but. on board the second favourite in the various offices hurdle she had to fight her way out from last. she only took the lead just before the final hurdle, and then pulled away to make it a five winds over the week. when is for her then all the british trainers in the festival combined. —— that is more when it is. despite that, he assured to be smiling behind his mess. check your house when the base opening race, giving him a 70 cheltenham festival victory from a record for a british trainer. the favourite fell at the fourth, the horse and jackie were both fine. jonathan moo

it was actually a one—two in the gold cup for de bromhead after rachel blackmore finished second on ashe's made her own history this week by becoming the first femalejockey to be leading rider with six winners. the favourite al boum photo — who was going for a third consecutive gold cup win was third. but the victory went to minella indo ridden byjack kennedy — his biggest win and a first gold cup for de bromhead, who says it hasn't sunk in yet. it is incredible to think it, you know, i've been coming here for a lot of years now, plenty of tough years and tough results as well, but also some great ones. to do this, though, yeah. but i say, it's everyone is working with us, all the crew everyone at home, and everyone here, we could not do it without our client supporting us, and that will give us the opportunity to ride these big horses, just feel extremely lucky. onto football and fulham missed the chance to move out of the premier league's relegation zone after. losing 2—1 at home to leeds. patrick bamford put leeds in front in the first half. they led forjust nine minutes though — j

cheltenham where history was made on day one in the feature race of the day, the champion hurdle, rachel blackmoreyear, as blackmore came home on the 11—10 favourite honeysuckle, well ahead of the field to give trainer henry de bromhead victory. sharjah was second at 11 to one, epatante came third. but blackmore the story of the day, what is national hunt racing's most prestigious meeting of the year. i am speechless, to be honest. she isjust so incredible. ijust cannot believe we won a champion hurdle. this was never even a dream, it was so far from what i ever thought could happen in my life to be in cheltenham writing the winner of eight champion hurdle, it is so far removed from anything i thought could be possible. so maybe there is a lesson in that for everyone out there but it is incredible. manchester united women are set to play their first ever match at old trafford. next week's wsl clash with west ham united will be played at the theatre of dreams, in a historic step for the club. casey stoney�*s side will take advantage of a gap in the schedule at old trafford with the match moved from

overwhelming and unbelievable was how rachel blackmore described her continuing success.the irish woman, as she fell three times. today blackmore came back in style, she dominated the ryan air chase, taking the lead after the third jump. pulling away from her rivals with two to go, and coming home 12 lengths ahead of the rest of the field. while she made that look easy, her second victory was anything but. on board, the second favourite, tell me something in the novices hurdle she had to fight her way out from last. she only took the lead just before the final hurdle, and then pulled away to make it a five wind over the week. that is more wins for her then all the british trainers in the festival combined. despite that, he assured to be smiling behind his mess. check your house when the base opening race, giving him a 70 cheltenham festival victory from a record for a british trainer. the favourite fell at the fourth, but horse and jockey were both fine. jonathan moore had to miss the stayers hurdle, he suggested denny mullins ride flooring porter and gave him all the inf

rachel blackmore became the first female jockey to win the champion hurdle.nham for blackmore. to be ridin: the cheltenham for blackmore. to be riding the one _ cheltenham for blackmore. to be riding the one of _ cheltenham for blackmore. to be riding the one of was _ cheltenham for blackmore. to be riding the one of was so - cheltenham for blackmore. to be riding the one of was so far- riding the one of was so far removed from anything ever possible so maybe there is a lesson in that for everyone out there but it is incredible. that is your sports news for now. that is your sports news for now. are we one step closer to walking, talking robots indistinguishable from their human creators? designers in russia are using polymers and 3d printing to make human attributes on our next breed of androids mark lobel takes a look. with an eye to the future, 3d modeller, sculptor and designer petr chegodaev uses art to humanise robots. translation: i plan to make a 3d modelling centre, - where we developed artificial skin, eyes and teeth for our. hyperrealistic robots,

commentary on five live and you can get commentary of cheltenham and the big race coming up soon but rachel blackmoready. she became the first e—mailjockey blackmore was a big win already. she became the first e—mail jockey to win something yesterday. that's something yesterday. all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. you're watching bbc news. a wide variety of stories today, very busy afternoon. let's start with some news from heathrow airport that has just come through. we are hearing from the unite union that thousands of worker at heathrow airport are to stage a series of strikes in the coming weeks in a long—running dispute about pay and conditions. these are staff including engineers and firefighters. that is what the union is telling us. it is all part of a long—running dispute about pay and conditions. if we have more details and that we will bring that to you but that has just come through in the last few minutes. let's hear a little more now from the evidence given to an mps' committee today by former downing street advisor dominic cummings. h

and coming up in sport on bbc news: rachel blackmore makes history as the cheltenham festival's top jockeyt she's beaten in the gold cup by minella indo. good evening. continental europe is preparing for a third wave of coronavirus amid a surge in new cases and a shortage of vaccines that can reduce the spread of the disease. large parts of france are going into lockdown again tonight amid a sharp rise in cases. only 8% of the population has been vaccinated. switzerland is extending its restrictions. poland, where the surge is being driven by the variant from southern england, is going into partial lockdown. the german chancellor angela merkel has today said it's now probable that restrictions will have to be reimposed. the vaccine roll—out across the eu has been slow, with around 10% of the population vaccinated so far. confidence has been shaken after more than a dozen eu countries suspended the roll—out of astrazeneca over concerns about blood clots. the roll—out is being resumed in several countries but not yet all. here's our paris correspondent lucy williamson. never mind the prime m

they said hopefully this would be a positive shop window for the sport and rachel blackmore's achievementing needed today. they're hoping that the positives _ needed today. they're hoping that the positives will _ needed today. they're hoping that the positives will grab _ needed today. they're hoping that the positives will grab the - the positives will grab the headlines this week. maurice got at cheltenham for us, many thanks for that. —— doris —— laura scott. england's cricketers beat india to moved 2—1 up in their twenty20 series after an emphatic eight wicket win in ahmedabad. after defeat in the second test, england bounced back thanks to a brilliant innings from joss butler who made 83 as they chased own their target of 158 for the loss of two wickets. mark wood took three wickets as india struggled, only rescued by virat kohli who made 77. so advantage england with two matches remaining. at 39 years old, zlatan ibrahimovic is returning to the swedish manchester united women are set to play their first ever match at old trafford. next week's wsl clash with west ham united will be

and coming up on bbc news: as rachel blackmore makes history as leading jockey at the cheltenham festivalten by the horse she didn't choose in the gold cup, minella indo. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the leader of the scottish conservatives at holyrood, ruth davidson, has called for nicola sturgeon to resign as first minister, saying it was clear she misled parliament. a majority of the committee investigating the scottish government's handling of harassment claims against alex salmond is understood to have voted last night that she didn't give them accurate information. a spokesman for nicola sturgeon has accused the committee of peddling baseless smears. the final report is due to be published on tuesday. nicola sturgeon says she stands by every word of her evidence. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. facing calls for her resignation, nicola sturgeon is adamant she told the truth, dismissing leaks that say a hollywood committee has concluded the truth, dismissing leaks that say a holyrood committee has concluded she gave them an inaccurate account of a meeting

on bbc news, we will have the latest from the cheltenham festival, where champion hurdle star rachel blackmore more rides on day two. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a damning report into child sex abuse in football says the football association failed to do enough to keep children safe after the scale of the problem came to light. the independent review found the fa was "too slow" to put protection measures in place following the high profile convictions of abusers in 1995. it identified significant institutional failings. our sports correspondent natalie pirks, reports. this is the day survivors have been waiting for, to see black—and—white what they have always known, the fa should have done more to keep them safe. iii should have done more to keep them safe. u, �* should have done more to keep them safe. u, �* ., , should have done more to keep them safe. �* ., , �* safe. ifi can't dealwith this, i'm not going — safe. ifi can't dealwith this, i'm not going to _ safe. ifi can't dealwith this, i'm not going to be _ safe. ifi can't dealwith this, i'm not going to be a _ saf

history is made at the cheltenham festival, as rachel blackmore becomes the first female jockey to winmpion hurdle. reaction from the opening day coming up. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the duke of edinburgh has left hospital in central london after receiving treatment for an infection and surgery for a pre—existing heart condition. prince philip, who's 99, spent a month in hospital and has now returned to windsor to be reunited with the queen. the prince of wales said he was thrilled with the news. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. shielded by a screen, a patient, evidently in a wheelchair, was brought out from the king edward vii hospital to a waiting vehicle. moments later, the vehicle left with the duke of edinburgh safely aboard. as the car drove away, photographers caught sight of him sitting in the rear of the vehicle. little has been said by the palace about the reasons for his hospital stay other than he had been suffering from an infection and an unspecified pre—existing heart condition. but the treatment, evidently having been successful,

cheltenham where history was made on day one in the feature race of the day, the champion hurdle, rachel blackmore sharjah was second at 11 to one, epatante came third. but blackmore the story of the day, what is national hunt racing's most prestigious meeting of the year. i am speechless, to be honest. she isjust so incredible. ijust cannot believe we won a champion hurdle. this was never even a dream, it was so far from what i ever thought could happen in my life to be in cheltenham riding the winner of eight champion hurdle, it is so far removed from anything i thought could be possible. so maybe there is a lesson in that for everyone out there but it is incredible. manchester united women are set to play their first ever match at old trafford. next week's wsl clash with west ham united will be played at the theatre of dreams, in a historic step for the club. casey stoney�*s side will take advantage of a gap in the schedule at old trafford with the match moved from leigh sports village. stoney called it a fantastic opportunity to showcase the women's game and a special moment in the history of

overwhelming and unbelievable was how rachel blackmore described her continuing success. ahead of the rest of the field. while she made that look easy, her second victory was anything but. on board, the second favourite, tell me something in the novices hurdle she had to fight her way out from last. she only took the lead just before the final hurdle, and then pulled away to make it a five wind over the week. ——and then pulled away to make it a five wins over the week. that is more wins for her then all the british trainers in the festival combined. despite that, he assured to be smiling behind his mask. despite that, he was sure to be smiling behind his mask. check your house when the base opening race, giving him a 70 cheltenham festival victory from a record for a british trainer. the favourite fell at the fourth, but horse and jockey were both fine. jonathan moore had to miss the stayers hurdle, he suggested denny mullins ride flooring porter and gave him all the information he had on the horse. afterfinishing runner—up five times at cheltenham, mullins finally rode a

it was actually a one—two in the gold cup for de bromhead after rachel blackmore finished second on ady — his biggest win and a first gold cup for de bromhead, who says it hasn't sunk in yet. it is incredible to think, you know, i've been coming here for a lot of years now, plenty of tough years and tough results as well, but also some great ones. to do this, though, yeah. but i say, it's everyone is working with us, all the crew, everyone at home, and everyone here, we could not do it without our client supporting us, and that will give us the opportunity to ride these big horses, just feel extremely lucky. onto football and fulham missed the chance to move out of the premier league's relegation zone after. losing 2—1 at home to leeds. patrick bamford put leeds in front in the first half. they led forjust nine minutes though — joachim andersen drawing fulham level. but it was leeds who secured the win — raphinha with the finish. leeds are 11th — fulham stay 18th, two points from safety. slavia prague say they've lodged a criminal complaint with scottish police against rangers midfiel

spectators are allowed this year and they missed the chance to witness some history on the track rachel blackmore becoming the 1st female jockey to win the champion hurdle. ok and that is all your sport for now back to you karen. don't forget you can always find much more on our web sites the address for them is al-jazeera dot com. that's it for me to put all of this new zone off but my colleague lauren taylor in london will be very shortly with place more off the days. mixing the traditional with the modern what do you knew what to expect ignoring cause divides the only thing with united their voice the music group you see led to this big wielding the power of music to turn up the volume on india's social injustices but i saw that with all the early. and shake things up through and through and studious of just simple witness causeless collective on al-jazeera. news as it breaks with schools continuously being targeted just pressure to. hear the details are obviously took before. we detailed coverage. this scenario the not the recent campaign was temporarily suspended because there weren't enough

spectators are allowed to this year and they missed the chance to witness history on the track rachel blackmore becoming the 1st female jockey to win the champion hurdle. ok and that is all your sport for now it's now back to lauren in london. thanks foreigner dozens of fragments of 2000 year old scrolls bearing biblical texts have been recovered during an archaeological expedition south of jerusalem the fragments belong to the collection of jewish texts known as the dead sea scrolls found near qumran in the occupied west bank in the 140 s. and fifty's the most recent finds include lines written in greek from the biblical books of zechariah and the home teams repelled down an 80 meta cliff finding the fragments at a site called the cave of horror because of its precarious position jewish rebels were believed to have hidden the reigns there. was still something about the cultural world of the of the rebels of the vocal horrible. many times these rebels are thought to be specifically very nationalistic. hebrew speaker of the jews but we see here is that they also spoke rick that they read in gree

rachel blackmore said she's an example to both men and women that anything can be achieved, as she becameval, 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 currently 1—0 in budapest, kevin de bruyne with the first, gundogan with the second. the match has been moved due to covid restrictions in germany. real madrid are up against atalanta. no goals, 1— 02 real madrid. britis

rachel blackmore has had another winner at the cheltenham festival., who won the champion hurdle yesterday, was on the six quarters favourite, bob olinger, also trained by henry de bromhead, and she came home well clear for another grade one win. the big race on day is the queen mother champion chase just after three, there's commentray on 5live sports extra. three weeks after breaking his leg and ankle in a car crash in california, tiger woods is back home where he says �*he'll be working on getting stronger every day'. the 15—time major champion posted that he was "so grateful for the outpouring of support and encougement received over the past few weeks". the 45—year—old also thanked all the staff at the medical centres where he was treated. "you have all taken great care of me and i cannot thank you enough". team new zealand have retained sailing's most prestigious prize, the americas cup. it's the fourth time that new zealand have won the oldest international trophy in sport. they took the best of 13 series, 7—3 against the italian challengers lu

no time to rest for rachel blackmore at cheltenham.hird. this was never even a dream. it was so far from what i ever thought could happen in my life. to be in cheltenham, riding the winner of a champion hurdle, it's so far removed from anything i ever thought would be possible. maybe there's a lesson in that for everyone out there. isn't that just? i isn't thatjust? i am going to listen to her. particularly pay attention today. england now have the advantage in their t20 series against india. they beat the home side by 8 wickets in ahmedabad to take a 2—1 lead in the 5 match series. england got off to the perfect start, taking wickets early on before virat kholi steered his side to 156—6. but that never looked like being enough, with jos buttler leading from the front for england. he finished not out on 83, as england made it home with 10 balls to spare. i did think it was straightforward at that time. i think a quite different wicket to the ones we have played on. i think the different soil, so it seemed to have more bounce in this wi

first, where history was made on day one in the feature race of the day, the champion hurdle, rachel blackmore proved a wise move until captain virat kohli produced a masterclass to dig india out of trouble. they had slipped to 64—4 before kohli wrested back the initiative with a brilliant 77 — 49 off his last 17 deliveries. india got 156—6 off their 20 overs. england are now looking to respond in what is eoin morgan�*s 100th twenty20 international. a short time ago they were 6—0. 157 the target. the series is level at 1—1. there is text commentary on the bbc sport website and app. ireland forward cj stander has announced that he will retire from all forms of rugby at the end of ths season. the 30—year—old won his 50th cap during sunday�*s six nations win over scotland. he has been a mainstay in the ireland side since making his debut back in 2016. born in south africa, he qualified to play under residency rules and went on to win the grand slam with ireland in 2018. world rugby have announced a new women�*s international tournament to start in 2023. it will be called wxv, and the aim is to in

rachel blackmore said the cheltenham festival had been phenomenal after she made history by becominghe uk — but people have been learning it all over the world too. tomos morgan has been speaking to some of them... they are full of learners from all over the world. people like this student who lives in costa rica. she began studying in october on a language app after realising that surname has a welsh connection. a combination of welsh and spanish people that came to the land. it would be cool if i could go and study there. last year welsh was the fastest growing language in the uk, and the number of users worldwide has increased since october. there are students in america and even someone in antarctica. back to a more familiar time zone in holland. that gave a validation, it is not completely weird to learn welsh. taste completely weird to learn welsh. we were completely weird to learn welsh. , were surprised initially that anyone would want to learn online. ijust put up the chat club and it fills up in a few hours. as face—to—face socialising begins again. my my grandmother is fro