victories for team europe but will now be out of the reckoning to take on team usa along with richard blanding a fine for breaking dp w0rld tour rules and playing in the opening liv golf tournament lastjuly. reigning champion carlos alcaraz is through to the semi finals of the madrid masters after beating the russian karen khachanov in straight sets 6—4 7—5. the spaniard has been in brilliant form throughout the tournament and will now play croatian borna coric in the final four at the clay court event. the 19—year—old needs to defend his title in order to replace novak djokovic as the world numberi from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. many of us had some beautiful late spring sunshine on wednesday. in fact, in bournemouth, there was just over 13 hours of sunshine, a glorious day. but top temperature, well, that was in south wales, in gwynedd, just shy of 20 celsius, and it felt very pleasant indeed. now it's not out of the question that we could see 20 celsius on thursday, but the weather story is certainly on the change with low pressure starting

the veteran richard bland has gone as well, and i would expect other big names to follow suit, in the punishments, yesterday when they announced it would be 26 of its players that we be punished. do we estimate that there may be 26 players resigning, will we see this players resigning, will we see this play out over the coming weeks? i think it remains to be seen, but the fines range from 12 and a half thousand pounds £200,000 per tournament. there are bands as well. we believe martin clymer is facing in eight tournament ban as it stands as the moment. these players now have to weigh up whether it is worth paying the spines, knowing that if they continue playing on the live tour, and several of them are contracted to do that, they would face further fines and further suspensions from the dp world tour. so, i think the expectation is that these players will follow the likes of stenson and cole, and resign their membership from the dp world tour. i’ll their membership from the dp world tour. �* , . , their membership from the dp world tour. , . ,~ ., tour. i'll be any clearer then final

big names from european golf in lee westwood and in bolton resign their memberships, the veteran richard blandto follow suit in the light of these punishments being announced. the denver nuggets are the first team through to the nba conference finals, after beating the phoenix suns on thursday night. the nuggets won 125 — 100, nikola jokic stared with a triple—double scoring 32 points. denver nuggets advanced to the western conference finals for the first time since 2020. boston celtics and philadelphia 76ers to play game seven in the eastern conference semifinal series to decide who willjoin them. in our building, there are only averaging 98 points a game, and in this building, there are averaging 125. so to hold it 200 points tonight was just a thing of beauty. —— so to hold it to 100 points tonight. that is where we do best, when we rebound, defend and share the ball, we are hoping we are the best team in nba. tonight we showed that against a very talented team on their court. the new nfl season fixtures list has been revealed. defending champions the kansas city chiefs will host the detroi

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richard bland has gone as well, and i would expect other big names to follow in the light of these punishmentsnnounced. tennis now and home favourite jannik sinner breezed past qualifier thanasi kokkinakis 6—1, 6—4 to reach the third round at the atp masters in rome. british number one cameron norrie got off to a winning start, a straight—set victory over france's alexandre muller. he'll play hungary's marton fucsovics in the third round. world number one iga swiatek started her bid for a third straight italian open title in perfect fashion. she didn't drop a single game in her straight—sets win over anastasia pavlyuchenkova. not so good for the world number seven 0ns jabeur. she fell 6—1, 6—4 to paula badosa. last year's finalist being eliminated, after other big names exited in the second round, like world number two aryna sabalenka, third—ranked jessica pegula and 2019 winner karolina pliskova. after their opening one day international was a washout — ireland and bangladesh are in action again in chelmsford. bangladesh won the toss and decided to field — ireland are currently 271 for 5 appr

have starred in a number of famous ryder cup victories for team europe, while sergio garcia and richard bland aged just 18, to stuggling with injuries. well now she has undergone surgery, which means she will miss wilbledon this summer. she posted this photo on her social media accounts from her hospital bed, still smiling — along with a handwritten note that says it �*pains her�* to miss this summer's events. she has had surgery on one wrist, and will have further surgery on the other wrist and on her ankle. raducanu has struggled for form and been hampered by injuries ever since that fairytale victory in september 2021, that catapulted her into the international spotlight. she is set to drop out of the top 100 in the world rankings next week and is likely to be replaced as british number. we wish her all the very best in her recovery. iam i am struck by how neat the handwriting is. how rare it is to see a handwritten note these days, but that is incredible. $1150 but that is incredible. also meticulous, _ but that is incredible. also meticulous, because i but that is incredible. also meticu

victories for team europe but will now be out of the reckoning to take on team usa, along with richard blandthe matter is long term i think the break will do wonders for her and we hope that she is more like what we rememberfrom hope that she is more like what we remember from 2021 when she does return to the tour. 82 not out from liam livingstone proved to be in vain as mumbai indians chased 215 to beat punjab kings by six wickets in the indian premier league. livingstone struck seven fours and four sixes, including these three sixes in a row off england team—matejofra archer. punjab posted 214 for 3 in mohali. archer finished with 0 for 56 — the most expensive t20 figures of his career. confirmation that manchester city have beaten west ham three heaven zero and liverpool have beaten fulham. that is all the support for now. see you soon. hello there. today was a fine late spring day for many parts of the country with sunshine more widely. and in west wales, temperatures reached 19 degrees in the sunshine. in scotland though, we've seen much more clouds. so temperatures have been lower here