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ronnie in a rush... o'sullivanakes the quarter finals of the world snooker championship... sweeping aside ryan day an apology from billy vunipola after being charged in spain after an incident the england international says was a misunderstanding. also coming up on sportsday... and after travis clayton took his next step on the road to the nfl, we speak to his former rugby coach about a player whose new career could make him millions yes, it's a bit more than three bear and three meals at the end of the game, certainly a and three meals at the end of the game, certainlya big and three meals at the end of the game, certainly a big transition. hello again. even amidst one of the more contested title races in recent years, this has been a season when the premier league's financial rules have provided a telling subplot. everton, nottingham forest, — and even though they weren't in the top flight this time — leicester, have all fallen foul of the regulations. points deductions have been dished out to the first two, but

ronnie o'sullivan made a fine start to his bid to win a record—breaking eighth world title as he dominatedtephen hendry�*s seven crucible successes and holds an emphatic 8—1 lead over 22—year—old page, the world number 43. o'sullivan needs to win only two frames when the match resumes on thursday. meanwhile china's ding junhui is out after losing the deciding frame in a dramatic first round match against the world number 17 jack lisowski. a clearance break of 131 from ding, who was runner up here eight years ago but has never won the world title, levelled the match at 9—9. but it was the englishman, lisowski, who came out on top in that final frame — to set up a meeting with stuart bingham in the second round. finally — among the sports in which team gb has high hopes of winning gold at the paris olympics in three months is canoe slalom. the team began its preparations with a first training session of the season at lee valley white water centre on wednesday. chris slegg went to meet them. team gb�*s paddlers back on the water as olympic training began as a chilly valley this morning. very

the seven—time world snooker champion ronnie o'sullivan needs just three more frames to book his place to six in their second round match, with 13 frames the target for victory when they play to a finish on monday. the rocket is looking to win a record—breaking eighth title in sheffield, which would also see him complete snooker�*s triple crown in a single season. scotland's stephen maguire is through to the quarterfinals after beating the 2005 winner shaun murphy by 13 frames to nine. he'll face dave gilbert next. it's the fourth time in eight years that the scot has made the last eight. 5—3 in the first session, obviously you're praying for 5—3 in the second session and it's all yours to throw away. so it was looking like 9—7. managed to pinch that one and i think that made a difference. results like this, and being in the quarterfinals of the world again, ijust have to, you know, pat myself on the back and enjoy it. the two—time defending world champion francesco bagnaia won his third spanish motogp, denying home favourite marc marquez his first win since 2021 and making up ground o

and seven—time world champion ronnie o'sullivan powers past his opponent at the crucible, proving ages just a number. what is possible in this game? how long can you keep going for? you know? can you win a world championship at 50, who knows? i'm probably the only player who's able to do that. so welcome to the programme. lots coming up tonight. we're starting with the premier league because just look at the table — manchester city are now only a point behind leaders arsenal and they have a game in hand, although they do have superior goal difference. but city are trying to do their best about that that. they scored four tonight against brighton without conceding, and they were dominant throughout — phil foden with two goals and the others scored by kevin de bruyne and julian alvarez. if city can go all the way and win the premier league again, it'll be their fourth in a row — something no club has ever done before. every game is a mystery. what happened, what's important is that we are there. there's a lot of games to play — a lot, a lot and difficult ones. starting for, you know in

ronnie o'sullivan there, and that is just about it from us.ort app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. we will see you again next time. hello. slowly but surely, the weather is going to turn a little bit drier, but not an awful lot warmer as we head towards the end of the week. high pressure is tantalizingly close — sitting to the west of the uk, but still far enough away that weather systems can move in around the top of that area of high pressure — bringing cloud, bringing outbreaks of rain. that's exactly what we're going to see through the day on thursday ahead of that cold, frosty start, but we will see some spells of sunshine. that will hold on across southern counties of england, but further north, it's a story of increasing clouds, some outbreaks of rain. rain for a good part of the day across scotland, some patchy rain for northern ireland. temperatures just a little bit up on where they have been recently, eight to 15 degrees. now through thursday night, we'll

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as part of a new agreement, seven time world champion ronnie o'sullivan is opening his own academy inng young players over the next three years if you look at what china have done with their players and their youth, i think that's some if you can copy and paste that and saudi arabia can kind of develop academies where young players can go and play, create competitions, create events and take some really good coaches out there, which i want to be part of to make sure that they're getting the right type of coaching. the former wbc world heavyweight champion deontay wilder says he has one last chance, to try and make his way back to the top. he's due to face the chinese fighter zhilei zhang injune, and if he wins that, he could finally get to face another former champ — anthonyjoshua. he's been speaking to our reporter — ade adedoyin — about that prospect and his next fight in six weeks' time. this fight is very important, you know, forfuture plans moving forward that if i don't have my business, then a lot of things could be in jeopardy, i would say. and... it's very important to me. i

and the draw for the world snooker championship has been made with ronnie o'sullivan taking onjacksonrecord eighth title at the crucible. meanwhile, luca brassell will begin the defence of his title against david gilbert, while the 2019 winner judd trump faces hossein vasai. this year's championship takes place once again at the city's crucible theatre. but eddie hearn, the chairman of the organisers of the event, says that he cannot guarantee the venue will continue to be hosted in sheffield after its current deal runs out in 2027. it would have to take an opportunity that would be difficult for us to refuse for the players, notjust for the business, but for the players. and if there was an opportunity to drastically change the price structure of the world championships and this is eddie hearn speaking, not world snooker speaking, for me, you have to look at that in terms of opportunities for the talent. there will be aggressive markets and saudi arabia might be one of them where they will make a huge play to bring the flagship event to the kingdom. i'm at a loss in the sense that i

we asked a number of players how they felt, starting with the seven time world champion, ronnie o'sullivane an ambassador for saudi arabian snooker. history is just being recreated every day, this will be history at some point, this interview, and this tournament must everything becomes history at some point. i think it is inevitable that in 2027, may be the landscape will have changed in the snooker world of the next three or four years, so, but i'm just lucky that i've won here. i'm sure it won't be - here in a few years' time, and nothing against - the crucible or sheffield, but as a business, . and as a tournament, some things have to, you have to grow, . you have to change. wherever you take it, to a 2000 seater, 3000 seater you're never going to create the atmosphere that place creates. i know it is only 900 but it is sold out every year. 900 and there is the equivalent of 2000 somewhere else, you know? history will always be here, but people never forget it, so it can move anywhere. for me, honestly, if it stays in the crucible forever, - then i will be a happy snooker player, so it

kyren wilson advanced with a 13—6 win over debutant joe 0'connor,and this man — ronnie o'sullivan — hast welshman ryan day, 13 frames to seven. a 52 break in his winning frame helped the �*rocket�* reach his 22nd world championship quarter—final. the seven time champion is hoping to get an outright record eighth this year. after the match he spoke about dealing with the pressure of being the favourite. ever since i was a kid, there was exposition i would win every tournament i played, so i agree with that as a played. and grew with that as i played. i have been conditioned to deal with that sort of pressure, so it doesn't bother me, more the pressure i put on myself i knowing what i am capable of when i don't produce it. when i find this game hard, my life gets hard, when it finally gets easy, life becomes a pleasant place again, you know. o'sullivan will play the 2015 world champion stuart bingham in the quarterfinal, bingham won the last two frames against fellow englishmanjack lisowski to reach the last 8, winning by 13 frames to 11. john higgins needed all his experience to beat mar

ronnie o'sullivan comes from behind to draw level with stuart bingham at the world snooker championshipand water sports join together, to call for rivers, lakes and coasts to be cleaned up in the uk. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. bayern munich against real madrid — with the stellar talent on show, promised so much, and their champions league semi—final duly delivered. two of england's big names, in harry kane and jude bellingham were facing up on opposite sides, with kane proving the catalyst, once again, to turn things around for bayern. and real scrambling a late equaliser, ahead of the second leg. john murray was watching. was a most enjoyable first leg of the clubs went added on the first half, they calm byron munich with sucker punch scoring the opening after tom this made a dominant start. but the match up to level after the break. first, flashing and the equaliser for 1—1 within four minutes, he retained converted from the penalty spot, his 33rd goalfor byron munich from the penalty spot, his 33rd goal for byron munich however, the last ten minutes, real madrid

the man who's looking to win the tournament for a record eighth time, ronnie o'sullivan, resumed hisman jackson page, leading 8—1 from yesterday. he has taken the opening frame of the session and now leads 9—1, needing just one more frame for victory. on the other table, david gilbert is taking on milkins. he is leading 1—0. half of the top 16 are already out of the tournament. keep up to date on bbc two and the bbc sport website. geraint thomas has been named by ineos grenadiers as their lead rider for cycling's first grand tour of the year, the giro d'italia. the briton missed out on victory last year by just 1a seconds to slovenia's primoz roglic. if thomas comes out on top this time, he'll become the oldest winner of the race — he turns 38 on the day of the penultimate stage. the giro gets under way near turin a week on saturday and will end in the capital rome on the 26th of may. the king of clay, rafa nadal, will only take part at next month's french open if he feels — in his own words — "capable enough to compete". the 14—time roland garros champion missed the french open for

ronnie o'sullivan comes from behind to draw level with stuart bingham at the world snooker championshiph against real madrid — with the stellar talent on show, promised so much, and their champions league semi—final duly delivered. two of england's big names, in harry kane and jude bellingham were facing up on opposite sides, with kane proving the catalyst, once again, to turn things around for bayern. and real scrambling a late equaliser, ahead

ronnie o'sullivan survived a shaky start to finish the opening session of his world snooker quarter finalohn higgins won the final two frames of his session to trail kyren wilson 5—3 at the crucible. hazel irvine is in sheffield for us. we have the perspective of two world champions from 1991, and 2010, neil robertson and john parrott. neil, the most successful snooker player from outside the stores, great to have your company this week. tell us what you thought of the opening exchanges on day one of the quarterfinals, starting this morning with the play betweenjudd trump and jakjones, how did it go? it was jakjones, how did it go? it was interesting to _ jakjones, how did it go? it was interesting to see _ jakjones, how did it go? it was interesting to see how- jakjones, how did it go? it was interesting to see how he - jakjones, how did it go? it was interesting to see how he came jakjones, how did it go? it was - interesting to see how he came out, and also _ interesting to see how he came out, and alsojudge in that interesting to see how he came out, and also judge in that way to see

ronnie o'sullivan starts his attempt at winning a record eighth world title this afternoon, up againstson page at the crucible in sheffield. it gets under way injust under an hour. this morning, karen wilson finished his match against dominic dale. he needed just two frames to complete a ten victory for the the final frame saw him on a01a7 maximum until he missed this red 188. he saw him on 1101117 maximum until he missed this red 188. he meetsjoe o'connor, who beat mark selby. no o'connor, who beat mark selby. “if? disrespect to dom, but you don't often find yourself in a position with a free shot at it, and my family, my wife and kids, came up for today was a procession, so i thought it might be nice. they watched my last one for seven at school. i thought it might be nice to do one for them live dip every time a ball went in, the crowd got more excited, which got the adrenaline going and i felt under pressure to do it for the kids. b, pressure to do it for the kids. a great matchup between ding junhui and jack lisowski which went to a deciding frame. but this askey has just taken th

ronnie o'sullivan, world snooker championship the weekend. >> ronnie signed a deal >> now.it's three with saudi arabia. it's a three year deal. there's ronnie there looking isn't he? yes, looking thrilled, isn't he? yes, there is . yeah. so what am i there he is. yeah. so what am i going to do. am i going to put the black or am going to put the black or am i going to put the black or am i going to put the pink. that's the in his the pink. that's the look in his eye. anyway, three year deal eye. but anyway, three year deal in saudi arabia. now this is interesting there's interesting because there's going ronnie o'sullivan going to be a ronnie o'sullivan academy which going to be a ronnie o'sullivan acinteresting which going to be a ronnie o'sullivan acinteresting it? which is interesting isn't it? >> packed. why yes, i'm >> it'll be packed. why yes, i'm sure it will be. >> he's he's. and what this is the quote he says i've given everything to and i'm everything to snooker and i'm grateful to be able to give something back. isn't that lovely of him? to grow the sport in new m

two other quarter finals taking place today, these are live pictures of seven—time champion ronnie o'sullivanthe 2015 champion, stuart bingham. o'sullivan, trying for a record eighth world championship. it is currently 2—1 in favour of stuart bingham. next to the champions league semi—finals — bayern munich host real madrid in their first leg later in germany. bayern manager tomas tuchel is leaving the club at the end of the season, but there's a chance he could go out on a high with a piece of silverware. bayern will be looking to their star striker harry kane to help them get past 14 time winners real madrid. the england captain has scored seven goals in ten champions league matches. including a penalty against arsenal in the quarterfinals. however, bayern are without a win in their past seven meetings with real madrid and carlo ancelotti's side are on the brink of winning la liga. tuchel says they'll need good fortune against such a formidable side. there is no way to play this game without the luck of the day, the inside of the post, the outside of the post, it is a fraction, off—site, on

ronnie o'sullivan has taken his impressive form into his second round match at the world snooker championshipitle at the crucible — lostjust one frame in his frst round match and was quickly into his stride winning the first two against welshman ryan day. day hit back to take the third. first to 13 will reach the quarter finals. elsewhere stephen maguire leads shaun murphy 11—7. leads shaun murphy 12—8. and that's all the sport for now. police have moved in on a pro—palestinian protest at northeastern university in boston. officials said about 100 people were detained as they were taken away from the site. those with student identification will not face any legal action. it's the latest standoff in a wave of pro—palestinian sit—ins, at campuses around the united states — including this demonstration, which has been ongoing at columbia university in new york for one week now. a teenager who'd paid to be on the small boat crossing the channel last week, has told the bbc he decided not to make the journey because he was worried about the number of people getting on board. an investigation is con

ronnie o'sullivan has taken a 5—3 lead from the first session of his second round match at the worldth title at the crucible. he only lost one frame in his frst round match. he quickly won the first two against welshman ryan day, who rallied back to 2—2 before o'sullivan won three of the next four. first to 13 will reach the quarterfinals. elsewhere, stephen maguire beat shaun murphy. life football, live football, all on our website. 30 years after south africa's first democratic votes were cast, the country is facing a new reckoning, with pivotal elections taking place next month. some polls suggest the governing african national congress, which came to power in 1994, could receive less than 50% of the vote for the first time, as the country experiences high unemployment and crime, persistent economic inequalities, frequent power cuts and corruption allegations. nomsa maseko reports from south africa. singing drumming in celebration of 30 years of democracy. south africa's transition to democracy was the culmination of decades of resistance and armed struggle against nearly 50 years

the quarterfinal line—up will be complete today, and among them is ronnie o'sullivan.pion is hoping to get an outright record eighth this year. he comfortably beat welshman ryan day 13 frames to 7. a 52 break in his winning frame helped "the rocket" reach his 22nd world championship quarterfinal. kyren wilson is also through after beating joe o'connor13—7. now, i'm sure you've heard the saying "defied the laws of gravity". well, this is something else. greek bmx rider george ntavoutian has made history by completing the largest full loop ever recorded in world biking. he performed the trick inside a disused pipe in the city of trikala. it was 7.5 metres high. worth watching again. that's as tall as a two—storey building. it looks incredibly dangerous — do not try this at home. his completion of the record prompted scenes of celebrations. and that's all the sport for now. it is the world's biggest election, and is being held over six weeks. the bbc is on the road covering the indian elections. almost a billion people are eligible to vote. prime minister narendra modi ho

ronnie o'sullivan is taking on ryan day in the second round, and the seven times champion is currentlyenya have warned about even heavier rainfall as downpours batter parts of east africa. more than 150 people have been killed in neighbouring tanzania, while hundreds of thousands have been displaced in burundi and uganda. there are also fears that five key dams on the tana river — kenya's longest — could overflow in the coming days, with people in affected areas advised to move to higher ground. these pictures are from kenya's makueni county south east of nairobi — so far at least 76 people have died there with a further 130,000 displaced. meanwhile in tanzania, flood waters have engulfed houses in the capital dar es salaam and displaced more than 200,000 throughout the country. tanzania's prime minister has blamed environmental degradation for the severity of the damage. our correspondent anita nkonge is in nairobi and gave us this update. we continue to see heavy rainfall this weekend. just last night, we saw such heavy rainfall here in kenya that it caused flights to be disrupted, s

the quarter—final line up will be completed later today — and ronnie o'sullivan has booked his place.man ryan day, 13 frames to seven. a 52 break in his winning frame helped the �*rocket�* reach his 22nd world championship quarter—final. the seven time champion is hoping to get an outright record eighth this year. he spoke about dealing with the pressure of being the favorite. ever since i was — pressure of being the favorite. ever since i was a _ pressure of being the favorite. ever since i was a kid _ pressure of being the favorite. ever since i was a kid my _ pressure of being the favorite. ee since i was a kid my mum expected an odd turn up and play. i think i kind of grew with that as i played. i just been conditioned to dealing with that sort of pressure. that doesn't bother me is more in the pressure i put on myself. knowing what i'm capable of when i don't produce it. when i find this game hard this life gets harder. when it's easy, life becomes a pleasant place again. two is continuing tonight. it is currently 10—9 to bingham in that one. the four time winnerjohn higgins agai

world number one ronnie o'sullivan has got his bid for a record—breaking eighth world title under wayckson page. he's currently 3—0 up. and that's all the sport for now. we know it happens here near the —— this town 300 kilometres away from ukraine orjust under 200 miles. we have verified the location of the video by matching some of the details like these storage tanks you can see two other images in the area you can see on the map. here is another video of another oil depot that was on fire today. it was filmed from a nearby village and we have verified the location by matching the outlines of trees and some buildings you canjust matching the outlines of trees and some buildings you can just about see in the video. drone strikes have also been reported elsewhere in western russia including... ukraine has been increasingly targeting oil depots and refineries across russia in the past month. since january we have tracked i9 in the past month. since january we have tracked 19 reported drone strikes on these facilities across the country and this is based both on russian media reports y

the quarter—final line up will be completed later today — and ronnie o'sullivan has booked his places 22nd world championship quarter—final. the seven time champion is hoping to get an outright record eighth this year. after the match he spoke about dealing with the pressure being the favorite. , ., �* , , . ., favorite. everyone's expecting that when any tournament _ favorite. everyone's expecting that when any tournament i _ favorite. everyone's expecting that when any tournament i turned - favorite. everyone's expecting that when any tournament i turned up | favorite. everyone's expecting that l when any tournament i turned up to play. i think i grew with that as a play. i think i grew with that as a play. i think i grew with that as a play. ijust been conditioned to dealing with that sort of pressure. that doesn't bother me. it's more the pressure i put myself atop knowing what i'm capable of when i don't produce it. when i find this game hard, my life gets a bit harder. when i find this game easy life becomes a pleasant place again. live pictures from the crucible. two matches t

ronnie o'sullivan made a fine start to his bid to win a record—breaking eighth world title as he dominatedson page. o'sullivan is looking to move clear of stephen hendry�*s seven crucible successes and holds an emphatic 8—1 lead over 22—year—old page, the world number a3. o'sullivan needs to win only two frames when the match resumes on thursday. meawhile, china's ding junhui is out after losing the deciding frame in a dramatic first round match against the world number 17 jack lisowski. a clearance break of 131 from ding, who was runner up here eight years ago but has never won the world title, levelled the match at 9—9. but it was the englishman, lisowski, who came out on top in that final frame — to set up a meeting with stuart bingham in the second round. and that's all the sport for now. we will keep you up—to—date with everything that goes on in the football a little later on. a little earlier in the programme we talked about the ukraine passage which passed the senate last night. attached to it is a bill that would ban tiktok in the united states or force the chinese owner bytedance

any any reaction to ronnie o'sullivan?here with stephen hendry. of course . with stephen hendry. of course. he goes in now with seven world titles. >> yeah, going for the eighth. today's going for the for the eighth. ooh, i know isabel is a big ray reardon fan and we'll not have a word said against ray reardon. but ronnie o'sullivan, he's the greatest of all time. there's no question. i mean he's i think the style he has. >> but you know, you're talking about you look at steve davis, you look at stephen hendry. amazing players. so many so many snooker players. just just so brilliant. but, ronnie is longer, the shelf life. >> i mean, the thing is, ronnie has been around for so long, he has. yeah, 41 titles. he's going for the big three. he's already won the masters, the uk championship, and now the world title, which i would not put it past him that he'll win again. even though the crucible smells well. good luck to. that's what they say, not me. >> it smells off, but it smells apparently. apparently so. thanks, paul. thank

snooker world championship are under way at the crucible, with all eyes on world number one ronnie o'sullivan this afternoon. he's up against stuart bingham, in the first session. let's take you to live pictures now from that match — and o'sullivan has pulled it back, three frames all. —— 14—3 —— 4—3 ahead. he had been behind to the 2015 champion, but o'sullivan has his sights set on an outright eighth world title here. first to 13 frames wins it. you can catch the action over on bbc two, the iplayer, and the bbc sport website. and let's take you to the other table now — where four—time champion john higgins is back, after his dramatic second round finish, which went right to the wire, beating mark allen with the final black of the deciding frame. he's losing to kyren wilson. wilson five frames to two up in that. could be revenge for him, having lost to higgins at the championship last year. in this morning's quarterfinals, judd trump came from behind to draw level with jak jones. trump held his nerve here to pinch the last frame of the session — first the pink and just look at this black. th

completed later today — kyren wilson advanced with a 13—6 win over debutantjoe o'connor. and ronnie o'sullivanace... he comfortably beat welshman ryan day, 13 frames to seven. a 52 break in his winning frame helped the �*rocket�* reach his 22nd world championship quarterfinal. the seven time champion is hoping to get an outright record eighth this year. after the match, he spoke about dealing with the pressure of being the favourite.— the favourite. ever since i was a kid, there _ the favourite. ever since i was a kid, there was _ the favourite. ever since i was a kid, there was exposition - the favourite. ever since i was a kid, there was exposition i - the favourite. ever since i was a l kid, there was exposition i would win every tournament i played, so i agree with that as a played. i have been conditioned to deal with that sort of pressure, so it doesn't bother me, more the pressure i put on myself i knowing what i am capable of when i don't produce it. when i find this game hard, my life gets hard, when i finally give easy, life becomes a pleasant place again. that's all for this work. n

ronnie o'sullivan and stuart bingham are tied at four frames all after the first session of their quarter—finalyren wilson by five frames to three after the opening session of their quarter—final. 13 is the target for a place in the semis. jofra archer has been recalled to the england squad for the first time in a year for the defence of their t20 world cup title injune. the 29—year—old hasn't played top level cricket since last may, because of a recurring elbow injury, with fellow fast bowler chrisjordan also recalled. the tournament has been expanded to 20 teams for the first time, with england in a group with scotland, australia, namibia and oman. he is that bowler that is just the so special, you do everything you can to try and get him back playing. we have taken the longer route this time, but as always, it is fingers crossed until he's out there playing. when you are waiting for something really good to happen, we don't quite believe it until he is there. but he is tracking while at there. but he is tracking while at the moment. hopefully the next step is when he gets into that series, h

snooker�*s world championship gets under way this weekend and the sport's most famous player — ronnie o'sullivanurite to win the famous trophy a record 8th time. the world number one is trying to play down his chances but admits he can still win matches even when he's not at his best. i think it's a good attitude to go in with. just try and play your way into the tournament. now it's a real good chance. when you don't play great, you have to rely more on your own experience, your mental capacity, to not collapse or be a bit more patient, a bit more like... it's a long session match here. you don't have to get it won in the first two. i canjust hang in there. you learn a lot of that is you go along and experience tells you have to play great and brush up and other areas. the london marathon takes place tomorrow and it will be a poignant occasion for the men's elite runners who'll be remembering last year's winner kelvin kiptum who died in a car accident in february. kiptum is the london course and world marathon record holder and as a mark of respect to the late kenyan, the race will start with a

ronnie o'sullivan's pulled off that famous move before a tournament for which they're favourite to insistay. and despite playing down his chances, the world number one reckons it is possible for him to win when not at his best. i think it's a good attitude to go in with — i think it's a good attitude to go in with. just try and play your way into the _ in with. just try and play your way into the tournament. now it's a real good _ into the tournament. now it's a real good chance. when you don't play great. _ good chance. when you don't play great. you — good chance. when you don't play great, you have to rely more on your own experience, your mental capacity. _ own experience, your mental capacity, to not collapse or be a bit more — capacity, to not collapse or be a bit more patient, a bit more like... it's bit more patient, a bit more like... it's a _ bit more patient, a bit more like... it's a long — bit more patient, a bit more like... it's a long session match here. you don't _ it's a long session match here. you don't have — it's a long session match here. you don't have to — it's a

the draw has been made for a tournament that ronnie o'sullivan will enter as the favourite two yearsill play jackson page in the first round at the crucible, where luca brecel is the current champion. judd trump will be a contender again after winning the trophy in 2019, while the four—time champion mark selby takes onjoe o'connor in his first match. o'connor came though qualifying and is the only debutant in the draw, but knows selby very well as they're both from leicester. it sort of like a dream draw, i think. obviously before the draw was made, i was thinking, you think. obviously before the draw was made, iwas thinking, you know, probably want to play with the likes of mark or tom ford, even the later stages in the tournament, you know, like a final would be perfect, but it's a dream draw. it's an occasion i will cherish.— it's a dream draw. it's an occasion i will cherish. you know each other because you _ i will cherish. you know each other because you are — i will cherish. you know each other because you are both _ i will cherish. you know each other because you are both fro

in snooker, the tour championship final is under way in manchester, where ronnie o'sullivan is currently session as williams raced into a 3—1 lead just before the break. he had an impressive come back with 4 centuries to end the afternoon session two in front of mark williams. the evening session has just started and williams has just closed back to within one frame. it's 5—4 now. olympic champion tom dean qualified fastest for tonight's highly—anticipated men's 200m freestyle final at the british aquatics championships. dean will be in illustrious company in the london aquatics centre pool. the race is being described as the most competitive in domestic swimming with 2023 world champion matt richards, olympic silver medallist duncan scott, and james guy all competing. it is very special time for a muslim footballers observing ramadan. west ham united captain kurt zouma and women's vice—captain hawa cissoko havejoined members of the local community at a special iftar event at the club's chadwell heath training ground. "iftar" is a community meal during the holy month of ramadan when peop

ronnie o'sullivan made a fine start to his bid to win a record—breaking eighth world title as he dominatedrame in a dramatic first round match against the world number 17 jack lisowski. a clearance break of 131 from ding, who was runner up here eight years ago but has never won the world title, levelled the match at 9—all. but it was the englishman, lisowski, who came out on top in that final frame — to set up a meeting with stuart bingham in the second round. plenty of football to update you on. currently everton 2— the bull zero. all the rest of the results of the bbc sport website. we will see you soon. hello. it has been another rather cold—feeling day for many parts of the uk. any sign of the temperatures lifting over the next few days? well, certainly notjust yet — staying chilly through thursday and friday. there will be some sunshine, but also some showers — some of those showers wintry over high ground in the north of the uk. a cold air mass enveloping the country right now, that cold air being drawn down from the north. also coming down from the north overnight, some areas of clo