realfrustration, good i evening to you, for rory mcilroy. on his opening whole. a real battle for him, the world number three, to make the cut here and be here for the weekend. of those top three players, scotty scheffler fared those top three players, scotty schefflerfared best. a71 those top three players, scotty scheffler fared best. a71 for the world number onejon rahm. scheffler fared best. a71 for the world number one jon rahm. there have been some _ world number one jon rahm. there have been some low _ world number one jon rahm. there have been some low scores. - world number one jon rahm. there have been some low scores. how. world number one jon rahm. there have been some low scores. how is it looking at the top of the leaderboard at moment, iain? {had leaderboard at moment, iain? chad rame has leaderboard at moment, iain? chad ramey has set _ leaderboard at moment, iain? chad ramey has set the _ leaderboard at moment, iain? chad ramey has set the pace _ leaderboard at moment, iain? (ian. ramey has set the pace with an eight under p

he needed two putts to win, almost did it with one with rory mcilroy watching on a monitor he tapped nd got this one in orlando. he held off late charges from mcilroy, scottie scheffler, and jordan spieth to earn his first career window. a $3.6 million payday. in college basketball, you have to see this finish. number one houston by two. kendrick davis drove in and tied the game! the cougars came right back. nine seconds on the clock. shed trying to be a hero. shed for the win . we are done here! houston state won the game 67-65. houston is 29-2. we are one week away from ncaa selection sunday. five men's teams and eight women's teams have already punched their ticket. >>> what about your virginia cavaliers? >> they will be right in there. i imagine they will be a fifth seed. >> we will look out for them. >>> coming up, they call themselves the literacy liberators, training dozens of tutors to help close the literacy gap in oakland schools. >>> a tiny roof is better than no roof. meet the bay area man on a mission to make sure his neighbors have a safe place to call home. >>> she is b

some of the world's top golfers, including rory mcilroy, say they're in favour of new plans to revamp and will no longer feature 36—hole cuts. the designated events will also have bigger purses as the tour aims to stop players defecting to liv golf. there is precedent for no cut events. there has been no cut events as i've been a member of the tour and way beyond that as well, so maybe it's going to be a few more of them are? may be, that is still tbd, that are still to be confirmed, but if we do go down that path, there is precedent to argue for a no cut event and it keeps the stars there for four days, you ask mastercard or whoevher it is to pay $20 million for a golf event and they want to see the stars at the weekend. you have the guys playing those top events against the more often, guarantee the sponsors they're going to be there four days. and if you are coming out to an event to watch on saturday and sunday and you find a kid, saying to get out there early, a kid could come out and watch me early in the day and you could guarantee that rory mcilroy will be there on saturday, a

scottie scheffler, the world number two, had a two shot lead rory mcilroy missed the cut.stages of his brand there. —— in the leader board. in rugby game has meant premiership, bristol ran in seven tries to left in rugby union's premiership, bristol ran in seven tries to beat harlequins 51—26, while london irish beat sale 36—18 to go to fifth in the table. leicester tigers are up to third after thrashing gloucester 26—5. leicester ran in four tries — ben youngs with the pick of them. defeat leaves gloucester ninth. in rugby league's challenge cup, north wales beat thatto heath 18—10 in the battle of the crusaders to advance to the fourth round of the competition. jordan andrade was one of three try scorers for the visitors, going over with this effort in the first—half. elsewhere there were wins for halifax, as well as york city knights and bradford bulls, who both beat lower league opposition. britain's tom pidcock had to abandon the final stage of the tirreno adriatico race in italy after crashing early on. it was his second bad fall, having come off his bike on thursday

rory mcilroy tied in his match.lroy buried the putt to win the match in advance to tomorrow's semi-finals. morin city native at san diego state to their first every leet eight yesterday. he dominated. willing -- san diego state to defeat top seeded alabama and when a morin city native does big things an entire city of support comes with it. >> he did it! >> let's go! >> the watch party crowd started pouring in right around the 3:30 tipoff with his father damion securing the best seat in the house. >> community always been there. being televised like this, this is real big. >> he knows his community is behind him 100%. we show up for him whenever we can. they play stanford. got a bus, took 100 kids down there. the community was out. this is what is expected. for us to support him like never before because he's a trailblazer for all the young kids that is coming up behind him. >> when alabama made their run and took their largest lead in the team the energy in the building shifted. then it was darian that sparked a co

rory mcilroy had hopes of returning to world number one. he's now out, after missing the cut. more now, with our golf correspondent iain carter, who's there for us. how disappointed you think will feel? he how disappointed you think will feel? . , ., ., , , how disappointed you think will feel? . , ., , , how disappointed you think will feel? ., ., , feel? he was always up against it after that first _ feel? he was always up against it after that first round, _ feel? he was always up against it after that first round, 76. - feel? he was always up against it after that first round, 76. he - after that first round, 76. he resumed this morning with eight holes to play. he knew he had to go extremely low in the course of those eight holes to make the cut. he picked up a couple of birdies, dropped a shot at the last. added up to a 73 and five over par. he missed the cut by three shots, which won't have come as a great surprise to him. i think that the toll of all the political work that he is doing in the world of golf at the moment probably took its toll, if you like, in terms of

with rory mcilroy set to miss the cut and rahm now out of the running, a fifth place finish or betterhe number one spot in the world rankings. american chad ramey had been leading the field by two shots — but found the water twice on the infamous 17th and picked up a quadruple bogey to slip down the leaderboard. south african christiaan bezuidenhout and canada's adam svenssen lead by two on four under. american olympic skier mikaela shiffrin has made history — equalling the record number of world cup wins. she picked up gold in the women's giant slalom in sweden. the 86th win of her career — and it sees her tie with ingemar stenmark who won his titles in the 1970s and 80s. shiffrin became the women's world record holder when she overtook lindsay vonn�*s total of 82 in february. she could claim the outright overall record when she goes in the slalom — her best event — on saturday england rugby league captain sam tomkins will retire from rugby league at the end of the 2023 seasonthe 33 year old appeared in two world cups for england, captaining his country to the semi—finals in the most

the players championship is underway in florida. it's the pga tour's flag—ship tournament, with rory mcilroyit was a bad day for mcilroy stumbled to a four—over par 76 to finish 12 shots behind early clubhouse leader chad ramey in round one. however all eyes were on hayden buckley though after he hit a hole—in—one on the iconic par—three 17th, celebrating by throwing his cap into the air less than a week after claiming the greatest achievement of his career by winning the prestigious strada bianchi one day race, tom pidcock came crashing back down to earth. the briton, who won mountain bike gold at the tokyo olympics, crashed just over two miles from the end of the fourth stage of the tireno—adriatico race in italy. he managed to get back on his bike, but finished in 78th place, more than seven minutes behind stage winner pree—moz rog—litch. england have lost to bangladesh in their first t20 match since winning the t20 world cup in november. they lost by six wickets in chattogram. bangladesh won the toss and put england in to bat, for the first of three t20 matches. it initially looked like

its florida swing this weekend with the final round of the arnold palmer tournament in orlando, rory mcilroye consecutive bogeys but then caught fire mcilroy with a birdie attempt at number 13 from somewhere near tampa. that goes, mcilroy made four birdies and six holes. the share of the lead. kurt yama had the third round lead, lost it after taking a triple bogey in number nine. but he putted for barry there at 17 back in front by a stroke. he has a much longer effort at 18, also for birdie. this ball needs about another half of a rotation for it to fall. doesn't matter part gives kiriyama and even power final round of 70 to 30 year old from chico has been close before, but he beats mcilroy and harris english by one stroke for his first ever pga tour win. when you wait till you're 30 to get past extra sweet, sweet victory to see steph back despite the result there. thanks joe. thanks everybody for joining us. we'll see you back here tonight at an hello, i'm dr. sheldon cooper. and i'm dr. amy farrah fowler. and welcome to the first "on location" episode of dr. sheldon cooper and dr. amy far

golf, and rory mcilroy has welcomed plans by the pga tour to scrap the half—way cut in a number of elevatedga tour says that eight of their most high—profile events will have increased prize money, smallerfields, and no cuts. mcilroy, a long—time critic of liv, is in favour of the new proposals. there is precedent for no cut events. they have been no cut events. they have been no cut event since i've been member of the tour and beyond that as well. is there may be going to be a few more of them? maybe. that is still to be decided. that is still to be decided. that hasn't been decided yet. but if we do go down that path there is precedent there to argue for no cut events and it keeps the stars there for four days. mastercard, whoever it is, to pay $20 million for a golf event, they want to see the stars at the weekend. tennis and world number one novak djokovic continued his perfect start to 2023 by beating hubert hurkacz to reach the dubai tennis championships semi—finals. the 35—year—old serb took his record to 15—0 so far this year with a swift 71 minute 6—3 7—5 win over poland's hurkacz.

rory mcilroy had hopes of returning to world number one. he's now out, after missing the cut. at least. let's get some more now, with our golf correspondent iain carter, who's there for us. what went wrong for mcilroy? i think it's been a very difficult week for him because of the politics going on in golf at the moment, and he is at the forefront of that. potentially distractions there. and then the storms came last night, leaving him with eight holes to play today. it was i was going to be an uphill battle to make the cut from the position he was in. he did pick up the position he was in. he did pick up a couple of birdies. it all added up up a couple of birdies. it all added up to a 73 finish and five over par, comfortably missing the cut by five shots. a big disappointment for mcilroy. he would have wanted to play all four rounds. now he turns his attention towards the masters in april. he will be heading to augusta for a recce there next week. one more tournament to play, the match plate the week after the next. and he hopes that he will be in good shape when he gets to a

meanwhile rory mcilroy has made it three wins from three at the world matchplay event.gan bradley three and two to move into the knockout stages. we're into the business end of the first women's premier league and there's been a moment of history for england bowler issy wong ——the women's six nations rugby championship gets under way tomorrow with wales v ireland, then mulitple champions england take on scotland who've lost their past nine test matches and have been thrashed by england in all of their previous six nations encounters... but scotland are now professional and its expected to be a lot closer this time. it's the second year the women's tournament has stood alone from the men's hugely increasing its popularity with the hope a new world record attendance could be set when england play france in their final match at twickenham. the fact that we can come on and stand on our own two feet, the amazing amount of tickets we've sold for the last game i think it's phenomenal, the amount of media attention, just everything shining a light on us. getting our names on th

and world number three rory mcilroy also made it two wins out of two.tonishing 375—yard drive to within four feet of the final hole. he plays keegan bradley on friday to decide top spot in that group. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. visitors to westminster abbey this summer will be invited to remove their shoes and walk in their socks on one of britain's greatest medieval art treasures, the cosmati pavement, where the coronation chair will be placed as king charles takes the throne on may 6th. sarah campbell reports. injust six weeks' in just six weeks' time, westminster abbey will host another coronation. since 1066, 39 monarchs have been crowned here. and for the past 700 years, beneath theirfeet here. and for the past 700 years, beneath their feet has been this does make a mosaic made from thousands of pieces of glass, marble and stone. the cosmati pavement. it is of glass, marble and stone. the cosmati pavement.— cosmati pavement. it is 'ust so unusual

rory mcilroy will be playing withjon rahm and scottie scheffler for the first two rounds. will be a lot of fun. rory and john are talented golfers and i look forward to watching them play and having a good time out there. it is fun to have three guys jostle for world number one and i am pleased to be one of them. rory and john are talented so anytime i can be spoken of in the same breath is special for me. especially growing up watching someone like rory play golf for a long time. hopefully he will continue to play well and be able to keep that may compete for a long time out here. slovenian cyclist tadej pogacar won wednesday's fourth stage of the paris—nice race. the two—time tour de france champion — who rides for uae team emirates — edged out david gaudu on the line to claim his first stage win of the race. he leads by 10 seconds from gaudu — with four stages to go. that is all for now. but from me and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. well if you didn't already know — let me remind you that the 95th academy awards are happening this sunday. one of

and rory mcilroy has missed the cut after finishing on five—over—par.t put himself in the water. he managed to get himself onto the green but ended up with a bogey. canada's adam svensson is the current leader. english trio tommy fleetwood, justin rose and aaron rai are all on two under. mikaela shiffrin has overtaken ingemar stenmark�*s 86 world cup victories with her 87th win in the giant slalom at are in sweden. the 27—year—old american surpassed swede stenmark�*s record on saturday, for her 13th world cup win of the season after also securing the season—long world cup giant slalom title. shriffrin, had already secured the overall world cup title for a fifth time as well as the slalom crystal globe and has now won seven out of ten giant slaloms this season, as well as world championship gold. she breaks the record stenmark set with his victories in the 1970s and 1980s, and to make it all the more sweeter does it two days before her 28th birthday on monday. a warning of flash photography in this next clip. i beg your pardon, no clip. congratulations t

rory mcilroy made a winning start at the match play championship but it took a head for heights to gethe 9th hole in austin, texas. he seems oblivious to the drop to his right, as he took his time working out his angles and distance, and almost managed to find the hole. he did go on to win his match against denny mccarthy. matt fitzpatrick kept alive his hopes of reaching the knockout stage by beating australian min woo lee. the us open champion must beat sahith theegala on friday and hope other results go his way to set up a three—way play—off. and that's all the sport for now. some of us are old enough to remember watching torvill and dean at the _ remember watching torvill and dean at the time. a project helping students recover from addiction is being rolled out at the university of birmingham. the scheme, which is the first of its kind in the uk, sets students up in �*recovery flats' which allows them to focus on their studies rather than drop out of university. our midlands correspondent phil mackie has more. hey, morning. welcome. welcome, fellas. hi. come in, come in. welcome t

he's i—over par, three shots better off that rory mcilroy, but buckley's round of 73 included this hole—in—oneners on thursday at the indian wells masters in california. the three—time major winner is 37 now, and playing with a protected ranking after a couple of seasons blighted by injury, but he's through to round 2 after beating the australian qualifier aleksandar vukic. it went to three sets with wawrinka racing through the decider 6—i. he'll now face the number 26 seed from serbia, miomir kecmanovic. in the women's singles, great britain's emma raducanu is through to the second round. the former us open champion has been struggling with a wrist injury and bout of tonsillitis recently, but came from a break down to beat montenegro's danka kovinic. raducanu won 6—2, 6—3, and will now face the number 20 seed magda linette. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. but from me and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. the 95th academy awards ceremony or the oscars is almost upon us. here's our los angeles correspondent sophie long with a look at some of the nominated films and art

scheffler in the morning semifinals while young, last year's pga rookie of the year, beat third—ranked rory mcilroyo come here for my first time and play as well as i did and get to compete against the best players in the world, i'm so grateful and i don't know what else to say i can't think straight right now — but i'm very thankful. defending champion carlos alcaraz is into the last 16 of the miami open after seeing off dusan lajovic in straight sets. alcaraz returned to the world number one spot last week after lifting the trophy in indian wells, and he's taken that confidence into florida. he's won 16 of 17 matches this year and has not dropped a set in his last two tournaments, the 19—year—old defending champion coming through 6—0, 7—6 to set up a meeting with american tommy paul. defending champion francesco bagnaia has won motogp�*s season—opening portuguese grand prix. marc marquez started on pole but crashed out early in the race when he appeared to barge into local favourite miguel oliveira. marquez suffered a suspected fractured hand in the incident. there was no stopping italian bagnaia

shot lead he had coming into the final round, keeping at bay the likes of scottie scheffler and rory mcilroysuns to a 130—126 victory over the dallas mavericks on sunday. it was the first meeting between durant and dallas' kyrie irving since they were traded by brooklyn before the deadline last month. durant put phoenix in front nearing the home stretch which takes him to 3 wins in a row sincejoining the suns and although luca doncic tried his best late on it wasn't enough and the suns held on. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. thank you to you and the team. it's already won four baftas and it's been nominated for no less than nine oscars. the banshees of inishiren is the irish movie taking the awards season by storm. sophie long has been talking with some of the stars behind the dark comedy. ifi if i have done something to you, just tell me what i have done. ., ., .,., , done. you did not do anything. i 'ust done. you did not do anything. ijust don't _ done. you

and world number three rory mcilroy missed the cut after finishing on five over par.most putting himself in the water. he managed to get himself onto the green, but ended up with a bogey. scheffler and australia's min woo lee are the currentjoint leaders. the two—time olympic champion mikaela shiffrin has become the greatest alpine skier of all time with her 87th world cup win and itjust happened to come exactly 12 years after she made her debut. the 27—year—old american surpassed sweden's ingemar stenmark�*s record with her 13th world cup win of the season, after also securing the season—long world cup giant slalom title. shiffrin had already secured the overall world cup title for a fifth time as well as the slalom crystal globe and has now won seven out of ten giant slaloms this season, plus world championship gold. shiffrin breaks the record set by stenmark in the 1970s and 80s. and the final touch, shiffrin achieved the feat two days before her 28th birthday. it is the penultimate weekend of rugby's six nations. france produced a ruthless display as they beat eng

it's golf�*s unofficial fifth major but rory mcilroy he needs to raise his game in florida. in the highlands, the coldest march night for more than a decade, as snow fell across parts of the uk. and there's more on the way. the met office has warned there could be severe disruption for parts of the midlands, the north of england, wales and northern ireland. danny savage reports from north yorkshire. for most of today, it was north wales, the midlands and northern england where the heaviest snow fell. it doesn't take much to make driving conditions treacherous. the hilly roads of north derbyshire were a challenge. certain roads around here have now been closed. the main road is still open, and the gritters are trying their hardest to keep it clear. across england and wales, hundreds of schools were closed or sent pupils home early. this was huddersfield early this afternoon, as the poor weather spread north. this is the summit of the a66 on the border with cumbria and county durham. it doesn't look too bad at the moment, but the weather is set to get much worse, so what the h

rory mcilroy has plenty of work to do if he's to make the cut.rass. how is murray getting on? he needs to get the birdies in early. he does, to get the birdies in early. he: does, and he had one yesterday. it was a very ragged around yesterday. it started with a double bogey six. it finished with another very sloppy six at the last which was the par five ninths for him. not much to get excited about in between times. the driver was not behaving. he was hitting from the rough far too often, four over par, 76, so a real battle to make the cut. he's only been up with two parts. he had to get up and down, second to make that power as well just a few get up and down, second to make that power as welljust a few moments ago. so not particularly good for mcavoy right now. he’s ago. so not particularly good for mcavoy right now.— mcavoy right now. he's in this mar: uee mcavoy right now. he's in this marquee group. _ mcavoy right now. he's in this marquee group, but _ mcavoy right now. he's in this marquee group, but it's i mcavoy right now. he's in this m

it's been a terrible round for rory mcilroy at the arnold palmer invitational... ending american kurte has been british success in a variety of events. just minutes ago... daryll neita got off to a strong start... was not as good as switzerland's champion. within the first lap of the men's 1500m final, george mills' race came to an abrupt end after colliding with 0ssama meslek. he got back up though and finished the race. meanwhile, scot neil gourley was neck and neck with norway's jakob ingebrigtsen at the bell, but down the home straight he couldn't find enough pace and claimed silver — britain's first medal in this event for eight years. formula one is back. it's the season opening bahrain grand prix on sunday. it's at this point i'd usually speak to my colleague and our f1 correspondentjennie gow. but as some of you will already know from her social media posts, jennie's currently recovering from a stroke. in a message to the bbc�*s chequered flag podcast — she says she's progressing well with her recovery: higang hi gang sorry not to be there with you for the start of the season.

world number three and former winner rory mcilroy will be playing though, and has the chance to move disputing that but what we are trying to do in the tour is trying to do is make the pga tour at the best place to play professional golf in the world. and i think it still is and will be for at least the time being. that's all from sportsday. from all the team here, have a lovely evening. goodbye. hello. today, we've seen a good covering of snow here and there, particularly across wales, southern parts of england, too. for many of us, it has been rain and drizzle, of course, and this wintry mix is going to continue through the course of this evening. by 8 o'clock, we will have seen more snow across parts of wales, the midlands, just to the north of london, too. but on the south coast, it's much too mild for snow, so we are talking about heavier rain showers. and then in the north, we've got clearer skies across northern parts of northern ireland, also scotland, a few heavier snow showers there in the very far north of scotland. but this is where the really cold air is early in the mor

rory mcilroy started his round with consecutive bogeys, but then caught fire mcilroy with a long birdiet number 13 that goes. mcilroy made four birdies in six holes for a share of the lead. kurt kiriyama had the third round lead but lost it after taking a triple bogey at number nine putting for birdie here at 17. he's back in front by a stroke. he has a much longer effort at 18, also for birdie from somewhere around tampa. this ball needs about another half of a rotation. just poured in fall. doesn't matter par gifts, oyama and even par final round of 72 that 30 year old from chico had been close before, but he beats mcilroy and harris english one stroke for his first pga tour win, the giants didn't get a win and their spring training game today, but they did achieve a very rare accomplishment. alex cobb on the mound for the giants in the second inning cop gets kansas city's tyler gentry, oman , taylor and then jose orsino on strikes. he does is it in nine pitches? that's what's known as an immaculate inning. gave up one run in three and he's at work that put it away from the royals was

it's the pga tour's flag—ship tournament, with rory mcilroy, scottie schefler and jon rahm all involved together. it was a bad day for mcilroy though who stumbled to a four—over par 76 to finish 12 shots behind early clubhouse leader chad ramey in round one. however all eyes were on hayden buckley though. he lined up at the iconic 125 yard par—three renowned for drowning dreams at the players championship for more than four decades. but not for buckley. he hit a magnificient hole—in—one celebrating by launching his cap into the air. it marks only the 11th ace at the renowned hole in the 49—year history of the players championship less than a week after claiming the greatest achievement of his career by winning the prestigious strada bianchi one day race, tom pidcock came crashing back down to earth. the briton, who won mountain bike gold at the tokyo olympics, crashed just over two miles from the end of the fourth stage of the tireno—adriatico race in italy. he managed to get back on his bike, but finished in 78th place, more than seven minutes behind stage winner pree—moz rog—litch. en

rory mcilroy needs this birdie putt to stay alive in his playoff with cameron young when he misses youngy into the finals. or that could lead to another 18 holes or more, except for the fact that burns got red hot between his semifinal and final match, burns made birdie on eight of 10 holes that one on number eight puts him up 3/13 hole here close. burns comes to this birdie with the chip that point, young conceded the match with burns, winning by a very lopsided six and five in the final. burns moves up to number 10 in the world. in the consolation battle between the number one and two players. mcilroy was two on one winner over scheffler, first major of the year, knocking on the door. right right. when baseball starts you can count on the masters sports coming up tonight , too. alright, joe. thank you next at 11 and attempted kidnapping ktvu fox two starts now. hello again, everyone. i'm julie julie haener mike mibach. we begin tonight with a developing investigation near u. c. berkeley campus. police are looking for a man who they say tried to abduct a nine year old child who was walk

and here's young's opponent tomorrow, rory mcilroy and xander's softly.til mcilroy nailed this 12 ft birdie putt. mcilroy begins young burns against scheffler in tomorrow's semifinals before the winners, then square off for the championship. the earthquakes tonight doing the thing that's just a notch above a loss. they played a scoreless tie against toronto. the quakes are 22 on one, which has them fifth in the west, tied with two other teams the sharks in calgary today to play the flames. they're tied at two in the second period. stephen lawrence shot goes off the pipe. but martin coat there for the rebound. two goals within 30 seconds. sharks have a 3 to 2 lead the flames, then tied it and they headed to the third period couple kokkonen turns back one shot, then another, but not a third by chasm, qadri. the flames, then added an empty netter for 5 to 3 win the sharks, maintaining their position at the bottom of the nhl's western conference with the end of the season. mercifully insight, you know when i hit the ball that poorly off the tee, and it goes o

rory mcilroy on the 18th tee at the world golf championships. >> oh!en maybe ever here. >> wow. >> he looks surprised. >> yeah. mic drop. the ball rolling to a top three feet away from the cup. this is a par 4, not a par 3. it's not a hole in one. i don't know a lot. it's just miniature golf, but he putted it in for eagle and won his match play round over denny mccarthy. >> carson is like, i did that once. >> he probably did. >> he learned it from me. >>> just ahead, a new music video from ed sheeran overnight. carson has that for us in "popstart". >> also -- >> three times. >> all right. nice and loud, right? >> oh, just wait for that. savannah guthrie got an auctioneering lesson from a legend over at christy's. and how s she put herer talents tthe testt for a worthy y caus. we'll h have thahat for yoyou r after ththis. >>> we're back at 8:14. >> for two decades, lydia has been a legendary charity auctioneer for christy's selling everything from fine jewels to yachts to lasana from bruce springsteen's mom. she auctioned off the used water bottle on he

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finally, a disappointing day for rory mcilroy at the arnold palmer invitational golf.d way through! john rahm leads the tournament. hejust he just lost hejust lost his he just lost his balance, hejust lost his balance, really, it was a bit like a yoga pose. we tried to style it out! what today we are looking forward to in athletics, we have got two dames on the sofa after 9am and a big day for kitty hutchinson, —— keeley hutchinson, she is due to the semifinals, of the 800 metres, she is the defending european indoor champion and olympic silver medallist. she european indoor champion and olympic silver medallist.— silver medallist. she is so much fun to watch. silver medallist. she is so much fun to watch- our _ silver medallist. she is so much fun to watch. our strength _ silver medallist. she is so much fun to watch. our strength in _ silver medallist. she is so much fun to watch. our strength in middle i to watch. our strength in middle distance at the moment is a joy to watch. laura muir is in the heat today. watch. laura muir is in the heat toda . , , ., , watch.

the opening round of the 2023 players�* championship is under way with rory mcilroy, scottie scheflerl leaderboard on the bbc sport website. and that�*s all the sport for now. ill be back later with another update. the bbc understands the uk government is about to announce a delay to the construction of certain sections of britain�*s new high speed rail line, known as hs2, to save money. the delay is likely to affect sections from manchester to crewe and birmingham to crewe. the project has run billions of pounds over budget and is years behind schedule. hs2 is the uk government�*s flagship transport levelling up project and the largest infrastructure project in europe. our transport correspondent katy austin says the project has long been beset by delays and rising costs. where we�*re at now, is that about 40% of work to build the first phase, between london, orwest london, and birmingham, has actually been done. the idea is then that that would open by 2033 and the station at euston in central london will open later. the puppet in the west london midland and crewe is due by 2034, an

maybe the storm came out a good time for rory mcilroy.rate happen, that is the game. we have all been there. _ happen, that is the game. we have all been there. i _ happen, that is the game. we have all been there. i have _ happen, that is the game. we have all been there. i have felt that - all been there. i have felt that pain. all been there. i have felt that ain. .,, ., ~' all been there. i have felt that ain. ., ~' ., all been there. i have felt that ain. .,~' ., all been there. i have felt that aim .~' ., ., the oscars are taking place tomorrow night, and one of the big winners could be the british writer lesley paterson. we have spoken about her before on the programme. she's the screenwriter and creative force behind the first world war film all quiet on the western front, which is up for nine awards. lesley is also an elite triathlete, so our entertainment correspondent colin paterson met up with herfor a run in the hollywood hills as she prepares for the big night. is just amazing. it is very weird to think i am here and sort of

rory mcilroy has plenty of work to do if he's to stay for the weekend at golf�*s players championshipssional career. he wouldn't get too far is a professional golfer if you don't like hunting. —— if you don't like putting. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. causing lots of problems for people. it looks lovely but it's problematic. not for everyone but for some it's a big deal this morning. this is the view from one of our weather watches. it's one of those days. they say they are snowed in on the roads around them are blocked. further north towards holmfirth in kirklees, just outside huddersfield, this is where we've got plenty of snow falling. the met office amber warnings remain in place at the moment across these areas, the peak district, the pennines, parts of shropshire and northern parts of wales. these are the worst affected areas but there is snow falling elsewhere and it's now starting to fall further south again. we are seeing it as far south as the chilterns on the edge of the london area. blown around by some strong winds. on the northern and western edges

because got do with it because you've got some you've some great courses and you've got people like rory mcilroybryson dechambeau. so they're thinking that ball will not go that if the ball will not go quite as far, then they don't have to read designed golf courses. so the make the balls heavier. so they were looking make them heavy as sluggish, give them tennis balls to hit. yeah. give them beach ball or yeah. give them a beach ball or whatever. the thing whatever. but the thing is they've to a change. they've got to make a change. it's going to affect it's not going to affect everybody. we go out and everybody. when we go out and play everybody. when we go out and play regularly, it's play regularly, but it's actually so golf actually it's a choice. so golf tournament will have the choice whether they to change whether they want to change these balls or stick with these golf balls or stick with what because what they've got. because essentially say the golf essentially they say the golf is a game skill . essentially they say the golf is a game skill. it's not purely a game of skill. it's not

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rory mcilroy is living life on the edge at the world match play championship, and he couldn't affordrk out his angles and distance. and despite the precarious position, he almost managed to find the hole — and he won his match against denny mccarthy. that is a very... we should explain, the reason he didn't putt out is in matchplay you are given the putt. he didn't have to drop his ball. i’m didn't have to drop his ball. i'm uuuessin didn't have to drop his ball. i'm guessing it _ didn't have to drop his ball. i'm guessing it wasn't windy because it had been winding. you guessing it wasn't windy because it had been winding.— guessing it wasn't windy because it had been winding. you have to take the shot, though. _ had been winding. you have to take the shot, though. i— had been winding. you have to take the shot, though. i would - had been winding. you have to take the shot, though. i would be - the shot, though. iwould be really unnerved _ the shot, though. iwould be really unnerved by _ the shot, though. iwould be really unnerved by that. - the shot, though. iwould be really unnerv