and inspires the likes of shreyas iyer. he hit eight sixes in his 100.ting could not be contained. new zealand, to win, needed 398. well, daryl mitchell proved that even the loudest crowd can be silenced. mitchell kept surprising, kept his team believing — seven sixes in his century. eventually, mitchell found the fielder, ravi jadeja. new zealand finished 70 runs behind. mohammed shami finished with seven wickets. india in the final, excitement to another level. they're not invincible, it's just unclear who can beat them. joe wilson, bbc news. so after two semi—final defeats in a row, india are back in a final for the first time since the last edition of this tournament that they hosted, 12 years ago. for new zealand, it is the opposite. they've reached the last two finals, but this time fell a stage earlier. here are the thoughts from both teams after the match. honestly, i think we knew it was going to be challenging, especially under the lights on this. once the new ball gets a bit old, it is a bit difficult for bowlers to contain runs, so we knew it

and captain virat kohli also added 51, but shreyas iyer and kl rahul each smashed centuries to set thes to win, after india's second—biggest world cup score. and despite a decent start, the netherlands couldn't get near it, bowled out for 250 — captain sharma taking the final wicket. it's nine wins from nine for india, who face new zealand in mumbai in their semifinal on wednesday, but some of the players are worried the pitch could prove quite a challenge. it's kind of difficult to bowl sometimes and you feel the bounce is true. that's why batsmen are, like, dominating, even in the t20 format. and of course, in 50—overs game, you have plenty of time to come back in your spell. and definitely, if you get a couple of early wickets, you're always on the top of the game. tennis now, and canada have won the billiejean king cup for the first time in their history. leylah fernandez sealed the 2—0 win over italy in seville, beating jasmine paolini in straight sets, following on from a shock victory in the first match when teenager marina stakusic — ranked 258th — beat italy's top—50 player ma

so india storming into the last four — shreyas iyer made a quickfire 82 in that big india total of 357hey skittle sri lanka the team is in a great space at the moment and the players are cherishing each other�*s performance. that is very important when you come in such a big stage and you are talking about my batting, i was just playing every ball on the merit. the wicket was awesome to bat on and you're grateful to get the score today. so the hosts are into the semis, australia are in a fairly strong position, third in the table but they'l be without mitchell marsh for the next game against england on saturday, the all—rounder returning home for personal reasons. england are all but out, but they have vowed to go down fighting whenever you play, for england, there's always things to play for. you know, you're playing for your country. that's a huge motivator. and, you know, it's extreme privilege to get that opportunity. every game means a huge amount to this group of players, all desperate to do well and understand the responsibility that comes with the opportunities and. this is no

shreyas iyer and kl rahul both hit centuries to take india to their second highest world cup total - but fell away to be bowled out for 250. india will face new zealand in mumbai in their semifinal on wednesday. india's left arm spinner kuldeep yadav says the mumbai pitch could prove quite a challenge.... it is difficult to direct the ball some times and i feel the bounce it is difficult to direct the ball some times and ifeel the bounce is true. that is where the batsmen are dominating in the t20 format. of course in 50 over game you have got plenty of time to come back in your speu plenty of time to come back in your spell and definitely if you get a couple of wickets you are on top of the game. canada have won the billiejean king cup for the first time in their history. leylah fernandez sealed the 2—0 win over italy in seville, beating jasmine paolini in straight sets, following on from a shock victory in the first match when teenager marina stakusic — ranked 258th — beat italy's top 50 player martina trevisan. stakusic said it had been "the best week" of her life. meanwhile in the

captain rohit sharma and then shreyas iyer with 77 were the building blocks for an innings that was thenp for kohli, who on his 35th birthday, didn't disappoint the thousands of adoring fans at eden gardens. he ended 101 not out, matching sachin tendulkar�*s record. with india finishing their 50 overs on 326—5, south africa have just begun their chase. and quinton de kock, the only player with more runs in this world cup than kohli, is already out. it is 21-1 it is 21—1 after seven overs. bangladesh coach chandika hathurusingha has insisted that his side have "no choice" but to play their world cup match against sri lanka in smog—filled delhi on monday, despite it currently being ranked as the world's most polluted city. both teams have cancelled training sessions in the past few days to minimise their exposure to the conditions. the air quality, as you rightly said, is affecting both teams and it is not ideal but we have no choice and we have to play in the conditions in front of us. we will keep a close eye on players, and some players have been cut out of practice because they are ast

this, in india, is what drives modern cricket and inspires the likes of shreyas iyer.

shreyas iyer added 105 and subman gill scored 80, as india posted a huge 397—4 from their 50 overs —st score in a men's world cup knockout game. for a while new zealand looked in contention to chase it down, thanks to daryl mitchell's century, but wickets fell around him and eventually scoreboard pressure took its toll, with the black caps bowled out for 327. mohammed shami taking a remarkable 7—57. well, india will face either south africa or australia, who play on thursday. it's already been a world cup winning year for south africa after success in rugby union and captain temba bavuma admits he and his teammates have been inspired by what the springboks achieved. this i think to a large degree we look at them in all, the springboks, and how they have gone about their back—to—back wins within the world cup. 0bviously, back—to—back wins within the world cup. obviously, the way they won it this year with the knockout games being quite close, and again how that resilience, how that do or die attitude, that is what we have been speaking about as a team so when the crunch moments can we

after they fell, captain virat kohli added 51, before shreyas iyer and kl rahul each smashed centuriesn rohit taking the final wicket, as india won by 160 runs. let's take a look at next week's semi—finals. hosts india are the team to beat — they're up against new zealand on wednesday. south africa will be up against australia in thursday's semi. great britain delivered when it mattered, on a crucial day in their billejean king cup playoff against sweden. with the score level coming into the final day at the copper box arena in london, wins for katie boulter and late replacement harriet dart saw them home. here's our tennis correspondent russell fuller. great britain recovered well from the shock of losing their first match of the tie on saturday, with straight set wins on a sunday to ensure victory without needing to play the devils. ——on a sunday to ensure victory without needing to play the doubles. there were moments ofjeopardy. first of all, katie saving four set points before beating ronaldo in straight sets. then harriet dart having had to attempt to serve the first set was also

bat, but they posted an imposing 357 for 8 after shubman gill made 92, virat kohli added 88 and shreyas iyer

captain rohit sharma and then shreyas iyer with 77 were the building blocks for an innings that was thenfor kohli, who on his 35th birthday didn't disappoint the thousands of adoring fans at eden gardens. he ended 101 not out, matching sachin tendulkar�*s record, with india finishing their 50 overs on 326 for 5. south africa have just begun their chase, and quinton de kock — the only player with more runs in this world cup than kohli — is already out. there have been more wickets to fall, six to be exact. leaving south africa struggling. they are 67 47 on 19th over. —— 67—7. bangladesh coach chandika hathurusingha has insisted that his side have "no choice" but to play their world cup match against sri lanka in smog—filled delhi on monday, despite it currently being ranked as the world's most polluted city. both teams have cancelled training sessions in the past few days to minimise their exposure to the conditions. the air quality, as you rightly said, is affecting both teams and it is not ideal but we have no choice and we have to play in the conditions in front of us. 0ur doctors keep

shreyas iyer added 105 and subman gill scored 80 as india posted a huge 397—4 from their 50 overs...taking a remarkable seven for 57. honestly, i think we knew it was going to be challenging, especially under the lights. 0nce going to be challenging, especially under the lights. once the new ball gets a bit old, it is difficult for bowlers. we knew it was going to be challenging, but what was important for us was to keep bowling the areas where we wanted to bowl and hope for them to make a mistake. that is what we did and at one point, the partnership they had, it was looking a bit challenging. but such big schools, you are always in the game. we gave ourselves a bit of a sniff of a lot— we gave ourselves a bit of a sniff of a lot of— we gave ourselves a bit of a sniff of a lot of things had to go away. it of a lot of things had to go away. it was _ of a lot of things had to go away. it was a — of a lot of things had to go away. it was a fair— of a lot of things had to go away. it was a fair effort, reflecting on seven— it was a fair effort, reflecting on seven weeks of cricket, we c

bat, but they posted an imposing 357 for 8 after shubman gill made 92, virat kohli added 88 and shreyas iyer quickfire 82, it would have been a world cup record had sri lanka recahed their target, but they collapsed from the off, slumping to 14 for six inside 10 overs, mohammed shami took five for 55. they managed to avoid the lowest one—day international total of 35, but they were bowled out for 55 inside 20 overs. a great space at the moment, players arejudging each other�*s performance. are judging each other�*s performance. that is very important when you come in such a big stage. i wasjust playing every when you come in such a big stage. i was just playing every ball in the minute, the wicket was awesome to back on. grateful to get to school today. —— get this bold today. —— get this bold today. england are all but out, they have three more games to play but are bottom of the table. they face australia on saturday who are without all—rounder mitchell marsh, who's flown home for personal reasons no details have been given. marsh has played in all six of australia's matches so far, scorin

shreyas iyer and kl rahul both hit centuries to take india to their second highest world cup total - 0. india will face new zealand in mumbai in their semi—final on wednesday. india's left arm spinner kuldeep yadav says the mumbai pitch could prove quite a challenge. it is difficult to direct the ball sometimes and ifeel the bounce is true. that is where the batsmen are dominating in the t20 format. of course in 50—over game you have got plenty of time to come back in your spell and definitely if you get a couple of wickets you are on top of the game. northern ireland's rory mcilroy will win a fifth race to dubai title at next week's season finale after max homa won the nedbank golf challenge. homa cruised to a four—stroke victory in south africa. homa had a few wobbles midway through his final round, but finished strongly with a six—under—par 66. he's won six events on the pga tour, but this is his first victory outside the united states. canada have won the billiejean king cup for the first time in their history. leylah fernandez sealed the 2—0 win over italy in seville, beating jas

after the top 3—3 scored fifties, shreyas iyer and kl rahul both hit centuries to take india to their their semifinal on wednesday. max homa has won the dp world tour's nedbank golf challenge. the american cruised to a four—stroke victory in south africa. homa had a few wobbles midway through his final round, but finished strongly with a six—under—par 66. he's won six events on the pga tour, but this is his first victory outside the united states. and ben campbell is celebrating one of the best wins of his career. the new zealander has won the hong kong open by one stroke to win his first title on the asian tour. campbell — ranked 635 in the world — had back—to—back birdies on the last two holes to finish on 19 under par. that left him one clear of overnight leader cameron smith. onto moto gp and ducati's enea bastia—nini has won ——canada are one match to nil up against italy in the final of the billiejean king cup. meanwhile in the play—offs. harriet dart has sealed victory for the british team against sweden. earlier katie boulter gave them a 2—1 lead — which meant dart�*s singles w

this, in india, is what drives modern cricket and inspires the likes of shreyas iyer.e hit eight sixes in his hundred. india's batting could not be contained. new zealand, to win, needed 398. well, daryl mitchell proved that even the loudest crowd can be silenced. mitchell kept surprising, kept his team believing, seven sixes in his century. eventually, mitchell found the fielder, ravi jadeja. new zealand finished 70 runs behind. mohammed shami finished with seven wickets. india in the final, excitement to another level. they are not invincible — it's just unclear who can beat them. this morning, the government's rwanda plan was in shreds. legislation, saying, quote, "i will not allow a foreign court to block these flights". it's the latest government policy to try and "stop the boats". immigration minster robertjenrick tells us the government actually won today. 0n the programme, we'll hear from one of the asylum seekers whose case was at the heart of this legal battle. he came to the uk on a small boat in 2022, after he says he was tortured in his home country. but w

shreyas iyer hit an unbeaten 128 as india set their opponents a mammoth a11 to win.gymnast at the trampoline world championships, as bryony page reigned supreme once again. she took the individual world title for a second time, after a stunning performance that saw her complete a routine with a difficulity of nearly 16, and rarely attempted by competitors. page also won bronze alongside izzy songhurst in the women's synchronised final, while great britain won bronze in the team all—around final. i'm just, yeah, a little bit shocked, super happy. i really wanted to go for my harder routine, so i'm so glad i pulled it off in the best way in front of a home crowd. i won world champs in 2021, during a covid time, so we couldn't really have a crowd. so, it was just amazing that i was able to kind of make up for it, having it here. it was amazing, absolutely loved all the support i had. so happy and grateful that i got to do it in front of my home crowd. great that she was able to do it in front of the crowd. they deserve a captive audience. we will be speaking to her late

indian batter shreyas iyer hit the biggest six of the world cup — a massive 106m as india set sri lankased forjust 55. one positive for sri lanka is it was five more than they scored when india last beat them in september. rebecca welch will become the first female fourth official in a premier league match when fulham take on manchester united tomorrow. welch is no stranger when it comes to breaking barriers. injanuary, she became the first female to referee a championship match — one level below the premier league — when she took charge of birmingham v preston north end. amazingly, welch only took up refereeing in 2010. wales rugby union head coach warren gatland says he understands criticism regarding the timing of their match against the barbarians in cardiff tomorrow, coming just three weeks after wales were knocked out of the world cup. it�*s on the same day as key domestic games involving the four regions who are providing all 23 wales players. i understand the issues involved. we are well aware of that. and conscious of that. that is why i was doing everything i could to help sup