in the women's event, 2015 champion simona halep has been knocked out losing in three sets to marketaalep with four breaks in the first set to take it in 30 minutes, eventually wrapping it 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. the 19—year—old will now play elina svitolina in the quarter—finals, who needed more than three hours to see off ashleigh barty. elsewhere, garbine muguruza played some of her best tennis of the season to upset kiki bertens and book a spot in the last eight. the spanish 20th seed recovered in style after dropping her opening set, to win 5—7, 6—1, 6—3. tiger woods says the neck injury that forced him out of last weekend's arnold palmer invitational tournament has improved, but he has admitted that there will always be some pain after all the surgery he has had. the 14—time major winner returns at the players championship, saying his neck had been troubling him for a while. it is not painful now. it was getting to a point where it was affecting my set up, my backswing, my through swinging. it was just gradually, you know, getting worse. and that's just because my lower backis and that's

coming up on this programme: simona halep moves through to the miami 0pen semi finals and to within oneer against paris saint germain to set up a women's champions league semi finals against holders lyon. and australia beat pakistan by 80 runs to take an unassailable 3—0 lead in their five—match 0ne—day international series. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis — and the news that simona halep is through to the semi—finals of the miami 0pen. she's now one win away from regaining the world number one spot. the number 2 seed from romania beat china's wang qiang in straight sets but she was made to work hard for the victory. halep won the first set 6—4 — and had to come from 5—1 down in the second, before sealing her place in the last four. she's through to the semis in miami for only the second time. in the men's singles, roger federer has claimed the last of the quarter—final places after beating daniil medvedev in their delayed 4th round match — held over from tuesday. federer — who's bidding to win the miami masters for a fourth time — came through in straight

open letter place now we'll sacca at the top of the rankings and the richardson reports thanks simona halep is within sight of her first final appearance at the miami open under a return to the top of the world rankings her quarterfinal win over china's one child wasn't without its difficulties how it found herself five on down in the second set the twenty seven year old responded by winning six trait games she'll face carolina prisca for in the last four however only needs to reach saturday's final to replace japan's niamey osaka as the world number one. it's but i have to win this tournament and i'm going to think about that if i play or well if i play my best tennis i have a better chance to become number one again. in the men's draw roger federer has stayed on course for a fourth miami tonsil the thirty seven year old needed barely an hour to beat daniel medvedev and set up a quarterfinal the south africa's kevin anderson he's got a great serve so. you go back to big serve mentality to try to hold your own service games first before thinking about how to break haven't. had a tough one a

and i was very scared of my return to what in simona halep is closing in on the wall number one spot there are many and one more when that the miami open to a place now we're at the top of the rankings and it was just an reports i simona halep piece within sight of her first final appearance at the miami open under return to the top of the world rankings a quarter final win over china's one child wasn't without its difficulties how it found herself five one down in the second set the twenty seven year old responded by winning six try games she'll face carlina pliska over in the last four how it only needs to reach saturday's final to replace japan's niamey osaka as the world number one. was it's but i have to win this tournament and i'm going to think about that if a player well if i play my best tennis i have a better chance to become number one again. in the men's draw roger federer has stayed on course for a fourth miami title i thirty seven year old needed barely an hour to beat daniel medvedev and set up a quarterfinal this south africa's kevin anderson he's got a great serve so

the number 2 seed simona halep is also through to the quarter—finals.ami, came through in straight sets against venus williams, who's won the title there three times. the romanian won 6—3, 6—3, to seal her place in the last eight for the third time in four years. in the men's singles, there was a shock defeat for the number 2a seed grigor dimitrov. the bulgarian was beaten in straight sets byjordan thompson. the australian, ranked 77 in the world, won 7—5, 7—5, to reach the last 16. meanwhile, roger federer remains on course for a fourth miami masters title. the number 4 seed is through to the fourth round after beating serbia's filip krajinovic in straight sets. federer, who last won the title there two years ago, recovered from being a break down in the first set, to win 7—5, 6—3, and he'll now face russia's daniil medvedev in the last 16. he's the nfl star with the party boy persona but rob gronkowski has called time on his nine year career at the age of 29. his announcement came just over a month after the new england patriots won the super bowl, ma

hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis — and the news that simona halep is throughsemi—finals of the miami open. she's now one win away from regaining the world number one spot. the number 2 seed from romania beat china's wang qiang in straight sets but she was made to work hard for the victory. halep won the first set 6—4 — and had to come from 5—1 down in the second, before sealing her place in the last four. she's through to the semis in miami for only the second time. in the men's singles, roger federer has claimed the last of the quarter—final places after beating daniil medvedev in their delayed 4th round match — held over from tuesday. federer — who's bidding to win the miami masters for a fourth time — came through in straight sets against the number 13 seed from russia. federer won 6—4, 6—2, and is looking forward to facing south africa's kevin anderson in the last eight. i think it will be tricky. he has a great serve so i think it will be tricky. he has a great serve so you i think it will be tricky. he has a great serve so you go back to big serve mental

second seed simona halep was given a tough workout but managed to battle past qualifier, kateryna kozlovabreaks each in the first set, and in the ensuing tie—break the romanian world number two came out on top. kozlova provided halep with a tough test, but fatigue seemed to be catching up with her as the romanian broke in the 12th game of the second to win the match with backhand down the line. serena williams' return to tennis after a five—week break ended with her retiring from her match against garbine muguruza because of a viral illness. she was playing her first tournament since the australian open in late january, when she lost in the quarterfinals. she said in a statement: "before the match, i did not feel great, and then itjust got worse with every second: extreme dizziness and extreme fatigue." 0pen champion francesco molinari sank a as—foot birdie putt to come from five shots behind on sunday and win the arnold palmer invitational. it gave him a two—shot lead at 12—under and no one got closer than two shots the rest of the way. he won for the fourth time in the last nine months.

shocks at indian wells, men's top seed novak djokovic goes out along with women's second seed simona halep with the uefa champions league, and cristiano ronaldo has again dragged his team back from the depths. this time a hat—trick forjuventus, as the old lady saw off atletico madrid to progress to the quarter—finals, while manchester city thrashed schalke to also progress. ronaldo's hat—trick in turin capped off a remarkakable turnaround for massimiliano allegri's side, and our football reporter john bennett gave me his verdict on what we can expect next from the italians. i think this was a defining note for juventus, because yes, cristiano ronaldo was the hero. everyone will talk about him, he will grab all the headlines, but i thought it was a fantastic team performance. the two centre—backs faultless. atletico madrid didn't want to put

miami open to replace naomi osaka at the top of the ranks the next eddie richardson reports i simona halep is within sight of her first final appearance at the miami open under a return to the top of the world rankings her quarterfinal win over china's one child wasn't without its difficulties howlett found herself five one down in the second set the twenty seven year old responded by winning six trite games she'll face carlina pliska for in the last four however only needs to reach saturday's final to replace japan's niamey osaka as the world number one. was it's but i have to win this tournament i'm not going to think about that if i play or well if i play my best tennis i have a better chance to become number one again. in the men's draw roger federer has stayed on course for a fourth miami title i thirty seven year old needed barely an hour to beat daniel medvedev and set up a quarterfinal this south africa's kevin anderson he's got a great serve so. you go back to big serve mentality to try to hold your own service games first before thinking about how to break kevan. i had a tough on

simona halep won't return to number1 in the world rankings this week, she lost her semi in miami to karolinaall those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. that's all the sport for now. including all the build—up to the premiership matches. the big match is on sunday, liverpool taking on such —— taking on tottenham. still lots more reaction to ole gunnar solskjaer taking over as the permanent manager at manchester united, on a three—year contract. i'll be back a little bit later on bbc news. good afternoon, and welcome back to westminster where we continue with our brexit coverage. and let's take a look now at what could happen next in the process. at 2.15pm, mps will vote on the withdrawal agreement part of theresa may's brexit deal. this only covers how the uk leaves the european union, and not its future relationship with the bloc. if mps reject the withdrawal agreement today, there could be further indicative votes on a range of brexit options on monday the 1st of april. that follows this week's votes, where there was no majority for any brexit plan. the next deadline

women's world no. 2 simona halep will be preparing for her next match, after a tough warm—up match againstin the match with a backhand down the line... finally, they say your fans can act asa finally, they say your fans can act as a 12th man — well, how about the weather? from bayer leverkusen's point of view, that's exactly what happened — they got a big helping hand from the snow in a 3—2 win at hanover. haraguchi denied an almost certain goal with leverkusen 2—0 ahead. he shot towards the empty net, only for the orange ball to get stuck in the snow before crossing the line. leverkusen'sjohnathan tarr there saying "thank you snow much" as he clears the ball. awful pun. all the latest sports news on our web absolute. for me, mark edwards, and the rest of the sport team, that's your monday sport briefing. thanks to mark for that. so... with brexit day looming, geeta guru—murthy is travelling around the country asking how brexit will impact different parts of the uk. this week she's in london — and she's been taking a look at the tech sector, which is growing almost three times faster than

before that though second seed simona halep will face china's wang qiang.in this tournament for the first time and put the disappointment of a last 16 finish at indian wells behind her. chelsea are in france as they look to secure a place in the semi—finals of the women's champions league later. the blues won the first leg of their quarter final 2—0 against paris saint germain in london last week. they're looking to become just the second english club to reach the final after arsenal, who claimed the competition in 2007. i think at this stage, we've learned a lot, we've grown a lot and i think on our day, we will beat any team in europe and we have to have the belief and confidence in that but most importantly we need to just keep taking it step—by—step and that includes getting the right of assault tomorrow night. memphis grizzlies and golden state warriors are both hoping to record back to back wins when they face each other in the nba on wednesday. bruno caboclo scored a career—high 24 points as the memphis grizzlies beat the oklahoma city thunder on mon

simona halep is on course to reclaim top spot in the women's world rankings the romanian tennis star is through to the semifinals of the miami open she got there by beating chinese player wang chang in straight sets six four seven five on wednesday is currently ranked third in the world winning this tournaments will lift her to number one it's very beautiful here playing against semifinals this is going to be a big challenge and maybe i can play my best i can do my best result here playing the finals but there is going to be a big match makes it around so i would be just ready we thought we enjoy in the plane this beautiful crowd these beautiful quarter because it's only a pleasure to come here. roger federer is reached the quarterfinals in miami the world number five daniel and medvedev is in straight sets to get there federer is looking to win the tournament for a fourth time the swiss will face south africa's kevin anderson next. the new york yankees haven't won a world series since two thousand and nine but baseball pundits are betting on them winning the championship this season

took world number three simona halep close to three hours to get the better of poland hertzog can return to the top the world rankings with a title with miami i next place is seven song grand slam champion useful. steph curry return from a one game break to help shake off the embarrassment of a big defeat for the golden state warriors a day on from a thirty five point loss to the dallas mavericks the reigning n.b.a. champions beating the detroit pistons once when she wants one fourteen the win returns the warriors first place in the western conference. under scully mirages of ethiopia produced a record breaking run at the l.a. marathon rocky setting a new course record of two hours twenty four minutes and eleven seconds bettering the previous mark by nearly a minute. of kenya went on to win the men's rice ok that is the sports bank saga. that brings us the end of this news hour i'm back with another full show the compliment so do stay with us. against the odds and in fines to the devastating loss of their loved ones and their homes women from crucial have shown enormous resilience fighti

despite the defeats osaka will hold on to her number one ranking because woman but so simona halep was also not celts nineteen year old marcus of andras over got the better of her in three sets the czech youngster ranked sixty one in the world four times in the decider to take the much. zidane sedan as arrived at rome judge training complex for his second stint as manager of the spanish club the frenchman was reappointed on monday just ten months after walking away from the role that and won three straight champions league trophies the first time around but rejoins the one of the club's worst ever rounds they were knocked out of this year's champions league by x. at home and currently sits third in the spanish league that's well the points behind this rivals barcelona. wells that are might just be wishing christian or another was still a part of the royal squad the portuguese strikers starring few events is in the champions league on tuesday nights the thirty four year old scoring a hat trick in the last sixteen second leg tie against athletic are in madrid it was one of those eight ch

saka one can read about has been beaten in the quarterfinals by australia's ashley barty it mean simona halep can regain the top ranking if she wins the title. now the spirit of fair play is alive and well among young footballers in turkey the captain of gallup has her eyes under fourteen team missed a penalty on purpose and followed what he believed was the wrong call by the referee thirteen year old to. back off fell inside the box and was awarded a penalty but instead of trying to double his side's lead in kept the ball out of play his team though did go on to win three no. one that's all your sport for now smiles actually it's lovely thank you for and that is it from your news our team here in doha thirty one is coming up after the break with felicity and the team in london as things heat up in the break the debate in london so you can see. a civil war where on line what tina's taught us is to be able to be concise expressing exactly what is happening in the moment and what it needs. or if you join us on sat israel is an apartheid state and of the closing of the palestinian people this is

forward in the job and really what it is really important that we at least finish in the top four simona halep is on course to reclaim top spot in the women's world rankings the romanian tennis star is through to the semifinals of the miami open she got there by beating chinese player wang chang in straight sets six four seven five on wednesday is currently ranked third in the world winning this tournaments will lift her to number one it's very beautiful here playing against semifinals this is going to be a big challenge and maybe i can play my best i can do my best result here playing the finals but there is going to be a big match makes it around so i would be just ready we thought we enjoy in the plane this beautiful crowd these beautiful quarter because it's only a pleasure to come here. roger federer is reached the quarter finals in miami the world number five daniel and medvedev in straight sets to get there federer is looking to win the tournament for a fourth time the swiss will face south africa's kevin anderson next. the new york yankees haven't won a world series since two thousand

in the women's draw simona halep had a chance to move up to the world number one ranking but lost it naomi assad is the incumbent but all helen had to do to topple her japanese rival was reach the final in miami the romanian is the number two seed but lost the opening set of a semifinal seventy five to catalina pliska from where she started to unravel in a stop start match because of the rain risk of a battle to win i'm consecutive games to take this match after a brilliant rally on match point seven five six one the final still. they have missed out in the world series last year but the los angeles dodgers are off to a powerful start in this year's major league baseball season pietersen in their memory care mandate is hit two home runs each as the dodgers defeated the arizona diamondbacks twelve five l.a. hitting eight home runs for a new major league opening day record and tying the franchise record for any game at the same time. tiger woods may have slipped from golf's number one ranking almost five years ago but the fourteen time major champion still has the magic touch this was

in the women's draw simona halep had a chance to move up to the world number one ranking but lost states namely a soccer is the current incumbent but all hell it had to do to topple her japanese rival was reached the final in miami remaining as the number two seed but lost the opening set of her semifinal seven five to carry in a place from there she started to unravel in a stop start match because of the rain because of a battle to win one consecutive games to take this match after a brilliant rally on match point seven five six one was the final. list about will face ashley barty in the final on saturday barty is right twelve and shined even when the skies were poor she ousted twenty first seeded and come to vegas six three six three in this rain delayed semifinal victory also sees home to what its top ten . tiger woods may have slipped from golf's number one ranking after almost five years ago but the fourteen time major champion still has the magic touch this was tiger the tenth hole of the w.j.c. match play event in austin on his knees and playing left handed the american pulled off

on to tennis — and world number three simona halep is through to the fourth round of the miami open afterroline wozniacki. the number 13 seed was beaten in three sets by hsieh su—wei of taiwan. wozniacki battled back from losing the first set, to take the second on a tie—break. but hsieh raced through the decider 6—2 to seal her place in the last eight. nick kyrigos returns to the court at the miami open on tuesday to play croatian 11th seed borna coric for a place in the semi—finals. the australian was booed off after his win over dusan lajovic in the last round — with fans taking issue with him for serving under arm twice during the match. in the nba on tuesday, the detroit pistons are in action against the denver nuggets with both teams aiming to bounce back from defeat last time out. the golden state warriors got the better of the pistons on sunday leading all the way through the second half to eventually win121—114. while the nuggets' six game winning streak was brought to an end by the pacers. during england's victory over montenegro there were reports of racist chanting from the ho

in the women's draw, simona halep has also been knocked out, losing in three sets to 19—year—old marketarn munich host last year's beaten finalists, liverpool. now, there's everything to play for after their goalless draw in the first leg. liverpool are in good form and the german champions are top of the bundesliga for the first time since september, while for liverpool managerjurgen klopp, it's just another game. if we deserved to go through, if we play good full all, it could change the world for us. if not, it is over, now lets concentrate on full. of course, that is how it is. there is only one thing to do, it is a very important game, and very, very important game, and more important games will come. wednesday's other tie is also finely poised. lyon head to barcelona hoping to pull off a shock result following their goalless draw last month. it's a tall orderfor the french side though. barca are unbeaten in their last 29 home games in the champions league. it's nine years since lyon won a champions league knockout round tie. in rugby union, the six nations is considering an offer f

and simona halep remains on course to reclaim top spots in the world rankings all the details in sports. i know that we've got plenty of settled weather across north america at the moment in the east the skies are more or less clear further west we are seeing more cloud that's working its way in from the pacific not really a great deal of wet weather with this though the weather system we're watching is this one this is giving us a fairly heavy rain and it's gradually edging its way inland as we head through thursday turning increasingly wintery as it does say and that snowy weather just nudging a little bit further east with still as we head through friday i don't friday we're also going to see more cloud or rain begin to pick up and some of this is likely to be rather heavy but what it's also doing is dragging the winds up from the south of the temperatures have really rowing washington d.c. up to twenty one degrees and for new york we're up at sixteen which is sixty warning fahrenheit even further towards the south and here we've got quite a few shasta ticket only i reports of cuba a

in sports simona halep stays on course to reclaim the world number one spot now the miami. hello there let's take a look at the close a look at the flooding that we've seen over parts of iran recently it's not only around the scene some pretty heavy rain over the past couple of days many parts of the middle east have you see the cloud that's working its way out of parts of saudi arabia and then stretching its way northward across many parts of iran and up towards afghanistan as well for afghanistan this is good news because we are in a drought at the moment and for iran we've just had too much rain in a too short a period shiraz that's the place we were talking about just there forty seven millimeters is what it took to cause us our flooding here doesn't sound like too much but the average for the entire month is only forty eight millimeters and we have this forty seven in just a few hours so of course it did cause quite a few problems in fact is quite a dry place and we only expect around two hundred twenty millimeters of rain in the entire year so really forty seven is qu

well took world number three simona halep close to three hours to get the better of polonia hertzog can return to the top of the world rankings with a title winning miami chain that space the seventy seven time grand slam champion of the n.s.w. . steph curry returned from a one game break to help shake off the embarrassment of a big defeat for the golden state warriors a day on from a thirty five point loss to the dallas mavericks the reigning n.b.a. champions beat the detroit pistons one hundred and twenty one to one hundred fourteen the win returns the warriors to the first place in the western conference . and i've said and a fellow star rob go see has decided to quit the game at the age of just twenty nine grown koski help the new england patriots to three super bowl titles the nine seasons but is battled a number of serious injuries in recent seasons is totals of eighty one receptions and twelve touchdowns in the postseason are records for a title. as. to produce a record breaking run at the l.a. marathon route she set a new course record of two hours twenty four minutes and eleven

four with felix always seen going up against john is an a in the other semi in the women's draw simona halep had a chance to move up to the world number one ranking but lost it sark is the incumbent but all had about to do was topple her japanese rival well she would have got to the final if she had done that instead the romanian who is the number two seed lost the opening set of a semifinal seven five to catalan the place covered from there she started to unravel in a stop start match because of the rain of a battle to win nine consecutive games to take this match off to a brilliant rally on match point seven five six one is the final score. let's go will face ashley barty in the final on saturday boss he is ranked twelve and shined even when the skies were poor ing she after twenty first seeded and it's consummate six three six three in the rain delayed same fun also things are moving to move to talk to. tiger woods may have slipped from golf's number one ranking almost five years ago but the fourteen time major champion still has the magic touch this was tiger at the tenth hole of the w.d

in the dark again but who is the government lead in this time for the power cuts and its broad simona halep stays on course to reclaim the world number one spot number. in africa's technological at the center affluence in group poverty to live side by side. in its first episode life challenges kenyan up developers to help small scale farmers cultivate a new future that can mobile phones really be the seed of change it is putting people into because people took over life's silicon savannah on al-jazeera. welcome back time to recap our headlines and al-jazeera now israel's prime minister has returned home from the u.s. early to handle tensions with head of the elections strikes were launched by israel across the occupied gaza strip the last launched at least ten rockets into southern israel attacks began on monday after a rocket attack north of tel aviv. has been worldwide condemnation after the us president formally recognized israel sovereignty over the of golan heights signed the decree during a meeting with israeli prime minister binyamin that's now in washington d.c. on monday. pays in b

the miami open to replace naomi osaka at the top of the rankings and the richardson reports i simona halep is within sight of her first final appearance at the miami open under a return to the top of the world rankings her quarterfinal win over china's one child wasn't without its difficulties howlett found herself five one down in the second set the twenty seven year old responded by winning six trite games she'll face carlina pliska over in the last four however only needs to reach saturday's final to replace japan's niamey osaka as the world number one. was it's but i have to win this tournament and are going to think about that if i play a well if i play my best tennis i have a better chance to become number one again. in the men's draw roger federer has stayed on course for a fourth miami title i thirty seven year old needed barely an hour to beat daniel medvedev and set up a quarterfinal with south africa's kevin anderson he's got a great serve so. you go back to big serve mentality to try to hold your own service games first before thinking about how to break kevan. i had a tough on

and simona halep beat venus williams for the fourth time in a row to reach the quarter—finals.to take medication. under the rules, they‘d have to change events or even race against men if they refused. the un say the plans "contravene international human rights". the controversial dismissal of england‘sjoss buttler has raised questions over whether an indian premier league match was played in the spirit of the game. buttler was playing for rajasthan royals against kings eleven punjab, and as he just crept out of his crease at the non—striker‘s end, ravi ashwan ran in to bowl, but stopped and whipped off the bails to run him out. it‘s a legal dismissal but frowned upon. the mixed martial arts star conor mcgregor has announced his retirement from the sport. he posted the news on social media early this morning. the irishman is 30 and he‘d established himself as one of mma‘s leading fighters, although his career has been marred by controversy, with an arrest and an order to have anger management help. a little bit of chat on social media about what he could do after retirement. no

world number one naomi 0saka is gone — as is world number two simona halep. that the horse had won twice in a row. it meant a clear run for the line for espoir d'allen to give trainer gavin cromwell his first win at cheltenham. there was a fall for the favourite too in the mares hurdle, where the odds—on favourite benie des dieux went at the last fence. that left the 20 to one shot roksana to come through for a shock win. benie des dieux was unharmed, but there was a first fatality of the festival in the final race of the day when the willie mullins trained ballyward fell at the 17th. that is after considerable efforts to make the course at cheltenham saverfor to make the course at cheltenham saver for the horses. and how about this for a prank? david beckham was left... ..bewildered, shall we say, after he was set up byjames corden at an official reveal event for a statue of him at la galaxy. this is not the real statue. this is a fake statue they made. look at his face. incredibly unflattering. they are all there with glasses of champagne, ready to celebrat

simona halep needed to reach the final to go back to world number one, but she lost in the semis to karolinactually get into space? 0h, yes! capturing some great shots, before the unidentified frying object landed in essex. tom had to try it, of course. it was apparently rather "dry, powdery, frozen". so he did not get very far eating that burger. he is actually eating that? well, he tried to bid had been up that? well, he tried to bid had been up to space, it was apparently cold and hard and very nice. you can understand the perplexed faces at colchester united when they suddenly found this. i like that. thank you very much, mike. thank you for joining us. councils across the country are under pressure to meet stringent clean air targets. what's the best way to do it? so many cities debate this. nottingham is looking at the workplace parking levy, what on earth is that? that is what ben is going to explaining, you have got some lovely stores being set up behind you, morning. yeah, he complained about it looking a little empty and desolate earlier, so look at what we have laid on for you. yo