britain's beth potter won the first event of the super league triathlon arena games.s swim in the pool before doing the bike and run legs on virtual trainers. alex yee edged outjonny brownlee to finish third in the men's event. it's the opening race of the moto gp season too with italian pecco banyiya taking the first pole of his career in qatar with a new lap record too. fabio ouartararo and maverick vinales will join him on the front row. ronnie o'sullivan and barry hawkins are tied at four frames all after the first session of their tour championship semi—final at celtic manor. they'll resume tonight, with the first to ten meeeting neil robertson in tomorrow's final. now if you're like me, you'll have missed playing sport during lockdown. but after the ban on outdoor grassroots activities was lifted in scotland earlier this month, today, they can begin again in wales, with england and northern ireland following suit next week. clubs across the uk are hoping this third restart will be the last, as mike bushell reports. bella and ryan have had enough of tackling each

chelsea have gone back top of the womens super league.home to aston villa. sam kerr has scored both of chelsea's goals — she now has 14 goals this season. villa remain a point above bottom side west ham. it's been a day to remember for hayley raso who has scored her first senior hat—trick in everton�*s 5—0 thrashing of brighton. the australia international�*s first goal of the day the pick of the bunch. the defeat ends brighton's run of four straight wins. police are investigating after wales players ben cabango and rabbi matondo were racially abused on social media. the football association of wales says it is "disgusted by the abuse" that followed their 1—0 win over mexico last night. facebook, which owns instagram where the messages were posted, says it has removed the accounts involved. in rugby union's premiership, leicester have secured a fourth successive home win. they beat newcastle 26—12 at welford road — hanro liebenberg with leicester's opening try as the home side led 16—0 at half time. newcastle improved after the break, but

teams from the women's super league and championship willjoin the competition in round four.ork to do if they're to win the fourth and final test against india in ahmedabad. they won the toss but were all out for 205 on day one... at stumps india were 24 fori in reply. ben stokes top scored with 55, but said it's one of the toughest days he's experienced with the bat: i have paid 70 something games now and this is the hardest conditions i have faced at the batsman and i played all around the world so yeah, i don't think it's a case of finding it in your own time and not about this is what we need to do better to improve. so what could the second day's play in india bring... here's our cricket reporter henry moeran... this time, on a pitch much better suited they have gone for where i spent heavy attacks. whether it deteriorates enough to make a bit more of an impact than lisa said to me and a limited time on the first day we will wait and see. the suggestion from what we have seen it it's going to be a lot harder than it's going to be a lot harder than it was last time out. s

there was a remarkable game on the opening weekend of the new super league season.r bound against catalan dragons to level the game at 28 all at full—time. that means the game goes to gold and pointed extra time in which the dragons dramatically want with a drop goal from which the dragons dramatically want with a drop goalfrom melania in the days game leader 28 —— 22 for wake field. 20 on elsewhere on saturday including the catalonia web british adam gates takes a 45 second lead into final stage he finished today's finish into one by peterson again. britain's beth potter won the first event of the super league triathlon arena games. they are led to held sees athletes swim in the pool before doing the bike and the run legs on virtual trainers. alex gi x out alex brown to finish third in the men's will stop opening race of the men's will stop opening race of the moto gp season two with italian taking the first poll of his career and qatar with a new lap record to boot. bothjoin on and qatar with a new lap record to boot. both join on the front row. o'sullivan and haw

the new super league season is underway — st helens v salford red devils.n. scored after just two the first trial of the season. scored afterjust two minutes by st. helens. they've added another one since then. they are currently leading salford at 12 — zero at half—time. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. well, that game is the first of a double header at headingley. newcomers leigh centurions against neighbours wigan warriors is coming up later. our sports reporter tanya arnold is watching the matches which hopefully signal the start to a season not facing the challenges it did last time. i'v e i've not known excitement like this... we've got the world cup at the end. i know you just walked in. such a great site to see. what a great site and hopefully the season will continue. no hiccups and we'll see the season out. it will continue. no hiccups and we'll see the season out.— see the season out. it feels like a really coveted _ see the season out. it feels like a really coveted year _ see the season out. it feels like a really coveted year for

the women's super league will be shown on the bbc, in what's being described as a landmark deal for women'sthe first time. emma sanders is the women's football reporterfor the bbc sport website and joins me now. what are the details here, and what can we expect? yes, it is an exciting deal. a three—year deal between bbc sport and sky sports. there will be up to 44 matches shown on the sky main channel in 2022, matches on bbc and a minimum of 18 of those will be on bbc one, bbc two. the first time in the competitions history that they will be on free to air network tv channels is really exciting for the game. the fa hopes that the audience will be one of the biggest and women's sports and commercially as well. huge investment is being reported between seven to 8 million per season will be going into this deal and of that, 75% of the revenue will be going straight to the clubs and for the win championship clubs and for the win championship clubs and so there's a lot of excitement around in the fa hopes that it will push the women's game forward. hoop push the women's game forward. how do ou p

ti9: kings preparing to head home after the suspension of the pakistan super league there.nka, as he smahed his way into the record books... here's craig templeton. it was a match that began in the ordinary fashion, but this match was farfrom ordinary. sri lanka batted first, and although they played well, they could only make hundred 31. they also made a poor start with the ball, step forward in first he got rid of evan lewis. the very next ball, he ruined chris gayle's return and then a bowl or like holy grail arrived. a hat trick with that smile not lasting long. because pollard was also about to do something remarkable. first ball six. was also about to do something remarkable. first ballsix. second ball, six. third ball, yep, you guessed it, six. what did i say about that smile? two more followed to put pollard closerjoining an exclusive club. a club which excepted him with open arms. pollard fell shortly after but the damage had been done. jason holder finishing things the way his captain would have wanted. history made, but made to look incredibly easy. craig templet

super league champions st helens beat salford red devils 26—9 in the opening match of the season. bubble. leigh centurions had a dream start to their super league return snatched away as wigan came back from 18—0 down to win 20—18. jake bibby with the final try. neil robertson is the first man through to snooker�*s tour championship final. the australian thrashed mark selby by 10—3 at keltic manor. he'll face either ronnie o'sullivan or barry hawkins in sunday's final. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. we saw a change to the weather on friday, much colder air sweeping right across the country bringing some wintry showers in places. the cold air mass is with us certainly through saturday, but this milder air will be making inroads certainly for sunday. so we start off with one or two showers across central—northern areas with an early ice risk, again, a bit of wintriness over the high ground, but otherwise, plenty of sunshine after that chilly start. cloud will be thickening up, though, out west. later in the day, the increasing breeze, outbreaksof rain pushing into no

no such woes for the women's super league leaders — as chelsea secure their spot in the quarter finalschampions league. and the return of roger ends in familiarfashion — after more than a year out federer still knows how to win at the qatar open. welcome along to sportsday this evening — lots of big football stories to get through for you, but we're going to start with liverpool — and their chance to halt their miserable run they've been on domestically. they're in champions leaguew action against rb leipzig later. lots has been made ofjurgen klopp and his side's poor run of form at anfield. and while technically this is a home tie — because of the coronavirus restrictions, the game is actually taking place in budapest. delighted to say former liverpool defender stephen warnock is with us. stephen, from a player's perspective, bearing in mind all of the talk and rhetoric out there over liverpool and the pressure they are under, how do you think they will be feeling as a squad in the dressing room, you know, knowing how important it is to halt this run. l important it is to halt this ru

they beat west ham 2—0 in the women's super league behind closed doors.aintain her record. she also got united's first goal in the championship, the wsl and the fa cup. united stay third ahead of arsenal. manchester city top the table after beating reading. wales have got their hands on the six nations trophy. they won the championship last night after scotland beat france and they had a fairly low key presentation ceremony at their training base this afternoon. it's their second title in three years. bristol bears still lead the rugby union premiership, but they left it very late to beat harlequins. they scored a try to level the scores and this was the last kick of the game — callum sheedy with the conversion to win it 35—33. that has stretched their lead over champions exeter to 12 points. there were also wins for london irish, northampton and sale. glasgow and leinster were winners in the pro—14 today, and you can find all the latest rugby league scores on the opening super league weekend on the bbc sport website. the first minister of wales, mark dra

figure skating, triathlon and super league action can be found on the bbc sport website and app.nies must do more to tackle an "explosion" of impersonation scams since the pandemic started a year ago. it's told the bbc that fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated in how they target victims. dan whitworth is a reporter with bbc radio 4's money box. the technical term is impersonation fraud, but essentially, what it is is that criminals use technology to copy genuine phone numbers. so they might copy genuine phone numbers from hmrc or other government agencies, the police, your bank, and make it look as though they are calling you, calling the victim, from those agencies, when in fact they are not at all, they are criminals and are trying to steal your money. they do this through either getting information from you or actually tricking people into transferring the money direct to themselves. now, as you said in your introduction, there has been a huge increase in the number and the amount of these spam calls, these spoof calls, that have been happening in the last 12 months. moy

chelsea have gone back top of the womens super league.ton villa. sam kerr has scored both of chelsea's goals — she now has 14 goals this season. villa remain a point above bottom—side west ham it's been a day to remember for hayley raso who has scored her first senior hat—trick in everton�*s 5—0 thrashing of brighton. the australia international�*s first goal of the day the pick of the bunch. the defeat ends brighton's run of four straight wins. in rugby union's premiership, leicester have secured a fourth successive home win. they beat newcastle 26—12 at welford road — hanro liebenberg with leicester's opening try as the home side led 16—0 at half time. newcastle improved after the break — but not enough to affect the result — charlie clare going over for leicester late on to seal the win. and dragons failed in their bid for a possible champions cup place despite beating edinburgh 24—17 in their final proili game. they needed a 45—point winning margin in order to qualify. hull fc and their new boss brett hodgson got off to a winning star

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when you go to win the super league started in 2011, you thought, this could go somewhere.ver the last few years, since the 2015 world cup, itjust expanded so quick. to be a part of that is special. we are in a fortunate position that the likes of the bbc that have been supporting women's football are now putting more investment into the game and trying to push it as far as it can go. this is the next step in the venture of women's football. hopefully we can continue with quality performances so that everybody can see. the idea of a women's british and irish lions team in rugby union has been mooted for the past few years but a feasibility study is now officially being carried out, with the results due in december. it's being backed by the insurance company royal london, one of the sponsors for the men's lions series against south africa this year. a lot of governing bodies, nations, say they do support this, and the likes of england, france, new zealand, have thrown their support behind that women's set—up, but it has been challenging, other nations have not given that sam

and inglis isn't the only familiar face joining super league.if super league 2021 has just a fraction of the drama of last season, it could be very special indeed. adam wild, bbc news. next to an event going on right now in kew gardens. where they have been tiptoeing through the tulips of sorts in the 20 kilometre walk olympic qualifying event. callum wilkinson has won in the last few minutes, and it's followed by the various marathons. they will decide who makes it to tokyo this summer. finishing in the top two at kew is half the deal, but athletes also have to duck inside the olympic qualifying times. watch out for tom evans who didn't take up marathon running until 2017 when it was a bit of a drunken bet with his mates. now he has a chance of making the olympics. now he has a chance of making the ol mics. ~ . now he has a chance of making the cl mics.~ ., ., now he has a chance of making the olmics.~ ., ., , olympics. what an absolutely beautiful surrounding - olympics. what an absolutely beautiful surrounding to - olympics. what an absolutel

in the women's super league, sam kerr and beth england both scored as the leaders chelsea won 2—0 atin second. keira walsh scored a late winner for them as they beat everton1—0, third placed manchester united were 3—0 winners over aston villa and remain four points behind city. there were also good wins for arsenal and brighton. there's a new name to watch out for in british athletics — teenager keeley hodgkinson is the new european indoor champion in the 800 metres. she was racing in herfirst major senior championships, and only turned 19 this week making her britain's youngest athlete to win european gold since 1970. hodgkinson beat off competition from two polish athletes to win the title in a reduced field of six in the final. i'm only 19 and i am still learning. and there are still things i'm going to learn. ijust i just wanted to ijust wanted to keep my same relaxed state that i had in the semi, you know? we talked about that, don't change anything in the final. you don't want to make a mistake. i really believed in myself, because if i don't, who else is going to? britain's an

teams from the women�*s super league and championship willjoin the competition in round four.something games now and this is the hardest conditions i have faced at the batsman and i played all around the world so yeah, i don�*t think it�*s a case of finding it in your own time and not about this is what we need to do better to improve. so what could the second day�*s play in india bring? here�*s our cricket reporter henry moeran. this time, on a pitch much better suited they have gone for where i spent heavy attacks. whether it deteriorates enough to make a bit more of an impact than lisa said to me and a limited time on the first day we will wait and see. the suggestion from what we have seen it it�*s going to be a lot harder than it was last time out. staying with cricket and the pakistan super league has been suspended until later in the year after seven players, including england�*s tom banton tested positive for coronavirus. the decision was made after a meeting between organisers and team owners. the pakistan cricket board says players were nervous, anxious and apprehens

last year's winner of the women's super league won £100,000, the premier league champions picked up aat can football learn from a sport like hockey? football needs to look at sports like ours to see the opportunity. there are just as many little girls as little boys and boys get to watch the tv and say they want to be a footballer when they grow up but a lot of girls don't because they do not see it. i think football are missing out on a huge opportunity and an audience they could get involved by tapping into women. it's yet to be seen how the covid pandemic will affect prize money as a whole going forward, but for now, at least, the future looks bright for women's sport. jo currie, bbc news. staying with women's sport and the world snooker tour has announced that leading female players reanne evans and mg 0n—yee can turn professional from the start of next season. they've been given two—year tour cards. evans is the most successful women's snooker player ever, having won the world championship on a record 12 occasions. reanne evansjoins me now. many congratulations on this announceme

last year's winner of the women's super league won £100,000. just as many little girls as little boys, and boys get to watch the tv and say they want to be a footballer when they grow up, but a lot of girls don't because they don't see it. i think football are missing out on such a huge opportunity, an audience they could get involved by tapping into women. it's yet to be seen how the covid pandemic will affect prize money as a whole going forward. but for now at least, the future looks bright for women's sport. jo currie, bbc news. and come of course, for more on that and everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website, but that is all your sport for now. hello. tuesday promises a reasonable amount of fine weather across the uk and light winds. wednesday, thursday, very different story — strong winds across the board and some very heavy rain for some. some scattered showers to the north through the morning, fizzling out come this afternoon. as promised, light winds. and for many, some spells of sunshine. increasing cloud in the west, th

women's super league leaders chelsea won 3—0 at everton.by scoring the blues' third goal, as chelsea made it a sixth consecutive away victory in the wsl. elsewhere, second—placed manchester city were 3—0 winners over bristol city. brighton won for the fourth time in a row, beating aston villa 2—0, while west ham and birmingham city played out a 2—2 draw, taking west ham off the bottom of the table. now to the second day of action at cheltenham, where two—time grand national winner tiger roll cruised to victory in the cross country chase for his fifth career win at the festival. it was the second winner of the meet for trainer denise foster, who's stepped in while gordon elliott serves a six—month ban. joe lynskey reports. tiger roll makes each jump despite his size. he's one of racing's smallest champions, but may lead its greatest legacy. he's now won two grand nationals and five times at cheltenham. this horse takes on the cross country marathons, butjust reaching the start lines being a challenge. tiger roll was trained by gordon elliott

super league champions st helens beat salford red devils 26—9 in the opening match of the season.ur championship final. the australian thrashed mark selby by 10—3 at keltic manor. he'll face either ronnie o'sullivan or barry hawkins in sunday's final. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. friday marked a change to our weather. we saw much colder air move down from the northwest right across the country. so that means we are starting the weekend off on a chilly note but bright with some sunshine, then it will turn wetter and windier, particularly across northern and western areas. and gradually, it will be turning milder. it's looking very mild indeed as we head on into next week. so for saturday, then, we're in the cold air mass, as you can see. this is the milder air mass which will be making inroads saturday night and into sunday. we start this morning off with a bit of an ice risk across northern areas where we had overnight showers. it is a chilly start but bright, plenty of sunshine around, but into the afternoon, cloud will be thickening out west with some rain push

the super league and championship don't enter the copy to the fourth round of any of those teams areat's why the suspension had to take place. 0ne first round match still to be played, that's kent vogel united against enfield town and that's the 31st of march but 17 second round matches still to take place and it will start from the lith of april. now the holders, manchester city doesn't seem that long ago since they won cadets because it was not. it was november and last season's competition had to be rescheduled and they will host aston villa on the 18th of april. still don't have a date for the final to be held at wembley. originally due to take place on saturday the 22nd of may, there's no way that the competition will be finished by then, a pretty congested fixture. at the fa has been in talks with fifa and the competition after the fifth round is permitted to go into next season if required. next up. the european indoor championships start tomorrow in poland. for many british athletes it'll be there first major multi—event competition in more than a year. and with the olympics

we look ahead to the challenges for them new super league season. welcome along to sportsday... so wales got their world cup campaign under way last night with a loss — tonight it's the turn of england, scotland and northern ireland — all looking to book their place at qatar 2022. gareth southgate saw great success in russia — bringing england all the way to the semi—finals — while scotland and northern ireland fans will be dreaming that their long waits for a world cup appearance could soon be over. austin halewood reports. this is the stuff of dreams! a fairy tale run to — this is the stuff of dreams! a fairy tale run to the _ this is the stuff of dreams! a fairy tale run to the world _ this is the stuff of dreams! a fairy tale run to the world cup - tale run to the world cup semifinals. russia 20 and brought all of england together. house parties, packed out pups and waistcoats back in fashion. it all seems like a lifetime ago. nearly three years later, the relative qatar 2022 starts now with old faces and new in english ranks. they begin their qualifying campaign at home to

the bbc and sky have signed a multi—million pound deal to show super league games for the next threember, is believed to be worth around £8 million a year, with 25% of that invested in the women's championship, the second tier. the families of athletes taking part in this year's rearranged olympics and paralympics might be able to travel to japan to watch the games after all. all overseas fans have been barred from tokyo because of covid concerns and though organisers say that includes competitors' family members at the moment, they are discussing the possibility of making exceptions. after losing the t20 series against india, england's cricketers have moved onto pune where the one—day series starts tomorrow. it's largely the same squad and althoughjofra archer misses out with an ongoing elbow issue there could be some fresh faces coming into the 11. it's going to present opportunities for guys _ it's going to present opportunities for guys that haven't necessarily played _ for guys that haven't necessarily played yet and been away for long, and travelling is extremely difficult. mot

and women's elite rugby league will return on april the 18th when the new super league season gets underation of the whole season without a game played. england scrum—half natasha hunt says playing a shortened women's six nations this year is "gutting". the coronavirus—enforced changes mean that each team will play three fixtures in april, while the men's tournament is being played in its usualformat. i was iwas in i was in training camp for about twice a week for the last three weeks or so, since we've kind of come out of the second lockdown, but, yeah, for me as well, this is another thing, the six nations, it's not the six nations, its two games, and then a final game. we have all, loads of the girls are perhaps again loads of the girls are perhaps again loads of the girls are perhaps again loads of girls across scotland, ireland, wales, on instagram, and when the announcement came out, everyone was posting it like it was this amazing thing from oak and the six nations is here. but for me, it was gutting. this isn't the six nations as we know. this to games. us paying lip service to t

the new plan is for every women�*s super league and championship club to be linked with a universitys growing enormously and you can earn a decent living, you�*re certainly not earning the kind of money that men are earning, and when you get to the end of your career, we want you to have an alternative and we want you to have the best possible chance to do well in life, not just well in football. until now, the usa has always been a big draw when it comes to mixing sport under study. lucy bronze, demi stokes and rachel daly are just some of the current england squad that came through the us college system on soccer scholarships. many players will still go for the experience, but can the english system now make them think twice? england goalkeeper karen bardsley was born in the us and went to college there, but while playing for manchester city, she also studied for a masters in sports directorship. well, i think what's really interesting is, like, the right of accelerated growth and improvement of the wsl. you know, i think if you would have asked some of these girls may be four or f

coming up smiling — this is chelsea seemingly enjoying life at the moment, top of the super league andinto the first half. having already had one good penalty appeal waved away, atletico madrid were perhaps a little unlucky to not get one here as well. they were finally handed an opportunity from the penalty spot, handball here. that opportunity was wasted. dugan hitting the bar, incredibly, the third penalty. they failed to score in this type. to make things worse, just seconds later, the referee deemed this a handball, as well. showing everyone how it should be done. atletico madrid did score at the end, but their manager's reaction, nothing but frustration. their chance gone — chelsea taking theirs through to the quarterfinals. adam wild, bbc news. wales manager ryan giggs will be missing again for their upcoming world cup qualifiers against belgium and the czech republic, as well as a friendly against mexico. he'll remain on leave, with robert page continuing in his caretaker role with welsh fa saying it was a mutual decision. giggs was arrested on suspicion of assault at the start

last year's winner of the women's super league won £100,000. champions picked up a huge £38 million. football needs to look at sports like ours to see the opportunity. there are just as many little girls as little boys and boys get to watch the tv and say they want to be a footballer when they grow up but a lot of girls don't because they do not see it. i think football are missing out on a huge opportunity and an audience they could get involved by tapping into women. it is yet to be seen how the pandemic will affect prize—money as a whole, but for now at least, the future looks bright for women's sport. you can see the full details of that study on the bbc sport website. the british and irish lions could be getting a women's team. it's been announced that sponsors are looking at the cost of putting a programme together. meanwhile, the world snooker tour has announced that leading women players reanne evans and mg on—yee can turn professional from the start of next season with two—year tour cards. novak djokovic has beaten roger federer�*s reco

we're less than 2a hours away from the start of rugby league's new super league season. take on salford in tomorrow's opening game. adam wild looks ahead to some of the key talking points, most importantly perhaps, how can this new season possibly match the drama of last year's grand final? full of nights, for of pyrex, full of passion. sue brady 2021 has a huge act to follow. extraordinary! you will never see a finish to a redbeemedia game like that ever again! redbeemedia game like that ever a . ain! redbeemedia game like that ever aaain! ., again! the overwhelming feeling i never forget- _ again! the overwhelming feeling i never forget. the _ again! the overwhelming feeling i never forget. the extraordinary i never forget. the extraordinary nature of the _ never forget. the extraordinary nature of the tail _ never forget. the extraordinary nature of the tail lives - never forget. the extraordinary nature of the tail lives in - never forget. the extraordinary nature of the tail lives in the i nature of the tail lives in the rugby league legend. this teenager winnina ru

make voting easier better as it heads to the senate to sponsor acts look dam and the pakistan super league has been postponed indefinitely peace will be here to explain why in schools. the u.s. capitol police and other agencies in washington d.c. on high alert this thursday following thread set x. train a school bus are planning a new attack on the capitol building for those days u.s. house of representatives session has been canceled because of those concerns groups like your own on believe march the 4th is the day donald trump will return to the presidency alan fischer reports from washington. there's been tight security around capitol hill since the day the complex was attacked high fences razor wire national guard backing up several police services know there's to be increased security after the f.b.i. and others picked up reports of another possible breach the idea is donald trump will be installed as president on march 4th the date of the 1st inaugurations in the u.s. until it was changed to 933 the rumor spread on conspiracy websites on their stock a protest to back it up the curren

he took over his boyhood side eight years ago, when they were bottom of the super league table and turnede leaders�* shield in 2017 and reached a challenge cup final and a grand final under powell's leadership. he said it was the right time to step down for him and the club. and we've heard this afternoon that the former british cycling and team sky chief doctor richard freeman has been struck off, after he was found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011. there is more on that story on the bbc sport website but that is it from us for now. hello and good afternoon to you. you are watching bbc news nine taking you through the next few hours of our coronavirus coverage and the other such stories aside. we'll talk now about the r value and it is now between 0.6 and 0.9. as ever, that is a uk wide figure. the r representing the average number of people at someone with covid—19 is on to infect. 0f with covid—19 is on to infect. of course, crucially, that number needs to be below one to be in somewhat safer territory. the figure now between 0.6 and 0.9. that is the latest figure from th

the holders leeds will take on reigning super league champions st helens.very much. you are watching bbc news. sexual harassment and assault claims made by school pupils on a uk website may be the "next child abuse scandal that engulfs the nation", according to police. a police helpline is to be set up to report incidents, after thousands of allegations were posted, most of them about the behaviour of other pupils. the website everyone�*s invited was set up last year as a place where victims across the uk could post anonymous accounts of abuse they had suffered. it's now received more than 7000 testimonies, including accounts from children as young as nine. ministers say anyone making allegations will get support and protection. earlier my colleague victoria derbyshire spoke to chief constable simon bailey, the national police chiefs' council lead for child protection, and soma sara, founder of the website everyone�*s invited. she started by asking soma what kind of stories have been posted on the website. so, on the website, these are stories of rape cultu

cricket's pakistan super league has been postponed indefinitely after 3 more players tested positive for the corona virus the total number of cases inside the tournament's bubble going up to $714.00 of the shadow of $34.00 matches completed before this announcement the pakistan cricket board were considering moving all remaining matches to karachi. well it's been 3rd time unlucky again for billionaire in a mosque and his attempts at a successful test flight of an unmanned rocket i mean look. if you're doing. it. everything seemed on target until the space x. rocket landed it's not clear what went wrong 2 previous flights crash landed in fireballs despite the latest failure musk remains optimistic he'll one day's send the futuristic starship to the moon and mars said webb is an astronomer at swinburne university of technology she says when it comes to rocket development this kind of setbacks expected. the thing that sets this rocket apart with that it did manage to land and stay pretty steady as it landed unlike the other 2 previous test front so that in itself is a huge success but u

, bartomeul been quite controversial, bartomeu talked about this, barcelona joining a european super leaguecontinue? i think it is quite difficult. will continue? i think it is quite difficult- it _ will continue? i think it is quite difficult. it was _ will continue? i think it is quite difficult. it was one _ will continue? i think it is quite difficult. it was one of - will continue? i think it is quite difficult. it was one of the i will continue? i think it is quite difficult. it was one of the lastl difficult. it was one of the last decisions that bartomeu made even when they knew that things were going ahead and he took business decisions and sign the papers and said because it was for the club from a financial point of view but we saw many criticism from the three candidates and i think it is not going forward but we will see what happens in the future because the new president will have to see what is at stake and what exactly bartomeu left behind. irate is at stake and what exactly bartomeu left behind. we talk about what is at stake, _ bartomeu left behind. we talk about what is

chelsea have moved back to the top of the women's super league.villa. that restored their two—point lead over manchester city. and finally, british cyclist adam yates has won the tour of catalunya. much more on that story on the bbc sport website. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news i'm lukwesa burak. ina in a moment were going to be taking a look through a look of tomorrow morning papers. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers john stevens, the deputy political editor of the daily mail, and benedicte paviot, uk correspondent for france 24 — that's coming up after the headlines. hello. this is bbc news. more than 30 million people in the uk have now received their first covid vaccine dose, according to the latest government figures. ahead of restrictions easing in england, the nhs warns not to "squander" the progress made against covid — as the culture secretary says plans to lift lockdown are on target. at

chinese super league champion is being -- owners say they want to focus on their core retail business. they won the club's first league title last november. the star was said to be close to signing to real madrid in 2019. they also own italian league leader, but says they will be no impact on that club. policymakers in australia are signaling they will not shirk from their defense of qe programs ahead of today's rba me eting. the governor is likely to focus on reflation the reflation trade that is proving a major challenge. the recovering australian economy has pushed the dollar towards $0.80 u.s. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. rishaad: good stuff. still ahead, coffers seemingly unstoppable rally slows, but this week we are discussing metal mania with tom james. haslinda: the hunt for yield and the road and the bond market. what can bring it to an end? we ask our markets live team about the question of the day, and what they are watching.

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much more on the bbc sport website, a busy day in the women's super league, chelsea are still top afterr tonight — on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodnight. hello. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. let's return to the pope's visit to iraq. earlier, i spoke to to catherine pepinster — a catholic commentator and the former editor of the tablet magazine — about this historic visit. this pope, pope francis, has spent a large part of his pontificacy engaging in dialogue with people east and west. he's been very concerned about interreligion dialogue. he's been aware that relations between catholics and muslims took a dip during the previous pontificate of pope benedict xvi, and so he's been working towards this. in 2019 in the united arab emirates, he signed a declaration of what was called fraternity with a leading sunni cleric, and now he's gone to iraq and he's engaged with one of the great shia ayatollahs, al—sistani. so, this is part of a pattern of dialogue that he wants to develop. but being there now for christians in that part of the world is incredibly importa

there's one match already under way in the women's super league.d will play for the first time in a month today — after their third six nations match against france was postponed, due to a coronavirus outbreak in the french camp. they face ireland at 3, with both sides looking for their second win of the tournament. scotland haven't beaten ireland since 2017... but they say they know what to expect this time around. ireland's head coach andy farrell, isn't concerned. they can say whatever they want. it's irrelevant. what i know is we are vital for this game. we it's irrelevant. what i know is we are vitalfor this game. we know it's irrelevant. what i know is we are vital for this game. we know how difficult it is going to be going up to murrayfield but our boys are really brimming for a top performance on sunday afternoon. we know it was not going to be a real physical— know it was not going to be a real physical contest. we know ireland will have — physical contest. we know ireland will have some time in our 22 and we're _ will have some time in o

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bristol city are off the bottom of the women's super league following a 1—1 draw with tottenham. only for city to equalise in the second half, as they move above west ham. and bowlerjofra archer will return home from england's tour of india. his elbow injury needs further examination, ruling him out of the up coming one day series and the beginning of next month's indian premier league. 0n the bbc sport website tonight — the results from both of today's premier league matches. for now though, it's back to you, clive. thank you for that, john watson there. that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. but now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. it's strict hello there. after what has been a mostly dry and quiet weekend or whether there is something more unsettled on the way, as we head towards the end of march. certainly through the coming week, while we will get off to a dry start, we will see wet and windy weather returning from mid week onwards, and there will be a brief cold spell towards the end of the week. high pres

the new plan is for every women's super league and championship club to be linked with a university ornly not earning the kind of money that men are earning, and when you get to the end of your career, we want you to have an alternative and we want you to have the best possible chance to do well in life, not just well in football. until now, the usa has always been a big draw when it comes to mixing sport and study. lucy bronze, demi stokes and rachel daly are just some of the current england squad that came through the us college system on soccer scholarships. many players will still go for the experience, but can the english system now make them think twice? england goalkeeper karen bardsley was born in the us and went to college there, but while playing for manchester city, she also studied for a masters in sports directorship. well, i think what's really interesting is, like, - the rate of accelerated growth and improvement of the wsl.| i you know, i think if you would havel asked some of these girls maybe four or five years ago whether they felt lthey would miss out on anything i

start to life as hull fc boss got off to a winning start, with a 22—3 victory over huddersfield in super leaguedisappointment overnight for british number one johanna konta. she was beaten by the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova in the third round of the miami 0pen. konta was on court forjust around an hour, and lost 6—1 6—2. that's all the sport for now. the season opener for the formula 1 new season in bahrain will get under way later this hour and you can find all of the latest on that and live text commentary on the bbc sport website. england are 154—4 in reply to that odi website. england are 154—4 in reply to that 0di decider. another attempt is being made later to refloat the cargo ship which is still blocking the suez canal. with hundreds of vessels stuck either side of the ship — the egyptian president has ordered preparations for cargo be lifted off the ever given. here's helena wilkinson it is still stuck. this huge container vessel remains stubborn, refusing to move. 14 tug boats have been used to pull and push this 400 metre—long ship. they have managed a small victory — m

emma hayes�*s side, who are top of the women's super league in england, are in the italian city of monzaesday as he plays dan evans in the second round of the qatar open. the 20—time grand slam champion hasn't played a competitive match since his defeat by novak djokovic in the 2020 semifinal of the australian open. he's had two operations on an injured knee and is looking foward to testing out his form on the court. you always do have doubts, you know, when you have surgery, there are always daisy feel better and worse but overall, i'm a positive person and have a great team around myself, wonderfulfamily, and am also very distracted and the idea was to be fully fit again, one day. — — there are always days you feel better or worse. and stage four of paris nice takes the riders into the hills for the first time in the race as it finishes in a first category climb in chiroubles on wednesday. probably not a stage that will favour the current wearer of the race leader's yellow jersey, stefan bissegger of switzerland. he took the lead after the time trial in only his second race on the worl

we cannot control, we just have to keep at it ourselves, challenge ourselves — in the women's super leaguet with a 3—0 win over aston villa. second placed manchester are taking on everton, the leaders chelsea at at west ham. in cricket, england's women have continued their run of fine form, completing a clean sweep over new zealand in the t20 series, to add to their one—day triumph last month. after setting the home side a victory target of 129, they bowled them out forjust 96. mady villiers took a career best 3—10 and nat sciver wrapped up a 32—run win in wellington. it's brilliant to be able to come out here and play as a group again. we haven't played odis for a year before we did over here so it's brilliant to get over here before the world cup next year and to set us up for the season ahead as well. we've, yeah, a couple of series and the hundred as well, so, yeah, we've got a big 12 months coming up. next to the european athletics indoor championships where britain's andrew pozzi is into the men's 60 metres hurdles final this afternoon. he won his semi—final with ease and he was seco

the australian took over in november 2017, winning the women's super league 18 months later.taking a break to spend more time with his family adding that leaving was the hardest professional decision of his life. gareth southgate will be leading england into the euros this summer. his priority tonight will be keeping england on track to reach next year's world cup. they've won two from two in qualifying so far and face poland at wembley, who'll be without leading striker robert lewandowski. they will be highly motivated, there is an opportunity for other players coming in, and if we think of taking our foot off the gas for one minute, then we will get hurt, so we have got to be ready for the game, which i believe we are. for the public, they want to see all of those star names, but a team is notjust about one player and we have got to prepare to the very highest level. stephen davis will become the most capped international player from the united kingdom tonight when northern ireland host bulgaria. scotland, after two draws from their opening two games, will start as favourit

news, and we start with l sports news, and we start with the postponement of this years pakistan super leaguecompleted in november after a meeting with team owners earlier, organisers say the players think they can continue at the moment. the franchise _ continue at the moment. the franchise owners _ continue at the moment. the franchise owners were adamant that the — franchise owners were adamant that the players have lost a lot of— that the players have lost a lot of confidence and there was a lot— lot of confidence and there was a lot of— lot of confidence and there was a lot of anxiety in the camp and— a lot of anxiety in the camp and they— a lot of anxiety in the camp and they were not in the mental state _ and they were not in the mental state to— and they were not in the mental state to play. so on the back of that, _ state to play. so on the back of that, we took the decision to postpone the event. with every — to postpone the event. with every intention to find a date tater— every intention to find a date tater on— every intention to find a date tater on in— every intention to find a

it's an historic day in the women's super league, as manchester united women are playing at old traffordgh, but are hosting west ham, hoping to close the gap to chelsea and manchester city above them. and they're 2—0 ahead, the american world cup winner christen press with their second goal — an early 11:30 kick—off, so just approaching full time. wales will receive the six nations trophy in a behind—closed—doors ceremony at their training ground today. their second title in three years was confirmed when france lost to scotland last night. it's a remarkable turnaround from wayne pivac�*s side — after a disappointing autumn nations cup last year. millions of people have missed playing sport during lockdown, but after the ban on outdoor grassroots activities was lifted in scotland earlier this month, today, they can begin again in wales, with england and northern ireland following next week. clubs across the uk are hoping this third restart will be the last, as mike bushell reports. bella and ryan have had enough of tackling each other, they can't wait for monday, a chance to play outside