meanwhile in scotland, hearts have closed part of their tynecastle ground for the rest of the season were thrown onto the pitch during the match with rivals hibs at the weekend. chairman ann budge has apologised to anyone affected by the incidents. diego costa won't play for atletico madrid again this season after receiving an 8—match ban for abusing a referee. it follows his red card against barcelona in la liga last weekend. costa was given a a—game ban for insulting the official‘s mother and a further four for grabbing his arm. now to the masters. tiger woods is just one shot off the lead on the opening round of the tournament. the iii—time major champion shot a two—under par round of 70 at augusta national, to put him in a good place going into tomorrow's second round. familiar sight, there, isn't it's? the pre—tournament favourite — rory mcilroy — had a more mixed start and had to rely on recovery shots like this to get himself out of trouble. he's on one over par. not a bad effort there from rory at all. the leading british players are ian poulter and tommy fleetwood, who are t

hearts have closed part of their tynecastle ground for the rest of the season after missiles were thrownls hibs at the weekend. chairman ann budge has apologised to anyone affected by the incidents. jimmy anderson took his 300th first—class wicket for lancashire today. he took three wickets in total on day one of the match. and how about this for a catch from england all—rounder ben stokes in the ipl? stokes and joss buttler are in action for rajasthan royals, and stokes took this stunner off the bowling of another potential england player jofra archer. now, after the involvement of four english sides in the champions league over the past couple of nights, our attention now turns to the europa league quarterfinals, with both arsenal and chelsea in action. both teams will believe they can win it. joe lynskey‘s here to take us through tonight's action. yes, and we know that in recent yea rs yes, and we know that in recent years this competition not only has a major trophy riding on it but it is now a passport for teams like arsenal and chelsea into next seasons champions league. and at thi

after rangers kept up theirfaint hopes in the scottish premiership with a 3—1 win against hearts at tynecastlents with four games to play. ben croucher reports. if the title race in scotland has become a bit predictable as of late, then rangers and hearts tend to squabble for the best of the rest. rest is what the rangers have not been short of lately. playing for the first time in a fortnight, jemaine showed no signs of rust. for hearts, well, they didn't help themselves. careless in possession, chasing shadows without it, and soon chasing the game. jack, 2—0. at half—time, it was rangers who got the ball rolling after the break. nick look at its's finish, 48 minutes gone, more than enough for some hearts fans to bear. the one that stuck around weren't exactly thrilled, although they could take some solace in mclean's had amounting to barely more than consolation. the win should cement second in the table for rangers. for hearts today, very much second best. ben croucher, bbc news. four more games in the scottish premiership today. kilmarnock had three players sent off as they lost 1—0 at hom

meanwhile there was a feisty edinburgh derby at tynecastle where hibernian came from behind to beat heartsas overshadowed by some troubling behaviour from the fans, as patrick gearey reports. it is the issue that is clouding scottish football. for the second time in a week, a flare is thrown onto the pitch in a scottish premiership match, delaying kick—off in the edinburgh derby. the scottish police federation says supporter behaviour is driving the game to a crisis and when peter haring headed hearts in front, the red mist descended once more. a similar incident happened after celtic scored against st mirren on wednesday. more followed. three minutes later, hibernian equalised. during daryl horgan‘s celebrations, another aberration. this time, a coconut was thrown onto the pitch, accompanied by yet more smoke. in the second half, those problems were extinguished. the most notable flare came in the build—up to hibs' second, scored again by horgan. this match may yet decide which of these sides can qualify for european football next season, but despite some late scrambling, hearts could not

meanwhile in scotland, hearts have closed part of their tynecastle ground for the rest of the seasontch with rivals hibs at the weekend. chairman ann budge has apologised to anyone affected by the incidents. diego costa won't play for atletico madrid again this season after receiving an 8—match ban for abusing a referee. it follows his red card against barcelona in la liga last weekend. costa was given a four game ban for insulting the official‘s mother and a further four for grabbing his arm. rugby australia has sacked one its star players — israel folau — over a social media post in which said that ‘hell awaits' gay people. folau is a devout christian — and made similar comments last year. here are the thoughts of cardiff blues' australian head coachjohn mulvihill. in 2019, athletes have... they have a job to do as role models in some areas. i know some of them don't want to be, but at the end of the day if you are going to put yourself out there on twitter and instagram and have hundreds of thousands, a million followers, then you can affect their reaction and you can have an effe