johanna konta takes a first set lead over venus williams in miami. hello and welcome to sportsday.very controversial couple of days and we start with that scandal that has rocked australian cricket and cast a shadow over the sport worldwide. captain steve smith and cameron bancroft‘s admission on saturday that the team had a premeditated plan to tamper with the ball turned the third test in south africa into a circus. smith today stood down as captain of rajastan royals in the indian premier league while investigators are now in cape town. the former england captain and test match special commentator michael vaughan says he believes australia could have tampered with the ball during this winter's ashes win over england. this australian team have got a huge identity problem. they have got a problem in the way that they are, they are very self—righteous, they have been for a while. they talk the game that they feel it should be played like and then deliver what we saw at the weekend in cape town. to think that the lead at steve smith has thrown out a young player to create sandpaper,

serena williams was pregnant the last time she beat her sister venus. ey'll play each other once again at indian wells later on monday. williams beat kiki bertens in the second round as she continues her comeback, while venus's victory over sorana cirstea of romania secured her place in the third round. it will be fine. you know, she is, you know, one of the best players in the world. to me to have to go up against that so fast is — it will be good to see woollahra, on my level. there is so much to improve. i call this my test run. i don't even know or expect... i do know, ijust go out and having fun. —— it will be good to see where i am at, on my level. michal kwiatkowski has the lead heading into stage six of the tirreno adriatico event in italy. the team sky rider's third place finish on sunday was enough to see him capture the overall leader's blue jersey by a slim margin. elsewhere a puncture put an end to his teammate chris froome's hopes. stage six is from numana to fano — a distance of 153 km. tiger woods narrowly missed forcing a play off at the

venus. but on this occasion it was close to the thirty seven year old williams sisters first six six three to venus. the older sister capitalized and raced to an only lead in the second set but the thirty six year old twenty three time grand slam singles champion serena was not lying down though despite being down three love she fought back to ensure the second say it like the first would be a competitive affair i was. but ultimately the knight would belong to venus second said sixfold. and there's a lot of focus that goes on tearing that specially hence her opponent with a record like her town love of her so really it's about his focusing on the tennis i think i'm going to try to move by tournaments. definitely not thinking too far in the future ready for the next time are you ready for that i have a lot to improve on you know. it's good that i have. to say that this is the first plane i lost. my room for improvement is incredible so i just got to keep saying it chairman my goal is just to be better than the last and i don't generally don't want to go backwards i just want to continue to go

miami open, losing in three sets to venus williams in the fourth round. will be affected by brexit. joining us now is our political guru norman smith. norman. attempts to restrict their ability to recruit workers from the eu. to recruit workers from the eu. grow their companies, to fill vacancies. vacancies. encouraged to relocate to europe, some might even go bust. some might even go bust. and it seems it is not because of wages, it is because of attitude. wages, it is because of attitude. ready to do overtime, take less sick leave, less absenteeism. leave, less absenteeism. migrants have a depressing effect on wages of uk workers. wages of uk workers. europe, they get paid quite a lot less, 27% less than eu workers. less, 27% less than eu workers. trying to restrict the number of eu workers coming here. workers coming here. norman, thank you very much. people from our key employment industries. from passion capital which invests in technology companies. from nhs employers is here. 200 eu nationals. attitude being the big thing here, the big difference.

and it's for two decades on from her breakout performance at the end in turn and venus williams is in title contention again. the scene for us whether online what is american sign in yemen that peace is possible but not what happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on set there are people the little choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's been out to visit and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. now watching out to syria let's take a look at the top stories this hour. preparing for fifty thousand people to leave syria's eastern about sixteen thousand a flood of rubble held on clay over the past two days and they are he has come under heavy bombardment for the past month. the kurdish community in iraq is marking thirty years since the worst chemical attack during the iran iraq war five thousand people were killed when iraqi forces targeted the town of a lobster with mustard and sarin gas in one nine hundred e

johanna konta has been knocked out by venus williams.ntage of errors to get through. us open champion, sloane stephens, beat the number three seed. sloane stephens is a local favourite from florida, winning 6—3, 6—4. she will now face the former world number one, angelique kerber. she has played some great tennis. i am excited to get out there. every time i come here it is incredible, the atmosphere. i am looking forward to it. nick kyrgios is through to the last 16 after a straight sets 6—3, 6-3 last 16 after a straight sets 6—3, 6—3 win. he needed little over and hour. it is a tournament the 22—year—old likes after reaching the semifinals in the past two seasons here. not such good news for another australian, tha nasi kokkinakis. here. not such good news for another australian, thanasi kokkinakis. he went out in a heated affair arguing over his father who pedasco was talking about during the sets. he will next face fellow spaniard, pablo, for a place in the quarter—finals. the ryder cup in 2028 will be posted at hazeltine. it was the

she'll now face venus williams, who beat spain's carla suarez—navarro in straight sets. she's bidding to become the first american to win the title since her sister serena back in 2001. golf now and henrik stenson has a 1—shot lead after the first round of the arnold palmer invitational. this week fired nine birdies and one bogey in his round of 64 to finish on eight under par. tiger woods is a further one shot behind as he continues to show flashes of a return to form. the 14 time major winner is looking for a record ninth victory. when i first came back, it was just a matter of getting my feel for tournament golf again, and i think i have. ifeel like i am not really thinking as much around the golf course. i canjust really thinking as much around the golf course. i can just see really thinking as much around the golf course. i canjust see it, feel it, and go. and that isjust because i have got my feeling back here. victory for the italian was not enough to win the overall super g title. despite finishing sixth in the race, tina vyeratter of liechtenstein took the overa

in the women's draw, serena williams faces sister venus williams overnight.er city beating stoke city 2—0, one step closer to the premier league title. coming up next, the newspapers. welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us. with me are the broadcaster david davies and lucy fisher, senior political correspondent at the times. welcome to the both of you. many of tomorrow's front page is already in. let's have a rifle through them, we can takea let's have a rifle through them, we can take a look, starting with the metro, rather menacing picture of vladimir putin. as theresa may told mps that the nerve agent used in the salisbury attack was something developed by russia. while the i reports that theresa may has given russia 36 hours to report what they knew of the attack. the financial times, which leads with a picture of theresa may at the dispatch box saying that unless a credible reason is given this action amounts to unlawful use of force by the russia against the united kingdom. while the times tells it's readers that it understands

she saw off american compatriot venus williams in the first 15 minutes.ven by the referee, as the french side continue their bid for a third successive title. they will face the last side to beat them, manchester city, in the last four after they accounted for as we decide. this cracking goalfrom outside the box the first of the two as she scored. the second of the english sides, chelsea edged passed montpellier. this lady behind me it was penalised in controversial circumstances, when leading by ten strokes. she played a ball from the wrong spot, which was seen by a television viewer. the rules have since been changed, but the south korean is trying to forget about that. the thing is i was not the one taking care of the ruling, the situation, all i have to do is what ican do, situation, all i have to do is what i can do, so what i can do isjust to keep playing golf and each hole and the tournament, instead of seeing any hassle. i know there was a lot of hassle last year and i really had to keep talking myself to 0k, really had to keep talking myself to o

defending champion johanna konta will play venus williams in the last 16 of the miami open after bothn was a 6—2—6 —— 6—2, 6—1 winner of at least murders, she wasn't very taxed and she dispatched her belgian opponent in little over an hour. venus survived three match points to beat kiki bertens, the 37—year—old american came from a set down to beat her dutch opponent 5—7, 6-3, 7-5. del down to beat her dutch opponent 5—7, 6—3, 7—5. del potro is into the fourth round of the men's after a conference it 6—2, 6—2 win over nishikori. the fifth seed argentine built on last week's indian wells title when he beat federer and made ita title when he beat federer and made it a 13th successive win with shots like this one putting him through to the last 16 against philip raonic. that's all we have time for. england out batting on the fifth and final day, they went into it 132—11, they have made ten runs, lost david malan for 23, bairstow has joined ben stokes at the crease. go to the website for all of that. but for now, goodbye. hello once again. i hope at least at some point during the course o

got even better in the second, 6—2, 6—1, the briton number one makes awaits the last 16, with venus williams—off hopes in rugby union's premiership with a narrow 16—15 victory over third placed wasps. very tense at welford road. sunday afternoons in leicester don't get much better than this, packed welford road, and a leicester tigers team making their latest push for the play—offs. the perfect start with an early try, the mood soon changed for the tigers, jonny may returning to the side, returning to the sidelines, alongside manu tuilagi, two influential players out early. wasps took full advantage of the yellow card, elliot daly scoring twice. they quickly turned the match around. could have been worse for leicester, fantastic try saving tackle, from mathew tait, wasps knew that they had let a chance go. could their opponents get back in, with the boot of george ford, they began to bridge the gap. a second try seemed out of reach. thankfully for tigers, penalties one, two more added, by ford, and the narrowest of wins, a perfect sunday. studio: the race for the women's super league title h

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venus. but on this occasion it was first close to the thirty seven year old williams sister first six six threeo venus. the older sister capitalized and raced to an early lead in the second set but the thirty six year old twenty three time grand slam singles champion serena was not lying down though despite being down three love she fought back to ensure the second say it like the first would be a competitive affair. but ultimately the might would belong to venus second said sixfold. it was. there's a lot of focus that goes on tearing that specially hence her opponent with a record like her talent level of her so really it's about his focusing on the tennis i think i'm going to try to move i spend a minute. definitely not thinking too far in the future ready for the next time it are you ready for that i have a lot to improve on you know. it's good that i have. to say that this is the best tennis ever played and i lost. my room for improvement is incredible so i just go keep saying you determine my goal is just to be better than the last and i don't generally don't want to go backwards i just wa

defending champion johanna konta is out of the miami open she lost in three sets to venus williams inered with a muscle spasm in her back during the match and said her body didn't adapt to the conditions. england women's head coach phil neville has recalled captain steph houghton for the forthcoming world cup qualifiers against wales and bosnia herzegovina. houghton missed the shebelieves cup earlier this month through injury as did jordan nobbs who has also been selected. a sailor participating in the volvo ocean race is reported to have been lost at sea. john fisher, who was racing for sun hung kai scallywag fell overboard nearly fifteen thousand nautical miles from cape horn. now it's set to be the most significant fight of anthony joshua's career — a three belt unification clash with wbo titlist joseph parker awaits him at cardiff's principality stadium this weekend. it's a spectable he says will go down in history and earn him over 20 million pounds in the process. sara orchard has been to meet him. the people's champion, there are not many who dislike anthonyjoshua but he is yet

a comfortable pay venus williams in the finals of the miami open. —— konta. nywhere 01’ on case you have missed that anywhere or on social media, the strang captain steve smith has been banned for the final test of the four match series in south africa. after losing the third test in cape town by 322 runs, was also fined after admitting to ball tampering and trying to get an advantage on day three. cameron ba ncroft an advantage on day three. cameron bancroft was fined 75% of his match fee but will be eligible to play in johannesburg if selected on friday. all the latest sports news on our webpage. that's your monday sport reefing. here's our briefing on some of the other key events happening later. in athens, the former greek finance minister yanis va roufakis will present his new party, called mera25, or the european realist disobedience front, at a news conference. in quebec, the trial gets underway of the suspect behind an attack on a quebec city mosque. 27—year—old alexandre bissonnette is accused of killing six people at the islamic cultural centre in ja

in sport two decades on from her breakout performance at the indian wells tournament venus williams is entitled contention i guess. russia is set to expel british diplomats in a tit for tat rival over the poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. last week foreign minister sergei lavrov says the expulsions are in retaliation for the u.k. ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff there due to leave on march twentieth moscow continues to deny any involvement in the chemical attack but le bron's u.k. counterpart boris johnson accuses president vladimir putin of ordering it himself. quarrel is with putin's kremlin and with his decision and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the u.k. on the streets of europe for the first time since the second world war that is that is why we are at odds with russia. on a separate murder investigation is now underway into the death of another russian in the u.k. earlier this week business maneka leg low scarf was found dead in a west london suburb on monday police have c

will be here to tell us about a shock to fade for venus williams at the miami open tennis. gyptian state media is expecting president abdul fattah el-sisi to win reelection by a landslide after three days of voting preliminary results show c c one twenty three million out of the twenty five million votes cast as only rival muso most often do so one three percent of the vote turnout was thirty nine percent bid for a second term is seen as a foregone conclusion after all other credible candidates with drew. professor of security studies institute joins us now here in the studio good to have you with us what do you think cecil make of this forty percent turnout is quite down isn't it from the forty nine percent that he had last time this quiet down but i think the. cutoff line is twenty five point five million because this is where the twenty twelve presidential elections which was really the actions of thirteen candidates about twenty five point five million people turned out and we can actually know the voter turnout because there were so many monitors in international monit

there's a blockbuster classic fords here at indian wells later on monday with venus and serena williams going head to head in the third round at thirty seven and thirty

head tell us about a shock defeat for venus williams at the miami open tennis. a judge in the united states it's clear the way for families of the victims of the nine eleven attacks in america in two thousand and one to saudi arabia almost three thousand people died in a series of coordinated attacks by al qaeda families of the victims came saudi arabia helped plan the operation according to your now says it can hear the cases which saudi arabia had attempted to have dismissed the families asserting for compensation amounting to billions of dollars mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . manhattan judge george gentles says that by a very narrow margin he does have jurisdiction to hear this case it's brought by survivors and relatives of victims of the nine eleven attacks the judge the same judge heard the case back in two thousand and fifteen a similar case but threw that one out of court he made very clear in his judgment today that the difference is the act passed by congress in two thousand and sixteen the justice against sponsors of terrorism act which do

venus williams both surprise the fifth and end their wealth williams missing out on a place in the final off to a last four loss to daddy as it. is of civilians are fleeing. the opposite ends of syria today as two major battles intensify in eastern kuta near the capital damascus and. new wave of ten thousand people have left areas held by rebels in the past few hours they're headed to syrian army positions after they were to leave in a state t.v. broadcast yet that the lab make their usual but what. the command of the syrian army urges all civilians to leave the areas under control of the extremist organizations through the safe corydon's we affirm that we will continue to fulfill our national and constitutional duty to defend the nation until the return of security and stability throughout the country meanwhile in the northern city of a free and thousands are being evacuated from territory held by the kurdish why p.g. fighters as turkish forces and their syrian allies try to break into the city there have been reports of more air and artillery bombardments in both of those areas dozens

defending championjohanna konta will play three—time winner venus williams in the last 16 of the miaminer the last 16 of the miami open. a 6—2, 6—1 winner over her opponent, taking just over an hour. she will ta ke taking just over an hour. she will take on the eighth seed for a place in the quarterfinals, after venus w011 in the quarterfinals, after venus won it in three sets, saving three match points against kiki bertens. bubba watson and kevin kisner currently playing the final of the wdc matchplay event in austin. bubba watson five up through five polls. —— holes. he was affectionately known as "maestro abreu." venezuela's music visionary jose abreu has died at age 78. fighting poverty through music, the idea behind this revolutionary music project, bringing beethoven and mozart to the poorest areas of venezuela, to make a young generation appreciate them and escape a life of poverty and generation appreciate them and escape a life of poverty a the was heavily backgrounds. it was heavily promoted by the socialist government of backgrounds. it was heavily promoted by the‘ venezuela

venus williams continues to go from strength to strength at indian wells in california. tional win over sister serena on her return to the tour in the second round, before the seven—time grand slam champion stormed past latvia's anastasija sevastova in straight sets. in case you missed it, barcelona and bayern munich completed the champions league quarter—final line up on wednesday. barca did it with a 3—0 win over chelsea at cam nou. lionel messi scored his quickest ever goal to put the catalans1—0 up after two minutes and eight seconds. he then played in 0usmane dembele for the frenchman's first goal for the club, before netting barca's third for his 100th champions league goal. barcelona winning 4—1 on aggregate. bayern's match against besiktas was more of a formality, given that the germans were 5—0 up from the first leg. thiago alcantara put them ahead in turkey and a gokhan gonul own goal immediately after half—time doubled bayern's lead. vagner love pulled one back for besiktas, but sandro wagner wrapped up a comfortable 3—1 win for bayern. now, how about this for

and it'll be a battle of the 20—year—olds in the final, because russia's daria kasatkina beat venus williams at indian wells, with sloane stephens, caroline wosniacki, angelique kerber and williams all brushed aside. she said it was one of the best nights of her life. let's look at the weather. after the mild week we had, it will feel bitterly cold today. there are warnings galore from the met office, but some amber warnings come into force mid afternoon onwards for the snow and the ice. the reason we have returned to this siberian easterly wind, and it is a strong wind, near gale force, really buffeting western areas in particular and blowing those snow showers far west as well. across northern and eastern parts of england, we have a weather front. there could be a few centimetres of snow, particularly in the gardens and off the roads, and there could be problems with snow started to pile up and blow around. temperatures are some eight to 10 degrees lower than they have been recently. if you add on the strength of the wind, it does feel better. wrap up warm if you are heading out and about

after losing in the quarter—finals to her sister venus williams, things will not get any easier for thehe opening round. it capped a brilliant tournament for her who thrashed simone harlech in the semifinals and beat her opponent in the semis. the cricket world cup continues in the west indies. india need to beat afghanistan to stand any chance of making the final, after beating the west indies. —— afghanistan need to beat india. the trailblazers are in portland, while the boston celtics we re portland, while the boston celtics were second in the east, hosting the 0klahoma were second in the east, hosting the oklahoma city thunder. at madison square garden, the thunder looking like one of the teams to beat at the moment. last time out, they beat the toronto raptors on their home court. their star player made an incredible straight this double. what a man, as the thunder one 100 and —— won 132—125. the west indies hopes of qualifying for the world cup are back on track, thatis for the world cup are back on track, that is after they beat zimbabwe in houari. they came out with a point to p

venus williams won the match 6—3, 6—4 in the indian wells masters.their most recent meeting was the 2017 australian open which serena won before taking a 15—month break to have her baby daughter. now it's time to get the rest of the sport from the bbc sports centre. hello there. i am tulsen tollett. coming up in your tuesday sport briefing manchester united take on sevilla as both look for a champions league quarterfinal spot, roger federer moves through to the last 16 at indian wells and we take you up close and personal in the sport of kitesurfing. no wonder he's smiling. jose mourinho's manchester united are a team full of confidence after their 2—1 win over liverpool at the weekend. old trafford plays host to sevilla later with a champions league quarter final spot up for grabs. it will be united's first champions league knockout game in four years. fans of both sides will be hoping for a more entertaining game — the first leg in spain finished 0—0. history isn't on sevilla's side — they've never won a champions league game in england. i think wh

second. 6—2, 6—1 was the final score as konta makes her way into the last 16 where she will face venus williamstheir play—off hopes in rugby union's premiership with a narrow win of the third placed wasps. it was a tense affair in the sunshine, with leicester fighting back from being a points down. elliot daly went over twice in the corner to give wasps the lead at break, but three penalties from its england team—mate held leicester comeback and seal the victory by a single point. it sees the tigers move up to fifth in the table, just three points off the final play—off position. to football, and the race for the women's super league title has been thrown open as leaders chelsea dropped points at home to reading. the blues came from behind to equalise through fran kirby. it leaves manchester city only two points behind chelsea were the game in hand. the game ended in ugly scenes as opposing coaching teams clashed on the pitch at the final whistle. we've got a great relationship with chelsea, and that was a disappointing side of it. but it is what it is, and i will see what we want to do, if we

in the second set, 6—2, 6—1 in the final score, and she makes her way into the last 16, with venus williamshe opening race of the formula 1 season ended with a setback for lewis hamilton, the reigning world champion settling for second place, as curare's champion settling for second place, as cu ra re's sebastian champion settling for second place, as curare's sebastian vettel won the race. earl on the 25th lap after a miscalculation by mercedes under a safety car, sebastian vettel was able to pick stop and take the lead from there. the german held uncomfortably to claim his 48th formula 1 victory, with hamilton in second, and sebastian vettel‘s team—mate, kimi raikkonen, third. leicester tigers have boosted their play—off hopes in the rugby union championship, with a win over wasps. it was tense at welford road, with leicester fighting back from it was tense at welford road, with leicesterfighting back from being eight points down. england wing elliot daly went over twice in the cornerfor elliot daly went over twice in the corner for wasps macro, elliot daly went over twice in the cornerfo

she won the opening set against venus williams, but only managed to win three more games after that andpasm. that was in the fourth round in miami. that is all of the sport for now. you can find more of those stories on our website. we will have more in the next hour. see you then. studio: thanks very much, will. borisjohnson has apologised after being accused of using sexist language in parliament. the foreign secretary was reprimanded by the commons speaker, john bercow, after describing his labour shadow, emily thornberry, as "lady nugee" — a reference to her husband, the high court judge sir christopher nugee. no, says the noble and learned lady the baroness, whatever it is... i can't remember whatever it is... lady nugee. i don't want to be discourteous to the foreign secretary, but i say in advice as the clerks as the clerks swivel round to me, two things. first of all, we don't name—call in this chamber. and secondly, secondly... i'm dealing with the matter, if the honourable gentleman will listen and benefit from listening. secondly, we do not address people by the titles of the

she takes on venus williams later for a place in the quarterfinals. such a great champion, it's not looking forward to the opportunity of playing her again. —— it's more looking forward. and being humble in the sense that you are playing such a great player and just focusing on your site. i will go out there and try to execute what i do best, and really try to display the best level i can. what i do best, and really try to display the best leveli can. really good to see her back to winning ways. that is all be sport for now. thank you. it's called the benefit no—one wants to recieve — the bereavement support payment is given to a married parent when their partner dies, to help provide financial support for the child. that payment used to last for up to 20 years, but last april it was reduced to 18 months. now this programme can reveal figures which show 3,500 people with children have qualified for the new benefit, and some of those will lose as much as £100,000 over their child's life compared to the previous system. we bought you our reporter anna c

venus williams has been knocked out in the semi—finals at indian wells by the 20—year—old russian dariaeaten four grand slam champions on her way to the final — sloane stephens, caroline wosniacki, agelique kerber and now williams, all brushed aside. it was the champions of super league against the leaders of super league last night. and the champions, leeds rhinos, won, ending st helens unbeaten run since the start of the season. ash handley scored two of the rhinos' five tries. elsewhere salford beat hull fc. and it seems that the former england cricket captain kevin pietersen might have finally retired his bat. he tweeted, "boots up, thank you" after playing for quetta gladiators in the pakistan super league. he'd already said he wouldn't travel with the side for the pakistan phase of the event, but does this mean his playing days are over altogether? we will see. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. forecasters say snow could cause problems in large parts of the uk this weekend. an amber weather warning is due to come into force this afternoon in no

she won the opening set against venus williams but after that she only managed to win three more games one more game before manager gareth southgate selects his final 23 to go to russia. he says even those who don't feature against italy at wembley tonight could still make the squad. i don't think it's too late for anybody. it's obviously more difficult because there's a couple of guys that have been in squads who haven't had the chance to play for us. but we'll still be monitoring everybody between now and the of the season because it's probably a squad of... i said the other day, 31, 32 players that will be in contention and none of us know what's going to happen over the next 8—10 weeks. ryan gigg's winning run as wales manager has come to an end at just one match. after beating china 6—0, they lost 1—0 to uruguay in the final of the china cup in nanning. edinson cavani's goal enough to see them win the friendly competiton. we thought they were there for the taking. we had chances but, yeah, their keeper made some very good saves as well so ultimately we're disappointed, we felt we

johanna konta continue's the defence of her miami open title later when she takes on venus williams inester city have a game in hand. and it seems the pressure's affecting the coaching staff as there were clashes between the chelsea and reading backroom teams after the full—time whistle. ronnie 0'sullivan's gearing up nicely for next month's world snooker championship after beating shaun murphy in the players championship, 10—4 the score in llandudno in what is ronnie's 33rd ranking title. he's nowjust three short of stephen hendry‘s record. another piece of silverware to add to his collection. he wasn't the only person collecting a bit of silverware on the weekend, was he? i've just silverware on the weekend, was he? i'vejust got this silverware on the weekend, was he? i've just got this knocking around. that old thing, how did that get their? well done, dan. very good technique i thought, very strong. this is the sport relief challenge, i told down unless he got silverware it wasn't worth turning up. it was bbc against itv and we pulled it out of the bag. slightly damaged, a ribbon m

some tennis news for you and venus williams has been knocked out in the semi—finals at indian wells andia kasatkina, who's beaten four grand slam champions on her way to the final where she'll meet naomi osaka of japan. now to the second of our commonwealth games previews. last week we saw the youngest athlete, wales' 11—year—old table tennis player. this week mike has been to train with one of the oldest. 67—year—old david calvert is heading to his 11th games to compete in the highest calibre shooting event, full bore rifle. before he left, mike went to train with david and his partner in surrey although it was more like siberia. he is arguably the best in the world. you're aiming at a target which could be 900 metres away. a little black dot on the horizon, a bull's—eye the size of a dinner plate, and yet in conditions more akin to siberia, one david calvert, now in his 60s and going to his 11th commonwealth games, will hit 99% of the time. it is a sport that you can start in your teens and continue well past normal retirement age, you can compete and be competitive for decades. it is

6—1, the briton number one makes awaits the briton number one makes awaits the last 16, with venus williamsion's premiership with a narrow 16—15 victory over third placed wasps. very tense at welford road, watched by sunday afternoons in leicester don't get much better than this, packed welford road, leicester tigers team making their latest push for the play—offs. perfect start with an early try, the mood soon changed for the tigers, jonny may returning to the tigers, jonny may returning to the side, returning to the sidelines, alongside manu tuilagi, two in phalange shall players out early. yellow ca rd two in phalange shall players out early. yellow card for —— two influential players. wasps took full advantage of the yellow card, elliot daly scoring twice. match turned around. could have been worse for leicester, fantastic try saving tackle, wasps knew that they had let a chance go. could their opponents get back in, with the boot of george ford, they began to bridge the gap. tha nkfully ford, they began to bridge the gap. thankfully for tigers, penalties one, two more added, the narrow

time grand slam singles champion venus williams there has reached into well semifinals up for the first time in seventeen years the thirty seven year old is yet to drop a set to at the event and sister serena three williams never looked troubled against carlos wires in the far winning in straight sets she will now face said that the process to know. surgeons all of tiger woods for one has continued his once again in title contention this time of the arnold palmer invitational in florida which sought an opening round of sixty eight to move within four shots of leader henrik stenson the highlight of his rondo was that this seventy one foot putt on the seventh hole after injuring a series of long term injuries at woods has hit form again this year he finished second at his last tournament his best performance in five years. i've been away from them for so long. when i first when i first came back this is a matter of just getting my feel from term and off again i think i think i feel like i'm not really thinking as much around the golf course it's like going to see that feeling go. and that

in the women's draw venus williams had to say three match points to book her place in the fourth round in miami the thirty seven year old was up against the number twenty nine seed kiki burtons of the netherlands for the match in the third set botts williams fought back to win a four straight games and closed out the window just short of. us. she'll play defending champion britain's your contact in the last sixteen cantone did just sixty six minutes to wrap up a straight sets win over number twenty two seed at least merton's to set up a seventh career meeting with the us. i think whenever you're coming up against someone who's such a great champion it's more looking forward to the opportunities of playing her again. i think it's also being humble in the sense that you are playing such a great player and then really just focusing in on yourself i mean i i will go out there and try to execute what i do best and then and really try to or. just play the best of all that i can. meanwhile world number four alina spits alina at home what counts out against australia's diarrhea govern lova but

wells tennis on friday as both world number one simona halep and seven time a grand slam champion venus williams lost in the semifinals howlett was beaten by twenty year old i only osaka japan in straight sets there are many and didn't win a single game in the second set as a soccer progressed to the final of what is one of the biggest events outside of the foreground slams the world number forty four also knocked maria sharapova and caroline and will score this tournaments. it was another twenty or so who ended williams' run in indian wells world number nineteen daria kemp sakina coming back from a set down to be her thirty seven year old points at sixteen and will now meet for the first time in their careers in sunday's final. in the men's draw succeed. set up a semi final clash with canada's milos raonic the argentine beating germany's filipe kohlschreiber and three sets to progress to the last four roger federer is taking on twenty one year old canadian croatian born to porridge in the other semifinal. just a few days ago tiger woods enjoyed his best finish at a tournament since undergoing f

in the women's draw both world number one small know how up and seven time grand slam champion venus williams lost in the semifinals how it was beaten by twenty twenty year old guy only osaka japan in st sads there armenia didn't win a single game in the second set as the soccer progressed to the final the world number forty four also knocked maria sharapova and carolyn and out of the two us. it was another twenty year old who ended williams' run in california roll them or nineteen daria cups a canuck coming back from a set down to beat her thirty seven year old opponent at the king and osaka one now for the first time in their careers in the sunday's final. american mikaela shiffrin stormed to victory in the final slalom event of the season in sweden on saturday the twenty three year old finished a mass of one point five eight seconds out of switzerland well when do you hold her for her forty third world cup victory and thirty second in small on the skiing star had secured a fifth world cup slalom crown a week ago making up for her fourth place finish in the discipline at last month's kyung

in the women's draw venus williams had to save three match points to book her place in the fourth round in miami the thirty seven year old was up against the number twenty nine seed keeper tins of the netherlands for the match in the third sets but williams fought back to win four straight games and closed out the way just short of me. and she will play defending champion britain's your hanekom side in the last sixteen contests needed just sixty six minutes to wrap up a straight. so let's win over number twenty two seats in these muscles to set up the seventy three and me saying please. and that was all his fault for now but some great with the laser tag. but we've got a much more straight ahead hair on this extended al jazeera news hour coming up after the break we bring you more on our top story the latest escalation of yemen's war with us as a missile attack northeast against saudi arabia and israel moves ahead with a controversial plan to the port tens of thousands of african refugees. from the carter center for. the last time i spoke to him he told me he was thinking of growing thr

venus williams still going strong less than twenty four hours after beating her sister serene at this time and she was a straight sets win a stars use of a star over the seven song grand slam singles champion now is a day off before facing twenty seventh ranked carla suarez navarro in the us. all the men's draw is still at the third. round stage and second seed marin chill it's a high profile loser the christ bateson in straight sets by germany's philip hall schreiber. broke his thirteen game losing streak against top ten players. thirty six year old spaniard flossy on a lopez's beat and jack sock of the united states sock a semifinalist at last year's a.t.p. finals i went out in straight sets. the two teams he looks set for the playoffs in basketball's top pro league faced off on shoes day night the indiana pacers just as you know this game against the philadelphia seventy six is scoring twenty five points and i want to one hundred ninety eight when the pace is off third in the n.b.a.'s eastern conference would be seventy six is in six the top eight teams will head into the postseaso

venus williams has been knocked out in the semi—finals at indian wells by the 20—year—old russian dariaal — sloane stephens, caroline wosniacki, agelique kerber and now williams, all brushed aside. she'll take on naomi osaka ofjapan, after she knocked out the world number one simona halep. that is all your sport, for now. we will have more later. tens of thousands of pensioners and low income families could be putting their homes at risk if they do not sign up for a new scheme to help them pay their mortgage interest. but the government revealed this week that only one in ten of those who get the help have agreed to the new system. that could leave 90,000 at risk. paul lewis has been looking at the new figures. morning, will you expended for us. irma if you get long—term sick, or you reach pension age, and you get means you reach pension age, and you get m ea ns tested you reach pension age, and you get means tested benefits, then you can get some of the interest paid on... the governmentjustifies it by saying that that is cheaper by it has been like that since the start of the welfare

. >> venus williams beat serena in straight sets, her first victory over her younger sister in four years tuesday, march 13th, 2018. i like she did the little twirl. >> the venus twirl. >>> we're going to get back to the nasty nor'easter. the city of boston is under a snow emergency this morning. morgan radford is there. good morning, morgan. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. uks you can see the snow is coming down. we're among the 3 million people across the state of massachusetts in a blizzard warning. that means like cities like boston are shut down. schools are closed. libraries are closed. 800 flights coming in and out of boston are already delayed. there's 700 vehicles carrying 26,000 tons of salt, trying to clear the streets today. but families have gone to the grocery stores just to get what's left on the shelves. many of them telling us, they're surprised they have to do this so late in the season, especially after a third nor'easter. that's why the emergency management crews said their biggest concern today is coastal floodings and power out anyones. you remember what happened ea

serena and venus williams. >> i sat down with the top women of tennis for a rare joint interview. were playing in a new tennis competition at madison square garden called tiebreak tens. it's a sudden death knockout style tournament featuring eight of the world's top women and while venus is fifth among highest paid women athletes and serena takes the top spot, according to forbes, serena ranks 51 among all athletes behind five male tennis players. >> there is a tremendous amount of fighting left there's so much -- so much difference between a woman's pay and a men's pay. and tennis we're lucky that most tournaments, not all, are equal pay. but then there is off the court things from endorsement deals to other stuff. and that's just to be more equal. and so there's a long way to go. but i just feel like we're getting there. and, you know, like venus said, we need other females supporting it and men advocating for it as well >> when you're talking about going in and knowing your value, do you do your own negotiations ever >> no. we have people that do that for us but thankfully we a

. —— beaten by venus williams. 17 years ago, this term it was the subject of race is abused so greate has a long way to go in this comeback and she revealed in february she almost died after giving birth. she was bedridden for six weeks. i will have the headlines at half past nine. let down for years by police and social services, victims of the telford abuse scandal say it's time for authorities to accept their failings and hold a public inquiry into how as many as 1,000 girls were abused in the town over a a0 year period. on this programme yesterday we told you the scandal could be the worst the country has ever seen. police there say tackling child sexual exploitation remains their number one priority but so far only seven men have been convicted of any crimes with many others escaping justice. and there are reports that the abuse could be linked to three murders and two deaths in the town. as with other grooming scandals we've seen the victims are mainly white, and the abusers mainly british pakistani or bangladeshi men. some of the girls as young as 11 were drugged, beaten and r

. >>> venus and serena williams faced off last night it was the first match since 2008 venus entereds the highest ranked player and came out on top beating her sister in straight sets. just the third match for serena since they gave birth to her daughter in september. >> got to be tough >> landon dowdy, thank you very much >>> let's stay with sports march madness kicking off later this week. not only a lot of big games but a lot of big money on the line let's bring back in eric chemi >> the tournament actually begins today there are games today. the first four, ucla and st. bonaventure, three schools are left out of the tournament because of fbi implications. the selection committee wouldn't say that's why they were left out. if you look at some of the big numbers, the ncaa as an organization for the first time topped $1 billion in revenue, but three quarters of that, 7$71 million came just from this tournament another big number, $10 billion expected to be gambled on this tournament, 97% of that will be illegal gambling so we asked experts their thoughts about how to reform the ncaa