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and red bull make the perfect start to the formula one season, with max verstappen back on top of theium. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening. we'll start with that astonishing game at anfield, where liverpool blew manchester united away. it finished 7—0, six of the goals coming in the second half as united simply disintegrated. that is liverpool's biggest win over their great rivals, and for united, that equals their record defeat. joe lynskey reports. with these two great clubs, superiority is often shifting. 11 months ago, liverpool won this game 4—0, now united came here ten points clear of them in the league. at anfield, they know this match can change the mood, it is the home side who need that most. injanuary, cody gakpo signed for liverpool when he might have joined united. now that choice was the difference between the two sides. half—time, 1—0, and it would get better quickly. 90 seconds from the restart, darwin nunez made it two. what had been a tight match was now all liverpool's. gakpo lofted in his second, his team kept on rising. when it falls to mo salah in th

max verstappen made a perfect start to the defence of his formula i title, with a dominant victory at. fernando alonso took third in his aston martin ahead of ferrari and lewis hamilton's mercedes. nesta mcgregor was watching. after spending the winter tuning up their cars, it was the heat of bahrain that provided the first real test of the season. it is bahrain that provided the first real test of the season.— test of the season. it is lights out and away we _ test of the season. it is lights out and away we go! _ test of the season. it is lights out and away we go! a _ test of the season. it is lights out and away we go! a new— test of the season. it is lights out and away we go! a new campaigni test of the season. it is lights out - and away we go! a new campaign but a familiar look. — and away we go! a new campaign but a familiar look, two _ and away we go! a new campaign but a familiar look, two times _ and away we go! a new campaign but a familiar look, two times defending - familiar look, two times defending champion max verstappen on poll and in control. lewis hamilton's merce

max verstappen on - familiar look. max verstappen on pole and in control.ehind george russell. meanwhile, in his first race for aston martin, 41—year—old fernando alonso as aggressive as ever with his way up the grid. with max verstappen up front, the real race was who would be up with him on the podium. charles ok's race was over, his move as flat as the car's battery. alonso benefited, finishing third, his first podium in two years. sergio perez and max verstappen may get a red bull 12. a first victory for the dutchman who appears to be firing on all cylinders. sale sharks have cut saracens lead at the top of the rugby union premiership to six points. they came back from 19—0 down to beat sarries 35—24 at the a] bell stadium. fullbackjoe carpenter scored two of their five tries to secure a bonus point. saracens finished the game with 14 men after robin hislop was sent off for a high chalenge. that's all the sport for now. this is bbc news. we'll have all the main stories at the top of the hour straight after this programme. guide dogs — for thousands of b

it came on verstappen's dad's birthday, but he has never won here before.x. both ferraris are on the second row. british drivers and mercedes team mates george russell and lewis hamilton line up behind the rejuvenated fernando alonso. britain's other driver lando norris is eleventh. two games in rugby union's premiership today. leicester beat bath 48—27 — tigers in third, with bath still bottom of the table. harlequin secured their victory. in the allianz premier 15s at twickenham, exeter women overcame harlequin ladies winning 54—25. claudia macdonald scored two tries, as did american kate zackary. exeter go back to the top of the table above gloucester—hartpury women. and six games in the united rugby championship today. lei nster leinster137—27 to maintain their winning run. they play south africa next. despite a revival from the ospreys, they had a chance to bounce back against the dragons. six games in total, these are the current scores. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. zoe atkin took the silver in hal

max verstappen was flying too, that's lewis hamilton in front. or was, anyway. provides crashes, lance stroll�*s retirement brought out the only safety car, which pushed verstappen closer to the front runners. his right foot did the rest. it is victory at the saudi arabian grand prix! the chequered flag greeted with a mexican wave, with max verstappen taking second. regardless of where they start, this red bull is in a class of one. after the six nations was done and dusted with ireland's victory over england yesterday, domestic matters are back on the agenda. and the premiership rugby cup went all the way to extra time today, with exeter getting the better of london irish. an early jacob atkins�* penalty put irish ahead in west london, but aidon davis�* tryjust before the break in extra—time sealed the win for exeter, 24—20. it's the second time in as many years that irish have lost the final after extra time. the victory for exeter gives them a third domestic cup since promotion to the top flight in 2010. and that's all the sport for now. screaming. i'm at the

as the chequered flag was greeted by a mexican wave with max verstappen taking second.c news. sebastien ozhey is on the brink of winning rally mexico. the eight time world champion is driving part time this year. he won the opening rally of the season in monte carlo and this is just his second appearance. the frenchman is heading into the final stage 22 seconds ahead of his toyota team mate, britain's elvin evans, so will have to suffer mechanical problems or misfortune to lose. after the six nations was done and dusted with ireland's 29—16 victory over england yesterday — domestic matters are back on the agenda — and the premiership rugby cup went all the way to extra time today — with exeter getting the better of london irish. ajacob atkins' penalty early put irish ahead in west london — but aidon davis' tryjust before the break in extra time sealed the win 24—20 win for exeter. it's the second time in as many years that irish have lost the final after extra time — the victory for exeter gives them a third domestic cup, since promotion to the top flight in 2010. that'

drive of the day came from max verstappen.ved up to second by the half way point and stayed there. alonso completed the podium. victory for perez leaves him a point behind verstappen in the drivers' championship. britain's george russell was fourth, just ahead of mercedes team mate lewis hamilton. sebastien ozhey is on the brink of winning rally mexico. the eight time world champion is driving part time this year. he won the opening rally of the season in monte carlo and this is just his second appearance. the frenchman is heading into the final stage 22 seconds ahead of his toyota team mate, britain's elvin evans, so will have to suffer mechanical problems or misfortune to lose. in tennis, there's a repeat of the women's australian open final at indian wells later, as elena rybakina plays aryna sabalenka. after that, carlos alcaraz has the chance to become the men's world number one, if he can get the better of daniil medvedev. if medvedev beats alcaraz, he'll become the first man since britain's andy murray in 2016 to win fo

with verstappen starting so far behind, perez will be hoping he can shine under the floodlights. in straight sets to reach the women's singles final at indian wells. it took herjust an hour and 17 minutes. rybakina will face second seed aryna sabalenka in the final. novak djokovic won't be playing at next week's miami open, after being denied entry to the united states again. he'd applied for special permission because he's not vaccinated against covid—19. proof of vaccination is required until at least april 10th. sam bennett's hopes of winning milan sanremo ended around 21 miles from the finish, after the irishman was involved in this crash. mat van der pol won the prestigious one day race, in north west italy, 62 years after his french grandfather. essapekka lappi's hopes of winning rally mexico are over, after this crash on stage 11. the finn had started today five seconds clear of sebastien oh zhey, but now the frenchman has the lead ahead of his toyota team mate, britain's elvin evans. new zealand are in total control of their second and final test against sri lanka in well

max verstappen tuvo problema con el motor de su auto y arrancarÁ en el lugar 15.nitana. en la fÓrmula uno, sergio pÉrez se queda con la pole position para arabia saudita, por segundo aÑo consecutivo. max verstappen abandonÓ por problemas en el vehÍculo. hasta aquÍ los deportes. un fuerte abrazo. fÉlix: al regreso, valencia celebra el comienzo de la primavera. le diremos sobre la primavera. le diremos sobre la fiesta. platos. platos. platos. la mejor manera de viajar siempre será a través de un buen plato. y cuando añades la compensación de precio, expedia te devuelve la diferencia si el vuelo resulta más barato. para que tu viaje sepa mejor y nunca tengas que preguntarte si conseguiste un buen precio. porque las grandes ofertas llegan a ti. ♪♪ ♪♪ miles de mujeres con cáncer de mama metastásico viven cada momento y toman ibrance. ibrance con inhibidor de la aromatasa es una terapia inicial basada en hormonas para adultos con cáncer de mama metastásico hr+ y her2-. ibrance con letrozole retardó significativamente la progresión de la enfermedad comparado con letrozol

mexicano es segundo en el campeonato de pilotos a sÓlo un punto de su compaÑero de equipo, max verstappeniciero univisiÓn fin de semana con fÉlix de bedout. fÉlix: muy buenas tardes, bienvenidos a noticiero univisiÓn. mÁxima tensiÓn se vive en el mundo polÍtico ante la afirmaciÓn del expresidente donald trump de que serÁ arrestado el prÓximo martes por orden de la fiscalÍa de nueva york. su llamado a protestar si se produce la detenciÓn reavivÓ la pugna entre ambos partidos polÍticos, ya que algunos dirigentes advierte sobre posibles actos de violencia y otros dicen que ese proceso legal estÁ motivado polÍticamente y que es una venganza. peggy carranza nos tiene mÁs informaciÓn. peggy: aumentan las reacciones al mensaje del expresidente donald trump, donde dijo que espera ser arrestado el martes e invitÓ a sus partidarios a protestar. dicen que los potenciales cargos son polÍticamente motivados e incluso el presidente de la cÁmara de representantes, kevin mccarty, pidiÓ una investigaciÓn. la idea de acusar a un expresidente de los estados unidos es profundamente preocupante para mÍ, como

max verstappen was the red—hot favourite coming to bahrain, but played it cool in the desert. but couldn't keep up a space. ferrari threatened, quick as in the first session, his team—mate in second. it looked like the fans were in for a treat, but it turned out red bull which is keeping their powder dry. when it came to the battle for the top spot, the stop and turn things up top spot, the stop and turn things up to 11. the dutchman ended up a tent quicker than his team—mate, and more than a quarter of a second ahead of his third place.- more than a quarter of a second ahead of his third place. happy to come last year— ahead of his third place. happy to come last year and _ ahead of his third place. happy to come last year and again - ahead of his third place. happy to come last year and again adding l ahead of his third place. happy to - come last year and again adding such a strong car. it is amazing. i'm looking forward to tomorrow. irate a strong car. it is amazing. i'm looking forward to tomorrow. we were in a fi . ht looking forward to tomorrow. we were in a fight for —

fÉlix: sin preocupaciones con un tiempo demoledor, el holandÉs max verstappen se llevÓ la victoria en vuelta. el juego se definiÓ sobre los Últimos minutos, y asÍ puebla se queda con los 3 puntos. nos vamos ahora a la actividad de la liga de espaÑa. el real madrid empatÓ 0—0 ante el betis. le anularon este gol a karim benzema. ahÍ estÁ la revisiÓn en el video arbitraje, de esta forma, se igualaron los cartones 0—0. real madrid se mantiene en segundo lugar, con 53 puntos, a 9 puntos de distancia del lÍder. hablando del lÍder, barcelona consiguiÓ los 3 puntos al vencer por la mÍnima diferencia al valencia, con esta solitaria anotaciÓn de raphinha, al minuto 15, con el cabezazo, de esta forma, el barcelona se mantiene lÍder con 62 unidades. donde hubo feria de goles, en este partidazo, en el clÁsico inglÉs, el liverpool humillÓ 7—0 al manchester united. gakpo colaborÓ con doblete, lo mismo nÚÑez y mohamed salah. firmino puso el sÉptimo tanto y definitivo para la humillaciÓn del equipo de liverpool sobre el manchester united, 7—0. nos vamos a la actividad de la fÓrmula 1, se llevÓ a cabo

the fastest street track in formula 1, max verstappen was streets ahead of his rivals.was flying until the second session of qualifying, but then there was an uncharacteristic loss of control. followed by a loss of power. i uncharacteristic loss of control. followed by a loss of power. i have a problem. — followed by a loss of power. i have a problem, engine _ followed by a loss of power. i have a problem, engine problem. - followed by a loss of power. i have a problem, engine problem. a - followed by a loss of power. i have a problem, engine problem. a red| a problem, engine problem. a red bull that a problem, engine problem. a red lhull that had _ a problem, engine problem. a red bull that had charged _ a problem, engine problem. a red bull that had charged into - a problem, engine problem. a red bull that had charged into the - bull that had charged into the season, pulling up lame, ending up 15th on the grid. 0ne season, pulling up lame, ending up 15th on the grid. one was down by the other was far from out. sergio perez claimed the first poll of his career at this

world champion max verstappen on pole position in bahrain. both ferraris on the second row. charles leclerc a quarter of a second off the pace in third. this applies in qualifying, fernando alonso, getting his aston martin up to fifth, but it is max verstappen they will have to catch. a few things we still need to work on, we tried a lot in the practice sessions. never really got together. but we did the best compromise. of course very happy to be on pole but i still don't feel as happy as in testing. still a few things we need to look at before the next race. that is in about an hour and a half, in bahrain. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that's all for now. supporters of pakistan's former prime minister imran khan have gathered outside his home in lahore. here are those pictures. mr khan is facing arrest. a judge issued a warrant last week after he failed to appear in court, in a case relating to incorrectly declaring presents from foreign leaders. mr khan says the case is politically motivated. today, the bbc in india will an

drive of the day came from max verstappen. broke down during qualifying, but by the half way point he'd moved up to second, and he stayed there. victory for perez leaves him a point behind verstappen in the drivers�* championship. britain�*s george russell was third in his mercedes. the final of the women�*s indian wells tournament is a repeat of the one at the australian open this year. elena rybakina is playing aryna sabalenka. they are into a first set tie—break, six games old. the thai break currently taking place. later carlos alcaraz takes on daniil medvedev in the men�*s final. if the spaniard wins he�*ll return to number one in the world rankings. mikaela shiffrin won her 21st career giant slalom at the world cup finals on sunday as the american ended the season with yet another record. the victory moved shiffrin past vreni schneider, a week after matching the swiss skier�*s mark of 20 world cup victories. the american has won seven of the last eight events and took the giant slalom world title last month. the overall

the first formula one world championship was held in manama, bahrain in 2023, and max verstappen from the red bull team his teammate sergio faraz and fernando alonso from the aston martin team were ranked first to third in the nba basketball teams of milwaukee, new york, los angeles clippers, indiana, portland, rama and los angeles. nicolas kari from the host country with 205 points defeated masat from argentina with 212 points and became the champion . in the new ranking of professional tennis players , novak djokovic, right, and stefan vessips have the first to third positions. the world cup was followed in the sky of america. in the subject of supermarket matte powder from switzerland, germany and alexandra mord from norway were first to third. in european club football tonight, in the english premier league, steel faced celta vigo in the spanish league, and in the italian series , sassuolo faced sample and torino faced bologna. thank you very much for watching sports news i said goodbye to you. let's go to the islamic council and continue the program . thank you, mr. salimi, for y

el mexicano sergio checo pÉrez terminÓ segundo lugar por detrÁs de su coequipero max verstappen.ciones que siguen vigentes. esto y mÁs esta noche a las 11:00. llegamos al final, gracias por habernos acompaÑado. viene el noticiero nacional, pero nosotros nos vemos al rato esta noche con mÁs informaciÓn esta noche a las 11:00. gracias. buen ♪ [mÚsica] ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] ♪ fÉlix: domingo 5 de marzo, estas son las principales noticias. un nuevo accidente ferroviario en ohio aviva la preocupaciÓn por el funcionamiento de los trenes en el paÍs. es el tercer descarrilamiento en 2 meses de la misma compaÑÍa. un nuevo caso de abuso policial es investigado en illinois. las cÁmaras corporales de los agentes registran la golpiza que recibiÓ un adolescente detenido que terminÓ hospitalizado. en medio de una profunda crisis polÍtica, social y econÓmica, se cumplen 10 aÑos de la llegada al poder de nicolÁs maduro en venezuela.

max verstappen fue segundo. en tercer lugar fue para josh rosell.la cobertura de medicamentos con receta, y más, todo por una prima mensual baja, o en algunas áreas, directamente sin prima. aproveche los copagos de $0 por visitas de cuidado primario y pruebas de laboratorio. y ahora, una cobertura dental mejor que nunca. además, copagos y deducibles de $0 en cientos de medicamentos con receta. ahora es el momento de llamar. también pregunte por los planes ppo. nuestros agentes de ventas bilingües están aquí para guiarle. así que llame a unitedhealthcare hoy mismo. ♪ ramÓn: esta noche a las 11:00, bajÓ la tasa de inflaciÓn, pero los precios de alimentos siguen altos, pero quÉ se debe esta situaciÓn? nos dimos a la tarea de consultar con un economista para que nos dÉ algunas recomendaciones para los consumidores. el gobernador de california anunciÓ que el estado se asociarÁ con un fabricante de medicamentos para producir insulina a precios accesibles al pÚblico. los detalles de estas y otras historias esta noche como siempre en vivo a las 11:00. por s

i mean, max verstappen's , been . in a class of his own really for the best of a year. he won last championship last year's championship last year's championship very easily. and he dominated the race here. sorry the first race of the season in bahrain, two weeks ago. so the fear really is that he's going to run away with this world championship, which would his championship, which would be his third in row. and no one loves third in a row. and no one loves no one really likes it. it's dominant streak in formula one because it to lead to because it tends to lead to quite processional boring quite a processional boring field. so it will be great to see verstappen coming through the field. he starts way down at 15, so he'll be coming back through at a track here in jeddah, which is known as the fastest streets in formula one. so that it's exciting to see him fighting his way back through it. don't rule out win. i mean, he's a long way back. given how speed he is, he must answer to something very special from that . well

max verstappen will be expecting to claim pole position for this weekend's saudi arabian grand prix after more than half a second quicker around thejeddah corniche circuit than his red bull team mate sergio perez. aston martin's fernando alonso was the best of the rest, but he was almost a second slower than the dutchman. lewis hamilton was the top british driver in fifth, but less than a tenth of a second behind alonso. and that's all the sport for now. now, a deal allowing the export of ukrainian grain from the black sea has been renewed hours before it was due to expire. the deal between ukraine and russia, which was brokered by turkey, has been extended by four months. the grain initiative was first brokered lastjuly, during fears of a global food crisis after moscow blockaded ukrainian imports. russia and ukrainejointly account for nearly a third of global wheat supplies, with ukraine's contribution nearing 10%. a fraud victim has been reimbursed over £150,000 by his bank following a bbc investigation. james was targeted by a us—based scammer who claimed she was in an abusive relatio

it looks like it is going to be a red bull 1—2 with max verstappen leading. excitement in that race, you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. weightlifter mirabai chanu has won the bbc indian sportswoman of the year award for 2022. the 28—year—old commonwealth champion also won in 2021 and now becomes the first person to take the honour twice. the award honours the achievements of indian female players and is part of the bbc�*s commitment in india to cover women in sports and news. to talk us through the nominees, i'mjoined by our correspondent divya arya. so who is she up against? she was facing other olympic medal winners like vinesh phogat. and a boxing champion as well. she came out as the winner. she comes from really humble beginnings from a small village. she is the daughter of a tea seller and famously hitchhiked with truck drivers at 4am in the morning to make it to a training centre that was far away from the village. along with her, there were other categories that also were honoured, including the lifetime achiev

max verstappen was quickest in practice ahead of sunday's saudi arabian grand prix and he posted thee in both sessions in his red bull. the reigning world champion, who won the first race of the season in bahrain, was two—tenths quicker than aston martin's fernando alonso in the second session. the best placed british driver was george russell, fifth quickest in his mercedes. and that's all the sport for now. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hours straight after this programme. screaming. i'm at the men arena in manchester, there's a bombjust gone off in the foyer. 0k, just hold the line. go that way. the main concourse has had a very loud bang go off. - evacuating the station immediately. it's definitely a bomb. people injured, at i least 20 casualties. 10:31 may 22, 2017. salman abedi detonates a bomb in the city room entrance to the manchester arena. so we've got mass—casualties, it does look like it's been like a nail bomb. there's bolts and shrapnel everywhere inside. an area packed full of happy children and th

max verstappen was quickest in practice ahead of sunday's saudi arabian grand prix and he posted thebull. the reigning world champion, who won the first race of the season in bahrain, was two—tenths quicker than aston martin's fernando alonso in the second session. the best placed british driver was george russell, fifth quickest in his mercedes. and that's all the sport for now. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hours straight after this programme. the cars can go from zero to 100 in four seconds. they're made of 80,000 parts. the brakes can hit a thousand degrees. this is formula one. well, this year's season is getting under way and it is jam packed full of tech. and it's notjust the cars. yeah, it's all about the data these days. they collect as much of it as they can from on and off the track to help make decisions which could change the results. and alastair keen has been given exclusive access to the alpine fi team to find out how they race. being behind the wheel of a formula one car is a privilege. driving th

reigning world champion max verstappen led a red bull 1—2 in the opening race of the season in bahrain with george russell�*s win in brazil their only victory of the season. that is all your support for now. from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. all your business news coming up. i will see you very soon. hello. thursday brought a fair amount of rain for some parts of the uk, but it also brought northern ireland its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures peaking just above 16 celsius at helens bay, not too far away from belfast. it�*s all because of low pressure, the centre of which you can see swirling here on our earlier satellite image. that has been bringing rain in places, but it�*s also been drawing warm air, or at least mild air, up from the south, and it will continue to do so during friday. the far north of scotland sticking with something just a little bit chillier, because here we�*ve got a northerly wind, a band of cloud and some patchy rain to start friday. elsewhere, this area of wet weather moving across southeast england and east anglia. some of that rain

and many are already suggesting the world title could be max verstappen�*s for the taking again. butand prix. the dutchman had to pull out of qualifying today injeddah. his red bull team suspect there was a problem with the drive shaft on his car. he'll start from fifteenth. that left the way clear for his team mate sergio perez to claim the top spot. it's only the second time he's been on pole. and it's at the same circuit as his first. much more on the website. head therefore more reaction on the football and the rugby. that's all for now. thank you very much indeed. the uk home secretary, suela braverman, has arrived in rwanda to discuss the controversial plan to send migrants there, if they've entered the uk illegally. she was given a tour of migrant housing. the the deal was first agreed 11 months ago but so far no one has been sent to the central african country, with the plan facing criticism from both home and abroad. during her trip she is also due to meet the president and counterpart to discuss the deal. earlier, our news correspondent simonjones told us more about this of

reigning champion max verstappen was second quickest with lewis hamilton, fourth.uit in sakhir. elsewhere, there's been british medal success already this morning at the freestyle ski and snowboarding world championships. zoe atkin took the silver in halfpipe in georgia. she was looking good for gold but was eventuallyjust pipped by american hanna faulhaber. atkin, who isjust 20, won bronze at the event last year. the united states tennis association and the us open say they're hopeful that novak djokovic will be able to enter the country soon. the world number one — who's not vaccinated against covid—19 — has asked for special permission to enter the us to compete in this month's indian wells and miami masters events. under current vaccine rules, he's unable to travel there which means he'll miss out on competing for a second straight year. in a statement on twitter, the us open say that... "novak djokovic is one the greatest champions our sport has ever seen the usta and us open are hopeful that novak is successful in his petition to enter the country, and that t

everton had led 2—1 at the break thanks to a demari gray penalty max verstappen made the perfect startle, with a dominant victory at the bahrain grand prix. the dutchman started from pole and quickly built up a lead. he took the chequered flag almost 12 seconds ahead of his red bull team mate sergio perez. fernando alonso was the big surprise of the race, claiming the final spot on the podium on his first appearance for aston martin. lewis hamilton was fifth. australian alex de minaur has won the biggest title of his career. the atp 500 mexico open in acapulco. the 2a year old came from a set down to beat the american tommy paul. it feels great. it feels amazing. i know the hard work that has been put into be here and, you know, it is good to see the result. it is not always that you win a tournament and you get to finish a week. so i will definitely cherish this going into the world in miami. that's all the sport for now. lovely, thank you. judy heumann, a renowned activist for the rights of disabled people in the united states, has died at the age of 75. judy heumann was an internati

max verstappen�*s status as favourite to win a third consecutive formula one title was confirmed in qualifyingt his red bull team mate sergio perez to pole at the sakhir circuit. ferrari's charles leclerc was a quarter of a second off the pace in third. george russell was the best of the british drivers and will start from sixth. a few things he still needs work on few things we tried in the practice sessions and just never really got together but what we put out was the best compromise and i was very happy -- happy best compromise and i was very happy —— happy to best compromise and i __ happy to be was very happy best compromise and i was very happy —— happy to be on board. but i still don't feel as happy as i was then so was still a few things we need to look at for the next race.- look at for the next race. tennis news now _ look at for the next race. tennis news now and — look at for the next race. tennis news now and medvedev - look at for the next race. tennis news now and medvedev have l look at for the next race. tennis i news now and medvedev have one look at for the next race. tenni

team's strong pace from testing, finishing a tenth ahead of the red bulls of world champion max verstappenngebrigtsen winning gold in the 1,500 metres, ahead of britain's neil gourley. that's all from us for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thank you very much, gavin. dutch authorities have announced a pilot scheme to licence cannabis growing. it'll be launched in two cities in the south of the country, but there are plans to legalise production nationwide. tim allman reports. the netherlands is famous — or notorious, depending on your point of view — for its coffee shops. they are places where you can get hold of and consume certain types of drugs. although it's legal to buy cannabis here, it's technically illegal for the coffee shop owner to get hold of their supply, which can make life complicated. it's a very shady territory, the backdoor. and i don't say it's all criminals. you know, that's what you see in the newspapers. mostly, it's nice people we buy the cannabis from, but still, i don't know how it's grown. it's shady. in recent years, the dutch gover

max verstappen made the perfect start to the defence of his formula 1 title, with a dominant victoryost 12 seconds ahead of his red bull team mate sergio perez. fernando alonso was the big surprise of the race, claiming the final spot on the podium on his first appearance for aston martin. kurt kitayama overcame a triple bogey on the 9th hole to win the arnold palmer invitational for his first pga tour victory on sunday. the 30—year—old californian had been runner up three times on the pga tour before this as he held on to his one shot lead he had coming into the final round, keeping at bay the likes of scottie scheffler and rory mcilroy. in the nba — kevin durant scored 37 points, including the tiebreaking jumper with 11 seconds to go, to lift the phoenix suns to a 130—126 victory over the dallas mavericks on sunday. it was the first meeting between durant and dallas' kyrie irving since they were traded by brooklyn before the deadline last month. durant put phoenix in front nearing the home stretch which takes him to 3 wins in a row sincejoining the suns and although luca doncic tri

max verstappen's status as favourite to win a third consecutive formula 1 title was confirmed in qualifyingll team—mate sergio perez to pole at the sakhir circuit. ferrari's charles leclerc was a quarter of a second off the pace in third. 6eorge russell was the best of the british drivers and will start from sixth. two matches in rugby union's premiership today. leicester moved back into the play—off places with a 48—27 win over bottom side bath. and harlequins thrashed exeter to win the big 14 game at twickenham and move up to fifth in the premiership. they ran in six tries including two from joe marchant to seal comfortable bonus point win by 40—5. plenty more rugby union coverage on the website and app including news of today's women's premier 15 scores and all the results from the united rugby championship but that's all the sport for now. thank you very much indeed. prince harry has described writing his book spare as an act of service. in an interview with the author 6abor mate, the duke of sussex said he was grateful that he could move away from the royal family and change his enviro

sergio perez, who started in pole, crossed the line first, ahead of team mate max verstappen.and lewis hamilton in 4th and 5th respectively. elena rybakina has won the first wta 1000 title of her career. the wimbledon champion saw off aryna sabalenka in the bnp paribas final in indian wells. the belarussian won the last meeting between these 2, at the australian open final injanuary. but the kazakh got revenge for that defeat, coming through in straight sets. sabalenka hit 10 double faults in the first set, which was decided on a tie break, after an hour and 19 minutes. the final score 7—6, 6—4 to earn the 23 year—old her 4th career title and first of the season. 19—year—old carlos alcaraz has won his third atp masters title, by beating danill medvedev in the bnp paribas final in indian wells. he didn't drop a set all week and saw off the russian, who was on a 19—match winning streak, 6—3, 6—2. it was a totally dominant display by the spaniard who also becomes the new world number 1. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport thanks for watchi

team's strong pace from testing, finishing a tenth ahead of the red bulls of world champion max verstappentest, with mercedes team—mate george russell in thirteenth. there was a dramatic finish in super league as reigning champions st helens were beaten by a last gasp leeds rhinos drop goal. blake austin was the man who put the ball between the sticks for the rhinos with just twenty seconds left on the clock. the result gives the away side their first win of the new season and moves them up to tenth in table. in rugby union's premiership — northampton saints were on the end of real mauling by bristol bears, who won 62 points to 8, at ashton gate. it's the biggest win of the season — with bristol scoring nine tries, harry randall with two of them. northampton were ahead courtesy of a penalty, but it was one—way traffic from then, in bristol's favour, the win moving them to 8th, with saints losing ground on the top two. finally — the women's six nations starts at the end of the month. one of the games taking place is in northampton at franklin's gardens, where england will play italy. ahead

dutch max verstappen became the commander of germany and spain we are aston martin won the third titlee general classification of fereshte and 52 is in the second and third places . some of the winter sports of the ski jumping world cup are followed by norway's sund and in the jump from the platform of 240 meters, the austrian stephan found first place and in the third place of the snowboard world cup continued in germany, and the income of various teammates of the second austrian team became the champion, and italy took the second and third places in the alpine ski world cup, and in the slalom event of athens, norway, the second night, his compatriot won the third title. kurdish freestyle skiing continued in almaty, kazakhstan, and his compatriot nu became the champion in the event won the third title and the cross country ski world cup was followed and in preparation for the 4 x 5 km classic relay, the teams of sweden, norway and germany won the first to third titles. and the west was with us. in one of today's important games, milwaukee defeated the leader of the electric 110 toront

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, 21 minutes, and 14 minutes. seconds and 894 thousand 90 seconds as the first his teammate max verstappenetherlands finished second and spain's team martin took the third overall title . the 240-meter platform of austrian stefan kraft reached the first place, the host country was second, and slovenia was in the third place . the smer world cup continued in germany, and in the different parallel event, the second austrian team won the championship, and the italian teams were in the second and third places. they were placed in the alpine skiing world cup in its pursuit kurd, and in the slalom event, the austrian women won the third title in 2003. the freestyle skiing world cup continued in almaty, kazakhstan , and in the preparation of riyad werner, the austrian became the champion, his compatriot nowruz placed second, and emily won a world cup skiing full of facial contours was followed and the 4 x 5 km classic relief teams of sweden, norway and germany won the third place. news of nba basketball was accompanied by the victory of the leaders of the eastern and western conferences. one of t

meanwhile, max verstappen admits a win will be "tricky" after his red bull broke down in qualifying,rnando alonso will start on the front row, thanks to a penalty demoting ferrari's charles leclerc to twelfth. russell was promoted to third on the grid. the financial times is reporting that the country's biggest bank, ubs, has offered to buy credit suisse for up to $1 billion. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america's silicon valley bank. emergency talks are continuing in switzerland in an attempt to rescue credit suisse before the opening of financial markets on monday. the concerns jobs could be lost, thousands in london branches of those banks. just thousands in london branches of those banks-— thousands in london branches of those banks. , , , ., those banks. just the past hour we have had reports _ those banks. just the past hour we have had reports that _ those banks. just the past hour we have had reports that ubs - those banks. just the past hour we have had reports that ubs the - those banks. just the pas

look, he's own team—mate george 25, george russell, 25, max verstappen. earned the verstappen.'t seem to be car, but they don't seem to be able to get there. called able to get there. it's called the side design. it's sleek, the side pod design. it's sleek, it's bit like me. but the it's narrow bit like me. but the car cause the cars are up against a pushing the wind under the under the car to the rear and they're getting it pushed that way . mercedes don't appear that way. mercedes don't appear to agree with that kind of design at the moment. and if pursuing with something that they didn't get as much success last last season wonder last last season and no wonder lewis hamilton's happy quote was this we found out we are a long way off. so they had practise yesterday. he finished eighth in practise. was practise. fernando alonso was first. starts his 41. said first. he starts his 41. he said , we found out that we are a long way off. we kind of knew that a little bit in the test, but it is what it is. that's a defeatist mentality before the start of the season. yeah, i can unde

he's up against the likes of verstappen, who's 25, his team—mate george 25, his own team—mate georgeeorge russell. he's 25, his own team—mate george russell . he's 25. 25, his own team—mate george russell. he's 25. he 25, his own team—mate george russell . he's 25. he wants to russell. he's 25. he wants to get that eighth title ahead of schumacher when he's running out. son. yeah, okay. i guess out.son.yeah,okay.iguess your gone out. son. yeah, okay. i guess your gone and over the line your time gone and over the line with chequered i was on with the chequered i was on borrowed anyway don't borrowed time anyway i don't thank you very much for joining us in this next us once more up in this next houn us once more up in this next hour. latest on us once more up in this next houwayne latest on us once more up in this next houwayne cousins latest on us once more up in this next houwayne cousins sentencing and the wayne cousins sentencing and what it says . sexual offences . what it says. sexual offences. more reaction coming up. stay with . it's 1:00 with gb news live. i'm it's1:00 with

perhaps facing max verstappen ? he's facing max verstappen?tween the two is huge and that's why i think people are really excited about a formula one, a little bit of a fairytale ending, perhaps alonso, perhaps to fernando alonso, his career, it means we career, but also it means we might four battling might have four teams battling at front so wins for the at the front so wins for the championship just finally risen. what about aston martin? i mean, it's quite galling from a mercedes of view, isn't mercedes point of view, isn't it, have actually it, that aston have actually bought to 50% of their car bought up to 50% of their car from mercedes ? yes, we spoke a from mercedes? yes, we spoke a lot about that in seasons gone by, sort of like was it just a pink mercedes? they had a pink car back in those days. now they sort of switched to the green, the aston martin green and they've actually got a bit more of a red bull philosophy in the aston martin car this year. azimut in this sort of led by lance stroll , a successful lance stroll, a success

can anyone stop max verstappen and red bull — we'll be in bahrain ahead of formula one's season openinglso coming up on the programme before 7pm... after 100 games and 44 goals for wales, helen ward tells us why she's retiring from international football. and he's the youngest manager in europe's top five leagues — we hear from the 30—year—old english coach currently on a remarkable run in france. we have now gone on this crazy unbeaten run.— we have now gone on this crazy unbeaten run. and now the whole world is interested. _ welcome along, thank you forjoining us. we start with day three of the yorkshire cricket racism hearing. today former england captain michael vaughan spoke for the first time at this week's proceedings. he's the only defendant to appear in person. it follows allegations of racism from former cricketer azeem rafiq. matt graveling reports now — a warning you may find some of the language heard at the hearing offensive. michael vaughan captain england in more than 50 tests over a five—year period before a t20 match for yorkshire back in 2009 that he has been accused

world champion max verstappen clocked the quickest time of the day. you're watching sportsday.th africa. muir and reekie are medal prospects for both the world championships later this year and the paris olympics, and have resumed training at loughborough with young, claiming there had been no "bust up". northern ireland's record goal—scorer, rachel furness, is expected to return for next month's friendly with wales. she's been called up to the squad after stepping away from international duty in august for personal reasons. chelsea's millie bright has withdrawn from sarina wiegman's england squad through injury for the matches against brazil and australia. arsenal defender lotte wubben—moy has been called up to replace her. and the women's cycling tour will not take place this year, after race organisers failed to find the funding required. despite launching a crowdfunding campaign, organisers say it has "proved impossible to deliver the event" because of "increased running costs and reduced commercial support". oscar pistorius has been denied parole, having served six years o

max verstappen and sergio perez, one-two in qualifying.ght where they left off a season ago. the question going into this weekend and this season is, who can challenge? is it going to be mercedes? obviously they have some work to do considering where they were last season. they did get a win with george russell, but lewis hamilton is coming off his first winless season of his entire career. he's one of the most successful drivers all-time, more wins than any other driver. but can he bounce back? can he get a car that may not be as good as the red bull? can he get that car to the front of the grid? and for the record, any talk of the "r" word, retirement, he says those talks are greatly exaggerated. the other team to watch obviously ferrari. we saw them last year, eva, at the front of the grid so many times, but they faded as that season went on. they fell back and made mistakes. can they overcome those mistakes this year? do they have the staying power to stay at the front? those teams, those are the usual suspects. so let me throw out a f

defending champion max verstappen is the overwhelming favourite to clinch a third consecutive title.lso outscored his team mate, the seven time world champion lewis hamilton. they're expecting a difficult weekend, and start to the season, but russell is confident they will improve as the marathon season progresses. last year was a really good year for development and understanding how a team like mercedes operates. they work on such a high level, the engineering talent they have got there is exceptional, and ifeel fortunate being in a team such as this. so, you know, it's a new year, new challenges, new opportunities and i'm looking forward to see what we can do this year. now cricket and england have been put into bat by bangladesh in the second of their three one day internationals. they won the first on wednesday. but england have lost opener phil salt for just seven before recovering to 3a for one off nine overs. bangladesh are no pushovers nowadays, up to seventh in the world rankings, and this match in mirpur good conditioning for the world cup in india later this year. now, ad

now, formula one is back and the dutchman verstappen has put down a very clear early of his intentiontain the drivers world championship . no recovery, world championship. no recovery, however , yet in form for however, yet in form for mercedes with both drivers talking down the team's prospects on their own . so if prospects on their own. so if you are a and like a bit of patriots which red bull say they get punished for by the british audience because they've never employed a british driver , maybe employed a british driver, maybe aston martin is one to watch this season . fernando alonso, this season. fernando alonso, that blast from the past driver raised a few eyebrows during practise, putting in some quite truly extraordinary timings. and i'm delighted to say that joining once again now is his brilliant formula one correspondent, philip duncan, and there he is. and a couple of hours away from the start , the hours away from the start, the race in bahrain. so aston martin, do you reckon it's one to watch ? i think that's to watch? i think that's certainly one to watch, sir. for t

teammate max verstappen still finished second, despite starting from 15th.ty, but was then rescinded. but two races, two red bull wins. prompting hamilton to make the asssesment, which says a lot about his chances. as well as the six nations being decided this weekend — congratulations to ireland for completing the grand slam by the way — there was also a trophy lifted in domestic rugby union. exeter chiefs beat london irish 24—20 in extra time to win the premiership rugby cup. it's their third domestic cup triumph since promotion to the top flight in 2010. a couple of tennis lines to bring you. emma raducanu has been drawn against fellow former us open champion bianca andreescu in the first round of the miami open, which will take place tomorrow. meanwhile rafael nadal has just exited the top ten for the first time since april 2005. the 36—year—old has not played since injuring his left leg at the australian open, but is hoping to return on the clay of monte carlo next month. and that's all the sport for now. let's return to the huge fall in share value of