victor perez honed his craft near dundee but a long way from home but out on his own at 5 under.otland robert mcintyre honed his skills. the rookie of the year last year put his putter to good use with an opening 68 to sit a shot behind perez. he is joined by matthew fitzpatrick and erik van rooyen of south africa who nearly doubled his career earnings with victory in the uae and enough to put a anyone's face. tyrell hatton and tommy fleetwood are in contention as well with fleetwood the european number one in 2017 and inching his way back up the leaderboard with the win earning him second race to dubai title. he will have to pry it from the hands of patrick reed, the series leader with a bogey free to under 70 means this race is set to go right down to the wire. ben croucher, bbc news. to cricket where the hobart hurricane's accounted for reigning champions the sydney sixers on the opening day of the men's big bash league in australia. the world's top—ranked batsmen dawid malan will be featuring for hobart soon as he's been self—isolating in his hotel after his match winning per

france's victor perez leads by a stroke on five under, ——round of the dp tour in dubai.. patrick reed is a stroke adrift that as he looks to become the first american to win the european tour's race to dubai title. and finally, practice at the abu dhabi grand prix starts shortly, and lewis hamilton will be there. the world champion has tested negative for covid, and is fit to drive at the final race of the season. hamilton missed last week's race in bahrain after a positive test the week before. and get all the latest sports news on our website, of course — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team, that is your friday sport briefing. visual treat for you now. an ice cave which forms naturally on a high—altitude glacier in the swiss alps has been accessible for the first time this winter. the natural cave which is known as the ice cathedral forms through a siphon effect. each spring and summer, the cavity fills with water from the snow melt, forming a lake. in autumn, the plug disappears and the water drains, leaving the cave. its ceiling is five metres

frenchman victor perez honed his craft at ladybank in panmure near dundee.is skills — last year's rookie of the year put his putter to good use with an opening 68 to sit a shot behind perez where he'sjoined by matthew fitzpatrick and south africa's erik van rooyen. he'd nearly double his career earnings with victory in the uae, enough to put a smile on anyone's face. tyrell hatton and tommy fleetwood are in contention, too. on 3—under, fleetwood — european number one in 2017 — is inching his way back up the leaderboard. a win would earn him a second race to dubai title. he'll have to prize it from patrick reed's hands, though. the series leader's bogey—free 2—under 70 means this race is set to go right down to the wire. ben croucher, bbc news. now to cricket where the hobart hurricane's accounted for reigning champions the sydney sixers on the opening day of the men's big bash league in australia. the world's top—ranked batsmen dawid malan will be featuring for hobart soon as he's been self—isolating in his hotel after his match—winning performances for engl

victor perez honed his craft near dundee but a long way from home but out on his own at 500.d own at 500. on the west coast of scotland robert mcintyre honed his skills. the rookie of the year last year put his putter to good use with an opening 68 to see it a shot behind perez. he isjoined by matthew fitzpatrick and erik van rooyen of its africa who nearly doubled his career earnings with victory in the uae and enough to put a anyone's face. tyrell hatton and tommy fleetwood on contention as well with fleetwood the european number one in 2017 and inching his way back up the your board with the win earning him second race to divide title. he will have to pry it from the hands of patrick reed, the series leader with a bogey free to under 70 means this race is set to go right down to the wire. being crouch or by bbc news. follow updates on the bc website across the weekend. plenty of football going on tonight — leicester, celtic and spurs all in europa league action later. arsenal 2—1. after their difficulties in the premier league, they've cruised through europa qualifying wit

tyrell hatton two shots off the lead after the first round. the lead after the first france's victor perezng a win could see him end the year as the european tour number one. robert macintyre and matthew fitzpatrick are just a shot behind after opening rounds of 68. tour leader patrick reed is one two under. place in china next year have been postponed again until march 2023. the decision's been made because of uncertainty surrounding the covid—19 pandemic in the early part of the new year. because the indoor season falls within a narrow window up to the end of march it hasn't been possible to schedule the event in 2021. belgrade will host the championships in 2022. flags have been lowered to half mast at the italian football federation headquarters in rome as a sign of respect for paolo rossi who's died aged 64. rossi was the player of the tournament when italy won the world cup in 1982 — scoring 6 goals himself — including a hat trick against brazil. preceded by "a moment of silence" in his honour. that's all the sport for now. head over to the bbc sport website for the latest from the t

france‘s victor perez leads on five under par — knowing a win could see him end the year as the europeanowered to half mast at the italian football federation headquarters in rome as a sign of respect for paolo rossi who‘s died aged 64.rossi was the player of the tournament when italy won the world cup in 1982 — scoring 6 goals himself — including a hat trick against brazil. uefa says all of tonight‘s europa league matches would be preceded by "a moment of silence" in his honour. that‘s all the sport for now. the number of patients in england waiting over a year for routine hospital care is now 100 times higher than before the pandemic. new figures out today show that nearly 163,000 people were waiting for treatment — the highest number since 2008. the royal college of surgeons says ‘it‘s a real national crisis‘. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. julie and chris, just two of what are now tens of thousands of people who face long and often painful waits for treatment. both have severe arthritis. chris, a former care worker, was due to have a hip replacement in march, but