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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  March 25, 2024 12:45am-1:01am GMT

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i'm olly foster. there's an upset in miami as fabian marozsan add another top ten player to the list. even with a player sent off, it's a breeze for england's women as they start the defence of their six nations ttile. women as they start the defence of their six nations tile. and footballer, greg halford opens up about how being identified as autistic shaped his career. hello and welcome along to the programme. where we'll start at the miami open where fabian marozsan ripped up the form book with a stunning 6—1, 6—1victory over sixth seed holger rune to book his place in third round of the tournament. the hungarian, who also beat carlos alcaraz and casper ruud in masters events last year.
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played some incredible tennis to sweep past rune in a dominant display at the hard rock stadium, winnng in under an hour. ben shelton has kept the home fans happy, moving into the third round after a comfortable staright sets win over spain's martin landaluce. the 21 —year—old did not face a single break point. next up for him is the 23rd seed lorenzo musetti. and ninth seed alex de minaur eased past korea's soonwoo kwon, winning 6—3, 6—2. he'll face jan—lennard struff next. in the women's draw, the americanjessica pegula is through to the last 16 after beating canada's leylah fernandez, the 2021 us open runner—up. the 30 year—old number fifth seed fought back from 5—3 down in the opening set with a run of five straight games and she continued to be the stronger player, closing out the win in an hour and 41 minutes.
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pegula remains on course for a third consecutive semifinal appearance at the wta 1000 event and will next face compatriot emma navarro. it was a predictably one—sided match between italy and england in the women's six nations championship. the red roses, who are the defending grand slam champions, did make things more difficult for themsleves because they were down to 1a players after 10 minutes when sarah beckett was shown a red card for a dangerous tackle they still ran in 8 tries in parma to win as—nil. they top the table on points difference from france who also won this weekend with a bonus point. the captain marlie packer brough up her hundredth cap. tackle. they still ran in 8 tries in parma to win 48—nil. they top the table on points difference from france who also won this weekend with a bonus point. the captain marlie packer brought up her hundredth cap. we're playing with smiles on our faces. we're enjoying what we're doing. so i couldn't be prouder
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of the girls and to get over to get over the scoreline as well. and for me, this is the first place i scored after having my son oliver. so to do it again today, the second time i played it, yeah, i'mjust top of the world right now. i couldn't have done it without my family and all the people that supported me along the journey and i'm really thankful to them. but yeah, it's just been an absolutely amazing day and the girls have made it super specialfor me. chelsea are back on top of the women's super league after a 2—0 win over second from bottom west ham. aggie beever—jones�* goal in the second minute gave the visitors the lead. but it wasn't until 2 minutes from full time that they made sure of the points, a lovely goal from erin cuthbert — they have moved back above manchester city on goal difference. both sides have five games left to play this season. arsenal also won and are third in the table — six points behind chelsea and city. they had to come from behind to win at aston villa. they were trailing 1—0 at half—time, but second half goals incuding two in the last 10 minutes saw them win 3—1.
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elsewhere the merseyside derby finished goalless between everton and liverpool at goodison park. tottenham beat bottom side bristol city. beth england scoring herfirst league goal of the season after returning from injury. brighton came from behind against leicester to win 3—2. there was an emotional winner of golf�*s valspar championship in florida as the american peter malnati sealed his first pga tour title in nine years. malnati carded a final round of 67 to finish on 12 under par. two shots clear of fellow american cameron young. in a round which included five birdies. as his opponents fell away this was the moment he realised he'd won just the second pga title of his career, and at age 36 he said afterwards he wondered if this day would ever come. you wonder if you're ever going to do it again, you know, because it's hard. and, you know, in the nine years since my last win, it's gotten a lot harder
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to like if you look like the level of talent out here, guys coming out when they're, you know, 20 years old and they're ready to play on this stage and they're so good. it'sjust i mean, you just wonder, like and so to have to have this moment, itjust feels so amazing. drama in the moto gp in portugal — jorge marteen has his first victory of the season but there was chaos behind him between his championship rivals last years world champion francesco bagnaia collided with marc marquez whilst battling for fifth, ending both of their races with just three laps to go. and on the final lap, ducati's enea bastianini was able to steal second place from aprilia's maverick vinales after this crash. that allowed 19—year—old pedro acosta to finish third for his first podium in his debut season. but it was a great day for martin who now leads the standings. i am really happy and proud of the team we are doing with the new ducati. it's working better
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on sundays than saturdays, that's for sure. and, you know, to win here, a track where i almost lost everything, i almost stopped racing. and now i'm here on the first place. this is amazing. and i'm so grateful to this track because i learn a lot from it. he's had a long career in the game but former footballer greg halford has been speaking to the bbc about something few fans who watched him over the years will have known about — that he is autistic. he didn't share it widely during his professional career but now hopes talking about it will raise awareness and encourage others to be open about their own experiences. he's been speaking to our neurodiversity reporter nick ransom. a seasoned professional, 39—year—old greg halford has had a long career in football and hashtag united is the 20th team he has played for. he has begun to speak more openly about life being autistic, following a similar revelation for his son. he was diagnosed in six years old and it got me thinking that i was exactly the same as him at that age, so i wanted to go and discover who i really was.
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what were some of the most challenging parts? the toughest parts were probably moving around so much, meeting so many different people committing part of the changing room. halford was part of the colchester side that reached the championship. we found the social side of football training. ifinished training and literally went home. i didn't want to go to the cafeteria, have lunch, chat to people and ultimately that was the reason i was sold from reading because i was told i didn't fit in personality—wise. redding told the bbc that he joined the cup at one of the most successful at times and not all of the players got as much game time as they wanted that they were proud and grateful of his contributions. despite other opportunities in the top flight he became a championship regular, competing in a play—off
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final and winning promotion with cardiff. while in south wales he was identified as autistic. it was a year up to that point where i felt i was able to go and speak to a couple of people in cardiff in regards to my feelings and what was going on and obviously my diagnosis,. i knew neal would be fine with it, he wouldn't treat me any differently and he didn't. it was a case of being me. it was nice that i was finally able to open up and there wouldn't be any consequences. he is now enjoying life on the seventh tier. hashtag can help it sound like a good fit, but being autistic myself i am keen to hear how he feels a unique mind might be able to help as football. it is not something i bring up. if someone wants to talk to me about it i'm more than open. the game is now starting to explore the number of newer the virtual players, mcgregor is keen to see a move to the right direction.
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—— neurodivergent. i was moved on to quickly and certain clubs because i didn't fit in the changing room. teens sign players to play for the books they see something thatjust doesn't disappear. until football stops being a business and is run for human beings then i can't really say changing too much, but that is something i am now wanting to get across to people and try to start making changes inside. he hopes speaking out will spark conversations about your diversity and changing rooms across the country and is encouraging more players to learn more about the one in five who think differently. finally a tradition dating back to 1914 has been revived by local authorities as paris gets ready to welcome the summer olympics games in a few months. the waiter�*s race is open to the staff of all parisian bistros and was organised in front of the city hall, the hotel de ville.
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about 200 took part, each with a tray carrying a croissant, a cup of coffee and a glass of water for a 2 kilometre—long route through central paris. no running is allowed and the winning time was 13 and half minuites. the prize a night in a swanky paris hotel. and a decent tip, of course. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. many of us saw some spells of sunshine on sunday, and i think it was the sunshine that kind of offset
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the coolness of the air. now, there won't be as much sunshine around on monday — low pressure is moving in and not got much snow in the scottish mountains at the moment, but that is set to change over the next 2a hours. low pressure is developing to the west of the uk and this low pressure is going to be bringing outbreaks of rain widely over the next 2a hours. the rain already with us in northern ireland will continue to spread northwards and eastwards over the next few hours, reaching across wales into western and central england, south—west scotland, too. northern scotland, one place where you are likely to see some frost, but at least it should be a bright start to the day here. otherwise, a lot of cloud and rain around on monday morning. probably little, if anything, reaching east anglia and south—east england, where it might actually brighten up for a time. temperatures about 10 to 12 degrees celsius for most — that's near average for the time of year. but cold in scotland, atjust sixes and sevens. and then, on the big picture, we've got a feed of cold air coming down from greenland
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around an area of high pressure. that's running into northern scotland, bumping into our advancing weather front. now, through monday night, it looks like we'll see a spell of snow. it's going to be quite high up in the mountains of scotland, 10 to 20 centimetres on the way here, above 300 metres elevation. the snow could come down a little bit lower than that, perhaps to 200 metres elevation. what all that means is monday night and into tuesday, there's a risk of disruption over some of the higher level roads in scotland, maybe for some of the railway lines into tuesday morning as well. if you live down at sea level, well, you're more likely to see rain or maybe a bit of sleet mixed in. it will be quite windy across the far north of scotland as well. elsewhere, a bit of rain trickling its way eastwards across east anglia and south—east england. the weather turning a bit brighter across the south—west of the uk. a cold day in scotland — temperatures really struggling here, particularly underneath that rain and hill snow. on into wednesday, we've got another area of low pressure forming. that's going to be bringing loads of showers across northern ireland, wales, southern and western parts of england. the showers, notjust frequent — they'll be heavy, with some hail and thunder mixed in as well, and temperatures just running
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a bit below average. these showery conditions last through the rest of this week and into the easter break beyond as well. that's your latest weather. bye for now.
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welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai, reporting live from singapore. the headlines: president putin lights a candle for the 137 victims of the concert hall attack as the four suspected gunmen appear in court, charged with committing an act of terrorism. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees says israel has told him it will no longer approve its food convoys to enter northern gaza. attacks by the houthis in the red sea are becoming more deadly. we have a special report from on board a royal navy warship. this has now entered the high threat area, and as you can see, they are preparing to run the gauntlet with the houthis.

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