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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  March 25, 2024 2:45am-3:01am GMT

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hello there. welcome along to the programme. we'll with tennis where, at the miami open, 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, played some incredible tennis to sweep past rune in a dominant display at the hard rock stadium, winning in under an hour. ben shelton has kept the home fans happy in miami, moving into the third round after a comfortable straight—sets win over spain's martin landaluce. the 21—year—old did not face a single break point. next up for him — the 23rd seed lorenzo musetti. and ninth seed alex de minaur eased past korea's soon—woo kwon, winning 6—3, 6—2. jan—lennard struff
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next for him. in the women's draw, the americanjessica pegula is through to the last 16. she beat 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 was the stronger player after that, closing out the win in an hour and 41 minutes. she remains on course for a third consecutive semifinal appearance at a 1000 masters event. she's got emma navarro, her compatriot, next. 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, made things more difficult for themselves 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
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in parma, winning 48—0. they topped 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 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, 0liver, so, to do it again today, the second time i played it, yeah, i'm just 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'sjust 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 them the lead. it wasn't until two minutes from full time that they made
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sure of the points — a lovely goal from erin cuthbert. they've moved back above manchester city on goal difference. both sides have five games left to play this season. arsenal also won. they're 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, including two in the last ten minutes, saw them win 3—1. elsewhere, the merseyside derby finished goalless between everton and liverpool at goodison park. tottenham beat bottom side bristol city, beth england with the only goal — her first 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, finished 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
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that he'd won just the second pga title of his career and, at the age of 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 too. 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's just... i mean, you just... you just wonder, like — and so, to have to have this moment, itjust — it just feels so amazing. there was drama in the motogp in portugal — jorge martin has his first victory of the season but there was chaos behind him between his championship rivals. last year's champ francesco bagnaia collided with marc marquez whilst battling for fifth. it ended 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
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from aprilia's maverick vinales after that crash. that allowed 19—year—old pedro acosta to finish third — his first podium in his debut season. 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 on sundays than saturdays, this for sure. and, you know, to win here at 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. now, 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's autistic. he didn't share it widely during his professional career but now hopes that 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.
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here we go! a seasoned professional, 39—year—old greg halford has had a long career in football and hashtag united is, remarkably, the 20th team he has played for. in the last year, he has begun to speak more openly about life being autistic following a similar revelation for his son. he was diagnosed when he was 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. what were some of the most challenging parts of being autistic in the game? i mean, the toughest parts were probably moving around so much, meeting so many different people, being part of the changing room. halford was part of the colchester side that reached the championship beforejoining redding. but he found the social side of football draining. ifinished training and literally went home. i didn't want to go to the cafeteria, have lunch, i didn't want to chat
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to people and ultimately, that was the reason i was sold from reading, because i was told i didn't fit in personality—wise. reading told the bbc that halford joined the club at one of the most successful times and not all of the players got as much game time as they wanted but they were proud and grateful for halford's contributions. despite other opportunities in the top flight, halford became a championship regular, competing in a play—off final and winning promotion with neil warnock�*s 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. so, i knew neil would be fine with it, he wouldn't treat me any differently — and he didn't. it was a case of — i'm me. it was nice that i was finally able to open up and there wouldn't be any consequences towards it. now much more open, halford is now enjoying life on the seventh tier.
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hashtag and halford sound like a good fit but being autistic myself, i'm keen to hear how he feels a unique mind might be able to help as football. it's not something i bring up. it's — if someone wants to talk to me about it, then, i'm more than open to talk about it. the game is now starting to explore the number of neurodivergent players, but greg is keen to see a change in the right direction. i was moved on too quickly from certain clubs because i didn't fit in the changing room. people signed players to play for them because they see something — thatjust doesn't disappear. you have to be able to get it out of them. and until football stops being a business and is run for human beings, then i can't really see it changing too much, but that's something that i'm now wanting to get across to people and try to start making changes inside.
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halford hopes speaking out will spark conversations about neurodiversity in changing rooms across the country and is encouraging all players to learn more about the one in five who think differently. nick ransom, bbc news. finally, a tradition dating back to 1914 and 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. about 200 took part, each with a tray carrying a croissant, a cup of coffee and a glass of water for a 2km—long route through central paris. no running is allowed. the winning time was 13.5 minutes. the prize — a night in a swanky paris hotel and a decent tip! of course. lots more more on the bbc sport
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website or your bbc sport app. but from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello there. many of us saw some spells of sunshine on sunday and i think it was the sunshine that kind of offset 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 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
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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—12 degrees 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 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—20cm on the way here above 300m elevation. the snow could come down a little bit lower than that, perhaps to 200m 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
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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. 0n into wednesday, 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 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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live from washington, this is bbc news. the un agency for palestinian refugees says israel won't approve its aid deliveries to enter northern gaza where famine is imminent. all four suspects in friday's deadly attack in moscow are charged as the country declares a day of mourning for the 137 people known to have died. there are celebrations in senegal after provisional presidential election results appear to give the main opposition candidate, bassirou diomaye faye, a significant lead. hello. i'm erin delmore. the head of the main un relief agency for palestinians says
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israel is stopping the organisation from delivering lifesaving aid to people in northern gaza.

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