with the growth in the game and the growth in the game with wales, with the contracts being brought in, and it is really exciting to have another team at that higher competing level, which is what will grow the game even further. snooker s world championship is under way in sheffield. ronnie o sullivan has started his title defence he s playing chinese debutant pang junxu in the first round at the crucible and and he s raced into a 6 2 lead. pang junxu is playing pretty well and actually beat o sullivan in the champions league earlier this year. o sullivan, is seeking an eighth world title which would be a record in the modern era. it is going to be a busy afternoon. you can follow all that on the bbc sport website. olly foster there with all the sport news. there is
great britain are out of the billiejean king cup. already 2 0 down, harriet dart had to beat caroline garcia to keep their tie alive against france in coventry, after losing the first set 6 1 she saved two match points on her way to taking the second set 7 6, but garcia too strong in the decider, taking it 6 1 to win the tie. snooker s world championship is under way in sheffield. ronnie o sullivan has started his title defence. he s playing chinese debutant pang junxu in the first round at the crucible and and he s raced into a 6 3 lead. he had been 6 1 up. o sullivan is seeking an eighth world title which would be a record in the modern era. it s his 31st consecutive appearance at the world championship, which is a record itself. the nba playoffs officially
snooker s world championship is underway in sheffield. ronnie o sullivan has started his title defence. he s playing chinese debutant pang junxu in the first round at the crucible and he leads 6 3 heading into the final session. o sullivan, is seeking an eighth world title which would be a record in the modern era. it s his 31st consecutive appearance at the world championships, which is a record. and that s all the sport for now. let s get more now on the grand national because police say three people have been arrested at the aintree racecourse in liverpool. they said she was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause public nuisance in connection with potential co ordinated disruption activities at the event. a spokesperson said that authorities were aware of plans for a protest. she is currently in custody.
into the box. i think that is pretty clear. i don t think we can go much further than what we do with that. the last bit is sometimes confidence. the world snooker championship gets underway this weekend and ronnie o sullivan will begin the defence of his title against chinese debutant pang junxu. the world number one is aiming to lift that trophy for a record eight time at the crucible in sheffield and faces one of the rising stars of snooker in pang, who reached his maiden ranking final last month. elsewhere last year s beaten finallistjudd trump takes on former semifinallist anthony mcgill, mark williams will play jimmy robertson, and 2005 champion shaun murphy opens up againat sijiahui. four time championjohn higgins takes on david grace, who last week was battling just to save his tour card. and another four time winner, mark selby, faces another englishman in matthew selt. history made for great britain s gymnasts their first ever women s team gold
reactions, because i feel on bars. becky reactions, because i feel on bars. becky will reactions, because i feel on bars. becky will be reactions, because i feel on bars. becky will be competing on the bars final on saturday. today is about the men s final. joshua nathan is competing in only his second major competition. also, jake german, england s commonwealth games hero. he is hoping to back up his success from last year and won his first ever gold in the all around at the european championships. the first round of the world snooker championship begins in sheffield this weekend and the draw has thrown up some tough openers. it took place live on bbc 5 live this morning. defending champion ronnie o sullivan will be facing debutant pang junxu. shaun murphy will play china s sijiahui, in a repeat of their 2021 uk championship meeting. earlier, he spoke to my colleague hugh ferris.