Field in goal for recent years. Worried. Its still the Biggest Field in goal for recent years. You can always make the argument that the other tournaments that are or not. The Pga Championship has always been the deepest fields in terms of the top 100 players and im notjust saying that for selfish reasons, its the true. In saying that for selfish reasons, its the true. Saying that for selfish reasons, its the true. In the early stages, this is how its the true. In the early stages, this is how the its the true. In the early stages, this is how the leaderboard its the true. In the early stages, | this is how the leaderboard looks. You can see rory mcilroy with the share of the lead of four under at the moment and then two players a shot behind. And you will see scottie scheffler, the defending champion, looking to back up his success last year teeing off with Justin Thomas who you just heard from. In the last hour, Gareth Southgate has named a squad for englands friendlies against brazi
Then saturday morning, A Touch Of Frost on the way for the northern two thirds of the country. Lots of crisp sunshine to start the day and then our next Weather Front sweeps in, so it will cloud over and turned damp across Western Areas on saturday. Here is the outlook for the next few days, the weekend onwards. It is definitely looking like a mixed bag, with temperatures typically into double figures, so good for slugs and snails. Thanks. And thats the bbc news at six. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. Hello, im olly foster. Hes not the only former Football Manager in the winners enclosure. Ben white says no to england, so where does Gareth Southgate turn for next week . We are live in dublin, where the championship is still in irelands hands despite their defeat at twickenham last week. Evening. Weve had some more great cheltenham stories on the third day of the festival, and there was a theme, sir Alex Ferguson, a huge racing fan, broke his Fes
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And could face restrictions. Us Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer says Benjamin Netanyahu is a major obstacle to peace, as israel vows to push ahead with rafah offensive. The Spanish Parliament approves a controversial amnesty law that exonerates catalonia separatists. New figures show the number of middle aged people dying from cancer in the uk is at a record low. Sport now from the bbc sport centre. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Two time uspga champion Justin Thomas insists that the Players Championship which is under way in florida still has a really strong field, despite many of golf s big names being absent because theyve joined the saudi backed liv tour. Rory mcilroy s raised concerns that fans are losing interest because of the fragmented nature of the sport. Heres our golf correspondent, ian carter. It does feel different. Certain of the build up to the tournament has been dominated by the ongoing controversies that surround mens professional golf and the split that is th