who were arrested by the taliban in afghanistan earlier this year. coach travellers in dover are still facing long delays sometimes up to 8 hours, despite extra ferries being laid on overnight to try and help clear the easter getaway backlog. you re watching bbc news. first is sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. brendan rodgers pays the price at leicester city, he departs afterfour years in charge. newcastle move above manchester united into third after beating them at st james park and who can stop england another record extending womens six nations victory, with italy no match today. also coming up on sportsday. max verstappen wins a delayed australian grand prix after three red flags and a bizarre and confusing climax. and who s next for anthonyjoshua after victory at the 02, talk turns to whether he ll face tyson fury. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. the battle to avoid relegation from the premier league is set for an excitin
of five parties, all led by women. time for some sport here on bbc news. hello i m hugh ferris. afterjust seven months in charge, graham potter has been sacked by chelsea. losing again yesterday saw them drop to 11th in the premier league and they weren t the only top flight team to part company with their manager today. here s nesta mcgregor. ato a to know the feed to aston villa at stamford bridge a result that salt chelsea drop it to the bottom half of the premier league fans far from happy and 11th defeat in 31 games. although graham potter was optimistic. iii although graham potter was optimistic although graham potter was otimistic. ,, ., , ,, optimistic. if you look at the steps a art from optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the main optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the main one optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the main one there - optimistic. if you look at the steps a
although graham potter was optimistic. if you look at the steps apart from the main one there a lot of positives there but at the moment, it doesn t feel too positive. just over 2a hours later a statement from the club thanking him for his contributions, but announcing his departure after less than seven months in the job. after what could be considered a successful three seasons at brighton, one of europe s biggest clubs proved to be too much. joining in a five year deal which came with heavy financial support he spent around 300 million around january s transfer window. but despite reaching the quarterfinals of the champions league, chelsea s domestic form failed to match that of its european exploits. company wants to give graham potter every possible chance i think it is for wins and 16 now and under previous managemnt, he would ve gone a long time ago. there have been numerous changes in managers the season with leicester city having parted company with micro to a few ho
on sunday down under, f1 turned topsy turvy. its lights out and away we go. do when you need a healthy mix of luck and skill, verstappen had an early lead but behind the luck for the clare runner up i turned three. running out a few laps later, categorised by chaos and crashes, although the subsequent red flag dropped russell down to seven. on the restart, max verstappen was running red hot to hit the front and scamper off into the distance, the dutchman maybe not as warm as russell whose luck was extinguished in flames. more carnage, three separate incidents, both taking each other out and nobody could quite fathom it. the leaders avoided at all and sometimes, better lucky. better in verstappen s case,
behind, the luck for the clare ran out by turn three. this ran out a few laps later and categorised by chaos and crashes others of subsequent red flag stopped russell down to seventh. 0n the restart, max was running red hot to the front and scamper off into the distance, the dutchman maybe not as warm as russell was luck was extinguished and the flicker of flame. near the end, another red flag and start and carnage in three separate incidents taking each other out, nobody could quite fathom it. the leaders avoided at all, sometimes lucky. better and max s case, but also still very good. so a hugely controversial race, with a whole host of talking points, not least the introduction of three red flags requiring the race to be restarted. many of the drivers were left unhappy, and even the winner max verstappen said the race was a confusing mess . the second red flag was really