the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and served as president for seven years from 2001. you re watching bbc news. coming up in a few minutes is the travel show, but first here s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak coming up on tonight s programme. harry kane makes history as tottenham stop manchester city from closing the gap to arsenal at the top of the premier league. france fight back in rome to avoid one of the great shocks in six nations history. and after a wait of more than eight decades, can great britain s four man bobsleigh team bring home a medal? hello and welcome to sportsday. totte n ha m tottenham have boosted their hopes for a finish but they have done their north london arsenal. arsenal s lead at the top remains five points, despite their defeat at everton yesterday. after a win at tottenham. spurs took the lead after 15 minutes pierre emile
and quite remarkably, in it went. the 31 year old finished on 17 under par, one clear of his rivals. this second dp world tour win is all the more impressive when you consider he was struggling with a back injury and had been unable to practice heading into the tournament. i thought had given it away to be honest. i thought once i get to the green, have to hold that to make the play offs. when i hold it i thought i still had a chance of winning, and then i what down there and saw the leader leaderboard. state man took victory in the irish champion hurdle by beating three time winner honeysuckle at leopardstown. the favourite trained by willie mullins and ridden by paul townend denied rachael blackmore s mount honeysuckle a fourth successive win. mullins said state man, who has five consecutive wins over hurdles, did everything right in the race. that s all from sportsday.
the tussle and had the muscle. the penalty try. tommy allen then kicked them in front ten years on from their last win over the french, a decade of dashed dreams so matthieu jalibert as s finish felt all too familiar. france s title defence up and running for all the hope ends in roman ruins. 84 years ago that was the last time great britain won a first four man bobsleigh medal at the world championships until today in st moritz. pilot brad hall, taylor lawrence, greg cackett and arran gulliver finished joint second with latvia bringing the long wait to an end. dan 0gunshakin has more: winning has become a familiar habit for brad hall and great britain s four man bobsleigh team. in san