leading administrators. he succeeded peter dawson as the boss of the r&a afterjoining the st andrews based organisations in 2015. one of the most charismatic bosses in f1 has left his role. haas team principal guenther steiner, who has been with the team since its inception in 2016, has been replaced by former director of engineering ayao komatsu. mark allen is the latest player through to the quarter finals of snooker s masters for the first time since he won the tournament in 2018. he needed a deciding 11th frame to beatjohn higgins 6 5. hazel irvine is leading the bbc s coverage at alexandra palace. day four at alexander palace in the match between two great former winners of this event, mark allen and john higgins. wow, it wasn t pretty. but now it s allen who was
i remind everyone that there was a i was a member ten years in among the council now. they exist for us, not the other way around. the rfq is the guardian of the whole game. and it s their responsibility to help the game grow on all levels. rfe you. you re watching sportsday. let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. brisbane heat have secured a home quarterfinal in the big bash league with sam billings helping them to a 23 run win over the perth scorchers for whom laurie evans half century was in vain in a match between the top two in the table. steve smith will replace david warner as australia s test opener despite having never batted in the position during his career. he ll open alongside usman khawaja in the first test against west indies later this month. warner retired after the series clean sweep over pakistan last week. royal and ancient chief executive martin slumbers is to step down from his role at the end of 2024 after nine years
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been found guilty and they might ve been mitigating factors that had watered down thatjudgment. not anymore. there will be a confirm suspension depending on the severity of how long that suspension will be and that depends on how severe the actual abuse was in the first place with up to explain the catalyst for why this is happening earlier today i spoke to rugby football union head of disciplinary. covid gave us a chance to head of disciplinary. covid gave us a chance to look head of disciplinary. covid gave us a chance to look back head of disciplinary. covid gave us a chance to look back at head of disciplinary. covid gave us a chance to look back at things - head of disciplinary. covid gave us| a chance to look back at things and the level a chance to look back at things and the level of a chance to look back at things and the level of abuse orjust respect of match the level of abuse orjust respect of match officials were at a level we needed to take action with. we under
the first at 16 3. 6 3 he said the match was exactly what he needed as he stepped up his preparations for the australian open although he might have preferred in early and night. squandering a match on tiebreak. the second seed beat in the final here last year persevered. next up a court of final meeting with chili s world number 82. norrie is assured a spot in the main draw but mark raducanu is first draw but emma raducanu is first grand slam for a year is uncertain. mr charity match yesterday with soren is she skipping another exhibition tomorrow. but her participation in the australian open is unlikely to be affected. some brits already in the draw five more hoping to keep alive their hopes ofjoining them on wednesday. oliver crawford who only last week which the allegiance from the united states saw off belarus is in the first round of qualifying for them was beaten, mixed fortunes on the women s side after 11 straight appearances