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internet sensation, singing justin bieber hits. hello. a swiss plane has taken off from abu dhabi on the first-ever attempt to fly around the world using only the energy of the sun. the solar impulse ii could take five months to complete the 12 stages of the flight. it will be crisscrossing continents while spreading the word about clean technology. now, this is a pretty impressive project with some even more impressive figures. let's show you. two pilots will take turns to fly the single-seater plane on this 35,000 kilometer journey. the solar impulse ii has a wingspan of 72 meters. now, this is larger than that of a boeing 747, although a jumbo is almost 80 times heavier. built into the wings, this is the key, more than 17,000 ultra-efficient solar cells, which transfer energy to four electrical motors powering the plane's propellers. the pilots will have to stay awake for most of their time in the air. they're allowed nap times of just 20 minutes, confined in a cockpit not much bigger than a phone box. mark lavelle watched the launch in abu dhabi. >> reporter: preparing for the ride of their lives. the moment the swiss explorers have been waiting years for has come. >> in an adventure like this one, you have a lot of unknown, a lot of unexpected unpredictable. >> reporter: despite being surrounded by state of the art equipment, the pilot flies five days and five nights in cramped conditions in an aircraft that's difficult to maneuver. rather dauntingly, the battery-powered propellers pass over sea water, there's no room for error. the fragile plane needs extremely good weather conditions to take off and got them. after a small technical hitch, the solar plane took to the skies. flying solo each pilot can only take short bursts of closely controlled sleep. >> so when one pilot wants to go to sleep, they'll put these glasses on and have these yellow lights flash into both their eyes at different speeds. so what will that do? >> your brain will follow it so you can possibly cycle. >> for about how long? >> the pilots 20 minutes, because they've got to wake up every 20 minutes to check the equipment. >> reporter: permission for the experiments and airlines to enter air space in india, china, america, and europe over the next five months was secured by the swiss government. >> not only about chocolate, cheese, it's innovation science, ideas. >> reporter: the success of the mission will depend not just on the spread of its wings, but equally the spread of its message. mark lobel, bbc news abu dhabi. >> i spoke to connor lennon communications chief with server impulse at mission control in monaco a while ago and asked him about the plane's progress. >> the plane did take off with a bit of a delay from abu dhabi, due to a slight technical snag but that seems to have been resolved. we'll have a check on the plane when it does land in amman. and we're in amani air space now. long flights will be crossing the pacific and atlantic up to five days and nights. that's non-stop with no co-pilot in a cabin which is around the size of a box, around 3.8 meters cubed. >> that is an incredible endurance test really isn't it? tell us more about how the pilot will keep himself going. >> well we're more worried about the pilot than the plane, because we're very confident the plane can fly almost indefinitely. we know it can fly throughout the whole night using solar that's been stored throughout the day, but the pilot, how does he do it? we've had simulation tests. the pilots have been highly trained for this. there have been 72-hour tests in which the pilot has had lots of stimulus to make sure he can concentrate and his vigilance levels are high, we're very careful about the kind of food he eats, and each pilot has his own method of staying awake and vigilant. one of the pilots prefers yoga and meditation to make sure he can relax very quickly and have these short naps. and the other pilot prefers self-hypnosis. and again, this is a method to get you into a trance state, so you can really relax and switch off before you can re-take the controls. there's not a real auto pilot. the device we have allows you to relax for around a maximum of 20 minutes, but he'll get a vibration on his arm and he'll have to go back and take the controls again. >> connor lennon there. a landmark report reveals a culture of doping continues to exist in the world of cycling, following a year-long investigation in the commission heavily criticized the former leadership saying it turned a blind eye to the extent of doping in the 1990s and 2000s. the cycling independent review commission did clear the uci of corruption, but said it gave preferential treatment to lance armstrong. a total of 174 anti-doping experts, officials, riders, other interested parties were interviewed and these are the main points. respected professional cyclists believe that a significant number of the participants are still doping. the numbers they give vary from 90 to 20%. riders are micro-dosing. this is a new trend, of taking small, but regular amounts of a banned substance in order to fool the latest detection methods. the use of weight loss drugs, experimental medicine and powerful painkillers is widespread leading to eating disorders, depression even crashes. and doping has also spread into amateur cycling, where the report says it's now endemic. the bbc sports correspondent joins me now from the bbc sports center. is there anything in this report that we didn't know already? >> there's lots that's been alluded to in the past lots of suspicions and rumors but for the first time this report has laid bare that culture of doping that was throughout cycling in the 1990s and 2000s. but what is worrying for the sport is the fact that some of these cultures and problems are still an issue within professional cycling today and even extending now into the amateur ranks. that will be a concern for the uci under its new leadership with brian cookson. that will be a concern for fans of the sport, who has seen its image battered over the past few years, as these problems with doping, as these allegations and rumors continue to go on. now, what the uci are hoping is that this report will mark a line in the sand that they'll be able to move on from this point, having exposed and explained and looked into its toxic past. it will hope now that having analyzed those issues put into effect some robust procedures to deal with doping in its present and in its future the sport will be able to regain some credibility. >> but if we look at the loss of credibility for the sport, we have to talk about lance armstrong, don't we? and the way he was named and shamed. what does the report say about this? >> well what the report outlines is the cozy relationship that existed between two former presidents of the uci and lance arm strong. as you say, there were allegations of outright corruption have not been proven. they've been cleared of that. but that very, very close relationship between lance armstrong and the uci leadership is revealed. and it comes down to the fact that the uci placed their trust in the sport, their trust in lance armstrong to project his image, to propel it to new heights. and when they did that, they invested solely in him. they turned a blind eye to many of the allegations and many of the problems that came up in certain tests that lance armstrong undertook in winning those tour de france titles. the report shows how that relationship was -- you know wasn't in the best interest of the sport, didn't practice good governance when it came to looking at the allegations that were against lance armstrong. but they're hoping now that they can move on. lance we know lance armstrong was hoping that by cooperating with this report he would receive some reduction of a lifetime ban that he's received. it doesn't seem that the report has recommended that. it seems that lance armstrong will continue to carry the blame for this. and that's something his lawyers have said is unfair. he said there are other people that are involved in this. why should it be that lance armstrong carries the sole responsibility for what was in the report. it laid out a culture prevalent throughout the sport. >> richard conway thank you very much. in india, a tv network which was due to show a documentary about the rape and murder of a young woman in delhi stopped its programs for an hour in protest at the film being banned. instead, ndtv simply showed an image of the film's title, "india's daughter." the documentary also includes an interview with one of the offenders, blaming his victim for what happened. the indian government banned the broadcast, citing what it termed objectionable content. in delhi, many people have expressed their approval of the network's decision. >> there was a lot of support for the network on social media and when it brought forward, the same novel protests right during its prime-time show last night, when it would have showed the documentary, but, of course was unable to do so because of the government's ban. a lot of people on social media congratulating the network for, you know standing up basically, for what some believe, at least, is a completely unnecessary ban on a documentary that many have been writing about over the weekend, as one that many indians should be made to see, because of what it says about indian society. >> so the controversy now is as much about the censorship as about the documentary itself. >> yes, i think so. i think what's happened is that it's really come down to whether people believe that the government was right to block the viewing of this documentary here in india. and even attempts to try to block it outside of the country. because of the nature of the internet of course, there are many indians who have been able to view it illegally. and therefore, there are some who are arguing that you know, it's quite futile to try to ban something. dst there's been a lot written up as well about what this says to india's approach to criticism on issues that it needs to confront. but equally, of course the original voices which were angry at the documentary being made at the comments that one of the convicts was heard saying on tape and of course the controversy of whether it should have been made and aired in the first place, it hasn't gone way, because those voices are still around as well. >> and san joey another serious developing story about the -- what seems to be a lynching of a suspected rapist in northeast india. there have been arrests made there? >> yes, an absolutely shocking story. this just took place in the northeast of india last week when a man, a muslim from the neighboring state, who was in prison after being arrested for alleged rape was dragged out of the prison by a mob several hundred, some say even bigger dragged through the streets, stripped, and then beaten to death. 21 people have been arrested because at this moment it's not even very clear if you know, if those charges were even true. but the investigation hasn't really gone much further. it's not clear whether these 21 who have been arrested had something to do directly with his death or if just suspects were picked up because they happened to be there at the same time. >> now, i've left the cat walk but alice is here to give us a taste of today's business news. >> i am indeed on the catwalk, because after months of speculation and weeks of debate on whether it will work today the european central bank finally starts its quantitative easing program. the plan which will essentially pump new money into the financial system aims to trigger growth in the stagnating eurozone. deflation and high unemployment means that the region's economies continue to struggle seven years after financial crisis first kicked off. now, later today, apple will unveil its latest offering for your wrist. as the tech giant strives to innovate, will fans be impressed by the watch? and there are plenty of questions that people want answered. how much will an apple watch cost what will its target margin. well, since the launch of the iphone 6 in september last year, apple share prices have risen nearly 30%, with the number of handsets being sold continuing to break records. for the first quarter alone, the company reported staggering profits of over $18 billion, the biggest by any company in history. but can a watch that needs recharging each day really offer the profitability margins that apple investors have got used to? well, in world business report we'll be taking a closer look at the already quite crowded smart watch market and ask, will apple be able to repeat the success of the ipod, the iphone and the ipad, of course. let's have a quick look to see how european markets are getting on. and of course today is quantitative easing, today. we'll be talking about that at length and how some markets are reacting across europe. again, that's all the business news. back to you, philippa. >> thank you very much. and do stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come an amazing survival story. find out how a toddler survived for 14 hours after the car she was in crashed into an icy river in utah. you want an advanced degree, but sometimes work can get in the way. now capella university offers flexpath, a revolutionary new program that allows you to earn a degree at your pace and graduate at the speed of you. flexpath from capella university. this is bbc world news. i'm philippa thomas. our latest headlines. a record-breaking attempt to fly a solar-powered plane around the world is underway after taking off from abu dhabi. the world body of cycling is accused of giving lance armstrong preferential treatment in its handling of doping cases. america's top military officer, general martin dempsey, has landed in baghdad as iraqi forces battle the islamic state group in their largest operation against the jihadists to date. here's what kind of update the general can expect. >> general martin dempsey comes at a very intriguing stage, as the iraqi troops and powerful shia militias are trying to dislodge the so-called islamic state militant group from one of the strategic cities the city of tikrit. general dempsey will meet the iraqi ministry of defense officials. will meet the minister of defense, will hold later in the day a press conference. many things on the agenda really. especially the tikrit operation. there is criticism here in iraq for the u.s. being on the sidelines leading the charge. so this is the latest update on mr. martin dempsey's visit. >> is that slightly awkward, diplomatically, isn't it? the fact that iran is so involved and the fact that tehran and washington have common ground. >> there is a shared desire from both washington and tehran to dislodge and to deface the islamic state militant group. however, also there is a hidden conflict between both countries. the united states says that the iraqi government, of course iraq's a sovereign country, and they haven't asked for the u.s. support in the tikrit operation, which is the largest so far since the extremist group seized large territories of iraq since january 2014. however however, iran, according to the iraqis, and they very much support and appreciative any role-playing played by any country, whether it's the united states of america or iran iran reportedly providing them with weapons, training, a sure thing is military advice. >> ahmed maher there. in other news a close friend of the murdered russian opposition leader, boris nemtsov, says suggestions that he was killed by islamist extremists are nonsensical. two men have appeared in a moscow court accused with his murder. they say one admitted his involvement. three other men have been arrested. residents in a village in nigers says 200 vehicles from soldiers from chad and niger have crossed the border into nigeria to battle boko haram militants. it's the sfirs incursion deep into nigeria from troops from niger whosoever have only fought in the border area. boko haram has pledged allegiance to the shelf declared islamic state. venezuela will begin installing around 20,000 fingerprint scanners at supermarkets across the country to reduce food hoarding. the government has introduced food rationing along the border with colombia where food smuggling is a major problem. let's take you to the u.s. now, where a baby girl has been rescued from a car more than 14 hours after it crashed and overturned in a river in utah. her mother died at the scene. the 18-month-old was found hanging upsidedown above the icy water, still strapped into her car seat. our north american correspondent, alastair has more. >> reporter: saved by a car seat which left the infant trapped, but safely suspended, just above the icy water. so cold even the 18-month-old baby's rescuers had to be treated for hypothermia. the crash happened at night, and wasn't discovered for 14 hours. >> where the car was at you couldn't see it from the roadway. there was a fisherman that was -- that came to fish along the river and noticed a vehicle in the river called 911. >> the child's 25-year-old mother died when the car crashed off the road on the short drive home from her parent's house. >> i have been able to confirm that she had visited some family in salem last night around 10:00. she left salem between 10:00 and 10:30 last night, was headed home to springville. the family didn't know that she did not arrive. >> reporter: the baby is still critically ill but stable at a children's hospital. a remarkable survival of a terrible accident. alastair phillippe, bbc news los angeles. a musical note now. two teenage sisters from pakistan have become an internet sensation after their version of the pop star justin bieber's song "baby" went viral. this in a conservative society where girls singing in public is usually frowned upon. our pakistan correspondent went to lahore to meet them. ♪ >> reporter: a justin bieber song with a pakistani flair. ♪ baby, baby oh, baby ♪ >> reporter: they're practicing their favorite tune. ♪ >> reporter: they barely speak any english, but they transcribe the words. more for fun than anything else. but then this happened. ♪ this amateur video shot on the streets of punjab didn't take long to go viral, and the sisters are now known. >> we've been singing since we were very young. we love justin bieber songs because they touch our hearts. when we heard "baby," we started jumping and dancing around and we just lost ourselves to it. >> you know when i heard the song, i forgot to eat or drink. i was just listening. i kept practicing and practicing until i learned it by heart. >> reporter: since then the girls have had a taste of the spotlight. with live performances and the all-important makeover. the teenage sisters don't go to school. they normally help out with the housework. so this newfound fame is a big change from life in their poor neighborhood. >> we really didn't expect all of this to happen to us. because of this video, we got on a plane for the first time and we've been on tv. that's always been our dream. we had our hair and makeup done. all of it was like magic. so who knows what will happen next. >> reporter: this just shows you how popular they are. it's the roof of their house and this is where they like to come to practice. but people in this very poor neighborhood of lahore have come up to hear them sing. and it's this kind of attention the girls are telling me they're still trying to get used to. ♪ >> reporter: the sisters hope to travel the world if they ever make it big. the first stop they say, will be to visit justin bieber. rnchts rnchts. let's remind you of our top story. a swiss plane has taken off from abu dhabi in the first attempt to fly around the world to fly around the world. they have solar panels the size of a jumbo jet because weighs no more than a large family car. 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understand? no sudden movements. google search: bodega beach house. ♪ ♪ ♪ hershey's spreads. bring the delicious taste of hershey's chocolate to anything - everything. with hershey's spreads, the possibilities are delicious. now? from today, the ecb will start flooding the eurozone with money in an attempt to stimulate growth. but is it a case of too little too late? and apple looks to take another bite out of their competition. yes, that's right. it's almost time for the launch of the much-hyped smart watch. could it really be what the company's hoping for? hello there. a very warm welcome. this is world business report with me alice baxter. in a moment, we'll be hearing from the world's biggest advertising firms. but after months of speculation and weeks of debate on whether it will work today the european central bank finally starts its trillion euro quantitative easing program. the plan which will essentially pump new money into the financial system aims to trigger growth in the stagnating eurozone. deflation and high unemployment means that the region's economy continues to struggle seven years after the financial crisis first kicked off. we'll be hoping to talk to our correspondent, who's at the site of the ecb's meeting in just a moment. but first, the world's biggest advertising company, wpp, has reported record profits. the firm made almost $2.2 billion in 2014. that's a rise of 12% on the year before. now, the global giant aimed to host ad agencies all around the world, including jwt and employ some 175,000 people. speaking to world business report a little earlier, wwp chief executive gave us his thoughts on what the bumps in the road might be and how they might affect the global economy in 2015. >> i bundle russia and ukraine with western continental europe. so europe remaining the question mark. u.s. is strong. china, i think, is very strong. we had a good end to the year and start of 2015 in china. india is the star of the brics, brazil russia indian and china. so the u.s. tapering its impact on equity markets sort of worries me. obviously, the middle east worries me. but i think on balance the situation in europe not greece the only thing about greece is that if concessions were made is what impact that would have on other countries that are in difficult positions and a weakening of resolve in relation to what needs to be done in europe. but on balance, i think the ukraine, russia sanctions, and the situation in western continental europe. >> so let's head back to our top story, and the european central bank finally beginning its trillion euro quantitative easing program. jamian mcginnis joins us live from germany where the european central bank is based. damian it's finally happening, isn't it? the ecb expected to put out 850 billion iuoriosyour euros between now and 2016. do we know which governments and which economies they're looking at at this stage? do we know that level of detail? >> well, what we do know alice, the main points is to help the weaker eurozone economies. the idea is really as you mentioned earlier, is to get people spending to boost consumption, to boost faith in the eurozone project. but we have to remember here in germany, this is incredibly unpopular. germany the largest economy in europe. it's very important what germany thinks. and there are real doubts here from german economists whether the, whether it's not even necessary, but even a good economy. some german economists argue at the moment we're not really see deflation in the eurozone. they say that actually prices are low simply because of low oil and gas prices. there are also fears here in germany that pumping or printing money, effectively, could, essentially, cause asset bubbles, such as soaring house prices or soaring stock prices which is something we've already started to see here in germany. so there are real doubts about whether it's wise. at the same time though there is an acceptance that weaker eurozone companies do need help and a lot of german consumers accept that even if prices rise here in germany, if other weaker eurozone economies help, this would also help boost german exports. it's a very complicated picture, but it's still the case that quantitative easing is extremely unpopular here in germany, mainly because of fears of inflation rather than deflation. >> okay. damian as you say, so a lot of questions unanswered. is it too little too late? we'll have to see, won't we? damian mcginniss live in france where that meeting is taking place. now, they say apple is expected to reveal more details on its offering for your wrist. apple tech giant strive to innovate. will fans be impressed by a watch? now, there are plenty of questions that people want answered. how much will an apple watch cost? what will be its target market. and will its margins mean that apple can continue to report record results. well since the launch of the iphone 6 in september last year apple share prices have risen nearly 30%, with a number of handsets being sold continuing to break records. in the first quarter alone, the company reported staggering profits of over $18 billion. the biggest by any company in history. but can a watch that needs recharging each day really offer the profitability margins that apple investors have gotten used to? well, let's talk live now to tom parsons. he's the review editor at tech magazine. good to talk to you, tom. a smartphone watch market is already pretty crowded. there's lots of choice skpruktand products out there. what's going to make the apple watch so exponentially different that people will want to rush out and buy it? >> in short, it comes down to the fact it's an apple watch. the millions of fans they've already got have been resisting joining the smart watch market because they don't have a watch that's completely designed for their operating system. so the apple watch, they've essentially been waiting for the apple watch and when it arrives, there are already millions of preorders the moment it goes on sale. >> now, there are also things we don't know yet about this watch. but one thing we do know and i hinted at earlier, is this problem with the battery life. one report i was reading says a worst-case scenario if it is subject to very heavy usage, you may have to recharge your battery every 2 1/2 hours. people aren't going to want that, are they? >> i think that's a very extreme case. we don't know for sure. we do know that tim cook has said that he expects to be charging it every day based on the amount you use it. i think, essentially, you're not going to use a smart watch in the same way you would use your phone. so i think over a mixed use, you'd probably expect to get a day. i don't think that's ideal. there's always a compromise we have between the screen and the power and the battery life. other watches have gone down a more simple display route to get batteries that last much, much longer. clearly, that's not an option for apple. they want to wow fans with a beautiful display and loads of apps. >> let's talk about the beauty of this. we know that a lot of emphasis is being faced on how this watch is going to look. is that something that has really turned people off smart watches in the past. we do know that there's going to be a selection of high-end models with gold sapphire encased, 18 karat rose. we think the top-end price could be about $10,000 for that one. not exactly sure -- who's going to buy this? >> i think at the top end, it's hard to imagine. i mean it's all based on rumors. but we've heard prices ranging from $1,500 to $10,000, as you say. i think those are very limited headline grabbers for the very rich who might want something sort of collectible, a piece of what they see might be future tech history. the starting price is going to be about $359. that's going to be the more basic version, with the sort of mid-range one about $500 one, we think. but we'll have to wait to find out. >> many thanks for joining me here on the program. for me and the team, that's all the business for this hour. word. 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(announcer) built to be there for your family. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you want it ♪ ♪ go out and get it ♪ vo: 85 percent of people who travel will go someplace they've already been. where's the fun in that? it's time to find someplace new. book the hotel you want with the flight you want and we'll find the savings to get you there. hello. i'm chris mitchell, this is sport today live from the bbc sport center. coming up, the bell tolls for england at the world cup. lose to bangladesh and they're out. turning a blind eye, the cycling governing body is criticized heavily over its handling of doping in the sports. and six months off, five shots back you pick johnston to win the cadillac championship, right? probably not. england had four wickets remaining and 106 runs to get, if they're to stay in the contradict world cup. hello, this is "sport today." bangladesh are on the cusp of making the quarter finals arguably their best-ever performance at the tournament. in contrast england's contradict is struggling against them. bangladesh made a modest with 275-7 in their 50 overs. matt madulla, sewing the sinning together scoring 103 before being run out. england made a solid start. ian bell and morgan, out in quick succession leaving 121 for 4. let's have a look at the scorecard. this is how we stand right now. 173 for 6 of 38 overs. it's in the ballots. and you can keep up to date all the time with this on our website. let's have a look at how pool ", a" stands. their best performance since they made the super eight, as they were back in 2007. as i keep saying lose england are out. you can keep up to date here at our website, bbc.com/sport. follow the links to the contradictcricket pages. okay the former leadership of cycling world governing body has been criticized heavily in a landmark report which suggests the uci, the sport's governing body turned a blind eye to the extent of doping going on in the sport during the 1990s and 2000s. the report published just a few hours ago by the cycling independent review commission says it gave preferential treatment to lance armstrong and didn't really want to catch cheats. richard conway joins me now. there will be a lot of people watching this right now, saying we knew all of this already. tell us something we don't know. but this report is damning, and therefore, quite shocking. >> chris, this report was established by the uci's new president, brian cookson, 13 months ago, to uncover top cycling toxic legacy. this was about dealing with the past. but what this report has done has exposed there are still problems today. still problems within cycling. one former respected cyclist, as the report says says that 90% of the professional ranks could still be doping. one said it's down to 20%. whatever it is, the report lays bare there are issues still ongoing, things like microdoping, the use of therapeutic uses of performance enhancing drugs, that needs to be tightened up on. lots of issues for present-day cycling, and a thorough examination of the relationship between its two former presidents and, of course that key man, cycling's poster boy for many years, lance armstrong. >> that's the point, isn't it? people will say, we knew about the past what about the future? it's the future that cycling needs to be concerned about. does this report deal with the future of cycling? >> the report in many ways doesn't. it has a recommendation it says it wants to see implemented to help cycling, you know, not return to a situation where everyone in the peleton was doping. and this is what the situation was. the excuse time and again is that everybody was at this. everybody was doing it. if you were going to succeed, if you were going to win, you had to join in. cycling doesn't want to go back to that situation, but it recognizes that the temptation will always be there. speaking to the bbc sport last month, lance armstrong outlined this very point. >> and i don't want to be the debby downer that says well this is always going to be around. i mean the temptation will always be there. i think there's two things. one, how doping or anybody that wants to dope competes against, you know, the authorities or the labs. that's going to go like this right? it has to. i think the real key thing, is there with that cultural shift that started in 2006, how strong is it? because it's going to be tested. there's going to be something. it's not epo, it might be x, y, z, it might be a, b, c, whatever. it's going to come along and test that culture. >> interesting to hear from lance armstrong always. does this report draw a line in the sand? >> the uci certainly want that, but today the united states anti-doping agency saying it is looking at the key findings looking at the recommendations that this report has made. it hasn't ruled out taking further action if it feels there are certain individuals who have crossed lines, who have broken rules. i think this is certainly the beginning of the end for cycling in terms of this but it's a long way to go yet for the sport. >> okay richard. thank you very much for joining us. six months off, five shots behind, you wouldn't have picked him to win, but dustin johnson did just that. he overcame jb holmes and bubba watson to claim the wgc cadillac event after a lengthy absence from the game. just a warning, the report from roy kelly now does contain some flash photography. >> reporter: it's been a long wait but it was worth it in the end. dustin johnson on the return to the pga tour last month after his leave of absence to deal with personal issues but his charge on the final round of overnight leader of the last 18 first on meltdown makes it look like he's never been away. homer led by five shots on saturday night, yet somehow managed to snatch defeat from a senior lead invincible position. this typified his round. it also looked like masters champion bubba watson might take advantage, but his back nine produced three boeingis. even that was better than a very out of form, roy mackcelroy. after dispatching it into the lake on friday he got it back and used it to dispatch the ball into the very same place. he finished ninth. but the smile belonged to johnson as he completed his ninth pga tour victory and number six in the world. something to tell his son in years to come. roy callye bbc news. 181 for 6, 40 overs. england are in trouble. so england haven't won a world cup knockout match since the tournament was last held in australia in 1992. and it looks like at the moment, they may not get a chance to play one. 181 for 6, 40 everies, bangladesh setting a start of 276. it's not looking good for england. but perhaps not as bad as 2011 when england were beaten by island and bangladesh. you can get all the very latest at our website, bbc.com/sport. that's the sports. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? 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