An afternoon of live sport begins with coverage of the Davis Cup from the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, as Britain take on Portugal in the Euro-African zone group one tie. Hazel Irvine presents the action as Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski spearhead the British assault in their respective singles matches. Commentary is by John Barrett , David Mercer , Peter Fleming and John Lloyd. Coverage continues at 2.05 on BBC1, with highlights tonight at 12.40am on BBC2.
Interspersed with the action from Birmingham is coverage from day two of the Aintree Grand National meeting. The featured race is the 3.10 Melling Chase with other starts at 2.35, 3.45 and 4.20. Presented by Clare Balding, with commentary by Jim McGrath, Tony O'Hehir, John Hanmer, Richard Pitman, Peter Scudamore,
Jonathan Powell and Angus Loughran. A preview of tomorrow's Grand
National can be seen at 7.30pm. (W)
Racing may be affected by foot-and-mouth restrictions.
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