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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  December 11, 2023 2:45am-3:01am GMT

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hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the premier league, where manchester city brought their run of four games without a win to an end after coming from behind to win 2—1 at luton. city were without the league's top striker erling haaland, who was missing with a foot injury, and the home side took advantage at the end of the first half. elijah adebayo heading home, to put luton on course for what could have been one of the big upsets of the season. but not to be in the end as city came out and delivered in the second half. bernardo silva and jack grealish with the goals for the victory, which ends pep guardiola's streak of four league matches without a win. they're still fourth, two points behind aston villa. luton stay in the bottom three.
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it is a challenge. people say city is overrated. 0k. this is the challenge that we have ahead of us. prove them they are wrong and still being there in the way they run and fight and they, you know, they come here and behave like we behave and am very, very proud. i thought we were really brave and the performance was excellent. without the ball, really aggressive, trying to not allow them to get their rhythm and get their game going. i thought we took the ball, we took it, we were brave and i think the goal was an excellent example of that as well, so frustrated, to be honest, especially when you go 1—0 up, but full credit to manchester city — that is what top teams do. tottenham have also been struggling recently but ended
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their run of five games without a win in emphatic style by beating newcastle 4—1. spurs captain son heung—min was the standout player at the tottenham hotspur stadium, providing two assists and scoring his tenth league goal of the season from a penalty he won. injury—ravaged newcastle got a late consolation with joelinton�*s first goal of the season. the win keeps spurs fifth in the table, three points behind manchester city. newcastle remain in seventh. some part of me thinks i am being too harsh on them because apart from newcastle — and you can see in newcastle today, they are the only other club with the injury attrition that we have. it is very hard in this league. it is unrelenting. you miss one or two key players, you will slip, and when you miss virtually half your squad... we've gone through a tough time. hopefully, we're coming to the other side. it was great to see pepe and richie coming in tonight and get some minutes under their belt. hopefully, we will come out the other side. a difficult moment for us.
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we probably expected it to come a little earlier than it has. i think it has been very good to sustain the results that we have been having. the last two have been tough games, not us at our best and physically looked fatigued today but, as you say, difficult to do much about it. everton showed their resolve, claiming a third premier league victory in a row, putting further distance between themselves and the bottom three despite their ten—point deduction punishment for breaching financial rules. sean dyche�*s side beat chelsea 2—0 — that's the london club's seventh defeat in the league this season — and drops them down to 12th place. today, we have had to fight against a very, very good chelsea side and a top manager, in my opinon, someone i have a lot of respect for. we've had to fight and do the ugly hard yards, stay resilient as a team, defend and recover and stay solid and we have done that against a very good side with good individual players.
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i think we started the game really— i think we started the game really well. we dominate and, of course, we were not a better side than everton and football — we were clinical, clinical in front of the goal and we created — we had chances and we did not complete. we are disappointed. rauljimenez continued his return to form with another goal as fulham thrashed lacklustre west ham to record their second five—goal victory in five days at craven cottage. it lifted fulham into the top half of the table, three points behind ninth—placed west ham, who missed the chance to climb into the premier league's top six. the players understood the plan and expressed themselves on the pitch and i think we played really well. when the players cannot understand... you know that that you are playing premier league and you are playing a football club as well. we are enjoying and the fans are enjoying, for sure. but to win with this score is something
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that does not happen often, even to the top levels of this competition. they fight for titles in this competition and you can imagine for us, we enjoy. we wa nt we want it always more. where ou we want it always more. where you probably — we want it always more. where you probably started _ we want it always more. where you probably started with - we want it always more. where you probably started with a - you probably started with a sports _ you probably started with a sports game has played such a bil sports game has played such a big part — sports game has played such a big part of today. mentally, we found it tough — and physically as well. not many teams have thursday—sunday games as many as we have had and then, we get another one — two premier league games back to back away from home. certainly has not helped us. it has not helped us but we got a good win at tottenham. if you got two drawers, we probably would have the matter is a good — probably would have the matter is a good result but to take the two _ is a good result but to take the two points, i am not too disappointed. the top of the table looks like this. liverpool finish the weekend at the top following their victory over crystal palace and arsenal's failure to beat aston villa. manchester city close the gap — they're nowjust four points off the top. spurs stay in fifth. fulham are also in the top half
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after their huge win this afternoon. and in the bottom half, everton pull further clear of safety. chelsea are in 12th place after that defeat to everton. luton stay in the relegation after their loss to manchester city. in spain, girona stunned barcelona to go top of spain's la liga. there were scenes of wild celebration from girona's players and staff as they got their first ever victory over their neighbours, running out 4—2 winners. it puts girona two points clear of real madrid at the top of the table with barca down in fourth behind atletico madrid, who are in third. to the women's super league now, where the title race is really hotting up after arsenal thrashed leaders and defending wsl champions chelsea 4—1. the game took place in front of a record crowd ofjust over 59,000 at emirates stadium, and the home side clearly relished the support.
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alessia russo scored twice as the gunners went level on points with chelsea, who only top the table now on goal difference. i don't think we have hit that level of performance yet this season, so it was really pleasing to see, and i think it has been part of what we have been saying that we need to grow and develop. we know we have that level in us and probably another level as well. but this was the high so far, so this was very pleasing to see. they bullied and they harassed and we did not compete anywhere and i think the whole team was poor for us today. and when you play a good team and you are down away from home, then 4—1, everything is an uphill battle and i think it was an extremely difficult game to coach. elsewhere, manchester united moved up to fourth place with an emphatic 4—0 win at tottenham. spurs are in sixth and are now winless in five league games. cricket, and england's women have lost the third and final
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t20 against india but they did win the series 2—1. england batted first in mumbai, heather knight with a captain's innings as she made 52 on the way to a below par total of 126 with four batters out for golden ducks. 0pener smriti mandhana got india off to an excellent start with a knock of 48 as the home side chased down the runs with an over to spare, winning by five wickets. the two sides play a one—off test this week on thursday in mumbai. when i put the guys in the team who were in the team, out first ball. that score for us, to still come reasonably close in a tight game against the best 11 so, like i said, i was pleased with the learnings that we will take from this game. in australia, the men's big bash league game between melbourne renegades and perth scorchers was abandoned afterjust 41
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deliveries because of an unsafe pitch. the players were taken off the field after the umpires stopped play to inspect the pitch. the decision was greeted by boos from the fans. we finish with the newly crowned men's and women's kitesurfing freestyle world champions following the world cup finals in qatar. in the women's event, reigning world champion mikaili sol did her best to retain the title in doha but a drop in wind for the final meant first place was shared by four surfers — a result which was good enough for championship leader, brazil's bruna kajiya. at the age of 36, she's the oldest woman on the tour, picking up herfourth freestyle world title. 0n the men's side, carlos mario — also from brazil — had been dominant through most of the season and victory here seals his fifth championship. that's nearly it for us for now. just time to recap our top story — manchester city came from behind to end their four—game winless run with a 2—1victory at luton
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but remain in fourth place in the premier league table. that's it from all of us. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app orfrom our website. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc, sport centre, goodbye. hello. for the second evening in a row, we've seen gusts over 70mph hit wales. of course, on saturday evening, it was storm elin that brought the very strong winds whereas sunday evening, it was storm fergus with a top gust of 74mph recorded at aberdaron. now, those very blustery conditions will tend to ease over the next few hours but the winds picking up for a time across the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england. might be strong enough to wake you from your slumbers. further north, the winds will be that bit lighter
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and it's here where we'll see the lowest temperatures. in scotland, 2—5 degrees. otherwise, the winds keeping those temperatures up for northern ireland, england and wales, so between 6 and 9 degrees, so quite a mild start to the day on monday. now, monday, any rain left over across eastern england clearing pretty quickly but there will be some patches of light rain coming and going for the day across eastern scotland. some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and north—west midlands but otherwise, it's a day where the weather will continue to get brighter and brighter with sunny spells breaking out widely and those temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland. aberdeen�*s already had over a month's worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the higher scottish mountains but nothing to get excited about — it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely
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into double figures but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6 or 7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday. as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england but also dropping the temperatures progressively through the day such that by the time we get to the afternoon, we're looking at temperatures typically around 6 or 7 degrees, feeling quite a bit cooler, but in scotland, around 3—4 for some. and then, we have a weather front moving into that cold air wednesday night. could turn to snow for a time over the hills above 300m elevation. the snow is short—lived — it will turn back to rain as slightly milder air begins to push in off the atlantic once again. that damp weather, then, continues eastwards on thursday. high pressure then takes over, giving us quite a long spell of dry and sunny weather. we have to wait until friday to see the best of that.
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live from washington, this is bbc news. hell on earth — is how the un's agency for palestinian refugees describes gaza. 18,000 are now said to have been killed. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky will be in washington this week as he tries to secure more funding for the war effort. and in argentina — right—wing libertarian economistjavier milei sworn in as president.
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hello, i'm helena humphries. it's been nine weeks since the attacks by hamas killed 1200 people and saw hundreds taken hostage. prime minister, benjamin netanyahu says �*it�*s the beginning of the end' for the group. but the number of civilian causalities in gaza continues to mount — with the hamas—run health ministry reporting that 18,000 palestinians have been killed since the start of israel's offensive. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees has described the situation in gaza as �*hell on earth' and the world health organisation has adopted a resolution calling for immediate humanitarian aid in gaza — saying there has been 499 attacks on healthcare in the region. civilians living in the other palestinian territory — the west bank — have had their rights and freedoms severely curtailed. our international editorjeremy bowen has this report. and a note, some images in his report are distressing. at al nasser hospital
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in khan younis, they laid out the wrapped bodies of people killed

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