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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  January 22, 2024 1:45am-2:01am GMT

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welcome along, thank you forjoining us. we start at the top of the english premier league, with liverpool extending their lead to five points after a 4—0 win away at bournemouth. after a goalless first half amidst high winds on the english south coast, jurgen klopp's side pushed on with two goals from darwin nunez and a couple too from diegojota. the win moves them five clear of manchester city, arsenal and aston villa, though city have a game in hand. despite missing some big names through injury, the liverpool boss is pleased with how his side are reacting: everything was better. the counter press was better, and so we put them really under pressure and scored wonderful goals. we all know, sometimes the ball rolls in the corner and goes in the post,
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but it was well played anyway. impact from the bench again as well. it turned into a pretty good evening. i -ood evenin-. think we were really -ood. to keep i think we were really good. to keep the — i think we were really good. to keep the game more or less level— keep the game more or less level for— keep the game more or less level for 45 minutes, i would say even _ level for 45 minutes, i would say even we had more chances in the first— say even we had more chances in the first half but in the end you — the first half but in the end you need to beat this kind of opposition, you need moments of inspiration — opposition, you need moments of inspiration to make a difference and they had the special— difference and they had the special in the second half and we didn't _ meanwhile, mohammed salah will to return to liverpool for treatment on the hamstring injury he suffered at the africa cup of nations for egypt. the striker is set to miss his country's next two games at afcon after the muscle injury he sustained in egypt's 2—2 draw with ghana on thursday. egypt face cape verde on monday and need to win if they're to be guaranteed a place in the knockout stages. the latest ever goal scored in the english premier league saw bottom side
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sheffield united snatch a 2—2 with west ham in sunday's other game in the premier league. frustration for hammers boss david moyes at the end as a 103rd—minute penalty was scored by oli mcburnie, with both sides ending the game with ten men. sheffield united are seven points from safety whilst west ham remain sixth. their manager david moyes was unhappy with the decisions that went against his side: disappointed in the end, because we should have easily, not easily, but should have comfortably got ourselves three points today. i see it as two points dropped. i'm not going to come out and say too much, because we are the ones who get in trouble. i would like to, but we are getting to a stage now where we are seeing a level of officiating where we are alljust shrugging our shoulders and saying, this is what we're getting now. i've been a sheffield united supporter for 35, 40 years. it's never any different, whether it is a game, the bulk of games, or the season. it is interesting,
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because we stay with it, and we give it a go. it isn't just about the effort and the application and the competitive aspects of it. i thought we played well. chelsea have some breathing space at the top of the women's super league, thanks to lauren james. the england international�*s hat trick took her team three points clear as they beat manchester united 3—1 at stamford bridge. khadija shaw also scored a hat—trick as manchester city kept the pressure on chelsea with a dominant victory over liverpool. elisabeth terland scored a 95th—minute winner for brighton in a 3—2 win over bristol city, and grace clinton scored twice as tottenham held on to win a 7—goal thriller at west ham. in spain, england midfielderjude bellingham inspired real madrid as they came from two goals down to beat la liga's bottom side almeria 3—2. the winless visitors took a shock 2—0 lead at the bernabeu with goals from larzhi ramazani and edgar gonzalez. bellingham scored a 57th—minute penalty, before viniciuer
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equalised 10 minutes later. in the ninth minute of added time, bellingham headed across for dani carvajal to poke in the winner. the dramatic victory briefly took real top, but girona moved back to the summit with a 5—1 victory over struggling sevilla later on sunday. next, to the africa cup of nations. morocco are still top of group f after a 1—1 against the democatic republic of congo. in the other game in that group, tanzania drew with zambia. in group e game, themba zwane scored twice in 16 first—half minutes, as south africa beat namibia 4—0. and at the asian cup — saudi arabia are through to the last 16 with a game to spare after a 2—0 win against nine—man kyrgyzstan in a fiery encounter. the central asians were down to 10 men as early as the ninth minute when ayzar akmatov was shown a straight red card following a var review. it took the saudis 26 minutes to break kyrgyzstan�*s resilience after hitting the post, the ball
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was eventually turned home by mohamed kanno for his third international goal. kimi bjorn merk followed akmatov in seeing red for this challenge on hassan tambakti — also given after a var review. saudi arabia wrapped up the win and progress to the last 16, thanks to an error from the goalkeeper who allowed faisal al ghamdi's speculative shot through his fingers. 2—0, it finished. saudi arabia's last group match will be against thailand, who are second in the group on 4 points after drawing 0—0 with oman whose goalkeeper ibrahim al mukhaini made a great save in the first half. this was oman's best chance which came after half time. they secured their first point of the tournament and play kyrgyzstan next
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fifa president gianni infantino has called for the implementation of an automatic forfeit of games for teams whose fans commit racist abuse. it follows incidents which he described as "totally abhorrent" at udinese and sheffield wednesday on saturday. ac milan's win in udine was briefly suspended after alleged racist abuse from home fans towards milan goalkeeper mike maignan. coventry city's kasey palmer said he received similar abuse at hillsborough in a match in england's championship. south yorkshire police have launched an investigation into alleged racially aggravated abuse. infantino coming infa ntino coming out infantino coming out with that this morning, the pressure that he would have been under because of the starter walking off the field of play means he cannot ignore it. now i hope what he does then is provide further information behind what he means by forfeit. there are many different ways this can 90, many different ways this can go, i have been and we have been as an organisation and advocate of walking off the field play for the players and
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an advocate of deducting points or we will be going around in circles with the same composition —— conversation time and time again. the need to be conversations that are fit for purpose to seaport the players. i would not like to have been in his situation yesterday hearing the stuff he had heard deciding he will mentally break through this and go on and then having to do it again he said no, enough is enough, i have to walk. i applaud the players around it as well, i think everybody now now infantino has come out and said what he said about the forfeit, everybody will be waiting for the next stage. milan keeper mike maignan has released a statement on social media, in which he says this isn't the first racist incident he's had to deal with, and he isn't the first to receive such abuse. he is calling for the "entire system" to take responsbility. maignan also thanked his club ac milan and the udinese players for their support. england batter harry
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brook is returning home from the team's preparations for their test tour of india due to personal reasons. brook has been out with the squad in dubai and his family have requested privacy. the first test against india is in hyderabad on thursday. and england have announced that surrey�*s dan lawrence will replace brook in the squad. and despite heading into the weekend ten shots off the lead, rory mcilroy has won the dubai desert classic for a record fourth time. a 63 on saturday put the northern irishman in contention. and while his final round contained fewer fireworks, rivals adrian meronk and overnight leader cameron young couldn't take advantage. and a two under par 70 was enough for mcilroy to win by one shot as he finished on 14 under. ijust i just have a ijust have a really good feeling when i come back to dubai, that helps me stay relaxed and play some good
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golf, yes, i had, had to hold it together on the back nine there today, it was very tricky, i was not really thinking about trying to get my name on there for a fourth time, trying to win a golf tournament and thankfully i had enough good shots coming down the stretch to make that happen. a, the stretch to make that happen-— the stretch to make that hauen.�* ., ., happen. a great comeback from rory mcilroy- — just enough time to recap our top story. liverpool are now 5 points clear at the top of the english premier league, following a 4—0 win at bournemouth. city do have a game in hand. meanwhile mohamed salah is return to liverpool for treatment on the hamstring injury he suffered playing for egypt at the africa cup of nations.
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confirming that news after the game, egypt play that game on monday they have to win to guarantee their place in the knockout stages at afac on. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. storm isha's likely to cause significant damage and disruption in parts of the uk as we push into monday morning. met office amber warnings are in force for severe gales with damaging gusts and heavy rain. this heavy rain combined with snow melt, because of milder temperatures across northern areas, is likely to lead to localised flooding. the centre of storm isha passing to the north of scotland, widespread severe gales on the southern flank pretty much covering most of the uk. these are the sorts of wind gusts we can expect, even inland up to 60 mph or more, in excess of 70—80 mph around irish sea coasts and 90 mph over parts of northern ireland and western scotland.
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the amber warning is valid until 6am. these are the temperatures we can expect to start monday morning, 6—ii celsius. so, storm isha's likely to bring significant disruption to travel on monday morning. stay tuned to your local radio bulletins and also bbc breakfast for the latest updates. monday itself looks very windy — though storm isha pulling away into the norwegian sea, staying blustery with showers, and some showers will be heavy at times. best of sunshine will tend to be over eastern parts of the country — these temperatures 7—ii. but as we move through monday evening and overnight, the winds will begin to ease down as a ridge of high pressure starts to build and the showers die off over northern and western areas. it'll turn dry and clear and cool over the north and east of the uk, but the next spell of wet and windy weather early
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on tuesday morning. here it is on the pressure chart — the next low pressure system to bring a spell of rain and gales. not as severe as storm isha, but still a blustery day, wet and windy weather over western areas spreading to all areas. could see some transient snow on the mountains of scotland before the mild air starts to move north across the whole country and it will be very mild indeed for the time of year — temperatures reaching 14, maybe 15 celsius. the weather remains quite changeable through the week, wet and windy spells interspersed with drier and sunnier moments. generally for the time of year, it's going to be staying mild throughout.
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live from washington,
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this is bbc news. ron desantis pulls out of the race for the white house and endorses donald trump for president, just two days before the new hampshire primary. tensions ramp up between israel and the us over what postwar gaza would look like. and — four years since the first case of covid—i9 was ever recorded in the us, are we prepared for the next potential pandemic? hello. i'm azadeh moshiri. welcome to the programme. ron desantis, the governor of florida, was once expected to be the biggest threat to his republican rival, former president donald trump. but today, he has suspended his presidential bid. in an abrupt end to his campaign, he said he no longer believed he could win the nomination — and this is who he endorsed. if there was anything i could do to produce a favourable outcome — more campaign stops, more interviews —
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