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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  April 2, 2024 12:45am-1:01am BST

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so let's take a look at the top of serie a. inter milan with 79 points — 1a between them and their city rivals ac milan who're in second with eight matches left to play. juventus and bologna both looking for champions league places in third and fourth respectively. in england, burnley look like they will be heading back to the championship. they are 19th in the premier league table, but their manager vincent kompany has hit out at the referees in the league, saying the standard hasn't been good enough this season. kompany was shown a red card over the weekend during their draw at chelsea, after protesting against a penalty decision that resulted in one of his players being sent off. the frustration comes from the fact that is a succession of mistakes, and it's always debatable, so when it's one game and one event and is debatable,
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just like this case could be debatable, less so than other cases, i think, but you can always debate, but it is the succession of it for us this season, and the effects on points. kompany was speaking ahead of their game against wolves on tuesday night. we've also heard from the west ham manager david moyes in the build up to their match against�*s tottenham on tuesday. moyes has urged the supporters to get behind kalvin phillips. the hammers were leading newcastle 3—1 on saturday when philips came off the bench for the last 20 minutes and they ended up losing 4—3. the midfielder, who's on loan from manchester city, was involved in a heated exchange with fans as he got on the team bus afterwards. calvin is a human being and can do things which we all do at different times, what you need to support and he needs support behind
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him, he needs people to help them, and we will stand up and help them as much as we possibly can, and then, obviously, we need to give support to all of our players, wherever it is. to tennis now and jannick sinner is up to number 2 in the world after his 3rd title of the year. he beat grigor dimitrov in the miami open final. the italian has only lost one match this season, that was to carlos alcaraz in the semi—finals at indian wells, and he's now bumped the spaniard down to third in the rankings. being number two is an amazing feeling. i never thought to come to this point, i come from a very normal family, my dad is still working, as my mum does, so it is very... sport is one thing and life is different, so i'm very happy to be in this position, i am just enjoying every moment, these are special days, winning a tournament does not matter what kind of tournament, it is a special day. so it means a lot to me.
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dominic thiem has won his first atp tour level win of the year, battling to a three—set victory over maximilian marterer in the opening round of the estoril open in portugal. thiem — whose season has been hindered with a recurrence of a wrist injury — took the first set, before marterer pulled level in a second set tie—break. however, it was the former world number three who broke to love in the fifth game of the deciding set to take victory in two hours and 17 minutes. meanwhile roberto bautista agut improved his career record against miomir kecmanovic to six wins from six matches in the opening round in estoril, taking this victory in straight sets in an hour and 2a minutes. he'll play either daniel altmaier or pedro martinez in the second round.
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wild card caroline wozniack returned to the charleston open beating lucky losing mccartney kessler in straight sets. the result was wozniacki's first win on clay courts since her last appearance in charleston in 2019, when she reached the final. the former world number one claimed the title there in 2011 and was also runner—up in 2009. wozniacki will play anhelina kalinina in the second round. british para—canoeist jack eyres used to feel ashamed of his disability, but now says having his leg amputated was the best decision he's ever made. it led to a career in modelling and then elite sport. he's been talking to sally hurst about his journey from catwalk to canoe.
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owning the catwalk as mr england, the first amputee to win the title. it's hard to believe that just a few years earlier, jack eyres hated how he looked. i was born with a condition in my leg that affect my hip and my kneejoint and my femur. i was very embarrassed by my leg and i was very ashamed of how it looked. today the model turned gb canoeist has bags of body confidence and the turning point was deciding aged 16, to have his leg amputated. having an amputation, i've literally got rid of this leg that i was quite ashamed of and that didn't work and was very much dead weight, is honestly the best decision i've ever made. career as a personal trainer followed and then fitness modelling. my body was my business, so i very much kept myself in good shape. disabled people just weren't represented at all within the fashion world.
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well done, jack. mr popularity. i was one of the first amputees to to really kind of step into that world. and it wasn't a very common thing. it was very nerve—racking because you didn't know what people were going to think. and some of the other models, like the able bodied models, you could tell they weren't too happy about it because they were talking about the catwalk being like the ballet. it needs to be like classic. same shape model, same height models. and we were changing that. we were changing the mould, i believe, for the better. and it has been for the better. jack eyres, you are, mr england! - you said in the past that you didn't like the word disabled. you feel it's negative. but there is a movement now that disabled is becoming something that you own and that you're proud of as an identity. how do you feel about the word disabled now? the way that i talk, i referred to myself as an amputee or a para—athlete or a para—model. i'd never really say disabled, only because i feel like i identify myself as a disabled person
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still feels slightly limited. and i think that within sport, which is i'm now heavily involved in, its para—sport, it's this is a category, but you're still this athlete. in 2017 came the call up to great britain's para—canoe squad, and jack gave up hopes of competing for mr world to pursue elite sport full time. jack has successfully transitioned from the catwalk to the canoe. now the race is on to qualify for the paris paralympics. the pinnacle is the paralympics. it's the thing that everybody talks about is the thing that brands and sponsors care about. strap yourselves in at home, folks, because this is going to be a real humdinger under way. having narrowly missed out on selection for tokyo, jack went on to win two world titles and last year a silver. but in 2024, there's only
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one thing on his mind. it would make my career, it would be absolutely overwhelming experience. it would be creme de la creme of everything i've ever put into it. it would be the pinnacle, to it would be the pinnacle, to no it would be the pinnacle, to no lon-er be a civilian, you longer be a civilian, you know you have made it. we longer be a civilian, you know you have made it.— longer be a civilian, you know you have made it. we wish him all the best _ you have made it. we wish him all the best for _ you have made it. we wish him all the best for the _ you have made it. we wish him all the best for the games - you have made it. we wish him all the best for the games this| all the best for the games this summer. inter milan are getting ever closer to when competition in three years after going 1a points clear at the top of the table following another win in the league. get all the latest sports news from our website or the out, but that's also must think you for watching. bye—bye.
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hello there. easter monday brought a day of mixed fortunes, and it's going to be a similar story throughout the week. now, across eastern england, we had some sunshine and where it stayed dry, it was relatively warm — 16 degrees, 61 fahrenheit. but cloud and rain pushing its way steadily northwards. it stayed rather grey and overcast in western scotland, with just a high of 5 celsius here. now, that weatherfront is going to linger, weakening all the time. but a brisk north—easterly wind will dominate the story across the far north of scotland. clearer skies for a time, early morning mist and fog, perhaps, for england and wales. some showers easing away from the south—east. but eventually, as we go through the day, we'll start to see some outbreaks of rain pushing into the south—west. and as this front gradually moves its way north, the winds will strengthen here. but ahead of it, with some sunny spells injust a few isolated showers, one or two spots, again, could see temperatures into the mid—teens. not a bad afternoon with a few isolated showers for northern ireland. scotland will stay rather grey and overcast, with outbreaks
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of showery rain, and that brisk north—easterly wind at times will make it feel rather cool, just a maximum of 6—8 celsius. now, we'll see that frontal system down to the south—west, bringing some wet and windy weather through the night tuesday into the early hours of wednesday morning. the wind direction coming from the south—west, so it will be a mild start to wednesday, with double figures perhaps likely across the far south—east. but we will see outbreaks of rain gradually pushing their way steadily northwards. the wind direction here is south—westerly, so driving in some milder air, but we still keep that north—easterly feed in scotland — a real contrast with the temperatures over the next few days. so we're looking at 5—7 degrees across the far north—east, highs of 15, possibly 16 degrees once again, somewhere across south and eastern england. now, towards the end of the week, low pressure is going to continue to dominate, but still that wind source coming all the way from the south—west. so it will be mild, but it will still continue to be pretty wet at times.
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but the mild air sitting across the vast majority, still the far north—east of scotland staying on the cooler side. so, here, those temperatures will struggle a little, but there'll be showers or longer spells of rain. when we get some brightness, temperatures are going to respond. take care.
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welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines: israel is blamed by iran over the killing of a senior revolutionary guard commander and several others in the syrian capital. it promises a "decisive" response.
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israel hasn't commented. palestinian medics say they're recovering dozens of bodies from the ruins of gaza's biggest hospital after a two—week operation by israel which said it was targeting a hamas base there. russia denies any involvement in "havana syndrome" — a mysterious illness affecting us diplomats across the globe. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and thanks forjoining us on bbc news. iran has vowed to respond decisively, after accusing israel of killing a senior revolutionary guards commander — brigadier—general mohamed reza zahedi — in an airstrike on an iranian consulate building in syria's capital, damascus. at least five people are reported to have died in the strike — which has raised fears of an escalation of fighting in the middle east. israel has declined to comment.

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