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in melbourne.comeback to clinch a spotin after a superb comeback to clinch a spot in round three. jordan henderson's time in saudi arabia is coming to a close — his move to ajax is closing in. and england captain and world player of the year marlie packer talks to us on her incredible year, and she's hungry for more. for me to take over was a swift learning curve but one that i relished and loved every minute of it. hello, there, and welcome to sportsday. we start with british interest at the australian open. in raducanu had a tough time in his second round match, as did cameron norrie. different outcomes for them in disappointment for others. 0ur correspondent andy swiss is with me in the studio. emma raducanu pretty much put up a resilient effort in her second—round match but it took its toll on the end. it match but it took its toll on the end. ,, ., ., ., ~' match but it took its toll on the end. ,, ., ., , end. it did. she had looked really aood in end. it did. she had looked really good in he

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i recently played in brisbane and it's very humid, so it's not that bad in melbourne.enka took the first game quite easily, giving her opponent just one game at the very beginning. in the second set, everything was decided in the ninth game. victoria missed hers. the dacha allowed georgie to even the score in games. in the decisive third set, which by the way turned out to be the longest, took a little over an hour, azarenka scored a break in the fourth game and did not lose her initiative anymore, winning the match from the second match point. i feel like i didn't play my best tennis today, but i'm happy with the way i fought, the conditions were tough, i hit some good shots and i was able to find a way to win. the first lap of a grand slam is always nerve-wracking, i hope that they will only progress further. in the second game, camilla began to play better, and i switched to how she plays. i lost concentration, in the third set i pulled myself together and returned to myself, already thinking about how to play. thanks to this result, victoria's forty-eighth victory,

andy lapthorne also win his seventh quad doubles title in melbourne.ki earlier, who lost in the final of the mixed doubles. he and his partner, desirae krawczyk, were a set up and leading 4—2, until their opponents fought back to win the decider on a tie—break. india lead england by 175 runs at the end of the second day's play of the first test. it started well for england in hyderabad. joe root took a wicket in the first over of the day, yashasvi jaiswal unable to add to his 80 overnight. then there was a wicket for debutant tom hartley. he struggled on his first day of test cricket, but picked up two on his second. but almost all of india's batsmen made contributions and ravindra jadeja was still there not out on 81 at the end as india closed on a21—7. and just a reminder of our top story now and jurgen klopp has announced he's leaving liverpool at the end of the season. he is checked talk at a press conference at three o'clock this afternoon. there's live reaction on the bbc sport website. former liverpool defender jamie carragher says "this news wa

the final matches of the group stage will follow, and the performance of aryn sabalenka in melbourneadvyadzom at the step of panyadzelak. yes sustrechi. that's all, mostly on our site tvar.by. the evening and the gatherings of tomorrow.

the last fortnight has been a stroll in melbourne park for aryna sabalenka.ing on her way was china's 12th seed, zhung chinwen. she was trying to emulate a different chinese player, li na, who won the australian open ten years ago. but she often looked overawed in her first major final and lost the first set in 33 minutes. a rare minute of uncertainty came from sabalenka came when she was trying to close out victory. looking to finish in style, she struggled to find a winner and ended up having to save a break point. on herfifth championship point, she eventually hit the shot she had been striving for. her delight clear to see if she became the first woman to win her delight clear to seeas she became the first woman to win back—to—back australian titles since her compatriot victoria azarenka over a decade ago. nick parrott, bbc news. so a second successive australian open title after the match, sabalenka dedicated her win to herfamily, particularly to her late father sergey, who died suddenly in 2019. with dreams she would one day win multiple grand slam titl

as for murray, he admits it might be the last time he plays in melbourne. there is a definite possibility that will be the last time i play here. yeah, probably because of how the match went on everything, i don't know, whilst you are playing the match you're obviously trying to control your emotions, focus on the points and then when you are one points and then when you are one point away from the end, you can believe it is over so quickly. another beaten finalist in melbourne daniil medvedev, who lost that five—set epic to rafa nadal a couple of years ago, survived a scare on monday. he's through to the second round but it was anything but straightforward, the french qualfier terence atmane causing the third seed all sorts of problems, and deservedly winning the first set. but medvedev fought back to take the next two as the brutal heat and physical effort caught up with the 22—year—old atmane, who was forced to retire from cramp early in the fourth set. also wins on monday for stefanos tsitsipas, seb korda and ben shelton. aryna sabalenka's started her a

, eventually losing on a tie break in the deciding set, we'll hear from our tennis co—respondent in melbourneoment, but first, here's nesta macgregor who was watching the match. facing an old foe, cameron norrie promised to do the homework necessary to finally ace this german test. however, the maths didn't favour him. in four previous meetings with alexander zverev, he hadn't won. an extraordinary rally. and when the first sets went against the british number one, another tennis lesson seemed on the cards. the pair know each other well. they practise together. but some things you just can't study for. oh, he needed something special to get over the line. a set apiece, the german again showed his class a delicate touch at the net. oh, wow. remarkably, the 28—year—old brit had never taken a single set off his german opponent. but after three hours on court, he'd now taken two. sensational. going into the decider, history beckoned, norrie, eyeing a place in the australian open quarterfinals. but in the end, the top marks went to the german. cameron norrie on the way home, but a performance he c

with tournaments taking place in adelaide, melbourne and auckland at the moment.brits in the australian open qualifiers. francecsa jones is through to the next round after a straight sets victory over margaux rouvroy of france. harriet dart is also through, as is oliver crawford, who only last week switches allegiance from the us to britain. not such positive news though forjan choinski, he's gone out to the german benjamin hassan. as has heather watson, beaten by lulu sun 6—4, 6—3. in adelaide, dan evans is out, but compatriot jack in adelaide, dan evans is out, but compatriotjack draper in adelaide, dan evans is out, but compatriot jack draper is in adelaide, dan evans is out, but compatriotjack draper is through to the quarterfinals, after he survived two match points in order to beat his opponent. that was in three sets. in auckland, british men's number one cameron norrie is through to the quarter finals. he beat luca van assche from france this morning. that one going to three sets, but norrie safely through, his preparations going well. he's seeded 19th for

tournament in melbourne, she won for the second year in a row. her title effortlessly throughout the entire tournament and did not give it to her opponent. not a single party. i thought about how i don't want to be someone who won once and then disappeared. i wanted to show that i can consistently be at this level and win another title. i hope that i will win more than two, but for me this victory was very important. whatever the result, win or lose, we always work hard and try to improve my game. it's all about the process, the discipline, and always putting yourself out there. the next grand slam tournament of the season is the french open, this year roland goros will begin on may 20. we'll be waiting, sash, thank you, alexander abramov with sports news. and now about heroic feat of a schoolboy from the chelyabinsk region. he saved a friend who fell through the ice on a lake. anastasia ishmeneva will tell you how it all happened and how ivan’s parents found out about their son’s brave act. a few meters from the residential buildings of the lake

with a victory, but in doubles , irina shimanovich started on the courts of melbourne. elena gorelchik will tell you more. the match between victoria azarenka and clarara towson ended the playing day at the australian open; before this meeting, the girls crossed paths on the court. winning the first game with a score of 6:4 in the second in the set, the polish tennis player missed the thread of the game and allowed her opponent to recoup. this course of the match somewhat demoralized szwiatek in the third set, the first racket of the world lost 2:4 and 0-40 in the seventh game. however, she still managed to return to the game and win the match from the third match point. 6:4 in the next round , szwiatek will play with the fiftieth racket of the world , czech linda naskova, and collins after this defeat stated that she intends to end her career this season. that's all mighty scared. after the second round match, the third racket of the world leaves the tournament elena rybakina, a tennis player from kazakhstan , lost to russian anna blinkova in a three-set match, 4:6, 6:

djokovic is understandably the favourite to win at melbourne park again, having not lost a match therend play on. it is no different this year. i am just hoping i can start the season in a way that i have been starting my seasons, most of my seasons throughout my career, with a win here in australia, in melbourne. jodie burrage is making her debut in the main draw tomorrow, as she takes on german world number 81 tamara korspatsch. emma raducanu meanwhile will play american shelby rogers in her opening match. she has a good record against rogers, and beat her on the way to winning the us open in 2021. raducanu returned to competitive action in auckland last week after eight months out, following operations on her wrists and ankle. great britain women's hockey team have started their olympic qualifying campaign with a 2—0 win over canada. tessa howard scored the opening goal in valencia — this was the second from anna toman, ten minutes from time. they take on hosts spain in their second group match tomorrow, before facing malaysia on tuesday. britain, who won bronze at the 2020 tokyo ol

the largest demonstrations have taken place in sydney and melbourne, where thousands of people once againss districts hyde park, for rally dubbed stopped the genocide in gaza called by the palestine action group, an activist formation committed to supporting palestine and opposing israel apartide. a number of other groups also joined the rally calling on western governments to finally put some pressure on israel for its ongoing violence genocide. and oppression against the palestinians and the australian government continues to be a firm backer of israel uh to their great shame, um so clearly again 11 weeks of massive protests a likes of which we've never seen before is having an impact and they're feeling the pressure so they're shifting their rhetoric a bit. the rally, attended by school union representatives was also joined by a group of outraged sydney-based jews who hold anti-zionist views. so-called posture of the western. countries and so-called international law is is my opinion just pointless and we've got a genocide happening right in front of us. some of the speakers acknowledg

the action gets back under way in just a few hours' time in melbourne.e only returned to tennis last month, for the first time in well over a year after giving birth to herfirst child. she's got a tricky first round match, up against i6th—seeded caroline garcia. i think a lot has changed in my personal life. obviously, i have my daughter, and i think overall, i just really grew up as a person but yes, it is very nice to be back and just have a lot of nostalgia here again. i thought about coming back probably really shortly after my last tournament, and i thinkjust seeing news about australian open kind of drove me over the edge and i was really excited to, i guess, get back out here, so i am really happy to be here. i think i'm different as a player because i am a lot more aware of, i guess, the things that are going on. when i was younger, i kind of played a lot on instinct and now i feel like while my body is catching up to the physical part that i want it to be, i have to understand tennis a lot more. i think my perspective on tennis has changed a lot

but he dispatched the 11th seed to reach the second week in melbourne.has the details. the biggest grand slam challenger cameron norris�* career, and he was in for a rude awakening. the british number one seed was determined to change the record. an early break to take the first set. the norwegian showed why he is the number 11, seizing his chance in a second set tie—break to level the match, which was then in the balance throughout the third, until norrie�*s attacking approach finally paid off, stretching ruud to breaking point. with the bit between his teeth, norrie kept up his momentum again. he pushed home his advantage to take the force in the match, and keep the british flag flying in the singles. so good. i was really enjoying it from start to finish, i really felt a sense of calm throughout the whole match, and i embrace the atmosphere, and everyone was enjoying themselves. in terms of performances it was up there was one of my best, i think, in a grand slam. a first victory against this highly ranked opponent, and with plenty of support he will

palestinians, the largest demonstrations have taken place in sydney and melbourne where thousands of people once again flooded the streets downtown, demanding israel stop his genocide against the residence of gaza. here's more. for the 11th weekend in a row since the start of israel's most brutal war on gaza, rallies were held in sydney and melbourn in support of palestinians. in sydney, thousands of people gathered once again in central business district. hide park for rally dubbed stopped the genocide in gaza called by the palestine action group, an activist formation committed to supporting palestine and opposing israel apartide. a number of other groups also joined the rally calling on western governments to finally put some pressure on israel for its ongoing violence, genocide and oppression against palestinians and the australian government continues to be a firm backer of israel uh to their great shame um so... clearly again, 11 weeks of massive protests a likes of which we've never seen before is having an impact and they're feeling the pressure, so they're shifting their rhe

the largest demonstrations have taken place in sydney and melbourne where thousands of people once again fotted the streets downtown, demanding israel stop his genocide against the residents of gaza. for the 11th. weekend in a row since the start of israel's most brutal war on gaza, rallies were held in sydney and melbourne in support of palestinians. in sydney, thousands of people gathered once again in central business districts hyde park for rally dubbed stopped the genocide in gaza called by the palestine action group, an activist formation committed to supporting palestine and opposing israel apartide. a number of other groups also joined the rally calling on western governments to finally put some pressure on israel. for its ongoing violence, genocide and oppression against palestinians. i think the australian government continues to be a firm backer of israel uh to their great shame. um, so clearly again, 11 weeks of massive protests, the likes of which we've never seen before is having an impact, and they're feeling the pressure, so they're shifting their rhetoric a bit. the rall

also on saturday, a real in solidarity with the gadans was held at melbourne's state library for the 11th week in a row. max chivili, press tv, sydney. and with that we come to the end of this bulletin. thank you for being with us, take care and bye-bye. الحج انا قاللي اللحظات ان شاء الله واصل يا محمد رضا وارجع لك 12 بالليل بهالوضع هذا يعني بيك الايام الوضع كلش كان قلق. التقارير اللي تبنتها وسائل اعلاميه كانت تنبئ بشيء في حدود الساعه ال9عه اتصل بي الرئيس ترامب حسيت اكو طيران مو طبيعي يعني والطيران واحسن فوق السياره مالتي وعنصر بشري. واكو عنصر عراقي موجود يعني ومن نقول عنصر مو نفر يعني اكو سياره جايه بدون لوحات ماخذه عينات. الى قطاع غزه لمساعده اهلكم قطاع غزه. news inby for this hour, the military wing of the palestinian resistance movement hamas has talked the telavive and his suburbs in response to israel's deadly onslaughts on gaza, the algasar. launched the barrage of rockets with israeli sources reporting failed interception of the projectiles. iran denounces some western governments for their silence on israel's crimes against palestinians in gaza, calling it an example of the w

also on saturday, a real in solidarity with the gatzants was held at melbourne's state library for the 11th week in a row. max chively pressed tv, sydney. and with that we come to the end of this bulletin, thank you for being with us, i'll be back with a recap of the news in around five minutes time, take care for now. as hundreds of people have marched. the voice of the voiceless. press tv. news in brief for this hour, at least 150 palestinians are killed in israel's latest strikes on gaza as the overall palestinian death toll is approaching 22,00. also, new report says 70% of the buildings in the bessieg gaza strip have been destroyed in nearly 3 months of israeli aggression. iran denounces some western governments for their silence on israel's crimes against palestinians in gaza, calling it an example of the west's double standard. hussein amir abdullah hiyan made the remarks in a phone call with his british counterpart david cameron.

the largest demonstrations have taken place in sydney and melbourne, where thousands of people once again flooded the streets downtown, demanding as will stop his genocide against the residence of gaza. for the 11th weekend in a row since the start of israel's most brutal war on gaza, rallies were held in sydney and melbourne in support of palestinians. in sydney, thousands of people gathered once again in central business district's hyde park for rally dubbed stopped the genocide in gaza called by the palestine action group, an activist formation committed to supporting palestine and opposing israel apartide. a number of other groups also joined the rally calling on western. governments to finally put some pressure on israel for its ongoing violence, genocide and oppression against palestinians, the australian government continues to be a firm backer of israel uh to their great shame, um so clearly again 11 weeks of massive protests a likes of which we've never seen before is having an impact and they're feeling the pressure, so they're shifting their rhetoric a bit, the rally, attended

djokovic is understandably the favourite to win at melbourne park again, having not lost a match therethis year. i am just hoping i can start the season in a way that i have been starting my seasons, most of my seasons throughout my career, with a win here in australia, melbourne. jodie burrage is making her debut in the main draw tomorrow, as she takes on german world number 81 tamara korspatsch. emma raducanu meanwhile will play american shelby rogers in her opening match. she has a good record against rogers, and beat her on the way to winning the us open in 2021. raducanu returned to competitive action in auckland last week, after eight months out following operations on her wrists and ankle. great britain women's hockey team have started their olympic qualifying campaign with a 2—0 win over canada. tessa howard scored the opening goal in valencia — this was the second from anna toman ten minutes from time. they take on hosts spain in their second group match tomorrow, before facing malaysia on tuesday. britain, who won bronze at the 2020 tokyo olympics, need a top—three finish to

boulter, who's only ever been past the opening round once in melbourne, will start against china's yuane, who'll be making her debut in the australian open main draw, takes on german world number 81 tamara korspatsch. burrage reached the second round of wimbledon and the us open last year. but sadly, there'll be no franjones in the main draw. she had to retire from her qualifying match. she led four love in the deciding set against germany's ella seidel before cramping up in her left leg. jones missed the second half of last season through injury. agonising pictures here as she has to be assisted off court at the end. andy murray's hinted that this could be his last year before retiring from tennis, he turns 37 in may. it's another tricky grand slam draw for him in australia. he's the only british player to land a seeded opponent in the opening round — murray, 44th in the world now — will play argentina's tomas martin etcheverry — who unlike him is seeded — he's the 30th seed. but remember murray had that impressive run to the third round last year and is a five time beaten finalist in

as casper ruud at a grand slam before — but he dispatched the 11th seed to reach the second week in melbourne the details. the biggest grand slam challenger cameron norris pulls my career, and he was in for a rude awakening. the british number one seed was determined to change the record. an early break to take the first set. the norwegian showed why he is the number 11, seizing his chance of a second set tie—break to level the match, which was then in the balance throughout the third, until norrie�*s attacking approach finally paid off, stretching his opponent to breaking point. with the bit between his teeth, norrie could tech treatment kept up his momentum again. he pushed home his advantage to take the force in the match, and keep the british flag flying in the singles. so good. i was really enjoying it from start to finish, i really felt a sense of calm throughout the whole match, and i embrace the atmosphere, and everyone was enjoying themselves. in terms of performances it was up there was one of my best, i think, in a grand slam. their first victory — i think, in a grand slam. their f

swiatek — a four—time grand slam champion, but still chasing a first title at melbourne — overturnedbreak deficit in the deciding set to win 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. she said she was "in the airport already", alluding to an early tournament exit. and was proud of herself with the way she fought back and won such a tough encounter. it's hard for anybody to keep that level that she showed in the second set and at the beginning of the third, so i wanted to be ready whenever i had a chance to come back and just play a little bit more because they were not many rallies. she was really aggressive and i wanted to do the same but she showed better quality so i am happy that i was solid and just believed to the end. the number three seed, currently 17-17 in the number three seed, currently 17—17 in the deciding set in that one. what a match to bring you, we will update you as it happens. jessica pegula is going home. the fifth seed was beaten 6—4, 6—2 by france's clara burel — who'd never beaten a top—io player before, but won comfortably in just over an hour. emma raducanu's tournament is over — the b

earlier, i spoke to our tennis correspondent russell fuller in melbourne.se encouraging performances from emma raducanu, the fact that she's now played three matches and she's won two of them and she's moved well and played well in all of the matches is a really good start when you think that she hadn't played for over eight months and had three different operations in may. i think the test batch shall be rogers was able to give her was limited, that is because rogers herself has been away from the tour for a long time. because rogers herself has been away from the tourfor a long time. in fact that was her first match since wimbledon. so she was very, very rusty. but emma raducanu one comfortably. it never really felt close, and now she's got a shot at a second round match against a player of china. not the seeded player she was expecting to face. katie bulger�*s match was a lot tighter. similarly ranked, both in good form in the early weeks of the season, and two tight sets was another good step forward for her as she tries to continue her push up the rank

also coming up on sportsday — is it also the end of an era in melbourne?nner has eneded novak djokovic�*s winning run at the australian open india punished england's boulders and another tough day for the taurus the first tests. good evening, it's not often that breaking sports news can take you by surprise, there's usually some speculation, a rumour, a leak, but at about 10.45 this morning, liverpool certainly stopped us in our tracks. thejurgen klopp era will come to an end this summer. the german, who has turned the club around since his arrival at the end of 2015, deciding that he can't see out the last two years of his contract, that he simply hasn't got the energy levels required to give the job what it deserves. we'll head live to anfield in an moment but first here isjurgen klopp as he explained his decision this afternoon. are the responsibility of this job in these kinds of things, you have to be on top of your game. i realised that my results are not in list and this cloud especially with the team we have it all the things we have for this cloud

portugal's nuno borges took him to four sets in melbourne.to convert two match points at 5—4 in the third set, before winning the fourth 6—1. the top six men's seeds are all through to the last eight. it's a different story in the women's draw where ukrainian dayana yastremska has become the first qualifer to reach a grand slam quarterfinal since emma raducanu at the 2021 us 0pen. yastremska knocked out the two—time champion victoria azarenka 7—6, 6—4. it's the first time she has ever progressed past the last 16 of a major and she's done it while being ranked world number 93. yastremska will next face 19—year—old linda noskova, who booked her place in the quarterfinals because elina svitolina retired 3—0 down through injury. noskova knocked out the world number one, iga swiatek, in the previous round. like yastremska, it's her first time into a grand slam quarterfinal. i don't know exactly what it is, but like a shooting pain in the first game, on the last two points. yeah, i couldn't do anything, it completely blocked my back. yeah, i couldn

before that, because of the rain in melbourne today, alfie hewitt and gordon reed have a busy day andmifinal and they are going to come back and defend their doubles title in the final. antilapse thorn in his american partner in a similar position if they are going to win the quad doubles title, they are going to have to win a semifinal and a final in the same day. to going to have to win a semifinal and a final in the same day.— a final in the same day. to the football. the round starts tonight, the first of the ties —— the —— it's an fa cup weekend, but the fourth round, actually starts tonight at the vitality stadium. the first of the 32 ties sees premier league bournemouth host championship side swansea. lewis coombes is there. bournemouth are looking to make it through to the fifth round of the fa cup for just the sixth through to the fifth round of the fa cup forjust the sixth time in the cubs history. swansea could get through to the last 16 for the first time in the last seven years, but when it comes to my recent statistics it's the cherries that have the advantage, unbeaten

the action gets back under way in just a few hours' time in melbourne.y returned to tennis last month, for the first time in well over a year, after giving birth to herfirst child. she's got a tricky first round match, up against 16th—seeded caroline garcia. i think ithinka i think a lot has changed in my personal life. 0bviously, i think a lot has changed in my personal life. obviously, i have my daughter, and i think overall, i just really grew up as a person but yes, it is very nice to be back and just have a lot of nostalgia here again. i thought about coming back probably really shortly after my last tournament, and i thinkjust seeing news about australian open kind of drove me over the edge and i was really excited to, i guess, get back out here, so i am really happy to be her. i think i'm different as a player because i am a lot more aware of, i guess, the things that are going on. when i was younger, i think i played a lot on instinct and now i feel like one of my body is catching up to the physical part that i wanted to be, i have to understand

year in australia is a common thing for tennis players, because it is here, but not in brisbane, in in melbourne, the first grand slam tournament of the season , the australian open, will begin in mid-january. and before that, serious preparation for it. by the way, two. zazarenka last won the australian open 11 years ago. and this is footage of victoria’s fight with russian anna kolinskaya. despite her opponent’s rating, she is eightieth in the planetary table, and the belarusian is 23. experts assessed the chances of winning as equal, but in the first set azarenka will give up only one game to kalinskaya , ending it with a confident victory 6:1. again vika is at the net, well , she ends this set with her favorite drive, our tennis player will start the second set with a break, and the russian woman will make the reverse only in the tenth game, restoring parity 5:5, however, she will immediately give up her serve and azarenka will come out to serve for the match. unsuccessful, it will come to a tiebreaker. and here, in a tense struggle, victoria will not miss her goal. 10:8. it is noteworthy th

portugal's nuno borges took him to four sets in melbourne.wo—time finalist failed to convert two match points at 5—4 in the third set, before winning the fourth 6—1. ukrainian dayana yastremska has become the first qualifer to reach a grand slam quarterfinal since emma raducanu at the 2021 us open. yastremska knocked out the two time champion victoria azarenka 7—6 6—4. it's the first time the world number 93 has ever progressed past the last 16 of a major. yastremska won't play in an all—ukrainian quarter final though, after elina svitolina retired injured against linda noskova. the wimbledon semi—finalist quit when she trailed 3—0 to the czech teenager, who also advanced into her first grand slam quarter final. american nick dunlap became the first amateur to win a pga tour event since phil mickleson in 1991. the 20—year—old kept his nerve to hole a six—foot par putt on the last to clinch the american express title by one shot. but he misses out on the $1.5 million prize money though because he's not a professional, but all is not lost as he

raducanu hasn't played at a major since last year's event in melbourne, having missed nearly eight monthsries. she looked in confident mood though today, and will now face china's wang yafan in the second round on thursday. going out there today i think i was a little bit taken back byjust the support straight from when i walked out. i think it was better out than any year i've really had before here. it isjust any year i've really had before here. it is just amazing to see all the signs, here the support. it was pretty incredible, so i was very happy to be able to play in those sorts of circumstances again. raducanu is not the only brit through in the women's draw today. katie boulter is there too after a tough opening test against china's yuan yue. she will play china's 12th seed zheng qinwen in the next round, before a possible third—round meeting with raducanu. in the men's draw, cam norrie led the way earlier. he showed no sign of any wrist issues as he won 6—4, 6—4, 6—2 against peru'sjuan pablo varillas. before the match, norrie says he was "concerned" by a problem with his left wri

and australian open joy belarussian tennis player aryna sabalenka successfully defends her title in melbourne. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. a fire on board an oil tanker off the coast of yemen has been put out, a day after it was struck by a houthi missile. the operator of the ship, trafigura, paid tribute to the dedication and bravery of the captain and crew. the company also thanked the indian, us and french navies for their help. in a statement it said: the marlin luanda was travelling in the red sea off the coast of yemen when it was struck. the uk government says it reserves the right to respond appropriately. it is the latest attack in and around the red sea, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. this is the marlin luanda carrying russian oil from greece to singapore. the latest houthi target. the houthis were quick to take credit. their spokesman saying once again that this was being done to support the palestinians in gaza and in response to what he described as american—british aggression. it's been two weeks since britain and

could be a very late night in melbourne. a young ukrainian is making waves in melbourne.to reach the semifinals there since the late 70s. in 30 degree heat the 23—year—old beat linda noskova in straight sets. yastremska is ranked 93rd in the world and has already beaten two grand slam champions on during her historic run, and she's nowjust win away from a place in the final. it is nice to make history. it is something new for me and for my generation, because at the last time it happened it was a long time ago. i wasn't born yet, and is nice. i'm really happy to be in my first semifinals. yastremksa will now play 12th seed, zhang qinwen, in the semifinals after the chinese player came from a set down to beat anna kalinskaya. it'll be zhang's first appearance in the last four of a grand slam. the british player and american partner have won twice at wimbledon before, they also won their semifinal in straight sets earlier. britain's alfie hewett and gordon reid are on course to meet in the wheelchair singles final at the australian open after reaching the last four. they bo

britain's alfie hewett is looking very impressive, as he defends his wheelchair singles title in melbournestraight sets, to reach the final. and he's also into the semi—finals of the doubles, with gordon reid — the pair have won the australian open four times in a row. swansea city will be hoping to kick off the fourth round of the fa cup with an upset tonight — they're away to premier league side bournemouth. swansea are having a mixed season — they're in the bottom half of the championship table, but they're still in the cup thanks to a straight—forward win over morecambe. however, they haven't beaten bournemouth in their last 12 meetings — a run going back to 2007 — so it's a big ask for them, although they see only positives of progressing in the fa cup. it would be, it would be a brilliant way to encourage the team, you know, for me. it would be a brilliant way for me. it would be a brilliant way for the fans to have something really exciting to look forward to. so it's really important. depending on the position that you are in in the league, the cup can become a problem or it can be

as for murray, he admits it might be the last time he plays in melbourne.st time i play here. yeah, probably because of how the match went on everything, i don't know, whilst you are playing the match you're obviously trying to control your emotions, focus on the points and then when you are one points and then when you are one point away from the end, you can believe it is over so quickly. another beaten finalist in melbourne daniil medvedev, who lost that five—set epic to rafa nadal a couple of years ago, survived a scare on monday. he's through to the second round but it was anything but straightforward, the french qualfier terence atmane causing the third seed all sorts of problems, and deservedly winning the first set. but medvedev fought back to take the next two as the brutal heat

some formula i the title in melbourne in 2019 and 2021. has lost. three—year deal to stay on as principal and executive of mercedes f1. he has been with them since january 2013. eight seasons between 2014-2021. that's all january 2013. eight seasons between 2014—2021. that's all you're sport for now. back to you, matthew. mark, thanks very much. now, back to one of our main stories — a review looking into child abuse in rochdale has found young girls were left at the mercy of paedophile grooming gangs because police and council leaders failed to protect them. the report examined how young people, mainly white girls from poor backgrounds, were preyed upon by asian men between 2004 and 2013. our north of england reporter rowan bridge has been following the story. he described as devastating. if the damnin: he described as devastating. if the damning report- — he described as devastating. if the damning report. over— he described as devastating. if the damning report. 0ver170 - he described as devastating. if the damning report. 0ver170 on - he describ

swiatek — a four—time grand slam champion, but still chasing a first title at melbourne — overturned, alluding to an early tournament exit. and was proud of herself with the way she fought back and won such a tough encounter. it's hard for anybody to keep that level that she showed in the second set and at the beginning of the third, so i wanted to be ready whenever i had a

the last fortnight has been a stroll in melbourne park for sabalenka.eed, zheng qinwen. she was trying to emulate a different chinese player, who won the australian open ten years ago. but she often looked over wound in her first major final and lost the first set in 33 minutes. a rare minute of uncertainty came from sabalenka came when she was trying to close out victory. looking to finish in style, she struggled to find a winner and ended up having to save a break point. on herfifth championship point, she eventually hit the shot she had been striving for. her delight clear to see if she became the first woman to win back—to—back australian titles since her compatriot victoria azarenka over a decade ago. nick parrott, bbc news. great win for sabalenka — but there's been disappointment for the british defending champion alfie hewitt, who's lost the men's wheelchair singles final to the japanese 17—year—old tokito oda. hewett was beaten in straight sets by the same player he lost the wimbledon final to last summer. but he will still leave melbourne with

the largest demonstrations have taken place in sydney and melbourne where thousands of people once againin support of palestinians in sydney thousands of people gathered once again in central business districts hyde park for rally dubbed stopped the genocide in gaza called by the palestine action group, an activist formation committed to supporting palestine and opposing israel. apertide, number of other groups also joined the rally calling on western governments to finally put some pressure on israel for its ongoing violence, genocide and oppression against palestinians and the australian government continues to be a firm backer of israel uh to their great shame, um so clearly again 11 weeks of massive protests a likes of which we've never seen before is having an impact and they're feeling the pressure so they're shifting their retric a bit, the rally attended by union representatives was also joined by a group of outraged sydney-based jews who hold anti-zionist views. so-called posture of the western countries and so-called international laws is is my opinion just pointless and it's a

tatiana, the match ended when it was almost 4:00 am in melbourne.e first racket of russia and the third racket of the world, daniil medvedev, reached the third round of the australian open. the night before, daniil played against the fifty-third number in the world ranking, finaruusuri. daniil medvedev lost the first two sets, so the third once in his career medvedev was about to. to come back from a 0:2 deficit in games, daniil coped with this task, moreover, medvedev took the decisive fifth set with a score of 6:0. the match between medvedev and rules warri was the final one in the game day program; the opponents spent 4 hours and 23 minutes on the court; when the match ended, it was almost 4:00 in the morning in melbourne. in the next round of the australian open , medvedev will play against the canadian, felix is ​​already with lyasim. well, the main sensation of the entire tournament so far. the bookmakers estimated the odds of 11. in the regular championship of the continental hockey league recently hosted four matches, in one of which last ye

the largest demonstrations have taken place in sydney and melbourne where thousands of people once again flooded the streets downtown demanding israel stop his. genicide against residents of gaza. here's more. for the 11th weekend in a row since the start of israel's most brutal war on gaza, rallies were held in sydney and melborn in support of palestinians. in sydney, thousands of people gathered once again in central business districts hyde park for rally dubbed stopped the genocide in gaza called by the palestine action group, an activist formation committed to supporting palestine and opposing israelite. a number of other groups also joined the rally calling on western governments to finally put some pressure on israel for its ongoing violence, genocide and oppression against palestinians. the australian government continues to be a firm backer of israel uh to their great shame. so clearly again, 11 weeks of massive protests a likes of which we've never seen before is having an impact and they're feeling the pressure, so they're shifting their rhetoric a bit. the rally. attended by s

the minsk player performed well in melbourne, sabalenka did not win the last set in a triumph, and in final, belarus did not give up the chance to the chinese jen tsing wen 63-62. every gadzin and 16 hvils are sold for the title. during the next hour, sabalenka scored three aces and converted three break points. tsikava, that the belarusian patrayed the legendary siren williams, who have been around for 20 years only. the capital of belarusian mines in the city of saligorsk became brighter and stronger over the weekend the russian basketball championship has 3-3 men's teams. the most important and historical matches of the first time of our departed neighbors in this sport are organized for the world and saligorsk will compete in the issue of the right tournament - the seat of the ukrainian federation of the russian federation chyi basketball andrey. as i already said, if you want to get better you should.

britain's singles hopes in melbourne now rest on his shoulders.tennis correspondent russell fuller who's in melbourne and began by asking what more we know about raducanu's health. she puts it down to a stomach bug. when we saw her looking quite winded earlier in the third set and running out of energy then the initial assumption was that this was just the result of the match entering the third hour. only the fourth match comeback having been out of the squad for the best part of nine months. she said she was feeling quite nauseous, she was struggling with her vision briefly for a a while. that's why she had a visit from the physio— end doctor, they took a blood pressure, give her a couple of tablets and she was able to continue. she says this will never happen again for them in her mind it was one of those things without actually, it didn't seem to affect the way she played after that. she did fight to the very end. her opponent wang yafan also played a high quality matching was deserving of the wind. the difference between the two that wang had

diana also became the first ukrainian to reach the semi-finals in melbourne.the news for now, take care and stay sheltered. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my name is serhiy rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next two hours, we will talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. today in the program. russian rocket. terror continues, nine dead under the rubble of houses in kyiv, kharkiv and pavlograd, what will stop the terrorist putin? more weapons for ukraine, hypocritical statements by lavov at the un security council and new aid packages from the allies at randstein 18. elections during the war. zelensky suggests that the verkhovna rada consider their organization, who benefits from it. about this and about another? for the next hour, we will be talking with our guests: volodymyr ogrysko, former minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, serhiy taran, political scientist and co-chairman of the public initiative right, dmytro snigiryov. in the second part of our program, which will start in an hour,

russell fuller was watching in melbourne.time he's ever been a top player, and he was simply sensational. the whole match, particularly for the first two and half where he opened up a very comfortable lead of 5—2 and a set. he'd been serving immaculately. he wentjust he'd been serving immaculately. he went just a he'd been serving immaculately. he wentjust a handful of points on his serve, but alcaraz did manage to get the break back and then played an absolutely spectacular tie—break of his own to take it into a fourth set, but to his credit, he was not overruled by that and he continued to play very aggressively, very positively, still serving magnificently well and when the pressure was on him, this time he took his opportunity and completed a four set victory. took his opportunity and completed a four set victory-— four set victory. what is the mood around and? _ four set victory. what is the mood around and? because _ four set victory. what is the mood around and? because one - four set victory. what is the mood around a

open and the path to confirmation of the title is open, all the main competitors have already left melbournethe main tennis tournaments again. arina will tell you more about our adventures in australia a little later. hello, in the meantime, our announcement. sabalenka was left alone. victoria zarenka lost a winning match to ukrainian yastremskaya, depriving her hopes of the belarusian final in melbourne. the learning process is really difficult. but your referees are ready for it, they can adapt to what is needed in modern football. the first match in our football took place in the capital's manege, which was accompanied by a video recording system. those people who always supported me and they wrote that damn it, yes, it’s unfair, silence. irina zhuk answers thomas bach, what should athletes who have become hostages of political games do? we are preparing, we are not relaxing and are ready to perform. there are more competitions, belarusian boxing talks about the advantages of the suspension situation. so, tennis, the second racket of the world arina sabalenka, who defeated amanda annisimo

meanwhile, another beaten finalist in melbourne, daniil medvedev, who lost that five set epic to rafaears ago, survived a scare today. the russian third seed fighting back from a set down before his opponent, terence atmane, retired because of cramp. medvedev led two sets to one when the french quaifier was forced to retire. naomi 0saka's return to grand slam tennis ended with a first—round loss to 16th seed caroline garcia. playing in herfirst major tournament since the 2022 us open following the birth of daughter, osaka put up a good fight, but ultimately fell to a 6—4 7—6 defeat. it's the first time 0saka, who won the title in melbourne in 2019 and 2021, has lost in the opening round. not such a good day for wimbledon champion marketa vondrousova, though. she is out of the tournament after suffering a straight sets defeat to ukrainian qualifier dayana yastremska. ranked seventh in the world, she's the highest seed to fall so far in round one. no problems for coco gauff. she cruised through her first grand slam match. the 19—year—old american, who won her maiden major title at the u