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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  January 23, 2017 6:30pm-6:46pm GMT

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president trump has signed an executive order, formally withdrawing america from the trans—pacific partnership trade deal, which involves dozens of countries. an independent report into the death of dean saunders, a mentally—ill man who took his own life at chelmsford prison last year, has found staff failed to do enough to protect him. and theresa may has unveiled her new industrial strategy for britain after brexit, focusing on skills, science and technology and infrastructure. and the actor gorden kaye best known for his part in the bbc sitcom ‘allo ‘allo!, has died at the age of 75. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. with president trump barely pausing for breathe as he gets going on implementing his new policies, we have a special series that starts tonight — one hundred days is on at 7. as british olympic boxing champion, nicola adams turns pro,
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we'll speak to a former team gb coach about what she can expect in the professional world. and is burnt toast a health risk? we'll ask a cancer specialist how important it is to stick to government advice to ‘go for gold' when it comes to our breakfast favourite. that's all ahead on bbc news. the headlines. nicola adams has her sights set on becoming a world champion after announcing the decision to turn professional. hull city's ryan mason is conscious and ina city's ryan mason is conscious and in a stable condition after surgery ona in a stable condition after surgery on a fractured skull. johanna konta has set up a mouthwatering quarterfinal with serena williams. nicola adams has announced her
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decision to turn professional. the double olympic gold medallist will make her pro debut in april. adams, who successfully defended her flyweight title in rio last summer, now has her sights set on becoming a world champion. katie gornall reports. i'm here eating humble pie today because i've not been the greatest advocate of women's boxing. as frank warren announces newest recruit, it felt like a big step forward for british boxing but then nicola adams is used to breaking new ground. last yearin is used to breaking new ground. last year in rio she became the first
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briton to successfully defend their boxing title in nearly 100 years. she also reigning world, european and commonwealth champion, almost all of the major fires have ended with the famous smile. she told me as an amateur she has nothing left to prove. becoming a world champion and the european champion, there are so many goals to achieve in the professional ranks, hopefully trying to make women's boxing on par with men's. her announcement means giving up men's. her announcement means giving up the chance to announce team gb. today they released a statement praising her contribution. she follows another 0lympic praising her contribution. she follows another olympic champion katie taylor into the professional game. the irish fighter recently became on the undercard of anthony joshua's title fight. how far can she go? without a doubt and her
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pedigree it is beyond reproach as a boxer and i think she could win a world title now. she will have to wait until april to make her debut in manchester and then her home city in may. now it is time to see if she can live up to the billing once again. ryan mason is conscious after surgery on a fractured skull. he was injured after a clash with gary cahill, has said in a statement that mason would continue to be monitored in hospital over the coming days. arsene wenger has been charged by the fa with misconduct. it follows an incident during arsenal's. during arsenal's win over burnley yesterday when wenger pushed fourth official anthony taylor after being sent off. the arsenal manager had reacted angrily when burnley were given a penalty in added time. wenger apologised after the game and said he ‘regretted everything'. he hasn't 6p on thursday to respond.
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girardelli fei has joined ac milan online. he has made 13 appearances for everton this season and the manager said last week that the play would be allowed to leave in order to get gametime. the spaniard joined everton online from barcelona making the transfer permanent the following year. liverpool have confirmed markovic chaz joint year. liverpool have confirmed markovic chazjoint harle on a year—long loan. meanwhile jurgen klopp says steven gerrard will get every support from him innocent ambition to become a manager. he will rejoin as an academy coach next month. being a manager is a job you have to learn. and when a person like steven gerrard and a player of the player he was, more the person he is, is ready to make the steps, that is wonderful news for football because combining the player
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experience with all the things you learn from now on, that's a bright future. england women are looking to bounce back tomorrow after defeat in norway entered a ten match unbeaten run. mark samson's squad are playing sweden tomorrow. we know that we can have a good performance against them but also looking at last year how well they did in the olympics, i think it's an incredible achievement that we can't really take for granted when we play them, they are a very fit and strong side and a few have them play in our league so we will know what they will do. it'll be another big test for england. britain'sjohanna konta has continued her dominant form in the australian open, reaching the quarterfinals. the world number nine beat russia's ekaterina makarova 6—1, 6—4, and hasn't dropped a set in entire tournament. whilst some strength in the
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melbourne heat johanna whilst some strength in the melbourne heatjohanna konta shines. her last hope in the singles draw, 3-1 her last hope in the singles draw, 3—1 up. you katarina makarova has bad memories playing to her, she lost in the same stage 12 months ago. contact since climb the rankings and has shown why she is in the world top ten, she raced to the first set with ease. —— konta. the experience makarova then found her rhythm and with it a three—game advantage. konta refuse to dictate its eu and returned to playing with purpose and her ruthless efficiency helped her back into the set and provided a platform to secure the second quarterfinal. this is where she will need six time champion serena williams for the first time. i'm looking forward to competing against, she is one of, if not the best player for us to ever have in the game so i think to play against someone like that
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to you also grew up watching, i think it is another great opportunity for me to take a really great load of experience from. it's fine to be an easy experience with konta in such sizzling form. as you have been hearing konta will face serena williams in the quarterfinal, the 22 grand champion ove rca m e quarterfinal, the 22 grand champion overcame the cheque in straight sets. 7—56— four. rafael nadal is three to the quarterfinals, his first in nearly two years, his night out in australia as he beat gael monfils 3—1. nadal spent much of last year struggling injury and he will face milos raonic who is the highest seed left in the men's draw. 0ne highest seed left in the men's draw. one of britain's longest serving
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swimmers, kerri anne payne has announced her retirement today. the two—time world champion finished second in the beijing olympics in 2008 and i'm glad to say she joins us now. 2008 and i'm glad to say she joins us now. so lovely to have you with us, tell me why have you decided to retire now? ijust decided that it was a brand—new year, we've moved from manchester sorry down from edinburgh to london and i was excited to get this out there. myself and my husband we've been thinking long and hard about when we would do it and how we would do the retirement but it seemed really right to do it now, january, and new year, new chapter. talking about cha pters year, new chapter. talking about chapters you have had so many spectacular ones. what has been the highlight for you? so many. a sporting highlight has to be standing on the podium in beijing and winning a silver medal. my proudest moment has to be walking
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out to my 0lympic final in london to 30,000 people standing around hyde park. it was amazing. four years previous in beijing i had to explain it and previous in beijing i had to explain itand in previous in beijing i had to explain it and in a short space of time, 30,000 people came to watch the race, the noise was out of this world. there are so many events that happen up and down the country now to bea happen up and down the country now to be a part of that revolution of the sport has been a proud moment for me. i can imagine. the sport has been a proud moment for me. ican imagine. it is the sport has been a proud moment for me. i can imagine. it is a new year, new city, i presume you're not going to ensure those early starts any more, what is next? definitely no early starts. for me and my husband, we are setting up a new business and are not really taking a step back from so doing, i'm taking a side step with the new business. we are all about inspiring people to ta ke we are all about inspiring people to take on the neck sporting challenges and using 0pen take on the neck sporting challenges and using open water to try to get
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people excited about getting active and getting outdoors. we have coached almost a thousand people and tore them to get into the water so i'm really excited for this new step and inspiring people in a different way. we wish you all the best, it's been lovely talking to you. the sky is the limit for scottish rugby. glasgow and edinburgh are both in the european quarterfinals and with six nations less than a fortnight away, stuart hogg of glasgow and scotla nd away, stuart hogg of glasgow and scotland is aiming for double success. stuart hogg epitomises all thatis success. stuart hogg epitomises all that is good about scottish rugby at the moment, a world—class operator, a long—term commitment to playing in scotla nd a long—term commitment to playing in scotland and a near certainty for a place in this summers british and irish lions squad and he not alone. 32 of this 36 man squad are now european quarterfinalists. the
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challenge is to take that form into the international stage. the aim to be title contenders. for us as i say we will concentrate on ireland first and foremost and here's hoping we can geta and foremost and here's hoping we can get a good bit of and trained well and take that into the first game. especially the glasgow boys, finn has been playing awesome attend so if we can get outside him it'll be grand. if you think you've heard this positivity into a six nations before you would be right, there have been several false dawns in recent yea rs. have been several false dawns in recent years. with glasgow pulling up recent years. with glasgow pulling up trees in europe and enjoying a level of european success, maybe this time is different. you have an all scottish starting 15 glasgow thisjust destroyed a major english club. i think to counteract that you have to say the six nations is incredibly brutal. it is only five games but can feel very long and drawn out if you're losing. ireland just beat the all blacks, we have
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been optimistic before but we have more reason to be now. that confidence fuelled further by warriors mauling of leicester tigers will takes on tempering. if stuart 0lding company can replicate their glasgow performance for scotland, it may not even be necessary. —— stuart hogg and company. that is all the sport for now, you can keep up—to—date with all other stories on the sport website. tomorrow the 11 justices of the supreme court will decide if ministers alone can trigger article 50 of the lisbon treaty, the mechanism by which the uk leaves the eu, or whether they need the authority of an act of parliament. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports on what is being seen as a momentous case, that will dictate the manner and could affect the timing of the uk's departure from the eu. who has the legal power to switch on the process by which the uk leaves the eu? is it the government alone, or does
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it need an act of parliament? tomorrow, the 11 justices of the supreme court will give their ruling. the government was appealing a case brought by businesswoman gina miller. the result today is about all of us. she had won a judgment at the high court stoppbing ministers bypassing parliament and triggering article 50 using what are known as prerogative powers. they are derived from times when all—powerful kings and queens could do pretty much what they wanted. the press secretary by the press corps so after checking my twitter feed, i shot just corps so after checking my twitter feed, i shotjust an e—mail knowing he could rest easy that his title is secure. let me begin by saying the
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president has been monitoring the weather in the south—east and spoke with the governor of georgia and offered condolences and support. today president trump is focused on his pledge on trade policies that put america first. he began his day with breakfast with key business leaders in the us onjob creation and growing our manufacturing base. business leaders who intended included michael dell, jeff hendrick, mark fields, alex gorski, marilyn hewson, class client field, and you risk, mario longueuil, elon musk, kevin plank, mark sutton,

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