tv Sport Today BBC News April 27, 2017 1:45am-2:01am BST
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hello, i'm marc edwards, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: eriksen the magic man. the dane on the scoresheet as spurs cut chelsea's lead at the top of the premier league to four points with a win at crystal palace. after seven years, there's a first ever goal in a barca shirt forjavier mascherano, as the catalan giants blow osasuna away. and maria sharapova makes a winning return to tennis, following her 15 month doping ban. hello, and thanks forjoining us. spurs have kept their title aspirations alive with a hard fought 1—0 win against crystal palace at selhurst park. tottenham cutting chelsea's lead at the top of the english premier league to four points with five matches remaining. in a game of few clear cut chances, christian eriksen provided the moment of magic needed by spurs. a stunning dipping strike from 30 yards with just over ten minutes left. the win means tottenham move on to 7a points, surpassing their previous best ever premier league total of 72. we completely dominated the game. we
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created the chances. i think they didn't shoot. and it was fantastic. very pleased. congratulate the players. and i think the three points we got and we have again reduced the gap to four points with chelsea. elsewhere, arsenal beat leicester 1—0, with an own goal from robert huth. arsenal are now back up to sixth four points off the champions league places. and in the battle of the bottom two, middlesbrough recorded their first victory of 2017 by beating sunderland i—o. the black cats on the brink of relegation which could come as early as this weekend. they're rock bottom and i2 points from safety. in spain, barcelona and real madrid remain level on points at the top, after they both won, and scored 13 goals between them.
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lionel messi scored twice as barca thrashed osasuna 7—i, with gomes and alcacer also scoring two each. javier mascherano got the other — his first goal for barcelona in 319 games for the club. and real madrid won 6—2 at deportivo la coruna, where james rodriguez scored twice. real trail barcelona on their head—to—head record but they still have a game in hand. meanwhile, leganes beat las palmas 3—0 to move six points clear of the relegation zone. and real sociedad won 3—2 at valencia to move up to sixth in the table. it was raining goals at the allianz arena as borussia dortmund came from behind to beat bayern munich 3—2 and book their place in the german cup final. colm harrison was keeping a close eye on what was a thrilling semi final tie. these two teams have met in three of the last five finals but there was only room for one in berlin this year and it was dortmund who's
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caught first after rafael cabral wrote it the first, marco reus plodded home from close range but the holders, hoping to stay on course for a record 19th german cup, turned it around with two goals before the interval with javi martinez bringing bayern level. and with half—time looming, mats hummels made 2—1, the former dortmund plea just couldn't bring himself to celebrate. two goals in a five—minute spell through the second half turned the game back in dortmund's favour with an equaliser from pierre—emerick aubameyang, who else, followed by the goal that won it for the visitors. with usman dembele saving the best until last, the french forward ensured that dortmund had to berlin for the fourth year in a row, where they face frankfurt in the final. and paris saint—germain remain on course to win the french cup for a record 11th time, withjulian draxler setting them on the way to a 5—0 win over monaco. the french league leaders paid
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the price for resting a number of key players as they were thrashed at the parc des princes. edison cavani got his customary goal with a cheeky back—heel. psg added three more in the second—half, with marquinhos completing the scoring in the last minute. they'll face angers at the stade de france on 27th may. four more teams qualified for the knockout stage of the asian champions league on wednesday. they include muangthong united, who became only the third team from thailand to make it through. their spanish striker xisco set them on the way to a 3—0 win over brisbane roar, that keeps them top of group e. kashima antlers have also qualified with a game to spare after beating ulsan hyundai 4—0 in south korea. mu kanazaki scored twice for the] league champions, punishing a howler by the goalkeeper. in the final round of games, kashima face muangthong to decide which of the teams finishes top of the group.
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urawa red diamonds have qualified group group f after thrashing the 2014 champions western sydney wanderers. rafael da silva scored twice as the japanese side won 6—1 to confirm their place in the last 16. and shanghai sipg are also through to the knockout stage. hulk scored the pick of the goals as they came from behind to beat fc seoul. and his fellow—brazilian oscar was also among the scorers as the chinese super league side won 11—2 to seal their place in the last 16. they remain level on points with the leaders urawa. the head of world football's governing body fifa says video replays will be used at next year's world cup in russia for crucial decisions during matches. gianni infantino said fifa had received nothing but positive feedback on its use. it was introduced to support referees for the first time in a fifa competition at the club world cup injapan in december and was also trialled in a recent friendly between spain and france. it'll only be used though to review incidents relating to goals, red cards, mistaken
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identities and penalties. maria sharapova made a winning return to tennis as she booked her place in the second round of the stuttgart grand prix. sharapova was making her comeback at a tournament that she's won three times in the past, and was given a good reception by the crowd in stuttgart. the former world number one, who failed a drugs test at last year's australian open, when she tested positive for meldonium, was playing herfirst match after serving a 15—month ban. she was up against italy's roberta vinci, who was among the players who criticised the decision to give a wildcard to sharapova. after shaking off the rustiness at the start, sharapova came through in straight sets, winning 7—5, 6—3. it was a moment that i have obviously been looking forward to
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for a very long time. you know, training quite intensively for the past few months and visualising myself going back at it and competing again. so, in ways of course i was rusty but in so many other ways i felt like they hadn't left. this is something that i've done for such a long period of time and it was really nice to have that back. on the men's tour, world number one andy murray is through to the third round of the barcelona open, and he hasn't hit a ball yet. he was given a bye in the first round and got a walkover in the second when his opponent bernard tomic withdrew because of a back problem. the defending champion rafael nadal is also through to the third round. he was playing for the first time on the newly—named "rafael nadal court", and the number three seed, who's bidding to win the title there for a tenth time, swept aside the brazilian rogerio dutra silva in straight sets. nadal won 6—1, 6—2, and plays kevin anderson of south africa next. ding jun hui has beaten ronnie o'sullivan for the first time in a ranking event in over ten years. the chinese superstar seeing off
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rocket ronnie to book his place in the semi finals of the snooker world championships in sheffield. jamie broughton was at the crucible for us. dingjun hui. ding jun hui. ding jun hui is trying to become the first player from asia to become the first player from asia to win the world championship. the chinese superstar lost in the final last year and he is determined to lift the trophy this campaign. he went into the final session of this match and leading by ten frames to six but wasn't able to settle first. dingjun hui, six but wasn't able to settle first. ding jun hui, six. ronnie o'sullivan quickly hit top form and threatened to make a comeback. ding might have let the pressure facing a sullivan get to him in the past but not any more. there is a new mental toughness about him and he won the next frame. o'sullivan never gives up, though, and always wants to entertain the crowd. applause.
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the five—time champion had the chance to make a 147 thin and break, he was enjoying himself and even saying to the referee he mightn‘t go for it but unfortunately it wasn't to be, he ran out of position and had to go for the pink. o'sullivan eventually finished with a break of 146, which is the highest of the tournament so far. despite his billions he couldn't shut his opponent out of the match. ding completed a famous victory with a century break of his own to win by 13 frames to ten. he now plays the defending champion mark selby in the semifinals. ding now plays the defending champion mark selby who thrashed marco fu13—3. in the other semi—final, the former champion john higgins, who beat kyren wilson 13—6, will play barry hawkins. he beat the unseeded stephen mcguire 13—9. the semi—finals start on thursday and they're the best of 31 frames. and that is all your sport for now.
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but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello again. our weather is set to turn a little bit milder over the next few days, quieting down in many respects. but before we get there, yesterday we had some really big thunderstorms hanging around. this one brought hail in west hampsted. thanks to our weather watcher for sending that picture in. you can see the extent of the showers as they have worked in. the showers have tended to die away overnight. just one or two left over working towards central, southern england. by and large, today we are looking at quite a cloudy weather picture for many of us. and there will be some showers knocking around as well. ok, let's take a look at how the weather starts off in the morning.
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quite a lot of cloud around. some showers really from the word go across north—western areas. towards southern parts of england and wales, this is where the clearest weather will be. and certainly a cold start to the day. we're looking at some patches of frost around. probably the lowest temperatures at —3 or so. a cold and frosty start to the morning. it should be reasonably bright. brightness will not last, though. quite quickly, we will see an area of cloud come down from the north. that will tend to trap cold air at the surface. it's one of those days where temperatures will be slow to rise. northern england, northern ireland, scotland, a cloudy start to the day. occasional brighter spells. but already a few showers from the word go. quite breezy in northern scotland as well. through the rest of the day, the showers that are really associated with weak weather fronts will go southwards. it will turn cloudier and cloudier as the day goes by. and eventually we will start to see those showers working in across east anglia and the east of england. late in the day, the far north of england will brighten up. temperatures generally about 11 degrees for many of us. now, looking at the weather picture
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through the night time, and those showers will continue to go southwards. quite a bit of cloud initially. then the showers fade away and skies clear in the second half of the night. and again that will allow things to get chilly. there will be some pockets of frost developing by the time we get to friday morning across parts of scotland and the far north of england in the countryside. here's friday's weather picture. generally a quiet weather day. again, we're looking at a few showers. most in eastern parts of scotland, eastern england. but for many of us, it's a dry and bright kind of day with cloud coming and going through the day. those temperatures will be rising a little bit. so, highs between 11 and 14 degrees. feeling a little bit more pleasant. and that trend i think goes on into the first part of the weekend. saturday, by and large a dry day with sunny spells. isolated showers possible in western areas. but for most of us a quiet weather picture. temperatures continuing to rise. 12—15 degrees. not bad for the start of the weekend.
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