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this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... roger federer makes it six titles for the year beating rafael nadal to win the shanghai masters. mauro icardi scores a late penalty to complete a hat—trick in a last gasp win for inter in the milan derby. green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers could be out for the rest of the season after suffering a broken collarbone. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis news that roger federer has won his sixth title of the year after beating rafael nadal on sunday to claim the shanghai masters. among those six titles this year for the 36—year—old was the australian open and wimbledon and this victory means the swiss could still replace his great rival nadal as world number one by the end of the year. rob heath reports. it has been 13 long years since roger federerfirst it has been 13 long years since roger federer first played rafael nadal. he had won 27 of their 33 meetings but nadal —— federer won
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the last four. he'd woken the spaniard in the first game. nadal could not threaten the serve of the swiss player and he served out to ta ke swiss player and he served out to take the first set in 35 minutes. roger federer had laboured to victory in the semifinals. no sign of weariness here. he was touching rare heights of brilliance. another break in the fifth game of the second. rafael nadal had never previously won the shanghai masters and with the match slipping away tried to show some urgency. roger federer was irresistible. at 36 he, his touch is still sublime. once again he put in adult‘s serve under pressure and once again the world number one buckled. federer supreme again, 64, 63. ages seemingly no
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barrier and the end of year world tour finals are now firmly in his sights. maria sharapova has won herfirst tournament since her 15—month doping ban ended beating arina sabalenka in straight sets to win the tianjin open. the 30—year—old russian was playing her seventh event since her return to the sport and the title is her first since the italian open more than two years ago. she trailed 4—1 in both sets before overcoming the 19—year—old belarusian, who was contesting her first wta final. such a special tournament and victory for me, one i will remember for ever in my career. sometimes you never know when it will all come together but it happened this week so together but it happened this week soi together but it happened this week so i would like to thank everyone, all of my fans, everyone of my supporters for helping me get here today. in italy's serie a, a hat—trick
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from inter captain mauro icardi which included a 90th minute penalty saw his side win the milan derby 3—2. the penalty was awarded when ricardo rodriguez pulled danilo d'ambrosio by the shirt which saw the argentine given the chance to win the match which he duly did moving his side second and just two points behind leaders napoli. elsewhere there were wins for sampdoria, bologna and fiorentina while genoa's victory over cagliari lifts them out of the relegation zone. in spain's primera division valencia have moved second after a nine goal epic that they won 6—3 at real betis. five goals came in the last 16 minutes and after trailing 4—0 betis pulled it back to within one goal until two late efforts saw valencia win. in doing so it moves them ahead of real madrid and to within four points of leaders barcelona. elsewhere on sunday the other move saw leganes climb to sixth with victory at bottom of the table malaga. to football now and there were two games in the english premier league on sunday where southampton came from behind to grab a 2—2 draw at home to newcastle united. rafa benitez mave have been the more frustrated of the managers
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as his newcastle side led twice through goals from isaac hayden and ayoze perez, but two from manolo gabbiadini, the second a penalty, meant saints rescued a point. it was also a draw in the earlier game, but everton had a late penalty from wayne rooney to thank for coming away with a point. brighton had taken a deserved lead inside the last ten minutes through anthony knockaert, and both teams are now three points above the relegation zone. it's a result that will do little to ease the pressure on everton boss ronald koeman after his heavy spending before the season started. we lost a little control. may be it isa we lost a little control. may be it is a problem of confidence. there is one way to come out of this difficult situation, and that is working hard to show the belief and the commitment between the players and that was what we showed today. the pga tour was in malaysia this week where american pat perez claimed the cimb classic
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in kuala lumpur winning by four strokes. perez began the final round with a 4—shot lead and maintained that advantage to secure the third win of his career as keegan bradley finished runner—up. it was the 41 year—old's 403rd start on tour and he becomes the cimb‘s oldest winner as he led the way from friday's second round onwards. england's tyrrell hatton sunk this putt on the 18th to win the italian open for his second european tour victory in two weeks. hatton birdied five of the last seven holes to finish one shot clear of the field. quinton de kock and hashim amla shared south africa's highest one—day international partnership as the hosts beat bangladesh by ten wickets in the series opener in kimberley on sunday. having been set 279 to win, the opening pair chased down the total with 7.1 overs to spare. de kock struck an unbeaten 168 off 145 balls,while amla's 110 not out came off 112 balls. the second of three matches takes place in paarl on wednesday. defending european champions
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saracens scored a crushing 57—13 win against fellow english side northampton in their opening european champions cup pool two match on sunday. winger liam williams playing his first european match for saracens scored two in the first half for mark mccall's side as they look to make it three consecutive titles in this competition. saracens scored eight tries in total now face welsh side ospreys at home next weekend. in the nfl green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers could miss the rest of the season after suffering a broken collar bone in their match against neighbouring minnesota vikings. the 33—year—old injured his throwing shoulder after taking a hard hit from vikings linebacker anthony barr and it's the same problem that saw him miss seven games in the 2013 season with minnesota eventually winning 23—10. the world archery championships
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begin in mexico on sunday. you can't use your mind to control a speeding arrow of course but patrick huston does the next best think, ——thing. the british archer uses mental management techniques to convince himself he's going to hit the target and he hopes that could help him win a world title. david mcdaid has more. this arrow was going in the middle because i am the best archer in the world. iam because i am the best archer in the world. i am the best archer in the world. i am the best archer in the world because i am patrick houston andi world because i am patrick houston and i shoot arrows in the middle. steady hand and had good eye and a keenin steady hand and had good eye and a keen in archery but so it seems is the power of the mind to. archery is a sport of repetition under pressure. it is about 10% physical and 90% mental. you need to have that belief and that mental consistency to be able to follow through with that shot that you have
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learnt and practised so well in that exact given moment. the more you talk about, think about something the more likely it is to happen. talk about, think about something the more likely it is to happenm is certainly happening so far for houston. this positive visualisation has helped set world records, make the olympics and break into the world's top 20. in fact, gb team as a whole are having one of their best seasons yet, despite losing their funding. afew seasons yet, despite losing their funding. a few archers we have had we re funding. a few archers we have had were professional and are still competing but they are outdoing coaching and finding private clients. because they are thinking about archery in a disciplined way they are getting better themselves. it gives them a motivation and a passion that they had perhaps lost. he tells himself he is the world ‘s best. and he actually become the first world champion this week? someone has to be the first to win a world championship title. i am having the best season yet and i am
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confident. i am confident i can bring back some bling. and itself believes won wiggles, the gold would already be his. —— and if self belief won medals. ireland's sam bennett saw his chances of winning the tour of turkey cruelly ended when he crashed on the approach to the finish line in the final stage. bennett had won four of the first five stages and was well placed to cross the line first in istanbul but slipped trying to move up on the final turn. he eventually limped home in 54th place on the day and finished 52nd overall. the stage was won by the belgian edward theuns and the tour itself was won by italy's diego ullisi. quite a slip indeed. that is all we have time for on this addition of sport today. don't forget everything else you can go to the website or followers on twitter. from me and
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the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. fairly quiet conditions out there at the moment. on monday, things turn more stormy to the west of the uk, especially in northern ireland. the met office has already issued an amber be prepared warning for strong winds from monday afternoon. the worst will be in southern ireland. ophelia, an ex—hurricane, moves towards the shores. the met service in ireland has issued a red warning. danger to life and property across the entire country. the wind will steadily strengthen in the west. scotland will have rain come and go. dry conditions in england and wales. the winds start to pick up through the irish sea in particular as we go into the afternoon.
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western parts of wales, the isle of man, northern ireland, parts of south—west scotland in particular. we can see winds in excess of 80 miles per hour in a few spots. that will cause loose debris to fly around and travel disruption. only part of the story, of course. on monday, rain across the board in ireland. cool conditions in scotland with outbreaks of rain. england and wales, away from western coasts, blustery day but quite a warm and sunny one, 23 degrees. evening rush—hour, northern england, gusty winds. the strongest of the wind in the north. the low pressure system will transfer to northern scotland. these areas could see 60—70 miles per hour winds. they could cause disruption. temperatures holding up into tuesday morning. through monday and tuesday, just a reminder, some problems around, not just with transport, power supply problems as well. check for warnings on the website and on the bbc weather app. the strongest winds will go down on tuesday. outbreaks of rain continue in scotland and northern ireland. a cold day there.
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england and wales, a lot of dry weather. light winds, hazy sunshine. feeling pleasant, even without the tropical layer of monday. later in the day, rain spreads in through the english channel. this system willjust go north through tuesday night in the wednesday. the warmest air confined to east anglia and the south—east. wet weather in southern counties of england. on wednesday, the midlands into northern england, southeasterly winds, the heaviest of the rain in the east of the pennines. part of eastern scotland as well. western areas, dry and bright. still feeling cool away from southern counties where it will be pleasant. quite a wet day here. overall this week, a stormy start to the week. things turn quieter but stronger winds as well. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is ben bland.
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