in singapore and with it books her place in the last four of the world tour finals... and we have new league leaders in italy — inter are top of serie a. baseball's world series is under way at dodger stadium — the los angeles dodgers, who havent won the title for 29 years have home advantage for the first two games of the series against the houston astros — who have never won the event. and the home side have astros pitcher dallas kuechel to thank for a good start. his first pitch resulted in a dodgers home run. la leading 1—0. at the wta finals in singapore — world number three karolina pliskova booked a place in the semi—finals after a thumping straight sets win

against the world number two garbine muguruza. and there was also success on tuesday for american venus williams. austin halewood rounds up the action. at 37, venus williams keeps rolling back the years in 2017. after losing her first match in singapore, next up her first match in singapore, next up was 20—year—old u lainer 0ster pinko. ina up was 20—year—old u lainer 0ster pinko. in a tight first set, williams came out on top to take it 7-5. williams came out on top to take it 7—5. then, the french open champion hit back. she showed that she had enough power to dominate anyone on the tour on her day. as the match past three hours with 20 breaks of serve, it was williams‘s experience and consistency that gave her the victory. her eyes were still on a place in the semifinals while her

opponent knows she is now going home. choose a's second match was much more straightforward. both khari lee neb pliskova and garbine muguruza won their opening matches but with pliskova at the top of her opening game, she is difficult to stop. she showed off her pal at the baseline... and her touch at the net as she raced into an early lead. and, she soon wrapped up the opening set, breaking the wimbledon champion‘s served twice. the spaniard didn't have an answer for the power of the czechoslovakian, taking the match in little over an hour, but in her place in the last four. for muguruza, a showdown with venus williams for a spot in the semifinals. there are new leaders of serie a in italy as inter have gone top after victory at home to sampdoria. milan skriniar opened the scoring and two goals from mauro icardi gave them a 3—2 win. it puts them above napoli by a point but they have played a game more.

sampdoria stay sixth. in the league cup in england, manchester united bounced back from their first league loss at the weekend with a 2—0 win away at swansea. jesse lingard with both goals to send them through to the last eight. arsenal came from a goal down to win 2—1 against norwich after extra time. and manchester city were forced to penalties against wolves — 4—1 they won the shoot out to progress. in the copa del rey in spain — barcelona were 3—0 winners away at real murcia. wins too for sevilla and valencia. in the second round of the german cup, bundesliga leaders borussia dortmund beat third division side magdeburg 5—0 away from home. it was goalless for 41 minutes before gonzalo castro gave dortmund the lead, one minute after coming on as a substitute. but in the second half, a penalty and three more goals including this late one from shinji kagawa saw dortmund cruise to victory. some of the other results...

across europe there's been women's world cup qualifying on tuesday— european champions the netherlands kicked off their campaign with a win over norway. they left it late though — vivianne miedema finally breaking the deadlock in the third minute of added time. denmark were 4—0 winners away in croatia — after agreeing a temporary deal with their association over pay and conditions in order to play. a day after sacking ronald koeman as manager, everton have put david unsworth in temporary charge at goodison park. unsworth, who manages the club's under 23 side, made over 300 appearances for the merseyside club over two spells. he's confirmed he wants the job on a permenant basis and says he'll give it everything he's got. who wouldn't want this job? it's a

wonderful football club with amazing fans. and, it's a topjob for absolutely any manager. myself included. the chairman has given me an opportunity, the board have given me an opportunity to hopefully get a run of games where performance levels go up, and we produce some wins as well. from that, the performances and results dictate any future for me as ever, to be honest. west indies beat zimbabwe in the first of two tests in bulawayo. the hosts went some way towards their target of 434 but were eventually bowled out for 316. devendra bishoo was man of the match with nine wickets. the second test starts on sunday. stuart bingham — the 2015 world snooker champion — has been banned for six months for breaching betting rules. three months and one day of the ban will be suspended, if he complies with any treatment recommended to him for his gambling,

and if he commits no further rule breaches. bingham still has the option to appeal, but he'll now miss the three most lucrative tournaments outside of the world championship. the countdown to next year's winter olympics is offically on. the flame for the 2018 games in pyeongchang, south korea was lit at the birthplace of the ancient olympics on tuesday. greek cross country skiier apostolos angelis ran the first leg as torchbearer, he then handed it over to parkji sung, the former manchester united footballer. the olympic flame will cross greece before being flown to south korea in the build up to the games which start on the 9th of february. we are ready to welcome the world here. and spread the message of peace and harmony. we want an intelligent community, to understand

that we have committed. we've committed to hosting a safe and secure winter olympic games. all countries have been invited to participate in the largest ever winter games. a woman from essex who finished second in the ironman world championships last week — is already thinking about next year's race. lucy charles was making her professional debut in the discipline that's considered to be the toughest one—day sports event in the world as sara 0rchard explains. the discipline of iron man could be described as an extreme triathlon, with the emphasis on extreme. competitors begin the race with a 2.4 mile swim, moving on to a 112 mile bike ride, and then finishing with a 2.6 mile marathon or on the same day without a break. last week at the world championships in hawaii, 24—year—old lucy charles

finished second on her professional debut. it was my first ever time at the world champs as a professional triathlete. to make the podium was way out of reach, i thought. to finish second was way outside of what i thought was possible. home again with her boyfriend and coach, training is back under way. but the bedroom has a new addition... we've recently purchased an altitude tent, which enables you to sleep at high altitudes. i suppose it is meant to help with endurance performance. what is it like in there? it's nice, it's a lot bigger than we anticipated so the whole bedroom is anticipated so the whole bedroom is an altitude trainer! her next ambition is simple... there's only one place better i can go, which is

what i'm working towards. winning the world championships next year. britain's chrissie wellington was waiting on the finish line with expectations that lucy has the talent to emulate her achievements. sara 0rchard, bbc news. phenomenal! lets have a look at the golfing teamwork here. look at this... you may not see this on the first day of the ryder cup next year, but it may well be the very best golf trick shot that i've ever seen. look at that in slow motion. perfect balance and precision. that's all the sport, we will be backin that's all the sport, we will be back in the next hour, i will update you on how it is progressing but from me and the rest of the team, it's goodbye. hello, tuesday saw a range of

temperatures across the uk, even though there was a lot of cloud in the south—east and east anglia, temperatures of 20 degrees here, much higher than we normally get at this time of year. 12 degrees through the central belt of scotland is normal. and in between, this weather front, and self of it, we had milder and warmer air. weather front, and self of it, we had milderand warmerair. fora while, it was active, with heavy bursts of rain in northern england and scotland. but heading southwards, the weather front weakens considerably.

not much rain by the time we get to wednesday morning. damp and drizzly in southern england. low cloud, missed and patches of hill fog. further north, the cloud is broken into fresh air across wales, the midlands, and northern england. drier by this stage. a fuchsia was further north and in scotland, chiefly across north—west scotland, heavy ones first thing. the heaviest showers pushing up towards the northern isles. winds easing across mainland scotland. in many places, a nice day with a lot of sunshine, more so across nice day with a lot of sunshine, more so across england and wales with cloud sticking south of the m4 and through the english channel. 19 degrees in london, 13 or 14 through the central belt of scotland. the weather front, having the central belt of scotland. the weatherfront, having moved south, will begin to move northwards on wednesday evening and wednesday night. it doesn't know whether it is coming or going! it looks like it is not woods but it drags on low cloud, mist and fog further north into england and wales, bringing in some pockets of rain and drizzle. clearer further north in northern ireland, chilly here overnight, otherwise mild in england and wales. a lot of cloud and some folk taking a while to shift. damp weather in northern england and north wales. sunshine

develops in northern ireland and across scotland as we use these showers. in the far north of england too. 13 degrees in the sunshine. a decent day, 17 in the south—east despite the cloud. that should clear away by the time we get to friday as the weather front is moving back south again. it will introduce a bright day across—the—boa rd, south again. it will introduce a bright day across—the—board, it will not be as mild in some parts of the uk but cold air coming up this weekend. high pressure in the west and south—west, drawing winds across on saturday. some cloud, drizzly showers, a plunge of colder air in the second half of the weekend. given the strength of the wind, it feels colder and we may end the weekend with a touch of frost and the skies clearing. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: turning on trump. two republican party senators launch scathing attacks on their own president. just a couple of hours until china

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