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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  November 19, 2017 6:30pm-6:51pm GMT

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dreams come true for tommy fleetwood as he win's golf‘s race to dubai title. and, england make it to the last four at the rugby league world cup. good evening plenty to come, but we begin with the return of david moyes to premier league football. having taken over a west ham side in the relegation zone, it's clear points will be at a premium for them, but they'll have to do more to get more. they failed to impress, beaten 2—nil at watford, as hannah lupton reports. back to work for david moyes on with his new club west ham in the relegation zone, back to basics. well, that was the plan, but there
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we re well, that was the plan, but there were no signs of any changes. will hughes took taj for watford, this his first premier league goal. not the start david moyes wanted but it could pack should have been worse. watford came close to getting a second. from worse time's chances —— these were some of gomez‘s entry for save of the season. somehow, it was just 1—0 at the break. hughes turned provider, releasing rich olessen to double their lead. lanzini saw his effort cleared off the line. it isn't getting any easier for west ham. for david moyes, back to the drawing board. we want to be in the games, we stayed in the game for most of it. we made a couple of chances to get ourselves goals, we didn't get them today. goals change
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games, you get the money changes multitude of sins. we have to play better. i didn't really enjoy bits of the performance but if we got the goals, anything have happened. in the scottish premiership, congestion outside the ground meant kick off in hearts first match in their refurbished stadium was delayed. a late kris doolan equaliser for partick thistle meant it ended level. chris coleman has been confirmed as the new boss of championship side sunderland after resigning as wales manager. he signs a two—and—a—half year deal to replace simon grayson, who was sacked last month. having been relegated from the premier league last season, sunderland are bottom of the table afterjust one win in 17 matches. coleman's joined on the staff by his former wales assitant kit symons, and their first game will be tuesday's night's league match away at aston villa. there was one game today in the championship, garry monk's return to leeds united didn't go to plan as his middlesbrough side were beaten 2—1. ezgjan alioski got the winner.
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boro', stay sixth — victory means leeds are now level with them on points. tommy fleetwood has won golf‘s race to dubai title. he held off fellow englishmanjustin rose to top the european tour's money list. it went down to the final hole on the final event of the season, as stuart pollitt reports from dubai. race to dubai champion, tommy fleetwood! cheering and applause. relief and joy for tommy fleetwood, after a nerve—racking day in the desert. the southport golfer ended up winning the race to dubai byjust over £50,000, after his rivaljustin rose collapsed on the back nine within sight of victory. in the end, rose had to eagle the last to deny the 26—year—old. when he didn't, it was party time for fleetwood's friends and family. as soon as i get my lager, i'll be all right! what does it mean to you to see him achieve it? it's fantastic. it's the best thing you can do in europe. imean, yeah.
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i'll be saying it for a while, race to dubai champion, it's very, very cool. just tell me what 2017 will mean to you? surely it can never be beaten, can it? it's been a big one. baby frankie arriving, safely, and he's great. and i'm going to get married in a couple of weeks. i mean, it's been the best year of my life by an absolute mile. and on course it's been great, i've played some of the best golf of my career, done things that i've never done before. as the sun sets on the golfing year here in dubai, one thing is for certain, 2017 is a year tommy fleetwood will never forget. the final of tennis‘s season—ending world tour finals is underway in london. with a new name guaranteed to be etched on the trophy this evening... but will it be grigor dimitrov or david goffin? these are our live pictures from bbc 2. the belgian seventh seed, goffin, has beaten rafa nadal and roger federer to reach this point, while dimitrov is actually making his forst appearance at the event. england have made it
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through to the semi finals of the rugby league world cup. they beat papua new guinea by 36—6 in melbourne. tim hague has the details. england have strolled their way through the world cup so far, but with sam burgess back, could they march through their quarterfinal against the colourful and physical papua new guinea? well, we got an indication on that after 90 seconds. papua new guinea skipper david mead flattened, and he would not return. it summed up the first half — england excellent, and ahead through a familiar finisher. commentator: watkins, and it's going to be yet another try forjermaine mcgillvary! and the watkins—mcgillvary double act did the damage again shortly after. same corner, same result. but this encounter was not without the odd bump in the road. it didn't bother kevin brown or his team—mates, though. alex walmsley going
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over before half—time. ben curry after it. but papua new guinea have impressed in the tournament so far, and got some reward for their efforts, before england upped the ante again. watkins no longerjust the provider, as he scored twice himself. commentator: is he going to be caught? no, he's not. up with a grin. and another leeds rhinos got the seventh and final try, ryan hall making it a 36—6 victory. tonga next in the semifinals, and england are picking up speed in this world cup. champions exeter have gone back to the top of rugby union's premiership, but they were made to work for it by harlequins at sandy park. quins were ahead at half—time, but the chiefs found a way through early in the second half thanks to sam hill. it wasn't the best performance from last season's premiership winners, but they ended up sealing a bonus point win thanks to a second try for hill.
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exeter are two points clear of saracens who lost at gloucester yesterday. elsewhere, it's now six premiership wins in a row for leicester tigers, who beat sale 35—27 for the bonus point victory. it's seven defeats in a row for london irish, beaten 22—18 by bath at the madejski. england's women could still draw their ashes series — after beating australia in the penultimate t20 match. henry moeran reports from canberra. although england have lost the war of this women's ashes series, there are at least battled back to victory today in the second t20, this second phase of this multiformat winning series. at first, 152—6 was much more like it from the england batting line—ups. a destructive 32 and not out for katherine brunt, pa rt and not out for katherine brunt, part of redemptive performance after a difficult light night on friday.
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with the ball, england were on top throughout. regular wickets for jenny gunn and katherine brunt, and arrested the bowling unit. they go into the final game on tuesday with the potential of finishing level on points, though australia will be retaining that ashes trophy. we came out here to win the ashes and we didn't do that, we have to hold our hands up and say australia played better cricket than us up until this point. to go home and have won the t20 series means we can leave with pride. regardless of the result in the final match of this women's temperament series, england will head home disappointed not have the trophy in their possession. mark robinson and his side set high standards for themselves. they know anything other than victory would be anything other than victory would be a disappointment. but they proved today they can go toe to toe with australia and that these two sides are very closely matched. the england men's team have arrived in brisbane ahead of the first test which starts on thursday. still without ben stokes of course, as the all—rounder awaits the result
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of the investigation into an incident outside a bristol nightclub in september. but his team—mates are still hopeful he can still play a part. 0ur correspondent andy swiss sent this report. welcome to brisbane, where the sun is out at the moment but earlier on we had some pretty heavy showers. the forecast is for more rain over the next few days, which could affect the players' preparations for the first test which starts at the gabba on thursday. earlier on, england's players arrived at brisbane airport from townsville, where they were playing their final their final warm up game against a cricket australia 11. a smattering of the barmy army were there to meet them at the airport. the build—up to this ashes series has been dominated by the issue of ben stokes, who is currently back in britain under police investigation after an incident outside a nightclub back in september. team—mate jonny bairstow says he is hopeful stokes can still play some part in this ashes series. it would be amazing
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if stokes comes out here. i'm sure you guys all think the same. he's a fantastic cricketer. we don't know what's going on at the moment, that's completely out of our hands. until that's resolved, we actually don't know what is going to happen. i am sure it will get resolved sooner rather than later, we hope, because at the end of the day we want the best cricketers playing in the ashes, don't we? england preparing for this first test without ben stokes. only one real selection dilemma for them to think about. the final fast bowler spot, which seems to be a straight shoot out between craig 0verton and jake ball. but otherwise, the line—up looks pretty settled. england therefore with three days of training to go until the first ashes test gets underway at the gabba here on thursday. england's women lost for the second match in a row in hockey's world league series. they were beaten i—0 by argentina in auckland, with this late strike from delfina merino sealing the win. it follows england's 2—0 loss to germany
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in the opening pool b match — they play china next on tuesday. great britain's 4 man bobsleigh team have won a surprise bronze medal at the second world cup event in the usa. with less than 3 months until the winter olympics, they put aside a difficult off—season to come third at park city behind winner germany. the second team also came 6th to cement britain's best world cup result in four years. that's all from sportsday. don't forget that tennis is an on bbc two at the moment. david goffin against grigor dimitrov in the season—ending world tour is spinal. david goffin a game up. —— in the season ending world tour finals final. more updates throughout the evening. a warm welcome to the film review.
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it is good to see you. we have film stars don't die in liverpool. justice league. batman and wonder woman are back. and mudbound, a powerful drama set in 1940s mississippi. it is an interesting week. i'm dying to know what you think of ourfirst film. set in the ‘70s. yes. based on the memoir by peter turner. annette benning is superb
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as gloria grahame. jamie bell's character, a twentysomething struggling actor becomes infatuated in the late ‘70s. he discovers they are sharing digs in this house and he is bewitched by her presence, as we all are. here is a clip. hey. you're the next—door guy, right? which makes you the girl next door. have you seen the movie saturday night fever? yeah, actually, three times. so, you like disco dancing? oh, god. i like drunk dancing. so, if i make you a drink, do you want to be my partner for my dance class?
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if you fix me a drink, i will clean your bathroom! i already love it. you can see there is real chemistry between them. the film divides its time between the story of the rise and fall of their relationship. and then a few years later on, when she falls ill and calls on him to bring him back to liverpool, she feels she can get better in liverpool, it was directed with warmth and passion. paul mcguigan made a film called gangster number one at the turn of the century, which was exciting. i love the slipping back and forth through time in this. the performances were wonderful. benning is transfixing. you believe in her as someone with a real film star past. the voice that she has adopted, there's a touch of marilyn monroe.
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referred to as the other blonde. she was a movie star and had a movie star presence. what the film does is it makes them feel like they are genuinely in love with each other. despite a very big age gap. interestingly enough, what the film does is invert the usual age gender relationship. but it does not make a big deal out of it. there is a time when she says i want to playjuliet and he says do you mean the maid? she says do you see me as an old woman? and the lovely thing is he doesn't and neither does the film and neither do we. i feel like her performance is brilliant. and there is a joke about that. i feel like the performance is brilliant. it is 0scar time. a lot of it is to do with the attention to detail. it is really well done. if you have a period setting and people get things wrong, it takes you out.
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it is charming and sweet and i was moved by it. it is touching. a love story beautifully told. it reminded me of the film making of terence davies, and i don't say that lightly. i do not say that likely because i love him. yes. praise indeed. i think you will like it. it has everything. justice league. i know someone who wants to see this. it is big in our house. superman is dead and everyone is in mourning. batman needs a new team. they need to fight the villainous steppenwolf. aquaman, the flash, cyborg. this had a very troubled history. personal tragedy meant the director had to step down and joss whedon stepped in. i think they did two months of free shoots. —— reshoots. halfway through the reducers decided they had to make it less dark and more funny because wonder woman was doing well and the darker ones were not doing well. it is a total mess. this makes batman and robin look positively shakespearean.
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before the screening started, i read on the internet it was two hours and 15 minutes. someone said that is a mistake. it felt like four hours. it felt like a directors cut without beautiful scenery. it has too many characters and nothing for them to do. there is no reason to care about anybody because everybody appears indestructible — people who can do anything. it is a complete hodgepodge. they can fly or at least, as they said in toy story, the full with style. amazingly, for a film with so much stuff in it, it is stunningly dull. it is really, really turgid and boring. at no point does the film making lift itself. you want to be engaged and absorbed in the fantasy and i spent the whole time thinking "are we there?" it started, went on and then it stopped and i left. you have to wait until the end credits.
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there was one character i was thrilled was not in the film and at the end, they were. that is two hours of your life you will never get back. would you say the same for mudbound? i liked it. a very powerful drama set in 1940s mississippi. based on the novel by hillaryjordan. directed by hillaryjordan. it follows two families whose lives and fortunes intertwine. one is jason mitchell. he goes off to fight in world war two. he returns to mississippi after the war to discover that nothing has changed. here is a clip. you used the back door. son, we don't want no trouble here. go on. you know what, you are right. when we were overseas, they did not make us use the back door. general patton put us on the frontline.
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yes, sir. do you know what we did? he kicked the hell out of hitler. while you are all safe and sound. what i like about this, you can tell from the scene, the tension in that scene is really, really well done. the film covers some events and actions which are really horrible and really tough. but it has a genuine poetry to it. we hear the voices of several different characters telling their story. the movie is keen to tell the story from different angles. beautifully shot by rachel morrison. she does a greatjob with the cinematography. you can feel the land and the environment and the mud of the title. the entire ensemble, there's not a foot put wrong. the film manages to bring you into the world and intertwine personal and political stories about racial and economic tension, but always making it feel like it is a personal story. and it is very difficult to do that without...
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you know, without feeling like you are doing it. with this, you really are involved in the lives of the characters and you see the personal and political completely intertwined. as i said, it has a poetry to it. yeah, the people who say it is remarkable but actually too bleak, is that unfair? i don't agree. there is genuine poetry. notjust in the lyricism of the visuals but in the way that the film is constructed. obviously i know a lot of people will see it at home, with the netflix release. but i think you need to see it on the big screen if you can because it has real cinematic scope. and i don't think it is too bleak. it has heart and tenderness. it has a poetic quality which is key to the films.

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