the end—of—season atp finals. the year of his life. tommy fleetwood to claim his first european crown, and says it will be hard to match. and look at this putt. how did lexi thomson miss it? the pressure is too much, but she still collects the cash. hi there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. he was showered in confetti and lifted the trophy high. what a night it was for grigor dimitrov, as he won the biggest tennis tournament of his career, at the atp finals in london. the bulgarian had to break david goffin three times to seal the first set, but the belgian only need the one break to level the match in the second. the third set was a tough, topsy—turvy encounter, that had the fans loving the desperate shot—making. the crucial break came in the sixth game, and dimitrov sealed the win with his fifth match point. he won $2.5 million, and will finish the year as world number three.

i think this means a lot, but i think this one in particular is very special. not... becausei think this one in particular is very special. not... because i think it is more of a team effort for me, this one. to be able to actually qualify for this event, to be able to come and be successful in the group, and be secure kind of early in the season, to play out here, was a great reward for me, but also for my team. i think they really deserve this as well. tommy fleetwood has been crowned as the best european golfer for the first time, after a dramatic collapse from justin rose at the world tour championship. spain'sjon rahm won the last event of the season, while rose sacrificed a one—shot lead to throw away his chance of winning enough points to beat fleetwood. our golf correspondent iain carter was watching the action in dubai. no one would have seen this coming,

particularly when justin rose was a p pa re ntly particularly when justin rose was apparently cruising towards victory, not just apparently cruising towards victory, notjust in the bp world tour championship but also in the race to dubai. atop championship but also in the race to dubai. a top four finish would have done thejob forjustin dubai. a top four finish would have done the job forjustin rose. he went to the turn at 32, looking very co mforta ble went to the turn at 32, looking very comfortable throughout the entire front nine. but then at the 12th he dropped a shot at the 14th. he found the water, and that the 16th he found or bunker trouble, and that was another drop shot. it meant he needed a birdie, birdie finish. he found a bunker on the 17th, very nearly holt that shot, but couldn't find the eagle he needed. —— very nearly hold. that meant tommy fleetwood, who had a poor day himself, finishing at 21st place, had enough in the bank to make sure he was the race to dubai champion.”

have said it for a while, that race to dubai champion is very cool. have said it for a while, that race to dubai champion is very coolm can never be beaten, can it? no, it has been a big one. my baby, frankie, arrived safely and it has been great. it has been the best year of my life, by an absolute mile. on the course, it has been great. i have played some of the best golf of my career and done some things i have never done before. best golf of my career and done some things i have never done beforem seemed to be going well for you, but it shows what a cruel game this can be at times. yes, i guess it shows, everything was in hand, the 12th hole was a disappointing mistake going into the green, but going down, i still felt everything was in hand, and hit a down, i still felt everything was in hand, and hita poor down, i still felt everything was in hand, and hit a poor shot into the water there, which i guess ultimately just put me water there, which i guess ultimatelyjust put me in chasing mode. and then it was tough to make something happen. pga tour rookie austin cook closed with a three—under par 67 to win the rsm classic on sunday in georgia. shot of the day came from the club of his fellow american brian gay, who finished with a flourish with a long eagle, to end up

on 16—under—par and claim third place. but cook birdied the last to close on 2i—under. jj spaun was second, four shots further back. lexi thomson had a massive case of what they call the yips in golf. she missed a sitter — a two—footer to win the season—ending lpga tour championship. that left thailand's ariya jutanugarn to close with back—to—back birdies to win the event. but thomson still took the $1 million season bonus prize, despite that last—hole heartbreak. massimiliano allegri may be regretting his decision to rest some of his key players, afterjuventus suffered a shock defeat to sampdoria in the serie a on sunday. gianluigi buffon was among those left out of the starting line—up, and the champions paid the price. despite being 2—0 up at half—time, they conceded three goals in the second half. that result puts them four points behind leaders napoli.

sampdoria move within five points ofjuve, with a game in hand. david moyes's first match in charge of west ham was a 2—0 loss to watford on sunday in the english premier league. moyes was taking charge after slaven bilic was dismissed, and he made three changes to the side thrashed by liverpool two weeks ago, including the return of andy carroll. but west ham's attack was weak, and their creaky defence was exposed again by marco silva's men. will hughes and richarlison scored in what was only watford's second home win of the season. watford climb to eighth, while west ham are stuck in the relegation zone. we want to be in the games. we stayed in the games for most of it. we made a couple of chances to get ourselves goals. we didn't get them today. you know, the goals change games. if you get them, it covers a multitude of sins. we didn't take the chances today. so we have to play better, that's what i think.

i didn't really enjoy bits of the performance. but, if we'd got the goals in, i think it would have changed things around a bit. psv eindhoven renewed their eight—point lead at the top of the eredivisie, in the netherlands. nicolas isimat—mirin scored the only goal of the game, in stoppage—time, as psv beat zwolle i—o. they have now won their last eight games on the trot. it is the final countdown to the ashes. just four more sleeps for england and australia before the first test match. english wicket—keeperjonny bairstow said the tourists were content, relaxed, excited, as they arrived in brisbane on sunday. andy swiss was there to meet them. well, welcome to brisbane, where the sun is out at the moment. but earlier on we had some pretty heavy showers, and 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. now, early on england‘s players arrived at brisbane airport

from townsville, where they have been playing their final warmup game against a cricket australia 11. a smattering of the barmy army were there to meet them at the airport. now, the build—up to the 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. but team—mate jonny ba i rstow september. but team—mate jonny bairstow says he is hopeful that stokes bairstow says he is hopeful that sto kes ca n bairstow says he is hopeful that stokes can still play some part in this ashes series. it would be amazing if stokesy comes out here, he isa amazing if stokesy comes out here, he is a fantastic cricketer. we don‘t know what is going on at the moment. that is completely out of oui’ moment. that is completely out of our hands. and until that is resolved, we actually don‘t know what is going to happen. but 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. that is the series we want. we don‘t want to see guys not playing in the competition levels,

and the standard going down due to that. obviously preparing for this first test without ben stokes. only one real selection dilemma for them to think about, the final fast ola‘s spot, which seems to be a straight shootout between craig overton and jake wall. otherwise the line—up looks pretty settled. england therefore with three days of training to go until the first ashes test gets under way at the gabba here on thursday —— jake ball. so no ben stokes for england in the first test. australian coach darren lehmann says they are just concentrating on getting ready for the match. he says england will miss a high—quality player like stokes, but they are taking nothing for granted. you are always planning for every player, you know, who is not in the squad. we will wait and see what happens with ecb, and the courts. we don‘t worry about it at the moment, all we can worry about is getting ready for brisbane and we will take it from there. at the end of the day they have a squad which they think can win the ashes, and for us it is

a case of dealing with the squad they have here. he is also a high quality player, but that is up to them. opening batsmen lokesh rahul and shikhar dhawan hit solid half—centuries to lead india‘s fightback against sri lanka in the first test in kolkata. the duo put together a 166—run stand, on the way to india making i7i—i at stumps on day four. india lead by 49 runs, after overcoming a i22—run deficit in their second innings. for runners who perhaps find city marathons a bit too easy, what about a 165km race through the oman desert? it is run over six days. competitors make their way across the sandy dunes in temperatures of nearly 30 degrees celsius. runners are required to carry all of their own equipment, except for water. sunday‘s second stage was won by moroccan mohamed el morabity, while the women‘s race was won by russian athlete natalia sedykh. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.

it is safe to say there is a lot of weather to come in the week ahead. low pressure after low pressure will be coming in from the atlantic. this is how we are starting the week. still cold enough for a bit of snow into the scottish hills for monday morning, but milder air will be pushing in across much of the uk for a time this week, because it looks like this will be pushed away by colder air, again from the north, by the end of the week. but this is how we start off on monday — some snow on the hills in northern scotland, so some slushy roads for higher—level routes here. a lot of rain elsewhere in scotland to begin with, and a lot of cloud across the uk. still chilly, then, in northern ireland. we‘ll see the rain and the snow tending to fizzle out as we go

through the morning in scotland, and some outbreaks of rain. come further south, yes, there‘s plenty of cloud. there isn‘t a huge amount of rain. damp and drizzly in places but what we will notice the most is how mild it is compared with recent mornings. starting the day across much of wales, the midlands south—west england, the temperatures into double figures. so the milder air moving in, but it‘s doing so with plenty of cloud. so we‘re hard—pressed to find much in the way of sunshine at all on monday. just a few brighter breaks to the east of high ground. outbreaks of rain fizzling out, but there will be patchy, mostly light rain still around into the afternoon in some spots. double—figure temperatures maybe even into southernmost parts of scotland, but elsewhere in scotland, still single figures for another day. so still a chilly feel, especially the further north you are. on through monday night and into tuesday morning, we‘ll take another spell of rain through northern england, through northern ireland,

and into scotland. but any snow on the hills turning back to rain as we turn ten things milder here eventually, as we go on into tuesday. a very mild night elsewhere, but again with plenty of cloud. it looks pretty wet on tuesday, especially in northern scotland. to the east of it, before any of it gets in, temperatures very mild and a few spots reaching into the mid teens for a while midweek in the uk, with stronger winds for a time. you can see low pressure systems are queueing up some wetter windier weather for a time mid—week, but we are expecting things to turn cold again by the end of the week. so the milderfeel may just be brief. rain at times, and a bit of snow, especially on the hills in scotland. often windy at times this week, as well, and a colder wind by the end of the week. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lewis vaughan

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