tv Sport Today BBC News February 19, 2018 1:45am-2:01am GMT
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hello, i'm tulsen tollett. this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. marcel hirscher picks up his second gold of the winter olympics this time winning the giant slalom the oldest and the greatest — roger federer celebrates his world number one status with victory in rotterdam. and tottenham are forced into an fa cup replay after drawing with a team two divisions below them. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the winter olympics and day 10 is just underway in south korea but the news that austria's marcel hirscher won a second olympic gold medal with victory in the men's giant slalom dominated day 9 on sunday. he's been a dominant figure on the world cup skiing circuit but before pyeonchang his best olympic result was slalom silver in 2014. nick marshall mccormack rounds up the action. his trademark start is brilliant,
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and powerful. listen to the sweet sound of him carving his way down the mountain. marcel hirscher already had 55 world cup wins before today that his two gold medals here strengthened his claim to be regarded as the best mail ski racer of all time. the 28 your old one by 1.27 seconds from the norwegian, kristoffersen. the norwegian struck early with a brilliant first run as he claimed gold in the slope style. the american took silver. and abramenko took gold in the aerials context abramenko took gold in the aerials co ntext — — abramenko took gold in the aerials context —— contest. there was less than a half a point between him and the chinese, took silver. roger federer has called this "one of the best weeks of my life" after winning the rotterdam open and reistating himself as world number one for the first
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time since 2012. the 36—year—old, is now the oldest number one in history and he thrashed bulgaria's grigor dimitrov 6—2, 6—2 in a one—sided final that lasted less than an hour. this was federer‘s 97th career title and in the open era, only american jimmy connors has won more with 109. it's been unbelievable. i can't believe it. my 97th title, back to world number one after all these yea rs. world number one after all these years. it's definitely one of those weeks i will never forget in my life so weeks i will never forget in my life so very, very special. petra kvitova fought back from a set down to win the qatar open against spain's garbine muguruza on sunday for her 13th straight win and second consecutive title. the czech overcame a bad start which saw her lose the first five games to eventually triumph 3—6, 6—3, 6—4 and the victory will take her back into the world's top 10. real madrid came from 2—1 down
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to win 5—3 at real betis and keep up what looks like a forlorn chase of leaders barcelona. cristiano ronaldo was among the scorers for the reigning champions who are currently (tx fourth and 17 points behind barca while earlier on sunday, second—placed atletico madrid were 2—0 winners over athletic bilbao with diego costa grabbing the second. but for real madrid coach zinedine zidane, he's thankful for marco asensio‘s double but is more interested in the team work ethic. translation: i value marco's overall performance, scoring two goals. his participation was amazing but —— but to me, it saw as a team effort, we started very well and scored and i don't know what happened. we weren't putting pressure on a size you would have wanted. when we change that, we pressed and played better. we had an amazing second—half. we are looking
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at the positives, everyone put in a good effort. no change in italy at the top of serie a as leaders napoli beat spal 2013. juventus remain a point behind after a 1—0 victory over torino in the turin derby. milan moved level on points with sixth placed sampdoria after beating them 1—0. marco reus scored the only goal of the match as borussia dortmund saw off borussia moenchengladbach in the bundesliga. the 1—0 win takes dortmund second, for 2h hours at least, with rb leipzig away to eintracht frankfurt on monday. saw off borussia moenchengladbach in the bundesliga. the 1—0 win takes dortmund second, for 2h hours at least, with rb leipzig away to eintracht frankfurt on monday. to the fa cup where tottenham were stunned by a late goal from rochdale who are bottom of the third tier in england. the last 16 game finished 2—2 meaning they'll have to replay at wembley stadium. harry kane looked to have won it with a penalty two minutes from the end but steve davies‘ dramatic injury—time equaliser forced the tie to a replay with the winner to face either swansea city or sheffield wednesday in the quarterfinals. we were calm on the bench because i
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know very well what happens if you believe that i was winning and that is what happened because it was for me, to the end of the game and i think we consider to clear chances. one was nearly another and another was a goal. it was an amazing game and an amazing event for us. it is a real pleasure. we took the opponents on. we knew and we know how good they are but we try to take them on with sacrificial behaviour at times with the players,. everyone of the players were magnificent. we knew going upi— milk players were magnificent. we knew going up 1— milk in the first half, we almost all but the bomb, if you like. we knew what was coming in the second half. and although the players went deep they responded superbly. the reds could have gone down but they didn't. i feel as
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though we got a deserved equaliser. ajax made up ground in the dutch eredivisie title race on sunday by winning 1—0 away to pec zwolle. klaas—jan huntelaar scored the only goal in the 54th minute and the victory moves ajax to within 5 points of leaders psv eindhoven who were held to a draw with sc heerenveen on saturday. robin van persie scored his second goal in three games to give reigning champions feyenoord a 1—0 win over heracles. they're 20 points adrift of psv though. in portugal, primeira liga leaders porto thumped rio ave 5—0. tiquino soarez picked up a double, the first a powerful header while moussa marega also scored twice as they responded after their champions league thumping by liverpool midweek and are 2 points ahead of benfica, but have played a game more. england beat new zealand in theirfinal match of the triangular twenty20 series but failed to qualify for the final against australia.
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the black caps go through with a better overall run rate. darvid malan‘s half century and captain eoin morgan's unbeaten 80 took them to 194/7 but new zealand knew reaching 175 would ensure their run rate was good enough but they fell two runs short of winning the match. bhuveneshwar kumar took 5/24 — the best bowling figures of his career to help india to a 28 run win over south africa. this match in johannesburg was the opening t20 international of a three match series and after being put into bat, india made 203/5 from their 20 overs, shikar dhawan with 72 while south africa could only reach 175/9. bubba watson claimed the genesis open in california
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by two strokes to become just the third person to win this event three times in los angeles behind the great arnold palmer and ben hogan. the american holed a bunker shot for birdie at the 14th hole as he moved towards a two—stroke win and 10th pga tour title. he made birdie again at 17 to finish on 12 under and victory will move the two time masters champion from 117th in the rankings back into the top 50. joost luiten got the better of chris wood to take his sixth european tour title at the first ever oman open, as it turned into a shootout between the two on the back nine with the dutchman coming out on top to finish two shots ahead of his english rival. cyclist chris froome finished in 10th place at the ruta del sol on his return to racing as tim wellens claimed overall victory in the race around andalucia in southern spain. froome has hogged the media spotlight during the race this week butjust scraped into the top 10 after the final time trial. it was the belgian wellens, who held on to stay in red and take overall victory.
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in the nhl, philadelphia flyers were 7—4 winners over the new york rangers in what was the 50th anniversary of the first game the rangers played at the current madison square garden. in what was a feisty contest, there were a few scuffles on the ice but it was the flyers who showed composure when they needed it as travis konecny scored the go ahead goal in the second period extending philadelphia's winning streak to five on the road while the rangers have lost their last four. while connor mcdavid scored his third hat trick of the season and fourth of his career as the edmonton oilers beat the colorado avalanche 11—2 to snap a six—game losing streak. the 21 year old captain of the oilers now has 11 goals in his last nine games which includes two hat—tricks. in the us, tim steffan is up in the
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first quarter against a team of lebronjames first quarter against a team of lebron james in the first quarter against a team of lebronjames in the west. good morning. it looks like the weather pattern and weather type will change significantly over the week ahead. we have had a strong jetstream propagating across the atlantic with fluctuations between sunshine and it's noted that everything slows down over the next few days, the jet stream will weaken and get more undulations. and it is under one of those that we induce this area of high pressure to build in the middle of next week. something we've not had much of in the past few weeks. sunshine around on sunday. we have some in the high ground across parts of wales and the south—eastern.
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anglia got sunshine as well as north—east scotland though a lot of cloud at the moment and some frost. two weather fronts on the scene as well, the first one bringing most of the current rain and drizzle. in between the two we have a pocket of mild air. sunshine in the west this time that will boost the temperature. a change of fortune on monday. eastern scotland and eastern england are drab and dreary with a lot of cloud, rain and drizzle. dry and bright with a little sunshine especially in coastal areas and in northern ireland. ahead of the second band of rain that arrives later in the day. get some sunshine, 13 degrees in the east under the cloud and rain. those two bands of rain joined forces to bring rain for england on tuesday. heavy for a while, easing off in the afternoon but a strong wind will push cloud through the midlands towards the west country. further west and north in particular the air will be drier with more sunshine around and decent temperatures. overnight clear skies, light winds and the temperatures
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will fall away. the rain peters out towards the south—east. we will have some cloud of time across southern areas but elsewhere we will be back in the blue with frost in rural parts — the first of a few frosty nights to come. a cold start on wednesday at brightening up with nice sunshine around for many. more in the way of cloud through the day at times, wales, midland and southern england with sunny skies further north. by this stage the wind are light everywhere and you get some sunshine it will not feel too bad, but this temperatures will be around 7—8 degrees also. some weather system threatened the coming from the north—west and bring back the sort of weather that we have been seen but they will be held at bay by the blocking area of high pressure could thursday and friday will still be drier. temperatures reaching perhaps 13 degrees at the beginning of the week and that mild start will turn chilly, particularly at night
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but it is becoming dry. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: marching for their lives. survivors of the florida school shooting say they'll take their gun control campaign to washington. israel and iran trade insults and threats, in a showdown at the munich security conference. a new russian doping scandal as an athlete at the winter olympics is suspected of failing a test. and the stars are out for the annual bafta awards. we'll have the winners and those who missed out, later. survivors of the florida school shooting are organising a national
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