tv Sport Today BBC News April 2, 2018 1:45am-2:01am BST
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welcome to sport today. i'm gavin. coming up. spurstamps welcome to sport today. i'm gavin. coming up. spur stamps their mark on the top four in the epl. a place at the top four in the epl. a place at the masters for ian poulter. and isner gets the biggest win of his career after a match at the miami open. we start with the football. totte n ha m open. we start with the football. tottenham has beaten chelsea, beating them for the first time in 28 years to strengthen a grip on the champions league places. dele alli scored twice. richard potts ekene‘s men stay fourth, eight points clear
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of chelsea. —— pochettino. men stay fourth, eight points clear of chelsea. -- pochettino. we are so happy. especially for the fans. we know how they have suffered, these types of things. we are so happy because the performance was great. great character. a massive three points. we will fight until the end for a position in the champions league. we tried to reduce the gap with tottenham. but there are seven games to go. we will try to do our best until the end. after the season, you finish in the position you deserve. arsenal got three goals
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in the last 15 against stoke. they have had a 3—0 win, deepening the revocation worries of their opposition. a penalty and another penalty gave arsenal three points after the first goal. a game of two halves for us. the first, not sharp enough and not mentally switched on quickly enough. you know? the second half was much better. and we played with more dynamic and pace. and against a good stoke side, i must say. i am surprised by the quality they showed today. we slowly took control and it made the difference. i thought we were excellent. we looked really, really good. we had chances to score. there was the one from the corner. it was not long
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after that arsenal got the penalty. i asked the umpire after the game why he gave it and i respect what he said. he has not got the benefit of a tv. we have. in la liga in spain, atletico madrid closed the gap on barcelona. they are now nine points behind barca in second place thanks toa behind barca in second place thanks to a first half penalty. antoine griezmann was left out. diego costa started on the bench. they are without a win in the last 15 games, staying 19th. translation: we came in after the international break and had a lot of unavailable players. i
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think we responded very well with the play is that we did have. the first half was better than the second —— players. we scored a goal but possibly could have got another one. we needed motivation. they played an intense match. in the end, these are the results in spain. the bottom side, malaga, got a surprise win over real. frankfurt missed the chance to go third in the bundesliga, eventually beaten by bremen. 2—1 is how it finished. cska moscow bremen. 2—1 is how it finished. cska m oscow ke pt bremen. 2—1 is how it finished. cska moscow kept in touch with the russian premier league winners, rostov. they scored three points after a finish at the back post in the last few minutes. they are
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trying to keep pace with spartach. the cricket. new zealand against england. england lead by 207. joe root and david malan are in. they hope to level the series, england, and trail1—0. hope to level the series, england, and trail 1—0. south africa are cruising to victory in the fourth and final test against australia, posting a38 in the first innings, bowling them out on sunday. three wickets have been taken each. four australian batsmen only got into double figures. the follow—on has not been enforced. a lead of a01 with two days remaining. 2—1 up in the series. australia are facing
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their first series loss in south africa since 1970. pakistan thrashed the west indies in karachi. the first international played in the city for nine years. pakistan made 203. and then bowled the opposition out for just 203. and then bowled the opposition out forjust 60. we did well all three departments of the game. shot selections and batting need to be a bit better. we will be under a lot of pressure. we will be positive and trust in a comeback tomorrow. the golf. ian poulter has won the houston open. he birdied the 18th hole get a shootout with his rival
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while his rival found hole get a shootout with his rival while his rivalfound the hole get a shootout with his rival while his rival found the sand twice and the water on the back of the 18th. tennis. john isner got the biggest title of his 1a year career on sunday, holding every service game to beat aleksander zverev. he is the first american man to win the tournament since andy roddick 2010. hejoins sloane tournament since andy roddick 2010. he joins sloane stephens who won on saturday for the first american sweep since 200a. saturday for the first american sweep since 2004. incredible. i mean... sorry. this tournament has so mean... sorry. this tournament has so much history. i never ever could have imagined myself playing the last singles match at this site and being the winner. it is amazing. it is the best moment of my career, for sure. and to do it here in the
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united states where i have always played well makes it extra special. boxing. anthonyjoshua played well makes it extra special. boxing. anthony joshua says played well makes it extra special. boxing. anthonyjoshua says he would relish the chance to take on deontay wilder become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. it comes after adding the wbo to the ibf and wba belts on saturday night. the promoter does not think the american really wants it. it is not going to happen. we want to fight. let's make it happen. it is easy. let's make it happen. it is easy. let's make it happen. it is easy. let's make it happen. if they stepped up and were serious about the fight and serious about a deal we are more than happy to offer them, but, they are so erratic and unpredictable. i do not know what to believe. rugby union news. defending champions saracens were knocked out of the european champions cup, going
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down 30— 19 in the quarter—final against leinster on sunday. they we re against leinster on sunday. they were looking for a record equalling third success for the european crown but found themselves behind in just the fourth minute. they got within a point at one stage butjames added a third try for the irish side. the top seeds will face scarlets in the semifinals. the dutchman has got the tour of flanders. he powered past three leaders, taking a 15 second advantage. no one could catch him and he held on for victory along with mads and phillipe. meanwhile, anna ven won the women's. she was neverin anna ven won the women's. she was never in danger of being caught. it
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was a clean sweep for the dutch. that is there from asked. you can, of course, get the latest on the websites —— from us. —— website. we will see you soon. goodbye. hello there. easter sunday was a little bit disappointing across many areas. it was rather cloudy, cool. the best of the sunshine was reseraved across the north and the west of scotland. now we look to the south, to the next area of low pressure, which is going to bring disruptive weather for easter monday. it is an area of rain, sleet, and snow, fairly strong winds as well, continuing to push northwards during the early hours of easter monday with some snowfall likely across the higher ground of wales into central and northern england and even into northern ireland by early parts of easter monday. particularly across scotland, where we'll have clear skies and widespread frost. for easter monday morning there could be travel disruption across northern ireland into central, southern scotland
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and northern england. widespread heavy wet, snow, could see up to 10—15 centimetres over the north pennines and into the southern uplands. some drifting of that so because of the strong east to south—easterly wind. down to lower levels as well. a mixture of severe weather for the easter monday morning. further south, mainly rain. for england and wales milder air moving in. there will be a few sunny spells, one or two showers, temperatures in double figures, 10—13 degrees. cold and dry across the northern half of scotland with one or two wintry showers. if you are on the move easter monday bear in mind that there is snow across central northern areas that could cause problems. keep tuned to the radio and subsequent weather forecast. a big area of low pressure will be close to the uk as we head into the latter part of monday and into tuesday. one thing it will be doing is dragging up some very mild air from spain and from france. initially across england and wales and pushing on into southern scotland and northern ireland through tuesday. there is the remnants of the sleet and snow across the northern half of scotland, heavy snow, drifting. strong easterly wind. further south, outbreaks of rain. for england and wales we will see sunny spells.
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a few heavy, maybe thundery april showers. look at those temperatures. that mild air, 13 maybe 15 celsius. much milder than what we have been used to. low pressure still with us tuesday into wednesday. eastern areas will see the milder air. cold air pouring in behind this area of low pressure. outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, turning wintry over the higher ground of scotland, maybe down to the lower levels. elsewhere for england and wales it is another day of heavy april, maybe thundery showers and sunny spells. again, feeling quite mild, temperatures in double figures. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika.
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