tv Sport Today BBC News May 9, 2018 1:45am-2:01am BST
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live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: paris saint germain win the coupe de france for a record extending 12th time as they beat third tier les herbiers 2—0. southampton win at swansea city meaning west bromwich albion are relegated from the premier league. and defending champion simona halep is through to the last 16 of the madrid open after victory over belgium's elise mertens. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that paris saint germain have won the coupe de france for a fourth successive year after a 2—0 victory over third tier les herbiers. the result didn't provide the fairytale that many were hoping for as a goalfrom giovani lo selso in the first half was added to by an edinson cavani penalty 16 minutes from the end with the parisians continuing their bid to seal a domestic treble for outgoing coach unai emery. a record 12th title in this tournament also means psg have not lost in 42 domestic cup games with just the league required to make it a clean sweep of this years competitions in france with both captains holding the trophy aloft together
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in a nice touch. southampton have all but sealed their place in the premier league after manolo gabiadini came off the bench to hit the winner at swansea city. the result means west bromwhich albion‘s fate is sealed and they'lljoin stoke city in english football's second tier next season. but it's good news for mark hughes‘s side as they're now as good as safe because of their superior goal difference. while swansea must win at home to stoke on sunday and hope huddersfield pick up nothing from their remaining two games. since day one, since i walked through the door, they have been fantastic in terms of their application and wanting to turn the situation they found themselves in around and they have continued to work out and train correctly and to provide themselves even when we had results, and things go against us, it never diminished our belief that we would get out of this. frustrated
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of course, unhappy, but what can you say about our players? my players, oui’ say about our players? my players, our players, they run with a fight and play with a big commitment since the beginning, we try to get them to win the game they put for attackers in the same place we put for attackers to win the game so to go again in the corner, make a real impact. there were four more last 16 first leg matches in the asian champions league on tuesday. the big shock was thailand's buriram united beating two time champions chonboo fc of south korea as drew savage reports. but since they reached the last 16 of the asian champions league. they we re of the asian champions league. they were probably hoping that easy opposition but he couldn't have hoped for a better start. just five minutes in, brazilian edgar silva with the perfect finish — thanks to excellent service from the one south korean
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player in the thai side, yoojun—soo. jeonbuk, struck back early in the second half thanks to another brazilian. some indecision in the buriram defence, and ricardo lopes pulled the south korean champions level. they'd never lost to a thai side in this competition, but ten minutes later that record was under threat... another goal made in brazil — diogo, making the most of a free kick he'd won himself. and then it was the much—travelled edgar silva's turn again. he's played in brazil, portugal, serbia, the uae, turkey and qatar before arriving in thailand, but he can't have scored many better goals than this. so, advantage biriram heading into the second leg. 3—1 up until injury time but they may regret allowing sonjun—ho to pull a goal back for the k—league champions in the 91st minute. with two away goals, jeonbuk motors will fancy their chances in the second leg next week. elsewhere, on tuesday, chinese rivals tianjin quanjian and guangzhou evergrande played out a goalless draw, iranian‘s zob ahan were 1—0 winners over compatriots esteghlal while qatari's al duhail
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were convincing 11—2 winners away to al ain in the uae. defending champion simona halep is through to the last 16 of the madrid open after a convincing 6 love, —— 6—0, 6—3 win over belgium's elise mertens. the world number one — a winner here in 2016 and 2017 — got off to an incredible start by winning the first eight games. mertens put up some resistance in the second set, but the result was never really in doubt and the romanian halep will play the czech kristyna pliskova next. in the men's event world number four grigor dimitrov went out in the second—round losing in three sets to former wimbledon runner—up milos raonic. despite seeing the bulgarian dimitrov fight back to force a decider, the 27—year—old playing his first tournament
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since withdrawing from the monte carlo masters with injury closed out the match for a 7—5, 3—6, 6—3 win to set up an all—canadian clash with teenager denis shapovalov. tigers woods and phil mickelson will line up alongside each other at the players championship for the first time in 17 years this week. the pair go head to head during the first two rounds of the contest at the iconic sawgrass where they'll be joined by former champion and us compatriot rickie fowler. for both woods and mickelson, it's a unique experience. it's going to be fun playing with him again. we both have done this throughout our careers. we always looked at each other and said, where is the other board? it's something arnold and jack used to do all the time they would always and find,
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what is jack at, what is jack at? had the same thing with jack, where is arnie out? it's been that way for oui’ is arnie out? it's been that way for our entire is arnie out? it's been that way for oui’ entire careers is arnie out? it's been that way for our entire careers and now that now that we have an opportunity to play against each other again other again on the first day when the gun blows, it's going to be fun. i love that we're paired together. we haven't been paired together in years, and as i look at the cover of the newspaper and the pairing is on there and the excitement that's been going on around here, it gets me thinking, "why don't we just bypass all the ancillary stuff "of a tournament and just go head—to—head and just have kind "of a high—stake, winner—take—all match? " now i don't know if he wants a piece of me, but ijust think it would be something that would be really fun for us to do, and i think there would be a lot of interest in it if we just went straight to the final round.
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cheeky. for the first time ever, major league baseball is heading to europe. the new york yankees and the boston red sox will meet at the london stadium in june next year. they'll play two regular—season matches with two more being lined up for 2020. the home of premier league team west ham has been chosen because it was originally built as an athletics stadium, therefore is wider meaning it has the right dimensions for baseball. mlb matches have already been staged outside the usa before, in mexico, japan, puerto rico and in australia. and red sox ownerjohn w henry has been talking to our sports editor dan roan. it's a big deal. it's one of most exciting things that people have been involved with, playing the yankees, almost a decade of talking about it, it's really exciting. what will the appetite be here in london and great britain for these matches? have you picked up on a passion?|j think have you picked up on a passion?” think they may be difficult for locals to get tickets because so
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many people coming from the united states to see this series. coming to see this great teams play. this is the rivalry in baseball and american sporting generally, the red sox and the yankees. why is it so special? they have been it out for over 100 yea rs, they have been it out for over 100 years, it's been a tremendous rivalry. every year we fight for the division championship. it's been, at times, a brutal rivalry, that is sime darby ‘s and the premier league. belgian rider tim wellens has won the fourth stage of the giro d'italia after holding off canadian michael woods on an uphill sprint. after starting in israel, this was the first stage in italy. the finish featured a one kilometre climb with a gradient of 13%. australian bmc racing rider rohan dennis did enough to retain the overall lead by one second
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from defending champion tom dumoulin. it was a bad day for chris froome, though, the tour de france champion 23 seconds off the pace. the 2018 car jumping the 2018 carjumping championships. not for the fainthearted. although there were no serious injuries, the same can't be said for the cars. it looks like one of mine. drivers competed in the english county of west sussex with judges scoring an elevation and distance. nick warder took it in an old audi called firestarter, taking home a whopping $70 and that trophy. what more can you ask for? you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. there is a match on at the moment,
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the houston rockets are plaguing utah. the rockets are 3—1 up. i give up, iam utah. the rockets are 3—1 up. i give up, i am off to drive a car. goodbye. hello. wednesday gets off to a fine start for many of us but for some it's not going to last as we get rain heading in from the west. we saw a weather system move through on tuesday. this one here, the leading edge of cooler air so things cool down for many. not quite into east anglia and the south—east of england, but in the day ahead, that process is complete. low pressure to the north—west of us and that's feeding in cooler, fresher conditions across all parts, and a bit of rain, as i mentioned, coming into the west. although most will start fine and dry for the morning, single—figure temperatures under clear skies but some in east and south—east england still with 10
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or possibly 11 degrees. your eyes will be drawn to this weather system that will soon in the morning turn things wetter into northern ireland, into western scotland, the wind picking up as well, quite gusty into the western isles but it's really coming in very slowly so a lot of cloud increases ahead of that. many will be staying dry even on into the afternoon, particularly across eastern parts of the uk, and still some sunny spells into east anglia and south—east england, but temperatures here down significantly compared with recent days. that's how we end the afternoon. going into the evening, some of us will be getting a wet evening rush—hour. some heavy bursts affecting western parts of scotland beginning to pull away from the western isles, patchy in nature to the east of scotland, not much into north—east england and clearing from northern ireland some will get the sun coming back before the end of the day, but more of wales
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and western england starting to get outbreaks of rain pushing into parts of the midlands. much of eastern england will be dry and once this weather system crosses all parts, wednesday night into thursday morning, there isn't a huge amount of rain left on it. after the heat of the recent days if you want something onto the garden, i think you're going to be disappointed. on the garden, i think you're going to be disappointed. dry weather on thursday. there'll be a few showers developing, though, particularly into scotland, maybe the odd heavy one with a rumble of thunder. northern ireland and england, the rest of england and for much and for much variable cloud and sunny spells. 0n the breezy side, if anything it's a little bit cooler still and some of us for the rest of the week towards in the north—west of the uk in particular will find temperatures below average for the time of year. another fine start for much of the uk on friday, but then we see another weather system gathering out to the west. the winds picking up ahead of that. while many on friday will stay dry, some will start to the outbreaks of rain. some uncertainty about the timing
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of this and the progression north—eastwards, so we will keep you updated, and temperatures still none too special. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. 0ur america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump is pulling the us out of the iran nuclear deal and says he'll reimpose the highest—level sanctions on tehran. the fact is this was a horrible one—sided deal that should never, ever be made. it did not bring calm. it did not bring peace. and it never will. iran's president reacts with anger — he orders officials to prepare to restart enriching uranium "without limitations". france, germany and britain express regret. barack 0bama calls it a serious mistake. the eu's top diplomat says she's determined to preserve the deal. after meeting president xi, kim jong—un is set for more talks,
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