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after injuring his knee in training. and, from a set down, novak djokovic battles back to make it into the third round of the cincinnati masters. real madrid's first competitive match without zinadine zidane and cristiano ronaldo ended in defeat, as their neighbours atletico beat them 4—2 in the uefa super cup in tallinn. the europa league champions, atletico, took the lead in the first minute through diego costa, before benzema equalised, and a ramos penalty turned the game around for the champions league winners. costa's second sent the game to extra—time, where a brilliant saul volley put atletico back in front, before koke scored a fourth. they made history by becoming the first premier league champions to reach 100 points. now, the inside story of manchester city's record—breaking season is to be revealed in a brand new documentary.
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it looks at how pep guardiola's side were able to win the title in such emphatic fashion, and features a range of players who made it possible, like kevin de bruyne. dan walker went to to meet the belgium midfielder ahead of the release. the show is a real eye opener. what was it like to have so many cameras with you for so much time? so in the beginning it was a little bit weird. you don't know the people you are working with. what then, after time, you forget they are there. because obviously the people are there every single day. you get to know them, you become familiar, and that it gets easier. guardiola has a vision
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of where a goal might come from for midfielder kevin de bruyne. he is not fast, so go in there. it really does feel, watching it, like access all areas. it doesn't feel like anyone talking back at any point. this programme you have to show it as real as possible. you have to show the good things, the bad things, maybe incidents, whatever. in the documentary, one thing that comes across is it is not always about success. yes, you had a great season, but you also deal with some of those key defeats.” season, but you also deal with some of those key defeats. i think when you lose, you don't want a feeling of losing twice or maybe more. i think the nicest thing in football is to play a game, win it, and go to another game and win it again. it is like a feeling of happiness, and when you go to training in the week, it is always nice to see people smiling because you have one. when
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you hear white stripes and seven nation army, do you ever sing your own name to that? no. honestly? honestly. # kevin de bruyne. i don't sing it, itjust came, and everywhere i come, they sing it. sing it, itjust came, and everywhere i come, they sing itm must be nice, though. it is good. when people love me the way they do, and the way they support me, it is a lwa ys and the way they support me, it is always nice. even yesterday, i didn't even kick on—ball in the season, and they were singing it. so it isa season, and they were singing it. so it is a big deal, it means i am doing well as a person, that people appreciate me, and that i am doing my best for the team. well, there is some bad news for city fans, in that kevin de bruyne was injured in training on wednesday. the begium midfielder has damaged a knee. he attended the premiere of the city film on crutches, and could be out for several months. the chelsea and nigeria winger victor moses has
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announced his retirement from international football. the 27—year—old played 37 times for his country, scoring 12 goals, but says he now wants to focus on his club career. england rugby union international danny cipriani has been charged with common assault after an incident at a nightclub in jersey. the former wasps fly—half, now at gloucester, was arrested in the early hours of wednesday in st helier. police say he has been charged with common assault, larceny, assault on police, resisting arrest, and being disorderly on licensed premises. the 30—year—old has been remanded in custody until a hearing on thursday. the england and wales cricket board says ben stokes will now face an internal disciplinary process, after he was found not guilty of affray following an incident outside a nightclub last year. the england all—rounder, along with team—mate alex hales, was involved in a street fight in the early hours of the morning which left one man unconscious, and their actions will now be reviewed by the cricket discipline commission. stokes and hales, who was not charged in this case
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after being interviewed under caution by police, will both have to answer a charge of bringing the game into disrepute. iam hearing now, by i am hearing now, by the way, that hearing might take longer than the week we were talking about, so it might stretch a little into the distance, actually, that disciplinary hearing that they will call. but what does do, it mirrors what happened in the winter and i know people find this very the fact that ben stokes, before he had been charged, wasn't picked by england. he wasn't suspended, we were told, but he wasn't available for selection. then when he was charged, he was selected. they will say they don't want to prejudice any forthcoming disciplinary process, so thatis forthcoming disciplinary process, so that is why he is being made available to play at trent bridge. because there is a process that is
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to come, they don't want to be seen to come, they don't want to be seen to be prejudicing that in anyway, so they will play him as normal. it is up they will play him as normal. it is up to the coach, really, to decide whether he is fit to play. he has had obviously a long week in caught, and so on, whether that has mentally drained him or whether he is fully focused not, that is for the coach to say. but knowing ben stokes a little, as i do, i think he is the sort of person who will actually be able to put all of that to one side and willjust able to put all of that to one side and will just be able to put all of that to one side and willjust be keen to get back to cricket again. the former india cricket captain ajit wadekar has died at the age of 77. he was regarded as one of the country's most successful captains, scoring over 2,000 test runs between 1966 and 1974, and later served as coach, manager and chairman of selectors for india. wimbledon champion novak djokovic beat france's adrian mannarino in the second round of the cincinnati masters. the 13—time grand slam winner made a slow start, losing the first set before taking the next two from the world number 25, 6—2, 6—1, to move into the third round. in the women's draw,
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number three seed sloane stephens saw off tatjana maria to reach the third round. the american was runner—up at the canadian open on sunday, and on wednesday she beat the german qualifier in straight sets, 6—3, 6—2. she will play elise mertens next. in boxing, carl frampton returns to the ring in belfast this saturday, and says his australian opponent, luke jackson, can't beat him. frampton has been a world champion and a professionalfor more than eight years. but the sacrifices he makes now are as extreme as they were when he turned pro in 2009, as thomas kane reports. the long road to windsor park started back in may. at high altitude, in the searing heat of tenerife. with gruelling runs up the
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volcano, and intends gym sessions, all before an opponent was even announced. you have to listen to your body, and i have learnt that as i have got older and as i have become more professional in my approach. especially when you are away from your family all the time, and sometimes you get lonely. what i am lucky enough to be surrounded a good people, and people who are boxing. for me, now, at this stage, at the end of my career, it is better than it's ever been. frampton has moved with the times, adopting a more scientific approach and working with the manchester institute of sport to ensure he is in optimum condition. i feel like i am flying at the moment. jamie is telling me to hold it back, pull the reins at a little bit. we don't want to go to hard—hit, andi little bit. we don't want to go to hard—hit, and i feel like little bit. we don't want to go to hard—hit, and ifeel like it is going to be a big performance. just focus on my own performance, get the win. first and foremost, that is the
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most important thing. but i am due a knockout. i haven't knocked anyone out in quite awhile, and it isjust a good feeling. the long camp is almost over. now it is time for frampton to take centre stage in his own city. the 2018 asian games are underway, with history made in the opening match of the women's basketball on wednesday. players from both north and south korea competed together for the first time in a joint team, taking on the hosts, indonesia. and it proved to be a good combination, with korea winning108—li0. south korea won the gold medal at the asian games four years ago in incheon. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.
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we're looking at quite a changeable spell of weather, really, over the next few days, with some rain around. we'll certainly get some rain as we go on through the next 2a hours. the satellite picture shows a band of cloud pushing in across the united kingdom for today, and this is rain—bearing cloud. now, we have seen three bands of rain that will tend to merge together into one as it moves its way in across england and wales as we go on through the next few hours. so there is some rain on the way to some of us. if you're out early a bit in the morning, a lot of cloud for england and wales, with bursts of heavy rain swinging across western england, wales, and on towards the midlands and central, southern england. ahead of that, a lot of cloud, and it will feel humid. a fresher feel to the weather in the north—west, but a lot of cloud and widespread, frequent heavy thundery showers as we go through thursday morning. so, the forecast through thursday. we've got our band of rain that will spread into east anglia
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and south—east england, as it pushes that bit further eastwards, it will tend to weaken at times. the rain becomes a little bit lighter as it swings into kent. further north and west, a cloudy morning coming up for scotland and northern ireland, with widespread heavy and at times thundery showers. it will be quite a breezy kind of day as well. there'll be some sunny spells between those showers as we head through the afternoon, with the showers becoming less widespread in northern ireland and a bit more sunshine, too, for wales and south—west england later in the day too. for friday's chart, we've got another area of low pressure steaming in off the atlantic. this one's going to be bringing a belt of heavy rain into northern ireland, although there'll also be some rain for western scotland. after a dry and sunny start to the day on friday across eastern counties of england, well, it'll cloud over, but it should stay dry. it will be quite a gusty day, with gusts up to 30 mph in the north—west of the country, along with that band of rain. now, temperature—wise, we're looking at highs of 16—18 degrees across the north and west, but temperatures near average in london, highs of 23.
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now, looking ahead to the weekend, we have got some warm weather on the way. it's going to be quite breezy, the driest weather towards the south—east of england, particularly on saturday. but this area of low pressure has the remains of sub—tropical storm ernesto, and that's going to be bringing a belt of heavy rain that's probably going to be working in across northern ireland and scotland through sunday. so, in a bit more detail, across northern parts of the uk, scotland and northern ireland, likely to pick up a belt of very heavy rain on sunday. further south, meanwhile, we'll probably have drier conditions on saturday, but still the threat of rather cloudy skies on sunday, with some patchy bits and pieces of rain, especially in the west. that's your latest weather, bye for now. welcome to bbc news. broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: 39 nine people are known to have died after the bridge collapse in italy. hopes fade of finding any more people alive. some have a lucky escape. people were running, screaming in italian, "run, out!"
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