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tv   Sport Today  BBC News  September 17, 2018 1:45am-2:00am BST

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not once but twice, cristiano ronaldo scores his first goals forjuventus in an eventful match in italy. looking unstoppable, lewis hamilton cruises to victory at the singapore grand prix. and simon yates wins the vuelta a espana to complete a clean sweep for british riders in this yea r‘s grand tours. welcome to the programme. it was worth the wait forjuventus fans as cristiano ronaldo opened his goalscoring account for the italian champions — scoring twice in a 2—1win over sassuolo which ensures their 100 percent start to the season. ronaldo hadn't scored in his first three games since his move from real madrid but tapped in shortly after half—time. he scored another after 65 minutes. however, ronaldo‘s moment might be overshadowed by what his teammate douglas costa got up to. the brazil winger managed to escape with a booking for head—butting midfielder federico di francesco,
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that was after he'd elbowed him. but moments later he was sent off after video cameras caught him spitting at the same player in another altercation. ronaldo wasn't the only one getting off the mark for a new club, gonzalo higuain scored his first goal for ac milan to rescue a 1—1 draw at cagliari. in spain's la liga, sevilla's disappointing start to the season continued as they were beaten 2—0 at home by getafe. espanyol are up to fourth after a 1—0 win over levante and their were also i—o wins for villareal and alaves. in the bundesliga, promoted nuremberg snatched a 1—1 draw at werder bremen whilst stuttgart are still awaiting their first win of the season after being held to a 3—3 draw at 10 man freiberg. west ham halted their disastrous start to the season after outplaying everton to get their first premier league win of the season. relief for hammers
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boss manuel pellegrini who saw andriy yarmolenko score his first goals for the club to put the londoners 2—0 upjust after the half hour mark. everton pulled one back but marko arnautovic scored the all important third ensuring west ham picked up all three points and moved off the bottom of the table. it's always the player believe what we're doing and are not going to change. i said we're doing and are not going to change. isaid in we're doing and are not going to change. i said in a we're doing and are not going to change. isaid in a press we're doing and are not going to change. i said in a press conference andi change. i said in a press conference and i am absolutely convinced, i think i will work with them every day of the week. i have a lot of yea rs day of the week. i have a lot of years here and i wasn't going to change. and what a day for wolves — their impressive start to life in the premier league continues as rauljimenez scored the only goal in a one—nil win over burnley, which secures their first top—flight win at home since december 2011. zlatan ibrahimovich has joined a very exclusive group of footballers after he scored his 500th career goal and fittingly it was done in quite some style.
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the landmark moment for the swedish superstar came during la galaxy's 5—3 mls defeat at toronto fc. outside of his foot, practically a ninja kick, it's going to be worth another look at this. the 36—year—old becomes just the 3rd active player with lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo to score 500 goals. are probably have more goals than the guys on the field have games together. of course it's huge. and how many scored 500 goals in their career but i am one of them and it would feel nicer if we would win the game but still, i did it. it is nothing i will hide from, absolutely not. i mean, itried to nothing i will hide from, absolutely
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not. i mean, i tried to do what i'm good at, putting it behind the line andi good at, putting it behind the line and i succeeded so it was good and compliments to toronto because they will be remembered for my 500 goals. wayne rooney's fifth goal of the season put dc united ahead in the second half against new york red bulls. but bradley wright—phillips scored the equalising goal in the 90th minute to salvage a 3—3 draw for the new york side. britain's lewis hamilton cruised to victory in the singapore grand prix to strengthen his hold on this year's world championship. he led from pole to flag holding off max verstappen in second and title rival sebastien vettel in third. nick parrott has the details. lewis hamilton says that the street circuit in marina bay is the most challenging track of the year that the world champion made winning here look easy. norwood could get close to him in qualifying or in the dash to him in qualifying or in the dash to the first corner. a perfect
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getaway here is vital for victory. his title rival sebastian vettel crashed at the start last year and almost did so again as he fought with max verstappen for second place. the ferrari got ahead while others got caught up showing what can go wrong. sebastian vettel stopped early for fresh tyres in a bid to set change his luck but when first up and roared out, he snatched back second place. —— max verstappen. focus now, focus. sebastian vettel. .. verstappen. focus now, focus. sebastian vettel... this race is supposed to be a bogey one for mercedes but with sebastian vettel coming third, the championship lead had grown to a0 points. the finishing line is getting closer. simon yates won the vuelta a espana to complete a clean sweep of british victories in this year's grand tours. the michelton—scott rider crossed the line safely in madrid on sunday to secure his first grand tour, with spain's enric mas second and colombia's miguel angel lopez third. british riders have now won nine of the past 20 grand tours.
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i really just enjoyed i reallyjust enjoyed the moment. i don't know what else you can do in those situations. trying to take it in as best as possible. i was nervous also because i have to give a speech and i'm not very good at doing the speeches. it is on the bike, on the stage. umpire carlos ramos, the man at the centre of the controversial us open women's final involving serena williams, issued a code violation against croatia's marin cilic during a tense davis cup semi—final against the united states on sunday. ramos issued three successive code violations against williams in the us open final which lead serena to argue she was being treated differently to male players. on sunday, ramos issued a code violation warning to cilic after he threw his racket to the ground. it was the first violation of the match so there were no points deducted.
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no words were exchanged between cilic and the umpire. there was plenty for cilic to be frustrated about in that match as american sam querry, who was drafted in as a substitute, fought back bravely from a set down against the australian 0pen champion and saved five straight set points in the second set tie break to win 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-a. that levelled things at 2—2 and meant the final contest between borna coric and america's france's tiafoe was the all important decider, which coric ultimately came through in five sets to win, ensuring crotia will play france in the final. angela stanford has won her first major title with a dramatic victory at the evian championship in france as fellow american amy 0lson double—bogeyed the last. 0lson was a shot clear of clubhouse leader stanford going down the par—four 18th, but finished with a six. that meant a three—under—par 68 on the final day brought victory for a0—year—old stanford,
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who finished on 12 under. and it's safe to say it was an over—whelming moment for the golfer. i have no idea whatjust happened. i am...a i have no idea whatjust happened. i am... a grateful. and i'm so happy for everybody at home. everybody that has always turned for me. never gave up that has always turned for me. never gave up on me. wu ashun of china held his nerve to win the klm open on sunday as england's chris wood paid the price for a double bogey on the back nine. wu birdied the last for a final round of four—under 67 to finish at 16 under par and win by a single stroke — it's his third european tour victory. 0vernight leader wood dropped two shots on the 12th hole as he earned a third runner—up finish of the season and had to watch wu lift the trophy.
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kenya's eliud kipchoge smashed the marathon world record after outclassing the field in berlin with a time of two hours, one minute 39 seconds. the 33—year—old took nearly one minute 20 seconds off the previous best which was set by his compatriot dennis kimetto. kipchoge won the london marathon for a third time earlier this year and is also the olympic champion over the distance. iam happy i am happy and i iam happy and i can i am happy and i can say i always wa nted i am happy and i can say i always wanted to leave a legacy. everything is possible. i was down to 00 personalities to— one. is possible. i was down to 00 personalities to- one. impressive stuff. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.
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hello. there is some turbulent weather in the forecast over the next few days and it is mainly down to this area of cloud. it is the remnants of what was hurricane helene, it is no longer a hurricane, but embedded in this is a lot of tropical energy. what that will do is strengthen the winds over the coming days. you see this area of low pressure tracking it's way northwards to western part of the uk, the squeeze in the isobars means there will be strong winds, gales and heavy rain, but also ahead of it is drawing up some very warm, tropical air and that will extend all the way northwards into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland over the next few days. yes, it is going to be windy. there will be gales at times, some spells of heavy rain, particularly the further north and west you are,
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further south and east, dry and warm as well. here is how monday pans out. further outbreaks of rain across western parts of scotland becoming heavy and more persistent as it works its way north and eastwards, some of that rain affecting northern ireland, the wind starting to strengthen. across england and wales, aside from one or two showers, most will have a mainly dry day, some spells of sunshine, often cloudy, but feeling warm for many, temperatures between 19 and 23 celsius, 2a or 25 for east anglia and south—east england. as we go from monday night into tuesday, our area of low pressure works its way northwards across western parts of the uk, notice that squeeze in the isobars will bring strong winds, likely to see gales through irish sea and western coasts, some heavy rain as well, particularly for northern ireland and some of that extending into northern parts of wales, northern england and into scotland. a blustery start to tuesday, these are the wind gusts, the average speeds will be somewhat lower, but it is a windy day for all of us on tuesday and even though the winds do lose some of their strength,
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we will pick up strong gust particularly for western coasts. could be some rain around for northern parts of scotland, showers for northern ireland, northern england down into wales. again, further south and east it stays mainly dry and it could be quite warm for many, 19 to 23 celsius, perhaps a degree or so higher across south—east england. as we go into wednesday, our area of low pressure is in the north of the uk, but on its southern flank we have some very strong winds. we could see gusts of 60 or 70 mph across parts of northern england, southern parts of scotland on wednesday. so it's a windy day. heavy spells of rain across northern england, northern ireland and parts of scotland, still very little rain further south and east, where it again it will stay fairly warm. some unsettled conditions over the next few days. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani.
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