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yea rs just two feet from history, after 46 years and nearly 700,000 rounds of golf, this is all that stood between all krisher and greatness. cheering the first man to break 60 on the european tour. going out, trying to make the cut, shooting that is a great day all around. having missed a cut in three of his last four tournaments, four birdies and an eagle in his first six holes, out in 28, the improbable became possible when he dropped this birdie at the 12th he was already ten under for the day. and the 16, nearly unraveled a nerve wrangling drop down the hill for par. it did not drop the dream which was still alive. it was a 59, there was also nearly a 58, dance with destiny, as it was the simplest shot produced the most remarkable outcome. on the

back of the 16th green, not very often you get a chance like this, you enjoy it and if it happens it happens and if it doesn't it doesn't so happens and if it doesn't it doesn't so it's quite easy when you're in that addition to be tentative and i got my drafts really well which is really important. this is all cost ofa really important. this is all cost of a cripple century, 147, it does not go unnoticed. the ryder cup captain called it a special moment for a special diet, and this from the world number one. awesome. but for a bright performance at this tournament two years ago, fisher might not have even been here on the same course outside the top 400 in the world, he scrambled just to save his tour card. i was in the back of my mind, i have a great run going again and keeping things going that day, i felt like i again and keeping things going that day, ifelt like i have done it before so that was a good thing to look back on. looking forward, he has made the cut in the lead when or

not, pretty in pink his place in history forever etched in black and white. so who exactly is 0li fisher? someone who can tell us is michael duffy, from the centurion club near st albans in hertfordshire, where fisher plays his recreational golf these days. he has been attached to century and clu b he has been attached to century and club as i was touring professional from the early days, he plays a lot of golf here, he practises here, he plays in our pro—am in the summer, the member match in the winter and he is very, very well thought out and we are all very, very fond of him and we couldn't be prouder of his achievement today. him and we couldn't be prouder of his achievement todaylj him and we couldn't be prouder of his achievement today. i like the idea that he comes back to his affiliated club and sort of plays with the members. not every pro does that, so what is he like as a die? what gets him going?|j that, so what is he like as a die? what gets him going? i think he's just a really down—to—earth decent quy- just a really down—to—earth decent

guy. he enjoys spending time with people and sitting in the bar and having a bite to people afterwards. we are all golfers here. ali is up for achieving great things today. there's a lot of people that want to know about him, they want to see him hit a golf ball and these guys to hit a golf ball and these guys to hit a golf ball a lot different to the rest of us. but yes, he's just a regular down—to—earth guy. the rest of us. but yes, he's just a regular down-to-earth guy. that is michael duffy speaking to my colleague chris. a week out from the ryder cup there's a tantalising preview of the contest to come, with big names from europe and the usa jostling for position at the tour championship in atlanta. it's tiger woods and justin rose leading the way. woods has made five birdies like this one today butjust double bogeyed the 16th to move level with rose at six under par. world number one rose knows a win will seal the fed ex cup and an 11 million dollar pay day.

he's right in the mix with rory mcilroyjust a shot behind. england's options to open the batting in the post—alastair cook era have been revealed after the test squad to tour sri lanka in november was named. without cook there will be a very different look to the top of the order, and two of the three new players called up are openers. one of them is a man in form. rory burns has scored over a thousand runs for surrey this season, helping them to the county championship title. with an average of almost 70 it's perhaps a surprise that this is the first time he's been included in an england test squad. it's a 16—strong touring party, which also includes joe denly. he's 32 and played limited overs cricket for england eight years ago, he's helped kent gain promotion to the top division this season. he could open the batting with burns although keaton jennings, cook's partner over the summer, has been retained. there's also a first test call up for seamer 0lly stone and a recall forjack leach,

one of three specialist spinners on that list. rory burns who has been the leading scorer and the captain for the title this year comes in yet to make his debut and joe from kent makes a return to international cricket he did play a few one day are is quite a long time ago so it's been a big gap for a long time ago so it's been a big gapfor him, a long time ago so it's been a big gap for him, he comes back in but a very different cricketer now, he was back then. this time tomorrow night, we may well know whether anthonyjoshua has retained his world heavyweight crowns. he takes on alexander povetkin, in front of an 80,000 sell—out crowd at wembley. at today's weigh—in, joshua was almost two stone heavier than his russian opponent. he's been taking a new, more natural approach to training recently, waking up naturally before hitting the gym, rather than setting an alarm clock, and he feels better for it, he should win tomorrow but his camp have warned him that povetkin is still a danger, with 34 wins and just one loss to his name. he is drawn, there's no doubt about

that, he's a good fight there as well, there's no doubt about that either. i could go a bit further and keep them at bay and to the uk style boxing, 1—2, 1—2, but you have to do also you know what they call it, the mexican style combat defending, would come in and get stuck with it. don't be scared to get a cut eye and a bloody nose. ultimately you're there for a fight and you have to go through that to get someone like him so through that to get someone like him so i'm willing to kind of do what it ta kes. plenty of action from this evening to tell you about here on sportsday too. wigan athletic are up to third in the championship after a 1—0 win over bristol cityjosh windass delivered the 52nd cross that allowed nick powell marked his 100th league appearance for the club with a goal. that was enough for the home side to take all three points. sam simmonds scored two tries

for exeter to help them maintain their perfect start to the premiership rugby season. he's the league's joint top—scorer, with exeter still at the top of the table after they beat newcastle 24—17. in the pro 14, cardiff ran in four tries for a bonus point victory as they beat munster 37—13. willis halaholo was man of the match as he created two tries and scored one of his own at arms park. a try from henry speight in the final passage of play saw ulster rescue a draw against the cheetahs in bloemfontein. the thrilling match at toyota stadium saw ten tries before ending 39—all. it leaves ulster unbeaten afterfour games. castleford beat local rivals wakefield 42—10 to set up a super league semifinal at wigan. greg eden was awarded man of match for running in four tries. his third was the pick of the bunch as he left

wa kefield's players standing. he's scored 16 tries in his last seven games. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, political correspondent from the guardian, and the political commentator, jo—anne nadler. we will be looking at those front pages. we will be looking at those front pages. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in

and theresa may's brexit speech today features heavily. stung by the humiliating rebuff at the salzburg summit, the times claims the prime minister took britain towards the brink of a no—deal brexit when she accused the eu of offering ‘unacceptable' options. her combative address prompted a sharp fall in the pound, writes the guardian. the daily mail calls it ‘the may ultimatum'. the daily express says theresa may was right to demand that the eu 27 show some respect after insulting the nation. the pm, though, is heading for a show down next week according to the daily telegraph, as her cabinet ministers plan to push for an alternative to the chequers deal. in other news, the financial times reports that uber is planning to link up with deliveroo, the london—based food delivery app, in the latest sign of big tech investing in a british start—up. and the daily mirror leads with the story of ellie chessell, a victim of an acid attack,

who says she was talked out of suicide by the strictly star and fellow acid attack victim, katie piper. those are the front pages. like we said it's all about brexit tonight. thank you forjoining us here jessica and joanne. shall we start with the times? this reallyjust gives a generalfeel to with the times? this reallyjust gives a general feel to today's brexit news. quite an unexpected statement from theresa may today although perhaps one that could have been predicted yesterday, even for us been predicted yesterday, even for us this morning we are told she was not going to say anything despite the complete humiliation installs birgit today where leaders came out and tore her apart brexit plan and you know theresa may it was an hours

notice that we got told she would make the statement and she came out swinging. she said the —— they needed to respect her more and there was some quite disrespectful language from eu leaders yesterday, emmanuel macron talked about the liars who had bought the brexit campaign, donald tusk and the eu council president, he's posted and instagram picture of some cakes and said no cherry picking. it was just all kind of slightly odd behaviour from yesterday. it led to a slightly odd feeling at the end of the summit. she's sort of came back and said the two sides need to treat each other with respect and she came out think very clearly there are two areas we really are very far apart still and that's with a lot of people today. it's interesting to see how the front pages have dealt with this story because in its

substance that is not good news for theresa may. she did not succeed in the way she hoped to installs birgit. yet, by taking the initiative today certainly on the pr front with her statement, she's ended up with some very positive front pages. things are much more complex when you read between the lines and when you read into the papers. but, the tone of some of the front pages is quite extraordinary. we have got making her the church hill, the thatcher, as though somehow she has taken the fight to european neighbours. rather than being on the defensive. just to finish off the round of what we're seeing on front of the times. what did you make of that beach? like you said he was very short notice and we knew she was going to say something. what did you make of what she had to say in the body language and the tone of its? undoubtedly she's

angry. i think sometimes it's to her advantage when we see a bit of repair, because she is quite a restrained person. and i think sometimes she's unable to really communicate from the heart and any real passion about what she's doing. there was passion in what she had to say today. i think that prick to her advantage. tactically i think it was advantage. tactically i think it was a very good manoeuvre but i also think it was quite disingenuous in some ways because i don't know how she could expect the eu necessarily to have responded any different away. she had been worn by members of her own party at this deal was not going to go down well with the eu and sure enough it has not. one of the things about what she was saying was that she does not believe that the eu has engaged on the substance of the checkers brand so what emmanuel macron was saying yesterday was that it threatens the integrity of the eu single market for having this common rules goods

rather than the rest the single market and she said you know in fact that's something we have engaged on throughout the process and this is a plan that does not do that. and so, you can of reach an impasse really, and she admitted in her speech where one side seems to say this is a totally impractical thing and it's something so fundamental to the eu when she says we don't believe it does, and those tools when it's two sides would you go forward? it's a negotiating position, and no one would have expected a cord coming out of the meeting, we still got the summit, we still got a few months. nobody... it was supposed to be a step in the right direction wasn't it? donald tusk did say in his late statement that a step in the right direction. he came out with a statement just after theresa may speech with the you know what in