tv Sport Today BBC News September 24, 2018 1:45am-2:01am BST
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hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: he's back with his first victory in 5 years. tiger woods wins the season ending tour championship. 10 million reasons to be happy. justin rose wins the overall fedex cup to take home the mega money prize. and cristiano ronaldo is back among the goals forjuventus, as the italian champions leave it late, but win again. hello and welcome to the programme. a year ago he wasn't sure if he'd ever return to golf after back surgery, now, five years after his last pga tour victory, tiger woods is finally a winner again after digging in on the final day to win the season—ending tour championship. the m time major champion shot a one over 71, but still finished two shots clear at the end.
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closer than he would have liked, but the comeback completed for what is his 80th pga tour title. meanwhile, england's world number onejustin rose finished tied fourth to win the overall fedex cup and take home $10 million in prize money. paul frostick was watching a day of drama and emotion in atlanta. to return to competitive golf, he is a champion again. —— less than a year. a birdie on the first hole was one of two birdies and three bogeys. his place at the top of the leaderboard in little danger during his final round. his fellow american, billy horschel, and have enough to catch up, he fell back to shots on nine under. northern ireland's rory mcilroy faded from contention with a 4/74, to finish on five under and hide on the seventh.
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this day was all about words, but it was also a good day for england's justin rose. the world on one finished tied fourth to secure the overall fedex cup and a $10 million bonus. —— world number one. but the fa ns were bonus. —— world number one. but the fans were here to see tiger and they swarmed around ten on the 18th green in the scenes barely seen on a golf course. the wind forwards means he is now two short of the all—time pga tour title record of 82. it was just a grind out their. i loved every bit of it. the fight and the grind and the tough conditions, just have two suck it up and loved every bit of it. he will be one to watch as part
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of the united states team in this week ‘s ryder cup in france, you get the feeling this story is not over yet. incredible scenes there. for the second straight year, the winner of the fedex cup captured the crown without a victory at the tour championship. woods came in second after his win. bryson dechambeau, who began the week leading the standings, came 19th at east lake and so dropped to third. england's world number onejustin rose secured the $10 million bonus. but afterwards, he only wanted to speak about one man. i would like to take this moment to congratulate tiger, i think the world of golf is just really proud of you right now and is super excited about your game and also the way the game of golf is going. so many great young players, it is nice for us old guys to get a little moment in the sun. meanwhile, on the european tour,
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tom lewis won the portugal masters. the englishman carded a final round of 66 in vilamoura to finish 22 under par, three shots ahead of compatriot eddie pepperell and australia's lucas herbert. it's only his second tour win, after winning the same event seven years ago. it was quiet out there today. the course was in good condition, the crowds were good, i played well, i struck it well. i actually got better as the week went on. i am pleased just to be here and to be able to put myself in that position and comes through means a lot. dutch golfer anne van dam was untouchable, as she won her second ladies european tour title at the mediterranean open on sunday. the 22—year—old swept aside her rivals to finish on a 26—under par total, eight shots clear of her nearest rivals. cristiano ronaldo scored his third goalforjuventus, as the italian champions beat newly promoted frosinone 2—0 in serie a. ronaldo, who was sent off in wednesday's champions league win at valencia, broke the deadlock late in the game to ensure juventus
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contunue their 100% start to the season and stay top. substitute federico berna rdeschi added a second in injury time. is frosinone havejust one point following their promotion. meanwhile, napoli have kept the pressure on leadersjuventus after a 3—1win away at torino. that was the first from lorenzo insigne inside the first 5 minutes. napoli then doubled their lead, torino got it back to 2—1, but a second of the game for insigne in the second half sealed the win for carlo ancellotti's side who are just three points off the top. and in spain, barcelona had to come from 2—1 down to draw 2—2 at home to girona, it means they're top of la liga only on goal difference over real madrid. meanwhile, real betis had to come from 2—0 down to draw 2—2 at home with athletic bilbao, sevilla thrashed levante 6—2,
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while there were no goals between villareal and valencia. chelsea's winning run is over for the first time in the english premier league season. they've dropped points after being held to a 0—0 draw at west ham. maurizio sarri was left to get his coat and go home disappointed, after watching his side fail tojoin liverpool at the top of the top of the table with six wins out of six. hazard and company failing to break through the hammers defence. west ham had the best chance of the game. andriy yarmolenko sending a free header wide of the mark. a good point for them, chelsea stay third. but there's no stopping unai emery‘s arsenal at the moment, their winning run continues after a 2—0 win over everton made it four league wins in a row. alexandre lacazette scoring a spectacular opener before pierre—emerick aubameyang doubled the lead less than three minutes later. arsenal are up to sixth. in france, paris st germain bounced back from their champions league
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defeat at liverpool to make it six wins out of six in league 1 with a 3—1win at rennes. there were also wins for bordeaux and lyon. —— ligue1. kai havertz‘s second—half winner earned bayer leverkusen their first bundesliga points of the season as they beat mainz1—0 on sunday. and leipzig came from behind to draw 1—1 at frankfurt. psv eindhoven are five points clear in the dutch eredivisie, after they beat their arch rivals ajax 3—0. gaston pereiro opened the scoring for psv, in red, the uruguayan leaving the goal keeper flat—footed as the ball came through two defenders. luuk de yong was gifted this, the home favourite made it 2—0 mexico's hirving lozano made it 3—3 all well before half—time, as the reigning dutch champions made light work of ajax,
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who are second. in cricket, shikhar dhawan and rohit sharma both hit centruries as india thrashed pakistan for the second time at the asia cup in dubai to book their place in the final. pakistan were restricted to 237—7, and thanks to dhawan and rohit sharing an opening stand of 210. india chased down their target with 63 balls to spare and the loss ofjust one wicket. 0ur strike rates were not good enough with the bat, we were put under pressure. with the ball, we need to strike early, you need to shrug early against these guys. if you can strike early, we have got the chants. we had a couple of chances that presented themselves, we didn't take them and so that was disappointing. when these guys get in on disappointing. when these guys get inona disappointing. when these guys get in on a wicket like this, they dominate you. meanwhile, it was much closer in the other asia cup match in abu dhabi as bangladesh won a nail—biter against afghanistan by just three runs. mahmudullah and kayes both hit half centuries as bangladesh made 249—7. afghanistan fell agonisingly short of their target,
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needing four to win off the final ball. it didn't happen. bangladesh will play pakistan on wednesday to decide the second finalist. alexander zverev beat kevin anderson on sunday to give team europe a victory in the second laver cup. zverev won the final five points to defeat anderson 6-7,7-5,10-7. his victory helped team europe beat team world 13—8. roger federer earlier put team europe ahead by saving three match points for a 6—7, 7—6, 10—7 victory overjohn isner. isner staggered federer with a body serve that caused the 20—time grand slam winner to stumble early in the match. but federer regrouped and fought off two match points in the second—set tiebrea ker before capturing the deciding 10—point tiebreaker used in the laver cup. in the opening doubles match, jack sock and isner saved two match points in the deciding tiebreaker to beat federer and zverev 4-6,7-6,11-9. team europe won the first laver cup last year in prague. marc marquez has moved closer to claiming his fifth motogp world title after securing a thrilling victory over rival andrea dovizioso in the aragon grad prix. ducatti'sjorge lorenzo was on pole for the race but crashed out on the opening lap, you can see him come
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off his bike there! that allowed dovizioso to initially go to the front. both he and marquez frequently swapped the lead before the home favourite edged to victory by six tenths of a second. andrea iannone came third. you can get all the latest sports news at our website bbc.com/sport. but from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. after a rather autumnal sort of weekend, the weather is looking a little bit better for many of us, as high pressure builds through this week. this was the scene as the sun set on sunday. after a soggy sunday in the south, in whitstable there were some clear spells to end the day. now, through this week, as high pressure builds in, there will be a lot of dry weather with sunshine. warmer in the south too. there will be more rain and more wind arriving across northern parts of the uk later on in the week.
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but back to the here and now, monday morning dawns on quite a chilly note. we've got a big area of high pressure in charge, so that is keeping things largely dry to start off with. and under those clear spells, temperatures first thing could be near freezing in a few rural spots. through the morning, though, after that chilly start, lots of sunshine on offer. one or two showers around through monday across parts of north—west scotland. perhaps a few filtering into the north—west of england too. but for the majority of people, you're in for a dry, fine day. it will be a little bit warmer than recent days, with those winds a touch lighter too. so by the afternoon, temperatures between around about 13 to perhaps 16 degrees or so. a little bit warmer than it was on sunday, but still not great for the time of year. and then as we head through monday evening and overnight into tuesday,
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then we keep the high pressure, keep the clear spells around too. fairly light winds, so yet again, another cold night, especially in the south. for england and wales too the chance of a bit of frostiness, and perhaps some mist and fog fog patches first thing tuesday as well. further north—west, not quite as cool. a little bit more of a breeze blowing here. through the day on tuesday, it is high pressure that drives our weather. we've got weather fronts moving into the north—west, though. that'll bring more cloud and outbreaks of rain to parts of northern ireland and scotland later in the day. england and wales on tuesday staying dry, fine and settled in the sunshine. fairly light winds here, but the winds will be picking up further north. could be gusting at around 30 or 40mph for exposed parts of north—west scotland, with some outbreaks of rain here too. so really a north—south split to the weather. a north—south split to the weather. warming up, though, 1a to perhaps 18 degrees or so, perhaps our top temperatures by tuesday afternoon. looking ahead to wednesday, still more rain for the west of scotland with cloud here. further south across england and wales, again, another dry, fine and fairly sunny day with those temperatures starting to creep up too. so we could see highs of up to around 20 degrees or so on wednesday, and it looks like it could get warmer still as we head towards the end of the week, especially in the south. thursday probably the warmest day
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of the week with some sunshine, 22 degrees in london. a little bit fresher, but still dry with sunshine on offer across the country as we head through into friday. not a bad week of weather. enjoy. bye for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: iran's president blames the us and its gulf allies for a deadly attack on its elite military forces. washington tells him to look in the mirror. 0pposition supporters celebrate in the maldives, as their candidate claims victory in the presidential election. we'll be live in the capital, male. as thousands march against brexit, labour's leaderjeremy corbyn says he'll back another referendum if the party wants. the international rescue mission to save a sailor stranded and seriously injured in the indian ocean.
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