hello, i'm chetan pathak, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: pakistan give us one of the strangest run outs you'll ever see, but australia have little else to celebrate in the second test. history—maker. ons jabeur becomes the first tunisian to reach a wta tournament semi—final after another upset in moscow. and a journey into wayne's world. we hear from rooney and why he's loving life in washington. thank you forjoining us. not even a bizarre run—out could derail pakistan, who are well on their way to winning the test series against australia in abu dhabi. azhar ali made 64 before his dismissal which got everyone talking, and babar azam felljust one run short of a century, but pakistan still managed to declare on 400—9 on the third day of the second test.

that set the tourists 538 to win the two—test series, and they were 47—1 at stumps. patrick gearey has all the details. pakistan had batted into so much control in this test it would be easy for their minds to wonder. loanee to watch this one all the way, he hadn't noticed where the ball had finished so while australia we re ball had finished so while australia were fielding, he had gone for a celebratory chat, walkabout before a running out. babbler azam wasn't taking any chances. when you hit them that hard to can relax. helped by the comfort of his team's ever—growing lead. australia were trying to keep a lid on this but he kept smashing through it, accompanied by his captain, ahmed, fresh from his 94 in the first innings. got to 99, he had never made a test century before and thanks to mitchell marsh, he still

hasn't. australia would need a colossal 538 to win and this wasn't a great start. shaun marsh out for four. in the last test australia batted for a day and a half to save the match, now they must survive longer still. patrick gearey, the match, now they must survive longerstill. patrick gearey, bbc news. tennis, and ons jabeur‘s remarkable run at the kremlin cup in moscow goes on. the tunisian qualifier is through to the semi—finals after beating estonia's anett kontaveit on thursday. colm harrison rounds up the day's action. another day, and another milestone reached by ons jabur. ranked 101 in the world, she followed her win over former us open champion sloane stephens by beating the number eight seedin stephens by beating the number eight seed in straight sets. she won a tight first set but lost just one game in the second set to secure a place in the semis and to is the first from tunisia to get to a wta semi—final.

first from tunisia to get to a wta semi-final. i'm very happy. i started bad so i had to win at a certain point. really happy with the grass season certain point. really happy with the grass season this year and finishing like this in moscow is amazing. i keep thinking about the vacation i'm going to have after this tournament, so going to have after this tournament, so maybe this is my motivation for this week. jabeur plays the number five seed, sevastova, who beat dzhalilov bondarev, budgie had to come from behind to win it after the russian won the opening set. but the latvian, who reached the final in beijing last week, one that aside 6-3. beijing last week, one that aside 6—3. sevastova is one win away from her fourth final this year. —— won the third set 6—3. there would be one more unseeded player in the semifinals and it was konta, who has fallen to 44 in the world rankings, who drew first blood,

taking the opening set 6—2 after reading of four games in a row. back came the bela rusian, reading of four games in a row. back came the belarusian, she raced through the second set by the same score “— through the second set by the same score —— reeling off. konta came out in the tie—break in the end in the third set. she's brewed to only her third set. she's brewed to only her third semi—final of the year, where she plays number six seed kasatkina, the last russians standing —— she's brewed to only her third semi—final of the year. —— she's brewed to only her third semi—final of the year. david beckham, zlatan ibrahimovic, david villa, thierry henry, pirlo, steven gerrard — they're just some of the great footballers who have graced major league soccer. for some it was a great move, for others not so much. hence there were plenty of questions about how wayne rooney would get on with his move to washington to play for dc united. but it's safe to say he's made an instant — as stuart pollitt reports: a special, special goal from wayne rooney... wayne rooney!

rooney! board, it's wayne rooney. —— england have scored, it's wayne rooney. after 15 years at the epicentre of english football playing in either liverpool or manchester, washington is now wayne's world. wayne rooney! i'm a big fan of rooney, my cat is named after him! i was not a big fan of him being signed up but he has turned my mind round. i love him, i can't believe how great he's been. he was like, i can't believe we've got rooney and we came to the opening game and it was like... i was like, seriously! you complained about them signing this guy? he's amazing! they're amazed now butjust a few months ago the stands were full of sceptics. there have been some players over the year that have come over, star players, who have looked at this as a bit ofa players, who have looked at this as a bit of a vacation, a step down, they didn't have to work that hard, but wayne's been the opposite. wayne has been the opposite.

i enjoy it, enjoy playing here, enjoy the games, the pressure of the games and enjoy being here with my family. everything is going to plan. you've dispelled any sense that you we re ever you've dispelled any sense that you were ever going to come here for a payday. i've neverjust played and not care, i'm a player who cares about what they're doing. i'm a proud person. that's me. i don't ta ke proud person. that's me. i don't take anything for granted, i'll come out working and give my best and that's what i'm doing. after taking dc united from bottom of the table into a play—off spot, the rooney revolution is in rude health. the celebrations have been continuing in jamaica after the women's national football team qualified for the world cup finals for the first time ever. the reggae girlz as their known sealed their place in next year's tournament in france after beating panama on penalties to claim third

place at the concacaf women's championship on wednesday night. dominique bond—flasza scored the crucial spot kick that sent them through. its historic. this is ourfirst time qualifying, the first time any women's team in the caribbean have qualified —— its historic. having the backing of jamaica, qualified —— its historic. having the backing ofjamaica, an island, is so surreal and awesome and it's going to be a great experience and it's cool the men did this 20 years ago and it's like a precedent for us. ago and it's like a precedent for us. we're really looking forward to next summer. i'm hoping it brings more attention to the sport, to women's soccer as a whole. in terms of funding women's soccer as a whole. in terms offunding and women's soccer as a whole. in terms of funding and support, if people see these teams can be successful, male support with money and with more fans coming to games because it's advancing as a sport in the

caribbean. so i think this can really have a big impact on fans and funding. usain bolt was among the first to congratulate the team with this tweet to the women's side. the formula one drivers‘ championship could be wrapped up in texas this weekend. lewis hamilton will retain his title if he picks up eight points more than title rival sebastian vettel in sunday's us grand prix. that would be fifth world title for hamilton, equalling the tally ofjuan manuel fangio. that would put him in joint—second place on the all—time list, two behind michael schumacher‘s record of seven. hamilton also trails the german's record number of 9! race victories by 20. michael's stats are incredible, and i'm still quite a long way away. but i am here for some time still, so i'm just going to keep working hard and keep doing what i do, and what i love, and i enjoy it, and we'll see where it takes us. golf, and ashley chesters

is the surprise leader after the first round of the andalucia masters in southern spain. the englishman, who's ranked 362 in the world, is still looking for his maiden tour victory, but he opened up with a 5—under—par round of 66 to lead by one shot from the frenchman gregory bourdy. the tournament host and defending champion sergio garcia is one of four players in a tie for third place overnight. he's two shots off the lead on 3—under—par. finally, baseball, and boston are at houston in game 5 of the american league championship series is underway. if the red sox win, they're through to the world series with two games to spare. you can see it is still early days at the bottom of the second innings. one game in the nfl, denver broncos

are leading the arizona cardinals 14-0 are leading the arizona cardinals i4—0 nearing the end of the first quarter. all the latest sports news is at our website, as ever. from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello again. most of us saw some decent sunshine on thursday, and after a sunny day, we've kept those clear skies for the first part of the night as well. this is how things looked at the end of the day in east yorkshire. with those clear skies and light winds in place, temperatures have been falling pretty quickly. but we do have quite a bit of cloud now working into the north—west of the uk, along with strengthening winds. so the coldest part of the night is past us in northern ireland, and across the north—west of scotland, with temperatures actually rising over the next few hours as this band of rain arrives.

also some gale—force gusts of wind working into the western isles, becoming quite blowy as well for the northern isles of scotland. further south, well, we've got some frost around to start the day in the countryside in northern england. cold, some cold spots in wales, again with temperatures just dipping down, and there could be one or two patches of frost elsewhere first thing. but generally friday, across england and wales, it's high pressure that's firmly in charge, a weather front staying across the north—west of the uk. heavy rain then to start the day across north—west scotland. but the rain eases off quite quickly, and as the front pushes southwards, it weakens just to this strip of cloud, really, across northern ireland, working into north—west england and the far north of wales. there could be the odd spot of rain, but not amounting to much. south of that, some sunshine, temperatures to 16 degrees also in london, so a pretty mild day coming up. now, through friday evening and overnight, we'll keep the clear skies, light winds combination across england and wales. this time, we may well see some mist and fog patches forming through the night as those temperatures fall. areas that could be foggy, well, maybe the somerset levels, through the wash marshes, the salisbury plain as well, could be a few patches elsewhere.

so it does mean for some of us that saturday morning could start something like this, and any mist and fog could take a few hours in the morning before it burns away to reveal some sunshine. further north and west, quite a lot of cloud to start off your weekend. outbreaks of rain for the north—west of scotland, where it'll continue to be quite windy. temperature—wise, the temperatures around about 15 or 16 degrees for scotland. 17 for belfast, so mild here. and towards south—east england, highs reaching 18, possibly 19 degrees celsius. for the second half of the weekend, high pressure still with us across england and wales, but another cold front sliding into the north—west of the uk will bring some heavier rain with it to scotland, and this time northern ireland getting some heavier rain for a time too. the best of the weather further south, but again there could be so mist and fog patches to start the day. some of that could be quite slow to clear. but it's in the south we'll see the highest temperatures. things, though, cooling down across the whole of the country as we head into the weekend.

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