tv Sportsday BBC News October 29, 2018 10:30pm-10:46pm GMT
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mr bolsonaro campaigns to make brazil break again, to kick—start its struggling economy, and he sees the amazon as brazil's cash cow. but environmental groups worry he will destroy the rainforest in the process and disregard the rights of indigenous brazilians too. when he takes office injanuary, jair bolsonaro will have a long list ofjobs to get on with but his biggest challenge by far will be bringing his bruised, divided country back together again. katie watson, bbc news, in rio de janeiro. some football news, and manchester city have returned to the top of the premier league this evening with a 1—0 victory over tottenham at wembley. patrick gearey watched the action. wembley was always going to pause and reflect tonight, but events in leicester made the minute of remembrance still more poignant. football at its best can be escapism, especially when manchester city are in full flow and especially for riyad mahrez — the goal—scorer until earlier this year had been a leicester player. tottenham and wembley
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looked slightly worn. the mud and markings told of the nfl game played on this pitch only yesterday — maybe that explained harry kane's touch here. pep guardiola has built manchester city's success on perpetual motion, passing until there is a chance. the only problem here, they did not get around to a shot until it was too late. that is what the boss would have done. spurs survived, having enjoyed their best ever start a premier league season. they spent the evening running into city's defensive brick wall, waiting for a crack. here it was. there it went. erik lamela would not get another go. this is a gritty rather than particularly pretty city but they are once more on top of the league. patrick gearey, bbc news. a quick reminder that newsnight is on bbc two. here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday.
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the family of the leicester city chairman pay their respects, as do the players, after saturday's helicopter crash. an emotional night for former leicesterforward riyad mahrez — his goal helps manchester city to victory in the premier league. and sacked after four and a half months in charge — real madrid are searching for a new manager. leicester's players visited the king power stadium today to see for themselves the tributes left in memory of the club's owner. the family paid their respects
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to vichai srivaddhanaprabha at the ground where he and four others were killed in saturday's helicopter crash. mr vichai's wife and son had met players inside the ground before laying a wreath among the tributes, taking time to read messages left by fans. former england goalkeeper peter shilton was leaving the stadium on saturday night — and witnessed the tragedy: we were coming out of the ground just to get into our car, and we saw the chairman's helicopter above us. all of a sudden, it seemed to be making a funny noise and started to spin. it was surreal at the time. we weren't sure what was happening, and thenit weren't sure what was happening, and then it started to spiral. and obviously, looking back, we realised it was out of control. and then it started coming towards us, and my wife started panicking, saying, it's coming towards us! it was like shock
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and fear. and then it seemed to drop and fear. and then it seemed to drop a little bit and then obviously crashed. it all happened so quickly. then there were sparks coming out of the back and then some small flames, and then larger flames. the back and then some small flames, and then largerflames. this the back and then some small flames, and then larger flames. this all happened very quickly. and it suddenlyjust happened very quickly. and it suddenly just blew happened very quickly. and it suddenlyjust blew up. my wife became hysterical. i was in shock. i think i still am. and ijust grabbed hold of her. she wanted me to do something, which obviously we couldn't. but the police arrived very quickly. and the fire engines came quickly. we were just so helpless. at the time, we were just thinking it was the chairman and possibly his family in it. it's just incredible. it is something that will live with us forever, really. it was one of the most horrendous things anybody could ever see. peter
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shilton, recalling events on saturday. the club's first team squad — many of whom have written heartfelt tributes on social media — also visited the stadium and the sea of flowers and scarves left outside today. they also did so inside the stadium, where more also were left. the players have described mr vichai as a legend, with the biggest heart, a truly great, kind and loving man. gary lineker, who has a close affinity with his former club, reflected on his legacy: this guy is seemingly was one of the people who gave so much to the football club, but also gave so much to the city. he invested huge amounts of money into hospitals. he treated fans like he cared, whether it bea treated fans like he cared, whether it be a free beer at the game, whether it be a number of season tickets given away to supporters. he invested in the club are massively turned leicester from a invested in the club are massively
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turned leicesterfrom a kind of run—of—the—mill club to a club that is known all around the world. winning the miraculous title that they won, which for me was the most unlikely sporting achievement of any tea m unlikely sporting achievement of any team in any sport, anywhere. it certainly will take some beating, anyway. and he was hugely pivotal in that. and for all those reasons, he was hugely loved by the fans and the people of leicester. i think his legacy and what he will be known for, certainly in his football life, set aside from his business, where he has obviously been hugely successful, has to be his time, those couple of years. first, the miraculous escape the season before, but the triumph of winning the premier league... it was impossible. people often ask me, what is the greatest sporting moment of your
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life? it was when leicester won the league. i have played lots of sport all my life and loss of football and world cups, but nothing much that. it made me cry. i still cry when i see documentaries about it now. obviously, that wouldn't have been possible without vichai. well, those who died and the familes affected were remembered by a minute's silence ahead of tottenham's game with manchester city at wembley tonight. events in leicester continuing to put matters on the pitch into perspective. a riyad mahrez goal proved the difference as spurs lost to manchester city tonight — the champions returning to the top of the table, one of three teams still unbeaten. our reporter patrick gearey is with me. patrick, city weren't at their free flowing best. but they did enough. it was a strange sort of night.
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wembley wasn't full and the atmosphere was affected by that. the pitch was pretty bad, having had an nfl game played on it yesterday. it cut up pretty badly, so it was an odd occasion. city did start well. riyad mahrez had the goal. it was a poignant goal for him. riyad mahrez had the goal. it was a poignant goalfor him. he riyad mahrez had the goal. it was a poignant goal for him. he was a leicester player only until this summer, and that was reflected in his celebration to the goal, which came afterjust his celebration to the goal, which came after just six his celebration to the goal, which came afterjust six minutes. city we re came afterjust six minutes. city were not at their free—flowing best, as you say, perhaps because of the pitch. but they did create chances. this was a good one for david silva. why didn't he pulled the trigger, is what pep guardiola will be asking. dele alli came on as a sub and set up dele alli came on as a sub and set up erik lamela. he has been on great form this season. but not this time. that was the chance. city hung on after that, an important win for them. let's hear from after that, an important win for them. let's hearfrom both managers, starting with pep guardiola. great victory in the special game
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today. we made a good game. yes, disappointed, but what can we say? this lack of aggressiveness or lack of individual situations, we need to be more aggressive and be more focused on action. we cannot consider such a cheap goal like we conceded. as for city, it was gritty, not pretty, but it is nights like these that we newly titles. they do indeed. patrick, thanks. mauricio pochettino has been linked with the real madrid job previously — a position which is vacant tonight following the sacking of head coach julen lopetugi after just four and a half months in charge.
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succeeding zinedine zidane injune, a 5—1 loss to rivals barcelona yesterday, their fifth defeat in six games — their worst start in 17 seasons. real madrid's b coach santiago solari's been placed in temporary charge, with former chelsea manager antonio conte their main target — here's spanish journalistjuan castro. five games in a row without winning in the league. that is too much for a club like real madrid. but that is not the only reason. there was not any replacement for cristiano ronaldo, who scores 50 or more goals each season. there were no replacements for that situation. and also, there was no big signing after the champions league. santiago salah
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ray was their coach temporarily, the provisional coach. but they will still be negotiating with antonio co nte still be negotiating with antonio conte in the next hours. now let's check on some of the other stories making the headlines today. kyle edmund has called an early end to his season, withdrawing from the paris masters. following a scan on his knee, he's been told to rest. this has been the best year of edmund's career so far. the boston red sox have won baseball's world series. these were the scenes of celebration in boston after the team took their fourth title in 15 years — everyone getting in on the act. they beat the la dodgers in la to take the series 4—1. there's been a big upset in the first round of snooker‘s international championship. thailand's sunny akani beat the world champion mark williams by six frames to three in china. and finally, how about this? the perfect proposal can take months of planning and preparation. but for this footballer, the perfect time was right after he scored a goal.
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eduard bello scored in the second minute for deportes antofagasta in the chilean league and he ran to stands to pop the question after he was handed the ring by a member of staff on the bench. he wasn't booked for wasting time. luckily, she said yes. he then went on to score another goal in the match, which ended 2—2. who said romance is dead? that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
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bringing us tomorrow. with me are ben chu, economics editor of the independent and anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. chancellor philip hammond had plenty of tricks up his sleeve in his halloween budget, so says the metro, which leads on his income tax cuts and his extra cash for universal credit. the telegraph hailed what it called "a brexit bonus" in the budget, which will see 32 million people benefiting from income tax cuts. the financial times says it was the most generous budget since 2010. but it adds that the giveaway is clouded by the risk of a disorderly brexit. the online independent also carries a warning from the treasury, that if there is a no—deal brexit, austerity will continue. the i leads with the chancellor's
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tax cuts and cash injections for public services. but it says labour leader jeremy corbyn attacked the budget, calling it "half measures and quick fixes". the guardian also leads on the budget. but the paper also reports that angela merkel is to step down as german chancellor in 2021, following recent election setbacks. so most of the papers leading with the budget — let's see what our reviewers make of it all. let's start by showing two front pages. interesting comparisons. let's show the financial times first. hammond's giveaway clouded by brexit. and then the daily telegraph, taxpayers handed brexit bonus one story and two very different interpretations. absolutely. the the financial times, it is clear that every silver lining
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has a brexit cloud and it took that view on the budget front page. they wa nted view on the budget front page. they wanted to emphasise that philip hammond was saying in his speech to the house that all this could go very bad if there was a hard brexit. the news cycle has forgotten that this budget takes place against a backdrop of internal strife in the conservative party and that philip hammond, while he had that money to give away, those tax revenues are up, bringing forward all those giveaways, but it could all go very badly wrong next year if there were a hard brexit. that is what the paper wanted to underline. in fairness, it is also what philip hammond intended to be picked up. interestingly, the word count shows that he only mentioned the word brexit wants, although it was clearly in the background. brexit wants, although it was clearly in the backgroundm brexit wants, although it was clearly in the background. it was indeed.
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