who hello, i am chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme... keeping their title hopes alive — tottenham hotspur move up to second in the english premier league with victory at cardiff. when roger met serena. two of tennis‘ all time greats face each other on court for the first time. and, not defending his crown. chris froome says he'll skip this year's giro d'italia to focus on the tour de france. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. tottenham have made a winning start to 2019 and are back up to second in the english premier league after a comfortable win at cardiff city. four days after that shock 3—1 defeat at home to wolves, mauricio pochettino's side won 3—0 in south wales, where harry kane and christian eriksen both scored in the opening 12 minutes. kane is now the league's joint—top scorer with m goals.

son heung—min then added the third. spurs are now a point ahead of manchester city and they are six behind the leaders, liverpool. we feel very disappointed and we wa nted we feel very disappointed and we wanted to show energy from the beginning. we suffered the most this experience playing in the ten days before the games. we showed the maturity that we want, but we need to now keep that level and consistency during the whole season. even to be there and to fight in the end for big things. there was a big win for arsenal too. they bounced back from losing 5—1 at liverpool on saturday with a 4—1 victory over fulham. the result moves unai emery‘s side to within two points of chelsea in fourth, and leaves fulham second—from—bottom. conor mcnamara was watching, arsenal beat fulham by four goals to

one. badou jack scored in the first half. alexander la gazette made a 2-0 half. alexander la gazette made a 2—0 in the second half. there was a mixed penalty against huddersfield, make it 2—1. introduction of aaron ramsey as a substitute on the day that he is officially allowed to talk to other clubs about the move at the end of the season, it did see the game run away from the visitors. —— alexandre lacazette. finally found the net with two minutes to play. this is an important ounce back for the coach. they have beaten fulham by four goals to one. we spoke before the match, we need to win for we spoke before the match, we need to winfor our we spoke before the match, we need to win for our confidence and also to win for our confidence and also to play consistently, and i think we are doing that at the day i think is

important for our side and also i think the team worked very well in the 90 minutes. earlier in the day, in the first game of the new year, leicester city won at everton to move up to seventh in the table. jamie vardy scoring the only goal of the game early in the second half. staying with football, the shortlist has been announced for the confederation of african football players's day of the year and for the second year running, the same three players will be battling it out for the trophy. the ward is voted for by the national team coaches of 56 member associations and the winner will be announced in senegal next tuesday. the egyptian forward mohammed salah won the award last year and he is the favourite to win the award again, hoping to be the first to win back to back titles. his liverpool teammate sadio mane is also on the shortlist. the

player was third two years ago and second last year. emmerick is the third player. it's not often roger federer makes sure he gets a picture with his opponent, but then it's not everyday he faces serena williams. the two tennis greats finally met on court for the first time on tuesday, as federer‘s switzerland beat serena williams‘s usa at the hopman cup in perth in australia. the mixed doubles clash was always going to claim the spotlight. it was the first time they'd faced each other in a competitive match. federer and belinda bencic beat williams and frances tiafoe in straight sets, as the defending champions switzerland beat the usa 2—1 to go top of group b and send the americans out. daddy both on the same court at the same time in a live match like that is something very special notjust

for everyone in the house but eve ryo ne for everyone in the house but everyone around the world. serena, what was that experience like for you? well, it was a great experience. i'm tired of sad and is over, i wasjust warming up. —— experience. i'm tired of sad and is over, iwasjust warming up. —— kind of sad. no, it was, it was so fond. like i said before, it is something that growing up, as we grew up together really just that growing up, as we grew up together reallyjust watching and having the opportunity, after all these years. we've actually never done this, so it isjust supercool that we get to do it at such pivotal point in our careers. for me, i wanted to take pictures, i want to be my baby out, i am like way too excited and it was really fun. roger, what stood out for you about coming up against serena in her game? well, i was nervous returning because you just do not know, but

people talk about her serve so much andl people talk about her serve so much and i see why it is such a wonderful serve because you just can't really, you don't see it until the very... we have the same qualities. -- you can't see yours either. yours is a bit better, but it is true. it was a bit better, but it is true. it was a bit nerve racking too to be honest because all of a sudden you're serving, especially the last serve out 3—3. i have got to hold this point but it is serena williams, i was telling myself. this is maybe what i have always wanted, a great moment like this. and i made the serve, but i actually totally miss the target and thank you for missing the target and thank you for missing the ball. but it was late, great fun and a great champion, you see how focused and determined she and i loved at about the. love it. -- love that about. —— love that about her. on to cycling — and team sky's geraint thomas and chris froome say they'll both be

focusing on trying to win the tour de france again this year. froome has confirmed that he won't be defending his giro d'italia title in may, admitting it was a difficult decision to take. instead, he says he'll be putting his energies into trying to win a record—equalling fifth tour de france title. he'll be going head—to—head with his fellow briton and team sky team—mate geraint thomas, who won the tour last year despite froome being the team leader. maybe if i had not won it in 2018, i might have looked that maybe giro and, vuelta type programme. what i think having won the tour de france, i would be sad not going back to it. so yeah, i think the year will begin around that. and certainly getting to the point in my career now where i'm starting to think about what kind of legacy i wa nt to think about what kind of legacy i want to leave behind and too obviously target the tour de france and ifi obviously target the tour de france and if i am able to win for this time, and joined and if i am able to win for this time, andjoined a and if i am able to win for this time, and joined a group of bike riders that, only four people have

ever done that, so it is to try and be the these would just be incredible. —— so to be the fifth. ski jumper ryoyu kobayashi became the first japanese man in 21 years to win the two opening legs of world cup four hills competition when he claimed another victory in germany on tuesday. the new year's day event in garmish—partenkirchen is a traditional feature on the world cup calendar, and kobayashi followed up his win in 0berstdorf on sunday with another victory. he beat the local favourite markus eisenbichler by 1.9 points across their two jumps. there are two further events in austria on friday and sunday, where kobayashi will hope to become the first japanese winner of the four hills title since 1998. now, another new year tradition is ice hockey‘s winter classic — the nhl‘s annual outdoor game — and this year it was won by boston bruins, who beat chicago in a game that was played in indiana. twice the blackhawks led,

with goals from brendan perlini, and this from dominik kahun. but twice, they were pegged back, with this powerplay goal from patrice bergeron tying the game at 2—2, with just over a minute to play in the second period. now, the bruins added two more in the final period, with brad marchand scoring into an empty net to seal a 11—2 victory. it is the second time in three appearances that boston have won the winter classic. get two points but it is more than just an average game. you're playing in front of 88,000 people on national tv and two historical franchises, especially the game, i think i said it before, everyone wa nts to think i said it before, everyone wants to see a good hockey game. we just want to ensure that they go on top, so worked up well for everybody and specifically for us.

finally, michael van gerwen is once again the pdc world darts champion. he beat england's michael smith 7—3 in london to claim his third world title. that is it for me in the team. i will have more in the next hour. —— from me and the team. hello there. after a bland week of weather over the festive period, the new year brought some contrasting weather conditions. colder with some shower, cloud up into the far north—east, a window of sunshine for far west scotland and northern england. but thicker cloud further west and that weather front is still to clear away and here we had cloud and drizzle and it stayed pretty mild. behind that weather front, that northerly flow will start to take hold and for the rest of the week, a stark contrast in the feel of the weather.

that northerly flow will also bring the risk of cloud along the east coast, but we start with some clear skies and a touch of frost to begin with. but it will be a sparkling start to wednesday, the further west you are, with some lovely spells of sunshine coming through. all the time because of that northerly wind on exposed east—facing coast, we could run the risk of more cloud and a few scattered showers across east anglia and that kent coast as well. but further west with the sunshine, temperatures maybe out to 3—5d, maybe to the west, where there's a little more coastal cloud, temperatures of maximum seven degrees. the high pressure stays with us for much of the week but it changes its position a little, and that allows the wind direction to change very subtly. we still keep that northerly flow across those east coasts but further west, we start to drag in a return to a milder south—westerly, a slightly milder air source, but that will also bring with it a little more moisture as well and more cloud. so south—west england, wales, northern ireland,

west—facing coasts of scotland could start off pretty cloudy and murky, maybe with a little bit of freezing fog in places. further inland, the best chance of seeing some sunshine, but again, still not a particularly warm day on thursday. highest values of three to five degrees perhaps in the far north—west of scotland. as we move out of thursday night, we keep the clear skies and those temperatures are likely to fall away, the exception again is the further west you are. temperatures will tumble and we could have a widespread cold and frosty night across the country, maybe the coldest night throughout the week. 0vernight lows generally down to —3, “11, maybe even lower in rural parts. but it does look as though we will continue to see some lovely spells of sunshine on friday. indications of things clouding over a little though for the start of the weekend, and as we get into sunday, the high pressure could weaken off and we could see a weather front pushing into the far north—west, which could bring significant rain. take care. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers

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