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tv   Sport Today  BBC News  January 15, 2019 1:45am-2:01am GMT

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win over wolves. and heartbreak for india. an injury time penalty knocks them out of the asian cup. hello, and welcome to the programme, where day two of the year's first tennis grand slam, the australian open, is underway. after the emotion of the opening day that saw andy murray exit the tournament and the sport for potentially the last time, there are a host of big names playing on tuesday. let's head live to melbourne park and gigi salmon. just give us an idea of what is happening at the moment. we already have a couple of winners, big names you mentioned, carolyn pliskova and madison keys safely through, looking tojoin them is madison keys safely through, looking to join them is former semifinalist at melbourne park and number one johanna konta, one set up on a player she has lost to this year,
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the australian pilot tom aisla tomyanovic. kei nishikori has his work cut out, i sat down to a polish qualifier, after being one breakdown, now they are in a second set. nishikori is in danger of going down two sets to love, something he has only come back from twice in his career. what can we look forward to in the evening? the day's at liners including the headline evening session, novak djokovic, looking for a seventh record australian open title, first since 2016, and serena williams, another former champion, for that it is overall grand slam singles titles, she is one way, 23, from equalling margaret court's all—time record which she really wa nts to all—time record which she really wants to match and she really wants to break, facing tatiana maria for the first time, and they are just going through their warm. naomi us
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sucker who beat serena williams in a controversial us open final at the end of last year is also in action coming into the grand slam for the first time as one of the favourites to win. and in with a chance, would you believe, one of 11 women with a chance of ending the tournament as world number one —— naomi osaka. gigi salmon, thank you very much indeed. gabrieljesus scored two goals for manchester city as they beat wolves 3—0 to move back to within four points of premier league leaders liverpool. the brazilian has now scored seven goals in his last three matches as pep guardiola's side had the advantage of playing with an extra man for much of the match after willy boly was sent off in the 19th minute and kevin debruyne's deflected shot added a third in the second half for the home side. everybody is feeling much better. we have done so far in credible numbers in all competitions. so, with the problems we had, the players responded amazingly. and of course it is much better. so now we have a
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game, ok, next sunday, afterthe it is much better. so now we have a game, ok, next sunday, after the cup and the premier league again, so everybody will need it, so the next game may be new players will play, but we need this kind of... it is important. staying with the premier league, where david wagner has left huddersfield town as manager by mutual consent with the club bottom of the table. the german took over as terriers boss in november 2015 and led them to the top flight via the championship play—offs in the 2016—17 season. huddersfield were one of the favourites for relegation in the last campaign but wagner kept them up with a 16th—place finish. they've really struggled this season though, with just 11 points from 22 games, scoring the lowest amount of goals and are eight points adrift of safety. the coppa italia quarter—final line up is now complete after victories for atalanta and roma in the round of 16. two goals in the last two minutes for atalanta through duvan zapata and mario pasalic sealed their win at cagliari, while third tier virtus entella went down to roma who eased to a 4—0 victory in chiavali with patrick schick scoring twice.
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there was one game in spain's la liga, with real sociedad moving up four places to eighth after brazilian international willianjose scored twice in their 3—2 win over espanyol, who now drop to 10th. the india coach, stephen constantine, has stepped down after an injury time bahrain penalty meant his side lost 1—0 at the asian cup, and were denied a spot in the knockout stages. hosts united arab emirates cemented their place as group a winners after a 1—1 draw with thailand who also progress. rhia chohan reports. a victory over india, uae jumps to the top of group a and this is where they wanted to stay. the home nation had our seventh minute lead with this opening header, the first of the day. the keeper was called into action for the first time to keep
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his effort out. despite uae‘s strong performance, a sleep in defending allowed an equaliser before half—time, a deserved point see them joining uae in the last 16. an unexpected turn after thailand's manager was sacked following their defeat to india last week. the blue tigers last played in the asian cup eight years ago when they lost to bahrain. a defeat in this rendezvous would cost them a place in the knockout stages. there were chances on both ends. bahrain were looking dangerous, but they couldn't find the net as half—time beckoned. it was all to play for in the second half. india continue to repel bahrain‘s advances. as it stood, they were going through, until this. samsan was brought down by the captain, the late winner sending bahrain through, and broke indian hearts yet again.
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head coach vital borkelmans has said he's not concerned by whojordan will be playing in the knock out stages of the asian cup, insisting that he's fully focused on his side's final group b fixture against palestine on tuesday. with one match still to play, jordan have already been confirmed as group winners following a flying start to the tournament with wins against australia and then syria. quarter—finalists in 2004 and 2011, jordan are set to make a third appearance in the last 16, although borkelmans is adamant that he's looking no further than their final encounter in abu dhabi. when you are going with the team and you are afraid users always. we try to play a nice game, we tried to play for chances and we go for chances. and then you must always have luck with these chances coming to an goal. and i will say also that, like moore, the same, like we are doing against australia and
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against syria. india take on australia in the second one day international match of their three—game series against india around an hour and a half from now, with captain virat kohli and his team needing to win in adelaide to keep the series alive. after their 34—run defeat to australia in sydney at the weekend, india are looking to regain the dominance they showed over the aussies in winning the test series. swing bowler bhuvneshwar kumar, who missed the test series due to a niggling injury, says his side can find their best form. you know, it is not impossible to win the series, but it won't be easy for us as we are playing away from home. we are preparing our men to win extra matches, it is kind of knockout for us. we can't afford to lose this match, so we are not thinking anything different from what we have been thinking for the last couple of years, one year, so we just want to win the match and eve ryo ne we just want to win the match and everyone is positive today. we just want to win the match and everyone is positive todaym we just want to win the match and everyone is positive today. if you look across the list, there is so
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much opportunity for guys to put up their hand and i really make her spot their own. so not only is it i guess a good lead up to the world cup, it is a really good opportunity for guys to say i want that spot. i think we saw that the other night. so another opportunity tomorrow and hopefully we can continue that great form. stephane peterha nsel raced to his second stage win of this year's dakar rally in peru on monday but the overall lead remains that of qatar's nasser al attiyah. after a miserable day out on sunday for the 13—times dakar winner peterhansel he stormed to stage seven while nine—times world rally champion sebastien loeb lost 28 minutes on peterhansel meaning he's now 5a minutes behind al—attiyah. while in the bike section, ktm rider sam sunderland went second in the standings behind honda's ricky brabec, who regained the lead. now, to snooker, where seven—time champion ronnie o'sullivan eased past stuart bingham six frames to two to reach the quarter—finals
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of the masters at alexandra palace in london. o'sullivan made 66 and pinched the eighth frame to win on a nervy re—spotted black, and he'll face ryan day next. ding junhui also booked his place in the quarter—finals with a comfortable 6—1win over debutant jack lisowski. it was never really in doubt for the chinese player and he'll face world number 1a luca brecel next. just to remind you, it is day two of the australian open. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. the match taking place at the moment, johanna konta on court, serena williams due and in the evening, novak djokovic, the world number one, and the six time when, and naomi osaka, us open champion, she takes to the court as well on day two. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.
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by the end of this forecast we will be talking about something much colder, but in the short—term it's relatively mild. west or south—westerly winds across the uk. the cold air is behind this cold front and that'll be sinking its way south and eastwards as we go through wednesday and into thursday. but on tuesday, the front is draped across the north of scotland, the heaviest and most persistent of the rain here pulling its way slowly northwards through the day. further south, mainly dry, a lot cloud, there may be drizzle particularly for western hills. a few breaks in the cloud mainly east of high ground, and it's quite a breezy day for tuesday. this is an idea of wind speeds, average wind speeds through the afternoon. but it will mild, temperatures between nine and 11 celsius. the cloud will be fairly stubborn across much of the uk through tuesday evening, and will start to thicken. outbreaks of rain soon arriving into south—west scotland, northern ireland, sinking its way
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down into parts of northern england, maybe the far north of wales and parts of south—west england by dawn on wednesday. further south, mainly dry, still a lot of cloud, still mild. temperatures not much lower than five or six celsius. but as we go through wednesday, this cold front continues to slide its way south and eastwards. as its name suggests, behind it is some colder air. some rain on the front itself, and behind it some showers, which will be wintry over scotland, mainly over higher ground but some of that snow could get down to lower levels as we head down towards the central belt. outbreaks of rain across central and south—east england through the afternoon. behind it, some spells of sunshine. much colder feel across scotland, four or five celsius, just about hanging onto milder conditions across southern south—east england, nine or 10 here. but that front finally clears away as we go through into thursday morning. we pick up a brisk north or north—westerly wind, that's going to feed further wintry showers across, and that's going to lead to some icy stretches first thing on thursday morning, particularly across scotland and northern england.
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further south, still having a lot of cloud, and for a time some milder conditions. but not for long. by thursday, that cold air digs in across the uk. it will feed some wintry showers down across eastern coasts, but for most some crisp sunshine, but a much colder feel on thursday, temperatures not much higher than six or seven celsius. now, as we go into friday, under clear skies, a widespread frost across the uk, a really cold start to the day on friday, but for many crisp with some sunshine. however, there is a front to the west, could be just sliding its way eastwards, bringing more cloud, some outbreaks of rain for western fringes. a chance, as it bumps into the cold air, you could see a little bit of snow. but for many, dry with sunshine on friday but feeling much colder. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: britain's parliament prepares for an historic vote on the proposed brexit deal.
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