hello there. so, lots to get through in a shortened saturday sportsday for you. and we're starting injapan where earlier, england's rugby union side put—in one of their best ever world cup performances to comfortably beat australia 40—16 and reach the semi—finals of the tournament for the first time in 12 years. our sports editor dan roan was watching in oita. their world cup‘s ta ken time to gather pace, but here in oita, a defining moment for england had arrived. one of rugby's great rivalries about to resume. england had beaten australia six times in a row, but this was the one that really mattered, and jonny may gave his side the perfect start. they weren't finished there. the recalled henry slade with the interception. he may not have had the pace, but he certainly had the vision, finding may for his second try injust three minutes.

captain owen farrell back in form again to extend his side's lead. thanks to the kicking of christian lealiifano, australia were still in contention, however, and straight after the break, marika koroibete‘s blistering pace reduced the deficit tojust a point. but england's threat came from all positions. the power of prop kyle sinclair proving unstoppable, as they reasserted control. thanks to some magnificent defence and owen farrell's boot, they never looked like relinquishing it. anthony watson's late interception try sealing a hard—fought but ultimately convincing victory. england through, then, to a first semifinal for 12 years, and by a scoreline that will make their rivals sit up and take notice. if england wanted to put down a real marker at this world cup, well, they've just done it. that was one of their great wins, certainly the most important of coach eddiejones‘ tenure. the rfu had set him a minimum target of reaching the last four. now his team have achieved that

in such a fashion they'll believe they can go all the way. dan roan, bbc news, oita. england will play new zealand next after the all blacks beat ireland in tokyo. they ran in seven tries in a convincing 46 to m win. which puts ireland out of the tournament. our sports correspondent andy swiss was there. for ireland, it was time to face rugby‘s ultimate challenge. new zealand are the champions, for many the favourites, and this was a night when they showed exactly why. as ireland's hopes were dazzlingly destroyed. two early tries for aaron smith, and by the time beauden barrett raced clear, his team are also out of sight. 22—0 at the break. game surely over. after that, it was damage limitation for ireland, and while robbie henshaw finally broke their duck, it was suitably the all blacks, and beauden‘s

brotherjordie barrett that had the final say. they'll take some stopping. for ireland, it was the end of an era. the final games for coach joe schmidt and skipper rory best, hardly the exits they'd have wanted. look, the all blacks were fantastic tonight. look, i've loved every minute of it. my team—mates, the coaching staff, and probably in particularjoe as well who is moving on. i think he brought irish rugby and probably my game in particular to a different level when he came here. so once again, ireland head home at the quarterfinals. remember, they'd come into this tournament as the world number ones, but their hopes have ended in more disappointment. andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo. wales are in quarter—final action tomorrow morning, and they'll be at full strength when they face france. coach warren gatland has named the same team that beat georgia and australia in the pool stages. wales have won seven of their last eight games against france —

including a 2a—i9 victory in paris in february en route to clinching the grand slam. and wingerjosh adams says having the tag of favourites is something his teammates will relish. they said we are favourites going into australia game. it was a tag we don't mind having. we've worked hard to earn a tag of being one of the best teams, and if teams want to pick us as favourites, that's fine. we go about our business like we do. we don't really look into things like that, to be honest with you. we know it needs to be done and we are all focused on doing that. now, with the ugly scenes of racism at england's european qualifying match in bulgaria still fresh in the mind, today, there was an incident here in the fa cup which resulted in a game being abandoned. haringay borough were playing

yeovil town in the fourth qualifying round of this year's fa cup when haringay‘s goal keeper was allegedly racially abused. a short time ago, i spoke to the bbc‘s chris spittles at the game. midwinter the second half, yeovil town were awarded a penalty and there was a confrontation with the macklin goalkeeper and some of the yeovil town fans around the goal —— the macklin goalkeeper. the game was eventually restarted, yeovil town scored the penalty. bottles were thrown on the pitch and more than one macklin players were involved with the yeovil town fence. the police have tonight interviewed three macklin players who alleged racist abuse take place. —— three haringay players. the macklin players were taken off with their manager, and in consultation with their manager, the yeovil town players left and it was agreed the deal would not go on. players left and it was agreed the dealwould not go on. since players left and it was agreed the deal would not go on. since then, the fa have released a statement

saying they are deeply concerned and are investigating what happened before taking further action. well, this is what the haringay manager tom loizou had to say after the game was abandoned. it was disgusting to them. my goalkeeper had a bottle thrown at him. my number six got called names, he got racially abused, and there was no way i could let things continue. the referee was trying to calm them down. the yeovil town players were trying to calm down down, our players are trying to calm things down. and in the end, i told my players to get off the page. let's move on to today's football and the premier league is back after the international break. liverpool play tomorrow. but the break hasn't helped

tottenham, whose miserable form continued with a 1—1 draw at home to bottom side watford. it does nothing to relieve the pressure on tottenham's manager mauricio pochettino, who made 7 changes to his side for the game. watford scored afterjust 6 minutes through abdoulaye doucoure. and spurs only managed to rescue a point thanks to a late equaliser from dele alli. the only way that we are going to improve the record is working hard. it's only football problems we need to improve. the goal we concede, after a tough night in champions league. it's difficult for any team when this type of thing happens, to recover the trust and the confidence to play. premier league champions manchester city were in action in the late game, beating crystal palace by 2 goals to nil to close the gap on liverpool to 5 points. nick parrott reports. a frustrating start to manchester city's season. midfielders and

defence, although that cost is a few problems against crustal palace. —— crystal palace. goalkeeper wayne hennessey kept palace in it, until gabrieljesus hennessey kept palace in it, until gabriel jesus found his hennessey kept palace in it, until gabrieljesus found his place. he claimed his fifth: five starts of the season. with their resistance broken, their resistance went into freefall. david silva doubled city's lead. referee's anthony taylor decision‘s backed up to not awarded penalty, and once again the form of hennessy, who stopped everything that came at him. palace have caused problems in the past but they could not muster a shot on target, until christian benteke came on with a quarter of an hour to go. despite having little to do, anderson was equal to it. city will now be helping their neighbours united do

them a favour against liverpool tomorrow. chelsea have moved—up to third in the table after a 1—0 win over newcastle at stamford bridge. it's a fifth straight win for frank lampard's side in all competitions. here are the rest of the day's premier league results. everton broke their 5 game run of defeats — beating west ham — and there were wins for aston villa and leicester. then tomorrow — all eyes will be on old trafford where manchester united play liverpool. celtic are back on top of the scottish premiership after thrashing ross county 6—0 today. celtic have a one—point lead over rangers, who play hearts tomorrow. in the other games, there were wins for kilmarnock, aberdeen and st mirren. andy murray's remarkable comeback continues — he's through to his first tour final for 2 and a half years after beating ugo humbert at the european open in antwerp. patrick gearey reports. andy murray is not a man given to the dramatic. he has shuffled into the dramatic. he has shuffled into the spotlight step—by—step to him but this was a big one. his first

tour semifinal in two years. he faced ugo humbert, 163 spots is junior. murray, the men with partly metal hip, responded with his spirit, seizing control of the second. macklin came back but maury was “— second. macklin came back but maury was —— ugo humbert came back but murray was strong. the final point to some things up, still the energy but murray had the quality. only two people can stop him when the title now, stan wawrinka, and his wife, who is due to give birth any time 110w. rugby union's new premiership season got underway this weekend and with several big names missing to the world cup, it wasn't a good opening day for defending champions saracens — who were beaten 27—25 at home by northampton —

james grayson scoring a last—minute penalty for saints. in the other game, exeter narrowly won at home to harlequins, gloucester fought back to win at sale and worcester beat leicester. that is it from all of us here on sportsday. good night. good evening. many of us have been playing the weather lottery today, a few isolated showers, just like this weather watcher picture sent in from london. others, it's been grey, wet and pretty dismal. the scottish borders, we got a couple of flood alerts out due to the intensity of the rainfall that's been stubbornly sitting across the scottish borders for much of the day and also into the northeast of england. a few scattered showers further west and some of these have filtered inland as we have gone through the afternoon. behind that weather front,

some strong winds as well. they will continue to drive in some showers overnight, but that weather front will start to weaken and ease its way off into the north sea. some clearer skies overnight, lighter winds, temperatures likely to fall away. we could see temperatures low enough for a touch of frost. maybe some early morning mist and fog around first thing. we start off tomorrow, a quiet day, the remnants of the weather fronts not producing that much in the way of rain but certainly a lot more in the way of cloud around, and northerly wind will drive in a few showers close to the coast. but it will be a drier day in comparison to today, and certainly in comparison to the last couple of days. just that little bit cooler, 9—11; the high. we have been promising in this area of high—pressure building in from the atlantic at the start of the new working week. it is there. but there is this little level of uncertainty as to whether we will see some rain in that southeast corner on monday. we will need to keep

a closer eye on that. could a closer eye on that. be a bit of a flight in the ointment. but for the bulk of the country, it will be a dry and settled start to our working week with some sunny spells coming through and temperatures again at around 9—14d. it does look as though that settled theme is set to continue tuesday into wednesday as well, the high—pressure drifting slowly southwards and allow this weather fronts to topple across the top of that high. the winds strengthening. elsewhere on tuesday, it is a dry, settled story after a chilly start and then with a south—westerly flow, temperatures may well recover to highs of 11 to 15 degrees. monday into tuesday, again, a good deal of dry weather in the forecast. enjoy your weekend.

you're watching a bbc news special live from westminster, where members of parliament have forced the british prime minister to ask for a delay to brexit. the ayes to the right, three to two, the noes to the left, 306, so the ayes have it, unlock! mps passed an amendment witholding approval of boris johnson's deal until it becomes law. as a result there has been no vote today on the prime minister's deal. i will not negotiate a delay with the eu. and neither does the law compel me to do so. it is an emphatic decision by this house that has declined to back the prime minister's deal today and clearly voted to stop