some of the voices in buckinghamshire, alex reporting, there. that's it from westminster, where mps have for the first time backed a brexit deal, but borisjohnson‘s timetable for passing the legislation has been rejected. all eyes are on brussels now, and what sort of brexit extension they may offer. newsnight is getting under way on bbc two, but now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a good night. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins — your headlines tonight in need of a response. spurs cruise to a crucial win in the champions league, scoring 5 en route to it.

as easy for manchester city, sterling scores a hat trick to make it three wins from three in europe. and claims of spying ahead of england's rugby world cup semi final showdown against new zealand. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening — welcome along to sportsday. crisis, what crisis for tottenham. they certainly showed no sign of their recent poor form in a 5 nil thumping of red star belgrade this evening at the tottenham hotspur stadium. a crucial win for mauricio pochettino‘s team, who going into this game, had just one point from the first 2 games. it was as convincing for manchester city in italy —

a 5—1win against atalanta — to make it three wins from three, our reporterjohn bennett is here, spurs city. i know a result like this does not solve anything but it is good to be a confidence booster in terms of how tottenham's side plates. something to build on because it was only one victory in seven before tonight going into belgrade. they were 7—2, the first game of the champions league, there does make— zero, so they needed a big victory and they got a big win as well. let us look at the goals. now they seem to be backin at the goals. now they seem to be back in form for tottenham, harry kane got things going with a brilliant header and that really got the crowd behind the spurs and they thought something special was going to happen. one of the key spurs

players, he was on the scoresheet twice tonight, another good finish for him a good player. and the pressure will be off of the him now after this huge victory, they made it look easy. a brilliant finish, and harry kane rounded things off and harry kane rounded things off and so things are looking a lot rosierfor the spurs in and so things are looking a lot rosier for the spurs in terms of their progress. in terms of manchester city, they were at home, it was as easy for them but they had trick for sterling and also, for him. he played really well but was sent off for two bookings it was disappointing and he will be really upset about that but he has a big future, not to play with the big future. rahim sterling, he was scoring from the penalty spot. you

do not want to make this manchester city team angry though. but a response it was from city. sergio getting the equaliser and scoring for the penalty spot, you thought it was him those going to score they had trick but his numbers are incredible at the moment in terms of goal—scoring, the second had trick of the season just brilliant finishes, you would not have seen those types of goals from raheem, he has achieved so much as a player and it worked so hard on his game and another had trick tonight and raheem sterling is up there with the world —class sterling is up there with the world—class players of the moment in european football. a great performance from city. thank you so much forjoining us in a quick look at some of the a quick look at some of the other results tonight, comprehensive for ps6 against bruges — 5 seems to be the magic number tonight.

kylian mbappe with a hat trick. real madrid, who have been struggling — get an important away win in turkey. bayern munich came from behind to beat olympiacos, as did juventus in their win against lokomotiv moscow let's have a quick look at some of the days other sports stories. former england defender sol campbell has been appointed manager of league one strugglers southend united. campbell was in charge at macclesfield town until his departure in august. salford's man of steel jackson hastings is one of the australia—born players selected by head coach wayne bennett for great britain's rugby league side game against tonga on saturday. the home nations haven't combined to tour as great britain since 2007, they're also facing new zealand twice and papua new guinea. and anthony crolla's final fight before retirement will be against the spaniard frank orkeaga next month.

england head coach eddiejones, says all the pressure is off his side, ahead of their semi—final against new zealand on saturday in the rugby world cup. the all—blacks start as firm favourites. from tokyo, here's our sports editor, dan roan. preparing for the game of their lives, they trained in the range is one when away from a first world cup final ini2 one when away from a first world cup final in 12 years and all it stands is to make in their way, but the man believes his team is nothing to lose. do you think that they're under more pressure than new england? we don't have any pressure. no one thinks we can win. new zealand talk about them walking towards the pressure, blood this week, the pressure is going be chasing them down the street. that

is the reality of it. the convincing court of final victory at the weekend was a defining moment in his tenure, but he now seems intent on trying to unsettle a team he describes as the greatest in the history of sport. they have to deal with all this pressure of winning the world cup three times, potentially a last game for the greatest captain and they're going to be thinking about those things those thoughts go through your head and it is always much harder to defend the world cup and i will be thinking about that and there is pressure for them. most of the training session this morning was conducted in private behind that screen that surrounds the pitch here in tokyo. what were they being spied on, he is also claiming that his players were being filmed by somebody up there in one of those apartments. there is definitely someone in the apartment block filming, you see everything. you can

watch everyone is training on youtube or whatever there is, everything out there. there is no value in doing that sort of thing. absolutely zero. if jones is resorting to mind games, preston a surprise after all new zealand have beenin surprise after all new zealand have been in wallop of of one of the last i6 fixtures, just a symbol of how special victory would be. in the other semifinal — wales play south africa on sunday and wales defence coach shaun edwards has said that captain alun wynjones is vital to their hopes of getting to the final. at 3a, jones is the oldest member of wales' world cup squad, and his country's record cap holder with 132, but edwards thinks the ospreys lock is playing better than ever. six foot six, he's fast, he's unbelievably competitive and is

unbelievably competitive and is unbelievably tough. he is a very brief person and he sets the example for everybody. he has developed as a person who is about to play as well as his ever been. and he is one of the best players i've ever coached without the shadow of a doubt. let's talk baseball now will we — because the pinnacle of the season in the usa — the world series is set to get underway in a few hours time. the houston astros — champions 2 years ago — take on the washington nationals, who have never been at this stage. it's a 7 game series. and our reporter seth bennett is in houston for game one. the astros — a dynasty in baseball — all the pedigree and form. hard to look beyond them. remarkable run from this nationals side to get here. they are an incredible team that has great backing from fans here in houston. they really are the superstars of this town in the organisation have said they want

them to go orange, orange shirts absolutely everywhere around. they've got some great starting pitches and they are started up by two of the very best in the game and from there, they rely on their great backs, the likes who have just been an absolute superstar it is only five foot six. a tiny guy but he does it and they won the world series two years ago there looking to win at least the second world series, they really are the favourites coming into this. so eve ryo ne favourites coming into this. so everyone will want the underdog to win and the washington nationals, a remarkable run from them and no one thought they would get this far and suddenly they find themselves in the world series. it is an incredible

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