to south africa that he believes some teams peak for the semifinal and then struggle to match that level in the final, a comment which produced a typically lively response from eddie jones. guys, can you just send my best wishes to warren and make sure he enjoys the third and fourth play—off? said with a smile squarely on his face... the two go back a long way... they have a very rivalry. sale sharks are sending flanker ben curry to watch his brother tom in japan. ben was scheduled to play for sale on friday, but is flying out thanks to twitter. thousands of the clubs followers responded to posts which carried the hastag #getbentojapan. i think it was something that was engraved in us from a young age,

whether it was rugby, football, cricket, wrestling, anything. we just happen to play rugby at the same position. i think theyjust wa nt to same position. i think theyjust want to win. as a family, we are massively proud of anybody who achieves anything. this happens to be on achieves anything. this happens to beona achieves anything. this happens to be on a massive stage and so we have a lot of people going out there for my family a lot of people going out there for myfamily and a lot of people going out there for my family and friends come a lot of good people around and like i said, whether it is cricket, football, this is rugby, we want to support each other and that is why i'm going out to support him. it is so exciting. the experience he had to guess i'll show you, and new zealand should put him in good standing. they thrive in those experiences. that is what you learn from and take great confidence from that. i need to be able to achieve that. having so to be able to achieve that. having so many people out there for him and support him would be just massive for a family to do that. it is an incredible thing. it could happen and if it does happen, touch way. i wa nt to and if it does happen, touch way. i want to be there when he does for

him. -- want to be there when he does for him. —— touch wood that it does happen. tiger woods has equalled the pga tour record of 82 tournament wins. he did it by winning zozo championship injapan — his first event since having his fifth knee operation nine weeks ago. he won his first pga title 23 years ago this month. he has come back and look at the very first opportunity, he has one and in so doing, he has moved alongside sam sneed, one of the legendary records in the game of golf. an 82nd victory. he met sam as a five—year—old and sneed was quite impressed because that little five—year—old tiger woods was able to get the ball out of the water and make a bogey on the part three. my goodness me, and the 23 years of his professional career, tiger woods has just rewritten record book at the 23 yea rs of just rewritten record book at the 23 years of his professional career, tiger woods has just rewritten record book after record book. let's bring you up to date with some

of the other sports stories today. just a day after winning the swiss masters, roger federer has withdrawn from the paris masters. the world number three says he has made the decision to ‘pace himself‘ ahead of next month's season—ending atp finals in london. england bowler adil rashid said he "couldn't lift his bowling arm" before this summer's world cup. and has still not fully recovered from a shoulder injury. rashid had a steriod injection which allowed him to play in ii matches during the tournament. there's been a shock early exit for ronnie o'sullivan at snooker‘s world open in china. he lost to dominic dale in a qualifying match, with the welshman winning five frames to three.

queens park rangers missed the chance to go second in the championship after losing 3—1 at home to brentford. ollie watkins scored twice, the second making sure of the victory against their west london rivals in the dying seconds. the result means qpr stay in eighth whilst brentford are now up to twelfth with their third win in a row. the theme of home disadvantage continues in baseball's world series. all five games played so far have been won by the away team... the latest — for houston in washington — giving the astros a 3—2 lead in the series. taking them to within one of a second title. tulsen tollett is there.

no match has gone right for the national since friday. they lost game three and gained four and before game five here on sunday, they lost their picture to neck and back spasms. they looked long confidence hitting the ball a long confidence hitting the ball a long confidence altogether while for the houston astros, they have gone from strength to strength. george springer looked confident betting before the match, and jose altuve oh, 25 game hitting streak and he is savouring every moment of this world series. their attitude has served them well here in washington. the second inning state took the lead again. i've read starting his second game in dc jackie again. i've read starting his second game in dcjackie went over the fence. with garrett cole looking in total control of the amount, national satyrs didn't have an a nswer to national satyrs didn't have an answer to his power and precision. which makes him one of the best in the game. carlos correa double houston's advantage. for nothing at shows. washington had some

inspiration and with the president and the first lady watching on, eventually they got it. going deep for the second time in the series in the home run in the nationalfans hope would spark a comeback. houston we re hope would spark a comeback. houston were not in the mood to entertain that prospect. george springer added an insurance market in the ninth a towering blast to make it 7—1. the nationals looked out of ideas and we re nationals looked out of ideas and were likely to end the game, now having lost three in a row and once again huge underdogs just like they we re again huge underdogs just like they were before the game one at the world series bandwagon heads back to texas. what a week and for the houston astros and their manager. they came here to nothing down and go away 3— to up. the last team to have lost the first two games at home in the world series was back in 1996, the yankees, lost the opening at home he came back and beat the olinda braves four games— two. 3— at the moment and it promises to be a defining game six in texas on tuesday night.

former world middleweight and super—middleweight champion nigel benn‘s first fight since 1996 is off because of a shoulder injury. the 55—year—old announced his return last month against cameroonian—australian sakio bika who is a0. they were due to meet in birmingham on the 23rd of november which benn said was intended to give him "closure". the women's rugby league world cup has been made longer and will start earlier — allowing players an extra day between games to recover. the timetable is now more like the men's and comes a week after tournament organisers announced that the particpation fees will be the same for all three events. with the wheelchair competition also taking place in england in 2021. jodie cunningham is hoping to be part of the england team in two years time and helped to bring about the change... it just makes everything

itjust makes everything much easier for the at the least because most have full—time jobs and therefore have full—time jobs and therefore have to sustain that going through the years, so it is broken and another massive step and again, another massive step and again, another costly step and it shows how really keen they are to make sure that this tournament is inclusive. as soon as it was announced that they will cut was going to be in england, and that all three tournaments well rolled out at the same time, the governing bodies really knew that this is the opportunity now to graph the women's game and put it to the highest that it can be. in the soup with has shown so much growth and spectators for the women's game and the participation of the level. so having this woke up in 2021 will be that real trajectory afterwards come hopefully so that potentially we do have some professional athletes whether that be semi or plea professional. it is fantastic. that's having this world cup. 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 bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former pensions minister, baroness ros altmann, and the writer and broadcaster, mihir bose. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the financial times, and it leads on borisjohnson's second attempt for an election on december the 12th, with a new short bill which, the newspaper says would see his brexit deal put on ice. the same story is in the metro, which says the prime minister is trying to force an election

with the lib dems‘ support, after labour leaderjeremy corbyn refused to back him. according to the i, borisjohnson's election bid is facing a backlash from his own party, as senior conservative mps fear they will be punished by voters. the prime minister's push for a pre—christmas poll is also on the front page of the guardian. who is taking the bbc to tribunal in an equal pay dispute. (ani)the the paper also carries a picture of presenter samira ahmed, who is taking the bbc to tribunal in an equal pay dispute. the telegraph leads on a report into the grenfell fire disaster, which concludes that fewer people would've died were it not for the failings in the london fire brigade's response. so, brexit and talk of an election dominating the front pages — let's see what our reviewers make of it all. let start with the metro. jeremy corbyn. he is in a pretty difficult position. if he doesn't actually

wa nt position. if he doesn't actually wantan position. if he doesn't actually want an election,