and ding junhui beats ronnie o'sullivan to set up an all chinese quarter—final at the uk championship. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. there was no fairytale first home game in charge for freddie ljungerg — the arsenal interim boss has seen his side beaten 2—1 at home by brighton in the english premier league. nine games without a win is arsenal's worst run since 1977 and they remain ten points off the top four. alistair bruce ball was watching at the emirates: triton celebrated the first ever away against arsenal and it is abundantly clear that this will not bea abundantly clear that this will not be a quick fix for whoever gets this job full—time. visitors deserve their half—time lead. they dominated

their half—time lead. they dominated the ball in the first half and adam webster thump them in front as arsenal's defender stood and watched when the ball broke loose in their box. arsenal flew out of the blocks after the break and got level when alexander's had floated past the keeper and they seem to re—establish control but the defence was lax as a cfoss control but the defence was lax as a cross found neil who guided the head in. nine games without a win now for arsenal. it has been 42 years since that has happened. the first half we did not show up. did not work hard and applied. the second half all of a sudden we have a lot of energy and we got going and we played well. that is what i wa nted we played well. that is what i wanted to see from them for 90 minutes, not just for 25 wanted to see from them for 90 minutes, notjust for 25 or 30 minutes, notjust for 25 or 30 minutes or whatever it was full we cannot give away an entire half like that. newcastle have moved into eleventh

and are level on points with arsenal afterjonjo shelvey scored one of the goals in their 2—0 win at sheffield united, it's his second in as many matches and follows his dramatic late equaliser against manchester city. allan saint—maximin opened the scoring with his first goal for newcastle. serie a leaders inter milan host roma on friday but it's a match which has been overshadowed by this headline on an italian newspaper. corriere dello sport carried the images of inter‘s romelu lukaku and roma defender chris smalling with the words ‘black friday'. lukaku's called it one of the dumbest headlines he's seen — and one that fuels negativity and the racism issue. both clubs say they won't be doing interviews with the publication until the end of the year. the paper says the headline was innocent and meant to celebrate diversity. translation: i don't think that they used good words. that is what i think. we need to be careful about the words we use when we talk about racism. i'm sure they did not want to say anything wrong on the subject

of racism but i think the words they chose were wrong stop there were two games played in italy on thursday — both in the fourth round of the coppa italia. cagliari scored a goal in each half as they beat sampdoria 2—i. they'll now visit inter milan in the next round. parma beat frosinone — also 2—i. hernani got the winner with a stoppage time penalty. parma will be away to roma in the last 16. next to golf and play is well under way in the second round of the australian open golf. 0ur reporter chris mitchell is in sydney with the latest: things are looking better than they did on wednesday? i'm not sure how much you can see with this picture but we are outside the australian golf club right now in the heart of suburban sydney. we are not by the sea here nor are we surfing. this is right in the city. in the cloud behind me is getting darker and more

orange but so far a southerly breeze blowing across me now from the sea is keeping the worst of the smoke away from us. benign conditions behind me down there on those 18 holes and i tell you what, the cream has risen to the surface. what a leaderboard we have now because paul casey's six underpar for the day. the englishman, the leading golfer here, the highest ranked golfer here is nine under parfor the tournament. 0ne shot ahead of the pga tour ‘s cameron and eight underpar, six underpar round for him as well. and the south african, the winner of the open is one shot hide at eight under as well. and here's the thing for the promoters, not only the smoke dissipated for now, adam scott has also had a brilliant round. four underpar for him adam scott has also had a brilliant round. four underparfor him as well. i just spoke to round. four underparfor him as well. ijust spoke to him, he is on

the cut mark. he may make it he may not. if he does, that is great for the promoters. he thinks if he makes the promoters. he thinks if he makes the cut he has a chance of lifting the cut he has a chance of lifting the trophy. last time he won was in 2005 and he would love to win it a decade later. cameron, this is amazing stop he was having a brilliant round out there. nobody following him at all. small galleries. people don't know who he is. and he was on the eighth tea with robert allenby and he said hey, guys. what do you think of nick kyrgios. are you proud of the guy? alan b's coach shrugged his shoulders and said well, he has his problems and we've got hours for it is stacking up to be a great coach. —— a great day. staying with golf — and patrick reed leads at the half—way stage of the hero world challenge in the bahamas. the former masters champion carded a second successive 66 on thursday — to move to 12—under—par for the tournament.

reed leads by three shots from his fellow—american and current us open champion gary woodland. last year's winnerjon rahm is bidding to become the first player to retain the title since tiger woods back in 2007. rahm's in a tie for third place with henrik stenson. they‘ re both 8—under—par. as for woods, the tournament host — he's a further two shots back on 6—under—par, six shots behind the leader reed. woods is trying to win the event for a record—extending sixth time. a little easier today. conditions we re a little easier today. conditions were better. i did not hit the ball as well as i wanted to starting out, i missed a couple of greens and other than the number two i missed every green in the correct spot so i had a few easy tips and tried to make a couple but i got it going on the back nine which is nice. on to snooker — and china's ding

junhui caused an upset at the uk championship in york by knocking out the defending champion ronnie 0'sullivan, who was bidding to win the title for the third year in a row. ding rallied and won back to back frames to complete a 6—4 victory. ding rallied and won back to back frames to complete a 6-4 victory. he last won back in 2009 and he will 110w last won back in 2009 and he will now face when bow in an all chinese quarter—final. now face when bow in an all chinese quarter-final. before the match i watched the game going on and i know i played well in the last round so i was confident but ronnie has played fantastic in a few frames and after winning, this is a big win for me. i can see how practice has worked for my match and i am very happy. can see how practice has worked for my match and i am very happylj can see how practice has worked for my match and i am very happy. i was 4-1 my match and i am very happy. i was 4—1 down and he had not missed the ball and i thought this could be

6-0, 6-1 ball and i thought this could be 6—0, 6—1 on my birthday. it could not have gotten worse. then i scored a few frames, twitched a red, he played well towards the end. i have i'io played well towards the end. i have no complaints. we're less than 48 hours away from the world heavyweight championship showdown between the mexican—american andy ruinunior and great britain's anthonyjoshua. ruiz will be aiming to retain the belts he won in his shock victory in new york injune. ahead of friday's weigh—in, here's the bbc‘s ade adedoyin in diriyah. the two fighters will meet for the penultimate time on fridays way in. anthonyjoshua has suggested he may come in under 17 stone. that would be to use lotus wait for five years. and his latest professional fight, one stone fighter —— lighter than he had at wembley. he plans to utilise speed and movement. as for anti— real wheeze he says he has trained

harder because he understands that joshuais harder because he understands that joshua is physically better prepared thanit joshua is physically better prepared than it was for the first fight but he is confident it will have the same outcome. he has been calm and measured all week and knows what is at stake. not just measured all week and knows what is at stake. notjust retaining the title but he wants to win. joshua just wants to go home with the title. he is not here to put on a show he is just here to win. that is how much this bout means to him. the buildup for that fighters on the bbc sports website. you can had their four thursdays result. also for the premier league results where arsenal was defeated by brighton. from me and the team, we are out of time. thank you for watching.

hello there. the week is ending on an unsettled note. in fact, it's going to be somewhat of a weather rollercoaster ride as we'll get one day wet and windy and the following day, a little bit calmer with some sunshine. friday looks like being one of those windier, wetter days as we'll have low pressure in charge. lots of isobars on the charts, a weather front too indicating outbreaks of rain but what you will notice, it's going to be very mild for the time of year, particularly across england and wales as we start to pick up our breeze from the south—west. so a blustery start to friday, outbreaks of rain across southern areas eventually clearing away. start to see a bit of sunshine developing but lots of showers into the north and the west, some of these spreading further south and east through the day. a blustery day like i mentioned pretty much everywhere but it will be a mild one for central, southern areas especially, 11—13 degrees. something a bit fresher pushing into scotland, that's because the winds will be switching to a north—westerly

and as we head through friday night, it stays blustery, particularly across northern areas with further showers although there'll be some drier interludes with a few clear spells but because of the breeze, it shouldn't be a cold night, temperatures no lower than 5 or 6 degrees for most of us. so into the weekend, well, the start of the weekend actually doesn't look too bad because we've got this bump of high pressure that'll settle things down before the next wet and windy spell moves in from the saturday night. so it could be a dry start for a central and eastern areas, a bit of sunshine, variable cloud, and i think that's how the day will pan out, mainly dry with variable cloud and some sunshine but these weather fronts will arrive across the north—west of the country, increasing wind, outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and into scotland, maybe jsut one or two showers putting into western england and wales. temperatures again, most of us double figures just about. and then through saturday night, the next frontal system moves through to bring a spell of wet and windy weather and as we head on into sunday, well, it looks like the main rain band should clear the south and east through the morning and then it's a largely bright day,

sunny spells and blustery showers, most of these in the north and the west where they will be quite heavy at times, maybe some wintriness over the higher ground, as again, it's going to be quite cool across the north, single—figure values here, about 10—12 degrees across the south and east. and then it turns very windy later on sunday, especially in the south—west, a spell of severe gales for a time as that low pressure clears away. as we head on into monday, another bump of high pressure which should best settle things down so it should be largely dry with some sunny spells, lighter winds, too, before the next frontal system moves in on tuesday to bring another round of wet and windy weather.

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