tv Sportsday BBC News November 8, 2020 7:45pm-8:01pm GMT
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they're going to be scared about the pandemic, and in the end, i'm going to get their ballots thrown out. in the end, i'm going to create so much dissension in the ranks about fraudulent ballots. "oh, i saw ballots in the garbage." "there's a ballot... a bag of ballots over here. " he's been sowing this seed for the last three or four months that when i go to court — which he already had that plan — they're going to throw those ballots out and i'm going to be the winner, because all my people voted in person. you know what i mean? that was the whole plan. do you think the country can heal? i... ido. i truly believe it. the first year is going to be hard. our people need to get back to work. we need to heal this country. so at the end of the day, it's going to come down to, we need to recover from the coronavirus.
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people have lost sight of what's happening. 200,000... 220,000 people are dead in the united states. it is time for america to refocus and to ask itself some tough questions. does it want to heal? to loosen the rigidity of the differences between left and right? or is conflict now comfortable, because so many have lived this way for so long? as america embarks on a new era of governance, now is the time to choose.
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hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm karthi gnanasegaram. coming up on the programme... liverpool are held to a draw by manchester city, while the revolving door at the top of the table keeps turning — as leicester become league leaders. a podium place for britian's hugh carthy — a career high as he finishes in third place at the vuelta a espana. and a moment to remember for this man too, as scotland's robert macintyre wins his first title on golf‘s european tour. all that plus goals from the fa cup
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and scottish premiership to come. but we start in the premier league, where liverpool missed the chance to return to the top spot. they drew 1—1 at manchester city — who missed a penalty to win it themselves as their poor start to the season continues. austin halewood was watching this one for us. there may still be... but the season has been far from there may still be... but the season has been farfrom ideal of there may still be... but the season has been far from ideal of a manchester city. they are languishing in mid—table with a point to prove, so who better to make it against then reigning champions liverpool? the first thing city needed was a strong start but they didn't get it. kyle walker with a sloppy challenge on sadio mane, penalty. but mo salah didn't need asking twice. liverpool the lead and city already with a mountain to climb, but write them off at your peril and with gabriel jesus climb, but write them off at your peril and with gabrieljesus back in the team, they can quickly do things
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like this. the touch, the turn and the finish. city back in it. soon they had the chance to go ahead after a penalty was given for this handball. so city into the lead, not quite. an uncharacteristic mists from kevin de bruyne are closing a dramatic half, but really that's where the drama starts. this header from gabriel gees is the closest either side came to clinching it. honours even in the end so no ground lost for manchester city but still plenty of work to do. tottenham had gone top earlier as harry kane got the only goal to seal a 1—0 win at west brom. they were then leapfroged by leicester city, who lead the way tonight, as jamie vardy‘s goal sealed victory at home to wolves. andy swiss reports on the revolving door at the top of the table. queueing up to go top of the table. first it was tottenham's chance, if they could beat west brom. easy? not bit. can i go —— gallagher so nearly
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put the baggies ahead but with a couple of minutes left, who else but harry kane rose to the occasion to stop his 150th premier league goal sending tote on top but as it turned out, only very briefly. minutes later, leicester were looking to lea pfrog later, leicester were looking to leapfrog them and they were soon on the way against wolves, albeit co ntroversially. the way against wolves, albeit controversially. was this handball? the referee thought it was anjamie vardy drilled them ahead. and guess what, a clumsy challenge and leicester had another penalty, so could vardy do it again? if that save was good, just watch this one. after the break, kasper schmeichel single—handedly kept the hosts in front. his sensational stop ceiling le i ceste r‘s front. his sensational stop ceiling leicester's win and sending them top of the table. but ever changing times, for long? —— in these ever—changing times. arsenal against aston villa and it
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is the visitors who have the lead. to scotland now, where rangers thrashed hamilton 8—0 as they kept their nine point advantage at the top of the scottish premiership. the win is the biggest by any team in the league since 2013. celtic — who had only won one of their last six games in all competitions — remain second with two games in hand. that's after they returned to winning ways at motherwell. mohamed elyonoussi with two goals in the first half. motherwell did get one back but elyounoussi completed his hat—trick moments later. and 0livier ntcham sealed a 4—1 win for neil lennon's celtic side. it was another a day of drama in the first round of the fa cup, which started on friday. the big shock came at wigan as the 2013 champions were knocked out by non—league side chorley. michael redford
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rounds up the action. seven yea rs seven years ago, wigan produced one of the most famous fa cup upsets, beating manchester city in the final. today they were trying to avoid any shocks as they faced strugglers chorley at home. and it was all going to plan, we 2—0 up and easing into round two. then truly fought back, the game going into extra time where truly snatched the winner, reaching round two for the third time in the history. it wasn't the only three two scoreline of the day nor the only shock. so the beating scunthorpe. day nor the only shock. so the beating scu nthorpe. fellow day nor the only shock. so the beating scunthorpe. fellow national league side barnett are also into round two, beating burton, who set 41 places above them. carlisle avoided a huge shock but onlyjust, two goals in the final three minutes saw them rescue a draw. then going on to win 4—3 on penalties. if you
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thought that was dramatic, brace yourself. a serious injury in the match between turkey and collie meant there were 21 minutes of stoppage time, three goals scored, two of them for crawley including a last—minute equaliser to make it 3-3. a last—minute equaliser to make it 3—3. a couple of penalties put torquay back in control in extra time, only for crawley to score three more times in the final 13 minutes and win 6—5. you can see all of the results on our website, including news of manchester united, who are top of the women's super league for the first time ever. they beat arsenal 1—0 — ending their 100% start to the season. england under—21 forward ella toone with the only goal. there were wins too for chelsea, west ham and aston villa. let's have a look at some of the day's other headlines. tennis — world number four daniil medvedev has won his first title of the year, the paris masters, defeating us open finalist,
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alexander zverev, in three sets. both players are heading to london for the season ending atp finals which start next sunday. spaniard joan mir claimed his first motogp race win at the european grand prix in valencia and now stands on the verge of becoming champion. it's only the 23—year—old's second season in the series. mir will win the title if he finishes on the podium at next weekend's valencian grand prix. and delhi capitals are through to the final of cricket's indian premier league for the first time. they beat the sunrisers hyderabad by 17 runs in abu dhabi and will now play the mumbai indians on tuesday. to the final cycling grand tour of the year — the vuelta a espana — where british rider hugh carthy finished in third place while slovenia's primoz roglic retained the winner's red jersey. carthy‘s surprise podium finish makes it a successful couple of weeks for british cyclists, following tao geoghegan hart's
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victory at the giro d'italia. it was delayed and shortened, but the vuelta a espana finally made it to madrid. 0ne the vuelta a espana finally made it to madrid. one man delighted to get there was primoz roglic, denied victory at the tour de france, the slovenian hung on to defend his title in spain. in a year that saw british it up as riders struggled, new stars like you, they have literally been in the pink. the 26—year—old won the 12th stage, helping him reach third overall. as a treatment all the more remarkable given his team have a low budget was the man he turned down the chance to ride for team sky a few years ago. it was also an emotional day for chris froome. he was in the final time with english grenadiers after 11 years. all three grand tours won by less tha n 11 years. all three grand tours won by less than a minute, so it was at the final stage needed a photo
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finish. despite the future is still being uncertain, cycling has shown it can continue in these troubled times. italy's elisa balsamo won the final stage in madrid of the women's version of the vuelta. germany's lisa brennhauer took the overall victory in the three day race, with britain's alice barnes finishing in ninth. leinster have maintained their perfect start to their pro14 title defence. they made it five wins out of five with a bonus point victory at 0spreys. tries from james tracey, scott penny and dave kearney here helping them to victory. peter dooley secured the bonus point. it keeps them top of conference a with 0spreys third. the day's other game was a tight affair between scarlets and zebre with scarlets winning by the narrowest of margins, 18 points to 17.
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sir brian with the decisive panel in the 77th minute. —— angus 0'brien. and finally — it's been a special day for 24—year—old robert macintyre in cyprus. the scottish golfer won his first european tour title at the cyprus showdown, carding a seven under par 64 in his final round to win the tournament by one stroke. when the result was confirmed he got a video call from his family who can't travel with him and were back at home. i'm good now it's over! macintyre says he's struggled with his mental health during the pandemic, but that his family have helped him through. lovely to be able to speak to them after that first victory there. that's all from sportsday. we will be back very soon. the score in the premier league, arsenal 0—1
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aston villa. that's all from us, goodbye. hello there. compared to last week, it will be much milder and certainly a miles storey at the moment, temperatures are ponding yesterday because my values. even at the start of the evening, temperatures holding up in double figures if not the mid—teens. some rain and drizzle particularly in scotland in north—eastern england, which will continue, becoming confined to eastern most countries. their skies for a time of plenty of cloud and showers returned to the channel islands, south—west wales and northern ireland. note the temperatures into tomorrow morning, barely dropping than what we got at the moment. it will be a mild start, fairly cloudy one, some sunshine here and there, in scotland and parts of northern england. but the dense fog we've had recently, even
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this is bbc news live from washington and london. the pressure is mounting on president trump to accept the results of tuesday's us election. the former republican president george w bush has issued a statement warmly congratulating joe biden for winning an election he said was "fundamentally fair". on his first full day as the president—elect, mr biden has been reflecting on his victory at a church service in delaware. president trump finds solace on the golf course, though on twitter he continues to claim the election has been "stolen". his wife melania tweets that every legal vote — not illegal — should be counted. kamala harris will make history becoming the first female, first black and first asian—american vice—president. she says voters have sent america's children a message —
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