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tonight... scotland... ..beaten by france... ..their autumn nations cup hopes now out of their hands. rangers pile more pressure on champions celtic in the scottish premiership. more of those goals to come. domic calvert lewen grabs two as everton rise to sixth. and who will bring the curtain down at london's 02 with victory in the atp tour finals? hello, and welcome to sportsday. good evening. scotland were beaten by france at murrayfield in rugby union's autumn nations cup. victory would have seen them top group and clinch a place in the final. but it's france, who continue their brilliant run, victory against italy next weekend

will see them top the group. katie gornall reports. this year, scotland have been a team on the rise. no longerjust good to watch, but hard to beat. here, their new—found resilience will be tested to the limit. france have staged their own renaissance, widely believed to be... but scotland would match them straight for stride. the ever reliable duncan we are kicking for the horizon in a first half dominated by boot. immediately after the break, france would showcase their attacking flair, sliding through the scotland defence. another penalty would leave scotland needing a bit of magic. just when they need them most, their attacking deserted them. and the gamble has not paid off. it was an unfortunate end to scotland's five game winning

streak, and with france in pole position to make the final there hopes of silverware look increasingly out of reach. after a routine win for champions exeter on friday, today premiership finalists wasps faced a much tougher task at home to bristol on what's been the opening weekend in the premiership it looked like bristol were going to end their 20—year wait for a league win at wasps and avenge last season's semi—final defeat. but jack willis' try in the final minutes gave wasps a 23 points to 20 win. despite only having iii men for most of the second half, ospreys managed to come from behind to beat benetton in the pro“; devvy lake with the final try. 21r—22 the final score, they remain third in conference a. rangers have opened up an eleven point lead over second placed celtic at the top of the scottish premiership. they beat aberdeen 4—0 taking full advantage of celtic‘s

dropped points yesterday. asjoe lynskey reports. rangers celebrate each win with just a fist bump and renewed focus. for nine years in a row, they have watched their rivals win the league. they know to be champions it has to be perfect. but this is their best start to a top—flight season in 53 years. they have players full of confidence taking shots from 30 yards. ryan kent's brilliant strike was helped by a deflection, but rangers were dominant against the team third in the league. aberdeen had been depleted by injuries and covid. already this match looked settled with kemar roofe's strike for 2—0. rangers completed the job with two more second—half goals. after seeing celtic draw yesterday, this side had set a course to win big. a penalty would set up rangers' 41st goal of the season, they have only let in three. and while they are still a long way

to go, this side have set their standard and their lead at the top is 11 points. joe lynskey, bbc news. if the start of the season is a need to go by, it is going to be a enthralling contest, isn't it? it's been a big day in the premier league — the champions liverpool welcome leicester to anfield later. more on that match in a moment. everton beat fulham 3—2 in whta's been the most entertaining match of the day at craven cottage, as they climb up to sixth in the table. nick parrot was watching. after a run of four games without a win, everton would have relished the prospect of visiting craven cottage. it's little surprise their poor run of form coincided with the three—match ban for richarlison. the brazilian quickly made up for his absence, setting up dominic calvert—lewin to put everton in front against fulham afterjust 42 seconds. the hosts recovered from that early setback when bobby decordova—reid found a way through. calvert—lewin went top of the premier league scoring charts as he put everton back in front and they should have cruised to victory, after abdoulaye doucoure

scored his first goal since joining from watford. but fulham boss scott parker's second half tactical change almost turned things around. his heart might have sank when ivan cavaleiro became the latest fulham player to miss a penalty. 83 seconds later though, they were back in contention. this time, fortune favouring ruben loftus—cheek as his shot was deflected in, but that failed to add momentum for fulham and everton held on to get their season back on track. nick parrott, bbc news. those two goals take calvert—lewin to ten in nine premier league games but he was more concerned with his team ending their bad run of form. the most important thing today was that we got the three points. it sounds cliche, but i thought, second half, we didn't play very well, we didn't have the ball, first half we didn't have the ball, first half we did well to get the lead. we should

have continue that. on another day, perhaps we would have been punished for not playing well in the second half. but we build from here. it's been yet another frustrating afternoon for arsenal, as they were held to a goalless draw with leeds at elland road. arsenal created little, the most notable moment for the gunners came when pepe was sent off for violent conduct, for pushing his head into the face ezjan alioski. leeds hit the arsenal woodwork on several occasions, their best effort came from rodrigo after a nice piece of play. arsenal in the bottom half of the table seven points off for pushing his head into the face ezjan alioski. leeds hit the arsenal woodwork on several occasions, league leaders tottenham. just one point from nine games is all sheffield united have to show from the start of their season. they slipped to another defeat today, this time to west ham. sebastian haller got the game's only goal in a 1—0 win for david moyes's side.

sheffield united are just the third side in premier league history to have so few points at this stage — both of those sides were relegated. it's a tough gig at the moment. we have to say positive. i will. there are people in worse positions in life than us. so they've got to embrace that challenge, which it is. it is different challenge to what we had last year. we've got to try and come through it. it is a ruthless leak, it is a cut—throat league. hopefully kick—start everything again next week. i felt a lot of confidence in the team. the performances given is that confidence. at times today we showed it. but we were up against a team that were fighting really hard and doing everything they could to try and stop us. but thankfully in the end we came away with a good three

points. and so to the late game. the champions without star man mo salah for the visit of leicester, following his positive test for coronavirus this week. that though is not the only selection problem. liverpool without captain jordan henderson, centre back pairing virgil van dijk and joe gomez all through injury. not the best day to welcome leicester city and jamie vardy to anfield, in what is a battle at the top in the premier league. this year again, they change their style slightly. because of the injuries they had. a good example of how we can deal with an injury. prices, whatever. did really well, a clear idea of how they want to play. so of course they are contenders for everything. for a long, so of course they are contenders for everything. fora long, long period.

we haven't even thought about it. we have made a good start, for us ported is to bring them all back in again. it'sjust a continuation ported is to bring them all back in again. it's just a continuation for us. again. it's just a continuation for us. as hard as you possibly can. we try to ensure that we keep the humility that we have, which is important, and we prepare every day, and prepare as best we can for every game. it is perhaps not the final many would have predicted but it is danil medvedev and dominic thiem who bring to a close the men's tennis season with the final of the atp tour finals at london's 02 arena under way. it's been a blistering start so far with some great rallies, with both players re—nown for their big hitting. it's currently on serve during the early stages. it is live on bbc two. it is danil

medvedev who is opening. this time it moves to turin next year. he has a break point at the moment. danil medvedev the conqueror of rafi adele. these two trying to arrest the stranglehold that the top three have at the tennis, and one of these two will have a dream occur tournament for the first time. earlier, the men's doubles final was won by wesley koolhof and nikola mektic, who came through in a champions tie break by 10 points to 5. there was no record tenth different winner as the motogp season drew to a close in portugal. miguel oliveira made the most of home advantage to win for the second time this year. jack miller's second place saw ducati win the constructors' title. newly crowned championjoan mir failed to finish due to technical problems with his suzuki.

britain's cal crutchlow finished 13th in his final race as a full—time rider. ronnie o'sullivan trailsjudd trump by five frames to three after the first session of the northern ireland open final. trump started the better but o'sullivan won the crucial final frame of the session with this total clearance of 137 to reduce the deficit to two frames. the first to nine, will win the title when they resume later this evening. that's all from sportsday. now on bbc news a special programme... britain's baby scan boom. at first, i was doing them every two weeks. it's an industry that's thriving. having the reassurance from private scans has literally got me through. many women say they help, but is there a risk of false reassurance? that's what i specifically paid for, to check for ectopic

and they got it so wrong. we investigate concerns about how scanning studios operate... to embark on a scan of a woman who's been bleeding is appalling. ..go inside a company whatsapp group which reviews scans... i knew something was wrong straightaway. i didn't know what to do. . . hear from a whistle—blower who claims problems will be missed... they want to be all singing, all dancing, medical checks, pictures, and it can't be done in a five to eight minute scan. ..and ask whether there needs to be change. regulation is needed now. we're seeing a huge expansion of these clinics. on our high streets, one business is booming. for many women, pregnancy can be a really anxious time and they're keen to check on their baby's health.

the nhs provides two scans unless there is a clinical need for more. but more than 200 businesses now offer a solution — reassurance scans. hope thought she'd struggle to have children because of previous ill—health. hey! hey, how are you doing? good, thank you. she said it made her especially anxious when she became pregnant. how have you been feeling? yeah, not so bad. you feel like you're dreaming a little bit. ijust couldn't believe it. it was, like, such a big gift and then i thought, what if this doesn't last? she's now six months pregnant and has had five private scans costing between £60 and £100 each. i've put all the pictures all over my wall. he's literally, like, the last thing i see at night and the first thing i see in the morning. she says being able to bring her boyfriend along to the private ones, unlike nhs scans, has made a real difference.

it's been the most relieving, relieving experience ever. i would go in quite tense, i would have the most sleepless night before just with pure worry, so when you then come out of that and you know everything's ok, like... and i would say, i feel pretty relieved for maybe a good couple of days, up to a week, and then the cycle then starts again. do you feel like the private scans reduce or increase your anxiety? i get what you mean, is it reinforcing the anxiety? but i found the relief, being able to just sleep at night and not worry even just for one night was just worth it, just to know that everything was ok today. scans are carried out by sonographers. anyone can call themselves one. it's not a regulated profession like being a midwife. companies offer a variety of services including the chance to get souvenir images or video, to find out the gender