tv Sportsday BBC News February 14, 2021 7:45pm-8:01pm GMT
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so you can imagine a world where any platform will charge for the tiles which you see on your tv now instead of your epg, your electronic programme guide. they will charge maybe the highest bidder. they will say, we will give this to the highest bidder. psbs won't be able to afford that. i know that the bigwigs in dcms listen to this show, they are listening to you right now, what is your message to them about how urgent this issue of prominence is and the consequences of inaction? i speak to dcms a lot, but my message to government is, it is bigger than dcms, this is a message, really, i think, for number 10. which is, if you don't act with urgency and pace, this ship will also sail. we are not protected in any way, just as... you know, and we shouldn't be. we are not asking for favours to protect the past. we are asking to modernise an act that was created before amazon
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and facebook even existed. i think facebook was called facemash. facemash, yeah. it is so arcane and out of date. it needs to be more modernised. it has to be updated. and it requires government to see how serious the situation is and how urgent the situation is. and it is in their hands. there is something that can be done about it but government have to act. carolyn mccall, thank you so much forjoining me. goodbye. hello and welcome to sunday sportsday — i'm chetan pathak on tonight's programme: ireland are beaten again as france
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go top of the six nations. england are on course to be beaten in india — as ravichandran ashwin puts india in control of the second test in chennai. no comeback win for manchester united this time — as they lose further ground in the premier league title race after a battling display from west brom. and also coming up on the programme, action from the australian open where serena williams�* through to the quarterfinals. as is novak djokovic who plays through the pain to beat canada's milo raonic in straight sets — as he looks to win his third consecutive title in melbourne. good evening, welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. cricket, football and tennis all to come but we start tonight
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with the six nations rugby where ireland remain without a win in this year's championship. france survived a spirited second half comeback in dublin to go top of the table, as they handed andy farrell his first home defeat as coach. ben croucher reports. some fresh faces to answer ireland's anguished call, withoutjohnny sexton and other experienced heads, the first half saw france live up to their tag of tournament favourites. one step ahead of the opposition is often enough as ireland continued to play catch—up. from behind, that is ronan kelaher, dancing down the touchline and over the try line. ross burns�*s right foot kicking ireland closer, two points in it,
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the fairy tale comeback, not on their watch. sealed with a kick. now their watch. sealed with a kick. now the six nations already looks out of ireland's reach. next to cricket, and what is proving to be another entertaining test match in chennai. this one doesn't look like it's going to go england's way though. after they were bowled out for 134 in their first innings on day two. ravichandran ashwin india's trump card this time as the hosts look set to level the series. joe wilson reports. sum up sunday in chennai? well, that. england began 329 behind. rory burns — o—i. but what happens ifjoe root fails — like this? out for six. axar patel�*s first test wicket. now the crowd seemed closer than ever. pitch bare, ball spinning, fielders crowding and dan lawrence falling. problems — serious problems. ben stokes, bowled.
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ravichandran ashwin, masterful in india. captain kohli conducted the fans — listen! cheering real noise. while rishabh pant flew to get ollie pope. ben foakes steered and survived — an honourable 42 not out. but ashwin�*s fifth wicket meant 134 all out. india batting again, rohit sharma—style. the lead, to 249, and for them, just a perfect day. joe wilson, bbc news. manchester united have dropped two precious points in the premier league today after being held to a 1—1 draw at second from bottom west brom. sam allardyce's side took the lead with just 80 seconds on the clock, diagne heading past david de gea. united drew level at the end of the first half, a great volley from bruno fernandes but they couldn't a find a winner.
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harry maguire frustrated by a great save from samjohnstone in injury time as the ball came back off the post. united are seven points behind the leaders manchester city who also have a game in hand. let's just feel the momentum, let'sjust feel the momentum, win games and put city under pressure. they are in great form but we won't give it away, of course. it looks like we need to put up a fight. well pleased with the overall performance and tactics of the team, application _ performance and tactics of the team, application of the team, well pleased _ application of the team, well pleased the lad didn't get their heads — pleased the lad didn't get their heads down when man united scored 'ust heads down when man united scored just before _ heads down when man united scored just before half—time, that was their— just before half—time, that was their only— just before half—time, that was their only shot on target in the first half _ their only shot on target in the first half. last minute we needed our goalie — first half. last minute we needed our goalie to make sure we didn't lose the _ our goalie to make sure we didn't lose the game. a first premier league hat—trick for pierre—emerick aubameyang helped arsenal to a 4—2 win over leeds. he opened the scoring early
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in the first half before adding a second from the penalty spot. hector bellerin got their third before aubameyang completed his hat—trick in the opening minutes of the second half. leeds pulled two goals back but arsenal survived the scare to move back into the top half of the table. earlier, wolves came from behind to beat southampton at st mary's. they were losing 1—0 at half—time, but won the match through a brilliant individual effort from pedro neto. the result moves them up to 12th in the table, a place above southampton who've now lost six in a row in the league since beating liverpool at the turn of the year. and chasing liverpool in fourth place are everton — who can go level on points with their neighbours if they can beat fulham. it's currently 0—0 at goodison park at half—time. two goals in two minutes saw celtic come from behind to win 2—1 win at stjohnstone in the scottish premiership. odsonne edouard scored both of them for neil lennon's side in perth as they got a fourth straight league win. celtic though are still 18 points
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adrift of the leaders rangers with a game in hand. chelsea have a five—point lead at the top of the women's super league after they won 5—0 at bottom of the table bristol city. fran kirby scored twice, pernille harder, sam kerr and bethany england with the other goals. earlier, everton came from behind to draw 1—1 at reading. aston villa against arsenal was been postponed because of a frozen pitch at the banks�*s stadium. some of tennis�* biggest names made it through to the quarterfinals of the australian open today including serena williams, simona halep and naomi osaka. in the men's draw, there was a shock for one of the favourites though, whilst the world number one novak djokovic had to dig deep to reach the last eight. with the best of the action here's joe lynskey. novak djokovic strains and stretches for every ball which is why he wins so many titles, but it can be his
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downfall. he said he would have retired from this tournament were it not a grand slam but he he was winning again apparently half fit. djokovic had his side in the last match. but he could still get around the court. milos raonic is a —— and his big serve got back into the game but then djokovic got back on top of it. he took the third set to go back in front and having being pegged back now, he was in his stride. he has beaten raonic in all of his meetings. there are still concerns about his body but he has a champion�*s mind. when there are rows of blue seats, defeat in melbourne feels empty. dominic thiem was going for grandstand title number two but was well beaten. —— grand slam title. dimitrov did not reach the quarters in any major
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last year but was ruthless. he won in straight sets. he was —— thiem was runner—up here two years ago. he was runner—up here two years ago. he was asked how it could have gone wrong so quickly. i am not a machine. wrong so quickly. iam not a machine. sometimes wrong so quickly. i am not a machine. sometimes i would like to be. but there are really bad days. would like to be. but there are reall bad da 5. . ., but there are really bad days. naomi osaka showed _ but there are really bad days. naomi osaka showed she _ but there are really bad days. naomi osaka showed she was _ but there are really bad days. naomi osaka showed she was only - but there are really bad days. naomi osaka showed she was only human. | but there are really bad days. naomi osaka showed she was only human. she faced two match points but saved herself. deep in the decider, she broke twice in a row. and into the quarterfinals. she is going for grand slam four. how far she was pushed shows where the women's draw is now, every player left is a contender and nothing is easy. simona halep came from a set down against a teenager. she held on to her break in the decider and now has another battle,
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serena. she also dropped a set but found a way through. the fans could be back in a few days but now they play on in silence and try to work out how to celebrate. one man who wanted to be playing in melbourne is andy murray — he missed out after issues with quarantine following his positive covid result — instead he's been playing in the atp challenger in biella, italy, where today he's been beaten in the final. this is not a computer game, i promise you! it was murray's first event of the year but he lost in straight sets 6—2 6—4 to illya marchenko from ukraine. murray's scheduled to play in another tournament at the same venue in italy next week. and ben ainslie and his british sailing team have it all to do if they're to qualify for next month's america's cup. they've lost their latest two races in the qualifying prada cup to the italian luna rossa team off the coast of new zealand. and ben ainslie and his british sailing team have it all to do if they're to qualify for next month's america's cup. they've lost their latest two races in the qualifying prada cup
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to the italian luna rossa team off the coast of new zealand. that leaves aislie and his ineos team uk crew 4—0 down in the best of 13 series. there is some doubt though now about when the next races will be. originally scheduled for wednesday, they've been postponed because of a snap lockdown in auckland. and before we go, stand by for a high—speed save at the alpine skiing world championships. this is the french skier maxence muzaton saving remarkable bit of athleticism to keep upright. austria's vincent creek—meyer won what is the showcase men's event in italy, and he enjoyed muzaton�*s efforts too. that's all from sportsday.
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hello there. our weather is going to turn increasingly mild over the next 2a hours, but as it does so, we've got some rain and some strong winds to come from this area of low pressure. this hook of cloud just going past northern ireland will bring some particularly strong winds, i think, to the hebrides in western scotland, where gusts of wind will probably reach about 75 mph, so there is the risk of some disruption here from the strong winds. outbreaks of rain and fairly windy conditions, though, with us for most areas of the uk as we go into this evening, and indeed overnight, those winds will very slowly ease down. there will be further showers later in the night for northern ireland and western scotland. and it's going to be a mild night — i've not said that for many weeks — 4—10 celsius, something like that. monday starts off on a rather damp note across east anglia and south—east england, with some rain slow to clear away. showers follow to northern ireland, north of both england and wales,
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this is bbc news. the headlines at eight: with 15 million now vaccinated, the goverment says it's hit the first covid vaccination target a day early. it has been a truly national, uk—wide effort. we have done it together. and i want to thank each and every person who has helped make it happen. you can be incredibly proud of the part you have played. the prime minister is under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. ministers urge caution. anger in myanmar as armoured vehicles appear on the streets of yangon. there are reports of an overnight internet blackout. prince harry and meghan markle have announced that they're expecting a second child — a spokesperson for the couple says they're 'overjoyed'.
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