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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  February 5, 2023 6:30pm-6:46pm GMT

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this is bbc news. the headlines: iranian state television says the country's supreme leader has pardoned thousands of prisoners, including many who took part in recent anti—government demonstrations. human rights groups believe 20,000 people have been detained in relation to the protests since mid—september. new cctv pictures of the missing lancashire woman nicola bulley have been shared by one of her friends. the images show the 45—year—old in the hours before she went missing nine days ago. the united states is trying to find the wreckage of a chinese surveillance balloon, which it shot down over the atlantic on saturday. beijing has accused the us of an over—reaction.
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the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and served as president for seven years from 2001. you're watching bbc news. coming up in a few minutes is the travel show, but first here's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak — coming up on tonight's programme. harry kane makes history as tottenham stop manchester city from closing the gap to arsenal at the top of the premier league. france fight back in rome to avoid one of the great shocks in six nations history. and after a wait of more
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than eight decades, can great britain's four—man bobsleigh team bring home a medal? hello and welcome to sportsday. totte n ha m tottenham have boosted their hopes for a finish but they have done their north london arsenal. arsenal's lead at the top remains five points, despite their defeat at everton yesterday. after a win at tottenham. spurs took the lead after 15 minutes — pierre—emile hojbjerg intercepted rodri's pass, set up harry kane, and he made history. his 267th spurs goal, beating jimmy greaves�* record, and his 200th in the premier league. city also had a record to break...
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they've never won in this stadium, or even scored a goal. riyad mahrez came close in first half injury time. spurs had cristian romero sent off after he brought down jack grealish and got a second yellow card for that. stop spurs down to ten men but they held on for the win. it makes it four games to manchester city without a win at the tottenham hotspur stadium. at the other end of the table, nottingham forest have moved six points clear of the bottom three after beating leeds united at the city ground. leeds are now seven league games without a win, and are only above the relegation zone on goal difference. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching: we get into that time of the season where there is the bottom are starting to sweat. the teams attempted a high octane start.. when
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brennanjohnson got a little shove, the home side were rewarded with a free kick, and johnson had the technique to make it count. leeds had only won two of their last 16. the first half was littered with chances that went begging. forest's keeper, none of us, showing class is permanent. leeds huffed and puffed in the second half but as every seconds ticked down, so did their confidence, and forrest had the best chance to end things. 1—0 is how it finished. leeds fans feeling blue, forest fans enjoying breathing space between them and the drop zone. just one goal in it, in the end. afterwards both managers admitted their teams weren't at their best: is public the first time we've not played and got something out of the game. there have been a lot of games where we have played really good football and walked away with nothing. maybe you and your look and
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maybe the players deserve that. but for sure, we need to play better with the ball in the next game, and show the defending structure and personality that we did in the second half. it is a lot to reflect on, but at least we walk out with three points. on, but at least we walk out with three pom-— on, but at least we walk out with three pointe— on, but at least we walk out with three oints. , ., , , ~ ., ., three points. obviously we know what the table situation _ three points. obviously we know what the table situation is. _ three points. obviously we know what the table situation is. the _ the table situation is. the frustrating thing is to just let opponent after opponent after opponent after opponent after opponent slip away. we have got to change _ opponent slip away. we have got to change that, we have got to change that dialogue and we have to change that dialogue and we have to change that internally to become more winners — that internally to become more winners instead of finding ways to lose _ winners instead of finding ways to lose that — winners instead of finding ways to lose. that is basically my my full responsibility. that is basically my my full responsibility. unlike in the premier league, the gap between the top two in scotland is bigger, celtic have restored their nine point cushion over rangers with a 4—1win at stjohnstone in the premiership. joe lynskey reports: 13 games left and nine points clear. each week celtic closing on the
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title. this was one more step in perth. sincejohnston was stubborn but careless. andrew considine's own goal put celtic one up, and now they cut loose. theyjapanese cut loose. they japanese international and this cut loose. theyjapanese international and this league's top scorer. stjohn's and have a gap to manage. they are seven clear of relegation and did start a fight back. in 2a league games celtic did havejust one loss, back. in 2a league games celtic did have just one loss, and back. in 2a league games celtic did havejust one loss, and more back. in 2a league games celtic did have just one loss, and more than 70 goals. the third here from aaron moy sealed this by the break. contest nearly done and sincejohnston made their own. a free kick build on rock paper scissors and saw a shot to the wall. concert i'm's day got worse when he was sent off, and celtic cut through once more. 4—1 and job done. back to glasgow with three more precious points. back to glasgow with three
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more precious points. chelsea are back on top of the women's super league, thanks to a 3—2 win at tottenham. a great goal from laurenjames was the highlight for the visitors, and helped condemn spurs to their sixth straight defeat in the league. i thought it was a scrappy game. the pitch made the conditions like that. i thought, first half, didn't create enough depth to have the control that we wanted. but leaf in the deepest bases i felt we played ourselves into trouble. it's one of those games that you know, across the course of a season, you have got to grind out a result. the important thing is the three points. was it perfect? know, but it is about three points and we did enough for that to happen. manchester united drop to second after being held to a hugely frustrating goalless draw by everton at leigh sports village. marc skinner's side had a number of huge opportunities, but were unable to make the breakthrough.
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elsewhere liverpool moved eight points clear of the relegation places with a 2—0 win over reading. italy were close to one of the greatest shocks ever seen in the six nations — only for the defending champions france to come from behind and win 29—24 in rome. the french victory stretches their unbeaten run to 1a games but it could have been a very different story as ben croucher reports: in rome they come in hope, in fancy dress, and invariably when these meet, to see france win. that's how it was headed as early as the fifth minute when tebo flannel pants for the opening score. find minute when tebo flannel pants for the opening score.— the opening score. and the second row nets the opening score. and the second row gets the _ the opening score. and the second row gets the score. _ the opening score. and the second row gets the score. what - the opening score. and the second row gets the score. what about . the opening score. and the second| row gets the score. what about the backs kept it going and can be effective when it lands in the right hands. italy wriggled their way to within five. the forwards then won
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the tussle and had the muscle. the penalty try. tommy allen then kicked them in front ten years on from their last win over the french, a decade of dashed dreams so matthieu jalibert as's finish felt all—too—familiar. france's title defence up and running for all the hope ends in roman ruins. 84 years ago — that was the last time great britain won a first four—man bobsleigh medal at the world championships — until today in st moritz. pilot brad hall, taylor lawrence, greg cackett and arran gulliver finished joint second with latvia — bringing the long wait to an end. dan 0gunshakin has more: winning has become a familiar habit for brad hall and great britain's four—man bobsleigh team. in san
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moritz their site was set on world championship gold. hall and team racing against the clock and history. the last time britain meddled in this event was prior to world war ii. after two runs team gb were firmly in contention, and on the third they were chasing down the great francesco friedrich of germany. the germans and the only team to beat in the team this season. great britain pipped them to the recent european title, and were keen to continue their winning run. they stopped the clockjust eight hundredths of a second behind, and with one run to come, victory was still within their grasp. latvia, were determined to gate—crash the two team four—man party. having posted the quickest time on run three, they carried that momentum into their fourth and final attempt. at the last world championships in 2021, latvia missed out on a medal by 17 hundredths of a second. here they guaranteed themselves one. great britain and germany will determine what colour. like latvia, great britain had gone faster with
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every passing round. if they can continue that sequence, gold might be theirs for the taking. whether it was nerves, expectation, orthe weight of history, hall and coe weren't quite at their bobsleigh best, posting only the sixth fastest time, which left him tied for first place. god would require a mistake from germany, and with four—time champion with friedrich at the helm, that looked unlikely. the germans flew down the track, stopping the clock on a new record, handing friedrich his fifth world crown by a seven tenths. celebrations for germany as they when the one that matters once again, but a first men's four—man medal in 84 years a great consolation for team gb. england's daniel gavins, the world number 296, admitted he was speechless after winning golf�*s ras al khaimah championship in the uae. after going into the water twice on the 18th, gavins, from leeds, had to hole this 26 foot putt for a double bogey...
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and quite remarkably, in it went. the 31 —year—old finished on 17 under par, one clear of his rivals. this second dp world tour win is all the more impressive when you consider he was struggling with a back injury and had been unable to practice heading into the tournament. i thought had given it away to be honest. i thought once i get to the green, have to hold that to make the play—offs. when i hold it i thought i still had a chance of winning, and then i what down there and saw the leader leaderboard. state man took victory in the irish champion hurdle by beating three—time winner honeysuckle at leopardstown. the favourite — trained by willie mullins and ridden by paul townend denied rachael blackmore's mount honeysuckle a fourth successive win. mullins said state man, who has five consecutive wins over hurdles, "did everything right" in the race. that's all from sportsday.
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more reaction to totten's1—0 win over manchester city on the bbc sport website. i'll be back in the next hour. stay with us on bbc news. up next hour. stay with us on bbc news. up next, it is the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the historic university city of cambridge in the uk. now, it's the beginning of term and students are coming back
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and like many generations before them, they'll be benefiting from some of the best educational resources in the world. and that includes valuable treasures looted from afar on colonial expeditions. but we're here because the university has recently announced it's actually returning some of those, specifically benin bronzes, to nigeria. and it's there in what was once known as the kingdom of benin that i want to start this story. for centuries, this street igun eronwan, has been famous for one particular craft — bronze casting. its name literally translates to "the place "where bronze works are made." just five minutes from the palace, traditionally, it was the royal family and dignitaries who'd commissioned pieces
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to mark historical events. this man spent 15 years mastering his craft. i've been into bronze casting from childhood. i was taught by my father, which my father was taught by the forefathers. and it has been a family business, family work. so we've grown into it, as a living. he's part of an exclusive guild of bronze casters which has 120 members that mostly work on this street... ..all practising a centuries old technique where wax models are used to create a detailed mould for the bronze to be cast in. it takes up to two weeks to make a piece, and it did take up to a month, depending on the size
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of the job or the artwork.

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