tv Sportsday BBC News April 17, 2023 2:45am-3:01am BST
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who would have thought they would still be going strong and their cultural significance recognise all these years on? hello. welcome to sportsday. i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: arsenal drop points at west ham to put a big dent in their premier league title hopes. andre rublev aces in monte carlo — for his first masters 1,000 win. and snooker history at the crucible, as neil robertson makes two 146 breaks at the world championship. hello and thanks forjoining us. here's your latest sports news: we start with football and potentially crucial dropped points for arsenal
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in their quest for a first premier league title in nearly 20 years. they let slip a two—goal lead to draw 2—2 at west ham. bakayo saka missing a penalty at the london stadium. the result leaves arsenal four points clear of manchester city, who have a game in hand. they meet later this month — a game expected to decide the title. mathematically, i don't know what is going to happen and three weeks later i don't know what is going to happen. i don't know what is going to happen because i have no clue what is going to happen. but what we can do mathematically is to give ourselves the best chance by winning matches and today we played for 30 or 35 minutes and that is not enough. i don't know what is going to happen in this league. no problems for manchester united today — they moved up to third after beating nottingham forest 2—0. antony opened the scoring and then assisted diogo dalot put away his first premier league goal in a united shirt. erik ten hag's side have put themselves in a great position for a top fourfinish, now six points clear
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of tottenham in fifth. you have to get the second goal. then life gets more easy. we created a lot, but we didn't score. first, late on in the game. i think we already should have closed it earlier. because it always is the threat that you make one mistake and you get an equaliser. so you have to avoid that. the situation is the situation. you know, a great atmosphere again in the stadium today and, you know, our fans really got behind us right until the end. and, you know, it's another tough one to take, another tough day. but we can only keep going. but, we've got to do better. celtic are within touching distance of retaining their scottish premiership title after a 4—1 win at strugglers kilmarnock. they scored four in a 20 minute first—half goal fest including two from matt 0'riley. celtic are 12 points clear of rangers at the top of the table and need just seven more points to take the title.
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chelsea's women are still on course for a treble of trophies this season, after reaching the fa cup final. sam kerr scored the only goal of the game against aston villa. chelsea face manchester united in the final at wembley next month. what i expected — ugly pitch, ugly game. took the goal and we were on top of the game. i think we made it a brilliant cup tie but, of course, delighted to be in the cup final. this is what we all dream about, work hard for, and i'm delighted we got the opportunity to defend our title. let's have a quick look at some of the results around europe — and barcelona couldn't extend their lead at the top of spain's la liga — held to a goalless draw by getafe. elsewhere, atletico madrid won again to keep the pressure on real madrid in second. in italy, roma beat udinese 3—0 to take control of the race for champions league football after rivals ac milan and inter dropped points on saturday. and staying with serie a —
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because the italy striker ciro immobile is in hospital in rome after his car was involved in a collision with a tram. he's being treated for a broken rib and minor spinal surgery. the lazio forward has scored ten serie a goals this season including on friday in their win at spezia. scotland are still without a win in the women's six nations rugby after another defeat. they were thrashed 55—0 by a rampant france side who scored nine tries in brittany — including a hat—trick for emilie boulard. the result moves france to within a point of england at the top of the table. russia's andrey rublev has won the monte carlo tennis — his first masters 1,000 title. the fifth seed fought back from four games to one down in the final set to beat the danish teenager — holger rune, with an ace. rublev said winning his first masters 1000 trophy was like a "fairytale",
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it's his 13th career title. finally, i did it! it's a pleasure. and to be part of it and to win much like this, losing 4—1, 0—30, break point for 5—1, and to be able to come back and to win a match is like a fairy tale today. britain'sjessica gadirova finished this year's european gymnastics championships with three gold medals. 0n the final day in turkey, the teenager won her third successive title in the floor event to add to the all—around and team title she won this week. it was britain's eighth medal of the championships. i don't know, it's just crazy. even from the first time, just even being floor champion was just amazing. and just to keep defending it at the moment, it'sjust so so crazy. and ijust can't believe it right now. i think it's the artistry that helps me. i'm so expressive. i like to make the judges feel like they're in the floor routine.
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i always look at them, give them emotions and really express myself through the dance, and also just doing the big, powerful tumbles at the same time. there was a very rare feat at the world snooker championship in sheffield, with two 146 breaks in the same match. and they were both made by the same player — neil robertson, who saw off china's wu yize ten frames to three. the australian say�*s he feels well set to add a second title to the one he lifted 13 years ago. from my mindset, it's the best i've ever prepared and the way i've played there, you could argue that's the best i've ever played here. and i feel really good, you know? a few days off now, so that's always nice, and then come back, and then go again. in cricket, ireland were dominated by sri lanka on day1 of their first test in galle. the sri lankan captain dimuth karunaratne hit 179 and kusal mendis also scored a century, as the home side reached
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386—1; at the close. it's the first time these two sides have played in a test match. sachin tendulkar is one of cricket's greatest batsman, the top scorer in the international game. and it appears the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. he watched on with pride as his son made his debut in the indian premier league. arjun tenduklar is primarily a bowler, though — he played for mumbai indians in their victory over kolkata knight riders. sachin, now retired, is the team mentor. the pair are the first father and son to play in the ipl. two teenage boys from north wales are warning that disabled people are being priced out of playing sport. jac and steffan have both represented their country in wheelchair basketball and have recently raised £6,000 pounds each to buy new chairs. but, as they've been telling our reporter sion tootill they're worried others are missing out.
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atjust14 and 13, stefan and jack have faced their fair share of challenges. stefan was born with cerebral palsy, a condition which affects movement and co—ordination. from a young age, he had to use a frame to assist his movement. from when i was two years old, my bones were very sore and very slow when they were walking. so it made me better. jack has spina bifida. spina bifida affects the development of my spinal cord. to try and deal with it, i think i had about four operations. doctors said that i would never walk in my life but, when i was about two years old, i think, i walked my first steps. and that was by no means the last of his achievements. he and stefan have become two of wales�* most promising young wheelchair basketball players, representing the national team. they learnt to play using wheelchairs loaned by their local club — but they've gone on to raise £6,000 chairs each for state—of—the—art wheelchairs matching their ability.
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that's a lot of money to get for a chair. yeah, i don't think it's fair they are so expensive, because £5,000 or £6,000 can be so extreme, and most people can't do it. theyjust can't afford it at all. and that means a lot of disabled children like me can't do anything with sport, and maybe have a very tough life, really. and for me, if i didn't have so much support from the people that found out about me — without them, i don't think we would have got as far. we've now got these chairs, so i'm so thankful. they were able to raise the funds due to donations from the public and the support of the carnarvon celts. they so needed their new chairs. yes, they're really expensive. yes, they're specially made. but the technical stuff that they're doing and everything — the basic ones were just really slowing them down.
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according to a survey by disability sport wales, only 24% of children with disabilities participate in sport outside of school. jack and stefan are, therefore, in the minority. but their success is inspiring others to give wheelchair basketball a go. stefan and jack playing wheelchair basketball — i just saw it was so much fun and, yeah, i wanted to try it. stefan and jack are now preparing for the next set of tryouts for the wales team, hoping their new chairs will help them showcase their talents. and good luck to them! there was a hero's welcome for this year's grand national winner corach rambler as he returned home to scotland. he's only the third scottish—trained winner in the race's long history and hundreds of fans welcomed him home near kinross. corach rambler is trained by lucinda russel and partner peter scudamore, who rides the horse every day. you can get all the latest sports news
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at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. it was a drier weekend for many. still quite a bit of cloud around, but in the sunshine we saw temperatures reached just about 19 degrees celsius in northern ireland. that's the warmest day of the year so far. and we could see the high teens again during the day on monday, the start of the week, certainly a little warmer with some sunshine. and on the whole, it's a drier week ahead, but there will be some showers around. and as this high pressurejust drifts a little bit further northwards, we introduce more isobars, tightly packed lines here, stronger winds and one or two showers as well. and that keen easterly wind coming off the chilly north sea will be noticeable, particularly across the eastern half of the country. but as we go through the remainder of the night, its low cloud, mist and fog
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with generally light winds and a few showers here and there. so largely frost free, just a little bit chilly where we keep the clear skies and they could, as i say, could well be some fog around first thing on monday morning with some fog over the hills as well as that. so generally quite leaden skies, but brightening — the april sunshine strong now, pushing the showers away, breaking the cloud up, butjust enough still for the odd shower here and there. but where we see the lengthy spells of sunshine, 17 or 18 on the cards, again, perhaps central and eastern areas up towards northern scotland, northern ireland once again. but as we go through the evening and overnight, we start to pick up a bit more of an easterly breeze, as you can see, coming off the north sea, just ushering in some lower clouds, some sea air and fret on the east coast and foggy conditions around first thing on tuesday morning under this slack ridge of high pressure in the north. and it's the north, scotland, northern ireland, where we keep that high pressure for longest. in the south, we've got this little weather front starting
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to make its way across from the low countries to increase the risk of cloud on tuesday showers on wednesday, but it's that keen north wind, sorry, that keen east wind coming off the north sea that we are going to notice because at this time of year our sea temperatures are about as low as they get. so while inland, we'll see temperatures getting up into the mid possibly high teens, you can seejust on the coast, they'll be pegged back because of those cold waters of the north sea. into wednesday, we've still got these tightly packed bars, brisk winds pushing in, a few showers as well. and that risk continues, particularly across the southern half of england, wales through the rest of the week. so after warmish start, still a lot of dry weather, but temperatures just tapering off a little. more online.
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live from washington, this is bbc news. vigils are held for the four people killed in a shooting at a teenage birthday party in alabama. more fighting in sudan, with dozens killed and hundreds injured in battles this weekend. and spacex prepares to launch its mammoth rocket starship. we start here in the us, where vigils have been taking place to remember the four people killed and 28 injured in a mass shooting at a birthday party in dadeville in the state of alabama.
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