tv Sportsday BBC News August 15, 2023 12:45am-1:01am BST
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we are in australia and new zealand for the latest. welcome along. we're going to start in the premier league, where manchester united have started their season with a 1—0 win over wolves. but that doesn't really tell half the story. united were very relieved when the full—time whistle went at old trafford. the winning goal came in the last 15 minutes, raphael varane with a close—range header. but it was the united keeper, andre onana, who had been far busier on his debut. he looked like he had conceded a penalty in stoppage time as he defended a corner, missed the ball, wiped out a wolves player, but the referee waved away the wolves protests. the visitors had 23 shots on goal.
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certainly deserved something from the game. after the opponent touched the ball, he dived in. so it was the judgment of the var, of the ref. lucky for us, no penalty. so, yeah, of course we are happy with that. but i think also you can debate about it but i don't think it's a penalty. it looked like a foul. yeah, ijust think if you go for the ball and you miss it and clatter into an opposing player that hard, i don't see how it's not a foul. i think they were fortunate to get away with that one probably. yeah, disappointed it didn't go our way, because it would have been the least we deserved, really, to score a last—minute equaliser and leave 1—1. let's stay in the premier league. moises caicedo has completed his move from brighton to chelsea for an initial fee of £100 million. with add—ons, that's set to rise to a british record £115 million.
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a deal with liverpool had also been agreed for very close to that amount, but the ecuadorian had always fancied a move to stamford bridge. that was his preference. and after having a number of offers knocked back, the blues have secured the services of the 21—year—old midfielder. he is their eighth signing of the summer transfer window. staying with big transfers, the saudi pro league has pulled off another coup. the brazilian forward neymar looks to be on his way to al—hilal for 90 million euros from paris saint—germain. his wages at the moment, about 25 million euros a year in france. if hejoins the pro league, he will make six times that, about 150 million. patrick geary reports. neymar. they're walking their way through... neymar! there are few players on earth who could do that in a world cup quarter—final, but neymar has always stood out. footballer, symbol, brand, and now the latest
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and biggest summer signing to the saudi pro league with al-hilal. this is a big coup for the league. it's definitely going to help them in a big way in terms of viewership, in terms of the eyeballs, the international eyeballs, which they need. because now if you look really at the league, pretty much in the top four clubs, they have two or three marquee players playing for them. according to reports, neymar will be paid £130 million a year, but money has long followed him. he was a world record transfer for paris saint—germain back in 2017, at around £200 million. he won 13 trophies with ps6, and last season was part of an all—star front line with lionel messi and kylian mbappe. mbapp for now is likely to stay. but messi has gone and now neymar will be going too as psg move away from their superstar era. a time of glitter, silver and regret. i think it's just a bit sad
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to see him leave and not winning any ballon d'or or a massive trophy with us. 0bviously, i'm not undermining the french trophies, but the main expectations we had with him was for him to join the club to help us win the champions league. unfortunately it didn't happen. however he's assessed, neymar is one of the most significant players of his generation. his move to ps6 inflated transferfees, his arrival in saudi arabia may be looked back upon as another landmark. he is a footballer who makes others follow. patrick geary, bbc news. we are just a few hours away from the first of the women's world cup semi—finals, spain and sweden meeting in new zealand. the spanish are breaking new ground, but not sweden, who are into the last four for a fifth time. 0ur reporter maz farooqi is in auckland for us. well, we're down to the business end of this tournament. now, the final match here in new zealand is going to be played here in auckland at eden park behind me
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on tuesday, the semi—final between spain and sweden. jenny hermoso has been one of the standout players for spain in their run to the last four. admitting that her team are very excited about the semi—final but are also feeling the nerves. it's the first semi—final for us and the first semi—final that we will play as a team. i see our team as more motivated and confident than ever. i want to inspire hope in my country and myself, and i want to keep working and training hard in order to reach my goals and dreams. jenny hermoso there. well, what about sweden? much is made of their record in major tournaments, reaching semi—finals, 0lympic silver medallists as well. their manager who's been in charge of the team since 2017, revealing today that his mother gives him tactical tips. she watches all of the sweden games. she's an avid
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football follower. he was also asked as well about the style of play that sweden have really imposed on this world cup. the fact that they have scored so many goals from set pieces and they have one of the main contenders for the golden boot. here's his response when he was asked about his team's dominance at set pieces. i think we will look at what we're good at, the set pieces, possibly we will not play a physical game tomorrow like we played against the usa. we will be playing a lot more technical, fast plays. so we're going to have a look at different aspects of the game and analyse it. and currently we have a good game plan to win tomorrow. sweden, of course, have been involved in some memorable games at this world cup. we all remember that dramatic penalty shoot—out against the usa in the last 16. so they have had to get over the line in difficult and tight and edgy games. spain, though, yet to take part in a penalty shoot—out at this world cup.
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and you wonder with the nerves of this being a first world cup semi—final if sweden perhaps have the slight edge. but we do expect this match tomorrow to be a really close one. the co—hosts australia, they're gearing up for theirfirst world cup semi—final. they'll be underdogs against the european champions england in sydney on wednesday. lionesses will be wary, though — they did lose the matildas in a friendly back in april, ending their 30—match unbeaten run. i think a semi—final of a world cup. i think it's a difficult game. obviously, you know, they can take some confidence from that game, but we weren't at our best and i'm sure that they're aware of that. and obviously we've changed a lot since then in shape and players, and yeah i think the momentum that you've got in a world cup is different. so i imagine that they won't be too focused on that. they know it's going to be a tough game as well. so it's going to yeah, it's going to be hopefully a good
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game for the fans to watch. it's just another game. i think it's people that we know, we play against. we have them in our team. but at the end of the day, it's always we know how to shift focus to representing and performing and significant game. obviously, we're in the semi—final, but it'sjust another opponent for us. evenjust getting out of a group stage in a world cup is massive. so these knockout games are a different game in itself compared to friendly games and sort of any other competition that you meet them in. this is this is next level. so i think it's a different game. well, there's another world cup coming up next month. the rugby world cup in france, and the hosts have had a real setback. theirfly roman ntamack, such a key player in their team, is out of the tournament. that's because of a ruptured knee ligament. he scored a try, but then injured his left knee in their warm—up win over scotland on saturday. he was replaced in the second half. a scan on monday revealed the extent of the damage.
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there's also been a setback for england who were runners—up four years ago. scrum halfjack van portvliet is also going to miss out on the tournament because of an ankle injury. he needs surgery pick that up in saturday's win over wales he'll be replaced in the 33 man squad by alex mitchell. cricket news. the former england fast bowler steven finn has retired from the professional game at the age of 34. it brings to an end an 18 year career, he took 125 wickets in 36 tests for england between 2010 and 2016. won three ashes series. for over a year since suffering a knee injury, finn says he's been fighting a battle with his body for the last 12 months. just a reminder of our top story. manchester united beating wolves 1—0 in their premier league opener, first match of the season, but wolves very unlucky not to get a late penalty. andre 0nana on his debut. perhaps he should have
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conceded that penalty, but got away with one. you can read all about that on your bbc sport app or the bbc sport website, but from me, 0lly foster and the rest of the team, goodbye for now. hello there. there were certainly winners and losers with monday's weather. morning cloud gradually broke up and in fact, newquay, cornwall, it was warm enough to venture out to the beach into the afternoon. it was a different story across parts of north wales and northern england. in fact, we saw over two inches of rain, 60 millimetres of rain in some places and it was a pretty dismal day. now that low pressure is gradually drifting its way eastwards off into the north sea, allowing this ridge of high pressure to build. so a much quieter start to the story for tuesday. there will be some sunny spells as we go through the day.
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a few scattered showers will tend to develop particularly heavy ones across parts of southern scotland and north—east england, maybe with the odd rumble of thunder. but certainly with more sunshine and lighter winds, it will feel a little warmer. top temperatures possibly as high as 2a degrees, 75 fahrenheit. now, as we go through tuesday evening, we'll continue to see some clearing skies, some patchy mist and fog will form. some of it dense in places and quite stubborn to lift away. it will be a relatively mild start to wednesday morning, with temperatures widely into the low to mid—teens. high pressure is going to build as we go through the day on wednesday. so once we've got rid of those misty, murky conditions, first thing in the morning, a few scattered showers perhaps across scotland and northeast england, but on the whole, dry, settled and sunny foremost and a little warmer as well. we could see temperatures peaking at 25 celsius. that's 77 fahrenheit. warmer still as we go into thursday, a lot of dry, settled, sunny weather once
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again across england and wales. some patchy coastal mist and murk may be lingering in the far south—west, but temperatures could peak once again widely into the mid 20s. maybe one or two spots in the south—east could see temperatures into the high 20s. and that's because we're going to continue to tap into some warmth that's coming up from the near continent, not the extreme heat that they have been seeing, but certainly as we head towards friday, we'll see an increasing spell of heat and humidity. but at the same time, it comes with a caveat as this weather front pushes in from the west on friday, it could trigger off some sharp and thundery downpours as it continues to track its way steadily east.
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