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now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. arundell puts on the afterburners against chile. the winger�*s five tries help england to three wins out of three at the rugby world cup. they're the number one team in the world, so maybe they won't need the luck. ireland and south africa meet in the pick of the pool stage games in paris. i think ireland, we are number one in the world and we will win the world cup. the fightback is complete at finca cortesin. europe are level with the usa going
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into the solheim cup�*s final day. also coming up on sportsday... everton�*s wait for a first league win this season is over. they beat brentford. hello again. it's the weekend at the rugby world cup where tickets to both the quarter finals and the plane home could start being booked. the scalps could come as high profile as australia tomorrow, while ireland and wales might be thinking about the last eight. as are england, who have made it three wins out of three with a thumping 71—0 victory over chile. in the cauldron of their first world cup, play and arguably the biggest
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game in their history, chile, the lowest ranked team and france. england brought most of the quality, though it did take 20 minutes to break through, given the opposition, it was england who were cool, calm, clinical. a school so effective, england did it again, not on replay but their third try, the bonus point then secured by half—time. chile's big day out proving bruising. now time for england to turn on the style marcus smith, he was just the man for that. while short—handed, england capitalise to the tune of 14 points and henry arundell�*s patrick. he wasn't done there. england put boot to ball far less this game, when it did, it worked. arundell�*s
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fourth. by the time jack willis scored england's iith try, it confirmed the guest when since 2003 world cup. remember what happened there? ben croucher, bbc news. from the lowest ranked team to the highest two teams. it's only a pool match, but the winners of ireland against south africa at the stade de france tonight will take control of their group, which also includes scotland, and with it might make a significant statement about their ambitions to win the trophy. andy swiss is in paris. the atmosphere is building here in paris what is surely the most keenly anticipated match of this rugby world cup so far. ireland against south africa, the world number one against the world number twos. the reigning six nations champions against the reigning world champions. ireland have been in terrific form recently, they won their last 15 matches. they have scored some mi points in the first two matches of this
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world cup, but they know they are in for a real battle. around 30,000 ireland supporters are expected to be here in paris. they have been enjoying themselves in the bars and the cafe around the city centre. despite their challenge that lies in wait, they are in confident mood. i think ireland, that played them, we are the best team, we are number one in the world and we will win the world cup. i think they're going to win. 100%. we are number one in the world. ireland fans are fed and believe that they can beat south africa. ireland fans are full of belief that they can beat south africa. the coach has made one change to the side that beat tonga. they will know that south africa is a hugely impressive unit.
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they have some lightning quick backs and such physical power among the forwards. there has been a lot of attention on their replacements bench because they have seven forwards on the replacements bench. that means that potentially, they could bring on pretty much an entire new pack and that is a daunting prospect for any team. remember, this is a group game so defeat wouldn't be the end the world for either side but it would be a chance to make some statement, so ireland against south africa, nearly upon us, kick off is at eight o'clock your time. the day's other game produced the first draw of the tournament, with portugal a kick away from a historic win. it finished 18—18 against georgia in toulouse. georgia led for much of the game but after two quick portuguese tries needed this from tengizi zamtaradze to draw level. they missed the conversation, but with the clock ticking past 80, nuno sousa guedes also couldn't convert a penalty that would have provided portugal
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with a first ever world cup win. it turns out losing every one of the opening foursomes was not a sign of things to come for europe at the solheim cup. a day and a half of fighting back, and they've reached parity with the usa ahead of tomorrow's singles. jane dougall reports from spain. at solheim, the fans can set the tone. the americans were within reach, europe's captain could feel the excitement. her players delivered. spain got the other point. but she wanted more. both sets of fans happy after two morning victories each. an eagle got the usa off their mark in the afternoon but europe were flying. nice to get one there.
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leona maguire doesn't smile often, that shot deserve when i led leona maguire doesn't smile often, that shot deserved one and it lead to a convincing win. 8-8 8—8 going into the final day. it is looking increasingly like that 4—0 day for the usa... the dust settles, the sun sets on day two and the fightback is complete. the the sun sets on day two and the fightback is complete.— the sun sets on day two and the fightback is complete. the son has certainly sank _ fightback is complete. the son has certainly sank behind _ fightback is complete. the son has certainly sank behind the - fightback is complete. the son has. certainly sank behind the mountains here. there certainly was a feeling today that europe was going to perform almost as though they needed yesterday morning to get their mistakes out of the way. they say
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you don't win the tournament on the first day, maybe not even on the second day. europe will be hoping that they can win it on the third day at the solheim cup. they say that also every european player will have to go out and beat their us counterparts tomorrow because it is won or lost in the singles. there have been many occasions where either the usa or europe have been behind, going into the final day and they have overtaken their opponent, so you never know what could happen. the biggest deficit to happen in this competition was in 2015 in germany when the usa went into this competition four points behind europe on the final day and they wound up winning. europe don't have a deficit. they are 8—8 after an incredible afternoon here at the. if they are all square, they have every chance of taking over the usa and i can't wait to see what happens
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tomorrow. we can't wait to see what happens tomorrow— can't wait to see what happens tomorrow. ~ , . , ., tomorrow. we saw the pictures of the hu . e tomorrow. we saw the pictures of the huge galleries. _ tomorrow. we saw the pictures of the huge galleries, the _ tomorrow. we saw the pictures of the huge galleries, the celebrating - huge galleries, the celebrating golfers with the fans, music pumping throughout. so often these team golf events, the home favourites because of the crowd. what have you sensed from the atmosphere, how much is that propelled europe to this position? that propelled europe to this osition? ., , ., , , position? the atmosphere has been amazin: position? the atmosphere has been amazing and — position? the atmosphere has been amazing and yes. — position? the atmosphere has been amazing and yes, the _ position? the atmosphere has been amazing and yes, the european - position? the atmosphere has been| amazing and yes, the european fans have certainly been a factor in geeing up the european players, particularly the spanish home favourite of the fans. every time she has appeared, people have been cheering. there has been lots of saying that net singing, sweet caroline as the english players tied up caroline as the english players tied up on the course. lots of european colours, the aloes and the blues. many family members, they bring cowbells with them, apparently a
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swedish tradition. of course there are american fans as well dressed up in the stars stripes, perhaps not quite as vocal as the europeans towards the end the day and we must mention the island supporters, particularly because of leon and maguire. they have been very loud and you know that when the irish fans turn up, there is always going to be a party and perhaps tomorrow there will be a celebration. we have already seen — there will be a celebration. we have already seen evidence _ there will be a celebration. we have already seen evidence from - there will be a celebration. we have already seen evidence from that - there will be a celebration. we have already seen evidence from that a i already seen evidence from that a little earlier in the programme. thank you very much indeed. champions manchester city's perfect start to the season continues after their seventh straight win, and sixth in the premier league. they beat nottingham forest 2—0 at the etihad. erling haaland adding to phil foden's opener with both goals in the first 1a minutes. the game stayed that way partly because rodri was sent off for city, 27 seconds after the break, the fastest second half red card in the premier league on record. no complaints, and after a while,
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we make five in the bag and the players in the middle, and phil after, they were amazing, even erling, and you play more and more. we concede at 95 minutes, apart from that, we did concede once. in general, it was a really good game. luton finally have their first point of the season, after a hard fought draw against wolves, who spent the second half with ten men. pedro neto put the visitors ahead before luton pulled one back from the penalty spot through carlton morris. the fact that i'm standing here now and saying we should have won the game, but we've got something. we have got that off our backs and we move forward. the other 3pm kick off finished goalless between crystal palace and fulham at selhurst park, perhaps understandable seeing they're next to each
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other in the table. everton have recorded their first premier league win of the season, winning 3—1 at brentford. the toffees only needed only five minutes to take the lead when abdoulaye doucure fired them ahead. brentford answered back through mathiasjensen only for everton to retake the lead through former bees player james tarkowski. and all three points were everton's when dominc calvert lewin made it 3—1. everton up to 15th. brentford slip to 12th. the final game of the day involves another team trying for their first win, burnley and manchester united, who have slipped down the table after three league defeats in a row. add to that the problems manager erik ten hag is having off the field, and it's a challenging time for the dutchman. it's not always only going up. you will have your gaps. you get stronger from it as long as you stay together and that's what we are doing,
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all the staff, coaches, medical, everyone is united and at united you fight. have a watch of the football news show on the iplayer. elsewhere, scottish premiership leaders celtic had keeperjoe hart sent off, but still managed to win 3—0 at livingston. celtic went ahead early on through reo hatate, but after being reduced to nine men in the champions league in midweek, had another sending off to deal with. joe hart clattered into mohammed sangare outside the penalty area and received the first red card of his career. even down to ten men celtic continued to prosper and matt 0'riley made it 2—0 before daizen maeda scored the goal of the game. celtic are two points clear of st mirren, who beat hearts 1—0. hibs beat stjohnstone while the ten men of dundee scored an injury time equaliser to draw 2—2 against kilmarnock. tanya 0xtoby�*s first match
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as northern ireland manager ended in a 3—0 nations league defeat to the republic of ireland. the republic went at the visitors from kick—off and lucy quinn's deflected shot gave them the lead after half an hour. the second goal was down to a mix up between defender and keeper, leaving kyra carusa with a simple task. lily agg added another late on. on tuesday ireland visit hungary whilst northern ireland host albania. you're watching sportsday. time for a look at some of our other headlines. british number one cameron norrie has cruised into the quarterfinals of the zhuhai championship in china. he beat australian qualifier marc polmans 6—0, 6—3. andy murray is out — beaten by aslan karatsev of russia in three sets. scotland's biggest and most valuable flat race, the ayr gold cup, was won by the joint favourite, significantly. jockeyjoe fanning had to be patient as he just managed to find a space in time to squeeze through before the line. it's the first time trainer julie camacho has won
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the famous sprint handicap. pole sitter marco bezzecchi's poor start in the sprint race cost him dear as india made its debut on the motogp calendar. the italian was almost taken out by his team mate at the first corner, but recovered to finish fifth. spain'sjorge martin took the chequered flag ahead of championship leader francesco bagnaia. normal service resumed in formula one, with runaway championship leader max verstappen securing pole for the japanese grand prix, with last weekend's singapore race proving to be a blip. the world champion's red bull was charging once more as he claimed the top spot by more than half a second at suzuka. 0scar piastri repaid mclaren's faith in handing him a contract extension byjoining verstappen on the front row. his team mate lando norris was the highest placed british driver in third. it's been really enjoyable
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the whole weekend. a lot of fun to drive and it gave me a lot of confidence to push, especially in the first sector, it has been really nice to drive, especially in qualifying. england have beaten ireland by 48 runs in the second match of their one—day international series. the first match was rained off in leeds earlier this week so at trent bridge with those selected for next month's world cup being rested, zak crawley captained england for the first time. he fell for a second ball duck. england were going along well though, watched by andrew flintoff who's still helping out in their dressing room. willjacks got 94 off 88 balls. and england eventually closed on 334 for 8, their big hitting giving plenty in the crowd a chance to get in on the catching. ireland scored quickly in their reply but lost regular wickets. matthew potts got two, and 19—year—old spinner rehan ahmed
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showed his potential with four of his own, that delivery the pick of them. ireland's last wicket stand went past 50 runs but england eventually made this match safe — the last outing of the series is on tuesday in bristol. ahead of next summer's paris 0lympics, britain'sjoe clarke has laid down a very impressive marker by becoming the k1 kayak world champion. the gold medallist from rio produced a near perfect pair of runs to win his first world title — finishing nearly two seconds quicker than the current olympic champion jiri prskavec in front of a home crowd in london. the victory also secures clarke's place in team gb for paris next year — having controversially missed out on qualification for the tokyo games. hard to put into words. thank you so much the crowd who were with me the whole time. oh, god, world champion at home. it doesn't get better than this, so thank you. canoeing is one of those sports where the quality of the water in which they compete not only
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matters a great deal, but is under more scrutiny than ever before. the head of uk sport katherine grainger has spoken of her frustration at the levels of pollution in the country's rivers and seas, and the impact that's having on athletes who compete in outside water—based events. she said the authorities have a duty to make it better. alex ca pstick reports. in sport, athletes work hard to achieve great things, like at this week's world canoe slalom championships at the lee valley white water centre, just outside london. but away from here, whether it's in competition to win trophies orjust for exercise, getting on or in the water is becoming a health risk. pollution, much of it caused by sewage pumped into the waterways and seas around britain, is making people ill. this year's henley rowing regatta was marred by complaints of dirty water. a top windsurfer left for spain after describing conditions off the south coast as like "surfing in a sewer."
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and last month, 57 athletes were reported as sick following a world triathlon championship in sunderland. an interim report said norovirus was to blame, but the source was unknown and that the water had tested safe. increasingly, though, it's an issue that's a big concern for those priming the country's athletes for world and olympic medals. we want to put on the best platform for our athletes to perform, and anything that kind of, that's in the way of that that's frustrating, that causes problems, either to the ability for the athletes to perform or their health, is very frustrating because obviously it's so much time and effort and energy as well as investment goes into those moments for those athletes, and for the public, and to think that sometimes they get set back or get stopped because of issues in the environment we can do things about, it's frustrating. it's no surprise that some sports, like open water swimming, present a greater risk. this week, a pollution app run by surfers against sewage show
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the english and welsh coastline surrounded by red danger dots. a house of commons committee report last year concluded that contamination was rife in the uk's inland waterways, with only 14% described as ecologically good. hector pardoe hopes to represent team gb at next year's olympics in paris. he recently set a record for the fastest swim across lake windermere in cumbria as part of a campaign for cleaner waters in the lake district. when it rains, sewage companies think that it's acceptable to pump all of the sewage into our open water bodies. and they think that the fresh water landing in from the rain will dilute and almost mask the pollution that they're pumping in. and it doesn't. and it really hinders our ability to swim in the open water. the government admits the situation in the country's waterways is completely unacceptable and that they're taking comprehensive action to tackle it. and water companies have announced a £10 billion investment plan. but sports are demanding
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a more urgent approach. we work with lots of other water sports. this is a problem for all water sports. whether you're an immersion sport or not, it does threaten participation because people are really concerned about this. so it is progressively getting worse, as we can see from the data we're seeing. and that's why we need the government to go further, faster, to stem the tide of sewage pollution. as ever, it's the elite end of sport that grabs the headlines. but this is an issue that affects all levels of participation. and for the future of british water sports, it's becoming increasingly clear there's a need to provide a safe environment for everyone to enjoy. alex capstick, bbc news, lee valley. well, staying with one of those open water events, and for the second year in a row, alex yee has missed out on becoming world triathlon champion at the final race of the season. the olympic silver medallist lead the championship going into the event. but suffered from the start in pontevedra in north west spain. the briton was 48 seconds off
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the lead after the swim. that increased to two minutes and 17 seconds during the bike leg. dorian coninx of france won the race to claim the world title, finishing more than two and a half minutes ahead of yee, who ends the season fifth overall. joejoyce fights tonight to get back what he says is his title. the british boxer lost for the first time in his career in april to zhilei zhang, and the wbo interim heavyweight belt is once again on the line at wembley. but forjoyce, as much as the title, he wants to prove he's got what it takes to be among the world's best. heavyweight championship of the world. i'm not thinking about the loss, i'm only thinking about a win at the moment. that's why i have chosen to take this rematch,
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otherwise it's a long way back round. i thought that, i was still in the fight and if it hadn't been for the eye towards the later rounds, i might have managed to turn it around. i think there's a lot of things to nit—pick in the camp that has all been rectified this time round and the camp leading up and i've corrected those things. translation: the first fight, you gave me the opportunity. | your team is going for the rematch it is a mistake and i'm here to end your career. let's have it. 281.2. 287.2 for zhilei zhang.
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it's a tough test and it's something that i am up for and it's a big hurdle that i need to crash through, orjump over. i'm just happy to be where i'm at but i'm also putting forward to where i need to be and what i expect to be. and zhang is standing in the way that i need to beat him to get over that hurdle and move forward. england's 71—0 win. what will the 30,000 island fans expect from their team, ranked number one in the world against the holders? these island
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fans' expectations are very high indeed. it is a weekend of pivotal pool matches at the rugby world cup. that's it from sports day. thank you for your company. goodbye for now. hello. in many parts of the uk, cloud amounts have been increasing during today, signalling a change for the rest of the weekend. some warmer but wetter and windier weather on the way. it's all thanks to a weather system that contains the remnants of what was hurricane nigel. certainly not a hurricane any more but providing an injection of tropical moisture into this area of low pressure. some very heavy rain across some western areas as we head through tonight. further pulses of rain returning to the south west of england and wales later on, quite windy for a time, particularly around western coasts and much,
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much milder than it was last night. by the end of the night, we will be between 10 and 16 degrees. sunday morning starting on a mild note but with low pressure firmly in charge, a couple of different frontal systems which will provide some outbreaks of very heavy rain. this rain tending to affect western and northern parts of the country, so western england, wales, northern ireland, western scotland seeing some outbreaks of rain. further south and east, more in the way of dry weather, some spells of sunshine and actually with the southerly winds it is going to feel pretty warm in the south—east corner. large swathes actually of england and wales up to 20 or 21 degrees, even further north could see 18, 19, 20 across some northern parts of scotland. as we head through sunday evening, this band of very heavy, squally rain pushing across south—west england and wales. northern ireland very wet for a time and that rain really setting in across scotland, perhaps enough rain for some flooding and disruption. gusts of wind of 50 or 60 mph. through sunday night into monday, that frontal system sweeps away eastwards but low pressure will still be firmly in charge of our weather, so for monday, yes,
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there will be spells of sunshine, i think parts of england and wales will stay dry but northern ireland and scotland seeing some pretty hefty showers, it stays quite windy. temperatures of 15 to 22 degrees, so broadly speaking above the norm for the time of year. then as we head towards the middle part of the week we will have to keep a close eye on this one. a developing area of low pressure. huge uncertainty aboutjust how deep this low might become, exactly where it will move across the uk, but the chance for some very heavy rain and possibly some very strong winds around the middle part of the week. broadly speaking, a very unsettled week ahead.
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live from london. this is bbc news. ukraine says russian navy commanders were among those hit in friday's missile strike on the headquarters of the black sea fleet in occupied crimea. meanwhile, russia's top diplomat hits out at the us and the west — as "self—interested defenders of a fading international order." translation: as president putin pointed out, the west is one - that is truly an empire of lies. russia, like many countries, knows about this first hand. in the uk, borisjohnson urges the government not to scale back plans to build the hs2 high speed rail link — amid speculation part of the route could be axed. the international red cross delivers aid to the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh — where conditions are worsening since azerbaijan retook it in a lightning offensive.
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hello and welcome. ukraine says russian commanders were among those injured in friday's missile strikes on the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet in occupied crimea. the building in sevastopol appears to have been hit by at least two missiles, causing extensive damage. there are reports that the missiles used were storm shadow missiles — supplied by britain and france. it comes as reports in us media suggest america is planning to give ukraine more advanced, longer—range missiles to help with its ongoing counteroffensive against russia. meanwhile, russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov, has used his address to the united nations general assembely in new york to criticise the unites states, nato and the european union for trying to force the world to play according to their own "self—centered rules".
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translation: the collective west has a calling card and it's long been -

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