tv Sportsday BBC News November 19, 2023 7:30pm-7:46pm GMT
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to have collapsed. translation: we found that even the water in which their baby - formula was made was polluted. it wasn't sanitised because sanitisation was not available, and that caused vomiting, diarrhoea and weight loss. the prime minister of qatar suggests israel and hamas could be close to a deal to release some of the hostages held in gaza. the actor russell brand has been questioned by metropolitan police detectives in london in relation to allegations of historical sex offences. now on bbc news, its sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday this sunday night live from the bbc sport centre — i'm chetan pathak — coming up on the programme... rising to the occassion again...
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awesome australia stun india to win their sixth cricket world cup title derby delight for manchester city who beat united to move within three points of the top of the table once again the king of formula one is on song as the sport returns to las vegas. also coming up on the programme back to back winners — britain's joe salisbury and america's rajeev ram successfully defend their atp finals doubles title... welcome along, thank you forjoining us. for most of the cricket world cup india looked unstoppable. on home soil, they were unbeaten heading into today's final.
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but australia — like they've done so many times before — spoilt the party and ensured they left ahmedabad with a record extending sixth world cup title. among all their great cricketing achievements — this one will surely rank close to the top. our sports correspondent joe wilson was watching: anyone supporting india? start with about 130,000 at the ground and multiplied across the worldmost populous nation. picture the fascination and you can imagine the sales of replica shirts. a vivid display of indian strength. they had onlyjust finished the anthems. batting began with the captain, rohit sharma hitting three sixes in the first ten overs but the fun didn't last. australia have some outstanding fielders. travis head was chasing and diving and he caught it. yep, he caught it. stunned? well, no, this is stunned. virat kohli, gone, the man who breaks records, dismissed by sir
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by the australian captain. the indian total, 240. for australia satisfactory. india reminded themselves that they have their bowlers, like jasprit bumrah who got steve smith, given out lbw. he didn't review. the hands of travis head were now swinging the bat and it seemed india were powerless. 100 for head, and for the team a decisive partnership with marnus labuschagne. trophy in sight. head made 137. victory came with 7 overs to spare, to outplay india here on this occasion, exceptional. the market, money and influence in global cricket, india have that. australia have the world cup. joe wilson, bbc news. huge disappointment for india,
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but still plenty to be proud of says coach rahul dravid. but first here's the winning captain — a delighted pat cummins: that's huge, i think that's the pinnacle of international cricket. winning a one—day work up, especially over in india in front of a crowd like this, it would be big yearfor everyone, but cricket is big for here in india, ashes, or a world cup but to top it off with this mondays the moments you remember. we were confident if we played with they would get through, but unfortunately on the day they played better than us. for us, of course it is difficult pointed, there is disappointment in the dressing room and disappointment among the boys and support staff but i think in time when the dust settles, we can reflect on what has been a really good campaign. manchester city have leapfrogged manchester united in the women's
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super league and are up to third tonight after a 3—1win in the derby at old trafford. it was an eventful game — played in front of over 40,000 as katie gornall reports: soaking up the atmosphere, look around and it is much like any other game day in this part of the world but this is a manchester derby with a difference. many feel that it darby here at old trafford is long overdue, with 35,000 tickets sold ahead of the game, it surely has to be the first of many. six years ago, manchester united didn't have a winning side, now this. a huge location and the football lived up to the hype. against the run of play, manchester united where handed an opportunity, that from alex greenwood made penalty and it was a dream start. with two defeats are rated this season, sitting you another it would be a hammer blow to their tight hopes, minutes later, their tight hopes, minutes later,
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the type turned completely as lauren hemp made the sublime look simpler. mark skinner knew momentum was against his team, cool heads were needed from united, not this. shaw could hardly believe her luck. 3—1 up could hardly believe her luck. 3—1 up but soon city where it cleared down as they got a red card. it fired up the home fans but united were unable to take advantage and it hurt. a first defeat defeat of the season for them while city have a wing and a performance to reinvigorate their title hopes. katie gornall, bbc news arsenal have closed the gap to the leaders chelsea tojust three points — after a comfortable win at brighton. having appeared as a substitute this season, the match saw england forward beth mead in the starting line—up as her team ran out 3—0 winners. adam cottier was watching: one year to the day since suffering the knee injury that kept her sideline for 11 months,
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beth mead made her return to arsenal start and 11 against brighton. a welcome sight for gunners supporters in quality, with our snow put on their way to victory with a glow from stina blackstenius, or six of the season. brighton had their moments in an attempt to follow—up a win at manchester city with arsenal goalkeeper tested before half—time, after the break arsenal england striker alessia russo heights to show her ability defendant. beth mead played in our, coming close to scoring just before coming off, and the site were chasing downjosie in pursuit of a first league title since 2019, seized complete control as they scored a second and third. arsenal securing a fifth successive when in the wsl. adam cottier, bbc news elsewhere amalie thestrup�*s late
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strike earned bristol city a 2—2 draw at everton. leicester drew 1—1 with tottenham, rachel daly scored a stoppage time winner as aston villa won 3—2 at west ham. kick off at hampden park is just minutes away — scotland, who've already made next summer's european championships, are playing norway in their final qualifier. no erling haaland tonight — because of a minor injury. a scotland win could see them top their group if spain lose to georgia. england, who've already qualified too of course, play north macedonia in their final qualifier tomorrow although we've been told newcastle defender kieran trippier�*s been withdrawn from the squad for personal matters. northern ireland, already out of contention, are at home to denmark tomorrow and on tuesday, a huge game for wales, who have to beat turkey if they're to stand any chance of qualifying automatically. it's taken more than a0 years and more than half a billion pounds to bring the las vegas grand prix back to the formula one calendar. after all the hype, frustration over cancelled and delayed practice sessions, this morning' race lived up to its billing. max verstappen won, with charles leclerc second,
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but the world champion was made to work for it in a incident packed race, as nick parrott reports. in the build—up to the las vegas grand prix, max verstappen complained it is 99% show and 1% sporting event. after the lights went out, that changed. the race that had promised so much, delivered from the first corner. verstappen was given a five—second penalty forforcing rival charles leclerc wide while cars behind them were spinning around. lando norris wasn't so lucky. he went to hospital as a precaution after this abrupt end to his race. other collisions cost fellow british drivers george russell and lewis hamilton any hope of a podium finish. verstappen's penalty dropped him to 11th after his pit stop, but in a race where the lead changed
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seven times, max verstappen fought back to win. viva las vegas! an elvis—style race suit was fitting for the formula 1 king. it was certainly fun, i had to work for it. very happy. so much going on. but in a good way, i guess. i guess in the beginning the five second penalty was unfortunate. i didn't mean to push charles off. we both braked late into turn one, i was more off line and i kept sliding and i couldn't keep the car within the line, so that was rather unfortunate, i guess. we struggled for the second half of the race which is a shame but on the other hand as much as i'm tough with myself when i do a mistake, i also recognise when a do a good job myself, and today was honestly a really good race. i am really happy. after all the drama the sport will be hoping what happens in vegas doesn't stay in vegas. nick parrot, bbc news time now for some of the day's other sport stories and
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italy's fabio di giannantonio secured his first ever motogp win, beating championship leader and countryman francesco bagnaia to the finish line in qatar with this overtake. bagnaia's title rivaljorge martin only finished tenth. the title will be decided in next week's season finale in valencia. britain's elvin evans ended his season on a high by winning rallyjapan to claim second place in the world rally championship. he finished more than a minute ahead of french part—time driver sebastien thhey. kaller rovanpera completed a podium clean sweep for the toyota team. he'd clinched the drivers title last month. nicolai hojgaard produced a superb final round of the dp world tour championship in dubai including six birdies on the back nine, to win the title by two shots. rory mcilroy, who had already secured the race to dubai for the fifth time, finished in a tie for 22nd. britain's joe salisbury and american rajeev ram have completed the successful defence of their atp finals doubles title this afternoon. they beat spain's marcel granollers and argentina's horacio zeballos, winning the first set 6—3.
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and a straight sets victory was completed with this point, which made it 6—4 in the second . with their tenth consecutive win at the tournament, the pair have become the first back—to—back champions since 2017. novak djokovic has called it one of the best season's of his life — after moving past roger federer�*s record and winning a seventh atp finals title tonight. the 24—time grand slam champion, taking on the home favourite, italy's jannick sinner in turin — took the first set by six games to three. he lost when they played each other in the round robin stage — but as djokivic so often does, in a final, he stepped things up. a day after beating carlos alcaraz, he's won this match in straight sets too, 6—3 6—3. what a year it's been — in which he won three of the four majors and now the season ending title. rugby union now and there was a dramatic finish in the game between exeter chiefs and gloucester — with henry slade scoring the winning points for exeter
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with the last kick of the game. it finished 25—24. seb atkinson thought he had done enough to give the visitors the win with this try ten minutes from time but exeter fought back — initially through a stuart townsend try — before slade stepped up to slot a penalty between the posts to send his side third in the table, gloucester are eighth. it's the opening weekend of the newly structured premiership women's rugby, leicester tigers women 27—44 exeter chiefs women and finally, back to golf and the dp world tour where it was a final round to forget for yost lowten. at four over par, and a bogey at the eigth — a bogey at the eihgth — full of frustration he threw one of his golf clubs up in the air and towards a tree. and it got stuck, and as he attempted to get it
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down from the tree — he lost another two clubs in the process. possibly a sign, that could do it, no, down comes a twig but not much more, a branch i should say, a stray that branch of there, that get stuck as well. there were people laughing but he did not see the funny side, nor did that lawnmower. he finished the day in 48th out of 50 in the overall competition. in the end, the lost clubs returned to him thanks to the help of a volunteer! and before we go, a reminder of our top story tonight, australia have stunned the hosts india in ahmedabad to win the men's cricket world cup for a sixth time. they quietened the support of the 100,000—strong home crowd by dismissing the hosts — who hadn't been beaten at the tournament — for 240 — before travis head's sensational century helped them to a six wicket win.
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more reaction on the bbc sport website, from all of us here goodnight. you are watching bbc news. i am gareth barlow. the british chancellorjeremy hunt says any tax cuts in this week's autumn statement to parliament will be done in a �*responsible way�* that won't risk fuelling inflation. mr hunt wouldn't comment on speculation he may cut inheritance tax but said there would be changes to the benefits system — with extra support for those with health issues who are looking for work, but tougher sanctions for those who turn down jobs. with inflation now falling, our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, assesses the chancellor's options. the biggest fall in half a century in the value of the pound against the dollar. that was just over a year ago.
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