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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  October 25, 2024 4:45am-5:01am BST

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coming up on the programme. jose mourinho is sent off as his fenerbahce side hold manchester united to another draw in the europa league. a blow for grigor dimitrov�*s hopes of making the atp tour finals. he is knocked out of the vienna open. and thousands lined the streets of manhattan to celebrate a first wnba title for new york liberty. hello, and you're very welcome along to the programme. let's start, then, with the box office meeting ofjose mourinho and his old side, manchester united in the europa league, which ended in a third successive draw for erik ten hag's side in the competition. christian eriksen quietened
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the crowd in istanbul, scoring his fourth goal of the season just 15 minutes into the game — that put united ahead. the hosts then levelled four minutes after the break when youssef en—neysri headed home. mourinho was then red—carded by the french referee clement turpin just before the hour mark, as he led the home side's penalty claims after bright osayi—samuel went down under a challenge by manuel ugarte. united, though, have now won just one of their last 11 european games. well, fellow premier league club tottenham have three wins out of three, however. brazil striker richarlison scored a penalty for them on his first start for the club since may. they won 1—0 at home to dutch side az alkmaar. richy�*s worked awfully hard. i mean, he kind of hasn't got his season started. tonight was kind of, you know, the start to his season. and, you know, goals are important forfor strikers.
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so i thought, you know, madders made a great decision to give the responsibility. but then richy has to put it in the back of the net, and he did that. we had to defend particularly on the counterattack a couple of times, as you said, fraser pulled off a couple of good saves, which i think is a positive for us because, again, you know, we had three teenagers in the starting line—up who have got another game under their belt. guys who haven't played a lot have contributed. and, you know, we're going to need the squad. we've still got a really heavy programme. and to get a third win, i think, is a positive night. and few celebrated more than the new saints, who became the first domestic welsh club to win in the league or group stage of a major european competition, thanks to a 2—0 victory over astana in shrewsbury. rory holden and declan mcmanus got the goals in a famous triumph against the record seven—time kazakhstan premier league champions. there's lots more on that, and all the results from the europa league
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and the conference league, on the bbc sport website and app. now, the families of footballers in britain affected by a specific type of dementia linked to repetitive head trauma are calling for change to help protect the next generation of players. they've written to the uk government, asking for anyone who has played contact sport to be checked for the disease when they die. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has this report. and bird's swerving shot puts mansfield ahead. kevin bird was a mansfield town legend, a no—nonsense defender who played for the stags a50 times. loved, loved football. thought he was a really lucky man to play football for a living. bird's underneath it. 12 years ago, sue started to notice changes in her husband. diagnosed with alzheimer's and depression, he'd gone from a loving grandad... come to mummy. ..to snappy and aggressive.
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it all came to a head on new year's eve in 2019 when kevin attacked sue, but couldn't remember. i said to him, i've got to go to a&e. you'll have to come with me. i sat him on a chair and i went to the desk. sorry... i said, my husband's got dementia and he's attacked me and i don't know what to do. and they sectioned him, and i thought they'd give him something to calm him down, and he'd come home. but he never came home after that. when kevin died last year, sue had his brain examined. she believes the results were unequivocal. heading the ball. football. the game he loved killed him. this is one of those sectionsl we've examined from kevin's brain, and you can see - the level of damage that there is here in the brain. professor willie stewart is a consultant neuropathologist at the university of glasgow. all this brown material that you see on the screen - shouldn't be there. these brown splotches
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are cte — chronic traumatic encephalopathy. it's a form of dementia, likely caused by repetitive head impacts, and it can only conclusively be proven after death. both dr stewart's and the fa's own studies show footballers are three and a half times more likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases than the average population. all our attempts to try - and find other reasons fail. we keep coming back to — it is something to do- with the sport, it is- repetitive head impact. the english fa is phasing out deliberate heading for under—iis over the next three seasons, and says it's continuing to take a leading role in reviewing and improving the safety of the game, including investing in multiple projects to research the issue. i'm absolutely certain that it's a ticking time bomb. but the woman behind the head safe football charity believes education for the next generation is lacking. judith gates's husband, bill, played for middlesbrough. he never headed a ball
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again after retiring with terrible migraines the day before his 30th birthday, yet died with cte last year. cte is brutal. i would like to have a national slogan that says think head safe — reduce heading in training. i hope that bill's legacy from ourjourney will be saving every kid who plays football in a cobbled back street. natalie pirks with that report. cricket now, and england will look for quick wickets against pakistan when play resumes in the third and final test in rawalpindi on friday. 13 wickets fell on the first day, with the home side's spinners doing all the damage as they bowled england out for 267. sajid khan's six wickets was the standout bowling. it could have been a lot worse without a half century from opener ben duckett and 89 from jamie smith that included six sixes in a century partnership with gus atkinson. pakistan then closed on 73—3 so that england score
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doesn't seem so bad. and here is smith talking to the bbc�*s simon mann. yeah, we're pretty pleased with the position we're in. i feel as though no—one quite knew or expecting what the wicket was going to do there. i think no—one quite had an idea. a lot of people have been saying it never spins in rawalpindi, so we weren't quite sure. thankfully we won a toss for the first time in a long time. but yeah, we're happy to put runs on the board. we can only see it getting tougher as the game goes on. what sort of score do you feel was 267? i think it was a decent score, especially from the position we were in. you know, any time you're batting first, you know, you have the luxury of the best conditions. there's no doubt about that. so, you know, early wickets tomorrow and that can look totally different. what about that morning session? you lost five wickets. did you feel, oh, this isjust getting away from us a bit, we weren't quite expecting this, in terms of the amount of spin? er, not getting away from you. i think, you know, it's always going to be difficult when you come to alien conditions and, you know, everyone had a game plan
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and stuck to that quite nicely. and things just didn't come off for people on this occasion. but that's the beauty of the game. you get a second innings and there'll be guys that'll be really thirsty for runs. and it was spin that did the damage for india on day one of the second test against new zealand in pune. ravi ashwin took the first three, then washington sundar took over. devon conway top—scored and rachin ravindra also made a half century, but when he went, it sparked a collapse. the tourists lost seven wickets for 62, all to sundar, and were bowled out for 259. so india will resume batting on 16—1, that's 215 runs behind. tennis, and alex de minaur is into the quarter—finals of the vienna open after his second—round opponent, flavio cobolli, retired with a right shoulder injury in the second set. de minaur will meet the czech playerjakub mensik next. grigor dimitrov was surprisingly beaten by another czech player, thomas machac. it's a significant blow to the bulgarian�*s hopes of qualifying for the end—of—year atp finals.
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dimitrov won the first set on a tie—break, but then lost the next two, so machac will next face the seventh—seeded jack draper in the quarter—finals, and that's because he beat luciano dardari in straight sets. he raced past the italian world number 42 7—5, 6—1 in 76 minutes. draper is trying to win a second atp title this year. while world number nine daria kasatkina is through to the quarter—finals at the pan pacific open in tokyo. she won the ningbo open last weekend and came from a set down here to overcome the us�*s mccartney kessler in three sets, so she will face sofia kenin in the quarter—finals. katie boulter is also through. the british number one beat the japanese lucky loser kyoko nakamura in straight sets, so she will now face the canadian bianca andreescu in her first quarter—final on tour since eastbourne in june.
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olympic champion zheng qinwen will face the usa's leylah fernandez in the last eight — the top—seeded chinese player beat local favourite moyuka uchijima 7—5, 6—0. and finally, new york liberty paraded their wnba trophy around the streets of the city on thursday. thousands of fans lined the streets of manhattan to celebrate with the team. the liberty won the franchise's first championship, defeating the minnesota lynx in overtime in a decisive game five of the finals on sunday in brooklyn. they will enjoy that for days to come. that's it from me. we'll see you again soon. bye bye. hello there. we saw some pretty decent temperatures for the time of year on thursday, with highs of 19 degrees
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in northolt in greater london — that was thanks to sunshine, warm southerly winds and high pressure. for friday, though, a few changes to the weather. it will be cloudier for many. still a bit of sunshine around, but we've got this area of low pressure which will tend to throw up a weather front into southern and western areas to bring outbreaks of rain. strong winds out towards the southwest, but lighter further north and east. and it's here where we'll start cloudy with some early mist and fog, especially the midlands, northern and eastern england. that will tend to lift into low cloud. and we'll see this rain in the south and the west slowly pushing northwards across england and wales, tending to weaken as it does so. but skies brighten up behind it with a few showers and it's very windy for the far southwest. most of scotland, northern ireland, northern and eastern england will stay cloudy. best of any sunshine, south—west scotland, north—west england. temperatures pretty decent again for the time of year — mid to high teens. friday night, we see that weather front spread northwards across scotland, bringing outbreaks of rain, patchy clouds. skies clear for many. this area of low pressure starts to fizzle out across the southwest so
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the winds will ease down here. still fairly mild, temperatures to start saturday ranging between 7 and 11 degrees. saturday, that area of low pressure fizzles out, but we look to the north—west, a renewed area of low pressure. its weather front pushing into scotland and northern ireland bringing strong winds and outbreaks of rain here. but much of southern and eastern scotland, england and wales will have a fine day with some sunshine. a few showers, wales, south—west england, some early showers, i think, east anglia and the south—east, but these will clear away so the majority will be dry into the afternoon. but slightly fresher thanks to westerly winds on saturday — the mid—teens i think for most. into sunday, a ridge of high pressure builds into england and wales, so a lot of dry weather here, could be quite cool to start on sunday. maybe some early mist and fog as the winds will be light here. but again, quite breezy. scotland, northern ireland with further outbreaks of rain, though not as wet as saturday i think, with much of eastern scotland staying dry. so a fine day to come across england and wales, but a bit cooler again — ii to 15 degrees. as we move into next week, once we pass monday, it looks like high pressure starts to build in right
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across the country. that'll settle the weather down once again, away from the far north of scotland, which will stay quite breezy with some showers, but the vast majority of the country through the week should be dry. there may be quite a lot of cloud around, and it could be quite cool at night with some mist and fog developing. take care.
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live from london, this is bbc news. king charles opens the commonwealth summit in samoa —
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could a row over reparations dominate the agenda? i understand, from listening to people across the commonwealth, how the most painful aspects of our past continue to resonate. president putin refuses to deny that north korean troops are in russia — preparing to fight against ukraine's army. la's district attorney signals that the notorious menendez brothers — jailed for 30 years — could be released on parole. and the baby monkey that was at the heart of a global animal—torture ring is released back into the wild. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. within the past few hours, king charles has warned the commonwealth summit that
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climate change risks exacerbating inequalities and conflict.

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