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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  November 19, 2024 4:45am-5:01am GMT

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it's robertson to the rescue for scotland as they snatch a win in warsaw and relegate poland in the nations league. italy seal their spot in the final of the billiejean king cup for a second successive year. can they go one better this time around? and it's three out of three for australia, as they thrash pakistan in their final t20 thanks to a stunning innings from marcus stoinis. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. lots to get through, but we start with another busy night of uefa nations league matches, with five more groups being concluded, promotion and relegation at stake for some. the most dramatic result of the evening came in warsaw, as scotland retained their top—tier status, for now at least. they beat poland 2—1,
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liverpool's andy robertson with a 93rd—minute winner for the away side. that victory sees scotland jump above their opponents into third. they'll play a relegation play—off in march, but poland finish bottom and are relegated. the more you play at this level, the better you get. we started with three defeats, three narrow defeats with good performances. the players didn't lose belief, i didn't lose belief in the players, and they end up taking seven points from the last three games, which gets us into that play—off. so the more you play at this level, the more you learn how to win the games, and that's what we've proved. so a special night for scotland, then, and one john mcginn will remember for many years to come. he scored scotland's opener, his 20th goal for his country, becoming only the fifth scotsman to achieve that milestone. my dad was over at the game tonight. he's no one for emotional messages, but he sent a nice text to say it's surreal seeing his boy in the top five all—time scorers for scotland, which is a bit mad.
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i'm sure i'll wind ally mccoist up the next time he's commentating on a villa game. but for us, the most important thing was was getting the win. we've been through a rough spell and taken a lot of criticism, which has been deserved in the most part. well, a win for scotland could have seen them jump up to second and qualify for the quarter—finals, but croatia's draw with portugal means they reach the last eight instead. portugal win the group. denmark have also qualified for the last eight after a goalless draw with serbia in their final match in group all. spain won that group after a thrilling win in their final match — an 85th minute penalty from andi zeqiri looked to have grabbed switzerland a 2—2 draw, but spain snatched all three points with a penalty of their own, scored in the 93rd minute by bryan zaragoza. so here's how group a looks at the end of the campaign, then. spain finished top and undefeated with five wins and a draw there from all. denmark progress with spain, and switzerland are relegated. elsewhere, it was a night to rememberfor northern ireland as they drew 2—2
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with luxembourg, a point that's enough for them to win group c and earn promotion. and what an evening it was for san marino. the lowest—ranked team in the fifa rankings came from behind to beat liechtenstein 3—1 and secure promotion from group d1. it was just their third win ever, their first away win in their history, and the first time they'd ever scored two goals or more in a competitive game. elsewhere, romania made it five wins from five after thrashing cyprus 4—1. kosovo sit second after beating lithuania 1—0 in the same group. the other night's result saw bulgaria draw 1—1 with belarus. to tennis, and italy are through to the final of the billiejean king cup, but only after a thrilling semi—final to beat poland. italy struck first in the tie, lucia bronzetti beating magda linette in straight sets to win the first singles match. and italy looked to be on course for a victory in the second tie, whenjasmine paolini won the first set against
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iga swiatek, but the world number two fought back to win it in three sets, meaning the match went into a deciding doubles match. in that decider, both swiatek and paolini returned to the court less than an hour after their singles match. this time, though, it was paolini who came out on top, alongside her partner sara errani. the pair won in straight sets to reach the final for a second successive year. well, italy will now play great britain or slovakia in wednesday's final. slovakia last won the title in 2002, whereas great britain have finished runner—up four times but never lifted the trophy. after beating the defending champions canada in the quarter—finals, former gb player melanie south is backing her nation to reach the final for the first time since 1981. they've got a very good chance. they've been really positive throughout the whole competition. they've been really enjoying their time. great team spirit, great energy, very relaxed off the court and the draw�*s opened up. it's always difficult against any team. you have to go one match at a time out here. but for slovakia, they've been the underdogs,
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they came through against the united states in that first match, so they've got a lot of positive energy themselves. but it's definitely the semi—final that the brits would have wanted. i think they're definitely favourites going in, with the calibre that we've got. emma raducanu, a grand slam champion, going in as second player at the moment, because she hasn't had a full season. and katie boulter top 25 in the world, so they have to be favourites on their rankings, notjust their rankings alone, but the whole team. i think anne keothavong has been very vocal that they're in this to win the whole competition, and i think they've had that aim from the start. and notjust this year, from previous years, to build up and get that team spirit going and the belief that they can do it. we've been to the semi—finals before, two years ago, so they want to go a step further and it'sjust one match at a time, but they've definitely got the belief there. melanie south there. on tuesday it's the turn of the men in the davis cup, and it could be a pivotal day for rafael nadal. defeat for spain against the netherlands in the quarter—finals would end nadal�*s tournament, his final one before retiring.
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it remains unclear if nadal will be fit enough to play a significant part in the tie, but he insists he is fully focussed on helping his nation reach the final four of the tournament. i am not here for retiring. i am here to try to help the team. then it's of course going to be my last week on the professional tour, but at the end, we are here in a teams competition. so the most important thing here is to try to help the team and to stay all focussed on what we have to do — that is play tennis and do it very well. then the emotion�*s going to be for the end. and before and during needs to be focussed on what what we need to do. australia's men have completed a 3—0 series win against pakistan, and they secured the clean sweep in stunning style in hobart. pakistan won the toss and chose to bat, but it didn't go well. bowled out forjust 117 and with 11 balls still to bowl. and australia didn't hang around in their run chase. marcus stoinis finished unbeaten on 61 offjust 27 balls as australia reached their target in the 12th over, securing
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a seven—wicket win. after surprisingly missing out initially, alice capsey will be a part of england's t20 squad for the upcoming series in south africa. a couple of injury concerns within the squad has led to capsey being recalled. england will play three t20s and three 0dis in south africa before a single four—day test. now, some of the world's top athletes have urged global action on climate change at the cop29 summit in baku. the former 0lympic 800m champion david rudisha was among a group of athletes sharing their personal experiences of how climate change has affected their sport. in recent years, we had, you know, frequent droughts that really affected my community. we lost a lot of livestock, which my community depends on. definitely there's been a few environments where we're looking to play international football, and we can't train
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because the air quality standard isn't good enough to even go for a casual walk outside. in the future, if climatel change is not addressed and is not tactfully handled, triathlon can cease to exist. | the new york giants have dropped quarterback danieljones after starting the season poorly, withjust two wins and eight defeats. jones was drafted sixth overall in 2019 by the giants, and signed a four—year, $160 million contract just last year. giants coach brian daboll said they were making the change as a necessary move, and confirmed that tommy devito would replace jones as quarterback, not back—up drew lock, for their game against tampa bay on sunday. to basketball, then, and charlotte hornets guard lamelo ball has been fined by the nba for making an offensive and derogatory homophobic comment. the 23—year—old made the remark in a courtside interview after their close home win over the milwaukee bucks on saturday. he'll have to pay £79,000, he'll have to pay £79,000, which is the maximum fine under current guidelines. which is the maximum fine
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the nba could hand out the nba could hand out under current guidelines. now, can you guess who this is? there have been a few instances where statues of sports stars haven't quite lived up to their billing. thejury might be out on this one. it is, of course, if you haven't guessed already, harry kane. and though it's not had a completely positive response from fans, the england captain was very happy that a bronze double of him was unveiled near to where he grew up in walthamstow. it's pretty special, to be honest. i think, you know, when you're young, you dream of playing for england, you dream of playing professional football, and i've been lucky enough to achieve those dreams. i was a boy playing here at five years old with a dream to one day, hopefully, play for england and play professional football, and i've been able to do that. yeah, even, you know, last night i was playing at wembley, which is the pinnacle. and then to come here, where it all began,
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rooney is, you're in luck. a behind—the—scenes documentary showing rooney in his role at plymouth argyle is currently being filmed. it's not yet known which platform or channel will screen the show, or when it will go to air. rooney took over at argyle in may and has led plymouth to four wins and four draws from their 15 championship matches this season. there we go, lots to look forward to on that one. you can, of course, get all the latest sports news from the usual places, the bbc sport app orfrom our website at the usual address. but from me and the team, thanks for watching and we'll see you next time. hello. for some of us right now, there are some pretty tricky travel conditions out there — some snow, some ice — as cold air sinks its way across the uk. certainly a very cold feel to the weather on tuesday —
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more snow and ice for some. so what's going on? well, we've got this battleground, this dividing line between mild air still clinging on in the south, and something much colder surging down from the north. and along that dividing line, we've got a frontal system that has been bringing a mixture of rain, sleet, and snow. a lot of the snow over higher ground, but even seeing some to lower levels. parts of northern ireland, northern england, wales, the midlands starting the day with that wintry mix — some ice, as well. meanwhile, frequent snow showers in northern scotland — again, some ice to contend with here. through the day, the zone of clouds, still a bit of patchy rain and hill snow pushing southwards across wales, the midlands, towards southern counties of england. another dose of heavy rain for the far southwest and the channel islands. further north you are, some spells of sunshine, but frequent wintry showers into the north and the northeast of scotland. and these are your afternoon temperatures, that cold air pushing southwards — 2—7 celsius at best. very cold indeed
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through tuesday night. still frequent wintry showers in areas exposed to this brisk wind. dry for many places inland with a bit of shelter. but it is going to be a cold start to wednesday morning with a widespread frost. quite a lot of sunshine around on wednesday, but some icy stretches and further wintry showers, again, in spots exposed to that northwesterly wind. it may be that we won't see quite as many showers at this stage on the east coast. the wind tending to push some of those showers out to sea. talking of the winds — that wind will be pretty brisk, particularly up towards the north and the east. so those are your temperatures, 2—8 celsius at best — factor in the wind chill, it will feel colder than that. now, this little frontal system here may usher in some slightly less cold air from the north, but still some wintry showers as we head through thursday and friday. and then, for the weekend, signs of quite a big change. uncertainty about the detail, but it could be quite a deep area of low pressure pushes
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in from the atlantic. that would bring wind and rain, but something milder.
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