it's the final curtain for rafael nadal. spain's loss in the davis cup means the 22—time grand slam champion�*s pro career comes to an end. the dream is over too for britain in the billie jean king cup. their long wait to make another final goes on as they are beaten by slovakia. and job done for wales. they're back up to the top tier of the nations league after a superb win over iceland. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. it was always going to be a momentous and highly charged night of tennis action in malaga, as spain faced the netherlands in the davis cup. it proved to be the last outing for rafael nadal. his illustrious career coming to an end after the men's team event.

the deciding doubles match went the way of the dutch in the quarterfinal. even though he had not played competitively for over three months, the 22—time grand slam champion nadal was selected by spain captain david ferrer for the first match, and it backfired. despite a partisan spanish crowd, nadal lost 6—4, 6—4 to botic van de zandschulp as the netherlands went 1—0 ahead in their quarterfinal, and the world number three, carlos alcaraz, put the tie into a deciding doubles after beating tallon griekspoor in the second match to level the tie 7-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-3. it was a superb performance from alcaraz, who turned the match around in the first set. and that crucial doubles tie was won by the dutch pair, with van de zandschulp teaming up with wesley koolhof to seal off the challenge of the returning carlos alcaraz, with marcel granollers�* teammate nadal watching on, knowing his big farewell was to come in the sport. the crowd there later on treated to a moving speech from nadal, the second most

successful men's singles player of all time, the fans cheering on every word as one of the greatest, departs the game. well, ahead of his retirement, nadal�*s silhouette was projected near the eiffel tower to mark the end of his glittering career. the light projection featured a ten metre image of nadal, a 22 time grand slam champion and a record 1a time winner of the french open. well, great britain's women wait to make the final of the premier team tennis event. it goes on, that wait, after they were beaten by slovakia in their billie jean king cup semi—final today. emma raducanu delivered but her team—mates couldn't find a way past their opponents in malaga. andy swiss was there for us. and here come the teams. it's been called the world cup of tennis and 43 years after britain last reached the final, could they do it again? well, the early signs were encouraging. emma raducanu beating

slovakia's victoria hruncakova. it meant if katie boulter won her match, britain were through. and when she blazed to the first set against rebecca sramkova, it seemed just a matter of time. but from there it all went wrong as sramkova took the next two sets and with it the match. slovakia strike back! out of nowhere, britain's hopes were suddenly hanging by a thread. and so it's all come down to this. a deciding match in the doubles. can britain hold their nerve and secure their place in the final? olivia nichols and heather watson had the responsibility, but in hruncakova and partner tereza mihalikova, they were up against a seemingly inspired duo. slovakia took the first set and from there they never looked back as they ended britain's hopes in ruthless fashion. slovakia through to the final, where they'll now face italy. what utter euphoria for them. but for britain, after a tie they had dominated,

what bitter disappointment. the waiting for that elusive final goes on. andy swiss, bbc news, malaga. so despair, then, for great britain, but delight for slovakia. here's what their captain had to say after the tie. i think still we are underdogs. but like you said, our confidence is growing up and we played last match with italy and it was really close. i think it was about two points. we were two points maybe from the victory only. so, yeah, we are looking forward for that match and we willjust try to enjoy it and maybe take the cup from here. now away from tennis for a moment, it was a sensational night in the nations league for wales, who sealed promotion back to the top tier of the competition after a convincing 4—1 win over iceland in cardiff.

they went behind early, but two goals from liam cullen, his first for wales, put the home team 2—1 ahead at half time. cullen then sent spurs�* brennanjohnson to clear to make it three after the break and if that wasn't good enough, harry wilson capped off another impressive night for craig bellamy�*s team with a fine strike from distance. wales top the group and remain unbeaten under bellamy since he took over injuly. he wants us to dictate games, he wants us to be on the front foot and attack teams, but at the same time, if it's not on and teams are working us out a little bit, then we've got other solutions. but he puts a lot into us to take accountability on the pitch. and, yeah, i think in the first six games you've seen that that his ideas and the way he wants to play is working for us. and hopefully we can take that into world cup qualifiers. so that wales win means they take the group and are back up to league a.

turkey's three one defeat to bottom side montenegro means they have to settle for a promotion play off. liverpool midfielder dominik szoboszlai scored a late penalty to deny germany victory in league a group 3. germany had already won the group with a game to spare. they drew 1—1 with hungary. elsewhere, the netherlands, already guaranteed second spot, ended the group phase with a 1—1 draw in bosnia—herzegovina. reports suggest that pep guardiola has agreed an extension to his contract to stay at champions manchester city for another year. talk around guardiola's future had become apparent, with the 53—year—old's contract due to expire at the end of the season. he's steered city to 18 pieces of silverware across eight years of extraordinary success in the north west. it could prove the boost city need given they've lost four in a row in all competitions. now, head coach steve borthwick has insisted that he has absolute support from the rugby football union, despite his england side losing all three of their autumn tests and five matches in a row for the first time since 2018. they complete their autumn

campaign against former head coach eddiejones�* japan side on sunday. the players admit they're creating chances but not finishing them. i feel like our performances generally has been good. i feel like there's been one or two moments in the game where we've maybe switched off, ie, me in the south africa game, like it's the line out. the five metre line was probably a guaranteed score. i mucked it up, which again at test level is not good enough. and i take full responsibility for that. so there's just little moments like that in games, i feel like we could be better and seal off wins because we get ourselves in position to win the game, numerous times. you know, ifeel like we're going to get there soon. well, wales are on a dreadful run of 11 consecutive defeats. up next, they take on world champions south africa. the future of head coach warren gatland has been under the spotlight and he said he's comfortable with whatever the best decision for welsh rugby is. however, his opposite number, south africa

coach rassie erasmus, has backed gatland. i know the record of losing ii on the trot is obviously not great but just whenever we play a team that's backs against the wall, if i can put it that way, we take ourselves back to just before i took over. i think we lost 57—0 in new zealand, but then the next weekend we lost with the same team against new zealand at newlands by two points. and that was a weekend apart. so, i don't know. ijust know warren is a great coach and i do know they've got great players and whatever is not clicking quite there, i think he is a guy who has fixed things before, but deeper than that, i don't know the welsh set—up well. there have been lots of opinions on boxing legend mike tyson losing to youtuberjake paul at the weekend, butjust hours after that fight, the only man to have beaten paul, tommy fury,

announced that he will return to the ring to face mixed martial arts and ufc fighter darren till. their news conference, unsurprisingly descended into chaos. drinks were thrown and both entourages got up to challenge each other and it started to get physical. beforehand, it was fairly civil where tommy fury explained why he had agreed to the match. this fight�*s as new to the public as it is to us. you know, i'm sure darren's the same. we sat down with the southlands. we was talking about coming back. and as soon as my hand was able to, you know, put me back in the ring, i've been there. and he said, you know, what about darren till? we said, why not? liverpool against manchester. darren till is in his prime. he's 31 or 32, i'm not sure, but he's not washed up. he's not old and i want to fight because my previous fight was too much hopping around and starjumping. so i want a properfight. and that's why we've took the darren till fight. a reminder of our top story before we go. an emotionalfarewell for rafa nadal to tennis. as spain lose to the netherlands in the davis cup. nadal took time to linger

in the centre of the court after his defeat earlier in the tie. showing gratitude by waving to all sides of the arena as 11,500 fans packed out the palacio de deportes. he was presented with a framed photo before a video montage played on the big screen in the malaga arena. his long time rival novak djokovic got one of the final words in, saying, "thank you very much and good luck, my friend." you can get more reaction to that from the sporting world on nadal�*s exit to tennis over on the bbc sport website — a big day for the sport. bbc.com/sport for that, but we'll see you soon. thanks for watching. hello.

this cold spell of weather does look set to last for another few days, before what could be quite a dramatic change over the weekend. more on that in a moment. in the short term, for the day ahead, after a frosty and icy start, we will see quite a lot of sunshine. still some wintry showers and a cold northerly wind, that wind coming all the way from the arctic, ushering in further wintry showers, particularly in those spots exposed to the wind. so, many places, actually, after that frosty icy start having a decent day with quite a lot of sunshine. but eastern england will see some showers, a mix of rain, sleet and snow. a few for wales, the south—west of england, some wintry showers for northern ireland and frequent snow showers continuing in the north of scotland. further accumulations of snow here with some pretty brisk winds, so temperatures at best — north to south — 2—8 degrees. factor in the strength of the wind, it is going to feel colder than that, and temperatures certainly dropping away during the night. another cold night. still some wintry showers, but i think they'll tend to clear away from the east coast. a few more into these western parts, particularly in the north—west of scotland. and by the end of the night, you may have noticed there some rain and perhaps some snow pushing towards the far south—west of england, in association with this area of low pressure.

now, the centre of this low is set to stay away to the south of us, but it may just get close enough for the south—west of england to see some rain, sleet and hill snow. could even see something wintry across the channel islands. elsewhere, quite a lot of sunshine around. still some wintry showers in spots exposed to the wind and it is again going to feel cold for the time of year. now, on friday, again, we'll see some wintry showers, particularly around the coast, but we could see some rain, sleet and snow getting inland at times. we could see some rain, sleet and snow going inland at times. most places by the end of the day should be dry. still cold. there is a change in the area

of low pressure, the centre of which will stay to the north—west but notice the isobars and some very strong winds and some heavy rain sweeping across the uk but with that it sweeping across the uk but with thatitis sweeping across the uk but with that it is expected to turn much milder.

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