hello from the bbc sport centre. novak djokovic says he may have played his final australian open, after he was forced to retire injured in his semifinal against alexander zverev. he had heavy strapping on his upper left leg after injuring it in his quarterfinal but fought hard to take the opening set to a tie break. after zverev won it by 7—5, djkovic decided the pain was too intense to continue. as he conceded defeat to the second seed, some of the fans booed him as he left court for what may be the last time in melbourne. there is a chap who knows? i willjust have to see the season goes. —— there is a

chance. i want to keep going but whether i'm going to have a revised schedule or not for the next year, i am not sure. i normally like to come to australia and play. i have had the biggest success in my career here, so if i'm fit and healthy and motivated, i don't see a reason why i wouldn't come. but there is always a chance, yeah.— come. but there is always a chance, yeah. we should stop blamin: chance, yeah. we should stop blaming novak. _ chance, yeah. we should stop blaming novak. he _ chance, yeah. we should stop blaming novak. he has- chance, yeah. we should stop blaming novak. he has done. blaming novak. he has done every— blaming novak. he has done every thing he could on the tennis_ every thing he could on the tennis court in the last 20 years _ tennis court in the last 20 years i_ tennis court in the last 20 years. i set it on court, he has — years. i set it on court, he has an_ years. i set it on court, he has an abdominal tear years. i set it on court, he has an abdominaltearand has an abdominal tear and played _ has an abdominaltearand played where most players couldn't. he has won this tournament with a hamstring teat — tournament with a hamstring teat he _ tournament with a hamstring tear. he is a ten time champion, i think we should all 'ust champion, i think we should all just respect that. zverev will play the reigning champion and number one seed janik sinner in the final. he beat the amercian ben shelton in straight sets. after a tight first set

which went to a tie break, sinner showed his class to win the next two 6—2, 6—2. great britain's alfie hewett and gordon reid won the wheelchair doubles title for the sixth year in a row. top seeds hewett and reid defeated spain's daniel caverzaschi and frenchman stephane houdet 6—2, 6—4 at melbourne park for their 22nd grand slam title as a partnership. hewett will play in the wheelchair singles final on saturday. there was also success for britain's andy lapthorne, who won the quad doubles with his dutch partner, sam schroder. greater manchester police have confirmed there were 39 arrests made after trouble surrounding manchester united's europa league match with rangers last night. on the pitch, rangers equalised in the 88th minute through dessers only to be denied by united captain bruno fernandes scoring the winner in stoppage time. the result means rangers need to win next week and hope other results go their way to gain automatic qualification, whilst united will definitely make the last 16 if they win their final group game.

it was fair to us to win the game. we already knew it was tough in this moment. we started well. i think the pace of the game helped us because it is different than you can feel it. we try to do things, we were better with the ball, sometimes we controlled well at the beginning and then we lost control for seven minutes because of some bad passes and some positions. but then i think we created the best chances to win the game and i think we deserved the win. tottenham are in a strong position to make the knockouts after they won 3—2 at german side hoffenheim with goals from james madison and two from son heung—min. spurs manager ange postecoglou was full of praise for his captain. sonny led from the front fight with his football but also with his general actions and most importantly the goals. look, we

are all copping stick at the moment, that isjust are all copping stick at the moment, that is just the nature of the beast. what we do as footballers and managers, we are all in the firing line at the moment, and whether it is warranted or not, you just have to stand up and reply in the proper way, and i think we did that tonight. ludvig oberg and lanto griffin share the lead at the farmers insurance open at the half—way stage but the players had to battle ferocious winds which forced a 90—minute delay and prevented dozens of players from finishing the second round. ohberg, who led after the first round, fought to a six—over par 75, while griffin shot 72 to leave them both on six under overall. victor wembanyama starred in his first nba game on home soil as the san antonio spurs thrashed the indiana pacers in paris. the frenchman scored 30 points as the pacers won by 140

to 110 in the first of two regular—season games to be played in the french capital this week. wembanyama played for paris—based metropolitans 92 before being selected by the spurs as the number one pick in the 2023 nba draft. tonight was definitely different, because it is a different, because it is a different kind of support that the crowd brings. so we try to use, how do you say that? the circumstances to our advantage every time, and tonight was an easy night to use that. and finally how about this from nikola jokic? he threw the ball from 66 feet away at the end of the third quarter, and somehow made it as the denver nuggets beat the sacramento kings by 132 points to 123. so casual! and that's all

the sport for now. let's return to storm eowyn, which is bringing potential life—threatening winds to ireland and the uk. a rare red warning for northern ireland and the scottish central belt, which means a danger to life is now in place. many schools and large parts of the transport network will be closed in these areas. the isle of man has declared a major incident because of the number of trees down and is advising people to stay at home. more than 700,000 homes and businesses in the republic of ireland and 93,000 in northern ireland are without power. let's show you these live pictures — first to ballyholme in northern ireland. we are hearing how bad conditions are there from sara girvinjust a conditions are there from sara girvin just a little while ago.

now to larcs in scotland. just west of glasgow. police are saying the conditions there are saying the conditions there are treacherous. the area is now included in the warning zone. police scots in the say they are dealing with a high volume of calls related to the weather, do not travel, please stay indoors. and we'll show you this live shot from treardour in wales. because of conditions there, a number of ferry companies are saying that they are cancelling crossings between holyhead, which is very close to this location, and dublin in the republic of ireland. earlier i spoke to helen harris who owns the corsewall lighthouse hotel in kirkcolm, the most northerly point of the rhins of galloway — in scotland — she told me about the conditions up there.

it is pretty wild outside and we are well battened against the storm inside, but it is very rough out there. we can see along our coast and we can see it coming and it has been pretty ferocious. that is a word i have heard a lot of people use. that rare red weather warning for wind has now come into effect for scotland. you being at a lighthouse must see some fairly rough weather at any time of the year, i suppose, but how does this compare? yes, absolutely. it is often windy here, and most of the time we have strong winds, but this is completely different. i am sure nobody is out at sea, but the light is constantly shining, which is lovely to see, but it is very different. it is crashing waves.

we are sat on rock, and the waves are coming right over the top of the rocks, that classic lighthouse vision. of course, your location makes your hotel of great appeal to certain types of tourist. how many guests have you got coming this weekend? we are fairly quiet this weekend. we have got six or seven people in, which will be lovely if they manage to make it here. i will contact them later and check that their travel is ok, but a lot of the roads are down. yes, it is a great place to cosy up and watch the waves from inside. network rail have said that all trains in scotland are cancelled and there are not many replacement alternatives. what preparations do you make when you know a storm is coming in like this? there is not a lot you can do. we are not getting deliveries today, so we have stocked up on what we need. we make sure everyone

is as warm as we can. we could buy gas, so that is fine. certainly in the past we have produced a five—course dinner. we did it under gas torch light, so if necessary we can do that! really it is taking it as it comes. in the tradition of light housekeeping. helen harris speaking to from galloway. storm eowyn has undergone a process known as explosive cyclogenesis, where it rapidly deepened in terms of the pressure and the wind speeds around the storm over the past 2a hours or so. here it is. you can see the low pressure with just all those isobars, especially just to the south of the centre of the low pressure. that's where we're seeing the strongest of the winds — winds through the republic of ireland, northern ireland and scotland too. red warnings still in force for wind associated with storm eowyn.

across northern ireland and scotland, and the isle of man also under the influence of red warnings two —— of man also under the influence of red warnings too. for northern ireland, the warning runs until 2pm, but for scotland until 5pm and it's been extended further south. so this red warning now covers much of dumfries and galloway as well. could be isolated gusts up to 100 miles an hour. but even away from the red warnings, we have got a wider area right across the north of the uk with amber — warnings — 60 to perhaps 90 mile per hour gusts of wind — enough to cause really significant damage and disruption as we head through into the afternoon. so, very strong winds pushing across northern ireland and scotland. the rain clearing from northern ireland, persisting for scotland, with some snow over the mountains. further south across england and wales, clearing skies for the rest of the day. the rain has moved away, so some sunshine, yes, but still really windy. these are the gusts we gusts we could see even inland — 40—80 miles an hour. but it'll be stronger than that around exposed coasts

and over the hills as well. it's going to feel pretty chilly once the cold front moves through, with temperatures around about 6—10 degrees. now, through this evening and tonight, we keep the windy weather, particularly across the northern half of scotland. more snow, blizzard conditions for a time — could be 25cm. icy conditions also pushing in for northern ireland with some wintry showers. it could be quite an icy start to saturday, in fact, for many of us, as those temperatures fall down to freezing or a little bit below. some rain in the southeast first thing saturday. that's associated with this frontal system. that clears away. there's the centre of the low pressure associated with storm eowyn. by saturday, it's moving off towards the northeast. so it won't be as windy tomorrow as it is today. but still gales likely, particularly for the north and the west of scotland, with more wintry showers. for most of us, thankfully, a drier, less windy day. on the cold side — six or seven degrees for most of us, but some rain arriving in the west later on. and then things look a little bit quieter thankfully for sunday. less windy, but we could well see some heavy rain on the way. bye for now.

live from london, this is bbc news. storm eowyn continues to batter ireland and the uk, bringing a record gust of of 114mph. this is the scene at ballyholme yacht club in northern ireland. millions of people are being urged to stay at home. live from washington. also coming up... a judge temporarily blocks president trump's order to end automatic citizenship for babies born in the us, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional". donald trump signs an executive order declassifying files on the assassinations of presidentjohn f kennedy, his brother bobby kennedy and civil rights leader martin luther king jr.