patrick gearey reports.the gentle slopes of centurion, you'd never guess there were such monsters in the middle. demons in the pitch that make the ball spit, that left rory burns a hapless victim — the first of many. next to be spooked, dominic sibley. watch that bounce. imagine trying to face it at 90 miles an hour. what a battle. a time for fortune and fortitude. a time to have a cushion of 284 runs on the board, as south africa did. a score that seemed colossal, when joe root succumbed. his decision to bowl first, looking ever more questionable. but there is a time in every scary movie when things seem ordinary. joe denley made it to 50, with ben stokes in support. but something was lurking around the corner. at first, it seemed innocuous. the umpire said not out. but the decision was reviewed. a slight touch showed up. it was the feather which knocked down england's dominoes. next, jonny bairstow. this winter, dropped, recalled, bowled. stokes was tempted to go where he shouldn't. the rest folded behind

patrick gearey, bbc news.is amazing career by winning his 100th title on the atp tour, only the second man in history to do that. the 20 time grand slam winner beat stefanos sit—sipas in straight sets at the dubai tennis championships. jimmy connors, who won 109 titles, is the only other male player to reach the milestone. so does federer now have his sights set on passing that record? — — stefa nos —— stefanos tsitsipas. people are probably going to say, now you have to reach jimmy connors‘s record, you know. but i'm not that kind of a guy even though people might think i am. i draw inspiration from it, but i'm not here to shatter every record out there. and he's a special player, and a special legend in the sport, and if he keeps that record, it's all good. i'm just happy to have reached 100 in my career. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's ben with the papers. hello and welcome to our look at the stories making the sunday papers. with me are the sun on sunday's political editor david woodi

patrick gearey, bbc news.petition. they lost to spain 2—i but the game was marred by a serious injury to luke shaw and a contraversial disallowed goal. our correspondent natalie pirks reports from wembley. you don't win anything with kids, or so the saying goes, but england came closer than they've come in decades this summer. youth is clearly the way forward. harry kane's boots were golden but gareth southgate was without his waistcoat. the summer is well and truly over. but it all started well enough. shaw looking for rashford and he has found him! luke shaw, back in from the cold for club and country, helped get england off to a flyer. a rare sight indeed, an england goalfrom open play. but england had barely finished the celebrations when spain responded. the spaniards were clearly determined to make amends for a poor world cup. england's new—look defence gave them a helping hand. england had their chances. david de gea's save stopped a sure—fire equaliser. but excitement soon gave way to concern. a horrib

patrick gearey, bbc news. defending champions leinster also boosted their qualification hopes.s of reaching the last eight with a a245 win in dublin. in the same pool, wasps lost to leaders toulouse. justin rose needed to finish in the top 12 of the indonesian masters to finish the year as the world's number one golfer. but he had a bit of a nightmare final round. he started the day tied in fourth place. in the end it all came down to this final putt on the 18th. this was for eagle and the top spot in the rankings. but passed it went, and he ended on his worst score of the year. brooks koepka finishes 2018 as world number one. canelo alvarez can now say he's world champion in three weight divisions. that's after he beat liverpool's rocky fielding at madison square gardens earlier this morning. rocky was knocked down four times before the fight was stopped in the third round. i never shied away from the challenge. the phone call i got was calla n challenge. the phone call i got was callan low challenge. the phone call i got was calla n low wa nted challenge. the phone call i got

patrick gearey, bbc news.ber one novak djokovic suffered the heaviest defeat of his career. the serb was beaten in straight sets by italy's lorenzo sonego, who is ranked 42nd in the world and only came into the tournament as a lucky loser. afterwards, sonego described the win as the best of his life. it's the first time djokovic has ever been beaten by such a margin, winning just three games in the whole match. waiting for sonego in the last four will be britain's dan evans, who overcame grigor dimitrov in three sets to reach his second atp 500 semifinal of the year. chris gayle has become the first man to hit 1,000 sixes in t20 cricket. the west indies batsman achieved the feat in the ipl for his kings 11 punjab side with some trademark huge hitting. how often have we seen that? it didn't end too well, though, as he was remarkably bowled out on 99 — you can see how frustrated he was — just one short of his century! he has hit over 300 more sixes than anybody else. and i'm sure he'll hit a few more. now, it's

it‘s been a brilliant tournament for both, as patrick gearey reports.rosario, argentina through battles with body and money. two or three years ago, i had too many injuries. i drop my ranking and eight months i was out of the tour. and then, i did not have money to start playing the tournament and it was a very tough moment for me. all but one of her grand slams had ended in the anonymity of qualifying, but she broke through, stunning in the quarterfinal. no qualifier has ever made it this far this event, but that is where it got complicated. opponent iga swiatek is ranked 54th in the world but clearly hurtling higher. nadia podoroska said she didn‘t want to wake from her french open dream, but the iga swiatek forehand was a brutal grooming alarm call. the polish woman isjust 19 and has a teenager‘s disregard for the speed limit. those rockets clocked 80 mph. she had already left her opponent in the dust. nadia podoroska was left little choice but to load the catapult. the girl from rosario had never won two matches in a row on the women‘s tour before t

patrick gearey, bbc news. throughout the middle period, we struggled to create a chance. period. you know, we tried a few different things. i thought that we held our length pretty well. yes, test cricket, i think when you come off the back of a game where it's all happened very quickly, it's like sometimes you expect things to happen. but it's five days for a reason, and sometimes you have to sit in and be patient, and i thought we did that pretty well. it's been confirmed that tyson fury will fight the amercian deontay wilder for the wbc heavyweight title, after his latest victory last night. fury beat the italian francesco pianeta on points in belfast in what was only his second fight back after almost three years away from the ring. and so the build up begins. here's fury squaring up with wilder in the ring, two of the biggest characters in boxing right now. that fight is likely to be in las vegas at the end of this year. the fight hasn't happened yet but one thing i do know is i have been to america before and conquered it. i beat steve cunningham in new york and fra

patrick gearey was watching.he british after a repeated french exit heather watson remained at the party. she began brightly, guiding drop shots. perfect. dodging raindrops. but there was another peril in the air. powering back. rappelling in the dominating the tie—breaker, rappelling in the dominating the tie—brea ker, wrestling the rappelling in the dominating the tie—breaker, wrestling the set on the grasp, french for now, she was to mash and the appreciative cloud. and yet to win this since tennis restarted. she fears that she sensed a chance in the seventh game. she's only made the second round here once before but seem to advance towards it effortlessly. there will be no brits there for the first time in seven yea rs. brits there for the first time in seven years. game set match, championship over and for britain, the french open is already closed. after the match watson admitted she couldn't see where future british success would come from. for me, as far as the next generation goes, like, 29, i for me, as

patrick gearey, bbc news.and play canada in edmonton later while in the last few minutes wales have beaten argentina. wales won by 23 points to ten in the first game of their two test series which is in argentina. there was an enthralling encounter in paris, where tennis‘s world number one, simona halep, finally won her first grand slam final at the fourth attempt. halep admitted she had come to terms with the fact she might never win a major. but this afternoon she eventually beat the us open champion, sloane stephens, coming back from a set down to win in three to become the french open champion. england's women are cricket's world cup winners, but they have lost their first one day international of the summer to south africa. england made 189—9 off their 50 overs, but lizelle lee's unbeaten 92 included a six, to give south africa a seven wicket win at worcester. there is plenty more on the bbc sport website including the build—up to former world champion tyson fury‘s return to boxing, qualifying for formula

patrick gearey, bbc news. may pull out of the french open if there is too much risk to his knee, and to his wimbledon prospects, if he plays on. he came past dominik koepfer in a tough four—setter which took more than three and a half hours — and that was only his sixth match since double knee surgery. federer will decide today whether to carry on — britain's cameron norrie had a good run at roland garros but he's out — beaten by the defending champion rafael nadal in straight sets. nadal is aiming for a record—extending 14th french open title — he faces jannik sinner in the last 16. world number one novak djokovic is also through. women's defending champion iga swiatek is safely through but there's been another big name exit — elina svitolina was soundly beaten by barbora krejcikova — the fifth seed won just five games in the match. a week today, england will be playing their first match at the delayed european championship — when they face croatia at wembley. this evening, they face romania in theirfinal war

there was a special moment for one of lancashire's favourite sons before the start of play as patrick geareyg of the test, perfect time to pick up a new bit of kit. james anderson took this frame. part of old trafford took his name. the pavilion end, now the james anderson end, something for lancastrians to look up to. the man himself had to watch someone else bowl the first over from it. keatonjennings was reprieved by fingertips, but later condemned by a feather. caught behind forjust 17, but on a ground still recovering from holding a radiohead concert, no alarms are no surprises with alastair cook at the crease. all suitably sedate until a wake—up call just after two. cook caught quinton de kock. not long later, tom westley followed rather more spectacularly. the first wicket at the anderson and may be remembered for its capture rather than its bowler. the first man to deprive the keeper of a catch was the captain, faff du plessis, england four down. there was a reliable reservoir of runs remaining. joe root made his way to 50 as he has in ten straight tests. manchester saluted a yorkshi

patrick gearey, bbc news.r from 5pm on every day of each test. liverpool became the first english side to win six out of six in he group stage of the champions league beating ac milan 2—1 in italy. they were already guaranteed going through to the knockout stage as group winners, milan were bidding to finish second to reach the the next round and went ahead through fikayo tomori with almost half an hour gone. but their lead only lasted a few minutes as mo salah equalised for liverpool with his twentieth goal of the season. divock 0rigi scored a late winner for the reds at wolves on saturday, and made it 2—1 to end milan's hopes. the draw for the knockout stage takes place next monday. manchester city, who'd already qualified top of group a were beaten 2—1 in germany by rb leipzig, riyadh mahrez scored late to give his side hope. but just when city thought they may have a chance of snatching a draw kyle walker was handed a straight red card for this challenge meaning he'll miss the first leg of their last 16 cl

patrick gearey, bbc news.n and the league sees that you can't, then that has to be looked at. and the health and welfare, which everyone talks about. the hardest thing of all, don't forget, and to give you a view of the covid situation, because everyone has to isolate, they can't train. and therefore, when they come back in, you've got two days to get them ready and then they've got to play. and that's very difficult. celtic were 2—0 winners over hibernian as a full capacity crowd was allowed following the lifting of scottish government restrictions. fans are back for the first time in 2022 and came in their droves. new signing daizen maeda ofjapan scored for the glaswegians after just five minutes of his debut. and a second from the penalty spot from josip juranovic 20 minutes later set the hoops on their way, as they move to within three of leaders rangers. cameroon have finished top of group a at the africa cup of nations after a 1—1 draw with cape verde today. the tournament hosts took a first—half lead th

patrick gearey reports.ewett and reid, victory becomes a sort of muscle memory. this was the third australian open, but winning never becomes boring. in the past two years, they have seized every grand slam available. different surfaces, climates, and opponents — with one formidable constant. i think i've got a good leader next to me. ever since we first partnered, which was nine years ago now, he's always took me under his wing and mentored me. i think that relationship never changed. i'm just a little bit fearless out there, and he's the more composed, rational one on the court. it would be easy to take glory for granted, but repeated success requires that you keep going up that hill. it sometimes hurts — and when they won wimbledon last year, there was worry behind the smiles. hewett was awaiting news on a rule change, which could have excluded him from the sport he'd given much of his life to. last november, he was cleared to play. and now, he might be coming back with even more excess baggage than his p

patrick gearey, bbc news. and there will be a fifth and final ashes test, but that starts on friday. next to football. it upset. newcastle were beaten by league 1 cambridge. kieran trippier made his first appearance for the premier league side but it wasn't enough to save the match as his new team were humbled in a 1—0 defeat, joe ironside providing the goal to send cambridge into the fourth round. and their travelling fans wild in the stands we always knew, going to the game, we have nothing to lose. we only can win, and just we needed to come here and be the best version of ourselves, and that's what we did today, you know, we scored, we kept a clean sheet, which is really important. coming here, not many teams can do that. we always had that belief, and i'm really happy, look at how many supporters have come here to support us. we sold out. it's incredible. what a way to start the year. and the shocks continued as kidderminster, the lowest ranked team left in the cup, pulled off a stunning comeback to beat

patrick gearey, bbc news. yeah, lots to look forward to.e a good night. hello there. it was a cold, frosty start on wednesday with some early sunshine, but the cloud arrived as we went through the day, and we closed out wednesday with quite a lot of cloud around acting like a blanket through the night. so, temperatures not falling quite as far. and in actual fact, the wind direction changing for thursday to more of a westerly, and that�*s going to drive something a little less cold across the country with the darker blues, the colder airjust being pushed out of the way for one day at least. also got some rain arriving with this area of low pressure. the wettest and the windiest of the weather always going to be into the far northwest for thursday. so, quite a lot of rain around, the wind strengthening here. thicker cloud along west facing coasts of wales and southwest england will always bring the risk of the odd spot or two of light rain. sheltered eastern areas faring best in terms of drier, brighter weather, but not that much in the way

patrick gearey, bbc news.nton matusevich play in the final round of qualifying over five sets tomorrow. katie swan and naykta bains play their second round matches tomorrow. swan had a comfortable straight sets win today as she beat the australian lizette cabrera 7—5, 6-2. finally, wales flanker justin tipuric has come into the starting team for saturday's british and irish lions match againstjapan at murrayfield. he replaces scotland back—rower hamish watson, who suffered a concussion in training. watson, who was set to make his first appearance for the lions, will be cleared to play again once he passes a series of medical tests. now, for everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website, but that is all your sport for now. hello. two weather systems working south with a chance of rain. most of it will be light and patchy, as early as it spreads further south and weekends. early sunshine east anglia and the southeast, increasing cloud for the afternoon, chance of light rain by evening. elsewhere patchy

patrick gearey, bbc news.e that, with monkey chants and black players being targeted, it's something that has been going on for a very, very long time in european football, and it's something that is now... the time must be now to do more to tackle this and to make sure that everything that is possible to tackle this sort of abuse is being done. great britain have passed the 100—medal mark at this year's tokyo paralympics. there were three golds on day ten. world t44 highjump champion jonathan broom—edwards, a silver medallist in rio, went one better this time by clearing 2.10 metres with his second attempt for gold. owen miller, making his paralympic debut, put in a strong final lap to win the t201,500 metres in 3:54:57 seconds, ahead of the russian alexander rabotnitskii. and canoeist emma wiggs was victorious in the vl2 200m event — the first time that this particular canoe has been raced at the paralympics. she won gold when para—canoe made its debut in rio. there was plenty of action in the diamond league

patrick gearey, bbc news.es runs until the end of 2023. fifa's head of global development, arsene wenger, is in favour of a world cup every two years while wiegman most certainly isn't. i wouldn't do it. why is that? because i think it's not good for the players, for their welfare. in europe, we are very organised. we have very good competitions. we have the euros, then you have the olympics. then you have the world cup, which are major tournaments for us from europe, and i think when you have all these tournaments every year, when are the players going to get some rest? and where are they going to recover from a very intense football year every year in a row? players are not robots, so i don't think it's a very good idea. wycombe wanderers could take legal action against the club's relegation to league one. this comes after derby county's decision to enter administration that will see the championship club deducted 12 points. county's owner mel morris apologised to fans in a bbc interview yesterday, and also

patrick gearey reports. you can't escape cricket in india. need to be prepared to play the long game and, you know, to outpace the other side. i think that's going to be a really important factor within the four games. england tend to be subordinate on the subcontinent. over the six series in the past 30 years, they've won only once in india. four years ago, they lost 4—0. and this time, of course, there will be a bubble around the cauldron. on arrival, england were swabbed up and then locked down. six days in quarantine before four—and—a—half weeks of bio—secure test cricket. to try and release the pressure, england gave the likes of ben stokes and joffra archer time out before this tour, and others will be rested during it — not entirely noncontroversially. anyone that's criticising it has never stayed in a big bubble for months, i should say. i think we need to get in and out because, at the end of the day, humans are social people, and if you're not having a great game or if you're not feeling good within your cricket, you know, there's n

patrick gearey, bbc news.d a visit to the red bull racing factory in milton keynes today to celebrate his first championship with the team. a warm hug from team principal christian horner. mercedes say they intend to appeal against the decision to reject their initial protest against the result on sunday. they have until 7pm tomorrow night to decide whether to press on with that appeal. races should be won on the track, and i think throughout the whole season we have been doing that. when you look at the whole season, if you take away the bad luck, we should've already won the championship before that. but you're in that position and so, we will celebrate regardless but we at least won it on the track. max verstappen there, and that's all the sport for now. hello there. cloudy skies are going to dominate the picture for the foreseeable future, and underneath that blanket of cloud, we start mild on thursday. we do have some clearer skies, some patchy mist and fog across parts of northern england and into norfol

patrick gearey, bbc news. says "we need to get over talking about pitches" and leach agrees with his opponent. if i was watching a test match, i would probably want it to go longer than two days. so that's my only, kind of, i guess, viewing it from being a cricket fan, it's that maybe a test match should go longer than that, and whether that's down to the pitch or skills or what... that, for me, playing is, i'm fully concentrating on how i can best do on every wicket that i play on and they outbowled us on that wicket. and that fourth and final test for england against india gets under way on thursday. of course for that and everything else, the bbc sport website — but that is all your sport for now. hello there. today is shaping up to be a pretty similar day to how yesterday was with many places starting chilly, grey, foggy with some low cloud what will slowly burn back towards the east coast, allowing for some sunshine to develop for many of us. so, a largely dry day today, a chilly start with that low cloud

patrick gearey reports. the champions cup demands much.n exhilarating one. in meetings between great forces, sometimes it's precise angles that count. glasgow warriors picked one here for tommy seymour to score. the warriors are scotland's only representative in this competition and are in some form but eventually buckled on the overbearing exeter chiefs pressure. sam simmons settled it. the chiefs have conquered england. what price now europe? this was the first that anyone had seen of la rochelle in the champions cup. few will forget them, lease of all harlequins. the men from the atlantic coast attacked in waves, scoring four tries and 3a points. quins played their part in a remarkable match. and a bonus point as some consolation. points were a little scarcer at the rec. bath has spent much of the time keeping benetton treviso out. but when they got the chance to express themselves, it all flowed. zach mercer with the first of their two tries. 22—nil, not the whole story but the part that matters. earlier, leicester had to face the unse

patrick gearey reports. no wonder they're buying souvenirs. something's stirring in scottish rugby.etter to test their new confidence against than australia 7 there is heartbreaking history here. the wallabies have a habit of snatching victory from the scots. and there were ominous signs. it all changed with a charge. this was the last act of sekope kepu's match. it's a red card from me. red meant go for scotland. from the moment they dived over they were in total control. mcguigan was not even due to be playing that match, but scored twice. with the extra man, scotland found several extra gears. eight tries in all. they had never beaten australia by more than nine points, this time, they had 29. they had hopes of defying history in cardiff too. there are only fading flickering memories of the last time wales beat new zealand back in 1953. on a different ground, and in what seems to be a different game to the one the current all blacks play, a combination of the bombastic and the gymnastic. waisake naholo, scoring twice from two attacks. wales hadn't deserve that. still, instead of

patrick gearey reports. as they thunder away to a perfect start... began. it hosted the first race for formula i and many of its most famous ones. now, 50 years afterjim clarke won the british grand prix here for the fifth time, a new hd hero is hoping to do the same. lewis hamilton matched clark's records 8 pole positions yesterday. his last lap was half a second better than anybody else‘s. in fi, half a second is an age. fans have seen hamilton at his best but how much longer will they be able to watch formula i here? the circuit has activated a break clause in their contract to host the sport in a row over money. so the speculation that the race may move to another circuit or even the streets of london after 2019. but for drivers, whether active or retired, silverstone is special. silverstone is like wimbledon. you need to keep the legendary venues. silverstone is so legendary and historic. there were racing there in the ‘505. so we do need to stay there. silverstone 2017 is expected to be the best attended race on the calendar. 0rganisers insist

patrick gearey reports. when you're stood at the top of the world, when you go next?y's case, a miscalculation we started a chain reaction. a series of batsmen got the sums wrong. south african had them 130 inch 146. england's crown weighing heavy. they were aligned on animist last yea r‘s party. heavy. they were aligned on animist last year's party. joe donnelly, drop late on from that world cup squad, finally gave the stems elevation. he made 87, but had england gone far enough? 259 was hardly a table mountain of a target. in south africa climbed steadily towards it. englishmen went running for cover. they had little in their attack. without ben stokes and jofra archer, quinton de kock smash them all over cape town, going to a century in his first match as captain. the man at the top of the world have started down—to—earth. patrick geary, bbc news. that's all the sport. you can find all of the goals and reaction from the fa cup on the bbc sport website. bye for now. hello. the weather pattern is very quiet for the next few days, but thatis quiet for the next few day

patrick gearey looks ahead for us.home among the flowers and fans. —— fallen quiet. a stage made for hollywood — and 18 months ago, they got a storyline to match. tiger woods, consigned to history, back to glory. since then, like for many in 2020, things have not gone to plan. this has been an unprecedented circumstances that we are all dealing with. i was hesitant to come back and start playing. i have not put all the pieces together. hopefully, that'll be this week. augusta national sees itself as a century from the outside world, but that is not always possible. sergio garcia tested positive for coronavirus and won't play this time. also missing, the crowds. their absence will make fairways feel either lonely or peaceful — depending on your view, depending on yourform. rory mcilroy seems to be enjoying the silence. attention, for once, is elsewhere. i don't mind this. this is nice. it feels like everything this year, it's more subdued, it's more relaxed, it's sort ofjust... that's the feel for me, anyway. obviously

patrick gearey watched this one. few opposition managers get this reception at stamford bridge. reception at stamford bridge. frank lampa rd currently at reception at stamford bridge. frank lampard currently at derby, but forever chelsea. could his record is by his rbio? he followed his boss to literally. he, like lampard, knows what it is like to score for chelsea. derby came from behind in the last round against manchester united. jack marrian was a scorer there, and so will, 1—0 —— i—i. richard keogh the next with a slapped it miskick. surely not. —— slapstick. he set up martin waghorn for another derby equaliser. four goals in half an hour, all too derby players. the glorious madness went on. finally chelsea scored once themselves. cesc fabregas got it, 3-2, themselves. cesc fabregas got it, 3—2, in the final minutes it was derby's final chance to send it to penalties. not this time varma ——, but lampa rd penalties. not this time varma ——, but lampard and his team could be back. also through to the quarter—finals are arsenal, after a 2—1 home win against blackpool, both thos

wolves though lost 1—0 at home to patrick gearey reports.horeographed. nothing else about this match was quite so structured. had been chances at either but only when young joe willetts struck a frankfurt foot did one count. the game carried on in a clumsy cartoonish manner. game carried on in a clumsy ca rtoonish manner. attacking breathlessly but aimlessly. 2a shots, no goals. bound to be frustrating and a lack of care cost them a second yellow card. finally arsenal took some control. 18—year—old bukayo sa ka arsenal took some control. 18—year—old bukayo saka had never scored in senior football before then. remember that goal, scored in senior football before then. rememberthat goal, remember that name. we all know about obamoyang. someone must assume, a lwa ys obamoyang. someone must assume, always the sign an entertaining night. a few of manchester united's starting lineup against astana, six of whom were born after eric cantona left the club. linking into the path of the shot from marcus rushford, an elder statesman tonight. the hard to

patrick gearey reports.o call this the ravenhill roar, but now ulster stadium is officially known as the kingspan. whatever you name it, you can definitely hear it, especially when robert baloucoune of enniskillen went over on his european debut against racing 92 — one of the mightiest around. that try came from fermanagh. the next hailed from tyrone. jacob stockdale's smile summing up ulster‘s start. their dreamlike state lasted for the first 20 minutes, before this brutal wake up call from virimi va katawa. still, ulster responded, sending a kick into the path of stockdale, a try, surely, but fate and physics abandoned them. the smile remained. racing reduced the gap to six points at the break, but perhaps stockdale knew something, because this time the ball bounced for him. were the celebrations too early? racing came back, of course. once this brilliant try was converted, they were one behind. belfast breath was baited but this kick sealed a famous victory on a day when these ulstermen well and truly sto

as patrick gearey reports. scotland shake up the six nations for the second time.tournament's crossroads they took the right path. so much hanging over this, for 20 minutes so little ground given, until wales set off on the open road. liam williams on the fast lane. too quick to be stopped by any of scotland's barriers. so they tried to catch them another way. finn russell kicked scotland closer, but leigh halfpenny can kick to the horizon. consider russell trumped. four now. scotland flew out after the break. tommy seymour for the line. in the city of trainspotting, try—spotting. was it? it was, just. scotland ahead. they moved six points clear, then wales responded. this time rhys webb asked the question, but, before he reached the try line he reached touch. the answer was no try. under the pump scotland have cracked in the past, now the pressure powered them. a fizzer to tim visser, delirium vern cotter style. a first scottish victory over wales in ten years. 29—13 and all of this shows scotland's rugby resurgence and proves that they are very real contenders fo

the greek side then scored either side of half time to salvage a point..patrick gearey reports.he boil. spurs started in a slumber until awoken by a crucial whistle. penalty, hurricane. —— harry. olympiakos had been the better tea m harry. olympiakos had been the better team for long periods and quick, quality moments. a goaljust before halftime putting fire beneath the cauldron. then got bad. the greek champions level. still, they could have still wanted. but it was a chance missed. there were 8 games in total this evening — gareth bale started for real madrid as they lost 3 nil. angel di maria with two — bale did have the ball in the net — ruled out for handball. atletico madrid fought back from 2 nil down to level things againstjuventus and you can find lots more details on all the matches on the bbc sport website. europe's captain padraig harrington has named robert karlsson as the first of his vice—captains for the 2020 competition at whistling straits. the swede had the same role in paris last year as europe regained the trophy. karlsson made two ryder cup appearances as a

patrick gearey looks back at what really was a super saturday. the slam in the storm.in rain and champagne, wales have conquered all — a third grand slam in 11 years and the man behind it stood quietly beside it. it's not about me, it's about those players. we spoke beforehand about them playing for themselves and their families and this crowd and wales as a whole and to be able to create a bit of history, so they can never take that away from them. wales were expecting something fearsome from the west and it came via the weather, not ireland. it took little more than a minute for the welsh to work out a way through them and listen to the reaction when hadleigh parkes scored. cheering and applause. ireland never silenced the hymns and arias. last year, jacob stockdale was the star of a team that won the grand slam. this time he and they have been shackled. under pressure, they made mistakes which delivered up welsh penalties. slotted away by gareth anscomb. wales steadily built a lead that ireland never threatened to come back from. in a world cup year, they're now try

patrick gearey reports.e league. no mugs, despite how they were made to look in the first half. the boys from italy one down to a man who‘s soon after italy. to a man who‘s soon off to italy. aaron ramsey signs forjuventus this summer, how they will miss him. arsenal were rampant, when napoli finally got something in the way, this happens. lucas took the shot and the credit, but the touch was inadvertently important. his goal keeper‘s fingertips would be equally crucial. alex stood the tide, somehow denying arsenal of the goal which might settle this quarterfinal, and it still needed settling. arsenal‘s away record is patchy to say the least. napoli knew it. that miss might be abig what—ifs, still the gunners could travel to naples in added comfort, for a second some of the emirates thought it was in. not quite. and this contest not quite over. the first 20 minutes in prague were hardly worth recording. chelsea slumbered against slavia was only ended by a moment of inspiration. unlucky. but also unmatched fo

patrick gearey reports now from wembley.three seasons away in the second—tier championship. they will benefit with at least £170 million across three yea rs at least £170 million across three years and that could go up to £300 million if they managed to stay up for one season. it was an entertaining final at wembley stadium. the deadlock was broken when the ball was shouldered in. aston villa went to—o up. a terrible time to make a mistake like that. derby had to go and save their season with 20 minutes left. they did get one back with ten left. not clear if the player got a touch but it was academic. it was all about whether derby could get the equaliser. prince william could barely watch. the tension was released on the final whistle. derby com pletely released on the final whistle. derby completely gutted. aston villa jubilant. villa will be much richer. former european and english leg champions, will feel they belong in the premier league and that is where they will play their football next year. the cricket world cup is

lords thanks to a first test century from chris woakes but the weather continues to disrupt, as patrick geareyner walks in london. with india's score a short hop away, lords is an oil painting, but one that shows up false strokes. under sunny skies england's batsmen wandered into unforecast storms. england prised out four wickets before lunch. there had been more rain than runs in this unsettled test, sojonny bairstow‘s 50 was worth a fortune. and he was about to get gazumped. chris woakes flew past him as india started to flag. with old father time looming over this match england had to get a move on. this brought chris woakes his first test century, scored on his return to the team to replace ben stokes. england cannot have asked for more. now for bairstow‘s moment. he was denied his century by the athletic magic of the indian fielder in a spectacular, but anti—climactic end. england probably had enough runs by the time bad light stopped play. the conditions keep curtailing the cricket, but chris woakes will never have enjoyed a more satisfying stroke. a more satisfying stroll. next to the t

patrick gearey watched the action.extensive, some paid £55 to get in but too much in the words of their manager. at least manchester united were holding a giveaway at the back with this ending up with pedro netto at checkout with no queue. teenager‘s guilty look was telling and in va are they said the ball hit the arm in the buildup and that was enough to disallow. the next decisive wolves arm was their goalkeeper‘s, amber rudd out to deny danjames, the clearest manchester united pla nts the clearest manchester united plants in the whole two games but like the goalless draw at molineux, this was meandering until the wolves defence made it interesting and into the vacuum when one matter. what he lacks in velocity makes up ensure quality. those moments of belated i°y quality. those moments of belated joy gave away to concern. for england and united knighted. marcus rashford was off again after coming on, an injury watched closely. wolves won‘t give them to united march on despite the deed for. patrick geary, bbc news ——

against the bottom side in the group, but ultimately got the win they desperately needed, as patrick geareyemerged and refresh. once out of favour he is now back at the centre of things with his club, where he a lwa ys of things with his club, where he always was for his country. they say he isa always was for his country. they say he is a man who makes things happen, but rarely like this. setting up an accidental punchline, he was never really in on the joke. an own goal, but a big golfer wales who really had to win this, the struggle to put together anything more deliberate which left them vulnerable. azerbaijan had the chance for a second goal, his nation ranked 109th in the world were level. wales, semifinalist at the last euros, were up semifinalist at the last euros, were up against it to even reach the next one, chances and time passed, seven minutes remained when gareth bale climbed above the chaos. was it in? the margin was slight the significance mattered. wales remain in trouble but for now they have escaped with bale. scotland's hopes of qualifying are hanging by a thread after

patrick gearey watched the action.th, despite it all. the last league goal they saw he was in april. nearly seven months of drought, and despite the effo rts months of drought, and despite the efforts of philip dilling, still counting. but not too long. fulham have conceded than any premier league team this season, and they left schindler free to end the case, timothy fosu—mensah adding the final touch, own goal. they were not worried about identity. finally, ecstasy. but more misery for jokanovic. this level offers no guarantees or warranties and alex pritchard might guarantees or warranties and alex pritcha rd might have guarantees or warranties and alex pritchard might have added worried your mac value for huddersfield. they needed that. the nerves were growing but fulham were finally staring. four years ago, growing but fulham were finally staring. fouryears ago, andre growing but fulham were finally staring. four years ago, andre won the world cup. rio must feel a long way away. his manager may soon be on departur

patrick gearey reports.inevitably going to win it, they need one wicket to do so. india did show some fight, but they also had a batting collapse. jennings caught behind, alastair cook caught in the slips, sparking fresh doubt about how longhi will go on an england side. joe root was caught in slips, and polly pope, another caught in slips. england's two most attacking batsmen had to help them out, ben stokes and jos buttler. stokes went to his lowest ever test 50 after tea. the real star was jos buttler who lowest ever test 50 after tea. the real star wasjos buttler who went to his maiden test century having been dropped on one. it shows his maturity as a test match batsman. when he got out he was trapped lbw, sparking a new flurry of wickets. so, stokes and works. —— bairstow. the fifth day might only last on—ball. it is inevitable now that england will make take the series 2-1. it is important to us to show up 2-1. it is important to us to show up and show a lot of character and a lot of fight, and not gi

patrick gearey reports. 0na night like on a night like this, all traffic can appear the fortress of fear goalline technology and human error. too little from that the de gea, too late from ander herrera. jose mourinho left pogba and romelu lukaku on the bench, they needed a quick response. anthony martial equalised much later. what followed was the energy—saving middleground. arsenal waiting for the car to drop, pierre emerick aubameyang with, putting them ahead. jesse lingard store at —— the scorer, helped by various mistakes. we hurtle towards a chaotic conclusion. david de gea saved united, but then the linesman saved. in our best moment, the moment of oui’ in our best moment, the moment of our control, the moment when everybody was expecting 2—1. the moment we were feeling the one step ahead, is the moment we concede a second goal. is the moment, let's say, we score the second goal. is really difficult. again, the feeling in the dressing room is of course, frustration because we want to win the match, we don't want to draw. but the feeling is that everybody is tired and when everybod

and there could have been more, as patrick gearey reports. it is the salute of the underdog.t performed by iceland at last summer's euros, whose upstart example wolverhampton wanderers followed gloriously. opponents liverpool had made nine changes and were just getting acquainted with each other when richard stearman headed wolves ahead. later in the half, the championship side sprung again. all it needed was for andreas weimann to stay calm, then composure could go out the window. liverpool got one back, but still went out of their second cup in a week. lincoln cathedral was once the tallest building in the world. the football club sits at a lower level, but keeps reaching new heights in the cup. brighton are on course for the premier league, but seemed to lose their bearings at sincil bank. the on—loan striker made it 2—1 to the non—league side, who couldn't believe their luck. but they didn't rely on fortune. as against ipswich in the last round, they mixed adrenaline with the cool head of theo robinson. lincoln city, for the first time in 115 years, are surely through now

patrick gearey reports. if pakistan have a planet is not an easy one to work out.stant volume. new zealand's martin guptill swept away in the energy that pakistan thrived on. their captain, sarfaraz, somehow got ross taylor. like the shark spin of shadab khan, another wicket fell. england were nervous. they were the third team in this matter. pakistan could catch them. new zealand made it to 237. so, how would pakistan cope when faced with the kiwi attack? laurie ferguson made imam—ul—haq flinch. a time for level heads. they call mohammad hafeez the professor, but this was a miscalculation. were they about to blow it? every drive drained the menace from new zealand's bowlers. not long after, the match was over. in 1992, pakistan one world cup after a similar start. watch out england, they are behind you. england centre—backs steph houghton and mille bright remain major doubts for tomorrow evening's women's world cup quarter final against norway. this challenge near the end of their last 16 tie with cameroon left houghton with an ankle injury. she trained with the g

as patrick gearey reports. to a three wicket victory.nglishman fo being you'd forget one englishman for being a little jaded on parade. joe root became a father last saturday, flew long haul on wednesday and was at the crease on saturday. a game of co nsta nt at the crease on saturday. a game of constant bustle and muscle. after jason roy's start, joe root took the wheel. he ran out of steam and 78, but ben stokes hoisted england up to 350. the highest one—day score against india. oreven 350. the highest one—day score against india. or even total is that they can evaporate here. an early rattle of the kids are reassured england, but none of the four who went was virat kohli. indian captain, indian icon, a man who soars under scrutiny, a signature six to complete his 27th one—day century. if that created a stir, this local boy did with 100. the heavy lifting had been done. time to show. right now, there seemed few heights cannot reach. saracens are into the quarter finals of rugby union's european champions cup. finals of rugby union's wi

patrick gearey reports. on top of a mountain and on top of the world.—year—old colombian, will almost certainly become the third youngest winner in the history of the tour de france. born in the andes, and crowned in the alps, bernal was followed all the way to the top by his countrymen who had never seen a colombian win this race. bernal‘s job was to stay in yellow and maintain his lead over the shortened 37 mile course. last year's winner, britain's geraint thomas, and the rest of team ineos, playing wingmen, protecting him from threats. like the man in blue behind him, frenchman julian alaphilippe was the chaser but that takes its toll on these punishing slopes. this is the moment france's bid for a first tour winner in sa years ran out of puff. thomas was now second but launched no challenge, effectively handing over the title to his team—mate. so what was his message to his successor? ijust said to him, just enjoy it, soak it all up and don't worry about crying because all real men cry. it's amazing to be part of it, he's a phenomenal athlete, 22,

they took the lead in haifa, but ill discipline, ill fortune and illjudgement cost them dear, as patrick geareythan to 11 who were. leigh griffiths' decision to leave the scotland squad to improve his fitness begs several questions, not least out with a score. well, with the help was israel for a start. foul, penalty. charlie mulgrew haven't scored for his country in 4.5 years and missed a penalty for scotla nd 4.5 years and missed a penalty for scotland earlier this year but never in doubt. israel might be dressed as manchester city but are ranked below luxembourg but should have been level at the break. the start of the second was largely played in scotland's half, the equaliserfelt inevitable for a while. all hands on deck for scotland but one went overboard, this got sued the scent off and further depleted scottish resistance. in the end tierney scored israel's winner for them. resistance. in the end tierney scored israel's winnerfor them. it was that connell might. a long way back from haifa and it seems alex mcleish's team have a long way to go -- it mcleish's team have a long way to go —

patrick gearey reports.ey want you to think. no other cricketing nation swings so freely from low to high. having lost all ten wickets for 105 on friday, now they made 82 without losing one stop mohammad hafeez embodied the spirit, the aim to put the world's number one side under a bit of pressure and see what happens. jason roy, the cringing face of england's bad day in the field. hafeez made another 70 runs before chris woakes finally got hold of him. pakistan still had enough wind in their sales to set england world cup record run chase of 349. no wonder eoin morgan was practising his batting. it didn't help him here. the captain one of four england batsman to fall early. it was the one they missed that mattered. joe root had been dropped on ten and made good on his escape, staring his way to the first century of this world cup. england are anchored by their root, so listen to the reaction when pakistan finally dug him out. they knew how much closer to victory that had taken them, but one man remained in

been suspending pending an appeal, but that didn't stop the jeers from the gloucester fans, as patrick geareyurday boos, but tuesday's news will linger longer. found guilty of breaching the salary cap, they are paying with points, pounds and endless taunting. until the appeal, they have rugby to distract them, going back to what they know, smashing gloucester‘s door ajar, nick thompkins scored. losing the arm wrestle, gloucester chose another option. tom marshall opted for a bit of football, followed at the last by some diving. try. but saracens also know the value of the boot, winning penalties to be kicked by manu vunipola, cousin of england's billy and mako. sarries success has been built on family as well as money. using a collective spirit they call the wolfpack, but which looks more like a herd of wildebeest when it is doing this. ben earl got the ball down. then they locked the door, a late gloucester try proved purely academic. for some, saracens are cheats and this might be the week everything changes, apart from one thing — the results. patrick geary, bbc news. there have been medal

reach the top tier of the nations league but narrowly missed out in an eventful match, watched by patrick gearey excellent and confident and initiate should have given them the lead against denmark. —— gareth bale. it can be a cruel, ruthless game, later in the half chestermere something else, —— chester missed something else, —— chester missed some meals. when denmark get ahead they tend to stay there, the well struggled to find flair of the useful kind. ryan giggs trying to get the spark from the stands but his defence developed a terrible d raft. his defence developed a terrible draft. denmark smashed clear. everyone including the director and the danish defence was still taking that he and when gareth bale nicks through to make it 2—1. it took the replay to reveal the role ashley williams‘ pass had played. denmark had done enough for promotion, gigs and wales still have some work to do. elsewhere, the netherlands deservedly beat france 2—0 to end the world champions‘ is—game unbeaten run and relegate germany. a dutch draw in germany on monday would see them win the group. elsewhere, gibralta

patrick gearey reports.re the statement was published, you could see this decision coming. you could hear it in the full—time boos, as west ham lost their 9th match in 12th. 9th match in 12. by evening, manuel pellegrini's departure was announced. west ham's co—chairman david sullivan said: this black—and—white fate came courtesy of a man named gray. commentator: it's demarai gray! 2—1 leicester! that winner for leicester left west ham just one point above the bottom three. the prospect of playing second—tier football in the former olympic stadium unthinkable for the owners. they planned so much more when they hired pellegrini, who won the premier league with manchester city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led the hammers to tenth in the table last season. but after a promising start, the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday, he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think