that is what he always does against david goffin. recently in basel he lost just david goffin.e lostjust three games to him. great credit to david goffin for sticking with the game plan, going for the roger federer forehand. and pushing him again and again. i did not think roger was really switched on in the final set. he was trying but it was not there. he won the first set comfortably, it is sometimes hard to get your brain blackened that mindset. that's back —— back into that mindset. he did look a little bit frustrated towards the end. a break and then australia, and i don't think you'll worry too much about this. it is a loss he should not have had, and a semifinal and loss he should not have had, and a semifinaland a loss he should not have had, and a semifinal and a final now that we could not possibly have imagined. we are saying goodbye to roger, but there is still a lot to. you very rarely see fedor being bullied from the baseline! now it is david goffin through to the final. the other semifinalists coming up. one of the semifinalists went from 24th in the world to to

david goffin a game up. —— in the season ending world tour finals final. to see you. we have film stars don't die in liverpool. justice league. batman and wonder woman are back. and mudbound, a powerful drama set in 1940s mississippi. it is an interesting week. i'm dying to know what you think of ourfirst film. set in the ‘70s. yes. based on the memoir by peter turner. annette benning is superb as gloria grahame. jamie bell's character, a twentysomething struggling actor becomes infatuated in the late ‘70s. he discovers they are sharing digs in this house and he is bewitched by her presence, as we all are. here is a clip. hey. you're the next—door guy, right? which makes you the girl next door. have you seen the movie saturday night fever? yeah, actually, three times. so, you like disco dancing? oh, god. i like drunk dancing. so, if i make you a drink, do you want to be my partner for my dance class? if you fix me a drink, i will clean your bathroom! i already love it. you can see there is real chemistry between them. the film divides its time between the

the world number one takes on david goffin in the second singles match at 8pm.ia's grigor dimitrov admitted he felt pretty nervous after seeing off austrian dominic thiem in three dramatic sets on his atp finals debut. rounding up all the action for us is sue barker. we had an absolute thriller this afternoon in the 02 arena. grigor afternoon in the o2 arena. grigor dimitrov held on in the end. really good quality tennis, two different styles, dimitrov get into the net a bit more. up 5—4, serving for the match, never easy. there was a questionable one he did not challenge, the ball was out. if the ball had come in, two match points. very difficult to call the lines. but again he felt he would win and suddenly it was 5—5. he did very well to respond, break again and eventually serve out. the nerves he showed at the end of that, can you teach a player not to feel those nerves? nerves are a good thing because it shows you care. if you we re because it shows you care. if you were not nervous, it would mean you we re were not nervous, it would mean you were not nervo

he plays david goffin later this evening. that matches live on bbc two.ful one after a points victory over his mexican opponent, garcia. front and went to the canvas in the seventh round. but his solid work gave him the edge on the judges‘ scorecard. he is targeting another attempt to win back a world title. and british speed skater elise christie has won the first world cup short track event of the season, taking gold in the 500 metres in seoul after making a false start. earlier this year she became the first british woman to win a world championship gold. that makes one of britain‘s best medal hopes at the winter olympics. that is all the sport. now it is time for the papers. welcome to our look at what the papers are bringing us today. with me are katy balls, the political correspondent at the spectator, and the journalist, james rampton. the observer leads on the situation in zimbabwe, with a picture of one of the thousands of anti—mugabe demonstrators that lines the streets of harare yesterday. the mail on sunday reports on an apparent altercation b

the way david goffin celebrated, you would be forgiven for thinking belgium had just won it.ry was only part of the story on a dramatic day. as lucas pouille gave the hostss the lead, the crowd got louder. —— hosts. in truth, is match was a one—sided affair. but the home crowd did not mind. a set—up, and he never looked back. after 12 games in a row, the belgians new a heartbreaking defeat was inevitable. —— knew. in the end, lucas pouille got it easily. time for some long overdue celebrations. having lost three finals since their last success , three finals since their last success, this win will be all the more enjoyable. bbc news. lewis hamilton may have the championship title all wrapped up. but he couldn't sign off his season with a win at the abu dhabi grand prix. that honour went to his mercedes team—mate valterri bottas with hamilton settling for second place, but still managed to stay ahead of his main rival this season. tom clarkson was there for us. the abu dhabi grand prix is the final race of the 2017 world championship. for many observers, the end could not come

the 16 time grand slam champion lost the first set 7—6 to 7th seed david goffin and then saved four matchider thanks to a tie break. nadal is guaranteed to finish the year as the world's top player even if he extends his curious record of never winning the season—ending event. he trails 4—1 in the deciding set. grigor dimitrov overcame the nerves in his atp world tour finals debut, but he still managed to beat austria's dominic thiem in three dramatic sets on his atp finals debut. the bulgarian number six seed battled through, 6—3, 5—7, 7—5 in the opening round robin match in the pete sampras group. england head coach eddiejones has apologised for swearing on tv, after receiving a telling off from his 93—year—old mother. jones admitted to being frustrated by his side's lacklustre performance at twickenham, and was caught on camera "losing his cool" during saturday's 21—8 win over argentina. normally i'm pretty good and i apologise from the lag —— for the language used. i got a phone call from my 93—year—old mother wrapping me on the knuckles, i'm in trouble with my mother. that's a big en

withdraws from the atp world tour finals due to a knee injury after losing his opening match to david goffine programme, where we start with the footballing news that italy have failed to qualify for next year‘s world cup in russia. it‘sthe first time since 1958 the azurri have missed out on the sports showpiece event after losing out on aggregate to sweden in their two legged qualifier. the second leg in milan finished goalless despite the best efforts of the hosts to manufacture a goal meaning the 1—0 win for the swedes in stockholm last week proved the difference, while the italian manager gian piero ventura, who has only been in charge for 17 months, will now come under serious presssure and 39—year—old goalkeeping legend gianluigi buffon has announced his retirement from the international game. a short time ago i spoke to football journalist mina rzouki who questioned what type of italian team this was.

the number six seed from bulgaria thrashed belgium's david goffin, to make it two wins out of two inion. dimitrov won 6—0, 6—2 to seal his place in the semi—finals. he'll face the winner of thursday's match between alexander zverev and jack sock. there he goes, sealing the win. goffin will now have to beat austria's dominic thiem to reach the semi—finals. meanwhile, thiem kept alive his hopes of a place in the last four with victory over spain's pablo carreno—busta. but he needed three sets to see off the man who was drafted in as a late replacement for rafael nadal. thiem won the deciding set 6—4. cricket now. and we're just a few hours away from the first test between india and sri lanka. the first match in their three—test series is in kolkata, and that'll be followed by three one—day internationals, and three t20 matches. the two sides met as recent as august when india whitewashed the sri lankans in all three formats. the indian captain virat kohli knows they'll be expected to repeat that feat on home soil over the next six weeks. we don't like to defend. we simply wa nt to we d

rafael nadal, roger federer, alexander zverev, dominic thiem, marin cilic, grigor dimitrov and david goffinins on the european tour. after victory in china last week, the englishman clinched the turkish open by a single stroke this weekend. a terrfic approach shot at the final hole set up a birdie opportunity which he had to make and did that took him to 18 under, one clear of belgium's nicholas coelsarts and south african dylan fratelli. i guess i think this is the first time gone back to back in my career literally week on week, the last timei literally week on week, the last time i did it they might have been a week off between the two so to roll some form into tournament immediately is wonderful. even though i'm not playing it's a terrific week with me, i'm going to catch up with my coaches, my physio, catch up with my coaches, my physio, catch up with some work, get my body feeling good and come back to divide giving myself the best possible chance. even though i'm not technically playing an going to do a lot of work —— back to dubai. and india's shiv kapur won his first title on home

in the singles draw, david goffin completes the semi—final line—up.their last group game to progress. and he did so in straight sets 6—4, 6—1. but his opponent in the semis is tournament favourite roger federer. jack sock and grigor dimitrov will contest the other semi. golf now and english players are dominating the european tour's season—ending championship in dubai after a fascinating second round. defending champion matthew fitzpatrick is leading the field. but it was this man, tyrell hatton, who pushed him all the way, after the round of the day. shooting a nine under par 63 to take second place. fitzpatrick made a birdie at the last to go one shot ahead of hatton on ten under and two shots ahead ofjustin rose, who'sjoint third on the leaderboard. that's all from sportsday. good night. time for the latest live update from bbc weather. a chilly night and a touch of frost in places. more cloud than last night and the frost will be patchy. showers running on across scotland. this is how they've looked over the last few hours. entry on hills, especia

the bulgarian had to break david goffin three times to seal the first set, but the belgian only need one break to level the match in the second. the third set was a tough, topsy—turvy encounter, that had the fans loving the desperate shot—making. the crucial break came in the sixth game, and dimitrov sealed the win with his fifth match point. he won $2.5 million, and will finish the year as world number three. i think this means a lot, but i think this one in particular is very special. not... becausei think this one in particular is very special. not... because i think it is more of a team effort for me, this one. to be able to actually qualify for this event, to be able to come and be successful in the group, and be secure kind of early in the season, to play out here, was a great reward for me, but also for my team. i think they really deserve this as well. tommy fleetwood has been crowned as the best european golfer for the first time, after a dramatic collapse from justin rose at the world tour championship. spain'sjon rahm won the last event of the season, while rose sacrificed

the bulgarian had to break david goffin three times to seal the first set, but the belgian only needd set was a tough, topsy—turvy encounter, that had the fans loving the desperate shot—making. the crucial break came in the sixth game, and dimitrov sealed the win with his fifth match point.

it comes after the spaniard lost his opening match to belgium's david goffin in a tough three set match more than two and a half hours to complete against the 26—year—old before succumbing late on, meaning nadal‘s fellow spaniard pablo carreno busta comes in as the alternate for the next two matches. iam off, i am off, my season is finished. yeah, i had the commitment with the event, with the city, with myself. i tried hard. i did everything i had to do to try to be ready to play but i'm really not ready to play. i really fought a lot during the match but knowing that probably it was a big chance to be the last match of the season. grigor dimitrov is another man who has a first win on the board in london. the bulgarian beat austrian dominic thiem over three grueling sets in his first appearance at the tour finals. chris froome has told the bbc that he's targeting more tour de france victories and is not considering retirement. froome won the event for a fourth time injuly and then followed it up by winning the vuelta a espana. now 32, he says he's hungry for more success. it's a good qu

and a comfortable win for grigor dimitrov at the atp tourfinals in london — he beats david goffin inng attentions to now and northern ireland defender corry evans says all the players are hoping that michael o'neill will remain in charge at windsor park. this is after it was confirmed that the scottish football association has made an official approach to the irish fa for permission to speak to o'neill. he's the sfa's preferred candidate to succeed gordon strachan as scotland manager. o'neill has been in charge of northern ireland for six years butjust missed out on world cup qualification after defeat to switzerland at the play—off stage. he's a popular man — as he's understood to also be in the frame for the vacant manager's position at sunderland. ideally we all want michael to stay. the players love him. the fans love him. everything he has done. we are really grateful for what he brought to the team. but michael will have that decision to make. i think he is still under contract for another couple of years yet. australia have booked their place in the world cup after a 3—1 win i

in the singles, david goffin completed the semifinal line—up after beating dominic thiem.ponent in the semifinals is tournament favourite roger federer. jack sock and grigor dimitrov will contest the other semifinal. in golf, english players are dominating the european tour season ending championship in dubai after a fascinating second round. defending champion matthew fitzpatrick is leading the field but it was tyrrell hatton who pushed him all the way after a nine under par round of 63 to ta ke after a nine under par round of 63 to take second place. fitzpatrick made birdie at the last to go one shot ahead of hatton. he is two ahead ofjustin rose who isjoint third. that is all from me. from all of us, good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are charlie wells, deputy snapchat editor at the economist and the huffington post's political reporter, kate forrester. welcome to you both. it was not long ago to have been a reporter on the huffington post was pretty out there! it was quite new but not now! what i

world number 15jo wilfried tsonga will lead the france team while belgium's david goffin — the worldthe tie. goffin was beaten in the final of the world tour finals in london and will take on lucas pouille in the first of friday's two singles matches. it won't be easy, in such a big stadium. there will be a lot of emotion and a lot of pressure also on both sides. of course, on paper i'm the favourite. i am the best raning but in the davis cup you never know. he is very confident these days. he has shown great inns in practice in terms of quality of game and attitude, during the whole ten days so attitude, during the whole ten days so he is ready, i have never seen him so ready. we're just a few hours away from the first semi—final of the rugby league world cup. favourites australia — one of the host nations — take on fiji in brisbane. australia thrashed samoa in the quarter finals while fiji crept past new zealand the final grand prix weekend of the season gets underway in abu dhabi later on friday. the world championship is already wrapped up with lewis hamilton winning the title tw

belgium's david goffin completes the semi—final line—up at the world tour finals in london.ast group game to progress. and he did so in straight sets 6—4, 6—1. but his opponent in the semis is tournament favourite roger federer. jack sock and grigor dimitrov will contest the other semi. no rafael nadal, the world number one wasjoined no rafael nadal, the world number one was joined through injury. sir bradley wiggins is set to make his competitive rowing debut at next month's british indoor championships. the olympic cycling champion and tour de france winner will compete in the 2,000 metre race at london's olympic velodrome on the 9th of december. and lee kendall has quit hisjob, former goalkeeping coach, adopted a fa ke former goalkeeping coach, adopted a fake caribbean accent while speaking to aluko. no further action to come. tomorrow, the autumn internationals. wins for england, ireland, scotland on the opening weekend but how different that could be tomorrow. england after the sluggish start against argentina last weekend take on australia. wales against georgia after

tour final the first one is david goffin he's a twenty six year old belgian who's ranked eighth in the world he buys one hundred fifty five thousand followers on instagram sounds like a lot until you realize that roger federer has four million guns opponent will be rico dimitrov also twenty six years old but from bulgaria he's ranked a little higher at six in the world but he has a lot more instagram follow with golf on about five times as many with six hundred seventy one thousand and about eight times more followers on twitter as well. well we'll finish with a clip being said online by a lot of football fans over the past twenty four hours it's something that the lens and specifically fans a fine old football team have made a moving tribute to the late son of the australian goalkeeper broad jones he has had a five year old son luca who died off to a battle with leukemia exactly six years ago the entire ground joined a rendition of you'll never walk alone while lighting the stadium with them oh. well we'll have the latest from that match with fred later on the tennis i did he walter f

he has been struggling with the injury at the hands of david goffin.r this month and appeared to be in pain at the end of his opening match at the 02 and arena in london. and to continue with sport, a real shocker here if you're italian, or a football fan ofany kind. italy, shown here in training, has failed to qualify for the world cup. that's the first time that's happened since 1958. they could only manage a draw against sweden, who will make the tournament in russia. asylu m asylum seekers in papua and new guinea are claiming they are being forced out. the men have refused to move to other facilities despite having water and electricity cut off. they say the authorities have started draining water tanks and dismantling fences. the initial deadline for the mentally by saturday was not imposed on the threat of force to make them leave was listed —— lifted as well. this remains a position for the monday deadline. police and the authorities turned up at the camp with buses as well however no men were forced to leave, the authorities talking about volu

david goffin beat lucas pouille.the best possible start as they hope to end what has been a 16 year run of three defeats to the frenchman, given belgium the best possible start as they hope to end what has been a 16 year brands without ever winning the title. jo—wilfried tsonga —— jo—wilfried tsonga did manage to win his game. the frenchman dropping just six games in the match. the international olympic committee has given for more russian athletes life bans for doping violations. the most high—profile of these is the bobsleigh athlete alexander's took off. it means roger have now lost nine medals, including four of their 13 golds from the games, which they hosted back in 2014. the ioc said it avoided —— have avoided those results. that is all the sport for 110w. thank you. us actress uma thurman has sent out a thanksgiving message venting anger at movie mogul harvey weinstein. thurman said on instagram: "when i'm ready, i'll say what i have to say... stay tuned", adding that she had a few reasons to be angry. her me

first up for nadal, it's david goffin of belgium on monday in the last of the first round of matches.s, except itand go something negative happens, except it and go back home, but hopefully not. my idea is to be here playing and playing well. that is all. there are more world cup qualification matches coming up this week, kicking off with italy versus sweden in their second leg play off on monday. the azzurri have won four world cups and qualified for every finals except 1958, and trail 1—0 from the first leg and haven't been impressive in qualification. so, as countries start preparing for the world cup in russia, brazil have said they will be based in england in the run up to the tournament. so, as an early introduction to the country, the two sides will play each other at wembley in a friendly on tuesday night. we'll be in the heart of the england camp on monday as gareth southgate prepares his side to face the second of the top two ranked teams in the world after playing germany last week. the world of football is very much focused on the international game at the moment as the wo

he had to break david goffin three times to see to win but he only needed one break to win the match.e crucial break was on the sixth game and dimitrov sealed the sixth game and dimitrov sealed the win with his fifth match point. winning $2.5 million for his trouble. he will finish the year as the world number three. tommy fleetwood has been crowned european world number one golfer, for the first time, after a dramatic collapse from justin rose, at the world tour championship. spain‘sjon rahm won the last event of the season while rose sacrificed a one shot lead to throw away his chance of winning enough points to beat fleetwood. 0ur golf correspondent, iain carter, was watching the action in dubai. no one would have seen this coming, particularly when justin rose was a p pa re ntly particularly when justin rose was apparently cruising towards victory, not just apparently cruising towards victory, notjust in the world tour championship, but also in the race to dubai. a top two finish would have got thejob to dubai. a top two finish would have got the job done. rose went to to dubai. a

the spaniard withdrew with a knee injury after losing his opening match to belgium's david goffin in a half hours to complete against the 26—year—old, meaning nadal‘s fellow spaniard pablo carreno busta comes in as the alternate for the next two matches. now, cyclist chris froome has won the tour de france four times but he's still hungry for more! at 32 the british rider says he's still excited by the prospect of racing and he's hungry for a fifth tour title. it's a good question. i definitely don't feel as if i'm there yet. i guess i'll know when the time is right. but for the time being i'm still hungry, still motivated to keep trying to win another tour de france and i'm just going to take it one year at a time. so long as the body's able to do this then i'm going to keep going. four—time champions italy failed to reach the world cup for the first time since 1958 after a play—off defeat against sweden. there's been plenty of reaction on social media. the gazetta dello sport doesn't mince its words. this was their headline not long after the match finished, saying that it's an apo

season—ending world tour finals in london finished with a gripping duel, as grigor dimitrov battled past david goffing the whole tournament unbeaten. tommy fleetwood held off a charge by justin rose to win the race to do i is the season's number one. he finished 21st in the final event, the tour championship, but it was enough to stay top of the money list afterjustin rose fell apart in his final few holes. england's women's cricketers could still draw their ashes series, after winning the second 20/20 in canberra by a0 runs. australia have already retained the trophy, but england have closed the gap in the multi—format points series, and a win in the final game will level the series. great britain's four—man bob sleigh tea m great britain's four—man bob sleigh team have won a surprise world cup bronze medal. they put aside a difficult off—season to come third at park city in the usa, behind germany, their best world cup result forfour germany, their best world cup result for four years. that is the sport, back to you. thank you very much. a series of portraits of the royal couple have been released

the swiss favourite and six—time champion was beaten in the semis by david goffin, from belgium, forie murray also lost in the last four of the men's doubles. and there's news ofjustin rose's late charge for golf‘s race to dubai on the bbc sport website. but from me for now, goodnight. back to you, kate. thank you very much. goodnight. hello. this is bbc news. dorset police say a body has been found on land near swanage in the search for missing teenager gaia pope. they say they are "confident" it is the teenager, who disappeared 11 days ago. with me is our correspondent, adina campbell. what has happened? what do we know? it marks the end of the search effort. it was just hours before her body was discovered at around three o'clock this afternoon, hundreds of volu nteers o'clock this afternoon, hundreds of volunteers took part in the mass searches in swa nage. volunteers took part in the mass searches in swanage. some of the volu nteers searches in swanage. some of the volunteers were not even local. it shows how much it has touched many members of the local and wider community. aft

david goffin has shocked tennis fans by knocking roger federer out of the world tour finals in london sets by the belgian 7th seed — 2—6, 6—3, 6—4. goffin had previously only ever taken two sets off the swiss star. the second semifinal is just under way between bulgarian grigor dimitrov and american jack sock. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on bbc news throughout the evening. malcolm young, co—founder and guitarist of the australian heavy metal band ac/dc, has died aged 64. he founded the group in the 1970s with his brother angus, retiring more than a0 years later to receive treatment for dementia. the band were best known for albums highway to hell and back in black, and were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2003. in a statement on the group's website, they described malcom as "a perfectionist" who ‘with enormous dedication and commitment, was the driving force behind the band. i've been looking back at malcolm young's career with the classic rockjournalist, jerry ewing. pretty much the biggest heavy rock band that the world has seen for the give

david goffin will face grigor dimitrov in the final of the world tour finals after shocking roger federere to take a seventh end of season title. but goffin prevailed in three sets for a maiden final appearance at the o2. bulgarian dimitrov ended jack sock‘s surprising run to the semifinals. despite losing the first set, the sixth seed won the last two 6—0, 6—3. he said he was looking forward to playing in front of a full house in london tomorrow. justin rose leads golf‘s world tour championship and is on course to win the race to dubai for the highest money winner on the european tour. the englishman is a shot clear going into tomorrows final round. —— the englishman is a shot clear going into tomorrow's final round. it isa it is a great opportunity, isn't it? iam it is a great opportunity, isn't it? i am certainly not thinking about being the leader because it is the condensed pack and someone tomorrow will have to play great golf to win andi will have to play great golf to win and i think it will probably have to be me ifi and i think it will probably have to be me if i wanted to be me

bulgarian grigor dimitrov will face belgian david goffin in a match not many would have predicted.oming from a set down to beat roger federer for the first time to reach his first ever tour final. for federer, it was only a fifth defeat of a very successful year. maybe never really reached my best level, because the first set was all right, you know, but he didn't play very well in that set, i don't believe. so yes, pretty disappointing, but at the end he did play extremely well and he was the better player on the court. so i feel like it's ok like this. dimitrov beat the americanjack sock in three sets for a shot at the biggest title of his career. the match is live on bbc two and coverage starts at 6pm. david moyes takes charge of west ham for the first time this afternoon as they take on watford. it will be his 500th game as a premier league manager, but he is more concerned at getting to grips with his newjob and his team, who start the day third from bottom of the premier league. i certainly wouldn't be on who is critical of anybody before but the players have told me what the

earlier, david goffin beat lucas pouille. ..f the hockey world league final after losing to hosts new zealand in the last four, this morning. and manchester city's women will play swedish champions lincher—ping in the quarterfinals of the women's champions league, while chelsea ladies face montpellier. it's the final race of the formula one season in abu dhabi this weekend, where lewis hamilton came out on top in practice. the four time world champion can finish the season in style with a victory, and his performance today suggests he wants to do exactly that. tom clarkson is track side. one year ago one yearago in one year ago in abu dhabi the world championship went down to the wire, lewis hamilton battling against nico rosberg and it was rosberg who won the day. this weekend however it is a dead rubber, the championship was done and dusted back l mexico, done and dusted back in mexico, lewis hamilton acclaiming his fourth world championship but it is like a world championship but it is like a world cup final, it is the last r

he had been struggling with injury in his defeat at the hands of david goffin.towards the end of his opening match at the 02 arena in london. a real shocker here if you're italian, or a football fan of any kind. italy — shown here in training —— has failed to qualify for the world cup. that's the first time that's happened since 1958. they could only manage a draw against sweden who will make the tournament in russia. the new stage adaptation of the 1970s film network, a satire on the obsession with ratings in tv news, had its world premiere tonight in london. its star, bryan cranston, from breaking bad, has been speaking to our arts editor, will gompertz, about the impact of social media on news and the current climate in hollywood. they met at the national theatre. a very interesting perspective, because i've never sat out here, looking that way. it's quite an impressive set, though, isn't it? you were an overnight success, you could argue. i was. wow, yeah. at 50-ish. although they may look the same... bryan cra nston became an international superstar in the

he has been struggling with the injury at the hands of david goffin.s month and appeared to be in pain at the end of his opening match at the 02 and arena pain at the end of his opening match at the o2 and arena in london. and to continue with sport: a real shocker here if you're italian, or a football fan of any kind. italy, shown here in training, has failed to qualify for the world cup. that's the first time that's happened since 1958. they could only manage a draw against sweden, who will make the tournament in russia. global carbon dioxide emissions are projected to rise for the first time infour projected to rise for the first time in four years. scientists at a un climate conference in germany say the main cause of the growth is the greater use of coal in china as its economy grows. researchers say cuts in emissions are needed to avoid dangerous global warming later this century. our science editor david shukman explains. for more than a week now, the people of delhi have been suffering in air that has become toxic. smog created by countless eng

he had been struggling with injury in his defeat at the hands of david goffin. his opening match at the o2 arena in london. a real shocker here if you're italian, or a football fan of any kind. italy — shown here in training — has failed to qualify for the world cup. the italians were eliminated from next year's finals in russia when they could only draw 0—0 in the second leg of their match against sweden in milan. it's the first time italy has failed to qualify since 1958. the leading sports newspaper la gazzetta dello sport said the result signified the arrival of the "apocalypse" and it went on — "it is time to start thinking about what else we can do injune: concerts, cinema, village festivals. anything but watching sweden play at the world cup — that would be too painful." hi there. yesterday was a pretty chilly day, with temperatures between five and seven celsius. it was even cold enough for a bit of snow in scotland. i know many of us go nuts for snow, but these scenes are likely to be short—lived, because the air is going to be turning a little bit mild

he was beaten last night by david goffin. said there is a culture offear in keatings has said there is a culture of fear in british gymnastics as a i’ow of fear in british gymnastics as a row about contracts rumbles on. he said his experience in the sport left him depressed and i will be talking more about that in about half an hour. thank you. it is 9:37am, good morning. every european country is in the midst of growing homelessness crisis, with one exception — finland. there, they've almost eradicated homelessness in the capital by giving people a permanent home as soon as they become homeless. that scheme is now being looked at in the uk, and the west midlands could be one of the first areas to adopt it. their mayor, andy street, has been to finland to find out more. we'll hear from him shortly, but first, let's speak to thomas salmi, one of the homeless people in finland this scheme has helped. i was homeless three years, and i was in the streets, like, almost two winters, alberta, cold. —— out there, cold. i had no place

david goffin has clinched the final semifinal place at the world tour finals in london.world record and caroline bilton is in hull where they also hope to break a world record. david, if i can start with you, i now know that is called a pump trolley but what have you been doing on it? there is a plaque here with your name on it! the reason i am leaning on this is because the producer of our children in need stuff served, we are going to do the whole programme this year from the east anglian railway museum and break a world record. and i said, one of those pump things? and he said yes! and that was what we‘re going to do. me and three other people in the space of an hour prior to go as far as we could on this. we had to break a record set by guinness, and they said it had to be 18 kilometres. i am sad to say we we re 18 kilometres. i am sad to say we were one and a half short. oh no! we are watching you now.|j were one and a half short. oh no! we are watching you now. i was going so fast my trousers were coming down. are watching you now. i was going so fast my trousers w

season did not disappoint at the world tour finals in london grigor dimitrov came of age to beat david goffinand win the biggest title of his career the top eight players in the world start of the week at the o two but it came down to a battle between golf fan who don't forget beat roger favoring the sameas and dimitroff the bulgarian had defeated gough and in the group stages earlier in the week for the loss of just two games this was a much closer affair but the results the same in the end as dimitroff triumphed in the deciding set the twenty six year old is the first player to win the european showdown on his debut since alex put richer back in nineteen ninety eight will move to a career high ranking of three in the world on monday. in the doubles final in london there was a second consecutive year in the crown for henry continent and john king is the finish australian duo defeated top seeds lucas said cobalts and marcella melo six four six two it's their first title of the season and their first pay to win back to back titles at the world to a finals since the bryan brothers won in two th

over on bbc2 from 6pm, you can watch the final of the tennis world tour finals — it's david goffin againste britain's housing crisis but heat of the bbc a range of measures to be set out in this week's budget will help get 300,000 homes built a year. he dismissed suggestions the government should borrow tens of millions of pounds to fund a massive house—building programme. this is what phillip hammond wants to see, and he's calling time on so—called land—hoarders, saying it is no longer acceptable to have so many sites with planning permission that aren't being built on. today he told the bbc the state would intervene. there are, in london alone, 270,000 residential planning permissions that have not today been built. we need to understand why these planning permissions that are going up all over the country, that will continue to increase across the country, why they are not being built out. on wednesday, philip hammond will announce £5 billion of investment for new housing, and he will reveal a range of measures not only designed to encourage the big construction firms but also schemes s

third straight group stage when next for him in the last four will be either dominant team or david goffin who meet on friday. jack softly joining federer in the semifinals the american upset third seed alexander was with their estate see saw took three starts to close out the match six four one six six ford seale second place in his group health dimitri off and the final four. yeah that was a rollercoaster match for sure i was you know down some great points really able to fight off the first set he played really well the second i want to see serve me well in. points and then you know how to start third set. kind of in my last few weeks is hang in there and keep fighting and you know it can happen and you know to talk to you guys and thank you guys. and that's how this world has been celebrating yet another perfect match former world number one serena williams married reddit co-founder alex ohanian and a lavish ceremony in new orleans on thursday the tennis champ and the billionaire announced their engagement in december two thousand and sixteen serena williams won her twenty third grand

losing his opening match the spaniard who has been struggling with a knee injury was defeated by david goffin seven six six seven six four on monday in london the dow pulled out of the paris masters ten days ago saying his knees were still not perfect the thirty one year old has never won the a.t.p. finals despite appearing in in them eight times. on the first ball garion to qualify for the tournament in its forty year history one a gripping and counter grigor dimitrov overcoming austrian dominic pm six three five seven seven five in what was dubbed the battle of the back can. lebron james help the cleveland cavaliers come from a twenty four point deficit to defeat the new york knicks one hundred four to one hundred and one meanwhile the portland trailblazers beat the denver nuggets at home to snap a two game losing streak uses that nurse and c.j. mccollum each scored seventeen points to peace to leave portland to one hundred and one to ninety seven victory. all fans who go to watch live sport will know the role always keep your eye on the ball one n.f.l. umpire will never turn his back on pl

it is grigor dimitrov against david goffin. dimitrov beat jak scott —— jack sock. whole season. he should be on the way down, shouldn't be? but he is still as good as ever. thank you. anyone who has ever suffered depression will know what a difficult struggle it can be. the key to overcoming the onus was to conquer britain's highest mountain. andy cole's doctor recommended he should get into the fresh air to boost his mood. he took the advice literally. he climbed ben nevis not once but every day for the month of october. good morning. how are you? not too bad. however the lakes? feeling good now they are back on terra firma. take us back to where you were. for a year and a half you we re you were. for a year and a half you were feeling down. how? three years ago everything had come to an end. i run myself down to the ground, some personal problems. i didn't see any way out, any option, apart from seriously to consider taking my own life. i took the brave step a couple of months later and asked for help from the doctor. some medication. after a few more months he r

and there was a surprise in the singles, when david goffin beat dominic thiem in their final group gamexciting and it's advantage rose, who's two shots off the pace at the dubai championship. he's two clear of fleetwood. they're chasing this man, defending champion matthew fitzpatrick, who's leading the field going into round three. he's ten under—par, one shot ahead of tyrrell hatton. the good thing is, lots of english names in there as well. british golf doing pretty well at the moment. fabulous. all up fabulous. allup in the fabulous. all up in the mix to be the top golfer of europe. when are we going to find out? i think at the end of the tournament, though another couple of days. tomorrow. i've lost track of where we are in the week. it's saturday today... thank you. today marks 30 years since the king's cross fire, when 31 people lost their lives in the worst blaze in the history of the london underground. it started when a single match which was discarded on a wooden escalator. as tom edwards reports, the tragedy brought about monumental changes in fire safety. thousands use this

top eight players in the world start of the week in london but it came down to a battle between david goffin and the emitter of the bulgarian had defeated golf and in the group stages in the week for the loss of just two games this was a much closer affair but the result the same as the image of one in a deciding said he moves to a career high ranking of three in the world. the nascar racing season came to a close on sunday in the united states with the sport's biggest star dale earnhardt jr officially retiring it begins an uncertain new era for one of america's most popular sports with ratings and sponsorship on the decline in his home and reports . five tabs on n.b.c. sunday's mean two things for many sports fans in the united states and f.l. and nascar but the two american sporting giants are in a rights to stop a drop in television ratings but it is gone now all of that was forgotten for just a moment by nascar bosses as martin truex jr secured his first ever comp championship with victory at the homestead miami speedway in florida state they shipped you know to be a public shame see. th

losing his opening match the spaniard who has been struggling with a knee injury was defeated by david goffin seven six six seven six four on monday london that outwith the paris masters ten days ago with the same issue the thirty one year old has never won the need to play for a white appearing in the time. i had the commitment with would be banned in the city with myself i tried hard. i didn't think that i had to do that i had to be ready to play but i am really no way to blame i. i really fight that a lot during the match but. probably it was a big chance to be the last match of the season. le bron james helped the cleveland cavaliers come from a twenty four point deficit to defeat the new york knicks one hundred four to one hundred one and the portland trailblazers beat the denver nuggets at home to snap a two game losing streak use of nurture and c.j. mccollum each scored seventeen points a piece to lead portland to one hundred and one to ninety seven victory. the fans who go to watch live sports will know their role always keep your eye on the ball one and f.l. empire will never turn hi

the other match in that group today sees rafa nadal takes on david goffin at 8pm.it is not the same. we have been practising on this court, great conditions, all of a sudden you comment and you feel the weight on your shoulders, in a positive way, of course, but i am really grateful to win that match, especially in that manner. it is never easy to come out here and play for the first time. jamie murray and doubles partner bruno soares have lost their opening match in london. the pair were taking on the legendary bryan brothers from the us and ended up losing an epic encounter in three sets, 5-7, 7-6, 8-10. chris froome has told the bbc that he's targeting more tour de france victories and is not considering retirement. the team sky rider won the event for a fourth time injuly and then followed it up by winning the vuelta a espana — just the third rider to do so. now 32, froome says he's still hungry for more success. i definitely do not feel as if i am the yet. i know when the time is right but, for the time being, i am still hungry and motivated to win another tou

bulgarian grigor dimitrov will face belgian david goffin in a match not many would have predicted.it was only a fifth defeat of a very successful year. dimitrov beat the americanjack sock in three sets for a shot at the biggest title of his career. i have maybe never really reached my best level. but he didn‘t play well in that said, i don‘t believe, so it was pretty disappointing but at the end, he did play extremely well and was the better player on court, so i feel like it is ok like this. the bulgarian faces goffin in london later this evening. the match is live on bbc two, coverage starts at six o‘clock. that‘s all the sport for now. more for you in the next hour. more now on zimbabwe. the head of military veterans says the ruling zanu—pf party will remove the 93—year—old as its leader at a meeting this morning. now the zanu—pf youth league — which until now has strongly supported president robert mugabe — has called for him to step down. i‘m joined in the studio by the zimbabwean journalist georgina godwin. widening the latest we have is that president mugabe‘s motorcade is o

yesterday, at the o2 arena, grigor dimitrov thrashed david goffin to make it through to the last fourheir hopes alive with a straight sets victory in their second match. defeat would have ended their chances of reaching the last four. just a week to go now before joe root and his team begin the defence of the ashes, and there are still a number of places in the starting xi up for grabs — and a few of the batsmen have done themselves no harm this morning. alastair cook is of course a shoo—in — he scored 70 against a cricket australia xi. but his opening partner, mark stoneman, has been the start of the show, scoring a century as he tries to fill the problem spot in the batting line up. england are going well. yesterday, we showed you this peruvian shamen helping the world cup bid and surprise surprise, it went to peru. you can see the celebration from the fans. try to put upa celebration from the fans. try to put up a new zealand sign, putting a curse on the team. they want 2— nil overnight. new zealand, it's fair to say, have loads of problems. the bus couldn't get into the stadium, t

london the spaniard is still battling a knee injury ahead of his first match against belgians david goffin on monday was forced to pull out of the paris masters last month before he scored a final match. here i am to them my best. things that i can answer now and i hope and if i don't believe that i could be ready for monday i will not be here and we are working every day practicing well and just trying to be ready for for the action in the n.b.a. boston celtics kyrie irving is being monitored for concussion of an elbow to the face in their game against the charlotte hornets on friday the point god took an elbow to the face from teammate aaron baines in the first quarter and immediately fell to the ground was visibly hurt and bleeding and had to be taken to the laboratory has been diagnosed with concussion but is being closely monitored despite the setback boston full time to win the game ninety eighty seven the celtics extended they win three to live in games. formula one and lewis hamilton may have just collected his fourth world championship title but the brit isn't done impressing the

grigor dimitrov against david goffin dimitrov saw off american jack sock, but belgian goffin sprung theered only a fifth defeat this year maybe never really reached my best level. the first set was all right. but he didn't play very well in that set. i don't believe. yeah, so it is pretty disappointing. but at the end he did play extremely well and he was the better player on the court. i feel like it's ok like this. philosophical. and british speed skater elise christie has won the first world cup short track event of the season, taking gold in the 500 metres in seoul after making a false start. earlier this year she became the first british woman to win a world championship gold. that makes one of britain's best medal hopes at the winter olympics. that is taking place in south korea. she's getting a taste. not often we get speed skating on the programme. it is nice. winter olympics in february. around the corner. hopefully we will have more winter sport for you to enjoy. the pictures are brilliant. the bobsleigh guys won a bronze yesterday as well. britain didn't do badly. moving on w

taking the first set six two but he says it was only a matter of time before he got beaten by david goffin because the belgian keeps crashing in practice and government did storm back to winning the next two set six three and six four he'll face either grigor dimitrov or jack sock in the final. and they marry have split from his coach ivan lendl for a second time the paramount's the mutual decision on friday that's the spy the czech born linda leading the scot to all three of his grand slam titles including two at wimbledon and a limping gold medal the former world number one meri is currently ranked sixteenth murray won just the singles title this year compared to his gold in twenty sixteen season that victory was at the dubai tennis championships back in march the thirty year old has suffered with an ongoing hip injury which played a big part in his quarter final defeat at wimbledon in july he was then forced to pull out of the us open in august due to the same injury and hasn't played since murray's hoping to make his return at the brisbane international in january england have achieved

grigor dimitrov against david goffin.hed my best level. the first set was all right. he didn't play very well in that set. so it's pretty disappointing but at the end he did play extremely well and he was the better player on the court so i feel like it's ok like this. dimitrov beat the americanjack sock in three sets for a shot at the biggest title of his career. the bulgarian faces goffin in london later this evening. the match is live on bbc two, coverage starts at 6am. carl frampton's homecoming fight in belfast was a successful one after a points victory over mexican horacio garcia frampton did go to the canvas in the seventh round but his solid work at close range throughout the contest gave him the edge of the judge's scorecards. he's now targeting another attempt to win back a world title british speed skater elise christie has won the first world cup short track event of the season, taking gold in the 500 metres in seoul after she made a false start. earlier this year, christie became the first british woman to w