patrick gearey, bbc victory tomorrow may only be a dry hour away. patrick gearey, bbc news.ighlights of today's prmier league games, but here come the results, if you want them. liverpool are now 16 points clear at the top of the table after they beat manchester united 2—0 at anfield. virgil van dijk and mohamed salah scored the goals. in the day's other match, burnley beat leicester 2—1. that's your sport. that is it for us, a first look on the paper is coming up hello. this is bbc news. the prime minister has said he will raise the ‘driving habits' of us military personnel with the secretary of state, mike pompeo, after video footage emerged of another incident of a car being driven on the wrong side of the road, near the army base where harry dunn died. police also revealed details of a third incident in which a police vehicle was struck by a car being driven on the wrong side of the road in october. we are certainly raising all those issues about the driving habits of us personnel at the base and we are continuing to work forjustice for harry dunn and for his family. the

patrick gearey, the match, now they must survive longerstill. patrick gearey, bbc news.ns jabeur‘s remarkable run at the kremlin cup in moscow goes on. the tunisian qualifier is through to the semi—finals after beating estonia's anett kontaveit on thursday. colm harrison rounds up the day's action. another day, and another milestone reached by ons jabur. ranked 101 in the world, she followed her win over former us open champion sloane stephens by beating the number eight seedin stephens by beating the number eight seed in straight sets. she won a tight first set but lost just one game in the second set to secure a place in the semis and to is the first from tunisia to get to a wta semi—final. first from tunisia to get to a wta semi-final. i'm very happy. i started bad so i had to win at a certain point. really happy with the grass season certain point. really happy with the grass season this year and finishing like this in moscow is amazing. i keep thinking about the vacation i'm going to have after this tournament, so going to have after this tournament, so maybe this i

patrick gearey reports. the ashes gone, and still they come.eason england's fans are called the barmy army. when they're not watching cricket, they're playing it. and they've called up mr root to their team. not the england captain, but his brother, billy — a professional himself, who has had to watchjoe lose the urn with everyone else. i think he will always enjoy the challenge of it. i think there will be times where he is frustrated. but i think it is the sort of thing he will enjoy taking on, a tough challenge like this. challenge is an understatement. comment and criticism comes with cricket in australia. in the past week, root‘s had to watch the ashes go, and had to listen to his captaincy be described as "soft and childlike" by former australian skipper ricky ponting. he doesn't spend any time in our dressing room. he doesn't spend much time around the squad, so. i don't think i go about things as a little boy, for sure. i have my own way of doing things. i think it is important that you don't try and be something that you're not. now he

patrick gearey reports.ch will go into a fifth day but india will inevitably win it with needing just one wicket to do so. with needing just one wicket to do so. england suffered batting colla pses. so. england suffered batting collapses. jennings caught behind. alastair cook caught in the slips sparking doubts about how much longer he will go on in this england side. 0llie pope, another caught in the slips. ben stokes and jos buttler showed resistance, stokes to his slowest test 50 just after tea. the real starjos buttler going for his maiden test century. an innings that shows his maturity as a test batsman. he was trapped lbw by the bowler who took the new ball. 0ver twojimmy bowler who took the new ball. 0ver two jimmy anderson and bowler who took the new ball. 0ver twojimmy anderson and adil rashid to see out the final overs to take this into a fifth day. it might only last one ball. it is inevitable india will make the series 2—1.m was important to turn up and show character and fight and not give it t

patrick gearey, bbc victory tomorrow may only be a dry hour away. patrick gearey, bbc news. in the premier league, leaders liverpool are currently beating manchester united 1—nil at anfield, victory would take them 16 points clear the top. leicester are still third in the table after they lost 2—1 at burnley. ashley westwood with the winner for the home side. that's your sport. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. high—pressure brought very different weather to weekend. high pressure brought very different weather to our shores this weekend. a lot of dry weather with sunshine, but it was cold with frost and fog during the mornings. monday, we start the new working week with high pressure and it will stay mainly dry with a good deal of sunshine, particularly gci’oss southern areas. further north, we've got these weatherfronts and more isobars bringing in more cloud and breeze. we start monday on a less cold note across the north and west of scotland than much of central, southern portions of the uk. a ha

patrick gearey, bbc news.to get better as the tournaments go on and we build on confidence, so pleased with the start today, and there is a lot of room for us to improve for next week and a few things to tidy up on, with the breakdown and a few things. yeah, that will be our focus for this week. barcelona's lionel messi won the fifa best men's player of the year this evening in milan, while usa's megan rapinoe won the women's award. it's the 6th time messi has won the award, he beat cristiano ronaldo and virgilvan djik. england's lucy bronze and american alex morgan missed out to rapinoe — she scored 6 goals for the usa on the way to their world cup victory. and also became a vocal advocate for many of the issues facing women footballers during the world cup — and continued that theme this evening in her acceptance speech. i feel like, if we ifeel like, if we really i feel like, if we really want to have meaningful change, what i think is most inspiring would be if everybody other than... if they were as outra

patrick gearey has more.fghanistan believe they're getting closer to england and belief has always been important in their cricket. it allows them to clear hurdles. but few expected the sheer force gurbaz unleashed in the opening overs, he hammered england's bowlers unsparing, unsettling. time to change direction. and that's adil rashid's area, their lead spinner, their match turner with skill and the helping hands of his captain, jos buttler, he halted the afghan charge. others followed along his curving path, notablyjoe root. england back on top. but the sun had not yet set on afghanistan, finishing as they started. they smashed themselves up to 284, a total far more than it might have been. so in the delhi darkness they had something to conjure with. get root early and you know you're in business. getjos buttler too... well, they tell you the significance. england four down, nearly 200 short, more wickets fell. harry brook was left trying to steer through the crisis, but without support and against an incr

patrick gearey, bbc news.ens are being given one last manicure, the fairway is a final trim, and a field of the finest players in the world have assembled for the world have assembled for the final major of the golfing calendar and it is all taking place at the sport's spiritual home in st andrews. the women's open tees off on thursday but the playing to the first time at st andrews featuring defending champion charley hull. she says just keeping warm on the famous course will be difficult enough. course will be difficult enough-— course will be difficult enou:h. ., , ., enough. you can prepare all you want, enough. you can prepare all you want. monday — enough. you can prepare all you want, monday through - enough. you can prepare all you i want, monday through wednesday, but it's all about the weather and taking it a shot at a time. and it's also fun because it's a different creative side to golf where you work the ball and sometimes more than you are used to because you are hitting bumps and runs and its mo

patrick gearey reports from the oval in london.ok at it, as hosts and favourites, this is their opening to do what they have tried to do over 18 attempts in 42 years. win a one—day trophy. we have been here before — well, not here, but up the road at lord's. 1975, the first cricket world cup, won on english soil by west indian skill. since then, kits, bats and hairstyles have changed. the outcome hasn't. until now, perhaps? if you are near an england net session today, you are best off keeping an eye out. these guys are specialists in big hits, and big scores. what's bad news for visiting bowlers and local pigeons is good news for expectant england fans! coming into the tournament as one of the favourites is pretty flattering. this trophy, and the world cup, they are huge opportunities for this squad of players. they are hard—working and talented, and recognise that we do have something special. making the most of that is hopefully gathering some silverware along the way. bangladesh remember when england got it wrong. these were th

it's been a brilliant tournament for both, as patrick gearey reports.rhaps nothing is more unlikely than the story of nadia podoroska. behind these steps is a meandering journey of thousands of miles from 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 i9 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 podorosk

patrick gearey, bbc news at its best and.wicket and to get 260, that was good. we never let them get to six per over. from that point of view it was clinical by the bowlers, especially looking at how flat the wicket was, i think they adapted really well. at the stuttgart open second seed grigor dimitrov has been knocked out by poland's world number 155 jerzy janowicz. the bulgarian goes the same way as top seed roger federer who was beaten on wednesday with janowicz winning 7—6, 6—3 and he'll now play france's benoit paire for a place in the semi—finals. no problems for third seed thomas berdych who is now the highest remaining seed when he was a straight sets winner over australia's bernard tomic. the czech progressing 7—6, 6—2 and he'll now face spain's feliciano lopez in the quarter—finals. ajax captain davey klaassen has signed for english premier league club everton for a fee of around $30 million. the netherlands midfielder has made 163 appearances for ajax, scoring 49 goals, winning three eredivisie titles. in what has

patrick gearey, bbc news.stretched his lead over lewis hamilton in the formula one championship after an incident—packed azerbaijan grand prix. the german was fourth but was given a time penalty for bumping into hamilton's mercedes behind the saftey car, and the british world champion had a separate fault with his car that feliciano lopez is the new champion at queens. the spaniard came from a set down to beat marin cilic in the aegon championships, and there was a very popular winner in birmingham. with wimbledon starting a week tomorrow, the two—time champion petra kvitova beat the australian ashleigh barty in three sets in the aegon classic final. it was only her second tournament after recovering from a hand injury sustained during a knife attack last year. all this week on bbc news we have been highlighting some of the issues faced by women in sport. sailing is dominated by men. only 3% of professionals sailors are female, dominated by men. only 3% of professionals be ors are female, skill, endurance, str

patrick gearey, bbc news. djokovic under contorversial circumstances. he was disquaified after hitting a lines judge with a ball. he's spoken about what happened and says he'll learn from his mistakes. of course, it's a bit of a shock to finish in that way, but it is what it is. you know, life goes on. hopefully i can, you know, learn a big lesson from that and move on. you know, i did talk with the lady, laura, and checked on her after the match to see if she was fine, she said she was fine. so, thank god no one was really hurt badly. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now. former fifa secretary generaljerome valcke and the chairman of qatar—based media group bein sports, nasser al—khelaifi, have gone on trial over the award of television rights for the world cup and confederations cup. both men deny wrongdoing. formula one bosses are looking into whether lewes hamilton broke rules at the tuscan grand prix yesterday by wearing a t—shirt highlighting police brutality. a spokesman said the ma

patrick gearey, bbc news.action to that historic point forjamaica with that goalless draw against france. massive for us. the past few weeks, past year, we faced quite a lot of stuff. together as a team we knew that we stuck together behind the scenes and we knew we wanted to come here and cause upsets and get what we deserve out of the game because we are a good team ourselves and a lot of people put us down and say we have not got a chance of getting out of the group, don't have this, don't have that. what i do know is that group of players have a lot of togetherness and are passionate about this tournament. translation: it was a frustrating match i because we had more than one chance to score. in the first half we missed too many chances. we lacked the technical accuracy to be able to put their team in more difficulty. there were a very compact, very aggressive. but we got a point. we will have to win the other two matches. three more games on monday, italy take on argentina and brazilface panama, but all e

patrick gearey, bbc news, silverstone.ow and park sung—hyun of south korea has won the us women's open at trump national to pick up her first lpga title in her debut season. the 23—year—old carded a final—round five—under—par 67 to finish on 11 under in newjersey. she beat her compatriot, 17—year—old amateur choi hye—jin by two shots. a south korean has won the us open seven times in the past 10 years. spaniard rafa cabrera—bello birdied the first play—off hole to deny callum shinkwin and capture the scottish open. carded an eight—under course record 64 to finish the regulation 72 holes in 13 under. cabrera—bello needed a brilliant final round to put himself in contention — he duly obliged with eight birdies including this one on the 12th as well as no bogeys. but for most of the day it seemed england's callum shinkwin was on course for victory. in fact, the world number 405 needed only a par 5 at the final hole to take the trophy and double his career earnings. he missed the putt to send the competition to a play off. cab

patrick gearey has more.ulder and the latest blow to england's world cup hopes. this was the tackle which would rule him out of his nation's tricky opening match against argentina. add to that that captain owen farrell who will miss two games in the tournament due to his own yet more challenges for a team that has struggled for form for some time now. england have been desperate for form. we don't know how they are supposed to be planned, they don't score tries, as pushover try against wales. there is no pattern. i don't think teams are particularly worried, they have lost their aura. this was not where england or they would be. eddiejones who led them to the last world cup final was supposed to take them into this one but he was sacked the end of last year, replaced by steve borthwick who couldn't lift the team beyond fourth in the six nations. england, it seems, were being bypassed. the world cup warm—ups have left many calls, so do the players really believe they can win the tournament? i wouldn't be here

patrick gearey has this report. that searing pace, it is two!he moments that make football what it is, the explosion of uncontrolled toy that comes with scoring a goal breaks among sport's great highs, and experience to be shared, but this is not an age of hogging. affable has been told to tighten up and spaced out, to isolate and celebrate at the same time. —— now football has been. that might mean this is the final chorus for non—league chorley even if they get another unlikely win in the cup. and... i don't even celebrate goals, because of the var, i adapt, with certain direction of controlling emotions, that i believe players can also can do a little bit of the same. premier league players are tested far more regularly than those at the levels below, and if you play football, by keeping two metres apart from everyone else, you're probably not doing it right. so is there much point in relegating celebrating? to control the emotions when you're going to hundred miles an houragain, it when you're going to hundred miles an hour again, it is... w

patrick gearey, bbc news at the oval.— flat racing's premier event. this is eminent, and his father is the great, undefeated frankel. but unlike other frankel foals, which have sold for millions of dollars, eminent failed to sell at auction. but trainer martin meede saw something in him, and persuaded owner sir peter vella to invest. so far theirfaith has been rewarded and tim hague's been to the home of british horse racing — newmarket — to find out more. iam here i am here at sefton lodge, one of newmarket‘s most historic stables, named after the 1878 derby winner, sefton. they hope here that they had the 2017 derby winner in their midst, eminent, the sun of the great frankel. i rode in the derby last year. i finished frankel. i rode in the derby last year. ifinished insects. this horse would be a lot better. —— ifinished in sixth. it is a wide—open race but hopefully he can come out in front. he seems playful, how is he to manage? he has a lovely temperament, frankel can be a little hot, but he seems to have a really g

patrick gearey, bbc news.inals of the vienna open, as world number 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. 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 batsman 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 h ow ofte n 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's hit over 300 more sixes than anybody else. and i'm

patrick gearey, bbc news.d the cricketing world — so let's get a feel for things in india — with cricket commentator, prakash wakankar. it is probably diwali and christmas, and all other festivals coming together. it's that kind of celebration. i can only think back to 1971 when india first one at the oval, one a series against england 0val, one a series against england where this kind of fervor — and i'd dare say it matches the 1983 world cup when too — you had chairman of large companies and a young man on the corner store, everybody glued to whatever was going on. as the new started filtering and that india actually one, there was a sense of disbelief that turned into absolute iby -- disbelief that turned into absolute joy —— as the news started filtering in. joy -- as the news started filtering in. ~ ~' ., joy -- as the news started filtering in. we know the special relationship the indians have _ in. we know the special relationship the indians have with _ in. we know the special relationship the indians

patrick gearey, bbc news at edgbaston. plenty to look forward to there, for sure.ember at the us open in los angeles, for frenchman, matthieu pavon. he became the first player from france to card a hole—in—one, with a 124—yard effort on the 15th. pavon finished the day at 1—over. rickie fowler shot an 8—under 62, the lowest round in us open history, with ten birdies and two bogeys. but, just moments later, his round was matched by fellow american, xander shauffele, who also finished his opening round on 8—under. full details of the first round on the bbc sport website, at the ususal address. at the usual address. now onto tennis, and andy murray reached the nottingham 0pen quarterfinals with a 6—3, 7—5 victory over france's hugo grenier, to cap a record—breaking day for british tennis. murray claimed his first title on home soil since wimbledon in 2016, with his win at surbiton last week. he is ranked 44th in the world, and trying to secure a top—32 seeding for wimbledon. the victory came after katie boulter, harriet dart and jodie burragejoined heather watson in t

patrick gearey, bbc news.is evening — lets take a look at some of the other football headlines. wales women are leading the faroe islands 4—0 in their latest qualifier for the european championships next year. they lost to norway last month so a win here would keep their hopes alive. glasgow city will host ireland's peamount united in the first qualifying round of the women's champions league. the single—leg match is on november the 3rd or 4th. and fifa's boss gianni infantino says he's not interested in a proposed european super league. fifa were said to support plans for a 18—team tournament worth £4.6 billion. liverpool and manchester united were among five premier league clubs set to be included. now to some shocking statistics which show 43% of premier league footballers have experienced targeted racist abuse. raheem sterling, wilfred zaha and adebayo akinfenwa were three of the 44 players whose social media accounts were analysed in the study by the professional footballers association over the final six

patrick gearey has the story.ger bannister, - third from the left, gets away at the iffley ground, oxford, for the race of his life. and so began 3:59.11 seconds of british sporting history. archive: chris brasher. setting the pace in front. there was certainly a feeling of it being a national event and something of a landmark for the country. but it had to be me attempting it, so it was entangled with my own effort. bannister, training to be a doctor, was trying to prove something, perhaps to himself, having slipped to fourth at the olympics two years earlier. but he was also engaged in an experiment. at the time, some scientists believed you would kill yourself trying to run a mile in four minutes. bannister disagreed. his friend chris brasher was tasked with setting the correct pace and tempering bannister�*s enthusiasm. we seemed to be going so slowly. impatiently, i shouted, "faster." but brasher kept his head and didn't change the pace. bannister was an amateur, running was secondary to his studies, and he'd

patrick gearey, bbc news. british and irish lions have arrived in new zealand ahead of their 10 match tour. head coach warren gatland has admitted they have a tough schedule ahead. they landed in auckland overnight — just three days before their first tour match against the nz provisional barbarians. the all blacks head coach steve hansen said the lions should have arrived a week before their first game — while gatland urges players not to listen to the negativity. i've mentioned how difficult the schedule was for 12 months. for people to talk about it now seems a little bit ironic, as we've all been well aware of it and how tough it is. you cannot well on it, we cannot change it. if you let negativity in terms of thinking about those sorts of things worry you, it is going to influence a team. it is what it is, and we are excited about it, looking forward to it. the schedule is tough, but some of those tough games are going to get a slice preparation for the test series. it's been a long couple of months since

patrick gearey, bbc news.d cup every two years, saying, "players are not robots." fifa will hold a summit with its member associations and various fans groups at the end of the month. they say that there is a broad consensus that the international men's and women's calendar needs to be "reformed and improved". the current programme of fixtures 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 good competitions. we have the euros, then 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 when 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

patrick gearey, bbc news.ol managerjurgen klopp said it was the best game they'd played at everton since he took over, but he was utterly baffled by that late var decision. somebody showed me the situation with the henderson goal and i don't know where the line is and where you can do offside. ijust don't understand it. so, yes, obviously we should have won this game, but we didn't. so we accept that obviously. so everton stay top, with liverpool second, but chelsea missed the chance to move into the top four this afternon, surrendering a 2—0 lead to draw 3—3 with southampton. chelsea were flying thanks to two strikes from timo werner, his first premier league goals since joining in the summer. but southampton weren't about to lay down, and theo walcott‘s shot was turned in by danish defender jannik vestergaard in injury time. and their manager was pleased with the team's resilience. arsenal also lost ground today. they were beaten by manchester city at the etihad. raheem sterling with the only goal of the gam

patrick gearey, bbc news.ome from behind to draw i—i against manchester united at old trafford. adam lallana the hero for the league leaders. his late goal cancelled out marcus rashford's opener and means liverpool are 6 points clear at the top. nick parrot was watching this one for us. rarely have liverpool arrived at old trafford as favourites to beat united, it's almost 30 years since there was as big a gap between the two sides in the league as there is today. but the magnitude of this encounter is often a great leveller. liverpool missing mohamed salah in attack, and looking shaky at the back. roberto firmino would usually finish off chances like this, and it cost liverpool dearly afterward. a sloppy pass, a quick counterattack, echoes of the united of old as marcus rashford rushed forward, to put the home side ahead. howls of protest from liverpool silenced by the video assistant referee, ruling divock origi was not fouled at the start of the move. var soon upsetjurgen klopp and his men again when sadio

patrick gearey, bbc news. the rest of the six nations after being given a five—week ban. he admitted committing an act of foul play which led to his red card during sunday's draw with italy, after he made direct head—on—head contact while attempting to tackle an opponent. he'll miss the games against wales and england. neil wagner has been talking about his decision to call time on his new zealand test career. he made the announcement after being told he wouldn't feature in either of their upcoming matches against australia. wagner is a fiery swing bowler and fan favourite — he bows out at the age of 37, as new zealand's fifth—highest wicket—taker with 260. it's never easy. it's an emotional road. it's a big roller coaster, but it's something that i feel like, yeah, the time has come to pass that baton on and leave that black cap in a good place for the rest to take it and hopefully grow their legacy forward. to the new zealand public and the fans, i can't thank you enough for their support, for making me feel

patrick gearey reports. patrick gearey rounds up the action. hopes it was baku or bask in my victory at azerbaijan was essential so victory at azerbaijan was essential so in the lyre slowing capital city they chose to aim high, that is six foot five kieffer moore who might have retired this year with a fractured skull, nights like this need courage. bravery takes different forms and sometimes it is the decision tojust different forms and sometimes it is the decision to just have a go, danieljames did, harry wilson and wales benefited. 2—0, that sucked the nerves out of the air, and there we re the nerves out of the air, and there were chances for a third but the job was done, or at least part one. hungary on tuesday will be decisive. more than i do know michael 0'neill will be leaving but first he has something he would like to finish. like wales and northern ireland are guaranteed a place in the play—offs, so guaranteed a place in the play—offs, so why not have a go against the netherlands? the referee spotted a dutch handball, penalty. steven

patrick gearey is in melbourne for us.by very english conditions here in melbourne, only taking two of australia's second innings wickets before the rain, and showers turned to storms after three o'clock and there was no more play. england will be consoled by the fact they are the only side with a realistic chance of winning this test, so they will avoid the dreaded 5-0 test, so they will avoid the dreaded 5—0 ashes whitewash. the only lasted one ball this morning beforejimmy anderson was out, so then alastair cook 244 not out, batting all the way through the england innings undefeated, the first enlistment to do that since 1997, and a record score for anyone who has done that ina score for anyone who has done that in a test match. england managed to ta ke two in a test match. england managed to take two of australia's second innings wickets, and then there was that really crucial period of play, england bowling to david warner and steve smith, the two best australian batsmen, and england's tactics was to dry up the runs,

here's patrick gearey. and so, to sydney.s at the moment, in the final port of this ashes series. england go into this match knowing there is no prospect of that humiliating 5—0 whitewash but also knowing that they've not been able to force a victory, in large part due to an inability to ta ke large part due to an inability to take 20 wickets, which has brought attention on their spinner, moeen ali. use only managed three wickets in the whole series. there's prospect he may be replaced by mason crane, the leg—spinner with some experience of this part of the world, having played for new south wales in the sheffield shield. whether mason crane plays depends on the pitch and we should get a better look at that tomorrow but england will take part in their performance in melbourne, it was a battle but they have the better of the draw there. i asked mark stoneman, the opening batsmen, whether he felt their momentum had switched towards england... whether he felt their momentum had switched towards england. . ij whether he felt thei

patrick gearey, bbc news.ck cycling world cup in london. fred white and matthew walls took silver in the madison, finishing second to denmark in the long—distance points race. it follows—up on the women's team pursuit gold medal on the opening day and kadeena cox's victory over paralympic champion dame sarah storey. there was heartbreak for england's men's hockey team, who missed out on a place in the world cup final. they were beaten by belgium 6—0 in their semi—final in india. england will now play off against australia in the bronze medal match tomorrow. and the new formula e season is underway. portugal's antonio felix da costa won the opening race of the electric car series in saudi arabia. battery improvements mean the cars can now reach speeds of 170mph and last the full 45 minute race. that's it from me, but there's more on the bbc sport website, including justin rose — on course to finish the season as the world's number one golfer. goodnight. that's it. you can see more on all of today's stories on t

patrick gearey, bbc news. ever victory over england today, outshining the visitors by six runs at the grange. callum macleod's brilliant century helped the scots to their highest one day total on a record—breaking day in edinburgh. jim lumsden has more. piped onto the pitch, the world's top ranked one—day side travel to edinburgh to beat the side ranked 13th. the scots went into bad and england were unable to contain the hosts in a compact ground. calum macleod of the most damage pounding out 140, scotland ended 371—5, their best car in a one—day international. jonny bairstow and jason roy led the reply. reaching a century, the first england player to do so with three consecutive 0di ‘s. eoin morgan was lost and alex hales as well. the wickets tumbled further with adil rashid following his team—mates. and when mark wood sell lbw it was all over, a richly deserved victory for scotla nd over, a richly deserved victory for scotland and probably the greatest in their history. england were missing their lead test w

patrick gearey, bbc news. it was pretty straightforward. course i enjoy those races where you're battling through but we needed those points today so i think a solid job from the team. our starting position was compromised but we had a really good start and i was quite quickly back into second so to get that fast lap was very nice and of course i know it will be difficult to the end but that's nice, it keeps it exciting. it certainly is exciting. ireland have finished off their autumn internationals with a dominant 53—7 win over argentina in dublin. the irish ran in seven tries in all, each coming from the forward line, dan sheenan getting this one over in a game where argentina were reduced to 14 men after tomas lavanini was sent off for a high tackle. england's women made it 18 test wins a row after thrashing usa 89—0. they ran in 15 tries from 12 different players to cap off a successful autumn campaign. england's focus will now be on attempting to win a third women's six nations title in a row in april. we have moved things on in the co

patrick gearey, bbc news.r newcastle in their first ever champions league campaign. indeed, he was in the team that beat barcelona in 1997. and he says it's great for the club to be back in europe's elite club competition. it has been a long, long time since the keegan days and the days of champions league and bobby robson. it hasjust been champions league and bobby robson. it has just been a long time coming. as you say, we have had a lot of heartache and a lot of downs. we've now got new ownership. everybody seems to be pulling in the right direction, the same direction, like we had with kevin keegan and sir john hall many, many years back. manager eddie howe is doing a fantasticjob. brought in some brilliant, brilliant players. i think the recruitment has been exceptional. and we deserved to be in there and it is going to be very, very interesting to see how we do because we are in a very, very tough group. there's also been some more sobering news from milan, with police confirming a newcastle fan has been

patrick gearey, bbc news. yeah, lots to look forward to.ng from a car crash, which this evening, the los angeles county sheriff has said was caused by "driving at a speed that was unsafe". they said he was travelling at up to 87 mph in february, when the speed limit was 45. there's lots more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website, but that's all the sport for now. have a good night. hello there. it was a cold, frosty start on wednesday with sunshine, but the cloud arrived and we closed out wednesday with quite a lot of clout around, acting like a blanket through the night, so temperature is not falling quite as far. in actual fact the wind direction changing for thursday to more of the westerly, and that's going to drive something in the tool less cold across the country, with the darker blues the quarterjust 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 north—west for thursday. so, quite a lo

patrick gearey has the story of the day. at one game left and the series to win.ide and the captain, shovel the pack and hope for the ace. every so often that ace goes higher. the second ball dawid malan had faced. a confident mood. not risk—free, but 50. he finished with 78 and none of his colleagues threw shade on his spotlight. south africa set 182 to win. the value of runs is not what it was. inflation inevitable with batsmen like ab de villiers who can make any score unsafe, not to mention any spectator. mason crane was the bowler, a 20—year—old leg—spinner who stuck at it. with his bravery came revenge. ab de villiers became his first international wicket. south africa never fully recovered. england's victory was ultimately co mforta ble. england's experiment had worked. patrick gearey, bbc news. so the white ball kevin starc continues. 2—i, they beat south africa. but new faces in the england side. dawid malan today added to tom curran and the others. now attention turns to the test series which sta rts turns to the test series which starts at lord's on the

patrick gearey, bbc news.ive 7—0 win over montenegro last night helped them qualify for euro 2020. as for the rest of the home nations, well they have plenty of work to do to, if they want to reaching next summer's tournament. —— want to reach. wales, scotland and northern ireland are all in action tomorrow. so let's have quick look at what they get. —— need to do. northern ireland have a tough task, they are third in the "group of death" behind germany and leaders the netherlands. they will need to beat the dutch tomorrow and the germans on tuesday as well as hoping other results go their way. wales have a similar challenge. they need to beat both azerbaijan and hungary and will hope for other results to play in their favour. scotland though, can't qualify automatically, but they do have a chance via the play—offs. let's have a look at some of the other stories around today. staying with scotland then as hibernian have confirmed that jack ross is their new head coach. it's on a three—and—a—half—year deal. the

patrick gearey, bbc news.hind closed doors. but tomorrow, the first tentative steps towards fans returning for the first time since march will be made. ross county against celtic and aberdeen's match with kilmarnock will act as test events, with 300 fans allowed to watch both matches. our reporter tyrone smith has been to aberdeen to see the steps they have taken to ensure the safe return of supporters. got our tickets! collecting scottish football's golden tickets, the weight is on must deliver these aberdeen fans. 300 supporters, picked by ballot, will take their socially distanced seats at pittodrie. cannot wait. it is not the adversaries to most games, but it is, as long as i can be there... any opportunity to get active pittodrie. had to go to my doctor to get my blood pressure checked. kind of normal routine. are you excited? 0f of normal routine. are you excited? of course i am, yes. it's around six months since fans are back in a scottish football ground, but life in the states is going to look and fee

patrick gearey reports.in doing so, frozen time a football match. you will blows his whistle, and what a landmark night for manchester city. their first ever manchester city. theirfirst ever win manchester city. their first ever win against rail madrid here in the burn about. manchester city's to win over madrid was a night in another world, so do they still have an advantage in a game where everything is changed. i don't know, it was a long time ago that we play the first leg. it's a different game, we knew it. after the game. so, we have another when we are going to play here at home. but at home. trying to do the game. across a champagne drenched decade, there have been so many glorious days and nights for city, the champions league is the final 5532125219. league is. 15524512! 7 undiscovered git? fans conquering” gift: fans send mnqueriug" gift: fans send == mnqueriug" ci’cfg fans send == tend waring" cit? fans send == tend to inf; europe, city fans send —— tend to see it as an optional extra. the champi

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patrick gearey, bbc news. celtic and we play tomorrow. —— and rangers.h, hibs manager shaun maloney in a moment, but first winning manager robbie nielson. it was a tough, tough game. credit to the hearts players, but also credit to the hibs players. i thought they battled really well. they put us under a lot of pressure, more so going down to ten men as well. and it was a real nailbiter at the end, but i'm just delighted to get through. you score a goal in that five—minute period, we did well to get a second, and then we made the wee error and letting them in, itjust gives them an opportunity. but to the boys' credit, they hung in there and deserved to go through. we had to play on an edge today, to metch— we had to play on an edge today, to match the _ we had to play on an edge today, to match the physicality of hearts and the aggression they had against us last week — the aggression they had against us last week. i asked the players to do that, _ last week. i asked the players to do that, and _ last week. i asked the players to do that, and joe just sl