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.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 reports. kick—off, new year's day — tired arsenal and manchester city fans must hope their luck improves in 2022. referees, of course, can't afford to be bleary eyed, for soon, stuart attwell had a decision to make. no arsenal penalty, he said. and on reflection, var confirmed. not without question. arsenal didn't dwell on that, though. no time to, no need to. bukayo saka extended the new year's celebrations. only the manager missed out — he's in covid isolation. but in the second half came the hitch. a handful of bernardo silva's shirt, enough for a manchester city penalty and thanks to riyad mahrez, an equaliser, too. now the game hurtled into a chaotic fast forward. a mistake, somehow city's nathan ake saved a goal, somehow arsenal's gabriel martinelli missed one. and just seconds later, the gunners' other gabriel, already booked, got himself sent off. arsenal's party was now a lock—out. could they stop city? stoppage time, the league leaders advanced and rodri won it. for those who came fr

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 reports.rough shaded eyes, football is back, if it ever went away! european qualifiers began weeks ago, for a start, and both of these teams already had pre—season tours. manchester city's featured 18—year—old phil foden, a young englishman who they see as the future, and he set up a star of the recent past. aguero! aguero's 200th goal for the club. if he represents city's continuity, at chelsea, it is all change. meet maurizio sarri, their new manager, a former banker with a gambler‘s instinct for attack. easier in theory than practice against a side like this. aguero again. time for a break, temperatures at wembley meant water and instructions were taken. it took until the final minutes for anything to filter through for chelsea. tammy abra ham thwarted by claudio bravo, 2—0 it finished. pep guardiola's champions seem in no mood to settle. this shield is a statement. patrick gearey, bbc news. steven gerrard had a lot to deal with in his first scottish premiership game in charge of rangers. a

patrick gearey, bbc news.te to earn themselves a spot in the premier league's top four. ashley barnes scored an 88th minute winner ina ashley barnes scored an 88th minute winner in a hard—fought victory over stoke city at a wet turf moor. it increases pressure on stoke boss mark hughes. the reality is, we've got another tough game on saturday. the players have a right to enjoy this, but the next game comes quickly on a saturday, that's my focus. i'm pleased with last night. tonight we had to work hard for it, grind it out. a real moment of quality to win it. but thursday we will look to recover and look onto the next one. crystal palace left is even later, they came from behind to beat watford 2—1 at selhurst park. ba ka ry sa ko beat watford 2—1 at selhurst park. bakary sako and james mcarthur scoring in the last few minutes to snatch the point that moved roy hodgson's team off the bottom of the table and out of the bottom three. we've done well in the last minutes of game, really. we equalised late against w

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.s business at westminster and the government s failure once again to get its key brexit policy through parliament. events have once again highlighted how polarising and paralysing brexit has been to the political process. my colleague reeta chakrabarti looks now at the effect the brexit vote has had on the westminster political system and its future. the british people have spoken and the answer is we're out. the message from voters seemed clear. brexit means brexit, and we are going to make a success of it. but, after numerous trips to brussels and showdowns with the cabinet, nearly 1,000 days on, there's deadlock and division. has brexit proved too much for our political system? i sat down with three experts to get their take. it's the most difficult issue for parliament to resolve because, for the first time ever in our constitutional history, mps are being asked to enact something they do not believe in. the vast majority of mps were for remain, the majority in the cabinet voted re

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 was watching.n park is one of the few places on merseyside that you are allowed to meet your neighbours. in the league, everton started this derby ahead. in the match, the opposite. sadio mane scored for liverpool after just two minutes, and after five, they threatened again. if the play had been offside, it would have been a penalty. as it was, it only ended the van dijk‘s match. with great defenders, you notice the most when they're not there. michael keane was there and it was 1—1. liverpool conceded seven in the last match, and for all the tactical manoeuvring, sometimes it's about pure instinct of players like mohamed salah. once everton might have folded, but in dominic calvert—lewin, they have a player reaching more improbable heights. his tenth of the season already. it seemed like henderson had won it. now there's always a cheque. sadio mane offside by an inch. this was a derby that really was that close. patrick gearey, bbc news, liverpool. liverpool managerjurgen klopp said it was the be

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, bbc news. of the days other sports stories: lee westwood survived a nervy finish at golf‘s abu dhabi championship, to win his first title for 1h months. he needed a par at the last to win — and he birdied it to make sur, finishing two shots clear. and ufc‘s conor mcgregor made a spectacular return to the octagon — beating his opponent donald cowboy cerrone in — just a0 seconds flat. that history has been named after the first woman won a championship. they thought women's champion beat 13 men and won a 17 four days. scottish championship leaders dundee united came from behind twice to earn replay at hibernian in the scottish cup — louis appere with the eqauliser. manchester city are top of the women's super league after a 2—0 win at birmingham city. as arsenal slipped to second after being thrashed 4—1 at home to chelsea. sam kerr finally got her first goal in a chelsea shirt. with the win taking them to within a point of top spot. jess softley reports. plenty at stake for these two sides, a wi

at lunch england are 144—5, and we can head live now to our reporter patrick gearey.'re outside the scg. joe root out in the centre, dehydration wasn't the problem, what was the issue? he was suffering we understand from a stomach bug, it wasn't the heat exhaustion we earlier thought it might have been, but i think in the hot temperatures in sydney wouldn't have been pleasant but he couldn't resume his innings at the start of play so moeen ali went out with jonny bairstow, but he's now gone out to bat after moeen's wicket fell and he was in some discomfort, he has kept drinking water, not surprising, but he is still battling, he's got through to lunch, which gives him another chance to get a crucial rest. you mention the loss of moeen ali's wicket, butjoe root has a half—century, promising from england given they only lost one wicket in the morning session? it could have been worse. moeen lasted an hour before nathan lyon got him for the seventh time in this series, quite an alarming statistic, but then root came in with bairstow, health problems notwithstanding not t

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.t of 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 fence, i can't thank you enough for their support, for making me

patrick gearey, bbc news. and the british horse racing authority is to bar inexperienced apprentice jockey gina mangan from riding rank outsider dee—ore lear in saturday's epsom derby. the authority says its made the decision to put responsibility first. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, deputy editor of the political news website, reaction. and 0wen bennett, deputy political editor of huff post uk. welcome to you both. tomorrow's front pages. the guardian sasteremy corbyn challenged amber rudd over the impact of the government's spending cuts following his last minute decision to take part in the bbc election debate. the daily telegraph notes that the home secretary represented theresa may in the debate, just 48 hours after the death of amber rudd's father. the times reports that the prime minister is concentrating on brexit after her refusal to take part in tonight

patrick gearey, bbc news, at lord's.n—affected fourth one—day international in kandy. the tourists had already won the series. south africa won the toss and put the home side into bat, and dasun shanaka top—scored with 65 as sri lanka made 306—7 in an innings that was reduced to 39 overs because of rain. further rain meant south africa were set a re—adjusted target of 191 from 21 overs. they fell just short as sri lanka won by threee runs to avoid the prospect of a series whitewash. the fifth and final one—dayer is on sunday. in transfer news, chelsea have signed one kepa to replace another. spain's kepa arriza balaga from athletic bilbao has joined the west london club for a world record fee for a goalkeeper believed to be around $79 million. the blues have agreed to sell belgium goalkeeper thibaut courtois to real madrid, with midfielder mateo kovacic arriving on loan from the spanish club. the deal is still subject to courtois agreeing personal terms and completing a medical but real plan to present the 26—year—old, w

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 has the details of day three so far...ed by things like schools. instead, they clear minds and impossible boundaries. happy dm, cricket distract them get intimidated by things like scores. the approach by ben stokes relies on instinct and sometimes not but the problem with look as it has a habit of changing suddenly. one ball later, stoke 725. that is how we play, they say, and instinct to serve injonny bairstow well, a man in the form of his life seemingly able to hit the ball when he wants with india powerless to stop him. a century, his third in three tests. he embodies new england but it cannot be down to him alone. on 160 was sent on his way with love, perhaps for some, with regret, because when india went back out to bat they were 132 runs ahead. england needed with its fast. this was a start, john tojimmy anderson while broad there is another player. india's response was graceful, old school. test cricket as it was. with its kelly began carefully gathering momentum until charging in the other direction came stokes t

patrick gearey, bbc news.s caretaker coach graham thorpe admits england are suffering with a number of injuries — but will fight on to try and salvage a draw on the final day. we've obviously got some blows to some fingers, but i'm sure the lads will take whatever they need to take to get themselves into a position where they are capable of performing tomorrow. so, they'll all bat and they will do their very best. i know that. so work to do for england who could still be helped by the weather, with rain predicted on sunday. former england bowler alex hartley is alongside our reporter henry moeran. this was another entertaining, if difficult day for england here at the scg, with australia piling on the bronze after gaining the wickets, giving some hope at one stage. —— piling on the runs. the headline news was it was back on the side, becoming the first australian in two years to score two 100s in a test match. what a performance from him. it's left england with a mighty target, 388 realistically, their hope ha

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. 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 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.ic the professional footballers association has been telling us its seen a rise in the number of footballers — current and former — accessing its counselling services for mental health. and they fear with the financial instability in the sport at the moment, things could get worse. in 2016, they had 160 members get in touch for mental health support. by 2019 that number was up to 653. and for 2020 — that number was already at 46a in september, and could surpass last year's total by the end of this year. as part of mental health awareness week i've been speaking to former brentford player michael bennett who's director of player welfare at the pfa. i think initially it was the financial aspect of things which we re financial aspect of things which were causing anxiety and low moods that define our situation where you had players who had been caught up in the panic of buying food spending made they did not have. you had financial concerns coming to an end with their contracts particularl

patrick gearey, bbc news. manchester united, who also announced the signing of rafael varane before the game. i've been getting the thoughts of anthony shaw, a manchester united fan who sells fanzines outside old trafford and was at the match earlier: it was a great performance and fitting with the fans back on the ground and a really exciting game. when you look at old trafford i7 when you look at old trafford 17 months on and seeing a lot of people today i had not seen for a long time and then a performance like that against one of our biggest rivals is against one of our biggest rivals is a very positive day and one i really enjoyed. a very positive day and one i really en'o ed. ., , ., ., ., , enjoyed. you sell fan magazines outside, what _ enjoyed. you sell fan magazines outside, what is _ enjoyed. you sell fan magazines outside, what is the _ enjoyed. you sell fan magazines outside, what is the past - enjoyed. you sell fan magazines outside, what is the past 17 - enjoyed. you sell fan magazines i outside

patrick gearey, bbc news. well, there has been a lot of pressure on captainjoe root.managed to draw the match and remove the possibility of another 5—0 defeat. coming into the game, i spoke a lot about putting some pride back into english cricket and into the test performances, and i think the fight and the desire and the character shown today and throughout the five days has done that in a small way. from the position that we found ourselves in at certain points within this game, to be able to sit here, having drawn, at the start of today, it was always going to take a good performance. and really proud of the way the guys dug in and managed to do that. i would say, firstly, it was a lot of furl — i would say, firstly, it was a lot of fun. having a lot of runs on the board, _ of fun. having a lot of runs on the board, we — of fun. having a lot of runs on the board, we knew we could get pretty creative. _ board, we knew we could get pretty creative, and always felt like we were _ creative, and always felt like we were looking for wickets as opposed to try to— were loo

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.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.ew 2024 tennis season is already under way with the united cup mixed team competition in australia and great britain beat the hosts to get the tournament off to a winning start. katie boulter secured the vital victory in the three rubber tie with a straight sets win over ajla tomljanovic. the british number one winning 6—2, 6—4just after her team—mate had beaten her boyfriend. cameron norrie is the former, australia's alex de minaur the latter. the british number one claiming a three set victory and after the tie was won, boulter said it was �*super awkward�* but she �*hopes de minaur will still have me�*. britain can reach the united cup quarterfinals if they beat the usa on sunday. meanwhile over in brisbane... rafa nadal is preparing to return to the court after a year out, ahead of a year that may well be his last in the sport. nadal�*s most recent competitive match was injanuary at the australian open, which he�*s also preparing for next week. after missing the other three slams i

patrick gearey reports.ely sits still in him sits an energy that will not allow him to rest on last year's wins. to make manchester city's bubble burst. kyle walker was rearing to start. mark, set, go, goal. gabrieljesus the scorer, west ham blown away in seconds. city had been subdued but eventually old patterns re—emerged. raheem sterling, 2—0. it looks simple. it isn't. it takes long hours to produce football so seamless as gabriellejesus scores, most were admiring it. but this year we have video assisted referees to study things closer, much closer. sterling offside by a sliver of his shoulder, no goal. it was a temporary reprieve. sterling added a second and wanted to take this penalty. sergio aguero did. fortunately for him, var spooted west ham being where they weren't supposed to be. take two, take that. 4-0. hat—trick. yesterday, liverpool scored four. today, city scored five. catch them if you can. patrick gearey, bbc news. in terms of five goals a proper surface. not all where we want to be but it

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 reports. england in an oval—shaped hole. patrick gearey reports.om below 200 to above 300 with care and increasing flair. in the end, he made 89, more even than alastair cook yesterday. the buttler outscoring the master as england finished on 332. stirring stuff. as england finished on 332. nowjoe root asked his bowlers to carry the charge. stuart broad went into the breach and into the pads. shikhar dhawan, lbw for three. the breach and into the pads. now india under pressure. the breach and into the pads. kl rahul released a valve. the breach and into the pads. the batsman who's struggled for runs this series decided there was little to lose and the game settled in for a mid—afternoon snooze. this was the wake—up call. in for a mid—afternoon snooze. rahul gone to sam curran, a young man with a knack of making things happen. a young man with a knack of he's been able to learn from the best. deliveries like this to pujara are the reason james anderson is getting close to becoming the most successful pace bowler of all time. to becoming the most suc

patrick gearey, bbc news.nt bridge — play can go on till after 7pm because of the hour long rain delay today. england are 64—1 at the moment. and it's also finals day in the charlotte edwards cup — central sparks taking on southern vipers, who are coached by the namesake of this trophy... charlotte edwards. the vipers scored at a decent rate in reply to the sparks score of 109—8. they eventually finished on 110—11. rugby union, and saracens overcame a nine—point deficit and survived three second—half yellow cards to beat champions harlequins in the day's first premiership semi—final. the victory means saracens reached their sixth final in their last eight campaigns — having won four of those trips to twickenham. jess softley has more. former champions versus reigning champions. saracens against harlequins. the stage was set. harlequins. the stage was set. harlequins have the better start. marcus smith exploiting a gap in the saracens defence to set up danny care. ben earl reduce the deficit before clever play

patrick gearey, bbc news. was merciless in beating roger federer as he reached yet another grand slam final. he's a step closer to a 17th major title and defending his australian open crown after winning in straight sets against a man clearly struggling with injury. meanwhile, the women's final is something of a surprise. with more from melbourne, here'sjohn watson. we have the women's final complete. we'll come to that in a moment, but let's just reflect on another novak djokovic victory in the semifinals here to book his place in an eighth australian open final. it's a 26th grand slam final as he brushed the mighty roger federer aside in straight sets. federer clearly struggling as he received a medical timeout at the end of the first set — which he lost — and then it was comfortable in the end for djokovic as he moved through in straight sets. djokovic hoping to successfully defend his title here. and we await who he will face in that final. the victor will come from the winner of alex zverev and dominic th

patrick gearey, bbc news.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 able to come here and because 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 other group, don't have this, don't have that. what i do know is that group of players and have a lot of togetherness and are passionate about this tournament. translation: it was a frustrating match because we had more than one chance to score — had more than one chance to score in_ had more than one chance to score. in the first half we missed _ score. in the first half we missed too many chances. we like to— missed too many chances. we like to be _ missed too many chances. we like to be technical accuracy to be — like to be technical accuracy to be able to put their team in more — to be able t

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

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

patrick gearey rounds up the action. has become a cold and lonely city for the british after repeated french exit, only heather watson remained at the party against fiona pharaoh, she was guiding drop shots. dodging raindrops. but there was under the peril in the air. —— fiona ferro. ferro powered back preparing the early break and then the tie—break wrestling the set from watson's grass. for now ferro must imagine the appreciative crowd. watson rate several paces before her —— pull her opponent, has failed to win... she fizzled. ferro since her chance in the game, showing me the second round here once before and advance towards it after with sleep. there will be no brits there for the first time in seven years. game, set, match from a chipper chip over and for britain, the french open is already close. —— championship over. patrick gearey, bbc news. better news for world number one novak djokovic. he took the first set six love against his opponent and the next two also went his way, 6—2, 6-3, but next two also went his

patrick gearey, bbc news.ted, because i think we deserve another lesson, but sometimes you play well and you win, and for us it is like we need to play well, we need to score goals, we play well, and sometimes we are punished. that is the process in this moment that we are. in 15 days, in two weeks, we are going to have the second tie, and be positive that we can win the game and go to the final. ., ., , ., ., , the final. tonight was a really secial the final. tonight was a really special night. _ the final. tonight was a really special night. the _ the final. tonight was a really i special night. the atmosphere, hayden — special night. the atmosphere, hayden scoring, it was such a good night _ hayden scoring, it was such a good night for— hayden scoring, it was such a good night for us — hayden scoring, it was such a good night for us. we have to take that as a one — night for us. we have to take that as a one off, _ night for us. we have to take that as a one off, and enjoy that. the second _ as a one off,

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 at edgbaston. plenty to look forward there for sure.the us open in los angeles, for frenchman, matthieu pavon. he became the first player from france to card a hole—in—one, with a121i—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. 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 the women's last eight, the first time four british women have reached the q

patrick gearey, bbc news. as we can expect, plenty of drama and emotion.at stake though in tomorrow's match with scotland. not least for alun wuyn jones, the wales captain who'll win his 149th cap. the most appearances by any international player. katie gornall reports. to represent your country just to represent your countryjust once as an achievement. to endure the way that alun wyn jones has is almost supernatural. for wales, he is almost more than a by for wales, he is almost more than a rugby player. lots of people out there understandably want to celebrate this incredible achievement. how are you feeling about all of this added attention? slightly uncomfortable. it does feel a bit likea slightly uncomfortable. it does feel a bit like a sideshow, if i'm honest because i just want to get out there and play. iam hugely because i just want to get out there and play. i am hugely flattered, because i just want to get out there and play. iam hugely flattered, but ultimately it is not important and i wa nt to ultimately it is not important and i want to play

patrick gearey reports.end. on the top of your screen — and soon on top of the match — this was the road to their ninth straight grand slam title. there was a diversion. the accomplished pair fought back to nip the second set. but, when you've done it as often as hewett and reid, victory becomes a sort of muscle memory. this was the third australian open, but winning never becomes boring. in the past two years, they have seized every grand slam available. different surfaces, climates, and opponents — with one formidable constant. i think i've got a good leader next to me. ever since we first partnered, which was nine years ago now, he's always took me under his wing and mentored me. i think that relationship never changed. i'm just a little bit fearless out there, and he's the more composed, rational on the court. it would be easy to take glory for granted — but repeated success requires that you keep going up that hill. it sometimes hurts. and when they won wimbledon last year, there was worry behind the fi

patrick gearey, bbc news.vents for the family to follow over the next week. looking at some of the other british success on day1 and also what we've got to look forward to tomorrow. from tokyo, here's our reporter rachel latham. to round up today's action in the swimming pool, seven athletes from paralympic gb qualify for the heats into the finals this evening and three of them won medals. let's start with tony sharp, 19—year—old making her paralympic debut, and she took the bronze medal. also making his paralympic debut is reese dunn. he went in the 100 or butterfly, did one better and took the silver medal. all eyes were there on the 200 metres freestyle. she led the race the hallway, it was not until the final five metres she was pipped by the chinese and she took the silver medal. looking ahead to tomorrow, let's stick at the swimming pool, will finally see ellie simmons in action. it is not just her going for great britain full toss also grace harvey and lacey summers newton will be going in the 200 metre

patrick gearey reports. sometimes you don't need scores or even words. just a face. series defeat to west indies last month, theirfourth in a row. and that would prove to be the end of his captaincy. this morning, a statement marked the close of a five year innings. root said, i have loved to leading my country, but recently it's hit home how much of a toll it's taken me and the impact it's had on me away from the game." eventually, you do start to realise that, however passionate you might be about the job, it's one of those jobs that does grab you, you never really want to give it up, no matter how bad things are. one of the things you have to say is that it's a results—driven game. if you're not getting wins, which is what basically has been happening for the last 12 months, at some stage something has to change. joe root has long been england's anchor. the outstanding batter of his generation. that is another magnificent 100 for root. ajump and a skip forjoy. he'd never been a permanent county captain when he was chosen to lead his country in 2017. a fresh and ch