ina year, in a year, andy murray has gone from co nsta nt in a year, andy murray has gone from constantling in love with his sport again. but stan wawrinka will attest that affection. in the first that he was unstoppable and carried that relentless energy into the second. but andy murray is a great survival expert, who has had his hip service and his spirit in you. he wrestle back the break and seize the set. cracks followed, brea ks were seize the set. cracks followed, breaks were inevitable. for in a row at one stage as the third set seesawed. finally, crucially, the swiss missed. andy murray had done it, through surgery and recovery and pain to glory, andy murray is a champion once more. patrick geary, bbc news. obviously, it means a lot. the last few years have been extremely difficult. both me and stan have had a lot of injury problems in the last couple of yea rs. problems in the last couple of years. amazing, obviously to be back playing against him in a final like that. i think it was a great match, you know, stan was playing unbelievable. elsewhere, latvia'sjelena 0stapenko def

this is andy murray's 68th final. among his more remarkable. chair brought a risk of pain. since surgery he says tennis has become fun again but stanislas wawrinka would test that enjoyment in the first set. he broke early. it took energy to watch him let alone stop him. stanislas wawrinka continued into the second still in fast forward, two years older than andy murray and with his own injury problems, resilience became before his brilliance, another break, another level. andy murray is a great survival tennis player. since his surgery his spirit renewed. he wrestled the break back and somehow punched through and took the set. such forces, such pressure meant cracks followed. breaks were inevitable. four in a row at one stage as the third set seesawed. then finally, crucially, the swiss missed. murray had done it through surgery and recovery, from pain to glory, andy murray is a champion once more. patrick gearey, bbc news. in the premier league, liverpool had to come from behind to draw i—i against manchester united at old trafford. adam lall

at 23 andy murray became the shanghai masters youngest champion.nament is a chance for him to be competitive again. but the world number 56 took the game to him. giving murray the runaround. after hitting 18 winners he took the first set. time for murray to turn it up a notch. moves like this changed the direction of the match. it went to a third set. but things got really competitive and frustrating for his opponent. his opponent could not keep a resurgent murray down, and neither his emotions. let's have quick look at some other sports headlines this evening — and staying with tennis. kyle edmunds is out of the shanghai masters as poorform continues — he lost to france's jeremy chardy in straight sets. edmund will lose british number one status — with dan evan's taking over when the news rankings are published. tottenham have confirmed that their captain and goalkeeper hugo lloris won't return to training with the club until next year. he sustained a dislocated elbow during the 3—0 defeat to brighton on saturday. fabian delph has withdrawn from t

the comeback continues, but the matches aren't getting any easier for andy murray.fter reaching the quarterfinals of the china open, the former world number one will have fancied his chances in shanghai. but juan ignacio londero had good ideas, the argentina making life difficult for the three—time champion in the opening set. two rates of serve in the second, though, and andy murray was right back in the match. 12 months ago, he could only have dreams of moving around a court like this. in the decider, he began to ta ke this. in the decider, he began to take control and was getting more fired up by the minute. commentator: game, murray. fired up by the minute. commentator: game, murraym fired up by the minute. commentator: game, murray. in the end, his class was clear to see, just how far this comeback will take him is perhaps not so clear. for now, his performances are being rewarded with a stella —— steady rise up the rankings. joe lynskey, bbc news. murray will play italy's fabio fognini in the second round, who comfortably beat the american sam querrey 6—4, 6—2

. “— glory, andy murray is a champion once more. —— andy murray has done it.ng the second of their two tries. after the break the match was more evenly contested. both sides would end the game with three tries in total, ollie hassell—collins with irish‘s fourth. the difference was the penalties, paddyjackson proving more accurate with the boot to help secure london irish a narrow victory. marc marquez has won moto gp‘s japanese grand prix — his tenth race win of the season. the spaniard — who had already secured his sixth world title in thailand two weeks ago — finished ahead of fabio quartararo with andrea dovizioso third. britain‘s cal crutchlow finished fifth. and great britain‘s laura kenny and katie archibald won silver in the women‘s madison on the final day of the european track championships. that‘s all from sportsday. now, it‘s time for click. theme music over the years on click, we have seen devices get smaller and smaller, yet with more storage and more processing capabilities. this miniaturisation of devices has touched everything from our computer

football and world cup rugby to come, but what a weekend for andy murray on his comeback trail.e won the european open in antwerp yesterday, his first title since early 2017. he knew he might never play again earlier this year so to say that his second hip operation was a success is something of an understatement. he was understandably emotional after his victory over stan wawrinka in antwerp. the last few years have been extremely difficult. both me and sta n extremely difficult. both me and stan have had a lot of injury problems in the last couple of years. amazing, obviously, to be back playing against him in a final. earlier, i spoke to the former british number one annabelle croft. it has been absolutely astonishing andi it has been absolutely astonishing and i think anyone who was around him in that period of time where we just watched him hobbling for a good year, we weren't sure if he was ever going to be back playing professional tennis, certainly not at the level we saw at the weekend, so at the level we saw at the weekend, soiam at the level we saw at the weekend, so

andy murray is returning to the australian open next year.nd slam since major hip surgery at the start of the year. and that remarkable comeback for the world number one, there emotional scenes backin number one, there emotional scenes back in january when number one, there emotional scenes back injanuary when we truly believed his career was over. he was knocked out in the first round, still struggling to get over that hip injury but since then he underwent that career saving hip procedure and made his competitive return to tennis back injune when the doubles title with his partner la paz. in a single sequel to the quarterfinals of the china open last week and won his opening match yesterday at the shanghai masters todayit yesterday at the shanghai masters today it was a tetchy 3—set clash with fabbiano fognini. yesterday andy murray said that these were by far the fastest conditions he is trained in since his comeback and facing the world number 12 fabbiano fognini he would have to keep up the pace for that fognini could not quite shake off

andy murray's remarkable comeback continues.t in his first tour semifinal for nearly two and a half years. patrick gearey reports. andy murray's not a man given to the dramatic. he has gradually shuffled back into the spotlight step—by—step that this stripe is a big one. his first tour semifinal in more than two years put him up against humbert, 11 years hisjunior and 173 ranking places his senior. both of those facts were apparent in the first set. 6—3. the way it was going, no wonder the autograph hunters were getting ready but andy murray, the man with a partly metal hit, responded with his steely spirit. humbert came back but murrary walker him down until even the simplest shots became complex. into a decider where he prevails often, humbert still had energy but murray had the quality. only two people can stop him winning the title now. stan wawrinka, who he plays tomorrow, and his wife, due to give birth any time soon. patrick gearey, bbc news. the rugby world cup may be still going—on in japan — so as the new premiership s

and 23 andy murray became the shanghai masters youngest champion.up early on. giving murray the runaround. early on. giving murray the ru na round. after hitting early on. giving murray the runaround. after hitting 18 winners heat at the per set 6— to the stop time for murray to turn it up a notch. moves like this change the direction of the match. murray equated break point chances and adapters with his hands goes, taking this to the third set. but things got really competitive and frustrating stop his opponent was getting a chance to break to love. a moment in the argentine proper had murray exasperated an attraction of this team, all of their anger was released into this forehand. his opponent could not keep a resurgent murray of spain and neither his emotions. slapping himself into gear did no good, as michael tait moved to the next round and be riots direction of his comeback. today has been a rest at the rugby world cup today. a number of teams can secure a place in the quarterfinals with a win this week. wales is one of them — they play fiji

the comeback continues, but the matches aren't getting any easier for andy murray.hina open, the former world number one will have fancied his chances

andy murray is not a man given to the dramatic. he has shuffled into the dramatic. was a big one. his first tour semifinal in two years. he faced ugo humbert, 163 spots is junior. murray, the men with partly metal hip, responded with his spirit, seizing control of the second. macklin came back but maury was “— second. macklin came back but maury was —— ugo humbert came back but murray was strong. the final point to some things up, still the energy but murray had the quality. only two people can stop him when the title now, stan wawrinka, and his wife, who is due to give birth any time 110w. rugby union's new premiership season got underway this weekend and with several big names missing to the world cup, it wasn't a good opening day for defending champions saracens — who were beaten 27—25 at home by northampton — james grayson scoring a last—minute penalty for saints. in the other game, exeter narrowly won at home to harlequins, gloucester fought back to win at sale and worcester beat leicester. that is it from all of us here on sportsday. good night. good evening.

andy murray had hip resurfacing surgery injanuary. to love. that one in the decider was particularly impressive. londero‘s frustration grew and he started to take it out on himself. it didn‘t have the desired effect as murray won the final set 6—3. he‘ll play fabio fognini next. it‘s a rest day at the rugby world cup. but heading towards the final pool matches, the focus in not on the rugby but on the weather. a number of teams need victories to reach the quarterfinals, including ireland who need a bonus point win over samoa. but typhoon hagibis is on course to hit japan by the weekend and rules dictate a 0—0 draw is awarded in the event of a cancellation. world rug by world rugby has been in touch with us and they are as keen as we are, as you are, to get this game played. i believe there is a contingency plan in place, i think there are updates every 24 hours, but we just get on with our dayjob and try to best prepare. every single day and we will see what comes of that. manchester united striker marcus rashford has used social medi

andy murray has now won 46 tour titles in his career but none quite like this.his year and the tears were of pain. murray said his career was ending but revolutionary hip surgery gave him a second chance. first in doubles, then eventually in singles, murray fought his way back. his body renewed, his spirit restored. he said he now loved tennis again but stan wawrinka would test that affection. two years older than murray and recovered from injuries of his own, in the first set it took energy to watch him, let alone stop him. he carried on in fast forward in the second. murray had played four tournaments in little more than four weeks and struggled to block his path, unless accidentally. but murray is tennis‘s survival expert. with a partly metal hip and an iron will, he fought hard, punching his way back into the match. one set all. in the third, wawrinka broke but murray broke back. wawrinka broke again. murray broke back again. and then as the pressure increased and the stakes grew, the swiss made the crucial miss. murray had done it. and he should get home ju

andy murray is back and back wedding. back with a trophy.nt a second hip operation injanuary, and only started hitting a ball again six months ago — nobody had ever returned to singles competition after such major surgery. murray played doubles at queen's and wimbledon — but this was only his seventh singles tournamet since his return. and he came from a set down to beat stan wawrinka in the final. his 46th title and possibly the hardest yet. i mean, obviously, it means a lot. the last few years have been extremely difficult. both actually me and stan have had a lot of injury problems in the last couple of years. and, yeah, amazing to be back playing against him in a final like that. amazing and really emotional there. what a weekend at the rugby world cup. we've said goodbye to the hosts japan who've been brilliant to watch, as england and wales march on to the semifinals. we can cross to japan and join our sports correspondent andy swiss who's there. wales edging out france yesterday. their head coach warren gatland said the best team lost

how andy murray continues to move in the right direction... earn another slice of history tonight as she runs in the final of the 200 metres at the wolrd championships. having already won a silver in the 100, a first—place finish later will hand her her first global gold medal, and there could be more to come. under the lights of doha... britain has never had a spectre like dina asher—smith, britain has never had a bigger chance on the biggest stage. the fastest but is women over 100 metres, the fastest ever to hundred metres. she sets records, now she is set to make history. on the global stage and she belongs. this is the greatest opportunity, grasp it with two hands. already at these championships dina asher—smith has lit up the track, herself in the 100 metres while britain's first medal of any colour nn individual women's sprint event in a generation. no british women has ever won a gold. sprint event in a generation. no british women has ever won a goldli a lwa ys british women has ever won a goldli always say i have been the same sense

andy murray has his biggest win of the year, a straight sets win over berrettini in beijing.tball returns, and there's bad news for manchester city, kevin de bruyne is out for them tonight. also coming up in the programme... a rest—day at the rugby world cup so we meet up with the fans who have brought so much to the tournament in japan. and the first wave of british sailors have been picked for the tokyo 0lympics next year it is just such an incredible thing to be involved with. the scale of it, the magnitude of what it means to be competing at an olympic game, so to be competing at an olympic game, so many few people on earth who get to experience that. evening, mo farah‘s former coach alberto salazar has been banned from athletics for four years for doping violations. farah‘s six years with salazar, the man behind the nike 0rgeon project, saw him win four 0lympic titles and six world titles. farah, who has alsways denied any wrongdoing and has never failed a drugs test, cut ties with salazar two years ago, says he has "no tolerance for anyone who breaks the rules or crosse

encouraging progress for andy murray.s quite chipper today, he says he's been playing his best tennis yet on the singles comeback trail. that's despite a quarterfinal defeat in china today. and there's been a big win for south africa over italy at the rugby world cup. thanks olly and helen has all the weather. wet conditions set to continue. u nfortu nately, yes, unfortunately, yes, that's right, martin, as storm lorenzo is approaching quite rapidly, we look for the next significant rainmaker coming up. i will have the details just before the bottom of the hour. hello, this is afternoon live, i'm martine croxall. a damning report has strongly criticised the metropolitan police for its investigation into claims of a vip paedophile ring — which never existed. carl beech falsely claimed he was the victim of abuse by high—profile politicians and senior military officers. the report says the police unlawfully obtained warrants to search the homes of suspects. our home affairs correspondent june kelly has the details. after hea

but there's no place in the next round for andy murray. out by italian fabio fognini in a bad—tempered match. a furious murray accused fognini of shouting during a critical point, which led to an ugly confrontation. i've never had in a match — and i have played, i don't know, 800—odd matches on the tour — i've never had that happen. he wanted to engage with me, fabio, like he shouldn't have done, —— i probably shouldn't have done, but i'm not having him talk to me like that on the court. she's the biggest name in gymnastics, and now, simone biles has gone into a league of her own by becoming the most successful female in world championship history. biles won her 21st world medal as the usa took gold in the women's team event at the world gymnastics championships in stuttgart. they finished nearly a full six marks ahead of second—placed russia. the bronze medal went to italy who won their first team medal since 1950. scotland can set up a final group showdown with tournament hosts japan if they can overcome russia later. and wales will be h

finally, a first title since injury for andy murray, to be in the mess he was in, have a hip operation who has read a newspaper or written for the sports pages in recent months, we have all written professional obituaries of andy murray, but in antwerp he beat stan wawrinka, won the european open, a real achievement, back to the top table. i wonder how much further he will want to carry on going, the drivers extraordinary. —— the drive is extraordinary. that's it for the papers this hour. henry mance and benedicte paviot will be back at 11:30 for another look at the papers. thank you both. next on bbc news, it's click. over the years on click, we have seen devices get smaller and smaller, yet with more storage and more processing capabilities. this miniaturisation of devices has touched everything from our computers to phones, and even revolutionising areas of medicine. one area of medicine which has a lot of demand and could potentially benefit from miniaturisation is medical imaging. in the uk, over 41 million scans take place every year in the nhs using x—rays, mri and ultrasound. i

there were more positive signs for andy murray as he continues his recovery from hip surgery earlierd round of the shanghai masters. after losing the opening set on a tie break, he came back to win the second 6—2. a tight decider saw an angry murray tell fognini to "shut up" as he failed to serve out for victory. his defeat comes on the day, australian open organisers announced that he'll make his grand slam return at the tournament injanuary. and it's a huge day tomorrow for two home nations at the rugby world cup tomorrow. wales will reach the quarter—finals if they beat fiji, while scotland cannot afford to lose their match against russia. the scots will be looking for a bonus point win, before they head to yokohama for theirfinal pool game against japan, where they'll have to beat the hosts. i have played enough of these games where if you tried to score four tries before you score one, you get a bit of trouble. we are not thinking about that early on. if we score one that may be the case but we cannot score the fourth until we score the first. we need to back our skills, write t

andy murray has continued his singles comeback.ng from behind to beat juan ignacio londero. the win means he'll climb inside the world's top 250. he reached his first singles quarterfinal in more than a year at the china open last week. tottenham have confirmed their captain and goalkeeper hugo louise won't return to training with the club until next year. —— lloris. lloris has gone through further assessment this morning. although surgery won't be required, he will undergo a period of rest and rehabilitation. the match united striker marcus rashford has used social media to apologise for the club was my poor form. united lost in newcastle yesterday, extending their worst start to really system to 30 years. he said on twitter, you can't hide in football in the last few weeks simply haven't been good enough. as a united fan myself, that hurts. you deserve better. we need to improve and that is our sole focus as a club. united is only two points of the relegation zone. you might have not heard much about typhoon hagibis, but it is ap

we start with news of andy murray. andy murray's remarkable return from injury continues apace.ai open and is through to the second round after beating argentina's juan ignacio londero. lots of speculation about the future of the manchester united manager old gunner solskjaer this morning. united are on a really poor run — their worst start to a league season for 30 years and they lost to newcastle on sunday. they play leaders liverpool next, and some reports suggest that solskjaer could be sacked if they lose that one badly. they cannot sit there honestly and say he does not look like a rabbit in the headlights. has he improved the team this season? no, he hasn't so, i mean, there's worrying, worrying times. how can you see united getting out of this slump? we've talked about lukaku, letting him go, and sanchez this that and the other. there's been huge mistakes made. i. . .after the result at the weekend and their performance, i really do fear for him. it is all getting a little bit sticky. another manager under pressure is tottenham's mauricio pochettino, and he'll be without

andy murray is set to make his grand slam singles return as australian open organisers announce he'llbourne next year. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a downing street source says a brexit deal with the eu is "essentially impossible," following a phone call between the prime minister and the german chancellor. angela merkel is reported to have told borisjohnson that a brexit deal is now "overwhelmingly unlikely." the source claimed she said a deal would never be possible unless northern ireland stays in a customs union, which is not part of the uk's proposals. the source went on to accuse the eu of being willing to "torpedo" the good friday peace agreement. the president of the european council, donald tusk, warned the prime minister that trying to win a "stupid blame game" was not the most important issue at stake. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. is today the day the wheels came off boris johnson's is today the day the wheels came off borisjohnson‘s brexiter is today the day the wheels came off boris johnson's brexiter plan? ministers arriving for

andy murray's remarkable return from injury continues apace.l play singles at the australian open in january. that will be the first time that he'll have played singles at a grand slam since major hip surgery earlier this year. he willjoin the main draw in melbourne with a protected ranking of number two. murray is currently playing at the shanghai masters, he's playing fabio fognini in the second round and lost the first set. it's going with serve in the second. cricket‘s governing body in england and wales says it wants to make cricket a gender—balanced sport. the ecb has today revealed what it calls it's action plan to transform women's and girls' cricket, which includes and initial two year investment of £20 million, that could rise to £50 million over the next five years. the plan includes a promise to "recruit more dedicated resources", "improve the player experience", and "increase the opportunities to build careers in the sport". heavyweight boxer tyson fury‘s been causing a stir in a very different kind of ring. here he is getting into

england have never lost to argentina at a rugby world cup — andy murray says his comeback from surgery, after his impressive run at the china 0pen came to an end. andy murray says his comeback from surgery is going better he was beaten in the quarterfinals by world number five dominic thiem, but there were encouraging signs. he took the second set to a tie—break before going out. but after three wins, he said this week was probably the best he's played since his return after hip surgery at the beginning of the year. england have never lost to argentina at a rugby world cup — but head coach eddiejones warns they'll need to be brutal if they're to beat them again tomorrow. england are top of their pool going into the game in tokyo, with two bonus—point wins from two games, and jones says there are no last—minute messages for the players — they're as prepared as they can be. we worked hard on creating training situations to equip the players. the players have worked hard off the field. to handle situations well. but like anything, it's a bit like a tea bag, isn't it? you don't know how go

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, andy murray marches on.ormer world number one is tested, but makes the final four in antwerp at the european open. good evening. borisjohnson‘s brexit deal is on a knife—edge tonight, with the numbers too close to call ahead of tomorrow's crucial vote in the commons. he needs 320 votes to get it passed — but has only 287 conservative mps. it means he must persuade some labour rebels, ex—tories, and sceptics in his own party to support him. the brexit deal would see the uk pay around £33 billion pounds in a so—called ‘divorce bill‘ when leaving. eu and uk citizens would retain their residency and social security rights, and there'd be a transition period until at least the end of 2020, during which the uk would abide by the eu's laws. the whole of the uk would leave the eu customs union, but with customs checks on some goods sent from great britain to northern ireland. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. that's not the real borisjohnson. it's a fancy dress version, a climate protester who had scale

there were more positive signs for andy murray today, as he continues his recovery from hip surgery earlierl make his grand slam return at the australian open injanurary, the former world number one pushed fabio fognini all the way at the shanghai masters. murray took the italian to a third set tie—break, but was narrowly edged out, as rhia chohan reports. fabio, he had to keep up that pace. he could quite shake murray off but he did take the first set at the tie—break. it was a sign that the former world number one of the site would make it easy. a few too many got the better of fognini. it will the fight was on and to see them move on the court like this just so just how far he has come since his injury but a match this tight, this competitive would go to a tie—break but not without a spat. off court, they could do no wrong in the closing stages as he came out on top if her murray to hold them off for as long as he could, that is progress. you will make you was not saying anything to them, so he was very frustrated, you wanted to in each with me —— engage with me, but i am not having them

andy murray is through to the second round of the european open after beating kimmer coppejans in hisch. the former world number one took the opening set 6—4, then the second in a tie breaker to advance to the next round. england all—rounderjenny gunn has retired from international cricket — she played 259 times for her country in all formats, winning the world 2020 in 2009. and britain's world heptathlon champion katarina johnson—thompson has been nominated for the iaaf world athlete of the year award. johnson—thompson won her first global outdoor title at the world championships in doha with a british record. england's billy vunipola is "very likely" to be fit to start for their rugby world cup quarter final against australia on saturday, that is according to defence coach john mitchell. vunipola injured his ankle against argentina 10 days ago but is close to returning. it's been a month since europe won golf‘s solheim cup in dramatic fashion against the united states at gleneagles. and one of the key questions asked after that success, was how does the european tour build on that.

andy murray returns for the first time in three years. yesterday, his first singles title in two—and—a—half years following a second hip operation in january. also in the squad are dan evans, jamie murray and neal skupski, with either edmund or cameron norrie likely to take the last place. let's take a quick look at some other stories making the news today. new research has found that former professional footballers are over three times more likely die of dementia than people of the same age range in the general population. the study was comissioned by the fa and the pfa, after claims that former west brom strikerjeff astle died the study was comissioned by the fa and the pfa, after claims that former west brom strikerjeff astle died because of repeated head trauma. the sheffield united striker 0li mcburnie's been charged with drink driving following an incident in leeds in the early hours of friday morning. the club's record signing will appear at leeds magistrates court next month and leeds rhino's have been fined £20,000 by the rugby f

he reached the final in 2012, but he was beaten by andy murray.hing i would like to do if unhealthy and that's why i really hope i will be andi that's why i really hope i will be and i can't wait. there's been a setback for ireland's rugby team, ahead of their world cup quarter—final against the defending champions new zealand this weekend. centre bundee aki has been given a three—week ban and will miss the rest of the tournament, afterfailing to have his red card against samoa overturned at a disciplinary hearing. he has until tomorrow to appeal. that is a big loss for them. three weeks. he might have put it on hold for a bit. what on earth was roger fetter are doing? i'm going to go and find out right now. did you ever have one of those? i loved them. i used to strap it to my head and try and catch it. it was great. good for head eye co—ordination. we will stick with that. q. efforts to reach a brexit deal before thursday's crucial summit of european union leaders will continue today. negotiators from both sides are trying to bridge what the eu'

andy murray is due to the second round at the shanghai masters and says he is feeling better every weekstriker marcus ratchford has apologised to fans for their woeful start to the season after another defeat left them two points of the relegation zone. he tweeted that fa ns relegation zone. he tweeted that fans deserve better. i will be back at half five. president trump has defended his decision to withdraw american troops from northern syria — saying it was too costly to keep supporting the kurds, even though they were allies in the war against the islamic state group. mr trump's move paves the way for the turkish army to cross the border to attack the kurds, who are regarded in turkey as terrorists. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. american forces on the move in northern syria, withdrawing from observation posts close to the turkish border. when turkish troops move in, the americans will not stand in their way. this moment has been coming for months. donald trump would like to get out of syria altogether. but even though this is a limited move, the thought of what ha

and andy murray's remarkable comeback from injury continues.t's confirmed that he'll play singles at the australian open injanuary. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. the brexit talks will collapse this week. that's the prediction from a downing street source in a series of incendiary texts published by the spectator magazine. government officials this morning say they do not dispute the assessment. the briefing in the spectator goes on to suggest that borisjohnson will do "all sorts of things" to prevent the uk's departure, due at the end of the month, from being delayed. but if it is there's a warning that number ten could refuse to co—operate with brussels, if britain is forced to remain inside the european union. the text says: "we will make clear privately and publicly that countries which oppose delay will go to the front of the queue for future cooperation. those who support delay will go to the bottom of the queue." at the same time further details have emerged of the european union's objections to british proposals for c

andy murray looked to be heading for defeat. 3—1 down in the second set. the final 6—4. london irish have made a winning return to the premiership beating wasps by 29—26. the exiles won the championship last season to return to the top flight and they went at wasps from the start. both sides would end the game with three tries in total. ollie hassall collins with irish's fourth. the difference was the penalties, jackson proving more accurate with the boot. marc marquez has won the japanese grand prix, his tenth race win of the season. the spaniard, who had already secured his sixth world title in thailand two weeks ago, finished ahead of fabia car tomorrow —— finished ahead of quartararo. that is all of your sport for now. back to you in the studio. thanks very much. in a moment it will be time for the bbc one bulletin with clive myrie — first, let's take a look at the weather with darren bett. more on brexit. the government says it is pressing ahead with efforts to pass a deal this week in spite of the letter the prime minister was. descend to brussels la

andy murray lost his second round match to fabio fognini at the shanghai masters.murray took it up with the umpire, and told him to shut up. fognini won it on a third set tie break. after the match, murray wasn't happy with the italian's conduct. he wasn't saying anything to him. so i was obviously frustrated at that. he wanted to engage with me, fabio. i probably shouldn't have done. but i'm not having him talk to me like that on the court. england's women got a much—needed win after five matches without one. they beat portugal by a goal to nil thanks to a huge piece of good fortune. the lionesses had a helping hand from the portugal goalkeeper for beth mead to score the only goal of the game. phil neville's side needed some luck to win though. they got some more, this portugal free kick somehow staying out. wales's euro 2021 qualifying campaign had a welcome boost after they beat belarus 1—nil. rachel rowe got the winner with around 10 minutes to go in herfirst game back from a year—long injury. wales stay second in group c. don't forget we'll round up all the da

quite a lot if you‘re andy murray. and, it‘s the end of the rugby road forjapan.‘s perfect start to the premier league season has been ended by their great rivals, manchester united. but it wasn‘t without controversy. once again it was all to do with the use of the video assistant referee. united took the lead at old trafford through marcus rashford. that was referred to var, which decided liverpool‘s divock 0rigi wasn‘t fouled in the build up. var then ruled out an equaliser for sadio mane for handball. adam lallana scored a late equaliser with his first goal for two and a half years. i thought they were excellent, the boys. attitude, you can see the fitness in the boys now. we are getting fitter and fitter. the aggression first half to win the ball. the crowd‘s response to

victory tally and 5 yo for nannie's day was tougher it took him 3 grueling sets to beat persons andy murray the victory keeps his chances of qualifying for the season ending a.t.p. finals. you're watching news live from berlin coming up is the doc film featuring the discrete land of the super rich i'll be back with more news for you at the top of the hour of course you can always get the latest around the clock on our web site that is the w dot com i'm going home free ballin if you see. that. meal and i'm getting in the brand new delusion on the coast to coast to voice the topics that are such as. climate change the return of the. only reasons check out.

in tennis, andy murray has won his first match on european soil in 15 months, after beating kimmer coppejanst of the 2019 season and he beat the unseeded belgian in straight sets, 6—a, 7—6. murray won his first atp matches in china last month after his comeback from major hip surgery in january. britain's chris froome has called the route for the 107th edition of the tour de france "brutal" as he aims for a record—equalling fifth title. the route was unveiled at a ceremony in paris. the tour features five summit finishes before the traditional final sprint stage in paris on the 19th ofjuly. riders will face 29 mountains on the near 3,500 kilometre 21—stage route, which starts in nice on the 27th ofjune, 2020. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me marc edwards and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. we've got some fine weather heading our way. wednesday is expected to be a sunny and fresh day with clean air coming off the atlantic. but in the short term we have the overnight rain so early in the morning would be cloudy, wet and

but there's no place in the next round for andy murray. showed more positive signs on his road to recovery from hip surgery but was just edged out by italian fabio fognini in a bad tempered match. a furious murray accused fognini of shouting during a critical point, which led to an ugly confrontation. i have never had in a pledge and i have played 800 odd matches, and i have played 800 odd matches, and i have never had that happen. he wa nted have never had that happen. he wanted to engage with me, fabio fognini, like he probably should have done but he talked to me like that... she's the biggest name in gymnastics and now simone biles has gone into a league of her own by becoming the most successful female in world championship history. biles won her 21st world medal, as the usa took gold in the women's team event at the world gymnastics championships in stuttgart. they finished nearly a full 6 marks ahead of second—placed russia. the bronze medal went to italy, who won their first team medal since 1950. there's a diplomatic rift growing

"it's getting there" — that's andy murray talking about his hip injury and his tennis as he progressedthe european open in antwerp. it was a straight—sets win for him too over uruguay‘s pablo cuevas 6—4, 6—3. it's over 2.5 years since murray last won a title but he'll be favourite to reach the semis in belgium, with world number 2a3 marius copil next. gael monfils won't be repeating his run to the final from last year. he was a surprise casualty at the hands of 18—year—old jannik sinner. the italian cruised to the biggest win of his career 6—3, 6—2. it's his first atp tour quarter final. alexander rublev is one of two russian men through to the quarter final at the kremlin cup tennis in moscow. he beat egor gerasimov in three sets to join defending champion karen kachinov in the last eight. in the women's draw, there was a surprise as top seed elina svitolina was dumped out by veronika kudermetova. it was the biggest win of kudermetova's career, playing against a top five player for the first time. baseball and game four of the american league championship series is underway in new yor

andy murray not happy. my there we go. andy murray not happy. recruit a total of 20,000 additional police officers in england and wales at a cost of more than £500 million. the announcement injuly drew criticism with some blaming a rise in violent crime on the loss of a similar number of officers since 2010, as part of the government's austerity measures. we can speak now to the minister for policing, kit malthouse. thank you very much. good to talk to you as ever. can we suffer those numbers? pledge of an extra 20,000 officers when in the last ten years, as we said, around 22,000 posts have been cut by your own party. so actually we're not even, if those 20,000 are recruited, are not even at the figure we were at a decade ago. today we are announcing the first slug of 6000, as you might know, were being recruited and distributed across the country. people will learn later on today how many there local forces getting. and this 20,000 on top of 3000 that were baked into the financial settlement for policing last year. so that the two together ove

it looks like the andy murray comeback will continue, he will play singles at the australian open inr the first time since major hip surgery at a grand slam earlier this year. repeat mode at the moment, blustery winds, scattered showers not only for today but also in tomorrow, more details shortly. the prime minister calls extinction rebellion protestors "unco—operative crusties" as he urges them to stop blocking london's streets — police have arrested over 400 people so far. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm ben brown. borisjohnson has been accused of engaging in a "stupid blame game" after downing street said the eu had made a brexit deal "essentially impossible". a source at ten downing street claimed angela merkel is reported to have told borisjohnson in a phone call this morning, that a brexit deal is now "overwhelmingly unlikely". angela merkel reportedly said a deal would never be possible unless northern ireland stays in a customs union — which is not part of the uk's proposals. european council president donald tusk reacted furiously, accusing the prime minister

back, short of matches and it can be quite difficult to pay back matches in the early stages as andy murrayg out at the moment but he had a very consistent year in particular and he was the runner up in florida in february and he reached the third round of the us open and wimbledon before that and he is deservedly the british number one and kyle edmonds said when he became british number one for the first time i don't feel like the british number one because of course and murray reno has not been able pay as much as you would like. and di maria looming large in the background. i guess the big question is how much by can he go? he says he thinks he can go a lot higher up from a3 in the world at the moment. his career high ranking is a1. you got a chance of surpassing that of at the last few weeks. he talked about if you can reach the quarterfinal of the grandson than anything can happen. he talking really optimistically and he's been in the background at the us open in 2016. i think none of the target for the last three weeks of the season playing stockholm this week than in basil next week

another tournament for andy murray. now he is back. thejourney he has been on.y mail leads on the story that prince william is "worried" about his brother, prince harry. prince william is said to be hoping the duke and duchess of sussex "are all right" after they told an itv documentary they were struggling. the guardian leads with boris johnson's final attempt to force brexit through by the end of the month. the paper says there are growing signs he is planning to once again push for a general election. the times reports that the uk's population is set to increase by three million over the next decade — with 80 % of this growth driven by immigration. the picture is of activists gathering at stormont yesterday. the mirror also features images of prince harry and his brother — but leads on a story about footballers reporting experts have found ex—players are more than three times more likely to die of dementia—related illness than people of the same age range in the general population. let's ta ke let's take a look at what is going on inside. this shocked me this

evans' defeat leaves andy murray, who faces top—seed dominic thiem of austria in the last eight on fridayd. we have not been able to say that for a while. still to come on sportsday... has chelsea's tammy abraham commited his internationalfuture to england? and how disqualification led to depression for race walker tom bosworth. i walked out the house one day to just go and and my life because i felt as if i was doing everybody a favour. a very emotional interview to come a little later. the first phase of the draft for cricket‘s new look 100 tournament took place today. eight franchises were bidding for the services of england's test players as an american approach came to british sport. our sports editor was at today's launch. dan roan's report contains some flash photography. it is cricket but not as we know it, rather than the tradition of laureates, and east and brewery for the launch of the newest format, and this morning some of the biggest names present as they found out who they would be playing for in the hundred, a competition they hope will bring a new life into the game. get

andy murray broke down in tears after winning his first singles title in over two years.n open in antwerp, it is a comeback after that second tip operation, nine months ago. nobody had returned to single competition after such major surgery. although he has already had double success this year, this was only his 17th match since he began playing solo again. the last few years have been extreme difficult. both me and stan have had a lot of injury problems in the last couple of years. amazing to be back playing against him in the final. jason roy says summer's new hundred competition is going to be a great watch for spectators. it has already been picked for the oval invincible is ahead of the first player draft in british sport. it starts next july. is far as we're as players, we are hugely excited about working towards it, find new formulas and how to play. it is going to be quite difficult to get our head around it because of tactics and things, to be honest, as players, we are excited for it. it is a huge tournament on home soil, played by some of the best players in th

eight months on from surgery on his hip, the former tennis world no. 1 andy murray has had his secondin tour since returning to singles. he has beaten the world number 13 matteo berrettini 7—6, 7—6. he's through to the second round of the china open in beijing, he will now meet british no 3 cameron norrie. just not being in pain now is making tennis a little bit more fun so the practice and the preparation for tournaments, it's a lot easier. you know, the last few years, that really wasn't the case and i was finding it all really stressful, wasn't getting much enjoyment out of it. so, you know, it's a little bit different now, which is nice. well done to him. 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 daily mirror columnist, susie boniface and katherine forster from the sunday times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. we begin with the telegraph, which shows borisjohnson rolling up his sleeves to tomorrow deliver a brexit offer which will keep northern ir

andy murray's paid tribute to the role that wife kim played in his rehabilitation from major hip surgerywould have given up on the game, had it not been for his wife. now, a brilliant year could be about to get even better for the heptathlete katarina johnson—thompson. she won herfirst global outdoor title at the world championships in doha and the european indoor pentathlon title in march. she is now on the shortlist to be named world athlete of the year and she is with us right now. lovely to see you, good morning! good morning. what is it like watching those pictures back for you? still unbelievable to me! those pictures, i watch them with my mum last night for the first time just happy to see that it actually happened! when you are going through that process , when you are going through that process, did you feel different this time around? in the build—up and during the competition? yes, for sure. i feel like i've during the competition? yes, for sure. ifeel like i've been through enough experiences now to know how it is. with the timetable it fell a bit different, all the events ar

former world number one andy murray is through to the second round of the shanghai masters, as he continuese grand slam winner beat argentina's juan ignacio londero in three sets. murray reached the quarter finals of the china open last week — thisjust nine months after his career seemed over because of persistent injury problems. he'll face fabio fognini next. ninth seed gael monfils needed three sets, to defeat italy's lorenzo sonego 7—5, 6—7, 6—3 to advance to the second round. the frenchman will face poland's hubert hurkacz in the second round. this was monday's surprise result — croatia's marin cilic was beaten in straight sets beaten by albert ramos vinolas. cilic is now ranked 25th in the world, down from a career high of third last year. vinolas will play roger federer in the second round. sri lanka have won a first ever t20 series against pakistan. a second string side won by 35 runs, after bhanuka rajapaksa scored 77 to wrap up the three match series with a game to spare. several of their senior players chose to miss the series over security concerns in the country. thejob of repl

andy murray is through to the quater finals of the china open after beating fellow briton cameron norrie. it is the first time he's won two straight atp tour singles matches since hip resurfacing surgery injanuary. next up will be either top seed dominic thiem or china's zhang zhizhen. to doha, where there was huge disappointment for britain's adam gemili at the world athletics championships. he narrowly missed out on a medal in the 200—metres — finishing fourth by the narrowest of margins, the same thing that happened to him at the rio olympics three years ago. the race was won by the favourite, american noah lyles. i had it, i had it, and ijust... i gaveit i had it, i had it, and ijust... i gave it everything and i lost all my balance at the end, i have nothing left. all my form went out the window, and i ran like such an arm at her. i can't believe that. i came so close. this was such a good opportunity. i've been running so well through the heats, my body feels good, and ijust... ijust let it go when i had it. meanwhile there was another impressive performance from dina asher smith.

establishing a reputation as one of tennis is bad boys on tuesday he had an encore darrelle with andy murray and on thursday you seemed spitting in the direction of the umpire during his match against russia's current catch and off you also mocked a fan in the stands who were supporting the russian in spite of all that when you needed actually win in straight sets ok most sports news coming up again later we'll see you then thank you very much peter to stay with us for that morning here in just a couple of minutes. it . looks. like a good speech. for the last 2 years these students have been collecting rubbish every day it's helped clean up the campus and helped build some of its facilities for every 2 kilo's of plastic waste they collect this school receives a brick made of plastic and cement. for some activists this may not be the most ecological way to eliminate the problems of glass but this is seen as an immediate solution to the growing problems of landfills across the country waste can now be used to manufacture building materials. on behalf of her majesty's government i apologize res