best of luck to andy murray in that tournament. that's all the sport for now.g and alcohol addiction. now increasing numbers of pupils are also learning about the dangers of compulsive gambling. a group of families who lost relatives to suicide have created a hard—hitting educational programme, which they say will save lives. just a warning, you may find some of this report from our ireland correspondent chris page upsetting. it's notjust the damage that this does to the person who has the addiction, it's the damage it does to all the family. anniversaries, birthdays, christmas, family gatherings — when he should be there, he is not. lewis keogh was a passionate sportsperson, but he kept his gambling a secret from his team—mates, friends and family. when he was 3a, he took his own life. he says, "every day is a struggle. all i want is a bit of peace. please understand addiction is cruel. and that's his exact words. deep down, when he left that note for us, it really was a cry for help for others. the fact that he couldn't get this illness of his highlighted. th

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andy murray was beaten in straight sets by andrey rublev in the final of the world tennis championship tie—break. rublev, the world number five, won 6—4, 7—6. having not played competively since a car crash in febuary, tiger woods is back on the golf course again, with the aid of a buggy to help with his injured leg. he's playing in an exhbition tournament alongside his son charlie. coronavirus has also decimated the weekend's rugby fixtures with seven matches off because of french travel restrictions in response to the 0micron variant. 0ne match that did get played against all odds though was harlequins against cardiff blues despite the welsh side having 42 players out because of quarantine, injury and suspension. they put up a valiant display before eventually losing 113—17. lydia campbell watched this one. dan fish has tried to retire twice from rugby but with cardiff in cry because he was back to help them in a time of need. they travelled with a time of need. they travelled with a mix of semi—prose and academy players but it didn't stop them silencing the stupa after five minutes.

but andy murray has been practicing at melbourne park, where the first grand slam of the season beginse. he was handed a wildcard to take part in the event where he's previously reached the final five times. and defending and two—time champion naomi osaka will be there — she also practied on wednesday — after taking a break to concentrate on her mental health over the past few months following her shock third round defeat to cananda's leylah fernandez at the us open. osaka won the australian open in 2019 and 2021. one of the most famous names and voices in american football, john madden, has died at the age of 85. as a coach he won the super bowl with the oakland raiders and after retiring he became an icon of the broadcast booth. and if you've ever played the video game madden, you'll know it was named after him. nfl network reporter melissa stark worked alongside the man on abc's monday night football. he obviously was a hall of fame coach, hall of fame person. his players loved him. he had so much energy and so much passion. he was a larger—than—life figure. if you live here in the

andy murray says he's targeting strong runs in the biggest tournaments against next year after an impressive andrey rublev today. and talk about a chip of the old block. this is charlie woods — son of tiger — putting all of us and even his dad to shame at the pnc championship in florida. woods sr is playing for the first time since a car crash in february. coronavirus has also decimated the weekend's rugby fixtures with seven matches off because of french travel restrictions in response to the omicron variant. one match that did get played against all odds though was harlequins against cardiff despite the welsh side having 42 players out because of quarantine, injury and suspension. they put up a valiant display, before eventually losing 43—i7. lydia campbell watched this one. dan fish has tried to retire twice from rugby, but with cardiff in crisis, he was back to help them in their time of need. they travelled to the english champions with a mismatch of semi—prose and academy players. but it didn't stop them silencing them after five minutes. the first try for cardiff. this was a display f

andy murray has split with long—time coach jamie delgado. won a second wimbledon title and finished the year as the world number one. former british davis cup player delgado took over as full—time coach in late 2017. murray has decided to give a trial to germanjan de witt, who has previously coached gael monfils, gilles simon and nikoloz basilashvili. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the semifinals of snookers scottish open. as in his previous match, the rocket wasn't at his best, but he just had too much for china's li hang. a fantastic double here in frame seven was the highlight of his 5—4 win. full details of all the quarterfinals matches on the bbc sport website. that's just about it. don't forget coverage of day four of the first ashes test continues through the night with commentary on test match special, plus full coverage on the bbc website, including in —play clips. that's bbc dot c0 dot uk slash sport, but that's all the sport for now. hello. a big change in the feel of the weather through this weekend with some milder air spreadin

andy murray has been practising at melbourne park, where the first grand slam of the season begins int under three weeks' time. he was handed a wildcard to take part in the event, where he's previously reached the final five times. and the defending and two—time champion naomi osaka will be there. she also practised today after taking a break to concentrate on her mental health over the past few months following her shock third—round defeat to cananda's leylah fernandez at the us open. osaka won the australian open in 2019 and 2021. still just over stilljust over half an hour to go at brentford, they still trail manchester city 1—0. a reminder city will go eight points clear at the top of the premier league if they win that one. we will have more on that later. it should be the safest place a child could be. why do you study? from there, to go back towards what? but schools in northern nigeria are being targeted by kidnappers. since december, more than 1000 students have been abducted in the region. and it's affecting everyone from the youngest to the oldest pupils, rich and poor. sav

injury. raphael, my dad has tested positive for cove at 1920 time grand slam champion, played to andy murray and jerry on friday. now said he tested positive on his return home to spain and had experience some unpleasant moments from the illness. more than 25 percent of an h. l teams have been shot down because of a rise in corona virus cases among players. so far as total of $43.00 games have had to be postpone this season across the lee and channel and players associations they, the plan is to avoid a full on shut down, only pausing teams on a case by case basis, spread on the crown across north america has made participation in the olympics and out on the elliptic thing, i think if that is the case in my opinion, a smart decision. i mean, i don't know who would really want to go and, you know, those circumstances, you know, especially, you know, i just put myself in that situation with the family and that's not, is there a chance that you want to run the risk of being stuck over there that alone makes it not doing enticing australia has secured a convincing when in the 2nd test of the ash

andy murray has beaten his old rival rafael nadal in straight sets in an exhibition tournament in aburey rublev on saturday. and that's all the sport for now. hello. watch out for fog saturday morning particularly through central and eastern parts of england, dense in places, could be affecting travel in a few spots they seem to linger all day long. in terms of frost, parts of scotland in northern england begin the day but here they will be some sunny spells around for. perhaps north or the far west of wales in the far southwest england to some brighter breaks and at times into northern ireland. temperatures mainly around six to 10 celsius but it will be colder with the fog lingers and parts of scotland that are barely above freezing. it is scotland and again some parts of northern england most likely to see a frost going into sunday morning. again, there will be some mist and fog patches around. throughout the weekend wherever you are under the thickest cloud you could encounter some drizzle. although overall it'll be mainly dry. perhaps the higher parts of wales, northern england an

andy murray has been practising at melbourne park, where the first grand slam of the season begins ininal five times. and defending and two—time champion naomi osaka will be there. she also practised on wednesday, after taking a break to concentrate on her mental health over the past few months following her shock third round defeat to cananda's leylah fernandez at the us open. osaka won the australian open in 2019 and 2021. and that's all you're sport for now. you can follow the chelsea— brighton game that's about to kick off, then brentford versus manchester city, via the bbc website. there is also updates on bbc radio 5 live. i will be back later on. this is bbc news, the headlines... the uk announces a record 183,000 new daily coronavirus cases — although figures have been affected by testing delays. and doctors and pharmacists are warning of �*patchy�* supplies of tests. as europe and the us also report record covid infection rates, the head of the world health organisation says the virus is straining health care systems and staff around the world. the european court of human rig

andy murray has been practising at melbourne park, where the first grand slam of the season begins in five times. and the defending and two—time champion naomi osaka will be there.

old was due to play belinda bennett church on thursday. exhibition event also features likes of andy murray, and raphael and the dow. ah. close to half a 1000000 tickets have been sold at the fee for air cups. so far cats are, is hosting a tournament as the country steps up. its preparations for next year's world cup on wednesday has her play out during the semi finals to the z play egypt and the other last or a game. earlier i spoke to andy gray as scotland, great, who's played for some of britain's biggest clubs in current bn sports presenter. he said his decade and cats are, has taught him a lot about the football country culture as they prepare to host the world's cap. well the 1st thing is that a lot of people who don't level no cut off on a forgotten got football culture. you know, they seem to forget that the q effie fiduciary association was formed in what 960 have been playing football organized for will here for over 60 years. so that in itself is as is enough to say. and i think i agree with everyone who said that every region in the world should be totally to host the woke up, a

and andy murray has been practicing at melbourne park, where the first grand slam of the season begins the final five times. that's it for now from me, but i'll be back at 6:30pm for sportsday. i for now. i for now.

andy murray will be back in melbourne for the 2022 tournament.ent in 2019 when he thought it might be his last match as a professional because of injury. and, finally, something of a remarkable comeback in the nba. a0—year—old joejohnson got a call from his agent on tuesday. 2a hours later was back playing for his former team the boston celtics. johnson is one of many players getting opportunities to return as the league is ravaged by covid. he became the second—oldest player to turn out in the nba in the celtics' win over cleveland and it's been 20 years since he made his debut. he is the only current player to have been on the court, as this picture proves, with the legendary michaeljordan. we'll have more sport for you later here on the bbc news channel. but it's goodbye for now. this is bbc news, the headlines... new studies suggest the omicron variant could be milder than previous variants, with fewer people needing hospital treatment. but there are warnings huge numbers of new infections could still overwhelm hospitals. president putin has

andy murray has split with long—time coach jamie delgado.year as the world number one. former british davis cup player delgado took over as full—time coach in late 2017. murray has decided to give a trial to germanjan de witt, who has previously coached gael monfils, gilles simon and nikoloz basilashvili. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the semi—finals of snooker�*s scottish open. as in his previous match, the rocket wasn't at his best, but he just had too much for china's li hang. a fantastic double, here, in frame seven was the highlight of his 5—4 win. earlier anthony mcgill beat stephen maguire to make the last four. the premier league has instructed all of their 20 clubs to revert to emergency covid measures in light of the new government guidance with cases of the new omicron variant on the rise. tottenham are dealing with an outbreak that saw their match postponed in the europa league last night and their game at brighton on sunday is also off. leicester have cases in their squad and norwich have revelaed today that they have covid re

andy murray has been given a wild card for next month's australian open, the first grand slam of theis year's tournament after testing positive for covid. it's the last day of action at the world darts championship before they break for christmas. the number seven seed from portugal — jose de sosa, the special one, came back from two sets down to win his second round match against jason lowe. and 20 years after making his debut, 40 year—old joejohnson made an nba comeback for the boston celtics in their win over cleveland last night, with the league badly affected by covid. he's been given a ten—day contract. christmas has come early for bury supporters. the government has promised a million pounds of levelling up money to help fans buy the club's historic gigg lane stadium. it's been lying empty since bury fc was expelled from the football league 2 years ago after its financial collapse. kayleigh waterson reports. they called it one of the saddest daysin they called it one of the saddest days in the history of the football league. days in the history of the football lea . ue. �* .,

it was a comprehensive win for andy murray over his fellow briton, dan evans, in an exhibition event injury lay—off. stephen maguire produced three superb frames to come from behind and beat jack lisowski 4—3, and reach the last eight of snooker�*s world grand prix in coventry. lisowski described his own performance as "garbage". and scotland have secured great britain's place in the women's curling at next year's winter olympics. eve muirhead's rink beat italy 8—1 in the netherlands to pipjapan to the automatic qualifying spot. the former boxing world champion joseph parker says he'll knock derek chisora out in their heavyweight rematch this weekend. parker says a win in manchester on saturday would silence his critics. but the brit chisora says he is a lion and parker is "too nice a guy". parker won their first bout via a split decision in may. our reporter ade adedoyen spoke to both boxers and one of their biggest fans. he is quite an unpredictable character, you never know what to expect from him at a news conference, he wasn't ranting and raving is it opponents today. instead he

andy murray has beaten his old rival rafael nadal in straight sets in an exhibition tournament in abumorning particularly through central and eastern parts of england, dents and places, could be affecting travel and a few spots may see that linger all day long. in terms of frosts parts of that's parts of scotland in northern england to begin the day but here there'll be some sunny spells around put up perhaps towards the far west of wales and the barcelo of england, some brighter breaks. and at times into northern ireland. temperatures mainly around six to 10 celsius but it will be colder where any fog lingers and they will be parts of scotland that are barely above freezing. and it is scotland and again some parts of northern england to most likely see a frost going into sunday morning. there will be and fog patches around and throughout the weekend wherever you're under the thickest cloud you encounter some drizzle though overall it will be mainly dry. perhaps the higher parts of wales, northern england and scotland most favoured to see some sunshine on sunday where is the valleys b

truly inspired driver has pushed him ever that is been pushed before. driver has pushed him ever andy murrayrmanjan de witt, who has previously coached gael monfils, gilles simon and nikoloz basilashvili. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the semifinals of snookers scottish open. as in his previous match, the rocket wasn't at his best, but he just had too much for china's li hang. a fantastic double here in frame seven was the highlight of his 5—4 win. full details of all the quarterfinals matches on the bbc sport website. that's just about it. don't forget coverage of day four of the first ashes test continues through the night with commentary on test match special, plus full coverage on the bbc website, including in —play clips. that's bbc dot c0 dot uk slash sport, but that's all the sport for now. hello. a big change in the feel of the weather through this weekend with some milder air spreading from the west. but with that, a fair amount of cloud, some mist, and murk and hill fog and some outbreaks of rain at times. on the earlier satellite picture, a slice of clear sky, and where that cle

andy murray has split with long—time coach jamie delgado.t time during their unbeaten autumn series. and boxing is one of several sports under fire from the international olympic committee�*s president, thomas bach. he�*s warned the amateur international boxing association to eradicate corruption and improve itsjudging and refereeing system if it�*s to keep its place at the games. well, like boxing, modern pentathlon is another of the olympic sports given an ultimatum by the ioc. it follows embarrassing scenes in the show—jumping at tokyo prompting — firstly, the governing body to propose dropping the equestrian phase, and now the ioc president thomas bach threatening to axe it completely if they can�*t convince them they deserve to be in. well, britain has a long history of success in modern pentathlon, including winning both the men�*s and women�*s events at this year�*s games, and earlier, i spoke to one of them, joe choong. really worried. i wasn�*t super involved in the senior sport when the last time we had the concerns, but as far as

andy murray has been practising in melbourne park where the first grand slam of the season begins injusthe world darts championship after testing positive covid. michael van gerwen has also pulled out. one man lot leaving is the scotsman who is a full—time fireman and also trains guide dogs and he's made it through to the last 16 after beating the seventh seed in a thrilling match. in an all english thai, callum rates has knocked out tenth seed nathan aspinall. he has booked his place in the fourth round. 23 years old and he has yet to drop a single set at the championship this year. more sport coming up on the bbc news channel later but that's it for now. borisjohnson defends the uk government's decision not to impose further covid restrictions in england before the new year — and says 90% of those in intensive care haven't had a booster. the majority of people ending up in intensive _ the majority of people ending up in intensive care people were not boosted — intensive care people were not boosted. .., ., intensive care people were not boosted. _, ., ,, ., , ., boosted. nicola sturgeo

three years after tea rfully suggesting it would be his final appearance at the australian open, andy murrayl because of a hip injury. he's been runner—up five times in melbourne. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. snow has been falling across the hills of scotland through the night. that will continue, although it is tending to peter out. we could have several centimetres lying towards morning. also fog is going to be an issue for those travellers on friday morning, quite thick patches in places, reducing the visibility, and that's because we've had a lot of mild and moist air move northwards during the day on thursday. still with us friday, but so too that cold air, and where those weather fronts bump into the cold air, as i say, across scotland at the moment is where we are likely to see the snow. but that boundary may come further southwards into christmas day. so, several centimetres over the hills, relatively low levels, that's 100 metres or so, some fog though into the clearer skies further south where it's at least a milder, but it's the light winds that we've got an issu

andy murray will be back in melbourne for the 2022 tournament.oss scotland. he could see several centimetres across the hills, quite treacherous with icy conditions. elsewhere, fog issues too, kindness while reducing visibility. the warnings are all up to kindness while reducing visibility. the warnings are all up—to—date on the we are seeing some of that fog farming because of the light skies. it will be pretty murky underneath our weather front further north where it's either raining or, as a set over the hills, snowing, so pretty icy as lucky as we head towards friday morning. the spy will be slow to clear, brightness around potentially, but fading as cloud roles and on this next weather front which will come northwards and bump into that cold air. the best of the brighter weather will be further north across scotland, although it will be pretty cold day once again here. just a little bit of wintering us over the hills. as for christmas day and boxing day, looks like that cold there comes a little bit further southwards. cold there comes a lit

andy murray has split with long—time coach jamie delgado.do took over as full—time coach in late 2017. murray has decided to give a trial to germanjan de witt, who has previously coached gael monfils, gilles simon and nikoloz basilashvili. ronnie 0'sullivan is looking to book a place in the semifinals of snookers scottish 0pen. he's up against china's li hang. it's currently three frames all. first to five wins. earlier, anthony mcgill survived a comeback from fellow scot stephen maguire to reach the last four. mcgill had never previously been beyond the second round of this tournamant, but took advantage of an error—prone performance from maguire to win five frames to three. one of the standout matches in the premier league this weekend is at anfield — liverpool welcoming back one of their favourite sons. it's steven gerrard's first return as an opposition manager when he takes his aston villa side there. he had 17 years as a liverpool player, and the current boss was asked whether he could see gerrard in the liverpool dugout one day. 0h, o

♪ i'm watching it fall ♪ watch the full story at www.xfinity.com/sing2 >>> andy murray back in 2017 correctingtennis. >> the first u.s. player to reach a major semifinal since 2009. how would you describe -- >> no. >> beg your pardon? >> male player? >> yes, first male player, that's for sure. >> that moment and many others may never happen without the trail blazing leadership of our next guest, billie jean king, and that is just part of her legacy. billie jean has emerged and beyond and the legendary tennis champion joins us now, author of the new autobiography "all in" and joining us, an msnbc contributor, errin haines. billie jean, it's great to have you back on the show. >> hi, everyone. you have a real team there. i like it. >> we got the full squad for you, billie jean. what was it like toe sit down and capture your life and your career and now your legacy? >> whoa. it took over four years, it was a lot of work, i had a lot of help, obviously. i had researchers. you think you remember things and they go, well, there's a newspaper clipping from, you know, 1960. and i go, whoa, i'm not eve

the final score was 27—22 in belfast. 0ld rivals came together once again as andy murray beat rafael ips on his debut. this is when a player, gets all the way from the starting score of 501, with the fewest throws — and this was the traditional way. if you're good at maths, you can work out others. but borland started with three treble 20s, and then he followed that up with another two treble 20s, and a treble 19. that left him in with a chance of the perfect score in front of the excited fans at alexandra palace. cheering and applause. and they went wild when the scot finished it off with two more treble 20s and a double 12. it helped him clinch the match in the best possible way. borland described it as "unbelievable and "the best night of my life." that is the dream even for a darts player, isn't it? it that is the dream even for a darts player. isn't it?— player, isn't it? it has happened less than ten _ player, isn't it? it has happened less than ten times _ player, isn't it? it has happened less than ten times in _ player, isn't it? it has happened less than ten times in 30 - pl

and the battle of the brits, which was due to feature andy murray next week, has also been postponed.pply chain pressures, even before omicron was a word we had even heard of. every business that i have been talking to has been working 120% over the past few weeks and months to deal with that. they have been managing that pretty effectively. at the moment, they are continuing to be able to do that. they are monitoring in the lead up, the absence rate very closely, because that would be a worry. at the moment, fingers crossed, within those businesses, we are very close to christmas now, we only have whatever it is, eight or nine key training days to go, so everybody is continue to work at 120%. i am confident that they will be able to deliver the goods that people need. with the specific question about food, i am wondering about those people who are perhaps planning to go and visit relatives over christmas, they will find themselves stuck at home because they are having to isolate. of course, they cannot find food deliveries because they were all taken back in october. what is the situ

andy murray has split with long—time coach jamie delgado.years, it brings a smile to my face because i'd have a good relationship with a lot of people, a fantastic time there, a local boy, a team i supported growing up, i always will support that team, of course. at the same time it brings a smile to my face because the opportunity to go there and compete against a good team, good manager, try and win the game, that is my only main focus. well, ahead of this weekend's premier league matches, there's lots of concerns among managers about the number of covid cases affecting clubs, spurs the hardest hit, having to call off their trip to brighton on sunday. there are more details on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. as we've been reporting, an inquestjury has concluded that police errors probably contributed to the deaths of three young men who were murdered by the serial killer, stephen port. the jury found that flaws in the investigation into the first death in east london meant he was free to kill three more times before he

andy murray says he is targeting strong runs in the biggest tournaments next year after an impressivewith his injured leg. he has been playing in an exhibition tournament alongside his son charlie, and talk about a chip off the old block. this is charlie putting all of us to shame, even his dad, at the pnc championship in florida. that was a wonderfully delivered putt. must be quite odd going out and playing golf when your dad is tiger woods. and playing golf when your dad is tiger woods-— tiger woods. absolutely, what a le . a tiger woods. absolutely, what a lea to tiger woods. absolutely, what a legacy to live — tiger woods. absolutely, what a legacy to live up _ tiger woods. absolutely, what a legacy to live up to. _ tiger woods. absolutely, what a legacy to live up to. he - tiger woods. absolutely, what a legacy to live up to. he looks i legacy to live up to. he looks really good, you know. i think you could be definitely one for the future. he has been trailed for quite some time, so something to look too, but it is unbelievable pressure to live up to. tiger woods is possibly the