he can now look forward to the atp tour finals final. champion boris becker had said beforehand that federer‘s match against zverev was a tie between the king and the pretender. he also tipped the german as a future world number one. but what did he make of that incident? he told the bbc‘s sue barker that despite the boos, zverev might have won some new fans today. it was a controversial and to what was a fantastic match. and you really thought for alexander zverev and the crowd positive reaction in that interview. unfortunate for me because it was the best reaction of the —— because it was the best reaction of the -- -- because it was the best reaction of the —— —— messenger. he came alive. this controversial call in the tie—breaker when sasha this controversial call in the tie—brea ker when sasha interrupted the flow —— full because the ball boy dropped the ball and then the ball went to the court and they did everything by the rules and the umpire come for it and he doubled the umpire. but the british crowd design of all the details o

novak djokovic sends a clear message at the atp finals.e west indies, where pakistan need to start winning in the women's world twenty20. they face ireland later, off the back of two defeats. one of those was against arch—rivals india, who beat them by seven wickets on sunday. despite the defeat, pakistan managed to post their highest ever total in the competition. their next opponents, ireland, are the lowest—ranked team in the tournament. roger federer needs to find his a—game on tuesday when he plays dominic thiem in the nitto atp finals. it is not often you see him have an off—day, but that is exactly what happened in his first match at the tounrament. the six—time champion was farfrom his best, as he was beaten in straight sets by kei nishikori. it is not all doom and gloom for federer fans, though. in 2007 he lost his opener and went on to win the tournament. nishikori will play kevin anderson on tuesday. the south african is having a great debut in the event, after beating dominic thiem in their group opener. the atp finals features

roger federer beats kevin anderson in straight sets to qualify for the atp finals in london and the second round of the dp world tour championship tees off shortly as francesco molinari remains on course to win his first race to dubai title. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and spain have missed the chance to be the first team through to next year's uefa nations league finals. they'd have qualified with a win in croatia but were beaten 3—2 in zagreb. after a goalless first half, the home side led twice — through andrej kramaric and tinjedvaj but each time they were pegged back with goals from real madrid's dani ceballos through andrej kramaric and tinjedvaj but each time they were pegged back with goals from real madrid's dani ceballos and sergio ramos. in the 90th minute, jedvaj won it for croatia — to avenge the 6—nil thrashing they suffered in spain earlier in the season — and to keep alive their hopes of qualifying themselves. translation: we were ordered in the end because we were really compact. we were responsible and we were fighting, we did ourjob an

rafael nadal is out of the atp season ending final, starting in london on sunday.ue to him having at ankle surgery. he will be back at the start of next season. everything else is on the website. until next time, goodbye for now. hello there. the pressure patterns set up across the uk for the next few days will be crucial to how the weather is going to look and certainly feel. we've got a big area of high pressure over the continent, spinning clockwise, and a big area of low pressure over the atlantic, to the west of us, spinning anti—clockwise. and this is driving up southerly winds right across the country, and this mild air moving up from the mediterranean, through france, and across our shores. but as we go through the next few days, this area of low pressure across the west will slowly encroach into our shores, so although it's going to be mild, it will start to turn windier, and there will be outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west. now, early this morning, it's going to be a largely dry start. some mist and murk around from the bonfires and fireworks on t

in straight sets at the atp tour finals. and player power earns one of the nba's best a move to the philadelphia 76ers. hello and welcome to the programme. thanks forjoining us. taking a stroll down real madrid's managerial alumni shows some rather familiar and formidible faces — jose mourinho, zinedine zidane, carlo ancelotti, and now santiago solari. perhaps not a name you instantly recognise, but the former madrid youth coach has clearly impressed in his role as interim manager, leading real to the best start of any manager in the club's history. no surprise he is set to be appointed to the job on a permanent basis. patrick gearey tells us more. this time last month, santiago solari had never managed in a top level clu b solari had never managed in a top level club match. now he has one of the biggest coaching jobs in the world. he has found himself in the right place at the right time with the right results as well. the 4— to win was his fourth win in four games, the best of any real manager in history. but even when ask

coming up on your monday sport briefing, world number one novak djokovic starts his atp finals campaignbertadores final and the manchester derby puts city back on top in the premier league. the atp finals continue in london on monday with world number one novak djokovic playing his first match of the tournament againstjohn isner. regardless of his result in london, djokovic will end the season at the top of the rankings, something he admits even he didn't think was likely at the start of the year. it looks quite improbable that i would be in this position, here at number one. not just because would be in this position, here at number one. notjust because of the rankings, i think there was 22. that is because of how i felt on the court, how i played. but there was was part of me to believe they can make it back and a thought was impossible. ijust make it back and a thought was impossible. i just thought that the time it might take more time than i wish it to be. also on monday, england women will play their first match of the world twenty20 in the west indies against bangladesh. their fi

coming up on this programme: novak djokovic qualifies for the last four at the atp tour finals in london, beating alexander zverev to make it two wins out of two. sri lanka have it all to do against england as they resume on day 2 of the second test in pallekele shortly, on 26 for 1 in theirfirst innings. and francesco molinari heads into the european tour's season ending event knowing only one other can catch him in the race to dubai. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis news, and who would have predicted novak djokovic would be the man to heat at the season ending nitto atp tour finals? outside the world's top twenty six months ago, the now world number one beat alexander zverev to make it two wins from two at london's 02 which means he qualifies for the semi finals after marin cilic beat john isner in three sets. anneka radley was watching wednesday's action. a few months ago, alexander zverev could have walked onto any court full of confidence. after already securing a first group against marin cilic. but this is a win new novak djokovic and it would take a l

and federerfalls in london, as the swiss is beaten by kei nishikori at the atp finals. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with the premier league, and the first manchester derby of the season, where it was an emphatic win for manchester city. goals from david silva, sergio aguero and ilkay gundogan saw pep guardiola's side take a 3—1 victory over united, to put them back at the top of the table, while inflicting significant damage to jose mourinho‘s hopes of even finishing in the top four. the first half, we were not com pletely the first half, we were not completely satisfied. we played a little bit not fluidly. we have two plate, to avoid making mistakes, and the second half we played better. we regained the ball higher and we had the problems in the first half, and after that, the second goal helped us. after that, the second goal helped us. after that we were stable after the 2-1, us. after that we were stable after the 2—1, and after we came in and controlled the game, we made good, good football. elsewhere, liverpool extended their unbeaten premier leagu

world number one novak djokovic heads out in his second match of the nitto atp tour finals in london.omen's world t20. later on wednesday, world number one novak djokovic plays his second match in the nitto atp tourfinals in london. the serb takes on the bright new thing in the men's game, alexander zverev. both players won their opening matches in this year's tournament, while john isner will play croatian marin cilic in the other game, with both of those looking for theirfirst win. iam i am looking forward to that match, obviously the good thing about this tournament is that you have days in between matches, and you are guaranteed to pay three matches in the group. i have obviously put myself in a very good position in the group with a straight set win, obviously playing at alexander zverev, who also had a straight set win today, so i look forward to them. bangladesh and sri lanka will both be looking for their first win at the icc women's world t20, when they head out to play in st lucia later. sri lanka saw their opening game against england abandoned without a ball being bowled d

roger federer is a six time champion at the atp tour finals.on, too. it is a city where he enjoys lifting trophies. and the crowd love him, too. at 37, many wonderjust how long federer crowd love him, too. at 37, many wonder just how long federer can crowd love him, too. at 37, many wonderjust how long federer can go on. his opponent alexander zverev is tipped as a future grand slam champion and he is looking ever more like one. the german was often inspired, grabbing the first set‘s only break of serve and going on to ta ke only break of serve and going on to take it. then their war —— there was second set drama when a ball boy accidentally dropped the ball behind federer and zverev legitimately stopped playing the point. but crowd didn't like itand stopped playing the point. but crowd didn't like it and the boos echoed around the 02 arena. first of all i want to apologise for the frustration when the ball boy dropped the ball. it is in the rules we have to replay the point. applause the incident didn't stop his pursuit of this tournament and

on this programme: alexander zverev stuns world number one novak djokovic to win the season—ending atpinals. switzerland overturn a 2—0 deficit to thrash high—flying belgium 5—2 in the uefa nations league. and francesco molinari caps a fantastic season by winning the european tour's race to dubai. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. alexander zverev recorded the biggest victory of his fledgling career after seeing off novak djokovic in straight sets to win the nitto atp finals in london. the world number one a heavy favourite to win what would have been a sixth finals title, but he was outclassed by 21—year—old zverev, 6—3, 6—4. austin halewood was watching the action. despite beating zverev earlier this week, this was novak djokovic‘s turn to be outclassed. just like the first match, the opening set was too close to call. eight games went with serve, with the german more than holding his own. after dominating all week, djokovic and then lost his serve for the first time in the tournament. his opponent had his chance, and took it. game and first set, zverev. the world numbe

it is the opening day of the atp finals at the 02 arena in of the atp finals at the o2 arena in londonain's jamie murray and his partner, they are a pair who... suarez had reached the finals before. a tie—break, and a match tie—break,10—5. before. a tie—break, and a match tie—break, 10—5. and in the singles, kevin anderson of south africa has done well on his debut and beaten the austrian opponent. that is its first board stay. the —— that is it for this evening. goodbye for now. a few years ago, the lives online started to look really realistic, phoney news sites with convincing stories shared by your friends on social media. 0ne one of the most chilling examples of what fake news could become is deep fa kes, what fake news could become is deep fakes, the term given to artificial intelligence techniques that could swa p intelligence techniques that could swap people's faces in videos, seemingly seamlessly putting them into situations that never happened. we first covered the phenomenon earlier in the year when a user—friendly application made the technique easy and freely available on

coming up on this programme: rafael nadal withdraws from next weeks season ending atp finals in londonherdan shaqiri out of his liverpool squad for the trip to red star belgrade to avoid any distractions. and the race that stops the nation will be run in wet conditions after heavy morning downpours in melbourne. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that rafael nadal will miss next week's season ending atp finals in london after having an operation on an ankle injury. nadal pulled out of the paris masters with a stomach muscle problem leaving novak djokovic to replace him as world number one. the spaniard said that as he was suffering with an injury he would take advantage of the moment and have an operation on his ankle as well which means he's replaced in london by american john isner. he has been troubled, on and off, although not in a serious way, by his ankle.

we'll have all the sport — including how alexander zverev booked his place in the semi finals at the atps in london. hello and welcome to world news today. the uk prime minister, theresa may, has moved to shore up her government, following widespread opposition to the controversial brexit withdrawl deal she struck with the eu. this evening, she's appointed a new brexit secretary, stephen barclay, after the previous one resigned. mrs may has also won the support of some of her key brexiteer ministers, but she has had to defend herself against further calls from critics to stand down. several conservative mps say they've written letters of no confidence in the prime minister, but it's still not clear if there are enough to trigger a leadership vote. there are some flashing images in this report by the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg. imagine, submitting yourself first thing in the morning to this. here in the studio with me, the prime minister. literally taking a call from the public asking you to quit. why do you think you should stay on despite the fact that you have failed to h

coming up on this programme: day three at the nitto atp tour finals — and roger federer keeps his dreama 1 world titles — lewis hamilton tells us he's still seeking perfection. and england will be unchanged for the second test against sri lanka in kandy that gets under way in the coming hours. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that roger federer has kept his hopes of a seventh nitto atp tour finals title alive, and a first since 2011, after a straight sets victory over austria's dominic thiem. and kevin anderson is in a strong position to qualify for the last four after beating kei nishikori in the first match of the day. nick parrott was watching. after his defeat to kei nishikori, all eyes were on a roger federer and whether he could bounce back against dominic thiem. the swiss had lost its last two encounters against the austrian, as he made a good start, breaking injust austrian, as he made a good start, breaking in just the third game.

there has been a shock at the atp finals in london.atch roger federer‘s total of six titles. he was playing against alexander zverev in the biggest match of his career after beating roger federer to get to this match. the german took the first set, the first set that djokovic has lost this week. in the last few moments, the upset was complete, zverev winning the match 6—4, 6—3, the biggest result of his young career. before this, he had only taken three masters titles, but has been tipped by many as a future grand slam champion. great stuff. open champion francesco molanari has won golf‘s race to dubai. molanari could only have been beaten to it if tommy fleetwood had won the world tour championship, but the englishman finished a long way down the leaderboard. the tournament was instead won by his compatriot danny willett — this is his brilliant approach on the 17th in dubai. willet finished on 18 uder par, two clear of the pack. it's his first win since the masters two and a half years ago. it was a tricky old road. it probably won't

djokovic is looking for a first atp finals title since 2015.gnieska radwanska has announced her retirement from tennis. she reached the wimbledon final in 2012 but was beaten by serena williams. she says at the age of 29, and after 13 years of competitve tennis her body can't live up to her expectations. she says she can't play or train the way she used to. the british olympic ‘s showjumper tim stockwell has died in month after being diagnosed with cancer. he competed in the beijing 0lympics, narrowly missing out on a medal, finishing fourth in the team event. he competed in many events. that burn—out is all from bbc sport ‘s address and. —— bbc sports centre. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, lance price, who was director of communications for the labour party and the political commentator, giles kenningham, who was director of communications for the conservative party. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in and you guessed it — the brexit deal

and game, set and match to alexander zverev as he stuns world number one, novak djokovic, to win the atp finals in london. hello and welcome to world news today. president trump says he's been fully briefed on an audio recording of the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. but he said wouldn't listen to the tape himself, which he described as vicious and violent. the president said he expects a report on who was responsible to be completed by tuesday. the cia was reported to have concluded that the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, ordered the killing. but mr trump said those reports were premature here's some of what president trump had to say. we have the tape. i don't want to hear the tape, no reason for me to hear the tape. why don't you want to? but i've been fully briefed. why don't you want to hear it, sir? because it's a suffering tape, it's a terrible tape. i've been fully briefed on it. there's no reason for me to hear it. in fact, i said to the people, "should i?" they said, "you really shouldn't, there's no reason". i know exactly, i know everything that went on i

coming up on this programme: novak djokovic qualifies for the last four at the atp tour finals in londoninst england as they resume on day 2 of the second test in pallekele shortly, on 26 for 1 in theirfirst innings. and francesco molinari heads into the european tour's season ending event knowing only one other can catch him in the race to dubai. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis news, and who would have predicted novak djokovic would be the man to beat at the season ending nitto atp tour finals? outside the world's top twenty six months ago, the now world number one beat alexander zverev to make it two wins from two at london's 02 which means he qualifies for the semi finals after marin cilic beat john isner in three sets. anneka radley was watching wednesday's action.

marin cilic will be a man on a mission on wednesday at the atp finals.has to win his match againstjohn isner to stand a realistic chance of making the semi—finals. cilic has won just one of his nine matches at this event over the years, so has a lot to prove, according to former us open finalist greg rusedski. here's a serve is one of the biggest weapons out there, as well is forehand. he can hit through anybody on the planet. great started here. great six months for him. obviously the finals, is an open, losing to roger federer. the second half he has played quite as much as he would like. it came out with a statement at the beginning of the, i want to be number one, i want to win majors. the was correct. —— the mindset was correct. i think beating novak djokovic quinns was impressive the way he did that. but wimbledon was so disappointing, but way he lost that. he showed us the marin cilic we all know. i had a bit with a friend of mine that he would do well busier. he is my dark horse to look out for. having become just the third formula i driver in hi

on this programme: alexander zverev stuns world number one novak djokovic to win the season—ending atp the uefa nations league. and francesco molinari caps a fantastic season by winning the european tour's race to dubai. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. alexander zverev recorded the biggest victory of his fledgling career after seeing off novak djokovic in straight sets to win the nitto atp finals in london. the world number one a heavy favourite to win what would have

after an opening round defeat — roger federer recovers to boost his hopes at the atp tour finals.nd after his best season yet, lewis hamilton warns his rivals there's more to come. hello and welcome. his recall to the england squad has divided opinion. today wayne rooney said he's not asking people to agree with the fa's decision to grant him a farewell match against the usa on thursday, but that he was simply looking forward to thanking the fans for their support in his career. england's record goal—scorer faced the media today ahead of his last appearance for his country and our sports correspondent natalie priks was there. the view was a familiar one, two yea rs the view was a familiar one, two years after he last wore it, england's record goal scorer is back in an england shirt. the important thing for me is not whether i wear the armband were whether i play 90 minutes, it is to have the opportunity to poll on the shirt again for that last time and as i keep saying, it certainly will be a special moment. it is an honour that has never been given to another former glen player b

the season—ending atp finals gets underway in london on sunday with rafael nadal withdrawing on mondayer federer apart in the round robin stage. djokovic, who has returned to world number one, will be in group guga kuerten with alexander zverev, marin cilic and john isner, who replaces nadal, while federer is in group lleyton hewitt along with kevin anderson, dominic thiem and kei nishikori. in case you missed it, huddersfield town won their first thank you for that. when you think of the artist known as banksy, what comes to mind is likely to be politically—charged graffiti. one of his best—known works is a series of paintings on the side of israel's controversial security barrier. now he has re—created it for a travel fair in london. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. banksy and notoriety go hand in hand, but in a career that is hardly short of controversy, this probably his most controversial work. well, a replica, at least — an installation promoting tourism to the west bank. focusing on this here, this gives an idea about what's going on on the ground in palestine, how palestinians ar

we have a shock win at the atp tennis finals. the 21—year—old has beaten the world number one. has asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police, in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country, and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds‘ worth of damage. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: the british prime minister theresa may will speak to business leaders in london later today, kicking off what she's described as a "critical week" for the uk. emergency workers in california are still struggling to contain wildfires that have dev

the draw for the season—ending atp finals in london will be made later on monday with kei nishikori aina'sjuan martin del potro as he hasn't recovered a knee injury. only the top eight players in the world qualify for the event with novak djokovic, rafael nadal and roger federer all in the line up russia's karen khachanov defeated the new world number one novak djokovic to win the paris masters. the 22—year—old beat the i4—time grand slam champion 7—5, 6—4, hitting 31 winners as he pulled off one of the shocks of the year in his final tournament of the season, and claimed his first masters 1000 title. it's one of my biggest titles so far, biggest achievements. and in general, you know, it's a breakthrough season, so this title, it's a good year end. like this, i would say. maybe i'm not crying, but still, i'm really happy. manchester city maintained their charge at the top of the premier league with a thumping 6—1 win over southampton on sunday. raheem sterling scored twice for pep guardiola's side as they emphaticaly beat the saints keeping them two points clear of chelsea and now li

and novak djokovic is bidding for a record—equalling sixth title at the atp finals in london. welcome to sportsday. thanks forjoining us. they left it late but england got their revenge on the team that knocked them out of the world cup. gareth southgate‘s men were a goal down to croatia at wembley and looking like being relegated from the elite group of the nations league, but two goals from jesse lingard and harry kane in the final 12 minutes of the match saw them win 2—1, and with it book their place in next year's finals. john watson was watching the drama unfold at wembley. john — a great comeback from england. yeah, what a comeback indeed, as you say. it was clear at the start of the day what england had to do a commoner permutations they had, england had to win to book their place in the semifinals in portugal next summer. blues and they would have been relegated into the second tier of the competition. the margins we re tier of the competition. the margins were just so tier of the competition. the margins werejust so small, tier of the competition. the margins were jus

novak djokovic is the man to beat at the nitto atp finals in london.l play marin cilic later. the croatian cilic has everything to play for because he can still make the last four, as canjohn isner and alexander zverev in friday's other group match. in case you missed it, spain have missed the chance to be the first team through to next year's uefa nations league finals. they'd have qualified with a win in croatia — but were beaten 3—2 in zagreb. that means if there is a winner between england and croatia in league a group 4 on sunday at wembley then that team will qualify for next year's finals. england were in friendly action on thursday as wayne rooney came off the bench to play his 120th international in a game that raised money for his foundation. the country's record goalscorer failed to find the back of the net against the usa but his team won 3—0. roger federer qualified for the atp finals and also went top of group lleyton hewitt with a straight sets win over kevin anderson. the 27—year—old swiss — a six time winner of this tournament — needed

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we now know the semifinal line up at the atp world tour finals in london.r five alexander zverev will face roger federer next after his straight set victory over john isner this afternoon. novak djokovic had already booked his place in the last—four and he didn't have much trouble beating marin cilic earlier tonight. the world number one took the first set on a tie break and went on to win the second comfortably 6—2. he'll play kevin anderson on saturday evening. danny cipriani shone on his return from a three—week suspension to help gloucester beat leicester tigers and move up to third in the premiership. in a lively game the best of the tries was saved until last when ollie thorley ran the length of the pitch to score under the posts to help his side win 36—13. steve brown has resigned as the chief executive of the rugby football union, afterjust over a year in charge. he says it was a difficult decision but needs to take some time out. director of professional rugby, nigel melville, will stand in until a replacement is appointed. arise sir kenny — the li

and federerfalls in london, as the swiss is beaten by kei nishikori at the atp finals.programme. we begin with the premier league, and the first manchester derby of the season, where it was an emphatic win for manchester city. goals from david silva, sergio aguero and ilkay gundogan saw pep guardiola's side take a 3—1 victory over united, to put them back at the top of the table, while inflicting significant damage to jose mourinho's hopes of even finishing in the top four. the first half, we were not com pletely the first half, we were not completely satisfied.

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make his comeback after nearly two months out with a knee injury, rafael nadal has pulled out of the atparis masters. the 17—time grand slam winner said it was due to an abdominal injury — and it means that novak djokovic will take over as world number one, when the new rankings are announced on monday. since that moment in terms of injuries, so i want to avoid drastic things and if maybe i can't play to date, but the doctor says if i want to play the tournament, if i want to try to win the tournament, the abdominal will break for sure. —— ca ntlay. abdominal will break for sure. —— cantlay. so abdominal will break for sure. —— ca ntlay. so it abdominal will break for sure. —— cantlay. so it will be not there and not good for me, for nobody to go inside the court knowing that probably be full tournament will not be possible to play. roger federer‘s another player who didn't make it on court on wednesday, but he's through to the third round anyway. the number three seed was given a walkover when milos raonic withdrew with an elbow injury. alexander zverev is also through to the last 16. t

make his comeback after nearly two months out with a knee injury, rafael nadal has pulled out of the atpabdominal injury — and it means that novak djokovic will take over as world number one, when the new rankings are announced on monday. since that moment in terms of injuries, so i want to avoid drastic things and if maybe i can't play to

novak djokovic produces a tennis masterclass to beatjohn isner in straight sets at the atp tour finalse philadelphia 76ers. hello and welcome to the programme. thanks forjoining us. taking a stroll down real madrid's managerial alumni shows some rather familiar and formidible faces — jose mourinho, zinedine zidane, carlo ancelotti, and now santiago solari. perhaps not a name you instantly recognise, but the former madrid youth coach has clearly impressed in his role as interim manager, leading real to the best start of any manager in the club's history. no surprise he is set to be appointed to the job on a permanent basis. patrick gearey tells us more.

day two at the seasonending atp finals in london today — the world number one novak djokovic outliningning victory overjohn isner in straight sets. the serb has had a great year, winning wimbledon and the us open to return to world number one and he sailed through the first set 6-4. the american was completely outplayed by djokovic who took the next set 6—3 to complete an impressive victory in his first round robin match. in the day's first match, germany's alexander zverev beat marin cilic. cilic did have the upper hand in the first set, but world number five zerev fought back to take it on a tie break. the second set also went to a tie break, which zerev also won, on a court which he says is proving difficult for the players. definitely one of the critter court is that we have on tour. it's different from paris, paris was fast, but it was low bounce, quick and high bounce, so it is a mixture of both. so all games fit here, but it's tough to find your rhythm on it. let's take a look at some of the other sport stories making the headlines today. samir nasri will undergo a medical at we

it means he'll miss the atp tour finals in london and the chance to regain the world number1 spot.okovic, who has been drawn alongside alexander zverev, marin cilic and nadal‘s replacementjohn isner. roger federer heads the other group with kevin anderson, dominic thiem and kei nishikori. george burgess will appear at a disciplinary hearing on tuesday after being cited for an incident during sunday's second test against new zealand. the england foward appeared to have his fingers in the eyes of new zealand's captain dallin watene—zelezniak. in rugby union, tom curry has been ruled out of england's match against new zealand this weekend with a "severe ankle injury". he was part of the inexperienced back row that helped england beat south africa on saturday. owen farrell is available, though. on the eve of the first test against sri lanka — england captain joe root says his team will be trying a bolder and more courageous approach to their cricket. england haven't won a test series in sri lanka for 17 years. root says its time for them to try something different — and that players ar

roger federer beats kevin anderson in straight sets to qualify for the atp finals in london and the seconds off shortly as francesco molinari remains on course to win his first race to dubai title. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and spain have missed the chance to be the first team through to next year's uefa nations league finals. they'd have qualified with a win in croatia but were beaten 3—2 in zagreb. after a goalless first half, the home side led twice — through andrej kramaric and tinjedvaj but each time they were pegged back with goals from real madrid's dani ceballos through andrej kramaric and tinjedvaj but each time they were pegged back with goals from real madrid's dani ceballos and sergio ramos. in the 90th minute, jedvaj won it for croatia — to avenge the 6—nil thrashing they suffered in spain earlier in the season — and to keep alive their hopes

roger federer booked his place in the semifinals of the atp world tour finals in london, better beat straight sets and now tops his group while anderson qualified for the last four. federer, six—time winner of the tournament reached the last fourin of the tournament reached the last four in the 15th of 16th appearances. that's all the sport for now, you can get the latest data on the bbc sport website and app. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the head of politics at city am 0wen bennett and david wooding, the political editor of the sun on sunday. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the financial times, which says the prime minister is fighting for her political life, and her brexit plan. the metro likens the conservative infighting to friendly fire ‘blue on blue' attacks. city am picks up on the prime minister's use of her cricketing hero geoff boycott as inspiration. the daily telegraph focuses on theresa may's determination to remain in number 10 despite threats of a leadership challeng

. >> right now you are looking atp to 43 degrees. it is 4:51 we'll be right back. first look at 'toy story 4'...and the comic book world says goodbye to a marvel mogul. hilary lane has more in your eye >>> disney and pixar have released the first look at toy story 4. and the comic book world says good-bye to a marvel mogul. >> hollywood is remembering stan lee. the creator of spiderman, the hulk and x-men. lee passed away monday at the age of 95. woody, buzz and the gang are back for the latest lm along with a new friend sposhgy. toy story 4 hits theaters nationwide next june. >>> and tonight a brand new episode of cbs drama fbi. a group of nypd imposters. and the award winning actress cela ward plays dana measure on the show. >> i love her. she's strong and decisive and still finding out who she is as the writers explore. >> fbi was recently picked up bl hillary lang cbs news new york. >> news of stan lee's death sent a jolt through the nation. features some of stan lee's earliest works like this rare first issueover the hulk before the character was drown with hi

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he'll miss the atp world tour finals in london this month following an operation on his right ankle.ris masters last week. john isner will replace nadal at the finals. it means novak djokovic will end the year at as the world number one. and johanna konta has got a new, permanent coach. she's hired dimitri zavialoff, who she worked with on a trial basis at the kremlin cup in moscow last month. the frenchman was stan wawrinka's first coach. now, finally, the football association have set clubs in the seventh and eight tier of football a deadline to make sure their changing rooms are big enough. new rules mean the minimum size has to be 18 square metres otherwise clubs face relegation. two non—league football clubs in somerset, frome town and taunton town, say the fa is being too harsh. pam caulfield reports. two metres by two metres... four square metres do not seem like much but the frome town fc, it is. to find the extra space they will either need to knock down the wall 01’ move either need to knock down the wall or move the showers at a cost of £15,000. we don't have it so we have

brent: germany's alexander zverev won his opening match at the atp finals in london. youngest player in the top 8 beat marin cilic in straight sets. the colorations po -- the cr oatian's poororm. continueses reporter: alexander zverevv beat cilic in his debut last year but it was cilic that got off to a flying start this time aroround. the croat s stormed into o an ey ththree-game they. but z zverev powered his way bak with a trademark backhandd winner. in an earlrly second set both players dropd s serve. neither could gain the upper hand. and, once again, the set was decided in a tiebreak. zverev dominated. an another backhand winner down the linine earned him fiveatch points. the world number five sealed the tree with his first effort. his 55th match win, more than any other player on tour. brent: cambodia has built the world's longest dragon boat. theree it is. itit is made out of wood, 87 meters long and seats 180 rowers. the previously in his world record was set by china two years ago. cambodian celebrated the picture with a traditional dance and a spin in the b

t atp >>> welcome back. and finally tonight, from outside our 30 rock studios, we're going to look ahead to christmas, along with all these folks here. just around the corner is radio city music hall where there's something different this year for a show that's ushered in the holidays for generations. here is joe fryer. ♪ >> reporter: the radio city rockettes are a time-honored tradition. but this year you can see them in a whole makehat a hundred lights, each hovering above, attached to a drone. a new drones are like dance pattertner. we dance with each other onstage and we have a friend above our head. >> i love that there's a little breeze above our heads, which is really nice. >> reporter: the rockettes have been doing the christmas spectacular on this stage since 1933. but the drones and other elements add a new twist to this holiday tradition. ♪ >> this is back to the drawing board, starting from scratch. so it's a whole new idea. >> reporter: dancing drones are popping up all over, like at this year's

roger federer is playing dominic thiem in the atp tour finals in london this evening. opening round robin matches. thsi afternoon kevin anderson hammered japan‘s kei nishikori. he won 6—0, 6—1injust an hour and four minutes. the south african is now top of their group after two wins. and jamie murray reached the doubles semi—finals of the atp finals in london for a third successive year. the scotland brazilian partner bruno soares beat colombia‘s juan—sebastian cabal and robert farah 6—4, 6—3. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. lets return to the news that after nearly a year and half of often fraught discussions, british and eu officials have come up with a draft brexit withdrawal agreement. cabinet ministers are being called into downing street individually this evening for discussions with the prime minister. damian grammaticas is in brussels. how does this all look from where you are? the eu side very tight—lipped at the minute, not much has come out because they have invested so much time and effort to work out thes

tennis now and germany's alexander zverev has got his atp finals campaign off to a winning start withena. zverev beat his croatian rival 7—6, 7—6. watching the action for us was sue barker alongside former british number one tim henman. tim, ithink tim, i think we had a little clips into the future here, because alexander zverev, probably the most likely young player to win a grand slam at the moment keys absolutely. he has had some fantastic result on the tour. he is busily qualified for this. we are waiting for him to take that next in the grand slam, but he is only 21. we have got to be patient. he showed great maturity today. neither player played their best. lots of and forced errors, zverev talked after the match about how the conditions are pretty fast, ha rd to how the conditions are pretty fast, hard to control the ball, but in the important moments, he was the one who held his nerves, cut down the forced errors. he came out on top. marin cilic will be kicking himself. he almost had a double break, and let him back in. yes, a never took their chances, and you always felt he w

terry: in tennis, germany's alexander zverev has stunned novak djokovic to win the atp finals in london. djokovic was the favorite and had not dropped a set in the entire tournament for the semifinal, but he was no match for zverev, the first german to win the prestigious tournament since for specter in 1995 -- boris becker in 1995. reporter: alexander zverev was high on confidence, and it showed in the opening stages. after breaking novak djokovic's serve,e,e got a 6-6-4 victory in the all important first set. he turned on the style in the second set with a delightful array of shots. saving hisis best for lalast. >> game, zverev. >> obviously the biggest title that i have ever won. furthehermore, i want to congratulate novak on a great week, not just this week, but the way you played the second half of this year. we have never seen it before. he barely lost -- you really lost a match. i'm grateful you lost once to me. reporter: it is one that he may" in 2019. -- eclipse in 2019. terry: german foreign the three driver has undergone a successful operation on a fractured vertebrae followi

roger federer made a disappointing start to his campaign at the atp finals in london. nishikori ofjapan. but don't panic because he could still make it to the final. i will be back with more news stories in half an hour. a bbc investigation has found that russian media & officials presented false claims about a us—funded laboratory in neighbouring georgia. the russian foreign ministry, defence ministry and pro—kremlin media claimed recently that untested drugs were given to georgian citizens at the lab, resulting in a large number of deaths. the us has accused russia of disinformation in order to distract attention away from incidents such as the salisbury poisonings in the uk. as part of our beyond fake news season, steve rosenberg reports from tbilisi. russian tv breaks a story about america. the us army has been experimenting on humans at a secret laboratory outside tbilisi. it sounds dramatic. but is it true? we've come to tbilisi, georgia, to investigate. the source of the russian news story is a former head of georgian state security who fled to moscow. igor gior

john isner, the world number 10, comes into the field for the atp finals on sunday.t at anfield. the england foward is seen to have his fingers in the eyes of new zealand's captain, dallin watene—zelezniak. england won the match 20—14 to take an unassailable lead in the three—match series. good and bad news for eddiejones as his england side prepare to face new zealand at twickenham this weekend. forward tom curry has been ruled out with whatjones has described as a "severe ankle injury". he was part of the inexperienced back row that helped england beat south africa on saturday. owen farrell is set to play. he's not been cited for his tackle at the end of that match. wales have brought in a couple of new faces for their nations league match against denmark next week with anderlecht defender james lawrence called up for the first time. the 26—year—old joined the belgian side in august after four years playing in slovakia. gareth bale and aaron ramsey are back in the squad after missing the win over the republic of ireland last month, and boss ryan giggs has backed ba