austin halewood has the details: (tx vt) austin halewood has the details.n here before but gardner cottoned on an upset. after all, welford road is not likely stronghold once was. but the tigers roared first. i'm very posed. tried. —— under the post, try. leicester city what they do best, power game. over just before city what they do best, power game. overjust before the break and they try just after it. overjust before the break and they tryjust after it. but leicester are not likely superpower they once were and their showed why. cheeky. five minutes later, fractures in the backline gifted this, the second for this player of the evening. big games require the biggest of players. and he is about as big as they come. back to fitness coming through dry hair is back in eddie jones' england plans. —— he proved wide. —— he proved why. elsewhere, saints beat the dragons in newport. some other stories for you this friday night... britain's johanna konta lost in the semi—finals of the kremlin cup. she was beaten in straight sets 6—4, 6—3 — by the sixth seed and l

austin halewood, bbc news.tournament in shanghai. and he had an odd finish to his round on the 18th. this is his approach to the green. he overshot the putting surface. keep an eye on it. it hits the ball of american playing partner xander shauffele and both went into the water. shauffele went on to win the tournament after a play—off. it wasn't too angry, but watch this again. and they go, both into the water. elina svitolina has beaten sloane stephens in the wta finals to claim the biggest win of her career. it took two hours and 22 minutes. but the ukrainian came back from losing the first set to eventually win the match. svitolina won five out of five matches in singapore, becoming the first player to go unbeaten in the tournament since serena williams in 2013. roger federer has won the 99th atp title of his career at the swiss indoors in basel. the world number three was cheered on by a home crown to beat romania's marius copil in straight sets. he's now won the event a total of nine times. and south afric

austin halewood reports.of the footballing world were locked on old trafford, manchester city had their own business to take care of. 1700 miles from home in ukraine, this is for the champions league, and beaten here last season city at a point to prove. from minute one, they were all over shock tar. passing without. .. finally, the all over shock tar. passing without... finally, the deadlock was broken post at davids over the man to break through. relief. —— david silva the man. four minutes later, they were in a gang. city simply too good. so comfortable, they could ta ke good. so comfortable, they could take off the returning kevin de bruyne. but his replacement was not bad either. bernardo silva onto the pitch and a minute later, into the net. before the game, pep guardiola said his team are not ready to win the champions league also but after such a dominant display against the nets, his players may not agree. austin halewood on the bbc news. well, manchester united didn't get the result or the performan

but no worries for novak djokovic as the world number three is into the last 16 as austin halewood reportse the middle of 2018, novak djokovic has been a player reborn, with injuries and issues we perform well behind him, the 1a time major grandslam champion is back to his best. with wimbledon and us open titles already this season, he is a redhot 13 match winning streak. jeremy chardy never really threatened it in china. djokovic coming through in straight sets and a step closer to a fourth title in shanghai. he has already qualified for the world tour finals in london next month. world number seven dominic thiem is one of those looking tojoin him there, but his hopes took a blow on tuesday thanks to australian matthew ebden. the 30—year—old is having the season of his life after 13 years on the tour. in what that it got even better, with his biggest win to date. —— in the third set. marin cilic has reached the tour final three times in his impressive career, he also lost ground in the rankings. the world number six comfortably took the opening set but was pegged back in the second by wor

austin halewood watched the action.d by injuries, sta n after a season plagued by injuries, stan wawrinka is finding his way back into the game and early on against borna ori , there were glimpses of the grandslam champion‘s best tennis. at 21—year—old ori is one of the most exciting talent on the two and he hit back. into a decider, youth prevailed over experience, ori indy and co mforta ble experience, ori indy and comfortable and into the second round. he will face american qualifier bradley kwan, beating nick kyrgios in three sets, the australians looking largely disinterested throughout. the world 100 form taking it in three and troops seal just 100 form taking it in three and troops sealjust his fourth to level wind of the season. —— klahn. stefan aust won his first in the two 12 months ago, ranked 131st at the time. now he is up to 15, with outside chance of qualifying in london next month. he took a tough set from gael monfils, before the frenchman impressively hit back with the second. and entertaining encounte

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the number two seed novak djokovic is also through and austin halewood has the details.back. it is not having things all his own weight in shanghai. roberto bautista agut levelling their third round match in a set all. as is so often the case, the 20 time grandslam champion usually phones away. and thursday was no different in china. sometimes all you can do is lie back and watch the master at work. the defending champion through, i'd far from convincing. he will have two seriously up his game when he takes on kei nishikori next. the world number 12 only needed two set to battle past sam crary and reach the quarters. roger federer may be the world number two, but novak djokovic is hot on his heels, with three titles already in shanghai he knows this court better than most, and it showed against marco chegin oher. the italian was the man who knocked djokovic out of the french open earlier this year. the world number three certainly got his revenge. straight sets, 6—0 in the second. with so much of the attention focused on novak djokovic and roger federer, it can be easy t

austin halewood reports.ps strike fear into the heart of leicester fans more than a visitor asked. you would have to be almost to remember the last time they won there in the top flight in 1973. fox is needed a helping hand and they got it. but it was not given. luck then swung in favour of leicester, a deflection sending this shotin leicester, a deflection sending this shot in from ben chilwell. it was not going to plan. leicester in total control. a deserved lead but a lapse in concentration, arsenal sweeping into the box and mezut ozil into the net. no team has scored more second—half goals than the gunners this season and with their firepower on the bench it is not ha rd to firepower on the bench it is not hard to see why. aubameyang did not need long to make his presence known, just two minutes. then a second, three minutes later. another second—half masterclass from arsenal, another when from emory. the premier league not that difficult after all. the champions league group stage reaches the halfway poi

at specific concerns raised about the reliance of horse racing on free movement, but, first, austin halewood which brexit could affect sport in the uk. the uk is set to leave the european union at the end of march and freedom of movement is one of the biggest ways that sport will be affected post brexit. it could have an impact on players, events and also fans following their team. firstly, let's look at the players and particularly football in the uk. 0n and particularly football in the uk. on any given saturday in the premier league, only about 31% of the players are british. while this huge amount of foreign talent may have held back the development of young british players, it's helped turn the premier league into a global superpower. at the moment, players from the eu are allowed to play professional football in england as pa rt professional football in england as part of freedom of movement rules. while those from outside the eu need work permits. however, if eu players then need a work permit post brexit, there's a certain criteria they'll have to meet to be signed. we can ta ke have

austin halewood has been watching the action. this series been scheduled for the monsoon season? the collective thoughts of the crowd desperate deceits and crickets. finally, after six hours of waiting, the rain let off and sri lanka flew out of the blocks. lifting them to 57 without loss, it was clearly not working for england. but spin had an immediate impact. proceed deceiving —— deceiving mendes on his first ball. but no matter what the weather, sri lankan spirits would not be dampened, until rushing's next over. two wickets and two balls for the spinner, jason roy brilliantly catching her era as england took back control. sri lanka's runs drying up. set a target of 151 to win, any score looks getta ble of 151 to win, any score looks gettable with jason roy at the crease. first over, first six. all away for six. but the early optimism would soon be quashed. to correct its test wickets and two overs, england still with plenty to do. austin hill would, bbc news. well england have lost another wicket. jason roy went for a1, but

austin halewood, bbc news.nternationals in two days' time. saracens billy vunipola is the latest casualty. he'll have surgery today after breaking his left arm against glasgow on sunday. it's the third time in a year he's broken an arm. and more injury news, nile wilson will miss this month's world gymnastics championships in qatar. i don't know if you want to watch this if you're feeling squeamish. he has 0k, everybody. what has he done? he snapped finger ligaments in training on the parallel bars. is that it? are you disappointed? i thought it was going to be a bit more horrendous. that was the moment. a bit of a debate about whether we should share this with you this morning but it was his finger ligaments going. the ways didn't like that. sorry, i'll tell you at the end about a gymnastics injury -- you at the end about a gymnastics injury —— louise didn't like that. i'm not sure i want to know. watch out for that, everybody! i'm not sure i want to know. watch out forthat, everybody! he i'm not sure i want t

austin halewood has the details.ut scarlett ‘s were confident of an upset. after all were confident of an upset. after a ll welfo rd were confident of an upset. after all welford road is not quite the stronghold it once was but the tigers roared first. harry wells under the post, for a try. pegged back by burton aggro two, leicester switched to watch they do best, their power game. —— by scarlets. i tried just before and after the break. but leicester are not quite the superpower they once were and their defence showed why, evans slipping through, chicky. minutes later fractures in the backline gifted blake thompson his second of the evening. but big games require the evening. but big games require the biggest of players, and this man is about as big as they come. he proved why he is back in anyjones' england plans, leicester comfortable in the end, the tigers up and running in europe. tie—breaks will be played at 12—12 in the final set at wimbledon from next year. it comes after the deciding set of kevin anderson's