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two sacks of his former college teammate boro.y were teammates at ohio state before boro transferred. both. bosa now has 14 sacks. it is the most by a 49er player since alvin smith had 19 1/2 back in 2012. so he could get that record. donte, i feel sometimes the defense has bailed out this offense and played big time when they needed 'em. >> they did and the front four, they leaned on them heavily today. they knew they had weapons on the outside so they would have to play a lot of cover, too. and when you play cover too, you are naturally pulling a safety out of the box. they had to stop the run with six and seven-man boxes and they did that. joe nixon of the you know, he is no pushover. the 49ers front four stepped up. bosa, two sacks. he might have a chance to lead the league this year in sacks. >> you think he could be the defensive player of the year? >> i think he can be the defensive player of the year, if he consistently plays the way that he does. there is not many tackles that he can meet his level of intensity, match it,

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down byjaiden anthony early into the second half, and andraz sporar slotted home the penalty to lift borool and nottingham forest. a quick round—up of some of the day's other sport. arsenal against brighton in the women's super league is off tomorrow. champ made a winning return in the day's feature race — the long walk hurdle at ascot. the horse, usually seen over fences, showed he can stay over smaller obstacles beating the favourite thyme hill. there have been two nine—darters in 2a hours at the pdc world championship. lithuania's darius labanuskas achieved the rare feat in his defeat to mike de decker today. yesterday, scotland's willie borland achieved it. andy murray was beaten in straight sets by andrey rublev in the final of the world tennis championship exhibition in abu dhabi, losing the second set on a 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 charli

down byjaiden anthony early into the second half and andraz sporar slotted home the penalty to lift bororsenal against brighton in the wsl has also been called off this evening due to covid issues. elsewhere... champ made a winning return in the day's feature race — the long walk hurdle at ascot. the horse, usually seen over fences, showed he can stay over smaller obstacles beating the favourite thyme hill. there have been two 9—darters in 24 hours at the pdc world championship. lithuania's darius labanuskas achieved the rare feat in his defeat to mike de decker today. yesterday, scotland's willie borland achieved it. andy murray says he's targeting strong runs in the biggest tournaments against next year after an impressive run to the final of the exhbition world tennis championship in abu dhabi. he was beaten 6—4, 7—6 by 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 als

down byjaiden anthony early into the second half, and andraz sporar slotted home the penalty to lift boro french and british sides are off this weekend, due to french travel restrictions. that's left three matches today. cardiff were without 42 players due to covid quarantine and injuries against harlequins. it was 17—17 at half time, but quins ran away with it in the second half withjoe marchant going over to clinch the bonus point. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. a woman who was arrested after a fire which killed four young children in south london has been bailed. although formal identification is yet to take place, police say they are confident the children were twins leyton and logan hoath, aged three, and kyson and bryson hoath, aged four. officers say the woman will return to a south london police station in mid—january. a man has appeared in court charged with murder and arson after a fire left a person dead in reading. hakeem kigundu is accused of starting the fire at around 3:00 in the mornin

down byjaiden anthony early into the second half, and andraz sporar slotted home the penalty to lift boroe matches today. cardiff were without 42 players due to covid quarantine and injuries and injuries against harlequins. it was 17—17 at half time but quins ran away with it in the second half withjoe marchant going clinching the bonus point in their second straight win in the champions cup. nine dart finishes are like the proverbial red buses at london's alexandra palace it seems. you wait six years for one — then two come along in two days. last night, scotland's william borland won his first round match at the pdc world championship with a nine—darter. today we had another, as lithunia's darius labunauskas completed the rare feat in his match against belgium's mike de dekker. it was all in vain, though — he ended up losing. that's all the sport for now. the bbc sport website and app will keep you right up to date and we'll have a comprehensive round up in sportsday at 6.30. a woman who was arrested after a fire which killed four young children in south london has been bailed. although