chetan: nothing happens, really.cused on the fact that it is good to be a hard brexit or soft brexit. we are now all just going back to our macro analysis are not focused on the tail risk. romaine: we didn't get that tail risk, but now there is a concern on how fast can the u.k. economy grow? i think boris johnson has pledged double growth from what would be 1.5% to roughly 3%. is that really realistic? chetan: we don't think so. we think definitely, there will be some action. we are expecting a fiscal expansion that will be helpful to u.k.'s growth. i think most of the upside will come in the year 2021 because even if you take the infrastructure and expansion and spending and 2020, impact on growth will really come in 2021. next year will still be more like below average, 1.2% type of growth, which is what we have in our model. romaine: the general sentiment is that the u.k. is going to be ok. nothing really changes. there may be some short-term pain, but the general sentiment is the u.k. as a place to live and work

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm chetan pathak.'s relentless march towards their first league title in 30 years continues. as they beat manchester united 2—0 at anfield, making it 21 wins out of 22 this season. victory moves jurgen klopp‘s side 16 points clear of manchester city in second, and they have a game in hand. joe lynskey reports. around anfield, there's one team most of all they would wish to beat along the way. manchester united drew with them in october, it's liverpool's one league blemish on their season, such are their standards, they wanted dropped points avenged. virgil van dijk gave them the perfect start, a leap above the defence that reflected how these teams are poised right now. united's patched up team barely given a chance, only var stopped the first half from becoming a walkover. roberto firmino hit a brilliant strike but had to wait for the results. var eventually ruled the goalkeeper was fouled. not long later, the home side had another ruled out, wijnaldum just straying offside. united somehow stayed in t

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak. 18—year—old curtisjones scores a stunner as liverpool's everton out of the fa cup at anfield. sheffield united survive a scare to put out the last remaining non—league side afc fylde. dom sibley hits an unbeaten 85 as england take total control of the second test in south africa. also coming up on the programme... sam kerr makes her highly debut as chelsea beat reading to extend their unbeaten run in the women's super league. and what next for tom brady after the new england patriots are knocked out of the nfl play—offs? thanks forjoining us. a wondergoal from 18—year—old curtisjones has taken liverpool into the fourth round of the fa cup as they beat their merseyside rivals everton by a goal to nil at anfield. jurgen klopp made nine changes from the team that beat sheffield united in the premier league on thursday, but his young side got the job done as the regular starters got a much needed rest. alex gulrajani reports: they are one of the most decorated clubs in world of football and they have their eyes on a prize slightly bigger than

hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak.ing up: saracens in a difficult week by fighting back to reach the quarterfinals of the champions cup. looking on — at liverpool beat manchester united to increase their lead at the top of the premier league. four wickets from rectory— england close in on winning the third test in south africa. also coming up on the programme, sam care scored her first goal as chelsea moved within a point off top spot in the women's super league. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. saracens say they'll learn from their mistakes and look to rebuild trust after accepting their relegation from the premiership at the end of the season for breaking salary cap regulations. they have qualified for the quarterfinals of the champions cup though, with a tense win over racing 92 today — but an injury to billy vunipola means he could now miss the six nations. our sports correspondent, andy swiss, was there. from champions to outcasts. saracen fans arrived with the news of their premiership relegation s

i'm chetan pathak. coming up on the programme...ir work from ben stokes and ollie pope gives england the edge on day one of the third test in south africa. a ban on children in scotland heading football's during training could be in place in a matter of weeks. 15—year—old coco gauff will face venus williams at a grand slam again, as organisers of the australian open say the tournament will start on time despite concerns about air quality in melbourne. also coming up in the programme... prince harry carries out the draw for next year's rugby league world cup in england. and we hear from w series driver alice powell on sharing a track with the men, and sharing ideas with other sports women. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. it was a roller—coaster opening day for england in port elizabeth as the third test against south africa got under way. with the series at 1—1, england made a really strong start, had a bit of a wobble after lunch, before ben stokes and ollie pope lead the fightback towards the end of the day to leave

chetan patak has all the sport.mething ofa we are going to start with something of a shock in tennis. davitt got out produced one of the biggest wins of his career, beating rafael nadal. djokovic also had to fight to secure serbia's passage into the semis. with just one serbia's passage into the semis. withjust one more serbia's passage into the semis. with just one more win needed to get into the semifinals, rafael nadal is not a bad person to call on. david goffin had other ideas. the belgian was on his game, and dominated. belgium back in the tie, natal beaten but not done yet. straightaway he was back on the doubles still. still belgium were more of a match, taking the first set. note nadal had redemption, and spain into the semis. the hosts face australia there. it's only in the final that nadal could come up against novak djokovic. the serbian face canada in the last game, and like nadal, jack richard and got off toa like nadal, jack richard and got off to a good start. after losing the first set, djokovic cam

sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. good evening. and we've seen two top—flight sides knocked out, and some great comebacks and what a story we had at rochdale. the league i side held newcastle to a 1—1 draw, their ao—year—old subsitute, aaron wilbraham, scoring the equaliser that earned rochdale a replay at st james' park and he was almost ready to play that game straight after today's 90 minutes! it was a great feeling and happy to come on and being involved. the second half seemed to go so quick, i could have carried on playing. i was not ready for it. i enjoyed it and it was great to get that goal. championship side sheffield wednesday knocked out premier league opposition in brighton. adam reach blasting them into round four with a deflected long—range strike. and aston villa are also out — an absolute cracker from harry arter giving fulham a 2—1 victory at craven cottage. league i tranmere pulled off a stunning fight back at watford. they were 3—0 down until the 65th minute when connorjennings pulled a goal back, it was initall

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm chetan pathak. premier league referee bobby madley, talking about the video that lost him hisjob. i cannot apologise enough for it. this is not me being blase about it, andi this is not me being blase about it, and i let myself down and let a lot of people down. stress that i should not have done. and a day shy of her 19th birthday, boxer caroline dubois tells us how she feels about stepping up to the senior ranks. welcome to sportsday, thanks forjoining us. sheffield united remain this season's surprise package and are up to fifth in the premier league after beating west ham 1—0, it was thanks in part to a controversial var decision which ruled out an equaliser late on. before tonight's game the club announced manager chris wilder had extended his stay at bramall lane until 202a. adam wild reports. sheffield united's rather an expected success this season is due to chris wilder and knees of his extension was welcomed. though perhaps to celebrate properly against west ham and it would have gotten st

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak. 0ut until april — harry kane needs surgery on his the fa — we'll bring you the latest on the gambling industry's deal to show fa cup matches. and no doubles delight in sydney for great britain as they're beaten in a thrilling tie break against australia in the quarter finals of the atp cup in sydney. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. it's the news tottenham fans were dreading — harry kane's been ruled out until april after the club confirmed he needs surgery on a hamstring injury. it means he'll return to training just two months before england begin their euro 2020 campaign. kane suffered the injury during spurs defeat at southampton on new year's day — when bossjose mourinho was left fearing the worst. everybody knows again the importance of harry in the squad. i think irreplaceable, if you think about one player by one player, i think he's irreplaceable. but we have to try solutions in relation to the players that we have. kane's "irreplacable" because he's scored 27 goals in 31 appearances for club and country this

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak.re, officials try to track down people who flew to wuhan over the last warning. coroner has said that the death of a baby at a hospital in camden 2017 was wholly avoidable. harry dunn has my family say they will continue their fight for justice after the us rejected an extradition request for the woman accused of causing his death. she will come back. i don't care how long it takes. 0urfight she will come back. i don't care how long it takes. 0ur fight forjustice for harry will not waiver will stop you know, or determination is probably, if anything, stronger now thanit probably, if anything, stronger now than it was before. if that's even possible. tesco has removed plastic wrap from its multipack attends in an effort to reduce plastic waste.

hello, and welcome to sportsday, with me, karthi gnanasegaram, and chetan pathak.eadlines this evening... we'll bring you the best of the action from the third round of the fa cup, as league one strugglers tranmere come from 3—0 down to earn a replay against watford. aston villa are one of two premier league teams to be knocked out — this cracker getting fulham the win at craven cottage. england's bowlers lead the fightback in cape town, as ben stokes takes four catches on day two of the second test against south africa. also coming up in the programme... we speak to the double—amputee snowboarder darren 00:03:15,1000 --> 00:03:18,175 swift who's who's aiming for glory at this year's british snowboard and freeski championships. we will have more on that extraordinary result for tranmere. the early kick—off involved top flight newcastle united being held to a 1—1 draw by league one's rochdale. their ao—year—old subsitute, aaron wilbraham, scoring the equaliser for rochdale to earn them a replay. michael redford reports. we can't bring you that reportjust yet, but th

hello, and welcome to sportsday, with me, karthi gnanasegaram, and chetan pathak.he headlines this evening... we'll bring you the best of the action from the third round of the fa cup as league one strugglers tranmere come from 3—0 down to earn a replay against watford. a cracker of a goal at craven cottage gives fulham the win as aston villa are one of two premier league teams to be knocked out of the fa cup. england's bowlers lead the fightback in cape town as ben stokes takes four catches on day two of the second test against south africa. also coming up in the programme... we speak to the double—amputee snowboarder darren swift who's aiming for glory at this year's british snowboard and freeski championships. lots of great stories for you from the fa cup, and we'll start with tranmere. they may be struggling in league one but they pulled off a sensational comeback at watford to earn themselves a replay in the third round of the fa cup. 3—0 up at half time, it looked like the premier league side were heading for an easy win until tranmere scored three goals in t

chetan will have lots more throughout afternoon live. ben, thank you.en announced that a flight from wuhan airport to the uk will leave tomorrow morning at 5am to bring back the british people who've been stuck in the city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. the foreign secretary dominic raab said "the safety and security of british nationals is our top priority. plans are in place for their arrival in the uk — they'll be flown into the raf brize norton base in 0xfordshire, and sent to an nhs facility in the north of england, where they will face two weeks quarantine. meanwhile the world health organisation is reconsidering whether to declare a global health emergency. the death toll in china passed 170 today — and almost 8,000 people have been infected. british airways has announced it will halt all flights to and from both beijing and shanghai until the end of february. my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to our beijing correspondent stephen mcdonnell. he's in self—imposed quarantine after visiting wuhan. imean, a i mean, a lot of people at the m

sport now on afternoon live with chetan.rs so of tennis's rising stars much has been said, who wi able so much has been said, who will be able to disrupt the hold of the big three? rafa nadal, roger federerand novak djokovic, 55 grand slam titles between them, such has been the domination. but dominic thiem will believe the time is now for him to land his first title. the austrian came from a set down to beat alexander zverev who is 22, getting closer to reaching a final major for the first time. thiem did earlier. now he's got to get past novak djokovic on sunday. john watson was watching today's action in melbourne: it was a match which pitted two of the next generation in men's tennis against each other. alexander zverev up against each other. alexander zverev up against dominic thiem. it is the 15th of austria who came out on top, a brilliant performance, despite dropping the first set to the german, he came back to take the next two before clawing closing out the match in impressive style. we knew thiem had the pedigree

sport now on afternoon live with chetan.oppable at the moment. too good in the end for roger federer, who was already battling injury, of course, although the first set could have gone either way. fetter on a 20 grand slam titles overall, i found the dell on 19, and djokovic richard removes this —— wins this, djokovic would move on to 17. —— roger federer on 20, found the dow on 19. two surprise results in the woman's draw today, on favourite ashleigh barty went out, as did simona halep. we have the women's final complete, we will come to that any moment, but let's on another novak djokovic victory in the semifinals here. a26 grand slam final, as he brushed aside the mighty roger federer in straight sets. roger federer was clearly struggling as he received a medical timeout at the end of the first set, which he lost. and then co mforta ble first set, which he lost. and then comfortable in the end for novak djokovic, living through in straight sets. hoping to successfully defend his title here, djokovic, and we will await who

sport now on afternoon live with chetan...a lobby rig player, sacked by rugby australia for making homophobic comments, he sued rugby australia for sacking him on grounds folau was orginially a rugby league player, switched codes to union but he was sacked by rugby australia for making homophobic comments on social media... saying stuff like "hell awaits gay people." folau then sued rugby australia for sacking him on the grounds of religious discrimation. he was widely supported by christian lobby groups in australia and it sparked national debate there about free speech and hate. a financial settlement was then agreed last month. and today it's been confirmed folau is making a switch back to rugby league... and is moving to french club catalans dragons. the rugby football league says it deplored his comments and that it was a difficult decision to allow folau to play but they can't stop him because he hasn't been found guilty of any criminal offence. super league boss robert elstone did add that he's disppointed that one of t

sport now on afternoon live with chetan.ed, dominic thiem, it came over for sets, a topsy—turvy match. nadal hit back to take the third set. thiem had those three match points, taking it on the third in that fourth set, tie—break. it means it is the earliest exit of rafa nadal since he lost at this stage in the tenant back in 2018. dominic thiem marches on into the semifinals where he will face alexander zverev, after stan wawrinka today. after that victory, promised to donate the winners check to the bushfire relief effort if he goes on to win the tournament this year. in the women‘s semifinal, that is all complete. we saw simona halep progress to the last four, she will play garbine muguruza who came through in straight sets against anastacia pavlyuchenkova. all eyes on the women‘s semifinals. we will see ash barty, world number one and big australian hope in action against sofia kenin. muguruza and halep will be in action as well. we will also see roger federer up against the defending champion, novak djokovic. the big ta