hello, i'm chetan pathak live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme. four in a row. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s winning start at manchester united continues with victory at newcastle. christian pulisic becomes the most expensive american footballer in the world — after signing for chelsea. and with an eye on history. india's cricketers look to win a test series in australia for the first time. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s winning streak as manchester united's interim manager continues, as his side made it four wins out of four since the sacking ofjose mourinho. united ran out 2—0 winners at newcastle to move closer to the top four. the bbc‘s guy mowbray was watching. manchester united's perfect start is farfrom manchester united's perfect start is far from over. manchester united's perfect start is farfrom over. and it really will seem perfectly him tonight. they have got their first clean sheet this evening. the second half goal —— second half goal the lukaku. then from rash but himself. life is rosy and continues to be even more

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: three goals for manchester city. all they beat huddersfield to move back within four points of leaders liverpool at the top of the english premier league. in a stunning finish. the los angeles rams beat the new orleans saints in overtime to make it to the super bowl. and a first ever masters snooker title forjudd trump — who hammers the seven time champion ronnie o'sullivan in the final. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. roger federer roger all of that to come but first to the australian open where play is underway, a day after some of the biggest names — including the defending champion roger federer — went out of the tournament. he's not going to be in the quarter finals this year — but serena williams and novak djokovic will be among the players looking to seal their place in the last eight later. russell fuller is in melbourne for us. a lot to look forward to later russell but what's happening at the moment? we are watching naomi masako,

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: police say they've found no trace of the light aircraft, which was carrying former nantes striker emiliano sala, as his new club cardiff speak of their shock. qatar score a stunner as they beat iraq to reach the asian cup quarterfinals. chasing grand slam number 15, the world number one novak djokovic prepares for his australian open quarter final against japan's kei nishikori. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. guernsey police say there's no trace of the light aircraft which was carrying the argentine footballer emiliano sala. it went missing on monday night whilst making it's way from nantes in france to cardiff in wales. the 28 year old had signed a deal on saturday to move from ligue un to the premier league and was due to start training with cardiff on tuesday. he'd returned to france to say goodbye to his teammates. the search for the airplane has been suspended overnight. with the latest, here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. he is

but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the team, that is your tuesday sport briefing., more than 5000 people take their own lives across the uk. among them, more than 200 children. though the total number of suicides is falling, some groups remain especially at risk. today, the government is setting out what it calls its first ever suicide prevention work plan. itaims to ever suicide prevention work plan. it aims to better understand the underlying causes of suicide, examine the effects of debt and gambling, focus on the role of social media. there is growing concern about harmful on line content. powerful algorithms promote adverts or suggestion new friends. but can also lead users to increasingly graphic content about self harm and suicide. the government wants tech companies to alter their software. if there is evidence that some users can have information about self harm, they can push them in a different direction, , can push them in a different direction,, push them ways to seek help. but forcing tech companies to change would be easy. after all, those same algor

hello, i'm chetan pathak with thursday's sport briefing. winning start as manchester united's interim boss continues, as his side made it four wins out of four in the english premier league with a 2—0 victory at newcastle. substitute romelu lukaku scored with his first touch, helping to ensure solskjaer becomes the first manager since sir matt busby to win his first four league games. marcus rashford scored the second, to move united within three points of arsenal in fifth. you'd be happy with four wins, four clean sheets in open play, we've not conceded in a set piece today, so that was a big difference. i thought maybe first half, we were a bit too slow, passing was a bit too lackadaisical at times. the second half, of course, when you get the goal, i thought we controlled the game really well, defenders defended really well. we were concentrated. so, overall, a very, very professional performance. in tennis, there were wins for germany and the host nation australia in the latest round of group matches at the mixed team hopman cup in pert

i'm chetan pathak with wednesday's sport briefing.up to second in the english premier league. four days after that shock 3—1 defeat at home to wolves, mauricio pochettino's side won 3—0 at cardiff city where harry kane and christian eriksen both scored in the opening 12 minutes. son heung—min then added the third. spurs are now a point ahead of manchester city and six behind the leaders liverpool. two tennis greats finally met on court for the first time on tuesday as roger federer‘s switzerland beat serena williams‘s usa at the hopman cup in perth in australia. the mixed doubles clash was always going to get plenty of attention as it was the first time the two legends faced each other in a competitive match. in the end, federer and belinda bencic beat williams and frances tiafoe in straight sets, overall, switzerland beating the usa 2—1. for me, it was nerve racking, to be honest, because all of a sudden you are serving, especially that love —— last sir. it is serena williams, i was telling myself. it is maybe what i have always want

hello, i'm chetan pathak with your wednesday sport briefing.arter—finals in abu dhabi. they finally broke the deadlock after the hour mark, when bassam al rawi scored this stunner of a free kick. felix sanchez 's side held on to win1—0 and eliminate the 2007 winners. the qataris will meet south korea in the last eight on friday. we received a call from the freekick. it happens. nothing more. the players gave everything they had soi the players gave everything they had so i said to them, "heads up, we have a lot of work to do in the futu re" have a lot of work to do in the future". they need to improve, in proof. —— improve. and qatar's next opponents south korea needed an extra—time winner to beat bahrain. the all important goal coming from substitute kim jin—su, diving in at the far post, to win the game 2—1 and keep alive south korea's hopes of winning the asian cup for the first time since 1960. coming up later at the australian open — the 1a time grand slam champion novak djokovic is in quarter—final action. the world number one and top see

hello, i'm chetan pathak with friday's sport briefing. manchester city beat leaders liverpool 2—1 to close the gap to just four points at the top of the table. pep guardiola's side are the first team to beat liverpool in the league this season, and the result takes them back up to second in the table, two points ahead of tottenham. sergio aguero fired city in front five minutes before half—time. roberto firmino equalised for liverpool mid—way through the second—half, with his fourth goal in two games. but eight minutes later, leroy sane won it for the champions when his shot went in off the post. it was a final today. in —— if we won we had a chance to lose. if we lost, it was over. from the first minute we played like it was a final. so i had the same opinion. always you are trembling because of the quality in front. they were so aggressive to win the duels. maybe thatis aggressive to win the duels. maybe that is going to help us to learn the way we have to play this kind of game, especially in champions league. so i'm so proud. all my c

hello, i'm chetan pathak, with friday's sport briefing. the new york knicks by a single point. the knicks were 19 points ahead at one stage, and led right up until the fourth quarter. but the final moment saw washington turn the match around completely, when they were awarded two points here for goaltending, the wizards racing off to celebrate. they knew victory was theirs, and after a video review, the knicks defence was found to have illegally stopped the ball from dropping in. 99 it fini9h99 1991991999 japan made it three wins out of three at the asian cup as they finished top of group f. japan had to come from behind to take the victory. yoshinori muto scored with his head just three minutes after uzbekistan had taken the lead. and, with half an hour to play, tsukasa shiotani smashed in this spectacular goal from distance to earn the three points. the last—16 matches start on sunday. in spain, the holders, barcelona, are through to the quarter—finals of the copa del rey after overturning a first—leg deficit against levante in their las

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.self for his australian open quarter—final. rafa nadal looks to stay on course for an 18th grand slam title. juventus thrash serie a's bottom side to go nine points clear at the top of the table. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. first then to melbourne, where play is underway at the australian open tennis. later, rafa nadal faces the 21—year—old american frances tiafoe in the quarter—finals, and before that, the home favourite ashleigh barty will look to become the first australian female singles semi—finalist for 35 years when she takes on the double

who hello, i am chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme... keeping their title hopes alive — tottenham hotspur move up to second in the english premier league with victory at cardiff. when roger met serena. two of tennis‘ all time greats face each other on court for the first time. and, not defending his crown. chris froome says he'll skip this year's giro d'italia to focus on the tour de france. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. tottenham have made a winning start to 2019 and are back up to second in the english premier league after a comfortable win at cardiff city. four days after that shock 3—1 defeat at home to wolves, mauricio pochettino's side won 3—0 in south wales, where harry kane and christian eriksen both scored in the opening 12 minutes. kane is now the league's joint—top scorer with m goals. son heung—min then added the third. spurs are now a point ahead of manchester city and they are six behind the leaders, liverpool. we feel very disappointed and we wa nted we feel very disappoin

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ut we ‘ the as they beat china to finish top of the group. and, as the nba heads across the atlantic, we will look ahead to the new york knicks taking thank you forjoining us. 55555 54555555; 55555 5151551555 the players hoping to make it through to the third round on thursday. but they all face tricky opponents. our reporter gigi salmond is in melbourne for us,

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.ester city beat leaders liverpool to close the gap at the top of the premier league to four points. india's rock — cheteshwar pujara passes 180 to leave australia with it all to do in the fourth and final test in sydney. and in—form federer takes switzerland into their fifth hopman cup final. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. things have just got a lot closer in the english premier league title race. after manchester city beat leaders liverpool to close the gap to just four points at the top of the table. they won 2—1 at the etihad stadium — watched by the bbc‘s football correspondent, john murray. but the champions to end the leaders

hello, i'm chetan pathak live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme. four in a row.chester united continues with victory at newcastle. christian pulisic becomes the most expensive american footballer in the world — after signing for chelsea. and with an eye on history. india's cricketers look to win a test series in australia for the first time. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s winning streak as manchester united's interim manager continues, as his side made it four wins out of four since the sacking ofjose mourinho. united ran out 2—0 winners at newcastle to move closer to the top four. the bbc‘s guy mowbray was watching.

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme... readying himself for his australian open quarter—final. rafa nadal looks to stay on course for an 18th grand slam title. juventus thrash serie a's bottom side to go nine points clear at the top of the table. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. first then to melbourne, where play is underway at the australian open tennis. later, rafa nadal faces the 21—year—old american frances tiafoe in the quarter—finals, and before that, the home favourite ashleigh barty will look to become the first australian female singles semi—finalist for 35 years when she takes on the double wimbledon champion, petra kvitova. our tennis reporter david law is there for us. david, it should be a fascinating night there later on the rod laver arena? how and feeling in terms of the atmosphere ahead of those games? great anticipation, i think particularly ahead of ash barty‘s match against petra kvitova. as he said, such a long time since australia have had a player to d

who hello, i am chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. hopes alive — tottenham hotspur move up to second in the english premier league with victory at cardiff. when roger met serena. two of tennis' all time greats face each other on court for the first time. and, not defending his crown. chris froome says he'll skip this year's giro d'italia to focus on the tour de france. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. tottenham have made a winning start to 2019 and are back up to second in the english premier league after a comfortable win at cardiff city. four days after that shock 3—1 defeat at home to wolves, mauricio pochettino's side won 3—0 in south wales, where harry kane and christian eriksen both scored in the opening 12 minutes.

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. aircraft, which was carrying former nantes striker emiliano sala, as his new club cardiff speak of their shock. qatar score a stunner as they beat iraq to reach the asian cup quarterfinals. chasing grand slam number 15, the world number one novak djokovic prepares for his australian open quarter final against japan's kei nishikori. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. guernsey police say there's no trace of the light aircraft which was carrying the argentine footballer emiliano sala. it went missing on monday night whilst making it's way from nantes in france to cardiff in wales.

hello, i‘m chetan pathak and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.ove back within four points of leaders liverpool at the top of the english premier league. in a stunning finish. the los angeles rams beat the new orleans saints in overtime to make it to the super bowl. and a first ever masters snooker title forjudd trump — who hammers the seven time champion ronnie 0‘sullivan in the final. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. roger federer roger all of that to come but first to the australian open where play

hello, i'm chetan pathak with thursday's sport briefing.t to join his country on sunday after playing 90 minutes in tottenham's1—0 defeat to manchester united, but there was no sign of tiredness. he had a hand in both goals, winning the penalty and then he set up the second goal for kim min—jae from a corner. both teams are already through to the knockout stages. well, the final round of group matches in the asian cup take place later on thursday, with saudi arabia against qatar in group e arguably the most intriguing. both teams are through, but are vying for that elusive group winner spot. the game will be played against a backdrop of huge political tension between the two countries. the saudis are three—time champions but have not won the competition since 1996, which was the last time it was played in the uae. in golf, shane lowry takes a three—shot lead into the seond round of the abu dhabi championship. the irishman finished on 10—under par, in a round of 62 which included ten birdies and no dropped shots, equalling the course record