i'm chetan pathak. their lead at the top of the english premier league. forfeit matches when fans are racist: fifa's president calls for harsher punishments in the fight to tackle racism. and ten shots off the lead going into the weekend: rory mcilroy pulls off a remarkable comeback at the dubai desert classic. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. we start then at the top of the english premier league with liverpool extending their lead to five points after a 4—0 win away at bournemouth. after a goalless first half amidst high winds on the english south coast, jurgen klopp�*s side pushed on with two goals from darwin nunez and a couple too from diegojota. the win moves them five clear of manchester city, arsenal and aston villa, though city have a game in hand. despite missing some big names through injury, the liverpool boss is pleased with how his side are reacting. everything was better. the counter press was better, and so we put them really under pressure and scored wonderful goals. and we all k

i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news live.— after knocking out america's taylor fritz in four sets at the australian open. djokovic, a ten—time winner in melbourne, saved set points in the first set — ultimately edging it on a tiebreaker. fritz, the 12th seed did level the match by taking the second set but djokovic, like he so often does, moved up the gears thereafter winning the third and fourth as he chases a record 25th grand slam singles title. this his 33rd win in a row at the australian open, he hasn't been beaten there for six years. he'll play eitherjannick sinner or andrey rublev next. i suffered a lot the first couple of sets. also due to his high quality tenants, he was serving well, staying close to the line, he was really kind of suffocating me from the back of the court. most of the rallies i

i'm chetan pathak. coming up on the programme: liverpool score four at bournmouth to extend their lead at the top of the english premier league. forfeit matches when fans are racist. fifa's president calls for harsher punishments in the fight to tackle racism. and ten shots off the lead going into the weekend: rory mcilroy pulls off a remarkable comeback at the dubai desert classic. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. we start then at the top of the english premier league with liverpool extending their lead to five points after a 4—0 win away at bournemouth. after a goalless first half amidst high winds on the english south coast, jurgen klopp�*s side pushed on with two goals from darwin nunez and a couple too from diegojota. the win moves them five clear of manchester city, arsenal and aston villa, though city have a game in hand. despite missing some big names through injury, the liverpool boss is pleased with how his side are reacting. everything was better. the counter press was better, and so w

i'm chetan pathak. their lead at the top of the english premier league. forfeit matches when fans are racist. fifa's president calls for harsher punishments in the fight to tackle racism. and ten shots off the lead going into the weekend: rory mcilroy pulls off a remarkable comeback at the dubai desert classic. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. we start then at the top of the english premier league with liverpool extending their lead to five points after a 4—0 win away at bournemouth. after a goalless first half amidst high winds

. —— chetan pathak.start with novak djokovic — who is into his 48th grand slam singles semi final — after knocking out america's taylor fritz in four sets at the australian open. djokovic, a ten—time winner in melbourne, saved set points in the first set — ultimately edging it on a tiebreaker. fritz, the 12th seed, did level the match by taking the second set but djokovic, like he so often does, moved up the gears thereafter winning the third and fourth as he chases a record 25th grand slam singles title. this his 33rd win in a row at the australian open, he hasn't been beaten there for six years. this match was not an enjoyable match for me at bill, you know. of course, i'm proud to overcome the kind of challenge and obstacles and of course pleased to win. but it was not at all. it was really, yeah, a lot of suffering in every aspect. but no, you have days like that where you just have to accept it and face the circumstances and try to make the most out of it. and djokovic will playjannick sinner for a

. - hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news.start, and disappointment for the former world number one and three—time grand slam champion andy murray, who's gone out in the first round. at 37, he's hinted this could be his last year on the tour. murray's now lost eight of his past 12 matches, including the last four. there weren't enough moments like this from the five—time beaten finalist. instead it was etcheverry on the front foot, asking questions that murray had no answer for. it was an error—strewn performance, and ended in that way, etcheverry winning 6—4 6—2 6—2. it's gael monfils next for him. as for murray, he admits it might be the last time he plays in melbourne. there is a definite possibility that will be the last time i play here. yeah, probably because of how the match went on everything, i don't know, whilst you are playing the match you're obviously trying to control your emotions, focus on the points and then when you are one points and then when you are one point away from the end, you can believe it is over s

. —— chetan pathak.tz in four sets at the australian open. djokovic, a ten—time winner in melbourne, saved set points in the first set — ultimately edging it on a tiebreaker. fritz, the 12th seed, did level the match by taking the second set but djokovic, like he so often does, moved up the gears thereafter winning the third and fourth as he chases a record 25th grand slam singles title. this his 33rd win in a row at the australian open, he hasn�*t been beaten there for six years. this match was not an enjoyable match for me at bill, you know. of course, i�*m proud to overcome the kind of challenge and obstacles

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hello and welcome to sportsday this thursday night, i'm chetan pathak — coming up on the programme...hire's former chairman apologies for racism at the club as his controversial return moves a step closer. the rise and rise of andy farrell — today named british and irish lions head coach for the 2025 tour to australia. and we hear from the former england manager sven—goran eriksson — as he reveals he has cancer and best case a year to live. i have a cancer where you can't operate. and you have to try to slow it down as much as that is what i'm doing. also coming up on sportsday before 7... we'll tell you who the british players will face in the opening round of the australian open. as emma raducanu is drawn against a player she beat en—route to her us open triumph in 2021 as she makes her return to grand slam tennis. and the end of an era — after 2a years and 6 super bowl titles, the man labelled the greatest coach in the history of american football leaves the new england patriots. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. we start with the latest from yorkshire county cricket club — a

stories in a moment, but first, across to the sports centre to around out the headlines for the day, chetan pathaks with us. jordan henderson has hinted he has regrets about his move to saudi arabia, but says he has full respect for the league and his team al—ettifaq after they cancelled his contract to allow him to move to ajax. he's held his first press conference since signing for the side, who are currently struggling in the dutch league. he's hoping the move will improve his chances of playing for england at this summer's euros. today, he reiterated his apology to the lgbtq+ community and anyone upset by his move from liverpool to saudi in the summer, and says he's looking forward to the challenge ahead at his new club. ijust i just felt as though this opportunity was a huge one, and i felt as though this was the right next move for my career and what i wanted to do. obviously it was a big decision, with how long i'd been out in saudi. but they fully respected the decision and i was just thankful that it was handled in the right way. brentford's ivan toney has been handed the captain's armban

hello, and welcome to sportsday this wednesday night, with me chetan pathak.oming up on the programme... will it be fulham or liverpool facing chelsea at wembley in this year's league cup final, we'll be at craven cottage ahead of tonight's second leg. england hand a debut to tom hartley, one of three specialist spinners picked for the first test against india with a fourth now heading out to join the squad. an upset at the australian open — alexander zverev knocks out the wimbledon champion and second seed carlos alcaraz to reach the semi finals. also coming up... make herman opens up also coming up... make herman opens up about his son's site loss as they both tell us how it's inspired them to create change in the game. what to create change in the game. what are we going _ to create change in the game. what are we going to _ to create change in the game. what are we going to do _ to create change in the game. wusgt are we going to do because maccabee going to sit here and cry all our lives? orare going to sit here and cry all our lives? or are we going to m

hello and welcome to sportsday this monday night, i'm chetan pathak.the programme: one of football's greatest players and a legend of the game franz beckenbauer dies at the age of 78. tonight we'll also be in wigan where manchester united will be hoping to avoid an upset in the third round of the fa cup. farrell's future in the spotlight what next for the england captain amid reports of a move to france? also coming up on the programme before 7. ding junhui makes just the fourth 147 in the history of the masters but is it enough to stop the rocket ronnie o'sullivan? and told she only had a 50/50 chance of survival as a baby. we speak to lily mills. competing in the draw for players with intellectual impairments at the australian open. we start tonight with the sad news that franz beckenbauer one of the greatest footballers of all time has died at the age of 78. the german and world cup legend had a nearly two decade long career. his was an extraordinary life. his legacy rivalled by few. as seen here he won the world cup as captain of west germany in 19

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan pathak.australian open. iga swiatek�*s search for a title in melbourne goes on after she lost in the third round to czech teenager linda noskova. swiatek was on an 18 match unbeaten run... and took the first set 6—3 against the 19—year—old but the world number was then unable to deal with noskova's power and faltered on herforehand, losing the next two sets and becoming the 7th top ten seed to go out. noskova said she was speechless afterwards and will now play 19th seed elina svitolina in herfirst 11th round match at a grand slam. in the men's draw, the number 2 and 3 seeds are through to the second week... that's carlos alcaraz and daniil medvedev... while britain's cam norrie pulled off one of the other significant results of day seven. he's knocked out the number 11 seed... and three—time grand slam finalist casper ruud in four sets and now faces the german sixth seed alexander zverev on monday. norrie, who reached the wimbledon semi—finals in 2022, is the only british player remaining in

chetan pathak, bbc news. in melbourne, british hopes rest with cameron norrie.m to move to ajax. henderson is hoping the transfer to the dutch league, will improve his chances of playing for england at this summer's euros. he reiterated his apology to the lgbtq+ community, and anyone upset by his move, from liverpool to saudi in the summer. if you want to call them regrets or mistakes, you can call them that, but at the same time, you know, the only mistakes are if you don't learn from them and i learned a lot of things out in saudi. there were a lot of different experiences. and like i said, i haven't got a bad word to say about anybody over there in the league, the club, the people they tried to make us feel as comfortable as possible and my family. in the end, it didn't turn out the way we both wanted it to. another of henderson's former clubs sunderland lost last night at home to hull city. there was just the one goal in it. a deflected effort from fabio carvalho, who onlyjoined, on loan from liverpool ten days ago. city move into the championship play—off p