we sought stan wawrinka knocked out daniil medvedev earlier in the day, daniil medvedev earlier in thes a possible champion, only one of two players this year to have made a grand slam final but stan wawrinka progressing over five sets. in the women's draw four and champions remaining after angelique kerber was not close—up —— was knocked out. all eight places have now been taken for the last eight and those are the matches which we can look out for com day nine tomorrow. —— those are the matches we can look out for on day nine tomorrow. last week, saracens found out that they will be relegated at the end of the season for continuing to break the salary cap rules. the reigning premiership and european champions will be plying their trade in the championship, where life is a little different. joe lynskey reports. saracens are used to the view from the top, they are champions of england and europe, nine of their tea m england and europe, nine of their team played in the world cup final. breaking the rules beans relegation is coming and life in rugby's second—tier is a very different. thi

dominic of austria and daniil medvedev, another player in action later on.dal closer over five sets. if you are looking at anyone, it is those two. i was talking to boris becker last week. he won a grand slam at 17. daniil medvedev, there is a name for you. we will remember those names, thank you. millions around the world will tune in to the grammy awards this sunday. as the recording academy grapples with how to reflect the diversity of the music industry — we turn to the relationship between race and country music. in 2018, rapper lil nas x released his hit single, old town road. billboard removed the song from its country charts — at first — saying it wasn't "country enough". some critics said race was a factor. cathy mcclay has been to nashville, the heart of country music, to find out more. country music is giving an opportunity for you to tell a story. the truth is, when you think about country music, you probably don't picture people like jimmie allen. in a room full of country artists, there would be about two or three other people that look like me

and how big a surprise is it to see stan warinka beat daniil medvedev?n a troublesome knee injury. to knock out a player who pushed rafa nadal close in the us open final last year, that went to five sets. it went to five sets again today. and daniil medvedev struggled to get over the line when these tough matches go the distance. he was touted as one of the players that could rival the dominance of the big three this year, but with daniil medvedev going out, just one of two players under the age of 28 to have reached a grand slam final. seven a city bus, as well. potentially a name to look to rival the dominance of the big three this year. john, thank you very much. england's cricketers are aiming to wrap up a series win against south africa. england need just ten wickets to win the final test in johannesburg. chris woakes has got one of them already. south africa have a target of 466. an england win would give them a 3—1 series victory. the draw for the fifth round of the fa cup takes place later tonight. it will be on the one show at seven o'clock on b

world number five daniil medvedev sealed russia's spot in the quarter—finals by clinching victory overp ties, having already beaten italy and the united states. carlos sainz leads the way in the car category heading into wednesday's stage 4 of the dakar rally. the spaniard and his co—pilot lucas cruz recovered after being almost five minutes back in second overall at the end of stage two, with defending champion nasser al—attiyah finishing second in tuesday's third stage to move up to second overall. six games happening in the nba. the toronto raptors are up in the first quarter and the la lakers are hosting the new york nicks. well, the winds have been a real feature of the weather across northern parts of the uk, particularly scotland. still pretty blustery out there but not as windy as it has been. how about wednesday for most of us? well, there is both sunshine and rain in the forecast. so here is the big nature across our neck of the woods. there is a big picture just south of iceland, pushing still some clouds in our direction, and it looks as though it's going to be pretty cloud

men's fourth seed daniil medvedev follows on from that one while 2014 champion stan wawrinka featuresnight session, as does fifth seeded ukranian elina svitolna in the women's draw. should we expect any shocks in the evening session later? possibly. we are looking out for them. we will see simona halibut in action later on. she faces harriet died, the first match in the evening session on the rob lever arena full what a moment for the young british player against the wimbledon champion and numberfour seed. against the wimbledon champion and number four seed. rafael nadal is last up on rod labour. we know a lot about him, don't we? made it through the final here last year and lost to know that djokovic. you wonder, if we are going to see an upset it could come in the next round because he is potentially in line to meet net kyrgios if they get there. i don't think we will see an upset with simona halibut against harriet dart but let's hear from simona. being a top layer is an advantage and not so much an advantage and not so much an advantage because everybody wants to get you. but if y

players to challenge the established order in the men's game, one of only two players, alongside daniil medvedevve reached a grand slam final. but will be an intriguing matchup. as you can imagine as well, today a lot of the news has been dominated by ash ba rty‘s news has been dominated by ash barty‘s performance yesterday, as she went past alison riske. a lot of the papers previewing that matchup between nick kyrgios and rafael nadal. it is going to be an intriguing contest, but on what was australia day yesterday national holiday today, so much to be encouraged by the performance from ash barty, and we wonder whether or not nick kyrgios canjoin in the quarter—finals. not nick kyrgios canjoin in the quarter-finals. we will see. john, thank you. two other news, liverpool face a replay against third tier shrewsbury town after the two sides drew 2—2 in their fa cup fourth round much. nick parrott was watching. liverpool has never got his team beyond the third round of the fa cup. while she can only dream of winning it, and upset is always a possibility. they knew they would a lwa ys possibility.

world number five daniil medvedev sealed russia's spot in the quarter—finals by clinching victory overtheir group ties, having already beaten italy and the united states. carlos sainz leads the way in the car category heading into wednesday's stage 4 of the dakar rally. the spaniard and his co—pilot lucas cruz recovered after being almost five minutes back in second overall at the end of stage two, with defending champion nasser al—attiyah finishing second in tuesday's third stage to move up to second overall. six games in the nba. the raptors hosting portland. later the lakers play. until next time, by by. the winds have been a real feature across the northern parts of the uk, particularly scotland still pretty blustery but not as windy as it has been. how about wednesday for most of us? there is sunshine and rain in the forecast, so here is the big nature, across our neck of the woods. there is a big picture, pushing some clouds in our direction, and it looks like it is going to be pretty cloudy across southern parts of the uk but this is also where we have the milder air, so to area

he was taken to three sets by russia‘s daniil medvedev in sydney, but he won it to remain undefeatedities of his whereabouts, and for tampering with samples. his management stressed he has not failed a drugs test. kipsang has been banned from competition until a hearing. sixteen—year—old beau greaves‘ amazing run in the bdo‘s women‘s world darts championship came to end last night. she took reigning champion mikuru suzuki to a deciding set in their semifinal, but lost 2—1. suzuki will face the four—time winner, england‘s lisa ashton, in tonight‘s final. it has been amazing. celebrated her 16th birthday, and also has the small matter of gcses. juggling a successful sports career alongside exams, not easy. it makes me feel old. it really does. it‘s set to be a tough weekend on the high street, as the struggling department store debenhams begins to close branches today as part of restructuring plans. 19 will shut this month — affecting more than 600 staff. meanwhile, the baby clothes retailer mothercare is closing its final stores — after it fell into administration in november with a l