david goffin soon ensured that andy murray was putting in the hard yards. em in the first set until david gough nosed ahead in the tie—break, the first time he had ever taken the set of the new world number one. andy murray justified number one. andy murrayjustified that status later, cruising into a 4—2 lead but then, david goffin hit rare heights of brilliance. this was a true exhibition and he reeled off four games in a row. andy murray had no answer but he would put this down to experience, especially if it means lifting the australian open trophy at the end of january. goffin will play rafael nadal in the final. he won his first match since returning from injury yesterday and carried on that form in the first set against milos raonic. but raonic, a finallist at wimbledon this year, fought back in the second and set up a decider. nadal won that though, and is through to the final as he tries to put an injury—ravaged few months behind him. bayern munich assistant manager paul clement is the leading candidate to become swansea city's new manager. the forme

after a surprise defeat yesterday to david goffin in the semifinals of the world tennis championship in abu dhabi. the world number one had won all five of his previous meetings with goffin but lost the first set on a tie break. murray went 11—2 up in the second, but goffin fought back to win the set and take the match 2—0. goffin will play rafael nadal in the final after he beat milos raonic in three sets. nadal‘s making his comeback from a wrist injury which has troubled him throughout the year. good to see the veil nadal back on top form. —— rafael nadal. mike bushell will be making a comeback in the new year. in his absence, we have put together a compilation of all the things he has been up to. he‘s been flattened by rhinos.

david goffin soon ensured murray was putting in the hard yards. offin nosed ahead in the tiebreak, the first time he had ever taken a set off the new world number one. in the second, murray produced tennis that seemed to justify that new status, cruising into a li—2 lead. but, with the pressure off, goffin suddenly hit rare heights of brilliance. this was a true exhibition, and he reeled off four games in a row. murray simply had no answer, but he will happily put this down to experience, especially if it means lifting the australian open trophy at the end of january. goffin will play rafael nadal in the final. he won his first match since returning from injury yesterday, and carried on that form in the first set against milos raonic. but raonic, a finallist at wimbledon this year, fought back in the second and set up a decider. nadal won that, though, and is through to the final as he tries to put an injury—ravaged few months behind him. wasps are top of rugby union's premiership after a topsy—turvy bonus point victory at newcastle tonight. wasps

new season, he'll face david goffin, who beat jo—wilfried tsonga new season, he'll face david goffinan, ranked 11th in the world, beat his french opponent in straight sets. the first grand slam of the season. the australian open. that begins in mid—january. while murray has lost in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well in the past and it hasn't happened for me. i need to do something a little bit different. this year. i love the conditions there. i enjoy the tournament a lot. you know, i'll be going in hopefully playing well, with a lot of confidence, because of the way i finished 2016. former world champion ricky hatton has called for more support for boxers once buried careers have ended. he said if there was some kind of union in place others may avoid the depression he suffered in retirement. he fell into heavy drinking and drug taking and try to ta ke drinking and drug taking and try to take his own life on several occasions. he said after retirement boxers tend to spend the rest of their lives on their own. swansea city continue th

they hadn't conceded a set in his previous five encounters with david goffin but that run was brokenoks like taking control in the second but david goffin fought back to break him twice and win four games in a row. 6- twice and win four games in a row. 6— for the score in the second set. george north will return for northampton saints in their premiership match on sunday. his first game since suffering a head injury against leicester in november. that was his fifth concussion in two years, including two ina concussion in two years, including two in a match between england and wales in february, 2015. a review board said north shouldn't have continued to play against leicester but didn't sanction northampton. anthony watson will also be back for his first appearance in three months. he is named on the bench ahead of bath's match with exeter tomorrow. he broke his jaw in england's training camp but is now on course to return for the 2017 six nations. hull city manager mike phelan says 2016 has lived up to expectations and the turbulent and difficult. hull are bottom of the premier leag

david goffin soon ensured that andy murray was putting in the hard yards.break, the first time he had ever taken the set off the new world number one. andy murray justified that status later, cruising into a 11—2 lead but then, david goffin hit rare heights of brilliance. this was a true exhibition and he reeled off four games in a row. andy murray had no answer but he would put this down to experience, especially if it means lifting the australian open trophy at the end of january. goffin will play rafael nadal in the final. he won his first match since returning from injury yesterday and carried on that form in the first set against milos raonic. but raonic, a finallist at wimbledon this year, fought back in the second and set up a decider. nadal won that though, and is through to the final as he tries to put an injury—ravaged few months behind him. bayern munich assistant manager paul clement is the leading candidate to become swansea city's new manager. the former derby county manager was interviewed for thejob in october, before bob bradley replaced co

david goffin has been relatively easy to beat previously this year. that so many athletes feature in this year's new year's honours. it's been such a successful year for british sport. before we come back with the headlines at seven, let's have a look back at some of the incredible sporting moments of 2016. hello and welcome to salford, the home of bbc sport. with the olympics, the paralympics, football's european championship, and a whole host of other major sporting events, 2016 was a year that began full of optimism, and it did not disappoint. 2016 was a year of extraordinary sporting achievement — athletes striving to go faster, higher, stronger. if those were the aims then this was very much the reward — the heroes' parade of returning paralympics and 0lympians, many living up to the high expectations, so many surpassing it. there's only one place, really, we can start this review of 2016, and that is some 6000 miles away from murky manchester — rio, where this heroes' parade, really began. brazil welcomes the world with open arms. butjust who wo

he suffered a shock defeat to david goffin in his first match yesterday, but beat milos raonic in straightyear with a win and also the title sir andy. it sounds strange, obviously. it's a big honour obviously to be asked. great recognition for my results over the last few years. that's obviously a very nice way to finish 2016, or start 2017. i'm more than happyjust being known as andy, that's fine by me.

earlier, david goffin beatjo—wilfried tsonga in straight sets too.face andy murray tomorrow lunchtime. murray has his sights set on success in the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, which begins in mid—january. murray has lost there in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well there in the past and it hasn't happened for me, so i need to do something a little bit different this year. but i love the conditions there, i enjoy the tournament a lot. i'll be going in hopefully playing well with a lot of confidence, because of the way i finished 2016. swansea have ruled ryan giggs out of the running as a successor to bob bradley. giggs had been the early favourite for the job but swansea have decided elsewhere. however, bbc sport understands the wales manager chris coleman remains a contender, despite his wife suggesting otherwise on twitter. bradley departed after the boxing day defeat to west ham afterjust 11 games and 85 days in charge. the hammers boss slaven bilic doesn't believe that repres

earlier, david goffin beatjo—wilfried tsonga in straight sets too.lunchtime. murray has his sights set on success in the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, which begins in mid—january. murray has lost there in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well in the past and it hasn't happened for me so i need to do something a little bit different this year. i love the conditions there. i enjoy the tournament a lot. i will be going in hopefully playing well with a lot of confidence because of the way i finished in 2016. former world champion ricky hatton has called for more support for retired boxers. hatton said if there were some kind of union in place, others may be able to avoid the depression he's suffered in retirement. hatton fell into heavy drinking and drug—taking, and tried to take his own life on several occasions. he said that after quitting, many boxers end up feeling isolated. england all—rounder david willey was in fine form for perth scorchers, as they beat melbourne renegades by f

he suffered a shock defeat to david goffin in his first match yesterday, but beat milos raonic in straight sets in todays consolation game so he finishes the year with a win and also the title sir andy. it sounds strange, obviously. it's a big honour obviously to be asked. great recognition for my results over the last few years. that's obviously a very nice way to finish 2016, or start 2017. i'm more than happyjust being known as andy, that's fine by me. it has been the best year of andy murray's career, but 2016 has been brilliant across the board for sport, revolving around the european football championship, the olympic and paralympic games. adam wild looks back at some of the highlights. 2016 was a sporting year quite unlike any other. brazil welcomes the world with open arms! 0lympic years are always special, but rio was truly spectacular. from the ultimate in individual performances like that of adam peaty... he's obliterated the world record! and mo farah, to the collective glory of the team effort, surpassing their 2012 medal total in some style. for the paralympians, those fantas

he suffered a shock defeat to david goffin in his first match yesterday, but beat milos raonic in straight with a win and also the title sir andy. it sounds strange, obviously. it's a big honour, obviously to be asked. great recognition for my results over the last few years. that's obviously a very nice way to finish 2016, or start 2017. obviously a very nice way to finish 2016, orstart 2017. i'm more obviously a very nice way to finish 2016, or start 2017. i'm more than happyjust being 2016, or start 2017. i'm more than happy just being known 2016, or start 2017. i'm more than happyjust being known as andy, that's fine by me. it's been the best year of his career. it's been quite a year in terms of sport, capped by andy murray receiving a knighthood following a phenomenal 2016 for him. but we also had a european football championship, and of course an olympic and paralympic games. adam wild looks back at some of the highlights. 2016 was a sporting year quite unlike any other. brazil welcomes the world with open arms! olympic yea rs the world with open arms! olympic years a re the world w

he'll play in the third—place playoff this morning after a surprise defeat yesterday to david goffins championship in abu dhabi. the world number one had won all five of his previous meetings with goffin but lost the first set on a tie—break. murray went 11—2 up in the second but goffin fought back to win the set and take the match by two sets to love. and that is all the sport. there are no easy matches, as they say. we'll be back with the headlines at eight o'clock. now, though,, let's have a look back at the biggest movie successes of 2016 — with a review of the year in film. hello and welcome to this review of the year in film. i'm mark kermode, and we're here at the cinema museum in south london where, for the next half an hour, we will be looking back at some of the best movies released in uk cinemas in 2016. 2016 was a pretty tumultuous year, what with the "brexit" vote injune, and the results of the american election in november proving that the unexpected really can happen. in the world of politics, uncertainty can be alarming. when it comes to movies, it is the unexpected w

andy murray has lost his last match of 2016 — and it was in straight sets to david goffin at an exhibitione beat milos raonic. nadal won his first match since returning from injury yesterday and carried on that form in the first set, which he took 6—1. raonic, the wimbledon finalist, came back strong in the second, breaking midway through and took the match into a decider. but nadal won the third to earn a place in the final as he hopes to put an injury—ravaged few months behind him. after trailing 12—0, they've turned itaround... after trailing 12—0, they've turned it around... they were leading, but now newcastle have scored a try, newcastle 19—14 up, the latest score. we've got around 12 minutes before half—time. that match is flying. score is going different ways. george north will return for northampton saints against gloucester on sunday. his first game since suffering head injury against leicester on december three. it was his fifth concussion in two years, including two in the match on your screen now, between england and wales in 2015. a review board said he shouldn't have continu

andy murray will play david goffin in the other semi—final tomorrow lunchtime.e support for retired boxers. hatton said that if there were some kind of union in place, others may be able to avoid the depression he‘s suffered in retirement. hatton fell into heavy drinking and drug—taking, and tried to take his own life on several occasions. he said that after quitting, boxers tend to spend the rest of their lives on their own. james wade is through to the pdc world darts championship quarter—finals after a thrilling comeback win against michael smith. the sixth seed was trailing 3—1 but won three sets in a row to claim a 11—3 victory and set up a potential meeting with peter wright. earlier, daryl gurney also edged through 11—3 against mark webster, whilst dave chisnall beat jelle klaasen 4—2. that‘s all the sport for now. stay in touch via the bbc sport website — i‘ll be back with sportsday at 10.30pm. this return to our top story and the fa ct this return to our top story and the fact that the united states has announced that it is going to expel 35 russian dip

he suffered a shock defeat to david goffin, but beat milos raonic. so a win and a new title.it is a big honour obviously to be asked, great recognition for you know my results over the last few years. it was a nice way to finish 2016 or start 2017. but i'm more than happyjust being known as andy. that is fine by me. here is the man who calls himself rafa, he finished on a high, beating goffin in straight sets. it is the fourth time rafael nadal has w011 is the fourth time rafael nadal has won this trophy. in today's only match in the aviva premiership, exeter moved above bath into third after a second half come back. they we re after a second half come back. they were 11—0 down at half time, but two tries from short saw them grab a very unlikely win. they came back with 17 unanswered points. some good news for bath, a return for anthony watson, make bg his first appearance asa watson, make bg his first appearance as a substitute since fracturing his jaw. leinster beating ulster in the pro 12. rory clegg snatched a dramatic win for glasgow at treviso. stuart hogg scored 15 poi

he suffered a shock defeat to david goffin yesterday — having won their previous five meetings.as he prepares for the first grand slam of the year — the australian open in a couple of weeks' time. he spoke about his new knighted. i feel like andy murray. it feels more normal to me. it's obviously a big honour to me, more normal to me. it's obviously a big honourto me, i'm happy. i'm happy with that, a nice way to finish. the new year. it's the old firm derby at ibrox this lunchtime, and celtic could extend their lead over rangers to 19 points in the scottish premiership if they win. celtic are unbeaten in 23 domestic matches this season and it's their last game before the winter break in scotland. we've had a really tough month of nine games — seven of which we've won, one we drew in the champions league. we want to win the game, of course. whatever way the result goes for us, we've had a brilliant opening period to the season. we will go away, reenergise and refocus and be better in the second part of the season. and here are the other fixtures in the scottish premiership for y

he suffered a defeat to david goffin yesterday having won their previous five meetings, but he is a setserving for the much as i speak as he prepares for the first grand slam of the year. the australian open in a couple of weeks. we keep you updated on the morning. darts and raymond van barneveld knocked out of phil taylor in the quarterfinals of the world darts championship. in what was billed as the bell classico of darts, the dutchman sort of killer by 5—3 at alexandra palace. he will play michael van gerwen, world number one, in the semis. george north will return for northampton saints in the premiership match at gloucester tomorrow. it will be the first game for the welshman since suffering a head injury against leicester on december the 3rd. that was his fifth concussion in two yea rs, was his fifth concussion in two years, including two in the match you can see at the moment between england and wales in fabbri 2015. the review said should not have continued to play against leicester but they didn't sanction northampton. finally, rhondda rossi earned $3 million this morning in a

in abu dhabi for his first event of the new season — he'll face the winner of the match between david goffin is underway now. the first grand slam is only a couple of weeks away too — the australian open — and while murray has lost in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well there in the past and it hasn't happened for me, so i need to do something a little bit different this year. but i love the conditions there, i enjoy the tournament a lot. i'll be going in hopefully playing well with a lot of confidence, because of the way i finished 2016. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more in the next hour. more now on our top story — and... the russian president, vladimir putin, says the syrian government and main opposition groups have agreed to a nationwide ceasefire, which will come into effect tonight. the truce was brokered by russia and turkey, which will also act as guarantors. our russian correspondent steve rosenberg has the latest from moscow. russian t

he'll play in the third—place playoff within the next hour, after a surprise defeat yesterday to david goffinhampionship in abu dhabi. he is already a couple of breaks up against milos raonic. goffin will play rafael nadal in the final after he beat milos raonic in three sets. andy murray on course for third place at the world tennis championships in abu dhabi. to rugby union, and george north will return for northampton saints in their premiership match at gloucester tomorrow. it will be the welshman‘s first game since suffering a head injury against leicester on december 3rd. that was north's fifth concussion in two years, including two in the match on your screen now between england and wales in february 2015. a review board said north shouldn't have continued to play against leicester, but they didn't sanction northampton. raymond van barneveld knocked out phil "the power" taylor in the quarter—finals of the pdc world darts championship. in what was billed as the el clasico of darts, the dutchman saw off taylor 5—3 at alexandra palace. he'll play world number one michael van gerwen in the

update from abu dhabi, where andy murray is playing his first match of the season — he's up against david goffinennis championship. it's going with serve in the first set. that and plenty more on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in the next hour, including the latest on andy murray's match. tim, thank you much. back to our top story — and president putin says russia won't order any us diplomats to leave in response to the expulsion of russian officials by washington. president 0bama announced a range of sanctions against moscow yesterday over allegations of the kremlin‘s involvement in hacking during the us presidential election. sir tony brenton is a former uk ambassador to moscow. this thing which will be at the top of his mind now is, how do i establish a good working relationship with tromp? —— with trump? and this is part of preparing for that. new relationship, starting from a very low point. i'm the peacemaker, i want a good relationship —— the peacemaker in syria. he's trying to build a good relationship with trump. trump, as you know, has said we want a better relationship with rus

andy murray's season starts today, he'll face david goffin in the semi—finals of the world tennis championshipropping only four games as he beat tomas berdych. a wrist injury had troubled nadal throughout 2016, but there were no signs of rustiness. he faces milos raonic in the semi—finals. in darts, phil taylor set up a tantalising quarter—final against raymond van barneveld at the pdc world championship. taylor, a 16—time world champion, beat kim huybrechts 4—2 at alexandra palace. he and van barneveld are long—standing rivals. the dutchman tweeted: "el classico is on. let's get ready to rumble!" and finally, serena williams has used the social media platform reddit to announce that she is engaged to its co—founder, alexis 0hanian. it caps off a year in which serena won her seventh wimbledon singles title and 22nd grand slam singles title. one of the games greatest ever players made the announcement in the form of a poem. she said he took her to rome, where they first met, to propose to her, and she said yes. of course she said yes! she wouldn't be reddting at about a proposal in which she sa

andy murray has lost his last match of 2016 — and it was in straight sets to david goffin at an exhibitionnic. nadal won his first match since returning from injury yesterday and carried on that form in the first set, which he took 6—1. raonic, the wimbledon finallist, came back strong in the second, breaking midway through and took the match into a decider. but nadal won the third to earn a place in the final as he hopes to put an injury—ravaged few months behind him. george north will be back northampton in their premiership match at gloucester on sunday. it's the welshman's first game since suffering a head injury against leicester on december third. that was north's fifth concussion in two years — including two in the match you can see now between england and wales in february 2015. a review board said north shouldn't have continued to play against leicester but didn't sanction northampton. england wing anthony watson will also be back for his first appearance in three months — after being named on the bench ahead of bath's match with exeter tomorrow. watson broke his jaw in england's

earlier on, david goffin beatjo—wilfried tsonga in straight sets too, 7—6 6—4 this time.y has his sights set on success in the the first grand slam of the season, the australian open, which begins in mid january. and while murray has lost there in the final five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well there in the past and it hasn't happened for me, so i need to do something a little bit different this year. but i love the conditions there, i enjoy the tournament a lot. i'll be going in hopefully playing well with a lot of confidence, because of the way i finished 2016. sir bradley wiggins may have retired yesterday, but mps on the culture, media and sport select committee say that british cycling hasn't shown proof that a package delivered to him before the 2011 tour de france contained a legal decongestant. wiggins and team sky have denied any wrong doing. and while one of wiggins' former team—mates says his achievements in cycling won't be repeated — he agrees that the questions over his use of performance enhancing drugs — for medical rea

earlier, david goffin beatjo—wilfried tsonga in straight sets too.inal five times, he goes in as world number one this time. i played really well there in the past and it has not happened for me. i need to do something a bit different this year. but, a lot of the conditions... i enjoyed the tournament a lot. i will be going in and hopefully playing well with a lot of confidence because of how i finished 2016. former world champion ricky hatton has called for more support for retired boxers. hatton said if there were some kind of union in place, others may be able to avoid the depression he's suffered in retirement. hatton fell into heavy drinking and drug—taking, and tried to take his own life on several occasions. he said that after quitting, many boxers end up feeling isolated. england all—rounder david willey was in fine form for perth scorchers, as they beat melbourne renegades by four wickets in their latest big bash match. willey took two for 15, as melbourne made 148 from their 20 overs. and perth looked to be cruising towards their target, wi

murray was beaten in straight sets by david goffin in the semi—finals of the world tennis championshipt is part of extra preparation ahead of the australian open. a grand slam he has never won, despite appearing in five finals. goffin soon assured murray was putting in the hard yards. nothing separated them in the first set, until goffin nosed ahead in the tie—break, the first time he had ever taken a set of mike the world number one. in the second, murray produced tennis that seemed to justify the new status, cruising into a a—2 lead. but with the pressure off, goffin suddenly hit the heights of brilliance. this was a true exhibition, and he reeled off four games a true exhibition, and he reeled off fourgames ina a true exhibition, and he reeled off four games in a row. murray simply had no answer, but he will happily put this down to experience, especially if it means lifting the australian open trophy at the end of january. goffin will play rafael nadal in the final. he won his first match since returning from injury yesterday, and carried on that form in the first set against milos

‘ll play in the third—place playoff within the next hour, after a surprise defeat yesterday to david goffinet and take the match 2—0. goffin will play rafael nadal in the final after he beat milos raonic in three sets. nadal‘s making his comeback from a wrist injury which has troubled him throughout the year. good to see the veil nadal back on top form. —— rafael nadal. mike bushell will be making a comeback in the new year. in his absence, we have put together a compilation of all the things he has been up to. he‘s been flattened by rhinos. i missed that one! walked under water, pommel—horsed with max whitlock and played in goalfor team gb‘s 0lympic—winning hockey squad. they‘re just some of the highlights of mike bushell‘s year. every week, bbc breakfast‘s own action man gets stuck into a different sporting challenge to encourage you to get off the sofa and try something new. here are his best bits from 2016. that is what he says, anyway! what the hell is that? it's mike bushell. music plays it‘s so fast! this is insane! you‘ve still got it as well, haven‘t you? pretty slow, mate! it‘s gr