he reached the semi—finals with belgium.an excellent start to the season at chelsea, scoring eight goals so far. but he may not necessarily be staying there. he has been speaking again about his dream of playing for real madrid as he heads off to play for his country this week. another belgian on the list is kevin de bruyne, also nominated. the midfielder was key to his country's success in russia and to his club manchester city's premier league title triumph. and of course, the world cup winners france, they have a few nominees — tottenham's hugo lloris, n'golo kante of chelsea and manchester united's paul pogba are all there. antonie griezemann, karim benzema, kylian mbappe and raphael varane make up the rest of the french contingent. and this is all the premier league players who have made the list. the full 30, which also includes wales‘ gareth bale and five—time winners cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi, is on the bbc sport website. and for the first time this year, a women's ballon d'or will be awarded. and two englan

and then finally, the third of vivianne miedema's hat trick was the final goal of the match.ins for arsenal, with a goal difference of 24. we said the first ten minutes are really important today. we're looking we scored 1—0 really fast, then the game is in our control and i think that's when we are at our best. we said the whole week, the game against chelsea doesn't really matter, if we don't win today and i'm happy we had a good win today, 6-0, i i'm happy we had a good win today, 6—0, i think. i'm happy we had a good win today, 6—0, ithink. yes, it was. i'm happy we had a good win today, 6-0, ithink. yes, it was. as long as someone 6-0, ithink. yes, it was. as long as someone knows! manchester city also won 6—0 at brighton. they are four points behind arsenal in the table. third placed birmingham drew 0—0 against the champions chelsea. yeovil lost at home to bristol city. tennis now and a memorable day for kyle edmund as he claimed his first title on the atp tour. britain's number one had to battle from a set down in the final of the european open to beat frenchman gael m

only her third semi—final of the year.ry henry, pirlo, steven gerrard — they're just some of the great footballers who have graced major league soccer. for some it was a great move, for others not so much. hence there were plenty of questions about how wayne rooney would get on with his move to washington to play for dc united. but it's safe to say he's made an instant — as stuart pollitt reports: a special, special goal from wayne rooney... wayne rooney! rooney! board, it's wayne rooney. —— england have scored, it's wayne rooney. after 15 years at the epicentre of english football playing in either liverpool or manchester, washington is now wayne's world. wayne rooney! i'm a big fan of rooney, my cat is named after him! i was not a big fan of him being signed up but he has turned my mind round. i love him, i can't believe how great he's been. he was like, i can't believe we've got rooney and we came to the opening game and it was like... i was like, seriously! you complained about them signing this guy? he's amazing! they

final.ying high last year. the spotlight was firmly on them. they have gone under the radar, had a lot of injuries but have finished firmly in that third place and have their man of steel back guiding them around the park. you can follow all of the action on five live sports extra and get highlights from both the semifinals tomorrow lunchtime bbc one at1:15pm. rugby league continues to be associated with the m62 corridor of towns and cities like leeds, hull, st helens and wigan. however, this weekend the chance of winning promotion to the game‘s top table — the super league — falls to a team in canada and the london broncos. it‘s called the million pound game and sara 0rchard has more. the london broncos rugby league team were in london earlier this week preparing for the biggest match of their season. now they are in toronto, canada, to play it. match of their season. now they are in toronto, canada, to play itm is huge, certainly the biggest game for the club since the challenge cup final

it's unclear right now what the final vote on the senate floor will be. republican leaders said this morning they did not, they did not yet have all the votes they need, but they also said they remain confident they can get to the crucial number. that number is 50 votes. they need 50 votes. if it's a tie, 50/50, the vice president of the united states, mike pence, he breaks the tie in favor of confirmation. there are 51 republicans in the u.s. senate, 49 democrats. two of whom are independents, but caucus with the democrats. 51/49. this is going to be a critical moment. right now, manu raju is up on capitol hill. manu, expecting to hear from chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell, lots of speakers, a few more speakers before this critically important procedural vote. >> yeah, and we don't know how it's going to go. and the final vote quite yet, wolf. the four undeclared senators are still undeclared. joe manchin, the west virginia democrat, right now is behind closed doors reading this material about brett kavanaugh's past. entering this closed-door briefing to u

two champions league finals in the last four or five years.with —— there are not be what they have. they want more. they want more, they had dybala, they want more, they had dybala, they want more, they had dybala, they want more, they want rinaldo. ronaldo's former club real madrid ended their dire run of form which saw them lose four of their last five in all competitions before this 2—1victory over viktoria plzen. a first half goal from karim benzema was added to by marcelo in the second half, and despite a late consolation for the czech side, it means the holders who've won the last three champions league titles are top of group g, level on points with roma. and it eases the pressure on managerjulen lopetegui. lam i am confident. i am happy with the culture and happy also with the last three or four years, we had time for not everything went well, we lost matches. and this team showed that we stand up always and i think we are a good group. with a coach and he is doing a greatjob in my opinion and i am happy with him and confident that we

in the semi—finals.tually came through to win love—6, 6—4, 6—1. and she goes through to the final. ...where she'll face elina svitolina tomorrow. she became the first ukrainian woman to reach the finals, after beating kiki bertens over three sets. the match lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes — and was the longest of the tournament so far. this one may take some topping. the los angeles dodgers have clawed their way back into the world series with an epic 3—2 victory over the boston red sox in game 3 in la. the sides played for a staggering seven hours and 20 minutes in the longest world series game ever. the red sox lead the series 2—1. our reporter chris mitchell is out in la for us. let me put this amazing marathon game — this hollywood epic — into some sort of context for you. a regular game of baseball takes about three and a half hours to finish. this one took a staggering seven hours and 20 minutes. the players were tired, the fans were tired, everybody was tired at the end. in fact when max hit the win

she's got through to the final. it has definitely sunk in 110w. final.der. i definitely believe it now.|j really here and a contender. i definitely believe it now. i am up at the ceiling and i cannot come down. it was so good when she won that semifinal. it broke my heart. i'm still ona that semifinal. it broke my heart. i'm still on a high. i'm so proud of her. i got the opportunity to be a volunteer at london 2012 olympics for two weeks. it was one of the best two weeks of my life. actually working in thejudo best two weeks of my life. actually working in the judo and best two weeks of my life. actually working in thejudo and being in and around everything, i got to see how it all runs on the senior circuit. i didn't know any of the players at the time so i was completely sta rstruck the time so i was completely starstruck and especially on the day whenjenna gibbons won her medal. that was amazing because she was a com plete that was amazing because she was a complete underdog. nobody was talking about her winning a medal. nobody could she could do it.

that sets up a final vote for brett kavanaugh tomorrow. we don't know if these three senators will be a yes for brett kavanaugh today. they could vote differently tomorrow than they are today. kelly o'donnell is at the white house where they have been watching extremely closely this vote. don mcgahn is in the senate chamber, he has been watching this procedural vote go down. >> yes. we expect the president has been watching this carefully and we're told some of the people who have been allies in the process for brett kavanaugh have been in the gallery allies for brett kavanaugh are in the upper level that's not seen by the cameras that are controlled by the senate gallery, and they are watching this in realtime. we don't believe that judge kavanaugh is there. that would not be unusual for a nominee not to be present when this is unfolding. i think part of what has to weigh in to what's happening today is typically when you have senators who voted one way for cl cloture to end a debate, often it's about legislation where there's an opportun

the senate will have the final say. came, it passed, by the narrowest of margins. on this vote, 51—49, the motion is agreed to. america has been transfixed by the allegations from christine blasey ford that brett kavanaugh christine blasey ford that brett kava naugh sexually assaulted christine blasey ford that brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her as a teenager, a claim he strenuously denied. i am innocent, i am innocent of this charge! tonight, 80 wavering female republican senator announced she would back his nomination in the final vote tomorrow. i she would back his nomination in the finalvote tomorrow. i do not believe that these charges can fairly preventjudge kavanaugh from serving on the court. i will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh. applause who would have thought back injuly, when donald trump first nominated him, that this suburban dad would be the focus of such a fight? but it has ended with a major victory for the white house, donald trump will get his man. the supreme court will soon have a more decisive

finally, with a free kick. he did so just afteras well. finally, united with a free kick.ell. finally, united sort of arose from the slump and all pogba hit the post, almost right united level there. it was not to be. in the end to the event are co mforta ble be. in the end to the event are comfortable and perhaps could have had more as well. it's a night that united will reflect on, the disappointing results in what has been a troubled season. they will look to book up again this week and that they are still in a strong position in this champions league group. a night forjuventus and especially ronaldo to remember. david 0rnstein at old trafford. thanks forjoining us. there was not just there was notjust european football this evening. in the championship, dean smith suffered his first defeat in charge of aston villa. they were beaten 2—1 at norwich. jordan rhodes scored twice for the home side afterjames chester had given villa a first half lead. norwich are up to fourth, two points off the top following back—to—back wins. meanwhile, the leaders middlesbrough were held t

but winning the wta finals in singapore would be the biggest of her career. went into sunday's final against sloane stephens undefeated in the eight player season finale but it was her american opponent who started the stronger, taking the first set 5—3. now under pressure, svitolina began to regain the form she has displayed throughout this tournament, which had helped her to dismiss among others defending champion caroline wozniacki. having taken it to a third set, svitolina broke stephens in her first service game. and despite a brief comeback from the world number six, she powered to victory, becoming the first player since serena williams in 2013 to go through the wta finals undefeated. it feels incredible. i'm very pleased with the performance this week. it wasn't perfect but i played lots of 3—set matches and in the end i'm just pleased with the way i could handle all the pressure and just very happy. 32—year—old kevin anderson became the first south african to qualify for the atp finals for 23 years with victory this in the erste bank open. he beat fi

so no old firm derby in the final. in spain...a thrashed real madrid 5—1 in the first ‘el classico' of the season. the defeat piles even more pressure on real managerjulen lopetegui, who's expected to sacked in the next 2a hours. with his side now having their worst start to a season for 17 years. it was the first time since 2007 that neither lionel messi or cristiano ronaldo were involved in match. but barcelona didn't miss their superstar at all. phillipe countinho opening the scoring for the home side early on. real managed to pull it back to 2—1 just after the break. but barca weathered the storm. and took control. suarez sealed his hat—trick with a brilliant chip, before arturo vidal added a fifth in flurry of three goals in 15 minutes that sends barcelona to the top of la liga. and in the women's super league, reigning champions chelsea got their second win of the season over liverpool. defender magda eriksson scored this stunning overhead kick to ruin any chances of a win for liverpool. chelsea now sit fourth in the table,

anything can happen on the final day of a ryder cup and it looked like the u.s. comeback was on. the remark arroyo made a mess of the last hole to hand just in thomas' victory in the opening match and it was first blood to the americans live by the u.s. tails were up and more red points followed webb simpson got the better of justin rose five zero. when tony free now thrashed europe's super ricky tommy fleetwood the gap was down to just one point and it was getting really close of them but then the tide turned in favor of the blues. danish deputy told you know listen the job and speak live and then follow rookie john rum did this oh by the youngest player taking down the mighty tiger woods he's how to get another ryder cup to forget after four defeats in contrast in poulter comes alive at this event. he beat just injunction the world number one to put europe on the brink. and the winning moment came in the sixteenth phil mickelson playing his twelfth and most likely final ryder cup so his ball sink with it the u.s. challenge he conceded to francesco molinari it's a these open cha

tie—breaks will be played at 12—12 in the final set from next year.bc news channel throughout the evening. bye for now. good evening. with skies clearing once again across many areas, we have the ingredients for some mist and fog, particularly in the southern areas but where we have had the moisture through the day as well to the north of the weather front initially. we still have our week weather front around but it is not as cut and dry as to weather we will see much fog. chilly for the glens of scotland, most certainly close to freezing in rural parts of southern england and wales. in these areas it could be quite foggy as well, could haveit could be quite foggy as well, could have it could be quite thick across the east of wales and the midlands tomorrow morning. for most of us it does lift and break but it takes its time. it could be towards lunchtime before it clears away and we‘ve got more cloud further north. it is a moisture laden south—westerly so it is not a particularly cold direction. we could see some breaks in the cloud in antrim and do

these new funeral prayer halls will be the final destination for a large pa rt be the final destinationtially a storing. it looks so simple, but from there at the point of light we had down this slope towards what is the final destination. even the walls are symbolic. you are looking at here is compacted soil. it comes from the cemetery itself and will over the next few decades eventually dissolve and returned back to the earth. this is the prayer hall in which the funeral service will take place. lead the way. when you are told it was going to be made of compacted soil, what were your feelings? it is interesting. i had a sort of spiritual tingling. there is a passage in the bible where after adam is expelled from the garden of eden, and the lord says to him, dost you are, and to dust you will return, and so to be able to have a place where you are performing her funeral service that has been made from material that's been extruded from material that's been extruded from the ground and then at a later stage at the end of this building's life will return to the ground, it has certain spi

the republican controlled senate voted fifty one to forty nine to set up a final likely final vote on brett kavanaugh his confirmation on saturday it was largely along party lines with just one democrat voting for him and one republican against all eyes will be on key republican senators who remain undecided over cavanagh's nomination democrats oppose him because of sexual misconduct allegations made by three women following the vote dozens of protesters gathered outside senator jeff lakes office is considered one of the swing votes you could make or break brett kavanaugh his nomination and has indicated he plans to vote to confirm him there was anger outside the supremes court as well with police arresting people protesting against the senate's vote or rosen joins us live now from capitol hill and speaking about key senators roslyn all eyes now on senator susan collins a great deal riding on what her position will be. that's right and that's because susan collins is one of four senators who are considered the swing votes on that the nomination of brett kavanaugh to join the u.s. supr

final birdie coming on the 18th.ad a few chances and hadn't capitalised. playing career next week and the world cup later in the year. australian pg. i want to try and win something else before the end of the year. —— pga. this is awesome. i know the kids will be very happy that i am bringing home at trophy. in south korea, home favourite ingee chun shot a stunning final round 66 to win her first lpga title in more than two years at the hana bank championship. the 2a year old fired seven birdies and one bogey in the final round to finish three strokes ahead of england's charley hull. the world's top two players, park sung—hyun of south korea and thailand's ariya jutanugarn, were tied at third at 12 under. superbikes world champion jonathan rea showed his dominance yet again as he won his tenth consecutive race in the championship. after winning on saturday at the sanjuan villicum circuit in argentina, the northern irishman came from eighth place at the start to finish first on sunday as well. that's a fifth successiv

jaziri will play now nikoloz basilashvili in the quarter—finals. line—up at the japan open is now in place, and among those through to the last eight is kevin anderson. the number two seed from south africa beat frances tiafoe of the usa in three sets, taking the decider 6—2 to seal his place in the quarter—finals. anderson will now face richard gasquet in the last eight. the number eight seed from france beat australia's nick kyrgios in straight sets, with both sets going all the way to tie—breaks. gasquet sealed his victory with an ace. india's new star pritvi shaw has become the country's youngest batsman to score a century on debut. shaw, who isjust 18, made 134 during the opening day of their first test against west indies in rajkot, and it only took him 154 balls, reaching his 100 off just 99 deliveries. india ended the day on 364 for four. england are in sri lanka for a tour that takes in all three formats of the game as they build towards next yea r‘s world cup in the united kingdom. this tour will see them take in five one day internationa

the final free kick in. injury time rafael where o. fancied a crack but then up stepped on fire al cathay looking for a hat trick his sixth goal in eighty one minutes of when does he get a record and the win. was on a mentality if we show that kind of mentality and hunger any opponent is going to have trouble beating us. top of the table and undefeated after seven games smiling faces all around after the final whistle. and storm one nil one all to one day so you two back in it three two ecstatic. three three wrecked four three what else do you warden's it. more matches like this seven goal thrill out it takes stillman's to twenty three goals who says attacks don't win championships. phillies company are neos cloudy of the saddo that peruvian striker turned their sprightly forty last week. i keep playing and they obviously brought me here because they think i have the chance and the ability to contribute to the club with my skills on the pitch. on the other hand they also appreciate my experience. so they think i can be very useful in h

man of the match bobby wood has finally settled in. with you it's been a record breaking start of the season first shocker albeit of the negative the writing they lost the first five games zero points and not much for the coach to an . icepick you know absolute as he puts on we absolutely respect the situation it's we can start looking at the table situation right now is to be frank not something that helps i'm stumped it will be a tall seans on the markets he told two or three weeks time it's going to look a lot better. than two weeks later showed up beating minds last weekend and then moscow in the champions league and in distilled off on saturday the royal blues had that new purpose in their stride. in the dugout it's. a liberated shell could confidently took hold of proceedings. i would submit he may have been the midweek match winner against moscow and now put his side ahead against us a little was what say that just managed to cut the ball back in for the americans open has been listening to your accounts to the delight of his te

but to love down in the second stevens finally won the game and was galvanized. she produced a stunning comeback taking the second and third set six four six one to book a place in the four no on her first ever appearance at the tournament in singapore . all right for all the football action for match day nineteen into the bundesliga with. the break find out if dortmund managed to make stand there and decent start to the season against bin laden and if by munich survival continued in mind that and more in just a couple oh rather in just one minute's time. that's when you join us again at the top of the hour or you can check out. com thank you for watching see you next hour. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for. africa people and projects that are changing our farm and for the better it's up to us to make a difference let's show. you what the farming magazine.

talk us through that final rotation. dalaloya n talk us through that final rotation.ird or fourth in the piece, he set the bar ready for the next couple of gymnasts to go and then the chinese guy knew what he had to score going into that last routine. he needed a 14.233 and he did a fantastic routine. he landed his dismount and i think the russians have gone, do you know what, he's won it and took second and third and then his score came up, and third and then his score came u p, exa ctly and third and then his score came up, exactly the same score. it meant that he split the two russians and they took first and third. it was a really, really exciting and u nfortu nately usa really, really exciting and unfortunately usa didn't have their best day. sam was doing so well, going into that last rotation and just lost his hand grip. that lost him his medal. let's talk about the brits. james hall finishing eighth and brinn bevan 18th, but for brinn bevan, especially, great comeback after a disappointing first few rotations. brinn bevan, couple of weeks ago, he was the reser

he will be in the grand final conflict either tauber? ifi grand final conflict either tauber?ich man! literally any two from four, too close to call and a great grand final whoever gets there. four very well—balanced and equal teams. final whoever gets there. four very well-balanced and equal teams. enjoy the next couple of days. we will. kick—off at st helens at 7:45pm this evening. here on bbc sport we're marking black history month with a series of features looking at a number of black athletes who are making a name for themselves in a variety of sports. today, we meed dannie morgan, who followed his dream to be a top equestrian — and now he's winning rosettes in both eventing and dressage. i'm not from a horsey background at all. my mum was a single parent with three boys. we did not always make life easierfor her three boys. we did not always make life easier for her but she was fantastic. i went horse trial with a friend when i was 14 and i remember watching in being so inspired by the top riders and thought, i would love top riders and thought, i would love to be able t

to face stevens in the final security of that came through the same the final against a tough opponent in dutch women kiki bridges while steven secured her spot in the final with a thrilling comeback against carolina. neither of this year's finalist has ever lifted the tournament trophy before. kiki burton's refused to roll over for certina today the dutch woman came from a set behind to take the tie into a decisive third but it was her opponent who prevailed. seven five six seven six for the final score in the longest match of the tournament so far and enough for to lena advances into the biggest final of her career. i waiting for her in sunday's decider two thousand and seventeen u.s. open champion sloane stephens she made a disastrous start to her semifinal against. the czech was aggressive and clinical and soon had the first set wrapped up six love. but to lock down in the second stevens finally won a game and was galvanized. she produced a stunning comeback taking the second and third set six four six one to book a place in the final on her first ever appearance at the tournament

beautiful sunshine than men's final race, won by va lverde sunshine than men's final race, won by valverdeny times he has been close and never pulled it off. it was going to be his last shot at it, almost certainly. it was the relief that he atley created the opportunity at this time and managed to get it all the way there. —— that heady. it was the last couple of kilometres, right, i have got myself into position. valverde covered the potential of anyone else to attack. this is why we like sport. it was a sprint in the end but still a big group of riders contesting all the way to the final hill climb. nearly eight kilometres long, the climb. we thought it would spin down a lot more than it did but because the gradient was steady, they were climbing at over 20 kilometres hour. you could slip —— sit in the slipstream and it enabled riders to stay. as the organisers hoped, it came down to the last three kilometres. the british team unable to get into the mix towards the end. they were in until the final kilometres. i think they've rode well. it is also who has got enough motivation left, not

kavanaugh in the final vote. there may be something that said listen, i wasn't convinced that he was guilty. not that she is not telling the truth, but there wasn't enough there. manchin might be of the mind set, but he can't alienate the electorate in west virginia. >> you covered the supreme court and if he is confirmed tomorrow, 50-50 with mike pence breaking a tie breaker or if it's 51-49. >> the vice president never had to step in even for a federal judgeship. >> this would be a historic first if pence is brought in to break the tie. >> the last time was back in 1881. going into the court, if this happened, he still has this cloud under him. he didn't want that fbi investigation initially but now that it came out, there was no corroboration. maybe that helps a little bit to remove this cloud. once he gets on the bench, if he does get on the bench, that cloud is still there and people will continually question. for instance, what if the mueller stuffer other investigations go up to the supreme court after he

that means coric will play novak djokovic in the final.e in little more than an hour. regardless of the result, djokovic willjump above federer to number two in the world rankings. the teenage son of formula one legend michael schumacher has won the formula three european championship. mick schumacher finished second in race two at the hockenheim to leave him with an unbeatable lead in the standings, with one race still to go. that means he's qualified for an fia ‘super licence', which is needed for a driver tojump to formula one. michael schumacher won the f3 championship 28 years ago. he went on to win seven formula 1 world titles. now, who could forget this — in england beating the hosts australia to win commonwealth games gold back in april. it has led to a huge rise of the number of women playing the game. one of the sport's biggest stars is there — sharni layton, who's dominated netball in australia, is playing for surrey storm, before leaving the sport for aussie rules. she's been very open about her struggle with mental health issu

it's their final visit to the city.n following in their footsteps. this huge bed behind me is literally fit for a giant, it is where one of these huge puppets will slumber this evening. many thousands have turned out on the streets to see this extraordinary street theatre and art, with hundreds of thousands really responding from liverpool and many miles beyond to come and see what has been happening... it's thirsty work walking the streets of liverpool, even if you're a giant. this extraordinary, huge mechanical dog was going down a storm today. operated by a team of nearly 20 artists, the giants here are becoming the stuff of legend. he and his master woke up in the centre of liverpool this morning before setting out. there are huge and they have all these mechanical bits. and the design of the vehicles that drove them is amazing. what's so special about them? it's just the mannerisms, the puppeteering. everything about it. between now and sunday, these giants will walk more than 20 miles across merseyside, with hundr

they finally have something. cotton candy sugar high or is this sustainable. that's what we'll find out in the coming weeks. >> all you have to do is go back to the last election. three weeks before the election or so when the "access hollywood" tape came out, and everybody said it's over. and we had two more twists before it was over. >> we had about 17 twists in the last week, in this confirmation. >> we had wikileaks and then the comey letter. so there's a lifetime for voters who are just tuning in now. and you know, it's like you know, i hate to use a football metaphor, but whoever has the football last wins. >> football metaphors work for you, joe. and if anyone has been paying attention at all this week, it feels like it's been a lifetime just this week. so let us see. thanks so much. >>> we're going to keep our eye there on the senate floor. senator john cornyn there. if brett kavanaugh is confirmed, what kind of justice will he be and how will this contentious, bitter confirmation process, how will it cha

the senate will have the final say. finally came, it passed, by the narrowest of margins. on this vote, the yeas are 51—19, the motion is agreed to. america has been transfixed by the allegations from christine blasey ford that brett kava naugh sexually assaulted her as a teenager, a claim he strenuously denied. i am innocent, i am innocent of this charge! tonight, a key wavering female republican senator announced she would back his nomination in the final vote tomorrow. i do not believe that these charges can fairly preventjudge kavanaugh from serving on the court. i will vote to confirm judge kavanaugh. applause. who would have thought back injuly, when donald trump first nominated him, that this suburban dad would be the focus of such a fight? but it has ended with a major victory for the white house, donald trump will get his man. the supreme court will soon have a more decisive conservative majority. this brutal and ugly confirmation fight has felt like a clash between two divergent americas. in a washington that

she will play sevastova in the quarter—finals.s of hungary, the former prevailed and so it was on wednesday as the home favourite cruised through the first set 6—1. little resistance in the second set and zhang won it 6—2 and her reward isa and zhang won it 6—2 and her reward is a last 16 meeting with former world number one angelique kerber. jim lumsden, bbc news. meanwhile, in tokyo, home favourite kei nishikori is through to the quarter—finals of the japan open. the number three seed is bidding to win the title for the third time, and he sealed his place in the last eight with a straight—sets victory over frenchman benoit paire. nishikori, who last won this event in 2014, came through 6—3, 7—5, and he'll now face stefanos tsitsipas or alex di minaur. there was also a victory for the number two seed kevin anderson, but he had to come from a set down to beat australia's matthew ebden. this was a first round match, and anderson plays frances tiafoe of the usa next. former england captain andrew strauss has stepped down as england'

the glorious madness went on finally chelsea scored one themselves. been to a few loss capsules of the game called down as it grew older but here in the final minutes was derby's chance to send it to penalties. not this time next season bmb penalties. not this time next season lamb part in the steam could be back. —— lampard and his team could be back. tottenham are also in the quarterfinals after they won 3—1 at west ham. son heung min scored his first two goals of the season for spurs. also through to the quarterfinals are arsenal, after their 2—1 win at home against blackpool — both those teams ended with ten men though. tony pulis got one over his old club as middlesboro beat crystal palace by a goal to nil. we've had the draw for the quarter finals in the last few minutes, the stand—out tie is a north london derby between arsenal and spurs. holders manchester city or fulham will go to leicester or southampton. chelsea face bournemouth and middlesbrough take on league one side burton albion. hibs manager neil lennon was struck in the face by an ob

three—time grand slam winner is also one of the favourites for the finals title.a ostapenko suffered the dreaded double bay. the home favourite arrived in beijing as one of the form players, having won 14 of the form players, having won 14 of her past 17 matches and she thrashed jelena ostapenko, troubled bya thrashed jelena ostapenko, troubled by a wrist problem. in the men's draw, juan martin del potro of argentina is bidding for his third title of the season. he began his campaign with minimal fuss, title of the season. he began his campaign with minimalfuss, winning 7-5, 6-2. campaign with minimalfuss, winning 7—5, 6—2. one step ahead is number three seed grigor dimitrov, who enjoyed a trouble—free passage into the last 16. he faced a late replacement for the injured ryan harrison. he was then match for him, he conceded a straight sets win in less tha n he conceded a straight sets win in less than 90 minute. matt hampson‘s life changed instantly and unimaginably when he injured himself playing rugby union with england's under 205 in 2005. he was paralysed but

thirteen hour period of debate before the final vote on whether brett kavanaugh should join the high court of course at the same time there have been thousands of people up here most against brett kavanaugh this nomination a diffuse people for his nomination loudly demonstrating at the supreme court in the senate office buildings basically trying to make their voices heard and to try to persuade those swing vote senators who haven't been able to see was saying well where the other how they're going to vote on the nomination to make up their minds in the way that the demonstrators want them to vote yeah i was going to ask you about that ross in fact it looks like you know we've moved a step closer to kavanagh securing his position on the supreme court but how sure can we be about how key senators the swing republican votes as they're being called to unlikely to vote in the final process. the only way we're going to be certain foley will be when they take that final vote we believe as early as saturday afternoon and each senator then casts a yes or no vote that is when we will be certa

will he be a yes on final confirmation? >> it's very rare for senators who vote yes on cloture to flip and vote no on final, but it has happened. there have been recent high profile significant votes where it has happened. i did have a conversation with senator flake this morning. we are friends and we respect each other. a week ago today, i went into the mark up of the senate judiciary committee and he announced he was a yes on kavanaugh. we had a very spirited and divicive and bitter mark up and i still made a respectful plea to him that he consider a week pause and we did have a week long pause for the fbi to investigate. i think that was a positive. i am not satisfied with the scope of that investigation. i agree with senator flake that it was a positive thing that we took this time to further look into the allegations against judge kavanaugh, but obviously there are sharply different views about how that should inform our final vote which is now scheduled for tomorrow. >>> you using the power of persuasion that you hav

and finally to the s. and p. m.p. lisa common to the toilet coming out of the labor conference in liverpool there was a bit of discussion that lead. could be edging toward supporting a people. label or moving towards people thought labor members and labor supporters or people who voted labor they don't want a second vote you know it is really i think a very very destructive move that is going to be quite. a sharp attack on democracy having told people this is a one off vote matters we're going to do what you decide if we decide to have another vote. position. frame the reception towards the compromise at least from the. brussels. position well i certainly don't have any more support for than i did at the beginning and i'm not quite sure what her compromise is and i think that's part of the whole mystique of this whole debate on both sides both labor. there is so much going on with an attempt to try and appeal to different sides that actually we've no idea really where we are in terms of what the european union are eve

that qualified me for the final. ofa can't help but notice you got a the of a southern hemisphere twang, brought up in australia and moved to scan for to develop your career as a speedway racer. how do you reflect on that move now from australia to scan for? it was a pretty big change. i was lucky that i got to grow up in australia and be able to go to the beach every day in summer and that sort of stuff, but to follow my dreams i had to take a step away from that and came back to scunthorpe when i was born, i had contacts they are. we lived in a ca rava n contacts they are. we lived in a caravan for three years like travellers, that was quite interesting. now i can sit back and look at those times and appreciate when i have come from because we started dating a caravan and we've worked and worked and worked to get together we are now. and now he's got his eye on formal world titles. that's all from sportsday. enjoy your friday night, goodbye. this is through rossini zone of rain overnight. either side of that there

turkish investigators finally end to the saudi consulate in istanbul almost two weeks after a journalist went missing their. road. this is president trump officers own the syria of what happened to jamal khashoggi after a phone call with the saudi king. below them barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program the biggest rebel group in syria is in the province ignores the deadline to withdraw its fighters from a planned the demilitarized. flash floods in france kill or least ten people after storms from several months of brain just a few hours and why forty italian muzzle sparked calls for a general strike in papa new guinea. turkish investigators are currently inside saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul looking for clues to the disappearance of journalist thirteen days ago they entered the building almost three hours ago after finally being allowed in by saudi authorities in a major breach of normal diplomatic principals earlier a saudi team entered the compound in what's being billed as a joint investigation a team of cleaner is were also filme

to lena advances into the biggest final of her career. waiting for her in sunday's decider american sloane stephens. she made a disastrous start to her semifinal against carolina placed over the check was aggressive and clinical and soon had the first set wrapped up six love. but to love down in the second stevens finally won the game and was galvanised i she produced a stunning comeback taking the second and third set six four and six one to book a place in the final on her first ever appearance at the tournament in singapore. well those plenty of action in the industry go this afternoon including a win for buying munich which sees them climb up to second place in the table elsewhere league leaders boasted auckland drew with berlin does not often see them there they lost at home to valse back while one in hanover hoffenheim took guts game is tightly underway and on friday fiber beat by three goals to one on friday evening and on sunday the three games to look forward to in your emberg life stage and i am an. a quick reminder now of the t

for to lena advances into the biggest final of her career. i waiting for her in sunday's decider two thousand and seventeen u.s. open champion sloane stephens she made a disastrous start to her semifinal against. the czech was aggressive and clinical and soon had the first set wrapped up six love. but to love down in the second stevens finally won their game and was galvanized. i produced a stunning comeback taking the second and third set six four six one to book a place in the final on her first ever appearance at the tournament in singapore. or at football and there's been plenty of action in the bundesliga this often in including a win for buy in munich which sees them climbed up to second place in the table elsewhere. drew with billion. with full spoke out spoke one in hanover often time. friday and. by three goals to one on sunday there are three games to look forward to in fact you've been watching the news live for from poland that's a wrap i'll be back at the top of the hour the full. make your small team even smarter than. what you

at the wta finals in singapore, angelique kerber gave her semi—final hopes a boost with a hard foughtber was serving for the match in the second set. but osaka fought back to force a decider. however the us open winner produced too many unforced errors of her own — including this at match point down — to give the wimbledon champion a three set victory. the other previous grand slam winner in this group, sloane stephens, also needed three sets but picked up her second victory of the week this time over kiki bertens. like the white group, no place in the semi—finals have been confirmed with the final round of matches taking place on friday. you're watching sportsday on bbc news. coming up in the programme — news of a ban for danny cipriani after his dangerous tackle in the european cup. and at the age ofjust 26 hannah cockroft is already thinking about life after sport. we'll talk to the five—time paralympic champion next to a man who represented his country 61 times. and was also selected for the british and irish lions during a career that singled him out as one of the most notable an

it is also the wigan ‘s head coach final. final. admired and without a ball being bowled. throughout the morning left the outfield underwater. left the outfield underwater. look at the flooding there! at the flooding there! travel ahead of wednesday's opener in the five match series. in the five match series. but under a sport for now. find out more on the stories on the bbc sport website. tackle their addiction. which allows a "gambling block" to be activated by the customer. leaving the account. dan whitworth from radio 4's moneybox explains how it works. i have one where i used to spend every penny of my wage. every penny of my wage. bookmakers seemed to be everywhere for danny. seemed to be everywhere for danny. spent most of his 20s addicted to gambling. i lost in excess to £50,000. £50,000. at the moment, i have to live in my dad ‘s house. live in my dad ‘s house. don't have any material things to my name. any material things to my name. deposits to houses and cars but i'm starting from zero. danny tried to stop. stop. take hold, he could always find a new one willin

he's into the final of the european open.dmund lost his only previous final appearance which was in morocco earlier this year. it's the last day of competition at the 2018 world para table tennis championships in slovenia where britain's ross wilson has won the men's singles class eight, beating china's zhao shuai 3—2. the commonwealth champion saved three match points to claim his first title in celje. elsewhere, semi final defeats for fliss pickard and tom matthews meant they had to settle for bronze. ben croucher reports. welcome to this hall in celje. home of the para table tennis championships and what a four days of competition we've had. athletes of all different levels of impairment competing, from those in wheelchairs and those standing and you really have a sense of the excitement going into day before play even got under way today. a light show greeted our competitors and the man who enjoys centrestage more than most was ross wilson. the commonwealth champion competing in his first world based three match points ag

they began the final day on 136 for three, and chasing a notional a62 to win.top—scored with 141 for australia — and there were also half—centuries for travis head and skipper tim paine as they piled up 362 for eight by stumps, clinging on for unlikely draw. the second test in abu dhabi starts on tuesday. a day to survive, seven with his left, surely australia could not say this test. travis head set out on the long road to escape. on—ball at a time, one run at a time. 50 by lunch, crucially not out. was this the start of another collapse, though? had gone for 72. pakistan thought they were in. usman khawaja had other ideas. with the 85 he made in the first innings was good, this was better still. a masterful century scored in the country of his birth. and he wasn't done there. by the time he was dismissed, he had spent nearly nine hours at the crease, iiii spent nearly nine hours at the crease, 141 would earn him man of the match, but would it save australia began? for a time that was seriously in doubt. schar remove mitchell starc for one. peter siddle made n