venus williams beat wimbledon champion garbine muguruza in straight sets to reach the last four of the muguruza end her hopes of finishing the year as world number one. austin halewood has this report. for venus williams and garbine muguruza, the equation was simple on thursday in singapore. the winner goes through to the semifinals and the loser goes home. at 37, venus is the loser goes home. at 37, venus is the oldest player in singapore but you would not have known it in the first set as she took an early lead. the american hasn't been knocked out of the tour finals at this stage before. she was determined to keep a

for venus williams and garbine muguruza, the equation was simple on thursday in singapore.he winner goes through to the semifinals and the loser goes home. at 37, venus is the loser goes home. at 37, venus is the oldest player in singapore but you would not have known it in the first set as she took an early lead. the american hasn't been knocked out of the tour finals at this stage before. she was determined to keep a record out. the decisive break of serve in the first set... and after taking the opener, venus broke again as errors continued to blight gabi muguruza's game. the spaniard beat venus williams in the wimbledon final this year. but lightning didn't strike twice in singapore. venus was through in two, muguruza was out at the first hurdle for the second year in a row. having lost her first two matches, second year in a row. having lost herfirst two matches, she knew second year in a row. having lost her first two matches, she knew she couldn't make the semifinals but it did not stop herflying out the blocks against carolyn pliskova. the czechoslovakian is one of

both khari lee neb pliskova and garbine muguruza won their opening matches but with pliskova at the tope is difficult to stop. she showed off her pal at the baseline... and her touch at the net as she raced into an early lead. and, she soon wrapped up the opening set, breaking the wimbledon champion‘s served twice. the spaniard didn't have an answer for the power of the czechoslovakian, taking the match in little over an hour, but in her place in the last four. for muguruza, a showdown with venus williams for a spot in the semifinals. there are new leaders of serie a in italy as inter have gone top after victory at home to sampdoria. milan skriniar opened the scoring and two goals from mauro icardi gave them a 3—2 win. it puts them above napoli by a point but they have played a game more. sampdoria stay sixth. in the league cup in england, manchester united bounced back from their first league loss at the weekend with a 2—0 win away at swansea. jesse lingard with both goals to send them through to the last eight. arsenal came from a goal down to win 2—1 against norwich after extra time.

world number one garbine muguruza retired ill with a virus in the first round of the china open. d—up that she was not fully fit after a leg injury. she lost the first set 6—1 to unseeded barbora strycova of the czech republic. the reigning wimbledon champion called a medical timeout at 2—0 down in the second set and finally called it quits after having her pulse taken on the side of the court. us open winner sloane stephens is also out, losing in the first round in back—to—back tournaments. former world number one caroline wozniacki had —— world number one rafael nadal plays his first round match on tuesday against lucas pouille. he's been reflecting on returning to china, where he enjoyed one of his many career highlights. a long time without winning here, but the best memories i have of course having the olympics 2008 here. but yes, always happy to be back here in this country. fans are a lwa ys back here in this country. fans are always very emotional. so i enjoy it. and i am going to try to play my best and let's see if i am able to do it. i hope so. i think i have practised

both karolina pliskova and garbine muguruza were both in opening matches.she showed off power at the baseline. and her touch at the net. as she raced into an early lead. and she soon wrapped up the opening set, breaking the wimbledon champion served twice in a row. the spaniard had no answer for the served twice in a row. the spaniard had no answerfor the power of served twice in a row. the spaniard had no answer for the power of the czech. garbine muguruza, a showdown with venus williams for a spot in the semifinals. and now for some football for you as well. in the league cup in england, manchester city, who are flying high in the english premier league, were taken to penalties by second tier side wolves on tuesday. it was goalless after extra time sending the match to penalties. city keeper claudio bravo was the hero of the night. he had already made three key saves in normal time and then blocked two spot kicks. city scored all four of theirs, with sergio aguero sealing the win. while in the copa del rey it was jose arnaiz making the headlines. he score

garbine muguruza is out of the china open after falling ill in her first—round match.ad a hostile reception from some spain supporters as he trained with the national side a day after catalonia's independence referendum. jeering well, you can hear the whistles and jeers there at spain's public training session in madrid ahead of their final world cup qualifiers against albania and israel. the 30—year—old voted in the referendum on sunday and condemned the brutality of police in trying to prevent

pliskova secured her place in the semifinals with a straight—sets win over wimbledon champion garbine muguruzapening match and saw off muguruza 6—2 6—2. now in a few hours‘ time the baseball world series gets under way between the los angeles dodgers and the houston astros. the dodgers haven't won baseball's greatest prize for 29 years while the astros have only ever been runners—up in their sole world series appearance 12 years ago. dodger‘s stadium will host the first two games, but nick marshall—mccormack started out in new york to find where it all began for dodgers fans. well over a century ago, before all these skyscrapers were here, imagine a backdrop full of merchant shipping companies, and amongst all of that hostel boss saw, the dock workers earning a crust and also talking about baseball. their passion, their brooklyn dodgers. 0riginally about baseball. their passion, their brooklyn dodgers. originally the brooklyn dodgers. originally the brooklyn atlantics, they were renamed the dodgers after the pedestrians who used to dodge the trolley cars in the city. it was a dangerous busines

karolina pliskova and garbine muguruza registered straightforward victories on day one of the wta finalsvenus williams in straight sets in the opening round—robin match. wimbledon champion muguruza beat jelena 0stapenko with similar ease. masters champion sergio garcia will move back into the top ten of the world rankings following victory at the valderrama masters. garcia was the host of the tournament and used the local knowledge to full effect. a final round of 67 left him a shot clear of dutchmanjoost luiten on i2—under par. it's garcia's third win of the season. 0n the final day of the european track cycling championships in berlin, great britain have picked up another gold medal. this one came in the women's madison. the duo of ellie dickinson and elinor barker took the title on the very last sprint. it's barker's second medal of the championships and britain's fourth in total. that, for now, is all from sportster, plenty more sport on bbc news throughout the evening. bye— bye. let's ta ke let's take you back now to our breaking news, which is an ongoing incident at a bowling alley

the wimbledon champion garbine muguruza continues her bid to win both the wta finals and year end worldstapenko in straight sets in singapore on sunday. the freshly crowned wta player of the year won 6—3, 6—4 in 85 minutes to open her challenge at the eight—woman season finale. muguruza, playing in the white group, is one of seven players who can finish the year on top of the rankings by winning this event. in the opening match, of the round robin format — it was third seed karolina pliskova against fifth seed venus williams. the czech took the first set 6—2 and it was the same again in the second — as she beat the american co mforta bly. on the atp tourjo wilifried—tsonga has won the european open with a straight sets win over diego schwartzman in antwerp. the victory is the fourth title for the frenchman this year as he overcame the argentine 6—3, 7—5 to boost his chances of qualifying for the atp finals in london next month. it was the 32 year old's first final in five months after overcoming a knee injury suffered last month. new zealand have beaten india by six wickets to win the o

her ousting of spaniard garbine muguruza as the world's top woman player will be officially confirmede, the dream is true now, and all the work that i had during this year, during these years, every challenge, every desire, so i'm really ha p py challenge, every desire, so i'm really happy that i could do this. it's a magic day for me and ijust wa nt to it's a magic day for me and ijust want to enjoy it to the maximum. halep will play caroline garcia in tomorrow's decider. garcia beat petra kvitova in the other semi. garcia must win the final if she's to have a chance of replacing britain'sjohanna konta in the end of season wta finals in singapore, which is contested by the world's top eight. moment it is still —— but at the moment it is stilljohanna konta who should be in those finals. after his double gold medal winning performance at the olympics, max whitlock enjoyed some time off before only returning to competitive gymnastics for the first time since rio at this week's world championships in montreal. and he stands a good chance of yet more silverware, having made tonight's fina

her ousting of spaniard garbine muguruza as the world's top woman player will be officially confirmedther semi. garcia must win the final if she is to have a chance of replacing britain'sjohanna konta in the end—of—season wta finals. manchester's anthony crolla has put himself in pole position for another shot at a world title, after a points victory over ricky burns last night. fighting at the manchester arena for the first time since the terrorist attack there, crolla delighted the home fans by edging a tight contest with a unanimous decision on the judges‘ scorecards. and finally, some dramatic pictures from the tour of lombardy, in italy. 40km from the finish, belgian laurens de plus somehow managed to escape serious injury after this frightening crash. the 22—year—old was taken to hospital, and was said to be ok. his team confirmed he suffered no serious injuries. the race was won by italy's vincenzo nibali. yes, i mean, it does look like a slightly soft landing on the other side of that barrier once he has landed. and when you see him going over, you don't know what's on the oth

her ousting of spaniard garbine muguruza as the world's top woman player will be officially confirmedn the final if she is to have a chance of replacing britain'sjohanna konta in the end—of—season wta finals. and finally, some dramatic pictures from the tour of lombardy, in italy. it is kind of one of those things you can't take your eyes off. 40km from the finish, belgian laurens de plus somehow managed to escape serious injury after this frightening crash. the 22—year—old was taken to hospital, and was said to be ok. his team confirmed he suffered no serious injuries. the race was won by italy's vincenzo nibali. hgppy happy endings all around. lucky to walk away without any problems. they we re walk away without any problems. they were riding high on the 2015 general election, winning their highest share of votes in the party's history. however, the green party failed to add a single mp in the most failed to add a single mp in the m ost rece nt failed to add a single mp in the most recent general election, and saw its vote share fall. this week the party has gathered for its annual

her ousting of spaniard garbine muguruza as number one will be officially confirmed on monday, when thee's to have a chance of replacing britain'sjohanna konta in the end of season wta finals. manchester's anthony crolla has put himself in pole position for another shot at a world title after a points victory over ricky burns last night. fighting at the manchester arena he delighted his home fans by edging the tight contest with the unanimous decision on thejudges the tight contest with the unanimous decision on the judges scorecards. and finally some dramatic pictures from the tour of lombardy in italy. 40km from the finish, the belgian laurens de plus somehow managed to escape serious injury after this frightening crash. totally fine and up he gets after a bit of a role in the meadow. he's lucky there was a meadow to roll in! laughter that has still got to be pretty brutal, to go over that barrier like that. i don't know, at least he didn't hit the tarmac for anything! over the barrier onto some grass was along that road? just because he goes flying over after misjudging the corner. b

pliskova secured her place in the semi—finals with a straight—sets win over wimbledon champion garbine muguruza. that's all the sport for now. norwich, one goal had against arsenal in the league cup. a quarter of a million people are to get compensation from the retailer brighthouse, after financial regulators found the company wasn't acting as a "responsible lender." the firm sells household goods like washing machines and televisions, on hire purchase agreements, paid for in weekly instalments. but some of those deals were given to people who couldn't afford them, and now the firm must pay out nearly £15 million. the financial conduct authority says its ruling is a warning to other firms in the market. emma simpson has more. sasha rhodes has a lot of paperwork for buying a bed. it was a hire purchase dealfrom brighthouse with payments she says she has struggled to afford. they really are exploiting the vulnerable people on low incomes. it's difficult for people nowadays to afford these products out right and they are exploiting that. so, how does it work? imagine owning a state—of—the—art new

third seed —— seed karolina pliskova beat garbine muguruza.ning around the head of the game? that's right. it was at the game? that's right. it was at the etihad stadium last night. thank you. nearly 3 million people in the uk use e—cigarettes but mps are worried about how it affects people's held in the long term. an enquiry will be set up to look at the impact on health as well as how effective they are in stopping people giving up smoking. professor john brittonjoins me now. we know e—cigarettes have been around for a while. could there be long—term effects we are not aware of? it is very likely there will be long—term effects from electronic cigarettes. the products are not completely safe. where the important distinction is, the relative risk against smoking tobacco. if you are against smoking tobacco. if you are a cigarette smoker, the long—term risks of tobacco smoking are so massive that it is inconceivable electronic cigarettes could reproduce them. any smoker who switches to electronic cigarette is doing there health a favour. but wh

overcoming garbine muguruza, who beat her in the wimbledon final in the summer, in straight sets to endthe season as world number one. the former world number one martina hingis has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 37 for what she says is the third and final time. she initially retired at 22 having won five grand slam singles titles but came back as a doubles specialist to win another 20 slams. impressive. how was your pumpkin carving? i like pumpkin carving pulse of it normally looks scary. their rears pumpkin championships which involves racing, not carving. racing ina which involves racing, not carving. racing in a pumpkin. how do you do that? with your arms and legs through? yes. iwould that? with your arms and legs through? yes. i would like to see you do that for the list. sarah could be helping you out. we have our own breakfast pumpkin and that is not new, sarah, that is the pumpkin? good morning. yes, i'm at hebden bridge for a pumpkin festival. take a look at some of these pumpkins, our very own bbc breakfast pumpkin. we have a fairly spooky looking chap down