hello, i'm holly hamilton, and this is your friday sport briefing. 0n the way...africa women's cup of nations. the countdown continues to deontay wilder against tyson fury. and defending champions australia take on the irish in the hockey world cup. cameroon and mali will contest friday's third place play—off at the women's africa cup of nations with a world cup place on offerfor the winners. mali had already made history by advancing to the semi—finals for the first time thanks to a 3—2 victory over algeria. south africa's women's national football team will challenge nigeria's super falcons for the 2018 african women's title. also on friday, tyson fury and deontay wilder weigh in ahead of their world heavyweight fight in la. now, it's set to be the biggest bout of the year, and has already had its fair share of drama after wednesday's press conference descended into chaos when the two fighters posed head to head. both men have been warned about their behaviour. on saturday, wbc champion wilder will be putting his title on the line and look to defend a perfect a0

i'm holly hamilton.number one novak djokovic starts his atp finals campaign in london, a thrilling first leg in the copa libertadores final and the manchester derby puts city back on top in the premier league. the atp finals continue in london on monday with world number one novak djokovic playing his first match of the tournament againstjohn isner. regardless of his result in london, djokovic will end the season at the top of the rankings, something he admits even he didn't think was likely at the start of the year. it looks quite improbable that i would be in this position, here at number one. not just because would be in this position, here at number one. notjust because of the rankings, i think there was 22. that is because of how i felt on the court, how i played. but there was was part of me to believe they can make it back and a thought was impossible. ijust make it back and a thought was impossible. i just thought that the time it might take more time than i wish it to be. also on monday, england

holly hamilton reports.themselves in unfamiliar territory on the south coast in mid—table. bournemouth‘s unbeaten start home has propelled them to a unlikely slice pace. and they showed why they been so impressive in the first stages. early dominance was rewarded with this goal. united looking to avoid a fourth defeat of the season, level ten minutes before the break. alexis sanchez scoring his first since in september. a rejuvinated united saw them put on the pressure in the second half. ashley young's free kick smashed the bar and theyjoin forces to keep the game level. mourhino couldn't believe it. marcus rashford turned 21 this week. he may have came late to the party but he definitely stole the show. holly hamilton, bbc news. top teams don't start as bad as we did. a defensive mistake cannot be the trigger for a chaotic defensive performance for 45 minutes. and i am really upset with that because it is not possible to be the lucky team all the time. it is a result that you don't deserve. tough one for u

hello, i'm holly hamilton, and here is what is coming up on your tuesday sport briefing.vak djokovic sends a clear message at the atp finals. and santiago solari is the real deal at madrid. we start in the west indies, where pakistan need to start winning in the women's world twenty20. they face ireland later, off the back of two defeats. one of those was against arch—rivals india, who beat them by seven wickets on sunday. despite the defeat, pakistan managed to post their highest ever total in the competition. their next opponents, ireland, are the lowest—ranked team in the tournament. roger federer needs to find his a—game on tuesday when he plays dominic thiem in the nitto atp finals. it is not often you see him have an off—day, but that is exactly what happened in his first match at the tounrament. the six—time champion was farfrom his best, as he was beaten in straight sets by kei nishikori. it is not all doom and gloom for federer fans, though. in 2007 he lost his opener and went on to win the tournament. nishikori will play kevin anderson on tuesday. the south afri

but from me holly hamilton and the rest of the sport team, that's your thursday sport briefing. cloud that marks out that area. this is what is waiting for us though for thursday. if anything perhpas a deeper low feature than we saw on wednesday, if anything perhaps a deeper low feature than we saw on wednesday, which could mean stronger winds. plenty of heavy rain around once again for sure. 0n the plus side, hopefully the system will move through quite quickly. but it will mena a lot of wet weather for first thing and the morning rush hour and also strong winds which are likely to cause disruption. bbc local radio a great place to get up to date with the detail where you are. it will be a mild start. temperatures in many areas in double figures but a covering of cloud, and some heavy rain around, and the winds pretty much strong across the board. but the gusts, i think, will be critical thing in terms of causing problems as we look at the morning rush—hour. in exposure, so around the coast, across the moors of the south—west, the mountains of wales, you could widely see gusts

my colleague holly hamilton is here with more sport throughout the evening.he police officer poisoned by novichok while investigating the attempted murder of former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury, has spoken publicly for the first time. in an exclusive bbc panorama to be broadcast later this evening, detective sergeant nick bailey described his ordeal. joining me now is jane corbin, the journalist who worked on tonight's programme. in it we hearfrom detective sergeant nick bailey had quite a ghastly experience when he became very ill, having touched and another chop. yes, it was on the door handle of the house and he went out to investigate if there were fatalities. he was there to look. he was unaware of this, he was wearing a full forensic suits but after he got back from the house he did not see anything there, it almost normal, he immediately had as he described its feeling hot and sweaty and pinpricks in his ice. he got really bad the next day, so much that two days on he had to be rushed to hospital. we can hear a bit of

studio: thanks, holly hamilton with the sport.rst world war this sunday, this year will have a double meaning for the people of poland. november the 11th also marks 100 years since the country's independence, after more than a century of foreign rule. with me now in the studio is poland's ambassador to the uk, arkady rzegocki. thank you forjoining us, mr ambassador. first of all, talk us through what this means for poland and for polish people, this 100th anniversary? it's amazing, it's one of the most important dates in our history, we gaining independence after 123 years of foreign occupation of the country. so, in 1918, we read game our independence, and nowadays we celebrate —— reading oui’ and nowadays we celebrate —— reading our independence. we celebrate empowerment and all over the world where polls and friends of poland live. what state was poland in at the end of the first world war? europe had been through a terrible conflict. that is true, the only positive thing about the conflict was that the three main powers which

i'm holly hamilton.in antigua as england's cricketers take aim for the double in their world t20 semi final against india in antigua. nothing is impossible, the words of robert kubica as it's announced he'll return to formula one eight years after a life changing crash. he's not going anywhere, sadio mane agrees a new long—term contract at liverpool. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in sunnier climbs in the carribean where the semi—finals of the women's 2020 world cup are taking place. the first one is well underway with australia and the hosts and defending champions the west indies but later it's england who'll be looking for victory to move one step closer to being named double world champions. our reporterjo currie is in antigua. they may paint a picture of columnist, but there is a nervous excitement in this the site. they are on the cusp of their second world cup final and the space of a year. but after finishing world cup final and the space of a year. but afterfinishing behind the wes

hello, i'm holly hamilton, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.me: back on top. city turn on the style to win the manchester derby. a furious max verstappen confronts esteban ocon after the two collide at the brazilian grand prix. and federerfalls in london, as the swiss is beaten by kei nishikori at the atp finals. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with the premier league, and the first manchester derby of the season, where it was an emphatic win for manchester city. goals from david silva, sergio aguero and ilkay gundogan saw pep guardiola's side take a 3—1 victory over united, to put them back at the top of the table, while inflicting significant damage to jose mourinho's hopes of even finishing in the top four. the first half, we were not com pletely the first half, we were not completely satisfied.

but from me, holly hamilton, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.vy showers, and that brought some impressive cloud formations. an excellent example of mammatus cloud here in somerset on monday afternoon. we also saw some sunshine, and when you put sunshine and showers together, well, it's a perfect recipe for rainbows. more showers to come through the early hours of tuesday. they will fade away from many southern and eastern areas, and generally become confined to northern england and parts of scotland. a fairly chilly end to the night across the highlands of scotland. and through tuesday morning, there'll still be some showers, particularly for western scotland, north—west england. these will start to fade, and for most it's a mainly dry day. there'll be some spells of sunshine, but cloud will tend to build across northern ireland, the western islands of scotland, ahead of some rain through the evening. it's a breeze if not windy day. these are average wind strengths through the afternoon, but still quite gusty, particularly for western coasts. te

but from me, holly hamilton, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.f year, even if we start the week on a fairly fresh note for some. but it's a week that starts the way the weekend finished, with some fairly blustery showers around, particularly in the south and west. we've got low pressure with us, basically a zone of rising air helping to build those shower clouds. and this weather system across northern france will be close enough for the south—east and east anglia not only to produce some showers, but for a veil of cloud to stop the morning sunshine. the breeze is coming from the south and west, so it's southern and western counties of the country most likely to see showers for the morning commute. around the irish sea coasts, we could see winds close to gale—force. those showers filtering up are parts of west wales, isle of man, into south—west scotland. much of northern ireland, much of north—east scotland start dry with sunshine. and it is the north—east of scotland most prone to frost in the morning. for most, it's going to be a frost—free we

hello, i'm holly hamilton, and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.as head coach at madrid is extended. novak djokovic produces a tennis masterclass to beatjohn isner in straight sets at the atp tour finals. and player power earns one of the nba's best a move to the philadelphia 76ers. hello and welcome to the programme. thanks forjoining us. taking a stroll down real madrid's managerial alumni shows some rather familiar and formidible faces — jose mourinho, zinedine zidane, carlo ancelotti, and now santiago solari. perhaps not a name you instantly recognise, but the former madrid youth coach has clearly impressed in his role as interim manager, leading real to the best start of any manager in the club's history. no surprise he is set to be appointed to the job on a permanent basis. patrick gearey tells us more.

i'm holly hamilton.up on tonight's programme: leicester city's managers old and new come together to pay tribute to the victims of saturday's helicopter crash. we know we will play now for him and for his family. edinburgh rivals hearts and hibs unite to condemn violence during last night's derby, as they vow to ban the culprits. as england go in search of revenge over the springboks. eddiejones names the squad for this weekend's test at twickenham. also coming up in the programme: simone biles underlines her superstar status once again, with her fourth all—round title at the world championships. good evening. welcome to tonight's sportsday. it's been described as one of the hardest weeks in leicester city's history, and today the club's manager, claude puel, has admitted the death of their chairman along with four others on saturday night has left them numb and in shock. he delivered a moving statement during his pre—match conference this afternoon, where he said it's been the hardest moment in his care

holly hamilton has the sport. hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today.or south american football. the final of the copa libertadores has had to be postponed yet again. the second leg between argentinian rivals river plate and boca juniors had already been suspended after the boca bus was attacked on its way to the game on saturday. a number of players were injured by glass and tear gas which caused the game to be delayed by 2a hours. well, earlier, organisers decided the game could not be played in buenos aires today... this match was in doubt ever since the first rock was thrown at the bus on saturday. the one consistent factor was boca's adamant refusal to play the match despite heavy pressure from the south american football authorities. boca said conditions were not equal for both sides and their captain is still recovering after sustaining flying glass to his eye. then the head of south american football agreed with that decision and a new date is expected to be announced soon for the match. in the english premier league arsenal extended their unbea

let's get all the sports news, joined behind —— holly hamilton ahead of the big weekend.ved the problem at number three in the batting order, the returning tiger so start with a controlled century. the first date of the test against sri lanka, they won the toss, and after a sluggish start, the openers rohit burns and keatonjennings going cheaply. a half—century from ben stokes helped guide england to 312-7, that his ben stokes helped guide england to 312—7, that his stumps in colombo. there's only a few times you get the score for england, and that is a special time to be out there in the middle. so the emotion and hard work that has gone to get back out is massive. look, long—term, who knows what will happen? looking at the la st what will happen? looking at the last year... who knows what will happen long—term? but as you say, i'm happy with my performance. they've already won the 50s over world cup, now england's women are through to the final of the world t-20, through to the final of the world t—20, thanks to a dominant win over india in antigua. heather knight took

hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and holly hamilton. there, these are our headlines this evening. it's a good day so far for the home nations in the autumn internationals, england sign off with a win against australia. it's as you were at the top of the premier league with wins for city and liverpool but spurs are up to third after thrashing chelsea at wembley. it's still tight at the top in scotland, but celtic have gone clear after hearts slip up and rangers are on the prowl. and a good day for adil rashid and england as they close in on a series whitewash in sri lanka. also coming up in the programme... england's women go for glory at the world t20 in antigua, they play australia in the final later tonight. it will be a really good test for us. it will be a really good test for us. it is always a brilliant occasion to be involved in. we will have to play very well. evening, all today's football coming up, but rugby union's autumn series comes to a close today. all the home nations are in action. details of wins for england and scotla

holly hamilton is here.es for the visit of the usa and will name his starting team on thursday. west ham have reached an out—of—court settlement in a bitter dispute with their landlords on the day that a high court case was due to get under way. the two sides have confirmed an agreement has been reached towards the london stadium capacity increasing to 66,000. it‘s also believed that the premier league club will pay some additional costs. when the club agreed to move into the old olympic stadium, they thought capacity would eventually reach 66,000, but in recent times, it‘s been restricted to 57,000. it‘s been a disappointing nations league campaign for the irish, and the republic of ireland face another tough task in their final match of the competition when they take on denmark this evening. just a warning there‘s some flash photography coming up. martin o‘neill‘s side go into tonight‘s game having already been relegated with a game to spare while the danes have already secured group top spot. having claim

well, earlier my colleague holly hamilton spoke to him but before that, let's enjoy one of his most famousnjohnson has said. he drives. there's 35 seconds to go. this is the one, it is coming back forjonny wilkinson. he drops for world cup glory. it is over! he has done it. jonny wilkinson is england's hero yet again! there's no time for australia to come back. england have just won the world cup. how does it make you feel listening to that? great. at the time i didn't know what i had done, ijust described it andl what i had done, ijust described it and i got excited and it was winning the world cup. it was about five minutes later went on in the dale, we'd gone off air briefly, and he came overand said we'd gone off air briefly, and he came over and said that was definitely not your worst ever commentary. it must've been 0k definitely not your worst ever commentary. it must've been ok then! world cups and lions tours at the height of the rugby commentator 's life. there have been six nations matches where i've had huge excitement and seen magnificent tries and whatever a commentator does,

i am holly hamilton with your latest sports news. a big day for the cricketers in antigua.ouble world champions, having won the one—day title last year. no one ever remembers the semi—final. once you have made the final you can relax and know you better pa rt final you can relax and know you better part of it. so farmers can be difficult. but we need to be sure that whereon it and we have a strong performance. we start well. and we need some of the girls to step up in t20 cricket, one or two players. we never at a lineup we have a lot of players who are capable. and australia are through to the final of the women's world t20 in the west indies after thrashing the host nation in the first of the semi—finals in antigua. australia batted first after the west indies won the toss, and alyssa healy top scored with 46 as they made 142 for 5 from their 20 overs. joe root says that they are not set against sri lanka tomorrow. jonny ba i rstow against sri lanka tomorrow. jonny bairstow will be the first to bat at three in three matches when the final that starts in colombo. he missed

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton.t bournemouth. pierre emerick aubameyang scored the winner with 25 minutes to go. they took the lead through a first half own goal but the cherries equalised with a brilliant strike from joshua king. after aubameyang's goal bournemouth hit a post and wasted other chances but the gunners hung on and are now 17 matches unbeaten. they are still fifth but only three points behind spurs ahead of next sunday's north london derby. i am happy with our players, how they are working today, and our supporters are helping us. for the next week it is good. we are going to play another match with a top team. it is a good moment for us to enjoy together. the most important is to win today. meanwhile huddersfield started the day bottom of the table but a 2—0 victory at wolves sees them move out of the relegation zone to 14th. it's been a great november for david wagner's side with 2 wins and a draw. two goals from aaron mooy helped them to a deserved victory. new republic of ireland manager mick mccar

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm holly hamilton. look what you could have had.england's women power into the world t20 final. they beat india and will play australia in antigua on saturday night. and we look ahead to the final weekend of rugby union's autumn internationals, as wales go for a clean sweep against south africa. hello and welcome to the pgoramme. england's men are still hoping for a clean sweep in their test series in sri lanka, and this man, jonny bairstow gave them a brilliant head—start on day1 of the 3rd and final game in columbo. batting at that most unpopular of positions, number 3, he blasted a century on his comeback. it's still anyone's game though after england wobbled to 312 for 7 at the close, as andy swiss reports. it was a day defined by one man, and one of sports more unusual celebrations. how often do you see a test century greeted like this? for johnny, it was one way to silence the doubters. he came to the crease with england in early trouble, and when rory byrne is a bold, kate and jenny caught, and strike a sensed a colla pse jen

sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. have solved their problems at number three in the batting order. the returning johnny bairstow started with a controlled centre on the first day of the load test against reluctant. they won the toss and chose to bat, and after a sluggish start, with openers rohit burns and keep jennings sluggish start, with openers rohit burns and keepjennings both going cheaply, bairstow‘s iio, burns and keepjennings both going cheaply, bairstow‘s 110, and a half century from ben stokes guided england to a 312—7 at stumps in colombo. there's only a few times you get the score for england. and thatis you get the score for england. and that is a special time to be out there in the middle. so the emotion and hard work that has gone into getting back out onto the field is massive. look, long terms, who knows will happen? looking at last year, who knows what will happen long—term? but as you say, i am happy. they've already won the 50 overs world cup, but not england's women are through to the final of th

an injury time winner gave united a 2—1win and all three points as holly hamilton reports.elled them to a unlikely sixth place. and they showed why they been so place. and they showed why they been so impressive in the first stages. early dominance was rewarded with this goal. united group into a four—day fourth defeat of the season, level ten minutes before the break. alexis sanchez scoring after mickey's his first race in september. everyjune in united saw them put on the pressure in the second half. ashley young on six free pics match the bar and they join forces to keep the game level. just say marino couldn't believe it. marcus rashford turn 21 this week in it collect to the party but he definitely stole the show. —— mickey went to the party. sometimes we don't serve as president. a defensive mistake cannot be the trigger for a chaotic defensive performance for 45 minutes. and i am really upset with that because it is not possible to be the lucky team all the time but it as art —— with a result that you don't observe. tough one for us to take. we felt we produce a good

holly hamilton will have a full round—up of all the talking points from the world of sport at 6:30pm. juncker. she's hoping to finalise an agreement on what relations between the uk and eu will look like after brexit. let's discuss all of this and what the future framework might look like with our reality check correspondence chris morris. thank you for being with us. so the political declaration — we presume that'll be the focus of the pm's talks with jean claude juncker in brussels this afternoon. remind us what it is. we have the draft withdrawal agreement, 580 pages, alongside it isa agreement, 580 pages, alongside it is a relatively short political declaration, maybe about 20 pages, not sure. it is not binding order legal, that could change. it basically sets out the basis for the whole future relationship. formal negotiations on that cannot begin until after we are due to leave, the 29th of march 2019 if brexit on schedule. 0ne 29th of march 2019 if brexit on schedule. one thing everybody wants to know is what will the trading relationship be in the future. the outline of the de

time for sport now, here's holly hamilton.ng a remarkable comeback eight years after a rally accident that nearly killed him. he was one of the emerging stars of f1 at the time.. the crash left him with serious injuries, including a partially severed arm. however, he'll be back in f1 with williams next year, two years after tests with former team renault failed to end in a comeback. i know what it took me to get here. i know what it took me to get here. i know what it takes to be one of the top drivers in formula 1. so now the top drivers in formula 1. so now the question is, to work, to give me a bit of time and to focus on what is the part which i enjoy moore, being a race driver. manu tuilagi is back in an england shirt after more than two years out of test rugby. he's been named on the bench for the final autumn international against australia at twickenham on saturday. he'll be joined amongst the replacements by co—captain dylan hartley: jamie george will start at hooker instead. liam williams will start at full—back for

sport now on afternoon live with holly hamilton. the first three days, which left sri lanka with a pretty unlikely comeback. and their fears were quickly realised — jack leach with the early breakthrough as he an moeen ali combined to devastating effect. moeen with four wickets and his best match figures away from home. in the end, it was leach with the defining moment, in just his second test. so, england downing sri lanka in galle by no less than 211 runs and with a day to spare, julian. meanwhile, there's been a big blow for england's women ahead of the world t20, which has started today? the women's world t20 has been getting under way this afternoon. enlgand have to wait until saturday to get their campaign underway, but they will be wihtout all—rounder katherine brunt — she's been ruled out of the tournament with a back injury. this is a recurring problem that flared up again during a warm—up game against india on wednesday. she'll be replaced by fran wilson, who was in last year's world cup winning squad with england's first

sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. hello, dolly.t of his lifetime, but eight years after nearly losing an arm ina eight years after nearly losing an arm in a rally accident, robert kubica will be back in formula 1 in 2019. he will drive for williams, once a british rookie george russell, patrick geary has the details. you know the terrifying risks of racing at high speed better than robert kubica. this was the state of israeli car after it smashed into a roadside barrier in northern italy in 2011. kubica was lucky to escape alive. his right arm was nearly severed, he would never regain full movement in that limbo, and yet next season he's back for more as a driver for williams in formula 1. i know what it took me to get here, and i know what it takes to be one of the top drivers in formula 1, so now the question is to work, to give me a bit of time and to focus on what is the part which i enjoy more. being a race driver. before the accident which changed his life kubica raised for two other places tipped as a future world champion.

here's holly hamilton. hello, good morning.and with some style, beating sri lanka inside four days in galle. they'd set the home side an unlikely 462 to win, and they steadily removed the top order in the first two sessions before taking the final five wickets after tea. moeen ali was the best of the bowlers, with 4—71. england had never won in galle before, but they completed a thumping 211—run victory to go 1—0 up in the three—match series. test match special producer adam mountford tweeted a picture of england's lap of honour in the galle sunshine. "not a ball lost to the weather", he says. england win on a ground traditionally a sri lanka fortress. there's been a big blow for england's women ahead of the world t20, which starts today. all—rounder katherine brunt has been ruled out of the tournament with a back injury. she has a recurring problem that flared up again during a warm—up game against india on wednesday. she'll be replaced by fran wilson, who was in last year's world cup—winning squad. england's first match is ag