jack lisowski has taken this first frame. a cagey second frame.p against the belgian luca brecel on the other table. you can follow either game on the iplayer or bbc two or the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. all the build—up to manchester united against arsenal and tottenham hotspur against brentford, all these midweek matches in the premier league. i will have an update for you in the next hour. we will be talking to ellen white a bit later in this hour about her goal—scoring prowess. breaking the record for england goals. we will talk to her in a few minutes. afghanistan's former president, hamid karzai, has called on the international community to continue to engage with the new taliban government, saying his country risks becoming the world's worst humanitarian crisis. dismissing rumours that he is under house arrest, he spoke exclusively to the bbc�*s yalda hakim. this is our country here. this country belongs to us. so we are the sons of the soil. we shouldn't

jack lisowski beat iran's hossein vofaei.wski always kept his nose in front in this one, going through 6 frames to four. lisowski will now play zhao xintong. luca brecel is the man in form, he whitewashed stephen maguire in the last round and the �*belgian bullet�* enjoyed a convincing win over anthony hamilton today, 6—1. he'll play anthony mcgill in the last 8. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. it's been very cold today, but on the plus side, there's been a lot of wintry sunshine around. and that's all thanks to a ridge of high pressure. tomorrow, a different story. alot more cloud around, but with that, some slightly less cold or even milder air pushing in. now this ridge of high pressure is what's brought us a lot of the fine weather today. this frontal system already pushing into northern ireland and scotland will bring thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain, but there is a wedge of milder air trapped into it. and that'll be slowly working its way eastward through tonight. so, a wet start to the night across no

championships in york — later will see barry hawkins face world number 102 andy hicks and it's also jack lisowski now, the seven time champion ronnie 0'sullivan is taking on kyren wilson in a rematch of the 2020 world championship final, which 0'sullivan won. these are live pictures from bbc two. wilson has just taken the first two frames. the first frame, he had 92 on his break. the second break was 117. so, kyren wilson is looking very good against the experienced ronnie 0'sullivan. is the first six frame, he will win. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. you can follow practice from the f one, drivers are getting their first go on the new saudi street track ahead of the weekend's saudi arabia grand prix. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. more now on one of our top stories... the independent report into disorder at the euro 2020 final injuly, which has concluded that disruptive fans and a lack of planning turned a glorious occasion into a day of national shame. commander rachel williams from the metropolitan police gave this sta

stephen maguire produced three superb frames to come from behind and beat jack lisowski 4—3, and reachreat britain's place in the women's curling at next year's winter olympics. eve muirhead's rink beat italy 8—1 in the netherlands to pipjapan to the automatic qualifying spot. the former boxing world champion joseph parker says he'll knock derek chisora out in their heavyweight rematch this weekend. parker says a win in manchester on saturday would silence his critics. but the brit chisora says he is a lion and parker is "too nice a guy". parker won their first bout via a split decision in may. our reporter ade adedoyen spoke to both boxers and one of their biggest fans. he is quite an unpredictable character, you never know what to expect from him at a news conference, he wasn't ranting and raving is it opponents today. instead he chose to say nothing at all. when he was asked questions he played bohemian rhapsody, the songhai clean. he slept played bohemian rhapsody, the songhai clean. he slethoseph parker to address the media. it felt like the calm before the storm because there is

jack lisowski beat iran's hossein vofaei. bullet�* enjoyed a convincing win over anthony hamilton today, 6—1. he'll play anthony mcgill in the last 8. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. it's been very cold today, but on the plus side, there's been a lot of wintry sunshine around. and that's all thanks to a ridge of high pressure. tomorrow, a different story. alot more cloud around, but with that, some slightly less cold or even milder air pushing in. now this ridge of high pressure is what's brought us a lot of the fine weather today. this frontal system already pushing into northern ireland and scotland will bring thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain, but there is a wedge of milder air trapped into it. and that'll be slowly working its way eastward through tonight. so, a wet start to the night across northern and western areas. eventually that rain will push southwards and eastwards, a bit of a clearance here with some blustery showers. we will continue to see some snow on it leading edge as it bumps into the cold

jack lisowski beat iran's hossein vafaei. testing, call on employers to give workers time off to get vaccinated, and launch new family vaccination clinics across the country. joining me now is our senior north america reporter, anthony zurcher. just how bad is omicron affecting the us? ~ , :, , :, , the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden _ the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden says _ the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden says it _ the us? well, it still remains to be seen. joe biden says it is _ the us? well, it still remains to be| seen. joe biden says it is something to be concerned about but not panicked over and i think that is the attitude right now, but as we are approaching the winter months, when more people spend time indoors, and the unknowns with the omicron variant right now, i think a lot of public policy and politician experts are looking at this with concern, and these are the first steps to try to protect the united states. we have had a dearth of testing, unlike som

jack lisowski beat iran's hossein vafaei. now play zhao xintong. luca brecel is also through to ther quarters this afternoon. the belgian beat anthony hamilton, 6—1. next up another anthony mcgill in the last date for the evening gets under way at seven across the bbc. that's all from me. i'm off to watch the football, jane dougal will be at half past six postop i hope you enjoy ali, and i hope you get the result you want. 0ver concerns about the treatment of the chinese tennis star with up to 35 —year—old disappeared last month after accusing a former senior government official in china of sexual assault. although she has since reappeared the head of the wta said he has serious doubts that she is actually free. our sports correspondent has the latest. how it began — peng shuai wrote on social media accusing �*a senior chinese politician of sexual assault. the post was taken down and she disappeared from public view. subsequently a number of videos of her have been released by chinese state media, but with concerns that peng

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