serbia are battling for a place in the final after his defeat to italy's jannik sinner.ncounter. in a repeat of last week's atp tour final, serbia versus italy, novak djokovic versus jannik sinner, who was initially hitting winner after winner. oh my goodness. taking the first set by 6—2 was certainly a big tick. djokovic was forced to go for broke, but could do little to fix his italianjob — you don'tjust have to be the world number one, you have to outlast him, out fight him. —— you don't just —— you don'tjust have to beat the world number one. and djokovic was more than up for the battle. just to hold his serve at the start of the deciding set took sinner nearly iii minutes, pushed to the brink. faced three match points. the houdini act to keep italy alive. eventually, almost inexplicably, the hollywood match—up had a fairy—tale italian ending. one of the most remarkable victories you're likely to see in davis cup. it was a roller coaster, starting off really well, second set he played much better than me, and the third set i tried to serve really well, so i served we

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awaiting him will be the home favourite jannik sinner.great tennis tradition and deserves to have a player like jannik sinner, who is very young, and he has a very bright future, no doubt, ahead of him. he has had the best year of his career, and i�*m sure that we can expect him to fight for big grand slam trophies in the years to come. in the nba shai gilgeous—alexander�*s oklahoma city thunder handed the golden state warriors their sixth straight loss with a 130—123 overtime victory. oklahoma city rookie chet holmgren scored to send the game to overtime, and after the game was full of praise for his teammate shai. man, that�*s huge. when one of the best offensive players is one of your best defensive players, it�*s huge. he really ignites us at both ends with his energy. especially in the overtime period. a huge stop that ended up leading to two points and breaking the game out so it�*s huge, doing what he�*s doing and we really feed off that. britain�*s elfyn evans ended his season on a high by winning rallyjapan to claim second place

to crown it with a win against the home town hero, jannik sinner, who has played amazing tennis thisry. that is what i have done. i have played tactically different today to how i did in the group stages againstjannik sinner, overall, even our normal week. fix, overall, even our normal week. a straight sets victory for this doubles pair. they also won the us open title earlier this year for the third time in a row. lots more on the bbc sport website, that is all from me. some developing news — russell brand has been questioned by metropolitan police detectives in relation to allegations of historical sex offences. an investigation by the sunday times, the times and channel 4�*s dispatches revealed allegations of rain, sexual assaults of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse against the comedian and actor. brand has previously denied the claims. for more on this, i spoke earlier to our culture reporter, noor nanji. well, the metropolitan police has confirmed that a man in his 40s attended a police station in south london on november the 16th — so that�*s last thursday — as first re

jannik sinner beat him in the group stage.n's joe salisbury and the american rajeev ram have retained their doubles title, with a straight sets victory over marcel granoliers and horacio zeballos, taking their winning streak at the finals to 10 matches. they also won the us open earlier this year, for a third time in a row. and that's all the sport for now. backin back in the next hour. studio: some news from the last few hours, russell brand has been questioned by metropolitan police detectives in relation to allegations of historical six offences. an investigation by the sunday times, the times and channel 4's dispatches revealed allegations of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse against the comedian and actor. brand has previously denied the claims. for more on this, i spoke earlier to our culture reporter, noor nanji. well, the metropolitan police has confirmed that a man in his 40s attended a police station in south london on november the 16th — so that's last thursday — as first reported by the times newspaper. now

it's been 47 long years but italy are finally davis cup champions once again — with jannik sinner athours on from beating novak djokovic — the world number four produced another brilliant performance to beat australia's alex de minaur in straight sets, dropping just three games. that secured victory for italy, following matteo arnaldi's earlier win against alexei popyrin. we are very hungry to try to win it one more time for our life. but having this feeling at least once, it is a really special feeling stop. it's day three of the uk snooker championship — the first of this season's triple crown events — at york's barbican centre. two games already under way — the 2019 world championjudd trump begins his quest for a second uk title with a match against pang junxu of china. he took the first frame of a break of 114. there is in a century break on the other table. barry hawkins is in action as he faces fellow englishman ben woollaston. you can watch live on bbc two and the bbc sport website now. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website. but from

world numberfour, jannik sinner, tookjust one hour and ten minutes to beat australia's top player, alexin the second singles tie. it meant the doubles match wasn't needed to decide the final in malaga in spain. it's only the second time italy have won the tournament. we are we a re really we are really young, we are really hungry to trying to win, when it one more time for our life, but in the other way having this feeling at least onceis having this feeling at least once is a really special feeling. the formula one world champion, max verstappen has won yet another race. the season ending grand prix in abu dhabi and the red bull driver continues to set records. this was his 19th victory in 22 races making it the most dominant season in the sport's history. ben croucher reports. rounds shattered, time to enjoy the odd doughnut or two. this was the world of max verstappen where no—one could live with them. �*s final victory followed them. �*s final victory followed the pattern of the last 18, start at the front, scamper off and never look back. child claire was disclosed to anyone would

home favourite jannik sinner also won his first game of the tournament after beating stefanos tsitsipaserved superbly throughout. it's the first time sinner has played in the season—ending tournament. there he is winning it with an ace. ducati's enea bastianini has won the malaysian grand prix — his first victory of the motogp season. the italian is the seventh rider to win a race this year. elsewhere, jorge martin failed to close the gap on championship leader francesco bagnaia. martin finished fourth, with bagnaia in third. that result means the italian leads martin by 14 points, with two races left. and great britain's bryony page is the new trampolining world champion. the two—time olympic medallist wowed the judges with an unusually difficult routine in birmingham. it's her second individual world title. she was also part of the synchro team that contributed to gb�*s bronze in the team all—around final — an event where they were the reigning world champions. i'm a little bit shocked, super happy. i really wanted to go through my harder routine, so i'm so glad i pulled it off in the

the serb comfortably beat home favourite jannik sinner in straight sets in turin.he group stages but the world number one was always in control of the final. the serb had shared the record of six titles with roger federer but now holds it outright. one of the best seasons i've had in my life, no doubt. to crown it with a win against hometown hero. 0bviously, jannik, who has played amazing tennis this week, is phenomenal. i had to, you know, win the matches and not wait for them to hand me the victory. and that's what i've done. i think i've tactically played different today than i have in the group stage againstjannik and just overall, a phenomenal week. great britain'sjoe salisbury and the american rajeev ram have retained their doubles title, with a straight—sets victory over granoliers and zeballos, taking their winning streak at the finals to ten matches. they also won the us open earlier this year, for a third time in a row denmark's nicolai hojgaard won the season ending world tour championship in dubai. starting the final round two shots off the lead. he sho

djokovic needed jannik sinner to beat holger rune in the evening match in order to progress.st that. it went the distance however, sinner needing the third set to wrap up the victory to remain unbeaten in turin and become the first italian to make the semi—finals of the event on home soil. hungary qualified for the euro 2024 finals with a game to spare after a last—minute alex petkov own goal earned them a draw against bulgaria in sofia. elsewhere, scotland who have already qualified for the tournament in germany, twice came from behind to draw 2—1 in georgia. spain's 16—year—old wonderkid lamine yamal scored his second international goal as his already qualified side beat cyprus 3—1. and already elimanated sweden were beaten for the first time by azerbijan. all the results are on the bbc sport wesbite and app for the first time in the 21st century, there will be a unification heavyweight fight — and it will include a british boxer. a warning of some flash photography here. it's been confirmed that tyson fury will put his wbc world title on the line against the ukrainian boxe

the world number four, jannik sinner tookjust one hour and ten minutes to beat australia's top playerstraight sets in the second singles time. the doubles match wasn't needed to decide the final in malaga in spain, and it's only the second time that italy have won the title. we are all really young. we are very hungry to trying to win, to win it one more time for, for our life. but in another way, you know, having this feeling at least once, it is a really special feeling. the formula one world champion, max verstappen, has won yet another race, the season ending grand prix in abu dhabi and the red bull driver continues to set records. this was his 19th victory in 22 races, making it the most dominant season in the sport's history. then crash a report's end of the season. records shattered. time to enjoy the odd doughnut or two for this year's formula one was max verstappen�*s world and no one could live with him. his final victory followed the pattern of most of the other 18 starts at the front, scamper off and never looked back. charle le claire did have a sniff on lap one. it was a

jannik sinner has beaten novak djokovic for the first time in his career. for the italian�*s home crowd at the atp finals in turin. sinner took a final—set tie—breaker after the game went into its fourth hour and it's his second win in two group games. djokovic is guaranteed to finish the year as the world number one, but the defeat is his first since the wimbledon final after 19 straight wins. well, stefanos tsitsipas apologised to fans after he was booed off court in turin. he lasted just three games against holgar rune before retiring hurt to the disappointment of the crowd. tsitsipas, who has since pulled out of the tournament, said he had been given the green light to play by doctors. i'm gutted that i wasn't able to finish the match. and it's a shame also not to give that spot to someone else to at least try and do something with it. unfortunately, i felt terrible on the court and i did what i could do in the best possible way to be ready and fit for this match, but it didn't work out for me. world heavyweight champion oleksandr usyk says he wants to o

jannik sinner beat holger rune to maintain his perfect start at the atp finals and help send novak djokovicfourth seed sinner took on rune knowing he was guaranteed at least a second—place finish in the group and began well, taking the first set 6—2. despite losing the second, sinner recovered, and cheered on by a home crowd, he took the deciding set 6—4, to make it three wins from three in the group phase. i really tried my best. i started off really, really well and in the second he served better, he moved better. it was a much more even match and in the third set i could have gone his way. at 4—3 ich break points. it was a bit of a roller—coaster today, but obviously really, really happy and happy to be in the semis. to the nfl now and bad news for the cinncinati bengals, as quarterbackjoe burrow suffered a wrist injury that forced him out of their 34—20 defeat to division—rivals baltimore ravens. burrow threw a touchdown before leaving the game, which the team believe to be because of a sprained right wrist suffered in throwing that scoring pass. the win for the ravens puts them two gam

jannik sinner won his singles match and then teamed up with lorenzo sonego to take the deciding doubles a 2—1 victory over the netherlands. the 12 teams still in with a chance of qualifying for euro 2024 have found out what route they'll need to take to make it to germany next year. wales will play finland in their playoff semi final in march. one of two games they'll have to win to reach the tournament. they're one of those playing for the final three qualifying spots after missing out on an automatic one this week. if they beat finland in cardiff, they'll take on either poland or estonia for a place at the euros. what is important to us is that home draw in the second leg in the final. it is important for us. we've got to get the job done first and foremost, of course we have, but, yeah, we're probably wanting to avoid ukraine as well. so i think it's going to plan for us. i don't think any team in that group would have been wanting to play us. the form we're in at the moment and with the red wall at home, we'll take anybody on in cardiff. elsewhere, 2004 champions greece will need to

novak djokovic looks to make it two from two against jannik_ to make it two from two against jannik sinnerand club's proposed expansion has suffered a blow after officers at wandsworth council recommended councillors refuse planning permission. the expansion would have seen 39 new tennis courts, including an 8,000—seater show court, which would allow wimbledon qualifying to take place on—site, in line with the other three grand slams. the planning committee will vote on the matter next tuesday. as tommy fleetwood prepares for the season—ending dp tour world championship, the world number 15 took some time to celebrate the one—year anniversary of his tommy fleetwood academy. fleetwood and his six—year—old son frankiejoined a large group in a par three contest as part of the celebrations which also saw fleetwood hand out scholarships to the academy to two neurodiverse children who attend a dubai—based sports academy called �*heroes of hope'. we have a huge freight container that we have turned into a golf simulator. we have basically been taking it around schools in dubai and the uae. we are

djokovic plays in the late match against home favourite jannik sinner.b has won all three competitive meetings between the pair. before that, it's holger rune, playing in his first atp finals — against stefanos tsitsipas, both looking to bounce back from opening match defeats at the tournament. former arsenal, chelsea and barcelona midfielder cesc fabregas has been named interim manager of italian side como. it's the spaniards first senior management role. he played 17 times for the serie b side last season, before retiring to become coach of their youth and reserve teams. fabregas is also a shareholder of the club. his first match in charge will be after the international break. the club says a permanent appointment will be made in the "near future". as tommy fleetwood prepares for the season—ending dp tour world championship, the world number 15 took some time to celebrate the one year anniversary of his tommy fleetwood academy. fleetwood and his six—year—old son frankie joined a large group in a par three contest as part of the celebrations which also

that djokovic — jannik sinner to come.nce from india and what a win that this would be. i will have more for you later. for now, back to you, rich. thanks. more now on the men�*s cricket world cup final — taking place in ahmedabad. i am joined now by south asia correspondent — is looking quite tense, what is the dog on the street?— is looking quite tense, what is the dog on the street? there is lots of enthusiasm _ dog on the street? there is lots of enthusiasm and _ dog on the street? there is lots of enthusiasm and lots _ dog on the street? there is lots of enthusiasm and lots of— dog on the street? there is lots of enthusiasm and lots of hope. - dog on the street? there is lots ofl enthusiasm and lots of hope. there is a lot of cheering happening. that said, it is looking very good for india. they came into this tournament, world cup championship final match, undefeated. they had not lost a single game this entire tournament. they are going up against australia which is a very strong team. that is basically what you are

time champion novak djokovic, who came second his group, with medvedev taking on home favourite jannik sinnerforward luis diaz on the pitch — he scored both goals for colombia in their world cup qualifying 2—1 win over brazil on thursday. diaz was reunited with dad luis manuel diaz this week, who watched on from the stands. diaz was surrounded by team—mates and staff following his first goal — their equaliser — and the comeback was complete five minutes later, in the second half, with his second to win the match. a huge win too for them — which puts colombia up to third in the south american standings. and that's all the sport for now. a funeral was held in israel today for a 19—year—old soldier, taken hostage by hamas. the army said her body was recovered from a building near al—shifa hospital. 240 people were taken into gaza — the families of many of them, are walking from tel aviv tojerusalem to put pressure on the israeli government to secure their release. so far, only four have been freed. let's talk to maayan kaplun. herfather, dror, is missing. his wife was killed. thank you so much f

jannik sinner is waiting for the winner, delighting the home fans as he became the first italian to reach*s third straight win against the russian having lost their previous six matches. i think it is a privilege to have this kind of pressure and already the week before this event, i felt really good on this court, it is quite fast, and obviously the cloud has given me so much energy. for me, it is a pleasure to play in front of the home fans and n initially it is an event so it is all going in a good way and obviously i am really happy. after chaotic practise sessions on friday, qualifying went ahead without incident for the las vegas grand prix. ferrari's charles leclerc is on pole. he was quickest in all three sessions of qualifying and he would have beenjoined on the front row by carlos sainz, had one of the loose drain covers not damaged his car in friday practice. that eventually led to a ten—place grid penalty so he starts in 12th and that means it's world champion max verstappen who'll be alongside leclerc on the front row. to be starting from pole tomorrow is great. however, a bi

medvedev had already reached the last four and he will face jannik sinner, who topped his group aheadype on formula i's return to las vegas, there has been a shambolic start to the race weekend. the first practice session lasted just nine minutes after carlos sainz�*s ferrari hit a loose manhole cover, badly damaging his car. esteban ocon also damaged his alpine. after fixing the track, the second session started two and a half hours late in front of almost empty stands. charles leclerc set the fastest time, half a second quicker than his teamate, sainz. as she would understand i'm a bit upset and i don't want to draw any conclusions at this moment, but for sure it is difficult to understand, but it is like it is. i think we will have time to discuss this and to try to improve the system later on, but i'm still a bit shocked and i prefer, in this condition, to stay quiet. that's all the sport for now. we will be back at 6:30pm. sacked home secretary suella braverman says the government should ignore human rights law in order to push through its plan to fly some asylum—seekers to rwand

jannik sinner, the world number four in the sport, beat alex de minaur sunday to secure italy's win overo the italian team. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, there. if you thought sunday was a cold day, well done — you go to the top of the class. yeah, it was cold across large areas of the uk — really cold as well. temperatures in lentrum, near inverness, only got to 0.a degrees celsius. the november average, meanwhile, here is nine. with the cold air in place, the next question — will it snow this week? stay tuned for the answer to that one. now, it's cold at the moment because we've got this northern latitude blocking this area of high pressure in the arctic is sending cold air our way and this blocking pattern is with us all week, so it's going to stay cold all week as well. low pressure that's been bringing rain over recent hours through monday will slowly pull away to the near continent but still some wet weather to come across eastern england with the rain reluctant to clear here. some showers across north—east england and eastern scotland. the best of any sunshine will be in t

a week after missing out on the atp finals title, losing to novak djokovic in the final, jannik sinnerx de minaur in straight sets in the second singles tie. it meant the doubles match wasn't needed to decide the final in malaga in spain. it's only the second time italy have won the tournament, their first success came way back in 1976. exeter chiefs returned to the top four of rugby's premiership as they overcame winless newcastle falcons 20—14. the chiefs' first try came immediately, immanuel feyi—waboso finishing off a solo effort in the first minute. however, the falcons were ahead within ten, thanks to two tries in two minutes forjamie blamire and mattias moroni. the 1li—8 half—time score remained the same until the hour mark when henry slade was on the end of a chiefs break away as the away side got within a point. and whenjosh iosefa—scott crashed over minutes later, it gave the chiefs a lead they would never relinquish. in united rugby championship, ospreys hammered the scarlets 31—9 in the welsh derby. kieran williams got ospreys off to a good start, scoring two tries in the f

jannik sinner has withdrawn from the paris masters because of fatigue — after winning his second roundearly hours of thursday morning. sinner didn't get on court until after midnight — and was due to be back in action on thursday evening. meanwhile at the wta finals, 0ns jabeur got revenge for her wimbledon final defeat — by beating marketa vondrousova in straight sets — and post match she revealed she'll be donating some of her prize money to help palestinians amid the ongoing israel—gaza conflict. the worst thing is i feel hopeless. i feel like i cannot do anything. i wish i could have a magic hand and just peace for everyone. but it's frustrating and, honestly, may be donating some money will help a little bit with what they've been going through. but i know money doesn't mean anything right now to them. so, i wish for freedom for everybody and peace for everyone. jon rahm has had a change of heart and now won't take part in a new golf venture being launched by tiger woods and rory mcilroy in the new year. the masters champion says ' it would require a level the masters champion say

staying with tennis — jannik sinner has won his first game of the atp finals in turin after beating stefanos superbly throughout. the world number four is playing in the season—ending tournament for the first time. novak djokovic plays eighth seed holger rune later — djokovic is aiming to win the event for the seventh time. in rugby union's premiership, saracens ran in seven tries as they won 50—12 at bottom—of—the—table newcastle falcons. that puts saracens sixth in the table. while northampton saints scored four tries in a bonus—point victory as they beat exeter chiefs 311—19 at frankin�*s gardens, to go above exeter into fourth place. it's now ten premiership away games without a win for the chiefs — alex mitchell here finished off the pick of the tries for northampton. and just one game in the united rugby championship today — as leinster got the better of dragons, at rodney parade. first time captain dan sheehan was one of five try scorers, as leinster ran out winners 33—10. it's their third win in four, and moves them back up to second. dragons still without a win this season. great br

and the match, but the world number one will not qualify for the semifinals if holger rune beats jannik sinnerok at some of the other sports news stories making the headlines: after a promising start, dropped shots have cost rory mcilroy in the season ending dp world tour dubai championship. mcilroy is one—under par after the first day, four shots off the pace. the northern irishman is already guaranteed the race to dubai title. the france rugby union captain, antoine dupont, is expected to miss next year's six nation's championship to concentrate on sevens rugby ahead of the paris olympics next year. dupont is one of the world's best scrum—halves, but has spoken about his desire to take part in his home olympics. players picked for the british and irish lions will be available for the whole tour of australia because of a new partnership with premiership rugby and the united rugby championship. previously, if a player was involved in knock—out stages of club competitions, they will have missed the start of recent tours. a 2—2 draw for chelsea in the women's champions league last night, but tha

jannik sinner keeps italy in the davis cup — and the scalp he takes to do so is the biggest of them allp by the man he defeated in last year's final. ann taylor cameron two tonight has the best of women's boxing again for the undisputed world welterweight —— lightweight crown.

jannik sinner won his singles match, and then teamed up with lorenzo sonego to take the deciding doubles24 have found out what route they'll need to take to make it to germany next year. wales will play finland in their playoff semi final in march — one of two games they'll have to win to reach the tournament. they're one of those playing for the final three qualifying spots

djokovic won the first set jannik sinner is waiting for the winner, delighting the home fans as he becameaving lost the previous six. tiger woods is set to return to golf after seven months out of the game. the 15—time major winner will play in the hero world challenge in the bahamas on november 30. woods hasn't played competitively since withdrawing from the masters in april, after which he had ankle surgery. he's the host of the competiton which is 20—player invitational pga tour event. so it is probably quite easy for him to get a place in it. and that's all the sport for now. stay with us here on bbc news. in the meantime, find all the latest on our website. hello there. we've seen two different sides to autumn over the last couple of days. friday, i'm sure you'll remember, we had lots of sunshine across the country and temperatures generally near average, although it was a bit cold in scotland. contrast that with the weather we had on saturday, where there was a lot of cloud around but it was a lot milder. temperatures in yeovilton up to 17 degrees celsius. it was also quite windy fo

medvedev had already reached the last four and he'll face jannik sinner, who topped his group ahead ofa one's return to las vegas, there's been a shambolic start to the race weekend the first practice session lasted just nine minutes — after carlos sainz�*s ferrari hit a loose manhole cover, badly damaging his car. esteban ocon also damaged his alpine at the same spot. after fixing the track, the second session started two and a half hours late in front of almost empty stands charles leclerc set the fastest time — half a second quicker than his teamate sainz. it's not ideal. the showpiece event, the penultimate event of the calendar, the crowd were in and we can'tjust nine minutes of running in the first session is red flagged within indefinite delay and then to top it off, the fans are actually sent home. it's not great for formula 1. but in the grand scheme of things, this is friday practice. there are teething problems with new circuits and this has happened before. we have had it happen in monaco. if it is a good grand prix on sunday and we are all entertained, i think we will move

jannik sinner won his singles match andthen teamed up with lorenzo sonego to take the deciding doubles 2—1victory over the netherlands the 12 teams still in with a chance of qualifying for euro 2024 — have found out what route they'll need to take to make it to germany next summer. wales missed out on the last automatic spot on tuesday — so they'll now need to beat finland in the play—off semi finals in march — and then beat either poland or estonia to book their place at the championships. what's important is the home draw in the second leg, we have to get him job done first and foremost but we are probably wanting to avoid ukraine as well a month so i think it has gone to plan for us. i don't think any team in that group would have been wanted to play us. the form we are in at the minute and with the red wall at home we would take anybody on in cardiff. elsewhere, 2004 champions greece will need to beat kazakhstan and then either georgia or luxembourg while bosnia and herzegovina will play ukraine and israel will face iceland. for all the incredible success manager emma hayes has enj

jannik sinner has withdrawn from the paris masters because of fatigue — after winning his second roundner didn't get on court until after midnight — and was due to be back in action on thursday evening. meanwhile at the wta finals, ons jabeur got revenge for her wimbledon final defeat — by beating marketa vondrousova in straight sets — and post match she revealed she'll be donating some of her prize money to help palestinians amid the ongoing israel—gaza conflict. the worst thing is i feel hopeless, you know. ifeel like i cannot doing anything. i wish i could have, you know, a magic hand and just end all this for everybody but it's frustrating and i honestly, ijust may be donating some money will help a little bit with what they have been going through but i know money doesn't mean anything right now to them. so, iwish doesn't mean anything right now to them. so, i wish forfreedom doesn't mean anything right now to them. so, i wish for freedom for everybody and really, piece for everyone. for the first time in their 62 year history, the texas rangers are baseball's world series champio

jannik sinner won his singles match, and then teamed up with lorenzo sonego to take the deciding doubles 2—1 victory over the netherlands. the 12 teams still in with a chance of qualifying for euro 2024 have found out what route they'll need to take to make it to germany next year. wales will play finland in their playoff semi final in march — one of two games they'll have to win to reach the tournament. they're one of those playing for the final three qualifying spots after missing out on an automatic one this week. if they beat finland in cardiff, they'll take on either poland or estonia. what's important to us, as you'll be aware of, is the home draw on the second leg is in the final. so that's important for us. we've got to get the job done first and foremost, of course we have, but we are probably wanting to avoid ukraine, as well. so i think it's gone to plan for us. the form we are in at the minute, and with the red wall at home, we'll take anybody on at cardiff. elsewhere, 2004 champions greece will need to beat kazakhstan and then either georgia or luxembourg, while bosnia will

the serb now awaits the outcome of the match between holger rune and jannik sinner, needing sinner tos the latest in their match in turin, just around half an hour played. it is all going the way of sinner. there's an evening of international football under way, with nine european qualifiers this thursday. hungary qualified for the euro 2024 finals with a game to spare after a last—minute alex petkov own goal earned them a draw against bulgaria in sofia. scotland who have already qualified for the tournament in germany, twice came from behind to draw with georgia. elsewhere spain's16—year—old wonderkid lamine yamal scored his second international goal, as his already qualified side beat cyprus 3—1. and already elimanated sweden were beaten for the first time by azerbijan. full results and live scores on the bbc sport wesbite and app. england have also already qualified for germany next year. they play malta tomorrow at wembley. the squad trained earlier today at st george's park. one more win will guarentee top spot in group c, and means they'll be one of the top seeds for the euros.

and djokovic will be up against the home favourite jannik sinner... number one's unbeaten against his opponent later — both players after their second win of the group phase. now — the cricket world cup semi—finals edge ever closer — host nation india take on new zealand, in the first of the matches on wednesday, before south africa and australia go head to head a day later. india have won every group stage game and are looking for a first major tournament win in 12 years. and know the pressure will be on in mumbai against old foes new zealand — as our cricket reporter henry moeran told me earlier. there is immense pressure, there is no question about it was not every time you turn on a television channel here in india it is a picture of virat kohli or a discussion about how india have every group game so far and what the celebrations will be like if they do manage to lift the trophy in ahmedabad on sunday. the pressure is immense, but these players are used to pressure. they know what it is about the ipl and every time they step out of a hotel there

alcaraz will play novak djokovic in rome tomorrow, while medvedev will take on jannik sinner. pair after losing to rohann bopanna and matthew ebden. they won nine titles in two years together, including wimbledon in july. the first semifinal of snooker�*s champion of champions tournament gets under way shortly. 2019 world championjudd trump will be up against the world number 12 barry hawkins, after beating shaun murphy in his quarterfinal last night. the new domestic competition in women's rugby union starts tomorrow with a different name, fresh teams and a tv deal that the sport hopes will take it to a bigger audience. premier 15s has become premiership women's rugby, or pwr, and it starts with bristol bears against sale sharks. sale wing holly thorpe will have to watch not play as she's injured, but is hopeful the arrival of the new competition will bring with it a new era for women's rugby. we have obviously got the deal with tmt now, that is massive, to be able to watch the girls play tomorrow, thatis to watch the girls play tomorrow, that is the first game they are strea