murray matched jeremy chardy every shot of the way as he upped his intensity a reinvigorated jeremy chardyd, even with some unorthodox methods, he forced a tie—break. he made things harder than necessary as usual. but, as usual, murray prevailed. new year, new name, same old andy, or, so andy —— sir andy. joanna konta has continued her winning start to the season. she is through to the quarterfinals in china. she recovered from a set down and being a breakdown in the second to beat king. she wrapped up the match in just over an to beat king. she wrapped up the match injust over an hour and a half. gb tae kwon do said they had reservations with jade jones taking pa rt reservations with jade jones taking part in thejump. they have held extensive talks with jones about the risks involved. the reality show involves competitors learning how to ski jump. last year several competitors were badly injured. olympic gold medallist jack law has blamed british diving after his coach quit his role to join australia's team. adrien hinchcliffe guided him and his team—mate gb‘s first diving gold last summe

sir andy murray has extended his winning streak to 25 matches on the atp tour as he beat jeremy chardys at the qatar open. it was murray's first competitive match since becoming a knight in the new year's honours list. ben croucher watched the action. andy murray barely had a more simple first set. his opponent used to be ranked inside the top 30 but the frenchman managed just seven points inafirst frenchman managed just seven points in a first said that andy murray wrapped up in just in a first said that andy murray wrapped up injust 20 minutes. he was halted though in the second set with his opponent registering a game on the scoreboard. but andy murray matched with every shot. but his opponent refused to just fall over and forced a tie—break. he made it harder than necessary as usual but as usual andy murray eventually prevail. new year, new name, same old andy. world number 10 johanna konta has continued her winning start to the season. she's through to the quarter—finals of the shen—chen open in china. the briton recovered from a set down and being a break down in the second to be

sir andy murray has extended his winning streak to 25 matches on the atp tour as he beat jeremy chardyince becoming a knight in the new year's honours list. ben croucher watched the action. voiceover: sign writers might have a few extra letters to sign at the races wheeze on but for andy murray, very little has changed, he turns up and wins, he would barely have had a first set quite so simple as the one set up in doha, jeremy chardy used to be in the top 30, but not no longer. if andy murray was in a hurry, he was halted in the second set, jeremy chardy winning enough points to register a game on the scoreboard, he won a few more two, but andy murray matched in every shot of the way, as the new night upped his in intensity, jeremy chardy refused to all over, even if with some unorthodox methods they forced a tie—break. it was a little harder than usual but as usual, andy murray eventually prevailed. 6—0, 7-6, murray eventually prevailed. 6—0, 7—6, new year, new name, same old andy murray, or, sirandy. studio: former super league and world club champions bradford bulls have been liquid

murray breezed through the first set 6—love injust 20 minutes against the frenchman jeremy chardy — buteal his place in the next round, where he'll face jurgen meltzer of austria. it's a good start to 2017 for rafael nadal, who kicked off the year with a straight sets win over alexandr dolgopolov at the brisbane international. the 14—time grand slam champion has slipped to ninth in the world after taking the end of 2016 off to rest. the spaniard without a major title since the french open in 2014 with no real problems against dolgopolov. nadal sinking the ukrainian 6—3, 6—3. next up for him will be germany's mischa zverev. on to another returning superstar — serena williams who has recently become engaged, missed the final two months of the 2016 season with a shoulder injury and had not been on court since flushing meadows in september, but she brushed off any cobwebs to win her opening match of the year 6—3, 6—4 against france's pauline parmentier. i was iwas ok. i was ok. you always felt rested going into yourfirst i was ok. you always felt rested going into your first match, but that

an ace start in melbourne for murray but his hunt for a first title there continues. he faces jeremy chardyana get their africa cup of nations campaign off to a winning start. the action is under way on day three of the australian open. the world number one andy murray plays andrey rublev in round two on later on wednesday. the russian teenager, the son of a former professional

an ace start in melbourne for murray but his hunt for a first title there continues. he faces jeremy chardy in the second round. he is 2—0 up. and ghana get their africa cup of nations campaign off to a winning start. the action is under way on day three of the australian open. the world number one andy murray plays andrey rublev in round two on later on wednesday. the russian teenager, the son of a former professional boxer, is known as one of the most promising young players on the circuit. he came from a set down to make the second round and now faces the biggest game of his career so far. it'll be a challenge facing a player he know little about... he's a clear ball start her, he really hates it well, i'll get an idea of how good he is when i play against him but he's one of the better up—and—coming youngsters. he's obviously got a bright future. i'll need to be really aware as he goes for it. in the women's draw, the world number one and defending champion angelique kerber plays fellow german carina veethoeft. veethoeft is someone kerber has beaten twice at wimbledon before now she's a

sirandy murray, begins his warm—up for the australian open later this month by beating frenchman jeremy chardytime buyers — first announced last year — is due to get underway this year. but the housing backlog is so big that it could take decades to resolve. back in 1981, almost a third of english households were council homes. today, that number has dropped to less than one in ten. jeremy cooke asks whether it's possible to start building a new generation of council houses. brick by brick. new homes for housing crisis britain, and not just any new houses, these are council houses. they're a rare sight, but this is birmingham, where they've built more council houses in the past seven years than any other local authority — on a mission to tackle a housing waiting list that stands at 18,000 people. the osmonds' have been in their flat for eight years, but the family has long outgrown the space available. if we want to play, we have to just like play there for 10 minutes because we don't have enough space. now, they've heard it's their time to move into one of birmingham's new council homes. we'v

staying with tennis, and sir andy murray plays jeremy chardy of france in the opening round of the qatariton insisting that novak djokovic will remain his biggest obstacle in retaining his world number one ranking. the pair are seeded one and two in doha, and if the seedings work out correctly, will meet in the final on sunday. murray then moves on to australia in a bid to win that major title for the first time, but djokovic is first in murray's sights. we played many matches over the yea rs we played many matches over the years and slams, played at the olympics, and obviously the match at the end of last year for number one ranking, so we competed many times against each otherfor ranking, so we competed many times against each other for some of the biggest prizes. yes, hopefully it will be the same again this year. andy has had an incredible 2016, especially the second part of the year, and definitely deserved to be crowned as number one in the world in the end. it is great to have him on the tournament, rafa was here la st on the tournament, rafa was here last year. this tournament, t

he's taking on frenchman jeremy chardy in the first round of the qatar 0pen.e wilson. it is not for me to judge, sports correspondentjoe wilson. it is not for me tojudge, but i believe there is not many better players. well, i wonder if there are any. when you play at your best, there has never been any better, has there? yeah, that's true. yeah, i think phil is the greatest simple as that. what he did for darts, for all of us, he made this happen. a lot of people could earn the money with it. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. one of the largest syrian rebel groups says it has suspended involvement in peace talks planned for later this month. the free syrian army said the regime and its allies had committed "many and large" violations of a ceasefire negotiated by russia and turkey. 0ur correspondent sangita myska reports. this, claim rebel forces, is evidence that the syrian regime is continuing to shell parts of the north—west of the country, around wadi barada. it is, say the rebels, a direct contravention of the tentative truce brok

he‘s taking on frenchman jeremy chardy in the first round of the qatar 0pen. anderson to win his second pdc title last night. he‘s been speaking to our sports correspondent, joe wilson. i believe there are not many better. statistically, it is true i still think that phil is the greatest, but he did for darts, he made this happen. that a lot of people could earn money. that‘s all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website and i‘ll have more in sportsday at half past six. for chelsea football fans have been handed suspended footballs —— suspended prison sentences in france. they were charged after video footage appeared of them pushing a black man off a metro train in paris in february 200015. lucy williamson is paris. just fill a thin on the background to the case. this is something that happened in february 2015, a group of chelsea fans were on their way to a match between chelsea and the local club paris st germain and it was one of the local passengers caught on his phone footage of some of these chelsea fans push

andy murray plays jeremy chardy in the first round of the qatar open this afternoon.t correctly, he will face novak djokovic in the final. and in rugby league, bradford bulls have been liquidated after the club's administrator rejected a bid to save them. more on those stories in ten minutes. here, a think tank closely linked o the labour party is warning that the party has almost no chance of winning the next general election. the fabian society says labour is "too weak" to win a majority and would need to work with rivals like the liberal democrats to stand any chance of getting into government. john curtice, professor of politics at strathclyde university, told me the report goes beyond the current difficulties faced byjeremy corbyn as labour leader. what the fabian society is pointing out is absolutely nothing to do with the current position of the labour party in the polls, the travails and difficulties it has had sincejeremy corbyn became leader, it is pointing out one of the important consequences of the 2015 general election, in which two crucial things happen

the two—time champion in doha comfortably dispatched france's jeremy chardy in straight sets. the bulls entered administration in novemberfor the third time in four years. despite the liquidation, a new incarnation of the club will remain in rugby league's second tier for the upcoming season but with a 12—point deduction. england rugby union head coach eddiejones says dylan hartley will captain england during the six nations so long as he proves his fitness. hartley is currently serving a suspension after being sent off for club side northampton. his six week ban will end before england play france early next month. will, dylan is doing everything right to become captain at the moment. he came to the camps, he has worked hard. a pre— requisite to get to the england side is to be very fit. and not playing games, it means he has got to go and and unbelievably stringent fitness program over the next five or six weeks, and he is doing that, so he is putting himself in the best position to continue as captain. ready for a little bit of understatement? gb taekwondo say they have res