iga swiatek dominated american jessica pegula 616 love to win the season ending wta finals in cancunn her world number one ranking from aryna sabalenka. the polish four time grand slam winner broke pegula five times and saved the only break point she faced en route to herfirst wta finals trophy in a match delayed a day due to rain. and rassie erasmus has confirmed he'll return as head coach of rugby union world champion south africa. he's expected to lead the team's preparations for the 2027 rugby world cup in australia. 0utgoing coach jacques nienaber will be taking a new role as irish side leinster. there we go. that's just about it from us for now. you can of course get all the latest sports news at the usual place on the bbc sports app or from our website. you can get all the latest from the top stories of the day. but for me and the rest of the team here on sports day, thanks very much indeed for watching. and we will see you again next time. take care. hello there. after a day of sunshine and showers to start the week, it's not been quite so colourful overnight — there hasn't b

on the court, jessica pegula stretched her winning streak to eight matches and clinched a spot in the 6—2 victory over maria sakkari on thursday night. pegula, the fifth seed in the tournament, is yet to lose a set. at the paris masters, the defending champion holger rune has the chance to again get the better of novak djokovic later today. the dane secured his spot in the quarterfinals after beating daniel altmeier. rune won in straight sets, 6—3, 6—3 against the german to set up another meeting with world number one djokovic, who he beat in last year's final. he's also yet to drop a set and extends his winning streak to eight matches at the tournament. teenage basketball star victor wembanyama scored 38 points to help his san antonio spurs side beat the phoenix suns by 132 points to 121. wembanyama is just 19 years old and the game saw him score his highest points tally to date in the nba. the french player was the league's top draft pick this year and stands at 7�* 4" tall. overall, wembanyama has now scored 103 points in his five nba outings. and that's all the sport for now. the

the 22—year—old from poland was ruthless in the final in cancun, thrashing jessica pegula 6—1, 6—0.utes. swaitek knew she had to win to overtake aryna sabalenka at number one. the four—time grand slam champion is the youngest winner of the tournament since petra kvitova in 2011. i'm just really happy and super proud of myself as being not easy, but i feel it is a reflection of the whole season, coming back to world number one it is a dream come true, for sure. number one it is a dream come true, forsure. i number one it is a dream come true, for sure. i would say i wasn't expecting that this season. i was hoping that maybe next year was going to be my year, notjust working hard and focusing on the right things in the end his work, so am really happy. right things in the end his work, so am really happy. finally, two—time olympic champion caster semenya says she will "fight for what is right" amid her ongoing dispute with athletics authorities. semenya was born with differences of sexual development and cannot compete in female track events without taking testosterone—reducing drugs.

she can go back to the top of the world rankings if she beats jessica pegula tonight.ite and app. from me and the rest of the team that's all for now, goodbye. hello, you're watching bbc news. we are going to start with some breaking news that has come to a say concerning british steel. we understand that british steel is planning to close down its glass furnaces in scunthorpe that will put 2000 jobs at risk. that was brought to us in a press release just a short time ago, released by british steel itself saying that a 1.25 billion pound proposal will ensure a clean, green and sustainable business by adopting electric furnace steel—making. our business editor has been following the story. simon, just tell us more about this announcement please. 0k. blast furnaces are _ announcement please. 0k. blast furnaces are huge _ announcement please. 0k. blast furnaces are huge furnaces - announcement please. 0k. blastj furnaces are huge furnaces which basically melt molten rock and create virgin brand—new steel. they are carbon energy and labour intensive. the plan is to shut th

and in the battle of the americans — jessica pegula beat her doubles partner and us open champion cocon the final of the season—ending wta finals in mexico. pegula winning 6—2 6—1 injust an hour against gauff in wet and windy conditions. the world number five took six of her 10 break point chances and lost serve just once against gauff, who is third in the women's rankings. the other semi between iga swiatek and aryna sabalenka has been rescheduled to take place on monday because of rain. head to our website for the latest on the football. and that's all the sport for now. a hostage crisis at hamburg airport in germany has ended with the arrest of the suspect and the safe rescue of a child. german police say the suspect put up no resistance when arrested. the four—year—old appears to be unharmed. the incident began late last night when the man drove through a security barrier at the airport. all flights were suspended. police had been negotiating with him via a turkish interpreter while he sat in his car parked on the tarmac. the man was believed to have been armed. police think the in

poland's iga schwontak and american jessica pegula will meet in the decisive match.in in the semi-finals shviontek prevailed over the neutral belarusian arina sabalenka. the match was stopped and played again the next day due to a heavy downpour, but such difficulties did not prevent the pole from convincingly winning in two sets 6-3-6-2. in the other semi-final, pegula beat her own. compatriot corey gauf, also in two sets 6:2, 6:1. the final will be held on tuesday , november 7. in case of victory, schwöntek can regain the status of the first racket of the planet. national football team of ukraine. the italians and uefa are certainly red. that is, italy is holding a match with north macedonia, then a match with ukraine. in three days, and ukraine, of course, since it is not playing a match, because it has already won all, it must play with someone , because god forbid italy will come out weaker against ukraine, that is, no preference for ukraine, go and play, i remember the selection for the world cup, last year, remember when ukraine played scotland in june, and in

and in the battle of the americans, jessica pegula beat her doubles partner and us open champion cocong wta finals in mexico. pegula winning 6—2 6—1injust an hour against gauff in wet and windy conditions. in cancun, the world numberfive took six of her ten break point chances and lost serve just once against gauff, who is third in the women's rankings. the other semi between iga swiatek and aryna sabalenka has been rescheduled to take place on monday because of the rain. and that's all the sport for now. some breaking news, and a hostage situation in hamburg has ended. german police were earlier negotiating with a man who apparently drove through a security barrier at hamburg airport with his young daughter in the car. police say he has been arrested and the child appears to be unharmed. a report says that he did not resist arrest. we will bring you more on that as and when we get to the news. we have some information on our live page as well. —— when we get the news. to the war in ukraine now. the country's defence ministry has ordered an investigation into an alleged missile strike

meanwhile at the wta finals in mexico, jessica pegula beat fellow american coco gauff in straight setsthe final. she won 6—2 6—1 injust an hour taking six of the 10 break points on offer in wet and windy conditions. the other semi between iga swiatek and aryna sabalenka has been and aryna sabalenka has been rescheduled to take place on monday because of rain in cancun. you can follow the football at our website. sorry for calling you ollie. the comparison only flatters me, don't worry. a hostage crisis at hamburg airport in germany has ended with the arrest of the suspect and the safe rescue of a child. german police say the suspect put up no resistance when arrested. the four—year—old appears to be unharmed. the incident began late last night, when the man drove through a security barrier at the airport. all flights were suspended. police had been negotiating with him via a turkish interpreter, while he sat in his car parked on the tarmac. the man was believed to have been armed. police think the incident probably stems from a custody dispute. earlier today i spoke with jenny witt, a

and in the battle of the americans — jessica pegula beat her doubles partner and us open champion cocon the final of the season—ending wta finals in mexico. pegula winning 6—2 6—1injust an hour against gauff in wet and windy conditions. the world number five took six of her 10 break point chances and lost serve just once against gauff, who is third in the women's rankings. the other semi between iga swiatek and aryna sabalenka has been rescheduled to take place on monday because of rain much more on the website where you can follow the cricket and football. a hostage crisis at hamburg airport in germany has ended with the arrest of the suspect and the safe rescue of a child. german police say the suspect put up no resistance when arrested. the four—year—old appears to be unharmed. the incident began late last night, when the man drove through a security barrier at the airport. all flights were suspended. police had been negotiating with him via a turkish interpreter, while he sat in his car parked on the tarmac. the man was believed to have been armed. police think the incident probabl

american jessica pegula beat maria sakari from greece, 6-3-6-2. this way, pegula completed the performance at the group stage with three victories. now sabalenka and rybakina will compete for second place in the postponed match. duel. the central belarusian representative of kazakhstan was interrupted due to rain. at the time of the stoppage, sabalenka won the first set and was trailing in the second 6:2 3:5. dynamo is now in this place, mircea lucescu left, i was very afraid that , god forbid, there was not even a draw, that dynamo would lose to the miner, because it was the only hope that mircea lucescu would resign, because there is hope in this there was no team with this coach, it's just a fact. well, if kolo from kovalivka and vorsla win their matches, well, or even kolos will draw, and vorskla will win their match, here... dynamo will drop down to ninth place, so low, in my opinion the dynamo hadn't gone down yet, so lucesco had some results. i know here about this statement by kuleba, the minister of legal affairs of ukraine, that the pres

in singles, iga swiatok, a representative of poland, won , she defeated jessica pegula in the decisive, swiatok returned to the first line of the rating, ahead of aryna sabalenka from belarus. star basketball player james harden made his debut with the los angeles clipper, a team that hopes, with this reinforcement, to finally win an nba title. however, the first pancake came out lumpy. the visiting californians were unable to resist the new york-nicks, and harden scored only 17 points with a utility score of -18. the result is 111:97, the first of the season. at the same time, by the big break the hosts were leading by a difference of +13, but in the second half the maverex superdut turned on at full capacity, kyrie irving had 21 points and 10 assists, and luka doncic scored 29 points. 117-102 painful victory yes. denver's meeting with new orleans followed a similar scenario. at first, the pelicans dictated their terms to the league champion. at the halfway point of the match , new orleans had a 12-point lead. however, after switching sides, the hosts literally crushed the opponent. t

she'll now face jessica pegula. it is still quite a serious situation _ still in place? it is still quite a serious situation for _ still in place? it is still quite a serious situation for parts i still in place? it is still quite a serious situation for parts of i still in place? it is still quite a i serious situation for parts of the uk. good bonding. we will have continuation of flooding across southern areas but it has been a lovely start to the date further north. this was in yorkshire with a beautiful sunrise. across the south, we have heavy rain and some strong gusty wind so the risk of further localised flooding. that is this morning in kent. through the day, the rain will move north replaced by heavy showers. replaced by low pressure. strong winds in the english channel. and this is the rainfall we have seen this is the rainfall we have seen this morning moving northwards. particularly heavy across london and the southeast spreading to parts of north wales and the midlands. the rain will move north by lun