robin haase one in the previous round but it was one dell port —— juan martin del potro who took the nt second half of the season and is now 10th in the rankings. juan martin del potro through in straight sets, winning him one stop away from the finals later this month. dominic thiem is already guaranteed a place there, but the world number four had guaranteed a place there, but the world numberfour had a day guaranteed a place there, but the world number four had a day to forget in paris on thursday. spain's fernando verdasco dealt with everything dominic thiem threw at him and took the first set. dominic thiem breached his first grand slam final in the french open earlier this year and with glimpses of that form in the second set. but the austrian couldn't keep it up and his opponent used all of his experience to come through for his second victory in a top ten this year. onto football and the marseille defender patrice evra was sent off before his side's europa league tie against vitoria guimaraes in portugal. footage showed him aiming an acrobatic kick at a fan at the side of the

hasn't played since wimbledon in july after ending his season early due to an elbow injury. juan martin del potro'sin the paris masters ensured the former world number one will be ranked lower than 10th for the first time since march 2007. confirmation of the atp rankings which were updated on monday. djokovic down five places to 12th. it was a quick rise for sock as he climbed 13 places to ninth. rafael nadal is already confirmed as the year—end world number one while the injured andy murray has dropped to 16th. now you think being world number 1, nadal wouldn't have to introduce himself at a tennis event. but in paris the man who's won 16 grand slam titles forgot his accreditation although the security guard didn't play hard ball. who are you? rafa nadal. 0k, thank you. in major league baseball news, boston red sox have hired former player alex cora as manager ahead of next season at fenway park. the 42—year—old puerto rican won the world series with the red sox in 2007 and was the bench coach for the houston astros as they won the sports biggest honour for the first time just last week. there's

meanwhile, juan martin del potro has moved a step closer to sealing a place in the world tour finalssets, 7—5, 6—a, he needs to be the american john is not sets, 7—5, 6—a, he needs to be the americanjohn is not in the quarter—finals to guarantee a spot in london. the house where bizet composed his opera carmen is up for sale. a campaign is under way to buy it and turn it into a museum or cultural centre. they need to raise three million euros by crowdfunding. from france, hugh schofield reports. this is perhaps the bizet lived and where he created the gypsy from seville. —— where george is a lift. they have been in private hands but throughout the years, the upstairs room where bizet wrote his work has been kept as a kind of shrine. the first came here, it was the opera carmen and we could not stop crying. for us, it's very moving to see, to be in this room, and also to know what was the life of this great man, of this genius? the piano is the actual one which bizet composed his famous score, writing the words, working below, and they were co nsta ntly working below, and they were co

against you require public six three six seven six three was the final score also through juan martin del potro the arjun time beat robin house in this in straight sets to advance seven five six four was the school you need to reach the semi in paris to keep his hopes of qualification for the season and the world tour finals in london by del potro hasn't taken part since two thousand and twelve despite already making it through to those finals bulgarian grigor dimitrov was unable to reach the voters in the french capital he was beaten by american john isner who has to win the title to make the finals seven six seven five seven six was this. fernando verdasco is also true to the quarterfinals of the first time in his career the spaniard overcame fifty dominic t.m. of austria six four six was the finest boy in that match. and schedule for the twenty nineteen rugby world cup in japan is out so it's throwing up a mouthwatering encounter for the defending champions new zealand open their campaign against fellow heavyweights south africa the two time defending champions by the springboks on september

that is enough time for me from here argentina's juan martin del potro will be among the top players for the a.t.p. finals unless someone pulls out that salty he lost in three sets to john in the quarterfinals in paris the american can make the season ending tournament if he wins the masters to face you know that the semi. in the next few minutes the newly crowned baseball world series champions the houston astros will begin a victory parade in their home city the astros plane got a god of honor on their return from l.a. after beating the dodgers in came seven the championship trophy was on display as well held by world series m.v.p. george springer it's the first time the astros have won the world series. police in new york are ramping up security ahead of sunday's annual marathon after eight people were killed in an attack in manhattan earlier this week the n.y.p.d. has doubled the number of rooftop observation posts and sniper teams more uniformed police officers and dogs will patrol the forty two point two crimes course as well fifty one thousand combat says a jew state parks wit

argentina's juan martin del potro won't be among the top players for the a.t.p. finals unless someone pulls out that sati lost in three sets to john isner in the quarter finals in paris the american can make the season ending tournament if he wins the masters before pulling greats have once again been making their mark in spain real madrid ledges role roberta collison emilio racked up the rap records during their playing days now they can add another of the trio helping break a penalty taking record with one thousand six hundred forty four spot kicks in ten hours the challenge is to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in sports and that is all useful for now back to julie in london. thanks joe now it's estimated that more than one point two billion people play video games worldwide but some of them do it to such excess that it interferes with their daily lives also reports on the growing recognition of the threat that is gaming addiction. this is calling the blackout three it is known for having realistic gunplay alexandra de guzman shows us some of