it is a win for germany and angelique kerber on her hopman cup debut in perth. and taking off — the ski—jumpers leading the way in the latest round of world cup action. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that manchester united have moved back to second in the english premier league, after a 2—0 win at everton on monday. jose mourinho‘s side had drawn their past two matches, slipping down to third, behind chelsea. but the win elevates them back ahead of the londoners, with anthony martial and jesse lingard second—half goals proving enough, although they still trail leaders manchester city by 12 points. lovely goals. i think the performance from the team today was great. that helped us to be more confident, shooting, because if you do not shoot you do not score but we did that today very well. manchester united have come in for some criticism. how have the players felt about that? if we don't win or draw, it is or is going to be a problem. because we know how big is the club, how big are the players as well. and we just wa

kerber, who beat madison keys in the quarter—finals, won the title in melbourne two years ago and alsoed 2017, in which she dropped out of the world's top 20, kerber is many people's favourite to take the title. i learned a lot, a lot of experience from last year from the years before as well, not only 2016 but also 2014 and 15. i think that also gives me a little bit of confidence that i know what to expect now. i had it tough last year so that's why i think i'm looking forward and i'm proud how i get through all the last weeks and being in the semis again of a grand slams so i'm feeling good. for sure it's going to be a significant moment in this tournament but i'm used to that, i know her pretty well. i know she's a very strong opponent, a very strong player. she likes here. but i'm starting to like this tournament after two years in a road losing in the first round, it's a better result, and i just the first round, it's a better result, and ijust want to go there and give everything i have, like i did in the last matches. the bowlers won out on the opening day of the third and fina

kerber puts williams out of the contest in sydney with a powerful three set performance.he dakar rally motorbike champion is out of the race after hurting his back in a jump. hi there — wherever you are around the world welcome to sport today. manchester city have come from behind to beat bristol city in the english league cup on a chilly night in england‘s north. pep guardiola‘s men had to work hard to turn it all around against an enthusiatic bristol side. city went down in the first half when bobby reid slotted a penalty after a john stones foul in the box. but the sky blues ramped things up the second half and equalised with a beautiful one—two move from kevin de bruyne and raheem sterling to give the belgian a delicious goal. and then the super sub sergio aguero came on and headed city into the lead. the shortest man on the park doing the damage in extra tine. city 2—1winners. antonio conte has said he is viewed with jose mourinho antonio conte has said he is viewed withjose mourinho is personal. he was later cleared of any wrongdoing. i have this book of a person of

matchpoint saved kerber by.tchpoint miss by the german as well, at 87 at the ara finally came. simona halep going through to the final. confidence is very high and the fact that i have played so many matches and i have spent so many matches and i have spent so many hours on court but the fact that i have won this match and i can play the final again. world number 37 was trying to cause an upset in the other semi—final. she was taking on world number two caroline was the aki he was never one grand slam final before but you would not know it. despite a brief wobble, the world number two found her best game in the tiebreak. the second seed through to the final on saturday with not only a grand slam title on the line but also the number one ranking. it is another final, another great two weeks and regardless of what happens now, i have done my best and on saturday you have everything to win. in the men's draw, the fairytale tournament for england's kyle edmund came to an end. semi—final against for england's kyle ed

kerber — who's dropped to 21 in the world after a disappointing 2017 - won 6-1, 6-3. in straight sets — to make it 2—0 to germany. zverev fired down 9 aces on his way to a 6—4, 6—2 win and that secured victory for the germans with a match to spare. zverev and kerber then teamed up to beat pospisil and bouchard in the mixed doubles. they won 4—3, 4—3 to complete a 3—0 whitewash. it means germany will qualify for the final if they beat australia in the final round of group matches on thursday. belgium kept alive their hopes of reaching the final by whitewashing australia 3—0. their victories included a straight sets win for david goffin who beat thanasi kokkinakis 6—4, 6—2. belgium need to win their final match against canada and hope that germany lose to australia to reach the final. onto a story of one athlete fighting his way back to competition after a potentially life—threatening injury. englishman andrew cotton is used to competing in some of the world's most dangerous environments — he's a big wave surfer. and in november a massive wipeout on a sixty foot wave in

i mentioned that clash with kerber, who is in outstanding form. two grand slams in 2016, and is back that form. roger federerfaces his first match during the day, an afternoon match during the day, an afternoon match against a hungarian player he trained with in the closed season. the evening session is novak djokovic finally getting another match on rod laver arena. it is tough to get past chung, and he knocked out zverev, and then pliskova, the only remaining quarter—finalist from last year, will be meeting her compatriot, strykova. a second—half blitz led by lionel messi and luis suarez helped barcelona thrash real betis, to extend their lead at the top of the la liga table to 11 points. it was actually a tight first half, with betis holding firm and even testing barca keeper marc—andre ter stegen. but, after ivan rakitic opened barca's scoring, the home side imploded as messi struck twice. suarez also bagged a brace, as the match started to mimic a game of park football. barca claimed a sixth successive league win courtesy of the 5—0 thumping.

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the 2016 champion anjali kerber thrashes madison keys to make the australian open semi—finals.s is ready for another comeback. and commissioner goddell gives us his insight into the nfl‘s kneeling that knocked national pride. even though we didn't disagree with the form of protest, we were forced to listen and really understand them and that doesn't happen very much in oui’ and that doesn't happen very much in our society. hi there wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. former champion angelique kerber stormed into the semi—finals of the australian open with a 6—1, 6—2 demolition of us open finalist madison keys on wednesday. the german 21st seed took just 51 minutes to crush the american 17th seed and will face either world number one simona halep or sixth seed karolina pliskova for a place in saturday's final. watching that match and still in awe of that performance is

former champion angelique kerber stormed into the semi—finals of the australian open with a 6—1, 6—2n of us open finalist madison keys on wednesday. the german 21st seed took just 51 minutes to crush the american 17th seed and will face either world number one simona halep or sixth seed karolina pliskova for a place in saturday's final. watching that match and still in awe of that performance is our commentator in melbourne, what did you think of that, not a sweat? we've been asking the question of journalists following her through the year, is tree as good as 2016 when she won the australian open, the us open and even pigs and people saying she is better. —— and 0lympics. she has changed her coaching setup. she is enjoying herself, she is smiling too on court. it's a good matchup with madison keys, madison keys, big hitter, us open finalist, but in terms of ahead to head it is skewed towards the german, she uses the pace of keys, she counterpunch to perfection. you mentioned the scoreline and the time, seven u nforced scoreline and the time, seven unforced errors. what this win will

in the women's semi—final simona halep and angelique kerber are tied at 1-1 halep and angelique kerberde it through to her third major final. if kerber wins, wozniacki will take halep's spot as the world number one. arsene wenger took a big step towards winning the league cup for the first time at arsenal with a 2—1semi—finalwin over chelsea last night. the first leg ended 0—1, but chelsea already had a goal disallowed by the time eden hazard put them ahead. arsenal were soon back level, though, a double—deflection off nacho monreal‘s header made it 1—1 after only 11 minutes. the winner took a bit longer to arrive, granit xhaka poking it home, to send his side to wembley to face manchester city on february the 25th. we looked like always we could win this game. at the end i've said it was a little bit lucky with a deflected goal with the first and the second one as well was a bit lucky, but overall i felt we controlled well the game in the second half. in scotland, rangers jumped above aberdeen into second after beating them 2—0 at ibrox. but hibs are nowjust five points behind both si

it was rather one—sided as angelique kerber, knocked out maria sharapova.eans kerber, the us open champion two years ago, is the only grand slam champion left in the women's draw. there was huge relief, for world number one simona halep, who survived an epic battle with the unseeded american lauren davis to reach the fourth round — she saved three match points, before eventually winning 15—13 in the decider. that set alone lasted two hours and 22 minutes — they were on court for nearly four hours. ijust kept i just kept believing ijust kept believing it was not over, even if she was leading a little bit more. i gave everything i had today, and i was proud that i could stay there and win it. it was not easy at all. she plays great. but the men's doubles champions of two years ago are out — jamie murray and bruno soares lost in three sets to the indian pair of leander paes and purav raja. but britain's dom inglot is through — he and new zealand's marcus daniell beat the french duo benoit paire and hugo nys. one of the greatest formula one drivers of all time,

kerber won in straight sets and she's now the only grand slam champion left in the women's draw.re was huge relief for world number one simona halep, who survived an epic battle, with the unseeded american lauren davis, to reach the fourth round. she saved three match points, before eventually winning, 15—13, in the decider — that set alone lasted two hours and 22 minutes, they were on court for nearly four hours. ijust kept i just kept believing ijust kept believing that it's not over, even if she is leading a little bit more. i gave everything i had today. actually, i'm really proud that i could stay there and win it. it was not easy at all, she played great. but the men's doubles champions of two years ago, are out, jamie murray and bruno soares, lost in three sets, to the indian pair of leander paes, and purav raja. but britain's dom inglot, is through. he and new zealand's marcus daniell, beat the french duo, benoit paire, and hugo nys. the day's football action is under way and we've already had a goal in the first of the scottish cup fourth round matches. aberdeen up again

kerber won in straight sets and she's now the only grand slam champion left in the women's draw. battle, with the unseeded american lauren

kerber has won all 1a singles matches she has played so far this season.etes are getting younger and younger, but this year one of wales representatives at the commonwealth games will be just 11 years old. you can go to the website to find out about that. anna hursey has been chosen to represent her country as part of the table tennis squad making her the youngest person to represent wales at any sport at senior level. a little more information about the story that has dominated today, the fallout covering undercover story at the financial times, annual fundraiser in london, updates from that coming from the key young, who has been at the parliamentary lobby, downing street says the prime minister is uncomfortable about the reports she has read today about the charity dinner, also the lobby asked whether the conservative minister should resign, the spokesman this morning saying, he attended briefly, and he felt uncomfortable, nadim zahawi and, at what was happening, at the point the hostesses were introduced, new left the dinner, it is safe to say he will

new year brings the first major tournament of the season the australian open and germany's angerly kerber won that tournament in twenty sixteen but her star has fallen dramatically since then here in germany newcomer you legere guess has taken over the number one spot in the country and she nearly broke into the world top ten this year alexander's verite is already there on the men's side and he has his sights set on his first grand slam title here is more on the stars of german tennis. it was a year to forget. she started twenty seventeen as it was number one but down the rankings after dismount performances on the way out is alexander germany's shooting star one five titles and defeated roger federer and novak djokovic his grand slam performances when a spectacular that he finished twenty seventeen as what number four. looking at his ranking you expect to see him always reach semifinals he has to show the second xi it's always tough. for you here twenty seventeen was a tennis year to remember she even received praise from idol steffi after becoming germany's number one female player fol

. she's now the only grand slam kerber won in straight sets.ently will smith has turned up at the big bash in australia as well. he showed up at the big bash to watch the melbourne stars match with sydney thunder, a flashback to his old fresh prince of bel air days here with australia batsman usman khawaja and it was his thunder team that ran out winners. england batsmanjames vince hit a0 as they completed a seven wicket victory. kyren wilson has booked his place in the final of the masters after a thrilling comeback againstjudd trump at alexandra palace. drogba raced into a 5—2 lead but took on a risky shot in the decider which gave wilson the advantage which he duly took brilliantly with a treble. it will be wilson's first masters final in only his second appearance, and he will play either two—time champion, scotland's john higgins northern ireland's mark allen who meet in the other semifinal this evening. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now and history was made at ascot as un de sceaux won the clarence house chase for

it means angelique kerber, the us open champion two years ago, is the only grand slam champion left in number one simona halep, who survived an epic battle with the unseeded american lauren davis to reach the fourth round — she saved three match points, before eventually winning 15—13, in the decider — that set alone lasted two hours and 22 minutes — they were on court for nearly four hours. ijust kept i just kept believing ijust kept believing that it's not over, even if she's leading a little bit more. i gave everything i had today and actually i'm really proud that i could stay there and win it. it wasn't easy at all, she played great. chung hyeon has become the first south korean man to reach the last 16 in melbourne — and he beat the fourth seed alexander zverev to make it. after winning in five sets, he could face novak djokovic next. but the men's doubles champions of two years ago, are out — jamie murray and bruno soares lost in three sets, to the indian pair of leander paes and purav raja. but britain's dom inglot is through — he and new zealand's marcus daniell beat the frenc

kerber won in straight sets. she's now the only grand slam champion left in the women's draw.ent two years ago. someone who is clearly enjoying some australian sport is will smith, the hollywood actor. he has been at the tennis this week. along with will ferrell. they were watching nick kyrgios. he's been at the cricket as well. an he's clearly soaking up as much sport as possible whilst he's in australia, because he showed up at the big bash to watch the melbourne stars match with sydney thunder, a flashback to his old fresh prince of bel air days here with australia batsman usman khawaja and it was his thunder team that ran out winners. england batsmanjames vince hit a0 as they completed a seven—wicket victory. something is obviously going on in australia, they are filming something, probably. he's promoting them, i think. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now and history was made at ascot as un de sceaux won the clarence house chase for a record third time. in testing conditions, paul townend patiently guided the favourite home while surprise entry brain

reached her third grand slam final following a thrilling win against the 2016 champion angelique kerber i tried to be very calm, but today was like a roller—coaster, up and down. but i didn't give up. that is what matters. if you don't give up, you can win the match in the end. so i did itand i am proud of myself. denmark's caroline wozniaki overcame a late bout of nerves to beat unseeded belgian elise mertens and reach her first australian open final. the seeded second, saw off the world number 37, 6—3 7—6 to reach her third majorfinal. jose mourinho has committed his future to manchester united after signing a contract extension until 2020. he's been preparaing his team for their fa cup fourth round tie with yeovil tomorrow night. and facing the media today praised the deal done to bring alexis sanchez from arsenal. i got a fantastic player, and they got a fantastic player. alexis change from a fantastic club to a giant club. and mkhitaryan changed but changed also for a fantastic club, so i think it was a great deal for everybody. it's been a ratherfarciacal start to phil neville's t

and angelique kerber is way down at 21st.behind the scenes, in a car park in melbourne. angelique kerber has opted for a medicine ball with her coach here on the ground. and here is maria sharapova and look at those reactions. looks great fun. a great way to sharpen up your skills ahead of the match. they're about to go on to court any time now. an interesting warm up. sometimes you wonder about them going through their paces in the locker room. there is a lot at stake today. absolutely, and kyle edman tonight flying the flag for great britain. there was huge relief, for world number one simona halep, who survived an epic battle, with the unseeded american lauren davis, to reach the fourth round — she saved three match points, before eventually winning 15—13 in the decider, after nearly four hours on court. that final set itself lasted two hours and 22 minutes. and chung hyeon has become the first south korean man to reach the last 16 at the australian open — and he beat the fourth seed alexander zverev to make it. after winn

champion angelique kerber has stormed into the second week with a comprehensive win over maria sharapova cabot was on top throughout winning six one six three the top women seed simona halep also remains on track after fending off american lauren davis in a tense battle that took nearly four hours won the marathon final set fifteen thirteen in the men's draw a reigning champion roger federer was as dominant as ever in his match the swiss master beat france's reshad gus get in straight sets and novak djokovic also won in straight sets he beat spain on vino last six to six three six three the serbian is chasing a record seventh australian open title. carlos science has triumphed in the dock of rally for the second time the fifty five year old spaniard wrapped up victory in the car section on the final stage through the argentinians to the of cordon off the former all former double world rally champion gave to israel their third win in three years in the two week long event the french carmaker is quitting the grueling and durrance race after this year science one previously in two thousand

it is a win for germany and angelique kerber on her hopman cup debut in perth.s leading the way in the latest round of world cup action. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that manchester united have moved back to second in the english premier league, after a 2—0 win at everton on monday. jose mourinho's side had drawn their past two matches, slipping down to third, behind chelsea. but the win elevates them back ahead of the londoners, with anthony martial and jesse lingard second—half goals proving enough, although they still trail leaders manchester city by 12 points. lovely goals.

and angelique kerber is among the winners on day ten of the australian open and remains on course to and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that real madrid have been knocked out of the copa del rey at the quarterfinal stage by near neighbours leganes on away goals. the european champions won the opening leg 1—0 but lost out 2—1 in this encounter as their home stadium of the bernabeu, which will add to the pressure on head coach zinedine zidane. the visitors took the lead and levelled the aggregate scores in the 31st minute whenjavier eraso put the ball in the net. shortly after half time, karim benzema seemed to have put his side back in the driving seat butjust eight minutes later, brazilian striker gabriel pires hit the winner to send his side through to the semi—finals on the away goals rule, also handing them a first ever win over their big spending city rivals. valencia are also through to the semi—finals, but they needed penalties to beat alaves, who won wednesday's

in the women's singles, angelique kerber is now the only player left in the drawer to have won a grand faces madison keys in the quarterfinals. at around 330 tomorrow morning you can hear britain's kyle edmund hope to continue his run in melbourne as he takes on grigor dimitrov for a place in the men's semifinals. it has been a breakthrough tournament for him. he could even overtake andy murray as the british number one if he pulls off an upset against the bulgarian. the crowd are really into it. it's probably one of the noisiest slams. this and the us open, that is when they get louder. quarterfinals as they get louder. quarterfinals as the best result at grand slam. there is no point celebrating a quarterfinals, you only celebrate when you win. that is my goal, every match just trying to do my best to get over that winning line. england's netball players have narrowly lost to australia in the second game of the quad series at london's copper box arena. the roses we re london's copper box arena. the roses were trailing by three goals going into the final quarter. it was looking good f

kerber is for— one up, and with garcia's victory, we await the arrival of former champion maria sharapovaappearance since she tested positive for a banned substance. she went on to serve as 16 month ban. it was also interesting that she was part of the tournament launch. she actually brought the trophy out on stage. sharapova is due on court in a couple of minutes‘ time. sharapova is due on court in a couple of minutes' time. intel is about the men's draw, roger federer in action later against aljaz bedene, who we know plenty about. yes, aljaz bedene was a brit this time last year but now he is representing his country because he wasn't able to represent great britain in the davis cup and would like to represent slovenia in the 0lympics, but it is a big task against roger federer, the defending five—time champion. federer says the 37—year—old shouldn't be favourite to wina 37—year—old shouldn't be favourite to win a tournament, but he is, and for very good reason. yesterday you saw a very good performance from rafael nadal, but interestingly six time champion novak djokovic will have his

kerber puts williams out of the contest in sydney with a powerful three set performance.

seed is a former semifinalist tom of reaching that stage in 2016 when she lost to eventual champion kerberda pera, a lucky loser, which means she fell in the final round of qualifying, someone couldn't make the main draw and she took her place. it is her first grand slam main draw appearance. she is 23 years of age and has just defeated the world number ten in straight sets, 6—4, 7—5. and konta will know there were errors on serve and she slipped over two or three times, but you can't take anything away from pera. she strikes the ball so away from pera. she strikes the ball so beautifully and she got the rewards for that avery and her gameplan. and you mentioned maria sharapova is through, it is not such a surprise that she took out the 14th seed, with the pedigree of sharapova, but a big shock that konta is out to lucky loser pera. full updates of course on the website. in spain, barcelona lost the first leg of their copa del rey quarter—final. they were beaten 1—0 by city rivals espanyol. on a bad night for the holders, lionel messi missed a penalty. that was after 63 minutes, with the m

melbourne well that's after the top seeded romanian got the better of germany's i'm going to leak kerber in sri marathon sets in the other semi number two seed wozniak he overcame a second seat wobble to defeat belgium sillies matins the dane is a former world number one but has yet to win a grand slam title meanwhile maher in chile is through to the men's final on sunday the dispatched britain's col edmund in straight sets he'll play either defending champion roger federer or the unseeded shown here for the title you're up to date with g.w. news i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see. the d w media center. i. find it again. discovery. video and audio podcast and language courses. in d w media center at media center done deal with dot com.

at the australian open it's been a mixed day for germany stars kerber has stormed into the second wave but the comprehensive win over maria sharapova was on top throughout winning six one six three but germany's best hope in the men's draw out sent a stare of crashed out in five sets against young china south korea fourth seed spirit was ahead after three sets but chung roared back to take the final two in the rest of the action top women seeds simona halep fended off american lauren davis and a tense battle that took nearly four hours howlett won the marathon final set fifteen thirteen and now that talk of it is also through to the fourth round after beating spain's albert ramos in the last and straight sets the service chasing a record seventh australian open title more news coming up here at the top of the hour but stay tuned for our business news coming up next thanks for watching and see you next time. when i'm traveling like to be comfortable. but i also want to stay up to date on the latest news events. and d.-w. makes that part.

she now faces angelique kerber. to stop onto the arena, face first grand slam semifinal. croatian, marin cilic, stands between him in what would have been one of the richest underdog success stories. 0dds seem to back—up in favour of marin cilic. it is his fifth grand slam semifinal. he has won 17 titles. kyle edmund has never reached a final before. can you guess who the others are? roger taylor, final before. can you guess who the others are? rogertaylor, reached three wimbledon semifinals. lost them all. john lloyd was next. britain then had 20 years until greg rusedski reached the us open final. and then tim henman, was in six grand slam semifinals, did i know it, i reported on most of them? andy murray changed all that. he has won 11 times in grand slam semifinals. beat what marin cilic in one of them in australia, as well. no pressure on kyle edmund, then. roger federer has also been speaking about the british number two. he could meet him in the final. he said that edmund can relax, as he has got some thing t

the alzheimer's association said it's critical for kerber -- for caregivers to know that it's always possible to help. we have tips and daring overnight theft of a cruiser of a d.c. police car. keys were left inside and pennsylvania avenue on capitol hill, a 38-year-old was accused of jumping into the crews are and taking off. the cruiser crashed into a cop car at third and south carolina and two officers suffered minor injuries minor injuries. edwards is charged with unauthorized use of the vehicle and reckless driving, among other things. >> a fairfax county man faces serious charges. police found images of child pornography on a device and traced it to him. he lives in alexandria and so far police don't believe he had contact with any children in the images, but fairfax county police want anyone with information about him to give them a call. >> the de mudslides in southern california reached 15 people. >> at least two dozen are missing. search and rescue efforts are under way. neighbors from santa barbara to burbank had witnessed walls of water sweeping away cars and even entire

reached her third grand slam final following a thrilling win against the 2016 champion angelique kerbert today was like a roller—coaster, up and down. i didn't give up, not even a ball, and it wasjust down. i didn't give up, not even a ball, and it was just what matters. because, if you don't give up, you can win the match in the end, so i did it very well, and i'm really proud of myself, actually. applause certainly a big win for her. denmark's caroline wozniaki overcame a late bout of nerves to beat unseeded belgian elise mertens and reach her first australian open final. the seeded second, saw off the world number 37, 6—3 7—6 to reach her third majorfinal. it has been a great two weeks so far, i it has been a great two weeks so far, lam really it has been a great two weeks so far, i am really happy and proud of how i have managed to turn things around when things were not going my way, and keep it up whenever it was going my way, so i am just excited, it is another final, it is another great two weeks, and regardless of what happens now, i have done my best, and when you go out there

title till the german is in this year and picked up another women city against teams williams kerber coming from a set down to beat williams who reached last year's final in melbourne. that was sporting a sumo wrestling has been grappling with controversy ahead of the new season three of japan's top ranked rustlers performed in annual new year ring entering ceremony in tokyo on choose day the year's first term it begins on sunday but the image of the country's national sport has been tainted after an incident at a bar last october a former grand champion and a young rival over the head with the remote control of a karaoke machine he was fined four and a half thousand dollars last week sumo is supposed to be about hierarchy and discipline. it is ok to be strict but only if it's for the sake of the other person and as long as that leadership isn't by six only on your emotions of the game i was really shocked when i first heard about this case for foreigners sumo was a sport that represents japan and the sport is highly respected by japanese citizens too i didn't expect something like t

simona halep beat angelique kerber, winning the decider 9—7. extraordinary tennis from both women. ofa would say, yes, it was a little bit of a deflected goal on the first, and the second as well was a bit lucky. overall, ifelt and the second as well was a bit lucky. overall, i felt we controlled the game well in the second half. rangers jump above aberdeen. john mcginn‘s goal was enough to seal victory for the burning. ross county lost the motherwell. celtic are still 11 points clear at the top. england women‘s new head coach phil neville won‘t face any disciplinary action from the fa over historic old sexist tweets. he apparently assume that women would be cooking brea kfast that women would be cooking breakfast rather than reading his tweets. the women in football groups say more attention should be paid to have the next women‘s coaches can be brought through. engel‘s moeen ali has been talking about the determination in the cab. england are looking to avenge their ashes defeat with a series whitewash in the one—day tournament. ashes defeat with a series whitewash in the one-day

she will take on angelique kerber in the last four.rogramme. it's that time of the morning where we bring you up to date in the trial of former football coach barry bennell. our reporterjim reed has been following the trial at liverpool crown court. an alleged victim of barry bennell has told a court how he was abused in the changing rooms at crewe alexandra football club? as you said, this is the trial of barry bennell in liverpool. the former football coach denies 48 counts of historical abuse against 11 alleged victims. yesterday the court heard from an alleged victim who said he had been abused at the coach's home, on a trip to butlins and — he said — in the changing rooms at crewe alexandra football club. the man said he contacted the police in 2016 after seeing reports about mr bennell in the press. and what happened under cross examination? well, the same alleged victim was then questioned by eleanor laws qc who is representing mr bennell. she said... "i am going to suggest you have made these allegations up either for money or

twenty sixteen australian open champion actually kerber has continued her strong start to the season the german advancing to the sydney international semifinals with a straight sets win over dominika kerber has been drawn to play compassionate and spin in melbourne. the same event has seen one of the rising stars of the men's game continue with his flying start pointing to an australian teenager alex the men are beat. in straight sets to reach the semifinals in sydney the eighteen year old world number one hundred sixty seven has also been. around over to this year playing nineteen seed thomas in the first round of the australian open. carlos sainz has won stage six of the dakar rally as the race crossed borders on thursday the persian driver navigated the race with ease as the route entered into bolivia defending champion stefan better hensel who was chasing a record fourteen finished second in the stage but remains the overall race leader while qatar was third the race will conclude in argentina on january twentieth kevin durant's has become the second youngest player to reach twen

hallup is the number one seed and kerber is 21.l. >>> jimmy garoppolo stands tofá make 126,000 if the patriots win the super bowl. the 49ers can sign him from one year to the franchise tag. the 49ers are hoping he stays >> we're working hard towards that. and we'll see. and i think he wants to be with us and we want him there. and i think it makes too much sense not to happen. rú it's just a matter ofp, gettg it done. >> nobody cares. what's up with the tennis match? can i havee1 a live update. >> okay. >> oh it's 7-7. >> are you making this up? >> no. producer tomorrow morning at 4-30. michelle griego and kenny choi will have all the news you need.. to start your day. >> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music] ,$8drw

hallup is the number one seed and kerber is 21. >>> jimmy garoppolo stands tofá make 126,000 if the patriots win the super bowl. the 49ers can sign him from one year to the franchise tag. the 49ers are hoping he stays >> we're working hard towards that. and we'll see. and i think he wants to be with us and we want him there. and i think it makes too much sense not to happen. rú it's just a matter ofp, gettg it done. >> nobody cares. what's up with the tennis match? can i havee1 a live update. >> okay. >> oh it's 7-7. >> are you making this up? >> no. producer brian one of the best in the right now. >> watch it tomorrow. we'll hear it tomorrow. cbs eye on the community... presented by target. art and history spark connections across cultures, igniting curiosity, conversation, and inspiration. that's why target supports the asian art museum in san francisco. the asian museum is here to make asian arts and culture relevant. the reality is we all have a story to tell. it's what makes us who we are. cbs eye on the community is sponsored

twenty sixteen australian open champion and julie kerber looks to be heading form in time for another title tilt the german is be in this year and picked up another win in sydney against venus williams kerber coming from a set down to beat williams reached last year's final in melbourne. they had of the tour de france is the followed from the failed dope test a four time champion chris froome risks polluting the new cycling season firm was found to have doubled the allowed level of a legal aspect drug at last year's spanish walter burton hasn't been banned while the sport's governing body carries out and se asian. we hope to have an answer as soon as possible we don't dream but a quick counsel to avoid polluting the season even if it wasn't planning to right before the tour de france but of course we hope to get answers quick as possible to move away from from the downs the sport of sumo wrestling has been grappling with controversy ahead of the new season three of japan's top ranked wrestlers performed an annual new year ring entering ceremony in tokyo choose de vere's first tourname

her opponent will be either simona halep or angelique kerber.. brit, kyle edmund, the details on his preparations for a maiden grand slam semi final are in today's news from the bbc sport centre. hello there, coming up in your thursday sport briefing, kyle edmond looks to make history in the australian open, real madrid are not out and who says goalkeepers can't score? we will show you one who knows how to. tennis fans would not have been expecting any british representation in the semifinals of the men's singles at the usher lian opened, and if murray pulled out through injury before the tournament but they wouldn't have thought of kyle edmond. he is ranked 49th in the world but has been mightily impressive surfer, seeing off grigor dimitrov in the quarter—finals to book a place against marion cilacap in the last four. i don't think about the next match, i think about my current match. i go in there about thinking about my game and not taking anything for granted to. haddien taking anything for granted to. haddi en marche! iran is due to say goo

simona halep foughta real battle against angelique kerber, but the world number one came through and women's boss phil neville will not face fa charges despite tweets in 2011 and 2012 that were disparaging to women. i'll be back with morejust 2012 that were disparaging to women. i'll be back with more just after 11:30am. the prime minister has said she was appalled by the presidents cup event. as we heard in an interview this morning, she went on to say, i thought that sort of approach to women, that objectification of women, that objectification of women, was something we were leaving behind. the education minister, nadhim zahawi, has been reprimanded by number 10 for attending the men—only charity dinner. the minister said he felt uncomfortable and left the event early. alexandra mackenzie reports. the annual presidents club charity dinner for men only at the dorchester hotel. women were hired as table hostesses. there are claims they were groped, they were made to were revealing outfits and specific underwear and their phones were confiscated. madison marriage is the financial tim

simona halep came to a cracking semi against angelique kerber, winning the decider 9—7.y calm. today it was like a roller—coaster, up and down. i didn't give up. not even a ball. what matters is that. because if you don't give up you can win the match in the end. i did it really well and i'm proud of myself, actually. applause rightly so. david horsey has a two shot lead after the first round of golf‘s dubai desert classic. he had a nine under par round of 63. an impressive first day for him. the field includes two—time winner rory mcilroy, who was only two back on seven under par. chris paisley and tyrrell hatton are also on seven under par. ahead of the fourth 0di in australia, moeen ali has been talking about the determination in the camp. england looking to avenge their ashes defeat with a whitewash in the one—day matches. this is the one series we really wa nt to this is the one series we really want to whitewash. especially in australia. i don't think we've ever been 3—0 up here before. it is something all of the guys are... after the ashes, you know, even the one—

there will be a new name on the women's title after simona halep beat angelique kerber.event was appalling and objectified women. downing street has reprimanded the government minister nadhim zahawi who said he attended the the presidents club fundraiser, but left early because he felt uncomfortable. richard galpin has the latest. today, the repercussions for those who attended the scandal—ridden dinner continue. this is nadhim zahawi, minister for children and families. he says he left early because he felt uncomfortable and has condemned what he described as the horrific events reported by the financial times. are you going to lose yourjob? and now the bbc has testimony that the alleged sexual harassment of women working as hostesses at the event last week was not something new. we spoke to a woman who worked at the event four years ago with her sister. we were made to line up in two lines heading onto the stage, and we walked out basically like pieces of meat, really, onto the stage. my sister met this older gentleman who had a daughter around her age, so she felt rea

halep came through in a thrilling semifinal against the 2016 champion angelique kerber, winning the deciderfter beating elise mertens. jose mourinho has signed a contract extension with manchester united, keeping him at the club until 2020. he is preparing his side for their fa cup fourth—round tie with yeovil tomorrow. he has been praising the deal done to bring alexis sanchez from arsenal, with henrik mkhitaryan going in the opposite direction, something he feels benefits both clu bs. something he feels benefits both clubs. in the premier league, he has already shown the quality he has. so we got one of the best attacking players in the world. i think united made a fantastic deal. arsenal made a fantastic deal. i got a fantastic player, mr wenger got a fantastic player. alexis has changed from a fantastic club to a giant club. and mkhitaryan has also changed for a fantastic club. so i think it was a great dealfor fantastic club. so i think it was a great deal for everybody. the woman who led the fa's search for the new england women's manager has defended the appointment of phil neville.

twenty three years they'll face switzerland in the deciding tie of the mixed team event in perth angie kerber won her singles match and teamed up with alexander's vera even the doubles to give germany a two one win over her sauce trail year they'll play switzerland roger federer and belinda bench itching for the trophy on saturday. now over the brisbane and international third seed earliness that elaina beat number two seed carolyn aplysia to reach the final and it was a straight sets win for the ukrainian. italy you know will face one lady who reached a milestone at the event on friday belorussian xandra assassin of it became the first qualifier ever to reach the tournament's final she defeated seventh seeded anastasio in straight sets to advance on the men's side of the draw nick carey else showed impressive determination to come back against alexandra de paulo of to reach the last four in brisbane australia and went down six one in the opening set curiosus came back to take the next two six three six four he will face grigor dimitrov. next. australia's critters will continue to build on th

save his country want to sponsor overall victory even though but then the bench each lost angele kerberfederal would team up with bench each to clinch the title for switzerland it was a first hopman cup win for the swiss since two thousand and one when federer was also part of the winning streak. elsewhere australian in the curious fourth from a set down to overcome griego dimitroff reaching the bruce been international final home favorite kiri also lost the first set six three but he fired a total of nineteen aces to stage a come from. behind victory the twenty two year old winning the next two six six one and six will to advance to the final where he'll face an american ryan harrison . in the n.b.a. the minnesota timberwolves suffered a back to back losses for the first time since november they were beaten by the boston celtics on friday meanwhile the philadelphia seventy six ers were victorious against the detroit pistons on friday been simmons and joel embiid gave philadelphia a huge lead in the first half embiid had twenty three points and nine rebounds simmons had nineteen points