kerber took the opening set 6—4. set while serving for the match, losing it 7—5. after two and a half hours on court, it was the world number two kerber who won the deciding set and the match to boost her hopes of reaching the semi—finals. but a second defeat for osaka leaves her on the brink of elimination. it was really a tough battle, especially in the third set when we both played at a really high level andi both played at a really high level and i started really well but naomi came back in the second set and in the third set, i was just trying to fight and not give up. sojust dating in the match of focusing on every single point. yet, here you say it makes it a little bit sorry but i learned a lot from these past two matches. you learn more when you lose, so definitely i want to take that and apply it to my next match. in the day's other game, number five—seed sloane stephens beat kiki bertens to make it two wins out of two. bertens, who was drafted in to replace the injured simona halep, beat angelique kerber i

in the last two rounds, and next in the osa firing line is naomi osaka, who knocked out angelique kerberook the first set 6—1 before the number two seed made it one set all, but that took all her power and zhang won the third set 6—0 to move into the quarter—finals. the australian open champion wozniacki had lost, but not today, the world number two cruised through the second set 6—4, and she will play cibulkova in the last eight. in the men's draw, there was a shock defeat for the number two seed alexander zverev. he was beaten in three sets by malekjaziri. the tunisian won the first set on a tie—break, and even though he lost the second, he did manage to conjure up the point of the match and was generously appluaded by his opponent zverev. jaziri, who's ranked 61 in the world, took the deciding set 6—4, which zverev wasn't so happy about. jaziri will play now nikoloz basilashvili in the quarter—finals. in tokyo, the quarter—final line—up at the japan open is now in place, and among those through to the last eight is kevin anderson. the number two seed from south africa beat frances tia

kerber was serving for the match in the second set. but osaka fought back to force a decider.oduced too many unforced errors of her own — including this at match point down — to give the wimbledon champion a three set victory. the other previous grand slam winner in this group, sloane stephens, also needed three sets but picked up her second victory of the week this time over kiki bertens. like the white group, no place in the semi—finals have been confirmed with the final round of matches taking place on friday. you're watching sportsday on bbc news. coming up in the programme — news of a ban for danny cipriani after his dangerous tackle in the european cup. and at the age ofjust 26 hannah cockroft is already thinking about life after sport. we'll talk to the five—time paralympic champion next to a man who represented his country 61 times. and was also selected for the british and irish lions during a career that singled him out as one of the most notable and popular rugby players of his generation. both have helped him deal with being diagnosed with motor neurone disease, wh

world number two angelique kerber suffered a shock defeat to the netherlands' kiki bertens on day twon singapore after simona halep pulled out injured and she took the first set 6—1. but bertens, who was only called into the finals because of halep's injury, completed a terrific comeback winning the final two sets 6—3, 6—4. it's her 11th win over a top 10 player this year — that's the most on the women's tour. american sloane stephens beat reigning us open champion naomi osaka in three sets. both players were making their debut at the season—ending tournament but, after two tight sets, it was stephens who finished strongest in the decider. she broke osaka three times, taking the final set 6—1. a champions league—style competition will start next year for the top women's teams in europe. the european hockey league has benefited the men's game for over a decade and there will be equal prize money on offer for women's teams. kate richardson—walsh captained the british team to gold at the rio olympics. i spoke to her earlier. dhl in 2007, and it has been ground—breaking, and they have bla

angelique kerber has claimed her first victory at the season—ending wta tour finals in singapore.he was then broken in the second set while serving for the match. after two and a half hours on court, it was the world number two who won the decider. it was really a tough battle and especially in the third set, we were both playing at a really high level and they started really well but naomi osaka came back in the second set and the third set, i was just trying to, fighting and not giving up, sojust trying to, fighting and not giving up, so just staying trying to, fighting and not giving up, sojust staying in trying to, fighting and not giving up, so just staying in the trying to, fighting and not giving up, sojust staying in the margin for every single point. now have you ever fancied trying something new? to get yourself out of your comfort zone maybe? well, some of the world‘s top golfers ditched their clubs for racquets this week to have a go at badminton. brooks koepka, rory mcilroy, justin rose, dustinjohnson, and francesco molinari got some lessons from the former world cham

open winner naomi osaka took on wimbledon champion angelica kerber with the german taking the first set six four in the second set osaka battled back to win seven five levelling the contest and forcing a decisive third set but the american couldn't keep the comeback going kerber took the third set six four and won the match she needs to win again on friday to see. your qualification for the semi final. more news now with your hard sell for is and we start with cathay pacific which seems to have a security problem that's right after the shares have come under massive pressure today as the home base the airline has reported a massive data breach one of his biggest. says a hacker gained access to information on more than nine million passengers which exposed personal information of customers including passport and telephone numbers earlier this year but was only made public yesterday however the carrier says there has been no evidence of misuse of the information so far pacific is the third major airline to report a data breach this year of the british airways and delta airlines it merged

kerber was serving for the match in the second set but 0saka fought back to force a decider.t down — to give the wimbledon champion a three set victory. kyle edmund's return to court after his first atp tour title began well as he beat diego schwartzman in the vienna 0pen first round. edmund won the european 0pen in antwerp last week and followed it up with a 6—3 7—6 win today against the argentinian. the rugby football union say they're prepared to consider appointing a premiership coach with no international experience, to succeed eddiejones as england boss. jones is set to leave in 2021 but he could quit next year, if england underperform at the world cup in the autumn. the search for his replacement has already begun and director of professional rugby nigel melville says they are looking at all the options, overseas and in the premiership, which may mean going for someone who's yet to coach at international level. gloucester fly— half danny cipriani is due to be having his disciplinary hearing right about now. it follows his sending off for a high tackle during saturday's

seed britain's is from the netherlands she was wearing dark red and was down a set two german ashley kerber when she changed tactics and match of round her best is why in the second and then the third set in dramatic fashion to gain a big edge in the group stage of their target. to graduations to her archaeologists and. we have uncovered one of the statues thought to be eight hundred years old the figures were found at the ancient city of changchun on in the north of the country one of them is female a highly unusual find and researchers believe they mark the greaves of important people in the city once the biggest in south america. are you watching dear readers we still have a lot more to tell you about including in an un that precedented move the e.u. commission rejects italy's budget due to the country's rising debt we'll have a look at what happens next between brussels and rome coming up in business with ben fizzling and i'll see you again at the top of the hour. time for an upgrade. from a church that grows old boy. house with no roof. or design highlights you can make yourself. a nic

continued after kiki bertens, a late substitute for injured world number one simona halep, beat angelique kerbersets. bertens lost the first set 6—1 but came back to take the next two 6—3, 6—4. sri lanka cricket is preparing to bid farewell to "the best left arm spinner the world has ever seen" after rangan herath announced his retirement after the first test against england in galle. the a0 year old who is the last active international cricketer to make his test debut in the 19905 will play the series opener and then retire. herath had the thankless task of stepping into the shoes of the great muttiah muralitharan the leading wicket—ta ker in test match history. he isa he is a legend, i am quite happy and proud to play with them and i played under him as well. it is a great achievement. and number one spinner in the world at the moment, and test and it is not surprising with his age and he has done a lot of things. very, it is the right time and i think he is made the right decision. d'arcy short guided australia to a seven wicket victory their t20 international against the united arab emirates

isa and zhang won it 6—2 and her reward is a last 16 meeting with former world number one angelique kerberhome favourite kei nishikori is through to the quarter—finals of the japan open. the number three seed is bidding to win the title for the third time, and he sealed his place in the last eight with a straight—sets victory over frenchman benoit paire. nishikori, who last won this event in 2014, came through 6—3, 7—5, and he'll now face stefanos tsitsipas or alex di minaur. there was also a victory for the number two seed kevin anderson, but he had to come from a set down to beat australia's matthew ebden. this was a first round match, and anderson plays frances tiafoe of the usa next. former england captain andrew strauss has stepped down as england's director of cricket after 3.5 years in the role. strauss had taken a break in may after his wife entered a new period of treatment for cancer. andy flower, who's covered for him, will continue in an interim role before a full—time replacement is found. the former england captain says 2019 as a year is potentially the most important the gam

angelique kerber had booked tickets to the finals and she saw off carla suarez navarro in straight setsthree—time grand slam winner is also one of the favourites for the finals title. former french open champion jelena ostapenko suffered the dreaded double bay. the home favourite arrived in beijing as one of the form players, having won 14 of the form players, having won 14 of her past 17 matches and she thrashed jelena ostapenko, troubled bya thrashed jelena ostapenko, troubled by a wrist problem. in the men's draw, juan martin del potro of argentina is bidding for his third title of the season. he began his campaign with minimal fuss, title of the season. he began his campaign with minimalfuss, winning 7-5, 6-2. campaign with minimalfuss, winning 7—5, 6—2. one step ahead is number three seed grigor dimitrov, who enjoyed a trouble—free passage into the last 16. he faced a late replacement for the injured ryan harrison. he was then match for him, he conceded a straight sets win in less tha n he conceded a straight sets win in less than 90 minute. matt hampson‘s life changed instantly an

and angelique kerber wins her first match of the season—ending wta tour finals.ning us on sport today. all that to come, but first, game two of baseball's world series is under way, as the boston red sox look to extend their advantage over the los angeles dodgers after winning game one on tuesday. chris mitchell is live at fenway park. chris, how's it looking? that it thatitis that it is dan's hair and very topic.

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through to the last four of the wta finals in singapore after beating world number two angelique kerber straight sets. and she'll play karolina pliskova in the last four. england's justin rose and tommy fleetwood are are both tied for second at the world golf championships event in shanghai. they trail leader american tony finau by three shots. now baseball's world series has moved west. and 3000 miles away from boston. and the los angeles dodgers will be pleased to be home because the the red sox have dominated so far. and have a 2—0 lead. but the conditions have drastically changed... which will please the dodgers... 0ur reporter chris mitchell as well. is there any chance of this coming on when this world series? is there any chance of this coming on when this world serie57m is there any chance of this coming on when this world series? it is a good question. and a question that a lot of reporters, there are hundreds of us standing around and watching the dodgers do batting practise and what we are being asked. the answer to the question is if you look at the history of the world seri

finals which begins on sunday the american was drawn in the same group as wimbledon champion actually kerber and compassionate sloane stephens kiki burton's was also drawn in that group and only reached the season ending tournaments after world number one small pulled out with a back injury yeah it was a really tough moment i would say losing momentum must go really disappointed that i was not making singapore and then the day after laura called me like when we were going to. pull it out so yeah for bugs i'm really happy that i could finish my great season here in singapore. over in moscow qualifier became the first ever to miss ian to reach the final of a double team event she beat fifth seed anastase at seven in straight sets in the semifinals of the kremlin cop the twenty four year old will face daria sakina in the finals. le bron james scored twenty six points on his debut for the l.a. lakers couldn't inspire his team to a win. show braun is playing for a western conference franchise for the first time in his career after his move from the cleveland cavaliers he's aiming for a ninth stra

can still call foul be eliminated that going into the final games stevens takes on the top seeds kerber on friday while birches. i knew was going to be a battle she's obviously had a great season she's had a great hard court season as well so it was going to be really tough but looking forward to it obviously being able to be here playing its best players in the world is something not a lot of people get to experience so it is fun to be out here and it's fun to win and be playing so competitive with all these reporters for the denver nuggets have continued their strong start to the new n.b.a. season they have won all four of their opening games for the first time in nine years an offensive rebound from trey lyles signaling there would be no way back up for the sacramento kings almost too easy for the nuggets jamal murray getting nineteen points and one hundred twenty six to one hundred twelve when. there were fifty points for blake griffin as the detroit pistons edged it against the philadelphia seventy six is the man who spent his entire career with the l.a. clippers and till the seaso

open winner naomi osaka took on wimbledon champion and julie kerber with the german taking the first set six four in the second set of soka battled back to win seven five levelling the contest and forcing a decisive third set but the american couldn't keep the comeback going. the third set six four and won the match she needs to win again on friday to secure her qualification for the semifinals. is here now and we're talking about a market route that has really hit stocks we start in asia in asia indeed the nikkei in tokyo slumped three point seven percent and hong kong's hang saying fell two point one percent offer a major sell off on wall street on wednesday asian markets are now on track for their worst full months since the global financial crisis we think for u.s. companies are stoking fears of a global economic slowdown also geopolitical uncertainty has rattled investors who have already had to put up with the ongoing trade spot between washington and beijing many are now seeking safer havens for their money. cathay pacific shares have come under massive pressure today as the h

world numberfour naomi osaka is up against world number two angelique kerber.n have to win their last match and rely on things going their way after both suffered defeat in their opening matches. sloane stephens plays kiki bertens in the other match on wednesday with both having won their first matches. in case you missed it, cristiano ronaldo's return to old trafford ended in a 1—0 victory for hisjuventus side over manchester united in the champions league. paolo dybala grabbed the only goal of the game in the first half with ronaldo coming close to scoring after half time only to be denied by a brilliant david de gea save. the italian's remain undefeated in all competitions this season and sit top of group h with united second a further five points back. in the first half they were in control by having a lot of the ball. they managed to have the ball, to hide the ball from us, to frustrate us, to frustrate our intention to be positive in the game. in the second half, we were more aggressive, a big effort by the boys. holders real madrid got their stuttering s

through to the last four of the wta finals in singapore after beating world number two angelique kerberinning in straight sets. and she'll play karolina pliskova in the last four. eighth seed kiki bertens is also through and will play elina svitolina tomorrow after us open champion naomi osaka was forced to retire with a leg injury. england's justin rose and tommy fleetwood are are both tied for second at the world golf championships event in shanghai. they trail leader american tony finau by three shots. now it's worked for t20 cricket... rugby sevens has for a long time been a hugely successful format and over the weekend it's netball‘s turn to showcase their spin off. fast5 has smaller teams, shorter games and the whole tournament is played over two days. england are in australia to defend the title they won last year. their captain is jodie gibson... one of our values in netball is to have fun and enjoy everything. i think when we have fun and work together we have so much confidence and belief. we have those amazing shots in pursuit across the whole circle. we have to create a defe

home favourite zhang shuai heads out shortly against wimbledon champion angelique kerber in the lastorld number 45 made short work of timea babos, winning 6—1, 6—2. karolina pliskova and caroline wozniacki are also in action in beijing on thursday. the colorado rockies will take on the milwaukee brewers in game one of their national league division series in wisconsin. on tuesday, the rockies beat the chicago cubs 2—1 after 13 innings in the wildcard game. backup catcher tony wolters drove in the winning run. it was the longest winner—take—all playoff game in major league history. after wednesday's champions league games in europe, the europa league takes centre stage on thursday. among the group games, chelsea host hungarian side mol vidi, arsenal are in azerbaijan to play qarabag and milan welcome 0lympiakos. in case you missed it, barcelona held off a dogged tottenham to win their champions league group b match 4—2 at wembley stadium. a wonder goal from ivan rakitic in the first half was the highlight as spurs are now winless in two games and sit third in the group after inter won

slone stephens is also through to the last four after beating germany‘s angelique kerber 6—3, 6—3.ncock says he‘d like to see a law and conditions of social media sites are that they shouldn‘t be used by children, nothing is done to enforce that. mr hancock said a legal ban would be considered as part of an investigation into the use and effects of social media by the chief medical officer. i‘m nowjoined by social media and content partnerships editor of business insider, rosie percy. how realistic is that suggestion that 13—year—old should be banned from social media ? that 13—year—old should be banned from social media? the main issue i haveis from social media? the main issue i have is the work enforceable. it is realistic to expect teenagers to follow terms and conditions. but how do you legally enforce that? if you are buying wine, you can show a passport or driver ‘s license. do you think every 13—year—old will have a passport number to access facebook. it doesn‘t say we shouldn‘t try to enforce it. more can be done to make children‘s use of social media better. they should b

kerber was serving for the match in the second set but osaka fought back to force a decider.appointing a premiership coach with no international experience to succeed eddiejones as england boss. he's set to leave in 2021 but he could quit next year, if england underperform at the world cup in the autumn. the search for his replacement has already begun and director of professional rugby nigel melville says they are looking at all the options, overseas and in the premiership, which may mean going for someone who's yet to coach at international level. gloucester fly—half danny cipriani will face a disciplinary hearing this afternoon. it follows his sending off for a high tackle during saturday's champions cup defeat by munster. cipriani was shown a red card after his shoulder made contact with rory scannell‘s head in the 29th minute. he faces a minimum six—week ban for the offence. it's not been a great week for him, his dismissal came two days after being left out of england's squad for the autumn internationals. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you in the nex

iowa state university professor pamela rhiny kerber talks about food during the great depression and the methods families used to stretch their money and their food supply. american history tv. in primetime. beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> this week on the communicators -- cyber security analyst and reporter kim zteer on voting machines and election security. >> the department of homeland security after 2016 has been working with states and counties to try to shore up their systems and to scan their systems for vulnerabilities. but that's only focused on the internet facing systems like the website in a posts the results or the website that stores the voter registration database. they are not looking at the modem transmissions to see if those are secure. they are not looking at the voting machines to see if they are secure. they are not looking at the tabulation machines. those are the core systems, the core critical systems of the election. dhs doesn't have a han

group match with an entry so just one group match remaining reigning wimbledon champion angelica kerber and last year's u.s. open champion sloane stephens will take to the court shortly to battle it out for the last semifinal berth. now defending champion caroline wozniacki was eliminated from the tournaments on thursday and after her loss to spitz alina the former world number one revealed she's been suffering with rheumatoid arthritis for the past few months the auto immune disease causes swelling and sickness of the joints but was an iraqi is confident that the condition will not impact her career. well it's all about just trying to figure out what works for you. you know obviously it's not ideal but you know it's something that you can manage and something you can work with and you know i'm proud of myself for the season and i'm very happy. to be here and have done everything. to football now columbia's junior will take it to nil lead into the second leg of their copa suit amerikana quarter final with argentine club defense jr got the breakthrough in the seventy fifth minute of the

finals and is into the last full day american to be training will build and champion actually kerber in straight sets six three six three to go undefeated in the red group stevens will play. in the semifinals. and said each time because i was in the act he was eliminated from the tournament says day and off her loss to tell you now the former world number one revealed she's been suffering with rheumatoid arthritis for the past few months. a disease that causes swelling and stiffness of the joints but what she actually is confident the condition what impact korea. well it's all about just trying to figure out what works for you and you know obviously it's not ideal but you know it's something that you can manage and something you can work with and you know i'm proud of myself for the season and i'm very happy to to be here and done everything i could. the le bron james era at the l.a. lakers is finally picking up steam as they won their second straight game of the season on thursday having lost their opening three a triple double formula braun helping l.a. beat the denver nuggets one

that's after she beat world number 2 angelique kerber in impressive fashion... in straight sets.ed top, for the final of the pommel at the world gymnastics championships in doha. he's aiming to win that title for the third time. dom, cunningham and james hall are in the all—around final. meanwhile the four—time olympic gold medallist, simone, biles, had to go to hospital, suffering from kidney stones, less than 24 hours before qualifying, for the women's, all around event. she tweeted ‘this kidney stone can wait. doing it for my team.‘ as the players get bigger and the challenges get even more bone crunching in full contact rugby, it's perhaps no wonder that more are turning to the tag version of the sport. before the 88—strong british team took off for australia for the tag world cup, i went to train with them. it is also a good way of worried parents not been so concerned. australia is free much the favourite. i am demonstrating why the full contact game can be a bit painful. if you want to play more rugby but don't want to get flattened, well, there is an alternative. this ver

that's after she beat world number 2 angelique kerber in impressive fashion, in straight sets.he qualified top, for the final of the pommel at the world gymnastics championships in doha. he's aiming to win that title for the third time. dom, cunningham and james hall are in the all—around final. meanwhile, the four—time olympic gold medallist, simone biles, had to go to hospital, suffering from kidney stones, less than 24 hours before qualifying, for the women's, all around event. she tweeted — this kidney stone can wait. doing it for my team. we will have more sport in an hour. you do lots of things that infuse people, sometimes in unusual sports. yes, my big campaign has been to target those people... when i started in 2006, so many people said they did not do sport because they we re they did not do sport because they were embarrassed and felt self—conscious and rubbish. and i am all of those things. i tried to show people that whatever those barriers you might think are there, they are not there, they are just in your mind. havea not there, they are just in your mind. have

wimbledon champion angelique kerber was cruising after the first set against the netherlands kiki bertenss they rain stays away. england are 3—0 up, with only today's game remaining. they'll be withoutjonny bairstow, who twisted his ankle playing football in training. they're playing in columbo, and it starts at ten o'clock this morning. and the organisers of rugby union's champions cup say they will apologise to cardiff blues and glasgow warriors, after they told the sides to wear kits that were almost identical. virtually impossible for the players to differentiate. glasgow changed from their usual black strip to sky blue — pretty much the same shade as the home side, who are called cardiff blues! imagine trying to commentate on it, let alone referee at? difficult for the players and officials. the organisers have said that yes, they shouldn't have made the change. at a fast pace you are sometimes not even looking properly. i know. really hard. tough for everybody. i don't think they will make the same mistake again. it's an issue that spans over 50 years and has touched all walks of li

with wimbledon champion angelique kerber beating naomi 0saka in the other game, all four players canee weeks, for a dangerous tackle. he was sent off in their xup defeat by munster on saturday, for a high tackle on rory scannell. it could have been worse, though — the minimum ban is usually six weeks, but it was reduced because of his good disciplinary record. double 0lympic champion max whitlock returns to action at the world gymnastics chmpionships in doha, with a point to prove. after a disappointing commonwealths and european championships, he'll be leading men's team confident he can produce this time. looking forward to getting back on the world stage. it's been a busy year. commonwealths and europeans. this is the last one. i can't wait to get out of there. we've got a really strong team. we have to give it our best shot. it is the first 0lympic qualification process and i hope we can go and do a good job. we're used to premier league managers talking about their teams. it's not very often we get the chance to hear a premier league manager talk about their personal life, but r

pamela rhiny kerber talks about food during the great depression and the methods families used to stretch their money and their food supply. american history tv. in primetime. beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> this week on the communicators -- cyber security analyst and reporter kim zteer on voting machines and election security. >> the department of homeland security after 2016 has been working with states and counties to try to shore up their systems and to scan their systems for vulnerabilities. but that's only focused on the internet facing systems like the website in a posts the results or the website that stores the voter registration database. they are not looking at the modem transmissions to see if those are secure. they are not looking at the voting machines to see if they are secure. they are not looking at the tabulation machines. those are the core systems, the core critical systems of the election. dhs doesn't have a hand in any of those. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> next, a discussion about election security, including

with wimbledon champion angelique kerber beating naomi 0saka in the other game, all four players can's matthew fitzpatrick and tommy fleetwood are in the mix after the first round on the world golf championships event in shanghai. american patrick reed leads the way but fitzpatrick is only three shots back on five under par. and european ryder cup star fleetwood's one shot further behind after he carded a four under par round of 68. mark cavendish has agreed a new deal with his cycling team that will take him into a leadership role. he's extended his contract with dimension data, and he'll be part of their new supervisory board. cavendish hasn't raced since taking a break from the sport in august due to illness but still believes he can break the record for the number of tour de france stage wins. he has 30, four behind the great eddy merckx. double 0lympic champion max whitlock returns to action at the world gymnastics championships in doha later, with a point to prove after a disappointing commonwealth and european championships. he'll be leading the men's team, and is confident he

also here is chief steve kerber. chief ray is outside. story for the confusion.is issue matters to you. >> my husband captain john drennan worked in greenwich village loved his job. every day of his job the men and women of the new york city fire department are so lucky to have them serve us. it was when he was terribly burned and suffered for 40 days that i learned about what fire does to our country this is something everybody can agree on. fire prevention is fundamental. if we respect our first responders, the least we can do is to create an environment where we cut down the conditions that cause dangerous fires. we do know fire sprinklers save lives. not only would he and two other firefighters been saved but also everybody who dies in fire would be saved too. pete: talk to us about what it means. >> right now we will chief, we have side by side demonstration that shows you what happens if do you not have fire sprinklers, what happens if you do. also, what happens if you have a closed door between where the fire sand your bedroom and what that mean k. mean to