meanwhile, garbine muguruza's return to form continues. unseeded at this year's championships — beat russia's anastasia pavlyuchenkova 7—5, 6—3, to reach the last four. she's now through to a grand slam semi—final for the first time in two years — and for only the second time since winning wimbledon in 2017. garbine muguruza and simona halep will meet in the second semi—final on thursday. before that, the top seed and home favourite ashleigh barty plays the american sofia kenin. and later — under the lights on rod laver arena — it's the first of the men's semi—finals, between roger federer and the defending champion novak djokovic. on to football — liverpool are now 19 points clear at the top of the english premier league, after winning 2—nil at west ham on wednesday. jurgen klopp's side have now gone 41 league games without defeat — stretching back to last january. alastair bruce—ball was watching. liverpool nowhere near their best but still too good for west ham. took the lead ten minutes before halftime. the referee pointed to the spot

sofia kenin beating the world number one and simona halep knocked out by garbine muguruza.ring how they lost i'm sure. ash party was in a very useful position in the first set. yet sofia kenin so ministerwhen position in the first set. yet sofia kenin so minister when the two tight sets. brilliant effort from her at the age ofjust 21, not remotely faced by being in the arena playing in the first grand slam semi final, may be the occasion got to her after all she was trying to become the first australian women to reach the single final here after 40 years but not at her best at all. and simona halep made a lot of the running in her match. she had four set points in the first set, she served for the second set of 5—3 but garbine muguruza who isjust grown second set of 5—3 but garbine muguruza who is just grown and confident so much after a fairly flexible of years, not been in a grand slam finals she won wimbledon in 2017, just seize the opportunity. as far as british hopes concerned with saw that was england —— and did in the first week. a fabulous effort with the american,

againstan arena is concerned, ga been muguruza against an australian hopeful. —— garbine muguruza, ar world number one on rod laver arena first up against home favourite ajla tomljanovic, followed by second seed karolina pliskova. while in the night session rafael nadal continues his bid for a second title here but a 20th grand slam title overall, something he says he's not concerned about, though. this variant of will also be playing. on margaret court arena — sixth seed belinda bencic is playing former french open champion jelena ostapenko. men's fourth seed daniil medvedev follows on from that one while 2014 champion stan wawrinka features in the night session, as does fifth seeded ukranian elina svitolna in the women's draw. should we expect any shocks in the evening session later? possibly. we are looking out for them. we will see simona halibut in action later on. she faces harriet died, the first match in the evening session on the rob lever arena full what a moment for the young british player against the wimbledon champion and numberfour seed. against the wimbledon champion

but you would expect muguruza with the experience would go in as favourite.day, comfortable in the end, perhaps the result we expected when you consider the dominance djokovic has had over 30 of late, certainly in the grand slams, and djokovic hoping to win a record eighth australian open in melbourne. who he will face later? two rising stars, zverev and thiem. zverev of germany, criticised in recent years for failing to produce his best performances at the grand slam, the first time he's played in a grandslam semi—final, but dominic thiem, a bit more experience in the latter stages of grand slams, he has reached two french open finals, lost to rafa nadal on both occasions but beat him in the quarters here. perhaps the tides are turning and we will see one of these make the final ofa see one of these make the final of a grandslam for the first time but it will be able test against mrakovcic. who is going to offer the sterner test? dominic thiem with the experience, he seems to have improved his all—round game —— against djokovic. we've talked about the domina

as far as what is happening, anastasia pavyluchenkova is playing garbine muguruza.ow important is psychology when it comes to these games?” important is psychology when it comes to these games? i think it a lwa ys comes to these games? i think it always plays a part, the mental game does. when we reach the latter stages of a grand slam such as the australian open, both players recognise they are now there on merit on the basis of the performances they put in and that brings with it a lot of confidence. i don't think the mental application will be much of an issue because they have momentum as you get into a second week of a grand slam and add into the mix that anastasia pavyluchenkova has had some big victories. pliskova, someone touted asa victories. pliskova, someone touted as a future champion, the number two seed. she knocked out angelique gerber, so anastasia pavyluchenkova has had some really big victories and that is going to boost her as well. garbine muguruza, we have a woman who knows how to win is a grand slam champion herself and despite the fact she did

muguruza and halep will be in action as well.on, novak djokovic. the big talking point today, though, the exit of rafa nadal here at melbourne. john watson in melbourne. in the last few hours it's been announced that the 2020 world athletics indoor championships in nanjing, china have been postponed. they were due to be held in march, and are the latest sporting event to fall victim to the coronavirus. in a statement world athletic said the advice from their medical team was that "the spread of the coronavirus both within china and outside the country is still at a concerning level and no one should be going ahead with any major gathering that can be postponed". with details of other sports that have been affected, here's our reporter alex gulrajani. yes, the coronavirus is having an impact on the sporting schedule with a wide range of events and a number of sports moved, postpone, or cancelled completely in some cases. let's start with the latest event to go and it is the first test event of the beijing winter webex in 2022, the

she fell just short this time, garbine muguruza also coming through in straight sets.grand slam champion, she'll be hoping to add a third grand slam to her trophy cabinet if she can come past sofia kenin and saturday's final. of course, we'll wait to see who goes on to face novak djokovic — dominic thiem and alex zverev. all eyes on that second semifinal to come tomorrow. john watson. and in that semifinal, roger federer said it was a match he only had a 3% chance of winning given the groin injury he brought into it. he'll stay on 20 grand slam titles for now, with rafa nadal on 19. those two are out, so djokovic has that chance to narrow the gap after another big win over federer. of course, he's one of my two biggest rivals to write my life. i played mostly with, most of the matches at the grand slams against rafael and roger, so these two guys have deftly made a significant difference in my mind and understand my own game and what it takes to billy winn against them. at the beginning, i remember when billy winn against them. at the beginning, i rememberwhen i billy

she will now face garbine muguruza, who beat halep in straight sets to reach her first ran semi—finalbledon in 2017. the spaniard is bidding to become only the third player to win the title. you know, iwasn't the third player to win the title. you know, i wasn't thinking that i was down. you know, i was thinking keep going and at some point you are going to have your opportunity. i know i was facing simona, so it was going to be a hard match. sol know i was facing simona, so it was going to be a hard match. so i was just hanging in there and fighting with all the energy i had. luckily i have 48 hours now to recover and get ready for the last match, and yes, we train all of our career to be able to play in this court and this crowd. on to football, and barcelona have cruised through to the quarter—finals of the copa del rey. they thrashed fellow top—flight team leganes 5—0. antoine griezmann and lionel messi were both among the scorers in their last—16 tie at camp nou, while in the night's other game, shock result. second—tier mirandes beating champions league—chasing sevilla 3—1 to pr

edit ofan australian open —— garbine muguruza.a big moment for muguruza if you can get over the line but the way sofia kenin is playing, hard to call going into the final on saturday. we know who's in the women's final but we have a british player in the men's doubles final? tell us about joe salisbury. british hopes aren't overjust yet. joe salisbury is the 01:46:47,1000 --> 01:46:49,068 doubles finals, his first. they didn't have a lot of preparation time and load up to this tournament but it hasn't encountered against them. probably helped somewhat by their opponent, one of whom produced five double faults. as they went through. he is a former semifinalist in the doubles. that came at wimbledon a few years ago. a big moment for him. he will be playing out on the big show court. he had to put out up with some extremely high temperatures, 39 degrees. i have the sweat on just talking to you, i can't imagine what it's like having to play. oh, john. we feel so sorry for you. i'll i knew i could get some sympathy from jane. will know

she fell just short this time, muguruza also coming through in straight sets.a third grand slam to her trophy cabinet if she can come past kenin on saturday's final. of course, we will wait to see who goes on to face novak djokovic, thiem and alex zverev, all eyes on it semi—final to come tomorrow. manchester united have made the biggest signing of the january transfer window so far. they have completed a deal for portugal midfielder bruno fernandes that could rise to more than £67 million. hejoins from sporting lisbon for an initial £a6 million on a 55—year deal, promising to give everything to bring trophies to old trafford. new wales coach wayne pivac has picked his first six nations team. they face italy in cardiff on saturday, and the new coach of the reigning champions has selected george north at outside centre, with wales struggling with injuries in midfield. uncapped scarlets wing johnny mcnicholl will take north's usual place on the wing. scotland coach gregor townsend will give edinburgh number eight nick haining his international debut against irela

you just felt perhaps things were opening up but it was comfortable for garbine muguruza as well, andwe will see sophia kenyon against ash barty. the headline match coming up, rafa nadalagainst dominic thiem. before that we will see the conclusion of alex perez and stan wawrinka, he is looking to take a 2—1 lead at the moment, but the nadal team match offer something interesting because we talk about the established order in the men's game, the big three, the men's game, the big three, the austrian could perhaps rival those for the title this year. it will be interesting when they meet for the semi—final place later. i've been getting the thoughts of chris, a former olympic semifinalist in the doubles, working here for austrian tv, andi working here for austrian tv, and i got a sense of what he thought. he'sa he's a better player now and he has a few tools, rafa depends heavily on the backhand with a high ball, dominic can attack this now and that will be important and this match will be one from the baseline, directly on the baseline, not three metres behind. this is important, court

we will see ash barty, world number one and big australian hope in action against sofia kenin, muguruzabe in action as well. we will also see roger federer up against the defending champion, novak djokovic. by talking point today, the exit of rafa nadal here at melbourne. manchester united has condemned an attack on the home of one of its executives, ed woodward. videos on social media appear to show a number of hooded figures throwing flares outside his house in cheshire. 0ur correspondent katie gornall is at old trafford— is at old trafford, what's the latest katie? this has been quite a distressing escalation in the tension between manchester united's fans and the club's hierarchy. we have known for sometime are unhappy with how the clu b sometime are unhappy with how the club is being run, perceived failures in the transfer market and the fact manchester united have fallen behind their premier league rifles. 35 points off the title race at the moment. we have heard that in the stands, that toxic atmosphere has spilled into the terraces, songs at recent gains celebrating the death of

garbine muguruza also in straight sets.ion she will be hoping to add a third grand slam to her trophy cabinet if she can come through sofia kenin and saturday's final. of course we will go on to see who faces novak djokovic in the men's final. all eyes on that second semifinal tomorrow. two brits made it through to finals today. in the wheelchair singles, 2016 champion gordon reid reached his fifth grand slam final with victory over belgium's joachim gerard. he'll face the top sea shingo kuneida of japan, who knocked out alfie hewett. and joe salisbury is into his first grand slam final, in the men's doubles, alongside rajeev ram. the 11th seeds face an australian wild card pair on sunday morning. a couple of days out now from the start of the six nations, so we're finding out who'll be starting in the opening games. wales coach wayne pivac has named george north at outside centre for the the beginning of their title defence against italy. uncapped scarlets wing jonny mcnicoll takes north's place on the wing. scotland coach

meanwhile the women's final will be sophia kenin against garbine muguruza. on another novak djokovic victory in the semi finals here to book his place in an eighth australian open final. 26 grand slam final as he brushed the mighty roger federer aside in some straight sets. a medical timeout at the end of the first set which he lost and that it was comfortable in the end for djokovic as it moves through in straight sets. he had been to successfully defend his title here and we await who he will face in that final, the victor will come from the winter of alex and dominic thiem in tomorrow's men's semi final. the roll number one in the women's game beaten today in straight sets by sophia cannon of the united states. an inspired form as she came through comfortably commit disappointment as you can imagine who has been carrying the hopes of the nation here at this home australian open. a hopeful that they would see a first female australian into the final here in 40 yea rs. australian into the final here in 40 years. the party is over though, she goes on to face

and an upset at the australian open women's semi final as spain's garbine muguruza beats the world numberimona halep to reach the final. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. 200 british citizens who are trapped in wuhan, the city at the heart of the coronavirus, won't be flown home today as planned. british officials are still waiting for permission to fly from the chinese authorities. the foreign office says it's trying to re—organise the flight as soon as possible. and the ministry of defence has confirmed a small team of medics is being sent to china. the death toll from the virus has now risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in tibet, it has now spread to every region in mainland china. chinese health authorities have confirmed there are more than 7,700 confirmed cases in the country. and the infection has also spread to at least 16 other countries. the world health organization will meet again today to decide whether to declare a a global health emergency over the coronavirus. andy moore has the story. in wuhan, the brits are busy packing. they were due to be on their way

as far as what is happening, anastasia pavyluchenkova is playing garbine muguruza.think it a lwa ys comes to these games? i think it always plays

simona halep takes no prisoners on her march to the semifinals where she'll take on garbine muguruza.o 19 points clear in the english premier league, after victory over strugglers west ham. hello, and welcome to the programme. let's start with that stunning upset in the men's quarter finals at the australian open. the top seed rafa nadal is out — beaten by dominic thiem, in four sets. the austrian reaching a first semifinal in melbourne and gaining revenge somewhat for defeat to nadal, in last year's french open final. nadal‘s chase for that record—equalling 20th grand slam goes on — as austin halewood reports. it's been 11 years since raphel found a dull one here. traditionally a clay—court player, never

she will play garbine muguruza, who also came through in straight sets.s year's tournament, and has beat into top ten players to progress through to the last four. manchester united fans have come together today to condemn those who attacked the home of the club's chairman, ed woodward, last night. videos on social media emerged showing people in hoods throwing fireworks, and chanting that woodward was "going to die." cheshire police are investigating the incident. richard askam has more. ed woodward, who lives with his wife and two children in cheshire, wasn't at home when his house was targeted last night by a group wearing hooded jackets. graffiti was sprayed on the property and a flare was thrown. it comes after increased criticism from fans aimed at the club's owners, the glazer family, and the director seen as their right—hand man on the board, ed woodward. but most manchester united fans agree last night's action is totally u na cce pta ble. that is disgusting, absolutely disgusting. recent matches have seen an increase in chanting against the club

we have noticed a lot of tennis players, stan wawrinka, grand slam champion, garbine muguruza wengerpictures of themselves with kobe bryant on social media. nick kyrgios is an action later today, a big basketball fan, iam action later today, a big basketball fan, i am sure we will see him reflecting on the terrible news before and after he takes to the court against rafael nadal in his fourth round much later on. we will talk about nick kyrgios in a moment. as you say, play is already under way here on day eight. simona halep in action at the moment against elise mertens and other grand slam champions. simona halep now very much in control of this one. she took the first set and then co mforta bly took the first set and then comfortably took the second set as well. so, simona halep safely through to the quarter—finals. many predicting she could reach the final here this year. 6—a, 6—a was the outcome of that one. it means we will see dominic thiem in action against gael monfils, the frenchman who always puts on a show whenever he is out on court. a brilliant performer, he struggles t

muguruza and halep will be in action as well., the exit of rafa nadal here at melbourne. john watson in melbourne and as he says the big games keep coming, we've got federer against djokovic to look forward to tomorrow. what is the latest news on ed woodward? there is an escalation. cheshire police were called to say they were called to deal with damage at the property and chance that woodward was going to die. he and his family were not there at the time. police say they will be working to identify those involved. the club said there is no excuse for the behaviour and anyone found to have committed an offence would be banned for life. woodward has been the target of growing support discontent at united in recent yea rs. discontent at united in recent years. they are 53 points behind leaders liverpool. many fans are blaming woodward and calling for him to leave. england fast bowlerjofra archer's been ruled out of the three—match twenty20 series against south africa next month because of an elbow injury. the 24—year—old's returned

the party party is over though, cannon goes on to face garbine muguruza, another six surprise successust short this time, garbine muguruza also coming through in straight sets. multiple grand slam champion, she will be hoping to add a third grand slam to her trophy cabinet, if she can come past sophia cannon in saturday's final. alex, all eyes on that second men semi final to come tomorrow. that's john watson, men semi final to come tomorrow. that'sjohn watson, that's all for support for now, more on sports day at half past ten. you, thank you very much. the prime minister is holding crucial talks on the future of the controversial hs2 railway this evening. the government appears poised to give the scheme the go ahead — after chancellor sajid javid signalled his support, despite the project's mounting costs. the high speed line would link london with birmingham and then on to northern england. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. over here is a line of trees and hedgerows that run along the edge of calvert jubilee nature reserve. these will all be taken out by hs2. big proje

she was beaten by two—time grand slam champion garbine muguruza. simona halep is through.. —— the sport. the uk's leading mental health charity for military veterans, combat stress, says it is unable to deal with new cases because of in funding. the charity, which helps treat servicemen and women suffering from complex mental health problems, has lost millions of pounds of support from nhs england. they're known as tough and resilient, but years on the front line can take its toll, with some military personnel like paul smith facing battles with their mental health. i was verbally abusive to my wife, my children. i alienated them. i'd walk round and i'd be looking at escape routes, i'd be looking for people carrying weapons. at night, i'd go to our bedroom and hide behind the bed and cry my eyes out. i'd have nightmares. i'd have flashbacks. paul says the leading charity for veterans‘ mental health, combat stress, saved his life when he was referred to it — but now, because of funding cuts, the charity says any new referrals from england and wales won't be taken on. it rec

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garbine muguruza progresses at the expense of elina svitolina, and belinda bencic, the number six seed, just as we saw u psets in the women's draw, just as we saw upsets yesterday in the shape of naomi 0saka upsets yesterday in the shape of naomi osaka and serena williams going out, as the 15—year—old coco gauff marches on. as things open up in the women's draw, you perhaps get the feeling that the winds of change are blowing through melbourne park this year. it's fa cup fourth round weekend with the first of 10 ties today at griffin park as brentford from the championship host leicester city. it took the premier league sidejust four minutes to take the lead when kelechi ihaenacho scored from close range. these are live pictures from west london with about 30 minutes played. leicester are still leading 1—0. you can watch it right now on bbc one and the bbc sport website and app. and on the iplayer and online — women's fa cup action with the manchester derby. city are the defending champions. they are leading 1—0, abbie mcmanus gifting alan whiteley opener. you can watch that on the red

and an upset at the australian open women's semi final as spain's garbine muguruza beats the world number

garbine muguruza beat another seed, and this is what often happens at the women's draw, particularlyle of rounds, but then suddenly it looks a little bit more familiar now. simona halep is still and ash party of australia is still in and they are probably the two players who still —— ashleigh barty of australia. they are the two players who still have a hope. we know the british interest in the singles have obviously ended. we saw jamie murray in the singles have obviously ended. we sanamie murray in action, but a disappointing result for them today. they went out in the second round, playing two very good singles players which can be awkward at times, particularly as they are out of the singles and they have got nothing to lose. again it was one of these final set tie—break, which went against murray. they couldn't save a seventh match point, and lost by 13—12. butjoe save a seventh match point, and lost by 13—12. but joe salisbury save a seventh match point, and lost by 13—12. butjoe salisbury plain with two different overseas partners did millard win their matches, so they are thr

muguruza and simona halep will be in action and roger fetter u p halep will be in action and roger fetter exit of rafael nadal. —— roger fetter. that's all the sport for now. wednesday was a day of contrast across the country. for england and wales, decent sunny spells. a little milder. a different story in the far north of scotland. this instant rain bringing a couple of inches to western scotland in 2a hours. this low pressure will be an issue into tomorrow but one unifying factor, a south—westerly flow driving milder air right across the country through the end of this week. so what a difference a day makes. wednesday morning pretty much all of us were greeted by temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. thursday morning, temperatures around seven or eight degrees. a mild start, murky. a lot of cloud around, they can offer a spot of drizzle, misty conditions, a few showers in the south—western may be some dog as well. rain still continues into scotla nd well. rain still continues into scotland although it drifts its way steadily north. still pretty windy here with the rain. mild

women's singles final, between sophia kenning and former wimbledon champion from spain, garbine muguruzamay that's all from the bbc sport centre. back to sarah and the team in cardiff. welcome back to cardiff, it is the eve of the six nations, much as for the men's, also for the women's. but england go to this as defending champions, they were so dominant last season as full—time professional players, the only team in the tournament to have that advantage. i was speaking to the scrum—half week, now hunt, on the build—up to this tournament. they will be facing france, such a big game, the showpiece game for england, really. it always brings a good atmosphere, she sat on looking forward to that part of its. as a squad, we are in a great place, we have had a lot more time together, we have been in for the last few weeks here at layer, the girls are in great shape. we are not looking at it as a reigning champions, we are looking to win the title again. the atmosphere they create when we go away to them is always a very hostile place to go and play, they get massive crowds, we want to play in

she was beaten by the two—time grand slam champion garbine muguruza.nion's premiership, bristol came out on top in the west country derby against gloucester. a superb second half display at ashton gate from bristol after a try—less first half for both sides secured their first premiership win since november. elsewhere today tom homer scored both of bath's tries as they edged past leicester 13—10. sale sharks climbed to third in the premiership after surviving a late fightback to beat leaders exeter 22—19, while wasps hung on to claim a narrow 30—26 bonus—point victory over worcester at sixways. 0nto netball and england are out of the nations cup after defeat to jamaica today. they lost by 70—66 at the copperbox in london to bring their tournament to an end. they trailed by eight goals at half time and managed to reduce the arrears in the second half but not by enough. jamaica will now play world champions new zealand in tomorrow's final. that's all the sport for now. a rescue operation is under way in eastern turkey where an earthquake has killed at le

minutes, we‘ll have reaction from the australian open tennis, where former wimbledon champion garbine muguruza regulations on the use of controversial high—tech running shoes after concerns they could give professional athletes an unfair advantage. the governing body‘s council has been considering whether to ban nike‘s vaporfly range after complaints that their use was equivalent to "technological doping". new rules will be announced tomorrow. our sports editor dan roan has the story. this is history unfolding... a weekend that changed distance running forever. eliud kipchoge becoming the first athlete to complete a marathon in less than two hours last year. and then brigid kosgei also making history a day later. she is going to obliterate the world record. but how much were their feats down to their footwear? both kenyans wore modified versions of nike‘s controversial vaporfly. the sport‘s rules say shoes must not provide an unfair advantage, but have they been overtaken? some critics like british olympian mara yamauchi, who was sponsored by a rival shoe firm, now want the governing body to s

garbine muguruza will play kenin in the final.top seed shingo kuneida of japan, who knocked out another briton, alfie hewett. and joe salisbury made it through to his first grand slam final, in the men's doubles, alongside his american partner rajeev ram — they'll face an australian wildcard pair for the title. yeah, it feels great. we are obviously really happy to be in the final boss oh, yeah, we want to go one further. we are here to win the tournament, we are here to win grand slams. so it will be a first for me playing on the biggest show court at a grand slam. i've played on court number one at wimbledon but never played on centre, so it will be a first for me. that will be exciting. sport continues to be affected by the corona virus in china. sport continues to be affected by the coronavirus in china. the chinese football association have postponed all games whilst the world motorsport governing body admits april's chinese grand prix near shanghai is also at risk. the fia says it will take any action necessary protect the g

as a victim —— significant win for muguruza.tion of the tickets for the women semifinals. there is worry for ash barty here is a big australian hopeful at her home grand slam that she might be playing in front of a half empty court because they are struggling to sell out the women semifinals will allocation at the moment. that is disappointing to hear. john watson in melbourne for us. after being kicked out of australian rugby union, israel folau has switched back to rugby league, signing for the french club catalans dragons. folau was sacked last may for posting offensive homophobic comments on social media, so as you can imagine, there‘s been a strong reaction, not least from keegan hirst, the first british rugby league player to come out, and he‘s here with us now. good morning. first, your reaction that israel folau has this newjob in the south of france. it's frustrating, really, i‘m frustrated because he undermines and alienates all the people who put in all the hard work into making by in all the hard work into making rug

sofia kenin against muguruza.efend that title next year due to a change in disabilty classifications. also jamie murray is through to the mixed doubles final, alongside his partner bethany mattek sands. jamie murray's chasing an eighth gra nslam doubles title. today we've heard from england ahead of their six nations opener against france in paris on sunday. they've left prop maku vunipola out of the squad although 12 of the starters in that disappointing world cup final defeat to south africa have retained their place in the 15. coach eddie jones has reshuffled his backs — with northampton full back george furbank set to make his international debut. anthony watson's been ruled out so furbank will line up in the back three along with elliot daly and jonny may. he is one of the first place players i noticed when i came back from the world cup. very composed. good core skills, good positional sense. he showed all of those things under pressure. he thoroughly deserves the opportunity. the six nations kicks off in ca

she goes on to face garbine muguruza in the semifinal, referee: who came into struggling with a bit often players in the process. this one deducted to be at lot closer against pavlyuchenkova, it was muguruza who went through in straight sets to com plete went through in straight sets to complete that final and we will see ash barty in action tomorrow in what is women's semifinal day tomorrow. rugby league player keegan hirst has been talking to us about israel folau's return to the game. folau was sacked last year by australian rugby union, for making homophobic comments on social media but he's now signed for the french super league club catalan dragons. hirst, the first british player to come out, said he was deeply disappointed. the line is crossed when people use religious beliefs or political ideologies or whatever to justify any kind of prejudice, and the thing that is disappointing about it is if what he had said had been about race or another religion, then this would not even be being discussed, but it seems like homophobia is a lesser prejudice and all prejudices should be tr

garbine muguruza progresses at the expense of elina svitolina, and belinda bencic, the number six seed coco gauff marches on. as things open up in the women's draw, you perhaps get the feeling that the winds of change are blowing through melbourne park this year. in rugby union's premiership, bristol came out on top in the west country derby against gloucester. a superb second half display at ashton gate from bristol, after a try—less first half for both sides, secured theirfirst premiership win since november. elsewhere today, tom homer scored both of bath's tries as they edged past leicester 13 points to ten. sale sharks climbed to third in the premiership after surviving a late fightback to beat leaders exeter22—19,' while wasps hung on to claim a narrow 30—26 bonus—point victory over northampton at sixways. football is far too dependant on money from gambling sponsorships, that's according to the sports minister, nigel adams. his warning comes amid mounting scrutiny of the close relationship between the sport and the industry after a deal was struck for some fa cup games to be show

she'll make muguruza >> this might be too hard for you to do -- >> i can't >> seven-time australian open champion novak djokovic over roger federer. he did it in straight sets he's off to the finals one again. he's never lost a title match. >> are you okay? >> so that happened. maybe that's why i dressed backwards today. i was distracted i've been up since 3:30 a.m. watching the match >> look at her tag >> no lie. well, that happened. there's always next year >> let's head over to mr. roker for a check of the weather >> good morning. we've got a system that's right now developing over mexico subtropical jet stream will bring it out to the gulf light snow in the northwest. this system will bring severe storms likely for florida, heavy rain also another system bringing light snow for the great lakes on friday. then saturday, that storm moves out into the ocean that's what the models say right now. if it moves a little closer, we'll be dealing with more rain and more snow. coastal rain for the morning in the mid atlantic states. sunday, storm strengthens, brings in colder air snowshowers fo

like things are opening up in the women's draw, simona halep also booked her place today as did muguruzathe absence of naomi osaka, the defending champion in the women's singles, things are certainly opening up. as far as the men's draw is concerned, standard wrinkle going through at the expense of medvedev and zverev also going through today. we wait until tomorrow of course with the opening quarterfinal matches to see who they will play. who will secure that final spot, however, will play. who will secure that finalspot, however, between nick kyrgios and rafa nadal due to settle their match within the next hour or so. their match within the next hour or so. we will bring you that live with an update later. thank you very much, john watson for that update. thank you, see you later. the irish taoiseach, leo varadkar, has questioned the timetable set by borisjohnson to secure a trade deal with the rest of the eu by the end of the year. mr varadkar has been meeting with the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, in dublin. the uk will leave the eu at 11 o'clock on friday night and in an in

kenin goes on to face derby the groups, another surprise success for her, —— garbine muguruza.erer afterwards, saying he has no plans to retire at the age of 38. he called today's match horrible and he had a 3% chance of winning with that groin injury he's been nursing. but he says he'll keep going and believes he can add to his 20 grand slams. meanwile there are two british players in finals in melbourne — gordon reid in the men's wheelchair event, and joe salisbury in the men's doubles, with his american partner rajeev ram. jamie murray and bethanie mattek—sands play their mixed doubles semi final tomorrow. 396, 3%, how would you come up with that, iam3% 3%, how would you come up with that, i am 3% likely to win? anyway, i digress. let's talk about the six nations, which gets under way this weekend. we are getting lots of team news. roger federer clearly feels he can go on. the six nations gets under way, more team news trickling through. wales face italy in cardiff on saturday. this will be wayne pivac‘s first test since succeeding warren gatland as head coach of the reignin