patrick gearey, bbc news.ome from behind to draw i—i against manchester united at old trafford. adam lallana the hero for the league leaders. his late goal cancelled out marcus rashford's opener and means liverpool are 6 points clear at the top. nick parrot was watching this one for us. rarely have liverpool arrived at old trafford as favourites to beat united, it's almost 30 years since there was as big a gap between the two sides in the league as there is today. but the magnitude of this encounter is often a great leveller. liverpool missing mohamed salah in attack, and looking shaky at the back. roberto firmino would usually finish off chances like this, and it cost liverpool dearly afterward. a sloppy pass, a quick counterattack, echoes of the united of old as marcus rashford rushed forward, to put the home side ahead. howls of protest from liverpool silenced by the video assistant referee, ruling divock origi was not fouled at the start of the move. var soon upsetjurgen klopp and his men again when sadio

patrick gearey reports. f as a nice quy patrick described himself as a nice guy with the fighters sold. he had a degree, he had options and yet he chose to box. the sport he loved ultimately took his life. four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight in chicago, patrick day died surrounded by his friends. in the sports started by violence, produces shock, tributes from fellow fighters filled social media. a letter written by his opponent on monday. in it he says: pain in the sport is inescapable. i feel as if i know the quy inescapable. i feel as if i know the guy because of the way people have written about him and like i said, last thursday, i will never forget he came over to me before the press conference and he was so excited you know... hejust... conference and he was so excited you know... he just. .. there have conference and he was so excited you know... hejust... there have been other dark moments in boxing, patrick day's death was the fourth in three months, some feel that there is simply to

patrick gearey, bbc news.p season got under way this weekend. . .. several big names were missing and probably... the hardest hit were the defending champions saracens who were beaten at home 27—25 by northampton. sarries are bidding for a third successive title. in the other games exeter narrowly won at home to harlequins. gloucester fought back to win at sale and worcester beat leicester. lots more on our website including continuing coverage of the champions league of darts. from me and the sportsday team — thanks for team — thanks for watching. no music! we usually get a bit of music at the end of sportsday. more sport online. back to brexit, and let's go right back now to the vote this afternoon which put a spoke in borisjohnson‘s plan to get his brexit deal approved today. the prime minister has vowed to press on "undaunted" with his brexit strategy. mps voted by 322 votes to 306 votes to back an amendment put by the former conservative mp oliver letwin , to ensure approval for the new brexit deal is wit

patrick gearey reports patrick day described himself as a nice guy with a fighter‘s soul.e had a degree, he had options and yet he chose to box. the sport he loved ultimately took his life. four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight against charles conwell in chicago,—day died surrounded by his family and friends. even in a sport defined by violence, such a tragedy produces shock. tributes from fellow fighters fill social media, the most poignant that by his opponent, co nwell, poignant that by his opponent, conwell, on monday: pain in this sport is inescapable. i feel as though i pain in this sport is inescapable. ifeel as though i know pain in this sport is inescapable. i feel as though i know the guy because of the responses and the way people have written about him, you know? and like i said, last thursday i'll neverforget... know? and like i said, last thursday i'll never forget... they came over to me before the press conference with joe to me before the press conference withjoe higgins to me before the press conference with joe higgins and to me before the

patrick gearey reports patrick day described himself as a nice guy with a fighter‘s soul.to box. the sport he loved ultimately took his life. four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight against charles conwell in chicago,—day died surrounded by his family and friends. even in a sport defined by violence, such a tragedy produces shock. tributes from

patrick gearey reports. andy murray is not a man given to the dramatic.tlight step—by—step to him but this was a big one. his first tour semifinal in two years. he faced ugo humbert, 163 spots is junior. murray, the men with partly metal hip, responded with his spirit, seizing control of the second. macklin came back but maury was “— second. macklin came back but maury was —— ugo humbert came back but murray was strong. the final point to some things up, still the energy but murray had the quality. only two people can stop him when the title now, stan wawrinka, and his wife, who is due to give birth any time 110w. rugby union's new premiership season got underway this weekend and with several big names missing to the world cup, it wasn't a good opening day for defending champions saracens — who were beaten 27—25 at home by northampton — james grayson scoring a last—minute penalty for saints. in the other game, exeter narrowly won at home to harlequins, gloucester fought back to win at sale and worcester beat leicester. that is it from all of us here on sp

patrick gearey was watching.n a year, andy murray has gone from co nsta nt in a year, andy murray has gone from constant painted falling in love with his sport again. but stan wawrinka will attest that affection. in the first that he was unstoppable and carried that relentless energy into the second. but andy murray is a great survival expert, who has had his hip service and his spirit in you. he wrestle back the break and seize the set. cracks followed, brea ks were seize the set. cracks followed, breaks were inevitable. for in a row at one stage as the third set seesawed. finally, crucially, the swiss missed. andy murray had done it, through surgery and recovery and pain to glory, andy murray is a champion once more. patrick geary, bbc news. obviously, it means a lot. the last few years have been extremely difficult. both me and stan have had a lot of injury problems in the last couple of yea rs. problems in the last couple of years. amazing, obviously to be back playing against him in a final like that. i thin

patrick gearey looks ahead to the quarter—finals for us. can it have been more completely, thrillingly so. japanese inhibition left at home. on the streets they we re left at home. on the streets they were a people transformed. the joy of beating scotland to reach a first world cup quarterfinal felt all the more keenly because of the sorrow of the previous day, when a0 people we re the previous day, when a0 people were killed by typhoon hagibis. south africa await, but as hope now turned to expectation injapan, and has that changed the dynamic?” don't think there is any question. we have got through the quarterfinals and we have got nothing to lose now. nobody probably expects us to win again, i think, in town, but we believe. and we're going to go out there and we're going to go out there and we're going to go out there and we're going to play as well as we can and try to beat south africa. it is a mark of how japan have disrupted the old order that even new zealand say they are pleased to have avoided them. their next opponents are irelan

as patrick gearey reports it's a victory that would have been almost unthinkable at the beginning ofe i would like to stop. no one, not least murray himself, knew it was the start of a u—turn. since that dark room on that dark day, he has had his hip repaired, his zip restored. and has emerged as a tennis player and a man renewed. now to test the progress, matteo is a good examiner, 13th in the world, a us open semifinalist who can pounce on any weakness. he broke murray but murray broke back. resilience bread dominance in the tie—break, a point made, set soon one. matteo attacked at the start of the second, nine years younger than murray and ranked 78 places higher, he broke menacingly early, but murray responded. hauling this ball back on the surface of a man who struggled to tie his shoe laces last year now seemed a dashing flashback, the spirit ignited and a tie—break loomed. once more, matteo had a chance, twice he had set point, twice murray swatted them away. the fist clinch preceded the knockout punch. up next for murray, a match against fellow brit cameron norrie, much to lo

patrick gearey, bbc news. elsewhere, brighton beat everton with more var controversy.cottish premiership. joint leaders — celtic and rangers are both in action tomorrow. today, hibs drew with ross county, kilmarnock beat st mirren, livingston v hearts was goalless and hamilton lost at bottom side stjohnstone. great britain‘s return to international rugby league for the first time in 12 years has ended in defeat. they were beaten iii—6 by a tonga invitational team, part of a four—match tour of new zealand and papua new guinea. the home nations will continue to compete seperately at world cups. lewis hamilton could seal his 6th formula one world title this weekend. but the reigning champion was lith fastest in final practise for tomorrow‘s mexican grand prix, behind the pace setting ferrari‘s and his mercedes team—mate, valterri bottas. hamilton needs to outscore bottas by iii points or more to claim the title with three races to go. that‘s it from me, the bbc sport website has more on england‘s mammouth win over the all blacks and all the build—up to wales‘ semi—final a

patrick gearey has more. warren gatland isn't given to showing emotion.ne —soaked years, showing emotion. over 12 champagne —soa ked years, he showing emotion. over 12 champagne —soaked years, he has left that to others. watching on as three of his wales sides won six nations grand slams. he would have loved one more day in charge and one last trophy, but before his final match against the country of his birth, new zealand, a chance to reflect on a job well done. it isn't always about winning. i think success is about overachieving, and they have achieved as a team, we have definitely done that. for a very small playing nation, a proud nation with a lot of history. the biggest memory i have is that smile that was put back on welsh faces, and people we re put back on welsh faces, and people were proud to wear that red jersey and go and support the team. whether you are from new zealand or wales, there is one way to make yourself popular, beat england. gatlin did in his first game. less than four months into thejob, he guided wales to the grand slam. but he

with the story at the etihad, patrick gearey reports. they started behind leicester city but have weathered such sums were for. aston villa asked awkward questions of the all cheaper than the referee and the video referees. no penalty here. at times, city over elaborated two seconds after the break, they make the equation simple. one pass, one touch, one man in the form of his wife,1—0. raheem touch, one man in the form of his wife, 1—0. raheem sterling. the second was more complicated, the goal my goal was credited to kevin de bruyne but was another touch and was an offside? technology is not brought —— does not bring certainty and they stuck with a goal for the no grey area regarding the result, in this war in this boring blue shirt and eventually a third for ilkay gundogan. if there are problems for city, they are at the other end. this foul by fernandinho earned him a second yellow, a red and a suspension. they can deal with that another day, city now three points behind liverpool and the rain had passed. city with a win. but more pe

with the story at the etihad, patrick gearey reports. fidgety. they began saturday third, six points behind liverpool but then they weathered such storms before. they were gritting their teeth in the first half. aston villa asked some awkward questions of the goalkeeper than the referee and the video referees. no penalty here. at times, city had over elaborated so seconds after the break, they made the equation is simple for that one pass, one touch, one man in the form of his life, 1-0. one man in the form of his life, 1—0. raheem sterling. the second was more complicated, the goal was credited to kevin de bruyne but was another touch? was there an offside? technology does not bring certainty, they stuck with a goal. no grey areas regarding the result, swallowing blue shirt. this foul by fern and ennio are earning him a second yellow and a red, and a suspension. —— this foul by fernandinho. now they are back in second and the rain has passed. so city with a win but more personnel problems to deal with in the coming weeks with that ferna

as patrick gearey reports it's a victory that would have been almost thinkable at the beginning of thethat is where i would like to stop. no one not leased and murray himself knew it was the start of a u—turn. since that dark room on that dark day, he has had his hip repaired, is it restored. and has emerged as a tennis player and a man renewed. now to test the progress, matteo is a good examiner, 13th in the world, us open semifinalist who can pounce on any weakness. he broke murray but murray broke back. resilience in bread dominance in the tie—break come a point made, set soon one. very teeny attacked at the start of the second, nine years younger than murray and rank seventh tear places, he broke menacingly early for somebody again, murray responded. hauling this hall back on the surface of a man who struggled to tie his shoe laces last went now seemed a dashing flashback, the better link spirit ignited in a tie—break loom. once more, matteo had a chance, twice he had set point, twice murray swatted them away. the fence cliques preceded the knockout punch come up next for mary, a m

patrick gearey was watching. this is andy murray‘s 68th vinyl.inka continued into the second still in fast forward, two years older than andy murray and his own injury problems, resilience became before his brilliance, another break, another level. andy murray is a great survival tennis player. since his surgery has spirit renewed. he wrestled the break back and somehow punched through and took the set. such force, such pressure meant cracks followed. four in a row at one stage as the third set seesawed. then finally, crucially, the swiss missed. marie had done it through surgery missed. marie had done it through surgery and recovery, from pain to glory, andy murray is a champion once more. “— glory, andy murray is a champion once more. —— andy murray has done it. london irish have made a winning return to the premiership beating wasps at the ricoh arena by 29—26. the exiles won the championship last season to return to the top flight and they went at wasps from the start. they led 2a —16 at the break with fiji‘s albert tuisue scoring the second

and as patrick gearey reports, wales won‘t be short of support, in yokohama or back home.st time. the trophy is inside. a golden prize at the end of a golden era. two games to go is the welsh coach, and i really will enjoy those last two games. probably nine 01’ those last two games. probably nine or ten players who will not be involved in another world cup as well, so they have got to relish that. when you want something bad enough and you really, really wanted, it can happen. gatland has reason to believe. less than a year ago, wales comfortably beat their semi—final opponents, south africa, as part of a 14 match winning streak. but the springboks have grown since, while injapan wales have struggled for fluency and suffered from injuries. fullback liam williams and back rowjosh luigi have both been ruled out in the past week, as strength is sapped, they will rely on spirit. these are the games that you do all the hard work for, the months of prep. the altitude camps, the heat camps. every other camp we have been on up until now. and i think these are the ones that you wo

patrick gearey reports.rt's great fighters is a champion once more. in another chair at the start of this year and the tears were of pain. murray said his career was ending but revolutionary hip surgery gave him a second chance. first in doubles, then eventually in singles, murray fought his way back. his body renewed, his spirit restored. he said he now loved tennis again but stan wawrinka would test that affection. two years older than murray and recovered from injuries of his own, in the first set it took energy to watch him, let alone stop him. he carried on in fast forward in the second. murray had played four tournaments in little more than four weeks and struggled to block his path, unless accidentally. but murray is tennis‘s survival expert. with a partly metal hip and an iron will, he fought hard, punching his way back into the match. one set all. in the third, wawrinka broke but murray broke back. wawrinka broke again. murray broke back again. and then as the pressure increased and the stakes grew,

they'll face england in the first ever final between two teams from the northern hemisphere, as patrick gearey and they will play in the world cup finalfor the when and they will play in the world cup final for the first time. the trophy is inside. i have got two games to go and i really wa nt i have got two games to go and i really want to enjoy those last two games. there are players who will not be involved in a world cup again. when you want it really bad enough, it can happen. less than a year ago wales comfortably beat their semifinal opponents south africa as pa rt semifinal opponents south africa as part of a 14 match winning streak but the springboks have grown since valid japan wells‘s struggled for fluency and suffered for injuries. two players have been ruled out in the past week as strength is that they will rely on spirit. this is what you did the hard graft fall, the altitude camps, the heat camps, every camp have been up until i'iow camps, every camp have been up until now and these are the ones that you would give anything and everything to be part of. wales now know a familia