petra kvitova into her first everybody else. petra kvitova into herfirst grand everybody else.it is a tale of two sets in her victory against danielle collins. when she got through the first set, the experience told and collins lost her focus. not the intensity but started making too many errors and this can often happen. when you are in the latter stages of a major tournament for the first time, kvitova is twice a wimbledon champion with a wonderful serve and she has added so much to her game. she is in fantastic physical shape, her conditioning is brilliant, she is loving playing again and after being stabbed at home, you have to realise that that puts the world in perspective and it is great to see a smile back on herface perspective and it is great to see a smile back on her face and perspective and it is great to see a smile back on herface and her journey back to grand slam victory is almost complete although i would probably pick naomi osaka to win it. a great victory for her as she came past karolina pliskova. she is going for back—to—back grand slam titles. what have y

the cooler conditions seemed to favour petra kvitova.fter winning a tight first set that included one service break each, the cheque was flying and made it look easy against the american, as she sealed her place in her first american, as she sealed her place in herfirst grand american, as she sealed her place in her first grand slam final since winning the title of wimbledon in 2014 -- winning the title of wimbledon in 2014 —— czech. winning the title of wimbledon in 2014 -- czech. itjust tastes very great so i am really happy to be there again. to be honest i think not many people believed that i can do that again, stand on the court and play tennis, and play in this level. it just really and play tennis, and play in this level. itjust really thrilled them i think level. itjust really thrilled them ithink and level. itjust really thrilled them i think and i am very happy to have those few around me, which is the best i think. and it definitely feels great hope lee for them as well, for my family and for everybody who was there when i ne

petra kvitova is all one two grandslam finals at wimbledon.ill really have her work cut out, a pretty tough one to call, that. one of the day's quarter finals is already underway. the man who knocked out the defending champion roger federer is playing the man who knocked out andy murray. what's the latest on that one? yeah, they are just starting here. it is very interesting match this one. he beat roger federer a couple of nights ago, a very different kind of nights ago, a very different kind of task facing him here because it is in the daytime, as opposed under the lights at night time. it is going to be warm. i do not think it will bother him too much but that history he has got, is just a will bother him too much but that history he has got, isjust a ball machine, he does not miss and it does mean that unlike roger federer, which was a real shotmaker‘s match, tsitsipas is going to have two make all the running here. i do not think the spaniard is going to give it to him. he is playing his first semi—final here, so a huge dealfor bautista.

first, petra kvitova plays the unseeded american danielle collins, and then it's the former world numberosaka. later, in the evening session, there's the first of the men's semi—finals. the rising young greek star stefanos tsitsipas, the man who knocked out roger federer, taking on the number two seed, rafael nadal. let's move you onto football, because neymar could miss the first leg of paris saint—germain‘s champions league tie against manchester united next month. the brazilian forward was substituted in tears, after suffering what appeared to be an injury to his right ankle as psg beat strasbourg 2—0 in a french cup tie on wednesday. neymar left the pitch after an hour of the match at the parc des princes. psg visit manchester united in three weeks's time for the first leg of their last 16 tie in the champions league. in england, the holders, manchester city, are safely through to the final of the league cup. the second leg of their semi—final against third tier burton albion was a formality really, because city were 9—0 up from the first leg. pep guardiola still decided to start ser

the reigning wimbledon champion was beaten in straight sets by a former wimbledon champion petra kvitovafrom the czech republic, who needed a wildcard to qualify, won 6—4, 6—1, and will now face the bela russian qualifier aliaksandra sasnovich in the last four. in the other half of the draw, australia's ashleigh barty is through to the semi—finals. the home favourite and world number 15 was the runner—up in sydney last year and she's one win away from reaching the final once again. barty beat belgium's elise mertens in straight sets and now plays kiki bertens of the netherlands who beat yulia putintseva to reach the last four. to the footballing news that jordan are the first team through to the knockout stage of the asian cup. they beat syria to make it two wins out of two to qualify with a game to spare. india could have qualified as well but lost to the host nation, the united arab emirates. while thailand beat bahrain to claim only their second ever victory in a finals tournament. austin halewood rounds up thursday's action. ad ranked 119 the world, jordan has been the surprise packa

we start in melbourne, where petra kvitova and naomi osaka will play for the australian open title thisions. the czech was the first to reach the final, beating danielle collins.

first up on the rod laver arena petra kvitova takes on danielle collins — followed by the last two peoplece court the first of the men's semi finals — the greek giant killer stefanos tsitsipas faces another goliath in rafa nadal. you can follow at the action via the bbc sport website and on 5live sports extra. there's been a boost for the ireland rugby union team, their talisman jonny sexton, the world player of the year, should be fit for the start of their six nations defence against england next weekend. the leinster fly—half hasn't played for a month because of a knee injury but will train fully tomorrow. head coachjoe schmidt says he's confident that sexton will be ready for their tournament opener in dublin. owen farrell is also expected to be fit for england. wales full back leigh halfpenny is in the squad but head coach warren gatland says he'll "miss the first couple of games" of the six nations. he was concussed during the autumn series and hasn't played since. now finally — let's go back to cricket — spare a thought for wiltshire cricketer billy cookson who's been in hospital i

other tomorrow and the women's final on saturday will be between the two time wimbledon champion petra kvitovarican danielle collins in straight sets. it's her first grand slam final since she was the victim of a knife attack in her home when she sustained tendon damage in her playing hand and doctors had feared that she wouldn't be able to play again at the top level. naomi 0saka made her way to the final with a three sets victory over karolina pliskova. 0saka is looking for back—to—back grand slam victories after her us open win last year. it's won'tjust be the title on the line for the two women but also the world number one ranking. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are brexit editor of the daily telegraph, asa bennett and political correspondent of daily mirror, nicola bartlett. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro reports on the sexual offence charges former scottish first minister, alex salmond, is facing. he says he's innocent. the telegraph focus

petra kvitova has booked her place in the final. uderjust a couple of years ago, she had herfingers slashed and her surgeon said her chances of playing at the top level again wer brilliant to see her back in a grand slam final. naomi 0sa ka's playing karolina pliskova in the other semi. it's one set all. manchester city are, unsurprisingly, through to the final of the league cup. remember the holders had a 9—0 lead going into the second leg against burton albion, but they could only score once last night. the aggregate score was 10—0. they'll play either chelsea or spurs in the final at the end of february. well, chelsea's new signing gonzalo higuain won't be able to play in that semi—final against spurs tonight because he signed too late. he'sjoined on loan until the end of the season when chelsea have the option to buy. there was a full schedule in the scottish premiership last night, and celtic moved a point clear at the top thanks to a 4—0 win over st mirren. elsewhere, jermaine defoe scored his first goal for rangers, but he cou

unseeded american danelle collins got a little testy at times against petra kvitova, but she was ousted 7-6, 6-love in other semi- final.. us open champion naomi osaka was serving for her match against karolina pliskova.. orginally called out, the review said otherwise.. the final is friday night gimme the top five.. number five.. remember the steps in philadelphia that rocky climbed up?? today olympic snowboarder sebastian toutant (two-tahnt) went down them on both snow and rail.. number four.. number one tennessee bearly beat vandy and jordan bowen had the dunk of the night.. one-handed on a inbounds pass.. number three.. dance off at the 76ers game.. who wins?? give it to the kid with the green cast on his arm.. number two.. it got a little physcial in utah. between the laothe early shower.. number one.. jets safety jamal adams today at probowl practice, went after the patriots mascot. that's a legal tackle by the way.. (concussion protocol) <> (((break))) (((break))) (((break))) the late sho tomorrow morning at 4-30. good night. thanks for watching!! when you humble yourself

petra kvitova will play naomi osaka after they both came through their semi finals this morning.n a moment but let's start with a semifinal happening right now. what can you tell us about the match between raphael nadal and the new rising greek star. tsitsipas public to become the first man to beat federer and nadal. he's been distinctly second—best so far. rafael nadal not dropping a set so far. taking a first set 6—2. huge greek support or technic too, so many greek flags. when their man saved three break points in a game they found excellent voice. on serve in the second set. let's talk about the women's final. a story on both sides, both women have got great stories behind them. absolutely, petra kvitova has not been other grand slam finals since the wimbledon final of 2014 which she won. more importantly not been in a final since she was stabbed in her playing hand, her left hand, an intruder broke into her apartment in december 2016. surgeon who operated set her chances of playing at the highest level against the very low in his opinion but some very clever surgery, in his

she will face eighth seed petra kvitova who beat amanda anisimova.hrough to the quarterfinal after beating tomas berdych in three sets. the number two seed won a third set tie break and has not dropped a set in the tournament so far. he'll face frances tiafoe who advanced with a win over grigor dimitrov. the reigning australian open champion roger federer is on court right now against 14th seed stefanos tsitsipas of greece. federer won the first set on a tie break. in the second, this is the current score. live commentary on radio five live sport's extra. you can also listen via the bbc sport website and app. liverpool managerjurgen klopp described his team's win against crystal palace yesterday as "massive". their 4—3 victory extended their lead at the top to seven points. but it was far from straightforward. palace, who beat champions manchester city earlier in the season, came very close to an upset at anfield. here's nick parrott with that and the best of yesterday's other action. relief forjurgen klopp could so easily have been disappointment at

danielle collins got a little testy against petra kvitova. the other semifinal, u.s. open champion naomi osaka serving for her match against karolina pliskova, originally that was called out, the review said otherwise. the final is friday night. i have in my hand dap veer5, bee olympic snowboarder sebastian went down them on a snowboard. pretty good. number 1. tennessee barely beat vandy. jordan bowen had the dunk of the night. inbounds pass. pretty sweet. dance off at the 76ers game, who wins? who wins? who do you give it to? tough competition. who wins? >> i give it to the big kid. >> he's got a busted arm. got a little physical in utah. mason plumlee did not appreciate derrick favors and it was on. both players got the early shower. number 1, jamal adams today at the pro bowl practice, guess who he went after. the patriots mascot. that's a legal tackle by the way. >> don't lead with the head. >> i never saw the patriots mascot get up. concussion protocol is the latest i heard. be right back. show of hands, who's a future comcast business customer here? i think we a

on bbc news, petra kvitova reaches herfirst grand slam final since injuring her hand ina grand slam final attack. she will face naomi osaka in the australian open showpiece. the man who killed a woman in a speedboat crash on the river thames in 2015 and then fled the country, will appear in court in the former soviet republic of georgia tomorrow for an extradition hearing. jack shepherd was convicted and sentenced in his absence to six years injuly, for the manslaughter of charlotte brown. the 31—year—old says he hopes to overturn the verdict. today the home secretary, sajid javid, told the georgian authorities that charlotte's family wanted justice to be served helena lee reports. jack shepherd, charlotte brown's keller, himself into keller, handing himself into georgian police yesterday - ten fi on the run. —— killer. before months on the run. —— killer. before he was arrested he spoke to a tv station in georgia. my name is jack shepherd, i was involved in a tragic accident in 2013 in which a local, charlotte brown, tragically died. he was convicted of the manslaughter of charlotte on th

petra kvitova has reached the semifinals. that is all the sport for now.so. tell us more about the been there. this player was signed under great excitement for the club. there was a real sense of anticipation that emiliano sala was going to be the club record signing and really make a difference. it was with great concern the club announced that they had a genuine concern that he was on board that aircraft and those concerns have been borne out obviously in the last hour or so with the aviation authority confirming he was one of two people on board that aircraft which was due to land in cardiff last night. we understand that conditions were not out of the ordinary in france last night when it took off but it appears to have lost contact with air traffic control at around half past eight yesterday evening. after that, a search and rescue mission was launched. but it was called off around 2am this morning because of poor weather conditions. that search resumed at eight this morning. and is ongoing. guernsey police say despite their best efforts, they have n

she will face eighth seed petra kvitova who beat amanda anisimova.ting tomas berdych in three sets. the number two seed won a third set tie break and has not dropped a set in the tournament so far. he'll face frances tiafoe who advanced with a win over grigor dimitrov. ..,,,,.:' , 77:7, .r,,, w .fi’fi§ right now against 14th seed stefanos tsitsipas of greece. federer won the first set on a tie break. in the second, this is the current score. live commentary on radio five live sport's extra. you can also listen via the bbc sport website and app. liverpool managerjurgen klopp described his team's win against crystal palace yesterday as "massive". their 4—3 victory extended their lead at the top to seven points. but it was far from straightforward. relief forjurgen klopp could so easily have been disappointment at anfield. this was liverpool back to how they used to be. slack at the back as andros townsend put crystal palace ahead against the run of play. but thrilling going forward as mo salah equalised. and roberto firmino put the reds ahead. ending th

she will face eighth seed petra kvitova, who beat amanda anisimova. final after beating tomas berdych in three sets. the number two seed won a third set tie break and has not dropped a set in the tournament so far. he'll face frances tiafoe, who advanced with a win over grigor dimitrov. the reigning australian open champion roger federer is on court right now against 14th seed stefanos tsitsipas of greece. federer won the first set on a tie break, but the greek took the second. he then won the third as well. there is live commentary on radio five live sports extra, the bbc sport ‘s website and act. liverpool managerjurgen klopp described his team's win against crystal palace yesterday as "massive". their 4—3 victory extended their lead at the top to seven points. it was far from straightforward against a determined palace side. but two goals from mo salah helped liverpool to claim all three points and maintain that cushion at the top of the table. second placed manchester city can close the gap at the top to four points today, if they win at bottom si

in the sport, just over two years after being told she may not be able to play again, petra kvitova reachese warning that climate change is redrawing the map of the arctic. in what researchers claim is the first sign of a major modern climatic shift, they say the barents sea, which has been part of the arctic ocean for 12,000 years, is being swallowed by the atlantic. from the norwegian arctic, our environment analyst, roger harrabin, reports. sea ice, formed in the high arctic. it helps create a cold, fresh surface layer that acts as a cap on warm, salty water beneath. but with climate change there is less sea ice getting to norway's barents sea. the north barents sea has been dominated for 12,000 years by sea ice flowing down from the high arctic. now that flow is diminishing and the character of the sea is changing fast. soon, researchers say, the region will have no sea ice at all. so it will no longer be part of the arctic. it had an arctic type of climate for the last 12,000 years. we are probably witnessing the first modern example of a rapid climate shift where the arctic shrinks in

the women's final on saturday will be between the two—time wimbledon champion petra kvitova and the us. kvitova beat the unseeded american danielle collins in straight sets. it's just over two years since she was the victim of a knife attack in her home, she sustained tendon damage in her playing hand and doctors feared that she wouldn't be able to play again at the top level. to be honest i am still not really believing i am in the final. it is kind of weird to be honest. i did not even know if i would play tennis again. it was a really nice time to be dealing with everything... it was not only physically but mentally it was very tough as well. it took me a while to believe through people around me again. so it's naomi osaka next for kvitova in saturday's final. it's notjust the title on the line but also the world number one ranking. osaka, who is looking for back to back grand slam victories after her us open win last year, beat karolina pliskova in three sets the second day's play at the first test in barbados starts in the next 25 minutes. the west indies will resume on 264—8. eng

she will face eighth seed petra kvitova, who beat amanda anisimova.nimous points win in his first fight as a ao—year old. he outclassed the former four—weight world champion adrian broner in las vegas, in what was the filipino's 70th professional fight. after the bout pacquiao said he'd be willing to face floyd mayweather in a rematch. mayweather, who famously beat pacquiao in 2015, was watching on at ringside. manchester city can close the gap on liverpool at the top of the premier league to four points today, if they win at bottom side huddersfield town. mark hudson is in caretaker charge of the yorkshire team after the departure of davidwagfietz= and city boss pep guardiola says his side can't afford to under—estimate their opponents, orfocus too much on liverpool. forget the table. forget the schedules. focus is huddersfield now in what conditions are freezing. and every time we play against them, especially there in the cup, first season, last season when we won in the later minutes, always have been and will be complicated. so focus on what you h

the us open champion naomi 0saka against two time wimbldeon champion petra kvitova. feared that she would never be able to play at the top level again but here she is in a grand slam slam final. to be honest, i am still not really believing that i am in the final. it is kind of weird to be honest as well. i didn‘t know even if i was going to play tennis again. it wasn‘t a nice time to be dealing with everything. it wasn‘t only physical but mentally i was very tough as well. it took me a little while to believe in the people around me again. rafael nadal is through to his fifthth australian open final. it‘s 10 years since he won his only title in melbourne. he might have expected a tougher match against the talented greek stefanos tsitsipas but he raced through 6—2 6—a 6—0. nadal is looking to become the first player in the open era to win each grand slam at least twice. he‘ll face either novak djokovic, the world number 0ne or lucas pouille, who play each other tomorrow. it‘s the second of the last league cup semi—final tonight. tottenham take a slender 1—0 first leg

petra kvitova beat the unsseded american danielle collins.arder than the first set. she did not know she would have these highlights again and she has come back and understand this is her second chance and it is a great story and i am delighted. you could not wish to meet a nicer person. superb. playing not just person. superb. playing notjust for the title but... facing naomi 0saka notjust for the title but also the number one ranking naomi 0saka beat karolina pliskova in three sets. they will be facing each other for the number one ranking. number one in the world and people say serena williams is the best player in the world when she plays well and that may be the case but with sacco's victory and the last grand slams last year over serena in the final, —— boesak —— the city of 0saka. i think that she will win the match. but there is another potential champion. many thanks indeed. a great women's final to look forward to on saturday. highlights from all three semifinals we had today will be at 5pm on bbc two with andrew and the rest of the

played for nigeria at last summer's world cup and won the champions league in an 11 year tennis and petra kvitovakend after both won their thursday semi—finals in scorching conditions. the winner of saturday's showdown will also claim the world number one ranking... and for kvitova, it will be her first grand slam final since her hand was injured in a knife attack in 2016. to be honest, i am not believing that i am in the final. it is kind of weird to be honest as well. i did not note that i was even going to play tennis again. it was night and all nice time to be kneeling as well. mentally, it was very tough as well. mentally, it was very tough as well as physical. it took me a while to believe to have the people around me again. in the men's draw rafael nadal is into his 5th melbourne final, he outclassed stefanos tsitsipas in three sets. he'll face either the world number one novak djokovic or lucas pouille, who play their semi—final tomorrow morning. i have to keep doing that think that iam doing. i have to keep doing that think that i am doing. keep playing the way i am playing. let's see. t

minutes, reigning us open champion naomi osaka has stepped out on court to face the czech republic's petra kvitovater the injury to her hand? well, after she was stabbed in her racket hand, nobody thought she would come back at any level, let alone come back at any level, let alone come back to be competing to wind a title and beat world number one. but she had a great year last year, and one ina warm had a great year last year, and one in a warm up tour, so everyone was thinking is there a chance question what it will be a fantastic match. it is so exciting because there are no clear favourites. so often we come into these finals and someone is an overall favourite, but this is so hard to call, so please don't ask. i don't watch lots of tennis, i tend to just watch the finals, so i don't follow it as closely as mike and charlie, but when i get to see the highlights of this, what should ibe the highlights of this, what should i be looking out for in terms of their style, what are they bringing thatis their style, what are they bringing that is different? power is what they are bringing in this mat

much lighter note, naomi osaka becomes the world's number one female tennis player after beating petra kvitovao win the australian open. check it out. osaka is the first japanese women to win an australian singles championship. and this time as you might remember the previous time it was nothing but smiles for her unlike that traumatic u.s. open win over serena williams last september. >> we spent a good five minutes coaching you on how to say kvitova. >> kvitova. >> you did it on camera very well. >> getting very quickly past it. >>> let's get to rob marciano, who is back from his fresh vacation, once again. you've had a lot of those. >> what are you talking about? >> no, he was working during the week. >> thank you. >> okay, got it. >> a working trip. >> we haven't seen you around very much lately. >> thank you, whit. good to see you. we'll talk more about my vacation later. let's show you some waves crashing in lake superior. cold air, this is the leading edge of some cold air and multiple rounds of it splashing up against the u.p. of michigan where some of the snow has been piling up. seve

tennis and petra kvitova and naomi 0saka will play for the australian open title this weekend after both a knife attack in 2016. to be honest, i‘m still not really believing that i‘m in the final. it's believing that i‘m in the final. it‘s kind of weird, to be honest, as well that i didn‘t know even if i would play tennis again. it wasn‘t really a nice time to be dealing with everything. it wasn‘t only like physically but mentally it was very tough as well. it took me a little while to believe in the people around me again. in the men‘s draw rafael nadal is into his fifth melbourne final. he outclassed stefanos tsitsipas in three sets. he‘ll face either the world number one novak djokovic or lucas pouille, who play their semi—final tomorrow morning. i have to keep doing the things that i‘m doing, that‘s my feeling, just keep playing the way that i‘m playing. and let‘s see. that is my goal, i think. playing. and let‘s see. that is my goal, ithink. i‘m doing playing. and let‘s see. that is my goal, i think. i‘m doing a lot of things well so i can‘t complain much. i‘m just focused on trying

and in the women's singles, two—times wimbledon champion petra kvitova beat the last remaining australian not easy for me to kind of see myself being in the semifinal after everything and i always wanted to come back and play at the highest level that i can and compete with the best and play in the grand slams and this is happening and, yeah, it took me to tears, but they are happy tea rs took me to tears, but they are happy tears that i show. just a bit of background, she was attacked in her home two years ago, a knife attack on her hand and there were fears she could never play tennis again but here she is in the semifinal of another grand slam, so great news for her. thank you very much. talk to you later on. this year's oscar nominations have been announced in los angeles. the films "the favourite" and "roma" outperformed their rivals with ten nominations each. among the british actors nominated are olivia colman and rachel weisz for their roles in "the favourite", and richard e. grant in "can you ever forgive me?" he will never forgive me, he will neverforgive me, but with me now is

. >> osaka is battling it out right now with petra can kvitova. she was attacked in her home by a man with a knife. now she is back and strong going after her third grand slam title and also a number one ranking. so, pretty exciting stuff down under in australia. thanks for watching cnn "newsroom." i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. "new day" is next. thanks for being with us. >> see you tomorrow. i'm a veteran and the army taught me a lot about commitment. which i apply to my life and my work. at comcast we're commited to delivering the best experience possible, by being on time everytime. and if we are ever late, we'll give you a automatic twenty dollar credit. my name is antonio and i'm a technician at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. >>> i can tell you, it's not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they'd like to call it. if you don't have that, then we just won't open it. >> it won't be opening until it's solved. it's a much bigger problem. >> i will sign a bill to open our government f