b, the singles champion for 2023, aryna sabalenka. �* ., ., , sabalenka.ka. a major winner, her first grand title was done _ sabalenka. a major winner, her first grand title was done the _ sabalenka. a major winner, her first grand title was done the hard - sabalenka. a major winner, her first grand title was done the hard way i grand title was done the hard way and this was a match played between two warriors. powerful, punchy ground strokes, big serves, the points were not long but they were explosive. the biggest bang coming from rybakina in the first set. for the kazakh the tension crept in, everyone was feeling it except sabalenka who was on hand to capitalise on that change in momentum and they were going the distance. the biggest shots... filth. distance. the biggest shots... 0h, gargantuan- _ distance. the biggest shots... 0h, gargantuan- on — distance. the biggest shots... 0h, gargantuan. on the _ distance. the biggest shots... 0h, gargantuan. on the biggest - distance. the biggest shots... oh, | gargantuan. on the biggest points, were coming _ gar

is this a breakthrough win for sabalenka? what you make of their performance?been hailed as the best player without a major for several years. she never made a final until this week in melbourne. everyone knows her history with the problems, there have been 56 double faults in only four matches. she was in total despair. her coach wanted to walk away. he didn't think you could do more for aryna sabalenka, a touching moment last night when he cried as she cried on court when she won a fourth matchpoint in a truly gripping, high quality final at melbourne park. gripping ended. it's been described as a classic duel. how much of that is down to the play styles of both the finalists?— play styles of both the finalists? , ., ., ., , finalists? these to a really hard-hitting _ finalists? these to a really hard-hitting first - finalists? these to a really hard-hitting first striped i ha rd—hitting first striped tennis hard—hitting first striped tennis players. they don't blink. the good thing last night was they were so many more winners than unforced errors which some

meet the new queen of melbourne: aryna sabalenka wins the australian open women's final.nd doing the monster mash in bulgaria: a tradition to ward off evil spirits that's made a covid comeback. the us memphis police department has disbanded the so—called scorpion special unit whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. the 29—year—old black man was kicked and punched by five policemen who are also black. they've now been sacked and face multiple charges including murder. awarning — nada tawfik�*s report contains distressing images. all chant: justice for tyre! woman: justice for tyre! the familiar rallying cry heard too often after incidents of police brutality. memphis�*s worst fears never materialised as protesters remained peaceful — a considered effort by city officials to deliver swift justice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small—scale demonstrations took place across the country — from new york to detroit and los angeles — mostly calm, just as the family wanted. five black officers have been charged with murder in the death of tyre nichols, in no s

onto the second semifinal, big hitting belarusian aryna sabalenka . hitting belarusian aryna sabalenkant to win, the temperament, that has been questioned before. and it was tested here. aryna sabalenka broke into love in the first game by an opponent playing her first grand slam semifinal. but far from crumbling at that setback aryna sabalenka stepped up her game, overpowering her polish opponent. a 7-86, 6- to overpowering her polish opponent. a 7—86, 6— to success for aryna sabalenka, finally she been able to take the next step to a grand slam final. , , , ., final. just being in the final in these kind — final. just being in the final in these kind of— final. just being in the final in these kind of tournaments, . final. just being in the final in l these kind of tournaments, it's amazing to feel this atmosphere, to play on these courts. that is a great experience for me. aha, play on these courts. that is a great experience for me. a new name on the women's _ great experience for me. a new name on the women's trophy _ great experience for me. a new name on the women's trophy is _

the singles champion for 2023, aryna sabalenka.a match played between two warriors. powerful, punchy ground strokes, big serves, the points were not long but they were explosive. the biggest bang coming from rybakina in the first set. for the kazakh the tension crept in, everyone was feeling it except sabalenka who was on hand to capitalise on that change in momentum and they were going the distance. the biggest shots... oh, gargantuan. ..on the biggest points, were coming from the racket now off the belarusian. three match points came and went but a fourth time lucky! game, set and match. a fitting famous final, a new name on that trophy, sealed with a kiss. ben croucher, bbc news. so quite a win for sabalenka — and afterwards she almost seemed lost for words. i don't know, it's hard to explain what i'm feeling right now, but... just... i'm super happy, super happy, proud and, i don't know how to explain. it's the best, it's the best day of my life right now! i had some chances for sure to turn it around but she played really well

he didn't think he could do anything more for aryna sabalenka.t in a truly gripping, high quality final at melbourne park. gripping indeed. it's been described as a classic duel. how much of that is down to the play styles of both the finalists? these two are really hard—hitting first strike tennis players. they don't blink. the good thing last night was they were so many more winners than unforced errors which sometimes can final on the big stage when nerves can rack them. you have to give both players enormous credit for the way they kept going at each other like a boxing match. sabalenka, to come through having lost the first set and serve a double fault on herfirst matchpoint was a real display of resilience to come through and finally win herfirst slam. as you say, resilience and what a comeback. she is certainly enjoying the win, isn't she, taking it all in her stride. how are the fans reacting? what has their response been? sabalenka was a sentimental favourite because everyone wanted to see her come through. she has had so many trials and

_ over the line. -- and eventually sabalenka got _ over the line. -- and eventually sabalenka got herself got herself over the l over the line. -- and eventually - sabalenka got herself over the line. the english fa cup fourth round continues on saturday. there were wins for premier league sides leeds and leicester over lower tier opposition. later on preston face tottenham at deepdale live on bbc one, kick—off at six there. and this evening paul ince is back at manchester united, in charge of championship side reading. four teams remain in the battle to reach the superbowl as the philadelphia eagles and san francisco 49ers face off for the chance to meet either the kansas city chiefs or cincinnati bengals. kansas city's patrick mahomes suffered a high ankle sprain in last week's win overjacksonville but is in full training ahead of sunday's afc championship game with the bengals who won when these two met at the same stage last season. mahomes hopes he'll be at full pelt come game time. i feel like i can do a ifeel like i can do a lot of things. we will see when we get closer and closer

a deserved win for sabalenka? absolutely. the door, consolidate her talent. she has been a top ten player for about five years now ended his first grand slam title and she really rose to the occasion. she plays a pretty high—risk, high reward game, but she managed to have her number of winners, 51, be way ahead of her number of errors, 28. seize the moment really well, against a really game competitor, against elena rybakina. she game competitor, against elena r bakina. ,, , ,, rybakina. she was sipping champagne _ rybakina. she was sipping champagne afterwards, i rybakina. she was sipping - champagne afterwards, talking about eating pizza and sweets later. she seems to be taking it all in her stride. absolutely, she is an exuberant personality, so the celebration will be a lot for her. has had a lot of setbacks in his appointments, so this is her relief at getting this long—awaited grand slam title which is definitely deserving of celebration, and i think is going to keep going for herfor quite a few days at least. qm. quite

she's through to the australian open final, where she'll play aryna sabalenka.a dominant performance in her semifinal, beating two—time champion victoria azarenka in straight sets setting up a clash against belarusian sabalenka. i got a lot of experience from wimbledon and to be honest, ijust want to come to the court and really enjoy the moment and enjoy the atmosphere because it's really amazing to play in front of you guys and so, thank you so much. yeah, we'll see how it is going to go but for sure, i try my best and i fight and yes, hopefully i'm going to win. it was a straight sets win for aryna sabalenka in her semi—final as well and a big sigh of relief when she managed it — 4th time lucky for her — she had previously lost her last 3 grand slam semi—finals. but today she beat poland's unseeded magda linette to reach herfirst majorfinal. being in the final in this kind of tournament, it is amazing to feel this atmosphere and play on this course and yes, that there was a great experience for me and i hope it's going to help me tomorrow. not tomorrow, on sa

it was a straight sets win for aryna sabalenka in her semi—final as well and a big sigh of relief whenucky for her — she had previously lost her last 3 grand slam semi—finals. but today she beat poland's unseeded magda linette to reach herfirst majorfinal. being in the final, it is amazing to feel this _ being in the final, it is amazing to feel this atmosphere and play on this course and yes, that there was a great _ this course and yes, that there was a great experience for me and erebus going _ a great experience for me and erebus going to _ a great experience for me and erebus going to help me tomorrow. not tomorrow. _ going to help me tomorrow. not tomorrow. on — going to help me tomorrow. not tomorrow, on saturdays. sorry,| tomorrow, on saturdays. sorry, saturday- _ britain's men's wheelchair doubles duo alfie hewett and gordon reid are through to the australian open final. after beating theirjapanese opponents in straight sets 6—4, 6—4. they'll face dutch pair maikel scheffers and ruben spaargaren tonight at 1:00am gmt. the uk government have condemed plans to allow athletes fro

he stayed behind sabalenka with a tough fight that lasted almost 2 1/2 hours.he belarusian came to her goal of the first trophy at the grand slam tournament six-four decisive with this key. well, how not to believe now in this magic of numbers alina sobolyanka wins her first grand slam tournament . australia naopy, she will remain our second tennis player who achieves such a grandiose success, friends. my congratulations. it's just a crazy victory finale that we will all remember and, first of all, the rent will be remembered. what a huge step forward in my career wow super. she just starts the season with two triumphant dorest tournaments at the major, she also became the best in the prestigious competitions in this laida. arina's winning streak is 11 matches, like all belarusians, we soaked, watched, suffered , and our president with a stunning victory. bolenko rushed in, congratulated alexander lukashenko belarusian arina is already quite narrower and not the girl that the whole tennis world saw 6 years ago, when it was only appeared. now she is already a ch

aryna sabalenka came from a set down to win herfirst grand slam. this was at the australian open. reports. the women's singles champion for— croucher reports. the women's singles champion for 2023, - croucher reports. the women's i singles champion for 2023, rena croucher reports. the women's - singles champion for 2023, rena sub linke! b. singles champion for 2023, rena sub linke! �* . ., ., , , linke! a maiden winner for irina sub linke, her first _ linke! a maiden winner for irina sub linke, her first grand _ linke! a maiden winner for irina sub linke, her first grand slam - linke! a maiden winner for irina sub linke, her first grand slam title - linke, her first grand slam title was done the hard way. —— aryna sabalenka. powerful punchy ground strokes, big serves, the points weren�*t long but they were explosive. the biggest bang coming from the first set. there handle the change in momentum. there handle the change in momentum. there were big shots and the biggest points were coming from the racket of the belarusian. three match points came and went but a full—time lackey. a

, of belarus. _ pagula of the us or aryna sabalenka, of belarus, seems to have put her terrible _ ofing problems behind her. �* ., terrible serving problems behind her. ., , terrible serving problems behind her. all of their stories plus more on the website. _ don't forget the masters snooker final betweenjudd trump and mark williams is under way in north london. there is a reflection on the first day of the nfl wild card play—offs. an extraordinary win for the jacksonville jaguars there. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.com/sport, but that's all the sport for now. thank you. the uk's transport secretary mark harper says he hopes a deal can be reached this week between rail companies and unions to avoid further strike action. uk has recently been rocked by industrial action causing mass disruption to the railways. the minister added that there was still detail in negotiations that needed hammering out. here he was speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg a little earlier. members of the scottish parliament backed controversial legislation last month making it e

this sabalenka is yet to drop a set in melbourne this year.a royals said in a victory target of i83. pretoria royals said in a victory target of 183. you can muster on the bbc sport website. meanwhile, in australia's big bash league, england's zak crawley top scored with 49 for the hobart hurricanes as they lost to the sydney sixers by 2a runs, which means they'll struggle to make the playoffs and damar hamlin was back watching the buffalo bills last nightjust three weeks after suffering a cardiac arrest. he was sensibly sheltered from the snow as his watched his bills side play against the same team in which the incident occured — the cincinatti bengals. it's not long to go until the start of the six nations. next weekend things get under way when wales will take on ireland and england, scotland. the head coaches and captains from all the sides met today for the tournament's launch. plenty of talking points including the big one of player safety. our sports correspondent joe wilson has more: here we are in central london for the launch of thi

and there is a new women's champion, irina sabalenka won her first ground slam yesterday.ap-up. >> the first grand slam title for irina sabalenka. do you think there's going to be more coming up for her? i think so. i think she has a good chance if she continues to play like that? >> she's had her best resultss t u.s. open. now that she's got the first one out of the way, why not. she is incredible. i think this is now like the monkey off her back. get the nerves out of the way, the first one in the back pocket. i totally think she's going to do it again. >> we have to talk about elena, big disappointment for her. she won the title last year in wimbledon. we thought she had the edge going into this match because she knew or what she had to expect pretty much. are you disappointed with her performance? what would you have liked to see her doing better, maybe -- >> not at all! >> i think you could tell from her reaction at the end of the match, she knew it was a good match. and the fact that she wasn't so disappointed, she still made a really lovely speech. just shows, you k

she's through to the australian open final, where she'll play aryna sabalenka. front of you guys, so thank you so much. we will see how it's going to go, but for sure, will see how it's going to go, but forsure, i'll try will see how it's going to go, but for sure, i'll try my best. i will fight and hopefully i'm going to win. it was a straight sets win for aryna sabalenka in her semi—final as well and a big sigh of relief when she managed it. 4th time lucky for her. she had previously lost her last three grand slam semi—finals, but today she beat poland's unseeded magda linette to reach herfirst majorfinal. just being in the final in this kind of tournament, it's an amazing to feel this atmosphere and play in this court, it's a great experience for me and i hope it's going to help me tomorrow. the former everton and scotland striker duncan ferguson has been given his first full—time managerial role — he's been appointed as head coach of forest green rovers. he is taking overfrom ian burchnall who left on wednesday. he's got a task on his hands — the club are bo

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she's through to the australian open final, where she'll play aryna sabalenka. sets. it was a straight sets win for sabalenka in her semi—final as well and a big sigh of releif when she managed it — 4th time lucky for her — she had previously lost her last 3 grand slam semi—finals but today beat polands unseeded magda linette to reach herfirst majorfinal. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6.30. donald trump is to be allowed back on facebook and instagram — two years after the former us president was suspended because of the riots on capitol hill. the president of global affairs at meta, which owns facebook, nick clegg, said a review had found that donald trump's accounts no longer posed a serious risk to public safety. let's speak to our correspondent do we know whether donald trump wants to now come back onto these platforms? wants to now come back onto these latforms? ~ ., , �* wants to now come back onto these latforms? ~ . , �* platforms? well, he hasn't said, honestl . platforms? well, he hasn't said, honestly. bear— plat

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and irina sabalenka of belarus seems to have put her terrible serving problems behind her. a£111" puter. our correspondent in melbourne- _ that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. in the uk the labour party leader sir keir starmer has told the bbc he does not back 16—year—olds being able to change their legal gender. the labour leader said he had concerns about legislation passed in the scottish parliament last month, which simplifies the process for changing gender, including lowering the age to 16. the government in westminster is considering blocking the bill and is expected to announce a decision this week. here's 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart. what do we want? trans rights! when do we want them? now! members of the scottish parliament backed controversial legislation last month, making it easierfor someone to change their legal gender and lowering the age limit from 18 to 16. labour members at holyrood backed the changes, but this morning, the party's uk leader expressed reservations about the bill. i do have concerns about, one,

in the women's draw fifth seed aryna sabalenka is through to the fourth round beating her former doublesch this year, having won the adelaide international before the australian open. she was comfortable throughout, winning in straight sets. she'll next take on another player with a 100 percent record in 2023, belinda bencic. the nfl playoffs have reached the divisional round when the number one seeds in each conferencejoin the postseason after having a bye for the wild card games. in the afc that's the kansas city chiefs... in the afc that's the kansas city chiefs, who are strong favourites to beat the jacksonville jaguars, depsite their extraordinary comeback to beat the los angeles chargers last weekend. later on saturday the new york giants take on division rivals the philadelphia eagles, who are the number one seeds in the nfc. the giants surprised the minnesota vikings in the wild card round. the eagles will have home field advantage and won both meetings during the regular season. a good—looking week, business as usual, i know our guys are professionals and come about their busine

to the australian open tennis, aryna sabalenka came from a set down to win her first grand slam singless a great final. rybakina squandered three championship points, but finally got over the line to win the title in her first major singles final. i don't know, how i'm feeling right now, _ i don't know, how i'm feeling right now. but— i don't know, how i'm feeling right now, butjust... all, super happy. super— now, butjust... all, super happy. suoer happy, _ now, butjust... all, super happy. super happy, proud, and i don't know how to _ super happy, proud, and i don't know how to explain. it's the best day of my life _ how to explain. it's the best day of my life right now! lots how to explain. it's the best day of my life right now!— how to explain. it's the best day of my life right now! lots more on her website but — my life right now! lots more on her website but that's _ my life right now! lots more on her website but that's all _ my life right now! lots more on her website but that's all for _ my life right now! lots more on her website but that's all for now. - olly, thank you ve

on the women's side, aryna sabalenka won. >>> time now for the weathering and meteorologist angie lassmanhate to say it, it's monday. >> at least in new york we're not waking up to what folks in the high plains are dealing with. temperatures well below zero. you see why we have 15 million people under these advisories, watches, and warnings. rapid stirks feeling like 26 below. 1 below in north plat. and kansas city waking up happy about what's ahead for sports. but 14 degrees and feeling like 1. you get the picture. there's arctic air in place. this is something we'll deal with in the afternoon hours, barely making it out of the single digits. as we get into tomorrow, teens from milwaukee, buffalo into the 20s. 30s for cincinnati. as we head into the later part of the workweek, you'll see wednesday, thursday, friday in places like dc linger between the 30s and 40s. cold out there, feeling like it should for this time of year. showers in the midwest. down south, heavy rain. we watch this next system that has winter weather alerts. 27 million people included in that. that's because we have

the women's title will be decided tomorrow between rybakina and sabalenka.hile frank reich starting quarterback for the first game in panthers history almost 30 years ago is returning to the franchise. he has agreed to a four year deal to become the team's sixth head coach. reich who was fired by the colts midway through the season was chosen among nine interviewed for the job. >>> and the super bowl match-up will of course be determined on sunday. should be a really good day of football. the eagles will host the 49ers at 3:00. and then at 6:30, the cincinnati bengals will go to kansas city to play the chiefs for the afc title. winners will meet in the super bowl february 12th. my official picks, eagles/bengals. >>> time now for the weather and look who is here, bill karins with us for the forecast. >> good to see you. weather looks pretty decent for both games. it will be cold in arrowhead, but we could see snowstorms or horrific weather this time of year. but it won't be that bad. where we are going to see problem this is weekend will be the middle of the

jabber, elena grelchik will continue the theme arina sabalenka came up to the duel against the americanvorite in the personal three-match confrontation of the belarusian defeat, but the beginning of the meeting in melbourne for our tennis player turned out to be difficult in the second game. sobolenko had two breakpoints, but she couldn't use them. but she gave her pitch already in the next game, rogers took the lead. by the sixth game of the arena, she managed to get together. she made the return flight. and once again i already met a brkpoint. took the opponent's second serve six three victory in the first set. everything worked out in the second game. where is easier?

sabalenka is yet to drop a set in melbourne this year.th in the table with a win over antonio conte's side at craven cottage. spurs have had a difficult run with consecutive defeats against arsenal and manchester city. i think the situation, compared to the past, — i think the situation, compared to the past, is — i think the situation, compared to the past, is defined. the task here, my task— the past, is defined. the task here, my task here — the past, is defined. the task here, my task here is to try to to help the club, — my task here is to try to to help the club, to— my task here is to try to to help the club, to create a solid foundation, and then to improve and too step—by—step to become competitive and to fight for something important. great britain's ellie downie has retired from gymnastics at the age of 23. she anounced it on social media saying that "after really tough last few years i've made the decision to prioritise my mental health and happiness." downie became the first british gymnast to win the all—around title at a ma

rebecca took the first set, but she was by harry arina sabalenka 643646.d as well because she had points from winning wimbledon last year when allocated meant allocated ranking which meant that had to be ranked at that she had to be ranked at number 22. so she got a really run but is finished run through but is finished today. as i say, she lost in three sets. should also mention alfie british success down unden alfie british success down under. he's won the wheelchair singles as well as seventh grand slam titles from, norwich. so he lost the last two finals. he's beaten turkey to odah and so hell of a hell of a morning for him on the men's final tomorrow. indeed, yeah. novak djokovic against surpass against stefanos to surpass i think will fired up think djokovic will be fired up after what happened last year, but i wouldn't rule out tsitsipas. match in tsitsipas. he's ten match in their oh no elite deal their own jan oh no elite deal or no deal all that is coming back i'm living for this i absolutely it. aiden told me earlier that he may knows how his ho

so it's a little bit of a although as say, sabalenka a although as i say, sabalenka was fifth seed.so i. riback and it was 22nd because her points last year's points from last year's wimbledon win weren't wimbledon title win weren't appued wimbledon title win weren't applied to this one because because of these sanctions, russia, i wish i could see the men's finals after, as you say. how about in an hour from now still all that if djokovic is finals of all day long. so he was going to be exciting, i think, because they're both fast around the court. oh that's so upsetting. i just think i've got a feeling tsitsipas. i just a feeling for tsitsipas. i just think it might be his time. i personally, i hope he wins. yeah, djokovic djokovic. yeah, djokovic said djokovic. yeah, djokovic said djokovic. yeah, be rooting yeah, i'm going to be rooting for 6. djokovic is my, for 4 to 6. djokovic is my, my, the you know he's not is the that you know he's not is a 35 he's not going to the sun says that he go on that says that he won't go on that much longer but he's got and he's a great competitor

she'll face either aryna sabalenka or magda linette for the title.reid, he then beat a japanese pair, as they chase a fourth successive doubles title in melbourne. england captain ben stokes has been named the icc test cricketer of the year, after transforming the side's fortunes with an attacking approach. before he took over, england had won just one test in 17 matches but he was victorious in nine of his first 10 tests in charge. he was also named in the men's test team of the year, alongside jonny bairstow and james anderson. the icc said he "defined the year of test cricket" more "than any other player. england vice captain nat sciver was named women's cricketer of the year, as well as one—day international women's cricketer of the year. she scored over 1300 runs and took 22 wickets over the season. after taking a break, she returned to the side in england's clean sweep over west indies in december. the icc described her as "as one of the most "pleasing batters to watch". staying with cricket — fast bowlerjofra archer, was one of the stars of en

that's quite controversial in itself against fifth seed arina sabalenka .slam final . rebecca no, we grand slam final. rebecca no, we kind of know from last kind of know her from last summer she won summer because she won wimbledon, was ranked in wimbledon, but she was ranked in 22nd as 22nd seed down in melbourne. now as i say it, a little bit controversial that because she actually won wimbledon summer, did wimbledon last summer, she did well the us open as well. and you would expect to go into the australian open as you know quite well. certainly the top three seeds. but she three or four seeds. but she wasn't the points wasn't because the points weren't from wimbledon wasn't because the points want from wimbledon wasn't because the points wea world from wimbledon wasn't because the points wea world rankingn wimbledon wasn't because the points wea world ranking determines n to a world ranking determines her seeding in the australian open. the reason for that is that the all—england were punished not including punished for not including russian athletes r

now to the australian open, and it's the women's semi—finals later, with belarusians arina sabalenka, and both players now live in the us as they try to set up what would be an historic final. i really want it to happen. and i know that vicky will do everything she can to make it happen, and i'll do everything i can to make it happen. that's, yeah, that's going to be history, and that's going to be just like, unbelievable, and tough to realise that this has actually happened. next to that familiar tale of penalty heartbreak for england against germany, this time at the men's hockey world cup. this is how they do penalties in hockey, a one—on—one with the keeper. and liam ansell had scored earlier, when england took a 2—0 lead. but germany fought back, and here, ansell missed in the shoot—out, meaning germany booked a semifinal against australia, leaving ansell and company in disbelief at how this one got away. england ended their netball quad—series in south africa on a high, beating the hosts in cape town. but it was a disappointing tournament overall for them — they finished third