tennis great serina williams was in action against her sister venus on thursday the match. exhibition tournaments in abu dhabi was her first outing since losing the us open final in september and in the end serena proved to be a little rusty. serena williams started off stronger winning the first set six four she's preparing for the upcoming australian open where women could see her equal margaret courts recalled tally of twenty fool grand slam singles titles. in the second set the siblings were neck and neck this twelve bull rally eventually going old a sister venus his way. the thirty eight year old veteran drew level by winning the second set before coming out on top in the deciding super tired break a shortened set to determine the match winner it was a rare triumph for venus in competitive outings serena has won four of the last five. if you follow european football you know the sport generates billions of dollars with first division players earning huge salaries but that is not the reality for the rest of the footballing world in the african nation of gab on for examp

a recent rule change in tennis increases the ranking protection for a new mother serina williams has praised the change having returned to the sport this year off to giving birth in september twenty seven team in the women's tennis association t.a.a. ranks players according to a point system for a while number one williams was not seated at this year's french open her first grand slam appearance following her return to new rules mean the players coming back from childbirth injury can use their previous ranking to enter a total of twelve tournament over eighty three. getting a cough it can be quite a task especially one that's more than four hundred square metres in size but take a look at this it's late in the ceremonial full of istanbul's below this palace for one hundred twenty years so it was joe washed the carpet had to be removed by crate before being cleaned and restored the carpet is turkey's largest and to ten years to weave it was laid down in the hole for the visit of germany and prevent head the second in eight hundred ninety eight. you're watching news live from by land a

be able to use their previous ranking for three years to enter up to twelve tournament's but serina williams wish for players to be seeded in line with that ranking has not been granted instead the d.t.i. have said that returning mothers won't play against a seeded player in the opening round of a tournament williams made her comeback in february after giving birth in twenty seventeen she wasn't seeded at the french open but was at wimbledon where she went on to reach the final the head coach of new zealand's all conquering rigby team steve hansen has announced he'll step down after next year's world cup in japan the fifty nine year old has been in charge since twenty eleven following seven years as an assistant coach on the hudson the old black successfully defended their world cup title in twenty fifteen. australia's batsman shared a century partnership for the first wickets before india hits back in the second test at perth the hosts ending day one on two hundred seventy seven for six three hundred centuries on the score card for the aussies india on the first test at adelaide last week.

and serina williams made a losing return to action her first competitive match since her defeat in september's u.s. open final against now me saka she was beaten in three sets by her sister venus in abu dhabi's serina chance to equal margaret court tally of twenty four grand slam singles titles at next month's australian open. now one of the closest ever finishes to the sydney hope our yacht race has seen while don't celeb and take victory edging defending champion. the lead changed multiple times in the final hours of the two day race with four boats in the mix for the lead as they approached australia's southern tip as the sun came up over hobart eventual winners moved into a dominant position crossing the finish line at eight am local time it's a relief for the crew after a twenty seventeen controversy which saw them cross the finish first but get hit with a time penalty denying them the title by looked. disappointed . with the people of want to. go. ahead with the result is an amazing. country. and. for the next you don't swim in it and also enjoy and that's all your sport for now i'll be