at 23 andy murray became the shanghai masters youngest champion.nament is a chance for him to be competitive again. but the world number 56 took the game to him. giving murray the runaround. after hitting 18 winners he took the first set. time for murray to turn it up a notch. moves like this changed the direction of the match. it went to a third set. but things got really competitive and frustrating for his opponent. his opponent could not keep a resurgent murray down, and neither his emotions. let's have quick look at some other sports headlines this evening — and staying with tennis. kyle edmunds is out of the shanghai masters as poorform continues — he lost to france's jeremy chardy in straight sets. edmund will lose british number one status — with dan evan's taking over when the news rankings are published. tottenham have confirmed that their captain and goalkeeper hugo lloris won't return to training with the club until next year. he sustained a dislocated elbow during the 3—0 defeat to brighton on saturday. fabian delph has withdrawn from t

roger federer cruises into the next round in china, on his quest for a third shanghai masters title., the nba goes on the defensive, over a freedom of speech row in china. i regret having communicated directly with friends in china that so directly with friends in china that so many people are upset. hello and welcome to the programme. news from the italian serie a to start with. ac milan have sacked manager, marco giampaolo, afterjust three and a half months. former inter boss, stefano pioli, is expected to take over, with the 18—time champions currently three points off the relegation zone. earlier i spoke to italian football journalist daniele verri, who feels the manager paid the price for the team's poor start to the season. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, marco giampaolo did not make the team perform as expected. ac milan lost four of the first seven games of the season and that was not enough for them to give confidence. although he want the last game in genoa, there was not a change in terms of the performance on the pitch and that prompted ac milan to dismiss him. marco giam

djokovic, who's bidding to win the shanghai masters for a 5th time, came through 6—3, 6—3, and now he'llom half of the draw, the number a seed dominic thiem is through to the last 16. the austrian is bidding to win his second masters series title of the year, following his victory at indian wells back in march. he beat the spanish qualifier pablo carreno busta in straight sets and will now face nikoloz basilashvili from georgia. thiem's on course for a quarter—final showdown with germany's alexander zverev. the number five seed beat the french qualifierjeremy chardy in straight sets — but he was made to work hard for his victory, with both sets going all the way to tie—breaks. zverev will face the unseeded russian andrey rublev in the last 16. david often is also through to the third round. —— goffin. his opponent was forced to retire through injury. he will now face the number two seed, roger federer. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. wednesday has been a very showery day

the world number one came through 7—5, 6—3 — and remains on course to win a fifth shanghai masters titleussian came from a break down to take the first set on a tie—break — before winning the second 7—5. the number 3 seed — who won the cincinnati masters earlier this year — will now face italy's fabio fognini in the quarter—finals. in the other half of the draw the number 2 seed roger federer beat belgium's david goffin in straight sets. federer — who's bidding to regain the title he last won two years ago — came through won 7—6, 6—4. he'll now face the number five seed from germany, alexander zverev. and the number 4 seed dominic thiem is through to the quarter—finals after a straight sets win over nikoloz basilashvili. thiem won 6—3, 6—4 — and will now face the number 11 seed from italy matteo berrettini. one other tennis line. naomi osaka has declared her intention to represent japan at next year's olympics in tokyo. the world number 3, and reigning australian open champion, was born in osaka to a japanese mother and haitian father. but she grew up in new york, and also has us citizen

todayit yesterday at the shanghai masters today it was a tetchy 3—set clash with fabbiano fogniniid that these were by far the fastest conditions he is trained in since his comeback and facing the world number 12 fabbiano fognini he would have to keep up the pace for that fognini could not quite shake off andy murray by the te na nt quite shake off andy murray by the tenant took the first set and tie—break 7—6. it was a sign that the former world number one was not going to make it easy for him. murray broke first in the second set and a few too many unforced errors got the better of fognini, the fight was on as murray took it to the third for them sing the three times grand slam champion move around the court like this shows just how far he has come since injury but it seems that in a match this site it would go to a tie—break. but not without a spat. shut up! off court drama site fognini could do no wrong in the closing stages as it came out on top and for murray to hold off for over three hours on court, that is progress. one week after shamed athletics coach alberto salazar re

former world number one andy murray is through to the second round of the shanghai masters, as he continuese grand slam winner beat argentina's juan ignacio londero in three sets. murray reached the quarter finals of the china open last week — thisjust nine months after his career seemed over because of persistent injury problems. he'll face fabio fognini next. ninth seed gael monfils needed three sets, to defeat italy's lorenzo sonego 7—5, 6—7, 6—3 to advance to the second round. the frenchman will face poland's hubert hurkacz in the second round. this was monday's surprise result — croatia's marin cilic was beaten in straight sets beaten by albert ramos vinolas. cilic is now ranked 25th in the world, down from a career high of third last year. vinolas will play roger federer in the second round. sri lanka have won a first ever t20 series against pakistan. a second string side won by 35 runs, after bhanuka rajapaksa scored 77 to wrap up the three match series with a game to spare. several of their senior players chose to miss the series over security concerns in the country. thejob of repl

yes still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour the sports news and novak djokovic he defends his shanghai masters title will have the action coming up in a moment's. teller again time for the sports news with peter hyperion thank you hi so female football fans in iran are looking forward to a rare occasion some are being allowed to join the crowd to watch a world cup qualifier for the 1st time $4000.00 women's tickets were sold out within minutes of going online for thursday's match between iran and cambodia a threat from football's world governing body fever has forced the iranian government to lift its ban on women at games same as ravi has more from tehran. in iran women take football as seriously as men do. but one of the reasons these young players are training indoors it's too expensive for this club to use a full sized outdoor football field their coach says they'll get there but progress is slow and. what we've done so far is good but there is most clubs need to pay more attention to women for a 5th of the budget of the men's team they can have a women's team as well. football in iran has

still to come: roger federer eases his way into the final 16 of the shanghai masters, but andy murrayho were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiers jumped from a military truck taking part in the parade, and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but, even as divers worked to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: as the eu accuses britain's prime minister of a blame game over brexit, ireland's prime minister says he'll work until the very last moment to try to se

australian open injanurary, the former world number one pushed fabio fognini all the way at the shanghai masters tie—break, but was narrowly edged out, as rhia chohan reports. fabio, he had to keep up that pace. he could quite shake murray off but he did take the first set at the tie—break. it was a sign that the former world number one of the site would make it easy. a few too many got the better of fognini. it will the fight was on and to see them move on the court like this just so just how far he has come since his injury but a match this tight, this competitive would go to a tie—break but not without a spat. off court, they could do no wrong in the closing stages as he came out on top if her murray to hold them off for as long as he could, that is progress. you will make you was not saying anything to them, so he was very frustrated, you wanted to in each with me —— engage with me, but i am not having them talk to me like that on the court. one week after shamed athletics coach alberto salazar received a 4 year ban for dopng violations, the performance director of uk athletics, neil black,

has sealed his spot in the shanghai masters final where he will face of. securitas straight sets victory with an ace ousting italian the teo barrett in a 6364 win earlier on russian serving here beat stefanos to us is 7675 victory means he's still yet to drop a set this week and reaches his 6 tournaments final in a row. and english and french troops clashed on saturday but not a drop of blood was shed it was a reenactment of the battle of hastings nearly a 1000 years after the original event the famous battle of 1066 pitted william of normandy against the anglo-saxon king harold and marked the beginning of the norman conquest of. an ancient battlefield comes alive with his sound of steel against steel. hundreds to see. to reenact about so defined in history. he was. facing off. in his saxon army against william and his normans. their swords with. flu. and count grew. a lot of the exhilaration of kind of fighting is very exciting very intense you don't think about anything else because although. only pretending to be in the battle there are still people whe

andy murray's through to the second round of the shanghai masters after coming from behind to beat juanb inside the world's top 250. joe lynskey reports. the comeback continues, but the matches aren't getting any easier for andy murray. after reaching the quarterfinals of the china open, the former world number one will have fancied his chances

at 23, and may begin the shanghai masters youngest champion.ve early on, giving many they run around. after heading 18 winners, heat of the set. it was time memory to turn it up a notch. moves like this serve and volley change the direction of the match. marie greatest break point chances and adapted his hand skills, taking this to the third set. things got really competitive and frustrating when his opponent was given a chance to break to love. the moment and the argentine broke back with a return had marie exasperated. all that anger was released into this poor hand. —— bought hand. slapping himself into gear did him no good, as andy murray moved to the next round and on the right direction. as andy murray moved to the next round and on the right directionm isa round and on the right directionm is a rash day at the rugby world cup, hiding towards the final matches the focus is not on the by, matches the focus is not on the rugby, but on the weather. a number of teams... thai thin is on course to hit japan by of teams... thai thin is on course

andy murray's through to the second round of the shanghai masters after coming from behind to beat juangnacio londero. the win means he'll climb inside the world's top 250. joe lynskey reports. the comeback continues, but the matches aren't getting any easier for andy murray. after reaching the quarterfinals of the china open, the former world number one will have fancied his chances in shanghai. but juan ignacio londero had good ideas, the argentina making life difficult for the three—time champion in the opening set. two rates of serve in the second, though, and andy murray was right back in the match. 12 months ago, he could only have dreams of moving around a court like this. in the decider, he began to ta ke this. in the decider, he began to take control and was getting more fired up by the minute. commentator: game, murray. fired up by the minute. commentator: game, murraym fired up by the minute. commentator: game, murray. in the end, his class was clear to see, just how far this comeback will take him is perhaps not so clear. for now, his performances are being rewarded with a s

berlin now to sports and tennis and the neil medvedev has defeated germany's alexander to win the shanghai masters medvedev serving here had lost his 4 previous matches against there but today was a different story you need to just 74 minutes to complete the 6461 victory and he maintained his record not dropping a set all week so the russians 4th title this year that puts him in the conversation as one of these forwards best prop.

neil medvedev has reached his 6th final in a row after beating the finals it's cheap us at the shanghai masters on saturday medvedev who is serving here beat as rick opponent in just over an hour and a half to reach the final the 7675 victory means he still has not dropped a set this week the russian will face germany's alexander it's various in sunday's final. quick reminder now the top story that we're following for you at this hour turkish backed forces say they've taken control of last iranian key border town in northeastern syria according to aid workers more than 100000 people have been forced to flee the area. and cannot spend more the top of the hour.

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now the shanghai masters roger federer has advanced to the 3rd round off to beating albert ramos of enormous federer needed just a 6 minutes to brush aside the spaniard in straight sets and he never faced a breakpoint on his way to a 6276 victory tally and 5 yo for nannie's day was tougher it took him 3 grueling sets to beat persons andy murray the victory keeps his chances of qualifying for the season ending a.t.p. finals. you're watching news live from berlin coming up is the doc film featuring the discrete land of the super rich i'll be back with more news for you at the top of the hour of course you can always get the latest around the clock on our web site that is the w dot com i'm going home free ballin if you see. that. meal and i'm getting in the brand new delusion on the coast to coast to voice the topics that are such as. climate change the return of the. only reasons check out.

roger federer cruises into the next round in china, on his quest for a third shanghai masters title.of speech row in china. i regret having communicated directly with friends in china that so directly with friends in china that so many people are upset. hello and welcome to the programme. news from the italian serie a to start with. ac milan have sacked manager, marco giampaolo, afterjust three and a half months. former inter boss, stefano pioli, is expected to take over, with the i8—time champions currently three points off the relegation zone. earlier i spoke to italian football journalist daniele verri,

there in berlin to tennis now and neil medvedev has defeated germany's alexander vera to win the shanghai masters medvedev serving here had lost his 4 previous matches against there but today was a different story he needed just 74 minutes to complete the 6461 victory and he maintained his record of not dropping a set all week it's the russians a 4th title this year putting him in the conversation as one of these sports best prospects. for gymnast simone biles is so good at what she does even we have trouble keeping up with her competing in the world championships in stuttgart biles tied the all time mark yesterday collecting her 23rd medal as soon as we could process that she went on to top that collecting medals number 24 and 25 with gold in the beam and the 4 events files now surpasses the vitali sure bow to become the most decorated gymnast male often female in world championships history . well don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app from google player from the app store and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push no

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now he is into the second round of the shanghai masters.rry murray. murray lost the first set in this latest tournament coming back from hip surgery. tournament coming back from hip surgery. took the second x— two with that brilliant crosscourt shot in the decider, one of the highlights. taking out his frustration in an unusual way, it is fair to say. murray won the final set 6—3. he is now going to meet italy's tenth seed abia fig meanie in the next round. fabio fognini. ahead of theirfinal rugby world cup pool match against france this weekend, england are sweating on the fitness of back row billy vunipola. coaches say they will wait another day before making a definitive decision on his ankle injury. if he's not deemed to be fit, it's expected mark wilson will come into the side instead. the loser of that match will likely face wales in the quarter finals. warren gatland has made two changes for theirfinal pool match against fiji. both in the back row where james davies and ross moriarty come in. just time to tell you that fabian delph h

and 23 andy murray became the shanghai masters youngest champion.up early on. giving murray the runaround. early on. giving murray the ru na round. after hitting early on. giving murray the runaround. after hitting 18 winners heat at the per set 6— to the stop time for murray to turn it up a notch. moves like this change the direction of the match. murray equated break point chances and adapters with his hands goes, taking this to the third set. but things got really competitive and frustrating stop his opponent was getting a chance to break to love. a moment in the argentine proper had murray exasperated an attraction of this team, all of their anger was released into this forehand. his opponent could not keep a resurgent murray of spain and neither his emotions. slapping himself into gear did no good, as michael tait moved to the next round and be riots direction of his comeback. today has been a rest at the rugby world cup today. a number of teams can secure a place in the quarterfinals with a win this week. wales is one of them — they play fiji

tennis and friday is quarter—finals day at the shanghai masters, with the top two seeds, novak djokovict, with a straight sets win over belgium's david goffin. federer, who's bidding to regain the title he last won two years ago, came through won 7—6, 6—4. he'll now face the number five seed from germany, alexander zverev. women in iran have been allowed to attend a football match, in large numbers, for the first time since the islamic revolution a0 years ago. authorities in tehran have been under some pressure from fifa, the governing body of world football. more than 3,000 women, sitting in segregated areas, saw iran decisively beat cambodia 14—0 in a world cup qualifier. sylvia lennan—spence reports. it was a historic night on the terraces of tehran's azadi stadium. female football fans attending a match for the first time in four decades. the ban, imposed by clerics who argue women should be shielded from the masculine atmosphere and the semi—clad men, hit the headlines last month, when a woman set herself on fire, after being arrested for trying to attend a match. on thursday, trag

in the quarter—finals in beijing — and he's still in china, for the shanghai masters, he plays in thest round tomorrow. and murray says his return from surgery is going really well. until a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago, you know, i didn't know how competitive i would be at the top level. obviously, since i got here, you know, i feel like level. obviously, since i got here, you know, ifeel like in the matches i've played i've been competitive against all of the players i've played against. i have played top ten, top 20 and to top 30 players. i haven't won all of the matches but i felt like i've done pretty well so hopefully over the next months i can keep progressing a little bit. we will see. just to let you know that celtic are now trailing 2—0. rangers will move to the top with a wind later if that score stays the same. that's it. time for a look at the weather forecast. very good to you. we have seen a lot of rain over the last few hours and for some that rain is still falling. the met office has released an amber warning for parts of suffolk and norfolk. potential flooding and

at the shanghai masters today, they have been knocked out of the quarterfinals stage and losing his cool the german alexander and federal did manage to see a five match point and that is when he lost his cool and he was penalised after twice hitting the ball out of the court and anger and usually for him, rhyming with the umpire as he unraveled and number six took centre stage. he will face the italian player next. and that is all your support for now, back to you. just to recap the breaking news of this hour, president trump says the united states and china have reached a substantial deal on trade in this follows talks of the white house between the president and the chinese vice premier. donald trump has been speaking and that is just listening to what he said. we have come to a very substantial phase one deal and i will go through some of the points and i will ask the vice premier to say a few words and any comments that he may have. we have come to a deal pretty much subject to getting it written and it will ta ke to getting it written and it will take probably three weeks, four week

andy murray lost his second round match to fabio fognini at the shanghai masters.murray took it up with the umpire, and told him to shut up. fognini won it on a third set tie break. after the match, murray wasn't happy with the italian's conduct. he wasn't saying anything to him. so i was obviously frustrated at that. he wanted to engage with me, fabio. i probably shouldn't have done. but i'm not having him talk to me like that on the court. england's women got a much—needed win after five matches without one. they beat portugal by a goal to nil thanks to a huge piece of good fortune. the lionesses had a helping hand from the portugal goalkeeper for beth mead to score the only goal of the game. phil neville's side needed some luck to win though. they got some more, this portugal free kick somehow staying out. wales's euro 2021 qualifying campaign had a welcome boost after they beat belarus 1—nil. rachel rowe got the winner with around 10 minutes to go in herfirst game back from a year—long injury. wales stay second in group c. don't forget we'll round up all the da

strain of tens of thousands of refugees in the sport a big win for this player at tennis is shanghai masters and he is here with that story i would like to. add though there is a mostly clear and calm picture across much of the middle east now there is some cloud on the way it is streaming through turkey pushing across the black sea and eventually work its way on tools the caspian sea this is where we could see picking up all that moisture and that could actually bring wanted to shout across and tobacco quite a bit it has strained right the way into will central areas of iraq still there around 40 celsius the next couple days in baghdad but it will be cooling off into nolan iran so $25.00 and to run with the chance of those showers and farther to the south the temperatures have been steadily coming down in the mid thirty's now widely across much of the region south of a vote 36 in doha and riyadh and about the same as we head into sunday remember these temperatures off of the shade so we'll still have holes for the woman if you are in the sunshine and then down into southern africa wanted to

roger federer has been knocked out of the shanghai masters and he was defeated by alexander is there ever in the quarter finals when you are not a joke of it semifinal streak in chennai has comes to and the defending champion and full time winner last 26 see the final sits across before friday's match djokovic had won 24 straight sets in asia victory for surprise has also and him a place in the a.t.p. finals for the 1st time. and euro 20 call fires continue on friday england are taking on the czech republic later on england manager gareth southgate has stressed that his players will follow us for protocols if they experience any racist abuse during these call fires on monday england will face bulgaria where the match will be played in a party close stadium after racist behavior in the past this week chelsea striker tammy abraham said that the players are prepared to leave the pitch if they are targeted by racist abuse regardless of the us protocols. the play is also at the same time have the right to have a voice and speak their mind openly. and i encourage them to do that because we

the final in his last 6 tournaments on sunday hereis beating alexander's verify to claim the shanghai masters title. so many broken the record for most world championship medals by any gymnasts while started sunday's action in stuttgart and it's high for the all time record alongside that's all the show ever by the race of the 22 year old american when so and so into more medals both of them goals to set a mark of $25.00 career. the 1st ever world beach games are underway in cat so as a multi sports events that features some beach classics such as volleyball and white boarding but there are also a few surprises us a helmet for ports. service. and smashes. it's racquetball action just not the type you're used to seeing at roland garros or wimbledon this is beach tennis one of the events like the 1st ever world beach games taking place here in qatar more than a 1000 athletes from almost $100.00 countries are competing in the multi-sport event designed to showcase sports which really get mainstream exposure. is really important because you know if for some people can know about it all the beach

an end the defending champion and 4 time winner last to 68 to finalist kisses a fast and the shanghai masters quarterfinals before 5 does that matter djokovic had won 24 straight sets in asia the victory for the city has also and him a place in the a.t.p. finals for the 1st time. oh you're 22 and call the fires continue on friday england are taking on the czech republic later on in the manager gus gate has stressed that his players will follow us the protocols that if they experience any racist abuse during these call 5 on monday england will face bulger area where the match well we played in a party at close stadium after racist behavior in the past this week chelsea striker time in abraham said that players are prepared to leave the pitch if they're targeted by racists abuse regardless of the u.s. up protocols. the play is over the same time have the right to have a voice and speak their mind openly. and i encourage them to do that because we have a chance to make a difference on a very important topic as well. but my priorities are creating the environment that they feel going into any mat

choose between her american or japanese citizenship before her 22nd birthday this week over the shanghai masters twenty's and grand slam champion roger federer was made to work hard in his 3rd round match against belgium to have a golf fan favorite would win in straight sets 7664 italy's farrier forney is quickly establishing a reputation as one of tennis is bad boys on tuesday he had an encore darrelle with andy murray and on thursday you seemed spitting in the direction of the umpire during his match against russia's current catch and off you also mocked a fan in the stands who were supporting the russian in spite of all that when you needed actually win in straight sets ok most sports news coming up again later we'll see you then thank you very much peter to stay with us for that morning here in just a couple of minutes. it . looks. like a good speech. for the last 2 years these students have been collecting rubbish every day it's helped clean up the campus and helped build some of its facilities for every 2 kilo's of plastic waste they collect this school receives a brick made of plastic and

to be going to fall and in friday's quarter finals at the shanghai masters never djokovic is the defending champion and 4 time winner beaten by the 6 seeds to find a sit supplants before this match djokovic should want 24 straight sets that asian students. a victory for sits across earning him a place in the season ending a.t.p. finals for the very 1st. time former champion roger federer knocks out by germany's alexander's vera pretty far encounter this one it went to a deciding set. to drive winning it $63.00 and that sets up a semifinal with must say oh. ok that aside your sport is looking for now let's get back to barbara in london andy thanks for that and that is it for this news hour do stay with us though i'm going to have more news in just a few minutes and member of course you can catch up with everything that we have been talking about on our web site al jazeera dot com joining a few minutes by. rewind returns with a new series. and brand new updates on a vast amount to serious documentaries were sick at 800 these young people just. rewind continues with the gift of sight just so

enjoyed it today i've been missing that so more of the world number 4 daniel medvedev has won the shanghai masters for his 4th title this year the russian was up against alexander's of rev in the final u.s. open runner up was too strong for his opponent taking the match in straight sets some own biases just broke the record for most world championship medals by any jim has equal the mark held by vitale sure bow of belarus when she claimed her 23rd world medal with gold in the vault on saturday and last hour shine medal number 24 with gold on the balance being. the 1st ever world beach games are underway and cats are it's a multi-sport of them that features some beach classics such as volleyball and wakeboarding al-jazeera soho malik reports. serves. and smashes. it's racquetball action just not the type you're used to seeing at roland garros or wimbledon this is beach tennis one of the events at the 1st ever world beach games taking place here in qatar more than a 1000 athletes from almost $100.00 countries are competing in the multi-sport event designed to showcase sports which really get mainstr

choose between her american or japanese citizenship before her 22nd birthday this week over the shanghai masters twenty's i'm grand slam champion roger federer was made to work hard in these 3rd round match against belgium to have a golf fan favorite would win in straight sets 7664 italy's phobia for me is quickly establishing a reputation as one of tennis is bad boys on tuesday he had an encore darrelle with andy murray and on thursday you seemed spitting in the direction of the umpire during his match against russia's current catch and off you also mocked a fan in the stands who was supporting the russian in spite of all that for me did actually win in straight sets ok most sports news coming up again later we'll see you then thank you very much peter to stay with us dan jordan is here about a news bulletin just a couple of minutes thank you for watching. the loan may. be negotiating and we would have had a deal and we would have been up on our 3 ton ship a deal and you disagree with that deal this is a terrible it is the worst of the lot it was backs of us when there was a but as of may he ha

on the men's tour and all medvedev has advanced to his 6th consecutive final this time at the shanghai masters the russian beating succeeds to find a success in greece to retrieve the 9th final of. medvedev will face the 5th seed alexander vera of germany dropped just 7 games as he wanted to send me against my seo parity. so my balls hit yet another career landmark the american as an outside the record for most world championship medals by any gymnasts equalled the mark held by batali showboat of belarus when she claimed her 23rd world medal with gold on the vault sue more medals on sunday the final day of competition in stuttgart when she competes on the balance beam floor and some carefully placed flags of the latest sticking points in the n.b.a. china crisis a game between m.b.a.'s teams the l.a. lakers and brooklyn nets was being played in china and many local fans opted to cover the logo of the american league with stickers of the chinese flag houston rockets general manager daryl morey angered many in china by tweeting his supports the protesters in hong kong. ok that is always sport for

andy murray's through to the second round of the shanghai masters after coming from behind to beat juanached his first singles quarterfinal in more than a year at the china open last week. tottenham have confirmed their captain and goalkeeper hugo louise won't return to training with the club until next year. —— lloris. lloris has gone through further assessment this morning. although surgery won't be required, he will undergo a period of rest and rehabilitation. the match united striker marcus rashford has used social media to apologise for the club was my poor form. united lost in newcastle yesterday, extending their worst start to really system to 30 years. he said on twitter, you can't hide in football in the last few weeks simply haven't been good enough. as a united fan myself, that hurts. you deserve better. we need to improve and that is our sole focus as a club. united is only two points of the relegation zone. you might have not heard much about typhoon hagibis, but it is approaching the rugby world cup. a number of teams need to reach the quarterfinals. a draw will be provide

when and when we will be uncertain. 2 big names have fallen in friday's quarter finals at the shanghai masters know what joke of each the defending champion and 4 time winner beaten by the 6 seeds to find a sit supplants it's all this match djokovic should want 24 straight sets that agency wants. the victory for sits across earning him a place in the season ending a.t.p. finals for the very 1st. and 2 time former champion roger federer knocks out by germany's alexander's vera pretty far encounter this one it went to a deciding set. of winning it $63.00 and that sets up a semifinal with mathew oh. ok that is all we sport for not more later. the 1st person to ever perform a spacewalk has died at the age of 85 russian cars not made history in 1965 when a fighter outside of his spacecraft for just over 12 minutes he went on to lay the soviet part of the 1st joint u.s.s.r. u.s. space flight 10 years later it's often make it or turn jordan is that next. every week a new cycle brings a series of breaking stories. listening kinds to as we turn the cameras on the media when the intelligence services co

he won his fourth title of the season, beating alexander zverev in the shanghai masters.mpete in the kremlin cup, which gets under way on monday. he will be looking to make it a second straight russian success in the tournament after karen khachanov was not victory last year. —— kachanov‘s. not surprisingly, there has been an incredible reaction to the hosts, japan, reaching the knockout stages at the rugby world cup. these were the scenes outside the yokohama stadium on sunday. tears ofjoy and elation at the realisation that they would see backcountry in a world cup quarter—final for the first time, celebrations outside the stadium and across the country, as japan tops of oui’ across the country, as japan tops of our pool. there is more on our website is always. for me, ben croucher, enjoy the rest of your day. now, he is one of the most acclaimed directors of all time, with films including taxi driver, region bull and goodfellas. —— raging. martin scorsese's latest, the irishman, is about organised crime in post—war america. our arts editor will gompertz has been speaki

physics professor thank you thank you let me get all right sports news now the tennis and the shanghai masters where roger federer has advanced to the 3rd round after beating albert ramos the no less federer needed just 86 minutes to brush aside the spaniard in straight sets and never faced a break point on his way 286276 victory italian fabio phone stay was a little tough it took him 3 grueling sets to be britain's andy murray the victory keeps his chances for finance with the season and the a.t.p. finals aloft. this is d.w. news and these are our top story european parliament head david sass elise says there's been no progress in breaks in talks after a meeting today with the u.k. prime minister boris johnson that's only warned that only option the only option now appears to be a no deal breaks it or a break delay earlier the e.u. council president donald tusk accused boris johnson of playing a blame game. turkey says it's ready for an offensive against syria's kurds following u.s. president donald trump's decision to pull troops out of northern syria trump is now facing accusations that he

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on the men's tour and all medvedev has advanced to his 6th consecutive final this time at the shanghai masters the russian beating succeeds to find a success in greece to retrieve the 9th final of. medvedev will face the 5th seed alexander vera of germany he dropped just 7 games as he wanted to send me against my seo parity. so my balls hit yet another career landmark the american as an outside the record for most world championship medals by any gymnasts equal the mark held by vitaly ship of belarus when she claimed her 23rd world medal with gold on the vault could add 2 more medals on sunday the final day of competition in stuttgart when she competes on the balance beam fall and some carefully placed flags of the latest sticking points in the n.b.a. china crisis a game between m.b.a.'s teams the l.a. lakers and brooklyn nets was being played in china and many local fans opted to cover the logo of the american league with stickers of the chinese flag houston rockets general manager daryl morey angered many in china by tweeting his supports the protesters in hong kong. ok but his only support

not see big names of 41 in friday's quarter finals at the shanghai masters novak djokovic is the defending champion and 4 time winner but he's out so he was beaten by the 6 seems to follow suit suppress all this much just the ritual 24 straight sets of asian tournaments i literally since passed on to him a place in the season in the 8 seeping finals of the 1st time in his career i and 6 on 4 champion roger federer also out he was beaten by germany's alexander's verify. the foreign counts of this one at once woodside in sets so as 163 in the set up the semifinal match the opener it's i the elite athletics academy run by alberto salazar has been closed down after the american coach was banned for 4 years due to dope and violations. salazar had to college various olympic champions at the nike oregon projects including britain's my farah and simon nike said the salazar situation had become an unfair burden on the athletes still felt. now the coach should run and it could show he says it's a case of when not if the 2 hour marathon barrier is broken keep chugging we making his or latest attempt

choose between her american or japanese citizenship before her 22nd birthday this week over the shanghai masters twenty's and grand slam champion roger federer was made to work hard in these 3rd round match against belgium. federal would win in straight sets 7664. italy's phobia for me is quickly establishing a reputation as one of tennis is bad boys on tuesday he had an encore darrelle with andy murray and on thursday you seemed spitting in the direction of the umpire during his match against russia's current coach and off you also mocked a fan in the stands who was supporting the russian in spite of all that for me did actually win in straight sets and that's all the sport marion back to you in london thank you well there's much more on our website al-jazeera telecon that we have analysis that takes you behind the headlines you can also watch us on life streaming as well i will be back with a full blessing if i surely don't have all the latest on the 2nd day of takis offensive and northeastern cereal in a test on developments there in just a couple of minutes trying it out i found. to the us t

the final in his last 6 tournaments on sunday hereis beating alexander's verify to claim the shanghai masters title. broken the record for most world championship medals by any gymnasts while started sunday's action in stuttgart in its high for the all time record alongside that's all the show ever by the race of the 22 year old american when so and so into more medals both of them goals to set a mark of 25 career. the 1st ever world beach games are underway and cut so as a multi sports events that features some beach classics such as volleyball and white boarding but there are also a few surprises us hell malik's reports. serves. colleagues and smashes. it's racquetball action just not the type you're used to seeing at roland garros or wimbledon this is beach tennis one of the events at the 1st ever world beach games taking place here in qatar more than a 1000 athletes from almost $100.00 countries are competing in the multi-sport event designed to showcase sports which really get mainstream exposure. is really important because you know if for some people can know about it all the beach gam

are on the men's top 10 on medvedev has advanced to his 6th consecutive final this time of the shanghai masters the russian beating succeed stefan. it's a person race in south wales semi's 22 year old outlasting sits a pass in straight sets to reach what is his 9th final of the year and medvedev will face the 5th seed alexander czar of germany dropped just 7 games as he won his semi against mass you know parity. so my balls hit yet another career landmark the american as an outside the record for most world championship medals by any gymnasts equal the mark held by vitaly showboat of belarus when she claimed her 23rd world medal with gold on the vault soon more medals on sunday the final day of competition in stuttgart when she competes on the balance beam floor and some carefully placed flags of the latest sticking points in the n.b.a. china crisis a game between m.b.a.'s teams the l.a. lakers and brooklyn nets was being played in china and many local fans opted to cover the logo of the american league with stickers of the chinese flag houston rockets general manager daryl morey angered many i

he pushed world number 12 fabio fognini all the way in the second round of the shanghai masters. 6—2. a tight decider saw an angry murray tell fognini to "shut up" as he failed to serve out for victory. his defeat comes on the day, australian open organisers announced that he'll make his grand slam return at the tournament injanuary. and it's a huge day tomorrow for two home nations at the rugby world cup tomorrow. wales will reach the quarter—finals if they beat fiji, while scotland cannot afford to lose their match against russia. the scots will be looking for a bonus point win, before they head to yokohama for theirfinal pool game against japan, where they'll have to beat the hosts. i have played enough of these games where if you tried to score four tries before you score one, you get a bit of trouble. we are not thinking about that early on. if we score one that may be the case but we cannot score the fourth until we score the first. we need to back our skills, write them down and we believe our fitness will be superior to them. but that's all your sport for now. lots of sho

knocked andy murray out in the quarter—finals in beijing — and he's still in china, for the shanghai mastersery is going really well. until a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago, you know, i didn't know how competitive i would be at the top level. obviously, since i got here, you know, i feel like level. obviously, since i got here, you know, ifeel like in the matches i've played i've been competitive against all of the players i've played against. i have played top ten, top 20 and to top 30 players. i haven't won all of the matches but i felt like i've done pretty well so hopefully over the next months i can keep progressing a little bit. we will see. just to let you know that celtic are now trailing 2—0. rangers will move to the top with a wind later if that score stays the same. that's

murray is currently playing at the shanghai masters, he's playing fabio fognini in the second round andg with serve in the second. cricket‘s governing body in england and wales says it wants to make cricket a gender—balanced sport. the ecb has today revealed what it calls it's action plan to transform women's and girls' cricket, which includes and initial two year investment of £20 million, that could rise to £50 million over the next five years. the plan includes a promise to "recruit more dedicated resources", "improve the player experience", and "increase the opportunities to build careers in the sport". heavyweight boxer tyson fury‘s been causing a stir in a very different kind of ring. here he is getting into a scrap with pretty much everyone during wwe‘s raw event. all very silly, but there could be a career there for him if he ever decides to hang up his gloves. that's all the sport for now. more from jane dougall on afternoon live. let's get more on our top story that downing street and says the brexit talks are close to breaking down after a phone call betwen boris johnson and

reporter: quarterfinals at the shanghai masters, novak djokovic the defending champion and four-timee sixth seed. before this he had got 24 straight sets. ae victory earning tsitsipas place in the atp finals for the first time. federer, knocked out by alexander zverev. it went to a deciding set. winning it 6-3. that sets up a sunny final -- a semifinal. that is how sports are looking. let's get back to barbara. for thisthat is it newshour. stay with us. i will have more news in a few minutes. you can catch up with everything that we have been talking about on our website, aljazeera.com. join me in a few minutes. by. ♪