as we saw a little earlier shaun murphy had more to contend with than just the skills of his opponente when he was at the table, and was forced into evading a wasp. i'm not sure it's quite the season for wasps. certainly caused him a few difficulties. a new year and a new rory mcllroy, one free of injury he hopes. after three months away recovering from a fractured rib the former world number one has returned to action at the abu dhabi championship. he starts the year outside the world's top ten for the first time in seven years. but he's in contention at the halfway stage in what could prove to be a defining season in his career. our golf correspondent ian carter has been watching. it had to be patient. in fact he needed the patience of a saint today because his play from tee to green was absolutely immaculate. almost as if he got the ball on a string as he was creating birdie chance after birdie chance. he just wasn't able to ta ke birdie chance. he just wasn't able to take them. he could have been seven 01’ to take them. he could have been seven or eight under par for his round. wh

shaun murphy was scoring well and then at the interval it turned around.feedback and also for sean murphy to get over the line, he showed good bottle and he will be tough to stop. some of the shots that sean murphy played showed he is one of the men to beat. he took a shot at the rest on the black, he could have dropped it in but he thought he would play positively and he's that the pack. he went on to win the frame at the break. he's certainly not shy when it comes to getting over the line. people will praise ali carter for staging that fight but you have to give credit to sean murphy for seeing it through. lot of players could have gone into their shell and said it's not my day but he came out fighting, one a couple of frames and it was great to see him fight back. it was too much too late. thank you both, don't forget red button action continues at 7pm tonight and it's also on the bbc sport website. just before we go, it seems england did at least score one victory in the recent ashes series. australia batsman david warner has posed a video on his insta

trump beat shaun murphy 6—4 yesterday afternoon.r the time of year. i suppose snooker is an indoor sport! and he makes a handy lightsaber with his pool cue! mrmiyagi lightsaber with his pool cue! mr miyagi type moves. he was swiping at it with his pool cue! he was. i willjust he was. i will just say he was. i willjust say not he was. i will just say not to he was. i willjust say not to get it stuck up i willjust say not to get it stuck up your shorts when you are driving. and with the winter olympics less than a month away, lizzy yarnold narrowly missed out on a medal at the final skeleton world cup event of the season, in germany. she will be hoping to successfully defend her title next month, after a mixed run of results this season. the team for the games is announced on tuesday. and how about this for a way of ending your career? american downhill skier julia mancuso dressed as wonder woman for her final ever run in competition. wearing a cape and tights, rather than a ski suit, were probably to blame for her not being as quick

tonight — that's live on bbc one. 0n bbc two you can seejudd trump against kyren wilson — trump beat shaun murphyh took him by surprise, especially surprising in january. murphy turned his cue into a light sabre and the wasp was gone. that's all the sport for now. with a sting in the tail. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sportand i'll have more for you in the next hour. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much, mike. the french president has suggested the uk could get a bespoke trade deal with the european union after brexit, but again warned that britain would not have full access to the single market unless it accepted its rules. in an interview to be broadcast in full on the andrew marr show tomorrow, emmanuel macron said he respected, but regretted, the brexit vote, but the eu would love to welcome the uk back. ...bespoke special solution for britain? sure, but i take these two references, because this special way should be consistent with the preservation of the single market and our collective i

trump beat shaun murphy, but trump wasn't murphy's only foe in their quarter—final.ybe it was hiding throughout the autumn months. his cue made a handy lightsabre. marvellous pictures. it amazes me that he thinks he is going to get the wasp with the cue. in those circumstances i think you use whatever is at hand. and with the winter olympics less than a month away, lizzy yarnold narrowly missed out on a medal at the final skeleton world cup event of the season, in germany. she will be hoping to successfully defend her title next month, after a mixed run of results this season. and how about this for a way of ending your career? american downhill skier julia mancuso dressed as wonder woman for her final ever run in competition. wearing a cape and tights, not the most aerodynamic outfit. but she wanted to go out in style. mancuso has won a gold, two silvers and a bronze over the last three winter olympics, but didn't qualify for pyeongchang next month, so she's decided to retire now at the age of 33. they do wear the equivalent of tights, capes that catch in the wind.

shaun murphy had a scare but finally saw off ali carter to reach the masters snooker quarterfinals atut he was 4—0 up. carter fought back to 5—4 but the former world champion recovered to seal a 6—4 win. he will playjudd trump next but has been singing the praises of ronnie o'sullivan. we've run out of superlatives for money. it's what sets him apart at the moment, he gets to the line and runs over it. everyone else struggles with that to a degree. i mean i didn't feel like i was battling him, but i had my chance to win. i didn't take them. if i'd lost i would only have myself to blame. an update on the fa cup. swa nsea lea d to blame. an update on the fa cup. swansea lead world, wigan leading bournemouth, still goalless between chelsea and norwich at stamford bridge. we'll be back with sportsday and show you all of those goals if there are any. mps have approved a key piece of brexit legislation paving the way forward the final hours of debate in the commons on key brexit legislation have begun. the ayes to the right, 324. the nos to the left, 295. the commons approving the eu withdr

trump beat shaun murphy — but trump wasn't murphy's only foe in their quarter—final — he was attacked is not the way to deal with it, you are supposed to stand still.|j usually stand still. i would jump around. have you ever been stung? no, i have come close. your strategy may work. i did end up in a ditch in a car one may work. i did end up in a ditch in a carone time may work. i did end up in a ditch in a car one time because a wasp went up my a car one time because a wasp went up my shorts. but i never saw the wasp again! that is really weird. as opposed to it usually visiting you! do not deviate off the road, that is the lesson i learned. let's go to the lesson i learned. let's go to the winter olympics. and with the winter olympics, in pyeongchang, less than a month away, lizzy yarnold, just missed out on a medal, at the final skeleton world cup event of the season, in germany, finishing fourth. she'll be hoping to retain her olympic title next month, after a mixed run of results this season. the gb team for the games is announced on tuesday. and how about this for a way of endin

trump beat shaun murphy — but trump wasn't murphy's only foe in their quarter—final — he was attacked be more physical than we thought, snooker. i cannot see it, my eyesight is not good enough. but that apparently just makes my eyesight is not good enough. but that apparentlyjust makes a wasp angrier. you're very at standing still. famous for it! -- very good at standing still. and with the winter olympics in pyeongchang less than a month away, lizzy yarnold just missed out on a medal at the final skeleton world cup event of the season in germany, finishing fourth. she'll be hoping to retain her olympic title next month, after a mixed run of results this season. the gb team for the games is announced on tuesday. misha mcneill will be hoping to be selected along with mica moore. they are hoping to make it, despite relying on crowd funding, to drive their ambitions. for this exclusive breakfast report, ijoined the team at winterberg in germany for the pain and fear, they go through on a daily basis, all in pursuit of olympic glory. imaginejumping in a dustbin and being rolled down a mou

like allen, he won by six frames to one, and will play either judd trump or shaun murphy in the semis worth a staggering 180 million pounds. the deal could see united's henrikh mkhitaryan, move in the other direction. i have worked on transfers of 30 yea rs, i have worked on transfers of 30 years, you know, it is likely to happen at any moment, any minute, things can break down. it is how the transfer market is. so as long as it isn't over the line, due have to accept that it could not always happen, these kind of things are never guaranteed. rory mcilroy‘s back from injury and on a competitive golf course for the first time in three months. he shot a first round of 69 at the hsbc championship at abu dhabi yesterday, that was three shots behind england's tommy fleetwood, who shot a bogey free round of 66 to ta ke thejoint lead after the first round. some of the players are out on the course now, both fleetwood and mcilroy tee off just after 8 opclock this morning. —— o'clock this morning. now, an odd issue for a premier league football manager to have to deal with in a press conferenc

it's an all—english affair between shaun murphy and ali carter in the first round and the 2015 champion with murphy needing just two more frames to progress to the second round. and simon it's always very unprofessional to laugh at the misfortune of others... but we're going to see nick kyrgios beat victor troicki in the second round at the australian open. but british umpire james keothavong found himself in the thick of the action after wearing one of troicki's returns square on the head. luckily he was ok and everybody saw the funny side of it. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more now on the collapse of the services and building giant carillion — the company managed hundreds of public sector projects and there are fears there will be a knock on effect on many smaller companies and contractors which relied on it for business. the executive director of the royal institute of british architects, adrian dobson, joins me now. architects form part of the group and many of them might be quite worried about outstanding bills and future contracts at the

shaun murphy is up against the former world number one judd trump murphy is up against the former worldre ntly one of them is no more and is apparently under the table but the other one has escaped. that is all the sport for now. studio: thanks forjoining us. we wa nt we want further updates on those wasps. laughter this weekend marks one year since donald trump took over the office of us president. he vowed to change the face of politics stateside, with his campaign slogan promising to "make america great again". so 12 months on, how supportive are americans of their leader? laura trevelyan has been to pennslyvania to meet trump voters, and — she's in pittsburgh for us this afternoon. it has flown by, never a dull moment. never a dull moment and right now donald trump is trying to avert a government shutdown in washington, a lot of drama and tails, unconventional behaviour, but thatis tails, unconventional behaviour, but that is what people in the state of pennsylvania liked about donald trump, that he was promising something different especially in the industrial heartland where jobs