what a performance from simona halep. it was breathtaking.king her place with a win against kontaveit and when you win like that, you feel perhaps the champion we're looking at right there, it a breathtaking performance. really composed, very cool and dominant and you just wonder, is she going to be the person to be this year. stanislas barranco, he goes up against zverev. —— wawrinka. we expect zverev to go far into the tournament. his first four matches. to be disparaging, they haven't been against huge names but hasn't lost a set. no, and i guess you could argue, is that going to count against him. you want those tougher workouts when you have the likes of novak djokovic, roger fetter, right nadal. it's about wawrinka today. he has one grand slams titles. you could argue, do you want to have a bit of extra much time on your legs. he's been on the scene for a long time, knocking on the door to try and win that first grand slams title and alongside the likes of thiem, tsitsipas and medvedev, and he will do that if you can beat wawrinka. the

and simona halep made a lot of the running in her match. in the first set, she served for the second set of 5—3 but garbine muguruza who isjust grown second set of 5—3 but garbine muguruza who is just grown and confident so much after a fairly flexible of years, not been in a grand slam finals she won wimbledon in 2017, just seize the opportunity. as far as british hopes concerned with saw that was england —— and did in the first week. a fabulous effort with the american, when the semi final against two cassette players and they lost the first set, they we re and they lost the first set, they were a breakdown in the third set it has to be said helped by managing to serve five double faults in one game. can you imagine? and he had served three and his previous game with those five double faults came on the decider, so that helps about fabulous effort will be salisbury's first grand slam final, he got to wimbledon semi finals with freddie nielsen from denmark in 2018 and it will be if a verse against ashley and wildcards. an order read in the

simona halep now very much in control of this one.t and then co mforta bly took the first set and then comfortably took the second set as well. so, simona halep safely through to the quarter—finals. many predicting she could reach the final here this year. 6—a, 6—a was the outcome of that one. it means we will see dominic thiem in action against gael monfils, the frenchman who always puts on a show whenever he is out on court. a brilliant performer, he struggles to bring his best against dominic thiem. he has w011 best against dominic thiem. he has won all five of those meetings, from austria, many people predicting he could be one of those players to challenge the established order in the men's game, one of only two players, alongside daniil medvedev, under the age of 28, to have reached a grand slam final. but will be an intriguing matchup. as you can imagine as well, today a lot of the news has been dominated by ash ba rty‘s news has been dominated by ash barty‘s performance yesterday, as she went past alison riske. a lot of the pa

garbine muguruza and simona halep will meet in the second semi—final on thursday.eigh barty plays the american sofia kenin. and later — under the lights on rod laver arena — it's the first of the men's semi—finals, between roger federer and the defending champion novak djokovic. on to football — liverpool are now 19 points clear at the top of the english premier league, after winning 2—nil at west ham on wednesday. jurgen klopp's side have now gone 41 league games without defeat — stretching back to last january. alastair bruce—ball was watching. liverpool nowhere near their best but still too good for west ham. took the lead ten minutes before halftime. the referee pointed to the spot and salah tucked away. the next goal on the counter—attack as west ham were threatening from a corner. they are the best team in the premier league by a country mile and it's not going to be too long i don't think until they clench this premier league title. 2—0 liverpool. we just have to carry on, we will carry on and 70 things can happen at last. stop it's interesting, it can catch

i can tell you that simona halep has gone through in her quarterfinal.is happening, anastasia pavyluchenkova is playing garbine muguruza. how important is psychology when it comes to these games?” important is psychology when it comes to these games? i think it a lwa ys comes to these games? i think it always plays

simona halep, the top player at the open, you gave it a good go.ing experience and wimbledon last year when you came across another top player barty. i'm learning a lot from all these experiences and for me it is just being able to continue to improve and ifi being able to continue to improve and if i keep doing that i can definitely keep challenging the top players and hopefully in the near to distant future get some wins. i consider most of the late bloomer, and 23, you see a lot of teenagers break through but that wasn't me. the austrian open is reaching the sharp end now, how do you see the women's tournament shaping up? who do you think will be the eventual champion? i think it looks to me that there will be a barty halep final but everyone plays whitaker tennis and i think there'll be some really matches. —— everyone plays really matches. —— everyone plays really good tennis. a little bit of the weight on your shoulders and heather watson, you have a big fed cup qualifier coming up next week to get through to these newly revamped finals. it i

you played in the second round against simona halep.of wimbledon was very exciting and i think overall, i played really well and i think it's all positive, really. how about the conditions? we know you were part of qualifying, talk of the bushfires that have devastated so many parts of australia. in terms of breathing difficulties you were saying it did not affect you directly but it had an impact on lots of players. what was it like in those conditions?” think the tournament did a good job in terms of the organisers and the experts making sure it was safe to play. but yes, truly devastating what's going on in australia. but for me, personally, i was fortunate i think to play at late match. i wasn't affected as much. what do you get out of the experience that you've had? get out of the experience that you've had ? you get out of the experience that you've had? you played ashleigh barty. simona halep. what does playing players who are at the top of their game do for you at this age? i think the more exposed to that kind of level, with th

the australian open women's semi final as spain's garbine muguruza beats the world number three simona haleph the final. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. 200 british citizens who are trapped in wuhan, the city at the heart of the coronavirus, won't be flown home today as planned. british officials are still waiting for permission to fly from the chinese authorities. the foreign office says it's trying to re—organise the flight as soon as possible. and the ministry of defence has confirmed a small team of medics is being sent to china. the death toll from the virus has now risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in tibet, it has now spread to every region in mainland china. chinese health authorities have confirmed there are more than 7,700 confirmed cases in the country. and the infection has also spread to at least 16 other countries. the world health organization will meet again today to decide whether to declare a a global health emergency over the coronavirus. andy moore has the story. in wuhan, the brits are busy packing. they were due to be on their way home but now there

we saw simona halep defeat kontaveit.mber one ash barty and the australian hope. muguruza and simona halep will be in action and roger fetter u p halep will be in action and roger fetter up against the defending champion, mode —— novak djokovic. the big talking point, that exit of rafael nadal. —— roger fetter. that's all the sport for now. wednesday was a day of contrast across the country. for england and wales, decent sunny spells. a little milder. a different story in the far north of scotland. this instant rain bringing a couple of inches to western scotland in 2a hours. this low pressure will be an issue into tomorrow but one unifying factor, a south—westerly flow driving milder air right across the country through the end of this week. so what a difference a day makes. wednesday morning pretty much all of us were greeted by temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. thursday morning, temperatures around seven or eight degrees. a mild start, murky. a lot of cloud around, they can offer a spot of drizzle, misty

always a tough ask for harriet, playing simona halep, wimbledon champion, full seed. 0ut simona haleph in the evening session —— fourth seed. hugely anticipated time to play. worth pointing out she has played on the stage before, lost to maria sharapova in the opening run can be used to playing big players but it took her a little time to get going and she dropped her opening the first set, breaking serve, to psy—tu rvy the first set, breaking serve, topsy—turvy opening set, but she lost the first set, try to come back into it in the second set, but in the end losing in straight sets against simona halep, a lot of people predicting she will go far in this tournament this year. it means that we have no micro british players in the singles in the third round here at the australian open for a second year in a row. a silly disappointed. in the end, certainly for harriet dart and heather watson, please nonetheless with the performances —— bitterly disappointed. man united booed off at old trafford as they lost at home to burnley. their first win at old trafford since 1962 and this brillian

there'll be a new winner of the women's singles after ash barty and simona halep were both surprisedthe men's draw — well, can anybody stop novak djokovic? john watson is in melbourne for us. we have the women's final complete, we will come to that in a moment but let's just reflect on another novak djokovic victory in the semifinal to book his place in an eighth australian open final. he brushed the mighty roger federer aside in straight sets. federer clearly struggling as he received a medical timeout at the end of the first set, which he lost. and then it was co mforta ble which he lost. and then it was comfortable in the end for djokovic as he moved through in straight sets. djokovic hoping to successfully defend his title here. and we await who he will face in that final. the victor will come from the other semifinal tomorrow. it was an upset though in the first of the women's semifinals, ash barty, the world number one in the women pot game, beaten today in straight sets by sofia kenin of the united states. she was in inspired form as she came through co mforta ble. form as she

it was after harriet dart was beaten in straight sets by the wimbledon champion simona halep.injoe root has dismissed criticism from kevin pietersen about the way jofra archer is treated within the squad. i'll be back with more on those stories after 5:30pm. the bill implementing brexit becomes law today, as royal assent was signified in the commons, the final stage in the parliamentary process. britain is due to leave the eu next week, on january 31st. (read britain is due to leave the eu next week, on january 31st. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at westminster. after a ll after all the drama and knife edge votes it's all over, vicky. in the end, majority of 80 for the government. it was pretty easy. sailing through the house of commons, house of lords, they did try to make some changes, particularly about the rates of child refugees to come to this country if they have relatives here. but they were all then reversed by the house of commons. so, the queen has approved this, it is the deal of course that borisjohnson did with the eu, it now goes into law. i

joining the semifinals is the simona halep of romania, the reigning wimbledon champion.ournament this year. her opponent came through with a comfortable win despite the fact she has been struggling with illness at the start of this year‘s tournament. she will face simona halep in the semifinals to come tomorrow and we wait to see who will com plete tomorrow and we wait to see who will complete that semifinal line—up with rafa nadal up against dominic tom won “— rafa nadal up against dominic tom won —— dominic thiem. rafa nadal up against dominic tom won -- dominic thiem. you can watch highlights from nadal‘s match and all the action over night on bbc two. there is a commentary on 5 live sports extra through the day. cheshire police are investigating after the home of manchester united‘s executive vice—chairman ed woodward was attacked by a group chanting that he was "going to die". woodward and his family were not in the propery at the time. he‘s been the target of growing supporter discontent at united in recent weeks and the club said anyone committing a criminal offen

we have seen simona halep go through, so have seen simona halep go through, so she will face garbinewas not feeling well at the start of this tournament, sol well at the start of this tournament, so i don't think she anticipated she was going to reach a grand slam semifinal this year. simona halep, a brilliant performance. she came in straight sets. so you wonder with a performance like that, maybe we are looking at a grand slam champion this year, and in the other semifinal, we have sofia kenin into her first grand slam semifinal for herself up against ash barty, the home favourite in the women's singles. hoping to win the australian open for the first time. in the men's, novak djokovic and roger federer. we wait to see with rafa nadal in court on 1.5 hours up against dominic thiem, we know it is alex there are of germany waiting. —— alexander alex there are of germany waiting. — — alexander zve rev. alex there are of germany waiting. -- alexander zverev. thank you very much indeed. an online petition to a light —— not an online petition to honour kobe brya nt an online petition to

we saw simona halep progress to the last four, she will play garbine muguruza who came through in straight's semi—finals tomorrow. we will see ash barty, world number one and big australian hope in action against sofia kenin. muguruza and halep will be in action as well. we will also see roger federer up against the defending champion, novak djokovic. the big talking point today, though, the exit of rafa nadal here at melbourne. john watson in melbourne. in the last few hours it's been announced that the 2020 world athletics indoor championships in nanjing, china have been postponed. they were due to be held in march, and are the latest sporting event to fall victim to the coronavirus. in a statement world athletic said the advice from their medical team was that "the spread of the coronavirus both within china and outside the country is still at a concerning level and no one should be going ahead with any major gathering that can be postponed". with details of other sports that have been affected, here's our reporter alex gulrajani. yes, the coronavirus is having an impact on the sporting

we saw simona halep come through her match in straight sets, so cool and composed on court, you woulde champion? she will play garbine muguruza, who also came through in straight sets. she was struggling with illness at the start of this year's tournament, and has beat into top ten players to progress through to the last four. manchester united fans have come together today to condemn those who attacked the home of the club's chairman, ed woodward, last night. videos on social media emerged showing people in hoods throwing fireworks, and chanting that woodward was "going to die." cheshire police are investigating the incident. richard askam has more. ed woodward, who lives with his wife and two children in cheshire, wasn't at home when his house was targeted last night by a group wearing hooded jackets. graffiti was sprayed on the property and a flare was thrown. it comes after increased criticism from fans aimed at the club's owners, the glazer family, and the director seen as their right—hand man on the board, ed woodward. but most manchester united fans agree last night's action is

21—year—old american sofia kenin, while the number four seed and reigning wimbledon champion, simona haleprgent garbine muguruza. honestly, i'm just so speechless. i can't believe this. i have just dreamt about this moment since i was five years old, with that and erotic video, i'm sure you guys saw that. but yes, i'm just so speechless, so thankful. i worked so hard to get here, and you know, just thanks to everyone, and to my dad and everyone, and to my dad and everyone, and to my dad and everyone, and everyone back home. so thank you guys. she will now face garbine muguruza, who beat halep in straight sets to reach her first ran semi—final since winning wimbledon in 2017. the spaniard is bidding to become only the third player to win the title. you know, iwasn't the third player to win the title. you know, i wasn't thinking that i was down. you know, i was thinking keep going and at some point you are going to have your opportunity. i know i was facing simona, so it was going to be a hard match. sol know i was facing simona, so it was going to be a hard match. so i was just hanging in t

simona halep takes no prisoners on her march to the semifinals where she'll take on garbine muguruza.o 19 points clear in the english premier league, after victory over strugglers west ham. hello, and welcome to the programme. let's start with that stunning upset in the men's quarter finals at the australian open. the top seed rafa nadal is out — beaten by dominic thiem, in four sets. the austrian reaching a first semifinal in melbourne and gaining revenge somewhat for defeat to nadal, in last year's french open final. nadal‘s chase for that record—equalling 20th grand slam goes on — as austin halewood reports. it's been 11 years since raphel found a dull one here. traditionally a clay—court player, never

kenin goes on to face garbine muguruza, another surprise success for her over simona halep, a formernalist here a couple of years ago, when she was beaten by caroline wozniacki. she fell just short this time, garbine muguruza also coming through in straight sets. and as a multiple grand slam champion, she'll be hoping to add a third grand slam to her trophy cabinet if she can come past sofia kenin and saturday's final. of course, we'll wait to see who goes on to face novak djokovic — dominic thiem and alex zverev. all eyes on that second semifinal to come tomorrow. john watson. and in that semifinal, roger federer said it was a match he only had a 3% chance of winning given the groin injury he brought into it. he'll stay on 20 grand slam titles for now, with rafa nadal on 19. those two are out, so djokovic has that chance to narrow the gap after another big win over federer. of course, he's one of my two biggest rivals to write my life. i played mostly with, most of the matches at the grand slams against rafael and roger, so these two guys have deftly made a significant difference in

another surprise over simona halep. another surprise over simona halep.elljust short this time and garbine muguruza also coming through in straight sets. multiple grand slam champion and hoping to be adding a third grand slam to her trophy cabinet if she can come past sophia in these final. we will go on to see who faces novak djokovic, all eyes on that second men's semi final to come tomorrow. manchester united have completed the signing of portugal midfielder bruno fernandes for a fee that could rise to more than 67 million pounds. hejoins from sporting lisbon for an initial 46 million pounds on a five and a half year deal with the option of a further year. fernandes agreed personal terms and passed a medical today to become the biggest signing of the january transfer window so far. new wales coach wayne pivac has picked his first six nations team. they face italy in cardiff on saturday. and the new coach of the reigning champions has selected george north at outside centre with wales struggling with injuries in midfield. uncapped scarlets wing jonny mc

and simona halep will be in action two. also see roger federer in the men's singles. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. in the latest football transfers was just 48 hours to go. thank you so much for that update. more now on the coronavirus outbreak: and the health secretary, matt hancock, is chairing a meeting of the government's emergency committee this evening to discuss the british response to the coronavirus outbreak. the world health organization says the whole world needs to take action to stop the spread of the new virus. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. this was the last british airways flight from mainland china, arriving at heathrow this afternoon from shanghai. another flew in from beijing. it follows the foreign office advising against all—but—essential travel there. the suspension of ba flights to and from mainland china is until friday, but may be extended. my worry was, i thought, well, if i get it and i go into hospital, i'd rather go into hospital over here than over there, where you'd just be a number, wo

a tough task awaits in round two though, the current wimbledon champion simona halep.i finalists are both out in 12th seed johanna konta and kyle edmund. john watson was watching on in melbourne park. it should look like an upset on the face of it forjohanna konta but when you consider the way her preparations have been hampered coming into the tournament this year, she only played one tournament in the lead up since she lost in the last 16 of the us open because of that troublesome knee injury. arguably it was always going to be tough forjohanna konta coming into the australian open and so it proved as she lost to a player ranked considerably lower than her in the women's rankings. i knew going into the match that i was going to not feel my best or not see the ball my best, not have the match tightness we love to have as competitors, but it definitely didn't discourage me from doing the best i could out there today. it definitely wasn't enough. huge disappointment as well for kyle edmund. he was up in his match reading in the first set yesterday before rain stopped pl

simona halep is through. and that is all this bought from us for now. —— the sport.tary veterans, combat stress, says it is unable to deal with new cases because of in funding. the charity, which helps treat servicemen and women suffering from complex mental health problems, has lost millions of pounds of support from nhs england. they're known as tough and resilient, but years on the front line can take its toll, with some military personnel like paul smith facing battles with their mental health. i was verbally abusive to my wife, my children. i alienated them. i'd walk round and i'd be looking at escape routes, i'd be looking for people carrying weapons. at night, i'd go to our bedroom and hide behind the bed and cry my eyes out. i'd have nightmares. i'd have flashbacks. paul says the leading charity for veterans‘ mental health, combat stress, saved his life when he was referred to it — but now, because of funding cuts, the charity says any new referrals from england and wales won't be taken on. it receives around 2,000 referrals for treatment every year, but its

with simona halep and the arena must deliver on court now. very few at the elite level of women's tennis managed to achieve. and semi—final to come. novak djokovic against roger federer. a match that needs no introduction. absolutely not. we will see you again soon. that is the first half of today's briefing. we will have a lot more detail on facebook ‘s numbers, which were out after the closing bell on wall street late yesterday. they will see you soon. —— i will see you soon. hello there. wednesday was a day of contrasts across the country. for england and wales there we re for england and wales there were decent sunny spells around and it was a little milder. however, a different story in the far north in scotland, we had some persistent rain, it brought a couple of inches of rain to western scotland in 2a hours. this low pressure is going to be an issue into tomorrow. but one unifying factor right across the uk is the south—westerly flow will dry milder and right across the country through the end of this week. so what a difference a day

singles semifinals at the australian open, as world number one ash barty and wimbledon champion simona halepnificant rise in the number of prison officers in england and wales taking time off because of pressures at work. figures given to the bbc under freedom of information laws show that 1,800 prison officers took time off last year because of stress, anxiety or depression. it comes as latest figures show the number of attacks on staff remain at record levels and — as danny shaw reports — at a time of renewed focus on the issues surrounding mental health. just a foreboding inside your belly, like you haven't done your homework as a child, but amplified a hundred times as you're getting in to go in through those doors. the fear of a prison officer. for 13 years bob worked at some of the most challenging jails in the country, dealing with outbreaks of violence and disorder and having to help prisoners who'd harmed themselves. this former soldier, who doesn't want his real name to be known, eventually cracked under the pressure. i started to be on occasions sick on the way to work, virtually

last year we had naomi osaka and simona halep and then winning the four grand slams.she has not won a grand slam since the australian open in 2017 but she has come close. excellent practice for her reaching the final in auckland. if she wins that title on sunday it will be the first title she has won since the australian open in 2017 and with end a run of five consecutive grand slam final defeats. it would do her no harm at all as she chases that record grand slam number of titles in melbourne. it always catches me out every year how quickly the australian open comes around. there will be a lot of fundraising for the fires and help the relief efforts there. interesting to see how it will all go out. two seasons ago, bobby madley living out his childhood dream. refereeing in the premier league and taking charge of some of the top matches across europe and internationally. then, after sending a video to friend mocking a disabled person, he was sacked. and in the last 18 months he's been trying to rebuild his life in oslo. he's been speaking to mark clemmit. piano music.

the australian open women's semi final as spain's garbine muguruza beats the world number three simona halep

simona halep is still and ash party of australia is still in and they are probably the two players whoritish interest in the singles have obviously ended. we saw jamie murray in the singles have obviously ended. we sanamie murray in action, but a disappointing result for them today. they went out in the second round, playing two very good singles players which can be awkward at times, particularly as they are out of the singles and they have got nothing to lose. again it was one of these final set tie—break, which went against murray. they couldn't save a seventh match point, and lost by 13—12. butjoe save a seventh match point, and lost by 13—12. but joe salisbury save a seventh match point, and lost by 13—12. butjoe salisbury plain with two different overseas partners did millard win their matches, so they are through to the last 16. —— chose aylesbury. surely we won't see more upsets tomorrow, will we? in rugby union's premiership, bristol came out on top in the west country derby against gloucester. 34—16 the score. it was a superb second half display at ashton gate from bristol, s

women's semi final line up is complete at the australian open — as two time grand slam champion simona haleptory over anna kontaveit. "it's not goodbye, it's au revoir" — that's the sign that greeted british meps above the chamber of the european parliament today, put there by a coalition of socialist parties. the parliament is expected to approve the terms of the uk'5 departure from the eu later this afternoon. the vote will mark the last stage of the ratification proce55, before the uk leaves the eu on friday. british meps are already clearing their offices and packing to leave, a5 adam fleming reports. the work goes on in the european parliament. a5 thrilling as ever. but look at those empty 5eat5. the brits are checking out already. i never really unpacked because i never really knew if we were leaving, staying, or what we were doing. doctor david bull i5 brexiting from an office, a job, a lifestyle. and this is the piece de resistance. my brexit hat. into the box. if you look backjust six months ago, we thought this was really a lost cause because there was an extension, another extensi

wimbledon winner simona halep is through though.e west country derby against gloucester. a superb second half display at ashton gate from bristol after a try—less first half for both sides secured their first premiership win since november. elsewhere today tom homer scored both of bath's tries as they edged past leicester 13—10. sale sharks climbed to third in the premiership after surviving a late fightback to beat leaders exeter 22—19, while wasps hung on to claim a narrow 30—26 bonus—point victory over worcester at sixways. 0nto netball and england are out of the nations cup after defeat to jamaica today. they lost by 70—66 at the copperbox in london to bring their tournament to an end. they trailed by eight goals at half time and managed to reduce the arrears in the second half but not by enough. jamaica will now play world champions new zealand in tomorrow's final. that's all the sport for now. a rescue operation is under way in eastern turkey where an earthquake has killed at least 22 people, with many more missing. more than

the reigning wimbledon champion, simona halep, put in a brilliant performance in her match to come throughit. well, you just wonder whether or not that straight sets win has set her up straight sets win has set her upfora run straight sets win has set her up for a run to the final. a really impressive run so far from her at the tournament this year, where she will play garbine muguruza, who despite being a grand slam champion, is unseeded. her match was meant to be tougher against anastasia pavlyuchenkova, when you consider she has knocked out angelique kerber and another former grand slam champion as well. you just felt perhaps things were opening up but it was comfortable for garbine muguruza as well, and they will meet in the semifinals while we will see sophia kenyon against ash barty. the headline match coming up, rafa nadalagainst dominic thiem. before that we will see the conclusion of alex perez and stan wawrinka, he is looking to take a 2—1 lead at the moment, but the nadal team match offer something interesting because we talk about the established order in the men's game, the bi

kennin will face either simona halep or garbine muguruza in herfirst grand slam final.re postponed for a year, the latest sporting event to fall victim to the coronavirus. they were due to take place in nanjing in china in march. makes perfect sense at the moment. sensible decision to make. the papers ina sensible decision to make. the papers in a moment? yes, yes. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. are you doing the weather today? yes, that's what i'm doing, charlie! what else would you be doing, carol? i could be doing a multitude of things but we won't get into that! good morning, everybody! this morning it is much milder than yesterday, more on that in a jiffy, but today we're looking at a cloudier and milder day but some will see some rain. to give you an idea, yesterday morning temperatures we re idea, yesterday morning temperatures were around freezing and we saw quite a bit of frost around but this morning temperatures are around seven degrees. no issues at all with frost. as we go through the day, this mild theme will continue and you can see t

it was always going to be difficult for harriet dart up against simona halep.player she had beaten a week earlier in one of the tournaments in the lead up to this year's australian open. afterwards she said she did not feel herself out there on court today, a little bit slow, and that was the cause of that defeat. a frustrating day for the british players, but what a day we have in store tomorrow with novak djokovic and serena william back in action, no brits, but if you're looking for a grand slam champion and someone who will win it this year take your pick from those players. elsewhere in melbourne, top seed rafa nadal is through to the third round. he was playing argentina's federico delbonis when one of his returns flew off his racket and hit a ball girl in the head. ouch! well, the world number one wasted no time and immediately went over to see how she was. she seemed to be ok, if a little embarrassed, but now has quite a story to tell her friends. nadal won the match 3—1. the former owner and chairman of saracens has apologised to fans due to what he ca

a two—time grand slam champion beating simona halep. many people predicting simona halep.ple of years ago. but garbine muguruza had such powerful hitting, coming through in straight sets. not the final that many are addicted. we look forward to that women's final and it means we will have a first—time winner in the women's singles here at melbourne park. first—time winner in the women's singles here at melbourne parkm will be fascinating to see how that one plays out. even though they've gone 19 points clear in the premier league, liverpool managerjurgen klopp says he's not feeling like the title is wrapped up just yet. it came after liverpool won their game in hand at west ham united 2—0. after mo salah opened the scoring with a penalty, alex 0xlaide chamberlain rounded off the win. 23 wins in 24 league games now. sport continues to be affected by the coronavirus in china. the chinese football association have postponed all games whilst the world's motorsport governing body admits april's chinese grand prix near shanghai is also at risk. the fia says it's monitoring the e

we saw simona halep progress to the last four, she will play garbine muguruza who came through in straightastacia pavlyuchenkova. we will see ash barty, world number one and big australian hope in action against sofia kenin, muguruza and halep will be in action as well. we will also see roger federer up against the defending champion, novak djokovic. by talking point today, the exit of rafa nadal here at melbourne. manchester united has condemned an attack on the home of one of its executives, ed woodward. videos on social media appear to show a number of hooded figures throwing flares outside his house in cheshire. 0ur correspondent katie gornall is at old trafford— is at old trafford, what's the latest katie? this has been quite a distressing escalation in the tension between manchester united's fans and the club's hierarchy. we have known for sometime are unhappy with how the clu b sometime are unhappy with how the club is being run, perceived failures in the transfer market and the fact manchester united have fallen behind their premier league rifles. 35 points off the title race at th

last year we had naomi as i can —— party and simona halep and then and rescue winning the four grand017 but she has come close. excellent practice for her reaching the final in auckland. if she wins that title on sunday it will be the first title she has won since the australian open in 2017 and with end a run of five consecutive grand slam final defeats. it would do her no harm at all as she chases that record grand slam number of titles in melbourne. next to a really powerful interview with bobby madley. two seasons ago he was refereeing in the premier league, fulfilling a childhood dream. he‘d just started officiating on european matches and internationals too. then, after sending a video to friend mocking a disabled person, he was fired. and in the last 18 months he‘s been trying to rebuild his life in norway. he‘s been speaking to mark clemmit. piano music in your own words, what did you do? somewhat passed by car. i initially genuinely thought they were drunk because they were walking past the car. that is no excuse. i knew when the person what path that it was, they had a walk

two surprise results in the woman's draw today, on favourite ashleigh barty went out, as did simona halepfinals here. a26 grand slam final, as he brushed aside the mighty roger federer in straight sets. roger federer was clearly struggling as he received a medical timeout at the end of the first set, which he lost. and then co mforta ble first set, which he lost. and then comfortable in the end for novak djokovic, living through in straight sets. hoping to successfully defend his title here, djokovic, and we will await who he will face in that final. the victor will come from the winner of alex is and dominic thiem in tomorrow's second men's semifinal. —— alex zverev are dominic thiem. world number one in the woman's game ashleigh barty was beaten today in straight sets by sophia kennan. disappointment for ashleigh barty, who has been carrying the hopes of a nation here at this home australian open, hopeful that they would see a first female australian into the final here in a0 years. the ashleigh barty party is open. —— over. and regarding the grips are also in the final, coming through

things went a lot better for number 4 seed simona halep the reigning wimbledon champion had a straight sets win over yulia puts and save it to reach the 4th round the remaining time grand slam champion has yet to lose the sat to tournaments. men's world number one rafa nadal has breezed into the 4th round and bell been as al who is bidding for a record equalling 20th grand slam title beat fellow spaniard public kuranda blue star it took the 33 year old just one hour and 38 minutes to beat her in a blue stand straight sets 616264 it's the 47th time as al has reached the 4th round at a grand slam tourney. was my best much of the government so far without a doubt the big difference between today and the previous days they have been. serving well and started think to create not much would we before. doing so from one shot dallas is the 1st player from the used an asterisk team involved in the sign cheating scandal to make a public apology now with the chicago white sox was on the asters team when they won the world series in 2017 a league investigation found that journey houston's run to t

australia promise i will keep the promise if it happens i am the woman sure it didn't take long for simona halepto dispatch come to fight in the quarters and their flawless display by the wimbledon champion saw her take the opening set 6 games to one i she took the 2nd set by the same margin and remaining as 4th seed had it all wrapped up in just 53 minutes leaving a plenty of time. disagree tell therapy. how we'll do some shopping like every day because motivates me as i said a lot. and then to morrow i will think about the match up next to how it was former world number one. she's unseated at this tournament but anastasia a puppy a change in straight sets. the spanish by this way live is a 21st grand slam semifinal since the french open in 28 david stokes al-jazeera. staying in australia china's women's football team has been isolated in a brisbane hotel because of fears over the coronavirus 32 members of the squad and support staff left the city at the center of the outbreak a week ago they've been quarantined until february 5th if any of these footballers who are all perfectly well at this p

no problems though from number 4 seed simona halep the reigning wimbledon champion beating uli a pretenseof her in straight sets to reach around for the remaining suits i'm grandson champion has yet to drop a set in the title it's. now a late goal from morocco saw from the far end southampton a replay against tottenham in the english f.a. cup series a marina staying so the lead in this 4th round size saw him in with the opener in the 2nd half before equalizing for the hunt with just 3 minutes to go 11 the final score chelsea are through its around 5 machine bash why with the opener against hole that was his 1st goal for the club since october. some more added the 2nd in a suit one. second to west brom knocked out west ham of the premier league a goal from kohn it sounds and deciding this one a winning return to the london stadium for west brom manager 7 bullets he was fired by west ham in 27 scene and leicester held off a spirited challenge from 2nd to brant fit not sure scoring the only goal of this game after just 4 minutes. once it did have some chances to equalise but it finished one

who fought hard to beat the wimbledon champion simona halep like kennan she choose to say force a pointthe 2 time major winner has dropped down the rankings and he's unseated at this tournament but she's been enjoying a revival recently and wrap things up in straight sets i the spanish venezuelan setting up a 1st appearance in a major final said she would wimbledon back in 2017 i david stoked al-jazeera. one of the n.b.a.'s brightest stars return from a year on the injured list to inspire the indiana pacers to victory on wednesday victor oladipo nailed this long 3 pointer to force overtime against the chicago bulls. i was sending the crowd into raptures son to his mother as well ice is going 111-5206. the l.a. lakers returned to practice for the 1st time since the death of their former star kobe bryant's le bron james parents take them into their next game against portland on friday bryant spent 20 years with the lakers and his combination with shaquille o'neal helped them to 3 straight championships before a feud led to o'neill's departure they became friends after that though on the l

for the women sure it didn't take long for simona halep to dispatch and that come to fight in the quarters and their flawless display by the wimbledon champion saw her take the opening set 6 games to one i she took the 2nd set by the same margin and remaining as 4th seed had it all wrapped up in just 53 minutes leaving a plenty of time for some retail therapy. i will do some shopping like every day because motivates me and i said the last time. and then to morrow i will think about the match up next to how of his former world number one. she's unseated at this tournament but beat anastasia a puppy a change in straight sets. the spanish tennis way the player is into a 1st grand slam semi final since the french open in 2018 they did stokes al-jazeera. liverpool's march towards a 1st title in the english premier league received another boost on wednesday to know their tree at west ham with goals from most and alex oxley chamberlain gives them a 19 point lead at the top of the table all the teams now have 14 matches left to play the season. and in the english league cup manchester city were be

we saw simona halep progress to the last four, she will play garbine muguruza who came through in straightion against sofia kenin, muguruza and halep will be in action as well. we will also see roger federer up against the defending champion, novak djokovic. the big talking point today, the exit of rafa nadal here at melbourne. john watson in melbourne and as he says the big games keep coming, we've got federer against djokovic to look forward to tomorrow. what is the latest news on ed woodward? there is an escalation. cheshire police were called to say they were called to deal with damage at the property and chance that woodward was going to die. he and his family were not there at the time. police say they will be working to identify those involved. the club said there is no excuse for the behaviour and anyone found to have committed an offence would be banned for life. woodward has been the target of growing support discontent at united in recent yea rs. discontent at united in recent years. they are 53 points behind leaders liverpool. many fans are blaming woodward and calling for him

who fought hard to beat the wimbledon champion simona halep like kennan she too had to say force a point the 2 time major winner has dropped down the rankings and he's unseated at this tournament but she's been enjoying a revival recently and wrap things up in straight sets i the spanish venezuelan setting up a 1st appearance in a major final since he won wimbledon back in 2017 david stokes al-jazeera. let's go from tennis to basketball now and one of the n.b.a.'s brightest stars return from a year on the injured list to inspire the indiana pacers to victory on wednesday victor. nailed this long a 3 pointer to force overtime against the chicago booth i sending the crowd into raptures and his mother as well the pacers going on to win this 111-5106. the los angeles lakers have returned to practice for the 1st time since the death of their former. kobe bryant the team canceled tuesday's match with the l.a. clippers but returns to the court against the pope and trailblazers on friday brian spent 20 years with the lakers and his combination with shaquille o'neal helped them to 3 straight cham

she will face simona halep, the wimbledon champion, harriet.en it all in these first few days of the australian open. he tried to come past an opponent lower than him but he said perhaps he played too much tennis in the lead up to the australian open at his opponent manage the condition is better, but let's hearfrom heather watson after that impressive victory. ijust feelvery heather watson after that impressive victory. ijust feel very happy and confident in myself and i'm just really enjoying my tennis at the moment, enjoying being out there competing, especially when it's the tough moments and, you know, even after the first set today when i lost it, in the past i may have let that get to be or you know, bring me down in confidence, but it's not affecting me at all now. i feel like that's what's making me so strong. what about the big names in the game, how have they been getting on today? yeah, it's been a case of defending champions in both events in action. naomi osaka will face coco gauff in the next round, the 15—year—olds are knocked o

tough task up next for her, the current wimbledon champ cheat —— champion simona halep.. i deafly thought she up her game and i kept trying to tell myself to stay aggressive —— definitely thought. just keep doing what you're doing and hopefully get you an opportunity. i was really committing to my game plan, and it definitely helped that i was very composed. just keep fighting for the ball, and idid just keep fighting for the ball, and i did everything really well. anotherformer i did everything really well. another former semifinalist, kyle edmond, is also out, losing and straight sets to the serbian layer. it is the fourth time he's been knocked out in the first round in six appearance in melbourne. he has insisted he has to learn from it. the irfu says saracens players who move abroad following the club's relegation may still be selected for england. it was announced over the weekend that the club will be relegated following the salary cap scandal, and players are now meeting with the club to discuss their futures. the irfu does not normally select english based playe