hello, i'm this is sport today, from the bbc sport centre.alian open andy murray breaks down at a press conference where he announces he'll be retiring at the end of his wimbledon campaign later in the year due to his injury troubles. jordan are the first team through to the knockout stages of the asian cup after beating syria 2—0. and qatar's nasser al—attiyah extended his overall lead in the dakar rally with victory in thursday's fourth stage. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis and the news that former world number one andy murray has annouced he'll retire from playing after this year's wimbledon championships. at an emotional news conference ahead of the australian open in melbourne, murray left the room in tears before returning a few minutes later. he's been plagued by a hip injury for much of the past 18 months and was a doubt for this yea r‘s australian open which starts on monday. murray has played in 11 grand slam finals, winning 3 of them —

hello, i'm holly hamilton, and this is sport today, from the bbc sport centre.y liverpool a win at anfield as the league leaders drop two points, but still go five clear of manchester city. "tous sala." nantes pay tribute to their former striker in their first game since his disappearance nine days ago. and australia's most successful trainer is arrested following the discovery of equipment used to deliver electric shocks to horses. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the english premier league, where liveprool had —— we start with the english premier league, where liverpool had the chance to go seven points clear of manchester city at the top of the table, but instead they had to setttle for a draw at home to leicester. the bbc‘s guy mowbray was at anfield. all square in the enfield snow and ice. it is still a 1—point

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.self for his australian open quarter—final. rafa nadal looks to stay on course for an 18th grand slam title. juventus thrash serie a's bottom side to go nine points clear at the top of the table. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. first then to melbourne, where play is underway at the australian open tennis. later, rafa nadal faces the 21—year—old american frances tiafoe in the quarter—finals, and before that, the home favourite ashleigh barty will look to become the first australian female singles semi—finalist for 35 years when she takes on the double

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.ester city beat leaders liverpool to close the gap at the top of the premier league to four points. india's rock — cheteshwar pujara passes 180 to leave australia with it all to do in the fourth and final test in sydney. and in—form federer takes switzerland into their fifth hopman cup final. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. things have just got a lot closer in the english premier league title race. after manchester city beat leaders liverpool to close the gap to just four points at the top of the table. they won 2—1 at the etihad stadium — watched by the bbc‘s football correspondent, john murray. but the champions to end the leaders

now on bbc news, sport today. day charged with the murder of a boy in east london. the boy was unconscious when he was stabbed to death after being knocked from his notepad earlier this month. police are looking forfour notepad earlier this month. police are looking for four other suspects who fled the scene —— moped. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i‘m chetan pathak and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: three goals for manchester city. all they beat huddersfield to move back within four points of leaders liverpool at the top of the english premier league. in a stunning finish. the los angeles rams beat the new orleans saints in overtime to make it to the super bowl. and a first ever masters snooker title forjudd trump — who hammers the seven time champion ronnie 0‘sullivan in the final. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. roger federer roger all of that to come but first to the australian open where play

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.pen, despite having four match points in her quarter—final. and james anderson takes four wickets on the opening day in barbados, with the first test between england and the west indies in the balance. hopes of finding the cardiff city footballer emiliano sala alive faded on wednesday, as the search for the light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands was suspended for a second night. rescuers says chances of sala or the pilot being found

first, sport today. see you soon. —— mike is here in15 today.nd this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: police say they've found no trace of the light aircraft, which was carrying former nantes striker emiliano sala, as his new club cardiff speak of their shock. qatar score a stunner as they beat iraq to reach the asian cup quarterfinals. chasing grand slam number 15, the world number one novak djokovic prepares for his australian open quarter final against japan's kei nishikori. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. guernsey police say there's no trace of the light aircraft which was carrying the argentine footballer emiliano sala. it went missing on monday night whilst making it's way from nantes in france to cardiff in wales.

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: police say they've found no trace of the light aircraft, which was carrying former nantes striker emiliano sala, as his new club cardiff speak of their shock. qatar score a stunner as they beat iraq to reach the asian cup quarterfinals. chasing grand slam number 15, the world number one novak djokovic prepares for his australian open quarter final against japan's kei nishikori. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. guernsey police say there's no trace of the light aircraft which was carrying the argentine footballer emiliano sala. it went missing on monday night whilst making it's way from nantes in france to cardiff in wales. the 28 year old had signed a deal on saturday to move from ligue un to the premier league and was due to start training with cardiff on tuesday. he'd returned to france to say goodbye to his teammates. the search for the airplane has been suspended overnight. with the latest, here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. he is

now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm chetan pathak live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme. four in a row. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s winning start at manchester united continues with victory at newcastle. christian pulisic becomes the most expensive american footballer in the world — after signing for chelsea. and with an eye on history. india's cricketers look to win a test series in australia for the first time. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. ole gunnar solskjaer‘s winning streak as manchester united's interim manager continues, as his side made it four wins out of four since the sacking ofjose mourinho. united ran out 2—0 winners at newcastle to move closer to the top four. the bbc‘s guy mowbray was watching. manchester united's perfect start is farfrom manchester united's perfect start is far from over. manchester united's perfect start is farfrom over. and it really will seem perfectly him tonight. they have got their first clean sheet this evening. the second half goal —— second half goal the lukaku. then from rash but himself.

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: three goals for manchester city. all they beat huddersfield to move back within four points of leaders liverpool at the top of the english premier league. in a stunning finish. the los angeles rams beat the new orleans saints in overtime to make it to the super bowl. and a first ever masters snooker title forjudd trump — who hammers the seven time champion ronnie o'sullivan in the final. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. roger federer roger all of that to come but first to the australian open where play is underway, a day after some of the biggest names — including the defending champion roger federer — went out of the tournament. he's not going to be in the quarter finals this year — but serena williams and novak djokovic will be among the players looking to seal their place in the last eight later. russell fuller is in melbourne for us. a lot to look forward to later russell but what's happening at the moment? we are watching naomi masako,

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: hopes of finding the cardiff city player emiliano sala and his pilot are fading, as the search is called off for a second night. serena williams is out of the australian open, despite having four match points in her quarter—final. and james anderson takes four wickets on the opening day in barbados, with the first test between england and the west indies in the balance. hopes of finding the cardiff city footballer emiliano sala alive faded on wednesday, as the search for the light aircraft that went missing over the channel islands was suspended for a second night. rescuers says chances of sala or the pilot being found are now slim. also on wednesday, a recording emerged of a poignent voice message sala had apparently sent from the plane before it disappeared. sian lloyd reports. the second day of searching the waters off the coast of the channel waters off the coast of “we . anne. but waters off the coast of th—eh—fo . anno. but there have been no a number

hello, i'm holly hamilton, and this is sport today, from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: leciester deny liverpool a win at anfield as the league leaders drop two points, but still go five clear of manchester city. "tous sala." nantes pay tribute to their former striker in their first game since his disappearance nine days ago. and australia's most successful trainer is arrested following the discovery of equipment used to deliver electric shocks to horses. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the english premier league, where liveprool had —— we start with the english premier league, where liverpool had the chance to go seven points clear of manchester city at the top of the table, but instead they had to setttle for a draw at home to leicester. the bbc‘s guy mowbray was at anfield. all square in the enfield snow and ice. it is still a 1—point game of the manchester city for liverpool. they will be frustrated at not making the absolute most of the chance that they were given to go seven points clear at the top. they will have to s

now on bbc news, sport today. hello — this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.arry kane's first half penalty proves the difference for tottenham against chelsea in the first leg of their english league cup semi—final. a late iraq stunner wins their opening match at the asian cup as they twice come from behind to beat vietnam. and while others almost disappear into the sand dunes during the second stage of the dakar rally — it's nine—time world rally champion sebastian loeb who wins out on tuesday. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with football and the news that tottenham will have the advantage heading into the second leg of their english league cup semi—final in a fortnight‘s time. they beat chelsea 1—0 in the opening leg at wembley stadium thanks to a controversial var ruling and our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching. a semifinal between two fierce rivals always both managers

hello, i'm will perry, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: the comeback queen petra kivitova storms into the australian open final — she'll face naomi osaka on saturday. rafa nadal‘s into the men's final as he closes in on an open era record. vietnam's fairytale run in the asian cup comes to an end as they fall to four—time champions japan. monaco sack manager thiery henry afterjust 20 games in charge, with his predessesor set to replace him. and it's a dramatic second day in barbados. we'll have the latest from opening test between the west indies and england. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start in melbourne, where petra kvitova and naomi osaka will play for the australian open title this weekend after both won their semifinals on thursday in scorching conditions. the czech was the first to reach the final, beating danielle collins. all the more remarkable given her career nearly ended two years ago after being stabbed in the hand in her own home. she'll face japan's naomi osaka in saturday's showdown, w

hello there, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: real madrid lose for the sixth time in la liga and drop to fifth place, ten points behind leaders barcelona, who won. there's some fa cup shocks for premier league sides but no problems for manchester city, who smash seven to move into the fourth round. and the chicago bears lose out in their nfc wild card match against the philadelphia eagles, after a late cody parkey kick to win it hits the post and crossbar. hello there and welcome to the programme. loads to get through but we start with football in spain and the news that real madrid slumped to another la liga defeat in front of their own fans — their sixth of the season in only 18 league matches. they were beaten 2—0 by real sociedad at the bernabeu. they fell behind to a penalty from willian jose after just three minutes, and they couldn't get back into it. lucas vazquez was sent off just after the hour mark, and seven minutes from time, ruben pardo added a second for the visitors. real are now in fi

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme... readying himself for his australian open quarter—final. rafa nadal looks to stay on course for an 18th grand slam title. juventus thrash serie a's bottom side to go nine points clear at the top of the table. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. first then to melbourne, where play is underway at the australian open tennis. later, rafa nadal faces the 21—year—old american frances tiafoe in the quarter—finals, and before that, the home favourite ashleigh barty will look to become the first australian female singles semi—finalist for 35 years when she takes on the double wimbledon champion, petra kvitova. our tennis reporter david law is there for us. david, it should be a fascinating night there later on the rod laver arena? how and feeling in terms of the atmosphere ahead of those games? great anticipation, i think particularly ahead of ash barty‘s match against petra kvitova. as he said, such a long time since australia have had a player to d

now on bbc news, sport today. sport centre. coming up on the programme: the comeback queen petra kivitova storms into the australian open final — she'll face naomi osaka on saturday. rafa nadal‘s into the men's final as he closes in on an open era record. vietnam's fairytale run in the asian cup comes to an end as they fall to four—time champions japan. monaco sack manager thiery henry afterjust 20 games in charge, with his predessesor set to replace him. and it's a dramatic second day in barbados. we'll have the latest from opening test between the west indies and england. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start in melbourne, where petra kvitova and naomi osaka will play for the australian open title this weekend after both won their semifinals on thursday in scorching conditions. the czech was the first to reach the final, beating danielle collins.

now on bbc news, sport today: hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.d win against tottenham to continue the caretaker manager's perfect start to his reign. the 2019 australian open is under way as rafael nadal as for his men's title in melbourne. and qatar's maintained his lead at the stage six of the dakar rally. hello there, and welcome to the programme. all that and more to come. we begin with footballing news, match as united goalkeeper david hale was immense, making it 11 saves in his second side at wembley. —— de gea. ole gunnar solskjaer maintained his unbeaten start to his reign as ca reta ker unbeaten start to his reign as caretaker manager, with their sixth consecutive win since taking charge. marcus rashford scored the only goal of the game, just before the half—time interval, after a perfect retimed pol pot are passed. but it was de gea who was the star, as the spaniard made history of saves which helped take his side are level on points with that pace arsenal. first half, i thought we were

hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.a is in a real tussle in her opening match at the australian open, and we'll head live to melbourne shortly for all the latest. gabrieljesus scores twice as manchester city ease to a 3—0 win over wolves. and heartbreak for india. an injury time penalty knocks them out of the asian cup. hello, and welcome to the programme, where day two of the year's first tennis grand slam, the australian open, is underway. after the emotion of the opening day that saw andy murray exit the tournament and the sport for potentially the last time, there are a host of big names playing on tuesday. let's head live to melbourne park and gigi salmon. just give us an idea of what is happening at the moment. we already have a couple of winners, big names you mentioned, carolyn pliskova and madison keys safely through, looking tojoin them is madison keys safely through, looking to join them is former semifinalist at melbourne park and number one johanna konta, one set up on a player she has lost

now it's time for sport today. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. who are still waiting for their first title in the competition. forjapan though, there is now the chance to win their fifth asian cup on friday. ben croucher reports.

now all the sport news with sport today. see you soon.rer makes it into round three of the australian open for the 20th year in a row. but we ‘ the as they beat china to finish top of the group. and, as the nba heads across the atlantic, we will look ahead to the new york knicks taking thank you forjoining us. 55555 54555555; 55555 5151551555 the players hoping to make it through to the third round on thursday. but they all face tricky opponents. our reporter gigi salmond is in melbourne for us,

sport today's coming up next. this is bbc news. by president trump to discuss the budget dispute that's led to a partial us government shutdown has broken up without agreement. the tech giant, apple, is warning that revenues have taken a big hit, largely because of disappointing sales in china. the home secretary, sajid javid, has been criticised by refugee groups, after he questioned whether migrants using small boats to try to cross the channel were genuine asylum seekers. more than 530 people have attempted the dangerous crossing in the past year, most of them since october. more than half have made it to the english coast. our correspondent duncan kennedy reports from dover. the home secretary today heading out of dover to see for himself the border force operation in the channel. sajid javid spent half an hour on board in the kind of calm conditions that many migrants use to make their crossing. but mrjavid questioned whether those coming were actually fleeing persecution. if you are a genuine asylum seeker then why have you n

now on bbc news, sport today.s is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: real madrid lose for the sixth time in la liga and drop to fifth place, ten points behind leaders barcelona, who won. there's some fa cup shocks for premier league sides but no problems for manchester city, who smash seven to move into the fourth round. and the chicago bears lose out in their nfc wild card match against the philadelphia eagles, after a late cody parkey kick to win it hits the post and crossbar. hello there and welcome to the programme. loads to get through but we start with football in spain and the news that real madrid slumped to another la liga defeat in front of their own fans — their sixth of the season in only 18 league matches. they were beaten 2—0 by real sociedad at the bernabeu. they fell behind to a penalty from willian jose after just three

hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.the fa cup after a 2—1 loss at wolves making it back to back defeats forjurgen klopp's side. iran win 5—0, as they show why they are one of the favorites at the asian cup. and the dakar rally is underway — we'll bring you the latest from the race through the peruvian desert. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with football news in england, and the last of the fa cup third—round fixtures has seen wolves knock seven time winners and premier league leaders liverpool out with a 2—1win at molineaux. watching was ben croucher. if you're going out of the fa cup, go out with a bang. molineaux provided the spectacle befitting a final. wolves and liverpool provided a first half befitting the qualifying rounds. plenty of changes and unfamiliar faces from both teams. it started to go wrong for liverpool when dejan lovren's night went out

now on bbc news, sport today.oday, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme... keeping their title hopes alive — tottenham hotspur move up to second in the english premier league with victory at cardiff. when roger met serena. two of tennis' all time greats face each other on court for the first time. and, not defending his crown. chris froome says he'll skip this year's giro d'italia to focus on the tour de france. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. tottenham have made a winning start to 2019 and are back up to second in the english premier league after a comfortable win at cardiff city. four days after that shock 3—1 defeat at home to wolves, mauricio pochettino's side won 3—0 in south wales, where harry kane and christian eriksen both scored in the opening 12 minutes.

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.versy as harry kane's first half penalty proves the difference for tottenham against chelsea, in the first leg of their english league cup semi—final. a late iraq stunner wins their opening match at the asian cup, as they twice come from behind to beat vietnam. and while others almost disappear into the sand dunes during the second stage of the dakar rally, it's nine time world rally champion sebastian loeb who wins out on tuesday. hello there and welcome to the programme. all that and more to come, but we start with football and the news that tottenham will have the advantage heading into the second leg of their english league cup semi—final in a fortnight‘s time. they beat chelsea 1—0 in the opening leg at wembley stadium thanks to a controversial var ruling, and our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching. both the spurs and chelsea managers are teasing the first silverware of their career, and they have two strong starting lineups. harry kane scored the only goalfrom the sp

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up... japan reach the final a; thesgpetggwl eppmégheg and after the longest layoff of his career, there's still no date set for lebron james‘s return. hi, thanks forjoining us. japan are through to the final of the asian cup, after beating iran 3—0. it's yet another semi—final defeat for iran, who are still waiting for their first title in the competition. forjapan though, there is now the chance to win their fifth asian cup on friday. ben croucher reports. date, one mil—f? have but date, one mil—f? japan 5: japan were for the keeper's grateful for the keeper's outstretched tow. they were pretty happy with the osaka's head too. after far that had é— memorable one for them, for iran, a sixth straight asian cup final defeat. this no less painful than the others. well, following that defeat, carlos queiroz announced he'd be stepping down as iran's manager after eight years in charge. in that time, he took them to two world cups, recording only their second ever victory in the tournament at rus

who hello, i am chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme... keeping their title hopes alive — tottenham hotspur move up to second in the english premier league with victory at cardiff. when roger met serena. two of tennis‘ all time greats face each other on court for the first time. and, not defending his crown. chris froome says he'll skip this year's giro d'italia to focus on the tour de france. welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. tottenham have made a winning start to 2019 and are back up to second in the english premier league after a comfortable win at cardiff city. four days after that shock 3—1 defeat at home to wolves, mauricio pochettino's side won 3—0 in south wales, where harry kane and christian eriksen both scored in the opening 12 minutes. kane is now the league's joint—top scorer with m goals. son heung—min then added the third. spurs are now a point ahead of manchester city and they are six behind the leaders, liverpool. we feel very disappointed and we wa nted we feel very disappoin

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. many hello there.ite a cloudy and cool run of weather. and we've got more of the same on friday as well, with only subtle changes in time for the weekend. the reason our weather's not changing a great deal at the moment is high pressure right over the uk. rain—bearing weather fronts that would bring any changes to the weather stalled out in the atlantic. for the early risers this morning, we have got cloud across most of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, north midlands, north wales, and for these areas, most areas will just stay above freezing. however, for eastern scotland, where we've got some cloud breaks and across wales, south—west england, the south—west midlands, it's here where we'll see a sharp frost. it will be a cold start to the day, temperatures below —5 in the coldest spots in wales. across the south—west we will have the best chance of breaks in the cloud. 0therwise most of the uk will be stuck under this sheet of cloud. if the clouds with you in the morning there's a good ch

from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.g, our major shift will be o rather more cloudy weather but today, some slightly milder making a return to our shores for some. but not actually in the most traditional way that we see milder air arriving. normally it comes sweeping up from the south—west off the atlantic. at the moment, we have high—pressure, and milderairwil be toppling into the north of it behind a warmer weather front which is sinking its way south. first thing, still very chilly with a foster cross southernmost counties of england. this line of cloud here just about marks the warm weather front. to the rear of it, quite a lot of cloud through the course of the day butjust slightly milder weather than we saw through midweek. so top temperatres in double figures for belfast. we're going to struggle at around 6 or 7 in the likes of cardiff and london. and we will struggle through the day to see much in the way of sunshine. overnight thursday into friday, that weather front slides away into the continent. plenty of cl

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. been recent mornings. it will still be chilly, temperatures close to freezing in a few spots but not the widespread frost that we've had this week. and actually with high pressure close by, it looks mostly dry with a little bit of sunshine, but we've changed the air across the uk so behind this warm weather front on thursday, we had the arrival of some slightly milder atlantic air. but that weather front is pushing towards the alpine regions to give more heavy snow through the day ahead. there are red warnings out for the alps, that's the highest level warning, and indeed parts of norway, but across our shores, it's a generally milder air mass, if you like, during the next couple of days. which means that for most of us, it won't start quite as chilly. the fog will take a wee while to clear this morning. as i say, it is largely frost—free. those temperatures are not too many degrees away from freezing so it will still be chilly, the odd spot of frost out in the countryside and the fog

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.mething much colder, but in the short—term it's relatively mild. west or south—westerly winds across the uk. the cold air is behind this cold front and that'll be sinking its way south and eastwards as we go through wednesday and into thursday. but on tuesday, the front is draped across the north of scotland, the heaviest and most persistent of the rain here pulling its way slowly northwards through the day. further south, mainly dry, a lot cloud, there may be drizzle particularly for western hills. a few breaks in the cloud mainly east of high ground, and it's quite a breezy day for tuesday. this is an idea of wind speeds, average wind speeds through the afternoon. but it will mild, temperatures between nine and 11 celsius. the cloud will be fairly stubborn across much of the uk through tuesday evening, and will start to thicken. outbreaks of rain soon arriving into south—west scotland, northern ireland, sinking its way down into parts of northern england, maybe the far north of wales

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.coastal flooding across some parts of eastern england on tuesday. there were some showers as well, you can see the way these speckled shower clouds were racing from north to south, blown along on those strong winds. and the winds will still be quite brisk across the east on wednesday, still quite a few isobars, white lines on the chart. further west, high pressure builds in, the winds fall lighter. but we do have a weak frontal system into the north—west. that'll bring some cloud and some patchy rain, but it will also usher in some slightly milder air. so this is how we start wednesday morning. quite windy, particularly in the east. those winds feeding some showers into eastern coasts of england. for many places, we're looking at a dry day, with some good spells of sunshine. but cloud will be thickening all the while for northern ireland and the western side of scotland, and here, we will see some patchy rain as that warm front starts to push its way in, but temperatures will start to

but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.ng up from north to south, following this weather front south. it will clear southern counties of the uk through the day today. today's certainly a cold day for all of us. should be some decent sunshine around, but there will also be some wintry showers. a frosty start pretty much across the board, with a risk of ice, especially across the northern half of the uk. here's the weather front first thing. it will push its way into east anglia and the south—east during the morning rush hour. further north, clearer skies. remember that ice, but also the additional complication of some snow showers pushing into scotland, some pushing into eastern coastal counties of england too. snow possible to sea level in scotland, a couple of centimetres across the mountains, perhaps 5—8 centimetres. here, we are looking at a wintry mix, but a covering i think possible across the hills. mostly rain or sleet, though, as that system finally tucks into the continent by lunchtime. the showers following on fro

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.s an hour for some. but i think its eastern areas that will see the strongest weather through the day ahead. the swirl of cloud, this area of low pressure, is responsible for that very windy weather in the north on monday. sliding its way eastwards towards scandinavia, but on its western flank we are still bringing in some strong winds, brisk northerly winds particularly close to those eastern coastal areas. the winds will feed one or two showers in towards the east of the uk at times through the day, but generally speaking, though, we are generally looking at a lot of dry weather. there will be some spells of sunshine, fairly large areas of cloud floating around as well. it'll be breezy wherever you are, but if you're spending your day close to the east coast of scotland you can expect wind gusts of 40—45mph, one or two showers drifting through as well. down the east coast of england, wind gusts the same but may be close to 50 miles an hour for some spots around the east anglian coast

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.tain at the asian cup — but he can't stop his side losing to japan. gabrieljesus scores four as holders manchester city beat burton albion 9—0 in their league cup semifinalfirst leg. and south african geniel de villiers has engine trouble during stage three of the dakar rally costing him the lead hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football news from the asian cup which is in full swing and there was a scare for the four time champions japan in their tournament opener. but they recovered to win 3—2 against turkmenistan on wednesday. elsewhere, two second half goals secured the 2022 world cup hosts qatar a 2—nil win over lebanon as anneka radley reports. having reached the last 16 in nasty‘s world cup, japan are a team

find out what people are talking about in sports today in front of something i know that you're very excited about that's in the last hour that's all made it through to the asian cup semifinals for the first time in the history off to a tense one zero win over continental heavyweight south korea korean fans a thought they had taken the lead in abu dhabi as this free kick hit the post and whistled the net just after was caught as abdel-aziz had him a got the winner. yet it can be a goal at the twenty nine hundred eighteen cup the supporters have being unable to travel to the emirates due to the blockade on gaza but they have been celebrating at home he said helm i like was with them. there is a huge excitement here and talk to qatar going to do that and you can hear the world around me qatar going to. the semifinals of the asian cup is going to be for the first time in their history that they're going to be in the last hole of this competition they've really upset the applecart in the u.a.e. and there's so much happiness around me i was there i don't often stadium a few thousand live

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. a first half penalty following a va are reviewed. there was concern about the behaviour of fans after discriminatory behaviour. a semifinal between two fierce rivals always brings added attention. this time, the fans' behaviour was also under the spotlight and a message before kickoff was clear. judging from the line—ups, both teams were keen to show their strength and it was tottenham's star man, harry kane, providing the early entertainment. it would have been a brilliant goal. 20 minutes later, the england captain was at it again, first seeing his claims for a penalty waved away for offside before var corrected the decision. what followed was far more straightforward. and the first goal of the semifinal goes to spurs from the penalty spot. at 1—0 down, chelsea sparked into action and just before half—time, a deflected cross had spurs scrambling, their goalkeeper stretching every sinew to prevent an equaliser. chelsea kept up the tempo but, in the face of almost relentless pressure,

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today.e of a seven—point lead at the top of the table after a 1—0 win over brighton. mo salah scored the only goal from the penalty spot in the second half. it's a return to victory forjurgen klopp's men after back—to—back defeats in the league and fa cup. we could have done, like always, better but i'm completely fine because the target is to win here. it is so difficult, especially when everybody expects that we win here, it makes it not easy. it is a nice situation for the opponent, you think, if we get something, it is a big surprise and we have to perform and deliver and we did that. and in a way that is more than deserved to win the game. these are the rest of the results. elsewhere, arsenal were beaten by west ham — slowing their chase of a top four finish. there were important games at the bottom of the table too. fulham lost to burnley. cardiff and huddersfield played out a goalless draw that doesn't help either side. southampton‘s 2—1win over leicester city takes them out of the re

hello, i‘m hugh ferris and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. our top stories.a fellini is agreed in principle. he is flying out to china, medical is done and they have to put pen to paper on a deal which isa to put pen to paper on a deal which is a bit ofa to put pen to paper on a deal which is a bit of a strange one because most manchester united fans i‘m not great fans of his fights manchester united also view him as being a symbol of what‘s going rogue since 2013. he was the first signings still needing innate is seen as symbolic rather than something which was necessary. the next one will be a surprise, a familiar name arriving at burnley? that's right, peter crouch celebrated his 38 d yesterday and he will be needing to buy name from stoke. it is a strange deal because it will involve the striker from badly going to stalk. yes, crouch still scenario to everybody. scored goals wherever he has been. very popular character and suitable but difficult to see that at 38 what he will be adding to burnley but yes, that looks like it is going through. and younger m

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. real sociedad. the visitors earned their first victory at the bernabeu in la liga for 15 years. they took the lead through a willianjose penalty afterjust three minutes. it went from bad to worse for madrid after that, because lucas vazquez was sent off with around half an hour to play. real sociedad went on to make that extra man count... because, ruben pa rdo doubled their lead it finished 2—0, to leave real madrid a point and a place outside the champions league qualification spots. elsewhere in la liga... barcelona are on course to extend their lead at the top. luis suarez scored a cracking goal in that one. second—placed atletico drew with third placed sevilla. the fa cup third round ties have continued. while the top teams made it through on saturday, there were some real shocks in the eight games on sunday. no more so than in south wales. where there were great scenes at the full—time whistle, because newport county of the english fourth tier beat former premier league champion

let's take a quick look at some other sport news today.anned from rugby league for 16 months after testing positive for cocaine. he's currently without a club. he'd admitted taking the drug shortly after his mother died. west ham have received a bid of 35 million pounds from an unnamed chinese club for striker marko arnautovic. it is understood west ham have no desire to sell arnautovic, who is under contract with the club until 2022. if you're having a bad day, spare a thought for this guy. this comes from a match between trindade and flamengo in the brazilian under—20 copa sao paulo. trindade's bernardo is on the floor with an injury. a medical cart is called on to help him, but manages to run over his foot by mistake. double the pain, or treble, if you include the embarrassment of going viral on the internet. that is not good, that's not what you need when he is down injured. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are

more coming up in sport today in 30 minutes' time. checks on non—eu nationals who acquire citizenship through investments. malta, cyprus and bulgaria are the only eu countries which sell their citizenship, issuing so—called "golden passports" in return for investments. after implementing a crackdown on tax evasion, china's tax authority has collected in unpaid taxes from film a nd‘ televisicrrr'rndsstry“ it began after chinese actress fan bingbing was ordered the zimbabwean music legend oliver mtukudzi has passed away in harare. he died in hospital, and had been battling ill health for some time. the has the - has started a the . has started a 5— the - has started a 5— day visit to panama where he i attending to panama where he is attending youth day. it's the - time to panama where he is attending been 1th day. it's the - time to panama where he is attending been ith d in it's the - time to panama where he is attending beenith d in central - time thailand authorities have? announced that the first general election since a military co

time for a quick look at the rest of the stories making the sports news today.by league for 16 months after testing positive for cocaine. he's currently without a club. he'd admitted taking the drug shortly after his mother died. this year's cheltenham gold cup could have its biggest ever line—up — 43 entries have been announced, the biggest field for 12 years. last year's winner native river, and 2 other former champions sizing john and coneygree, are all in the mix. and the former england women's manager mark sampson and the fa have settled their dispute over the termination of his contract. sampson was sacked in september 2017 for inappropriate behaviour in his former role at bristol academy. he came to england at the age of 22 with no money and nojob, just dreams of becoming a professional footballer. now sergio torres' remarkable journey from a brick factory in argentina, via crawley town, to playing at old trafford has been documented in a film about his life. he says he hopes the film, called ‘the unknown torres', will inspire young players to follow thei

every eye on the sporting world will be looking at andy murray today. ct on the sport. it is not won as many grand slams titles as roger federer, rafael nadal and novak djokovic, nowhere near as many parties won many, he is a world number one and has won olympic gold medals and the way he has approached the sport will make a memorable name for many years to come and it's sad to see somebody who's done all they possibly can to bring this hit back to life but it's a chronic hip injury and its apparent for a while he was never going to get the form he had in the past and he realises his races nearly run. how many hours before he hits the court? he will be under way from seven hours gmt on monday morning, schedules can sometimes mean that has a later start and we anticipate that against roberto bautista agut, the 22nd seed from spain, murray has his work cut out because he is a fully fit, match fit competitor who has won a title on the men's two this year so if murray does lose today it will be his final match. he would very much like to play at the wimbledo

let's take a look at some of the other stories we've been covering at the bbc sport centre today. a signing, albeit not a new one. anthony martial extended his contract with manchester united, it keeps him at old trafford until 202a. there's an option to extend the deal for another year. english pair alfie plant and ross fisher are in a tie for second after the first round of golf‘s inaugural saudi international. fisher's round included five birdies. they're five under overall, 2 shots behind leader thomas pieters of belgium. britain's menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoe have won their second gold medal at the para alpine skiing world championships in italy. they had the quickest time in the visually—impaired super—g... which helped them also claim a silver in the super combined event. fellow gb skiers kelly gallagher and gary smith won bronze in both. wigan warriors' defence of the super league title got off to the worst possible start. they were beaten 22—12 at rivals st helens. but it was hugely impressive openerfor the saints, with kevin naiqama scoring the first try after ju

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let's have a quick look at a couple of the other stories making the sports news today.son beat barry hawkins to book his place in the semi—finals of the masters snooker. robertson won by six frames to three tonight at alexandra palace. he'll playjudd trump, who beat world number one mark selby 6—2 to reach the semi—finals. trump soon found his groove to sprint 5—1 ahead. fellow englishman selby pulled a frame back, but trump kept his cool in a battle of wits in the eighth frame to ease through. irish golfer shane lowry will take a three—shot lead into the final round of the abu dhabi championship. he hasn't won a title for over three years, but seven birdies has given him a great chance of ending that drought. and a third consecutive half—century from ms dhoni helped india beat australia by seven wickets and win their 0ne—day series 2—1. the indians are only the third team in the last 30 years to win both a test and 0di series in australia. menna fitzpatrick has just 5% vision, yet has made her name flying down ski slopes at speeds normally seen on a motorway. menna and

let's take a look at some of the other stories we've been covering at the bbc sport centre today.r but similar... anthony martial has signed a new contract with manchester united that'll keep him at old trafford until 2024. there's an option to extend the deal for another year. crystal palace winger wilfried zaha has been charged with improper conduct by the fa after his sending off against southampton last night. zaha was given a second yellow card for sarcastically applauding referee andre marriner. english pair alfie plant and ross fisher are in a tie for second after the first round of golf‘s inaugural saudi international. fisher's round included five birdies. they're five under overall. two shots behind leader thomas pieters from belgium. but in‘s... but in‘s. .. they but in‘s... they had the quickest time in the visual impaired super g, which helped them also claim a silver any super combined event. fellow g b silver any super combined event. fellow gb colleagues won bronze in bed. bronze in both. new players, a new structure and even new rules. the 2019 super league season

. >>> hey, uncle vern settling in this friday and on the sports menu today, what have we got here? nhl all-star weekend, it's the eve of the game. >> baseball, spring training about three weeks out and a bay area team made some noise today and chew on this one. >> tiger woods gets a little bite in him down south. >> speaking of bite, the san francisco golden gate kennel club is ready to name a new best in show. all-star wheel of fortune has hit san jose....mid- season classic is back!! the game is >>> nhl up top and this time of year for the first time since 1997 the nhl all-star wheel of fortune has hit san jose, get happy. mid-season classic is back. the game is tomorrow night, three sharks players bringing some bite to it. the three players, captain joe pavelski, erik karlsson and brent burns all part of the skills challenge. burns says as much of the game, he's hoping to meet the philadelphia flyers mascot, paul. he gets a kick out of the googly-eyed gritty. >> i want to meet gritty. gritty is awesome. i think it's -- man, we actually tried to set him up to come to the house an