books capture and tony finau. —— brooks koepka. justin rose and don rahman.pairing ofjustin rose and jon rahm. they take on brooks koepka and tony finau. patrick reed being paired with tiger woods. so much has been spoken about tiger woods coming into this, they will go up against tommy fleetwood and francesco molinari. dustinjohnson tommy fleetwood and francesco molinari. dustin johnson and tommy fleetwood and francesco molinari. dustinjohnson and rickie fowler will ta ke molinari. dustinjohnson and rickie fowler will take on rory mcilroy and tjorn olson. tennis — and the semi—final line—up is in place at the wuhan open in china. australia's ashleigh barty was the only seeded player to reach the quarter—finals and she's now made it through to the last four after beating russia's anastasia pavlyuchenkova in three sets. barty, who was the runner—up at this tournament last year, won 6—2, 5—7, 6—4 and will now play bela russian aryna sa balenka for a place in the final. in the other half of the draw, local favourite wang qiang remains on course to win a second t

thanks to everyone who came out to support the tony finau foundation."try. couldn't do that myself! you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. i'm dancing out of here. bye bye. hello there. a full uk weather forecast coming up in a moment, but first of all the latest on that massive hurricane that's heading towards the eastern side of the united states. it is of course hurricane florence. it is a category four hurricane, sustained winds of 140 mph but is forecast to strengthen, with wind gusts getting up to 185mph over the next 24 hours or so. it will make landfall friday morning in north carolina, but the effects will be felt up and down the mid—atlantic coast with the risk of flooding and those damaging winds as well. here in the uk, a cold front sinking its way slowly southwards today and that will have an effect on the temperatures. yesterday we saw highs of 25 degrees in both london and exeter as well, but today we are looking at highs of around 18 degrees. a 7—degree celsius drop in temperature, not that it will fe

tony finau is part of the american team, and he already appears to be worrying about the weather.me, it willjust depend on the weather. if the wind blows, the course is hard for anybody and it plays that way because there is a much water that comes into play. when we played a couple of months back there was not a lot of wind and with the group of quys a lot of wind and with the group of guys that we had we made a lot of birdies. it depends on the wind. i know i can play any golf course, i have taught that to myself, but especially this year, when you play in the majors, they are all different, whether it is tight or rough, fast or slow greens of. —— slow greens. the build—up to this saturday‘s heavyweight boxing clash in london between britain‘s undefeated anthony joshua and russia‘s alexander povetkin continues. 28—year—old joshua will defend his wba, ibf, wbo and ibo heavweight titles against the wba mandatory challenger, 38—year—old povetkin, as he returns to wembley for the first time since his victory over wladimir klitschko in front of 90,000 fans in april of 2017. north and

simpson and tony finau closing the gap to just one. the comeback was on. on.n the nick of time the hosts found new heroes. found new heroes. thorbjorn 0lesen thrashing jordan spieth. thrashing jordan spieth. wondered what the ryder cup means, watch this... he's done it! who lost all four of his matches here. here. and soon the man they call the postman once again delivered. postman once again delivered. poulter with another eye—popping, chest—thumping triumph. chest—thumping triumph. europe now on the brink. on the brink. mickelson found the water, the glory belonged to francesco molinari. belonged to francesco molinari. and he concedes. he concedes. with the winning point and the party could begin. could begin. the ryder cup is theirs for the next two years. for the next two years. i'm glad i survived that! survived that! second, but the crowd have just been amazing all week. amazing all week. they deserve it as much as we do. much as we do. what can i say, just an amazing week. an amazing week. for the hosts then a day of drama and delight. a day of drama an

tony finau has been named as the final member for the united states ryder cup squad by captainjim furyk—year—old has not won on the pga tour, but had top—10s at three majors this year, and has played well during the current fedexcup playoffs finishing tied for eighth at the bmw championship. the united states are current holders and head to paris for this year's event in late september having not won in europe since 1993. we've been saying all along we're looking for a new captains picks, we're looking for guys who've had a great body of work all year. trainee has had ten top tens. —— tony. when second and eighth in the play—offs. played big in big moments, three top tens in major championships. he came over and played a practice round in paris with us injuly, saw him play the golf course, like what i saw. i just doubt tony checked all the boxes and had a lot of support from oui’ boxes and had a lot of support from our vice captains, players, and overall thought he was our best pic —— ijust overall thought he was our best pic —— i just thought. england are in a commanding position headi

this evening the american ryder cup captainjim furyk has selected rookie tony finau as his final wildcardone of europe's vice captains, says having home advantage should give the europeans the edge. both teams are packed with quality players. world —class world—class players. the europeans are playing very well this week in philadelphia. the americans have had their week. we are going to have home advantage. we have played the french course for the last 25 years and a lot of the players will have played it very regularly. a lot of the players have played a lot in the french open. but it comes down to who plays the best over the week. and who makes the most putts. the us open final umpire who penalised serena williams with an entire game penalty has been defended by tennis‘ governing body. she called him a "liar" and "a thief" during her defeat to naomi 0saka, later accusing him of sexism. the international tennis federation said carlos ramos had acted "at all times with professionalism and integrity". annabel croft was at flushing meadows for that final. she thinks that williams handled t

comfortably beaten by tony finau. running out of steam in the end. end.uded on the course at the moment. the course at the moment. have the trophy presentation to come. come. all 12 members of the european team will be there. team will be there. bjorn, the victorious european captain coming into this. captain coming into this. rankings, missing nine major winners there as well. there as well. translate to what is on the golf course. course. europe win on home soil for the six tournament in a row. the six tournament in a row. the magic of the ryder cup. magic of the ryder cup. thank you for bringing us up to date. europe celebrating their fantastic victory there. championship after a controversial victory at the russian grand prix. title rival sebastian vettel. with five races remaining. game since becoming rangers manager. the only goal of the game after a flowing move. are sixth in the table with livingston up to third. it is goalless between cardiff and burnley. let's get you date with that. there are four games in the women's super league today. from 2

they beat brooks koepka and tony finau. 0ne from this season.a 10—year absence they beat rickie fowler and dustin johnson. 10—year absence they beat rickie fowler and dustinjohnson. wayward shots. incredible approach at 13. support play from both. the one shining light for america, jordan spieth and justin thomas. justin thomas has been whipping up the crowd. some people will say that is what the ryder cup is all about, some will not want to see that. that american pairing looking solid. that was the shining light from the morning session for america. europe came out on top three have won. even this afternoon, two points —— 2—2, is this the start of a fightback for the united states? you wonder. the united states team will be buoyed by the fact they have, to head into following the foursomes. yesterday, let's not forget, in the afternoon they suffered at the whitewash. the first time in ryder cup history team europe had won all four of the foursomes matches. looking ominous for the united states going into this afternoon's session so 2—2, they w

sergio garcia found some spanish strength to see off tony finau and brooks koepka. .. crowd roars.they were here and heard. booing. still, the usa were staring at a heavy deficit. so when henrik stenson and justin rose were sent out first in the foursomes and claimed their customary points, the gap grew wider. than, under the circumstances, probably the putt of the day. fleetwood and molinari's putts may not have won such accolades and with yet another point, they became europe's most successful pairing in just two days. the us was six behind and tiger woods still hadn't won a match. but undaunted by the chasm and the potential pitfalls, plain to see at le golf nationale, spieth and thomas sunk a strangely subdued mcilroy and ian poulter with pinpoint precision. it will be 10—6 heading into sunday's singles. 0nly twice before has a side come from so far behind to win. the us will have to summon some spirit if they're to create another piece of ryder cup history. dramatic footage has emerged of how passengers were rescued from an airliner which crashed in the sea in micronesia. the

of rory mcilroy and sergio garcia who were the first out this morning against brooks koepka and tony finauon the eighth. superb stuff from him. hatton is out alongside casey. making his ryder cup return after ten years. putting them on their way. paul casey chipping in with five birdies himself. that is peddling going well against dustin johnson and rickie fowler. how about francesco molinari? johnson and rickie fowler. how about francesco molinari ? he johnson and rickie fowler. how about francesco molinari? he hasn't won a ryder cup match coming in. he is on the brink of winning a third alongside tommy fleetwood. superb stuff from him. very close there. jordan spieth doing his bit alongsidejustin thomas, they are up against ian poulter and jon rahm. spieth anne thomas are up. still a few holes to play. europe will be delighted with the way things have gone so far, three up in those four matches. that could see further points on the leaderboard for europe. they are 5—3 up, 14.5 points is the important targets going into this afternoon. the 12 singles matches to come on the final day on su

sergio garcia found some spanish strength to see off tony finau and brooks koepka. ..se. but just when another european whitewash was on, jordan spieth and justin thomas ensured they were here, and heard. still, the usa were staring at a heavy deficit, so when henrik stenson and justin rose were sent out first in the foursomes and claimed their customary points, the gap grew wider. that, under the circumstances, probably the putt of the day! fleetwood and molinari's putts may not have won such accolades but with yet another point, they became europe's fourth most successful pairing in just two days. the us were six behind, and tiger woods still hadn't won a match. but undaunted by the chasm and the potential pitfalls plain to see at le golf national, spieth and thomas sunk a strangely subdued mcilroy and ian poulter with pinpoint precision. it will be 10—6 headed into sunday's singles. only twice before has a side come from so far behind to win. the us will have to summon the spirit of brookline ‘99 if they are to create another piece of ryder cup history. ben croucher

up against brooks koepka and tony finau. look at this from sergio garcia on the 17th to win it 2—1.een playing alongside paul casey. casey backin playing alongside paul casey. casey back in the ryder cup team for the first time in ten years, up against rickie fowler and dustin johnson. it's all them won three and two. you've got to say, tiger woods, his first tournament victory in five yea rs, first tournament victory in five years, he has been in the past so far. he has played poorly. he has been struggling. this was francesco molinari, that tiger woods miss allowing molinari athletes

even when they didn't find the green, it proved no obstacle for rookie tony finau.n europe defined the short stuff and even behold... oh, my goodness! oh, my. a point slipped away. the usa won the opening three matches and in full swing. that was until open champion francesco molinari and tommy fleetwood combined to tame tiger woods and patrick reed, time for a reshuffle. foursomes, which means alternate shots, which means this man. ian poulterfor some epitomizes the ryder cup, picked for his pressure plate picture is putting, picking up europe and dragging them back into the contest. this was a french renaissance, a scoreboard painted blue. alex and sergio bashed phil mickelson and bryson dechambeau. justin rose and henrik stenson did, well, what the rose and stenson often do at the ryder cup. and with an unprecedented afternoon whitewash on the cards, molinari and fleetwood repeated their morning artistry to take down jordan spieth and justin thomas. well played indeed. for europe at the end of the day, two points ahead. so a day that started with very little prom

up against brooks koepka and tony finau. look at this from sergio garcia on the 17th to win it 2—1.hat puts europe 6—3 up at this point. tyrrell hatton has been playing alongside paul casey. casey backin playing alongside paul casey. casey back in the ryder cup team for the first time in ten years, up against rickie fowler and dustin johnson. it's all them won three and two. you've got to say, tiger woods, his first tournament victory in five yea rs, first tournament victory in five years, he has been in the past so far. he has played poorly. he has been struggling. this was francesco molinari, that tiger woods miss allowing molinari athletes were to win their third match so far in this ryder cup. what a partnership. justin thomas at the 14th. that's all thomas and spieth one on their macs. the americans are under the cosh at the moment and this was the format in which they accel death yesterday. the beats europe 3—1 in the four balls. it was the foursome they had a whitewash, losing all four matches. they will be dreading the foursomes to come today. we have had their pairings out.

from across the pond, even when they didn't find the green, it proved no obstacle for the rookie tony finauoh, my goodness. oh, my. ..the points slipped away. the usa won the opening three matches and in full swing. that was until open champion francesco molinari and tommy fleetwood combined to tame tiger woods and patrick reed. time for a reshuffle. foursomes, which means alternate shots, which means this man. ian poulter for some epitomises the ryder cup, picked for his pressure play, picked for his putting, picking up europe and dragging them back into the contest. this was a french renaissance, a scoreboard painted blue. alex noren and sergei garcia thrashed phil mickelson and bryson dechambeau, justin rose and henrik stenson did, well what rose and stenson often do at the ryder cup, and with an unprecedented afternoon whitewash on the cards, molinari and fleetwood repeated their morning artistry to take downjordan spieth and justin thomas. well played indeed, to europe at the end of the day, two points ahead. so, a day that started with very little promise ended with europe orchestrati

even when they did not find the green, it proved no obstacle for the rookie tony finau.he us won the opening three matches, and in full swing. that was until open champion francesco molinari and tommy fleetwood combined to contain tiger woods and patrick reed. time for a reshuffle. foursomes, which means alternate shots, which means this man. ian poulter for some epitomises the ryder cup for many. picked for his putting, he picked up europe and dragged them back into the contest. this was a french renaissance — a scoreboard painted blue. you are alex noren and sergio garcia crashed phil mickelson and bryson dechambeau. justin rose and henrik stenson doing what they often do at the ryder cup. with an unprecedented afternoon whitewash on the cards, francesco molinari and tommy fleetwood took downjordan spieth and justin thomas. well played indeed to europe. two points ahead. so a day that started with very little promise ended with europe orchestrating a comeback befitting of this monumental occasion. ben croucher, bbc news. let's stay in france now, because there's an imp

tony finau's win closing the gap to just one. the comeback was on. heroes. jon rahm roaring to victory over a disconsolate tiger woods. what a disconsolate tiger woods. celebrations! and then the man nicknamed the postman once again delivered. ian poulter with another eye—popping, chest—thumping triumph. europe were on the brink. eye—popping, chest—thumping triumph. and, when phil mickelson found the water... it was all over. found the water... great found the water... stuff. europe win the ryder cup. europe's star man, francesco molinari, with the winning point, his fifth there, and the party could begin. his fifth there, and yeah, i'm glad i survived that! his fifth there, and getting worried for a second, but the crowd have just been amazing all week, and they deserved it as much as we did. and they deserved it and what can i say? and they deserved it just an amazing week. and they deserved it soon, poulter was dressed as a postbox. europe's sixth win in a row on home soil, and one of their sweetest. team europe! soil, and one of their sweetest. c

not find the green proving no o bsta cle they did not find the green proving no obstacle for the tony finauole... all my goodness, i... the point is that the way. the us won the opening three matches, and infull swing. us won the opening three matches, and in full swing. that was until francesco molinari and tommy fleetwood combined to contain tiger woods and patrick reed. time for a reshuffle. foursomes, which means alternate shots, which means this man. this meant epitomises the ryder cup for many. picked for his parting, he picked up europe and dragged back into the contest. this was a french renaissance. arabs known and sergio garcia, justin rose and henrik stenson doing what they do at the ryder cup. with an unprecedented afternoon whitewash on the cards, the artistry was repeated to see jordan spieth the cards, the artistry was repeated to seejordan spieth and justin thomas taken down. two points ahead. so bruce davis started with very little promise ended with europe orchestrating a comeback befitting of this minor mental occasion. and crutcher, bbc news. excellent stuff. —— ben. if

rory mcilroy is a further shot back, in a group with tony finau.air cook era have been revealed after the test squad to tour sri lanka in november was named. without cook there will be a very different look to the top of the order, and two of the three new players called up are openers. one of them is a man in form. rory burns has scored over a thousand runs for surrey this season, helping them to the county championship title. with an average of almost 70 it's perhaps a surprise that this is the first time he's been included in an england test squad. it's a i6—strong touring party, which also includesjoe denly. he's 32 and played limited overs cricket for england eight years ago — he's helped kent gain promotion to the top division this season. he could open the batting with burns although keaton jennings, cook's partner over the summer, has been retained. there's also a first test call up for seamer olly stone and a recall forjack leach, one of three specialist spinners on that list. rory burns who's been the leading run scorer in captain birsa r

tommy fleetwood and francesco molinari who are unbeaten for europe so far take on tony finau and philto head, and the last match on the course will be rookies bryson de chambeau v alex noren. it looks likejim it looks like jim furyk it looks likejim furyk has put all his big guns out early. a difficult week for manchester united and jose mourinho got worse today with a 3—1 defeat at west ham united sorry, i was listening to what you're saying. in a week that saw cameras capture a frosty training ground exchange between mourinho and pogba, today the french midfielder was hauled off midway through the second half as united slipped to a third league defeat of the season. patrick gearey reports. struggles, bubbles, soil and trouble. a row between the manager and pol pot back meant it to west ham just five minutes to make things worse with felipe anderson's skill only really revealed on second glance. yarmolenko made use of a deflection off of lindelof any second—hand but where next? well, it was pol pot are off. then a man who caused the difference —— it was paul pogba all. the problem? w

but what about this from tony finau...? were one down in that opening match, tony finau, though, getting an eagle on the sixth to make it all square. rory mcilory out alongside the thorbjorn olesen at the moment, playing dustin johnson thorbjorn olesen at the moment, playing dustinjohnson and rickie fowler, all square in that match. but the americans leading in that third match out on the course at the moment. jordan spieth and justin thomas, good friends, playing alongside each other, they are two up alongside each other, they are two up at the moment against paul casey and tyrrell hatton. five rookies in the european team. four of them already out on the course this morning, so thomas bjorn clearly feels that it is important for those players to get a flavour of it on the first morning. and you can stay updated on bbc radio 5 live and follow on the website an app as well. more sport later on. from cornwall to cumbria, more than 1000 headteachers are today heading to down street to protest about a lack offunding. down stre

good start for the united states, on 16 tony finau (fee we're in france. it's the ryder cup. even michael jordan made the trip across the pond for this one. tony fenau, the u.s. winning three of the first four morning matches. the one loss? tiger woods and patrick reed. at 16 woods' tee shot found the wet stuff. tiger and reed loss to francisco molinari and fleetwood and in the afternoon ian poulter and mcilroy defeated bubba watson and webb simpson. europe won all four of the afternoon matches and lead after day one 5-3. >>> nfl, say it with me, liz, the raiders. this one sunday.....may be the last time the raid slight home favorites to beat the browns, this one sunday may be the last time the raiders will have to play on the infield dirt because of road games unless the a's make it to the world series. that got jon gruden's attention. he's an a's backer and count him in as one of the few people who enjoys playing on the dirt. >> i love the a's. i love oakland and coach melvin is a friend of mine, done a heck of a job and plan on getting out there and root for the a's. i woul

sergio garcia found some spanish strength to see off tony finau and brooks koepka. ..re, and heard. still, the usa were staring at a heavy deficit, so when henrik stenson and justin rose were sent out first in the foursomes and claimed their customary points, the gap grew wider. that, under the circumstances, probably the putt of the day! fleetwood and molinari's putts may not have won such accolades but with yet another point, they became europe's fourth most successful pairing in just two days. the us were six behind, and tiger woods still hadn't won a match. but undaunted by the chasm and the potential pitfalls plain to see at le golf national, spieth and thomas sunk a strangely subdued mcilroy and ian poulter with pinpoint precision. it will be 10—6 headed into sunday's singles. 0nly twice before has a side come from so far behind to win. the us will have to summon the spirit of brookline ‘99 if they are to create another piece of ryder cup history. ben croucher, bbc news. there is nothing won here. there's 12 singles tomorrow. we go again, we go hard, and we go wi

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the honour of the first shot went to the american rookie tony finau. put europe first hole, which he has made them i havejust heard, to put europe 1—0. if you are looking for inspiration in the early stages, they can take it from the european one armed golf team. there you go. you can see the opening stages there. what a match to finish with later on this morning. i was saying, if they wa nted morning. i was saying, if they wanted inspiration, the european team, they can take it from the one armed european team that won the equivalent against the americans last weekend. they beat the americans 17—11 in their ryder cup equivalent, last weekend. earlier this week, i met rob paul, one of the stars of the european team, he has cerebal palsy and has always played using just one arm. he showed me how much of a challenge this can be. more on this tomorrow, when we will also hear from britain's double world champion at long drive, joe miller, who can hit his tee shot over 500 yards. that is more than most part four —— par fours. it is a morning of pure excitem

and then the fourth, tony finau. >> those are the four people expect >> you can still play if you wantf you want to show up in france, bring your euro squad. >> i don't think i would aid the team well. >> not you all right. you know what? i'm kidding. best -- people say these two teams that -- the european versus the united states, best ever should be great. rory, all his friends, justin. >> so great to see tiger back. >> it is >> it was a shame last night to see roger federer lose >> i wasn't totally shocked. he lost a five-setter. he had whim whimbledon in the b then didn't close that out >> he did win a major this year, australian open. >> he hasn't won the u.s. open in ten years or something. >> having won it five on the trot >> what is that? >> five in a row >> we need subtitles >> you need a translator the rest of us are fine. >> he doesn't. he just likes to pretend >> you're so continental you've been around and everything i have not spent enough time in london to hear -- >> you like london >> love london >> the edge of it is gone for you. you haven't been recently? >> it hasn't

either side of that opening tee here at the ryder cup. at the ryder cup. against brooks koepka and tony finauf their matches. both of their matches. and it was that that led to the progress in the foursomes as well. progress in the foursomes as well. —— four. momentum, europe, they can be sitting pretty. sitting pretty. placing them to go into the matches afternoon. afternoon. john, it looks incredible behind you. behind you. what an atmosphere which is it unique to this tournament. is it unique to this tournament. crowd, the noise. for silence when they take the shots. lacking man at varying paris. —— lucky man there in paris. with the manager. an awkward training ground exchange, was caught on camera on wednesday. of the vice—captaincy. if i am happy with his work, he plays. if i'm not happy with his work, he doesn't play. the team needs good players, he is a good player. the team needs players with personality to play, he has. to defend that. all of them three o clock kickoffs. but they were held to a one all draw at sheffield wednesday. wednesday the lead. strike but they couldn't take th