hello, i'm tulsen tollett.arcia takes a four—shot lead into the second round of the nedbank golf challenge. practice for the brazilian grand prix gets under way. and the icc women's world t20 starts in the carribean, with reigning champions west indies hosting it. sergio garcia holds a four—stroke lead heading into the second round of the nedbank golf challenge in south africa. the spaniard birdied three of the last four holes in his first round, to finish on eight—under, his lowest opening—round score of the season. last month he won the andalucia valderrama masters. it didn't go too well for rory mcilroy, though. he had a double—bogey on the 17th, which leaves him eight shots off the pace. lewis hamilton might be world champion, but the formula one constructors‘ championship is still to be decided. first practice for the brazilian grand prix gets underway in sao paolo later. here is the maths. mercedes, hamilton's team, can seal it providing ferrari don't score 13 points more than them. mercedes have won it f

hello, i'm tulsen tollett.briefing: newcastle and burnley both look to pull away from the relegation zone when they meet in the premier league later and the boston celtics will look to turn their nba season around when they face the pelicans in new orleans. rafael benitez has every reason to hate this week's fixture list. newcastle united have lost 11 of their last 12 premier league monday games. if the stats are anything to go by then victory away at burnley might be a tall order. after a shaky start to the season though newcastle are on a bit of a roll. they've won their past two games but did the international break come at the wrong time? i think sometimes it is true that when you are doing well, the international break changes everything and sometimes when you have injuries it is you more time for players to recover so you have to ta ke for players to recover so you have to take it as it comes and hopefully you can carry on winning. as a say, it isa you can carry on winning. as a say, it is a long—distance

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your wednesday sport briefing.hole new level. you may never have given concrete much thought, but it plays a vital part in our day—to—day lives, from the bridges we cross to the roads we drive on. but it keeps cracking. so, scientists are working on a solution — concrete that can repair itself. here's our science correspondent, richard westcott. concrete is the second most used substance on earth, a key ingredient in roadbuilding, repairing cracks can cause long delays. so what if you could build concrete that could fix itself? when there is a crack in concrete, this crack is going to open the matrix and then open the capshaw as well. livia is helping to design tiny capsules the size of sand grains that will sit inside the concrete. any crack will split them open, releasing a healing agent that fixes the crack. so they come along off the tube, they are collected in the solution and hear this white material is where you can see thousands of micro— capsules being produced and collected in the solution. under the micr

hello there, i'm tulsen tollett. coming up in your wednesday sport briefing...atp tour finals in london. bangladesh and sri lanka are both looking for their first wins of the icc women's world t20. later on wednesday, world number one novak djokovic plays his second match in the nitto atp tourfinals in london. the serb takes on the bright new thing in the men's game, alexander zverev. both players won their opening matches in this year's tournament, while john isner will play croatian marin cilic in the other game, with both of those looking for theirfirst win. iam i am looking forward to that match, obviously the good thing about this tournament is that you have days in between matches, and you are guaranteed to pay three matches in the group. i have obviously put myself in a very good position in the group with a straight set win, obviously playing at alexander zverev, who also had a straight set win today, so i look forward to them. bangladesh and sri lanka will both be looking for their first win at the icc women's world t20, when they head out to play in st

hello, i'm tulsen tollett.ampions france need just a point to qualify for the last four of the uefa nations league when they play the netherlands later while defending champions and tournament hosts west indies are in action at the icc women's world t20. world champions france are looking to seal the deal in the uefa nations league. they need just a point when they play the netherlands later on friday. a draw wil be enough for them to qualify for next year's semi—final stage. try telling that to didier deschamps though, he says they ‘are the world champions and they will behave like it.‘ paul pogba and benjamin mendy are missing but kylian mbappe is in the squad. at the icc world t20 stefanie taylor will be hoping for more of the same when the reigning champions west indies play sri lanka. she took a career—best 4 wickets forjust 12 runs as the hosts beat south africa by 31 runs on wednesday while south africa play england in friday's other match. novak djokovic is the man to beat at the nitto atp finals in lon

hello, i'm tulsen tollett.n champions league action later. ronnie 0'sullivan gets his uk snooker championship defence under way. and the new york knicks look to make it four nba wins in a row. we're in for a feast of champions league football later, with holders real madrid, bayern munich and manchester united all in action. pep guardiola has every reason to be happy, as his manchester city travel to lyon and need just a point to secure their place in the last 16. the premier league champions have recovered from a sluggish start. after losing at home to lyon, they've won three in a row. we are playing at a high level, score a lot of goals, and we are going to do that tomorrow but away. never i think in my career have i won the three games away in champions league, never. it was nine yea rs champions league, never. it was nine years in champions league, or ten yea rs, years in champions league, or ten years, whenever i think i was able to win three games away it may be, so we will be an exception in our situatio

hello there, i'm tulsen tollett.fing... while england's women take on austria. early season form when they face the milwaukee bucks. the europa league returns on thursday. over sporting lisbon at the emirates. in the next round. with a number of changes expected from the 1—1 draw with liverpool. course if we win, it is a clear goal tomorrow. earn her 100th cap at home three days later against sweden. of her international career on home soil in england. with teams preparing for next year's world cup. they are not friendly matches. player in my team will get an opportunity to play in both games. opportunity to play in both games. part in the game, so it is a chance to stake a claim. between the golden state warriors and milwaukee bucks in california. in the last four years. just their second loss in 10 games. with two matches remaining. of the italians. about the feeling of how well we play it. play it. team played really, really well from the first minute. the first minute. i repeat, against a superteam. he may not lo

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. the final of the women's world t20 after thrashing the hosts and holders west indies by 71 runs in their semi—final. robert kubica will race in formula 1 next year eight long years after he was nearly killed. and france get set to defend their davis cup title against croatia despite missing three of their top line players. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with cricket — and in the second semi—final of the women's world t20 in the west indies — england are chasing 113 to beat india after dismissing them with three ball left in the opening innings. england are currently 14/1 after three overs and the winner will play australia who thrashed the host nation earlier in antigua. australia batted first after the west indies won the toss, and alyssa healy top scored with 46 as they made 142 for 5 from their 20 overs. skipper meg lanning weighed in with 31, and rachael haynes hit an unbeaten 25 as the aussies posted a very competitive total. the west indies' reply never really

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.egrees. but for friday morning, not as cold, because there‘s a lot more cloud around. it will be often cloudy for the day ahead. showers for some, but not all. the satellite picture shows quite a lot of cloud. this cloud across the north—east is thick, low cloud, producing the odd spot of rain and drizzle. this brighter, more speckled cloud down to the south—west is capable of producing some showers. so throughout friday, we have the potential for some heavy, thundery showers across the south—west. some of these drifting into east wales, the west midlands, maybe north—west england. also some patchy rain across the north—east of scotland. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, but equally, a lot of cloud. now, if you‘re across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east, i‘m hopeful that this cloud will break up a little to reveal some spells of sunshine. the odd brighter glimpse elsewhere, but hefty showers never too far away from the south—west. for north—west england, particularly cumbria

but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.ng at times very grey weather with some showers. a different story for the week ahead. the winds will switch direction, they will be coming off the atlantic bringing spells of very wet, very windy weather but much milder weather. monday on the other hand is still looking fairly bright but it will be cool. so this is what it looks like early hours of monday morning. still the winds blowing out of the east. you can just about make out the arrows there. the weather fronts are behind me, out in the atlantic, some hundreds if not a thousand miles away from us. ahead of that, the weather is quiet. a touch of frost in the countryside but in city centres it's around three or four degrees first thing on monday. the forecast suggests on monday that many eastern parts of the uk will be cloudy. there will be one or two showers affecting the north—east of england, maybe yorkshire too. but if you live in western areas of the uk, plenty of sunshine. western parts of wales, the lake district, into wes

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. for the knockout stages of the champions league if they get just a point from lyon on tuesday. england complete a first series whitewash in sri lanka with a 42—run victory in the third test. and zagreb goes wild as the victorious croatia team show off the davis cup. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with football news, and there's plenty of european champions league action to look forward to on tuesday. manchester city will be through to the knockout stages with a draw or better against lyon in france. pep guardiola has every reason to be happy, with city needing just a point to secure their place in the last 16. the premier league champions have recovered from a sluggish start, after losing at home to lyon they've won three in a row. when you lose the first game at home, the group stage can become so tough. we did ourjob, winning the next three games. we were lucky that the opponents, they didn't win. draw, draw, draw, that's why we're ina good draw, draw, draw, that

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.a late winner against spain to set up a winner takes all match against england in sunday's uefa nations league clash. roger federer beats kevin anderson in straight sets to qualify for the atp finals in london and the second round of the dp world tour championship tees off shortly as francesco molinari remains on course to win his first race to dubai title. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and spain have missed the chance to be the first team through to next year's uefa nations league finals. they'd have qualified with a win in croatia but were beaten 3—2 in zagreb. after a goalless first half, the home side led twice — through andrej kramaric and tinjedvaj but each time they were pegged back with goals from real madrid's dani ceballos through andrej kramaric and tinjedvaj but each time they were pegged back with goals from real madrid's dani ceballos and sergio ramos. in the 90th minute, jedvaj won it for croatia — to avenge the 6—nil thrashing they suff

hello, i'm tulsen tollett, coming up in your monday sport briefing: the premier league's bottom two clashtin rose returns to the top of the pile in golf‘s world rankings. later on monday, the bottom two in the premier league go head to head when fulham head to huddersfield. huddersfield successfully maintained their top flight status last season but david wagner's side are the only team yet to win a league game this season and even a win at home would leave them in the relegation zone due to their markedly inferior goal difference. the nba season is well underway and there are nine games later on monday with the indiana pacers hoping to continue their winning streak when they host the houston rockets. the pacers are currently third in the eastern conference while, by contrast, the rockets, who beat the struggling chicago bulls on saturday 96—88, have only won three games so far this season. but with james harden scoring 25 points, the pacers will be wary of an in—form harden and a houston team capable of making even the league's best defences look silly. the draw for the season—ending atp

hello, i'm tulsen tollett. champions league. india play the second match of their t20 series against west indies. and the draw for the season—ending atp finals is made, but rafael nadal won't be there after he withdaws through injury. lionel messi has been included in barcelona's squad for their trip to milan to play inter in the champions league on tuesday. the barcelona captain returned to training last weekjust 11 days after fracturing his arm against sevilla following a nasty fall in a 11—2 la liga win at camp nou. the catalans have won all three of their opening champions league games in group b and would secure their place in the knockout phase of the competition with a win at the san siro. translation: there are three or four possibilities. one is that he plays from the start or he comes on or he goes off. i cannot anticipate any of these possibilities because i don't know how today's training will go. what we won't do is take any risks. india will look to secure the three—match series when they take on

hello, i'm tulsen tollett.t to play the first of three twenty—20 matches down under while lebronjames is heading back to cleveland for the first time since leaving, as the los angeles lakers take on the cavaliers. india's tour of australia begins shortly with a twenty—20 match in brisbane. virat kohli's side are ranked number one in the world in the test format and second in the short forms of the game and the country has been a happy hunting ground for the tourists in recent years. australia is always a battle so any indian side. they played good cricket last time but were not able to wind games so this time around we definitely want to change that and any team should look to wind test matches and series as a whole. we have the quality to do so but it will boil down to how we think in each moment. on thursday, tiger woods and phil mickelson will battle it out for $9 million when they go head to head in an 18—hole battle dubbed "the match". the money is well, worth it of course but mickelson is more interested

hello, i'm tulsen tollett.n thanksgiving the new orleans saints are among six teams playing in the nfl. thursday sees the semi final stages of the icc women's world twenty20 tournament in west indies. the hosts and reigning champions entertain australia, while india take on england. in last year's 50 over a side world cup, england beat the same opposition to win the title, courtesy of a brilliant spell of bowling by anya shrubsole. so should they fear her again? they think they are playing some really good cricket at the minute, and they have shown that against australia. they have some really strong players and have come a long way and a lot can change in that period of time. they look strong, well drilled site but we also know that on our day it could be a good side as well so it is set up well. there are three nfl games later to kick off week 12 of the regular with the new orleans saints looking to extend a 9—game winning streak when they host the atlanta falcons. after losing their season opener the saints