vettel slighted. vettel: no chance, again, we were too late.ogey one for mercedes, but with vettel coming third, hamilton's championship lead has grown to 40 points. the battle isn't over yet, but the finishing line is getting closer. we had a great start, the team have never given up faith and belief in me and valtteri, in our ability. it was a real blessing, it was a long race. overall we weren't fast enough, we didn't have the pace in the race. but also i think we tried to be aggressive in the beginning and obviously it didn't work out. so after that, i think i had a different race than the other guys, different tyres and i wasn't very convinced that we could make it to the end. so, next up we had to sochi in two weeks' time. mathematically, yes, vettel can still win the championship. he has to pretty much win every race and hope hamilton finishes way behind him or has some retirements, but we know sochi is a track mercedes enjoy and hamilton is in the form of his life. football now, and burnley‘s wait for a first premier league win of the s

sebastian vettel. .. verstappen. focus now, focus. sebastian vettel...ercedes but with sebastian vettel coming third, the championship lead had grown to a0 points. the finishing line is getting closer. simon yates won the vuelta a espana to complete a clean sweep of british victories in this year's grand tours. the michelton—scott rider crossed the line safely in madrid on sunday to secure his first grand tour, with spain's enric mas second and colombia's miguel angel lopez third. british riders have now won nine of the past 20 grand tours. i really just enjoyed i reallyjust enjoyed the moment. i don't know what else you can do in those situations. trying to take it in as best as possible. i was nervous also because i have to give a speech and i'm not very good at doing the speeches. it is on the bike, on the stage. umpire carlos ramos, the man at the centre of the controversial us open women's final involving serena williams, issued a code violation against croatia's marin cilic during a tense davis cup semi—final against the united states on sunday. ra

but calamity quickly ensued with germany's vettel clashing with his title rival lewis hamilton vettel complained it was so but she woods ruled it is a racing incident that would end up for. defending champion hamilton still have work to do to still victory expertly past rocket in just nine laps from the end his victory extends his lead over vettel to a healthy thirty points with seven races left i still want to give it up to. two ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they gave us such a great fight and basically i just want to thank you thank you to these guys it was back home because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today said the missing his driver was booed by ferrari fans when handed the trophy. but hamilton won't care a jot. now we still have the going to sligo show coming up for you after the break probably fairly earliest discussing the links between who lingered in lincoln as i'm here in germany and the events of this past week in canada it's a special guest tonight former player michel din

but calamity quickly ensued with germany's vettel clashing with his title rival lewis hamilton vettel complained to the verge of goals but stewards ruled it was a racing incident that would end up for. defending champion hamilton still have work to do to still victory at expertly passed right in just nine laps from the end his victory stings his lead over vettel to a healthy thirty points with seven races left versus what he did up to. see ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they giving us such a great fight and physically i just want to say q thank you to these guys and one back because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today the missing his driver was booed by ferrari fans when handed the trophy. but hamilton won't care a jot. last season's been to sleep the runners up shall have lost two nil at home to hit have been. held won one by promoted to sold off in sunday's other match the table after two weekends of the season has a slightly familiar look with bae and munich at the top. and had a surpr

will it be sebastian vettel or hamilton, oi’ it be sebastian vettel or hamilton, or someone else?ead to new york now, as five time us open champion, roger federer will be in third round action shortly. he'll face australian nick kyrgios, who was in the headlines this week, after an umpire offered him some advice during his last match. never seen that before. i think he has learned his lesson. kyrgios beat federer when they first met in 2015 and says he would rather be the underdog than have all the pressure. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller is at flushing meadows. as you can imagine, there's a huge amount of excitement here at flushing meadows about the prospect of roger federer against nick kyrgios. fedor needs no introduction, but he feels fit and confident this year. his back call him -- confident this year. his back call him —— causing problems back in 2017, and he is trying to win a sixth title ten years after his most recent triumph in york. nick kyrgios is always making headlines, occasionally for his tennis. at times he can be almost unplayable. these two have had v

but calamity quickly ensued with germany's vettel clashing with his title rival lewis hamilton vettel complained that it was the book but she would still do it as a racing incident that would end up fall for. defending champion hamilton still have work to do to seal victory expertly past rocket in just nine laps from the end his victory extends his lead over vettel to a healthy thirty points which seven races left us if you don't get. to ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they gave us such a great fight and basically i just want to say q thank you to these guys they've won back because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today the missing these driver was booed by ferrari fans when handed the trophy. but comments and won't care a jot. and with that now you're up to date on your news i'm sarah kelly and berlin helen humphrey has business news after a short break thank you so much for watching have a great. letter we were sure we knew we were not. easy percent of americans at some point in our lives

will it be sebastian vettel or hamilton, or someone else?. the five time us open champion, roger federer is in third round action at flushing meadows. he's facing australian nick kyrgios, who was in the headlines this week, after an umpire appeared to offer him some advice during his last match. kyrgios beat federer when they first met in 2015 and says he would rather be the underdog than have all the pressure. eight of their nine previous sets have been tie—breaks. we're still in the first set, three games all the score. it has been incredibly hot new york, he and humidity always in the story. roger federer looking effortlessly cool in the women's draw, 2017 finalist madison keys beat serbia's aleksandra krunic to reach the fourth round. the american lost the first set 6—4, but came back with 6—1, 6—2 wins. she'll play either dominika cibulkova or angelique kerber. england fly—half danny cipriani starred on the opening saturday of the premiership season, as gloucester beat northampton 27—16 at kingsholm. it was cipriani's first appearance s

but calamity quickly ensued with germany's vettel clashing with his title rival lewis hamilton vettel complained. but she were drilled it is a racing incident that would end up for. defending champ with seven races left i still want to give it up to. to ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they've given us such a great fight and basically i just want to say q thank you to these guys it was back on because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today the missing his driver was booed by ferrari fans when handed the trophy. but hamilton won't care a jot. and of course we still have the bonus legal show coming up for you after the break pavlo folia latest discussing the links between hooliganism in germany and the past week's events in chemist's is special guest tonight former player michel didn't see he'll be king to discuss how his former side did against shaka pablo will also be telling you about obvious like to did they get the better of newly promoted justin. or baton plenty more in our bonus leave a s

vettel slighted. vettel: no chance, again, we were too late.vettel coming third, hamilton's championship lead has grown to 40 points. the battle isn't over yet, but the finishing line is getting closer. nick parrott, bbc news. we had a great start, the team have never given we had a great start, the team have nevergiven up faith we had a great start, the team have never given up faith and belief in me and valtteri in our ability. it was a real blessing, it was a long race. overall we weren't fast enough, we didn't have the pace in the race. but i think we tried to be aggressive in the beginning and obviously it didn't work out. so after that, i think i had a different race from the other guys, different race from the other guys, different tyres and i wasn't very convinced we could make it to the end. so next up we had to sochi in two weeks' time. mathematically, yes, vettel ca n weeks' time. mathematically, yes, vettel can still win the championship. he has to pretty much win every race and hope hamilton finishes way behind him or has some reti

but calamity quickly ensued with germany's vettel clashing with his title rival lewis hamilton vettel complained that it was the book so but she woods ruled it was a racing incident that would end for. defending champion hamilton still have work to do to still victory expertly past reichen in just nine laps from the end his victory extends his lead over vettel to a healthy thirty points with seven races left i still want to give it up. to ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they giving us such a great fight and basically i just want to say thank you thank you to these guys it was back home because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today the missing he's driver was booed by ferrari fans when handed the trophy. but hamilton won't care a jot. in tennis roughen a doll and serena williams have booked their places in the u.s. open quarterfinals after hard fought battles against unseeded opponents now del needed four sets to beat nicolas busha sheely from georgia williams was pushed to a third set for th

vettel was slighted. this race is supposed to bea slighted. race for mercedes but with little coming third, hamilton's championship lead has grown to a0 points. the battle isn't over but the finishing line is getting closer. we had a great start, the tea m closer. we had a great start, the team have never given up their faith in me and in our ability. it was a long race. sigurdsson pulled a goal back for everton on the stroke of half—time but that effort was in vain. west ham restoring their two—goal advantage through arnautovic in the second half giving pellegrini lee perfect 65th birthday present. bernie looking for their first family and the win of the season after defeat against wolverhampton. —— burnley. wolves sitting back—to—back league victories. in by back—to—back league victories. in rugby union the game of the weekend did not disappoint with wasps surviving a fightback from leicester to win ai—35. started strongly and scored two early tries including this from josh bassett after a superb kick. tigers have a player sent off just supe

the top three looking at the overall standings hamilton now has a forty point lead over germany's vettel and looks well set to defend his world title with six races left. you're watching the news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's dot com thanks for joining. me and for. language courses. video and audio. anytime anywhere. w. media center.

not for the first time this season, vettel was the architect of his own downfall.t corner, he didn't spin off. he battled back to finish fourth. raikkonen looked vulnerable, as well, as hamilton briefly passed him. but patience is one of the briton's virtues, and thanks to a better strategy and help from his mercedes team—mate, with nine laps left he got ahead again and stayed there. his fifth win at monza equals the great michael schumacher‘s record, but what will be sweeter is extending his championship lead to 30 points. defending champion rafael nadal is through to the us open quarter—finals after a four—set victory over nikoloz basilashvili. despite dropping the third set in a tie—break against the georgian, who is ranked 37 in the world, the 32—year—old spainiard broke twice as basilashvili faded in the fourth. but far from a straight passage from nadal, who plays domic thiem next. iam in i am in the second week, and i arrive within the quarter finals of the grand slams. but i didn't make it since 2011, so that is a positive thing. and now is the moment to ma

on the opening laps or vettel come off worst with lineups to go home and overtook the other ferrari of commune reichen in and took the checkered flag vettel finished fourth and now trails hamilton by thirty points heading to the next place in singapore. plus you know if you don't get. to ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they gave us such a great fight and basically i just want to say huge thank you to these guys and went back home because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today. confirmation there of hamilton's position at the top of the drive is a championship standing paley's battle by thirty points reichen and is sixty two points behind his ferrari teammate battery bought us all from the thirty's this fit in fourth place. out of over twelve and others more light i'll hand you back to laura that i was a laser thanks very much and that's it for a bagel oracle for this news up a do stay with us if you can so we're back in just a moment with more of the day's news for you. when people need to

it is thirty points clear of vettel in the title standings with seven races left in the season. i'm trying to let the guys past and then they'll both back talk they don't but slow and i was trying to recover ground and. have a semi great balance to fall ball and sebastian try to speed up and then we then i looked up and i was going to hit him sentenced. to avoid him and kill my time but so when i look here myself only of guinea are playing in the african champions league quarter finals for the first time and on friday they kept eight time champions our affiliate bay in cannot carry it was nil nil in the first leg with the return in egypt at the end of the month e.-s. city five beat the defending champions wait at casablanca one nil in the first leg of their tie well fronts and egypt haven't played each other in forty years of the men's volleyball world championships before they met on friday it was france he walked away happy the french giving egypt their third defeat in three much is that this is total and jointly hosted by its lee on tape in bulgaria all of those have been by

on the opening lap saw vettel come off worst with nine laps to go how milton overtook the other ferrari of chemical reichen in and took the checkered flag vettel finished fourth now trails hamilton by thirty points heading to the next race in singapore. while at the previous f one race in belgium we saw a huge crash for financial along here where he landed on top of charles leclerc who was saved by his halo protection device there was a very similar incident at the indy car in portland on sunday on the first lap a big accident or marco andretti car fly through the air and over to others before eventually landing upside down on board footage from james hinchcliffe car showdown directory's car sailing over his head no one was injured as for the race when that went to axe formula one driver takuma sato. outsource for financial or both thanks very much indeed and that's it for me for this news of a latino is back in just a moment to say whether. right senator. with bureaus spawning six continents across the globe. to do. al-jazeera has correspondents live in green the stories they tell us.

the twenty five points of the week gives them a sadie's driver a forty point lead over vettel which six races left. and we haven't forgotten about german soccer the villainess league a show is coming up next i'll bring you the action from sunday's matches as well as all the major talking points from match day three could matter braman make it two wins on the balance when you boys number of pay them a visit i'll have that and the rest of the weekend stories after a short break stay with g.w. if you can. i wouldn't have been fighting for this case to take you seriously in the world of what here's what's come out women strong. though this dispute.

the twenty five points for the week gives them a sadie's driver a forty point lead over vettel which six races left. and we haven't forgotten about german soccer the bundesliga show is coming up next i'll bring in the action from sunday's matches as well as all the major talking points from match day of trade could manner braman make it two wins on the balance when you boys number of pay them a visit i'll have that and the rest of the weekend stories after a short break stay with g.w. if you can. enter the conflict zone confronting the powerful i test the convictions anabel use of the power of confronting them with said i will draw all those people live other people's lifes in the hands out of their comfort zone. how good the arguments of the.

part with a nine loves to go hamilton overtook the finn he stayed ahead to cross the line first as vettel had to settle for fourth how to now equals michael schumacher the record of five wins at the monza circuit next stop on the formula one calendar is the singapore grand prix. last year we gave it up. to ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they giving us such a great fight and basically i just want to say. thank you to these guys they've won back home because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today confirmation there of hamilton's position of the top of the drivers' championship standings he leaves vettel by thirty points reichen is sixty two points behind his ferrari teammate valerie bata in the fight is his fourth england have won the five match test series against india with one match still to play the english added just eleven to overnight toto to set india a victory target of two hundred forty five to when. you took four wickets to go with his five in the fastenings to help dismissed the indian

it proved a costly decision by the team many expected to dominate in singapore vettel ended up losing time and ultimately gave second place back to stop and i. must say the strategy on the other hand it was working perfectly there was a brief scare when hamilton was held up by a group of back markers to stop and try to lock up the inside but the championship leader had it covered and accelerated into the distance to claim victory it's the fourth time he's won the singapore grand prix. much. less. how to describe it is a monumental moment and it's hard to argue he finished nearly forty seconds clear of vettel and now leads his main rival by forty points in the drive the standings we had a great start the team just never given up faith and belief in me in an invalid's three and in our ability and is a real blessing it was a long race yeah i mean it wasn't looking too bad we had a good first lap and then we tried something being aggressive but it didn't work and we ended up finishing third so finishing where we started well back was four wins in the last five for hamilton and with only s

the top three looking at the overall standings hamilton now has a forty point lead over germany's vettel and looks well set to defend his world title with six races left and a football promoted nuremberg scored late to grab a one one draw at vetter bremen in the first of two games in the german bundesliga on sunday virgil mississippians scored two minutes into injury time to seal their second point of the new campaign struggling freiburg meanwhile and stressed guard are meeting in the late game. and a reminder the top stories we're following for you a russian anti-government activists has been flown to berlin for medical treatment after a suspected poisoning. is one of four pussy riot protesters who stormed the football pitch during this year's world cup final in moscow. you're watching. news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour. earth. home of species. of home we're saving. you those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of credence people and innovative projects around the world. long term limits to stop green energy solutions and resources

the top three looking at the overall standings hamilton now has a forty point lead over germany's vettel and looks well set to defend his world title with six races left and kenya's shogi has spectacularly smashed the men's marathon a world record in berlin the mild september weather and a flat course mean that the last seven men's records have been set here in the german capital. kenya's elliott could set the pace at the berlin marathon on sunday over forty thousand runners competed in perfect conditions when he defended last year's title he started off with an impressive pace and quickly shook off his biggest opponent will see. three pacemakers were pushed to the limit and so the kenyan completed the last seventeen kilometers. really. the first. push in both like. music in my youth with a total time of two hours one minute and thirty nine seconds to chokey shattered the previous world record by a minute and eighteen seconds and manifested his reputation as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era. gladys truro know it set a new course record for the women in two hours eighteen mi

grand prix on sunday the race began in controversial fashion with hamilton and title rival sebastian vettel touching on the first lap it required a change of notice for the four time world champion from germany the germans ferrari teammate kemi reichen and himself a former f one world champion left their race for large portions bought with a nine loves to go hamilton over took the finn he stayed ahead to cross the line first as vettel had to settle for fourth hamilton now equals michael schumacher the record of five wins at the monza circuit next stop on the formula one calendar is the singapore grand prix. this year we give it up. to ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they giving us such a great fight and basically i just want to say. thank you to these guys they've won back home because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today confirmation there of hamilton's position of the top of the drivers' championship standings he leaves vettel by thirty points reichen is sixty two points behind his ferrari team

second practice as head of sunday singapore grand prix not such a good day for his team mates about vettel the four time world champion damaged his car after clipping a wall vettel finished with the ninth fastest lap time championship leader lewis hamilton also took a couple of wrong turns but ended up second quickest the missed sadie's drive ace thirty points clear of vettel in the title standings with seven races left in the season. i was trying to let the guys past and the know both backed up to go by slow and i was trying to recover ground and. have a semi great balance to bball and see sebastian try to speed up and then we then i looked up when i was going to him so i did something to avoid him and. so on a rookie year myself new zealand take on south africa in the rugby championship this weekend looking to continue that dominance of the southern hemisphere sides australia are hosting argentina looking to build on their win against the springboks last week david missed that game with a neck injury but has been made captain for the game on the gold coast well it will take a miracle for

vettel and hamilton came together and that hamilton had a superlative drive.es whether in strategy or tinkering, knocking the car set of right. and vettel, there have been a few missed moments. france springs to mind when he crashed. in germany where he made that mistake when he was leading. under what seemed like no pressure and he crashed and it was his rival that went on to win. they cannot do that. they have to stop the mistakes. this weekend, how do you see it all going? bread bowl, what can they do from the back of the grid? is a shame for red bull. red bull were third and fourth fastest over the day. but engine penalties. they will start from the back, realistically, not a great deal. it is not a great track for overtaking. just one record of last year. i would expect to see more with the drivers, but it is going to be a case of getting past off the mark. in the mid—feel it is going to be tricky. i cannot see past hamilton. the way he is at the moment, he has come in from holidays. he is fresh, he's ready to go and in a good mood. i think it will be lig

it did not go well with sebastian vettel. by ferrari and theirfans will sebastian vettel. his premiership debut for gloucester, his first appearance since he was fined for an incident outside a jersey nightclub. they beat northhampton 27—16. it was an old hand though instrumentral in the victory, billy twelvetrees knocking over five penalties on what is the opening weekend of the premiership. james burford reports. the first saturday of the season, and a clustered debut for danny cipriani. familiar faces, friends and foes all out on show. and it is almost as though it had never been away, is there a more quintessential premier site them a rolling ball resulting in a dry? but if there was any doubt over gloucester‘s score, there was none for northampton. he provided a lesson in perseverance and teamwork. the game sparked into life. but gloucester hopes they have the brightest light in danny cipriani --. the brightest light in danny cipriani ——. one gay man, already stabbing his control on proceedings. punches aside, the game ended the way it began, northampton's more this w

grand prix on sunday the race began in controversial fashion with hamilton and title rival sebastian vettel touching on the first lap it required a change of nose for the four time world champion from germany the germans ferrari teammate kemi reichen and himself a former f one world champion left the race for large portions bought with a nine loves to go hamilton overtook the finn he stayed ahead to cross the line first as vettel had to settle for fourth how to now equals michael schumacher the record of five wins at the monza circuit next stop on the formula one calendar is the singapore grand prix. this year we give it up. to ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they giving us such a great fight and basically i just want to thank you thank you to these guys they've won back home because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today. confirmation there of hamilton's position at the top of the drivers' championship standings he leads vettel by thirty points reichen and is sixty two points behind his ferrari te

prix on sunday the race began in controversial fashion with hamilton and title rivals the boston vettel touching on the first lap it required a change of note for the four time world champion from germany the germans ferrari team mate to me reichen in himself a former f one world champion left the race for large portions bug with nine laps to go hamilton i overtook the fan he stayed ahead to cross the line first as vettel had to settle for four hundred for now equalled michael schumacher as record of five wins at the monza circuit next stop on the formula one calendar is the singapore grand playing. field even up. to ferrari who could have a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they giving us such a great fight and secondly i just want to thank you thank you to these guys they won back home because without their support without their continued effort it would be possible to do a confirmation there of hamilton's position at the top of the drivers' championship standings haley's vettel by fatty points reichen and sixty two points behind his ferrari teammate battery

vettel slighted. this race is supposed to bea slighted.s but with metal coming third, hamilton's championship lead has grown to a0 points. the battle isn't over yet but the finishing line is getting closer. burnley are still searching for their first burnley are still searching for theirfirst premier burnley are still searching for their first premier league win of their first premier league win of the season after a 1—1 defeat of rules. last season's championship winners were on top but could only manage one goal. west ham have a 1—0 lead against everton. it had been billed as the fight of the year — the rematch between canelo alvarez and gennady golovkin one year on from their previous fight — a controversial draw in las vegas. last night, canelo became the new unified middleweight champion — winning by majority decision but there is already talk of a third encounter between the pair. 0ur reporter ade adedoyin was in las vegas and says last night's fight was close. three matches don't always live up to expectation but this was a highly c

he came back and passed vettel to retake second place. then the controversial bit mercedes told bought us to move the site he did and how milton took the lead on lap twenty five he went on to clinch his eight victory of the season and fifth in the last six races. exulted in an awkward radio conversation between bought us and say he's boss toto wolff. by gerry distort the difficulty for you a difficult day for us let's discuss it afterwards every quarter cup to get a little. space for. yet still no win for both us this season. yeah i mean about you did a fantastic job all weekend and it was a real gentleman too to let me buy a seat is now not fighting for the championship is where we are and. you know it's just been such a great weekend for the team the team of done such an exceptional job to have this advantage on ferrari and have a one two usually would be just elated but you know i i can understand how difficult it was about three but really it is untested talk today and it's up to two to win but. championship wise as a team we're tryin

hamilton kept a cool head and he came back to overtake vettel and reclaim second place. in the controversial bit misstate he's told us to move aside he did and hamilton took the lead on lap twenty five he went on to clinch his victory of the season and fifth in the last six races it resulted in an awkward radio conversation between bought us and the city's boss toto wolff. by terry distort the difficulty for you a difficult day for us let's discuss it afterwards every quarter cup to get a little. expat. and still no win for bought us this season. yeah i mean that's you did a fantastic job all weekend and it was a real gentleman to to let me biopsy is now in the final for the championship is where we are and. you know it's just been such a great weekend for the team the team does such an exceptional job to have this advantage on ferrari and have a one to use you will be just elated but you know i can understand how difficult it was about three but really it is untested just today and it's up to two to win but . championship wise as a team with trying to win both champions

// pass to protect against ferrari rival sebastian vettel.on—track. the german survived an investigation for driving dangerously while racing hamilton. spain's alejandro valverde sprinted to a dramatic victory in the men's road race at the uci world championships in austria to finally claim his long awaited first title. valverde, who had previously finished on the podium a record six times without winning, edged clear of a four—way sprint for the title to take the rainbow jersey ahead of frenchman romain bardet and ca nada's michael woods. that's all the sport for now. the rapper kanye west has announced he's changing his name — to "ye". the star told his 28 million followers last night via twitter. just be aware the following footage contains flashing images. "the ‘being' formally known as kanye west. iam ye." the musician has been nicknamed ye for some time, and used it as the title for his eighth album, released in june. of course, he's not the first star to change his name. england and wales for the most part had a pretty cloudy day on su

his title rival, ferrari's sebastian vettel, finished third, which gives hamilton a 40—point lead overilton's controlled drive from a pole position, won brilliantly on saturday, was helped by the latest in a series of questionable strategy calls from ferrari. it dropped hamilton's title rival sebastian vettel from second to third, behind max verstappen, throwing away a position the german had earned by overtaking the red bull driver on the first lap. 0bviously obviously we started the weekend a little bit wobbly. saturday it was easy to drop the ball and not deliver, but we punched a hole in the track on saturday, in qualifying, which was amazing. and thenit qualifying, which was amazing. and then it was just about converting that into a dominant win. now, this is berlin, where you are watching the world's fastest ever marathon. the runner is the kenyan athlete and olympic marathon gold medallist eliud kipchoge. he shaved more than a minute off the previous fastest time, finishing in two hours, one minute and 39 seconds. congratulations to him. so let's get more now on our main story,

his title rival sebastian vettel was third behind red bull's max verstappen. nick parrott reports. lewis hamilton. monaco on steroids is how he described it. this is supposed to be mercedes with their buggy race and up until the final session of qualifying there was little to suggest that would change with ferrari and red bull vying for the top spot on the grid. but then, as has happened so often in his career, hamilton dug deep to reach levels are those could only dream of. the world champion improving his best lap of the weekend by more than a second. commentator: prydie epic lap from lewis. the others couldn't get close, max verstappen the best of the rest but almost a third of a second off the brit. sebastian vettel was more than half a second behind in third and unless his luck changes soon, it could spell the end of his hopes of catching hamilton. nick parrott, bbc news. britain's simon yates has all but assured himself victory in the vuelta a espana by finishing third in saturday's 20th and penultimate stage. the michelton—scott rider survived an arduous final mountain stage

face teammates a bustin vessel the four time world champion damaged his car after clipping a wall vettel finished with the ninth fastest lap time championship leader lewis hamilton also took a couple of wrong turns but ended up second quickest from sadie's driver is thirty points clear of vettel in the title standings with seven races left in the season i'm trying to let the guys past and the know both backtalk they don't but so and i was trying to recover ground and. have a semi great balance too far board and sebastian trying to speed up and then we then i looked up and i was going to hit him so i did something to avoid him and go much higher but so can a rookie year myself holroyd of guinea are playing in the african champions league quarter finals for the first time and on friday they kept eight time champions are ugly at bay and cannot carry it was nil nil in the first leg with the return in egypt at the end of the month yes said tif beat the defending champions wait out casablanca one nil in the first leg of their tie well fronts and egypt haven't played each other in forty years o

the result sees hamilton move 30 points clear of vettel.the us open, amining for a place in the quarterfinals. the world number one won the first two sets comfortably against georgia's nikoloz basilashvili winning them both 6—3, 6—3. but it was a different story in the third set. the defending champion lost it on a tie—break, so now leads by two sets to one. defending premiership champions saracens have begun this season's campain with a win against newcastle falcons. an offload from owen farrell set up a debut try for alex lewington. he was able to trot over the line, helping the champions to a 17—9 lead at half—time. the falcons made a good start to the second period and wilson got this second try of the match, reducing the gap to one point with flood's conversion. but saracens stepped up the gear in the final few mintues and wrapped up the win with a bonus point try from nick tompkins. the final score was 32—21 to saracens. that's all the sport for now. video games which allow players to buy extra items or features while they're playing

face teammates a bustin vessel the four time world champion damaged his car after clipping a wall vettel finished with the ninth fastest lap time championship leader lewis hamilton also took a couple of wrong turns but ended up second quickest from sadie's driver is thirty points clear of vettel in the title standings with seven races left in the season i'm trying to let the guys past and the know both back talk they don't but slow and i was trying to recover ground and. have a semi brake balance to fall board and sebastian trying to speed up and then we then i looked up and i was going to hit him so i did something to avoid him and. so when i look here myself holroyd of guinea are playing in the african champions league quarter finals for the first time and on friday they cat eight time champions are ugly at bay and cannot carry it was nil nil in the first leg with the return in egypt at the end of the month e.-s. said teef beat the defending champions wait out casablanca one nil in the first leg of their tie while fronts and egypt haven't played each other in forty years of the men's v

he was involved in a skirmish on the opening lap with main rival sebastian vettel.ake fourth. hamilton trailed kimi raikkonen for much of the race, but a late pass on fresher tyres saw the british driver take the lead. the result sees reigning world champion hamilton move 30 points clear of vettel while valterri bottas finished third. defending champion rafael nadal is through to the us open quarterfinals after a four—set victory over nikoloz basilashvili. despite dropping the third set in a tie—break against the georgian who's ranked 37 in the world, the 32—year—old spainiard will now go on and play austria's ninth seed dominic thiem, who accounted for last year's beaten finalist kevin anderson. that's all the sport for now. dell technologies championship in massachusetts, carol hatton leads by a stroke, with seven holes and going, in his seventh round. a second world war veteran has broken his own record as the world's oldest scuba diver. 95—year—old ray woolley spent nearly three quarters of an hour underwater examining a shipwreck off the coast of cyprus. tim al

will start second out of lewis hamilton who is seventeen points clear of vettel in the championship. now to the second leg of golf's fed ex cup playoffs and america's webb simpson hold a huge part to lead at the halfway stage in boston this was the parts from seventy feet working its way down the slope for an eagle to help him get to eleven on the path he leads englishman justin rose and terrell hatton by one shot. tiger woods fought back after a disappointing opening day shots like this helped him pick up five birdies and no bogeys which means he's now at four in the path of the tournament still seven shots back england added just eleven for the overnight totals to set india a victory target of two hundred forty five runs in the fourth cricket test stuart broad was out first ball of the day for golden duck but india have already lost the wickets in reply hole out for a duck bowled by stuart brought us on the spot for now for both thanks very much and that's it for me laura kyle for this news hour but to stay with us martina will be back in just a moment with more of the day's news f

sebastian vettel will be favourites to ta ke sebastian vettel will be favourites to take pole position time sheet in final practice. he crashed in yesterday's practice but put that behind him to clock the quickest time today. he was three tenths of a second ahead of ferrari team—mate iraq and on. lewis hamilton was 0.5 seconds behind. qualifying gets under way at two o'clock. south africa have upset the all blacks for the first time since 2009 by beating them on their own soil, 36—34 in wellington. the springboks ran in five tries, including the separate from the halfway line. new zealand scored more tries, but it was south africa's kicking that made the difference. david mckenzie could have snatched a win for the hosts, but dropped the ball during stoppage time. new zealand still remain top of the rugby champ richard. and in the early kick—off in the opinion between tottenham and liverpool, it is civil - between tottenham and liverpool, it is civil — zero, liverpool had a goal disallowed for offside. we will keep you updated throughout the afternoon, but now it is time for click. faci

at of the singapore grand prix is just coming to an end in the last few minutes ferrari sebastian vettel clips a wall and damaged his car title lead at lewis hamilton is second fastest behind battles teammate kevin reichen and hamilton is thirty points ahead of vettel in the world championship standings. new zealand take on south africa and the rugby championship this weekend looking to continue that dominance of the southern hemisphere sides australia hosting argentina looking to build on their win against the springboks last week david potok missed that game with a neck injury but has been made captain for the game on the gold coast. while it will take a miracle for new zealand not to retain that title it was one of the defeats of australia that caused a serious injury with the captaincy coming immediately after he was finally cleared to play. and weeks a long time in rugby yeah it's it's one of those things we've been betrayed by this morning and put it put a new plan in place and you know i think a huge minute changes as players this is coming in and all the terms are. you trying for

vettel. >> this is 30 otis street in the white. our project is the little building in gray next door to it. it's 24 units next door to a 416 unit project. finally, i'd like to remind the commission that the housing accountability act applies here. principlely permitted housing is entitled to approval unless the commission finds there would be a significant health or safety impact. there's no evidence of that here. the h.a.a. was enacted by the legislature and strengthened last year. it does not allow the kind of idea logical oppositions raised by the d.r. requester when the project meets all objective requirements. thank you. >> president hillis: all right. thank you. and we'll take public comment in support of the project. and f.y.i., mr. vettel, we asked miss jardines to give that distinction because s.r.o. is thrown around in the hotel conversion ordinance, so i think it was a good clarification of kind of where we are. i know it kind of goes beyond the scope of this d.r., but i think it would be helpful, which i think it was. m

vettel finished in third. singles match to give great britain a 3—1 victory in glasgow. britain a 3—1 victory in glasgow. britain will be seeded in next years reva m ps britain will be seeded in next years revamps davis davis cup competition. a new marathon world record has been set in burning by elliott dingy gay who finished in two hours beating the previous record by over a minute. a russian activist supporting the protest group pussy riot, pyotr verzilov pi—otter vuh—zee—luf, has been flown from moscow to berlin for specialist treatment following a suspected poisoning. he became seriously ill on tuesday. he is best known for an anti—putin protest at the world cup final in moscow earlier this year. our correspondent damien mcguinness is in berlin, and he told me a bit more about this story. he arrived late last night here in berlin on ambulance plane that was funded by a german ngo that has in the past also help other anti—putin activists. that's because he became seriously ill in moscow, his fellow anti—pu