an important night for leeds rhinos and toronto wolfpack, with super league status at stake. good evening. the drama surrounding president trump's nominee for the supreme court has racheted up still further tonight. the us senate committee that yesterday heard accusations of sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh — and his denials — has now agreed that the fbi should make further checks into his background. and only after its conclusions, and presumably depending on them, can kavanaugh reach the final hurdle, a vote on his nomation by the entire senate. it's been a day of high emotion, vocal protest and no small degree of confusion. and it's all increased pressure on president trump, who has backed kavanaugh throughout. our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. why not wait? it'sjust possible this confrontation in a lift as old and the supreme court nomination course. are you saying it doesn't matter, that what happened to me doesn't matter and that you're going to let people do these things. republican senator jeff flake, to let people do these things. republican sena

it is a drummed up by the same person who made the wolfpack. —— it is a documentary.is about a group of skater girls. on the lower east side of your city. we have jaden smith to crops up halfway through. he integrates very well with the other actors. what i liked about this, some people said because it has that gritty edge, they have compared it to that film kids. they cannot be apart. kids was this leering, look at all these young kids and look at all the terrible things they are doing. this is com pletely things they are doing. this is completely the opposite. it is much more like the french film girlhood. it is about the relationships between these young women in these skater groups. the skating does look horribly real. every time they fall off, it looks like they are really hurting himself. ithought off, it looks like they are really hurting himself. i thought it was really good. a proper gritty filter it, but very tender and very sympathetic towards its actors. it isa sympathetic towards its actors. it is a good week. it is sounding like a good week. take us into

toronto wolfpack are closing in on a place in the superleague next season. canadians beat leeds rhinos in the qualifiers, 17—16. leeds have hung on to their place in superleague, and toronto willjoin them if hull kr can't beat widnes by more than 12 points on sunday. these are the results from the super eights. st helens beat castleford 26—nil. both will be in the semi—finals. cas will play warrington wolves who won 36—23 at wakefield trinity. saints will play wigan who won 14—12 at home to hull. wasps are level with second placed exeter in the rugby union prmiership after beating newcastle 23—22 away. they scored three tries to the falcons 2. juan de jongh converted try brough wasps back into it, and lima sopoanga's late penalty saw them win by a single point. in the pro 1a cardiff blues came from behind twice to deny cheetahs their first win of the season. olly robinson barged his way through with ten minutes to go to score the winning try. 24—21 it finished at arms park. it was a tight affair in the other pro—14 match where edinburgh almost surrendered a

it is a drama by crystal moselle who made the wolfpack, which was a documentary about the family whoe apartment in which they basically had never gone out and learned everything froom movies. this is a drama with a documentary edge about a group of skater girls of the lower eastside manhattan streets. many of them are nonprofessionals playing very close to home, although we do have jaden smith who crops up halfway through and, i think, integrates very well with the other actors. what i liked about this, some people said because it has that gritty edge, they have compared it to that film kids. they could not be further apart. kids was this leering, look at all these young kids and these skater kids and look at all the terrible things they are doing. it was described brilliantly by one critic as a "right—wing rabble rousing tell—me—off—a—thon". this is completely the opposite. this is much more like that french film girlhood. it's about the relationships between these young women in these skater groups. the skating does look horribly real, as much as every time they fall off, it looks

a win for leeds would see them keep their place in superleague, wolfpack would take a massive stridesis you can see the latest there is at leeds is 10—8 up, they've come behind from the early stages there. championship leader lewis hamilton was fastest in second practise ahead of this weeeknd's russian grand prix in sochi hamilton ended the session almost two tenths of a second clear of his mercedes team—mate valterri bottas. they were followed by the two red bulls, but they'll be near the back of the grid on sunday, no matter what happens in qualifying tomorrow after changing their engines. title contender sebastian vettel was fastest in first practise but he was fifth second time round with teamate kimi raikonnenjust behind. england wicketkeeper sarah taylor will miss the world t20 in west indies in november as she continues to manage her anxiety. a decision was made by both the player and the ecb who say taylor's welfare is their top priority, and that "she hasn't been able to train fully with the squad due to not being as fit as she would want to be from a psychological point of

. >>> virginia hosting wolfpack at home. late fourth quarter, ryan finley finding harmon to seal theeal for n.c. state. harmon 94 yards and the n. touchdow uva falls to 3-2, overall, 1-1 in conference play. dc united hosting the montreal impact. wasting no time early on here in the 18th minute, they go right to work. acosta with theeautiful right-footed shot to find the net. united up one. it stayed1-nil till the second half whenaycosta finds wne rooney. he doubles the lead to two. one of h two goals on the night. time winding down in the 78th minute. costa ta findi paul arriolaom who sow turns it into a goal. tw o goalsn the night for m. acosta had three assists. winning it 5-nil in front of the home game two of the traditional doubleheader between astros and orioles. not the startamirez was looking for. miles finds right center here giving the astros a1- lead. in the second, runrs at first andco se. austin wynn singles to right to bring home beckham. to the sixth we go, brian mccann for the astros knows what to do with thi

toronto wolfpack beat london broncos 34—22.rrently 6—0 to castleford. in korea this weekend, the world shooting championships get under way with british medal prospects led by aaron heading. he's world number one in the men's trap. when he's not shooting though, he's saving lives as part of the coastguard. ben croucher has been to meet him. this is aaron heading in his natural habitat. but when he's not busy winning commonwealth medals... representing england, aaron heading! he can be found here. around the waterways of south lincolnshire. not the obvious way to prepare for world championship, but it all started four years ago when his shooting started to suffer. i had a terrible motorbike accident. it wasn't until my now wife and mother and father said that i was not in a good way and i might lose my leg... it brought things home to me. so he needed a distraction. and when a position at the coast guard came up, he grabbed it. it has relaxed me. it has helped my shooting massively. the majority of my training is done on my own,

toronto wolfpack beat widnes vikings 20—12 to keep them in the hunt for one of the three automatic promotion1—8 at london broncos. hull kr beaten 311—23 in toulouse. andy murray is going to play two tournaments in china over the next fortnight before bringing an early close to his season. now outside the top 300 in the world following hip surgery injanuary, and he says he needs a long period of training and reconditioning to get ready for next year. i decided, along with my team, that i need a long period of training and reconditioning to get myself in the best shape possible for the beginning of the 2019 season and getting myself back competing for the biggest tournaments again. it's been really positive, the last few months. ifeel like i've made big strides forward. i feel like with another strong training period, i will make some big improvements. you can only imagine how difficult thatis you can only imagine how difficult that is to make a decision like that knowing that we will be... it's been an awful season for andy murray. clearly not not over that its surgery. clearly not not over t

there wolfpack are closing in after beating leeds in the super league 17— 16.big and say they will give their full support to a potential bid from all four home nations and ireland to host the world cup in 2030. russia won the right to this year's tournament. a joint bid is being explored. the premise is said to night in a statement that if they go forward, they can count on the government's full support. both matches in the championship is nitrogen 1—1 draws. bristol city held aston villa. and two fa ntastic bristol city held aston villa. and two fantastic goals in the yorkshire derby. this brilliant volley game just before the break to give sheffield wednesday the lead against leeds. this impressive strike equalised. leeds are one point clear of middlesbrough at the top. boro play tomorrow. and it is all the sport now. a. in the clear skies across england and wales, we had some lovely sunsets. this was one in cornwall. you can see sunsets. this was one in cornwall. you can see clearer sunsets. this was one in cornwall. you can see clearer skies they are. but

salford were top of the table but they lost 11—8 at london broncos, so a win for toronto wolfpack willo and widnes yet. andy murray is only going to play two more tournaments this season. he'll play in shenzen and beijing in china over the next fortnight, before focusing on a long period of training and conditioning in preparation for the start of next year. murray has only played nine matches after hip surgery injanuary and he's slipped outside the top 300 in the world. nekoda smythe—davis has won great britain's first silver medal at the world judo championships for nine years. it betters the bronze that she won last year. it's the best result of her career, despite defeat in the final of the 57kg class in baku byjapan's world number two tsukasa yoshida. smythe—davis was a volunteer at london 2012 and described that experience as "inspirational". she went to the last olympics in rio but only made the last 16. you're up to date with the sport. still goalless between brighton and spurs on the south coast in the premier league. i'm going to be back with holly hamilton with sportsday at

it is a drama by crystal moselle who made the wolfpack, which was a documentary about the family whos a drama with a documentary edge about a group of skater girls of the lower eastside manhattan streets. many of them are nonprofessionals playing very close to home, although we do have jaden smith who crops up halfway through and, i think, integrates very well with the other actors. what i liked about this, some people said because it has that gritty edge, they have compared it to that film kids. they could not be further apart. kids was this leering, look at all these young kids and these skater kids and look at all the terrible things they are doing. it was described brilliantly by one critic as a "right—wing rabble rousing tell—me—off—a—thon". this is completely the opposite. this is much more like that french film girlhood. it's about the relationships between these young women in these skater groups. the skating does look horribly real, as much as every time they fall off, it looks like they're really hurting themselves. i thought it was really good. it had a proper gritty filte