wozniacki started well. she will win the set after an early break of serve. after the second it was simple, win and go through and lose and svitolina would progress. despite again being a break—up, it was a despite again being a break—up, it wasa ukrainian despite again being a break—up, it was a ukrainian who sealed the set. that meant the third was essentially meaningless entertaining nonetheless. after her defeat, wozniacki revealed that she is suffering with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition which causes swelling of the choice was diagnosed after she won the australian open. how it will affect her career remains to be seen. it is about trying to figure out what works for you. and obviously it is not ideal but it is something that you can manage and work with. and i am proud of myself for this season and a very happy to be here to say that i have done everything i could. it were not really affect my plans into 2019. you have to learn to listen to your body and you have to learn or figure out what works for you. everyone is different. so i'll be totally rea

and defending champion caroline wozniacki gets her first win at the wta finals in singapore, beatingetra kvitova. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that cristiano ronaldo‘s return to old trafford ended in victory for hisjuventus team over manchester united. the 33—year—old spent six years with united, winning the champions league, before moving to real madrid, which saw him win it a furtherfour times. the 1—0 victory in this game courtesy of paolo dybala's first half goal means the italians are five points clear at the top of group h. our sports correspondent david ornstein was there for us. this stadium, this club has become so this stadium, this club has become so accustomed to glorious european nights, this was not one of them. but cristiano ronaldo is back and that was the highlight for many. jose maria olaza bal that was the highlight for many. jose maria olazabal portuguese and it made for investing preamble, not quite the match. cristiano ronaldo was involved early on, setting up dybala to open the scoring for juventus with a relativ

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caroline wozniacki goes for a second china open title. colby here we promise paul will be here to tell you how she got along in the final stay with us. from cutting edge medical technology toxic venom could be a vast resource for the development of lifesaving drugs to advances in the most difficult regions of the world. and not the worst. upside to every. innovative solution to global health care problems to make a difference maybe all the world is worth it it sure has sold the cure on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and for your. balls and now this ball. marion finds a lot barcelona lost their place at the top of spain's league despite little messi six goal of the season against valencia on sunday for once here went in front after two minutes thanks to messi is fellow arjun sign as a kill guy messi equalized twenty one minutes later but that was the end of the scoring for the night the champions haven't won in the league since mid september severe and now first after beating celta vigo there was a battle to go top of the portuguese primarily goo

wozniacki coming through 6—2 6—3 and will play croatia's unseeded petra martic in round two.ess to reach the second round. she enjoyed a 6—4 6—3 win over kazakh qualifier zarina diyas. osaka missed last weeks wuhan open but she rattled through this match and will face america's danielle collins next. brazil's maya gabeira has set a new world record for the largest ever wave surfed by a female. the 31—year old conquered the giant 20.72—metre wave, or 68ft for those of you of an imperial disposition, in portugal back injanuary this year, but the record was only officially announced on monday. the achievement was declared at a special ceremony overlooking the waves at nazare in portugal where the record was set, with an adjudicator from guinness world records presenting her with the official certificate. gabeira's record is notably impressive after she nearly drowned while surfing the big waves at nazare back in 2013 after being knocked unconscious while competing. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me marc edwards and the rest

and caroline wozniacki is through to the last 16 of the china open.e'll wrap up all wednesday's action shortly. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that barcelona have made it successive champions league wins in group b thanks to a 4—2 win over tottenham at wembley stadium. the visitors got away to a fast start when phillipe coutinho put the catalans ahead in the second minute, and the game looked to be beyond reach of spurs when croatia midfielder ivan rakitic doubled the lead by firing home an acrobatic half—volley. the home side fought back when harry kane grabbed a goal shortly after half—time before lionel messi, who had earlier hit the post twice, scored goals either side of erik lamela's effort handing barcelona the victory. translation: it was the same team as the one that we fielded last week. we always want to dominate a match, and we did. this was a great game. it was a difficult stage to play on, and againsta it was a difficult stage to play on, and against a very difficult side. we had a few proble

having ta ken others defending champion caroline wozniacki. in her first service game. third step, svitolina broke stephens in herfirst service game. and despite a brief comeback from the world number six, she powered to victory, becoming the first player since serena williams in 2013 to go through the wta finals undefeated. in spain, barcelona thrashed real madrid 5—1 in the first el classico of the season. it‘s the first time since 2007 that neither cristiano ronaldo nor lionel messi have been involved. but barcelona didn‘t miss their superstar at all. phillipe countinho opening the scoring for the home side early on. real managed to pull it back to 2—1 just after the break. but barca weathered the storm and took control. suarez scored a hat—trick to help send barca to the top of la liga. the defeat piles even more pressure on real managerjulen lopetegui. chelsea beat burnley 4—0 to move into second. that is in the premier league. and arsenal are in fourth after a 2—2 draw with crystal palace. manchester united are up to eighth in the table

the match between a lead is fit to lead and defending w t a finals champion caroline wozniacki down tothe y. after stitch alina battled back to win the second set and with the momentum on the twenty four year old ukrainian side she held on to take the final six six three and book her place in this weekend semifinal. bit to leno will find out who her opponent will be on friday. first is here with more days we're talking earnings especially from the tech sector as riots and cooling growth actually knocked up to one hundred billion dollars off amazon and google is market capitalization in after hours trading on thursday as investors fear their strong runs could own revenue could end soon and that's despite imus and posting its best ever quarterly profits and as income of two point nine billion dollars represents a ten fold increase over the same period last year the figures were both stood by the amazon web services subsidiary of the same time as an outlook for the crucial fourth quarter which includes christmas retail sales fell short of expectations. will be on to another internet giant

the match between a lead is fit to lena and defending w t a finals champion caroline wozniacki down tothe wire after stitch alina battled back to win the second set and with the momentum on the twenty four year old ukrainian side she held on to take the final six six three and book her place in this week in semifinals. to leno will find out who her opponent will be on friday. night is now it for starting with earnings season and some interesting figures for the tech sector that's right there a cooling growth as knox up to one hundred billion dollars off and google's market capitalization in after hours trading on thursday as investors fit strong runs of revenue could be coming to an end and that's despite amazon for example posting is best ever quarterly profits net income that of two point nine billion dollar represents a ten fold increase over the same period last year figures were bolstered by the amazon web services subsidiary at the same time i was in outlook for the crucial fourth quarter which includes christmas retail sales fell short of expectations. moving on to another inter

wozniacki, who won herfirst grand slam at the australian open injanuary, has now taken three titles thiship in dramatic fashion after conceding a four—shot lead on the back nine. looking for a third successive win in the event, hatton was one ahead going into the final round, but bogeyed four of the last nine holes for a level par 72 and a iii—under total alongside tommy fleetwood. denmark‘s lucas bjerregarrd won by a single shot to seal his second european tour title. we‘re around 20 minutes away from the game that could bring the first canadian side into rugby league‘s super league. toronto wolfpack have been working their way up the divisions in the sport. they now take on london broncos in what‘s called the million pound match. the wolfpack owner david argyle sez they‘re ready tojoin the big boys. —— says. this is a wonderful moment for the wolfpack, the london broncos, in fact all of rugby, to be playing in the million pound game, here. we have great support for players and coaches on the field and, importantly, our front office has delivered the infrastructure for our team to do so

caroline wozniacki has added to her highlights really what's been a dream season for the dane she started the year by winning her first grand slam at the australian open on sunday she got her thirtieth korea singles title with victory over ana stars yes of us the six three six three in the china open final it gives wozniacki a slim hope of ending the year as world number one. world number thirty two dunhill medvedev shocked the home crowd in tokyo to defeat canucks to corey and win the japan open on sunday if the fans had their way the russian were supposed to simply turn up and lose to the hometown hero but medvedev had other ideas in a dominant display here down the chute forty six two six four this is the russian's third a.t.p. tour title all of them coming against players on their home courts. only to say that. women are in australia steve johnson in usa. or here in japan to win my three titles so this is this is destiny or yes i mean i was playing amazing and i'm just happy to grab on top win seven matches losing only one set in the qualifier and then just extremely happy that is all

defending champion caroline wozniacki is out of the wta finals as elena svitolina made it through tohe semi—finals in singapore with a battling three sets win. svitolina joins karolina pliskova in the last four. surrey wicketkeeper ben foakes has been called up to the england test squad for the series against sri lanka as cover forjonny bairstow, who has an ankle ligament injury that he picked up playing football in training. foakes is due to arrive in colombo this weekend with the first test starting on 6th november. and england have moved up to fifth in the latest football world rankings, their highest position for five years. gareth southgate's team beat spain in the nations league in their last match. wales move up to 18th while northern ireland drop to 34th. scotland are 40th with belgium top of the rankings. the world series is heading out west after the red sox won again in boston to take a 2—0 lead over the los angeles dodgers. the next three games, if needed, are in la, where the dodgers' play will need to improve as much as the temperature will rise. chris mitchell was watc

to tennis now and world number two caroline wozniacki is through to the last sixteen of the china openrmer world one won three of her four break points in the first set and didnt let up in the second to take the match 6—2, 6—3.. the match 6—2, 6—3. she'll play petra martic of croatia in the next round. and a nice one doing the rounds on social media is of a referee getting involved in the play during a match in dagestan. i say involved and i mean involved. he actually scores! of dahadaevskiy. this penalty kick was awarded when the score was 4—2. the ball bouncing off the head of the referee atay daudov — who seemed to feign injury and then proceeded to allow the goal to stand, which was weird. the game ended in a 4—4 draw. daudov later explained that, according to the rules, referees are active, so he had to allow the goal. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me marc edwards and the rest of the sport team — that is your tuesday sport briefing. when the bbc journalist wynford vaughan thomas joined the royal air force on an air raid over

caroline wozniacki wins again in china.in his first test in two yea rs. century in his first test in two years. this is the first to for the australians since that all tampering scandal and the australian bowlers, they struggled. not the day for them. the aussie bowlers struggled as pakistan‘s openers put on 205 for the first wicket. who will be the top ranked player when the season ends? novak djokovic is the favourite to overtake rafael nadal at the top of the rankings. the penultimate masters event of the season takes place in shanghai. djokovic has a bye into the second round where he will face france‘s jeremy chardy. i want to give myself the content of being number one at the end of the yea rs. being number one at the end of the years. i would definitely play this tournament and any other after this as it is a grand slam for me, in a way. wa ke wake up everybody! it is over! it was the supposed to be one of the games of the season, but on sunday the top two in the premier league served up a turgid, flop of a game. nil

both wozniacki and kvitova lost their opening matches on sunday and a loss for either would mean thattheir hands. in case you missed it, arsenal moved fourth in the premier league after they came from a goal down to beat leicester city 3—1 at home. mesut ozil was at the forefront of the gunners play, scoring the first, with pierre emerick aubameyang picking up the other two goals for the home side, who made it a record equalling 10 consecutive wins in all competitions for the first time since 2007. every match is a big challenge and we need to continue winning, it will be difficult, and also today for us it is very important because they are niasse in the table and we wa nted are niasse in the table and we wanted to win against them and also it was a big difference against them. it must be something in the water — sergio garcia has won the andalucia masters for the third successive time, his victories spread over seven yea rs. it was shortened to sa holes and was only completed on the fifth day. the former masters champion had struggled for most of 2018 but he's finished the year by s

and we've also had this news that caroline wozniacki has been playiong tennis with arthritis, how isicult diagnosis to receive, especially for an elite level athlete. caroline wozniacki is a former world number one and current australian open champion but has revealed she was "shocked" to learn she was suffering with rheumatoid arthritis — an auto—immune disease which causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints. wozniacki disclosed the information after she, as defending champion, was knocked out of the wta finals in singapore by elina svitolina yesterday. she said she noticed fatigue after her wimbledon exit this summer and was unable to lift her arms over her head one morning. it's all about just trying it's all aboutjust trying to it's all about just trying to figure out what works for you. obviously it's not ideal but, you know, it's something that he can manage and something he can work with and, you know, i'm proud of myself for the season and i'm very happy to be here and say that i've done everything i could. it won't really affect my plans into 2018. you just have to l

australian open champion caroline wozniacki got the defence of her wta finals title off to the worstn straight sets by former number one karolina pliskova who secured victory here with an ace. she won 6—2, 6—4. they may be bottom of the english premiership but newcastle are now two from two in european rugby's elite tournament after downing another french giant. elsewhere in the champions cup holders leinster were beaten by a point by toulouse and glasgow cruised passed the cardiff blues. craig templeton rounds up the action. it is four years since cardiff hosted a champions cup game, and anticipation was even higher following the opening day win in lyon. but glasgow warriors burst that bubble within two minutes. first adam hastings dived the line. and when glasgow's record try scorer found in space, the second school was inevitable. cardiff have their chances in the first half, and the play was rife with errors. a forward pass on this occasion. hastings would not be so complacent. 15—0 at the break. warriors repeated the tricky start with a well worked try. this time ali price with

the australian open champion wozniacki had lost, but not today, the world number two cruised through and she will play cibulkova in the last eight. in the men's draw, there was a shock defeat for the number two seed alexander zverev. he was beaten in three sets by malekjaziri. the tunisian won the first set on a tie—break, and even though he lost the second, he did manage to conjure up the point of the match and was generously appluaded by his opponent zverev. jaziri, who's ranked 61 in the world, took the deciding set 6—4, which zverev wasn't so happy about. jaziri will play now nikoloz basilashvili in the quarter—finals. in tokyo, the quarter—final line—up at the japan open is now in place, and among those through to the last eight is kevin anderson. the number two seed from south africa beat frances tiafoe of the usa in three sets, taking the decider 6—2 to seal his place in the quarter—finals. anderson will now face richard gasquet in the last eight. the number eight seed from france beat australia's nick kyrgios in straight sets, with both sets going all the way to tie—breaks. g

prince of iraq the top of the screen is a hard hitter often going for broke her opponent caroline wozniacki takes a more patients approach that patients paid off as she got the crucial break on her way to winning the first set. the day needed treatment on her knee and the second sachem that allowed for its efforts to fight back daft backhand levelling things up or to set the pace. to the right. but despite was an iraqi is injuries she looked the fresher in the deciding set given chris about the run around. the match point soon arrived. was me actually back on track in singapore. nasser cameras flying over and talk to get discovered an unusual sight a perfectly rectangular iceberg is floating off the lawson sea ice shelf scientists say the icebergs rare shape and shop angles show it is likely to have just broken of recently the last and sea ice shelf is one of several that stretch along the coast of antarctica both shelves and b. have disintegrated in recent decades likely due to rising temperatures scientists believe the on the shelves had been found for at least six at least the past ten t

fritz of iraq the top of the screen is a hard hitter often going for broke her opponent caroline wozniacki takes a more patients approach that patience paid off as she got the crucial break on her way to winning the first set. the day needed treatment on her knee and the second sachin that allowed for its efforts to fight back dashed back had levelling things up or to set the pace. to right for her. but despite was an iraqi is injuries she looked the fresher in the deciding set of increase of the runarounds. match point soon arrived. with me actually back on track in singapore. and for news bind munich return to winning ways in the champions league on tuesday evening after a two nil victory away to greek champions athens a boisterous atmosphere greeted the bavarians as the struggle to make the most of a string of first half chances the breakthrough came true having martinez in the sixty first minute robert eleven dusky put the game to bed with a simple finish just two minutes later bind city joint top of the group with three matches played. and nasa cameras flying over antarctica have disc

throughout this tournament, which had helped her to dismiss among others defending champion caroline wozniackit to a third set, svitolina broke stephens in her first service game. and despite a brief comeback from the world number six, she powered to victory, becoming the first player since serena williams in 2013 to go through the wta finals undefeated. it feels incredible. i'm very pleased with the performance this week. it wasn't perfect but i played lots of 3—set matches and in the end i'm just pleased with the way i could handle all the pressure and just very happy. 32—year—old kevin anderson became the first south african to qualify for the atp finals for 23 years with victory this in the erste bank open. he beat fifth seed kei nishikori ofjapan, and will play in the season ending tournament in london next month. one of the players he'll face there is 37—year—old roger federer, who claimed his 99th career title at the swiss indoors with victory over marius copil in basel. to come through and win again here in my hometown, never knowing if this might be your last time that you have the op

singapore merrily losing out in the group stages but it's a big worry because of the way caroline wozniacki plays tennis she's such a physical player she is one of the road runners of the w.t. eight or one of the quickest players around and the fact that her physicality might take the hits and she might not be able to train as hard as perhaps she wants to will be a worry for her fans but i think the big thing for her now is get some more advice over the off season take some time off put her feet up it's been a long grueling season the season where she's won her first grand slam of the australian open all the way back in january so we will see because count i was in the accu playing some brilliant tennis and over the last couple of years and we hope she remains at the top of the game so worrying used towards the iraqi her team her fans we will see how it impacts him twenty nineteen and there were lots of tears on the court after japan's naomi asako was forced to retire because of an injury the twenty year old has had a breakout year so far and you may remember her dramatic win over serina wi

wozniacki's been taking medication to relieve some of the symptoms. in 11 holes this morning forjustin rose have put him within touching distance of the lead at the shanghai masters. rose has moved to six—under par through his second round, in part thanks to this lovely bunker shot. america's tony finau is on ten under par at the top of the leaderboard, with his compatriot patrick reed two shots behind. and a birdie is? if the whole is par—3, you get it in two. you are meant to do it in three, but they do it in one less. and an eagle if it is two less. condor. pterodactyl? did we make that up! the tour de france champion, garaint thomas, says he expects to be, team sky'sjoint leader with chris froome next year, if he takes part in the race. it looks like it will be harderfor the welshman to defend his title though, after the organisers revealed next year's route, and it has been billed as the "highest in tour history". the riders will take on a record 30 mountain passes, and five summit finishes. froome is also hoping to add to his four titles. it is

world number two caroline wozniacki wins her third event of the season at the china open.on to be excited. last season. . . in four games liverpool and manchester city provided 18 goals. on sunday, the top two in the premier league couldn't manage one, but city came close to ending their horrible run at anfield. but it didn't go according to plan. riyad mahrez missed a penalty with five minutes

and caroline wozniacki is through to the last 16 of the china open.come to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that barcelona have made it successive champions league wins in group b thanks to a 4—2 win over tottenham at wembley stadium. the visitors got away to a fast start when phillipe coutinho put the catalans ahead in the second minute, and the game looked to be beyond reach of spurs when croatia midfielder ivan rakitic doubled the lead by firing home an acrobatic half—volley. the home side fought back when harry kane grabbed a goal

and defending champion caroline wozniacki gets her first win at the wta finals in singapore, beatinge programme, where we start with the footballing news that cristiano ronaldo's return to old trafford ended in victory for hisjuventus team over manchester united. the 33—year—old spent six years with united, winning the champions league, before moving to real madrid, which saw him win it a furtherfour times. the 1—0 victory in this game courtesy of paolo dybala's first half goal means the italians are five points clear at the top of group h. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein was there for us.

caroline wozniacki has revealed she's been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.ople with the condition. she made the announcement after she was knocked out of the wta finals today by elena svitolina. the ukranian won the match in three sets and is through to the last four. surrey wicketkeeper ben foakes has been called up to the england test squad for the series against sri lanka as cover forjonny bairstow. he has an ankle ligament injury that he picked up playing football in training. foakes is due to arrive in colombo this weekend with the first test starting on the 6th november. if game one of baseball's world series was all about the big hitters, game two was about the bull pens — but the outcome was the same. the boston red sox won 11—2 over the los angeles dodgers, who might have made a costly mistake in replacing their starting pitcher atjust the wrong time. chris mithcell was watching at fenway park. these funds are very happy, and does well they might be. their team is 2-0 well they might be. their team is 2—0 and heading to los angeles. and when that ha

and caroline wozniacki got the defence of her wta finals title back on track with victory over petra champion was beaten in her tournament opener by karolina pliskova at the weekend... but won her second round robin match this afternoon in three sets. it's her first victory over the two—time wimbledon winner since 2014. in the day's other match in singapore... elina svitolina made it two wins from two after she saw off karolina pliskova in three sets. her place in the semi—final is not yet secure as there's one more round of games in this group on thursday. the next three domestic rugby union seasons in england will be extended to include in—season breaks, in attempt to protect players. but the premiership season has been extended to run from early—to—mid september to mid—to—late june, with players limited to a maximum of 35 matches per campaign — apart from in a world cup year. and england netball have been given what's been described as a ‘lifeline' after their current sponsors doubled their investment in the sport. they are commonwelth champions but there were major concerns over

now defending champion caroline wozniacki was eliminated from the tournaments on thursday and after her loss to spitz alina the former world number one revealed she's been suffering with rheumatoid arthritis for the past few months the auto immune disease causes swelling and sickness of the joints but was an iraqi is confident that the condition will not impact her career. well it's all about just trying to figure out what works for you. you know obviously it's not ideal but you know it's something that you can manage and something you can work with and you know i'm proud of myself for the season and i'm very happy. to be here and have done everything. to football now columbia's junior will take it to nil lead into the second leg of their copa suit amerikana quarter final with argentine club defense jr got the breakthrough in the seventy fifth minute of the game and derek lewis dia's finding the back of the net for the hosts then they doubled their lead from their penalty spot in stoppage time after myron was taken down in the box rafael perez converting the spot kick the sides will mee

to take the second set six three to set up a decider after two and a half hour battle it would be wozniacki that emerged victorious winning the food say it six two. and ukraine's alina's with alina is one step closer to the semifinals of throw three said victory over catalina fishguard with alina have already won her opening round robin match against the ukrainian one bisan counselor six three two six six three she'll face was an iraqi in the last group game the day it will have to win on the field could still see so it will either go through to the final four anyway. egland slumped to the heaviest ever one day international defeats in the first thirty i against sri lanka in colombo in that had already won the series but the home team were keen to restore some pride in the final game of the series. had ninety five up front in a one hundred thirty seven run opening partnership to get them on their way to cement this club fifty six from only thirty three balls ball caps and the nash chandimal also contributed eighty as the sri lankans posted a formidable three hundred sixty six to six in a fi

wozniacki was beaten in her tournament opener by karolina pliskova at the weekend. the two—time wimbledon winner since 2014. the next three english domestic rugby union seasons will be extended and include in—season breaks, with players limited to a maximum of 35 matches per campaign. the premiership season will start in early—to—mid september and finish in mid—to—latejune except for in world cup years. the measures, which will start in 2019, are designed to protect players during a hectic period that includes the 2019 world cup and 2021 british and irish lions tour of south africa. after beating conor mcgregor, khabib nurma gomedov wants to swap the octagon for the boxing ring and take on floyd mayweather, just as mcgregor did. the russian is unbeaten in his 27 ufc bouts after his victory over mcgregor earlier this month, and says he's met with the russian boxing federation in a bid to make a fight happen with mayweather. nurma gomedov believes the fight would bring in a world record broadcast audience. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those s

wozniacki, who won herfirst grand slam at the australian open injanuary, has now taken three titles thisn the back nine, as denmark's lucas bjerregarrd won the by a single shot. seeking a third successive win in the event, hatton was one ahead going into the final round, which saw each group start at 08:30 bst from different tees. but he bogeyed four of the last nine holes for a level par 72 and 3111 under total alongside tommy fleetwood. bjerregaard won by a single shot to seal his second european tour title. rugby league's super league season is coming to an end with some massive matches in store. wigan and warrington face each other in next weekend's grand final but tonight it is the million pound game between london broncos and canadian side toronto wolfpack, to decide who will be promoted from the championship. the owner of the wolfpack, david argyle, believes they are ready to join the sport's elite league. this is a wonderful moment for the wolfpack, the london broncos, in fa ct wolfpack, the london broncos, in fact all of rugby, to be playing in the million pound game, here. we h

australian open champion caroline wozniacki got the defence of her wta finals title off to the worstngapore. pliskova, a former world number one, wrapped up her opening group victory with an ace and she'll meet elina svitolina next — who beat petra kvitova earlier. kyle edmund meanwhile had to battle from a set down in the final of the european open to beat frenchman gael monfils in three sets to claim his first atp tour title. that's all the sport for now. the duke and duchess of sussex have decided to cut back meghan's schedule "slightly" during their tour of australasia, says kensington palace. the couple, who are expecting a child next spring, have 76 events on their schedule during their 16—day tour of australia, new zealand, fiji and tonga. that is it from me. thank you for being here with us. we are back with the headlines shortly. for those in the channel islands, another day of blue skies and sunshine. not a cloud in the sky in jersey earlier on. norris, you had a weakening cold front. patchy light rain and result. that continues into its journey overnight. the rain and resu

and defending champion caroline wozniacki is out of the wta finals.. the ukranian joins karolina pliskova in the last four. now surfing on a board is difficult enough but how would you fancy trying it on a table? well, american austin keen has made it look incredibly easy. he flipped over a coffee table and turned it into a wakeboard, showing some pretty impressive skills! he then auctioned the table for charity, raising nearly $900. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me azi farni, goodbye. a climber known as the ‘french spiderman‘ has been arrested after scaling one of london's tallest buildings. police cordoned off roads in the city's financial district, as 56—year—old alain robert completed what's called a "free climb" of the salesforce tower — also known as the heron tower. lebo diseko has the story it's not hard to see why they call him spiderman. alain robert setting out on his climb of one of london's tallest buildings. he used no safety gear and no rope, just a bit of chalk and some light glo

karolina pliskova and caroline wozniacki are also in action in beijing on thursday.ee brewers in game one of their national league division series in wisconsin. on tuesday, the rockies beat the chicago cubs 2—1 after 13 innings in the wildcard game. backup catcher tony wolters drove in the winning run. it was the longest winner—take—all playoff game in major league history. after wednesday's champions league games in europe, the europa league takes centre stage on thursday. among the group games, chelsea host hungarian side mol vidi, arsenal are in azerbaijan to play qarabag and milan welcome 0lympiakos. in case you missed it, barcelona held off a dogged tottenham to win their champions league group b match 4—2 at wembley stadium. a wonder goal from ivan rakitic in the first half was the highlight as spurs are now winless in two games and sit third in the group after inter won their match 2—1 against psv eindhoven. last year's beaten finalists, liverpool, were beaten in italy after lorenzo insigne scored the winner in the 90th minute. we didn't create a lot of chance

caroline wozniacki has added to her highlights reel in what's been a dream season for the danger he started the year by winning her first grand slam at the australian open on sunday she got her thirtieth curious singles title with victory over understudy. six three six three in the china open final it gives was an iraqi a slim hope of ending the year as world number one. world number thirty two done in the medvedev shocked the home crowd in tokyo to defeat cain issue corey and win the japan open on sunday with the fans out there way the russian was supposed to simply turn up and lose to the hometown hero but medvedev had of ideas in a dominant display down isha corry six two six four this is the russian's third a.t.p. tour title all of them against players on their home court. the opening ceremonies been held in argentina for the youth olympics games teenagers are competing in thirty two sports has done reports. before the athletes from more than two hundred countries stuff. to compete is a celebration of the off the maligned billion pick ideals this is when they use a limpid games truly be

australian open champion caroline wozniacki got the defence of her wta finals title off to the worstraight sets by karolina pliskova in singapore. pliskova, a former world number one, wrapped up her opening group victory with an ace and she'll meet elina svitolina next, who beat petra kvitova. and before we go, have a look at this from marc marquez. the honda rider sealed his fifth motogp title injapan and during some very enthusiastic hugging that followed afterwards managed to disclocate his shoulder. bit of panic here and then he needed some treatment on the track. but that wasn't going to stop him celebrating for long, and he was soon back up again like nothing had happened! what a guy. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the team, that's your monday sports briefing. as a pastime, it involves a tremendous leap of faith. base—jumping, the one where someone jumps off a tall fixed structure, like a cliff or a skyscraper, and parachutes back to earth. it's increasingly popular, but not always legal. ho

australian open champion caroline wozniacki will play katerina siniakova in the quarter—finals of theannett kontaveit in the previous round, the dane winning 7—5, 6—4. the weigh—in takes place on friday between ufc lightweight champion khabib nurmagomedov and former two—weight champion conor mcgregor. ireland's mcgregor is returning to the 0ctagon after almost two years out, and having lost a boxing fight to floyd mayweather in august last year. the 30—year—old russian nurmagomedov is undefeated, with the fight in las vegas on saturday. in case you missed it, a woman was injured when she was hit by a wayward shot from defending champion tyrrell hatton in the first round of the alfred dunhill links championship in scotland. it comes less than a week after a spectator suffered a serious eye injury after a ball struck her at the ryder cup. marcus fraser of australia leads with this man — england's matt wallace — heading into the second round, both are 4 under par while englishman hatton seeking a third consecutive title at this tournament is on 2 under. in the europa league on thursday,

but caroline wozniacki, madison keys and us open champion naomi 0saka are all in action on monday. golf national in france. trailing 10—6 overnight the americans had threatened a comeback by winning three of the first five singles points. but europe weathered the storm, to prompt wild celebrations it's been absolutely amazing. it's been fairly easy to captain them, to be honest. so we're just delighted, you know. a while ago i thought this american team is going to be very strong and very difficult to beat, but as we saw the 12 american guys on the tee, that was a strong line—up, and we have to have our best. but everybody showed up with attitude and their best golf. lewis hamilton has moved a step closer to a fifth f1 title with victory at the russian grand prix. it was a bit of an awkward win for mercedes, though. they ordered hamilton's team—mate valtteri bottas to let him pass to protect against ferrari rival sebastian vettel. that was after hamilton took vettel‘s place with a clever pass on—track. hamilton is now 50 points ahead of the german in the drivers championship. alway

wozniacki revealed that she had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.d said she now wants to be a role model for people with the condition. and that is all your support for now. tom curry look at the weather. the weather did the shouts of men cold and we have had of late. there'll be sunshine and showers but those showers turning witchery over ills in the north. as you can see, the aircoming from a in the north. as you can see, the air coming from a long way north. it is being brought down from the arctic on these northerly winds and the cold air rushing in behind a weather front which you can see is this band of cloud seeding is way across and one in wales for the rest of the night and into the first part of the night and into the first part of tomorrow morning. behind skies clear out so they will be quite a lot of sunshine but also some showers, especially in areas exposed to the normally way, so the normally way, selena would have is: as unknown than the east coast selena would have is: as unknown isco zipping east coast of england and some beginning

the defending champion caroline wozniacki is back in contention at the wta finals in singapore, where her three—set win. with the increasing number of injuries in rugby union, breaks will be introduced in the season to protect players. the campaign will start sooner and end later to spread out matches, with players limited to playing a maximum of 35 games. finally, no doubt who the star attraction was at old trafford last night... ..illustrated by one or two fans who tried to get a selfie. this one apprehended but ronaldo took pity on him and posed for a selfie — he even took the picture. was it worth it? he is probably banned for life from the ground now. thank you for that. see you later. a group of mums are going to westminster today to give their views on the new benefit system universal credit. what‘s this all about, steph? this is all about universal credit. the idea is that it will replace six individual income benefits that we have at the moment like child benefit and income support and they will all come under one brief essentially. when this was first announced, the aim was

defending champion caroline wozniacki and elina svitolina are on court now, contesting for the secondg it the ‘highest in history'. the event will include a record 30 mountain passes... and five summit finishes. brussells hosts the grand depart on the 6th ofjuly... but the riders face a gruelling final week, with a finish at more than 2000 feet in the pyrenees...then two more at that altitude in the alps, with the final ride into paris on the 28th. geraint thomas will be the defending champion after winning his first tour this year. that's all the sport for now. i shall talk to you later. thank you. and there is a special poignancy to this year's poppy appeal, on the centenary. there has been a special launch in greenwich. this was the scene this morning. this is the traditional build—up to events on armistice day, november the 11th, traditional build—up to events on armistice day, novemberthe11th, it happens to fall on a sunday this year. remembrance sunday and armistice day on the same day. let's talk about this, i am joined by the third—generation liam young who served in the milit

defending champion caroline wozniacki is out of the wta finals as elena svitolina made it through tonian joins karolina pliskova in the last four. the 2019 tour de france is set to be the highest in history according to the organisers after they revealed the route for the race today. it will include a record 30 mountain passes and five summit finishes. brussells hosts the grand depart on the 6th ofjuly. but the riders face a gruelling final week with a finish at more than 2000 feet in the pyrenees, then two more at that altitude in the alps, with the final ride into paris on the 28th ofjuly. geraint thomas is the defending champion after winning his first tour this year. saracens centre alex lozowski will miss england's first autumn international in november after having his ban for dangerously entering a ruck extended. he was given a two—week ban from october 14th for the incident during saracens' win at glasgow. however, selection for an england training camp meant lozowski would only miss one saracens match. a disciplinary committee has now set his free—to—play date as november 5t

defending champion caroline wozniacki is off the mark at this year's doubly finals in singapore of the overcoming fourth seed paired took a bit of a in three sets on c's day both players had suffered defeats in their opening group matches and so victory was doubly important on this occasion the dames of the first set seven five but the check back to take the second set six three to set up the decider after a two and a half hour battle it would be was an iraqi that emerged victorious winning the third set six two. and ukraine silliness with alina is one step closer to the semifinals after a three set victory of accounting the fish come up with lena had already won her opening round robin match against pivots about the ukrainian won this encounter six three two six six three she'll face was an iraqi in her last group game but they will have to win one of the feet could still see set to go through to the finals. lebron james is still waiting for his first win with the los angeles lakers after they were beaten one hundred forty three one hundred forty two by the san antonio spurs meanwhile

and defending champion caroline wozniacki beat petra kvitova for the first time in four years, at thea may will face her tory critics this afternoon as she tries to convince them to get behind her in the crucial stage of the brexit negotiations. the prime minister will address a meeting of the 1922 committee of backbench conservative mps. let's get more on this from westminster, norman smith. she is going voluntarily, but what does it mean? on the face of it it isa does it mean? on the face of it it is a crunch moment for theresa may when you listen to some of the briefing beforehand, people saying she will have to bring her own noose to the meeting, and we know many of her own mps are venomously opposed to her. i don't think it will be high noon for the pm, in part because her critics are slightly on the back foot at the moment, slightly overreaching themselves with some of the language they used about the pm at the weekend, talking about the pm at the weekend, talking about her entering the killing zone and that sort of stuff. that has backfired against them. they are a little bit c

the defending champion caroline wozniacki is back in contention for the multi—million pound prize atfirst time in four years. it went to three sets. the rugby football union say they're prepared to consider appointing a premiership coach with no international experience, to succeed eddiejones as england boss. jones is set to leave in 2021 but he could quit next year, if england underperform at the world cup in the autumn. the search for his replacement has already begun and director of professional rugby nigel melville says they are looking at all the options, overseas and in the premiership, which may mean going for someone who's yet to coach at international level. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. sirjeremy huw williams has announced in a personal statement he is standing down. he is the cabinet secretary. he is head of the civil servant. he has been unwell and wa nts to servant. he has been unwell and wants to concentrate on his recovery from ill—health. he served as cabinet secretary since 2012 and he has been head of the civil service is 201