zverev and kerber then teamed up to beat pospisil and bouchard in the mixed doubles. means germany will qualify for the final if they beat australia in the final round of group matches on thursday. belgium kept alive their hopes of reaching the final by whitewashing australia 3—0. their victories included a straight sets win for david goffin who beat thanasi kokkinakis 6—4, 6—2. belgium need to win their final match against canada and hope that germany lose to australia to reach the final. onto a story of one athlete fighting his way back to competition after a potentially life—threatening injury. englishman andrew cotton is used to competing in some of the world's most dangerous environments — he's a big wave surfer. and in november a massive wipeout on a sixty foot wave in portugal left him with a broken back, and no guarantee he'd get on a board again. over the last two months, andrew's been having intense physiotherapy to start walking and, he hopes, surfing again. the bbc‘s emma thomason‘s been given exclusive access to his progress. he thought it was going to be

and david goffin provided just that, cruising past alexander zverev in straight sets, 6—3, 6—3.s rubber, with zverev and kerber overcoming the belgium duo of goffin and mertens, 4—2, 4—3. to the nba, where isaiah thomas is set to make his cleveland cavaliers debut on tuesday against the portland trail blazers. the all star point guard, sidelined with a hip injury since last season's eastern conference finals, moved to cleveland, as kyrie irving went the opposite way to the boston celtics. it has been a long process for me, a frustrating and tough process. each day i try and get it now. now that there is here. i haven't played in so there is here. i haven't played in so long, but i am happy. i am happy here. i am scoring, so i know how to put the ball in the basket. they traded kobe for a reason. to the nhl, where the new york rangers scored a goal in overtime to win the 2018 winter classic 3—2 over the buffalo sabres. the match, played in front of almost 10,000, saw the rangers get outto a 2—0 lead, with goals from paul carey and this michael grabner effort in the first period.

the world number 58, who beat novak djokovic and both zverev brothers to reach the last four, still can't semis, but knows he'll have plenty of suppport back home. i think all the people watching the australian open now because we have made history in korea. a really do not know i made the semis, i beat good players and they were playing in the grand slams a lot. lam very i am very excited to play chung a 40 played an incredible match to be novak djokovic. it is one of the tough fence to do in our sport. i believe novak was not 100% but he was right and was giving it a fight until the end and to close it out, that was mighty impressive. holders barcelona are through to the semi—finals of the copa del rey. they overturned a first leg deficit against their city rivals espanyol to seal their place in the last four. luis suarez scored for barca after only nine minutes — to wipe out espanyol‘s i—nil lead from the opening leg. midway through the first half, lionel messi made it 2—nil — and that put barcelona ahead in the tie for the first time. espanyoljust needed to score one to go through on

it is tough to get past chung, and he knocked out zverev, and then pliskova, the only remaining quarter—finalist year, will be meeting her compatriot, strykova. a second—half blitz led by lionel messi and luis suarez helped barcelona thrash real betis, to extend their lead at the top of the la liga table to 11 points. it was actually a tight first half, with betis holding firm and even testing barca keeper marc—andre ter stegen. but, after ivan rakitic opened barca's scoring, the home side imploded as messi struck twice. suarez also bagged a brace, as the match started to mimic a game of park football. barca claimed a sixth successive league win courtesy of the 5—0 thumping. gareth bale and nacho bagged braces each side of half—time, as real madrid destroyed la coruna 7—1. cristiano ronaldo ended a miserable run of form with a late double, as well. cr7 had only scored four league goals before sunday's clash with third —from—bottom deportivo. so real move back above villarreal, and into the champions league places. but ronaldo was unable to continue playing, after he was left with a bloodied face

thiem, zverev, raonic, great players, but they are not as good as federer. it's quite simple.ight now. john lloyd speaking withjohn watson a little earlier. most of the weekend's fa cup business took place yesterday — today there were just two ties, and no upsets. premier league leaders manchester city beat championship side cardiff city 2—0 — joe lynskey reports. the spirit of the fa cup has spread across south wales. last night newport made the headlines, now attention was on the capital but cardiff faced no ordinary giant—killing, this was manchester city and they strive for style. commentator: how clever was that, brilliantly thought out, and nobody in the cardiff city wall, in the cardiff city goal, in the cardiff city stadium, was expecting him to do that. but kevin de bruyne's quality was almost cancelled out by calamity, city's keeper claudio bravo got lucky you. claudio bravo got lucky. it inspired the championship side to their best spell of the game but with the premier league leaders trouble is always waiting. it is 2—0, raheem sterling headed it in, what a cross f

he knocked out the fourth seed alexander zverev in five sets, to get there. defending champion roger federer is also into the last 16, beating richard gasquet in straight sets. the world number two and five—time winner in melbourne has yet to drop a set so far in this year's tournament. it is looking ominous. the match between two former winners was rather one—sided, with angelique kerber knocking out maria sharapova. kerber won in straight sets and she's now the only grand slam champion left in the women's draw. there was huge relief for world number one simona halep, who survived an epic battle, with the unseeded american lauren davis, to reach the fourth round. she saved three match points, before eventually winning, 15—13, in the decider — that set alone lasted two hours and 22 minutes, they were on court for nearly four hours. ijust kept i just kept believing ijust kept believing that it's not over, even if she is leading a little bit more. i gave everything i had today. actually, i'm really proud that i could stay there and win it. it was not easy at al

first south korean man to reach the last 16 in melbourne — and he beat the fourth seed alexander zverevak djokovic next. it was rather one—sided as angelique kerber, knocked out maria sharapova. a straight sets win for the german in just over an hour. it means kerber, the us open champion two years ago, is the only grand slam champion left in the women's draw. there was huge relief, for world number one simona halep, who survived an epic battle with the unseeded american lauren davis to reach the fourth round — she saved three match points, before eventually winning 15—13 in the decider. that set alone lasted two hours and 22 minutes — they were on court for nearly four hours. ijust kept i just kept believing ijust kept believing it was not over, even if she was leading a little bit more. i gave everything i had today, and i was proud that i could stay there and win it. it was not easy at all. she plays great. but the men's doubles champions of two years ago are out — jamie murray and bruno soares lost in three sets to the indian pair of leander paes and purav raja. but britain's dom in

he knocked out the fourth seed alexander zverev in five sets, to get there.d gasquet in straight sets. the world number two and five—time winner in melbourne has yet to drop a set so far in this year's tournament. it is looking ominous. the match between two former winners was rather one—sided, with angelique kerber knocking out maria sharapova. kerber won in straight sets and she's now the only grand slam champion left in the women's draw. there was huge relief for world number one simona halep, who survived an epic battle, with the unseeded american lauren

first south korean man to reach the last 16 in melbourne — and he beat the fourth seed alexander zverev djokovic next. but the men's doubles champions of two years ago, are out — jamie murray and bruno soares lost in three sets, to the indian pair of leander paes and purav raja. but britain's dom inglot is through — he and new zealand's marcus daniell beat the french duo, benoit paire and hugo nys. 0 nto 0nto the football now. chelsea are looking for a striker — but few thought they'd be interested in signing the former england international peter crouch, who's 36, and hasn't been a first—team regular for stoke this season. that is why it is also a surprise. the clubs have been in contact, we understand, and chelsea have only scored one goal in their last four games. that might explain it. they're away to brighton in today's early premier league kick—off. stoke are at home to huddersfield — and paul lambert will take his seat in the stoke dug—out for the first time since he was appointed last week. with his side in the relegation zone, he says his first priority is improving their defen

melbourne, and to get there, he produced a real upset as he knocked out the fourth seed alexander zverevsaved three match points, before eventually winning 15—13 in the decider. extreme extre m e stuff extreme stuff and we know the temperature is extremely high in australia at the moment. the match between two former winners was rather one—sided, with angelique kerber knocking out maria sharapova. kerber won in straight sets. she's now the only grand slam champion left in the women's draw. sharapova competing at the australian open for the first time since she was banned for failing a drugs test at this tournament two years ago. someone who is clearly enjoying some australian sport is will smith, the hollywood actor. he has been at the tennis this week. along with will ferrell. they were watching nick kyrgios. he's been at the cricket as well. an he's clearly soaking up as much sport as possible whilst he's in australia, because he showed up at the big bash to watch the melbourne stars match with sydney thunder, a flashback to his old fresh prince of bel air days here with australia bats

man to reach the last 16 in melbourne — and to get there, he knocked out the fourth seed alexander zvereve simona halep survived an epic battle, with the unseeded american lauren davis — she saved three match points, before eventually winning, 15—13, in the decider — that set alone lasted two hours and 22 minutes — they were on court for nearly four hours. chelsea are leading brighton 2—0 in the early premier league kick—off. they scored two goals within the first six minutes, from eden hazard and then a superb team effort, featuring two back—heels, finished off by willian. and it's been quite a first half in the scottish cup match at pittodrie, where aberdeen are 3—1 up against st mirren in theirfourth—round match — ryan christie has been the star of the show, with two goals. it is half—time. english golfer ross fisher has a share of the lead after the third round of the abu dhabi golf championship — he and thomas pieters are 17 under—par. butjust one shot behind is rory mcilroy, back after three months out with a rib injury. he shot a round of 65 to put himself firmly in contention. eng

melbourne, and to get there, he produced a real upset as he knocked out the fourth seed alexander zverevbefore eventually winning 15—13 in the decider. that set alone lasted two hours and 22 minutes. they were on court for nearly four hours. the match between two former winners was rather one—sided, with angelique kerber knocking out maria sharapova. she's now the only grand slam kerber won in straight sets. she's now the only grand slam champion left in the women's draw. will smith was watching tennis, early in the week along with will ferrell. but apparently will smith has turned up at the big bash in australia as well. he showed up at the big bash to watch the melbourne stars match with sydney thunder, a flashback to his old fresh prince of bel air days here with australia batsman usman khawaja and it was his thunder team that ran out winners. england batsmanjames vince hit a0 as they completed a seven wicket victory. kyren wilson has booked his place in the final of the masters after a thrilling comeback againstjudd trump at alexandra palace. drogba raced into a 5—2 lead but took on

south korean man to reach the last 16 at the australian open — and he beat the fourth seed alexander zverevgo, fall at only the second hurdle. jamie murray and bruno soares, lost in three sets, to the indian pair of leander paes, and purav raja. but britain's dom inglot, is through — he and new zealand's marcus daniell, beat the french duo, benoit paire, and hugo nys. one of the greatest formula one drivers of all time, sir stirling moss, has decided to retire from public life. he's 88 and has been in ill health recently — he spent around four months in hospital last year with a chest infection and his son said his recovery had been slow. sir stirling plans to focus on his family. darren is here from football focus. matt fitzpatrick in the gulf has birdied the first five. dzagoev. matt fitzpatrick in the gulf has birdied the first five. dzagoevlj know that you like your golf here. this is important information. andrewjohnson has been playing as well, he is nicknamed the beef. when he gets the birdie the crowd call, keith! but let's talk about football. football focus is back at midday today

. —— zverev. john lloyd speaking withjohn watson a little earlier.swing bowler tom curran took five wickets as england won the final match by 12 runs — to take the series 4—1. alex gulrajani was watching. a new dawn for cricket in western australia with a seller cloud, crowd at perth's new arena to witness england finding the boundary rope with relative ease. after bairstow fell short of a half—century root stood his ground and made 50 with a little help. others couldn't come as he soon ran out of batting partners and england were reined in, although tom curran cut loose at the end. a suitable warm up as de matter what followed as he removed david warner early in the australian reply. in his absence marcus stoinis took on the england bowlers and had a bit of a party. but just the england bowlers and had a bit of a party. butjust as england were told to put big partnerships together so too did australia, stunning court and bowled from moeen ali removed mitchell marsh. tim paine was the last line of attack for the hosts and he made for a nervy ending u

now, spare a thought for australian tennis player nick kyrgios, who was hit in the face by alex zverevweet, isn't it? a tennis ball can really hurt, then and squash balls. i have loads of bruises from squash balls.|j remember some many saying that you stood in front, if boris becker served at you at full tilt and you stood in front of him, the ball would go through you. is that made 7 would go through you. is that made t would go through you. is that made up? it has to be. it would probably hurt a lot. i remember thinking at the time that has got to be garbage. but who knows? i don't think you would ever want to prove it. in the weather, it was really cold yesterday, and weather, it was really cold yesterday, and slightly weather, it was really cold yesterday, and slightly warmer today. good morning all. not as cold. yesterday in strathalbyn it was —10, and today it is minus three. that is a whopping rise in temperatures compared with yesterday morning. generally called day, something of a —— nothing of a heat wave in prospect. some patchy fog and the cloud is big enough for the odd sp

perhaps a chance for rising stars like dominic thiem or alexander zverev to stake a claim.ly 92 in the world. if konta makes progress she will be having some challenging matches but given how she finished last season, losing five in a row, she will relish that opportunity at a venue where she has a very good record. she could play a recent world number one, pliskova, in the fourth round and the current world number one simona halep in the quarterfinals, but that‘s a conversation for another day. heather watson meanwhile will start against the world number 50 from kazakhstan, a player ranked slightly higher than she is. cameron norrie is defeating qualifying means it willjust be kyle edmund in the member is a draw for britain. against kevin anderson, they played last year in the third round of roland garros and kyle edmund have the advantage but lost in five sets. the advantage for kyle edmund, he can beat anderson in the opening round and playing well, assuming the ankle scare from last week in brisbane is not a major concern, he would find himself in a reasonably favourabl