into the box. i think that is pretty clear. i don t think we can go much further than what we do with that. the last bit is sometimes confidence. the world snooker championship gets underway this weekend and ronnie o sullivan will begin the defence of his title against chinese debutant pang junxu. the world number one is aiming to lift that trophy for a record eight time at the crucible in sheffield and faces one of the rising stars of snooker in pang, who reached his maiden ranking final last month. elsewhere last year s beaten finallistjudd trump takes on former semifinallist anthony mcgill, mark williams will play jimmy robertson, and 2005 champion shaun murphy opens up againat sijiahui. four time championjohn higgins takes on david grace, who last week was battling just to save his tour card. and another four time winner, mark selby, faces another englishman in matthew selt. history made for great britain s gymnasts their first ever women s team gold at the european cha
we should get further evidence that there s a real slowdown happening in thejobs market. employers are growing more cautious, putting off hiring. employees are sticking around longer. one caveat, we could see some distortion to the numbers. the auto and actor strikes both ended in november, with many returning to work that same month. plus the end of the year is when many seasonal workers get taken on. now, america s central bank, the federal reserve, will be watching closely. that s because slower job growth and wage gains will fuel expectations that the fed will leave rates on hold. rates have risen to above 5% from nearly zero since march of last year as it wrestles to bring down inflation. the jobs report is the last significant piece of economic data before the us central bank s rate setting meeting next week. now we should note that despite expectations for a slowdown, america s labour market remains strong by historical standards. still, if economists frequently use th
the all important second, with just 4 minutes left on the clock. after dwight mcneil had given the hosts the lead, the hosts punished a pair of mistakes with kieran trippier before better ran clear during ten minutes of stoppage time for his first league goal to make sure the points are still. the points are still just a one away win this season for newcastle. but everton out of the bottom three. you forget we are in an amazing possession now points wise. if itt wasn t for them 10. 20 points would be an amazing return, you know, relatively to the last two seasons. so i ve not lost sight of that. we ll see what the appeal brings. but the mentality is key for me. you know, look, you know, we took a knock. we know that. but there s been a lot of knocks here over the last couple of seasons. but the mentality has been growing and growing the team mentality. i can t emphasize that enough. the commitment to each other now, you know, the connection with each other. that s a really po
previous great football comebacks they re into the leaguei playoff final after overturing a 4 0 peterborough lead and eventually beating them on penalties. they ll face barnsley or bolton at wembley. and liv golfer bryson dechambeau holds the clubhouse lead going into the second round of the us pga championship he s four under par. masters championjon rahm and england s us open winner matt fitzpatrick both struggled, finsihing up six over.