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>> mcenroe, the perfect villain. the new yorker that people loved to hate. borg the cool swede, never giving any emotion away. >> what tennis really wants is to get its two best players playing over and over again in the final. whether they are john mcenroe and bjorn borg or chris evert and martina navratilova, thats what we want to tune in to over and over and over. >> three match points to martina navratilova. >> this man has a smile that lights up a television screen from here to bangor, main...

Good afternoon. heres your latest sports news. lets take you to the australian open, where stefanos tsitsipas has just beaten the american taylor fritz on rod laver arena to go through to the quarterfinals. it took him a gruelling five sets to do it though. the greek is one of the favourites to take the mens title, but it was fritz who won the first set, with a sensational forehand to win it 6—4. tsitsipas then fought back to take the second 6—4. but the power swung back to fritz for him to ...

The commons floor to join the labour party. living with coronavirus. borisjohnson outlines a relaxation of some of the restrictions in england the cost of living has risen at its fastest pace for nearly thirty years — driven by increases in food and energy prices. we will talk more about the increase in the cost of living in the next few minutes. sport now and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre heres jane dougal. good afternoon. with no world number one at the australian open, the...

He clinched that 16—14. next up for him is the canadian denis shapovalov who stunned the third seed alexander zverev. if he is able to keep improving, he will be a multi—grand slam winner. he has a lot of amazing things in his game and... and his results say that. when he is playing well, it is very difficult to stop him. in rugby, its all eyes on the european champions cup as teams look to move into the last 16 stage. sale have qualified, theyve just beaten ospreys 49—10. sale suffered a ...

0saka, whos a two time champion in melbourne, was only seeded 13th due to herjust coming back after a four—month break. shes looked good in her opening matches but after winning the first set, anisimona took the second and, after surviving two match points, battled on to win the third set and the match on a tie break. going into this match, i knew i had to be playing sharp if i wanted to give myself a chance. naomi is akways going to be playing well and shes an absolute champion. i knew that i...

Simon zebo scored two of the home sides six tries. he has another record european try scorer. —— he is now their record try scorer. they were already sure of qualifying and finish the pool stage in third. sale have also made it through to the last 16, they beat ospreys 49—10. sale suffered a narrow defeat to clermont last week which put their qualification hopes on hold, but the win was never in doubt. this was the best of their seven tries and also the final one. jack metcalfe going over....

Going on to win the fourth 6—3 and then with two match points in the fifth. he smashed into the corner and fritz�*s return went long. earlier, daniil medvedev beat american maxime cressy in 4 sets, playing for a mammoth three and a half hours. the russian is the top seed remaining in the mens draw, and he will face the canadian felix auiger alliasime in the quarters after he beat marin cilic, also in four sets. in the womens draw, kaia kanepi has knocked out second seed aryna sabalenka in a ...

Of their rivals withdrew. theyll take on kazakhstan or colombia in a one—off match in dubai on 25th february, with hong kong and samoa unable to play due to covid travel restrictions. if scotland win, theyll be in group a for the delayed tournament — along with australia, wales and hosts new zealand. it starts on the 8th of october. next to a shock at the australian open where the defending womens champion — naomi osaka — has been knocked—out by the unseeded american amanda ani—simov...

This was the best of their seven tries and also the final one, jack metcalfe going over. ospreys remain bottom of pool a with no match points. they do not even get to play in the challenge cup. stade francais needed at least a six—point winning margin to make it into the last 16 and remarkably, they did it, in the last few seconds of the game against already qualified connacht. joris segonds kicked the penalty to give 1a—man stade a 37—31victory. they qualify at cardiffs expense. there you...

You got the absolute pits of the world, you know that? >> mcenroe, the perfect villain. the new yorker that people loved to hate. borg, the cool swede, never giving any emotion away. >> what tennis really wants is to get its two best players playing over and over again in the final. whether they are john mcenroe and bjorn borg, or chris everett and martina navratilova. thats what we want to tune into over and over. >> oh, goodness me, midcourt and three match points to martina navratilova. >> th...