that made up first that was kyle edmund against philipp kohlschreiber. kyle edmund produced one of his best displays of the season one of his best displays of the season and he picked up where he left off. the serves looking on returnable, his forehand was too powerful. it wasn't long before the first set was his. the germans started the second strongly but edmund broke back immediately with something special. he broke again at 5-5 to something special. he broke again at 5—5 to put himself in front. i—o great britain, job done. up next was dan great britain, job done. up next was da n eva ns great britain, job done. up next was dan evans who had to do something he had done all week, when. a tough ask against a tough opponent but evans could make it difficult to look simple. it was a tight contest and that often means one thing. tie—break. it was nip and tuck but evans tie—break. it was nip and tuck but eva ns ke pt tie—break. it was nip and tuck but evans kept fighting and forcing mistakes, and managed... it's the next one where things started

kyle edmund took the first singles match. but dan evans lost the second in three sets to alexander bublik. evans — who also lost his singles match yesterday — won the first set, but couldn't sustain the momentum, leaving the tie level at 1—1. so, just like yesterday, it came down to the doubles match. jamie murray and neal skupski convincingly winning in straight sets. great britain are back in action at around 4.30 tomorrow afternoon, where they'll meet germany in the quarter—finals. the same situation as yesterday. we knew we had to go out and when the match if we had any chance to progress in the event. played a great match from start to finish. we started a very quick, aggressive, did not give them any time to settle, brush them along and really happy with how we played. excited to get the team through the quarterfinals and have a go against germany tomorrow. so another great day for britain, and it was done without andy murray — kyle edmund stepping in. captain lyon smith told russell fuller that the team have

british hopes rest with kyle edmund and dan evans, as britain take on spain in the davis cup semi—finals. and england toil in new zealand, they struggle with the ball as the kiwis turn the screw in the first test. lots to come on sportsday tonight — we'll be keeping an eye on great britain at the davis cup in madrid, and it's been a really busy day but we start with the premier league, and jose mourinho‘s first game in charge of tottenham. just a couple of weeks ago he was sitting in a television studio watching liverpool beat manchester city, today he was in the dugout at the london stadium watching his new side beat west ham, joe wilson reports. mourinho is world—famous, and much love that spurs, so what is he got? give it 35 minutes. roberto, west ham's goalkeeper was just a witness. just what tottenham needed, and mourinho had it. tottenham battling for the ball, tearing forwards, mourinho picked lucas for this game and there he was. energy, teamwork, when harry kane headed in the third, that was the game. but spurs tired and conceded two late goals as west ham revived themselv

kyle edmund beating felicaino lopez in straight sets. with captain leon smith, deciding to rest andy murray again, the singles will be played by edmund and dan evans — and the british number three played a storming first set taking it 6—3. the second set. the second singles sees dan evans facing world number one, evans faces world number one, rafael nadal before the possible doubles later. this new format means british fans were suddenly left wanting tickets to today's semi finals once great britian had won their quarter final yesterday. the lawn tennis association, with a little help from andy and jamie murray, put the word out on social media that they would give away free tickets to anyone that could get to madrid in time for today's semi final. that plan went down well with british tennis fans they said let's go and soak within the space of an hour, we had booked flights, booked hotels and we were hoping we could get there today so this morning, we are on a flight from edinburgh to madrid and here we are. i've been living in madr

having said that, what a victory for dan evans and kyle edmund. they did it in different fashions but they will be buzzing. evans had had three tough matches and will fatigue take control? do you want murray playing a semifinal? it will be a hostile crowd and you need someone who can handle it. it needs to be counted on to win that first game of the day. do you send dan evans out? for all of his excellence yesterday, could he bea of his excellence yesterday, could he be a sacrificial lamb against rafael nadal? who is best placed to beat other plays in the first match? that is the first question. it will bea that is the first question. it will be a tough task to take on an adult. if murray is fit and ready to play, he is the first player on my sheet. the evans, with a sliced backhand, we have seen in the past that there is another right hander who has had troubles with his wrist in the past. he deals with that slice well. i can we question is that if murray is ready play, i would put him on there and to take on an adult, he can swing freely with th

that means it was kyle edmund against philip cole schreiber. edmund is one of his best displays of the season on thursday and he picked up where he left off. his serve was looking and returnable his forehand was too powerful. it wasn't long before the first set was his. the german started the second strongly, taking the first break point, but edmund broke back immediately with something special. he broke again at 5—5 to put himself in this position, three match points. he only needed one. 1—0, great britain. job done. dan evans needed to do something we haven't done all week. windfalls of a tough ask against the big serving and big serving man. but evans can make the difficult look simple. it was a tight contest and that often means one thing. tie—break. it was nip and tuck but evans kept fighting and forcing mistakes, and managed to ta ke forcing mistakes, and managed to take it. the openings that hasn't been a problem for evans this week. it has been the next one where things have started to go awry, and it was proving to be the same st

kyle edmund led the charge, leading from the front again in the absence of andy murray, putting in a clinical performance to beat philipp kohlschreiber in straight sets. evans kohlschreiber in straight sets. eva ns ha d kohlschreiber in straight sets. evans had twice won the first set and lost matches in three sets, again he won the first set. conceding seven inches in height and a couple of weight divisions but he came through, and he won the first set tie—break by seven points to two. it was relief more than anything! the guy in the chair has done so much for me with the davis cup and without it. to have him on the chair, and have everybody on the bench, good friends in the crowd, they took over. i will remember that for a long time. it seems unlikely andy murray will feature over the weekend, if both kyle edmund and dan evans remain fit. as the davis cup captain said, times have changed a little and now edmund and evans are playing better than andy murray. ulster move top of their champions couple with an 18—13 win over clermont auvergne thanks tojohn cooney who scored a try.

kyle edmund — who was rested on wednesday — was drafted in to replace andy murray, and he set them on the way to victory with a straight sets win against mikhail kukushkin. edmund winning 6—3, 6—3. britain lost the next singles rubber but won the deciding doubles match to take the tie 2—1. meanwhile, canada are the first team through to the semi—finals after beating australia. vasek pospisil and his partner denis shapovalov beatjohn peers and jordan thomspon in the deciding doubles rubber. it's only the third time that canada have reached the last four. it's been 12 years since the nfl started hosting regular season games in london to boost the popularity of the sport globally. now it's opened its first academy in britain. students can combine their education with intensive training in american football, under full—time, professional coaches. miriam walker—khan went down to the opening: three—time super bowl winnerjerry rice — not exactly you might expect to bump into in north london. as an ambassador for the new nfl academy, he is settling in just fine. it keeps me lo

britain were in the lead after kyle edmund impressively overcame mikhail kukushkin in straight sets, but then dan evans‘ loss to alexander bublik put them back level. gb‘s fate was left to the doubles duo ofjamie murray and neal skupski, as rhia chohan reports. this was a match which carried the weight of a guaranteed quarterfinal place for great britain, and would alexander sent on a serve in excess of 125 mph, it handed dan evans the first set. but the chasm should better signs in the second and the tide turned. a crucial mists from the british number one suggested he was struggling to keep his head, and frustrations began to show. he broke to ta ke frustrations began to show. he broke to take the lead and eventually leveled proceedings 6—4, much to the light of kazakhstan‘s boisterous fans. and in the decider, the world number 57 performed for the party. it would be down tojimmy murray and neil to clinch victory in the doubles. with elimination looming, they would not believing this to change. the doubles players will be facing two exhausted singles players. it was no surp

you can follow the davis cup on our website. —— kyle edmund is ahead in that by a set. many apologies to the line therefore christian in sheffield. i think we can re—establish it because the leaders‘ debate is taking place injust underan hourand the leaders‘ debate is taking place injust under an hour and a half, four leader is taking place on that and you can watch it on the bbc news channel this evening. brexit, the nhs and a number of issues personal to audience members likely to be discussed. how important are these debates in changing opinions? and what should leaders do to come out on top? let‘s discuss this now with two political pr heavyweights — kevin pringle, former strategic communications director for the snp, whojoins me from glasgow, and ayesha hazarika, a former labour adviser for ed miliband, who‘s in london. a very good evening to both of you. is it someone‘s to win tonight, ayes ha is it someone‘s to win tonight, ayesha hazarika, or someone‘s to lose? i think for the leaders of the big two, labour and the conservatives, they will play

kyle edmund took the first singles match. but dan evans lost the second in three sets to alexander bublik. evans — who also lost his singles match yesterday — won the first set, but couldn't sustain the momentum, leaving the tie level at 1—1. so, just like yesterday, it came down to the doubles match. jamie murray and neal skupski convincingly winning in straight sets. great britain are back in action at around 4:30pm tomorrow afternoon, where they'll meet germany in the quarterfinals. it is the same situation as yesterday. we knew where to go out and when the match if we were to have any chance to progress in the event. we played a great match from start to finish. we started quick, we re start to finish. we started quick, were aggressive, did not give them any time to settle, rushed them a lot and really happy with how we played and excited to get the team through to the quarter—finals and have a go against germany tomorrow. team gb‘s four—man bobsleigh team have been presented with their bronze medals from the

kyle edmund beating felicaino lopez in straight sets. with captain leon smith, deciding to rest andy murray again, edmund, the british number 3 played a storming first set taking it 6-3. the second set went all the way to a tie break. edmund winning 7 points to 3 — and taking the match. british number one dan evans' is facing world number one rafa nadal in the second singles match. nadal has won the first set in that match. nadal currently leads 3—0 in the second. to rugby union's european champions cup, and holders saracens returned to winning ways with a bonus—point victory over 0spreys. the london side were beaten in their opening game, a 44 points to 3 victory over 0spreys. exeter built on their opening weekend win with a 34—18 victory over glasgow. winger tom 0'flaherty scored the pick of the tries with this surging run in the second half — that secured exeter the bonus point for getting four tries. england's women scored 10 tries as they crushed italy 60—3 in bedford to complete a clean sweep of victories from their aut

kyle edmund beat feliciano lopez in the opening singles, but dan evans lost to world number one rafael nadal in straight sets to leave the tie level at 1—1. nadal then teamed up with lopez in the doubles. they are in a tie break in the first set against jamie murray and neal skupski. you can follow that doubles on the bbc sport website. the winners of this match will face canada in tomorrow's davis cup final. that's all from me. goodnight. hello, this is bbc news. a number of police officers have been assaulted while trying to break up brawl at a birmingham cinema. west midlands police were called to the star city complex in nechells late this afternoon following reports of a group with machetes. a spokesperson for the force said fighting broke out as officers tried to clear the area. several arrests have been made. i spoke to rachael allison who witnessed the trouble, and said it broke out right in front of her as she stood in the queue. 0ne of her as she stood in the queue. girl punched this face, one girl punched this girl in the face, started slapping her. the audience watching w

kyle edmund won his match earlier but then rafael nadal beat dan evans to level the scores at 1—1. that left jame murray and neal skupski with the challenge of beating nadal and felciano lopez in the doubles. they lost the first set in the tie—break and i just starting the second set. -- and arejust starting. the winners play canada in the final tomorrow. england perhaps have a mountain to climb if they are to get anything back from that match there. and in rugby union's european champions cup, and holders, saracens, returned to winning ways with a bonus—point victory over 0spreys, they won 411—3. sarries were beaten by racing 92, in their opening game. but two tries from rotimi segun including this, secured a bonus point victory over the welsh region. exeter, northampton and harlequins also won. england's women scored ten tries as they crushed italy 60—3 in bedford to complete a clean sweep of victories from their autumn internationals. world player of the year, emily scarratt, was on the scoresheet. england finish the year with 12 wins from 13 games and extend their run o

it had all started so promisingly with kyle edmund winning the opening singles against lopez. dan evans then pushed nadal close in the opening set of their singles match, but after he lost that the second set disappeared in a flash 6—0. we are hurting just now but we had an amazing tie against spain, the strongest team arguably in the competition and we have pushed them within a couple of points of going into a final set to decide who gets to the final and to reach the semifinals itself i think is a big achievement. spain on home soil have a chance to win the davis cup for the first time since 2011. bitter disappointment for great britain but it has been a very, very encouraging week. they've been hit with a record points deduction and fine in the premiership, but saracens got their european cup campaign back on track with victory over 0spreys. they lost to racing in their opening game — but two tries from rotimi segun helped them to a bonus point 44—3 win. saracens have been fined over £5 million and stripped of domestic league points for breaching salary cap regulatio

it had all started so promisingly with kyle edmund winning the opening singles against lopez. dan evans then pushed nadal close in the opening set of their singles match, but after he lost that the second set disappeared in a flash 6—0. we are hurting just now but we had an amazing tie against spain, the strongest team arguably in the competition and we have pushed them within a couple of points of going into a final set to decide who gets to the final and to reach the semifinals itself i think is a big achievement. spain on home soil have a chance to win the davis cup for the first time since 2011. bitter disappointment for great britain but it has been a very, very encouraging week. it looks as if tyson fury‘s rematch is on. next february. callum smith successfully defended his super middleweight title in his hometown of liverpool. the fight against fellow britjohn ryder went the distance. but smith won it on a unanimous points decision. doctors say people need to take extra precautions, in order to stop the spread of the winter vomiting bug, norovirus. public health eng

kyle edmund is played very well in the group stages against kazakhstan, so he is a key figure. on the doubles could be crucial. jamie murray and his partner have won both of their matches so far. they are very likely to be up against a french open champions. so after we have the luxury of thinking we are the favourite under doubles, but it does not necessarily the case. the germans have a quality team as well. every match, every point, you feel it is going to be vital, and i expect a very hard—fought vital, and i expect a very ha rd—fought battle vital, and i expect a very hard—fought battle this evening. vital, and i expect a very hard—fought battle this eveningm looks as if it might be too close to call, with commentary on five live sports extra from thor 30 2pm. —— from 4:30pm. that is your sport for now. we will have full coverage of the events from madrid. a man who shot his heavily pregnant ex—wife dead with a crossbow, has been found guilty of murder following a retrial at the old bailey. our correspondent richard lister has been following the case. the bac

edmund won the opening match against germany against felix kohlschreiber in straight sets. dan evans won the second singles rubber to complete a 2-0 win for britain. they reached the davis cup semis for the first time since 2016. the world governing body of athletics has suspended the reinstatement process for russia as it awaits the outcome of an investigation into the country's athletic federation. the athletics integrity unit suspended federation president dmitry schlatan for breaching anti-doping rules. they've been charged with various offenses linked to an investigation into high jumper danielle osenko which the officials are accused of obstructing. the federation has been suspended since 2015 over a doping scandal that had hoped to be reinstated before the 2020 oirks. athletics president saying the suspensions were the right decision. the russian federation also risked being expelled from world athletics altogether. >> so we will get through this process. and i'm sorry. yes. you know, nobody would want to be dealing with this. but i'm afraid so much of the work of th

they made it through after victory over germany, kyle edmund put them 1—0 up, dan evans produced the finest performance of his davis cup career to win the third set tie—break — and after two defeats in a row. you can see how pleased he was to get a win. and if anyone was in any doubt about the emotion this tournament can generate — have a look at that hug with captain leon smith — and there was another bear hug from andy murray as well. it was relief, more than anything. the guy in the chairs, not so much me, to have him on the chair, have everybody on the bench, good friends, you know, some good friends in the crowdyjust took over. and i will remember that for long time. we were saying how most things ben stokes touches at the moment turns to gold — well he dropped new zealand batsmen bj watling on 31 — he went on to make 119 giving the hosts the advantage in the first test. they were 209 runs ahead overnight — but only took two wickets on day three — henry nicholls one of those off the bowling ofjoe root. but only one more wicket fell and that unbeaten century from

kyle edmund playing against feliciano lopez who thought he would be playing pablo carreno busta. dan evans — rafael nadal doubles will meet canada in tomorrow's final after they beat russia to rugby union's european champions cup, and holders saracens returned to winning ways with a bonus—point victory over ospreys. the london side were beaten in their opening game, a aa points to three victory over ospreys at lunchtime. paul frostisck was watching. if services are continuing to deal with the biggest scandals in english clu b with the biggest scandals in english club would be history. there are on the end of the heavy defeat in defence of the champions cup last week. not surprising, it was a quieter than usual park is a return of jack quieter than usual park is a return ofjack singleton quieter than usual park is a return of jack singleton bundled quieter than usual park is a return ofjack singleton bundled over the first try. another england player assisted the second try, on his debut for saracens. the pair linked up debut for saracens. the pair linked up again after the br

it started so promisingly with kyle edmund winning the opening singles against lopez. dan evans then pushed found that i'll close in the opening set of their singles match. but after he lost that the second set disappeared in a flash, by 6—0. after he lost that the second set disappeared in a flash, by 6-0. we are hurting now. but we have seen an amazing tie here against spain, the strongest team, arguably, in the competition, especially with rafa in it. and we have pushed them within a couple of points of going into the final set to decide who gets the final. injury semi—finals itself is a brilliant achievement. so spain on home soil have the chance to win the davis cup for the first time since 2011. bitter disappointment for great britain. but it has been a very, very foraging week. they've been hit with a record points deduction and fine in the premiership, but saracens got their european cup campaign back on track with victory over 05preys. they lost to racing in their opening game, but two tries from rotimi segun helped them to a bonus point 44—3 win. sarace

kyle edmund took the first singles match. but dan evans lost the second in three sets to alexander bublik. evans — who also lost his singles match yesterday — won the first set, but couldn't sustain the momentum, leaving the tie level at 1—1. so, just like yesterday, it came down to the doubles match and jamie murray and neal skupski convincingly winning in straight sets. great britain are back in action at around a.30pm tomorrow afternoon, where they'll meet germany in the quarterfinals. england have got off to a good start with the bat against new zealand, finishing on 2a1—a on the first day of the first test match. it was slow going, but the hero of the summer — all—rounder ben stokes — is still unbeaten on 67. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson was watching. new zealand's mount maunganui is hosting its first ever test match, england's dom sibley is playing his first and he was welcomed traditionally. well, he's here to bat. 0n the money, and he's away. the first ball sibley faced went 0k. in fact, it went f

kyle edmund took the first singles match. but dan evans lost the second in three sets to alexander bublik. evans — who also lost his singles match yesterday — won the first set, but couldn‘t sustain the momentum, leaving the tie level at 1—1. so, just like yesterday, it came down to the doubles match. jamie murray and neal skupski convincingly winning in straight sets. great britain are back in action at around 4.30 tomorrow afternoon, where they‘ll meet germany in the quarter—finals. the same situation as yesterday. we knew where to go out and when the match if we were to have any chance to progress in the event. we played a great match from start to finish and we started really quick. we were aggressive and didn‘t give them any time to set or rush them a lot. really happy with how we played excited to get the team through to the quarterfinals and have a go against germany tomorrow. team gb‘s four—man bobsleigh team have been presented with their bronze medals from the 2014 sochi winter 0lympics. jothackson

with kyle edmund winning his singles rubber and dan evans then losing his, it came down to the doubles where jamie murray and neal skupski won in straight sets. we had to go out and win the match stop if we would have any chance to progress in the event. we played a great match from start to finish and we started really quick. we were aggressive, we didn't give them any time to settle, we rushed them alight and i'm really happy with how we played —— trust them a lot. dina asher—smith has been named the sunday times sportswoman of the year. she won gold in the 200 metres at the world athletics championships in doha this year, to became the first british woman to win a global sprint title. it's the second year in a row she's won the award. tommy fleetwood has put himself in a good position to win golf's race to dubai. he's fourth at the season—ending world tour championship, after starting his round in immaculate style with this eagle on the very first hole. if you are making salts that early on, you are in good shape, aren't you? wow! good staff. -- stuff. great britain's fourâ€

edmund won the first singles match. but dan evans lost the second, in three sets to alexander bubik. evans — who also lost his singles match yesterday — took the first set, but couldn't sustain the momentum leaving the tie level at 1—all. so, just like yesterday, it came down to the doubles match and jamie murray and neal skupskie won it in straight sets. great britain are back in action at around 4.30 tomorrow afternoon where they'll meet germany in the quarterfinals. anthonyjoshua believes a lack of experience, rather than complacency was the reason behind his defeat to andy ruinunior earlier this year. joshua lost three of his four world heavyweight belts on that night to the american. the pair will fight again in saudi arabia in december. joshua insisting that he, also like mourinho, has learnt from his mistakes. i've never been complacent. i did lose and i'm upset about that, but it is what it is and it wasn't complacency. when i say i lost, it was more to the point of it happens, it happened to me, so i have