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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  September 12, 2023 12:45am-1:01am BST

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paul pogba is provisionally suspended from football due to an anti—doping offence. wales get a much—needed win over latvia to keep their hopes alive in their euro 2024 qualifying campaign. back to the top, as novak djokovic returns to world number one in the tennis rankings after his historic win at the us open. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with the news that one of the biggest names in world football, paul pogba, has been provisionally suspended from playing football due to an anti—doping offence. italy's national anti—doping tribunal said pogba returned a test with elevated levels of testosterone after his
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juventus side won 3—0 at udinese late last month. the france international was an unused substitute but was selected at random for post—match drug testing. if found guilty of doping, he could face a ban of between two and four years. in a statement, his club confirmed the news, saying... moving on, and another round of euro 2024 qualifiers have been completed. in group d, croatia beat armenia 1—0 to move top of the table on goal difference, just ahead of turkey with both on ten points — with wales in fourth, just three points behind.
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in groupj, portugal looking very comfortable at the top of the group, after thrashing luxembourg at home 9—0, which was their biggest ever win in a competitive game. second—placed slovakia beat liechtenstein 3—0. iceland beat bosnia—herzegovina i—o. wales got their qualifying campaign back on track with a 2—0 win away to latvia. after winning only one of their previous 13 games, wales desperately needed three points, and when harry wilson was fouled in the area after half an hour, it was captain aaron ramsey that put them in front. wales missed a host of chances in the second half and had to wait until the 96th minute for david brookes to make sure of the victory and ease the pressure on manager rob page. and germany, who are the hosts of the tournament — which takes place next year — are going through an uncertain time, just nine months before the tournament kicks—off. they sacked their coach hansi flick after losing 4—1 to japan at home in a friendly.
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he's the first manager in the country's history to be sacked. efforts are being made to find a replacement as soon as possible, with several big names being linked to the job. they will approach julian naglesmann, the former bayern coach, who's right now out of a job, and matthias sammer, who hasn't had a full—time coaching position in over 15 years but who was the sporting director of the football association, who is regarded as one of the greatest football minds in germany. if naglesmann is really interested in the job, we don't know, maybe on a one—year deal, just coaching a team at the euros and then leaving again, because he wants to pursue a career at the club level. but, yeah, that's up in the air. well, scotland have the distraction on tuesday of the "not—so—friendly" against their old enemy england. hampden will host the 150th anniversary heritage match, marking the very first international fixture
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which took place between the two sides in 1872. in their 115 meetings, scotland have generally been the underdogs, but they are the in—form team after england could only manage a draw against ukraine at the weekend. our sports correspondent katie gornall is at hampden. there is an awful lot of excitement and optimism surrounding scotland here at hampden park — and with good reason. scotland, as we've been hearing, are in fantastic form at the moment. they've risen 20 places in the world rankings to 30th under steve clarke. they've beaten the likes of spain and norway in european qualifying, and they could even qualify for the euros tomorrow night — that's if norway and georgia ends in a draw in oslo. but right now, all that is occupying the mind of steve clarke is that challenge of england. and he says that match will be the perfect barometer for how far his side have progressed. obviously, we played well in cyprus. we had a good, comfortable evening. and now we see what we can do
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against a team that's nominally a pot1 team, always in the later stages of major tournaments. that's the benchmark we want to judge ourselves against and we'll find out tomorrow night how close we are. meanwhile, england travel here to glasgow off the back of that 1—1 draw with ukraine in that boisterous atmosphere in poland. now, gareth southgate admitted in the aftermath of that match that his side weren't quite at their best, that they didn't click in attack. so he was asked earlier here what his approach would be for this game against scotland, given that it's a friendly, and he said this wasn't the sort of occasion where you tinker too much with the team. we can't fiddle around with the team, because we're playing a top—level side who are going to be at full tilt and giving us a really high—level challenge. so you can't overly experiment because that would be ridiculous. now, england have a decent record against scotland, but they know they're going to have to overcome a hostile atmosphere here at hampden park if they're
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to come out on top against steve clarke's side. scotland, meanwhile, are hoping to beat england for the first time this century. it may be a friendly, but this is a celebration of football's oldest rivalry and a rivalry that's still as intense as ever. a spanish high courtjudge has opened an investigation into former spanish football federation president luis rubiales. spain forward jenni hermoso filed a legal complaint last week over rubiales kissing her on the lips following her country's women's world cup final win. hermoso said the kiss was not consensual, while rubiales claimed it was "mutual" and "consensual". he's resigned as spanish fa president following weeks of criticism. england and bayern munich midfielder georgia stanway says she hopes more changes are on the way. we don't want this to be the end of something, we want this to be the beginning of something. so everybody�*s fought... and we've fought as a women's football group, we've fought as players, we've fought as staff, we've fought as journalists for the outcome
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to be what it is, and obviously the outcome is what we want, but at the same time, we want this to be the start of something rather than the end of something. we want to continue to be able to have these conversations, feel comfortable to have these conversations, feel comfortable in your workplace to be able to stand up for whatever you think�*s right, and i think that's where we are so good in the women's game, is the fact that, together, we are so much more powerful and, together, we can make change and this can be the start of something going forward where we can be united as a team to continue to push for what's right. tennis, and at the age of 36, novak djokovic is back to the top of the tennis rankings. he defeated daniil medvedev to win the us open and a 24th men's grand slam title, equalling margaret court's 50—year record. the serb won a record—equalling 24th grand slam singles title with victory in the us open final in new york on sunday. he has no immediate retirement plans and shows no signs of slowing down.
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the win puts him back at the summit of the men's rankings, a place he's so used to occupying, jumping back above carlos alcaraz. three—time grand slam winner andy murray — who's known djokovic since they were children — said he doesn't think the world number one is finished just yet. novak�*s been an incredible player for a very long time, and like roger and rafa, it's the longevity, how long they've all been able to do that for. and obviously novak, his longevity has been the greatest, i think, of them. he's played at this level for such a long time now that, yeah, it's up to the young guys to be pushing him and to be looking to overtake him. i don't think he's going to stop at 2a, but you never know how long it will last. whether it is the sickly, motivation —— physically. but
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to do what novak is doing on a consistent basis, it's different. it's not the same as doing it for 15, 20 weeks a year. novak is doing it every time he steps on the court, and i do think that alcaraz will soon get to that level, but, yeah, i don't think this is going to be the last time that novak wins a grand slam. to golf, and with less than two weeks to go before the start of the ryder cup, europe captain luke donald has gathered his 12—man team toghether for a training session in rome. donald has the in—form viktor hovland and up—and—coming star ludvig aberg at his disposal but says it will be a very even contest. we have three of the top four in the world, we have some young guys that are trying to make their mark, ludvig and nikolai, and i think the future for them is bright, and we have a lot of other major champions.
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shane lowry, justin rose, fitzpatrick — it goes on and on. so we have very strong team and we know we are up against it with the us, they are strong as well, that i am very happy with my 12. just enough time to recap our top story — juventus midfielder paul pogba has been provisionally suspended from playing because of an anti—doping offence. you can get all the latest sports news at the bbc sport app orfrom our sport website. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, thanks forjoining us. goodbye. hello. 0ur unprecedented run of september days over 30 degrees did not continue into monday. that said, parts of the south and the east were still quite warm and humid — 27 celsius in suffolk. for tuesday, the process
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of things turning cooler and fresher does continue for most of us, although some warmth and humidity will hold on down towards the south. this humid air really quite stubborn, quite slow to clear, whereas fresher conditions are now filtering in across scotland and northern ireland. morning temperatures of around two or three degrees in parts of the highlands, whereas further south, 1a, 15, 16 degrees in that humid air. through tuesday for scotland and for northern ireland, we will see lots of sunshine and just a few mostly light showers. but for parts of northern england, particularly yorkshire and lincolnshire and down into the midlands, we will have a lot of cloud, we'll have some outbreaks of rain continuing for a good part of the day, and then for east anglia and the south—east in that humid air, we've got the chance for some big thunderstorms to pop up. 23 or 2a degrees down towards the south—east. further north, though, just 15 for aberdeen, 17 there in belfast.
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that cooler, fresher air continuing to work its way in, and that process continues into tuesday night. still some cloud and rain across parts of eastern england, but clear spells elsewhere, one or two mist patches. and temperatures for some spots in the highlands, i think we'll get very close to freezing. there could be a touch of frost in places still, though, 15 or 16 in some coastal parts of eastern england. now for wednesday, high pressure temporarily, at least, builds its way in across the uk. so wednesday, probably one of the driest and brightest days of the week. there will be some spells of sunshine, but our next weather system looks set to bring cloud and rain and strengthening winds too into northern ireland and western scotland later in the day. fresher conditions even getting down into the south—east at this stage, 21 there for london. now, a lot of uncertainty in the forecast by thursday, there will be a weather front pushing southwards. but the exact timing, the exact progress of that frontal system is still open to question. to the south of it, something warmer developing again, 2a degrees. further north and west, we are in the cool fresh air. as we look towards the end of the week, it's quite changeable.
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some rain at times and still signs of something relatively warm in the south.
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welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji.
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