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No quarter asked or given its crunch time for the remaining home nations at the world cup. If anyone can beat the all blacks, its ireland, but can they repeat the heroics of dublin last year . And therell be a timely reminder of the fight against racism the premier league this weekend. Also coming up in the programme and a former World Champion and team mate of Lewis Hamilton, we talk formula one with jenson button. Evening. Weve had the International Break in football, five days without any rugby at the world cup, but what a weekend weve got coming up. Lets start injapan because this time tomorrow, well know our first semi finalists at the world cup. Ireland against new zealand should be special, but first up, england renew their rivalry with the australia. Heres our Sports Editor dan roan. Yes, welcome to a 40,000 seater capacity arena where england will ta ke capacity arena where england will take on australia in the quarterfinal of the world cup tomorrow. Earlier on, we heard from scrum half ben youngs. He is one of four members of this england squad who spirits the pain of crashing out of the 2011 world cup against french in the quarterfinals. England also failed in the last world cup in 2015 and he made clearjust how much he wa nts to and he made clearjust how much he wants to make up for those feelings when he spoke to us earlier. Everyone thats involved in the quarterfinal, you know, its all this preparation. You are not going to go out there and except whatevers been thrown your way. Youre going to fight right to the end, and weve got some boys in this tea m end, and weve got some boys in this team who dont know when their beat, and im sure it goes without saying, that will fight to the very end. Australia knocked england out of the 2015 world cup at twickenham, of course, but since then eddiejones and his side of seeing a fine run of forming as their archrivals, six wins out of six, so they should be full of coffins going into this huge occasion. If england win, it will be their first occasion. If england win, it will be theirfirst win in occasion. If england win, it will be their first win in some seven years full their first win in some seven years full of confidence. Earlier on, we spoke to england cosmic assistant coach, and this is how he sees the crucial factors in this coach, and this is how he sees the crucialfactors in this big against australia. A lot of the guys in the australia. A lot of the guys in the australia side, they are. In a te st australia side, they are. In a test match, there is additional pressure, and there will be lots of pressure, and there will be lots of pressure in this one. Ultimately, and of the day, its about getting her chance to create pressure as well, so really it will come down to hand handles those big moments, those situations, better. England have an extended period of rest because their last match of the group stage against france was called off because of the typhoon here injapan, so its been almost two weeks since they last played that game against argentina. They managed to qualify through the knockout stages without ever really hitting top performance. They have brought in henry slate into that back division, showing the form they showed during their Six Nations Campaign but now they know its all or nothing. If they beat australia, they will be through to the semifinals, where they will play either ireland or new zealand. And if they lose, they will be going home. An awful amount of work has gone into this moment, a defining moment for this england side, and eddiejones he moment for this england side, and eddie jones he has moment for this england side, and eddiejones he has been contracted to 22 new one, but the feeling is if they fail tomorrow, it will be the end of his era. 0ur Sports Editor dan roan there. England against australia will be live on 5 live tomorrow morning and thats followed by ireland against the World Champions new zealand. The irish will be looking to replicate the formula that famously saw them beat the all blacks in dublin last year. 0ur Sports Correspondent andy swiss is in tokyo. It is the ultimate test. Ireland cosmic place preparing to face the all blacks once more and hoping they can turn back the clock. Just a year ago, ireland seemed real world cup contenders after a stunning six nations grand slam and a memorable win over new zealand in dublin. Since then, though, therefore has stuttered and they know only a return to their best will give them any chance. I think the unfortunate thing about any 23 that comes because the all blacks is they can play very well and still not get the result, thats the quality of the all blacks havent. Thats the athletes they possess. 0n of the things is they have connected, they have has a producer that slow experiences together. New zealand, though, have looked in ominous form. They have not lost it world cup match for some 12 years but after defeat in two of their last three games against ireland, they know they can have no room for complacency. The irish are a good site as well, a really good side. Perhaps they have not played to their potential in this world, but ina their potential in this world, but in a world cup game, a final game, it is only through turns up on the day. As well as the all blacks, ireland are also up against history here. Remember, theyve never been beyond the quarterfinal of a world cup. If theyre going to end that long wait, theyre going to have to do it the hard way. Andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo. So those are the first of the quarterfinals, then weve got the other two on sunday. Austin halewood is here to look at those. Austin, some good news for wales. Absolutely. Wales fans wouldve been delighted when they woke up this morning, 0lly, and saw the team to face france. Warren gatland has brought back the big guns and it starts in midfield with his strongest Centre Partnership ofjonathan davies and hadleigh parkes. Theyve both got over their injuries ready to bring plenty of power and experience to the side. But the best news came at fly half because this man, dan biggar, is back in the 10 jersey, despite suffering a concussion against fiji just 9 days ago. The french head coach Jacques Brunel said he wouldnt have been allowed to play under french rules, but biggar is in the team. So far in 2019, hes scored 76 points with a kicking accuracy of 88 . But this is why hes so crucial for wales because hes such a strong presence at fly half. He averages 6 meters with every carry and he makes 88 of his tackles. When he plays, wales are a much stronger unit in attack and defence. And after recent wins over france, coach Warren Gatland and his team have plenty of confidence. We have had a great record against them. Idig we have had a great record against them. I dig we have won seven of the la st them. I dig we have won seven of the last eight games, and the one that we lost was the hundred in the game in paris, where the score in the la st in paris, where the score in the last minute. Even in saying that, they have always been close, close games, and we are going in with a lot of belief, a lot of self confidence. So wales are confident, 0lly, but france have a strong pedigree at world cups so expect a close one. If we take off our home nations blinkers, austin, the story of the world cup has been the hosts. An andi and i assumejapan is going to grind toa and i assumejapan is going to grind to a halt further quarterfinal, arent they . I think for every neutral rugby fan out there, theyre all asking the same question. How long can this fairytale go on for . Traditionally, the people ofjapan are obsessed with football, baseball and sumo wrestling. But right now, its rugby thats creating scenes like this across the country. This was the reaction to japan beating scotland the most watched Television Event of the year in the country, which peaked at more than 60 million. But the team are in Uncharted Waters now. Theyve never reached the knockout stage before. And theyre about to face one of rugbys super powers as well in the springboks. Butjapan come into the game on the crest of a wave, and a lot of that is thanks to this man kotaro matsushima. After scoring a hat trick in the opening game, hes gone on to score 5 tries in the pool stages, making 350 meters, 11 clean breaks and hes beaten 22 defenders. And as well as him, japan crucially have history over south africa. These were the scenes four years ago in brighton, when they shocked the rugby world by beating the springboks. Plenty of the players on that day are in the team again now. A whole nation will be hoping for lightning to strike twice. Michael leitch was captain on that day and hell lead the team once again. Four years ago, japan had not won a world cup test match in Something Like 20 years. Its a mentality going into the world cup. We managed to win three. Now the Team Mentality is different. We go into test match is different. We go into test match is thinking we can win, believing we can win. If we do ourjobs properly. So japan are confident about the game this time around. Thats the last of the quarter finals on sunday. You can listen to full commentary of all four on radio 5 live. Full commentary. That is my weekend sorted. What a weekend coming up, thanks very much indeed, Austin Halewood there. Lets have a quick look at some of the days headlines. The british number 0nejohanna konta wont play again this season. Shes had a knee problem and has decided to focus on rehabilitation in time for the start of the 2020 calendar. One of the stars of the nfl, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes, looks set to be sidelined for a number of weeks. He dislocated a kneecap during their win against the broncos. Next weekends el clasico between barcelona and real madrid has been postponed because of fears of civil unrest. There have been several days of protest in barcelona. Barcelona suggested december 18 after both teens rejected a move of the match to madrid. Going to stay with football. Bulgaria head coach Krasimir Balakov has resigned in the wake of mondays euro qualifying defeat to england in sofia. Englands black players were targetted with racist abuse during the match, but the Bulgarian Football Union say that balakov has stood down because of unsatisfactory results. They lost 6 0 on monday. The england players are back at their clubs as the premier league returns, as does the timely return of their no room for racism campaign, with fans at every club urged to report any type of discrimination that they might witness at matches. There is room for every kind of emotion. But theres never room. For racism. Theres no room for racism. In the premier league or anywhere else. If you see it, report it. That is the message from the premier league, that you will see across this weekend and next week as well. The antiracism initiative. Shola ameobi, who sits on the premier League Advisory committee behind this, is with me. We have had lots of these initiatives. It was show racism the red card for many years, now we have no room for racism. Do you think they are actually working . I think they have done a heck of a lot over the past ten or so years in raising awareness of these issues and helping people to educate, to educate society, as to what is going on stub but i think, for me, obviously talking about advisory group, that has been started by the premier league. Its about tackling theseissues premier league. Its about tackling these issues had on, and i think obviously, coming off the back of what was a tumultuous week in terms of the england team and what they experienced in bulgaria, these are issues that really need to be looked at. Its incredible timely, isnt it given that racism is at the forefront of our thoughts of what happened monday night and sophia . What was your reaction to that . Yeah, it took me back to 2001, where i experienced it with the england team, the under 21 team. Through the game, we experienced monkey chance. And back then, it was a real shock. Looking back, was everything really done about it . No. I think this time around, ithink done about it . No. I think this time around, i think its a real chance for us to really take stock, as a sport, and also in a Wider Society that, listen, you see the diversity not just that, listen, you see the diversity notjust in the game but around the country, around europe, and it should be socially unacceptable that this is going on and i think its really important that we use this pinch point you really stress the issue. Obviously in the last decade, social media has exploded as well, which is a great tool for players to connect with defence but a couple of people arrested when youre racially abused to social media, what was that commit six, seven years ago Something Like that . That needs to be policed better as well. For sure. This is what we discussed at the start of the week, actually, how is the premier league and those sort of groups fighting so hard, how we put pressure on these social media, to ta ke pressure on these social media, to take action, and i think thats the issue for me. If we can get society asa issue for me. If we can get society as a whole actually standing up and talking about it, but not only talk about it, it is too easy for people to be discriminatory against each other, and if we can stop that from happening, i think in a wider sense, it will have a huge impact on the cases that are being reported. I think if you look throughout history, all the changes that have happened, you know, they have not been easy. They have come at a cost of people standing up and taking action, and i think talking about raheem and everything that he has stood up for in the past year, i think its really important. I think there is a voice for premier League Players come and i should permitting players, all the legs and not just premier League Players. We need to do more, and it actually comes back to being a collective. Shola ameobi there, speaking to me earlier today. Liverpool can equal the best start to a premier League Season with a ninth victory in a row. That would match chelseas run back in 2005. Of course, Manchester United will be doing all in their power to stop them doing it at old trafford sunday, although united have made their worst start to a season for 30 years. I dont think there are a lot of teams who would love to play against us teams who would love to play against us at the moment. It looks like man united is the only one who wants us, wa nts to united is the only one who wants us, wants to play us, and we are to make sure that is a misunderstanding. But its just normal i would say, i would do the same. I would do exactly the same. It would be the other way around. This is the game we can change the world. That is exactly how i would prepare it, and i should only do that, and i can see that. I have nothing to do with that. It really is the pick of the fixtures across the weekend. Lets get more on the match now from former Manchester United midfielderjonathan greening. I spoke to him in the last half an hour or so about uniteds chances against the league leaders. Liverpool, at the moment, are playing some unbelievable stuff. They came with a real swagger. They were. They came with a real swagger. They were. If they win on sunday, they get the record. United, lots of injuries, low confidence, and they cannot seem to buy a win. Two wins since the start of the season in the premier league. They need to turn that around and sunday, not a better time. A massive game against liverpool at old trafford to turn it around. Can you put a finger on what is going wrong . The honeymoon period of 0le Gunnar Solskjaer is well and truly over. How does he turn it around . He talked about it at his press c0 nfe re nce around . He talked about it at his press conference today, about trying to great a culture and environment, but to build that is going to, he is going to have to produce some results because, you dont get the time. He needs to start winning games. Most important, you need to circuiting better performances. The fa ns circuiting better performances. The fans need to be patient. Talks about getting more transfer windows to create a squat he is trying to, young, hungry players, want to play for the short and notjust for money. Given time, i think there was a stat today that. Give him time, hopefully he can turnings around. Jonathan greening there,. You can hear more from jonathan on five life seven. Transgender track cyclist Rachel Mckinnon is competing at the masters World Championships in manchester today, she set a world record for her age category in the 200 metre sprint. The 37 year old canadian is the defending champion in the womens sprint race but she has also had to defend her right to compete in womens sport. Shes been speaking to our sports news correspondent alex capstick. It is important to remember that i am female. I am legally female. I am legally a woman. To say that people are worried about protecting women orfemale sport, from are worried about protecting women or female sport, from someone who is also a woman and female, is itself already a contradiction. Every elite athlete, their body is suited to the sport that they have found. And it just took me 36 years to find that sport. So every athlete has physical advantages, every athlete. And we are all trying to exploit them. To single out a trans woman, especially when i lose most of my races, is itself a little unfair. You have ambitions to compete at the x. Is that realistic . I think it was until this past year. The progress i was making stalled with a crash last july. I am making stalled with a crash last july. Iam hopeful that making stalled with a crash last july. I am hopeful that i am at least. At least one trans person will be the first ever into the 0lympics at tokyo. Victoria hood is a former masters track cycling champion. She is one of those against mckinnon competing in womens sport. It brings us back to the whole debate of, is it fair . And i think the science the science is clear. It tells us trans women have an advantage, and the rearward record has just been advantage, and the rearward record hasjust been broken advantage, and the rearward record has just been broken today by some buddy born male who now identifies as female, and the gap between them and the next born female competitor was quite a lot. Formula one is heading to mexico next weekend. Thats where Lewis Hamilton won his fifth world title last year, and he can make it a sixth in mexico city with three races to spare. The 2009 World Champion jenson buttonjoined me earlier. He was team mates for three years with hamilton at mclaren. I asked him whether hamilton was the champion that formula 1 needed. Definitely an interesting character, and we all went interesting characters in the sport. Yeah, i think so. You can read into interesting a few different ways. |j love interesting characters. They are not straightforward guys. Theyre quirky in their own ways. We are all quirky. We all have strengths and weaknesses, and that is what gets people behind them. The results speak for themselves, but the individuals, who they are, that is what people get interested by. With the new management of formula 1. With the new management of formula 1, they are starting to open the doors to the drum is a bit more, and we are seeing the personalities come through. Thereve also been shows about formula 1. Youve got two young kids, 19, great personality, and then take you bring something for the british fans to get behind, as well as Lewis Hamilton. Yes, there are a lot of personalities them and we are seeing more and more of it. It is notjust the scripted interviews post race. All sports have a social responsibility. Can it make improvements, formula 1, or is it impossible . There are always improvements. Formula 1 is a great place for technology and for improving technology. A lot of the technology that is used in f1 will be used in road cars. There improving all the time, so, no, it is probably not as green as other sports. Jenson button there. We are staying with motorsport and our next story. People with autism face challenges in everyday life but in rochdale, theyve discovered that go karting can be a big help. And the man behind it has a personal reason for being involved. The moment you put that helmet on, it isa the moment you put that helmet on, it is a sense of calm, a sense of relief. I am sandra to anyone who is watching, and i am autistic. My little eight year old brain thought, there is something wrong with me. Really, there was nothing wrong with me at all and i came to discover that. Autism is different for everybody, but essentially it is a social disorder. People with autism have a superpower. For me, it is motorsport. I am practically driving a car, really. He was diagnosed at the age of three, it was like our world had ended. We drove in the car, sobbing in the car. And then honestly come as time goes on, you see him progress in the areas he said he would never progress in. Its quite an unbelievable achievement. Makes you very proud. Carting is quite a good outlet for me because i have power over something way bigger than me. The co nsta nt something way bigger than me. The constant repetition of his quite good because nothing really changes. The speed of it is quite common anyway, because your consulate going break, accelerate, turn, and you have all these different reference points. It is soothing. Motorsport is not like most team sports. It is just you as the driver. If you are playing a football game, there is 11 other players on the pitch, got to rely on each other socially, communicant with each other. You dont necessarily have to do that with motorsport, which is wide works out so autistic people. I have no doubt that, without motorsport, i would not be where i am. I am 32 now. When i was 21, i had a business. There is absolutely nothing wrong with autism, honestly. Express what you want to express. A future World Champion right there, may be. Andy murray is an action in the quarterfinal of the european openin the quarterfinal of the european open in antwerp. Taking on the romanian qualifier. Marines looking to make it into the semifinal in the Civil Service for the first time this season after his second hip operation also is going his way. Murray is looking to make it into a semifinal in the singles cup edition. That is just about it. Dont forget, follow the world cup action. First up, england and australia tomorrow morning. Whatever sport you are following, from all of us at sportsday can have a great weekend. Hello. There are some heavy showers out there this evening, perhaps a rumble of thunder. As low pressure moves rumble of thunder. As low pressure m oves a cross rumble of thunder. As low pressure moves across the uk, we continue with clear spells and some showers around overnight. More cloud in scotland. Rather than showers, around overnight. More cloud in scotland. Ratherthan showers, its an area of her rain heading further southwards. Temperatures dipping into single figures. Winds have been late overnight. 0nto the start of the weekend, a little cloud and rain and scotland pushing into parts of northern england. A few showers heading through northern ireland. South of that, sunny fewer showers. A contrast and how things feel across the uk. South of this area of cloud and rain, there is a south westerly wind. North of it is a northerly, so it is feeling colder. Where you have the south westerly and sunny spells, temperatures in the mid teens. Fewer showers on sunday. Its goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs this is bbc news. The headlines a race against time as the Prime Minister tries to rally enough support ahead of tomorrows crucial vote on his brexit deal. What matters is mps coming together across the house tomorrow to get this thing done. The vote tomorrow afternoon is looking extremely close. The government hopes to persuade backbench conservatives and some labour mps too. What i hear on the ground and what i see on the telly, people getting interviewed, it is time they get on with it. It is a very difficult decision, it is one each one of us will make, thinking very