with representatives of the league to discuss the potential breach of salary cap rules, which the times reports relates to links between the club and a now defunct company, worldwide image management. leicester are top of the premiership with ten wins from ten. 2018 champion rob cross has reached the last 16 of the pdc world darts sealing his win over daryl gurney with a 170 checkout. the finish of treble 20 treble 20 bullseye is a rarity in any context but cross hit them with what proved to be his final three darts of a tight third round match. it went to a deciding set with the 11th seed winning 4 3. anotherformer champion also went through in dramatic fashion. 2020 winner peter wright was two sets down to australia s damon heta. .. but switched back to an old set
with a 170 checkout. the finish of treble 20 treble and bullseye is a rarity in any context but cross hit them with what proved to be his final three darts of a tight third round match. it went to a deciding set with the 11th seed winning 4 3. anotherformer champion also went through in dramatic fashion. 2020 winner peter wright was two sets down to australia s damon heta but switched back to an old set of darts and immediately won four in a row to make the last 16. earlier, three time champion michael van gerwen was forced to withdraw after testing positive for covid 19. he was due to play chris dobey, who gets a bye into the last 16. fellow dutch players raymond van barneveld and vincent van der voort have also tested positive for coronavirus. and that s all the sport for now. the run up to the new year is going to be really exceptionally mild, near record breaking in fact.
british number two cameron norrie, is on the brink of becoming british number one after getting into his first atp masters quarter final. he ll play the 11th seed diego schwartzman at indian wells later, after beating the american tommy paul over three sets. it s norrie s 44th victory this year. earlier i asked our tennis correspondent russell fuller where this great run of form had come from? i think as well as being very fixed, there is a bit of extra heat on that serve and a bit more weight on the ground shots that are making him a trickier customer to handle on the atv tour. and confidence is a large part of it as well. when you won your phrase title that was in the sky in mexico under three months ago and you ve been able to compete regularly at the third round stage of the grand slam and you ve been in for other finals this year we should
action at the us open in new york. injust her second grand slam, she s up against the olympic champion and 11th seed belinda bencic for a place in the semi finals. five live commentator david law is with us. raducanu started a little nervously. dropping serve early on, but she fought back. then she broke again and was able to serve out for the first set. six games three, and i can tell you right now on court, raducanu is leading by five games to four against belinda bencic. 40 30 21. we have david law. she could potentially wrap this up. this is a
that s the papers, good night. good evening, i m mimi fawaz, and this is your sports news. british teenager emma raducanu continued herfairy tale run at the us open by reaching the semi finals with a dominant straight set win over 11th seed belinda bencic. the 18 year old has now won eight matches in a row, including the qualifiers, without dropping a set. samira hussein was watching at flushing meadows. the moment the dream got even bigger for british tennis sensation emma raducanu. the teenager, who came through qualifying here, nowjust a match away from earning a place in the us open final. today, she needed to get past belinda bencic, last month s olympic champion, who started the strongest,