wickets for the black caps. elswhere, india beat afghanistan by six wickets; whilst sri lanka saw off zimbabwe by three wickets. let s head to alexendra palace now, where we re well under way in the final of snooker s masters. ronnie 0 sullivan, looking for an eighth title, is taking on ali carter, who s playing in his second masters final. 0 sullivan hoping to become the oldest winner in this competition. these are the live pictures now of the evening s session. it is very much under way, but it s carter leading 5 3 in the best of 19 frame final. earlier, in the first session, 0 sullivan, who is chasing that record extending eighth title, and carter both made century breaks as they shared the first four frames. carter then enjoyed a sublime run of i22, and won two of the next three frames to establish an advantage. world number one 0 sullivan, who won the uk championship
a perching half time at old trafford. the africa cup of nations got under way yesterday today it s mohamed salah s egypt in action against mozambique. egypt are looking for a record extending eighth title, and their first since 2015. that game kicked off around 20 minutes ago and it s1 0 to egypt mohammed mustafa with the opening goal. in the day s opening game, nigeria were held to a 1 1 draw against equatorial guinea with the african player of the year, victor osimhen, scoring for nigeria. ghana get their tounament under way against cape verde in the late game. at the asian cup, tournament favourites japan came from behind to beat vietnam 11 2 in their group d opener. vietnam, very much the underdogs, took a 2 1 first half lead when pham tuan hai took advantage of a mistake by japanese goalkeeper zion suzuki. however, japan were able to turn things around with this goal
would prove the catalyst for a revision of rules on england starts playing for the club rugby overseas. if he makes this move he would be the most high profile player to swap the most high profile player to swap the partnership for the top 1a, what is pushing him towards this move? there is no salary cap in france so the earning potential over there could be huge. he would be following the likes of british and irish sam simmonds who moved from exeter chiefs to a french team and one player whose left club irish. brass and have a statement within the last week saying no deal has been agreed yet but they have not denied interest in 0wen farrell or talks have taken place yet. we had the excitement of the climax to the darts at alexandra palace last week, now it s the turn of the snooker. the top 16 players in the world are hoping this sunday ends with them being crowned masters champion. ronnie 0 sullivan, hoping for a record extending eighth title, was up against his old foe
having a good run at wimbledon. we are so familiar with that particular story storyline. he is trying to win his eighth title. the 24th grand slam and he is warming up on centre court at the moment. we can show you some live pictures which i can t keep my eye across at the moment, but you are seeing those on the screen as we speak. he is playing pedro kashin of argentina, a man who was only played one match on grass going into this game, but novak djokovic, my goodness me, formidable of course on the surface. on the turf. you have to go back a decade since he last lost on centre court, and he has looked calm and at ease. in the french open he looked quite stressed and others, but here he looks comparable and is in a favourable side of the draw. not a lot of challenges. you will see jannik sinner later, who took on very close in last year s quarterfinals, winning the first two sets against djokovic. we have the
it is time now to catch up with all the sport. we start with snooker. we are into the quarterfinals of the tournament and the headlines were dominated by ronnie o sullivan who is going for a record eighth title. he was taking on luca bracco. and the belgian took the first frame but ronnie o sullivan responded to lead at the end of the first session. mark allen has fought back from 3 1 down againstjakjones to put the score level at 4 1; at the interval. the afternoon session has just got under way withjohn higgins taking