Hello and welcome to sportsday. Good evening, well have Manchester Citys record breaking afternoon and details from todays other premier League Matches a bit later, but lets start injapan with the Rugby World Cup. Three matches today and the pick of todays Group Matches was a clash of the Southern Hemisphere heavyweights. The reigning champions new zealand against the 2 time winners south africa, the all blacks coming out on top, 23 points to 13. From yokohama, heres our Sports Correspondent Katie Gornall ra rely rarely assist trophy out of their grasp, new zealand and south africa have wa nted grasp, new zealand and south africa have wanted five times it would not be the world cup without this. But south africa had no trouble there, but in front of the post. This was a heavyweight battle, after 20 minutes, they ran through the south African Defence as few sites can. Minutes later they struck again, this time through the 1a points clearer by half time. They were in control but as soon
Hello and welcome to sportsday im james pearce, our headlines this evening off and running new zealand start the defence of their world cup title with a win against south africa. A late drop goald helps france survive a second half fightback by argentina to win by two points back with a bang. Manchester city respond to last weekends defeat by scoring eight against watford also coming up in the programme, ferraris sharl leclair is on pole for the third race in a row. Hell start tomorrows Singapore Grand Prix ahead of championship leader Lewis Hamilton. And a bit closer to home, ahead of the World Championships that start tomorrow, the worlds top paracyclists take to the yorkshire roads. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Good evening, well have all the news about Manchester Citys record breaking afternoon and the details from todays other premier League Matches a bit later, but lets start injapan with the Rugby World Cup. Of the days three games it was defending champions new zealand again
Miralem pjanic won it forjuventus with a low drive fromthe edge of the penalty area. The win takes the champions back to the top of the table, a point ahead of inter milan. In the nights other game, verona were held to a goalless draw by udinese. Both sides remain in the bottom half of the table. Barcelona are back to winning ways following their shock loss to granada at the weekend. They beat villareal 2 1 at home, but something of a pyrrhic victory as they lost lionel messi to injury on his first start of the season. The newly crowned fifa player of the year set up Antoine Griezmann for the opening goal but came off at halftime with a thigh injury. Arthur had put barca 2 0 up before a Santi Cazorla goal pulled a goal back for the visitors. So just a third league win in sixmatches so far this season. But that victory drags barca up to fourth, one point behind surprise package granada whose draw at Real Valladolid was enough to send them top. Real betis, meanwhile, beat levante 3 1 wit
Mostly dry and fine, but there are some showers to come here. They could be thundery, this band of rain follows a nd could be thundery, this band of rain follows and stretches across another and to the south east and following brighter skies, potentially, but more showers. There is concern that we could see up to 30 millimetres of line and localised flooding. Still warm, but not as warm as it has been. That way now across the stewards of scotland. It dries up free time i did, but it will stay relatively mild. Just a bit misty and murky first thing in the morning, and that we have the next round of rain in the south west of england, wales and northern ireland. Wednesday morning mist clears away and the rain, it should be a fairly decent day. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Labour promises free prescriptions for all as it tries to put policy back in the spotlight at a Party Conference overshadowed by internal rows. Thomas cook will hold emergency talks this morning as it attempts
Sounds a bit like home yes, more of that income, a combination of heavy snow and strong winds overnight. We will also be looking further afield where gita, a cyclone, is currently hitting tonga. Thanks. Also coming up. Thats cool scientists release the first video of a giant iceberg thats broken off the Antarctic Ice shelf its four times the size of london and weighs i trillion tonnes. Well be talking to a member of the British Antarctic survey. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. As though dealing with a sex scandal on its own wasnt bad enough now oxfam is facing claims of a cover up claims it denies. Senior officials from the charity are in emergency talks with the International Development secretary, to try to prevent government funding being cut, following the scandal involving some of its aid workers and prostitutes. Its claimed the charity failed to give full details of what happened in the wake of the devastating earthquake in haiti in 2010. All this as many do