In football you cant really dream of more or expect more. Then again, were just working on of more or expect more. Then again, werejust working on improving as of more or expect more. Then again, were just working on improving as a team, finding a style that suits us with the players we have and i think today we showed that we still need a bit of time. But that its coming. We are improving. We had our chances, but the 60 minutes we were playing well. Quite well. Then in the final view we did deposed, we hit the bar and our final decisions were slightly. 2 3 sucker punch in the game changes completely. That is the story of the game, there were lessons, mistakes and you lose games. Elsewhere, arsenal made a winning start to the new season. Pierre emerick aubameyang, who was the leagues joint top scorer last season scored the only goal of the game as the gunners won at newcastle. I think with that victory, because we tried to be offensive and defensive also. We controlled position and att
hello from the bbc sport centre. hello i m chetan pathak with your latest sports news we start at afcon the 34th edition of the africa cup of nations has reached the semi final stage with both matches on wednesday. the hosts ivory coast play the democratic republic of congo but before that it s the other heavyweights nigeria. who play south africa. and they ve been given a massive boost with striker victor osimhen declared fit to play who had been a doubt with an abdominal problem. it s a rematch of the 2000 afcon semi final which nigeria won and was the last time south africa reached the last four. this time their coach is hoping they can go one step further: i think for many people it was unexpected. but we did it, and that means that south africa became a good team. it s also more than 20 years ago that south africa played the semifinal, even more that we play the final. that means that we ve got a lot of motivation. meanwhile, ivory coast have never won the competit
newest talents making the headlines. india won the toss and chose to field, but it was england who had the early advantage. 19 year old debutant shoaib bashir removing india s captain rohit sharma one of two wickets for him. but his fellow opener, yashasvi jaiswal stuck around for a long, long time, unbeaten all day, closing on 179 not out. india will resume on saturday on 336 6. a good day for that man. it s been a very special. a good day for that man. it s been a very special, special a good day for that man. it s been a very special, special day a good day for that man. it s been a very special, special day for - a good day for that man. it s been a very special, special day for all - very special, special day for all that i ve been through in the last two or three years. it s made it even more special, so, yeah, to get rohit sharma out as well and my first wicket is incredible. a semifinal spot in the africa cup of nations is up for grabs right now as the democratic
important to mention that he has generally softened his stance in the last few years and on the campaign trail since he served as vice president in taiwan he has really espoused more of a pro status quo, the idea that he will inherit the foreign policy and domestic policy of the outgoing president and that suggests there will not be any radical change and we do not expect him to formally declare independence anytime soon. that said the question here is that china will believe that? policymakers in beijing are so incredibly wary of his intentions and they are also going to be smarting from the fact that this is the third consecutive victory by the dpp and so looking forward i think we can expect a lot of anxiety at least over the next few months or even years. let s talk a little about trade and what the consecutive succession under the dpp could mean for trade with china. that is an interesting dynamic to look at because as strained as the relations are under the dpp, econom
the programme. arsenal have kept the premier league title race alive, after they beat newcastle, 2 0, and, with it, closed in to within a point of leaders, manchester city. martin odegaard scored in the first half, and a fabian schar own goal wrapped up the victory. city have a game in hand, on top of their one point lead, as the gunners continue to fight for a first league title in 19 years. newcastle s defeat stalls their charge towards champions league football next season, as their lead over fifth placed liverpool remains three points. we have to continue we ve done for ten months, we have to keep digging every single day. the demands are incredibly high. we are doing what we have to do, when football matches again, performing really well, competing really well, and three games to go and we are still there. we have performed so well through the majority of the season, the players have been incredible for us, the consistency has been there, the attitude and mentality has b