but the gap to pogacar is 45 seconds and likely to increase between now and the finish in rome in three weeks time. nick parrott, bbc news. not long until the olympics in paris this summer, so it bodes well that britain have just won team silver in the women s european gymnastics championships. they lost to italy, who took gold in front of their home crowd in rimini. earlier, i spoke to olympic bronze medalist beth tweddle and began by asking how positive the silver was in the lead up to this summer s games? it is a huge positive result. the team will be really pleased with that. we had a mixture of experience and a mixture of youth, and they all handled the pressure. yes, we can t have asked any more of that team today. obviously it was a team result, but looking at individual performances, we have got to single out a number of people, becky downie, and also alice kinsella as well. becky downie, obviously disappointed after yesterday s competition she went for a more diff
united also netted four as they made sure the misery continues for crystal palace. lewis hamilton takes big strides towards a fourth world championship title. he ll be on pole in sepang with nearest rival sebastian vettel at the back of the grid. also coming up in the programme northern ireland sjonathan rea makes history becoming the first man to win three consecutive world superbikes championships. welcome to the programme. the pundits are simply sunning out of superlatives to describe harry kane. the tottenham striker ends september with 13 goals in a week in which he scored the perfect hat trick in the champions league. he netted just the two against huddersfield in the early kick off, as the newly promoted side got a reality check of life in england s top flight, losing 4 0 to a rampant spurs. kat downes reports. harry kane is proof, if it were needed, that in sport hard work and dedication arejust as needed, that in sport hard work and dedication are just as important
as the blues beat bournemouth in the premier league. and hull fc beat wigan at wembley to retain rugby league s challenge cup. also coming up in the programme sarah hunter says their best is yet to come, but will england s best be enough to beat the world s best in the women s rugby world cup final? and lewis hamilton equals michael schumacher‘s record of pole positions ahead of the belgian grand prix. good evening. we ll start with the day s football. manchester united versus leicester city in the late kick off at old trafford. it was a 2 0 win over leicester city. that maintained their 100% start the season. jose mourinho will be delighted. yes, you don t want to get carried away after three games. i picked them as my favourites for the premier league title. ten goals in three games. none conceded. they we re in three games. none conceded. they were dominant today against leicester city. let s see the goals. a missed penalty as well. manchester united are looking partic
hello. we begin in northern syria. that s where turkey has shelled kurdish fighters. ankara wants fighters from the y.p.g. group to withdraw from areas. the allies refuse to give up their gains. our correspondent has more from the turkey-syria border. reporter: the battle for the northern corridor. opposition groups are holding out. the government s ground forces are just a few kilometers away and the kurdish armed group the y.p.g. is approaching from the east. turkey stepped in. for a second day it shelled positions of the y.p.g. and allies causing casualties. it is an attempt to force it to retreat from territories close to the border. translation: the y.p.g. will immediately withdraw from azaz and the surrounding area and will not go close to it again. it will not attempt to shut that corridor ever again. it will not have delusions of using the base to attack the opposition. reporter: over recent days the y.p.g. and its allies captured ground from syrian armed groupe
and criticizes the country s rich elite. plus. reporter: i am phil lavelle in london where it is british film s big night. it s the bafta s 2016. and i have all the day s sports, leicester city s unlikely push to win the english premier league has suffered a setback. they have been beaten 2-1 by title rivals arsenal. who are now just two points off the top. hello. the turkish prime minister has told the german chancellor angela merkel his country will continue to strike back at kurdish fighters in northern syria. turkey wants the syrian-kurdish y.p.g. fighter to withdraw in areas they have captured in northern aleppo. but the y.p.g., who have the support of the u.s., are refuse to go give up their gains and say they will push back any advance from isil. the syrian government has now called on the u.n. security council to intervene and stop turkey shelling from northern syria. al jazeera s zeina khodr reports from the turkey-syria border. reporter: the battle for s