beating lebanon. but the lebanese are on the crest of a wave, above england in their group after a stunning win over france last weekend, which even surprised ahead coach. the problem with our team given they're not all professional, or not used to playing 80 minutes and having to concentrate for 80 minutes, i thought the tough part was going to be the last ten minutes but they talk about the lebanese spirit and passion and it shone through. a great story. the former new zealand international robbie hunter—paul is part of the bbc punditry team and hejoins me now. was its pricing for you how easy it was in the end? —— it surprising. scotla nd was in the end? —— it surprising. scotland got unlucky, on the back end of a heavy defeat against tonga last week, they came up against a white hot new zealand team. new zealand are proving a point at the moment, some teams have gone to other nations, they are saying they don't need those players and they are good enough. which leads us on to talk about lebanon, what a story, we associate cities like brisbane with rugby league but not

fans. what have you made of it so far? some good stories. new zealand going out, lebanon doing really well. they were com pletely lebanon doing really well. they were completely unknown before this tournament. what do you think of it? a huge talking point has been new zealand dropping out. i think it was the first time in decades that new zealand haven't made a major semifinal. fiji won that game. they play australia, which will be a tough game for them. fantastic scenes watching fiji celebrate and their national song in the changing room after that big result. look at next week for the semifinals. tonga and their version of the haka. there will be 20 30,000 tongans in the crowd. they will not be many england shirts. a big test for england. the world cup is going great. we are in the semifinals. hopefully more to come. john, thank you for coming in. sleep well! what is the difference between their haka and the new zealand haka ? between their haka and the new zealand haka? i don't know. from outside, it looks like the tongans doa outside, it looks like the tongans do a lot more kneeli

to bounce back from their opening game defeat against australia by beating lebanon. scotla nd scotland are bottom of their pool having already lost against tonga in their opening match. after the scotland game, england are back in action at 9am uk time, and they'll be hoping to bounce back from their opening game defeat against australia by beating lebanon. but the lebanese are on the crest of a wave, above england in their group after a stunning win over france last weekend, which even surprised ahead coach. the problem with our team given they're not all professional, or not used to playing 80 minutes and having to concentrate for 80 minutes, i thought the tough part was going to be the last ten minutes but they talk about the lebanese spirit and passion and it shone through. the ashes tour is under way, not the first test but the warmup is out of the way and you want to get your bad moments out of the way first. it's not been the best start to an ashes tour for england's former captain alistair cook because he was out for a duck second ball in the warm—up match against a

mountain is in lebanon or georgia or something. you have the best instructors, you learn how to snowboard here and when you go into any mountain from the alps to colorado, it's simple. the younger generation's actually crazy here in dubai. they're crazy when it comes to extreme sports. they're trying to compete more internationally. it's actually really nice to see. the vibe of the city is all about work hard, play hard. you put in so many hours at work, so the little time you have left, you don't want to waste it just lolling around. keen to get another fix of the great outdoors, i'm now heading out to the desert early in the morning to experience something new that i'm told you can only see here in dubai. it's a new twist on traditional arabian falconry. i hear it's going to be truly breathtaking. 2,500 years ago, people relied on the falcon the way you and i rely on the supermarket. falcons put food on the table. traditionally the way it worked, birds from europe and asia migrated from the middle east to africa. on that migration they would trap them from the wild and then use them in

opening match. now how about this for another sporting fairytale...the rise of lebanon in rugby league. later this morning they face england, who'll be hoping to bounce back from their opening game defeat against australia. that can be seen at nine o'clock on bbc two. but the lebanese are on the crest of a wave — england in their group after a stunning win over france last weekend, which even surprised their head coach. the problem with our team given they're not all professional, not used to playing 80 minutes and having to concentrate for 80 minutes, i thought the tough part was going to be the last ten minutes, but they talk about the lebanese spirit and passion and it shone through. now it's not been the best start to an ashes tour for england's former captain alistair cook, because he was out for a duck second ball in the warm up match against a western australia cricket association x! in perth. howeverjames vince and mark stoneman have both scored heavily, with just 18 days to go from the first ashes test. so, england making good progress as you can see there — at tea

lebanon, winning 24—22, but they were a shadow of the side that beat new zealand in their previous game. and tonga will be england's opponents, if england beat papua new guinea tomorrow. andy murray has split with his coach ivan lendl for the second time. under his guidance, murray won three grand slam titles, two olympic golds and made it to world number one, but he's been plagued with injury all season and he'll continue to work on regaining his fitness, leading up to january's australian open. meanwhile, his brotherjamie is into the doubles semi—finals at the atp tour finals in london. he and bruno soares beat the top—ranked pairing of marcelo melo and lukasz kubot in straight sets last night. they'll play the defending champions henri kontinen and murray's former partnerjohn peers today. the battle between tommy fleetwood and justin rose to finish the year as europe's number one golfer is getting exciting. it's advantage rose, who's two shots off the pace at the dubai championship and two clear of fleetwood. they're chasing this man, defending champion matthew fitzpatrick, who's

world cup has been marred by an allegation of biting. the claim was made by lebanon captain robbie farah against england wingerjermain mcgillvary. as you can see farah‘s arm makes contact with mcgillvary‘s mouth. farah — who is wearing a gumshield — has protested his innocence. the incident has been placed on report for the match—review panel to discuss. couple of good tries coming up for you — starting with the barbarians against new zealand at twickenham yesterday. with the game already lost the barbarians decided to do something a bit different place kicking the ball across field. the ball was juggled amongst the players before sam carter broke free to score to end game on a high for the twickenham crowd. the game finished 31 — 22 to new zealand. meanwhile ulster narrowly beat the southern kings in an amazing 12—try match in port elizabeth in the pro 1a. the score was 36—all with just three minutes remaining, but robbie diack powered over for the visitors to steal the win. elsewhere, edinburgh beat ospreys and there were wins for cardiff and connacht. in golf,

—point—three, was so powerful it was felt as far away as lebanon and turkey. andrew plant reports. carried into hospital amid the chaos at this clinic in iran. victims of the earthquake on stretchers, others, walking wounded, as more and more of the injured arrived. the earthquake struck after dark. for rural villages in the affected areas, the search is beginning in torchlight for any survivors that may be buried in the fallen buildings. the shocks were felt in towns too. people out for the evening running to safety, finding a way outside away from the danger, scared there could be more to come. the first reports are that the centre of the earthquake was near the border between iran and iraq, somewhere close to the city of halabja. the us geological survey said that the epicentre was about 20 miles south—west of the border. the moment the earthquake struck was even captured on live tv. these news broadcasters feeling the tremors as their programme played out. local media is now showing emergency shelters and beds being set up outside. 15 emergency teams, they say, are now helpi