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00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News Update for Monday, January the 18th.

00:09Here are the top stories at this hour.

00:12Secret files exposing evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing at the top level of

00:17world tennis, including at Wimbledon, can be revealed by the BBC and BuzzFeed News.

00:22Over the last decade, 16 players who have ranked in the top 50 have been repeatedly

00:27flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit over suspicions they have thrown matches.

00:33Chris Kermode, who heads the Association of Tennis Professionals, rejected claims that

00:37evidence of match-fixing had been suppressed for any reason or isn't being thoroughly

00:42investigated.

00:44The U.S. has imposed fresh sanctions on Iranian companies and individuals over a recent ballistic

00:50missile test.

00:51The new sanctions prevent 11 entities and individuals linked to the missile program

00:56from using the U.S. banking system.

00:59The move came after international nuclear sanctions on Iran were lifted as part of

01:03a deal hailed by U.S. President Barack Obama.

01:07Turning up the temperature, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled repeatedly in Sunday

01:12night's presidential debate over who's tougher on gun control and Wall Street and

01:17how to steer the future of health care in America.

01:20It was the last Democratic match-up before voting begins in two weeks.

01:24Both sides were eager to rumble as polls showed the race tightening in the lead-off states

01:29of Iowa and New Hampshire.

01:32Manchester United are still in the Premier League title race, says manager Louis van

01:36Gaal.

01:37The Red Devils won 1-0 at Liverpool thanks to Wayne Rooney's strike to move back into

01:43fifth place, seven points adrift of leaders Arsenal and second-placed Leicester City.

01:50We have a lot of matches still to go, says van Gaal when asked if his side could mount

01:54a late charge.

01:56The investigative journalism drama Spotlight won the top prize at the Critics' Choice

02:00Awards, while award favorites Brie Larson and Leonardo DiCaprio won the top acting

02:05prizes for Room and The Revenant.

02:09Both actors won Golden Globe awards and are considered front-runners for the Academy Awards

02:13too.

02:15And finally, weather.

02:16Today's high across the UAE will be 25 degrees Celsius, dropping to 14 degrees at

02:20night.

02:21That's all for now.

02:22Thanks for watching.

02:23And as always, you can get the latest news at gulfnews.com.

Evidence of tennis match fixing surfaces - GN Headlines

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