hello and welcome along, where we begin with football and the premier league, where tottenham hotspur are back on top of the table after a 2—0 win over fulham. goals from son heung—min and james maddison sealed the victory. the result means fulham stay 13th. spurs appear to be a team transformed under australian ange postecoglou, and it may not be long before they're viewed as genuine title challengers. the spurs boss was delighted with his goalscorers. it's great. they're both quality players and they're obviously leaders at the club, and i thought they really handled it well today in terms of, again, like the rest of the team, particularly, just with their work ethic. they're both quality players with the ball. their ability to press the opposition and work hard for the team is a credit to them.

but again, they're also involved in the second half of arsenal playing the football we don't want to, so there's lessons in there for all of us. i hope that the goals will come. we think we have been creating more last three games. that is a good thing when you play against tottenham away from home. we have created what is a good sign. i think with the moment we have, some good contacts, you should've created even more. we have to keep working with players to give confidence for them because they did confidence to score goals and decide better in the final attack. so, tottenham have made an impressive start to life under ange postecoglou, and that is definitely reflected in the top of the premier league table. they sit two points ahead of manchester city and arsenal, in second and third, respectively. not long to recover now for spurs — they play again on friday night away at 11th—placed crystal palace. in spain's la liga, valencia were 2—0 winners over cadiz, moving them up to eighth place, while the visitors remain three

points above the drop zone. both goals for the hosts came in the first half, with cadiz seeing robert navarro sent off for a straight red just 22 minutes in. while in italy's serie a, empoli climbed out of the bottom three with a 2—0 win away to fiorentina. goals by francesco caputo and emmanuel gyasi handed the visitors the win, while udinese drop into the bottom three after a 1—1 draw against lecce. there are continuing tributes to manchester united and england hero sir bobby charlton. fans and players have been paying their respects to theirformerforward and club ambassador, who passed away on saturday at the age of 86. richard askam reports. commentator: on his right foot! as a super—star footballer and a man of impeccable character, sir bobby charlton touched the lives of everyone he met.

i always asked how he was and it was like meeting an old mate. good to see you and then he was on his way. even the young ones know about sir bobby. sir bobby rose to the very top of the football tree, but never looked down on anyone. he was so humble. you would speak to him| for five minutes and you think you would know him for years. - the warmth that came from him was - amazing. his generosity was well known, and for one lucky fan, even went as far as handing over his lunch. coming back from a game in the �*70s, i was starving coming back and he gave me a steak butty. he said, are you hungry? he put some steak

on the piece of bread and gave it to me. laughter that is wonderful, isn't it? part of special memories which paint a clear picture of a very special man. there will be a minute's silence prior to manchester united's champions league game with copenhagen on tuesday. players will also wear black armbands. eric ten hag has been speaking ahead of that game, and say�*s charlton's legacy will live on. bobby was a legend, a giant, not only for manchester united, but for football. so, his legacy was, what he left was the high standards we have to live every day. to the cricket world cup — england's chances of making the knockout stage were given a boost after afghanistan scored another famous upset at the tournament in india earlier on monday. they beat pakistan by eight wickets and are in with a chance of qualification to the semi—finals themselves. imran sidat was watching.

a meeting of near neighbours in chennai withjonathan trott�*s side hoping to reach the heights of their semifinal. his decision that vindicated early on as the openers passed 50 without loss. but then the wickets began to fall as afghanistan sensed an opportunity. when mohammed riz went went to the spin of teenager ahmed, the momentum was firmly with the minnows. pakistan needed to turn the tide and when they were in need of some inspiration, azzam is usually the man they look to. the skipper leading from the front as he reached his half—century. he made 7a before ahmed struck again to leave the pakistanis in trouble at 206—5. the arrival of ahmed was just the tonic they needed as some late big hitting saw them reach 282 from 50 overs. a good start was essential if the afghans were going to get close and they got just that, were going to get close and

they gotjust that, with the dangerous player leading the charge. the opening pair put on a century partnership as the pakistani bowlers began to feel the heat. ibrahims aj and was eyeing his own century, but when he was dismissed, the celebrations told you everything —— it but he is a drum. with pressure building, attack is often the best form of defence as shah edged his country closer to the victory. the rank outsiders claimed yet another huge world cup scalp to throw the race for the semifinals wide open. so, that is afghanistan's first one day international win over pakistan and their highest ever successful odi chase, and this is the reaction of afghanistan coach jonathan trott after his side's victory. i thought the players in the middle, their emotions were outstanding. i think to have a historic win like this as well

for the players, you could easily get ahead of yourself or get a bit nervous or panicky. i think the way shah played... there are still a few things, a few singles he could've maybe taken to take the pressure off himself, but the shot that he played there to hit a straight six sort of broke the back of the game. and some sad news to bring you also from the world of cricket now with the announcement that indian cricket legend bishan singh bedi has died. he was aged 77 and had been battling age—related illnesses. bedi was regarded as one of the world's finest ever spin bowlers and captained india in 22 of his 67 tests, taking 266 wickets. staying with cricket — former england spinner and 2017 world cup winner alex hartley has been announced as assistant spin coach at pakistan's men's super league franchise multan sultans. hartley retired from the sport in august and she joins former ireland player catherine dalton as the first of two female coaches in the psl.

it was one of those where i got asked to do some social media, and then came back and was asked if i fancy being assistant spin coach. it's an opportunity ijust can't turn down. to have that opportunity to work in a men' environment, to work in a franchise as one of my first gigs is a huge opportunity. to turn that down would be very silly. england's wayne barnes will referee the rugby world cup final between new zealand and south africa at stade de france in paris on saturday. barnes is the world's most capped referee, with 110 tests, having made his debut working on fiji and samoa in suva back in june 2006. he'll become the second englishman to officiate a rugby world cup final after ed morrison, who was in charge when new zealand and south africa last met in the final in 1995. cycling — geraint thomas says he's still got two more big years in him

after he signed a new two—year contract with ineos grenadiers. the former tour de france champion and double olympic gold medallist had been approaching the end of his current deal. the 37—year old says, "although you never say never, in my head, this is my last contract". and what about this to finish in major league baseball? texas rangers' mitch garver hit a solo homer in game 6 of their american league championship series against the houston astros. fans had gloves in the crowd, but this guyjust casually caught it barehanded — a glove on the other hand. and he looked pretty chilled out about it afterwards as well, as the rangers won 9—2 to force a game 7 decider. how easy was that?! you can get all the latest sports news at the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello there. we've started this week off on a fine note, but things are turning more unsettled now tuesday onwards, and by the end of the week, it'll be turning windier with plenty of blustery showers. so, rain at times over the next few days, but there will be some drier, brighter, sunnier moments at times. the pressure chart for tuesday is pretty complicated. we've got a mess of weather fronts across the country, so generally cloudy, i think, today, with variable amounts of rain. i think most of the rain, persistent at times, will be across northern and eastern england — areas that really don't need any more rainfall, so we have a met office yellow warning in here in force for tuesday up until around lipm. elsewhere, there will be some sunshine around — best of it, scotland, maybe southern england, but even here, there'll be

a few showers as well. temperatures, 10—15 degrees, and winds will remain light and variable for many. now, as we head through tuesday night, that area of low pressure starts to push back in towards the northeast and we could see some rain for eastern scotland, northeast england — again, areas that don't need the rain. another pulse of rain running across southern britain thanks to another area of low pressure. but in—between, drier spells with clear skies, variable cloud, but a milder night to come — temperatures 5—8 degrees. for wednesday, again, we're in—between weather systems. with light winds, we'll start off with some rain perhaps across the southeast. it could linger here through the day and that front across the northeast will still push some cloud and rain in towards eastern scotland, maybe north—east england — again, areas that really don't need any more rainfall. but elsewhere, from northern ireland, down through much of england, wales, we should see some sunshine around. the highs of 14 or 15 degrees, but then it starts to turn wetter and windier in the southwest later in the day, and that's because this much larger area

of low pressure will dominate the weather scene for thursday and friday and even into the weekend, bringing plenty of showers and strong winds, particularly towards the south and the west. so, the winds picking up across western areas through thursday. band of rain spreads northwards again, bringing rainfall to areas that don't need it. but for much of the country, northern ireland, the rest of england, wales, sunny spells, scattered showers. some of these will be heavy and thundery in places, particularly towards the southwest. temperatures reaching 15 degrees. if we factor in the wind, might not feel that mild. similar story on friday and into the weekend — low pressure sticks nearby with further showers or even longer spells of rain. take care.

two elderly hostages released by hamas, more remain in custody. the israeli bombardment of gaza shows no sign of letting up, reports on the ground. and a surprise result in argentina's election means a fiercely contested run—off is on the horizon. we begin with the release of two

more hostages by hamas. you are looking at pictures of their arrival at the hospital in tel aviv after they were handed over to the israeli military. soldiers carried their women into the medical facility on stretchers. they are nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz, who were taken hostage just over two weeks ago. this is the moment they were transferred to ambulances at the rafah border crossing with egypt. yocheved lifshitz�*s daughter confirmed her release. their belief brings the total number of hostages freed by hamas to four, but israel says more than 200 are still being held. released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity, yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were taken out

of gaza into egypt.