this is bbc news, the headlines: the us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel in his latest effort to push for a ceasefire and hostage—release deal in gaza. israel has warned there are issues in the talks it can't be flexible about. kamala harris has flown to the key swing state of pennsylvania, where she'll attend several campaign events before going on to the democratic national convention in chicago. ukraine says it has destroyed a second key bridge inside the kursk region of russia, as it presses on with its counter offensive. meanwhile russia says it has captured another village in the donetsk region. the french actor alain delon — has died at the age of 88. fellow star brigitte bardot said he left a deep void that nobody could fill.

now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. haaland's up and running, as manchester city beat chelsea at stamford bridge, as their title defence begins. a sting in the tail for crystal palace. they're beaten at brentford — but perhaps could feel hard done by, in their season opener. a defensive horror show for hibernian as they help celtic into the quarter finals of the scottish league cup. also coming up on sportsday: winning the hundred in style. a six seals it for london spirit, as the women's competition goes right to the wire. honestly, what a moment for our team, to do it in front of a home crowd, the biggest crowd at lord's,

such a special moment and i'm so proud of the girls. and a magic weekend indeed for hull kr, back on top in superleague, on the final day of the elland road extravaganza. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. and we start in the premier league, where manchester city rested several of their key players — but still came away with a relatively comfortable win against chelsea at stamford bridge. the blues, perhaps spoilt for choice with their new summer arrivals, failing to fire, as erling haaland's goal set the tone. adam cottier reports. the goals of their erling haaland have spearheaded manchester city's recent wins, after scoring on 63 occasions in that time he needed

little invitation to add to his records, setting off in pursuit of another title. records, setting off in pursuit of anothertitle. bernardo records, setting off in pursuit of another title. bernardo silva's touch was decisive. kevin sabrina also came close to adding to that before the break. the task for the new manager is to get the best from a bloated squad, and for raheem sterling, one of those left out completely, jackson looked likely to peers the resistance, but chelsea haven't beaten is city for a long time, and one of the players to play for them that night sealed the win here tonight. an important win then for guardiola, in a fixture they didn't win last season. city had their preseason disrupted by key players having extended breaks following summer internationals. guardiola grateful

to get the job done. i know what these guys can do, with the lack of training with the team, the lack of training with the team, the way, the body language and what they have done, it's time for a win, lasses and we could not win, so to start that way is good news. the bad news is we still have 65, 70 games left. so, be patient, but it is important to start to win, it's good for the confidence, the message for self is really good. well raheem sterling — who didn't feature at all today — wants answers from chelsea after being left out of the matchday squad. as soon as enzo maresca announced his team, sterling's representatives put out the following statement: this is what maresca had to say

to the bbc�*s guy mowbray about his team selection. it's always tough because many of them, they deserve to play from the start, but the good thing now is that in two or three days we are in another game, and another game and another game, and another game and another game, and another game and another game, so they have a chance to play for sure. another game, so they have a chance to play for sure-— to play for sure. about raheem sterlin: , to play for sure. about raheem sterling. we — to play for sure. about raheem sterling, we saw— to play for sure. about raheem sterling, we saw post - to play for sure. about raheem sterling, we saw post once - to play for sure. about raheem sterling, we saw post once in i sterling, we saw post once in clarity. he has played in pre—season, genovia that will go? no, they mentioned it, but i didn't see anything because i was focused on the game. the only thing i can say, it's a technical decision, no more than that. there was no ivan toney for brentford ahead of their match with crystal palace, in the earlier kick off. the england forward left out, due to transfer speculation surrounding him. there was no distracting thomas frank's men today at the g—tech though, as they kept a threatening crystal palace at bay, to come away with victory in their season opener. palace themselves, face losing a key man at the heart of their defence, with captain marc guehi increasingly being linked with a move away.

jo currie was watching. what would the first london derby of the new season bring? uncertainty brentford was the answer. with a possible move away from the club for striker ivan toney on the cards, he was left out of the squad. in the west london sunshine, he went for power for the target. but it wouldn't count. the referee had blown his whistle in the run—up for a kerfuffle in the box. brentford heeded the warning and went straight up the other end. a handy bit of work. palace were frustrated, but a change of ends brought a change in fortunes. a deep cross into the danger area left them trying to clear their lines, but found the back of their own net. the ball in caused chaos here, then right place, right time.

palace again pushed for the equaliser, but this time it wouldn't come. brentford proving if toney does leave, there are still still goals in the side. brentford head coach thomas frank says he doesn't know whether ivan toney will still be at the club at the end of the transfer window — he explained to the bbc�*s mark scott why he'd left the striker out of his squad today. there's been a lot of things with ivan, rumours and activity, because of that we took a decision to not involve them in the squad. does that mean a deal is potentially close? no, there are things going on, but it is not potentially close. did you think he might be distracted, or did not want him to pick up an injury and jeopardise the move? we just were looking at the whole package. what about the transfer window, given what is going on? let's see!

i simply don't know. there's also been a lot of speculation about crystal palace's defender marc guehi — palace chairman steve parish has turned down four bids from newcastle and say they will have to pay superstar money to get the england man. but palace manager 0liver glasner was happy to play guehi today. i think everyone could see he is completely focused on crystal palace, on the game today, on the performance, and we will see what is going and what is coming up in the next two weeks. no news about him at the moment? as far as you are concerned he will still be here at the end of the season? in the two days we didn't speak about transfers, we were focused on the game. what it needs. so, no news. just two more premier league teams to play in the first round of fixtures. tottenham are at newly promoted leicester tomorrow and the two clubs are close to a deal over midfielder 0liver skipp. they've accepted a bid of around 20 million pounds for the 23—year—old who came through their academy.

he is expected to have a medical on monday. skipp will link up with former spurs team—mate harry winks, and would become leicester's fifth summer signing after returning to the top flight. sunderland continued their perfect start to the new championship season under new boss regis le bris by thumping sheffield wednesday 4—0. defender dennis cirkin headed in patrick roberts�* free—kick to give sunderland an early lead at the stadium of light before a mistake allowed eliezer mayenda to make in 2—0. the home side were looking to make it back—to—back wins after victory at cardiff on the opening weekend and luke 0'nien scored a third for them before half—time. mayenda poached his second after the break as sunderland eased to an impressive win. celtic missed out on the treble last season — the trophy to elude them being the league cup, which rivals rangers eventually won. brendan rodgers side sealed their spot in the last 8 earlier, with a win over hibernian. nick parrott was watching. celtic suffered a shock second—round

exit in the league cup at kilmarnock last season, but boss brendan rodgers feels his side are in a much better place now. it took less than four minutes at celtic park for them to confirm that. they have never lost at home to hibernian in this competition, and that didn't look like changing when the japanese got his second. they perhaps should have had a hat—trick. this file was almost a huge turning point. until then the edinburgh side hadn't even managed a shot on target. that was changed with this effort. it boosted hibs, and they upped their game. rodgers and his side were not ruffled for long, as they undid all that work in the second half. there will have been many easier goals in this. surprisingly, celtic couldn't add any more as they showed they are better this year, but not yet perfect. and in the day's other games, ross graham's first half

header was the only goal, in the game between dundee united and st mirren. united winning i—0. and motherwell needed extra—time to defeat kilmarnock in their match, the game was goalless after 90 minutes. substitute moses ebiye with the crucial goal for them. and the draw has been made for the quarters. home draws for rangers and celtic. rangers, who beat stjohnston yesterday — take on dundee. with celtic at home to second tier falkirk. could another potential upset be on the cards, for spartans? the scottish league two side face top tier aberdeen. motherwell versus dundee united completes the draw. matches take place in just over a month's time. celtic women maintained their perfect start to the scottish premier league season with a 1—0 win against glasgow city. it was a tight game which was settled from the penalty spot. chloe craig making no mistake here to seal back to back victories following last week's 9—0 thrashing of dundee united. katy wilkinson scored a hat trick, as rangers eased to a comfortable 4—0 victory against partick thistle to maintain their perfect start to the season.

plenty more goals this afternoon. hearts beat spartans 5—0. hibs beat aberdeen 7—0. and motherwell beat montrose 3—2. you're watching sportsday, live from the bbc sport centre. another of team gb�*s history—makers returns home — we speak to emma finucane, after her incredible achievements in the velodrome. and without the local skatepark, there'd be no medalfor kieran reilly, the bmx star goes back to where it began for him, in the north east. drama to bring you now, in the culmination of the hundred. london spirit won the women's competition at lord's, with just two balls to spare. a first title for them, and they sealed in some style, in beating welsh fire. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. there are dozens of opinions about the hundred, but no doubt

for women's cricket it has added a new dimension to the domestic game. 22,000 at lord's. welsh fire had one of australia's best players batting. she made 5a. that is very welcome for the fire. london spirit kept a lid on it. the hands of deepti sharma, who has played close on to 200 games for india. the spirit needed to win, but the fire... next, the england captain. she has got her. what you know? gone for 24. danni gibson was only in for 22. a big impact, but still work to do.

three balls left, for runs needed. deepti sharma's shot, now it will rested on where the ball landed. just beyond her reach. six in victory. london spirit when their first hundred title at lord's. fourth year of the hundred and they had been waiting. london spirit are now the champions. the winning captain, heather knight, said she was delighted with how their game plan came together, on a packed day at lord's — the biggest crowd at the venue for a women's game. knight, who's used to captaining england, said it was a special moment to come away with a first trophy in the competition, and was speaking to alex hartley after the victory. ifound it quite hard, it was a tricky wicket, a bit slow, so i thought our bowlers did a really good job,

and hopefully mend the chase would not be too hard, really pleased with how it went, disappointed to go out when i did, i backed myself to keep going, butjust trying to keep the impetus of the innings going, and danni gibson, little beauty, that's exactly what she can do. really change the game and shifted the momentum. you won the world cup here in 2017, now the hundred here. not bad, is it? i said, oh, not another lord's final, because she was playing for india, so it's always special having a final here regardless, and another win, which is nice. the men's final between southern brave and the defending champions 0val invincibles is under way. brave won the toss and decided to field but willjacks made a blistering start for the invincibles, he smashed 37 from 22 balls as they looked to build a big score. that's before some late big hitting from tom curran saw them post 147 from their 100 balls. brave are due to begin their chase in the next few minutes and you can watch live coverage of that now on bbc two and the bbc

sport website. on to rugby league and the magic weekend at elland road is almost over. hull kr have gone back to the top of superleague with a big win over catalan dragons. they ran in seven tries with the veteran ryan hall going over twice. kelepi tanginoa was also among the try scorers, another player to get two for the robins. who won 36 points to 4. the dragons remain in a strong position in the play—off race, sitting fifth, but face leeds next week needing to get back on track. earlier, leigh leopards thrashed salford red devils by 26—0. to move themselves into contention for the play offs. zak hardaker amongst the try scorers for the leopards. that thumping win also made history as, after wigan�*s 20—0 demolition of st helens yesterday, means it's the first time two teams have been nilled during a magic weekend. and the final game of the weekend is under way. huddersfield giants in ninth are up against tenth placed castleford tigers.

that kicked off at 6.30. huddersfield giants are currently leading 18—0 let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. world champion francesco bagnaia overtook rivaljorge martin at the start of the second lap of the austrian motogp and stayed there to complete the sprint—race weekend double. the victory sees the italian take the championship lead from the spaniard. enea bastianini completed the podium at the red bull ring. japan's 0lympic bronze medallist hideki matsuyama has a four shot lead on the final round of the fed ex stjude championship. he's hoping to win a tournament for the first time since february. england's matt fitzpatrick is nine shots adrift. america's lauren coughlin recorded a 3—under—par round of 69 to win the women's scottish open at dundonald links in ayrshire. she birdied the final hole to beat germany's esther henseleit by four shots. england's charley hull was fifth.

aryna sabalenka is through to the final of the cincinatti 0pen for the first time in her career after beating world number one and top seed iga swiatek in straight sets. she'll face america's sixth seed jessica pegula or spain's paula badosa in monday's final. kasia niewiadoma of poland has won the tour de france femmes by the narrowest of margins — taking the race win on the iconic climb of alpe d'huez by four seconds. defending champion deymi vollering was a minute and a quarter down in the standings, after crashing earlier in the race — she gave it absolutely everything, riding away to win the stage. niewiadoma had to finish within 65 seconds of vollering to keep the yellowjersey — had to dig really deep. and she just made it. tears of joy as she found out she'd won the race, which she says was a crazy rollercoaster. and celebrated the biggest victory of her career. belgium's wout van aert is the new leader at the vuelta a espana —

which begins in portugal this year. a crash in the closing stages involved several riders, including britian�*sjosh tarling who'd begun the day sixth in the overall standings. there was an uphill finish, australian sprinter kaden groves timed his run to perfection to beat van aert to win stage two. but the belgian was third overall this morning and he moves up to the top of the standings to take the leader's red jersey. much was made of emma finucane's historic medal haul at the paris 0lympics, becoming the first british woman for 60 years to claim three medals at the same games. but nobody from wales has ever done that before. the track cyclist made headlines at the games, and is the pride of her hometown carmarthen. chris wathan caught up with her. you say what you can see, talk us through that point of the race. when i cross the line, i was like,

have we done it, i have we not? 0ut this point you know? i sort of look up, and i recognised it, and i saw the gb flags are up, and it was the best day of my life, honestly. that's my family! i love them being there. thanks for sharing your homecoming with us. we just watched some of the footage back, now we are back where it all started. a bit different to the palace velodrome. it feels so nice to be back home. i haven't been home very often. it's nice to see family and friends, being home, with the people who support me, it was a crazy week last week, and i can't believe i have these around my neck. being back in wales is lovely. it must feel surreal. you spent so long working towards it, a lifetime working towards it, and you have three reminders that is real and it actually happened. as an athlete, this is the pinnacle of track cycling, the olympics.

i've dreamed of it since i was about ten years old. it was unreal, it was like i was living my teenage dream, and now having medals around my neck on top of being an 0lympian, i cannot imagine anything else, i'm just really proud of how i conduct myself, how the week went, it was an emotional roller—coaster. i am proud of who i am and how it happened and i hope i inspire young kids. i started here and rode my bike around this velodrome when i was ten. i hope people will get involved because it is a cool sport. everybody is so proud. we were with everyone, watching you in the final. i know you saw the footage as well. it must give you such a thrill to know you're inspiring people like victoria pendleton inspired you. definitely, victoria pendleton is such an inspiration for me, and i actually met her properly for the first time in paris — i nearly cried, because as young kids you look up to people

who you want to be like, and i hope i inspire riders like at my local club, it's about having these groups and clubs, and having people push their bodies to the limit, and i hope they love it as much as i do, and get on their bikes and smile and have a go, because that's why i started. it was such a community, i'm just proud to be welsh and hopefully i can give back to the community that love and support me no matter what i do. you won't be giving them the medals, though — they're around your neck, i know you don't wear them all the time, they look incredible, what you do with them? i had them under my pillow because i had three events and i had tojust keep going. i will probably put them in a frame in my house at some point and look at them every day as a reminder of what i did, because i just can't believe it. you could get a few more. when does it start

for los angeles 2028? i will definitely be enjoying this, we have four years until la, which is a really big cycle, so we have quite a lot of world championships between, i have a lot of european rounds, and i'lljust be racing and learning on my bike, and then la in four years�* time, hopefully i'll be a better version of myself again and putting up a fight again. thanks for sharing your homecoming with us. thanks for bringing the meddles home for wales. 0lympic silver medallist kieran reilly says he wouldn't have made it to the paris games without his local skatepark. the bmx star said the facility in gateshead holds a special place in his heart. alasdair gill went to meet him. the skate park is where all started, the first place i rode a bmx bike. it's the start of me riding bmx.

the only thing that has changed as i remember it being about three feet taller. i was probably a couple of feet shorter. when i look at it it holds so many memories. nothing has changed, other than a few pieces of graffiti. when i am here, it's like it holds a special place in my heart. it is because of this i went to paris. reigning world champion, one of the most powerful riders on the course. when i was there i felt the pressure, it was crazy to have so much family out there, they happen to be in the seats right by where i started. the noise would fade out from the parisians and i would hear all my family's noise. it meant the world to be able to hear them. i couldn't look, because the one split second of emotion, i needed to stay in the zone.

gold would be nice, but i got to be proud of the silver. if you told me i would be a silver medallist i would have jumped up and down. just a fact in that moment a few small mistakes cost them the top spot, you can't be caught up in that when you have lived the dream. i'll be riding, and we will be in training for the olympic games, and i'll be kids asking for tips. it's crazy, because i see myself in them, because it was me here watching older lads do stuff. it's mad. how close did you grow up to the skate park? pretty mad, house was just there.

it was almost meant to be that i ended up stumbling upon this place. riding forfun and being hit day in and day out, to being on the world's bigger stage, i could have never expected or prepared for it. and you can watch a special programme, team gb homecoming by the national lottery on bbc one this evening. that starts at 8.30 with emma willis and vernon kay hosting. and a reminder of our top story before we go, manchester city have won at chelsea. 2-0. erling haaland and mateo kovacic with the goals that starts the champions title defence with a win. pep guardiola's side going for a record extending fifth consecutive premier league. all the reaction will be coming in on the bbc sport app and website bbc.co.uk/football and on radio 5 live. that's all from sportsday.

good evening. it's been a fairly quiet weekend of weather. that's about to change. as we head into the new week, dare i say it, for some it's going to feel distinctly autumnal. there will be heavy rain at times, and the potential for some unseasonably windy weather, as well. not this evening, though. the showers are fading, the cloud will melt away, and we are in for a coolish night across central and eastern areas. could be a little bit of mist and fog for the morning rush. the nights are getting longer, it's hanging around a little later now. but further west the temperatures won't fall that much, because we will have the first signs of the cloud and patchy rain in here. so, this is the first deep area of low pressure, with its thundery rain moving through monday and tuesday. a brief respite before this system, the remains of hurricane ernesto entrained in there, so some tropical air delivering heavy rain and potentially very windy weather for this time of year. more on its way for friday. so, you will expect to see the wettest weather across parts of wales, northern ireland,

north—west england, but especially western scotland this week — in excess of 100 millimetres of rain — but not as much, or not that much, further south and east, where we will start the day with some sunshine. the mist and fog clears away, and we will hold on to that dry and fairly sunny weather in the south and the east. but already, by the middle of the day, really wet across northern ireland, the west of scotland, hence the met office warning for a couple of inches of rain in places, as it will be slow moving. strong winds with it, so not feeling very pleasant, but i do think it will feel quite warm in that sunshine in central and eastern areas. the wind is from the south west instead, and that heavy, thundery rain will push its way southwards and eastwards. not giving that much rain across southern and eastern areas, but we will continue with more heavy showers in the north and west through the night. so what we will notice about monday night is it will be much more uncomfortable again for sleeping. we've got that humid airwith us again. but it doesn't last long, because that weather front�*s out the way, and there may be another bout of heavy, thundery showers following on for a time,

but then some drier weather away from the north and west. that low pressure is anchored here, with its strong winds, so obviously it's going to feel quite cool here. and for most of us, anyway, having lost the humidity, it will be a fresher feeling day, despite some sunshine, which may well prevail in southern areas on wednesday. but by wednesday there is that next area of low pressure barrelling in, of course, with some tropical air, so it is going to give a lot of rainfall across the north and west. as ever, we will keep you posted.

live from london. this is bbc news. us secretary of state antony blinken is in israel, amid hopes that a gaza ceasefire deal can be reached. kick ukraine says it's destroyed another key bridge in russia's kursk region — almost two weeks after its offensive into russia. we have a report from inside russia and hear what local people think of the situation at their border with ukraine. for the first time in more than 80 years you have foreign fighters on russian soil seizing russian territory. kamala harris campaigns in the vital us swing state of pennsylvania, ahead of monday's democratic national convention. the french actor — alain delon, who was once described as the most beautiful man in cinema, dies at the age of 88.