the swede managed 12 clubs winning 18 trophies with spells at manchester city, leicester, roma and lazio — where he delivered the serie a title in 2000, the last time the capital were crowned champions of italy. injanuary he said had "at best" a year to live after being diagnosed with cancer. his children lina and johan eriksson have released a statement in which they said, our father sven—goran eriksson fell

sven—goran eriksson who has died at the age of 76. now let's turn our attention to the tennis... we're into the final few hours before the final grand slam of the year — the us 0pen— gets under way at flushing meadows in new york. novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz have been continuing their preparations — djokovic is the defending champion and comes into the tournament having won gold for serbia at the paris 0lympics. he's on the hunt for a fifth us open title and takes on moldovan world number 138 radu albot in a night session match on monday. the 2022 champion alcaraz, meanwhile, starts his campaign against australian qualifier li tu on tuesday. so first up it's djokovic, who will head into the tournament with plenty of confidence, having beaten alcaraz in that 0lympic final. i had some heartbreaking losses at the olympic games,

worked very hard to try and get myself in a position to fight for gold and at 37, i thought, you know, this could be the last chance, may be, so i had to push more than ever than i have ever done. it turned out to be one of the best performances that i had in years, overall, throughout the entire tournament and then of course against carlos in the final. what a year its been for lydia ko. she's won golf�*s final major of the season the women's open at st andrews. just three weeks after securing olympic gold in paris, the 27—year—old has won again. she battled against lilia vu and ruoning yin all the way until the final green, but came out on top and win her third major title. i think ithinki i think ijust didn't have the belief that one day i could win the women's open. i had never really put myself in contention that much. , i

said with what happened in the last few weeks it's almost too good to be true. i have two glass slippers, like cinderella. it's been crazy, my mother is here, my husband is here. this is the first tournament he see me win. this is the first tournament he see me win. and that's all the sport for now. just want to bring you some breaking news. a fire is breaking out in south—east london. let me see you some of the pictures that we have from the scene. there you can see the firefighters tackling the blaze in a fire block —— tower block. the london fire brigade published pictures of black smoke billowing out of the tower near the blackwall

london in —— blackpool tower in london. half... the fire is producing a large amount of smoke. those the in local area are being advised to keep windows and doors closed if possible. the fire brigade say the cause of the fire is not yet known at this time, but it is a high—rise block that you can see there. we should also point out that this is the second high—rise fire in east london that the brigade has had to deal with today. just hours after another blaze engulfed a building in dagenham. this is in south—east london. they can see one of the firefighters going up to tackle this blade that is in this 45 story block... all the smoke pouring from

the 25th floor flat, and a balcony involved. the fire brigade say the cause of the fire is not yet known. we will keep you updated on that. we're going to turn back to that sad news from the world of sport. tributes have been pouring in for sven goran eriksson.

joining us now is a sports correspondent for the guardian. we knew correspondent for the guardian. - knew that he was ill, and that he had months left. two reasons that he will be remembered. he was a tactical revolutionary. he changed the sweetish game to the much more

british approach. that led to the success with benfica and lazio. and then he is also remembered for how pleasant he was, and what a gentle heat —— gentleman he was. he was very calm he did things with a smile, even when things got very tense with england, he always seemed to be the calmest in the room. the iconic story about him is when he was watching manchester city that were on tour in thailand, and a german midfielder who he didn't have a great relationship with... he was looking out over a beautiful view of the hotel, and he asked what if you

given me this for and asked sven—goran eriksson what they were toasting, and sven—goran eriksson said, life. in toasting, and sven-goran eriksson said, life. :: ii' toasting, and sven-goran eriksson said, life. :: ::' said, life. in 2001 when he took over from _ said, life. in 2001 when he took over from kevin _ said, life. in 2001 when he took over from kevin keegan, - said, life. in 2001 when he took over from kevin keegan, he - said, life. in 2001 when he took| over from kevin keegan, he had said, life. in 2001 when he took- over from kevin keegan, he had quite overfrom kevin keegan, he had quite big shoes to fill when he was the first non—british coach, notjust within the game but, within the british press.— british press. yes, there were legitimate _ british press. yes, there were legitimate reasons _ british press. yes, there were legitimate reasons to - british press. yes, there were legitimate reasons to feel - british press. yes, there were| legitimate reasons to feel that british press. yes, there were - legitimate reasons to feel that the appointment of a non—british manager was an indictment. and there was a lot of opposition to a foreign

manager being appointed. he won people over because of his charm, and he won people over because his england team beat germany 5—1 mac. that led to sven mania. i remember... having to shave the front of his head so he looked like sven. ericsson phones sales went up because of brand recognition. at the euros in 2004, it was him who had faith in a 17—year—old wayne rooney. there was a great sense of momentum about england. a sense that england

could maybe win the tournament. that was because he was prepared to go against tradition, against conservatism and select a 17—year—old when others might have been a bit more conservative. i think because he had that sense that life was for living he was prepared to take the gamble. remembering sven-goran _ to take the gamble. remembering sven-goran eriksson _ to take the gamble. remembering sven-goran eriksson who - to take the gamble. remembering sven-goran eriksson who has - to take the gamble. remembering sven-goran eriksson who has died| to take the gamble. remembering i sven-goran eriksson who has died at sven—goran eriksson who has died at the age of 76. hello there. that whether there is more cloud tending to come in from the atlantic and, eventually, that will bring some more rain.

we may see the cloud increasing across some western areas, but ahead of that it has been a very pleasant bank holiday monday here in warwickshire with some sunshine. these are the temperatures that we're seeing late on in the afternoon, so a little bit warmer than it has been through the weekend. nothing startling, but somewhat of an improvement. as we head overnight the winds are going to start to pick up and we start to see some rain coming into northern ireland, heading further into scotland, and perhaps over the irish sea, as well. for large parts of england and wales it will be dry with some clearer skies. quite a warm night, particularly so where we've got that wetter, windier weather in northern ireland. that should move away, though, fairly quickly on tuesday and we'll follow that with some sunshine. some heavier rain over dumfries and galloway for a while, but the rain does tend to ease away for most of scotland because it stumbles slowly into northern england, into wales and the south—west. the midlands and a good part of eastern england are likely to be dry and there will be some sunshine here. it's starting to get a bit warmer, as well. those temperatures reaching 24 or 25 degrees ahead of the rain, which is coming in on that weather front there and because that weather front is so slow as we move into wednesday,

temperatures ahead of it will continue to rise. following on from that weather front, we've got lower pressure in the north—west. that will bring some showers on wednesday into northern ireland and particularly scotland, with some heavier, thundery ones in the west. there's the weather front. you can see there's not much rain on it, but it's not really moved very far at all. so the east midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east continuing to warm up. temperatures reaching 27, maybe 28 degrees. that's going to be the peak of the heat, mind you, because eventually the weather front is going to move its way eastwards. in the south, there's little or no rain and not much rain further north, as well. once that clears through, we're all going to have a run of westerly winds and that's going to bring with it some cooler and fresher air. temperatures are going to be lower later on in the week. we are going to find on thursday some showers for northernmost parts of the uk, but even these move away on friday and in the sunshine further south it will still feel quite pleasant.

live from london. this is bbc news. tributes for former england football manager — sven—goran eriksson — who's died at the age of 76. taking shelter in ukraine — as russia launches one of the largest attacks in the war. more than 100 missives of various

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