reign was anything but dull. he had made his managerial name first with gothenburg, and then with the italian side lazio, but when england appointed him as kevin keegan�*s replacement in 2000, it sparked a storm of controversy. england had never had a foreign coach before. but if the traditionalists were upset, eriksson was unflappable. if it's the most difficult job, i'm very happy. then it will be my biggest challenge so far in my life. and he soon silenced his critics on a famous night in munich. john motson: oh, this is getting better - and better and better! a 5—1 thrashing of germany, and suddenly eriksson seemed england's saviour. they qualified for the 2002 world cup in dramatic fashion. beckham! yes! he's done it! the feel—good factor was back,

and eriksson was the architect. but qualification was followed by frustration. england were beaten in the quarterfinals by brazil, and his passive management style was under scrutiny. come the 2004 euros, it was the same story. 0h, he's put it miles over the bar. as england again went out in the quarterfinals, the questions began to mount. by now, eriksson�*s private life was attracting headlines. his relationships with the italian lawyer nancy dallaglio, with the tv star ulrika johnsson, and with the faria alam, an fa employee, which prompted turmoil at the organisation. and after he told an undercover reporter he would consider quitting after the 2006 world cup, the fa announced he would leave following the tournament. england went into it with high hopes, their team dubbed the "golden generation". but yet again, they crashed out in the quarterfinals, yet again, on penalties.

eriksson later said it was the biggest disappointment of his career. i don't think england was ready to win a world cup in 2002. 2006? yes. england should have done better. and if you take all the defeats i had in my life, that was the hardest one. after leaving the england job, eriksson spent a year at manchester city, followed by a string of other clubs, including notts county. his profile meant he was never short of offers. but it is as england's ground—breaking boss that he will be best remembered — the man behind one of english football's most eventful eras. david beckham, who played under eriksson as england captain, posted this video of the two of them meeting recently, along with the message...

let's hear now from footballjournalist, henry winter to take us through some of the highlights from eriksson�*s reign as england manager. i mean, i was fortunate to cover all the games that england played under sven—goran eriksson. and there were some amazing moments. i mean, people talk about the man, but the football man, you know, they were remarkable. the 5—1 in munich. even heskey scored the 4—2 against croatia at euro 2004, when rooney was unplayable. and england could have won that tournament under sven if rooney hadn't got injured in the quarterfinal and then other games. 0bviously, david beckham's free kick against greece at old trafford in 2002, to get england to that world cup, and then obviously

beckham's redemption against argentina in sapporo in 2002. so, you know, there were some really good games. he probably underachieved slightly with england, given the quality of the players — beckham and rooney, and gerrard and lampard, and ashley cole and john terry and players like that. asking him why he didn't take on penalty of the psychology of plays. he on penalty of the psychology of .la 5, ., , ., on penalty of the psychology of plays. he also said it taken psychologist _ plays. he also said it taken psychologist on _ plays. he also said it taken psychologist on some - plays. he also said it taken psychologist on some of i those tournaments. goalkeeperjoe hart played for eriksson during his time as manchester city manager — speaking on bbc radio 5 live, hart said he was a hugely positive influence. you couldn't not respect him, you couldn't not behave under him.

as chris was saying there in that era of the hairdryer, you did not want to cross sven, but not because you were scared of him, because you didn't want to let the guy down. too young to appreciate, too early in the game to appreciate that there are some beautiful people in this game, but a part of the game because theyjust love everything about it and they just want everyone to be happy. the last tennis grand slam of the season, the us open, is underway at flushing meadows in new york, and the defending women's champion coco gauff has sailed through her first round match. the american booked her place in the second stage after a comfortable straight sets win over frenchwoman varvara gracheva, going through 6—2, 6—love. she needed just 66 minutes on arthur ashe stadium, hitting 10 aces, and breaking gracheva's serve twice in the opening set, before winning the last nine games on her way to an emphatic victory.

yeah definitely a lot of pressure in this tournament i'm just enjoying it. just incredible. whatever happens happens. it's been great and an honour to be back here at arthur ashe playing in front of you guys. arthur ashe playing in front of you guys. dominic thiem's grand slam career came to an end on the same arthur ashe court where he won the men's singles title in 2020. he lost to the american 13th seed ben shelton. thiem is retiring this october, having been dogged by a persistant wrist injury. thiem won his only grand slam at the us open behind closed doors, during the covid pandemic. captain suzann pettersen says it was an "obvious" choice to select georgia hall as a wildcard pick for europe's solheim cup team to face the united states next month. england's hall had to rely on being one of pettersen�*s four choices after failing to qualify automatically. pettersen is stacking her team with experienced players to combat being, in herwords... "underdogs as always,

in the us". a lot of these plays are aggressive players. a lot of these plays are aggressive players. ideally, you would always pick form, but at the same time, playing away, experience and... they are good enough to find us. i thinkjust the confidence of being on the team and by the time you get there with the atmosphere and the surroundings of the team, you just rise to the occasion. they've done it before. they know what it takes. ideally you'd always pick four. at the same time you're playing way, the experience and the mental feistiness in you is as important. you want players who can block stuff out and kind of go out there and not care about the environment or if the crowd is screaming or shouting. finally, imagine starting a game playing for one team — then ending it playing

for the other. that's exactly what's happening to major league baseball player danny jansen, who is making history. he was batting for the toronto blue jays on june the 26th, when their game against the boston red sox was suspended because of rain. he was then traded — to the red sox — and has now appeared for his new team when fixture resumed tonight. remarkably, jansen was the player batting at the plate for the bluejays when the game was halted — that means his former side had to put up another batter in his place, while jansen was the catcher for the hosts. the bluejays ended up winning 4—1. just enough time for us to recap our top story. tributes have been flooding in for sven gorna eriksson who's died at the age of 76, after a battle with cancer. he was the first non—british manager of the england team and led the three lions to the quarter—finals at three

major tournaments during his five—year spell in charge between 2001 and 2006. you can get all the latest sports news at from 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. hardly any rainfall in comparison to what we should be seeing for this month. further north and west we had double the amount of rainfall, over 200% in the far west of scotland and across the lake district in fact, that's where were likely to see further rain to add to these totals to close

out the month of august for the potentially end of the 18 mm in the extreme northwest where there's hardly any traceable, usable grade once again across eastern england and south east england. for monday we're going to see a relatively dry, quiet day. this week weather front, a band of cloud, feud few nuisance showers across the scottish borders for england and north wales with the north and north wales with the north and south, sunny spells, breezy but the wind is not as strong as over the weekend. it will feel a little warmer, which is good news for many as its bank holiday weekend for the highest likely of 23 degrees. as we move into tuesday central and southern areas under this influence of high—pressure and into the near continent but toppling around that high is another low move again bringing wet and windy weather for the at the same time the wind direction swings to a south—westerly and just taps into pretty warm air coming from the near continent. the rain still heavy as it moves

out of the scores borders and integral wales. out of the scores borders and integralwales. i had out of the scores borders and integral wales. i had of it with that sunshine and that increasing warmth we should seek temperatures at 25 degrees. that's 77 fahrenheit. we're looking at mid to high teens across scotland. that weather front is not moving far at all on wednesday as it continues to bump into this area of high pressure. we could see the conveyor belt of rain sitting across southwest england, wales and northern england, wales and northern england for a time. that means we will see increasing warmth was up still leather two level of uncertainty but potentially from holes onto the isle of wight anywhere south and east of that could see temperatures peaking at 27 or 28 degrees that's 82 fahrenheit. we keep some sunshine and warmth although not quite as warm through thursday and friday across england and wales for the saying unsettled for the northwest.

the humanitarian response is being completely strangled and limited. in our ability of what we can do. french authorities extend the detention of pavel durov — the founder of the social media network telegram — as part of a cyber criminality investigation. and one of the world's biggest street parties — the notting hill carnival, takes place in west london with its annual celebration of caribbean culture. we start this hour in ukraine — where russia has carried out a major aerial assault — killing at least six people. ukraine's air commander has called it the biggest air attack of this war — with around 200 missiles and drones used to target energy and water facilities. us presidentjoe biden denounced an "outrageous" russian assault on ukraine's power grid monday, vowing moscow would "never succeed" in its ongoing war.