major tournaments during his five—year spell in charge and he also managed 12 club teams, including manchester city, leicester, roma and lazio, winning 18 trophies. andy swiss has more. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson�*s reign was anything but dull. he made his managerial name first with gothenburg and then with italian side lazio, when england appointed him as kevin keegan�*s replacement in 2000, it sparked a storm of controversy. england never had a foreign coach before. if it was the most difficult job, i'm very happy. it will be my biggest challenge. he soon silenced his critics on a famous night in munich. 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! he's done it! the feel—good factor was back, and eriksson was the architect. but qualification was followed by frustration. england was beaten by brazil in the quarterfinals and his passive management style was under scrutiny. come the 2004 euros it was the same story. as england again went out in the quarterfinals, the questions began to mount. by now, his private life was attracting headlines. his relationships with the italian lawyer nancy dell'0lio, with the tv star ulrika jonsson, and with faria alam, an fa employee, which prompted

turmoil at the organisation. and he told an undercover reporter he considered 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. 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 was as england's ground—breaking boss 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 football journalist, henry winter, to take us through some of the highlights from eriksson�*s reign as england manager. i was fortunate to cover all the games that england played under sven—goran eriksson. there were some amazing moments. i mean, people talk about the man, but the football man, the remarkable 5—1

in munich, even heskey scored, the 4—2 against croatia, when rooney was unplayable. england could have won that tournament under sven if rooney hadn't got injured. david beckham's free kick against greece to get england to the world cup, and then beckham's redemption against argentina in 2002. there were some really good games. probably underachieved with england given the quality and gerard and ashley cole and john terry. southgate got the players practising penalties, rather than the victorian ethos it's a bit unsporting to practise penalties. i think sven admitted that. why he didn't take work

on penalties, the psychology of players. he said he should have taken a psychologist to some of 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, in that era of the hair dryer, you didn't want to cross sven, you don't want to let the guy down. too young to appreciate him, too early in the game to appreciate there's some beautiful people in this game, who are part of the game because they love everything about it, they want everyone to be happy. the last tennis grand slam of the season, the us open, is under way at flushing meadows in new york, and the defending women's champion coco gauff has sailed through herfirst 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—0. 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, it was definitely a lot of pressure this tournament. but, i'm just enjoying it. and in the last year, it was incredible. i'm just bringing those vibes here. whatever happens, happens. and yes, it was great and an honour to be back on arthur ashe and 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 persistent 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 her words "underdogs as always, in the us". a lot of these players are very aggressive players by nature. so ideally, they suit the match player for mat really well. georgia and hannah, probably haven't played their best golf, but they're good enough to find this — i thinkjust the confidence of being on the team and kind of — by the time you get there, with the atmosphere and the surround the team, you just — you just rise to the occasion. and they've done it before. they know what it takes. ideally you always pick form. but at the same time, playing away, experience, and kind of — the mental kind

of — having the mental kind of feistiness in you is as important. you want to have players who can kind of block stuff out and go out there and kind of — 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 dannyjansen, who is making history. he was batting for the toronto bluejays onjune 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—goran 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. still very unsettled across the north and the west of the uk at times. more wet and windy weather

to come here, but also some sunshine in the forecast and some late summer warmth, too, especially for southern and eastern areas of england. now through the night, this front has been tracking southwards and eastwards. on tuesday morning it's still bringing heavy downpours of rain for northern ireland, western scotland, some of that rain falling on already saturated ground, particularly across dumfries and galloway. so heavy downpours still here, windy up through these irish sea coast, but it's breezy wherever you are. a dry start to the day though for england and wales and very mild, particularly across northern ireland. now, on tuesday that front continues to slip further southwards and eastwards, the rain turning lighter and more patchy. behind the front things will dry out and brighten up. there'll be some sunny spells and some showers. the front, by the time we get to the afternoon, is draped down from north—west england, wales and south—west england, so cloudy with outbreaks of rain here but ahead of the front there'll be a lot of sunshine and the highest of the

temperatures mid 20s perhaps, but also possibly 20 or 21 degrees in parts of aberdeenshire. now, the position of the front could change on tuesday into wednesday, it's moving very slowly as it bumps into the area of high pressure almost stalls. it's just a narrow band of cloud, really, as we head through wednesday, stretching down from, say, north yorkshire, through wales and into south west england. behind it sunny spells but also some more heavy showers pushing eastwards from parts of western scotland and northern ireland. again, more sunshine across many parts of east anglia, south east england. temperatures here could get to 27 or 28 celsius, perhaps, but wednesday does look as if it's going to be the warmest day of the week, because after that front clears on thursday, we draw in more of a westerly wind. so we're getting that fresher atlantic air back again, and there will be a drop in temperature, but still a lot of dry weather to come in the forecast. again, some more showers affecting parts of north—west england, northern ireland and western scotland in particular, pushing eastwards, but further south it is a mostly dry story, but temperatures are lower across the board, generally 16 to 23 celsius, north to south. then a ridge of high pressure may well build in as we head through thursday and friday, keeping things largely dry into the weekend and feeling a touch warmer.

live from washington. this is bbc news. reports of a ballistic missile striking a hotel in central ukraine. it follows russia's massive air assault on the country. the united nations temporarily suspends aid operations in gaza after israel issues a new evacuation order in the centre of the territory. in the centre of the territory. and the bbc gets exclusive and the bbc gets exclusive access to mpox treatment access to mpox treatment centres in the democratic centres in the democratic republic of the congo — republic of the congo — where the disease

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