louis rees—zammitjoins the jacksonville jaguars' practice squad following his pre—season training camp with the kansas city chiefs. the draw for this seasons champions league has been made at a glittering ceremony in monaco. the likes of gianluigi buffon and cristiano ronaldo were involved in picking out the balls. gone is the old group stage. the newly extended competition now has 36 teams, with each playing a minimum of 8 games against eight different teams in the initial phase. premier league champions manchester city will have to travel to paris st germain and juventus amongst others. there'll be a reunion of xabi alonso with his former club liverpool. alonso's bayer leverkusen will travel to anfield. liverpool will also

host real madrid. arsenal take on psg at home amongst theirfixtures. they'll also have to travel to milan to take on inter. villa, back amongst europes elite for the first time in more than a0 years are rewarded with home ties against bayern munich and juventus amongst others. they'll also have to face scottish champions celtic. that match will be at villa park. celtic also have home games against the likes of leipzig and club bruges. the draw in full over on the bbc sport website. dates for those fixtures will be released in the coming days. it could well be a busy few hours coming up for football transfers across europe as the continents top leagues make their final moves before the transfer window closes later on friday. lets have a quick look at some of the moves already done napoli have confirmed the signing of romelu lukaku from chelsea for 30 million pounds — he'll link up

with manager antonio conte. meanwhile scott mctominay has arrived in naples for his medical ahead of a 25 million pound move from manchester united. he was mobbed by fans at the airport as lukaku was on his arrival! liverpool have confirmed the signing of italian international federico chiesa from juventus. they will pay 10 million pounds up—front with a further 2.5 million in potential add—ons. chiesa will sign a four—year deal and has become arne slot�*s second summer signing. arsenal keeper aaron ramsdale could be on his way to southampton — they've agreed a deal worth 25 million pounds. ramsdale lost his place in the team after david raya joined the gunners last season. ramsdale is in lee carsley�*s first england squad. they have nations league fixtures against the republic of ireland and finland next month. the interim maanger has also called up four uncapped players, but kieran trippier�*s

ruled himself out, a regular during gareth southgate's 8 years in charge, the newcastle defender has today retired from international football. our senior football news reporter alex howell was at today's squad announcement. lee carsley named his first england squad since he has been named england interim head coach. he has named four uncapped players in the squad, and also fifa played under him when he was england u2i manager. this was the team that won in georgia last summer. he also made some big calls, leaving out manchester city defender kyle walker and bringing back in harry maguire. he has made clear he wants to leave his own impression on this group. looking at the squad, i've worked with the majority of them, whether when i was assisting the under 20 once before or currently. i think it was important too, not only with the players, but gets tough around me who understand how i work and how i want to see a camp run.

——but get staff around me who understand how i work and how i want to see a camp run. the players who have been called up in their first caps, they are really exciting players. very proud. it was a great phone calls to make this morning to congratulate them. they fully deserve the chance they are going to get. carsley has been interim manager before at club level with birmingham and brentford, but said he made the mistake of talking about his future too much, rather than focusing on the job at hand. this group of players has definitely been picked for the future in mind. carsley himself wouldn't be drawn on his own future. i think it's probably important i see how the games go. laughing the priority for me, and i know it's probably a boring answer, but literally, the best person is going to get the job, the best person who deserves to get this job. there are some brilliant coaches, some excellent head coaches, and i trust the people involved in the process that they will get the best person. there is also an update

that the situation with arsenal defender ben white has not changed. he is still unavailable for selection. carsley is preparing these players when they join up next week for games against the republic of ireland and finland in the nations league and england are hoping to start their campaign off positively to get promoted back to the top level. alex howell there. the international break starts on monday. to new york then where its day four of the us open. plain sailing for both the mens and womens world number ones at flushing meadow. in the womens draw, top seed iga swiatek breezed into the third round with an emphatic win overjapanese qualifier ena shibahara. she only dropped one game in a match lasting litle over an hour. jannik sinner is also through. he outclassed alex michelsen in straight sets. the italian beat the american 6—4 6—love 6—2 for his 50th victory of the year. its sinners first tournament since it emerged he was cleared of any wrongdoing after twice

testing positive for a banned substance earlier this year. afterwards he decsribed his critics as "sick" and says that the experience will hopefully imporve in the future. 0n the tennis courts, i obviously tried to do my best, i try to fight and let the spectators enjoy the show. but for me, i believe that i have grown also as a person during this period, regardless of how everything is going. which hopefully can help in the future. in cricket, englandsjoe root has equalled alastair cooke's record of 33 test centuries. it puts the batsman joint—top of the all time record for test 100s for england. 0ur sports correspondentjoe wilson was watching at lords... at 10:30am this morning with bright — at 10:30am this morning with bright skies above, sri lanka's

captain— bright skies above, sri lanka's captain decided after winning the toss_ captain decided after winning the toss to bowl. at lunch he probably— the toss to bowl. at lunch he probably felt it was a decent decision_ probably felt it was a decent decision because england were three _ decision because england were three down, and one of the batterers _ three down, and one of the batterers dismissed 0llie pope, who continues to ekuban the standing _ who continues to ekuban the standing captain and potentially * better with the sequence of low scores. the context _ sequence of low scores. the context then forjoe root was realty — context then forjoe root was really significant, because other— really significant, because other batterers were falling around _ other batterers were falling around him. he played a classic joe r00t— around him. he played a classic joe root innings. taking his time, — joe root innings. taking his time, picking his moments, seeing _ time, picking his moments, seeing the gaps, methodical, all the — seeing the gaps, methodical, all the way to another test match _ all the way to another test match hundred, his 33rd in test cricket, — match hundred, his 33rd in test cricket, that is level with alastetr— cricket, that is level with alastair cook at the top of the england — alastair cook at the top of the england tree. so many more to come _ england tree. so many more to come for— england tree. so many more to come forjoe root, it seems certaih _ come forjoe root, it seems certaih in_ come forjoe root, it seems certain. in this match, the performance of gus atkinson was significant too. ben stokes with— significant too. ben stokes with late order ones, 74 not out — with late order ones, 74 not out for— with late order ones, 74 not out for him. and then passed 50 — out for him. and then passed 350. joe _ out for him. and then passed 350. joe root dismissed for 145 — 350. joe root dismissed for 145 one _ 350. joe root dismissed for 143. one of those, england, of course, — 143. one of those, england, of course, will forgive him.

great britain have got off to a flying start on day one of the paralympics in paris, claiming two gold medals, three silvers and one bronze. teenage swimmer poppy maskill created history with britain's first gold. the 19 year old claimed victory in the s14100m butterfly. she actually broke the world record in that race, describing it afterwards as "unreal" that was followed shortly after by another gold, also in the pool. maskills team—mate tully kearney claiming victory in the s5 200m freestyle — a win she said was �*redemption' following her silver medal in tokyo last time around. not such positive news though for one of britain's big hopes going into paris, kadeena cox. she crashed out of her c4—5 500 metre time trial final. the four—time paralympic champion had qualified second fastest for the final, but hit the velodrome track on the first corner. louis rees—zammit has been added to the jacksonville jaguars' practice squad following his pre—season training camp with

the kansas city chiefs. the former wales rugby union star missed out on the chiefs' 53—man nfl roster and was expected to continue his contract on their practice squad but, he has instead joined the jaguars' practice squad — where he has been listed as a wide receiver — after they opted to sign the 23—year—old. fresh from his gold medal 0lympic triumph with the usa stephen curry has extended his contract with golden state warriors. the nba's all—time 3—point leader will earn 63 million dollars for the 2026—27 season. it will take the 36 year old's career on—court earnings to more than 530 million, which will be second only to lebronjames in nba history. the opening round of the world's oldest international sporting event, the america's cup, got underway with victory for britain over america. a series of races in barcelona will determine who'll challenge defending champions, new zealand, for the trophy in october. team ineos britannia beat american magic in theirfirst race.

they'll face each other again and race three other nations twice in a bid to reach the semi—finals. 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. despite a few sharp showers in the far north of scotland, thursday was a perfect late summer's day. in fact, quite a rarity for august because we had sunshine topping and tailing the country. yes, it was glorious at times. now, it's likely that we're going to keep that quiet theme for the next few days,

despite a little bit of early morning mist and fog around exposed west coasts, an the whole, there'll be a lot of sunshine to start the day on friday. cloud will develop as we go through the afternoon, but nevertheless the temperatures will start to pick up quite nicely. we're looking at 15—19 degrees in scotland, maybe highs of 24 degrees across south—east england — that's 75 fahrenheit. high pressure stays with us into the start of the weekend. it is starting to pull its way north and east, and that will allow more of an easterly flow and this weak weather front could trigger a few sharp showers. so a little more cloud across southern england and a brisk easterly wind making it feel a little fresher on exposed coast. so west will be best for sunshine and despite that brisk westerly wind — which will be noticeable — in some shelter, it will still feel quite pleasant. so for western scotland we could see highs possibly of 22 degrees, that's going to be a similar value to the london area, with the cloud and the risk of a few isolated showers. on to sunday — our area of high pressure continues to move towards norway,

and that's going to allow the wind direction to change once again, this time more to a south—easterly. so that will tap into some very warm air across the near continent, so it will feel increasingly hot and humid and much of eastern england seeing more sunshine and more warmth on sunday. there will be some cloud furtherwest, but later on in the day that humidity could trigger a few sharp, thundery downpours into the south—east. temperatures, though, likely to peak at 26 celsius. so if you've got plans for sunday evening across southern england, keep abreast of the forecast, the subject potential for change. and then as we go into next week, it looks likely that low pressure will start to centre itself to the far north and west. a lot of uncertainty for the detail, but it does look likely that this settled story that we've been singing for the last couple of days will change to something a little bit more unsettled.

welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai reporting live from singapore. the headlines: kamala harris, gives herfirst tv interview, since becoming the democratic nominee, for the white house. the most important and significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed. there's to be a pause in the fighting in gaza, to allow the vaccination of thousands of children, against polio. the uk government considers banning smoking in pub gardens and outdoor restaurants

as part of a drive to phase out tobacco. and passengers on a round—the—world cruise left stranded in belfast for three months after their voyage was beset by delays. we start newsday in the united states and a big moment for vice president kamala harris. the democratic presidential nominee's given her first major tv interview since replacing joe biden in the race for the white house. but appearing alongside her running mate, tim walz, she's been attacked for not giving a solo interview, with republicans claiming she's dodging scrutiny. 0ur north america editor sarah smith has the latest from washington. hi! 0n the road — kamala harris is criss—crossing the key state of georgia. hi! no wonder she's smiling, with opinion polls moving in her direction and her campaign is going very smoothly — so far.

a serious tv interview will be a bigger test.