live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: it's honours even in the first game at the etihad stadium in a fiery encounter between manchester city and everton. former england football star eni aluko speaks to us about her alleged racist treatment by the team. and former world number one victoria azarenka will miss the us open. welcome to the programme. manchester city needed a late equaliser against everton in what turned out to be a fractious affair on a night to mark the victims of recent terror attacks. the match finished 1—1. wayne rooney opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, his 200th premier league goal. substitute raheem sterling saved the day for city, levelling with just eight minutes remaining. both sides had a man sent off. kyle walker on his home debut in the first half and everton‘s morgan schneiderlin saw red later on in the closing stages. both red cards an issue guardiola not keen to talk about.

we were disappointed when we didn't play what we are. we put absolutely everything on the pitch. can i ask you about the performance of raheem sterling, he certainly took his chance when he came on, impressed with his performance this evening?” was impressed with all of them. two red guards, kyle walker, was that a red card? next question. why won't you answer that, do you think it was not a red card? next question. the second red card for morgan schneiderlin, do you think that was a red card? no comment. thank you. i don't say we deserved all the three points. i say by halftime 1—0 up, 11 everton players against ten

of city, but even with one less player on the pitch they have that high quality on the ball and they can make it difficult but i think we had a tactical, good game. unlucky goal. they didn't create a lot of open chances. they had still the domination in the game and in the counter—attack. i think we had some opportunities but finally it's a good point and we worked hard for that point and it's a good result. let's take you through some of the other results now. in spain's la liga, levante beat villarreal i—o. and in the later kick off eibar won away from home against malaga. next, an england footballer who accused the national team manager of discrimination has given her first tv interview. striker eni aluko claims she was dropped after speaking out in what she claimed was a confidential review over alleged racial and prejudicial remarks made by manager mark sampson. he's been cleared of any wrongdoing in both an fa review

and an independent investigation. aluko has been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. she's one of her country's best—known female footballers, but last year eni aluko raised serious concerns about the culture in the england setup when asked to be part ofa england setup when asked to be part of a confidential fa review and in her first broadcast interview since the controversy began earlier this month, the striker told me she fears it may have cost her. the fact is a week before i was topped by the england team for the first time in 11 years i had given my account of what i felt was discrimination towards me, what i felt was a bullying culture so whichever way you look at it, being part of that cultural review has cost me potentially my england career. england manager mark sampson was the subject of eni aluko's complaint and the man who dropped herfrom subject of eni aluko's complaint and the man who dropped her from the squad. the timing of which the fa

insist was purely coincidental. both an internal enquiry and an independent investigation cleared him and his staff of any wrongdoing and found no evidence of a racial robot to another player. he has vowed to improve his communication style but eni aluko, a qualified lawyer, has now gone public with the alleged incident involving a coach before a game in 2014. he asked who was coming in to watch the game and isaidi was coming in to watch the game and i said i have family coming was coming in to watch the game and isaid i have family coming in was coming in to watch the game and i said i have family coming in from nigeria. he said make sure they don't come over with ebola. when that was said, did you challenge him at the time, did you say that's unacceptable? no, i laughed. i laughed because, i mean, iwas in shock, i didn't know... i didn't know what to say. you believe it was a racist comment? yes, i believe it was and i believe, again, i go back

to the definition, i believe it was an unfavourable comment made to me that made me feel completely shocked and intimidated that was said to me because i'm of african descent. again, some will say an offensive comment but not necessarily a racist one, is that possible?” comment but not necessarily a racist one, is that possible? i don't think so. one, is that possible? i don't think so. the fa say while this claim was included in general correspondence last year it wasn't raised as a formal allegation, the bbc understands samsun tonight is the incident occurred. —— sampson. she points out she refused to participate in the independent enquiry. they say they reached a financial settlement paying eni aluko an amount understood to be £80,000 to avoid disruption to the england team ahead of this summer's european championships and not to prevent disclosure. why speak out now? i feel there's a lot of half—truths out in the public and i believe it's in the public interest

110w believe it's in the public interest now to understand the severity of this case, to understand that this isn't something i decided to fabricate out of the blue, this wasn't a bitter in passion revenge atan wasn't a bitter in passion revenge at an england manager, this is something i was asked to do. eni aluko has 102 something i was asked to do. eni alu ko has 102 caps something i was asked to do. eni aluko has 102 caps for her country but she now fears her experience could stop other players from raising concerns. two—time grand slam winner victoria azarenka has withdrawn from the us open due to a custody battle with her former partner which is preventing her son leaving the state of california. the bela rusian player returned to action injune after the birth of son leo last december. she had been hopeful that legal arrangements could be worked out to allow her to compete. the 27—year—old said in a statement: "i am sadly unable to compete in this year's us 0pen due to my ongoing family situation that i am working through." legendary chinese badminton player lin dan is competing in what could be his final world championships this week. the 33—year—old two—time 0lympic

champion is looking to win a sixth world crown in scotland, but his last success came back in 2013. he began with a win over kieran merrilees. bbc 0lympic reporter nick hope was there to watch it. lin dan's legacy is already secure regardless of what happens here at the world championships in glasgow this week, such as been the sense and the scale of his achievements over the last record a site in backache —— decade or so in babington. he has seven this week but he wants to go out with another major success to his name that badminton. the uk has been a happy hunting ground in the past —— badminton. world title in 2011 and 0lympic badminton. world title in 2011 and olympic gold in 2012. this is the first—ever match so normally it is not so easy because i need to make myself in a good mood. although malaysian lee john wade myself in a good mood. although malaysian leejohn wade is traditionally lin dan's major opponent there is a new man in town.

this south korean has held the world number ranking for most of 2017 and is the top men's single seed in glasgow. he began his bid for a first major title with a comfortable 21-14, 21-6 team first major title with a comfortable 21—14, 21—6 team when in the round of 64. translation: i'm happy to win the first competition at the beginning andi the first competition at the beginning and i think i'm adjusting to this environment well so i hope the result of the following competition is good as well. most of the top—seeded players begin their campaign on tuesday having received by buys in the first round and that will include spanish 0lympic champion who is looking for a hat—trick of world titles after su ccesses hat—trick of world titles after successes in 2013 and 2015. britain's chris froome has taken the red jersey and leads the vuelta a espana as italy's vincenzo nibali won the third stage. the four—time tour de france champion finished third on the stage with spain's david de la cruz in second. the team sky rider is aiming to become the third man to win

the tour de france and vuelta in the same year. he holds a two—second advantage over de la cruz, nicolas roche and tejay van garderen, with nibali ten seconds back. england captain sarah hunter says more changes to the starting line—up won't affect them ahead of their rugby world cup semi—final with france on tuesday. head coach simon middleton has made two changes to his side for the match as lydia thompson comes in on the wing, and rachel burford returns at inside centre. because we've been professional since january, we've had time together with combinations. so we know each other world so actually i think what he wanted to do was to ensure that people aren't worn out by playing the same 15, the same 23

for every minute of every game through the pool stages so when it comes to the knockout stages people feel fresh and ready to go and i think that can be done when you do have a squad of 28 that are equally as good as each other. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. goodbye. hello. it looks as though many areas are going to start off with a mild but murky start to the new day on tuesday. the weather front that's introduced this fare is just lurking there across the top half of scotland, still producing the odd bit and piece of rain. following on behind, a lot of low cloud. if you are in the high ground of the pennines, for example, you could have some conditions that will not be great, so take it easy first thing. it will take a time for the day to really get going. but we get some heat, pop some of that cloud, so i think the sunshine will break through the cloud and the temperatures will respond. i need to put into the mix this

little feature ganging the showers togetherfor a time in northern ireland and the far south—west of scotland. some heavy downpours, there. dribs and drabs to be head across the north of scotland. the odd isolated but heavy shower there across parts of the north—east of england, coming down towards the sort of top end of the pennines, and then further south of that, a lot of fine, dry weather to be had after that dull start. still quite a bit of cloud around for some. i've shown widely 22, 23, 24, but with sunshine in the right place, we could well be looking at 26 or 27 degrees, and we haven't been there so far this august. the humid air is ahead of this cold front. during wednesday, that front will work from west to east, bringing fresher conditions from the atlantic. but that is going to take some time. there the band of cloud, and that is all it will be, in the south. ahead of it, that's where we boost the temperatures. the top end of that weather front

will be quite active. so it's one of those days, or certainly one of those mornings, for the greater part of scotland. the rain becoming increasingly confined to northern isles as we move into the afternoon. widely into the teens across the western side of the british isles, with the last of the heat holding on in the south—east and east anglia. and then come thursday, pretty much we're all in this fresher run of atlantic air will come in moving from west to east. that area of low pressure will still be close to ireland. that pushes the front back and across northern ireland, so that is not a shower there, but persistent rain, and will be in the north part of scotland. elsewhere, a pretty reasonable day. temperatures coming back to the seasonal norm. but with a bit of sunshine, it will feel pleasant at about 21 or 22 at best. friday, similar sort of fare. still got the low pressure right there, still throwing the chance of some pretty hefty showers across the northern half of britain. welcome to this bbc news special. i'm jane 0'brien, in washington.

in just moments, president trump will address the nation and lay out his strategy for afghanistan. already america's longest war, we will soon learn if more us troops will be deployed, and what his administration's approach will be to help secure the country for the future. welcome to this bbc news special. we are standing by for president trump to announce his administration's strategy to handle the ongoing conflict in afghanistan. in a rare prime—time address, the president will talk to us troops and the american public about the number of forces deployed