hello, i'm tulsen tollet. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: hurricane irma takes it's toll on the sporting world with fixtures moved and cancelled after the storm damage. west ham got their first points of the premier league season as huddersfield suffered their first defeat. and security is paramount as the world 11 arrives in pakistan for a ground breaking twenty20 series. hello there and welcome to the programme. hurricane irma has been wreaking havoc on a devastating scale over the past week affecting numerous communities and countries. in florida over the weekend, irma made landfall and it also forced the postponement and cancellation of various sporting fixtures. with the nfl season among them, it poses a knock on effect for teams who had been scheduled to have a week off later in the season, and florida—based journalistjeremiah tittle has been explaining to me how this could hinder a franchise. the bye week is an opportunity for

teens, whether they are ailing and need some time to recover from the knocks that come about over the season, it is a perfect opportunity for a team that is having a hard time, losing a lot of games, to turn things around and take the weeks to prepare for the next big opponent if one is coming up. —— opportunity for teams. there is some benefit to momentum. where you see some teams going on a winning streak, they have that two—week lay—off and then the momentum has died down. so you could look at it from both perspectives. but it is not an advantage, overall. he talked about things go in different places. you look at the miami dolphins, who are going to

nine different time zones. how difficult is a make—up for them, but also, from the perspective of the american people, habgood has been that they are pulled together to help these clubs out? 0h, that they are pulled together to help these clubs out? oh, yes. the human element you cannot ignore. when fans and an entire city works together to help each other, this community, the goodwill, the charity... you know, it is a unifying experience. it does not a lwa ys unifying experience. it does not always translate to a win or two victory, too positive momentum, but i think more often than not, it is a boon for a team and all the fans to come together and support that team. moving to football, now. west ham manager slaven bilic celebrated his 49th birthday with a first win of the season for his club as they beat huddersfield town 2—0 in london. the hammers had lost their opening three games of the premier league season and sitting bottom of the table saw

two goals in the space of five minutes through pedro obiang and andre ayew hand them victory in front of their home fans. earlier in the day crystal palace sacked their manager frank de boer afterjust 77 days in charge at selhurst park. palace were beaten by burnley on sunday and lost all four of their premier league matches to start the season without scoring a goal. west ham manager slaven bilic was asked if he had thought about it having been under pressure himself heading into their match. iam not i am not going to lie. as i said, i am 49. i have been in football since iam 18. am 49. i have been in football since i am 18. you know, that is 31 years. soi i am 18. you know, that is 31 years. so i know how it works, especially today. to be fair, i can do the zone where i don't — ijust care about

the team. i saw my team really focus not today, but the day before yesterday, it was a good thing, a told the team that we will suffer this two weeks. we have suffered. it was good to play on monday to have them back for a few training. they showed determination in training, they shed the energy and everything. and that was really important to me. that is the thing that i have been focused on. i think we deserved defeat. we were not good today, especially with the ball. i think the defence we worked with, we fought and tried everything. and evenif fought and tried everything. and even if you see that the goals were very lucky, the deflection and the corner, which was very unlucky, as well, we have to be honest that we we re well, we have to be honest that we were not good enough with the ball. we we re were not good enough with the ball. we were not brave enough. we were

not confident enough with the ball. it makes totally more sense for us not to play with bravery and confidence after what we have done so confidence after what we have done so far, today, and especially with the ball, we are not good enough. one team performing well right now are manchester city who are second on the table only to rivals manchester united on goal difference. there are expectations because city also have the most expensive squad in football. according to research group cies football observatory, pep guardiola's employers spent 283 million dollars in the recent transfer window taking the total squad outlay to just over a billion dollars. but only four million dollars behind were paris st germain after they spent heavily on the likes of neymar. in spain's primera division, las palmas were 3—1winners in malaga, which moves them up four places to 14th. former chelsea player loic remy scored the third for the visitors while malaga remain in the relegation zone and second from bottom. carlos eduardo scored a hat trick to lead al hilal to the semi finals of the asian champions

league on monday. they beat al ain 3—0 in the second leg and on aggregate in their quarter final tie. the brazilian notched his third against the team from the uae after salem al dawsari played a through ball and the 27—year—old eduardo made no mistake with his side still unbeaten in this year's competition. cricket‘s world 11 have arrived in lahore ahead of three twenty20 internationals against pakistan in the city. the series, which gets underway on tuesday, will be the latest attempt to revive international cricket in the country, as austin halewood reports. for only the second time in more than 80 years, international cricketers are returning to pakistani. the world 11, led by faf du plessis, will play three twenty20 matches against pakistan in lahore. and the players know how important the tories for the future of the game. i did it interesting that the

future of the game comes back to pakistan, because the more people who are followed again, it the more people are interested, and young people are interested, and young people can watch their heroes play. the match will be the highest profile in pakistan since a militant attack on the sri lankan team bus in 2009, which killed eight people and injured seven star. since that attack, the country has not hosted international cricket, apart from three matches against zimbabwe in 2015. a lot of courage was needed on the other side to put it all together. and we are really very happy to host the world 11 coming here. we know that this is a small step in many ways, but a huge leap for pakistan. officials say the security will be full proof for a

tour that represents a major milestone towards the possible restoration of international cricket in the country. the people of pakistan, who have bought to get in their thousands —— tickets in their thousands, the wait is almost over. three russian cyclists are taking legal action against the world anti—doping agency and canadian investigator dr richard mclaren. kirill sveshnikov, dmitry strakhov and dmitry sokolov were banned after after mclaren‘s report into state—sponsored doping in russia. the trio claim wada and mclaren carried out "a rushed and compromised investigation" — and as well as missing the 2016 0lympics they've "suffered great reputational harm". wada have declined to comment. chris froome may attempt the grand tour treble next year. on sunday he added the vuelta a espana to his fourth tour de france title, becoming only the third man to win both races in the same year. before defending those titles, he's not ruling out the giro d'italia next may. his team principal says he must now

be considered as one of the sports greats. he isa he is a complete athlete. he has matured at. you know, he is rounded, and bore it a boy, is this guy a winner. hejust blends his personal note issued with the ability to eat out went. —— boy oh boy. —— lent his personality with his ability to eke out wins. there are two games going on. the saints are trailing to minnesota 19-6. saints are trailing to minnesota 19—6. about saints are trailing to minnesota 19-6. about 11 saints are trailing to minnesota 19—6. about 11 minutes remaining in that. and the la charges from san diego, they are meeting the denver

broncos in the coming hours. —— chargers. that is it for us for now. good night. good morning. as we go through the week, there will be a distinct autumnal flavour to our weather. and in actualfact, it will be rather cool in windy at times. some showers heavy, possibly with thunder. we start not on a bad note. ten or 11 degrees, so a fresh start. five or six in rural spots. a predominantly start to the day, maybe even some glimpses of sunshine. a scattering of showers on the west—facing coast, but into the afternoon, cloud, wind, and rain will move into northern ireland and western scotland, in particular. we'll see the first signs of it through the isles of scilly and perhaps cornwall,

but for the bulk of england and wales, it is dry, sunny, with top temperatures around 15 to 18 degrees. as few isolated showers into north—west england, but the heaviest of the rain will be through northern ireland and western scotland. here, it will feel disappointingly cool, at about 12 or 13 degrees. some of that rain will start to be quite heavy. northern isles in eastern scotland, you will see some sunshine to end the day. that is not set to last. for the champions league football taking place in the evening, most of the matches will be dry. the rain will pep up towards the end of the match for man united. so that area of low pressure moves in. some rain will be heavy, through the early half of the night, and winds will start to strengthen, casting into gales or severe gales in places. if you will be out on the road, that is worth keeping in mind, and best to stay tuned to a local bbc radio station for updates.

gusts of wind along the south coast and across the high ground of scotland. 50—55 miles an hour. we really could see an intense spell of gales or severe gales in north wales and north england for a time. that pushes the rain rapidly through and leaves squally showers for wednesday. some heavy, possibly thundery. the showers cool and disappointing. in the south—east, you'll escape most showers, and there could be some sunshine. 18 degrees the high. not much anywhere change into thursday. these bands of showery rain will slip south. the winds will provide a cool source, with some frequent showers, as well. disappointing showers, 13 to 18 degrees across the country on thursday afternoon. as we move out of thursday onto friday, it is mostly repeat performance. again, we have a north—westerly wind and plenty of showers, with highs disappointing. take care. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is gavin grey. our top stories: the caribbean struggles to cope in the wake of hurricane irma: we report from the british virgin islands where thousands have yet to receive any support.

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