hello. i am tulsen tollett and mr sport today, like the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: —— this is sport. —— live from the. lionel messi scores four as barcelona move five points clear at the top of the spanish league jonny bairstow leads england to a seven wicket victory over west indies in the first one day international at old trafford with an unbeaten century. and find out why one of english football's most successful players hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that four goals from lionel messi giving him his 43rd career hat—trick, saw barcelona move five points clear at the top of the spanish primera division after they scored a convincing 6—1 win over eibar. a first half penalty was added to with three second half goals paulinho and denis suarez also found the net at camp nou, while valencia scored five moving them up to third, italian international simone zaza scoring a second half hat—trick at the mestalla in their win over malaga.

cristiano ronaldo returns to the real madrid side for wednesday's match against real betis, having served a five game suspension for pushing the referee during their spanish super cup win over barcelona last month. despite featuring and scoring twice in last week's champions league win over apoel nicosia, it will be the portuguese forward's first domestic league match this season and the coach is thrilled to have him back. translation: we are happy to have them back. i hope it is the last time that this happens to us. overall, he is happy. he likes to play and be with the squad, be with his team—mates. he is back. now we have tomorrow's game and he's back in the league at home. in italy, mauro icardi's 77th minute penalty has salvaged inter a point against bologna in serie a. simone verdi had given the home side the lead after the half hour mark but the draw means inter drop points for the first time in five matches this season although they do move top of the table for 2h

hours at least. while in germanyjames rodriguez played a part in all three of bayern munich's goals against schalke, which included him scoring his first bundesliga goal since joining the bavarians. the 3—0 victory moves carlo ancelotti's side top of the table for the first time this year. there were also wins for augsburg who move third and borussia moenchengladbach with wolfsburg and werder bremen playing out a 1—1 draw. so bayern munich move back to the top of the bundesliga but it was without their world cup winning goalkeeper manuel neuer who won't play again in 2017. the 31—year—old germany captain has been ruled out of action for at least four months after breaking his left foot in training on monday. the injury is a recurrence of the hairline fracture he suffered during the champions league semi—final against real madrid in april. liverpool have been knocked out of the english league cup at the third round stage thanks to second half goals from shinji okazaki and islam slimani for leicester city. the 2—0 loss will put further pressure on jurgen klopp with his side currently eighth

in the premier league and now out of this competition. while delle ali sent tottenham through, bournemouth needed extra time to beat fellow south coast side brighton. and bakary sako‘s first goal in over two years gave crystal palace the win against huddersfield town that took them through to the last 16. staying with football, it's been a busy night of european women's world cup qualifiers with england putting six past russia. toni duggan scored twice, with four other england players finding the net. elsewhere, there was an emphatic 6—1 victory for norway over slovakia, while also in group 3, the republic of ireland beat northern ireland 2—0. there were also wins for euro 2017 runners—up denmark along with germany while belgium put 12 past moldova. well, england manager mark sampson had dominated the headlines in the build—up to the russia game after chelsea striker eniola alu ko made allegations — which he denies — of bullying and harassment.

after nikita paris scored the first goal against russia, the england players ran to celebrate with sampson in an apparent display of team unity. we have been such a strong team for the past two years. we wanted to celebrate like a team and religious show how hard we have worked and how much we support this team and all the girls out on the field and on the girls out on the field and on the bench. so ijust think it shows how much of a team we are, and together. rio ferdinand has been talking about his decision to start a boxing career. he is posted several social media videos in the past two months going into the ring. he's been promoted by a bookmaker in the uk. he has been trained by ritchie wattel and is a bitterfight he has been trained by ritchie wattel and is a bitter fight as a cruiserweight. he retired from football in 2015 and lost his wife in the same year. i think it is about how inspirational it can be. if you put your mind to something, you can chew. this is something that hopefully my children can feed off as well. because you cannotjust live in a comfort zone. —— you can achieve it. i think this is a great

way to do it. i'm not coming in thinking it will be a bed of roses. i will be going to die places, training wise, physically and mentally, and i want the challenge. i want to see a viking get through that. —— i want to see a viking get through that. -- i i want to see a viking get through that. —— i want to see if i can get through that. i am going to die places. —— i am going to dark places. now, to cricket, where jonny bairstow‘s maiden one day international century led england to a seven wicket victory over west indies on tuesday. the match at old trafford was the first of their five game series. rain forced the clash to be shortened to a 42 over a side contest as the visitors won the toss and elected to bat posting a score of 20a for nine with captain jason holder top scoring on 41 but it was bairstow in his 28th one day international who led his side home to take the victory. let's here from joe root. let's here from joe root. he has had to wait a long time, it shows the level his ability to come in and ta ke level his ability to come in and take a chance after such a long period of time waiting, and he has

been fantastic in rebel cricket, and to see him step up and take the opportunity is fantastic. really pleased for him. obviously have known him for a long time, and he will be externally proud of his achievement today. horse racing, and british trainer stephen mcconville and his son michael have been disqualified for three years following the withdrawal of one of their horses at the cheltenham festival in march. the horse, ansea nachai cliste, was found to have a prohibited substance. joe wilson was at tuesday's hearing in london and explains more. the father and son both attended the day's hearing in london, although neither spoke. the father, stephen, is the trainer of anseanachai cliste, while the sun is the owner and the joughi the cliste, while the sun is the owner and thejoughi the day. the substance was found in the sun's position, along with needles and blood. —— possession. the services is naturally occurring in horses,

but when admitted and hide doses boosts red blood cells and is performance in sensing. there were a number of positive tests recently involving leading traders in australia. it is a british horse racing, there is felt to be no entry problem with it, although they have doubled the number of tests on horses in the bha'sjurisdiction. they said that they were trying to calm their horse out, replaced nutrients after the long journey to cheltenham. i was told that the horse may have suffered abhorrent abuse. chris froome will race in the time trial at the world championships on wednesday but admits he hasn't been able to train specifically for the event given his busy schedule recently. the briton became just the third rider to win the tour de france — vuelta a espana double in the same year, and the first since 1978. here's froome speaking to the bbc‘s jill douglas in norway. physically, i think i have bounced

back pretty well. considering what the body has been through for the past few months. i think mentally, i ama past few months. i think mentally, i am a little tired. this we have not seen family and friends were a while 110w. seen family and friends were a while now. it was brutal this year. i have to admit, of all the grand tours are done, this was the hardest one that i have ever done. so yes. extremely, extremely grateful to bill to back it up from the tour de france. how can you get back up and go again? yes. the world championships now, is not necessarily something that, i mean, obviously, in the past few months with the tour de france, and the vuelta, this is not so the specifically for. i am here on the back of the tour and vuelta. i still

feel good and fresh. i fill up for it. so i'm going to get on and give it. so i'm going to get on and give it everything i have got. i know i am up against time—trial specialists who have focused specifically on being ready for it, that did not race the vuelta a espana. but at the same time, i would like to give it my best then be at home and wonder where i would have finished. on tuesday the netherlands sealed an historic gold and silver, for the first time since 1996, in the individual women's time trial. annemiek van vleuten was crowned champion after she clocked a time of 28 minutes 50.35 seconds over the 21.1 kilometre course. it completes a remarkable comeback for the dutch rider, who suffered a fractured back after she heavily crashed out of the olympic road race in rio. fellow dutch rider, anna van der breggen, who won that road race in rio, finished second, over 10 seconds behind, with australia's katrin garfoot

third. that is all we have time for. from me and the team, goodbye for now. hello there. we are starting wednesday on a fine note for many, bright with some sunshine, largely dry. across the north—west corner, another weather system moving in bringing thickening cloud, outbreaks of rain and strengthening winds. by the end of the night, it could be quite wet in places, same for western scotland. towns, temperatures by the start of wednesday, temperatures in double figures but cooler in the countryside with mist and fog. this is the way the system responsible for bringing that weather front. this is something we will see for the rest of the week, lifting mild airfrom the south, picking up

south—west winds. starting off on a fine and bright note this morning, good spells of sunshine. cloud increasing across western areas, showers developing ahead of this rain. that will get going this afternoon across northern ireland and in too much of scotland, getting into western wales and the south—west of england. ahead of this, waking up to brightness. 19, 20, maybe 21. warmer than it has been over the past week. wednesday into thursday, that rain continues to spread east. some heavy bursts through the night, especially in south—west england and wales, north—west england and scotland. by thursday afternoon, across central and eastern areas, the far south—east seeing some warm sunshine, 20—21 degrees, cooler and fresher further west. low pressure moving off into the north sea as we head into friday. a brief ridge of high pressure before the next weather system comes in off the atlantic. starting friday on a brighter

note with some sunshine, especially in central, southern and eastern parts. in the west, downhill with wind and rain pushing in. across northern ireland, then into scotland, england and wales, fairly heavy bursts. fairly warm across east and south—east areas, 19—20 degrees, fresher further west. looking at the caribbean, hurricane maria ploughed through dominica and martinique on monday night into tuesday, causing devastation. the storm is continuing to maintain its strength, ploughing across the british and us virgin islands and puerto rico, it could cause on devastation on wednesday morning as a major category five, and thereafter pushing to the north of hispanola. welcome to bbc news,

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