in match three of the euopean champions league real madrid and tottenham play out an enthralling 1—1 draw at the bernabeu. saudia arabia's al hilal are through to the asian champions league final after a 6—2 aggregate victory over persepolis. and 48 hours after winning herfirst tournament in over two years, maria sharapova is knocked out in the opening round of moscow's kremlin cup. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the champions league news that real madrid and tottenham have played out a 1—1 draw at the bernabeu in spain, meaning they remain first and second respectively in group h. the defending champions had the better of the chances early on but it was a raphael varane own goal from a deflected harry kane effort in the 28th minute which saw spurs take a lead on a night where both goalkeepers were fully tested but the scores were level when cristiano ronaldo converted a penalty minutes before the half time interval and it stayed that way. elsewhere in the group apoel nicosia

and borussia dortmund both picked up their first point of the campaign with a 1—1 draw in cyprus. i told you many times that he is one of the best goalkeepers in the world. the performance was brilliant was fantastic and therefore the belief and, i think, it is too important to congratulate our players. i am so proud of the effort from them. manchester city may consider themselves lucky to have won 2—1 at home to napoli despite scoring two goals in the opening 13 minutes through raheem sterling and gabrieljesus. dries mertens saw a penalty before half time saved before amadou diawara scored from the spot inside the last 20 minutes to make it a nervy finish for pep guardiola's side who stay top of group f while shakhtar donetsk

move second after victory over feyenoord. today we won against an incredible team. to do that you need to make an incredible performance. the team needs to take out energy so they have the quality to take it. my team isa have the quality to take it. my team is a team with a lot of quality in keeping going and they did it. that is one of the reasons i am the most proud. nfl commissioner roger goodell met with owners and players in an annual meeting at the league's headquarters in new york city on tuesday. players kneeling during the national anthem has been a major talking point lately as they protest racial injustice and social inequality across the country but goodell says the players were never asked at the meeting to stand

during the anthem and says they spent the day talking about the issues. we did not ask for that. no. we spent today discussing the issues. the issues that our players have been trying to bring attention to about issues in our community is, to make our community is better. alp players are men of great character. they have a very deep understanding and tremendous knowledge of the issues that are going on over all of oui’ issues that are going on over all of our communities and their commitment to addressing these issues is admirable and something i think our owners look at and say we want to help support you. in major league baseball, game three of the national league championship series gets under way in the coming minutes as the la dodgers look to move a step closer to the world series. the dodgers lead reigning champions the chicago cubs 2—0 in their best of seven contest, while in the american league championship

series, the new york yankees have won the game against the houston astros. they won 6—4 so the series is now up to all on aggregate. 4-0 at one point in the fourth inning and towards the end the yankees had a comeback for a 6—4 win. it moves now to game five. and the dodgers match gets under way shortly indeed. i can tell you something that is under way, the nba season. fall a few fanatics out there. first game is the boston celtics versus the clevela nd the boston celtics versus the cleveland cavaliers. we had an issue about whether one of the cab ‘s best players would be playing. so many

cyber plots in this, a former cavalier player now playing for the celtics. labuan james cavalier player now playing for the celtics. labuanjames ‘s there. i can tell you it is 36— 25 in favour of the cleveland cavaliers. after that we have the houston rocket to meet the golden state warriors. they are hoping for three titles in four yea rs are hoping for three titles in four years and that could be interesting with stephen curry out they are for the golden state warriors. that is all we have time for. everything else at the website. well, wednesday is expected to be quite a mixed day across the uk.

there is certainly some rain in the forecast. the clouds have been gathering for the last 2a hours or so. some quite pretty pictures, gloomy pictures in places. here is one from dorset, and this is the weather front moving in from the south. here it is as it drifts in from the bay of biscay across france. and this is going to bring some quite wet weather for a time across southern and some central areas, particularly around the midlands, during the course of wednesday. so first thing in the morning, i think, from the southern counties through the south midlands, into the east midlands, there'll be some rain around. but many northern areas, northern england, northern wales, clear here. and, across the far north of scotland, even a touch of grass frost in one or two areas, particularly in those sheltered glens. so let's have a look at the morning weather, then. this is 8:00am, and it really is looking very cloudy, very dull in many areas, temperatures around 11 or 12 degrees. and then we move a little bit further northwards, into northern wales, the north—west of england, around cumbria there, and into northern ireland. here, i think, some sunshine first thing in the morning. it is going to feel a lot fresher, so a much better start to the day.

but, even here, notice that there are a few spots of rain through the lowlands, here in glasgow and edinburgh. but this is really light, and we are back into the sunshine at 8:00am in the morning across most of yorkshire, and then back into that weather front across the midlands, east anglia, and down into the south—east. now, through the course of the morning, into the afternoon, what is going to happen with this weather front is it'll move a little bit further northwards. but it is also going to introduce some very muggy air, so it is not going to feel particular cold across the south. it is going to be sort of that damp, muggy, grey sort of feeling, with on—and—off light rain or drizzle. you can see those temperatures, despite the cloud and the rain, getting up to 17 in london. but then the other side of this weather front here, further north, it is a lot fresher. it is only 13 degrees. here is a look at thursday. you can see it is relatively quiet, but cloudy, with a few spots of rain in eastern areas, but this weather front of low pressure moving in. and that is going to introduce some

wet and windy weather to some of these south—western and western areas during the course of thursday evening. and then, on friday, that weather front and the low pressure is moving northwards across the uk. quite brisk conditions, windy conditions for a time. fresher there in scotland and northern ireland, at 13. still 16 in london. and then we are watching this next big area of low pressure heading our way. a lot of isobars, the track of the low still a little uncertain. it is probably going to go a little bit further north. but severe gales are on the cards, especially in the south. and it really is a workout for the upper body. so he has built mess. and it really is a workout for the upper body. iam moving i am moving to the right—hand side of the course. it is an exhilarating ride, and 3000

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played by paralympian is, but once again he was looking to have able—bodied athletes involved. he has three years to raise the profile to the japanese public. this is a half size automated version of the game. censors keep track of the balls in a game similar to bowls. the flashing lights helped to draw players in. the company is in talks with arcades and shopping centres, even a bar to open the experience up to the public. this man has been in a wheelchair for 20 years. on a practical level, i asked a wheelchair for 20 years. on a practical level, iasked him if tokyo was ready to welcome other wheelchair users. downstairs, i am

downstairs, iam being downstairs, i am being scanned downstairs, iam being scanned in 3-d downstairs, iam being scanned in 3—d asa downstairs, iam being scanned in 3—d as a tech specialist shows me the compa ny‘s new 3—d as a tech specialist shows me the company's new tory. they want to work out what makes a winning performance. this kit could be used to capture all athletes at their best and work out what movements they used to win. remember, entertainment is as important as learning. so i have been provided with a few new moves. i don't think is good enough for a gold. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: it is power politics, chinese—style, as the country's political elite prepares to unveil its vision for the future. we will have the latest live from beijing. celebrations as islamic state fighters are forced out of raqqa,

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