pressure mounts on ronald koeman as everton suffer another europa league defeat, but they did go down fighting, quite literally. can they do it again? the chicago cubs are taking on the los angeles dodgers in game five of baseball's national league series. and after months of speculation, he's staying put. two—time world champion, fernando alonso, signs a new deal with mclaren. pressure‘s mounting on ronald koeman after everton suffered another loss in the europa league on thursday, but they did go down fighting. quite literally, in fact, after a brawl broke out sparked by captain ashley williams pushing the lyon goalkeeper. at one point it seemed to involve everyone on the pitch. williams received a yellow card before scoring an equaliser minutes later, but it was short—lived after bertrand traore put lyon back on top, the game ending 2—1. elsewhere, lazio fought back from an early nice lead

to maintain their 100% record in the europa league. that makes it three for three for the italian side after that game ended 3—1 in group k. and four goals from brazilian, willianjose, gave spain's real sociedad a six nil win at macedonian club vardar. and arsenal continued their perfect start to the europa league with a 1—0 victory at crvena zvezda in serbia. olivier giroud's spectacular overhead kick late on made it three wins from three for arsenal in group h. that leaves them top of the standings, five points ahead of bate borisov. it was a very difficult game. it was high—intensity and very heated. it was a supportive atmosphere. we kept going and tried to win the game. we

played against a great team. they we re played against a great team. they were always dangerous on counter—attack. petr did great. i have to give credit to the mentality of the team. for all thursday's europa league results and reaction, go to our website, bbc.com/sport. so, a good result for arsenal, but it's a club scoring points off the pitch too. they've been praised this week for setting an example to others around disabled access. in recent years, stadiums have come under increasing pressure to meet stringent new building targets, but many are still failing to do so. our correspondent, joe wilson, has been finding out what the emirates is doing right. we are here at arsenal today because this stadium represents a model for disability access. it involves an area like this, a platform for wheelchair users. this season,

arsenal have opened an area that can be used on non— match days and match days for people with profound autism and heightened sensory needs to improve air experience. the minister for disabled people viewed those facilities today. the timing is interesting. the human rights commission is very close to finalising a report based on its assessment of the old 20 premier league clubs. we know that some have lagged behind with disability. the minister today told me at all clubs will be brought into line. arsenal have shown it actually can be done. we know that club is not in the premier league, other clubs, are following as well. the message really is there is no excuse for not doing this. every fan and every

supporter should be valued. doing this. every fan and every supporter should be valuedm doing this. every fan and every supporter should be valued. if it turns out some clubs are lagging behind, what can you do and others do to make sure improvements are made? the human rights commission is looking very carefully at those clu bs looking very carefully at those clubs that are not meeting those obligations. the ultimate sanction they have is to hold the club is accountable to the 2010 equalities act. and the commission has indicated it wants to take more test cases to court and wants to make sure the equalities act is being enforced. the chicago cubs are facing the biggest test of their championship, as they fight to keep their season alive in game five, but for the la dodgers, they're just one win from the world series. only one team has ever come back from a 3—game deficit in the post season. meanwhile, the new york yankees head to houston astros on friday for game six leading 3—2 in the american national league series. complete devastation

for brooklyn nets guard, jeremy lin. he's expected to miss the rest of the season following a knee injury. he landed awkwardly on a drive to the basket in the fourth quarter of the nets' loss to the pacers on wednesday night, and has he goes down you canjust see his immediate reaction as he realises the extent of that injury. the team later confirmed he has ruptured the patella tendon in his right knee, a huge blow for the nets. and the tennis. nick kyrgios has become the latest player to end his season early due to injury. the world number 20 took to social media to announce that a persistent hip problem has led to the decision, insisting he must "listen to his body and his team". earlier on thursday, tomas berdych also announced

he would miss tournaments in vienna and paris because of a back injury. julia goerges eased into the semi—finals of the kremlin cup, beating lesia tsurenko of ukraine on thursday. the 28—year—old german won in straight sets 6—3, 6—4 win in an hour and 25 minutes. she next faces natalia vikhlyantseva for a place in sunday's final. irina—camelia begu reached the semi—finals with a two sets to one win over win over fellow qualifier vera lapko. begue won 6—3, 4—6, 7—6. she'll play the russian daria kasatkina in the last four. what a year it's been forjustin thomas! the world number four is on track to add yet another title to his haul in south korea. he had all of about three days to savour his pga tour player of the year honour, and that's after winning five times in the 2016—17 season including his first major and the fedex cup title. so, how does he celebrate?

an 18—hour journey to malaysia to defend his title at the cimb classic. no sign of anyjet lag, though, as austin halewood reports. who would not want to play on a course like this? the pga tour has arrived in south korea for the first time. and they witnessed some blistering golf on the opening day from justin thomas, this eagle on just the third hole. the american then made four straight birdies, chipping in on the 15th for the best of them. just four weeks ago, he picked up a $10 million bonus for winning the fedexcup. he has taken that form with him to asia, playing the back nine first. this set up a second eagle as he went to the turn on seven under. three more birdies would follow. nine under for the day. the american looks to improve on his already impressive trophy cabinet. malaysia's gavin greene is

one of those looking to stop him. he is one of five men who finished back on three shots under. patrick reed was another, keen to showjustin thomas was not the only american who could hole from the bunker. austin halewood, bbc news. meanwhile, defending champion sergio garcia shares the first round lead at the valderrama masters in spain. he's on five under par after the opening day, level with joost luiten of the netherlands, who also shot 66. spaniard, pablo larratha bal, is one shot back on four under, level with englishman robert rock. ji eun lee leads the lpga event in taiwan by three shots after shooting a flawless opening round of 66. six birdies and no bogeys for the south korean. among those trying to catch her is the former world number one, lydia ko. the kiwi opened her account here with a respectable round of 70. but it was tough out there, even for the leaders. after months of speculation,

two time world champion fernando alonso has confirmed he will be staying with mclaren for at least another year. he was thought to be considering his future following the little progress he and the team have made over the past three years. however, after mclaren confirmed they'd swap honda for renault in 2018, alonso has now put pen to paper in a new deal, telling fans "see you next year" in a video released on social media on thursday. now, never short of attention, five—time snooker world champion, ronnie 0'sullivan, got maybe a bit too much at the english open on thursday. he was joined by a spectator who was clearly overjoyed after 0'sullivan made three consecutive century breaks in barnsley to win his third—round match but having rolled in the pink. ronnie allowed his new partner to have a go at the black. which she duly..

..missed. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. it was pretty grey for many on thursday. wet weather as well. heavy showers and rain lasting through the evening and through the night. not great for driving. there is a squeeze in the isobars around low pressure bringing heavy rain through thursday and overnight. some gales with this. this is storm brian, which was named during the day on thursday. that looks like the next set of autumnal gales. but for friday, it starts grey and gloomy. fog in northern ireland and york and further north. low cloud and hill fog with remnants of low pressure further south. but it is an improving as the day wears on. increasing amounts of dry and bright weather and even sunshine until late on. that is until this next area of low pressure comes in bringing rain to northern ireland,

wales, and the south—west. and the strengthening wind. despite the fresh air, it will be pleasant due to the brightness in the afternoon. but a grey start. through the evening, rain rattling east on strengthening winds. the game might be dry, west ham, brighton. the rain's not too far away though. it will rattle through quickly through the night due to storm brian. gales, severe gales, quite widely in southern and western areas. for some south—eastern areas, the first gales of the season. 40—50mph inland. 60, perhaps, locally, 70 around the coast. with the wet ground, that could bring down trees and disruption. very large waves indeed. that is because this storm coincides with spring tides as well. so, some dangerously large waves around the coast to be avoided. so, it does look like it will be a bit of a feature as it goes across the uk. southern areas especially. strong and gusty winds further west, eventually getting into northern ireland and south—west scotland. as well as that, wet weather. ahead of that, despite the wind, dry and bright weather on saturday and in eastern areas.

temperatures getting to about 16 degrees. it will be the wettest weather in the way, especially with these showers. saturday night, low pressure pulling away. a westerly wind driving them east. another showery day going into sunday. again, eastern areas are best for brighter weather. clearly, there are warnings out. and do stay up—to—date with those warnings. they're on the website. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: by air, land, and sea —

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