allan little, bbc news, sarajevo. back now to our main story and the sudden resignation of robert mugabe after 37 years as zimbabwe's president. back to harare now and our correspondent, shingai nyoka. as the curtain closes on president mugabe's era tonight i've cast my mind back on his 37 year rule. he began as a hero, a liberator, a person who educated his people as well as a reconciler of black—and—white. but so much of that has been eroded over the last 20 yea rs. has been eroded over the last 20 years. i've been thinking of the people who never really stood a chance. the millions of people who left zi m ba bwe to chance. the millions of people who left zimbabwe to find work. the thousands who died in hospitals

because there was a shortage of drug while he left and flew to singapore to keep him seve live. in the end he was a man obsessed with power and that obsession became more important than his people. our zimbabwe correspondent, shingai nyoka, thank you very much. that's it from us. in a moment the news where you are, but we'll leave with some images from what's been an extraordinary day in zimbabwe. good night. i hereby formally tender my resignation as the president of the republic of zimbabwe with immediate effect. cheering and applause he's gone, we are free! we are free! it's victory for our children. independence is finally here. this is a new era for our nation. 37 years with one president, it doesn't make any sense. lam numb, to be quite honest,

and i think the only time i'll ever be able to comprehend what's just happened is when i wake up in the morning. cheering. hello i'm holly hamilton and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme. liverpool throw away a 3—0 lead to draw in sevilla in the champions league. the red roses thrive on home soil as england's women thrash canada at twickenham. and the women's ashes will remain in australia — but a thrilling final match sees england claim an historic victory to tie the series. a very good evening to you and welcome to the programme — where we start with the champions

league and tonight liverpool had qualification firmly in their sights at half time in sevilla. 3—0 up before the break, what could possibly go wrong? well, the hosts made a dramatic comeback to snatch a late draw which meansjurgen klopp's side still need a draw in their last match to secure their place in the last 16, as nick parrott reports. severe's dazzling light show wasn't needed to make this match is a spectacle —— similar. it took less than 90 seconds for firmino to score liverpool's quickest goal of the season liverpool's quickest goal of the season and lessons were not learned from that corner. mannarino p diddy feat. 0n the half—hour mark the game looked as good as over when firmino got his second. for the seville fans all fans seemed lost but as liverpool know, comebacks from 3—0 down always possible. chances were missed in the first half but 0viedo

made up for it. seville's fortunes changed. the returning to his final club, moreno considered the penalty. deep into injury time, said bill had one more chance. pizarro took it. now liverpool know how ac milan felt in istanbul. elsewhere, manchester city had looked set for their first scoreless draw of the season — until raheem sterling's 88th minute winner against feyenoord. they'd already qualified for the last 16, but that result means they top their group with a match to spare. and tottenham are also guaranteed top spot ahead of real madrid in their group after winning away to borussia dortmund as patrick gearey reports. whether in the league table or the tea m whether in the league table or the team photo, tottenham have got things done quickly in the champions league. already through and just as well because half an hour in, so was

aubameyang. he was suspended last week. no celebration for him. they call it the yellow wall which hasn't covered their defence of late. eric dier could have scored but for the keepehs dier could have scored but for the keeper's save. we'd heard little from harry kane, had he recovered from harry kane, had he recovered from injury? there is your answer and the tottenham equaliser. dortmund's champions league path was blocked by real madrid but dele alli's wasn't. he queued up son. it may have been more comfortable for spurs but this competition has been relaxed for them, a group they were supposed to get out of they have won with room to spare. city were in scintillating form so expect goals against feyenoord. an anti—climactic first half. there was a symbolic moment, 34—year—old yaya toure was

replaced by phil foden, half his age with a lot to learn. plenty of teachers including another still young englishman. that was raheem sterling scoring in his fourth consecutive champions league match and that was manchester city top of their group too. elsewhere in manchester city's group, napoli's 3—0 win over shaktar donetsk means city will go to ukraine knowing even a loss won't deny them a more favourable draw in the last 16. everton will appeal the fa's decision to charge striker 0umar niasse after he was deemed to have deliberately conned the referee during saturday's draw against crystal palace. the panel unanimously decided that he'd intentionally dived to win the fifth—minute spot—kick at selhurst park. the senegal international is the first premier league player to be charged for so—called "successful deception of a match official." matters off the pitch now and

manchester united's romelu lukaku's brush with the law in california has left him out of pocket — of just £340. he's agreed to pay compensation to beverly hills police department after they responded to five noise complaints at a house he was renting over the summer. he was charged with a disturbance of the peace infraction but the case is to be heard again at los angeles airport courthouse next month. england's women have secured a series victory over canada with a test to spare after a 49—12 win at twickenham. england captain sarah hunter led out her side to win her 100th cap in a fixture that saw the red roses score eight tries, with rachel burford and 18—year old ellie kildunne both crossing twice. england will secure a series whitewash if they can repeat tonight's success in the final test on saturday. as for england's crickers — well the women didn't bring home to ashes — but they certainly finished on a high —

winning their last t20 match with a record run chase to level the series. tim hague reports with the ashes already retained no wonder australia looked so happy going into this match. good england save some pride and draw the series? under the night sky, beth mooney made the ideas seem almost impossible. she was at her powerful and precise best. such hitting would make only the second australian woman to score a t20 century with a huge victory target of 179 sets. it would need to be the highest t20 chase in history and when england lost three early wickets surely the game was up lost three early wickets surely the game was up but no, a mixture of bad catching and brilliant batting gave england hope. daniel wyatt, so impressive and she went on to make history herself by becoming the first englishwoman to score three figures in a t20 match. although she

went shortly after her team—mates made sure the impossible chase became possible. no ashes to go home with maybe but plenty of pride after this. now i deserve the men. the england batsman alastair cook says they have pretty much accepted that ben stokes will play no part in their ashes series. stokes is still waiting to find out if he'll be charged over a fight outside a nightclub in september. but he posted this video on social media yesterday, keeping in shape in the nets in durham — bowling and batting. seemingly ready to join up with his team—mates if he is cleared. meanwhile, england have been training at the gabba in brisbane, where australia haven't lost a test in almost 30 years. england do hold the ashes but the last time they were in australia, almost four years ago, they lost 5—0. i think it's probably disappointing for the english team and the country. he's let a lot of people

down. i would love for him to have been here because i know what a competitor he is, a world—class player. at the end of the day we have another 11 guys taking the field and we are excited. we respect oui’ field and we are excited. we respect our position, they've picked the best tea m our position, they've picked the best team they feel will be here to try and beat us. and that first test begins on thursday of course. every ball of every test, live on 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website. in the mean time that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former labour

adviser and comedian, ayesha hazarika and tim montgomerie, the founder of unherd.com. a look at the front pages. the metro which leads with the resignation of robert mugabe as president of zimbabwe after 37 years in power. the i reflects the jubilant scenes across zimbabwe earlier today as news spread about the end of mugabe's rule. a so—called divorce bill between britain and the european union could be settled within three weeks according the ft‘s front page. ahead of tomorrow's budget, the telegraph details a last minute briefing which the paper says saw downing street demand a last minute announcement on schools. the daily express leads with how vitamin d could benefit the treatment of arthritis according to new research. the times reports that schools will be paid £600 for every extra pupil they persuade to sit maths a—level to help britain compete on the world stage after brexit.

the guardian has an image of zimbabweans celebrating on the streets of harare after mugabe resigned. and the mail urges savers to boycott banks that have not passed on this month's rise in interest rates. let's talk about some of those. take us let's talk about some of those. take us to the front of the metro, if only for the headline. amazing headline, hip, hip, harare. most papers have very vibrant scenes of gb lei sheng from harare. a lot of smiling faces —— scenes of jubilation. we thought mugabe was going to go last week and then we thought he was going to go on sunday and it didn't work out but people will be pleased. we shouldn't underestimate what a huge moment this is in african politics. he has been a presiding figure notjust in

zimbabwe but across the whole region. at first very revered, he was the man who helped zimbabwe become independent in 1980. there was a lot of promise, he was seen as this revolutionary insurgent, this very strong figure but zimbabwe went from is being the breadbasket of africa with great resources basically to being the basket case, with horrific unemployment. at one point, life expectancy in zimbabwe was the lowest of anywhere on the planet, i think for a woman it was 43 years old. a huge collar and epidemic —— cholera and aids epidemic. the agriculture dipped. the country has a tragic set of

events happening to it. i hope that events happening to it. i hope that even know there is a lot of jubilation, i hope that there will be real change. it's important to note that the man taking over from mugabe was a big part of what happened before, quite a blood—soaked happened before, quite a blood—soa ked history. happened before, quite a blood-soaked history. his nickname is the crocodile. doesn't bode particularly well. i think what morgan tsvangirai is calling for is correct, until there are free and fair elections in zimbabwe who must be careful about being too jubilant. 0n the story got context, this is a very significant day, isn't it?l huge moment for the moment said, this is a land that had so much promise, still a lot of resources. quite a talented population in many respects and you can see the excitement and the jubilation. the

military, this is the softest crew we've seen of this kind, an example to the rest of africa if they can have lived correctly —— the softest coup. there has been a lot of intimidation and violence in the life of the modern zimbabwe. if this transition can happen reasonably peacefully, it is an open question as to how much