but they are just as happy after beating liverpool. and an injured and tired novak djokovic says he will hold an inquest with his team after being knocked out of the australian open. hi there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. alexis sanchez says he is thrilled to bejoining the biggest club in the world, as he moved to manchester united from arsenal in a swap deal with henrikh mkhitaryan. the chile striker has signed a [ls—year contract that will make him the highest—paid player in the premier league. he will be on a pre—tax salary of around £500,000, that is around $700,000, a week. 0ur sports editor dan roan has more. it is talent like this that has persuaded manchester united to make alexis sanchez the best—paid player in premier league history. the striker remarkably set to earn a report £500,000 a week after his protracted transfer from arsenal was finally completed. more akin to a movie trailer than a signing announcement, united heralded the arrival

of the chilean maestro with a carefully orchestrated video on their social media tonight, the rest of the game left to marvel at a deal the like of which british football has never seen before. you know, the money side of it is absolutely humongous. it's absurd in some people's eyes. are footballers worth this? arsene wenger a couple of days ago said it would not be long before a player earns £1 million a week. with midfielder henrikh mkhitaryan heading to arsenal as part ofa swap deal, united may have avoided paying a transfer fee for sanchez. but, with his agent reportedly pocketing £50 million, the full cost of the signing could turn into a staggering £180 million. jose mourinho made clear his admiration earlier this month. the only word i can say is the same with everybody says, he's a phenomenal player.

apart from that, arsenal player. not anymore. mega—rich manchester city have been the favourites to sign sanchez, but even they were scared off by the money involved. instead, united won the race for his signature, and they must now hope he is worth it. no wonder manchester united can splash the cash. they have just been named the world's richest club by accountancy firm deloitte. united have hung on to top spot after making a profit of $812 million last season. they have beaten real madrid into second place byjust over $2 million, the closest margin in the rich list‘s 21—year history. barcelona are third, with bundesliga giants bayern munich in fourth spot, and manchester city fifth. talking of manchester city, they might have missed out on signing alexis sanchez, but kevin de bruyne has signed a new deal which will keep him at the club until 2023. the playmaker's previous deal didn't expire until 2021, so the extension shows just how much they want to keep him. de bruyne has scored six goals and provided ten assists in the top flight this season.

a week after inflicting manchester city's first defeat of the season, liverpool have been defeated by strugglers swansea. look at the elation from the swansea bench here, hugging and embracing as if they have won the premier league. a big sigh of relief from manager carlos ca rvalhal. this is a crucial win for the bottom—of—the—table side. the only goal of the game came from alfie mawson, after the reds failed to deal with a corner. juventus have closed the gap at the top of serie a to just a point after a 1—0 win over genoa. douglas costa tapped in from six yards out to give the italian champions the lead in turin. they are nowjust a point behind leaders napoli, who won on sunday. marin cilic stands in the way of a second successive australian open semi—final for rafael nadal on tuesday. first up on rod laver arena, it is women's fourth seed elina svitolina, out to maintain her season—opening winning streak against elise mertens, in the belgian‘s first grand slam quarter—final appearance. bulgaria's world number three, grigor dimitrov, is fighting for a semi—final spot

against british hope and a9th—ranked kyle edmund. and caroline wozniacki looks to make the last four, after a seven—year gap. nadal, who lost to roger federer in last year's final, has a 5—1 career win record against cilic. but the sixth—seeded croat is a former us open champion, so he will have confidence he can conquer nadal. novak djokovic recognised that reaching the fourth round in melbourne was an achievement after being out of the game for so long. the six—time aussie open champion was defeated by south korean chung hyeon, but the right elbow injury and a new hip problem means djokovic needs to take time out for more recovery. now, i don't know, i have to

reassess everything in my team. article ten, coaches and everybody, and you know, c, scan it, see what is the situation like. last couple of weeks i played a lot of tennis, so of weeks i played a lot of tennis, so let's see what's happening inside —— see. congratulations to chung and his team, amazing, amazing performance. he was a better player on the court tonight, and he deserved to win, no question about it. i mean, whenever he was in trouble, he came out with some unbelievable shots, passing shots, and you know, just from the back of the court he was like a wall. it's impressive. i wish him all the best. suspended all—rounder ben stokes is to delay his arrival for england's tour of new zealand in order to attend his first court hearing into a charge of affray. stokes was charged last week after a lengthy investigation into an incident outside a nightclub last september. meanwhile, this weekend, 578 cricketers will be in the auction for the indian premier league. around $58 million can be spent on players,

and for the first timejoe root, one of the world's best, is upforgrabs. aside from the payday, he is hoping a chance to play with the best can help his development. of course, it is lucrative and all the rest of it. but it is just such a great opportunity to add to my ballgame, and to learn to play with a number of different players around the world, try and keep learning and keep improving, and you know, that is the most exciting thing about it for me. with two major white all tournaments not too far away, to get that experience and that exposure, and the chance to keep improving and those two formats, is a really great opportunity and something i am really looking forward to. despite numerous campaigns to raise awareness of homophobia in sport, there are still no openly gay footballers playing in england's top flight. ritchie anderson is a sunday league player in the west midlands. he has been talking to us

about being a gay player, in what can be a tough and intimidating environment. my my name is ritchie anderson, and i love football. i love playing for my sunday league team, i love competing, and i love the better with my team—mates. but i have got a secret i can no longer keep from them. it is time to tell my team—mates i am gay. to the best of my knowledge, my team—mates are straight and have no idea that i am 93v- straight and have no idea that i am gay. it is funny, really, because in every other part of society i am out andi every other part of society i am out and i am proud. my friends know, and my family know, but as soon as i am here on a football pitch, itjust feels like it but. it is match day, and it full time i am coming out of the lads. my nerves are calmed by getting on the scoresheet. and the game ends in a morale boosting 7—2 victory for my team. now, ijust have to find the right moment. so

now. . . have to find the right moment. so now... iamjust have to find the right moment. so now... i am just ready to do it now. you want to go in? shall bejust get it out of the way. my team—mates know i am making a film about grassroots football, but have no idea what i am about to say. boys, before you... ijust idea what i am about to say. boys, before you... i just wanted idea what i am about to say. boys, before you... ijust wanted to have a quick chat with you all. one of the big issues i have been looking at this week... which is really close to, like, my heart, is homophobia in football. and the reason why that means a lot to me is that i am a gay footballer. so, you know... and ijust wanted to kind of be open and honest, because with you lads, and this is a really hard for me to do that, not... applause

seriously, like, thank you. that means a lot. so relieved. so, so relieved, i can't even tell you. i expected it, because they are a good bunch of lads. but i am so relieved. but the main thing is, i hope there is people watching this who are in the same boat that i was then, and they are thinking, you know what, i can do that as well. what a courageous thing to do. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. we're sticking with that mild theme for the next couple of days,

and if anything, today looks very mild in places. we import that air from the south—west. it's going to bring about a considerable fall of any lying snow across central and northern areas, too. and with weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain and the thawing snow, we could see standing water around. it's going to be a very mild start. those are the temperatures we're expecting this morning. but it's going to be a breezy one, a lot of cloud through tuesday, maybe a little bit of brightness here and there, and there could be a couple of weather fronts straddling the country. we start off with rain in england and wales and another one pushing into northern ireland and scotland. this is going to produce some moderate bursts of rain. it's going to be quite persistant across western parts of scotland, added on to the snowmelt, with temperatures between 9 and 11 degrees, like i mentioned, a lot of standing water around. a warm weather front across the eastern side of england

gradually clearing away. a little bit drier in between, pushing into wales and the south—west of england. there's going to be a lot of low cloud, mist and murk with these weather fronts too. always the case when we pick up these mild south—westerlies. a bit of brightness at times across central, southern and eastern areas. that will really push the temperatures up, but there'll be more rain into western areas, and some heavy showers into scotland and northern ireland. look at these temperatures, though, into the afternoon — double—figure values for most. we could even make 14 in one or two brighter spots. and then on into tuesday night, it stays blustery. becoming very windy, with gales across western areas. an area of persistent rain moving in. briefly some snow on higher ground, but with milder air continuing to push northwards, it's going to be a very mild night across the south, just 10 or 11 degrees at the lowest. this area of low pressure will move through on wednesday, could cause some disruption. it's going to deepen and bring about some severe gales to scotland. maybe gusts of 70mph here. but it's going to be a very windy day elsewhere, widespread gales, a band of heavy, squally rain spreading southwards and eastwards through the day,

brightening up behind it, but it is a cold front. it's going to start to introduce cooler air, which will eventually reach the south—east by the end of the day. and then on into thursday, we're all into this cooler air mass. that's through thursday and also friday. quite a blustery day again on thursday. perhaps some sunshine, though, across england and wales, before some showers, maybe even long spells of rain. those temperatures back into single figures for most of us. so, to end the week, we're back into the cooler air briefly. there'll be sunshine and showers, and it will be quite windy. but then, as we head on in towards the weekend, it looks like things are set to turn milder once again. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: a temporary deal to end the us shutdown but for less than three weeks. every day we spend arguing about keeping the lights on is another day we cannot spend negotiating daca or

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