that is it from me. mike embley is here in 15 minutes‘ time, but now it is time for sport today. see you $0011. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... top footballers in spain could strike over a plan to stage la liga matches in the usa. the promised land on the horizon, ajax with one foot in the champions league group stage after beating dynamo kiev. olympic champion, joseph schooling, wins singapores first gold at the 2018 asian games as he dominates 100m butterfly. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. footballers in spain have not ruled out the possibility of strike action over plans to stage at least one top—flight league match in the united states per season for 15 years. real madrid captain sergio ramos and barcelona vice—captain sergio busquets were among the high—profile players to attend a meeting on wednesday to discuss their concern

over the issue. la liga agreed the deal with a us media company last week. the players‘ union says its members were not consulted by the league. the union has said there is a possibility of strike action, but they say they would try not to reach that extreme measure. translation: football is something special for everyone, whether they are in seville or madrid. how can seville at play without their supporters if they need to travel to the united states? it doesn't make any sense. the supporters, of course, had to be a guest this sort of thing. we've got to the point football has lost sense will stop i will say this as many times as necessary role and make common sense needs to rule as well. it cannot be allowed that the president of the league can take a decision for 15 yea rs. we have

league can take a decision for 15 years. we have a person who says they are trying to improve the sport and then take such a drastic decision that affects many people who live football, and this person ta kes who live football, and this person takes that decision without even consulting. ajax look well—placed to the reach the group stage of the european champions league after beating dynamo kiev 3—1 in the first leg of their play—off on wednesday in amsterdam. ajax were playing their fifth game of this season's competition — and they took the lead after only two minutes when summer recruit, dusan tadic set up donny van de beek. within 15 minutes dynamo kiev were level. tomasz kediora tapped in from close range to given the ukrainian side a vital away goal. but ajax — who are four—time winners of the european cup — responded with two more goals before the break, with tadic sealing a 3—1victory. in the night's other games, aek athens won 2—1 in hungary against vidi, and dinazmo zagreb drew 1—1 in switzerland against young boys. the second legs take place next tuesday. ever since thierry henry made public his intentions to pursue

a role in club manangement there has been a lot of speculation as to where the former france forward would end up. well on thursday that question may have been answered. he's been in talks with ligue 1 side bordeaux — where accroding to reports in france, he's agreed in principal to replace gus poyet who was suspended last week for his comments on the club's transfer dealings. henry, the former arsenal and barcelona striker, has been belgium's assistant coach since 2016. he is such a big game in france. his world champion, the best scorer of the national team in our history. bands will be happy, they are really happy. bands will be happy, they are really happy--- bands will be happy, they are really happy. —— fans. iran is the bbc that he will become the new coach. —— eve ryo ne he will become the new coach. —— everyone is so happy. two new

coaches, important out those guys in france, because this is the best advertising for the league abroad for the english fans, the european fans, or even in asia, where it is important for the league, to promote the league in asia, for the moment. that is really important. you can't know how he is going to perform, because he doesn't have experience asa because he doesn't have experience as a coach. it will be his first experience. but remember that another world champion, laurent blanc, in his first club was bordeaux as well. so you never know, he could be the last laurent blanc, maybe. india's cricketers needed just 17 balls to claim the one wicket they needed to wrap up victory against england on the final day of the third test in nottingham. the home home side were bowled out for 317. india won by 203 runs to reduce england's lead in the series to 2—1, with two mathces to play. we ran england close in the first

match. we were blown away at lord's. so we needed to prove a point. o rlowski so we needed to prove a point. orlowski boys was to give me some accountability. —— all i asked the boys. and they were simply magnificent in all three aspects of the game. i could not tell more, the where they stood up, came out here, competed, and played. in the four yea rs i have competed, and played. in the four years i have been doing thisjob, if you look at a clinical performance overseas, i think this has to be the best. it is a vc not good enough in this format, and for the group of players we got, it is well below pa rt of players we got, it is well below part of what we are capable of doing. —— it is obviously. we just revert back to a few things that have worked well for us in the past and we now have to carry that forward and do it for long periods of time. on day 4 of the asian games

in indonesia, singapore's joseph schooling broke the china—japan duopoly in the aquatics centre. the 23—year—old butterfly specialist who won olympic gold over 100 metres in rio two years ago, had to settle for bronze in last year's world championships — but he set a new games record of 51.04 seconds as he retained the asian title he won four years ago. he was the first swimmer from outside china and japan to win a gold medal at this year's games. there was a new games record, too, forjapan‘s yasuhiro koseki as he completed a breaststroke double. 2a hours after winning the 200 metres title, he won gold over 100 metres in a time of 58.86 seconds. there was also gold — and a new games record — forjapan in the men's 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay withjuran mizohata anchoring them to victory in three minutes 12.68 seconds. china were second, which meant a fifth medal of the week for sun yang, with singapore taking bronze. meanwhile earlier on day 4

south korea snaffled a cycling gold in the women's100 kilometer road race. na ah—reum won in two hours, 55 minutes and 47 seconds — with the minor medals going to china and japan. na took the road time trial at the last asian games four years ago. thailand won their third gold medal of the games with a 2—0 sweep of malaysia in the men's team regu final, in the traditional southeast asian sport of sepak takraw. it's a form of volleyball played without the hands and is known for its acrobatic scoring. thailand retained the title they won four years ago. in golf, they are reaching the final of the season in newjersey on sunday. this is the fullest of forumers to determine the pga tour champion for 2018. there is a $10 million bonus for the overall winner. dustinjohnson

million bonus for the overall winner. dustin johnson is million bonus for the overall winner. dustinjohnson is the defending champion and is also the top of the fedex cup table.|j defending champion and is also the top of the fedex cup table. i think it is definitely a big, richmond and something i would really like to win. to be the fedex cup champion means you have obviously played really well in the play—offs, but also had a great year, too. it is something that, you know, it is definitely on my list of conditions that i would like to achieve. we have three events before we go to the tour championship and 83 points in the play—offs is not a big lead. it is there to be, i mean, i will have to play well, if i have to pay to make it the lead, in the next three events. finally, russian premier league side fc rostov have released a fourth kit in the design of what has quickly become known as the club's lucky carpet. a carpet i hear you say? well yes! with the team having lost at home in their previous match, one fan decided to bring what he believed to be a lucky charm into the ground.

they won that match. the carpet being waved in the stands caught the attention of rostov officials and, after garnering plenty of traction on social media, a la boaty mcboatface for those in the know the club invited the fan and his carpet to their training base. and things continued to escalate. by tuesday, rostov announced their carpet collection kit had gone on pre—sale for 2,500 roubles or $36. that got us thinking about other memorable — or not — football kits, like this offering from major league soccer side colorado rapids back in 2014 — complete with tassles. or this from spanish lower leage side leonesa — who celebrated their 90th anniversary in 2013 by wearing a tuxedo—style away kit. and, from the same country, lorca — who come from the region of murcia, known as the "market garden of spain" — produced this away kit five years ago, complete with a broccoli design. surely there should have been more

brainstorming sessions for these kits, although i probably would have gone for the broccoli kit, it feels more healthy. 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. good morning. the bank holiday weekend fast approaching and there is a change to come with the feel of our weather over the next few days. but just look at what we had yesterday. beautiful blue sky and sunshine in lincolnshire. highs of 27 degrees, 81 fahrenheit. we are not going to see temperatures like that certainly over the bank holiday weekend. a cooler and fresher feel.

the reason being is these weather fronts pushing in from the atlantic. they are cold fronts, behind it introducing slightly fresher air with it. that said, first thing this morning in the south—east it will still be quite a humid start to the day, with overnight lows still sitting at around 16 or 17 degrees, and there will be some rain. but further north and west, it is already a cooler start to your thursday. let's try and put the detail on it, then. behind the second front is when the really cool air starts to push down from the north and west, and that is going to move its way across the country as we push into the bank holiday weekend. so, for thursday, we start off with some rain that was slowly clear away from the midlands, the south coast, east anglia, the south—east corner. some brightness behind, a scattering of showers into wales and north—west england and rain pushing into the north—west. so, in terms of the temperature profile, it is going to feel cooler here, with the greens, the yellows, the warm russets in the south—east, 23 degrees the high, and in the showers we are looking at 1a to 16 degrees for much

of scotland and northern ireland. now, those showers will continue into the north—west overnight, but elsewhere we will see some clearer skies, and the cooler air starts to push further south, so it is going to be a much more comfortable night for sleeping in, that is certainly the good news. we will see single figures into the north at perhaps around nine to 12 degrees in the south—east corner. now, on friday, it looks as though we are going to see a rash of showers developing into northern ireland, down through north—west england — anywhere south of the midlands and wales will see dry and bright weather. look at the feel, 1a to 19 degrees the overall high. we start off the weekend on a dry and sometimes sunny note, but the temperatures will still be set to struggle, 13 to 20 degrees, way down on what we've been used to just recently. a little ridge of high pressure that builds overnight saturday into sunday, that's going to allow temperatures to fall away overnight. a chilly start on sunday morning. a touch of frost in sheltered glens of scotland before the next whether front pushes in from the atlantic.

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