novak djokovic has won his third us open title. more on that in a moment, plus — rain could shorten the penultimate fedex cup tournament in pensylvannia withjustin rose on the cusp of becoming new world number one. and madness is san marino as a moto 2 motorcyclist tries to grab the brakes of an opponent as they hurtle down the straight. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis news that novak djokovic has won the men's us open final at flushing meadows in new york taking it in straight sets 6—3, 7—6, 6—3. it's a third title in this championship for the 31—year—old serb who defeated the 2009 champion juan martin del potro. the victory is a 14th grand slam title for djokovic and takes him 3rd on the all time list level with pete sampras. djokovic, who won wimbledon injuly, will climb to fourth in the world after back—to—back grand slam victories. only great rivals roger federer

and rafael nadal have won more. naomi osaka held her trophy atop the rockefeller centre in new york the day after defeating serena williams in the final. on saturday, the 20—year—old became japan's first grand slam singles champion beating williams 6—2, 6—4, in a controversial match that saw the 36—year—old criticise the umpire during the match after she was docked a point and then a game and has since been fined $17,000 for the code violations. i'm not really sure what happened between serena and the umpire. i keep getting asked questions about it at keep getting asked questions about itata keep getting asked questions about it at a not too sure. funny, i don't know, i think it is still a win. just going to count it as that. it still doesn't really feel that real. i think right now what i am feeling is very tired. that's the main thing

i feel. hopefully, as is very tired. that's the main thing ifeel. hopefully, as that is very tired. that's the main thing i feel. hopefully, as that wears off, i will start feeling more happy. olivier giroud scored the winning goal for world champions france as they beat netherlands 2—1 in their uefa nations league match on sunday. france were held to a goalless draw away to germany on thursday but after ryan babel cancelled out kyllian mbappe‘s opener it was the chelsea striker who grabbed the winner 15 minutes from the end in the league a clash — while earlier denmark with their full squad to choose from after the players agreed to talks with the danish fa over commercial rights, scored a 2—0 win over wales in league b with tottenham's christian eriksen scoring both goals while wales are now one win and one loss from two played. it's not easy with a quick turnaround. physically preparing for a game against a good team. we all have that. they will both have qualifies quite close to each other. we just qualifies quite close to each other. wejust had qualifies quite close to each other. we just had the first time. overall,

denmark probably deserved it. especially the way you went again, you are trying to get a goal but also it is difficult physically. alastair cook moved to 46 not out in his final innings as an international cricketer on day three of england's fifth test against india at the oval in london. the opener, who is set to retire after his i6ist test, took the home side to 114—2 in their second innings, a lead of 154. earlier india had seen their lower order defy the odds to post a score of 292, having been 160 for 6 on saturday, but the hosts already 3—1 up in the series hold the upperhand with two days remaining, cook though has been at the forefront of eveyone‘s thoughts. when i came into the group in 2014, he was captain in the side and it was so easy he was captain in the side and it was so easy to be a member of staff in ten. it is quite daunting to come into, having never international cricket. what he manages to do is

make everyone feel very welcome, very pa rt make everyone feel very welcome, very part of things. young players, all players, he seems to have the respect of everybody. and everybody is very comfortable talking to him. england'sjustin rose could become the new world number one this week after the final round of the bmw championship in pensylvannia was postponed on sunday. the penultimate event in the fedex cup was unplayable as persistent rain fell. the final round was postponed until monday, but with more rain forecast overnight there is no guarantee they'll be able to complete it as you can see from these pictures, meaning third—round leader rose could be declared the winner — and also gain the world number one ranking. under tour rules, half the field must complete the final round by monday for an event to extend into tuesday. england's matthew fitzpatrick has beaten lucas bjerregaard of denmark in a play—off to become the first man since seve ballesteros to successfully defend the title at the european masters at crans montana in switzerland. the 24—year—old birdied the final hole of his fourth round to force a play—off with bjerregaard, who had carded a stunning round of 63,

where once again fitzpatrick made birdie to become the first back—to—back winner in 40 years. it's the world number 44's fifth european tour victory. he's now won a tournament every season since 2015, but what does he think about replicating what ballesteros did. pretty amazing. like i said yesterday. if you can emulate anything he did, you are probably doing all right. hopefully, you never know, just kick—off from this 110w. a record—breaking performance from caroline hedwall earned the swede her first ladies european tour victory in six years on the final day of the french open in bordeaux. hedwall played the round of her life to come from seven strokes behind the overnight leader, nanna koerstz madsen of denmark. the swede carded a bogey—free nine—under—par 62 to win by two shots and the 29 year old's round was the lowest of the season giving her a sixth ladies european tour title. tour de france champion

geraint thomas has signed a new three—year contract with team sky. the 32—year—old welshman, whose deal was due to expire at the end of 2018, had offers from other teams but the double olympic gold medallist decided to remain where is. at the vuelta a espana french rider thibaut pinot staged a strong finish and claimed a summit victory on stage 15. miguel angel lopez finished second, with briton simon yates third as he increased his overall lead in the red jersey on nairo quintana which is now 26 seconds while he's 33 seconds ahead of alejandro valverde. andrea dovizioso may have won the moto gp race in san marino but it was the moto 2 race that saw controversy when romano fenati —— italian andrea dovizioso won the san marino grand prix for ducati on sunday while reigning world champion marc marquez finished second to increase his motogp championship lead to 67 points. ducati'sjorge lorenzo, who had started on pole position at the marco simoncelli circuit on italy's adriatic coast,

crashed out on the penultimate lap while heading for a ducati one—two finish. that meant that marquez regained second spot and it lifted britain's cal crutchlow to third as dovizioso moved second in the standings. andrea dovizioso may have won the moto gp race in san marino but it was the moto 2 race that saw controversy when romano fenati was disqualified from the race and for the next two for irresponsible riding after attempting to grab rival stefano manzi's brake lever on the straight. the pair clashed when they were battling for 12th position when fenati was pushed wide by manzi and forced off the track so a few laps later the 22 year old italian then attempted to take retribution against his 19 year old compatriot and he'll now miss races in spain and thailand. in the nfl it's the first sunday of the new season with 13 matches scheduled. in one of the early kick offs the miami dolphins beat first a lengthy delay due to lightning strikes and also the tennessee titans 27—20 — but before hand kenny stills and albert wilson knelt during the national anthem

in protest against social injustice and police brutality. colin kaepernick the former san francisco 49ers quarter back who started the movement has since tweeted his support. the issue has remained in the spotlight with us president donald trump highly critical of the protesting players. tom brady passed for three first—half touchdowns as the new england patriots won 27—20 at home over the houston texans on sunday. it wasn't a great night for the texans with right tackle seantrel henderson taken off the field in the second quarter and diagnosed with a broken ankle while brady thinks the patriots have plenty of room for improvement. i don't think we played anywhere near what our capabilities are. i think it's great to win, obviously. but we have got to do a lot better than that. turn all over and not ta ke than that. turn all over and not take advantage of the opportunities

we had out there. all of us probably look at the game and realised we could have done a lot of things differently. mo farah won england's great north run for a record breaking fifth time. he's crossed the line first every year since 2014 and this time set a new course record as well. the briton led from the front and only missed out on his personal best by four seconds. the win sets him up for an attempt at a first major marathon title in chicago next month. farah switched to road running after a glittering track career which included four olympic titles. unhappy with it today. ——i am happy. i wanted to be in control of the race and that's why use at the front. just go through it, just playing around with it, testing my body, how good do i feel if i pick up body, how good do i feel if i pick up the pace. ifeel i could run a decent time and personal best today that the last two miles a slowdown of it. particularly the last mile which was disappointing. the most important thing was the win, i

think. just to remind you, novak djokovic has beatenjuan martin del potro in straight sets to win the us open. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. hello there. we are starting the new week in the midst of a battle between warm air and cool air. we felt the effects of both over the weekend, the warmest weather towards the south—east but the best of the sunshine and temperatures close to 25 degrees further north. shower clouds and temperatures more like 16 degrees across the north—east of scotland. actually, this rather disturbed weather has been continuing across scotland over recent hours with heavy downpours of rain blown in on winds gusting up to 55 mph. wind slowly easing through the first part of the morning. further south, quiet start to monday and a sunny start for many across england and wales, as well as the eastern side of scotland. showers across the north—west still. the cloud will thicken up across northern ireland over the day with rain around lunchtime and into western scotland

through the afternoon. patchy rains in north—west england and wales. further south and east it should stay dry with spells of sunshine. not as warm as sunday but temperatures still reaching 21 degrees. 14 in glasgow. as you move into tuesday we will see some rain moving across the northern parts of the uk and then on tuesday itself we will be left with a weather front settling in place across central parts of the country bringing cloud, outbreaks of rain and it could get misty and murky around some western coasts and hills. remember the battle between the warm and the cool air? this weather front will divide the two. across the south—east of the country there is still warm air clinging on at this stage. and temperatures may reach 24, possibly 25 degrees. further north and west sunshine

with blustery showers into western scotland and cooler feel, 15, 19 degrees at best. by wednesday the weather front, the dividing line between warm and cool will still be sitting in place across some and southern areas. patchy rain with that. further north we will see spells of sunshine again. blustery showers into north—west scotland but temperatures dipping away. 17 degrees is the temperature through the day there in london. as the frontal system drifts slowly south eastwards into the first part of thursday it will leave all of us in the cooler air as it heads towards the end to the week. still potential for rain at times, particularly in the north and west. don't affect anything warm as we head towards the end the week. generally cool with rain at times but not all the time. still some spells of sunshine around. most of the rain on thursday towards the and the west perhaps pushes further south and east on friday. welcome to bbc news —

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