hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: it's back. the uefa champions league returns, with real madrid going forfour in a row, but will they be able to do it without cristiano ronaldo? al duhail‘s nine match winning run comes to an end in the asian champions league, as persepolis make it into the semi—finals. and, in shock. the new vuelta a espana champion who still can't believe he won it. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. the uefa champions league returns on tuesday with matchday one already serving up some big clashes between europe's top clubs. last season's beaten finalists liverpool start their campaign against paris st germain, whilst a day later the holders real madrid play roma. will anyone be able to stop

the spanish giants winning the competition for a record 14th time? looking ahead at the contenders, here's austin halewood. it hasn't quite been four months since real madrid lifted the title for a third season in a row, but already champions league football is back. madrid have dominated the competition in recent years, with real madrid having one for the by titles. while their city rivals atletico madrid have appeared twice. but despite the final being held in the spanish capital, could this be the spanish capital, could this be the year that madrid's monopoly comes to an end? although real madrid are going for a fourth, it has all changed, for one, they have lost cristiano ronaldo, while the new boss has the unenviable job of filling zinedine zidane‘s choose. meanwhile, barcelona will be looking

to push them all the way again, but once again they are desperate to convert domestic dominance into european success. convert domestic dominance into european success. they have won the spanish league title in three of the last four seasons, but just spanish league title in three of the last four seasons, butjust one champions league crowd in the last seven years, they are becoming impatient. they have got one of the toughest groups out there as well. totte n ha m , toughest groups out there as well. tottenham, barcelona and which eindhoven and into milan. other teams looking to convert that domestic success are manchester city. they are looking to build on what was a fantastic premier league season for them last year, a record amount of the elite points at 100. 32 wins in the season, just two losses and a massive 106 goals scored. they became unstuck in the champions league to eventual runners—up, that was liverpool. the

reds host paris st germain on tuesday and captain jordan reds host paris st germain on tuesday and captainjordan henderson is confident his side can go one better this time around. we want to keep improving, we want to improve from last season. we have started the premier league well, but we want to start every competition well, it is the game, especially european nights at and field. who want to start the campaign right, we want to start the campaign right, we want to start it well and it is again look forward to. liverpool are certainly confident, but perhaps this could be italy's years. the old lady of juventus is rising once again be after more than four years at the helm, the masterpiece is almost complete. look at these statistics are. he has won four serie a titles, also four coppa italia crowns and has reached the finals of the

champions league twice in 2015 and 2017. finally, he may have found the missing piece of the puzzle. after nine years in madrid, cue the arrival of xian ronaldo. after a slow start to life in italy, the portuguese superstar scored his first goal is forjuventus on sunday, a site we are bound to see more of. with seven league titles in a row, it is only european success that will truly dictate ronaldo's legacy. iranian giants persepolis broke al duhail‘s sequence of nine straight victories to make it into the semi—finals of the afc champions league after coming from behind to win 3—2 on aggregate. despite trailing 1—0 from the first leg and going behind in the second. they scored three goals after the break to take the game 3—1. al duhail had been relentless in their campaign up until this point, winning all nine of their previous matches before suffering this, their only defeat. meanwhile, qatar's other team in the quarter—finals,

al sadd faced iran's esteghlal in doha. after winning the first leg 3—1, they played out a 2—2 draw, enough to send them through to the semi—finals 5—3 on aggregate. there was late drama in the monday night game in the premier league, as brighton came from two goals down to snatch a 2—2 draw at southampton, thanks to a stoppage time penalty from glenn murray. both sides have four points from their first five matches. we had to react in the second half period and we got the reaction that we wanted. certainly to go to kneel down was a huge disappointment. —— 2-0. asi down was a huge disappointment. —— 2—0. as i said, i thought our performance in the second half was far better than the first. credit to the players, they wanted to get back

in this game and they showed a great attitude. overall, we have just got to find a way to manage games to a winning conclusion. at the moment we are doing a lot of things well, we have just got to see the game out. we we re just got to see the game out. we were able to do it against crystal palace two weeks ago, unfortunately tonight it was against us. we are in a position where we know we are progressing, we are a working progress, we have got to keep working at it and keep managing gains in the future, i am sure. —— games. meanwhile in spain's la liga, third placed celta vigo missed out on the chance to close the gap on leaders barcelona and real madrid in second, after losing 3—2 at girona. over in italy, spal are up to second in serie a after they beat atalanta 2—0 to make it three wins from their first four league matches. the new vuelta a espana winner simon yates says his victory still hasn't sunk in yet.

he's the third british rider to win a grand tour this year, but after missing out on the giro d'italia — which he lead for 13 days — he admits he didn't really think he'd win one of the big ones. he's been speaking to our sports correspondent david ornstein. i never really truly believed it would arrive because i have had so many setbacks. yeah. i guess it is your little bit of motivation to really keep plugging away, persistence, really keep trying. it has pulled off. how has britain done this? a decade ago, you would be lucky to get a briton on the start line of races like this and now british cyclists are winning them all. personally, i came to the national system, with a huge increase in funding and that sort of

stuff. for me, i have always been looked after in that way and direction. now it has just been our tea m direction. now it has just been our team here, the focus has been much more on the grassroots and really bringing talent through from a really young age and i think you are just seeing that now. that started many years ago. you will be looked at as many years ago. you will be looked atasa many years ago. you will be looked at as a global superstar after this, does it feel like that? does it co mforta ble does it feel like that? does it comfortable you with you? does it feel like that? does it comfortable you with you ?|j does it feel like that? does it comfortable you with you? i don't think superstar is the correct word. cycling is still a small sport, especially in the uk, but you compare it to foot all or any other sport, it is still a small sport. i don't think i will ever be a superstar but that is fine for me because it is not my character, i am a laid—back die, i like to relax on my own and that is ok. i will continue to work hard and will go from there. where is next? what does

the future hold? what are your aim is? you want to become one of the best of all time? you want to win the tour de france? what are your ambitions? we will see. i really wa nt ambitions? we will see. i really want is sell britain's victory first because this is the first grand tour for the team, we have never won a grand tour before, it is really a historic moment. i think we will celebrate this first and then will, we will start talking about the future. before we go, afghanistan continued their rise in international cricket after knocking sri lanka out of the asia cup in abu dabhi. the five time former champions had to win to stay in the tournament. but chasing 250 to win sri lanka got no where near their target. upal tharanga's 36 the top score, as they were bowled out for 158 in the 42nd over and lost by 91 runs. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport.

but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. the jet stream targets the uk with a proper taste of autumn over next few days. several areas of low pressure moving through. the first on tuesday, the remnants of ex—hurricane helene. so storm helene is coming in and the winds at the south and centre of this will be strengthening as tuesday begins. another area of low pressure into wednesday too so voer the next few days, some strong, possibly disruptive wids as well so keep in touch with the situation in your part of the world through bbc local radio because there could well be some impact on travel, for example. the yellow, a met office warning area here, you need to be aware of some impacts during tuesday. some of the strongest winds through coastal and hilly areas to the west of wales and western england but it is going to be a very blowy we start off the day

in that part of the world. some rain, heavy rain around parts of scotland in particular as tuesday begins with a mild, even warm start for some because the air is coming in from the south, south—west and there is some warmth associated with that. outbreaks of rain clearing northwards into the morning and then things are drierfor a time, broken cloud and sunny spells and heavy showers arriving from the west towards the end of the afternoon and going into the evening. we've established its a very blustery day across the uk but some warmth again, we get to see some sunshine, particularly through the east and south—east of england, 2a, 25 celsius could be yours but many of us are in the high teens, even low 20s. the winds strengthen into tuesday evening and night across northern ireland and scotland. as we see this weather front moving east across the uk, not much in the far south of england but further north, heavier and maybe thundery downpours out of that. becoming dry during the second half of the night and again, temperatures are holding up into double figures as wednesday begins. so the next area of low pressure on wednesday, the concern about this is that it will produce even stronger winds. it will be a very windy day across the uk on wednesday, widely some gusts around 40, 50mph or so but some of them will be

strongest through parts of wales, northern england, northern ireland and scotland and into western scotland, we could well see some up to 75mph so again, that risk of disruption on wednesday and associated with that, another spell of rain pushing north and east across the uk though again, not very much the further south you are — still some warmth here. elsewhere, it will be turning cooler. winds ease later in the week. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: raising the stakes in the us—china trade war — washington announces tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods. rescue workers in the philippines search for dozens of miners and theirfamilies — buried by landslides during typhoon mangkhut. south korea's president heads north to pyongyang, hoping to restart denuclearisation talks with kim jong—un. and getting that red carpet feeling — the emmy awards are underway. we'll get the latest

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