hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: hat—trick hero — lionel messi hits his stride for barcelona in their champions league opener against psv eindhoven. big injapan — kashima antlers make the asian champions league semifinals for the first time in their history. and england cricketers ben stokes and alex hales have been charged with bringing the game into disrepute after an incident on a night out last year. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and tuesday saw the return of the uefa champions league. and aptly it was lionel messi who starred as the barcelona captain and scored his eighth champions league hat—trick in a 4—0 thrashing of dutch champions psv eindhoven in their opening group b game. here's our football reporter rob schofield. how many times have we said, and

this is a special hat—trick, his eighth champions league hat—trick and cristiano ronaldo has seven but lionel messi started this with a fantastic free kick to make it 20 also yards which curled it into the top corner of the net. a brilliant curled effort. it was made 2— nil before lionel messi made it three. then a second yellow card given. and then his third of the match. a neat finish. he says they really gunning for european glory this season. liverpool scored a late winner through roberto firmino as they mangaed a 3—2 win over paris saint germain at anfield. jurgen klopp‘s side had a number of chances during the game but it was the brazilian who came on as a late substitute who had the final say. good performance against a very

strong opponents of it was necessary to be played good. the atmosphere was fantastic. so special to do. it was fantastic. so special to do. it was nice. we were in the best shape. since i know you. physically wise and now we have to use that, and that's what he did. to have that opportunity to bring firmino in, it was no chance yesterday, absolutely no chance the day before. i can open my eye again. good, it helps. the situation also now, it feels terribly hard for all of us. these are the situations where you can improve and you improve tactical wires in the understanding of the game, but also your personality. for

that, it's like this in sports. elsewhere there were away wins for borussia dortmund and atletico madrid in group a, while tottenham were stunned by two later inter goals in italy going down 2—1 in their opening group b match. i'm happy with the performance, but disappointed with the rest. winning ina disappointed with the rest. winning in a place like that and playing better and creating a lot of chances in the second half to kill the game, we didn't. 0f in the second half to kill the game, we didn't. of course, always in the second half to kill the game, we didn‘t. of course, always i— in the second half to kill the game, we didn't. of course, always i— nil, the game is open. manchester united manager jose mourinho drew comparisons with roger federer as his side travel to switzerland for their first match against young boys on wednesday. the match will be played on a plastic pitch, something mourinho has criticised and his captain antonio valencia won't feature as there are fears his knees won't stand up to the rigours of the playing surface in bern,

but mourinho was keen to stress the 20—time grand slam champion federer‘s record on all surfaces is something his team need to replicate i'm pretty sure that the big man sometimes is not happy to pay —— play in such a surface but he has to play in such a surface but he has to play andy has to win. everybody knows he has a favourite surface but he also has to win in the services that he is not in love with. we have to do it. lyon are in manchester as they prepare to meet english champions manchester city on wednesday. the french club earned another shot at the champions league afterfinishing third, behind paris st germain and monaco, in ligue un last season. they've had a mixed start to the new campaign, winning two, losing two and drawing once in their opening five fixtures, while one of their players knows what to expect in the north west of the country having played for manchester united. we qualify for champions league and

now it's a purpose to do well. we are not just now it's a purpose to do well. we are notjust going to be happy to be in the champions league. we want to have results and we know it's a difficult away game. the first game. but we have a strong team is. we are still young. we are looking for the results so we can stay in the champions league, not just results so we can stay in the champions league, notjust after the first round where we get kicked off. for me, we have the best players in the world and i look at our players andl the world and i look at our players and i think they are the best. i look at them every day and i see how they behave and react against positives and negatives know the qualities and weakness and i wouldn't change them for any others, they are absolutely fantastic groups of players. the hunger that this is still in this group. japan's kashima antlers eased through to the semi—finals of the asian champions league for the first time ever — after a 3—0 second leg win and a 5—0 aggregate score against tianjin quanjian in macau.

tianjin needed to win by a three—goal margin in order to stay in the competition but the antlers weren't sitting back. and on 13 minutes, they took the lead on the night. serginho with the header from the yasushi endo's corner. hiroaki abe added a second before the break and substitute shoma doi completed it in the 66th minute as kashima now face either suwon bluewings orjeonbuk motors, both of south korea, in october. england cricketers ben stokes and alex hales have been charged with bringing the game into disrepute, in connection with an incident outside a nightclub last year. stokes was cleared of affray after a trial in august. the all—rounder didn't travel to australia for the ashes tour either side of christmas and now along with team—mate alex hales, who faced no criminal charges, but was with stokes at the time, will face a disciplinary hearing in december. the england captainjoe root, speaking before those charges were brought against stokes and hales, has offered his support to moeen ali. cricket australia are still investigating the claim, in the all—rounder‘s autobiography,

that he was subjected to a racial slur during the 2015 ashes series. he says that he was called ‘0sama' by one of the austrailian team, but wouldn't name him. it's sad to see it happen but it's more important that it's resolved and we hope that moeen is ok and he can continue playing. it's a long time ago now and it's not hinder the way he's gone about playing things on the field but i'm sure he knows he has the full support of all our dressing room. new world number onejustin rose will look to secure a 10 million dollar pay day when he heads out in the tour championship in atlanta on thursday. the final event of the fedex cup sees the top 30 players battling it out for the lucrative bonus, and the englishman who sits second on the list hopes to be atop the pile on sunday. it was a perfect spot to be. i

believe the last few guys, it's my sport to be. we all know about being in this position, the top five guys, obviously we have jostled for position. the bonus money trickles down that it's important to be as high as you can but to win the fedex cup, it's about being in the right spot to win this week and that's kind of what everyone is trying to time you run. absolutely, the last couple of weeks, i've done a great job of keeping it in that position. the world anti—doping vice—president linda helleland says she will vote against lifting the suspension of russia's anti—doping agency... wada's executive committee meet on thursday week where they're expected to pave the way for russia's readmission into international sport after a major doping scandal. but helleland says she will not back that move. in a seperate development international anti—doping leaders from australia, the uk, the usa and japan are among a host of countries who issued a statement urging wada not to back down. the athletes voice is allowed and

it's clear, and it's do not reinstate, because the conditions have not been fulfilled. we all want the russians backing. clean russians backing. but until the agreement has been fulfilled, and strictly enforced, just like we hold our athletes to zero tolerance, we also have to hold states that coppermine is the very rules in violation of international treaties and sporting rules. they want to corrupt and rob clea n rules. they want to corrupt and rob clean athletes. formula 1's new owners have —— formula 0ne's new owners have secured a deal to sell sponsorship to betting companies — something the old fi boss bernie ecclestone always refused to allow. he thought it would tarnish the sport's glamourous image. liberty media have reached an agreement thought to be worth $100 million with a london—based marketing agency, who'll set up the deals, allowing sponsors to advertise on electronic boards at race tracks and display graphics on screen. the news comes at a time when sport is increasingly looking at its relationship with the gambling industry. 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. there is some disturbed and potentially dangerous weather on the way through the day ahead. the met office has issued an amber be prepared warning for the strength of the wind across northern ireland and central and southern parts of scotland, and it's all down to storm ali. the satellite picture shows how it develops. this hook of cloud here, a rapidly deepening area of low pressure, and if you look at the pressure chart, you'll see a lot of white lines, a lot of isobars really squashing together across north—western parts of the uk.

when you see all of these isobars on a pressure chart, well, it tells us that the winds are going to be really brisk, and as we go through wednesday morning, we'll also see some heavy rain across northern ireland, southern and central parts of scotland. but it is the winds that are of most concern. this is the amber warning area. we could see wind gusts of 60—70, perhaps 75 mph. in fact, in the most exposed spots, the winds could get a little higher than that. couple that with the rain, well, it looks like some travel disruption is quite likely, and there could be some damage, as well. and remember, the trees are still mostly in full leaf. now, even further south, it won't be as windy, but north—west wales could see gusts close to 70 mph, 40—50 mph further south. so a blustery day for all of us. as we go through the day, the winds only slowly easing, the rain pushing northwards across scotland. this frontal system bringing some patchy rain south—eastwards across england and wales. to the south—east of that, still, a little bit of warmth. but further north and west, a much coolerfeel, especially when you add on the strength of that wind.

and it remains quite blustery during wednesday night. further showers packing in towards north—western areas, then this lump of heavy rain begins to show its hand across the south—west of england, wales, into the midlands, parts of eastern england as well by the end of the night. pretty humid to the south—east, much cooler up to the north—west. so low pressure still in charge on thursday morning, but it's this weather front that gives us most cause for concern on thursday. look at it wriggling back into the atlantic. pulses of moisture willjust continue to run along this weather front, so as we get into thursday afternoon, it looks like the rain will pep up again across parts of the south—west, but particularly wales, into the west midlands, north—west england. heavy and persistent rain, which could cause travel disruption and localised flooding. to the south—east, some dry weather, still a little bit of warmth. much cooler across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england, and all of us look cool as we head into the weekend. it remains unsettled, with some wind and rain at times. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.

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