5&5) g. .. ' martin is love to hearfrom you. martin is here in 15 minutes with the rest of the day's news. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this program: a big night of champions league football and ronaldo sees red on his european debut forjuventus. competition favourites manchester city were beaten at home 2—1 by leon in their opening match. naomi osaka is into the last eight in tokyo after winning herfirst is into the last eight in tokyo after winning her first match since claiming the us open title. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with what was a rather eventful night in the way the champions league on wednesday. less than 30 minutes into his european debut with juventus, this chap than 30 minutes into his european debut withjuventus, this chap here, cristiano ronaldo, was in tears after being sent off after tangling with a player in the penalty box.

the competition leading scorer has w011 the competition leading scorer has won five titles and featured in 154 matches and grabbed at the hair of his opponent. he could mean both matches against former club manchester united. juventus went on to win 2—0 as two penalties from pjanic saw them home in the group h match. juventus may have won with ten players but english champions manchester city, who went into this year as favourites, couldn't win with 11 as they lost 2—1 to lyon in group f. mikel arteta took over from guardiola after he was serving eight touchline ban. i want to look at it in a positive way. i think we had a big call today to say that when you are not ready at the start of the races in champions league, you get punished, is too late, it doesn't matter how

good you are, to get back from two goals down in europe, it happens very rarely. i am sure i will respond the way they responded when they went to kneel down and the return leg will be a different story. elsewhere, holders real madrid got their campaign off to a winning start as they go in search of a fourth consecutive european crown with gareth bale among the scorers in their 3—0 win over roma. while five time winners bayern munich were 2—0 winners away to benfica and paul pogba scored twice as manchester united won 3—0 in switzerland against young boys much to the manager's pleasure iam happy i am happy with the good, solid performance of the team, more than any individual potential be we knew that we need to win this match, we knew that it was very important for us knew that it was very important for us to go to the next three matches against valencia and juventus twice with these three points and we did that. away from the champions league, a win for either sampdoria or fiorentina in italy's serie a would've taken them second

but as it is both missed out on achieving that, with it finishing 1—1. suwon bluewings are through to the semi—finals of the asian champions league. they beat fellow south korean side jeonbuk motors 4—2 on penalties. what an incredible game this was, jeonbuk were 3—0 down after the first leg and seemed to be out of it, but they rallied and then this goalfrom kim shin wook made it 3—3 on aggregate. they were then awarded a penalty in stoppage time after carlos adriano was fouled in the box, but he couldn't convert the spot kick, the brazilian missing the chance to seal the win. and how that will haunt him! in the penalty shootout, jeonbuk had two shots saved and it was left for elvis saric to save the day for bluewings. they'll now face japan's kashima antlers in the semi—finals. concaca's inaugural campeones cup between mls champions

toronto fc and mexican champions tigres is underway in canada. in the past five minutes or so, it is currently goalless in that one. rafael nadal has pulled out of next months tournaments in beijing and shanghai. the spaniard has a knee injury that saw him retire midway through his us open semi—final against juan martin del potro earlier this month. he's taken the decision to skip the asian leg of the atp tour to give him more time to recover from the problem. he's currently world number one, but missing those major tournaments will give novak djokovic the chance to finish the year top of the rankings. the serbian is currently third with second placed roger federer only expected to have a limited schedule. naomi osaka is through to the pan pacific open quarterfinals in tokyo. it was her first match since winning the us open earlier this month and she beat dominika cibulkova in straight sets as rob heath reports. white flowers could represent peace

and serenity. naomi osaka could almost have been making a point, after serena williams‘ out worst during herfinest after serena williams‘ out worst during her finest hour. after serena williams‘ out worst during herfinest hour. williams‘s rage at the umpire junior us open final overshadowed her first grand slam title. with the on court action at flushing meadows relegated to a sideshow, this was a reminder that at the moment her tennis should be centre stage. she raced into a 4—0 lead against dominika cibulkova and sealed the first set with one of ten aces. the second was even more compression set, osaka powering into the quarter—finals in less than an hourin the quarter—finals in less than an hour in front of a capacity home crowd. she looks unstoppable, but she will be keeping an eye on alison risk, the american world number 75 had already beaten to top 20

opponents this year, it didn‘t take long to make it three. she will be eyeing up another scalp in the quarters, former world number one secretary. caroline garcia also flirted with an early exit, losing the second set 6—2, before edging the second set 6—2, before edging the decider 7—5. to cricket, and india against pakistan is perhaps the sport‘s fiercest rivalry. the two sides rarely play each other because of political unrest between the neighbouring countries, but they were brought together at the asia cup in dubai and india ran out comfortable eight—wicket winners. pakistan were bowled out forjust 162 and in reply, india were just two wickets down when they reached the total with 21 over to spare. captain rohit sharma top scoring with 52. the australia team have flown out to the uae as they prepare to face pakistan over two test matches and a three game t20 series next month.

the side will be without suspended trio steve smith, cameron bancroft and david warner, as well as injured fast bowlersjosh hazlewood and pat cummins. former captain michael clarke‘s australia were humbled 2—0 on their last visit to the neutral venue four years ago and current skipper tim paine knows it‘s a difficult task that they face. it is going to be hard work over there, there is no doubt. i think gains are traditionally in the uae ta ke gains are traditionally in the uae take a long time, so we will have to be really patient. we have spoken about partnerships and patience and pressure will be the real key over there. the sort of games that dragged along for three or four days and then happen really quickly on day five. is about having your team ina day five. is about having your team in a position to strike late in the game. —— it is. the grand finale of golf‘s fedex cup on the pga tour, the tour championship, gets underway on thursday in atlanta. world number onejustin rose and american bryson dechambeau are in pole position for the $10 million prize, and it will be the first time tiger woods has played in the tournament for five years.

to be able to have played the swell and after coming off what i came off of. —— this world. didn‘t know how many tournaments i would play in and next thing you know i am here in the two championship. there are not many quys two championship. there are not many guys who can say they have accomplished that, but to come back where i have come back from and to get here has been a pretty tall order and something i am proud of. many of the golfers in atlanta also have their eyes on another prize, the ryder cup, which gets underway in just over a week‘s time between the usa and europe at le nacional club near paris. tony finau is part of the american team, and he already appears to be worrying about the weather. i like the golf course. to me, it will just i like the golf course. to me, it willjust depend on the weather. if the wind blows, the course is hard for anybody and it plays that way because there is a much water that comes into play. when we played a couple of months back there was not

a lot of wind and with the group of quys a lot of wind and with the group of guys that we had we made a lot of birdies. it depends on the wind. i know i can play any golf course, i have taught that to myself, but especially this year, when you play in the majors, they are all different, whether it is tight or rough, fast or slow greens of. —— slow greens. the build—up to this saturday‘s heavyweight boxing clash in london between britain‘s undefeated anthony joshua and russia‘s alexander povetkin continues. 28—year—old joshua will defend his wba, ibf, wbo and ibo heavweight titles against the wba mandatory challenger, 38—year—old povetkin, as he returns to wembley for the first time since his victory over wladimir klitschko in front of 90,000 fans in april of 2017. north and south korea have pursued a joint bid to host the 2032 summer dillon picks. bayfield had joint teams at major events before. —— olympics. a1 their first goal

together at august‘s asian games, they also marched under a unified flag in the opening ceremony in february. india, australia, china and indonesia have also expressed interest in hosting the games are. for more details, go to our website. 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. hello there. storm ali brought damaging winds across parts of the uk on wednesday. wind gusts of more than 90mph for parts of northern ireland. you can see this hook of cloud on the satellite picture, that‘s the storm pushing off towards scandinavia, but that doesn‘t mean things will be quiet over the next couple of days, far from it. and that means what we have on thursday is this wriggling frontal system bringing pulses of moisture from the atlantic,

so through the day ahead we are going to see heavy rain at times and still the potential for some strong winds. a windy start certainly across northern scotland, some heavy showers here, and some rain across wales, the midlands, parts of eastern england, which will fizzle for a time before returning with a vengeance from the west as we get on into the afternoon. now, as the day wears on, the winds will ease a little bit across northern scotland, but still hefty showers blowing in on the breeze. some sunshine as well, 15 degrees for aberdeen. for northern ireland, calmer than it was on wednesday, but still breezy with a fair amount of cloud, but look at the afternoon in north—west england, the midlands and into wales, very, very heavy bursts of rain with the risk of disruption and localised flooding. windy to the south of that but warm as well, 21 or 22 degrees in the south—east, where we may well stick with some sunshine. and then we go through thursday evening into the night, we take this wet weather across northern england, wales, the south—west. we push it eastwards, and with that, the winds strengthening across the southern and particularly south—eastern areas with gusts

of 40, 50 or maybe 60mph, or even a touch more in some places. the strongest of the winds during the night into the early part of friday will always be in these southern areas. so, if you have travel plans, really over the next 24 hours or so, through thursday, on into friday, some heavy rain, gales at times. there is the potential for disruption. your bbc local radio station will keep you up to date. friday starting windy in southern and eastern areas too. but this area of low pressure responsible will be sliding awau to the east, and in its wake, it will leave us all with some much cooler air, which will be coming from a long way north. a messy start to the day, outbreaks of rain windy down the east coast as we go on through friday. the worst of the rain will ease, the winds will tend to ease as well. then we‘ll be left with sunshine and heavy showers, and a cool feel. 11 degrees in aberdeen, perhaps 18 or maybe 19 in parts of the south—east.

then the weekend, very mixed. some sunshine, yes, but rain at times, most especially in the south. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is martin stanford. our top stories: the us senate gives the woman who accuses supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault until friday to decide if she will testify. the us says it‘s ready to restart negotiations on completely denuclearising north korea, after north korea promised to close a key missile test site. britain‘s prime minister theresa may asks her fellow european leaders to drop what she says are unacceptable demands to get a brexit deal done. president trump visits the carolinas to speak to those affected by hurricane florence.