it is the south—east of england. it is slowly clearing it with through tonight. clear skies for many parts of the country tonight. still a few showers in the far north—west, and during early sunday, more rain works into the southwest too. pretty mild in the south end the cloud, but under clearer skies, you can see a touch of frost and one or two rural parts of scotland first thing. first thing tomorrow, the next batch of wet weather works its way used words, combining with some pretty strong, gusty winds. 50 miles an hour possible in the south. come the afternoon, more sunshine quite widely across the country, with a few scattered showers around as well. temperatures 11—14. drying up and turning less windy and the new working week. —— into the new working week. —— into the new working week. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. media giant comcast has outbid rupert murdoch's 21st century fox for control of the broadcaster sky after a dramatic auction. the foreign secretary urges eu leaders to "step back

from the abyss" of a no—deal brexit and find a way to make theresa may's proposals work. jeremy corbyn addresses labour's women's conference in liverpool, saying his is the party of equality. gunmen have attacked a military parade in iran. at least 29 people are killed, with dozens more injured. president rouhani has promised a "crushing response". and tributes are paid to chas hodges — lead singer of the musical duo chas and dave — who has died at the age of 7a. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, this is sportsday.

good evening. the headlines this evening: we are just a few hours away from anthonyjoshua's latest heavyweight fight. we'll be live at wembley injust a moment. liverpool's perfect season continues. they are top of the premier league after breaking a club record. it's a welcome return for sir alex ferguson, but manchester united can't give him a win. also coming up in the programme: the latest from rugby union's premiership. wasps win at sale for the first time in 8 years. and super saints in the super 8's. they run in six tries to beat warrington. good evening to you. lots of football source code you in just a moment from england and from

scotland. but we are a few hours away from the big fight at wembley. anthonyjoshua is defending his world heavyweight titles against the russian challenger alexander povetkin. joshua last fought there 18 months ago when he defeated wladimir klitschko. the british fighter is still unbeaten in 21 bouts, povetkin has lostjust the once in his career. that was against klitschko five years ago, and the last time he fought for a world title. wonder which way this one is going to go. let's cross live to wembley now and speak to our reporter ade adedoyin. night has fallen, the light are on at wembley. anthony joshua night has fallen, the light are on at wembley. anthonyjoshua is packing these in again. he loves these stadium fight, doesn't he? you we re these stadium fight, doesn't he? you were at the weigh—in yesterday and the tale of the tape, everything points towards the champion, dozens? —— doesn't it? it certainly does. anthonyjoshua towered —— doesn't it? it certainly does. anthony joshua towered over —— doesn't it? it certainly does. anthonyjoshua towered over him. he was too stone heavier than alexander

povetkin. he's got the knockout power. povetkin came in later and when he was interviewed on stage, he suggested he was going to utilise his speech. hejokes, anthony joshua, he's going to put on his dancing feed to close the distance. do not underestimate alexander povetkin. his only loss was to wladimir klitschko, and he showed how tough he was in this fight. last sunday thought in britain was against david price, the former british heavyweight champion. went down in that fight. rallied to win. could be a tough fight, povetkin, who is a good tactical fighter. david price told me he is good with a shocked as well. —— good with his shots as will. we were both there and wembley 18 months ago when anthonyjoshua beat and wembley 18 months ago when anthony joshua beat r and wembley 18 months ago when anthonyjoshua beat r klitschko. atsu gives me goose bumpsjust thinking about it. ash beat wladimir

klitschko. that gave me goose bumps. he's had two fights in cardiff, hasn't he? that was a spectacular night in front of 90,000 fans here at wembley. since then he's fought at wembley. since then he's fought at the vitality stadium on two occasions. averaged 75,000 fans on both occasions. quite remarkable. you talk to any promoter, they will tell you it is quite hard to buck boxing events in stadiums. the fact he's able to do that shows how big ofa dry he's able to do that shows how big of a dry he is. there has been criticism ofjoshua and his last two fights, that he has not had quite the same john as fights, that he has not had quite the samejohn as the klitschko fight, but he said after his bout against her parker there was a lot riding on it every time he stepped ina ring riding on it every time he stepped in a ring because his mission is to be the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world will study cannot afford to take any risk. it's been raining all day as well. it's wet, it's windy. 0n the canvas, it's

going to be wet. they're going to probably have to wear trainers instead of normal boxing boots and i wonder if that impact on the strategy he imposes tonight. let's talk about... that has been confirmed for december one. i present in vegas or stateside. you tell me. whoever comes through the fight tonight, they will be looking to face the winner of that one, will they? absolutely. that doubt is would take place december one. the venue would take place december one. the venue is told to be decided. you have to think mandalay bay in las vegas or perhaps in la. tyson fury considers himself the lineal champion because he never lost in the ring. he was stripped of it while he was away from the sports to do with his personal issues. i saw him in the to —— citing the new

york. people will add them as a favourite to win. do not underestimate tyson fury. i was in dusseldorf when he beat wladimir klitschko. it was not the most exciting heavyweight fight see but he is tall, rangy and awkward. if he can be 60% of what he was that night against klitschko, watch out. he wa nts to against klitschko, watch out. he wants to be the best and beat the best and i think what we heard is the winner of that fight can sit down and hopefully negotiate with anthonyjoshua if down and hopefully negotiate with anthony joshua if he down and hopefully negotiate with anthonyjoshua if he wins tonight and have a unification bout next year. wembley is already booked for joshua's next flight and you can imagine if tyson fury was, they will call the battle of britain, for sure. globally, it will be the biggest fight or run. let's not get ahead of ourselves becausejoshua still has a job to do this evening. 0ne still has a job to do this evening. one thing that has been highlighted over the first couple of days of preflight chats is how flawed boxing

asa preflight chats is how flawed boxing as a sport is as partisan a sport isn't it comes to dealing with doping. the protocol is very consistent. alexander povetkin failed to drugs test in 2016. many feel he should be nowhere near a boxing ring at the moment. that's been a major talking point in the build—up to this fight. he tested positive twice. he said he took one but not before it was put on the list of banned substances. the other one, he had never even heard of it before that bout as you suggested. maybe there was some sort of error 01’ maybe there was some sort of error or sabotage. as you know, in sports, there's a strict liability rule. you're responsible for everything that goes in your system. and in other sports, to field test would either result in a long—term van or a life ban. people are saying, why should someone who failed to test regardless of the circumstances have the opportunity to challenge for one of the biggest prizes in sports? ——

who failed two tests. his manager who failed two tests. his manager who i spoke yesterday says he's got a point to prove tonight. imagine the headlines if he does win. ade adedoyin there at wembley stadium. the ring walk, anthonyjoshua, alexander povetkin, the world heavyweight title bout in just over two hours' time. to the football. holly has been following this afternoon's premier league football. the verbal, perfect season. jurgen kl°pp, the verbal, perfect season. jurgen klopp, a happy man. he has not stopped smiling yet. well, it's been a busy afternoon in the premier league. plenty of goals and the return of a familiar face at old trafford. let's begin at anfield, where liverpool's win over southampton made it six wins out of six. it ended 3—0 at anfield. they took the lead after just ten minutes, thanks to an own goal. joel matip then doubled their lead. mo salah ended that mini goal drought with the third, his first premier league goal

since the opening weekend of the season. and that givesjurgen klopp's side a record seventh seventh straight victory since the start of a season. to be honest, i was not interested in history before the game because maybe a few tried to do the seventh time or whatever, but to be honest, now, i like it. that's cool. we will try, of course, to carry on with that part. it's clear that the challenges will get tougher and tougher. he does have a lot to smile about. meanwhile, manchester city bounced back from their european defeat to lyon earlier this week with a convincing win in cardiff. sergio aguero opened the scoring — on his 300th appearance for the club — with a little help from bernardo silva — who then found the net himself to make it 2—0. goals from ilkay gundogan,

and two from riyad mahrez — his first goals for city — made it 5—0. and that result puts pep guardiola's side up to second. the way we play after champions league is always a doubt. 0ur mental approach was outstanding, perfect. the beginning was so difficult because finding spaces were not easy after the goals, especially the second half. we kept, maintained our level and got three more points. over at old trafford, there was quite a welcome back for a familiar face as sir alex ferguson returned to the stands for the first time since undergoing emergency surgery in may. fans were urged to be in their seats 15 minutes before kick—off at old trafford, and they stood to their feet to applaud him ahead of united's clash with wolves this afternoon.

no fergie time winner in that game, though. after fred's first ever goal for the club in the 18th minute and a rather unique celebration — worth watching match of the day — joao moutinho cancelled it out to earn wolves a memorable point. i think the result is fair. i think they deserved their point and i think we deserved the punishment of getting only one point. they started better than us. i don't know why but, more motivated. honestly, i was expecting more from my attacking players. not enough creativity, not enough movement, not enough dynamic. the late kick off ended in just the last few minutes with tottenham's losing streak ending with a win over brighton. goals from harry kane and erik lamela ensured mauricio pochettino's side were home and dry at a very wet and windy amex stadium.

joe lynskey was watching. spurs are hoping for the storm to pass. this september has seen their form and their title hopes deteriorate. three straight defeats have left the manager agitated. already this is marie show pochettino's worst run in charge. for the south goes, no easy place to turn the tide. brighton's goalkeeper matt ryan should what they're up against. but one emphatic block, one more subtle change the skin. huddled was the arm of glenn murray. enough contact was the arm of glenn murray. enough co nta ct for was the arm of glenn murray. enough contact for a penalty. when harry kane step subcommittee summer seems less distance. dispatched just like in russia. at the annex, brighton have learned how to take on this topside but this was a date when their finishing topside but this was a date when theirfinishing escape topside but this was a date when their finishing escape them. topside but this was a date when theirfinishing escape them. anthony noppert would forget that missed in just nine minutes. spurs made more co mforta ble just nine minutes. spurs made more comfortable with erik lamela scoring. brighton and noppert did respond with a goal back late on,

but spurs did enough. this site are still a draft of the top and with problems still too soft. at least tonight and they put an end to the downpour. joe lynskey, bbc news. and burnley have moved away from the foot of the table with a much—needed first win of the season. they beat bournemouth 4—0 at home, with ashley barnes scoring twice late on. that result means they are now out of the relegation zone. we come out of today. and i credit the mentality of the side. it's always difficult when it starts building. it's a start. it's not the finish. it's a start. we are pleased with that start. got that first won and now we look to continue. we are not a club that makes 15 chances, but we made good chances. it's not about the number, it's the quality of chance, and i thought the quality of chance we made today was very good. in the lunchtime kick—off, fulham drew 1—1 with watford. fulham began the match as the team with the leakiest defence in the premier league, and that was highlighted

when andre grey put watford ahead in the second minute. fulham created little in the first half, but were a different side after the break, and aleksander mitrovic equalised with his fifth goal of the season. leicester came from behind to beat huddersfield 3—1. crystal palace and newcastle drew 0—0 — newcastle with just four goals all season, currently being outscored by the man they sold in the summer, alexander mitrovic. that's the premier league. lots of other football around, 0lly. there certainly is. holly hamilton thinks indeed. she would back her moment. she will be back in a moment. she will be back in a moment. to the championship. leeds have lost their first game in the championship, after eight games without defeat. the leaders went down 2—1 at home to birmingham. that was the blues first win of the season. leeds are still top after middlesbrough could only draw against swansea. villa lost at home to sheffield wednesday. derby helped manager frank lampard

celebrate his daughter's birth with a 3—1win which leapfrogged them above brentford into the play—off zone. ipswich climbed off the bottom with a point at home to bolton. wins for forest and reading. preston fought back from two down against sheffield united but lost 3—2 and are now bottom. blackburn won at stoke, west brom beat millwall 2—0. this is what has been happening at loftus road. the norwich are qpr. -- rb —— rb team qpr. we've had lots of ties in the fa cup today. sixth—tier torquay united beat lymington town of the wessex league premier division, the second qualifying round, this is. five second—half goals, including this driven effort from brett williams, helped torquay to a thumping 7—0 victory. all the results of

today's fa cup results and of the football league, head over to the bbc sport wesite. the scottish premiership leaders hearts have dropped points for the first time this season. they were held to a goaless draw by third—placed livingstone. stephen naismith actually had a penalty saved for hearts. aberdeen beat motherwell1—0. hibs are second after their 3—0 win at dundee. dundee still without a point this season. rangers face stjohnstone. celtic are at kilmarnock tomorrow. hamilton moved up to ninth in the table after beating st mirren 3—0. mickel miller struck twice. his second was the pick of the bunch. holly is back. said you would be, didn't i? ? the programme. —— 20 more on the programme. we'll hear from andy murray on why he's cutting his season short. and back in the swing. 0llie fisher made european tour history yesterday. but how close come to that record 59

today? not very. let's get the latest from the rugby union premiership. wasps beat sale by 31 points to 13, to move up to third. they had nathan hughes yellow carded in the first 30 seconds but came from behind to lead at the break. hughes then made amends in the second half, bundling his way over the line to seal a bonus point for wasps. it's their first win at sale for eight years. in this afternoon's other games, bath beat northampton and bristol won at home to harlequins. glasgow's unbeaten start to the pro 1a season came to an end in south africa — beaten 38—28 by southern kings. three tries before the break, including that one from rudi van rooyen. glasgow scored four of their own in the second half, only good enough for a losing bonus point. great game, though. that's one of five games today —

connaght beat scarlets 33—20, dragons won 16—5 at home to zebre. those last two matches there have just kicked off. super league leaders st helens have beaten warrington for the third time this season. this one in the rugby league's super 8s. wolves' final home game of the season was a disappointing one for theirfans, as saints ran in six tries to win by 3a points to 1a. the sides will meet again in the semi—finals a week on thursday. arguably the most important games of the day are in the qualifiers, where super league survival and promotion are at stake. toronto wolfpack beat widnes vikings 20—12 to keep them in the hunt for one of the three automatic promotion spots, while widness drop out of super league for the first time in 7 years. elsewhere, salford were top of the table, but they lost 11—8 at london broncos. hull kr beaten 311—23 in toulouse. andy murray is going to play two

tournaments in china over the next fortnight before bringing an early close to his season. now outside the top 300 in the world following hip surgery injanuary, and he says he needs a long period of training and reconditioning to get ready for next year. i decided, along with my team, that i need a long period of training and reconditioning to get myself in the best shape possible for the beginning of the 2019 season and getting myself back competing for the biggest tournaments again. it's been really positive, the last few months. ifeel like i've made big strides forward. i feel like with another strong training period, i will make some big improvements. you can only imagine how difficult thatis you can only imagine how difficult that is to make a decision like that knowing that we will be... it's been

an awful season for andy murray. clearly not not over that its surgery. clearly not not over that its surgery. the window when he is ready and back on the... the best to him. tennis's laver cup is taking place this weekend in chicago. it's europe against the rest of the world. normally great rivals, novak djokovic and roger federer are on the same side, though you might not think it with djokovic belting the ball into federer‘s back early on in their doubles match against kevin anderson and jack sock. despite winning the first set, they actually lost their tie, but europe do lead 3—1 going into the second day, which is getting under way shortly. that is like the ryder cup in tennis. and of course, the ryder cup is going to soon be upon us. it sta rts is going to soon be upon us. it starts outside paris next friday night. all the build up will start on bbc news. we've got all our correspondence there from monday morning. and is a little bit of a

head to head ryder cup in the united states. world number onejustin rose and co—leader tiger woods has just begun their third rounds at the tour championship in atla nta. they're tied on seven under par, two shots ahead of rory mcilroy. he obviously is going to be in the ryder cup team as well for europe. meanwhile england's 0li fisher, who fired a european tour record 59? he did not do so well today. that was england's tom lewis. lukas herbert sit at 19 under par. cannot believe it's nearly ryder cup time. spain'sjorge lorenzo secured his fourth pole position of the motogp season on saturday. lorenzo sneaked ahead of his ducati team—mate andrea dovizioso in qualifying

at aragon, while honda's championship leader marc marquez was back in third. britain's cal crutchlow was pushed back into the second row afterfinishing fourth. yamaha veteran valentino rossi qualified in a disappointing 18th, his lowest grid position since 2006. nekoda smythe—davis has won great britain's first world judo championships silver medal since 2009. the world number five lost to japanese world number two tsukasa yoshida in the women's —57kg final. smythe—davis was looking to become great britain's first world champion since craig fallon in 2005. for the first time in the 214—year history of the ayr gold cup, there was a dead heat. the racecourse judge could not split the 5—1 favourite son of rest, ridden by chris hayes, and the 28—1 outsider baron bolt, the mount of apprentice rider cameron noble. son of rest is the first irish—trained winner

of the prestigious trophy — orjoint winner, i should say. the pdc champions league of darts is taking place in brighton. the world's top eight players split into two groups. the group stages take place today and tomorrow, the semi—finals and final tomorrow evening. defending champion mensur suljovic got things going in the afternoon session. in a first to ten legs contest, he saw off world champion rob cross. world number one michael van gerwen beat dave chisnall10—2, and wins for snakebite peter wright and darryl gurney. evening session is under way. it's live over on bbc two. there you go, can't miss them. peter wright. his misses does that for him

every night he also is a different hairstyle or colour, anyway. follow that on bbc two. i could really see that snakebite working for you, what you think? i like the colour of it. maybe not. and well done to racing driver billy monger who, on his first return to donnington park since his accident there, managed to finish fourth. the 19—year—old who lost both his legs in a crash 18 months ago started from pole in the british formula three race. he is seventh in the championship. there are another two races tomorrow. an absolute inspiration. that's it for this sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. good night. good evening. there's been some big

contrasts north to south and the weather today. we've had a bit of sunshine earlier on and a few showers across many northern areas. further south, more clouds and outbreaks of rain. this the scene in rye and sussex earlier on. contrast that to be clear, blue skies we had in east lothian. a few showers pushing through. this is the satellite image. you chose this line of clouds that's been streaming in from the atlantic. a series of weather fronts that are going to bring more rain through the day tomorrow. we still got some rain with us at the moment. that should clear over the next few hours. leading clearer skies across the country. still a few showers in northern and western scotland. were we have got clearer skies in the north, it could be quite a chilly night ahead. you see green colours indicating the could be just a touch

of frost. further south, indicating the could be just a touch of frost. furthersouth, double figures underneath the cloud. the rain pushes in from the southwest all rain pushes in from the southwest a ll courtesy rain pushes in from the southwest all courtesy of this frontal system that's going to bring some pretty windy weather for many southern areas did the day on sunday. a different story for the north but clearer skies across scotland, northern ireland, northern england as well. cloud and rain working eastwards. it's not just as well. cloud and rain working eastwards. it's notjust going to be what it is going to be windy down towards the southeast. we could see some of those guests had arrived at the km/h around the coast. slowly, that rain will clear away during the afternoon. elsewhere, it's a mix of some sunshine but also some of us heavy blustery showers through parts of north wales, northwest england, northern ireland and scotland too. could be a bit of hail, perhaps a rubble of thunder mixed in with the heaviest of showers. moving quickly on that breeze with a bit of sunshine in between. the breeze is quite fresh. it's going to feel quite fresh. it's going to feel quite cool or ever you are.

temperatures across the board are between around 11 to 15 degrees. a little bit warmer down towards the channel islands perhaps. the winds start to ease and as we move ahead towards monday, this area of high pressure starts to move in from the west so that will quiet things down after what has been a fairly soggy and windy weekend as well. 0ver after what has been a fairly soggy and windy weekend as well. over the next five days or so, a lot of dry weather with that high pressure building. there will be a few showers especially across parts of scotland. temperatures will be warmer and the roby work sunshine on the way further south. —— and there will be sunshine. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8pm: us cable giant comcast outbids

rupert murdoch's 21st century fox for control of the broadcaster sky after a dramatic blind auction. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, criticises the way eu leaders treated the prime minister and has urged them to step back from the abyss of a no—deal brexit. brexit is set to be a key issue at the labour party conference but today the focus was on equality. 0ur party and our movement will a lwa ys 0ur party and our movement will always have the very highest standards so that everyone is safe and secure in our movement and sexual harassment has no place whatsoever in our movement. iranian leaders accuse us—backed gulf states of being behind an attack on a military parade. 29 people are killed and dozens more injured.