of a brexit deal — not on eu membership. we accept the last referendum. we want a general election. if we can't get that, we want some form of democratic option. that could be a people's vote. new guidance from the government says airline and coach passengers travelling to the eu could face disruption in the event of a no—deal brexit. a public inquiry begins into the contaminated blood scandal — which is estimated to have killed nearly 3,000 people since the 1970s. a father has told an inquest about his teenage daughter's final moments after she ate a baguette from a sandwich shop. natasha ednan—laperouse, suffered an allergic reaction on a british airways flight from heathrow two years ago. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. in beyond 100 days — christian and katty will be looking at the latest developments surrounding brett kava naugh‘s

supreme court nomination as another woman comes forward with allegations of sexual harassment. and we'll have more on the labour conference where plans were outlined to take the water industry back into public ownership and to force private companies to give shares to employee ownership funds. and we'l have more on the pioneering radiotherapy machine that its hoped will transform treatment for cancer. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome. these are our main stories this evening. tiger's victory adds energy to the ryder cup. that's the view of the us captain, after woods returns to winning ways

at the tour championship. just to be able to compete and play again this year. that's a hell of a comeback. well, where does his comeback rank for you? better than niki lauda's return to racing just two months after an horrific accident? we'll take a look at the contenders. i'm live in london for the fifa best awards where cristiano ronaldo and mohammed sillah are battling it out to be named best player. also coming up in the programme... i've spoken to britain's jamie cooke — the newly crowned modern pentathlon champion, he's been telling me about his amazing win, his inspiration and his 0lympic hopes. tiger woods is a name that has transcended golf ever since his 12—stroke victory

at the masters way back in 1997 set the sport alight. but maybe none of his wins since then has sparked as much excitement and anticipation as yesterday's victory at the tour championship in georgia. his first win for five years means there will be even more focus on this week's ryder cup in paris. which is where we find our sports news correspondent andy swiss. welcome to le golf national on the outskirts of paris. today we had the two captains interviewed. while 2a players may be taking part in this ryder cup, today not surprisingly many of the questions were about one man, tiger woods. he's played very

well all year. had a number of opportunities to win. it's a nice bars for ourteam. opportunities to win. it's a nice bars for our team. you can see the emotion. the arms in the air, it was important to him to win. when you look at past ryder cups to this one, what's special is that tiger has end grain to himself in our team. he became such a big part in 2016 as vice captain and in 2017 as assistant captain in the presidents cup. it's good for him tojoin assistant captain in the presidents cup. it's good for him to join these younger players as a team—mate. what's important for him right now is to be part of that team. part of that group. i've played 25 years of professional golf with tiger woods on the scene and any time he does something great, it's such a story. any time he does something good, that's a story. it's where we want

to see him be. bbc golf correspondent iain carterjoins us. some up the magnitude of this comeback. it's huge. this is someone who was flat on his back and didn't know whether he would be able to even pick up a golf club never mind pick up at the highest level. he has comeback bit by bit. it's for surgeries. it took a fusion operation to enable him to play again. he showed he could be competitive. then we started saying, can he win? when he finished sixth in the open and runner—up at the pga championship, we had the idea that this victory was within his compass. to be 29 other players who were at the top of the pga tour this year was some achievement. it was 1876 days since the last time he tasted victory. how important is it for

golf that you have a fit and successful tiger woods? it's massive. it can seem like a niche sport board when it is tiger woods, its mainstream. in the context of the ryder cup, the fact that he has this victory means a massive injection of interest. just a few days until the action gets under way. the us very much the favourites with the bookies. is that how you seeit? with the bookies. is that how you see it? i think so. the us team averages number 11 in the world whereas europe averages number 19. this is a very high quality ryder cup. each one of the top ten are playing. no australians or south africans in there. 17 out of the top 18. but many of the americans are in

there. a few of them had a disappointing week at the players championship. it is equalised a bit by the course. the rough is thick and the fairways are tight which plays into the hand of europe rather than the americans. all eyes now -- no doubtan than the americans. all eyes now -- no doubt an tiger woods when the players practised here tomorrow morning. so, is this tiger woods comeback really one of the very best? patrick gearey has been looking back at some of the more memorable sporting returns. against all the odds. the comeback requires a crisis to be overcome. none more terrifying than this scene at the no berg ring in 1976. it's a wonder that niki lauda escaped with his life. he had inhaled boiling toxic gases and here

omitted being afraid and yet he climbed back behind the wheel missing only two races and following year became the world champion for the second time. monica seles came back from being stabbed on the court to wina back from being stabbed on the court to win a major only two years later. like brian close, who came back after suffering cancer for his first test match in nine years. against the might of the west indian bowlers he never wore a helmet. george foreman climbed back into the ring after the world wrote him off. he wa nted after the world wrote him off. he wanted to prove at the age of a0 it wasn't a death sentence and won the world have —— heavyweight title at the age of a5. back in 19a9 ben

hogan was amongst the best in the world when he was nearly killed in a car crash. his injuries were so severe it took three months to leave hospital but the following year at the us open, he became a champion once again. he'd go on to win another five majors. how once again. he'd go on to win anotherfive majors. how many might tiger manage? that really would be an incredible story. here's what elsewhere going to see this evening. also on the menu — we catch up with jamie cooke, the modern pentathlon world champion on why he can't worry about the next 0lympics just yet. we'll be live in london where the man who helped croatia to a world cup final, luka modric, will be hoping to upset cristiano ronaldo and mo salah to be named fifa's best. now, we have been talking about surprising comebacks so far and it seems like celtic are going to need a comeback of their own. they have got off to their worst scottish premiership start in 20 years —

but is it a crisis? manager brendan rodgers concedes the fans should feel alarmed at the current situation. alasdair lamont has more. in the thick of the celebrations, just not in the way brendan rodgers is used to. defeat by kilmarnock leave celtic six after six games, six point nine litres hearts. should fa ns six point nine litres hearts. should fans be alarmed by the way things are going? i think they should. when you are a huge club like celtic the demand is to win. in the last couple of years, we've done that. it hasn't been the same. you are always under pressure if you don't win at the big clu bs. pressure if you don't win at the big clubs. frustration has been mounting and failure to sign transfer targets likejohn mcginn and failure to sign transfer targets like john mcginn irked and failure to sign transfer targets likejohn mcginn irked rendon rogers. there have been signs that

all is not well between brendan rodgers and the board but the noises here today were of unity and determination to turn things around. i think they've got the strength in depth and the quality of player, just like everybody else. they have gone through a little bit of a blip but we've seen it many times before. i've experienced it myself as a manager. once they hit the ground running, they're going to be hard to stop. brendan rodgers's successes here have earned him a place alongside some great but he seems to have a challenge on his hand to achieve nine in a row like another of the greats. it's a sport that many of us may not be familiar with and despite its name — modern pentathlon has been a core

0lympic even since 1912. it combines fencing, swimming, equestrian, cross country running and shooting and britain has a world champion too. jamie cooke came in to see me earlier to talk about his dramatic win and how he got involved in the sport. i got into it from a swimming background. i was a swimmer, i got to the age 15, 16 where i wasn't hitting where i wanted to be. my swimming coach was an x modern public athlete olympian in sale. we we re public athlete olympian in sale. we were on a warm weather training camp in malta, we found two sticks and we re in malta, we found two sticks and were fencing with that. since then, i fell into the sport and love the sport. you brought your world championship gold into showers. it was an amazing first sprint finish. here is my medal. it's something

that you obviously dream about. it's one of the pinnacles of our sport. when i went in, ifelt one of the pinnacles of our sport. when i went in, i felt fantastic. i was running on the last 800 with the ukrainian 0lympic silver medallist. i had the french competitor behind me who was european champion this year. they started to pull away. i thought i'd worked too hard done to give up. i kept going and slowly reeled in the ukrainian and saw valentino in front of me. ijust picked him on the line. my grandparents, my grandad would be incredibly proud, i know. what was even more special was being able to share it with my family when i got back. overcome with emotion, you lost your grandfather just before the event. was that outpouring of

emotion due to him? when i crossed the line it was strangely one of the first things i thought about. obviously, my grandad will have been there in spirit watching down and there in spirit watching down and there was a lot of relief after finishing. like i said, it was a week of real highs and then loads. has this achievement shown you that you should be going looking for gold? depending on how you look at it, in rio i was world number one going into the competition. i had a terrible day in the fencing which set me back a lot. it's all coming around really quickly now. europeans next year in bath. then it will be a quick blur to the olympics. i live my life in the four—year cycles. i have from london to rio to hopefully

tokyo and it has come around really quick. a real pleasure to meet jamie earlier. so, who's been the world's best footballer over the last 12 months? luka modric, mohamed salah and christiano ronaldo go head—to—head tonight in order to be named fifa's best player of the year? so who will be triumphant? modric won't be favourite but he's being tipped by many to topple ronaldo? that certainly seems to be the feeling down here at the royal festival hall. as you say, cristiano ronaldo triumphing last year has been dominant in this award for many yea rs. been dominant in this award for many years. lu ka been dominant in this award for many years. luka modric given that year he had for real madrid winning the champions league and helping inspire croatia to that world cup final he is the tip of many people including the germany manager you can. we will

find out in the next few hours. ronaldo, meanwhile, this may give some suggestion, he has not made the journey to london this evening so it looks as though luka modric will be crowned this evening. we will find out ina crowned this evening. we will find out in a few hours. there's no lionel messi tonight, mainly down to the form of liverpool's mohamed salah? yes, salah making the shortlist of three. messi many think should be in as well. he has been dominant in this competition with a big rivalry with cristiano ronaldo. no space for him on the shortlist, didn't make the original list of ten. perhaps thatis the original list of ten. perhaps that is due to barcelona not reaching the champions league final and the way argentina performed in

the world cup. many of the judges here, they say they want to look to the biggest stages of all and how those players perform in the champions league and world cup. that is how many people are judging champions league and world cup. that is how many people arejudging it and no space for leonardo messi. who should we be looking out for in some of tonight's other awards? a range of other categories, including best women's player. marta of brazil who plays her club football at orlando is one of the players tackling it out. best goalkeeper of all kasper schmeichel, hugo lloris involved there. schmeichel is hopeful given his performances for denmark. there is

also the award for best goal presented by noel gallagher who is also performing. quite a star—studded line—up. all of the members making their way into the royal festival hall. my money is on gareth bale for goal of the year. ok, let's take a quick look at some of the other stories making the news today. and we'll stay with football. this year, for the first time, there'll be a women's winner of the prestigious ballon d'0r. france football magazine — which runs the award, given to the best player of the year — said creating the prize was a "logical step" given the growing popularity of the women's game. cricket australia say they've found no new information on claims one of their players racially abused england's moeen ali during the 2015 ashes. the allegation was investigated at the time and was re—examined after moeen wrote about it in his new book. team europe have retained the laver cup with a 13—8 victory over team world in chicago.

alexander zverev sealed back to back titles for europe with a win over kevin anderson. it wasn't a great day forjohanna konta, though. the british number one lost to australia's ashleigh barty in the first round of the wuhan 0pen. it's the second time konta's been beaten by barty this season. she's won just eight of her last eighteen matches since losing to her injune. now, to an issue that is important to all of us, taking care of our mental health and those around us... wales midfielder david cotterill has spoken to the bbc about his experience with depression — saying at times he was left contemplating suicide. the former birmingham and wigan winger is now calling for more support for players. i think ithinka i think a lot of people, 17, 18 yea rs of

i think a lot of people, 17, 18 years of age, everything that a person could probably want. i was in the premier league, the welsh national team but fighting that battle every day takes its toll. when did it become a problem for you? it started at the beginning but the more i got older, the more things were getting me down, i'd let them sit there for a while instead of talking about them. do you receive any help or therapy?” of talking about them. do you receive any help or therapy? i think you need more support from managers and football clubs in general. if i went to a manager and said i was struggling mentally, there is no way he would play me on a saturday and tuesday. he would say, he's not up for it. the real answer is, that's the player's release, to go out and play. there is football is all over the country who feel this way and they are in the team, they might not be in