hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: luke modric! the man who led croatia to the final of the world cup is crowned fifa's men's player of the year. brazil and orlando pride‘s marta picks up the top prize for the women. and ahead of the start of this weekend's ryder cup, tiger takes his return to form to paris. hello and welcome to the programme. he's won three champions league titles in a row and guided croatia to their first world cup final injuly, now luka modric has been named the world's best male player at the fifa football awards. the real madrid midfielder beat his former teammate -- luka —— luka modric! -- luka modric! applause.

the real madrid midfielder beat his former teammate cristiano ronaldo and liverpool's mohammed salah to the top prize at a star studded ceremony in london. it's just the third year of these particular awards, after fifa ended its association with the ballon d'or. it was just one of the prizes on offer on the night, our sports correspondent richard conway was there. it has been an incredible 12 much for luka modric, of course helping real madrid to a third consecutive champions league victory and of course taking croatia to that world cup final. a were beaten by france, but it was a remarkable achievement which he captained and help drive forward. can i take —— he has been crowned in london of the best player of the season. this is what he had to say. it has been a great year for me. to win the champions league, to win so many trophies with madrid, with croatia as a captain, reach a world cup final, to win some

individual awards has been amazing. it is difficult to find the words to describe how good a year it was and just really amazing. the other winners of the night was marta, playing for a —— orlando pride. she has marked herself as the dominant women's player of her generations. didier deschamps once the best —— w011 didier deschamps once the best —— won the best coach award. and thibault courtois was named best goalkeeperfor his thibault courtois was named best goalkeeper for his performances for belgium at the world cup and for chelsea. of course, he is another real madrid plan now, this has been a great night for him and for luka modric, his colleague, notably in a messy here tonight, no cristiano ronaldo, this was about luka modric. this was his night. —— no lionel messi. one of the most eagerly anticipated ryder cups is just days away,

and tiger woods is among the players who's arrived in paris following his remarkable victory at the end of season tour championship in atlanta. it's the first time woods will feature for the usa since 2012. and as the captains and the rest of the players descended on the french capital, it was still woods who remained the main talking point. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. welcome to the outskirts of paris, where tomorrow the two teams will be enjoying their first practice rounds ahead of the start of the ryder cup on friday. today, we have the two captain ‘s press conferences, thomas bjorn andjim captain ‘s press conferences, thomas bjorn and jim furyk. while there might be 2a players taking part, perhaps not surprisingly, many of the questions were aboutjust one man mackay would. —— tiger woods at. —— tiger woods. he has been playing really well throughout the year, knocking on the door of two majors. it is a nice

buzz for our team, but you can see the emotion and in fighting back tea rs. the emotion and in fighting back tears. the arms in the air, the fifth in the air, it was important for him to win. —— fists. when you look at comparing past ryder cups to this one, what is special is tiger has ingrained himself in our team atmosphere and became such a bite —— such a big pa rt became such a bite —— such a big part of the team in 2016 as a vice captain, then in 2017 as a vice captain, then in 2017 as a vice captain in the presidents cup. it is special for captain in the presidents cup. it is specialfor him tojoin captain in the presidents cup. it is special for him to join these younger players as a teammate, but what is important to him right now, what is important to him right now, what is important to him right now, what is a shall of him is to be a pa rt what is a shall of him is to be a part of that team, part of that group. —— important to him. part of that team, part of that group. —— important to himlj part of that team, part of that group. -- important to him. i spent 25 years when the tiger woods on the scene, any time he does some ingrate, that is a story and that is where we want to see him, we want to see him at the top of the game. he does so much for the world of golf. but have a chat to a man who is

closer than most, thank you to joining us. try and some of the magnitude of this comeback that tiger woods has pulled off? magnitude of this comeback that tiger woods has pulled offlm magnitude of this comeback that tiger woods has pulled off? it is huge. this is someone who was flat on his back and didn't know whether 01’ on his back and didn't know whether or not he will be able to pick up a golf club, never mind compete at the very highest level. he has come back bit by bit. it is a four surgeries, in the end it took a fusion operation in the lower back to give him the possibility to play golf again. what he has managed to do is that yes he can be competitive, then we start saying can he win? when he reached the open championship, finished sixth and went on to be runner—up at the pga championship, we had strong idea that this kind of victory was in his compass. to do it in the two championship, to beat 29 other players who have been right at the top of the pga tour this year, thatis the top of the pga tour this year, that is some achievement. it was five years since the last and he tasted victory. how important is it

for the whole sport of golf that you have a fitting successful tiger woods? it is a massive boost for the sport. the amount of interest he generates, there can be occasions where it seems something like that niche sport. when it is tiger woods, it is mainstream. in the context of this week at the ryder cup, the fact that he has had its victory, so many more people are tuned in to golf and it provides a massive injection of interest. we're fast approaching the start of the nba season, monday was press day when many of the players faced the cameras. one of them was three—time champion lebron james, who's getting ready to begin his four—year $154 million contract with the los angeles lakers. the 33—year—old left cleveland cavaliers to join the la kers franchise, they've won 16 nba titles, but have posted a losing record for five straight seasons. i think the excitement around the game in general, no matter what you wa nt game in general, no matter what you want from me, i am game in general, no matter what you want from me, iam humbled to

game in general, no matter what you want from me, i am humbled to play this game at this level is the i think we all know and i can speak for myself, this franchise has been a historical franchise in for myself, this franchise has been a historicalfranchise in this league years. —— four years. not talking about the years they won it, the players that have come to this franchise and warned this uniform is exciting in its own right. my mindset doesn't change, i believe my game can fit with anybody. i am a tea m game can fit with anybody. i am a team first guy, i love passing the ball, shooting the ball and watching these guys from the outside looking in, the level of pace they play with, iam in, the level of pace they play with, i am excited about, i love getting up and down and things of that nature. i think luke and the coaching staff will let us know what they like for us for how we can be great and we have to practise that and we have to implement it every single day in order to come push what we want to accomplish. —— in order to accomplish what we want to accomplish. meanwhile back—to—back nba champion golden state warriors will be looking for a 7th overall title when the new season gets underway.

one of their biggest concerns in recent years has been whether they are able to keep their squad together. with a team full of superstars, they will once again be the team to beat. we are well aware, it is not going to last forever. so we have a lot to celebrate. you know? three titles in the last four years, at chance to add another one. al final season at oracle. a bunch of free agents next summer. oracle. a bunch of free agents next summer. a lot can change. we don't know. obviously we want to keep this thing going. but at some point, you just have to enjoy the moment, enjoy the now. because there is could be so the now. because there is could be so much speculation as to what is ahead. nobody knows what's ahead. he's miami heat's all time leader in points, assists, steals and games played, now dwyane wade is about to start his final season with them in the nba. the 36 year old returned to the heat in a trade last february and admits

he isn't sure what to expect from the final months of his playing career. i really don't have no real, no way to learn how to deal with this. but definitely, i knewi to learn how to deal with this. but definitely, i knew i wanted to come out and tell my fans and everyone else that this is it, this is the last one, so we can get that out of the way. then we can move on. i feel like i have laid out on the line and given everything that i have had to the game and i can walk away from this game being ok with that. even when i got to superstar level, i still play like a guy that was trying to prove something, the same kid that was trying to prove something his whole life. that is the way i always knew i wanted to play and i was going to play. there is more preview on the nba on oui’ there is more preview on the nba on our website. that's bbc.com/sport, including the full list of winners at the best fifa football awards.

but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. for a time this week, temperatures will be on the rise. not just yet. it's a cold night for much of england and wales, under clear skies. meanwhile, this stream of cloud in the atlantic continuing to extend across parts of northern ireland, northern and western scotland, strengthening the winds through tuesday and also bringing outbreaks of rain. but away from the far north and west, after a cold start, there'll be plenty of sunshine. some early—morning mist and fog to clear. that will soon lift, and then for much of england and wales, plenty of sunshine to be found. just light winds, and very little cloud, even into the afternoon. somewhat different further north and west. more on that in just a moment. here's a closer look at li:00pm

on tuesday afternoon. as you can see, lots of sunshine, very little cloud, temperatures generally across england and wales between 15 and 17 celsius. but notice our wind symbols are turning to black. this is indicating the strength of the gusts across northern ireland, western and northern scotland through the afternoon. quite widely a0 to 50 mph, with outbreaks of rain pushing their way eastwards. perhaps dryer across the far east of scotland, with some sunshine, but still a windy day here, and temperatures not much higher than 13 or 1a celsius. and it's this area, really, from northern ireland, northern and western scotland, which will keep further outbreaks of rain and some strong winds into tuesday night and through into wednesday morning. eventually, some of that rain is inching its way further southwards and eastwards into the far north of england. ahead of this, not quite as cold at night, but some rural parts of southern england perhaps getting down to two or three celsius. through the middle part of the week,

we've still got high pressure across much of england and wales, those fronts still to the north and the west bringing strong winds and outbreaks of rain, again slowly starting to sink its way south and eastwards. so a bit more cloud, with the odd spot of rain across northern england, maybe the far north of wales. still quite cloudy for northern ireland, the lion's share of the rain across scotland. these are the averages, gusts will be higher. holding onto the dry, sunny weather across southern and eastern parts of england and wales, where temperatures on wednesday could get up to around 20 or 21 celsius. and that front continues to make its progress south and eastwards through wednesday and into thursday. as it runs into our area of high pressure, all it has left on it isjust a band of cloud. but what it will do later in the week is slowly start to replace the one that we find across england and wales with something much cooler further north and west, so some changes to come through this week. some warmth for a time through wednesday and thursday, slowly being replaced by something cooler and fresher, but mainly dry by the weekend. goodbye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers

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