coming up on this programme: a perfect six, asjuventus win again to maintain their unbeaten start to the serie a season in italy. the spanish champions struggle, though, as barcelona have less joy, losing for the first time this season, going down to leganes. and wang qiang keeps chinese hopes alive as she moves through to the quarter finals of the wuhan open. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that juventus remain undefeated at the top of italy's serie a. that's after a 2—0 win over bologna in turin. two goals in the opening 20 minutes proved enough for max allegri's side, with paulo dybala claiming the first after he hooked the ball back when blaise matuidi's shot was parried by the goalkeeper. and it was matuidi who was the recipient of a cristiano ronaldo pass for their second, keeping them three points clear of second placed napoli. in spain's la liga, barcelona

have lost for the first time this season after leganes, who started the match bottom of the table, came from behind to beat them 2—1 in madrid. phillipe coutinho put the catalans ahead in the 12th minute, and it looked like ernesto valverde‘s team were on course for all three points, but two goals in the space of a minute, the second from 20—year—old midfielder oscar, who's on loan from real madrid, put leganes ahead and they held on to move out of the relegation zone. oscar's parent club, real madrid, missed out on the chance to go top after they were beaten comfortably 3—0 away to sevilla, with andre silva notching a double. in germany, borussia dortmund thrashed newly—promoted nuremberg to move up to second in the bundesliga table. nuremberg haven't won at dortmund since 1990, and never looked like ending that drought as they were beaten 7—0. borussia's captain, marco reus, scored twice as his side recorded their second—highest victory ever in the bundesliga.

dortmund are now two pioinmts behind the leaders, bayern munich. in the third round of the english league cup, chelsea came from a goal down to beat liverpool 2—1 at anfield. eden hazard scored the winner for maurizzio sarri's side, while it was a good night for premier league sides from london. danny welbeck scored twice for arsenal in their 3—1 win over second—tier brentford, while tottenham won on penalties against watford. west ham united put eight past fourth—tier macclesfield town, and nottingham forest beat stoke. holders celtic are through to the semi—finals of the scottish league cup after winning at stjohnstone, where leigh griffiths scored the only goal of the game seven minutes from time. they'll now face hearts who beat motherwell 4—2. celtic finished the game with 10 men when dedryck boyata was sent off in the last minute for foul and abusive language to the referee. in the night's other match, rangers thrashed ayr united 4—0. on thursday, we'll know whether germany or turkey will host the european championship finals in 202a. uefa's executive commitee will make the decision following the final submissions by both of the bidding nations. germany, who last staged

the euros back in 1988, said the case they presented will make it very difficult for uefa to overlook them. the germans have also hosted world cup twice, in 1974 and 2006. turkey has never previously hosted a major football tournament, and this is the fourth time they've made a bid to stage the euros. they say that hosting the tournament would represent a new frontier for uefa. turkey is a rich from west to east. it's a new territory for uefa, it's a new market, new excitement, new sponsor, new a new market, new excitement, new sponsor, new supporters. so it's going to be more or less like a calla ble going to be more or less like a callable kind of a euro 2024, rather

than euro 2024. and turkey does also have the proven track record that it does... or it has the capability... ability to be able to host these events, like, you know, the 2005 champions league final, played in istanbul, milan against liverpool, that unforgettable final. we hope in germany all that we will get this tournament, because it's very important for the football, for the kids, for the clubs, for the federation, everybody saw this in 2006 when we have the world cup in germany. this is important for our country. i don't know what will be the decision, but we hope that we can win. tennis, and there were shock defeats for both caroline wozniacki and angelique kerber at the wuhan open on wednesday. wozniacki, the number two seed was beaten in straight sets by monica puig from puerto rico,

who had to qualify for the tournament. puig, who's the reigning olympic champion, won 7—6, 7—5 to seal her place in the quarter—finals. puig will now face the local favourite, wang qiang. the chinese number one, who's ranked 34 in the world, beat the unseeded australian daria gavrilova to stay on course for back—to—back tour titles following her victory in guangzhou last week. wang, who also won on home soil in jiangxi back in july, came through in straight sets 7—5, 6—2. she's on the verge of breaking into the world's top 30 for the first time. in the other half of the draw, the number three seed and reigning wimbledon champion, anqelique kerber, was knocked out by ashleigh barty. the number 16 seed from australia won a tight first set 7—5, and then raced through the second for the loss ofjust one game. barty now plays anastasia pavlyuchenkova, who beat petra kvitova, but had to come from behind to win after the number

five seed and former wimbledon champion took the first set 6—3. but pavlyuchenkova, who's now ranked 39 in the world, turned it round by winning the next two sets, 6—3, 6—3 to claim her place in the last eight. we're just over 24 hours away from the start of this year's ryder cup between europe and the holders, usa. this time, france hosts the tournament for the first time with europe having not lost on home soil since 1993. sports correspondent andy swiss is at the venue as the tension mounts ahead of thursday's opening ceremony, and the announcement of friday's groupings. well, welcome to the golf nacional on the outskirts of paris where we've had glorious conditions for the second day of practice here. we've also had bigger crowds. there was a predictably enthusiastic welcome for the european players as

they arrived on the first tee for they arrived on the first tee for the start of their practice rounds. always a special atmosphere at the ryder cup, there was chanting and cheering as the players took their tee shots. the fans could certainly have a part to play over the next few days. of course, one of the big talking points at this event has been the presence of tiger woods in the american team after his comeback win at the weekend. earlier on today we heard from rory mcilroy, and he said it was important the european players don't get distracted. this week, he's one of 12. we're not looking at any individuals, we're just trying to beat the us team. it's great what he did on sunday, it is great for golf, it brings a lot of excitement to the game, but i think to focus on one player is silly. as for the us, well, they arrived here as the ryder cup holders. also very much the favourites, but, of course, they haven't won here on european soil in the last 25 years.

now, earlier on, we heard from bubba watson, who bizarrely was wearing a blue glove during his press conference, he said it was part of a joke with his teammates. he also seems to be suffering from something ofa seems to be suffering from something of a cold, but he told us exactly what victory would mean for the us team. any time to win it was a dream come true, and to win it, like you said, after 25 years, what a thrill. for me, i've never won one as a player so it would be a thrill of a lifetime to win here, no matter where it is, thrill of a lifetime, for the little trophy, not for money, pride. the long buildup to the ryder cup is nearly over. tomorrow the players have a last chance to practise before they're presented to the fans at the opening ceremony. we'll also discover the pairings for the first morning's action before it all gets under way on friday. not long to go now until the ryder cup is finally under way. you can follow that across the bbc

news website, of course. australia's rohan dennis dominated the field to take victory in the men's elite individual time trial at the world championships in austria on wednesday. dennis beat defending champion and favourite tom dumoulin of the netherlands by more than a minute. dumoulin finished second with belgium's victor campenaerts third. dennis had previously worn the leaders jersey at all three grand tours, but said this was the pinnacle. cricket, and bangladesh are through to the final of the asia cup after beating pakistan in the last of the super four matches in abu dhabi. bangladesh batted first after winning the toss, and were bowled out for 239 with seven balls of their innings to go. mushfiqur rahim top—scored with 99 for the tigers. that left pakistan chasing 240 to win, but they were restricted to 202—9 in reply. mustafizur rahman was the pick of the bowlers, with 4—43 as bangladesh won by 37 runs. they'll face india in friday's final in dubai. that is about all we've got time for

on this edition of sport today. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. good morning. it's been a lovely spell of autumn warmth for some of you so far this week. yesterday, we saw temperatures reach 24 degrees in lincolnshire. same spots, though, by the time we hit friday could be a good 10 degrees lower, if not a little bit more. and it's during the next 24 hours we'll see those changes take place. it's all because we've got cold air at the moment pooling to the north of this weather front, which is set to work its way southwards. to start the day, it's across parts of north and west scotland, and because of the more cloudier outbreaks of rain, notice the warm colours on the temperature chart to start the day. coolest colours in the south, where we've got temperatures in single figures for the morning commute, even a touch of frost in one or two spots.

but lots of sunshine through england and wales to start with. bit more cloud north—west england perhaps compared with yesterday. sunshine to the south and east of scotland, northern ireland, but in the north and west, cloud, outbreaks of rain, most persistent in the highlands and islands in the morning before it turns to sunshine and showers as that showery band of rain pushes across the rest of scotland through the day, northern ireland into the afternoon and the far north of england. and so by the end of the day, notice how we reverse the fortunes. cooler air‘s to the north, warmer air‘s to the south, where we could be a degree or so higher as far as temperatures are concerned than we were during yesterday afternoon. the sunshine continues. finished with sunshine across the north, but temperatures in the teens. those clearer skies will work their way southwards behind a fragmenting area of cloud and just one or two showers as it works towards southern counties of england. not quite clear on the south coast for the start of friday, so it'll be a milder night here to take us into friday morning rush—hour. a colder one further north with a touch of frost possible just about anywhere. into friday, high pressure is building in, keeping things dry. but as that cold front clears away,

we've got all of us seeing the door open to the colder conditions. so a much chillier day on friday right from the start. we'll see the morning cloud in southern counties of england clear. that will lead to some sunnier conditions for the rest of the day. sunny spells really for most, just a few showers in the north and west of scotland, northern ireland later. but friday, note the temperatures, 12—16 degrees — a big drop on what some have been used to so far this week. and we continue with the cool conditions through the night and into the start of the weekend. high pressure, though, largely in charge. so a dry start, even if it's a little bit of a frosty one for some of you. sunshine best across england and wales, but clouding over to scotland, northern ireland through the day. showers and outbreaks of rain mainly limited to the highlands and islands, and temperatures still generally around the mid—teens for the most part. by sunday, though, we'll see a bit more cloud drift southwards across england and wales. greater chance ofjust one or two showers here and there. showery scene, though, both scotland and northern ireland. bit more of a breeze, and we stay with things on the cool side. a big change from what we've had so far this week. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers

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