hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: barcelona put four past tottenham at wembley to leave spurs pointless after two group matches in the champions league. kashima antlers strike late to win the first leg of their asian champions league semi—final against suwon blue wings. and caroline wozniacki is through to the last 16 of the china open. we'll wrap up all wednesday's action shortly. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that barcelona have made it successive champions league wins in group b thanks to a 4—2 win over tottenham at wembley stadium. the visitors got away to a fast start when phillipe coutinho put the catalans ahead in the second minute, and the game looked to be beyond reach of spurs when croatia midfielder ivan rakitic doubled the lead by firing home an acrobatic half—volley. the home side fought back when harry kane grabbed a goal shortly after half—time before lionel messi,

who had earlier hit the post twice, scored goals either side of erik lamela's effort handing barcelona the victory. translation: it was the same team as the one that we fielded last week. we always want to dominate a match, and we did. this was a great game. it was a difficult stage to play on, and againsta it was a difficult stage to play on, and against a very difficult side. we had a few problems during the match, but we solve them and we're very pleased about that. the season is a long one. it's been a hard week and this was another ha rd a hard week and this was another hard game. we just want to continue now like this for the rest of the season. well, i think it's still all to play for. four games. and i think it's... we are going to have in our hands to bor we are going to have in our hands to b or not in the next stage. of course it will be tough because now

we must win games against psv, against interand we must win games against psv, against inter and barcelona in barcelona. of course, it will be tough, but still thinking the same that always it's possible. also in group b, inter made it two wins out of two. mauro icardi scored their winner as they came from behind to win 2—1 at psv eindhoven. in group a, borussia dortmund and atletico madrid both maintained their perfect starts. marco reus was among the scorers as dortmund beat monaco 3—0, while atletico beat bruges in madrid, with antoine griezmann scoring twice in a 3—1 victory as koke got the other. these are all the results from matchday two, where the big winners were paris saint—germain. neymar scored a hat—trick as the french champions thrashed red star belgrade 6—1. but it's napoli who lead group c by a point. they beat last season's runners—up, liverpool, with lorenzo insigne scoring the only goal of the game in the 90th minute. we didn't create a lot of chances to

be honest. first half was still kind of ok, but second half was not good enough. it's always a bad sign if you have to say that your goalkeeper was your best player. it was obvious tonight. word i have to accept and i have to accept that i have a big part of that performance. it's my fault for sure. in the asian champions league, it's advantage kashima antlers after the first leg of their semi—final against suwon bluewings. but they left it late, and they had to come from behind to win the home leg, after an own goal and this strike from dejan da mjanovic put the visitors 2—0 up after only six minutes. kashima reduced the deficit courtesy of an own goal midway through the first—half, and they were level when serginho equalised six minutes from time. it looked like the two sides would be heading to south korea with the tie level, but, in the third minute of stoppage time, atsuto uchida scored the goal that won the first leg for kashima. 3—2 the final score, with the second leg in three weeks' time. tennis, and there was a shock defeat for grigor dimitrov

at the china open. he was beaten by the serbian qualifier dusan lajovic. jim lumsden rounds up wednesday's action. two years ago at the chengdu open, dusan lajovic was given short shrift by who, drove who won in straight sets, but the world number 55 learned a lesson. he took the first set before the middle of rally to win the second. a dazzling rally at 4—1; with the bulgarian eventually looking to run out of steam. dimitrov had served in nine double faults in his demise. lajovic rubbed it in by finishing him off with an acer. he will play british number one kyle edmund in the quarter—finals. he survived a scrap with this italian player. was two points away from the feed but rallied to beat the world number 58. big serving juan martin del potro is aiming fora third

big serving juan martin del potro is aiming for a third title of the season aiming for a third title of the season and looks good for it. caption of the latest briefly in his way, departing in straight sets. —— catching of. in the women's draw, world number two caroline wozniacki came up against petra martic, who she played four times and won four times. more of the same followed as the dane outclassed her opponent, winning in straight sets and she will play contemplate in the last 16. former us open champion sloane stephens is out. the american took the first set against dominika cibulkova but then the slovakian fought back to win the next two. she will play sevastova in the quarter—finals. the last time charade zhang played babos of hungary, the former prevailed and so it was on wednesday as the home favourite cruised through the first set 6—1. little resistance in the second set and zhang won it 6—2 and her reward isa and zhang won it 6—2 and her reward is a last 16 meeting with former world number one angelique kerber.

jim lumsden, bbc news. meanwhile, in tokyo, home favourite kei nishikori is through to the quarter—finals of the japan open. the number three seed is bidding to win the title for the third time, and he sealed his place in the last eight with a straight—sets victory over frenchman benoit paire. nishikori, who last won this event in 2014, came through 6—3, 7—5, and he'll now face stefanos tsitsipas or alex di minaur. there was also a victory for the number two seed kevin anderson, but he had to come from a set down to beat australia's matthew ebden. this was a first round match, and anderson plays frances tiafoe of the usa next. former england captain andrew strauss has stepped down as england's director of cricket after 3.5 years in the role. strauss had taken a break in may after his wife entered a new period of treatment for cancer. andy flower, who's covered for him, will continue in an interim role before a full—time replacement is found. the former england captain says 2019 as a year is potentially the most important the game has had in this country with the world cup

and ashes series on home soil. the coach says that strauss has already left plenty to work with. we've spent the last two or three yea rs we've spent the last two or three years having plenty of meetings about the processes we want to go through and where we want to be, sort of, 12 months out and heading into the world cup. zoe lot of that work has already been done. and it's put us in a good space to be able to go on. andrew's been a guy where he's been very helpful behind the scenes, and obviously being an ex— player, he knows obviously the game. you go back to the start of our summer you go back to the start of our summer in 2015 and the direction given by him to myself and paul farrell brace was the interim coach at the time, and all the selectors was to build something that will

prepare you for the 2019 world cup —— farbrace. without that direction we wouldn't have been allowed the freedom to play in this manner, because we can plan for years ahead. and two, i think the absolute clarity in the direction he wanted to go was quite a big deal. cricket, and dale steyn and imran tahir were the stars of the show as south africa thrashed zimbabwe to win the second one—day international in bloemfontein and clinch the series with a game to spare. south africa batted first after winning the toss, and were bowled out for 198 in the 48th over. in his first odi for two years, steyn top—scored with a career—best 60 for the home side. he then took two wickets as the tourists were skittled out forjust 78 in reply. imran tahir was the pick of the bowlers with 6/24, including a hat—trick, as south africa won by 120 runs with 26 overs to spare. the third match is on saturday. new great britain hockey coach danny kerry took charge of his first game on wednesday in london. the men's team took on belgium in a game that celebrated the 30—year anniversary of their famous olympic gold medal

victory at the seoul 1988 games. a 2—1 victory for gb added to the celebrations sam ward scoring both, including his 50th international goal. a great team effort. australia's stephanie gilmore got off to the ideal start on wednesday at the roxy pro in france as she bids to win a seventh world surf league title and first since 2014. gilmore came through a tough heat in hossegor to edge closer to a chance of a seventh wsl title. she saw off american sage erickson and world junior champion vahine fierro in her heat to progress to the next round, but only after rallying in the final five minutes with back—to—back waves. some surfers she is! an update, in major league baseball, a wildcard match taking place at the moment —— some surfers. yesterday was the national league and new york yankey zar at home leading 2—0 over the oakland athletics at the end of the

second innings —— new york yankees are at home. they will then play the boston red sox in the divisional series. 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. hello there. the weather for the next couple of days is looking fairly benign before something a bit more active appears during the course of the weekend, with some pretty heavy and persistent rain for some. the pressure chart, as we head into thursday, shows high pressure dominating the scene for most. this weather system will continue to encroach into the far north—west corner into the country to bring increasing breeze, cloud, and outbreaks of rain. further south, mainly dry bar the odd light shower around, bit of early mist and fog which should clear through the morning. much like wednesday we should see the clouds thin and break and some sunny spells.

the wind lighter across the south, turning stronger across this north—west corner, where it will be cool. further south, given some sunshine, this warm air mass, it could make 17—19 or perhaps 20 degrees. catching of gil miguel heading through thursday night, the weather front in the north—west sinks further southwards and comes to a halt across central parts of the country. here it will be wet. to the north clear and quite cold. to the south, variable cloud and mild conditions. friday we will have a 3—way split. we continue to see this weather front through central areas, bringing outbreaks of rain to northern england and parts of wales. to the south of it, given some sunny spells, again that mild air mass is going to be quite warm, temperatures around 20—21 degrees. to the north of the weather front, scotland and northern ireland, largely dry but cool. 10—12 degrees. still some uncertainty on the weekend weather. it looks like this developing area of low pressure will bring a spell of very wet weather, primarily to england and wales, much of scotland and northern ireland, bar the off shower should

stay largely dry on saturday with some sunshine. it could be very wet across parts of england and wales, particularly central, southern, and eastern england. up to an inch in spots. it will be quite cool generally across the board. across the far south—east we could see temperatures in the high teens, before the cooler, wetter weather moves in from the west. on sunday, that area of low pressure pushes off into the new continent. a ridge of high pressure builds. we could see a window of fine weather before the next weather system makes inroads across the north—west corner of the uk. meanwhile, a clearance across the south—east. winds picking up once again across the north—west. elsewhere, it should be fairly light. in the sunshine, it won't feel too bad. temperatures ranging from 12 to 15 degrees. so the weekend is certainly going to be a mixed one. there will be quite a lot of rain for some of us. there will be some spells of sunshine as well. it will not be a complete washout. welcome to bbc news,

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