hello. i'm tulsen tollett. and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: portugal make it two wins out of two in the uefa nations league with a 3—2 victory over poland. australia battle to an improbable draw in the first test against pakistan in dubai. and defending champion roger federer moves through to the shanghai masters quarter finals setting up a match against kei nishikori. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with football, and portugal look well placed to qualify for next year's uefa nations league finals after winning 3—2 in poland on thursday. they're now five points clear in theirgroup at the half—way stage. the decision by portugal coach fernando santos to rest

cristiano ronaldo for this round of games looked to have back—fired when krzysztof piatek put poland in front after only 18 minutes. by half—time the european champions were in front with andre silva leading the revival, before an own goal from kamil glik. bernardo silva made it 3—1 early in the second half, and even though poland pulled one back near the end portugal hung on for the victory. translation: it is difficult, but the fact is no team can be better without the well‘s best player. cristiano ronaldo was here tonight, but if he hadn't taken part and we wa nt but if he hadn't taken part and we want this wouldn't have been initially —— if he was. but he wasn't an the team played well. i don't really want to talk about who isn't here. how can eating be better without the well‘s display of? that just not possible —— how can a team. these guys are doing an impressive job almost without training. the

tea m job almost without training. the team is confident and they are taking control of teams naturally. but rinaldo is ronaldo. in the night's other games, league b, group two saw russia stay top of the group despite a goalless draw at home to swedem. in league c, israel came from behind to beat scotland 2—1 in haifa. that was in group one. in group four, there were wins for romania and for serbia, who won 2—0 in montenegro to go top of the group, and in league d, there were wins for azerbaijan and the leaders kosovo. press corps twice in the last four minutes. kylian mbappe spared the world champions' blushes with a stoppage—time penalty. and paco alcacer scored twice for spain as they beat wales 4—1 in cardiff. you know, against average teams you

have to do the basics, right. against a very good team you don't do the basics and you get punished. that is what happened. we just brush ourselves down, take it on the chin, the last time we were in cardiff we won 4—1. we will magnificent. tonight we were disappointing. the good thing about football is you a lwa ys good thing about football is you always have the next game. that can't come quick enough. a few cliches there. cricket, and the first test between pakistan and australia ended in a thrilling draw when the australians managed to bat out the final day in dubai. they began the final day on 136 for three, and chasing a notional a62 to win. the pakistani—born usman khawaja top—scored with 141 for australia — and there were also half—centuries for travis head and skipper tim paine as they piled up 362 for eight by stumps, clinging on for unlikely draw. the second test in abu dhabi starts on tuesday. a day to survive, seven with his left, surely australia could not say

this test. travis head set out on the long road to escape. on—ball at a time, one run at a time. 50 by lunch, crucially not out. was this the start of another collapse, though? had gone for 72. pakistan thought they were in. usman khawaja had other ideas. with the 85 he made in the first innings was good, this was better still. a masterful century scored in the country of his birth. and he wasn't done there. by the time he was dismissed, he had spent nearly nine hours at the crease, iiii spent nearly nine hours at the crease, 141 would earn him man of the match, but would it save australia began? for a time that was seriously in doubt. schar remove mitchell starc for one. peter siddle made none. pakistan needed just two wickets to win with 12 overs left. but in his time as captain tim paine has got through worse than this. alongside nathan lyon he got australia to a draw that had seemed so australia to a draw that had seemed so improbable. earlier this year the

ball tampering scandal shamed australian cricket, here, at last, he was —— was a cause for pride. two—time shanghai masters champion roger federer was a long way off his top form against spain's roberto bautista agut on thursday but did enough to reach the quarter—finals. the number two seed novak djokovic is also through and austin halewood has the details. after a month away from the game, roger federer is back. it is not having things all his own weight in shanghai. roberto bautista agut levelling their third round match in a set all. as is so often the case, the 20 time grandslam champion usually phones away. and thursday was no different in china. sometimes all you can do is lie back and watch the master at work. the defending champion through, i'd far from convincing. he will have two seriously up his game when he takes

on kei nishikori next. the world number 12 only needed two set to battle past sam crary and reach the quarters. roger federer may be the world number two, but novak djokovic is hot on his heels, with three titles already in shanghai he knows this court better than most, and it showed against marco chegin oher. the italian was the man who knocked djokovic out of the french open earlier this year. the world number three certainly got his revenge. straight sets, 6—0 in the second. with so much of the attention focused on novak djokovic and roger federer, it can be easy to forget about the young talent coming through. australian teenager alex de minaur is one of the new breed, but alexander's darut minaur is one of the new breed, but alexander's da rut is just minaur is one of the new breed, but alexander's darut is just about one of the best of them. the german is firmly established in the top ten now. i just two years firmly established in the top ten now. ijust two years older than alex de minaur, at 21, he looked a class a bove

alex de minaur, at 21, he looked a class above the australian. another straight sets win and a place in the world tour finals almost within his grasp. after his heroics at the ryder cup, tommy fleetwood's good form has continued into the british masters, the englishman is in a three way tie for the lead at walton heath. this is fleetwood on the 18th as he completed a round of 67 to match fellow englishmen eddie pepperell and matt wallace with a one shot lead over a group of five on li—under par after the first round. and how about this from pepperell on the par—3 ninth? in off the pin to which he and his playing partners very much appreciated and having played over 2000 par—3s on the european tour that's his first hole in one. funny, a missed a before. i could be level par through nine because there is a tough par three coming up and i got a hole—in—i.

a bizarre game, bizarre shot from where i was standing, looked like it pitched in the hole, jumped up, looked like it was going long because of the height it was going up and then i didn't see it from there and obviously it went in. so very nice. to major league baseball and the milwaukee brewers host the la dodgers in game of their national league championship series on friday. the brewers haven't lost in 11 games while the dodgers are looking for redemption having lost the world series last year. brewers outfielder christian yelich in his first year in wisconsin is relishing the prospect of facing the opening game pitcher for the dodgers — clayton kershaw. he is one of the best in the game. it is tough to back every time you face in. it is a battle. you enjoy that as a player, though, going against the bestjust that as a player, though, going against the best just to see that as a player, though, going against the bestjust to see how that as a player, though, going against the best just to see how you stack up, you enjoy competing. he seems like he enjoys competing. it is what it is all about. it is what makes some of he really fun. it is what you play for as a player. he is a great player, a great picture, he has had an unbelievable career. it

will be a battle. when you face a quy will be a battle. when you face a guy like that it is about execution. you're not getting a lot of opportunities, but when you do you have to capitalise on them and do all the little things right. it will be great. both clubs have worked hard to get to this situation. two clubs facing off in the championship. we will go out there and play baseball, enjoy ourselves, doing what we have been doing all year. hopefully we come up oi'i doing all year. hopefully we come up on top. at the end of the day it is always about enjoying yourself, going out there and preparing for a great series, preparing yourself the right way, at the end of the day we prepared ourselves to get here. we're not going to stop and do we get what want. -- until we get. now to the nfl, where the seattle seahawks will play in london for the first time when they play the oakland raiders at wembley stadium on sunday. the team trained for the first time since arriving and the game will be

the first between raiders running back marshawn lynch and his former team since he retired following the 2015 season. lynch came back last year to play for his hometown raiders there about four and a half minutes remaining for the philadelphia eagles, they won the super bowl last year. they are at the new york giants. they leave 7—3 in that one. everything else on the website. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today hello there. storm callum is approaching, and it is set to bring us some pretty wet and windy weather over the next few days. on thursday, it was a breezy day with a few showers around. this was the picture as we ended the day, taken by one of our weather watchers in reading, and now our attention turns to the west and this is storm callum, this developing area low pressure. as it moves in on friday and lingering into saturday, it will bring particularly windy and wet weather on the cards too. the rainfall totals could be

mounting up, particularly in parts of south wales, where we've got an amber warning for the heavy rain, 40—60 millimetres of rain, could be even more over high ground, up to 100 over the two days. so this is how friday is looking then. let's focus in on the regional detail. on friday morning, look at the wind speeds, 50 or 60mph, maybe a bit more than that on exposed irish sea coasts, and heavy rain in the south—west of england, wales and the midlands. northern ireland will have seen the worst of the wet weather by 8am friday morning, but very windy here and wet and pretty windy conditions in the bulk of scotland and northern england too, with those strong gusty winds. so particularly windy in the north and west too, but wherever you are, you'll notice the strength of the winds. down towards the south—east of england and east anglia, you're more likely to stay dry for a good part of the day, and still pretty warm, temperatures once again up to 22 or so in the south—east. cooler further north and west, but actually mild wherever you are,

but we've got strong winds and heavy rain to contend with too. so this area of rain becomes quite slow—moving through friday evening and into saturday morning, especially heavy in wales. and remember, we've got that amber warning in force for heavy rain in south wales, maybe flooding and disruption to transport as well. as we move through the weekend then, the trailing weather front from storm callum stays put through the day on saturday. it's just slowly edging a bit further eastwards. again, parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales and the south—west of england seeing the bulk of that heavy rain. strong winds again, especially down towards the midlands and the south—east of england. with that mild air in charge, in the sunshine, we could see temperatures up to 2a, well above average for this time of year. as we move into the second half of the weekend, we'll see the rain edging its way further eastwards. perhaps a soggy start for london and the south—east. some rain and even snow over the mountains of scotland. when the rain and hill snow clears to the east, an improved today in much of the country but temperatures will be almost 10 degrees cooler on sunday than they are on saturday. into next week then,

still pretty unsettled and breezy, with some showery rain at times. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: a trail of destruction left by one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the united states. russia suspends all manned flights to the international space station after the crew of a soyuz rocket were forced to make an emergency landing. mum's the word. researchers in china say they've created baby mice with two mothers and no father. a special report from kabul on the taliban and islamic state prisoners jailed for violence and disruption.