live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: hoping to work some magic, thierry henry speaks for the first time about about his new role as monaco head coach. well on top, pakistan dominate australia in the second test in abu dhabi. and a shock for sloane stevens, as the former us open champion is knocked out of the kremlin cup by a qualifier. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. a new chapter in the career of thierry henry has begun... he was officially introduced as the new head coach of french ligue 1 side monaco, the club he firstjoined as a 15—year—old 26 years ago. it's the first managerial role for a man who won five league titles in three different countries as a player, plus the champions league with barcelona, and the world cup

and european championship with france. henry re—joins a club who are currently third from bottom, with only one win from their first nine league games. but he's hopeful he can turn things around and has learnt plenty from playing under pep guardiola and arsene wenger of course. pep for me‘s the reference. for me, i'm not saying for anyone, it's not right or wrong, that's the reference for me. i re—learned how to play the game when i went to barcelona under him. it goes without saying, with pep you can talk about the game. i think he would not even go to sleep and still talk about the game and you would fall asleep and he's still talking. you know the invention he had in the game, way ahead of the game. i saw it closely. obviously asked them, are sent unlocked a lot of stuff my mind, you know. made me

understand what it meant to be a professional, what it meant to perform. i will never forget that. you guys know the relationship i have with him. i will always carry some of the stuff he was doing. staying with football, jamaica have qualified for the women's world cup for the first time in this history. they've beated panama on penalties to claim third place at the women's concacaf championship in the usa, and that sealed their place in next year's world cup finals in france. panama could still qualify if they beat argentina in a two—legged play—off next month. meanwhile, in the concacaf championship final, the usa lead 1—0 against canada. both teams have already qualified for the world cup. the owner of english premier league club fulham and nfl side jacksonville jaguars has withdrawn his offer to buy wembley stadium from the english football association. shahid khan had offered nearly $800 million for the national stadium, but the fa who currently own the venue had come under criticism from many within english football for their decision to sell. our sports editor, dan roan,

says khan was surprised by the reaction to his bid. he also acknowledged, gz, he also acknowledged, 62, that this had become a very divisive subject, much more so than he ever anticipated. ever since the fa revealed this deal in the spring, it's become clear how much of a talking point, how much debate it's provoked throughout the national game, and indeed beyond. everyone has a view because of course this is wembley, it's the national iconic home of english football, and therefore any prospect of it being sold, especially to an american investor, was inevitably going to cause some debate. the writing was on the wall last week when there was an fa council meeting and it became clear the chief executive, martin glenn, was failing to achieve that consensus that he wanted. they desperately wanted this deal to go through, the leadership of the fa.

so did the government. sports minister tracey crouch, for example, said she was upset by the withdrawal of the offer. i can tell you she is also concerned it may have an impact on the ability for london to stage more nfl games. the government wa nted more nfl games. the government wanted london to be a permanent home to an nfl franchise, and of course khan's jacksonville jaguars were the most likely to to do that and he's issued a segment this evening to the jaguars fans expressing that this may be something of a setback in that ambition. now to cricket, and pakistan have the upper hand in the 2nd test against australia in abu dhabi. having bowled australia out for 145, mohammad abbas with figures of 5—33. pakistan closed day two on 144—2 in their second innings, that's a lead of 281. the series is level after the first test was drawn. elsewhere, england beat sri lanka by seven wickets in a rain—affected third one day international in kandy. they now have a 2—0 lead in the series with two games left. colm harrison reports. ina

in a match reduced to 21 overs a side, sri lanka batted first after england won the toss and then made a decent start thanks to dick bella. top scored with 36 and the home side we re top scored with 36 and the home side were well placed at 57—0 at one stage. but then came the slum, when their innings closed, they were 150-9 with adil rashid their innings closed, they were 150—9 with adil rashid doing most of the damage, the pick of the england bowlers taking for—36. england openerjason roy then led the foundations for the tourists‘ reply by smashing 41 from just 26 balls. there was a bit of a wobble as the tourists lost in bairstow and then recruit cheaply. but a half—century from captain eoin morgan, who hit an unbeaten 58, turned the game back into england‘s favour. it was ben stokes who sealed a victory with a six as england reached their target

with 15 balls to spare. colm harrison, bbc news. to tennis now, and tunisian qualifier ons jabeur, who‘s ranked 101 in the world, reached her first wta top—level quarter—final with a straight sets win over sloane stephens at the kremlin cup in moscow. the former us open champion was expected to make light work ofjabeur in their first ever meeting, but the tunisian took an early lead in the first set and stephens couldn‘t catch her as she went down 6—3. jabeur started the second set strongly too, and went on to win that 6—2, claiming arguably the biggest win of her career in just over an hour. she‘ll play anett kontaveit in the next round. the new nba season is underway with champions golden state warriors picking up where they left off by beating oklahoma city thunder. on wednesday, toronto raptors take on cleveland cavaliers with the little known nick nurse making his debut as an nba head coach. toronto a re toronto are leading at harm

halftime. —— at half—time. as a coach in england he was used to a tiny wage bill compared to what he has at toronto, which is around $150 million. seth bennett reports. i thought i was going to be an nba head coach this year, but ijust didn‘t think it was going to be here. hello, my name is nick nurse, former coach of the manchester giants. your last budget when you we re giants. your last budget when you were in the bbl, how much was it? to be safe, i‘d say £100,000. were in the bbl, how much was it? to be safe, i'd say £100,000. how much is your budget this year? it's around $150 million. how do you compute that difference? it is so huge, isn‘t it? compute that difference? it is so huge, isn't it? it's a good question, man, nobody‘s asked me that. it is a big difference, i‘ve never really thought about it that way before. how is it different to coaching nba to bbl?|j way before. how is it different to coaching nba to bbl? i don't think it‘s any different. i was trying to convince those guys at the

birmingham bullets in 1995/96 that we could knock off the mighty london towers, who won everything the year before and when 32—1; and i don‘t think it‘s any different to what i'll think it‘s any different to what i‘ll be doing here. think it‘s any different to what i'll be doing here. do you think this was ever a possibility? we all kind of fantasise a little bit about making it or guys even playing in the bbl used to talk about, oh, you should be in the nba or whatever, you know? when i went to derby i was right out of college, i had no idea what i was doing, was more concerned about playing a little bit and that out of my system. i can tell you 100 stories that any bbl person or d—league person could tell you, stuck on the side of the road because our van broke down with martin ford, he was the centre on the team, was the head coach, but he also drove the van because i wasn‘t 25 year. those stories that you look back on with a laugh. maybe it

didn‘t feel that glamorous at the time or whatever, but i tell you this, it felt fun. how does that feel now as you board the private jet and you stretch out for the west coast swing? know how fortunate i am to have this organisation, this owner, this team and these fans, man. it‘s a heck of a job for a first—time head coach and i‘m excited about it. but when we get to the basketball floor, i feel like it‘s just another team to coach, you know? finally, baseball, and milwaukee are at los angeles in game 5 of the national league championship series. the dodgers have beaten the brewers 5- the dodgers have beaten the brewers 5— to. the dodgers have beaten the brewers 5- to. -- the dodgers have beaten the brewers 5— to. —— five—2. the series is 3—2 dodgers. later, it‘s game 4 of the american league championship, with boston at houston, and the red sox leading that series 2—1.

you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that‘s bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. plenty on thierry henry emerging as the monaco boss. hello there. the last couple of days, we‘ve had quite a lot of cloud across england and wales, with some clearer skies further north. the cloud has been down to this weather front that‘s increasingly been trying to move away, replaced by this build of pressure coming in from the atlantic, and that‘s what‘s been clearing the skies. and yesterday, we had a fine and clear end to the day across the northern half of the uk.

and that‘s led to temperatures dropping like a stone. it‘s certainly going to be a cold start to the morning, particularly in the countryside, across the northern half of the uk. temperatures down to just below freezing in katesbridge in northern ireland first thing, and also a few spots in scotland seeing a patchy frost. but, for most, a chilly start. the far south of england, though, still having quite a bit of cloud first thing in the morning, maybe a few mist patches for the thames estuary and up over the tops of the downs. and as we go through the rest of the day, you‘ll notice the cloud thickening across western scotland, where there‘ll also be a few light showers coming and going across the western isles and the northern isles. it should stay mostly dry for the mainland, though. temperatures between 12 and 16 degrees. as i say, a lot of dry and bright weather. now, as we go through into thursday night time, thickening cloud will work into the north—west of the country, and that will help lift the temperatures towards the end of the night. but it‘s going to be a colder night across parts of england and wales, particularly in the countryside, again, temperatures getting into low single figures, there could be a few patches of mist and fog around as well. for friday, well, we‘ve still got our area of high pressure with us but this weather front will be

bringing thickening cloud to the north—west of the country and outbreaks of rain ultimately to scotland. further south, in northern ireland, we are closer to the influence of a high pressure, so the front does come through, but the rain‘s going to be quite light and patchy, just turning quite cloudy, really, through the afternoon. we‘ll probably see things turning damp for a time across north—west england and the north of wales too. whilst the skies brighten scotland for the north of friday afternoon, there should be some sunshine in southern england and wales. highs of up to 17 degrees. heading on into the weekend, well, we‘ve got this warm front moving in off the atlantic, and again, that‘s going to be bringing some more rain across scotland, even pushing into eastern areas as we go through the morning. the afternoon, well, it should become really quite warm for the time of year across eastern areas of scotland and north—east england. and thanks to the foehn effect, and we can see temperatures pushing up to around 18 degrees or so. and for england and wales, the weather stays quite quiet, variable cloud, some bright or sunny spells, but we could see mist and fog patches to start the day. and that theme will continue probably into saturday as well. mist and fog patches around this weekend but the weather mostly dry for most of us.

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