coming up on this programme... cristiano ronaldo returns to manchester as hisjuventus side prepare to face his former club united in the champions league. sloane stephens beats naomi osaka in their opening match of the season ending wta finals in singapore. and sergio garcia keeps his cool in the spanish sunshine to win the andalucia valderrama masters for a third time. hello and weclome to the programme where we start with the news that cristiano ronaldo returns to old trafford later on tuesday as hisjuventus side face manchester united in the champions league. the 33 year old portuguese won this competition with united in 2008 and then went on to win it four more times at real madrid before his almost $130 million transfer to the italian champions. he's still clearly popular in manchester with this the second time he's played at old trafford since leaving the club having won

there with real madrid in 2013, a match in which he scored. a match in which he scored. a match in which he scoredm a match in which he scored. it will be tough for us. but we have our weapons, we know it will be tough but i think we have a chance. i know if we play good, if we play the way the coach wants, i think we have a good chance to win the game but of course as i said before we have to respect manchester united because they are a fantastic team, they have an experienced coach so i expect and i look forward thatjuventus will win the game. while ronaldo was getting himself reacquainted with manchester their opponents on tuesday were training and perhaps working out how to stopjuventus, a team that is yet to lose in any competition this season. the home side are coming off a 2—2 draw with chelsea on saturday and the manager knows a thing or two about ronaldo having coached him at real madrid.

i thought he was at a level where he doesn't need these questions and these answers. he is one of the best players of all times. and nobody can tell different than that. he is one of the best player of all times. it is as simple as that. ronaldo's former club real madrid has been at the centre of rumours about the future of head coach julen lopetegui after his side lost their fourth game out of five in all competitions when beaten by levante on saturday. they are currently seventh in la liga and face viktoria plzen on tuesday having been beaten in their previous champions league match against cska moscow. the first el classico of the season is this sunday, and lopetegui will hope he's still in the dugout for the match against barcelona who are four points clear at the top of the table and he was defiant on monday. translation: if you are expected to

see a downcast and crestfallen coach, you shouldn't look this way. on the contrary, i am more excited, ambitious and i cannot wait to win tomorrow's game playing a great match. in the premier league, arsenal were 3—1 winners at home to leicester city with mesut ozil at the forefront of the gunners play scoring the first for unai emery‘s side. despite going behind to an own goal the german who retired from international football recently brought his side level at the interval and then pierre emerick aubameyang was at the end of some sublime arsenal passing to grab the final two goals, as his side move up to fourth, ahead of theirfierce north london rivals tottenham on goal difference. every match is a big challenge and he will continue winning and also to play for us is very important and

lesser because they are near in the double and we want to win, and it is a big difference. and also looking in front, doing away and also improving in only thinking of each match. elsewhere it was a bleak night on the scoring front in europe where there was one match in italy's serie a with sampdoria and sassuolo failing to score a goal over 90 minutes. it means that the hosts are now 5th, a point ahead of fiorentina, roma and sassuolo and they next head to under pressure milan to face the rossioneri on sunday. also a goalless draw in spain between real sociedad and girona with the point taking sociedad up two places to 9th while the visitors also climb a place to 15th. onto tennis where at the wta finals in singapore sloane stephens kept up the trend of upsets at the end of season event by beating naomi osaka in three sets in their opening match of the red group, and hugh ferris was watching the action. osaka is the sport's big new thing

and so was sloan stevens last year. women's tennis changes quickly, much like this rally, the japanese in control until she was not. the first set to stevens. osaka's root in the match too was hit even harder in the second set belonging to the us open champion. but when there was su btlety champion. but when there was subtlety required a came from the american. in the end, osaka had nothing left losing on a doublefaults, only tell will —— only time will tell whether this week will serve. it was great, playing so i'm from a different country is tough because this is a home crowd,

but it was a perfect tennis environment. for me i think it is a little bit exciting because you learn more when you lose so i am kind of glad i had the opportunity to play those matches. and the upsets continued after kiki bertens, a late substitute for injured world number one simona halep, beat angelique kerber in three sets. bertens lost the first set 6—1 but came back to take the next two 6—3, 6—4. sri lanka cricket is preparing to bid farewell to "the best left arm spinner the world has ever seen" after rangan herath announced his retirement after the first test against england in galle. the a0 year old who is the last active international cricketer to make his test debut in the 19905 will play the series opener and then retire. herath had the thankless task of stepping into the shoes of the great muttiah muralitharan the leading wicket—ta ker in test match history. he isa he is a legend, i am quite happy and

proud to play with them and i played under him as well. it is a great achievement. and number one spinner in the world at the moment, and test and it is not surprising with his age and he has done a lot of things. very, it is the right time and i think he is made the right decision. d'arcy short guided australia to a seven wicket victory their t20 international against the united arab emirates in abu dhabi on monday. short hit an unbeaten 68 as australia came back from a hesitant start needing 118 to win the match. the first t20 meeting between the two sides saw the uae make 117 for six from their 20 overs. nathan coulter—nile and billy stanlake each taking two wickets. o nto onto golf... spain's sergio garcia has won the andalucia valderrama masters for a third successive time after the tournament

was shortened to sa holes yet still went in to a fifth day. garcia, last year's masters champion, had won the event the last two times it had been held, in 2011 and 2017. and the ryder cup star ended this year's tournament four shots clear on 12 under—par after the players came back on monday to complete the final few holes. to major league baseball and the boston red sox, winners of a record breaking 108 games in the regular season, host the los angeles dodgers in game one of the world series on tuesday at fenway park. doesn't that look nice? the dodgers were beaten by the houston astros last year, and current red sox manager alex cora was a member of the astros coaching staff then, and is now looking to win it with the franchise he did it with as a player in 2007. we knew about the division and

record setting season and all of that stuff but in this town everything started after october and we are glad that we are here and i am happy to lead this group of men and we are ready for the challenge. you go into spring training and every team says they want to win a world series but realistically that is not an option for at least half the teams and we say we really mean it when we go into postseason six times ina it when we go into postseason six times in a row and it becomes more evident that we are very fortunate to be ona evident that we are very fortunate to be on a great team but we are still missing not bring. there is no secret that we want to win. looking forward to that series that gets under way in the next 2a hours. our correspondent will be there bringing us correspondent will be there bringing us up—to—date on the world series. for everything else you can go to the website including the news of

cristiano ronaldo in his second return to manchester united, this time with you then test. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there we have much colder weather by the end of the week and monday was a cooler day and with the clearer skies following the sunshine we have seen temperatures not far from freezing in some or all parts across the southern half of the uk, it will warm up in the sunshine but for most places it will be dry today but there will be a brisk wind blowing but not quite as when the across the northern half of the uk as it was yesterday but we still have stronger winds across the area of high pressure and areas focusing on some cloud and rain. sunshine at

times for eastern scotland and gus at 40-50 times for eastern scotland and gus at 40—50 kilometres per hour. if anything it may be a big warmer i think on tuesday, those temperatures 16,17 think on tuesday, those temperatures 16, 17 degrees even think on tuesday, those temperatures 16,17 degrees even in the sunshine in eastern scotland and we still have those winds easing down through the course of the evening and overnight, the rain beginning to ease off as well, some of the cloud will push its way further down into england and wales so it probably won't be quite as cold overnight into wednesday morning. it is always going to be the sunniest across southern and eastern parts of england, perhaps eastern scotland for a while and elsewhere there is a quite a bit of cloud but by this stage the winds will not be quite as strong. winds easing off in the northwest of scotland and those temperatures again could hit 16 even 17 degrees. high—pressure sitting to the southwest of the uk, still got these weather friends moving the southwest of the uk, still got these weatherfriends moving on the southwest of the uk, still got these weather friends moving on top

of the area of high pressure and this is the significant one because it is behind that we will get cold air but there is a should be dry for many and a bit more cloud coming into england and wales. this rain beginning to gather in the northwest of scotla nd beginning to gather in the northwest of scotland and temperatures perhaps a shade lower, the rain gathering is on the cold front there. that is significant because the high did the wind direction changes, we draw all oui’ wind direction changes, we draw all our error away wind direction changes, we draw all oui’ error away from wind direction changes, we draw all our error away from the arctic, plunging down to much colder conditions on friday. there is a cold front and not a great deal of rain on that, sunnier skies and follow, showers coming in from the north and it will feel close to freezing. briefly we may find temperatures in double figures in the south, last week and we were up to 20 degrees but this week and we are struggling to make double figures. most places will be dry with some sunshine and there will be some showers, some wintry on the

high ground in the north. a very welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: as turkey's preparing to reveal all about the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi, at the saudi consulate in istanbul, the us treasury secretary holds private talks in riyadh with the saudi crown prince. saudi—led forces attack the city of hodeidah in yemen. the un warns the closure of its port would lead to widespread famine. president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china as he threatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. it isa it is a through to whoever you are and it includes china and it includes russia and it includes anybody else who wants to play that game. cristiano ronaldo says the truth is coming, as he speaks publicly for the first time about the rape allegation against him.