and the nfl announces it'll stage four american football matches in london next year. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. real madrid's interim boss santiago solari says he's not ruling out taking the job on full time if he's offered it. he'll take charge of his first game on wednesday against lower league side melilla in the copa del rey. it follows the sacking ofjulen lopetegui after the club's worst start in 17 years. but as patrick geary reports, there are plenty of big name contenders in the frame to replace him. real madrid's often described as an institution. for some, real madrid's often described as an institution. forsome, palliser. for some, prison. there are reminders everywhere of the glorious past and expected future. julian lopetegui

would have hardly have found his way around. sacked on the eve of the world cup by spain and sacked by real on monday. that's the reality but the manager job real on monday. that's the reality but the managerjob is one of the most coveted in football. for now it belongs to solari, coach of the reserve team, how about this for a job application? i've played, i've sweated in the jersey until my last drop, just like many others in this clu b drop, just like many others in this club who've left already all who are still here. real madrid is beyond us all in its greatness, but at the same time it includes us all. it's wonderful to work at this club. many, though, feel real will look for a bigger name, so who? president florentino perez is known to be an admirer of tottenham boss marussia pochettino. he signed a new contract earlier this year but spoke of his low mood as spurs haven't been able to beat the likes of manchester city. then roberto martinez, whose stock has risen after taking belgium to third at the world cup. arsene wenger has been mentioned, he's

still not retired but a big favourite until recently was for much of the boss conte. he's out of work but negotiations have a p pa re ntly work but negotiations have apparently stalled. it seems like co nte apparently stalled. it seems like conte once a longer contract and he wa nts to conte once a longer contract and he wants to bring his own people, fitness coach etc into the picture. real madrid were not content to work with the current staff and accept a shorter contract, probably because they have to play lopetegui 20 million euros because they broke the contract and he had three more yea rs. contract and he had three more years. there will, of course, the pressure. zidane led real madrid to the champions league in may but then he lost real madrid tojuventus. whoever comes in will have to lift the team from the despair of the five—1 defeat to barcelona and their worst start to a season since 2001. it isa worst start to a season since 2001. it is a hugejob in every worst start to a season since 2001. it is a huge job in every respect. patrick gearey, bbc news. real‘s cross—city rivals, atletico madrid, have been in action in the copa del rey on tuesday.

zhelson martins scoring the winner against catalan side sant andreu, who currently play in the fourth division of spanish football. atletico take their slim lead back to the wanda metropolitano for the second leg which will take place on december the fifth. bayern munich beat fourth—tier side sv rodinghausen 2—1 in the second round of the german cup on tuesday. sandro wagner got the first goal after eight minutes before thomas muller added a penalty in the first half to make it two. rodinghausen pulled one back after half time but bayern progress to the last 16. his goals have helped to take dc united from bottom of the mls table to the play—offs. it's safe to say wayne rooney's made a big impact in major league soccer and the former england captain says his move stateside in the summer is one of the best decisions he's ever made.

he's been speaking to natalie pirks: as england's all—time record goalscorer, wayne rooney has always played at the highest level. but, at 33 years old, he's just taken on his toughest career challenge. right, dc. let's get to work. he told me he's notjust in america for a vacation, though. of course you have people who maybe compare you to other players who've come over here and not done so well. you know, people who make their opinion on you have to be... to see you playing. i couldn't really play and take my foot off the pedal. rooney's arrival has been big news here. when wayne rooney arrived in dc, back in late june, the team was in last place in the eastern conference. he was the spark they needed to go on a major run and reach the play—offs. with a basic wage of more than £2 million a year, but with total earnings reportedly more than double that, he's the highest—paid player in the club's history. shirt sales and ticket sales are up, but so is the level rooney demands. last week we won a game,

and it wasn't our best performance by any means. and he came in and said it wasn't good enough, and everyone was kind of thrown off, like, "well, we just won the game." and he said it's not going to last in play—offs. so it's a nice, i guess, kick in the butt. it was a wake—up call for us. well, dc is known for its fast pace and politics, yet life in the capital has afforded rooney something he hasn't had in 17 years. the land of the free is living up to its name. i think it's just a bit more relaxing for us, as a family, i think. if you want to go to the supermarket, or you want to pop out and get a coffee, then it's quite easy to do. at times, in england, it could be a bit difficult. i thinkjust to be able to walk around and, you know, have a bit more space, and a bit more time to enjoy it with your family, is something different to what i'm used to. he's living a different life now, albeit without premier league pampering. rooney is now flying economy and sharing hotel rooms. i think it's important

you're part of the team. i wouldn't come in and start demanding things. i don't see it as a big issue, to be honest. he watched england's world cup run as a fan for the first time since he was a kid. that childlike exuberance is coming through in his football again. the smile is back. against all odds, trophies could be too. natalie pirks, bbc news, washington. tennis... novak djokovic broke off from serving for victory againstjoao sousa to help a spectator who was taken ill at the paris masters. the match came to a stop as the fan was attended to, with djokovic providing him with a towel before he left his seat for treatment. the world number two was nearly broken when play resumed but served out for the match to win 7—5, 6—1. djokovic will play bosnian damir dzumhur in the third round. milos raonic fought from one set down to beat

jo—wilfried tsonga in a tight three—set match in his opening round. raonic needed two hours and 52 minutes to see off tsonga with all three sets being decided in a tiebreak. next up for the 27—year—old is a second round clash against roger federer on wednesday russian world number 17 daniil medvedev cruised into the second round following a comfortable 6—2, 6—2 victory over pablo carreno busta of spain. his opponent in round two will be croatia's borna coric. simone biles battled through the pain barrier to help the united states win the women's team gold at the world gymnastics championships in doha. all the more remarkable considering she was rushed to hospital a few days ago with a kidney stone. biles, who picked up her 11th career gold, has been speaking to bbc sport's david mcdaid it's very special because i've trained really hard this whole entire year, then coming

into worlds, the whole team has trained really hard to be where we are, so we're really excited. a wonderful team performance, wonderful performance from you, but a couple of things we're not used to seeing, little errors? we always practice on those little things. how different are you as a gymnast since rio 2016? i feel like i'm mentally stronger and physically stronger and i know where, what i'm capable of whenever i stepped on the mat. what would it mean to get a fifth world title, it's never been done by a woman at the world level? i think it's really exciting, so we'll have to see what happens. after three successful matches at wembley stadium in london this year, the nfl has announced it'll stage four american football matches in london next year. sunday's match between the philadelphia eagles and jackonsville jaguars provided a record crowd for the international series, of over 85,000. next year, wembley is set to host two matches, with two more expected to be held at tottenham hotspur‘s yet—to—be—completed new stadium. and before we go, here's a football

award you may be less familiar with, the golden foot award. yes it exists, it recognises the best footballer of the year aged 28 and it's been won this year by edinson cavani. a warning of flash photography coming up. the psg striker even got to print his feet into clay ahead of picking up the prize, which takes into consideration athletic achievement as well as personality. he got more votes from members of the media and the public than cristiano ronaldo, lionel messi and luis suarez. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.

if the cold weather isn't your thing, then you'll be glad to know by the end of the week, and certainly into the weekend, it'll be turning much milder, but also wetter and windier with it, too, so more on that injust a moment. this morning starting up again on quite a cold note for many areas. further west, though, we've got these weak weather fronts bringing more cloud, some spots of rain, so here a less cold start. for central and eastern areas, a fairly widespread frost. there'll also be a little bit of mist and fog across southern areas, but at least where you have the frosty start, it should be dry, with plenty of sunshine in central and eastern areas. these weather fronts further west will produce little bit of rain for western scotland and northern ireland, and the other one affecting western parts of england and in towards wales. but eastern scotland, central, southern and eastern england should remain dry all day. and we start to build in the southerly breeze, so that'll push temperatures up to around 11—13 degrees across england and wales. still quite a cool one for scotland and northern ireland. into wednesday night,

we'll start to see some rain pushing up into the south and the south—eastern areas of england. meanwhile, there's weather front across the west starts to meet with it, so by thursday it looks like it'll be quite wet, cloudy, for much of eastern scotland, eastern england and wales, and by the end of thursday that band of rain will be confined to more eastern areas, with skies brightening up further west, bar a few showers. a cooler feel to things across central and eastern areas, but still holding onto double—figure values the south. then we look to the atlantic on friday. now, this deep area of low pressure contains the remnants of hurricane oscar, and it'll arrive across the north—west of the country later on friday. but actually, friday not a bad start. a chilly one, mind you, but it will be bright, with plenty of sunshine. across western areas, though, the cloud, the wind, and eventually the rain will start to appear. but it'll be a little bit milder pretty much across the board, with double—figure values for many of us. and then, through friday night, it really will be quite stormy across the north—west of the country as that low passers—by. into saturday, a windy day with outbreaks of rain, and for sunday we see a secondary area of low pressure move in, to bring another spell of wet and fairly windy weather to our shores. so it really will be quite

wild to end the week. this is saturday's picture, then. plenty of sunshine across southern and eastern areas, and here it should stay dry all day, albeit quite windy. the further north and west that you are, we'll see widespread gales, a spell of pretty heavy rain at times, as well. but it's a gusty day across the board, especially so, though, across this north—west corner. but look at these temperatures, importing some very mild air from the south—west. temperatures 1a to maybe 16 celsius. another wet and fairly windy but mild day on sunday. a quieter one on monday, but we'll still have southerly winds, so it'll be very mild in the south. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump, his family and advisers, visit the scene of the massacre of 11jewish people in pittsburgh. hundreds of protestors say he's not welcome. mr trump claims he's considering ending birthright citizenship in the us,

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