hello, welcome to sportsday. the headlines. more villains than heroes as aston villa and west ham serve up tantrums and a red card but no goals. arsenal leave it late, but the defending champion subject manchester united to their second defeat of the wsl season. and a summer defeat of the wsl season. and a summer to defeat of the wsl season. and a summer to remember defeat of the wsl season. and a summer to remember but questions nevertheless. we ask what might be onjoe nevertheless. we ask what might be on joe root‘s mind nevertheless. we ask what might be onjoe root‘s mind as england consider their immediate test future.

hello again, thanks forjoining us. plenty on offerfor hello again, thanks forjoining us. plenty on offer for both teams in the night's premier league match, one hoping to climb out of the bottom three, the other seeking to break into the top three in the end. aston villa manage their task but might have had more on what proved to bea might have had more on what proved to be a goalless night against west ham at villa park. nick parrott reports. when the lights come on, aston villa raised their game. their only league win of the season came only league win of the season came ona only league win of the season came on a friday night against everton. wesley was the hero then but he couldn't quite rise to the occasion at home to west ham united. villa spent big in the summer but spent in the bottom three at the start of the day and something doesn't quite seem right, they were causing more problems than the opposition, the ar checked this incident between el ghazi and tyrone mings but took no action. moments later el ghazi was fortu nate action. moments later el ghazi was fortunate again to be able to continue, eventually recovering from this clash. villa's hopes of getting a result were boosted midway through the second half when masuaku was

given his marching orders. not the cards his boss manuel pellegrini was hoping to see on his 66th birthday. farfrom ruining his day, his hammers started hitting back, taking the game to villa. both sides were lacking quality though, with jack grealish wondering the best chance of ending the stalemate. nick pa rrott, of ending the stalemate. nick parrott, bbc news. we were hoping for a better start, three losses, one win and one draw, we feel like we should have got the win that could have happened to anyone. as soon as the team goes to ten men, they sit back, the game opens up and we need to be more deadly in front of goal and a soon as we do we will click into place, i hope. we play with ten men exactly the same, scoring goals, so i'm very happy for the performance of the team, and for the performance of the team, and for the personality of the team, and playing away, if you can't win,

don't lose it. wsl champions arsenal have started two wins out of two, beating manchester united, but the away side had to wait a long time for the breakthrough. you noted's goalkeeper mary earps was inspired to 85 minutes of this match, the highlight that brilliant double save. but with time running out, arsenal finally save. but with time running out, arsenalfinally got save. but with time running out, arsenal finally got the opener they deserved through daniela van de donk. united have lost both of their opening fixtures. they were tough. 1-0. opening fixtures. they were tough. i—o. following their defeat to manchester city. deva de gea has signed a new four—year contract at manchester united, the keeper was in the last season of his current contract, having joined from atletico madrid in 2011, since when he has played more than 360 times for manchester united. de gea had been linked to a move to spain but will now be at old trafford until 2023. frank lampard says he is excited about leaving chelsea in the champions league for the first time. they are involved in the opening night of the competition tomorrow when they play spanish side valencia at sta mford

when they play spanish side valencia at stamford bridge, it is a competition lampa rd at stamford bridge, it is a competition lampard won seven years ago as a player when they beat bayern munich on penalties in the final and he says watching it from the dugout as manager will be just as special. it is the ultimate in clu b as special. it is the ultimate in club football, for me, in terms of competitive club football. and there's something about nights at sta mford there's something about nights at stamford bridge, something about the champions league music, there's memories that i have and we have as chelsea people, and i want to experience it on the side of the fence, so i would be proud to take the team out, of course very aware that what matters is the results, starting the group well against tough opposition, and i am excited. liverpool train this morning before heading to italy where they start the defence of their title tomorrow night against napoli. striker divock 0rigi did not travel, though. he is out with an ankle injury. we try to reach the level from last year again and we don't even know exactly which level it was, to be honest, because nobody can measure it. but we want to be as consistent at least as last

year, but play our football of this year. use the skills, use the confidence when it is there, get it back when it's not there, use momentum when it's there, get it back when it's not there, stuff like this, stay in the game, fight for everything, that's what we want to do. the international cricket season is overfor do. the international cricket season is over for england and while the urn will be heading back to australia and ultimately drawn ashes series and the significant prize of a first world cup mean it will last long in the memory, but nevertheless significant questions remain, particularly about the future of the england test team. joe lenski has more. these were the scenes in the dressing rooms at the oval yesterday. england and australia sharing drinks together after a series that was also shared. 2—2. this was the first ashes to finish asa this was the first ashes to finish as a draw since 1972, and rescuing that scoreline in that final test could have an impact on which england players stay or go moving forward in the test game. these are perhaps the england batsmen most under threat. jason roy was so

effective as a one—day batsman during the world cup, but he averaged less than 1a during this series, and he was of course dropped for that final test at the oval. some interesting discussion too around jonny bairstow. again, such a talus for england as a one—day player but he only made 1/2—century across this ashes series, and there are other options challenging him as wicketkeeper as well who might be in line to take his place there. joe denly established himself as a very capable opener, with 94 in the final test, but he's come into this side at the age of 33, that could mean winning the next play test cricket, they give opportunities to the youngsters. now these are some of the most exciting batsmen in county cricket at the moment. 0llie pope did geta cricket at the moment. 0llie pope did get a couple of starts for england during their test series against india last summer but has improved even further this term, and the 21—year—old could bat at number

six when england go to new zealand while dominic sibley of warwickshire and zak crawley of kent could also put pressure onjoe denly. england next play a test match on 20th of november against new zealand, and that match doesn't count towards the new world test championship campaign that we heard about going into this ashes, and that could mean with less pressure involved, there could be the perfect opportunity to give those youngsters a go, and sibley and crawley could be in contention to open the batting alongside rory burns, who proved himself very capable during the series. england will also have a new coach installed in time for that next international cricket in new zealand, so this team could really start to be taking shape and starting to get bedded in by the time they go to south africa for the next major tour, which sta rts for the next major tour, which starts on boxing day in centurion. joe lenski. next to that mic drop moment that sealed the solheim cup

for europe at the end of a thrilling three days where the two teams could barely be separated, it came down to the final putt of the final pair in the final putt of the final pair in the singles at gleneagles, sunk by suzann pettersen, the swedish vetera n suzann pettersen, the swedish veteran immediately announcing her retirement from professional golf. it was enough for that one—point victory. the americans were strong favourites having won the last two tournaments of corso how significant is it for women's golf in europe that the trophy changed hands? beth allen a few times when on the ladies european tour said it needed a boost. when they won in ireland, i thought the tour would get a big boost and that didn't necessarily happen, it sort ofjust plateaued. the state of the ladies european tour at the moment is not good. i think this could be an extremely positive thing for golf in europe and the ladies european tour, and i think katrina will be a great ambassador, as she is not really going to be playing much more in the states, and she'll be making a lot more appearances in europe and

perhaps that can pick some interest, having the winning solheim cup captain in fields. and ijust don't see why we aren't getting more sponsorship, because obviously the golf is good, and there is so much interest in the competitions, especially the solheim cup, and without a strong ladies european tour then it is difficult to have a really, really good solheim cup. finally on the programme to an astonishing work of one of the home nations at the rugby world cup. there is a corner ofjapan nations at the rugby world cup. there is a corner of japan that will be wales's home for the tournament where the community has really taken them to their hearts. daphne pritchard. chanting wales are not just pritchard. chanting wales are notjust big injapan, they are huge. warren gatlin‘s team have been greeted like heroes, their training base. for today's open

training base. for today's open training session, more than 15,000 people packed the stadium, singing the welsh national anthem and hymns. the support extends way beyond the stadium. everywhere you look here, there are welsh flags and good luck m essa 9 es there are welsh flags and good luck messages plastered all over buildings and cars. the welcome we have had so far has been fantastic. we had a great night last night, in terms of a sort of welcome sort of ceremony, i suppose you would say, and it was brilliant, the weather's great, so really excited to be here. and yet in a good week's training under our belt and looking forward to that first game against georgia. we would like to invite players to come to the stage. the warm welcome continued into the evening as wales held their capping ceremony tonight, honouring their players and singing for their hosts.