contest. for the first time in the contest. the nationals cheered on by a watch party crowd of around 30,000 back in their own stadium were unrelenting as they realise the finish line was close. when the game finished, the scenes overwhelmed many as they became the first team from washington to win a major league title since the senators back in 1924. the title since the senators back in 192a. the series are supposed to be all about the astros building a dynasty but it did not turn out that way as all seven games were won on the road by the visiting team to also creating history, the washington nationals, a first—ever world series title for them. and for david mann —— martin is in the second year as manager. that capitalised on errors in the celebrations have already started. >> we the world champions. —— we are the world champions!

there are doubts surrounding the final of the copa libertadores in chile next month in light of the social turmoil engulfing the country. the president has cancelled two big regional events due to political protests that began two weeks ago. but our world football presenter, mani jazmi, expects this year's final in santiago, between argentina's river plate and brazil's flamengo to go ahead as planned. it was shaky on wednesday afternoon when all sorts of rumours and alternatives were flying around. there was talk of a big meeting between the president of chile and the head of south american football but the president says that they will hosted, even though he has cancelled two big international

events. i think he thinks it is easier to host a football match than an international gathering. so as of now, the game will happen in santiago. there were issues between the teams last year. is this a further complication? that was a very special occasion because the two tea ms very special occasion because the two teams are fierce rivals. the problems they had in the second leg that did not happen in buenos aires led to this decision of having a 1—off final starting this year. unpopular in south america because it is more difficult and expensive for fans to travel to a 1—off game whereas with a home and away they got to see at least one of them. but that was the reason why this is happening. i cannot see it changing, i cannot see it being a home and away between river and flamengo.

and milan beat spal on thursday night — to move into the top half of the table in serie a, giving manager stefano pioli his first win with the club. the only goal of the game was scored midway through the second half. spanish midfielder suso, getting his first goal of the season. milan's victory takes them up to 10th in the table. in spain, granada missed the chance to regain top spot when they lost 3—1 at getafe. villarreal stay seventh after losing 2—1 at eibar. and 0sasuna twice came from a goal down to draw 2—2 at mallorca. staying with football, arsenal cruised into the quarter—finals of the women's champions league with another comprehensive victory over slavia prague. danielle van de donk scored a hat—trick as the english champions won the home leg of their last 16 tie, 8-0. fellow dutch international vivianne miedema — who scored four in last week's first leg — also got a hat—trick, as the gunners won 13—2 on aggregate. in the night's other games,

the scottish champions glasgow city needed penalties to see off the danish side brondby. and jordyn huitema scored twice as paris saint—germain beat bride—a—blik of iceland 3—1 on the night, and 7—1 on aggregate. the problems continue to mount for the golden state warriors. their star player steph curry, faces a spell on the sidelines, after breaking his hand in wednesday's loss to the phoenix suns. curry — a two—time nba most valuable player — suffered the injury during the third quarter of the game. x—rays confirmed he'd broken his left hand, after an awkward fall. it's the second successive season curry‘s been injured in the early weeks. the warriors have got off to a slow start this season — losing three of their four games so far. of course it hurt. but it gives the young guys an opportunity and we will need to make up for it by playing hard and playing better and

maybe showing how well we can play while he is out. he is a valuable piece of our team but i feel we will stay positive and wish him the best. we don't know how long he will be out but we still have games to play. on to tennis — and the world number one ashleigh barty is through to the last four at the season—ending wta tour finals in shenzhen, china. barty — the reigning french open champion — bounced back from her shock defeat against kiki bertens on tuesday, to beat the number 6 seed petra kvitova in straight sets in herfinal match of the round robin phase. barty won 6—4, 6—2 — and that was third successive defeat for kvitova. barty‘s victory means she finishes top of the "red group". barty‘s joined in the semi—finals by belinda bencic. the number 7 seed from switzerland won the first set of her match against kiki bertens 7—5 — and also took the opening game of the second set. // but the dutchwoman was then forced to retire but the dutchwoman was then forced to retire after feeling unwell. bencic said afterwards that it's not

the way she'd have wanted to win. just time to tell you that new zealand were put into bat. in the 1st t20 international against england in christchurch. they are 76 after 11 overs. 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. quirky phrases and his voice have made the speaker a well—known figure

around the world. order! bellowing. .. behave yourself! colourful... i couldn't give a flying flamingo what your view is! unforgettable. leave the chamber, get out, we'll manage without you! asjohn bercow leaves the speaker's chair after a decade, the tributes are piling up. you have been a remarkable speaker of this house. the highest duty that the speaker of the house of commons is to be the champion of our house and its members and to defend our right to freedom of speech in defence of our constituents and, mr speaker, you have done this. at 18, he had a rhetorical flourish and a crowdpleasing line.|j rhetorical flourish and a crowdpleasing line. i would suggest that the reason she sought to join the european parliament was

precisely the same. an mp from 1997, he has reformed the speakership to ditching the quick traditional court dress, powering back dentures to he ove rca m e dress, powering back dentures to he overcame allegations of bullying, questions about expenses and a sticker on the car he drove the red looks to exit. on that sticker, it is my wife's car. and i am sure the honourable gentleman would not suggest for one moment that a wife is somehow the property or chattel of her husband. it was interventions on brexit that catapulted him to fame, stopping a third meaningful vote on theresa may‘s deal. may's deal. it is becoming

remarkable how often you pick that meant please lot and not the other. from a junior tennis champion to make speaker and unlikely celebrity. order! order! he is bowing out. remembered long after given his marching orders. now it is time to have a look at the weather. the first few days of november looks set to bring some wet and blustery and potentially some stormy weather across some parts of the uk. certainly unsettled outlook thanks to an area of low pressure. this is friday's weather chart and you can see the low drifting in from the west. a band of rain, the frontal systems spiralling around below. but with that low we will develop a south—westerly flow across the uk so at least free time it will feel milder. a mild start to the day on friday and with that,

outbreaks of rain drifting north—eastwards into northern england pushing northwards across scotland. and then a slice of dry and potentially bright weather before another band of rain pushes into northern ireland, wales and the south—west through the afternoon. it will be breezy but not especially windy just yet top temperature of 9— 16 degrees. during friday evening, the band of rain will continue to drift north—eastward. some dry interludes but the wind will become an increasing feature across the north and also down towards the south and the south—west that wind turning strong and gusty as we get into the first part of saturday morning. an area of low pressure as we reach saturday will deepen. uncertainty about its exact shape and exact position but it looks like there will be a swathe of strong wind potentially on the southern flank of the low where you see those white lines, all of those isobars squashing together.

it is likely we will see strong wind blowing across the southern half of england and parts of wales, also a slice of windy weather across northern scotland and we will see a band of wet weather spiralling around. equally there could be some dry and bright interludes and in the centre of our area of low pressure some light wind. around the edges to the north and particularly the south, gusty conditions and we could see wind gusts reaching 70 mile an hour or more close to the south coast of england. so very stormy conditions are possible. worth bearing in mind if you do have plans for saturday and temperatures between ten and 12 degrees. moving out of saturday into sunday the low pressure is still with us but not quite as many white lines, not as many isobars by this stage so the wind will be a little lighter. it will still be breezy and there will still be some outbreaks of rain but for the second half of the weekend at least a better chance of seeing dry weather and some spells of sunshine in those highs of 11— 13 degrees.

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