and 10 years on from the attack on the sri lankan team bus in lahore, test cricket is returning to pakistan. welcome to the programme. thanks for joining us. we start with football — and four more teams have qualified for next year's european championship finals, and they include england, who'll be hosting the semifinals and the final. harry kane scored a hat—trick as england thrashed montenegro 7—0 at wembley to seal their place in the finals. alex oxlade—chamberlain opened the scoring after only 11 minutes with his first goal for england for two years. marcus rashford and tammy abraham were also among the scorers as england marked their 1,000th international with a comprehensive victory.

you know, it's been a group that we expected to win. but we have totally taken seems apart and marches that in the past have been problematic for england teams, where teams have defended deeper numbers and have been stubborn, because of our speed, movement, speed of ball circulation, we have carved those teams apart. a big win for england. in the same group, the czech republic have also qualified after beating kosovo 2—1 in group b. cristiano ronaldo scored a hat—trick as portugal thrashed lithuania, 6—0. the reigning champions still haven;t qualified but remain a point clear of serbia who beat luxembourg, 3—2. france and turkey have both qualified from group h. olivier giroud scored a 79th minute penalty as the world champions came from behind to beat moldova, 2—1. earlier, turkey drew 0—0 with iceland to get the point they needed. in asia, there was another round of games in world cup

qualifying on thursday. you can find all the results on the bbc sport website. but the highlights included iraq beating theirfierce rivals iran. alaa abbas scored the winner in stoppage time as iraq won 2—1 in a game that was played injordan. iraq are now two points clear at the top of that group after bahrain drew 0—0 in hong kong. elsewhere, australia beatjordan to extend their lead at the top of group b. adam taggart scored the only goal of the game as the socceroos won in amman. in group a, syria beat china 2—1 in dubai to make it four wins out of four. straight after the game, in his post—match press conference, marcello lippi resigned as china's head coach, just six months into his second spell in charge. now, roger federer is into the semifinals of the season—ending atp tour finals after an incredible performance

against novak djokovic in london. federer, seeded third, said he wanted to get djokovic back for narrowly beating him in this year's wimbledon final — and he did just that by knocking him out of the tournament. it was a winner—takes—all match which federer ultimately wrapped up in straight sets, 6—4, 6—3. this was the winning point. djokovic going out means rafa nadal will end the year as world number one and it'll either be nadal or stefanos tsitsipas that awaits federer in the last four. great openers fear, a great opponent. here in london at the 02, definitely incredibly special. just a note, i enjoyed it from the beginning, i played incredible and i knew i had to, because that is what novak does. and i was able to produce. there was definitely

magical and you guys made it special. thank you. i cannot thank you and i. there was not much that i did write this match, to be honest. realistically, but i was a better player in all aspects —— futter, and absolutely deserved to win. he served great and returned may serve very well —— federer. so from his andl very well —— federer. so from his and i think you did everything right. from maya and ijust, you know, i wasjust playing right. from maya and ijust, you know, i was just playing to right. from maya and ijust, you know, i wasjust playing to neutral. i couldn't read his serve well and just a pretty bad match for my side. meanwhile dominic thiem, who was already into the semifinals after beating federer and djokovic, suffered his first defeat at the atp tour finals. the austrian was beaten in straight sets by matteo berrettini. the number eight seed from italy — who'd already been eliminated after losing his first two matches of the group stage went out on a high with a consolation victory, berrettini winning 7—6, 6—3.

test cricket will return to pakistan next month for the first time in 10 years. the pcb's announced a two—match series against sri lanka with the ist test in rawalpindi, starting on the 11th of december, and the 2nd in karachi on the 19th. pakistan's not hosted a test match since 2009 after an attack by militants on sri lanka's team bus in lahore. eight people died — six policemen and two civilians. since then, pakistan have played the majority of their ‘home' internationals in the united arab emirates, but test cricket is now returning after sri lanka agreed to the series. in a statement, the pcb's director of international cricket, zakir khan, said: "this is fabulous news for pakistan and it's reputation of being as safe and secure as any other country in the world." india's cricketers are well on top ahead of the second day's play

in the first test against bangladesh in indore. the tourists chose to bat first after winning the toss, and were skittled out forjust 150. mohammed shami was the pick of the indian bowlers with 3 for 27. the home side lost rohit sharma for just six at the start of their innings but they'll resume on day two on 86 for i, with cheteshwar pujara 43 not out, and mayank agarwal unbeaten on 37. thursday was the penultimate day of competition at the world para athletics championships in dubai. the highlights included a first gold medal of the games for kenya, a win for the usa in a brand new event, and a 60—year—old who won a silver medal. kate grey reports. earlier today we saw can you win their first gold earlier today we saw can you win theirfirst gold in earlier today we saw can you win their first gold in these championships thanks to sam in the tll championships thanks to sam in the t11 5000 championships thanks to sam in the t115000 metres. he won earlier in

the week. there's plenty of entertainment on the track of the universal relay was introduced for the first time and it lived up to expectations with a number of disqualifications in the heats. and also a number of world records thanks to china and the usa. so the final was said to be an exciting one and it certainly was. for china and the usa, battling it out in the final stages before usa victorious on this occasion. certainly an event to look out for next year, at the paralympics. and to finish on, in the t52100 metres, we saw tenaky win silver at the age of 60, we hope she will go for one more year when she will go for one more year when she competes in tokyo. sonny bill williams says he can't wait to start his third spell in rugby league.

the new zealander won nrl titles with canterbury bulldogs and sydney roosters in his two previous spells. last month, williams signed a two—year deal with the canadian side toronto wolfpack, who've just been promoted to the top tier of the english league system, the super league. i'm gratefulfor such a i'm grateful for such a awesome opportunity at this stage. but with it comes excitement and to be a part of something special, you know, a clu b of something special, you know, a club in northern america, if we can get our foot club in northern america, if we can get ourfoot in club in northern america, if we can get our foot in the door, in the american market, its going to be — i see it as american market, its going to be — isee it as a american market, its going to be — i see it as a great change a great opportunity for youngsters coming through to, for themselves and their family. so it will be awesome to be a part of it. what you have to do, going back from union to lead? both

physically and mentally? what has to switch for you? the first part of the season will be adjusting to the game plan, fitting into how the toronto boys play, their style of attack which is quite different to most of the teams i have watched, which is really exciting. but also, once i get that i think the first pa rt once i get that i think the first part of the season then, you know, i'll add my flavour to it. golf — and louis 0osthuizen leads after the first round of the nedbank challenge in sun city, south africa. the former 0pen champion who's bidding to win this event for the first time shot a bogey—free round of 63, that's nine under par. he's three shots clear of the field. the defending champion lee westwood is well—placed after opening up with a 68 on thursday. he's aiming to win the tournament for the fourth time and is five shots off the lead at four under par. 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. thursday was another rough day of weather across the uk. for some it was snow, this is how it looks over high ground in staffordshire. for many more it was rain, rain falling on sodden ground so there are a number of flood warnings in force and you can read about those on the bbc weather website. the low pressure is the culprit, it's been spinning around the continent, this particular stripe of cloud here is what brought persistent rain through the midlands, northern england, a little bit of snow for some as well. that particular weather feature is moving westwards and weakening but our area of low is still in charge. there will be more outbreaks of rain

pushing from the east towards the west as we go through the next few days. now through the day ahead, expect a lot of cloud across england and wales. some rain at times, much of it quite light and patchy but there could well be some heavier rain pushing into east anglia and the south—east later in the day. the best of the clear spells we found across scotland and northern ireland although in scotland there could be dense fog patches to take into saturday morning. into the weekend, an area of low pressure still with us but notice the white lines, those isobars. there are not many of them. the low is flabby which means there's nothing to push the various areas of rain around and so it is a little tricky for us to forecast the exact details at this stage. it looks like many of us will see cloud in some outbreaks of rain during times during saturday.

the dest chance of brightness down towards the south. it will not be as windy as it has been. on sunday, a greater chance of seeing heavier and more persistent rain from the east, potentially moving into parts of northern england and the midlands that have seen flooding, so with staying in touch with the forecast. best of the sunshine across the west, particularly northern ireland. into monday, a little ridge of high pressure is going to move its way through and for the start of the week that will settle things down. but there is a big low waiting in the wings in the atlantic and that will bring the return of some rain at times as we head through next week. it will often be windy but will eventually turn a bit milder.

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