good evening — welcome along to the programme. it's been away forjust a few short weeks — but the premier league is back — and back with a bang if you were watching liverpool against leeds united this evening. an extraordinary game, full of intensity and incidents, which eventually ended in a 4—3 win for the defending champions and alex gulrajani was watching... two title winners with different ambitions for the season ahead. jurgen klopp said liverpool will not defend their liverpool two premier league crown, they will attack it. the gained start with an early penalty from mo sala. it wasn't long till it was level. the pulsating star didn't light

till it was level. the pulsating stardidn‘t light up till it was level. the pulsating star didn't light up with liverpool getting themselves back ahead thanks to virgilvan getting themselves back ahead thanks to virgil van dijk. however, he was a touch rusty in defence. leeds level again. the first half wasn't finished there. salah place to put liverpool back in front but leeds came level yet again. it wouldn't be a happy ending. late on another liverpool penalty and salah completed his hat—trick. welcome back to the premier league. in the early kick off today arsenal had the perfect start to their new season with a convincing win over newly promoted fulham. they won 3—0 at craven cottage — alexandre lacazette with the first goal of the new premier league season after eight minutes. they had a second shortly after half time — brazilian defender gabriel with a goal on his debut.

and captain pierre emerick aubameyang sealed the win just before the hour mark. arsenal then continue on their upwards trend under manager mikel arteta... i asked the team to come here and play with determination and authority against a team that had an incredible season last year. they're newly promoted. i know the manager really well and i knew it was going to be difficult. i'm really pleased with the performance, the way we conducted ourselves, the way we managed certain situations in the game but we can still improve as well. var took centre stage as crystal palace beat southampton this afternoon. but for once it was all about the positives of the technology, rather than the rows. rhia chohan watched this one. crystal palace needed to reinstate some pride, given their poorform at eyes were on some of the key players.

they found an early lead, the 50th league goal of this player's career. the second half almost became disastrous for the saints. an instant read for one —red for one player. a new season and a new way of doing things. the ref changed his mind on what was a reckless challenge rather than foul play. the decision made swiftly at the monitor would have had a thumbs up from most. the officials continue to be tested. this attempt to extend palace's lead was ruled offside, a very tight one. the ivory coast international was determined for a second. a miss he would have come to have regret if this went in. in scotland, rangers have set a new all—time league record of seven successive clean sheets from the start of a season. they beat dundee united 4—0 to stay top, while third placed celtic

hammered ross county 5—0. hibernian remain in second after they beat st mirren 3—0. joe newell with hibernian's second. the victory means they have maintained their 100% away record — with four wins in four matches. there were also victories for aberdeen, hamilton and motherwell. the championship is also back — and there was a bit of a surprise at st andrew's, as brentford (00v)— of a surprise at st andrew's, as brentford — so close to promotion last season — were beaten 1—0 by birmingham city. jeremie bela with the only goal of the game to give aitor karanka the win in his first game in charge. elsewhere in the championship today there was no fairytale start for wycombe — beaten by rotherham thanks to an injury time goal. meanwhile there were wins for two of the sides relegated from the premier league last season as bournmouth beat blackburn and norwich edged past huddersfield. the big signings keep coming in the women's super league as the usa's alex morgan has moved to spurs, making her the fifth member of the world cup winning team

to sign for a team here. and this how the north london club announced it. very little she hasn't achieved in the game — she moves from orlando pride in the national women's soccer league and joins tottenham for the rest of the season, pending a visa. meanwhile, on the pitch this evening, arsenal humilated their london rivals west ham, hamering them 9—1 in the women's super league. jill roord scored a hat—trick for the away side. the win moves arsenal top. in just over an hour's time in new york — naomi osaka and victoria azarenka will battle it out for the women's title at the us open... the first grand slam to be played since the pandemic hit... and a little earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s tennis correspondent russell fuller who is covering the tournament from salford. he told me both players are in such good form going into the final the quality of those two semifinals

was extraordinarily high. the performances they had to put in to get this poor, remarkable. naomi osaka pushed very close in her semifinal byjennifer brady —— to get this far. the powers with which she was able to hit the ball was eventually enough to subdue the american. victoria azarenka, having made a very slow start against an inspired serena williams had to win in three sets picking to 6—3 in the decider. they both clearly like their chances of winning a third grand slam singles title. i think osaka has more power, no doubt about that. i think she will probably have a little bit too much for victoria azarenka, but she is battled hard because she had to a plate for seeds including serena williams while osaka has not had to play top 20 player. in terms of victoria aza renka player. in terms of victoria azarenka coming back from a custody battle and osaka with the base mass, the put up interesting back story coming into the tournament. —— face

mask. osaka has had a face mask on with a different name of an african—american who has lost their life due to a police shooting. victoria azarenka has had such a turbulent time over the last few yea rs. turbulent time over the last few years. she was injured for a few yea rs years. she was injured for a few years and then fell pregnant, that seemed like a happy ending but a very bitter custody dispute followed. it is really only been over the last two or three weeks, because she won in the wta in new york for the us open, where we have seen york for the us open, where we have seen her back at her best again. lewis hamilton took his seventh pole position in nine races this season at the tuscan grand prix. the world champion beat mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas on formula i's first experience of the mugello circuit. nick parrott has more

this season in formula i has had to make some changes. one was to come to tuscany for the first time. fans were back to help ferrari celebrate their 1000 grand prix at the track they own. last week was a disaster for them byjuly for one who won his first race. the frenchman was soon back down to earth as he could only qualify 16th. ferrari showed some improvement. after trailing in practice, lewis hamilton found his form when needed —— nothing much changes up front. misfortune cost them victory last weekend but luck was on his side this time. esteban spinning off. that handed hamilton an advantage he will be determined to make the most of on sunday. let's run you through some other sports news headlines now. leinster and ulster have kicked off in rugby union's pro

14 final in dublin.... 7—5 to leinster, the score with almost 20 minutes gone in the delayed season's decider. in rugby league — for the first time since march, a super league match has been played in front of a live crowd. 5000 supporters watched on in france as catalan dragons were beaten 28—12 by wigan warriors. the win moves wigan up to third in the table. galileo chrome won the st ledger at doncaster today. trained byjoseph o'brien, son of the legendary aidan, galileo chrome won by a neck. the victory gives o'brien a rare double as he also won the race as a jockey back in 2013. denmark's soren kraugh andersen was the surprise winner on stage 14 of the tour de france from clermont—ferrand to lyon after a late solo attack. peter sagan was fourth, cutting into sam bennett's green jersey lead. primoz roglic retains the overall lead. there's live golf going on right now.

the third round of the ana inspiration in california, it's the second women's major of the year... and it's the canadian brooke henderson who now has the outright lead. she's having a cracking round, six under today — 11 under overall. this would be her second major title if she can finish it off this weekend. mel reid is the best placed brit, she's tied for 10th. and finally, there's been some great goals scored today — but spare a thought for aster vranckx — who's made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. whilst playing for kv mechelen in belgium, vranckx has produced a serious contender for miss of the season, if not, of all time. take a look at this — a yard out — and somehow doesn't score. he won't want to see that again!

that's all from sportsday. hello there. a mixture of whether to start the weekend. further north to the afternoon we have seen cloud spread into northern ireland and scotland in the north west of england as well. underneath those sunny skies, the beaches in cornwall looked pretty nice. the sea is rather rough in western scotland.

the rain working into northern ireland, scotland and across north—west england. we probably will see a little bit of patchy rain getting into the western side of wales for a time overnight. it is across northern ireland and scotland we will see the rain being particularly persistent and lasting throughout the night in a number of places. it will be dry with clear spells in the south, a mild night for many of us. tomorrow a rain band not ina for many of us. tomorrow a rain band not in a hurry to move away from the western isles of scotland, where we can see in excess of 100 millimetres of rain by the end of the weekend. some localised surface water flooding is a possibility. england and wales, sunshine develops widely and wales, sunshine develops widely andi and wales, sunshine develops widely and i suspect is cloud across northern ireland, central and southern scotland will be tendency to break up through the afternoon to allow some sunny spells. it is across eastern england that we will see the house temperatures, a warmer day. highs of up to 25—26 in london and norwich. that warming trend is set to continue into the early stage of next week with a brief hot spell on the way. the reason for that,

this area of high pressure slipping further eastwards, allowing southerly winds to develop and move in across a good chunk of the uk. those southerly winds are dragging in the hot airfrom those southerly winds are dragging in the hot air from the continent. weather—wise, we still have the threat of a little rain across the north—west of the uk. what it stays cloudy here, temperatures probably around 20 degrees or so. where the centring comes out, it is going to turn increasingly hot across parts of south—east england, including the london area. it should hit around 30 celsius. similar heat on tuesday, the hottest weather across areas of eastern england but it will be warm across northern england and parts of wales as well. do the rest of the week, there's a tendency for the temperatures to gradually drift lower and closer to normal by the end of the week. that your weather. —— that is your weather.

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