it became clear that is no easy task. jim shaw, bbc news, at the gare loch. time for a look at the weather here's matt taylor. hello, matt. good evening. we will have a look at the big picture. the this will have an impact on southern parts as rainfall intensifies and the winds strengthen. already playing a part tonight, rain and gales push its way in. further north, rain across the north of scotla nd north, rain across the north of scotland but southern scotland, northern england clear with a widespread frost into tomorrow morning. we can spot the country into tomorrow. potential for damaging, destructive winds along the english channel. torrential rain gci’oss the english channel. torrential rain across southern counties which could cause minorflooding, that will across southern counties which could cause minor flooding, that will push northwards and across the midlands, east anglia and wales through the day allowing brighter skies to develop. brighter skies throughout for some in scotland and northern ireland. let's play the day through.

if few showers to the north and west initially, they will depart, lots of sunshine through the afternoon, light winds. after a bright start with fog patches in northern england, it will cloud over later. rain may reach liverpool, manchester and sheffield by the tandy days out. where you have this in general cloud and rain, it will be a rather cool day. over the weekend, and rain, it will be a rather cool day. overthe weekend, stamm and rain, it will be a rather cool day. over the weekend, stamm alex pushes back into france, low pressure develops, that will have a bigger and wider impact across the country. saturday, rain to begin with across england producing flooding risks. then into scotland and wales. staying dry into the west of northern ireland until later. the strongest of the winds will be across wales in the south—west. the winds pick up a car saturday night pushing rain westwards across ireland but it does mean that by saturday the rain will be around the periphery is along with the strongest winds. just heavy showers where the winds are lightest through central areas. back to you. thank you very much. that is it. it is goodbye from me and we can now

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hello and welcome to sportsday. gareth southgate names his latest england squad for the upcoming internationals — there are three new caps and two notable omissions. for english sizes covered the champions league state and it is a tough task ahead for manchester united. —— for english clubs discover. who willjoin everton in next month's final? its manchester city against arsenal in the women's fa cup. also coming up in the programme. from and we hear from the first muslim woman to sit on the fa council — as part of our series looking at racism in football.

i remember two or three occasions we re i remember two or three occasions were my own fans abuse me. and my brothers just had to hold me and say less carry—on, keep going. the champion jockey tests positive for cocaine — but oisin murphy vows to clear his name. hello. thank for joining hello. thank forjoining us. good evening — squad announcement day is always a tense one, more so for some players than others. gareth southgate says he's still building trust with phil foden and mason greenwood after their indiscretion in iceland. that's why he's left them out of the england squad to face wales, belgium and denmark. harry maguire is back in though, despite the controversy he encountered in greece — and there are three new boys on the list. patrick gearey takes us through who's in, and who's out:

these are two of the most exciting attacking players in the country, perhaps in the world. but mason greenwood and phil foden it might be england's future, they cannot be england's future, they cannot be england's present. iceland has kept them in the cold. both denied their countries call by the repercussions of where they spent a covid—i9 protocol breaking night in a hotel room with two girls. but forgiveness may be near. we have peace in the message to all the players in our tea m message to all the players in our team at every age level that sort of thing is not how we do things with england. we also have to rehabilitate these two boys. young people make mistakes. these la bs young people make mistakes. these labs have suffered enough. for sake, there has been so much to work out. what about harry maguire? himself entangled with the law on foreign shores during the summer and he is awaiting a retrial in greece and a recall for england. as for captain harry kane, the question of how much should he play. given tottenham

second schedule. as club manager jose mourinho offered some advice. hopefully garrett and steve, they understand what happens with totte n ha m understand what happens with tottenham players this week. and they respect the players. that is just my hope. but i will not call, i will not ask, i will not beg. just my hope. but i will not call, i will not ask, i will not beglj just my hope. but i will not call, i will not ask, i will not beg. i have to say jose has will not ask, i will not beg. i have to sayjose has never ever put me under pressure not to pick a player. he would expect us to look after the slayers as we should do. with every play that we have. in the physical loading and training and the way that we menaced the matches is key. southgate should not be short of options. there are 30 players in the squad to face wales belgium and denmark, mongerfor the time squad to face wales belgium and denmark, monger for the time arsenal but kyle sa ko, denmark, monger for the time arsenal but kyle sako, harvey barnes from leicester and dominic calvin lewis with a everything goes to his name already this season. i will be ssi more thanjust already this season. i will be ssi more than just talents and tactics.

that's all will be more accessed on. it will need to adapt, players that might bail out when it is not going so might bail out when it is not going so well. we will learn with a big squad like this who carries out the support role that is needed in the tournament and who might be the types of characters that can do that. sandwiched between tricky matches against wales and denmark is officially the toughest test on earth, belgium ranked as well number one who beat england to third place in the last will come. after questions of crime and punishment, clemency and diplomacy, gareth southgate surely cannot wait for the football. and then it's us now. good evening. let's talk about the champions league draw. —— ian dennisjoins us now. you heard from gareth southgate today about his fears there could be no crowds next summer. today about his fears there could be no crowds next summer. what can you tell us about that? i just asked garrett camp you will hear the full

on the sports life tonight if he was concerned about the potential a six—month restrictions due to covid—i9 in this country and whether that could impact the euros next summer. he basically said that you have got to be realistic, he admits that it have got to be realistic, he admits thatitis have got to be realistic, he admits that it is a high chance that could be the case. although he did say it is difficult to predict and on the back of that, incidentally, this evening you have announced that they are allowing the returning of supporters come up to 30% of capacity, bearing in mind where local laws permit to allow supporters back into the stadium. after having that conversation with gareth southgate, i guess that is encouraging step this evening. gareth southgate, i guess that is encouraging step this eveningm could either way. onto a more low— key could either way. onto a more low—key champions league draw and switzerland, for obvious reasons, for english teams involved in is pretty fair to say man you not to face the toughest test. absolutely. they're in face the toughest test. absolutely. they‘ re in group face the toughest test. absolutely. they're in group 8. —— united face.

they're in group 8. —— united face. they are with leipzig in the runner—up last year. incidentally there were knocked out by paris st—germain in the semifinals today. —— semifinal st—germain in the semifinals today. —— semi final state. it will finish and is in both. united will have a trip because they face under the debutantes as well, istanbul. they we re debutantes as well, istanbul. they were only founded in 1990, the turkish champions, they have a daunting task with those three clubs including united. we can see the other groups on the screen. what lies in store for the remaining three english size do you think which ella i would say for manchester city they have the easiestjob probably manchester city they have the easiest job probably although marseille one of the hardest guys to come out of group 4. you see with olympiacos and oporto, the liverpool group deal will be very entertaining. i ask, group deal will be very entertaining. iask, atalanta, they scored goals last year, they qualified for the knockout states despite losing the opening three games in the competition. by then

the other debutantes, games in the competition. by then the other debuta ntes, michelin, games in the competition. by then the other debutantes, michelin, the danish champions. as for chelsea, there will be a reunion for the new goalkeeper. mindy just there will be a reunion for the new goalkeeper. mindyjust left them for sta mford goalkeeper. mindyjust left them for stamford bridge and a £22 million move. the europa league holders as well as the russian side. briefly, leonel messi against cristiano ronaldo in group c. that will be a good one. it is for subgroup g, are a repeat of the 2015 final. the holders mayans a repeat of the 2015 final. the holders maya ns don't a repeat of the 2015 final. the holders mayans don't have it, they are paired with atletico madrid. —— holders buying munich don't have it. thank you for bringing us up to date. three british clubs will be hoping to feature in the draw for the group stages of the europa league tomorrow — they all play in the final round of qualifying tonight. celtic are in sarajevo — that kicks off at seven o'clock. rangers face galatasaray in glasgow and tottenham take on maccabi haifa. the first of the relay cup games this evening is under way in london. into the second half a brain for a

community stadium for the championship side are leading premier league strugglers fulham 1-0. premier league strugglers fulham 1—0. thanks to marcus, the finish third goal in as many games. two other games taking place this evening. aston villa take on stoke city and then liverpool and arsenal meet for the second time in 72 hours. the second of the women's fa cup semi—finals gets under way shortly. everton reached the final last night with a 3—0 win at birmingham and they'll find out tonight whether manchester city or arsenal will face them in the final at wembley next month. coverage begins at seven over on bbc two and gabby logan is there for us. i think it is fair you can call this tie a belter because... we seem to be having a few problems with that report from gabby. hope we can hearfrom with that report from gabby. hope we can hear from them with that report from gabby. hope we can hearfrom them later on in the programme. let's take a look at some

of the other sports stories around today. england centre manu tuilagi will miss the finale of the six nations and possibly the entire 2021 tournament — he needs surgery on his achilles. it'll keep him out for six months meaning he'll also miss the autumn nations cup next month. england's lee westwood leads the way at the scottish open in new berwick. a first round 62 means he's one shot ahead of the rest of the field on nine under par. former open champion paul lawrie has announced this week's scottish open will be his last event on the european tour. at 51 years old he says his body is in bits — and will focus instead on the senior circuit. champion jockey oisin murphy says he'll fight to clear his name after testing positive for cocaine. murphy tested positive in france injuly. he faces a six month ban from racing — but he says he's never taken the drug. our sports correspondent laura scott has been following this story for us.

good evening. what has murphy had to say about all of this course ella he has maintained his innocence. he says he is never taking drugs. he says he is never taking drugs. he says he is never taking drugs. he says he doesn't come into contact with drugs. he doesn't even take painkillers he says. this relates to a routine you're in sample that he gave all racing in france on the 19th ofjuly, he then found out by text m essa g e 19th ofjuly, he then found out by text message from frantz gallo, the french racing authority on the 19th of august that he had tested positive with this a sample from the ta blets positive with this a sample from the tablets of cocaine. he then had an independent hair sample taken and that produced a negative result for cocaine. and then we got the statement today which has said sent shock waves through the racing industry and he said he wants to focus on his career and he will fight to clear his name. he isn't suspended pending the investigation so he has been racing at chelmsford tonight and he told racing tv there that he has to have trust in france

gallo that this is crucial for his career, but that it is out of his control at the moment. what happens next for him? he says he wants to clear his name. how does he do that? crucially he will wait for the outcome of the analysis of the b sample. that is likely to come of the next couple of weeks. there is a possibility that could produce a different result to the a sample although that is considered a rare occurrence. if it is positive, then the france gallo would convene a medical committee and then perhaps a disciplinary hearing and as you say he faces a ban of up to six months. he is on course to win the flat jockey champion this year for the second year in a row. but his 13 winners clear of any ban could be the door open to be court right up into the wire. —— to be caught. a ban would have a significant financial impact for the loss of racing but also reputation want to because he is seen as an ambassador

for the sport. any ban could of course it rented to next season as well. thank you very much for that. lets turn our attention to roland garros now — novak djokovic cruised through his second round match, but another big name has fallen in the women's draw. second seed karolina pliskova was beaten byjelena ostapenko — the surprise champion in 2017. earlier i spoke tojudy murray about ostapenko's return to form and her tips for the women's title. it would be nice to think that ostapenko is back. she's had a relatively barren time since he won that title as a very young unexpected champion. but she has joined forces with thomas hoch said who has a great track record. including maria sharapova, so could well be that he is the one who can get the best out of her again, so this is a good start for her to be placed about all the pliskova was coming on the back of an injury that