when we played arsenal in 1916, i was there as a boy of m, i think. we've had a lot of disappointments, but at long last, you know, i think i've been waiting about 7k years. as long as it's a good game of football and we all enjoy it, that will please me. covid remains a big issue for the league. fans will face covid status checks, and players are still routinely tested. clubs are estimated to have lost £2 billion, though some seem more immune than others. manchester city spending big on transfers — £100 million onjack grealish, and england captain harry kane could come next. manchester city are the premier league champions! but to repeat that victory, the man in charge says they'll need to raise their game. every season, when you begin, its a new challenge. we celebrate our title, now it's in our cabinet,

in our memories, and we start again. it may take all 380 games to discover whose name will be next etched on here. laura scott, bbc news, brentford. time for a look at the weather here's tomasz schafernaker. this weekend, a little bit of rain and showers, it is not going to be too bad, but not a perfect weekend, a fair bit of cloud on the way, and this is our weatherfor a fair bit of cloud on the way, and this is our weather for tomorrow, low pressure approaching and it is already visible in the forecast area here to the south—west of us, bringing mild air, a lot of cloud, dribs and drabs of rain, coastal mouth. whereas in scotland, a separate weather system has been bringing showers and will continue to do so through the course of this evening and overnight. a mile start to the day, 15 degrees, and is

low—pressure to the south—west of ireland spreading westwards, and it will be far south enough to spare glasgow and edinburgh, so may be some sunshine around, whereas across the irish sea and everywhere further south, a lot of cloud. come the afternoon, i am south, a lot of cloud. come the afternoon, iam hopeful the south, a lot of cloud. come the afternoon, i am hopeful the cloud will break and southern parts of the country, so some sunshine in cardiff, plymouth and london as well. 23 if the sun pops out for any lengthy period of time, pressure in the north, more like 19 degrees. the low pressure is a slow move, weather fronts moving across, right over us sunday midday. the weather fronts do not always bring rain, sometimes just a bit of cloud, and that fizzles away during the course of sunday, so i think some sunshine further east and south—east, but northern areas, the lake district and western areas closer to the centre of this low pressure may be cloudy. the outlook, not much changes in the week ahead, a bit of

sunshine, so overall in summary the weather is hmm! now hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak. coming up this friday night... another five wicket haul — james anderson helps england fightback on the second day of the second test against india at lords. almost 75 years since they last played in the top flight — brentford are 90 minutes away from kicking off life in the premier league — we'll take you there. lauren price talks us through her gold medalfight. we will be lauren price talks us through her gold medal fight. we will be asking eddie hearn what he thinks he should do next.

hello and welcome to sportsday. welcome along, thanks forjoining us, we'll be live at brentford shortly, but we start at lords, where england have been trying to fight back on the opening day of the second test. india slipped from 267—2 to 364 all out. the man who only passed a late fitness test — jimmy anderson — taking five wickets on another momentous day for him. but england's reply didn't go exactly to plan as our sports news correspondentjoe wilson reports. lord's on friday was about a man, or rather a cause, andrew strauss wore red for his late wife ruth and her foundation, which supports in particular bereaved families. and the two teams and the ground and the

strauss boys joined the two teams and the ground and the strauss boysjoined in. opening batsman, that was dad'sjob. rahul�*s too. he batted all of thursday, one minute of friday. can you believe that? no, i don't think he could. remember, you did score 129. five minutes later england had another. delight on james anderson's face. surprise too. hang on, weren't we being outplayed. suddenly it was tense for india. here comes another. that is his approach, whatever the occasion. yeah. nowjust a faint yeah. now just a faint touch from yeah. nowjust a faint touch from his bat meant he was out for 37 and measure england's reaction. relief. a lot. and guess who helped wrap it up. here is classic anderson. he took five wicket, good job he was fit. well they say you should never judge a test match until both teams have had a chance to bat. ok? now it was

england's turn. dom sibley first, out like that. that brought to the crease hameed. five years of patience, anticipation, he faced his first ball. that walk back, the cruellest metres in sport. could england raise their game and attack? rory burns, four run, you remember how it is done. let us not forget players make the run, the spectators makes the occasion, keep watching. yes, becausejust before occasion, keep watching. yes, because just before the close of play england lost rory burns lbw for a9, of play england lost rory burns lbw for49, meaning of play england lost rory burns lbw for a9, meaning they closed a couple of minutes ago on 119—3. i make that 2a5 runs behind. like all good test matches, fortunes just swinging between the teams.

we saw hameed go as well. the 1ath duck for a top three england batsman in tests this year, those questions about the top order batting line up don't go away, do theyjoe? film. don't go away, do they joe? 0h, absolutely. _ don't go away, do they joe? 0h, absolutely, that _ don't go away, do they joe? 0h, absolutely, that is _ don't go away, do they joe? 0h, absolutely, that is a _ don't go away, do theyjoe? oi, absolutely, that is a lovely don't go away, do theyjoe? oi absolutely, that is a lovely stat. shall i feed that back into the dressing room. iasked shall i feed that back into the dressing room. i asked jonny bairstow about this, he said if you look at our average scores they are not too far below the average score that you would get in english conditions when batting tends to be difficult. fair enough, hameed was brought back in to this team, though, and he is a player who has so much support, i think among english cricket over the fia yearses since he made his debut as a teenager he he has gone through a loss of form and fitness and so many people wanted him to do well and you can't help feel that pang of sadness. did sibley answer any of those questions with his 11 today? i don't think so. when we look at who

is in right now, bairstow had some form this summer and then that man joe root a8 not out. i guess everything once again really rests on how many he can score for england. on how many he can score for encland. . , on how many he can score for england-— on how many he can score for encland. ., , , ~ ., england. really feels like that, michael vaughan _ england. really feels like that, michael vaughan was - england. really feels like that, michael vaughan was talking . england. really feels like that, | michael vaughan was talking at england. really feels like that, - michael vaughan was talking at the start of day about getting to a50, that didn't happen. how special was that didn't happen. how special was that performance from james anderson again? that performance from james anderson a . ain? , that performance from james anderson auain? , , ., again? yes, absolutely, ithink look, if again? yes, absolutely, ithink look. if you _ again? yes, absolutely, ithink look, if you said _ again? yes, absolutely, ithink look, if you said to _ again? yes, absolutely, ithink look, if you said to kohli - again? yes, absolutely, i think- look, if you said to kohli yesterday morning, when england won the toss told india you are going to bat first, if you said you would get 36a they would have said great. absolutely we will take that. when they resume this morning only two down with their score past 270 rahul coming in not out, they would have happened for a50. to take really the match out of england's reach. james anderson did today whatjames anderson did today whatjames anderson does, i was thinking to myself, what makes elite sports

people stop? i suppose it is lack of form, or lack of desire, i mean, no worries about that forjames anderson, it is only really fitness that could stop him. as we have seen he retains the ability of 39 to shake off these little niggles that weaker men, it might put them out of matches. 39, why shouldn't he keep going. it matches. 39, why shouldn't he keep anoin. , matches. 39, why shouldn't he keep hoin _ , . , matches. 39, why shouldn't he keep anoin. , . , g i, matches. 39, why shouldn't he keep ioini_ , . , ~ going. it is incredible. joe wilson look forward _ going. it is incredible. joe wilson look forward to _ going. it is incredible. joe wilson look forward to talk _ going. it is incredible. joe wilson look forward to talk to _ going. it is incredible. joe wilson look forward to talk to you - look forward to talk to you tomorrow, joe wilson at lord's thank you. next, tonight, the wait is nearly overfor brentford you. next, tonight, the wait is nearly over for brentford fans. it's almost 75 years since they last played in english football's top flight. in under 90 minutes, they'll kick off their first premier league game against arsenal as the new season gets underway. our senior sports news reporter laura scott is at the brentford community stadium on a night of history. how are fans feeling about this new season? ~ i,

how are fans feeling about this new season? ~ ., ., , ., season? well, i have to tell you about with _ season? well, i have to tell you about with one _ season? well, i have to tell you about with one fan _ season? well, i have to tell you about with one fan i _ season? well, i have to tell you about with one fan i met. - about with one fan i met. 88—year—old derek who was watching brentford back in 19a7 when they last played top flight football and he will be here again tonight. he said it was a dream come true they are in the premier league, he said hejust wants it are in the premier league, he said he just wants it to be a good are in the premier league, he said hejust wants it to be a good game but he thinks that brentford will more than hold their own in the premier league, i have to say speaking to fans outside stadium tonight, the buzz word for the bees seems to be survival. many fans just want their team to stay up in the premier league, having waited so long to get here they don't want to go straight back down again so a lot of fansjust wanting go straight back down again so a lot of fans just wanting to stay up. otherses more ambitious, they want a top half finish and they said a win tonight would kick things off nicely, they play arsenal at 8pm here at the brentford stadium. you wouldn't bet _ here at the brentford stadium. you wouldn't bet against them. in terms of the fans there tonight, we have a full crowd, we will see that across the premier league weekend, it has

been a while since that happened but there are covid protocols in place and still uncertainty about vazquez papastathopouloses. —— passports. it feels surreal to see full crowds back at the premier league, first time since march last year and the first time we have seen away fan, all of last season it was home fans allowed in the grounds, but still very much covid is with us and therefore the fans will feel that as well. they have been told to expect spot checks and they will feed to prove they have an double vaccination or a negative covid test if they are ask to show but it won't be mandatory on arrival, on a few clubs deciding to make that mandatory for all fan, but as you say the track of vaccine passports a matter of uncertainty, borisjohnson saying that crowds, venues with crowds of more than 20,000 could, it could become mandatory to showjust

your covid vaccination status but uncertainty round that so at the moment the premier league are going with spot checks only. butjust a word on the match day protocols for the player, you might not have known it from the scenes we saw but there was a bit in the protocols ability player celebration, players were told to keep social distancing. this year, that has been scrapped. they can celebrate to their heart's content. the fans would love to see that too. one things they didn't love to see was the var decisions. there have been changes made to var. it has been dialled back this year, officials are been told not to penalise trevorian thing so an example of that is we probably would be unlike will toy see a penalty given for the one that was awarded to rahim sterling in the euros against denmark, that contact would

be unlikely to be awarded a penalty, and the other major change that fans watching from home will presumably welcome in terms of the fact it doesn't delay proceedings as much is we won't see that process of the lines being drawn for offside decision, it will be closer to what we saw in the euros where you will only see how the conclusion was reached. changes being made all the time to adapt it, make it better for viewers and the whole football experience, so some changes to var, will it grab the headlines? we will have to wait and see. the match's live commentary on bbc radio 5 live and laura at brentford, thank you. time for some of the day's other sports stories, nuno espirito santo says his players wont be distracted by speculation over harry kane's future. the new spurs boss says he hasn't yet decided if kane will play against manchester city on sunday —

the club he's strongly linked withjoining. on the eve of their season opener, virgil van dijk�*s signed a contract extension with liverpool. he hasn't played a competitive match since being injured at everton last october. the deal lasts until 2025. newcastle have completed the signing softjoe willock from arsenal for an undisclosed fee. he scored eight goals in ia premier league appearances in a lone spell on tyneside last season. —— loan spell. as premier league fans dream about what a new season could deliver, — over in paris expectations are higher than ever after lionel messi became a psg player this week. the club hopes he'll be the final piece in the jigsaw as they look to win the one trophy they want more than any other — the champions league. but can former spurs boss mauricio pochetinno get the superstars to align? craig templeton reports. it has been the week where the city

of lights welcomed one of football's brightest stars. the transfer of lionel messi to paris saint—germain was once the stuff of fantasy. now he must think about the reality. it may seem strange but adding arguably the greatest player of all time could cause maurecio pochettino complications. translation: ~ ., complications. translation: ~ . ., complications. translation: . ., ., translation: we have a team with reat translation: we have a team with great names — translation: we have a team with great names and _ translation: we have a team with great names and a _ translation: we have a team with great names and a lot _ translation: we have a team with great names and a lot of _ translation: we have a team with great names and a lot of talent. - translation: we have a team with great names and a lot of talent. the| great names and a lot of talent. the biggest challenge is how they are going to work together, and create a dynamic in which they can feel important, and have their own role so that it works as well as possible. if we do not play as a team or don't work hard and not display the principles we all agree on it will be difficult for us to show our ability and play how we want. how he wants to play is as a collective, but this year he must mesh together, some of the game's biggest individuals. it is easy to forget it is his first full