us open champion emma raducanu says the feeling of being a grand slam winner is �*still sinking in�*. the 18—year—old arrived back in the uk yesterday — five days after winning the tournament in new york — a victory that has seen her break into the top 30 in the world rankings. many hope her success can inspire more people to play tennis and she gave advice to some budding youngsters. hi, what age were you when you started — hi, what age were you when you started tennis? i was five years old when _ started tennis? i was five years old when i _ started tennis? i was five years old when i started playing tennis. i started — when i started playing tennis. i started tennis along with many other sports _ started tennis along with many other sports which i actually think helped me develop a lot of my motor skills and my— me develop a lot of my motor skills and my coordination in general and as i got— and my coordination in general and as i got a _ and my coordination in general and as i got a little bit older i had to commit — as i got a little bit older i had to commit to— as i got a little bit older i had to commit to one sport because tennis was taking — commit to one sport because tennis was taking up the weekends with all the tournaments but i would say playing — the tournaments but i would say playing many other sports and just

throwing _ playing many other sports and just throwing yourself into different activities helped in a lot of aspects _ activities helped in a lot of aspects of tennis but also grabbing up. | aspects of tennis but also grabbing u . _ , ., aspects of tennis but also grabbing u -. , ., ., aspects of tennis but also grabbing up. i 'ust wanted to ask, how did ou up. ijust wanted to ask, how did you manage _ up. ijust wanted to ask, how did you manage the _ up. ijust wanted to ask, how did you manage the stress _ up. ijust wanted to ask, how did you manage the stress to - up. ijust wanted to ask, how did you manage the stress to be - up. ijust wanted to ask, how did you manage the stress to be the| you manage the stress to be the winner of the us opening get to the final? to winner of the us opening get to the final? ., , ., , ., ., final? to be able to have the opportunity _ final? to be able to have the opportunity to _ final? to be able to have the opportunity to win? - final? to be able to have the opportunity to win? i - final? to be able to have the i opportunity to win? i personally final? to be able to have the - opportunity to win? i personally did not feel— opportunity to win? i personally did not feel any stress. i was just having — not feel any stress. i was just having a _ not feel any stress. i was just having a lot of fun out there and i think— having a lot of fun out there and i think that — having a lot of fun out there and i think that is — having a lot of fun out there and i think that is what helped because i was not _ think that is what helped because i was not thinking at all about anything that was out of my control are that _ anything that was out of my control are that was going on off the court. i are that was going on off the court. i was _ are that was going on off the court. iwasjust_ are that was going on off the court. i wasjust really are that was going on off the court. i was just really focusing are that was going on off the court. i wasjust really focusing in under my matches and what i was trying to achieve _ my matches and what i was trying to achieve and — my matches and what i was trying to achieve and i think that is probably the key— achieve and i think that is probably the key that helped me had the run i had because i wasn't distracted. | had because i wasn't distracted. i was had because i wasn't distracted. wasjust had because i wasn't distracted. i wasjust focusing on had because i wasn't distracted. i was just focusing on what i had because i wasn't distracted. i wasjust focusing on what i had to was just focusing on what i had to do and i executed it. i am just wondering what will you spend your prize money on? i wondering what will you spend your prize money on?— prize money on? i would 'ust leave that to my — prize money on? i would 'ust leave that to my parents _ prize money on? i would 'ust leave that to my parents and _ prize money on? i wouldjust leave that to my parents and my - prize money on? i wouldjust leave that to my parents and my team, | prize money on? i would just leavel that to my parents and my team, to be honest— that to my parents and my team, to be honest but i am just focusing on what _ be honest but i am just focusing on what i _ be honest but i am just focusing on what i love — be honest but i am just focusing on what i love to do which is competing and they— what i love to do which is competing and they can take care of that.

sound — and they can take care of that. sound advice. temperament's achievement captured gold in summer for british sport. well, raducanu's achievement capped a golden summer for british sport — and the latest edition of �*the sports desk�* podcast asks the question if britain's new sports stars help get the nation active? it's live now on the bbc sport website and bbc sounds. let's have a quick look at some of today's other sports stories. kevin brown will work out with the super league trophy. he plays his final game of rugby lead for against saint helens. he announced his retirement injune being to end a stunning career that started in 2003 and has included more than 400 appearances in almost five super league appearances in almost five golf's world number onejohn rahm says he's on the mend, after struggling with a stomach bug this week. he's due to make his second appearance for europe points. in the ryder cup, which starts

a week today in wisconsin. rahm said he felt "way worse" than when he tested positive for covid—i9 — he's had the virus twice in the past three months. sports fans in wales will need to prove they've been fully vaccinated or had a negative covid test to attend events with more than 10,000 people from next month. the rules will apply to the four rugby union internationals taking place at the principality stadium in cardiff — a sell—out crowd of over 74—thousand will attend the first game, against new zealand, on the 30th of october. let's turn our attention to rugby union now — as the new premiership season gets under way this evening with a pretty tasty opener between bristol and saracens. and for the first time, there's 13 teams, with no relegation from last season due to the pandemic and saracens returning to the top flight. well let's speak live to our correspondent chrisjones now who is at ashton gate.

we will start with the home side, with bristol. a new contract for pat lam during the week. they wanted to win this. they were top of the league but they were beaten in the semifinals and a win is all that they now want this season. yes, huge statement of — they now want this season. yes, huge statement of intent, _ they now want this season. yes, huge statement of intent, as _ they now want this season. yes, huge statement of intent, as you _ they now want this season. yes, huge statement of intent, as you say. - they now want this season. yes, huge statement of intent, as you say. pat l statement of intent, as you say. pat lam has signed on for another five years. a guy who has been a key part of this can transformation that has been happening at bristol over the past decade and so him being signed up past decade and so him being signed up forfive years past decade and so him being signed up for five years has really been central their vision but you are right to reference the semifinal. they were thrashed at home. a miraculous comeback. and i think thatis miraculous comeback. and i think that is the challenge for bristol now. we know they have got the squad, the coaches, the players and they have won the challenge cup. are they have won the challenge cup. are they strong enough now to reach the premiership final. he set their sights high and he wants a final

this year. nothing else will do. what about saracens and they have a turn from the championship? all that history, you know, with a salary cap breaches and all that. how they set for a premiership rugby this season? well, think they are more ever. that kind of ass against the world really underpinned the saracens dominance domestically and on the european stage over the course of the last five years and as we know it all came crashing down in 2019 with the salary cap scandal. this does not look as strong. they've lost a few players but they have also got some players but they have also got some players back from loan. the continued has all stuck around and committed to the club. they will be playing tonight. they are still an arrest after the lions tour so well saracens may be on quite as strong as they were a couple of years ago there still pretty formidable and they want to come and make a

statement tonight. i they want to come and make a statement tonight.— they want to come and make a statement tonight. i wonder if you are looking _ statement tonight. i wonder if you are looking at _ statement tonight. i wonder if you are looking at the _ statement tonight. i wonder if you are looking at the premiership - statement tonight. i wonder if you are looking at the premiership as l statement tonight. i wonder if you | are looking at the premiership as a whole, 13 teams this year as well. it seems wider open than any previous seasons.— it seems wider open than any previous seasons. it seems wider open than any revious seasons. , ~' previous seasons. yes, i think there is definitely — previous seasons. yes, i think there is definitely a _ previous seasons. yes, i think there is definitely a chance _ previous seasons. yes, i think there is definitely a chance for— previous seasons. yes, i think there is definitely a chance for someone i is definitely a chance for someone to come from outside the pack. i think the usual candidates are still going to be there. the likes of bristol and exeter, last year's champions. they want to leave but not many people are tipping them to repeat the success but we have seen teams that wasps the season get on and make the premiership final so i'm sure there are teams who feel maybe this is their year to slide under the radar a little bit. 13 teams. no relegation. certainly for the foreseeable future. let's hope we don't have dead games. that is up to the players. it is set up

beautifully and we have the perfect evening and pretty much the perfect fixture to start us off. enjar; evening and pretty much the perfect fixture to start us off.— fixture to start us off. en'oy it and thank i fixture to start us off. en'oy it and thank you i fixture to start us off. en'oy it and thank you very �* fixture to start us off. enjoy it and thank you very much - fixture to start us off. enjoy it and thank you very much for i fixture to start us off. enjoy it - and thank you very much forjoining us. full coverage is well on the bbc sport website. we are going to return to football here on sports day. let's return to football — and nuneaton borough are hoping a father and son partnership will help them to fa cup success this weekend, when they take on stratford town in the second round of qualifying. the former coventry city captain carl baker has been joined in the team by his 18—year—old son louis, who had a spectacular impact in the last round. nick clitheroe reports. when lewis baker cut in from the left—wing two weeks ago and smashed ball into the top corner it caught everyone by surprise. after all he had only been promoted to the first team at the start of the season. taste team at the start of the season. are meant to kick _ team at the start of the season. the: meant to kick into the team at the start of the season. 9:9 meant to kick into the corner team at the start of the season. 9.9: meant to kick into the corner flag but there was an overlap and i thought, no, iam going

but there was an overlap and i thought, no, i am going to go in and hit itand it thought, no, i am going to go in and hit it and it has gone on so it was a good feeling. hit it and it has gone on so it was a good feeling-— a good feeling. one of the first --eole a good feeling. one of the first eo - le to a good feeling. one of the first people to the _ a good feeling. one of the first people to the teenager- a good feeling. one of the first people to the teenager was - a good feeling. one of the first people to the teenager was his a good feeling. one of the first - people to the teenager was his proud dad. :, ~ , people to the teenager was his proud dad. :, ,, , , , dad. thankfully it went well because i don't dad. thankfully it went well because i don't think— dad. thankfully it went well because i don't think i _ dad. thankfully it went well because i don't think i would _ dad. thankfully it went well because i don't think i would have _ dad. thankfully it went well because i don't think i would have been - dad. thankfully it went well because i don't think i would have been the l i don't think i would have been the only one _ i don't think i would have been the only one giving bit of stick. we all want _ only one giving bit of stick. we all want our— only one giving bit of stick. we all want our kids to be happy and to experience something like that you can't get _ experience something like that you can't get it— experience something like that you can't get it anywhere else, can you, really? _ can't get it anywhere else, can you, really? i_ can't get it anywhere else, can you, really? i was — can't get it anywhere else, can you, really? i was made up for him. it was a _ really? i was made up for him. it was a great — really? i was made up for him. it was a great experience but especially in the fa cup. tomorrow afternoon they _ especially in the fa cup. tomorrow afternoon they will _ especially in the fa cup. tomorrow afternoon they will try _ especially in the fa cup. tomorrow afternoon they will try to _ especially in the fa cup. tomorrow afternoon they will try to do - especially in the fa cup. tomorrow afternoon they will try to do it - afternoon they will try to do it again when they visit stratford town who competed at the same stage last season. nine fans have seen tough times for their club going into liquidation but there have been amazing moments too and they have mainly revolved around the fa cup. two of their most famous nights at the club's former manor park ground saw them beat stoke city in 2000 and then take premier league middlesbrough to replay six years later. i middlesbrough to replay six years later. :, , . :, ., .

later. i was in the crowd watching, and here i— later. i was in the crowd watching, and here i am _ later. i was in the crowd watching, and here i am 25 _ later. i was in the crowd watching, and here i am 25 years _ later. i was in the crowd watching, and here i am 25 years later, - later. i was in the crowd watching, and here i am 25 years later, i - and here i am 25 years later, i would love to get fell away at some point but i'm sure stratford will do something different. is point but i'm sure stratford will do something different.— point but i'm sure stratford will do something different. is the owner as well as the manchester _ something different. is the owner as well as the manchester cup - something different. is the owner as well as the manchester cup run - something different. is the owner as| well as the manchester cup run would help it on and off the pitch. it would be special to for the father and son pairing at the heart of his team. it and son pairing at the heart of his team. , , , team. it is still 'ust the same feelint. team. it is stilljust the same feeling. whether _ team. it is stilljust the same feeling. whether you - team. it is stilljust the same feeling. whether you are - team. it is stilljust the same . feeling. whether you are playing team. it is stilljust the same - feeling. whether you are playing in the fourth — feeling. whether you are playing in the fourth and fifth round proper or you are _ the fourth and fifth round proper or you are playing at this level it is 'ust you are playing at this level it is just as — you are playing at this level it is just as exciting and it means so much _ just as exciting and it means so much to— just as exciting and it means so much to the fans and the staff and the players themselves. the much to the fans and the staff and the players themselves. the magic of the players themselves. the magic of the cup certainly _ the players themselves. the magic of the cup certainly put _ the players themselves. the magic of the cup certainly put a _ the players themselves. the magic of the cup certainly put a spring - the players themselves. the magic of the cup certainly put a spring in - the cup certainly put a spring in the cup certainly put a spring in the step of everyone and in the skies at theirfinal the step of everyone and in the skies at their final training session. lewis pugh is a star of endurance swimming, who's been described as the sir edmund hillary of the sport. he's the first person to complete a long—distance swim in every ocean on the planet, and he frequently swims in vulnerable ecosystems to draw attention to their plight. he's just completed a 12—day swim in greenland, which left him hugely concerned.

this is deeply, deeply, deeply worrying. this is a greenland ice sheet melting. and you need to actually take people here and show it to them because they are so preoccupied with what is on their desk. this is an existential threat to life on earth. and it requires all our focus now. to life on earth. and it requires all ourfocus now. you can't keep taking it down the road. —— kicking

it down the road. i'm living at a speed of 40 metres per day in summer. it is quite extraordinary. we would arrive at where we were going to start the swim and we could see clear water and then as soon as i get in, and iceberg would move in front of you. they were moving so quickly. it was like a motorway advice at one stage. —— motorway of ice. decisions are going to be made there which will impact every single one of us on the

planet, every future generation and the whole of the animal kingdom. the science is very, very clear. we have a very, very small window to act now and if we don't act then there is no amount of political will or financial capital that can solve the climate crisis. you then start crossing tipping points so my message to world leaders will be yes, we need to try and find consensus but now is a time for action. we cannot do that any longer. i have come from iglesia which is moving fast. we need short, sharp commitments and we need action today. —— a glacier. —— a glacier. that's all from sportsday. but for me and the rest of the team we will see you again soon. goodbye.

it was a glorious day up and down the country. plenty of sunshine around and quite warm, too. to date is england and wales which is the best of their drier and brighter weather and further west it is going to be a rather wet day. this weather front slowly moving in off the atlantic. quite breezy as well across scotland. after a fine end to the day across central and eastern areas it will stay dry here overnight. this weather front a little further eastward straight across parts of scotland, northern england, and into the south—west. 0n either side of it will be dry with clear spells and variable cloud. it looks as a few have this week by the fence straddling western areas have other cloudy, damp, some patches of a net timetable topic and see a little bit of brightness across

northern ireland into western scotland. the best of the sunshine will be across central and eastern parts of england once again so another nice day here. temperatures 23 degrees, high teams generally for the north and west.

hello and welcome to bbc news. the headlines this hour... the international travel traffic light system is being simplified in england. the amber list will be scrapped replaced by a single red list, as part of an overhaul of the rules from 4 october. and pcr tests will no longer be required for fully vaccinated travellers returning to england from any country not on the red list. the purpose is to make it easierfor people to travel without the bureaucracy, without so many tests and with a greater level of certainty now that we have so many people vaccinated. fit. certainty now that we have so many people vaccinated.— people vaccinated. a transgender teena t er people vaccinated. a transgender teenager given — people vaccinated. a transgender teenager given drugs _ people vaccinated. a transgender teenager given drugs to - people vaccinated. a transgender teenager given drugs to pause i teenager given drugs to pause puberty, now doctors are saying that they were right to offer treatment. wales offers tighter rules for those