somerset see off hampshire in a thriller at edgbaston, setting up a t20 blast final against kent which is underway. and leicester tigers stun the premiership runners—up exeter to begin the new season with a win. welcome along, thanks forjoining us.

ben croucher has been following the action, a slight flat liverpool, but liverpool's quality shining through in saudi money with a lot to celebrate today. it in saudi money with a lot to celebrate today.— in saudi money with a lot to celebrate today. it has so dear manet who _ celebrate today. it has so dear manet who has _ celebrate today. it has so dear manet who has plenty - celebrate today. it has so dear manet who has plenty to - celebrate today. it has so dear - manet who has plenty to celebrate this evening, a 3—0 win at anfield for liverpool, very happy indeed, sadio mane opened the scoring for liverpool and then mo salah got the second before this came in from five yards. the most to celebrate because he has racked up a century of goals for liverpool. 13 of them have come against crystal palace, he scored in the last nine games from south

london, and he wishes he could play against them every week. we london, and he wishes he could play against them every week.— london, and he wishes he could play against them every week. we won the name eve against them every week. we won the game every time _ against them every week. we won the game every time i _ against them every week. we won the game every time i scored, _ against them every week. we won the game every time i scored, so - against them every week. we won the game every time i scored, so why - game every time i scored, so why not play against _ game every time i scored, so why not play against them every single week? are gonna strip the etihad stadium and pep guardiola said he wanted it full after it was quiet in the champions league but they... cargo covers centre. raheem sterling then had the ball on the back of the net but that was overturned correctly for offside. and this is helpful manchester city were, one shot on target and that came in the 90th minute. three points behind liverpool and a real missed opportunity. liverpool and a real missed opportunity-— liverpool and a real missed ouortuni .~ ., ., ., ,, , opportunity. what would happen is once sergio _ opportunity. what would happen is

once sergio aguero _ opportunity. what would happen is once sergio aguero goes? - opportunity. what would happen is once sergio aguero goes? city - opportunity. what would happen is l once sergio aguero goes? city might need to do a lot more. the once sergio aguero goes? city might need to do a lot more.— need to do a lot more. the surprise result coming _ need to do a lot more. the surprise result coming at _ need to do a lot more. the surprise result coming at villa _ need to do a lot more. the surprise result coming at villa park, - need to do a lot more. the surprisei result coming at villa park, everton from benitez, in the late kick—off. aston villa back into the top half of the premier league, a crazy ten minutes in the second half at villa park. matty cash opened the scoring with a wonderful finish as well and then learn bailey took centre for aston villa. an ankle, and then he scored one himself. he got injured coming off the bench but he certainly made his contribution, and in the early kick up bedford also into the top half of the table, and when it moves, their away victory since they made it into the premier league, ivan tony scored the first from the penalty spot after he was found, and then he turned it round to score the second for brentford.

really impressive performance them, settling into premier league life. but norwich and burnley very much struggling, norwich using 3—1 at home to watford this afternoon and that has created an unwanted record for the norwich boss. the first manager to lose 15 consecutive games in the english top flight, fired this season, ten the last time norwich were in the top flight, and burnley did not fare too much better, losing 1—0 at home. the results from today's fixtures, confirmation of liverpool winners over crystal palace, manchester city a goalless draw at southampton and the top of the table or changed, getting rejigged tomorrow because we have manchester united and chelsea, both at home.

in the early game in the championship today, sheffield united won 3—1 at struggling hull city the visitors took the lead in the first half — billy sharp with his 114th goal on his 300th appearance for the club — he later had a penalty saved. after the breakjohn egan headed home from two corners to put the game beyond doubt. hull drop into the bottom three — sheffield united are unbeaten in five games. elsewhere, caretaker manager steven reid led nottingham forest to their first league win of the season at huddersfield. 2—0 the final score. swansea came from 3—0 down to draw 3 all at luton. bournemouth moved to the top of the table as philip billing's second—half strike gave them a 1—0 win over cardiff city, they replace fulham who drop to second after losing 2—1 to reading. derby, who announced yesterday they're going into administration, ended a miserable week with a 2—1 win over stoke. and in scotland, hibernian blew the chance of going clear at the top

of the premiership as st mirren snatched an equaliser two minutes from time to draw 2—2. stephen kingsley�*s superb second—half free—kick ensured hearts maintained their unbeaten start as they drew 2—2 at ross county. stevie may's late goal gave stjohnstone a first league win of the season as they beat aberdeen 1—0. to cricket, and it's finals day in the t20 blast at edgbaston — and somerset are taking on kent spitfires right now... somerset won the toss and put kent into bat. and daniel bell—drummond initially continued his brilliant form with this six — he was dismissed for 18 though. tom abell then gotjoe denly out for a duck with this brilliant catch. next to rugby union where ellis genge began his reign as captain with a win as leicester tigers beat runners up exeter chiefs 311—19 on the opening weekend

of the gallagher premiership season. jim lumsden was watching. a premiership season that promised so much for exeter ultimately ended in disappointment. a second—place finish in the table before the play—off final defeat to harlequins. leicester ended up sixth but greater things are expected now and freddy stewart soon burst through. the tigers conjured another store as harry potter crossed the line. the try was ruled out and that ensured leicester would end the half leading 20—5. no promotion or relegation again this campaign which could see greater risk taking, exeter threw caution to the wind and were rewarded with a penalty try. but the tigers roared back and nick dolly secured the bonus point winning try on his first premiership start, but he was not done.

minutes later he struck again, exeter did not manage another try but the contest was over, a commanding leicester victory. there were also wins for northampton saints and worcester warriors. and sale sharks held on to beat bath 20—19 in a thrilling late game. australia have got a second successive win over the world champions south africa in the rugby championship. len ikitau scored two tries as did marika koroibete here — he struck twice in six minutes — to seal a bonus point victory. the wallabies winning 30—17. they're third in the table, one point behind the springboks in second place. meanwhile, the boks will be down to second in the world rankings when they're released on monday — replaced by new zealand. that's after they beat argentina 36—13 — scoring five tries. the win maintains the all blacks' perfect start — five wins from five. argentina have lost

all of their matches. for the second week in a row, francesco bagnaia will start a motogp race from pole the italian broke the all—time pole position lap record at imola in qualifying for his home race, the san marino grand prix. he held off six time champion marc marquez for victory last weekend, marquez could only manage seventh after crashing. championship leader fabio quartararo's hopes of claiming pole were also dashed. the frenchman will line up in third. and there was double british success in the third event of the super league triathlon season. jess learmonth led from start to finish to win the women's race — her third straight victory. she took gold in tokyo in the mixed relay. and two of her fellow 0lympic champions fought it out in the men's race. alex yee ultimately outsprinting jonny brownlee on the finish line injersey. yee takes 15 points, while brownlee gets 1a, which is enough for him to go top

of the overall standings. that's all from sportsday. hello there. another warm day in eastern england, lots of sunshine for many this was the scene earlier in the day in hampshire. the scene earlier in the day in hampshire-— the scene earlier in the day in ham shire. ., ., ., hampshire. however, in cornwall, the skies looked — hampshire. however, in cornwall, the skies looked more _ hampshire. however, in cornwall, the skies looked more threatening, - hampshire. however, in cornwall, the skies looked more threatening, weakl skies looked more threatening, weak weather front bringing cloud and threatening skies and indeed that we confront here is falling across the midlands and those storms will push northwards as we go through the night, a short lived but intense area of rain will work its way eastwards across northern ireland as

well. the wettest weather through the night with a few claps of thunder to be expected. still dry at this stage. and becoming drier across western counties of northern ireland. tomorrow generally an unsettled looking with a picture, areas of rain pushing across wales, the midlands, into scotland and later on in the day increasingly heavy and thundery. it becomes particularly slow moving and it could be some areas that see 30—a0 millimetres of rain so the risk of some localised flooding across parts of eastern england, the weather becoming dry and sunny across many western areas. the week ahead, by and large as quite start to the new week with sunny spells around, but the weather will turn right in windy and it will feel more like autumn late in the week. on monday, if you week weather fronts dotted around, one in the north—west, one to the

south, pressure will rise at least, south, pressure will rise at least, so any rain limited to east anglia, south—east england, a few showers coming into the north—west but the many parts of the country dry day and temperatures in the high teens to low 20s. and a similar picture on tuesday, more dry weather, sunny spells for the most part as well, any early mist and fog patches lifting but it will start to turn windy across scotland and northern ireland, a few isolated showers pushing in here. but the real change in our weather takes place towards the middle part of the week as we start to see areas of low pressure moving and towards the end of the week these areas of low pressure bring in heavy rain and strong winds, autumnal gales in the way.

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