history made as sri lanka's women beat england in a t20 series for the first time in their history. hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday, we're going to start at flushing meadows, its the us open where heat and humidity provided for a gruelling battle between lifelong friends daniil medvedev and andre rublev in their men's quarter—final. before the meeting of the muscovites, the pair had talked about a friendship dating back to when rublev was just six years old. but all of that put aside and everything centred around the conditions with medvedev particularly vocal about the brutality of it all. nevertheless it was the 2021 us open winner who took the match 6—4, 6—3, 6—4 to reach the last four of a major for the 7th time.

i cannot imagine one player will die and then they will see. nevertheless it was the 2021 us open winner who took the match 6—4, 6—3, 6—4 to reach the last four of a major for the 7th time. second seed aryna sabalenka is into the semi—finals for the third successive year with a dominant win over china's zheng qinwen. the australian open champion has reached the last four of all four majors in 2023, becoming the first woman since serena williams in 2016 to achieve the feat. in contrast her 20—year—old opponent was appearing in herfirst grand slam quarter—final after knocking out last year's runner—up ons jabeur in the previous round. but she was unable to lay a glove on sabalenka who took the opener 6—1. the number 23 seed made more of a fight of the second set but sabalenka showed her big stage experience to take the second 6—4.

when you get to the last stages of the tournament and you think about what i want and what i would like and what you are dreaming. iam not like and what you are dreaming. i am not trying to block this path because when you try to block something it is going to keep getting in your head and it will get really annoying and when you are not trained to block it, it will actually go away. the 30—man shortlist for the 2023 ballon d'or has been announced no surprises. argentina legend lionel messi is the overwhelming favourite to extend his record to eight ballons d'or after guiding his country to world cup glory. but it might be worth a flutter on norwegian striker erling haaland. the manchester city star scored 52 goals in 53 matches in city's treble winning season. worth mentioning a notable omission — five—time winner cristiano ronaldo, who plays for al—nassr in saudi arabia, isn't nominated for the first time since 2003.

on the womens side spain and barcelona midfielder aitana bonmati is nominated. could she add to her trophies this season having beem named uefa women's player of the year and winning the world cup of course with her country? bonmati's compatriot alexia putellas, who won the award in each of the last two years, misses out after only recently returned from a long—term injury. england quartet millie bright, rachel daly, mary earps and georgia stanway are also among the nominees. all four players helped the lionesses reach the 2023 women's world cup final. spanish footballer, jenni hermoso, has filed a legal complaint over the kiss by the president of spains football federation, luis rubiales. hermoso was kissed on the lips by rubiales after spain's 1—0 win over england at the world cup final in sydney — and has since said it was not consensual.

rubiales denies that and has refused to resign, despite being provisionally suspended by football's world governing body fifa. the complaint means he could face criminal charges. an investigation into the helicopter crash five years ago at leicester city's stadium has found there was nothing the pilot could have done to stop it happening. five people were killed in the crash outside the king power stadium, including the club's billionare owner. the aviation accidents investigation bureau blames catastrophic mechanical failure and rules out pilot error. phil mackie has more. this was the aftermath of the accident in october 2018 and the start of an investigation into what led to the loss of five people's lives. we now know what caused the crash. the leonardo aw169, was leaving the king power stadium when the rear rotor blade failed. it caused the helicopter to spin out of control. it crashed and caught fire. everyone on board was killed.

leicester's billionaire chairman, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, employees and employees as well as the experienced pilot and instructor eric sofer, and his partner, isabela lekovic. investigators say all safety checks had been properly carried out and mr sofer couldn't have done anything to prevent the accident. it was a very serious failure. and what happened was tail rotor drove the tail rotor blades to their full negative pitch, and that spun the aircraft around very rapidly. it was spinning once every 2 seconds, and that made the helicopter impossible to control. so there's a little more he could have done. the crash led to an outpouring of grief from football fans in leicester and around the world. this is where the helicopter crashed and players and staff did their best to pull people out of the wreckage. a year later, it was opened as this beautiful memorial garden. so there's a permanent reminder for the club and its supporters of what happened.

the aaib has made a number of recommendations because of what it called weaknesses in safety regulations. in a statement, mr srivaddhanaprabha son said, "my father trusted that he had bought a safe helicopter from a world renowned manufacturer. had he known what we know now, he would never have risked his life in this machine." along with those of the pilot and his co—pilot. his family are now considering legal action. manchester united say they are taking allegations made against winger antony "seriously", after he was accused of abusing his former girlfriend. on monday, a brazilian news outlet published allegations made by antony�*s former partner, allegations which the player denies. police in both sao paulo and greater manchester are investigating. the 23—year—old was withdrawn from the brazil squad after the allegations emerged. today, united said the club... .acknowledges the allegations made against antony, and notes that the police are conducting enquiries. pending further information, the club will be making no further comments. as a club we are taking this matter seriously, with consideration of

the impact of these allegations and subsequent reporting will have on survivors of abuse." cricket, and sri lanka have cruised to victory over england's women in the final t20 international in derby in the east midlands with the series finishing 2—1 to the visitors. a record breaking day — it's sri lanka's first series win over england and it's the first home t20 series that england have lost to anyone but australia since 2010. it was a pretty poor performance all around from the hosts. dani wyatt out first ball of the match which set the tone for a sub par total of 116 all out. sri lanka in response set the platform through their star all rounder chamari athapaththu with a knock of 44, with the visitors taking the win with 3 overs to spare. sometimes it's big pressure for me, but now my team is really good so if you youngsters came to the side, the energy is very

high. in the senior bowlers pulled really good, that's really good for our team. as a captain i'm really happy about my people and part of my girls. it's always disappointing to lose — it's always disappointing to lose serious. we had such an incredible _ lose serious. we had such an incredible ashes and i don't think— incredible ashes and i don't think that takes away from what a good — think that takes away from what a good team we are. with a couple _ a good team we are. with a couple of— a good team we are. with a couple of losses don't make you a bad _ couple of losses don't make you a bad team and we are still learning _ a bad team and we are still learning and working towards that bangladesh world cup next yean _ that bangladesh world cup next yean 50— that bangladesh world cup next year. so we still have 12 months _ year. so we still have 12 months of really planning and prepping and hopefully we will see more polished performances by the _ see more polished performances by the time we get to there. to golf, and rory mciroy says he's optimitic about europe's chances of winning back the ryder cup when they take on the united states in rome later this month. mcilroy�*s not concerned about the absence of liv golf players in the team, insisting new players like swedish youngster ludvig aberg add considerable strength to luke donalds�*s team. from people that have watched him play in the states, he turned pro injune. people who saw him play over there, a few of us were saying

it was a no—brainer, but people hadn't seen him play over here, and then he comes and finishes fourth in czech and then wins in switzerland. i think people here that were maybe a little bit sceptical of it all realised what the hype was all about, and he's an unbelievable player. probably one of my favourite swings in the world. the new nfl season gets underway on thursday as the defending champions kansas city chiefs begin their title defence against detroit. two—time super bowl winning quarterback patrick mahones says that the chiefs will have to be on their game from the get go. got a lot of young guys playing last year. you can see throughout the season how they got better and better. they added talent. sutton from the steelers, johnson, i played a great couple of times, a great football player, so they've added talent of young guys and veterans and they play hard and got better even last year, so we know it's going to be

a heck of a football game and if we don't play our best football were not going to go out there and win. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. i've got a couple of interesting sunsets to show you. the first of these shows, well, rather subdued colors in the skies in norfolk. and that was because we've got thick layers of saharan dust in the sky and all saharan dust is good for is well blocking out some of the sun's light. whereas in the much cleaner skies and cleaner air that we've had in scotland, some really spectacular sunsets as all of the sun's light can come flooding across the sky. now, looking at the weather pattern at the moment, we've got more of our september heat wave to come thanks to this blocked weather pattern in the jet stream,

a ridge of high pressure in north—west europe is bringing us hot and sunny weather. but in contrast to that, this trough in the eastern mediterranean is what is responsible for storm daniel. and of course, that's been bringing some catastrophic floods to parts of south—east europe over recent days. now, looking at the weather picture as we go through the next few hours. for the vast majority, we're looking at dry conditions with just a bit of low cloud, and mist and fog patches forming primarily around some of the north sea coast in east scotland, eastern areas of england. and so that's how we start the day on thursday. some of that will be quite slow to clear away, but eventually most of us will see sunshine. there'll be a bit more high cloud across the north and west of the uk, so that will make the sunshine a little bit on the hazy side here. but it's another hot and sunny day. temperatures in scotland and northern ireland widely around 2a to 27. but for england, wales we're looking at quite widely the high 20s to low 30s. so we're going to be quite

close again to seeing the highest temperature of the year, 32 degrees recorded on wednesday, probably similar for thursday. now for friday, it's another dry day. probably a little bit more in the way of mist and fog patches around both the north sea coast and also through some of our irish sea coasts. but for the bulk, it's hot and it's sunny once again. we've got more of this to come as well as we get into the weekend. although there's a tendency for the weather to start turning a little bit cloudier and breezier across the north—west of scotland with some showers moving in here. and this really is the first sign of a breakdown in the weather patterns with that slightly cooler air working into parts of western scotland. but for most, saturday is another september scorcher, with highs up to 32. 32.2 is the highest temperature we've seen so far this year. so we're not far away from that. the change in the weather patterns, though, will come through next week. temperatures getting closer to normal and there'll be a bit of rain around as well.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm arunoday mukharji. the headlines: the us pledges another billion dollars in aid for ukraine hours after 17 people are killed in a russian missile strike. at least 31 people have been killed in one of the worst floods ever seen in southern brazil. scientists in israel say they have grown cells that closely resemble a human embryo without using sperm, eggs or a womb. live from our studios in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday.

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