english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson�*s reign was anything but dull. he made his managerial name first with gothenburg and then with lazio, when england appointed him as kevin keegan�*s replacement, it sparked a storm of controversy. england never had a foreign coach before. iii england never had a foreign coach before.— coach before. if it was the most difficult _ coach before. if it was the most difficult job, - coach before. if it was the most difficult job, i'm - coach before. if it was the | most difficult job, i'm very most difficultjob, i'm very happy. it will be my biggest challenge. he happy. it will be my biggest challenge-— happy. it will be my biggest challenge. happy. it will be my biggest challenue. , . , challenge. he soon silenced his critics on a _ challenge. he soon silenced his critics on a famous _ challenge. he soon silenced his critics on a famous night - challenge. he soon silenced his critics on a famous night in - critics on a famous night in munich. , , munich. oh, this is getting better and _ munich. oh, this is getting better and better - munich. oh, this is getting better and better and - munich. oh, this is getting i better and better and better! munich. oh, this is getting - better and better and better! a 5-1 better and better and better! a 5—1 thrashing of germany and suddenly eriksson seemed england's saviour. they

qualified for the 2002 world cup in dramatic fashion. the feel—good factor was back, and eriksson was the architect. but qualification was followed by frustration. england was beaten by brazil in the quarterfinals and his passive management style was under scrutiny. come the euros it was the same story. as england again went out in the quarterfinals, the questions began to mount. by now, his private life was attracting headlines. his relationships with other people prompted turmoil at the organisation. he told an undercover reporter he considered quitting after the 2006 world cup, the fa announced he would leave following the tournament. england went into it with high hopes, their team dubbed the golden generation, but yet again, they crashed out in the

quarterfinals, yet again on penalties. eriksson later said it was the biggest disappointment of his career. i don't think england was ready to win a world cup in 2002. 2006, yes. england should have done better. if you take all the defeats i had in my life, that was the hardest one. after leavin: that was the hardest one. after leaving the _ that was the hardest one. after leaving the england _ that was the hardest one. after leaving the england job, - leaving the england job, eriksson spent a year at manchester city, followed by a string of other clubs, including notts county. his profile meant he was never short of offers. but it was as england's ground—breaking boss he will be best remembered. the man behind one of english football's most eventful eras. david beckham, who played under eriksson as england captain, posted this video of the two of them meeting recently, along with the message: "we laughed, we cried and we knew we were saying goodbye. sven, thank you for being

the person you have always been, passionate, caring, calm and a true gentleman. i will be forever grateful for you making me your capatain, but i will forever hold these last memories of this day with you and your family. thank you sven and in your last words to me "it will be ok". let's hear now from footballjournalist, henry winter, to take us through some of the highlights from eriksson�*s reign as england manager. i was fortunate to cover all the games that england played under sven—goran eriksson. there were some amazing moments. i mean, people talk about the man, but the football man, the remarkable 5—1 in munich, even heskey scored, the 4-2 munich, even heskey scored, the 4—2 in croatia, when rooney was unplayable. england could have won that tournament under sven if rooney hadn't got injured.

david beckham's free kick against greece to get england to the world cup, and then beckham's redemption against argentina in 2002. there were some really good games. probably underachieved with england given the quality of the players, beckham and rooney and lampard and gerard. southgate got the players practising penalties, rather than the victorian ethos it's a bit unsporting to practise penalties. i think sven admitted that. why he didn't take work on penalties, the psychology of players. he should have taken a psychologist to some of those tournaments. goalkeeperjoe hart played for eriksson during his time as manchester city manager — speaking on bbc radio 5 live, hart said he was a hugely positive influence.

i couldn't not respect him, i couldn't not behave under him. as chris was saying, in that era of the hair dryer, you didn't want to cross sven, you don't want to let the guy down. too young to appreciate him, too early in the game to appreciate there's some beautiful people in this game, who are part of the game because they love everything about it, they want everyone to be happy. the last tennis grand slam of the season, the us open, is underway at flushing meadows in new york, and the defending women's champion coco gauff has sailed through her first round match. the american booked her place in the second stage after a comfortable straight sets win over frenchwoman varvara gracheva, going through 6—2, 6—0. she needed just 66 minutes on arthur ashe stadium, hitting io aces, and breaking gracheva's serve twice in the opening set, before winning the last nine games on her way to an emphatic victory.

yeah, it was definitely a lot of pressure this tournament. but, i'mjust of pressure this tournament. but, i'm just enjoying it. and in the last year, it was incredible. i'mjust in the last year, it was incredible. i'm just bringing those vibes here. whatever happens, happens. and yes, it was great and an honour to be back on arthur ash and playing in front of you guys. dominic thiem's grand slam career came to an end on the same arthur ashe court where he won the men's singles title in 2020. he lost to the american 13th seed ben shelton. thiem is retiring this october, having been dogged by a persistant wrist injury. thiem won his only grand slam at the us open behind closed doors, during the covid pandemic. captain suzann pettersen says it was an obvious choice to select georgia hall as a wildcard pick for europe's solheim cup team to face the united states next month. england's hall had to rely on being one of pettersen�*s four choices after failing to qualify automatically. pettersen is stacking her team with experienced players to combat being, in her words "underdogs as always,

in the us". a lot of these players are very aggressive players by nature. so ideally, they suit the match player for mat really well. georgia and hannah, probably haven't played their best golf, but they're good enough to find this — i thinkjust the confidence of being on the team and kind of — by the time you get there, with the atmosphere and the surround the team, you just — you just rise to the occasion. and they've done it before. they know what it takes. ideally you always pick form. but at the same time, playing away, experience, and kind of — the mental kind of — having the mental kind of feistiness in you is as important. you want to have players who can kind of block stuff out and go out there and kind of — not care about the environment or if the crowd is screaming or shouting. finally, imagine starting

a game playing for one team — then ending it playing for the other. that's exactly what's happening to major league baseball player dannyjansen, who is making history. he was batting for the toronto blue jays on june the 26th, when their game against the boston red sox was suspended because of rain. he was then traded — to the red sox — and has now appeared for his new team when fixture resumed tonight. remarkably, jansen was the player batting at the plate for the bluejays when the game was halted , that means his former side had to put up another batter in his place, while jansen was the catcher for the hosts. the bluejays ended up winning 4—1. just enough time for us to recap our top story. tributes have been flooding in for sven—goran eriksson who's died at the age of 76, after a battle with cancer. he was the first non—british manager of the england team and led the three lions

to the quarter—finals at three major tournaments during his five—year spell in charge between 2001 and 2006. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. still very unsettled across the north and the west of the uk at times. more wet and windy weather to come here, but also some sunshine in the forecast and some late summer warmth, too, especially for southern and eastern areas of england. now through the night, this front has been tracking southwards and eastwards. on tuesday morning it's still bringing heavy downpours of rain for northern ireland, western scotland, some of that rain falling on already saturated ground, particularly across dumfries and galloway.

so heavy downpours still here, windy up through these irish sea coast, but it's breezy wherever you are. a dry start to the day though for england and wales and very mild, particularly across northern ireland. now, on tuesday that front continues to slip further southwards and eastwards, the rain turning lighter and more patchy. behind the front things will dry out and brighten up. there'll be some sunny spells and some showers. the front, by the time we get to the afternoon, is draped down from north—west england, wales and south—west england, so cloudy with outbreaks of rain here but ahead of the front there'll be a lot of sunshine and the highest of the temperatures mid 20s perhaps, but also possibly 20 or 21 degrees in parts of aberdeenshire. now, the position of the front could change on tuesday into wednesday, it's moving very slowly as it bumps into the area of high pressure almost stalls. it's just a narrow band of cloud, really, as we head through wednesday, stretching down from, say, north yorkshire, through wales and into south west england. behind it sunny spells but also some more heavy showers pushing eastwards from parts of western scotland and northern ireland. again, more sunshine across many parts of east anglia,

south east england. temperatures here could get to 27 or 28 celsius, perhaps, but wednesday does look as if it's going to be the warmest day of the week, because after that front clears on thursday, we draw in more of a westerly wind. so we're getting that fresher atlantic air back again, and there will be a drop in temperature, but still a lot of dry weather to come in the forecast. again, some more showers affecting parts of north—west england, northern ireland and western scotland in particular, pushing eastwards, but further south it is a mostly dry story, but temperatures are lower across the board, generally 16 to 23 celsius, north to south. then a ridge of high pressure may well build in as we head through thursday and friday, keeping things largely dry into the weekend and feeling a touch warmer.

live from washington. this is bbc news. reports of a ballistic missile striking a hotel in central ukraine. it follows russia's massive air assault on the country. the united nations temporarily suspends aid operations in gaza after israel issues a new evacuation order in the center of the territory. and the bbc gets exclusive access to mpox treatment centers in the democratic republic of the congo — where the disease

is most rampant. hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine — wherejust moments ago witnesses in kyiv have reported explosions and its being reported that a russian ballistic missile has struck a hotel in the city of kryvyi rih in the dnipro—petrovsk region. pictures released on monday evening from the kyiv post show the devasation. it's believed that the hotel was filled with civilians. it comes after russia launched what ukraine calls the biggest air attack yet against the country. at least 6 people have been killed after russia fired around 200 missiles and drones at energy and water facilities ukrainian officials say 15 regions were attacked in the strikes. the cities that were hit include kharkiv and zaporizhzhia. moscow says it is targeting

facilities which support kyiv�*s military.