hello from the bbc sport centre. pep guardiola says he's expecting a tough match when manchester city welcome arsenal to the etihad this weekend. it's a clash between the top two teams from the past two premier league seasons and in the last campaign city were unable to beat the gunners in either the league or the community shield. .we . we have an undergo before —— an unbelievable team. they defend really well, as they defend really well, as they defend really well, what their goals, they could show really good aspects. the biggest challenge for the last two seasons, they are there and they'll be there for many years because it created that squad, young team. so it was another good test but we are in september so i like to see, the team, many things we are better

than the past. chelsea start the defence of their women's super league crown later against aston villa. the blues are looking for a sixth title in a row, but begin a season without emma hayes in the dugout for the first time since 2011. sonia bompastor has the unenviable task of following in her footsteps. graham arnold has left hisjob as head coach of australia with immediate effect. he was the longest serving coach in the socceroos history and led them to the last 16 of the 2022 world cup. 7 on his decision to leave arnold said he felt it was best for the nation. india are on course to set a big target for bangladesh after closing day two of the first test in chennai on 81 for 3. after bowling out the tigers for 149 in the first innings, they lost both openers in the early overs, before virat kohli was trapped lbw for 17. india's lead is currently 308.

elsewhere sri lanka have built a 202 run lead over new zealand in their second innings. on the third day of the first test in galle, half centuries from dimuth karoonahratnee and dinesh chandimal saw the lions reach 237 for 4. new zealand seam bowler will o'rourke has picked up three wickets so far. meanwhile, the venue for the second test between pakistan and england has been switched, less than two weeks before the series begins. it will now be played in multan, where the first test is also being played, due to renovation work at the national stadium in karachi. more second practice is in progress at the singapore grand prix ferrari's charles leclerc was fastest in p1, with lando norris of mcclaren only seven hundredths of a second behind. leclerc�*s team mate carlos sainz and red bull's championship leader, max verstappen, were just behind in third and fourth, less than four tenths of a second off the pace. bath will be looking for revenge as they host northampton in the first game

of rugby union's new premiership season later, in a repeat of last season's final. northampton won that game at twickenham 25—21 to win only their second domestic title. it was a fitting way to say goodbye to three stalwarts of the club, courtney lawes, alex waller and lewis ludlam. now the saints will be hoping the next generation can continue the success of last season. and shohay ohtani has created baseball history by becoming the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season. the los angeles dodgers superstar needed one stolen base and two home runs to achieve the feat and ended the night with 51 home runs and 51 steals in a 20—4 win over the miami marlins. the japanese superstar moved to the dodgersjust nine months ago signing the largest contract in baseball history worth 700 million dollars. and that's all the sport for now.

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are reports that israel was targeting a senior member of hezbollah but no news the fate of that individual. there has been a lot of activity in the last 2a hours. hezbollah has been firing rockets into israel from its southern border, the southern border of lebanon. and overnight, is well —— israel fired into southern lebanon, which has been described as the biggest and most intense bombardment since the start of the gaza war last october. we are going to keep you up—to—date on what is happening in lebanon on. many people are talking about their worries around the escalating situation there. in a rare interview, sir alex ferguson, the former manchester manager has been

speaking about his life after football. eating with the charities supporting people living with dementia and reflected on his connections to the disease to his friend. he's been talking to our journalists. are you are punctual, but you are 25 minutes earlier. always early. sir alex ferguson, thank you so much for talking to us on bbc breakfast.— on bbc breakfast. transfer, how's on bbc breakfast. transfer, hows life? _ on bbc breakfast. transfer, how's life? how _ on bbc breakfast. transfer, how's life? how are - on bbc breakfast. transfer, how's life? how are you? . how's life? how are you? retired 11 years now so you find a way of adjusting, you know. find a way of ad'usting, you know. , , ., , ., find a way of ad'usting, you know. , i. , ., ., know. keeping yourself out of trouble. missing _ know. keeping yourself out of trouble. missing the - know. keeping yourself out of - trouble. missing the management are not any more? == trouble. missing the management are not any more?— are not any more? -- man i miss it sometimes- — are not any more? -- man i miss it sometimes. i _ are not any more? -- man i miss it sometimes. i think—

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the brunt of it. it they have had to put up with the brunt of it.— the brunt of it. it takes its toll on the _ the brunt of it. it takes its toll on the relatives, - toll on the relatives, gusseted? do you think football is doing its part to to research the links between it dementia and supporting footballers? i dementia and supporting footballers?— dementia and supporting footballers? ., �* ~ ., footballers? i don't know where we're at the _ footballers? i don't know where we're at the moment _ footballers? i don't know where we're at the moment but - footballers? i don't know where we're at the moment but i - footballers? i don't know where| we're at the moment but i know that there is an interest, i know there is a care about it, because we don't like to see it, particularly with bobby. —— bobby was very to become a wonderful man, a superb human being. wonderful man, a superb human beinr. ., ., wonderful man, a superb human beinr. . ., wonderful man, a superb human being. can we hear some tracks from your— being. can we hear some tracks from your playlist _ being. can we hear some tracks from your playlist then? - being. can we hear some tracks from your playlist then? lexus l from your playlist then? lexus let's listen to this first one then, main river. —— moon river. # main river, wider than a mile. where is that one take

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said three people have been killed in that strike. in another piece of news, relating to that mohamed al fayed story, the allegations of rape, attempted rape and sexual abuse made against him. we have a statement against the ritz in paris which he owned, as it strongly condemns any behaviour which does not align with the values of the establishment. more of my free necks. you're watching bbc news. you real suspension across the north west of the uk with barely any wind. the sunny steam here in the highlands and there, we at the same low cloud still affected some eastern coastal counties of both scotland and england. we still desperately should see the cloud broker request ligature and most of yorkshire through this afternoon but will probably loiter and linger

through north—east england and east of scotland. temperatures are around 15 degrees, give or take. we will see some sunshine but some big showers affecting central southern england, the south—west of england, the midlands and wales. some of the showers could be heavy enough to cause some localised surface water flooding although many areas, i am sure that we will miss them all together. through this evening and overnight, if you must on coming up from europe to fix southern areas of england and wales. whether or that, dry. look out that it took a more extensive with missed practice woman, temperatures most areas around 1130 degrees. tomorrow, a similar kind of weather. what out to a similar kind of weather. what out was showers and thunderstorms prodding from india was. some of those will be quite intense. a hit and miss an age. caddies don't, within a break—up to get some sunshine but will probably stay rather cloudy across parts of eastern scotland and perhaps, the fun north—east of england. three saturday night and into sunday, low pressure will bring

heavy thundery rain across quite a large area of england and wales. some places could see among the's worth of rain falling in the space of 2a hours, so the threat of localised flooding is greater as we head into sunday for that heavy downpours, whites —— but quite widespread but i was. it looks like it will stay dry for the far north of england and scotland. into suite, low pressure continue to defy what the atlantic, across england and wales bring in by the of heavy rain and i thought that cleared through edge in the week to was friday, will start to get colder north—westerly winds diving its way southwards

live from london. this is bbc news. israel launches another strike on the outskirts of beirut, reports suggest the target is a senior hezbollah commander. it follows a series of rocket fire by hezbollah into israel. mohamed al fayed is described as �*a monster�* by lawyers, representing women who've accused the former billionaire owner of harrods — of sexual assault. the allegations involve cover—ups, threats, and a quarter— cover—ups, threats, and a quarter century of sexual abuse by mohamed al fayed after he purchased harrods. and became its chairman.— its chairman. early voting for the 2024 _ its chairman. early voting for the 2024 us _ its chairman. early voting for the 2024 us election - its chairman. early voting for the 2024 us election starts | the 2024 us election starts today in minnesota, virginia,

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