the houthi—run health ministry says four people were killed. projections after austria's general election put the far—right freedom party as the largest party, for the first time since world war two. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm marc edwards. rain stops play but doesn't stop australia clinching the one day series against england courtesy of a higher run rate with the dls. superb spurs stroll to a 3—0 win at old trafford while the pressure goes up for manchester united

manager erik ten haag. tom lawrence scores a wonder goal as rangers grind out a narrow scottish premiership win over hibernian. also coming up on sportsday... it's triple crown taday as pogarcher becomes only the third man to win cycling's big three prizes, the tour de france, giro d'italia and world title in the same year. england continue their netball series down under with a one goal win against new zealand in auckland. welcome along. all the day's football in a moment but lets start in bristol where the one—day series between australia and england has come to a rather damp and disappointing end. with the series tied at 2—2,

todays match the decider, but the english weather has once again done for england. having posted a target of 310 for the tourists to win, australia reached 165 for two before the rain arrived. australia awarded the win, and the series courtesy of a higher run rate. our correspondentjoe wilson is watching. yes, the summer's final countdown. cricket�*s conclusion, england in a hurry, harry brooke hit seven sixes over encouraging boundaries, everyone knew it was coming — the wind would bring rain. while ben duckitt was batting, living the moment, the dedicated spectators deserved some fun and duckitt made 107 from 91 balls — a career—high. still, australia's spin bowler stuck at it, duckitt�*s dismissal was a stumble. whetherjust holding australia chased and scored rapidly to stay ahead

of the required rate and the falling temperatures. they made it to the 21st over, knowing they had enough to win, when the rain finally poured and the season reached the point of saturation. joe wilson, bbc news. let's move on to football because tottenham hotspurs good run of recent form continues with a 3—0 thrashing of ten man manchester united at old trafford to increase the pressure on their manager erik ten haag. that's now one win in five premier league matches for united while tottenham with a fourth victory in a row in all competitions. spurs started quickly and took the lead in the third minute when micky van der ven went on a marauding run from defence and found brennanjohnson, who was left with the simplest of finishes. united then went down to ten men when their captain bruno fernandes was given a straight red card for a challenge onjames maddison. tottenham doubled their lead early in the second half, johnson turning provider for dejan kulusevski's first goal of the season. dominic solanke rounded off the scoring in a

comprehensive win for spurs. we have to deal with this and we have to show resilience because this is not good enough. we have to accept this and from that point on we have to do things better. and yeah, go for the next day, focus on this and do things better. i think ithink our i think our performances have been — i think our performances have been strong but we haven't got that cutting edge. we got scoring _ that cutting edge. we got scoring goals as well i think form — scoring goals as well i think form has _ scoring goals as well i think form has been consistent but if you get— form has been consistent but if you get the winds, the players you get the winds, the players you want — you get the winds, the players you want them to feel a reward, feel like — you want them to feel a reward, feel like they feel right now because you know, it's going to need _ because you know, it's going to need another effort again in the next _ need another effort again in the next game to get us there. in the day's other game, aston villa missed the opportunity to join liverpool at the top of the premier league after they were held to a 2—2 draw at ipswich. two goals from liam delap

means they move out of the bottom three. patrick gearey was watching an entertaining game at portman road. at ipswich, it has been sunshine and showers. no wins this season, but on the bright side, no defeats in three. even against aston villa, they kept the faith and soon they had their hard's desire, a goal that came without warning, finished from their first attack by liam delap. having scored out of nowhere, ipswich conceded the same way. accidentally inviting villa back into the game. the in—form morgan rodgers, called when called on. before long they reversed the charges in ipswich. villa became beautifully efficient. the ollie watkins goal celebrated as it was created, without fuss. when delap loomed again, martinez did what was needed. and villa would go joint top in points,

but still the home side were not done and delap wasn't done. in a moment that shows ipswich have hope, if not yet glory. patrick gearey, bbc news. elsewhere today, in the days only scottish premiership fixture, rangers survived a nervy second half to secure a win against hibernian tom lawrence's goal in the first a win against hibernian, tom lawrence's goal in the first half was the only moment of quality for rangers as they struggled to hold off a dominant hibbs. var overturned an initial offside call to give them the lead before half time. hibbs were given a chance to stage a comeback but wasted it, jack butland's save enough to secure a victory for rangers which takes them within five points of premiership leaders celtic and aberdeen. manchester city recorded their first win of the women's super league with a 1—0 victory over brighton bunny shaw with the only goal of the game as city looked to bounce back after a draw against arsenal in their opening match. gareth taylor's side missed out on the title last season because they scored seven goals fewer than chelsea, so he was happy with the win today.

when you think about obviously what we've done so far this season and the four points we've taken, we didn't take any of those last season, nothing off of arsenal and we lost this game home here, so we are already four points up, which is pleasing. certainly some little bits of finishing to work on but, yeah, really pleased for the team because we worked tremendously hard today. four other wsl matches this afternoon. manchester united made it two wins from two with a 1—0 victory over everton, grace clinton with the winner there. arsenal got their first win of the season, beating leicester by 1—0l. leicester by 1—0. west ham and liverpool drew 1—1; whilst theres been late drama at villa. the hosts thought they had won it after coming from behind to lead 2—1, captain rachel daly putting them ahead in the 88th minute but, six minutes into added time beth england has headed spurs level. 2—2 it finished. more football in a moment when we take an in—depth look at the situation at everton, but first some of the other stories making the headlines today. mark selby leadsjohn higgins

by five frames to three by five frames to four at the british open snooker final in cheltenham. they're playing to a finish this evening with ten the target for victory. jorge martin bounced back from crashing in yesterday's motogp sprint race to win the grand prix of indonesia. the spaniard led from start to finish to claim his third win of the season. he's now 21 points clear of title rival francesco bagnaia with five more rounds to go. britain's elvin evans had to settle for second place for a fourth time this season after being beaten by his toyota team mate kalle rovanpera at rally chile. it was the finn's fourth victory of the year despite having only contested seven events. the final singles match of 12 on the final day of the presidents cup got under way in spectacular fashion at the royal montreal golf club in canada. this was max homa's winning shot on the opening hole. the us up in five of the matches. they started the day 11—7 in front of the international team.

it hasn't been done since 1987, and in fact it's only ever been done twice before — but by winning the giro d'italia, tour de france and world championship in the same year, tadej pogacar hasjoined ireland's stephen roach and the legendary belgian eddy merckx in cycling's history books by completing the triple crown. drew savage reports. even to a man who has won the tour de france three times, the giro d'italia and some of cycling's biggest one—day races this is a special victory. few would have the audacity to attack for the third of the race to go. he isn'tjust a winning machine — he wins in ways others simply wouldn't dare to. supported at first by his slovenian team—mate, he caught the breakaway group at the front of the race and just rode away in a class of his own for strength and style.

behind, a peloton — the defending champion tried to cut into his lead but nobody could make an impact. the only hope was that pogacar might fade or miscalculate, one of the greatest riders we've ever seen on two wheels, one of cycling's greatest champions, he's about to win the triple crown of giro italia, tour de france and world championship in the same season. even he was surprised at how he did it. we have planned to keep the race under control but the race went quite early and i don't know what i was thinking, and ijust went also and i went to the floor and luckily i made it but yeah, it was so tough, incredible. and for a man who has won the pinkjersey for the giro, the yellow for tour, this was the one left that he really wanted — winning the triple crown means

he is up there with all—time greats like eddie merckx, and at the age of 26 who knows what else he could achieve. drew savage, bbc news. to rugby union where bath maintained their perfect start to the premiership season with a 20 points to 15 win over leicester tigers. the tigers were 10—5 up at the break before a second half fight back from the visitors, tom de glanville going over to level the scores early in the second half. guy pepper then powered over for bath as they inflicted a first defeat for michael cheika as tigers boss. bath join saracens as the only sides to have won both their games so far. katie boulter has been knocked out of the third round of the china open in beijing by coco gauff. the british number one tested the american in the opening set, but gauff managed to snatch it 7—5. the world number six had an easier time after that, taking the second set 6—2 to win the match. sickness forced jack draper out of his quarter final at the japan open.

the british number one lost the first set against france's ugo humbert in tokyo and was trailing 2—1 in the second when he had to withdraw. in netball, england edged out new zealand 59—58 in a thrilling opening match of their three—game series. new zealand had led after the first quarter, it was 29—all at half time, but it was the roses who came out on top winning by a single point. they play the silver ferns next on wednesday and then again on sunday. this week the football news show and nesta mcgregor take an indepth look at everton�*s future and asks what the friedkin group will change once the takeover goes through, and if an end to the uncertainty will bring improvement on the pitch. known as the toffees, things have been sticky recently at everton —

on the pitch without a win in the premier league, off the pitch doubts about the club's future, but is there light at the end of the tunnel? the end of the tunnel? i'm nesta mcgregor, this i'm nesta mcgregor, this is the football news show. is the football news show. new beginnings for everton new beginnings for everton with moshiri, the new majority with moshiri, the new majority shareholder of the club shareholder of the club in attendance today. in attendance today. can't have as many managers can't have as many managers and sacked as many managers, and sacked as many managers, i was saying it the other i was saying it the other day and continually day and continually paying the managers. paying the managers. the takeover is off. i if you look at the silence, if you look at the silence, £170 million under- £170 million under- the moshiri era. the moshiri era. we are worse now than we ever we are worse now than we ever had been — had been — we are worse now than we ever had been spending moshiri 's had been spending moshiri '5 we are worse now than we ever had been spending moshiri 's had been spending moshiri '5 money — money — the club are at the minute only the club are at the minute only going one way and that is down. going one way and that is down. everton has been deducted ten everton has been deducted ten points for breaking profit points for breaking profit and sustainability rules. and sustainability rules. bbc sport understand that bbc sport understand that everton are close to be sold everton are close to be sold

to a miami—based investment firm, 777 partners. to a miami—based investment firm, 777 partners. everton has confirmed everton has confirmed the takeover is off. i dan friedkin has reached an agreement to become everton's new owner, the deal has been done, moshiri's majority 94% stake... moshiri, who bought the club in 2016 has agreed to sell his 94% majority stake to the friedkin group. it has to be signed off by the premier league football organisation and the authority, but for the purpose of the show for it to work we need to pretend that there are sufficient funds in the account and background checks have been passed. joining me to discuss everton's future is michael brown, as a player how would this have impacted those in goodison park? an uncertainty for such a long period of time, this is the problem here and if you are a player when you go to transfer windows, attract players to the football club,

what's the goal, are you going to sustain financially the contracts, that's always mentioned there's a lot of protection for players for certain but it's been for a long period of time, the new stadium, the cost of that, the loans and the debt, so you to consider the situation. i think for a manager, he understands the pressure shaun deich he is comfortable in that surrounding come he's got broad shoulders, with the pressure starting to mount he's got some adversity so it's been hard for them. let's talk about the manager, this is all that's known to you, speculation about his future. do you think he is the man to take the club forward? in the position your in, he would be the perfect person but you need that bounce affect. the transfer market has brought a couple income i think it's centre back in the defensive areas, obviously been struggling. branthwaite for one, is the leading star who needs to be back in his side.

that will strengthen them. the top of the pitch but collectively they got to improve professionally.

the winning aspect, but they want a win. the rest of it, the rest of the job that people don't see is the bit that in a management view this is, not on the pitch is all your opinions, but from a purely managerial point of view, they've done a wonderfuljob. it's not for now, i said that all along. it sounds like that first interview post everton get the popcorn ready, it's going to be a doozy. obviously there's a lot going on at the club during his tenure, but delighted to say we'rejoined now byjulia bold who was at that press conference, who covers everton for bbc radio merseyside. thank you forjoining us. worth saying that as we mentioned, he has had to deal with a lot during his time? he has, he he's known nothing but drama around everton during his tenure. he joined at the end of january 2023, and his first game was against arsenal at goodison park and that was the very first day fans began

protesting ahead of games against the running of the club. so it's always had a lot of chaos, he's had a relegation battle from the off that went to the final game of the season, it's been an interim pause in place for over a year and interim ceo, multiple failed takeovers as well. the most long—running one that many people will of heard many people will have heard of it is the 777 partners saga. they were an american consortium from miami, they tried to buy everton, from last september right up tojune of this year, but kept failing to meet the deadlines and since then there's been controversy around some of their other business dealings. we seen crystal palace a spotlight co—owner opening say in interviews he would love to own everton and compared it to be the american president but that couldn't happen because he already had a premier league club.

there's been psr breaches because everton were found to not be within the financial rules of the premier league, that has led to two lots of points deductions, there was also an appeal over the first points deduction which was an incredible ten points. shaun deich has had a lot on his plate and more recently you've seen illness and injury go through his squad, so he's had a lot to deal with. the new owners could assume control around christmas which is a good present for toffees fans, but that will be the money to spend in the transfer window but are there still financial issues around that need to be resolved? with a very thin squad, that's how he describes everton's squad, lower numbers, it could do with some new signings i'm sure the supporters would say. i wouldn't anticipate though the huge amount of incoming �*s in the january transfer window. simply because we've got the profit and sustainability rules still in place and everton do not want a third breach and have to deal with a third points deduction. also the way the group operate

as well, i will imagine they will want to try and get some of the outgoings down as well at everton, and just financially secure the club. in their statement, it was interesting, they used a word, "stability". i think that will be the key at the moment, try to make everton stable which it hasn't been for quite a few years, then possibly the following summer were a bit more money will be spent. we have to argue that the fans under moshiri, do you think they need to know about that and how mindful they must be going in? that they actually rather than communication, what fans will want is a clear plan, know the direction of the club under the group's ownership, and to be honest with you, i think most everton fans would say rather than words, they just want to see action. if everton still in suddenly becomes much more successful on the pitch and also running financially sound, then i think

that would be enough for fans. they won't be bothered if dan friedkin's in front of a camera or not. julia, as always, thank you for your time. we know the people buying the everton football club are the friedkin group, but who are they? led by chairman and ceo dan friedkin who was born in san diego. his net worth at time of recording is around £5.7 billion. also owned syria club roma which they oversaw first european success in 2022 winning the conference league withjose moreno as manager. —— serie a. film distribution studio and are involved in car dealership. we will take a closer look at the ownership of roma with italian journalist emmanuele giulianelli. the reaction from the fans, they are split.

there are many of them are afraid that roma could lose some priorities in friedkin's ownerships. but there is even some confidence that multi—club structure could become a resource for to increase the competitiveness of the team. i think they want to understand what will happen before giving a definitivejudgment. can i ask you, what what is the footballing structure like it roma, and could we see them play everton? but i mean, the people involved, football in decisions recently was the manager, is that the case with the friedkin group? the first part, as i said before, we have to divide it into two parts. before moreno and after moreno.

made the role of the society in rome and the society was so far away the ownership was so far away but moreno, he was the sort of someone who could make every decision he could take in rome. after the torture of marina they tried to get to the club a different kind of structure with the ceo that... made the decision from rome taking the decision from america. but it didn't work out as we have seen. a problem for everton over recent years is poor recruitment, spending money on players that never hit heights, or providing value for money, what has roma's transfer policy have been under the friedkin's? it's been a mixed, a mix between taking really important players, we have had players like these mixing with young

talent growing up from the use, from the academy. and then a really important numbers of free agents, we have seen even in the last transfer session we had her most so, just in the last days a free agent. hermoso, just in the last days a free agent. so it's interesting because in roma, they'd didn't want the first part, they don't want to spend so much money. they preferred to increase the value of players we already had especially the ones coming from the academy. but if the chance could come of taking very important name, very big name that can rise up, they take the opportunity to put on the table to big money of course.

emmanuele giulianelli, thank you, and insight into the life that might be for everton fans in the future. who knows? that was nesta mcgregor talking to emmanuele giulianelli. the football news show over on the iplayer. before we go, just time to remind you of our top story here on sportsday. pressure mounts on manchester united boss erik ten hag after they're hammered 3—0 at home by spurs. plenty more reaction over on the bbc sport website, but that's all from sportsday. hello. although most of us have stayed dry this weekend, low pressure is sweeping in across england, wales and northern ireland as we speak. that will hang around for the first few days of this upcoming week.

monday and tuesday certainly looking wetter and windier — rather cool, but mid—week, high pressure will build in and that'll settle things down and we'll see increasing amounts of sunshine, but the nights will be cool with mist and fog returning. but up until tuesday, england and wales will have heavy and persistent rain — again, falling on saturated ground, we're likely to see the risk of further localised flooding in places. worth staying tuned to the forecast over the next few days. this area of low pressure is the culprit, which will become slow—moving as it pushes across england and wales during the course of the night, and the rain will be heavy and persistent accompanied by strong, gusty winds, up to 60mph around some channel coasts and in towards south wales. but a drier night to come across northern areas, but turning windy here as well. single figures for northern and western scotland, and double fingers further south. we are dragging in some milder air. into monday, this low pressure system will grind to a halt across the uk as it bumps against that area of high pressure.

a wet and windy start for large parts of england and wales with rain becoming more confined to parts of east anglia, northern and eastern england, the north midlands, north wales. anywhere in this zone could see localised flooding, so stay tuned to the forecast. to the north, it's rather dry and cloudy and on the cold side, but further south, it will brighten up with south wales and southern england turning a bit warmer — up to 17 or 18 celsius with one or two showers. the rain continues across central, northern and eastern parts of england as we head through monday night. still raining across eastern england and east anglia by the time we reach tuesday morning. temperatures again mild in the south, but cooler further north. the area of low pressure takes its time to pull away eastwards, so it'll still affect eastern england on tuesday with strong winds and outbreaks of rain, physically towards east anglia and the far south—east. high pressure is building and further north and west, and the wind will be lighter here. increasing sunshine, so it will feel warm at 16 or 17 celsius in the warmest spot. still feeling quite

warm further east with strong winds and rain. high pressure builds in to end the new week. good spells of sunshine, but will return some mist and fog overnight.

live from london, live from london, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. israel carries out air strikes israel carries out air strikes on houthi sites in yemen used on houthi sites in yemen used to transport iranian to transport iranian weapons and oil. weapons and oil. it comes after targeting it comes after targeting hezbollah in lebanon. hezbollah in lebanon. israel says 20 senior figures israel says 20 senior figures were killed alongside were killed alongside its leader hassan its leader hassan nasrallah on friday. nasrallah on friday. as the strikes continue, as the strikes continue, lebanon's prime minister warns lebanon's prime minister warns more than a million people more than a million people could be forced could be forced from their homes. from their homes. in other news, in other news, austria's far—right freedom party is holding austria's far—right freedom party is holding

its lead as votes are counted its lead as votes are counted in sunday's general election. in sunday's general election. here in the uk, candidates for the conservative party leadership contest make their pitch at the annual conference.