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international career was over. hello there and welcome along to the programme. more than 100 elite women footballers have called fifa's sponsorship deal with a saudi oil company a punch in the stomach. they've written an open letter to the sport's world governing body — asking them to end their agreement with saudi aramco. the country is hoping to host a future women's world cup, along with the 2034 men's tournament. but the players want fifa to reconsider the deal on humanitarian and environmental grounds. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall told my colleague hugh ferris who they are, and why they've decided to take this very public step. 106 players signed a letter from major leaks across europe and north america as well. they

got more than 2300 caps between them and when you read the letter you can get a sense of the strength of feeling they have for this. they say the deal as a stomach punch and the heart the reasons why it is controversial. they point to saudi arabia's poor human rights record, its lack of equality for women. they said the deal is incompatible with fifa climate commitments. they also question how lgbt players in the sport, many whom they say are heroes of women's football can be expected to promote than when homosexuality is criminalised in saudi arabia. what they want is for fifa to drop the deal which was signed earlier this year, a four—year deal with the state owned giant and they want to replace the sponsor with one that aligns more with things that aligns more with things that they valued like gender equality, sustainability and human rights. 0ne equality, sustainability and human rights. one of the

players who put their names to this is the netherlands and manchester city striker, one of the stars of the sport. she feels strongly about this as we can hear now.— can hear now. we've got a company _ can hear now. we've got a company that _ can hear now. we've got a company that wants - can hear now. we've got a company that wants to - can hear now. we've got a - company that wants to sponsor the next — company that wants to sponsor the next world cup that doesn't even _ the next world cup that doesn't even necessarily stand for the women's _ even necessarily stand for the women's right within their own country — women's right within their own country. and i think besides that, — country. and i think besides that, fifa has its own human rights — that, fifa has its own human rights and _ that, fifa has its own human rights and climate policies and also _ rights and climate policies and also when it comes to the claimant _ also when it comes to the claimant i don't think they are setting — claimant i don't think they are setting an example i how we should — setting an example i how we should move forward in the world _ voting is open for the bbc women's footballer of the year 202a. five global players have been shortlisted — based on their performances over the last year and the public will now decide the winner. you can vote at bbc.com/womensfootball. today we're hearing from norway and barcelona's caroline graham hansen, who finished top scorer in liga f in spain, with 21 goals. graham hansen played a pivotal

role in barcelona's quadruple winning season, lifting her third champions league title. she also finished the campaign with the most assists in the spanish league. 50,000 fair. it feels like over 100. they were singing all game coming you get to lift the trophies in front of them and win them after the game. i can't describe it, really, it was just too good to be true. the highlight must be the champions league, the surreal experience. not only did you win the champions league, but we were able to do it in front of our own fans basically. even though it was not in barcelona. everybody took the trip. i haven't always been able to contribute in the finals because of injuries, illness, bad luck. it was a nice feeling to be able to contribute in the final like that.

when you win it, it's of course the most important thing in the world. i think i've always scored in the big moments. maybe the consistency of scoring through the season hasn't been there, but i've always given a lot of assists. so my goal contributions have always been high. it's always fun to celebrate goals, and here we have such quality being in the box at the right time. you get chances and then score goals. i think everybody has had tough times. i do football because it's fun. i had lost the spark of the game before. it's a lot of hard work. you don't do it for the big wins, you do it for the everyday work. you have to enjoy that part. and i didn't do that. and now i do. you have interest sense curiosities and you see space and you think it's so cool to be out there. when i was young i felt like this is what i want to do. i never pursued it

because football came along and i enjoyed so much and you just forget it. the world is not an easy place for many people. we only play football. if you can use your voice to make a small difference, it's the least you can do. if everybody does a small part, hopefully you can contribute to a bigger change. many girls out there who wants to become a footballer and wants to pursue their dreams. this is the beautiful thing. this ability gives us the possibility to be role models for the next generation and give them hopes and dreams of doing the same. they will be lucky they have it ten times if not 100 times better than we had it. this is the goal. head to the bbc sport website to take part in the voting, which closes at 9am on monday, 28 october. barbra banda, aitana bonmati, naomi girma and sophia smith are the other four nominees. the winner will be announced on 26 november. crystal palace remain

in the bottom three of the premier league, and still searching for their first win of the season — after defeat to nottingham forest in the monday night game. it was a game of few chances, but chris wood's second half effort crept in from long range — that his fifth goal of the season. forest claiming a 1—0 victory, they're up to eighth, and still with the second best defensive record in the league. arsenal manager mikel arteta says his side can't continue to play with 10 men. the gunners lost to bournemouth at the weekend, following william saliba's red card. he's the third arsenal player to be sent off this season. saliba will miss the match at home against liverpool on sunday, but can play in arsenal's game against shakhtar donetsk in the champions league on tuesday. we cannot continue to play with ten men, that's fine, it is here to say to get it done because there are specific moments that you have to choose that situation. it's reacting, you have a defeat, it's part of

the sport, you have it in specific conditions as well. let's move on, take the pain that we had in that time and use it for tomorrow night. arsenal then, among the teams in european action on tuesday — one of the highlights being a rematch of last year's final, with holders real madrid facing borussia dortmund. it's been a patchy start to real�*s title defence — they lost to lille in one of the shocks of the competition so far, after beating stuttgart in their opener. german opposition again at the bernabeu — and they've won both their matches in europe so far. kylian mbappe's goalscoring in the competition something the real manager wants to focus on. translation: i prefer him scorin: translation: i prefer him scoring goals _ translation: i prefer him scoring goals and _ translation: i prefer him scoring goals and creating l scoring goals and creating pressure for the rival of the position of our striker has not changed in the last few years and i demand from kylian mbappe the semite amended from another when he was here. you must be

well positioned and ready every time we get the ball. brazilian striker neymar made his first appearance in over year, coming on as a substitute for al—hilal in their asian champions league win over al—ain. the saudi side won 5—4, courtesy of a brilliant hat—trick from salem aldawsari. but a huge boost for them, to see the former barca and psg superstar come on, with just over 10 minutes to go, after recovering from a serious injury. the win keeps al—hilal top of the standings. cricket now, and pakistan have been ensuring their pitch for the test series decider against england in rawalpindi will give them the edge. this was the scene over the weekend, with industrial—sized fans being deployed to dry the pitch out ahead of thursday's match. it could also help england's spinners, including jack leach, who's taken more wickets than anyone so far after being left out of the team over the home summer. after a long time out with injury, you may be felt like that might be it, but i did note that this tour

was obviously on the other side of the summer. for me at that point, i think it was very much about me getting back to my best and enjoying my cricket and being injury free for a good amount of time. my time over the summer i really, really enjoyed. got lots of bowling and ends kind of build that confidence in my body that i could still do it over a long period of time and that was brilliance so, yeah, came into this series sort of relaxed and feeling like i rediscovered what i do well and just to stick to that. meanwhile, all—rounder liam livingstone will captain england for their white—ball tour of the west indies, afterjos buttler suffered a setback in his recovery from a calf injury. buttler hasn't played since the t20 world cup injune and will miss the three one—day internationals in the caribbean, although he remains in the squad as captain for the five—match t20 series.

that is just about all from us. 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. tuesday is going to bring sunshine, a few showers, too. but i want to show you the big picture, the satellite image, and the recent rain clouds, but it's all about the high pressure over the next few days. here it is. the azores high building in off the atlantic, spreading across france, and then centred across the heart of the continent to the middle of the week, and then around that area of high pressure, we have milder air spreading in from the south, so we've got some pretty decent temperatures on the way this week.

but with the nights getting a little longer, and all of the moisture we've had recently, all of that rain, we will have some mist and fog overnight, especially midweek. here is the forecast for the short—term, some quite sharp showers through wales and parts of northern england, but big gaps in the cloud. our temperatures around nine in cardiff, eight in belfast, nine there for glasgow and edinburgh. so expect those showers across central uk for a time on tuesday morning, possibly into lunchtime in the southeast, but then it's sunshine all around, just scattered fairweather clouds. the temperatures, 16 to 17 in the south and the southeast. fresher in the north of scotland, ten or 11. then wednesday morning, watch out for the thick fog across central and southern england, which should clear away through the morning into the afternoon, and then we are left with fine weather, it could be a little cloudy and damp in the western isles. a high of 17 in london, could get 17 or 18 around the moray firth, with

the southerly winds, which are still with us on thursday. but a weather front approaching, which spells rain for much of ireland and western scotland on thursday, but the further east you are, the drier it will be on thursday. still really quite mild, 15, 16, 17, and then it all changes, because that weather front is over us on friday. not only that, but a low pressure forming with showers circulating around it. temperatures will ease in the west with all the cloud and the rain. 12 in belfast, hanging onto some milder air across east anglia and the southeast. wednesday and into the weekend, the weather goes downhill through the week. so some rain on friday, and the weekend looking quite rainy for some of us. bye— bye.

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