this is the most prolonged period we've seen the king on duty this year. buckingham palace will be relieved he has coped ahead of the next stage of this trip to samoa. daniela ralph, bbc news, sydney. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. hello. a bit of a gloomy start for some of us tomorrow morning with a thick fog on the way but i promise you some sunshine come the afternoon. that fog might lingerfor afternoon. that fog might linger for afternoon. that fog might lingerfor a time but the sun will be out. let's get the forecast for the short term, across the uk, and mostly clear skies through the evening and a bit windy and more windy and the western isles with bits and pieces of light rain but here is the fog forming across more southern parts of the uk, so from the south—east of england into east anglia, and parts of the midlands as well, around some of the midlands as well, around some of the midlands as well, around some of the country lanes, the fog could

be up to a hundred metres or less. but it will linger through the morning and then by late morning it should mostly lift to those low, grey clouds and eventually sunshine should develop in the afternoon. then to the north of that, it is too breezy for fog to form overnight and a fine afternoon. these are the temperatures 14 in glasgow and edinburgh and i6 temperatures 14 in glasgow and edinburgh and 16 or 17 in the south. just the chance of one or two showers in the afternoon across the south. this is thursday's forecast in a weather front is approaching but still out towards the west and we are in the southerly wind, the mild air still over us and the further you are to the east, the sunnier it will be, and may be hazy skies to the west but look at these temperatures, 17 in london and we could see mid or high teens across parts of scotland. the fine weather is not going to last and by the time we get to friday on the weekend, low pressure is sitting over us so there will be spells of rain on the way that the indication is as we head

into next week we could see the ridge of high pressure building in, so fine weather will develop. a bit of a blip through thursday, through friday, saturday and sunday and there may be on monday the weather improves again. thanks, tomasz. and that's bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. the commonwealth games has a future for now, but some of its sports do not. glasgow steps in to host a slimmed down event in 2026. gutted for those athletes because it is useful for experience and it gives you one of the greatest experiences to be a part of as well. aston villa and arsenal take promising starts into round three of the champions league, with the emirates playing host to shakhtar donetsk. and england pick three spinners

for the third test against pakistan, with rehan ahmed included in the team for the first time in the series. hello again. with under two years to go, glasgow has officially stepped into the commonwealth games breach. after the australian state of victoria pulled the plug on their plans to host the event in 2026, it is the scottish city that has been awarded the chance to take the commonwealths closer to their ioo—year anniversary. but glasgow's games will look very different. a lack of time and money means that the 19 sports on offer at birmingham 2022 will be reduced to just ten in 2026. the likes of hockey, badminton and triathlon have found out today they'll no longer be a part of the event, as patrick gearey reports.

an old acquaintance that hasn't been forgotten. glasgow 2014 is considered by most of the high point in commonwealth games history. but few who gave it a good buy toast hadn't expected to see it back so soon. yet, this morning, the launch of the unexpected games. glasgow 2026 will be more understated than its prequel. instead of hand in part, the athletics will take place at the much smaller scott student stadium, for example, we will see no road races and fewer sports. much has changed. fine road races and fewer sports. much has changed-— road races and fewer sports. much has changed. road races and fewer sports. much has chanced. ., ., ., , ., , has changed. one of our ambitions as a movement — has changed. one of our ambitions as a movement is _ has changed. one of our ambitions as a movement is to _ has changed. one of our ambitions as a movement is to take _ has changed. one of our ambitions as a movement is to take the _ a movement is to take the commonwealth games around the commonwealth games around the commonwealth and it is fantastic that scotland and glasgow have put their hand to help us in that transformationaljourney. we need to create a games that is the right

size that other members can host the games. it does mean a more compact world—class impactful games in the future. world-class impactful games in the future. . , ., ., ., ., future. what is now the commonwealth games began — future. what is now the commonwealth games began as _ future. what is now the commonwealth games began as the _ future. what is now the commonwealth games began as the empire _ future. what is now the commonwealth games began as the empire games - future. what is now the commonwealth games began as the empire games in l games began as the empire games in 1930. its association with the british empire remains controversial as does its viability in the modern world. birmingham stepped in after durbin pulled out to host the last games. then the australian state of victoria which was due to stage the 2026 event with last summer. £31 victoria which was due to stage the 2026 event with last summer. of late made a lot of— 2026 event with last summer. of late made a lot of difficult _ 2026 event with last summer. of late made a lot of difficult calls _ 2026 event with last summer. of late made a lot of difficult calls in - made a lot of difficult calls in thisjob, this is not one of them. glasgow has come to the rescue with some of the money coming from commonwealth games australia. the situation means there will be a much smaller games that had been planned. ten sports will be involved, some including para— events. the two mandatory ones, athletics and swimming, plus the likes of track, cycling, gymnastics and boxing. the other events will be netball, judo,

plus three on three basketball and weightlifting. at a number of the course ports from birmingham have been left out. scottish hockey say they are deeply disappointed their support hasn't been included. rugby sevensis support hasn't been included. rugby sevens is another one to go and so to squash, a part of the games since 1998. a moment ago we to squash, a part of the games since 1998. a moment ago— to squash, a part of the games since 1998. a moment ago we were a course orts in the 1998. a moment ago we were a course ports in the commonwealth. _ 1998. a moment ago we were a course ports in the commonwealth. and - 1998. a moment ago we were a course ports in the commonwealth. and nowl ports in the commonwealth. and now it is scaled down in glasgow. we understand that every sport can be part of it, but with the heritage and their tradition of squash providing world—class competition in the commonwealth, we were hoping to be part of it. the the commonwealth, we were hoping to be art of it. ., ., the commonwealth, we were hoping to be part of it— be part of it. the age of the spectacular _ be part of it. the age of the spectacular may _ be part of it. the age of the spectacular may be - be part of it. the age of the spectacular may be over - be part of it. the age of the spectacular may be over for be part of it. the age of the i spectacular may be over for its challenge will be to ensure smaller is still special. patrick geary, bbc news. 0ur sports editor dan roan is in glasgow, dan the deal�*s been

done, but glasgow's games will be subsidised and slimmed down. is this perhaps a sign of things to come for the commonwealth games? i think it is, yes, certainly to a large extent. commonwealth games are adamant, but if they are to attract potential new bidders they have to have a smaller cheaper more sustainable format. that is what have a smaller cheaper more sustainable format. that is what this represents. two years ago, this represents. two years ago, birmingham staged what many thought birmingham staged what many thought was a successful and popular games. was a successful and popular games. very healthy ticket sales i think very healthy ticket sales i think there was hope that it would there was hope that it would revitalise the event, but the truth revitalise the event, but the truth is that the six of the last seven is that the six of the last seven hosts, when you include glasgow in hosts, when you include glasgow in the two years' time will have come the two years' time will have come from just two countries, britain and from just two countries, britain and australia, and the movement knows australia, and the movement knows that it has to find new places to that it has to find new places stage its showpiece event for it to australia, and the movement knows that it he showpiece tw places australia, and the movement knows that it he showpiece event :es australia, and the movement knows that it he showpiece event for it to ensure its survival in the long stage its showpiece event for it to ensure its survival in the long term, and that is what these changes term, and that is what these changes

are designed to are designed to do. having said that, what they feel are designed to do. having said that, what they in el �* in 26 with what they have in glasgow in 26 with just ten sports than what they had in birmingham with 19.1 just ten sports than what they had in birmingham with 19. i think around 14—15 is what they think is optimal. they have given the assurance the sports that you have been hearing about that are disappointed of being excluded, crickets, squash, badminton for example that they can be reintroduced in the future if new bidders are found. the head of the commonwealth games federation told me they were in

commonwealth games federation told me they wer thank you very much appreciated. thank you very much indeed. dan roan and glasgow. hockey is one of the sports confronting the fact they don't have an immediate future in the commonwealth games, and former olympic champion sam quek is not happy about it. she was also a medallist at glasgow 2014, and the current strictly competitor turned to sportsday to get it off her chest. very busy with strictly at the moment, but this news today is something that i'm really, really passionate about. of course, being a hockey player myself and the news passionate about. of course, being a hockey player myself and the news coming out that it wasn't going to coming out that it wasn't going to be in the new look commonwealth be in the new look commonwealth games in glasgow in 2026, it is just games in glasgow in 2026, it is just really disappointing. reading really disappointing. reading reaction from fellow former reaction from fellow former team—mates, current internationals team—mates, current internationals and grassroots players and club and grassroots players and club players, it seems that we all have players, it seems that we all have the same feeling, which is the the same feeling, which is the excuses which i believe they are, excuses which i believe they are, just aren't strong enough to not just aren't strong enough to not

include hockey in the being a include hockey in the games. the is current reason at the moment is all about the number of athletes, how needed. and accommodation would be needed. and to be honest, it'sjust not to be honest, it's just not good enough. to be honest, it's “ust not good enou:h. ., to be honest, it's “ust not good enou:h. . _, , ::' to be honest, it's “ust not good enouuh. . , ii' . enough. having competed in 2014 and also at the olympics _ enough. having competed in 2014 and also at the olympics a _ enough. having competed in 2014 and also at the olympics a couple - enough. having competed in 2014 and also at the olympics a couple of- also at the olympics a couple of years later, what can you tell us from a participant point of view about the unique atmosphere, if you like, that you get from a multisport event from the commonwealth or the olympics? i event from the commonwealth or the ol mics? ~ , ., event from the commonwealth or the ol mics? ~ ., olympics? i think you have hit the nail on the — olympics? i think you have hit the nail on the head _ olympics? i think you have hit the nail on the head there. _ olympics? i think you have hit the nail on the head there. it - olympics? i think you have hit the nail on the head there. it is - nail on the head there. it is unique. you have tournaments

nail on the head there. it is unique. �* that ave tournaments nail on the head there. it is unique. �* that experience 1ents nail on the head there. it is unique. �* that experience you 5 nail on the head there. it is unique. �* that experience you can have had that experience you can then go on to the olympics and you are almost a little bit desensitize to attend you can fully perform when you get to the olympics, because this is a one—off opportunity that you get to go to, i am really gutted for those athletes because it's really useful for experience and it gives you one of the greatest experiences to be a part of as well. england won medals in every iteration of the commonwealth games since it was introduced in the women's event but it wasn't until the birmingham that that gold medal arrived, so potentially come it could be that england are the last ever hockey champions in the commonwealth games, having waited so long to eventually get top of the podium. i long to eventually get top of the odium. ., , long to eventually get top of the odium. .,, ., , ., , podium. i hope not. these games in 2016, the organising _ podium. i hope not. these games in 2016, the organising committee - 2016, the organising committee have said it's not going to dictate future games. again, there is a big? about the whole of the commonwealth

games. again, i can't shy away from saying thank you to glasgow for taking that on from australia, i just hope that, you know, lessons are learned going into glasgow and hopefully hockey as a sport and a governing body you can really rally around this and use this as a bit of around this and use this as a bit of a wake—up call. let's make noise in hockey. i tell people you play hockey, show people you play hockey. at this moment, we can't take a back—seat and think this is ok because as a hockey player i believe it's not. we need to step up, we need to keep the visibility up there and we need to be counted. if you are a hockey player out there, whatever level, if you are a coach, a volunteer, let's make some noise in hockey and make sure that when the decision comes again for a future commonwealth games, fingers crossed this does not happen again. only seven teams take a 100% record

into the third round of matches in the champions league this week and aston villa are one of them. they take on bologna at villa park in their first european match since their stunning win over bayern munich. meanwhile for all the consternation that came after arsenal's first defeat of the season at the weekend. theyalso go into tonight's champions league match with the memory of an impressive victory. after beating psg last time out. they're back at the emirates again for their game against shakhtar donetsk, and the bbc�*s ian dennis and chris sutton are there. arsenal have made an impressive start, they faced doneness care tonight. with liverpool at the weekend and the primary, the team selection will be interesting. it will be interesting to see if he makes — will be interesting to see if he makes changes, of course they packed interest_ makes changes, of course they packed interest -- _ makes changes, of course they packed interest —— injuries. i suspect not. i think_ interest —— injuries. i suspect not. i think it _ interest —— injuries. i suspect not. i think it may— interest —— injuries. i suspect not. i think it may be too soon and he will be _ i think it may be too soon and he will be looking ahead at the weekend, a huge game against liverpoot _ weekend, a huge game against liverpool. i suppose tonight it's about _ liverpool. i suppose tonight it's about how _ liverpool. i suppose tonight it's about how arsenal bounced back from that surprise defeat at bournemouth at the _ that surprise defeat at bournemouth at the weekends, a lot of talk about

arsenal's _ at the weekends, a lot of talk about arsenal's lack of discipline this season — arsenal's lack of discipline this season i— arsenal's lack of discipline this season. i thought that was a bit harsh — season. i thought that was a bit harsh. slightly different to the early — harsh. slightly different to the early ones of the season. and declan rice, _ early ones of the season. and declan rice, but— early ones of the season. and declan rice, but i_ early ones of the season. and declan rice, but i think the champions league. — rice, but i think the champions league, they've had a pretty positive _ league, they've had a pretty positive start, draw away at atalanta _ positive start, draw away at atalanta and really impressive performance against psg here at the merits _ performance against psg here at the merits i_ performance against psg here at the merits. i think they are strong favourites— merits. i think they are strong favourites for tonight so i think we will see _ favourites for tonight so i think we will see a — favourites for tonight so i think we will see a bit of rotation. you think there _ will see a bit of rotation. you think there isn't _ will see a bit of rotation. you think there isn't a _ will see a bit of rotation. mm. think there isn't a problem with discipline?— think there isn't a problem with disciline? ., ~ i. discipline? no. i think if you look at discipline? no. ithink if you look at the points _ discipline? no. ithink if you look at the points that _ discipline? no. ithink if you look at the points that they've - discipline? no. i think if you look. at the points that they've dropped, you know. — at the points that they've dropped, you know, they were ahead at manchester city. when trish sard got sent off _ manchester city. when trish sard got sent off they were ahead of brighton. two soft avoidable sending soft and _ brighton. two soft avoidable sending soft and if_ brighton. two soft avoidable sending soft and if they want to push for a premier— soft and if they want to push for a premier league title, you know, the margin— premier league title, you know, the margin of— premier league title, you know, the margin of error isn't there for them now _ margin of error isn't there for them now so _ margin of error isn't there for them now so you — margin of error isn't there for them now. so you know, you look at those sending _ now. so you know, you look at those sending soft — now. so you know, you look at those sending soft and say that the lack of discipline with those, but the one of— of discipline with those, but the one of the — of discipline with those, but the one of the weekend, totally different scenario.— one of the weekend, totally different scenario. , . .,

different scenario. very much agree. commentary — different scenario. very much agree. commentary on _ different scenario. very much agree. commentary on bbc _ different scenario. very much agree. commentary on bbc radio _ different scenario. very much agree. commentary on bbc radio 5 - different scenario. very much agree. commentary on bbc radio 5 live - different scenario. very much agree. commentary on bbc radio 5 live and j commentary on bbc radio 5 live and also bbc sounds. thank you to both. unlike arsenal, celtic�*s most recent champions league memory is a harrowing one. they lost 7—1 at borussia dortmund and have travelled to italy to face europa league winners atalanta tomorrow night. andy burke is with them. celtic arrive here king to steady the ship in what has been a champions league camp in a wildly fluctuating fortune so far for the scottish champions. a terrific 5—1 win on the opening match. that was followed by that humbling at the hands of dortmund at the west fallen stadium and things do not get any easier on match day three. atalanta, the defending europa league champions, one of the real success stories of italian football in recent seasons and they present a formidable test for brandon rogers. celtic fans have been in and around the city today enjoying the sights, enjoying the hospitality, but it is fair to say that many of them come

here without expectation but seeing their team delivered a positive result. �* ., ., ., result. i'm waiting for a performance _ result. i'm waiting for a performance so - result. i'm waiting for a performance so that. result. i'm waiting for a performance so that we result. i'm waiting for a - performance so that we can hold result. i'm waiting for a _ performance so that we can hold our head up, and hopefully we will pick up head up, and hopefully we will pick up enough points in the home games to see us through to the next round. not as comfortable as i was before the game — not as comfortable as i was before the game. i think we will do all right, _ the game. i think we will do all right, i— the game. i think we will do all right, i think we will be all right. ithink— right, i think we will be all right. i think they— right, i think we will be all right. i think they will be embarrassed. | i think they will be embarrassed. i don't expect a point, if we get one, iwill— don't expect a point, if we get one, i will be _ don't expect a point, if we get one, i will be celebrating. _ don't expect a point, if we get one, i will be celebrating. if— don't expect a point, if we get one, i will be celebrating. if we - don't expect a point, if we get one, i will be celebrating. if we get - i will be celebrating. if we get three — i will be celebrating. if we get three come _ i will be celebrating. if we get three come i_ i will be celebrating. if we get three come i will— i will be celebrating. if we get three come i will really- i will be celebrating. if we get three come i will really be - three come i will really be celebrating. _ three come i will really be celebrating.— three come i will really be celebratina. . ., ., celebrating. celtic as a whole will have to be _ celebrating. celtic as a whole will have to be a _ celebrating. celtic as a whole will have to be a whole _ celebrating. celtic as a whole will have to be a whole lot _ celebrating. celtic as a whole will have to be a whole lot more - have to be a whole lot more defensively resilient if they are to come away with anything here tomorrow, but if they do, then their hopes of reaching the champions league knockout stage will be in good shape. you're watching sportsday. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. scottish league one side inverness caledonian thistle have been placed into administration. they reached the scottish cup final as recently as 2023 and won it in 2015. the club hope administration will rescue the club but they now

risk a 15 points deduction and potential relegation. anthony gordon has signed a new long term contract at newcastle. the england intenratoinal moved to st james' park from everton nearly two years ago and was linked with liverpool over the summer barcelona's league fixture against atletico madrid in december could be staged in miami with la liga officials hopeful that fifa will approve the plan. it would be the first time a spanish league match has been played in the united states. england will play the usa in the opening match of next year's women's rugby world cup. the red roses will get the tournament under way at sunderland's stadium of light on the 22nd of august. elsewhere scotland and wales will face each other in their pool b opener in salford. ireland begin their campaign againstjapan in northampton 0ff—court coaching will be allowed in tennis from nextjanuary, with the international tennis federation saying it'll make tennis "fairer and, potentially, more entertaining". messages or signs have been banned up until now, with each individual tournament or event able to decide whether to implement the changes.

staying with tennis and british number one katie boulter is through to the second round of the pan pacific open in tokyo. boulter saw off priscilla hon of australia in straight sets, needing just 75 minutes to claim a 6—16—4 win and book her place in the last—16 where she will play japan's kyoka 0kamura. british teenager mika stojsavljevic nearly achieved her first tour win, but she lost in a deciding set tie break to world number 57 moyuka uchijima in tokyo. the 15—year—old has made the step up to the wta tour after winning the us 0pen girls' title in new york. england have picked three spinners for their deciding test against pakistan, a sign that the home side's attempts to make the pitch in rawalpindi suit slower bowlers are working sufficiently for the tourists to includejack leach, shoaib bashir. and rehan ahmed in their team with the leg spinner

and gus atkinson the two changes from the second match, in which all 20 england wickets fell to spinners. and batter harry brook told the bbc�*s stephan shemilt the stakes are pretty high. very exciting. 0bviously very exciting. obviously we like to play in deciding matches. the big matches, it's like a final, really. hopefully we can put in a good performance and play well. everyone is talkin: performance and play well. everyone is talking about _ performance and play well. everyone is talking about the _ performance and play well. everyone is talking about the pitch, _ performance and play well. everyone is talking about the pitch, you've - is talking about the pitch, you've had a _ is talking about the pitch, you've had a look— is talking about the pitch, you've had a look at it, what you think? if had a look at it, what you think? if i was had a look at it, what you think? i was going had a look at it, what you think? if i was going to be a betting man i would say it's probably going to be a good wicket for the first day, two days, maybe and then i think it will start spinning. days, maybe and then i think it will start spinning-— days, maybe and then i think it will start spinning-— start spinning. how much can you take “ust start spinning. how much can you take just from _ start spinning. how much can you take just from looking. _ start spinning. how much can you take just from looking. do - start spinning. how much can you take just from looking. do certainj take just from looking. do certain players _ take just from looking. do certain players read pitches better than others? — players read pitches better than others? i— players read pitches better than others? i think everybody is just guessing, — others? i think everybody is just guessing, to be honest. we will see how we _ guessing, to be honest. we will see how we get— guessing, to be honest. we will see how we get on and a couple of days.

have you _ how we get on and a couple of days. have you seen anything like we've seenin have you seen anything like we've seen in the past couple of weeks? patio heaters, windbreaks year over the weekend. it is really unusual, isn't it? it is unique. hopefully we win the toss and we get off to a flyer. win the toss and we get off to a fl er. �* , . win the toss and we get off to a fl er. �*, ., ., ,, ., 4' flyer. it's all that guesswork, a . ain. flyer. it's all that guesswork, again- we — flyer. it's all that guesswork, again. we know _ flyer. it's all that guesswork, again. we know it's - flyer. it's all that guesswork, again. we know it's not - flyer. it's all that guesswork, | again. we know it's not going flyer. it's all that guesswork, i again. we know it's not going to swing _ again. we know it's not going to swing in— again. we know it's not going to swing in and do all sorts in the first— swing in and do all sorts in the first session. you look at that pitch— first session. you look at that bitch and _ first session. you look at that pitch and decide what the best point of attack— pitch and decide what the best point of attack is — pitch and decide what the best point of attack is going to be. while the athletes get the medals and the parades, those who have helped them reach the pinnacle of their chosen sport are often forgotten. but those coaches of great britain's 0lympic and paralympic stars have had the chance to be recognised today, and at buckingham palace no less. the princess royal is the patron of uk coaching, and among those she's been hosting today is the coach of olympic and as of last weekend, world triathlon champion alex yee. his name is adam elliott. i think it's a real testament to her majesty's backing of coaching,

knowledge of things like that that we were able to do such a thing they and recognise such a wide group of coaches as well, from grassroots all the way up to elite and from volunteer to paid coaches. it was a fantastic thing to be a part of. i suppose you are the one person who is not the athlete or perhaps the athlete's families who feel the success the most. so when alex yi wins his gold medal in the olympics, you have more reflected glory then perhaps anybody who surrounds him. probably the reflected glory for other people to say. for me, it is very much about the process and about the journey. and very much about the process and about thejourney. and i think very much about the process and about the journey. and i think the athletes in many ways, they have the glory and they should do, but i think further people that work with them to be recognised i think is a fantastic thing. there's a lot of joy fantastic thing. there's a lot of joy that comes with a dent being allowed into someone's world in the way that athletes let you is an

absolute privilege. there is great ioy absolute privilege. there is great joy that comes with that. tell absolute privilege. there is great joy that comes with that.- joy that comes with that. tell us about it, because _ joy that comes with that. tell us about it, because with _ joy that comes with that. tell us about it, because with alex, - joy that comes with that. tell us| about it, because with alex, it is individual. you are not the coach where you have to perhaps treat every participant slightly different. with alex, you have to know him, you have to know him a most as well as you know yourself and that relationship is key. does it mean that you are the least surprised when alex wins a gold medal? , ., , ., , , surprised when alex wins a gold medal? , ., ,.,,.,_ , medal? yes, that probably is true. the way they _ medal? yes, that probably is true. the way they went _ medal? yes, that probably is true. the way they went into _ medal? yes, that probably is true. the way they went into paris, - medal? yes, that probably is true. l the way they went into paris, maybe everyone bar alex was surprised with what happened in the last 600 metres, but i think, yeah, part of the role of a coach is to understand and athletes purpose, as close to her as much as they understand themselves go it is possible for themselves go it is possible for them to tap into areas they didn't realise was possible. to help them guide them in some sense, but also to open some doors. and one person

can only do so much and sometimes your role as a coach is to explore ourideas your role as a coach is to explore our ideas that they might not be able to explore themselves. smartly dressed, able to explore themselves. smartly dressed. as — able to explore themselves. smartly dressed. as he _ able to explore themselves. smartly dressed, as he should _ able to explore themselves. smartly dressed, as he should become - able to explore themselves. smartly dressed, as he should become a - able to explore themselves. smartly dressed, as he should become a for| able to explore themselves. smartlyl dressed, as he should become a for a day at buckingham palace. over the last few days we've been highlighting all five of the nominees for the bbc women's footballer of the year, and today it's the turn of usa and portland thorns player sophia smith. she won olympic gold at paris 2024 and also lifted the concacaf gold cup earlier his year having been awarded the nwsl golden boot in 2023. ijust remember seeing i just remember seeing the ijust remember seeing the ball hit the back of the net. i kind of blacked out a little bit. it was a lot of emotions. we did it. we are about to play for a gold medal. i was feeling a little bit nervous for that game, just because of how

important it was, how big of a game it was. i remember leading up to the goalfeeling like we it was. i remember leading up to the goal feeling like we are going to win this game. i don't know how come i don't know who is going to put the ball in the back of the net but we are going to win this game if you can feel that collective belief. i’m can feel that collective belief. i'm ha es can feel that collective belief. i'm hayes leads _ can feel that collective belief. i'm hayes leads the women to the win. can feel that collective belief. i'm - hayes leads the women to the win. if you like i could cry of happiness and joy, all the pieces came together. winning a gold medal, it was a dream come true. i remember all the time i dad would pull up youtube videos of my highlights and i would spend hours watching them. i wanted to be just like i would spend hours watching them. i wanted to bejust like her, to be able to compete against her in an olympic gold medal match was like a full circle moment and it almost felt like the passing of the torch. now it's my turn. it's just really exciting. the last 12 months it felt really rewarding because i've worked my whole life, you know, a lot of it when no one is watching and the

sport that we play, it's easy to go like this, maybe the goals aren't coming at that moment, but i'm still going to work hard for my team and create goals in different ways. so i'm proud of myself for the level that i've been able to maintain and to kind of get that recognition, it feels really good. my parents sacrificed so much to allow me to play soccer. my mum switched jobs completely to be able to drive me two hours down to denver, two hours back home every day. i think the most important thing for them is that i'm happy and i'm doing what makes me smile and for me it was soccer. when i was growing up, there were very few black players on the us women's national team and it is so important for every young boy and girl to see players who look like them doing what they maybe want to do, itjust goes a long way. ifight get to inspire one person every day, i think all of this is so worth it.

you have until 9am on monday 28th october to visit the bbc sport website to cast your vote. barbra banda, aitana bonmati, naomi girma and carolina graham hansen are the other four nominees. the winner will be announced on the 26th november. matched a three with their revamped champions league is under way already, it is eight o'clock though, the kick off for aston villa. for changes for villa, ringing them, really. making way forjohn, a big goal against buyer in munich, also dropping to the bench, whereas for arsenal, to changes to a gabrielle starting. that matches on five live, but that is it from sportsday. thanks for watching, goodbye for now. hello there. it's been a pretty decent day up

and down the country with plenty of sunshine around. however, through tonight, under clear skies, light winds — thanks to high pressure overhead — it's going to turn chilly, but also some fog patches are likely to develop, particularly so across england and wales, where we could see some very dense ones by around dawn. so, here it is, our high pressure area building from the south. it stays quite breezy, blustery with some cloud and few showers across the north west of scotland, but elsewhere it's dry. clear skies, lighter winds further south. this is where we start to see the mist and fog patches develop, becoming pretty widespread through central and southern areas by the end of the night. it will turn chilly out of town. those values will be lower than these temperatures suggest. so, fog patches could be problematic for transport tomorrow morning, just bear that in mind. it should tend to lift through the morning into low cloud, but there should be plenty of sunshine as we head into the afternoon. a bit more cloud and breeze again for the northwest of scotland.

pretty decent temperatures for the time of year. mid to high teens from around central southern scotland southwards, but a bit fresher than that further north. as we head through wednesday night, it looks like it stays dry thanks to high pressure, but we'll start to see more of a southerly breeze developing, so that should inhibit fog patches from developing. and it won't be quite as cool as what we've had the last few nights. so, our area of high pressure holds on for another day on thursday, but low pressure will be waiting out in the wings, slowly encroaching into the far west of the uk throughout the day. but for much of scotland, england and wales, certainly it's going to be dry with some sunshine around. the sunshine turning hazier out west, with rain pushing into northern ireland. temperatures pretty decent, 17, maybe 18 degrees. mid—teens across scotland and northern ireland. but as we head into friday, low pressure eventually wins out, takes over, and sitting across the country throughout the day on friday. so, a lot more cloud around, showers or longer spells of rain, winds tending to pick up as well, particularly through the irish sea and especially so across the southwest here for south wales, southwest england. but there will be some sunshine in between. it won't be a complete wash—out.

and, again, that may push temperatures up to 16 or 17 degrees in the south. low teens further north, where we have more cloud. but it does stay unsettled into the weekend thanks to low pressure. temperatures will be coming down as well. there will be a little bit of sunshine, too.

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