hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. it's the vinicius show at the bernabeu as holders real madrid come from behind to beat dortmund. aston villa make it three from three and they have duran to thank again, in their win over bologna. 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. hello and welcome along to the programme. and another superb evening of champions league action to bring. viniciusjunior stole the headlines, his stunning viniciusjunior stole the headlines, his stunning hat—trick saw holders real madrid come from 2—0 down to beat dortmund in a rematch

of last season's final. a second—half fightback began with antonio rudger before goals from an inspired vinicius and lucas vazquez sealed the points for carlo ancelotti's side. the final goal, from vinicius, coming in stoppage time, as real ran out 5—2 winners to get their campaign back on track. it's aston villa who lead the way though after tuesday's matches, and top the champions league standings. unai emery�*s side won 2—0 against bologna at villa park to keep their 100% record, both goals coming in the second half, from john mcginn and jhon duran on the scoresheet. that's three wins from three for villa, who sit top, before wednesday's matches. of course, it is brilliant, our start in this competition. the boys winning at home and today, we kept the same mentality. important for the group to keep the same mentality, respecting the opponent, respecting bayern munich.

my summary about the match today is that we played with discipline, we played mature and we won because we deserve it. elsewhere, wins for sporting lisbon and monaco earlier, keeps them in the chasing pack. milan got themselves off the mark, after beating bruges for theirfirst win in europe this season. victories also for girona, and stuttgart who beatjuventus in stoppage time. arsenal won 1—0 against shakhtar donetsk courtesy of a shot that ricocheted in off the goalkeeper dimytro riznik. the managerfeels his side will be ready for a big weekend coming up. we played 2.5 days ago and coming internationals after flying from brazil and many countries. so i was expecting we drop off a little bit and the fact that we put so much in the first half and we didn't convert against the distance in terms of the result and the score line, that far, i think we played a bit of that and then we made life more difficult for us because we start to give the ball away and not get the ball in the right way and it was more open.

so that didn't help but we now have four days rest and then flying. glasgow has officially been confirmed as host of the next commonwealth games in 2026. the streamlined event will feature 10 sports and around 3,000 athletes. but sports such as rugby sevens, squash, hockey and cricket have been axed as part of the deal to rescue the games when the australian state of victoria withdrew as host last year. here's our sports editor, dan roan. ten years ago, glasgow embraced the commonwealth games featuring iconic moments and some of sport's biggest stars. usain bolt, showboating. now the event's coming back. today, the city officially confirmed as hosts once again in 2026. inspired by 2014, netballer emily nicholl has competed for her country for both the games since and told me she is thrilled. obviously, if netball not be in the olympic sport, it's so critical for us

to have a multi—sport games to get that exposure, only for our competitively but for glasgow and the exposure to the younger girls within scottland. —— scotland. glasgow's come to the games�* rescue after the australian state of victoria withdrew last year over spiralling costs, paid for by compensation from the original host and with no public funding available, this will be streamlined games. ten sports is along with six parasports, including athletics, swimming, judo and loan bowls in the programme. but the likes of hockey, squash, triathlon and the marathon are all out. their emissions met with the chorus of disappointment. the fact that it's just down the road, the infrastructure is already there. it's courts that we've played world doubles championships on, commonwealth games in the past and many other events. so, it's a huge blow not to be able to take that home advantage. ten years ago, athletics took centre stage at glasgow's iconic hampden park. in 2026, it will take place here.

the much smaller scotstoun stadium, where the capacity is less than 10,000. some believe that the scaled—down format can be a blueprint for the events future, but others fear that it risks being a shadow of its former self. the games have got out of hand. it was too big and trying to be a mini—0lympics, we want the commonwealth games to be right sized. does the games have a future, realistically? absolutely. we're about to start on the 2030 games and we know that there is three countries that are interested and want to start having those conversations. so, no, the games is strong alive. the empire games opens with pomp and ceremony, colour and cheering. 0riginally called the empire games, the events links with colonialism remain controversial. 0rganisers insist it remains relevant and that a smaller version can still be special but doubts over its future are set to remain. dan roan, bbc news, glasglow. bangladesh start day three of the first test against south africa 101 runs behind. they resume their second innings in mirpur on 101 for three and still have a lot

of work to do if they are to make the tourists bat again. this one of the two test matches between the sides. england have recalled rehan ahmed as one of three front—line spinners for the series decider against pakistan in rawalpindi. the 20—year—old comes into the squad alongside gus atkinson, replacing matthew potts and brydon carse from the side that was beaten in the second test. it's1—1 in the three—match series. notjust his bowling but his batting and fielding as well, he's an outstanding cricketer. he's a young lad as well, so has got a lot of time to come. i think you got five here in the last test match, not here, in pakistan last test match, so hopefully he can do that again. former us open champion dominic thiem has played his final professional tennis match. the austrian chose his home event the vienna open to retire from the game. he lost in straight—sets to italy's luciano darderi, thanking everyone for their support over the years. it hurts, but then at the same time, i was playing some

forehands especially in the second set, they were not even coming to the net and then again, i saw that it's the right decision, so all good. it's the right time to go? yes, yes, for sure. britain's jack draper will play darderi in the last 16. draper got past kei nishikori, 7-6, 7-5. nishikori had opportunities in the first set but failed to capitalise and the number seven—seed draper went on to seal the win in his first match since picking up an injury in tokyo last month. second seed alex de minaur is into the second round. the australian came from a set down to beat germany's jan—lennard struff and will face italy's flavio cobolli in the next round. frances tiafoe knocked out britain's cameron norrie. the american had been unhappy about being penalised for a time violation but came through 6—4, 7—6 and will play italy's matteo berrettini next. over the last few days, we've been highlighting all five of the nominees for the bbc women's footballer of the year. now, 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 this year, having been awarded the nwsl golden boot in 2023. 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 bit nervous for the game just because of how important it was, how big of a game it was. i remember leading up to the goal, feeling like we will win this game. i don't know how, i don't know who will put the ball on the back of the net but we will win this game and you could feel that collectively. —— collective belief. she led the usa women's team to gold in the football in brazil. i feel i could cry of happiness and joy and all the pieces came

together. winning a gold medal, it was a dream come true. i just remember all the time my dad will pull up youtube videos with highlights, we would spend hours watching them. i wanted to bejust like her, to be able to compete against in the olympic gold—medallists match was a full—circle moment and it almost felt like a passing of the torch and now it's my turn and it's just really exciting. sophia smith and that is a goal! the last 12 months for really rewarding because i worked my whole life, you know, a lot of it when no one is watching and when the sport that we play, it's very easy to go like this, maybe the goals are not 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 and two hours back home every day, i think the most important thing for them was that i'm happy and i'm doing what makes me smile and for me, it was soccer. when i was growing up, they were very few black players on the us international team and it's so important for every young boy, every young girl to see players who look like them, doing what they maybe want to do, just goes a long way. if i get to inspire one person every day, i think all of this is so worth it. you have until 9am gmt on monday, 28 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 26 november. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello. wednesday's shaping up to be a fine day across most of the uk with some pleasant sunshine. however, the morning could look like this, particularly across southern and central areas of england. mist and fog really quite thick in places, but the fog shouldn't last. it will clear later in the morning, and thanks to the position of this area of high pressure and our southerly winds, it'll feel pleasant in that sunshine. and i think the mild air is here to stay at least until thursday. beyond that, somewhat cooler air will arrive off the atlantic. so the short term then, that fog forming across southern and southeastern parts of england into east anglia, lincolnshire and further north into the vale of york. but i think it's in the southeast and east anglia, where the fog will be thickest, possibly visibilities as low as 100m or less, elsewhere, clearer skies. and this is the forecast for 8:00 in the morning, and the temperatures typically

around nine or ten celsius. so once that fog eventually clears away and it may take time, it may first lift into low grey skies before that sunshine comes through, but once it does, it'll be a fine day. just the possibility of a few afternoon showers, so don't be surprised if there's some spots of rain for a time in the south. so here's the forecast then for thursday, we still have those southerly winds, that mild air is with us. can't miss this, a weather front is approaching, but it's just to the west of our neighbourhood. at this stage, at least through most of thursday, some sunshine from london, norwich all the way to aberdeen. hazy skies for belfast and then later in the day, the possibility of that rain arriving in northern ireland. and then eventually it will arrive come friday, because this weather front will be slap bang over the uk. if anything, an area of low pressure will form and very gusty winds will develop across southwestern parts of the country. it's still relatively mild air, so temperatures around 15 or 16, maybe even 17, but that slightly fresher air starts to reach western parts of the uk.

and how about the weekend and into next week? well, the jet stream will start spreading weather fronts our way, so that does mean somewhat more unsettled weather. but into next week it does look as though the jet stream may go further north once again with high pressure building. so here's the outlook then from thursday onwards, the weather does go downhill as we head into friday with some outbreaks of rain. similar weather for saturday and sunday. fingers crossed things should improve by the time we get to monday. bye— bye.

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