ahead of england's test series decider against pakistan on thursday. and oleksandr usyk and tyson fury face the media and each other ahead of their eagerly anticipated rematch later this year. hello there and welcome along to the programme. and we start with another evening full of goals in the champions league on wednesday. none more so than at barcelona, who got the better of fellow european heavyweights bayern munich in some style. rafinha's hat trick helping them to a 4—1 win. the winger opened the scoring in the first minute before harry kane equalised for bayern in the first half. robert lewandowski restored barca's advantage before two more superb finishes from rafinha sealed the points for the home side, who get their second

win of the competition. in these games, if you're able to keep the ball against a team like barcelona, you take a little bit away from that game, but we weren't able to do it for 90 minutes and therefore the momentum shifted a little bit. but still, i think in the key moments, barca were efficient, barca were good and we were not good enough. and this is clear when the result is like this. so we were not perfect and we have to, um, yeah, we have to make sure that by the time we play the next game, we are back to our best level. liverpool maintained their perfect start to the competition after winning in leipzig. darwin nunez got the only goal of the game in the first half as arne slot�*s side made it 11 victories in 12 under the dutchman's new regime and eight straight wins in all competitions. along with aston villa, though, they're the only two teams out of 36 to have won all three matches so far in this season's champions league. i liked a lot what i saw.

we, um, many, many, many times we played through their press, opened up their midfield and went for an attack that led to the first goal, that led to a few chances, more than a few. and then in the end, it's a pity that you still need your two centre—backs to play such a big game and your goalkeeper to make two such important saves, because a game like this should have been ours after 70 minutes. and it wasn't. and that's why the last 20 were still difficult for us. and another dominant display from manchester city saw them thrash sparta prague 5—0 at the etihad, but to put them a place behind liverpool in the champions league standings. phil foden got them on their way early, but it was something specialfrom erling haaland that stole the show — an acrobatic backheeled finish one of his two goals on the night. john stones and matthias nunez were also on the scoresheet as pep guardiola's side emphatically continue their unbeaten campaign. five goals against that team, it was unexpected for me

before the game and, yeah, we are there, still five games left, and the target is finish in the first eight, because it's a good advantage, don't play in february, win knockout stage and then focus in the premier league. and, yeah, the team i like, the team we are playing, we are alive with the problems we have with the many injuries, like many other teams, of course. but i rely a lot on the players and they proved me i'm right. so let's take a look then at the rest of the results. and a shock for atletico madrid. beaten three goals to one at home by lille, who came from behind to win their second win in this season's competition. in this season's competition. substitute substitute jonathan david scored twice. jonathan david scored twice. wins also for feyenoord, wins also for feyenoord, dinamo zagreb and inter milan, dinamo zagreb and inter milan, with draws for bayer leverkusen with draws for bayer leverkusen against brest, against brest, and celtic, who ended to dortmund earlier this month. and celtic, who ended a run of 18 games a run of 18 games in the champions league in the champions league without a clean sheet without a clean sheet after their goalless after their goalless draw with atalanta. draw with atalanta. their manager impressed with their manager impressed with how his team have bounced back how his team have bounced back since their 7—1 defeat since their 7—1 defeat

to dortmund earlier this month. i never doubted the players and their mentality, you know. we responded straight after that game and won our next game and then we come away to a team that are, like i said, so, so efficient going forward with the quality they have, the power that they have. but for our players to concentrate, stand up and fight and have that dignity in the performance, i was so proud of them. now on to cricket and england's decisive third test match against pakistan starts on thursday in rawalpindi, and it's been the pitch that's dominated the headlines. england have picked three spinners after it was reported that the wickets had been blasted with hot air

the more the spin is going to come into the game. look at the outfield as well. it's green, it's lush, and we're obviously very confident in our bowling unit to be able to expose when we get reverse swing, and that's going to be hard to be able to come by out here. so, yeah, the longer this game's on, i think the more the spin is going to come into it. and obviously rehan, the type of cricketer he is, the way that he loves to take the game on, you know, wouldn't necessarily call it a luxury. ijust think it's the sensible and right decision for this game. and he won the six—hitting competition, incidentally, here this morning, which looked like a bit of fun. but was there also some kind of rangefinding in that as well, as far as the boundary is concerned? no, not at all. that was, you know, last training session here as a group, um, before the game starts. and, you know, it's been pretty same day over and over again in terms of, you know, coming to the cricket ground, back to the hotel. um, so yeah, last training session all together. get the good vibes going before we hit the training, um, properly before

the game starts. so, yeah, it wasjust a bit of a change up and get the lads having a laugh and watching our snc and physio go at it as well. it was good. now, what about this pitch? come on. i mean, i've never seen anything like this. fans blowing patio heaters, bed of nails has been run up and down it. what did you think when you saw it? not too sure how it's going to play. you know, initially i think it probably looks like it's going to be a good one. but as i've said, i think the longer it goes, the more spin is going to come into play. i mean, look, it's fair play to them for using the home advantage. um, you know, we've obviously come off the back of a good win and two spinners who were full of confidence. so, um, you know, they'll be looking to give them maybe more assistance here, but obviously that can bring us into the game as well. and that's the thing. just a last thought. i mean, to win this game despite the result last week and despite what's going on here to try and make it harderfor you, that would be that would be a huge feather in the cap, wouldn't it? um... oh, look, idon�*t look at it like that, i think ijust look at it, hopefully we can go out

and play, you know, some more good cricket like we have done so far in the series, and it's be great to be able to leave pakistan again winning a series because, you know, coming to asia and pakistan in particular, where itjust seems to be very hard to get a result or force a result. to be able to, you know, leave here with two series victories in the last couple of years would be very, very, very pleasing. ben stokes there. now, another record set in baseball by los angeles dodgers star shohei ohtani. the ball hit for his 50th home run of the season has sold for $4.4 million at auction, the most a sports ball has ever fetched. it breaks the previous record, paid in 1999 by more than a million. the japanese hitter became the first player in baseball history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season during his side's match against the miami marlins last month. full ownership of the ball, though, is being disputed after a scramble by desperate fans to get hold of it. on to tennis now. american fourth seed tommy paul was the big casualty at the vienna open on wednesday. the world number 12, who won last week's stockholm open, lost 6—4, 6—4 in round one to fellow countryman brandon nakashima. the defeat is a blow to paul's hopes of reaching the atp finals in turin

later this year. nakashima plays karen khachanov in the round of 16 on thursday. there were no problems for top seed alexander zverev. the german beat marcos giron 6—2, 7—5 to progress to the quarterfinals and record his 61st win of the year, the most he's ever registered in a single season. zverev will face lorenzo musetti in the last eight after his opponent, gael monfils, pulled out with injury. and in basel, there was a shock defeat, at least on paper, for a second seed casper ruud. the norwegian lost 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to in—form veteran roberto bautista agut, who won his first tour level title in two years at last week's european open in antwerp. bautista agut will face denis shapovalov in the second round on thursday. and top seed andrei rublev progressed safely with a 7—6, 6—1win over alejandro tabilo of chile. the russian can strengthen his grip on an atp finals spot with a strong showing this week. he faces the winner of thursday's clash between american sixth seed ben shelton and three time grand slam

champion stan wawrinka. some sad news to bring you now. the two—time world's strongest man, geoff capes, has died at the age of 75. capes was also the british shot put record holder, setting a distance of 21m 68 in 1980. he was also a three time olympian and won gold twice in the shot at both the commonwealth games and the european indoor championships. and the mind games have begun between oleksandr usyk and tyson fury ahead of their eagerly anticipated rematch later this year. the pairfaced the media in london on wednesday, with usyk dressed as video game character hit man, asking fury to sign a picture of his victory from their undisputed heavyweight championship bout in february. they meet again on the 21st of december in riyadh. listen, we did a fight in may of this year. great fight. i know we keep bragging on about it, but it's in the past now, so we've got to put that behind us. um, what happened in the fight was a good fight for the fans

and we move on from that. but like i said earlier on in my opening statement, i have to be a little bit more focused and a little bit more smart to get the victory. as it would seem, my rematch with people is, um, always ends up one way. i always end up knocking them out in the rematch. whoever i've faced more than once has been knocked out in the rematch, so i'm envisaging something similar in the second fight with usyk. that's all the sport from us. get all the latest on the website. we'll see you soon. hello there. apart from a few showers across central and southern parts of england, most places were dry today and there was some decent spells of sunshine, a bit of rain, fairly strong winds for the north—west of scotland too. now tonight, it looks like many places will turn dry. there'll be clear spells and i don't think we should have many issues with dense fog, because there'll be

a little bit more of a breeze, and it'll certainly be quite breezy across scotland and northern ireland through the night. so quite blustery here with further cloud, the odd shower as well, particularly north—west scotland. but england and wales, winds will be a little bit lighter and we'll see lengthy clear skies. temperatures here single digits once again, but not as chilly as recent nights, and milder further north and west. you'll see double figures to start thursday. so another fine day thanks to high pressure on thursday, with plenty of sunshine, particularly towards central and eastern areas, always more cloud. scotland, northern ireland, wales, south—west england see a little bit of rain just getting into the far north—west later on. but again, pretty decent temperatures, quite mild at the mid—to—high teens in the warmest spots. we start to see some changes now for the end of the week. for friday, this area of low pressure begins to develop just to the west of the uk, and that will start to bring outbreaks of rain. but a dry start with light winds across eastern areas means friday, we could see some fog patches early on across northern and eastern england, but we'll have to see bands of light and showery rain pushing northwards across the country.

that will be followed by some brighter skies towards the south and south—west. here, it will be windy in the far south—west. further north, winds will be lighter. we could be up to 16 or 17 degrees where we have the sunshine, but i think temperatures a degree or so down on what we've had the last few days. now, pressure chart for saturday — we've a new area of low pressure pushing into the north of the uk. that will bring wind and outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern ireland. the majority of england and wales should be dry with some sunshine, just a few showers towards the south—east. that's the remnants of friday's low pressure system. temperatures closer to the mid—teens at this point. sunday probably looks drier for most. there'll still be some showery rain across scotland and northern ireland, we'll have more of a breeze, but eastern scotland, england and wales mostly dry, again with some sunshine around, lighterwinds and temperatures around 1a or 15 degrees in the south, low teens in the north. so it's not looking that bad for the weekend. into next week, we start to see high pressure building back in, so a lot of dry and settled weather around,

with some sunshine, and we'll see a return to overnight fog.

live from london, this is bbc news.

the us confirms north korea has sent thousands of troops to russia to help in its war with ukraine. reports the usjustice department is weighing up whether elon musk�*s million—dollar giveaway to registered voters is illegal. a 60—year—old woman is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the deaths of three people at a care home in dorset. and life on the streets — we'll tell you about the award—winning film that's paying tribute to sex workers. hello, i'm sally bundock. the united states has confirmed for the first time that north korea has sent thousands of troops to russia in a move that could mark a major escalation in the war with ukraine. national security spokesman

john kirby says 3,000 north korean troops travelled by ship to vladivostok,