cotton received the uk. police cotton received new allegations of sexual assault against the former first minister alex salmond who did died of a heart attack last month. now it is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun... ruud takes charge — as his manchester united draw with chelsea after a week in the headlines following ten hag's sacking. relief for phillipe clement — his rangers side come back to secure their spot in the league cup final. it's wet and wild at interlagos as lando norris loses ground to title rival max verstappen, at fi's brazilian grand prix. also coming up on sportsday. after 95 appearances, england propjoe marler retires from international rugby

and. after manchester united draw. we find out more about the man who will arrive in just over a week — new head coach — ruben amorim welcome to the programme, more from the manchester united draw with chelsea in a moment. aston villa missed the chance to move into the top three today — it all looked as though it was going to plan against tottenham. but second half comeback, inspired by spurs striker dominic solanke — saw them score four, to climb back up to seventh in the table. joe lynskey reports. the question into a huddle, which tottenham will turn up? in the last week, that didn't manchester city but lost the crystal palace. in this up and

down season, there has been one frequent issue. spurs froze on a set piece and aston villa were in france, but this would be a match that would all change of the break, through brennanjohnson, spurs were brennan johnson, spurs were level, brennanjohnson, spurs were level, a goal created by the cross. at the start of this match, they were tense in a table, now, they hope, it is left off. dominic solanke scored twice in five minutes. when his team went 3—1 up, they looked hard to stop. for villa, it is a setback before the champions league on wednesday, but with this win for tottenham, they hope their season comes together. joe lynskey, bbc news i keep saying, we have to stay true to the course we are on whatever chances we have on the way with the dust ourselves off and go again and this group of players has done that.

disappointed game at crystal palace but it two a big test of aston villa and mentions that this come, and manchester city come, we make sure by monday that we got back in the building we would not feel sorry for ourselves and we go back to being the team we want to be. we had a good game of the moment, but there were more of this portion, and one thing, tottenham is difficult when they're _ tottenham is difficult when they're in beginning. 50 facing on them — they're in beginning. 50 facing on them was more difficult. we were _ on them was more difficult. we were tired, we are close scoring _ were tired, we are close scoring the second one but after — scoring the second one but after their third gold, scoring the second one but aftertheirthird gold, it after their third gold, it was finishing _ after their third gold, it was finishing the match. burnley have missed the opportunity to close the gap on championship leaders sunderland after they were beaten i—o away at millwall. jake cooper scored the only goal of the game, heading past james trafford in the burnley goal six minutes into the second half. the lions are now unbeaten in five matches and move up to seventh. this is only burnley�*s second defeat of the season, but there poorform continues with only one win in

the last four games. in the first round of the fa cup — no heroics for wrexham this year. after reaching the fourth round last season — the club are out at the first hurdle after losing to harrogate town, who are a division below them. the game's only goal came midway through the first half, as jack muldoon was left unmarked from a harrogate corner, his headerfinding the back of the net. league one wrexham are out in the first round of the competition for the first time since 2021. afc wimbledon continue to have the bragging rights over mk dons. they've won their last three games in all competitions against their league two rivals — without conceding a goal. matty stevens scored the first in their 2—0 win at stadium mk wins, too, for birmingham city and leyton orient over non—league opposition, though orient were taken to penalties by national league south's boreham wood. and mansfield town had no problems beating non—league curzon ashton. under pressure rangers manager phillipe clement will have breathed a huge sigh of relief after his side came

from a goal down to beat motherwell 2—1 at hampden in the scottish league semi—finals. cup semi—finals. rangers are nine points off the pace in the premiership, after a damaging defeat to aberdeen, and the cup holders went 1—0 down to an andy halliday goal, but clement's men improved after the break, with cyriel dessers and then nedim bajrani easing the burden on their manager. rangers will play celtic in the final on december the 15th. two matches in the scottish premiership — and late drama at dens park — as dundee snatched a dramatic late winner, to beat kilmarnock. and late drama for rivals dundee united, in their game at hibernian. a late penalty salvaged a draw there — extending bottom side hibs' winless run in the league to six games. manchester city are still three points clear at the top of the women's super league after a 3—0 win at crystal palace. second place brigton beat leicester i—o. manchester united remain

unbeaten after scoring a late equaliser to draw with arsenal at leigh sports village stadium. arsenal looked on course to seal all three points after alessia russo scored her first league goal of the season just after the hour mark, but the gunners were denied a third victory under interim manager renee sleger when substitute melvine malard made it one all on 82 minutes. you ask me before the game if this was going to be a test of where we are at, i think it was. there are still some growth we want to make in the attack incense, support our forwards higher up, but the defensive framework that they presented it was fantastic. energy, quality, commitment was excellent, and on reflection, i am happy with the point. they are a strong side, a good crossing — they are a strong side, a good crossing game, they went for set piece _ crossing game, they went for set piece as well, they have a lot of— set piece as well, they have a lot of threat on set piece and

scored — lot of threat on set piece and scored on _ lot of threat on set piece and scored on the corner, so we were — scored on the corner, so we were not— scored on the corner, so we were not happy about that, but overaii— were not happy about that, but overall we had a good performance, that is why the disappointment is a bit bigger as well, — disappointment is a bit bigger as well, we want to the three points — elsewhere, wins for tottenham, brighton, chelsea have won four out of four and could go second with a win at everton. that kicks off in around five minutes' time. it really has been a week where the eyes of the footballing world, have been trained on what's happening at manchester united. the club confirmed ruben amorim will take charge later this month — more on that to come. but it was ruud van nistelrooy, their former striker, leading them out for their premier league clash with chelsea — which they drew. reginaldo rosario was watching. after a turbulent week, a sense of clarity at old trafford. ruud van nistelrooy eight remaining at the helm for now, basking in the moment for three more games. manchester united put bypass nestor in the

carabao cup in midweek but chelsea provided sterner opposition. denied here by the frame of the goal, a recurring theme in a first—half lack in quality, with marcus rashford rattling the woodwork with the final kick, could the second half of the livermore? it took more than one hour, but they gave finally sparked into life. this striker felled by robert sanchez, upset the captain, bruno fernandes with no mistake, the goal is celebrated on the touchline with full fervor but that joy on the touchline with full fervor but thatjoy it lasted all of four minutes, moises caicedo with a moment of magic, a pure strike that andre onana could do nothing about. with the game ebbing and flowing, united had one last chance. garnacho's effort session over, a result that reflects where the sites are. reginaldo rosario, bbc news the weather caused mayhem at the brazilian grand prix earlier. torrential rain, and treacherous conditions took out several drivers — but in the end — it was

the champion max verstappen who crossed the line first, for his first main race victory since barcelona injune. lando norris, despite starting from pole, finished further down — losing ground in the race for the title. joe wilson reports. lando norris knew not what lay ahead, only who was behind. max verstappen starting from 17th. lance shows did not manage the formation up my consequence, an aborted start, confusion, some cars moved and others didn't, investigations began, eventually they all started properly. lando norris lost ground straightaway, see his orange mclaren, george russell glyn preston in the early lead, rain, which i disrupted max verstappen's what a fine state for a lot. he moved rapidly, rain got serious, nor is it change tires, bad timing, red flag came and everyone else did, you see what is happening?

the rain was suspended, norris reflected. stepan had made so much progress, under this move this mentee lead while norris slipped further back. for the red bull team it was a dream. max verstappen completed a dream that seemed impossible, felt absolutely decisive. joe wilson, bbc news the motogp championship will go down to the final round of the season after defending champion francesco bagnaia won the malaysian grand prix. the race at sepang had to be restarted after this crash on the second corner of the opening lap. bagnaia started from pole and a thrilling battle ensued with title rival horgay marteen. with title rivaljorge martin. they swapped the lead several times over the opening three laps before the italian finally took control, staying in front to claim his tenth win of the season. but he still trails championship leader martin by 2a points. let's have a quick look at some

of the other stories in the headlines today.. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the second round of the international championship. the rocket beat the former women's world champion — thailand's mink nutcharut by 6—3 in china. elsewhere, there were wins for mark selby and john higgins. kenya's sheila chepkirui won the women's new york marathon. it came down to a battle with her compatriot hellen obiri in the final mile. but chepkirui outran obiri in the final stretch, defeating the defending champion with a time of two hours 2a minutes and 35 seconds. abdi nageeye of the netherlands won the men's race. he pulled clear of kenya's evans chebet in the final sprint, finishing first with a time of two hours, seven minutes and 39 seconds. england'sjoe marler has announced his retirement from international rugby after winning 95 caps for his country. the prop left the england camp last week for personal reasons in the lead up to yesterday's defeat against new zealand. heres's a small part of marler�*s post on instagram. he said: "i'm sad to say goodbye to international rugby. "but i'm really proud too. "time to exit one dream bubble.

"time to enter a new one. big love." well, we can speak live now to our rugby union correspondent chris jones. great to see you, does this, a surprise?— surprise? joe marler always kee -s surprise? joe marler always keeps us — surprise? joe marler always keeps us on _ surprise? joe marler always keeps us on our _ surprise? joe marler always keeps us on our toes, - surprise? joe marler always keeps us on our toes, but l keeps us on our toes, but ultimately no, not a surprise, age 30 four, 95 caps, the last few years it has felt like every cap he has one has been a bonus because he has retired from international rugby before and has been honest about how hard he finds it going away from his family for long period of time in camp it is fitting that this week, his final week as an england player, he was embroiled in a controversy with his comments about the hacker, always a colourful character, marler and despite the controversies over the air, he will be remembered as a highly inspected team—mates and opponents, and a fantastic

prop, one of england's great all—time great front repairs, almost a century of caps, perhaps unlucky not to be a test land, so he can reflect on the job extremely well done. even though he was not playing against the all blacks yesterday, that agonised the vete for england, you wonder if you've he had been on the pitch on the end we have been to lock up on the end we have been to lock up that scrum and give george floyd the perfect platform, but as you said to my sadness that this is over fort marler, and prided seven, a wonderful career, one of england's best to do it in the front row. chris jones, to do it in the front row. chrisjones, a rugby union correspondent on the retirements ofjoe marler from retirements of joe marler from international retirements ofjoe marler from international rugby. britain's olympic champion alex yee took gold at the supertri classic in saudi arabia — the final triathlon of the season. yee took the win ahead of his closest rival in the series — hayden wilde — but the new zealand athlete claimed the overall league title by finishing second. yee was fourth in the overall championship standings. the women's race saw georgia taylor—brown finish fourth, ensuring a third supertri league title

in the season finale. she also won the title in 2021 and 2022 but admitted it was a weird feeling not being on the podium, despite becoming champion here. olympic champion cassandre beaugrand took the gold. england's katie boulter has lost in straight sets to top seed diana shnaider in the final of the hong kong open. the british number one was hoping to win a third tour title of the season, but was never in the contest, losing 6—1, 6—2 to the russian in little more than an hour. shnaider has now won all four tour finals she's played this season across all three surfaces. that's just about it for us here on sportsday — a reminder, in the football — spurs beat aston villa comfortably earlier — and mancheser utd drew with chelsea. and it's pastures new at old trafford. friday afternoon saw the appointment of ruben amorim as manchester united's new permanent head coach. he'll take charge a week tomorrow as clubs across europe head for the next international break, meaning he'll manage the portuguese champions sporting for two more games before his departure.

amorim arrived there in 2020, when the club had gone 19 years without winning the league title, but he changed all that in his first season. bbc sport has been to lisbon to find out more about the 39 year old's journey in coaching. and to answer the question, "who is ruben amorim?" what did you know before this week about ruben amorim? anything? no, ididn't. i've never heard of him. no. what he did with sporting, i believe he can do with other teams. he takes the players that he has and he improves them. i think the job is too big for him at the moment. i don't think he's got enough experience. the way he work is. absolutely amazing. i don't think he's the right man for thejob because ijust think someone looks good in portugal league, but they might not translate to being good in england. like, we're a toughest

league in the world. i love this man, and now i'm like lost an husband. i'm sad. he is a great coach and he's worthy of being in any club. j if you see him in the pitch with the team, it's amazing how you feel that he is able to grab everybody. ruben is the second "special one". after sir alex, she difficult decade — the difficult decade — five permanent managers have now come and gone. for manchester united, it's the latest new era. ruben amorim is 39 years old, this club's youngest head coach since wilf mcguinness in the 605. but up to now, amorim has only coached at home. this is his firstjob away from portugal, and old trafford

is quite the distance from the place where it started. translation: ruben amorim was a kid here in our training. | this club has a lot of honour that part of his character and his growth as a man was formed here. he was a very wise young man, very hard working. he was a very intelligent player and understood the game well from a tactical point of view. i have good memories of ruben, of his debut in the first team. i think it was very clear since he was young that although he was not the leader of the club, those who were here in the stands watching games realised that on the field he was an extension of the coach. perhaps he was one step ahead of the others because ruben was not an exceptional player, but i think he was able

to assert himself by the intelligence with which he moved on the field and the way he tactically understood the game for a very young age. ruben used to play here, but during that period we knew that the club of his heart was benfica. i believe that at that time, his transfer to benfica was something that made him and his family very happy. at 23, amorim moved to benfica, a club he knew already from his days in their academy. in those youth teams alongside him was pedro. this is ruben and this is me. he was the winger — amorim played in the middle. ruben, it's a very good person. it's an amazing person. it's funny, very fun, friendly. we start to play 33 years ago on benfica school. ruben is a midfielder and it's a very aggressive player, very aggressive. it's one characteristic of them, is aggressive

and the fighting all the balls. he put the power of the team. this is a special quality of them and very smart player. amorim's career went on to braga in a loan spell. in the champions league that year, they faced manchester united. jonny evans scored, united won 3—2. amorim eventually would be back at old trafford, but to find his way in coaching, he went to study how it's done. his playing career ended in 2017 and at the university of lisbon, antonio veloso was his tutor. he was just standing his football, his player career, and he was as already highly committed to learn and he demonstrated from scratch a very good capability of interaction, of leadership, of communication. he uses ideas that comes

from all the top coaches that he's always observing. of course, when you do that and you mix, it's like a very good chef. yeah, you took ideas from different recipes, but you do a very good plate. and at the end of the day, the result is his. he got his chance in coaching at casa pia, the forgotten club in lisbon, who played in the third division. amorim, at this point, was stilljust an apprentice, but the ia caps he won for his country had opened the first door. translation: six years ago, the sporting director - of casa pia, carlos perez, came up to me and said, "we have ruben here. "he played for benfica and was an international with portugal. "he wants to do an internship here at casa pia because ruben lived close to the stadium.

so he asked me if i had any objections. no, he was welcome. he had played for his country, so a good atmosphere was created around all this, but also a demanding environment because ruben is very demanding in terms of he doesn't like to lose. and the locker room was with him. everyone has to be together to win, and whoever doesn't want to make an effort and fight for the group has a problem. ruben ended up leaving the club. that's the saddest memory of ruben's presence. the day he left casa pia. he went to the dressing room. he explained that he had to leave because of what was happening. some players even cried. so that was the last image i had of ruben. ruben is the same. ruben is casa pia's, ruben, braga's ruben, sporting's ruben, and he'll

be united's ruben. as a coach, the most important thing for him is to get a close relationship with his players. you want to play good and you want to win, win, win, win and he put this on these players so he's focussed on the present. he go something like two hours before the training. after the training he stayed there. he stayed more time right now in sporting more time in academia than in his house with his family. and just like that, he can have the success that he is having now. so from casa pia, it started like this. what i see now in in sporting, i saw with me in casa pia. he left casa pia and waited nine months for the nextjob that was with braga's reserves, but then things happened quickly. within three months, he was in charge of the first team, and wins against bigger clubs meant sporting saw promise. they paid 10 euros million to bring him back to lisbon. it had been 19 years since they last won the title, but in ruben amorim they had

the coach who brought change. when it comes to sporting, sporting, you have a crisis. and when it comes to us, it's the light, it looks like for us. like a light, like a hope. he made something in our club that we never seen before. he created a great atmosphere. he created a good team spirit. in four years at sporting, he's won the league twice. amorim has been linked with barcelona, bayern munich, liverpool and west ham. but the club who made the deal were manchester united. now, he takes over from erik ten hag. when he joined the club, he was a three—time dutch champion. so how is amorim different to the last coach?

translation: the big question is whether ruben's work - and his system can transfer to the premier league. the premier league or campeonato do mundo. ruben. i think that ruben is so intelligent that i think he will have the necessary skills to adapt and be able to implement his system at manchester united. i think he will have that ability and that manchester united will improve a lot. i believe in that. he put the our team to play to start the system three, four, three, like a system, different system and to put our team to play very well. and when we take this casa pia, we, we put the casa in first the casa pia in first position and we start to, to to understand the ruben is the second special one. ruben amorim is the best coach

i've ever seen in my life. - i love him so much. i'm very sad. but this is the life of football. - i love this man. and now i'm like, lost in husband. i'm sad. very sad. ruben amorim was the main reason for our club to come back from where it was down under, and we were having a rough time, and he was the main beacon of hope for all of us. can i just ask you what you like about the premier league in general? everything. for, ruben amorim the next step is a new league and a new country. at sporting, he's the man who brought the end to a long wait. now at manchester united, the aim is the same. hello there. much of the country saw another cloudy day today, with the best of the sunshine, which was limited across the northeast of scotland. but this upcoming week will remain grey and gloomy thanks to high pressure,

patchy fog and also some drizzle in places. what you will notice by the end of the week, we pick up stronger southerly winds and it will turn milder, and hopefully we should start to see a little bit more sunshine. but the benign weather continues thanks to this area of high pressure, blankets of cloud across the country overnight, some spots of drizzle, some mist and fog, too. where we have clearer skies, though, across the north of scotland, temperatures will drop into the low single digits, and that may also allow some mist and fog patches to form here, too. but where we have the cloud, generally 5—10 degrees. so we start monday morning off on a grey, gloomy note. some early mist and fog should tend to lift into low cloud. again, we could see some sunshine across northern scotland, maybe northern and western wales, but i think the vast majority holding on to the cloud, seeing those temperatures again 12—14 degrees. as we move through monday night, there's little change, we hold on to a lot of cloud. so that blankets in the temperatures — falling much below 6—10 celsius. a few clear spells here and there may allow

temperatures to fall into low single digits, with some mist and fog forming. so as we head into tuesday, then, we've still got our area of high pressure, but some subtle wind changes. we're starting to pick up more of a southerly as low pressure begins to squeeze up against us from the west. so stronger winds, i think, through the irish sea into northern ireland. that may break up the clouds a bit for western wales, perhaps into northern ireland, western scotland, northern scotland could see some sunshine as well, some shelter from the southerly breeze, but i think large parts of southern scotland and most of england will stay rather grey once again — temperatures into the mid—teens. as we push in towards the middle part of the week, winds pick up further across western areas, but we're starting to drag up some warmer airfrom the azores, so that will be noticeable. given any sunshine, we could be into the high teens, so pretty warm for the time of year, but again on wednesday most places will be rather grey and gloomy. but through the afternoon, with that breeze picking up from the south, we could see some sunnier moments across northern and western areas, so 16 or 17 degrees, maybe 18 degrees in the warmest spots, where we have the thickest of the cloud,

generally the mid—teens. little change as we head in towards the end of the week. best of the sunshine across sheltered northern areas. most places staying cloudy.

live from london, this is bbc news. time is running out for kamala harris and donald trump, as they make last—minute appeals to voters in swing states, with two days until the us general election. we'll hear from our correspondents in the states in north carolina and wisconsin. asesina! chants of "murderer, murderer", as spain's monarchs and prime minister visit the flood—ravaged valencia region, where mud is thrown at the king and queen. spain's national weather agency has issued a red weather alert for parts of southern valencia for the next few hours — officials say at least 217 people have died. and here in the uk, police scotland have received

a new allegation of a sexual assault against the former first minister alex salmond, who died suddenly of a heart attack last month. hello, i'm karin giannone. the contest to decide the next president of the united states is into its final 48 hours, with both candidates focused on the seven states seen as vital in determining the outcome. donald trump is holding a rally in north carolina soon and he'sjust been in pennsylvania, listing his promises to potential voters. and i've come today with a message of hope for all americans. with your vote on tuesday i will end inflation, i will stop the invasion of massive numbers of criminals coming into our country — thank you very much, kamala and joe — and i will bring back the american dream and will bring it back strong than ever before.