first minister alex salmond, who died suddenly of a heart attack last month. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. ruud's denied victory against chelsea — as his manchester united side draw at old trafford. relief for phillipe clemente — his rangers side come back to secure their spot in the league cup final. and 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 united's draw today — we find out more

about the man who will arrive in just over a week — new head coach — ruben amorim hello there — and welcome along to the programme. 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 interim boss ruud van nistelrooy�*s first premier league game this afternoon at old trafford — and his side were denied a win by chelsea after a fine equaliser from moises caicedo. reginaldo rosario was watching. after a turbulent week, a sense of clarity at old trafford. ruud van nistelrooy remaining at the helm for now, basking in the moment for three more games.

manchester united put fivepast leicester 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 deliver more? it took more than one hour, but they gave finally sparked into life. stepped the captain, bruno fernandes with no mistake, the goal is celebrated 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 flashing over, a result that reflects where the sides currently are. reginaldo rosario, bbc news it's an emotional roller coaster between monday and today, it has been almost a

full week where so many things happened, and my task was to study the ship and to get results coming, but i think the players reacted very good on wednesday and also today, and something to build on for the next two games. we knew it was a difficult game for many— we knew it was a difficult game for many reasons. we did the most — for many reasons. we did the most difficult thing, that when you go— most difficult thing, that when you go down in the stadium, always— you go down in the stadium, always tough to come back. we scored — always tough to come back. we scored and came back, and after the goal. — scored and came back, and after the goal, probably, we try to win, _ the goal, probably, we try to win, probably exposed ourselves too much, — win, probably exposed ourselves too much, conceding too many chances. — too much, conceding too many chances, but overall, we are happy— chances, but overall, we are happy because we knew how difficult _ happy because we knew how difficult the scheme was. 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 in the huddle, which tottenham will turn up? in the last week, that didn't manchester city in the last week, they beat 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 front, but this would be a match that would all change at the break, through brennanjohnson, spurs were level, a goal created by the cross. at the start of this match, they were tenth in a table, now, they hope, it is lift 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. disappointing game at crystal palace but two big tests of aston villa 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. 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 their poor form 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 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. made it 1—1 on 82 minutes. elsewhere, wins for tottenham and liverpool — who held off aston villa. and chelsea have won four out

of four — and could go second with a win at everton. it's half—time on merseyside, and chelsea are running riot — they lead 3—0. 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 held his nerve to take the win in style — for his first main race victory since barcelona in june. 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. while lance stroll didn't even manage the formation lap. consequence — aborted start confusion. some cars moved, others didn't. investigations began eventually. well, they all started properly. it's lights out and away we go. norris lost ground straightaway. see his orange mclaren

and george russell going past him into the early lead. rain which had disrupted verstappen's qualifying was gentle for a while. here comes verstappen. he moved rapidly. rain got serious. norris soon changed tyres. bad timing. red flag came and everyone else did. can you see what's happening? well, the race was suspended. norris reflected. verstappen had made so much progress on the resumption, this move meant he led while norris slid further back. well, for the red bull team, it was a dream. verstappen completed a win that had seemed impossible. that 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 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 six frames to three 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." earlier, i spoke to our rugby union correspondent chrisjones, who told me the news wasn't too much of a shock. nnot a surprise, age 3a, 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 haka, always a colourful character, marler and despite the

controversies over the air, controversies over the years, 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 row players, almost a century of caps, perhaps unlucky not to be a test lion, so he can reflect on the job extremely well done. even though he was not playing against the all blacks yesterday, that agonising defeat for england, you wonder if you've he had been on the pitch on the end we have been to lock up that scrum and give george floyd scrum and give george the perfect platform, but as you said to my sadness that this is overjoe marler, and pride, a wonderful career, one of england's best to do it in the front row. 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. alexander zverev won his first paris masters title after a straight sets win against home favourite ugo humbert. the german won 6—2, 6—2 to claim the seventh atp 1000 event of his career. he now moves up to second in the world rankings new zealand sealed a historic 3—0 series clean sweep over india with a thrilling win on day three of the third and final test in mumbai. chasing 147 to win, india were reduced at one stage to 29 for five, ajaz patel taking three top order wickets to leave india teetering // but rishabh pant stage to 29—5, ajaz patel taking three top order wickets to leave india teetering, but rishabh pant dragged india back into the game, his half—century keeping things interesting. but once pant went on the stroke of lunch, the end came swiftly, india bowled out for 126, new zealand winning by 25 runs to complete a remarkable series, having not won a test in india for 36 years beforehand. it has been a massive achievement. after the first run, it was pretty special.

the second one to win the series was more special. we spoke about coming here and trying to adapt as much as we can. to be in this position, 3—0 in the series. i will never forget it. 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 a 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, 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 russiano. 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 1a 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 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 ten 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. 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 our team to play to start the system 3—4—3, like a system, different system and to put our team to play very well. and when we take this casa pia, we put the casa pia in first position and we start 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 an 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. thank you. 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 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. i'm carl nasman in the swing state of wisconsin, where politics and football are taking the stage ahead of election day. chants of "murderer, murderer". king felipe of spain says he understands the anger and frustration of the people in flood—ravaged valencia after protesters threw mud at the monarch. 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 in gaza, health officials say fresh air strikes have killed 31 people at least. the un children agency condemned the killing of 50 children in the killing of 50 children in the past 48 hours in the territory. i'm karin giannone. donald trump and kamala harris are blitzing through several swing states today, with just two days to go before america decides its next president. trump is promising a new "golden age" for the us in pennsylvania, as harris urges voters to turn the page on "hate and division" at a church service in michigan. 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.