and mark cavendish says he was too old for the last three years of his career. the former world champion speaks about his retirement from professional cycling. hello there. with so many players dropping out of england's squad ahead of their match against greece, there was a concern that the scoreline would be affected — that was not the case. england comfortably beat greece 3—0 with a goal from curtisjones on his debut. it leaves england top of their nations league group. andy swiss is in athens for us.

well, after england's buildup to this match had been affected by nine players pulling out, this was really some performance. surprisingly, they left captain harry kane out of the starting lineup, but the man who took his place certainly made his mark. ollie watkins putting england ahead with a neat finish. but greece, remember, beat england at wembley last month and they soon posed some problems. costa simic has had a shot brilliantly saved byjordan brilliantly saved by jordan pickford brilliantly saved byjordan pickford as england led 1—0 at the break. but after the break england really took control. they scored their second when a shot from jude bellingham hit the post and then hit the unfortunate reese goal keeper before ending up in the back of the net —— greece. the bus was saved for last, curtisjones on his debut, a fantastic back heel to complete a 3—0 win for england and it means that despite all their issues with play withdrawals in the build—up to this much they are

now top of the nations league group going into theirfinal group going into theirfinal group game against the republic of ireland on sunday. i group game against the republic of ireland on sunday.— of ireland on sunday. i said ecuali of ireland on sunday. i said equality that _ of ireland on sunday. i said equality that the _ of ireland on sunday. i said equality that the players i of ireland on sunday. i said i equality that the players have got. you will now see it in terms of the younger ones that they are more than capable with they are more than capable with the mentality and the capability they have got to play in stages like tonight, i thought a lot of the players, especially the younger ones, all of the players, to be fair, played with such quality tonight. to the other matches tonight, where france and israel played out a goalless draw. ireland beat finland i—o, evan ferguson with the goal. belgium were beaten 1—0 by italy. newcastle's sandro tonali with his first goal for his country. all the stories on the bbc sport website. scotland are in action on friday night, desperate to stay in the top tier of the nations league, but they are bottom of their group with just one point from four games and could be relegated if they slip up at

hampden against croatia. for us, the only thing that is missing is in terms of absolutely putting the ball into the back of the net and getting this crucial wins we have had. for us it is not a panic, we want to keep performing the way we are doing and the results will follow, in my opinion. the manager and the coaching staff are firmly the ones who we trust and who we wanted to put us in the right direction going forward. there's a slim chance that northern ireland could be promoted from the third tier on friday night if they beat belarus in belfast and if bulgaria drop points in luxembourg. if that all happens, then they'll be sure of finishing top of their group with a game to spare. there good competition. i think thatis there good competition. i think that is a real positive. i think young players into the team have done extremely well. there are more young players around and there are some players still who are maybe not youngin players still who are maybe not young in years but they are still relatively inexperienced at international level and they

are coming in wanting to make an impact as welland are coming in wanting to make an impact as well and that's healthy. we still have players who have been around camino, josh mcguinness, joyce sable, paddy mcnair, obviously missing. there are still those players who have been around this good for a number of years as well. staying with northern ireland. golf, and rory mcilroy holds a share of the lead on 5—under par after the first round of the season—ending dp world tour championship in dubai, alongside tyrrell hatton. a top ten finish will guarantee mcilroy wins the year—long points race. thriston lawrence, the south african who is second in the race to dubai standings behind mcilroy, is the only player who can catch the northern irishman. now to tennis. jannik sinner finished off a perfect group stage at the atp finals with a straight sets win over daniil medvedev, which knocked out his russian rival. world number one sinner had already qualified

for the semifinals, thanks to alex de minaur beating taylor fritz earlier in the day. victory means sinner tops the group, heading into the semifinals with a perfect three wins from three. so, taylor fritz is also through to the last four after a three—set victory over alex de minaur in his final group game. that means seventh seed de minaur goes home without winning a single match in on his tournament debut. former manchester united and uruguay striker diego forlan, who's now a5, has played his first professional tennis match. he lost in the first round of the doubles on home soil in the uruguay open. his partner was argentinian federico coria, but they lost 6—1, 6—2 to the bolivian pair boris arias and federico zeballos on the challenger tour. forlan says he was grateful for the opportunity, but will now focus on tournaments for the over—45s. to rugby union now, and new zealand coach scott robertson says his side

can't wait to face this man — antoine dupont — as they prepare to play france in their autumn international on saturday. robertson has already named his side for the match at the stade de france. beauden barrett and codie taylor will make their return to action in the line—up and ardie savea will replace sam cane in the all blacks number seven jersey. he's looking forward to meeting the legendary frenchman too. we understand the threat he poses and how he is big for the french team, so hopefully with our defence and whatnot will have strategies to nullify that. but, you know, if we don't shut up physically against the big french park we will allow antoine dupont to run the show. hopefully we can nullify that but also understand and respect the clasie has. some guys you just

can't stop, but we will try our best. after his retirement from professional cycling, mark cavendish has been reflecting on his career. he's been world champion on the road and the track and also won olympic silver, but it's his record in grand tours that sets him apart. this summer he broke the tour de france record for stage wins with his 35th victory and he signed off from the sport last sunday at the age of 39, winning a one—day race in singapore. i love cycling. at the end of the day i'm lucky, i'm very fortunate i've got to do what i love as a job and every day i was, of course, something you take that for granted and you forget the love you have when it becomes a job, but ultimately i appreciate today got do what i love. so that makes it easy to get out and do a job, you know. yeah, but cycling is a difficult sport.

it does consume you. that makes me no different to any of my competitors, really. everything you have you put into your sport if you want to be the best. they have been too old for the last three years. i'm so much older than anybody who is competing in cycling. so i'm very fortunate i could carry on to my age, to be honest. there are people i'd turned pro with and race with and they retired and race with and they retired and their sons started and they have retired before i have. i think it's better than i could have planned it. i'm very, very fortunate. the majority of athletes will never get to go out on an absolute fairytale ending. you could maybe win, but really go out with having completed everything you could possibly do and especially with, you know, to do it with the goal you are able to do and succeed and finish, i couldn't have wished it any better.

mark cavendish proving that age is just a number. mark cavendish proving that age isjust a number. here is more proof. boxing, and the former world heavyweight champion mike tyson will face jake paul on friday. the 58—year—old boxing legend hasn't fought professionally in 19 years. in the final press conference before their weigh—in, youtuber turned fighter jake paul dominated the microphone as tyson uttered very few words. the fear of losing is to march fighting than dying. what would you lose if you lose this fight? thank you.- you lose if you lose this fight? thank you. you lose if you lose this fiuht? thank ou. ., ., fight? thank you. i'm not going to lose. cheering. _ to lose. cheering. but you _ to lose. cheering. but you say - to lose. cheering. but you say that i to lose. cheering. but you say that in | to lose. cheering. i but you say that in the to lose. cheering. - but you say that in the last minute of the second... i am not going _ minute of the second... i am not going to _ minute of the second... i am not going to lose. _ minute of the second... i am not going to lose. did - minute of the second... i am not going to lose. did you i minute of the second... i am l not going to lose. did you hear what _ not going to lose. did you hear what i — not going to lose. did you hear what i said?! and the eagerly awaited rematch between katie taylor and amanda serrano is the co—main event. they go head to head for the undisputed super

lightweight title. in 2022, the pairfought at a sold—out madison square garden, becoming the first women's fighters to headline at the famous venue. taylor came out on top and went on to win the fight by split decision. she aims to repeat that on friday night. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app orfrom our website, including all the news from west indies latest t20 international against england in st lucia — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. once again, morning fog could be an issue for some but the weather story is on the change as we head into the weekend. rain will arrive, and that is going to help lift some of that fog. but once the rain clears, it will also introduce something noticeably colder. the winds will be a feature

with widespread frosts likely and an increasing risk of some of those showers turning wintry. more details on that injust a moment. but for the here and now, we're still under this influence of high pressure. there is a weather front pushing into the northwest that's introduced more of a breeze, so fog—free here and a little milder. but further south across england and wales, one or two spots, low single figures, some of that fog dense in places. that will lift and that's where we'll likely see the best of the sunshine as we go through the day on friday. some drizzly rain into north wales and northwest england. more substantial rain starting to gradually push into the far northwest of scotland. scotland and northern ireland see temperatures peaking at 13 celsius. further south, a little bit cooler, but that's where we've got the sunshine. now, that cold front will continue to push its way steadily southwards, introducing colder air behind,

so underneath that blanket of cloud will keep double digits first thing on saturday morning. colder to the north of it and still clear skies and colder to the south. but eventually, that frontal system, although not that much in the way of substantial rain, will gradually drift its way south into wales, down into the midlands. behind it, sunny spells and a few brisk showers being driven along by that brisk northwesterly wind. eight or nine degrees here, 10—13 elsewhere. now, as we move out of saturday into sunday and monday, that's when we're likely to see the change. the colder air kicks in and on top of that, we've got weather fronts trying to squeeze in from the atlantic, so that cold air will push all the way steadily south. the fronts could give us a few headaches in terms of how much rain, sleet and snow we're going to see but one thing's for certain — we could have widespread frosts into next week under those clearer skies. but let's take a look at the forecast as we go through sunday and monday. sunday sees the rain clearing. somewhat colder conditions with the risk of some rain, sleet and snow for some.

live from singapore, this is bbc news. us president—elect donald trump chooses robert f kenneder, a noted vaccine sceptic to lead the country's department of health. a un special committee says israel's warfare in gaza is "consistent with genocide".

welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. we start in the us where president—elect donald trump has announced a new major cabinet nomination and it's a pick that's already courting controvery. mr trump selected his former rival — robert f kenneder, who's well known for his vaccine sceptical views to lead the department of health and human services. mr trump made the announcement on his truth social platform, saying mr kennedy will restore agencies to the traditions of gold standard scientific research, and beacons of transparency, to end the chronic disease epidemic, and to make america great and healthy again! and speaking in the last few minutes he had more praise for his former opponent. another one who's another great mind and a great guy and so popular and i think he's

right, he wants to make people