ahead, first of all the premier league action about to kick off, second against third as manchester united and spurss rashford hearfit to partner romelu lukaku upfront, arriving a few moments ago at old trafford. as for spurs, it is son who has been chosen to replace the injured harry kane, as cheekily suggested by pep guardiola being a one—man team. suggested by pep guardiola being a one-man team. jailing a season, you cannot play well all the time, you cannot play well all the time, you cannot win all the time, not be lucky all the time

ahead, first of all the premier league action about to kick off, second against third as manchester united and spurs that to narrow the gap on leaders manchester city. united fans will be pleased to see striker marcus rashford hearfit to partner romelu lukaku upfront, arriving a few moments ago at old trafford. as for spurs, it is son who has been chosen to replace the injured harry kane, as cheekily suggested by pep guardiola being a one—man team. suggested by pep guardiola being a one-man team. jailing a season, you cannot play well all the time, you cannot play well all the time, you cannot win all the time, not be lucky all the time —— during a season. so to lose again i think is going to happen again. but in terms of the attitude that we didn't like, and knowing the players and knowing how good people they are, yes, i believe that was an isolated case. talking about youth football, when it comes to this, england are the best at it in the world, they are already the under 19 and under 20 world champion and today it's the turn of the under 17 team to com plete turn of the under 17 team to complet

he's set to miss games against manchester united and spurs and both champions group fixtures.last saturday. disappointment for wales. chris coleman said he would not be rushed into a decision about his future. he had previously indicated the campaign would be his last in charge but the preference to return to club football. i cannot say right now about my future because i'm not thinking about it for the i have a dressing room full of devastated players and staff. the nation will be mourning and disappointed. again the elusive world cup has passed us by this time. imagine a world cup without lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo. it will already miss gareth bale. the last of the european world cup qualifiers is tonight, and portugal, the european champions have to win against group b leaders switzerland to avoid the play—offs. cristiano ronaldo's side were favourites to progress automatically, but the swiss have been one of the form sides in qualifying with 9 wins out of 9. so it will take a big performance for ronaldo and his teammates to take them through without going into the

he will miss games against manchester united and spurs, plus both champions league fixtures against maribore last saturday. away from football, there was a good win frawley is better net at the shanghai masters. he beat the italian paolo lorenzi. —— alijaz bedene harsh. kyle edmund was beaten by marin cilic. a year after serving a ban, nick kyrgios could be in more trouble. he retired after losing the first step —— first set tie—break against stevejohnson in an apparent protest at the fish —— at the officiating. he said he had a stomach problem and was heard to say he would quit if he lost the first set. the barbarians are forming their first women's team. the world invitational club has featured the greatest rugby union player from the men's game through the years. players from each of the home nations, as well as france and new zealand, will play against munster at thomond park in their first match next week. that is all the sport for now. you can keep up to date with the goings—on in the world cup qualifiers on the bbc‘s website. thank you. britain's biggest defence contractor, bae syste

and manchester united. swansea beat huddersfield 2—0. spursuth 1—0 and watford are up to fourth after an injury time winner against arsenal. it's as you were at the top of the scottish premiership. celtic are still ahead of aberdeen on goal difference after both won today. there were also away wins for motherwell, bottom club kilmarnock and hearts. it's the opening weekend in rugby union's european champions cup. five british teams were playing today including the english champions exeter who beat the pro 1a leaders glasgow. patrick gearey reports. the champions cup demands much. it is an exhausting competition, but exhilarating. in meetings between great forces, sometimes it is precise angles that count. glasgow warriors picked one here for tommy seymour to score. the warriors are scotland's only representatives in this competition, and are in some form, but eventually buckled under the overbearing exeter chiefs pressure. the chiefs have conquered england, what price europe? this was the first anyone had seen of la rochelle in the champions l

and, in sport, manchester united beat spurs with a late martial strike. one up against west brom. england are currently trailing 2—1 against spain in the teenage world cup. and, lewis hamilton can be crowned champion on sunday if he finishes fifth or better. the first charges have been filed in the investigation into alleged meddling by russia in last year's american presidential election. former head of the fbi, robert mueller, is leading the inquiry. it hasn't been revealed who has been charged, but us media claim at least one person will be taken in to custody on monday. 0ur washington correspondent laura bicker has been giving us the latest. well, first of all, a note of caution, these reports have come from us media. we have had nothing confirmed from the investigation and when it comes to these charges, as you mentioned there, we don't know who has been charged or what they've been charged with, i suspect we will find out monday. remember, after the us presidential election, several intelligence agencies concluded that russia tried to meddle in the

and they did. the squad, as with spurs, it shows that james milner is available and a very good option if required. and fleetingly against manchester united last week. the reasons why this player was bought from arsenal. a starkly as always played pretty well here at wembley. i'm not sure that'll be the case but like spurs, liverpool will go for it. been expecting a good game. in the championship it is the east anglian derby between each switch and norwich. the canaries are one nilup and norwich. the canaries are one nil up after a clinical finish and norwich. the canaries are one nil up after a clinicalfinish here from james madison just before the hour mark. norwich unbeaten in the past seven matches and they are in control. 72 minutes on the clock and it is still one nil to norwich. australia has won the open. the is really a 2—point lead in the multiformat series ahead of the second one—day game on thursday. disappointing. we never want to lose especially against australia, but we did not play well enough and are really good innings saw them over the line. you'll be hard and is known that you underperformed with the bat probably 30 of

football news and liverpool have just won one in their last six. spurs' next match will be away at manchester united lwa ys chances and we scored. yes, it is always as important, not only to play well, if not to get in front of the goal and today both teams in the first half, we showed a great, great performance. we put it on a plate, again and of course we don't do it. it is not about confidence. it's just about being 100% spot—on. you cannot get anything in game like this against tottenham if you are not like this at your best. earlier arsenal climbed up to fifth after thrashing everton 5—2 at goodison park. the defeat increases the pressure on under fire toffee's manager, ronald koeman. everton were also reduced to ten men in the second half. it's a really tough time. the team is not performing well. the position on the table is not the position that everton should be on. i mean everybody knows that but even after today, i see a lot of positives. how difficult it is because it is a negative situation for the team and everything is negative but i'm not like. a tennis and the wimbledon champion con

opener after four minutes and sealed the win in the second half, punishing a poor defensive performance from liverpool, as spurs move level on points with second—placed manchester united but only to play well. to be in front of the goal. and today, both things in the first half, we showed a great performance. the everton manager ronald koeman believes he can turn his side's poor run around, despite overseeing another defeat, this time at the hands of arsenal, a result that leaves his side in the relegation zone. 5—2 it finished at goodison park — mezut ozil grabbing his side's second, one of his side's best. alexis sanchez also on the scoresheet — this, though, everton's fifth league defeat of the season. it isa it is a really tough time, the team is not performing well, the position on the table is not the position that everton should be on. everybody knows that. even after today, i see a lot of positives. how difficult it is. it is a negative situation for the team. and then everything is negative. but i am not like that. motherwell have booked their place in the scottish league cup final for the first time in more than a decade, louis molt with a stunning goal in a

and samoa, the first of those on the 18th. tottenham striker harry kane will miss tomorrow's premier league game at manchester united with a hamstring injury. kane scored twice as spurser mauricio pochettino says he's been diagnosed with a minor hamstring strain. kane the leading premier league goal—scorer this season with eight goals. all eyes on the prinicpality stadium in cardiff this weekend — known for hosting rugby more than boxing. not this weekend, as anthonyjoshua looks to successfully defend his ibf and wba world titles against the stand—in challenger carlos ta kam. the pairfaced off in the welsh capital yesterday. joshua was due to face the bulgarian kubrat pulev, but he had to withdraw, because of injury. it'll be the briton's first contest since defeating wladimir klitschko, at wembley in april. the mind set of a fighter has to be leave that where it was, move on to the next opportunity. if i am living off past wins i might as well give up. because boxing is unforgive, i can't say i won the last one. because boxing is unforgive, i can't say i won the last one. more than 100,000 people are expected to attend the wales rally gb over the weekend. the event

and we will also be talking about manchester united taking on spurs in the premier league. eld this weekend as well, jurgen klopp best mates with huddersfield manager david wagner. they've known each other for 25 yea rs, they've known each other for 25 years, so he always gets asked the question, what is it like playing against your best friend, and this is one of his answers... it is special, but everybody knows when you start playing whichever game, most of the time your opponents are your best friends and you still want to win, so that's the nature of the game. did you send who attacked last weekend when beat manchester united? yeah, probably! . what kind of text was it? that's private! but of course it was very positive, how could it be different? we have got jurgen klopp today, and we've also got asmir begovic on the programme. mark schwarzer has been to see him. a nice piece with claudio ranieri, who's enjoying himself at nantes at the moment. and we've got a nice piece on wolfs, who are top of the championship. until this afternoon! but they're playing really well. an

and david clarke, who are good friends. harry kane will mesh spurs game at manchester united. —— miss the game. have good performances at home. we trust our game. yes, the results, we can say positive at home. i cannot make the la st positive at home. i cannot make the last game bigger than all the other games. but it was the freshest impression and it didn't feel good after the game. we said everything about it. it was not enough. we had to show more in pretty much each department. we should have confidence with the number of goals we scored at everton but we need to be on our highly focused and this is an important game for us. we realise the last few games have difficult everything is. we are focused on what we have to do. caroline garcia is through to last four of the wta finals at the expense of world number one halep. a stunning fightback against caroline wozniacki. pliskova could take the world number one spot from simona halep if she proceeds. roger federer is in a final deciding set up the quarterfinals of the swiss indoors. he lost the first set but fought back to win the second 6—1.

last six league matches while spurs are just 5 off the pace ahead of their next league match which will be away to manchester united on saturday. we were very clinical andived recreate the chance and we score, i think yes always it's important. not only playing well, but to be clinical in front of goal and i think today both these in the first half we showed great performance. we put it on a plate again and of course we don't, it's not about confidence. it's just about being 100% spot on, you cannot get anything in a game like this against tottenham if you are not like this, at your best. earlier, arsenal climbed up to fifth after thrashing everton 5—2 at goodison park. the defeat increases the pressure on under—fire toffees manager ronald koeman — who's team drop into the relegation zone as arsene wenger‘s side move level with chelsea. everton were also reduced to ten men in the second half. what is most important for me today is that we have not won away from home until now and i know it's important to get the first win, if you don't do that it can become a psychological hurdle and we did that ina psychological hurdle and we did that in a convincing w

after great results for spurs, liverpool and manchester city last night, there are three more british clubs in champions league action this evening. manchester unitedsbon where they are up against portuguese title holders benfica. managerjose mourinho was forced to clarify comments he made earlier in the week, in which he claimed he wouldn't end his career at old trafford... if this moment i wanted to finish my career in to, or three years, i would want to finish it at manchester united. i think i am going to be here in thisjob 15 yea rs going to be here in thisjob 15 years minimum, and i think it is impossible to stay 17 years in the same club. premier league champions chelsea take on roma at stamford bridge, knowing that a win would send them five points clear at the top of group c. i know very well italian football, and every team is well organised. and roma is a great team, they have a really good coach, they are working really well for the future. german giants bayern munich await the scottish champions celtic. the two sides are tied on points in second place in group b — and celtic boss brendan rodgers understands the size of the task... we r

and one of the most anticipated fixtures in any season, liverpool playing manchester united. it will start with help pochettino responded to the claim this week from the man city bars that his spurside should be known as the harry kane team. such is the reliance he feels they have on the striker. the two, who also balanced rival clubs in barcelona, don't see eye to eye. i think the situation, thatis eye to eye. i think the situation, that is in effect, does not affect me. the reality was it is very disrespectful for many people. it is difficult to understand because he was part of the big success in barcelona. he was with lionel messi at his best. i would never say it was the lionel messi team. he was supposed to be out for two months but could sergio aguero be backjust two weeks after breaking his red? the manchester city striker, injured in amsterdam, back in full training for a match against stoke tomorrow although pep guardiola says he is not 100%, city are top of the league on goal difference. by the half a play stoke, man united could be above them, just a draw in the match of the weekend at liverpool would do that although they will have to ove 1120 m e that although they

inflicted the second defeat of the season on spurs, ringing them back down to earth after thrashing liverpool last week and keeping united in touch with neighbours manchestern four clear at the top of the table, after securing their eighth successive win by beating west brom, 3—2. eden hazard kept chelsea in the top four, making his boss antonio conte a little more co mforta ble, his boss antonio conte a little more comfortable, with the only goal against bournemouth. jurgen klopp described last week‘s defeat by totte n ha m described last week‘s defeat by tottenham as the worst of the season, but beating his best friend, david wagner‘s huddersfield side 3—0 is making it feel like christmas at anfield, and a big relief. no such i°y anfield, and a big relief. no such joy at selhurst park for west ham united, slaven bilic‘s side were on course for just their third win united, slaven bilic‘s side were on course forjust their third win of the season, until wilfried zaha snatched a point in the 96th minute. despite the heroics, roy hodgson‘s side remain rooted to the bottom of the table. there was a draw for scottish champions celtic with kilmarnock yesterday.

spurs stay third, while united are second. in the day's other matches there were wins for arsenal, chelsea, liverpool and stoke, while league leaders manchester3—2. and in the scottish premiership, rangers are up to third in the table after a 3—1win against hearts, while unbeaten celtic were held to a draw at home to kilmarnock. there were also wins for aberdeen, hamilton, partick thistle and hibernian. lewis hamilton is closing in on a fourth formula 1 world title, but could only secure third place on the grid for tomorrow's mexican grand prix. hamilton will start behind his nearest title rival sebastian vettel, who took pole position in his ferrari with red bull's max verstappen second. hamilton needs to finish fifth or higher to win the championship and become britain's most successful formula 1 driver. wales suffered a record defeat in their opening game of the rugby league world cup to papua new guinea. the hosts ran in 10 tries as they scored 50 points, withjust six in reply. wales now face a struggle to progress from pool c, with only the group winners set to reach the quarterfinals. and don't forget that anthonyjoshua is in the ring a

and the. thank you so much nicole tottenham of peace in liverpool for one in the english premier league it's a win that move spurs level on points with second place manchester united hurricane was tottenham standout performer where made a striker scoring twice and coming up with an assist as well this is their fourth straight when liverpool are down in ninth with only one win in their last six league games and the early kick of arsenal came from aaron to beat everton five two that will listen to the fifth level on points with fourth place chelsea everton no into the relegation zone turning up the pressure on manager ronald koeman who spent over one hundred eighty million dollars on new players during the last transfer window we do too much on the performing the team is in a difficult situation. mentally confidence. are struggling and ok that's what we need to change. i still personally i still believe that i can change the whole situation. and so on really one you don't and that was a good. test of mental test but to keep going we could go for chris and slowly i think. the corey to a whole movement according to for processing. gave a thumb problem said the houston

united 2nd in the league with spurs 3rd. in the day's other matches there were wins for arsenal, chelsea, liverpool and stoke, while league leaders manchesterating west brom 3—2. lewis hamilton from being crowned formula one world champion on sunday, by claiming pole for the mexican grand prix. the ferrari driver claimed the 50th pole of his career byjust 9 hundredths of a second from the red bull of max verstappen. hamilton was almost half a second off vettel‘s ferrari, and will start from third on the grid. but if hamilton finishes fifth or higher, a fourth world title will be his no matter what vettel does. the humanitarian crisis affecting almost 400,000 people in an eastern suburb of damascus has been described by the united nations as an outrage. the area of eastern ghouta is the last part of the syrian capital under siege by the government. there's been an increase in military attacks, and earlier this week, unicef said almost 1,200 children were suffering from malnutrition. 0ur middle east correspondent, lina sinjab, reports from beirut, and a warning — her report contains some distressing images. the main meal of the day. a few spo

goalless draw and defeat, manchester united manager jose mourinho will be hoping a 1—0 win over tottenham will silence his critics. substitute anthony martial‘s late goal inflicted spurs guardiola's side remain four points clear at the top after securing their eighth successive league win by beating west bromwich albion 3—2. edin hazard kept chelsea in the top four and made his boss antonio conte a little bit more comfortable with the only goal against bournemouth. jurgen klopp described last week's defeat by tottenham as the worst of the season. but beating his best friend david wagner's huddersfield side 3—0 is making it feel like christmas at anfield and a big really. no such joy at selhurst park for west ham. slavan bilic‘s side were on course forjust their third win of the season until wilfried zaha snatched a point in the 96th minute. despite the heroics, roy hodgson's side remain rooted to the bottom of the table. nick parrot, bbc news there was a draw for scottish champions celtic with kilmarnock yesterday. but it means they've equalled their own record of going 62 domestic games without being beaten. it allowed second—placed aberdeen, who lost to celtic in mi

and the team. the final is live on bbc two at 3pm this afternoon. before that in the premier league, manchester united play tottenham who are only behind on goal difference. spursbe without hurricane who scored times this season for clu b who scored times this season for club and country. kane has a minor hamstring strain so is not being risked. united are trying to bounce back from last week the's shock defeat to huddersfield. during the season you cannot play well all the time, you can't win all the time. you cannot even be lucky all the time. so to lose again, i think is going to happen again. but in terms of the attitude that we didn't like, and knowing the players and knowing how good people there are, yes, i believe that was an isolated case. now, the world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua now, the world heavyweight champion anthony joshua says now, the world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua says his opponent should be written off when they meet in cardiff this evening. he was calling as late replacement after abel derian boxer withdrew through injury. the heavyweight champion has a great record and will be looking to extend that record in front of a

and there are some injury worries ahead of the weekend. yes, for tottenham especially. harry kane is out of the spurs match against manchester uniteday in. a big rugby league tournament on the other side of the world and not the best of news to come from the first match. disappointing england, they we re match. disappointing england, they were up against the world champions and the co—host australia. they showed this morning why they are the worlds best in melbourne. the 18—4 defeat shouldn't affect englandchances of qualifying. sam burgess forced off with a knee injury which means he'll be out for around 3—4 weeks. he should be back in time for the semifinals. for england, this is about as tough as it gets. australia, like the all blacks, have an air of the unbreakable about them. all: and we will rise as one. england are here trying to deliver a new script and with a new squad they had reason to be optimistic. jermaine mcgillvary seized his moment. commentator: england claim the opening try of this world cup! the hosts were stirred into action. england tried to plug the gaps, but the pressure was building. matt gillett was a powe

and a half pounds. tottenham striker harry kane will miss tomorrow's premier league match with manchester united with a hamstring injury. kane scored twice as spurser mauricio pochettino called it a minor strain, enough though to keep the premier league's leading goal—scorer out as second placed united face third placed spurs. as test captainjoe root prepares for the start of the ashes series without all rounder ben stokes, he insists senior players will behave themselves whilst away on tour. stokes is staying at home — he won't travel out with the squad after an incident outside a bristol nightclub. ido i do not think there is a drinking culture in cricket, in our side. we will address the issue as a side and ensure that situations like this do not happen again. of course, nobody wa nts not happen again. of course, nobody wants that. but we are grown men and we know how to behave and we will make sure that we conduct ourselves well on the tour. it is disappointing that then isn't going to be with us but we are a strong squad and it gives the other guys the opportunity to stand up, put their stamp on test cricket, coming to the team and do someth

manchester united take on tottenham, who are only behind them on goal difference. spurs have won four in a row in the league, but will be without harry kane, who's scored 17 times this season for club andgone top of the championship, at least for this morning, after they beat yorkshire rivals leeds 2—1 in front of 3a,000 at elland road. substitute, david brooks, who's only 20, got the winner they deserved in the last ten minutes, and the blades, who's entire squad is made up of british and irish players, are one point clear of wolves, who play qpr this afternoon. lewis hamilton is aiming to become world champion for a fourth time at the mexican grand prix this weekend. if he finishes fifth or better on sunday, the title is his no matter what happens to his closest rival sebastian vettel. red bull's daniel ricciardo went faster than hamilton in a closely contested second practice last night. vettel was fourth fastest as the ferrari driver clings to his fading title hopes. if vettel is second in the race, hamilton needs only ninth to clinch the championship. if the ferrari driver finishes anywhere else, hamilton takes the crown regardless. how anthonyjoshua are you? for fun, on the bbc w