they travelled for 27 hours to reach kashima.se early on, weariness soon showed. s took the lead through this finish from silva, the first of two brazilians to make sure tianjin quanjin‘s travels were in vain. in the quanjin's travels were in vain. in the second half the team took control and serginho fired in the second, putting them in control for the second leg, at which takes place in china in three weeks time, where kashima hope their champions league journey won't hit any snags. meanwhile, almoez ali's 15th minute header gave al duhail a 1—0 victory over persepolis in the first leg of their afc champions league quarter—final. so al duhail have a slim lead into the return leg on the 17th of september in iran. following back to back defeats in the premier league, manchester united find themselves six points adrift of the leaders and experiencing their worst start to a season for over 25 years. tuesday's newspaper headlines in england did not make good reading for the manchester united boss. "mourinho on the brink," declared o

kashima antlers score a stunner in the asian champions league as their opponents pay the price for ated states is shown a red card by the fifa president. thanks forjoining us. let's start with the tennis. aiming for his 14th grand slam title, novak djokovic eventually dealth with the extreme heat and humidity in new york to see off hungary's marton fuchovic in four sets. the two—time champion looked needed the trainer to give him tablets for sickness at one stage, but after losing the second set he won the next two 6—4, 6—0 to make it through in four sets. elsewhere, former champion marin cilic also reached the next

japan's kashima antlers took a big step towards the last four of the asian champions league with a 2—ght on the way to the match, because of traffic, and travelled for 27 hours in the end just to make it. but they fell behind to leo silva's goal before another brazilian, serginho, made it 2—0 with this long—range strike. the second leg is in tianjin in three weeks' time. the nba regular season doesn't get underway until mid—0ctober, which is good news for those who need to get some more practice in. this is san antonio spurs player marco belinelli shooting some hoops. the italian won an nba championship back in 2014, so you would expect him to sink a few. and sink a few he does — nine in a row at one stage from him. but there were some misses in there, showing there is still some work to do to get ten in a row. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport team, that's your wednesday sport briefing. goodbye. times square in new york was abuzz when police had to shut down a busy street because of bees swarm