commentator: roberto firmino is in.erpool take on chelsea in football's super cup in istanbul. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: jofra archer receives his first test cap at lord's despite rain preventing any play on the opening day of the second ashes test. good evening. there are shocking revelations tonight about the scale of plastic pollution, with scientists confirming they've discovered particles in falling snow in the arctic. it's a region long thought to be pristine, but is in fact contaminated by microscopic particles of plastic, carried on the wind from thousands of miles away. researchers have found more than 111,000 microplastics per litre of melted snow, raising questions about the long term implications for wildlife and people living in the far north. our environment analyst, roger harrabin, travelled to the arctic circle, as the research was being carried out, and sent us this special report. the arctic, a place of pristine beauty. smothered with snow, clean and pure. 0r, that's how it appears. but i

sadio mane scored against his former club before roberto firmino made it 2—0.hich let danny ings score to get one back for southampton, but ings squandered the chance to get a second. it was so difficult for us today. we should form the first second that nobody is tired. we came here to win the game, that was the only reason, so we have to fight like crazy. before the game i said, i think that most of the headlines are already written. everybody is prepared. it is like the biggest banana skin in history. elsewhere, arsenal won the day's early game, 2—1, against burnley. aston villa lost their first home game back in the top flight to bournemouth. brighton and west ham drew 1—1. everton had their first win of the season, beating watford 1—0 and promoted norwich beat newcastle 3—1. after barcelona lost the opening la liga match on friday, real madrid began their campaign with a comfortable 3—1win against celta vigo with ten men. as speculation continues over gareth bale's future, he set up karim benzema for madrid's first. mallorca also won. valencia and real soc

and in sport, liverpool extend their perfect start to the premier league title race with roberto firmino

first half to life with a brilliant curling strike into the top corner to make it 1—0, before roberto firmino. now all the talk before this match was on liverpool's goalkeeping crisis — they thought they may have to give their emergency third choice keeper a game today, but adrian, their second choice was passed fit to play. he made an absolute howler though to let southampton back into the match, passing the ball straight to their striker danny ings to score in an empty net. it made for a nervy last few minutes for last year's runners—up. liverpool though did hold on and in given the circumstances, the travelling and the test they had today, this could be an important one. it was so difficult for us today and we showed from the first and second, nobody is tired. we came here to win the game so we have to fight like crazy. before the game, i think most of the headlines are already written and everyone is prepared for it, it looked like the biggest banana skin in history. after 2—0 we didn't give up, we believed in what we were doing and i think finally came back with 1—2 then tried everything

sadio mane scored against his former club before roberto firmino made it 2—0.southampton, but ings squandered the chance to get a second. elsewhere, arsenal won the day's early game 2—1 against burnley. aston villa lost their first home game back in the top flight to bournemouth. brighton and west ham drew 1—1. everton had their first win of the season, beating watford 1—0. and promoted norwich beat newcastle 3—1. four out of five of today's scottish league cup second round games went to extra time. ajames forrest goal in the 114th minute saved celtic‘s blushes against dunfermline — finishing 2—1. lots of goals in the hibs v greenock morton game, it finished 5—3 to hibs. and partick thistle beat ross county 3—2. there was one of the great ashes duels on day four of the second test — steve smith againstjofra archer. the australian batsman was struck twice by the debutant fast bowler. despite that, smith carried his team to a score of 250 all out. that had them just eight runs behind. england then struggled to 96—4 — a lead of 104 by the close of play, and the dr

the sengegalese forward struck again with a billiant effort, firing in roberto firmino's cutback, toe shoot—out, after mo salah scored liverpool's fifth, tammy abraham saw his effort saved by adrian. jurgen klopp claimed his first piece of silverware of the season. the first day of the second ashes test between england and australia was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of heavy rain at lord's.this was the scene for most of the day — rain pouring, covers on — various announcements about inspections. a break in the weather did allow a 3.30 start to be scheduled, only for further rain to intervene. there's been no toss and the teams have not been named however, fast bowler jofra archer was presented with his england cap in the afternoon which confirms that he will make his test debut. at his request, the presentation was made by chrisjordan, his sussex team—mate. like archer, jordan was born in barbados. australia chosejosh hazelwood over mitchell starc to replace the rested james pattinson. coach justin langer says it was based on conditions but that he was undecided as to

sadio mane scored against his former club before roberto firmino made it 2—0. ings squandered the chance to get a second. elsewhere, arsenal won the day's early game, 2—1, against burnley. aston villa lost their first home game back in the top flight to bournemouth. brighton and west ham drew 1—1. everton had their first win of the season beating watford 1—0 and promoted norwich beat newcastle 3—1. four out of five of today's scottish league cup second round games went to extra time. ajames forrest goal in the 114th minute saved celtic‘s blushes against dunfermline, finishing 2—1. lots of goals in the hibs vs greenock morton game. it finished 5—3 to hibs. and partick thistle beat ross county 3—2. cricket and steve smith made the headlines again on day four of the second ashes test, but not only because of another impressive batting performance. resuming on 13, he soon reached his 50, aiming to become the first batsman to score four successive ashes hundreds in england. but smith was forced off the field of play after being struck by two jofra archer deliveries.

the records kept coming for liverpool, roberto firmino becoming the first resume to score 50 premier have they are to stay ahead of manchester city, they will surely need directors to keep coming. elsewhere, chelsea squandered a two goal lead to draw with sheffield united, crystal palace beat aston villa, manchester city eased to a 4—0 win over brighton, leicester won 3—1 at home to bournemouth, newcastle and watford shared the points in 1—1 draw — watford's first point of the season — and west ham beat norwich 2—0. it's rangers vs celtic in the old firm derby tomorrow, but everyone else in the scottish premiership played today. livingston continue their unbeaten start to the season with a 2—1win at home to st mirren. aberdeen won 3—0 at home to ross county, hearts and hamilton drew 2 all, motherwell were 3—0 winners over hibs, and kilmarnock won by a single goal at stjohnstone there has been some terrible news coming out of belgium this evening, the death of the 22—year—old french driver, anthoine hubert, after a horrific crash in today's formula 2 race in spa. it happened on the se

roberto firmino has been winning the copa america with brazil.le bits of silverware that liverpool can win this season. but traditionally the community shield hasn't ever been a big dealfor side. nobody told klopp as he takes liverpool into this game for the first time since 2006. it's a guinea pig and city. it's a good test against teams which are there. —— we have to make sure that we defend in a pretty good way because if you don't know well —— defend well against city, you could get a problem and that is not ideal. for city, how'd you build last season? they did the domestic treble. league, league cup and fa cup. champions league will probably be the top priority though for pep guardiola who is going to treat this game seriously first. we won almost every trophy. that was quite remarkable. we have done not enough to have our players in the best place in europe but it is quite good. of course we know that we are much better than the first season. in the preseason they what you want to do, so it is easy for ourjob. whilst the players have had a

sadio mane and roberto firmino put them 2—nil up with 20 minutes left to play, before a howlerfrom adrianol goal made things interesting. he hit the ball straight to danny ings, who scored against his former side and saints were unlucky not to get an equaliser late on. arsenal are the other side with 2 wins from 2, the first time they've done that at the start of the season for 10 years. pierre emerick aubameyang scored their winner against burnley. 2—1 there, as well. newly promoted norwich city have their first win, teemu pukki scored 29 goals in the championship last season and he scored a brilliant hatrick against newcastle at carrow road in their 3—1 win. there were also wins for bournemouth and everton, draw between brighton and west ham. there were five league cup ties in scotland, places in the quarterfinals at stake, four of the games went to extra time. one of them was at celtic park, where james forrest scored the winner against championship side dunfirmline — 2—1 there. livingstone, hibs, kilmarnock and partick thistle also through to the quarterfinals. two more ties this afte

liverpool top of the table after a 2—1win at southampton, sadio mane and roberto firmino putting theman minute left to play before a bit of a howlerfrom adrian in minute left to play before a bit of a howler from adrian in the liverpool goal made things interesting. danny ings pulling one back. arsenal made it two wins out of two, and there were victories for everton, norwich and bournemouth. two more ties today in the scottish league cup, places in the quarterfinals at stake. james forrest scored the winner for celtic against championship side dunfermline. a lot of matches went to extra time. now, some terribly sad news in rugby league. but she bulldogs archie bruce has died. the 20—year—old made his debut yesterday against toulouse, came on as a replacement. he was found dead in his hotel room in france this morning. the club say they are deeply saddened, and they are supporting his family. the french authorities are investigating the possible cause of death. we will have more on that story as we have it. wales are top of the rugby union world rankings for the first time after they

sadio mane and roberto firmino put them 2—0 up with 20 minutes left to play before a howler from adrian unlucky not to get an equaliser late on. arsenal are the other side with two wins from two, the first time they've done that at the start of the season for 10 years. pierre emerick aubameyang scored their winner against burnley. 2—1 there as well. newly promoted norwich city have their first win, teemu pukki scored 29 goals in the championship last season and he scored a brilliant hatrick against newcastle at carrow road in their 3—1 win. there were five league cup ties in scotland, places in the quarterfinals at stake. four of the games went to extra time. one of them was at celtic park where james forrest scored the winner against championship side dunfermline — 2—1 there. livingstone, hibs, kilmarnock and partick thistle also through to the quarterfinals. two more ties this afternoon. wales are top of the rugby union world rankings for the first time after they beat england in cardiff in the second of their world cup warm—ups. the only try of the match came in the first half, georg

sadio mane scored against his former club before roberto firmino made it 2—0.us today and we showed from the first second that nobody is tired. we only came to win the game so you have to fight like crazy. we thought the game and i think most of the headlines are already, and everyone is prepared. it looks like the biggest banana skin in history. norwich city have had their first win of this premier league campaign, a 3—1win over newcastle and thanks to a teemu pukki hat trick. it was norwich‘s first game at carrow road since returning to the top flight. newcastle have lost their opening two league games under new manager, steve bruce bournemouth beat aston villa 2—1. an earlyjoshua king penalty gave them the lead, and harry wilson scored on his bournemouth debut to make it 2—0 as all three points went to eddie howe's side confirmation of the day's results so far, brighton and west ham drew1—1. everton had their first win of the season beating watford 1—0, the late kick off sees premier league champions, manchester city hosting spurs. it kicked off six minutes

sadio mane and roberto firmino put them 2—0 up with 20 minutes left this is a really disappointing mistakend that'll make you nervous. you want the confidence of the players. late on in the game i do not know why he is taking address, getting a little overconfident probably. arsenal with two goals from t. i was covering the game and burnley put them under a lot of pressure. one of the players, you know the score record that they have. it was a good when, but not over convincing for arsenal. norbert, a fantastic hat check from one of their players. he scored 29 times in the championship. this is an incredible goal, isn't it? he said he always felt like you can score goals in the premier league, but he said in the second game if he had got a hat—trick, even he is quite shocked. i love the style of football, they come up against liverpool, but a good return of goals already for him. there were five league cup ties in scotland, places in the quarterfinals at stake, four of the games went to extra time one of them was at celtic park, where james forrest scored the winner against championship si