we can see gareth bale futures for totte n ha m , we can see gareth bale futures for tottenham, what'ses under way so far, john. we're going to start with tottenham first. totte n ha m tottenham have not had the best of 5ta rt5. tottenham have not had the best of 5tarts. gareth bale coming in over the summer from real madrid. 5tarts. gareth bale coming in over the summerfrom real madrid. he 5ta rt5 the summerfrom real madrid. he starts again tonight in the europa league. tottenham are away in belgium against royal antwerp, and they are 1—0 down at half—time. it's obvious he not have been a great start for spear5, 1—0 down, and a mistake from the spurs defence, i moreno did not look happy after that one. sticking with the premier league, leicester city fc are involved in another game that's happening right now, they are away in greece against adk athens. but a* are top of the group and well on their way —— lester magic. jamie vardy for le5ter. they went 2—0 up through hamza chowdhury a5 vardy for le5ter. they went 2—0 up through hamza chowdhury as well. one of the game going on right no

gareth bale was the talk of the town — ahead of tottenham's premier league encounter with rivals westlong awaited return to the spurs side off the bench. the hammers had other ideas though — launching an incredible comeback — with drama right through to the final seconds. adam wild reports. the surroundings may have changed, the reception perhaps a little quieter than he dreams of, but this was gareth bale making himself at home once more. the substitute‘s bench a tonne i'm not quite the plan, but when his new team—mates are playing like this even he could only sit back and marvel. against west ham, it took under a minute for the opening goal to be scored. just moments later, spurs were at it again. tone and making things look very easy. just over a quarter of an hour in, they had a third. and that is the way it stayed until, with the game seemingly one, spas chose

football clubs like to carefully choreograph the arrival of new signings, especially if they are gareth bale when they were safely 3—0 up, they sent him on as a sub against west ham. they drew 3—3. boss underlines that although they had brought bale back, they hadn't turned the clock back. with such a gap of time, we are speaking about seven years, we are not speaking about seven months. seven years, the players, they change. it is not about changing for better or for worse, it isjust change. from a big name in to a less familiar one, as of last summer... the last time they played in the equivalent of this competition was 20 years ago and they were knocked out in the first round. at least in the group stage, this evening will definitely be better than that. patrick gearey, bbc news. so you're up to date with the action this evening — lets take a look at some of the other football headlines. wales women are leading the faroe islands 4—0 in their latest qualifier for the european championships next year. they lost to norway last month so a win here would keep their hopes alive. glasgow city wi

gareth bale was the talk of the town — ahead of tottenham's premier league encounter with rivals westam. and with spurs 3—0 up and cruising at half—time, the stage was set for bale‘s long awaited return to the spurs side off the bench. the hammers had other ideas though — launching an incredible comeback — with drama right through to the final seconds. adam wild reports. the surroundings may have changed, the reception perhaps a little quieter than he dreams of, but this was gareth bale making himself at home once more. the substitute‘s bench a tonne i'm not quite the plan, but when his new team—mates are playing like this even he could only sit back and marvel. against west ham, it took under a minute for the opening goal to be scored. just moments later, spurs were at it again. tone and making things look very easy. just over a quarter of an hour in, they had a third. and that is the way it stayed until, with the game seemingly one, spas chose their moment. his introduction certainly did that. instead of spurring totte n ha m did that. instead of spurring tottenham on, it was west h

all the talk centred on this man — gareth bale — ahead of tottenham's game against west ham. were 3—0 up at half time — and cruising. it seemed the perfect point to make his long awaited second appearance in a spurs shirt off the bench. the hammers had other ideas, though — launching an incredible comeback. as adam wild reports. the surroundings may have changed. the surroundings may have changed. the reception, perhaps, a little bit quieter then he trained. but this is him making himself home once more. the substitutes bench at tottenham not quite the plan, but when his new team—mates are playing like this even he could only sit back and marvel. against west ham, it took under a minute to score the opening goal. partnership with harry kane has lit up the season. i was later, spurs were at it again. 2—0. totte n ha m spurs were at it again. 2—0. tottenham are making things look very easy indeed. just over a quarter in, they had a third again. totte n ha m quarter in, they had a third again. tottenham are feeling that something special is building. with the game seemingly won,

gareth bale has not recovered from the injury he was on welsh duty.e hopeful of having him back on sunday and the next against bulgaria. joe allen has been out since march before lockdown and wilson broke his arm in the weekend there without key players, but they wa nt to there without key players, but they want to go into this when bringing passion and gareth southgate hopes that even though it is a experimental sign facing weston, he expects wales to bring passion. england in the under 19 match was called after noon at saint georges park, what do we know about that? england are playing scotland at saint georges in a friendly. they we re saint georges in a friendly. they were 3—1 up at half when they learned of a positive test result of one of scotland's backroom staff and the game was subsequently abandoned there are plenty of reports flying around but all we have had in terms of conversation —— confirmation is an fa statement saying that the match was abandoned as a precaution in line with covid protocol. we will have more news and bring it to you.

is how rodon was greeted on arrival at the spurs training ground by his fellow players including gareth bale here that can't demand security gate. send him back, send him back. there was one match in the championship tonight in which watford beat derby i—o at pride park. goal—less for most of the game, the 19—year—old brazilianjoao pedro scored a brilliant winner for watford in the 76th minute, bending the ball past the derby keeper. watford are up to fifth but struggling derby stay 20th in the table. the premier league and the scottish premiership gets back to action this weekend after the international break with two much anticipated lunchtime derbies tomorrow — the old firm in glasgow kicks off at 12.30 whilst at the same time on merseyside — champions liverpool take on everton who are top of the table with four wins from four. and everton's perfect start is no surprise tojurgen klopp who appreciates the work that carlo ancelotti is doing at goodison. carlo is a sensational manager and so it's clear when he has the time to build something that he will do that and have the resources to bui

gareth bale starts for spurs and carlos makes his debut.u before we go. national league side notts county have withdrawn from the fa cup after an outbreak of coronavirus in their squad. we are hearing six players tested positive last week, so the tea m tested positive last week, so the team they were supposed to face in the fourth qualifying round, they will go through and go into the first round proper, that is the breaking news, the national league side have withdrawn from the fa cup. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. good evening, you're watching bbc news. as we've been hearing the chancellor rishi sunak has set out fresh support for workers in parts of england that are under tier 2 restrictions — that's the high alert level. he said thejob support scheme would pay out more than originally planned, where companies are not legally required to close. he said he would double the taxpayer subsidy for some employers. employers will now have to pay for a minimum of 20% of a worker's wages. that's down from 55%.

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w've seen gareth bale back in a tottenham shirt today.ed on loan last month. he started on the bench against west ham. spurs scored inside the first minute thanks to heung—min son, harry kane has also scored twice, they lead 3—0 in the second half. aston villa face leicester later. arsenal's vivianne miedema has become the women's super league record goal—scorer the netherlands international scored a hatrick international scored a hat—trick to take her up to 52 for arsenal. they thrashed tottenham 6—1 to maintain their perfect start to the season and stay top of the table. british cyclist tao geoghegan hart has won stage 15 at the giro d'italia. it was a fifth stage victory for his ineos grenadiers team and he is now up to fourth, almost three minutes behind the portuguesejoao almeida who retained the leader's pink jersey. rugby union now and new zealand have edged ahead in their bledisloe cup series against australia at a packed eden park stadium. after last week's draw, the all blacks overpowered the wallabies 27—7 thanks in part to cal

opposition activists protest against alleged human rights violations in the prisons of nicaragua and gareth bale make his 1st start since returning to spurs the latest in the europa league is coming up in the sport . on to one of the other big stories of the day something praised as historic but still received by many with caution this is libya's warring sides agreeing to what the united nations is calling a permanent ceasefire it was signed in geneva after nearly a decade of conflict triggered by the downfall of longtime leader moammar gadhafi the support for mohammed junction. after 5 days of un hosted talks a historic breakthrough libya's warring factions signing a national cease fire today is a good day for the libyan people. at 11 15 am this morning here in the u.n. headquarters in geneva. the 2 libyan delegations to the 5 plus 5 joint military commission talks signed a complete countrywide and permanent cease fire agreement with immediate effect. under the terms all foreign fighters are required to leave libya within 3 months and a new joint police force will start patrolling disputed area

mourinho though is backing gareth bale all the way. the facts. i would love to have, i would love to have his reputation and for the champions league. i have only two. the vuelta a espana continues on thursday with a 157.7km stage 9 from castrillo del val, a couple of hundred kilometres north of madrid to aguilar de campoo. ecuador‘s richard cara paz of ineos grenadiers, retains the leader's red jersey but his lead has been cut to 13 seconds. it was primoz roglic who took stage 8 for his second victory of this year's race after winning the opening stage just over a week ago. here's a little clip thats been doing the rounds on social media. with one of his biggest fights coming up on saturday against dereck chisora, how would you think oleksandr usyk has been spending his prep time? dancing to bonnie taylor of course. # i needa # i need a hero! questionable moves there from the big guy. think he boxes slightly better than he dances, not that i'd ever say that to his face. anyway, you can get all the latest sports news at our website — t

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gareth bale makes his 1st start since returning to spurs the latest for the europa league coming up in schools. the u.s. says that it's received credible information about potential attacks and kidnappings targeting americans in turkey the embassy says the risk include the us consulate general as well as other foreign nationals it's temporarily suspended all services but it's locations in the country until the u.s. citizens to exercise caution in places frequented by foreign this spain's prime minister says his nation may have 3000000 coronavirus cases that's 3 times higher than the country's official total european governments are reimposing lockdowns greece trick sions try to contain rapidly rising infections russia slovakia and poland have all seen a record single day rise in the number of infections on friday french scientists say that could 19 is spreading fast i know that at the peak of the 1st wave in march let's go live now to roger simmons who's in european news center in london so how did they calculate this 3000000 figure and drew in spain and tell us more about those warnin

and nobody is talking about it, because everybody is talking about the fact that gareth bale is comingbigger picture. starting to get people coming in. starting to fill up a little bit. i got a buzz on me nowjust watching them warming up. and seeing people and seeing what is going on. i think once we kick off and you can get behind the team, that is when football is back for me. does it feel like your team yet? it does because it's representing the town and it's the people. i have known chris for 15 or 16 years. it's nice seeing people you know taking it over. i've been going to bury with my dad and obviously i became a father injanuary when bury didn't exist and i thought, that's the one thing i wanted, this is herfirst football game as well so hopefully in the future, we can go together. ahead of the match, bury afc have a message for fans. to the people of bury, nobody would have foreseen the circumstances in which we now take to the field. with limited crowds and the world turned upside down. thousands of hours of input into creating this club. it is by the fans and it is for every

will gareth bale start on sunday in his second speu bale start on sunday in his second spell at the clubr with an update. see you then, thank you. you are watching bbc news. more now on the news that borisjohnson says the uk must now prepare for a no—deal brexit. the prime minister says unless there's a "fundamental change in approach" from the european union, then the uk will go for the "australia solution" from january. he's been speaking in the past hour. we left the european union on january 31st and delivered on the largest democratic mandate in history of this country. and since then we've been in a transition period, obeying eu law, paying ourfees as a non—voting member. working on the future relationship, we hope to enjoy with our friends and partners from january. and from the outset, we were totally clear that we wanted nothing more complicated than a canada style relationship based on friendship and free trade. to judge by the latest eu summit in brussels, that won't work for our eu partners. they want the continued ability to control our legislative freedom, our fisheries, in

gareth bale could make his first appearance for tottenham since rejoining the club from around the tradeback was the standout bits of business in the tra nsfer standout bits of business in the transfer window. he arrived with a minor knee injury but he is expected to feature against less time on sunday. not with the manager is giving that much away. he wanted to play since the day he arrived and was not possible. i am not going to tell you if he‘s going to pay or not, what i can tell you is that he‘s working very well especially this week the planning of the sessions had a big focus on him and he‘s in pretty good condition. sessions had a big focus on him and he's in pretty good condition. in the last half an hour the window has closed on transfers for domestic deals involving football league clu bs, deals involving football league clubs, liverpool midfielder harry wilson has secured the season long known move to cardiff, 23—year—old welsh international has been chased bya number of welsh international has been chased by a number of championship sides and liverpool had wanted a permanent

gareth bale returning on almost £600,000 a week. and another special from edison.s say they have financial issues of their own and are being asked to help out financial rivals in a way that does not apply to any other industry. but given the scale of wages that are paid, that is an argument many will find hard to accept. the richest clu bs a re find hard to accept. the richest clubs are expected to invest, but also now to help save the entire sport. what they decide will be a defining moment in the premier league era. 45,000 people took part in the london marathon yesterday. but it wasn't the normal route through the city. instead it had to be a virutal marathon with runners choosing their own routes to do the 26.2 miles. it was the 40th london marathon. among them was 87—year—old ken jones, the oldest man to compete. yesterday he completed the distance in gale—force winds and rain. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has been talking to him. the very first london marathon in 1981, only ten people have completed every single race. kenjones from strabane every sing

gareth bale is on the bench for tottenham against west ham.olvement since returning to the club on loan from real madrid. that kicks off in just iover ten minutes from now. later, leicester host aston villa. in the women's super league, the north london derby is drawing to a close and arsenal's vievienne miedema has made hsitory. the dutch striker has become the wsl‘s all—time record scorer with this goal. she's scored a further two more to complete her hat—trick, and her side are currently thrashing spurs 6—1 with 2 minutes left. manchester united are still unbeaten in wsl after a 4—2 win against west ham. alessia russo scored twice and there was also a first goal in english football for united's world cup winner tobin heath. not to be outdone, their other other us summer signing kristen press came off the bench to wrap up the points. it's united's fourth league win in a row. us midfielder sam mewis equalised for manchester city, in their 1—1 draw with reading. birmingham hammered bristol city 4—0. and everton‘s perfect start is over, they dr

gareth bale returning to spurs on a reported reported a £600,000 per week, and uruguay international million this season. premier league club say they have financial issues of their own and are being asked to help out potential rivals in a way that doesn't apply to any other industry but given the scale of fees and wages paid by the top clubs this summer that is an argument that many will find hard to accept. manchester united's 6—1 defeat to spurs yesterday, another reminder of the importance of results. the richest clubs are expected to invest but also now to help save the entire sport. what they decide will be a defining moment in the premier league era. dan roan, bbc news. a british scientist who helped discover the hepatitis c virus has been awarded the 2020 nobel prize for medicine. michael houghton, who holds a phd from kings college london, shared the prize with american researchers harvey alter and charles rice. there aren't many new films being released at the moment but there is one that has caught the eye of the critics. it's called st maud, a psychological horror film, w

pick of them was at tottenham, who were cruising to a win against west ham and had just brought gareth balearance since returning to the club on loan from real madrid, but it work out as planned. after first half goals from son heung min and two from harry kane were wiped out in the final 10 minutes, as the hammers salvaged a draw. a headerfrom balbuena, a sanchez own goal then a thunderbolt from manuel lanzini into the top corner with the last kick of the game deep into injury time and it finished 3—3. it's easierfor me it's easier for me to praise west ham for their belief. they were losing 3—0 at half—time and, for the majority of the second half, the game was comfortable. they did not have chances, they did not have creation of opportunities, and then the last part of the game, one free kick brought them into the game, increase their belief, which is something i have been praising the they were lucky, but maybe we deserves to be unlucky. elsewhere, ross barkley has just scored a stoppage time winner for aston villa as they won 1—0 at leicester. dean smith's side are now four wins from f

and at 4.30, we could see the return of gareth bale to the premier league following his loan move backface west ham and manager jose mourinho says the return of bale, seven years after leaving for spain is an exciting prospect for the fans. the team is the most important thing. to win against west ham is the only thing that matters in this moment. but every player is a very important player. the gareth situation is quite special, because of his history in the past couple of seasons. of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care as of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care as much about him as he cares about tottenham. there's an exciting clash between two in—form sides. fourth placed leicester city host aston villa, who are third following their 7—2 thrashing of champions liverpool last time they played. they'll be captained by jack grealish, who many felt should have played more of a role for england during the recent international break. he was pleased to get called up for the first time, you know, because obvi

is how rodon was greeted on arrival at the spurs training ground by his fellow players including gareth baled him back! there was one match in the championship tonight in which watford beat derby i—0 at pride park. goal—less for most of the game, the 19—year—old brazilianjoao pedro scored a brilliant winner for watford in the 76th minute, bending the ball past the derby keeper. watford are up to fifth but struggling derby stay 20th in the table. the premier league and the scottish premiership gets back to action this weekend after the international break with two much anticipated lunchtime derbies tomorrow. the old firm in glasgow kicks off at 12.30 whilst at the same time on merseyside — champions liverpool take on everton who are top of the table with four wins from four. and everton‘s perfect start is no surprise tojurgen klopp who appreciates the work that carlo ancelotti is doing at goodison. carlo is a sensational manager and so it's clear when he has the time to build something that he will do that and have the resources to build something then that's what he did. so this team looks r

yesterday was supposed to be all about the return of gareth bale to tottenham, but after he came on asthree up, west ham scored 3 times in the last 12 minutes to salvage a draw. heung min son put spurs ahead in the first minute, and they went in at half—time 3—0 up after 2 more goals from harry kane. west ham pegged two goals back and substitute bale failed to put the game beyond them late on. then came one of the goals of the season so far. a rocket from manuel lanzini with the last kick of the match. all of which resulted in a delighted hammers boss. ijust think david pleat moment came to mind, that was what i thought. i know somebody else who's ran down the touchline and slipped down the touchline so i wasn't going to copy that. aston villa are up to second in the table after beating leicester 1—0 at the king power stadium. ross barkley scored the winner in injury time. villa have played 4, won 4, and have the only 100 % record in the division. here are all of yesterday's results, then. sheffield united and fulham played out a 1—1 draw which gives them both their first point of the

and then we could have gareth bale in action for tottenham for the first time since his return againstover an hour. the team is the most important thing. to win against west ham is the only thing that matters in this moment. but every player is a very important player. the gareth situation is quite special, because of his history in the past couple of seasons. we care as much about him as he cares about tottenham. just one game in the championship today, where cardiff kept up their impressive away form beating preston by a goal to nil. sheyi ojo who is on loan from liverpool scored the games only goal. manchester united are still unbeaten in women's super league after a 11—2 win against west ham. alessia russo scored twice in the first half and there was also a first goal in english football for united's world cup winner tobin heath. not to be outdone, their other other us summer signing kristen press came off the bench to wrap up the points. it's united's fourth wsl win in a row. in the day's other matches. arsenal's vivianne miedema is now the wsl‘s all time top scorer. she's got a h

required for spurs as harry kane scores twice to give tottenham a healthy lead against west ham with gareth baleatching on from the bench. sportsday is in half an hour. the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has continued to clash with the government over lockdown restrictions for the region. mr burnham wants greater financial support if the strictest measures are imposed and he accused borisjohnson of exaggerating the severity of coronavirus in the area. his words were echoed by the senior conservative mp sir graham brady, whose constituency is in the region. the cabinet office minister michael gove accused mr burnham of inconsistency in his approach. here's our deputy political editor vicki young. waiting for work and waiting to find out what is coming next for greater manchester. taxi driverjohn says, for months, the tighter rules here compared to many other parts of the country have meant fewer passengers. he is worried about the possibility of even more restrictions. we need help up in the north. if you want to bring the things in, you know, we need financial backing otherwis

tots.es on sunday for the gareth bale is going to be back. what is it going to mean for tottenham?ed as aetty fans myself -- as a spurs fan myself. tom: jon, are your eyes on sunday? jonathan: my eyes are on saturday. tom: ok, we got that out of the way. jonathan: can we move on? tom: i don't know what i'm talking about. [laughter] but james is right, it is a huge deal. jonathan: a few minutes ago, i thought i would get this show back on the road. we are off the rails again. lisa: good luck. tom: they will do that on sunday. onto the markets right now, james athey with us with aberdeen standard. things have changed. how do you structure, how do you have a strategic investment plan for q1 2021? james: with great difficulty because you've got a well-known, well advertised risk event where there are probably three possible outcomes, which have relatively high likelihood, each of them, and probably the world looks somewhat, if not vastly different further down the line, depending on the outcome. obviously i am talking about the u.s. election. very difficult to see the house switching b

gareth bale's much anticipated return came as a sub with spurs 3—0 up and harry kane having scored twiceavid moyes' side hope of claiming something before manuel lanzini hit a wonder strike to claim a share of the spoils and leave the tottenham manager in a glum mood. we were losing three nil at half—time and for the majority of the second half, the game was controlled, they didn't have a chance, they didn't have a big creation of opportunities, and in the last pa rt opportunities, and in the last part of the game they got that free kick and brought them to the game, increasing relief, which is something i keep raising. they were lucky, but maybe they deserved that like and we were unlucky, but maybe we deserved it. —— they deserved that luck. virgil van dijk has tweeted a message of thanks and says he'll be back as soon as he can after surgery to repair a knee ligament injury. the defender was unable to continue following a rash challenge by toffees keeper jordan pickford in their 2—2 draw at everton on saturday and it's not yet clear how long he'll be out as he recovers from the injury

the first is a friendly against wales, who'll definitely be without gareth bale who recently rejoinedmet at euro 2016, but right now bale is recovering from injury. our focus is on the players who are in the squad. that's myjob, and that's ourjob as staff to make sure we get the best out of the players who are in the squad. obviously we would love gareth to be in the squad. unfortunately, that's not to be and you just have to deal with that. i think gareth will be concentrating on, he's at a new club now, getting himself right for when he is fit, when he is able to play for spurs. we have heard about everton's men and their women, had a great night too, as they reached the fa cup final, for the first time in six years beating birmingham city 3—0 in the first semifinal. they will now play either arsenal or manchester city in the final at wembley on november 1st. this competition has been carried over from last season to be completed after lockdown. and although everton have won the cup before, this will be their first trip to wembley, which is where the women's cup final is now held. s

gareth bale once again on the bench for tottenham. it is currently 0—0 there. the board so far, while victory for spurs would move them up to fifth in the premier league table. newcastle united owner mike ashley has called on the premier league to review its arrangements around broadcasting matches on pay per view, and says charging £111.95 per match is "unacceptable." with games continuing to be played behind closed doors, and supporters not allowed back into stadiums, a number of matches are being shown via pay per view. ashley says the premier league should immediately act, and look at cutting the price to £11.95 per game, while a fan boycott of the matches has raised over £300,000 for charity england have named their 36—man squad for saturday's six nations match against italy and the autumn nations cup that follows it. wasps uncapped duo jack willis and jacob umanga have been included the match in rome will be england's first test for seven months after the weekend's game against the ba ra barians was cancelled, a big blow to england preparations but the he

considered one of cricket's greatest all rounders of all time alongside him go to him and imran khan gareth bale made his 2nd full debut for tottenham on thursday as they kicked off the european league group stage by beating austrian side lusk the welsh minoa who rejoined the club on loan from real madrid off to 7 years played a role in spurs 2nd goal is cross that was turned into losses own net by one of the defend this shows a monino side going on to win 3 nil we respect. lost we saw the way they destroyed sporting in his one and they are much better than what they lead because we were. taking it seriously. and there were some shocking results on thursday napoli lost at home against p.s.v. were beaten by got another massive win for liver cause in that they scored 6 against nice and also had to come from behind to beat a rapid 21 in major league soccer the seattle sounders that have held on to the top spot in the western conference they drew with a 2nd place portland timbers on thursday timbers i had taken an early lead thanks to and it is a florist it was his 1st goal for over 2 years seattle

it was supposed to be all about the return of gareth bale to tottenham, but the headlines are about westrs ahead in the first minute, and they went in at half—time 3—0 up after two more goals from harry kane. the hammers fought back to 2—3, and substitute bale failed to put the game beyond them late on. then one of the goals of the season. a rocket from manuel lanzini with the last kick of the match. all of which resulted in a delighted hammers boss. saw the celebration. the i saw the celebration... that was the next question, how are they hamstrings? a david pleat moment, thatis hamstrings? a david pleat moment, that is what came to mind! that is what i thought! i know somebody else who has run down the touchline, i wasn't going to cock it up! the last kick of the game, that increased their belief, which is something i keep rising. they were lucky, but maybe they deserved that like, and we we re maybe they deserved that like, and we were unlucky, but maybe we deserved to be unlucky. aston villa are up to second after beating leicester 1—0 at the king power stadium. ross barkley scored t

it was supposed to be all about the return of gareth bale to tottenham, but the headlines are about west ahead in the first minute, and they went in at half—time 3—0 up after two more goals from harry kane. the hammers fought back to 2—3 and substitute bale failed to put the game beyond them late on. then one of the goals of the season. a rocket from manuel lanzini with the last kick of the match, all of which resulted in a delighted hammers boss. i've just seen my celebration, and... that was my next question, how are your hamstrings? ijust think david pleat moment came to mind. you know, i was saying i know somebody else who slid down the touchline, so i wasn't going to copy that. aston villa are up to second after beating leicester 1—0 at the king power stadium. ross barkley scored the winner in injury time. villa have played four, won four, and have the only 100% record in the division. we are working hard and that's all you can do. i don't think there's an awful lot of fluidity and rhythm in many games at the moment. i think everybody has had a short pre—season and we've got some pe

gareth bale could make his first appearance for spurs since rejoining them on loan from real madrid.deal to bring him back was one of the standout bits of business in the transfer window. he arrived with a minor knee injury, but is expected to feature against west ham on sunday but the manager is giving very little away. but the manager is giving he but the manager is giving wanted to play since the arrived. he wanted to play since the day he arrived. and was not possible. i'm not going to tell you if he's going to play or not. what i can tell you is that he is working very well. especially this week, the planning of the sessions had a big focus on him and he is in pretty good condition. it's the transfer deadline day for domestic deals involving football league clubs. the window shuts at 5 o'clock. liverpool midfielder harry wilson has secured a season—long loan move to cardiff. the 23—year—old wales international was being chased by a number of championship sides, including derby county where he'd previously had a loan spell. it's the challenge cup final tomorrow between leeds rhin

and nobody is talking about it, because everybody is talking about the fact that gareth bale is comingp. and seeing people and seeing what is going on. i think once we kick off and you can get behind the team, that is when football is back for me. does it feel like your team yet? it does because it's representing the town and it's the people. i have known chris for 15 or 16 years. it's nice seeing people you know taking it over. i've been going to bury with my dad and obviously i became a father injanuary when bury didn't exist and i thought, that's the one thing i wanted, to take her, so this is her first football game as well, so hopefully in the future, we can go together. ahead of the match, bury afc have a message for fans. to the people of bury, nobody would have foreseen the circumstances in which we now take to the field. with limited crowds and the world turned upside down. thousands of hours have been put into creating this club. it is by the fans and it is for everyone. if hard work conquers all, then we are already winning. you've urged us to bring football back to bury. at

it was supposed to be all about the return of gareth bale to tottenham, but the headlines were aboutore goals from harry kane. west ham pegged two goals back and substitute bale failed to put the game beyond them late on. then came one of the goals of the season so far. a rocket from manuel lanzini with the last kick of the match. all of which resulted in a delighted hammers boss. i have just seen a celebration. i havejust seen a celebration. i just think a david pleat moment came. i was saying, i just think a david pleat moment came. iwas saying, i know just think a david pleat moment came. i was saying, i know sunday he would run down the touchline. i was not going to copy that. aston villa are up to second in the table after beating leicester 1—0 at the king power stadium. ross barkley scored the winner in injury time. villa have played a, won a, and have the only 100% record in the division. here are all of yesterday's results, then. sheffield united and fulham played out a 1—1 draw, which gives them both their first point of the season. crystal palace and brighton and hove albio

the first is a friendly against wales, who'll definitely be, without gareth bale for that match.his star player move away from real madrid to play regularly again at spurs. and get regular game time, which he is saying is so important. we had to think seriously about, you know, not only the short—term, but the long—term. gareth barker fit, only the short—term, but the long—term. gareth barkerfit, get him playing and look forward to seeing him in the premier league. he will be playing regularly, so, yeah, i'm happy gareth is back at a club he knows so well. now, to the drama in the league cup. newcastle had a narrow escape in the league cup. they were trailing for most of their fourth round match against, league two side newport county, who have a rich recent history of giant killing. a goalkeeping mistake giving the welsh side the lead, early on. there were just minutes to go, when jonjo shelvey saved newcastle, late on, and that took the match to penalties, where newport‘s defender brandon cooper, missed the important kick, to send the premier league side through. manchester uni

a first start, too, for gareth bale — some strike force coming together at spurs. 3,000 fans saw arsenalter what's got enough players. they will be weakened against the european champions. the problem is covid? yes, either affected directly or self—isolating. maybe the university will be the spurn. a big weekend ahead with the six nations returning tomorrow. thanks. when we take a picture of someone with their eyes shut, it's usually classed a mistake. but one celebrity photographer has been deliberately asking his subjects to close their eyes, and capturing the results. now he's put those images into an online exhibition — called take a moment — in aid of the mental health charity mind. here's just a few of them. burmiston? just struggling there. when these pictures were taken, ray was taking pictures for general photo shoots but he has a technique, which is how we got to these pictures with the eyes close. yes, i have been fortunate enough to work with him a couple of times in one thing he does, because everyone finds it particularly forward can you pose for a picture quest that he cre

no such luck for tottenham hotspur though, despite gareth bale starting forjust the second time sincerinho. antwerp got what they deserved and we also got what we deserved so when the situation and like this it is always fair and like this it is always fair andi and like this it is always fair and i am honest, calm with it. the best team won and the worst tea m the best team won and the worst team loss. and to further illustrate his disappointment at he resulst, jose mourinho made his feelings pretty cleat on instagram. he posted this picture of him sitting alone on the team bus, saying, " bad performances deserve bad results. hope everyone in this bus is as upset as i am. tomorrow 11am training." not sure that'll be the most enjoyable training session for the spurs squad. to tennis and the defending champion, dominic thiem, is through to the quarter—finals of the vienna open. the number 2 seed and home favourite cruised into the last eight, with a straight sets win over chile's cristian garin. thiem, who's bidding to become the first player for 10 years to retain the title, won 6—3,