it looks like chelsea have mist out on alex 0xlade—chamberlain. looks like chelsea have mist out on alext on his contract. it is likely they've rejected a bid from chelsea for £25 million. they are going to have to meet somewhere in the middle. i suspect that might be done before the deadline. however, if he doesn't everton a re the deadline. however, if he doesn't everton are happy for him to stay and he is suffering from a long—term injury at the moment. also possibly coming in chelsea is danny drinkwater of leicester city. he's put ina drinkwater of leicester city. he's put in a transfer request, however leicester don't want him to leave. 0nly leicester don't want him to leave. only a year ago he signed a new contract until 2021. both clubs are farapart in their contract until 2021. both clubs are far apart in their valuations. if chelsea really want him they might get it done. thank you. hours left to go before the deadline at 11 o'clock tomorrow night. plenty more to come. more on the bbc sport website. the most powerful man in tennis, president of the itf david haggarty has said th

alex 0xlade—chamberlain, he arrived from southampton six years ago.significant in a sense they will lose an england international, 24—year—old. so much time ahead of him in the premier league. important time for arsenal. what will happen over these next few days? they have lost two of their opening three games. i was at anfield on sunday andi games. i was at anfield on sunday and i was watching alex 0xlade—chamberlain, who looked com pletely 0xlade—chamberlain, who looked completely disinterested and so did alexis sanchez. and ian wright has said the club is in crisis and arsene wenger has to go. where do we stop. the amount of things going wrong. it does come back to arsene wenger‘s door. we are three games in and we are literally at crisis point. we are losing players. why would traxler sign alex 0xlade—chamberlain. when you say, do i think he should go? i would like him to go because i do not believe 110w him to go because i do not believe now that arsene wenger can motivate those players. with everything that is going on above him and the way the

they have already lost alex 0xlade—chamberlain to liverpool for £35 million.they the biggest losers in this transfer window? yes. those are two players who can change a match. when 0chs plays, and he is fit, he is a matchwinner, simple as that —— alex 0xlade—chamberlain. for the players at arsenal, i hope they have someone lined up. it looks like piercej will —— lined up. it looks like piercej will -- psg lined up. it looks like piercej will —— psg will mbappe. lined up. it looks like piercej will -- psg will mbappe. how much do you think the indecision over arsene wenger‘s contract allowing sanchez and mesut 0zil to get in the last year of the deals has affected the way arsenal have progressed? as a business model, it's not great to see a player getting into his last year, especially the way social media is now, where clubs can contact agents illegally. i would like to see a change in the rule where all players have a buyout clause and if you want to buy that player, you have to offer that amount of money. they have to have something in place. if you look at

and, news tonight that alex 0xlade—chamberlain is on the verge of moving from arsenal to london rivalsr one and world number seven is out. the final grand slam of the year has produced an upset on day one — johanna konta, the british number one and world number seven is out, beaten in the first round by aleksandra krunic of serbia. konta could have moved to the top of the woman's rankings if results were to go her way at flushing meadows. instead she's left to rue a shock defeat on day one of the championships. nick parrot watched it all unfold. at first it looked like world number 78... instead of pressing on the britain was tied back before taking the opening set. those watching might have expected that to thank the confidence and... quite the opposite, letting a break point slip was the start of a downwards by will. she couldn't find home—made chanting hell opponent the second set. the simplest shots became the ha rd est to set. the simplest shots became the hardest to pull off. she couldn't find any consistency while the serbian held her nerve to pull off one of her biggest victori

liverpool have completed the signing of alex 0xlade—chamberlain from arsenalfor around of alex 0xlade—chamberlainnd spurs have acquired the paris saint—germain defender but 23 premium pounds, that had been her dog due to work permanent complications. —— that had been held up complications. —— that had been held up due to work permanent publications. 20 years ago today diana, princess of wales died in a car crash in paris after being pursued by photographers. a range of public events have been organised to remember her death and flowers, cards and other tributes are again being laid outside kensington palace. her sons, princes william and harry, will mark the anniversary privately. simon mccoy is at kensington palace. thank you. a range of emotions on display here. rather distinct groups have spent some time here on this 20th anniversary. there is the hard—core 20th anniversary. there is the ha rd—core fans of 20th anniversary. there is the hard—core fans of byam who followed her in light around the country have been here dressed in their union flag outfits and cutting cakes and drinking champagne

liverpool look set to pay £40 million for arsenal's alex 0xlade—chamberlain.0 million bid from manchester city. he scored 24 league goals last season but only has a year left on his contract. the england and everton midfielder ross barkley is another who could be on the move. but the toffees have turned down an offer of £25 million from chelsea. he's missed all three league matches this season through injury, and some feel all transfers should be completed before the football starts. the recommendation is to close the window before the season starts so eve ryo ne window before the season starts so everyone knows where the players have gone so we can see what the first results will look like. and also they can make other clubs poorer. i think ithink sir i think sir alex ferguson could be right. why would you start making deals now when a player has already done three orfour deals now when a player has already done three or four games already this season. it's odd timing. and you can follow all the deals on the bbc sport website, which will have a live page with

in sport, where will alex 0xlade—chamberlain end up?b arsenal over a prospective move after the england international turned down a move to chelsea. concern to the health and workload of male tennis players according to the president of the international tennis federation. it comes as five top players missed the us open through injury. ahead of the final and decisive test against the west indies, the ecb announced bowling coach 0tis gibson is to leave to become south africa's head coach. i'll be back with more on those stories at just after i'll be back with more on those stories atjust after half past four. the european parliament brexit coordinator has said there is slow progress in general in the brexit negotiations. diver hofstadter told a committee of meps he expected some progress but no breakthroughs. michel barnier repeated his plea for more information from the uk government, saying we need to know their position, then we can be flexible. adam fleming joins me now. adam, i suppose we should think it might be quite positive at l

liverpool have agreed a $52 million dollar deal to sign arsenal and england midfielder alex 0xlade—chamberlainn tuesday after a fee had been agreed with the blues. it's understood he's been offered a five year deal worth $155,000 per week. 0xlade—chamberlain has started each of the gunner's four games so far this season despite telling manager arsene wenger he wouldn't sign a new contract. unlike 0xlade—chamberlain, some players across europe have refused to play for their clubs as they agitate for moves elsewhere. the transfer window closes across much of europe on thursday night, around three weeks into the season. speaking at a meeting of the uefa elite coaches forum, former manchester united manager sir alex ferguson said the forum proposed that in the future the window close before the start of the leagues. the recommendation we look at is to close the window before the season starts, so everyone knows what players they've got and don't wait to see what their first results are going to be like. and also, when they do, they can make other club sport, who maybe start the season not so good

and it's looking increasingly likely that alex 0xlade chamberlain will be leaving arsenal to join chelseas next summer, but he's so far turned down the chance to commit his future at the emirates. the two clubs have agreed a fee of £40 million for the england international. arsenal want any deal to be sorted as quickly as possible. and now to possibly the best clip you'll see all day from republic of ireland assistant manager roy keane. he's been talking about the mind—boggling fees for what he calls average players. he also went on to say former team—mate ryan giggs would be worth £2 billion in today's market. which players were you talking about? you played with some great players. van nistelrooy. .. 0n the market now ruud would probably be worth £1 billion. david beckham ? £1 billion. ryan giggs? £2 billion. roy keane ? £3.75 billion! britain's chris froome has maintained his 36 second lead after stage ten of the vuelta a espana. after 102 miles in the saddle italy's matteo trentin held off spain's jose joaquin rojas to claim victory. froome crossed the line four and a half minutes lat

let's start by talking about alex 0xlade—chamberlain.ct arsenal and chelsea had agreed a deal of £40 million. we understand he thinks that chelsea would play him ina he thinks that chelsea would play him in a position he's not happy in and he would rather go to liverpool. we understand that over the next 24 hours before the window closes, tomorrow evening, liverpool are expected to make an offer for alex 0xlade—chamberlain. the other bit of business at arsenal is all about alexis sanchez. arsenal have rejected a bid of £50 million by manchester city. sanchez scored 24 goals last season. you can see why city are interested, also why arsenal aren't interested in selling him. infact arsenal aren't interested in selling him. in fact they will only really consider a deal with city if they get to get raheem sterling down to arsenal as part of that deal. pep guardiola the city manager has said he just wants to buy alexis sanchez out right. we understand such —— sanchez isn't happy at arsenal. it isa sanchez isn't happy at arsenal. it is a bit o

we start with alex 0xlade—chamberlain.of £40 million at he turned the move down because he doesn‘t want to play in the same position where he is being played at arsenal, right wingback, and he feels he will be played there by chelsea, so he wants to join liverpool but they have not submitted a formal bid. we expect that to come in. either he willjoin liverpool or remain for the final year of his contract at arsenal. next is alexis sanchez, wanted by manchester city, another player with one year left on his contract. manchester city had a £15 million bid turned down by arsenal yesterday. they have rejected all of manchester city‘s advances and see it would take a huge offer and a player coming in the opposite direction. and another busy club, chelsea, and it looks like they might miss out on 0xlade—chamberlain if you goes to liverpool but they have a few other offers. it will be hectic at stamford bridge. aside from 0xlade—chamberlain, they have had a bid turned down for danny drinkwater central midfielder for leicester. he

and it's looking increasingly likely that alex 0xlade chamberlain will be leaving arsenal to join chelsea‘s contract expires next summer, but he's so far turned down the chance to commit his future at the emirates. the two clubs have agreed a fee of a0 million pounds for the england international. arsenal want any deal to be sorted as quickly as possible. liverpool have confirmed a deal for rb leipzig's naby kayta tojoin the club next summer. they'll pay 48 million pound release clause that allows the him to move to anfield next year. liverpool have also rejected a 25 million bid from crystal palace for defender mamadou sakho today. and stoke have signed defender kevin wimmer from tottenham for 18 million pounds on a five—year—deal. the austrian becomes stoke's seventh arrival this summer. well this summer's transfer window has seen all kinds of records broken. republic of ireland assistant manager roy keane believes the fees demanded by what he describes as "average" players are mind—boggling. this is his assessment of what some of his former team—mates would be worth in today's market.

liverpool have made their first official move to sign arsenal‘s alex 0xlade, talks have opened between preferred position at stamford bridge. it now remains to be seen whether liverpool match that offer for him. arsenal are also trying to sort out the future of forward alexis sanchez amid interest from manchester city, here‘s our sports reporter david 0rnstein with the latest. he is another player with only one year left on his contract. manchester city had a £50 million bid turned down by arsenal yesterday. arsenal rejected all of manchester city‘s advances and say it will take a huge offer for them to sign alexis sanchez and that offer in terms of huge money must include a player coming in the opposite direction so it could go right down to the wire. one man definitely leaving arsenal is kieran gibbs. west brom have signed the left—back on a four—year deal for a fee in the region of £7 million. gibbs, who‘s been at arsenal since the age 01:14, is west brom‘s fifth major signing of the summer transfer window. leicester midfielder danny drinkwater has asked to leave the club following

among the movers, alex 0xlade—chamberlain swapping his arsenal shirt for a liverpool one, for a merebiggest spenders, manchester city, say it's worth it. it's crazy, but that's football. that's why we pay the money, basically. we come here every match, we want to see success, we want to win trophies. don't get me wrong, some of the fees are ridiculous. but apart from that, it's great. five summers ago, premier league clubs spent just under £500 million on new players. last summer, the figure had more than doubled. but that record has already been broken. by this morning clubs had spent more than 1.2 billion. so why has it happened? well, a 50% increase in tv money, which brought last year's title winners, chelsea, some £150 million. some say that buying power could rise even further. i think we've talked for the last 20 years about the bubble potentially bursting, and it hasn't burst yet. what will happen to football rights if an amazon, a netflix or a google decides that they wish to acquire the rights, we can't really predict that at the moment. but you'd expect that the value woul

liverpool are in talks to bring alex 0xlade—chamberlain do until just talks to bring alex 0xlade—chamberlain an agreed deal between arsenal and chelsea. £40 million was the fee they were settled on. he rejected it. he was the understanding that he was leaving arsenal, where he was playing at right wingback, to join chelsea and play at right wingback. he said he didn't want to do that. he said he didn't want to do that. he wanted to join liverpool, he said he didn't want to do that. he wanted tojoin liverpool, his boyhood club. at a time, they had not put an offer in for him. they have now and it has been rejected. talks under way between the clubs. he will go to liverpool and play central at arsenal and ch the final year of his contract. chelsea also had a £25 million bid rejected by everton. it was for midfielder ross barkley. the offer was way below the £50 million valuation. he will be available on a free transfer at the end of next season. totte n ha m season. tottenham have signed an argentinian defender. the 19-year-old has signed a five—year contract with spurs. the most powerful man

chelsea agree a fee of £40 million for the arsenal midfielder alex 0xlade—chamberlain.on those stories later. a 31—year—old man who was arrested in connection with the murder of a toddler in greater manchester has been released without charge. the 31—year—old was detained after the body of the boy was found at a house in wythenshawe on the weekend. a postmortem examination has concluded he died from multiple stab wounds. a 30—year—old woman, who was taken to hospital with serious injuries, remains under arrest. a police spokesman said it was a truly distressing investigation. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has said none of the brexit position papers published by the uk government are satisfactory, and there is still an enormous amount to be settled before talks about a trade deal can begin. his comments come during the latest round of brexit talks in brussels. 0ur correspondent adam fleming sent this. yet more evidence if more was needed that there is frustration on both sides around this process, jean—claude juncker, the president of the

the premier league champions have agreed a fee of £40 million for alex 0xlade—chamberlain.he austrian becomes stoke's seventh arrival this summer. and jordan pickford has been ruled out of england's world cup qualifiers against malta and slovakia with a muscle injury. the uncapped everton keeper picked up the injury during sunday's premier league defeat at chelsea. the newly appointed chair of uk sport, dame katherine grainger, will meet representatives from british badminton and the ten other unfunded british olympic and paralympic national governing bodies tomorrow. uk sport axed all of badminton's funding for tokyo 2020, saying they had to "prioritise resources towards the strongest medal potential". tomorrow's talks with grainger will be a chance for the sports to demonstrate whether they have training environments deemed capable of delivering medals. she knows exactly what the problems are, andi she knows exactly what the problems are, and i am sure katherine will do whatever she can to ensure that we have every international player that has a future career on the worl

alex 0xlade—chamberlain needs to undergo a medical and agree personal terms but the proposition is at. it will be the biggest fear arsenal have ever received from a player and it is my understanding they do not intend to replace them. they could be losing other player as well. they will not wa nt to other player as well. they will not want to see alexis sanchez go. he could join manchester city? alexis sanchezis could join manchester city? alexis sanchez is entering the final year of his contract. we know that manchester city want. we know that he would like to leave arsenal. but are resisting that as strongly as they can. manchester city had a £50 million bid rejected yesterday. arsenal will only countenance a huge offer, much higher than £50 million, and with a player, preferably to them, raheem sterling, coming in the opposite direction. man city don't wa nt opposite direction. man city don't want any players to leave but arsenal will let deal happen if i replacement comes. they have signed a left—back this year and let one go. kieran gibbs. kieran gibbs has spent over 11 years at

meanwhile, arsenal midfielder alex 0xlade—chamberlain has turned down a move to premier league championssitional plans for him. 0xlade—chamberlain may now have talks with liverpool. notre dame cathedral is one of paris's most iconic landmarks, but it's a landmark that has seen better days. the city's archbishop is launching a 120 million dollar fundraising drive to help restore it to its former glory. pollution and the passing of time have taken quite a toll on the building, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. when you come to paris, you come to notre—dame. but this landmark isn't quite as impressive when you get a close—up view. gargoyles, spires, buttresses, all slowly crumbling away. ancient brickwork that needs to be repaired, and soon. translation: the urgency for the cathedral is to find 100 million euros within the next 20 years to save the building. one of the areas which is crumbling are the spires. if nothing is done, the ultimate catastrophic scenario is that they will fall and rip out the roof. works began on the cathedral around 850 years ago. the last major renovations took p

alex 0xlade chamberlain is on the verge ofjoining chelsea from arsenal. agreed. liverpool have confirmed the deal for nappy cater to move to the club next summer. they have agreed to pay the release clause so he can move to anfield next year. i will be back with more of those stories at 11 o'clock. the boss of network rail has apologised to passengers after there were fresh delays at the uk's busiest railway station on the day it was supposed to get back to normal following long—running engineering works. rush hour services on several lines into waterloo were cancelled. almost half of the platforms at waterloo station have been closed since the 5th of august as engineers made changes to accommodate longer trains. mark carne said the £800 million overhaul of the station would help increase capacity by 30%. danjohnson is at waterloo for us. ican imagine i can imagine that passengers were not in use this morning at this additional disruption to their travel. is there any disruption still continuing? there are certainly is, yes. it has been a miserable month

among the early movers, alex 0xlade—chamberlain swapping his arsenal shirt for a liverpool one for ammer's biggest spenders say it's worth it. it's crazy, but that's football. that's why we pay the money, basically. we come here every match. we want to see success, we want to win trophies. five summers ago, premier league clubs spentjust under half a billion pounds on new players. last summer the figure had more than doubled, but that record has already been broken. by this morning, clubs had spent more than 1.2 billion, and by tonight's deadline it will be far more. so why has it happened? well, a 50% increase in tv money, which brought last year's title winners chelsea some £150 million, and some say the club's buying power could rise even further. i think we have talked for the last 20 years about the bubble potentially bursting, and it hasn't burst yet. what will happen to football rights if an amazon a netflix or a google wish to acquire the rights? you can't really predict that at the moment, but you would expect that the value will go up even further. the summer's most jaw—dro

alex 0xlade—chamberlian will definitely be leaving arsenal.ransfer. the england midfielder expected to sign a 5 year deal. maria sharapova made it through to round 3 at the us open. she came from a set down to beat hungray‘s timea babosh in what's her frist major tournament since returning from a 15—month doping suspension. when diana died: "all of us lost somebody", "still the people's princess", "her legacy lives on in her sons", "the popularity of the monarchy is down to her" — just some of the tributes to princess diana on the 20th anniversary of her death. this next film has some flashing images. good evening. the body of diana, princess of wales is lying tonight in a chapel of rest in london. her close friend dodi fayed is being buried in a muslim cemetery on the outskirts of the capital. and all less than 24 hours after, by all accounts, one of the happiest evenings they'd spent together. around the wreckage of their lives is already running a bitter debate about what part in her death was really played by the squad of determined photog

among the movers, alex 0xlade—chamberlain swapping his arsenal shirt for a liverpool one, for a meremanchester city, say it's worth it. it's crazy but that's football. that's why we pay the money, basically. we come here every match, we want to see success, we want to win trophies. don't get me wrong, some of the fees are ridiculous. but apart from that, it's great. five summers ago, premier league clubs spent just under £500 million on new players. last summer, the figure had more than doubled. but that record has already been broken. by this morning clubs had spent more than 1.2 billion, and by tonight's deadline, it'll be far more. so why has it happened? well, a 50% increase in tv money, which brought last year's title winners, chelsea, some £150 million. and some say that buying power could rise even further. i think we've talked for the last 20 years about the bubble potentially bursting, and it hasn't burst yet. what will happen to football rights if an amazon, a netflix or a google decides that they wish to acquire the rights, we can't really predict that at the moment. but y

just two days to go until the summer transfer window closes and it's looking increasingly like alex 0xlade—chamberlainin chelsea. the england midfielder‘s contract expires next summer, but he's so far turned down the chance to commit his future at the emirates. the two clubs have agreed a fee of £40 million for the england international. —— the two clubs. arsenal want any deal to be completed as quickly as possible. stoke have signed defender kevin wimmer from tottenham for £18 million on a five—year—deal. the austrian becomes stoke's seventh arrival this summer. and liverpool have confirmed a deal for rb leipzig's naby keita tojoin the club next summer. liverpool have agreed to pay the £48 million release clause that allows the guinea international to move to anfield next year. and jordan pickford has been ruled out of england's world cup qualifiers against malta and slovakia with a muscle injury. the uncapped everton keeper picked up the injury during sunday's premier league defeat at chelsea. johanna konta's wait for a maiden tennis grand slam continues. the british number one's been knocked out in

the premier league champions have agreed a fee of a0 million pounds for alex 0xlade—chamberlain.ve had all kinds of records broken in the transfer window. roy keane has said that they are mind—boggling and also claimed that former team—mate ryan biggs would be worth £2 billion in the market today. you've played with some great players, ruud van nistelrooy. ruud van nistelrooy on the market now would be worth a billion probably. david beckham ? would be worth a billion probably. david beckham? a billion. ryan giggs. 2 billion. roy keane. 3.75 million! britain's chris froome has maintained his 36 second lead after stage ten of the vuelta a espana. after 102 miles in the saddle italy's matteo trentin held off spain's jose joaquin rojas to claim victory. froome crossed the line four and a half minutes later alongside his main rival esteban chaves. although the colombian is nowjoint second with ireland's nicolas roach who made up time on the final descent. prime minister theresa may today described this summer as a watershed for women's sport as she played host to england's cricket an

alex 0xlade chamberlain looks set for a move to merseyside after liverpool agreed a fee of £40 million turned down the chance to join premier league champions chelsea, feeling he wouldn't be played in his preferred central midfield. and a big signing for west brom this evening — they've signed poland international midfielder gregor krychowiak on a season—long loan from paris saint—germain. krychowiak was formerly with seville in spain where he won the europa league twice. he becomes the club's seventh signing of the season — and the second today with arsenal defender kieran gibbs also moving to the hawthorns. the most powerful man in tennis — president of the itf — david haggarty has said there are concerns over players health, and that their needs to be "robust conversations" about their calendar. this comes as five top players — including three former champions — are out of this year's us open with injuries. i think that the leaders that we have today in the sport are very open to this conversation. they are concerned about the health of the players but also the success of tennis. i

alex 0xlade—chamberlain has turned down a move to chelsea from arsenal after the two clubs agreed a £40tional wants to move to liverpool, with a bid expected to come before tomorrow's transfer deadline. meanwhile, arsenal have rejected a £50 million bid from manchester city for alexis sanchez. in the past hour, roger federer progressed in the us open. there has been another big upset at the us open, after world number 45 naomi 0saka, from japan, beat defending champion and sixth seed angelique kerber, 6—3, 6—1, injust over an hour. it is the first time in 13 years that the champion has been knocked out in the opening round. and, resplendent in red, chris froome maintained his 36—second lead in his quest to add the vuelta a espana to his tour de france title. that man has endless energy. how is he not exhausted? he does, doesn't he? are you going to hang around for the papers? i am going to stay. are you wearing mulberry today?” the papers? i am going to stay. are you wearing mulberry today? i think it is aubergine. good morning. hope you're well. i am more purple i think but anyway! thi