aston villa are still unbeaten in the championship but onlyjust after securing a two all draw againstjust 16 seconds to spare. neal maupay put the bees ahead in each half at villa park. butjonathan kodjia was just as prolific and rescued a point for steve bruce's side at the end of five minutes of added time. brentford move up to fourth place and villa up to fifth in the table. elsewhere, stoke city's winless run in the championship continued as they were well beaten 2—0 by newly promoted wigan athletic. there were also wins for norwich, sheffield wednesday and bolton while blackburn and reading ended ina draw. ajax have taken a big step to qualifying for the group stages of this season's champiomns league. the four time winners of the competion beat dynamo kiev 3—1 in amsterdam. dusan tadic, their summer signing from southampton, scored the third to give the dutch side a two—goal cushion to take to ukraine next week. two other games tonight in the final round of qualifying. celtic‘s conquerers aek athens beat vidi 2—1 in hungary while young boys and dinamo zagreb drew one—all in swit

aston villa put all their financial problems behind them, as they won their opening championship match at hull. the hosts had led early on when brazilian evandro got on the end of this punch by the villa goalkeeper, and looped in a brilliant strike from 20 yards! but last year's beaten playoff finalists were level through tommy elphick, and then ahead through old hull player ahmed elmohamady. and then right—back alan hutton got his first goal since december 2014 to cap off the victory for steve bruce's side. no wonder those fans were so happy. chelsea goalkeeper thibaut courtois, who's been heavily linked with a move to real madrid, did not report for training with the premier league club this morning. the belgian, who's publicly asked for the move, has been with chelsea since 2011 and previously played in the spanish capital for atletico madrid where his children are based. it's thought chelsea do not know when the 26—year—old will return. england winger chris ashton says he feels like a new player after returning to the england international set—up. he hasn't played for his country s

aston villa dispute that he can leave. we are working to a deadline tomorrow.ther potential deals — swansea's sam clucas has been linked with a couple of premier league clubs? i think some glucose would like to go. burnley. they are interested in some glucose. i think if he goes anywhere, he will go to burnley. jordan ayew also at swansea, he's trying to force a way out? if he doesn't go, he is in a bit of trouble because he has gone on strike at swansea. crystal palace and full have been spending big along with wolves. they are two of the interesting clubs in here. along with wolves. they are two of the interesting clubs in herelj along with wolves. they are two of the interesting clubs in here. i am sure we will hear much more from you over the next 22.5 hours. staying with football... celtic are in champions league action tonight, as they host aek athens in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie in glasgow. brendan rodgers' men are looking to reach the group stage for the third year in a row. chris mclaughlin is at celtic park. it is game numberfi

this was the summer aston villa came very close to financial meltdown.r favour, with new owners coming in, and it went from a case of everybody in the first—team squad being up for sale to nobody being up for sale. which was obviously good news for the manager, steve bruce, however he still faces a battle to hang onto his influential midfielderjack grealish, with tottenham hotspurs very interested. it has been very eventful here in the west midlands, and you get the feeling there is still more to come. so the first game of this english domestic season sees frank lampard‘s derby sidekick on friday night against reading, and there will be updates on that match on bbc five live, and coverage from the opening weekend of the efl across the bbc sport website. joel 0leksandr shovkovskiy there. i can‘t believe it is back already dashed joe lynskey there. —— joe believe it is back already dashed joe lynskey there. ——joe lynskey there. glasgow city will host the opening party this evening for the first ever multi—event european championships. it brings together cy

s0 cue this from aston villa... got a text... yeah!to be a love island fan for that. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. see you again soon. hello. the forecast for the rest of this week and into the rest of the week is for largely settled conditions a little cloud and rain around and in the meantime some around and in the meantime some around across western areas courtesy ofa around across western areas courtesy of a weather front bringing more of a breeze as well. patchy rain affecting mainly western scotland, up affecting mainly western scotland, up to northern ireland and into the north—west of england, into wales through the night. further south and east, try one with clear spells, like twins too. pressure in the south east —— light winds as well. it will be quite muddy down here. temperatures up a notch across the board. more cloud in the north—west corner thanks to this weather front but further south and east, and indeed eastern scotland, should see some sunny indeed eastern scotland, should see s

them on the website or an the app. 21 ties being played in all, a couple of upsets as burton beat aston villaat cardiff. leeds have been going great guns in the championship but lost at home to preston. and saido berahino scored his first goal for stoke city. he's been there 18—months. they beat huddersfield 2—0. what is happening at manchester united 7 it's manchester united's worst start to a season since 1992. three games in, they've won one and lost two. after defeat to tottenham on monday they're toiling at 13th in the premier league. and that appears unlucky for mourinho. sojust how bad is it? adam wild reports. so what about this, he is standing and clapping at the supporters. and those who are there are now singing back at him and applauding him too. what an apartment —— what a performance that was from jose mourinho. for united, opinion has felt really more divided. johnny eight —— jose mourinho and battle yet defined. it was again his own reputation he chose to defend.” yet defined. it was again his own reputation he chose to defend. i won more premiership salon than the other 19 ma

over 60 places separated aston villa and yeovil town.match, just the one goal in it, villa left very late, the poll in the 77th minute came as some relief to steve bruce's site as they have booked their place in the second round. we can get all the league cup result on the bbc sport website on the football pages and also on there you can find out all those championship lead qualifying —— champions league qualifying results as well including more reaction to celtic‘s defeat increase. ben stokes back in the ten squad after being acquitted of afraid, charged after a brawl outside a bristol nightclub 11 months ago. the jury at bristol crown court found him not guilty but the england and wales cricket board will now start a disciplinary process that may result in a a sporting sanction. here's our sports editor dan roan (vt) this is arguably the biggest result of ben stokes's colourful and controversial career. he will be breathing a huge sigh of relief tonight as will think at the top of the english game. for the last seven working days he sa

aston villa and reading drew i—i.erby and leeds. queens park rangers halted a terrible run of form with a 1—0 win over wigan. sheffield wednesday, stoke city and bristol city also all won. birmingham lead nottingham forest 1—0 in the late kick—off. four games to tell you about in the scottish premiership — second placed hibernian drew i—i with third placed aberdeen. hearts were 1—0 winners at kilmarnock. livingston beat saint mirren 2—0 while saintjohnstone saw off dundee 1—0 it was a scramble in spa at qualifying for the belgian grand prix — as rain showers caused chaos. but lewis hamilton came out on top and will start from pole for tomorrows race, with sebastian vettel in second. the other big story of the day is that the two force india cars are on the second row — just days after the team were rescued from liquidation. nick parrott reports: at spa the weather can be unpredictable. making the action unmissable. the green light came on before heavy rain in the final session. to suit the drivers to set a time before

many of you may have seen this, he was set to sign for aston villa yesterday, there were reports he hada call from fallen, made the trip to fulham and many states he would be fighting with ryan sorry for a role in the team, but they have announced that now. they fight signed five mainstream players, they haven't announced them yet but they are the first team in premier league history to have been promoted and spent more than £100 million in the summer after promotion. thank you, david. it's been a big day of transfers, the big one thibaut courtois. you can check out all the news on the bbc sport website, they will all be discussed on bbc radio five live from 7pm but from cars on sportsday, thank you forjoining us. goodbye. —— from us on sportsday. some of us enjoyed a bit of rain for the gardens today. although there is rain in the next few days it in the form of showers and not guaranteed. this is the cloud that brought the day's ring, still spilling its way across the east of england, out in the atlantic we have cloud and tropical air so at the moment we are in this cooler pool of wea

aston villa put all their financial problems behind them as they won their opening championship matchant strike from 20 yards! but last year's beaten playoff finalists were level through tommy elphick, and then ahead through old hull player ahmed elmohamady. and then right—back alan hutton got his first goal since december, 2014 to cap off the victory for steve bruce's side. chelsea goalkeeper thibaut courtois, who's been heavily linked with a move to real madrid, did not report for training with the premier league club this morning. the belgian, who's publicly asked for the move, has been with chelsea since 2011 and previously played in the spanish capital for atletico madrid, where his children are based. it's thought chelsea do not know when the 26—year—old will return. that's all the sport for now. hello there. well, temperatures were very high again across the south—east of england into east anglia. 32, quite widely across the london area and into kent, lovely sunset up and down the country but particularly across the south—east with the sunshine. more cloud across the north and

aston villa are still unbeaten in the championship, but onlyjust after securing a two all draw againste bees ahead in each half at villa park. butjonathan kodjia was just as prolific and rescued a point for steve bruce's side at the end of five minutes of added time. brentford move up to fourth place and villa up to fifth in the table. elsewhere, stoke city's winless run in the championship continued as they were well beaten 3—0 by newly promoted wigan athletic. there were also wins for norwich, sheffield wednesday and bolton, while blackburn and reading ended in a draw. thierry henry has agreed to become the new manager of bordeaux, according to reports in france. he's been a member of the belgian coaching team under roberto martinez for the past two years. they finished third in this year's world cup. if confirmed, he'll take over from the former premier league manager, gus poyet, who was suspended by the club last week for publically criticising the sale of a player. kyle lafferty has returned to former club rangers after hearts accepted an improved offerfor the player. the northern

aston villa came from behind to beat wigan 3—2 with an injury time winner.top of the table with 7 points, nottingham forest, sheffield united, rotherham and swansea. after two days of rain interrupted play at lord's, england have made the most of the sunshine on the third day of the second test against india. they had a wobbly start, before a big partnership between jonny bairstow and chris woakes saw them build a very healthy first innings lead. patrick gearey has more. it all seemed so calm. after yesterday's storm damage, a short sunlit stroll would take england beyond india's total. but a right leg betrayal, lbw, letters that would recur. and this catch from behind at 32—2. not long before another lbw, the new boy up trapped at 28. this thoe root, different bowler, same result. that finger again. it accounted forjos buttler, too, an unsettled test that has a more rain and runs. in that context, jonny bairstow and his 50 was a fortune. no other man had gone that far in the match but chris woakes was catching on. he cashed in on a tiring india and england

stoke city face leeds, while steve bruce takes his aston villa side to former club hull city on monday andy murray in washington last night to reach the quarter—finals of a competition for the first time in over a year. so overwhelming in fact, that the former number one was reduced to tears. but that victory came at a cost — with match pointjust after 3 o'clock in the morning. he's due to play australia's alex deminaur this evening — but murray says there's a chance he won't play. kheredine idessane has more. in the end, he had nothing more to give. tea is a triumph for andy murray after his latest comeback victory. emotional, he said, at the end ofan victory. emotional, he said, at the end of an extremely long day and a long match, finishing matches at 3am is not good. it is not good for the players and not good for anyone involved in the event, fans, tv on a nobody. his mum probably summed it up nobody. his mum probably summed it up best. brutal. after a year out with his hip problem, time on court is what andy murray is after. with no room for error, the former world number one lev

a couple of upsets, as burton beat aston villa, norwich beat cardiff.on. saido berahino scored his first goal for stoke city. he has been there 18 months. they beat huddersfield 2—0. a full list of results on the bbc sport website and app. jamie vardy and gary cahill have both effectively retired from international football. they have both asked not to be selected for future england squads, but say they are not shutting the door, and would consider playing again if there was an injury crisis. cahill was part of southgate's squad this summer but only played once, in the group match against belgium. he does that with 61 caps and five goals. i think it is time i take a step back now. i think it is the right moment to do that. i have been hugely proud of what i have achieved in terms of the 60 caps, i have captained my country on a few occasions. it is something i have been proud of in my career and it is time for a younger generation, it is time for a younger generation, it is time for a younger generation, it is time for me to take a step back now, isa ti

twice european champions, not for a while, nottingham forrest are down there aston villa, european champions in the '80s. they've been subject of a takeover bid from an egyptian billionaire. they have invested $39 million into the club, that's about 55% stake. the chairman of leeds is also the co-owner and founder of 11 sports network they've been in the news eventually because they acquired the rights deal for serie a and what league gaga -- la liga coverage in the uk they already have been spreading the word of the football league in far-flung tours in myanmar earlier this summer. frank lampard, known to chelsea fans around the world as their record goalscorer, over 100 caps for england, he's stepping into management with derby county who start the football league season later on this evening in england. frank lampard, amongst the managers trying to get out of the championship into the premiere league, ahead of that game tonight he's been talking about the efforts they put in and the amount of money that clubs are spending to get out of the championship and get a taste of the riches that t

it's been a troubled summer for aston villa off the pitch.season but it was a much happier start on the pitch. they beat hull city 3—1 in their opening championship game of the season. and with just four days before chelsea start their season, their goalkeeper, thibaut courtois, still hasn't turned upfortraining. real madrid are interested in signing the belgium international who won the golden glove award for the world cup's best keeper in russia this summer. later on in the programme in the main sports bulletin at 10:30 a.m., we might be showing you a couple of... 10:30 a.m., 6:30am! how long is your shift today? you love it so much today! that's why i love dan walker, as i looked at him he'd told me. i was mouthing it for you. 6:30am! at 6:30am we will show you some cheeky little tweets that might show you where courtois is at the moment. not turning up for training, that's a bit cheeky. if you don't turn up for your job a bit cheeky. if you don't turn up for yourjob and you're still under contract and earning your money and you don't turn

much better though for aston villa, they're still unbeaten this season, but they needed a late equalisernd rescued a point for villa deep into injury time. it finished 2—2. it was another night of british success at the european para—athletics championships in berlin. teenager kare adenegan beat fellow brit hannah cockroft to win t3a100m gold. atjust 17, she is already the world record holder but this is herfirst major title having been beaten into second place by cockroft at both the paralympics and world championships. there was gold too for shot putter vanessa wallace in the f34 event. it's the 41 year—old's first international title after finishing fifth at both the rio paralympics and last year's world championships. sport is full of superstitions, from players having to put on their kit in a set way to having lucky charms. do either of you have a lucky mascot? lots of sports people have superstitions. footballers will put their socks on or their shinpads on ina certain their socks on or their shinpads on in a certain order. left first, right first, and they will always do it the sa

remember, he was linked with the aston villa job over the summer, but that came to nothing.hed third in this year's world cup. he's quit all his media committments. he clearly wants to go down the coaching route in his career. if confirmed, he'll take over from the former premier league manager gus poyet, who was suspended by the club last week for publically criticising the sale of a player. hearts striker kyle lafferty is close to rejoining rangers. the northern ireland international was previously at ibrox between 2008 to 2012. the 30—year—old has been given permission to have talks with rangers after hearts accepted an offer for the player. steven gerrard says there is a verbal agreement in place for lafferty, and he could be part of the squad to play in the europa league tomorrow night. the rugby football union has repeated its desire to give full—time contracts to england's women. the union didn't renew the contracts of the world cup runners up, switching their resources to the sevens squad for their world cup. giselle mather is director of rugby at wasps, she says it'

all the sport for now and a quick update on the aston villa match the jb ship is currently won all and's emerged that the labour party has dropped its disciplinary action against the veteran mp dame margaret hodge in the ongoing row about anti—semitism. in a tweet, she welcomed the decision — saying it was wrong for the party to take action against her, rather than addressing the issue. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker has been following the story. this all centres around an investigation and disciplinary action as you said it was being taken against dame margaret harnage, a senior serving labour india. this after she had a competition with jeremy corbyn, the labour leader over situation with anti—semitism in the labour party. unless they been a long—running saga as labour party has tried to deal with claims of anti—semitism existing in the labour party they failed to crack down on it. margaret hodge was frustrated that the labour party had failed to fully adopt the guidelines from the internationally recognised definition of what anti—semitism is. margaret hodge bidder was b

jackson tower in aston, and if you know the geography of birmingham it's not very far from the aston villathe frustration from some local residents. but like many big cities, birmingham has a huge homelessness problem. there are more than 2000 people in temporary accommodation. notjust than 2000 people in temporary accommodation. not just homeless people, in temporary accommodation, including 500 in bed and breakfasts. nearly 200 housed outside the city, and that's because of a lack of suitable accommodation inside the city. some families housed as far away as stoke—on—trent and milton keynes. what has been the council response to the concerns from local residents? they have a legal obligation to house people at risk of becoming homeless. as the figures suggest, it is a challenge and co nsta nt suggest, it is a challenge and constant balancing act between putting a roof over people's heads and community cohesion. we are aware of those concerns, and we are putting in place a number of different things to ensure that those are minimised. the staff on site, there will be, at peak times, betwe