we're so proud to be for aston villa! we thank you so much! aston villa! we thank you so much!l us stories and histories about aston villa to us. he told me that there is... this is my village where we have more than 1000 aston villa fans. we are the ghana alliance. aston villa! so every sunday morning, we come together. around 5:00am in the morning. we would be going and chanting around the town, passing through the whole streets in the town. making some noise. everybody is playing around two p:m., we are all going to meet. you know, my lover aston villa started because of my grandpa. his father got a chance to live with some of the whites and they were from birmingham, so some of my grandpa he really loves football, his father used to tell him the whites are saying they're going to take my grandpa to birmingham to play for aston villa. so that's where it started. he sent me this beautifuljacket. and the great escape, aston villa stay up after a nervy all draw at west ham. the whole town, everybody was very very happy. that's why up or the powder on my head because it signifie

georgia stanway confirmed a nightmare start for aston villa. er they were 2—0 down thanks to another defensive blunder that presented sta nway to another defensive blunder that presented stanway with a second goal. villa looked to have pulled one back, stine larsen at the ball in the net but they were off—site replays suggested otherwise. city we re replays suggested otherwise. city were not in top gear, they gifted opportunities to aston villa who could not take advantage. it remained 2—0, a shock to the system for aston villa with a first league defeat since april last year. once again, lewis hamilton has outdriven the competition to take pole position for tomorrow's italian grand prix, ahead of team—mate valtteri bottas. but ferrari's problems continue. they didn't manage to qualify in the top ten for their home race, for the first time since 1984. drew savage reports. if the stands at monza had not already been empty, the ferrari passionate fans might walk have —— might have walked out in disgust. last year they qualified first and fourth. t

georgia stanway confirmed a nightmare start for aston villa.f an hour later they were 2—0 down thanks to another defensive blunder that presented stanway with a second goal. villa looked to have pulled one back, stine larsen had the ball in the net but they were off—side, replays suggested otherwise. city were not in top gear, they gifted opportunities to aston villa who could not take advantage. it remained 2—0, a shock to the system for aston villa with a first league defeat since april last year. lewis hamilton will start on pole position at the italian grand prix. of the six time world champion was pushed all the way by his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas posted the fastest la p team—mate valtteri bottas posted the fastest lap in formula 1 history, averaging 164 mph. ferrari had another wretched qualifying at the home grand prix with sebastian vettel only qualifying in 17th and charles leclerc was 13th. honestly, every weekend it's very humbling to see what we do as a team. just keep going from strength to strength and it is really... i'

league season returned with a 2—0 win forformer champions manchester city, against newly— promoted aston villagland forward georgia stanway said she felt very sorry for villa's keeper, after defensive errors allowed her to score both city's goals. britain's adam yates will wear the leader's yellow jersey for a fourth day, after the first high mountain stage of the tour de france. he came under attack several times on stage eight in the pyrenees, but he finished in a group containing many of the overall

there was no breakthrough despite the introduction of jack grealish of aston villa, for his internationalebut. for him, good experience to be with us and see how we work, the intensity of the play, and i'm sure he will be energised going back to his club now and knows exactly what we are looking for from him, his club now and knows exactly what we are looking forfrom him, and he has enjoyed, he fits in well with the group, i have worked with him in the group, i have worked with him in the under 21s, he is a smile, which is great, and he brings energy. cristiano ronaldo made more history last night as he scored his 100th goalfor portugal. he got last night as he scored his 100th goal for portugal. he got both last night as he scored his 100th

today, we'll be hearing from aston villa and england defender anita asante. world and she's been speaking about her experiences as a black woman. just to warn you that some of the following account may prove distressing. i have definitely had experiences where i have had players from different parts of the world that have not always understood that negative connotations of some of the language they use. music and saying certain words in a song, people aren't always self—aware of the impact of their behaviour or their words. the lack of recognition that actually that might make me feel more uncomfortable because i am the only one. when we talk about communism and mainstream advertising and marketing, sponsors, brands, when you don't see images of yourself that are referenced as part of their beauty norms, that can have a negative mental impact on how you see yourself. for me it always made me challenge or i guess to some degree have some challenges in my own confidence because you see it everywhere around the in terms of this reference to blackness and how bla

already under way at villa park is aston villa against sheffield united, the score is 0—0.f the weekend? it was 5—2 in tottenham's match against southampton, 11—2 in leicester v burnley. 5—2 for everton against west brom, and fulham lost 11—3 to leeds. and all those goals could make this an historic round of premier league fixtures, joe lynskey can tell us why. yes, extraordinary set of results. across saturday and sunday we've seen some extraordinary matches, that 11—3 win for leeds means they've been involved in that scoreline two weekends in a row, we'll have a look at that shortly. now there were four matches this weekend that had more than five goals including leicester's 11—2 win over burnley which has them among the early pace setters on two wins out of two. four different goal—scorers for leicester in this one, even without jamie vardy getting one. afterwards brendan rodgers says he wants the team to get even better as the season progresses. but the six goals in that match put this round of premier league fixtures on course potentially for a new record — before toni

reading have their first win in the league this season — 3—1 against aston villa.gainst birmingham city. it's been a big day in rugby union's premiership with the race for play—off spots heating up. wasps went second following a nine try victory over bristol, while bath went above sale into third with their bonus point away win. exeter, already assured of a play—off spot, were in action against saracens, and that's where austin halewood begins his round up. empty stands and nothing to play for. the sombre setting for saracens' final weeks in the premiership. for the last few years, saracens vs exeter has been the fixture in english rugby, but now they are travelling in opposite directions. exeter 12 points clear at the top, but with both sides missing the big names a bonus point win for their youthful side, a glimpse of what is to come in the championship next season. back to the here and now, the real battle is below exeter in the table. with only two rounds to go after this one, now is the time to cement your place in the top four and wasps are doing just that. a

aston villa got their premier league season started with a home win against sheffield united, who hadfessionalfoul. john lundstram could have put the blades ahead from the spot but emiliano martinez, on his villa debut, dived the right way. villa scored midway through the second half, ezri konsa's goal proved to be the winner — that leaves sheffield united still looking for their first point. leyton orient's league cup match against tottenham tomorrow night is in doubt after the club announced the stadium and training facilities have had to close after a number of first team players tested positive for coronavirus. the english football league say they are aware and are awaiting the outcome of discussions between public health england and the club. we understand that if orient are unable to field a team for the third round fixture against tottenham, the game would be awarded to spurs, because scheduling makes it almost impossible to rearrange. in a statement, orient said they had also informed their three most recent opponents in the league. the players who tested positive are self—iso

reading have their first win in the league this season — 3—1 against aston villa.chester united came to win 5—2 against birmingham city. it's been a big day in rugby union's premiership with the race for play—off spots heating up. wasps went second following a nine try victory over bristol, while bath went above sale into third with their bonus point away win. exeter, already assured of a play—off spot, were in action against saracens, and that's where austin halewood begins his round up. empty stands and nothing to play for. the song but setting for saracens' final weeks in the premiership. for the last few years, this has been the fixture in english by, this has been the fixture in english rugby, but now they are travelling in opposite directions. acts 12 points clear at the top, but with both sides missing the big names... a bonus point win for their youthful side, a glimpse of what is to come in the championship next season. back to the here and now, the real battle is below exeter in the table. with only two rounds to go after this one, now is the time to ceme

aston villa have completed the signing of striker 0llie watkins from brentford for a club record fee watkins, who scored 26 goals last season in brentford's run to the championship play—off final, once again links up with his former manager dean smith with whom he worked at griffin park. following the signing of lucy bronze yesterday, manchester city have today announced the signing of her england team—mate alex greenwood. the pair played together at lyon, winning the champions league last month. greenwood is also crossing the manchester divide, having had a spell at united before leaving for france. talking of manchester united women and they've signed world cup—winning united states forward tobin heath. she's signed a one—year deal after spending the last seven seasons with portland thorns in the national women's soccer league. fellow us striker christen press is also set to make the move to united. serena williams has kept her hopes alive of a record—equalling 24th grand slam singles title — she's into the semi—finals of the us open, after a three set win over tsveta na pironkova.

aston villa are closing in on signing brentford striker ollie watkins.e of £28 million that could rise to 33 million. watkins scored 26 goals for the bees last season. meanwhile, michy batshuayi is set to move to crystal palace on loan and sign a contract extension at his parent club chelsea. it would be a second stint at palace for the striker, who scored 13 goals for the club during a loan spell there last year. and curry has completed his move to everton from watford. this is the third major signing for everton in the last four days after the arrivals of alan and james rodriguez. and england head coach phil neville has named seven newcomers in his 30—strong september training squad. among those receiving their first call—ups are manchester united's millie turner and manchester city's esme morgan. chelsea striker fran kirby returns after recovering from a viral illness. it's one of the few major sporting events that's pressed ahead this year despite the pandemic, but there was a reminder of the potential dangers at the tour de france. five people have

aston villa have broken their record transfer fee — signing ollie watkins from brentford for £28 millionke from west brom, with striker callum robinson moving the other way. left back alex greenwood has joined manchester city on a free transfer — a day after her england team—mate lucy bronze moved to the club. she's city's fifth summer signing — arriving from champions league winners lyon on a three—year deal. and united states world cup winners tobin heath and christen press have joined manchester united. the forwards — who have a combined 306 international caps between them — have both agreed one year deals. and before we go, the british touring car championship will have its first female driver in 13 years — whenjade edwards races at silverstone at the end of the month. she'll be only the eighth female driver in the series' history when she gets behind the wheel of the vauxhall astra — she told me she's treating the opportunity as a chance to prove she's ready to step up. one weekend in this sort of category is going to be hard, it is so competitive so it's not something that ideally

in the night's other games, aston villa were 3—0 winners at bristol city and will host stoke in the fourther city will travel to burnley, after beating bournemouth 2—i, phil foden with the winner. tottenham are into the final round of europa league qualifying after a hard fought win in north macedonia. they were being held 1—1 by shkendija before son heung—min put spurs back in front. he then put in a great cross for harry kane to get the all important third forjose mourinho's side, who'll play maccabi haifa next for a place in the group stage. and celtic are into the europa league play offs. they needed a last minute winner to get past the latvian champions riga. mohammed elyounoussi coming off the bench to get the goal which prevented extra time. they'll face bosnian side sarajevo next. a good victory for celtic then, and also for their old firm rivals rangers this evening. they beat dutch side willem by four goals to nil. defeats though for aberdeen and motherwell, who lost at sporting lisbon and hapoel be'er sheva respectively. fan were able to attend tonight's european super cup in bu

aston villa have signed goalkeeper emiliano martinez from arsenal.who finished his 10 year career in north london by winning the fa cup and community shield. novak djokovic played for the first time since his disqualification from the us open as he reached the third round of the italian open. the world number one beat italian wildcard salvatore caruso 6—3, 6—2 to progress comfortably in rome. and anthonyjoshua's promoter eddie hearn says his world heavyweight fight against kubrat pulev won't be postponed again. the fight injune was pushed back because of the pandemic, but hearn says it will go ahead — even if it has to be held behind closed doors. we're up to stage 17 of the tour de france — and primoz roglic has come through his harde5t test so far, extending his lead over tadek pogarcher to 57 seconds. drew savage watched the action, on the steepest stage of the race. friends, but also rivals. the two had 5oared away from everyone so far, but today they would have to climb higher than ever. richard did his best to raise the spirits of them as they

i'm tt and this is your sports news — where we start with the carabao cup and premier league side aston villa against burton albion to move into the third round. it was the league one outfit that went ahead very early on — colin daniel putting burton ahead after little more than a minute. but villa were level before half time, 0llie watkins with a goal on his debut. dean smith's side left it late to win it, jack grealish after signing a new five year deal with a brilliant volley before keenan davis added a third in stoppage time and of course all tonight's results and reaction on the website. the english football league will continue to stage pilots with up to 1,000 fans at matches this weekend, following approval from the government who have restricted crowds after a rise in coronavirus cases but it's different and even more dire in the national league. their chairman brian barwick says the players may not get paid if the situation doesn't change. the reality of it is that our clubs depend on clicking and the food and drink people consume at the games to play their way. i think they been vot

aston villa meanwhile are fourth — after they cruised to victory against a fulham side who struggledsheet in a 3—0 win which means his side are unbeaten in eight games stretching back to last season whilst fulham have conceded 10 goals in their opening three matches handball was the word of the weekend in the premier league after three controversial penalties were awarded. tottenham's eric dier was the man punished against newcastle, something most people thought was harsh. the question mark is around the new interpretation of the handball rule and the way it's being enforced. it's something chelsea boss frank lampard's been speaking about today, ahead of his side's efl cup match at spurs tomorrow, and he wants the rule changed. we are all in this game, and i think we understand that when you jump into the box, your omen, her arms will move into those positions. it's already a difficult rule, and the idea of trying to find some clarity, we've actually made it something which doesn't feel right at all. so i like to think something could be done to change it. it's not been a great coup

and aston villa have signed goalkeeper emiliano martinez from arsenal.on for the argentinian, who finished his ten—year career in north london by winning the fa cup and community shield. novak djokovic play for the first time since disqualification from the us open as he reached the third round of the italian open. the world number one beat an italian wild card 6-3, 672 to number one beat an italian wild card 6—3, 672 to progress comfortably in rome. and anthonyjoshua's promoter says his world heavyweight fight against pew level not be postponed again. the fight and she was pushed back because the pandemic and the promoter says the fight will go ahead even if it has to be held behind closed doors. the former head of world athletics has been jailed after being found guilty of corruption. lamine diack, who's been under house arrest for the last five years, was convicted of accepting bribes from athletes suspected of doping to cover up test results allowing them to continue competings, including at the london 2012 olympics. our sports news correspondent ale

aston villa have signed a new goalkeeper from arsenal. paid £17 million from the argentine. london by winning the fa cup and community shield. novak djokovic play for the first time since his disqualification from the us open in the third round of the italian open. he built the italian wild card to progress comfortably in rome. and anthonyjoshua popular promoter such as world heavyweight fight against 2—level live will not be postponed again. he says it will go ahead even if it is behind closed doors. up to stage 17 of the tour de france, and come to the hardest test so far. expending his lead to 57 seconds. drew savage watch the action on the steepest stage of the race. friends but also revels. this two slovenian sort away from everyone so far, but today would have to climb higher than ever. richard is based to raise the spirits of the grenadier since he broke away. the british team struggled. on the cot in the closing stages. adam yates is still hunting for a stage win was up there but quite match the leaders, he is still overall. everyone expected them to fight it out on

the new women's super league season is under way with newly promoted aston villa hosting manchester citynts per game basis, but georgia stanway put them ahead after five minutes at villa park. and a quarter of an hour later they were 2—0 up thanks to another defensive mistake presenting england's sta nway with a second goal. still 2—0. championship side derby county needed penalties to overcome league two newcomers barrow in the first round of the carabao cup. with the game goalless after 90 minutes, teenage striker morgan whittaker scored the winning spot—kick to give the rams a 3—2 victory. barrow were playing their first league cup tie in 49 years. it seems scotland's nations league game against the czech republic will go ahead — after confirmation from both nations and uefa. it follows a covid outbreak within the czech camp. meanwhile, england have theirfirst fixture of 2020 this evening as they face iceland — a side that perhaps doesn't bring back the best memories from euro 2016. the team has definitely improved over the last four years. those games always are in your mind. you a l

s super league season got underway today with a 2—0 win for manchester city over newly promoted aston villan. she lost the first set against fellow american sloane stephens in their third round match but came back strongly to progress to the last 16. she hasn‘t won a major tournament since becoming a mother — three—year—old 0lympia was watching from the stands. williams will equal the record of 2a grand slam singles titles if she wins in new york for a seventh time. british triathlete georgia taylor—brown is the new world champion. the title is usually decided with a series of races across the year, but because of the pandemic a one—off race in hamburg was organised. it‘s her first world crown. frenchman vincent luis retained the men‘s title. great britain‘s adam yates is still in the lead at the tour de france. he did well to keep hold of the yellowjersey on the first high mountain stage, staying in touch with his rivals in the pyrenees and maintaining his three second lead. stage 8 was eventually won by the frenchman nans peters. there is simply no stopping lewis hamilton at the moment. t

meanwhile the fulham chairman has apologised for their latest defeat, this time against aston villa.art her first round match in france. it follows more disappointment for this players yesterday with brody and norrie knocked out. novakjock affects is back today for the first time since his mistake hitting someone with the ball. essex county cricket club says there trophy celebrations did not meet their values after a muslim player had a beer poured over him at lord's cricket ground following the victory over somerset. the club said they would bring cricket to everybody but further work needs to be done on diversity in society in general. —— novak djokovic. borisjohnson has this morning announced his plans to offer a free, fully funded college course to people without an a level or equivalent qualification from next april. let's listen to some of what he had to say. from next april we will introduce a new funding promise and fund classes for adults equivalent to all teaching skills which are highly in demand. they will let anyone who leave school without a level or equivalent get the

aston villa have signed goalkeeper emiliano martinez from arsenal.d town are no more. they've been wound up at the high court with debts totalling more than half a million pounds. a request for an adjournment to allow a sale was refused, with the judge saying owner amar alkadhi had been given ample time to pay creditors. macclesfield were due to play in the national league — the fifth tier of english football — after being relegated last season. a bid to wind up southend has been adjourned. that's it from me, more in an hour. borisjohnson was pressed on testing by labour's deputy leader at prime minister's questions earlier. angela rayner accused the government of failing to deliver on its promise of weekly testing in care homes. the prime minister insisted the uk was carrying out more tests than any other country in europe. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, is at westminster. yes, it was an unusual pmqs less at lunchtime, with angela rayner standing infor lunchtime, with angela rayner standing in for the labour leader, sir keir starmer who is

the other games are all into the second half — reading leading 3—0 against aston villa — manchester citygham city. wasps have continued their charge towards the premiership play—offs in rugby union by crushing title rivals bristol 59 points to 35 at the ricoh arena. bristol boss pat lam made 12 changes from their winning team in midweek, with one eye on next friday's european challenge cup quarterfinal. and wasps took full advatage, they had the 4 try bonus point wrapped up in 18 minutes. so all eyes then on the other teams in play—off contention this afternoon. sale in third havejust kicked off against bath in fifth and they have taken an early 7—0 lead. the top four qualify, with exeter at the top of the table already qualified, they take on saracens. italy's franco morbidelli won the san marino grand prix to claim the first moto gp win of his career. his yamaha team mate fabio quartararo lost his championship lead after crashing twice forced him to retire from the race at misano. morbidelli got a brilliant start from second on the grid to overtake pole sitter maverick vinales and then

reading have their first win in the league this season — 3—1 against aston villa.e to win 5—2 against birmingham city. wasps have continued their charge towards the premiership play—offs in rugby union by crushing title rivals bristol 59 points to 35 at the ricoh arena. bristol boss pat lam made 12 changes from their winning team in midweek, with one eye on their european challenge cup quarterfinal next friday. wrapped up in 18 minutes. and controlled the game right to the end. so all eyes then on the other teams in play—off contention this afternoon. sale in third are taking on bath in fifth but it's bath who have the lead, it's 17—7 there. the top four qualify, with exeter at the top of the table already qualified, they take on saracens, kick off at half four. italy's franco morbidelli won the san marino grand prix to claim the first moto gp win of his career. his yamaha team mate fabio quartararo lost his championship lead after crashing twice forced him to retire from the race at misano. morbidelli got a brilliant start from second on the grid to overtake pole

league season returned with a 2—0 win forformer champions manchester city, against newly— promoted aston villaard georgia stanway said she felt very sorry for villa's keeper, after defensive errors allowed her to score both city's goals. britain's adam yates will wear the leader's yellow jersey for a fourth day, after the first high mountain stage of the tour de france. he came under attack several times on stage eight in the pyrenees, but he finished in a group containing many of the overall race favourites to stay three seconds ahead. it was the frenchman nans peters who took the honours. lewis hamilton is still looking unstoppable in his bid for a seventh formula one world title, breaking even more records. he posted the fastest qualifying lap in formula one history as he claimed pole position for the italian grand prix, averaging just over 164 miles an hour. his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas will start alongside him. honestly, it's every weekend, it's very humbling to see what we do asa team. you know, wejust keep going from strength to strength to strength. it's really, really — i'm

aston villa captainjack grealish has signed a new five—year deal to stay at the club.pearance for england against denmark last week, says he is "delighted to make the commitment". he had been linked with a move away from villa park this summer, but the new contract will keep him there until 2025. forumla 0ne‘s bosses will not investigate lewis hamilton's decision to wear a t—shirt highlighting police brutality at sunday's tuscan grand prix. the shirt read "arrest the cops who killed breonna taylor", the black woman who was shot eight times in her home in kentucky by us police in march. the sports governing body, the fia, had been considering whether themessage broke any rules, but told the bbc that an investigation has been ruled out. it has been confirmed that andy murray has been given a wild card for the french open, which starts a week on sunday. he was a finalist at roland garros four years ago, but he hasn't appeared there since losing in the semi—finals in 2017. murray is currently ranked number 110 in the world after last year's hip surgery. the england players

take on manchester united, manchester city host brighton & hove albion and reading are at home to aston villae race for the top four in rugby union's premiership. fourth placed wasps are hosting bristol in third. the visitors made 12 changes to their winning team mid—week as they have one eye on their european challenge cup quarterfinal next friday. wasps are taking full advantage, 4 tries so far, 26—0 up approaching half—time. so, a really busy day of sport. as well as the cricket, football and rugby, the tuscan grand prix gets under way in mugello in the next hour, plus it's stage 15 of the tour de france. you can follow all the action as it unfolds on the bbc sport website and follow the cricket with video clips, plus listen to commentary on 5live sports extra. the welsh government says nearly a third of people should still be working from home, even when coronavirus restrictions have eased. ministers say their ambition is to see about 30% of the workforce in wales staying at or near home in the long term. they argue the move could reduce congestion and pollution, and improve work—life bal

the season kicks off with newly—promoted aston villa against manchester city ?tary on radio 5 live at 2.30. and the women's football show returns tomorrow evening, with highlights of the weekend's games — that's on at 8 o'clock on the red button and on bbc one at 10.30. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. bye for now. i was expecting you know, you're watching the bbc news channel with shaun ley. it's 1:12pm. let's get more now on our main story. a leading epidemiologist in the uk has warned that the country is at a "critical moment" in the coronavirus pandemic, with many students preparing to travel to universities for the new academic year. dame anne johnson — from university college london — said data showed the highest number of detected infections was in younger people. more areas of england — including leeds and middlesbrough — have been added to the government's watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus. earlier, the elected mayor of middlesbrough, andy preston gave me his reaction. i was expecting it, you know, i'v

aston villa have completed the signing of striker 0llie watkins from brentford for a club record feens, who scored 26 goals last season in brentford's run to the championship play—off final, once again links up with his former manager dean smith with whom he worked at griffin park. following the signing of lucy bronze yesterday, manchester city have today announced the signing of her england team—mate alex greenwood. the pair played together at lyon, winning the champions league last month. greenwood is also crossing the manchester divide, having had a spell at united before leaving for france, and she's expecting a reaction ahead of the first derby of the season. i fully expect it, i would also give me some stick as well! it is part of the game and i fully understand. i have a lot of respect for the fans and they will brilliant with me in my time there, but i also understand iamon my time there, but i also understand i am on the other side of manchester now, and that is my full focus. it makes derby day a little more interesting, and i can't wait. world cup winnerjason roy has been

liverpool joined lester liverpooljoined lester and liverpool joined lester and everton at the top, aston villa again. jack on the score sheet with a threes — zero when, unbeaten in threes — zero when, unbeaten in three games, just —— they conceded ten goals. this was the word we can in the premier league after three controversial penalties were avoided. tottenham's was the man punished against newcastle, something most people thought was harsh. it? is around the new interpretation of the handball rule in the way it's being enforced. it's something chelsea boss, frank lampard, has been speaking about today. ahead of his match tomorrow, he wants the rule changed. we are all in this game, and i think we all understand that when people jump all in this game, and i think we all understand that when peoplejump in the box, your arms will naturally move into different positions. it's a lwa ys move into different positions. it's always been a different role, may be always been a different role, may be a certain bits of grey area in its, the idea of trying to find some clarity, we've actually gone the o

league season returned with a 2—0 win for former champions manchester city, against newly—promoted aston villaix, averaging just over 164 miles an hour. his team—mate valtteri bottas will start alongside him. but for the first time in 36 years, both ferraris finished outside the top ten at their home circuit. their troubles continue in formula 1. the england captain owen farrell could miss saracens' champions cup quarterfinal, after being sent off in their defeat to wasps in rugby union's premiership. he was dismissed for this high tackle on charlie atkinson. farrell apologised and atkinson appeared to be ok, but saracens must now wait to hear the extent of his punishment. wasps won 28—18. england face australia in the second t20 of the series later today. more live cricket, then, on the bbc for you, later. but one england legend announced his retirement from the sport yesterday. ian bell scored 22 test centuries, won five ashes urns and is celebrated as one of the most the sport has seen. but he'll retire at the end of the season with warwickshire, the county he's played for since he was 10 y

aston villa were 3—0 winners at fulham. jack grealish amongst the scorers. he looked like he was in for a trouble—free evening as he went two sets to one ahead but his colombian opponent came back to win in five and make it into the second round. liam broady is also out, he was appearing in the main draw at roland garros for the first time, but went down in four sets. heather watson is the only brit remaining in the singles, she plays later today. there were also victories for rafael nadal and serena williams. more british players in the doubles, jamie murray included in that. amyjones helped england to another dominant win over the west indies in the fourth t2o as they won by 44 runs to go 4—0 up. jones made 55 from 37 balls, coupled with heather knight's 42 — in what was england's most impressive performance with the bat so far, 19 fours and five sixes. the final match takes place on wednesday in derby. that is all your sport news from a glorious prenton park. back to you, victoria. thank you very much, sally. the health service in england is dealing with

but we'll show you a cracking goal from aston villa's win over burton albion.esday, and then yesterday signed a new five—year contract with villa. ..before going out and helping his side through to the next round in style. reinging champion egan bernal is out of this year's tour de france. the ineos rider has withdrawn ahead of today's stage 17 — he came into the tour with a back problem, and really struggled as the riders hit the mountains in the last few days. he wasjust over 19 minutes off the leader. the nine—time irish champion jockey pat smullen has died at the age of a3. his career saw him win the derby at epsom in 2016, and he also won the irish derby twice. smullen retired from racing last year after treatment for pancreatic cancer. the 20—time champion jockey ap mccoy's amongst those to pay tribute, describing smullen as a "great friend". and there's the final international action of the men's cricketing summer this afternoon. england play australia in the final one—dayer of their three match series. it's level at one match a piece at the moment, so t

there was no breakthrough despite the introduction of jack grealish of aston villa, for his internationalnergised going back to his club now and knows exactly what we are looking for from him, his club now and knows exactly what we are looking forfrom him, and he has enjoyed, he fits in well with the group, i have worked with him in the group, i have worked with him in the under 21s, he is a smile, which is great, and he brings energy. cristiano ronaldo made more history last night as he scored his 100th goalfor portugal. he got last night as he scored his 100th goal for portugal. he got both last night as he scored his 100th goalfor portugal. he got both in their 2—0 win over sweden in des nations league to become the first european men's player to reach the milestone of 100 goals in international football. milestone of 100 goals in internationalfootball. england's cricketers could not complete a clea n swee p cricketers could not complete a clean sweep in their t20 series against australia, as they lost their third match by five wickets in southampton. jonny bairstow top scored with 55

aston villa are closing in on a new striker — they've agreed a fee with brentford for ollie watkins. agreed a fee of £28 million, that could rise to £33 million. if it all goes through, it'll make him the club's record signing. the arsenal defender hector bellerin has become the second largest shareholder at the league two side forest green rovers, saying he wants to support their environmentally friendly ethos. forest green have been recognised by fifa and the united nations as the world's most environmentally—friendly team, having become the world's first carbon—neutral sports club in 2017. bellerin's new role will see him work with the club on raising the environmental agenda across football. ashleigh barty won't defend her title at the french open later this month. she's pulled out of the tournament because of the coronavirus pandemic. the world number one also missed the us open, which is going on in new york at the moment. she says she won't play at roland garros because the health and wellbeing of her family is her priority. golf's world number one dustinjohnson is almost £11.

aston villa captainjack grealish has signed a new five—year deal to stay at the club.e the commitment. he had been linked with a move away from villa park this summer but the new contract will keep him there until 2025. the england players who were offered contracts for the women's hundred this year, will be able to take up the same deal next summer. the 100—ball cricket competition was due to start injuly, but it was postponed because of the pandemic. the ecb said players had the option to roll over their contracts with the same team on the same pay, or sign with other teams from next month. i think it was the best way to move forward with the contracts. one of the things we are looking to create more and more in women's cricket is betterjob security, obviously making it a more financially viable option for more people than just england—contracted players. it offers some kind of income security to those girls who got offered contracts last year. there was a lot of talk about it. i think it is the fairest way to move forward next season. meanwhile, the england and wale

aston villa kicked off with a 1—0 win over sheffield united.ient's league cup match against tottenham tonight is in doubt because they've had to close their stadium and training facilities, after a number of first team players tested postive for coronavirus. we understand that if 0rient are unable to field a team, the game would be awarded to spurs, because scheduling makes it almost impossible to rearrange. the players affected are self—isolating. tammy beaumont said she felt she'd been playing for her place in the england women's cricket side, after she starred in their t20 victory over west indies at derby. this was their first international since march — and beaumont top scored with 62 from 49 balls, as england set the visitors 164 to win. and they fell 47 runs short, giving england a 1—0 lead in the five—match series. beaumont said competition for places in the side had forced her to play more aggressively. a couple of weeks ago, i was stressed thinking i wasn't hitting them well. we have got such a talented batting line up at the moment a

aston villa were three nil winners at fulham. jack grealish amongst the scorers. 4 runs to go 4—0 up. jones made 55 from 37 balls, coupled with heather knight's 42, in what was england's most impressive performance with the bat so far, 19 fours and five sixes. the final match takes place on wednesday in derby. that is just about it from me from prenton park, tranmere rovers host scunthorpe on prenton park, tranmere rovers host scu nthorpe on saturday. prenton park, tranmere rovers host scunthorpe on saturday. before we went in the dressing room earlier, they wiped clean all the whiteboards in case we were spying, they did not trust us. just in case you get the formation for the weekend, sally. thank you very much. sally, you are well dressed for the weather, carol is out and about for us this morning and she is in this beautiful garden. it is raining there, carol? this is the kitchen garden, let's find out more about it by someone who knows, the head gardener. tell us about the kitchen garden? who knows, the head gardener. tell us about the kitchen garden7m who kno

let's hope so, usually promoted aston villa against manchester city on radio 5 live and the women's footballnow calls for families to be allowed to form "bereavement bubbles" with others who have lost loved ones, so they can provide one another with support. let's speak to chief executive of the sue ryder charity heidi travis, who is behind the idea, and heather whittaker who lost her dad paul during lockdown. good morning to you both. heather, let's start with you because let's getan let's start with you because let's get an idea of how important this is and i'm really sad to say and my condolences go to you you lost your father to a sudden heart attack during lockdown and this came just one year after the death of your husband, he died in april last year, so husband, he died in april last year, so you, i mean, so many people their hearts will go out to you this morning and you really have struggled in terms of coping with loss ? struggled in terms of coping with loss? yes, i have. as you said, my husband died in april 2019. he had cystic fibrosis and was waiting for a lung transplant. he u

ross barkley has joined aston villa on loan from chelsea until the end of the season.e cup against stoke, because he's already played in the competition this season, but he could make his debut for villa against liverpool on sunday. villa have won their first two premier league games. england rugby union coach eddiejones will be concerned about injuries to two of his key players last night. northampton forward courtney lawes suffered an ankle injury in their defeat to sale. and the the sharks centre, manu tuilagi, also had to be helped off the field after picking up an achilles injury. england play their last re—arranged six nations match against italy in a month's time, with the new nations cup starting a fornight later. los angeles lakers star lebronjames says playing in the nba bubble has been the hardest experience of his professional career. james leads the lakers into the nba finals tonight, after nearly three months under coronavirus restrictions at the disney world resort in orlando. they're up against his old team, the miami heat, as they bid to win the champi

aston villa have signed emiliano martinez from arsenal. more. they've been wound up at the high court with debts totalling more than half a million pounds. a request for an adjournment to allow a sale was refused, with the judge saying owner amar alkadhi had been given ample time to pay creditors. macclesfield were due to play in the national league — the fifth tier of english football — after being relegated last season. a bid to wind up southend has been adjourned. anthonyjoshua's promoter says his world heavyweight fight against kubrat pulev won't be postponed again. the pair were supposed to fight injune at the tottenham hotspur stadium, but that was pushed back, because of the pandemic, and now might happen in december. joshua last fought in december, and promoter eddie hearn says the fight will go ahead, even if it has to be held behind closed doors. the ultimate thing with anthony, he needs to progress his career and he wa nts to needs to progress his career and he wants to learn and he wants to fight and be active and we live in a

manchester city and aston villa are also through.out supporters, clubs at this level, can't afford to put matches on. but the national league season could still start, on october 3rd if they get financial support from the government, which is the only way some will survive. it's important to recognise the importance to these towns and cities, not just the financial contribution, the social community, isa contribution, the social community, is a huge part of each of these locations identity. i think to allow a lot of these clubs to disappear, some of them have been around for 100, 150 some of them have been around for 100,150 years, it some of them have been around for 100, 150 years, it would just be a travesty. it was only last month that ronnie o'sullivan was bemoaning the lack of up and coming talent in snooker. well, last night he discovered, one out there. aaron hill is 18, he's from cork in ireland — and he wasn't even born when o'sullivan won the first of his six world championships back in 2001 but he beat him, at the europea

sport website for all the results from those 16 ties, but we'll show you a cracking goal from aston villa'sve—year contract with villa, before going out and helping his side through to the next round in style. teams in the english football league are going to be allowed to continue to stage pilot events with up to 1000 fans at matches this weekend. they've been given permission to carry on by the government, but clubs in local covid lockdown areas aren't allowed to take part. it's all part of the bigger plan to allow fans to return to sporting events from first october, and clubs could find out today if they're involved in the pilot. meanwhile the man in charge of silverstone says the racetrack might not survive if it can't stage the british grand prix at maximum capacity next year. silverstone staged two grand prixs last month, but both were held in front of empty stands. idid not i did not want to run with a reduced audience next year because it will simply make us lose more money quicker. so when the government talk about positive progress with vaccines and an expansive testing regimei v