hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm austin halewood.t of football in the third round of the league cup, last night it was tottenham. tonight. bournemouth, west ham and sheffield united have all been knocked out of the competition. all of them by teams from league one. and manchester united nearlyjoined them. they could only manage a 1—all draw against league one side rochdale at old trafford. the match went to penalties, both teams scored their first butjimmy keo—hane missed for rochdale. no—one else failed to score which left danieljames to win it 5—3 for united so three big scalps tonight in the league cup, but there were no such problems for liverpool. the premier league leaders comfortably made their way past milton keynes dons. imran sidat reports. after the start, running the changes to mk dons. 16—year—old elliot, the teenager was inches away from scoring early on. the leaguei teenager was inches away from scoring early on. the league 1 side we re scoring early on. the league 1 side were frustrating the european champions before

austin halewood reports.tre of the footballing world and have lofty ambitions again. since brendan rodgers took over, only liverpool and manchester city have won more points. james madison has been key in that but with him injured, the foxes were looking for someone else to spark against newcastle. it didn't take long. ricardo with the brilliant run and even better finish, leicester with the lead. newcastle just couldn't get hold of the ball and they couldn't control their temper, a horrific challenge from isaac hayden on dennis pratt quickly deemed worthy of a red card. once again, it wasn't going to plan and it only got worse, particularly when jamie vardy did what jamie vardy does best. the floodgates were open, the foxes running riot. pratt back on his feet and in on the action. jamie vardy scored a second before wilfred made it five. more misery for the magpies. leicester, too clinical, too good and back into third. certainly not near good enough. we've made it difficult all afternoon, especially with te

austin halewood reports.p, spain had been the team to beat and they finished things off in style. the spaniards had the much better start against argentina, with 14 of the first 16 against argentina, with 1a of the first 16 points. they raced into the lead and never gave it up. argentina tried to hit with an 11 point spurt, but this shot from her nandos gave spaina 16 but this shot from her nandos gave spain a 16 point lead. —— her nandos. at this stage the game was firmly in spain's hands. ricky rubio racked up 20 points and three assists. this means grab 47 rebounds, 20 more than argentina, on their way three second world cup crown. history was also made. he is only seconds later when an nba title and the world cup gold medal in the very same year. arsenal missed the chance to go third in the english premier league after throwing away a 2—0 lead at watford. pierre—emerick aubameyang scored twice in the first half but the home side fought back after half time to take a share of the points. it was quique sanc

austin halewood has the story. when it comes to basketball, usa are the best of the best. they won their last if their international matches, but on wednesday in china, the world expected more of the same. they hadn't planned on going down without a fight hadn't planned on going down without afight —— hadn't planned on going down without a fight —— france. into the second, withjumpers a fight —— france. into the second, with jumpers like this from top score evan fournier, even edging into the lead. with some of the nba's biggest stars pulling out from your selection before the tournament, ga donovan mitchell jumped up to the plate with 29 points in the game, helping his side toa points in the game, helping his side to a seven point lead. the difference refused to go away, with an11 point run difference refused to go away, with an 11 point run in the final quarter led by rudy hubert. the big centre with 21 points in the game, and in the end, the killer blow. france move on to face argentina in the last four, as for the us, they are left wondering where it all went wrong. me

austin halewood has the story. when it comes to basketball, usa are the best of the best.tional matches, but on wednesday in china, the world expected more of the same. they hadn't planned on going down without a fight hadn't planned on going down without afight —— hadn't planned on going down without a fight —— france. into the second, withjumpers a fight —— france. into the second, with jumpers like this from

austin halewood has more.ck against ajax, manchester united's stunning paris st germain, liverpool coming back from the dead against barcelona on the way to lifting the title. after three months away, the champions league is back, and the holders are ready to go again. we wa nt to holders are ready to go again. we want to be at least as consistent as last year but play our football of this year. last year, we were really good. we were really good in the right moments. the liverpool title defence begins against napoli, a familiarfoe. the defence begins against napoli, a familiar foe. the italians defence begins against napoli, a familiarfoe. the italians beat them in the group stage last year, but with five wins from five this season, liverpool are full of confidence. on the other hand, chelsea's start has been mixed. still mourning the loss of their star man eden hazard. frank lampard has been there and done it before.|j has been there and done it before.” believe that we can get through but we have to be very

austin hell —— austin halewood will be here in a few minutes' time.d and wales, cloudier skies for scotland and northern ireland. we also have some rain in the forecast, that will dip south tonight. stays windy across the north half of the uk, the risk of severe gales across the far north of scotland and the northern isles. temperatures overnight generally between eight and 13. cloud and outbreaks of rain, courtesy of a cold front. it courtesy of a cold front. is with us as we head into tomorrow. behind it, a fresherfeel. ahead of it, we are looking at a fairly warm day. outbreaks of rain tomorrow for ireland and southern scotland and northern england, northern wales and the midlands behind it, and ahead of it, some sunny spells. take a look at the contrast in temperatures. low to mid—teens in the north, up to 25 degrees in the south—east. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... david cameron hits back at criticism of his memoirs — saying it was right for former pms to explain their actions. the liberal democrats conference kicks off in bournemouth

austin halewood was watching. a new frontierfor a new frontier for athletics new generation.t fully air—conditioned truck burst into life yesterday and, for some, it was all over too quickly. lindsley sharper been one of britain's medal hopes in the 800 metres, a former european champion, fourth in the world this year, but was off again. a macro she is in trouble! fourth in the heat and already heading home. but european indoor champion both safely made it. as did sprinters hughes, he cruised into the semifinals of the 100 metres along with fellow brit —— brits. it was different with the heat to the call especially in the call room it is chilly inside there, degrees is 22 so... but other than that i am fine, i am happy i got through easily, onto the next round. the only cloud in qatar hangs over the american who avoided a ban for missing three drugs test on a technicality but on the track he is the man to beat, the fastest in the world this year and the only man to go under ten seconds so far. holly bradshaw did not need that long to make her way through, onejump, one complet

austin halewood, bbc news. coverage on bbc two this afternoon. today, including manchester city's visit to everton. their boss pep guardiola has defended his portuguese forward bernardo silva after the football association asked for the club to explain a post on social media, now deleted, in which silva compared a cartoon character on a sweet packet to his team—mate and friend benjamin mendy. both have written to the fa, silva saying that he regrets that he may have unintentionally caused offence, mendy stressing that he took no offence. bernardo's an exceptional person. an exceptional. so, like, he likes to be involved and — in different situations, so what i said, make a focus on other issues, bernardo is not absolutely guilty because his intention, it wasjust a joke. i saw it. it is a cartoon and the face is quite similar. probably the same happened thousand million times with white people for the , you know? it's the same. sometimes you feel that a cartoon — that it was intention, it wasjust a joke. to rugby league, where st helens are throug

austin halewood, bbc news. manchester united 1—0 last night. it took 85 minutes but they finally got the goal they deserved through danielle van de donk. united have lost both of their opening matches in the top division. it was goalless in last night's premier league match between aston villa and west ham. no goals but a bust—up between villa team mates tyrone mings and anwar el ghazi. the pair got into a heated exchange trying to keep a west ham attack at bay. the video assistant referee looked at it to see whether either should be punished, but decided not to. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages. and the image of that clash between villa team—mates el ghazi and mings is what is on the back page of the guardian. the times contains a great picture of australia's steve smith donning a pair of glasses in a picture with english cricket's most famous spectacle wearerjack leach. and the telegraph features a picture of the england rugby team being formally welcomed injapan. we are just three days

hello and welcome to sportsday, with karthi gna nasegaram and austin halewood. headlines this evening... there's a huge shock in the premier league... norwich stun champions manchester city with a 3—2 — norwich stun champions manchester city with a 3—2 win, we'll have all the latest news from the premier league. five out of five... liverpool can't stop winning, this time it's a 3—1win over newcastle. taking control... england bat their way into a match winning position in the fifth and final ashes test. also coming up in the programme... the solheim cup challenge gets harder, rain and bad light at gleneagles make conditions tricky as europe try to regain the trophy from the usa. and job done — primoz roglic is set to become slovenia's first grand tour winner at the vuelta a espana. plenty to update you on. we will get to the ashes in a moment. but we will start with the premier league. there has been a fantastic match between norwich. well in contrast to city, liverpool's brilliant start to the season continues. jurgen klopp's side beat newcastle 3—1 at anfield.

austin halewood has had his eye across the 3pm kick offs — starting at the tottenham hotspur stadium.oal adding to a horror week for spurs. beaten by league two side colchester in the league cup on tuesday you might remember, but this 2—1 win over southhampton will‘ve come as a huge relief to their fans. the result they'll take with open arms, but the performance wasn't pretty. spurs had a really ropey start but the nerves were settled by an opening goalfrom record signing tanguy ndombele. but then the problems started once again with serge aurier sent off in the first half for two yellow cards within a minute of each other. and it got worse. an absolute howler of a goalkeeping errorfrom hugo lloris gifted southampton a goal. you'll have to see it for yourselves on match of the day to beleive it. but as he so often is harry kane was the saviour for tottenham. he scored just before the break to give them the lead and they never gave it up. for large parts of the second half they were second best. they needed lloris to redeem himself and he did with some spectacular saves, so he'll be a

but it was two goalkeepers who stole the headlines, and not for the right reasons, as austin halewoodmonths old, but already these two look to be in a league of their own. for liverpool, six wins from six was a reason to smile. they have been the team to catch so far. but on a cold, wet saturday in the steel city, it can be hard to get into gear, the reds struggling to breach sheffield united's defence. in sports, you often have to make your own luck, but at brammall lane, dean henderson made it for liverpool. and henderson has let it go through. they say the mark of a good side is winning when you don't play well. maybe this really could be liverpool's year. it was never easy to do. we needed everybody for defending, we needed nearly everybody for attacking. and in the end, we scored a lucky goal, we know that. but the boys worked so hard for it. closer to home, on a murky merseyside, manchester city were trying to keep up with the pace. eight points adrift at one stage, gabrieljesus started their leap up the table. but any city fan will tell you teams from these parts are hard to sh

here's austin halewood.chelsea hero who capped and then to the trophy but frank lampard has never watched a champions league from this position. his young team are valencia, the spanish psycho seated five on saturday and just try to open up early on but when the break never came to grew and breached the chelsea defence with a run from roderigo. he trucker had a speu run from roderigo. he trucker had a spell at bolton on his way to the top. he found a route out of trouble and towards goal, his or her part for chelsea was just 15 minutes ago. but they would get away back into this match through the fine lines of review. a check with the screens told the referee this get a hand in the box. he's given the point. ross barkley went to take it with other interested parties and with that discussion came distraction. my goodness me! the mass costjust to their first goodness me! the mass costjust to theirfirst home goodness me! the mass costjust to their first home defeat in europe for three years. a difficult group,

austin halewood reports.ter city have won more points. james maddison has been key in that but with him injured, the foxes were looking for someone else to spark against newcastle. it didn‘t take long. ricardo with the brilliant run and even better finish, leicester with the lead. newcastle just couldn‘t get hold of the ball and they couldn‘t control their temper, a horrific challenge from isaac hayden on dennis pratt quickly deemed worthy of a red card. once again, it wasn‘t going to plan and it only got worse, particularly whenjamie vardy did what jamie vardy does best. the floodgates were open, the foxes running riot. pratt back on his feet and in on the action. jamie vardy scored a second before wilfred made it five. more misery for the magpies. leicester, too clinical, too good and back into third. that‘s all the sport for now. cabinet ministers have been telling the conservative party conference in manchester that the uk will leave the european union at the end of october without or without a deal — des

here's austin halewood.ue of their own. for liverpool, six wins from six was a reason to smile. they have been the team to catch so far. but on a cold, wet saturday in the steel city, it can be hard to get into gear, the reds struggling to breach sheffield united's defence. in sports, you often have to make your own luck, but at brammall lane, dean henderson made it for liverpool. and henderson has let it go through. they say the mark of a good side is winning when you don't play well. maybe this really could be liverpool's year. it was never easy to do. we needed everybody for defending, we needed nearly everybody for attacking. and in the end, we scored a lucky goal, we know that. but the boys worked so hard for it. closer to home, on a murky merseyside, manchester city were trying to keep up with the pace. eight points adrift at one stage, gabrieljesus started their leap up the table. but any city fan will tell you teams from these parts are hard to shake — dominic calvert—lewin levelling things after the

austin halewood looks ahead. tottenham's dramatic comeback against ajax.ree months away the champions league is back and the holders are ready to go again. we want to be as consistent at least as last year, but play this year. last year we we re but play this year. last year we were really good. i'm not sure whether the best team in europe but we we re whether the best team in europe but we were really good in the right moments. liveable's title defence begins against napoli, a familiar foe. they beat them in the last group stage, but with five wins from five so far this season, jurgen klopp's team are filled with confidence. chelsea's start has been a mixed one, still mourning the loss of eden hazard, they have brought back a club legend as manager. rank lampard back a club legend as manager. rank lampa rd has back a club legend as manager. rank lampard has been there and done it before. he is the ultimate in football. there is something like nights at stamford bridge, the champions league music. something that i am here as chelsea people, andi that i am