and from there, bagnaia held off martin to take the chequered flag by almost three seconds. now though on bbc news we can look ahead to tomorrow night's balon d'or in the football news show with ben croucher. hello and welcome to episode 300 of the football news show. not sure what precious metal you get for such a milestone, but when it comes to footballing bling when they line—up for the second test at headingley on saturday. defending motogp champion francesco bagnaia has won the thailand grand prix to cut jorge martin's championship lead to 17 points with two races of the season to go. bagnaia slipped from pole position to third place at the start, but regained the lead when he overtook martin on lap five. bagnaia then battled for first place with six—time champion marc marquez, until the spaniard slid off in wet conditions. and from there, bagnaia held off martin to take the chequered flag by almost three seconds. bar benzema and modric it has been the exclusive duopoly of messi and ronaldo over the last decade and a half. sharing the golden ball 13 times between them.

and from there, bagnaia held off martin to take the chequered flag by nearly three seconds.lace. the la dodgers took control of baseball's world series against the new york yankees. they've got a 2—0... they're 2—0 up in the best—of—seven tie to determine the mlb champions. japanese pitcher yoshinobu yamamoto impressed for the dodgers, pitching into the seventh inning, withjuan soto's homer the only hit he allowed. teoscar hernandez and freddie freeman both helped put the dodgers out in front, eventually winning 4—2. well, the series now moves to new york, with game three at yankee stadium on monday evening. to golf, and byeong an beat fellow south korean tom kim in a play—off to win the genesis championship in incheon. both finished on 17 under par, but kim got himself into trouble on the first extra hole and could only make a bogey. an had no such trouble and held his first birdie putt for victory. it's his first win on the dp world tour in nine years. and on the pga tour, colombia's nicolas echevarria held off two—time major championjustin thomas to win the zozo champions

and from there, bagnaia held off martin to take the chequered flag by almost three seconds.om third on the grid despite title rival max verstappen qualifying ahead of him. ferrari's carlos sainz claimed pole position for the first time this year and the sixth time in his career. the spaniard was two tenths of a second quicker than championship leader verstappen. the dutchman has won the last three grand prix in mexico and will be hoping to extend his 57 point lead over norris who was less than a tenth of a second behind his title rival. i'm pretty happy with the, honestly. ifeel like i got to the limits of the car quite quickly which made us look good, but i struggle to get more out of it in the final two laps, so callas has been quick ball weekend, so i'm happy with it. that's all from sportsday. plenty more on the bbc sport website and app where you'll find all the reaction to that huge game between arsenal and liverpool and all the other premier league results... now though on bbc news we can look ahead to tomorrow night's balon d'or in the football news show with ben cro

defending world champion bagnaia could only finish fourth.ia back in fifth ahead of sunday's grand prix. they don't look happy, though. in the world rally championship, sebastien 0gier assumed the lead of the central european rally on saturday after championship leader thierry neuville spun his hyundai on stage 11 and lost precious seconds getting back on the road. 0gier went on to win the stage and now leads the rally with a five—second advantage. britain's elfyn evans is in third while neuville dropped to fourth with that mistake. and in the last hour new zealand have defended the america's cup, winning the first race of the day in barcelona to take a 7—2 lead over ineos britannia. that's their third straight america's cup victory. that's all the sport for now. you can go to the bbc sport website for a reaction to the america's cup. we are looking forward to it. thank you so much. thank you for the latest sports news. liam payne's sister, ruth gibbins, has paid an emotional tribute to her best friend, writing for the first time about the fo

and from there, bagnaia held off martin to take the chequered flag by nearly three seconds.o win the genesis championship in incheon. both finished on 17 under par but kim got himself into trouble on the first extra hole and could only make a bogey. an had no such trouble and holed this birdie putt for victory. it's his first win on the dp world tour in nine years. and that's all the sport for now. to the us, where there are only nine days to go until the presidential election — and the campaigns are rolling on. donald trump spent saturday at a campaign event at a pennsylvania university, after campaigning earlier in michigan. at a rally near detroit, muslim leaders endorsed the former president onstage, saying they believe he can bring peace to the middle east. the conflicts in gaza and lebanon are top issues there in michigan. but in pennsylvania — energy and manufacturing top the list. at his rally, donald trump promised to reduce energy prices. under kamala's high cost energy policies, pennsylvania electricity prices are already up 50% and are projected to more than doub

defending world champion bagnaia could only finish fourth.in fifth ahead of sunday's grand prix. in the world rally championship, sebastien ogier has taken the lead in the central european rally after championship leader thierry neuville spun his hyundai on stage 11 and lost precious seconds getting back on the road. ogier went on to win the stage and now leads the rally with a five—second advantage. britain's elfyn evans is in third while neuville dropped to fourth with that mistake. tea m team new zealand have won in the last few minutes the latest race in barcelona in the last few minutes the latest race in barcelon— race in barcelona in the america's _ race in barcelona in the america's cup, - race in barcelona in the| america's cup, clinching race in barcelona in the - america's cup, clinching the america's cup, clinching the america's cup for the defenders. so heartache for britain who have lost the america's cup 7—2 with the defender is taking it. we will have more on that in the next hour. oh, breaking news, breaking hearts. there are

defending world champion bagnaia could only finish fourth.top in qualifying earlier with bagnaia back in fifth ahead of sunday's grand prix. new zealand's bowlers fought back late on day four to put their side in a good position to wind their first test against india in bengaluru. you'll remember india were bowled out forjust 46 in theirfirst innings. new zealand then made 402. second time round india have fared much better with sarfaraz khan making a century and rishabh pant 99 — agonisingly bowled just one short of his century. new zealand hit back taking the last 7 indoian wickets for just 5a runs. so new zealand need 107 to wind up on the final day with 10 wickets in hand jordan cox is set to make his england test debut on the tour of new zealand next month, with jamie smith likely to miss part of the series for the birth of his first child. cox who plays for essex is the back—up wicketkeeper to smith on the current tour of pakistan. england play three tests in new zealand in november and december. finally to tennis and hugo gaston pulled

defending world champion bagnaia could only finish fourth.in qualifying earlier with bagnaia back in fifth ahead of sunday's grand prix. and new zealand have successfully defended the america's cup, winning the first race of the day in barcelona to take the best of 13 series 7—2 over ineos britannia. that's their third straight america's cup victory. that's all the sport for now. thank you so much. there are just over two weeks until voters head to the polls in the us election — where democratic hopeful kamala harris has been looking to increase her popularity with a key group of the electorate. according to recent polling, black men are failing to support ms harris in the way they did joe biden at the last election. it's an issue for her campaign which could have a real impact in places like georgia, the key swing state with the largest population of black voters, from where our north america correspondent nada tawfik reports. georgia is one of the biggest prizes of this election, and the way to win this swing state mayjust be through savann

defending motogp champion francesco bagnaia won japanese grand prix to keep up the pressure onjorge martinap and maintained that lead throughout the race, with martin finishing in second place and marc marquez third. martin's overall lead is down to 10 points with four rounds of the season remaining. in the last hour, coco gauff has won the china open in beijing. it was a one sided final as she swept aside the unseeded karolina muchove for her second title of the year. world no 1jannik sinner had to come from a set down against argentina's tomas martin etcheverry to reach the last 16 of the shanghai masters. etcheverry took the first set on a tie break, before sinner levelled the match. in the decider, the italian held on to his serve in an 11—minute sixth game to go 4—2 up, before winning the next two games to close out the win. he'll play roberto carballes baena or ben shelton daniil medvedev�*s hopes of a first title of the year are still alive after he beat matteo arnaldi world number five medvedev had to dig deep after losing the first set 7—5, and rallying to take the next two sets 6

bagnaia, on his ducati, overtook pole—sitter pedro acosta on the opening lap and maintained that leadremaining. i want to keep the championship, so i have to do it. i have to try and recover points every time but without taking a risk. it is not easy, but this weekend started well and we have to take it like an example for the next ones and try to follow what we did this weekend, working a perfect way and try to always do the best. the first of the nfl�*s games in london this season takes place later — as the new yorkjets meet the unbeaten minnesota vikings at the tottenham hotspur stadium. thejets, who have two wins and two defeats from theirfour games, have aspirations to make the super bowl and quarterback aaron rodgers says he's desperate to get a win in london after losing on his previous trip with the green bay packers two years ago. i definitely want to win in london for sure. we kind of hit a wall in the second half, we were up 20—10 at the half, and we lost 27—20. sojust understanding how it is a change. we are on a different time clock. no excuses, we have to go out and play

at the top of the standings bagnaia — on his ducati — overtook pedro acosta on pole on the opening lapd place and marc marquez third. martin's overall lead is down to 10 points with four rounds of the season remaining. i want to keep the championship, so i have to do it. i have to try and recover points every time but without taking a risk. it is not easy, but this weekend started well and we have to take it like an example for the next ones and try to follow what we did this weekend, working a perfect way and try to always do the best. the top tennis players are in the far east. world number one jannik sinner had to come from a set down against argentina's tomas martin etcheverry to reach the last 16 of the shanghai masters. etcheverry took the first set on a tie break, before sinner levelled the match. in the decider, the italian held on to his serve in a long sixth game to go 4—2 up, before winning the next two games to close out the win. he'll play roberto carballes baena or ben shelton next. daniil medvedev�*s hopes of a first title of the year are still alive after he beat matteo

reigning champion francesco bagnaia has ramped up the pressure onjorge martin at the top of the motogpad to the chequered flag with martin finishing second. that's cut the spaniards lead to ten points with four rounds left. israel's oded kogut secured the biggest stage win of his career on the final day of the tour of croatia. brandon mcnulty was part of the main group behind him and that was enough for the american to take all the overall victory. britain's fred wright claimed third overall. england's netballers missed out on a clean sweep against new zealand losing their final test 61—56 in invercargill. but still took the series 2—1. england return to action with back—to—back matches at home to jamaica in manchester next month. british trained bluestocking romped to victory in the prix de l�*arc de triumphe, arguably the world's most prestigeous all—age horse race. trained by ralph beckett with rossa ryan on board, this was bluestocking's third group one win of the season, the first of three nfl matches to be played in london saw the minnesota vikings beat the new yorkjets 23—17 at

reigning champion francesco bagnaia won to cut his gap wto championship leader jorge martin to 15 points, tadej pogacar has been enjoying that winning feeling again on the giro dell emilia one day race in italy. after more than five hours of riding, the slovenian finished almost two minutes ahead of britain's tom pidcock. britain's ben turnerjust missed out in the sprint finish on the penultimate stage of the tour of croatia finishing fifth. norway's alexander kristoff claimed victory. america's brandon mcnulty retained his overall lead of 1a seconds going into tomorrow's flat final stage. and it's arc weekend at longchamp in paris, and ahead of tomorrow's big race — kyprios won his 8th group 1 there today, taking the prix du cadran for the second time in his illustrious career. the superstar stayer, who nearly died from a serious illness last year, is now top trainer aiden 0'brien�*s most successful horse of all time. fourth seed coco gauff is through to the final of the china open for the first time in her career, as she came from behind to beat paula badosa. badosa is ranked 19th in t